Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-07
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St. HPaul-The corner stone Of st.
Paups new cathedral will be laid next
June ,*.~: r;.&< j.. ~
i st. Paul-The city council good roads
committee favors spending $4,000 next
year on streets leading to the country
districts. 49, ~"
st. Peter-Thor1, Alban & Fisher, ar
chttects of st. Paul, have been engaged
to draw the plans for st. Peters new
high school building.
Beaudette-James Kibbey, who was
arrested on complaint of Louis Catlin,
charging larceny of $a4, has escaped
from the village lookup. i
Duluth-Fire at o'clock this morn
ing practically destroyed the sand
sucker Admiral Togo and the tug Cor
ona, owred by the o. Osborn estate.
Averi!l-On the Carlson farm, near
Averill, a girl years old fell from a
second story window yesterday and
escaped without any injury whatever.
Plainview-Chasing her pet kitten,
the two-year-old daughter of John
Lyon, living south OF here, followed it
upon a water tank, Fell in and was
drowned.
J. st. Paul-Two men met CHASTITY
death by an explosion of gas in tun-
mel. They were George c. Harding, a
pipeftter and Frank Aldrich, colored,
his assistant.
Elmore-George D. Moore cannot be
found. though. all efforts have been
made that seem possible. He is trav-
cling through the country, ignorant of
the fact that his wife is dead at their
home in Gilmore.
Mankato-Laurie Monchamp. a quar-
ter-breed, and Billy Burnett, a half
breed, who had run away from the
Indian school at Pipestone, were taken
into custody in this city, and held
pending the arrival Of an officer from
the school to take them back.
Minneapolis-That clever forgers are
at work among the merchants in south
east Minneapolis is evident from the
number Of complaints which have been
registered with the authorities recent
1y, OF bad checks passed by an un-
known individual.
Winona-A Winona County Good
Roads association was organized here
today, representative farmers from all
parts of the county being present. Gus
tave Scholle, president, and George
w. Cooley, engineer, Of the state high
way commission, attended the meet
ing.
st. Paul-Gen. c. c. Andrews, state
forestry commissioner, has returned
from a visit to Cass Lake, Bemidji and
other points in the northern part Of
the state. He is much impressed with
IF
that more ought to- be done by the
state for the protection Of this pine.
Duluth-Joseph Jindra, aged rs,
whose parents reside at New Prague.
Mimi. committed suicide here yester-
day after repeated attempts He was
stopping at Bowery lodging house,
and about noon wrote letter asking
forgiveness Of his parents, and then
began firing a revolver at his head He
fired i've shots at his head without
hitting himself
Cushirg-Annie B. Murray, as ad-
ministrator of the estate Of Robert
Murray. has sued in the district court
the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany. James M. Ford and Frank r..
Leach to recover $4,000 for the death
Of Robert Murray, which is alleged to
have been the result of collision near
here.
Mankato-The October term of the
United States court convened in this
city today with Judge Page Morris
Of Duluth presiding. The grand jury
completed its work during the day, in
vestigated three cases and returned in
dictments in two of them, but arraign-
ments were not made.
st. Pau1-An increase Of $S,000,00O
over the returns of the county boards
and an increase of nearly s20,000,000
over the values fixed on personal prop
erty by the state board last year are
shown by the completed figures on the
increases and decreases ordered by the
state board of equalization this year.
st. Cloud-Contractor Doyle, WHO
has charge of the construction work
of Grow Wing Ditch No. II, has con-
structed novel dredge boat with
which to prosecute the work. The
boat is 16 feet wide and IS feet long
and is equipped with two 15-horse-
power engines, a 40-horse-powe boiler
and a 40-foot power arm, the bucket
OF which will lift cubic yard of dirt
at a time.
,Balaton-Live Goals In a stove In
which Mrs. Andrew Nelson was start
ing a fire and had poured kerosene
oil, ignited the Oil and caused the can
in which it was contained to explode,
resulting in burns from which the
woman died in a few hours after the
accident. A husband and three small
children survive.
st. .Paal-The new compulsory edu-
cation law is to be enforced in st. Paul.
and Supt. S. L. Heeter, representing
the school board, wants parents of de-
linQuents :: to understand it. The new
law gives the authorities an oppor-
tunity to force the children into the
schools, and the plan is to see that the
law is enforced by requiring all chill
dren, OF school age to attend a school
of some sort. either public, parochial
or private. - - ~.
- Observation-Disclosures coming from
north Of the city tell Of a disastrous
prairie fire which burned over the en-
tire township. Of Parnell with but a
small exception, tand destroyed several
haystacks and other property The fire
started Sunday morning from ascamp
fire, and soon reached large proper
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= crookston-T Three dwelling houses in
South! Crookston were completely de-
stroyed with their contents by a. fire
which IS supposed to have originated
In the kitchen Of the residence of Theo-
dore Goodman. The. fires caused a
loss Wh1chz.1ss estimated at%s5;0O0,; with
some insurance. ~ = S.e f III ss*;@ =
: Minnea polls The body of the, man
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