Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-10-31

|fvention of the American ietyySof
Equity, which is comps sed 81 farm
ers, was the address pf { NJ. +. sharp,
Of NarroWs, q He strongly urged
the farmers Ito perfect Il "a Il ganiza-
ton. +, .= . .5$ s5 s.s . II t= !,
Il On the retirement I. Of Il Secretary
SHAW and Attorney General K Moody
from the cabinet the following
changes viii be made: u Secretary OF
the treasury, Hon, George .B.l Cortel-
you: postmaster general, Hon. George
Won L. Meyer; attorney eneral, Hon.
Charles J. Bonaparte; secretary 1Sot
the navy, Hon. Victor, H. Metcalf;;
secretary Of commerce and labor,
Hon. Oscar s. Strauss. :5,st - &. ::
The first national convention OF the
American Society OF Equity, composed
Of farmers, began at East St. Louis,
with more than 500 delegates present
from Illinois, Kentucky, New, York,
North Carolina, Utah, :, Wisconsin,
Ohio and Indiana. The convention
seeks to regulate values OF grain and
farm produce by regulating the sup
ply in relation to the demand. ~
Evidence Of rate favorltism by the
Chicago, Milwaukee, & st. Paul rail-
way and revelations Of the warfare
existing between rival boards of
trade in Kansas City were brought
out at the grain hearing OF the inter-
state commerce commission. 3,
After chase lasting 36 hours. the
sherift's posse succeeded in capturing
the five bandits who robbed the Saw
yer, N. D.. bank, when a battle ensued
with citizens during which 800 shots
were fired, the robbers getting away
with $4,000.
Six workmen were seriously burned
by molten metal and three pedestri-
ans were cut and bruised by a rain
of ore as result of an explosion of
a blast furnace at the Jones &
Laughlin steel mills at Pittsburg.
Sir Thomas Upton, through his Sec
rotary. stated that he had not an
nounced his intention of again chal-
longing for the American cup. He
would not deny that he might chal-
lense. -.
w. H. Bell, formerly a saloonkeep-
er Of Kansas City, was arrested here,
charged with forging and passing ex-
press money orders here and at Des
Moines, Ia.
Seven men were given the immune
ty sweat bath by United States Attor-
neys Houpt and Ewart and Special
Agent II. B. Duncan before the spe-
cial grand jury at Minneapolis sum-
moned to hear evidence In connection
with railroad rebating.
The remains of Gen. w. H. Bell,
who died near Denver, were buried in
the National cemetery at Fort. Leav-
enworth. Six Of the higher officers of
the post acted as pail bearers. 49,.
TERRY" McGovern and Young"
Corbett, with their representatives
signed articles to fight the first week
in January, the scene of the battle
to be where the biggest purse was Of
fered. ~. =.
Information has been given out
through the Cantillons, owners Of the
Des Moines franchise, that the plan
of the Western league magnates for
next season is to practically merge
the Western league and the Western
association. -. .
James F. Lingafelter, the former
bank official who was found guilty Of
forgery at the September term st
court, was sentenced at Newark, O.,
to four years at hard labor in the pen
itentiary. Lingafelter is nearly IS.
The large sawmil Of the Wisconsin
Timber and Land company, valued at
$4,000, together with about 100000
worth. Of lumber, burned to the
ground at Nation. (
stuyvesant Fish, president of the
Illinois Central Railroad company,
has sold to F.. 81. Hartman his one
third interest In the Railroad securi-
ties company, Of which he has for sew
eral: years been vice president. and
Mr.. Hartman president, and has re-
signed as an officer and director Of
that corporation. j..
Passenger train No. ~ on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road, col
lided with a freight train at Rondout,
(. Cramer, the fireman of the passen-
ger train, was killed. s
!. After celebrating 81 hours the Jury
at Finday; in the case of the state of
Ohio against the Standard Oil com,
pany, of Ohio, returned verdict Of
guilty" on the charge Of conspiracy
against trade. In violation Of the Val
entine antitrust law. =; :.
Awful loss of life has resulted from
the hurricane which has been sweep
Ing Florida Cuba and Central Amer
ica. Reports Of death and devasta-
ton Of property are coming in as fast
as communication. which was cut of
by the hurricane, Is reestabltshed.
What the toll of the storm was, it is
utterly impossible TO- say, at present.
Reports have been received, however,
Of the death Of hundreds Of persons,
and the fatalities may run into the
thousands. = 5ss.i At t5:: j. .:...s
As q result Of being caught on the
prairie during the. fierce storm which
swept Central South s Dakota, David
jGanaWay and Hubert Brown, young
sons Of prominent residents7of Cham:
5Hnr1nir s<1na< aa.. 2XsS1 81 N.Y.