Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-11-22

a sas explosion at . mine shaft ct
Benleysville. Pa, resulted In the death
OF eight miners. = =.
Fire at Urbana, Ia, destroyed q doz-
en- business houses and several resi-.
dences. Loss, So, 900.
United States Circuit Judge Van De-:
vanter at st. Louis 0verrused the de
murrer filed to the indictment OF Unit
ed States Senator Burton, Of Kansas,
and set date for trial. ...:s :s >..=.s
More than 100000 farmers In %
states were represented BY the. dele
gates to the thirty-ninth annual con-
vention Of the National Grange Pa.
irons Of Husbandry, which began at
Atlantic City, N. J. " 1872. s
Three men were killed and two ia.
tally injured by dynamite explosion
near Safe Harbor, Pa. The men were
blasting on a new freight line when
the blast was prematurely discharged.
The Wisconsin supreme court, in =
decision, held that, in granting dt-
vorces, judges cannot award children
to outsiders, but must give the chill
dren to one parent or the other.
The silver. jubilee Of the American
Federation of Labor was opened in
Pittsburg, and President Samuel Com
pcrs, in his report, recommended many
changes to advance the cause of union
ism. - 81. - =.
p Fearing reduction of wages would
follow passage of legislation adverse to
railroads, delegates of railway EN-
ployes plan to pit American Federation
of Labor against President Roosevelt's
rates policy.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has or
dered the reinstatement of three Toledo
CO.. letter carriers who were removed
in February last for soliciting the sale
of certain mining stock while on duty.
The anti-American boycott at Sing
apore, Straits of Settlements, has as
sumed more serious aspect, trade in
that quarter being almost paralyzed.
Residents Of the Isle of Pines de-
clared their independence from Cuba,
formed new government and mott
fled President Roosevelt of their desire
to have the island become q territory
Of the United States.
Robert Whitehead, inventor Of the
torpedo which bears his name, is dead
at Berkshire, England.
\ At the state bowling tournament at
Canton; O., L. Frantz, of Cleveland,
rolled 1873. This is claimed by mem
bers of the Ohio association to be the
highest individual score ever rolled
at a tournament, thereby breaking the
worlds record. 49,. .....
The British steamer Bavaria, bound
from Barry for Bordeaux, has been
lost of Belle Isle, France. Part Of her
crew has been landed at Noirmoutier,
France. The captain and IA men are
missing.
George b. Reed, a prominent citizen
OF Kent county, Delaware, committed
suicide in an unusual manner. ,Secur-
ing double-barrel shotgun, he sat in
bed and discharged the weapon with
a broomstick.
Latest developments have cleared up
the post election situation in Ohio
considerably Practically complete re-
turns on the entire state ticket show
all the republican candidates except
for governor have been elected by SUBJ
stantial pluralities. ...<..~ ...s
Ex-Judge Wing, counsel for Mrs.
Cassie L. Chadwick, announced that an
application for writ of certiorari is
being prepared and will be submitted
to the supreme court of the United
States with view to obtaining q re-
view of Mrs. Chadwick's case before
that tribunal. III =. s..-.... hi,
President Roosevelt assured dele
cation of railroad men the operations
Of the proposed new freight law need
not lower their wages. =. -.
At st. Louis, counsel for United
States Senator Burton of Kansas, lin.
dicted by the federal grand jury, has
filed demurrer to the indictment,
claiming it is faulty. - -. -. y.
While driving across the railroad
tracks near Gait, Mo-, Mrs. George
Greene and her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Rachael Greene, were killed by q pas
senger train, which splintered the bug
gy to atoms. -~-.:.,
Lieut.. Col. Arthur Tremayne, one of
the few remaining survivors of the
charge of the light brigade" at Bala-
kalava" in which he was wounded and
his horse shot, died in England at the
age Of Is. ~ .= =. ~. H.
An army Of "a 900 armed natives are
holding Georgia, in Transcaucasia,
against three important forces OF Rus
sian troops All communication, ex.
cept by runners, has been cut OF for
many days. ~%:a n, f..-ss- >.%~& fiji
Secretary Shaw is deaf to the cry Of
high money from Wall street, but an
rounces that, while he will not inter-
fere to aid spectators, he has millions
available to help out legitimate busi-
ness should the need arise. ~.
Seven-year-old Elsie Jones, on return
ing from school to her home in South
Scranton, Pa, found her father and
mother lying dead on the kitchen floor.
The man had killed his wife and him
self. .s.....-s.:1'. 81. = e. -s + sG
!. Thomas B. Clement. president Of the
First national bank of Faribault, Mimi,
who was convicted of embezzling the
funds Of the bank, causing its fail.
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