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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
FLOODS IN IOWA.
Situation Worst In Ten Years-People
Driven from Their HOmes-
In Other States.

Des Moines, Ia, July 1O.-The flood
situation in Iowa is more serious than
at any time in ten years. The Des
Moines, Iowa, Raccoon, Cedar and
Skunk rivers are from seven to fifteen
feet above low water mark and the
loWlands are submerged. Hundreds
have been made homeless.
In Des Moines 200 persons have al
ready been forced to abandon their
homes and have suffered the loss of
horses, cattle and hogs. Truck gar
deners have suffered the loss of crops
of an estimated value of $4,000. At
Des Moines and elsewhere through
out the central section of the state
continuous rain has fallen for "a
hours, the precipitation at Boone and
Fort Dodge being reported as nearly
four inches.
Des Moines, Ia, July 10.-The levee
on the north side of the town broke
shortly after midnight this morning
and the Des Moines river, which had
reached the high-water mark of 1892,
burst into the town, flooding a resi-
| dence district in which are several
| hundred houses. The levee was known
to be weakening and most of the
houses had been vacated earlier in the
evening.
Peoria, ILL.,, July 10.-A terrific rain
and electric storm swept over Peoria
and the adjacent country.
Cincinnati, July 9.-Reports from
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky show
damages in many localities from light
ming during the thunderst forms Monday
night. At Muncie, Ind, several houses
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
JURORS DISCHARGED.
Sensation Sprung by Judge Murphy
in the Trial Of Frank C. An -
drews In Detroit. e..

Detroit, Mich, July 9.-Judge Alfred
J. Murphy, of the recorders court,
created a sensation in the early
proceedings Tuesday for the trial
of Frank C. Andrews, former vice
president of the wrecked City savings
bank, which was to have begun Tues
day morning by dismissing the entire
panel of jurors drawn for the July term
of court.
Judge Murphy said in explanation of
his action:
lowing to the fact that have received
certain information affecting members of
the jury summoned to appear in this
court this morning, I consider it proper
In the interests of justice, for the sake Of
the defense as we'll as for the people, to
discharge all the jurors summoned for
the rest Of this term. I believe this action
will be approved by all the honest and in
teMgent jurors. 1t will relieve them from
all suspicion that might be aroused
through the information to which have
| REFEREED
While it has not developed in court,
it has been rumored that several of the
men on the jury were very friendly
with some of Frank c.. Andrews close
political associates. These are the
the rumors that Judge Murphy I'M
doubtedly referred to. However, he
will not go into particulars.
TWAS agreed Tuesday by counsel for
the defense that F. C. Andrews should
be tried at once on the last preferred
of the several charges against him,
that of misappropriating $4,000, of the
City savings banks funds,with the slip
ulation that trial on the other charges
be deferred, together with the sepa-
rate trial of former Cashier Henry R.
Andrews, to September 8.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
THE EARTH CRACKS.
People Around Tulsa, Indian Terri
tory, Alarmed by Violent Mani
festations of Nature,

Guthrie, Okla, July 9.-Great excite
ment was caused at Tulsa, Indian ter
7itory, owing to the discovery by sur
veyors working north of that place of
cracks in the sides of mounds, as
though from great pressure under
meath. Gas is escaping from the fis-
sures, and continual kissing and
roaring can be heard. On the extreme
top of the highest hill there has been
a volcano at work, raising up large
powders and tossing them aside. Ex-
perts state it is a great oil and gas
field, and that pressure from a great
depth has caused the commotion. The
inhabitants of Tulsa are becoming
nervous over the state of affairs.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
Killed by Lightning.

Offerman, Ga, July s.-Three white
men and two negroes were killed and
one white man and one negro in
jured in a severe thunder and light
ming storm here. The men were en-
ployed in the construction depart
ment of the southern Bell telephone,
and we're stretching wires. They
were working in two sections about
five miles apart. Three white men
were killed and one injured in one
section, two negroes killed and one
injured in the other.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

Interest is reviving in the subject
of substituting electric locomotives
on the trunk line roads for the pres
ent type. 1t is now some years since
the first prophecies of the displacing
of steam by electricit were made, and
the early prophets have been proved
altogether premature. But wonder
full advances are being made right
along in the field of electric trac-
tion,i and it would be unwise to pre-
dict that such substitution will not
come sooner or later. That it is
bound to come is the Il opinion of
those best qualified to Judge.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

It is understood that Surgeon
General Hickey contemplates the estab-
ishment at the naval museum of hy-
giene in Washington of school for
naval medical officers modelled on the
lines of the army medical school, which
was founded in 1893. Besides giving
instruction to newly-appointed medi.
cal officers of the navy in the proper
performance of their duties. At this
school medical officers of longer serv-
ice, returned from a tour of sea duty.
can refresh their knowledge on spe-
cial branches and fit themselves for
examination.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

A nickel in the slot restaurant is
the latest, one having been opened
in Philadelphia. There are no attend
ants in the place, just an array OF
slot machines containing all sorts of
quick lunch creations. A nickel in
one slot hands you out a sandwich,
another produces a slab of pie, and
you can have anything you want to
drink from coffee to beer. The next
thing will be the compressed tablet
lunch where a man can drop a nickel
in the slot and receive a nice choco-
late coated tablet in which is COM
pressed square meal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

Senior Clemente Figueras, an en-
gineer living in out-of-the-way Las
Palmas, Canary islands, claims to
have found method Of directly
using atmospheric electricity with
out chemicals or dynamos and prac-
ttically applying it without any mo-
tive force. OF course, if the claim is
true it means great saving in the
cost Of power production, and an in
sdustrial revolution will be sure to
come. But before breaking up its
steam engines and abandoning its
coal mines the world will do well to
wait rs, abundant conf rmati ton.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

A bill passed in the closing hours
of congress gives a pensionable
status to ex-confederate soldiers who
enlisted in the union army prior to
January /, 1865. 1t was intended to
cover the case of union sympathizers
in North Carolina and Tennessee who
were conscripted into the confeder-
ate army against their will, and who
afterward enlisted and served in the
union army. Officials of the pension
bureau estimate that the new law
will add about $3,0o0,o00 to the an
nual pension list.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The Rock Island railroad directors
have voted q 100000 stock in
crease.
There are now but IL survivors of
the Maryland Society of the Califor-
nia Pioneers.
Rev. DR.. w. H. Milburn, the VEN
cradle blind chaplain of the senate.
is nearly 80 years old.
The largest cotton mill in the
world is to be built at Kansas City
at cost of $1O,0OO,OOO.
Capt. 1. NJ. Smith, the first man
who stretched wires across the state
OF Wisconsin, is still living in To-
peka, Kan.
Chicago chemists have invented a
process for making wall paper
stronger that promises to revolution
lie the industry.
Two new battleships and two new
armored cruisers will be named
Louisiana, Connecticut, Tennessee
and Washington. 80
American money and ENTERPRISE
are behind $25,o00,O00 interurban
traction system in England, the prin-
cipal promoters being New Workers.
The new. all-British cable, connect
Ing Great Britain with Canada, Aus
tralia and New Zealand, is expected
to be in operation early in Novem-
Der: ~ i =. :,
Westminster cathedral, London: tho
new center of Catholic church in
England, was dedicated Sunday by
Cardinal Vaughan. It has been build
ing six years. .>s. @s:as .ssa.
The largest stakeholder in the
United States Steel company, mi.
Cutler" is John D. Rockefeller, not
Andrew Carnegie; his dividend ] i
3, ooo, 600 annually IN
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
LATER NEWS.

The food situation in Iowa is more
serious than at any time in ten years.
The Des Moines, Iowa, Raccoon, Cedar
and Skunk rivers are from seven to
fifteen feet above low water mark and
the lowlands are submerged. Hun
dreds have been made homeless.
Argentine and Chile have signed a
convention defining more precisely the
objects of their recent treaties provid-
ing for arbitration and the Limitation
OF ornaments, with the view of avert
ing the possibility of future complica-
tions. Public opinion approves of the
new convention.
The Fall River line steamer Priscilla
is at her pier in Newport, R. l., with a
big hole in her port bow and one of
her crew dead, as result of collision
with the steamer Powhatton in Narra-
gansett bay during a fog.
Prisoners in the St. Joseph (Mo.) Jail
exploded dynamite in the structure
wrecking the rear wall and shattering
windows of the court house adjoining.
None of the prisoners escaped.
A large tank barge, owned by the
Tidewater Oil company, of Bayonne,
N. D., turned turtle in the East river,
opposite the foot of East Thirtieth
street, New York. Between 1000 and
5000 barrels of molasses was spread
upon the waters of the river.
The transport Logan, with 1, 164 en-
listed men, ~ prisoners, insane and
y sick, arrived at San Francisco from
Manila.
For tearing up an American flag and
throwing it into a mans face, Charles
Roberts, an English steward on Gu
nard steamer, was beaten by an on
locker at Boston and then fined $40 for
desecrating the flag.
The United States transport Sala-
manca arrived at Manila with three
companies of the 25th regiment.
Fifteen men were burned, one fatally
and eight seriously, at the Homestead
Steel Works, Pittsburg, Pa. A crane
broke, throwing a ladle of metal over
the men.
Christopher Leonidas and his son.
Fred, attempted to terrorize passen-
gers on the steamer Dubuque, near
Davenport, Ia, and were fatally
wounded by Dan Green, the mate of
the boat.
An explosion occurred in the Cam
bria coal mine near Johnstown, Pa. :,
entombing 600 men. Latest reports
say 400 of them managed to escape.
Fire at Beatrice, Neb., destroyed
1925, 900 worth of property.
The government has shipped 5000
reindeer to Alaska and now there are
5000 in the country.
The railroads of Chicago refuse to
bitrate with the striking freight hand
lers.
An explosion in the Washoe smelt-
ing works at Anacsnda, Mon, killed
George Parsic.
Falling walls at Toronto, Canada.
killed five firemen.
Governor Yates sent SQUAD of
militiamen to Eldorado, ILL.,, to guard
the lives and property of negro miners
at that place.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
GIVEN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Jessie Morrison, Convicted a Second
Time of Murder of Mrs. Castle,
Is Sentenced.

Eldorado, Kan, July 9.-Jessie Nor
rison, convicted June 20 of murder in
the second degree for killing Mrs.
DIN Castle, at the latter's home here
in June, 1900, oy cutting her throat
with a razor, was Tuesday sentenced
to 25 years in the penitentiary. Mo-
ton for a new trial was overruled.
Miss Morrison, who has gone through
three trials, took the sentence with
little show of demonstration. The
case will be appealed to the supreme
court. At the second trial Miss Nor
rison was given but five years.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

The insurance companies in the
west are suffering more this year
from wind and lightning than from
fires, while last year the heavy
losses resulted from fires. Many of
the companies handling tornado in
surance have been badly hit, and
their losses have already reached an
astonishing total. The farmers are
paying more attention to tornado in
surance even than to fire insurance,
and feel safer with it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
DAMAGE of Storms.

Buffalo. N. Y, July "A terrific
rain and windstorm swept over west
ern New York at an early hour Sun
day. Rivers and creeks rose rapidly,
OVERT owing their banks and sweep
ing away houses and barns and live
stock. The loss will reach into hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. Teie-
graph and telephone wires are down,
and communication with small towns
in Wyoming, Niagara and Cattarau-
gus counties is difficult to establish.
This city was not in the path of the
storm. %z .-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

The so tramps captured by four farm
ers near Pratt, Kan, and compelled
to work for two dollars day under
shotgun guard are probably not offer
ing any thanks for the bomtiful crops
that have made the permanent resi-
dents of the state so happy. Va
grants will give Kansas a wide berth
SO long as present conditions continue.
and this should make the Kansans all
the happier.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

Former President Cleveland is
credited with having invested $780,
900 in securing all the land rights
along Monument beach, which gives
him complete control of the shore
rights of Buttermilk bay, an offshoot
of Buzzard's bay, on which Gray
Gables is situated. The ex-president
is now regarded as one of the largest
landowners in southeastern Massa-
chusettS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

Charleston, ILL.,, July TN the,cur-
rent issue of the Broom Corn Journal
startling report, is made of short
acreage and destruction of the crop
by chinch bugs. Reports published
from over 100 correspondents, repre-
senting growers, brokers' and man
ufacturers in every broom corn dis
trict and manufacturing center in the
United States show that this years
crop will be from Is to IS per cent.
short Of last year. 5=5 n 4 B /
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

A report issued by the census
bureau on the textile industry of the
United States shows that the capital
invested in cotton manufacturing in
the southern states increased from
$2o,413,414 in 1880 to $62,623,729 in
1890, and to $137, 172,561 in 1900. No
other section of the country has had
so remarkable a development of a
great industry in the same length of
time
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

From 1898, at the opening of hostilities,
until September of the following year,
there was a steady increase. until the army
passed the 10000 mark. Then volunteers
were poured into the archipelago until the
highest point was reached. There was a
sharp decline in June, $780, due to the forces
sent to China to assist in the Boxer cam
paigr. Then the volunteers began to come
home, and the army has been on the de-
crease ever since.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

were struck by lightning and people
hurt. Mrs. Cameron was rescued from
her house after it was set on fire by
lightning, and is in dangerous con-
dition. Henry Lamb was also seri-
ously injured. At Pennville, Ind, Mrs.
Mack and children were dangerously
injured by lightning. At Lancaster,
Ky, Grace and William Faulcover, both
colored, were killed. At Fostoria. o.,
the Presbyterian church was badly
damaged
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

People of normal mentality may be
able 10 comprehend dimly the state
of mind which impels others to COM
NIT suicide, but it is an impenetrable
mystery to them why anyone bent on
self-destruction should choose to- add
horror to the deed by swallowing
carbolic acid or by saturating his
clothing with k, rosene and setting it
on fire
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
Traredy i'm New York

New York, July s.-Karl Won Boeck-
man shot and killed his wife, fatally
wounded o. F. Farewell, friend of
his family, and then sent a bullet
through his own head Monday. The
shooting occurred at the home Of
Mrs. Won .Boeckmann in the upper
part of Manhattan. NJ s5.@=
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

St. Louis, July S.-Rev. George J..
Johnson, for 50 years a Baptist mis-
sionary, died here Monday, aged IS
years. At one period of his career he
was district secretary of the American
Baptist Publication society for the en-
tire west, afterwards became mission
airy secretary for the United States.
He devoted many years of his life to
travelling missionary work throughout
the United States.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

It seems almost incredible that the
shortest mail route from western
Europe to the Pacific is by way of ST.
IBERIA. Yet, with the Trans-Siberian
railroad almost completed, Russia is
securing mail contracts from nations
which less than 80 years ago were
leagued against her.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
Mnrylnnd's First Woman Lawyer

Baltimore, Nd, July 10. - At the
last session of. the legislature law
was passed making women eligible to
admission to the bar in this state.
Miss Eta H. Maddox has successfully
passed an examination by the state
board of law examiners and has be-
come the first woman lawyer in Mary
land
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

Lieut.. Col c. r. Edwards, chief of the
division of insular affairs Of the war de-
partment, has prepared an extremely in
teresting chart showing the rise and de-
cline of the numerical strength of the
United States army in the Philippines 1t
bears striking resemblance to a fever
chart, with the temperature rising when
relapses have been suffered in the form Of
slight victories by the Insurgents.
1t traces the increase of the army from
2,491 in June, 1898, after the battle of Ma
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
A. ~ =: 5y,-.sE
Will He Closed Sundava

St. Louis. July '9:-The board of
directors of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition has adopted a resolution
that during the. whole duration of
the exposition the gates shall be
closed to, visitors on Sundays. 4
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
Mayor Ames Indicted

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 1o.-The
grand jury returned indictments
charging A. A. Ames, mayor Of the
city; Fred W. Ames, superintendent of
police, and Joseph Freddy Cohen,
with accepting brides. The charges
are based on the alleged collection of
graft" from abandoned women, in
which it is charged that Cohen acted
for the mayor and chief.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

Mia bay, when Admiral Dewey cabled
Washington that he could rot take and
hold Manila without a strong military
force, until December, 1900, when the army
was at it's highest numerical strength,
with 69,420 men, ard then follows the de-
cline of the force down to the present
time, when the army numbers about 5000.
1t goes in a prospective way even further
with the statement that when the troops
already ordered home leave Manila the
army will be about $4,000 strong.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
Cholera in Manchuria,

Berlin, July SIT is announced
here in q dispatch from Port Arthur
that cholera IS spreading in Manchu--
ria and that the mortality rate is
very great. Out 81 1896 cases at
.Inkau 334 were fatal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
Peoria Journal SOFIA

Peoria, Ill, July Oh. NJ. Pindell.
proprietor of the Herald-Transcript.
has purchased the Peoria Journal
the afternoon paper and one Of the.
best paying newspaper properties III
Illinois, the consideration being SAL
O55. . /. ts Y. s /. ,=s33 : 1865 -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

On August IS the Ohio legis1a ture
will meet in special session to enact
a municipal code bill for the several
cities of the state. $<.&. ssy& Il IA
< From Manila the transport Logan
arrived at San Francisco with '1,164
soldiers on board. &>.a@* $500
The social democrats of Minnesota
have nominated J. E. Nash, of Mime
apolis, for governor.
In Eldorado, Kan, Jessie Morrison,
convicted of killing Mrs. DIN Castle in
June, 1900, has been sentenced to Is
years imprisonment.
G. D. Burgess was nominated for SUI
preme judge at the democratic judicial
convention at Springfield, Mo.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In Rome the pope celebrated the
twenty-eighth anniversary of his COR
onation.
DR.. Farlies, a Church of England
clergyman, says that Explorer Andr.,
and his companions were massacred
by Eskimos two years ago.
At Manila Aguinaldo has been re-
leased, and will probably visit the
United States before settling in Ca
vite.
In Manchuria cholera is spreading
and the mortality rate is very great.
Between August II and August Is
King Edward will probably be
crowned.
The president of Venezuela left his
executive Office to take personal COM
mand of his army against the revo-
lutionists.
It is said that the pope will not con-
sent to the friars' withdrawal from
the Philippines, as demanded by Gov.
Taft.
Volcanoes near Lake Nicaragua, in
Costa RIGA, are reported in eruption
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16
4 WEEKS HISTORY.
The Important Happenings Of a
Week Briefly Told.
MALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WARRINGTON.
President Roosevelt has issued civil
service order prohibiting outsidei in
fuence to gain promotions.
The president during the last ses-
sion of congress nominate 2,611 post
masters.
Unless reciprocity is granted by
the United States Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
predicts anarchy in Cuba.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-16

about 200 feet from Savage's Hotel,
where young Henkel and Rosenberg
were stopping.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-08
SCATTERED TRACTS and
IMPROVED FARMS.

Twenty-Five Selected Quarter Sections in the Red
River Valley of North Dakota These lands paying 10
per per present valuations Is selected
quarters suitable ranchng and diversified farming west
Of the James River low prices 1000 artialy
lands Of from 40 100 acres also
proved farms in Isant Chsago and Washington countless
Minnesota old prosperous settlements within so miles of
Minneapolis especially suitable for parties desiring small
farms the Twin Cities We sell these lands at
moderate prices and very easy terms.
The Washington times., 1902-08-31
THE GOOD TEMPLARS.

District Lodge. No. 13. |. o. G. T.. of
the Jurisdiction OF Virginia, held its
quarterly session at the lodge room of
ST. Julian's Lodge. |. o. G. T.. In Alex
andria county. The District Lodge
controls the subordinate lodges in
Alexandria city and the neigh
boring counties of Alexandria and Fair
fax. Past Grand Chief Templar A. e.
Shoemaker. of the District of Columbia.
was present on this occasion and made
a characteristically able and earnest ad
dress. Every lodge was represented. The
degrees of the District Grand Lodge were
conferred on a large number of eligi-
bles by Grand Chief Templar s. w. Rus
sell, of this city. Sunshine Lodge, Of
Fairfax county. won the banner for
greatest growth during the quarter. Ray
Marcy of St. Julian's Lodge. was chosen
district chief templar TO fill vacancy.
John F. Jerman and J. f. Morris were
elected representatives TO the Virginia
Grand Lodge. |. o. G. 7.