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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
MAY CUT OFF 800 PATROLMEN
Radical Reduction of the Police Force Is
Proposed for Retrenchrnent
at Chicago.

Radical Reduction of the Police Force Is
Proposed for Retrenchnent
at Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 1S.-Three hundred
ratrolmen will get a years vacation
without pay if the city council finance
committees adopts Comptroller Nc
Cams budget for the police depart
n.ent. The finance committee held it's
first meeting to discuss the budget.
Comptroller Mccain reduced his es-
innate of the city's income from So
2O7. 900 to $780, 900. The heads of
departments asked for $17,2OO,O00.
Mayor Harrison attended the session
of the committee. There also was a
distinguished visitor in William J.
Bryan, who trailed the mayor to the
little room on the fourth floor.
Chief of Police O'Neill was the first
head OF department called upon. The
amount spent last year was $3,416, 1885,
93, but Mr.. Mccain cut this to $3,O6O,-
coo, a decrease from actual expenses
Of 1886, 1898 Chief O'Neill said he
could keep within the comptroller's es-
innate by cutting off 300 patrOlmen,
which would mean a decrease cf $780,
900. The rest Of the shortage he
could meet III other ways, he said. On
Health Commissioner Reynolds state
ment the committee figured that the
department might be cut $4,000 more
than recommended by Comptroller Nc
Gam, making the total $4,000. The
milk inspector is to be dropped. The
board of local improvements will have
to get along with the amount it had
Loot yoor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
ID. A. II, in Convention.

Washington. Feb. 1S.-The eleventh
continental congress Of the National
Society Of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution convened here. About
500 delegates ar1 others representing
chapters in sta les throughout the
country were present. The congress
has before it many matters of impor-
lance to the welfare of the daughters.
There was considerable excitement
at the headquarters of the Illinois
delegation over the election of state re-
gent. Mrs. Deere was elected. defeat
inc Mrs. WileS hy q vote of % to IA.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20

convention that when it came to Sc
lecting officers for the ensuing year
they just reelected the bunch except
in the case of DR.. Eva Smith Eaton,
who declined reelection as second au-
ditor. This gives Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait a second term as
p~residentess.
During yesterdays session addresses
were delivered by women from Rus
STA, Venezuela and Chilli, while cit
zenne of the United States spoke for
Porto Rico and the Philippines. AT
night there were speakers from Ger
many and Sweden, and a representa-
tive from Turkey said polygamY was
giving way and women have enormous
power there.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
FIERCE FIGHT IN KENTUCKY
Stronghold of a Notorious Desperate Is
Wiped Out and a Number of
Men Are Killed.
the afternoon.

Middlesboro, KY, Feb. 14.-One Of
the fiercest battles between an army
of mOuntaineers and the authorities
ever seen in Kentucky took place at
the notorious Quarter House, owned
by Lee Turner, at which place fifty
three men have been killed in the last
three years and over 100 wounded.
The battle began early in the after
noon and was resumed after dusk. and
in the second attack the stronghold
Of the desperadoes was burned down
and fully thirty of the men were
either shot or persisted in the flames,
while Of the posse attacking the place
three are known to have been killed
and many more wounded:
1t The known dead: Charles Cecil,
deputy sheriff, Middlesboro; James
Jaggers, Bell county; John Doyle, Bell
county; Mike WEIGH, bartender;
IOuey Rice. mOuntaineer. Lee Turner
is known all through this portion Of the
state as a desperate of the most dar-
ing stamp.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
Patients in a Panic.

. Battle Creek, Mich, Feb. 1S.--The
Kellogg, or Seventh Day Adventist,
sanitarium here which was located on
a hill at the highest point in the city
was destroyed by fire early in the day
and the property loss is estimated at
from 100000 to 100000. SO far as
can be learned there was no loss of life
among the 400 people in the sanitari-
um, although one or two persons are
said to be missing and it is possible
that their bodies may be in the ruins.
However, those missing may be III one
Of the houses OF hotels which have ia
ken in the homeless patients.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
CANNOT FIND MR.. LARSEN
He lis Said to Have Forged Mortgages and
Then Skipped Out.

lie LIS Sa1u TO nave fOrSeu mortgages anu
Then Skipped Out.
Milwaukee, Feb. 1S.-Nothing has
vet been learned of the whereabouts
of President r.. II, Larsen, of the Uni
versal Casually company. He is
charged with having forged mortgages
which he deposited with the insurance
commissioner of the state before the
company was licensed, but so cunning
" was the work done, 1t is said, that
even the abstract companies which eX-
amined them were deceived. 1t trans
pires that Larsen's downfall was
brought about through the charges
made by a woman, who carried her
case to the police.
Larsen came here from Durand and
interested Milwaukeans in a casualty
company. While in Durand he bore a
good reputation, was assistant in the
office of register Of deeds and became
acquainted with the methods nee
essary to carry on the scheme
which he operated so successfully
later. The mortgages which are
claimed to be forged are on
property in Pepin, Eau Claire, Clark
and other counties in the northwestern
portion Of the state.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
Four KILLED i'm Wreck i'm Iowa.

Eldora, Ia, Feb. 1S.-A lone engine
Collided with the Iowa Central pas
senger train No. +. south bound, four
miles south Of Eldora. on the Iowa
Central railway. -Four lives were lost
and property to the value of $4,000
destroyed. The, dead7are: John White.
Engineer; William tFrude. engineer;
Bud Ogle. fireman; Frank Patten,
fireman. The statement is made that
the engineer of the wild engine had or
ders to stop at Clifford and allow the
passenger train to pass. .
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
Mrs. Dewey Seriously Ill.

Palm Beach, Fla, Feb. 1S.-To an
Invitation to dine With Ambassador
von Holleben and meet Prince Henry
Of Prussia, Admiral Dewey yesterday
sent the following reply: Il regret eX-
ceedingly not to accept your invitation
to dine and have the honor of again
meeting his royal highness Prince
Henry Of Prussia, but Mrs. Dewey is
too i'll for me to leave her"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
STONE RANSOM PAID FEB. 6
Brigands Decline to Set Captive Free
Twelve Days After Receiving
Money Demanded.

London, Feb. 1S.-It transpires that
the money for the ransom for Miss
Stone and Nine. Tsilka was paid to
the brigands on Feb. 6 and that the
women's captors have given no indica-
ton as to when they will release the
prisoners. The Graphic's special cor
respondent ~telegraphs that the money
was paid on the date stated by DR..
Peet and NJ. Gargiulo. dragOmen of
the American embassy at Constantine
pie.
They met the brigands on the road
to the Padrone Monastery and handed
over the money in notes. The brigands
carried rifles. The release of the wOm-
en- now depends upon the humor Of the
brigands. Mr.. GargiulO. who is wait
ing at Series. does not know where
the captives are concealed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
K%ecluse Found Frozen to Death.

La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 15.-Mrs.
Mary Riarsson. aged 95 years, who
Owed the life of a recluse many years,
was found frozen to death at her back
door. near Riceford, Houston county,
Mimi, a few miles from here Thurs
day morning. She still held a lighted
lantern in her hands. Because she
disclaimed the Norwegian Lutheran
church some years ago, the minister
of that denomination refused to preach
her funeral sermon. She leaves $50
600
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
UNDER "FIGHTING BoB's" ESCORT
Admiral Won Baudissin Sees the New Me
teOr-Kaiser's Memorial Wreath.

Admiral Won Baudissin Sees the New Me-
teOr-Kaiser's Memorial Wreath.
New York, Feb. 17.-Rear Admiral
Count Won Baudissln, of the HOhenzOl-
lern, inspected the German emperOr's
yacht Meteor. at Shooters Island, Sat
urday. and expressed the highest adj
nriration for the vessel. Before visit
ing the yacht the admiral called upon
Rear Admiral RObley d. Evans, OF
board the battleship Illinois, after
which Admiral Evans escorted Won
Baudissin to the yards where the Me
teor is being built. Yesterday thou
sands crossed the North river to Ho-
boken to take a look at the Imperial
yacht Hohenzollern. Other thousands
travelled from New Jersey towns with
the same object in view, but owing
to the irOnclad arrangements only q
small number managed to get or
board.
The regular Sunday services pre-
scribed by the Lutheran church took
place on the HOhenzOllern at 10 a. M.
They were conducted by Admiral Won
BaudiSsin and were attended by all
the members Of the crew. At the
close the commander of the imperial
yacht prepared to carry out the cabled
instruction from Emperor William to
place a wreath on lie tomb of Miss
Beatrice GOelet. daughter of the late
Robert GOelet and of Mrs. Harriet
Warren GOelet, who died on Feb. &c
of pneumonia. The wreath, which
was made on a bed of smilaX. was
composed of white roses and lilies OF
the valley, and on the inside of the
| circle was a ROY of white tulips. 1t
was quite large and was bound with
broad white silk ribbon, the streamers
Of which were trimmed with gold and
bore the monogram of the kaiser and
the imperial crest.
The wreath was delivered at the
Hohenzollern at II a. m. and a few
minutes later Admiral Won Baudissin,
in full uniform, accompanied by his
| aide. Capt. Won der Osten. also in uni
form. left for the Goelet home on
Fifth avenue. The wreath was left
at the residence and later carried to
Woodlawn cemetery and placed on
the tomb by two members of the GOe-
let family without any ceremony.
While the admiral was away from
the HOhenZOllern, Capt. Won HOlleben
and Lieuts. RebenSburg and Seiden-
sticker were entertained at the Ger
man club in H%ObOken.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20

Southampton, Feb. 1.-THE KrOn
TrinZ Wilhelm arrived here yesterday
morning. Prince Henry's voyage to
England was uneventful. The KrOE
Prinz Wilhelm proceeded slowly from
Eremerhaven down the WeSer, Satur-
day, unded a cloudless sky and amidst
cheers from the people lining the
shore. A telegram from Bremersha-
ven says that the last seen of the
prince from the shore there was when
he stoon on the bridge Of the Kron
PrinZ Wilhelm. in admiral's uniform,
and lifted his cap in response to the
cheers OF the assembled crowds. Com
mander William II. Beehler, Z. S. ~,
the United States naval attache at
Berlin bid the prince goodbye for
the United States embassy. Senator
Tichirschky, Prussian minister to the
Hanseatic cities, bid farewell to the
prince for Emperor William, who al
SO sent his brother a telegram previous
to the departure of the steamer.
Takes Interest in His Profession.
After getting started Saturday the
prince and his suite walked upon the
upper deck with some of the other
passengers. Later Prince Henry pro-
ceeded to the bridge. where he held a
long conversation with the captain Of
the steamer, and showed the greatest
interest in all the details of the ship.
The prince with his suite appeared at
dinner, occupying a table in an alcOve
Of the general saloon. During the
meal the band played German and
American airs. The princes table
naturally attracted the undivided at
tention of the other passengers, but
Prince Henry did not seem to mind
this. After dinner the prince spent
an hour in the smoking room.
Gets Up in the Morning.
He was up early yesterday morning,
walking the deck. In the course Of
a conversation yesterday he again
expressed the pleasure he feels at
visiting the United States. and added:
"Why, the last nan | shook hands
with on German ground was an Amer
lean, the Berlin representative of the
Associated Press" At about 1920 a.
m. Saturday the Isle of Wight and
the forts of Portsmouth were sighted.
With the band playing and flags flying
the steamer made her way up South
ampton waters to the dock. Here the
members of the German embassy at
London were received, the vessel sail
ing for CherbOurg, France, at 3 p. m.
Last of the Old World.
Cherbourg, Feb. 1.-THE Kron PrinZ
Wilhelm arrived in the rOadstead at
$40 last evening after a pleasant
passage from Southampton. The
steamer stayed here but a short time,
during which the band played selec-
tons from various airs. The Kron
Prinz Wilhelm resumed her journey
for New York at 9 p. m.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
SURE SLIGHTLY STRAINED
When Relations Get to This Point the OBJ
s~erVation is Probably Correct.

Appleton, Wis, Feb. 17.-John G..
Holmes Saturday night shot Geo.
Walter, Martin Walter and Henry
Walter, all sons of Holmes wife, who
was formerly Mary Walter, widow of
the late George Walter, proprietor of
the Star brewery. &
George is in a critical condition,
but the others will recover Holmes
was arrested. Mrs. Walter was mar
ried to Holmes, who was employed in
the brewery at Denver, Colo., last
year. The relations between her sons
and Holmes have since been
Gtra
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
PRINCE OUT OF SIGHT
Landsmen Can Only Reach Henry
Of Prussia by Marconi Wire
less Signals Now.
GETS AN ENTHUSIASTIC sEND-OFF
BaudiGSin Delivers t the GOeIetS
q Wreath Ordered by the
German Emperor.

London, Feb. IA message trans
mitted by the Marconi wireless sys-
tenn from the Kron Prinz Wilhelm:
when that steamer was ninety miles
off the Lizard, reported ''all well.
weather fine and sea smooth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
Death of ..RiIlY" West.

Chicago, Feb. 17.-"Billy" West.
known for twenty-five years to the
public as a minstrel performer, died
Saturday at the Palmer house. For
two months he had been battling with
death. and at several times the ply
sicians in attendance gave up hope.
He was worth half a million, and
died of cancer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
Only Hanged for bastard Crime.

Chaska, Mimi. Feb. 1S.-Andrew
Taper was hanged shortly after mid
night this morning for the murder of
Rosa MiXa. The crime for which Tap
per paid til, penalty with his life was
committed on June 3, 1900. and was
inspired by u%nrequited affection and
jealousy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
That Is the Latest Story from the
Earthquakes Racked Sec
ton of Russia.
sHAMAKA DISTRICT rs Devastated
Many Towns and Villages in the Re-
gion Suffer Severely.
Other Thousands Are Starving and
Without S~helter-TOwns in Mex
leo Fear a Volcanic Eruption
Which Is Threatened.

Berlin, Feb. 17.-It is reported here
from Baku, Trans-Caucasia, that
thousands of persons were killed by
the earthquake in the Shamaka dis
trict, and that the towns and villages
for twenty versts around Shamaka
suffered severely.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
Left Town with a Woman.

Black River Falls, Wis, Feb. 10
E. j. Parker, of Cornell, Ills, was
found dead by the side of the highway
between MiIlston and Warrens yester-
day, holding in his hand d 3S-caiber
revolver. Parker, in company with
a woman left Millston Thursday ven
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
Dies While Waiting for Train.

Kenosha, Wis, Feb. 1S.-Hugh Mon
roe. AGED A. years, of this city, died
suddenly in the railway station While
waiting for a train for Racine. Death
was due to heart disease. The sta
t.on was crowded with passengers at
file time
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
WOMEN ELECT OFFICERS
Suffragists at Washington Choose Those
Again That Acted
Last Year.

Washington, Feb. $3.50 well
pleased were the woman suffragists
with those elected at the last national
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20

Baku, Russian Trans-Caucasia, Feb.
1.-THE town of Shamaka, seventy
miles west of this city, is now almost
practically destroyed by the series of
earthquakes which began several days
since. The district headman tele-
graphs that scarcely a dozen houses
are standing. Up to Friday evening
800 dead bodies had been taken out of
the ruins. The piles Of wreckage are
so vast that the search is necessarily
slow. Most of the victims were Mus
SulmanS. 1t appears certain that sew
eral hundred bodies are buried in the
assures and debris caused by the
shocks.
Twenty-Five Thousand Starving.
The church, the mosque the bar
racks and the treasury were destroyed.
Twenty-Five thousand inhabitants are
without food and shelter. They are
living in camps outside the ruined city
and distress is great.
Catastrophe Threatened in Mexico.
~Chilpancingo, State of Guerrero,
Mexico, Feb. 17.--Great alarm prevails
here, as well as at Chilapa and TiXtla,
at the discovery Of smoke issuing from
the openings in the summit of Tema-
lacatlalco, ON the road between this
city and Chilapa. There are eve
openings about $50 meters from the
crest of the mountain from which
thick smoke pours, clearly of volcanic
origin. Residents of the towns named
threaten to migrate to distant parts,
SO alarmed are they at this new indi-
cation of s%ubterranean disturbances, it
being feared that the city is in danger
Of a greater peril than that recently
experienced. The terror of the inhab-
itants was added to by an earthquake
that occurred between 1 and 2 a. m.
yesterday, which was severe enough to
wake the entire city from slumber.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
Gen. Grants Cousin Dead.

Eau Claire, Wis, Feeb. v15.-Rev,
Henry Martin Grant is dead of apo
pleXy. He was born in Persia in
1886. and was. a cousin OF General U.
s.. Grant. t>. <"'t @> ~ ~<. @~ ~
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
Carnecie's Offer to Chippewa. wis.

Chippewa Fails, Wis, Feb. 1S.-Yes-
terday Il letter was received from An
drew Carnegie. stating that he would
donate $4,000 for Il public library
building if this city guarantees 10 per
cent. of that amount for maintenance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-10
RAIN COVERED SOUTH GEORGIA.
Abundant Showers Here Relieve the
Situation.

The first hard and general rain fall
ing in this section in two months came
Sunday afternoon and night and, sc
far as can be learned, covered the great
err portion of south Georgia from Flint
river on the east to the Chattahoochee
and beyond.
For nearly two hours the rain poured
down steadily. Considerable wind
and electricity accompanied il, but did
no damage here
While the country in the Immediate
vicinity of Americas had not suffered
greatly, other portions of Sumter had
been without rain for two months, OIL
since April 14th.
This was true of the country abou'
Friendship and also along Flint River
Both cotton and corn showed the eff
feet Of the drouth, and the fine season
on Sunday will prove most beneficial
1t gives assurance of a corn crop, as il
was burning up,
The storm extended as far as CoIum
bus and was accompanied by a grea
electric display. Two white citizens
upon the streets were killed by light
ming, while several housesswera un
rooted.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-10
AMOS K. SCHUMPERT
DIED ON MONDAY,
Venerable and Respected Citizen Of
Americas Dead
RESIDED HERE A HALF CENTURY
A Successful and Highly Respected
Citizen, His Death is Much Regret
ted. Death Follows Period of
Long and Painful Illness.

Col Amos X. Schumpert, one of
Americus' oldest and most esteemed
citizens, passed away at noon yester-
day The announcement of the pass
ing of this venerable and good man
caused little surprise, as his condition
for some time had been precarious.
No citizen of Sumter county, per-
haps, was more widely known than
Col. Sehumpert, and his death causes
general regret.
A half century of his long and use
full life was passed here. His influence
and his means were always directed to
furthering the interests of his town
and county, and in helping those
about him.
Col. Schumpert's ancestors came
from Holland, setting near Newberry,
s, O. where he was reared. When
| still quitea young man he came to
Columbus, Ga. and afterwards to this
county, where he has sinceresided and
passed his best years.
In Columbus he married q Miss
Grey. Two sons were born to them,
and these gave their young lives to
the cause OF the Confederacy.
Shortly thereafter the,wlfe and moth
er followed them,
In 1888 Col. Schumpert married Miss
Sarah Pickett; daughter of the late M
b. Pickett, Of this county. One daugh-
ter blessed this union, Mrs. j. w.
| Hightower, who with Mrs, Schumpert
survives him. Their loss is indeed
that of the entire city and county.
For many years Col. Schumpert was
engaged in business here,
Besides his large farming interests,
he engaged successfully in merchan-
dising for many years. He was for a
long while member of the Board of
County Commissioners.
Nearly year ago, upon the found
ing of the Universalist Church here,
Col. Schumpert united himself there
with. But his entire career of eighty
seven years was one of honor, honesty,
and integrity. He wronged no man,
and was ever charitable to the fullest
degree.
The funeral services will be conduct
ed at o'clock this afternoon from the
Universalist Church. The obsequies
will be conducted by Rev. William FL.
McGIauflip, of Atlanta
The following named gentlemen will
act as pail bearers. Active; J. w.
Sheffield, W. FL. q. Dudley, G. w.
Glover, G. S. S. Horne, A. w. Smith,
J. T. Morgan, H. @. Mitchell, Fl. II.
Davenport. Honorary; r. j. Perry,
., B. Harold, j. @. Roney, H. r.
Johnson, J. B. Fielder, j. W. Wheat
ley, W. W. Simmons.
These will assemble at the Schum-
pert residence at $3.50 p. m. Friends
oflthe family are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-10
Virulent Cancer Cured.

Startling proof of wonderful adj
vance in medicine is given by druggist
G.. w. Roberts of Elizabeth, w. Va. An
old man there had long suffered with
what good doctors pronounced incura-
BILE cancer. They believed his case hope
less till he used Electric Bitters and APP
piled Buck lens Arnica Salve, which
treatment completely cured him. When
Electric Bitters are used to expel bill
lious, kidney and micrObe poisons at the
same time this salve exerts its match.
less healing power, blood diseases, skin
eruptions, ulcers and sores vanish. Bit
ters soc, Salve 25c, at the Eldridge drug
stores.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-10
TRIAL OF BLIND TIGER CASES
Alleged Liquor Dealers in Americas
Tried Today.

1t is not unlikely that some of the
numerous cases wherein true bills were
found, charging violation of the local
option laws, may be taken up in su-
perior court today There is the usual
big batch of bills, and a hundred OF
more witnesses will probably be
brought in to give evidence. Some oil
the cases have already been continued
for time on account of the absence Of
one of the attorneys for defendants,
bnt it is quite likely that some of the
tigers will get punched all right dur
| ing the current week.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-10
Spring tev6r.

Spring fever is another name for bill
liousness. 1t is more serious than most
people think. A torpid liver and mac.
tive bowels mean poisoned system. II
neglected, serious illness may follow
such symptoms. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers remove all danger by stimulating
the liver, opening the bowels and cleans
ing system of impurities. Safe pills.
Never grippe. 81 have taken DeWitt's
Little Early Risers for torpid liver
every spring for years. writes r. M.
EVERY, Moundsvllle, w. Va. "They dc
me more good than anything I have ever
tried" w. A. Rembert.