Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-15

The Illinois state board of agricul
ture issued bulletin stating that 70
ports show the yield of winter wheat
in Illinois this year is 1896, 652 bush
els, an average of 20 bushels per acre
an increase of 4,906,232 bushels over
1905.
Mrs. Ella Smith, wife of former Post
master General Charles Emory Smith
died at Block Island, r. +. Mrs. Smith
had been i'll but short time.
John MacVicar, of Des Moines, sec
rotary Of the American League of Mu'
inequalities, has announced the pro.
gramme for the annual meeting in
Chicago September rs, q and %.
Reports of the analysis Of about SO
samples of ported ham, potted chick
en-, hamburger steak, luncheon saus-
age and similar preparations sold by
meat packers submitted to State
Dairy and Food Commissioner AUX
eny Of Ohio, show the presence OF
preservatives and in some cases
traces of tin and zinc poison. The
latter are attributed to the use of a
poor quality of containers. One sam
pie labeled "Potted Chicken" was
found to be veal.
The Standard Oil company was in
dicted at Chicago by the federal grand
jury for receiving rebates in the form
of nonpayment of storage charges to
railroad companies. The Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern Railroad COM
pany was named as having given
these rebates.
Thomas Newcomb, for over 20 years
appointment clerk in the Office of the
governor, died at Albany, N. Y. In
early life he was prominent in news
paper circles In San Francisco.
After writing note stating that he
took his life rather than again earn
his living by selling liquor, Ernest
Steinhardt, 81 years Of age, commit
ted suicide by drinking morphine at
St. Louis.
Alexander Mckenzie was found
guilty at Roseau, Mimi, of having
murdered John Stewart last December
and was sentenced to life imprison-
ment in the state prison at Saltwater.
The crime was committed for robbery.
Alfred Munkiewicz during family
quarrel at Milwaukee, shot his wife
in the breast and another woman in
the arm, then turned the pistol on
himself, intlictsng what is said to be a
fatal wound. The women will recover.
The Santa Fe railroad division Of
ficials at Temple, Tex, report the re-
sumption of traffic on the San Angelo
branch, which has been tied up by
floods. The waters have receded and
normal conditions have been resumed.
Five children of Thomas O'Daniels,
of Seymour Park, suburb of Omaha,
persisted in a fire which destroyed
the family residence. Mrs. O'Daniels
and her husband were badly burned
in an effort to save the family.
The collier Nero, wrecked on Block
island, is holding we'll and with larger
pumps which have been sent to her, it
is expected that she can be foated if
there are no heavy seas.
While driving over a country road
at Evergreen, nine miles from Pitts
burg, Pa, wagon containing 20 per-
sons of a picnic party plunged over a
30-foot precipice and all sustained
more or less serious injuries. None
was fatally hurt.
The common council OF Superior,
Wis, passed an ordinance, the read
ing of which discloses the omission
of the Sunday closing law, leaving the
closing of saloons in the hands of the
state officials. The new ordinance
also takes from the hands of the new
mayor all power to close saloons.
William Esler, of townsville, Wis,
killed his seven-year-old daughter by
striking her over the head with gal
lon jug. He says he killed the child
because the mother did not want it.
Before killing the child Esler chased
his wife with an ak.
Secretary OF War Taft has promised
the Republican state central commit
tee that he will make two speeches in
Kansas during the campaign this fall
Secretary of State Elihu Root has
accepted an invitation to speak be-
fore the Trans-Mississippi congress in
Kansas City November 20 to %.
The browning event of the tenth
annual reunion of the Ohio Maryland
association was the reception at
Springfield to Gov. Edwin Warield of
Maryland.
A cloudburst and flood at Durango,
Mexico, caused the death of three
persons. Water was six feet deep in
the streets of the town, and many
houses were badly damaged.
Frederick E. Coyne, former post
master and we'll known in Chicago
political circles, failed, the Chicago
Title & Trust company taking charge
of his bakery and luncheon business
as receiver in bonds of $4,000.
That the honor of the United States
Is of more Importance than the pun
ishment of million criminals was the
statement made by Judge Hough in
the United States circuit court at
New York in the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings instituted on behalf of
Charles c. Browne, formerly employed
In the customs service and was extra
d1ted In Canada and taken to Sing
Sing prison to begin a two years term
for conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment.
August Peterson, Swedish vice con-
sui in Washington, died at sea while
returning to this country from a visit
to his home in Sweden and was buried
August 3.
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