The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-11-25
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Schenk for the attempted murder and
opisoning of her husband, John o.
Schenk. the millionaire packer. The
indictment prepared by Prosecuting
Attorney j. B. Handlan contains five
counts. Three of the counts charge
her with administering poison in the
food and medicine of her husband, and
two charge her with attempted to adj
minister arsenic in food and medicine.
The trial will take place just as
soon as possibly. Assistant Prosecu-
tor Maury said that the docket would
be called the first of the week, prob
ably Monday, and on that day the time
for the hearing of the case will be de-
cided 1t is likely that attorneys for
Mrs. Schenk will ask the court that
their client be admitted to bail Mr.
Schenk was not told of the finding Of
the indictment against his WIFE,
A memorial ceremony in New York
city in honor of Mark Twain will
be held at Carnegie hall on Ncv. Sc.
The speakers will be intimate asscci-
ates of the late humorist and philos-
opher, who will pay uneir tributes to
him "as a real friend of mankind. !"
William Dean Howells, who was or Q
of Mark Twain's closest frienGs, viii
introduce the speakers. JcseTh H.
Cheat will recall experiences he shared
with Mark Twain. The Rev. Joseph
Hopkins Twitchell, long pastor of the
u-1ai oh -
Clemens family attended, will present
a side of the humorist not we'll known
Champ Clark will speak as a repre-
sentative of Missouri and Speaker Can
non will tell of the things the humcr-
list did for an equitable copyright law
Colonel Henry Watterson will recount
anecdotes and DR.. Henry Van Dyke
will read poem.
Four raids were made at San An
tonic and three places on the Texas
side of the Mexican border by United
States secret service operatives
brought to light over 500 rifles and
100000 rounds of ammunition. In two
abandoned shacks near Del Rio and
Brownsville, quantity of the arms
and ammunition were found, and
in San Antonio 145 guns and $4,000
rounds of cartridges were found In one
house. Other hiding places have been
discovered, but officers refuse to give
out any information. The government
officers who have been working on the
case for six weeks say they traced
small shipments of arms labelled any
thing but arms from Cincinnati, Chi
cage, Kansas City and st. Louis. It
is believed the munitions of war are
intended for Mexican revolutionary
purposes, and arrests will be made.
King George V. Of England ar
rived in London from Sandringham
and received Premier Asquith soon af-
ter reaching the palace Postpone
ment of the government announces
ment of it's program and frequent COM
munications between the king and tbs
cabinet have strengthened the impress
sion that his majesty may have re-
fused to give guarantees of the creation
of new peers in the present circum.
stances. Resignation of cabinet seems
more probable than dissolution of par
lament The action of the king is be-
ing discussed in the newspapers. 1t
appears difficult for the throne to avoid
being involved in the political crisis,
to escape which the conference be-
tween the government and the oppo-
sition was arranged.
Representative Robert E. Wilson,
of Chicago, reelected to the H.
linois house, was indicted again by the
November grand jury on charges Of
perjury. The bill was an amplification
of the old charge of perjury, based on
the same testimony he gave before the
May grand jury, when he denied hav-
ing presided over distribution of an
alleged jackpot July 10, 1909, in the
Southern hotel in st. Louis.
President Taft, responding to the
request of Clifford Pinchot, former
chief forester, and his brother, Amos
Pinchot, for permission to submit a
brief on the question of issuing patents
in the Cunningham Alaskan coal land
claims, has informed Mr.. Pinchot that
he may submit such brief and adj
vised him to send it to the executive
office before Dec. i.
John La Fargo, artist, died at the
Butler hospital, Providence, R. l., after
a long illness His survived by
widow, Margaret, three daughters and
four sons. His three daughters are
Mrs. William Claxton, of Philadelphia,
Mrs. Edwards HI. Childs, the wife of
lawyer of this city, and an unmarried
daughter, Frances.
Robert e. Wilson,, the member of the
Illinois legislature who is charged
with having distributed the legislative.
Jackpot money at the Southern hotel
in ST. Louis, has been summoned by
the Lorimer investigating committee
to be in washington Dec. / and hold
himself in readiness to appear for ex-
animation.
Trial to test the effect of an uncon-
fined explosion of high explosive nj
troglycerin, the monitor Puritan was