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

death list would exceed 100
supplanted the indicted officers of the
Uncle Sam Oil company in the man.
! agement of the concerns affairs.
Gov. Hagerman, OF New Mexico,
against whom charges were preferred,
rendered his resignation, and the
president announced the appointment
of Capt. George Curry, governor of Sa-
mar province, Philippine islands, as
governor of New Mexico.
| The Ancient Order of United Work
men was ousted from the state of
Ohio on the petition of Attorney Cen
eral Ellis.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
were met at Gaeta, Italy, by the king
of Italy.
Rev. DR.. Teunis S. Hamlin, pastor OF
the Church of the Covenant, Washing
ton, died in a New York hospital.
Regis H. Post was inaugurated gov
ernor of Porto Rico in succession to
Beckman Winthrop, who retired to
become assistant secretary of the
| treasury at Washington.
Heavy snow fell over eastern Ne
braska and Iowa and while it dam
aged the small fruits, it was said to
benefit the wheat crop by killing the
green bugs.
The Illinois supreme court declared
| invalid the Mueller act authorizing
the city of Chicago to issue certifi-
Gates for $75,O00,000 to purchase the
street railways.
At the national convention of the
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
tion in Washington $29,800 was raised
for the national home of the organi-
zatidn being erected in that city.
Charges made by the next friends
of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy are de-
MED by the defendants at Concord,
n. H., and the prosecutors are said to
have loaned their names to evil
minded persons, who, it is alleged,
are the real prosecutors.
The national arbitration and peace
congress closed at New York with
two banQuets and the decoration Of
Andrew Carnegie with the cross of
the Legion of Honor.
A verdict of acquittal in the case
against Julius Kahn, formerly presi-
dent Of the Cash Buyers Union First
National Cooperative society was Or
dered by Federal Judge Anderson at
Chicago
Parts of Spain and Turkey were
visited by earthquake.
The new French tariff decree is be-
lieved to be a retaliatory measure for
the failure of the American senate
to act on pending reciprocity treaties.
The new Ontario town Of Latch
ford, nine miles from the famous CO.
bait silver mining camp, was practi-
cally destroyed by fire. The loss is
estimated at $150,O00.
Secretary Taft evaded answering
Porto Rica's demand for citizenship
in speech in Porto Rico. He said
Roosevelt is favorable and hints
Speaker Cannon is all powerful.
DR.. Aked, the new pastor of Rookie
fellers church, arrived from England,
a policy independent of wealthy par
ishioners.
The Illinois supreme court decided
that it did not have original jurisdic-
ton in the Illinois Central tax suit
and new suit probably will be
brought in the Sangamon county cir.
cult court.
The first ballot of both houses of
the Wisconsin legislature in joint ses-
sion for United States senator to sue
coed John c. Spooner, was taken at
Madison with no choice.
It is said that President Roosevelt
will make personal investigation of F..
h. Harriman's record in pooling rail-
way properties. The result will deter
mine the question of prosecution.
John P. Dunning, we'll known in
newspaper circles throughout the
country, died in hospital at Phila
delphia Of tumor on the brain. He
was AZ years of age
Fire in Kroeger Bros big depart
ment store at Milwaukee, Wis, caused
damage which will not exceed $4,000.
John Gunderson was arrested at St.
Paul, Mimi, on a charge of having
held up Fred Zimmerman, the clerk in
the Northern Express company's Of
flee, and robbed the safe of package
containing $4,000.
The will of the late George J.
Schlenck OF Belvidere, ILL.,, provides a
bequest for the establishment of a
perpetual trust fund, part of the in.
come of which will go to the Saliva
sion Army to aid it's work among the
lowly and outcast in places of drunk
enness and squalor." Mr.. Schlenck
was brewer.
While attempting to extinguish a
fire in an clubhouse Mrs Johanna Fren-
eel, aged 70 years, was burned to
death at Dubuque, Ia.
| In an attempt to escape from the
state penitentiary at Raleigh, N. c..
G. l.. Scruggs was killed by the guard,
Jack Williams and Dodd Wilson were
recaptured.
Investment of D. A. r. funds in rail.
way bonds, causing loss to the so.
ciety, caused row in annual con.
| gress.
Presidents Roosevelt and Diaz sent
congratulations to engineering clubs
on dedication of building given by An
drew Carnegie in New York.
One Of the last acts of the Tennes.
see house before sine die adjournment
was the adoption of resolution de-
claring William j. Bryan the logical