The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-10

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have died since its making.
CONSTANTlNOPLE The Pcrt9
has requested the ministers of foreign
countries to replace the honorary vice
consuls or agents Of their governments
(who are Italian subjects) in Turkey,
The agreement between Italy. anil
Turkey in various treaties hayini
lapsed on the outbreak of the present
war, the grand viZier has instructed
all departments concerned in the mat
ter that Italians shall be assimil2ted
subjects so far as their taxes are con.
cerned and their houses may I'D
searched without the assistance of a
consular delegate.
CHICAGO-The widows and reia.
tiyes of the firemen who lost their
lives in the big stock yards fire last
December will at once receive their
share of the 100000 fund subscribed
for their benefit according to ar
nouncement by their attorneys
Mrs, Margaret Horan, widow of tho
fire chief who was killed with hi
men, will receive $4,000. Mrs. Helen
Burroughs, widow of the second assist
ant fire marshal, will receive $1,000
Relatives Of the other victims will re.
ceive lesser amounts.
WASHINGTON-The complete con
troll of all the railroads of the country
by the interstate commerce commits.
sion, and virtual elimination of the
state commissions from such control,
is predicted by business and financial
men, following the opinion handed
down by the supreme court of the
United States that hereafter all loco.
motives, cars or other equipment used
on any railroad which is a highway OF
Interstate commerce must comply with
the federal safety appliance act.
NEW HAVEN, cONN.-Assistant
Town Clerk Joseph N Buckley
was routed out of bed at 2 a. m. to is
sue a marriage license to James M.
Schley, nephew of the late Admiral
Schley of New York city, and Miss
Bertha Sedgwick of the same place.
The couple then went to police head
quarters, where they secured the SER
vices of a justice of the peace by tele-
phone. Mr.. Schley's first wife obtain
ed a divorce in Reno, New, the pre-
vious day
RICHMOND, IND.-Some valuable
water and quarry rights have passed
into the hands of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad company, as result of
the purchase of what is known as the
Elkhorn mills property, four miles
south of Richmond. The stream
known as Elkhorn will have value to
the railroad company in the terminal
and shop site to be located here. Lime
stone underlying the tract of five acres
purchased will be Of exceptional value.
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL.-Be-
cause the artificial coloring of oranges
no longer is permitted by the bureau
Of food and drug inspection eastern
tables this Thanksgiving will be with
out oranges, so far as southern Cali
fornia is concerned. According to
prominent orange shippers, the crop
will be from two to four weeks late
because of the order.
CLEVELAND, OHIo-After con.
ference lasting several weeks between
officers of the Window Glass Manufac-
turers' association and representative
IS J<>xxr r1o in
Kansas, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Tex
as and West Virginia, it is announced
that. the workers have agreed to accept
an Is per cent reduction in wages.
The contract holds until May 1, 1912. |
MOUNT CARROLL iLL.-The Chi
nese revolution has knocked the bot |
tom out of the ginseng market. expor-
tations having fallen off to such an ex-
tent that farmers face large losses.
Until recently ginseng sold for $4.75
a pound, but the price has dropped TO
$3.50
WASHiNGTON--Very rich deposits
of potash, said to contain more than
enough of this substance to supply |
the needs of the United States, have
been located in the west by scientists
of the department of agriculture ac-
cording to Secretary Wilson
BOSTON-The managers of three
large hotels have refused to allow the |
Gideons, an organization of travelling |
men which seeks to donate bible to |
every hotel room in the country, to |
place bibles in their hostelries.