Willmar tribune., 1908-07-22

Mrs. Catherine Bruha, aged Is, and
her grandson, aged IA, were probably
fatally burned in a mysterious ex.
plosion in La Crosse, Wis.
Lightning struck and destroyed the
beautiful summer home of George w.
Elkins at Ogontz, q suburb of Phila-
delphia.
A plot against the czar of Russia
was discovered at S0snowice, Russian
Poland. and many arrests were made.
H. L. Palmer, president Of the
Northwestern Life Insurance company,
retired after 50 years. service with the
company.
The Democratic national committee
adopted . resolution, dictated by
Bryan, declaring for publication of
campaign contributions, limiting them
to $4,000 and declaring none would
be accepted from corporations.
The National Deposit bank of Phila-
delphia was closed by direction of the
comptroller Of the currency because
it had not kept it's reserve up to re-
quirements.
Alfonso Costa, Republican leader in
the Portuguese house of peers, wound
ed Count Penha-Garcia in the arm in
a duel
A new Japanese cabinet was an
nounced with Count Katsura as pre-
mier and minister of finance.
Hugh Jones, colored, was lynched
near Middleton, KY, for an attempted
assault on a white girl
The Atlanta box factory at Atlanta,
Ca, was burned, and w. M. Morris,
watchman, lost his life.
-Four Italians found guilty at New
Brunswick, N. j., of trying to black
mail fellow countryman, were given
II years in the penitentiary at hard
labor
Ohio Prohibitionists put up a state
ticket headed by Aaron S. Watkins of
Ada for governor.
Standing within a few feet of the
spot where, little more than two
years ago, he shot and killed his IA
ther-in-law, DR.. James Weddell Simp-
son, a dentist of New York, was shot
and perhaps mortally wounded at
Northport, N. Y, by his mother-in-law,
Mrs. BARLEY T. Horner the woman he
made widow.
John Bruhn, farmer living near
Donnybrook, N. D., went insane, killed
his sister, Miss Rose Bruhn, and then
committed suicide.
The annual conclave of the Mystic
Shrine opened in St. Paul, Minn., and
the annual convention of the Elks in
Dallas, Tex.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor land
inferentially the head of 100000
voters of organized labor affiliated
with the federation) promised to sup
port William J. Bryan in the presi-
Dental campaign.
Martz Martini, % years old, shot
his wife to death in their home in st.
Louis and then ended his own life with
the revolver.
Homer L. Castle of Pittsburg, Pa, a
former Prohibition candidate for gov
ernor of Pennsylvania; Charles Hunt
er, Philadelphia; D. c.. Washington,
Collingswood, N. j.; Arthur F. Will
liams, Chicago, and H. F. Aspinwall,
Freeport, ILL.,, were indicted at Phila-
delphia on charge of conspiracy in
connection with a title and trust COM
pany they promoted.
Cora Hosford. IA years old, of
Washougal, Wash, rescued her fa-
ther and uncle from drowning.
Religious warfare among Austrian
miners near Brigham, Utah, resulted
in several murders.
Four persons were drowned through
an explosion on board 45-foot launch
off Marion, Mass. They were Roland
Worthington of Boston, John T. Trull
of Woburn, Joseph S. Beal of Milton,
and George Savory of Marblehead.
A. P. Tarbell of Marblehead and Ed
ward Pecker of Boston were rescued
after being in the water IL hours.
Managers of the principal hotels of
the country are arranging to install
wireless message service embracing
the entire United States and far out
to sea on each coast.
Herbert ]. Hapgood, president of Hap
goods incorporated, and his secretary,
Ralph L. Kilby, were discharged in
New York for lack of evidence in the
case in which they were arrested
charged with obtaining stock sub.
scriptions to the Hapgoods Sales CON-
pany through Misrepresentation.
The presidential elections through.
out the Isthmus of Panama passed of
without disturbance. Senior Don
Jose Domingo de Obaldia, formerly
minister to the United States and act
ing president during the absence of
DIR. Amador, was elected president.
Honduras revolutionists were driven
from the town of Gracias which they
had captured.
Herman Ridder telegraphed Bryan
that the New York Stats Zeitung
would support him.
A. J. Magill, photographer of East
st. Louis, ILL.,, was murdered by an un-
known man in his studio.
OBITUARY..
J. NJ. Greene, leading citizen of