Willmar tribune., 1906-09-12

| The hopes OF those who tentatively
suggested proposition of mutual con.
cesion as means of ending the Gu
ban rebellion We're shattered when
President Palma called Gen. Cebreco,
one of the proposed peace commission
! ers, to the palace to inform him that
the government had no concessions to
offer or accept and no intention other
than fighting the matter through and
suppressing the insurrection.
AS days and weeks pass with no ap-
preciable diminution of the Cuban rev.
| olution, apprehension Increases. The
most conservative testimony from the
country districts of the provinces OF
Pinar del Rio, Havana and Santa
Clara is to the effect that two-thirds
of the people in the country and small
towns of these provinces are insur-
gents In sentiment If not in fact.
Peace is in the air, and on all sides
there is hope that matters will be
arranged between the Cuban govern
ment and the insurgents so as to
avoid further bloodshed. Fighting has
been practically suspended.
| Fourteen Doukhobors confined in
the Regina (Man) Jail absolutely re-
fuse to eat. The police are compelled
to force food through their teeth by
scientific means.
| Ticket scalping'' in Minnesota is a
business of the past. The ticket brok-
ers of st. Paul, Minneapolis and Du-
luth, against whom an injunction was
issued some time ago, directing them
to refrain from dealing in cut-rate
railroad transportation, came into the
Ramsey county district court and the
United States district court and prac-
tically admitted defeat.
AS result of her hair being caught
in the shafting of one of the sewing
machines at the Bemis Bag company's
factory, Minneapolis, Annie Shema,
22 years old, is now at the city hos
pital with her left ear and the entire
scalp torn.
Lewis Johnson Davis, a leading
banker, society and club man, died
at his residence in Washington, aged
72.
To determine the responsibility of
the directors of the wrecked Real Es-
tate Trust company, State Banking
Commissioner Berkey appointed as
special bank examiners Charles M.
Vollum and Meyer Goldsmith, expert
registered accountants, who will make
thorough examination Of the assets
30 0f ha
The navy department has decided
to concentrate all the battleships in
the navy on the home stations and to
replace those on the Asiatic station
with armored cruisers.
A cablegram received from Secre-
tary Root stated that he would arrive
at Panama on the Charleston on the
18th inst, and would cross Immediate
ly to Colon.
Ernest and Otto Neidhart, aged 13
and II years respectively, were
drowned while bathing in a small
stream on their fathers farm near
Kansas City, Kan.
The national assembly of Panama
elected J. D. Obaldia first vice presi-
dent of the republic, Federico Boyd,
second vice president, and Rafael Aiz-
purp third vice president.
The third of the series of races be-
tween German and American yachts
for the Roosevelt cup was won by
Vim, owned by Commodore Park, of
the American Yacht club, of New
York. The Vim was the winner of
the second of the series.
The work of exterminating the cat
tie tick in the southern and some of
the western states is progressing sat
isfactorily, according to statement
made by Secretary Wilson.
The steamer Milwaukee, of the
Western line, collided with the steam
er Nelson Mills in the st. Clair river
near st. Clair, Mich. The Mills sank
Immediately, and it is reported three
of her crew were drowned.
A fire of incendiary origin des-
troyed an entire block in the village
of Leesburg, o. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
During the combined land and sea
maneuvers at Constanza boat load of
soldiers, members of a battalion of
chasseurs, was capsized while being
towed by torpedo boat. Eleven pri-
Yates and one officer we're drowned.
Capt. John Lowe, who served on
board the confederate cruiser Alabama
during the time that vessel was prey
ing on the commerce of the United
States during the war of secession,
died in Liverpool.
Federal officials lodged John Brown,
a land dealer, in the federal Jail at
Ardmore, l. r., charged with murder
ing M. Swancy, a prominent farmer,
at Loves Valley. Brown alleges that
he shot Swancy in self-defense
Orders have been issued at the navy
department to place the cruiser Mar
Mare island navy yard, California, and
to transfer her officers and crew to
the gunboat Yorktown.
In three battles the Cuban rebels
were uniformly victorious. The fatali-
ties on the government side were Sc
we're.
Premier Stolypin's firm note en-
bodying the governments future pro-
gramme in dealing with terrorists and
revolutionists has thrown the enemies
of the government into~a panic.
It is reported that Japanese war
ship will start for Honolulu soon. The
vessel is expected to make a long
visit.
Young Teddy Roosevelt scratched