The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-10-14
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Harold A Sims, former superinten.
Dent of the Memphis Car company
ana former travelling car inspector for
the Illinois Central. testified at the
nearing before Judge Bruggemeyer in
a Chicago court, that bills and
Deen sent to the Illinois Central for
repairs of coal cars which it was i'm.
possible to put the cars Under
the severe questioning of 4Attornev
Fisher, Sims sad that in many cases
the road was charged for materials
winch could never have been used on
car was charged for twelve stake
straps, whereas two is the full equip
ment In another case the railroad
was charged for 50-ton wheels for
car which only carried Acton wheels.
one bill, the witness asserted, was for
S4zI5l representing actual repairs
worth one-quarter of that for material
and labor
The American League baseball
schedule has at last been completed.
The Athletics won the pannent, with
102 victories and As defeats. finishing
w points ahead of the Highlanders.
The Detroits, who came in third, at
tributed their failure to weaa pitch:
ing. The Boston Red Sox finished
poor fourth The Cleveland's tried
experiments and changes all the year,
and We're never seriously considered.
The Chicago White Sox got such a
poor start that in spite of fine brace
near the end of the campaign, they
could not overhaul the Clevelands. The
Washingtons, at one time we'll up in
the race, did better than usual but
weakened in the last month. The
ST Louis Browns, composed of inferior
material. were never in the hunt.
Charles H. Young, president of
the New York state Republican
Club in 1907 and 1908, model of party
regularity since he entered politics in
1887, and a consistent supporter of
President Taft and Gov. Hughes, has
resigned from the Republican club and
announced his intention to support
John A. Dix and the Democratic ticket.
Mr. Young has made up his mind
that if Henry L. Stimson is elected
governor, Theodore Roosevelt will be
nominated for president in 1912. "And
again." said Mr.. Young.
Popular feeling against the church
is very strong in Lisbon. The gov
eminent opposes excuses and says it
will prevent them, but Quelhaes has
been the scene of shameful vandalism
by a mob The accounts of the oriein
of the trouble there, cabled Saturday,
are conflicting. Bomb throwing Of
Jesuits is as vehemently denied on
one side as it is asserted on the other.
Sympathizers with the Jesuits say the
mob attacked the JesuitS without the
least provocation, but they admit that
the Jesuits fired rifles in self-defense.
Five convicts escaped from Sing
Sing. The convicts, Who owing to the
crowded condition Of the prison, had
been placed in the chapel dormitory,
attacked two keepers, one of whom
was beaten into insensibility and the
other bound and gagged. Then the
convicts, having sawed the bars OF
window on the second floor of the dor
mitory, let themselves down on ropes
made by tearing portions OF their
clothing into strips, dropped into the
Hudson river, which runs past the
prison, and swan down stream.
Miss Annie Leary, of New York
city, countess of the papal court.
gave a dinner at her residence, 1882
Fifth avenue, to Cardinals Vannutelli
and Logue. Cardinal Gibbons was
also invited. but could not accept.
There were fifty-two guests present.
Miss Leary sat at the head OF the
table with a cardinal at each hand and
down the long rows of tables, which
extended the entire length Of the Sec
ond floor of the house, sat well known
Catholics and socially prominent New
Workers.
Lieut.. Gov. Horace White succeeded
Charles E. Hughes as governor OF New
York state The ceremony attending
the change of administration was the
briefest possible 1t took place in the
reception room Of the executive cham
Der suite Immediately after the gov
ernors luncheon at the executive man.
sion in honor of Gov. White Gov.
Hughes went to Washington to assume
his place on the supreme bench as an
associate justice of the United States
supreme court.
At Denver, Colorado, headed by
Lieutenant Governor Fitzgerald, and
backed by numbers of their colleagues,
the senate half of conference COM
mittee invaded the lower house,
usurped the speakers chair and stayed
there until the house members OF
Joint committee presented a report OF
inability to agree. The action was I'M
precedented in Colorado and created
wild uproar
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