The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-22

GENERAL NEWS

the middle of November, will be
great street parade in which men and
boys will take part. The exact date
for this was rot decided. but left to
the discretion of a special committee.
No pains will be spared to make this
parade, which it is planned to hold on
Saturday afternoon, elaborate and i'm
posing. The leaders of the move
ment and the men locally interested
agree that the campaign TO bring the
church to the workingman will be
more difficult in New York than in
any ether city and every speaker laid
stress on the necessity for concerted
5LG vigorous action on the part OF
New York churches to make the move
ment effectual in New York.
The eruption OF nit. Etna assumes
proportions of a real disaster The La
va stream, whose path crosses the rail-
way line circling the volcano is ap-
preaching the railway stations to the
north, and especially threatening de-
pots at Moio and Alcantara. which
have been abandoned by the officials
The entire crest of Mount Etna ap-
rears to be in a state of ebullit0n
An exact count of the number Of fs-
sures is impossible because of the
smoke, which shrouds the whole noun
tain, but there seemed to be at least
thirty openings, all sending out smoke
and lava.
At Gary, Ind, Wednesday, a warrant
charging John j. Nihoff, former COM
missioner of public works of Gary,
with soliciting a bride of $4,000 was
placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff
Morris for service. The charges are
made by T. B. Dean, who caused the
arrest of Mayor Knots and five alder
men on charges of bribery in connec-
ton with granting heating franchise.
1t is alleged Nihoff demanded $1O,-
5000 of Dean for a coal yard, saying
that the heating franchise would be
granted if Dean took over Nihoff's coal
yard.
Dairymen of Virginia, West Vir-
ginia and Maryland, members of the
Producers Association of Dairymen,
started a campaign at their annual
tuberculin tests for cows. The killing
of COWS affected with the first stages
of tuberculosis was denounced and
resolution will be drafted and present"
ed to congress asking for the repeal
of the law permitting this practice.
1t is contended that milk is not al
affected by the presence of the dis
ease in it's ircipiency.
At New York Monday hopes OF
speedy settlement of the women's tail
ors' strike were abandoned following
fruitless conference of union represen-
tatives and employers. The employers
declared that the unions had broken
promises to arbitrate, and the workers
demanded concessions which the en-
ployers said they could not grant
Proprietors Of leading shops say that
the strike has already resulted in
many orders for gowns being sent to
Paris, London and Vienna.
The London foreign Office received
advices from the British consul at
Cheng-Tu, but these were dispatched
under date of Sept 9. They reported
that there was fighting within the
walls of Cheng-Tu Sept. ?, when num-
Der of persons were killed and others
wounded. The populace fought the sol
diers in the streets. The rebels were
repulsed and the gates of the city
closed. The following DAY roughs from
the suburbs attacked the city gates,
but were driven back.
Operations on public buildings I'M
der construction throughout the coun-
try may be stopped indefinitely as
result of an order issued at TIE treas
ury department dropping from the
rolls of the supervising architects Of
flee eighty employees, mostly drafts
men. This step was taken as the re-
suit of failure Of congress at the last
session to make sufficient approprfa-
ton to cover the expenses of the SUI
pervising architects Office for the ifs
cal year
During a fierce thunderstorm at
Ann Arbar. Mich, the barn Of the Ann
Arbor Matinee Driving club On the
fair grounds was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground, together
with a large amount of racing para
phernalia The barn was one of the
best of the kind in this part of the
state and was erected only last spring
at a cost of $4,000 No horses were
in the building at the time.
At ST. Paul, Mimi, Friday, Chief Of
Police O'Connor announced that Coun-
ty Attorney O'Brien and Detective La
vale had secured the arrest in Chica-
so of Fl. T. Robinson, who, the police
say, was one of the men who Geld up
the Shubert theater Waterman last
January and stole 1882. Two other
men whose names the police will not
give are known to be under arrest for
the same crime.
At Butler, Pa, Thursday the grand
jury which made a special investiga-
ton into dynamiting outrages and
other acts of violence along the line
CT the Pittsburg, Harmony, Butler and