Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-23
LATER NEWS.

Labor, and it was thought he would be
able to attend the trial by that date.
LATER NEWS.
Since the outbreak of the bubonic
plague at Oporto, Portugal, there have
been II deaths and 26 cases of the dis
ease.
McArthurs division attacked the Fill
ipinos $500 strong, driving them north
and INJECTING a loss on them of 200
killed and wounded. The American
loss was two. McArthur's troops oc-
cupy the country from Candalia to An
geles.
Bruno Kirves, the Dayton murderer,
was electrocutcd in the Ohio peniten-
tiary at Columbus. The execution was
without incident and very successful.
The Order of Railway Photographers
will leave Peoria, ILL.,. and occupy new
headquarters at St. Louis on Sept 80.
Tho schooner Aaron Reppard was
wrecked off Cape Henry, Va. The
crew consisted of eight persons, of
whom three were saved and five lost.
The little bay stallion John R. Cen
try paced a mile at Rochester, N. Y,
in 2:00H, beating Joe Patchen and
Searchlight.
Signor Marconi, in his experiments
with wireless telegraphy at Dover,
England, met with complete success,
the messages passing through several
miles of cliff on which Dover Castle
stands and twelve miles across the sea.
AS result of the difficulty in obtain
ing iron and steel, Cramp & Sons; of
Philadelphia, have asked the Russian
government for an extension of time
on the battleships building at their
yards.
Secretary Root has directed that
four additional transports be char
tered. They are the Pueblo, Belgian
King, Columbia and Charles F. Nelson.
ready to sail for Manila by Sept. 10.
The secretary of the interior has be-
gun to grant permits under the new
Alaskan code to persons and firms to
sell firearms to the natives of Alaska.
Orders have been issued by Acting
Secretary Allen to Capt. Robley D
Evans, who commanded the battleship
Iowa during the war with Spain, di-
recting him to confer with the Dewey
reception committee of New York and
with Rear Admiral Sampson respecting
the navy's participation in ceremonies
Incidental to the home coming of Ad-
miral Dewey.
The navy department has issued a
general order awarding a medal of
honor to Corporal MacNeal. of the
marine corps, for gallantry aboard the
Brooklyn during the fight with Cerve-
ra's fleet.
Eight hundred Filipinos attacked
Angeles, but the Twelfth regiment
drove them into the mountains. No
Americans were injured.
The Thirteenth Minnesota regiment
reached Japan the 18th on board the
Sheridan.
A carriage containing Mrs. Albert
Hensel and her four children and Miss
Amy Dillon fell into the river at Wash
ington, Ind, as it was being drawn
aboard a ferry boat and all were
drowned.
Two hundred persons were poisoned
at Oregon, ILL.,, by lemonade which
they drank at picnic.
An attempt was made to hold up the
passenger train near Folsom. Colo,
but was frustrated. One robber was
wounded and captured. Express Mes
senger Fred Bartlett was wounded in
the face and Conductor Harrington
was shot through the arm.
An explosion of dynamite in a store
room of the Cumberland Electric Light
and Power company at Nashville,
Tenn, wrecked the building and killed
John Davis, ineman, and Steer Tony,
storekeeper, the only occupants of the
building at the time. Windows and
glass doors in the neighborhood were
broken by the shock of the explosion.
An order has been issued directing
that ten additional regiments of in
fantry volunteers be organized for
service in the Philippines. The regi-
ments will be numbered from Thirty
eight to Forty-seven and will be or
gained at the following places in the
order named: Fort Smelling, Mimi;
Fort Crook, Neb.; Fort Riley, Kan;
Camp Meade, Pa; Fort Niagara. N. Y;
Fort Leavenworth, Kan; Jefferson
Barracks, Mo-; South Framingham,
Mass.
The transport Grant, with the North
Dakota and Wyoming troops, arrived
at Nagasaki, Japan on her way to San