Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-27
WEST AND SOUTH.


yards and one sawmill were destroyed
is estimated to be $150,00 !
A well-known Chicago manufacturer,
Hans Fuchs, committed suicide because
of grief over the death of his wife.
Harmony prevailed in the Iowa dem
ocratic convention, where the Parker
forces took almost entire control with
out struggle. A state ticket was nom
mated. The platform consists of an in
dorsement of Parker and Davis.
While bathing Judge Upton Muir, of
Louisville. KY. who was spending his
vacation at Cape May, N. j., lost his life
in the surf.
At Grinnell, Ia, Henry c. Spencer, a
prominent banker. and his son, Charles
H. Spencer, were drowned in Arbor lake.
After series of ballots Fred c. Rob-
inson, of Dubuque, a., was elected grand
exalted secretary by the Elks' grand
lodge by bare majority of 2. Buffalo
was chosen for the next annual reunion
of the Elks.
Judge ]. w. Cochrane, of the North
Dakota supreme court, died at his home
in Grand Forks, N. D., from stroke
of apoplexy.
After eight days a truce was reached
in the stock yards strike, the men agree
ing to return to work while differences
are submitted to arbitration
The republicans of Iowa in convention
ignored the factional struggle over the
tariff question. the olive branch of peace
offered by Congressman Hepburn for
the "stand patters" was accepted by Gov.
named.
For some cause unknown Frank
Pierce shot and killed his wife at their
home in Canton, ILL.,. and for time held
the entire Canton police force at bay
who finally captured him after desper-
ate fight. They were forced to chloro-
form him. Pierce is supposed to be in
sane.
The widow of the late Henry George
the political economist, died at her home
in Monticello, Sullivan county, N. Y.
at the age of go years.
It is announced that Herbert M. It's
dale, professor of English in the Ar
mour institute of technology at Chi.
cago, has been elected president of the
University of Wyoming.
The democratic state convention OF
Missouri unanimously nominated 10.
seph w. Folk, circuit attorney of St
Louis, for governor and adopted plat.
form which, promises vigorous and un.
relenting crusade against corruption
and Doodle in Missouri.
A heavy windstorm passed over the
eastern part of the city of Augusta, Ga.
doing serious damage to buildings, trees
and fences. Two negroes were killed.
One of the most prominent politicians
of Detroit, Mich, Hon. William G.
Thompson, is dead at a private SAM.
tarium in Yonkers, N. Y, as the result,
of being knocked down by a bicycle
scorcher on APP, IL IL last. Mr.. Thomp.
son was twice mayor Of Detroit, state
senator and always prominent in Mich.
igan politics.
The death, in st. Louis, is announced
of Mrs. Lucinda Kupch Marshall, a colo.
| mel on the national staff of the Salvation
Army. Mrs. Marshall has been prom.
inent member Of the corps for 20 , ears
A little boy was burned to death ant
his father, mother and three brother:
severely burned in Chicago. ~
| At East Moline, ILL.,, the State banl
was entered by robbers, who blew oper
the vault The entire front of the build
ing was wrecked by the explosion. TIL.
officers of the bank declare that IL
! money was secures. d. b b. s.&