Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-24

HOugD HlQfr reunion WOulO not De
held i'm Arizona this year as planned,
owing to the inability of President
Roosevelt to attend
Mrs. Charles j. Holman, of Pitts
burg, mother of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw,
issued long statement in her own
defense, in which she declares she
would have killed Stanford White her
self had she known the truth.
President Roosevelt offered to ar
range peace in Central America with
President Diaz' aid.
Democrats elected O'Connor mayor
of Peoria, Prohibitionist comes second
and Republican third.
President Roosevelt will make per-
sonal investigation of Harriman's
record in pooling railway properties;
result will determine question OF
prosecution.
Secretary Wilson declared pure food
law was being misused by some big
manufacturers; declared use of gov
ernment's guarantee for advertising
must stop.
Gunners of battleship Illinois may
win navy pennant for craftsmanship
on their record of 80 per cent.
Seventeen West Point cadets must
face trial because they allowed girls
to wear their uniform overcoats.
Bingham police bill giving power to
reorganize city force was signed by
Gov. Hughes, of New York.
Bad year of business caused the
directors of the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration, Charles M. Schwab, presiz
dent, to pass the quarterly dividend
on preferred stock.
Arkansas house passed the senate
bill repeating that portion of the anti
trust law which prohibits the old-line
fire insurance companies from doing
business in the state, and the bill will
60 to the governor.
Chicago women took the lead in
the New York peace congress, Miss
Jane Adams and Mrs Ellen Henrotin
speeches. College presidents and Ia
Dor leaders joined in the movement.
Secretary Taft on his return to the
country on Monday, will open his
fight on Senator Foraker, and the
struggle which ensues, it is expected,
will be the hottest pre-convention cam
paign since the days of Blaine. Po-
litical leaders at Washington foresee
the defeat of Foraker.
Alexander Troup, member of the
Democratic national committee, intro
duced a resolution at the meeting of
the National Publicity Law associa-
ton in New York calling on the
chairmen and treasurers of both the
big political parties to publish list
Of contributions in the last presi-
Dental campaign.
Hope was expressed by the Demo
Gratis of Brooklyn at banquet COM
memorating the anniversary of the
birthday of Thomas Jefferson, that w.
]. Bryan, present at the function, will
lead the party again.
Perry l.. Hedrick, chief sanitary in
spector of the Chicago health depart
ment, was arrested on charges of So
Letting and accepting bride, and
was suspended by Health Commission
er w. A. Evans.
Funeral services for James H.
Ecl1els were held in Chicago.
The North Atlantic fleet, comprising
II battleships and three cruisers un-
der the command of Rear Admiral
RObley D. Evans, anchored in Hamp-
ton Roads ready to receive the fleets
Of foreign powers which will attend
the opening of the Jamestown expo
sition.
Col. S. B. Rohrbaugh, one of the
wealthiest citizens of Ottawa, Kan,
died at Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Thaw's counsel announced that his
defense in the second trial would
again be legal insanity at the time
Of the killing of White.
The Dearborn Park pool-room at
Clark Station, Ind, was raided by po-
lice from Hammond, Ind.
The steamer Louis Pahlow was
wrecked near Sturgeon Bay, Wis, and
the Delta was anchored in a perilous
position. The crews were rescued.
Michael Burke, II years old, pu-
pill in the public schools at Tolono,
ILL.,, has been awarded $500 dam
ages against his teacher, Miss Annie
Kelley, for injuries resulting from a
whipping.
The medical building of McGill uni
versity, Montreal, Que, was burned,
the loss being 100000.
The entire business portion Of
Benedict, Neb., was destroyed by fire.
The bank, hotel and all the stores in
the town were burned.
Twelve jurors in the United States
district court at Chicago found the
Standard Oil company OF Indiana
guilty of accepting illegal rates from
the Chicago & Alton railroad, as
charged in 1,462 counts of the indict-
ment. Should the verdict stand Judge
Lands can impose aggregate fines of
$29,24O,000, or $4,000 on each count.
If only the minimum penalty 1000 on
each count be assessed, the total
would reach 81, 462 900, the largest fine
ever entered against person or cor
poration in the history of federal
courts.
The national arbitration and peace
conference opened in Carnegie hall,
New York, with Andrew Carnegie pre-
siding and many prominent foreigners
and Americans present as speakers
and guests.
Capt. Carnot, son of the former
president of France, has given $780,
900 to the French academy to be
added to the Carnot fund for widows