Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-06

| COH1llcICc sCUuAASStOu J that. atuyVSS-
ant Fish was deposed from the presi-
Idency of the Illinois Central because
he used the Scompany's funds to fur
Their his oYn interests. va, { =. II
E. III. Hartman was before the in.
! terstate commence commission all
day, partly explaining and trying to.
justify the financial transactions of
himself and others in connection with
the Chicago & Alton railway deal. =. ;
Charles w. billiard, controller Of
the Alton road, told the interstate
commerce commission the company's
treasury was empty when the road
was turned over. to the Rock Island.
. Baron Charles v. sBendetti Of Flor
fence, Italy, and Miss jeanette Locke,
"a grand opera singer Of Lexington,
KY, were married in. New York.
7 During q heavy fog an accommoda
ton train on the Wabash railroad
and a freight train came into collision
near Mexico, Mo-, resulting in, the
death OF the passenger: engineer and
injury IT'D others: $S*'7a =. SS':>>e
The plant Be the old Vincennes Dis
tilling company & at Vincennes, Ind,
was partly destroyed by fire. The loss
is estimated at $15O,000.
T. NJ. Taylor, professor of chemis-
try in the Carnegie schools of Pitts
burg, committed suicide while under
nervous collapse.
The municipality of st. Petersburg
decided to open Is meat markets
where the poor may buy meat at cost.
Six rurales were murdered in their
sleep by Enrique Chaves, the noto-
rious Mexican bandit.
Six detectives and a special officer,
of the st. Louis force were accused
of protecting thieves.
The body of Deputy Game Warden
Earl Eldridge of McHenry county,
Illinois, was found in the woods with
bullet wound through the heart.
The Des Moines, Iowa, street rail-
way was declared in a court decision
to have a perpetual franchise.
The district court of Minnesota de-
cided the electric trolley lines of the
state had no right of eminent domain
Mrs. Alexander Henderson of Paw
tucket, R. l., was killed in her candy
store by a robber.
A census bureau bulletin showed
that tuberculosis was the most fatal
disease in America, with pneumonia
second. e"
The senate of Kansas passed q bill
providing for tw0-cent fares, carrying
the proviso that railroads must sell
50O-mile books. The house passed a
two-cent fiat rate bill.
The Indiana house of representa-
tives passed bill appropriating 49,
600 for statue of Gen. Lew Wallace
to be placed in Statuary Hall at
Washington.
John F. Stevens resigned as chief
engineer of the Panama canal and
the president named Maj. G. w. Goe-
thals as chairman and engineer-in-
chief, and appointed on the commits
sion Maj. Du B. Call ard and Maj. w.
l.. Sibert. Senator Blackburn also is
to be made a commissioner and the
plan of having the work done by con-
tract has been abandoned for the
present
Principal Sarah Maxwell and Is
children persisted in fire in the
Hochelaga school in Montreal.
Nearly 20 persons were hurt, many
seriously, at Knoxville, Ia, when
floor in the home Of C. X. Davis, col
lapsed during the wedding of his
daughter.
On recommendation of the state
board of health, in view of the small
pox epidemic, Mayor Wallau of JEFF
ferson City. Mo-, issued a proclama-
ton closing all places of public
amusement.
The secret report of Gen. Smirnon
on the surrender of Port Arthur de-.
nounced Gen. Stoessel as incompetent
and traitor and coward.
Three persons were killed and
many injured in the wreck of a Grand
Trunk train at Guelph, Ont.
John E. Wilkie, chief of the secret
service, started for Chicago to help
find the man who stole $4,000 from
the subtreasury
Two trainmen were killed and
many persons injured in a collision
on the Intercolonial railroad.
Out of 215 American candidates for
the Rhodes scholarships at the Uni
versity of Oxford 1873 passed.
J. Henley Smith, veteran newspa-
per man, died at his home in Atlanta.
Ca, aged Is. In 1869, with Alexander
H. Stephens, he established the At
lanta Sun: ~ e. -. '
| An agreement to build passenger
and freight terminals at Kansas City
at an estimated cost to the railways
of $5O,O00,000 has been reached. The
passenger station is to cost 1000, 900.
1t is feared that the schooner Hilda,
coal laden, is lost between Philadel-
phia and Savannah, Ca. She carried
q crew Of eight, including the captain.
L King Menelik of Abyssinia is send
ing to President Roosevelt an auto
graph letter comforting royal order
upon him. + " 7. " %ll..,~ =,
+: Archbishop Nuttall announced that
the British parliament will arrange 2
loan Of $5,ooo.ooo to rebuild, part Of
Kingston. $A@st.@ ,<95@ 1. - ;t-,s :.
Gov. Hanly,z Of Indiana, signed the
two.cent railway. fare act. .5..s>5 X :.sz
One woman was killed and much
PROPERTY destroyed by q fire In! Los
Angeles. CAL Il: h-s "A :S 3t It j, ! z ID:
y Alexander Green, veteran Of several
wars, died at Piqua, o., aged 100
years. B | Z +: :1 i Il s. .=
u Three Indians were burned to{death