Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

tanned in Representative Charles A
Whites alleged confession regarding
the election Of United States senator
in the last general assembly.
With roar that was heard three
miles away, battery Of seven boilers
at the Canton CO., plant of the Ameri
can Sheet & Tin Plate company ex
ploded, killing from seventeen to thir
ty men and 1njuring a score or more
Among the injured are half dozen
who, 1t is said, will probably die.
A light vote was cast in Ohio con.
gressional primaries, but that vote was
nearly twice as heavy as the vote OF
Endorsement for reelection cast for
Senator Charles Dick, who was unop-
posed. Voters wrote in the names of
former Senator Foraker, former Cover
nor Herrick, former Interior Secretary
Garfield and others.
Demands that the Interstate COM
MERGE commission investigate the
freight rate increase, proposed by the
railroads, were made by the shippers
In conference at Chicago. Fair play
was the keynote Of the convention.
New York city has saved $3.50, 400
in the first three months Of Mayor
Gaynor's administration, compared
with the corresponding period a year
ago.
Mrs. Grace Hartenstein, wife Of
Frederick Hartenstein, superintendent
of the Long Island railroad, commit
ted suicide in her apartments at New
York by taking poison
Twenty-seven negro convicts per-
ished in fire in the stockade at
Lucille, Ala. Three prisoners are be-
lieved to have started the fire.
Kiang-Su province, China, is in a
state of unrest. The natives are cut
ting off their queues, which consti-
tutes an antidynastic demonstration.
John D. Rockefeller, always popular
among the people of Tarrytown. N. Y.
where he lives, is adding to that pop.
ular1ty this spring by his 'fondness
for taking his friends and neighbors
out driving. Not a pleasant day goes
by without the oil king inviting some
OF them, men, women and children, to
ride with him In automobile or car
riage, and 1t is safe to say that the In,
vltatlons are seldom declined, for his
vehicles are the best to be had, and
the drives around Tarrytown are beau
t1ful. Mr.. Rockefeller, before starting
for ride, always dons a paper vest, de-
clar1ng 1t great protection against
colds, and he insists that his guests do
the same. After the ride he refuses
to take back the garments, and conse'
quently in nearly every home In larry.
town may be found a paper vest pre-
served as a souvenir Of delightful
ride with the multi-millionaire.
President Taft's letter ordering the
dismissal Of l.. A. CLAWS from the land
Office service and generating Secre
tary Ballinger from the charges pre-
ferred by CLAWS was based upon and
IN part directly quoted from a draft
OF a letter written by Oscar Lawler
assistant attorney general of the in
| terror department. President Taft, In
letter to Senator Nelson, assumes
full responsibility for the letter pre-
pared by Lawler generating Bal
| linger.
frederick M. Kerby, who gave out 8
statement concerning the memoran
DUN of Assistant Attorney General
Lawler of the interior department re-
garding the CLAWS charges, was dis
missed by Secretary Ballinger from
1.-THE public service.
| Assistant Attorney General Oscar
Lawler, author of the famous Lawle,
memorandum, testifying before the
Ballinger-Pinchot investigation. &C
cused both Frederick M. Kerby an6
Attorney Brandeis of uttering a DELHI
crate untruth.
William Powers was released from
the Missouri penitentiary at Jefferson
City, where he has been serving 2
tWo-year sentence, on his promise tt
marry Miss Mamie Snapp of Gault
whom he rejected several years ago
Six prominent men of affairs OF
Pittsburg, including bankers, physi
clans and former leading politicians
were sentenced by Judge Robert S
Frazer to terms Of six and eight
months in jail and fined on charges OF
bribery and conspiracy in connection
with councilmanic frauds recently ex.
| posed.
Two hundred monkeys, a part of the
cargo of the liner Graf Waldersee
which has reached New York from
Hamburg, are consigned to the Rookie.
Teller institute, where they are to be
used for experimentation.
Rocking the boat to frighten the
girls caused the drowning of six girls
and two boys out of a party Of u on
an old mill dam at HUNTINGTON Mills
a country village Is miles from
Wilkesbarre, Pa. The four who es
capped are boys and they got to the
shore exhausted after q vain effort t.
save the girls.
Mrs. Mary Sneed, Mrs. Caroline b
Martin and Miss Virginia, aged sis
ters. were placed on trial in Newark
N. j., charged with the murder O
Ocey w. Snead, the daughter of tn,
first named, who was found dead IL
a bath tub last November.
Many men prominent in the art.
and in civic life attended the yearlJ
meeting of the American Federation
of Arts In Washington.
The National Fire Protection asso
citation, in convention at Chicago
planned for closer cooperation amons
the various state associations.