Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-26

ships meanwhile is being rushed. :,
The ten-year-old daughter of John
Stoltz, residing ten miles west Of
Armour, s. D., committed suicide,
using a double-barreled shotgun to
commit the deed.
Art treasures worth $4,000, belong
ing to Mrs. Jack Gardner of Boston,
and shipped to America as household
goods" by Mrs. Emily Crane Chad.
bourne of Chicago were seized by Gus,
toms officials and payment Of $4,000
duties and penalties was imposed for
attempted evasion of the customs
laws.
John Gluek, Minneapolis brewer,
and his wife were instantly killed at
Cottagewood, Lake Minnetonka, in a
collision between their automobile and
a train.
Thirteen men were seriously in
jured In lower Detroit river, when a
charge of dynamite exploded under
the drill vessel, Destroyer.
Japanese spies were arrested by the
Russians on Peter the Great bay south
of Vladivostok.
Rev. James Duane Phelps, treasurer
of Syracuse university, committed sui
eide by shooting in hotel at Utica,
n. Y.
Fire destroyed the Hotel Merrill at
Dents Run, Pa, and some of the
guests were compelled to jump from
upper windows, but none were serious
~ hurt.
Germany has new explosive of a
power beyond any hitherto used.
which tore Krupp armor plate to-
pieces when tested at Munich.
Seventy miners were entombed by
an explosion in a mine at Wigan,
England, and it was feared most of
them were killed.
Three firemen were killed and
fourth dangerously hurt at London,
Ont, when the floors of a burning.
building fell upon them.
A sensation was caused in diplo
matte circles In Caracas by the refusal
of President Castro to permit the
Brazilian minister to take charge of
French interests in Venezuela.
DR.. Joseph Eichberg of Cincinnati
was drowned in Big Upper lake, New
York, while trying to land large pick
erel.
The czarina, whose health has been
causing great anxiety in the Russian
court, suffered complete nervous
collapse and the gravest fears are
felt for her.
The home of Wofford Tweed near
Marshal, N. c., was destroyed by fire,
and his wife, their three children and
Mrs. Murray Tweed were burned to
death.
Capt. Baldwin trained three signal
officers in the handling of his dirigible
balloon and then turned it over to the
army.
The body of the late Rear Admiral
James K. Cogswell, retired, was in
tered at Milwaukee after services in
st. Pauls Episcopal church.
I. w. Burgess, blacksmith, was
in the water more than 20 hours in an
attempt to swim the English channel
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coast.
Three sharp earthquake shocks ter
ritied the inhabitants of Eureka, CAL,
and did much damage to chimneys
and windows.
Fire in the town of Gore Bay, Mani
tou island, destroyed Is business
houses and the lighthouses.
Mrs. Isabel La Bonte Of Traverse
City, Mich, was killed and a score of
passengers were injured by the explo-
sion of the boiler of the passenger
steamer Leelanau, bound from Leland
to Fouche on Carp lake.
At Terre Haute, Ind, Mrs. Edward
Irons and her 1S-months-old baby were
burned to death in their home.
Mrs. Isabel La Bonte of Traverse
City, Mich, was killed and score
Of passengers were injured by the
explosion Of the boiler of the passen.
ger steamer Leelanau, bound from
Leland to Fouch on Carp lake, Wis.
Capt. Won Krogh sustained a broken
arm in an accident to the Parseval
dirigible balloon at Berlin.
Fire destroyed the Kaatskill House
in the Kaatskill Bay district of Lake
George, N. Y, and three cottages.
Thomas E. Howell of Beardstown,
Ill.,, sacrificed his life in an unsuccess.
full attempt to rescue his nephew,
Henry M. Howell, II years old, from
drowning in the Illinois river.
1t is announced in Holland that an
interesting event is expected in the
Dutch royal family.
John J. Carroll, a veteran member
of the New Orleans police force, was
cut to death by negro cook, who
was afterwards killed by the police.
Two persons were seriously injured
and dozen others were painfully hurt
when an automobile, that was taking
part in hill climbing contest,
swerved and ran wild into throng Of
spectators at Algonquin, Ill.
The Indiana Coal Operators associa-
ton ended official relations with the
United Mine Workers of America.
Two persons were killed and six in
jured by the explosion at the grounds
of the Franco.British exhibition at
London of the balloon owned by Capt.
Lovelace of the New York Aero club.
One of the dead is Miss Hill. secretary
to Capt. Lovelace.
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