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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
GENERAL NEWS.

The itinerary for Mr.. Tafts first cam
paign tour through ten middle states
was announced.
A powder magazine near McAlester,
Okla, was struck by lightning, the eX
rlosion killing one miner and seriously
injuring eight others.
Police Commissioner Bingham OF
New York publicly retracted his re-
cent statement in magazine article
that half the criminals in New York
were Jews.
The New York stock exchange house
of e. r. Chapman & Co. was victim
lied to the extent Of $4,000 by means
OF fraudulent checks.
w. w. Reamer of East st. Louis
tried to burn his house and family and
then made two attempts at suicide.
Lured TO lonely spot in Oklahoma
City, Okla, Mrs. Harry Pearson was
shot and killed by Harry Parker, a
grain inspector from lola, Kan, be-
cause she wouldn't elope with him.
DR.. George Morton of New York
was arrested in Philadelphia on a fu.
sitive warrant from New York, charg-
ing him with securing 100000 by
means of fraudulent notes.
The American battleships Maine and
Alabama the vanguard of the Ameri-
can fleet on it's round-the-world voy.
age, arrived at Naples.
Emperor William disappointed the
general expectation that he would set
foot on French territory in the course
of a sightseeing voyage along the
VOsges range.
The business section of Keosauqua
Ia, was partly destroyed by fire, the
loss being $4,000.
Charles l. Van Zant, for several
years prominent baseball player
committed suicide at his home in
Nashua, N. II.
Jessie and Willie Desmeulen. aged
% and 16, drowned in the river at
Sioux City, Ia, in sight of their father
who was rowing to their assistance.
The national conservation commits
sion has made public the first of its
schedules on which the inventory OF
the country's natural resources is be
ing conducted, and it indicates an in
tention to hunt down waste in all its
forms and to devise some means tt
prevent it.
George Sands, - years old. was ar
rested at his home in Kansas City
Kan, on charge of making counter
felt money. Five glass fruit jars con
tanning 1888 spurious silver dollars
were dug up in his back yard.
Harry K. Thaw was transferred Il
the Jail at White Plains, N. Y.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
played HOST
TO JAS. ]. HILL
SEVENTEEN BIRTHDAY OF RAIL.
ROAD MAGNArE cELEeRA-
TED FiTTlNGLY.
Employees in Ser>ie, Since 1880 Give
Testimonial Banquet to Chairman.
Oldest Locomotive in the West
Pulls the Train.


seventy men who have been life long
employees of his great system of rail-
ways, James J. Hill last night spent
what he termed one of the happiest
evenings of his life at banquet Civ
en- in honor of the railroad magnate's
SEVENTEEN birthday by members of
his immense force of helpers, every
one of whom had spent at least
twenty-eight years continuous SER
vice with either the St. Paul, Minne-
apolis & Manitoba railway or the
Great Northern.
Shortly before 3 o'clock the special
train consisting of the old locomo-
tive civilian Crooks upon whose
tender the wood fuel was heaped sky
high, and one coach, backed into the
union depot train sheds. The old en-
CINE was picturesque sight. A mid
get compared in size to the ''Oriental
Limited' monster which pulls out of
the Twin Cities every morning, the
civilian Crooks" newly painted
and recently completely overhauled,
was the one attraction for the sever
al thousands of spectators who had
gathered to witness the dels ture of
the unique train and it's old time at
PENDANTS and passengers. The en-
CINE wss in charge of the veteran,
Albion II. Smith, who has been in
continuous service with Mr.. Hill
since 1868.
Smith took particular pains with
the old time piece of machinery be-
cause of the fact that it was the first
engine he had ever worked upon, at
ter entering the service of the COM
pany. With Smith and acting in the
capacity of fireman was J. H. Lynch
now an engineer at St. Cloud, who
has been in continuous service since
1869.
Upon arrival at Minnetonka Beach,
a summer resort which during the
lifetime of Hotel Lafayette was the
pet of Mr.. Hill, everything was scene
of life and hustle. The banquet hall
in the club house, which now stands
on the spot of the old historic Hotel
Lafayette, had been almost entirely
remOdeled. The room had been new.
ly plastered and decorated with ferns
and flowers, suitable to the occasion.
The table at which the many hosts
and their distinguished guest were
seated was one of the most unique of
its kind.
1t was shaped like horseshoe, so
that each and every one of the en-
ployes might be facing towards their
beloved employer. Chairman Hill, of
course, was assigned the post of honor
in the center on the outside row of
chairs. Directly in front of him upon
the table had been constructed a
miniature locomotive of similar de-
sign to the first one brought to the
state by MIR. Hill, made of beautiful
roses.
Mrs. Hill was invited and she read
ly accepted and was the only lady
present.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
State Fair Ate ndance.

Hamline.-Official figures from the
state fair show that the total attend
ance last week was 326,753, which is
greater by 4O,125 than the attendance
of 1907. Tuesday was the banner day.
with admissions numbering C6,922,
while Saturday was the smallest, with
34,469. Reports of the sale of tickets
show the total receipts from that
source to be $162,7S1, or $32.31O
greater than for the 1907 fair. The
complete financial statement will not
be made for some time.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
Badly Burned.

st. Paul.-Joseph Crevenick, seven
years old, living with his parents at
900 Armstrong street, was terribly
burned, and if the burns do not prove
fatal it will be because of the timely
and heroic action of Mrs. A. SOmmer-
hauser. AS the boy appeared on the
street with his clothing on fire Mrs.
Sommerhauser, with no thought but
that of trying to save the boys life,
quickly removed her skirt, and wind.
ing it around the frantic boy, extin.
guished the flames.
1t is possible, however, that assist
ance came too late, as the boy was
in critical condition, the. clothing
had been practically burned from the
upper part of his body, and his arms,
waist and the back of his head were
badly burned.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
Good Contribution,

Minneapolis. - Minneapolis again
demonstrated its willingness to come
to the aid of the afflicted and the
suffering when 1900 persons assem-
bled in the Auditorium for the
entertainment given for the sui
ferers in the Iron Range district
A sum of $330.27 was contributed tc
the relief fund and most of it was
received at the conclusion of G. L.
Morrills illustrated lecture in which
the sufferings and the miseries of the
fire sufferers were wildly Dortraved
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
With the Astronomical Faker.

WIN IbC ~oAsVbbOsusSOs aNSUs
"How's business?" I asked of the
astronomical faker on Broadway.
Looking up" he answered. !:
where's the big cop who used to
be here?" I continued. i:
Taking arrest" replied the faker. !;
"Too bad the old Fifth Avenue no.
tel is coming down." I ventured. :
''Yes," he answered.; 'but it would
have been worse if it had gone up"
What do you do in the daytime be-
fore the stars come out?" I asked. .
Same as do at night" he an
swered.
whats that?" queried.
'The public" he replied
well, good-by," I said. II was 60
ing to ask you to have a glass of beer,
but see you're filed to the brim with
tea, and beer doesn't go we'll WITH
me? Full of tea?' he queried.
"Yes-repartee," said I.
And that is why we no longer speak
as we pass by.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
OBITUARY..

Capt. A. E. Maxwell, general agent
of the Seaboard Air Line, with head.
quarters in Jacksonville, Fla, and one
of the beet known railroad men in
the south, died suddenly at Gaines
Vile, Ca, of heart trouble.
DIR. George w. Clark, who was the
oldest living graduate of Union col.
lege, and as a young teacher "whaled''
Roscoe Conkling, is dead at his home
in. New York, aged 81 years.
Hugh Coyle, credited with being the
original of the modern press agent,
died at the county hospital in Chicago.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23

Charged with Killing Husband.
Blodgett, Mo-, Sept. 18.-Mrs Harris
Stagner was arrested here on charge
of being an accessory to the murder
of her husband, who was killed from
ambush.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
Princess to Ask Divorce,

Paris, Sept. 1S.-Princess de Broglie,
wife of Prince Robert de Broglie, an.
nounced Thursday that she intended
to bring suit for divorce against her
husband on the ground of desertion.
She will begin also an action against
her husbands parents to obtain an al.
lowance for her baby girl.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
The 9trinn.

A wise old owl observed to us yes
terday that the string tied around the
finger to make you remember some
thing was a useless device. In fact"
he continued-and this was the pur-
pose of his remark-"in fact, it is a
sort of a forget-me-knot.'
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
Lesson In Enolish.

PA, what is the meaning of incon.
sistency?" asked Freddy. "Inconsis.
tency, my SON." exclaimed pa, means
c man who growls all day and then
goes home and kicks the dog for bark.
ing at night"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
Train Wrecked.

Rochester. - The accommodation
passenger and freight train that runs
between this city and Zumbrota was
wrecked near Pine Island. and with
the exception of the engine and one
car the train was completely de-
stroyed by fire. The train was made
up of seven cars, two empties, two
cars OF coal, one car of merchandise,
one oil tank and the passenger
coach. The train became derailed and
the oil tank exploded, sparks from the
engine igniting the oil, causing the
destruction. There were number of
passengers on the train, but all es.
capped with being badly shaken. These
were placed in the empty box car
and taken to Pine Island.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
TWIN CITY MARKETS.
Mi1inaaDolis. Sent.

Mlnneap0hs, Sept. IL.
Wheat-No. northern, x1.03; No.
9 northern, .$1.O1; Sept. $1.O2h. Du-
rum No. l, SO. Oats-No. 3 white .44c;
Barley. No. 3, 60. Rye No. 2, 72c:
Corn-NO. 3. 78c. Flax-No. 1, 81. 23
; Butter-Creamery. extra 21c; firsts
19c. Dairy, fancy 10; firsts, II.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23

Paris Pattern No. 1886, All Seams
Misunderstanding prettier nor more
becoming for the young girl has been
designed than this stylish shirt waist,
which may be developed in silk, linen,
wolfe or cashmere. 1t may be made as
seperate waist or as part of CO.'S
tune. The shaped collar is of the
same or a contrasting shade of silk,
and the removable shield is of all-over
English embroidery, the cuffs being
of similar material. The tie and belt
are of black satin or taffeta, and the
front of the collar is ornamented with
small buttons and cord loops. The
pattern is in three sizes, Is to II
years. For a miss of Is years the
shirt waist as illustrated requires 15s
yards of material &c inches wide, with
one yard Of all-over embroidery is
inches wide; or, of one material, it
needs four yards 20 inches wide, 311s
yards q inches wide. 21s yards sc
inches wide, or two yards AZ inches
wide
To procure this pattern send 20 cents
to Pattern Department." 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, 1908-09-23
Must Not Chance,

st. Paul.-1nsurance companies,
after Oct. l, can no longer force firms
to employ a night Waterman. The
insurance commissioner has ruled
that night Watchmen riders cannot be
attached to fire insurance policies. He
has also eliminated the clause requir-
ing the books of concern to be kent
in an iron safe.
Following the advice of the attorney
general. the commissioner will also
notify the companies doing business
In this state, that it is illegal to re-
duce the amount of insurance in case
vacant dwelling burns. The pre-
MUM may be increased, or a new
policy issued, but the amount of in
surance cannot be decreased.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23

Paris Pattern No. 1852, All Seah.s
Allowed up in nut-brown hen
rietta, with a fancy yoke and deep
cuffs of brown-and-green striped silk,
this frock is pretty and appropriate
for both everyday and best wear.
Three wide tucks on each side Of the
front, stitched to nearly the bust line
give the fullness required, and small,
flat brass buttons trim the front and
shoulders. The full skirt is gathered
and attached to the waist under belt
of the material, two tucks being
stitched just above the wide hem
The pattern is in five sizes-six to
fourteen years. For girl of ten
years the dress, as illustrated, re-
quires 81 yards of plain material sc
inches wide, with three-eighths yard
of striped material 36 inches wide;
or, of one material, it needs 51s yards
q inches wide, 3A yards S6 inches
wide, or 33s yards AZ inches wide.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" 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, 1908-09-23
Learn Th,. To-Day.

When man begins to brag about
his honesty it's time for his frisudA
to bo careful Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23

South st, Paul, Sept. 16
Cattle-S Steers. $500 and s.. IS:
cows 500 and $500. Hogs $685.
and $685.. > Muttons, $3.50: lambs
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23

FINLAND.
The Russian government sent IS
officials, chiefly from the department
of the interior, the department of
justice and the police service, to Fin
land to inquire into the conditions of
the country. Most of them are stay
ing incognito in Helsingfors. The in
tention is to have Russian officials
take charge of certain administration
positions in Finland in case it is
deemed expedient.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23

SdCu OIucF, anu hungarian IQgu1SCS
are particularly interested in DR.. Mel
sens work.
The whaling and hunting expedi.
tons to Spitzbergen were generally
successful this year. So many live
white bears were caught that the mar
ket price has dropped, and live wal
russes cost only half as much rs they
did few years aga.
Ex-Premier Michelsen's health is i'm.
proving and many of his friends would
like to have him re-enter politics as 4
member Of the storting. So far he has
not consented to run.
The cloud-berry (multe) crop was
very light in the northern part OF
the country, and the prices are high.
The business men Of Trondhjem look
upon the tourist season with satisfac.
ton, fog the number of tourists pass
ing through the city was great. Most
of the tourists were Germans, Eng.
lishmen and Americans. There were
more Frenchmen and Italians than
usual. The Swedes and Danes were
also more numerous than last year.
The proposed dam at the outlet 81
Lake Mjosen will add 175,0OO, 900
cubic meters Of water to that lake.
The schol children of Taugesund
have $4,000 in the public school say
ings bank.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-19
Rapid Strides of Capital In Population

will undoubtedly be greater in til
decade from 1900 to 1910. for Balti
more's growth was checked for yea
or more by the losses of the gre
fire Of 1904, while Washington :
growth has been stimulated by enc.
nous building operations most
them conducted under the auspices
the national government.
The check to business result
from last falls panic will also be f
less in Washington than in perh2.
any other American city. The +
tional capital does not depend for I;
livelihood on manufacturers or CO.
merce, and Its workers have stead,
employment assured them because the
governments activities are being con
tinually extended
In its physical aspect Washington
has gained enormously in attractive
ness in the last eight or ten years 1.
is an ideal residence city, and it's
charms appeal most potently to Amer.
leans with leisure enough to enjoy
them. 1t has become the winter home
of families of wealth and refinement
from all parts of the union, and its
quiet, order and beauty make living
within its borders constant satisfac-
ton. It still has great potentialities
in the way of architectural develop
ment, and its material prosperity is Sc
cured by eVer-broadening activities Of
the great governmental machine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-19
Former Blacksmith Power in Congress

and-dried convention-in short, the
practical politician who gets out the
vote
Tawney, when he came to congress,
wasn't welcomed within the big tent
He had to wait around on the outside.
Then the blacksmith got busy. He
Just walked of the reservation, taking
enough insurgent Republicans with
him to spill the beans for the BIZ
five. And so 1t came to pass that
the big fellows reckoned with Taw
ney, and now he is chairman of the
most important committee in the
house-apprOpriations. Hon. Jim is a
fighter from Fightersville. But he is
that kind of a fighter who knows when
to fight and when to let the other fell
low do the fighting.
Only once has Tawney been
whipped. That once came from Con-
gresham Goebel of Cincinnati, when
he got the mail carriers pay increased,
in spite of Tawney and Chairman
Overstreet. The whipping didn't
tickle Tawney. So, when the fight
to hold down the appropriation on the
agricultural bill came up Tawney
quit guarding the treasury and let
Scott of Kansas tackle the job. Taw-
ney went to his committee room. The
farmers wiped up the floor with Scott.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-19
Is Life Worth Living.

When you hear this question asked
by a man or woman, with lips cur
we'd downward and voice attuned to
discomfort, you may set that person
down as supremely selfish. He or
she speaks practically, is life
worth living for me?" Worth liv-
ing? Of course it is, so long there
is one single other soul in the
world. If the querist were the
last of his race. then indeed the
answer might we'll be mo" but
while there is another human being
for whom we can do favor or
whose interests we may advance,
life is indeed worth living.
Friend, when you find yourself
depressed and inclined to think
that life holds nothing for you,
look around you mot very far
away, and do the very first ia
vor for another that comes to your
hand. 1t may be very small one,
but do it; and keep on day by
day, hour by hour and minute by
minute, working for others, for
truly this alone makes life worth
living.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-19
Senators Knox and Crane Real Chummv

crony off to the senate restaurant.
The fondness that Senators Crane
and Knox evince for eating together
is reminiscent of the fondness that
former Senator Edmunds of Vermont
and the late Senator Allen G. Thur
man of Ohio used to have for drinking
together. That was in the earlier
days, when drinking at the capitol was
not frowned upon.
All the oldsters in political Wash
ington are fond of recalling that story.
how the two senators kept black Dot
tie in the room of the committee on
judiciary. They were certain to adj
journ there twice or thrice every after,
noon that the senate held a long SEES
sion. 1t was at first a marvel why the
two men seemed to have the same
thought at the same moment, and be-
gan to make tracks simultaneously
from different parts of the senate
chamber--one being a Democrat and
the other a Republican--toward that
committee room
1t turned out that they had arear-
ranged signals. The "Old Roman IS
signal was to pull out that famous red
bandanna handkerchief and to blow
his nose with clarion loudhess.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-19

The above words were recently
uttered in our hearing by a worthy
boy and undoubtedly they are often
reiterated by many who are out of
employment, or have little or moth
ing to do. To all such we say, you
have home capital, you have hands,
feet, bone, mucsle, health and are
not these capital? VIVA tmore cap
ital has God given anybody? but
if only had a few thousand in
cash capital" says the young man.
But these are better than cash cap
ital. for no one can take them
from you, and with these you can
earn cash.
Our men of wealth and influence
did not start with any cash capital.
They went to work with their pillow,
the hoe, the jack plane or axe, and
in time their capital brought them
a rich harvest. Ait but there's the
rub; you don't want to work. You
want money on credit so you can
play the gentleman, speculate and
nd your career by playing yaga-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-19

ID EFORE Jim Tawney got into poll
ID tics up in Minnesota he was a
blacksmith. He was so rough that
they had to throw him down to put
him into boiled shirt, some of his
warmest admirers say.
That blacksmith training proved
mighty good experience for him, and,
applying blacksmith methods to his
congressional career, he has forged
to the front SO rapidly that they do
say down here in Washington that
If Speaker Cannon doesn't look out
some day he will get run over, be-
cause Jim Tawney is coming with
wonderful strides
Tawney is the man who would be
picked out at glance as the real
ward politician of the house. He is
just the kind of man the voter al
ways finds ready to tell him how to
vote at the primary; the type of man
who always leads the revolt in a cut
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-19

TINTED States Senators often be-
~ come good friends, but somehow
they are not prone to becom-
ing real chummy with one another.
Exceptions occur from time to time
to prove the rule. One of these excep-
lions applies to Senator Philander G.
Knox of Pennsylvania and Senator w.
Murray Crane of Massachusetts. If
the afternoon wanes without their
meeting, one is likely to start out to
see where the other Is and to learn
what has happened
Often the Knox automobile and the
Crane automobile exchange honks in
the morning. Not infrequently the
senators ride to the capitol in the
same car. When the luncheon hour
comes, Senator Crane may descend to
the committee on rules, perhaps herald
his advent by turning out the lights
in the vestibule, and then lead his
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-19

VIZ ASHINGTON.-The census taken
w recently by the police force of
the District of Columbia indicates
that the national capital is growing
in population at an exceptional rate.
The increase in inhabitants for the
last year is reported as 9,S12, which
would mean growth. If steadily main
tanned, of almost 100000 for the cur
rent decade.
OF course such a rate of growth has
not been maintained since 1900. Ac-
cording to the federal census of that
year, Washington's population was
27S,718. The population reported by
the police in 1908 is 339, 403, so that
the increase in eight years has been
6O,6S5. By 1910 Washington may be
expected to gain at least 5000 more
inhabitants and it's population to rise
to about 355,O00.
Compared with its nearest rival
Baltimore = Washington is making
rapid strides forward Baltimore
percentage of growth between 1890
and 1900 was III, while Washington's
was 2O.9. The disparity in expansion
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-19

r. HE war department is looking for a
i beverage to take the place of
beer and whisky at army posts. The
beverage must not be of the class of
drinks prohibited by the anticanteen
law.
The federal oourts have never
passed upon the question of the per-
centage of alcohol which will render
a beverage an intoxicant The state
courts also have been chary of decid-
ing the question. In certain cases the
authorities have spoken, however
Thus, in Rhode Island, it has been
held that where beer contained 2S9
per cent. of alcohol no evidence was
necessary to show it was intoxicating.
In Texas, tonic containing from 31s
to per cent. of alcohol has been
held to be intoxicating liquor. By