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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-17

qualities which rendered each able %
render service to his nation and; to all
mankind such 10 no other man Of his
generation could or did render, Each had
lofty ideals, but each in striving "a attain
these lofty ideals was guided ~ tho
soundest common sense. Each possessed
inflexible courage in adversely, and 4 soul
wholly unspoiled by prosperity. Each
possessed all the gentler. virtues common.
ly exhibited by good men who lack rug.
ged strength of character. Each pos
sessed also all the strong qualities com.
monty exhibited by those towering mas
ters Of mankind who have too often
shown themselves devoid Of so much an
the understanding of the words by which
we signify the qualities of duty, Of
mercy, Of devotion to the right. of lofty
distinterestedness in battling for the good
of others. There have been other men
as great and other men as good: hut in
all the history of mankind there are no
other two great men as good as these.
no other two good men as great. Wide
~ though the problems of to-day differ
from the problems set for solution to
Washington when he founded this nation.
to Lincoln when he saved it and freed
tie slave. yet the qualities they showed
in meeting these problems are exactly
the same as those we should show in
doing our work to-day.
Lessons from Lincoln's Life
1--WE Of this day must try to solve
many social and industrial problems.
requiring to an especial degree the
combination of indomitable resolution
with cool-headed, sanity. We can profit
by the way in which Lincoln used both
these traits as he strove for reform We
can learn much of value from the very
attacks which following that course
brought upon his head. attacks alike by
the extremists of revolution and bv tho
extremists of reaction. He never wav-
cred in devotion to his principles. in his
love for the union, and in his abhor-
renee of slavery. Timid and lukewarm
people were always denouncing him be-
cause he was extreme; but as a matter
of fact he never went to extremes. he
worked step by step; and because of this
the extremists hated and denounced him
with fervor which now seems to us fam
tastic in it's dedication of the unreal and
the impossible. At the very time when
one side was holding him up as the
apostle Of social revolution because he
was against slavery, the leading abo-
htionist denounced him as the slave
hound of Illinois," When he was the Sec
ond time candidate for president, the ma
jority of his opponents attacked him be-
cause of what they termed his extreme
radcalism, while minority threatened
to bolt his nomination because he was not
radical enough. He had continually to
check those who wished to 20 forward
too fast at the very time that he over
rode the opposition of those who wished
not to 20 forward at all. The goal was
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-17

never dim before his vision; but he picked
his way cautiously, without either halt or
hurry, as he STROBE toward it, through
such morass of difficulty that no man
of less courage would have attempted it,
while it would surely have overwhelmed
any man of judgment less serene
Strong Sense Of Justice.
He lived in days that We're great and
terrible, when brother fought against
brother for what each sincerely deemed
to be the right. In a contest so grim
the strong men who alone can carry it
through are rarely able to do Justice
to the deep convictions of those with
whom they grapple in mortal strife. At
such times men see through glass dark
iy; to only the rarest and loftiest spirits
is vouchsafed that clear vision which
gradually comes to all, even to the lesser.
as the struggle fades into distance and
wounds are forgotten. and peace creeps
back to the hearts that were hurt. But
Lincoln was given this supreme vision.
He did not hate the man from whom he
differed. Weakness was as foreign IS
wicked to his strong, gentle nature; but
his courage was of quality so high
that 1t needed no bolstering of dark pas
sion. He saw clearly that the same
high qualities, the same courage. and
willingness for self-sacrif1ce, and devo-
ton to the right as 1t was given them to
see the right, belonged both to the men
of the north and to the men Of the south.
AS the years roll by, and as all of us,
wherever we dwell. grow to feel an
equal pride in, the valor and self-deyo-
ton, alike of the men who wore the blue
and the men who wore the gray, So this
whole nation will grow to feel a peculiar
sense of pride in the mightiest of the
mighty men who mastered the mighty
days: the lover Of his country and of all
mankind; the man whose blood was shed
for the union Of his people. and for tho
freedom of race, Abraham Iiacolr..'
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-17
CARED FOR PETS WELFARE.
Animals Remembered by Loving Own.
ers In Their Wills.

Many people, lovers of dumb anil
mails, have remembered their pets in
their wills, but it remained for a
Frenchman named Duroc to draw up
the most comprehensive provision
touching the care of great Dane
which had been his constant compan-
ion for many years. First, sum was
duly set aside to provide for the dogs
daily sustenance, with list of the
delicacies the canine most affected
and directions as to the method of
preparing them for his consumption.
Next there was another appropriation
for the maintenance and repair of the
Danes kennel, the details of which
were set forth with great care. Third
ly, a sum was devised to defray the
cost of the dogs funeral, which was
to be no ordinary affair, and lastly,
means were to be used in the pur-
chase of a headstone tor the animals
grave, an epitaph for which was given
In the will. AS in similar provisions
Of this nature In the wills Of dog.
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calmly youth in the dire poverty of the
poorest Of the frontier folk, whose rise
was by weary and painful labor, lived to
lead his people through the burning
flames Of struggle from which the ma
ton emerged, purified as by fire, born
| anew to a loftier life. After long years
of iron effort, and of failure that came
more often than victory, he at last rose
to the leadership of the republic at the
moment when that leadership had become
the stupendous world-task of the time
He grew to know greatness. but never
case. Success came to him, but never
happiness, save that which springs from
doing well painful and a vital task
Power was his but not pleasure. The
burrows deepened on his brow, but his
eyes were undmmed by either hate or
fear. His gaunt shoulders were bowed,
but his steel thews never faltered as he
bore for burden the destinies of his
people. His great and tender heart
| sArank from giving pain; and the task
allotted him was to pour out like water
the ife-blood of the young men, and to
feel in his every fiber the sorrow of the
! women. Disaster saddened but never dis
mayed him. AS the red years of war
went by they found him ever doing his
duty in the present, even facing the fu-
ture with fearless front, high of heart,
| and dauntless of soul. Unbroken by ha-
tired. mistaken by scOrn, he worked and
| suffered for the people. Triumph was his
at the last: and barely had he tasted it
| before murder found him, and the kind
~, patient, fearless eyes were closed for
| ever.
Washington and Lincoln.
LAS a people we are indeed beyond
! measure fortunate in the characters of
| the two greatest of our public men,
| Washington and Lincoln. Widely though,
they differed in externals, the Virginia
landed gentleman and the Kentucky
| backwo0dsman. they were alike in es-
sentials. they were alike in the great
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NEWS OF
SCANDINAVIA.
DEN MARK.

A few days ago a di-igible balloon
passed over Upland.
Prince George of Greece is visiting
at the Danish court.
Automobiles are to be used In the
Danish mail service.
The sale of Christmas tags for char
table purposes brought $4,000.
Six small steamship companies in
Copenhagen have been consolidated
into one.
Certain parties are planning the
establishment of q theater in the
Farce islands.
DR.. Maurice F. Egan, the American
minister to Denmark and Sweden
gave dinner to the king. All the for
eign representatives and their wives
were present.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-17
GENERAL NEWS.

The warm welcome given to King
Edward and Queen Alexandra, who
are visiting the kaiser in Berlin, has
pleased the English people who see
in it closer friendship between Great
Britain and Germany.
Denmark held a great national feast
in celebration of the two hundredth
and tiftieth anniversary of the final
repulse of the Swedish assault upon
Copenhagen under King Charles Gus.
tavus.
"A campaign against the expectorat-
Ing nuisance was instituted in New
York city by the health department.
Every subway and elevated station in
the city was patrolled by sanitary off.
GERS and more than $50 arrests were
made OF men caught in the act of spit.
ting on the platforms.
May Estilla Flats, eight years old.
bade her father good-by and then
killed herself with revolver as he
looked on at Bolivar, Pa.
William Nelson Cromwell testified
before the grand jury in New York
concerning the alleged libel on the
Panama canal deal.
Roby Basliin, the 1S-year-old negro
under arrest in Houston, Miss, has
confessed to the murder of DR.. w. T.
Hudson in Moore's Grove He SAYS
he shor Dr.. Hudson because he had
robbed him and then decided to get
him out Of the way. The boy is beins
protected by militia
In pistol duel over a woman
George ketcherside and John Hughes
killed each other at Leadwood, Mo.
The south was swept by tornadoes
and high winds and in the country be
tween the Tennessee line and the
Texas panhandle it is believed 2(
persons We're killed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-17
OBITUARY..

Samuel Roebuck, millionaire oc
togenarian screen manufacturer, whose
supposed eccentricities had caused
him to be the center of more or less
attention during the last two months.
Hled of pneumonia at his home in
Brooklyn.
Rev. J. B. Mcbride of Princeton. n.
one of the Oldest Presbyterian minis
ters of the state, died at his home
aged SO years. He went to Iowa owe,
sixty years ago. Forty years ago h
was minister in Cedar Rapid.
pulpit.
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NEWS NOTES.

Willmar.-The few outsiders who
were privileged to be present at the
high school are loud in their praises
Of the delightful entertainment fur
nished by teachers and pupils on Men
de]ssohn day.
ner high license town of Minnesota,
the new council having raised the
liquor license to $500, $500 higher
than ever before. Only one license
has been issued at that figure.
Minneapolis Thurston, the mystic
entertainer, now the famous Kellar's
successor, will be seen at the Bijou
opera house, Minneapolis, the week Of
Feb. IA, bringing his own company Of
&c people, all skilled in the conjurer's
art.
New Prague.-Hokuf wrestled John
Gordon here. Gordon secured first
fall, 10 minutes, 90 seconds, with a
head, scissor and body hold. Hokuf
secured the second fall, minutes and
40 seconds on a scissor and barlock.
In the third go after sixteen minutes
work, Hokuf was injured by having
his arm twisted, ligaments being tern
from his shoulder blade. He was COM
PEELED to give up the match.
Minneapolis being struck by
street car and receiving injuries
which it is feared will prove fatal,
Louis Alderman, 16 years old, started
to deliver his papers and walked
three blocks before he reached the
place where his brother works, when
he collapsed. He has been uncon-
scious ever since and his recovery is
considered doubtful.
this city is agitating the advisability
of so changing the charter of the city
as to permit of it's government by
commission of three or five men, after
the Galveston plan," which has been
so much exploited in recent years and
adopted by cities in Texas, Kansas
and Iowa.
Winona.-Charles Buege, a farmer
III w NOuAIys AOoANAA6 AO0A
wick, has located his son, now q
years old, after he had been away
from home ten years without his pa
rents hearing anything from him.
Duluth.-A laborer who gave his
name as John Lindquist fell from the
upper deck into the hold of the steam
er Woodruff of the Milchrist fleet,
while making repairs at about 6
o'clock and sustained fractured
skull. He is now lowering between
life and death at st. Mary's hospital
in Superior, where he was taken i'm
mediately following the accident.
Albert Lea-Farmers to the num-
Der Of several hundred gathered here
today to consider how best to combat
the central creamery plant soon to be
nut IN operation here.
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SWEDEN,

About $4,000 large tubs of herring
were caught In one day of Smogen.
DR.. Sven Hedin was offered a Swe.
dish professorship in Moscow, but
he declined the honor with thanks.
Professor Edv. Petrini of Upsala
has invented a vehicle to which he
has given the name "tachypode,"
which is the Greek word for swift
foot. The new vehicle is said to be
something between bicycle and
rallerskat." It's speed my reach that
of the bicycle, but it is much easier
to keep in equilibrium. The whole
thing weighs only about twelve pounds.
Professor Petrini has patented his in
vention in seven countries.
An engineer named Nyberg at Sund-
byberg is building an airship which
he is going to test as soon as the ice
is melted away so that he may start
from an open sheet of water. The
airship is to be driven by a steam
engine which weighs SIX pounds per
every horsepower.
The Swedish riksdag convened Jan.
Is, and the lawmakers went to work
without spending as much time as
usual on the opening ceremonies. A
large number of new faces were seen
in the second chamber, while but
few changes had been made in the
composition of the first chamber.
The car of Russia has sent gift
consisting of gold case with the
Russian coat-of-arms set in diamonds
to G. Ragnette, Swedish physician
and missionary at Jarkend, Chinese
Turkestan. Rev. DR.. Ragnette, who is
employed by the Swedish Mission
Covenant, has distinguished himself
to the extent that the car heard of
his good work, and he decided to send
the faithful philanthropist a token of
esteem and appreciation.
Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. 30.-John
Forsell, the foremost Swedish barry
tone, of the Royal Opera, has signed
a three years contract with the Met
ropolitan opera house, New York, for
which city he will leave in short
time.
A number of starch factories In
southern Sweden have been turned
into distilleries, the latter giving
larger returns than the former.
The Swedish bottle makers will re.
duce the production of bottles 10 Der
cent this year as compared with last
year.
According to figures compiled by
the Employers union, the cost of liv-
ing increased 20 per cent in Stock
holm, II per cent in Malmo and 10
per cent in Gothenburg during the
years 1904-190S, while the general II.
crease Of wages was rs per cent.
"The voorhees, Mems Union" of
Landskrona has petitioned the city
authorities to keep all the saloons in
the city closed as long as so many
Of the inhabitants are without work.
Stockholm has more than 100 build.
ings which. are assessed for at least
$4,000 each
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st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 9.-The senate
today passed the Senator Swanson
resolution which temporarily suspends
the powers of the sanitary livestock
mourning any further expenses for the
board, and prohibits the board from
mourning any further expenses for the
time being. Senator Hardy wanted
the resolution to go to the finance
committee, but was turned down.
Senator J. NJ. Hackney of Hamline
made a strenuous, and eloquent appeal
for the boards side of the case
I'VE should sustain the livestock
board in it's efforts to stamp out tuber-
culosis,' he said. Il believe that back
of this there is an attempt to do away
with the tuberculine test for cattle
and horses, by certain INSCRIPTIONS
dairymen." He moved that the reso-
luton be referred to the livestock
committee, but was refused the re-
quest. On motion of Senator Swan
son, the resolution then prevailed.
Among several bills passed by the
senate today, were two of considera-
BILE Importance. One by Stephens,
permits the board of control to allow
not to exceed 25, cents a day wages
for prisoners at Saltwater. Another,
by Sundberg, provides for constitu-
tional amendment to be submitted to
the voters, for state hail insurance.
Bills introduced in the senate today
included the following: By Peterson,
establishing scale of damages that
may be collected by employees for in
juries sustained while at work, grad
ing up to a few dollars for minor
hurts, to $4,000 for death. BY Gum,
for the state to accept the gift of
Cooper Island in Cass Lake from con-
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

Senator Hale introduced a resOlu
ton in the senate which is intended tt
remove the constitutional bar from
Senator Knoxs acceptance of the port
folio of secretary of state in the Taft
cabinet.
The electoral vote was canvassed by
congress and Taft and Sherman were
officially declared to be elected presi
dent and vice-president of the United
States.
President Roosevelt, it is stated
has no intention of sending to con
gress a message recommending an in
come tax. He has been consulted by
Representative Stevens OF Minnesota
who is preparing bill on the subject
Secretary Bacon in letter to Pana
mas minister, said the United States
government is not responsible for the
attack made by Representative Rainey
of Illinois on the president OF Panama.
The senate was involved in heated
discussion over the type of the Pan
anna canal. Senators Foraker, Kit
tredge and Teller taking part in the
dispute
The navy department at Washing
ton received no confirmation of re-
port from London that the Georgia and
another battleship Of the fleet had
been in collision.
The membership of the interstate
commerce commission will be in
n nj q
upon which the house committee on
interstate and foreign commerce
agreed to report favorably to the
house becomes a law.
President Roosevelt, after a confer
ence at the White House, sent mes
fornia legislature urging square
deal' for the Japanese.
The minister from Panama filed a
protest with Secretary Bacon against
the speech Of Congressman Rainey, at
lacking the president Of his country.
The senate may ignore President
Roosevelt's request for secrecy con-
corning the statement of the secretary
OF the treasury on war deficiency fund
Of 1899.
Eulogies of the late William B. ALI
son of Iowa occupied the session Of
the senate last Saturday. Tributes
were paid alike by Republican and
Democratic senators. The exercises
were opened with prayer by the chap.
lain. Senators Dolliver and Cummins
paid high tribute to the deceased.
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lovers, the maker of the testament
took the usual precautions to ensure \
compliance with his wishes. That is.
the persons named to see to it, were
to forfeit a large sum of money in the
event of negligence or failure to nut
the said provisions into effect.-Illus.
trated Sunday Magazine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-17
MINNESOTA | [ S0[0NS
DEBATE OVER FIFTEENTH DIS.
TRlCT JUDGESHiP.
Committee Appointed to Begin lnves-
tigation Of the State Labor
Bureau.

st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 8.-The house
had warm debate in committee OF
the whole today on the bill to create
an additional judge in the Fifteenth
judicial district, which comprises a
number of northern Minnesota coun-
ties. The committee finally voted to
recommend the bill for passage. This
was the test which doubtless means
that this much contested bill will be
passed by the house when reached in
it's regular order on the calendar.
The house also spent considerable
time today arguing the Mork bill,
which proposes to prohibit minors
from playing games in bowling and
pool alleys and rooms. Selb of St.
Paul and Lennon Of Minneapolis led
in a fight not to prohibit boys from
the enjoyment of bowling in alleys
which are not run in connection with
saloons. MOrk, Nolan and others con-
tended that the influence of bowling
and pool halls is too injurious to min
ors to permit them to be their patrons.
A motion to indefinitely postpone the
bill, made by Lennon, was eventually
Withdrawn and on the request of Mr..
Mork the bill was laid over for the
day without being definitely acted
upon.
This afternoon the special commit
tee to investigate the alleged political
corruption Of the state labor bureau
was named, and at once held it's first
meeting; John Lennon, chairman; R.
j. Wells, Bur6ette Thayer, Alex Nc
Neill and John O'Brien. The commit.
tee authorized it's chairman to sub
poena any witnesses he deemed nee
essary, and call for such books and
exhibits as he desired. Messrs. Wells
and Thayer were appointed attorneys
to conduct the examination. w. H.
Williams of Minneapolis, former labor
commissioner and the man who made
the sensational charges to the legis.
lature, will be one of the first wit
nesses examined; probably next Wed.
nesday afternoon.
Bills introduced in the house today
included: BY Sawyer, to create a
state fund for retirement of teachers;
by l.. H. Johnson, to establish state
employment bureau for teachers; by
Allen. to create department of bank
examiner, separate from the present
public examiner.
In the senate today there was little
of interest developed beyond the in
PRODUCTION of a number of new bills
These included the following: BY
Elwell, to permit cities of $4,000 or
over to exercise the right of eminent
domain to secure waterworks and
light plants; by Canestorp, to change
the date of the primary elections from
to the fourth Tuesday in
June; by White, to license renovated
butter dealers, fee of 5000 year for
fee of 500 for whole.
salers, fee of $40 for retailers; by S.
A. Nelson, creating banking board of
the governor, auditor, secretary Of
state, treasurer and attorney general.
who in turn are authorized to elect a
state bank examiner; by Poehler, to
prohibit all killing of beaver and
muskrats in Minnesota; by c. A. John
son. exempting all members of the
legislature from having to attend
court cases during legislative ses-
sions.
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Mans ModeStv.

Oscar Hammerstein, being compli.
mented in Philadelphia on the success.
full opening of his new opera house up
town, shook his head modestly.
did any one," he said, lever sue.
ceed-really and perfectly succeed
to his own satisfaction? The older
I grow the more sympathize with
GOunOd.
AS your talent progresses said
Gounod to q young poet, your es-
innate Of the master poets of the
past will change as has my estimate
6 Tie master musicians,