Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-09
Only "a men are dead as the result

check made in a hOuse-tO-hOuse can
vass finished by officials of the Colo.
RADIO Fuel & Iron Company.
Sensational charges that the $780,
600 which the Chicago & Western In
diana railroad is attempting to rel
cover was ''slush fund" used for the
bribing of state and Chicago city off,
Gals were made following an an.
nouncement by States Attorney Way
man that he will not ask indictments
OF the three men the road holds rel
sponsible for the loss of the money. ;
Confirmation was received in st,
petersburg diplomatic circles of the
report that a Turkish fleet will immed-
lately proceed to Crete and that Turk
1sh troops are concentrating in Thes-
salv.
Evidence from various parts of the
countdy showing that surprising un-
iforrss*5 Of prices on any given date
Is maintained by all the Chicago meat
packers will be submitted by the fed
eral grand jury at Chicago which is
making an investigation to determine
If meat trust exists. Witnesses from
New York, Boston, Buffalo, Des
Moines, Denver, Detroit and Omaha,
1t Is said, will be summoned to testify
regarding the prices quoted in their
localities Ey the different companies
on certain dates.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, the Norweg-
ian poet and novelist, whose condition
has been critical recently, is said to.
be dying.
The reported consolidation OF all
cereal manufacturing concerns of
Minneapolis, one in Battle Creek.
Mich, two in Chicago and several In
Iowa, to a $1,O00,000 corporation to
handle the output of these breakfast
food concerns was confirmed by
Thomas w. Hicks, who has been pro-
noting the deal.
Fighting madly to escape through
the narrow, partly choked air shaft,
tramplins ruthlessly over their fallen
comrades in their frantic struggle for
life, more than half the miners en-
ployed in the Primero mine of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
wrecked by terrific explosion, were
overcome by gas and flames. The to-
tai number of deaths is placed at 70.
After an investigation of the failure
of the brokerage firm of Tracy e Co.
of 40 Wall street, which failed on May
II, 1909, with liabilities of $1,500,0O0.
the special grand jury handed to Judge
Golf indictments against three men.
AS no arrests were to be made the
names of the men indicted were not
made public, but the crime charged Is
grand larceny in the first degree.
Fly vote of 100 to 80, or with %
votes to spare, the Illinois house
passed the Hamilton Staymates auto
matte direct plurality primary bill.
The bill goes to the senate, but will
not be acted upon by that body until
next week.
Fisk and Robinson, members Of the
New York Stock Exchange and one
of the best known bond houses in
New York, with branches in Chicago,
Boston and Worcester, were petitioned
into insolvency by three friendly cred
itors. The failure will cause a loss
of over a million dollars to it's cred
itors.
The New York members OF the
house went on record for the Taft
legislative program, and in caucus
pledged themselves to use their influ-
ence with other Republicans of the
house to have the administration bills
passed. The insurgents" also for
mally announced to the president their
full accord with his legislative pro-
gram and promised him their votes.
Articles of incorporation Of the Ari-
iona Eastern Railroad Company will
be filed at Phoenix, AriZ. The company
is capitalized for $40,000,O0O and its
formation indicates that the Southern
Pacific is planning new transconti-
mental line via Phoenix and Yuma.
The Northeast Missouri Industrial
association, comprising delegates from
rs counties, held its first meeting in
Hannibal for the purpose of exploit
state.
At least 149 men are believed to
have been killed by a terrific explo-
sion in the Primero (Col.) mine of
the Colorado Fuel G Iron Company.
Seventy-nine bodies were found piled
In mass at the foot of the air shaft.
When the explosion occurred, the men
evidently made a rush to escape
through the air shaft, and were suffo-
Gated as they battled with each other
for freedom. It is shown by the
timekeeper's records that there were
149 men In the mine at the time of
the explosion. None are believed to
be alive. The main shaft of the
mine is completely wrecked. Three
men were killed at the mouth of the
mine slope by the force of the e1-
plosion
Better to use $2O,000,o00 bond issue
for good roads than deep waterways
Is the plan advocated by former Lieut..
Gov. Sherman of Illinois in an address
delivered before the Automobile Club
Of America at the Waldorf-Astoria,
New York city.
The bas relief of Ezra Cornelrs
head is so hard to duplicate in ordi-
nary decorative work that the trus-
tees Of Cornell university have Of
fered a prize of 5000 for the best en-
blem for the university.
Announcement is made by the trus-