Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-07-01
General.

Government receipts are gratifying
to Secretary MacVeagh.
The senate passed the postal saw
ings bill by vote of A to "a.
Chairman Tawney says congress
did not appropriate billion dollars.
Former Governor John H. McGraw
of Washington, died at his home in
Seattle.
House conferees carried the day in
securing the issuance of reclamation
project certificates.
Tex Richard definitely announced
the Jeffries-Johnson fight will be held
at Reno, Nevada.
An investigation into the sale of
friar lands in the Philippines was
recommended to the house by the
committee on insular affairs.
The Americans interested in the
long and bitter fight waged by rival
interests and German newspapers
against the Deutsche Vacuum Oil COM
pany, one of the branches of the
Standard Oil company, have just
scored a big victory, the public prose
cutor, after a thorough investigation,
having decided that no necessity eX-
lists for action by his office against
the concern. An important part of the
investigation was in connection with
the work of E. L. Quarles, American
manager of the German cOmpany's
sales department, and the prosecutor
declares no evidence of anything war
ranting prosecution was found against
Mr.. Quarles. The costs of the entire
inquiry will be borne by the state and
the result constitutes a notable tri-
umph for American interests in Ger
many.
From the beginning the senate in
curry into the causes of high prices
was a foreordained waste of money
The body of Alice Brown, aged
eighteen years, was found with her
throat cut in clump of bushes near
Cumberland, Md. Buck Nolan is I'M
der arrest.
Several members of the BalIinger-
Pinchot investigating committee are
anxious to remain in Washington af-
ter the adjournment of congress to
weigh the evidence before the commit
tee and to prepare a report.
With Wapello county alone to hear
from, returns submitted to the exc
cutive council, which is making the
official canvass of the Iowa vote,
shows that Governor Carroll has S.
66S votes to Warren Garst, insurgent,
1884, an unofficial majority for Gov
ernor Carroll of 2.774
Charles Edward Russell, magazine
writer of New York, was named for
governor at the state convention of
the socialist party in Schenectady
Sunday. A full state ticket was
named, including one woman, Mrs.
Bertha Frazier of Brooklyn, who was
named as the candidate for secre.
tary of state.
Yale college men were much disap-
pointed because President Taft could
not attend commencement exercises
Mr.. Roosevelt, Clifford Pinchot and
James r. Garfield are declared by the
Oyster Bay Pilot to be forming a
new national party.
Nebraska had a fair representation
this wear in the commencement exer
rises of the Wisconsin university. The
following were given degrees: Gradu
ate school, Master of arts, Robert
Ellis. B. S., University of South Dako
ia: Weeping Water, Neb., MILFORD
King. B. A, University of Nebraska
Lincoln Nob.
s'She's going on the stage" "Is that
so? She can't sing, and I never saw
her act" 81 know, but that's all she
can do. Her husband has deserted
her. and she never learned to work at
ANYTHING before she married"