The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23
GENERAL NEWS.

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1t is understood that the contemplated
retirement of the ministry is due TO
the GOODNESS of the king in his audi
ence with Premier Canalejas in re-
gard to the communication of the SEN
tence of death pronounced by a coun-
Gil of war on the revolutionists in
volyed in the murder of judge and
the wounding of several court officials.
at Cullera, in the province of Valencia.
The reprieve of the revolutionlsts
angered the conservative party and ex-
Premier Maura went to King Alfonso
and told him that his act constituted
a condemnation of the conservative
policies of rigorous repression at Bar
celona and of the execution Of Ferrer,
and that such a proceeding was dan
gerous to the future of Spain.
HONOLULU-An inspection of the
United States cruiser Colorado, which
was damaged in collision with the
Hamburg-American liner Cleveland,
showed that, while the Colorado was
not damaged seriously, her port pro-
peller was injured to such an extent
that she would hardly be fit to par
ticipate in the maneuvers until re-
paired Any attempt to carry head
of steam would result in damage to
the port engine. Rear Admiral Thorn
as issued orders directing an inquiry.
It is the general belief that the sud-
oe
who was in charge of the Cleveland,
and who dropped dead on the liners
bridge, is responsible for the accident.
NEW YORK-Six men were very
badly injured at Creedmore, the old
state rifle range, where 400 soldiers
from Fort Hamilton were posing for
Civil War scenes for a moving picture
concern, when, after the sham battle
which crowned the picturesqueness OF
the picture, and the soldiers and en-
ployes were gathering, some one threw
a cigarette into mass Of bombs.
There was an explosion which scat
tered burning powder on a score Of
spectators and six men who were close
to the bag were shoWered so with the
burning powder that they were badly
burned before the fires which started
in their clothing could be put out.
NEW YORk-The will of late Bat
talon Chief William Walsh, who
was killed in the Equitable building
fire on Jan. 8, as filed for probate here,
provides for the disposal of an estate
valued at $500. To each of his six
children the testator leaves SIS "as a
token f fatherly love. The remainder
of the property goes to the widow.
The family will be amply provided for
out of subscription funds collected by
friends of the dead chief. More than
$4,000 has already been subscribed for
this purpose.
DULUTH, MlNN.-Big Lake Supe-
rior may be freezing over it's entire
body of water. If so, it will be the
first time in the memory of the white
man in this part of the country.
The ice field is now SO great that
few points on either the north or south
shores. February is the great ice
making month on Lake Superior, but
already there is much more ice than
is found at any time in the average
winter.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.-At caucus
of officers and members of the scale
committee of the United Mine Work
ers the subject of the demands of the
miners and the counter demands of the
operators, the first for an increase Of
ten cents ton on mining coal and
the latter for a reduction of the same
amount from the present scale, was
carefully gone over and resulted in a
determination to order strike unless
the increase should be presented.
NEW YORK-About the oldest COM
mercial swindler with whom the police
are acquainted wound up his career by
walking up to Lieutenant Mannion, IL
the detective bureau at headquarters,
and giving himself UP for forgery.
Iie is Charles w. Bartlett. eighty
three years old, who has been a forger
and swindler for half century. His
shaking hands made it impossible
for him to do the pen work on checks
that he used to-
ST. PETERSBURG Hot skirmishes
between the Kurds and the Russians
occupying the northern provinces of
Persia are reported in dispatch re-
ceived here from Khoi, sixty-five miles
north of Tabriz. The Russian patrols
of the fifty mile stretch of road be-
tween Urumiah and Gilman have been
fired upon frequently in the last few
days. Several Kurds have been killed
by the Russians.
MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO.-After
the father of Miss Nellie McIvers had
pursued and shot Clarence Helton.
with whom she was clipping, and killed
his horse near here, the daughter
called a constable and had the angry
father arrested Following the shoot