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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-16
Battle Axe is Very
Much in Court.

Madison. Wis, Jan. ID. = The
unique case of the same question be-
ing tried in two different courts at
the same time and by the same at
torney is what occurred in Madison
to day. In the federal court before
Jadge Bum and Judge Jenkins the
contempt proceedings instigated
against certain people of Bayfield,
county by A. c. Frost, the receiver
OF the Washburn, Bayfield, & Iron
River Railroad were continued.
Judge HI. Ell. Hayden and H. B.
Wamsley appeared for the defend
ants and H. S. Oakley for plaintiff.
District Attorney A. w. Mcleod
also appeared for Bayfield, county.
In the supreme court the case of
the state of Wisconsin, plain tiff VS. A.
G. Frost, receiver, defendant, was
argued on an order to show cause
why leave should be granted plaintiff
TO file Information and commence
suit and olso for a stay Of proceed
ings. The case was argued by the
attorney general and A. W. Mcleod
for the plaintiff and I'll. S. Oakley for
the defendant. The opinion in this
case will probably be handed down
at the next session of the court, Jan.
20.
In the federal court there were nc
new developments. The case was
argued in the morning and afternoon
by HI. S. Oakley for the plaintiff and
by HI. B. Wamsley and HI. H. Hay
den for the defendants. In accord
ance with the order of the court OF
yesterday, all the defendants appear
ed in court this morning. They are
A. W. Mcleod, district attorney Of
Bayfield, county, Capt. r. D. Pike Of
Bayfield,, D. M. Maxcy, J. A. Jacobs,
M. A. Sprague, W. Fl. Lemke and
Carl Hirsch of Washburn. Judge
Bum was unable to attend the after.
noon session on account of illness
and Judge Jenkins presided.
This afternoon the defendants
made the claim that there was nc
contempt of court when they secur-
ed the mandatory writ of injunction
from the circuit court to prevent the
tearing up and selling of the track
by the plaintiff, the receiver of the
road. The attorney for the plaintiff,
on the other hand, made the asser-
ton that the receiver had lost be.
tween SIS, 900 and 500, 900 as a con.
sequence of the delay brought about
by the execution of the writ of in.
! junction,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-16

Madison, Wis, Jan. 14.-After
hearing arguments in the Washburn
Bayfield, & Iron River railroad case
the supreme court adjourned at noon
without deciding whether or not it
would grant prerogative writ
authorizing the attorney general to
bring suit against Receiver Frost to
prevent him from carrying out the
federal court order to tear up the
tracks.
Acknowledgement Hicks and Dis
trict Attorney Mcleod of Bayfield,
county argued for the writ.
They did not contest the right of
the federal court to order the sale of
railroad as whole, but contended
that the order for it's destruction was
contrary to the United States statute
which gives state control of railroads
within their borders, and would
mean the construction of public
highway and the practical nullifca-
ton of the charter granted by the
state.
H. S. Oakley, attorney for the re-
ceiver, contended that the sale of
material would bring more than the
sale of the railroad, as such, and that
it could never be made to pay.
A decision is expected when the
court meets january %.
At the same time in the federal
court arguments in the contempt
case against Mcleod and others for
interfering with the destructive
order of the court were heard by
Judges Jenkins and Bum. Mcleod
is the only defendent present thus
far and no action will be taken until
the four others are here. The court
insisting upon their personal attend
ance. The others will be here this
evening.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-16

The cogromen Battle AK" which
has been generally applied in speak
ing of the Washburn, Bayfield, &
Iron River railroad, may yet prove
to be a very fitting nickname. In
tense interest is felt in the outcome
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15

on the stock, though they are also pre-
suaded that it viii be but a few years
before dividends will be realized
None OF the gentlemen above named
have gone into this matter primarily for
the purpose of making money ont OF the
operation OF the railroad. but because
they are all business men. property hold
ers aud taxpayers OF the several counties
through which the road is expected to
and they are profoundly i'm pressed with
the TACT that the country which win be
traversed by this road is one the natural
advantages Of which can not he exceiled
by those OF any other section in the state
ot Virginia notwithstanding thes natur-
al ad vantages, they have seen other sec.
tions OF irginia, not nearly so richly en-
dowed, outstripping us in the march of
material Development aud progress
They also believe that the peopie ii Tho
counties to be traversed mnsr. II thev
expect TO develop their country. start The
work themselves, and that a petty spirit
oil neighoorhood jealousies had no proper
place IN the consideration of any sacb
enterprise. Oh course, some neiQhbor-
hooJs and communities will receive great
CT BENEFITS from the proposed railroad
.hah Others, but they also know that
there lsnot neighborhoOd in any of the
counties must remote from the proposed
route but which will receive benefits. in
'irect II may be, of much greater value
tnan any possible increase in the tax rate.
reellng this way about it, and having no
greater pecnniary interest in the construc-
ton OF the proposed road than any other
citizens paying an equal amount Of taxes
annually, they lay the facts before them
ior their calm and dispassiOnate iudg-
ment
We feel that it will be impossible TO
buiid the road unless the people of the
several counties endorseits practicability
10 the extent of the small subscription
asked, while il il is endorsed to this ex-
tent they believe the road can be built b,
foreign capitalists. tive cannot enlist a
work. '''e
Already, Rappahannock County. with
less taxable property and population.
mas endorsed the enterprise and subscrib-
ed TO the capital stock OF the Railroad
Company Fifty Thousand Dollars: Cul-
pepper County hes done likewise
Can Stafford County now afford to
to kappahannock aud Culpeper Counties
that she does not want their trade, does
not want railroad communication with
them, and will contribute nothing TO the
promotion OF such great public enter
pris, ?
Some Say that those interested should
build the road. That is what northern
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15
a PLAIN STATEN EMIT.

7 o the People OF Stafford County Rel
alive to the Proposed Subscription
~ the County to the Stock OF the
tredericksburs and RaPpahanaock
Hallway Company.
There seems TO be so much OF misunder.
standing throughout the county as To
proposed subscription by the county to
TIE stock OF the Fredericssburg and Ran
pahannock Railway Company that il
mas been thought best to make the fol
lowing plain statement of facts Co the
people:
The ineorporators Of the railroad com.
pany are II ii. Wallace. l.. G. johnson
Johc. ). Barbour. Warren +. Coons. q.
VI White, &. Y. Ford and John r. Rixev.
The scheme II a purely local one. and
those IN IL realize that il will be impossi.
ole 20 have the road built unless sniff.
elent Interest Il manifested by the people
IN the counties through which the road
runs, and, II possible they would like to
have every dollar Of the stock and bonds
OF the company owned by the people OF
the counties, believing that this il the
best way to have the road controlled TO
the interest of the community through
which il runs, aud with end in view none
OF the stocks or bonds Of the COMPANY
VIII pe OuereO IN The northern markets
until our home people have had the full
est opportunity to come ia on exactly
the same terms upon which the pro
motors OF the enterprise are in.
Not feeling able themselves to furnish
the necessary money to build the road
and soiely TO encourage it's construction
they organized "a construction company
u DO the preliminary work ofsnrveyinc
etc The stock holders in THE company
are: 4. g. Willis, Chambers Sisson. q
j. Rixey. W. l.. Jeffries, W. f. Coons
John S. Barbour. l. g. johnson. John
A. Payne, Culpeper county; W ii Hnr.
kamp, r l.. BiscOe, aud S s Bradford
Fredericksburg, Va; James II. Fletcher.
and II N Dudley. Happahannock coun.
~; Joseph +. Willard and C. V. Ford
Fairfax County.
About three thousand dollars of tia
capital stock Of this company has been
paid IN, aid most If IL invested ia having
preliminary surveys run aud estimates
made. The result Of this work has iusti-
fed the promoters ~ the railroad in sub
hitting the proposition for the constrnc
tion OF this road 10 the people of the
county as feasible one, aud one which
II will pay them to invest in to the ex.
tent authorized by the charter. They
believe this Is to be true even though the
company never pays a cent Of divi lends
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15

capitalists might say to Us il we asked
them to do so, but we scarcely expected
such reply from our fellow citizens Of
stafford, every one Of whom is aud must
be either directly or indirectly benefit "a
and therefore inter ID, in the cnnstruc
ton OF this road. Some say don't tax
some FOR the benefit Of Others" WHY
then, IL it that every road opened In the
county has 10 be paid for by the county
at large Suppose only those directly in
terested In new road were called on 10
pay Tor II, how many new roads would
be opened2
The Fredericksburg & Rappahannock
Railroad isintended 70 accommodate the
Local Traffic, both Freight and Passen-
ger. The subscription of Stafford Coun-
ty will be conditional upon the construc-
ton by the company OF a line in substan-
tai conformity with the application for
the election, which calls for a line enter
ing the county on the west and running
to the eastern boundary, at some point
between Aquia Greek and the Rappahan-
mock River. In addition to this, it is the
purpose of those interests in the road to
run lateral lines from Falmouth nOrther-
ly, to junction with one Of the Electric
Roads leading south from Washington,
ID C..
Surveys in accordance with this plan
have already been made, and a feasible
and practicable route has been found
This will give to Stafford County nearly
forty miles of new construction on IN
wards OF half a million dollars of addi.
tional taxable property added to the
taxable valuation OF Stafford County IL
will thus be seen that the present tax
rate, upon this added taxable value.
would produce a sum more than sufficient
TO pay the interest on the bonds issued
by Stafford County 10 payment for the
stock subscribed for by her This, too,
on the assumption that the stock which
Stafford County will hold ia the Railroad
Company win pay no dividend
1t should not be forgotten that the
construction OF this road means the ex-
penditure OF several hundred thousand
dollars among the people Of Stafford
County. Her merchants, farmers and la
boring men will all receive q present d.
rect benefit. That it will necessitate the
construction of 40 miles OF new railroad
in the county with the necessary accom-
paniment OF increased values and an in.
fux OF new population, new agricultural
manufacturing and mercantile enter
prises, we feel sure that ali OF these bene.
fits will be received not only without an
increase in the tax rate, but really that
as a direct result OF the construction of
the road, the tax rate should he do.
creased
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15
United States Judge Waddiu Makes
a Sharp Retort Tc a Motion.

For the first time since his appoint
ment Judge Edmund Waddill appeared
m the L. ) Court in Norfolk attired in
his robe OF Office. An episode of n sen
satiOnal nature occurred soon after the
opening OF Court Jgude Waddilf had
just charged the grand jury when Attor-
ney X T. Thorp, former Congressman
in the Fourth district, who represents
several Norfolk butchers accused of CON
spiraey To defraud the Government nv
frauduIently bidding for supplies for the
Navy Yard, made "A motion the effect ~
which would have been to cause the
Judge TO alter his charge along a certain
line. Judge Waddill promptly told the
attorney that his motion was ont Of or.
der and that it was neither in time nor
peace. 0'
The incident created quite a sensation
among the attorneys present.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15
THE LEGISLATURE.
In Session In Richmond-Revisi
OF Laws Problem Again Claims
Attention

In Session In Revision
OF Laws Problem Again Claims
Attention.
The Legislature reassembled Xednes
day. after its adjournment from the call
ed session of July.
In the Senate Judge Mann offered a
resolution, providing for the appoipt-
ment OF a joint steering committee of
live members, two from the Senate ana
three from the House, which was adoDt.
ed. The resolution provided that this
committee was TO make the assignments
OF the work of revision to the different
standing committees of the two houses
In the Senate the proposition met with
little opposition, but it was bitterly
fought in the House Alr. CardwelI 81
Hanover, who led the fight last session
for the appointment of a commission to
do this work, was the foremost cham
plon OF the Mann resolution. The House
lined up pretty well as il did last sessio n
IN its opposition to a commission.
Gov. Montague sent no. message TO
either house.
Several bills were introduced in each
house. The most important was thar
OF Mr. Baker, in the House, providing for
the ext eDsion OF the corporate limits of
cities and towns. 1t permits the Judge
OF the Circuit Courts to order such an
extension upon the appeal of three-four-
tbs OF the property holders interested.
The House OF Delegates Thursday man.
Tested its determination not to have any
commission or steering committee in the
work OF framing the laws Of the State to
accord with the new Constitution.
The resolution passed by the Senate
providing Tor steering committee OF I've
was defeated aud the House adopted n
substitute which provides for the ASSIGN.
Lntnt OF the different articles of the new
constitution to the various standinocou
mlttees OF the two houses. Under the sub
stitute adopted, and which the senate
coneurred in, the article on the cornoro-
tons commission, the most imnortan,
one IN the new instrument. was referred
20 the standing committees on railroaas
and on general laws. The work viii nov
be mapped out AID sent TO the COMMITTEE
as soon as possible under the RESOLUTION
adopted. the presiding officers Of thetwo
bodies having nothing TO do with the
question OF e'erriDg the different articles
Mr.. Banks the big Republican m mber
from Corroll county, is 30 large that he
has to have a special chair provided for
him. The new member weighs 800 pounds
Roberts 4. Lee, Of Fairfax, r. the next In
size, weighing about 800 pounds
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15

Again, the interest of the counties are
amply and much more fully protected
than are those Of other stockholders, be
cause the county viii be given represen.
tation on the board ofdirectors, and not
q cent OF the cOunty's subscription can
be paid until after the road il completed
IN accordance with the route specified in
the petition for the election, while any
ordinary stakeholder will have to put in
his money whether the road is completed
or not.
But this whole matter is in the hands
OF the people OF this county, ii they want
it and desire il they can get it. II they
are willing TO sleep and see the world
outstrip them they can get lust what
they want and desire.
JOHN :. BARBOUR, A.G WILLIS
President F.& B.Ry. Pres. Eastern Va.
Const'n Co.
l.. q. JOHNSON,
Gen,l Mgr. f. & r. Ry Co.
STAFFORD county, Nov. Sth, 1902.
ELECTION SATURDAY.
NOVEMBER 22d, 1902
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Rev. Charles Herndon. of purcellville.
pastor OF the Baptist church there. has
accepted a call 80 Roanoke city.
}. NJ Dismore. of Sliddlebnrg, Loudoun
county, was killed at the Southern Rail
way Depot in Alexandria by "a box car
falling upon him. killing him instantly.
The Natural Bridge Hotel property
was sold for SIS 600 20 j. stuart Wal
ker. OF lynchburg, Va, by Commission
ers this week
Mr. William Z. Ward. who about three
years ago married "A daughter Of Mr. !
4 Spicer, of Madison county. was killed
few days ago in New Plymouth. O. by
a tree falling on him.
Mrs.C. II. Heater.a young bride at MID.
dietown, near Winchester. who had beer
married four months. committed suicide
by taking stryehnine because Of her hue
bands Irritation with another girl.
DR.. George ". lie Cato. the senator
from Acc0mac, who Is detained nj his
home by illness, is improving and now
able to get about. lie hopes to occpDv
his seat in the State Senate i'm a few 3avs
Miss Susan Collins. who lives near
Stanardsville, Greene county. was bitten
by cat. The animal was suffering from
rabies. Several days before a dog with
this disease had bitten the cat Miss Col.
Inns at first applied a mad stone but Ia
ter had the wound thoroughly cauterized
by physician.
James Black well and Neal Gravson
tco!ore1), became involved in a quarrel
over a woman whom they both claimed
as wife. near Manassas Thursdav nirht
Grayson was so badly shot that he will
probably die. Blackwell gave bimselfnn
TO the authorities and his counsel waived
examination. He was sent on to the
grand jury
The cornerstone Of the new Cane
Charles Baptist Church waslaid We5nes.
day by the Masons Of Evergreen T.odoo
assisted by members from sister lodgeaon
the Shore. The new ediice is a handsome
frame structure and takes the nlace IS
the original Cape Charles Baptist edieee
erected in 1887. Addresses were made NV
Henry l.. Upshur, deputy district Grand
master, and Rev. W. b. Doughty. pastor
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15
TIE IEGIsi.ATI-RE

The Legislature has no light task
before it. 1t is charged with the sol
emu duty of putting the new Consti-
tuition into real operation. For.
while the Constitution is the organs,
law of the Commonwealth. in order
to make it operative and effective
legislative action is required. IN
the matter OF taxation, good deal
has to be done. While the methods
oil taxation have been provided for.
the subjects, as well as the questions
OF uniformity, etc, are TO be cousid-
cred and determined by the Legisla
ture. The Constitution preScribes
who shall vote, who are entitled to
vote, yet the Legislature will have To
enact a new election law in conform
ity to that requirement. and We trust
that the ballot-box viii be safe
guarded from the bribe-giver and
bribe-taker. Money should be elimi
mated, as far as possible, from the
electorate. The result osthe election
should he the fair and full expression
OF the voters will and wishes. The
Corporation feature of the Constitu-
ton will come in for a large share of
the time and attention ofour solous.
and this is a very important matter.
for while we believe that corporate
franchises should be we'll guarded. "A
the same time we think that corpo-
rate rights should be protected.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15

Our fishermen and hunters are full
OF business these days. Their luck is
varying and varied. Some catch and
kill; some don't. The fish will not
;bite for some and the birds and turk
'eys will not be killed or caught. So
vt is with life in all its departments;
some succeed, some fail. Why and
wherefore is beyond our ken. We
only know that it is so.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15
Two Men in Jail in Rsppahannock on
Serious CHARGE.

telegram from Lnrey tells of>Sn al
legged criminal assault in Rapeaxannock
County, the parties being James Wood
ward and James jenkins, of SperryviIle.
and the woman being Mrs. Nora Me.
Laughiin, wife OF II. c. Mclaughlin, an
employe OF the Smoot tannery OF that
Town. Inc men have been arrested and
lodged in jail at Washington. the county
seat OF Rappahannock There IL said ~
be strong feeling against them.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15
THE TNLOAnED -

The unloaded gun-we mean the
gun without any powder or shot In
it's putting in its deadly work
these days. Every paper we pick ny
contains narrowing accounts ofsome-
body being killed by Just that sort
OF gun. The loaded pistol rarely
goes of. The man who has it hand
les 1t with care" We think that
those fellows who carelessly use Thu.
kind OF death-dealing instruments
should either be treated as criminals
or put in an asylum for idiots. The
foolish fellow who points an unloadeG
gun lust for fun" at another should
be knocked in the head with the ram
rod.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15

Tariff or no tariff, anthracite or no
anthracite, the wedding bells continue
to ring i'm old Virginia.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15

Carroll county sends three hundred
and sixty pounds of Repuhlicanism
to the House OF Delegates. That
ought TO hold the Democratic leaders
for awhile.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15

We are gratihed to note that quite
"a number of our Virginia exchanges
have copied our article advocating
an uniform game law for the counties
IN Virginia east OF the Blue Ridge
mountains. Their action shows that
the newspapers, and likewise the peo-
pie, are interested in this matter. and
we again urge the Legislature TO give
the game in Virginia better protec-
ton and the people better and less
confusing laws. A number of States
have game wardens, Others require
a license to hunt, and nearly all have
Uniform laws and prohibit the ship
ping OF game. We trust that our
delegate, Hon. J. H. Biscoe. will do
what he can in this matter.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15

We would remind our patrons that
Christmas is coming. and our mer-
chants should advertise their goods.
wares and merchandise so that peo-
pie who buy may know what they
have to sell Advertise, that is the
watchword and the keynote of sue
cess OF business. Let people know;
inform purchasers, and do it in an
attractive way. And in this section
we know OF no better, no more elici-
ent method of doing all this than by
using The Free Lance and The Star.
A word TO the wise is sufficient.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-02-12
WILD MAN IN THE WOODS.
i Most Startling Discovery Ia Nado
By Two EUnters In the Wa1Gs
Of Michigan.

Adolph Meiser and John Slattery,
two young men from Crystal Falls,
Mich, who were hunting partridges
on the headwsters of the Deer river,
about "A miles from that city, met
what they assert was wild man. His
hair ~as long and shaggy and long
viii IS snearly covered his face, show
ing LAT they had been growing for
some time. The hunters got within 80
feet of the man before they saw him
or he them, and all were surprised
when the stranger snarled at them.
Meiser attempted to talk to him, but
all the response he could get was:
Public, public, public" When Slattery
and Meiser moved forward the stranger
gave terrible yell and darted into the
bushes. He ran like deer, bounding
over the windfalls and stumps.
The strange man was large, but had
become emaciated from exposure and
hunger. The clothes he had on were
in shreds exposing his body to view. He
carried part of a gun barrel and tent
pole in his hands and when found was
eating the carcass CT a dead skunk.
The Crystal Falls men hurried TO
town and reported the discovery, and a
posse was organized to hunt for the
man. 1t is thought that the man is
some unfortunate hunter who has been
lost in the woods and become insane
from fright. The territory where the
man was seen is large stretch Of
woods, and person might roam there
for months without meeting anyone.
The posse will stay out until they Snd
the man.