Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-03


city with Canada.
The postoffice appropriation bill
was passed after the department mas
received round scoring in the
house.
Lawyers have pronounced the Will
of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy to be VOID
Virginia wants the supreme court
to shift part of her staggering state
debt on West Virginia.
The house defeated the proposal
to increase salaries of circuit judges
from $1,000 to $4,000 year.
Emil Munsterberg, a brother OIL
Professor Hugo Munsterberg OF Har-
ward university, died at Berlin.
President Taft is concerned over
the formation of the republican pro-
gressiye league at Washington.
Ship subsidy promoters are repre-
sented as having sought to buy the
support of New York newspaper.
At the second trial of men accused
of taking part in the Berlin strike
riots fifteen of the defendants were
found guilty.
At Aberdeen, S. D., the division
headquarters, local freight houses
and passenger station of the MilWau-
kee railroad, were burned. The loss
is estimated at 100000.
At Los Angeles, Howard Wilcox,
driving a National, broke the Ameri-
can five-mile competition speedway
record at the motordome. His time
was minutes p seconds.
With a greater number of delegates
in attendance than ever before, the
United States Civil Service Retire
ment association convened in wash
ingtOn in annual convention.
President Taft, who was invited to
attend the Kansas state fair to be
held at Hutchinson next fall, has de-
cided to accept the invitation. The
president will be there September 20
or &c.
Theodore Economu and George P.
Calogera, New York Greek importers,
were sentenced to four months i'm
prisonment for being parties to a
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment out of duties.
In four tests before physicians at
Reno, Okl., Frank Arkebauer showed
that he has asa cubic inches lung ca
pacity, which breaks the 436 cubic
inch worlds record of Paul Van
Broeckman of New York.
cupied the heights of Tayabamba,
200 miles north of the capital and
are awaiting an attack by the gov
eminent troops which have been
sent to dislodge them.
Chancellor Allison decided at Nash
vile, Tenn, against the negro
knights of Pythias, holding that they
have no right to the name, regalia,
badges, etc. This case will be ap-
pealed to the supreme court.
The petition for a rehearing of the
judgment and order sentencing Abra-
ham Ruef to San Quentin for fourteen
years on q charge of bribery of the
Ruef-Schmidt board of supervisors
was granted by the California SUI
preme court.
Caution in the extension of federal
control over the issuance of securi-
ties by railroads was urged by Mar
vim Hughitt, chairman Of the board
of directors of the Chicago & North
western railroad in the hearing of the
securities commission.
Nearly half the members of the SEN
ate judiciary committee are said to
have taken positions against the con-
firmation of Judge William H. Hunt,
now serving as member of the court
of customs appeals, and promoted to
a circuit judgeship.
The Japanese who assaulted United
States Consul Williamson at Dainy,
last month, were convicted and given
light fine, according to news
brought to Victoria, B. c., by the
steamship Oanfa, from Yokohoma.
The men were reprimanded and as
sessed a fine of $3.50 each.
James J. Gallagher, who shot Mayor
Gaynor and Street Commissioner Ed
II
boken last August, was taken to the
New Jersey state prison to serve
twelve years at hard labor. The SEN
tence, including a fine of $1,000, is
for his attack on Edwards.
The purpose of the George Wash
ington Memorial association was adj
vanced when 100000 was donated by
a New York inancier. This gift prac-
tically makes sure the collection of
100000, which the association has
set itself to get before site is de-
cided upon.
Sheriff r. E. Martin of HansfOrd
county, Texas, was shot and killed by
a man named Fifer. Sheriff Martin
and a United States marshal went to
arrest Fifer for unlawfully holding
state land twenty miles northwest OF
here. The men entered Filters barn
and struck a match. Fifer fired and