Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-01-08
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The biggest rebating inquiry in
years got under way In Washington
when Interstate. Commerce Commits.
sioner Harlan began hearings to de.
termine the nature and amount OF the
payments made by the trunk line rail.
roads to the terminal railroads owned
by the big corporations. . s. s.. :. 4.
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& Senator Joseph w: Bailey sent his
resignation as senator from Texas to
Senator Gallinger, to take effect I'm:
mediately. r. M. Johnston of Hous:
ton is in Washington and Senator Bal.
ley said that he would be appointed
by Governor Colquitt to succeed him.
Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and
Frank Morrison Of the American Fed.
GRAFTON Of Labor. convicted of con.
tempt Of court and sentenced to jail
in connection with the Bucks Stove &
Range case, have filed their appeal In
the District Of Columbia court of ap-
peals. It alleges the men were con-
victed not of contempt OF court, but Of
want Of respect for judicial authority.
Senator Joseph w. Bailey of Texas,
long one of the picturesque figures
and striking speakers of; the United
States senate, delivered before crowd
ed floor and galleries his farewell
speech al a member Of that body.
President Taft nominated Fenton
w. Booth of Illinois, now Justice OF
the court Of claims, to be chief JUS
ticef OF that court, succeeding Stanton
j. Poelle and Henry Sherman Boutell
Of Illinois, to be Justice Of that
court, succeeding Booth. Mr.. Boutell
is now minister to Switzerland. =.
Postmaster General Hitchcock per.
sonally inaugurated the parcels post
system In the United States with the
advent Of the new year. He mailed
the first package at the Washington
post Office. To whom the package
was sent was not disclosed. Il
Webster Morton, colored messenger
for the Washington and Southern
bank of Washington, D. c., disap-
peared with $4,000 in. bills given to
him to take to the treasury depart,
ment to be. changed. ...s- :...~
Domestic ... s
Bail was allowed by the United
States circuit court at Chicago in the
cases Of thirty-two of the thirty-three
men sentenced to Leavenworth prison
for the iron workers dynamite con.
spiracy, but the amount of bail de.
manded makes total Of $1,O70, 900.
The amount was fixed at the rate OF
$4,000 q year for each year to which
the convicted men had been sen.
fenced. S.: Z. +. -
The board Of directors Of the Inter.
national Mercantile Marine company
has accepted the resignation of J.
Bruce 1smay as president. The resig
nation takes effect June 80. szs
The entire business section Of the
oil town Of Blue Creek, w. Va, was
destroyed by fire with a loss Of $40,
/ 000 81 s:.5.. s..s. Z: =z =; #
Samuel D. Felker, Democrat, VA,
chosen governor Of New Hampshire
by the legislature, which had beer
called on to choose an executive, al
neither leading candidate in last No
vember's election had received the
necessary majority at the polls Mr.
Felker received 222 votes to .191 fo1
Franklin Worcester, the Republican
candidate. .si.5 So *... s=..: .s:=
Cen" Resale Jones, fanked by hel
/ little band Of sutfragette pilgrims, de
. livered to Governor-elec William Sui
FER the message that took them OF
the long walk from New York to AL
bany. The governor-elect met the en-
thusfasts on the steps Of the execu
!. tive mansion, took the message from
General Jones, and delivered sholr1
address, COM limenting the suffra
|=gettes on. their determination ant
courage. q hundred spectators wit
messed the. ceremony ..... s..a#t.s5
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Representative lillian w. Wede
meyer. OF Ann Arbor, Mich., who sud
denly went insane at Colon, Panama
at the time Of Presid dent ri ats recen
visit to the isthmus, jumped overheard
from a ship on which he had been Z
ken at Colon.
The end OF the long search for Will
lam G. Rockefeller, Standard OH mag
nate, wanted as q witness before til,
money trust committee in Washington
came when hartman ujo was noti
He'd that Rockefeller would accep
service. s.
Douglas A Sseley, ten:yearol,
Washington boy, has been appointe,
zbY. sepat WQIks. OF. CaliS Qrnia. q. 8