Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-28
] MINI sofa ITEMS.


tended the tournament of the St. Paul
Ski club held at Red Rock.
st. Cloud.-Joseph HerZog has prob
ably been fatally injured by fall
from a scaffolding of a house being
erected at Melrose Junction.
New Market-George Clemen broke
his leg while harvesting ice The frac-
ture was caused by a cake Of ice fall
ing on his ankle.
st. Cloud.-The Tricounty Good
Roads association, consisting of men,
bers from Stearns, Benton and Sher-;
burne counties, held a most successful
meeting last night.
Crookston.-Word has been received
here that the department of agricul-
ture of the United States is to con-
struct one mile of model road in Min
nesota and North Dakota some time
during the coming summer.
Duluth-Gunda Hatterstern, a do
nestle employed at the home Of Will
liam White, is lowering between life
and death at hospital as result
of terrible burns.
Hayf1eld.-The pump house which
furnishes the village with it's water
supply has been destroyed by fire, en-
3 st. Paul.-swan B. Molander has
announced his candidacy for the Re-
publican nomination as secretary Of
state T1'> 80 -. -; - =, ~.
- st. Paul.-Charles Budlong, Sc Sher-
man street,; employed in the Great
Northern shops, had his right arm
torn from his body.
brought a suit against: the city for
$4,000 damages for injuries alleged to
have been sustained in falling on a
defective plank walk.
polis-The normal board con-
siders resolution to require a pnysi-
cal and moral examination for en-
trance to normal schools.
Minneapolis.-The schedule for the
state bowling tournament is arranged.
st. Paul-The capitol commission
replies to the public examiners re-
port.
st. Paul.-The annual reports of
over fifty insurance companies were
turned over to the state auditor yes
terday by State Insurance Commits
sioner. T.. y. O'Br~l, and the auditor
drew drafts. upon them for the
amounts Of their 2 per cent tax due
the state on their premium receipts
in the state.
Hendrum.-The Prohibition conven-
ton was in session here yesterday. It
proved to be the largest and most en-
thusiastic gathering of the kind ever
held in these parts.~
Moorhead.-A fiery cross in the
oeaVens, such a PHENOMENON as that
which is said to have induced the
Emperor Constantine in 313 A, D. to
become a Christian, was witnessed
here between 8 and o'clock at night.
Minneapolis.-A large delivery horse
owned by the Leslie Paper company
committed suicide early this morning
by running into a Milwaukee engine
at Nicollet avenue and Twenty-ninth
street.
Brooten.-As the result Of eating
canned fishballs, three members Of the
family of Banker BONNER became vio-
1enay Ill, and it was only by the most
strenuous efforts Of physicians that
their lives were saved.
Clitheral.-A small child Of John K.
Olson of this town Is dead from
strychnine poisoning.
Head of the Lakes amount to 1885,
600 bushels, the largest total on rec
ord. This includes 100000 bushels
of grain in the Duluth Superior har-
Dor.
Observation-Disclosures men of Eveleth
have decided to take hand in the
trolley game which the other towns
on the Mesaba range seem to be play
ing.
Observation-Disclosures E. c. Waters
Of Yellowstone lake fame reports the
successful launching Of the new
steamer, T. c. Waters, which will re-
place the Zillah, formerly part of a
Lake Minnetonka steamer.
Hastings.-A writ Of quo warranto
has been filed in the district court cit
ing c. J. Clarkson, Andrew Anderson,
liver Mortenson and Jacob Findular,
president and trustees, Of the village
Of Lilly Dale, to show cause why the
organization should not be disbanded
and the respondents enjoined from ex-
ercising the duties OF their Offices
Observation-Disclosures Robey of
Pipestone died in a Sioux Falls hos
pital, aged forty-eight. An operation
for appendicitis failed to save his life
He was a prominent politician and
pioneer Of the Second congressional
district. He held the postof1lce here
nearly eight years.
Minneapolis.-A fire which started
In some unknown manner in a room
on the third floor of the Windsor
hotel, First avenue north and WASH
ington, caused a damage of about $500
RI In hyYy1
the room.
Minneapolis.-Carl Albert johnson
arrested two weeks ago on a charge
of numbering Charles O. Bader, at the
Falls hotel, on the evening of Dec. g.
was discharged by Judge c. L. Smith
of the municipal court on motion OF
County Attorney Al J. Smith.
Ten Strlke.-After attempting to
take the life Of woman with whom
he had been living, George Wilson
aged thirty years, a we'll known char
acter about this place, committed sui
eide by shooting.
neapolis.-Joseph Hart, bell
boy at the West hotel. was arrested
by Detective Lyons and ch>$,ged with
stealing grip from r. L. Fenton, a
travelling man from New York.
Mankato.-At a meeting Of repre-
sentatives Of tie fair associations of
a number Of reighboring counties, held
in this city, it was decided to organ
lie fair and racing circuit for South
ern Minnesota. Mankato, New Tim.
st. James, Window, St. Peter, lie
Sueur, Madelia and Garden City were
represented at the meeting, or will
join the circuit.
Hal1ock.-Fifty miles Of bitches will