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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
PRISON LABOR.
Meeting of the State Commission
to be Held at the Hotel
PfiSter, Milwaukee.

The state prison labor commission will
hold a session at the Hotel Pfster, Mil
waukee, from November IA to 10, both
days inclusive. beginning at $3.50 a. m.
each day, when full opportunity will be
given to labor organizations and anu
tacturers of the state and all others in
terested in the subject to present their
views and give suggestions. The com
mission desires that as much light as
possible may be cleaned on the subject,
so that their report to the governor will
cover the field fully.
The commission was appointed by Gov.
Scofeld in conformity with the following
act OF the last Legislatures:
No. 119, 81 Published April q, 1897.
CHAPTER 80.
AN ACT: Whereas, the governor In his an
nual message to the Legislature has recon-
mended an investigation into the result Of
the systems Of prison labor adopted in
other states; therefore, under the title Of
an act to appoint a non-salaried commits
sion to inquire into and report concerning
prison labor and making an appropriation.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
Section 1. Within sixty days from the
passage or this act, the governor shall APP
point three citizens Of the state, who shall
be known as the "board of prison labor com
missioners," and who shall serve without
compensation, and whose duty it shall be to
investigate as far as they deem necessary,
during the years of 1897 and 1898, into the
conditions under which state and other con-
Vlcts in this and other states are being en-
ployed. They shall also inquire into the
matter Of supplies usually purchased for the
institutions which are conducted wholly or
IL part at the expense Of the state; also
the principal items of expense in conducting
the Wisconsin prisons, and 1t shall be the
duty or tie officers and managers of such in
situations within the STATE, and also Of the
state board of control, to render all reason
able facilities and information to such COM
mlSs!onerS in making SucE investigation ana
inquiry.
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty of said COM
miSsionerS to report to the next session OF
vestigation and inquiries, together with such
recommendations and plans as they may
deem proper to make, having in view the
objects of this act as expressed in its pre-
amble.
Section 8. The actual travelling and other
necessary expenses incurred by such COM
mission, shall be reimbursed by the state.
and upon presentation Of itemized sworn
bills of such cash outlays to the secretary OF
state, it shall be his duty, if satisfied that
they are correct, to draw his warrant on
the treasury for the amount, and there is
hereby appropriated out of any moneys in
the state treasury, not otherwise approprl-
ated, a sun sufficient to carry out the pro-
visions of this act, not exceeding fifteen hun
dred dollars.
Section 4, This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved April %, 1897.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
PROTESTS His INNOCENCE.
Messlner Claims to be an Old Friend
of Bah1S.

Manitowoc, Wis, Nov. 7.-LSpecial. i
Ernest MessIner was seen in the county
ial this morning by a Wisconsin re-
porter, and denied all knowledge of the
murder with which he is charged. He
said that he was not at the Bahls house
that night. but had slept there Friday
night. Bahls, he said, was an old &C
quaintance of his. he having known him
for seventeen years and having at one
time been q farmland for him. Mess
mer said he was out of employment and,
knowing that he would be Hospitality re-
solved at the Bahls'. determined to go
there while he was looking for work.
He said that he left the house Saturday
at 2:30 D.. N. Mrs. Bahls was sewing
and her husband was reading a newspa-
per. That was the last he knew of them.
He said it was not true that Bahls Of
fered him the barn for lodging. He slept
with Bahls in the same bed.
MeSsmer said when his attention was
eelled to it that he had found blood on
his clothing, but this came from killing
Il chicken for his brother-in-law. He
claimed TO have made no attempt to wash
them out, the spots being i~nconspicuous.
Messmer acknowledges that he knew
Rahls had a good deal of money accumu-
lated and that BAIL kept it in his house,
hut where that money had been hidden he
could not tell. Messmer had only a little
change on his person.
Messmer has spent a few days IN Jail on
charge of being drunk and disorderly at
several different times. the longest sem
tence being for thirty days. He is a nan
of a violent temper, from what the police
know of him. He was trembling with
excitement and was reluctant to speak I'M
I'll addressed in German. He tells a
straight story Of his whereabouts on the
night of the murder. He is SO years old.
The sheriff found that Messmer's stock
in.s were muddy. for which he offered
no, excuse. and he had evidently changed
his blood-stained shirt for a clean one.
THE search made in the house of the
Balls revealed $715 in coin in a tin box
hidden in the cellar and $50 in the clock.
Papers were found valued at $4,000. be-
ing in notes and bonds. Balls is said to
have been worth about $4,000. The
bureau drawers had been forcibly pried
into, but to all appearances the perpetrator
found nothing worth carrying off.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
SLIP THEIR CAPYORS.
The AssailantS of the Armstrong
Creek Indian Make for
the Woods.

M~arinette, Wis, Nov. 3.-[Special.]-
Neil McCabe and Tom Fitzgibbons, ar
rested at St. Ignace Tuesday evening for
the murderous assault on John Morrow, an
Indian, slipped away from the officers at
Iron Mountain and took a train for Cham
pion, Mich. Both of the fellows are ex-
pert in woodcraft and took to the woods.
They are probably making for Canada.
Sheriff Fessender Of Oneida county has
gone after them. Morrow, who was re-
ported to have been murdered, recovered
sufficiently to tell the name of his assail-
ants. Fitzgibbons has been in Jail here
repeatedly and is known as Tommy Fitz.
Excitement is running high and lynching
is talked of by the people of Armstrong
Creek.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
WORRY KILLED HIM.
Pathetic End of an Express En-
ploye Who Feared the Fin
ger of Suspicion.

Kaukauna, Wis, Nov. 7.-[Special. l.
The circumstances leading up to the
death of John Sharp. American Express
agent at Sherwood, a few miles south of
this city, are of a very pathetic and sad
nature. Mr.. Sharp had the misfortune
to lose $1,000 consigned by the Express
company to the owner of an elevator near
there, which SO preyed on his mind as to
make him insane. Seven detectives
worked on the case during one week.
The unfortunate man was afflicted with
consumption and the worry aggravated
brought death to his relief. The money
was finally found by one of Sharp's
%neighbors in some vines. Much sympathy
is expressed for the bereaved family.
His wife is left without means of sup
port with three small children.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
DIED AT HIS POST.
Julius Goldschmidt, United States
ConSul-General at Ber-
lin, is Dead.

Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. 3.-[Special.
Julius Goldschmidt of Milwaukee, con-
sul-general of the United States at Ber-
lin, Germany, died in that city today. He
had suffered from a prostrating illness for
a long time, and had returned not long
ago to Berlin from Bad Mannheim, a spa
to which he went in the summer in the
hope of receiving benefit from the waters.
After his return to Berlin he was attacked
by the influenza, and in his weakened con-
dition could not withstand this fresh as
sault of disease. His many Milwaukee
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
TWO DEATHS AT MANITOWOC.
Miss Anna Reider Victim of Heart
Disease-Rev. Frederick Esch.

Manitowoc, Wis, Nov. 3.-[Special. =
Miss Anna Reider, IS years of age, died
at the home of Charles Schmidt at 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Her home
was at Manitowoc Rapids.
Rev. Frederick Esch, a cousin Of the
well-known merchant, Henry Esch,
passed away yesterday morning at the
home of the latter, at the age of 73 years.
Kaukauna, Wis, Nov. 3.-[Special. =
Henry H~intermeister, aged 81, an old
resident, died at his home yesterday. A
wife and eight children survive. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hintermeister were married fifty
three years ago in Germany, coming to
Wisconsin and settling near this city for
ty-two years ago. The funeral was held
today from the German Reformed church
and the interment took place at Neenah.
Sheboygan, Wis, Nov. 3.-[Special. l.
Miss Emily Haviland, aged II, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry HaviIand, died
last night. She was a clerk in Prange &
Co.'s department store.
Hurley, Wis, Nov. 3.-[Special. Miss
Lille Carew died here this morning of
appendicitis, after an illness of one week.
She taught in the high school in this city.
Her home is in Rhinelander.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
NAVIGATION CLOSES.
Waterpower at the Neenah Mills Not
Affected by Order

Neenah. Wis, Nov. 5.-[Special. ]-Ae-
cording to instructions lately received by
Engineer Mann. navigation on the Fox
river was suspended today. Extensive re-
pairs will be made on the Menasha locks
and the work will be commenced at once.
The suspension of navigation will not eff
feet water power for manufacturing pur-
poses. The recent rains have increased
the supply of water and there is now plen-
ty of power for all purposes. The water
power company will not increase the al
lowance of water unless the level reaches
the dam crest, which is not probable. By
economical use of the water it is expected
that there will a fair supply for the COM
ING winter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
FOR A PUBLIC LIBRARY.
New Building will Probably be
Erected at Appleton Next Spring.

New Building VIII Probahiy De
Erected at Appleton Next Spring.
Appleton, Wis, Nov. o-GSpecial.l
It is practically assured that Appleton
will in the course of a very short time
have a public library building. At a re-
cent joint meeting of the committees from
the library board and the city council, it
was agreed that plans should be adver-
Used for and accepted if possible SO that
the early spring will see the ground brok-
en- ready to begin construction. 1t is pro-
posed to construct a building at a cost of
about $4,000, and it will be located near
the business center of the city. The mat
ter has been under consideration for
some time and all action was dropped
for the summer months but has now been
resuned with a vigor which promises
soon to materialize. The library has been
in existence for but a little over a year,
but the circulation for the past month
was nearly 1000 volumes. There are now
two librarians employed by the library
board, Miss Dwight and Mrs. Hall as
assistant. The city council chambers are
being used for quarters.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
BOY HUNTER KILLED.
Sixteen-Year-OId Ashland Lad
Meets with q Fatal Acct
dent at Moouah.

Ashland, Wis, Nov. 7.-[Special. i
Will Moore, a 16-year-old boy, residing
here, was accidentally killed while hunt
ing deer at Moquah, a station twenty
miles west of Ashland. He was leaning
on his gun when the load discharged.
Traverse City, Mich, Nov. 7.-[Spe-
cial.l-Judge R. L. Corbett, circuit judge
for this district, left here a week ago for
Upper Michigan on a hunting expedition.
A dispatch from there says that he was
accidentally shot and killed at Trout lake
this morning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
Monona Assembly officers.

Madison, Wis, Nov. 3.-The board OF
directors of the Monona Lake assembly
held their annual meeting today and
elected the following officers:
President, ex-senator W. S. Main, Madi
son; first vice-president, S. D. Hastings
Green Bay; second vice-president, the Rev
Jesse d. Searles, Medford; secretary, James
e. Moseley, Madison; treasurer, Edwin Sum
ner, Madison.
showed the receipts for the last assem-.
bly, to be $S7O5 and the disbursement
$S476, leaving a balance of 1929. A
number of improvements in the grounds
were projected, but not decided on.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
FINDS A HUMAN D
Racine Farmer Makes a CHASTITY
Discovery on the Lake Shore
Near Wind Point.

Racine, Wis. Nov. 5.-[Special.]-This
morning Joseph Buchta, a Bohemian
farmer residing north of Wind point
IN the lake shore, came TO the
,ity and reported that on yester-
day morning his dog had brought
4 human foot into his yard. He followed
he dog to the lake shore and found there
4 partially decayed body lying on the
beach. He said that it looked as though
it were a person of 10 or II years old,
out that it might be the body of a small
man or woman. The coroner has gone
put to make an investigation. The shore
IS lined with pieces of boats that have
been washed up by the storm where the
bOdV WAS fOund
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
HUNTERS AT BUTTERNUT.
Light Fall of Snow Aids Milwaukee,
ans to Track Animals.

Butternut, Wis, Nov. 7.-[Special.l-
The usual number of nimrods are en-
camped in the woods this year to lie in
wait for the deer. Deer have been
brought into town every day since the
season opened, but, owing to the bare
ground the animal could not easily be
tracked. With the first fall of snow yes
terday the season opened in earnest and
today brought death to many denizens of
the forest. The deer are very plentiful
and in very good condition this year.
Several Milwaukee sportsmen have ar
rived here during the week.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
CO.. | MUSTERED OUT.
Marinette Soldiers will RejOin the
National Guard.

Marinette, Wis. Nov. 7.-[Special.l-
Co. | was mustered out today and paid
off. Maj. Fay. Capts. Buck and Andrus.
and Lieut.. Caldwell are here from Mil
Waukee in charge of the muster-out.
About $4,000 was left with the local
company. Capt. Hodgins sounded the
boys as to joining the National guards at
a meeting held in the armory afterwards,
and a new company will be organized at
once.
The mastering officers go to Oconto
from here to muster out the company
there.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
Aged Widow Para1yzed.

Galesville. Wis, Nov. Miss Emily
Williams, Il widow living near this city,
was found in bed totally unconscious from
a paralytic stroke. She had been uncon-
scious for twenty-four hours before being
discovered. Medical aid was summoned,
but there is no hope for her recovery.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
Big Timber Deal.

II. Zech & Co. of Criyitz have closed a
deal with, Marinette parties in which they
get control of 10000, 900 feet of pine on
the Peshtigo river near Medicine Brook.
The consideration is about $4,000. The
timber will be cut the coming winter and
manufactured at Ellis Junction.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09

AOh, you needn't talk" said the in
dignant wife. What would you be to-
day if it weren't for my money, I'd
like to known
II really don't know, my dear" calm
" replied the heartless wretch, but
I'm inclined to- think l would be q bach
GLOW,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09

Sturgeon Bay, Wis, Nov. 7.-[Special.1
The large and elegant residence of j. c..
Dana, one mile from this city, was de-
stroyed by fire about S o'clock last even
ing. while the family were all at church.
There was no one in the building. The
loss will aggregate fully $4,000 on the
house and contents, as nothing was
saved. There was an insurance on the
structure, but it will not more han half
cover the loss. Mr.. Dana is the head of
the j. c. Dana company, dealers in farm
implements.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
November Weddings.

Oshkosh, Wis, Nov. -Four hundred
invitations have been issued for the we'd
ding of Willet NJ. Spooner of Madison
and Miss katherine c.. Noyes of this
city. A large number of friends have
also been invited from outside, especially
Madison. The ceremony will take place
at s o'clock in the evening in the First
Congregational church. which will be ar
tistically decorated. Miss Nellie Moves,
sister of the bride, will be maid of honor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
Seriously Injured in a Quarrel.

Beloit, Wis, Nov. 5.-[Special.1-J. A.
days ago with Elmer and Floyd Winn,
young neighbors, and the result of the
matter was that the young men were Sc
verely hurt with some sharp instrument.
Elmer Winn was so badly injured that
his condition is critical.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
Fire at

Kaukauna, Wis, Nov. 5.-[Special.l-
Frank Neumann lost his Westinghouse.
saloon and dance hall by fire yesterday.
The amount of insurance was $225O and
the property was valued at $500. Her
man Strech's property adjoining was dam
aged to the extent of 5000, fully insured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
Secures $500 Damages.

La Crosse, Wis, Nov. 7.-[Special. i
John e. Kerrigan, a fireman on the St.
Paul road, secured Judgment in the cir
cult court for $500 damages for the loss
of his left foot in an accident at Grand
Meadow, MINI, on February 10, 1897.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
unshaken d

NIt's always pretty safe to judge n
man by the company he keeps"
"Oh, l don't know. There are excep-
tons. My Uncle Johns business makes
it necessary for him to associate with
aldermen a good deal and still ia trust
him with every dollar I've got in the
world"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
CONVINCING THE SPANIARDS.
An English Diver Brought Proof that
He Had Visited a Sunken Vessel,

An English Diver Brought Proof that
He Had Visited a Sunken Vessel.
James Cassidy, in the st. Nicholas,
has an article about diving, entitled
Under the Sea-" Mr.. Cassidy says:
Some OF the experiences of the divers
are we'll worth recording, as we soon
discovered by a chat with one Of them.
L don't know that I've anything par
ticular to tell you;" he began, nothing
that you'd consider exciting; now, if I
were Lambert, the famous British div
er, l could tell you many stories Of adj
venture under the water"
A little coaxing, and we soon prevail
ed upon the brave fellow to talk about
the submarine life.
Il take it," he said, that pluck and
luck help materially in the making of
an efficient diver. Some time q Nj.
Lambert and Lambert was then
Messrs. Siebe & Germans chief diver
were sent out to survey a wreck sup
posed to contain a considerable amount
Of specie. Spanish d~ivers-brave fell
lows, and capital men at their art-had
been trying before us, but declared that
it was quite impossible to reach the
hold of the wreck, or'even her deck.
It's a sheer impossibility,' they said.
"'Well, it may be- said Lambert;
but | mean to have a try, at all events,
now that I've come SO far and SO,
dressing, he went down. Forty minutes
expired, and then came the signal,
Haul up and he was brought to h
surface.
"It's all right he declared; the gold
is there; but there'll be some difficulty
in recovering it.
Meantime the Spaniards were talk
ing together rapidly, and II Of our en-
gineers heard their discourse. Do you
know what they are saying! he asked,
1t is that Lambert eve reached the
wreck at all-that he is only pretending
to have done So
"'Ohor exclaimed Lambert, so that's
their idea, is it? Well, Wen soon %
rect that And in spite Of entreaties to
the contrary, and the fact that he had
been forty minutes under water at an
unusual depth, he put On again his div.
ing apparatus, and made a second de-
scent, the Spaniards looking on in
amaZement.
Forcing his way to the stewards
pantry, he took from a rack a tea-cloth
marked with the name OF the ship, and,
pushing it into his belt, gave the sig
nal, Haul up.' l was keenly watching,
and espied the cloth in his belt. Selling
it, / waved it around my head; and the
Spaniards, understanding in a mo-
ment what had been done, cheered and
applauded Justify, subsequently throng-
ing around Lambert and begging a
thousand pardons of the brave fellow
for their former skepticism. And so be-
lief in English pluck vas confirmed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
RIA sia's American-BuiIt Warshirs

Ra sia's An7erican-BuiIt WarshiFS,
Some details have been made pubic
concerning two war vessels that are to
be constructed in Philadelphia fer the
Russian Government that should be
studied by QUIZ naval authorities aud
the naval committees of Congress. The
largest vessel is to be a battleShip OF
II, 100 tons displacement, which must
maintain a speed of eighteen knots an
hour for twelve consecutive hours with
all coal, ammunition and stores on
board Speed must be maintained with
ordinary draught, and the coal, ain
munition and stores will be greater by
so per cent. than those carried on amy
vessel outside of Russia. The Other
vessel, a cruiser, will have a displaGe-
ment of $500 toms, a speed of twenty
TWO knots an hour for twelve consec-
utive hours, and a carrying capacity of
80 per cent more stores Of all Kinds
than has ever been put into a warslhpt
These vessels Will be far superior to-
amy hitherto designed for our navy, and
will embody all the lessons taught by
SIMPSONS fight with Cervera.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
His Eccentricity.

THAT young Hooper is an enigma
to me-"
"Why?"
HE has had three poems published
in as many different magazines and
still keeps on having his hair cut"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
4 Dearth of Game.

'Hear about Cunning? While u
hunting, the other day, ne shot a
pointer for which be had paid $125."
what was the m-atter-were there
no men in the vicinity?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09

knows the difference between time anG
Sapolio."
What do you near, Joseph?'
thine, my dear, was made for slaves
-Sapolio has abolished s~lavery-in
~housework.;
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09

Vienna has lost one of it's best-knOwn
women authors by the death of Mar
barathe Hahn. Her most popular
works are the novels FRAU Holdings
Heart and "a Feminine Prometheus."
She was twice married, but was soon
divorced from her second husband.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
A LOSS.
Barn of a Jefferson Farmer Destroyed
by Fire-Horses Cremated.

Jefferson, Wis, Nov. 5--tSpecial. /
The large barn property of August Haag,
a farmer living six miles east of this city,
together with four horses, eight COWS, the
entire harvest of grain, hay and the farm
machinery was totally destroyed by fire at
an early hour this morning. The loss
is $4,000 and is insured in the HeIenville
company for $500.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
Printing Office Appointments.

Washington. D. c., Nov. 5.-[Special.1
w. L. Johnfrey and j. V. Stair of Wis
consin have been appointed compositors
IN rhe government printing Office.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
Not Difficult.

He Gndignantly)@ hope 1 NOW my
own mind!
She Sweetly)-Yes. You surely ought
to know as much as that.-Pick-Me-Up.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-09
FIRE AT OMRO.
Resident of w. Z. Clifford Burned to
the Ground.

Omro, Wis, Nov. 7.-lSpecial. 1.-The
morning about 1 o'clock. A terrific gale
was blowing at the time and it was with
difficulty that the fire company prevented
the fire from spreading. The loss is
about $1,000. Insurance on house and
contents is 5000.