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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-07

whom Prof. Mullen has secured for this
occasion. The public is cordially invited
to attend, 25 cents buys the best seat in
the house. All Ishould be interested in
attending and learning the quality OF
musical talent that pupils from our city
and neighboring towns are developing,
under the instruction of our home teach
er, Prof. Mullen.
The piono used at this recital will be
the best upright piano in WatertoWn
kindly loaned by Richart & Bethke
Music Co., 1O5 Main street, city.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-07
Grand Musical Recital July, 1

The pupils of Prof. W. S. Mullen will
give grand musical recital July 1, in
Concordia Opera house, Miss Anna Smith
and Genevieve Mullen, of this city, will
assist.
No pains is being spared to make the
occasion in every way pleasing alike to
patrons and audience. 1t will be made
especial attractive by participation OF
one Of MiIWaukee's best viOlinists,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-07
What Good Does a Public Library Do?

|. 1t supplies the public with recrea-
tive reading, To the masses OF the peO-
pie -hard-Worked and living humdrum
HveS-the book comes as an open door
to an ideal life, in the enjoyment of
which one may forget, for a time, the
hardships or tedium Of the real. One of
the best functions of the public library
is to raise this recreative reading of the
community to higher and higher levels;
to replace trash with literature of a
better order.
2 A proper and worthy aim of a pub
lie library is the supplying Of books on
every profession, art or handicraft, that
workers in every department may per-
feet themselves in their work.
The public library helps in social
and political education, in the training
OF citizens. 1t is Of course we'll supplied
with books and periodicals which give
the thought Of the best writer's on the
economic and social questions now un-
der earnest consideration.
4 The highest and best influence Of
the library may be summed up in the
word, culture. No other word so we'll
describes the influence of the diffusion
OF good reading among the people in
giving tone and character to their intel
lectual life.
5 A public library will help to culti-
vate in our young people taste for the
better and higher enjOyments of life
and tend to keep them from what is low
and demoralizing.
E The library is the ever ready help
er OF the school. 1t is an acknowledged
fact that in cities with public libraries,
the schools both public and private, have
a great advantage over those that have
no Libraries to help them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-07
NUMBER 80.
Happy Time in Old Town.

"We felt very happy" writes R.N.
Bevill, Old Town, Va, when Bucklen's
Arnica Salve wholly cured our daughter
Of bad case OF scald head" 1t delights
all who use it for Cuts, Corns, Burns,
Bruises, Boils, Ulcers, Eruptions In
fallible for Piles. Only 25c at I'll. T.
Erbeles drug store.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-07

1t beats the deuce how solicitous the
Democratic papers are over the welfare
of Bob La Toilette. 1t is the first time
within the memory of man that the
Democratic press have been ''plugging
for Republican. Are they doing it
for the sake of principle or money!
Superior Wave.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-07
Filthy TEMPLES i'm India.

Sacred COWS often defile Indian tenn
Piles, but worse yet is body that's pol
luted by constipation. Don't permit it.
Cleans your system with DR.. Kings New
Life Pills and avoid untold misery.
They give lively liyers, active bowels,
good digestion, fine appetite. Only 25c
at FL. T. Erble's drug store.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-07

Gov. La Toilette says he does not
want to be governor unless he can
have the legislature with him. That.
probably, is very true. The next legis-
lature will have to elect successor to
Senator Spooner, and under those
humilating conditions the governor
could not dictate upon the election
Hartford Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-07

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are the
brightest, fastest and easiest to use.
Sold by Brennecke & Bergman, 315 Main
Street. 1Oc per package.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-07

We do money i0anlng, insurance and
real estate business. Prompt attention
given to pT0batiEg estates, collecting
accounts. SKINNER Il THAUER,
Lawyers and NOtaries Public.
Office in Wisconsin National Bank build
ing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-07
LETTER LIST.

List of letters remaining at the postof-
dce for the week ending Tuesday, June
3. 1902.
Carroll, Mrs. Anna Nagel. Mrs. Augusta
Duncan, Miss Jessie Kruger, III. II.
Runowoc. FranklikS Upham A. A.
r sil'pr, Aticheal Wollitz. Miss Julia
Yerchel, Miss Laura
WM. f. GkUETZMACHER. Z. NJ.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-07

When the power of digestion fails
from debility, age or imprudence in
diet, take Camps Curative Powder or
Tablets. 81, soc, 25c, of all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
GREIG'S BIG BUSINESS. ,
Stole a Large Amount From the Car.
negie Company.

London, Sept. PAL. H. Greig,
bookkeeper in the London offices of the
Carnegie Steel company, who was re-
manded on Friday last on the charge
of forging checks amounting to 50, 500,
purporting to have been signed by Col.
Miilard Hunsicker. chairman of the
Nickel corporation, was again remand
ed today after a brief hearing. Counsel
for the prosecution said that most prob
ably others were Implicated in the case,
which promised to develop largely
Their information disclosed that not
embezzlement and theft of correspon-
dence from Pittsburg to the Carnegie
company.
Counsel handed in forged checks for
$4,000 and $4,000 respectively. He said
the forgeries were all of great magni-
tude. The prisoner. he declared, kept
up lavish establishment at Kingston
taken to prevent the removal of his
furniture
Counsel also handed the magistrate a
letter from a prisoner in Exeter jail
which the magistrate said threw quite
a new light on the case.
Counsel added that an examination of
the book showed not only that Greig's
forgeries were very large amounts but
that, there had been an extensive falsi-
f1cation of the books. The prisoner had
apparently been carrying on large bust
nesses. At various addresses in the CITY
the police have seized a mass of docu-
ments and correspondence. They also
discovered that chloride of lime had
been used in erasing names from
checks.
Col. Hunsicker told a representative
of the Associated Press that some of the
money had been recovered but that the
loss would probably amount to $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
HAVE "A LARK IN BALLOON.
Two Toledo Lads Go soaring TO tho
Clouds for Fun.

Toledo, o., sept. 24-Paul and Roy
Khabenshtae, young sons of s. s. Knab-
enshue, one of the editors of the Toledo
Blade, are the lions of the city today
and are thankful they are alive. At the.
fair grounds is large captive balloon.
During the day when few people were
about the place, the youngsters were
attentively studying this balloon.
They had neither of them any idea
about balloon. but they decided to
turn the thing loose and take chances
on ride. They discussed the matter
briefly, then threw off their surplus
clothing, cut the guy ropes and jumped
into the basket
higher, until they got into an atmOs-
phere that nearly froze them. Soon the
top of the balloon was hidden in thick
lvapors and TIE boys were gasping for
BREATH
Then the balloon began to drop with
an alarming rapidity. Before leaving the
earth, Roy Knahenshue, who, durine
the aerial trip. acted as navigator. had
pulled the rope of the escape valve to
test 1t. The valve failed to close tight
~ and consequent loss of gas re-
suited.
Ballast was thrown out and when OPP
portunity came the anchor was dropped
and held fast. Then the balloon slowly
came down. The boys had Travelled six
miles in as minutes.
A farmers rig was hired, the balloon
was rolled up and brought to the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24

Bangor, Sept are school
ing on the Maine coast now in some
thing like the abundance of former
years, and the seiners and hand-lfners
are making good hauls. The nsh are as
freaky as ever though, and no one.
however old In the business. can ex-
plain the sudden comings and goings OF
the schools.
Many years ago mackerel were so
plentiful in Maine waters that they
denly they disappeared completely. 1t
was thought that the fish would return
in the following season, but they did
not, and never since have they been 50
plentiful as in the sos. Various theories
have been advanced as to their where
aboilts, and some OF the theories were
tested, but proved to be entirely mis-
taken.
one fishing vessel was f1tted out for
Iceland waters and got nothing, while
others pursued the quest as far as the
North sea without avail. A skipper
even went to the Agulhas banks. on the
southeast coast of Africa, expecting to
find mackerel there. but discovered
nothing resembling the elusive sinners
In Portland the other day an old flsll-
erman sat on the pier and remarked
that, the wind being northwest. the
mackerel feet might as well come In
and take life easy.
with the wind OF Shore" said he
.sWhat we want is a good. smoky
Southwestern. That sort o. wind drives
the feed in where the mackril c4n get
eat an there's little red seed they fill
up on. One reason they amt got no
fish lately is the heavy rains. that's
sunk the feed deep. an the f1sh's gone
arter it. stead o schoolin' on ton o. the
water He's full o. tricks You may
think you know all his whims one year,
but the next year he'll do somethins
altogether different. Mackrifs tricky"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
SAME OLD STORY.
Now Too Late to Vote on Water.
works.

City Attorney Spencer stated today
that in his opinion it is now too late for
the proposal to vote waterworks bonds
to come up at the November election.
He thinks it will have to be postponed,
even If the council and the waterworks
company succeed in reaching an agree
ment at the meeting to be held this
evening.
Mayor Parker is also of the opinion
that it is now too late to get the pro-
position before the people at the fall
election.
In discussing the matter, City Attor-
ney Spencer says: II do not believe
that there is time between now and the
election to complete all the necessary
preliminaries for the bond election. 1t
Is an important matter preparing for
voting $4,000 in bonds, and I do not
propose to be careless in making the
preparations. If I had nothing else to
do bur look after that one thing, I might
get along all right. 1t will take a lot
of time to get the petition circulated .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
is 1Os YEARS OLD.
Miss Smaller Tells Her Friends Never
to Fret or Worry.

Saybrook, Conn, Sept A.-Aunt Lar
rissa Smaller. Of Hamburg. the oldest
woman in Connecticut and perhaps in
New England, will be 102 years old to-
morrow. She said today:
Don't fret and worry, and don't have
anything to do with doctors 1 never
did, and you can see the result And
then, too. you might say, Don't get
married" With a little laugh the old
lady added: Not but what 1 might
have been. don't say have not had
OFFERS
Miss Smaller was born up among the
Haddam hills. She is a direct descend
ant OF the original settlers Of that town.
She is great Bible reader and has
read the entire book from cover to cover
some ten times Daily she goes
through more exercise than half the
women in the villa ge'in which she lives.
Hardly of the average height, always
gowned in black and with q lace cap
partially covering her silvery hair, Aunt
Larrisa looks as though she had JUS:
stepped out from one Of the old colonial
wallis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
YACHTING PARTY UPSET.
Two Women and Three Men in Water
an Hour Before Being Rescued.

Stamford, Conn. Sept 24.-The cat
boat Elsie owned by the Gillespie broth
ers of this city. capsized in the sound
off Cow buoy, late yesterday afternoon.
and E. p. Grannis and the Misses Gran
mis- of South Orange and William and
r. H. Gillespie, Jr., were thrown into
the water.
Expert swimmers all of them. the
wrecked young folk were able to
swim to the uoturned. craft and they
chung to it's sides until their plight was
noticed from shore and they were taken
off. They were in the water fully an
hour before the rescue and were worn
out by the cold and exertion necessary
to retain hold on the boat.
The party left the Gillespie cottage
early in the afternoon for a sail east
ward. There was a heavy southeast
wind and nasty sea on, and the young
men, who are good sailors. had taken
reef or two in the big sail. They were
well out in the sound-probably two
miles from shore-when sudden pun
hit the Elsie and caused her to can
size.
DR.. Alfred H Scofieid, superintendent
of public works, and Arthur and Frank
B. Poor of New York rowed to the cap
sized yacht and rescued the exhausted
party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
BATTER FINDS $50 PEARL
Oyster Which Nipped Mn. Hicks
Finger Contained Prise

Atlantic City, N. J., Sept M.-While
bathing at the foot Of st. Charles place.
Mrs. w. T. Hicks, OF New York, found
among a heap Of oyster shells half
opened oyster. She procured stick
and attempted to force open the shell
The oyster closed on the stick and also
pinched severely the index finger Of her
right hand This made Mrs. Hicks more
ana on doing SO she found rare Aus
traIian pearl, darkly co1ored, but to all
appearances perfect.
Robert F. Kansler, d retired jeweller
of Philadelphia, pronounced it valuable
ana stated that pearls like It were sell
dom found in these waters. Mrs. Hicks
sold her prise Tor $3.50 to F. D. Hart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
TOLL LINE EXTENDED.
Indep endent Telephone System Gets
Twenty-Five More Towns.

Twenty-Five towns in northeastern
Kansas were today connected UP by
long distance toll lines with the Inde-
pendent telephone system of Topeka.
The list includes the city Of Atchison
with 1000 phones In use. Leavenworth
viii be connected with the Topeka ex-
change upon the completion OF the work
of strin9ing six miles of wire. All the
lines are metallic circuit.
The list of Is towns Just added today
includes Atchison. oskaloosa, Valley
Faalss Efingham. Nortonville, Meriden,
Lancaster. Cummings. Winchester, Dem
ison. Rock Creek. Osawkie, Tonganox-
lie, McLouth, Dunavan. Muscotah, Jar
ba10, Reno, Ackerland, Boyle station,
Easton, Birmingham, North Cedar.
Hawthorne and Parnett.
The toll lines to Auburn. Wakarusa
and Overbrook are being strung and
win be ready fUr use within q week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
HIS WIFE STABBED HIM.
She Then Out Her Own Throat With
q Razor.

New York. Sept. A.-On an alarm from
the Maspeth police, an ambulance was sent
early today from a Brooklyn hospital on
the four-n1ile run to the home of Joseph
Alstrefsk The ambulance surgeon found
the man lying on the floor in a pool CT
blood.
My wife stabbed me-" he gasped. "She
had been drinking and was abusing our
daughter when came home. l protested
and she stabbed me-"
The woman lay on bed apparently
asleep. The surgeon began to work on
Astrefskrs wound while policeman ord
cred the woman to get up and go with
him to the station. He turned his back
bands razor and before the policeman
could turn around to stop her; cut her
and wife were hurriedly carried to the
hospital, but the physicians said neither
could recover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
AFLOAT % YEARS.
Bottle Thrown i'm Indian Ocean
Ashore on Cape Cod.

Brockton, Mass, Sept. 4.-George T.
Maddox of this city was a member of
the crew Of the vessel Hattie Tapley
% years ago. and ON April IL, 1874, was
one of the men who placed a note in "a
bottle bearing this inscription:
Ills bottle was thrown overheard
from the ship Hattie Tapley, of Bangor,
Capt George Tapley. master, April 10,
1874, in latitude 81 degrees south, longi-
tude 6S degrees east"
This was in the Indian ocean. The
bottle was picked up recently off Mon
onoy Point, Cape Cod. 1t was intact,
and the message could be read easily.
The bottle was found by a Harwich
fisherrnan.
Mr. Maddox recalls the voyage on
which he was when the bottle wa;
thrown overheard. He thinks the wind
helped TIE bottle around Cape Horn to
Re Atlantic ocean, the southeast trade
I'd again helped it northward. The
ulf stream presumably assisted it into
l-le bread gulf, and it got into coastwise
currents. which brought it the rest of
the way.
Mr.. Maddox retired from seafarins
life several years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
RALLY AT AUDITORIUM.
Independent Forces to Hold
Mass Meeting Tonight.

The Independent forces will rally at
the Auditorium tonight for the first
large meeting of the county campaign.
Judge T. F. Carver will preside at
the meeting. The principal speakers
will be Gen. ]. K. Hudson, j. Willis
Gleed and L. A. Stebbins. The speak
ers are expected to spend their time in
pouring broadsdes into the Republican
nominees for sheriff and county attor-
ney.
The music fer the meeting VIII Re
furnished by the Washburn college
uuartette and Harold Parr, the youthful
campaign singer. The Cumberland
boys band will play several selections.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
POLICE JOTTINeS.
Circus Day Brought q Number
Of Plain Drnnks.
Deserters from Fort Leaven.
worth Found With Circus.

The crop of plain drunks which
graced the town, and incidenIahy tne
city Jail. with their presence Tuesd Day
otherwise circus day, was on par $500 wsrn
CLEANED them with startling frequency;
Three Indians were in. the buncns ana
a pair were left over until this mornines
when they We're picked IN q COM ~ t -
condition. The circus contributed one
drunk, q boy with the tent gang, VINO
took a few high ones after th1rey-sih
hours without sleep and fell by the
wayside as a consequence.
The police captured four soldier boys
who had jumped their jobs with Uncle
Sam to drive tent pegs with the circus.
The first, who gave his name as Albert
Stuu of troop G, Fourth cavalry, was
taken in charge by Officer Summers be-
cause he wore uniform, or part or
one. While he was in jail Doc" VIII
liams, q member of the same regiment,
nailed by Jailer Smith The pair were
questioned by the police and they told
them that they were not the only oe-
serters in own. Omcers Con ana NC.
grounds and captured John Pieper and
Victor Larson, of the Twenty-e1gntn
battery. The boys say they enlisted at
Jefferson barracks, st. Louis. severai
weeks ago, and were consigned to regi-
ments stationed at Leavenworth- When
they arrived at Leavenworth the troops
had gone to Fort Riley, and as they did
not like to soldier alone, they took to
the woods The police have notified the
authorities, and expect to receive re-
wards for the capture.
A man giving the name of E. B.
Brown explained to an officer last night
that he had been robbed of SO by d
negro woman named Mary Anderson
After he had explained to the officer
how the robbery occurred he was arrest
ed for disorderly conduct. The woman
was also arrested for robbery from the
person, and this morning the man was
Induced to swear out complaint for
her arrest in the city court On the
complaint he signed his name H. p.
Collins The facts of the case would
warrant Mr.. Brown or Collins in max
ing an effort to conceal his identity.
Tailor Morgan held short but heated
conversation a night or two ago with
a person who was annoying the central
girl on one OF the telephone lines. II
was late at night, and after the smart
one had called central several times
and annoyed her with selection Of soft
talk, she put him in connection with
the police station. OF course he called
up again, chump of that kind never
quits in time. and Morgan listened
awhile and then spoke a few heated
words into the transmitter. The soft
one did not resume his of1e-sided fiirta.
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
FAST WORK ON CABLE.
In Two Weeks the Line Will Be With
in 200 Miles of Tanning Island.

Vancouver. B. c., Sept. 24.-The cable
ship Calonia has laid over 500 miles of
the Pacific cable between Vancouver
Island. B. c. and Tanning Island. In
two weeks the Calonia will have paid
out all her cable and be within 200 miles
of Tanning Island where she will
anchor the end to a buoy The end will
be picked up and spliced by the cable
ship Anglia and the laying completed
by that ship. while the Calonia will pro-
coed to England to secure the cable for
the line between San Francisco and
Manila.
The Calonia is laying $50 miles of ca
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
MELBA'S FATHER OVERCOME
Blood Vessel Bursts as He Greets Her
After Sixteen Years Absence.

Melbourne Sept 24.-Mfne Melba has
arrived here. Her father, who had not
seen her in sixteen years, came from AL
bury to welcome her. The excitement of
the meeting caused a blood vessel in
his brain to burst and he is in a SER
ious condition. Nine Melba has con-
sequently postponed her first concert.
The series of concerts is to be the
most brilliant ever given in the south
ern hemisphere. The government has
placed the railways at her disposal, and
the governors of the different colonies
her visit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24

Omaha, Neb., Sept. sl-Ths tournament
OF the trans Mississlppf Golf ass6eikti0f,
began today at the lint 81 the Omaha
Country club. The twenty<one cubs OF
Nebrasha, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa ana
Colorado were represented by about 100.
players, who wal contest fer eight cups,
half OF which are for women. The events
of greater Importance are those for tIldi-
vidual championships, but the club cham
pfonshipg in which hve members from
each club VIII cc1mpete are receiving co1a-
Siderable attention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
HEAD TOO HEAVY TO LIFT.
Parents Consent to Operation on
Child to Cure Enlargement.

Trenton, Sept 24.-The 17-months-old
child of Henry Ulicki. a butcher, of No
217 Federal street is having the size
of its head reduced. She cannot lift her
head UP when lying down, and when
she attempts to creep the weight of her
causes her to fall on it
When the child was born its head
measured 231z inches in circumference
r. Thomas Komaroski. by pressure of
I bands. has reduced the circumfer-
an inch. The doctor today obtain
The parents consent to puncture the
Ids skull, by which operation it is
.lieved relief can be obtained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
HELD SKIRTS TOO HIGH.


Cleveland, o., Sept. N.-when Patrol.
man Prosser saw 1S-year-old Rosie
keller displaying pair OF ankles IN
Bolivar street yesterday afternoon he
arrested her. On the police blotter.
after her name, Ii the charge:
Lifting her skirts on Bolivar street. =
The girl was very fearful when ar.
rested and insisted that she merely
wished to save her skirts from drage1n&
in pool OF water. The off1cer was
positive that she overestimated the
depth Of the water Today the Girl
secured q continuance