Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-06

SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Sunday.

The views of ten powers regarding rules
for war were submitted by the delegates
assembled at London to draft new IN
ternatiOnal code.
r. A. Heinze gave a dinner to actresses
in New York and, following the finding OF
q 500 bin by each girl, dance FOL
lowed which is said to have beaten the
Salome dance to "frazzle."
J. c.. Martin of Dayton, o., whose let
ter regarding Taft's religion brought out
q statement from President Roosevelt de-
cIaring that creed should not enter into
politics. wrote again at length to the ex-
ecutive. saying he was misquoted and re-
iteFating his views.
Monday.
A. B. Stickney resigned as receiver Oh
Chicago Great Western.
Mrs Helene E. Annis told of shooting
Of husband by Peter G. Hams at trial OF
Thornton J. Hams.
Seven counciImen, president and cashier
Of a bank were arrested on charges OF
graft at Pittsburg.
A former night rider, in evidence at
Union City, Tenn, against men accused
Of the Ranken murder, told all the secrets
of the organization and named the chief
actors in tragedies.
Vice President Gomez Of Venezuela, to
whom Castro turned over all affairs. has
established a new government supplanting
all the members of the old cabinet with
men satisfactory to the people.
Under suspicion of teaching free love
and ''afinitization and perfect union" the
"Order of the Fifteen a student organ
iEstiOn. is being investigated by the off,
Gals of the University of Pennsylvania.
Tuesday.
W. FL. Newman, president of the New
York Central lines, resigned after forty
years of active railroad work.
The Herald Square theater in New
York was destroyed by fire which started
Just before the close of the performance.
Wall street heard that Andrew Car
negie is back in the steel business and is
furnishing the money for Schwab's Bethle-
hem works.
Federal rebate inquiry of Chicago pack
ers started as thirty employees of Morris
& Co. were summoned to go before the
grand jury.
Acting President Gomez of Venezuela
practically broke Castro's rule forever
when he personally arrested the presi-
dents brother and others.
Wednesday.
According to testimony at the hearing
Of the alleged grafters, SO Pittsburg coun-
cilmen accepted brides for votes.
GOmpers, Mitchell and Morrison were
snsI fnr
tempt in Buck stove boycott case.
Venezuela suspended the shipping order
that caused the trouble with Holland and
the Dutch government ordered its war
ships to cease operations along the Ven
ezuelan coast.
Missouri Supreme Court Ousted the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana, Re
uubIic Oil Company of Ohio and Waters
Pierce Company from the commonwealth
and ordered each to pay q fine of $4,000.
Thursday.
Pittsburg bankers are said to have
paid $4,000 in brides to aldermen to
secure city deposits.
The New York Stock Exchange sus-
pended W. III. Martin and I. w. Moor
head for three years.
The st. Paul railro has found that
its Montana mines vi i good coal and
will save $1,2O0.O0O year on fuel.
Cyrus r. Teed. who as ''Koresh l." rent
Chicago in the early '90s, is dead in
Florida, where his followers are expect
ing his resurrection.
Bishop O'Connell will retire as head
of the Catholic University at Washington
and may become cOadjutor at Baltimore
with rights of succession to Gibbons.
Friday.
''CharIey" Gates, son of John w. Gates,
dropped nearly $4,000 in betting on Los
Angeles races.
A man attacked President Fallieres of
France in street of Paris and tried to
pull his beard.
The steamer Pretoria arrived in New
York after terrible struggle with the
weather. which made the big liner take
more than twice her regular time.
Miss Mary A. Hardy. a patient in st.
Mary's hospital in Racine, Wis, was
crushed to death when a nurse pulled the
cable, suddenly raising the elevator.
More than. three hundred moving-pic-
ture men in New York protested against
Mayor McClellan's action in revoking
their licenses and shutting off the holiday
trade.
Saturday.
Cupid Joined 5,67S fewer Chicagoans
in 1908 than fell victims to his wiles in
the twelve months preceding.
In view of 800 curb brokers, III. B.
Suydam was shot in a struggle with an
inventor in his Office in New York City
following a demand for money.