Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-12
GOPHER FOSSIL. :.

vice G. 3. Romkey, resigned. =-ss I
St Paul ~ Prof. " ;. NJ. Hays advo.
Gates the plan 81 having. schools Of
agriculture in every. county /.
St. Paul liam Ledy, night CLERK
at the Great n orthern hotel, is prob,
ably fatally injured by a fall. =,
Moorhead.--,rhe summer school TO,
teqchers at the normal opened yes.
terlay with an enrolment of over
900. s &c. ..'~ r. = h"
! Duluth.--Duluth butchers and gro.
GERS associations alleged to operate
i'll violation Sof Minnesota antitrust
laws. = IS: ~ HI. " -
St. Raul:-The butter and cheese
contest, under the auspices of the
state dairy and food commission, has
$50 entries. s s....s@ 4.".. s*~
Ninneapolis.-Th safe in the gen.
eral store of c. j. Carlson, 72O .rwen-
ty-sixth avenue north, was wrecked
by safe blowers.
Little Falls.-The residence of J.
a. McGregor, l,veryman, was struck
by lightning and destroyed. The loss
is $4,000; insurance, $1,000. ~
. Crookston.--The lowering of the
grade on one of the streets caused a
good deal of opposition, as some Of
the lots were left up in the air. >. !.
: st. Cloud.-The state board of con.
troll has let the contract for the
plumbing in the new normal dormi-
tory to O. F. Doyle of St. Cloud.
Minneapolis.-The stock and plant
Of the BONN Manufacturing company
of St. Paul has been purchased by
the City Sash and Door company.
Fl. Snelling.-Roy Stevens, private
in Co. G, 2sth u: S. infantry, was in
stantly killed by falling from the
bridge spanning the river at Fort
Smelling.
Two Harbors-Arthur Basic, a g.
year-old son of Peter Basic, a miner
in, the Winnipeg mines, is dead from
burns, having ignited his clothes
while playing with matches.
Duluth.-While driving a roller on
the grounds of the Northland Coli
club, Herman Utick fell from his
seat in front of the roller, which
passed over his skull, crushing il
fiat and killing him instantly.
Washington.-By direction of the
/ secretary of the interior, 1880 acres
of Indian lands in Minnesota will be
opened to settlement on Aug. H.
These lands at present are partly in
the Fond du Lac. Red Lake, White
Earth and the Chippewas of Mime.
sofa reservations.
Pipestone.-Crops were reported
slightly damaged in the eastern part
of the county. The snokestack al
the electric light plant was blown
down and crashed through the root
of the wholesale grocery house OF
Horribly, Nichols, Parker company
permitting the rain to flood the TOP
floor and damage goods.
Superior.-The. steel freight steam.
er George W.. Perkins, built for the
Pittsburg. Steamship company, was
successfully launched at the yards
of the Superior shipbuilding com.
pany, being christened by Miss Jen'
ME Jewell Powell of Duluth t4--s~.~
Stillwater.-The prison population
IS 692, equal to that of any period
in the history of the institution. II
is expected to grow before the courts
take the usual summer vacation. Cots
in corridors are in use and the fe.
male ward has fourteen women in
ten cells.
St. Paul.-The revenue fund in the
| state treasury is overdrawn prac.
tically $347, 900. A draft of $43,55s.31
to pay interest on state capital Ger.
titicates July l. has run the amount
| of the overdraft up to the large fig
ures.
Sank Center.-Grave fears for the
safety of the water power dam herl
are entertained. The Little Sank dam
twelve miles north, went out and
| every stream tributary to the river
is swollen. Melrose is alarmed owe,
the rapid rising of the river.
New Ulm.-One of the windows OF
| out by wind and William F. Fenscke
was cut in the leg. It is feared his
leg will have to be amputated. The
glass struck him just below the knee
and cut the flesh away from the bone
and also injured the bone.
Minneapolis.-Henry Hatten, when
| arraigned in police court, admitted
without snow of shame that he had
! robbed his little sons bank that he
might satisfy his cravings fo1
whisky.
St. Paul.-P. NJ. Kirst, public exam,
liner, reports as a result of the exami.
nation of the Adams Express com.
pany's Minnesota business that there
is due the state $99.6s as gross earn.
ings tax heretofore unpaid on news.
paper express carried between St.
Paul and Duluth in 1900 and 1902
The company has agreed to pay the
tax without any contest. ;. j.,
| Crookston.-All of the italian la,
borers along the Great Northern line
between this city and Winnipeg, who
are employed on the extensive i'm.
provements being made on the line
struck, not for more wages or fol
fewer hours, but for permission te
work twelve hours day instead Of
ten hours, as they have been doing.
Minneapolis.-Mrs. Jessie Lacy wa.
the victim of fatal accident She
swallowed the contents of q package
containing ten grains of strychnine
in the belief that it was d headache
powder, and expired in agony ter
minutes after having taken the
poison. %~.
Franklin.-This section was visited