Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-10-26


An alleged attempt to fix veniremen
who have been called in the trial at
Springfield, H., Of State Senator Penn
berton and Representative Clark,
charged with conspiracy to commit
bribery, is under investigation by
States Attorney Burke at Springfield
as the result of evidence which was
brought to his attention.
Admiral Dewey's old steamer Ia
fro which carried the coal supply for
the American fleet at the battle of
Manila bay, has been sold to the
Mexican government for about $780,
600.
The Philadelphia. champions of
American league, made it three
straight in the worlds series Thurs
day when they beat the Chicago Ma
tionals before a crowd of 1920 peo-
| pie at Chicago, by score of II to 5.
In every department of the game the
Quaker City team had it on the vet
eran pennant winners.
With the gradual restoration of
communication alOnG the Florida
coast south of ST. Augustine the ex-
tent of the devastation wrought by
the West Indian hurricane is being
partially revealed. Dispatches from
! Tampa and Key West received by
roundabout routes give a long list Of
vessels wrecked and lives lost
The climax was reached in the SEN
sational murder case when DR.. H. H.
Crippen took the witness stand to
refute the charge that he had muir
: dered his wife, Belle Gilmore Crippen.
AS Crippen was called he appeared
! calm and self-possessed He admitted
that he lied concerning his wife's
disappearance in order to cover up
the scandal
DR.. Loring B. LOOMS of Chicago,
who shot and killed Miss Eliza Dodge
,, at Cortland, N. Y, last week and then
shot himself, died in the Cortland
hospital.
Queen" trick elephant, became
enraged at Robert Shields, new
keeper, who tried to shackle her in
her winter quarters at Jersey City,
and crushed him to death.
Fire starting in the freight houses
of the Chicago & Alton railroad at
East ST. Louis, H., spread rapidly to
other buildings and caused loss Of
more than 100000.
At a session of the New York legis-
lative bribery investigation commit
tee, Assistant District Attorney Rob-
ert Elder of Kings county, called as
! witness, testified that he was told by
Senator Frank j. Gardner that the
president of the state senate received
$4,000 in connection with the anti
race-track betting legislation and that
Senator Foelker, now a congressman,
received $4,000.
The special session of the Colorado
Legislature adjourned after lasting II
days. An initiative and referendum
BILL primary bill, registration bill
and railroad commission bill were
passed
The resolution providing for the ap-
pointment of a special committee con-
sisting of IA members of the Protest
ant Episcopal church to form a COM
mittee to advance a call to the other
Christian churches to hold a confer
ence on the matter Of uniting all
churches into one was passed at the
meeting of the house of deputies at
Cincinnati
Reelection of executive officers will
be prohibited in the new state of New
Mexico if the recommendations sub
mitted to the constitutional conven-
ton are incorporated in the final draft.
The validity of the "Carmack amend
ment" to the Hepburn rate law of
1904 was before the Supreme court
OF the United States Wednesday for
argument. This amendment makes
the initial carrier of interstate com
merce liable for damages occurring IN
transportation not only on its own
lines but on connecting lines
Safety Of the travelling public is the
principal subject of discussion at the
national convention Of the American
Railway Bridge and Building associa-
ton, which was opened at Denver, Col.
His health shattered after a struggle
of f1fty-fve years in an attempt to free
Ireland from the rule of Great Britain,
| ~ DOuONdu IlOSSd Is CIIllCdIIy III III HIS
home at New Brighton, S. ].
i The first attempt to cross the At
lantic in dirigible balloon has
proved a failure. The America, with
| Walter Wellman and his party of five
on board, was picked up almost 375
miles due east Of Cape Hatteras, by
| the incoming Bermuda liner Trent.
Customs officials IN New York have
discovered q new type of fraud. Art
and antique dealers have been enter
ing objects worth $1,000 to $4,000 at
from $4,000 to $4,000 to deceive
purchasers. There will be no prose
cutions.
John D. Rockefeller has increased
his gift to the Rockefeller Institute of
Medical Research by a donation of
| S3,820,000 This brings the total
/ Rockefeller gift in the interest of
medical research up 20 SS.24O0OO