Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-02
FOR BUSY READERS
THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS
HERE TOUCHED UPON.
MANY MATTERS ARE INCLUDED
Doings of Congress, Foreign inteii''
gence, Personal, General and
Other Items OF Interest.
Foreign.

ment that Princess eHel1e ue SagaH
was robbed of $4,000 during her re-
cent stay at Rheims, and her husband,
the prince, was at the same time re-
lieved of $4,000.
Ell Roghi, the rebellious subject OF
the Sultan of Morocco, who was cap
tured recently and brought into Fee
in an iron cage, is still exposed to the
gaze of passing crowds in his open
CELL
The killing in Panama of William
Nichols Chandler, editor OF the
Panama Press, by Herbert 0. jeff
ries, an American, who took part In
the Panama revolution in 1903, has
aroused much feeling there. The
Press recently contained an article
rejecting upon one of Jeffries
women relatives.
Special dispatches from Melllla.
Morocco, say fighting is general on
the Moroccan coast The new Span
ish artillery has wrought terrible
havoc among the Moors, who have
lost 1000 men in the last three days.
The Spanish casualties amount to
$50. A spanish column has de-
stroyed three villages near Restinga.
At Rotterdam the death Of four
children supposed to have been
caused by poisonous sweets has been
found after meteorological examlna-
ton to have been due to Asiatic chol-
era
Emperor Nicholas has accepted
the post of patron to the Aero club OF
ST. Petersburg, which consequently
will hereafter be qualified as "imper-
ial" He has donated a large sum OF
money to the club, at the same time
to be enrolled as honorary members.
General.
Several suspected cases of cholera
have been reported in Rotterdam since
the discovery of the disease there,
notably among the occupants of a
barge on board of which a child had
died previously.
w. S. Kenneth, travelling buyer for
the Panton-White Dress Goods COM
pany of Duluth, Mimi, was almost in
stantly killed by falling down an ele-
vator in an Omaha hotel.
South American countries have re-
cognized wireless telegraphy as a
useful factor in the conduct of gov
eminent affairs.
The quaint little city of Gloucester,
Mass, had the hoonr of entertaining
President Taft at his first public ap-
pearance since the beginning of his
vacation Mr. Tafts visit was in COM
pensation for his inability to attend
the pageant of the Canterbury Pill
grims, held there just prior to the
adjournment of congress.
Peru has not sent to Bolivia an unit
matum in the matter of the boundary
dispute between the two countries, and
from all reports it appears that both
governments are approaching one an
other in this matter in spirit of sym
patty and good understanding.
The coal fields production OF the
United States for the year 1908 show
a falling off of $50, 484,7S1, as com
pared with the production of 1907
according to a report made public
by the United States geological sur
Vey.
Pinning his last hope on his belief
that he would regain his eyesight il
he bathed in the sea on the feast day
of the Blessed Virgin, Peter Kelly
Brooklyn, found that it failed him and
concluding that he would never be
able to see again, committed suicide
by inhaling Illuminating gas.
Ambassador David E. Thompson EN-
phatically denied the report that hi
had purchased the Pan-American rail
road for $1O,OO0,000, acting as thu
agent for E. H. Hartman.
Army men of Beverly have pre-
vailed upon the president to chang
his resolution and review them.
The cotton manufacturing plant o
the York Manufacturing company a
Augusta, Me-, has shut down indefin
itely in consequence of a wage strik
of sixty-two weavers.
Henry Farnam, the English aviator
broke all records for distance AM
time in the air at Rheims.
The Renault car, driven by Charlie
Basic, won the twepty-four-hour auto
mobile race at New York in go-as-yor
please fashion. The car travelled LOS
miles, 1T miles less than the recor
made by Robertson and Lescault las
year. but 112 miles more than it
nearest rival in this race.
Thomas A Wood, newspaper mar
club man and civil war veteran die
in ST. Louis, aged Ga years. Until hi
retirement two years ago he had bee
business manager for the ST. Loui
Globe Democrat for thirty-nine years.
Purchases for the Isthmian canal,
is declared, are open and honest.
An Omaha automobile driver wa
threatened with violence when b
fatally injured young woman.
A forest fire at the entrance to tn
Yosemite valley threatens destructio
of the big tree grove known as tn
MERGED group, one of the world ian
Gus collections of Sequoias.
The Turkish government has d
cided it is impracticable to send
warship to represent the empire ;
the approaching Hudson-Fulton eel
bration in New York.
The supreme court must decit
constitutionality of Hepburn rate la
this fall.
President Taft is preparing son
speeches that he will deliver on b
southern and western jaunt.
Sedgwick and Barnes will have fir
and second places for the suprer