Willmar tribune., 1908-11-11

cheering his successful flight with a
glider, when. 20 feet in the air, Law
renee J. Lesh, the 16-year-old areonaut,
fell to the ground with terrific force
at the Morris park racetrack, fractur.
ing his ankle.
Justice Stafford of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia over.
ruled the motions for new trial made
by Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H.
Schneider, convicted last spring of
conspiracy to defraud the United
States in connection with securing
land grants in Oregon and Washing.
ton.
Robbers entered Hubbell (Mich.) }
post Office, blew open the safe and
stole $500 worth of stamps and some
valuable papers.
Miss Zilpha Purcell of Boone, Ia,
died in great agony from ivy poison.
ing. The sickness was contracted six
weeks ago while in the woods.
The village Of Savannah, N. Y, was
almost totally destroyed by fire.
President Roosevelt declined the
offer Of the British colonial office Of
the freedom of the government shoot
ing preserves in Africa.
Herman Krause and William Wan.
derse, aged about 81, pioneer. farmers
OF Wright county, Minnesota, were
run down by a 500 line passenger
train and killed.
F. o. King, superintendent of
schools at Atkins, Mimi, for six years,
committed suicide by taking poison.
After confessing their guilt to the
police John Kurka, a teamster, and
Mrs. Anthong Schultz were arraigned
before Justice OF. the Peace Gerhard
in Hamtranck township, Michigan, and
pleaded guilty to the charge of mur-
dering Mrs. Schultz husband, who was
halfbrother of Kurka. The latter
said that the crime was attributable
to an illicit affection between himself
and his half-brother's wife.
Charles A. Hengerer, son of the late
William Hengerer and former vice.
president of the William Hengerer
Company, one of the largest depart
ment stores in Buffalo, N. Y, commit
ted suicide by jumping into the river
and going over Niagara falls.
A spectacular fire that was marked
by many thrilling incidents destroyed
the lumber yards of r. A. & j. j. Will
liams, in Philadelphia, entailing a loss
estimated at $750,000.
H. w. Strubble, an employe of tho
Call airship, was instantly killed at
Girard, Kan, while the propellers on
the ship were being tried out. One of
the rear propellers struck the victim
on the head.
News was brought by the steamer
Anti]ochus of heavy floods and great
loss of life in Formosa. All the rivers
in the neighborhood of Keeling, Ciram
and Tanko oerflowed and 40 tunks
were wrecked
Jimmy" Britt, the California fight
er, defeated Johnny Summers of Eng
land in the tenth round at London.
The Westinghouse Electric & Manu-
featuring Company was given a con-
tract for the identification of the
Pennsylvania terminal in New York
and the lines in New Jersey and Long
Island connected with it. The initial
amount OF the apparatus required un-
der this contract will aggregate $5,O00,-
900.
AS the result of livery stable fire
In St. Paul, Minn., 100 horses per.
ished and one man was missing.
Safe-blowers secured $4,000 worth
of jewelry at the store of Samuel J.
Hahn in Boston, but they overlooked
bag containing diamonds valued at
$4,000.
Newspaper comment, ridiculing or
bewailing the negligence of Chancellor
Won Buelow and the foreign Office off,
cials in letting pass the interview
with the German emperor that
was printed in London, seems to have
made the position of the chancellor
untenable and it is believed that his
resignation will be offered and accept.
ed soon.
1t was reported that Russia was
about to send an ultimatum to Austria
Hungary and was mobilizing the army.
While experimenting with his wind
wagon" DR.. Julian P. Thomas, the
aeronaut, met with an accident at the
Morris park experiment grounds of
the Aeronautic society, and was seri-
ously injured.
John B. Jackson, a prominent mil
lionaire Of Pittsburg, Pa, was thrown
from his horse and killed.
Thirty-nine New York cooks. laun-
dresses, nursery and chamber maids
were the recipients this year Of the
prizes given annually by the German
Housewives' society for faithfulness
and length of service.
President Roosevelt has agreed to
recommend to congress In his next
message the passage of a law to con.
serve the public health, similar to the
one proposed by the American Medi.
cal association.
Winston Green, q negro youth, was
electrOCuted in the state penitentiary
at Richmond, Va, for attempted GRIM
inal assault.
OBITUARY..
Tomas Estrada Palma, the first
president of the Cuban republic. died
at Santiago.
T Park Alexander NJ Akron n ~.