Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-08-07
BRIEF REVIEW Of
A WEEKS EVENTS
RECORD OF THE MOST lMPOR.
TANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEM
lied FORM.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS
Information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the PerusaI Of the
Busy Man.

tiers Of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusai Of the
Busy Man.
William D. Haywood, secretary
treasurer of the Western Federation
of Miners was declared not guilty OF
the murder of former Gov. Frank
Steunenberg, for which he has been on
trial since May 9 last. The jury was
out 21 hours, standing for long time
ten for acquittal and two for convic-
ton. Gov. Gooding. of Idaho, said the
cases against Meyer and Pettibone
would not be dropped.
Charles H. Mover. president of the
Western Federation of Miners, was
a bond of $4,000, signed by Timothy
Reagan and Thomas J. Jones, OF
Boise
Fire in the Pittsburg municipal in
situations at Marshalsea destroyed two
buildings and caused the death of one
employe and the serious injury of sew
eral other persons.
Jimmy Britt obtained the decision
over Battling Nelson at San Francisco
after 20 rounds of hard fighting.
Father Martoogessian, the Armenian
priest who is accused of being leader
in Matchmaking society, was indicted
four times in New York for attempted
robbery and extorcion.
Patrolman Stephen S. Watson, of
New York, was found guilty of COW
ardice and was publicly degraded and
stripped of his shield.
The cOroner's jury at Colorado
Springs found that Miss Laura Mat
thews committed suicide, removing
the suspicion that she was murdered
by A. r. Rumbaugh, who also killed
himself
President Roosevelt conferred with
Gov. Curry. Of New Mexico. and in
structed him to institute radical re-
forms in the government Of that terri
tory
Gov. Johnson. of Minnesota, sent
personal emissaries TO the iron range
to determine whether it is advisable to
send state troops there to control the
strikers. The striking ore handlers
at Duluth voted to return to work.
The executive board of district No.
5, United Mine Workers of America,
which embraces the Pittsburg district,
authorized President Patrick Feehan
to call strike Immediately of the
miners in that district, alleging that
the ,Pittsburg Coal company has been
violating the wage agreement repeat
edly
Troops to the number of 1000 men
have been sent to Belfast, Ireland, en-
phasizing the fact that the authorities
are fully determined to grapple
promptly with rioting, whether on the
part of the striking dock laborers or
the mutinous police. who are demand
ing more pay because of the extra
work the strike entails
On the pretext that they were dis
pleased with the harbor works, three
tribes raided Casablanca, one of the
chief seaports of Morocco, and mas
sacred the native guards and seven
Europeans.
Claude Haywood, aged 20 years, who
had been attending the naval academy
at Annapolis for the past two years,
and who was at home at Jackson,
Mich. on leave, was drowned at
Clark's lake.
S. NJ. Stephenson, of Menominee,
Mich. ex-cOngressman and multimll-
lionaire lumberman, died at his home
as result of fall.
State Senator Bryon Newberry, ia
Their of the Iowa pure food law, who
was bitten on the ankle by rattle
snake, is in a critical condition and
his recovery is doubtful.
After years of litigation the estate
of Alva Bradley, of Cleveland, O., val
ned at about $5000,0O0,' was divided
equally among the ten heirs.
Col. Henry E. S. Kellogg and Mrs.
Elizabeth Roshing Kellogg Henry
have been remarked at Ithaca, y. Y,
after separation of % years.
Henry Hillegas of Allentown, Pa,
the Observation-Disclosures of Mi
chael Hillegas, the first treasurer of
the United States, received the first
specimen of the new $40 yellow
backed government gold certificates
that came to Allentown. A portrait
of his ancestor adorns the note.
DR.. J. N. Thomas, travelling inspec-
tor, has issued favorable report on
conditions in Central America in ref.
erence to yellow fever.
Prince Orlof's jaw was broken near
Paris when a motorphobe threw a
stone at his automobile.
B. J. Gliding of Cincinnati attempted
to commit suicide at Niagara Falls.
He jumped from the second-story win
dow of his hotel. 1t is thought he is
insane.
The former Spanish cruiser Don
Juan de Austria has started for Mich
igan, where it is to be used by naval
militiamen.
Flames swept over seven blocks of
Co1ey Islands amusement section. de-
stroying many buildings. The loss
was about 100000.
Fred H. Magill and bride, accused
of killing Magills first wife, were
brought from California and lodged in
the Jail at Clinton, III.
Mrs. Lucinda NJ. Morton, widow of
Oliver P. Morton, Indiana's war gov
ernor. died at her home in Indianapo-
lis. She was 50 years old. y.
N. c. Brewer. of Cleveland, o., and
his wife were killed when their auto
mobile was struck by trolley car.
The principal school building at