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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
F0R THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
TIE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUTTHEWORLD
Complete Review Of Happenings Of
Greatest Interest from All Parts Of
the Globe-Latest Home and For.
eign Items.
PERSONAL.

William Fl. Taft cleaned up the bust
ness of his office as secretary of war,
turned over the portfolio to Luke
Wright, and turned his attention to
the presidential campaign.
Bert NJ. Fernald of Poland, Me-,
was nominated for governor of Maine
by the Republican state convention.
Ferdinand Dudenhefer, formerly q
state tax collector in New Orleans,
was found guilty of embezzling about
$4,000 Of state funds.
Robert Jardine, ten years old, is &C.
cused at Lesueur, Mimi, of the delib-
crate murder of another child.
Mrs. Philip n Moore of St. Louis
was elected president of the General
Federation of Women's clubs.
Bishop Henry c.. Potter of New
York was reported to be near death.
Steven J. Adams, fire chief of Buda-
pest, Hungary, is serving as fireman
in New York city to learn American
methods.
Robert Ohnmeiss, Jr., cashier of the
Marine Trust company at Atlantic
City, N. j., was arrested charged with
a defalcation of $2O,500. He made a
confession in which he says that he
played the stock market.
The shah of Persia proclaimed a
general amnesty in order to restore
tranquility at Teheran.
Secretary of State Elihu Root went
to William Muldoon's health institu-
ton at White Plains again for course
of medicine ball throwing, hard walk
ing and riding, cold shower baths and
plain cooking.
John w. Gates visited st. Charles,
Ill.,, to say good-by to his mother be-
fore leaving for Europe. He bought a
stock farm for $4,000 and gave it to
E. J. Baker.
Ralph A. Aldrich, wanted at Ne
vada, Ia, on charge of forging notes
amounting to nearly $4,000, was ar
rested in Springfield, Ill.,, and admitted
he was guilty.
The body of Grover Cleveland was
buried at Princeton after brief but i'm
rressive services which were attended
by President Roosevelt and other
HOtables.
Secretary of War Taft went to New
York from New Haven, and met a
number of friends, including Booker
+. Washington.
William H. Pettis, treasurer of Sac
county, Ia, was arrested on charge
of embezzling the county funds.
II. w. Tiers, former discount clerk
of the First National bank of Pitts
burg, Pa, was arrested on an informa-
ton made by National Bank Examiner
Folds, charging him with the abstrac-
ton of about $4,000 of the banks
funds.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
GENERAL NEWS.

Attacked by band of so insurgents,
government troops at PalOmas, Mex
leo, a small town in Chihuahua, killed
one rebel and wounded several 9th
ers. The revolutionists fed to the
mountains, pursued by the soldiers.
Mrs. Louisiana Hobbs Douglass, one
Of the numerous wives of the alleged
bogus LORD Oswald Reginald Doug.
lass, was granted an absolute divorce
from Lord Douglass at Norfolk,
Va.
Two men were killed, and three
badly injured in the collapse of liv-
cry stable in Minneapolis
A. Booth & Co. Of Chicago pleaded
guilty to accepting concessions from
railroads.
IN order to escape trial on a charge
of being implicated in the robbery and
killing of Frank Frorer, millionaire
banker of Lincoln, Ill.,, William Web
Der of Springfield entered a plea of
guilty to another charge of robbery
and was sentenced to the penitentiary
The grand jury at Indianapolis re-
turned an indictment against Henry
V. Marshall, president of the Western
Construction company, charging him
with presenting false and fraudulent
claim against the city for asphalt
street patching done by his COM
pany.
George B. Mcclellan was declared
to have been duly elected mayor of
New York over w. r. Hearst, in 1905,
by Justice Lambert, and by the JUS
tees orders the jury returned a YER
dict to that effect.
Thomas L. Bagby, while standing
at his sweetheart's window near
Huntsville, Mo-, was shot and killed
by her brother, E. j. Carter, Jr.
Two men were killed and five per-
sons injured when their automobile
was struck by an interurban car at
indianapolis.
Engineer Aaron Raub was killed and
several passengers injured at Lofty,
Pa, by the wrecking of a Pennsyl-
vania train, believed to have been de-
rallied by the spiking of the tracks.
A second son was born to Lady Suf-
folk, formerly Miss Daisy Letter of
Chicago.
The first night rider conviction in
Kentucky was secured when the jury
returned a verdict of one year in the
penitentiary in the case of DR.. E.
Champion at Benton.
Miss Georgia Sullivan of Chicago
was drowned while wading in Black
lake at Holland, Mich.
Gov. Patterson of Tennessee won
the gubernatorial nomination over ex-
Senator Carmack in the Democratic
primary, the result being a victory for
local option.
John Welsh. a farmer, fatally
wounded his wife at Colfax, Wis, by
stabbing her with pair Of scissors.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
Parker Funeral Held.

Deadwood, S. D., July 1.-Funeral
services over the late Congressman
William H. Parker were largely at
tended by many of the friends of the
deceased statesman. Col. Parker's re-
mains laid in state all day yesterday
in the city hall. Rev. Marshall F.
Montgomery, rector Of st. Johns Epis-
copal church here, read the burial
service. The pallbearers were:
Thomas E. Harvey, Judge A. ]. Plow-
man, Col. w. ]. Thornby, John Hun.
ter, States Attorney R. p. Stewart
and N. E. Franklin,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
NEWS NOTES.

St. Paula street car missed a
switch at Seventh and Wabasha and
threw baby into the air, but luckily
the baby fell on pillow.
st. Paul-"John from Texas" was
the only name by which colored
man who jumped from a freight train
In the yards and was killed, was
known to his fellow tourists in a box
car.
neapolis-Firebugs made five at
tempts in one night to start disastrous
fires in the heart of the business dis
trict. The aggregate loss will reach
about $4,000. The fire marshal has
started an investigation and several
arrests may follow.
Crookston-Five thousand people
attended the first day of the celebra.
ton at Mcintosh, Mimi, east of here.
of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
settlement of the Thirteen Towns.
Politicians from all parts of the state
were at the celebration.
South St. Paul-The flood in the
Mississippi will reach seventeen feet
above low water mark; a portion of
the stock yards is inundated, and
great damage on the flats along the
river is anticipated.
Observation-Disclosures of Shattuck
military academy were notified by the
war department that the institution
has again been selected as an honor
school.
Minneapolis-James Flood started a
fire in his cell in the Hennepin county
Jail and attacked the jailer when he
went to extinguish it.
Mankato-The forty-eighth annua
session Of the German Evangelical
Lutheran Synod of Minnesota is be.
ing attended by $50 ministers, teach.
ers and lay delegates, the latter rep.
resenting forty-two congregations.
Frazee-1n a fire here one of the
large barns belonging to the Nichols.
Chisholm Lumber company was burn.
ed and three valuable horses were
cremated In It.
Hamline-Fifteen thousand Norwe.
CLANS OF the Northwest assembled NJ
the midsummer festival held &C tho
state fair grounds.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
Swept Thru CuIvert.

st. Paul-Swept thru a culvert by
q rush of water, Henry Lynch, IL
years old, has had remarkable es.
cape from drowning. The boy lives
at 167 Eaton street. His mishap was
witnessed by several employees of the
department of public works, who re-
ported the incident. The boy was
swept thru an 1S-inch culvert running
under State street, between Plato and
Florida streets. The culvert is a
pipe about 100 feet long, yet such was
the rush of water that. the boy was
borne thru without being harmed.
The water bore him head first to the
tunnel so quickly that, as he aftek
wards said, ''he did not know what
struck him. A moment later the
struggling form shot from the other
end of the pipe and rolled over in the
water and sand.
The boy was quickly picked up and
sent to his home near by, unframed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
JUDGE GRAY SPURNS
Second Place OFFER
DELAWARE DEMOCRAT REFUSES
TO ALLOW PRESENTATION
OF HIS NAME.
HIS FRIENDS PERSIST
IN PUSHING BOOM
Denver Convention to Adjourn Out Of
Respect for Late Grover cleve-
Iand-cut-and-Dried Platform Is
0ecried by Willis ]. Abbott.

Wilmington, DEL, July I'm reply to
q question from press representative
Judge Gray Wednesday stated that he
had just sent telegram to Denver as
follows:
have your telegram saying that it
is stated positively that 1 will accept
the vice-presidential nomination and
asking whether this is true. AS have
repeatedly said would not consent to
being placed in nomination as a can
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
Indians Have $1,000, 900.

Ashland, Wis, July 2.-For the first
time in the history Of the Chippewa
Indians of Northern Wisconsin they
now have an even million dollars on
deposit in the banks of Ashland, Hud-
son, Duluth and Bayfield,. In 1905,
only three years ago, the Bad River
Indians had $328,O00, the Courte Or
rielle in Sawyer county $4,000, the
Red Cliff Indians $4,000 and Lac
Flambeau in Villas county $4,000, the
total being $4,000, which now in
less than three years has increased
to an even million dollars.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
ScAMDLNvAH WAN NEWS
PRINCIPAL Events Gathered 4, the
Oh Scandinavian Countries

The sawmill at .Ocke station, Jemt-
land, was destroyed by fire.
M. Arhusiander of Sundsvall wiiled
$4,000 to his city for charitable pur-
rcses.
Prince Wilhelm and his Russian
wife have been visiting her relatives:
in Paris.
The British channel squadron is go.
ing to make visit to Swedish waters
in few days.
The state railways of Sweden car
ried much more freight during April
this year than last year.
Hundreds Of laborers are being
shipped from outside points to Cafe
to take the place of strikers.
The government has ordered ~
switching engines to be used on the
state railways in the large cities.
The Social Democratic national
convention passed a resolution against
the volunteer rifle club movement.
Half dozen cars were splintered
in collision on the Cafe & Dala
railway, but no person was injured.
The government has instructed the
geological bureau to inquire into the
mineral resources of central Sweden.
Hvalen, the Whale, will be the
name of the new submarine boat
which is being built for the Swedish
navy.
About 60 residents of Vaxio and the
surrounding country have organized a
local branch of the Swedish anti-emi-
grafton society.
The Swedish Metal Works have do
mated 500 loaded Mauser cartridges to
each of the nine Swedish marksmen
who are to attend the Olympic games
in London.
Tens of thousands of men and wom-
Ell are now working in the sugar beet
fields of Skane. They are mostly
Swedes, Poles and Galicians, and
large proportion of them are women.
Their work is to weed and hoe the
beets. Women and children make
about 65 cents day, and it is esti-
mated that 100000 will be paid out
for hoeing and wedding.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
Finds Tots Body In rr..

Waterloo, Iowa, July 2.-The body
of little Annie Strunk of Usage has
been recovered from the Cedar river.
into which she fell last Tuesday while
playing with companions. The re.
mains were discovered by her father,
who has been conducting systematic
and tireless search ever since the wa
tiers engulfed his child. While row
ing forty rods below the dam the
father glanced up into small tree
bordering the water and there saw
the body Of his child dangling head
downward.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
Strikes at Prohibition.

Chicago. July 1.-Denunciation Of
prohibition and an Endorsement of the
principle of individual liberty" were
leading features in platform adopted
by the North American turnerbund
here. The resolutions protest against
the censorship by postmasters of So
cialistic newspapers, declare that the
organization is in no sense political,
favor the settlement Of internal dis
putes by judicial procedures and favor
"such institutions as will create an
equal equalization in the Industrial
and economic life Of the nation
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
RaIphs Nearly Drowned.

Crookston-While returning with
her husband, Mrs. George A. Ralph of
Crookston, and daughter Dorothy, met
with peculiar accident between the
Roseau river and Lancaster, MINI.
Mrs. Ralph had been visiting at Badg.
er, in Roseau county, with friends,
and was lured by the fair weather to
brave the difficulties of the Roseau
river, and made the trip down with
Mr.. Ralph. Between Caribou and
Lancaster they were thrown into
large pool of water by the breaking
OF the rear seat in which they were
sitting, and had narrow escape from
drowning. Mrs. Ralph came into
Crookston with her daughter.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
Growth Of Girl. and BOYS.

A girl is nearly as big as boy at
two, smaller at four. nearly as big at
seven, and the same height at IL.
During the period from the eleventh
to the fourteenth year, when the girl
is growing more rapidly than the boy.
she il generally bigger than he il.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
SWEDEN.


President Fallieres of France is ex-
pected to arrive in Stockholm July
"a, 3 p. m.
The gunboat Svensksund has gone
to Spitzbergen, carrying scientific
expedition to that part of the world
The Krangede waterfalls, having a
minimum capacity of $4,000 horse
power, have been sold to a Stockholm
syndicate
Fifty men were recently imported
from England to Malmo to take the
places of striking longshoremen in
that city.
A. J. p. Adlercreutz, Swedish mem
Der of the International court at Man
sirah, Egypt, is spending a seven
months vacation in Sweden.
The Swedish church in London will
be sold at the earliest opportunity.
About $24 900 has been offered for the
property, but it will not be sold for
less than $4,000.
The employees at the Hildisch tan
merry in Lund threatened to quit work,
but the employers averted strike
by giving the men a raise averaging
about "a cents week.
City people are now camping along
the shores of Kingston, Skane, clear
around the whole lake. Until a few
years ago Satofta was the only sum-
mer resort on the lake.
Count j. Hamilton, of Lyckas, ceie-
brated his fiftieth birthday by donat-
ing $4,000 to the temperance people
of Jonkoping for the erection of a
building which is to contain a tenn
perance restaurant.
The tourist traffic is good il Swe-
den this summer. French tourists
are more numerous than before,
which is supposed to be due to the
visit which President Fallieres in
tends to make to Sweden.
Two men who tried to Jump on a
gravel train on the railway line which
is being built between Lidkoping and
Tun, fell under the cars and were
killed.
The names and titles of those who
received decorations Of honor on King
Gustaf's fiftieth birthday would fill
three columns In this paper.
The city council of Stockholm has
resolved to spend $675,00O for the con
struction Of houses to be rented to
workingmen's families, and special
building will be put up for men who
are employed by the city.
O. Person, of Vretstorp, is adver-
Using and selling homeopathic health
coffee made in Germany, and the
Stockholm board of health is adver-
Using it as q humbug.
King Gustaf received a very large
number Of kilograms from organize
tions and private persons on his fifti-
eth birthday.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
Cleaned Out.

Walker-I wonder II there were any
tramps In old Rome?
James-No fear. There were too
many baths in that town.-1llustratsd
Bits.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08

st. Paul, July Jacob F. Jacobson
of Lac Qui Parle county received the
tribute of unanimous nomination for
governor at the hands of the republt
can state convention in the Auditor
ium in st. Paul yesterday.
Rival candidates withdrew early in
the day, realizing that it was impos.
sible to stem the Jacobson tide. After
Frank NJ. Eddy had placed Mr.. Jacob
sons name before the convention, it
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
]. F. jacobson
IS nominated.
FOR GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA
az THE REPUBLICANS IN
CONVENTION.
The Nomination Was BY Acclamation,
Young and Snider Withdrawing
Leaving the Field Entirely to the
Nominee.
Republican Nominees.

Republican Nominees.
Governor-J. T. jacobson, Madison,
Lieutenant Governor-A. o. Eber
hart, Mankato, denomination.
Secretary Of State-JuIius A.
sehmahl, Redwood Falls, Renomina'
ton.
Treasurer-C. c. Dinehart, Slayton.
Attorney Generai-George T. simp'
son, Winona.
Railroad commissioners-lra 3.
Mills, Moorhead (renomination) +;
Charles e. EImquist, Rush City.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-08
DEN MARK.

ine POlltlken newspaper states that
Prince Harald, the third oldest son OF
King Fredrik, has been betrothed to
Princess Helena of Gluecksborg. She
and her parents have just been visit
ing at the Danish court. Prince Har-
aid is 50 years old and Princess Hell
ena is 20 years old.
Danish victories in North Slesvig.
Observation-Disclosures, the Danish
candidate, was elected member of
the Prussian landtag from Haderslev,
He received 160 votes, while only 81
were given to his German opponent.
At Graasten the Danes scored sim
liar victory, Mis- Nissen, the Danish
candidate, receiving 1875 votes as
against 112 votes cast for his German
opponent.
kiel-The Danish aeronaut, Ellie
hammer, made some experiments with
his aeroplane here with the object of
testing the steering apparatus. He
accomplished successfully several
flights of about 100 yards EACH The
machine showed itself capable Of easy
control, but while attempting to make
a premature landing, made advisable
by student gust of wind from the
side, the propeller was slightly dam
aged.
A booklet entitled "Doomsday,'
written by an officer of high rank, has
caused a sensation by showing the
~ hon mill for
defenses. 1t asserts that small Ger
man detachment, in few hours,
could take all the Notifications, bar
racks and royal palaces by surprise
without firing shot, because of the
lack of preparation on the part of the
local garrison. Ten issues of the
booklet have been sold, and as it has
interested nearly the whole popula-
ton, the result may be the creation of
a popular sentiment in favor of
stronger military defenses.
FINLAND.
A sample of law and order in FIJI
land. While O. H. Moisio, editor of
the 1ta-S uomen Sanomats, at Will
manstrand, and his assistant, w. Koiv-
unen, were working at the office of
the paper, an officer and two soldiers
from the Russian army entered the
room, and the officer asked MOisio:
Have you written the article, 'Mu.
kama Veivat?'" Mr. Moisio answered
that he had neither written nor seen
the article, having been absent. Then
the officer stepped back few feet,
drew horsewhip which he carried,
and began to belabor Moisio until the
handle of the whip broke to pieces.
BY this time blood began to flow from
Moisios temples, and the officer point
ed his saber at Moisio's breast. The
latter seized the saber with both
hands and turned it aside so that it
ran into the wall, where it made a
big hole. The officer said something
to the soldiers, and they, too, drew
their sabers. Meanwhile Mr.. Koivu-
hen was about to leave the room, and
the officer grabbed him and asked,
Have you written that article 2"
KOivunen answered in the negative,
and the officer struck his head, break
ing his glasses. During this assault
Moisio got away through a back door
and went to the police station. Koi-
vunen also arrived at the police sL.-
tion, and when the editors were out
of the way the soldiers left the news
paper office and returned to the bar
racks.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-12-10

was among the visitors at tle
club" Tuesday night.
The Clce Club met at the
home Of Mr.. 3. NJ. Diges on last
Tuesday night. Quite large
number attended.
Mrs. c. L. Brooks arrived IN
the county several DAYS ago to
Join her husband who has been in
Mathews several weeks, -
The Sunday school teachers
and scholars OF Salem Church are
making iRuumerable preparations
for the Xmas entertainment
which viii take place at that
church on Xmas night.
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DIFFICULT QUESTIONS.

The editor o the Children's
Encyclopedia recently invited all
children 10 send him any cues
tons they wanted answered.
Since that time he has had occa-
sion TO scrstch his head often ov-
eT such questions as these:
What color was Adam"
Where do oar spirits go when
we are asleep
Why does time never stop?"
What is the correct age of the
skies?" q
Why does white smoke make
tunnels blaok?"
What is the use of feast"
Why DO hens cackle when
they have laid an eggl'
And many other Of similar na-
turs so bard b answer that he
has been forced TO call upon ha
readers 10 help answer then.
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The firm of Sears & Williams
will offer from now uatil Xmas
all of their Ladies, Misses and
Children's Cloaks and Dress
Goods practically below cost In
order to make room for Xmas
novelties. etc. Any one wishing
a Cloak, Salt or Dress will find
this rare opportunity.
WANrED-SUccEss MAGAZINE
requires the services Of man in
Mathews to look after expiring
subscriptions aid to secure new
business by means of special
methods unusually effective; po-
sition permanent; prefer one with
experience. but would consider
any applicant with good natural
qualifications; salary $3.50 per
day, with commission option.
Address, with references. K. C..
Peacock, Room Ioz, Success
Magazine Bldg. New York.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-12-10

The children Of St. Psurs are
expecting to have a Xmas tree
on Xmas night.
Old Kris Kringle is getti0g his
pack in shape. aud going around
marking out the bad children.
when he can find them, but It
seems that all children are good
inst before Xmas.
Mr.. Ran Miles, second officer Of
the steamer Maple, met with a
painful accident q few days ago.
when bit Of steel abort the size
Of pea few from hammer and
struck him in the right eve. com
pletely destroying the sight. He
IS now in the marine department
OF st. Vincents Hospital under
the treatment Of an eve specialist.
The eye has been taken out and
he IS said to be doing well Hc
exrects to be out in 4 few days
and will get an artificial eye.
After painful illness Of many
months, Mrs. Columbus Borum
passed away on last Thursday
night, The funeral services were
conducted~by the Rev, J. Z. Lau-
CLIFTON at St. Paul's church on last
Saturday, after which the remains
were borne to the cemetary where
she will rest until the morning Of
the resurrection. She leaves =
heart broken husband, five child
rem and many friends ADD reia-
tives to mourn their loss. Bless
ed are the dead who die in the
Lord"
Some young ladies desiring to
force the Xmas season, and to
break the dull monotovY of the
times. resolved themselves into a
masquerade party, under the pro-
lection Of two young gentlemen
and young lady, who wore their
usual costume, and remained
without while the masked ones
came ia and made themselves ag-
reeable. The most OF them were
quickly recognized, as burnt cork
and golden hair does not harmon
IKE very well. They seem 20 have
a jolly good time. Come again
girls.
I-EUNfAS.