Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-01-04
GENERAL NEWS.

The most damaging blow ever in
hicted upon the BLACK Hand" was
that dealt by Judge Fawcett in Brook
Ign, when he sentenced Mrs. Maria
Kappa and Stanislao Pattenza, kidnap-
ers Of Michael Rizzo and Giuseppe
1onxo. to not less than twenty-five
years nor more than forty-nine years
and ten months in prison, the limit Of
the law.
The Northern bank Of New York,
which has several branches in Harlem
and the Bronx, was taken possession
OF by Bank Superintendent Cheney.
The institution has deposits aggre-
eating over $6,900,000. The Northern
bank formerly was known as the Ham.
1lton bank, which had difficulty during
the panic of 1907.
Following their indictment by the
Lake county grand jury, Mayor Thorn
as Il. Knots, Chief Of Police Joseph
d. Martin and eight others of Gary,
Ind, were arrested by deputy sheriffs.
The counts embrace conspiracy to
commit felony, rioting assault and
Illegally attempting to enter polling
place
District Attorney Sims appeared be.
fore Judge Kohlsaat in the United
States district court at Chicago and
asked that the dissolution suit of the
government against the National Pack
Ing company be dismissed. The order
was entered by the court. The GOV
eminent has decided to stand on the
criminal prosecution and drop the dis
solution suit.
Secretary Charles Nageps annual
report, sent to the president, contains
many important recommendations for
changes and improvements in the va
r1ous bureaus and branches of the
department Of commerce and labor.
Great popular interest attaches to the
immigration and naturalization of
allens' and much of the secretary's re-
port is devoted to that subject.
law providing that married men
IN New Jersey shall wear rings on
their thumbs is proposed by tbs
Cup1d's Wing club Of Trenton. Mrs,
Charles Howell, president of the club,
sa37s a married man should be identi-
fled as easily as a married woman.
Alfred Blad, a sailor, was knocked
down and killed by bluejacket from
the cruiser Colorado at San Francisco
Cal. B!ad is said to have provoked
the attack by remark disparaging
navy men.
Train No. 112 of the Missouri Pa.
cific was robbed Just before entering
Kansas City, Kan, by a lone masked
robber. He lined up the passengers
with revolver held in one hand
while he searched them with the
other, taking watches and money
Twenty persons were robbed.
Twenty people were injured when a
bomb was exploded In the Buenos
Aires (Argentina) fire department
building. The fire and police head.
quarters were wrecked.
The American Historical associa-
ton and allied societies began their
annual meeting in Indianapolis.
Crazed by the absinthe he had been
drinking, Andrew Hanson, one of the
pr0prietors of the Columbus hotel of
Mount Vernon, N. Y, shot his part
ner. Joseph Dinavie, and Morris
Babulued, the porter, and then tried
to end his own life. All three men
are dangerously wounded.
President Taft has approved the re-
port OF United States army engineers
recommending the apportfonment of
the new $20,00o,o00 fund provided by
congress. The $2o,oQQ.ooo is to be
spent within the next i've years and
the interest on the loan is to be
1aarged a6ainee tAe projects,