Willmar tribune., 1907-01-23

| rejecting on the record of James
Epperson as state mine inspector and
expressing grave doubt of his ability
to administer the affairs of the Office.
Rev., Laurence J. Kavanagh, S. j.,
a professor in St. Joseph's college,
Philadelphia, is dead, aged 81.
The Seaboard Air Line Florida
special, north-bound, ran into an open
switch two miles north of Raleigh,
N. c. The boiler of the locomotive ex-
ploded and the train caught fire.
Count Henri de la Vaulx made a
successful voyage with his new steer
| able balloon in France. He is said to
have attained a speed of II miles an
hour and to have steered and sailed
his balloon at will.
One Italian workman was killed and
another badly injured by the explo-
sion of ton of dynamite in the South
Shore Stone company's quarry, two
| and a half miles east of Monroe,
Mich.
The blowing up of a freight engine
on the Philadelphia & Reading rail
lOdu dC 4NOll1oIOWu, I d., hIIA0O AE0
men.
Judge o. B. Gould, member of the
Minnesota board> of control, died at
| Minneapolis.
The late Congressman Robert Ad-
ans, Jr., of Philadelphia, who COM
mitted suicide last year, was de-
faulter to the amount of $4,000.
Count Nicholas Tolstoi and five 9TH
er persons were burned to death in the
counts residence, near Moscow, Rus
sia.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee was retired
on account of age.
Maj. John B. Furay, Nebraska pi-
oneer, we'll known all over the west,
died at Omaha, aged 67 years, of
paralysis.
A. T. Clinton, one of the pioneer
business men of La Crosse, Wis, died.
aged rs.
w. P. Frye was elected senator from
Maine, w. Murray Crane from Massa-
chusetts, Simon Guggenheim from Col
orado, Norris Brown from Nebraska,
w. E. Borah from Idaho, Robert l..
Taylor from Tennessee, J. M. Dixon
from Montana, H. E. Burnham from
New Hampshire, and H. A. Richard
son from Delaware.
Alderman William S. Clifford and
David Mann, foreman of stoneyard,
were arrested in New York on charges
of bribery in the election of recorder
of the court of general sessions to sue
ceed Recorder Golf.
| Heavy rains caused a sudden rise
of Rock Bridge creek which flooded
the town of Flat Rock, KY. The in
habitants were compelled to flee in
boats.
Announcement is made that the
Lackawanna railroad has decided upon
100000 locomotive shops.
The work of laying the walls of the
new capitol of Wisconsin was begun.
The building is to cost between $4,000
900 and $6,000,000.
Mrs. Sarah Mccall, a graduate of
Mount Holyoke college class of 1851,
and for 80 years on instructor in the
academy of Knox college, died at
Galesburg, ILL.,, aged 78.
Bills were introduced in the Wiscon-
sin state assembly for twO-cent
railroad fare and repeating the mort
gage tax law.
A typhoon swept the islands of
Samar and Leyte, Philippines, and 100
lives were lost.
Gen. Fernando Figuroa was elected
president of the republic of Salvador
| The Democratic caucus of the gen
eral assembly Of North Carolina nom,
mated United States Senator F. M.
Simmons for second term.
A federal grand jury at Chicago
voted indictments against John R.
Walsh in connection with the failure
of the Chicago National bank.
Fire in Chicago practically de.
stroyed the big printing plant of M. A.
Donahue & Co., the loss being $780,.
O00
Prince Aga Khan of India, a des.
cendant of one of the oldest and most
prominent families of Bombay, ar.
rived in San Francisco. The prince
came to study American Industries.
Mayor Tom l.. Johnson, of Cleve.
land said in New York that an organ.
ization of Cleveland citizens planned
buying the Cleveland Electric railway
plant and to run the car lines of that
city on three-cent basis.
Severe snowstorms, gales and cold
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A total eclipse of the sun occurred
in central Asia and was satisfactorily
observed. The period OF totality was
two minutes, but the sun was partly
obscured for an hour.
The Western Implement and vehi-
Gle Dealers association met in Kan
sas City in annual convention with
close to 1000 members present.
King Alfonso of Spain has decided
the boundary dispute between Hon.
duras and Nicaragua in favor of the
former republic.
A deal is in progress for merging
| the lighting and heating companies of
San Francisco. The proposed com.
bine represents a capital of $20,0O0,,
900.
| Mission board in conference at
Philadelphia issued an appeal to Pres.
ident Roosevelt and King Edward to
act on Congo outrages.
Margaret Maillard, the Chicago girl
in New York in search of her father,
turned out to be Clara Boose, and is
held by the police en- the charge of
being an expert thief.