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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

It is time for Republicans to pull
together and to forget minor differ
ences in the presence of great duty.
Tho man who goes about talking of
cutting the ticket at any point in a
campaign like this endangers every
thing, for cutting at any point leads to
reprisals, and if cutting is begun any
where there will inevitably be cutting
everywhere. There are, as everybody
knows, congressional districts in this
state in which the Republicans cannot
lose many votes without losing the dis
trict There are many Assembly dis
tricts and Senate districts in which Re-
publican success is absolutely depend
ent upon united party.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

The preliminary skirmishes are
over as far as the Republican
party is concerned in Grant county,
the political horizon is clearing from
the smoke Of friendly strife, and the
arena is now being cleared for the
more strenuous battle between the
two great parties. AS had been
predicted, there were some great
surprises in the results of the var
iOus conventions and for some time
past and to come the people or some
of them will be telling how it all
came about. -, Certain it is that the
voters voted the way they wished,
and not always the way the candi-
dates wanted, and hence there were
many disappointments.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
ABOUT THE NOMINEES.
STATE TICKET.

The candidates for the various
state offices appear in the first col
umn of page four in this issue.
From Gov. LaFollette down all are
good men worthy of filling the po-
sitions they are to be chosen for.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Hon. Jos. w. RabcOck of Juneau
county who is now serving his sixth
consecutive term as representative
from the third congressional dis
trict, legislator of national promi-
hence who has accomplished more
for Lis constituents than any of his
predecessors aid who will be gifted
with greater honors in his party
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

REPUBLI> AN STATE TICKET.
For Governor,
Robert M. LaFollette, Dane.
For Lieutenant Governor,
lanes 0. Davidson, Crawford.
For Secretary of State,
Walter L. Houser, Buffalo.
For Treasurer,
John J. Kempf, Milwaukee.
For Attorney General.
Lafayette M. Sturdevant, Clark
For Railroad Commissioner,
John w. Thomas, Chippewa.
For Insurance Commissioner,
Zeno M. Host, Milwaukee.
For Supt. of Public Instruction,
c. P. Cary, Walworth.
Chairman State Central Committee,
Gen. George E. Bryant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
A HOUSE DIVIDED.

. ATHER pingponger u.s.
M Neglecting his home and his biz;
u In his club night and day
He is ever at play,
Just pausing at times for a fizZ.
Mother is studying art
In course she was crazy to start.
Old masters and such.
Both Italian and Dutch,
She knows their productions by heart
A commodore jaunty is Frank;
On yachting and yachts he's a crank.
He has sailed twice around
The blue Long Island sound
And has much overdrawn at the bank.
Helen is learning to fence;
Her furore is something immense.
She does nothing but dream
Of quartz, seconde and prime,
And her flesh is all covered with dents.
Margie on golfing is daft,
Pursuing it morning and aft,
Appearing to thrive
BY the length of her drive,
But wretched whene'er she has sclaff-
ed
Harolds daring chauffeur,
A regular fiend, as it were;
His machine goes SO fast
AS 1t tears bravely past
That all you can see is it's "whirv'
A summer unceasing is Bess.
And, daintily lifting her dress,
She trips up and down
Throughout Tenement town
On the lookout for worthy distress.
Thus witness family torn
Where each to his idol is sworn
And thinks his own fad
Is the best to be had
And holds all the others in scorn.
Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
Morpheus and multiplication.

An English temperance advocate was
once arguing the case of a public house
reform. Pressing the matter home, he
thus addressed Lord Salisbury: sat
least, my lord, you will admit that a
great increase in the number of drink
ing places in a given locality is an adj
ditional temptation to overindulgence."
'Not at all" retorted Salisbury. eff
I visit in home with forty bedrooms,
I feel no greater inclination to Sleep
San Francisco Argonaut.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

Lancaster's assessed valuation this
year is S2,417,994; Platteville will pay
taxes on $2,393,997 Lancaster's ex-
cess, $23,987. People who state that
Lancaster does not pay it's share OF
the taxes should read and ponder.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

If Pres. Roosevelt does not shake
himself loose from that big bunch OF
doctors soon, that leg of his will be a
"goner."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

They have a Sunday closing ordi-
nance in Joplin, Mo-, and under it's
provisions only necessaries may be
sold. A grocer was accused of selling
plug tobacco on Sunday, but his attor-
ney raised the point that chewing to-
bacco was a necessity. Judge Brown
agreed and discharged the prisoner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
Too Much.

She Sitting up suddenly in the ham,
mock)-How dare you kiss my ankle!
You allow yourself too much latitude!
He Gin mock penitence)-Forgive me!
Perhaps twas because you allowed
yourself so much loungitude.-San
Francisco Town Talk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
ssIinlited.S

"Have you done anything to make
the human race richer and happierY'
asked the big hearted philanthropist.
"Well," answered the man with lei
cles in his arteries. II haven't had
time to experiment on any member of
the human race except myself, and in
that connection l can truthfully say
have done my best" -Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
Not Wholly u Surprise.

"Was his death unexpected"
"Not entirely, l guess. At all events
the widow had plans drawn several
weeks before he passed away for an
addition to the house to be built with
the insurance money."-Chicago Rec
Ord-Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

The Fennimore Times led the bunch
with very creditable extra edition
last Friday morning. There were 9TH
er extras planned on but for some rea-
son failed to materialiZe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

There are a lot of people in Grant
county who are not as handsome or
as hopeful as they were last week
at this time, but they know a
heap more.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

Dave Rose speaks in Lancaster Mon
day night. He is a good talker, says
funny things and expounds the doc
trine of Democracy in a side-splitting
manner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

The bare announcement that Sena-
tor Spooner will speak in Lancaster
will draw larger audience than any
hall can accommodate. People ad-
mire him for his ability as leader of
the United States Senate, and love him
for his faithfulness to their best inter-
eStS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
Merely a Suggestion.

Miss Thirtyodd-I want to give my
fiance surprise on his birthday. Can't
you suggest something?
Miss De Flypp-Well, you might tell
him your age.-Chicago News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
A Great Talk.

May-I hear Belle had a great talk
with Harry out on the beach.
Clara should say she did Why,
even her tongue is sunburned.-Iife.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

AS usual there is some soreness dis
played-as there is after any conven-
tion-but that will wear off.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

How aristocratic it will make a man
feel this fall to have the coal wagon
drive into the yard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

There's no office in the state worth
sacrificing friends or character to OBJ
tain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
At the Automobile Club.

Saggs-Poor Scraggs is terribly blue
this morning. / hear he ran over a
man!
Taggs-No; he missed him.-Ohio
State Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

The game of nomination is now past
and the game of election at hand.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

The man that enters politics is of
few days and full of trouble.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

For State Senator,
E. E. Burns.
For Members OF Assembly,
S. E. Smalley, Ist Dist.
Up. Chandler, I'd Dist
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02
THURSDAY, OoT. 2, 1902.

REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For Mer # Congress, Third Dist,
TO-. H w. BABCOCK.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

Senator A. M. Jones has been renom
mated in the 33rd district.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-12
AUTOMATIC HAWK KILLING.
The Unique Contrivance of North ern Louisiana Farmer That Has
 Been Very Effective.


 Folks in the Smithsonian institution and other authorities say that two or three kinds of American hawks are harmful to farmers, and that these are not so very harmful; the other kinds put in their time destroying field mice, rabbits, gophers and kindred fauna which work ill to crops. Robert Wyche, who raises cotton and such things in northern Louisiana, pays no attention to the scientists, however, says the New York Sun.
 There are 12 varieties of hawks in that country, and he believes that they make oath that he has killed more than one of each variety either in the act of sweeping into his barnyard or perched upon a tree with a chicken iN it's tall ons. He declares that even the small sparrow hawk, most beautiful and diminutive of kites, will tackle chicks not more than two weeks out of the shell.
 Wyche has used blue-whistler buck shot upon the great gray hawks, al- most as large as eagles, and duckshot upon the other varieties, until he has grown tired of it. It takes half day of farmers time to circumvent and slay gray hawk which has carried off a bullet.
 Blue whistlers are used on them be- cause they are wary and must be picked off at 75 yards. An old negro told Wynche of hawk-killing scheme which he has put into effect, and now he rests easily.
 Hawks perch only on dead trees, or bare limbs at good height. They make themselves conspicuous in do- ing so, but are better able to look over the surrounding country and watch for prey.
 Wyche made strong pole 50 feet long by mailing scantlings together. Then he took an old scythe, ground and whetted its edge to razor keen ness and tied it transversely to one end of the pole with the sharp edge down. Then he set the pole up firm ly 200 yards from the barnyard and waited.
 Within an hour black hawk lit on the scythe, grasped it with its talons III oIueT 10 SCeduY 1tSell OH Clle udIIoW upper edge, and cut it's feet badly. It glanced down and struck at the scythe viciously with its beak.
 It was cut again, and made crazily angry by the scent of it's own blood, which always happens; a broken winged hawk will attack anything, big or little, that comes within it's reach It drove it's beak once more against the scythe and fell to the ground with its head cut open.
 Wyche has killed lot of hawks with the scythe. Sometimes when their feet are cut they fly away, but this does not happen often. Almost always they at tack the steel with their beaks, or swoop against it and are slai-
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-12
A HEAVY DEATH RATE.
Eigure~ Demonstrate That Madrid Ks the Most Unhealthy of All
 European Capitals.

Statistics recently published by the municipality of Madrid indicate that the Spanish capital possesses-one cannot say '.enjoys''-an evil pre- eminence as the most unhealthy of European capitals. It's death rate for the past five years has been about B per 1,000-much more than one third higher than the average death rate of London.
 Consumption is the chief cause of death, which is not surprising, for the keen, icy breeze from the Guad- arrama, which, as the Spaniards say, twill not put out a candle, but will kill a man, must be fatal to con ssumptive patients.
 The root of the mischief seems to be food adulteration and overcrowd- ing, for 500,000 people are contained in 17,000 houses. That is a state of things for which there is no excuse. unless it be the seternal want of penee," for there is room enough and to spare on the vast bare plain which surrounds Madrid to build houses enough to accommodate any number of people. The municipality is going to take the matter in hand, but experience teaches us what that means in the land of 'to-morrow- or the day after tomorrow"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-12
ELECTORS MEETING.


 A special meeting of the electors of the Town of Waterbury will be held in said town on the 16th day of June, 1902, from six o'clock a. in. to five o'clock p. m., for the purpose of taking action upon the adoption or rejection of the constitution framed by the Constitu- tional Convention of 1902 Ballot boxes for the reception of ballots for and against the said Constitution will be opened i'll the several voting dis tricts of said town in the following named places at six o'clock in the morning of said day and remain open until five o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
 First Voting District: Temporary building on Phoenix avenue.
 Second Voting District: Temper ary building on the north side of the Green.
 Third Voting District: City hall. Fourth Voting District: Temper ary building on Grand street between Bank and South Main streets
 Fifth Voting District: Temporary building on Scovill street.
 Sixth Voting District. Temporary building in Wateryille
 Dated at Waterbury, this 9th day of June, 1902.
 FRANK F. BRETT, Town Clerk.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-12
WATERBURY FIRE ALARM.


 4-Cor South Main and Grand sts-
 5-Scovill Manufacturing Go. (P). I
 6-Cor Bridge and Magill sts.
 7-Exchange Place.
 12-Rogers & Bro. P).
 13-Cor East Main and Niagara sts. 14-Cor East Main and Wolcott sta 15-Cor High and Walnut sts.
 16-Cor East Main and Cherry sts. 17-Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21-Cor North Elm and KingsDury sts. 23-Burton street engine house. Waterbury Manufacturing Go. (P). 25-Cor, North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke sts. 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 2S-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine st. 29-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow sts- 31-Cor Bank and Grand sts. 32-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. 34-Cor West Main and Watertown I'd 35-Conn R. &s l.. Go car house. (P). 36-Waterbury Brass Go. P). 37-Cor Cedar and Meadow sts 3S-Cor Grand and Field sts. 42-Cor South Main and Clay s.s. 43-New England Watch Go. (P). 45-Benedict & Burnham Mfg Go. (P). 46-Waterbury Buckle Go. (P}. 47-Cor $. Main and Washington sts. 51-Cor Baldwin and River sts. 52-Cor Franklin and Union sts. -Wat'b'y Clock Co case fact'y. (P). 54-Cor Clay and Mill sts.
 56-Cor Liberty and River sts. 57-No hose house.
 5S-Cor Baldwin and Stone. sts. 62-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin st 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts. To-North WillOwSt
 74-.Cor Johnson and Waterville sts. 142-Wolcott st, beyond Howard. 162-Cor East Main and WeltoN s.s. 212-The Platt Bros &5 Go. (P1, 213-Shoe Hardware Go. (P)- 214-Wat'b'y Clock Go my't fact'y. (P). 216-Cor North Main ana Grove sts. Round Hill and Ward sts. Cooke and N. Main sts. 272-Grove, bet. Central & Holmes avs. 311-S. N. E. Teephone Co bd'g. (P}. 312-Cor Bank and Meadow sts. 312-Randolph x Cloves (P). 314-Plume < Atwood. (P). Ring Go. .(PJ. 316--Conn R. & l.. power house. (Pj. 31S- Holmes, Booth & Haydens. (PJ. 321-No 4 hose house :3s2233- :s2233 Cor Wash'g'n ave and Porter st. 3324-Cor Charles and Porter sts. 325-Cor Simons st and Wash'g'n ave. 371-City Lumber and Coal Co. (P). 412-Tracy Bros. (Pl. 432-Cor Liberty and South Main sts 451--Steele & Johnson Mfg Go. (P}. 5S2-Cor Baldwin and Rye sts.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-12
AMERICANPLA WINS
Foreign Ministers Agree to Chinese Indemnity Scale
QUESTION HAS LONG BEEN DISPUTED
EnE1and's Representative at Picking Has Yielded at Last, and Japan's Only Waits Governments
 Instructions.

WASHINGTON. June 12.-A cable gram received by Secretary Hay from United States Minister Conger at Pe- king confirms the reported acceptance by the resident foreign ministers there of the general proposition of the United States government for pro rata seal ing down of the claims of the various nations for indemnity on account of the Boxer uprising.
 Reductions proposed are, after all, not exactly pro rata, for to set good example and induce the other powers to be generous the United States gov ernment undertook voluntarily to re- duce it's claim of S25,000,00O by $1,O0O,- OOO which was one-tenth of the total to be reduced. This left the other na- tions to divide up the $9,OO0,000 reduc- ton among themselves, so that in the case of the largest claimants their loss would be sensibly less than that volun- tarily assumed by the United States.
 1t is stated that while the agreement reported by MT. Conger is gratifying and marks a sensible advance toward final conclusion of the Chinese in- demnity negotiations it does not affect the more serious and difficult issue presented by the demands of a major ity of the powers for settlement of the indemnity on the present exchange value.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-12

dent, of General Horace Porter, the orator of the day. and of Secretary Root as especially important. All aroused great applause, and the ora h3n of General Porter elicited the most unqualified praise from every one.
 President Roosevelt and his party arrived on a special train about 10 o'clock. It included Secretary Root, Secretary Moody, Postmaster General Payne, Secretary Cortelyou and Miss Csrow, the presidents sister-in-law. The president was met at the station by Superintendent Mills and his staff and the academy staff of the military school. The party ascended the steep road, and when the president reached the crest a salute of twenty-one guns was fired. He found the cadets drawn up onthe parade ground. The president was driven to thS home of Colonel Mills, and then he walked across the street to the parade ground and re- viewed the cadets.
 Grouped about the president were Postmaster General Payne and Secre- tary Root, General Horace Porter, Sec retary Coxteiyou and a large number Of generals and other officials in full uniform.
 In the course of the review Cadet Calvin P. Titus was called from the ranks4to face the president, who pinned a medal for bravery on the youths breast and spoke few words to him.
 While the reception which followed the review was in progress Governor Odaal arrived alone and at once paid his respects to the president and joined the official circle of visitors.
 Immediately after luncheon the hun dreds of visitors sought Memorial hall, a new stone structure on the edge of b8zff, where the exercises were held The president, escorted by the cadets and leading notable party of officers, came across the parade ground, and soon after his entrance, the small hall being packed with ladies, diplomats, officers, graduates of all classes back to 1892 and cadets. the speaking be- gan Colonel Mills made an address of welcome and then introduced Presi- dent Roosevelt.
 Tfe oration of the day was delivered by General Horace Porter, ambassador to France The secretary of war was fheflast speaker
 The afternoon exercises were brought to a close with the dress parade It was witnessed by the president and his party and many officers.
 The following cablegram was re- ceived in the evening from Manila:
 "One hundred and ten graduates at alumni banquet send congratulations to our alma mater on her centennial anniversary"
 The event of the evening, closing a most memorable day, was the banquet given by the officers of West Point to their distinguished guests. In point of numbers and brillianey it was the greatest ever given here It was held fn Grant hall, and covers were laid for 500 The banqueting room was law ishly decorated, and it was illuminated with colored lights The toastmaster was General G. B. Davis.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-12
TO VOTE JUNE 1os
Senate Fixes Date For Finale In
 Canal Consideration.

Senate Fixes Date For Finale In
 Canal Considerations.
 WASHINGTON, June 12.-Just be- fore adjournment yesterday the senate agreed to vote finally on the Nicaragua canal bill and all pending amend ments on Thursday, June 19, the vot- ing to begin at p. n.
 Before consideration of the canal question was resumed the motion of MT. Wellington (Md.) to discharge the committee on privileges and elections from further consideration of the reso- 'lution providing for the submission of an amendment to the constitution for the election of senators by the people was defeated by vote of 21 to 35 aft CT a sharp debate.
 MT. Fairbanks Qnd.) in carefully considered speech favored construc- ton of the isthnsian canal by the Pan anna route. Originally, be said, he had favored the Nicaragua route, but an investigation of the subject, coupled with the determination of the isthmian commission, had induced him to change his mind in favor of the Panama route He argued that that route not only would be cheaper in the first instance, but cheaper in operation after the ca nal was constructed. He earnestly favored the construction of the canal and resented the intimation that those who favored the Panama route were in the least opposed to a canal.
 The house dispatched the Corliss Pa cific cable bill by the same method it adopted Tuesday in the case of the forest reserve bill. It struck out the enacting clause of the measure by a vote of 116 to TT, thus giving no op- portuntty to test the strength of the DalZell substitute, which authorized the president to contract with a pri- vate company for the laying of ca hIa
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-12
Notice to Contractors.

Clerks Office, Department of Educa-
 tion, June Il, 1902.
 Sealed proposals will be received at this office until June 20, 1902, at which time they will be opened and read i'll public at 8 meeting of the Board of Education for the construction of a flight of steps at entrance to Walsh school. Bids to be received sep arately for granite, Wyoming bluestone and concrete. Each bid to be accompanied by cer- tified check to the amount of , per cent of the bid, payable to the Comp troller of the City of Waterbury, condition for the execution of the con- tract within the time specified, in case the bid is accepted. Plans, specified tions and all other information per- taining to the foregoing may be ob- tained at the office of the City Engi- neer. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Bids to be ad- dressed to Board of Education, High School Building, Waterbury, Conn.
 J. J. FITZGERALD, Clerk 6-11-3
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-12
EnrIana will Accent.

PEKING, June 12.-At a meeting of the foreign ministers yesterday the British minister, Sir Ernest Satow, an nounced Great Britain's readiness to participate in a pro rata reduction of the war claims in order to settle the questions in dispute regarding the in- demnity. The Japanese minister, Ko- mura Yataro, was unable to agree to the plan pending the receipt of instruc- tions from his government. The minis ters have replied to the Chinese argu- ment that the indemnity was payable on silver basis by insisting on pay ment on a gold basis, ignoring China's intimation that she will be unable to pay the indemnity if the fall in the price of silver continues.