Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-11
A WEEKS RECORD.
All the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD

THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.
During the fiscal year just closed
132,829 claims we're allowed by the pen
sion bureau and 1920 rejected. The
number of allowances exceeded those
of last year to the extent of 13 ,005. The
number of reflections in 1902 was 49,
1864.
In St. Louis the inquest into the sup
posed murder of James p. Mccain was
reopened and the coroner's jury re-
turned a verdict of homicide, holding
F. Seymour Darlington for the crime.
A Texas union has been sued by the
state for alleged antitrust law violation
in boycOtting firm which. employed
nonunion workmen. A years prison
sentence or $50 daily fine is provided.
The Oregon state constitutions initi-
alive and referendum amendment has
been declared invalid by the state cir
cult court.
Charges that Senator Proctor, of Yer
mont, has profited from army tombstone
contracts is being Investigated by the
war department. The contract has been
held by his marble company for several
years.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 5th were: Pittsburg,
'.697; New York, 500; Chicago, .591;
Cincinnati, sos; Brooklyn, .5oS; Bos-
ton, Alb; st. Louis. 1888; Philadel-
phia, 306.
President Roosevelt delivered an adj
dress at the celebration of the two
hundred and f1ftieth anniversary OF
the founding of Huntington, L. l., and
urged hisshearers not to rest on great
ness achieved by our forefathers.
DR.. Wiley, Of the agricultural de-
partment, denounced soda water and
iced tea, declaring that use of the lat
ter is simply suicide
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the American league for the week
ended on the 5th were: Boston, SAL;
Philadelphia, .578; Cleveland, 1913;
New York, 500; Chicago, 5O8; De-
'troit, AIS; st: Louis, 1856; Washing
ton, .283.
Exports of the United States to Can
ada during the last fiscal year show an
increase of $13,OO0,000, while imports
increase $7,0O0,00O.
Despondent over bad luck, John
Donoghue, of Chicago, sculptor, COM
mltted suicide at New Haven, Conn.
-Four men walking from Alma to
Leadville, COL. were caught in a biz
zard and one of them had his face
frozen.
Patrick Maher killed his wife and
himself at Atlantic, Ia. He was TEN.
jporarily insane
The battleship Wisconsin and cruis-
ers Albany, Cincinnati and Raleigh
have been ordered to China by the
navy department, to reinforce Rear
Admiral Evans squadron, now there
Fourth of July accidents in Chicago
and elsewhere, reported to date, result
ed in 81 deaths and the injury of 1865
persons.
Evansville, Ind, was terrorized BY
mob that broke into Jail to secure
negro and lynch him. Several negroes
were killed in riots and a white boy
was shot. The governor ordered out
the militia.
Fifty persons we're believed to have
been drowned by the bursting of a
dam at Oakford park, a pleasure re-
sort near Greensburg, Pa, and build
1ngs were swept away.
The Hammond Packing company's
main building at St. Joseph, Mo-, was
burned with $1,5000OO loss, and two
men were killed and dozen injured.
Changing of the Jewish Sabbath OBJ
servance to Sunday was decided
against by the American rabbis' con-
vention at Detroit.
The first telegraph message around
the world was sent by President Roose-
welt to mark the completion of the
Pacific cable between San Francisco
and the Philippines.
Ex-Gov. Stevens, of Missouri, &C.
cused "Col." Ed. Butler with Offering
him $4,000 for the appointment Of
the latter's son as excise commissioner.
Seven persons we're killed, one fa-
tally wounded and 20 others seriously
hurt in battle between the local MI
litia company and the mob in a des-
perate assault by the latter on the
county jail at Evansville. Ind.
Twenty bodies of victims of the
Jeanette (Pa) cloudburst have been
found and it is known that 16 more
persons are missing.
Wesleyan university at Middleton,
Conn, conferred the honorary degree
of doctor of laws upon Leslie M. Shaw,
secretary Of the treasury.
American relations with Russia are
in delicate state because of the Jewish
massacre at Kishineff
A joint committee of the Congrega-
tionalists, Methodist Protestants and
United Brethren at Pittsburg agreed on
a plan for the union OF the three
churches. ...~ T.: