The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-06-28
GENERAL NEWS.

CRTONvILLE, MINN.-Three indict
ments have been returned by grand
Jury here in connection with the Odes.
sa wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul road, in which ten were
killed last winter. The railroad com
pany has been indicted on a charge
of negligent use of machinery under
it's control. The charge is man
slaughter in the second degree.
L. Glilio, conductor of the wrecked
Columbian, stands indicted on the
same charge. Roy Law, the fagman
of the train, is indicted for alleged
violation of the railroad company's
rules and was arraigned here.
NEEDLES, CAL.-Over four hun.
dred miles in either direction from
Needles the lowlanGs along the Colo
RADIO river are in the grip of the worst
floods since the river began to rise.
The remainder of the big railroad
protection wall has gone out and the
river is cutting the bank at an alarm
ing rate. A desperate fight is being
made to save Topock, Ariz. The wa
ter is carrying trees and houses out
along the river front Similar condi-
tons are reported at Parker, Fort
Nojave and Eldorado.
BLOOMINGTON, IND.-Dr. Harold
w. Johnson, brother-in-law of
the late Buck" Hinrichsen of Illinois,
famous Lain scholar, member of the
big Eight" college conference and a
leader in athletics, killed himself with
poison. After hearing how studiously
he obtained the drug. how he pro-
his death and how he was about to
lose his fine home in the city, Cor
oner Kentling returned verdict
finding that Dr. Johnston committed
suicide.
MILWAUKEE, WIS-That Senator
Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin,
like Colonel Roosevelt will start
new party" of his own with his back.
ers in the Badger state as the founda'
ton of it, was indicated here in an
announcement made by William L,
Houser, campaign manager for the
senator, which did not contain sub
stantially the ideas put forth in the
platform submitted in the minority
report by Senator w. C. Owens.
WASHaNGTON-The national house
judiciary committee voted unani
mously to report articles of impeach-
ment against Judge Robert w. Arch
bald of the commerce court, who has
been under investigation for alleged
misbehavior in office in connection
with a culm bank transaction with
the Erie railroad. The report will
be made during the week of July 1.
WASHINGTON The twenty-sixth
anniv of the marriage OF
president and Mrs. Taft was celebrat.
ed quietly at the White House. In
contrast to last year, when thousands
of people filled the White House to
participate in their silver wedding an
niversary, the celebration was con
fined to the Taft family and few
friends. Scores of congratulatory
kilograms and flowers arrived.
kEWANEE-The Union National
bank, established in this city in 1880
with a present capital of $4,000 and
surplus of 100000, has sold it's stock
to a new bank being organized here
to be known as Union State Savings
Bank and Trust company, and headed
by J. H. Bennison, recently of Lenox
Ia. T. P. Pierce, who has been pres
ident of the Union National thirty-two
years, resigned.
EATON RAPIDS, MICH.-The fire
strawberry crop in this section is q
record breaker this year, there being
SO much of the fruit coming into the
local market that the retail price is
already down to seven cents a quart
and the picking season only fairly
opened. The scarcity of help to
harvest the crop will be the cause Ct
a large quantity of the fruit rotting
on the vines.