Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-09
With a population of 5,s2s,5s1, ILL.,

Win pOpulat1On OF 5,SG0,o91, liz
nois is the third state in the union.
Crippen, the wife murderer, left re-
quest that his remains be cremated.
Senator Hale doesn't look for much
work by the short session OF con-
gress.
Congressman Tawney is said to be
opposed to fertilization of the canal.
1t is said there will be no pension
legislation at the short session OF
congress.
Over thirty million dollars are to
be asked for river and harbor i'm
prOvements.
Much of the red tape in various de-
partments of the postoffices is to be
dispensed with.
Secretary MacVeagh favors a high
er rate of interest for future issues
Of Panama canal bonds.
The planting of Pacific coast sal
mon eggs have proven successful IN
waters of New Hampshire.
Foreign steamer companies are ac-
cused of combining to squeeze out
American shipping interests.
The population Of the state OF
Maryland is 1,294,450 according to the
statistics of the thirteenth census.
Hitchcock, (dem) for senator from
Nebraska, got 1866 more votes than
Burkett, present republican senator.
Following it's Thanksgiving recess
the supreme court of the United
States handed down many decisions.
Francis Fl. Burr, former captain OF
the Harvard foot ball team, is criti-
cally i'll with typhoid fever in Bos-
ton.
The Peruvian government has no
interest in any steamship line to be
established between New York and
Callao
Eugene R. Cox declares the Chris
tian Science church will continue to
run smoothly, Notwithstanding the
death of Mrs Eddy.
Miss Mary HOlbrook, many years a
missionary for the American board in
China and Japan, died Friday at the
home of her brother in East Haven
Conn.
1 A November without wind, precipi-
tation, or severe cold gave Nebraska
farmers perfect opportunity to har-
vest the corn and make snug for the
winter
Colonel Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms
of the United States senate, placed
orders for four new desks to be oc-
cupied by the senators of Arizona
and New Mexico.
Four men blew open the Farmers
bank at Garden City, Iowa, with dy-
named Nessna was awakened by the
explosion and began firing at the
robbers with a shotgun The rob-
bers escaped.
w. P. Letchworth, aged 81, widely
known as a philanthropist, is dead
at Glenn Iris, near Portage, n. Y.
With his death 1000 acres of park,
including the falls of the upper Gene
see river, become by his gift the prop
erty of New York state
Defects in the administration of
the New Orleans customs are to be
remedied by the treasury department
as the result of criticisms which a
federal grand jury made after investi-
eating the importation of laces and
embroidery at that port
The congressional immigration
committee appointed in February,
1907, to make thorough investiga,
ton of immigration conditions and
practices ceased to exist Dec. 5. The
appropriation of $125,00O carried with
it time limit on the commission.
T. B. Fitzpatrick, national treasurer
of the United Irish League, cabled
$4,000 to John E. Redmond, leader OF
the Nationalist in the British parlia.
ment, for the furtherance of the cause.
This makes the total sent since the
recent annual meeting of the league
at Buffalo, $4,000.
The total population of the United
States, as revealed by the thirteenth
census, is expected to be announced
by the census bureau on Dec. 10.
Counting Arizona and New Mexico
as states the totals for twenty-eight
out of forty-eight states already have
been announced. The grand total for
the whole country will be about o..
100000
First Officer 7. Cheethan of the
Great Northern liner Minnesota was
arrested by custom inspectors on a
charge of smuggling opium
/ Seven business houses located in
the business district of Petersburg.
Va, were destroyed by fire at a loss
of approximately 100000. For a
time a hotel in an adjoining block
in which a large number of guests
were sleeping, was threatened, but
the firemen succeeded in combining
the flames to the one block The loss
is partly covered by insurance. None
of the burned buildings was occupied
at night and there was no loss of life,
| Personal.