Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-15
Progressive democrats OF Illinois

1t IS reported That the government
is about to take action against the
steel trust, the biggest trade COM
bination in the United States.
Crop conditions improved only
The death was announced at Brus'
sells of Imbart de la Tour, Belgian
tenor
A genuine La Toilette boom was in
augurated by progressive republicans
at Minneapolis.
The United States may hereafter be
| made party to any agreement that
affects Morocco.
The American mission at Wahu has
received a report that 100000 persons
have been drowned by the floods.
In speech at Des Moines, Senator
Cummins, disclaiming attempts at
discord, lauded Senator La Toilette.
At Sydney, N. S. D., Jack Lester OF
Cleelum, Wash, defeated Bill Land,
the Australian heavy weight, for the
championship of Australia.
Colonel John Jacob Astor and
Madeline Talmage Force, both OF New
York, were married at Breachwood,
the Bridegroom's New port house.
Five thousand Spanish troops have
received orders from the ministry OF
war to reinforce the Spanish garrison
at Melilia on the Riff coast of Mo
rocco
Armed with an umbrella filled with
long pins, Miss Grace Bassett of Ere
mont, Nebr., avenged a. slight on her
reputation by beating M. T. Sankey
of Lincoln, a city emplOye.
The United States Steel corporation
announced that the untitled tonnage
on the books ON August 81 was $685.
985 tons against 3,5S4,058 tons on
July 81.
Four men were killed and two seri-
ously injured by a dynamite explosion
in the stone quarry of the Elmhurst-
Chicago company, fifteen miles west
of Chicago
The value of the railroad between
Port Arthur and Tang Sur, including
rolling stock, which Russia surren-
dered to Japan by virtue of the
treaty of Portsmouth, has been fixed
at approximately $40,500,000.
David Rockefeller Smith, cousin
of John D. Rockefeller, died at his
home in Warrensburg, Mo. Mr.. Smith
was born in Sunbury, Pa, eighty-one
years ago. He served during the Civ
il war in the Fourteenth Ohio caval-
ry.
The condition of all crops combined
in the United States was on Septem-
Der /, approximately, Is per cent be-
low the average condition on that date
for the last ten year. according to the
supplemental crop report Of the agri-
cultural department.
Census Director Durand will sub
nit in the near future to Secretary
Nagel of the department of commerce
and labor the manuel of the interna-
tional list of causes of death, based
on the second decennial revision by
the international commission which
sat in Paris in 1909.
The big 16-inch gun On the coast
defenses at Sandy Hook may be TAX
en- away by the war department to be-
come a part of the defenses of the
Panama Canal, according to advices
received by army official tests to be
the most powerful piece of ordnance
in the world.
At Rambouillette, France, a cabinet
council, presided over by President
Fallieres, was held to consider the
disorders arising from the cheaper
food agitation and to adopt measures
| intended to ease the cost of living.
The cost of everything eatable is high
er throughout France today than
ever.
At Rapid City, S. D. parents of school
children are agitated by a ruling Of
the board of education compelling all
scholars to submit to vaccination if
they are to continue in school.
According to the orders of the
Iowa commission of health, Iowa live
stock will be protected from disease
in the future by the most stringent
set of rules in force in the United
States.
Threats of a native rising come
from the province of Szechhuan,
! China.
The appointment of George Bakh-
metieff a Russian ambassador to the
| United States to succeed Baron
Rosen, was officially announced at.
Petersburg. He was formerly ambas-
sador to Japan and was at one time
secretary of the Russian legation.
The Braun arbor of the cleaners in
Mortified township passed a resolu-
ton to boycott the state fair at De-
troit on September Is because Presi-
dent Taft is to be present on that
date The resolution declares that the
president has shown himself in favor
of running home markets and agricul-
turists by securing reciprocity for the
country
Senator La Toilette will wait until
after congress convenes, early in De-
cember, before announcing his can
didady for the presidency. Although
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