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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
HE WASN'T DEAD.
Fred Bush Comes Home in Time
for His Own Funeral-Strange
Case at La Crosse.

La Crosse, Wis, Nov. 19.-[Special. I
A strange condition of affairs has arisen
in strange case of which this city has
been the scene. A man who gave his
name as Fred Busch and said he resided
in Chicago, was recently fatally injured
by the cars in the Milwaukee yards. He
died after giving very limited in
formation concerning himself. A
few weeks afterwards Mrs. B. Do
weinberg of Austin, Mimi, and
her brother, B. Bush of Cresco, Ia. ar
rived on the scene and claimed the dead
man, whose remains had been buried in
the Potter's field by the poor authorities.
as their brother, Fred Bush. The re-
mains were exhumed and the sister and
brother claimed to positively identify
them. 1t is said steps were then taken
to collect Fred Dush's life insurance.
But today Fred Bush, alive and well.
walked in on his relatives at Austin.
The remains Of the man killed by the
cars were reinterred here.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
SCHLEl'S UNIQUE GIFT.
Loving Cup and D nner Set Made
of Coins from a Spanish
BattieSh %.

Baltimore, Md, Nov 1S-Admiral
Schley is to be presented with unique
testimonial by friends from all over the
country. The idea is to give him mag
nitcent loving cup and a complete silver
dinner set made from coins taken from
the Spanish ship Cristobal Colon, which
was destroyed at Santiago.
The set of plate will cost, when com
pleted. about $1,000. Every piece will be
made from Spanish coins taken from the
Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon. The
Spanish admiral, Cervera had all the
gold on the ships safely taken care of
when the battle started. and little of it
was found by Americans. The Spanish
paymaster's safe on the Colon, however
was filled with silver coins, which were
too heavy to be removed on the instant
Recovered Ly Divers.
When American divers began to work
on the wrecks they found it hidden away
in the large iron safe. By the usage of
war it was the property of the United
States government. The iron chest was
sent to Norfolk, Va, and was purchased
there by Mr.. Ffoulke, who had in view
then a plan like the present one
Since then many relic hunters have at
tempted to buy the treasures, but they
have not been successful. In order that
there might be nc doubt as to the au-
thenticity of the money, Mr.. Ffoulke got
a certificate of it's genuineness from the
government. This VIII be given to the
admiral with the silver pieces. 1t is
thought that the loving cup and the rest
of the set will require from 1000 to $500
ounces of silver when completed
In order to carry out his idea Of hon
oring the rear-admiral, Mr.. Ffoulke
wrote letters to personal friends in diff
ferent parts of the country, asking them
to get subscriptions from the personal
friends of Admiral Schley. Edward
Hambleton, Baltimore banker, fur
thered the scheme in Baltimore and
Maryland.
He succeeded in obtaining twenty-nine
of the seventy subscribers to the fund in
Maryland. There are seventy persons
on the list, each one having contributed
500. The difficulty was not to obtain
the money, but to prevent the persons
from being too liberal
Capt. Clark May be Honored.
Admiral Schley interposed an objection
to having the gift too elaborate. He
made proposal that may be carried out
by the committee. The admiral sug-
,gested that Capt. Clark, the commander
of the battleship Oregon, should be pre-
sented with a punch bowl or with a din
ner set Admiral Schley's suggestion
found considerable favor, and it will
probably be accepted. The silver service
for the admiral is expected to be finished
in about seven months In short time
the admiral will take command Of the
South Atlantic squadron, and it is desired
to present him with the magnificent gift
rs soon as possible.
then the presentation is made. Mr..
Ffoulke will give all the donors a din
ner at his home. Each guest will re-
ceive one of the coins taken from the
Colon as a souvenir.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
NILES STORY OF
THE SHOOTING
Says that Birdie Fox Shot Him
and Then Killed Her.
self.

Waupaca, Wis, Nov. 17.-[Special. J.
Juror Hyatt was able to sit in the box
this morning. The defendant, George
Miles, who was on the stand yesterday,
told his story this morning Miles story
was impressive. Miles states that he
was lying on the bed teasing Birdie Fox
about Reddy Seymour. He had previ-
Ously laid his revolver on a stand.
Birdie, losing all self-control, on account
of insane jealousy, grabbed the gun and
shot him. He attempted to gain posses
sion of the pistol, but before he was able
she had turned it upon herself and fired
A severe cross examination failed to
break the straightforward story of the
defendant
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
SHOW WAS TOO GOOD.
An Alleged Burlesque Company
Roughly Handled by Mad
isOn Mob.

Madison, Wis, Nov. 1S-A bowling
mob of men and boys, Disguised at the
performance at the Fuller Opera house
last night, surrounded the stage door and
the members of the In Gay Paris Bur-
lesque company had to be guarded from
the theater to the hotel. There were
several causes of the trouble. The show
was billed as a burlesque, but Manager
Fuller Of the opera house yesterday after
noon ordered the worst features eliminat-
ed. At the close of the first act Mana
ger Mckay came before the curtain and
announced that as he was not allowed to
put the performance on as written, F..
would go through it as best he could and
would then give another and complete
performance at the Turner hall. During
the emasculated performance there We're
boots and jeers from the audience, but
no serious interruption. At the close a
large body of the audience went to the
Turner hall, but found no preparations
and returned to the opera house in indig
nation. There great crowd gathered
and when the performers appeared start
ed to rush them. The police were ready,
however, and kept the crowd away
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
SETTLE CHEAP LANDS.
state Board of I'm migration will
Advertise Counties and Sc
cure Settlers.

Madison, Wis, Nov. 1S.-[Special.l /
The state board of immigration will
shortly send out about 10000 circulars
showing forth the opportunities which
new settlers can find in Barron county.
The same plan will be followed for all
the other counties in the state, where
cheap lands are available to immigrants.
A local board is appointed in each county
which will secure lists of names of pros
pectlve immigrants. The expense of fur
nlshing information regarding the various
sections is divided between the county
and state. The state board proposes to
40 some active work in securing settlers
Tor the idle lands of the state.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
FOUND PLENTY OF GOLD.
La Crosse Man was Successful in the
klondike.

La Crosse, Wis, Nov. 16-[Special i
w. L. Robillard, who left here February
%, 1898, with e. Cole Burke, brother
of Fred Burke, a Milwaukee newspaper
man, Ed. Hendrickson and other La
Crosse men for the Klondike. has just
returned. He is one of the few men from
this place who have returned from the
frozen land OF gold in the extreme North
with anything tangible or valuable to
show for their experiences. Robillard
brought home a considerable quantity OF
gold in dust and nuggets and drafts that
stand for their equivalent. He owns a
half interest in a valuable claim in the
immediate vicinity of Dawson. He has
since his return refused $4,000 fol- his
interest in the claim.
Capt Henry Polls of Trempealeau. one
of the veteran pilots of the upper Missis-
sippi, has returned from Alaska, where
he has navigated the Yukon for two
seasons He did no prospecting.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
ROBBED IN DAYLIGHT.
Fond du Lac Man a Loser and is $50
Short.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Nov. 1S.-[Spe-
cial. William Supple, the well-known
ice dealer, residing at so Thomas street,
is poorer by $50 than he was a day or
tween 2:15 and 4 o'clock, his residence
was entered by burglar, who. succeeded
in escaping with the aforementioned
sum. The burglar effected an entrance
to the house through a pantry window.
The robbery is shrouded in mystery, as
the thief completely covered his tracks
and left no clue whatever. Suspicion at
taches to no one in the neighborhood.
1t is thought to be the work of outside
partieS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
SUITS AGAINST RAILWAY.
Three Cases Against Street Car Conn
pany at Racine.

Racine, Wis. Nov. 16-[Speciall lin
the municipal court today, Edward Schu-
maker, as administrator of the estate Of
Mabel Schumacher, commenced action
against the Milwaukee Light. Heat and
Traction company and the Milwaukee
Electric Railway company for $4,000. The
daughter of the plaintiff was run down
and killed by an electric car on August
y. Mr. Schumacher has also commenced
suit for $1,000 against this company on
account of having been kicked and as
saulted by a motorman, who charged
that he failed to pay fare. John Hum
phrey has also brought suit for $4,000
against the company on account of the
death of his son, Robert Humphrey, by
his head coming in contact with center
pole while riding in a car through Mil
waukee on his way home from a picnic
in WaukeSha.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
TAINTER WILL PROBATED.
Estate of Wealthy Lum herman is
Valued at SSOO,OOO

Menomonie, Wis, Nov. 18.-The will
OF Capt. Andrew fainter, late of this
city, has been filed in the county court.
The estate is estimated at about $500.
OOO. 1t shows requests aggregating
S34O,OOO to members of the family, rela-
tives and friends. The homestead end
all personal property connected with it is
left to Mrs. Bertha fainter His bank
ing interests in the firm of A. fainter
& Son are left to his son, Louis S. Tain.
ter. The Oaklawn farm and stock 90
to Mrs. Fanny Macmillan and L. s.
fainter in common. The inheritance
tax to the United States and the state
will amount to $S125.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
COURTHOUSE AT MERRILL.
Lincoln County will Also Build .
Poorhouse.

Merrill, Wis, Nov 1S.-[Special. I
The Lincoln county board, before adj
journing yesterday afternoon, passed a
resolution under the sanction of a COM
mittee consisting of Mayor Thielman of
Tcmahawk, j. n. Cotter of this city and
ii. X. Fehland, to make an appropriation
not exceeding $4,000 to buy site and
erect a courthouse upon the same. They
also appropriated $4,000 for a poor farm
consisting Of eighty acres and $4,000
for the erection Of poorhouse upon the
same. The board raised the salaries of
the following officers the corresponding
amounts:
County clerk, from $1,000 to $1,000; county
treasurer, from $1,000 to $1,000; county
judge, from $500 to $500; district attorney,
from $500 to $500.
Barron, Wis, Nov. 1S.-The Barron
county board voted to build a courthouse
at a cost of $4,000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
MAYV|LLE FIRM |NvOL vED
Prominent People Are Charged
with Mismanagement.
RECEIVER APPLIED FOR
American Bottle Cover Manufacture
ing Company Has Property
Valued at $25O,OOO.

Fond du Lac, Wis.,. Nov. 17.-[Spe-
cial. IA case has come here from Dodge
county for trial which involves May
vile enterprise in which prominent resi-
dents of that city are interested. The
title of the case is Jacob III. Sherman,
Valentine Fleckenstein, Edward Steig
valid, Barbara Nagel and P. J. Stupfel
VS.. the American Bottle Cover Manu-
featuring company, A. F. Schoen and
Walter A. Schoen, and William
Schwartz. All the parties in the
suit are interested in the company which
IL is sad has property worth in the sum
OF $25O,OOO. The defendants are
charged as being the officers of the con-
Germ land mismanagement is alleged. A
receiver is asked for by the plaintiffs and
an order from the court restraining the
defendants from disposing of any OF the
stock while the suit is pending.
~ Grafton Hall Case.
One of the fercest legal battles in the
history of the civil court of this city is
the case of Grafton Hall VS.. the Chicago
& North Western railway Gen. Bragg
outlined the case for the defense He
claimed that the defendant had obstrlIct-
ed the natural flow of the west branch
Of the Fond du Lac river by its bridge
and filling up on the east side in such
manner as to contribute to the great
damage Of the property in question. This
suit was brought by Grafton Hall to re-
cover $4,000 damages from the food of
1897.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
WITCHCRAFT KILLS
SEW ERAL PEOPLE.
Man is Accused of Numbering Four
Persons by Powers Of
Darkness.

Appleton, Wis, Nov. 16.-[SpeciaI I
A story of alleged witchcraft has come
to light in the town of Center, Outaga-
mic county. A man is charged with
having killed, by the employment of SUI
pernatural means, four people within the
past few months and a considerable
amount of stock belonging to his neigh
bors. The excitement has come to such
a pass that the neighbors threaten to
lynch the alleged communicate Of witch
es. Strange to say, the accused admits
that ne has supernatural powers, claim
ing that he Inherited this from his moth
er. Various strange doings are reported
to. have occurred in Center and people
who were sick say they were cured by
the sO-called witch doctor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
LA CROSSE LITTLE
CHILD KIDNAPPED.
Esther Bartz, Aged 7 Years, Stolen
from Her Fathers Home in
Fashionable Part Of CITY.

La Crosse. Wis, Nov. 16.-Charles A
to the police shortly before midnight that
his 7-year-old daughter Esther had been
kidnapped from his residence in the fash
ionable section Of the city. The child
to have been taken by some relative. X
strange man was seen hanging about the
Bartz residence this afternoon and even
ing, and the police think the fellow re-
sponsible for the child's disappearance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
WILL WORK FOR $4,000.
Sheriff Rein of Racine will Take q
Salary.

Racine, Wis, Nov. 1S.-Sheriff Edward
Rein submitted communication to the
board of supervisors offering to perform
all the duties of the office Of sheriff and
take care of prisoners for the sum of
$4,000 year. AT present he receives a
salary of $1,000 and is paid extra for
taking care of prisoners and removing
prisoners to state prison and insane per-
sons to asylums. The annual report OF
the superintendent of schools was sub
mitted, showing the number of scholars
in the county to be 5476, teachers, %.
and AZ schools. The amount collected
S4S 600
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
NO MEDICAL AID.
Physician Holds Christian Science
Responsible for Mrs. Fred
RuelIOff's Death.

Sheboygan, Wis, Nov. 17.-[Special.l
Coroner Goodell is investigating the
death of Mrs. Fred Ruelloff of the town
of Mosel DR.. Tasche of Howard
charges that the woman's death was
caused by neglect, she being treated by
Christian Science methods. The doctor
says that she was i'll with dropsy and
was suffering very much. He alleges
that no medical aid was called in.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
Biz Ore shipment.

Iron Mountain, Mich, Nov. lS.-The
ore shipments up to November 1 were:
Escanaba. 3,1S2,572 tons: Gladstone,
330.579; Marquette 2,4G3,5 Ashland,
1902, 415: West Superior, 79S,670; Du-
luth, 2,S90,083; Two Harbors. 1880. $50;
total, 15,560,075. This is over 100000
tons more than were shipped in 1898.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
REMOVE FACTORY
TO GAINESVILLE.
Page G. Thomas of Chicago Open
New Plant to Employ
Many Girls.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Nov. 1S.-[Special. J.
Messrs. Page and Thomas of Chicago
arrived in GAINESVILLE this morning and
closed the arrangements with the
citizens committee for the transfer of
their factory from Chicago to GAINESVILLE.
The Richardson building at the northeast
corner of North Main street and Pease
court has been leased and will be used
as the factory building after being thor
oughly remodeled. The building is a
two-story brick structure. The new fac.
tory will contain the latest of machinery
used in the manufacture Of women's jack
cts, clOaks and all outer garments. In
the neighborhood of sixty hands will be
employed at the start, the greater por-
ton being girls
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
REFUSED MEDICAL AID.
Old Man Said that He Had Lived
Long Enough and Dies With
out Relief.

La Crosse, Wis, Nov. 1G.-[Special.] i
George Storandt. one of the first settlers
of the town of Burr Oak this vicinity,
died at his home yesterday of old age.
He refused to take medicine or receive
treatment of any sort at the hands of Il
physician He said that he had lived
long enough and wanted to die. The
family made him as comfortable as posi-
BILE until the end came to relieve him Of
his SufferingS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
LETTER FROM MANILA.
Capt. French Of Sparta in Charge of
Two Companies.

Sparta, Wis.,, Noy. 1S.-[speciall--
dated October Is. from Capt Frank
French, Thirty fourth infantry, says he
has charge of two companies and two
gatling guns He says the transport Co
lumbia, on which they sailed from San
Francisco, was caught in a terrible cy-
clone which lasted three days and nights
One private was washed overheard and
drowned. At date of writing the boys
were generally in good health and spirits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
Indians Each Get Fifty Cents.

Green Bay, Wis, Nov 16-J. E. Loft
us. chief clerk of the Green Bay Indian
agency, has just completed the enroll
ment of the Indians on the Oneida reser-
walton TO: the purpose OF apportionment
of the annual government payments
Each Indian receives so cents.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
WELLMAN'S SCHEME.
Congress Should Appropriate $780,
600 for a Polar Expedition.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 1S.-Walter
Wellman, leader of the expedition to the
Arctic regions in 1S9S-99, suggests that
the geographic and other scientific socie-
ties of, the national capital should memo
rialize Congress to make an appropriation
for an American Antarctic expedition.
Mr.. Wellman said $150.000 would be suf-
ficient for such an expedition.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
HAVE THE GOLD FEVER.
Young Men from Two Rivers Going
to the KIondike.

Two Rivers, Wis, Nov. 1S-[Special. !
Two more young men of this city have
been seized with the gold fever. They
are Joseph Winkel and Otto Herring.
They left this week, intending to make
their way to the Pacific coast, where it
is their intention to secure an outfit and
start for Alaska early next spring to join
the party of ten from here already up
there. While most Of those who went
to Alaska in search of gold came back
pty-handed, there are still many here
who have faith in possibilities of striking
it rich
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
Rape is VERY ILL.
Aged Pedestrian Ia in a Serious Con-
dition at Marinette.

Marinette, Wis, Nov. 17.-[Speaiall +
James A. Rape, the aged pedestrian,
who made a trip by wheel last summer
to the national Grand Army encamp-
ment at Philadelphia, is confined to his
bed at his home in this city. He has
been delirious for the past two days and
his condition is considered quite serious
Mr.. Rappe is 81 years of age and a sur
yivor of the Seminole. Mexican and Civil
wars.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
ILLINOIS LAW VALID.
No Protection for Wisconsin Live
stock Shippers.

Madison, Wis, Nov. 1S.-Attornev
General Hicks has rendered an opinion
to Gov. Scofeld in which he takes the
ground that the acts of the Illinois au-
thorities in discriminating against wis.
consin cattle are legally valid. The
question of the validity of the acts of the
Illinois authorities was brought before
Gov. Scofield by complaint filed with
him by George B. Van Norman of Mil.
waukee, asking the governor to take
some steps, if possible, to protect Wis
consin shippers of cattle against the al
legged hostile acts of the Illinois state
board and livestock commissioners.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
O'BRIEN IN JAIL.
Charged with Attem pting to Kill His
Wife and Family.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Nov. 19.-Fred
O'Brien was arrested on the charge of
assault with intent to kill Frank O'Brien.
Nora O'Brien, Winnie O'Bren, Virgil
O'Brien and Willie O'Brien by placing
a dynamite bomb under the house in
which they were sleeping. O'Brien
waived examination when brought into
court and was pla iced under bonds in the
sum of $1,000 to appear for trial on No
vember ~. He failed to procure bonds
and went to Jail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
BIG FORCE OF CLERKS,
Thousa nds of EN- p1oyes Called for by
Census Director Merriam.

~SeOE w q
Washington, D. c., Nov. 1S.-Director
Merriam of the census, in his annual re-
port, estimates that there will be re-
quired for the census Of 1900 more than
$4,000 enumerators, over $500 clerks and
over 1000 special agents. On November
10 entire offices number 1872 mostly wom-
en- employed as skilled la borers in the pre-
liminary work. 1t is recommended that
the permanent office of purchase agent
be created, and that two additional chiefs
Of division and nineteen additional clerks
be authorized.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
is BADLY CROWDED.
Gov. scofieId Inspects the Home FOR
Feeble Minded.

Chippewa Falls, Wis.,. Nov. 16--[Spe-
cial. Gov and Mrs. Scofield, Lieut.
Gov. and Mrs. Stone spent yesterday in
the city. The governor inspected the
home for Predetermined and found that
institution badly crowded. The party
was given 4 reception last evening.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
SUGAR PLANT AT GREEN BAY
Mammoth Factory will be Built to
Utilize Beets.

Green Bay, Wis, Nov. 1S.-The loca-
ton of mammoth beet-sugar plant in
this city seems nearly assured. East
ern capitalists are behind the project.
If built, the factory will be one of the
most complete in the United States. 1t
will cost about 100000 and will have
daily capacity of $50 tons Of sugar
a day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
MICHIGAN'S MINERAL OUTPUT
Statistics Give the Market Value at
$3S,S25,OOO.

Marquette, Mich, Nov. 1S.-George A.
Newett, state commissioner of mineral
statistics in his latest report, which has
Just been made public. gives the market
value of the minerals produced III the
state for the year 1893 at $3S.S2o, 600.
making this division of credit: Iron ore,
1S.45O.s47; copper, $16,S34,67o; salt,
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