Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-15

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The University building in Kansas
City was destroyed by fire. George
De Mare, An art instructor, was killed;
Maud Witteborn, piano teacher, prob
ably persisted and Is other persons
were injured. The property loss was
$25O,OO0.
Under adequate police protection
two cars were run for six miles in San
Francisco, the mob being kept back
with clubs. There was no shooting
but four men were injured.
Striking longshoremen in Brooklyn
attacked strikebreakers and bloody
fight with the police ensued, many
men being badly injured
George B. Cox, former Republican
leader in Ohio, came out for Taft for
the presidential nomination, adding
the advice that the party in Ohio Sc
cure harmony by nominating Foraker
for the senate and A. L. Harris for
governor
Congressman H. A. Cooper with
w
consin.
Judge Wood, at Boise, overruled the
motion of Haywood's counsel for a
bill of particulars and the way was
cleared for the beginning of the trial.
Edmund C. Ross, former United
States senator from Kansas, whose
vote saved President Andrew Johnson
from impeachment, died at Albu-
querque, n. NJ.
Attorney General Bonaparte recon-
mended that John William January,
alias Charles w. Anderson, be par
doned July 10, 1907. The president
approved the attorney generals rec
ommendation
The business section of Barnes
boro, Pa, was almost wiped out by a
fire that members of the Black Hand
were suspected of having started.
Tommy Burns, of Los Angeles, won
the heavyweight championship of the
world from philadelphia jack
O'Brien before the Pacific Athletic
club at Los Angeles, after 20 rounds
Of fighting that was for the most part
a foot race.
The French steamer Potion went
ashore off the coast of Uruguay and
many of her 500 passengers and crew
Jumped overheard in panic. 1t was be-
lieved about 100 were drowned.
H. Clay Pierce, head of the Waters
Pierce Oil company, surrendered him.
self in st. Louis on the Indictment re-
turned against him in Texas charging
perjury, and was released on bonds.
Gov. Magoon appointed Cuban dele
gates to the second peace conference
at The Hague as follows: Antonio
De Bustamente, Gonzalo. De Queseda,
the Cuban minister to the United
States, and Manuel Sanguily. Owes
tes Ferrera has been made secretary
to the legation.
Shriners at Los Angeles selected St.
Paul for the conclave of 1908, the
dates being July 10 to IS.
The British government decided to
give Jamaica s750,00O and guarantee
= loan of $4,000,000 to assist the peo-
pie Of Kingston.
Twenty five congressman arrived at
Honolulu on the transport Buford
Mrs. Mary Vito and her mother,
Mrs. Maria Brignoi, were literally
slashed to pieces with razors in New
York. Giovanni Vito, the husband of
the younger woman, is under arrest
charged with the crime,
Rev. Father George F. Arenth, 80
years old, rector of Holy Angels
cathedral of st. Cloud, Mimi, died at
the st. Francis hospital in Pittsburg.
Lieut~Col. George Vincent Fosbery,
inventor Of the paradox gun, an auto
matte revolver, is dead in London.
Twenty-Five st. Louisans have been
Bubpoenaed to appear before the fed
eral grand jury at Denver, Col, to
tell what they know of a supposed
scheme to combine large number of
coal land claims under the control of
some syndicate whose identity has
not been publicly established.
Maj. Boykin, negro officer, was
shot and killed from ambush at Or
ange, Tex. Negroes are blamed for
the affair, as we'll as for firing upon
two white men seated on a stage.
Clyde St. Clair, son of a prominent
citizen of Independence, Mo, was
shot and killed by Van Tappan, his
intimate friend. The two quarreled
over a girl. -, - 'z-..
Civil and criminal suits will be
brought against the grafters respon-
sible for the Pennsylvania capitol
scandal, by Attorney General Todd.
Seated on q couch beside her lover,
Hattie Garree. Of Lima, O., fatally,
shot herself with his revolver, because
they had quarreled. 3%s... t., $;S=$ Fl
Mrs. Mary. Hurley, of Winona,
MINI, formerly prominent In society
but for several years a recluse. was
found dead. ss1c III; IL ..ss =. II S:.Sz
II The jury that heard the case
against Victor Roland O'Shea, OF Chi
cago, charged with killing his wife.
disagreed and was discharged.
The Burlington flyer was wrecked
near Manhattan, Mont, one passenger
being killed and Is injured.
Secretary Taft decided against the
steam shovel men employed on the
Panama canal who had asked a large
increase Sof pay !. In some other mat
tiers he ruled in favor Of the Workmen.s
Nicaraguan soldiers II Puerto Cor.
ter, Honduras, nearly beat to death y
negro from Louisiana, and the policsl
refused to arrest them Commander
dIIam, of the Marietta. had the chief