Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-07-05

steel truSts Herbert Knox Smith, com.
missioner Of corporations, laid before
President Taft an exhaustive report
Of his findings. The report soon VIII
be made public at the presidents al.
:. rection. 80 the house committee inves.
tigating the steel trust may obtain the
benefit Of It. #
Hesitating to trust to q bank $1,000
which she had received from the sale
Of q small farla. Mrs. @. D. Secor Of
Niles, N. T., lost all Of her little for
tune to robbers.
Cool weather has raised apprehen-
sion among oyster growers along Long
Island sound az to a set" this season
Smelling Of grounds Is beginning, but
there are no signs Of spawn because
OF cold water.
Small hats-smal In size II not in
price-will be the rule In woman's
headgear for next winter, according
to delegates attending the Millinery
Travelling Mems National association
convention at Indianapolis.
Deputy Surveyor Richard Parr. who
has been investigating charges Of
smuggling made against Nathan Allen,
the leather manufacturer of Kenosha
Wis.,, and John r. Collins, coal oper-
ator Of Nashville, Tenn, by Mrs. Helen
Dwelle Jenkins said that the case
against those two men was only the
entering wedge in an investigation by
which the government expects to un-
cover smuggling scheme involving
at least 100000. 1t Is asserted that
the man who managed the smuggling
Is prominent New York banker.
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Overseer Wilbur Glen Voliva and
1Ss other, officials and members OF
the Christian Catholic church in Zion
were indicted at Zion City. charged
with perpetrating election frauds at
the Zion City elections April 5 and 1S,
involving In part the control Of the
church founded by the late John Alex
ander Dowie.
Porto Ricans In New York number
ing more than 5000 have organized
a club of their own, modelled after the
social organizations Of former resi-
dents Of other states. It is called the
Porto Rico alliance.
An endeavor to rid Worcester,
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contest Is under way and scores Of
children have entered the competi-
ton. Many prizes, aggregating more
than $500, are offered to the children
producing the greatest number of
| dead flies.
Americans cut their imported cham
pagne bill in two and adorned them
selves with fewer diamonds to the
extent Of 100000 during the last
eleven months than in the correspond.
ing period last year.
The United States government will
issue its one millionth patent for an
Invention August and the honor will
60 to an inventor who has been desig-
mated by President Taft.
The Stanley hotel, built at a cost
OF 100000, at Estes Park, Colo, was
partly wrecked by an explosion of
gas. Eight persons were injured, one
seriously.
The United States circuit court Of
the eighth district handed down an
opinion at st. Louis that the Dur.
| chase OF the Southern Pacific railroad
by the Union Pacific did not amount
to direct and substantial restraint
or either interstate or international
commerce."
| Many Of the cotton mills in New
England and the southern states will
be shut down during the first week in
July, according to Information re-
ce1ved In mill circles at Boston. The
unsatisfactory state of the market
and the Independence day holiday are
given as reasons.
! LII. Alexander Aalt0 OF Ashtabula.
O., is willing to be hanged in place
OF Mrs. Angelina Napolitano of Sault
Ste. Marie. Ont, condemned to die oa
the gallows on August 9, one month
after the expected birth of her fifth
child. She was convicted of killing
her husband, who tried to force her
into white slavery. Doctor Aalto. is
a middle-aged bachelor.
Justice Lacombe in the United
States circuit court at New York city
overruled the demurrer interposed by
John B. Gleason OF the suit against
Harry Thaw to recover a balance of
$4,000 for legal services rendered the
defendant while on trial for the muir.
der Of Stanford White.
Personal
The congress of the Catholic Edu.
cational association opened In Chicago
with 5000 delegates present. For the
first time the nuns took part in the de-
alterations.
As a result Of a series of evangelis-
tic meetings being conducted at Erie,
Pa, by Rev. BILLY" Sunday, former
baseball player, over 1000 persons
have been converted. .,