Willmar tribune., 1908-02-12

Mrs. Mary Schwartz and her infant
son died of starvation and exposure in
Chicago
Vice President Gallivan of the Inter.
national Union Of Boilermakers an.
nounced that the strike of boilermak.
ers against the several railroads in
Minnesota was declared of.
Joseph G. Burton, the last survivor
of the meeting in Alton, ILL.,, in 1884
at which the first abolitionist organiza.
ton in Illinois was formed, died. aged
SO years.
The White Star liner Cymric res
cued 81 members of the crew Of the
steamer St. Cuthbert. which was burn
Ing In midsea. The other members of
the crew, Is in all, had been drowned
on the previous day when they at.
tempted to leave the blazing vessel in
small boat. which capsized.
During period of mental depres-
sion Mrs. Frances Willers, 36 years
of age, of Dorchester, Mass, killed her
self and two little girls, 9 and IL years,
respectively. by means of illuminating
gas.
Members of the "black hand" so
ciety have started fresh reign of ter.
ror among the Italians of Chicago fol-
lowing the death of one man and the
capture OF members of the band who
had forced a saloonkeeper to give
them $50 at the point of revolver.
The Transylvania Printing company
Of Lexington, KY, one of. the Oldest
publishing companies in the west, as.
signed. Assets are about $4,000; liza.
biltties not given.
Leaving their bed without disturbing
his wife, Abraham Laudnicht Of Des
Moines, Ia., went to the kitchen where
he soaked his clothes in kerosene and
then applied match. He died in ter.
rible agony.
The New York ordinance recently
passed forbidding women from smok.
ing in public places was vetoed by
Mayor Mcclellan.
Judge James Austin, Jr, of Toledo, O.,
was carried to the patrol wagon and
taken to the workhouse to serve q
short time with the inmates for the
experience to be gained.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
was filed by Chris Won Der Abe, fo1
many years a principal figure in the
baseball world and owner of the St.
Louis American association team from
its organization in 1876 until his re-
ti:ement in 1898.
Robert S. Minot, Jr., of Dover, Mass,
freshman at Harvard, shot and dan
gerously wounded himself.
A. K. Maurray of Cincinnati, sus
pected of connection with an arson
plot, committed suicide.
Ferdinand Meldahl, the noted Dan.
ish state architect, and for many years
director of the Academy of Fine Arts
in Copenhagen, died, aged SO years.
Judge Thomas A. Mellon, known
throughout the country as. banker
and capitalist, and one of Pittsburgs
foremost citizens, died of apoplexy.
George w. Smith, Democratic candi-
date for county superintendent of
schools, committed suicide by hanging
at his home near Pilot Mount, Ia.
Col. Thomas G. Lawler, former com.
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, died at his home in
Rockford, ILL.,, of bronchial pneumonia.
Sever Severson, aged 1O4 years, died
at Calamus, la.
Eight Frenchmen were killed and
SO wounded in a desperate conflict
with horde of Arabs in Morocco.
In the case of the hatters' union the
supreme court of the United States
decided that boycotts of articles en-.
tering into interstate commerce were
violations of the Sherman antitrust
law.
Robbers dynamited the safe of the
State bank at Bridgeport, Okla, and
made their escape after securing $500
in currency.
Seven men were killed and a half
dozen injured by the explosion of a
boiler in the rolling mill of Van Allen
& Co. at northumberland, Pa.
Notwithstanding the efforts of post
Office authorities and a force of 60
agents $50 depositors of the suspended
Knickerbocker Trust company of New
York, with deposits aggregating $780,
900, cannot be located.
Harry K. Thaw was found not guilty
of murder, on the ground of insanity,
and was at once committed to the hos
pital for the criminal insane at Mat
teawan, N. Y, where he will remain
until set free by lunacy commits.
sion.
The official canvass of the vote for
president of the United Mine Workers
of America shows Thomas Lewis to
have been elected.
The Merchants and Shippers ware
house in Buffalo, N. Y, was destroyed
by fire, the loss being $225,000.
Five persons were injured, one fatal
ly, in fire which destroyed a three.
story apartment house in Kansas City.
Traffic has been opened over the
Julia railway connecting Russia and
Persia. This line clinches Russian
hold on the north Persian provinces.
That no necessity exists for a re-
duction in the prices of iron and steel