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

Henry Porter, the last Of the famous
ring of aldermen which feeced con.
tractors desiring jobs in Green Bay,
Wis, for thousands. Of dollars several
years ago, pleaded guilty to five
bribery charges. =:
Albert B. Cummins was nominated
for governor of Iowa by the state
Republican convention Wednesday on
the first ballot, securing 933 votes to
603 for George B. Perkins and 104 for
S. w. Rathbun.
A compromise has been effected be-
tween the trustees of the Devl1n
estate and the receivers of the First
National bank, Of Topeka, Kan, In
volving the division of 100000 worth
of property formerly assigned to the
First National bank by c. ]. Devlin. I.
The Nebraska Prohibition platform
reasserts adherence to the principle OF
no traffic whatsoever in liquor, but
insists that the people have the right
to vote out the saloon by states, coun-
ties or municipalities, and to that
end declares for the enactment by the
next legislature of county option
law.
William R. Hearst has decided to
run for governor of New York as an In
dependent candidate. The state CON-
mittee of the Independent league, a
Hearst organization, decided the
league shall hold a state convention In
September II to nominate Hearst for
governor and put full state and ju-
dietary ticket in the field.
An important informal conference
between the interstate commerce
commission and representatives of the
Western Trunk Line association and
the traffic officials Of various southern
and southeastern railroads took place
in the hearing room Of the commits
sion at Washington. It related to the
construction to be placed by the
commission on the recently enacted
railroad rate law.
President Roosevelt has contributed
one dollar to the Republican national
congressional committees campaign
fund in response to a general appeal
for one dollar contributions.
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller
reached Cleveland. They were driven
directly to Forest Hill, their suburb
an home. Mr.. Rockefeller greeted the
newspaper men who had gathered at
the Union station most cordially. He
said he was glad to get back to his
old home.
The Negro Young Peoples Christian
and Educational congress having for
it's object the educational and moral
uplifting of the race, began five
days session in Washington. Sever
al thousand delegates are in attend
ance.
Excepting a slight brush In the res
olutions committee over Congressman
William Alden Smiths resolution
pledging the party to the direct nomi-
nation of United States senators, the
Michigan Republican state convention
was featureless and partook more of
the nature Of a ratification meeting
than a>convention.
The negro who was charged with
criminally assaulting Miss Annie
Poole, a young girl in Lakewood, an
Atlanta, Ca, suburb, was captured and
lynched.
Four men were killed and a fifth
man is missing, as result of an ex-
plosion of guncotton in the works Of
the Cooper Chemical company on the
outskirts of Newark, N. j.
After crawling on hands and knees
for a great distance through the for
est, Duyo Rogich, of Milwaukee,
wounded in three places by Clarence
Dietz, reached the homestead of
Charles Johnson, at Dadison, Wis, and
was later carried into Winters, where
he secured medical attention. Slight
hope is entertained for his recovery.
James H. Sage, of Troy, N. Y, a
nephew of the late Russell Sage, Tues
day declared that the will of the de-
ceased millionaire will be contested.
DR.. James D Eggleston, Jr., son of
the president Of the Pacific Express
company, and who has been practic-
ing as dentist in Denver, was ar
rested on the charge of counterfeit
ing,
William Woods, of st. Louis, shot
and killed his young wife, who had
been some time residing at Mobile,
Ala, with her sister, Mrs. Thomas. -
Secretary of State Root, speaking
before the Pan-American congress,
gave valuable advice to Latin America
regarding working out the problem of
popular self-government. The prob
lem, he said, is a difficult and labori-
GUS one.
The hanging of Allen Mathis, the
negro who crfminally assaulted Miss
Ethel McClain, took place in a legal
manner in the yard of the county Jail
at Maytleld, KY. It was only so min
utes from the time the jury was sworn
in until the negro was pronounced
dead.
Mrs. William Ellis Corey, wife of the
president of the United States Steel
corporation, obtained a decree of d.
vorce and custody of her 16-year.old
son, Allan Corey, in the Second dis
trict court of Nevada. Mr.. Corey made
no attempt to contest the case.
John D. Rockefeller and his party
have left Tarrytown, N. Y, for Cleve-
land.
John A. Cooke, former circuit court
clerk, was found guilty at Chicago of
conspiracy to defraud Cook county.
His punishment was fixed at not to ex-
coed five years in the penitentiary and
a $4,000 fine.
John L. Yoss. a truck gardener 1iv-