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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
G. n. Budd Is Elected.

Mankato-OfRcial returns to the can
wasting board on the elections of off,
GERS of the grand lodge, /. o. o. F.,
Minnesota, give the following results:
For grand master, w. M. Barber,
Long Prairie, COS; Charles H. Budd,
MonteXideo. 862;, F. H. Cashier, Min
neapolis, 225; George w. Meyer, Min.
neapolis, 597.
For deputy grand master, w. b.
Dwarhmey, Aitkin, 547; George Nc.
Dermott, Rochester, 1926.
For grand warden, R. E. Barragan,
Albert Lea, 404; J. F. Heanault, WAL
nut Grove, 278; H. C. Hess, Glencoe,
1926; NJ. H. McDivitt, Minneapolis, AL;
Herman w. Phillips, St. Paul, 444:
Donald Robertson, Argyle, $50.
For grand secretary, A. L. Bolton,
St. Paul, 2,2O5.
For grand treasurer, C. M. Sprague,
Sank Center, 2,17S.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
LADIES' COMBINATION UNDER
GARMENT.

Paris Pattern No. 2289.-Persian
lawn, nainsook, or batiste may all be
used for this attractive undergarment,
which combines wide umbrella OPEN
drawers, attached to a fitted yoke,
Joined to corset-cover, the joining be-
Ing hidden by a ribbon run beading
Similar beading, finished with a mar
row edging, trims the round neck and
armholes of the corset cover, and the
drawers portion is finished with a
wide edging of English embroidery,
held in place by bows of wide ribbon.
The pattern is in six sizes-32 to AZ
inches, bust measure For 36 bust the
garment, as in front view, requires pa
yards of material sc inches wide, or
2s yards AZ inches wide, with five
yards of edging four inches wide, 85s
yards of beading, S% yards of narrow
ribbon, 81 yards of wide ribbon and
81 yards of narrow edging to trim.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents t.
Pattern Editor" Office of this paper
Write name and address plainly and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
SCANDINAVIA NEWS


Very few persons have emigrated
from Sweden during the past three
months.
The four car ferries which are to be
built for line from Trelleborg,
Sweden, to Sasnitz, Germany, will be
800 feet long and have a draft of IS
feet. The capacity of each vessel will
be Is loaded freight or passenger cars.
The committee on church music has
recommended a reorganization of this
department of public worship. It is
proposed that the Office of sexton be
abolished, that the precentor perform
most of the sections duties, and that
the precent0rs and organists be men,
stoned.
At a skating match in Klagenfurt.
Mouritz Oholm Of Stockholm, won the
first prize in three different contests,
covering 500 meters in AZ seconds,
5000 meters in 8 minutes and l Is
seconds, and 10000 meters in IS min
utes and "a seconds. This made Mr..
Oholm the champion of Europe
The spice dealers of Sweden have
been in the habit of buying sugar
on three months credit. Now the
sugar trust proposes to cut this time
down to 30 days. The spice dealers,
on the other hand, declare that if the
sugar trust carries out it's threat they
will not handle sugar at ALL The
profit is only from 81 to 4 per cent.
A stock company has been organ
lied in Stockholm for exploiting a
new milking machine, the capital
stock to be from $4,000 to $150,0OO
The new machine works a good deal
like the human hand in milking, and it
is run by compressed air. It has been
tested on two large farms, and is said
to have stood the test we'll.
The relations between Sweden and
Russia are strained at present. The
tension has arisen because Russia in
sists upon being released from the
agreement made when Sweden sur
rendered Finland that no naval sta
tons or Notifications should be estab-
lished on the Finnish shores adjacent
to Sweden. The part taken by Rus
STA in the Norwegian integrity treaty
and her present attitude on the Baltic
closed sea" question also have great
ly irritated Sweden. Wax Is feared
in Sweden because Russia for some
time has been preparing to establish
a naval station on the western shores
that foreign Notifications and naval
base in the islands would be great
menace to the Swedish capital, which
is within three hours by boat of the
Alands.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
eequeat for Spellina Bees.

Andover, Mass, Feb. 21.-The will
of Vernum Lincoln, just probated,
leaves $500 to the treasurer of the
town of Andover in trust for the pur.
pose of providing prizes for annual old.
fashioned spelling matches to take
place here. It is provided that the
matches shall take place in public
hall, the contestants being between
ten and eighteen years old, the old.
fashioned method of choosing up" to
be used. Prizes of SO, Sc and 81
are to be awarded yearly to the three
who are last to be spelled down."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26

Paris Pattern No. 1504.-This smart.
looking shirt waist is in Peter Pan
style, but with the regulation shirt
sleeves. 1t will be'developed in fancy
flannels and silks and all sorts of nov
city shirtings, but must be strictly
tailored. An oddly-shaped yoke facing
is applied on the back, which is other
wise plain. The fronts are closed;
through wide box-plait at the center
and a tuck is made quite close to the
sleeve from the shoulder nearly to the
bust, giving desirable breadth. A..
pointed patch pocket with turnover
pointed lap is stitched on the left;
front, button and buttonhole secur-
ing the lap. The pattern is in three
sizes-13 to II years. For a miss Of
Is years the blouse requires AZ yards
of material 20 inches wide, 23s yards.
36 inches wide, or 21s yards AZ inches
wide.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents to
''Pattern Editor" Office Of this paper.
Write name and address plainly and be
sure to give size and number Of pattern.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
NORWAY.

Amtman (governor) Ullmann has
resigned as a member of the execu-
tive committee of the Henry George
Society.
How are the churches of Norway
to be governed? is a question which
is thoroughly discussed in all parts of
the country. At this stage no one can
tell what the final arrangement will
be.
The parents OF baby boy in
Hardanger agreed to name him Sast-
berg. But when the matter was
brought before the pastor he objected
to the name as unsuitable for Chris
tian name. The boys father was not
present, but the boy was finally bap-
tized "Kaave." When the father found
out what had been done he COM
menced to fight the new name, and he
may have it changed before he gives
up the fight.
The storting has resolved by large
mune 100000 for the purchase Of
eighty square miles of timber land,
which is two-thirds of the area of the
whole commune. The timber form
erly belonged to private family, and
the people rented parcels of land from
this family. Now the poorer portion
of the population of Verdalen pro-
pose to begin the production of wood
pulp, and thus the larger part of the
people will be employers and employees
at the same time. The Socialists are
enthusiastic over the enterprise and
they hope that the venture will be
success.
Premier Lovlands sixtieth birthday
was remembered by his friends in
a way which was pleasing to him. A
painting of himself had been brought
by members of the cabinet and other
friends, and this was hung up in the
office of the foreign department. Mr..
Arctander, a member of the cabinet,
made the presentation speech, in
which he extended the thanks of the
Norwegian people to Mr.. Lovland for
what he had done for his country as a
statesman, and for the answering
patriotism which had characterized
his efforts during the early days of
the new government. Premier Low
land expressed his thanks for this
token of appreciation and gratitude.
The inscription of the painting reads
thus: Il. Lovland, the First Foreign
Minister of Norway"
The treaty which guarantees the in
tegrity of Norway was published Feb.
II. The newspapers generally make
favorable comments on it. Dag
bladet, which is opposed to the gov
eminent, says that the treaty is main
w platonic, and that it will not amount
to much in the hour of danger A
Socialist organ regrets to say that the
treaty is aimed at Sweden, while the
other papers maintain that Sweden
has no reason for dissatisfaction.
1t is proposed to prohibit the en-
ployment of minors in the manufac-
ture of explosives.
The farmers Of Romerike hauled in
the last of their grain from the fields
in the latter part of January. They
were surprised to find that both the
grain and the straw were of a fairly
good quality, better, in fact, than a
good deal of the stuff that was hauled
in last fall. 80
Fri Presse, new newspaper in
Kristiania, is said to be controlled by
few men who represent foreigners
who have invested much capital in
Norway. II this proves to be true the
career Of the paper is apt to be cut
short at any moment.
~ ft3i.a44- tSi-fs3 ~ 90
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
Invalid Burned to Death.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 21.-Wardie
Hanahan, 20 years old, an invalid, was
burned to death in the home of his
mother at Kansas City, Kan. His
clothing caught fire from an over
heated stove. He was unable be-
cause of his malady to speak or move
any part of his body and when his
mother found him he was . mass
OF flames.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
FINLAND.

Mr.. Tiderman, a Finnish journalist,
who was deported to Siberia by the
Russian authorities, described his trip
in letter to a relative In Helsing-
fors. The journey was made on foot.
The cold was terrible, but the filth
ness which characterized the company
was still worse. There were eighteen
persons, of whom two were educated
young Russian ladies', and the others
were all kinds of people. At one rest
ing place they were all packed into a
room having only ninety-five square
feet of floor space, or only little over
five square feet for each person. we
slept in worse condition than ami.
mails in stock car" Mr.. Tiderman
said, land the whisky stencil and the
filth made it still more disgusting."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
SWEDEN.

A sports and tourist museum will
be established in Stockholm
The Socialists of Malmo posted cir
culars in many public places, urging
the young conscripts not to report for
military service. The circulars were
printed in Denmark to avoid the
Swedish laws against printing litera-
ture Of this kind.
Capt. J. G. H. Won Axelson of Mass
vik, has donated his estate near the
Bergslag railway to the national anti
emigration society. The land consists
Of 200 acres of open fields and some
forests, and it is to be used for the
advancement of farming on a small
scale.
The Idun magazine of Stockholm
has awarded its first prize, an orna-
ment worth 5000. to Miss Jane Lund-
strom, of Stockholm, whom the judges
of awards declared 10 be the most
beautiful of the 1000 women who COM
peted for the prize and sent in their
pictures. She is sixteen years old
and typical Scandinavian blonde
Stopping at a boarding school in Dres-
den, Germany, she could not receive
the, prize in person.
An old widow who was living alone
in a room in Stockholm upset her lamp
and soon her bedclothes were in a
blaze. Her own clothing also caught
fire, and when succor arrived she was
so badly burned that her life could not
be saved. '.''+
F. Nobel, of Stockholm, donated &c..
$50 to be expended for a Swedish
sport exposition in st. Petersburg in
1909.
About 1000 persons were out of
work in Malmo Feb. l. Many of them
received aid from the idleness insur-
ance fund.
The government is going to dis
tribute over one million dollars this
year as loans on small parcels of
ground as a means Of enabling poor
but thrifty people to build up homes
Of their own.
Count Oxenstierna, Capt. E. Under
and Lieutenant Won Horn made a
hunting trip to Russia. They killed
four big bears and one wolf, and
brought two live bear cubs back to
Sweden.
A. Florell, a Gothenburg shipping
broker, donated $4,000 to number
Of charitable concerns.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
NEWS NOTES.


st. Paul-The state board of con.
troll awarded to J. B. Nelson & Co. of
Mankato, the contract for the erection
of a new dormitory for nurses at the
Rochester state hospital for the insane
for $43,772.
Amid the theatrical announcements
for Minneapolis none will perhaps at
tract more notice than that of James
J. Corbett's engagement at the Bitou
the week Of February %, in Langdon
McCormick's comedy, The Burglar
and the Lady"
st. Paul-The pardon board par.
doned George H. Kouhout, sentenced
to the st. Paul workhouse on Jan. rs
for 60 days for larceny, in order to
enable him to return to his former
home at Danbury, Conn.
New Ulm-The Citizens Bank of this
city has been converted into the Citi-
Gems State Bank under the law passed
by the last legislature, abolishing pri-
vate banks.
Dulutn-IQe supreme court holds
that local lid regulations may be more
stringent than general laws If they
embody provisions of the state laws,
Minneapolis-William E. Mathews.
colored, who shot and killed John Dut-
ton, Nov. 8 last, and who has been
sentenced to life Imprisonment, was
granted stay of sentence until
March 1, pending an appeal to the
state supreme court.
Hastings-A man giving his name
as Isaac Williams and coming from
the Twin Cities was arrested here for
selling silks without license.
Washington-The house passed tho
hindbergh bill to legali5e the con.
struction Of Z bridge over the Missis-
sippi river at Rice, Benson county.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26

A good joke. Sweden has sent
special ambassadors to the different
courts of Europe to announce the
ascension of new king to the throne
of the kindom of Sweden. No such
special ambassadors have been sent
to the Norwegian court. kilograms to
the Swedish press from Kristiania
state that the Norwegians are wonder
ing when such dignitary is coming
to Norway. Apropos this wonder a
Swedish paper suggests that the
Swedes notify King Haakon of the
change in Sweden in the same manner
as the Norwegians notified King Oscar
that he had been deposed, namely,
by an ordinary letter through the
mails.
DENMARK.
The Hamburger Nachrichten sug.
gests with almost brutal frankness
that Denmark Ought to place herself
under the protectorate of Germany,
and become Germany's gatekeeper at
the entrance to the Baltic Sea. The
Baltic can be closed only from the in
side," says the paper, land in case of
war it is evidently in the interest of
Germany to keep the Danish channels
closed. Therefore, the most sensible
thing that Denmark can do is to make
proper arrangements in times of
peace"
Queen Alexandra will not accom-
pany her royal husband when he
starts for the continent in the near
future; not because there is any es-
arrangement between the two, but be-
cause the queen is very anxious to see
her sister, the Dowager Empress Dag.
mar of Russia, whom the king cannot
bear. AS soon as King Edward, there
fore, has left England the mother of
the car will start from Copenhagen,
where she has visited her brother, the
king of Denmark, and then come di-
rect to Sandringham, the queens fav-
orite residence in England. Dagmar
never has been able to forgive her
brother-in-law, King Edward, that he
warned the car against listening to
her advice, and told him that unless
he granted free constitution to Rus
sia he would endanger not only the
life of himself, but the future of his
son. Dagmar, who during the lifetime
Of Alexander III, always was con-
suited In affairs of state, thoroughly
believes in the teachings of the late
M. Pobiedonostseff, and it has been
the great sorrow of her life that Car
Nicholas departed from the policies of
his father, even if only temporarily.
She believes that the Russian people
are as yet absolutely unable to gov
ern themselves and that a constitu-
tional monarchy in Russia would end
in anarchy. The car and King Ed
ward, on the other hand, are and al
ways have been very friendly, and
there is no doubt that if left to him.
self Nicholas would follow the advice
given him by his royal uncle and abol-
ish the autocratic government of
which he is nominally the head.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
Deduction.

Bobby Sisters got a beau. an
right!
Tommy-What makes you think 30?
Bobby-She used to- say: Bobby,
see who's calling" when the phone
rang. Now she runs to it herself, in.
stead of telling Cleveland
Leader.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
New York Civ Without M,vor

WV 'oN wy "'s00e "dy0r.
New York, Feb. 21.-New York city
was Thursday without a mayor. Nc
Clellan is at his home in Princeton.
N. j., suffering from an attack of
grip, President MCGOWAN of the board
of aldermen, whom the law designates
as acting mayor, is in Albany, appear
ing before legislative committee and
AID. Sullivan, vice-chairman Of the
board, is in Hot Springs, Ark.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
PUTTING Il Mildly.

He-1t's 1880 o'clock. darling, and
I'll have to be going. (After q pause).
Why don't you ask me what 10 my
hnrry7
She-I would, dear. but
He-What, dearest?
! 0ho~Fathor u . somnambulisA
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
Creamerles.

st. Cloud-Minnesota has eighty
four counties, and there are creamer-
les in seventy-eight of them. TWENTY
nine counties produce 64,361 1868
pounds of the 86,217,727 pounds of
creamery butter made in the state.
The figures show that the other fifty
five counties produced only 21.856,464
pounds of creamery butter in 1906.
II the total creamery product was dis
tributed evenly by counties, it would
give over 1,026, 4O1 pounds of butter to
each one.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
Railroad Earnings.

st. Paul-The Duluth & Iron Range
Railway Company paid into the state
treasury its gross earnings tax for
1907, amounting to $321,908.S1.
The annual report of the 500 road
was filed with State Auditor Iverson,
showing gross earnings of $4,953, 54563
upon which the 4 per cent tax will
be $198,141.83. This is a considerable
increase over 1906, when the gross
earnings were $4,640, 463.3O and the tax
$185,61S.52.
The Minnesota & International re.
port shows gross earnings of $621,-
3S4.SS, upon which it will pay tax
of $24,S55.40. Last year the gross
earnings were $695,937.31 and the tax
$27,S37.49.
The Big Fork & International Falls
road, which is the extension of the
Minnesota & International to Interna-
tional Falls, was in operation for the
last month of the year and in that
time reports that it's gross earnings
were $1,928.37, upon which the tax will
be $77.13.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
Lovelv Aetion.

Every man feels tnstinctively that
Ill the beautiful sentiments IN the
world weigh less than 4 single lovely
action.-Lowell.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
Summer Schools.

st. Paul-The state normal school
board at meeting in the office of
J. w. Olsen, superintendent of public
instruction, apportioned the fund of
$4,000 appropriated by the legislature
last winter for the maintenance OF
summer schools at the normals.
Twelve-week sessions will be held.
The apportionment was as follows:
Winona, $500; Moorhead, $4,000;
Mankato, $4,000; st. Cloud, 1000; Du-
luth, $4,000. In addition to this money
the schools have small unexpended
balances from last year, the largest
being at the Winona normal, which
has balance of $500, which will also
be available for the schools next sum-
mer.
The board approved the estimates
for the various normals for the third
quarter of the year ending April 30,
as follows: Winona, $13,529; Mankato.
$19,596.22; Moorhead, $13,479.71; St.
Cloud, $14,694.09; Duluth, $l1,12O.94.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26

STEVENSON of Crookston, Mimi, fell
or was pushed overheard and drowned.
Bert Hendersliter, son of Mrs. Bell
Taylor and stepson of Nathan Taylor,
who was murdered in the rear of his
confectionery store at Creston, a.,
confessed that he fired the shot which
ended Taylor's life.
While one masked robber held up
the cashier, his two companions looted
the vault of the bank at Granite Falls,
N. c., secured all the cash in the in
stitution-$2, 700-forced the cashier
to enter the vault and after locking
him in made their escape.
Seventy.two men, representatives
of all the classes of labor employed
on the New Orleans river front, and
who compose union known as the
Dock and Cotton council, were in.
dicted by the United States grand Jury
on the charge of conspiring to restrain
trade in violation Of the Sherman
antitrust law.
Michael Deva!o of South Chicago il
under arrest charged with scalding q
baby to death because the child's
mother refused to elope with him.
j. l.. Bristow of Salina, Kan, ex.
fourth assistant postmaster general,
announced his candidacy for the
United States senate to succeed Ches.
ter l. Long, whose term expires March
3, 1909.
Charges of misconduct In ONCE, viola,
ton and neglect of duty and contempt
for and the non-enforcement of the
laws Of the state were filed against
Mayor Elias p. Mann Of Troy, N. T..
J with Gov. Hughes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26

Night riders 300 strong visited
Eddyville, KY, and whipped ten men,
four of them white and six negroes.
A new American ski record was
made at Duluth when John Mangseth
jumped III feet. 5,.-
Seven persons were killed and
dozen injured when a Big Four pas.
senger train struck q Toledo & West.
ern electric car at the Michigan Cen.
trail crossing in West Toledo, o.
Miss Theodore Shonts, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore p. Shonts, was
married in New York to the due de
Chaulnes in the presence Of 300
guests.
Attorney General Bonaparte directed
the immediate prosecution of the
Southern Pacific on 1O8 charges of re.
batting. involving $4,000 to $4,000 in
each case.
The Wisconsin delegation to the ma
tional Democratic convention at Den.
yer, COL, was instructed to vote as
unit for William J. Bryan as the
Democratic nominee for president,
FIRST. last and all the time.
Tornadoes devastated the towns of
Tyler. Tex. and Mossville. $3.50 and
Service, Miss, blowing down many
houses and causing . number Of
deaths.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-07
Most Suicides In Vienna.

Among all the European capitals
Vienna has long enjoyed an unenvia-
Bile prominence for its number Of
suicides.
Unfortunately, the figures for lest
year tend to enhance this reputation.
The official records show that 356 men
and 10S women committed suicide, as
compared with 315 men and 11O wom-
en- in 1906, total increas Of 80. Be
sides this. there were no fewer than
7S9 attempts at suicide, AL by men
and 29S by women
The preponderance Of men over
women appears somewhat striking
three to one-but taking the cases of
actual suicides and attempts together,
this proportion is reduced to less than
two to one. illness and mental disor.
ders we're responsible for more than
a fourth Of the total suicides; unhappy
love affairs accounted for IS. poverty
for 80 aud dissatisfaction with their
surroundings for 80.
The highest number Of suicides took
place in April. 81, and the lowest In
May and September. with 81 each.