Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-18
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wireless to the Cape Race station that
she had covered 1866 miles in &C
hours. That rate of speed would give
her the trip to New York in four days
81 hours, 35 minutes.
Minimum east-bound cabin rates on
the Atlantic were reduced again by
the International Mercantile Marine
and Cunard companies.
Practical agreement on the main
points and general good will marked
the preliminary meeting in Washing
ton of the representatives of the five
Central American republics to carry
out the suggestion of the United
peace understanding.
Secretary Straus returned to Wash
ington from his tour Of inspection of
the workings of the department away
from the capital. trip which took
him along the Canadian border to
Vancouver, and thence south through
Seattle and Portland to San Francis
co, with Honolulu as the ultimate des-
tination.
Ten thousand members of the Grand
Army of the Republic marched in a
driving rain at Saratoga and thou
sands of spectators, with uncovered
heads, cheered the veterans
Fire for second time endangered
the plants of the Louisville Courier
Journal and Times and threatened to
destroy that portion of the Courier
Journal Office building left intact after
the recent disastrous fire. The flames
were brought under control with a
loss of $4,000.
Walter NJ. Britain, president of a
bank at Beloit, Wis, was probably ia
tally injured and his wife and Mrs.
Fred w. Strong were seriously injured
when their touring car fell over 25-
foot embankment
James Merwin, the founder of the
tobacco industry in Wisconsin. is dead
at Evansville, Wis. He was Sc years
old
Miss Anna Olson. of Chicago, who
was detained by customs officers at
Port Huron. together with Mrs. Lucy
Rapp and Mrs. A. Hubert, also of Chi
cago, admitted that the contents of the
three canvas trunks which the party
had, worth about $4,000, were SNUG.
gled goods
A lone robber held up a bank in
Manley. Neb., and carried away So. 600
-Four masked men attempted to rob
the bank of Redmon, Ill., hut watch
man killed one of them and routed the
others.
Harland & Wolff of belfast are to
build a White Star steamship bigger
than the Lusitania.
A royal proclamation has been is
sued at London by which New Zea.
land is advanced from the position of
colony and will hereafter be known
as the "Dominion of New Zealand ~
sharing with Canada this coveted
title
The city having refused to lay new
pavement in the block in front of his
check for $1,000 to the officials, the
full amount required to do the work.
Three hundred and fifty forgers and
boltmakers of the Pawtuckct Manu-
featuring company and the Haskell
Manufacturing company went on
strike at Pawtucket, R. I.
The president of the Eastern Shin
building company at New London
Conn.,, announced that the plant has
been purchased by a New London
syndicate.
M. H. Saville, professor of ethnologv
at Columbia university. has returned
from a trip of exploration to Ecuador,
where he discovered a ruined city,
supposed to have belonged to a race
of high development, now unknown
but which existed 500 or more wears
ago.
A report from New York declares
that experts have decided that the
lost earthquake" which seismo-
graphs recorded early in the month.
is the same now reported as occurring
Sept. l and in the Aleutian islands.
The destruction of the battleship
Indiana by fire was averted only bv
the courage and GOODNESS of the Off.
GERS and crew.
The Philadelphia plant of the
Cudahy Packing company was de-
stroyed by fire, the loss being
100000.
Ed Long and his three sons have
been arrested at Ell Reno, o. T..
charged with numbering Wilbur Gun.
reth. said to be from Chicago. 1t is
alleged that Gunreth attacked Longs
daughter and that the father and sons
caught him, clipped off both his ears
and threw him into pool of water.
A riot occurred at Vancouver, r. c.,
In which 1000 Chinese we're driven
from their homes and 100000 worth
OF property destroyed Lieut.. Duns.
muir of British Columbia was burned
in efigy by 10000 laboringmenatthe
close of a parade and anti-oriental de.
monstration
Foreign gowns laces and lingerie.
the value of which is said to be 5000.
900, were seized by customs inspectors
on the arrival of the French liner La
Savoie. Most of the goods. which were
contained in 30 trunks. where the
property of a number OF dressmakers
returning from Europe.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rohrback, of Chi
cago. fell dead while returning from
Europe on the steamship Etruria. a6
I There is a demand in the public
prints of England that President
Roosevelt head q movement to rid the
world Of the Monte Carlo gambling re-.
sort