Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-21

The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the seven days ended on the 18th ag-
gregated $1,9o4, 1902, 1o1. The decrease
compared with the corresponding
week of last year was 1.2.
The annual meeting of the Ameri-
can road makers and the interna tional
good roads conference opened in De-
troit with rs states represented.
Charles Carpenter, a farmer near
Oskaloosa, Ia, was robbed of $1,000
that was secreted in the cellar of his
house.
Bitterly cold weather prevails in
Nevada. Utah, Idaho and Wyoming.
Wells, Nevada, reported a tempera-
ture of ~ degrees below zero.
Weekly trade reviews report the
demand in excess of the supply in
many commodities, giving markets a
strong tone.
Protocols raising the Venezuelan
blockade and referring the question
of preferential trea tment for the al
lies claims to The Hague were signed
at Washington.
In a duel at resort in Galena,
Kan, Charles Trotter and Earl Gent
killed each other.
The Howard county bank at Nash
vile, Ark, has suspended, and the
appointment of a receiver was asked.
Joseph E. Cot and Juan Gonzales,
who killed an old man and robbed
the corpse, were hanged at San
Quentin, Cal.
There were $50 business failures in
the United States during the seven
days ended on the 18th, against 264 the
same week in 1902.
Gov. Yates has designated Friday,
April "a, as Arbor day in Illinois,
Clarence S. barrow made the clos
ing argument before the strike COM
mission in Philadelphia in behalf of
the miners union. The next meeting
will be held in Washington for prepa-
ration of award.
Over $1.OO0,000 was left to St. Paul,
(Minn.) poor by the will of Mrs. Cor
nelia D. W. Appleby.
Detectives raided "get-rich-quick"
turf commission concerns in Chicago,
made many arrests and carried off bun
dies of betting literature
An exhibition of automobiles opened
at the coliseum'in Chicago with exhib-
its valued at 100000
A package containing $4,000 in COM
mercial paper was lost by postal en-
ployes on a Pennsylvania train be-
tween Louisville and Indianapolis
Mrs. Roosevelt has succumbed to
the long strain incident to her social
duties and has been ordered by her
physician to keep to her bed.
Senator Tillman, speaking in New
York, predicted bloodshed If the
policy of forcing negroes over whites
in the south is continued.
The Mckinley Memorial associa-
ton has collected over $500. 900 for a
and announces that $780,
100 more will be collected before work
is begun.
Gen. Miles and party arrived in New
York on the Lucania after an absence
of five months in Europe and the
Orient
! Edward Jones, aged 6s, and his sis
ter, aged SO, killed themselves in New
York because they had lost SCI, 900 in
speculation. - -.
: The Audubon theater, built at New
Orleans in 1853 and known as the
esAcademy of Music" was destroyed
by fire. = 49,.
It is nnounced that nonunion miners
will not participate in the increase in
wages granted by the new scale agree
ment at indianapolis s. zszss
Railroad officials plan radical meas
ures in order to compel shippers to
handle freight promptly.
At the national convention Of brew
cry workers at Cincinnati. twas or
dered that all lighthouses in Illinois
and Wisconsin be organized.
Ten life insurance companies are al
lefed to have been defrauded out Of .
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