Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-19
GENERAL NEWS.

The city's tax books for 1910, which
were made public, show that, as
general rule, the wealthy women of
New York are assessed for much
larger sums in personal property than
the wealthy men.
Miss Roberta B. De Janon and Fred
erick Cohen, who eloped from Phila-
delphia on December 20 and who
have been sought from end to end of
the country, were arrested by the
Chicago police in North side board
Ing house. Miss De Janon is the
granddaughter of Robert Buist, mil
lionaire seed merchant of Philadel-
phia, and belongs to one Of the most
aristocratic families of the Quaker
city. Cohen is a married man and a
waiter.
Judge r. S. Lovett, president of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, sub
m1tted a proposition to President Taft
and Attorney General Wickersham for
a settlement out Of court of the gov.
ernment's trust-busting suit against
the gigantic Hartman system. The
conference lasted nearly four hours
and at it's conclusion Attorney Gen.
eral Wickersham announced that no
definite result had been arrived at.
The senate committee on public
lands backed down and the Ballinger-
Plnchot resolution, shorn of the pro-
vision restoring power to Speaker
Cannon to name the house members
on the joint committee of investiga-
ton, was put through the senate by
unanimous vote and without discus
sion. Thus was avoided clash be-
tween the two houses of congress.
Frank and Harold George, brothers.
and w. r. Garner, three most promi-
nent young men in Atlanta, Ca, were
Instantly killed when a touring loco
mobile in which they were speeding
out was torn to pieces by trolley
car. w. H. George, father of the
George brothers, and F. s. Gable, who
were also in the automobile, were
seriously injured and may not recov.
er. Henry Johnston, motorman on
the trolley car, was badly hurt
The Lisbon police have discovered
q republican plot against the life of
King Manuel and 40 suspected repub.
hcans have been arrested, some of
whom are believed to have been i'm.
plicated in the assassination Of King
Carlos.
Independent coal operators Of the
whole country won sweeping victory
when the supreme court reversed
what is known as the Illinois Central
and the Alton coal cases. The de.
cision will go far toward preventing
coal famines because of car short.
ages In the future, because the court
held, in effect, that railroads cannot
follow the old practice of marking
practically all available cars at such
times as company fuel cars" and
distributing them among favored
mines.
Phineas Guild, who claimed tn he
cousin of Gov. Curtis Guild of Mas.
sachusetts, met tragic death in his
home at Los Angeles, Cal. While
struggling with his wife for posses.
sion of revolver, the weapon was
discharged, sending a bullet through
his brain.
Physicians of Michigan, Indiana and
Ohio attended the semi-annual meet.
ing Of the Northern Tri-State Medica,
association in Fort Wayne, Ind.
The best meeting ever held nv tho
Kansas Improved Stock Breeders aa.
ISOLATION began in. Topeka. Gov
Stubs welcoming the members.
The Illinois Firemen's association
held it's yearly meeting in Granite
City.
The trial of former Congressman
Binger Hermann on a charge of con
spring to defraud the government ont
of public lands opened in Portland
Ore.
On account of the coal famine ir
2 Iowa, a mob composed of the mos1
prominent citizens of Missouri VALLEY
!. made raid on the coal yards of the
Z Northwestern road, and conf1scated
several cars Of coal, for fuel for the
Central Heating plant, which heats the
city. -. -~r, -,