Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-10

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Vice President Gomez, who is acting
president of Venezuela during the alb
sence OF President Castro, has released
"a political prisoners
Former Gov. Yates of Illinois has ne
tltioned Kentucky court to transfer
the Caleb Powers murder case to the
federal bar on the ground that the
state denies justice.
Inc senate committee on interstate
commerce opposes giving the inter-
state commerce commission power to
| initiate rates.
DR.. Wesley r. Wales. formerly presi-
dent OF the First national bank OF Cape
May City, N. j., who has been arrested
IN Philadelphia, was taken to Trenton.
N. j., and committed to Jail to await
trial on charge of diyerting SIC. 900 of
the banks funds.
Presidents of the worlds great rail-
roads attended the opening of the
American railway appliances exhibit in
Washington.
A Good Roads Special left Chicago
over the Burlington railroad on an edu-
cational tour leading to Portland.
Secret investigation of the tobacco
trust is being made by special agents
sent out by Commissioner Garfield of
the bureau of corporations.
Celebration of Constitution day in
Poland developed murders and riots in
Warsaw and LODI. Troops fired on
crowds with fatal effect.
The jury in the case of Nan Patter-
son at New York reported there was
no hope of reaching an agreement, and
it was discharged by Recorder Golf.
Chauncey Dewey, the millionaire
ranchman of Kansas, and his cowboys,
charged with killing two members of
the Berry family, have been dismissed
by the court without trial.
Mayor Dunno declares that for $50, 0OO,-
900 Chicago can obtain possession Of the
street railway lines.
The Middleton bank in Wayerly, Mo-,
has failed for $50 900. The cashier. E! H.
Lewis, is accused of disappearing with
$4,000 Of the funds.
The May day death roll in Warsaw to-
tailed 81, including ten persons who died
in the hospitals. Probably 200 were
wounded.
c. G. Elliott, has been detailed by the
department Of agriculture to investigate
conditions and devise plans for the rec
lamatiOn of the hundreds of thousands
OF acres of swamp land in the kankakee
river valley, in northwestern Indiana
and northeastern illinois.
James J. Jetfries, champion heavy
weight pugilist, will retire from the prize
ring and from the stage, and go into
business with his brother Jack. in Cali
fornia, according to a statement made
by him in Cincinnati.
On the request of the San Francisco
police. Edward J. Smith, San Fran
| cisco tax collector, WHO'S said to be want
ed to answer charge of embezzling
some $4,000, was arrested at the union
station in St. Louis.
The Illinois house passed the Church
gas regulator" bill giving municpali-
ties of the state power to fix the price
of gas and electricity, with a three-year
limit on the price when once fixed.
A sugar beet factory at St. Louis Park,
suburb several miles west of Minneap-
oils, Mimi, was entirely destroyed by
fire. The plant, it is said, represents an
investment of $250,000.
Robbers blew open the safe of pri-
| vate bank at Gilbertsville, N. Y. and
made good their escape with booty esti-
mated at between $1,000 and $4,000.
fhar1oc
| the First national bank of Pittsburg,
Pa, is dead.
1mportatiOns to the port of New York
during the month of April show an in
crease of nearly SO 600, 900 over the cor
responding month of last year. The
whole value of importations during
April was $60.464,603
Railroad men testifying before the
senate committee on interstate COM
merce declare the present law adequate
and that rebates are or can be prevented
| under the existing statutes.
The interstate commerce commission
has secured federal; court Injunction
in Chicago to compel western railroads
to obey its ruling in the livestock
| rate case. {!
! r. NJ. Howell former newspaper
man, arrived in Denver with rich sam
pies of ore found near Yellow Jacket
creek, Idaho. One piece of float as.
sayed $4,000 gold ton
In a head-on collision between two
trolley cars on the Detroit, Monroe
& Toledo Shore line, near Newport,
Mich, H. w. Wheeler, aged Is, Of
Cedar Rapids, was killed and a dozen
persons were injured. T.. J.
! H. G. Frick, chairman OF the direc-
tors committee Investigating the Equi-
table Life Assurance society, has writ
ten a letter to the policy holders assur-
ing them that the interest Of every pol
icy holder is absolutely safe.
George Mahen, living in St. Paul,
Mimi, shot his wife, Hattie, three times
through the heart, killing her instantly,
and then shot himself fatally.
BY m explosion in Z mine near Du-
bois, Pa, II men were killed and one
had both legj and arms broken. =... :.
Germany regards notice as having
been given America Of the end of the
Jtari6 agreement. @.= ..... .=