Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-07-10
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Politics

Politics .,
The house chemical tariff revision
bill, amended to place dyes used In
coloring cheaper cotton goods on the
free list, was defeated In the U. s..
senate, 80 to 26. The bill would have
reduced the rates on many articles IN
the present chemical schedule by about
Is per cent. 80
A. Piatt Andrew rendered his resig'
nation to President Taft as assistant
secretary of the treasury. In a spirit
ed letter to the president, Mr.. Andrew
charges that subordinates in the treas
ury department have been hampered
and discouraged at every turn by Sec
rotary MacVeagh's idiosyncracies and
his incapacity for decision"
In a statement given out at Man.
chester, Mass, Secretary of the Treas
ury Franklin MacVeagh relates the
history of the disputes which led up
to the resignation of Assistant Secre-
tary A. P,att Andrew and declares An
drew was requested to resign by him.
self (MacVeagh).
Judge Edmund B. Dillon went into
the Republican state convention at
Columbus, O., seeking the nomination
for Judge of the Ohio supreme court
and came away with the nomination
for governor. A platform was adopt
ed which Endorses the administration
of President Taft and recites his VIC
tory in the national convention In
Chicago.
! After nominating Woodrow Wilson
of New Jersey for president and
Thomas r. Marshall of Indiana for
v1ce-president the Democratic nation
al convention at Baltimore adjourned
sine die after being in session eight
days. The platform was adopted by 4
viva voce vote.
The national convention of the new
Progressive party will be held at Chi
cago on or about August /, it was an
nounced by Senator Dixon, after q
conference with Colonel Roosevelt
end a number Of Roosevelt leaders.
Domestic
| Mrs. Clarence Darrow, who since tho
beginning Of the trial OF her husband
on the charge Of jury bribtng at Los
Angeles, CAL, has been constantly at
the aide OF the defendant. has broken
down under thu nervous strain to
which she has been subjected and is
confined to her bed, threatened with
nervous prostration.
During testimony at the Thaw IN
quiry hearing before Justice Keough
Rt White Plains, DR.. Carlos F. Melon
aid. perhaps tho best known a,ienist
in America, declared emphatical}y that
Harry K Thaw Is an incurable para
noiao 'Mr. Thaw's release, In my
opinion, would be seriously detrlmen-
tai to the safety Of the community"
said Doctor Macdonald.
The body Of Miss Harriet Quimby.
the aviator who lost her life In a fall
from her monoplane in Boston, was
buried in burglar proof copper vault
In Woodlawn cemetery, New York
city. Miss Quimby feared her body
would be taken by physicians for ex-
perimental purposes.
Flying through a dense fog at 80
miles an hour, west-bound Lackawan-
ma train No. II crashed into the rear
Of passenger train No. s at Gibson,
three miles east Of Corning, N. Y, kill
Ing Al persons and tDjuring between
fifty and sixty. The dead and injured
were passengers on No. 9, an excur-
sion train bound for Niagara Falls
from: New York.
Four persons, two OF whom, a man
and a woman, were beheaded, were
killed when the east.bou Los An
geles Limited Of the Chicago & North
western railroad hit an automobile at
Nelson 3 -Cross:ng, two miles west OF
Geneva, III. The occupants were all
wealthy residents .pf Granger, Ia, en-
joying an automobile trip from their
homo to Chicago and return.
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Six thousand persons, including tho
fancee Of Thomas Moore. profession.
hl aeronaut, saw him lose his grip on
the trapeze and tumble to death from
q parachute, after making a thrilling
balloon ascension at Belleville, N. J.
He dropped 800 feet. ~-@14
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Miss Lila Miller. aged tweuty-oue