Willmar tribune., 1909-03-31


charges OF fraud amounting to $780,.
900. committed suicide In Harrisburg,
Pa, just as the, police were about to
arrest him.
Damage estimated at 100000 was
caused by snowstorm In Denver and
the city was cut OF from communica-
tion by wire.
Willie Whitla positively identified
the prisoners in Cleveland, O., who
call themselves Mr.. and Mrs. James
Boyle, as his abductors.
The miners convention at Scranton,
Pa, decided that there will be no
strike on April l. when the present
agreement with the operators expires.
Police Commissioner Bingham said
bribe Of 100000 year was offered
to him II he would protect certain
criminal interests in New York city.
Plans for the formation of a merger
of four eastern railroads under one
system have been made by George
Gould and others according to Balti.
more report.
Mrs. Amos Miller drowned herself
and two children at Sumsbury, Conn.,,
while mentally deranged.
Representative Taylor struck Rep
resentative Shoemaker with his fist
and called him a "deceitful liar dur
ing the progress of an argument over
the woman suffrage bill in the Ne
braska house.
William c. Nagel, the oldest en-
gineer in point of service on the Big
Four lines. was killed by being struck
by water crane as he put his head
out Of his cab window, IL miles east
of Greensburg, Ind.
The lower branch of the Connecti-
cut general assembly adopted reso-
luton instructing the Connecticut
delegation In congress to favor chang
ing the date of the presidential in
auguration from March 4 to the last
week in April.
President Taft has accepted an in
vitation to attend the Mecklenburg
celebration at Charlotte, N. c., May 20.
Two children of Hosea Webster,
merchant of Deals Island, Nd, died
as result, it is thought, of ptomaine
poisoning, caused by eating canned
ham. Other members of the family
are in critical condition.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans in
an interview in Tacoma, Wash, said:
I'VE need 20 battleships on the Pa
cific coast. With such force this
coast is safe from any attack. l do
mt ho1iovA in jx,i1i %h@
fleet In order to send ships to the
Pacific
The Cleveland CO., police arrested
the kidnapers of Willie Whitla, man
and a woman, the woman confessing
that she planned the crime.
Rev. NJ. D. Johnson shot and killed
Rev. Solomon O'Dell at Russ, Mo-, fol-
lowing quarrel over the service of
the telephone company of which John
son is president
The miners started their convention
at Scranton, Pa, and it is believed will
adopt plans to bring about a peaceful
settlement of their troubles with the
operators.
Lieut.. E. H. Shackleton of the Brit
ish navy and his party of explorers
have returned to New Zealand, after
getting within Ill miles of the south
pOle
Mrs. Florence Nichols of Peoria.
ILL.,, is near death from blood poisoning
caused by bite on the arm from Miss
Cleo Fitzpatrick, who has been ar
rested.
The explosion of locomotive boiler
killed the fireman and engineer of a
Lehigh Valley freight train at Corfu,
n. Y.
Attorney General Wickersham has
asked Wade H. Ellis of Ohio to con-
tinue in his present position of assist
ant attorney general, and it was Off
clally announced that Mr.. Ellis had
agreed to do so.
At the annual meeting of the Penn
sy!vania railroad resolution empow-
ering the board of directors, in it's dis
cretion, to increase the bonded indebt-
edness OF the company to the extent of
$S0,000,O00 was ratified.
A secret service fund of S25, 5000,
asked for by Police Commissioner
Bingham to combat, among other
things, the BLACK Hand" evil, was re-
fused by the board of aldermen of New
York city.
Slopes of Mount Olympus and the
adjacent submits of the Olympic
mountains in Washington are to be set
aside as national monument for the
protection and preservation of the
Olympic elk, otherwise known as "cer-
vus Roosevelt" according to proc
lamation issued by President Roose-
welt before he left Office.
Six men were indicted in Pittsburg
In connection with the aldermanic
Doodle Investigations that have been
going on for several weeks.
Miners met in Scranton, Pa, to con.
slider the difference between the opera.
tors and workmen in the anthracite
field and strike is feared.
Shingle mills throughout the state
OF Washington have resumed opera
tlons after month and half close
down for the good of the trade.
While several of the band kept citi-
zens at bay by shooting at all who
| came In sight, robbers made an un-
successful attemnt tn GOT into Tho