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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
A WEEKS; HISTORY.
The Important Happenings of q
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL /: PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News Of Interest from
= Washington, FROM the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.

The United States senate on the
oath recommitted the bill providing
for civil government for Porto Rico
and accepted statue of Oliver P.
Morton from the state of Indiana to
be placed in Statuary hall. In the
house the conference report on the
Porto Rican relief bill was agreed to
and the bill appropriating $4,000 for
plans for Grant memorial to be
erected in Washington was passed.
Senator Davis (Minn.) introduced
in the United States senate on the Goth
substitute for the Porto Rican bill,
which provides for free trade between
the United States and Porto Rico, the
act to be provisional, and not to con-
tinue longer than March /, 1902. Sen.
ator Allison Qa.) introduced bill to
allow banks of deposit to be desig-
mated in cities of $4,000 population.
In the house favorable report was
made on bill to give greater safety
to national banks, by restricting the
making of loans and overdrafts to
bank officers. The army appropria-
JUL Olll \@l11,OUU,5O4) was QlSCuSSeQ.
Senator Foraker introduced in the
United States senate on the eth the
amendments to the Porto Rico gov
ernmental bill. The period of tariff is
limited to the time when local taxa
ton system is perfected. In the house
the army appropriation bill was dis
cussed and bills were introduced to
establish a bureau of criminal infor-
nation in connection with the de-
partment of justice, authorizing the
use of a part of the National Gene
terry at Arlington for the burial of de-
ceased enlisted men and their wives,
and forbidding the government sale
of stamped envelopes bearing any
ithographing or printing.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
QUESTION IS SETTLED.
Republicans Agree Upon a Conn
promise In Porto Rico Legtsla-
ton Dispute.

Washington, March 27.-At last the
Porto Rican question is settled. Tho
compromise is agreed upon, and the
republicans are harmonious once
more. All the conflicting interests
have been adjusted. The legislation
which will be agreed upon embraces
IS per cent. duty on all goods sent
from the United States to Porto Rico,
except foodstuffs and the necessities
of life, which are free of duty; ar
ticles sent from Porto Rico to tho
United States, Is per cent. duty; the
full Dingley rates in Porto Rico
against countries other than the
United States; the limitation of the
duty to the time when the island
needs the money; and, finally, COM
plete system of local government to
go into effect at once.
Practically speaking, the compro.
mise is that suggested by the pres
ident. 1t takes the house bill as it
finds it, with IS per cent. of the Ding
ley rate, and leaves that rate of duty
intact on all articles imported into
the United States from Porto Rico.
This, Of course, includes tobacco and
sugar, but in all such cases it amounts
to giving Porto Rico preference of
IS cents over any other country.
Washington, March 27.-Attorney
Frederic D. Kenny Monday filed
petition for writs of habeas corpus
and certiorari in the United States
supreme court in u case which is ex:
pected to decide the constitutionality
! of the provisional court established
by the military authorities of Porto
Rico. The case is that of Ramon
Baez, of that island, who is serving
term at hard labor on the charge of
voting illegally at the municipal cleo
ton held at Guayama on the 31st of
| last October. Baez's case is one of
80, but he is the only person actually
undergoing punishment for the Of
Tense charged, sentence in the other
cases having been stayed by agree
ment pending the appeal in the Baez
case
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04

If China can save herself from total
disintegration for a few years longer
there is some hope that she may take
her place among the wealthy and
prosperous nations of the world. Now
that outsiders are being permitted to
learn something of the interior of the
country it is found that the mineral
wealth in those vast regions is enor-
nous. All that is needed is progress
sive administration to take advantage
of the benefits which nature has SO
lavishly bestowed. The carving up of
China has been accomplished thus far
because she is weak and a debtor. #
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Mob Hangs Two Men.

Richmond, Va, March ga mob
which for SO hours had surged around
the little Jail at Emporia, Greenesville
county, Va, about noon Saturday Sc
cured the opportunity for which it
thirsted, dragged two prisoners forth
and hanged them to the same limb.
filling the body of one with bullets as
he hung writing and gasping in the
air. The two men were Walter Cot
ton, a negro, who on Thursday shot
two officers who were attempting to
arrest him for burglary, and white
man who aided Cotton in the robbery,
but was not implicated in the murder.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04

Washington March 26.-Secretary
Root said Saturday that while he was
in Havana arrangements were made
for the consolidation of the department
of the province of Havana and Pinar
del Rio, commanded by Brig. Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee, and the department of Ha-
vana, commanded by Brig. Gen. Lud-
low, into one department under COM
mand of Gen. Lee, to be known prob
ably as the department of Havana and
Pinar del Rio. The department COM
manded by Gen. Ludlow was practical
~ confined to the city of Havana, and is
within the limits of the province of
Havana. commanded by Gen. Lee.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
ON AN EQUALITY.
Secretary of Justice in Cuba Has De-
cided Upon Reform in Several
Existing Laws.

Havana, March 27.-Senor Estevez,
secretary of justice, has decided upon
a reform of the laws relating to Of
lenses against Protestant clergy, now
regarded as more serious than Of
lenses against laymen. He will inau-
gurate similar reforms in the laws ap-
plying to offenses against Catholic
clergy, which have hitherto been con-
sidered more serious than those
against Protestant clergy. His idea is
to place all these offenses on the same
footing. The law making the offenses
of negroes more serious than those
of white persons is to be modified, so
as to put the races on an equality.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
WEST AND SOUTH.

OGrady (white) and Walter Cotton
(colored) were lynched by a mob at
Emporia, Va, for murder.
Robbers entered the bank of Alex
Pate at Wellington, ILL.,, and secured
over $4,000.
Burglars robbed the national bank
of Hardy, Neb., of $4,000.
Near Rushville,, ILL.,, Mrs. Mark Sell
lars and her baby were accidentally
drowned in we'll.
In a saw1nill near Lancaster, O.,
the explosion of boiler killed Louis
Neubauer, owner, and probably fatal
ly scalded his four sons and his SON.
in-law, William Young.
At Mare Island, CAL, the new Unit
ed States naval hospital has been COM
pleted.
The death of j. NJ. Stone, for ten
years governor of Mississippi, &C.
CURED at Holly Springs.
In Owosso, Mich, Charles Scott, a
boiler maker, fatally wounded his
wife and her mother, Mrs. L. FeEgu-
son, and then killed himself. Family
u ouOAO was CA1O CduS0s
At her home in Fountain City, Ind,
Mrs. Polly Price celebrated her one
hundredth birthday.
In Santiago fear of negro control
led to the organization of an annexa-
ton party by white Cubans.
Flames destroyed the plant in Law.
renee, Kan, of the Pierson Flour Mill,
ing company, valued at $15O,00O.
In St. Francis orphan asylum in
Dubuque, a., over 100 children and
Is sisters were sick with pneumonia.
A California law requiring all news
paper articles to bear the signature
of the writer's has been declared void.
Fire swept away the business por-
ton of the village of Kingston, Wis.
In Macon, Neb., burglars visited the
post Office, blew open the safe and Sc
cured 5000 in money.
At Gilman, w. Va, 81. G. Frum, a
farmer, shot his wife and then killed
himself. Jealousy was the cause.
South Dakota prohibitionists have
nominated F. U. Carlisle, of Brook
ings, for governor, and A. o. Harkell
and M. Rogers for congressman.
The season of the Western league
baseball will open May 5. -
The Michigan democrats will meet in
Port Huron May to elect delegates to
the national convention. |..s.>E
. In Frankfort, Ky, Secretary of State
Powers, charged with completely in the
Goebel murder, was held to the grand
jury without bail. Is
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04

In the Hawaiian islands, according
to the latest reports, there are 21,616
Chinese. OF these Is are doctors; mer.
chants and traders number 1922, in.
Guiding women; 1856 are clerks and
statesmen, 10 of these women; of me-
chanics there are 22O; mariners, Is
only; fishermen, 1914; drivers and
teamsters, 105. In the country, apart
from Honolulu, there are SO Chinese
coffee planters, 90 ranches, 71s rice
planters, of them women; of farm
ers and agriculturists 1,27s, and the
laborers number 1924. There are nc
Chinese lawyers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04

Statistics of the number of species
of animals now known to exist on
land and sea show total of 40O, 1000
while there are 100000 kinds of plants
Insects alone furnish 2Qs,OO0 species
of which 100000 are coleoptera, with
lepidoptera, $4,000, and hymenoptera
$4,000. Birds number 13,001 fish H..
600, reptiles $500, of which 1,64o are
serpents, 300 being venomous. The
amphibians are 1900 in number
spiders, 10000; mollusks, $4,000;
worms, 5000; echinoderms, 5000. The
Museum of Natural History at Berlin
contains 100000 species,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04

Before his election to congress JOS
eph G. Sibley, of the Twenty -seventh
Pennsylvania district, declared that
in the event of his success he would
divide his salary for the entire term
among the five hospitals of his dis
trict. In accordance with this prom
Use he has given $1,000 each to the
institutions named. When he repre-
sented the Twenty-sixth district he
divided his salary among the labor or
CARNATIONS of Erie and Crawford
counties.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Horse Thieves Shot.

Arkansas City, Kan, March 27.-
Relatives in this city have received
word of the killing in the Usage Nation
of Richard Wilson and the fatal wound
ing OF John Rush, horse thieves, by
deputy marshals who were chasing
them. Wilson escaped from the Kan
sas penitentiary July last.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
AdODt Il Schedule.

Omaha, Neb., March 2s.-The mag
mates of the Western league met here
and adopted schedule of games. 1t
provides for 10 games for each club,
IS of which will be played on the
home grounds and IS away from home.
The season will begin May and ex-
tend over a period of 1872 days.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
No Cause for Alarm.

San Francisco, March 26.-The board
of trade and other commercial organi-
cations of this city propose to call
meeting for the purpose of refuting
sensational reports regarding the bu-
bonic plague which, it is asserted, have
injuriously affected business interests.
There is no plague scare here, and, de-
spite the opinion expressed by the
board of health, the statement is posi-
lively made that not a single case of
that disease has been discovered in
Chinatown.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04

The ordinance bureau Of the United
States navy is now experimenting
with new explosive called ''marsite."
This new explosive, which is said to
have wonderful power, can only be
exploded by the combined force of
percussion and conclusion. Now some
one will invent an armor that will
resist it's force. Thus the fight has
gone on for centuries between armor
and armament, and so it will go on
until the end of all things.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
MARKETS,
MinneaD0liS MIMI 4

minneapolis, Mimi, March 20.
Wheat-No. northern, 64@65c;
No. 2 northern 6s@64c; May 642lc.
Oats-No. 8, white, SIC.
Corn-No. 3; SOC.
Cattle Steers, $s.15@4.25; COWS, So. %
@s.25.
sheep-Muttons, $3.50; lambs, 22@2s;
Hogs-$4.25@4.75.
Butter-Creamery, extras, 22@2sc;
creamery, frsts, 2o@21c; dairy, fancy,
10000. ... @.s -
Poultry-Tu1keys, s@1oc; spring
chickens, 12c II g.. i. /
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
To Kill RefOrmers

London, March 27.-The Shanghai
correspondent Of the Daily Mail says:
THE empress dowager has ordered
the Chinese cruisers Hal Tien and Hal
Shou to proceed to the Straits settle
ment, there to act in conjunction with
the men detailed to capture or assas-
sinate Hang Yu Wei and the other re-
formers
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Fatal Exnlnainn

Lancaster, O., March 26.-The boiler
at stationary sawmill at the Boys
industrial school blew up Saturday
afternoon, killing the proprietor, Mr..
John Neubauer, who was also the
blacksmith at the state farm. His
three sons were badly injured by hav-
ing bones broken and son-in- law had
a leg broken.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Whole Family Nominated,

Romeo, ILL.,, March 27.-All the can
didates on a ticket nominated by a
faction of republicans of Romeo are
relatives. The head of the ticket is
H. F. Brockman. and the three other
candidates are his son, son-in-law and
brother-in-law.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
A New Counterfeit.

Washington, March 23.-Chief Will
kie, of the secret service, has received
new counterfeit ten-dollar tote which
was discovered in Scranton, Pa. 1t is
almost identical with the counterfeit
ten-dollar note which was found last
November in large quantities.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Naval Veterans Retire.

Washington, March 27.-President
Mckinley will approve this week the
application for retirement made by
Rear Admiral J. F. Day, president OF
the retiring board, and that officer
will retire with the rank or senior
rear admiral. Rear Admiral A. H.
Mccormick was retired Saturday.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
One MINI Killed

Erie, Pa, March 29.-Eleven dryers
in a paper machine in the H. F. Watson
company mill exploded early Wednes-
day night, wrecking the portion of
the building in which it was located,
killing one man and injuring four
more. Joseph Stahl was blown
through a brick wall and instantly
killed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Col. Chinn to lecture.

Frankfort, KY, March 27.-Col. Jack
CHM, the devoted friend of Gov. Goe-
bel, who was with him when he was
shot, announces that he will shortly
take the lecture platform. His sub
ject will be the political situation in
Kentucky. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Bank Robbed of $4,000,

Hoopeston, ILL.,, March 26.-Pate's
bank, owned and operated by Alex
ander Pate, of Wellington, five miles
north of this city, was entered by
burglars at an early hour Saturday
morning, the safe blown open and
$4,000 in cash, notes and other valu-
able papers taken. The robbers Sc
cured entrance to the bank by prying
open the side door to Pate's large
general store, in which the bank is
located.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
SiGu Acticlea.

New York, March 27.-"Kid" Nc
Coy and Tom Sharkey have signed ar
ticles of agreement calling for 25-
round fight on June Is for 60 per
cent. of the gross receipts. The fight
is scheduled to take place before the
Seaside Sporting club at coney Is
land
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
President Signs 1t.

Washington, March 26.-The confer
ence report on the Porto Rican relief
bill was agreed to in the house Satur-
day-yeas. 135; nays, 81; present an2
not voting, 20. The Porto Rican APP
preparation bill was signed by the
president at 1920 D. m. SATURDAY..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Mine Accident Ffrures

Harrisburg, Pa, March 27.-The an
nual report of James Roderick, chief
of the state bureau of mines and min
ing, contains chapter dealing with
mine accidents and their causes. In
the 30 years from 1870 to 1899, the re-
port states, 9,575 lives were lost in
and about the anthracite coal mines
of PENNSYLVANIA,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
HQnEeI by a Mob,

Greenville, Miss, March 20. The
negro, Will Edwards, alias wing
Smith, who murdered Edward B.
johnson at Dudley's camp, was
hanged by mob to railroad brid ge
near Greenville. =. .E.@~.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04

Gov. Stanley, of Kansas, will recon-
mend to the next legislature the
restoration of capital punishment
when that penalty is fixed by the
jury, leaving the governor only to
execute the judgment. Numerous
murders of recent occurrence in the
state have Influenced the governor to
take this course.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Name a Ticket.

Huron, S. D., March 20. The pro-
hibitionists in state convention nomi-
mated F. U. Carlisle, of Brookings, for
governor, selected j. S. Wilson, N. G.
Reede, A. H. Reed and E. E. Ostcook
for presidential electors and A. O.
Harkell and NJ. Rogers for congress-
men.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
The Enrlish War Rond.

New York, March 26.-J. P. Morgan
& Co. announced that only little
over 100000 of the English war
bonds will come to this country. Over
$5O,O0O,0 900 were subscribed for, most
of the subscriptions being for more
than $4,000 worth.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Academy Rurnpd.

Stoughton, Wis, March 2o-The
Stoughton academy was totally de-
stroyed by fire Sunday The institu-
ton was run under the auspices of
the Norwegian Lutheran synod and
was attended by LIZ students hailing
from Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and
the Dakotas. The pecuniary loss is
not heavy. The academy will prob
ably be rebuilt.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04

Word comes from Berlin that Nan
sen is preparing new expedition and
expects to leave in two months time.
This may be regarded as a notifica-
ton to those of US who have not read
"Farthest North" that it may be well
to hurry up in order to be ready to
appreciate and enjoy "Still Farther
North" when the explorer returns.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Great Seal SeasOn.

St. Johns, n. F., March 26.-Judging
from reports thus far received, the
total number of seals actually taken
by the feet is about 100000, and the
prospect is that, as four weeks of the
fishing season have yet to run, this
total will be increased by some 10000.
AS the entire catch last year was only
247,ooo, this years figures promise to
be the best within 20 years.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Rebels Become Aggressive.

Manila, March 26.-The rebels in Gen.
Young's district are becoming aggres-
sive. The American battalion garris-
oning the town of Namacpacan was at
tackled on four consecutive nights re-
Gently. Requirements are now ar
irving there. Gen. Young proposes to
pursue the rebels aggressively before
the rainy season sets in.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Wares Advanced.

Philadelphia, March 26.-In accord
ance with their notice posted shortly
after January 1, 1900, promising an
advance to their employees, to take
effect April I, the Berwinl-White Coal
Mining company has notified all it's
miners of general average advance
of 20 per cent. The miners are now
placed upon a basis of 60 cents per
gross ton and all day labor increased
accordingly. This advance will make
the wages the highest paid during the
last 80 years and in some instances
the highest that have ever existed by
nearly seven per cent.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04

Michael Connolly, who leaves the
New York state penitentiary next
September, after serving 20 years for
highway robbery, will receive $4,000
by his fathers will, provided that dur
ing the five years following his i'm
prisonment he behaves like good
citizen. In case he does not become
a good citizen the $4,000 is to go to
the state. It was no fault of that ia
Their that his boy went astray!
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04

It is stated that the wife of Presi-
dent Steyn, of the Orange Free State,
is a daughter Of an English clergy
man. The president, while attending
college was noted as football player,
as a boxer, as a marksman and as
hOrseman
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Farm Implements for Cubans.

Santiago de Cuba, March ga
large quantity of plows, hoes and
other farm implements has been re-
ceived here for free distribution
throughout the province, and hun
dreds of applicants have already been
supplied. They say they can soon
raise enough to support their fam
lilies.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Michiean Convention

Detroit, Mich, March 2s.-The state
convention of the democrats to select
four delegates at large and alterna tes
to the Kansas City convention, besides
selecting a chairman of the state GEN.
trail committee, will be held at Port
Huron on May 1.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
Rank Snfe Rohhad

St. Paul, MIMI, March ga Mason
City qa.) special to the Dispatch
says: Robbers broke into the Ulland
bank at Hanlontown, blew open the
safe with nitroglycerin, stole $4,000
in currency and escaped. -*~ "
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04

Army discipline in Russia is re-
markably severe. A commissary Off
Ger detected in irregularities has been
deprived of civil rights, his property
confscated, his rank and decora tons
taken from him and himself sent to
long exile in Siberia.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04
No Place in Law,

San Francisco, March 27.-Judge
Hunt has decided that the Morehouse
law, passed by the last legislature
and requiring all newspaper articles
to bear the signature e. the writer's.
has no place in law.