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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
NICHOLAS FISH KILLED
New York Financier Attacked and Fatally
Injured While in German
s@r1 = = 3aar HalIr0sStt ~ sSeg

New York, Sept. 16.-Nicholas Fish,
brother 4of 4Stuyyesant Fish,, president
of the illinois Central railroad and
himself a. prominent = afinancier, was
struck down in German beer hall
at 900 West %Thirty-fourth street, and
died without regaining consciousness.
Mr.. Fish was picked up unconscious
and hurried to: Roosevelt hospital,
where it was learned that his skull
had been fractured. w -d1ToI 81
Mrs. Eish, who-aIfiyed from Tuxedo
at II o'clock, consented that an opera
ton be performed in the hope of saw
ing her husbands life, and the sur
geons- immediately carried Mr. Fish
to. the operating table. At the time. of
the assault ALr. ish was seated in the
<cafe with three women, when affriend
of them entered, and ~arquarrel quickly
followed. +r. ~ = esgGi1 --~-y22
Mrs. Libbie J. Phillips, SO years old;
Mrs. Nellie Casey, 30 years old. and
Thomas j. Sharkey, 4S years old, a
private 3detective.1 have beer arrested
in connection with the case..5
Coroner jackson held Sharkey in
$4,000 bail and Mrs. Phillips and
Mrs Casey in $500 bail each as wit
nessess Sharlsey made the following
statement preliminary ito his, araign-
ment: 51..I A4@ 3e@ AMI :84@
Il went into Ehrhardt's and saw
there two women with whom Fam ac
quainted. They called out when they
saw me-: Come over and have ! a
drink l went over and sat down
with them and after I-had talked to
them some, this banker Fish, seemed
to take effense at my being there. We
had few words and. all at once he
drew off with-hiss arm and struck me
Then we both got up. i went out one
door and he the other. He must have
stumbled down the steps and fallen
in going. OUT 90 -g...-.-r ". Il
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
I An Eastern stay Wedding.

A wedding ceremony performed I'M
; der charming SURROUNDINGS will take
place at the Masonic ball y | ID this city
next Tuesday evening when Miss
Sadie Moses of this city becomes the
; bride of John HI. Benner of Bisbee,
Arizona. Rev. T. j. Brown is to be
the officiating clergyman and the O.
e, S. of which order the charming
; bride is a r1ember, will have details in
charge a .,, dI t LIS, q - III baina !.
most-auspicious one and the Herald
; wishes the lives Of the contracting
parties-to beyeyer as brightsand happy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18

New York, Sept. 16.-The North
German Lloyd steamer Kron Prinz
Wilhelm arrived in port from Bremen,
Southampton and Cherbourg beating
all westward records. The Kron Prinz
Wilhelm left Cherbourg at 9:10 p. m.
Wednesday, Sept. 10, and arrived at
the Sandy Hook lightship at 4:07 Tues
day morning, making the run of 3,047
miles in five days, II hours and 81
minutes, at an average speed of $500
knots per hour. The time made is
three hours and forty-eight minutes
better than the best previous west
ward record of the KrOn PrinZ Will
helm and is 26 minutes better than the
time of the Deutschland
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
OIL FIFE AT BEAUMONT
Ten Pumping Rigs Destroyed with Loss
of About $5O,OOO-How the
Fire ORIGINATED.

New Orleans, Sept ia special
from Beaumont, Tex, to The States
says: The fire has destroyed ten pump
ing rigs and one 1,2OO barrel settling
tank 1t covers an area of about an
acre in the northwest corner Of the
Keith Ward tract. in which there are
about twenty-five wells. One of these
is the gusher, which is on fire.
A field force of 300 men under j.
C. Cullinan has been organized to fight
the fire. The present damage is esti-
mated at $4,000. The rest of the field
is not considered in jeopardy.
At daylight yesterday morning the
fire had burned itself out and last
night there were only four wells and
two tanks burning One of the wells
was a gusher and there will be much
trouble experienced in eXtinguiShing it.
The smaller wells can be easily ham
died, as the fire is principally fed by
gas. The oil is being drawn from the
tanks as rapidly as possible.
The fire was started by the care
1essnesS of a wOrkmen, whose name
has not yet been ascertained. He went
into a tank-which was partly filled
with oil-with a lighted lantern, and
there was an explosion of gas which
ignited the oil. The man escaped,
though he is said to have been badly
burned. The Wood gusher had been
left open and it was ignited within g
few minutes. Before an alarm could
be given to control the burning tank
the flame leaped high in the air, the
derrick caught fire and so did the oil
which was standing around the well.
The ignition was comparatively slow,
but the fire once started spread rapid
ly over the Keith-Ward tract The
loss may reach 100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
Senator Stewart Bereavcd.

San francisco, Sept. 13.-Mrs Will
liam NJ. Stewart, wife of the United
States senator from Nevada, was killed
yesterday at Alameda, Cal. Mrs. Stew
art was riding in an automobile with
Henry Foote and young man named
Taylor Through an accident the ma
chine ran into a telegraph pole. Mrs.
Stewart was thrown against the pole
land so seriously injured that death
SCon followed. r.c
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
u - n : I y III y II .
AS Platteville Puts It.
From Grant County News. ]

from GRANT county NEWS
: Grant County now has the-~fel-
! lowing named officers filled by Lam
: caster citizens: f1f 92r8I r -
) Circuit Judge, Geo, eClementson
: Court Reporter, 'Chas: Orton
Clerk Of Circuit Court, Geog1E. Budd
! Deputy Circuit Court, A. G. Morse
County. Judge, E. B. GeeaseH
Register of probate, JAS: McBrien
; District Attorney, ~ He. w. Brown
! County Surveyor Chas. Sampson
; Under Sheriff 80 VIM Mcmahon
Deputy Supt. of Assessors, J. c..
= Churchill.
: Chairman Co. Board, r. Meyer, Jr.
: There are left for the rest Of the
= County to get:
: Sheriff, (McDonald of Lancaster
: wants this office.) 1
? County Clerk, Griffis Of Little
: Grant.
! County Treasurer, scheinpfiug s;
: Boscobel ,CI 9
: supt. of1schoools, O.. Nye, Platteville
Register of Deeds, County at large
? Coroner, County at large
Clerk of Court, Klarr1an nowof
Lancaster wants that.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
Democratic County Convention

, A delegate con1ention oil, the Democratic
, electors of Grant county is hereby called to
, meet at the City hall in the city of Lancas-
, p. ra4 for thepurposeA Of nominating. Demo-
, cratic candidates for county officers of said
, county. to be voted for at the general cleo
stion IN November next nd for the 1elections
of a chairman and secretary, and one mem
Der fr1nfeacf fage and -wzIrd,--as-E
Democratic County com mittee for Grant
81 a. delegateaeonvention Of the Democratic
electors of said county to nominate a Demo-
lcrati0candidate for School gSu permit end emit
! Of said county, to be voted for at said gene
. raj election, is hereby called to be 3held at
the same time and place I ~ .nf IA Is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18

70 Chicago, Sept 15.-Saturday the spe-
cial grand jury which for two weeks
has been investigating the alleged tax
receipt forgeries, returned new indict-
ments against Edward Williams, Jas.
7B. Hoy and Luke Wheeler, charging
them with uttering forged instru-
ment. These men had already been
indicted arrested and released on
bonds, and this true bill comes as a
reindictment and correction of the for
mer instrument.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
Hello andseekers, Look at This!

g have land all the way from
CLARK county to Manitoba for sale
! from 81 per acre up. Good land in
the Red River valley in Minnesota
and Manitoba Fine prairie and
2 timber land, SIS to $12 peracre.
Can furnish half-rates to land seek
,ers, and provide you with good rigs.
8 Can take you where. you7can get a
good home cheap. Call and see me.
- w. III. BURGESS,
j. Soft Lancaster, Wis. >.
n. q .- o % y. u. y ID y @. q. Y. n
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
I Notice of Caucuses.

Cd Caucuses to~elect delegates to all of said
conventions will be. held throughout said
County on Saturday. Sept.,s7, 1902, at O'Clock
. b. M, for all townssand. at Z O'Clock p. M.
81 Cor all cities wards and Villages.
[ Chan one hour. and be conducted in all re
a. spects according to law and the same is
same place where the last preceding Demo-
acratic caucus was heldin each town, ward.
= city and Villages Ten days notice of the
Zine and place and purpose of holding such
caucus must be given in the usual manner.
( ~ The delegate representation of the several
towns. villages, wards and cities in said con-
Yention shall besaS fOllows:~--, ~ u q
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
CONFERENCE is HELD.
But the Public is Ignorant Of What
Occurred Between Stone
and Mitchell.
GOVERNOR MAKES A STATEMENT
Is Non.Committal, However-Mitch-
ell Will Not Say Whether Con.
ference Was Satisfactory.

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 16.-In an
interview over the long distance tele-
phone with the News at Wilkesbarre,
John Mitchell said: Il can't predict
when the anthracite strike will be set
tied. If anything is being done by the
other side, don't know Of it."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18

,PLIGHTED TROTHS.
of Week as Recorded at
county Jerk Griffis Office

: joe Richgels and Mary Ruchti, both
*of Fennimore.
Z Will N. Walker and Anna Bolchen,
: both-of Hickory Grove.
, NfchU1ss Hansen, st. Marys, Kan,
; and Anna M. Esser, Cassville.
= Walter Ziegler, Ellenboro, and
> Bessie G. Budd, Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
Assembly District Democratic Con
vention. .srg

Iae Delegate conventions of the Democratic
electors for each of the two Assembly Dis
~ trlcts of Grant county to- nOminatg Demo
- cratic candidates forimembers OF Assem- bl Y in
their respective districts. Ito be VoyedsfoIs tt
Said general election in November nexE are
n hereby called to meet as follows:
&8 First assembly Dasfrict, at the city of ban
! easter Oct. End, 1902 at II. O'CLOCK a. m. in,
the City hall.
sN ec0nd-4seens65sk Listract at the city of Ian
aecaster, Oct. 2, 1902 on the first floor of the
City hall. - G41
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
BaftIeship Iowa Aground.

= Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 12.-The Amer
lean battleship, iowa ran aground
near Cape .Mossa, SenhOrn. The Iowa
had finished target practice and was
returning to Friars' Island. The min
lister of marine has ordered war
vessel to go to the, help of the Ameri-
81 shin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
of Interest tossoldiers' Relatives.

Washington, Sept. 13.-Under a rul-
ing of the comptrollercof the currency
the war department has issued cir
cular annonncing4th that the remains of
soldiers dying at posts within the
United States cannot be disinterred
and shipped home at government -ex-
pense.l -e.s.- .y.e--~z -.escaa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
Gathers Seventeen More Victims
to the Thousands He Has
Stricken with Death.
GAS EXPLOSION DOES THE WORK
Igniting a Lot of Powder, That Helps
the Destruction.
Fifteen Negroes and Two White Men
on the Roll of the LOst-FOrest
Fires Claim More Lives.

Northfork, w. Va, Sept. 16.-A gas
and powder explosion occurred IN the
Big Four mine of the Algoma Coal
and Coke company here yesterday
morning about s o'clock, as the re-
suit of which James Lester, an en-
gineer; John Recckie, Hungarian
miner. and fifteen colored miners were
imprisoned in the mine. There is hard
ly chance for any of the men to be
recovered alive, as they were caught
beyond the point where the explosion
occurred, and the gas and smoke was
so thick that all rescuing parties were
driven back. III. +. Frankentield.. a
mine boss, and George Gaspie, Hun
garian miner, succeeded in crawling
over, the fallen coal and slate to the
lights of rescuing party, and were
taken out alive, although badly burn
ed and nearly suffocated by the gas
and smoke inhaled
Gas and Powder Explode Together.
The explosion is said to have been
catching fire from the lamp Of a
WHO was SOllIS W WOlh, duo
this 4iY turn fired six kegs of blast
ing powder that had been stored back
in the mines. The explosion knocked
down all of the brattices for quar-
lI4teas of a mile back toward the mine
entrance, thus cutting out all of the
Ear from theI1nen, imprisoned behind
the debris. - There had been a small
gas explosion in this mine on Satur-
day last, and Mine SUPERINTENDENT
J. Stuart had personally cautioned Che
men who worked in the mine not
attempt to work again until the air
-1lrad been tested by safety clamp
Eleven Bodies Are Recovered. -
A. rescIing, party headed by Nine
! Inspector Cooper attempted rescue
yesterday morning, but was driven
back by the want of air. The coal
Started to burning, which extinguiSh-
ed alT1hOVe-. of saving any one alive.
Superintendent got alarge fOrceOf men
at work to make a second attemptetO
reach the imprisoned men and the re-
suit was that by II p. m. eleven
Ebodies had been Recovered from the
-mipe an9fsix more bodies bad been
located Those Recovered are all Col
ored miners except one white miner
All the Bodies Ii 3 4fsRRaelDJv RECOVERED. :
The last of the seventeen miners
was brought out OF = the mine at / /
p-n.---Eait " all day did the mine
superintendent with his force Of men
work acfFSgf IN 1MpHsoGea hsensbe-
fore. life had fled, but their heroic eff
forts were fruitaess. At~a0 pm. hey
reached the tlaee Of the EXPLOSION. But
| not until Several. 6f the. restutrs had
been ovefc6nie by the deadly gas and
brought SltY undphsciouA itt vas a
fearful ssighf It'd Match -the dcAowd Nof
men, women and children, eagerly
Ewat ching each -tar coming FRONT @he
mine expecting the corpse of father,
husband, son or brother to be brought
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18

Immediately after the close of each eau
Gus and canvas of the votes cast a. certified
q list of the delegates elected. and vete~es8st
for each. signed by the chairman and secre-
tary of the caucus, shall be forwarded by
them to the chairman of the County com
mittee.
Dated Lancaster. Wis., Sept. 18th. 1902
Bv order of the Democratic. County Com.
en- A. r. BUSHNELL. Chairman.
f. L. MCCOY Secretary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
British Derry Report.

+ London, Sept. 16.-Government Off
cials here declare: there is no truth
in the dispatch from. Saigon, pub
lished in Paris, saying that a British
force has occupied the Malay princi-
pality of Kalantan. 81
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
I WIT. al EfkrY DEAD
As the Result of the Forest Fires Along
\ SII sthe Lewis SKiver, Wash. Me$

AS the Result of the Forest Fires Along
= III. 4stheLewis 2Eiver, Wash. Mrf
Vancouver, Wash. Sept. 16.-The1ist
of fatalities in, Clark and Cowlitz COIN
ties as "a result OF the terrific fdeest
fires continues to increase rapidly.
People living IN the Vicinity of the
burned district say the list of dead
will aggregate fifth. Additional dead
srepofte are 3. AEMokSeA, Vifesapd
three childreIg CHS RsgdA wife and
four children; Mrs. Schmidt and tlfpee
children, and one unknown person. Che
McKeen and Reed families were test
deats(of this scffy ana LETT here seyeSal
weeks ago for. iroDt lake, near Wthe
headwaters of Lewis river, where they
We're camping when the fire over IS
, The foregoing, with dead repoHed
Gat 1ka Lama, Ayashs Wou1dtmake thirty
two, but seven OF those reported) lat
Ixa1ama are SAID t0 bes unidentified,
and those unidentified may be named
above. ThYse named i'm the Kala1ha
reports are AL Reed, w. e. Newh0HSe,
Mrs., Ora ves,- John Polly and his wife
and two children, and Mrs. Poly
brother. This would make the death
list total twe1ity-four! , Y = Ill
Another dispatch from Kalama Says:
Reports from the STRICKEN NstfictSof
Lewis river continue to grow worse.
.Trhe eharred bodies of thirty eight peo-
pie have already been found; apd ft is
believed thereJwin beombre t6sfolIow
Many settlers and an unknown number
of campers from outside points (are
missing" ~ alr,I e- *
Portland Ore, Sept. 16.-Twenty
lives have, been lost, and it is roughly
estimated that -$1,50o,000- worth of
property has been destroyed during
the. past week by forest fires in Oregon
and Washington CMany more people
are missing, but it will not be known
how many are dead until reports from
remote districts come in. The esti-
mate of the property loss does nObsih-
clude standing timber, but covers Saw
mills, houses, barns, shops, cordwood
and farm implements. Thousands of
acres of timber have been burned over,
but the destruction of great timberShas
not been heavy. The fires have nearly
burned out at this writing. 70
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
Senator Bard Critically III.

z Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 16.7The
condition Of United States Senator
Thomas r. Bard who is sufferi}pg
from an acute attack of pneumonia
with typhoid symptoms, is extremely
criticalT AT AN early hour bis tenn
perature was 101 and his pulse (l45.
Oxygen was administered during The
night. His physician, DR.. Taggart,
states that unless the pulse can be re
duced soon the senator cannot pOssi-
7blS liyemore4thap IS hoWsss o %
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18

Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 15.-The con-
ference between Governor Stone and
President John Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers of America, on matters
pertaining to the strike, ended at 80
o'clock in the morning, after discus
siOns of three hours and a half. Others
at the conference were State Senator
William Flynn, of Pittsburg, a politi-
cal friend of the governor, and large
employer of labor in Allegheny coun-
ty; NJ. E. McMullin, of Pittsburg, a
wealthy man of many interests; Col.
w. f. Richardson, of Harrisburg, keep.
er of the state arsenal and assistant
quartermaster of the National Guard,
and District Presidents Thomas ID.
Nichols, of Scranton; Thomas Duffy,
of McAdOo, and John Fahy, of Shame
kin.
Ncn-Committal Statement.
At the conslusion of the meeting
Governor Stone gave to the waiting
newspaper correspondents a written
statement reading as follows: 'Messrs.
Mitchell, Nichols, Fahy, Duffy, Sena-
tor Flynn, Colonel Richardson and
Governor Stone have been in confer
ence. All the differences have been
discussed with the best Of feeling :
Every effort to get the participants
in the conference to divulge what took
place proved unavailing. Governor
Stone and Senator Flynn Immediately
retired and refused to be seen, and the
others would say nothing beyond what
was contained in the non-committal
statement given out by the governor.
After the conference Messrs. Mitchell,
duffy and Fahy were rapidly driven
from the governors residence, where
the conference was held, to the Penn
! sylvania railroad station. where they
I took the 4:4O a. N. train for Wilkes
barre. Mr.. Nichols remained here.
Mitchell Would Not Talk.
:. President Mitchell, before leaving,
! ference was satisfactory to him and
his district presidents. While no Off
cial information can be had on the
matter, it is believed here, that Cover
nor, Stone and his colleagues submitted
| a proposition to President Mitchell
| Which will tend to end the struggle in
the hard coal field. The conference
was the result of the visit of Governor
OlOIc, Stud IOI Il ~ Ill. AltOIH cy 0FHCl-
".saiff'~ Efkin, Mr., McMullin and 2. A. B.
!. Widener. of Philadelphia, to New York
"a few, days ago, when Mr.. Widener
called on y.,,P.. Morgan. The meeting
, was called ut the instance of the gov
e-nor, and Mr.. Mitchell, before he met
the chief executive said he did not
know what the governor wanted and
that he X MitchelD had nothing to pro-
! pose to him.
Miners Would Reject 1t.
There MaS-asp 4umOr in circulation
!. that Governor Stone wanted the min
ers to- return to work and have the
operators adjust the differences aft
erward. If such a proposition was
made it would hesrejected by the mine
workers representatives. 1t can be
authoritatively stated that the men
| will not return to work on those con-
ditions Attorney General Elkin and
Mr.. Widener were invited to the con-
! ference. It was given out that Mr.
| Elkin could not get here; IN time but
no reason was assigned for Mr.. Wild
ener's absence. - ..,-,.-...s.
y ~ 81
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18
DEATH OF BOSS" SHEPHERD
Man Who Made Washington Beautiful
Passes Away in Mexico at
the Age Of67.

Washington, Sept. 13-A private
telegram received here from Batopilas,
Mexico, announces the death there yes
terday morning of Alexander r. Shep-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-18

Grant County now has ther~-fel'
lowing named officers filled by Ian
.oo45.s ,;4;t,d,,c. rrrC A.ssm 2 ~
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-12

not proven, or rather, in this particular
case, Proven bat not guilty"
Does any one believe that these military
officers even in the face Of the committees
own cooked up report, could have saved
their commissions in the army Of any
other civilized power on the face Of the
earth?
Such disgraceful verdict on such plain
proofs have but few precedents, even in
our own country.
The committee ignores the damning fact
that the very cablegrams to Manila were
paid for out Of the public funds to further
this illegitimate enterprise by these mill
tary officers Heistand who sent the mes
sages and CoTbin who ordered them paid
and that the military commander of the
islands lent himselfto the scheme is evident
in his reply and the care he took to hunt
up an eligible site for the proposed build
ings.
This whole investigation. testimony and
findings illustrate the indifference animal
ing every grade of official, from Mikey
Lewis and August Machen to Heistand and
a Senatorial Investigating Commttee-this
universal official slogan salutes all alike
"The public be damnedp
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-12

northwest, registers as Printing Office em
ploye. and Frances CTandall Of the same
address registers as Librarian.
And so it goes all through the depart
ments in violation Of one of the express
provisions Of the Civil Service law, which
swears the applicant on the relationship
provision of more than one member Of the
same family in Office. In fact the cases or
names cited are not by any means the most
aagrant cases of nepotism Of which the
GLOBE has knowledge
They are simply given like the case last
Sunday Of lahorers assigned to clerical
work in Castles department to establish
the fact that the Civil Service COmmis-
sioners are about as efficient in enforcing
the law as a fifth leg would be to a mule in
aid of its locomotion