The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-10-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
GENERAL NEWS.

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At Elizabeth, N. j., two people are
dead, and twelve mere are i'll with a
malignant form of typhoid fever which.
it is believed, came from lobster salad
eaten at the dinner served several
days ago. under the auspices of the
Entire Nous club in honor of John
Kelly. newly appointed policeman.
The epidemic is rapidly spreading
among all those who attended the din
ner and each day new cases are COM
ing to light. Richard F. Mcmahon. a
printer, was the first victim. He died
at the Aloxian hospital after four days
illness Twelve hours later, John Sui
Ivan. a brakeman, who also attended
the banquet, died of the same disease.
The twelve others who are seriously
ill are: Owen Farrelly, chairman Of
the Democratic city committee; Dem
mis- Sullivan and Daniel Sullivan, both
of whom are brothers of John Sulli.
van; John LAWN, Cornelius Reagan
and son, John Reagan; James Clifford,
Jeremiah Connors, Francis Kelly,
John Lyons and Patrolman John
Smith of Brooklyn, who was a guest
at the dinner
One of the features of the conflicts
between the Berlin police and work
men, is that nobody is able to clearly
explain the cause. The Social Demo
Gratis have issued statement that the
members of their party have nothing
to do with the trouble. They point
out that not one of the striking work
men of Kupfer & Co., the firm with
which the strike originated, had been
arrested or injured. The Social DEM
ocrats attribute the disturbances to
the harsh and brutal attitude of the
police toward the lower classes. On
| the other hand the police declare that
! the disturbances show every sign OF
| having been well planned, the rioters
| acting in many instances as II word
| of command had been given.
Taft received his only crowned sub-
| ject, the Sultan of Sulu, in the east
| room of the White House. The sui
| tan, accompanied by the members OF
| his party and by Col Hugh L. Scott,
| former commandant at West Point,
came over to the executive mansion.
| The president and Captain Butt, his
| military aide, entered the east room
| shortly afterward The sultan and
Mr.. Taft exchanged greetings and the
president said he would be glad to
| give his imperial highness photo.
graph which will be added to the col
lection which the sultan is making on
his trip around the world
William E. Raab, an engineer in the
United States geological survey, while
fishing from a boat on the Potomac
river near Colonial beach, suddenly
! threw up his hands and sank to the
bottom of the boat. Two of his
| friends, who were in another boat,
hasten to his aid. He had been shot
in the back and that the bullet had
| pierced his abdomen. The shot was
fired by the Virginia state police who
were in boat about a quarter OF a
mile away 1t was intended to
brighten a boat load Of oyster pirates
whom the police were pursuing.
Capt Harris and George Ingersoll OF
Sarnia had narrow escape while
cruising near Port Huron, Mich Their
lanuch, the Laura H., caught fire.
The flames had only gained little
Roadway when the engine of the craft
stopped, stalling the boat in mid
stream. Realizing their plight, they
made frantic efforts to row the flaming
vessel ashore, but made little head.
way. Just as they were preparing to
leap into the stream a launch occupied
| by Bolton tombstone and Alton Appel
hove in sight and rescued them.
The recent action of the Bal
timore board of police commission
ers in placing an armed guard around
| police headquarters in an effort to re,
| sist the seating of a temporary board
| constitutes a resistance of the lawful
| authority of the state, in the belief OF
| Governor Austin L. Crothers, and he
| declared that he will take all neceSl
| sary steps to put it down, even to the
extent of calling out the militia to en-
force his orders.
At Seattle, Wash, Charles w.
| Wappenstein was removed from office
] as chief of police by Acting MaydE
| Max Wardall two hours before Mayos
Hiram C. Gill returned from a three
weeks yachting cruise in northera1
waters. Removal is result of various
charges that Chief Wappenstein has
| failed to enforce the law in the re-
stricted district and that there were
laxness and Irregularities in the pol4se
| force.
Practically beaten to death, MarinQs
Landman, Sc years old, grocer, lies
! dying in Grand Rapids, Mich. LAND
man was found unconscious and in q
pool of blood at the side of the Pere
| Marquette tracks not far from his
store. He was hurried to the hospt'
tai. where it was found that in audi
ton to eighteen scalp wounds, his
| Skull had been fractured.
King Frederick of Denmark received