Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-09-06

Brig. Gen. Carter reports that the
Vasayas islaads are. stu Ia 1. cond ition,


Brig. Gen. Carter reports that the
Vasayas islands are still Ia q condition
Of revolution. ST ST
San Diego, Cal, Is expected to become
the greatest seaport on: the Pa lt1c when
the isthmian canal IS completed
The statehood Institutional commit
tee at Muskogee, Ind. It, agreed on the
name. Of .Sequovah for the name Of the
commonwealth. It was also decided to
make prohibition part Of the organic
law, and to issue bonds for $25, 900, 900.
President Roosevelt made a descent
in Long Island sound. on board the
submarine torpedo boat, Plunger. At
one time the little boat was submerged
for so minutes, and In that time was
put through all of the submarine feats
Of which she is capable. The president
expressed his delight at the novel OK.
perience. M fissa @1 ~ a.. =#= e.
Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, no.
acre farm, was sold at auction at Hodg-
enville, Ky, to r. J. Collier, of New
York, who probably bought as an in
vestment. The price paid for it, 81, 60O,
Is not more than it would bring for
farming purposes. ~ y Il
Rufus H. Pitcher, supposed to be one
Of the last surviving veterans of the
Black Hawk war, is dead at the home Of
his son in Custer, S. D. He would have
been 101 years old son September IS.
w. F. Franks, druggist at Sidnaw,
Mich. was hit by foul tip at ball
game. His skull was fractured and death
followed in few hours. 81 80 - y
The national gallery at Berlin, Ger
many, has bought Mensel's court Ball
Supper" of Emil Meiner, Of Dresden, for
$4,000. ~ 49,.
Releasing his grasp on trapese at
tached to parachute as the latter
opened to the wind 1900 feet above the
ground, John Williams, 80 years old, was
dashed to his death at Red House park,
near Cahokia, Ill. -
Two men were fatally and three seri-
ously burned by the bursting of ten
inch steam pipe at the Danville Qll.)
electric light plant.
Jesse T. Wilson. of Indiana, has been
appointed by President Roosevelt to be
second assistant secretary of the in
terror -
Christine Tennefsen. IS years of age,
killed herself by jumping from second
story window at DEVILS Lake, n D. She
was probably the Oldest woman in the
state. She had been blind for Is years.
Mrs. Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox.
said to have ben the first child born in
the white house, the grand niece of An
drew Jackson and a descendant Of John
Donelson, the pioneer Of Tennessee, died
in Washington, aged Is years.
NJ. r. Lefebre. aged 70, of Beaver Falls.
N. T., prominent paper manufacturer
and retired merchant, dropped dead at
his summer home in Thousand Island
park:
The Massachusetts socialist party
state convention nominated former Rep
resentative James F. Carey. of Haverhill
for governor
William Barbour shot and instantly
killed Eta Denney after quarrel over
love affair at Huntington, w. Va. He
then shot and killed himself.
Gus Bobbs, who is alleged to have
stolen $4,000 in cash and checks from
Charles A. Stevens & Bros, of Chicago.
on August II, was arrested in Seattle,
Wash.
Former Associate Statistician
Holmes has surrendered himself to
the authorities in. Washington and
was placed under $4,000. bonds. ., >.
Internal revenue collectors show an
increase of nearly half a million dol
lars in July, 1905, over July OF last
year.
Several fatal cases of cholera are
reported in Prussia and the disease
threatens to become epidemic.
At the interparliamentary congress
at Brussels resolutions were passed
highly praising President Roosevelt
for his efforts in behalf of peace.
Part of the Taft party, including
Miss Roosevelt, will visit Picking.
The expenditure of $750,00o for
building and equipping new mills at
Indiana Harbor, Ind, is planned by
the Western Copper. Manufacturing
company. ~-. .....
Permits for new buildings issued in
New York city since January 1 repre-.
sent total of $158, 100000 in value.
| Anthracite coal beds are laying up
supply of fuel, but President Baer
denies that miners will strike in 1906
when the present agreement expires.
Thomas F. Ryan, head of the Equit-
able Life Assurance society, says the
society courts an investigation of all
its transactions and will assist the in
vestigator. ~. a.. ...-.,. -
sAeronaut Knabenshue intends to in
vite President Roosevelt to take a
trip over New York city in his ,airship.
A jury has decided that Chicago
must pay 100000 for cars burned by
rioters during the Pullman strike in
1894. = zss. " ~: - .sS* i 8
A peddelr arrested in New York for
not having license; and who earns
only 81 cents q day, was found to be
the master of 13 languages. -
Three people were killed and five
injured by hotel fire in Maine.
| The Chinese boycott of American
goods has completely paralyzed the
-four trade between Pacific coast ports
and China. No sales have been made
since July Is. ..:. q u :t.5 ss2.: 5&
Assistant Secretary Loomis will soon
resign his state department position.
Omcial tests of the new. submarine
boat Plunger.. proved satisfactory to
the president. ... =. s.... r. =.
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