The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-07-25

away with the distinctive stamps and
permitting ordinary postage stamps to
be used on parcels was an excellent
thing"
NEW YORK - A man who re-
| marries after the death of his wife
| ceases to bear any relationship to the
dead woman and therefore has no con-
| troll over her body. This, in effect,
was the decision of Justice Philbin in
| deciding that George B. Stone could
| not remove the body of his wife from
a plot in Woodlawn cemetery to
! single grave, so that he might sell the
plot. Stone told the court that the plot
where his wife was buried cost $1,700
and he needed the money he could get
| by selling it. A sister of the dead
woman opposed the removal.
LONDON, ENG.-Anna Held had
| narrow escape in an automobile smash
while motoring from London to
| Brighton. The driver of the car was
| a French count, who, unfamiliar with
| the English rules of the road, was try
ing to avoid collision with another
vehicle when he overturned the car.
| Miss Held and her maid were pinned
| to the ground. The actress was pain
fully bruised and complained of
| shock, but was able to proceed to
Brighton in another car.
| SAN DIEGO, CAL. - U. S. Grant,
Jr., who recently married Mrs.
America Will, young widow week
| ago issued invitations for dinner to
celebrate the wedding. Many of the
| invitations were unanswered and din
| ner was finally abandoned. Mr..
| Grants own children refuse to
recognize the bride and the only one
| who appeared for the dinner was the
| youngest son, who is an undergradu-
| ate at Harvard.
WASHINGTON-P President Wilson
has granted unconditional pardons
to William F. Kettenbach and George
l L,
| years. imprisonment for making false
reports to the comptroller of the cur
| rency on the condition that Lewiston
| Idaho) National bank, of which they
| were president and cashier respective
| ly. They were convicted April 4, 1911,
but have not served any of their SEN
| fences.
PARIS, TENN. - F. E. Eubanks
| and Miss Gertrude e. Fuller of Mar
| ion, ILL.,, were married here after an
| exciting race against the telegraph.
The couple eloped to Paduca, but
| found their plans had been forestall-
| ed by kilograms from the young wo-
| mans parents They took the train
to Paris and were married two min
utes before a telegram to the county
| clerk asked him not to issue the IL
| cense.
NEW YORK-While busily engaged
| in household duties in her home, Mrs.
| Patrick Vaughn, wife Of chauffuer,
| was seized with violent fit of sneez-
ing and coughing. A violent paroxysm
brought from his wife's throat the
remnants of bullet which was acct
| IDENTIFY shot into her head thirty years
| ago. In half an hour Mrs. Vaughn
was ready to start on vacation she
had planned to begin.
MEXICO CITY - Five more ar
rests were made in the plot to as
sassinate President Huerta, Minister
| of War Banquet and General Felix
| Diaz, provisional comander-in-chief OF
the army. Sixteen are now held. In a
| house in Guadalupe, suburb, which
| the conspirators used for their head.
| quarters, several hundred rifles and
revolvers and 5000 rounds of am
mUnition we're found.
| cular announces the engagement of
Prince Arthur of Connaught and the
| Duchess of Fife. The couple are sec
! ond cousins. The duchess who was
born May IL, 1891, is the daughter of
KING Georges eldest sister. Prince
| Arthur of Connaught is the son of
| King Georges uncle.
LEXINGTON, KY. - The garments
strike has been settled here. The
| strikebreakers brought from New
| York were sent back. TIE cc---a7v
/. has conse-teG to reccs $40 the Ta:oE
/ and the unicn agrees to have prices
] fixed by order of arbitration.