Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
WEST AND SOUTH.

In Chicago five n>en lost their lives
as result of the excessive heat.
Flames at Clinton, y. c., destroyed
~ stores and residences.
Homing pigeons flew from Holly
Springs, Miss, to Mishawaka, Ind, a
distance of 500 miles, in II hours,
breaking all records.
From various points in Colorado a
snowfall ranging from an inch to three
inches is reported.
C. j. Mccormick and his wife died
in their bathtub in Grand Forks, N. d.,
as result of taking poison.
At the stock yards in Chicago fire
wiped out Swift & Co.'s wholesale
meat market and general offices, en-
failing loss of $500,000.
Theodore Olefeuer, in drunken
frenzy, shot and killed his wife and
14-months-old baby and wounded Liz
zie Stramm, his stepdaughter, in Chi
cago.
The death of Prof. N. S. Scovel,
aged IL years, one of the best known
educators in Illinois, occurred at his
farm home near Rose Hill.
White Horse, an old Indian trading
town in Oklahoma, has been de:
stroyed by fire.
Two negroes and three white men
were killed by lightning at Offerman,
Ga.
In Il storm that did great damage
at Merton, Wis.,, two children of
George Maulster were killed by light
ming.
At the age of IS years Rev. George
J. johnson, for SO years q Baptist
missionary, died in St. Louis.
j. ]. Daily, one of the leading law
yers of the northwest, committed sui
eide at Pueblo, COL, by taking NOR
phine.
In the Indio valley in the Colorado
desert a sandstorm did $4,000
damage.
Nearly 5000 freight handlers struck
in Chicago because railroad officials
refused to recognize their union in
discussing demand for increased
wages.
In Chicago Theodore Oelfeuer, who
murdered his wife and shot his baby
and stepdaughter, committed suicide
by hanging.
Charles Cartwright, James Heath
and William Cushman, all woodsmen,
were killed by the cars near Gilchrist,
Mich.
At Minneapolis the National Edu-
cational association began it's con-
vention.
A fast mail train on the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern railroad made a
record fast run from Washington, Ind. :,
to East St. Louis, distance of 165
miles, in 1913 minutes.
Fred w. Ames, chief of police OF
Minneapolis, has been acquitted of
bribery charge.
The Cape Colony parliament has
been summoned to meet August 20.
At Minneapolis the National Educa-
tional association opened it's annual
convention with 10000 members at
tending.
Receipts of the Chicago post office
for the fiscal year ended June 30, were
$S,575, 455.71, gain of $s69,09s over the
preceding year.
At the age of 80 years Linden Tree,
the Arabian horse presented by the
sultan of Turkey to Gen. Grant, died
at Beatrice, Neb. .,
A general improvement in the con.
dition of corn throughout the central
valleys has followed favorable tenn.
peratures. ...
Great damage is being done by high
water south and east of Sioux City,
Ia, all the. small rivers being over their
banks. ...2+... ...,,.. - -. -.
1 A plan to establish wireless tel.
.egraph station in San Francisco har.
Dor is in contemplation by the navy
department.. ..,s:z .&:. +. ,ss%s
Arch Conley, an Indian, and Dick
Fleming, q white man, were hanged at
Salisbury, n. G., upon the same scat.
fold for murder. 4 ss35f
The Louisiana Purchase exposition
board Of directors announce that dur,
ing the duration Of the fair the gates
will be closed on Sundays.
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