Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-23
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New YOrk-So careful was William
Wisseman in his preparation for sui
eide that he wrote a letter giving di-
rections for the disposal of his body
and then killed himself in an under
takers shop.
Chicago officially began daylight
saving last Tuesday, June Is. The
entire city is on the new time except
the railroads which work on the
schedules except for suburban trains.
Some of the adjacent industrial cities
accepted and some rejected the plan.
SisterviIle, w. Va.-Fred Seckman,
an oil driller, after killing his wife
and four children, at Shirley, w. Va,
ended his own life by slashing his
throat with the razor he had used
upon his victims, and jumping into
rain barrel
Kansas City-The wholesale price
of potatoes dropped nearly $500 a
hundred pounds last week and deal
ers predict further drops. Southern
new potatoes sold from $7.75 to $8.25
per hundredweight. Wholesale deal
ers said the break was due to in
creased supplies.
Pensacola, Following the an
nouncement by state laboratory eX-
perts that the death of George Gar
dina was undoubtedly due to bubonic
plague, steps were taken for an inn
mediate cleanup campaign in an eff
fort to prevent spread of the dis
ease. Health officials have determin-
ed upon a thorough determination of
rats.
WashingtOn-Fiv thousand clerical
employees of the war department will
be let out by July 1, because of reduc-
tions by congress in department APP
preparations. Since May 1 about 1900
men and women have been dropped
from the force, which will number
1000, approximately the number pro-
vided for in current appropriations,
after July
AVOca, Ia-While Martin Doeschier
was crossing pasture he was at
tackled by young bull. He secured
hold of the bulls horns and managed
to save himself from being gored to
death. In this condition the bull and
man thrashed about over the pasture.
When DOeschier was nearly exhaust
ed his son arrived on the scene.
Doescher told the boy to take out his
knife and gouge out the bulls eyes.
The son managed to secure a knife
from his fathers pocket and with it
blinded the bull
WaShingtOn-Circu of money
per capita in the United States in
creased SO cents during May, accord
ing to circulation statement issued
by the treasury department this week.
Money in circulation per capita on
May / was SIS, on June 1. $500 The
general stock of money in the United
States on June / was $7,804, SIS, 1884
as compared with 1882 078,992 for
June /, 1919. Money in circulation on
June 1 was $6,1O2 ,162,244, as COM
1919 and 1891 ,207, AL for May l.,
1920, according to the statement.
New Ork-Frederick A. Wallis,
new commissioner of immigration,
said that he finds the immigration sta
ton is deplorably short handed and
overcrowded, also regretably tardy in
the work of boards of special inquiry
He added: This must be corrected
soon or we will be swamped by the
increasing inflow of immigrants. :"
The figures for last week show 8,032
steerage passengers landed at Ellis
Island, not counting 1919 passengers
from the Duca Degli Abruzzi and
1852 on the Patria
Zeebruggo, Belgium Capt. Charles
Fryat's historic ship, Brussels, will be
sold at auction on June %, it being
stipulated that no bids will be accept
ed from any but British subjects
When the Brussels was hailed by a
German submarine in 1916, Capt Fry
at ordered the ship to ram the U-boat
Later when Capt. Fryatt was captur-
ed by the Germans he was tried for a
violation of the laws of war and exc
cuted at Bruges on orders from Ad-
miral Won Schroeder