Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-11

1900 -
S September figures show. ( slrpsising
increase In the number Of Immigrants
arriving IN the United States.
There were 1,4s1 rural free delivery
routes established S throughout the
country during September. making :
total Of 1886 routes existing. There
are 1856 petitions for such routes
pending. SIS s.... =.. {. .*ss
Second section Of Big Four freight
No, Sc ran into q derail at the crossing
Of the Southern Indiana belt line at
Terre Haute, Ind The engineer. R. b.
jured. ST n y !. n > IS s.s \ ..:: s.
Six persons. two women and four
children. were burned to death In Z
cabin home near Edgington. W. Va.
Hon. Richard Clarkson, United
States pension agent for Iowa and Ne.
braska, and for 80 years manager Of
the Iowa State Register, died in Des
Moines, la. He was one Of the best
known men in the state. ~s -. !:
The American Can company's fac
tory was burned to the ground at Dav.
export, Ia., with loss Of $150,000.
On farm near. Andover. ILL.,, Mrs.
Clarence Markham, who is believed to
have been temporarily insane, killed
her seven children with an ak, set fire
to the house in which the bodies lay, and
then cut her own throat. inflicting
wounds from which she died. The hus-
band and father, several hours after
learning of the tragedy, committed sui
eide.
Harry Leonard, the young man who
swindled New York banks out of $780,
900 on a forged check, says he did it
just to show how easy it would be.
A lion named Roosevelt with cir
Gus at Gilman, ILL.,, Jealous of its rival,
fatally mangleu Miss Blondel. its
trainer.
President Roosevelt made it clear to
senatorial callers that he proposed to
force the railroad rate issue ON con-
gress again.
The Illinois railroad and warehouse
commission is reported to have
reached a decision in the freight rate
cases that will mean loss of $8,000,-
900 annually to the railroads in this
state.
Frederick E. Carlton, who was con-
victed ct three charges of bigamy and
one Of grand larceny in Brooklyn, was
sentenced to an aggregate term of 10
years in state prison.
BY the explosion of large quantity
Of nitro-glycerine in the Aetna powder
mills at Miller Station, Ind, two men
were killed.
Dean Paul Matthews, of St. Paurs
cathedral at Cincinnati, announces that
he has declined to accept the position
Of Episcopal coadjutor bishop of Mil
waukee, to which he was recently
elected.
Prof. Dewitt D. Brace, head of the
physics department of the University
of Nebraska, died as a result of blood
poisoning following an operation on q
carhuncle.
A. J. Fleming, of Bramer, Mo-, one
of the early advocates of Mr.. Roose-
welt as presidential candidate, has
been appointed consul at Stanbridge,
Ontario.
The 100000 gift of John D. Rookie
Teller to the general education board.
which was announced last June, has
been paid to the board by Mr.. Rookie
Teller in cash, payment being made at
session in New York.
John Hambley, an engineer, and an
other man of the same threshing crew.
stranger, were burned to death while
sleeping in barn on a farm near
Courtenay, N. D. =.
After an absence of more than three
months, Secretary Of War Taft has re-
turned to Washington, establishing q
record from Yokohama to Washington
by making the trip in IA days.
Capt. Hebbinghaus, naval attache Of
the German embassy, called at the
white house and presented to the pres
ident valuable collection of engrav-
ings illustrative Of the life of Frederick
the Great, the gift of the German en-
peror.
The governor general of the Philip
pines notified the war department that
five officers, one postal clerk, six pas
sengers and ~ of the crew of the coast
guard cutter Leyte were lost by the
wrecking of that ship OF Samar by the
destructive storm of September rs.
Benjamin OFT, for so years resident
OF La Crosse, and a pioneer of the state
OF Wisconsin, died in La Crosse, Wis.
at the age OF "a years. In 1867 Mr.. OFT
invented the first Irvine binder In the
United States.
United States Senator John H. Mitch
ell, recently convicted Of conspiracy to
defraud the United States government
In connection with the transactions in
public lands. is in hospital at Port
land, Ore, suffering from a broken rib.
the result of recent fall. ..--
The position Of chief of the new min.
1sterial cabinet, the creation of which
Is called for by the institution of the
imperial douma, with the right of in
terpellation, has been offered to Count
Witte by the car. ..,s.
The international tuberculosis con-
gress was opened at the Grand palace
IN Paris in the presence of President
Loubet, the cabinet ministers and the
ambassadors. Over $500 delegates were
present. - ,.:... -:
Twenty indictments were returned by
the Milwaukee grand jury against Pres
ident Cornelius Corcoran, Of the COM
mon council Of that city. Three others
were indicted. The charges cover
grating and perjury. @..... +: