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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
M ANY r FATALITIES.
Two Steamers Go Down with Scores
s Of People on Board.
One Capsizes ON River Near Paducah,
Ky, and the Other Collides with
an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 9th
er' Disasters.

Paducah, Ky, Aug. 2o.-The steam
err City of Golconda, plying between
this city and Elizabethtown, ILL.,, was
struck by squan during storm
about seven o'clock Monday night as
she was ell route to Paducah, and
turned over in ten feet of water, six
miles above the city, as she was go
ing into Crowell's landing. Sixteen
persons are reported drowned. The
disaster occurred as supper was
served, and many of the Is passengers
were in the cabin. The wind struck
the boat without warning and there
was no time for those on the inside
to escape.
The list of known dead is as fol-
lows:
Miss Lucy Graham, of Grahamville; Miss
Lucy Barnett, of Smithland; Miss Trixie
Grimes, of Grahamville; Mrs. w. A. Hogan
and three children-Ira, aged ten; Wal
lace, aged eight, and Lucille, aged six, Of
Paducah; Mr., Watts Davis. of Living
stone county; Clarence Slayden, of lola,
Ky; Wallace Bennett of Tolu, Ky; D..
Jackson (colored), of Paducah; Will
Woods {colored), Golconda; George Wash
tngton (colored), Golconda; Horace Ron
deau (colored), Golconda; George Sands
burg (colored), Golconda; Mrs. David Ad-
ans. SIN and; Miss May Fleming, Birds
vile,
The boat was valued at about 3d.
500, and had been in the trade for sew
eral years, being owned by Capt. Otto
Bauer, of Golconda, Ill. There is no
way to determine the number of
names of the dead until the boats
books are found. Capt. Peck places
the number at 16.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
DIE IN BLAZING OIL.
Lightning ExplOdes Benzine Tanks at
Philadelphia, Scattering Death
and Destruction.

Philadelphia, Aug. 20.-Out of the
sky Monday afternoon there shot a
bolt of lightning that fell on the
northern shore of the Schuylkill river
at Twenty-ninth street and Passyunk
avenue, where are situated Is NAM
moth tanks containing millions of
gallons of, oil, naphtha and benzine.
1t struck directly upon the roof of
an enormous tank of benzine. The
iron roof curled like paper and out
of the tank tremendous flame burst
with a roar. A segregated group of
tanks some distance away from where
the main fire had been next exploded,
This cost four men their lives. Many
more fremen were injured.
Philadelphia, Aug. 22.-By the col
lapse of a burning oil tank Wednesday
at the Atlantic Refining company's
plant at Point Breeze, where fire has
been raging since Monday afternoon,
about 100 persons, fremen, employees
of the company and spectators, were
more or less severely burned. Most
of the cases were treated on the
ground by ambulance surgeons, but a
few Of them were considered sufficient
ly serious to necessita te the removal of
the victims to the hospitals.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
THE ALTON DISASTER.
Further Details of the Collision at
Prentice, In.-Five Killed.

Further Details of the Collision at
Prentice, m.-Five Killed.
Jacksonville, ILL.,, Aug. 22.-In the
collision between the Chicago & Alton
Hummer" and a way-freight train in
the yards at Prentice, Ill.,, at 1920 a.
M, Wednesday, five persons were
killed and six injured. The victims
are:
DEAD-Con Sheehan, engineer of the
passenger train; John Adams, fireman of
the passenger train; three unknown men,
Who were on the tender.
lNJURED-RObert Kiley, Jacksonville;
leg broken, injured internally; W. Howatt,
Bloomington, fireman Of freight, ribs
crushed; Charles Marshall, St. Louis, arm
broken, scalp wound; Charles Sims, Long
dale. ILL.,, section hand, badly cut about
head and chest; William Mason, Stuttgart,
Ark. ribs broken; A. L. Wood, engineer of
freight, slightly injured.
All the passengers escaped injury,
few being only slightly bruised.
just how the accident occurred
may never be known. One theory is
that the freight, which was resting
on siding for the hummer to
pass, gradually slipped down onto the
main track without the crew being
aware of it.
Engineer Sheehan was found dead
in the cab with his hand on the
throttle. His legs were caught in the
machinery in such a way that, to
save the body from fire that at one
time threatened to burn the wreck,
they had to be roughly amputated.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
GILLIAN MINISTER DEAD.
Senior Vfcuna, Also Pan-Americur
Commissioner, Passes Away
at Buffalo,

Washington, Aug. 21.-The state de-
partment was Tuesday advised of
the death of Senior Don Carlos Morla
Vicuna, minister from Chill to the
United States, which occurred at Buff
falo, Tuesday morning. Senior Vi
cuna was one of the best-known
South American statesmen.
Senior Vicuna came to Washington
about three years ago, succeeding
Minister Cana, who was transferred
to London. The Vicunas have been
prominent in South American affairs,
and the minister soon endeared him.
self to the officials and diplomatists
in Washington by his charming per-
sonality and his ability. He was &C.
companied by his wife and family
who have been an interesting acquisi-
ton to the diplomatic circle. Of late
the legation in Washington has been
closed, the minister and family and
the entire official esta blishment be-
ing removed to Buffalo, where Chill
had taken the lead of South American
republics in the magnitude of it's ex-
hibit. Soon after the receipt of the
dispatch announcing the minister's
death, Secretary Hay sent a message
of coincidence to the bereaved rela-
tives and friends.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
Death Rate Lower.

Washington, Aug. PA voluminous
preliminary report containing NOR
tality statistics for the census year
1900 was made public at the census
office Wednesday afternoon. The
most important feature presented is
found in the decrease in the general
death rate:in the registration area of
1.s per 1000 population, decrease of
nearly ten per cent, and the decrease
in the rates from the particular dis
eases to which the general decrease is
due. The average age at death in
1890 was 31.1 years; in 1900 it was 35.2
years. St. Joseph, Mo-, with death
rate of 81 per 1000, shows the low
est mortality, and Shreveport, La,
with 45.5, the highest.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28

1t is said that "anti-disestablish-
mentarianism' (2s letters) is. the
longest legitimate English word. AS
to the longest word in any language, a
writer thinks the following word bears
the palm, namely: neutrality-suspicious.
Observation-Disclosures !"
1t is the name of village in north
Wales. But the Greek word for
hash is Observation-Disclosures
k rani oleipsan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Observation-Disclosures m n o.
kichlepiko IS uphophattoperisteralek-
Observation-Disclosures go O.
Observation-Disclosures.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
IOWA DEMOCRATS.
vention at Des Moines-
Platform Adopted.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 22-For gov
ernor, Thomas J. Phillips, of Ottum-
wa; Lieutenant governor, G. E. Fergu-
son. OF Logan; judge of the supreme
court, John shortley, Dallas county;
superintendent of public instruction,
w. +. johnson, of Carroll; railway
commissioner, A. C. Brice, of Bedford,
The democrats of Iowa in state con-
vention assembled here nominated
the above ticket on a platform reaf-
firming the national platform adopt
ed July 5, 1900, at Kansas City, and
the addition of a plank on state is
sues demanding reform in taxation
laws, repeal of mulct liquor law and
enactment of local option license law
contest in the convention was on the
adoption of the platform.
The chief contest in the Ion
was on the adoption of the platform.
The full text of the platform as final
ly adopted is as follows:
eve, the democrats of Iowa, in conven-
ton assembled, hereby reaffirm the prin-
ciples of the democratic national platform
adopted at Kansas City July 5, 1900, and
without surrendering our convictions or
abating our loyalty to our national poll
cies, we believe this campaign to be par
ticularly one that should be confined to
state issues.
1--WE pledge our members of the legisla-
ture to formulate and urge the adoption
of such a law as will compel the burde ms
OF taxation to rest on corporate and indi-
v1dual property alike, without favors OF
exemption of any interests. We demand
economy in the administration of state af-
talrs: the repeal Of mulct laws; the en-
actment of local option law; the abolition
OF the offices of state printer and state
binder, and the contracting for supplies
for the state with the lowest responsible
bidder.
I'VE cordially invite all honest men OF
the state to unite with us in securing the
enactment of these principles into law"
The temporary officers consisted OF
Chairman Hon. E. NJ. Sharon, of Scott
county; Secretary H. A. Nash, of Dal
las county; Reading Clerk J. H. Gil
lespie, Des Moines county.
Roanoke, Va, Aug. 22.-The repub.
hcan state convention, the first tic
name straight ticket in years, met
at noon. OF the five surviving confed.
crate generals in Virginia four were
IN the convention. The convention
rowed over contests, and it was II
o'clock before nominal tons were called
for. Col. j. Hampton Hoge, of Roam.
oke, and Warren S. Lurty, of Rocking.
ham, were placed in nomination fol-
governor. Hoge was nominated fol-
governor, r. w. Blair for lieutenant
governor, and D. L. Groner for attor
ney general.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
THE EAST.

~~ANAs
In the National league the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the
week ended on the 18th were: Pitts
burg, 900; Philadelphia, .5ss; St..
Louis, .566; Brooklyn, .551; Boston,
.479; New York, AIS; Cincinnati, AIS;
Chicago, 1856.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the American league for the
week ended on the 18th were: Chicago,
.e12; Boston, .5ss; Baltimore, sol; De-
troit, .531; Philadelphia, .511; Cleve-
land, .432; Washington, .410; Milwau-
kee. $50.
In the United States and Canada
the visible supply of grain on the 10th
was: Wheat, 26,769, 900 bushels; corn,
2,7s3,000 bushels; oats, 5,546, 900 bush
els; rye, 935,0oo bushels; barley, 1884,
900 bushels.
In Philadelphia lightning struck a
benzine tank, exploding it, and six
persons were killed and % were MISS
ing.
At Herkimer, N. Y, five tons of
dynamite exploded killing IL railroad
employees.
In Pittsburg our more mills of the
United States Steel corporation were
put in operation, the resumption be-
ing the most severe blow so far suf-
fered by the strikers.
Agents of South American revolu-
tionists who arrived in New York de-
clared that the attempt to unite
Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador I'M
der one government would yet succeed.
On Michigan day. at the exposition
Gov. Bliss and staff and other prom
inent persons were in Buffalo.
Pneumonia caused the death of Car
los Vicuna, minister from Chill, at Buff
falo, N. Y.
With a capital of $5,ooo,ooo five of
the largest shovel manufacturing con-
Germs in the country have consolida ted.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
COLLIDES WITH ICEBERG.
Steamer Queen Sinks and Nearly Sew
enty of Her Passengers Drowned.

Steamer Queen Sinks and Nearly Sew
enty of Her Passengers Drowned.
Port Townsend, Wash, Aug. 90
The steamer Queen has just arrived
from the north, bringing further news
of one of the most appalling marine
disasters on the Pacific coast. The
steamer Islander, sailing" from
Skaguay on August IA, when nearing
the southwest end of Douglass island
at two a. NJ, August IS, and running al
full speed, struck floating iceberg,
and in less than 20 minutes went to
the bottom of the deep channel, car
rying 81 men, women and children to
watery graves.
The Islander had 10s passengers,
and all of them were in bed when the
vessel struck. The shock was so Sc
we're that many were thrown from
their berths and the widest excite
ment prevailed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Count Won WaIdersee may be made q
prince because of his work in China.
The grasshopper plague has visited
Naples, Italy, and is assuming serious
aspects. "
| Nearly half the Chinese seeking adj
mission to this country at San Fran
cisco are refused.
Washington authorities to reduce the
duty on Cuban tobacco. ..
Jesse Haney, owner of several Of the
earliest comic papers, died at his home
in New York city, aged II.
During the last ten years 545 miles
of irrigation bitches have been opened
in Arizona at cost of ST ,50S, 469.
Judge Dixon at Pueblo, Col, decided
that the revenue law is invalid, having
never been legally enacted by the
senate. --.
By the absorption of the Fort Scott
road the St. Louis & San Francisco sys-
TEN becomes an important factor in
the southwest:
An American syndicate is negotiat-
ing for the purchase of all the Belgian
glass works, consisting of 40 plants,
valued at $4,oo0,0o0.
Glen Gardner, aged II, of Mcpherson,
Kan, has confessed that he beat his
friend, George Smalley, to death with
q club to secure $3.50. IL
A Havana paper publishes a letter
from Estrada Palma which indicates
an unwillingness to become candi-
date for president of Cuba. i
Rev. A.. A. James has preached his
fifteenth anniversary: sermon at the
Fair Forest Presbyterian church in
Union county, South Carolina. IL
q It is estimated at the treasury de-
partment that. about 1925, 100000, of
Alaskan gold will reach the United
States during the present season. /:
Efforts are being made to organize
a professional football association In
the west%to take in the cities Of Mil
Waukee, Chicago, st. Louis and De-
troit. s " Ii ply, W. Il sss $50 "a.
Lieut.. Commander James G. Cresap,
u S. N, died at n orfolk, Va, of blood
poisoning, caused by the dye Of stock
ing absorbed in a Slight abrasion on
the foot. @..s. zs;s 81 81 L
Samples Of ore and gold accompanied
by regularly attested affdavits have
been received in 1Atlanta, Ga, showing
= remarka bly, rich strike Of gold in
Wilkes county. s55...
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
WEST AND SOUTH.

Riley Brown, Charles P. Stokes and
James McCully died from burns re-
ceived in a mine explosion at Ex-
cello, Mo.
Off Douglass island the steamer Is
lander, of the Canadian Pacifc's Alas
ka line, struck an iceberg and sank,
carrying down from IS to 80 of her pas
sengers and crew.
Near Charles City, Ia, Julius
Schukneicht, a farmer, fatally wound
ed his wife and himself with a knife
while insane.
Will Cooley and Jean Carter, two
negroes, suspected of assaulting and
killing Miss Girsla Wild, were lynched
near Pearce City, Mo.
A cannon at Fort Riley, Kan, ex-
ploded, killing two soldiers and injur-
ing seven others.
The death of Napoleon Pierre
Guicheveau, aged 113 years, occurred
at nreaux Bridge, La.
Near Paducah, KY, the Ohio river
steamer City of Golconda was cap
sized by squall and 16 persons were
drowned.
At Kokomo, Ind, four boys from
six to ten years old are accused vi
stoning a companion to death.
Jefferson and Robert Rutter, two
farmers, were instantly killed at
Vigo, O., by the cars. =
Adam Kest and another man, sup.
posed to have persisted in IT, Cleve.
land crib fire, were rescued from the
water works tunnel, where they had
been five and half days without
food or water.
i At Norwood, w. Va, a justice of the
peace stopped trial to shoot a ne.
gro who sought to rescue prisoner
In Chicago Comedian Sam Morris
amused theater audience with Jokes
while his heart was almost breaking
over the death of his wife, who took
poison with suicidal intent.
Further reports indicate that over
10 persons persisted b., the wrecking
of the steamer Islander, which struck
an iceberg off the Alaskan coast.
Gus Rubin and James j. Jeffries
have been matched in San Francisco to
fight for the worlds championship in
November or December. stt>.-s =:
= Alabama's new constitutions has been
completed, and the convention at
Montgomery has adjourned. :
At Roseville, O., strikers were en-.
joined from picketing the works of the
Ohio Presse ID Brick company.
For Panama the battleship Iowa
sailed from. San Francisco.
; P.Byrnes'' house at Currie, Mimi, was
destroyed by fire and his four children
were burned to death. 80.
+ Steel workers in South Chicago who
are opposed to strike issued a state.
ment to the public explaining their &C
tion in refusing to go out. .,..>s,., u. ::
/ In Chicago Lawrence Auchterlonie,
of ,Glenview, Ill, won the champions
ship in. the second annual Tournament
of the Western Golf associa ton.
In St. Louis DR.. Louis Knapp gave up
his family and the world to care for q
Chinese leper in that city and to make
q life study Of the disease. ....
Il Armed men drove every negro from
Pierce City, Mo-, cremated one aged
man, burned five houses and decreed
that hereafter no colored man shall
reside in the town. 95= 5ss.s B. i
4 For alleged compicit in holding up
and dynamiting the Baltimore & Ohio
express train near Miller's Station on
the night Of July 81, John w. Brown. 9
pn11.1n nx,y, ~ ;1o,, 81 "A ,,l,,,,,, T,,d
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
FLOOD IN THE ORIENT.

Details of Disaster in Yangtse-Ki-
ang Valley-Loss, 10000 Lives.
Tacoma, Wash, Aug. 19.-Oriental
advices give further details of terrible
floods in the Yangtse-Kiang valley
during July. 1t is estimated that not
less than 10000 people were drowned
in the provinces of Kiangsi, Hupeh,
Human and Anhui, while tens of thou
sands have been. rendered homeless.
The provinces of Kiangsi and Human
suffered most severely, fully $4,000
persons having persisted in Kiangsi
alone. Rains fell continuously for 40
days.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28

Gen. Lawton's name will be perpe-
tuated by one of the most thriving
towns of Oklahoma. That town prob
ably will be candidate for capital
honors when the territory becomes a
state. The opening of the Indian re-
servations will add 100000 to the pop
ulation of Oklahoma. 1t is likely that
at the present time there are in the
neig'hborhood of five hundred thou
sand population in the territory.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28

Medical journals are puzzling over
the problem of finding patients for
the thousands of fledgling doctors
who are now graduated year after
year. The professions of law and of
medicine are already overcrowded. OF
course there is room at the top, but
the lower rungs of the ladder are be-
set by throng of young men who
are trampling upon each other in
their eagerne's to get foothold. In
American towns and villages the office
signs of physicians are overplentiful
already, and attorneys are also multi
tudinOus, -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28

A Berlin paper publishes an article
giving some interesting information
about the private mail received by the
sovereigns of the world. The pope re-
ceives no less than $4,000 letters day,
King Edward is next in order with the
comparatively small number of 1000,
while the car and the German en-
peror receive about 600 or 700 day.
The pope employs no fewer than IS
secretaries and does not personally in
spect one letter in 10000 addressed to
HIM. The stamping personal and con-
fidential' is not recognized by ROYALTY.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
he wayfaring man would do well

The wayfaring man would do we'll
to heed the signs as he runs along,
says the indianapolis News. They are
plain enough. They tell him that in
good times he should prepare for
worse. These are the fat years. 1t is
certain that they will be followed by
lean. Hold on to your earnings until
you are sure that You have an invest
ment that is legitimate and that will
give you some return. Then if the
panic comes it will not hurt you.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
The Iowa Sails.

Washington, Aug: 21.--The nay de-
partment has been informed of the
sailing of the battleship Iowa for
Panama: She, will stop at Acapulco
for coal. The distance from San Fran
cisco to Panama is 1874 miles and
the trip will occupy about IL DAYS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
In 1867 Dexter won national name

In 1867 Dexter won national name
by trotting mile in 2:17H. In 1879
St. Julian cut the time to 2:12A, and in
1855 Maud S. further reduced it to
2:OSA. The next wonderful time was
made in 1894 BY Alix-2:o3A. In 1900
The Abbot reduced the time half a Sec
ond. Recently Cresceus reduced it to
2:O2A. Having taken seven years to
knock off few seconds, it seems that
long time may be required to train
horse to trot mile in two minutes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
grees.

A balloon carrying two German
scientists rose to a height of $4,000
feet, or more than SIX miles, at Ber-
lin, thus eclipsing all previous high
altitude records. The lowest temper
allure recorded at that height was
minus forty degrees centigrade. Judg-
ing from this balloon, if it had no
bad habits, ought to prove a very
popular summer resort.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
News in Brief.

The state railroad commission elected
A. C. Clausen, ex-state grain inspector,
to the position of secretary of the COM
mission. He will assume charge of the
Office on Sept. i. Henry Feig, of Ray
mond, was made superintendent of
country elevators, and D. w. Watson,
of Duluth, inspector of licenses of CON-
mission men.
Michael Griffin, prisoner in the Jail
at Pennington, committed suicide by
hanging himself with his suspenders
to the door Of his cell. He was found
dead next morning. He had been ar
rested for alleged indecent exposure.
Emil Herman, employed on steam
sand pump on barge in the river at
St. Paul, was caught in the machinery
and killed. His left arm and left leg
were torn from the trunk. The arm
was severed at the shoulder and the
leg at the hip. He was % years of age
and unmarried.
Burglars entered the store of Charles
c. Bennett, in Minneapolis, and car
ried away furs to the value of 81 ZOO.
Game Warden Murphy arrested three
men near Muskoda for illegal shooting
and confiscated two rods and two guns.
Lieutenant General Miles will make
! a tour of the western states in Septem-
Der. He will visit Fort Smelling on
his trip, and he is anxious of having
one company of field artillery stationed
there.
BY wreck on the Duluth & Iron
Range railway at Mckinley, one loco
motive was damaged and seven cars
smashed. No one was injured.
Redwood county farmers are receiv-
ing letters from residents of Iowa in
quiring into the advisability of stack
ing straw so that it can be baled and
shipped to that state.
Joseph Herring was struck on the
head with ball while playing on
Praire Island, near Winona, and rem
dered unconscious He was removed
to the hospital, where he died.
Harvey Scott, an eccentric farmer
east of Faribault, died at the age of 81.
He was quite wealthy and left will
making a few small requests, and di-
recting that after his funeral expenses
were paid, all his money, amounting to
about 1S45 900, should be burned.
Fort Selling, dormant all summer,
will t..come beehive of activity when
the Fourteenth United States infantry
arrives Col. Quinton, in command of
the regiment, his staff, the regimental
band, and four companies, aggregating
600 men, will be stationed at the fort
Four hundred school children in Min
neapolis were vaccinated in cne day.
Joseph DeBar, fireman for the Min
neapolis Cold Storage company, was
nearly killed by fire. When banking
the fire in the furnace the gas exploded,
the flames shooting out and burning
him about the hands and arms. He
was carried to his home. ...:.
Theresa, aged 16 years, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs John Lautner, was
drowned in the Vermilion river while
bathing at Hastings. ....
Mrs. Willard Cross fell from a hav-
rack at Deerwood and received injuries
from which she died.
William. Saunders, the negro arrest
ed at Duluth as William Smith. wanted
in Chicago for the murder of E. Tur-
ner last year, is not the man. s.
At the state fair, the week Of Sept.
20, the famous Pains of Chicago viii
put on each evening q spectacular
drama full Of fireworks, &,