Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

Thirty-five passengers on a street
car were injured, none fatally, and
lew seriously, when the car was
struck by an inbound Pennsylvania
passenger train at an Indianapolis
street crossing and hurled 30 feet.
Given carbolic acid by her daughter
by mistake for brandy, Mrs. William
Tate of Toledo, O., Ill with tubercu-
losis. died before medical aid could
reach her.
George Preston Sheldon, deposed
president of the Phenix Fire Insurance
Company Of Brooklyn, lying at deaths
door at his Greenwich (Conn.) home,
was indicted for larceny In the first
degree by the grand jury in New York
! for alleged misappropriation Of funds
of the company. of which he was the
head for % years.
The north polar observations of DR..
Frederick A. Cook reached Copen-
hagen on board the steamer United
States.
William Crandall, on trial for the
killing of his wife at Battle Creek.
Mich, last August, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree by jury
at Marshall, Mich. Crandall cut his
wife's throat.
| Ex-President Cardenas of Nicara-
qua, who was overthrown by Zelaya
in 1891, has taken the field against
his old enemy and is heading an ex-
pedition from Costa Rica into Mica
ragua. according to advices received
at New Orleans by the sympathizers
OF the revolutionary movement in the
latter country.
| The New York Times printed the re-
markable narrative of two men, made
under oath. declaring that they were
employed by DR.. Frederick A. Cook to
! fabr1cate astronomical and other o.
servatiOns for submission to the Uni
versity of Copenhagen, which is about
to pass upon DR.. Cooks assertion that
he discovered the north pole on April
Fl. 1908. The men are George H.
Dunkle, an insurance broker of New
York, and Capt. August Wedel Loose,
sea captain of Brooklyn. For their
| labors they were to have received
| Jointly from DR.. Cook $4,000. They
| say that DR.. Cook had paid them only
| $3.50 when he disappeared on the eve
of the dispatch of his records" to
Copenhagen, and his failure to pay
the sum remaining due them, they
freely acknowledged to be their mo-
| tive for coming forward with the
| story.
A $2,5OO,000 hospital for the treat
ment of New York sufferers from tu-
berculosis will be completed during
the coming year. The hospital will
provide for more than 1000 patients
Fire that started in the building of
the Central Rubber & Supply Com
pany. 229 South Meridian street, In.
dianapolis, Ind, damaged property to
the extent of $4,000.
| For the first time in the history Of
American banking, statements show
ing in detail the condition of practical
ly every banking institution in the
United States at given hour have
been obtained by the national none
tary commission. Report was made at
the close of business April %, 1909. The
total resources of all establishments
reach $21 100, 100000; loans, $11,373,-
100000; investments in bonds. ETC.,
SASH, 100000: due from banks, $780,
100000; cash on hand, including $780,
100000 in gold coin and certificates,
81 1872 100000; other resources, $1,O94,-
100000; capital, 81 300, ,0O0,0 900; surplus
and profits, 1885 100000; due to
banks, $2,4S4, 100000; deposits, includ-
ing government deposits, $14.106, ,0OO..
600; other liabilities, $S7,000,O00.
The firebrand of war has again been
hurled against the 1907 Root peace
compact with Central American gov
ernments and the Nicaragauan situa-
tion rendered more acute. The repub-
lie OF Honduras has declared martial
law in order to repel an invasion head
ed by the former president, Manuel
! BOnilla.
Thirty-three American steel firms
and individual agents for steel COM
panies were found not guilty of collu-
sive bidding for city steel contracts, in
the superior court at Boston, after an
| II weeks trial.
Six women fell to the floor fainting
and exhausted during the twenty
fourth and twenty fifth hours of the
marathon dance at Butte. Mont. and
the mayor ordered the dance stopped.
Evangelization of the United States
was discussed at session of the ex-
ecutive committee of the federal coun-
Gil of the Churches of Christ in Ameri-
ca now meeting in Louisville, Ky.
Official returns from 12S of the 2O6
precincts in Los Angeles, Cal, cut
down the lead Of Mayor Alexander
over George Smith, the Republican
candidate, from 1900 to So. The re-
suit Is now in doubt.
Mrs. Susan Stewart, wife of Pay
master General Stewart, U. S. ~, re-
tired. of South Orange. N. j., died in
Washington at the home of Rear Ad-
miral Andrew Dunlap, where she was
visiting. She will be buried in the
National cemetery at Arlington.
Federal and local authorities at
Leechburg, Pa, are seeking alleged
Black Hand members who have
threatened the life of ex-Congressman
Beale.
Lewis Merickel, 40 years old. is
dead from rifle wound in the abdo.
men and Joseph Myers, 13 years old.
who shot him is held at the Juvenile
home. The boy says that Merickel
dared him to shoot and that he fired