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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-07-02
DEATH CLAIMS EX-PRESIDENT
Grover Cleveland Passes Away Suddenly at His
Princeton HOme-End of Notable Career
Sorrow Is Universal
Funeral Services Are Marked by Simplicity, Without
Euogy or Sermon-President and Other Dis
tinguished Men Attend.

Princeton, N. j., June rs. - Grover
United States, died at $40 o'clock
yesterday morning at his home, West
Land" in this quiet college town,
where he had lived since his retire
ment as the nations chief executive,
almost twelve years ago.
When death came, which was sud
den, there were in the death cham-
Der Mrs. Cleveland, DR.. Joseph D.
Bryant of New York, Mr.. Cleveland's
family physician and personal friend;
DR.. George r. Lockwood of New York
and DR.. John M. Carnochan of Prince
ton.
An official statement, given out and
signed by the three physicians, gave
heart trouble, superinduced by stom-
ach and kidney ailments of long stand
ing, as the cause of death.
Death Is Unexpected.
While Mr.. Cleveland had been in
poor health for the last two years and
had lost hundred pounds in weight,
his death came unexpectedly.
The news of Mr.. Cleveland's death
came as a sudden shock to the peo-
pie of Princeton, as it did to the peo-
pie of the rest of the world.
1t was not until late in the day
that messages of coincidence began to
come in from all parts of the world
to Mrs. Cleveland. One of the first
was from Mr.. Roosevelt.
So suddenly did Mr. Cleveland's
death occur that not one of his four
children were at home. The children
are at the Cleveland summer home at
Tamworth, New Hampshire, under the
care of Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Cleveland's
mother. Word was sent to them Of
their fathers death, and they will
dren are: Esther, aged fourteen; Ma
rion, aged twelve; Richard, aged ten,
and Francis Grover, aged five.
The kilograms of coincidence came
in by the hundreds from all parts Of
the United States and other countries
during the day, and they continued to
pour into the telegraph office here far
into the night Besides President
Roosevelt's telegram, messages of
coincidence came from government
officials, governors, legislators, promi-
nuent educators and citizens of vari-
Gus walks of life.
President Roosevelt issued a proc
lamation to the people of the country
eulogizing the dead statesman, order
ing all government flags half-masted
for thirty days and directing that mill
tary and naval honors be accorded the
late president on the day of the funer-
al
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Accidental Happenings.

BY an explosion at Coax Creek mine
at Fernie. Man, three miners were
killed.
The plant of the Tamaqua Manufac-
turing company at TamaQua, Pa, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, 100000.
Fire destroyed several business
houses and dwellings in the village of
Fulton, Mich, causing a loss of $780,
600.
The Victor Rubber company plant
at Snydervile, Ohio. was struck by
lightning and practically destroyed
The loss is $125,000.
The power plant of the Portland
Railway, Light and Power company at
Cazadero, Or, was almost completely
destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
The naked and mangled body OF
an unidentified man was found in the
Hudson rivex near One Hundred and
Fifteenth street, New York. 1t is not
known whether the man was murder
ed or the body was mangled by pass
ing tugs.
Three young men, apparently work
men, who were stealing ride in q
west-bOund steel train, were caught
between the ends of a load of stee
rails and the car in the yards at Bill
ings, Mont, and so badly crushed ant
mangled that at least one of them will
die.
Frederick Jeffrey and John Crowle!
were instantly killed by a premature
explosion in the Lock-Limond water
works tunnel at Fort William, Ont.
where the city has a large force a
work. William Jock was fatally in
jured.
Fire broke out in the Billings Mill
ing company's plant in Billings, Mont.
and was eXtinguished after a shor
time by the department. The blaze
was started by spark from a pass
ing train. The loss from water anC
fire amounted to several hundred dol
lars.
Carl F. Pierson of Hawarden, Iowa
fireman on the Northwestern rail
road, fell from his engine while cross
ing the Iowa river bridge near Git
ford From the bridge he pitchec
into the river and was killed. Hi
body was recovered haft an hour later
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Explained.

Gentleman Tin railway train blow
did this accident happen?
Guard-Some one pulled the cord
and stopped the train, and the boat
express ran into us. 1t will take five
ahead.
Gentleman-Five hours? Great
Scott! l was to be married to-day.
Guard Ca married man, sternly)-
Look here, are you the chap who
stopped the train ?-LondOn Tit-Bits.
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WAS SELF-MADE MAN.
Worked His Way From Clerk in Store


Worked His Way From Clerk in Store
to Presidency.
Grover Cleveland, twenty-second
president of the United States and the
only Democratic occupant Of the
White House since the Civil war, was
born in Caldwell, Essex county, N. j.,
March 10, 1897 His father was a
Presbyterian clergyman. In his seven
teenth year Grover became a clerk
and assistant teacher in the New York
institution for the blind in New York
city, in which his elder brother, Will
liam, was then a teacher. In August,
1855, he secured a place as clerk and
copyist for the law firm of Rogers,
Brown & Rogers, Buffalo, began to
read Blackstone and in the autumn of
that year was receiving 81 a week for
his work He was admitted to the bar
in 1859.
Became Successful Lawyer.
He was appointed assistant district
attorney of Erie county in 1868, and
held the Office for three years. In
1865, at the age Of twenty-eight, he
was the Democratic candidate for dis
trict attorney, but was defeated by
the Republican candidate, his intimate
friend, Lyman K. Bass. He then be-
came law partner of Isaac V. Van
derpool, and in 1869 became a mem
Der of the firm of Lanning, Cleveland
& Folsom. He continued a successful
practice until 1870 when he was elect
ed sheriff of Erie county.
In the autumn of 1881 he was nomi-
mated Democratic candidate for mayor
of Buffalo and was elected by a ma
jority of $3.50, the largest ever given
to a candidate in that city. He soon
became known as the veto mayor"
using that prerogative fearlessly in
checking public expenditures that he
deemed unwise, illegal or extravagant.
The reformed methods of administrat-
ing the city's affairs, instituted by him
while mayor, led to his election in the
following years as governor of tae
state Of New York by a majority of
$4,000 votes over his opponent. His
phenomenal success in the guberna-
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THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.
st. Paul, July 2. - Wheat - No. 1
hard, $10S ga; No. Northern.
$1.O6 "a; No. Northern, $1.o4 ga
Corn - No. yellow, 81 3-4@68 SAC.
Oats-No. white, 40 9-S@49 7-Sc,
Minneapolis, July 2. - Wheat-No.
1 hard, $1.O8 ga; No. 1 Northern,
$1O6 ga; No Northern, $1.O4 81
Corn - No. yellow, 67 3-4@68 SAC.
Oats-No. 3 white, 40 3-8@49 7-Sc.
Duluth, July g. = Wheat = No.
hard, $1.O9 IL; No. 1 Northern, $1.08;
No. 2 Northern, $1.O5 12. Flax -
$12O IL Oats-49c.
Chicago, July 2. - Wheat - No. 2
red, S8@91c; No. hard winter $50
Ole; No. spring, 94c@$1.03. Oats
No. white, 40 1-2@52c.
Milwaukee, July 2. - Wheat - No.
1 Northern, $110@1.11 IL; No.
Northern, $1O9@1.09 IL. Barley -
No. 2, CSC.
Chicago, July 2. - Cattle-Beeves,
$48508.40; stockers and feeders, $3.50
@54O; cows and heifers, $4@6.25.
Hogs-Bulk, s6@665. Sheep - Ma
tives, $2.S5@5.10; lambs, $4@6.50.
Sioux City, Iowa, July 2. - Cattle
-Beeves, $5.40@7.65; stockers and
feeders, $4,000; calves and yearl-
ings, $2.50@3.25.> Hogs-Range, $685.
@G10.
South ST. Paul, July g. - Cattle -
Granted steers, $6@6,75; COWS and
heifers, $4.5O05.5O; veal calves, 1878
@5; good to choice stock steers,
$3.25@3.75. Hogs-Bulk, $6.15@6.20.
Sheep Yearlings, $4@45O; spring
lambs, $5.25@625.
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ton had been pronounced and the
members of the family, President
Roosevelt and others who had gather
ed about the grave, were leaving the
cemetery.
Services Were Simple.
Many of the personal friends of the
dead statesman fingered about the
spot which was to mark his last rest
ing place, and each in turn was per-
mitted to cast a shovelful of earth into
the grave.
Agreeably to the wishes Of Mrs.
Cleveland, the services, both at the
house and at the cemetery, were of
the simplest character. An invoca-
ton, Scriptural reading, brief prayer
and the reading of William Words
worth's poem, Character of the Hap
by Warrior constituted the services
at the house, while the reading of the
burial service at the grave was brief
and impressive.
Distinguished Men Present.
Although the funeral was of strict
ly private nature, those in attendance
numbered many distinguished citi-
zens, including President Roosevelt,
Gov Fort Of New Jersey, Gov. Hughes
of New York, Gov. Hoke Smith of
Georgia, former members of President
Cleveland's cabinet, officials of the
Equitable Life Assurance society,
members of the Princeton university
faculty and friends and neighbors.
Mr.. Cleveland was buried with all
the simplicity and privacy that he
himself might have wished, as a pri-
vate citizen rather than as the former
chief executive of the nation. There
was nothing that savored of the Off
cial, and the military element was in
jected solely as a measure of precau-
ton in protecting President Roose-
welt.
President Offers Sympathy.
The president arrived at 4:38 p. m.
and was met at the station by Gov.
Fort. The president, Gov. Fort and
Secretary Loeb were driven at once
to Westland. Upon his arrival at the
house the president went to Mrs.
Cleveland, Offering his sympathy and
expressing keen regret at Mr.. Cleve-
lands death.
The president then returned to the
reception room, where the body had
been removed in the afternoon from
the room on the second floor in which
Mr.. Cleveland died.
Services at the House.
A few minutes later the four clergy
men who officiated came down the
stairs to the hall leading to the recep-
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NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
Digest of the News Worth Telling Con-
densed for the Busy
Reader.
Washington.

Postmaster General Meyer has sign
ed an order creating an accounting
section of the department.
President Roosevelt has appointed
John C. O'Laughlin of Washington as
secretary to the American commits
sion to the japanese exposition at To-
kio in 1912. The salary will be $4,000
a year.
A white web belt, with plate, has
been adopted by the war department
for the use Of enlisted men on duty
at the general recruiting stations.
The white belt will be worn with
white uniforms.
Capt. Alfred Reynolds has been Or
dered to hold himself in readiness to
command the new cruiser Montana,
which has been under construction at
Newport News. Capt Reynolds was
formerly in command of the training
ship Franklin at Norfolk.
Looking to the safety of life and
property, now that the excursion sea-
son is at hand, Secretary Straus has
sent a letter to the supervising in
spector general of the steamboat in
spection service sounding note Of
warning as to the rigid enforcement
of the regulations.
Col. H. M. Lord, chief paymaster of
the army department of the Missouri,
whose headquarters are at Omaha,
has been called to Washington by or
der of the secretary of war to advise
with the house committee on ways
and means relative to the revision of
the tariff. Col. Lord was chief clerk
of the committee that revised the
tariff during the Spanish-American
war period and is an expert on tariff.
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Rob Youth of $500,

Crookston, Mimi, July g - Kalib
Curry, son of Beddy Curry, an Assyr.
ian notion dealer of New York city.
was robbed of $500 at o'clock yes.
terday by two men who afterward
boarded one of the cars belonging to
a circus company which had been
here Sunday and Monday.
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ObaIdia Leads in Panama Votinq

Panama, July 2. - The returns re-
ceived from forty-eight districts in
the municipal elections held on Sun
day show that the Obaldia ticket won
in Twenty-Five of them, the Arias tick
ct in eighteen and the fusion ticket in
one. Based on these returns Senior
Obaldia would have 140 presidential
electors in the corresponding districts,
while Senior Arias would have So.
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EooSeveIts Have Picnic.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, July 2. = Presi
dent Roosevelt and his sons wore a
good coat of tan when they returned
to Sycamore Hill late yesterday from
the family picnic in the woods by the
waters edge at Lloyd-Neck-on-the.
Sound. The entire party had a de.
lightful time.
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TWO KILLED IN
WRECK OF STABLE
Portion of Building Being Raced
COllapses, Burying Sew
eral WOrkmen.
THREE MEN UNACCOUNTtD FOR
Rescuers Work All Night in Effort TO
Untangle Twisted Timbers and
Clear Debris.

Minneapolis, july z. - Whlle tOur-
| teen workmen were tearing down an
old brick livery stable at DO Seventh
street south the front portion of the
dilapidated structure suddenly gave
way at o'clock yesterday afternoon,
and in the crash which followed two
men are known to have been killed,
three were seriously and several
slightly injured, and three who cannot
| be accounted for may be buried under
the tons of debris that fills the base
ment.
Three Men Missing.
All last night a score of rescuers
worked with frantic haste in an effort
to untangle the twisted timbers and
clear away the mass of brick which it
is feared still crush upon the bodies
of three of the workmen
E. S. Robinson, foreman in charge
of a crew of men, was removing a
coping weighing half ton from the
top of the Seventh street wall when
the coping fell on the roof, breaking
the beam and sending the roof crash
ing down, carrying brick walls and
lower floors with it.
Instantly a great cloud Of black
dust filled the air and the agonizing
cries of bruised and bleeding victims,
pinched between great timbers or half
buried under brick and mortar,
brought a crowd of eager spectators
who were powerless to give immedi-
ate aid.
Mass of Weckage.
A fire alarm was turned in and
every available ambulance was rush
ed to the ruins.
When the firemen reached the
scene, within a few minutes after the
collapse, they found a mass of wreck
age that almost defed the efforts of
the rescuers to dislodge it. The
firemen went to work with a will
however, and it was not long before
Joel Benson was pulled from the
building and hurried to the hospital
In rapid succession the bodies Of
C. w. Hardy and George Johnson
were taken out and hurried away to
hospitals.
Search Is Abandoned.
Robinson was buried deep in the
debris His cries for help could be
heard for fully half an hour before the
diggers reached him. When taken out
Robinson's first thought was of the
other poor fellows who had gone with
him He inquired about them, and
after learning that four others had
been taken out told the firemen that
all had been rescued. The search was
abandoned and the firemen departed,
after pulling down the portions of the
front wall that had withstood the
shock of the collapse.
J. l.. Robinson, the contractor, or
dered the search resumed when it be,
came rumored that three other men
were missing A score of men were
hired and they worked long into the
night.
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Lad Drowned on Excursion.

st. Paul, July 2.-The joint excur
sion of the ST. Peters Episcopal
church and the Church of the Messiah
came to a sad ending down the river
last evening, when Vincent, the
twelve-year7old son of Shamrock D.
Price, fell overheard and was drown.
ed,
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Gar and Kaiser to Meet.

st. Petersburg, July "a meeting
between Emperor Nicholas of Russia
and the emperor of Germany on the
Baltic, an intimation of which ap
peared in the Rech yesterday, is con
sidered here quite possible, although
no information concerning such an ar
rangement is yet available in official
quarters, either Russian or German
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REBELS ATTACK
TOWN OF PALOMAS
Repulsed by Garrison After
Fight Lasting One Hour;
One Man Killed.
70 SHOOT REBELS ON SIGHT
Mexican Soldiers Instructed That 1t Is
Not Necessary to Return
With Prisoners.

FL Paso, Tex, July 2. - The first
revolutionary outbreak in the repub'
lie of Mexico beyond the borders of
Coahuila occurred yesterday morning
at o'clock when the garrison at Palo-
mas, Chihuahua, seventy miles west
of this city, was attacked by a band
Of fifty men, who were repulsed with
loss of one killed and one captured
There were fourteen guards stationed
at the Mexican post when the attack
ing party surprised the town. The
most of the insurrectioniss were
armed with rude weapons and home.
made implements of warfare.
Start 1t With Bomb.
Accordingly to a dispatch received
here from Columbus, N. M, across the
river from Palomas, Juan Correon,
the Mexican general, arrived there
from Palomas bearing dispatches to
his government concerning the attack.
1t began when a bomb was thrown
into the telegraph Office, thus shutting
off communication with outside
points. In the fight which followed
several hundred shots were fired and
many bombs thrown at the headquar-
ters of the officers
Owing to the fact that the bombs
were i'll timed, the officers were able
to throw hem away before they ex-
ploded, thus saving the building and
their own lives.
Fight Lasts an Hour.
The fight lasted one hour after
which the attacking party fed to the
mountains west of Palomas There is
a United States customs Office at Co
lumbus, and all the customs force is
held in reserve in case of trouble.
1t is reported that an attack was
planned for last night at Guadalupe,
in chihuahua, near Fort Hancock, Tex.
Dynamite was discovered under the
residence of the mayor of Juarez yes
terday and the mayor and his family
have removed to Eel Paso temporarily.
Take No Prisoners.
Del Rio, Tex, July 2-It is reported
here that a company of rurales cor
nered a detachment of eight of the
revolutionists who attacked the little
town of Las Vacas and that fight
occurred in the mountains to the
southwest of the city The revolution
lists were short of ammunition, and
after the exchange of a few volleys
their ammunition became exhausted.
The rurales are reported to have
charged the hiding place of the men,
and despite the fact that they offered
to surrender and pleaded for mercy
shot them to death The bodies of the
murdered men were left in the noun
tains. 1t is reported that Mexican sol
diers have instructions that it is not
necessary to return with any prison
ers. This is taken as a gentle hint
that the revolutionists are to be shot
, on sight.
U. S. Troops on Duty.
Washington, July 2.-American mil
itary forces are now in service for the
enforcement of the neutrality laws
along the Mexican border.
Gen. Myer, commanding the depart.
ment of Texas, has reported to the
war department that directions al
ready have been given for the dis
patch of four troops of cavalry from
posts in his department to Del Rio
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Killed in Quarrel.

Chester Pa, July During quar-.
rel at Trainor, village just outside
this city, yesterday, David Murphy,
Jr., of that place shot and killed Dep.
uty Sheriff Darwin Spence. Murphy
was arrested and brought here.
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Mother browns Four Tots.

Ida Grove, Iowa, June 27.-While
temporarily insane Mrs. August F.
Johnson drowned her four little chill
dren in the cistern at their farm
home. half a mile south of town, yes
terday. The mother tried to drown
herself
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Peculiar Qualifications.

'In choosing his men," said the Sab
bath school superintendent, Gideon
did not select those who had laid aside
their arms and threw themselves down
to drink; he took those who watched
with one eye and drank with the 9TH
err"
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Atlanta, Ca, July 2. - One negro
was shot and seriously wounded yes
terday afternoon as result of a mu-
tiny among the negro convicts at a
convict camp twenty miles from At,
lanta. on the Roosevelt road.
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INDIANS HAVE 100000.
Also Have 100000 Claim Against
the Government.

Ashland, Wis, July 2.-For the first
time in the history of the Chippewa
Indians of Northern Wisconsin they
now have an even million dollars on
deposit in the banks of Ashland, Hud-
son and Bayfield,. In addition the In
dams have claims against the govern
ment aggregating $3OO,000 represent
ing the difference in value between
the sums paid them in greenbacks for
their treaty claims in war times and
the gold value.
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100000 Theft CHARGED.

Pittsburg, June 27.-H. w. Tiers,
formerly discount clerk of the First
National bank of Pittsburg, was ar
rested yesterday by a United States
deputy marshal, charged with alb
stracting money and securities to the
amount of $4,000.
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Rov BadIv Burned,

Kelliher, June 27.-Ernest Sanders,
the twelve-year-old son of John San
ders, was severely burned about the
face and hands yesterday evening, as
the result of playing with fireworks.
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Shah Will Dissolve Parliament

Teheran, June 2S.-The shah of Per.
STA will issue a decree Sunday dissolv
ing parliament and ordering new cleo
lions for the assembly and senate
which he will open in state three
months hence
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SOLDIER KILLED.
Fight at Eagles Picnic Results Fatal
Nv for CORPORAL Sahev,

Helena, Mont, July 2.-Thomas Sa
hey died as the result of wounds re-
ceived at the hands of Deputy Sheriff
Duncan, who was endeavoring to stop
fight at the Eagles picnic Sunday
night Sahey was a corporal in the
Sixth infantry and leader of the
crowd of soldiers engaged in a fight
with civilians.
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Riddle Gains Strength.

st. Petersburg, July 2. - John w.
Riddle Of ST. Paul, the American am
bassador to Russia, who has been
threatened with an attack of pneu-
monia, is continuing to gain strength,
although slowly.
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Cyclist Dies of Cracked Skull.

st. Paul, July Fired E. Johnson,
night engineer of the pumping station
of the waterworks, died from a frac
tured skull, the result of fall from
a bicycle.
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Matrimonial Confidence.

Mr.. Billus-I wish could find some
way to make the hair grow on that
bald spot of mine.
Mrs. Billus-Don't do it, John
That's the only feature you've got that
ever seems to smile.
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Was Work of Wreckers.

Los Angeles, Cal, July "A claim
is made by the officers of the Santa
,Fe that the wreck of the California
limited near Winslow, Ari., Sunday
night, was deliberately brought about
by the burning of a bridge.