Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-20
Washington

states ana RUSSIA TO take the place
of the commercial treaty of 1882, the
abrogating of which becomes effective
January 1, virtually has been reached
by Secretary Knox and Russian AM
bassador Bakhmeteff.
President Taft has accepted the res
ignation of Lee McClung as treasurer
of the United States. The president
made it plain that Mr.. McClung re-
signed voluntarily. Carmi Thompson,
private secretary to President Taft, it
Is believed, will succeed Mr.. McClung.
An agreement between the United
States and Russia to take the place
Of the commercial treaty Of 1882, the
abrogation of which becomes effective
January next, virtually has, been
reached.
Secretary of the Interior Fisher has
announced the appointment of David
White, as chief geologist Of the Uni
ted States geological survey, to
succeed Waldemar Lipdgren, who has
resigned to become head Of the geo.
logical department of the Massachu.
sets Institute of Technology.
A greater opportunity to give the
south feeling Of ownership" in the
government will be given the Wood
row Wilson administration than was
accorded the present Republican, re-
gime, President Taft told the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Domestic
Harry "A. Wheeler, president of the
chamber of commerce of the United
States and former president of the
Chicago Association of Commerce, in
New York warned the Merchants as
sociation that New York is in a fair
way to relinQuish industrial leader
ship in the United States through
successful competition by western cit
les.
Fire destroyed a large part of the
business portion of the village of
Tower City, N D., twenty miles west
| of Fargo.
Women, especially young girls, are
rapidly becoming more and more ad-
dicted to intoxicating liquor in the
national capital, while the men are
rapidly growing more abstemious, &C.
cording to Albert E. Shoemaker, at
torney for the Anti-Saloon league Of
the District Of Columbia.
The first fatal termination of the
series of remarkable demonstrations
Of advanced surgery now in progress
during the session of the Clinical Con-
gress of Surgeons of North America
occurred at the New York Polytech-
nical hospital when George Hart, a
sufferer from hernia, died from the
effects Of the newly discovered anas-
thetic, stovaine.
County Prosecutor Paisley of Steu.
benville, O., was sum- moned to Colum-
bus, where he will confer with Attor.
ney General Hogan concerning alleged
election frauds In Jefferson county, O.
Although his pulse virtually had
stopped, Werner L. Hoffman was
drawn back from the brink Of the
grave by use of the pulmotor. and
rhyslclaps In q Washington hospital
believe he Will live Hoffman Is said
to have taken 15 grains of poison.
George R. Lunn, Socialist mayor OF
Schenectady, was found guilty of VIC
lating the city ordinance recently In
refusing to move when the police In
terrupted a speech. He was sentenced
to pay fine Of $50 or pass fifty day
in Jail.
Two girls and five men were res
cued from the Horn silver mine, neal
Frisco, Utah. after IA hours entomb
ment 300 feet below the surface o
the ground by an explosion and dur
ing their imprisonment the rescu'
miners worked in 16.minute shifts.
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James McCrea, president of th,