Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14


best known bankers in central Ohio.
died at Newark Of heart trouble.
The official canvass of the returns
on presidential electors in Colorado
shows that the republican electors re-
ceived a plurality of 1852.
A majority of the Vermont house ju
dietary committee reported favorably
on bill committing the death sentence
of Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, of Bennington,
to life imprisonment. Mrs. Rogers was
convicted of the murder of her husband.
The expense of conveying the votes of
electors for president and vice president
to Washington amounts to $12,50O, &C
cording 70 an estimate for an appropria-
ton submitted to congress by Secretary
Shaw
Thirteen valuable racing horses in
winter quarters were burned to death in
fire which destroyed a large new stable
at the fair grounds at Columbus juno
ton, Ia.
The Kentucky court of appeals re-
versed the decision of the circuit court
in the case of Caleb Powers, now in Jail
at Louisville, under sentence of death
for completely in the murder of William
Goebel. This gives Powers new trial.
Clyde Lester, % years old, whose home
is at Peoria. was shot and instantly
killed by John Lucas on the farm of the
latter, near Holdredge, Neb.
Maj. William Warner, of Kansas City,
Mo-, United States district attorney for
the western district of Missouri, has
been offered the office of commissioner
of pensions and declined the proffer
The steamer Siberia, which arrived in
San Francisco from the orient, brought
silk goods valued at $1,O00,OO0.
Defendants in the government land
fraud case in Portland, Ore, we're found
guilty with the exception of Miss Marie
L. Ware. Two other trials are to be
held. the first being set for December 49,
Rev. c. P. Dorse, pioneer Episcopal
minister of the northwest, died in La
Crosse, Wis, aged 70 years. He was or
dained SO years ago, and has been rector
of various Episcopal churches in ILL
nois, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The first snow in two years fell at Ell
Paso. Tex. 1t was followed by cold rain
and sleet. 1t is feared that cattle will
suffer, and the loss may be consider
able.
James N. Tyner, of Indiana, pOStmas-
ter general under President Grant, ex-
member of congress, and at other times
connected with the post Office depart
ment in various capacities, died of
paralysis in Washington. aged Is years.
He was removed from the Office of at
torney general for the department in
April, 1908, for alleged completely in
frauds. Indictment followed and on
trial he was acquitted.
John A. Merritt, of New York, was re-
appointed by the president as postmas-
ter of the city of Washington.
Official figures show that the total at
tendance for the 1877 days of the worlds
fair was 1874, 073, and that of the clos
ing day, December 1, 2O3, 1O1.
The Standard Woodenware company,
at Los Angeles, CAL. lost $125, 900 by a
fire which destroyed the stock and dam
aged it's building
len persons were injured and quar-
ter OF a million dollars worth of prop
erty destroyed as the result of fire in an
automobile garage in New York. Forty
automobiles were burned or badly dam
aged.
A tablet was erected at Burlington,
VT, in honor of Maj. Guy Howard, who
was killed in the Philippines. He was
son of Gen. o. o. Howard
President Carter, of the worlds fair
national commission, says grave charges
OF corruption in the making of wards
have been filed with that body and will
be investigated. President Francis
makes vigorous denial.
Peter Van Setback, prominent as a
wholesale druggist and as citizen, sue
cumbed in Chicago to an attack of pneu-
monia.
The Interstate commerce commission,
on complaint of 100000 shippers, began
an investigation of the proposed new
uniform bill of lading.
Secretary Shaw submitted to con-
gress estimates aggregating $619,669,-
852 for appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June &c. 1906.
A lone negro held up Santa Fe train
in the Mojave desert, fatally shot mes
senger and rif1ed an express car, said to
contain more than 100000. Officials
say only $500 was taken, but the booty
may amount to much larger sum.
Chancellor Won Buelow, replying to an
attack of the socialists on the German
military budget in the reichstag. de-
clared that nation which spends $780,
100000 yearly for liquor can afford $780,
600 900 for military purposes.
The cruiser Tennessee, the most DOW
erful in the world, was launched in
Philadelphia.
A Waterman was killed and four
nurses injured in a fire in a nurses
home adjoining St. Louis hospital.
In quarrel at Princeton, Ind, with
Carl and John Wilson, coal miners,
Clayton Weist was struck with brick
arrested.
A Missouri Pacific train was
wrecked by broken rail near Holder,
No., and IS passengers were injured,
ten of them seriously.
A steady rain broke the longest
drought in central Kentucky in half a
century,
A movement has been started in
London to erect an international
Shakespeare memorial.
The annual report of the commits
sioner Of immigration shows marked
Improvement in tho class Of fnroionorc
coming in and recommends correction
OF the evil of contract labor importa-
lions.