The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-05-20
GENERAL NEWS.

oAN@SS
the interior, who issued a statement
regarding the LAWYER memorandum
on the CLAWS charges to the president,
was discharged from the government
service by Secretary Ballinger, follow
ing letter written by President Taft
to Senator Nelson Declaring the Gla-
Wis opinion was not written for him
(Taft).
citation in session at Springfield, ILL.,,
adopted a resolution instructing the
officers of the association to confer
with the officers of the National Pack
ers' association with view of secur-
ing net weight statements on original
packages of food stuffs and other COM
modities. T. p. Sullivan of Chicago
was reelected president of the associa-
ton.
Illness of a little girl, the daughter
of Attorney O'Donnell of Brownies
counsel, caused the pcstponement for
eight days Of the trial at Chicago of
Representative Lee O'Neil Browne,
leader of the Democratic minority in
the Illinois legislature charged with
having bfiEed certain colleagues to
vote for William Lorimer for United
States senator.
That Collector Loeb's watch over
the customs service in New York has
not relaxed was evident when the an
nouncement was made of twelve adj
ditional suspensions as the result of
fresh Investigations. Nine of the sus.
pended men are inspectors. All twelve
were formerly engaged in weighing i'm
portations of sugar, figs and cheese.
The strike of laborers engaged in
construction work on the New York
Central railroad north of the Harlem
river assumed a serious aspect when
pistol shots were fired at trains being
made up in the freight yards at Mel.
rose. No one was hit, fortunately,
and the police dispersed the mob after
several charges.
An unconditional pardon, granted by
Governor Glasscock to William Rob.
erts, who was serving a sentence in
the penitentiary at Mound e. w.
Va, for theft arrived too late 10 secure
his freedom When his counsel ar
rived with the pardon Roberts was
dead OIL ,..55c~"nlosis in the prison hos
pital.
Magnificent stat, es to Generals Pu
laski and Kosciuslo the two Polish
heroes who fought in the American
revolution, were unveiled in Washing
ton with addresses by President Taft
and Secretary of " ar Dickinson. The
statues were pres ented to the United
States by the Polish National alliance,
The new court of customs appeals
in Washington has set June 7 as the
day for beginning the hearing of cases
on its docket, of which there are al.
ready between forty and fifty. The
jurisdiction of the tribunal covers ap.
peals from the board of general ap.
praisers.
mot guilty" was the verdict brought
in by the jury in the case of f. Angus.
tus Heinze, who has been on trial in
the United States court at New York
for Disqualification and misapplica.
ton of the funds of the Mercantile Ma.
tional bank, of which he was president
In 1907.
The entire northeastern part OF Min.
nesota is smouldering and smoking,
vast timber tracts in Wisconsin and
Michigan are being swept by flames,
several villages are threatened with
destruction and large losses have been
caused by forest fires in the three
states.
Judge William Lea Chambers of
Washington was appointed as third ar
bitrator of the controversy between
forty-nine railroads, operating in the
territory west of Chicago, and the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen.
u. G. Walker, former president of
the defunct South Cleveland, O., Bank
ing company, was sentenced to five
years in the Ohio penitentiary. Walk
er was found guilty of perjury in max
ing false statements to the bank eG-
aminer.
Throwing rings at knives or canes
at county fairs and other places OF
amusement is not gambling within the
law, but a test of skill, according to
an opinion issued by the attorney gen.
eral of New York state At Albany.
Halley's comet has thrown the ne
groes of western Georgia into a panic,
as they believe it presages the end of
the world In over a dozen counties
they have quit work and are spending
their time in singing and praying.
Theodore Roosevelt delivered a lee
ture on '.the World Movement at the
University of Berlin and received from
the university the degree of doctor of
philosophy. Emperor William honored
the occasion with his presence.
The greatest Dreadnought of the
worlds navies, the battleship Florida,
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