Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-06-29


obtains Judgment for S67, SGT against
the Pullman company of Chicago. This
Judgment is in support of the stock
liabilities Of the Pullman company.
George Fields, the negro murderer
whose escape from Jail at st. Angus
tine, Fla, last Thursday night, pre-
vented his execution at West Palm
Beach, has been captured. The hang
Ing will take place next Friday.
Thirty-five miners were entombed
by an explosion in the mines of the
Maritime Coal & Power company al
Halifax, N. s. The mine caught fire
and rescue parties were driven back
by gas flames.
Charles Diver, a motorman, lies dy.
ing in hospital at Washington, D. c.,
from injuries sustained while endeav.
oring to save passengers from the
deadly electric current of broken
feed wire.
Poisoning of the waters Of spring
| near Trau, in Dalmatia, is RESPONSE
BILE for the immediate death of three
religious processionists, the probable
fatal Illness Of 800 others.
President Taft attached his sigma
ture to the statehood bill. Mr.. Taft
used gold pen and an eagle feather,
the latter given him by Delegate An
drews
Encouraged by success that has at
tended his legislative program, Presi-
dent Taft decided to make an issue Of
the passage by congress before the
adjournment of the present session of
the bill for publicity Of campaign con-
tributions in all campaigns affecting
| federal offices.
The Ancient Mystic Order of Bag
men of Bagdad and the supreme coun-
Gil of the United Commercial Travel
ers met in Columbus, O.
Various phases of city MANAGEMENT
were discussed by the members of the
Municipal League of Indiana in their
meeting at Richmond, Ind.
1t was announced at the headquar-
tiers of the Canadian Pacific railway
at Winnipeg, Man., that the wages of
all the telegraphers on the system
had been increased five dollars a
month. Several thousand men are
affected.
Speaker Cannon will be reelected in
his Illinois district next fall, is the
prediction of Representative N. D.
Sperry of New Haven, Conn.
A youth dressed in clerical garb is
holding up residents near Bloomfield,
hauls.
The twenty.third international and
third biennial convention of the
Knights of St. John opened at Cedar
Point, O.
Retail coal dealers of the northwest
met in annual convention at Omaha,
Neb., with a program combining much
pleasure with business.
The old rules of the house were de-
Tended and the critics of the speaker
were severely scored by Speaker Can
non in a brief address on the floor of
the house.
Frank HARLAN, fourteen years old,
hanged himself at Rochester. Pa, on
returning home after seeing a wife,
murderer sentenced to death.
The right of William Lorimer to &C.
cupy a seat upon the floor of the
United States senate is to be thor
oughly investigated by a subcommit.
tee of the committee on privileges and
elections, under the craftsmanship Of
Senator Burrows of Michigan. The
investigating committee will sit in
Chicago, according to present plans.
but work is not likely to be begun un-
til fall.
Ninety-five cases of ptomaine poison
ing from eating impure ice cream have
been reported to the health depart
ment of Houston, Tex, from various
parts of that city.
Four new divisions of the japanese
army are to be recommended for
Korea by Gen. Terrachi, following his
appointment as resident general of
that country.
An anti-foreign revolt is feared In
western China, resulting from fanatical
reports that children are to be sacri-
feed to prevent accidents on new
railroad.
The chances of verdict" from the
Ball1nger-Pinchot Investigating COM
m1ttee during the present session of
congress are remote. The committee
held a meeting behind closed doors,
but 1t was announced at it's conclu-
sion that no action had been taken.
Out of class of 30 at the Yale Med
ical school it was made known that Il
did not pass the required examinations
for graduation and have been told that
they would not be permitted to try
again.
The house of representatives fur
nished the remarkable spectacle of
passing. with only one member voting
in opposition, strongly worded re-
form" rule, designed to correct an
acknowledged legislative abuse-the
''smothering" of legislation in CON-
mittee. Democrats, Republicans ana
insurgents" Joined hands harmoni-
ously in adopting the rule.
It was unique bequest that Rob
ert Reidel of Detroit, Mich. who
| fought through the Franco-Prussian
| war, left to the Detroit survivors of
his old company. He willed them SIS
with which to buy beer after they
marched to the cemetery to his