Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
LATER NEWS.

LATER NEWS.
Julia Arthur, the actress, announces
she will leave the stage, for time at
least, on account of ill health.
Charles F. Macrum, ex-consul to Pre-
toria, South Africa, has been called to
Washington to testify relative to the
opening of his mail by the British au
| thorities.
Peter Schwartz, aged years, was
arrested at Indianapolis upon the
| charge of murder. In quarrel the
boy threw piece of brick which struck
John Duncan, companion of about
the same age, above the left ear, re-
sulting in death.
Secretary Hay and Ambassador Cam
bon signed a protocol extending time
for the ratification of the French reci-
procity treaty.
At Warrenton, north of Kimberley,
desultory fighting occurred, resulting
| in the retreat of the Beers towards
| Christiania under shell fire. The prog
| ress of this column towards Mafeking
has either almost ceased, or is forbid
den to be mentioned in dispatches.
Nothing new comes from Colonel
Plumcr and Mafeking apparently still
| awaits relief.
Lieut.-Commander Seaton Schroeder,
| at present secretary of the naval in
! spection board, has been selected to
succeed Capt. Leary as naval governor
of the island of Guam.
fnh
| nounces the death of Osman Pasha,
the hero of Plevna and the greatest
Turkish soldier of recent times. He
was 6s years old.
Ill Arrangements have been made to
send an additional detachment of med
ical officers to San Francisco, with
! view to their transportation to Manila
| for the relief of similar number of
medical officers in the Philippines de-
sirous of returning to the United
States.
Beck-Olson, the 'Terrible Dane," de-
feated Ernest Roeber, the heavyweight
champion wrestler of America, at New
York.
The democrats of Alaska have called
a convention for May rs to name dele
gates to the national convention.
Christian Guthil, almost helpless
from rheumatism, accidentally SCI fire
to his bed at Houghton, Mich, and
| was burned to death.
After a terrific battle with the ice,
the fire boat Clevelander, carrying a
large supply of provisions, succeeded
in reaching the two fishing tugs and
the fire boat Farley, imprisoned in an
ice field off Cleveland, O.
Senator Penrose introduced bill in
the U. S. Senate authorizing the COM
mittee on Pacific railroads to investi-
gate the reorganization of the North
ern Pacific and declaring that all trans
fers of land to or by the Northern Pa
cific Railway Company be declared
illegal and void.
There is no truth in the report pub
lished in the United States that Osman
Pasha, the hero of Plevan is dead.
The famous Turkish general has been
sick for week past, but his health is
now improving.
The separating house at the Hercules
Powder Works at Lamotte. NO., blew
up and Peter Bucks and Edmond Car
ter were blown to atoms.
One of the elevators in the seven
story factory building, 247 Centre
street, New York, broke it's cable and
fell seven stories, injuring three of it's
occupants.
On Woolser's plantation in Houston
county, Tex, four children of John
Borden were burned to death.
Tom Jones, of Garner, N. c., a negro
known as preacher JONES'" killed Ida
Jones and her daughter Ella, and then
set fire to the house, burning his vic
tins and four sleeping children.
Olga Nethersole, the actress, was in
! dicted by the grand jury in New York
for producing the play ''Sapho."
The old publishing house of D. Ap-
pleton & Co., New York, has assigned
for benefit of creditors.
Nearly 1000 machinists at Cleveland,
O., struck for nine hours a day with
ten hours pay.
j. N. Wilton and ]. w. Saunders, of
Emporia, Va, were murdered and
robbed by two tramps, one white, the
other negro.
VIM. Glover and Tom Mccain, COL
ored, arrested at Hopkinsville, KY,
confessed that they wrecked the Louis
Vile & Nashville train for the purpose
of robbery.