Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-20

The mixing house Ct the works zo1
the Dupont Powder company, neal
Boyles. Ala, was accidentally blown
up. instantly killing hve workmen.
The state department has been In.
formed that the effort to arrange 4
date for the reassembling Of The
Hague conference has been suspended
for the time being, and it Is now be-
lieved to be impossible for the second
conference to meet early next year, as
was once expected.
Fire destroyed the Wholesale gro
Gerry establishment Of Wadhams &
Kerr Bros, at Portland, Ore, causing
loss In excess Of 100000. -Four FIRE
men were seriously injured IL.
A man believed to be Charles III
Neal, of Baltimore, Nd, jumped under
= subway train in New York and was
instantly killed. 49,. =. 4.
John r. Baird, q capitalist and club
man Of San Francisco, was killed by
the automobile in which he was riding
falling upon him AMI crushing him tc
death. ~s~>
A membership on the New York
stock exchange was sold for $SS,000
the highest price at which q stock ex'
change seat has ever been sold. The
last previous high record was $4,000
Gen. Thomas S. Allen, distin'
guished veteran Of the civil war and
pioneer newspaper man, died In Osh'
kosh, Wis. He was so years of age
His record during the rebellion was
one Of exceptional merit.
The Wisconsin assembly in special
session killed the proposed insurance in
vestigation and primary election law
two measures especially championed by
Gov. La Toilette.
Announcement is made in New York
that the Trunk Line association rail
ways will abolish all forms Of free
transportation after January I.
Two flremen were killed at a fire
at Evanston, ILL.,, which destroyed q
factory building, causing a loss OF
100000.
The federal grand jury in Chicago
indicted the Chicago & Alton Railway
company and two former officers on
charges of paying freight rebates.
The court of appeals at Albany, N
Y, decided that the New York election
law does not permit a recount of bal
lots, UNFOLDING the contention OF coun
sci for Mayor Mcclellan.
Homer B. Hurlbert, the special mes
senger to Washington from the emper'
or of Korea, is in receipt of a cable
gram In which the emperor declares
that the agreement between Korea and
Japan is null and void, because it was
obtained by force. He also declares
that he will never sign this agreement
in its present form.
The democrats were victorious in
Boston, electing former Congressman
John F. Fitzgerald mayor over three
other candidates. Fitzgerald's plural
ity over his nearest competitor wal
$3.50.
Six children were burned to death al
Lindsey, Pa, and William Morgan and
wife, the parents, with their two re-
naming children, barely escaped with
their lives.
William T. Woodward, prominent
and wealthy cotton man, was burned
to death in his Office at Waco, Tex. He
had kindled a fire and it is believed he
fell asleep. The fire ignited the furni
ture and Woodward was burned tc
death.
Beginning on Monday, January l, 80,
900 operatives employed by the Ameri
can Wooden company, Of Boston, will
have their wages advanced ten pc,
cent. The increase will become effec.
tive in the 30 plants Of the corporation
which are located in seven states.
Mrs. Thomas Wallace and Mrs. Cora
Wineland are dead at Bluffton, Ind, al
q result Of an attempt to start firt
with a can of crude oil. A smolderine
fire within the stove, at which thu
women were at work, caused the cal
of oil to explode.
Midshipman Minor Meriwether, Jr.
who was tried by court martial fol
causing the death of Midshipma1
Branch, has been sentenced to conflne
ment to the limits of the naval acad
envy for afperiod of one year and to b,
publicly reprimanded by the secretar.
of the navy.
Nine manufacturers and business
men of La Crosse, Wis, were arrested
for violation of the city's anti-smok,
ordinance. Factories employing ZOO
hands may have to close down if tn,
ordinance is sustained in the courts.
Hon. G. w. Ruddick, who was judg,
OF the Twelfth judicial district for owe,
20 years, retiring In 1892, died at Wa
verify, Ia. He was 20 years old. Deatl
was due to cancer.
Dynamite was used by Kentucky to
bacco growers in their fight on tn
trust. They blew up a big factory a
Elkton operated for the American To
baccO company by the American Smut
company.
The packers won an initial victorl
in the beef case at Chicago by the dis
mtssal of all charges against Samue
/ A. McRoberts. .
Spain may be forced to keep whea
on the free list because of the grea
scarcity of breadstufs.
John M. Pattison, democratic COVER
| nor-elect OF Ohio, says he contributed
$7,O49.9G to his campaign.
Lieut.. Burbank, u S. A., who desert
ed his Filipino wife. has been convict
ed Of embezzlement and sentenced t,
dismissal from the army and Il
months imprisonment.
The United States battleship Idah,
was launched at the yard Of tn