Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-12-12


The town 81 Wilkinso nyille Mass,
was sold at auction.
&c a Parm street car dashed into q
wagon loaded with $1,000 eggs. The
wagon driver was. half drowned in
broken eggs r.. q ) 2=. - 81 -:
:. The long standing coal strike In Al
Sberta, Northwest territory, is sz over,
the operators and men having come TO-
terms. ~ -.....-. IT, =, -
The dreaded San Jose scale has
been discovered in several fruit or
chards in Massachusetts. ~,
Keel plates of another Dreadnaught
were laid at Portsmouth, England.
The new battleship will be larger
than the first Dreadnaught.
John D. Potter, the oldest Redman
In the United States, is dead at Mo-
blesville, Ind. - -
Importers In New York are warn
ing jewellers to watch for bogus gems
now being brought in by a French
vendor to catch holiday shoppers,
The Wisconsin, state railroad rate
commission reduced the rate on beet
pulp 20 per cent. Numerous hearings
have been held on the matter.
The pope has informed the bishop
of Breslau that he cannot espouse the
cause Of the Poles against Germany,
because the question involved 10 one
Of politics.
Special Attorney ]. 7. Marchand, Of
the interstate commerce commission,
has resigned and will enter the employ
of one of the western railroads.
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone,
the officers Of the Western Federation
Of Miners charged with connection
with the murder of former Gov. Steun-
enberg, will remain in the custody Of
the Idaho authorities, the United
States supreme court refusing to re-
verse the decision Of the Idaho fed.
eral court refusing to grant writs OF
habeas corpus.
There are indications that the Jap.
anese who have been arriving at Hon
olulu for some time past, as well as
those who have been granted pass.
ports and will arrive In the future, are
picked men with military experience.
Bishop w. Webb was enthroned at
All Saints cathedral, Milwaukee.
The Spanish cabinet of Senior Moret
y Prendergast resigned, being the Sec
ond to retire within a week. The res
ignation of the ministry was followed
by hostile demonstrations in the cham
Der of deputies.
Old soldiers testified at the Rich
ards-C omstock land fraud trial in
Omaha that their expenses were paid
by Comstock or others to file on lands
which were turned over to the fefend-
ants.
The British government is still look
ing for a suitable man for ambassa-
dor to Washington, and may select Sir
Maurice De Bunsen, minister to
Madrid.
Three persons were killed and sew
era1 injured In a wreck on the Rut-
land railroad, near Vergennes, vt.
= The house Of lords has tackled an
Objectionable amendment to the Brit
ish education bill, making It's passage
in present form impossible.
An earthquake shock was felt on
the Island of Martinique. No damage
was DONE The shock lasted one min
ute and half.
Two big tobacco stemmeries at
Princeton, KY, were destroyed by.
fires set by an armed and masked
mob of 300 men. It is believed that
opposition to the tobacco trust caused
the deed.
Queen Alexandra's s1xty-second
birthday was celebrated at sandring-
ham palace and greetings were re-
ceived from all parts of the world.
The second sea-going turbine
steamship to be built in this country,
was launched, at Chester, Pa. The
steamer was built for the Metropol1.
tan Steamsip company and will ply
between New York and Boston.
The car shortage throughout the
United States will be investigated by
the interstate commerce commission.
Carloads OF coal were seized at CHM
naron, Kan, and North Yakima,
Wash.
The two hundred and sixtieth ami
versary Of the independence of Portu-
gal from Spanish domination has been
celebrated by the signature of a treaty
between the two countries eliminating
their respective frontiers
Chairman Shonts, on. his return from
Panama, announced that President
Roosevelt won the people of the 18TH.
mus entirely; contradicted reports of
labor troubles and denied daughters
engagement.
The government land Office at Law
ton, Okla, has begun receiving bids
for half million acres Of land in the
Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reserya-
tons in Oklahoma, carrying out an
act Of congress opening the land to
settlement. " >~7~, ...
Statistics showed that Illinois pays
more than, one-ffth OF the internal
revenue received by the government;
the largest amount of any state in the
union. 49,: >.:..- -. -
James NJ: Wright, founder Of the
Ray County (Mo.) Republican, and a
pioneer newspaper man and publish
er In that. state, died 81 heart failure
at .LaWton. Okla = =. -. - -
Frank E. Hyde; formerly of Hart
ftrd, Conn, died at Paris Sunday. Mr..
Hyde was one Of the most prominent
American lawyers in Paris. He was
a member Of the firm Of Hyde q
Harper. phi = - - - !,