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Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings of q
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL 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.


1t is said that the national democratic
campaign will be largely conducted from
Esopus. Actual plans for the campaign
have not been completed. Judge Parker
will advise on all questions of impor-
tance which may come up during the
campaign
William j. Bryan says he will support
the democratic ticket because on some
issues the platform and nominees are
preferable to the republican,; charges
that the nomination Of Judge Parker
was secured by "crooked and indefensl-
Bile Methods" and that Wall street is in
temporary control of the party. He de-
clares that Immediately after the elec-
tion he will begin movement for re-
organization in preparation for the
campaign of 1908.
A strike of $4,000 packing house en-
ployes in the nine big meat distributing
centers has begun and prolongation
of the struggle will mean a shortage of
meat and high prices to the consumers,
if not widespread meat famine.
Report of the bureau of agriculture
gives crop conditions generally favor
able. Rust affects grain in some Sec
tions
The democratic nominee for president,
Judge Parker. declines to comment on
the statement issued by Mr.. Bryan.
Private Secretary Loeb explains, in
connection with the failure of miners
delegation to see President Roosevelt
that appointments are required. He
says the president was unaware of the
intention to visit him.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
THE EAST.

Near Mitchell, Wheeler county, Orc.
Mrs Bethune. aged 80 years, and Martin
Smith, 81 years. were drowned in a
cloudburst. Twenty-eight houses in
Mitchell were DESTROYED.
The famous racer Highball. the Amer
lean derby winner, broke his leg durin g
the running of the Seagate stakes at
Brighton Beach. The horse was injured
SO badly that he was shot.
Death came to Dr. Lemuel Moss, D. D.,
LII. D.. one of the foremost Baptist edu-
Gators and divines, at his home in New
York after an illness of more than one
year. He was born in Kentucky IS years
ago.
The supreme court of New York de-
clared the decree of divorce granted
Lillian Nordica valid and dismissed
allegations of fraud and collusion.
Reports of the New York police place
the total number of dead by the Slocum
disaster at 95S.
Cyrus w. Davis, mayor of Water
vile, was nominated for governor of
Maine in the democratic state conven-
ton held in Waterville.
The funeral services over the re-
mains of Mrs. Samuel L. Clemens, wife
Of Mark Twain, were held at the home
Of her brother, Gen. Charles ]. Lang
Ion, in Elmira, NJ Y
Reports of the losses caused by the
heavy storms in various parts of the
state of Oregon now show that the
damage will amount to about 100000.
The wealthy Brooklyn manufactures,
Charles W. H. Carter, died in a cab
while riding with a mysterious wom-
an, who disappeared without disclosing
her Identity
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,


AS the result of a cloudburst over the
hills northeast of Manila flood was
caused which has destroyed San Juan
del Monte. Two hundred lives were
lost. The damage to property is estj-
mated at $2,O0O,O0O
A remarkable order of canned meat
has been successfully delivered on the
Pacific coast and loaded aboard the
ship Shawmut for transportation to
Yokomaha. The shipment consists of
rush order for 100000 pounds of
canned beef for the subsistence depart
ment of the Japanese army.
The venerable Paul Kruger, former
president of the Transvaal republic,
died in exile at Clarens, Switzerland,
from pneumonia and supervening heart
weakness.
At Halifax, N. S., Alex j. Mcleod,
aged 40; his nephew, Angus Ross, aged
IA, and his niece, Marjorie Ross, aged
II, were drowned by the capsizing Of a
sailboat
Rumor of the loss of 10000 Japan
ese in an attack on Port Arthur is de-
clared to be Japanese hoax to draw
Kuropatkin's army south. A new ru-
NOR saying that $500 Japanese were
killed caused renewed joy in St. Pc
tersburg.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
THE ENGINEER IS BLAMED
CONSIDERED RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE GLENWOOD DISASTER.
officials of the Railroad Say Man in
Charge Of Freight Train
Violated Rules.

Chicago, July 16-Engineer E. E.
Hoxey, who had charge of the special
freight train against which the lives
OF lSpersons were dashed out, is be-
ing held in detention as responsible
for the terrible catastrophe at Glen
wood on the Chicago & Eastern Illi-
nois railway Wednesday evening. Di-
vision Superintendent J. F. Russ, who
is conducting the investigation into
the disaster, has ordered Hoxey held
In custody at Dalton station until
called for by Coroner Traeger.
1t is declared that when the picnic
train, bearing 765 members of the
Doremus Congregational Sunday
school, crashed into the 80 coal cars
of Hoxey's train the engineer had at
last been aroused to the peril in which
the lives of the picnickers were placed
and was striving to get his train off
the south-bound track and onto a
siding. Ten seconds more and the
train would have been safe.
1t has been learned that j. w. Smoo+.
station agent at Glenwood, not an all
1AAoA AASN OpOAoIOA, uCdlu luc lu0SSdSoS
going over the wires to Thornton;
that he stopped the extra freight and
pleaded with Hoxey to get off the
track.
I'm not taking orders from you.
I've received no ORDERS" Hoxey is de-
clared to have replied Then Smoo1
showed him copy of the orders
which he had made and Hoxey,
aroused at last, started to get his
train onto a siding. He was 100 feet
from this when the picnic train
crashed upon the coal cars
Coroner Traeger likewise started his
inquiry. He ihpaneled a jury of six
men early Friday morning, and at noon
was surveying the telescoped coaches,
the heaps of debris and wreckage that
made a monument for 10 dead. The
jury went over the line from Chicago
Heights to Thornton, and on it's re-
turn viewed the remains at the NOR
que, then adjourning to next Thursday
morning, when the inquest will be con-
Quoted at the Stanton avenue police
station. The coroner refused to dis
cuss the catastrophe beyond saying
that his search would be most rigor-
Gus and far-reaching.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
WEST AND SOUTH.

The candidate for president of the
United States on the national liberty
party ticket. William P. Scott, was ar
rested at East St. Louis, Ill.,. on account
Of an unpaid fine imposed as a penalty
for conducting disorderly place at his
saloon and summer garden The fine
and costs amounted to $149.80 He paid
$50 and was given time to pay the bal
ance
Robbers killed Phillip Bermond, a
wealthy farmer, at his home near New
Herlinger, Mo.
1t is estimated that over 5000 is the
loss from fire which destroyed J. Els
man & Co.'S clothing factory and dam
aged number of adjoining business
houses at Portsmouth, o.
train on the Big Four road went
through trestle at Sharon, O., and
Fireman Metger, of Delaware, O., and
Brakeman Casead, of Osborn, O., were
instantly killed.
At GAINESVILLE, Wis, the Batavian bank
has been merged into national bank
and has increased it's capital stock from
100000 to 100000, with 100000 sur
plus, making it the largest bank in Wis
consin out of Milwaukee,
A judge at Waukesha, Wis, sentenced
Charles Hintz, of Milwaukee, to IA years
in states prison at hard labor for killing
Mrs. Augusta Piskie at Muskego, Wis.
last August
Banks in Chicago report that no call
has been made from the west for money
to move the crops, and the movement
is not expected to start before August.
Contracts for "closed shop" between
labor unions and employers are declared
unlawful by Judge Ludwig in Mil
waukee, in decision against the tailors'
union.
Meat packing centers report the in
dustry tied up by the strike Supplies
of meat are sufficient for week or more.
Steps are being taken to erect a
monument in Mount Vernon, O., to the
late Daniel Decatur Emmett, author of
the song Dixie" who died a couple
of weeks ago.
1t is said the finest aquarium in the
world is to be established in Golden
Gate park by Henry Tevis as a memo
rial to his father, the late Lloyd Tevis.
The president has decided that there
need be no change in the costumes of
the 1gorrotes at the st. Louis exposi-
ton.
Packers and union leaders held a
long conference in Chicago, but failed
to agree on conditions of arbitration.
Union men fear an effort to disrupt
their organization, but will make
another peace offer. Serious rioting
occurred in the evening. "
Fire destroyed seven stores at Over
brook, Kan, causing a loss Of over
$4,000, with small insurance.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
HONOR SECRETARY HAY.
French Government Confers Grand
Cross of the Legion of Honor
on American Official.

Washington, July 16.-The secretary
of state received notification Thursday
from the French embassy that on the
occasion of the French national fes-
tival of the 14th of July, the govern
ment of the republic had conferred on
him the dignity of grand cross of the
Legion Of Honor, in recognition of the
services rendered during the last six
years by the American department of
state toward the maintenance of the
peace of the world. The secretary of
state, who has hitherto declined all
propositions of this nature, felt that
he could not refuse so signal an honor
from the great European republic,
considering the motive which prompt
ed it. He thereupon sent to the
French embassy a note expressing his
grateful appreciation of the offer,
which he accepted subject to the ap-
proval of congress.
The grand cross is the highest
grade and is given only to personages
the French government desires to sig
nally honor.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
CALLS TO DISCUSS POLITICS
SENATOR PLATT, OF NEW YORK,
VISITS THE PRESIDENT.
Latter Is Seeking Counsel of Repub-
ican Leaders-Judge Parker Is
Flooded with Mail.

Oyster Bay, L. l., July 16.-United
States Senator Thomas c. Platt, of New
York, arrived here Friday and had
conference with President Roosevelt.
The senator came by invitation of the
president, who desired to consult him re-
garding the outlook of political affairs
in general and in New York state in par
ticular. A few days ago, the president
had an extended conference with Gov.
Odell, and it was with the idea of OBJ
tanning the benefit of the views of both
of the New York leaders that he invited
Senator Platt to visit him Friday.
President Roosevelt is seeking the
counsel and advice of republican leaders
throughout the ecOuntry-Of men in whose
political sagacity and wisdom he
has confidence. Some of these men he
sees personally, if a conference can
be arranged without too great incon-
venience, but with many he exchanges
views by correspondence. His personal
mail, aside from purely official business,
is very heavy, and he devotes much time
to it each day.
Through Secretary Loeb, the president
is in receipt of telegram from D. J.
Davis, of Wilkesbarre, Pa, one of the
officials of the United Mine Workers,
saying that it will not be possible for the
miners committee to come to Oyster
Bay Friday or Saturday, as requested BY
Secretary Loeb. but the committee will
come early next week, if that be satis-
factory. Mr.. Davis telegram indicated
that the committee to present the Colo
RADIO petition will be appointed at
meeting of miners to be held next Sun
day.
Esopus, N. Y, July 16.-The heaviest
mail in the history of Rosemount came
in for Judge Parker Friday, and an
enormous number of letters went out.
Almost every state in the union was
represented in the mail Among the
mail Friday Judge Parker received let
tel from Gen. Nelson A. Miles. The en-
tire letetr is in Gen. Miles own hand
writing, and he congratulates the demo-
cratic party on having named man ir
whom every class have every confidence.
He expresses the belief that Parker will
ho o1ontoS
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
Distribution OF
STOCK PREVENTED
COURT ISSUES PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTION IN NORTHERN
SECURITIES CASE.
DECISION A DEFEAT
FOR HILL INTERESTS
Judge Bradford at Trenton, N. j.,
Rules in Favor Of Hartman and
Pierce in Merger Litigation-Main in
Point at Issue Not Affected.

Trenton, N. j., July 16-Judge Brad
ford Friday granted preliminary in
junction in the suit brought by Edward
H. Hartman, Winslow S. Pierce and
others to restrain the proposed pro rata
distribution of the assets of the North
ern Securities company. This is defeat
for the Hill interests. The opinion is
SO typewriter pages in length.
The litigation turned largely on the
question as to the title of the Northern
Pacific stock which E. H. Hartman and
Winslow S. Pierce put into the COM
bination and which amounted to about
$79,0O0,000. The contention of the
Northern Securities company was that
the stock had become the absolute prop
erty of that company and that it was per-
fectly legal for the Northern Securities
company to carry out the pro rata plan
of distribution upon which the company
had agreed. Hartman contended that
by reason of the corporation being de-
clared illegal by the United States su-
preme court title had not passed from
Hartman and Pierce and in conse-
quence they were entitled to have re-
turned to them the particular stock they
had put into the combination and which
involved control of the Northern Pa
cific company.
Main Point Not Settled.
The decision of Judge Bradford does
not dispose of the main points at is
sue in the case, which were whether
or not Hartman and Pierce should
have returned to them the stock of
the Northern Pacific company which
they put into the Northern Securities
company, or whether they should have
distributed to them the stock of both
the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern Companies on the pro rata
basis provided for by the directors of
the Northern Securities company.
Judge Bradford devotes most of his
opinion to the discussion of a legal
question as to whether he should
grant preliminary Injunction, and he
takes the position that, as long as
there is any doubt in the Ease and no
injury can come to the complainants.
preliminary injunction should be
granted.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
LATER NEWS.

Santos Dumont will not race his fly
Ing machine at the worlds fair.
Because he took ''dare," Harvey
Gleason, aged years, of Morristown,
N. j., may die from the result of wasp
stings.
Edgar Washburn, grain dealer at
Buffalo, n. Y, shot and killed his wife
aud 15-year-old daughter, and then
killed himself.
The Baltimore & Ohio grain ele-
vator in Chicago, with quantity Of
grain, burned. Loss, $5OO,O00.
Burglars in New York entered a
grocery store, took a safe weighing
l, 200 pounds out and carried it away
in wagon.
II. A. Stamm, wife and two children,
were swept over the dam at Pittsburg,
Pa, and drowned
Two highwuymen in silk hats and
white kid gloves sandbagged William
Gaffney in New York and robbed him
of s14o in money, diamond pin and
gold watch.
Nearly every building in the village
of Kimball, Mich, was destroyed by
fire.
William Shovlin found pearl in the
Mississippi river at Fast Dubuque, III. :,
valued at s., 900.
Tate Richardson and Charles Blinn,
of Covington, KY, both 70 years old,
fought a duel with knives. Richard
son was fatally and Blinn seriously
wounded.
The striking meatcutters and butch
er workmen returned an answer to the
letter formulated at the joint confer
ence setting forth the basis upon
which the packers were willing to ar
bitrate. The offer of the packers was
refused.
While trying to get horses out of a
barn struck by lightning, John Bre-
mer, well-to-do farmer, was burned
to death at Clinton Iowa.
Sam Baldwin of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
cut his wife's throat with a razor, and
then his own. Both are dead.
Dun's review says that Just as trade
is recovering from conventions packing
strike makes conditions worse.
New Jersey court temporarily
enjoins the proposed pro rata distribu-
tion of Northern Securities stock. Hill
Morgan interests will appeal.
Another naval engagements occurs
off Port Arthur, but the result is un-
known. Rumors of Japanese land re-
verse at Port Arth Arthur continue to
be sent out from Russian points.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
A Tragedy in Iowa.

Cedar Rapids, Ia., July 16.-Quarrel-
ing with the wife who had left him over
a picture of dead daughter, Sam Bald
win, maddened by drink, struck the
woman several blows with his fist and
then grabbed a razor and cut her throat
from ear to ear. Her life blood spurted
all over him as he ran past her to the
door of the kitchen, and then he made
fearful slash at his own throat with the
razor. He managed to reach the front of
the house and then fell upon the lawn,
dying before he could be taken to the
hospital.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
Will Retain Their Garb.

Washington, July 16.-There will be
no change in the costumes of the Igor-
rotes at the st. Louis exposition. State
ments concerning the proposed change
from President Francis, from Senator
Carter and from Mrs Manning, Mrs.
Montgomery and others of the board of
lady managers, were sent to the presi-
dent, while explanations were made by
COL Edwards, of the insular bureau.
and as a result it was decided that no
order would be issued requiring these
people to wear anything more than
their native dress.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Martin Wedin, 10 years old, a passen-
ger on the vessel Norge, wrecked off the
Scottish coast, proves to be one of the
heroes of the disaster. He saved his
little sister, though nine other members
of the family were lost. The Wedins
were bound for the northwest.
Alexander Johnson, 13 years old,
hanged himself at the home of Freder-
ick K. Allen, president of the village
of Pelham Manor, N. Y, because his
sister, maid in the family, had COM
PEELED him to retire early.
Frank Hoffman confessed in Walla
Walla, Wash, that he held Clarence
Myers in Kansas City while Mrs. Myers
cut his throat. Hoffman said he and
Mrs. Myers wanted to marry and planned
the murder.
Railway and steamboat lines in Mary
land have put in force the "Jim Crow"
law passed by the last legislature, re-
quiring separate compartments for white
and negro passengers.
President Charles H. Meyer, Secretary
w. D. Haywood, of the Western Fedora
ton OF Miners, and 46 others have been
indicted for the Victor, COL, riots.
George Lawrence, 81 years old, jumped
from the south side of Eads bridge, St..
Louis, on a dare. The wind turned him
and he struck on his stomach and was
drowned.
The United States army transport
Summer brought to New York 200 Porto
Rican teachers to attend Cornell uni
versity summer school.
Grover Cleveland in a letter to Tam
many urges the promotion of a whole
some American sentiment which de-
mands fairness and equality"
The Daughters of the American Revo-
luton will buy the house at Raleigh, N.
c., where President Andrew johnson
was born. It is proposed to found pub
lie museum.
Soldiers stormed the home of a Scotch
man on Long Island and pulled down
the British flag, which he insisted on fly
ing on the Fourth.
One hundred and sixty-five Chicago
pastors asked If they would remarry
divorces declared the reckless divorce
system the greatest evil underlying the
government.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, in an ar
ticle in the Saturday Evening Post, urges
congress to take cognizance of race track
gambling as it did of the Louisiana lot
terry. and SO exterminate the evil. i.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20

Some one has drawn attention to the
fact that music exercises an influence
on the growth of the hair IN most
curious manner. Constant playing for
some years on metal instruments, the
trombone in particular, will cause
badness: while the playing of the
piano, violin and violoncello rather in
creases than otherwise the growth
Of the hair. Flue and clarinet players
are not supposed to be Influenced eth.
er way
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20

Prof. w. j. Hussey, of the Univer-
sity of California astronomical de.
partment at Lick observatory has an
nounced his discovery of 100 new
stars. Most of the stars were found
through the twelve-inch and thirty-six-
inch telescopes at the Lick observa.
tory at Mount Hamilton, although, to
make his observations complete.
Prof. Hussey was obliged to make
trips to the Lowe observatory, on
Echo mountain, and the Lowell OBJ
servatory, at Flagstaff, Ariz.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20

William w. Murphy, a locomotive
engineer on the Burlington's fast ex.
press between Hannibal and St. Jo-
seph, has been making observations
on the speed of various birds and in
sects. Many birds, he says. make q
practice of flying beside or in front
of his engine. and when the weather
is clear and lnere is no wind he opens
the throttle and races with them He
finds that chicken hawk and a crow
can make 25 miles an hour.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20

Sir John Cockburn, addressing the
British National Association of Manual
Training Teachers the other day, said
that manual training was the best ave-
nue. to intelligence and the best moral
training. Half the school hours should
be taken up in manual instruction. It
helped the memory, which was largely
muscular; it formed character, helping
children to detect shams and inaccu-
racies and its moral benefits were in
calculable.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
DIED IN A CAB.
Peculiar Circumstances Surround the
Death of Wealthy Manufac-
turer in Brooklyn.

New York, July 16. - Charles w. H.
Carter, wealthy manufacturer, was
found dead Thursday night under cir
cumstances which bear a resemblance
to the recent death of Caesar Young.
He was in a cab with an unknown
woman near Prospect park, Brooklyn,
when the woman called for help and
shortly afterward disappeared. Inves-
tigation showed that the man had been
dead for some time. Mr.. Carter was a
manufacturer of photographers var
nish and oils in Brooklyn. The house
has been established since 1865. The
young woman insisted on getting out
of the cab against the cabman's pro-
test, after she had called his attention
to her companions condition. She
walked some distance beside the cab
and at a dark corner suddenly vanish
ed. Carter lived in fine house in Flat
BUSH
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20

M. Hermant Lecat, Paris commits
sion agent, enveloped his head in a
pillow case, tying the open end tightly
round his neck. He then introduced
an India rubber pipe attached to gas
jet through a hole previously made,
and turned on the gas. His wife, en-
tering the kitchen shortly afterward,
found him dead. the pillow case dis
tended like balloon.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
Disastrous Forest Fires

Vancouver, B. c., July 16.-Owing to
the long dry period forest fires along the
Columbia coast have given unusual
trouble this year. A bush fire is now
raging at Wulffsohn Bay, a large area
having been burned over. Settlers at
Roberts Creek have barely escaped with
their lives, all their property having
been destroyed.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
Yachts in Collision.

Dover, England, July 16.-The Amer
ican schooner-yacht 1ngomar (owned by
Morton F. Plant, of New York; and the
German yawl Navahoe (the property
of George w. Watjens, of Germany
were in collision Friday morning off the
Admiralty pier, shortly after their start
in the race for yachts of over 100 tons.
Both yachts were obliged to abandon
the race
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20

The "busy bee'' in type Of industry
the world over, but we get new con.
ception of how busy the little insect
really is when we are told that il takes
the nectar from at least 250,0O0 flowers
to make one pound Of honey. That is
what an experienced bookkeeper says,
and his estimate is founded on care.
ful calculation
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
Will Be Buried in Transvaal.

London, July 16.-At meeting of the
privy council Friday at Buckingham
palace, at which King Edward presided,
the request of the relatives of the late
Mr.. Kruger, former president of the
South African republic, for the inter-
ment of his remains in the Transvaal
was considered, and it was subsequent
ly announced that the desired permis-
sion had been telegraphed to Clarens,
Switzerland, where Mr. Kruger died
Thursday through the British minister
at ~Berne.