Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-05

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sulting committee on the enforcement
of the pure food and drug law.
John A. Lovely, former associate
justice Of the Minnesota supreme
court. died at the age Of GA in AL
bert Lea.
DIR. Gustav E. Karsten, head of the
department Of modern languages and
professor Of German at the University
of Illinois, died at his home in Urbana.
Gen. Charles H. Howard, brother Of
Maj. Gen. o. o. Howard, u. 8. A., died
in his home at Glencoe, suburb of
Chicago.
The wedding of Miss Gladys Moore
Vanderbilt, daughter of Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, to Count Laszlo Szechenyi,
member of the Hungarian nobility,
lieutenant of Hussars and hereditary
member of the Austro- Hungarian par
lament, took place at the Fifth avenue
home of the brides mother in New
York.
John c. Hubinger, formerly one Of
the richest men in Iowa and inventor
of elastic starch and founder of the
largest independent starch works. died
of pneumonia in Keokuk, Ia.
The Nevada police bill passed the
assembly by vote Of 81 to Z. 1t al.
ready had passed the senate.
The board Of managers of the ILL.,
nois state reformatory at Pontiac met,
at the request Of Superintendent NAL
larry, to investigate the death Of Will
liam Hamlin, an inmate of the institu-
ton.
A. L. Sloss, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of Appleton, Wis. COM
mitted suicide by blowing out his
brains with a shotgun.
A cyclone swept through the north
eastern portion of Etowah county,
Alabama, and while no lives were lost,
much damage was done to property.
A startling report was current, both
in St. Petersburg and in Helsingfors,
that the emperor had decided upon the
partition of Finland, annexing to Rus
STA the district of Viborg, which for
merly was part of the empire, and
sending an army corps to the grand
duchy of Finland to overawe any pro-
test.
John l.. Dickson, president of the
First National bank of Fulda, Mimi,
was struck by passenger train and
instantly killed.
A currency bill was introduced in
the senate by Senator Hopkins and In
the house by James Mckinney of ILL
nois which bears the Endorsement of
the currency commission appointed by
the American Bankers association
and of the executive council of the
Illinois Bankers association.
Brig. Gen. Medorem Crawford, who
was recently promoted from colonel
Of the Coast Artillery corps, was
placed on the retired list on account
of age.
Francis T. Freeland, a retired min
ing engineer of Denver, COL, was
found dead in his room at the Colon
made hotel in Philadelphia.
James L. Burkhaller, president of
the Farmers and Merchants bank CT
Galesburg, ILL.,, was stricken with
apoplexy in his bank and died.
BY the will of Morris K. Jessup, the
financier and philanthropist of New
York, $1,000,0O0 is left to the Ameri.
can Museum of Natural History and
100000 to the Brick Presbyterian.
The remainder of the estate is be-
queathed to his widow for life, and
after her death it Is to go to his heirs.
A. c. Frost's Chicago & Milwaukee
Electric railroad. involving $4,000. 600
In corporations, was again thrown
into the hands Of receivers.
Frank r. O'Neill, vice president of
the Pulitzer Publishing company and
assistant manager of the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch, died from pneumonia.
J. E. Gage, prominent grain man
Of Minneapolis, died of heart disease.
A colored family of seven persons
burned to death at Bedford City, Va.
The Order Of the Legion of Honor
has been conferred upon Eugene
Meyer, New York banker.
The act Of congress of June 1, 1898,
prohibiting railroad companies en-.
aged in interstate commerce from dis.
eliminating against members of labor
organizations in the matter of EN-.
ployment. was held by the supreme
court to be repugnant to the constitu.
ton.
The Retail Grocers' association OF
the state of Washington protostea
against the use of the frank by Post.
master General Meyer in sending out
his speeches in favor Of a parcels post.
A political crisis exists in Argentina
because Of a government edict closing
the congress. President Alcorta said
force would be used to keep the leg.
islators from holding session.
At the request of the board of d.
rectors of the National Bank CT North
America Of New York, the comptroller
of the currency ordered the bank to be
closed for liquidation and appointed
National Bank Examiner Charles w.
Hanna as receiver. It was believed
the bank was solvent, but Its resources
had been drained by long run.
Capt. William Rohde of the German
steamship Neidenfels. just In from the
Orient, asserts that the natives of In.
dia are busy preparing to shake of
the British yoke.
Lady Showing 1chijo. mother of the
empress of Japan. died, aged 80 years.
Paul Kelly. the motorman who was
indicted for homicide In connection
with the New York elevated wreck In
which Is people lost their lives on