Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12
HAPPENINGS
Of A WEEK
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Washington

Washington
The new set OF rules formulated by
the Democratic majority in the house
was adopted after political battle
lasting four hours. TO great extent
the new rules are a repetition of
those that have been handed down
by many congresses in the past.
At a caucus of Republican senators
Shelby M. Cullom was elected perma-
nent chairman and authorized to name
n steering committee and a committee
on committees. An understanding was
reached that insurgents shall have sat
isfactory recognition on the commit
tees.
Although not nominated for speaker
of the house of representatives Con.
gresham Cooper of Wisconsin re-
ceived Is votes for that Office and Mr..
Norris of Nebraska was given one
vote, which was cast by Mr.. Cooper.
Norris and Madison of Kansas voted
with the regular Republicans for Mr..
Mann
The Sixty-second congress called by
President Taft assembled in extraor-
binary session. The chief interest
centered in the house, where for the
first time in years the Democrats were
In complete control. Champ Clark was
elected speaker of the house.
An arbitration treaty including the
United States, England, Japan and
France will be negotiated as soon as
the Anglo-American treaty now pend
Ing is signed. This was the statement
Of Representative John Foster of Yer
mont, retiring chairman Of the house
committee on foreign affairs.
The Democratic majority in the
national house of representatives
adopted a legislative program de-
signed to limit the activities of the
extra session to such questions as
popular election of senators, Cana
dian reciprocity, tariff revision, inves-
tigation Of governmental departments,
congressional reapportionment, state
hood for Arizona and New Mexico,
general deficiency appropriation, Dis
trict of Columbia legislation and pub
licity of campaign contributions.
Domestic
Clarence S. Funk, general manager
of the International Harvester COM
pany, Is the man who told H. H. Kohl
saat, editor of the Chicago Record
Herald, of the 100000 bride fund to
elect William LOrimer, senator from
Illinois. Mr.. Kohlsaat revealed the
identity of his informant before the
Helm graft investigation committee,
at Springfield, III. Mr.. Funk took
the stand and asserted that Edward
Hines, the Chicago lumberman, first
preached the subject of the Lorimer
fund to him.
Former County Judge Thomas c.
Martin of Waukesha, Wis, who made
the run for justice of the peace on
the Sermon on the Mount" ticket,
won by large majority.
After robbing a Los Angeles street
car two men forced the motorman to
run the car mile into the city, where
they left it. Several hundred dollars
and the 30 passengers watches were
taken.
Two persons are dead and several
severely injured in a cyclone which
struck Shelby county, Ind. Houses
were demolished and the highways
strewn with telephone poles, trees
and wrecked houses and barns.
In the revenue district composed of
eastern Tennessee, southwest Virginia
and western Carolina, an official re-
port for March shows that Il illicit
dist1lleries were destroyed by raid
ers.
Arthur Void, street-car conductor,
forty years old, shot and killed Miss
Minnie Wagner, twenty-three, of St.
Cloud, MIMI, and then killed him
self, at the home of the girls brother
in-law, in Minneapolis.
The entire Junior class Of Denver
university was expelled by Chancel-
lor Buchtel after the class had DeIted
him with lemons, onions, cabbages,
and other missiles. The trouble arose
when the senior class attempted to
hold q celebration.
Thirteen soldiers and boy were
injured, four seriously, when street
car en- route to Fort Sam Houston
tipped over while turning q sharp
curve in San Antonio, Tex. Those in
jured were riding On O. running board
of the car.
A formal plea of not guilty was en-.
tered in the court of special sessions
by Albert Ulrich, the carpenter ar
rested two weeks ago on the charge
that he had assaulted Booker T. Wash.
ington, the negro educator. No date
was set for the trial..