Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23


self seriously wounded in the head
from a shot fired by the dying man as
he fell.
Because he refused to give trans
fer to a passenger on his car Herman
B1erman, a conductor on the Kankakee
line, is dead at his home in Harvey,
ILL.,, with a bullet in his brain. Joseph
Schmell, young Austrian, who shot
Bierman, fought two policemen and
the motorman an unequal duel in the
car before he was overpowered.
How the American Bridge Company
set aside money with which to pur-
chase legislation and also the defeat
Of legislation In the New York general
assembly was coolly recited by Sen
ator Conger in the Aids bribery in
vestigation at Albany, N. Y.
The forces of President Madriz have
again taken possession of Matagalpa.
which on February 10 was occupied by
Gen. Chamorro, one of the insurgent
leaders. The government forces had
heavy guns on the hills, but the in
surgents were without means to reply
at long range. Chamorro therefore
deemed it advisable to retreat, and
under cover Of darkness evacuated
Matagalpa.
A locomotive on the Tionesta Valley
railroad toppled over on John Abram-
son near OIL City, Pa, but he escaped
death when the engines fall was
stopped by the heavily packed snow
Two children of Clifford Piersee.
four years and one year old, were
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed the Piersee home, near Center
vile, Ia.
Backing his automobile out Of his
garage in Beaumont. Tex, William
Crook, lawyer, ran over and crushed
to death his 16-months-old daughter.
Using four charges of nitro-glycerin,
robbers who travelled in an automo-
bile, blew the safe of the State bank
at Ford, 20 miles southeast of Dodge
City. Kan. and made their escape
with $3,375 in cash.
Under REORGANIZATION by Attor-
ney John J. Vertrees, at the Ballinger-
Pinchot inquiry, Louis R. CLAWS
summed up the specific acts of wrong
doing which he charges against Secre-
tary Ballinger and declared that he
was convinced the secretary was "un-
faithful to his trust and unfit for his
Office"
President Taft, speaking at the Lin
coin day celebration of the New York
Republican club. made defense in de!
tall OF the policies of his administra'
ton. He declared business "hysteria,n =
due to agitation and fear Of drastic
action against corporations in generalI
to be unjustified, and throughout his
talk pleaded for the sinking of fac7
tfonal differences toward the future OF
the Republican party and the carrying
out of its pledges.
That poison was found by Chicago
chemists in the contents of the stom-
ach OF Miss Margaret H. Swope and
that Chrisman Swope went into con-
Vulsions, according to Miss Anna
Houlehan. his nurse, a few minutes
after she had given him a capsule at
the direction of DR.. B. G. Hyde, were
two startling statements made under
oath by Attorney John G.. Paxton.
executor of the Swope estate.
The Battle Creek sanitarium is lost
to Battle Creek, Mich. Judge Parkini
son handed down a decision of uni
conditional custer for nonpayment Of
taxes.
The Paris Figaro announces that
President Fallieres will give a grand
fete at the Elysee palace on the occa-
sion OF ex-President Roosevelt's visit
here.
The Pacific Navigation Company's
steamer Lima is ashore on one Of the
islands Of the Huamblin Passage Of
the Straits Of Magellan, and will prob
ably be total loss. The chief pilot
and so passengers were drowned. Two
hundred and five persons were saved
by the steamer Strahurst, but SO peo-
pie were left aboard the Lima, their
rescue being impossible.
A 14-year-old daughter of Perry
Tedder was found stabbed to death in
the yard Of her parents home at Glen
wood. Fla. A posse is hunting a negro
suspect.
Judge Dana Of the United States
district court at Topeka, Kan. held
that Attorney General Jackson had
failed to make case against the in
surance companies in Kansas whom
he charged some time ago with being
in trust.
Lfncoln's birthday was celebrated
all over the country. Among the more
notable affairs were the exercises con.
Quoted by the recently organized Lin
coin league in Chicago. Columbus. Ind
and other cities.
Senator Borah Of Idaho delivered a
brilliant reply to the criticisms of Gov.
Hughes Of New York on the proposed
income tax amendment to the consti.
tuition. His general argument was that
the proposed amendment will confer
no powers on the central government
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