Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-02-15

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manufacturer, railroad company, mid
dleman, warehouseman This was the
declaration Of President Taft in an adj
dress before the National Corn expo
s1t1on at Columbus, Ohio. While his
speech was devoted especially to
showing that the farmer had nothing
to fear, but much to gain, he attempt
ed to prove also that all the other in
terests of the country would be bene-
fitted
Mrs. Roberta Menges-C orwin-Hill in
the United States circuit court plead
ed guilty to smuggling and was SEN
fenced to pay fine Of $4,000 and to
remain in prison four days Mrs. Hill
struggled sable coat valued at $3.50.
Unless relieved 100000 people IN
China will die of starvation This Is
predicted by American Consul Gener-
al Wilder at Shanghai. He appeals
for quick assistance and says 100000
is needed Immediately.
Mexican forces under General Luque
sustained another defeat in their at.
tack on insurrectos, whom they have
been fighting in the vicinity Of Mulata,
Mexico, for some days past. The fed
erals assaulted the insurrecto force
intrenched about Mulata. They were
repulsed after a battle lasting five
hours
In a coffin made of cherry wood
t"at had been hewn by himself more
than fifty years ago, the body Of Will
liam n. Whitley, a manufacturer of
reapers at Springfield, o., was Gre
mated at Cincinnati.
Within four months Of her CEN
tenary, Mrs. Rebecca Spring, mother
Of Steele Mackaye, the dramatist and
friend of most of the literary celebri-
ties Of m1d-Victorian days, died at Los
Angeles, Cal
The first gun in the congressional
battle over Canadian reciprocity was
fired in the United States senate by
Senator Beverage Of Indiana and he
lined up on the side of the administra-
ton. He presented strong arguments
to show that the natural resources of
Canada might be depended upon to
reduce the cost of living in this coun-
try and to replenish the loss suffered
by the premature destruction Of Amer
lean resources.
Ghouls at Erie, Pa, have broke into
and violated the mausoleum Of the
late William L. Scott, who was a con-
gresham, millionaire coal and rail
road magnate and an intimate person
al friend of former President Grover
Cleveland. The body Of Mrs. Anna M.
McCollom, sister Of Mrs. Scott, has
been removed from the coffin. Much
mystery surrounds the case.
In a gas explosion at the Wilburn
house at Carpentersville, Ill, Howard
Mann and Adam Oberst were killed
and 20 others injured, four fatally.
The hotel was wrecked. Carpenters
vile is a small town six miles north
of Elgin.
Three women were drowned at
Sheboygan, Wis, when local street
car went through an open draw into
the Sheboygan river and became sub
merged. The cause of the accident Is
believed by the motorman to be due
to defective working of the brakes.
With Bluefields, Nicaragua, given
as her destination, the gunboat Siren,
formerly owned by the United States
government, secured clearance papers
at Norfolk, Va.
Miss Clara Barton, founder and for
many years president Of the National
Red Cross in the United States, is
seriously i'll at her residence in Glen
Echo, Md.
Unsecured notes aggregating $780,
600 have been found among the pos
sessions Of D. B. M. Brown, secretary
and treasurer of the old Illinois Can
ming company at Hoopeston, ILL.,, who
committed suicide National bank ex-
aminers, it is said, have been investi-
eating Mr.. Browns affairs for some
time.
President Taft has served notice on
congress through Senators Crane and
Carter that there must be a vote on
the reciprocity agreement with Can
ada, or he would call congress back
in extra session almost Immediately
after No~ch
A terrific tornado of three d
duration las p1teacu over Reunion
Island, a French possession in the
Indian ocean, killing scores and
wrecking villages, according to ad-
vices received at Paris from the
French governor general there.
Many million dollars worth of prop
erty in the heart of the business sec
ton of RrCot77--- 800 t~oo tetned by a
fire which destroyed the five-story
tory Of the +. Dlocuon Cocoa and
Chocolate company on Ashland place.
| The loss was 100000.
Seventeen residents Of Pekin, Pc
oria, Eureka and Bloomington, ILL.,,
were injured when two passenger mo-
tors on the Peoria electric terminal
railway collided on an open switch, at
South Bartonville. A broken switch
device was the cause.
An explosion of dynamite at the
mills of the Piute Powder company,