Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-12

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machine from q height of about sixty
five feet and was crushed under the
weight Of the wreckage.
The imprint of bloody finger on a
military ticket taken up on the train
on which Nine. Gouin, widow of Jules
Edouard Gouin, former governor OF
the Bank of France, was travelling De.
cember Is, has led to the solving of
the mystery Of her death. Two sol
diers have confessed to her murder.
]. Pierpont Morgan may unite In
one banking concern, through further
trust company mergers in New York
under consideration, the enormous
sum Of $260,000,000 in deposits alone
This Is approximately $75,000,000 more
than the deposits of the National City
bank, and $125,o00,000 more than the
resources of the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, the largest financial
institutions in the United States.
A bill making sweeping changes In
the interstate commerce laws for the
regulation Of railroads was introduced
In the house by Representative James
R. Mann of Illinois, chairman of the
committee on Interstate and foreign
commerce. It Is not In accordance
with the one prepared by the commit.
tee under the direction of President
Taft and known as the "administra.
TONS railroad BILL" but was prepared
by Mr.. Mann during the summer va
cation Of congress.
-"~ Eight hundred employees of the New
York Central lines were retired from
active service under pension order,
which became effective this week. An
annual distribution of $225,0O0 will be
made under the new plan, which re-
tires employees at the age Of 20.
The family of Joe Haver, in Joliet,
ILL.,, was overcome by coal gas and
three may die. A daughter, Della, aged
IS; George, IA, and a child of Is
months are In serious condition.
One man was blown to atoms and
several others were injured as result
of boiler explosion on a pumping
boat Of the Peoples Coal Company at
Industry, Pa.
To reduce coal waste the navy de-
partment intends to experiment with
gas as motive power for vessels.
Trade untonism will attain it's goal
writes John Mitchell to the Temple
club at Mount Vernon, N. Y, when as
socfations Of employers and labor Or
CARNATIONS are equally strong.
The six railway presidents who
went to the White House to protest
against the proposed amendments to
the interstate commerce act did not
succeed in bringing the president to
their way Of thinking, and practically
no change will be made in the special
message on the subject The railroad
men seemed rather %dejected when
they left the White House, and their
mission so far as holding up the presi-
dents special message was concerned
was failure.
Charged with the task of inquiring
into the traffic in women, with a view
to rigid prosecution or an end to SEN
sat1onal ISLANDERS against New York
city, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was
made foreman of the grand jury.
J. Pierpont Morgan has contributed
100000 to the Trinity college (Hart-
ford, Comm endowment fund of $780,
900.
Thirty-three convictions for election
frauds were obtained at New York
city in 1909, the largest number in:
any year since the office of superin-
tendent Of elections was created
There were 493 arrests and 76 indict-
ments and 243 cases await action.
One Of the Italian bootblacks at
New York hotel received $40 gold
piece as New Year present from
guest. He announced that he would
quit his job for the rest of the winter.
The trial Of former Congressman
Binger Hermann, on charge of con-
spiracy to defraud the government
out Of public lands, will be opened at
Portland, Ore January 10. Francis J.
Heney Of San Francisco will assist
in the prosecution.
Judge Hazel in the United States
court at Buffalo, N. Y, granted the.
preliminary injunction applied for by
the Wright brothers against the Her.:
ring Curtiss Company and Glenn H.
Curtiss, restraining them from manu-
featuring and selling aeroplanes.
Matthew J. Whittak of Worcester,
Mass, the largest individual carpet
manufacturer in the United States,
put his 1900 employees on a 56-hour
schedule with no reduction in wages.
The mills have been running So hours.
The three officers and six members
of the board OF directors of the Kan
sas City (Mo) Fruit and Produce
exchange were indicted by the Jack
son county grand jury. The indict-
ments charge that the members of the
exchange are in a combination to con-
troll the price of butter, eggs, potatoes
and other foodstuffs on the Kansas
City market.
Members of John D. Rockefeller,
Jr.'s, New York Bible class contribut.
ed an average of 10 1-3 cents per capita
per Sunday to the collections of the
class during 1909, according to the
annual report. This is falling off Of
two cents from the average of 1908.
A breach of promise suit for $685.
900 was filed in Laporte, Ind, by Miss
Maybelle Seymour of Chicago against
William Stearnie, a Laporte business
man.