Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-05-26
WIDE, WIDE WORLD.

the forest fires north and west,
rangers report.
Berlin herman war criminals
have been summoned to appear in SUI
preme court at Leipsic, June to TO-
PariS-Marshal Foch warns France
to prepare for future wars and says
that Germany it not 1. be trusted.
Westinghouse navy department
announces the perfection of a weapon
capable of hurting a shell 100 miles.
The German gun shelled Paris IA
miles away
! Milwaukee Dealers ridicule fore
casts of So eggs and 50 butter Many
Milwaukee manufacturers have adopt
ed plans of purchasing commodities
and selling them to employees at cost.
| MOnetral- Preparations to handle
an immense influx of immigrants is
under way at Halifax and st. Johns,
| the open winter ports. The new
corners are mostly from the British
! isles
Westinghouse Commissioner Ashton
of the interstate commerce commits
sion states that months must pass
before normal movement of freight
can take place.
Sioux City-Mystery surrounds the
death of Lillian Buchanan, IS,
found dead in an alley back of the
Martin hotel, shortly following her
discharge from the place.
Dunning, Nebr.-Two children were
killed and six injured when bolt Of
lightning struck the Valley View
school house. One of the survivors
lost her mind and another was struck
deaf
Omaha-The Missouri river broke
through the big dixie at East Omaha
driving 1000 families from their
i homes No life loss but millions of
! dollars damage done. The river has
receded.
OttumWa, La. As head of imported
| Angus cattle were burned to death
and numerous buildings destroyed on
| the farm of w. H. Cooper, Hedrick
i Spontaneous combustion is blamed
/ for loss of 100000.
! FreepOrt-Ivan Smith, 8, and Billy
and Merrill Weber, and 3, discov-
| cred morphine tablets while playing
in an attic and attempted to play
doctor The children were found
unconscious and in critical condi-
tion
! LOndOn-A lump of pure gold
weighing more than IL pounds, one Of
| the largest nuggets ever found, has
been discovered in the Kilo State
mines in the northeastern district of
the Belgion Congo, according to The
African World.
| WaShingtOn-"Ho air prosperity"
is at an end predicts r. c. Letting
we'll of the treasury department One
reason is that people have ceased
buying owing to high prices and an
other that the banks have pressed
the merchants to take up their loans.
Philadelphia John Wanamaker, a
leading dry goods merchant, announc-
es straight discount of 20 per cent
on all lines excepting those with a
selling price pledged to manufacture
ers He also has pledged to pur-
chase and resell at low figures
million dollars worth of goods each
week
Chicago Charges are made that in
spectors of Marshal Dalrymple's Of
fee re-sold confscated wines and
whiskys. Dalrymple is not accused
directly but is supposed to know what
his men were doing. AS a result the
chief may lose his job and the men if
found guilty face prison terms.
Prague-Dr. Schlosser, noted sur
geon, has invented a method of mus
cIe-grafting. He grated new skin on
patients broken nose and added
portion of one of the smaller muscles
of the chest. Not only was the oper-
alton completely successful, but the
patient now is able to move his nose
at will as tapir moves it's trunk.
Springfield. IlI.-The Illinois de-
partment of agriculture estimates
that Is per cent of the winter wheat
acreage sown last fall or $4,000 ac-
res has been abandoned. The fore
cast is SO per cent or 27,795,O00 blu.
Other grain and hay crops are below
normal.
Sac City, Ia.-Alfred Wrinkle, II,
and Paul Rettenmeher, 16, both of
Carroll, drowned in Wall lake. The
boys canoeing with two girls cap
sized. They succeeded in rescuing
the girls but were so exhausted that
both sank The girls were taken
from the overturned boat by fisher
! men.
Des MOines, Ia, May 22.-The
Methodist general conference elected
the Rev. M. w. Clair, negro, Washing
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ballot cast last night, the vote today
shiwed. The election of DR.. Clair
completes the number of new bishops
recommended by the general confer
ence
WashingtOn-Julius H. Barnes OF
the United States Grain corporation
scouts predictions of $40 -four and rs
cent bread but says that lack OF
transportation prevented the liquid
alton of last years wheat crop and
will delay movement of the coming
harvest. Elevators and mills at pres
ent hold 127,O00,O00 bushels of wheat
compared to 95,OOO,0O0 bushels a year
ago.
Chicago Fleeing across prairies
and stumbling over obstacles, while a
heavy rain pelted him, VIM. Jackson,
negro, one of nine escaped convicts
from the Joliet, Ill, penitentiary, to-
day stepped on third rail near
Wheaton, H., and was electrocuted.
He stumbled and fell on the rail while
running down the track. He was
identified by his prison number Eight
other convicts, all employed on the