Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-28

Frauds amounting to several MIL
lions OF dollars in duties on importa-
tons Of cutlery during the last few
years have been discovered BY secret
agents OF the customs service. Under.
the direction of Chief Wilkie they.
have been working quietly In this
country and In the Solingen district
Of Germany, whence most OF the i'm.
ports come to the United States.
An investigation Of the cold storage
egg for the government will be con
Quoted this summer by Prof. w, A.
Stocking Of Cornell university, a BAG
teriologist Of note. The investigation
will be made at Omaha.
Most Of the claimants Of the VIII.
loughby coal land group, Alaska, have
been notified by the land office at
Juneau to show cause within sixty
days why their claims should not be
recommended for cancellation.
Leila and Lena Stewart, sisters. six.
teen and fourteen years old, and Fern
Hall. aged fourteen, were drowned
when their canoe was capsized in
Spring Brook. branch Of the Grand
river. at Eaton Rapids, Mich.
DIR. John L. Robinson, formerly OF
Morgan Park, Chicago, has performed
remarkable operation at Reno, New,
on woman by taking part of one OF
her ribs and from it making her q
new nose. The operation Is said to be
the second of its kind In medical his
tory. :.-,. .
Captain Lambert, In charge OF
boat on the White river, Arkansas.
was slain and robbed of $500 as he lay
asleep on his craft. It is believed
that the killing was done by negro
laborer employed on the boat.
DR.. D. T. Dumas, mayor of Cass
Lake, Mimi, was arrested at Hibbing.
Mimi, on q warrant charging him
with conspiracy for the "wilful, ma
licious and felonious destruction of
property" It is alleged the mayor was
the leader OF gang which has opera.
ted extensively in northwestern states,
and Is said by the police to have been
employed by merchants to rob their
safes and set fire to the buildings for
the insurance.
MANY Of the big trunk lines are be.
Ing largely overpaid by the govern
ment for carrying the mails. A saw
ing of about 100000 can be effected
without doing injustice to the trans
portation companies" is the declara-
ton Of Postmaster General Hitchcock
following an investigation.
Edgar 8. Cooke Of Chicago was de-
clared not guilty Of embezzling $24,-
900 from the Big Four railway by a
jury at Cincinnati.
Personal
F. o. Melcher of Chicago, vice-presi-
dent of the Rock Island, and his
tWelve-year-old daughter were slightly
hurt and Mrs. Melcher was seriously
but not fatally injured by the derail-
ment Of Mr.. Melcher's special car near
MacFarland, Kan.
Fred A. Allen, flfty-two years old.
said to be the oldest phone operator
In the world, Is dead at New Haven.
Conn.
President and Mrs. Taft celebrated
the silver anniversary of their we'd
ding, entertaining fifty boyhood
friends of Mr.. Taft from Cincinnati.
Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee and
his young wife are patients in George.
town (Va.) university hospital, the
latter In a serious condition from an
operation, while the senator Is in a
weakened condition due to the trans
fusion Of blood from his veins to
those of his wife in what is believed
to have been successful effort to
save her life.
The Baptist World alliance began
weeks session In Philadelphia, John
Clifford OF England presiding.
James Proctor Knott of Kentucky
and prominent for many years in con-
gress, died at his residence in Leb-
anon, KY. He was eighty-one years
old and had been enfeebled for several
years.
Foreign
Royal and social London, with the
notable visitors gathered from all cor
ners took part in two Of the most bril-
liant social events of Great Britain's
history. The first was the banquet at
Buckingham palace, which was the
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