Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-10

ton of a general staff for the army and
also bill to increase the pension of so.-
diers totally deaf from so to So per month
DOMESTIC.
The public debt statement issued on
the I'd shows that the debt decreased
$10,G32 .602 during the month of Deem
Der. Cash in the treasury, 1864, 4C9, $50.
Total debt, less cash in the treasury,
$947, 164,6 79
Thomas Dunn (colored) was hanged
In St. Louis for the murder of Peter
jackson, a negro, with whom he had
quarreled over four dollars
Parole, the noted race horse, died
in New York from old age. He was 80
years DID,
The village of Woodruff, Ill.,, has
been destroyed by fire.
weekly trade reviews report good
business during the holidays and a
bright outlook for the new year.
Senator Hoar has completed a sweep
ing trust bill, appropriating 100000
to aid in the enforcement of law. pro-
v1dlng for publicity of corporation af-
fairs and forbidding under severe pen
alties discrimination in prices of prod
ucts or in carrying charges.
A mine cave-in at Olyphant, Pa,
caused three-story hotel and three
other buildings to sink 100 feet into
the earth.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Train
mems demand for 20 per cent. wage
increase has been ignored by western
lines.
The twentieth century Methodist
thank offering commission gives out
statement showing that $2O,634, 900
was raised.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the seven days ended on the I'd ag-
gregated 1857, $50, 377. The decrease
compared with the corresponding week
OF the last year was 11.2
Teachers of Iowa in state conven-
ton in Des Moines adopted a resolu-
ton favoring the use of the Bible in
the public schools.
The post Office at Indianola, Miss,
from which the colored postmistress
was driven by force, will be closed by
the department.
Joseph Prolkop were killed by an ex-
ploslon of dynamite in a colliery
near Minersville, Pa.
Fire destroyed the barracks at Fort
Brady, Sault Ste Marie, Mich, caus-
ing loss of $4,000.
W. r. Sullivan, paymaster for the
Bussey coal mine near Bussey, Ia,
was held up by three men and robbed
of $500.
Ihe commissioner of navigation re-
ports 627 sail and steam vessels built
in the United States during the six
months ended December 81.
Antoinette Dunlap was acquitted at
Aledo, ILL.,, Of the charge of poisoning
her chum, Allie Dool.
1t has developed that a registered
mail pouch containing a large num-
Der of packages and letters was
stolen at Cleveland December %.
A demand for wage increase vary
Ing from IS to 20 per cent is to be
made by all the bituminous coal min
ers of the country the latter part OF
this month.
3. w. Hardin &, Co.'s bank, a pri-
vate concern at Rockwell, Tex, has
failed with liabilities of $4,000.
A certificate of incorporation for
the Lorenz orthopedic charity hos
pital has been filed with the New
York state board of charities.
The new torpedo boat destroyer
in a trial at Province
town, Mass, exceeded requirement of
e8 knots an hour.
Four men have been arrested at
Macon, Mo-, suspected of completely
in the bank robbery at Union, Mo-.
when $4,000 was stolen.
Samuel Rucker, Roy Rucker, Ed
ward Tucker and an unidentified man
were fatally injured by dust explo-
sion in mine at Auburn, Ill.
Five men entered the First national
bank of Abingdon, ILL.,, blew open the
safe and escaped with $4,000 in cash.
Two of the men were subsequently
captured at Quincy.
The special commissioner appointed
I'm the Missouri beef combine case re-
ports that packers are guilty of con-
sparing to fix and maintain prices.
Secretary Wilson says he expects to
see American beet sugar retailed at
two cents q pound and supply the en-
tire domestic demand.
Topsy, "bad" elephant that had
killed three men, was electrocuted at
Coney Island, N. Y.
Direct cable communication BE-
tween Honolulu and San Francisco has
become an accomplished fact, the first
message being sent BY Gov. DOLE to
pyssident Roosevelt.