Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26
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An order will soon be issued by Post
master General Cortelyou forbidding
postmasters from taking any active part
in the management Of party politics in
their districts.
Mrs. Julia Beauchamp Robb, GO years
old. famous along the Ohio river during
the civil war, is dead at ''Robb Place."
her Riverside home, just below Cannell-
ton, Ind. Many thrilling instances OF
her personal bravery are remembered.
During q windstorm Peoria was the
scene of a small tornado which dis
turbed many homes and wrecked five.
Four people were injured.
Mrs. Donald Mclean, of New York,
was elected president general of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Rev. 0. NJ. Brown, one of the leading
colored ministers of Danville, KY. was
sentenced to one year in the penitentiary
for forgery.
President Roosevelt's hunting expedi-
ton will end May II, when the party will
start for home. Stops will be made in
Denver and Chicago, and Washington
will be reached May 20. -
The property, franchise and all APP
purtenances of the United States Tele-
graph & Telephone company, with ex-
changes in II counties in northeastern
Iowa, were sold at Webster, a., to Thorn
as Casiden, of Waterloo, for $55, 900 at a
public sale on order of the federal court.
The yearly ceremony on Maundy
Thursday of feeding and washing the
feet of IL Oldest and poorest men in Vi
emma capable of being brought to the
palace was performed by Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria.
The Illinois house passed the anti-pol-
icy bill providing heavy penalties for
playing policy" or conducting policy
games" The bill now goes to the gov
ernor
The democrats of the First Indiana
congressional district nominated Mai.
G. V. Menzies, of Mount Vernon, for
congress for the special election May 16.
Gov. Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania,
signed the Greater Pittsburg bill, which
provides for the consolidation OF the
cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny City.
The main building of Vanderbilt uni
versity was Quilted by fire at Nashville,
Tenn. Loss, 100000.
A monument has been inaugurated in
New York to erect a life-sized statue in
marble Of the late actress, Mrs. ]. H.
Gilbert.
The Grant w. Kenny elevator at Ar
gentine, Kan, a suburb of Kansas City.
was destroyed by fire. The loss aggre-
gates $3.50, 900. The building was struck
by lightning.
Maj. James Stewart, United States
army, retired, died at his home at Fort
Thomas, near Cincinnati, aged 70
years.
Mrs. Mate Munchoff, of Chicago, has
been bequeathed the fortune of South
African king, whose offer of marriage
she twice rejected.
The Montana supreme court awarded
Henze the title to 100000 mine
disputed by Amalgamated copper.
The Wisconsin railroad bill has been
completed to Gov. La Follette's salts
faction. He will sign it and accept
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Earl Pond, aged 10, was instantly
killed In Summit, Ind, by his horse
running away, crushing his body be-
tween the buggy and an iron telephone
pole.
i Doodle charges are made in con.
nection with the Niagara power bills
before the New York legislature
Fire that started in an attic de-
stroyed the home of William Koch at
Freelandvil1e, Ind; loss. 1920.
Use Of harbors in French Indo- China
by the Baltic fleet is considered q
breach of Frances neutrality in Lon
don, and Japan Is expected to lodge a
protest. y.
Terry McGovern, former champion
lightweight, escaped from his attend
ants at the stamford, Conn.,, sanitari-
UNI, where he was confined for nervous
exhaustion, but is recaptured in New
York and will be returned. .%z-.r>*..#
Equitable. men may. force Senator
Depew to restore $1,000, 900. l. ~, :.
A statement made made at the open
ing meeting of the tuberculosis con-
gress that 100000 die annually Of
consumption. I'll. s.s.: .s. ].
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton dedicated the Continental hail ct
Washington and opened their annual