Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13

nently placed in q lake in Prospect
park. Brooklyn.
A monument to the Rhode Island
troops who fell in the civil war at
Newbern, N. c., was dedicated there.
Gov. Pothier and other Rhode Island
ofhcials taking part.
A flock Of over $500 sheep and
lambs from Colorado is under quaran-
tine at the Kansas City stockyards by
order Of Inspector H. B. Adair, who
declares that the animals are af1lict.
ed with the Zip and leg" disease.
Lieut.. Gen. Adna r. Chaffee, re-
tired, does not believe enforced idle
ness Is causing the high death rate
among retired army officers, accord
ing to statement he made at Los
Angeles.
More than three billion fishes and
fish eggs were distributed by the bu-
reau of fisheries of the department of
commerce and labor in the last year.
New York woman suffragists will
hold a city convention October 20, but
will not name ticket. Next year,
however, they intend to put a ticket
into the field.
Pittsburg rendered DIR. Frederick A.
Cook such a warm ovation that the
northern explorer was visibly affected.
He announces that the facts in the pole
controversy will be given to the pub
lie soon. and everything settled with.
In six months.
Ray Lamphere OF Belle Guinness
murder farm" fame is reported
dying Of tuberculosis in the Michigan
City (1nd.) prison.
Bellevue hospital doctors are puz-
zled by the case Of a well-dressed
man who does not remember his name
or history. He says he was riding in
street car when something In his
brain snapped and his memory be-
came a blank.
The comptroller of the treasury has
refused to reimburse Philadelphia
drug company for virus destroyed by
order OF the government on the
ground that it was affected with the
foot and mouth disease.
Rev. W. M. Stuckey, who was ar.
rested at Waukegan. ILL.,, charged
with abducting 17-year.old Lorena
sutherland. was released on $1,000
bond at Ottawa, Kan.
Eight Pacific coast cities have &C.
cepted an invitation to send delega-
t1ons to China to inspect the coun.
trys enterprises.
A $1,00O,000 exhibit of heavy ma
ch1nery and street car appliances is
feature of the street and interurban
railways convention now in session
in Denver.
Military surgeons from all parts of
the United States and from II foreign
countries are attending the annual
meeting of the Association of Mill.
tary Surgeons that opened in Wash.
ington.
The climax Of the north pole contro-
versy Is expected within a week when
the Peary Arctic club will make pub
tic Peary's statement, which he de-
clares will prove that he was the only
white man to reach the pole.
Wilbur Wright made the most spec
tacular flight in his aeroplane at New
York that the world has ever wit
messed. He circled the air 100 feet
over New York harbor in an 18-mile
wind.
Owing to complications between
Morocco and Spain becoming more
acute declaration of regular war be-
tween those countries is a possibility.
Gov. Hadley and Mayor Kreisman
welcomed the mayors of 361 cities at
st. Louis as guests at the Centennial
week celebration at that city.
Minister Crane, who was about to
sail for China from San Francisco,
was summoned by Secretary Knox to
return to Washington. 1t is said GER
tain phases in the eastern situation
are to be discussed.
The University of Michigan will
give a four-years' course in railroad
administration for students wishing to
qualify for railroad positions.
A military circuit court at Warsaw,
Russia, has condemned two German
subjects, one to four years and the
other to two years in the penitentiary.
The charge was espionage.
With view to increasing the cotton
yield of German East Africa to make
Germany independent of the cotton of
the United States, Bernhardt Dein.
berg, German minister of colonies, and
DR.. Walter Busse, head Of the German
agricultural department, have arrived
at New York to study cotton culture.
An organization known as the
George Washington fund has been
launched to help worthy Americans
stranded abroad to get back to the
fatherland. The fund was organized
on board the liner George Washing
ton. on the way from Bremen to New
York, and was suggested by Isaac
Guggenheim of the smelling family.
William Mitchell, white, convicted
OF murder. and Cecil Palmer, colored,
convicted of attacking a woman, were
hanged at Nashville, Tenn. These
were the first executions under the
new law, which provides that all exc
cut1ons must be carried out at the
state prison.
Jacob Ffnkenstein, a liquor dealer
at Mexican ports, declares that Mrs.
A. w. Whitlingham, a relative of State
Senator John P. Jones of Santa Moni.
ca, CAL, met death in a hotel at Mana.
rillo by poisoning.
Commander Peary and his ship,
Roosevelt. was given a grand welcome
when they participated in the naval
gageant from New York to New.