Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-03-29

which l.. II. FAIRBANKS OF Mansfield,
Ill, brother Of former Vice-President
Fairbanks, is president and chief pro
moter, was placed in the hands Of a
receiver, according to information re-
ceived from Trujillo, Honduras.
Active opposition to revision of the
tariff was undertaken by the officers
of the National Wool Growers asso-
citation after a conference at Salt
Lake City on the tariff situation as it
affects wool.
The federal government scored
sweeping victory when Federal Judge
Noyes overruled the demurrers inter
posed by James A. Patten, Eugene M.
Scales, Frank B. Hayne, William P.
Brown and Robert M. Thompson.
They are under indictment for con-
spiracy to monopolize interstate trade
and commerce in conducting the ia
nous cotton pool last summer.
The Illinois state senate passed
the woman suffrage bill, with refer
endum clause, by a vote of 81 to 10.
Shattered by storm Of shell, the
old battleship Texas rests on the mud
in Chesapeake bay. The veteran Of
the United States navy sank under
the spectacular craftsmanship Of her
newer sister, the New Hampshire.
Gaping holes in her port side and two
Jagged wounds in her forward armor,
where shells passed completely
through her, showed how she sue
cumbed.
Residents of the national capital can
see an artists hope Of a masterpiece
in the form of four bronze tigers,
which were placed on the corner para
pets of the new Sixteenth street
bridge. The tigers are the work Of A.
Phimister Proctor, a New York sculp-
tor, and cost $4,000.
Fire destroyed the mechanical arts
building of the Missouri state univer-
sity, Columbia, Mo-, causing a loss es-
timated at $4,000.
Lightning struck the White Star
liner Oceanic in midocean during
terrific thunderstorm. The foremost
was broken off and fell heavily to the
deck, waking up passengers and
causing a scare.
The indicted Chicago packers lost
their fight against going on trial on
the indictments obtained by the gov
eminent several months ago, when
Judge Carpenter, in the United States
district court at Chicago overruled
their demurrer to the charges and
held that the immunity granted by
Judge Humphrey Of the federal cir
cult court in 1906 did not apply to the
present charges.
BENJAMIN D. Greene, who was con-
vlcted of fraud in the Savannah (Ga.)
harbor improvements case and who
has just completed a term in the fed
eral prison at Atlanta, was granted
his liberty at the conclusion of a hear
ing on his application to take the pau
per's oath The application was grant
ed and Captain Greene Immediately
took the OATH
The Leavenworth county court
house, Leavenworth, Kan, burned to
the ground. Valuable records and
documents were destroyed, bringing
the loss up to nearly $1,000,000.
DR.. Edward F. Ashley, a bacteriolo-
gist, died on Swinburne island, in New
York harbor, of cerebral meningitis,
martyr to his fight against the entry
at this port of meningitis through in
fected Greek immigrants.
The Illinois state militia sent by
Governor Deneen on request of Sher-
if Etter of Macoupin county to keep
peace at the mining towns of Benld
and Gillespie have returned home, all
danger of further trouble being past.