Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-06-24

on being able to spend July 4th at
home and not go back to Washington
again until December
In a speech in the house Repre-
sentative Ransdell advised immigra-
ton to the southern states.
Former Congressman Henry Par
sons, aged sixty-six, died suddenly in
Georgia while sitting in chair at his
home. His wife, while occupying the
same chair, expired in similar man
ner a short time ago.
Uncle Joe" Cannon did not go to
New York to greet Colonel Roose-
Welt. When asked whether he would
attend the big reception Cannon
sand: 81 can't get away at this
time"
The French government has decided
that it will be impossible to apply the
workmens old age pension law, which
will cost the treasury more than $685.
100000 annually, until last quarter of
1911.
Johnson and Jeffries managers say
the fight will be pulled off in Nevada
if not allowed to do SO in California.
A bill has been introduced in the
Russian duma to abolish the jewish
pale. 1t has the support of 100 mem
bers.
In accordance with the wish Of the
late King Edward the duke of Con
naught will succeed Earl Grey as the
gOcvrnor-general of Canada, probably
next spring.
In the course of speech in tie sen
ate, Senator Hepburn spoke of Ex-For
ester Pinchot as an opposite of fallacy
theory and ignorance"
John Pierce, one the big real
estate operators in Sioux City in the
boom days, died at Oakland. Cal
President Taft formally received al
the white house the new Turkish am
bassador Youssoufzia.
The first cloudburst in many years
caused hundreds of thousands of dol
lars damage in Berlin.
A large delegation from. the trade
organizations of the Pacific coast will
| visit China this summer.
Ex-President Roosevelt will resi-
for two months at Oyste" Bay, mean
time not saying a word about politics
The greatest demonstration tha
New York ever witnessed was tha
pulled off on the arrival Of Roose
welt
Forest fires have swept over sec
ton twenty-five miles in length in the
Ojo and Manseanal mountains o.
| Mexico.
The senate has confirmed the ap
pointment of John Rustgard to sue
coed John j. Boyse as United State!
attorney in Alaska.
A bill allowing homesteaders tt
leave their claims until water is avail
able was passed by the house. The
privilege is confined to bona fide en-
! trymen.
The police are keeping a sharp look
out for Porter Charlton, husband o
the American woman who was muir
dered and her body thrown into Lake
Como at Como, Italy They believe he
is hiding in Switzerland.
The house has adopted the senate
statehood bill, rather than let i
go back to conference, where it was
2eared the senate conference woulC
LS1ill it. 1t provids that congress an(
the president must approve the constl
| tutiOns of the new states.
r1ittnn nnhlii
buildings and grounds decided on al
omnibus bill carrying approximately
S2O000,000 The bill is smaller thar
usual on account of the so-called re
trenchment program. 1t probably viii
be put through during the closing
days of the session.
A special from Williamsburg, Ky.
says Rev. Robert VaniVer and Rev
Isaac Perry, mountain preachers, WhC
had been holding revival meetings
fought a duel with knives in thu
| County Baptist church. VanOver wa
cut from ear to ear. He died in
| short time.
BY a vote of so to II, the senate
passed the revised railroad bill aftel
desultory and featureless debate. AL
republican senators voted for the
! bill.
Representative Martin demanded al
investigation of friar land leases II
the Philippines.
A cross country aeroplane fiigh
from ST. Louis 20 Kansas City Will Dc
held July 10 for a prize of at leas1
$4,000 and probably more.
Cannibals who ornament their nuts
with the skulls of their victims are
causing much trouble in the French
Congo, according to Captain Prakos
who has just arrived from Africa,
With $30,0O0,OOO provided for the
completion of irrigation projects, anc
various other amendments, the bonds
bill authorizing the withdrawal Of pub
lie lands by the president passed the
senate.
Attorney General Wickersham has
rendered a decision in which he holds
that Richard Parr is entitled to re
cover from the government the
amount of his claim for information
| given against the so-called sugar