Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-07-14
There was a general observance OF

day.
The mining town of Kaylor. Pa,
was practically wiped out by fire.
Pittsburg was selected as the next
meeting place Of the American insti-
tute of homeopathy.
Many department officers believe
an examination will disclose tie
Maine was wrecked from without.
Congressman Norris of Nebraska
charges there is conspiracy at
Washington against the progressives.
More than $500 engineers of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad were grant
ed an increase in wages Of about
| per cent.
Crazed by heat which prevailed
there, Mrs. McCrary, of Lockney,
Texas, killed her three children and
ended her own life.
John McNarrey, chief of the Kansas
City, Kas., fire department, was dan
gerously injured when he fell through
the floor of burning house in that
city.
Two hundred persons We're wound
ed in an election riot at Kalusz, East
ern Galicia. 1t was necessary to call
out the troops to put an end to the
fighting.
Democratic members of the ways
and means committee held a brief
preliminary meeting and planned
work on the cotton tariff schedule
revision.
Governor Shafroth of Colorado Or
dered out a company Of militia at La
Junta, Colo, to prevent the possible
1ynching of Ben Harris, the negro &C
cused of killing Chief OF Police Craig
at Rocky Ford.
President Taft left Washington on
Friday for his new cottage at Beverly,
Mass. Mrs. Taft, Charlie Taft, Miss
Della Torrey, the presidents aunt,
of Milbury, Mass, and Major A. w.
Butt accompanied him.
The state health department Of Ok
lahoma has decreed that artificial bNt-
termilk must go. The sale Of this
kind of buttermilk is said to be a
common practice in some of the cities
of the state.
President lara of Uruguay, who q
few months ago seized the presidency
through a bloodless revolution, has
now assumed a dictatorship and de-
clared martial law according to tel
egram to the state department.
William J. Handke, north of Atchi-
son, finished threashing wheat from
an eleven-acre field and the yield
promises to be the high record for
Kansas this year, being 556 bushels,
an average of 511a bushels an acre.
Speaker Champ Clark is losing
$1,000 a week, it is said, because con-
gross is remaining in session at
time when he expected it to have adj
journed The speaker had contract
with a Chicago lecture bureau to take
the platform on July 1.
President Taft sent to congress
special commissions report recon-
mending the acceptance of gift of s.,
900 acres Of land near Tullahoma,
acres nearby at $3.50 per acre for a
permanent maneuver.
The Japanese naval hero, Admira1
Togo, hero of the battle of the sea or
Japan, will have no difficulty in view
ing every thing he cares to see in the
New York navy yard or any other
naval establishment. 1t is expected
he will board the battleship Florida
now nearing completion.
The house of lords, by vote or
amendment to exclude home rule
from the operation of the veto bill.
War Secretary Haldane made it clear
that the government would refuse to
accept the amendment.
No less than 63OO0,0O0 barrels of
beer were sold in the United States
during the II months ending June 80
last, or an increase over the previous
II months of 6.21 per cent, according
to the annual report of the beer and
whiskey sales made public by the
United States brewers association
President Taft will send to congress
a special report recommending the &C
ceptance of gift of 5000 acres of
land near Tullahoma, Tenn, and the
purchase of $4,000 acres nearby at
$3.50 per acre for permanent ma
neuver ground, inspection camp and
rifle and artillery range for the army
Fire resulting from the explosion of
large firecracker in the Matt Dono.
van ice house at Bernard, Ia, caused
loss of more than $4,000, the ice
house, elevator, lumber yard, gen.
eral store and number of residences
were totally destroyed 1t was sever
al~hours before the flames were got
ten under control.
A new counterfeit 500 gold certi-
ficate, so we'll made in many details
that the secret service regards it as
highly dangerous, was found in a
shipment of money from national
bank in Louisville, to it's correspond
ent in New York The new bill is
Autograph and although it has many
defects, is printed on the govern
ment's paper, which the counterfeiter
obtained NV hlaa ching q genuine note