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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.
Senior Glass to Bid Adieu to School Life
Thursday, May 29th.

The 9th annual commencement ex-
erclses of the Lancaster High school
will be held at Reeds opera house
Thursday, May 29th at 10 a. m. The
class of 1902 about to bid adieu to
school life mum bers fifteen and is an
exceptionally bright throng of young
gentlemen and ladies.
The program is herewith given in
full:
Overture :. High School Orchestra
Prayer.
Anvil Chorus from I'll Trovator" Verdi
A Noble Work. Alice Howell
The Growth of English Liberty
Bessie A. Carter
American Diplomacy 49,. Carl CALVIN
Evolution of Music. Josephine Hudson
Piano Solo, The Dernier Sourire
(Woolenhaupt)
A Plea for a Traitor. Grace Emery
Manners-An Art. Anna l.. Brlel
Modern Knighthood. Arthur FL. Stoll
A Type of Eloquence. Julia Zakczeskl
Part Song, Good Night Beloved
(Pinsuti)
Love for the Beautiful. Belle Rrockway
The Value of Humor. George A. Boyes
The Fair Fellowship of Old
Estelle B. Thompson
Wagner and his Operas. Mildred Ivey
Song, The Happy Miller. ....! (Veazie)
Growth of Liberty. Frank F. Runkel
The Spirit of Patriotism. MabelVincent
England's Uncrowned King.
Matte w. Block
Should Oklahoma be Admitted?
Ralph B. Watkins
Bridal Chorus. From the Rose Maiden
Children of the Age. Mabel Judd
Modern Wizards Hannah l.. Sulzer
A Foe to Honor. ....... Mac M'Crady
Song, The Bandolora leslie Stuart)
London Tower. ......... Fern Price
Henry VIII and the Church of
England. ........ Charlotte Lowry
When will the Bubble Burst1
............Wa Warren j. Hannum
Chorus, I Love the Sea, (Westendorf)
Presentation of Diplomas.
High school commencement marks
a most important period in life. The
graduating class-the finished product
of the school, crosses it's protecting
threshold with happy youthful mem
cries and ideals, and go, for the most
part, out into the stern, practical
world with it's intense competition
and hard unidealistic social organiza-
ton, there to fight inch by inch, their
way upward toward that great indeti-
mite something called success in
life.''
That the Lancaster High scaool
class Of 1902 crosses the threshold well
equipped in mental discipline, cour-
age and am bition, and with sincere
determination to prove themselves an
honor to their school and teachers
will be plainly seen in the general ex-
cellence of their closing exercises
which will be the important event of
the week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22

Mrs. VIM. Humphrey was in at
tendance at the Southwestern Wis
consin Missionary convention held in
Barneveld this week. Mrs. Humph-
rey was sent as delegate by the La
dies Missionary society of the Congre-
gational church of this city.
1t has been discovered in laying
out the lines for basement walls of
the new court house that the west
foundation will come squarely across
the large cistern in the court yard.
A strong arch will be placed in posi-
ton to strengthen the wall at this
point, and the cistern will have to be
abandoned.
The gasoline engine of II b. p.
purchased by the city to be used at
the rock crusher has arrived and been
installed. A contract has been made
with the Northern Bldg. Co. to furn-
ish crushed rock for concrete work on
the new court house. The quantity
used will probably be nearly 300 yards
and the price paid the city for it de-
livered is $1.25 per yard.
Memorial services at Congrega-
tional church next Sunday at 1890
a. m. Rev. j. t. Morgans will speak.
Union service 1880 p. NJ. at Methodist
church. Rev. T. j. Brown will
preach.
Henry McGovern was brought
from Platteville by Marshal Shelliam
Monday morning with thirty-day
sentence in county jai- hanging over
him for being drunk ana disorderly.
He is the sole occupant of The jail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
PROGRAM OF
RACE EVENTS
Committee on Sports Fixes
Speed Contests.
s., 400 HUNG UP IN PURSES
Henry Judd Named as Superintendent O
Cattle Department to Fill
Vacancy Occurring.

A meeting of a special committee
OF the Executive committee of the
Grant County Agricultural society
whose duty it was to decide definitely
upon race program for the coming
fair and to transact other matters OF
fair interest was held at the office OF
Secy. j. G. Churchill Monday even
ing.
There were present Pres. d. Abrams,
Secy. Churchill, Vice Pres. G. H.
Baxter and Committeeman A. 6.
Knapp, Geo. Baxter, Frank Schreiner
Chas. Ziegler and Thos. lockwood.
Secy. Churchill reported proceed
ings of meeting of secretaries of
Darlington, Mineral Point and Platte
vile fairs held at the first named city
Friday of last week. These fairs de-
sired to form a circuit and wished
Lancaster to join the compact. He
detailed the numerous advantages to
be gained by joining the circuit. and
at conclusion of his remarks motion
by Mr.. Schreiner to join was carried
unanimously.
One of the provisions Of entering
the circuit calls for fair society to
belong to the AmericanTrotting Assn,
the membership fee in which is $40
annually, and motion was made by
Mr.. G. H. Baxter that the society be-
come a unit in this last named organ
ization. This was carried without a
dissenting voice.
Death having removed Geo. Garth
waite, member of the Executive
committee and perintendent of the
cattle department, it devolved upon
the committee to select his successor.
Anumber of good men were spoken
of for the place and selection was
finally made in the person of Henry
Judd of this city. Mr.. Judd is we'll
qualified for the position and the
mem bers of the society and breeders
generally.
The task OF arranging speed pro-
gram was next taken up and the fol-
lowing events were slated:
THURSDAY, SEPT. IL.
2:25 class pace, purse $3.50.
2:50 class trot, purse $3.50.
] mile run, purse 500.
2 yr. old trot or pace, purse $3.50.
FRIDAY. SEPT. y.
2:24 class trot, purse $3.50.
2:40 class pace, purse $3.50.
] mile run, purse 500.
It was also voted to have relay
race for which a very generous purse
is to be provided. The racing feat
ures will be of more than ordinary
interest in connection with the coun-
ty fair this year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
Change Made In Plans.

At the earnest solicitation of Judge
Clementson and others the committee
on the new court house was called in
special session Tuesday and slight
alteration made in the plans of the
structure. The south wing, contain
ing the circuit and county court
rooms, was heightened seven feet at
an extra cost of $4,000 and it's dimen-
sions, according to the revised specif-
ications will be 623x389.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
HAS THE BOSS SCARECROW
When the Windmill Runs the Band Plays
Tune to Die By.

When the Windmill Runs the Band Plays
a tune To Die BY.
Delavan, Wis, May 2O.-In the way
of scarecrows a Delavan Lake man
will probably take all premiums offered
for some years to come. The name Of
this inventor is Joseph Kiel. His
scarecrows are operated by windmill
connected with a number of horse tid-
dies, bells and tin cans. When the
windmill is in motion the band plays
and there is a din that can be heard
for a mile.
When the apparatus was first oper-
ated every bird in the neighbOrhood
took flight, and few have found their
way back. Kiel threatens to run the
machines by electricity if the wind
fails, and all the resOrters around the
lake are afraid he will do it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
Court Yard to be Fenced.

Before active operations are COM
menced on the construction of the
new court house the court yard is to
be inclosed within twelve foot board
or woven wire fence. This move is
made by the company erecting the
building, and the object is to prevent
curiosity seekers from interfering
with working men and also to do
away with accidents which might
occur to spectators.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
BREAKS HIS SISTERS NECK
Playful Scufffe Results liz a Case That May
Be Fatal.

Oregon, Wis, May 16.-Wh:le she
was engaged in playful scuffle with
her brother, Miss Pearl Netherwood's
neck was broken. The two had been
playing for some time when the young
man caught his sister around the neck
and tipped her head back. She made
an cutlery for him to stop, but he sup
posed it was all in play and paid no
attention for the moment
When young NetherwOod did let go
his hold his sisters head dropped to
one side and he found that she was
unconscious. A physician found that
Miss Netherwood had sustained a par
tial fracture of the neck. 1t is feared
she will not recover
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
Train Strikes a Handcar.

Lacrosse, Wis, May 20.--A fast
mail train on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul road struck a handcar
near West Salem, and as a result one
is dead and three are seriously injured
and may not recover. Dead: Louis BOr
resOn, section man. Injured Michael
MichaelsOn, section foreman Ole Wick,
section man; August Atlrook, section
man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
PLIGHTED TROTHS.
Cupid's Work of a Week as Recorded at
County Clerk Griffis' Office.

Jas. A. Vincent, Meadow Greek,
Mont, and Blanche Gelvin, Fennimore.
John H. Keller and Frances Brandt,
both of Keller.
Morgan Reed and Mertie Shinoe,
both of Waterloo.
Francis England and Otillie Potter,
both of Bloomington.
Henry Zemlicka and Della holman,
both of Muscoda.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
Drown in Sight of Hundreds.

Marinette, Wis. May 2O.-Because
he wanted to scare young woman
Edward Boatman, married man,
rowing in boat with Miss Clara Gag
non, rowed up under a dam in the Me-
nominee river. The undertow caught
the boat and tipped it over, and both
were drowned. A crowd of several
hundred people, powerless to aid them,
watched their struggles from the river
bank, and in the excitement the fire
department was called out. BOatman
was shipping clerk at the Park paper
mills.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
People Hurt in a 800" Wreck.

Rhinelander, Wis, May 19.-Conduc-
tor Stephen Meagher was badly in
jured and an engineer, fireman, bag
gageman and several passengers seri-
ously hurt in a collision on the $500
near Pembine between passenger train
No. "a and a through freight. The
freight train was so long that it was
unable to clear the main track in time
to avoid the wreck
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
Views and Interviews.

E. A. Weisbeck: We received our
4th carload of red cedar shingles this
week from the west. People are be-
ginning to learn their value over
other grades, and we are willing to
pay little more to get them. The
freight is 5000 alone on a carload to
Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
Roman Catholic Rally at Oshkosh.

Oshkosh, Wis, May 2O.-From 49,
600 to 10000 people are in the city
attending the eighth biennial conven-
ton of the Wisconsin German Catho-
lie Benevolent societies and the first
gathering of the Union of the Young
Mems Catholic societies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
Trained Nurse Commits Suicide.

Fond du Lac, Wis, May 20.-Miss
Jessie McNeal daughter of DR.. J. H.
McNeal, member of the state board
of health. committed suicide yesterday
by shooting herself. Miss McNeal was
trained nurse, and recently returned
from Chicago broken down under the
strain OF serious case she had been
attending,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
Mystery of a Hollow Tree.

Lacrosse, Wis, May 17.-George
Laguire, an engineer on the Dubuque
division of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul road, found a coffin Sc
creted in a hollow tree near Savan-
ma. He hurried back to his comrades
for assistance, but when he returned
some one had been there and broken
open the casket with crowbar and
eScaped with the contents
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22

DR.. w. L. Brown, the Eye, Ear,
Nose and Throat specialist, will be in
Lancaster at Dr. Hassell's office,
Wednesday, May 2Sth. 1922
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
I'll. AND L. OFFICERS.

Fire Company Names Officers For En-
suing Year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22

Hook & Ladder Co. No. l, at re-
cent meeting elected officers for year
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-13
LEAGUE TO MEET HERE
NEXT ANNUAL MEETING OF MAYORS IN MONTGOMERY.
Invitation Has Been Extended by the City Council Through Mayor Joseph-Invitation Will Prob
 ably Be Accepted.

The City Council of Montgomery at a special meeting yesterday afternoon eN- tended formal invitation to the Execu- tive Committee of the Alabama League of Municipalities for the League to hold its next annual meeting h this city.
 The League is composed of the Mayors of all incorporated towns and cities in the State. It's work is cooperative and it seeks to benefit it's members by an in- terchange of ideas on municipal govern ment. The importance of its work IS emphasized by the municipal provision of the new constitution which divides the cities and towns of Alabama into classes and provides for general legislation for each class and forbids special legsla- tion for any single city. One of the i'm portant features of the League work is to cooperate in securing the best legisla- tion for the different municipal classes. Hon. J. B. Weakley of Florence who was chairman of the Committee of Munici- palities of the new Constitution is Presi- dent of the League.
 The formal resolution of invitation tu the Executive Committee was introduced by Alderman Anderson:
 Be it resolved by the City Council of Montgomery That hearty invitation be and is hereby extended to the League of Alabama Municipalities to hold it's an- nual meeting in this city.
 Be il further resolved. That the Mayor is hereby instructed to extend this invita- ton to the Executive Committee of said League"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-13
Why the Indian Fails.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

flItSDurg DlSpdtcn.
 William A. Jones. Commissioner on In- dian Affairs, contributes notable arti- cle to The Worlds Work dealing with the failure of the Indian schools with an av- craze attendance of 16.000 pupils Partly bribery. by fraud, persuasion or force he says. these children are induced to leave their surroundings and enter the schools. They are chosen, not because of personal fitness, but because they are Indians. He then describes how they are instructed not only in parliamentary knowledge. but are taught drawing. music, physiology. botany and entomology. They are given the best of treatment supplied with ev- cry essential to comfort. with attend- ance, sick or well. and with library and gymnasium for recrea tiorf In the course of the article MT. Jones says:
 ''The child of the wigwam becomes a modern Aladdin. who has only to rub the government lamp to gratify his desires. When his education Is finishedh he is re- turned to his home. which, by contrast. must seem squalid indeed to the parents whom his education must make 1t im- possible to honor, and he is left to make his way against the ignorance and big otry of his trade.
 There can be but assent to the Com missioner's pertinent query: 'Is 1t any wonder that he fails?" His training has made him hopelessly dependent. Left to his own resources he sinks to the level of his surroundings. and the time and money spent upon him are worse than wasted The only solution is to press the change from the policy of treating the Indian as a tribe to treating him as an , individual.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-13
MT. Taylor on the Pan-American Conference.
Nnhiln Rncistrr

Mobile Register.
 The gtnt ral reader has but d hay id a Of the object and accomplishment ~ the Pan American cUNfrrtnce recently brought to a close in the City of Mexico
 Mir Hannis Taylor of Mobile explains the whole matter in his article upon Inter
 national Arbitration and the Pan-A Amer
 can Conftrrnc2,' North American Re
 view for March. With his customary lu-
 cidity of statement nc summarizes the
 history of the efforts thai have been made to establish international arbtra- ton. efforts that Were crowned by the congress at 'rh, HIgue and the formation Of H court Of arbitration and a code to govern the same. Submission of causes to this court S t purely voluntary act The court is simnE a machine prepared iH advance tu adjust disputes bt tween nations should its services be requested.
 Tie only Western countrfes represented at The HaGu- conference were Mexico and the nited States whose deleg ties We're careful to safeguard the peculiar interests ot Central and South America' moreover the | Iited States's delegate ; qUal:lcd their acceptance of articl0 2 oF the a"bitcat!na treaty by recording that
 nothing ir this convention shall ne Sp cons we'd d. 'u require the United States ir d.ps,rJ from its. trad.tiraa, policy "i not ,n'erine upnu. interfering with nr en;aug glInE Itsel" in the political oc In torn3l admins "a ton or any tprtiGn State nor stuI anXth!pg contained 'in said conseati0n hc so censtrued as t9 require the reiinquishTont by 'ho United States of America. of its traditional atti- tude toward purely American questions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-13
How to Protect Fruit-Be Prepar-

The almost summer-like temperature of the past few days have started all fruit trees to budding, and in many orchards in this section. peach trees are in bloom While no real cold weather is immediately in sight. we usually have a cold change about the latter part of March or the first part of April; in fact. during the last twenty-nine years, we have had killing frost here as late as April 9th twice, f. e., in 1881 and 1891. During the same number of years (29l killing frost has occurred here during last half of March in fourteen different years.
 In view of these facts, and the present forward condition of fruit, it behooVes all orchardists in this section to watch the daily weather reports closely during the next few weeks, and to be prepared to protect their fruit by heavy smoke or smndge fires when frost is indicated. The object in making such fires is for the smoke. not heat, and, n order that the smoke may hang over the orchard the smudge-tires should be made along the north and western sides of the field
 During the rain squall yesterday .06 of an inch of ran fell and the wind blew at rate of twenty-seven miles per hour. Fair and cool weather is expected today and tonight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-13

In view of this declaration, which Mir. Taylor describes the first official com munication of the Monroe doctrine to the representatives of the great pwoers, it became proper for the American States to determine to what extent they would ac- cede, as a whole. to the scheme embodied q In The Hague conventions. Hence the Pan American conference that assembled in the City of Mexico in October last.
 In this conference arose the same ques- tion that was of rrimc importance in The Hague congress: Shall arbitration be com pulsory? The Hague congress decided it In the negative, and so di the Pan-Amer- ican conference. save in the particular that 1t shall be compulsory as to all claims for pecuniary loss or damage which may he presented by their respect i've citizens, provided such claims exceed the sum of ten thousa nd dollars in gold.
 Mir. Taylor halls this as d beginning. made by a considerable group of na- tons. in their effort to establish compul- sorv arbitration in reference to the set ucment of certain class of legal claims which shoull be adudicated between States as between individuals If the ex- pertinent Is successful as it no doubt Will be, the compulsory jurisdiction of The Hague tribunal will. let it be hoped. gradually widen. until everything is em- braccd in it. except such controversies of d political character as affect vital in- tereSts the national honow of the con tracing States '
 We present but the theme and develop ment of Mir. Taylors article having neithc" the space available for the re- publication of It nor the inclination to rob the reader of the pleasure he may de- rive from reading ii in its entirety and obtaining therefrom a broad grasp from the history and philosophy of ths subject. We add tho thought that in adopting compulsory arbitration even lilnited- American initiative has taken 2 step in >adVancc of Europe and whether t,ura- peor nations follow or not We shall prob ably see the flower of arbitration bloom and turn to fruit in this Western conti- nent. America in this as ;r many other affairs improving upon Old World met ods and enlarging them to suit New World nnpnrtunities and mods
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-13
SALE IS CONFIRMED
JUDGE JONES DIRECTS THAT BID
 BE ACCEPTED.
One of the Largest Department Stores in the South Will Be Establish ed in The Fair Building
 at an Early Date.

N Lobman and w. J. Mattel. receivers of The Fair yesterday received a tele- gram from Judge Thomas G; Jones ah- nouncing that the sale Of the stocK or The Fair on Monday had been confirmed.
 1t was also announced at The Fair yes terday afternoon that department store equal in size to any in the south wltn one or two exceptions. would be opened upon the stock of The Fair as nucleus. This announcement was made by the le- gal representative of J. C. W ood or New York to whom the stock was sold Mon- day.
 In the course of an interview the Ne" York attorney of MT. Wood said:
 We propose to open up one Of the big gest department stores in the South 1t will be the largest mercantile establish ment opened in Montgomery. A corpora tion will be formed and the lnstltutlon will be backed by ample capital. we will have all the capital that we want.
 The firm of Elias berg X Bro. of Selma, will have no connection with the big de- partment store. The bid that was ac- cepted and which was confirmed by Judge Jones was made by J. C. Wood and the Selma firm had no connection with it..
 Will Clatlin & Co. back the new de- pertinent store?"
 Well. We have no announcement to make an that phase of the matter. You may say that the store will be opened with ample capital and that it Will be the largest store ever opened in Montgom
  " ith the owners of the building now oc- cupied by The Fair
 The creditors of The Fair will meet to- day at noon The election of q trustee will be the chief matter of interest at the meeting. The special committee which has been going over the books of the bankrupt institution will also make it's report to the committee.
 1; I@ understood that a proposition agreeing {" accept r. 1-2 cents on th' dollar will he made to the creditors. Some of the creditors have been figuring on the liabilities and assets of the firm and it is said by them that after the expenses of administration are paid that about |, l-- cents will be paid every dollar of in d"btedness If the creditors should all enter into thc agreement to accept that much Mrs. Hurter will receive her pro
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-13

rata share under 1t. The proposition may or may not be accepted. At any rate 1t will be made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-13
Lonesome All Around.

Baltimore American.
 The ark had been a bout ten days on its tourney. and the ocaupants were by tht- time well icuuainted.
 Its 2 dreary lime" said ono of th9 two tlea> "HNrc we are ccmp"il"d to 5at- isfy ourselves with hut two dogs to live upon to the other There are not enough ffeas to lend zest to life. and the microbes are all camped on the two cats