Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11
LATER NEWa.

P~oSSs
LATER NEWS,
The fact that relief column has
been unable to leave Tient sin in re-
Spouse to the pathetic prayer of the be-
leaguered legations at Peking is gen
orally regarded in London as Destroy
ing almost the last vestige of hope for
the unfortunate foreigners pent up in
the Chinese capital.
The Bedouin tribes in the Yemen
region of Arabia refuse to acknowledge
the authority of the sublime porte.
Dreadful bloodshed is reported from
the Red sea coast.
Americans and Frenchmen Joined in
unwilling in Paris monument to
George Washington.
The international good roads con-
gress began in Port Huron, Mich.
Thomas Dixon and his wife were
taken from their home after midnight
at Bloomington, Ind, and whipped
by dozen masked men.
| All the union miners in Alabama,
about 10000 in number, suspended
work pending the settlement of the
| wage dispute.
In a fit of jealousy C. A. Martin, of
Pendleton, Ore, shot and killed Miss
Leah Coleman and then fatally shot
himself.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, of Topeka,
Kan, has declined the nomination for
the vice presidency of the United Chris
tian party.
In storm off Behring sea coast the
sloop Seattle, with seven men; capsized,
and all were drowned.
Four persons of a fishing party of
eight were drowned in the harbor at
Boston by the overturning of their
craft.
The United States battleship Oregon,
which ran ashore off the island of Moo
Kie, has been foated off and is ex-
pected to reach Port Arthur.
In wreck on the Montana Central
railroad ~ miles from Butte, two per-
sons were killed and 80 injured. i.
A dispatch from London reports the
capture, near Lichtenburg, of Gen. Syn
man, who besieged Mafeking, and an
| important Boer commander.
Fire in a crowded tenement house in
Hoboken, n. j., caused the loss of eight
lives.
William C. Royal, wealthy resident
of Germantown, Pa, left in his will
$4,000 to the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals.
The treasury bureau of navigation
states that during the fiscal year 1900
the total. tonnage added to the United
417,034 gross tons.
| The democratic national convention
commenced it's sessions in Kansas City.
Gov. Thomas, of Colorado, was made
temporary and James D. Richardson,
OF Tennessee, permanent chairman.
After the naming of committees re-
cess was taken until evening, at which
session all committees except that on
resolutions reported. Latest reports
say that the committee on resolutions
had decided on an explicit declaration
in favor of silver coinage at the ratio
of sixteen to one. The vote stood 26 to
% in favor of such declaration.
American troops captured Gems.
Ricard and Estrella, who were foment-
ing revolt in Manila.
Early returns show that 80 people
were killed and 1895 injured by Fourth
of July celebrations in various portions
of the country.
Seventy-six Chicago couples crossed
the lake to St. Joseph, Mich, and got
married.
American tourists in Edinburg cele-
brated the Fourth by defeating a
statue of Abraham Lincoln.
| The silver republican national con-
vention met in Kansas City, listened to
speeches by Charles Towne and Sena-
tor Teller, temporary chairman, and
adjourned for the day.
| Thirty-six pleasure seekers were
killed by the plunging of car into a
deep chasm near Tacoma, Wash.
In Illinois the United Christian par
ty nominated Rev. John Cordingly, OF
Chicago, for governor, and in Iowa
named E. w. Sage, of Washington, for
secretary of.state.
President Mckinley delivered 4
Fourth of July address to the people OF
Canton, O. ..ts...,--. Z
A boy fred pistol into fireworks in
Philadelphia and by the explosion that
followed. four children were killed and
three fatally wounded. .1 g
The soclalistic labor party in Wis
consin nominated state ticket head
ed by Frank r. Wilkens, of Milwaukee,
for governor.
Six men were killed and scores OF
persons injured by the explosion Of an
immense oil tank at Parkersburg, w.
Va.
The latest Chinese reports received
in London from Shanghai say that
mot q single foreigner is now alive
in Peking. !" Japan is reported to be
landing an army north Of Taku, and
to plan march upon Peking indie
pendent Of the other powers. An
army OF 500, 600 men. it is estimated
will be needed to subdue China.