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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-12
Fire Loss IL S1nn n0n

New York. May s.-The Clearwater
branch of the National Lead Company
in Hudson avenue, Brooklyn, was
burned Thursday. Loss. 100000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-12
Famous Pequot House Burned

New London, Conn, May s.-The ia.
nous Pequot house, which crowned
the head land at the western entrance
to New London harbor, was burned
Thursday, and the confiagration lasted
for several hours, threatening the en-.
tire Pequot settlement of cottages and
many splendid summer homes on Pc
quot avenue.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-12
Negro Lynched in Tennessee,

Nashville, Tenn, May 11-Elmo Har-
ward, 1S years old, negro arrested
Wednesday at Pulaski for attempted
criminal assault, was lynched Friday
afternoon bx@ob Qt sse unmssked n,sa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-12
Appropriation Bill Passes.

Washington, May 9-The house Fri.
day passed the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill, the consideration Of which
M1g cuMyivtsk
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-12
Beast?

Beast?
Mr.. Jawback-You don't seem to
have gained any knowledge of human
nature.
Mrs. Jawback-Never had chance
I've lived with you ever since can
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Leader.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-12

industries to employ its people is sure
10 gn backward.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-12
Important.

Redd-A new rose has been called
"the automobile" ]. understand
Greene-Oh, say! How about the
QdQr2EX2aksxs Statesman @
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-12
Not Successful Enough.

Mrs. Dearborn-poes she consider
that her life has been success?
Mrs. Wabash-No; believe she 10
only getting alimony from one mani
Yonkers Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-12
Her Fatal Frankness.

"What makes you think she is I'M
cultured?"
"she thinks 1bsen's plays are stu
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-12

well, lot of people think So"
Eyes, but she says so."-Cleveland
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-12

GAINESVILLE, Wis, May 9.-Swanhilda
Guinness, daughter Of the second hus-
band of Mrs. Guinness, is near James,
vile, Wis, hidden by relatives. She
was kidnapped from Mrs. Guinness,
home and brought here for safety by
an uncle, Gust Guinness of Minneapo-
lis. Steps will be taken to claim the
Guinness estate for her.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
OBITUARY..

William Pinckney Whyte, United
States senator from Maryland, died
at his home in Baltimore.
John S. Rainey, prominent in south
ern financial circles, died in New Or
leans in the. sixty-second year of his
age.
Mrs. A. H. Mitchell, former presi.
dent of the Wisconsin State Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, died at La
Crosse, aged so.
Gregory Gerschunin, noted Russian
terrorist, died of consumption in
Geneva.
Joseph G.. Darlington, leading dry
goods merchant of Philadelphia, died,
aged Is years.
Rt. Rev. Gustav A. Rouxel, auxiliary
bishop of the archdiocese of New Or
leans, died after an illness of several
weeks.
Rear Admiral Theodore F. Kane,
retired, died in New York city. He
was born in Washington, d. c., in
1910.
Col. w. @. Dallmeyer, who was state
treasurer Of Missouri in 1868, died at
Jefferson City, Mo-, at the age of 70
years. He was president Of the Elk.
change bank.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
NORWAY.

Even Herberg, who died at Bril-,
Gudbrandsdalen, at the age of Sc
years, bequeathed $4,000 to the mis-
sions and $3.50 to each of the com.
munes of Gudbrandsdalen, excepting
Faaberg, East Gansdal and South
From.
Six men who were supposed to have
persisted in the Hardanger mountains
returned to Hardanger, the starting
point. They stayed two weeks in
safer (house at the mountain pas.
tures), where they found some food
left there last summer Four of the
men were Norwegians and two were
SWedes.
l. The meeting of the individual
congregation, the local church council,
the elders meeting, the diocesan meet.
ing, the diocesan council, the national
convention and the national council.
Paragraph 1 of the constitution pro-
vides that the Norwegian Free Church
shall be Evangelical Lutheran. The
Bible is to be the rule for the life
and faith of it's members, and the
creeds are to be the Augsburg Comics.
sion of 1880 and Luther's Small Cats
chism. No city parish shall have over
10000 parishioners, with a preacher
for every 5000 persons In the rural
communities the size of the congre-
cation is to be determined jointly by
the number of parishioners and the
extent of the territory The parish
toner's shall pay the tributes assessed
by the church authorities The
| churches are to be of three kinds,
namely, parishes, electoral congrega.
lions and churches established for
certain classes of persons. The old
ordination oath is to be abolished,
but the pledge is to be retained. If
a minister no longer believes in the
creed he shall resign, and in certain
cases he may be suspended by the
church council.
The Free Church movement is as
Stunning more definite shape. The
committee elected by the Free Church
national convention has drafted con.
stitution for the new organization.
DR.. Anathon Aall has been appoint
ed professor of philosophy at the uni.
| versity. His first scientific work was
written in the interest of the tenn.
| perance cause.
A committee of some of the most
prominent citizens of Bergen is 60.
ing to raise money for monument
of Edward Grieg, the famous com.
| poser.
AS the result of the reception by
the storthing of socialist and radical
| motions Of lack of confidence, the
cabinet has decided to resign. Both
| motions were rejected by the storth-
ing, but the vote showed that the
government could retain Office only
by favor of the coalition parties,
which the ministers are unwilling to
do. They will advise the king to
summon the radical leader, Gunnar
Knudsen, to form new cabinet.
The Bergen Steamship Company Is
soon going to run line of steamers
between western Norway and Iceland.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25

ScAMDLMAVxANMEM
PRINCIPAL Events Gathered 4, tho
Oh Scandinavian 0osa,fl,kae

The railway department has asked
the government to furnish $1,750,00O
for the purchase of waterfalls.
Instruction in the common school
branches is to be given to the women
at the Landskr0na reformatory.
The late J. Ellerhusen, a wholesale
| merchant in Gothenburg, bequeathed
$1,000 to the home for incurables.
The Chamber of Commerce of Shelf.
field, England, passed a resolution
against having the Aland islands for
tilted by Russia.
The st. Petersburg Rossia, a daily
of high rank, claims that Russia does
not contemplate the fertilization of
the Aland islands.
The naval movements for the pres
ent year will cost about 100000. The
Fylgia and the Svensksund are going
to make extended trips.
The Swedish medical association
has received gift of $4,000 for the
benefit of poor widows and children
OF physicians, the donor being Mrs.
Bruzelivs of Stockholm.
The crown prince was received with
great joy by the people. during his
recent trip through Norrbotten, and
the common people were particularly
pleased because he travelled consider
! able distances on skis
THE Peoples House," or labor hall,
in Stockholm is not large enough to
accommodate the labor organizations
OF the city, and a parcel of ground
| adjoining the house has been bought
for 100000. An addition will be built
| on the new ground.
A young man in Helsingborg who
has an income of $4,000 year sur.
prised his friends the other day by
enlisting in the foreign legion of the
| French army for period of five years.
A craving for adventure is supposed
to have been his motive.
The government has been using
electricity by way of experiments on
some of the railway lines near Stock
holm, and the results will soon be
known to the public through compre-
| heEsive official reports. The expert
ments are followed with close atten-
ton abroad, and a German publisher
has offered to publish the reports in
! German.
The cruiser Fylgia is going to an.
Choir at Dartmouth, England, April G.,
to receive the remains of Emanuel
Swedenborg and carry them to Swe-
den. The body of the famous mis-
sionary and philosopher has been
kept in London and the coffin was
opened a few days ago in the vault
OF the Swedish church in that city.
The secretary of the Skane beet
growers union has prepared a com.
plete report on the cost of raising
sugar beets in southern Sweden. Ac-
cording to his figures the average cost
of 100 pounds of beets delivered at
the factory is 80 cents, while the
sugar trust paid only 80 cents per
hundred pounds last year. The trust
has offered about 80 3-4 cents for the
coming season, but most of the beet
growers have already decided to re.
turn to ordinary farming.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
news OF minnesota.
+, Fatal Accident.

Minneapolis-While hunting SPUR.
rels on the outskirts Of North Mime.
apolis, 8. D.. De Witt sent a bullet
whizzing thru the air and before it's
course had been spent it pierced the
heart of Nels Nelson, an employee Of
the c. A. Smith sawmill, killing him
instantly.
De Witt was at once placed under
arrest and hauled into police court,
where, after preliminary examina-
ton on the charge of manslaughter,
he was held to the grand jury. He
was released on $1,000 bonds. The
shooting took place within the city
limits, thus giving the municipal court
jurisdiction in the case.
Nelson, at the time Of the accident,
was unloading edgings about mile
west OF the city workhouse. While
they were at work, the other men
heard shot apparently some distance
away and saw Nelson drop to the
ground. They ran to their wounded
comrade, picked him up and started
for the city.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Get Anarchists,

Minneapolis Apparently fearing
that Minneapolis will become hotbed
OF anarchism, Secretary Oscar s.
Straus, of the United States immiera,
ton department, has ordered w. D.
Morse. inspector of immigration in
Minneapolis, to confer with the police
IN an attempt to rid the Twin Cities OF
all anarchists and other undesirable
aliens. This action is timely because
OF late developments. Minneapolis is
known to shelter friends OF the
would-be assassin shot down by Chief
shippy in Chicago.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
What He Was After,

Andrew Carnegie is fond of quot
ing the witty remark made by an old
friend Of his in Pittsburg, who for
some time held the record for fast
horses, but was one day beaten in a
brush by young man. The old gen.
tleman disappeared for some time. He
had gone to Kentucky to get horse
that would reestablish his supremacy.
He was being shown over a stud, and
had already gone past a long string of
horses with their records on the stall
and the victories they had won. Then
he was taken through long line of
young horses with their pedigrees.
from which the dealer was proving
what they were going to do when they
got on the track. The old gentleman,
wiping his forehead-for it was a hot
day-suddenly turned to the dealer,
and said: Look here, stranger
you've shown me have beens,' and
you've let me see your 'going-to.be's.'
but what ! am here for is an 'iser.'"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25

or cotton. It is side-plaited in such
q way that it forms double box plat
at the front. Three bias bands of the
material bound with mohair braid and
set an equal distance apart are put on
as trimming. The pattern is in
seven sizes-22 to 81 inches, waist
measure. For 26 waist the skirt
made of material with nap, requires
11h yards 20 inches wide, 61s yards
50 inches wide, 51z yards AZ inches
wide, or ~ yards 81 inches wide;
without nap, it needs 10% yards &c
inches wide, So yards &c inches wide
five yards AZ inches wide, or 81
yards 81 inches wide; TX yard &c
inches wide, one yard 36 inches wide,
seven.eighths yard AZ inches wide, or
five-eighths yard 81 inches wide.
extra for bias bands and 10H yards of
braid to trim.
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, 1908-03-25
NEWS NOTES..

st. Paul-Gus Schulze, a hostler,
succumbed to injuries that he sus.
tanned thru horses kick.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS officials
ordered to rid Twin Cities of anar.
chists and undesirable aliens.
Crookston-The Crookston club at
it's meeting decided to produce a min
strel and specially show in this city
early in April.
Minneapolis-William Burns, IA
years old, and Leonard Capron, II
years old, students of St. Johns mill.
tary academy, Collegeville, are pris.
oners at Central police station on a
charge of raising a IS check to $50
and forging the Endorsement
Moorhead-General Manager George
T. Slade, General Superintendent F..
w. Gilbert and Division Superinten.
dent J. E. Craner, of the Northern
Pacific, have held a conference with
Agent L. T. Stodder regarding build.
ing new passenger depot in this city.
st. Paul-Burnett Krantz, IA
months old, was drowned in a pail Of
water on the Krantz farm near Rob.
binsdale, while his mother went to the
barn to call Matt J. Krantz, the baby's
father, to dinner.
Roosevelt-The village election re-.
suited as follows: ]. H. Newton, pres.
ident; members of council, John Tur.
ner, H. ]. Chaplin, L. P. Hedberg;
treasurer, A. J. Hamilton; recorder, H.
Robberstad.
Minneapolis Minneapolis negroes
will celebrate March 80 as "Emanci.
patton Day."
st. Bonifacius-The Commercial
club Of st. Bonifacius at it's annual
meeting elected the following officers:
President, NJ. H. Hegerle; secretary,
T. F. Campbell: treasurer, Andrew
Weinzierl.
Elk River-George G. Hill, cashier
Of the First National bank, has retired
from that institution and will devote
his time to farming. Russell Calef
Of Claremont succeeds him as cashier.
Minneapolis-Lucius Arnold Frye
was chosen to represent the UnIyer-
sity Of Minnesota as its candidate for
the Rhodes scholarship.
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
To Clean Skirts.

Hang the skirts on the line; give
them good beating, then whisk them
of with clean brush and dampen in
ammonia and warm water. If there
are any spots rub with a sponge or
black cloth (if the skirt is black
dipped in equal parts of alcohol, am
monia and water. After the skirt is
thoroughly cleansed, brushed and
dried, lay it on skirt board and pin
each plat down in its proper fold.
cover the skirt with piece Of wooden
goods whiaa has been dampened, then
press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
GENERAL NEWS.

When the American battleship fleet
reaches San Francisco next May. Rear
Admiral Thomas will succeed Rear
Admiral Evans as it's commander.
Evans will be relieved at his personal
request on account of his i'll health.
Rear Admiral Sperry will bring the
vessels back to the Atlantic.
The Republican state convention of
Iowa elected four delegates-at-large
to the national convention, instructed
them to vote for William II. Taft. in
dorsed Senator William E. Allison by
vote of 672 1924 to 5O7 7-24, and an.
proved the plank of the Ohio platform
calling for a revision OF the tariff at a
special session of congress.
W. R. Day, former state treasurer
OF Kentucky, was sentenced to one
year in prison for forgery.
The government of the African re-
public of Liberia has appealed to
America to protect her territorial in.
tegrity against France.
Gov. Wilson of Kentucky signed
the anti-poolroom bill making it law.
full to sell pools on race tracks dur.
ing race meetings, but not otherwise
The great cantilever structure over
East river at New York, known as
Elackwells Island bridge, which was
constructed at a cost of nearly s25.
O0o,OoO, was opened to pedestrians.
1t was admitted in Iowa that Sena-
tor Allison would be in control of the
state Republican convention.
Joseph Bassanell, one of the con-
victs who escaped from the North Da-
kota penitentiary at Bismarck. was
killed by Sheriff Beck of Mclean
county in pistol duel A few hours
earlier Alfred Woolens, the other es.
capped convict, was captured by a
posse Is miles west of Mandan.
China yielded in the affair of the
Tatsu Maru, conceding all the Jana.
nese demands.
Fire destroyed three-fourths Of the
town of Big Timber, Mont, the loss
exceeding 100000.
Fire in Lyons, France, DESTROYED
buildings covering % acres.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25

color, and the insertions which sepa,
rate the groups Of narrow tucks, as
well as those on the sleeve and the
mikado arm-bands, are of similar in
sertion. The model may be developed
in almost any material and may be
made as plain or as elaborate as the
wearer wishes. The pattern is in six
sizes-S2 to AZ inches, bust measure
For sc bust the waist requires 41s
yards of material 20 inches wide, 31k
yards q inches wide, 23s yards SO
inches wide, or two yards AZ inches
wide; as illustrated, five-eighths yard
of all-over lace Is inches wide, 81
yards of wide insertion, eight yards of
narrow insertion and one yard Of
edging.
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, 1908-03-25
Grating Is Charged.

Duluth-Sensational graft charges
are made against Treasurer Charles
Buyck and Clerk w. A. Jones, of the
town of Buyck, st. Louis county, In
a civil suit instituted by the town
authorities as the result of an exami-
nation conducted by the public exam.
iner
Restitution of $4,000 by Buyck and
$4,000 by Jones, alleged to have been
Incorporated from the township
funds, is demanded by the plaintiff in
the action.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Alleqed "Terror'' Nabbed.

Winona-Thomas Mccoy, who is
alleged to have terrorized the resi-
dents of Dresbach by keeping them in
a state of fear by the use of a loaded
revolver, and who was brought to this
city and examined as to his sanity,
was found sane, was arraigned in the
municipal court on the charge of as.
sault in the second degree, and was
bound over to the grand jury under
bail of $500. He is charged with hav.
ing threatened the life of his wife.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Arrested on Black Hand charoe.

Wheeling, w. Va, Mar. 2O.-Harry
Reik, 20 years old, son of a farmer
living near here, was arrested, when,
1t is alleged, he was caught in the
act of securing money left at the Sc
cluded spot in response to Black
Hand demand.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
A Fine leuacv.

Crookston-S. p Swedburgh, liq.
uor dealer of this city, has received
from his uncle, Olaf Olson, who died
some time ago at Bjorgshire, Helsing-
lund, Sweden, an inheritance worth
$4,000. The uncle had willed the es.
tate to the five brothers of the Swed.
burgh family in return for kindnesses
extended him by the family during his
lifetime. Mr.. Swedburgh is confer
ring with the Swedish consul at Grand
Forks that he soon may receive the
property. The deceased had no other
living heirs.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Leaves Guests to Die.

Winona, Minn.-William Estey, aged
IS, wealthy farmer, left his home
at midnight, while his house was full
Of guests, and hanged himself to a
tree. The body was found in the
morning ten rods from the house.
Estey had invited friends to spend
the evening at his home. Just as his
guests were preparing to depart, Els.
tey stepped outside, saying he would
return in few minutes.
Failure to return alarmed his
friends, who went to search for him.
No trace of the man was found, but
at daylight his son, looking from the
window, saw his fathers body hanging
on rope which had been fastened to
tree near the house.
Ill health is given as the cause of
the deed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
British Ambassador Dead.

Constantinople, Mar 20.-Sir Mich.
olas O'Connor, the British ambassador
to Turkey, died in this city Thursday
afternoon. He had been ill for some
time past
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Uncle Allen.

1T isn't every man that will hang
himself II you give him plenty of
rope" observed Uncle Allen Sparks.
1T merely helps some men to get
stranded q little quicker: that's AL"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
LADIES' NlNE-GoRED SKIRT.

Paris Pattern No. 1926, All Seams
Allowed Made up in striped or plain
mohair, wolfe or mixed tweed, checked
tailor-suiting of Panama cloth, this is
an excellent model for a separate
skirt to wear with shirt waists of silk
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
SWE DEN.

motor boat Will be running on
Torne Trask Qake), Norrland, next
summer.
The city of Lund has 1857 inhabi-
tants, and there are 2,713 more wo-
men than men.
Prof. Skarstedt of the University of
Lund is dead. His funeral was mag
nificent pageant.
The Swedish government has &C.
copied the invitations of Russia to
be officially represented at an inter-
national art and industrial exposition
in St. Petersburg next summer.
While young conscripts were being
enlisted at Kjefinge the socialists
distributed a pamphlet entitled Down
With Militarism! War Is Fratricide.' -
The publication was confiscated on
short notice.
Sweden has had an unusually mild
winter. The temperature was often
higher above the average in the north
ern part of the country than else
where.
The advocates of Swedish lotteries
claim that the combined receipts of
foreign lotteries from Sweden is about
$4,0O0,000 a year.
Skurup, Skane, is said to have the
largest dairy in Sweden, the consump-
ton of milk for the past year being
100000 gallons. The total receipts
and expenditures balanced at about
$275. 1000.
There is strong sentiment in favor
of re-establishing whipping as form
of punishment for certain crimes, and
the matter has already been taken
up in the riksdag.
The central organization of the
temperance people Of Stockholm has
decided to cooperate with the social
lists in local politics.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Lost Child is Found.

Crookston-While the police Of
Crookston and Winnipeg and two
great railway corporations were
searching for her, little 13.year-old
Ragna Bye, who was lost between Be.
midi and Calgary, Alta, passed thru
this city unrecognized. She had been
lost in Winnipeg while trying to make
the change from the Canadian Pacific
railroad station to the Great Northern.
She remained in hotel in that city
until Mrs. J. T. Olson, of St. Hilaire,
Mimi, discovered her and brought her
to CroOkston. She was sent from here
to her friends in Bemidji.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
PERSONAL,

Gov. Curtis Guild of Massachusetts
was declared to be critically i'll.
Grover Cleveland celebrated his
family at Lakewood, N. J.
J. Ogden Armour of Chicago was
elected a director of the Illinois Gen.
tral railroad to succeed Stuyvesant
Fish.
Emma Goldman, leader of the an
archists of this country, was dragged
from the stage by the police of Chi
cago just as she was about to deliver
her speech on Anarchy as It Really
Is"
Daniel Leroy Dresser, who was
president of the Trust Company of the
Republic, which went into liquidation
several years ago, was arrested in
New York on warrant charging him
with misrepresentation of $4,000.
Public Printer Charles w. Stillings
rendered his resignation to the presi-
dent and it was accepted. His resig-
nation is the result of an investiga-
ton into the conduct of his Office.
Judge William Lochren of the Uni
ted States district court at Minneapo-
lis announced that he would resign
from the federal bench May 81.
Benson Bidwell, brother of the no.
torious Bidwells who swindled the
Bank of England, and his son Charles,
were convicted in Chicago of operat.
ing confidence game.