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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30
Low Rate Winter Tours to the
Sunny South,

The Mobile & Ohio will run Special Low
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30

New York, Jan. 28.-Sixty skaters,
including many women and children,
broke through the ice on large pond
back of Evergreen cemetery, Brook
Ign, Sunday, and in the wild struggle
for life two boys were drowned. The
ice over the center of the pond, where
the water was deepest and where the
skaters were assembled in greatest
number. suddenly sank.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30
Il CRY FOR EAEkl. a. 20 :
Result Of a Prompt Reply. Two
Letters from Mrs. Watson, Pub
lished by Special Permission
For Women's Eyes Only.
March Is, 1899.
To MRS. PINKHAM, LYNN, MASS.

To MRS PINKHAEi LYNN MASS:
DEAR MADAM: / suffering from inflammation of the
and womb and have been for eighteen months have
continual pain and back and only free
from pain when lying down, sitting easy chair When
[ stand suffer with pain my side and back I be-
eve troubles caused by work and lifting
ago.
"Ifo is and sometimes feel like giving
we'll have become careless and about
everything in bed have had several DOCTORS but they
did but little good.
"Lyda Pkham Vegetable Compound has been recommended
to by friend, and have made mind to give it
fair trial
81 write this letter with the hope of hearing from regard
case"-MRs S. j. WATSON, Hampton, Va
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30
Whv She Married Him

Clara-I wonder how Matte came to
marry Fred Somerby?
Bertha-The most natural reason in the
world. Fred had an overcoat that was
perfect match for Mattie's new gown.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
Bile medicine for coughs and colds-N w.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30

Somerset, O., Jan. 2S.-Hon. William
z. Finck, a prominent democrat and
a former representative in congress
from this district, died here, aged rs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30

To Cure n Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30

The average man isn't willing to admit
thai he has enough until he gets too much
Chicago Daily News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30

Some men are like telescopes; you draw
them out, see through them, and then shut
them up.-Chicago Daily News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30
Cause for JOy.

When a visitor announces that he is
only stopping over between trains his
host at once becomes more cordial-Atchi-
son Globe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30

If you have kept a secret, the time al
ways comes when you will be proud of your
self.-Atchison Globe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30

fearless grief is more profound; and,
moreover, it doesn't make the nose so red.
Puck
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30

Don't talk. There is no truth in the
world so apparent that some one will not
disagree with you.-Atchison Globe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30
November 81. 1899.

November 81, 1890
"DEAR MRS P1NKHAM:I feel my duty acknowledge
the benefit that advice and Lydia Pnkhm Vegetable
Compound have done for
81 had been suffering with female troubles time could
walk but short distance had bearing pains
of bowels backache and used medicine
months and that
the distance that L could before.
81 to-day better health than have been for than
two and know it is all due to Lydia Pnkham Vegetable
Compound.
81 recommend advice and medicine to all who suffer-
Mas S. j. WATSON, Hampton, Va.
This positive proof that Pinkham
advise sick than other Write her, It costs
nothing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-01-30
Officially Ammo unced.

London, Jan. 2S.-The Gazette this
morning contains the official an
nouncement that Emperor William
has been made a field marshal in the
British army, his commission being
dated January 81.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
-FOUR YEARS AGO.

In pursuance Of Its plan to make any
old thing the issue this spring rather
than municipal reform, the Globe
Democrat. seixes every pretext to put
forward the election law. It asks The
Republic for proof of the padding of
registration lists in 1896.
The padding Of 1896 is one of those
commonplaces which politicians of all
parties have accepted in their talk as
q matter Of course. The unusual num-
Der Of negroes placed on the lists was
noted at the time as one Of the strong
est proofs of what the politicians call
something doing" There was unprece-
dented activity in naturalization. The
sudden jump in the registered vote,
rs shown when the totals were pub
lished, tailed with the signs observed
during the registration.
It has always been admitted that the
Republicans that year had a campaign
fund far beyond any previous record in
Missouri. There has been no denial that
. large part Of the fund was spent in
padding the registration.
When The Republic points to the
padded registration Of 1895, everybody
versed In politics knows that it touches
. fact. The law Of 1895 could no more
prevent padding than the present law.
It could not and did not.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
BEGIN CAMPAIGNING.

In arranging for promptly beginning
campaign work with an effective ward
organization that shall place the Demo-
cratic party management in intimate
touch with every section of the city, the
Jefferson Club is doing wisely.
The campaign for the election of Mr..
Wells to the Mayoralty of st. Louis will
be a peoples campaign. The better ele-
ment of the local population Is in close
sympathy with the sentiment for mu-
nicipal reform which led to the nomina.
ton Of the ticket headed by Mr.. Wells.
GOOd-government voters have recognized
the fact that the local Democracy was
working for good government when 1t
carried III the peoples wishes for the
early nomination of q clean and capable
municipal ticket.
1t is incumbent upon the st. Louis
Democracy to profit to the fullest by
this friendliness for Democratic candi-
dates and approval of the Democratic
course. Every vote favorable to Mr..
Wells and his fellow-candidates on the
Democratic ticket should be brought out
at the polls. The way to bring out such
votes is by means of organized effort
that will be felt in every ward, precinct
and block in the city. The soone this
comprehensive organization is effected,
the more aggressive and resultful will
be the local Democratic campaign.
Additional reason for the most untir.
ing and intelligent work on the part of
st. Louis Democrats is found in the
fact that not for years has there been so
bright a promise of Democratic victory
as now confronts the party. In the No
vember elections the local Democratic
ticket was elected by a vote which hand
somely overcame a Republican majority
of long standing. The same legitimate
and worthy causes that produced the
November result will prevail to influ-
ence the result in April. st. Louis
Democracy, in its candidates and plat
form, is on the side of the people for
good government. The thing to do now
is to make ure that good government
and the people shall triumph at the polls
in the election of a Worlds Fair ad-
ministration.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
GOOD BEGINNING.

There is a necessary and practical re-
gard for the efficiency of the police force
manifested in the resolution adopted BY
the new Police Board requiring that
every applicant for appointment on the
force must have lived in the city at
least four years prior to his applica-
don.
The common sense Of this is, as a mat
ter of course, apparent at q glance. A
body Of men whose duty 1t is to efec-
lively police a great city, whose every
detail of work calls for q knowledge of
the town, for whom familiarity with not
only the main streets and thorough
fares but the hooks and corners as well
is a cardinal requisite, can only be prop.
erly recruited from the ranks of resi-
dents Of the city.
It is certain that only political pres
sure, regardless Of consequences, could
have brought about the absurdity of an
pointing to the st. Louis police force
men from the country or from other
cities who barely knew their way about
the downtown section Of st. Louis.
The new Police Board has made q
good beginning. It should now inaugu-
rate a reform in police discipline which
will bring the force up to the standard
necessary for effective service. Chief
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01

State and adopted, however, they will
become part of the organic law too late
to serve their best purpose. They can
not be voted upon until 1902.
Though this is the situation, st. Louis
will obtain it's immediate requirements
through these amendments. 1t is diff
ferent with Kansas City and the other
Missouri towns which are seriously
hampered by existing constitutional
limitations. These towns are asking for
a constitutional convention. st. Louis
is not 80 deeply interested, but joins in
the request.
The time is ripe for a revision of the
Constitution. Many sections which were
excellent a quarter of a century ago are
not suited to modern conditions. Every
session of the Legislature sees numer-
GUS demands for the submission of
amendments. No less than seven were
submitted and adopted, without careful
discussion, last fall. 1t would be better
for the State to have a thoughtful and
conservative remodeling of the instru-
ment rather than to be frequently tack
ing on amendments.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01

Mayor Ziegenhein has made a deal of
history in his time, and now he Is tell
ing part of what he knows.
In the conference of Republican man.
ayers, says Uncle Henry, there were ten
votes for Bartholdt, two for Walbridge
and two for ZachritZ.
Where did Parker come in? What be-
came of Bartholdt?
Ziegenhein ought for the information
Of his party followers to tell why
BarthOldt would not do.
Ziegenhein dropped out of the Zach
ritz boom, he relates, at some stage and
TUX up with Parker. 1t must have
been when Mr.. Parker promised that the
boys should have the nuts if he were
elected. Ziegenhein could hardly be so
attentive as Parker's chaperon unless
the star-chamber candidate had given
some such assurance. 1t is easy to
imagine a Ziegenhein rush for Parker
when the pledge Of nuts for the boys
was made.
And what became of Bartholdt after
he received ten votes? He is a Ziegen-
helm man, or has been, it is thought.
Couldn't he promise enough nuts?
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
A THIRD INCREASE.

st. Louis financial institutions have
made permanent increases during 1900
that are significant as showing the sub
stantial quality Of the city's trade.
According to reports furnished by As
SCISSOR Frederick, there has been an in
crease Of $780, $50 in the capital and
surplus Of the banks and trust com
panies in the last twelve months. This
includes the Mercantile Trust Company,
established last year. Excluding this
company, the increase is $1O,378,59O.
One year ago the capital and surplus
Of all the banks and trust companies of
81. Louis was 3d. 35, 400, 90 that a gain
Of over one-third has been made.
Growth Of this sort Is the kind that
counts. Taken in conjunction with the
increase Of ter millions In deposits Of
the banks for the forty-two days be-
tween December Ii, 1900. and February
8, 1901, as indicated by the recent re-
port Of the Clearing house, the perma-
nent increase In the capital and surplus
is not surprising.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
T FOR THE BOYS.

In his speech of Wednesday night at
the open meeting of the Merchants
League Club, Mr.. George w. Parker, the
Republican secret-caucus candidate for
the Mayoralty nomination, assured his
hearers that the boys" who do the
work at the election" which shall result
in placing him in the Mayors chair ARE
the boys who will get the nuts"
This complaisant willingness Of the
Republican reform" candidate to fully
recognize the claims of the machine in
the event of Republican success at the
polls seems to De distinctly satisfactory
to the Boss Of the machine, the out
going Mayor. In a characteristic speech
preceding that delivered by Mr.. Parker,
Boss %Ziegenhein came out squarely In
favor of that oblfging reformer's candi-
dacy. Parker will know the boys If
he is elected" said ~Ziegenhein, with an
righteousness worthy of the significant
announcement.
This Is exactly the sort of pledge the
machine gangsters require from a "re-
form" candidate before they can en-
thuse to any effective extent for reform.
They are afraid Of reform without such
trimmings. They know that sincere re-
form makes things pretty chilly for
'the boys" and rather than face this
austere chflliness Of reformation they
would knife Parker and nominate Zach
ritz instead. But a reform candidate
who solemnly promises that 1.-THE boys
will get the nuts"-ah, there's a re-
former after the machine gangs own
hearts. Nuts for the boys is exactly
the thing for which ''the boys are in
the push.
1t will not be strange, therefore, If a
sudden and uncomfortable fervor of IRE.
form" seizes upon the souls Of the ma
chine gang. It's a fine ideal to work for,
this brand Of reform which means nuts
for the boys in the event Of it's accept
ance and Endorsement by bunkoed vot-
ers. Mr.. George w. Parker has sounded
the keynote Of the Republican munich
pal campaign. The slogan begins with
q soft-pedal reform theme and ends with
q wildly joyous concerted movement
filed with the inspiration of nuts for
the boys" You can hear 1t now. all
over town.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
PuBLICITY OF LISTS.

Democratic legislators could not af-
ford, II they desired, to leave undone
any genuine improvement Of the election
law.
In addition to the amendments al
ready agreed upon, there should be
mandatory provision for such publica-
tion of registration lists as will give
party committees abundant opportunity
to scrutnize the names.
Posting Of the lists at precinct offices
is not necessary. The lists should be
available a the central Office and print
ed promptly SO as to insure time for
exhaustive examination.
Neither this provision nor any other
change in the law-not even %re-enact-
ment Of the law Of 1S95twould silence
Republican clamor. But the amend
ments which promise improvement
should be adopted, whether demanded
by Republicans or not. The law should
be perfected In a calm spirit of regard
for the purity Of the ballot. Partisan
bowling should not be allowed to check
reforms or to induce changes which are
not reforms.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
VAN WICK LAUDs HIS POLICE.
Says Militia Will Never Be Called
Out While he Is Mayor.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC eel
New York, Feb. 2s.-Mayor Van wyck In
the meeting Of the Army Board yesterday
lauded the police force and former Chief
Devery. He declared h a the police were
capable of coping with any. situation that
might arise mere, and that while he was
Mayor the military would never be called
out to quell disturbances.
Brigadier General McCoskey Butt said in
the board that some action should be taxi
en- on Colonel Austtn's request for the linz
provement of the rife range Of the Thir-
teenth Regiment.
Soldiers who cannot shoot are useless"
said General Butt.
They don't have to shoot In this city,
said the Mayor. with our excellent police
force we have no use for the militia"
You can never tell when 1t may be
necessary to call out the militia. to put
down strikes and RIOTS" said General Butt.
"oh. yes, We cam replied the Mayor.
The militia will never be called out while
I am Mayor"
There have been strikes where the sery-
ices of the militia were deemed necessary"
said Brigadier General McLeer.
Not since I nave been Mayor Of New
not lave to cali them out, either. while 4
Sla q ss h no shoet hlI disturbances and there
Governor Cornell once said that the
militia were only At to march,. said Can
eral McLeer.
"on dress parade. Ell 2" said the Mavor
Yes. and he was made to feel the effsce
Of that very foolish remark" said General
McLee warmly.
"Weil, while / am Mayor there win BE- M
need of the militia the Mayor repeated
We have a police force hat cal handle
anything"
-"They had 1000 policemen In Buf,.,o.
put in General Butt. but it was found
necessary to call out the militia to puf
down the strike in 1882 S~s
Yes. and we had a strike In Brootivn
early in my administration, but we aid M
call on the militia" retorted Mayor Van
Wyck.
because the police handled that str,k. -
the beginning" said General Butt. :.
That ts the way to handle all strik>."
said the Mayor. If the head Of the nni,c.
IN Buffalo had been as competent a the
would not have been needed"
William 9. Devery was Chief Of Police AZ
the time Of the Brooklyn strike, and ~ ves
evident that the Mayor meant the compii.
Action on the appropriation for the 49,
mt OF the Thirteenth was deferred.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
1 DESTRUCTION.

Captain Charles E. Elliott has been
investigating the salmon fishing grounds
and canneries of Alaska for. the Gov
eminent, being sent there to see if some
way could not be found to prevent the
present wholesale destruction Of the
fish.
If the Government suspected that the
salmon were being destroyed, the report
of Captain Elliott confirms its sus-
picions. The rate at which fish exports
have risen in the last few years Is t
ticient evidence that either new and
large fisheries had been opened or that
the present rivers and bays where sal
mon are caught were being emptied at a
fearful rate. The total value of fish eX-
ports from the United States in 1899 was
about $6,OOO,OOO.
In 1882 the pack first exceeded one
million cases. In 1890 the number Of
cases exported was 3,13S,040, but at the
same time that the big increase was
made the Columbia River pack was only
half that of 1895; the Sacramento River
industry had been almost extinguished,
and the British Columbia pack had de-
creased from one million cases in 1897
to 100000 cases in 1899.
Most of the salmon now obtained
come from Puget Sound and Alaska,
where the Industry has grown rapidly
so rapidly, in fact, that Captain Elliott
thinks that all the salmon will be de-
stroyed in the next ten years. In com
ing to this conclusion he says that every
where he went the fishing laws were
violated with impunity. Seines were
stretched across the mouths of rivers so
that the fish could not escape. He men
tons one instance where 100000 fish had
been wantonly destroyed for lack of
means to can them.
The United States lead the world in
the value of fisheries, but unless re-
strictive measures are soon applied
there is imminent danger that the posi-
ton will not be maintained. Salmon,
oysters and the Maine herring are the
three principal fish exports, but of all of
them the salmon are of greatest value.
1t is high time that the Government
should supervise all the fisheries with a
more watchful eye.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
MARK TWAIN ON osTEoPATHY.
Pleaded for Its Recognition Before
a Legislative Committee.

d Legislative SOA1Ll4llOCs
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Albany, N. Y, Feb. 3.-Samuel E. Glenn
ems, Mark Twain" and what he thought
of osteopathy formed the leading legisla-
tive feature at the capital yesterday. The
occasion of the humorist's visit to Albany
was a hearing Of the Assembly Committee
on Public Health on the Seymour bill, pro-
viding that any person who possesses a
diploma from a school Of o~steopathy may
practive the art.
Mr.. Seymour. sponsor for the bill. intro
duced Mr.. Clemens, who said:
"a gentleman has spoken Of my knowl-
edge of ~osteopathy, which I have gained
In Sweden. l know more OF this than Of
anything else.
II was a year and a half in London and
Sweden in the hands Of that fine old man,
Mr.. Kilgrin- He Is known as Mr. Klgrin
because he has not the privilege of giving a
certificate in case of death, and he would
not have to give. anyway, for his patients
never die on his hands. He Is a grand old
man, for he is 65 years old and feels half
of that age.
Now. I would like to have full liberty to
do with my body as I like, to experiment
with 1t as much as I please. to my peril or
that of anybody else. l am not particular
about that. l am a member Of an expert
mental family. I am not responsible for
that.
THE Bell bill will prevent any one not a
physician from praetieing. The State
of spiritual m~inistration for oneself. 1t is
limitless as regards spiritual liberty. and
! thank the State for #. Now, why should
the State make a distinction between that
Of spiritual or religious liberty and medical
n yet the State will protect it Just the
same. You have the right to treat your
soul and its health. Why should you not
have the right to treat your body the same
way? It does not seem right that the State
should take the position Of exercising no pro-
lection over that supremest Of all heaIths,
the health Of the soul. and change about
and take the other position in this matter
of simple health of the body
Mr.. Clemens then related the experience
he had when a boy. His mother, he said,
was an able experimenter and tried ali
the new things that came out on him. to
see what effect they would have. She would
treat. any disease that came along. This
was the reason he was in favor of osteop-
athy, for the. desire to try new things had
been inherited
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
PHILIPPINE CLAIMS.
Some Large Ones for Propertr
Damaged in Military Operations.

Manila. Feb. 8.-The correspondent Of thu
Associated Press here Is informed upon
good authority that the recommendations
OF the Military Board Of Claims into the
matter Of testing the question Of the AZ
lowance OF claims for damages to properly.
resulting from the military operations IN
the Philippines. will be sent to Washinston
gress. SSvn.
The RECOMMENDATION Of the Board Of
S SatM Snat tnS claim Of Holman 6 CO.. .
Panay Island. be disallowed, has besn IN.
proved BY General Macarthur.
Inc claim against the American Governs
volving e million and q half, Win ~ -
sent to Washington. when the go r -.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01

Two hundred and seventy thousand
dollars will be spent in distributing free
Missouris progressive farmers will do
well to sample new varieties and make
the lavish expenditure of the Govern
ment worth while.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01

Kiely should be notified that this is ex-
pected of him-and then he should be
permitted to exercise In this direction
his full and rightful authority as Chief
Of Police, without which he will be
HELPLESS to ACCOMPLISH anything.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
81. o o

Amendments to the Constitution
framed by the Commission for the Pub
He Safety have been fayorably received
1t Jefferson City. As they apply ex-
clusively to st. Louis and are necessary
IN order to properly prepare for the
Worlds Fair, there is not likely to be
any opposition.
When presented to the people Of the