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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
The Great Fair.

The great Minnesota state fair will
De held Sept. 3, 4, 5, s, and 8. Pre-
1,1iums and purses offered aggregate
$65,644.50, and the exhibition and
amusement features will be far bet
ter than ever before. Half rates are
announced by the railways.
The new live stock amphi+heater,
the best Of it's kind in the country, will
be dedicated on Monday, Sept 3.
James J, Hill, president of tn Great
Northern railway, will deliver he adj
dress. Horses and cattle :lill be
shown and judged in the am.,hithea-
ter throughout the week. Three great
auction sales Of pure bred cattle will
be conducted.
Dan Patch," the king of PAGERS, and
"Cresceus," the king of trotters, will
be seen Monday afternoon. Each Of
these magnificent horses will make
an effort to lower it's own worlds rec
ord.
Among the special racing events are
the $4,000 purse for 2:13 PAGERS on
Tuesday, ST. Paul day; the $4,000
purse for 2:21- trotters, on Friday, Min
neapolis day; the $4,000 purse for 2:35
trotters on Monday; the $4,000 purse
for 2:30 PAGERS for Wednesday and the
$4,000 purse for 2:02 PAGERS on Thurs
day. In addition there are eight ST.
90 purses and two $500 purses to be
contested for by the trotters and pac-
ers during the week. Liberal purses
are offered for runners Also Racing
will be of the sensational order every
dav
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
2T0.W0RK E|GH7 HOURS
FEDERAL CONTRACTORS MUST
OBSERVE THE LAW.
LABOR GAINS CONTENTION
Effort to Secure Shorter Workday
Made Effective by President, Who
Directs officials to Prosecute
Violations on Public Works.

Neutrality-suspicious. of the great.
est Importance in labor circles is con-
templated in direction given by the
president to officers in charge of pub
lie works at the instance Of Secretary
Taft. This is to employ the govern
ment's own officers to direct and pun
ish violations of the law of 1902, pro-
viding except that in case of emer.
gency, work upon government build.
ings, ships and other properties shall
be limited to eight hours each day for
each workman.
An effort was made by the forces
of organized labor during the last
session of congress to secure legis.
lation to this end, but so effective
was the opposition of the great con.
tracing firms that adjournment was
had without any action upon the
pending bill, though the house com.
mittee on labor consumed many hours
in listening to powerful arguments on
either side of the question.
Heretofore it has been the practice
of executive officers, when complaint
was made by labor unions that the
eight-hour law was being violated by
contractors building ships, construct:
ing public buildings, engaged in river
and harbor works and other public
enterprises, to reply that it was not
their business; that the law was bind
ing upon the contractors and that if
the labor unions felt aggrieved and
knew Of violations of the law they
should proceed themselves legally
against the offenders.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
FEAR TO STAND FOR PROBE
Sewer Pipe Trust Agrees to Go Out Of
Business if Investigation Is
Not Pushed.

Jamestown, N. Y.-The Sewer Pipe
Trade association, Familiarity known
as the ''sewer pipe trust practically
entered plea of guilty to the charges
of a secret contract to limit the pro-
duction and control the territory and
prices of sewer pipe before the fed
eral grand jury in this city Thursday.
United States District Attorney
Brown had prepared mass of evil
dence against the company which he
was intending to present to the grand
jury when Harry A. Hall, of Pitts
burg, attorney for the association,
submitted the proposition that rather
than submit to the proposed investi-
cation by the grand jury he would
enter into an agreement whereby the
association would be dissolved and go
out Of business. The proposition was
accepted by the district attorney.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
GEN. sTOEssEL TO BE SHOT
Russian Commission Recommends
Death Penalty for Officer Who
Defended Port Arthur.

st. Petersburg.-The commission
appointed to investigate the surren-
der of Port Arthur has finished it's
labors and recommends that Lieut..
Gen. Stoessel, the former commander
of the Russian forces at Port Arthur,
be dismissed from the army and shot,
that Lieut.. Gen. Fock, who command
ed the Fourth East Siberian division
at Port Arthur, be dismissed from
the army and undergo years hard
labor; that Gen., Reiss, chief of staff
of Gen. Stoessel, be dismissed and
banished, and that Admiral Alexieff,
former viceroy in the far east, Lieut..
Gen. Smirnoff, commander of the
Port Arthur fortress, and Gen. Yer
nandec be reprimanded. The formal
trial of these officers will take place
shortly
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
Boy Saves Mother,

Pillager- Twelve-year-old H arol
Dorsey, by rare display of heroism,
saved his mother, Mrs. Nancy Dorsey,
from death by drowning at Sylvan
lake. With a party of friends, the
Dorsey family was enjoying a picnic
at the lake. The women Of the party
went in bathing, while Harold was
rowing about in a boat. His mother,
thinking the water was shallow, start
ed to wade out to the boat, but
stepped into deep hole, and she dis
appeared beneath the water, only her
imploring hands being visible to her
Mortified companions. Harold quickly
rowed to the spot, plunged in and sue
ceeded in grasping his mothers hair.
Then he swan with her toward shore
He was almost exhausted when help
arrived, and both were pulled ashore
not much the worse for their adven-
ture.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
Court on Wheels.

Duluth probably the last court on
wheels that will make the circuit of
the range towns on it's annual trip
for making new citizens. Notice has
been given that an adorned term Of
the district court will be held for the
purpose Of granting naturalization
papers at Tower, Ely, Biwabik, Eve
leth, Virginia, Chisholm Hibbing and
Floodwood, between July % and 27.
The court on wheels, as it is popu-
larly known will consist of one of the
district judges, the clerk of the dis
trict court and one Of his deputies.
At each Of the towns where sessions
of the court will be held, persons ap-
plying for second Or final papers will
be required to present a certified copy
Of their first papers and the testimony
of two witnesses who have known the
applicant in each case. for the re-
quired term Of five years.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
Not Captured.

Eveleth-Despite the report from
garelli, the Italian who is alleged to
have murdered his fellow countryman,
Basilo Romano, and to have attempted
to kill Bruno Gervasso, on July 4, is
still at large. Upon several
occasions the local authorities were
of the opinion that they were in
reaching distance, but they were not
actually able to make the capture It
appears that he has friends who keep
him constantly advised of the officers
movements and assist him in evading
arrest
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
Sympathy for Lord Curzon.

London.-Lord Curzon Of Kedleston
was the recipient Thursday of a con-
tinuous stream of messages of condo
lence, on the death of his wife, from
India, America and Great Britain, in
Guiding expressions of sympathy from
King Edward and other members of
the royal family. The princess of
Wales sent her secretary to express
to Lord Curzon her personal grief on
the death of his wife. President
Roosevelt and Ambassador Whitelaw
Reid also sent Lord Curzon messages
of coincidence.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
Earthquake Damage Slight.

Santa Fe, N. M.-Mayor Bursum,
who is heroically directing in person
the work of increasing the water sup
ply of Socorro, Thursday issued, the
following official statement: The re.
ports regarding the earthquake at
Socorro have been exaggerated, the
damage to date being limited to the
falling and toppling over of loose
chimneys and shaking of some of the
walls of buildings not of a substantial
character. The actual damage all
round is very slight.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
Work for Ohio Miners.

Canton, Q. -Three thousand coal
miners in the Fifth Ohio district viii
return to- work at once as a result of
the settlement reached here BY the
operators and miners delegates. The
scale of 1903 was adopted. s : <> { Il.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
Victim Of Hay Tedder.

southeast of town, was seriously in
jured by being run over by tedder
he was using in the bayfield,. The ram
which was attached to the tedder be-
came frightened and ran away and
Klassen was thrown in front Of the
machine, one wheel of which passed
over his body, badly bruising him and
injuring him internally. 1t was for
tunate, however, that the wheel struck
him, as in passing over his body it
raised the machine sufficiently high to
prevent the forks from striking him.
News Notes.
st. Paul-St. Joseph's. and st. Rat
rick's parishers win the contest in
connection with the cathedral fund
picnic.~
st. PAUL.. D. O'Brien, insurance
commissioner, today issued notice
practically suspending the Minnesota
license of the Transatlantic Fire In
surance company of Hamburg, Ger
many.
Thief River Falls-The Red Lake
county teachers training school is in
session in Thief River Falls and will
continue until Aug. 2.
st. Peter-A proposition to bond this
city for $4,000 will be submitted to
the voters at the annual school cleo
ton, to be held July 81. The money
is needed to erect new high school
building, and all that is necessary is
the Endorsement of the taxpayers.
Thief River Fans-While engaged in
cleaning rifle Christ Lee of Carmel
was shot and killed by the accidental
discharge of the weapon. Lee did not
know the gun was loaded.
Mankato-Congress James T.
McCleary of Mankato filed with the
secretary Of state for: the republican
nomination in the second district. He
will be opposed by Gilbert Gutterson.
Alexandria Toilet jacobson,
wife Of President Jacobson of the VIII
lage council, died at Rochester.
Owatonna-A shooting affray occur
red here this morning, and as a re-
suit Edward Shepard is in the county
Jail awaiting the action of the grand
jury. Shepard's wife is confined to her
bed with a serious gunshot wound.
Stillwater-As Arthur Wilson was
released from a nine months sentence
at the penitentiary, he was met at, the
prison door by Sheriff Noes of Ver-
million county, Illinois, and re-arrested
for breaking parole from the Joliet
prison prior to his arrest in Mime
sofa. :-.---~ -
Minneapolis will show a total as
sessed valuation Of $4,000, 900 or $780,
100000 this year. according to. esti-
mates brought forward yesterday at
the first meeting Of the city board OF
equalization. s This would be an in
crease OF about $40, 200, 900 over last
year, when the aggregate valuation OF
real estate was $1o5,0o 200, and OF
personal property, So ,o00;0oo. -
Melrose That Michael o'Connor, an
inofrensive harmless, Jolly old man,
was murdered by Frank Bonsall, was
in substance the verdict Of the coro-
!5ner's jury returned here last night
.1O,Gonnor was seventy six years old
/ and Tor six years had lived . retired
life III this place. I'll ss
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
Demonstration t,t ,,, t at .zola,s Tomb

Paris There was demonstration
Thursday at the tomb Of Emile Zola,
commemorative 81 the q acquittal 81
Dreyf us: The latter. sent q wreath 81
roses and orchid s. Dreyfus was greet
ed with perfect ovation 81
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
Value Of CLAW Product.

Misunderstanding to a state
ment issued by the United States geo
logical survey, the value Of the prod
ucts Of clay in the: United States in
1905 was $149,697,18S, as against an
output of $131, O23,248 in 1904.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
Secretary Hays Widow Improves.

Newbury, N. H.-Mrs. John Hay,
widow of the late secretary of state,
who has been i'll at her summer home
on the shores Of Lake Sunapee; Is re-
gaining her health. Her illness was
not so serious as at first supposed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25


: Seals are becoming SO numerous in
the fjords around Horton and Tons
berg as to be decidedly injurious to
salmon fishing, and the fishermen are
in favor Of offering a bounty for the
killing Of the animals
The prince of Wales, after attend
ing the coronation at Tropdhjem, made
a fishing trip to Meraker, a valley
about forty (English) miles east Of
Trondhjem.
Kristiania and vicinity exported H.
1853 tons of ice to foreign countries in
June.
Prof. H. G. Stub, of Luther Seminary.
Hamline, Minn.,- has been "permitteG'
to preach in the churches Of Norway
says a Norwegian daily. On this side
Of the water it seems strange that it
was necessary for the government Of
Norway to permit man Of his
standing to preach in the churches Of
NOrWav
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25

oIAOyCO oAu uOA0 tl1du O,OVU 4dull4SS
had been rendered homeless.
During drunken revels among Sla-
vonian laborers at Fogelsville, Pa, an
oil lamp was upset, setting fire to a
boarding house. Eight frame houses
were destroyed and Stefan John Evon-
tc, aged So, his son Michael Evonic,
aged %, and Michael Tebuth, aged 33,
were burned to death.
Henry T. Fry, Of Chicago, was elect
ed president of the American Whist
league:
The supply Of guncotton stored in
naval magazines and on warships along
the Atlantic coast, is said to have
shown such evidences of deterioration
that orders have been issued for it's re-
turn and the issuance of new supply.
Shrinking molders of the Allis- Chal-
mers Milwaukee plant were absolved
by Judge Quarles of the Injunction and
were Informed that no Injunction could
lie IL they continued to conduct the
strike as had been observed since it's
beginning. >..' = r
4 Dr.. David s. Jordan, in lecture, To-
Gated the origin of the recent seismic
disturbance in Behring sea and proph-
=esied the next center Of trouble would
be- in the vicinity Of San Leandro and
HayWards. ss<f :<. ~. Nv T.
: Capt. William Henry Bunting, one OF
the few survivors Of the crew of the
confederate ironc1ad Merrimac during
the civil war died ut the NnrfnlL svy., =.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25

missioners.
The hearing of the suit brought by
the state of Minnesota against the Du-
luth board Of trade to secure disso-
luton OF that corporation and sell its
property was begun In the st. Louis
county district court at Duluth. The
action was brought against the board
at the instance of the Minnesota
Farmers exchange.
The council Of the empires accept
ance without amendment of parlia-
ments bill appropriating 1880, 900 for
famine relief came as surprise, but
has ,occasioned the greatest jubilation
In the camp Of the lower house, as it
is regarded as vote of lack of conf
dence In the Goremykin ministry on
the part of the upper chamber. !
It has long been known that some
parts OF the Vatican are unsafe; but it
has just been discovered that the pail
ace is practically falling to ! pieces.
Even the corner where the pope's
apartment is situated needs strength
ening, and the pontiff Is moving out. Z
Three men were instantly killed and
q score of others were injured, sever
al Of whom are expected to- die, when
q shanty at the O'Laughlin Bros
stone quarry, near Bellwood, I'll, was
blown up with dynamite. zs..f. &.
The American vice consul general at
Warsaw, Poland, cableds the state de-
>partment that press correspondents
have been misled BY erroneous reports
into Informing their papers that there
was reason to fear massacres 70 War
saw. and LODI.
DR.. Carl sattl lei, I one &of the leaders
.of the National liberal party "a the.
sReichstag. IL dead.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25

Basilo Romano, a young italian, and
dangerously wounded another Italian
In a saloon at Eveleth on July 4, made
his escape from mob of pursuers,
has been captured a short distance
from Hibbing.
Owatonna-Mrs. r. G. Nelsco and
mother, Mrs. Head, and Mrs. Hail and
three small children were seriously in
jured by being thrown from car
riage. 1T Is not known as yet how
serious the injuries to Mrs. Head may
prove, inasmuch as she is an aged NO.
man.
Red Lake Falls-Paul Schonauer, a.
prominent farmer living six miles
south Of here, was probably fatally
injured by ali enraged bull. Schon-
auer had gone to the pasture to drive
out some Of: the cows, when the bull
attacked him, butting him and stamp
ing on him with its feet until he lost
eonsciousness..1 .~.'
Mankato- Olof Larson, proprietor of
/ q berry farm In Rapidan, is living: with
B. broken neck. i, While driving home
from this city, standing in his wagon
as the horse: pulled It up a hill. he
sustained what is believed to be q
Slight stroke of apoplexy ana fell TO
the ground unconscious, striking upon
Ibis head and neck i s:ss. 1T 4:
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-05-04

saloon licenses $500, it's city rate of
taxes was $1.30, as against $1.10 in the
latter, showing that licensing saloons
does not relieve the taxpayers, but adj
ded to their burden. The deposits in
savings banks during the year were
$7S,926 greater in the dry city than in
that with twenty-five saloons. From
which fact the inference is that the
most if not all of that $7S,926 was
spent in whisky. In the saloon city
there are nine Protestant churches,
while in the anti-saloon city there are
twenty-one, which means that more
than twice as many people go to church
in the latter place than in the former.
''Ye shall know them by their fruits -
-"SeneX" in Herald and Presbyter
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-05-04
Known By Their Fruits
Comparison of Wet and Dry Towns in
Southern California

Some of our cities and towns in
Southern California are trying the ex-
pertinent of dispensing with the saloon.
And the result already is most crafty
ing. The Searchlight of Los Angeles
has prepared table contrasting the
condition of city of II 900 inhabitants,
which has twenty-five licensed saloons,
with one near by, of the same popula-
ton, which has none. In the former
there were last year S92 arrests, while
in the latter there were only 33S-a
diminution in crime of nearly 200 per
cent Though the former received from
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-05-04
The Reason for Prohibition
Noted Author Falls i'm with Eager Chris
tians to Fight Saloon

Rudyard Kipling a Prohibitionist!
Something must have happened! And
something did. 1t was this: While in
Buffalo, N. Y, Mr.. Kipling found him
self in concert hall and was confronted
with the spectacle of two young men
getting two young girls drunk, then
plotting them into the darkness alike of
cal Englishman had, up to this time
no prejudices against the drink habit
Like most men of his type and training
he thought the whole question one of
personal and private import only. He
left the concert hall a converted man;
and to his American Notes he contri-
butes this bit of characteristic testi-
mony:
Then, recanting previous opinions, /
became PrOhibitiOnist. Better it is
that a man should go without his beer
in public places, and content himself
with swearing at the narrow mindedness
of the majority; better it is to poison
the inside with very vile temperance
drinks, and to buy lager furtively at
back doors, than to bring temptation to
the lips of young fools such as the four
| had seen. l understand now why the
preachers rage against drink l have
said: ''There is no harm in it, taken
moderately;' and yet my own demand
for the beer helped directly to send
those two girls Keeling down the dark
street to--God alone knows what end.
If liquor is worth drinking, it is worth
taking a little trouble to come at
such trouble as a man will undergo
to compass his own desires. 1t is not
good that we should let it lie before the
eyes of children, and l have been a fool
in writing to the contrary.
Just so. How apt the right to do i'll
deeds makes ill deeds done Every
open saloon is threat at the virtue and
happiness of the race. Away with it!
-EpWorth Herald.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-05-04
Do You Smash the Home?

Mrs. Nation has an idea that she
smashed things which deserved that
kind of treatment, while others, who
condemn her, are smashing the home
with their ballots. She says:
"You call me crazy because | smashed
few saloons that were smashing
hearts, homes and souls. Well, every
time you cast ballot you either smash
the saloon or you smash the home. A
vote which licenses and protects the
saloon smashes the home in the most
effective way the devil has devised.
Which of us is crazy?" Backbone.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-05-04

Neither a putty man nor a wax figure
ever made any enemies, nor did they
make any real friends The men who
have made the bitterest enemies are also
those who have made the staunchest,
warmest friends.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-05-04
THE ILLINOIS ISSUE
Paw Your Taxes With Money

O men, come around me and listen,
I've only few words to say
And that you will not only hear them,
But that you will heed them, pray.
I once was so young and 50 happy,
Only one small trouble | had;
[ had considerable money
A wife and beautiful lad
But my taxes [ thought were too heavy
To keep up the city of A,
So [ voted that spring for a license,
That others might have it to pay.
My taxes to me then seemed smaller,
| thought it the very thing.
kept on voting for license,
Again and again the next spring
But now then, the rest Of my story,
Oh! listen and will tell ALL
| never once thought that my own boy
Would ever be one who would fall.
But oh when I first found it out, sir,
He had gone too far to come back,
And only to lessen my taxes,
[ had started him on the wrong track.
From bad he has gone on to worse, sir,
How little [ thought Of it them
But now I'd give all Of my money,
IF could but save him again.
When some of these hell-holes you vote fol
When into your city they come,
They may seem to lessen your taxes,
But they surely will ruin your home.
Don't make the mistake then, that | have,
IF you would know life s greatest joys;
But pay your taxes with money,
And pay them no more with your boys.
-Orrie
11.~8.~.3..>..3. 9.:r1 q. .H%1HaaHan.~a.:.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-05-04

Act we'll your part; there all the
honor lies-Alexander Pope.
The Monticellonian., 1906-01-25
NEED OF DISCRIMINATION.
Singular Qualification Required Of
 Members of a Western
Jury

Those vha Hee taat peculiarly rich, pUIpE la-t,tit ifuf known a- the paW- pow. winch has been dciurd as natural su-tard. are likely tu be mmOdcrateIV ioud of L; bui tha.e Nhn do mot like ft nearly always have strong aversion to fl, says ehe outh'- Companion. \ man was on tru u Missouri court, charged with having broken into d ucighboi s premises lni stolen hu-hel of thA- fruit.
 The first mau examined as to his quad tcatan~ to -iI un he lurF was asked thi5 question. aLong others: Do yeu Ike paWpaWsz'
 II can cat q hajiul of em at one sit ting. answered lhc man with broad smile.
 Your hoaer said the prosecuting at torney. we challenge this man
 "Ou what ground<f asked the court.
 On the ground. your honor. that any man who likes paWpaWs would feel like lustif4 ing any other man for stealing them, on account of the temptation be ing irresistible.
 ''A eu may stand aside. sad he judge.
 The next man who was examined lid not like pasaraws the very idea of eating them made hm sick.
 Nell accept ham. your h2Cc., 'J..I .hc prosecuting attorney.
 Hold on exclaimed the attorney for the defeH-e. Ne object 10 this man, your honor.
 What .s zour objeetion:" inquired t.,c judge.
 '.The fact that he doesn't l ke pawpaws, your honor would give hm feeling of prejudice anl contempt for d man charged with stealing them, and render hjm 3n- capable of rrsmnn4 fair verdict.
 4eu may stand aside s.f. said Inc court
 \ inry WIS finally secured consisting of aen Who bod nexer tasted PaMpaW.