Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-21

Returns rom all but 21 towns in
Maine give Plaisted (Dem.), for gov
ernor, a plurality over Fernald (Rep),
of 8,551 votes. Kinds and Guernsey,
Republicans, and McGillicuddy and
Gould, Democrats, are elected to con
gress. Democrats have elected p out
Of the 81 state senators and sc out of
the Isl representatives
Famed by a 40-mile gale, the forest
fire which started in the north wood
clearing, near Lynden has spread un-
til several towns of Whatcom county,
Wash, are menaced, dozens of ranch
homes and barns have been destroyed
and total loss of s1,OO0,000 inflicted.
The direct primary election for
nominations held throughout Wash
ington resulted in an overwhelming
victory for Miles Poindexter, Insur-
gent, over Judge Thomas Burke, the
regular Republican candidate for
United States senator
Congressman Henry Sherman Bou-
telle will run as an independent can
didate for reelection in November.
His defeat at the Chicago primaries
for the nomination by Frederick H.
Gansbergen has neither satisfied nor
discouraged him, and he declared that
not only would he run independently
but he would win hands down"
Senator Robert M. La Toilette is
suffering with an ailment that may re-
quire an operation, according to James
A. Frear, secretary of state Of WiscOn-
sin, who is in Minneapolis, Mimi, with
the senator. The Senator will go to
Rochester, Mimi, to consult with a
doctor
Eight persons, five women and three
men were more or less seriously in
jured when Arthur Moxseys Wright
aeroplane swerved sidelong from it's
course above the race track and
plunged into the crowd on the cement
platform before the grandstand, at the
state fair at Milwaukee. The avn
ator was uninjured, and the machine
but slightly.
killed and nineteen persons injured
in a head-on collision between Burling-
ton and Rock Island passenger trains
one mile north of Holt, Mo. The ac-
cident was due to a misunderstanding
in train orders
November IA has been set as the
date for tne beginning of the trial of
the ten indicted Chicago packers.
The pre-nuptial agreement between
Nine. Lima Cavalieri, the opera singer,
and Robert Winthrop Chanler, the
terms of which have been the subject
of many divergent reports Of dis
agreements between scion of the old
Astor family and the Italian diva, was
filed in the registers office at New
York by counsel for the singer.
DR.. William Henry Wilcox, scientific
analyst to the home office, who dis
covered a deadly drug in the resi-
dence of DR.. Hawley H. Crippen, took
the stand when the trial of the ac-
cused man and his typist, Ethel Clara
Leneve, for the murder of the formers
wife was continued at London and
swore that death was caused by pol
SON.
Minor Heir, the good brown son
of Heir at Law, broke another worlds
record at the state fair track at Indi-
annapolis, pacing a mile with one run
ner for company in 1881. The for
mer record was 1859.
About two-thirds Of the jewelry,
worth about $4,000, stolen from the
summer home of Mrs. John De Koven
Of Chicago at Mattapoisett, Mass,
was found hidden in her cottage.
The Rev. L. A. Lambert Of Roches-
ter, N. Y, who won fame by his re-
plies to Robert G. Ingersoll's attacks
on religion, is reported to be dying
at New Foundland, N. J.
In defiance Of the car, the Finnish
diet has reelected President Swim
hufvid, and it may be dissolved
Blowing open the safe in the post
Office Of Mays Landing, N. j., robbers
stole $4,000 and escaped, it is be
lieved, in an automobile
The American Book company has
been declared not a member Of the
DOCK trust Dy circuit court decision
rendered in Jackson county, Arkansas
James Lane, a candidate for pro
bate judge in Madison county, Illinois,
who died a week ago, was nearly
nominated at the primaries. His
friends remained loyal to him even
in death.
Mr.. Alexander Ivanovitch de Nell
doff, the Russian ambassador to
France, is reported dying at his post
in Paris
The ''hoodoo" IS was found to be
lucky in the marriage and courtship
of Miss Ethel Watson of st. Louis and
Thomas Finnegan Of Dallas, Tex
They became engaged, married and
bought home on that date. Both
are we'll Ind happy.
The Harvester, driven by Geers
went an exhibition mile in 2:O1H at