Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-11-23

wounded, troops fought their way IN
to the houses in which the women
leaders of the rioters were intrenched
and forced them to surrender. Three
of the rebels were slain, one of whom
killed the chief of police
A special grand jury at Wheeling,
W. Va, indicted Mrs. Laura Farms
worth Schenk on five counts for the
attempted murder of her millionaire
husband, John o. Schenk. Four of
the indictments charge the actual act
of administering poison and the other
charges an attempt
Sailors attached to the second di-
vision of the United States battleship
feet, now in the harbor at Cher
bourg, France, and gendarmes clashed
in the streets. Rioting continued for
some time. Many of the gendarmes
and sailors were injured, none Sc
riously.
Premier Asquith presented his pro
gram in the British house of com
mons. It is now settled that in the
event of the rejection of the veto
bill by the lords the government will
pass the essential features of the bud
get, remove the pauper disqualified
ton for old age pensions and dis
solve parliament on November %.
Benjamin Smith, a farmer aged
twenty-five years, is in the Muncie,
Ind, Jail, charged with the
murder of his father and according
to the police he has confessed the
crime. 1t is alleged he quarreled with
his father over the payment Of his
board.
With one wing tip of his machine
crumpled like piece Of paper Ralph
tombstone, the brilliant young aviator,
holder of the worlds altitude record,
dropped like plummet from height
of 500 feet into the Enclosure at Over
land parry aviation field, Denver, Col,
and was instantly killed. Nearly ev-
cry bone in his body was broken.
The government will use a cam ra
to get evidence against "mashers" who
frequent the post Office at Denver,
Col. After two warnings offenders will
be Jailed.
The result Of a strike vote taken by
bOilermakers in the Cleveland shops Of
the New York Central lines was an
nounced, 95 per cent. of the men vot-
ing in favor of a strike. The immedi-
ate cause of the trouble is the employ
ment of six nonunion men.
The Womens Homestead associa-
ton, a Boston organization, passed res
olutions addressed to political leaders,
virtually demanding, among other rad
ical things, that single women who
have passed their youth be pensioned
or shot
The first absolutely noiseless hos
pital in the world will be the new
Harper at Detroit All the calls and
signals will be by means of an elabo-
rate system of lights.
Bullets flew for the second time du-
ring the strike of 100000 garment
workers at Chicago. Pitched battles
between the strikers and nonunionists
prevailed throughout the factory dis
tricts. One stricken was stabbed, de-
tective was shot, several policemen
injured, scores Of strikers badly beat
en- and many others arrested
Federal Judge J. Mccall at Jackson,
Tenn, instructed the jury in the case
of the government against the Stand
ard Oil company of Indiana to return
a verdict of not guilty, and sustained
the contention of counsel for the de-
PENDANT that the United States had
failed to prove the allegations set
forth in the indictment that the com
pany had received freight rate con-
cessions in violation of the Elkins
law.
The wooden duty frauds against
which the federal authorities began
campaign are declared by the gov
eminent attorney to involve the great
est swindle enearthed since Collector
Loeb, Jr., began his house cleaning at
the port OF New York 1t is said that
the losses in duties claimed by the
government will amount to upward of
100000.
Aroused by the report that the I'm
perial Window Glass company Of Pitts
burg, Pa, whose officers were recently
fined $1,000 for alleged violation of
the antitrust law, intends to reduce
wages of employees to regain the
amount of the fine. Attorney General
Wickersham has determined to urge
prison sentences instead of fines for
convicted corporation officials.
The constitution of New Mexico, as
written by the constitutional conven-
ton, is now practically complete. 1t
is expected that the convention will
adjourn within a week.
Chris. Frederick, retired farmer
of Bloomington. ILL.,, bought a GENE
terry lot and monument and mailed a
check to an undertaken with instruc- !
lions to find the body on the lot. The
body was found with bullet in the
brain.
The Panama canal will be complet-
ed December L 1918. This information
was given to President Taft while he
was inspecting the famous Gatun dam,
on which he SDent several hours The