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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11
NEWS minnesota,
Tough Roads.

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b. Duluth.--Repoyts from the different
sections OF Minnesota complaining Of
hardships encountered by rural de-
livery carriers on account of the I'M
preoedented heavy travelling along the
highways, are reaching the postoff1ce
department. Several reports received
from postmasters declared the impos-
sibiiity Of rendering full service until
the roads, now absolutely impossible,
dry out. In extreme cases, carriers
will be required to cover as much Of
their routes as circumstances permit,
and in. cases where emergency requires
Will be permitted to temporarily make
deliveries on horseback.
The department has agreed to CO.
operate with the Minnesota state high
way commission in it's efforts to inn
prove the wagon roads, of that state.
The alleged purpose OF the Minnesota
commission is to bring about improve
ments of roads in the state by assist
ing the local road authorities.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11
Scalded to Death.

~Eveleth, Mimi, April 7.-Ludwig
Heikkils is dead and two companions
are seriously scalded as the result of
an accident due to the carelessness in
the Baltic mine. The men were assist
ing in making some steam connections
and placed heavy levers in the wrong
place, breaking the pipes and allowing
the scalding steam to escape under
high pressure, with fatal results.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

'Overwork in the gymnasium of the
University of Iowa at Iowa City caused
the death of Leo 6truble of Laporte
City, freshman.
G. L. Jordan, who bought horses fol-
England for the Boer war, is held in
New York for 1000 forgery.
Russia opened negotiations in Paris
for a loan of 5000, 100000 or more it II
can be raised, and is making especial
efforts to reestablish the nation in q
strong financial position.
National action to obtain correct
Inventory of railroads is asked OF con-
gress by the National Association OF
Railroad Commissioners.
Announcement is made that Sena-
tor Depew has retired from the contest
for reelection as a member of the Yale
corporation.
Americans have been .swindled out of
smilliOns of dollars by unscrupulous
promoters who sell stock in rubber
plantation companies and similar en-
terprises in Mexico.
Rev. John Dempsey, pastor of St.
Demands Roman Catholic church OF
Charlottesville, Ind, fell dead on the
steps of the altar while saying mass at
the funeral Of parish1oner.
The New York assembly passed a
number of insurance bill recommended
by the Armstrong committee.
Chancellor Won Bulow says the Nor
ocean conference treaty gives all na-
lions equal privileges.
Edwin C: Swift died at Boston. He
was brother of Gustayus Swift and
one OF the founders of the packing
house of Swift & Co.
The buildings on the state convict
farm in Rankin county, Miss, were
partially destroyed by fire, causing q
loss Of about $4,000. Thirty horses,
"a mules, a number of cattle and a
large collection of farming implements
were also burned.
st. Paul put on its holiday attire In
honor of its fiftieth anniversary as a
municipality, and celebrated, with pa
rades of bands, military and civic or
CARNATIONS.
The annual conference of the Ma
tional Municipal league will be held
at Atlantic City, April "a to %.
An aged 1ndianian says he was swim
died in Chicago out of $4,000 through
land bond deal, and caused the ar
rest OF two men, one IS years old.
The government canal which will
furnish water power for building Salt
river dam at Roosevelt, Ariz., Is ready
for opening.
Mrs. Storer denies that she used a
letter from the president to aid Arch
bishop Ireland. She did use letter by
Mr.. Roosevelt when he was governor
of New York.
Reckless automobiles killed a boy
and fatally hurt two women in New
York
Troops were called out at Winnipeg.
Man., to awe mobs which threatened
violence as a result of street railway
strike.
Representative Byrd, Of Mississippi,
introduced bill placing meats on the
free list, believing that this would re-
duce the price to the consumer. ~.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11
Thrift.

, Suspicious Wife What, did you want
to buy such eggs assthese for? 1 don't
like the look Of them. ~ ~=..s
! Mr.. Pneer-1 got the best bargain in
those eggs I've had this winter. They
cost the arm 20 cents dozen and I
bought 'em for less than half that.
Chicago Tribune. ~s o. :
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11
Butter SHIPMENTS.

MinneapOlis.--Mild weather is pAo-
noting the shipment OF butter and
eggs to the East by the Minnesota
dairymen and farmers. Until frost
comes again the product will be ship.
ped in car lots. During the cold
weather the expectation of butter and
eggs is light. Butter is already going
out at the rate Of from 100000 to Vs.
900 pounds a week, and in a few days
the quantity will be doubled.
OF the S0,000o0O pounds of butter
made in Minnesota last year, 1t is
estimated that Is per cent was shipped
out of the state. The refrigerator
cars that transport the butter are iced
at the end Of every 200 miles. The
butter is generally packed in 63-pound
tubs, 10000 to $4,000 pounds to the car.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11
FINLAND.

The late d. W. S. Schildt, OF
Jyvaskyla, bequeathed $4,000 towards
the establishment of a university in his
city, and in the coarse Of time other
donations have been added until the
fund now amounts to $4,000. Many
voices have been raised in favor of a
second university in Finland, and the
city council of Jyvaskyla recently
elected 4 committee to report on the
matter. This committee has proposed
that another committee be elected to
devise a plan for establishing uni
versity that would satisfy the demands
for it without making it too much of
financial burden It is expected that
a start will be made with one or two
faculties.
The Complete Separation of Finland
from Russia is Close at Hand This
is the highly sensational heading Of
an editorial in the st. Petersburg
Novoje Vremja. An account is given
Of the recent political events in Fin
land, and efforts are made to show
that the general trend of Finnish poll
ties is away from Russia. lone more
move in the same direction" says the
paper, land the finishing touches will
be put to the work" Finally, the Fin
landers are sarcastically congratulated
upon their successful achievements,
and a vicious dig is made at the Rus
sian government for failing to protect
the imperial rights Of Russia.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11
Mad Dous.

st. Paul.-Two men and two dogs
are known to have been bitten by mad
dogs which roamed through the Hill
district. It is feared that a large num-
Der OF other people, many of whom may
have been children, fell victims to the
brute's attacks.
The known human victims are DR..
j. D. O'Brien and \. l.. Sibley, the
latter OF whom left on Saturday for
Chicago, where he is now taking treat
ment in a Patcur institute. How many
others there may be will not be known
until all have reported to the authori-
ties, and the people of the vicinities
traversed by tho rabid animals are
warned to look carefully to their child
ren's welfare. The dogs were suffer-
Ing from the virulent form of the dis
ease and would snap at and bite any
person or thinS that CHANGED in their
way.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11
'0upet the People.

st. Peter.-It has just developed that
a dozen or more farmers living in the
vicinity Of the village of CORTLAND are
losers to the extent Of $4,000 or 100000
through the discovery that mining
stock in which, they invested is alb
solutely value,ess. They put their
savings into & piece Of property in
Idaho, but it .,as been learned that
the mine never existed, except in the
literature Of thz promoter.
One young man threw up a paying
position with q creamery and put all
his savings, am ounting to some $4,000,
into the company, and another a. rail-
way telegraphec, was good for $2,500.
The latter was the first to discover
the swindle. One of the conditions I'M
der which he bought his stock was that
he was to be given a position by the
company and he was taken west by the
promoter After q few months his re-
mittances for salary stopped coming
and his chief disappeared.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11
DEN MARK.

The governments proposition to re-
build Christiansborg palace will be
supported by the Social Democrats in
the rigsdag, which means that the
palace will be rebuilt in spite Of the
Radical Leftists.'
The committee Of ways and means
of the folketing recommends an ap-
preparation of $4,000 for Myths Erich
sens expedition to northeast Green
land. The expedition will cost 100000,
but one-half of the amount will be
raised by private subscription.
The complete reports Of the census
of Feb. l, 1906, show that Copenhagen
and its suburbs had 534,s43 inhabitants.
The increase for five years was 4S,517.
DR.. Georg Brandes has issued call
for aid for the Russian fugitives who
are stopping in Copenhagen.
There are two great tourist unions in
Denmark, and at the present moment
they are by no means on friendly
terms.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11
Republican Convention.

Minneapolis. gets the Re-
publican state convention, and it will
be held in the Zenith City June 49,,
calling to orde" at 10 a. m. There will
be 1000 delegates, based on the aver
age vote asst for candidates on the
state ticket in 1904.
The county conventions will be held
June 6. one week earlier, and both
dates fall on Wednesday. Saturday,
June ?, is recommended as the date for
the caucuses.
These questions were decided in a
brief session oe the Republican state
committee at the Merchants Hotel
st. Paul. The committee also took a
new departure. and Incorporated in
the call the statement that the conven-
ton will indorse candidate for Unit
ed States senator for the legislature
to elect next winter.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11

The suit was brought under the Elkins
anti-rebate law. :. ..~~:
The general store Of c. M. Hatch, in
which the Bridgeport, Conn, post Office
is located, was broken into and robbed,
the robbers getting $4,000 in money
and stamps. ..~s.4 81. =
John Culver, aged "a years, a retired
business man of Mcpherson, Ia,
dropped dead from heart failure while
strolling along the platform at the
Union depot at Denver, Col.
Licensiado Cleto Gonzalez Viquez,
formerly minister of finance, has been
elected president of the republic OF
Costa, Rica ''.'" -'.. ,. :
President Roosevelt has appointed
Frederick w.. Whittredge, of New
York, as special ambassador to repre-
sent the United States at the wedding
of the king of Spain. ~..s.
The Theodore Roosevelt, swift
lake passenger steamer, was success
fully launched at Toledo, o.
Senator Til1man announces he will
make his campaign for reelection on
the South Carolina dispensary prob
tenn. T. ST. ~ j r r so s=2%, ~
John Alexander Dowie was deposed.
as leader Of Zion at dramatic meet
ing. He was branded as a fraud by
the chiefs q his church, and the in.
surgents was Joined by his wife and
son. Deputy Overseer 'Voliva, recent.
~ placed In charge Of the community,
was elevated to the leadership by the
disahected people. =
! Miners in q drunken orgy in the.
woods in Pennsylvania killed one man
and fatally injured two others.
Isaac Wtnder, negro, executed at
ToWson, Md, made a desperate fight
for life on the gallows while q crowd
Of 1000 looked on. I55} &. VI. N.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11

Gu Ill lSuOIIl1HlOuS failure. A crushing
blow floored the apparation and caused
it to take its departure from the Ham
mond homestead forever.
Duluth.-Paul F. Bolieau. a cornice
worker, employed by Lewis Helling &
Co., of Duluth, received news today that
he is a wealthy man as result Of the
discovery Of his late fathers will The
news came in a letter from a sister,
Mrs. E. Straube, of Los Angeles. ::
st. Paula lively battle with pis-
tolls took place at Broadwayfand Eighth
streets at 3 o'clock, between a white
man by the name Of Sapp and a negro
who gave his name as Debeau. Six
shots were exchanged, and Sapp re-
ceived a slight wound in the fleshy
part of the right thigh.
Minneapolis .--Edward Tuttron, 2506
East Franklin avenue, engineer at the
Minneapolis Co-Operage Company's
plant at 2507 Hiawatha avenue. was
severely, probably fatally, scalded in
a boiler accident. "<
St. Paul.-Free from debt. the Gin
ton Avenue Methodist church has start
ed a new life of activity. ,* -
IT. Snelling.-Horses for the squad
ron of calvary stationed here will be
ready in a week; or so. AS first planned
the squadron was not to be mounted
until summer, but. orders aN9re issued
for the transfer. to. Fort Smelling Of all
the horses left behind by the Third
cavalry upon its departure for the
Philippines. 1872, y =
Austin:---Worl has been received here
that the estate Of the late James c,
King, a Chicago millionaire, has been
settled so that the Austin heirs will
receive the amounts bequeathed to
them under tho will. There are nine
heirs who will receive $4,000; apiece,
one Of them being Harry S. King Of
this city. IKE II +. mi #
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11

team.
st. Peter.-Members Of the Nicellet
and LIE Sueur Counties Game and Fish
League held an annual meeting and re-
elected c. w. Carpenter president, J.
c. Hulett vice. president, e. e. Miller
secretary and treasurer, and M. e.
Stone assistant secretary.
- st. Paul.-Thc annual report Of the
fire board, filed with Mayor Smith,
shows that in 1905 there were S37
alarms. The fire loss for the year
was $469,959, covered by insurance
amounting in the aggregate to $685.
O29.
Stillwater-Frank Palmstein is how
ering between life and death at his
home in this city from the effects of
a wound in the temple, inflicted with
4 screw driver. said to have been
thrown by Lawrence Sundberg.
st. Paul.--E. H. Slater, state dairy
and food commissioner has ordered
the state chemist TO investigate the use
Of personalities in beer.
.Virginia-For a time there seemed
to be grave possibilities Of a double
,lynching in this city. Two ,Austrians
were brought tere and placed in Jail
on suspicion that they knew something
Of the murder OF Charles Peterson.
whose dead body was found near
Aurora Friday morning. The two men
were said to have been seen in Peter
sons company Thursday night, when
he was last seen alive.
! Crookston.-Whtle walking along the
east branch Of the Roseau river, near
Pencer. Martin Larson had his left arm
shot off and narrowly escaped death,
being mistaken for wolf. Edwin
Severson, Larson;s uncle, did the shoot
Ing. I'LL - s u =. ..,." T..
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

sible. Scientific men. and especially German
writers on dermatology, have, however, until
such q trained observer as BroWn-Sequard has
reported his personal experience showing that
a graying Of the hair overnight can certainly
occur. History tells Of numerous famous per
sons In whom the hair has suddenly turned
gray. Sir Thomas Moore and Marie Antoinette'
on the eve OF their respective executions are
said 20 have presented this phenomenon. Blchet
mentions a similar case, and many others are
contained in the memoirs of Samson the Ia
nous executioner Of Paris where persons n.y.
shown the.s conditions as a result OF fright
anxiety. Graying OF the hair has been ob-
served to supervene gradually as the result OF
various changes in the narvous system. insane
persons, especially melancholics. and also those
affected by other central and peripheral nervous
affections show premature graying OF the half;
Thus hemiatrophia facialis and long continueo
and frequently recurring attacks OF neuralgia
are also at fault. General diseases are also
accompanied or followed by graying OF the halr,
which, however after some time RECEIVERS It's
original cOlnr.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
1osT ON a SURE THING.

Y{r,rv Field. OF Richards. Is q mule buyer and
an enthusiast on good roads. He was IN kansas
on a mule buying trip. when he stopped at sui.eA
town west OF FoEt Scott. A veterinary was pre-
pa.ing hot application for horse with q sp3aillea
leg when Mr.. Field approached the Lvely seA1.s'
kettle with the water heating IN " stooO t15i-s
and men were gathered about discussing nov 19e
the water should be when applied to the horse
leg. They asked DruTy Feid's opinion MF. Eellt
said 70 should be boiiing- Aut. salo tnc tlGe.-e
'sthe horse could never stand having his foot puc
IN a bucket OF boiling water; Il would cook tle
6esh 20 the bone" Not at all" said OTufy. Z
have held my foot in boiling water Tor ave minutes
many e time. and DO 10 0gaiu.' ~4'u bet YOU
% vo can't do IT, said the doctor with thoughts
Of easy money drifting through his brain "I.l
take the bet" said DruFy, with Q merry twinkle
in his eye: ''get 'er to bn'" The mule cEiVer has
an artificial foot which he Intended 20 put IN tho
hot water when Il should be ready. Meanwhile tho
subject OF good roads came up, ana when the tub
OF boiling water ready the mule buyer. excited
BY his argument, absent miRdedly put the wrong
foot IN the LIQUID. according g the statsEnsnt Of
''rhG Richards FrOgTcSs.' and theEeoY lo<t what
l9okea Ike bet on lead piss cincA--F~An1as CITY
Star.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

adjustable. In the prospectus here I see the
statement. IF other powers are desired for
members of your family. give full particulars
remitting additional sum- I think I see signs
in this phrase that the chauffeur has not been
overlooked. And I hope 1t Is so. for it has yet
to be decided who. in case Of infraction Of the
law. is the proper party to punish-the chauf-
feur or the master from whom, in nearly every
case he takes his instructions to let out
see here, too this latest development in Ameri-
can automobiling is due to the zeal Of Win
thrOp E. Scarritt. ex-president of the AutomO-
bile Club of America. 1t certainly is an ex-
pertinent shall watch with interest. The
courts and police are yet in blissful ignorance Of
this new move to tighten the burden of the
sorely tried automobilist. There's bound to be
some fun over these bonds, for If they stand
the tests ahead of them owners will be able
TO turn on the police the smile that irritates."
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
l5aRs3 547zS QUESTIONS ANSWERED F$M7S a7HS,
GlES2 -ZZ8

pre-, TO the Pharaohs, the Temple of Solomon
the Iower OK Babel and even to the building OF
Noahs ark. In reality It took its rise in the
Middle Ages along with other incorporated
crafts. Skilled masons moved from place to
place to assist in building the magnificent sacred
sF Fuctufes-cathedralS abbeys etc.-which had
theiE origin In these times, and It was essential
a 10Y them 10 have some signs by which. COM
ing ans 70 a strange place, they could be recognized
as real craftsmen and not impostors. Free
masonry in its modified, more modern form,
oates only from the seventeenth century. The
modern ritual is said to have been partly bor-
FoWed from the Rosicrucans and knights Tenn
plar, and partly devised by Elias Ashmole, the
FOUNDER OF the AshmOlean Museum. In 1925 it
was introduced into France by Lord Derwent-
water, and in 1873 the first American lodge was
established. C2) Yes, such periodicals are pub
!ished In great numbers in our own country, not
20 mention England and Germany. To name
them all would require too much space, and to
name but a few would be doing injustice to the
rest that are just worthy OF recommenda-
tton. For these reasons we refrain from answer
ing your question. Consult newspaper direc-
tory
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
THorAs PowNALL.

G. S Parkersvslle. PENN: ID Can you give
me any information concerning the Writings OF
Governor PowneH oe Massachusetts or 70 any
account Of what he did?
a. He was the aIthor Of many works incluu-
ing Colonial Institutions 0Ondon. l'Os)'
Principles O. Poiity" d752), The Administra-
ton Of Colonies Cl764). Description Of the Md
die States OF America Q776). "A Memorial 70
the SOVereigns of Europe on the State or AfhalIs
Between the Old and New World OlSOl. MeiIo- Menu.
rial to the Soyereigns OF America" QlSo)' NO no
tees and Descriptions Of the Antiquities OF w. w
Provincia Romano Of Gaul' QI6S), 'lntellecLuat
Physics OT95). Letters Advocating free
Trade O79J). antiquarian romance ana a
treatise on "Old Age besides many papers on
widely difRused subjects, published In The Gem
tlemans Magazine" % In 1867 he oppose9
Parliamentary taxation OF the Colonies. In ~
he was the first to announce that EnBianu =
sovereignty over America was gone forever,
ana then advocated a commercial treaty in or"
der 70 Illustrate French influence. He was the
first member Of Parliament to bring In bill Tor
peace with the Colonies. he believed that the
Americans had equal constitutional rights with
the English in England. He is renowned toT
being the first Englishman Of education and IN
nuence that devoted his entire life TO the aneii-
Grafton OF American political conditions AS
Scientist Pownall was much esteemed by ISenya-
min Franklin whose close friend he was ~
some he Was thought to be "Jupius."
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
APRIL FOOL nAX.

C. J. GIalifax, Fla.): When and where did the
originate?
OF the origin Of the custom nothing positive
Is known Some spectators trace it back to
Noah and the Ark. "The April fool custom
says THE London Public Advertiser Of March
IL. 1169, arose from the mistake Of Noah send
ing the dove out OF the ark before the water
had abated on the first day of the month among
the Hebrews which answers our first Of April
and 10 perpetuate the memory Of this deliver
ance It was thought proper, whoever forgot so
remarkable circumstance. TO punish them by
sending them upon some sleeveless errand sim
liar TO that Intellectual message upon which the
pro was sent by the patriarch" Others refer
II TO the time OF Christ. arguing that, as the
passion Of Jesus took place about this time Of
The year, and the Jews sent Christ backward
and forward to mock him. E., from Annas to
Nalaphas, from Caiaphas to Plate from Plate
% Herod. and from Herod back again to PLATE
this ridiculous. or. rather, impiOus. custom took
nse thence by which send about from one
place TO another such persons as we think proper
objects Of ridicule. These theories must, how
ever, be dismissed as unfounded. in view Of the
tact that in character. though not in point or
nne, All Fools Day corresponds with the Roman
satuinalia, when the ancient Romans did every
thing 10 fool one another. But the nearest ano
most startling analogy, not only in kind, but
almost in actual date, was and is the Feast OF
Hull IN Hindostau. The last day OF this TeaSt
Is March 81. when the chief diversion is to SEND
people on errands and expeditions that are to
end in disappointment for the sendee and merri-
ment for the sender and his friends. The GUS
tom does not seem to have had any existence in
Great Britain until the eighteenth century. The
earliest literary alusiOn to it is by Addison. IN
The Spectator" where he scornfully tens now
"a neighbor Of mine VINO is a haberdasher by
trade and a very shallow, conceited felloW'
makes his boast that for these ten years con-
secutively he has not made less than q nuhQLeo ,
fools NV landlady had a falling out with him
about a fortnight ago for sending every one OF
her children upon a sleeveless errand' as She
Ter