Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-10-24

DR.. Frank l. BrouWer, indicted for
the murder Of his wife BY poison, was
/ acquitted at Toms River. MD -
Sixteen more awards of funds or
medals was made by the Carnegie
hero fund commission to- individuals
that have saved lives and whose deeds
of sheroism have been brought to the
attention Of the commission. 49,:
! The New York Central Railroad
company its general manager, Fred
erick l.. Pomeroy, were found guilty
on six counts each of giving unlawful
rebates in 1904 to the American Sugar
Refining company by jury in the
United States circuit court. The: con-
viction makes each defendant liable
to fine Of $4,000, 100000 for each
| offense. -. 81.
Five persons were killed and about
hundred injured by a gasoline .explo-
sion in the Meinerding dry goods and
hardware store at Fort Recovery, o.
Willie Hoppe, of New York, again
proved his right to the title Of worlds
champion at 18-inch balk line, one
shot in. The young lad was challeng-
ed by the veteran Jake Schaefer, of
Chicago, and won by a score Of 500
to 472 in AZ innings.
At Lockport, N. Y, the jury in the
case of Mrs. Della B. Sweeting against
the steamer Western States reported
to Judge Hazel in federal court YER
dict of $4,000 In favor of the plain
till. Mrs. Sweeting, whose home is in
Jackson, Mich, sued for $4,000.
Secretary and Mrs. Taft, Assistant
Secretary Of State Bacon and Mrs. Ba-
con, Gen. Funston and others COM
posing Secretary Taft's party, arrived
in washington from Cuba.
While there Is some apprehension
with regard to yellow fever in Cuba,
the situation is not regarded as espe-
cially dangerous. The number Of
cases under treatment In Havana is
ten. There is one case at Cruces, two
at Cienfuegos. DR.. F1nlay. chief Of
the department Of health and SANTA
ton, said that while the fever In Ha-
vana was epidemic, the situation was
not one to cause serious alarm and
that there was every expectation that
the spread Of the disease could be
prevented.
James B. Mapen claims that on
shipments Of baled straw from Gen.
ter Point, Ia, to Chicago the Rock
Island road charged him IA cents per
hundred pounds on q weight of "a
900 pounds to a car, although the pre-
else weight was only 1920 pounds.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the
president of the confederacy, who had
been i'll in New York, is dead. Death
was due to pneumonia, induced by q
severe cold which Mrs. Davis con-
tracted upon her return from the Adj
rondacks, where she had spent the
summer months.
The controversy which had been
waged between the American and
Canadian lake fishermen for the past
20 years has been placed In an en-
tirely different light by a report made
to the state department by Capt. E. c..
Chayter, commanding the United
States revenue cutter Morreil ON the
great lakes. The report shows in SUBJ
stance that the American fishermen
have been transgressors and that they
have been treated with the greatest
consideration by the Canadian fish
ing patrol. =.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Holmes, wife of
William NJ. Holmes, of Brooklyn, who
was arrested in Washington last Jan
uary while attempting to secure an
interview with President Roosevelt,
was ordered to be, committed to
Bloomingdale asylum as q paranoiac
Three children, aged three, four
and seven years respectively, were
smothered to death In gravel pit at
Canton, o. Their bodies were found
in the pit, where they had been play
ing. "A landslide had caught them.
At Carmia, B. c., James A. Dale, q
boarding house keeper, is alleged to
have killed two men and to have
wounded q third. Dale is said to
have attempted to eject the men from
his house when the fight started,
| A military expedition Of consider:
able strength Is at present being or.
ganized In Fez for the purpose OF
gathering taxes. which for four years
have remained unpaid from the turbu.
lent tribes In the south. r.. *. ... =.
The legislative assembly at Perth,
by q vote Of 10 to 8, adopted q motion
that the state Of Western Australia
secede from the rest 5of the common.
wealth 81 . = Ss5 5s4 Wilt 1:3 ;s: "
! a squadron OF soldiers from the
Sixth cavalry stationed ut Fort Mead
has been sent out to assist :in fighting
a terrific prairie IRE, which started
about mile. from Tilford, 8. d., and
which burned over 8 large Sexpanse
Of countr f5.S2= .s. EZ !, s < 81 T.
| +; John Morgan, champion ontinuoua
pool player Of the world, has. formally
surrende Tered his title and returned >the
diamond champ onghip emblem to the
donor. y b . 4t 3 y IL 81
Mrs. Peck, wife 4 Of 81 former Gov
George w. Peck, 81: Wise nsin, died
sud- denly at< Winnetka, nj. @ 3} }s=
I Gov. Aleman,,A 81 santa Clara PROV !,
=ince,$ has issued 5an appe Is the avari
| GUS mayors Is his depa rtment y; to Ses
| tablish order Il and exercise patriotic
activity in ord r4 to Hnaint ain the #sx
istence sof the republi NJ sIj sSs.
Gen. Wood a:says hero 2is 4 & large
Enumb of somc ers, ins tlhs Iservice Ewhe
entered during the war with Spain
and ] afterward, and s,are not s. 4 type
|Idesired time peace Also there