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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
KING OSCAR, MOST LOVED OF EU-
RoPEAN MoNARCHs, PASSES
AWAY.
WHOLE COUNTRY MOURNS LOSS
CROWN PRINCE TAKES OATH OF
OFFICE UNDER TITLE OF
GUSTAVE v.

Stockholm, Dec. 10.-Oscar H., king
Of Sweden, died at $40 o'clock yester-
day morning. The death of the veneer
able monarch occurred in the royal
apartments Of the palace, where, sur
rounded by the members of his family
including the aged Queen Sophia and
the crown prince, Oscar Gustave, and
high ministers of state, the inevitable
end had been awaited, while outside
the palace great crowds stood with
barred heads and fearful eyes long aft
er the announcement came of the
death of their well loved sovereign.
Sweden Bowed With Grief.
The whole country is bowed with
grief, for King Oscar was something
more than a ruler of his people and
had endeared himself to them as an
intimate personal friend. When the
flag on the palace was dipped to half
mast there was a moan of anguish
from the assembled multitude and
many of them cried, "Our dear old
king is dead!"
No national mourning will be pro-
claimed To-day all the theaters will
open again with the exception of the
royal opera.
Gustave v. Takes Oath.
The succession to the throne of
Sweden now passes to Oscar Gustave
Adolphe, duke of Vermland, the oldest
son Of the late king. At meeting of
the council of state yesterday after
noon the new king took the oath of
office under the title of Gustave V.
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and prayed and Wept aloud and the
schoolboys' lamentations were pitiful
to hear.
In the death chamber knelt the
heart-broken queen and gathered
about her were her children, grand
children and great grandchildren,
praying for strength to bear their
great affliction. The church bells be-
gan to toll and the minute guns
doomed. All Sweden mourned it's
great loss.
EuIogizes His Father.
There was memorial service in
the palace chapel, which was attended
by the whole royal family with the ex-
ception of Queen Sophie and the new
queen, until now Crown Princess Vic
toria. who will arrive here from the
continent this morning.
Gustave " has published procla-
nation addressed to the administra-
tive and ecclesiastical authorities, in
forming them of his accession to the
throne and further proclamation adj
dressed to the people of Sweden, in
which he refers in eulogistic terms to
their late sovereign.
Grandson of Bernadotte.
Oscar H.. king of Sweden and pre-
vious to 1905 king of Sweden and Nor
way, was born Jan. 81, 1929. He was
the third son of King Oscar l. and of
Queen Josephine, daughter of Prince
Eugene Of Luchtenburg, and a grand
son of Marshal Bernadotte. Oscar III.
succeeded to the throne at the death
of his brother, King Carl XIV, Sept.
18, 1872. He was married June 6,
1857, to Queen Sophia, born July 8,
1886, daughter of the late Duke Will
liam of Nassau. Four children sur
vive King Oscar-Crown Prince Gus
tave, born June Is, 1858; Prince Os-
car Bernadotte, born Nov. Is, 1859;
Prince Carl, born Feb. 81, 1861, and
Princess Victoria of Baden Baden.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
BLOODSHED IS NOW FEARED
FIVE HUNDRED NON-UNION MEN
IMPORTED - WILD RUMORS
FILL THE AIR.

Goldfeld, New, Dec. 11.-Late yes
terday afternoon the Goldfield Mine
Owners association issued its ultima
tum to the miners in Goldfield in the
shape of a set of resolutions adopted
at the meeting which had been In
progress all day. These resolutions
embody the new scale of wages to be
in vogue from this time, showing a
lowering of the scale of 20 per cent.
The mines are to be reopened on
Thursday next Meanwhile men will
be brought here to the number of 500
to take the places of the strikers. The
change from Wednesday to Thursday
was made to allow time to get men
from other points here to replace the
strikers.
Troops to Guard Mines.
Gov. Sparks will come to Goldfield
on Thursday. The troops now here
will be scattered through the city and
will practically guard the mines.
Capt. w. S. Wayne of Occur d'Alene,
idaho, noted as mine strike breaker,
arrived from Occur d'Alene last night
He says that he is here simply to
watch the situation.
The order given for horses for the
troops under command of Col. Reyn-
olds was countermanded yesterday
morning, and it is doubtless the inten-
ton to divide the two camps now es-
tablished into a number of smaller
camps nearer to the large mines,
where the first attempt to reopen will
be made and where the first trouble
will occur if there is to be violence
Or bloodshed.
Serious Trouble Expected.
The officers of the Mine Owners as
ISOLATION assert that they have not
imported large number of non-uniOn
men to take the place of the strikers,
but are depending on those now in
the federation who are ready to with
draw. They will permit men belong
ing to the American Federation Of
Labor or affiliated unions to go to
work and will not bar men belonging
to any labor organization except the
Western, Federation and the Industrial
Workers of the World.
The streets Of Goldfield are crowded
with men discussing the situation, and
the air is filled with many wild ru-
mors.
The general feeling is that serious
trouble is liable to commence at any
minute. Reports of attempts at in
timidation, threats of violence and
even attempts to commit violence are
being constantly heard, but at union
headquarters these are characterized
as false.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
ADMIRAL EVANS TAKES COM
MAND OF WAR DOGS WHICH
WILL SAIL TO PACIFIC.
|NAUGURATtS NEW NAVAL. ERA
CROWDS OF sIoHTSEERS FROM
ALL OVER COUNTRY VIEW
BIG FLEET.

Old Point Comfort, Va. Dec. IL. -
The double-starred flag of blue, em'
bIem of the commander-in-chi of the
Pacific-bound fleet, was flung to
the breeze from the main truck of the
battleship Connecticut yesterday, and
Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans formal
ly assumed his position as leader OF
the greatest naval movement in the
history of the American people. This
was assembly day for the fleet, which
is to set sail next Monday, and of the
sixteen great fighting machines order
ed to skirt the southermost end of all
America and inaugurate new ma
val era in the Pacific ocean, there
were but two laggards.
Kentucky a Back Number.
These were the 16,000-ton Minneso-
ia, flagship of Rear Admiral c. M.
Thomas, commander of the second
squadron of the fleet, and the Ken
lucky whose paltry 11,525 tons rele-
gate her to a position at the end of
the armOred column. The Kentucky
also is the Oldest vessel among the
sixteen, having been laid down with
her sister ship, the Kearsarge, in 1898
at the beginning of the war with
Spain. Nine years ago is an ancient
period in modern battleship construc-
ton, so great have been the strides in
American naval architecture.
The Minnesota and the Kentucky
are both expected to drop anchor in
Hampton Roads to-day, and then the
historic fleet will be complete.
Crowds of Sightseers.
The two long lines of battleships.
aanked on either side by vessels of
the auxiliary fleet, present a notable
picture and add one more impressive
naval event to the history of Vir-
ginia's far-famed roadstead, where the
battle of the Monitor and the Merri-
mac thrilled the world and set new
standard for future navies to build by.
Crowds of sightseers from all parts of
the country are assembled here to wit
ness the final preparations and the de-
parture of the fleet.
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Crimes and Criminals,

Robbers dynamited the safe of the
bank at New Franklin, Mo, ransacked
the vaults and escaped with $4,000 in
coin and currency.
Melville Powell, aged seventeen,
shot and instantly killed his sweet
heart, Lillian Humphreys, aged six
teen, near Hopkinsville, Ky.
Insane, it is said, from the belief
that the Black Hand was conspiring to
kill his parents and kidEap him, John
Ingebrand, Jr., attempted to murder
his father, John Ingebrand. of Mount
Vernon, n. Y. After his parents had
fought desperately to tear the revolver
from his grasp, he fired a bullet into
his own head and dropped dead
Young Ingebrand was a deaf mute.
The second trial of Harry K Thaw
on the charge of killing Stanford
White, has been postponed until Jan
6. The court ordered that a special
panel of $50 talesmen be summoned
for the election of a jury
TREY L. Ford, general counsel OF
the United Railroads, was acquitted
at San Francisco of the charge of hav
ing bribed Former Supervisor Jen.
nings Phillips to vote for an over
head trolley franchise. This was
Ford's second trial. In the first trial
the jury was unable to agree on a
verdict. The present trial was begun
about seven weeks ago.
At Sunrise, Wyo., a party of Italians
who had been drinking got involved
in a quarrel, and revolvers, knives
and clubs were used One man was
killed and another fatally injured
Their names are unknown.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
OUTRAGE LAID TO BLACK HAND.

One Killed, One Fatally Hurt and An
other Wounded at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Dec. II. = One man is
dead, another probably fatally wound
ed and a third is suffering from seri-
Gus injuries as the result of a sup
posed Black Hand outrage yesterday
In the Pennsylvania railroad produce
yards. The dead:
M. Refs, a produce dealer, of Taren-
tun, Pa; died after being removed to
hospital
The injured: G. Sunseri, Pittsburg,
produce dealer, shot in mouth; Joe
Gimite, cut and bruised
Witnesses say that Refs, accompa-
MED by three men, one of whom was
Gimite, entered the car from which
Sunseri was selling bananas.
Quarrel Over Price of Fruit.
A quarrel over the price asked for
the fruit ensued, and Sunseri testified
in the police station that he shot Refs
in self-defense. Gimite, it is said, then
shot Sunseri, and pursued by Sunserl,
fed. 1t is believed that Black Hand
members were responsible for the quar-
rel and fight. A letter received by
Sunseri a week ago demanded $50 and
gave him the alternative of being shot
In the head and heart. Sunseri is an
uncle of Joe Batagli of this city, who
found a bomb on his porch a week
ago. Sunseri's activity in trying to
run down his nephew's enemies, it is
said. incurred the enmity of the So
ciety.
The police have arrested two sus-
poets.
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NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
Washington.

Without leaving his office, President
Roosevelt was initiated as member
of the Army and Navyunion and pre-
sented with a diamond-studded badge
of that organization.
The president sent to the senate
the nomination of Col Charles H.
Whipple, assistant paymaster general,
to be paymaster general of the army
to succeed Gen. Sniffen, who retires
Jan. 1. The president also. sent to
the senate over 900 recess nomina-
tions, most of which have heretofore
been published.
By vote of 1913 to 4 the house
Democratic caucus vote down the
proposition of Representative Jones
of Virginia to take the designation of
minority members of the committee
out of THE hands of Minority Leader
Williams, and by the same vote adopt
ed a resolution affirmatively placing
the power in Mr.. Williams hands
Col Goethals, general manager of
the Panama canal, cabled the canal
offices in this city that all records
were again broken. for the month of
November in the matter of excavation
on the isthmus. The total amount of
earth removed during the month was
1,838,4S6 cubic yards, as against $780,
4O7 cubic yards in November, 1906.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
ORCHARD TO TELL 1T AGAIN.
Will Recite His Story of Blood on
Stand in Pettibone Trial.

Stand in Pettibone Trial.
Boise, Idaho. Dec. IL. - Charging
that George A. PettibOne, the defend
ant at bar, is the most guilty Of all
those charged with causing the death
of Former Governor Frank Steunen-
berg, James H. Hawley outlined the
states case yesterday. Little effort
at oratory was made by the chief pros
ecutor, but he plainly told the jury
what it proposed to prove. For two
hours he spoke of what he termed the
most gigantic conspiracy in the an
nails of crime, always keeping in the
foreground the part which it is alleged
Pettibone took in it.
The taking of evidence began at the
afternoon session, and before court
adjourned for the day the state had
established a corpus deficit, clearing
the way for Harry Orchard, who will
today take the witness stand and for
the second time tell to jury his
story of blood Orchard was brought
from the penitentiary to this city last
evening.
Senator Borah, who arrived from
Washington during the night, conduct
ed the examination of state witnesses
Yesterday afternoon
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TAKE 141 BODIES FROM MINE.
Rescuers Are Reaching Point of Great
est Mortality at Monongah.


est Mortality at Monongah
Monongah, w. Va, Dec. II. - The
scene of Americas greatest catastro-
phe has lost it's fascination for the
idlers who have surged about the pit
entrances from the moment of the
awful explosion of last Friday morn
ing. This crowd had been dWindling
ever since rain started Tuesday night
until last night there only remained
the forces employed in rescue work,
the newspaper workers and the incon-
solable near relatives of victims, who
remained faithful in their vigil during
the dOwnpour all night and all day
and are still shivering and enduring
eXcruciating physical discomforts in
the wet snow that has succeeded the
rain.
When darkness fell al bodies had
actually been brought to the surface,
while many more were located, with
the work still in progress. Men are
working necessarily After the bodies
are located, the rescuers say, the most
difficult part of the work is encounter
ed The bringing out of the bodies, a
distance of a mile or more through
heBunderground workings, is tedious
on account of meager facilities, and
considerable confusion results in re-
porting the number recovered. The
rescue parties in Mine No s yesterday
began exploring the right side of the
mine. In rooms along this side ma
jority of the dead, it is said, will be
found The work of rescue is now
systematized and progress is steady
and effective
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
BURGLARS HAVE FEAST.

Waseca, Mimi, Dec. II. - Bur-
glars. who it is presumed were young
men of this city last night broke into
the storehouse of the Armstrong
Wholesale company. Going to an up
per floor, they broke open boxes and
cases and laid out a feast large
enough to feed a score of people. They
scattered the remnants of their revel
all over the building and took with
them a large quantity of smoking to-
bacco. The offices and safe were not
disturbed
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12

for Chicago, eighteen for Kansas City
and four for Denver. The vote for
Chicago was made unanimous.
Every one accepted the decision of
the committee good-naturedly, and the
sixty or seventy Kansas City and Den
yer boomers declared that they would
came back after it again in 1912 and
would be sure to get it at that time"
The selection of the time for the
convention was a compromise between
the first of June and the last of June,
and all were satisfied on that point
also.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
People Talked About.

Richard Castro, Mexico's foremost
musician, died in the City of Mexico
of pneumonia. He was director of the
National Conservatory of Music.
Col. Haviland Tompkins, a well
known lawyer and at one time a part
ner of Abraham Lincoln, is dead al
his home at Fairfield, Ill. He was
eighty-four years old.
George B. Williams of Ithaca, N. Y.
president of the Ithaca National bank
and chairman of the finance commit
tee of Cornell university board Of
trustees, died, aged sixty-four years.
Rev. DR.. E. E. Chivers, field secre
tary of the Baptist Home Mission so
ciety and formerly secretary of the
Baptist Young Peoples union, died a
Ridgewood N. ]. He was f1fty-eigh
years old.
Capt. Daniel Delehanty, U. IS. ~, re
tired, for ten years governor Of Sailors
Snug harbOr, on Staten Island has re
signed on account of i'll health. Capt
A. J. Newbury has been appointed tt
succeed him.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
From Other Shores.

Japan is experiencing trouble in the
interior of Formosa. Aborigines from
the east side are continually raiding
and becoming holder. The fatalities
during the fighting within the last
sixty days number over 200.
Mountain tribes have captured
large caravan, consisting of harmers
of the ministers of Abd-el-Aziz, the
sultan, on the road to Rabat. They
transferred the women to their own
harems.
A Geneva dispatch states that the
police have discovered a Russian ter
rOrist plot to assassinate the emperor,
blow up the imperial palace and the
duma and pillage the Imperial Bank
of Russia. One arrest has been made
in connection with the alleged plot.
A special dispatch to the Paris Jour
nal from Madrid says that report
received from Lisbon states that
plot against King Carlos has been
discovered, seyenty-fve bombs being
found in a house adjoining the bar
racks of the municipal guard, which
is the corps especially attached to
the royal family.
Thousands of the Benis Masses
tribesmen, who have attacked the
French forces in Algerian territory.
have been forced back into Morocco.
The French, to the number of 5000,
are now concentrated on the frontier.
Their plan is to drive the tribesmen
into the hills, cut off their supplies
and then force them down into the
plains, where they hope to engage
the insurgents in a punitive battle.
The recall of Viscount Aoki, Japa.
nese ambassador at Washington, is
the result of his own expression of
a desire to resign, and no official an
nouncement is expected until after
his arrival in Toxic NJ Takahira at
present Japanese ambassador to italy
and formerly minister of Japan at
Washington, is most prominently
mentioned as his successor.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
NEW FORM OF SWINDLE.
Tickets of Admission to United States
Sold TO ImmiurantS.

New York, Dec. II. = The sale of
tickets of admission to the United
States is the latest form of swindle
discovered by the immigration author
tiles. A man who was passenger
on the Hamburg American liner Amer
ika sold more than forty of them to
voyage passengers on the ship which
arrived yesterday, receiving not less
than 81 apiece for them. With these
tickets the immigrants were told they
could enter the country without diff
Guilty. The ships officers discovered
the swindle and compelled the return
of the money. The man probably will
be prosecuted
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
DEMOCRACY TO CHOOSE ST. PAUL

Unless Louisville Gets 1t, National
Convention Is Likely to Come West.
Washington, Dec. II. = Norman E.
Mack. member of the Democratic ma
tional committee for New York, said
yesterday while in New York en- route
to Washington to attend the meeting
of the committee on Thursday, that
the national convention will be held
either in St. Paul or Louisville. He
said that Denver was not central
enough and that Chicago had made no
bid for it.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
Kills TWO: Shoots Self.

Hannibal, Mo-, Dec. II. = Isaac c..
Wilcox, a telephone lineman, last
night shot and killed Mrs. Wilkinson
and her brother, Cotton Hanson,
and then blew out his brains with a
revolver. Mrs. Wilkinson was a wild
ow and Wilcox was once a sutton for
her hand
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
JOHN oooDNoW DIES IN SPAIN.
Former Consul General to Shanghai
Passes Away.

Malaga, Spain, Dec. 11.-ohn Good
now, former consul general to Shang-
hal, China, is dead here. Mr.. Good
aow formerly lived in Minneapolis,
where he had business interests. He
look a very active part in politics in
Minnesota about the year 1896 The
late President Mckinley appointed
aim in the following year to the Amer
lean consulate in Shanghai, China
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
Knob StranoIes Baby.

Iron Mountain, Mich, Dec. IL. -
Choking to death on the detached
knob of a stove door that it had at
tempted to swallow, the one-year-old
child Of Fred Barnette of Crystal
Fails met with a shocking fate at the
home of George Duffy, grandfather.
The knob was almost the size of a
walnut.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
Farmer Killed by Falling Tree

Bessemer, Mich, Dec. 11.-William
Molessy a farmer, was killed while fell
ing trees. A large elm lodged against
hemlock which Moless proceeded to
cut down also. When partly cut the
hemlock split and let the big elm fall
upon him.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
Three Tries at Death.

Faribault Mimi, Dec. Il. = Daniel
Wall. living at Wheatland, tried to
commit suicide three times in one
day. He was brought to this city and
adjudged insane by the judge of pro-
bate and taken to Rochester.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
Explosion Kills Three.

Missoula, Mont, Dec 1O-The engino
of a passenger train on the Burke &
Wallace branch blew up, killing Fire
man Bulls, Brakeman Hodges and an
engine wiper, name unknown, and IA
tally injuring Engineer Copenhaven.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
Kills Wife. Shoots Self

Nashville, Tenn, Dec 10-Yesterday
afternoon Frank Click, machinist,
twenty-five years old, shot his wife
Mrs. Ruth Click, killing her instantly.
He then shot himself through the
head and lies dying at the city hospi.
tai
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
Rnu Kills Little Girl.

New Britain, Conn, Dec. 10.--While
playing with a loaded revolver Edwin
Walker, ten years old, shot and killed
Svea Eugena Anderson, eight years
old, the bullet entering the girls
heart.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
Loot Postoffice.

jamestown, Ohio, Dec. 12.-Thieves
entered the local postoffice early yes
terday morning by using a skeleton
key. They looted the office, securing
a large quantity of stamps, registered
mail and a small amount of cash
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
Veteran Actor Dead.

New York, Dec. 1K-James Henry
Stoddart, the veteran actor, died at his
home in Sewaren, N. j., yesterday.
Mr.. Stoddart was born in England in
1927 and first appeared on the stage
d Scotland.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
BLAZE AT TWIN VALLEY.

Twin Valley, Mimi, Dec. 12.-Fire
completely destroyed the Ballord-
Trimble Lumber company's shed and
stock. Loss, $4,000; Twin Valley I'M
element companys stock, $500; c.
/. Dahl warehouse, $500
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-12
CHICAGO GETS THE MEETING.
Republican National Convention Will

Republican National Convention Will
Be Held There June IS.
Washington, Dec. 1O.-Chicago was
selected as the place, and June 16 the
time for the meeting of the Republic,
an convention next year This deci-
sion by the Republican national COM
mittee followed long and hard fought
contest between the advocates of Chi
cago and those of Kansas City, Den
yer, coming in at the end with for
midable but not important effort to Sc
cure the convention.
The ballot showed thirty-one votes
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/Earthouake at ST. Louis.

St. Louis, Mo-, Dec. ~. - A slight
earthquake shock which ratified the
windows in the downtown section
was felt here last night at 1892
o'clock The movement seemed to be
from south to north.