The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-19

GENERAL NEWS.

WHITE PLAINS, NJ. Y.-About the
last of the expert testimony by alien
lists was given in the Harry K. Thaw
hearing when Dr. William A. White.
head Of the federal asylum for the in
sane at Washington, and Dr.. Charles
K. Mills, lecturer at Columbia univer-
sity on mental diseases, declared I'M
der oath that in their opinions the
slayer of Stanford White is now sane.
Anthony Comstock, president of the
Society for the Prevention of Vice.
told on the stand of his investigations
of reports of mistreatment Of young
women made to him by Thaw. He
said conditions were as Thaw report
ed. 1t is believed the case will reach
the summing up stage by Monday.
ST. LOUIS terrific cloudburst,
reported the most destructive IN many
yeas, struck ST. Louis and surround
ing cities at 8 o'clock in the morning
The greatest damage was done at
Alton, Ill. The damage to property
at ton totals quarter of million
dcl.ars. The Alton gas works were
deS Keyed. The torrent of flood wa
ter Sas seven feet deep in Atoms
main streets. Four persons were
drowned when a nine-foot wall of wa
ter from the Piasa Valley raced down
Belle and Piasa streets in Alton, del
ugcd two homes. Three others were in
jured by the cloudburst and electrical
T oitxy
Lightning also struck many buildings
in ST. Louis and surrounding cities.
CHICAGO-Governor Woodrow Will
son as Democratic national standard
bearer ruled in spirit the reorganiza-
ton of the Democratic national com
imttee at a session held in the ST.
Francis room in the Congress hotel
w. S. McCombs of New York, choice
of Gogernor Wilson, was elected chair
man to succeed Norman E. Mack of
New York state who retires.
Throughout the wishes of Governor
WI SEN as conveyed to the national
committeeman by Robert S. Hubs
peth of New Jersey, were carried out.
NEW YORK A ride on rap
i'd transit railway is being taken ev ry
day for every inhabitant of Greater
New York. The roads April statistics
show that the total for the month was
143 100000, daily average of 4,780,.
900. The census for 1910 gave the city
a population of 4,760,000 people.
The increase in the number of pas.
sengers over April, 1911, was 1-3 per
cent. Operating expenses increased 2
per cent, and operating income in
creased 20 per cent.
CORNING, NJ. Y.-William Schroe-
der, the engineer of the express
train which ran into the rear end of
Lackawanna passenger train No. on
July 4, causing the deaths of forty
persons in the resulting wreck, was
intoxicated within four hours of the
time he boarded the engine which he
guided to destruction, according to
the testimony of Charles Klepproth of
Elmira at the coroner's inquest.
MEXICO CITY, MEX. - Details of
cloudbursts and rains which again de-
stroyed several thriving cities and ex-
acted a toll of hundreds of lives in
the state of Guanajato were received
here. Advices say that the cities |
of Salamanca and Celaya have been
wiped off the map and that the num-
Der of victims cannot possibly be fore
told until the waters have subsidized
WASHINGTON A note from |
the British embassy received by Sec |
rotary of State Knox put it squarely |
up to congress whether American |
ships shall have free use of the Pan |
anna canal in the face of vigorous OBJ |
lection upon the part of Great Brit |
ain or whether the United States is |
to yield the right to favor ships own |
ed by American citizens.
WASHlNGTON-Th immense sun.
dry civil appropriation bill was COM |
pleted and acted upon favorably by |
the senate appropriation committee. |
carried $1O9,577,4 Ala. The increase
made by the senate committee will |
add more than $1,5OO,OOO to the total |
amount.
DETROIT, MICH. - General Henry
Martyr Duffield, prominent lawyer and |
veteran of two wars, died at his home,
TOT Jefferson avenue. General Duff
field suffered a general physical and |
nervous breakdown about a year ago.
He has undergone gradual decline
since that time.
LOS ANGELES, CAL. - The jury
in the case of Gorham Tufts Jr., ac-
cused of having gained possession of
approximately 100000 from his wife,
formerly a Mrs. Roe of Fort Worth, /
Tex, by a fraudulent power of attor
ney, returned verdict finding Tufts
guilty.
PARIS, FRANcE-After discussion
cd 1f