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Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06

Rome, Dec. 3O.-Stunned at the mag
nitude of the calamity which has over
taken its fellow countrymen, all Italy
mourns for the stricken province of
Calabria and the island of Sicily. Ac-
custOmed for centuries to earthquakes,
Italy stands ever in dread, but none
was prepared for the disaster which in
the fraction of a minute Monday dev-
astated cities and towns and caused
the death of thousands. Late esti-
mates put the number of dead at TO-
600.
Messina, whose tragic history has
been marked by tidal waves and war,
and which was the center of Mondays
terrestrial maelstrom, was shaken to
ruins. Flames burst forth to complete
the city's destruction and to burn alive
untold numbers helplessly pinioned be-
meath fallen walls and broken timbers.
The strait of Messina was shaken and
twisted by the earth's trembling, for
mariners report the channel altered
beyond recognition. The ports and viii
lagos on both the continental and Sicil-
ian sides were wrecked or inundated
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
State Fair Need.

Hamline.-One and one-half million
dollars is named by c. NJ Griggs, for
many years an important figure in the
management of the Minnesota state
fair, as the need of the state fair in
the next five years: with additional
help from the Twin City merchants
and manufacturers in the way of
few years advance rent for space in a
new main building. Mr.. Griggs would
have the legislature appropriate $780,
coo for 1909, 100000 Of which will be
required for the new grandstand, and
100000 every year for the next five
years. The advance rent from the
business men would amount to be-
tween $4,000 to 100000.
The fair can never earn enough
money to pay for its permanent build
ings for exposition purposes, says Mr..
Griggs. 1t will always take all the
profits for maintenance, show pur-
poses, parking of the grounds and ex-
pansion along several lines. In let
ter to President B. F. Nelson of the
Minnesota State Agricultural society,
in Minneapolis, Mr.. Griggs urges the
need of more Twin City boosts for
the fair, the necessity of new grand
stand. and, second only to the grand
stand, a complete revision of the street
car service to the fair grounds, whose
woeful inadequacy he comments upon
as being simply ridiculous.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
p PERSONAL.

Heir to half million dollars and en-.
titled to a position in Baltimore So
ciety, William Jefferson Powell has
been sentenced to serve 1S0 days in
the workhouse in Los Angeles, CAL, on
a vagrancy charge.
Lloyd c. Griscom, ambassador to
Italy, has resigned from the diplomatic
service.
Henry w. Poor, trading as H. w.
Poor & Co., at 80 Wall street, made
AN assignment for the benefit Of cred.
itors, his liabilities probably being be-
tween $1,000.000 and $2,000,oo0.
Jack Johnson (colored) won the
heavyweight championship of the
world from Tommy Burns at Sydney,
Australia. The fight went IA rounds
and Johnson was declared the winner
on points. The police stopped the
bout.
Cipriano Castro issued a statement
in Berlin virtually surrendering the
presidency OF Venezuela.
Thomas F. Ryan, admittedly one OF
the greatest powers in the financial
world, announced that, yielding to the
advice of his physicians, he had re
signed from the directorate OF 81 cor
pOrations.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06

and all lighthouses along the coasts
were swallowed up. Navigation now is;
dangerous and in some places impos.
sible.
Seaport Of Reggie Wiped Out.
In the Calabrian district, which was
only beginning to recover from the ef-
fects of the earthquake of 1905, Reggie
was the center of the earth's upheaval.
The seaport Of Reggie is reported as
no longer existing and the city proper
10 in ruins. The loss of life on both
sides of the strait and in Eastern
Sicily was enormous.
One of the refugees from Reggie
who was the first to bring the news of
the city's destruction tried to make his
way to Sicily in a sailboat, but was
compelled to return, and finally found
safety at peninsula port. In describ-
ing his experience he said:
THE sea was strangely, mysteriously
agitated, and the heavens were ablaze.
Nearing Sicily, the clearing smoke re-
vealed the mystery; Messina was in
flames. In the frenzy of despair l
turned my boat back to Calabria."
Terrible Scenes at Messina.
Starving, bleeding from injuries and
almost insane from their terrifying ex-
periences, Messina's survivors are fee
ing in all directions. The spectacle
presented by the ruined seaport is de-
scribed as terrifying. Tumbling build
ings both killed and mutilated, while
hundreds Of the injured imprisoned in
the wreckage were abandoned to their
fate by the fleeing populace. One of
these who escaped said:
"The earth seemed suddenly to drop
and then turn violently on it's axis.
The whole population, who practically
were precipitated from the houses rent
In twain, were spun around like tops
Is they ran through the streets. Many
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
Important Discovery.

Minneapolis George f. Frank
forter, Of the University of Minnesota,
has perfected machine which will
probably evolve new era in the man.
ufacture of white print paper for use
of publishers. The professor has dis
covered process which will use up
the hitherto useless waste in the man
ufacture of lumber.
Scientific men all over the world
are watching the outcome Of the new
discovery. Small tests have proved
successful and should. larger tests
prove that the theory is right, the
white paper problem will no longer
bother the world and the price of the
material will be brought down to a
proper basis again.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
SCAMDLlkAvxANMEWS
RrApolpaI Events Gathered II the
OH Soand15Bavkan Countries

Prince Wilhelm has been elected
chairman Of the Swedish Yachting
club.
It Is proposed to dig a canal between
Vanersborg and Uddevalla. The cheap
est estimate calls for an elevated
canal of depth of ten feet, at .
cost of $7,01O,0O0, and the cost of .
lockless canal of a depth of 263a feet
is put at $20.563, 200.
A syndicate bought the famous
Lung estate in Ostergotland last sum-
mer, and one of its members, Albert
Lfndstrom, has bought part of the es-
tate for little over 100000. The
deal includes the palace, but not the
brickyards and the buildings of the
old sugar factory.
The city council of Ornskoldsvik has
passed resolution which has for its
aim the construction of a railroad,
from Mellansel to the Inland railway.
Such railway would make a COM
olned railway and steamboat route
from Ornskoldsvik almost to the Nor
"eSlan boundary line.
Dover, England, Dec. 1S.--The swe-
dish steamer Lindholm, 80S tons,
went down off Goodwin Sands this
morning following collision with the
German steamer Friedericke- Mueller,
l,79o tons, from Grimsby for Stock
holm. Eight of the crew of the Lind
holm were drowned. The rest Of
the survivors were landed here.
DIR. Sven Hedin has certainly been
very busy man during his stay in
Central ASIA His works and the COL
lections which he made we're sent to
Stockholm in 20 big boxes His notes
cover 5000 closely written pages,
There are numerous mays and a few
colored panoramas OF landscapes
which DR.. Hedin drew while stationed
on some mountain top.
There were 426 savings banks in
Sweden in 1907, and the deposits
amounted to $1S4,150, 600 at the end
OF the year. The increase during
the year was about $4,000 900. In the
city of Stockholm the deposits de-
creased about $14S,ooo, which shows
that the capital was badly hit by
hard times. The interest paid to the
depOsitOrs during the year was about
$S,125 900.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
MT. AETNA
Is GrumbIing and Again Threatens
Eruption.

Catania, Sicily, Dec. 3o.-Mount
Aetna is showing considerable activity
and the detonations, which can be
plainly heard in this city, together
with the volume of smoke rolling out
of the crater, have added to the panic
of the people.
According to the director of the To-
cal observatory, this activity is d.
rectly connected with the earthquakes
of yesterday which wrought such hav-
oc in Calabria and Sicily, but great
eruption is not expected. Such phe-
nomena seldom accompany violent
seismic disturbances.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
ROBBERY.
Thief Breaks Window and Steals Valu.
able Diamonds.


Minneapolis, Dec. 30-Diamond
bracelets to the value of $1,000 were
stolen from a display window OF the
Paegel Jewelry Manufacturing COM
pany, p Third street south, between
6:30 and GAS o'clock yesterday morn
ing.
A brick was hurled through the
heavy plate glass and two trays con-
tanning about so bracelets, many Of
them set with diamonds, made away
with.
The robbery was committed at the
time the night and day police squads
change beats, and during the ten min
utes that the downtown section of the
city is practically unprotected.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
news OF A week
|1EM|zED FORM
Epitome Of the Most
Important Events
Gathered From All
Points of the Globe.
WASHINGTON NOTES,

WASHINGTON NOTES.
President Roosevelt's younger daugh
ter, Ethel, made her debut in society
at a brilliant ball in the White House
To familiarize themselves with con
ditions under the present form of gov
ernment of the Panama canal zone
and to consider what changes, If any,
are desirable, 12 members of the
state commerce left Charleston fox
Colon.
Carrying out it's efforts to reduce
the number of fatalities in coal mines,
the United States geological survey is
about to establish rescue stations in
the principal coal fields of the coun-
try.
Announcement was made at the
White House of a proposed plan for a
conference looking toward the conser-
walton of the natural resources OF
North America. to be held at the
White House February 1S next. Let
ters suggesting the plan have been ad-
dressed by President Roosevelt to the
governor-general and to the premiuer
of Canada and to President DiaZ OF
Mexico.
President Roosevelt received so
many kilograms urging him to pre-
vent the Imprisonment of Gompers,
Mitchell and Morrison, sentenced for
contempt, that he asked Attorney
General Bonaparte to go over the
record with him.
Twelve months in jail for Samuel
Gompers, president; nine months for
John Mitchell, one of the vice.presi'
dents, and six months for Frank Nor
rison, secretary, all of the American
Federation of Labor, was the sentence
imposed by Justice Wright of the su-
preme court of the District OF Colum-
bia for contempt of court in violating
an order previously issued enjoining
them from placing on the Unfair" or
I'VE don't patronize" list the Bucks
Stove & Range Company of st. Louis,
Mo. The defendants were released on
bail pending appeal.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
OBITUARY..

Robert Emmett Fisk, for IS years
editor of the Helena (Mont.) Herald,
and confidential friend of President
Garfield and James G. Blaine, died at
Berkeley, CAL, aged II years.
Anthony Roose, prominent pioneer
merchant and capitalist Of San Fran
cisco, died after protracted illness.
aged II.
Willard Stearns, at one time candi.
date for governor of Michigan on the
Democratic ticket and many years ed
itor of the Adrian Press, died at
Adrian, aged Is years.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
GENERAL NEWS.

An earthquake shattered the entire
southwestern extremity of Italy and
Sicily, and it is believed thousands of
lives were lost. The part of the coun-
try devastated includes the provinces
Of Reggie di Calabria, Cosenza and
Catanzaro, comprising the department
of Calabria. Messina was partly
ruined and many of it's inhabitants
killed. A tidal wave did great damage
there and in Catania.
Accused of professionalism in de-
manding exorbitant expense moneys,
Melvin w. Sheppard, Charles Bacon,
Harry F. Porter and George V. Bonhag
of the Jrish-American Athletic club;
F. G. Bellars, New York Athletic club
and J. J. Lee, formerly of the Boston
Athletic association, but now unat-
tached, were suspended by the Anna
teur Athletic union.
Tom LOngboat, the Indian lOng-dis
tance runner, was married to Miss
Loretta Maracle in Toronto.
The fisheries committee of the
Vancouver board of trade is preparing
strong memorial asking the Do
minion government to define the SOW
ereignty of Canada in the North Pa
cific owing to the alleged poaching OF
American halibut fishing boats in
Canadian waters.
A mysterious disease is killing many
people in Hermosillo, Mexico, and the
Inhabitants are terror-stricken and are
leaving as fast as possible.
One man was killed and three other
men and a woman were seriously
burned in a tenement house fire in
New York.
The First National bank of Mon
rovia, CAL, was robbed of about
$4,000.
Two men believed to be members o1
a gang which attempted to rob the
bank at Milan, Kan, were captured al
Clearwater, Kan. A third man eludet
Sheriff Holiday of Wellington.
H. NJ. Cox, a wealthy resident o.
Portland, Me-, was killed by falling
from a hotel window in Hot Springs
Ark.
The three-masted schooner Jeani,
Lippitt was lost OF Hog Island, Va.
and the captain and five Of the crew
ef six were drowned.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
Permitted to WhtstIe in Church.

Harry +. Bosson Of Reading, as his
friends in Worcester say, whistled il
church while attending divine worship
in that city recently. When asked
about It Mr.. Bosson said he was not
asleep and explained his action by
telling the following story: "The min.
lister said just before the contribution
that any one who put so cents or more
into the contribution box was entitled
and expected to whistle. AS the COL
lectors we're on their way the whist.
ling came froEa ~ parts Of the room
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
Twelve DEAD,
MORE TRAPPED
AN EXPLOSION IN WEST vlR.
GINiA CoLLlERY CAUSES
THEsDiSASTER.
Eighteen Men Are Taken Out Alive.
Explosion Occurred in the Mine
Owned BY the Pocahontas Coal
Company.

Bluefeld. w. Va, Dec. 3O.-Twelve
men are known to be dead AMI prob
ably twenty-five more were buried
as the result of an explosion which
occurred in the Lick Branch colliery
owned by the Pocahontas Consolida-
ted Coal company yesterday after
noon about 3 o'clock. It is not known
exactly how many men were in the
mine at the time.
The men leave the mine after what
is known as the '"cun'' and many OF
the fifty-two at work yesterday were
not in the mine when the explosion
occurred.
The dead:
Henry Lockhart, colored.
Richard Lockhart.
James Lockhart.
John Brown.
John Miller.
Kemp Sanders.
James Smith.
Charles Little.
w. Little.
Clark Kennedy.
Peter Kennedy.
Russian, name unknown.
At II o'clock tonight eighteen OF
entombed men had been taken out OF
the colliery alive. They had been
st;fled by the smoke and were not
injured seriously enough to make
their removal to a hospital necessary.
State mine inspectors have taken
charge of the work of exploring the
mine.
The management of this property,
it is claimed, has provided every de-
vice known to mining experience
and science to insure safety and it is
thought that the trouble originated
in an abandoned but connected
working in the western division of
the mine.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
Trains Crash.

Great Falls, Mont, Dec. 29.-As the
result Of head-on collision between
q freight train and q work train on
the Great Northern railroad yesterday
afternoon eight men are dead and four
seriously injured.
The wreck resulted from the failure
of the freight to stop at Mid-Canyon
siding to allow the work train to pass,
but who is to blame for this failure
has not yet been decided. The freight
train was heavily loaded with ore and
the work train consisted Of IN engine.
caboose and pile driver.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
Nav Send II. 6. Troons.

ss Washington, Dec. 3O.-Alarming
conditions which have called out state
troops and United States marshals at
the mining town of Stearns, Whitley
county, Kentucky, is creating some
discussion at the war department over
the probability of condition arising
to call for United States trops to up
hold the power of the United States.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
Found Dead,

Woodbury., Minn.. Dec. 30.-When
William Slohr and Anton Huntman of
St. Paul came to this place to visit
William label, they found their friend
dead on the floor of his farm house.
The body was partly frozen and had
been gnawed by rats.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
Yeuoman Arrested.

Olivia, Minn.. Dec. 3O.-"Jimmie"
Gaynor, who is regarded as one of
the cleverest yeggmen who ever oper-
ated in the northwest, and two other
alleged cracksmen, are under arrest in
this place charged with the robbery
of the state bank at Danube On Oct.
6, when $2,234 was secured.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
Fully Explained,

The following report was sent bv
subordinate inspector to his chief
In the telephone service. It concerned
a faulty house connection. Found
wire with no outside outside. Put in.
side wire outside and outside in,ida
0ssd more outside 1aI insidAs
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06

and was not far from universal. When
1t came to me it was up to me to die
down and content myself with a whis.
tle"
This is the latest way of raising
money for churches.-Boston Herald.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
TWIN CITY MARKETS.
Minneapolis, Dec. 2

minneapolis, Dec. 20.
Wheat-No. 1 northern. $1.O9: No.
2 northern. $1.O7; M ay S1.1OL. Du-
rum No. /. 81. Oats-No. ! white. 48c
Barley. No. 4. 81. Rye No. 2. zoe
Corn-No. 3. 55c. Flax-No. /. 81.
Duluth, Dec.29. NO. Norm 81. IL
May $1.09T
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
R0OSEvELT's MESSAGE.

"His Majesty vittorio Emman.
uei, Rome: a4
with all my eountrymen I
am appalled, by the dreadful Ca
Iamity which has befaiien your
country. offer my sineerest
sympathy. American National
Red Cross has issued appeals
for contributions for the suffer-
ers and notified me that they
will Immediately communicate
with the Italian Red Cross.
"Theodore Roosevelt"
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06

South St. Paul. Dec. 20
Cattle-Steers. $3.50 and 1925
cows 94.00 and $500. Hogs $3.50
and $3.50 Muttons, $3.50: lambs
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
Work on Iron Ranne.

Hibbing-The United States Steel
corporation has let stripping contracts
in the Chisholm and Hibbing districts
which will entail an expenditure of at
least $2,000,000.
All of this work will be started in
1909 and will take from one to three
years to complete. Some OF the oper-
atfons are already under way. The
performance OF the contracts will ne
cessitate the employment of hundreds
Of men. The contracts in the aggre-
gate are probably the largest ever let
on the Mesaba range in one season by
single operator.
The ranges should hum with busi-
ness next season. Some of the great
est stripping operations in the history
of the Mesaba will be carried on stimuli.
taneously with the production of ton
mage of ore which. it is believed, will
reach between 25,O00,O00 and 10000 900
tons.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
NEWS NOTES.

st. Paul-Railroads place different
values on same property is testimony
offered in state rate case hearing.
Minneapolis.-One Of the most i'm.
portant engagements of the theatrical
season at Bijou Opera House, Mime.
apolis, will be that of the great col.
lege play, 'Strongheart," which will
be seen at that playhouse the week Of
January 3rd.
Minneapolis.-The first fight of an
airship in Minneapolis took place here.
1t was the Wilcox-Bennett aeroplane
and the flight was made in the factory
yard of the H. E. Wilcox Motor Car
company on Marshall avenue north
east, where the machine was built.
Minneapolis.-Report of secretary Of
war urges supplying Minnesota artil-
lery batteries with horses by govern
ment.
Farmington.-The local high school
debating team was defeated by the Le
Sueur Center team in the interschol-
astic debating league contest.
Mankato.-One of the interesting
events of Christmas in Mankato was
the burning of q $500 note given by
the Baptist Sunday school year ago
toward the payment of the debt on
the parsonage. The note has been paid
in full.
Duluth.-Bill requiring state super
vision of certain class Of investment
companies will be introduced in legis-
lature.
st. Paul. Geraghty & Co., one Of
the Oldest commission brokerage firms
in the city, suspends, but expects to
resume business shortly.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06

Scientific expeditions have been sent
from Sweden to Spitzbergen on sew
eral occasions. Now the Norwegians
are going to send corps of survey.
ors to survey and make maps of the
islands during the summers Of 1909
and 1910. The expenses will exceed
$4,000, and the national government
is going to contribute one-fourth of
this amount. Sweden, Russia and Nor
way are looking to these islands with
longing eyes, and they naturally watch
the movements Of each other over
them. Anent this subject, a Swedish
paper said the other day: Norway
is energetic and, as far as she is
able, keeps on paving her way for the
annexation of the lordless group of
islands,
The Haugesundsposten, Haugesund,
states that Norwegian fishermen are
displeased because Swedish fishermen
sell their fish in Norwegian harbors.
They assert that the Swedish fisher
men ought to pay charges and taxes
the same as the Norwegian fishermen,
and that the latter ought to have a
right to sell fish in Swedish seaports.
It is expected that the Norwegian
storting will take up this matter with
the Norwegian government.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
DENMARK.

The Danish government is going to
cut down the foreign budget by put
ting one man in charge of the en-
bassies at Vienna and Rome. Cham
berlain Bernhoft has been appointed
to fill this dual position.
In an excavation under an old mer-
chants estate in Aarhus very large
collection of old coins was found.
There were about $500 coins in all,
and they date from the fourteenth cen
tury. The coins. which at that time
represented large fortune, were
made in the chief Hanseatic cities,
mostly in Lubbock. This is the largest
collection of old coins ever found In
Denmark.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-10-23

by the members Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, who fur
nished the pail bearers, and the
order Of Odd Fellows attended in q
body and conducted the burial SER
vice after the usages Of the order
at the cemetery.
No higher tribute Of respect can
be paid to a man than to say he
was a good man. This can be
truly said Of Thomas Gardner, who
has gone from orr midst to his re-
ward. To the family are extended
the sympathies of the community
in their sorrow.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-10-23
The Passing Of a Good Woman

Olive Louise Neff was born in
Belmont county, Ohio, December
IL, 1912, and united with the M.
E. church in early girlhood and has
always since lived a consistent
Christian life. She was married to
DR.. j. G. Griffith, a practicing
physician of Belmont county Ohio,
in 1861. To this union were born
two children: Mary L., who pre-
ceded her to the better land several
years ago, and Col. j., who resides
on farm south of Kansas City.
She also leaves one sister and two
grandchildren and a host of old
time friends to mourn her departure.
With her husband she removed
to Laclede in 1866, where they re-
sided until after the death of her
husband, which occurred in 1875,
when she removed to Sumner and
conducted hotel. After the c.,
B. & K. c.. railway was COM
pleted to Carrollton she remov-
ed to that place and for several
years conducted one of the leading
hotels. From there she removed
to Kansas City, being for some
time in the grocery business, and
later was appointed matron of the
state sanitarium at Mt. Vernon,
holding that position with great
honor to herself at the time of her
death, which occurred Oct. 13, 1909.
Such is a brief history of one
who at different times has suffered
but met the situation
and closed this life with a
clear record for purity and honesty
and with the love and respect of all
who knew her.
: Brief funeral services were held
at the home of P. F. Felt by the
Rev. l.. G. Powell, pastor of the
Methodist church and the body was
aid to rest by the side of her hus-
band in the Laclede cemetery.