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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
NEWSBOY REWARDED.
Little Hero of Grand Rapids Given
Government Position,

Grand Rapids, Mich, July 6.-Herbert
Botsford, the newsboy who saved scores
of lives at the time of the reservoir dis
aster by arousing nearly every family in
the valley, has been rewarded. Several
weeks ago Congressman William Alden
Smith offered to boy to be chosen from
the Evening Press association perma
nent place as messenger in the census de-
partment at Washington. Botsford was
selected for the position. He is bright,
quick-witted, 10 years old, and has been
a newsbOy seven years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
KANSASAND MISSOURI
REMARKABLE PROSPERITY IN
THE TWO STATES.
Comparison of Gain in Wealth Last
Year-Higher Values of Live Stock
and Crops-Great Increase in Bank
Deposits and in Depositors.

Missouri has gained $685. 100000 in
wealth under this Republican admins
tration. The State of Kansas has gain
ed almost $1OO,OOO,OOO in wealth under
this Republican administration. These
substantial facts, showing that greater
prosperity has visited Missouri and
Kansas during the last three years,
should not be forgotten by their citi-
zens during the campaign.
The Democratic party is VIGOROUSLY
an anti-prosperity party, and the farm
ers and wage-earners in Kansas and
Missouri must not allow themselves to
be led away by the false promises and
calamity bowling of their Democratic
friends. Our statements are from Off
cial figures and show the increase in
wealth in these two States to be as fol-
lows.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
KILLED BY A WOMAN.
Addie Arlington of New ST. Louis
Says Man Attem pied to En-
ter Her House.

West Superior, Wis, July 6.--LSpe-
here charged with killing man who,
she says, was trying TO enter her house
Wednesday night. She shot him through
the neck. She surrendered herself to the
notice last evening
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
MYSTERY is SOLVED.
Body of Missing Fond du Lac
Man Found in Lake at
BriggSville.

Portage, Wis, July 7.-[Special. i
The body of Joseph Guepe of Fond du
Lac was found floating in the lake at
Briggsville.
Guepe was married six weeks ago and
was visiting his wife's family near
Briggsville, when he mysteriously disap-
oeared. He was subject to heart dis
case and it is supposed that he died from
an attack Of the trouble and fell from his
boat into the lake while fishing, as the
lungs contained little or no water.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
BIG ELEVATOR
AT MANITOWOC.
1t Will be Completed by September
lOfficers of the
Company.

Manitowoc, Wis, July 6.-[Special]--
The large plant of the Manitowoc Malt
ing company which is now in process of
construction here will be ready to re-
celv" new grain by September 1 and in
full turning order by September 10. The
piant is to be built according to the most
modern arrangement and will be the first
malthouse in the United States making
the eight-day terminated commercial
malt. The officers of the Manitowoc
Mating company are: Mayor William
Rahr, president; Prof c. e. Patzer of
the Milwaukee normal school, yice-presi-
dent, and O. Rahr, secretary and treas
lfrpr
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
La Crosse Boy Promoted.

La Crosse, Wis, July Especial. j
Congressman Esch has received notice
from Commissioner w. r. Miriam of
the census bureau in Washington that
Edwin Flueck, recently appointed from
this town to permanent clerkship in the
bureau in Washington, has been pro-
NOTED and advanced from $500 to a
$1,000 position.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
MARRIES HER TEACHER.
The Happy elimination Of q High
School Romance at
KenOSha.

Kenosha, Wis, July 6.--[Special. /
Invitations have been issued for the mar
rage of Prof. VIII NARROW, formerly
teacher of Latin in the public schools
here, and Miss Grace Werve, a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Werve Of this city.
The young people are well-known in Ke-
nosha society. The wedding is the cul-
mination of a high-school romance, Miss
Werve having been member of Mr..
Marow's classes during the year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
A LIBRARY FOR DOCTORS.
kenosha County Medical Men will
Buy Books.

Kenosha, Wis, July Especial. AT
he meeting of the Kenosha County Med
zeal association, in this city, last even
ing, it was decided among the doctors
that free library should be started in
Kenosha for the use of people directly
connected with the medical profession.
The library will be purchased by the as
ISOLATION and private gifts will be secured
to pay all costs entailed. AS soon as the
library assumes proper proportions it will
be made a part of the Gilbert M. Sim
mons memorial library.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
VICTIM OF LOCKJAW.
Young Man Kicked by a Horse
Dies in Terrible
Agony.

Kenosha, Wis, July 6.--[Special. i
Lester Powell. well-known young man
of Pleasant Prairie, this county. died
from lockjaw this afternoon. Powell had
been kicked by a horse several weeks
ago, but it was thought that the injury
was very slight. The dread disease set
in on Monday last and the young man
fingered until today.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
Democratic
Fiscal year,
Lentz Knocked Ont.

Representative Lentz received his
Waterloo blow right at home. The Ohio
Democrats declined to adopt his reso-
lutions on the Idaho mining riots and
their platform contains no reference
to the long drawn out effort to manu-
facture campaign material.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
BURGLARS AT BEAVER.
Postoffice and Milwaukee Railroad
Station Are Robbed,

Marinette, Wis, July 7.-TSpecial. i
The Milwaukee railway depot at Beaver
vas entered by burglars last night. They
occurred considerable money from the
,ostoffice money drawer and from the
iailroad till, making about 500 in ali.
The burglars entered by smashing the
|fice window.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
SIX HORSES KILLED.
Wander on Railroad Track at Doom
to and Are Struck by
an Engine.

Oconto, Wis. July 6.-[Special. six
BILE lots at night, and going upon the
North Western railway track were
struck by the engine OF the fast mail.
Five horses were killed outright and the
other died shortly afterward
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
SHOCKED THREE MEN.
A Bolt of Lightning Stuns Persons
Working at Randolph.

Randolph, Wis, July G-[Special1 i
During severe electrical storm last
night three men were struck by light
the third man, Lester Waterman, re-
ceived a very severe shock. He will prob
ably recover. The bolt that came so
near being fatal struck the silo at the
canning factory. The mer injured were
working at the viners under shed in
close proximity to the slo
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
KANSAS.
SSO. O40 20 S132 I59. 873
Total
MISSOURI
Total ....... s93.718,7O9 s113, sos, 1856

Total .......... S93, rs, tUJ $II3,SUb,3o0
In Kansas the largest gains to farm
ers have been in their cattle and hogs.
This they well know, because their re-
turns when selling their live stock have
been SO much larger this year than they
were under a Democratic administra-
ton.
The next table shows the improve
ment in the price of the staple crops
grown by farmers, which represent an
increase Of $2S,OOO,0O0 for Kansas, and
over $4,000 600 for Missouri:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
May Lose His Hand.

Sun Prairie, Wis, July 6.-[Special.]
George Sprengel, aged % years, was
ed in his hand, SCATTERING that member
so it is feared he will lose it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
sheboygan Man Killed in Philippines

Sheboygan, Wis, July G.-OIe Gunder-
son, who formerly lived in Sheboygan,
was killed in the Philippines, where he
was serving in the United States Signal
corps. He was shot from ambush while
climbing telegraph pole. The news of
his death was sent to Sheboygan by
Adam Kronzer of Sheboygan, who is
serving in the Signal corps.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
At Large and Harmless.

The Vice Presidential boom Of the
Hon. James Hamilton Lewis continues
to cavort about without attracting the
attention Of the political dog-catcher.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
Injured by a Rocket.

Merrill, Wis, July 6.-~[Special. i
John Zinc had his right hand badly
burned and mutilated by a rocket ex-
ploding which was supposed to have been
discharged.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
END OF SCHOOL ROW.
Pittsvil1c Clerk Thrown Out and New
PRINCIPAL Selected.

ErIHCIps1E OSIVCIeUs
Pittsville, Wis, July Cat the annual
school meeting, J. Q. Severns, the old
clerk who has stood by Mr.. Kaufman,
the removed principal, received only
twenty-five votes, while his opponent, G..
e. Zero, received 100. BY similar vote
the action of the majority of the board
in removing Mr.. Kaufman and hiring
Mr.. Jones as principal was approved
The board was instructed to pay Mr..
Jones for his services
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
GRAND RAPIDS EDITOR DEAD.

e. b. Brundagc Passes Away After a
Long Illness.
Grand Rapids, Wis, July 6.-[Spe-
cial. l-E. 3. Brundage, aged 81 years,
died this morning after long and pro-
tracted illness, of Bright's disease. He
had been in the newspaper business since
he was Is years of age, and has always
lived i'll this city. He was formerly edi-
tor of the Centralia Enterprise and
Tribune until ill-health compelled him to
sell out. He was prominent Mason and
Il of y
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
PASTE This in Your Hat.

The following figures of Democratic
excesses of expenditures over receipts
in the United States Treasury should
be pasted in your hat for ready refer
ence:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
SAYS IT WAS ACCIDENTAL.
john Arndt of Amigo Admits Killing
of Charles Fehring.

Amigo, Wis, July Especial J-John
Arndt, who killed Charles Fehring on
the Fourth, was arraigned before the
municipal judge on the charge of willfully
killing the boy. He pleaded not guilty,
but admitted that he accidentally killed
him. The hearing was postponed until
next week. He was remanded to Jail,
not finding bOndsmen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
PHONE MAN ELECTROCUTED
John Smith of West Superior Killed
by Live Wire.

West Superior, Wis, July 6.-[Spe-
cial. John Smith, lineman for the
Peoples Telephone company of this city,
was killed by live wire last evening.
He was working on the line when he.
struck a Wire which was crossed with a
heavily charged electric wire. He
dropped to the ground stunned, but not
killed. An ambulance came and he died
while on the way to the hospital.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reiche1 Married
Fifty Years.

Kaukauna. Wis, July Especial J.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reichel held their
fiftieth, or golden wedding, anniversary
last evening at their home at the foot Of
RaoulinII hill
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
Ia,er in British Isles.

The total consumption of paper in the
British isles is Loaf 900 tons year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-11
KANSAS,

KANSAS.
1896. 1899.
Live stock ........ $50, O49, 272 $132, 759, 1873
Crops ........... 49, 800, 1874 Ill, 391, S31
Bank deposits 17,147, 160 $4,000, lOl
Total ......... $3.50, 500,116 ST., Got. 500
Increase in 1899 ............. $97, 156, $50
MISSOURI.
1896. 1890
Live stock ........ $93, IT'S, 100 $113 S06, 1856
Crops ............. 5S,219,S70 78,411, 465
Bank deposits 49,. 53,921, 953 141, 726, 449
Total :. .s2o5, 500, 5s2 sa3s, 81, 500
In Kansas it will be noted that the
farmers have gained $S0,O0O,0OO
through the increased value Of their
live stock and principal crops this year
as compared with 1896. In Missouri
the farmers have gained $40,00O,0OO
this year alone from the same source.
The following detailed statement Of
values Of live stock is official, being
taken from the returns of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture:
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-01
PENSIONS FOR TEA TASTERS.
Useful Class of Ncn-A
Noyci Prop0sitiun.

The very novel proposition is being
made that the government put super
annuatod tea buyers on the pension
list, says London correspondent. 1t
is well known that tea is the chief
beverage of all classes in the United
Kingdom and the fact that the Eng
lish people get the best tea in the
world is largely due to care exercised
by the buyers or "tastcrs." as they
are sometimes called. Theft health
is often ruined by their occupation,
as the tea acts as drug that in the
course of few years ruins their
nervous system and they become
hopeless mental and physical wrecks.
The proposition has been made that
the dealers who employ the men pay
the pensions, but they are not dis
posed to undertake the contract and
ask the government to step in. This
may be done, although there is n
general feeling that the people gem
orally should not be taxed for such
purpose.
Some of the more liberal of the tea
lHerCHiHtS, however, nave enpaPeu 10
care for their old and faithful buyers.
One firm claims to have 1000 pension
ers on its list: another has about 300.
These are exceptions to the rule, as
the majority of firms turn their tast-
ers off as soon as the days of their
usefulness are over. One of the firms
interested suggests the formation of
"a benefit society composed altogether
of tea tasters, but this meets with lit
tie favor, as the men themselves usual
ly spend all their salaries as they go
along and could not pay the dues that
would be required. The life of the
tea faster at best is not an enviable
one and there is a general feeling that
something should be done for their
maintenance after they have become
incapacitated for work by the mar
cotic they test for the benefit of the
public.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-01

der of the Red Eagle. In 1871 he rep.
resented the emperor at the military
maneuyers at Chobham and was en-.
listed with other affairs of gravits
in connection with the war depart
ment.
On July 30 last Count Won Blumen-
thai was 30 years old. He was a sol
dier from his boyhood. In 1927, when
but II, he was commissioned Sec
ond lieutenant in what is now the
Fusiier guards. In 1876 he had risen
to be premier lieutenant. in the topo-
graphical division of the general
staff. His first fighting was done in
the streets of Berlin during the dis
turbances of 1919. He took part i'm
the Schleswig- IIolstein campaign,
fought in the skirmishes at Auen.
bull, in the battle of Colding, and in
the battle of Fredericia.
Having meanwhile risen to the rank
of colonel, Won Blumenthal, on De-
cember Is, 1868, was appointed chief
of general staff of the combined army
against Denmark. This was the first
opportunity he had been given of
showing his fine abilities as u soldier.
For the brilliant manner in which
he stormed the trenches at Dueppel
he was promoted to major general,
and after the peace he was made
chief of the general staff of the sec
ond army, receiving the oak leaf of
the Order of Merit and the star of
the Order of the House of Hohenzol-
lern. After the outbreak of the war
with France Gen. Won Blumenthal was
appointed chief of the general staff
under the supreme command of the
crown prince. When the latter was
presented by the emperor with the
Iron Cross he declared that Gen. Won
Blumenthal was as fully deserving
of the honor as was he. The great
strategist has been living in retire
ment for many years.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-01

versation with him for few moments,
when the fact of his sanity will be es-
tablished in the mind of the visitor.
He believes religious sentiment to be
the result of geographical chance in
the matter of birth, and that the crank
is the man who breaks loose from the
ironbound dogmas of his brothers, and
had it not been for the cranks the hu-
man race would have remained abo-
rigines. He does not deny his unbelief
in future state, but says: If there
is life beyond the grave it will be all
right, but | shall make the best OF this
life, and be with my wife while | can
He thinks the only difference between
him and his wife is that the spark has
simply gone out of her body, and that
she is only sleeping or in torpid condi-
tion. He does not think that God calls
anyone from this life, but that death is
simply an act of nature, and that he
cannot accuse God of being a mur-
derer.'
Mr. Reed possesses a sense of humor
that will save man from becoming de-
spondent He laughs like man VINO
lives amid scenes of mirth, instead of
one who spends most of his time in and
about a tomb. His memory is as ex-
traordinary as his life. He takes pleas
ure in relating the experiences of his
past life, the humorous as well as the
sad side of it, and his manner of ex-
preston makes it the more interesting
He lives as he does because he enjoys it,
and, possessing his theories of life, he
could enjoy nothing else. To be sepa-
rated from the one whom he loved
would make him most miserable and
wretched."
picture of his wife hangs on the
door of the tomb, and under this the
following inscription has been piaced'
Let those who seek not knowledge
pass by this tomb, and those who fail
TO learn the secret of life in death de-
part.-Reed."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-01
KEEPS HIS PROMISE.
The Peculiar Case of Jonathan
Reed, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Told Ills wife on Her Dcnthbcd She
should Never lie Hurled out of
His sight aud Now Lives
I'm Her Tomb.

Among the features of Evergrccns
cemetery. Brooklyn, there is none that
has caused more comment than the
Jonathan Reed tomb. 1t contains the
body of Mary T.. Reed, who died in
March. 1893. and is also the home of
jonathan Reed, who was her husband.
They had been married 35 years when
Mrs. Reed died. On her deathbed Reed
promised his wife that she should
never he buried out of his sight, but
that he would have her body where he
could see it. This promise he has
carried out. The metallic coffin which
contains the body has been so placed
that he can see the face at will.
The handsome tomb was built soon
after the death Of Mrs. Reed, and was
arranged TO accommodate only two
cofins The one containing the body
stands at the right as one enters the
tomb. and on the left is an empty cof-
fin Of the same pattern resting on mar
bic slabs The interior of the tomb is
arranged with view to making il
"cosey and homelilke." The walls are
decorated with the handiwork Of the
dead woman, pictures, bric-a brac, etc.
The floor Is covered with rugs, and
the exterior is tastefully decorated
with growing plants in costly vases.
In speaking of the man who reared
the tomb and who occupies it most Of
the time, n man who knows him said
to New York Times reporter:
"Therc is considerable misapprehen-
sion regarding the motives that in
duced him to take up his present resi-
dence. The casual observer would sup
pose that he is possessed of peculiar
state of mind bordering on insanity,
though one has only to engage in con-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-01
THE TATTooED CRUCIFIX.
How Lieut.. Commander Gilmore Was
Saved from Execution in the
Philippines.

For the first time since we had been
on the march, says Lieutenant Com.
mander Gilmore in McClure's. the
Filipino lieutenant separated his camp
from ours. He also doubled his guard,
stationing his soldiers in the rocks
which surrounded us. Thinking all
this somewhat peculiar, I sent one of
the men to ask if he placed the guards
for our protection.
NO" was his laconic answer. Soon
afterward he came himself to our
camp. and through an interpreter
calmly informed me that he had or.
ders, presumably from Gen. Tino, to
execute us in the mountains.
have always believed that the lieu
tenants refusal to obey orders and ex-
ecute us was due TO the effect pro-
duced in his mind by an incident which
had occurred night or two earlier.
At one OF our stops he had shown me
cruciiiN, which he wore hung by q
ribbon around his neck. and said to
me: "The Americanos' are not Chris
tions."
pH' S's' TPpueu' All the Amer
leans are Christians"
But you never wear any crucifixes.' =
l opened my jacket and showed him
my breast. A crucifx had been tat
tooed there years ago when ! was n
midshipman. The Taeal leaped to his
feet with an exclamation of surprise
He instantly crossed himself. His eyes
nearly started out of his head. ] ex-
planned to him that anyone could buy
a crucifiX and hang it around his neck
but that | had endured pain to have
my cruciiiX pricked in the flesh. and
that as he could see, it must always
be with me- There was marked
change in his manner toward me after
that.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-01
COUNT Won BLUA.ENIAAL.
SeriorSly III at l'is Residence
In Bc.iiT.

Count Leonard Won Blumcnthal, the
eminent German soldier, last of the
generals who were conspicuous in the
france-Prussian war, and one of the
most distinguished strategistt of the
uerman army is reported seriously
i'll in Berlin.
Count Won Blumenthal was given
his title of graf i'm 1883 and was
made field marshal in 1sSS. His mis-
sions to England for the German gov
ernment were many and important.
In 1850 he was dispatched to Great
britain with special military PROPOSE
tions and was rewarded with the or
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-01

DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED by
local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There Is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional rem
edies. Deafness is caused by an in
hamed condition Of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustschian tube. When
this tube gets innamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed deafness
Is the result, and unless the nfiamma-
uon can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hear
Ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflmed con
dillon Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars
ior any case of deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hairs
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Sold by druggists, 75c. Toledo, o.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-01
The Cars Regular Suite.

The suite of the czar of Russia con.
sists of 173 persons, of whom IS are
members of the imperial family, II
are princes who are not of imperial
birth. II are counts, nine are 'barons
and the remaining Is are noblemen OF
lower rank Only 1873 are Russians,
the rest being Germans, Firms, Poles,
Circassians, Greeks and Roumanians.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-01
UNIQUE POST OFFICE.
Located on boundary Line Between
Vermont and Quebec and Used
by Both Countries.

On the boundary line between Yer
mont and Quebec province, in Canada,
is an old building which is now used
as the post Office for both countries.
1t is an old stone building, built about
rs years ago, and is located at Beebe