The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-01-10

GENERAL NEWS.


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NEW YORK - The big massmeet-
ing of the waist and dressmakers,
called for at the Hippodrome, proved
a much harder affair to handle than
the committee in charge of the meet
ing evidently anticipated. The meet
ing was called to discuss the coming
strike of the waist and dressmakers.
There were number of prominent
people present, among whom were
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont. Mrs. Bel
mont, asked if she was taking an &C.
tive part in aiding the waist makers,
said she was simply there as the
guest of the shirtwaist makers union.
WASHINGTON - An alleged spirit
inviting him to come to see
President Taft to receive an appoint
ment as ambassador to Great Brit
ain resulted in Anthony Hunt of Chi
cago being locked up by the police.
Mr.. Hunt who is about thirty years
old. halls from Winnetka, a northern
suburb of Chicago, and is said to be
wealthy. Upon being arrested he com
municatpd with Francis w. Taylor,
private secretary to Secretary of the
Treasury MacVeagh, who obtained
his release from the police and placed
him in a private sanitarium.
NEW YORK-The many striking
garment workers and the clothing
manufacturers are further apart than
ever. Representatives OF the differ
ent associations of employers decided
against granting any increase in
wages or recognition of the union and
thousands of pickets were distributed
by the strike committee in the neigh
borhood of the shops where there
were still workers who did not join
in the strike and trying by any means
to get them to quit
NEWCASTLE, IND. - A second
letter threatening the assassination of
Frank Dare, foreman of the federal
court jury which convicted thirty
eight of the forty dynamite conspira-
tors, was received by him. The
threats were more direful than those
contained in the first letter received
no little excitement among the jury
foremans friends, who fear the out.
come.
WASHINGTON-U. s. Senator Atlee
Pomerene Of Ohio is seeking for the
senate office building employe who
left a smeary package of scrambled
eggs on his mahogany desk. They
were not cooked and they spread
themselves over the adjacent terri
tory. The eggs were youthful, fresh
and intact when they started out from
Massillon, o., by way Of parcel post
to gladden. the heart of the senator.
WASHINGTON - The immigration
authorities will not act further in
the case if Cipriano Castro, barred
from entry to this country, until the
United States court acts on the
habeas corpus writ sued out in his
behalf Officials pointed out that it
might be decided there was no basis
for the writ, because the United
States has not yet decided upon the
admissibility of Castro.
KEOKUk, IOWA-Governors- Elect
Clark of Iowa and Dunno of Illinois
and Sidney J.. Roy, representing Gov
ernor-elect Majors of Missouri, con-
ferred here with the executive com
mittee of the tri-state celebration,
which is seeking to obtain the assist
ance of the three executives in getting
state appropriations for the celebra-
ton at the opening of the dam across
the Mississippi River.
WASHINGTON - Senator Joseph
Weldon Bailey of Texas, stand
ing at his desk in the senate cham
Der, kissed his hand and waited the
valedictory OSCILLATION to the Ameri-
can people. He said in effect the ma
ton was piunging toward destruction,
and that he refused to go along with
it. Therefore, he smacked good-by,
and will wait for the crash.
PHILADELPHIA PA. - In an open
letter addressed to Bishop Rhine
lander of the Episcopal church, Rev
George Chalmers Richmond demand
ed that the bishop make public the
facts in the case of the Rev. DR.. Morti
mer, who recently was dismissed from
the clergy and who is now in sani-
tarium in New Jersey.
SEATTLE, WASH. - Amos Rusie,
once a famous pitcher with the New
York Giants, was committed to the
county jail en- a charge of threatening
to kill his wife, who swore to, the
complaint. It is alleged Rusie drove
mis- wife, who is an invalid, and her
little daughter into the street at night.
NEW YoRk-James R. Keene,