Willmar tribune., 1909-11-03
GENERAL NOTES.

Five hundred Indian bucks and
squaWs, after receiving their annuities.
indulged in one of the widest orgies
that the Leech Lake (Minn,) agency
ever witnessed. 1t was the last day
when saloons could sell liquor to the
redskins.
Mrs. Frank Stanley, at Pana, ILL.,,
shot and killed her husband, Frank.
during struggle for the possession
OF shotgun. The woman claims she
shot in self-defense.
Frederick Gebhardt, the New York
self'cOnfessed wife murderer. admits
he has been guilty of three such
crimes, for the purpose of securing
the women's money.
Grand jury at Chicago in their final
report to Judge Tuthill declared the
Jury-drawing system of Cook county
rotten and corrupt" and charge the
commissioners with wholesale viola.
tions of the law.
Gen. Oliver o. Howard. the last of
the union commanders of the civil
war, died at his home in Burlington.
VT, OF heart disease, aged 70 years.
Credence is given by Tokyo officials
70 the report that the assassination of
Prince Ito was the elimination of a
plot. the ramifications of which ex-
tended through Korea and into China.
Federal Judge Holt, at New York,
handed down decision which will
allow Gustav E. Kissel and Thomas
B. Harmed, who were among those In.
Gicted along with the American Sugar
Refining Company for criminal con.
spiracy, to escape prosecution through
the provisions of the statute of limita
tions.
James Mcmahon has confessed that
he murdered his two sisters and a
Erother-in-law on a farm near Kansas
City, Kan, last week. A family quar-.
rel caused the tragedy.
Sheriff Strassheim of Cook county.
Illinois (Chicago), was fined $500 and
costs by the Illinois supreme court for
contempt in not promptly obeying a
mandate Of that tribunal. Gov. De.
nCen Will pay the fine, If the decision
stands, as the sherifr was, it is alleged.
following his instructions.
John r. Walsh, the former Chicago
banker, has received 100000 for an
option on his railroads from the United
States Steel Corporation, which will
enable him to settle his financial din.
culties for the time being. at least.
Five hundred cigarmakers. mostly
Hungarian girls, who are on q strike
at New Brunswick, N. j., fought a
furious battle with 40 American girls
who wished to go to work. A num-
Der OF the latter were badly hurt by
being scratched with finger nails and
punctured with hatpins.
Six indictments against E. g. Lewis.
originator Of the Peoples bank"
and widely known as a magazine pub
Usher. were dropped in the United
States district court at st. Louis.
These were the last Of a series OF
charges made against Lewis by the
postal authorities several years ago.
The United States and Germany arc
likely to have a tarin war over the
matter OF potash. the imports of which
amount to less than 100000,
Fire destroyed Hilliard's onera
house at Kenopa, Ont The loss ia es.
timated at $150,OO0. The fire started
In the scenery of the opera house.
A nationwide movement for conser.
walton of natural resources, which has
the Endorsement of President Taft. was
launched at New York, with DR.
Charles w. Eliot as its president and
several prominent men as lesser oh,.
GERS. Its membership is expected to
reach into the hundreds Of thousands