The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-15

GENERAL NEWS
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altitude, the Magonistas will make ar
effort to capture the city of Juarez
on Sept. Is, if the leaders who are
now in FL Paso don't lose their nerve
Sept. 16 is Mexican independence day
and the leaders believe that large
numbers of dissatisfied Maderistas
will flock to their ranks if a demon
stration is made on the border city
Another more sordid and CONNER
cial reason is squirting the Maginistas
on to plan the attack They need
the money; the funds of the local
junta are low Likewise the Los An
geles ujnta is getting short of ready
cash. The banks custom house and
stores in Juarez have a quantity OF
real money on hand. This money
looks good to the counter-revolution-
lists because with it they can finance
their border instruction. Plans for
the box kites have been drawn by an
American soldier of fortune who
fought with Madero, the nitro has been
ordered and the 200 Magonistas now
await only the 10th to start their Sec
cond attack UPON the old town, they
say
At Louisville, KY, recently, Dempsey
G. Wren of Kentucky almost wept
when he was told at the local United
States army recruiting office that he
was too big" tc so;33 t::e army Wien
Wren entered the Office he had to
stoop to get through the door, and
Captain Oliver f. Dockery Jr. looked
up at the feet 9 inches of what
proved on inspection to be perfect
physical manhood, in amaZement.
Wren, reared on Kentucky farm, is
twenty-eight years old, and weighs 220
pounds. He is hard as nails, and had
his heart set on joining the regular
army Captain Dockery wired to Wash
ington for special permission, but was
refused. He asked that he be per-
mittetl to sign the giant for the mount
ed batteries. the men OF which have
to lift cannon to and from mule backs.
Again he was informed that the army
did not have a bed nor uniform Of
capacity for the applicant.
Mrs. Katherine Thurston, authoress,
was found dead in hotel in Cork.
Mrs. Thurston was native of C-rk,
and married in 1901 Ernest Charles
Thurston, with whom she was the joint
author of several popular novels.
The couple lived happily until 1907,
when, according to Mrs. Thurston, her
husband informed her that it was nee
essary that he should live his own life
and for the purpose of literary work
should go down into the very depths
of society," The authoress was given
a divorce in the spring Of 1910.
Saying he enterta1ns none but the
most friendly personal feeling for Pres
ident Taft, but the nations chief exec
utive does not take the progressive
view" Senator Albert B. Cummins, in
a signed statement sets out in "bill
of particulars" the reasons why he be-
lieves Taft should not be returned to
the presidential chair. Among other
things mentioned in Taft'S arraign.
ment, Mr. Cummins points to the exec
utive's position on the Canadian reel.
procity question.
VI
the British Guiana mission of the
Seventh Day. Adventist denomination,
the headquarters of which is in Wash
ington, has been murdered in the in
terror by natives while PROSECUTING.
Early in May, according to church
officials, Mr.. Davis wrote that he had
received a call to visit some Indians,
+hcs 20
Demerara river, where no white man
has ever been.
The Canton authorities are worried
by terrorists they are endeavoring to
ferret cut. Reports have been re-
ceiyed that Chinese troops in Tibet
have been defeated, with loss of 600
men. and have retired to Lasea.
Tt was discovered after the funeral
of Myrtle Reed Mccullough, the Chi
cago authoress, that persons attending
the services got away with 125 SOU
venir spoons and many other portable
souve.,i IRIS.
S. c. Hildreth stopped the sale of
his thoroughbred race horses at
Sheephead Bay paddocks because
there was no market Anti-norse rae
ing legislation has killed the breeding
industry.
Wherever Francisco |. Madero goes
on his trip through southern Mexico
he is overwhelmed with the attentions
of the people, but Pine SuareZ, his
running mate, is unpopular.
A dance was given by several of the
Big Pool Md, citizens in the grave
yard With the bellies and beaux Of the
village doing round dances over the
graves of their ancestors.
Allan A. Ryan, son of Thomas For
tune Ryan, is seriously III Of tubercu-
losis at Colorado Springs, Colo, where
he was taken last week His wife
ccompanied him.
The inhabitants of several small
towns in Puebla, Mex. have risen in
revolt against their Maderist officials
Colonel As+or married at Newport
and sailed away on yacht with his
bride for honeymoon on the Hudson