The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-08-19
GENERAL NEWS,

merchant, asserts that an automobile
stole his gold watch and chain and he
wants the machine or somebody con-
nected with it arrested. Vastow was
crossing an uptown. street when a ma
chine whizzed by. He had heavy
bundle on his shoulder and did MT see
the automobile until it was too late
to get out of the way. 1t just grazed
him, without doing him any serious in
jury. But projecting belt or screen
caught his watch and chain and his
$3.50 gold timepiece disappeared in the
cloud of dust with the automobile.
The Rev. Father Martin Brennan Of
st. Louis, the priest astronomer, has
discovered heart shaped spot on the
sun. The spot is estimated by Father
Brennan to be from $4,000 to 10000
miles in width. 1t is surrounded by
fourteen smaller spots, four of which
are of large size They cluster about
midway between the rim of the sun
and it's center Father Brennan was
unable to discern it with smoked
glasses, but got good view through
a telescope Sun spots are due to I'M
usual activity in the sun.
Big Jim Hall, once heavyweight
champion of Australia, who defeated
Fitzsimmons, has been ordered out of
Omaha by Judge Crawford. Detectives
Heitfeld and Donahoue arrested Hall
as suspicious character and vag-
rant Hall recently has led an obscure
life with fair prosperity as a card play
er on Pullman trains. His appearance
in court indicated misfortune. He was
poorly dressed and had only scant
funds on his person.
Governor Harmon has personally as
sumed charge of the car strike situa-
ton at Columbus, o.. Without con-
sulting Mayor Marshall or the states
adjutant general he ordered a force
of 1000 state troops to the capitol
yard. Bankers and business men have
raised $12,500 to pay the special dep
uty sheriffs, but the authorities have
been practically unable to enlist dep
uties or special police officers.
Charles D. Norton of Chicago, sec
rotary to President Taft, according to
rumors which have been current in fl
niancal circles for several days, and
which will not down, is soon to be
made president of the Equitable Life
Assurance society to succeed Paul
Morton, who, according to the same
authority, is to resign to accept the
presidency of the Mexican railroad.
At Kansas City, Mo-, Jack Cudahy
is said to be preparing to sue
for divorce and the custody of his
four children. Mrs. Jack Cudahy,
who is living with the children in the
Cudahy residence, declares she would
almost as soon lose her life as lose her
children She is preparing to file
counter charges against her husband
if the petition is fled against her.
4 John r. Walsh, the Chicago banker
who was six months ago sentenced to
the Leavenworth Kan, penitentiary
to serve flve-year sentence for vio-
lating the national banking laws, has
served notice on the department OF
justice at Washington that he will Pc
tition for executive clemency.
That Chairman Knapp Of the inter-
state commerce commission will be
named by President Taft as one of the
additional circuit judges who are to
constitute the commerce court, and
that he probably will be the senior
member of the new court, is now a
strong probability.
In the week extending from July 81
until Aug. 6 20,66S cases of cholera
were reported throughout Russia, with
1878 deaths. Returns from the prin-
cipal provinces show the following IA
talities: Don Cossacks, 1,342; Kuban,
1922; Ekaterinoslav, TIC; Samara
707; Kherson, 451.
The forest fires now raging in the
Occur d'Alene district in Idaho, espe-
cially in the vicinity of Wallace, Muir
ray and Mullan, are taxing the fight
ing resources of hundreds of men al
most beyond endurance, and the task
of subduing the flames is practically
hopeless.
An order making void big increase
in freight rates on grain, distilling and
manufacturing products on three
Kentucky divisions of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad has been enter
ed at Louisville by the Kentucky rail-
way commission.
A daring pirate vessel is at work
in the waters of the Pacific along the
upper coast of Mexico, according to adj
vices received by the department of
war and marine A war vessel has
been dispatched to overhaul the al
legged robbing craft, which is known
as the Baltico
William hartman of Brooklyn was
chosen president of the American As
ISOLATION of Park Superintendents at
the closing business session OF the or
ganization in Harrisburg, Pa. Kansas
City was selected for the next conven-
ton.
A. H. Brooks of the United States
geological survey sailed on the steam
er Alemeda for Valdez and Seward.
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