Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-08-10

clared Benjamin Ide Wheeler, presi-
dent of the University of California,
who is in New York after a visit to
Germany.
| The members of the Ohio legislature
! gathered at Cedar Point, O., for their
yearly reunion
Lee O'Neil Browne must undergo
another trial on the charge of bribing
Representative Charles A. White with
$1,000 to vote for United States Sena-
tor Lorimer. Declaring that the con-
tent1Ons Of the defense, If upheld,
would render the bribery law fruitless,
Judge Kersten at Chicago denied a
motion to Quash the Indictment
against Browne and ordered the &C
cused to trial
The resolutions as adopted by the
Iowa Republican state convention at
Des Moines dismiss consideration of
the president with the clause, 1--WE in
| dorse such efforts as President Taft
| and his advisers have made to fulfill
the promises of the national platform"
| They do not recognize the revision of
the party promise and therefore favor
the creation Of an Independent non
partisan tariff committee to secure
facts regarding imports.
Reports from Dady, Fla, say that
four negroes have been lynched thus
far because of the killing of Bessie
Morrison. Posses are hunting two
more negroes who are thought to have
knowledge Of the murder.
Without dissenting voice the four
Christian Endeavor societies of Fair
bury, Neb., voted that a public request
be sent to Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
asking her to give up the cigarette
habit
Another general clothing strike is
under way in New York city. Fifteen
thousand coat tailors, of whom 5000
are women, quit work in 800 factories,
demanding a fifty-three-hour working
week and an increase in wages.
The investigation of charges by Sen
ator T. P. Gore that he and member
of the house of representatives each
had been offered brides of $4,000 to
foster a scheme whereby the Indians
of Oklahoma were to be deprived of
$16,OO0,000 profits due them through
the salo of coal and asphalt lands in
this state, was begun at Muskcgee,
Okla.
While 100 miles from Gary Ind,
nine of the crew of the ore-boat Doug
las Houghton, Capt John F. Parke,
mutinied and were quelled only after
two men had been shackled with ball
and chain and confined in the dunnage
room of the vessels hold. During the
fight party of frightened, screaming
women Passengers returning from
lake trip crowded into a cabin behind
locked doors
The British parliament adjourned
until November Is. During the recess
the conferences between the leaders
trying to settle the constitutional diff
ferences of the house or lords and the
house of commons will be continued
Loss Of 100000 was suffered by
the Northwestern railroad through the
destruction of it's roundhouse and
shops at Chadron, NeD., by fire
Italy is entitled to an extension of
time if extradition of Porter Charlton
is desired, according to a statement
issued by the state department at
Washington. The 40 days limit has
expired and no demand has been made
for the wife slayer.
Oakland (Cal.) police accuse Frank
Rowland, formerly a conductor, of
cific railroad out of $4,000 by a sys-
tenn of counterfeit checks for food.
A conspiracy is alleged Rowland is
under arrest.
Meager reports from Kansas pri-
maries indicate that the Insurgents
won a decisive victory over the regu-
lar Republicans so far as the state
ticket is concerned, and that at least
two of the "standpat'' congressman
have been defeated. Governor Stubs,
avowed "Insurgent," has been renomi-
mated
The police at Vigo, Spain, inter
vened to dispense rival demonstra-
blows over the dispute between Spain
and the Vatican. The Capucines were
marching in procession, acclaiming the
pope, when they were attacked by the
anti-clerical elements of the popula-
ton.
SO serious has the forest fire situa-
ton in northwestern and western
Montana become that Governor Nor
ris has telegraphed the presidents Of
the three transcontinental railroads
beseeching their cooperation in fight
ing the flames.
New Orleans is to boom it's location
for the proposed Panama canal expo
sition by issuing pamphlets printed in
Esperanto. The Esperanto congress
also will be held in that city next
week.
The imprint of three coal-stained
fingers on the whitewashed walls Of
the cellar of a Montclair IN. j. house
is responsible for the arrest here of
Robert Edwards on charges of daring