Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-30

campaign at Waterloo, Ia, Billy OuA-
day, the evangelist, was given $500
by citizens.
News comes of the attempted as
sassination of Prince Ching, at Pc
kin, Dec. list.
After research it has been found
that McKinley's birthday occurs on
the 10Th day of January.
A half-dozen firemen and as many
policemen were killed by falling
walls in a Philadelphia fire.
The senate passed the omnibus
claims bill in the face of vigorous
objections of Senator Bristow.
There was an impressive funeral
service at Washington for Don Ami
bal Cruz, the late Chilean minister.
Charley Taft, the presidents young
est son, is home for the holidays and
things have begun to happen around
the white house.
That the duke of Connaught will
not be the next governor-general OF
Canada is the growing belief in Off
cial circles in Canada.
A fight will be made by Represen-
tative Rainey of Illinois to bring the
question of former President Roose-
velt's travelling expenses before con-
greSs.
1t is announced that negotiations
have been completed for the amalga-
nation of the Western Union Tele-
graph company and the Anglo-Ameri-
can Cable company.
Nebraska is making hard fight to
capture the place on the Eighth cir
cult made vacant by the promotion
of Judge Vandevanter to the United
States supreme court.
Twenty German army officers head
ed by major will be selected from
a number that have volunteered to
go to Brazil and give military 1nstruc-
tons to the Brazilian army.
News of another engagement be-
tween federal troops and revolution
lists in Mexico was given in a tele-
gram from Enrique Creel, Mexican
minister of foreign relations.
'In the interest,"" as he explained
it, "of true temperance in the army"
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri
introduced a bill providing for the
restoration of the army canteen.
In London it was announced that
negotiations have been completed for
the amalgamation of the Western
Union Telegraph company and the
Anglo-American Cable company.
For the protection of her coast
Cuba is contemplating the construc-
ton of six vessels adapted to coast
guard services, according to advices
received by the state department.
Christmas day the oldest surgeon
in the point of service in the United
States army and an old-time Indian
fighter, in the person of Colonel Jo-
seph r. Girard, chief surgeon of the
department of Texas, retired.
For the relief of the famine-strick
en- people of China, Acting Secretary
of State Huntington Wilson cabled
$4,000 to Minister Calhoun at Picking
as the initial contribution of the
American National Red Cross society.
Robert S. Lovett, successor to Ed
ward H. Hartman as president of
the Southern Pacific and the Union
Pacific railroads, told the railroad
securities commission that he was in
favor of federal supervision of rates.
Miss Alma Stanley, an orphan and
a teacher in the public schools at
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the terms of the will of Mrs. jose
phine Abbott, her great aunt. Mrs.
Abbott left an estate valued at $780,
900.
Cattlemen in the western part of
MOntrose and San Miguel counties
are greatly concerned over the pres
ence in that section of Navajo In
dams from the Utah reservation, who
are reported to be killing many cattle
and deer.
The calendar year 1910 is going to
be the banner one for the worlds in
ternational trade, according to the bu-
reau of statistics. Statistics from
practically every country show that
both imports and exports are consid-
erably greater than in 1909.
President Harry Pratt Judson of
the University of Chicago, made pub
lie the letter from John d. Rockefel-
Ter, in which the latter made sugges-
ton as to how his last donation of
$10,O0O000 to the university should
be spent Religious instruction is
the chief aim of university life the
donor provides for.
Bids for the construction of the
caissons for the drydocks now in
process of building at Pearl harbor,
Hawaii, naval station, the Puget
sound, Washington, navy yard and
the New York navy yard were opened
at the navy department. The caissons
are built in the shape of vessels and
constitute the gates to the drydocks.
w. T. Rawleigh, millionaire mayor
of Freeport, ILL.,, and member-elect OF
the state legislature, was indicted by
the grand jury of Stephenson county,
for alleged violation of the laws pto-
hibiting a public official being inter-
ested in contracts or having work
done for the municipality with which
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