Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-04-04

Great Britain, Germany, France
Russia and Italy have agreed to Sec
rotary Hays proposal for the main
tenance of the "open door" in China.
LATER NEWS.
May pork sold for $12.5o in Chicago
the 2sth, the highest since May, 1895
The bill repeating the boxing law
passed the New York senate, and with
the governors signature will become 8
law.
General Joubert, commandant gen
eral of the Boer forces, died the 2Stt
of stomach trouble. He was 6s years
old and was a descendant of French
Hugenot family.
The first International cat exposition
will open at Berlin, Germany, next
month.
Po11cemen Eirkly and Adams were
shot and seriously wounded at Bir'
mingham, Ala, by two men supposed
to be safe crackers.
| walked out of the Knoxville. Tenn,
wooden mills have returned to work.
Non-unioE labor has been put in place
of the strikers still out.
The night express on the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad collided with freight
train at Whitney, Ind, killing Engi.
neer Richard Reniman.
The tobacco trust will close the great
Scotch factory at Detroit, Mich,
throwing out 1000 employees after
May 1.
Geo. R. Sands, who for 20 years i'm.
personated "the old woman who lived
in shoe" in Barnum's circus parade,
died in New York.
w. j. Rainey, the millionaire coal
and coke operator of Ohio, died in a
hospital at Cleveland.
United States Consul Hay and his
secretary have gone to Kroonstad tc
make necessary arrangements for Unit.
ed States representation in the Free
State.
Unknown parties blew up the resi-
dence of L. L. Patrick at Chisaw by
dynamite. Patrick represents Mont.
real mining syndicate, and the miners
there allege he jumped several claims.
No lives are believed to have been lost.
It is reported at the navy depart
ment that Rear Admiral Howell, the
senior ip his grade, is about to seek
retirement. He is at present on duty
as the head of the naval examining
board.
Lieutenant Commander Rose, who
who recently applied for retirement,
has instead been given six months
leave of absence, at the expiration of
which time his case will come up for
further consideration.
Secretary Root will establish a mill
tary prison in the Philippines.
Mrs. Langtry was not allowed to
produce her play, ''The Degenerates,' .
in Pittsburg.
Five men were killed and several Sc
verely injured by cave-in at Spokane,
Wash. A mass of brick weighing hun
dreds of tons keeled over, burying a
whole gang of workmen.
Ex-senator Philetus Sawyer died at
his home in Oshkosh, Wis, the goth,
aged 81 years.
The Shah of Persia has appointed
Mofakham ed Dowleh minister pleni-
potentiary of Persia to the United
States.
An immense mass meeting in New
York passed resolutions condemning
the Puerto Rico tariff bill,
It is asserted that Aguinaldo has Wis
tied Manila in disguise.
The porte of Turkey has informed
the United States legation that in the
future the importation of American
pork will be prohibited, giving as a
reason that the meat is injurious to
the public health. Mr.. Lloyd C. Girls.
com, United States charge d'affairs,
protested energetically, demanding
the emulation of the measure.
The foreign embassies at Constanti-
nople have sent collective note to the
government declaring in positive
terms that they will consent to no in
crease in the import duties without a
previous understanding being reached
between the powers and the porte.
According to the Delagoa bay rail-
road award, Portugal is condemned to
pay 1884, 900 francs.
The successful retirement of the
Dutch commanders considerable
strength from Orange river to the
northern part of the Free State is now
claimed by Boer authorities in Preto-
ria and conceded by the British staff.
The British cruiser Psyche has gone
to Bluefelds, Nicaragua to protect
British interest at that point.