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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Three Trainmen Killed in Accident in
Pennsylvania and Another
Cannot Recover,

Johnstown, Pa, July 1. - A locomo-
tive boiler exploded on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad while going up the noun
tain, so yards from Ehrenfeld station,
Thursday, killing three men, injuring
two others, one of them fatally.
The dead-John Wissinger, engineer,
Conemaugh, aged As; D. C. Crouch, fire.
man, Conemaugh, aged %; Walter Ross,
fagman, East Taylor township, aged FL.
The injured-Conductor Archibald
Boyle, Conemaugh, cannot recover;
Brakeman J. D. Smith, seriously hurt.
The exploding boiler belonged to a
locomotive that was helping a freight
train up the mountain. It let go without
warning, lifting the boiler clear off the
tracks and hurting it into the woods by
the side of the track. The three men
killed were in the cab of the locomotive,
while the injured were in the caboose
OF the freight train just ahead
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

The leaders Of the prohibition party,
In national convention at Indianapolis,
re ived letter from Gen. Miles, de-
clining the nomination for president.
In Nebraska thousands rushed to en-
ter homesteads on 100000 acre tract
of government land.
In st. Louis the National Educational
association convened, with 10000 in At
tendance.
While engaged in sinking new shaft
Benjamin Rhodes and Wilson Reed,
contractors of Springfield, ILL.,, were
killed. The hook on the bucket in which
they were being lowered into the shaft
broke, letting them fall 80 feet.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

smittee, announced that there was q
majority and minority report ready,
but he requested an adjournment of
the convention until 1870 that the COM
mittee might make another effort to
agree. This was seconded by Secretary
Amos, of the committee, who represent
ed the. majority report of the commit
tee. The convention took a recess till
1880 without either report being read.
The resolutions committee again went
into session. -
Additions Are Made.
At two o'clock, after the convention
had waited 80 minutes for the resolu-
tons committee to report, a modified
report was submitted which it was an
nounced had been agreed upon by the
entire committee. It made q slight
change in the verbiage of the majority
report and added the following para
graphs:
1--WE declare ourselves in favor of
recognition of the fact that the right
OF suffrage should depend upon the
mental and moral qualifications Of the
citizens.
eve declare ourselves in favor of
such changes in our laws as will place
tariff schedules in the hands of an
omnipartisan commission.
eve declare ourselves in favor of
the application of uniform laws for
all our country and dependencies.
eve declare ourselves in favor of
the extension and honest administra-
ton of the civil service laws.
"We declare ourselves in favor of
the election of United States senator's
by vote of the people,
Contests Among Democrats.
St. Louis, June &c. 49, Notices of con-
tests among delegates to the democratic
national convention are beginning to
reach Charles A. Walsh, secretary of the
national committee, at the headquarters
in this city. Up to Thursday, contests
In IA districts had been reported to him.
The districts are the First to Sixth in
Pennsylvania, the Twelfth and Four
teenth in Ohio, the three in the District
of Columbia, the Tenth Indiana, the Sec
ond Maine and the Twenty-third ILL.,
nois. Rumors have reached the head
quarters that the entire Illinois delega-
ton is to be contested, but the only no
tice received so far is from the Twenty
third district.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
FORMER SENATOR IS DEAD
JOHN L. MITCHELL, OF VISION
SIN, PASSES AWAY.
End Due to Intestinal Trouble-Was
Prominent in Business and
Political Life.

Milwaukee, July John L. Mitchell,
former United States senator, is dead at
his home, Meadowmere, in the town of
Greenfield. The end, which was not I'M
expected, came Wednesday after 48
hours of Inconsistencies. Death was
due to intestinal trouble Senator Mitch
ell was i'll since January and in March
underwent an operation. He rallied
from this, but experienced sudden re-
lapse on Friday, heart failure complicat-
ing the original trouble. His family was
at the deathbed. Besides the widow,
there are Capt. William Mitchell, U. S.
A.; David Ferguson Mitchell, John L.
Mitchell, Jr., and the Misses Martha,
Janet, Harriet, Ruth and Catherine
MITCHELL
Senator Mitchell was the son of Alex
ander Mitchell and was born in Milwau-
kee in 1912. After graduating from COL
lege he spent six years abroad, but hur-
ried home at the outbreak of the civil
war and took part in the struggle as a
lieutenant in the Twenty-fourth Wis
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Preparations for the decisive battle
in the campaign in the far east have been
completed and 100000 men will take
part, the scene being somewhere be-
tween Tatchekiao and Kaichow. Late
reports from the front indicate that the
armies are in close touch.
Gen. Oku, with a Japanese army, won
q two days battle in Fenshui pass, driv-
ing the Russians from Dalin hill, near
Haicheng, after q fierce artillery en-
gagement in which Japanese battery
got in the rear Of the Russians. Molten
and Ia passes were also captured by the
Japanese, which places their forces close
to Liaoyang.
A report Of the finding of the body
of Assistant Secretary of State LOOMS
brother near Cherbourg, France, is de-
clared false.
1t was reported from Toxic that a
Russian battleship was stranded off
Tiger Rock, near Port Arthur.
In battle between government forces
and revolutionists in Uruguay 900 SOL
diers were killed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
The MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

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Chicago, June 30.
FLOUR-Spring wheat, special patents,
$3.50; Minneapolis, hard patents, $.60d4.70.
WHEAT-Unsettled. Cash No. 2, $l.00@
LOB; July, S5%@s6hc: September, S2A@
82Ac.
CORN-Easy. Cash No. 2. .4e1k@4s9sc.
July, 47A@47Ac; September, 4s1A@4SAc.
OATS-Easier. Cash No. 2, 3S3s@S9Ac:
July s7A@3sAc; September, 31%@S2Ac.
RYE-Dull and easy. July, COO.
BARLEY-Slow, quiet and easy. Feed or
mixing barley, 30@39c; fair to good, 400
Hc; choice, 4S@52c; fancy, 55@56c.
BUTTER-Feeling steady and unchanged.
Creameries, per h., 12@17Ac; diaries, 11h0
15c.
EGGS-Market with stronger tone.
Fresh eggs, at mark, new cases returned,
13h@141zc per dozen; prime firsts, 16c.
LIVE POULTRY-Market firm and high
er. Turkeys, per H., 8@11c; chickens, fowls,
9Q912c; ducks, 8@13c.
POTATOEs-(New). Market active and
unchanged. Arkansas, pep bu, $1.2o@1.35;
Triumphs, Texas, good to choice, $1.25@1. 40.
New York, June 30.
FLOUR-Dull and featureless.
WHEAT-Opened steady, closed easier.
July, S9A@S9Mc; September, 84BGS5Ac;
December, s4A@85Ac.
inal
CORN-Easier. July, $3.50.
OATS-Nomtnal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Yale Wins Freshman Race.

New London, Conn, July l. To Yale
went the first honors of the day when
the New Haven freshmen eight crossed
the line half length ahead of the Har-
ward youngsters, in the annual regatta
here Thursday. The race was rowed in
good water upstream two miles, from
the railroad bridge to the navy yard.
1t was a pretty contest and was in doubt
until the last stroke was pulled. The
official time was Yale 1920; Harvard,
1O:20h. The varsity race and the four
cared race were postponed until 4:15 be-
cause of the rough condition of the wa
ter,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
LATER MINIS.

Forty-seven subpoenas were issued
in New York for witnesses to appear
before the federal grand jury which
will investigate the Slocum horror.
The new Illinois republican state
committee has been organized, with
Roy O. West as chairman, DR.. J. A.
Wheeler as secretary, and B. A. Eek
hart as treasurer.
German manufacturers complain to
their government that the American
tariff administration is too severe in
imposing taxes and handling goods,
and give suggestions for notifications
desired.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
DOWlE Is WELCOMED HOME.
Parades and Ceremonies Mark End If
"Eljah's" Six Months Tour
of the World.

Chicago, July John Alexander
Dowie, 1.-The third reincarnation of
Elijah" was received by his followers
In Zion City Thursday morning after
his six months tour of the world in
the most spectacular fashion.
Riding in a carriage covered with
flowers, the car of Zion City passed
under triumphal arch, followed by
his family and the dignitaries of the
church, while the restoration host,
white-robed choirs and Zion guards
and crowd of the faithful shouted
their acclaim.
The prophet" and his encourage, to-
gether with the reception committee
that met them in Chicago, arrived at
the Zion station shortly before noon.
A great demonstration of cheering
followed, and when Elijah appeared he
received an ovation.
The procession was quickly set in
motion, and the carriages rode through
lines of guards in full dress, while the
Zion City band played a march.
When the triumphal arch was
reached a pause was made, while the
choir sang and ten little girls stepped
forward and threw roses over DR."
Dowie and the members of his party.
One Of the maids recited a poem of
welcome, and then the key of the gates
was given to "Elijah," who unlocked
the barriers.
Addresses were made by "Dr"
Dowie, his wife, Overseer Jane Dowie,
and Gladstone Dowie, "the unkissed.' u
The family were then escorted to
Shiloh house, where the prophet" re-
ceived reports from his advisers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Wound Proves Fatal.

Chicago, July 1.-"Tommy" Barry,
for years known to the police as an ex-
pert safe blower and all-around thief
in the middle west, died at Chicago
hospital Thursday as the result of the
bullet wound received 20 hours earlier
In running fight with policemen of
the Grand Crossing station. He died
without making the confession that
the police hoped to wiring from him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Perfect Bliss.

? Name your three wishes said the
] good fairy.
: And the individual addressed did not
hesitate a moment. 20
: First" he said, make me a mil
elionaire, with (second), the appetite of
a small boy and (third), digestion to
match. "-Brooklyn Life.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

imprisonment for life, which was the
sentence imposed in a Michigan court
upon burglar convicted of stealing
two hats and three dollars in cash.
seems severe penalty for the crime.
and doubtless will strike some critics
as a cruel and unusual punishment.
And it would be II 1t were for q singls
case Of robbery, but in this case the
convict had spent the greater part OF
his life In crime. had twice before been
convicted Of burglary. and the Mich4
gan statute permits q life sentence up-
on third conviction for felony. The law
was framed to rid society Of such man
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
EX-SENATOR JOHN L. MITCHELL.

consin infantry. In 1872 Mr. Mitchell
was elected to the state senate and again
was elected in 1876. In 1890 he was elect
ed to the United States senate after a
hard fight, succeeding Senator Philetus
Sawyer. Senator Mitchell long had been
prominent in the business and financial
life Of Wisconsin and the northwest. At
his death he was vice president of the
Marine National bank and vice president
of the Northwestern Insurance COM
pany. He held positions on the directo-
rates of number of state and public in
situations.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Officers Elected.

St. Joseph, Mo-, July 1.-The Nation
al Young Peoples union Thursday elect
ed. the following officers for the ensu-
ing year: T. L. Lowman, Pittsburg,
president; Miss Rose Clark, Lincoln
Neb., recording secretary; John A.
Crawford, St. Joseph Mo-, press secre-
tary; F. R. Macarthur, Newton, Kansas,
treasurer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
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, tho
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

Ex-President Grover Cleveland imam
Interview said the tariff will be q pr0m1-
nent issue in the campaign.
Various railroad companies are pre-
pairing to make a campaign for law
legalizing pooling of traffic.
Managers Of western roads are seek
ing a remedy for the alarming number
OF claims made for losses and damage
on account of overs, shorts and bad
orders in freight.
The deaf, dumb and blind young wom-
an, Helen Keller, received the degree
of bachelor of arts, with high honors, at
Radcliffe college.
Eighteen lives we're lost by casualties
in various parts of the country.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

The largest appropriation for good
roads ever made in one year, by any
state, has been approved by Gov.
Odell of New York. 1t takes 81, SOC, 600
from the state treasury, and under the
law of New York local funds to an
equal amount will be added in the ex-
penditure of this large sum. Hence
$3,oO0,o0O will be devoted to the bet
terment OF Empire state highways. It
is expected that contracts will soon
be made for the construction of at least
$50 miles Of macadam and gravel
roads, and many parts of the state
will receive benefits.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Bank Gave Way.

Kansas City, July 1.-Southern Kan
sas rivers are receding, the rain having
ceased, and conditions at Emporia, Cha
mute and other places in the flood district
are assuming their natural condition. At
Senrea Wednesday Mary and Clara Hol-
thaus, young girls, were drowned while
watching the flood, the bank giving away
and carrying them into the water.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Young Doctor Assassina+ tod

Denver, COL, July 1.-Dr. Seymour
T:Jarrecki, a young physician, was
shot and killed Thursday at his home
in this city. Two shots were fired, one
bullet entering his body near the
heart. apparently he had been called
to the door and assassinated. The
murderer ESCAPED.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

Proper revision Of the laws and re.
forms in the judicial procedure of d.
vorce courts will do much, but the de.
gree OF sanctity attaching to the mar.
riage relation in this country will still
depend in large measure upon the at
titude of society regarding it. The in.
duence of the churches in this matter
will be potent. The more they empha
size the fact that marriage is a sacred
bond the stronger will be the tenden.
cy to look with reprobation upon those
Who hold it lightly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
WISPS OF WISDOM.

Some men mistake heartlessness tor
candor.
When we turn man down, why, Of
course we pass him up. .,s
Gentlemen will not listen to stories
that aretunfit for women to hear.
When people take the law into their
own hands they end by putting it un-
der their feet.
The pessimist mourns over the ,blos.
SONS that have fallen to the ground !,
the optimist looks at the blossoms thar
remain upon the tree .=. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Scatters Husbands Ashes.

New York, July LIN compliance
with her husbands wish, as expressed
in his will, the widow of Gustav Rix, a
well-known builder and botanist, who
died in 1902, has distributed in the Bronx
park botanical gardens half of the
ashes of her late husband. The re-
mainder will be sent to Germany and
scattered there according to instructions
in the will.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

1t is much more satisfactory IN have
Perd1caris alive than Raisuli dead, not
only on Perdicaris' account but be.
cause it relieves the United States
from danger of getting into trouble.
some complications in efforts to en-.
force vengeance. Secretary Hay will
doubtless continue to encourage the
sultan to make life as unpleasant as
possible for Raisuli. but he can feel
pure Joy, untempered by apprehension
Raisuli, governor Of an important dis.
trict, freshly provided with money!
and faithful allies, will be in a strong.
er position to resist the sultan.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

Despite the vogue of the health food.
the number of beasts slain for food
has never been so great as now. Vege-
tarianism has thus languished. The
old and often-used examples that the
Greeks who fought at Thermopylae
and the athlete who won the Marathon
race ate only lentils have lost their
potency through too great familiarity.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Fishing Schooner Sunk.

New York, July 1. The Gloucester
(Mass.) fishing schooner Harry G.
French, Capt. Rufus Mckay, was sunk
in a collision with the Hamburg Amer
lean line steamer Deutschland about
ten miles west of Nantucket lightship,
early Thursday. Capt. Mckay and his
crew of Is men were rescued.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Arsenal Wrecked.

st. Petersburg, July IA fire at
Cronstadt Wednesday night destroyed
shed containing 20 whitehead torpe-
does. An alarm was given in time to
prevent serious loss of life or property.
The torpedoes exploded, completely
>wrecking the building. The fire is be-
lieved to have been the work of incen-
diaries.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

OF all the big runs" in the book
line the Bible still holds pre-eminent
place. Statistics say that last year
the British and Foreign Bible society
alone distributed 5,943,775 copies, in
$40 languages, covering every part of
the globe. The issue by the American
society last year amounted to 1,993,55S
Bibles and portions.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
WEST AND SOUTH.

WEST AND SOUTH.
A judge in Milwaukee restrained q
tailor from employing nonunion men,
sustaining contract made with local
labor organization.
A negro named Durham, wanted on
the charge of criminally assaulting the
14-year-old daughter of John Wilson,
was hanged in the public square at
Europa, Miss, by mob. The moose
was placed about the negro's neck by
the little Wilson girl, who positively
identified him.
May Seguin, of Fort Wayne, Ind, and
Edward McCarty, of Reading, Pa, were
drowned by the capsizing of a rowboat
at Rome City lake, In Indiana.
Chicgo's most notorious woman GRIM
inal, Mollie Mott, was acquitted Of the
murder Of Frederick Hart.
An incendiary fire caused losses az
gregating 100000 in the lumber district
lying along the river front, Cleveland,
O.
Diabetes caused the death of Gen.
William Hartsuff, during the civil war
inspector general Of the army of the
Ohio, at his home in Port Huron, Mich.
He was SO years old.
Miss Anna Kolodzik, with her husband
in an insane asylum and facing eviction
from her little home, turned on the gas
and killed herself and three children.
At Austin, ILL.,, Mr. and Mrs. George E..
Dixon, of Lagrange, Ill.,. were instantly
killed when their automobile collided
WITH an electric car on the Elgin, Au-
rora & Chicago line. Flaming gasoline
from the exploded tank of the automobile
enveloped the bodies, which were burned
almost beyond recognition.
John Bloom, Harry Jacobs and Harry
BROKER were drowned by the acct
dental capsizing of boat in which they
were making fishing trip on the ILL.,
nois river, near Morris, ILL.,
In Collinwood, o., John B. Stewart,
So years of age, was shot and almost in
stantly killed by the husband of his
step-daughter, Samuel Peck, "a years of
age, as the result Of a family row.
Fire which started in a jewelry store
resulted in a general . confagration
which destroyed the main portion of the
town of Sisson, Cal. Loss, 100000.
In an interview Judge George Gray,
OF Delaware, expressed the hope that
former President Grover, Cleveland
would be nominated for the presidency
by the st. Louis convention. Next to
Cleveland he favors Judge Parker for
the nomination. He declines to be con-
sidered a candidate himself. i;
At democratic headquarters in St.
Louis it is said that Senator Bailey is
slated to be permanent chairman and
John Sharp Williams to be temporary
chairman of the national convention.
At Lexington, KY, q l4-year-old col
ored boy received SO lashes in the pub
lic square BY order Of a police Judge. #
G. a. Gutke, member ot st. Louis
house Of Delegates combine, confessed
"details Of Doodle transactions, 5..:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

One of the results of the Anglo
French agreement is a renewal of the
scheme for tunnelling the channel be.
tween France and England. It is near
ly so years since the tunnel project
was first put upon a practical basis of
e. riment, but since then the origi-
nal estimate of cost has been reduced
from $50,000,000 to $4,000, 900.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

Marconi's achievement on the Gu
nard liner Campania in publishing q
daily paper during the trip from Liv-
erpool to New York marks a new stage
in the practical employment of WIRE
less telegraphy. Though the paper had
Its defects, it is fair to anticipate such
rapid improvements in the service that
before long every large lines will be
able to keep in continuous contact with
one sho- or the other during the en-
tire time of its voyages.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Fatally Injured by a Burglar.

Iowa Falls, a., July 1.-Burglars
raided this place Thursday morning
and as a result Rev. c. H. Mayne, a
young pastor of several churches in
Storey county and recently married,
who is here attending the State Sum
day School convention, will probably
die. He grappled with a burglar and
was shot through the intestines. Sew
eral other places were entered and
valuables taken. The burglars es-
capped, though one suspect has been
arrested.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Trains Collide,

Miamisburg, O., July lin Z head
on collision between G. H. & D. north
bound passenger train and the Toledo
& Detroit express, south bound, at a
switch, mile south of here, Thursday
morning three trainmen were seriously
injured and the locomotives and bag
gage cars of both trains were demol-
ished: The passengers escaped with .
severe shaking up.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

Venezuela overlooked q point If it
did not make revolutions unconstitu-
tional in its new constitution. Revolu-
tons may be all right for children,
but they are unworthy of a grown-up
nation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

I The General Slocum disaster, as
well as the 1roquois tragedy. shows
how. great are the responsibilities of
those intrusted with the safety of hui.
man lives. The lesson is costly one.
How soon will it be forgotten?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

Mayor Mcclellan, of New York, has
forbidden" the Tammany aldermen
from attending the st. Louis conven-
ton. This is tough on the aldermen,
but the convention may be able to
worry along without them.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06

A lawyer has no right to do any.
thing as a lawyer which he would
scorn to do as man and a citizen.
His obligation to the court and to the
public is and must be paramount to
his obligation to his client.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Man and Wife Found Dead

Elmira, N. Y, July 1.-Wililam Fl.
Owen, manager of the Western Union
Telegraph company's Office in this city,
and his wife were found dead in their
home Thursday. According to the po-
lice, who reported the fact, the cou-
pie had been dead two days.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Says Incident Is Closed.

Port-au-Prince, Hayti, July /. The
French cruiser, Jurien de La Graviere,
arrived here Thursday. The incident of
the stoning of the French and German
ministers is here asserted to have been
closed by renewed formal apologies.
which have been accepted by the French
and German ministers.