Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-05-19


three of the county. conventions in
South Carolina.
There were 943~ steerage passengers
on board the steamer Bonn from
Bremen. The Paris brought 346 i'm.
migrants.
Two.thirds Of the congregation of
Grace Presbyterian church, St. Louis,
voted to GUST Rev. J. H. Mulholland,
the pastor.
The postofice department. has com.
pleted arrangements for new early
fast mail service between Cincinnati
and Chicago.
Tuesday, May IL.
Mr.. Salmon, the oldest Free Mason in
the world, is dead at London.
The Vulcan iron works, San Fran
cisco, were destroyed by fire, loss es-
timated at 100000.
The Infanta Elvira Maria Theresa
Henrietta de Bourbon, daughter Of Don
Carlos, the pretender to the throne of
Spain, and a cousin of the Princess
Eulalia, is in New York city.
The United States school ship Essex
arrived at Southampton and exchanged
salutes with the ships and forts. The
school ship will remain there for fort.
night.
The 25th anniversary of the signing
of the treaty of Frankfort, which con-
cluded the FrancO-Prussian war, was
celebrated at Frankfort the Main
with great fetes. The emperor was
present.
Serenty-fiye conv:cts in Bolt Shop No.
5, Chic penitentia:' struck because the
guards were too SC; ere. Finally all but
10 resumed work. The 10 were pun
ished.
Wednesday, May Is.
There were % deaths from cholera re-
ported at Alexandria for "a hours.
The sixth annual convention of the
Association Of Military Surgeons is in
session at Philadelphia.
Commodore Coulson of Yankton, S.
D., was bitten in a finger in a fight and
may die in consequence.
The third annual convention of the
chiefs Of police Of the United States and
Canada is in session at Atlanta, Ga.
William A. Simsrott, ex-secretary and
treasurer Of the Switchmen's union,
died Of quick consumption at Chicago.
The lockers strike at Rotterdam has
assumed all ugly aspect. The civic
guard, police and marines have been
called out to protect the workers.
Congressman Eddy has secured the
passage in the house Of the bill allowing
the farmer railroads. the Duluth and
North Dakota. to build a bridge across
the Red River Of the North.
Thursday, May II.
Mike Dwyer has purchased Ben Elder
for $4,000
All the elevators in the Armour sys-
tenn have been declared irregular by the
Chicago board Of trade.
The First National bank of Ell Reno,
o. T., has closed The officers say that
depositors will be paid in full
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy
directors have declared the regular
quarterly dividend Of per cent, paya-
BILE June 10.
James Cregan and Charles Brecker
were arrested at Newark, N. j., on
charge of check raising, by which they
secured from the Bank Of Nevada, San
Francisco, $4,000.
French customs receipts for the first
four months Of 1896 show increases in
imports Of 167,000,000 francs and of ex.
ports to the sum of 50, 900, 900 francs as
compared with the same period of 1895.
Friday, May Is.
Reinforcements Of 20 battalions of
troops are wanted in Cuba.
Rev. Father Gallery, vicar general of
the Roman Catholic diocese Of Georgia,
is dead.
L. Liberger Of Coshocton has been
elected department. commander of the
G.. A. R. in Ohio.
The Monterey (Mexico) Waterworks
company has been organized with a cap.
ital of $2,000,0O0. The officers of the
company are all Americans.
Scott Jackson was convicted at New.
port, KY, of the murder of Pearl
Bryan. The sentence is death.
William H. Daily, aged 20, and Alfred
W. Reed, IS, both Of Cambridge, have
confessed to setting 80 fires i'll Boston
and suburbs, which have caused loss
of So, 100000.
The Constantinople correspondent of
The Vossiche Zeitung reports that the
sultan's fears of assassination have led
to wholesale arrests of Armenians, who
are barbarously tortured to force con.
fessions from them.
Saturday, May 16.
A cavein at the opal mines near Quer-
atan, Mex, killed four men and injured
several others.
About 100 employees of the Salem IN.
j. Knitting mills, which are owned by
John P. Shepard, went on strike on &C.
count of reduction i'll wages.
The steam lighthouse tender, Donata
Guerra, built for the Mexican govern
ment, was launched from the yard Of
Neafie & Leavy at Philadelphia.
The exports of domestic merchandise
during April, as stated by the bureau Of
statistics, was $3.50, 313 1913, as compared
with 1858, 1858, 041 during April, 1895.
The Spanish caravels, which came
over during the worlds fair, have been
given to the Field museum, and will
hereafter float in the lagoon directly in
front of the museum building,