Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-07-20

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gust Ropke, defaulting assistant sec.
rotary of the Fidelity Trust company,
Is very large" was made at the trust
company offices. At the same time 1t
was announced that the directors OF
the company had pledged themselves
to an increase of $1,000,000 in the capt.
tai stock if such increase is neces-
sary.
After a prolonged debate the Wis.
consin Democratic state convention at
Milwaukee voted in favor of naming a
state ticket for the primaries and i'm
mediately named Adolph J. Schmitz
Of Milwaukee as thier candidate for
governor. Mr.. Schmitz received the
nomination without a dissenting vote.
The first flying machine tourna-
ment of the year in England was
brought to a tragic close Tuesday by
the dramatic death of the most dar-
ing and popular British aviator, Hon.
Charles Stewart Rolls, who recently
made a flight from Dover to France
and return, the Wright biplane on
which he was flying fell suddenly with
terrific speed from a height of 100
feet.
Sheriff Linke, against whom charges
Of neglect of duty were preferred as
a result of his failure to prevent the
lynching of Detective Etherington by
a mob at Newark, O., has resigned.
Seven alleged rioters are in the Lick
ing county jail at Newark.
suit of a months rest, Senator Albert
B. Cummins will enter the fight for
insurgency in three states about the
middle Of August.
Two of the four shale rock defen-
dants- former Deputy Commissioner
Of Public Works Paul Redieske and
City Engineer John Ericson-were set
free by Judge Barnes, at Chicago,
who directed the jury to return ver-
dict of mot guilty" after the state
had rested its case.
The officials at the ministry of for.
eign affairs issued a formal statement
denying intention of affronting the
United States, but further they have
nothing to say concerning the letter
of Emperor William to President
Madriz of Nicaragua, which has been
construed in the United States as an.
tagonistic to the American policy in
that country.
Congressman John M. Dalzell won
out in the recount Of the ballots in the
Thirtieth congressional district, which
was concluded by the Allegheny coun-
ty commissioners.
The American Institute of Homeo-
mosa, Saghalien and Korea patterned
after the United States insular bureau.
a colonial department to govern For
paths, meeting at Pasadena, CAL, re-
scinded action taken last year con-
demn1ng the use Of benzoate of soda
as food preservative.
Robert Chambers of Oklahoma City
and Jesse Treatise of Peoria, ILL.,, were
killed by lightning while on Mount
Pisgali, near Cripple Creek, Col.
The historic Black Horse tavern,
which has existed at Canonsburg, Pa,
for 1876 years and was the rendezvous
of Washington and Braddock, is to be
demolished to make room for a new
high school.
The Roman Catholic church and St.
Anne convent at Nanaimo, B. c., were
destroyed by fire. Forty orphans in
the convent We're rescued. The loss Is
placed at $250,000.
Mrs. Peter TripoH of Yonkers, N. Y,
owes the fact that she is alive to an
attack of heart disease, which caused
her husband to fall dead in the act of
trying to kill her. The woman, un-
nerved. by her experience, tainted
over the mans body.
The gaekwar Of Baroda, ruler of
100000 Indian subjects, and his
chauffeur, were arrested at New Ro-
chelle, near New York city, for speed
ing an automobile.
The federal agricultural department
Is experimenting with red species Of
sheep, imported from Africa, said to
be extremely prolific and of early ma
turing qualities. The department hopes
to be able to produce spring lamb by
Christmas.
A four-horse stage coach carrying
II passengers bound for Ell Portal,
CAL, the gateway of the Yosemite Ma
t1onal park, went over cliff into the
MERGED river, fall of 100 feet. Sew
eral persons were slightly hurt. Two
horses persisted.
Nineteen persons were killed and 81
others injured by the derailing of a
train near the station of Kisilarwat,
Asiatic Russia, on the trans Caspian
railway.
Rev. c. De Witt Sharp and Eunice
G. Whitaker, aged fourteen, who
eloped from Schenectady, N. Y, are
under arrest at Kansas City, Mo.
Nearly hundred thousand mem
bers Of the Order Of Elks gathered in
Detroit for the annual convention and
session Of the grand lodge.
The ninth annual convention of the
Upper Mississippi River Improvement
association opened in st. Paul, MIMI,
with delegates present from Illinois,
Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota and Wiscon.
sin.
Since January 1 eighty-six railroads
and industrial corporations in this
country have increased their disburse.
ments or declared initial or resumed
dividends to the extent of $57, 625, 600
year. Twenty-three Of these cor.
porations are railroads, their increase
alone representing $15,OO0,000.