The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-04-28

GENERAL NEWS,

PTleta after it had been hastily de
serted by the rebels, it was evident
from the appearance of things that
the raking fire they had poured into
the town had done more damage than
the insurrectos had been willing to
admit. Fifty bodies were lying in the
streets, buildings were perforated and
many adobe residences were shelter
ing wounded non-cOmbatants, includ-
ing several women and children. The
condition of many people is pitiful,
The town is not all supplied with pro-
visions, but as the port has been re
opened here it will not be difficult to
supply them.
Edward A. Moseley, secretary of the
interstate commerce commission is
dead at the national capital, aged 65
AS an intimate friend and personal
adviser of presidents, cabinet officers,
representatives, senators and other
public officials during the last quarter
of century, Mr. Moseley accomplish
ed notable results, especially along hui
manitarian and philanthropic lines.
He was recognized as an authority on
all measures designed to assure the
safety of railway employees and tray
elers, and was instrumental in secur-
ing the enactment of laws requiring
the use of safety devices by railways.
Mr.. Underwood, the majority floor
leader and chairman of the ways and
means committee, laid before the
house, just before that body adjourned
after transacting considerable routine
business regarding the organization
of committees, the farmers free list
bill, which is the next thing pro-
grammed by the Democrats for atten-
ton. He asked that debate be begun
promptly, and that he and Representa-
tive DalzelI (Pa.) be permitted to con-
troll the time of their respective sides.
This was agreed upon.
The controversy over the selection
of a new president at meeting OF the
board of directors of the Missouri Pa
cific ended in the election of B. f.
Bush, president of the Western Mary
land and a Gould man, in the resigna-
ton of Paul NJ Warburg, of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co., and Cornelius Vanderbilt
from the directorate, and in seemingly
irreconcilable differences between the
firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and the
American and foreign stockholders
represented by it and the Gould party
and associates.
When Henry w. Mueller, of Terre
Haute. Ind, mail distributor at
the postoffice, was too i'll to come to
work, physician said his lungs were
affected. This word, being carried to
the office, caused the clerks to count
the dead from the distributing de-
partment in the last five years, whose
death was caused by tuberculosis.
( IT. has averaged one clerk year
and there is no longer doubt that the
germs of the disease come into the Of
flee with the mail.
The Count of Turin, the brother
of the Duke of the Abruzzi, had a mar
row escape from death at Florence.
While he was taking his bath in the
Pitt palace the gas tube of the heat
ing apparatus in the room exploded
and knocked a hole in the ceiling OF
the bath room A heavy piece OF the
plastering fell from point just above
where the count was standing. He
partly escaped by lodging, but was
struck by fra gments and slightly in
jured.
At Freehold, n j., the jury
in the case of Frank F Heidemann, on
trial for the murder of Marie Smith,
ten years old, at Asbury Park, Nov. s.,
returned a verdict of murder in the
first degree after deliberation of
one hour and farty-fve minutes.
Justice Willard p Voorhees, sem
fenced Heidemann to the electric
chair at Trenton in the week begin
ming May %.
The labor leaders, headed by Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor will raise FUND
of thousands of dollars to defend the
officials of the International Bridge
and Structural lronworkers' union,
charged with blowing up the Los An
geles Times building and the killing
of twenty-one men on Oct. l, 1910.
Edward F. Croker, who has resigned
as fire chief of New York city, is di-
rector of the Croker National Fire
Protection Engineering company OF
New York, which has been incorpor-
ated with capital of $4,000.
Al Kubiak, the Michigan giant, is no
longer white hope, for Joe Jeanette,
the colored heavyweight, put him
down for the count in the ninth round
of a ten-round bout at the National
Sporting club in New York.
Ogden Mills Reid, son of Ambassa-
dor Whitelaw Reid, with his bride has
arrived at Laredo, Tex, from bridal
tour of Mexico and are spending a
few days at Fort Mcintosh
Republican progressives in the SEN
ate again defeated in demands to
dictate one-fourth Of appointments on
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