Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-15

King Oscar OF Sweden Is indtsposed
and unable to transact state business.
At 4 session of the council OF state In
Stockholm he handed over the reins Of
government to Crown Prince Gustaf un-
til further notice. s5%** 'g..s ! !. - :.
Fire In a seven-story brick building
owned and occupied by the Columbus
Merchandise company at Columbus, o.,
caused property loss estimated at $780,
900. =.
Albert Boylan, his wife, Ann Boylan,
and son. Rush Boyland (negroes) were
murdered about two miles west Of Ma
rion, Ark, by an unknown party. Their
heads were severed from their bodies
with an az.
Dispatches from Lockart, Tex. tell
OF an earthquake shock felt there, last
ing for several seconds. Buildings
tTembled, dishes ratified and live stock
were frightened, but no damage was
done.
John Learey, one Of the oldest Seattle
pioneers, died at Riverside. Cal, whittier
he had gone in search OF health. 1t Is
estimated that he lett fortune Of near
ly $2,000,000
With the Lewis and Clark Centennial
exposition but few months ahead, the
city of Portland, Ore. is. it Is said, be-
coming the haven Of = gang of criminals,
highwaymen and other undesirable
persons.
John Morgan and Carl Wilson, the
Pasadena bellboys who robbed Mrs.
William Edey, a guest Of the Maryland
hotel. OF $20, 600 worth Of jewelry. plead
ed guilty at Los Angeles, CAL, to bur-
glary, and were sentenced to three years
each in the state prison.
]. G. Strohmayer, a member of the
Gillespie Fur company, of Toronto,
Ont, was found dead in his room in the
st. George hotel, New York, having been
accidentally asphyxiated by illuminat-
ing gas.
Minister Dawson has cabled the state
department from San Domingo that the
new protocol providing for the respon-
sibility OF San Domingo finances by the
United States has been signed.
James Burton Reynolds, of Massa-
chusetts, has been decided upon as the
successor to Robert B. Armstrong, as
sistant secretary Of the treasury, in
charge of customs
Admiral Cosby, Il. S. N, retired, died
in Washington from paralysis. He was
born in Louisiana in 1910, served dur
ing the civil war and was retired in
1902 with the rank of rear admiral.
Smith H. Woolley, assayer in charge
of the United States mint at Boise City,
Idaho, has been removed. 1t is charged
that irregularities have been discovered
in his accounts.
The Bank of Lebanon, Ore, was blown
open and robbed of almost $4,000 in coin
and currency.
Fire destroyed half OF the business
houses on the west side OF Main street
at Burr Oak, Mich.
Ambassador Porter thinks he has
found IN Paris the resting place of the
remains of John Paul Jones, and con-
sress will be asked to direct a search.
G. W. Post, Of Battle Creek, Mich,
filed petition asking the senate to ex-
pei Senator T. C. Platt, of New York, On
the ground that in the interest OF ex-
press companies he opposes bills intend
ed to aid the people,
Ten thousand pounds of dynamite ex-
ploded in Michigan mine, killing three
and entombing several miners.
Charles G. p. Holden, a Chicago
pioneer, who was active in the city's al
fairs for years, is dead.
j. J. Ryan, st. Louis "get-rich-quick'
man, is acquitted, the state having failed
to make ont a criminal case.
England's priyy council reprimanded
! Canadian justice and ruled for the
United Statesin the Greene Gaynor case.
The Oregon state senate with one dis
senting vote, adopted a concurrent reso-
luton expressing confidence in United
States Senator John H. Mitchell.
Three men We're arrested in New York
on a charge Of having in their possession
a government bond for 100000, which
is one of many bonds stolen from the
! Manhattan savings institution in that
WY lA 400. Ac AO4 E1Ec utbu uuuST
| $40 600 each.
A decision was handed down by Pro-
bate Judge Geiger at Springfield, O., to
| the effect that the heirs of the late Gov.
Asa S. Bushnell will not be compelled
to pay the two per cent. Inheritance tax.
The estate is valued at $2,500,000
In the Wisconsin senate bill was in
troduced to change the seat of govern
ment of the state of Wisconsin to Osh-
kosh, and appointing committee to de-
termine the site of the state capitol
building.
Joseph H. Manley, former chairman
of the national executive committee OF
the republican party died suddenly at
his home in Augusta. Me. Apoplexy was
! the cause of death. He was a close
friend of James @. Blaine, and managed
his campaign for the presidency.
Thomas Adams, inventor and manu-
facturer of chewing gum, died at his
home in Brooklyn of pneumonia and old
age. He retired from business after &C.
| cumulating fortune.
The ocean steamer Damara, Of the
Furness line, ran on the rocks at Mus
quodobdt, 80 miles east of Halifax.
foundered with, it il feared, the loss Of
many lives.
Gov. Higgins, Of New York, has
granted the requisition of the governor
of Illinois for the extradition of Johann
Hoch, the alleged bigamist who is under
! arrest in New York city.
! Three children were drowned at