The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-12-29

against writer's of "black hand" let
tiers. He has received many threaten
ing letters since several of the plot
tiers were sent to the penitentiary a
year ago as result of the war he
waged against them.
ST. LOUIS, MO.-Fifteen per.
sons were injured in a collision Cf a
taXicab with street car near the
Union station. William Pullem, Sc
cret service man riding on the taxi
cab, was injured, perhaps fatally. He
was on the taXicab to protect the nom
union driver from strike sympathiz-
ers, John Tucker, chauffeur, said he
had been struck by brick thrown a
few minutes before the accident, and
This caused him to run into the car
NEW ORLEANS-U. S. Attorney
General Wickershan, Ambassador JUS
serand of France and Minister Loudon
of the Netherlands, accompanied y
their wives, arrived in New Orleans
preparatory to sailing for Panama.
After an inspection of the Pana a
canal the party will visit Santiago and
Havana, returning to Washington the
second week in January. The tour, it
is said, is entirely personal, and has 10
relation to government business.
ON-A sharp issue is
taken by the interstate commerce COM
mission with the commerce court in
the twenty-ffth annual report of he
commission transmitted to congress
The issue is made principally III N
what popularity is known as the
"transcontinental rate cases." involv-
ing freight rates from the Atlantic
to Pacific coasts terminals and to n
termediate points, ordered by the COM
mission.
SHANGHAI, CHINA-The consuls
of the six powers called on Tang
Shao vi and Dr. WI Ting Fang and
presented a note expressing the good
will of their respective governments
and the hope that the present peace
conferences would be successful. The
of Tang Shao vi and then at the home
of DR.. WI Ting Fang, made an i'm
preSsive scene.
CHICAGO-Judge George A. Car
penter, in the United States dis
trict court. overruled the packers on
all their motions to dismiss two of the
five counts in the indictments charg-
ing violations of the Sherman anti
trust law and to recall from the jury
some of the statements made by Dis
trict Attorney Wilkerson IN ni- open
ing statement.
SHANGHAI, CHINA-The promise
of peace in China became more def1nit
with the announcement that all six o
the great powers-Japan, Great Bri
tain, the United States, Russia Franc 3
and Germany-are united in a coop
erative effort to assist DR.. WI Ting
Fang and Tang Shoa-Yi in their nego-
tiations
CHICAGO-Samuel B. McHenry,
an inventor of Chicago, who was
recently arrested in Washington for
annoying Miss Katherine Elkins, was
brought to Chicago by two Washington
detectives and given over to the au-
thorities He will be given hearing
before County Judge Owens.
TERRE HAUTE, IND.-A strike
involving about 500 men is threatened
at Bicknell, Ind, unless machine
man, discharged few weeks ago, is
reinstated by Friday, according to an
ultimatum issued by President Van
workers.
BAD AXE, MICH.-Mrs. Carrie |
Sparkling, four members of whose !
family have died supposedly from ar |
senic poison and who was arrested on |
the specific charge of having caused |
the death of her son Cyril, was ar |
raigned before Judge Skinner.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.-Wire reports |
in from badly demoraliZed |
wires all along the gulf coast east of !
here and from many points far inland
tell of immense damage from the !
storm that swept that section.
BOSTON, MASS.-More than 1,000,-
900 gallons of molasses were destroyed |
in a fire among the wharves and build
ings Of the Boston Molasses company |
The loss is estimated to amount to be-
tween $3.50, 900 and 100000
PANAMA - The United States
committee on interstate
and foreign commerce, of which Mr..
Adamson is chairman. after weeks
hearings on canal matters sailed for
New York.