Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-10-16

Hamlin Garland, the author, mar
rowly escaped death in the destruc-
ton Of his home at West Salem, Wis.,.
when an explosion Of gasoline injured
q maid and set the house in flames.
which spread 10 rapidly that Garland
was forced to leap from an upstairs
window.
Ray Pfanschmldt was arrested Ut
Quincy, ILL.,, on a charge Of murder In
connection with the quadruple killing
near here week ago. The victims Of
the tragedy were Charles Plan
schmidt. his wife, their daughter,
Blanche Pfanshmidt, aged sixteen.
and Miss Emma Kaempen. aged TWEEN
~, a school teacher.
Professor Polacchi and his wife
were killed by electricity in bed at
Ch1oti. Italy. It is thought that Sig
nora Polacchi reached out of bed to
turn on the light and caused a contact
OF high and low tension wires.
AS a result of an Investigation Of
the hookworm disease it was an.
nounced that 1850 cases had been dis
covered in Bell county. Kentucky.
alone in the last 20 days.
Politics
Mrs. David Chambers Mccain Of
Los Angeles took the oath of office
as member of the civil service COM
mission Of Los Angeles and became
the first woman in the United States
to occupy such position.
Sporting
The New York Giants won the third
game in the series for the champion
ship Of the world by a score Of 2 to 1.
MarQuard and O'Brien were the op-
posing pitchers. The first game was
won by the Boston Red Sox on the
Polo grounds in New York, score to
3. The second game was fought to q
tie in II innings at Boston. H.
The aviation field with all it's 1T.
tendent dangers was fruitful. one
financially to Wilbur Wright, the de-
ceased aviator, according to an &C
counting filed in the probate court Of
Ohio, which discloses the value of his
estate to be $279,298. 40. The account
was fled by Orville Wright, brother
and co-worker Of the deceased, and
who gets the lions share.
Personal
Appointment Of Miss Bessie Town.
send as city comptroller was an.
nounced by the commission of Allan.
tic City, N. J.
Mrs. J. B. Hartman, head Of the
Woman's National Democratic league,
is seriously i'll and may have to un-
dergo an operation. Mrs. Hartman
has spinal trouble as result Of an
. automobile accident in which she was
injured last spring.
Frank G. Bostock, the foremost of
animal trainers, died in London. Bos-
took, besides training animals with
great success, managed many animal
shows In various parts of the world.
He had many narrow escapes from
death, once being so badly torn by Ra-
jab. his noted Bengal tiger, that 1T
was said he could not recover.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho, who was
taken i'll with heart trouble during the
flibuster in the senate in the closing
hours of the recent session of con-
gross, has suffered relapse.
William A. PETER, elected to the
United States senate by the first Pop.
ulise legislature of Kansas, died of
apoplexy at Grenola, Kan.
Foreign
Eighty thousand Russian troops are
modified along the frontier where the
Barkan war RACES. Thus the peace
Of all Europe is considered swaytng
, on a pivot. f~
Six American women remained in
q mine tunnel two days and a halt
during the attack by Mexican rebels
on the mining camp Of FL Tigre in
tho state of Sonora, Mexico. =.
The Turkish forces, which for thirty
hours had defended their position on
Detchitch mountain, in Montenegro,
surrendered to the Montenegrins com.
manded by Crown Prince Danilo. The
losses on both sides are placed q