Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

jail 5ya1U u Union, MO-, Tor paft1ctpa-
ton with George Collins. who was
hanged last year, In tlle killing Of De.
tectiye Charles +. Schumacher, Of st.
Louis. at RudolAh's home, near Stan
ton. on january %: 1903.
Henry G.. Coll, the former assistant
cashier of the First National bank OF
Milwaukee, charged with embezzling
over 100000 from the bank, has been
admitted to bail in the sum Of $4,000,
An arbitration treaty between Nor.
way and Portugal has been signed.
Sitting on bench beside the graves
OF his children and his. father and
mother in the Moravian cemetery at
Watertown, Wis, Herman ]. Strauss
a prominent republican politician, shot
himself through the head with a 49,
caliber revolver. -.>A~
Two runabout automobiles started
from New oYrk to race to Portland,
Ore, for cash prize Of $1,000, offered
by the National Good Roads associa:
ton. whose convention opens in Port.
land on June 81.
A heavily loaded gravel car ON the
street railway in Nashville, Tenn, be.
came unmanageable and ran away
down steep hill. colliding with several
vehicles. One man was killed.
The case of Mrs. Chadwick was set
for hearing in Cleveland, O., by the
United States court of appeals for DC.
tober 3. -, ".@-.
While playing with rifle which was
not known to be loaded, Harvey
Schleuter, IL years old, was killed by
his little sister at Cedar Rapids, la.
Failure on the part of the Illinois
legislature to appropriate sufficient
funds for the enforcement of the child
labor law cripples the usefulness of the
measure.
Pope Plus X. in his latest encyclical
letter, warns the rich of the world of
evils which are becoming prevalent
under modern business methods.
Five French army officers were ar
rested in Paris, accused of conspiracy
against the government.
Washington Duke, founder of the
American Tobacco company, died at
his home in Durham. n. c..
Ex-President Cleveland is now men
toned as the probable new head of the
Equitable Life Assurance society. =.
The first task of the cabinet on the
presidents return will be to clear up
the Venezuelan imbroglio.
Chilli and Peru will resume diplo-
matte relations, ending their ugly con-
troversy.
The Panama canal commission has
finally agreed on organization. Gov.
Magoon and Engineer Wallace are to
have Offices in Panama. The general
headquarters will be in Washington.
A jury first awarded Prof. Oscar L.
Trisgs six cents damages in his libel
suit against the New York Sun and
then changed the amount to $50.
An eight-hour race of seven big
American battlesh;ps of the Atlantic
coast was won by the Missouri, the
flagship Alabama finishing so far in the
rear that she has gone to New York
navy yard for overhauling.
Fire at Enderlin, N. D., destroyed
Munt & Wilson's -four mill, the Royal
Elevator company's elevator and the
500 Line depot, causing a loss of $780,
900.
Two Standard Oil officials have been
indicted by the grand jury at Pekin,
ILL.,, for. alleged perjury.
The federal supreme court, in a de-
cision that is expected to put out OF
business all bucketshops, upholds the
right of boards of trade to the absolute
control of quotations.
John Krissler, aged 16 years, was
stabbed and almost instantly killed in
st. Louis, after having playfully
thrown cat into the face of Sam
HELEN, a negro aged % years, who
was arrested.
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling has
been placed on the retired list OF the
navy, having reached the age Of G..
He entered the service September q,
1860
The protected cruiser St. Louis was
successfully launched at PHILADELPHIA.
Fire in the four-story warehouse of
Allaire, Woodward & Co., wholesale
druggists, at Peoria, ILL.,, completely
destroyed the stock, with a loss of $751;
600.
Mrs. J. w. Gray, the widow of a for,
mer Chicago broker, committed sui
eide in New York hotel because her
lover had deserted her.
President Roosevelt ended his out
ing by a 40-mile ride and speech at
Glenwood Springs, Col. Ten bears were
slain by the party during the expedi;
ton, Of which the president killed
four.
The San Francisco board of educa-
ton has taken determined stand
against the admission of Chinese and
Japanese pupils to schools where white
children are being educated. The board
favors the establishment of separate
schools for the m0ng0lians.
WI Ting Fang has abolished whip.
ping as punishment for crime in
China.
Henry Clews, in an estimate of the
fortunes of American capitalists, gives
Rockefeller 100000, 900.
More than 100000 worth of straw.
berries have decayed at the depot in
Chadburn, N: c., in the last few days
because refrigerator cars have not
been furnished.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has
placed orders for 10000 new freight
cars, to cost approximately $4,000, 900.
Three big syndicates are competing
for the coal fields Of Saline county.
Illinois.
President Alexander. in . letter,
declares that the surplus Of the Equit-
able Life Insurance comnonv bolor~.