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island of Guam, where the germ is
most prevalent, but it is not unknown
in the Philippines.
Mr.. Theall has been defending a
young prognosticator of the navy who
was brought up before a court-mar-
tial at the Washington navy yard on
charges growing out of carelessness
with his accounts, and in order to
clear his client he cited official reports
and brought forward examples of Off
GERS who after service in Guam for a
year or more had been found to be
entirely untitled for duty.
Guam is the most isolated of all the
American military stations in the far
east. A few naval and marine officers
and small detachment of marines
constitute the entire English-speaking
population, and the climate is so ener-
waiting that even the most ambitious
quickly succumb and lead life OF irk-
some routine unembellished with out
side interests. The result is physical,
mental and sometimes moral deterio-
ration Dozens of young officers who
have had tour of duty on the island
find themselves on their return to civ
ilization quite untitled to take up the
ordinary service to which they have
been accustomed. They are subject to
physical weakness and to mental de-
preston which makes them irrespon-
sible for their actions.
Since Mr.. Theall has called public
attention to a condition which has
been understood for some time in the
service there is a proposition to re-
quire every officer relieved from serv-
ice in Guam to undergo special medi-
cal treatment before being detailed to
active duty elsewhere.
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The News Condensed.


George Cover, grocer at Oshkosh,
was fatally kicked in the face by a
horse. He was endeavoring to rescue
dog from the horses heels.
Alderman Albert Cecka and Edward
Rogers, of Prairie du Chen, were sem
fenced to five days in the county jail
and $40 fine and costs for selling intoxi-
cants on Sunday, and nine other sa-
loon keepers paid fines ranging from SIS
to $40.
The fifth annual picnic of the Terri
torial Badgers will be held in Mukwon-
ago on Saturday, August Is.
While attending a dance at Newton
Mrs. Albert Mueller fell dead on the
floor She was As years Of age and the
mother of four children.
A deal has been closed in Fond du
Lac between M. D. Wells & Co. and a
committee of citizens for the location
Of shoe factory there to employ 500
to 1000 persons.
The new Carnegie library has been
opened at Beloit. 1t cost $29 900.
The members of the Salvation Army
at Racine have decided to build bar
racks costing about $4,000.
The Elks have laid the corner stone OF
their new clubhouse at Fond du Lac.
At Cumberland the Island City bank
has reorganized as the Inland City state
bank.
While three youths in Fond du Lac
were throwing stones at each other
George Macoy, 10 years old, was killed
by stone thrown by Fred Scheibach.
The sash and door men of Oshkosh re-
port that trade conditions at present are
decidedly favorable and that the pros
poets for next seasons business are ex-
cellent
Frances G. Newell Carrie Balm Hoyt,
Mrs. Edward Balm and George Yule have
presented the city of Kenosha with a
splendid hospital, equipped for use.
Dr. David R. Davis, president of the
DeIls Paper & Pulp company, died at
his home in Eau Claire
Allan d. Conover, of Madison, has
been appointed by Gov. La Toilette a
member of the state board of control, to
succeed Judge William Lyon, re-
signed.
Mrs Mark Wulf, the wife of saloon
keeper near Milwaukee, nearly killed a
tramp who came into the saloon where
she was alone and assaulted her.
Superintendent R. B. Montgomery of
the Simon ]. Murphy home at Green
Bay was arrested on charge of obtain
ing money under false pretenses.
Mrs. John Knebel, aged "a, and her
1h-year-old baby girl were burned to
ieath In Granville. The fire was caused
by the woman pouring kerosene into the
kitchen stove. The house was burned.
According to the report of the ap-
yraisers, soon to be made, It Is stated
The estate of the late Daniel Wells, Jr.,
Of Milwaukee, will foot up to at least
$40, 900 900.
Capt. Ira M. Ford died at Hampden.
aged rs years. During the civil war he
was in Andersonville, Libby and other
prisons, and for an attempt to escape he
was kept in chains five months. He was
a member of the assembly in 1867-68.
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cence of the struggle between the
states in his record. At best, Young,
Chaffee and Macarthur will remain in
the service only few years, and then
will come a generation of whom
were babies when Miles, Schofield,
Sheridan, Sherman and Grant were
winning fame.
Nobody can tell yet whether Leon
ard Wood, who comes by regular pro-
motion to be a major general, will in
due course of seniority rise to the
higher rank upon MacArthur's retire
ment. but whether he does or not, the
lieutenant generalship will then fall
to some officer who is in no way
Woods superior in length of active
war service.
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worth an Admission Fee.

A new hand at golf lately had an
experience. The man tried to get to
the links early, when no one was there
to witness his lack of Skill A cad
die followed him to the tee, and of
fered to go round with him for SO
cents
Never mind, my son. I'll get
along"
With that he made magnificent
swing at the ball, and missed it by a
foot.
"Say. mister" said the caddy, "I'll
go round with you for quarter"
The player declined and tried to
look self-possessed. He made another
swing at the ball and missed it again.
Say, mister" said the boy, 'T'Il go
with you for Is cents"
BY that time the man was ratified, !"
and struck at the ball three times.
The boy. who had retreated some dis
lance. called: Wont you take me for
nothing? I'll go round for the fun OF
II IN V Sun.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Capitol Commission.

Six members of the commission to ses
lect and have charge of the plans for the
capitol, as provided by an act of the
last legislature, have been appointed by
the governor. Besides himself they are:
Justice ]. B. Winslow and Justice R. G.
Marshall, members of the supreme
court, w. H. Chynoweth, attorney,
Madison; Edwin F. Reynolds, superin-
tendent of the Allis-Chalmers plant,
Milwaukee; o. H. Ingram, manufacturer
of sash, door and blinds, Eau Claire, and
John A. Van Cleve, banker, Marinette
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Gen. Nelson 4. Miles viding line be-
tween two generations in republican
politics.
Miles is the last of the commanding
generals of the army who achieved
fame in the civil war, and when the 80
newly created brigadiers go out of the
service within the next 80 days there
will be left among the officers of the
army less than 100 of any rank what
ever who saw military service of any
kind between 1861 and 1865.
Gen. Young, who will succeed Miles
as lieutenant general, and Chaffee, who
will succeed Young, both, it is true,
saw service in the civil war, but
without achieving distinction Their
rank and reputation grew out of their
service in the war with Spain, and
later Should Macarthur Nsucceed
Chaffee he will be the last of the lieu
tenant generals with even reminis-
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Statuary hall, going from the house OF
representatives to the senate; he was
so we'll pleased with his achievement
that he went on to improve several more
He would have touched up the entire col
lection of monstrosities if his putty had
not given out.
1t is needless to sa- that the sympathy
of the Washington public is with the
boy; for in his ineffective way he was
simply trying to remedy few of the de-
fects which have worried visitors to the
capitol for many years.
No more grotesque assemblage OF
marble freaks was ever brought together
than the one in Statuary hall Only two
or three of the commemorative statues
by any stretch of the imagination can be
called works of art, and spot which
might have been made as inspiring as
Westminster abbey has developed a dig
nifty few degrees removed from farley
wax works or the Eden Musee.
TOITIS A COOT TDcF
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Charges Bribery.

Strong and direct charges of attempt
ed bribery in connection with the legis-
lature of 1901 were made by Gov La
Toilette in his Chautauqua speech be-
fore the Monona assembly in Madison.
Bribery is a crime committed in the
dark, said the speaker. There is the
bribe-giver and the bribe-taker. 1t is
crime difficult to prove. No one will
confess himself willingly into the pen
itentiary. That money was used no
one who watched the session can
doubt"
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InR Op-lo as even New York
has never yet seen.
A new opera house is to be built up
town within five years. 1t seems a
sudden revolution. Patti, Gerster,
Campanini sang in the old Academy
of Music in Fourteenth street. The
ugly but big and comfortable opera
house is not more than Is years old,
and it is a mile and a half further up
Broadway than its predecessor: now
the singers must move on another
mile. / suppose the opera house there
to be built will be worthy of a site
which must be final, so far as prophets
now can see; final as the great
amusement centers in London are
final.
Foreseeing the future crush on Fiji
ty-ninth street, seeing the crush al
ready there, places upon the city au-
thorities a work of hind-sight The
street is a wide one; through part of
it's length the open Central park
makes widening for future needs an
easy matter. But it must be wider
vet, and to add 40 feet on the north
side for the rest of the way across the
city will cost $4,000,00O and will cut a
slice off 16-story hotel making it
almost useless. But it will have to be
done.
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by Cardinals Vannutelli, Mocennf, Ag-
liardi and SatolH. Returning from the
crypt, Cardinal Macchi placed upon the
shoulders of the pope the pontifical pal
lium and attached it with three golden
jeweled pins.
Last Obedience.
Upon the pope's return to the throne
the cardinals offered their last obedi-
ence to the pontiff, kissing his hand and
feet, and being embraced by him twice
in turn. The holy father then walked to
the shrine of st. Peter for the culminat-
| ing rites of the extremely fatiguing cere-
mony. The whole sacred college gath
cred about the pope singing Pedestrians
Corona Aurea Super Caput Ejus, while
the choir burst into song. Cardinal
Macchi then recited the ''Pater Noster
Noster" and offered prayer.
Crowned.
Cardinal Deacon Segna then raised
the pontiff's mitre and Senior Cardinal
Deacon Macchi placed on the venerable
white head the triple crown. At this
moment the church was filled with the
ringing of bells, the blowing of silver
| trumpets, the triumphant strains of the
choir and the acclamations of the multi
tude, which could no longer be re-
pressed. When comparative silence had
been restored Cardinal Macchi addressed
| the pope in latin as follows:
Receive the tiara ornamented with
three corwns. Remember thou art the
father of princes and kings, the rector OF
the world, vicar on earth Of our Savior,
Jesus Christ, who is the honor and glory
of all centuries"
"Amen!" again burst forth from the
concourse
The Pope Overcome.
Pope Plus was quite overcome and had
scarcely strength left to impart the apos-
tolic benediction Cardinals Macchi and
Segna granted plenary indulgence to
all present, and the procession then re-
formed and left the basilica in the same
| form as it came.
| The pope was visibly fatigued and his
right hand shook as he raised it time
after time to bestow his blessing. When
the ceremony was over all the exits to
the basicila were opened, and within less
than an hour the vast cathedral was
! empty.
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spindle whiZzes or chisel falls, except
for the local industries of building; the
"cottagers" are fussy about quiet. The
mayor and councilmen are obsequious
in bowling to the wishes Of the rich sum
mer element-unless the summer ele-
ment is divided against itself, as it is
in the matter of checking murderous
racing automobiles and in half a dozen
other little matters.
The tax valuation of the entire per-
manent city is less than that of
perhaps 200 summer families who may
average month year each in the
place. The hotel population is Singh
larly small, perhaps, only FIVE per cent.
of what it is at Saratoga. The cottagers
are supreme
This is the condition to which a city
has fallen that was in it's early years
a trade rival of Boston and Salem and
Sag Harbor and New York-the last
of this queerly assorted quartet not by
any means then most considered More
than one of the vast fortunes which are
In Rhode Island so disproportionate
to the size of the state and it's popula-
ton were founded upon the Rhode Is
land slave trade, when Newport was the
chief port of the traffic Now if the
rich take the sudden fancy to leave it,
what will be it's fate?
And Mrs. Fish has placed her resi-
dence upon the market for sale! Mrs.
Oelrichs is contemplating a similar
step. Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt the
younger will remain abroad with her
husband during August, prominently
the Newport month.
Mrs. Fish, Mrs. Oelrichs, Mrs. Wander
bilt-the triumvirate that leads the
revelries of the gayer younger set-no
wonder Newport looks grave!
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uaIa withnnt Rail.

Elgin, ILL.,, Aug. 10.-Carl Klauke,
the young man who was stabbed Au-
gust by his 16-year-old friend Ed
die Steamer, in drunken row, died
from a wound in the abdomen, and at
the coroner's inquest Steamer was
held without bail to await the action
of the grand jury.
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Bills Audited.

The state board of control has audited
the bills for the care of the chronic in
sane in county asylums during the year
ending June 80, and finds that the
amount due the 80 counties maintaining
these asylums is $401 1892. Of this
amount the state pays $3O6, 161.17, and
counties having no asylums pay $685.
O36.85. The cost of supporting the state
at large patients, who have no gal res
idence in any county of the staLa, was
44,904.58.
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night CluD is De- New York.
ing formed in the dog-days. And its
founders are an architect, a photog-
rapher, railroad man and two men
of leisure-all five in society. Their
new undertaking is to be called the
Brooke club, in obvious imitation of
London, as its plan is an imitation of
the London supper clubs" where one
can eat and drink at any hour of the
"a. have heard more than one man,
and woman, say that Newport was
dull, that there was nCthing going
on" and that they showed" there
only because the rest did. In the PEE
culiar ambition to turn night into day
which makes London seem so topsy-
turvy New York is a good imitator.
A trust company that is open until 10
o'clock at night is we'll followed by an
all-night club.
You notice 1t in the humblest cir
cles. The theaters really get down to
business at nine o'clock, with the
orchestral prelude cleared away and
the play begun; and the play must be
short to leave time for the elaborate
supper afterward at some gay restaur-
ant. The pleasures of the poorest show
the same sleep-consuming attributes
When, as cub reporter" / began
describing Coney Island, 20 years ago,
the "last car" left a little after 10
o'clock. Now the trolley cars run all
night and the police make a half
hearted attempt 20 close lid the place
at two O'Clock. 1t is my almost night
ly experience, going home late from
newspaper work, to see the tired cou-
pies coming home in the early hours
of the morning, ill-fitted by the nights
"rest" fer the next days work.
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will has recently
passed from the
scene of action in
the death of the
widow of James
g. Blaine. Mrs.
Blaine was not
consciously a po-
litical factor, and
yet no woman of
her time welded
a greater influence
in shaping the
destinies of repub-
/ i C a n | e a d e r s
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wild roses and wild strawberries grow
there as I have never seen them any,
where else, and the scenes of sea and
rock and sky are superb.
Probably the fashionablas will never
again be herded together in any single
resort. 1t is too embarrassing on ac-
count of divorces, feuds, family quar-
rels. There YVES talk, but talk only,
it is apparent, OF a Vanderbilt recon-
Citation. This one family furnishes
alone sufficient problems TO turn 9 So
cial struggler's hair gray. The Cor
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Ends His Term.

Washington, Aug. 10.-Rear Admi-
ral George w. Melville, who was SUI
perannuated last January, has relin-
uuished his duties as chief of the
bureau of steam engineering and has
been succeeded by Rear Admiral
Charles w. Rea.
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ness of New York
to men.
Women can live
out of New York
in summer, but
they must come
here to shop. Men
have mostly to
live here to do
their work; and
they like it pretty
well, anyway. 1t
is significant that
the new open-all-
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Insanity ON the Increase.

The largest number of cases of in
sanity in many years is shown by the
report of the state board of control.
For the last fiscal year, June 80, 1908,
there were 1877 more cases in the state
than on the same date year ago, the
total insane population of the state un-
der public care being 5,372, as against
5,175 on June 80, 1902.
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La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 10-Mrs
Phoebe Moulton, mother of Capt. l. H
Moulton, president of the La Crosse
Telephone company, celebrated her
1O3d birthday Sunday.
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wnmnn Shot nend.

Mrs. Henry Peske, aged 20 years, wife
of a prominent farmer of Waukesha
county, was shot dead in her home one
mile south of Prospect. She went to
the house from field where she had
been working with her husband, and
an hour later he entered the kitchen to
find her dead. Tramps are accused, of
the deed.
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all. there is the sionists.
th1ong of newly-rich, forever pressing
to make it's way into the bored, inane,
resourceless charmed circle" The lat
ter are hardly counted an element of
strength, however The Newport of
the tradesmen knows very well that
they would fly in panic in chase of
the notables, should they desert the
place.
AS for the American naval officers,
they do not have, nor in most cases do
they wish, the entree of fashionable
drawing-rooms Ours is perhaps the
only navy in the world, except the
French, that is so small social factor.
Even the British embassy young men
are hardly counted upon in society.
They are, of course, in exceptional po-
sitions, socially, but they do have few
duties to attend to, and fashionable
Newport is idle.
Mrs Fish's reason for giving up New
port is significant of the difficulties of
making a really swell summer resort
in this country. She goes to be with
her husband. who from his palatial
country estate on the Hudson can ev-
cry morning run down upon his yacht
to Wall street. Business must be at
tended to, and the president of the Illi-
nois Central railroad is busy man.
Mrs. Oelrichs' cottage is practically
new She lives where George Ban
croft, the historian, stayed his days in
scholarly calm, and was not annoyed
at anything. The memories surround
ing his house did not make it sacred,
any more than those that nestled
about Bryant's home at Roslyn. First
it must be altered, enlarged, twisted
out of recognition, spoiled; then
abandoned.
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Heirs to Wealth.

Samuel McCown and Mrs. Mary
Scales, of La Crosse, are found to be the
heirs to a rich estate left by John Nc
Gown, of Rio, Col, capitalist who died
in seclusion there some time ago. Mrs.
Scales, one of the beneficiaries, is poor
widow. John McCown was lost track
of years ago by his relatives.
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I o r A d m l r a l
Sampson during
the Schley court
of inquiry, has at
tracted attention
in army and navy
C i r i e s by an
nouncing the dis
covery of a new
disease to which
only those officers
are subject who
have served in the
far east. The dis
ease is known as
guamitis. 1t takes
its name from the
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Buv virginia Lands.

A syndicate of Madison men has pur-
chased Windsor Shades, in New Kent
county, Va. This farm contains 5000
acres, and the price paid was $65,000.
The place will be cut up into small
tracts and coloniZed.
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Crnn OnfInnk.

The weekly crop report of the Wash
ington weather bureau says for Wiscon-
sin: Corn improving, but still back
ward; spring wheat maturing rapidly,
good crop; oats nearly matured, badly
rusted in most sections; potatoes good,
some blight in central counties.
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Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 10.-The pres
ent shortage of cars in the southwest
makes the situation critical and places
the enormous, crops of 1903 at the
mercy of the railroads, the managers
of which attribute the difficulty to the
late spring floods.
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Shot by Car Thief.

Chicago, Aug. 1O.-In running
fight with car thieves in he Illinois
Central railroad yards Matthew Nc
Grath, first assistant to Special Agent
Patrick O'Keefe of the secret service
force of the railroad company, was
shot and instantly killed.
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1t cannot go far
Their uptown than
Central Park, be-
cause there the
town is split asun-
der by the park,
and two streams
of humanity must
come down to the
theaters, clubs,
shops, hotels. The
result will be a
tremendous pres
sure about Fifty
ninth street, such
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ging with putty the
eyes and noses of
S e V eral of the
marble statues in
Steinway hall and
now he is suffering
p u n i S h m e n t
for vandalism.
The first statue
that this youthful
offender fixed up
was that of Daniel
Webster, w h i C b
stares out of coun-
tenance every un-
f or t u n a t e who
passes I ron q h
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Aside from its
prestige, it is al
most the most
beautiful resort.
Bar Harbor may
s u C cessfully dis
pute the palm, but
Bar Harbor is far
from New York.
Newport has a de-
lightful S u m mer
climate and soil.
There is never OPP
pressive heat up
on its Sea-Sur-
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motion and re-
tirement of some
80 other high of
ficers may be said
to be the dividing
line between the
ascendancy of an
old and a new
generation in the
United S t a t e S
army-just as the
death of McKin-
ley and the in
coming of Roose-
welt was the di-
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one of these days
be deserted, at the
within of the lead
ers of fashion? 1t
is nervous.
Here is a city of
%, 000people, with
out a single indus
try of note except
catering to sum-
mer residents. No
factory chimneys
belch forth smoke;
the GOTTA G S"
wouldn't like it.
No lathe turns Or