Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-03
Capt: a. s.. Bsrnes, ii point Of aasy-
Ice the Oldest rdf11way mall clerk, died


Capt: Is. $. Barnes, III point sof aasy-
ice the Oldest 1lway mall c1erk, died
at Elkins, W.
0 Twenty four persons were injured,
some seriously, and two-story build,
ing occupied by a fve-cent theater.
was wrecked at Greenfield, Ind, by an
explosion OF natural gas used to heat
the building. -: r. : =
r The Morton Salt block, in Hutchin-
son, Kan, the largest in the world,
owned chiefly by Joy Morton and Paul
Morton, former secretary of the navy,
was destroyed by fire, the loss being
100000. ar - b. ...zz -. 4. 49,. + =: =.
Alexander Beaubien, the first white
child born in Chicago, died, aged IS
years. -: &*s>z @.~ (.
Abraham Ruef of San Francisco
withdrew his writ Of error in the fed
eral supreme court and said he was
ready for trial on the charge of ex-
tortion. =:
Attilla F. Mallory, one of the most
prominent citizens of Pensacola and
a brother of United States Senator
Stephen B. Mallory, was found dead in
his office. ',' - ).
Peter Clark shot and fatally wound
ed Mrs. Ollie Hill on an interurban
car near Girard, ILL.,, because she re-
pulsed him. Both principals in tho
tragedy had been divorced because of
their relations with each other.
An immense landslip at Steuben-
ville,. O., buried railway tracks and
broke gas mains. y S$z - ~ *>:' r. >,>3>
Mrs. William Moore and her daugh~
ter Emma we're fatally burned at
Decker, Ind. Sz 49, 1888
Rev. Stephen Safer Ortynskyi, of tho
Order of st. Basil the Great, has been
appointed bishop for the Catholics OF
the Greek Ruthenian rite in the Unit
ed States. ~ : ~
James Young who, with. NJ. NJ.
Towle, founded Hammond, Ind, 30
years ago, died at San 8Diego,.Cal
Ina effort to enforce recognition OF
their unions, 1000 skirt, cloak and slut
makers Of Boston, employed in about
100 shops, went out on strike. !.
John Hippo, white man, IS yeara
of age, hanged himself in toilet
room on Louisville & Il, Nashville
train. &c.,, Z; II
Miss Emma Rousey, Of Hunting
ton, w. Va, was killed byEa railway
train, as was Perry Meadows, a Sec
ton hand, who tried to save her,
United States Judge Emory Speer
in a decision in the case of Lucy
Snead. Administrative, against the
Central of Georgia Railway company,
upheld the constitutionality. of the en-
ployers' liability act passed by the
last congress-. : :: :. ?zst' t,y7:iI.,@. II !:
Strikers in a. chocolate, factory, at
Vevey, Switzerland became riotous
and were fired upon by rgendarmes,
several being injured. - 80.
Speaker Cannon and members Of
congress spent a day inspecting the
Panama canal - .:,.:. -;
Only two white laborers in the
canal zone died during February.
Three men: were killed blythe explo-
sion Of locomotive boiler at Onava,
N. NJ.
Col. Albert L. Meyer, Eleventh cav
airy, has been selected for promotion
to the rank of brigadier general to fill
the vacancy created by the death of
Gen. Wint
William John Merrall,y vice presi-
dent and director Of the Acker, Mer-
rail- & Condit company, died at his
home in New York city. He was rs
years old.
A male teacher of English in Ora
NADIA, Spain, posing as woman, has
been unmasked.
A great gas we'll near Sapulpa, I. T.,
caught fire and could not be ext1n-
guished.
A collision between the Dover-Ca-
lais mail steamers Princess Henriette
and Lord Warden near Dover, Eng
land, caused excitement ON both YES
sells, but no one was injured.
7 The Pennsylvania railroad an
'nounced in Philadelphia that it may
countermand orders for $4,000, 900
worth of improvements owing to the
two-cent fare agitation.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., informed
his Bible class in New York that his
health is near breakdown. He will
take a long rest. ,.- ~. Z. .-..f
The project of police, Client, Bel.
GUM. will add women to the force.
Six persons were killed and II in.
jured when special carrying stu
dents and the Overland limited on; the
Santa Fe collided head-on at Los An
geles. =; -. ,,
Elmer: Sheppard, co1osed, who was
only II years old but weighed $40
pounds, died in Appleton, Wis.
Fire in the F.. H: Lawson tinplate
factory at Cincinnati did 100000
damage. =: -: =.
Joseph Demar, a wealthy Italian.
was murdered by Black Hand agents
at Bellefonta1ne, O. .,*s ~, ss>>
Fire destroyed the. store Of A. G..
Spalding Bros. in Chicago, with $780,
600 worth Of sporting goods. En- =. :.
The, ruling dynasty in China was
reported to be in grave peril asa re-
suit of the famine, and the United
States and Europe were concerned for
the safety of white residents in China.
( A fund was being raised in Port
land, Ore, to employ Heney and Burns
of San Francisco to- uncover munich.
pal graft in the Oregon city. # AZ
5 Nine hundred veterans in the Old
Soldiers home at Leavenworth, KAN,
were poisoned by tainted hash, and
one died. . #.s T. ~. ssEsz, s.