Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-18

The existence Of rulings In the In
terror department which Mr.. Ballinger
must have violated in appearing be.
fore the general land Office In behalf
OF the Cunningham coal claimants
after his retirement as commissioner
was brought out by Attorney Brandeis
In cross'examining the secretary OF
the interior in the Ballinger-P inchot
investigation.
| Thirty-five thousand persons saw
Donau win the thirty-sixth Kentucky
derby at Louisville, KY. He just man.
aged to reach the wire ahead Of Joe
Morris, second choice for the event.
Fighting Bob was third. Time, 2:O6 rs.
The much-discussed meeting of EN-.
peror William and Theodore Roose.
welt has taken place. The visit of the
former president at the new palace
was devoid of any spectacular feature
inconsistent with the court mourning
| for King Edward. but the occasion
, lacked nothing from the viewpoint OF
hospitality and the purpose to honor
| the distinguished American.
In the federal court at Des Moines,
Ia, Judge Smith Mcpherson dismissed
the complaint of the Kansas City and
Omaha milling companies protesting
against government seizure of bleached
flour shipped into Iowa.
Herbert Booth of London, England.
youngest son of Gen. William Booth,
founder of the Salvation Army, told
the Pastors union at Detroit, Mich,
that he is no longer connected with
the Salvationists, giving family difficult
ties as reason.
Following secret Investigation of
the conduct of customs officers at the
port of New York, Collector Loeb has
suspended II men, nine of whom are
inspectors.
Following his defeat for reelection
to the French chamber of deputies
from the Bas Alpes district, Count
Boni de Castellane has announced at
Paris that he is done with politics.
Karl Jorn, the Metropolitan opera
tenor, who gave his wife her freedom
to become the wife of the man she
loved, sailed for Europe from New
York, disguised, and with little left of
his seasons earnings.
Figures from the middle ages
strobe through the streets of London
and other great cities of England and
Ireland, proclaiming in good twentieth
century English the accession of
George V. to the throne just vacated
by the death Of Edward VII. Clad in
gorgeous costumes and carrying trum-
pets, the heralds passed through the
streets announcing that Edwards son
has assumed the scepter of Great Brit
ain and India. Curious crowds watched
the spectacle soberly, even admiring-
~, but without smile. In Dublin
the Ulster king-at-arms read the proc
lamation In the presence of Lord
Aberdeen, lord lieutenant of ireland,
and Lady Aberdeen.
Gilbert Coleman, a mulatto, former
ly Pullman car cook, convicted Of
wife murder In New York city, was put
to death in the electric chair In Sing
Sing IN. " prison.
That parents of foreign birth make
the most successful fathers and moth
ers, at least among the poorer classes,
is shown by statistics of infant mortal
ity gathered by the Free Outdoor Ma
ternity clinic In New York.
After causing the arrest of her hus-
band, James Goldberg, on a charge Of
bigamy, Mrs. Julia Goldberg, formerly
hotel proprietress Of st. Louis, COM
mitted suicide at a small town near
Bakersfield, CAL, by shooting herself
in the,head.
The state Of Missouri, through the
immigration board, offered a five-acre
farm to any person in the United
States who makes the greatest num-
Der of words out of the letters in the
words Missouri Homes"
William Randolph Hearst entered
suit In the federal court against Henry
Watterson individually, for 100000,
and the Courier-Journal for the same
sum. The suit against Mr.. Watterson
is based on his editorial which, &C.
cording to the petition, applauded the
attack made on Mr.. Hearst by Mayor
Gaynor at the Press banquet in New
York and accepting as proven Gay
nor's charges"
The dead at Carriage, Costa RIGA,
number 1900. The city was de-
stroyed by an earthquake which last
ed four seconds. 1t was a tremulous
movement, which followed few minor
shocks. The railroad and telegraph
lines were broken and the electric
light wires fell, leaving the city in
darkness. Thousands ran panic-strick-
en- in all directions in an effort to
save themselves, leaving behind those
under the ruins. Every house and
building was destroyed, including four
churches and the palace of the Amer
lean peace court, the gift of Andrew
Carnegie. Some Americans are re-
ported to have been killed, but identi-
tlcatlon is impossible. Many of the
wounded died, suffering terribly: Ed.
tire families have been wiped out.
The Northern Baptist convention,
comprising several UNCONVENTIONAL So
cieties, opened it's fourth annual nes-
sion in Chicago.
The steamer Normandy sank 20
miles south Of St. Johns, N. F. All of
the crew reached the shore safely in
boats.
Moving-picture men have offered to
assist the study of geography and his
tory in the New York schools by pro-