Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-15

trlal Oh three weeks AT F8lrnelQ, Ia.
Shepherd was accused of having muir
dered an aged German. &@ b
The wholesale grocery house of Will
hanson, Hallsell, Frazer company. was
destroyed by fire at Chickasaw. l. I.
Loss. 100000.
Henry~M. Lewis, of Berwick, ILL.,,
member Of the Thirty-drst general as
sembly OF Illinois, is dead. He was ST
years old. = f., ..s:s7'@E. =. .% Sc
The will OF former Mayor Edward
Cooper, under which Cooper Union will
receive 100000. was filed In New York.
Wisconsin railroads Cancelled orders
for improvements amounting to $40, 000,-
0OO because Of the attitude OF Gov. La
Toilette and the public against corpor-
atoms.
The president nominated Roger s. G.
boutell, OF Chicago, son OF Congressman
Boutell, as secretary OF legation at The
Hague.
Editors in session in Washington sup
ported the suggestion that Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks head the republican
ticket in 1908.
A movement started in the Mississippi
valley to make the United States senate
more responsive to public opinion by the
adoption OF the primary election sys-
tenn OF choosing senators bids fair to
assume formidable proportions.
Improved conditions mark the second
day OF New York's street car strike, the
company claiming to have the situation
we'll in hand.
President Roosevelt, in a second mes
sage to the senate. shows how the Santo
Domingo treaty would prove beneficial
to both nations.
The government completed it's case
in the Chadwick trial in Cleveland after
showing that the woman obtained $685.
500 from the Oberlin bank when she had
neither funds nor credit there
James 1nce, at Danville, Ark. con-
fessed having murdered his wife anu
three children because it seemed imDos-
sible for him to make living for his
family.
The Illinois house passed a bill appr0-
priating $4,000 for state building and
exhibit at the Lewis and Clarke expo
sition at Portland, Ore. The bill now
goes to the governor.
The Wisconsin legislature. by a vote
of IS to I. passed bill absolutely pro-
hibiting the sale or manufacture of Gig
arettes or cigarette paper
A. NJ. Palmer, the theatrical manager
who was stricken with apoplexy, died
in New York hospital. Mr.. Palmer
was for years the most prominent the
atrical manager in America. He was
81 years old.
DR.. David Murray, well-known edu-
Gator, is dead at his home at New Bruns-
wick, N. j., after long illness. He was
IS years old. In 1873 DR.. Murray ac-
cepted an appointment as imperial min
lister of education in Japan, where he re-
manned until 1879.
Gen. Boisrond Canal. former presi-
dent of Hayti, died at Port all Prince.
and was accorded state funeral.
Judge George w. Cate died at Stevens
Point, Wis. aged 81 years. Judge Cate
was formerly member of congress and
also served 81 years on the circuit court
bench in the Seventh district of Wis
consin.
The plant of the American Cereal COM
pany, the largest oatmeal mill in the
world, burned at Cedar Rapids, la. Loss
over 100000. Two men were killed
during the fire.
George B. Cortelyou took the oath a;
postmaster general. Other members OF
the cabinet also qualified.
Frank H. Hitchcock, of Massachu-
sets, has been selected for first assist
ant postmaster general.
The United States treasury depart
ment will realize over $4OO, 900 net re-
cefpts from duties paid on foreign ex-
hibtts at the worlds fair in St. Louis.
Gov. Folk, Of Missouri, signed the bill
which increases the limitation of brib-
cry prosecutions from three years, the
present limit, to five years.
A wreck in which 20 people were hurt
marked the first day of the New York
Rapid Transit strike. Service on the
subway and elevated roads is badly
crippled.
The Illinois Central railroad announ-
ces reduction to two cents hundred
pounds In rates on corn.
The C0e Commission company. George
H Hammond, manager, failed at Mime
apolis with liabilities of 100000.
M. White is reported to have resigned
the presidency of Russia's committee OF
ministers because of the emperor's lack
of confidence in him. -,
Adam G0alatke, a recluse, was found
dead in his one-room house in South
Milwaukee, Wis.
John D. Plumlee, operator at Tama-
roa, Ill.,, for the Illinois Central. who
was injured by being run over by train
Sunday morning, Is dead.
The latest estimate places the CON-
bined liabilities of the bank Of Var
mouth, N. S., and the firm of Redding E.
Son, boot and shoe manufacturers,
which recently suspended, at 81, 900, 900.
A crop expert estimates grain stocks
In the hands of farmers at, corn. 972, 000,-
600 bushels; wheat, 128,0O0.OOO bushels;
oats, $50, 900, 900 bushels.
Bob Sutherland and Courtney Baker,
both negroes, were hanged at Rome, Ca,
for murder.
Changes in the cabinet are predicted.
Secretaries Shaw and Morton are likely
to be the first to retire.
Creditors of the Arnold Brewing COM
pany OF Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, have
asked for Q receiver for the concern. The
liabilities, it is claimed, are about $685.