Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-03
GOPHER GOSSIP.
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St Pau1.-The city tax budget fo1
next year 10 adopted at $2,960,968

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Bear lake is raised.
| st. PauL-Prof. Weitbrecht says that
| 500 is the economical unit Of attend
ance at high schools.
| st. Paul.-Dr. w. H. w. Boyle re-
signs the House of Hope passionate and
accepts call to Lake Forest, Ill.
/ Minneapolis.-A bookstore for the
sale of Swedish books has been opened
at $40 Second avenue south.
st. Paul.-The labor commissioner
| will permit no boys under sixteen to
act as pages in the legislature.
Eden Valley.-Jess Racy, a former
! resident of this village, was drowned
in Cross lake.
st. PAULA room has been set aside
for checking wraps and parcels for the
convenience of visitors to the capitol.
| Northfield.-Laird, Norton & Co. of
| Winona have purchased the business
of the Mortified Lumber company and
| have engaged w. F. Crary as local
manager.
st. Peter.-A survey made of a lake
may become the basis Of an interesting
| action in the Nicollet county district
court.
Ottawa-Robert Kewatt, a 16-year-
! old son of Fred Kewatt, was danger
| ously wounded in the left breast. With
an elder brother he was shooting at
| mark with 22-caliber rifle.
Northtield.-Th thirteenth annual
debate between the Athenian and Phil
| omathean societies of Carleton college,
resulted in victory for the Philoma-
theans.
eapolis.-Following the lead of
their st. Paul brothers, several Mime
| apolis hotel and restaurant men formed
| the Minneapolis Hotel and Restaurant
Keepers association.
Northfield.-The Philomathean Soci-
! ETY. of Carleton College won the annual
debate from the Athenian society by
vote of to 1.
Minnea polis.-William Kelley, 2205
Nineteenth avenue south, was struck
by some protruding lumber on a car
In the Milwaukee yards yesterday af-
ternoon and seriously injured.
| apolis.-The cadet battalion at
st. Thomas college is now fully organ
Of the Seventh United States infantry
I
ment as military Instructor and com.
mandant.
Washington.-In an opinion by JUS
tlce Holmes the supreme court Of the
! United States today upheld the valid
ity of the Minnesota state law holding
railroad companies responsible for m
juries done to employees through the
carelessness of other employees.
! Red Wing.-In the case of Christian
j. Floan against the Chicago, Milwau-
kee st. Paul road for damages, the
jury today returned verdict for ST.
900, the full amount asked. Floan was
run over by switch engine.
| Dulth.-Bishop James McGolrick of
! Duluth has been invited and will as
sist at the dedication of Pittsburg's ST.
! 100000 Catholic cathedral early in Feb
| ruary.
Bemidji.-The people are having lots
| of fun spearing fish through the ice
Small spearing houses are built on
| the ice, and the spearer is protected
from the wind and weather. This style
OF fishing is permitted on the payment
Of a fee of one dollar.
| St. Cloud.-Chief of Police Quinlivan
| was assaulted, overpowered and given
a severe beating while attempting to
stop a fight in saloon here.
Winona.-The city council has made
! an appropriation to provide a skating
| rink for the children on Lake Winona.
This rink is to be maintained all VIM
ter, and will furnish the only place
| In the city where the young folks can
| enjoy this outdoor sport.
Stillwater.-Arthur Kenyon has been
received at the state prison from Min
neapolis under sentence of ten years
for holding up Ellington Copeland with
| pistol and taking a gold watch from
him July /.
Duluth.-In the Duluth postoffice is
a large table piled with Christmas
presents directed to foreign addresses
! by Duluth people on which the senders
sought to beat the postoffice depart
ment. In every case, the present was
enclosed in a newspaper and done up
In such way as to appear to be mere
! ~ newspaper; In this manner a large
amount of postage could be saved.
Duluth.-The> name of the Duluth.
Virginia & Rainy Lake road has been
changed to the Duluth, Rainy Lake &
Winnipeg Railroad company. No Of
fetal reason is given for the change.
although it has been suspected for
some time that the road would build
to the International Falls, connecting
! with the Canadian Northern.
Evansville.-Martin Lofgren, a Sec
! ton man on the Great Northern rail-
| way was instantly killed in the COM
! pany'S yards here
Mankato.-Hale & Masse of Madelia
yesterday filed voluntary petition in
bankruptcy, giving their liabilities as
$1,S16, unsecured, and their assets as
| some accounts footing up to 1924.
Minneapolis.-A young man thought
|. to be Harold HunneWell of Burlington.
! N. D., was asphyxiated by Illuminating
ga sin lodging house at Third avenue
| south and Washington, and was found
dead by the night clerk early this
| morning.
! andiyOhi.-Farmers'> elevators are
rapidly increasing in numbers in Min
nesota, according to Henry Feig, state
superintendent of country elevators. On
June 1, 1904, there were only ninety
five farmers elevators in the state, but
now there are 141. There are Las
country elevators in Minnesota, of
which 1920 are line houses, 1854 indie
pendent, and al farmers elevators
/ neutrality-suspicious. has been made
by Mayor John A. Latsch and City At
torney D. E. Tawney, for a writ of
certiorari In the wineroom case recent
~ tried before the municipal court. In
/ this case, Martha Lake was cha