The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-01-06
ss Observation-Disclosures
GEKERAL NEWS.


endowment was made IN April, 1904,
when $5.000,000 was placed in the
hands of commission composed Of
twenty-one residents of Pittsburg, Pa,
who were instructed to use the annual
proceeds for the benefit of dependents
of those losing their lives in heroic
efforts to save their fellow men, or
or for the heroes themselves. if in
jured. The benefciaries were confined
to those associated with acts perform
ed within the United States, Canada
and Newfoundland and water thereof
In 1908 Mr.. Carnegie gave $1,250,00O
for the creation of a hero fund il
Great Britain. In the following year
he established similar fund IL
France by the gift Of $1,000,000. The
total set apart for this purpose is
SS,500,000.
A bill providing for a permanent
tariff commission Will be introduced
in the house by Representative Lon.5-
worth of Ohio The measure will rep
resent a COMPROMISE, as it is to he
made up of bills offered by Mr.. Long
worth, who is acting for the president
in this matter, and Representatives
Goode of Iowa, and Lenroot of Wisccn-
sin. who affiliate with the progressive
Republicans AS things now stand the
administration expects that the Long
worth bill will have the united support
of the leaders of both factions of the
party in the house and senate. TIE
bill will be put forward with the argu
ment that it is irtended as an effort to
remove the tariff from politics as fal
as possible. The Democrats, it Is
said. will fight the Longworth bill.
The two Italians who were con
victed last week il the county court.
Brooklyn, of completely in the kidnap-
ping of Joseph Longo and Michael
Rizzo on Nov. Is, were sentenced by
Judge Fawcett each to not less than
twenty-five years Imprisonment nor
more than forty-niEe years and ten
months. Pattenza goes to Sing Sing
and Maria Kappa to Auburn prison
After reciting the incidents of the
kidnapping, Judge Fawcett denounced
the prisoner for the cruel part she had
taken in it and said there was no miti-
eating circumstances. He then i'm
posed the long sentence, which stag
gered the woman for an instant, but
she walked to the prisoners room un-
aided, when she became historical.
General John Corson Smith of Chi
cago, Civil war veteran, prominent
Illinois Republican and one of the best
known Masons in the United States,
died at his residence, 5531 Washing
ton avenue, after protracted illness.
He was 70 years old Gen. Smith
has been suffering for the last three
years from wounds received in the
Civil War, and these, coupled with
old age are held as cause for his death.
At the time of his death he was an
active memt er and grand minister of
the supreme council of the thirty
third degree of the Masonic order. He
was also at one time grand master in
the Illinois lodge Of Odd Fellows.
William Barber, Kentucky, and two
other Americans were seized by the
Honduran police and soldiers, thrown
into jail and brutally dashed with
whips. Afterward they were deport-
ed On the Honduran gunboat Tatumbla
to Guatemalan territory and landed
penniless and without food in the
forests Barber returned to Honduras,
was arrested on charge of refusing
to bury dead man and kept in jail
twenty-five days, being released by
the efforts of friends. The names OF
the two other Americans are not made
public.
At Rome, Italy, Queen Helena fell
down the stairs leading from her bed
room to her children's nursery, bang
ing her head, severely bruising her
knees, and injuring one of her fore
arms. Prof. Bastianelli examined her
injuries and put the arm in splints.
He assured her majesty the fall
was not likely to be serious, notWltn-
standing her interesting condition. He,
however, advised her to remain in bed
and rest The queen refused to do so,
anu dttSnQCu Tic 1NSW col iCCOPtAOAA
at the Quirinel.
A grocery store owned by Jim Mano
in Detroit was wrecked by two dyna-
mite explosions and ten houses in the
neighborhood were damaged. Ten
men, a woman and little baby were
sleeping on the second floor of the
store, but escaped unframed. They
were thrown from their BEDS
Mano says that he believes that Itai-
ian enemies are responsible. He has
been successful in much litigation In
the courts recently
The police of New Orleans, La,
have been asked to recover S1,2OO
said to have been taken from the coat
of Rene Simon, the aviator, at the De-
Soto hotel The request was made py
Mr. Simon, who came to the station
accompanied by Rene Farrier, tel
low birdman, and the Misses Sylvia
Coduyi, Clotile Rouyer, Louise De
White and Camille Starr of the French