Willmar tribune., 1907-12-04
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Howard Maxwell, deposed president
of the Borough bank of Brooklyn,
who was under indictment for grand
larceny and forgery, and was re-
leased from Jail on 100000 bail, cut
his throat and left wrist with razor
and penknife in his home in Brooklyn
and died at Long Island College hos
pital.
The Russian duma decreed that the
title of autocrat, which has been borne
by the emperors of Russia for cen
turies, is no longer tenable within the
Russian state and is incompatible
with the regime inaugurated by the
manifesto issued by Emperor Nicholas
on October 80, 1905.
John G. Jenkins, Jr., until recently
president of the jenkins Trust CON-
pany of Brooklyn; Frank jenkins, de-
posed head of the Williamsburg Trust
company, and Fred Jenkins, formerly
a director of the latter institution,
were jointly indicted for forgery in
the third degree.
Copies of a proclamation addressed
ITO all organized labor and designed
to defeat the election of Joseph G. Can
non as speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives in the sixtieth congress,
have been sent to trade unions in
every section of the country.
On application of all the railroads
doing business in Omaha, perma-
nent Injunction was issued by Judge
w. H. Munger against ticket scalpers
who have sold contract tickets at re-
duced rates.
Edward Miller and Edward Davis,
arrested on charge of holding up
and robbing the State bank at Clin-
ton, ILL.,, were indicted. Davis con-
fessed.
Gen. D. B. Pritchard, whose regi-
ment helped in the capture of Jeffer-
son Davis, died at Allegan, Mich.
The striking street car employees of
Louisville admitted their defeat and
called off the strike Internationally.
Fred S. Butler, ST., cashier of the
Hanover Insurance company in San
Francisco, is missing and an investi-
cation has revealed a shortage in his
accounts amounting to $1,000.
At Hammondsport, N. Y, worlds
record in aerial navigation was made
when Glenn II. Curtiss made a sue
cessful ascent; in a dirigible airship
and remained about four hours in the
air.
The national committee of the Peo-
pies party selected St. Louis as the
place for the national nominating con-
vention and set April as the date for
the gathering.
Three men were assassinated as
they stepped from train at Clio,
Ark. The assassin is unknown.
Edward Payson Weston, 69-year-old
roadster, arrived at Chicago after q
jaunt OF 20 days from Portland, Me-,
SURPRISING his sensational feat of 40
years ago by almost "a hours.
Following the arrest of NJ A. Will
kins of Elmhurst, CAL. charged with
numbering his wife last July,
woman's body having been found in a
shed in the rear of his home, buried
beneath five feet of lime and sand,
the sheriff and other officers endeav-
ored to locate the body of T. E. Kim
mons, known as Earl" who disap-
peared suddenly from the Wilkins
home. 1t is suspected that Wilkins
also murdered this man.
Col Frank J. Bramhall, author of
several books on the civil war, COM
panion of Admiral Farragut in the
memorable run past the forts on the
Mississippi, died at Fair Oaks, Cal.
Jack West of Chicago has ended
a career in New York by being arrest
ed on forgery charge brought by the
Butterick Publishing company's Chi
cago plant.
I Consumption of tobacco in America
Is not increasing in proportion to the
growth of the population, according to
information obtained at the hearing of
the suit against the tobacco company.
AS a result of what is thought to
be lovers quarrel, Charles Weller
shot and killed Miss May Lynch at
Waukesha, Wis.
Charles M. Chase of Fall River,
Mass, aged 80, committed suicide be-
cause he said he was tired of life.
Horace s. Davis, business man of
Kalamazoo, Mich, was killed by
burglar.
The permanency of the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research has
been assured through the gift by
John D. Rockefeller, it's founder, of $2,-
100000.
The works of the Aluminium Com
pany of America at St. Louis were
closed Indefinitely.
Princess Elizabeth has left her hus-
band, Prince Albert of Belgium. She.
is said to be with her parents in Mu-
mich.
Papinta, the fire dancer, dropped
dead from an attack of apoplexy on
the stage of the Apollo theater in
Dusseldorf, Germany.
Prince Salmon. of Tahiti was ar
rested in San Francisco on charges
of defrauding an automobile livery
company and failing to pay board
bill.
VI o. X. McCutcheon, a wealthy mer.
chant of Turtle Greek, Pa, was
crushed to death in Pittsburg. ....n...
" The resignation. of w. W. Howe;