The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-12-02

GENERAL NEWS.
Observation-Disclosures

Champ Clark, active friend of
Bryan and prospective speaker of the
democratic house, was one of the
Democratic who attended prelimin-
airy meeting in Baltimore and it is be-
lieved that he opposed the conference
idea on the ground that it might be
construed as 1othing more or less than
a conspiracy on the part of the east
ern Democrats to reorganize with a
view to multiplying the Bryan influence
III the Democratic convention of 1912.
Mr. Clark thereupon suggested that
instead of a conference rally be held
as means of celebrating the recent
Democratic victory. If present plans
are carried out, this rally will be at
tended by approximately 1000 Demo
cratic leaders from the various states.
A meeting will be held on the morn
ing Of Jan. II, at which speeches will
be made, and the night will be set
aside for monster celebration.
Miss Margaret Donohue, trained
nurse and Senator P. j. McNichol, of
Philadelphia, have been married at
ST. Mary's church of the Assumption,
Brookline, Mass. Mary Donohue, Sis
ter of the bride, was bridesmaid, and
George Hooper acted as best man. Mr..
McNichol has chartered special car
and in it he and his bride will tour
the south. McNichol is widely known
because of his connection with politics
in Pennsylvania He is one Of the
wealthiest men in Philadelphia. The
wedding is the elimination of a ro-
nance which had its beginning when
the senate committee, of which Sena-
tor McNichol was member, was max
ing its annual inspection of state in
stitutions and visited the Massachu-
sets General hospital, in which Miss
Donohue was head nurse.
That the worlds official long-dis-
lance balloon record is held by Comte
de la Vaulx is the declaration of the
Aero Club of France. 1t was recently
announced in New York that Alan r.
Hawley, who, with Augustus Post, won
the international balloon cup, express
ed doubt whether the worlds record
flight made by Vaulx, which the Amer
leans failed to excel, was officially es-
tablished according to methods used
in all the international cup races.
The Frenchman's flight, made in Oc-
tober, 1900, was 1893 miles. The flight
of Hawley and Post in the America
H. was at first announced as more than
1900 miles, but the official measure
ments reduced it to LII miles, slight
ly below the record.
General James Cakes, who was re-
tired in 1879, after thirty years of &C.
tive service, sank unconscious to the
pavement near his home in Washing
ton, dying shortly from heart trouble.
General Cakes was eighty-five years
old. He was born in Pennsylvania and
was appointed to the United States
military academy by President Tyler
in 1912. At the outbreak of the Next
can war he was brevetted first lieu
tenant, became lieutenant colonel in
1861, after fighting Indians in northern
Arizona and was brevetted brigadier
general in 1865. Later he saw service
once more against the Indians of the
southwest.
Countess Tolstoy is reported very
ILL., Her condition, owing to her age
and the loss of her husband, causes
the greatest anxiety to her friends
The advanced parties in the Duma
have introduced two bills appropri-
ating national money to commemorate
Tolstoy. The proposals, which are
hopeless of adoption, include the buy
ing of his estate at Yasnaya Poliana,
and his literary productions, and es-
tablishing universities and erecting a
monument at Moscow.
United States Commissioner Bond
has issued at Baltimore, Md, the war
rants for the arrest of John E. Stone
and John NJ Miller, Democratic super
visors of election for Charles county,
at the instance of District Attorney
HILL The supervisors are charged
with a fraudulent arrangement of the
names on the ballot at the recent cleo
ton with the purpose OF making It
easy for Democrats and difficult for
Republicans to vote.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, the
body of Stanley Ketchel, middleweight
champion, who was murdered near
Springfield, Mo-, was exhumed by
three John, Leon and Alex
ander Ketchel. They explained they
had heard Stanley was beaten to death
and not shot. They reported that they
found the bullet holes and also evi-
dence of club having been used about
Stanley's head The body was imme-
diately reburied.
Earl Mcdonald, alias Bird. and Ray
Cannon, aged twenty-one, both OF
whom recently arrived in Chicago
from Cleveland, broke down and con-
fesed to Inspector Stephen Healy and
Lieutenant Charles Larkin their com
plicity in the murder of John Ostoz-
zewsky, thirty-five years old, during
hold-up, and in the robberies OF doz-
en- citizens on the northwest side.