Vol. 6 . Wil lmar, Minnesota Wednesday, Nov. 28 , 1900.—EIGHT PAGES.

A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT. By Prof. Cross*, t h * Noted Musician.

A Rioh Treat for Willmaritos.

On Monday evening, December 3rd, the people of Willmar and vicinity will have the pleasure of witnessing an entertainment of unusual merit. The arrangements are now complete for the appearance of Prof. W. M. Crosse at the opera house on that date. Miss Marie Railson, who has been instrumental in securing this entertainment, has raised enough by a subscription sale of tickets for the necessary financial guarantee. Those wishing reserved seat tickets can se­cure them at Elfstrum and Co 's drug store. They will be placed on sale Fr'iay morning. Admission 50 cents to any part of the house.

In his Lecture Recital, Prof. Crosse describes the life of Chopin, the tone poet, which is told in such a manner as to make it a very interesting story. Inter-mingled In the story he will play some 1 ofc d composer's finest selections. Mr. Crosse's execu­tion on the piano is said to be marvel­ous. His many years of musical train­ing has placed him in the front rank with our musical artists. These Lecture Recitals have been given with pro­nounced suowCoo. uuil there will un­doubtedly t u t 14 t r «J nout of music-lovers in Willmar aa well as at other places, to hear the recital "Chopin, the Tone Poet."

Wedding Bolls. A happy marriage occurs to-day at

Colfax. Miss Adelia Dahlberg, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erick Dahl­berg, is to be made the wife of John Thorn, a well-known young man of New Ldndon. Miss Dahlberg is one of the most esteemed and highly re­spected ladies of Colfax, and John is a hustling young farmer and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Thorn of this place, whose farm he has rented for next year. The ceremony is performed by Rev. John Johnson at the bride's home, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. A number of relatives and friends are invited to partake in the bridal festivi­ties. The TIMES extends to the young couple the most hearty congratulations and wishes that they may experience abundant happiness throughout their future life together. — New London Times.

Marri«d|Twanty-fiy« Yoars. The home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Rodlun

was invaded last Saturday eyeningby about thirty of their friends, who gathered to help tbem celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. It was a most pleasant surprise for them, as the company not only brought along the good things to eat, but also wished to show their respeots to the host and hostess by leaving something more substantial-

Mr. and Mrs. Rodlun were kindly remembered with a handsome silver coffee set. Rev. Larson, of the Swedish Baptist church, made the presentation speech. Others who were present as­sisted in making the evening a social one. Rev. A. N. Osterholm, of the Swedish Mission church, gave a neat little speech appropriate to the occa­sion. The guests departed with best wishes to the host and hostess for many more years of a happy married life.

a Sueeessful Affair. The ladies of the Presbyterian church

furnished a very good supper and also made a creditable display of fancy articles at the Bonde hall, last Friday evening. It was one of the most suc­cessful of the annual fairs held by the society, there being a large attendance and a nice increase in the treasury as a result. The receipts of the evening amounted to over $100.

A program of music and recitations was rendered, which was heartily ap­preciated by the audience. There was a vocal duet by Miss Gerda Wenner-lund and Mr. J. H. Styles; song by five little girls; recitations by Miss Bauer; a piano duet by Miss Grace Andrus and Dr. F. E. Twitchell.

Death of Mrs. Masters. On Tuesday of this week occurred

the death of Mrs. Mary M. Masters at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Thomas of Aberdeen, S. D. Her death was the result of diabetes with which she has been suffering for sev­eral years. The remains were brought to Atwater, yesterday, and the funeral occurs today, at 1 o'clock, at the Pres­byterian church of Harrison, the ser­vices being conducted by Rev. S. E. P. White. Deceased was born in the state of New York, September 14,1833. She was one of the oldest settlers of this county, coming here with her hus­band, John Maters, in 1857. The fam­ily settled in the town of Harrison and made that place their permanent home. Mrs. Masters survived her husband for a period of about 11 years, the last three years of which she spent with her daughter, Mrs. Thomas. Two sons, J. A. Masters and Charles Masters of Harrison, and one daughter, Mrs. Thomas, of Aberdeen, survive to mourn her loss.—Atwater Republican-Press. '

;^Psrs» for Solo.. I offer for sale my form of 160 acres

Sec. 27, in Green Lake township, Kandiyohi county. C M . ANDERSON, Kandiyohi, Minn,

High School Notes. Helen Henry is again in school after

having been quarantined for a week at home.

Roy Bowers is absent from school on account of illness.

General teachers' meeting was held in the High School room last Wednes­day afternoon.

Miss Wright, of the High School, and Miss Chase, of the Garfield school, will spend the holidays of this week in Minneapolis.

Several of the city teachers are planning to attend the annual meet­ing of the State Teachers' Associa­tion, which will be held at St. Paul December 26, 27, 28.

Mr. Peterson, of the Board of Edu­cation, was a visitor at the High School building Monday afternoon.

Died at Belie Creek.* Goodhue Enterprise: It is with

much surprise and profound sorrow that the friends and relatives of Mrs. D. D. Ryan, of Belle Creek, leara of her death which occurred so suddenly on Wee nesday morning. She was a young woman of health, jovial dis­position, and possessed all those qualities which go to make a perfect character. Her husband, Mr. Ryan, has the sympathy of all as he bears his heavy burden of sorrow.

The deceased, who was formerly Miss Lizzie Kelly of Green Lake, was well known here, and leaves a large circle of friends besides her parents and relatives to mourn her death. A husband and little daughter are *he surviving members of the family. The sudden death is a severe blow to all.

Thanksgiving Service. There will be Thanksgiving service

in St. Luke's church on Thursday, Nov. 99, at 10:30 a. m. The hour for this service is set fifteen minutes ear­lier than the usual time. Will those who attend please observe this?

Persons who wish to help in suita­bly decorating the church for this Thanksgiving festival service are re­quested to come on Wednesday after­noon, bringing what plants or flowers they are able to furnish for the service.

Meats For Sale in Quantity. Parties wishing to purchase beef,

mutton or pork in quantities and by the quarter will do well to call on me before buying elsewhere. My stock is on exhibition at my barn, and all can see what they buy. The stock is all young cattle purchased in the St. Paul stock yards. My goods will be first class and will be sold at reasonable prices. Give me a call. [40-4t] FRANK J. STBEOKER.

Highway Obstruction Case. Anton Jacobson, who is charged

with obstructing a highway in the town of Lake Lillian, was up for a second time before Justice Owre last Saturday. The case was a postponed one. County Attorney Frye appeared for the state, but ai the defendant did not have his attorney the case was continued until Dec. 1.

M. E. Services. Presiding Elder Rev. Hingeley will

hold the regular quarterly conference of the M. E. church, and preach next Wednesday morning, December 5th, at 10 o'clock. Everybody cordially invited to attend.

Rev. F. W. Hill will preach next Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock, upon the subject. "An Invitation."

Funeral of John Eeklund. The funeral services over the re­

mains of John Eeklund, whose death occurred last Wednesday, were held last Friday afternoon. A brief service was conducted at the Salvation Army hall at two o'clock, deceased having been a member of the local corps. The remains were interred in Fairview cemetery. The widow of the deceased arrived here to be present at the last sad rites, and accompanying her was her father, Peter Israelson of Carlson, Swift county.

A Now Band Instructor. Prof. O. Anderson, of Chicago, has

been engaged as musical instructor of the Citizens' band for the winter. Mr. Anderson is a graduate of the Musical Conservatory of Denmark and has since been connected with some of our leading band schools. The band is to be congratulated upon securing an able leader and we shall expect to hear some fine "tooting" at the end of the winter.

Finished Tholr Course. By permission of the Normal board,

ten students of the St. Cloud Normal School were allowed to graduate last Friday, having already finished their course at the school. Among those we find the name of Anthony Anderson of New London. Mr. Anderson has been engaged to teach in Irving at a salary of forty-five dollars per month.

Will bo Deputy Register. Nels Swenson, the accommodating

employe at the Great Northern freight office, will fill the position of deputy register of deeds under O. Jorgen Olson, register elect Mr. Swenson had no trouble in securing an appoint­ment, as he circulated a petition which was most generally signed by our citizens. There was a large numbed of applicants for the position.

No. 42 . New London.

From the TIMES, Noy. 22.—Miss Martha Brogren left for Willmar Sat­urday A baby girl was added to the family of Chas. Nordgren this week Oliver Larson, E. A. Wright and James Wright returned from their hunting expedition up north in the vicinity of Bagley today. They met with good success und suc­ceeded in killing nine deer This morning a young hod filler entered as apprentice with Hans Polman. Hans is almost tickled to death The news reached New London this week that Mr. N. A. Skeie, who left last summer for a visit in old Norway, is now a married man. It is not Known whether Mr. Skeie will return to Am­erica with his new spouse or not G. K. Thomas of Burbank had a tur­key shoot Saturday Anton and Claus Olson of Norway Lake left on Tuesday for the pineries Mrs. Ro»by of Norway Lake has moved into the village for the winter W. A. Libby, of H„ w UN-, WDO S now sick again with his old disease, is said to be very low Inga, the 14-year-old daughter of Hans Johnson of Ringville, died on Friday, Nov. 16.

Sam'l Broberg,a former New London boy and a son of John Bro-berg of this place, w*« ""AWM on Wednesday, Nov. A. oro, N. D., to a Miss Mary Moe *

Fahlun. Nov. 19.—Jack Frost has appeared

very bitter Misses Ida and Mary Granquist have arrived from Willmar, where they have been to learn the dressmaking trade.. .Charly Johnson, who has been working for Swan Swen­son in Whitefield this summer, is back home again Jalmar Liogen re­turned to Minneapolis last week Amelia and Joseph Jones went down to Rosenquist's in Lake Elizabeth last Saturday evening....John Gibbon is an obedient servant under command of J. Magnuson..Mrs. Karlberg came up from Hector last Saturday to at­tend the funeral of her brother, Ole Nordstrom, which occurred on Sun­day .. .Now it is our sad duty to chronicle the death of Ole Nordstrom, which occurred at his home last Mon­day evening. Deceased has been in failing health for almost two years before death came and relieved him of his long suffering. He leaves to mourn his early death, his parents, three brothers, four sisters and a number of other relatives and friends. The funeral was held yesterday (Sunday) from the residence. Services were held at the Svea church, of which deceased was a member. The remains were laid to rest in the Svea cemetery. Rev. J. O. Lundberg conducted the last sad rites. May he rest peacefully.

DEPUTY KID.

Prinsburg. Nov. 23.—Wedding bells rang bright

and clear and a number of our young people were charmed thereby...On Wednesday, Miss Hattie Van Buren and Mr. Jake Berghuis were married at the home of her parents. A large gathering of friends and well-wishers were present and many useful and beautiful gifts were presented to the happy couple. Mr. and Mrs. Berghuis will live on the Berghuis farm .. On Tuesday, Miss Lena Denadle and Mr. Fred Knott were united in marriage by Rev. Degroot, and quietly enter­tained a few friends at the bride's home. The happy couple will make their home in Renville... On Thurs­day, Miss Ida Newburg and Mr. Smith, from Duluth, were happily married... Nr. Stoob, our merchant, was taken down with small-pox. The store is closed, but we fear there are a number who have been exposed.. .Mr. Noete-boom and Mr. Roelof have left for a visit to friends in Iowa .. .Miss Anna Knott has gone to Roseland to keep house for her uncle... .Mrs. G. Knott left Tuesday for Chicago, where she will visit her daughter and friends.

Green Lake. Nov. 24.—Sleighing is poor D.

Downes entertained a few of his friends last Tuesday evening. .Martin Downes and Milse Hannon. of Murdock, visited with Mrs. M. Downes and family last week... .Mike Murray transacted busi­ness in Willmar last Tuesday....Mr. M. Kelly and son, John, returned from Belle Creek last Monday, where they were called to attend the funeral of Mr. Kelly's daughter, Mrs. D. D. Ryan... .Mr. John Lawler is on the sick list this week Miss Nettie Tait and Gracie and Ed. Carlin of Will­mar attended the party at D. Downes' last Tuesday evening Miss Frances Lawler visited her sister, Mrs. C. E. Recor, of Willmar, last Friday...Mr,, J. P. Kelly went to Brainerd last Fri­day.. Minnie Lawler and Tom Murray are doing a large stroke of trapping.. F. Downes and C. E. Recor drove through here last Friday.. . .Ed. San­derson, of Willmar, was a guest at P. Lawler's last Sunday...J. D. Law­ler had a lively runaway last Sunday. He and his sister, Maggie, were out driving when the team became fright­ened and the result was a badly frightened couple and a broken buggy.

TRIXJB.

LOST-A lady's gold watch, with name engraved in sase. Finder will be liberally rewarded by leaving same at the Great Northern express office.

M B M A O T ^ B 0 , ° *

Kandiyohi. Nov. 25.—Thanksgiving this week..

S. E. Stansberry, of Willmar, was seen in our midst one day last week... The school is contemplating giving an entertainment about Christmas... .Mr. and Mrs W. A. Smullen have moved into N. R. Tacklind's new residence, occupying the rooms up-stairs. .Mrs. H. Broman and Miss Helga, visited with Mrs. C, Pehrson one afternoon last week..Prof. Miles and Miss Essie McDermott were guests at C. W. Peterson's last Wednesday evening... Miss Mabel Morine, of Willmar, is visiting at the home of her brother. F. E. Morine Mrs C. W. Peterson and children, spent the latter part of last week at E. Johnson's in Fahlun. Joseph Jones left for Minneapolis last week... .Miss Hulda Peterson and Mr. John Morine were united in marriage last Friday....Albert Bengtson and H Altman left for the pineries last Saturday....Quite a number of our elite drove down to Atwater last Fri­day, to attend a Dime Social, given at the Town hall, by the young people of the Swedish Lutheran church. All reported a lovely time Miss Esther Norman passed Sunday at G. A. Gtader's in Lake Elizabeth..A com­pany from here went down to Atwater, Sunday, to be present at a "surprisal" at G. P. Holm's, given in honor of their guest, Mrs. Moody, of Nebraska . . . .Mr. Geo. Enblom, accompanied by his sisters, Misses Martha and Tena, drove up to Willmar, Saturday A large company from here enjoyed a sleigh ride last Thursday afternoon, going out to the beautiful home of Elias Johnson, in the town of Fahlun, to a coffee social, given for the bene­fit of the M. E. church. All who at­tended reported an excellent time.. . .

Svea. Nov. 26.—A. O. Skoglund is on the

sick list The Sandeen-Olson wed­ding was a verg pleasant affair. The bride. Miss Emma Olson is ?he only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Olson, and is held in high esteem by her many friends in this vicinity. The groom, Mr. John Sandeen, is also very well known here, having been staying in this neighborhood for a number of years and was at one time engaged as harnessmaker at Svea. He is now engaged in that business at Kerkhoven, for which place they left Thursday, taking with them the best wishes of the people in this locality. Kid also extends his heartiest con­gratulations to the happy couple/... John Johnson and sister, Miss Lena Johnson, of Roseland called on friends here Sunday a week ago Nels Anderson has left for Kandiyohi, where he will work for Augy Peterson.

Mrs. Lewis Hed of Willmar visited relatives and friends here last week.

Sam Nelson, who is at present teaching in Dist. 68, has secured the position as deputy auditor when O. Jorgen Olson takes up his new duties register of deeds.... Johnnie Beck, who has been threshing around here this fall, has returned to his home near Kenmare, N. D . . . . Mrs. Andrew Nor-ling, who has been sick for some time, is reported to be getting better . . . . Emil Hegstrom left for St. Peter last Tuesday, to resume his studies in the musical department at G. A. College. The band boys will no doubt greatly miss their leader. His brother, Erick Hegstrom Jr., will have charge of the band during his absense Hegstrom's and Williamson's young folks attend­ed the party at Walner's in Lake Lil­lian last Thursday evening Peter Nelson, who has been employed at Gust Williamson's for some time, left for Chicago last Thursday. We are sorry to lose our political friend P. N., but hope he will be back here again Oscar- Knutson left for Willmar Tuesday, to attend the Sem­inary. Some more of our young men contemplate attending after Christ­mas. Kid has been thinking about it too . . . 4. J. A. Lindblad and son John left for the twin cities last Tues­day, where the latter goes to receive medical treatment... .The J. R. Wat-kins representative, Joe Bjornberg, was around in this vicinity last week.

Kid is proud of his Deputy be­cause the latter is like Kid a temper­ance man. He also thinks it is too bad that the republican party has be­come so closely allied with the liquor interests. You say you are "are-publican but no saloon supporter." Friend Deputy, if you voted the straight republican ticket yon supported men that support the saloons and the blind pigs. Then figure out for yourself what you become. Now, Deputy, please answer the following questions; Why are you a republican? As a friend of temperance, why not belong to a party that is in favor of temper­ance reform?. . . . Wonder how cer­tain Willmar republicans felt when they read the last week's TRIBUNE.

KID MOCHEE.

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Lake Lillian. x

Nov. 27,—A regular Minnesota bliz­zard would not be a surprise one of these days The wedding bells are ringing... .The Folio Society held a business meetinglast Wednesday even­ing Mr. Albert Westling left last Saturday for Minneapolis, where he intends to stay over winter... .The so called Case threshing company held their meeting last Saturday. They were well satisfied with last fall's run. . . . .Mr. John Johnson and family have moved to East Lake Lillian, where they will reside this winter.... Mr. Oscar Luadquist visited at home over Sunday... Mr. Matt Erickson assumed possession of his father's farm a short time ago Success to you, Matt....Miss Olivia Mortenson will have a basset social in her school-house Thanksgiving eve, Nov. 28 Pat was misinformed in regard to the date for the basket social in Dist. 83. It will take place Saturday evening, Dec. 1 Doors open at 7 o'clock.... John Flann and Mr. Sucen have hnen busy hauling wood from Grass Lake. . . . .Mr. Ole Olson returned last week from Canada.

Priam. Nov. 27.—Mr. Acton Tygeson and

Miss Annie J. Johnson were united in marriage by Rev. A. F Nei»u- o* Willmar last Saturday. The wearing took place at Martin Hagen's [place, in the presence of a large number of friends. Wishes for a happy married life are extended to them by their many friends Priam has now a de­pot and telegraph office. Mr. Frank Wells is the agent Mr. A. J. Ault-man made a business trip to Monte­video Sunday, returning Tuesday.... Now we have republican "prosperity." New trusts are being organized and prizes go up—exeept, of course, what the farmers have to sell; that is on the decline....Barbknecht Bros, hava built a shed for their rig. . . .Thorson Bros. & Tygeson have sold their threshing rig. Consideration, 9350. . . . .Mr. John Tygeson made a pleas­ant call on Priam friends lately.. . . Mr. Chas. Dittes made a pleasure trip to Raymond Saturday evening.

Oruo. Nov. 27.—John Nygaard and family

visited relatives and friends here last Saturday and Sunday.. , .A number of relatives and friends were enter­tained at Charley Nelson's home last Sunday.. . ,A turkey shoot took place at A. Embertsjn's last Saturday.... C. A. Backlund and family visited at Emberteon's las* Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Schollin of Spioer spent Sunday at Per Ertokson's. ^

Roseland. More snow, better sleighing. Well,

that is what we want nowadays.... Eric Ericson and Oscar Gustavson re­turned from Minneapolis last Satur­day . . . . A number of young people surprised Mrs. Peter Renstrom last Saturday night and presented her with a lamp—Wheat and flax are falling in price, meat and salt are going up. Yes, prosperity is here; we can al­most feel i t . . . .Thanksgiving day will soon be here and turkeys are in de­mand. PAT.

Whitefield. The Whitefield people wish for more

snow Carlson's and Mittvet's young folks visited at Andrew John­son's last Sunday Messrs. Pete and Nels Anderson have left for the woods Arthur Erickson, who has been visiting in Minneapolis, returned last week Misses Esther Peterson and Josephine Nelson are attending the Willmar Seminary... Esther Sal-berg and Bertha Nordahl are going up to Fargo for a visit Annie Carlson has been dressmaking at Nor­dahl'8 The husking bee at Pete Johnson's was well attended, aid a good time was reported Andrew Johnson's large house is nearly fin­ished John Youngberg is back from Dakota, to see the Minnesota girls.

Farm for Sale. 320 acres unimproved land in Red

River Valley, three miles from Red River, Richland county, North Dakota. Will sell for $15 per acre, or exohange for city property. Inquire of

MRS. MARY LARKIN, 17-tf Kandiyohi, Minn.

Work Wanted. Mrs. Amelia Lundquist will be very

grateful for washing and ironing to do at home. Railroad men's washing and mending respectfully solicited. Work called for and delivered if de­sired. Residence—Old Blake resi­dence, 1st ward. [40-tf ]

Now Blacksmith Shop. I wish to announce to my friends

that I have dissolved partnership with Mr. Parson and have opened a new shop on Trott avenue and 2nd street. I am now prepared to do all kinds of blacksmithing and repairing and will be pleased to have all my old custo­mers as well as new ones to call on me when you need" any thing in my line. If you need your horses shod I can save you money. 38tf J. H. PERSON.

Notice off Dissolution off Partnership. Notice is hereby given that the co­

partnership heretofore existing be­tween H. J. Halvorson and C. S. Neu-berger and doing business under the firm name of Halvorson & Neuberger, at Willmar, Minnesota, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. All accounts due and owing by said firm will be paid by H. J. Halvorson and all accounts due to said firm to be paid to H. J. Halvorson. •> v ' %.t -

Dated October 31,-1900. •&* ¥<> v H' H. j . HALVORSON,

40-3 .v* > "'-:.;C. 8. NEUBERGER.

WHITNEY'S BLUFF CALLED. Rosing Proposes a Plan for Recount,

but the Republicans Baok Down.

Definite steps toward settling the question of the gubernatorial election, which many of the friends of Gov. Lind believe did not really result as the face of the returns show, was tak­en yesterday by Chairman Rosing, of the Democratic state central commit­tee, with the evident indorsement of Gov. Lind.

The proposition, which is contained in a letter to Capt. C. G. Wnitney, as secretary of the Republican state cen­tral committee, is briefly, to recount eight counties, each committee to name four of them. If these eight counties do not show a net gain of 500 votes for Gov. Lind, then Mr. Rosing assures the Republicans that Gov. Lind will not further contest the elec­tion.

Mr. Rosing's letter is in full as fol­lows:

Nov. 23, 1900. Hon. C. C. Whitney, Secretary Re­

publican State Central Committee, St. Paul, Minn.—Dear Sir: My attention has been called to a statement pub­lished by you as secretary of the Re­publican state central committee, in the Minneapolis Journal, under date of Nov. 14, in which you say, among other things, that you "would author­ize the Journal to say on behalf of Capt. Van Sant that the latter would rather have a recount than to have any question as to his title to the gov­ernorship; that, in fact, the captain does not want to be governor unless the voters show that he has a plural­ity."

A "prominent Republican," speak­ing in the same article, adds:

"That the Democratic game is very plain. After two or three weeks," he said, "of insinuations and gossip as to election frauds, by which time the feeling will be pretty general over the state that perhaps there was a little crookedness, Gov. Lind will come out and make a little speech in which he will say that whether elected or not, he has decided for the honor and har­mony and welfare of the state not to make a contest. Then the people will be moved to tears, and will say again what a great and good and honest man John Lind is, but now that the Republicans have stated that they would welcome a recount, this game will scarcely work."

These gratuitous reflections on Gov. Lind's character and motives are as uncalled for as they are unwarranted. Mr. Lind has not to my knowledge ex­pressed himself on the subject of a contest, except to discourage the idea. On the other hand, with the well known fact that upwards of 15,000 ballots so far as reported, and undoubtedly a much larger number in the aggregate, intended and cast for Gov. Lind have been thrown out by election officers throughout the state by reason of er­roneous marking, it is but natural that a large number of citizens should de­sire a review.

While before and at the election we are all anxious for our partisan pref­erences, we are at the same time as citizens equally zealous that the true verdict of the people, whether for or against a particular candidate, shall be ascertained and stand. With this in view and to the end that Capt. Van Sant may have a title to the office for which he is likely to be declared elect­ed by a small plurality on the face of the returns, upon which no reflections can be cast and which no citizen of the state will thereafter question, I make this proposition to you and to your committee:

I will name four counties in this state for a recount and you may name four others; in the eight counties so designated a review shall be had at as early a day as the forms of law per­mit access to the ballots and for which arrangements shall be made by either side without technical objections or delays being interposed by the other.

If upon such review of the ballots in the eight counties named, the facts developed do not show a net gain of 500 votes in behalf of Mr- Lind over the number returned by the canvassing board for him for the same counties, then I have Mr. Lind's assurance that he will under no circumstances either institute a contest or permit one to be instituted in his behalf.

An answer to this by the 26th day of November is respectfully requested.

Yours truly, —L. H. Rosing, Chairman.

The letter was delivered by special messenger to Secretary Whitney late yesterday afternoon. To a Globe re­porter, soon after its receipt, he said:

"I shall call a meeting of the com­mittee at once. 1 do not feel author­ized to act for the committee, but I am personally confident that Mr. Rosing's communication will receive speedy and serious consideration. I think Capt. Van Sant i s as anxious to have the result of the recent election placed be­yond cavil as any one in the state, and I do not look for delay on the part of the committee in considering the communication. Of course, as to the terms of the proffer, I shall not assume lp-anewer for the committee."

Friends of Gov. Lind and Chairman Rosing, who have speculated as to the possibility of gaining votes by a re-coumVaipr Of the opinion thai three of the four counties which will be named by the Democratic chairman are St. Louis, Hennepin and Goodhue, with

perhaps Stearns. Ramsey will no doubt be named by

the Republicans, who claim to have much information about corruption in the Fifth and Eighth wards of this city, and in the event that these coun­ties are named, it will include four of the most populous counties in the state, with the three chief cities, and will give approximately such a por­tion of the vote as would make the gain of 500 a fair measure. At any rate, the 500 would be more rather than less than enough to make up the present apparent plurality, in the event that the gains made in these eight counties should continue through the eighty-two counties of the state.

LATER—The Republican state com­mittee has refused to accept the above plan. It has not yet been decided whether Lind will go ahead with the contest or not.

County auditor Johnson Explains. Editor WILLMAR TRIBUNE:

There is a Swedish sayiner. "Den som tiger han samtycker.'' now oe-cause I do not wish to have it under­stood that I agree to what you have published about me in recent issues of your paper I must break the silence. You say it was necessary to publish these letters signed by the ministers and your comments upon same, in or­der to set matters aright before the public. It seems to me that you have not set matters aright. You must either have been misinformed, or you must have twisted the truth out of shape.

The fact of the matter is this: After I had learned that the letter signed by three ministers was out, I asked Rev. Nelson what it contained. He in­formed me as to its contents, and later showed me a copy with the three sig­natures attached. He also informed me that he had nothing to do with drafting the letter, that he was the last to sign it, and also that subsequently one of the pastors had withdrawn his name. As Rev. Nelson was a Repub­lican, and as Republicans throughout the county (and they are not all sa­loon people either, mind you) were satisfied with their ticket and were de­termined to win, I felt sure that the letter in question would create consid-able ill feeling among them; and know­ing also the danger of this letter's creating a disturbance in Rev. Nel­son's congregation, I deemed it my duty to inform him that in my judgment this letter would not have a good ef­fect, and I also added that I thought it might not be good thing for myself. Now if you call this "posing as a martyr," and "that I made the pastor believe I was in danger because of the fight on the saloon men," and "that I was threatened by the ring that if I did not make the minister retract, I would lose the liquor vote" etc., then I give it up. Your statement that "the poor pastor was compelled to sign a statement" etc. is erroneous, because he was not compelled to sign any­thing. The fact of the matter is, the pastor informed me over the 'phone one morning that he had withdrawn his name from the letter in question. The next day I was informed that the letter with Rev. Nelson's name at­tached had been widely circulated in the county, but this I could hardly be­lieve as Rev. Nelson had informed me that he had withdrawn his name. So it was decided to interview Rev. Nel­son with regard to the matter. Rev. Nelson stated that he had withdrawn his name, but that he was informed at the time that some letters bad already been sent out From reports which came to the Republican county com­mittee, as well as the Republican can­didates, it appeared that the county had been flooded with them, and the pastor was so informed. After some deliberation he expressed his regret at having signed his name in the first place, and also stated that at the time it was presented to him for his signa­ture he had not considered fully what effect it might have. He also agreed to sign a statement explaining the matter. The chairman of the Repub­lican county committee then issued a circular letter which among other things contained Rev. Nelson's state­ment. This circular was not circu­lated until Monday, Nov. 5. There­fore your statement that a dozen rigs left Willmar on Sunday ^8, not cor­rect. You say further that "it is in­timated that we (Lawson) ought to suppress the matter for the sake of the church" etc. I suppose you refer to what I said to one of the TRIBUNE staff the other day with reference to that first letter, and if so your state­ment conveys the wrong meaning. I referred to that first letter, and to the time before it was sent out. I said that I thought it would have been the duty oLMr. Lawson, being a member of Rev. Nelson's church, to suppress that letter, as he might have realized that it would do more' harm than good. You state something about "parties having cast a reflection upon the motives of the anti-saloon people of Willmar." In reply to that I will say that in my judgment no reflection has been cast upon anybody, except possibly upon those individuals who planned the scheme of mixing in the temperance question in the way it was done in this election, in order to get the signatures of the ministers, and/ thereby further the interests of th*. Populist party, * v d

LEWIS JOHNSON. ~

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