Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-30

/ Senator Nelson w. Aldrich of Rhode
bers of the United States monetary
commission, are in Paris comforting
with M. Pallain, governor of the bank
of France and other disting Iished
| financiers and economists.
| More than ten lives, were lost and
property worth over 100000 was
destroyed in the cyclone which re-
Gently swept over the province OF
Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.
The thirty-sixth annual convention
of the National Women's Christian
Temperance Union meets in Omaha
| October % to 81.
Robert Hoe, aged seventy, head of
r. Hoe & Co., printing press manu-
| facturers of New York and London,
died in London after a short Illness
DR.. Cook, the explorer, arrived in
New York and says he brings along
proof of his discovery of the north
pole.
o. e. Eberhart becomes governor of
Minnesota by the death of Gov. john
son. He is quite young man.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota died
in the hospital at Rochester in that
state from the effects of an operation
performed some days previous. Lieu
tenant Governor Eberhart now be-
comes chief executive of the state.
By special request of the presi-
dent no effort was made to operate
street cars during his visit to Omaha.
In the street car strike at Omaha,
now on, there has been some rioting,
but no fatalities.
During the two weeks ending Sep
TENDER IA there was forty-seyen cases
of bubonic plague in Grayquil, four
teen of which resulted fatally.
Revenues for the year ending June
80 last are greater than the railroads
earned in the preceding year.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson con-
cludes that government regulation of
railroad capitalization would lead to
large investments in securities by
American farmers.
A terrific tropical storm visited New
Orleans and other sections along the
gulf coast.
Opposition to postal savings and
guaranty of deposits was declared by
bankers at Chicago.
The condition of Bishop B. G. Lene-
han of Fort Dodge, who is critically
i'll, has become alarming and it is
feared the end is near. A few days
ago he underwent an operation for a
carbuncle on his neck.
An agreement has been signed
which assures three years of peace
with street car operators in Chicago.
L. r. CLAWS, late chief of the Seat
tie field divisions of the United States
land office, has written letter to
President Taft, in which he says he
will publish the evidence in the Cum
ningham coal land cases shortly.
| A religious sect in Massachusetts
waited in vain for the world to come
to an end.
A standardization five passenger
touring car, fully equipped, for sale at
a bargain price. Edw. Estill, 1918
Farnam street, Omaha, Neb.
Forty newspaper reporters were
given audience by DR.. Cook, the ex-
plorer, to whom he told his story.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota
underwent operations at three differ
ent times. 1t was the third that
proved fatal.
Washington.
That the whole force of the admins.
tration has been put behind the move
ment for ship subsidy legislation the
coming winter is shown by various
developments here. AS result, sup
porters of the ship subsidy bill are
more than usually sanguine that they
will get what they want. Consular
reports nowadays are teeming with
figures which are calculated to further
the subsidy movement.
Assistant Commissioner of Indian
Affairs Fred H. Abbott is due in
Nebraska in a few days for session
at the Omaha reservation on the prop
erty troubles of the tribe. Commits
sioner Valentine has decided to leave
Washington in time to meet Mr.. Alb
bolt at the Omaha reservation. They
will together attend the first meeting
!of the board which has been appoint
ed to administer the ten-year trust re-
Gently created to cover the unalloted
lands of this reservation.
The forecasts of the United States
weather bureau were borne out with
remarkable exactneSs by the destruc-
tive West Indian hurricane which
visited the South Atlantic and Gulf
coasts
A board of officers has been named
to meet at Fort Des Moines NOvem-
Der 1 for competitive examination OF
candidates authorized to appear for
second lieutenants in the Philippine
| scouts.
A very small increase in the mum.
| Der of pensioners in the western
| states, accompanied by slight in
crease in the amount paid in pensions,
| is shown by the pension commission
er's report for the year ended June
| 80 last. The figures for the state OF
| Nebraska are said to be typical. They
| show: Number pensions 1908, 1906;
| 1909, 1858. Amount paid: 1908,
$2,322,S26; 1909, $2,650,451.
| Personal.
Economy in every division in the
| postoffice department is the command
of Postmaster General Hitchcock
The party OF United States congress
| ,non who hava hnou touring tho uo