Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-27

ms oliiclal party of officers and men of
tne dreadnaught New York. arriving
a. fionoiulu, were treated with the
hospitality that long has distinguished
the Hawaiian islands.
Dr T. F. Trowbridge of the North
Dakota experimental station at Fargo
stated that the states wheat cron This
fall will total 100000 bushels.
a copy Of a manifesto calling upon
PRESIDENT Carranza to resign, issued
IN Mexico City by Alfredo Robes Dom
ingue2, prominent engineer and for
mer adviser of President Madero. has
been received at San Antonio, Tex.
Inc national convention of the new
" formed National Labor party will be
held in Chicago on November %. with
z'oOO delegates from all parts of the
country in attendance.
One hundred Australian soldiers viii
arrive at New York from England AL.
gust 20, on their way to the University
OF California, where they will take a
course in agriculture.
More than 100000 damage was done
In the Connellsville (Pa.) coke region
by cloudburst, which flooded mines.
swept away buildings, street railway
and railroad tracks
-Four Columbus (Ohio) baking COM
panies, together with five officials of the
companies, were indicted for violating
the Valentine antitrust law by the
Franklin county grand jury.
Sixty-nine officers and 1880 men of
the Third division arrived at New York
on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria from
Brest.
Libel proceedings were started at
st. Paul, Mimi, by the government in
the United States district court against
Armour & Co. for the seizure of 1885,
10 pounds of frozen poultry.
Seven of the Mexican bandits who
robbed sailors from the United States
cruiser Cheyenne off Tampico last
month have beer apprehended and put
to death by the Carranza authorities,
according to Galveston dispatch.
What officers believe to be the larg-
est moonshine still, in Ohio was put
out of commission when Cleveland de-
tectives and federal authorities raided
house in wood near Fullertown.
Traditions and professional ethics
are wanted by the auctioneers of Iowa,
who opened a two-day conference at
Mason City. Licensing Of auctioneers
and legislation to control them were
also discussed.
Four Mexican bandits were killed
by American troops in Mexico. Capt.
Leonard Matlack, who arrived at Mar
fla, Tex, by airplane, reported the
fight They were surrounded III an
adobe blockhouse the Mexicans had
constructed In mountain pass.
Walter Elliott, a negro, who is al
legged to have assaulted a farmers
wife, was shot to death two miles from
Louisburg, N. G. The mob took the
negro from Sheriff Kearney while on
his way to jail.
With Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife
Of the secretary OF the navy, pressing
the button that flooded the structure,
the great Pearl Harbor dry dock at
Honolulu was dedicated by Secretary
Daniels.
One hundred tanks of the one-man
type and 1000 rifles have been shipped
from the army reserve depot at Co
Mexican border within the last week.
The Third Avenue Railway company,
operating ii surface lines in New York
city and Westchester county, an
nounced it Voluntarily had granted a
% per cent Increase to its employees.
Street cars have resumed operation
in Des Moines, Ia. Announcement was
made after the striking motormen and
conductors had considered plans sug-
gested at meeting of citizens COM
mittee.
Andrew Carnegie died worth $780,
100000. His will is to be offered at
New York for probate. Mr.. Carnegie
stipulated that the Home Trust COM
pany Of Hoboken act as executor.
Lieut.. H. G. Peterson, one Of the
two American aviators held by Mex
lean bandits for $15, 900 ransom, cross
ed the border to the American side.
at rs ia the morning. The ransom
money was taken across the border to
the band rendezvous by Captain Mat
lack of the Eighth cavalry. Shortly