Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-12

lars worth of property destroyed by
head-on collision on the Fitchburg divi-
sion Of the Boston & Maine railroad near
Wachusett, Mass.
Fred Ross. who was knocked out by
Jack Donnelly in the sixteenth round
Of prize fight at Aberdeen, Wash, is
dead. His neck was dislocated and q
blood clot gathered on the brain.
Gen. Amasa Cobb, brigadier general
Of volunteers during the civil war, vet
eran of the Mexican war, congressman
and ex-justice of the supreme court of
Nebraska, died at Los Angeles, CAL aged
50 years. =.
The formal opening of the twenty-sec-
ond International Christian Endeavor
convention took place in Armory hall.
Baltimore, Md, with about 5000 dele
gates present.
Mrs. Lucie B. Tying, one of the best
known temperance workers in the Unit
ed States. died in Peoria. Ill.
The new directory indicates Chicago's
population to be 2,272,00O.
/ The weekly crop report shows that
growth has been retarded by heavy
rains, but the condition Of corn in the
corn belt is excellent
Gov. Hanly's crusade against book
! makers has put an end to horse racing in
Indiana.
The money circulation July was the
largest per capita and in amount in the
history of the country. Bank note is
N ho u
the new gold increase.
Samuel Thompson, Chicago coffee
importer, says the scheme of an eastern
Clique to have tax imposed is market
manipulation to secure $4,000, 600 profit
on stock.
Most of the Chicago indicted packers
their agents and the companies in which
they are interested have furnished
bonds.
Graeme Stewards will, dividingan es-
tate OF $500, 900 between his widow, chill
dren, brothers and sisters, was filed in
Chicago.
Gov. Hanly, of Indiana, declares here
after legislators must pay railway fares.
The Spring Valley Qll) national bank
and the First national bank of Toluca,
ILL.,, closed their doors as the result of the
failure of c: J. ,Devlin, Of Topeka, Kan.
S. L. Frazer, Of Chicago, when asked
Tor an accounting by his partner in the
brokerage business suddenly fled. leay-
Ing an alleged defalcation Of $1,000
The Wabash Railway company has
discharged its superintendent of the Sc
cret service department and 121 men en-:
ployed in detective work.
Fourth of July casualties reported
throughout this country number AZ
deaths and 2,431 injured.
| Loss OF life variously estimated at
more than 200 and less than 1000 per
sons, and property damage to the ex-
tent OF over $1,O00,000 were caused by
the recent food which swept over the
town of Guanajuaro, Mex.
John Bowman, cashier of the Com
mercial bank of Hagerstown, Ind.
committed suicide, by shooting. No
cause for the deed is known. go.
Ten business houses and one dwell
ing at Roulette, Pa, were DESTROYED hv
IRE, entailing loss Of $4,000. The in
surance was small.
An order for the mobilization OF the
Swedish army has been issued. and a
proclamation to this effect will probo-
bly, be issued within a week.
The American, revivalists, Rev.. Reu-
ben A. Torrey and Charles NJ. Afexan-
der, concluded their five months re-
v1Val campaign in England with a
great thanksgiving service at Albert
hall, London, for the $4,000 converts
recorded 800"
The tannery of the Widen-Lord
Leather company was partially de-
stroyed by fire at Foxboro, Mass. The
loss is 100000. =. -.
In view of the bad harvest prospects
owing to the drought and the storms in
Portugal, Fing Charles has sanctioned
the impoft of $4,000 tons OF Amer
lean wheat and has ordered the reduc-
ton Of the customs duties by so per
cent =
A combination of rs coal companies
of Indiana, controlling 10000 acres of
coal lands, has been formed in Pitts
burg, Pa, under the name of the Van
dalac Coal company. The new concern
has a capital of 1000. 900. i.
| The clerical party carried the cleo.
tons at Rome as q result Of the pope
permitting churchmen to take part in
politics.. j-'' = .s'<-s%S F5sz ,,t::.> f -.
| The county grand jury in Chicago
returned SIS indictments against EN-.
ployers and labor leaders on charges
of conspiracy, bribery, assault and in.
citing riot. '.*5' ~ -. , >s'~ 4 s. -
Rev. l. w. Joyce, bishop of the
Methodist church for the diocese OF
| Minnesota, sustained a cerebral hem.
orrhage, followed by an attack of par.
a1ysis, while addressing a meeting at
Red Rock, Mimi. His condition is ser.
ious. <-..-. 4>s45,.
/ Fourteen woodworking plants in
Chicago, employing 5000 men, have
been shut down by the proprietors,
pending the settlement Of the strike
for closed shop. 4@. d. /. .zs.ss,s$
Congressman Driscoll, Hendricks
attorney, says the Hyde family's safe.
1 ~ deposit steal from the Equitable
policy holders amounts to $4G8,0O0 in
~ years. Z :=..Z I y. .{
John D. Rockefeller has given $1O,-
] 900, 600 as an endowment fund, the ii.
Come from which Is to be used BY the
general education board Of New York
for the benefit Of the colleges OF the
country: