Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-19

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bers he was professor at a univer.
sity in Texas.
w. M. Stone, joint ticket agent of
the Wichita Valley and Texas Central
railways, was found dead in his room
in Stanford, Tex, with bullet hole in
his head. It is supposed that he com.
mitted suicide.
Because she wore 1igh-heeled shoes
when she was injured by fall from a
street car, Mrs. Anna Peterson Of Oak
land, CAL, has lost her suit for dam
ages against the Oakland Traction
Company.
Mrs. Dora Richardson Thomas, who,
when 13 years old, was married to
Gen. Cassius M. Clay, in Lexington,
KY, obtained divorce from her third
husband, Samuel Thomas. She is rs
years old.
Capt. Peter G. Hams was found
guilty of manslaughter in the first de-
gree following his trial for Staying
William E. Annis.
Twenty men were reported drowned
when launch sank in the Ohio river
near Pittsburg.
| Two Chicago women drove hacks
in funeral professions, taking the
places of striking carriage drivers.
Six thousand postal employees of
Paris went out on strike when the
| chamber of deputies delayed action on
| their demands.
j. E. White was arrested at Vim
cennes, Ind, charged with attempting
to kidnap Willie Hamilton, son of q
| contractor.
William II. Schantz of Hastings,
member Of the Michigan Legislature,
was attacked by an assassin who
slashed his throat with razor.
The destroyers Barry, Bainbridge,
| Decatur and Dale, conveyed by the
! auxiliary cruiser Rainbow, will depart
from Manila for China Saturday en-
route to Join the Third division Of the
Pacific squadron.
James j. Hill has telegraDhaa to
Seattle, Wash, from Washington,
that he is making a personal effort
to induce British Ambassador James
Bryce to take part in the opening
ceremonies Of the Alaska yukon-Pa.
cific fair
The McCune building at Das Moines,
Ia, occupied by the New York Wall
paper & Stationery Company, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
Ten casks, containing 3,00o gallons
Of water from the River Jordan, were
emptied into & gutter in New YORK.
The company which imported the wa
ter Gid not find the venture profitable.
The Southern Baptist convention,
which opened in Louisville, Ky, will
discuss raising a share Of $780,
600 for heather evangeliZation and
$l.ooo,0OO for endowment Of the Bap-
fist Theological seminary.
Mehmed v, the new sultan of Tur-
key, ploWed q furrow in the palace
lawn to show that he is physically
able to bear the burdens OF the en-
pire.
James Boyle, sentenced to life i'm
prisonment, and his wife, with Is
years to serve for kidnapping Willie
Whitla, began their terms in the peni-
tertiary at Pittsburg.
Three days after his marriage,
Charles H. Brown of Huntington, ILL.,,
disappeared in Vincennes, Ind.
Since January 1 more than $1,000
600 worth of watches, diamonds, jew
elry, silverware and other valuable
chattels have been stolen in New York
city, according to the lists furnished
pawnbrokers by the police
Mrs. Carolyne Tamplet, society
woman of Louisville, KY, armed with
revolver, drove negro burglar out
OF her home after desperate strug-
gle.
A street car was held up by single
masked robber at the entrance of
Washington park, Milwaukee, and $50
taken. A shot was fired at him, but
he escaped.
May Yohe, actress, formerly Lady
Frances Hope, afterward Mrs. Putnam
Bradlee Strong, is now the wife of a
Canadian lumberman said to be named
Murphy. A son has been born to her
in Portland, Ore.
The annual meeting of the National
Association for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis opened in Wash
ington.
Atlanta, Ca, entertained the Hotel
Mems Mutual Benefit association with
automobile rides, barbecue, cake walk,
etc.
The authorities at Winnebago, Ill.,,
said they would take the finger prints
of the whole town to find the muir.
derer of Mrs. Margaret Grippen.
The Kansas department of the
Woman's Relief Corps celebrated its
silver jubilee at the convention at OF.
tawa.
Miss Mary Malone is believed to
have been murdered in New York.
Her body was found in her room in a
boarding house. 1t is believed she wae
beaten to death with a club.
Prof. Henry H. Clayton of Boston
plans to make the voyage from the
United States to Europe by airship.
A resolution to improve the method
of distributing vegetable seeds and
resolution concerning Turkey became
mixed in the public printers Office in
Washington and read when combined
Joint resolution relating to certain
events in Turkey
John K. Gore told the Actuaries' So
ciety OF America, of which he is presi-