Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-11

President Roosevelt, On the adjourn
ment ct the congress, dictated a state.
ment concerning the work accom-.
plished during the session Just con
cluded. He says that the present con-
gress has done more substantive work
along the lines of real constructive
craftsmanship" than has been accom-
pllshed at any session Of congress with
which the president is familiar. He
says that the men of genuine patriot
ism have a right to feel "a profound
satisfaction in the entire course OF this
congress"
Representative Tawney, chairman of
the house committee on appropria-
tons, has prepared a detailed state
ment concerning. the appropriations for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1906,
made by congress during the session
just closed, in which he claims that the
per capita cost of the government of
the United States, including federal
and state, Is less than In any European
state.
A detailed statement of the work
of the house of representatives dur
ing the first session Of the Fifty-ninth
congress shows there were 4,501 bills
passed by the house and 1862 left un-
disposed of.
The Thaws were never married in
Europe. The only marriage ceremony
was the one performed at Pittsburg.
Henry Medium, former United
States surveyor general for the dis
trict of Oregon, was sentenced to pay
fine of $3.50 on each of Fl counts and
to serve, 60 days in the federal peni=
Tertiary at McNeil's island, Wash, for
conspiracy to defraud the United
States government in connection with
land deals in Oregon.
The war between the Hip Sing Tongs
and the On Leong Tongs broke out
anew in Philadelphia's Chinatown and
four men were shot. Three Of them are
Chinese and the fourth Is Frederick
charge of the Christian mission in
Chinatown.
Secretary of State Elihu Root sailed
from New York on the United States
cruiser Charleston on his three months
South American tour.
Count Leo Tolstoi, in the course OF
an interview, said the Russian parlia-
ment interested him very little. When
he took up paper, he said, he usually
skipped the reports of parliamentary
proceedings, but when he did glance
at them they inspired him with the
triple sensation of humor, irritation
and disgust.
Abe Attell, champion featherweight,
won a 20-round battle from frankie
Neil, the bantamweight champion,
before the Pacific Athletic club at Los
Angeles.
Several political prisoners confined
at KOvno by some means obtained
arms and attacked and disarmed the
prison warders and liberated all the
prisoners.
john Harmoneck, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, met instant death at the hands
of Steve Shurba, Is years of age, who
had been quarreling with his father
when Harmoneek stepped in as peace
maker.
William J. Bryan was the central
dinner of the American society at Lon
don.
While he was telling friends at
Holiness campmeeting at Morningside,
Ia, tnat he expected soon to pass
through the pearly gates of Heaven,
Pierce Ratliff dropped dead of heart
failure.
Percy A. Leonard, a pioneer news
paper publisher of Colorado, died sud-
denly of heart failure at Denver, aged
SO years.
John Lockwood died at Kansas City
from the effects of dose of laudanum.
Lockwood was lawyer and an inven-
tor.
It is said that pressure will be
brought upon President Roosevelt to
secure a pardon for Frank G.. Bigelow,
the former Milwaukee banker now
serving sentence at Leavenworth
prison on the ground that the prison
er's health is failing.
George Campbell was shot and killed
at Pitkin, COL, in a duel with Frank
Vader, a ranchman, fought on horse
back. Vader's clothing was pierced
by a bullet but he was uninjured.
Vader says Campbell stole horse
from him.
Murray kits, 13 years old, was &C.
cidentally shot and killed at Fulton, N.
Y, by Frederick Parker, a companion
about the same age. The boys, were
planning for the Fourth of July.
Fire destroyed Queens medical
building on the university grounds.
Kingston, Ont, causing a loss of $751;
900.
The overdue Fabre line steamer
America from Marseilles June 3, and
st. Michaels June II for New York,
reached Murrays anchorage, St.
Georges, Bermuda, in tow Of the Ital-
ian steamer Dinnamare. Her machin-
cry was disabled.
Jumping from his locomotive to save
himself from death in what he re-
garded as an inevitable collision with
trolley car stalled across the rail-
road tracks ahead Of him, Edward
Harris, IAN engineer, was killed at a
crossing in Yonkers, N. Y.
II was married to Mr.. Thaw
Abroad" said Mrs. Thaw, before the
ceremony in this country and I have
the proof, all statements to the con-
trary, Notwithstanding. I shall pro-
duce the proof at the trial."