Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28
4 WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
. x 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
DOME STIC.

DOMESTIC.
The exchanges at the leading clear
Ing houses in the United States dur
ing tho seven days ended on the goth
aggregated $2,165, 759,079. The de-
crease compared with the correspond
ing week of last year was 0.s.
Ole Oleson was hanged at Aitkin,
MIMI, for numbering his daughter.
James Ruffin and Jay Green (col-
ored) were hanged at Sioux City,
Ark, for the murder of Don McGhee
At Moultrie, Ca, j. II. Bryant (col-
ored) was hanged for killing D.
Buchanan.
The Buffalo IN. W Racing associa-
ton has been declared insolvent.
C. Moench & Sons company and
Moench, Fischer & Gaensslen, Co.
wanda IN. W tanners, failed for
$1,ss4,0OO.
The Missouri supreme court found
that five Chicago packing concerns
violated the antitrust law of Mis-
souri,, and fines of $4,000 each, with
costs of $4,000, were imposed.
Officials of the Mormon church will
appeal to Gov. Odell for the pardon
of William Hooper Young, now serv-
ing life sentence in Sing Sing.
The twenty-second session of the leg
is1ature of Arizona has closed. Gov
Brodie vetoed the bill for granting
suffrage to women.
Hentsch's bonded warehouse was
burned at Sydney, N. S. W., the loss
being $2,50O.O00.
The United States agricultural de-
partment announces that good Euro
pean market exists for American fruits.
Buffalo police declare Edwin L. Bur-
dick was killed by woman, and not by
Arthur Pennell.
The president has reappointed DR..
w. D. Crum (colored)) collector of Gus
toms at Charleston, S. C.
The Clarendon hotel at Grand Rap
ids. Mich. was destroyed by fire and
William G. Hawkins was killed.
The government will furnish tents
and food to the flood sufferers in the
south
Six persons were killed, two were
missing and several were injured by
collision in Long Island sound between
the Fall River line steamer Plymouth
and' freight steamer.
Weekly reviews report trade brisk,
especially in the west. Fear of strikes
is the only disturbing element.
The report of the coal strike arbitra-
tors, made public at Washington, is
victory for workmen, who are given
general increase of wages amounting
to about ten per cent. some decrease
in hours, a sliding scale and provision
for future arbitration. Awards to be
in force until March 81, 1906. Recogni-
ton of the union is not passed upon.
Miss Clara Barton will retire as ac-
tive head of the American National Red
Cross society and will be succeeded by
Rear Admiral William K. Van Reypen.
The postal department will wage an
active crusade on get-rich-quick con-
Germs exploiting alleged oil, copper,
gold and other properties.
Gen. Wood filed with the secretary of
war a statement to refute charges of
Maj. Ra thbone rejecting on his record
while governor general of Cuba.
Gen. Funston arrived at Vancouver
barracks to assume command of the de-
partment Of the Columbia.
The cruiser Atlanta sailed from Pen
sacola, Fla, for Hayti to protect Amer
lean interests.
A. NJ Betty, prominent man in Gin
cinnati, and his wife and two-year-old
child were asphyxiated. by gas at their
home.
President Roosevelt is delighted with
the result of the coal strike arbitration
and the work of the commission is gen
orally praised by public men.
A thousand new rural free delivery
routes are to be established in July.
Before adjournment the Arizona
legislature passed resolution pro-
testing against the admission of Ari-
iona and New Mexico to joint state
hood.
Five of the crew of the tug Pilot
of Philadelphia were drowned in a
collision in the Delaware river off
Marcus Hook.
The post Office, a bank and nine
other business buildings were burned
at Poplar Grove, Ill.
Twelve inches of snow fell through
out northern Missouri.
Mrs. Edwin L. Burdick, wife of the
Buffalo IN. W murder victim, testi-
fed at the inquest, acknowledging her
intrigue with PenneN, but threw no d.
rect light on the murder of her hus-
band. Love letters from Pencil were
read in court.
While insane Mrs. Peter Burke killed
her four children at Fiskdale, Mass,
with an ak, cut her own throat and set
fire to the house.
Secretary Root declares that to his
personal knowledge the. Rathbone
charges against Gen. Wood are un-
founded. :. ~ -ss.t
Judge Lands at Lancaster, Pa, filed
q permanent injunction restraining
striking iron molders from interior
ing with other workmen.sl&9& ~ MI. nj
Thirty young bachelors of Campbell
county, S. D., have organized society
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