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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
FIGHT OVER PLATFORM.
Wisconsin Democrats Wage Bitter
Struggle Over Reports Of Res
o1ution Committee.

Oshkosh, Wis, Sept. 1.-The demo-
cratic state convention resumed Thurs
day morning at nine o'clock with prac-
tically all the business of the conven-
ton yet to be transacted. Former At
torney General James L. O'Conner, of
Milwaukee, was made permanent chair
man. The name of Henry Killilea, Of
Milwaukee, the candidate slated for the
place by the state central committee,
was also presented, but Mr.. Killilea
withdrew from the contest.
A bitter battle was precipitated by
the reports of the resolution commit
tee. There were two minority reports.
The majority report, which is advo-
Gated by the faction headed by Villas
and Rose, endorses the national plat
form and candidates and demands re-
turn of the federal government. to it's
constitutional rights and province.
It's principal state planks are those in
dorsfng an elective rate commission,
which shall be empowered to secure in
formation and make a report and
recommendation to the legislature
and the government of all pub
lie service corporations, including
telephone companies, street rail-
ways, gas and electric light companies,
recommending a fiat rate of two cents
mile on all mileage books for railway
fares, vigorously denouncing the de-
plorable state of affairs in the state Of
fees at Madison, and denouncing the
present system of primary election,
which is to be voted upon and made OPP
,erative by the people at the election next
November. The fight was waged on the
primary election plank. One minority
report presented a plank that is an
uneQuivocal Endorsement of the princi-
pie of primary election reform.
At 1890 p. m. adjournment was taken
to 1880 without action on the resolutions
report.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
ILLINOIS POPuLISTS.
State Ticket Nominated and Platform
Adopted at Convention in
Springfield.

Springfield, I'LL, Sept. 2. The state
convention of the peoples party nomi-
mated the following ticket: Governor,
James Hogan, Chicago; lieutenant gov
ernor, William Hess, Milton; secretary
of state, N. G. Hoff, Salem; auditor of
public accounts, M. w. Greer, Rushville;
state treasurer, C.L. Fenton, Danville; at
torney general, to be filled in by commit
tee; university trustees, Westy Gullett,
Marietta; John Tate, Blackburn; Miss
Alma Brauscher, Lincoln; presidential
electors-at-large, Joseph Routt, Loami;
D. H. WEIGH, Winchester; A. D. Schaef-
er, Peoria; o. "A. Garfield, Chicago
The platform demands the initiative
and referendum; an eight-hour law for
all factories, workshops and mines: the
abolition Of child labor, and the suppress
sion of sweatshops; opposes convict la
Dor, denounces government by injunc-
tion," and favors free distribution of
uniform textbooks to schools by the
state.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
EACETIoUs FRAoldENTs

Radium: has gone down to 500. 900
IN ounce. and it doesn't pay for the
poor farmer to raise 1t any more. =
+ The United States has recognized tho
king Of Servia. Don't think much Il
his style, but all kings look alike to
Uncle Samuel. .'-.-.'.
; Panama is experiencing some trou.
BILE in the disbanding of her army.
Il the army objects to being disband-
ed, why not put him in the guard
house until he comes to terms? -
The treasury department is serious
" handicapped on account of inabil-
.ity to meet the. demand for small bills.
Who IL there who cannot, sympathize
with the treasury department?
Montana girls at the worlds fair
will wear gold heels on their shoes.
An influx Of foreign nobility may be-
expected when the news gets about
that We have girls as well heeled az.
that. <ss5. s=: o
"a Philadelphia anarchist says he.
will obey no commands except those
which come from the great blue.
vault 5of heavens starry dome. The
police think he has lost his sense ~
direction.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

AS a Bavarian electrician was expe-
rimenting on the drying of an ingot
mold in the ground by means of the
electric current, he noticed that worms
issued from the ground near by, with
ing as if in pain and seeming in a
great hurry to get away. Following
this up, he has devised an apparatus
to rid soil of worms and noxious in
sects, by means Of which, by planting
numerous brass electrodes in the
earth at proper intervals, he has sue
ceeded in driving all crawling things
from considerable space in very
brief time. These experiments are
expected to result in much practical
benefit,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

positions they found these death trans
filled with dead.and dying. The rattle of
musketry and boom of cannon contin-
5ued until midnight, when; at last, silence
sbrooded over the bloody battlefield and
the tired soldiers lay down where they
had fought while the worn out surgeons
and angels of mercy ministered to the
wounded all night and the Chinese COOL
les worked at carrying them into LAO
yang.
Gen. Sakharoff, in reporting the battle.
says the japanese suffered enormous
losses, much larger than those, OF the
Russians, who also lost heavily.
Losses Enormous.
1t is thought here that, in view of the
numbers engaged, the desperateness of
the assaults and the length of the line,
about seven miles, the losses in the two
days fighting cannot fall short of 10 900
on each s1de Both sides are straining
every nervesrealizing that the fortunes
of war for a whole year are in the scale,
and neither side is in the mood or the
position to spare men in the effort to
achieve final victory.
One Of the Greatest Battles.
The battle of Liaoyang will probably
rank as one of the great sanguinary bat
ties OF history. 1t is estimated by the
general staff that the Japanese armies
engaged number II divisions of $4,000
men each, or, allowing for inef11cients,
about 100000 men. Each division has
36 guns, and there are two Independent
artillery brigades of 100 guns each, maxi
ing total of about 800 guns. The esti-
mates of Russian correspondents range
at from 600 to 1000 guns per side.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

The courtyard of the Savoy hotel. IN
London, which is part Of recent ad-
dition to the establishment, has been
paved with rubber, at cost Of So, 1913.
The courtyard measures u by so feet.
The contractors gave the following In
formation about the pavement to
United States Consul General Evans:
THE amount Of rubber used IN the sa-
voy courtyard Is 1916 square feet two
inches thick, and the weight Of the
rubber IL 1914 pounds 9 square foot.
It is laid on ssncrete foundation.
finished with cement foating 70 make
6 smooth. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
The Slocum Disaster.

New York, Sept. 2. - The report of
the committee for the relief of sur
vtvors of the General Slocum disaster
shows that 958 bodies have been recov.
cred and that $109,543 was collected
and expended. OF $50 families whe
lost one or more members by the dis
aster 437 received aid, and provision
was made for the permanent care of
many of these. The sum of $4,000
has been put aside for this purpose.
One hundred and twenty men lost
their entire families in the disaster.
and in II families ~ children were left
orphans.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
MANY FOREIGNERS COMING
TO ATTEND PARLIAMENTARY
CONFERENCE AT ST. LOUIS.
Campaign Likely to Interfere with
Attendance Of United States
Representatives.

Washington, Sept. 2. - Arrangements
have been practically completed for the
reception and entertainment of the dis
tinguished body of foreigners who will
come to this country to attend the
twelfth parliamentary conference
for the promotion of international arbi-
tration to be held at St. Louis this
month, but recent developments have
indicated that there is grave danger,
owing to the political campaign, of a
very inadequate representation of the
American congress at the conference.
Between 200 and 225 members of the va
rious parliaments of Europe will attend
the conference, and Representative Bar
tholdt, of Missouri, who was chiefly in
strumental in having congress invite
the delegates to meet in this country and
provide an appropriation of $4,000 for
their entertainment, has made vigorous
efforts to have large representation Of
members of the senate and house. Re-
Gently he wrote circular letter to all
the senator's and representatives re-
questing their presence at the conference,
and he has received many discouraging
responses to the effect that campaign
matters would prevent attendance of the
writer's
Speaking of the situation, Representa-
tive Bartholdt, who represents the
American congressional committee and
is chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee, said: There is great danger the
American congress will not be we'll rep
resented at the conference sent out a.
circular letter two weeks ago and many
members of congress have responded
that owing to the campaign they could
not be present at st. Louis. In nv judg-
ment it would be, after having invited
here distinguished members of all Euro
pean parliaments, national disgrace
If congress be not we'll represented at the
conference and the foreign delegates
would be sure to feel the matter keenly
as a slight to themselves. They will
have Travelled thousands of miles in re-
spouse to the resolution passed by con-
gress and come not to see the exposition,
but to meet and discuss international
arbitration with members of the Amer
lean congress. They wish to discuss
with them the worlds politics, national
disarmament, future worlds arbitration
congresses and measures looking to
peace all over the world. Members of
congress trust will realize the need that
they sacrifice something to attend the
conference"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of a
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.

FROM WASHINGTON.
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and
primate of all England, Rt. Hon. and
Most Rev. Randall Thomas Davidson, D.
D., K. c. V. o., has arrived in America.
Higher education lessons the probable
ity of a young woman marrying, de-
clares a northwestern university pro-
fessor
1t was reported that w. J. Bryan has
been promised the treasury portfolio
for his unqualified support of Parker.
Industrial dividends for September
this year will be S, 500 900. as compared
with 1878, 4O3 for last September.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

Since French engineer named Ca
mond planned submarine tunnel, in
1857, various projects have been adj
vanced for connecting England with
the continent. The latest is the sug-
gestion of Bunau-Varilla, who wants
to build tunnel to within three kilo-
meters of England, and thence a
bridge, which England (Which has not
favored tunneD, could destroy at
any time in case of danger of a for
eign invasion, thus rendering the tun-
mel useless.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

The project of the Seine in. Paris
has fixed the rates for the hire of au-
tomobiles, which are furnished with
cyc1ometers and also with Lora kilo.
metric machines. The price during the
daytime, whether inside or outside the
Notifications, is, for carriages with
two places, one kilometer (about three
fifths of mi1e), Is cents; each fol-
lowing kilometer, 10 cents. So two
persons can travel six miles for $1.25.
Carriages with four places are per-
mitted to charge 30 cents for the first
kilometer and IL cents for each follow
ing one. In;
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

Fire destroyed the second American
school at Erzeroum, Turkey.
It is reported that Gen. stoessel has
Informed the car that the Port Arthur
garrison is badly weakened and the
fall of the fortress is likely in q month
or six weeks
The town of Binang, Island of Luzon,
Philippine islands, was destroyed by
fire, causing the loss Of 100 lives and
$500, 900 worth of property and making
5000 Inhabitants homeless. 80 49,
On the 30th big battle, involving
nearly 100000 men, ragged all day near
Liaoyang without decisive result.
Gen. Stoessel reported to the czar that
all Japanese attacks on Port Arthur up
to August 25 were repu1sed with heavy
loss to the besiegers. Chefoo reported
that sorties by the garrison on August
26 failed, both sides losing heavily.
The king of Belgium has sent an en-
voy to ask President Roosevelt to medi-
ate between Russia and Japan.
Threatened with massacre in another
uprising of Chinese Boxers" 20 Amer
lean missionaries fed from Tamingfu,
province of Pechfli.
The second International congress Of
the history Of religions was opened at
Basel, Switzerland.
Murad w., the former sultan Of Tur.
key, is dead after % years of imprison.
ment for alleged insanity.
BY the overturning of ferry boat at
LODI. Poland. 70 persons were drowned:
The first bishop Of Southwell, Eng
land, Rt. Rev. George Kidding, is dead.
BY the capsizing of the boat in which
they had left the British steamer Baron
Innerdale, which was ashore at the
Kuria Muria islands, of the southeast
coast of Arabia, the captain and Is mem
bers of the crew were drowned.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

Certain it is that primitive races
have a much keener sense of smell
than the members of highly civilized
race. With civilization and the art Of
living in an artificial manner, from dis
use the senses Of sight and smell be-
come less acute. The Japanese have
not embraced civilization for so long
a period as to lose the qualities Of a
people living in a state of nature.
Their sense of smell is very acute.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
Attempts Suicide.

Washington, Sept. Rosa Stern.
daughter of Rabbi Lewis Stern, of the
Eighth street Hebrew temple, attempted
to take her life Thursday by cutting
her throat and wrist with a razor.
The arteries of the neck were not cut,
but the blade penetrated the windpipe.
The doctors said that, while the case
was critical, the young woman was do
ing we'll. Miss Stern is % years old,
and was to have been married in about
two months Members of the family
attribute her act to a. recent illness.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
WEST AND SOUTH.

Aeronaut Tomlinson was forced to
end his proposed fight from St. Louis
to Washington by lack of provisions.
Vice Presidential Candidate Fair
banks made his first speech of the cam
paign at White River Junction, Vt.
At Laramie, Wyo., mob lynched a
negro "trusty" who had attackeda white
girl in the prison kitchen.
Dennis Meidam and Anna Buss were
drowned by the capsizing of the boat in
which they were rowing on the Fox
river at Potato Point, Wis.
A saloonkeeper of Madison, Wis,
George Benneway, fatally shot his wife
and then killed himself.
A pioneer hardware merchant of Wis
consin, c. F. Scharf, was found dead in
bed. He was 68 years old.
In the first days events in the Louisi-
ana Purchase exposition revival Of the
famous athletic classic, the Olympic
games, at the worlds fair stadium, two
worlds records we're broken, three
Olympic records lowered and one Olym-
pic record was equaled.
Near Portal, Ca, Sebastian Mcbride,
q negro, was taken out of his house by
q mob of five men, carried to the woods,
whipped severely and then shot, from
the effects of which he died soon after
ward.
The packers refused an application
made by the stockyards strikers for a
conference for the purpose of bringing
about peace in the industrial conflict
waged at Packington.
The vice president of the Banner Pub
fishing company and news editor of the
Evening Banner, Of Nashville, Tenn,
E.. G.. Stahlman, was drowned in the
Cumberland river.
In Chicago the biennial school census
shows a total population under 81 years
of age Of 6S0,692, of which 42,s27 are
girls and 337, 665 boys.
Minnesota democrats nominated Edi-
tor John A. Johnson, of St. Paul, for
governor.
State treasurer of Wisconsin, John
J. Kempf, has been ousted by Gov. La
Toilette, tying up all the state money.
The 25-mile Marathon race at St..
Louis was won by Thomas Hicks, of
Cambridge, Mass.
At Chicago the butcher workmen de-
cided to continue the strike at the
stockyards and ordered live stock han
dlers to quit; will cut of supply OF stock
from Independent plants; may cause
meat famine in city.
After a 36 hours battle with Lake
Michigan, the yacht Charlotte R., with a
party of ten, was rescued by a tug.
Democrats of the Fourth congress
sional district Of Wisconsin, nominated
Peter J. Somers, of Milwaukee, for con-
gress. -. >,
A negro; Joseph Bumpass, who at
tempted to assault Miss Topsy Clay.
aged Is, white girl, near Hickman.
KY, was captured by a posse sand
lodged in Jail. Later he was taken from
Jail by a mob and .1ynched and his body
thrown into the river. IT,
One of the first and best known Mis-
souri, clubwomen, Mrs. Jane Elizabeth
Allen, Is dead at st. Louis. -.
Floyd Hilton, of Halsey. KY, shot and
killed Will and Elem Bray, Of Mud
Creek, KY, and dangerously wounded
their father while on their way home
from attending z circus y-..:~ y, .s*=..#
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
FOREIGN 1NrELn1aENcE

After fve-days' battle around Lao
yang, the Russian army was defeated
and was said to be retreating to Muk-
den; losses reported nearly s, 900; re-
treat may be cut OF and battle fought
ct Liaoyang. Japanese renewed assault
on Port Arthur on August q; Chinese
reported number Of forts captured and
lost. 8sSs s.. -
Pocchiggiani, accused Of stealing the
priceless cope from the Asculi Italy,
cathedral, hanged himself In his cell.
British Vice Admiral w. sR. ROLAND.
retired, Is dead ~ London ne was
born ii 1917. 81.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

The manufacture of the oil Prunus
armeniaca is an incident necessary to
the subsequent extraction of the es-
sence. While the oil is used not only
for medicinal purposes, but as an H.
luminant, and even as a salad oil, the
essence has high commercial value,
and is produced upon a large scale
at Grasse, which is the worlds center
Of perfume production.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

A new equipment for the carrying
of rations is now being experimental
with at Port Leavenworth, KaHs, by
the United States troops. It is made
of canvas and contains three pocket
compartments. It is held by hooks to
the belt and fitted to the soldier by
shoulder straps designated to destrib-
ute the weight equally on the hips.
There is a large pocket for cavalry
and mounted officers which fits on one
side of the saddle, and the two small
ones on the other. The tins carry
three days ordinary rations and two
extra emergency rations.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

The man who was largely RESPONSE.
BILE for the Introduction of golf in this
country, Robert Lockhart, died few
was for years linen importer in New
York, and organized the first golf
club in the United States, in Yonkers,
N. Y, in 1883. 1t was known as the
"ADDle Tree Gang"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
royal EL0PEMENT
STARTLES EUROPE
PRINCESS LOUISE OF COBURG.
DAUGHTER OF KING OF BEL
GUM, DISAPPEARS.
FORMER ARMY OFFICER
SAID TO BE PARTNER
Story Of Abduction Reads Like a
Chapter from a Modern Novel;
Officials Watching Borders of Sax
ony for Truant Couple

vienna, Sept. Zine romantic elOpe-
ment of Princess Louise of Coburg,
daughter of King Leopold of Belgium,
has thrown all Europe into excitement.
The princess companion in flight is said
to have been Lieut.. Geza Mattasich-Keg-
levich, formerly an officer in the Austri-
an army, with whom her royal highness
attempted to fee some time ago. The
liason between the princess and the
lieutenant has long been notorious, but
he has been tolerated by European So
ciety owing to Louise's social position
as daughter of king.
Abduction Is Romantic.
The abduction of the princess from
a hotel at Elster in Saxony has all the
romantic features of such an episode
from a modern novel. Ladders, dark
lanterns and an automobile figured prom
inently in the abduction. In the morn
ing the window of the princess room was
found open, and ladder by which she
had descended was still in place. The
princes, with all her jewels, the latter
worth a fortune, was missing. So was
an automobile belonging to the hostel
~ from which the clipping couple made
their flight.
Women and Man Join Her.
When the princess left the hotel she
was Joined under the trees by two wom-
en- and man. They entered big au-
tomobile which was standing outside
and pulled swiftly away toward Munich.
A man named w. Gratz, who was stop
ping at the hotel has not appeared since
Monday. 1t is supposed that he pro-
vided the means for her flight, and that
he was an agent Of Lieut.. Count MATHS
sich-Keglevitch. The authorities are
watching the borders of Bavaria, Aus
tria, France and Switzerland, and if the
truants are captured both will face the
wrath of Leopold.
Extravaganza Marks Wedlock.
The career of Princess Louise has
been a most romantic and sensational
one from the first She is now at the ma
ture age of 48, but her beauty has deteri-
Grated little from the effects of age or
the exactions of her social life. The prin-
cess is the eldest child Of King Leopold,
and in youth was married to Prince Phil
ipp, who, after brief period of happiness
became estranged from her. The prince
is said to have been revo1ted by his
wife's extravaganza. She spent the most
inordinate sums for her wardrobe and
for jewels, and seriously impaired her
husbands credit with jewelers. and mod
istos fhr0uphout Throne
One instance of her excuses in this
direction was the purchase of several
hundred pairs of the finest shoes and
slippers-more than, with diligence, she
could have worn out in lifetime.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
Fire Was Accidental.

Constantinople. Sept. 2.-An investi-
cation proves that the fire which de-
stroyed the American school for boys
at Erzeroum, Asiatic Turkey, August
20, was accidental. The school be-
longed to the American board of COM
missioners for foreign missions.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

The Japanese advance in advertis-
ing as in all else. Here is an illus
tration: "Our wrapping paper is as
Goods forwarded with the speed of a
cannon ball. Our silks and satins are
as soft as the cheeks of pretty wom-
an, as beautiful as the rainbow. Our
parcels are packed with as much care
as young married woman takes of
her husband"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
Reunion Of Smith FAMILY.

1e001oH OF S101tH fanny.
New York, Sept. 2.-Three thousand
or more Smiths have gathered at Pea
pack to celebrate the annual reunion of
that famous family in New Jersey.
Every county in the state was repre-
sented and there were visiting Smiths
present from many other states. The
custom Of holding the family reuions
was inaugurated in 1900.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
Bail Fixed at $40. 600.

New York, Sept. 2.-Bail for the re-
lease of Nan Patterson, indicted for the
murder Of Caesar Young, was fixed
Thursday at $4,000 by Justice Amend
in the supreme court It was said that
the necessary amount would be fur
nished.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

The total mining production of Aus
tria in 1880 was valued at $17,181 200,
against $57,O13,0OO in 1901. The total
production of the smelling works in
creased from s9,2S9,OO0 in 1880 to $751;
300, 900 in 1901. The mining produc-
ton more than trebled, while the
smelling production more than doubled
during this period. The increase was
principally in the production of coal,
crude oil and iron