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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
CHICAGO CITY MISSIONS
Plea Made in Their Behalf by a Delegate
to the Rock River Methodist
Conference.


Aurora, ILL.,. Oct. "a plea for city
missionary work in Chicago by N. w.
Harris, chairman Of that committee,
was the main feature at the business
session of Rock River conference. Har-
ris gave in detail the work accomplish
ed by the committee during the year
past and asked for more funds and a
greater effort along this line. Two
thousand dollars apiece was voted to
Trinity and Halsted street churches for
institutional work.
The sixth annual session of the Lay
mems association was called to order
in the First Presbyterian church by
Judge Oliver h. Horton, president
Three hundred accredited delegates
were present at the meeting. New Of
ficers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, 0. HI. Horton; vice president, j.
B. Hobbs; secretary, J. w. Hittleman
treaurer, N. w. Harris. Vice presidents
and members of the executive board
were selected from each district. A
resolution was introduced by G. A.
Boring asking the general conference
to legalize the meetings of laymen. 1t
was referred to the resolutions COM
mittee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
The Popular Tax.

Judge Giegerich has never been ac-
cused Of tax lodging, yet recent
epigram of his shows how clearly he
understands the feeling of the average
man on this subject. He was recent
ly talking with Lawyer Michael Har-
ris when the term "a popular tax
was used.
SIS there such thing as a popular
tax" suggested Harris.
"Oh, yes" replied the judge. II
know one variety Of taxes that are ex-
ceedingly popular
what are they?" asked Harris, in
surprise.
"Those paid by other people," an
swered his honors quickly.-New York
World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
WANTS TO BE INVESTIGATED
Chicago City Sealer James Quinn Makes
Demand of the "Graft" Investi-
CATION Committee.


Chicago, Oct. 9-The committee ap-
pointed by the city council to investi-
gate charges of graft" in the city hall
has begun work. In calling the COM
mittee, which is composed of aldermen
together Chairman Herman promised
a full, fair and impartial investigation
The committee had SO sooner retired
for a brief executive session than
James Quinn, city sealer, appeared on
the scene and Indignantly announced
that he wanted to be investigated.
He referred to newspaper charges
that his brother drew a salary from
his department, although doing no
work, and thathe protected handbooks,
and alleged that the charges consti-
tuted a political move pure and SIM
pie. Building Commissioner Williams
was the first official sent for by the
committee. The public has been invited
to submit charges, and, if possible, evil
dence of official wrong doing. -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

The possibilities conn ected with the
corn plant are almost unlimited. I'm
provement in seed by selection, greater
accuracy in planting and more in
telligent care given the crop are 60
ing to greatly increase the average
yield while the list of by products
from corn is constantly increasing,
there being now no less than fifty
three useful and merchantable COM
modities evolved from corn aside
from crude gluten and starch. Good
corn land is worth and should never
sell for less than 500 per acre.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

town want us to roast their minister
for saying it is wicked to court a
young lady on Sunday evening. We
don't blame the boys. Such dyspeptic
teaching is not religion and doesn't
make Christians. We have just as
much authority in case of this kind
as the preacher and we hereby issue
permit to every youth in Grant
county to go and see his sweetheart
whenever he feels like it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
NEW TREATY WITH CHINA
Uncle Sam Secures the Abolition of the
Likin Tax and Other Reforms.

Uncle Sam Secures the Abolition of the
Likin Tax and Other Reforms.
Washington, Oct. 9.-The megotia-
TONS between China and the United
States, which have eliminated in a
treaty just signed at Shanghai were
initiated under the provisions Of ar
ticle II of the final protocol signed
by the powers at Picking on Sept. Z,
1901, terminating the antiforeign out
break of the preceding year. Articles
l, 2 and 3, refer to the rights and
privileges Of diplomatic officers, con-
suits and citizens of the United States
in China.
Article is the most important Of
the treaty By it the Chinese govern
ment, recognizing that the system of
taxation known as hkm impedes the
free circulation of commodities to the
general injury of trade, undertakes to
abandon the levy of likin and other
transit dues throughout the empire,
and to abolish all the barriers and tax
stations maintained for their collection.
The United States, in consideration Of
this change agrees, if all other pow
ers having treaties with China do like
wise, to pay at the port of entry on all
it's imports into China a surtaX of one
and half times the tariff import
duty
BY article Z, the Chinese govern
ment agrees within a year from the
signing of the treaty to conclude the
revision Of it's mining regulations so
that citizens Of the United States may
be able to carry on in Chinese terri
tory mining operations and other nee
essary business connected Herewith.
Article IA relates to Chinese Chris
tians and to missionaries. 1t insures
to the former the free exercise of their
religion and protects them against the
injustice Of the native officials. To the
missionaries it secures what they have
sought for for years, a recognition Of
their right to rent and lease in per-
petuity such property as their societies
may need in all parts of the empire.
At the request of the Chinese gov
eminent an article has been incorpor-
ated in the treaty by which the United
States consents to the prohibition of
the importation into China of morphia
and of instruments for it's injection.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
Just couple of sumac leaves picked

Just couple of sumac leaves picked
by the roadside in early September, a
thing almost too common to be worthy
of notice, yet when examined seem to
be masterpiece of natures handi-
work in rich and artistic coloring.
Not even a Rubens could so blend the
gold, purple and crimson as did the
September sun on these leaves; with
a thousand leaves, tho usand color
schemes each different, all artistic in
the highest sense.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
Prisoner Comes Near Escaping.

San Quentin, Cal,- Oct. 9.-The plan
of a prisoner confined at San Quentin
to cut his way out Of the incorrigible
cells and escape has come to light. The
floors of the cells are covered with
three-quarter-inch boiler iron and the
convict had almost completed cutting
hole through it. This would have CIV
en- him entrance to a storeroom below,
where he could have procured rope and
a hook to aid him in his attempt to
scale the walls.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
COLOR LINE IN FOOT BALL
Results in the Cancelling of College
Game-President Kane Puts His Il
Foot Down..

Game-President Kane Puts His -
Foot Down.
Charlottesville, Ind, Oct. 9. - The
foot ball game between the teams Of
Wabash and Rose Polytechnic, of
Terre Haute, scheduled for tomorrow
will not be played, owing to the OBJ
lection of the latter to the playing of
Gordon, the colored played, of Wa
bash.
Although Gordon was perfectly will
ing to stay out Of the game, and,
though his injuries in Tuesdays prac-
tice would prevent his playing, Presi-
dent Kane, Of the Wabash college, in
sisted that the Rose Polytechnic peo-
PIE withdraw their objections to him.
This they refused to do, stating that
they looked upon a foot ball game
as a social game, and drew the color
line ON all society affairs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
Gift to the ID. A. II.

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 9.-The Ellis
worth homestead in Windsor has been
formally presented to the Daughters
of the American Revolution by the de-
scendents of Oliver Ellsworth, third
chief justice Of the United States. The
place has been restored by the daugh-
tiers who have filled it with rare old
furniture and made it beautiful in ev-
cry way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

A practical joker down near Galena
told his wife to boil the kitchen clock
in kerosene to clean it, and the clock
hasn't been seen since it went through
the roof, although the woman is
slowly recovering. A man who will
play trick like that on his wife is
too mean to be hung he should be
soaked in gasoline and dried out in
a lime kiln.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
Doctor Coming to His Senses.

Pueblo, Colo, Oct. 9.-Dr. c. Q.
Rice, the prominent physician who,
crazed with liquor, shot and killed
Policeman Silas Martz, is slowly re-
covering his mind in the county jail.
Policeman Slater, who was accidental
ly wounded in the attempt to capture
Rice, is improving.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
Death of n. w. Spaulding.

New Britain, Conn.,, Oct. On. W.
Spaulding, who was mayor of Oakland,
Cal, for five terms, and was sub-treas-
urer Of the United States mint under
President Hayes, is dead, aged "A
years. Spaulding came to New Britain
July 1 to develop some patents in
which he was interested. He was a
trustee of Leland Stanford university
and was a 33d degree Mason.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

1t is rather difficult to suppose that
any man, whether workingman or not,
is not intelligent enough to know that
wages are paid out of profits, and
that without profits there will be no
business and no wages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
INCREASE OF DESERTIONS
Military Brutality in the German Army
Thought To Be Responsible to
the Fact.

Berlin, Oct GA military Journal
says that 10000 young men, eligible
for military service, who have not re-
ported for enlistment this year, have
been sentenced in contumacy. 1t is
presumed that they are out of the
country. This number is more than
twice as many as usual.
The military paper does not give any
reasons for this extraordinary deser-
ton, but it is probably due to the fire.
quent publication of incidents of the
brutality of non-commissioned officers
and others towards privates in the
army.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

Occasionally we bump into a new
business man who insists on using up
his predecessors cast off stationery
by scratching the old name and
scribbling his under it. Its just the
same as wearing your predecessors
old clothes with the laundry mark
scratched out.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
Ror of 1e Years a Murderer.

ST. Louis, Oct. 9.-Thomas Lucas, a
16-year-old colored boy of Brook
Ign, Madison county, ILL.,, across the
river from here, is a prisoner charged
with killing his stepfather, Charles
Anderson, also colored, aged 40. An
derson, who had quarreled with the
boys young sister and threatened her,
was shot through the lungs with a re-
vO1yar
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

Unless the hunters license money
comes in faster than at present, in
dustrious game wardens will be OBJ
liged to adopt an eight hour day and
a wage scale to correspond.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

1t is perhaps, a good thing for the
Republican party that the belligerent
factions within itydo their fighting this
year. Next year they must combine
against the common enemy, putting
aside personal jealousies and strifes,
or suffer humiliating defeat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

Favorite sons are being groomed
in every county in the third district
to throttle Congressman Babcock
with. It will take better material
than Mr.. Stone of Sank to make a
touch down, however.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
Mob Law Drives Him Insane.

Evansville, Ind, Oct. 9.-Because he
imagined mobs were after him and
making attempts upon his life, Stephen
Mackie, a colored ma, aged 40 years,
has been declared insane and sent to
the Southern Indiana Hospital for the
Insane He is violent. Mackie is re-
garded as one of the better class Of
negroes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

This is the time of the year man
dare not speak to woman until he
has passed her. A new fall hat is
deceiving.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

The first attempt to discover the
north pole occurred over 300 years ago,
and still the same old sign swings
from it's top-"Never Touched Me-"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
EUROPE|S IN THELEAD
In the Matter of Successfully Ne.
gotiating International
Arbitration.
ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN FRONT
Document Almost Ready for Ratifica.
tiOn-U1Cle Sam and All Sin
Sign a Commercial
Treaty.

Paris, Oct Git is learned in au-
1horitative quarters that the terms Of
general treaty of arbitration be-
tween France and Great Britain have
been concluded between Foreign Min
lister Delcasse and the authorities in
London. All the substantial terms of
the treaty have now been settled.
There only remain minor questions of
detail and the signing of the treaty.
These fOrmalitieS are so far advanced
that the treaty is considered to be an
accomplished fact. The advanced stage
of the negotiations has not yet been
communicated to the public.
Model Was the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.
The treaty follows the general lines
of the Hay-Pauncefote arbitration
treaty, which to considerable extent
served as a model. 1t is pointed out
that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, al
though rejected by the United States
senate, now serves the useful purpose
Of giving a basis for this important
Anglo-French treaty. The officials also
view the negotiations as evidence Of
the sympathetic attitude Of the United
States, France and Great Britain on
the practical adoption of the theory
of arbitration.
Significance of the Convention.
The treaty is mainly significant in
being the elimination of therapproche-
ment between France and Great Brit
ain, after centuries of warfare, the
maintenance of defensive ornaments
and the recent ani,nosities growing out
Of the Fashoda incident and the South
African war. It is also significant of
the tendency towards a rearra n cement
of the Europeanpolitical alliances. The
treaty is mainly the outcome of the
exchange of visits between King Ed
ward and President Loubet and the
visit of Baron 'Estournelles de Con-
slant and the French parliamentarians
to London. French feeling heretofore
has been rather skeptical over the
practical realization of the treaty, and
when it's advanced stage is known it
will occasion widespread. attention and
discussion in France and throughout
the rest of Europe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

Women, do not show your husband
that millinery bill while he is look
ing for collar button,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
T.. j. JOHNSON, Publisher.
SATURDAY, OoT. 10, 1903.

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26
MURDERED At A
CHRISTMAS BALL

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 26--
During drunken brawl at a dance in
colony of Finlanders near Eureka one man
was killed and another mortally wounded,
last night. A woman is badly bruised up
and two men are in jail.
The trouble was started by John and
Herman Blackman, brothers. One of the
brothers struck Charles Peterson, who
went for shotgun. As he was leaving the
room one of the Blackman brothers threw
beer bottle at him, which struck Miss
Cronlof in the face, knocking her teeth
out and otherwise badly injuring her.
When Peterson returned with the shot
gun Herman Blackman attempted to take
it from him. In the scuffle both barrels
were discharged, the lead striking John
Eastman who had not been in the trouble.
He was killed instantly. This, however,
did not stop the fight and John Blackman
received the third shot, which will likely
prove fatal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26
FRIENDS FIND NO
TRACE OF HERMAN

II. Z. Herman, telegraph operator, VINO
disappeared so suddenly few weeks ago,
has never been heard from An operator
saw man answering Herman's descrip-
tion in Portland, but it ~ not certain
that it was the missing man.
That he has met with foul play or is at
the bottom of the bay is believed by some
of his friends His clothes are in his
room and his typewriter is az the office
of his employers. So far as is known, ne
would have no occasion to leave for other
regions suddenly.
A young woman Of Westminster, B. c.,
who wrote him a letter after he disap.
peared, has asked to have her letter re-
turned. She gave the postofGce depart
ment her box number only.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26
B[|Z ZZAR[)

NEW YORK, Dec. 26-A storm sweep
ing in from the West struck this city
this morning and enveloped the streets
and bay in darkness. Ferries drifted help
lessly about, unable to keep their bear
ings.
Steamers leaving quarantine were torced
to anchor. The day was almost unlver-
sally being observed as holiday. Busl-
ness being conducted was hampered by
darkness, which lasted an hour Inc
weather bureau says today and last night
were the coolest of the year. Ten below
zero is expected by nightfall.
Several fires started this afternoon ana
the high wind made extinguishlng them
Hdelphi Hall, fve-story building on
Seventh avenue, was destroyed.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. pa raging
blizzard, accompanied by a decided drop
in temperature, struck this place yester'
day. At 5 O'Clock the temperature regis,
tered 80 degrees above, with the wlnd
blowing at a 40-mile rate. AT midnight
the temperature registered 2 degrees above
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26
DOW|E'S FOLLOWERS
PARADE IN SEATTLE

Pike street. Unlike the Salvation Army
and some other organizations in their
marches, the Dowietes walked slowly and
leisurely up and down the streets. Every
few blocks the procession of several hun
dred would stop and few addresses would
be made from the street corners.
Several men who had been imbibing
Christmas cheer little too freely joined
in the procession and their voices joined
those of the faithful in the Zion song. The
pilgrimage through the streets ended at the
church of the followers of Dowie in North
Seattle L&
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26
COLORED PASTOR
HAS NEW THEORY

SEATTLE, Dec. 26.-J. M. Webb, pas
tor of the Church of God, sprung SEN
sation on his colored congregation yes
terday when he announced from the pulpit
that Jesus Christ was direct descendant
sof the colored race and that the blood of
the colored man flowed through the veins
of the Savior. Solomon and Moses, accord
ing to the colored pastor, were also of the
same race as himself.
Elder Webb argued that Jacobs sons
both had Canaanite wives and that the
Canaanites and Egyptians were direct de-
scendants of Ham, the father of the black
race. In his sermon he traced the lineage
of the family of the Savior and succeeded
in convincing his congregation at least of
the point of his argument.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26
CLIMPSES

The Alaska Pacific Navigation company,
a newly organized concern, with Captain
E. T. Caine president, has taken over the
Pacific Packing & Navigation company's
steamers Santa Ana, Excelsior, Jeanie and
Newport, and will operate them on north.
ern runs.
Steamer Umatilla arrived yesterday aft
ernoon from San Francisco. Her officers
report fine weather. A large amount OF
freight for this port il being discharged,
She had l25 passengers for Sound points.
The International Fisheries company's
steamer Edith arrived from the North
last night. The Edith brings four carloads
of halibut this trip and reports very nasty
weather and great deal Of fog during
her trip.
The French bark Eugene Tantrel isc dis
charging firebrick at the Commercial dock
The collier Mackinaw 10 loading at the
Gravity bunkers for San Francisco and is
due to get away today.
The collier Leelanaw is at the Electric
bunkers. She expects to get away tomor-
row morning for San Francisco b
Three of the Chinese sailors from the
steamship Pleiades will be taken TO Sc
attic today to be reshipped on the Shaw
NUT. The Shawmut will get away from
here for Seattle this afternoon.
The schooner Novelty il reported in at
South Bend with a demented sailor on
board He will turned over to the state
authorities q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26

learned, he was possessed of considerable
money until short time ago. Now even
articles of valuable jewelry which he was
known to have possessed have disappeared
and no trace of them can be found.
Less than six months ago Grace had
IS 900, and since that time he has drawn
$4,000 from the commission firm of which
he is a member. He had gold watch
worth 5000 and diamonds valued in the
neighborhood of $1,000. All of his money
and jewelry has disappeared, and credit
ors are appearing on every side.
II has been found that his wife, a Mex
ican woman, who was with him several
months ago in Seattle. had 10 leave on
account of his riotous living. An inquest
will be held this afternoon by Coroner
Hoye.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26

days overdue, had most trying expert
ence while coming across in ballast from
Shanghai to Royal Roads.
In the terrific sea encountered her masts
were rolled out of her and lay pounding
aongside. For several days the crew were
unable to clear the wreckage away. Rim
ally, after much danger, this was accom-
plished and with jury rig she made San
Francisco, but arrived in deplorable
condition.
The seamen have made many complaints
against Captain Henderson and allege they
were treated like dogs on the whole vcy.
age, Some interesting developments are
expected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26

SEATTLE, Dec 26.-Dowie's host in
vaded Seattle's business section last night
and the songs of the followers of Elijah
II could be heard in any part of the
downtown district. AT first many of the
people on the street did not know what
sort of an army the singers composed, but
from the character of the song which
they sang it was soon evident that they
were the followers of the self-appointed
prophet.
'The Beautiful City of Zion," an old
hymn adopted by the Dowieites- as ap-
propriate, was sung from Iesler way to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26
FORCES WERE
NOT LANDED

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Dec. 2o.--The
navy department this afternoon announced
that the following telegram had been re-
ceived from Admiral Coghlan at Colon:
Atlanta did not land armed force on
Colombian territory at any time for any
purpose. Two officers landed at invita-
ton of Colombian generals"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26
TEACHERS MEET

The seventh annual meeting Of the
Washington State Teachers association
will be held in Tacoma Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday of next week.
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock an edu-
cational council is to be held in the au-
ditorium of the Central school.
Professor +. b. Cooper Of Seattle IS
president of the council and Mrs. Mar
garetta Keyes of Olympia is secretary
Several importan topics are to be
brought before the council for final con-
sideration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26

put in three years ago, and since that
time the engines and hull have been over
hauled"
The Greyhound, or pup" as she is IA
miliarly known among steamboat men, is
one of the fastest sternwheel packets on
the Sound. For many years she was ON
the run between Everett and Seattle She
was built by V. B. Scott, who also built
the Flyer, Telegraph and Telephone.
Captain Wilson has not yet announced
definitely on what run he will put his new
steamer, but it is believed that she will
run between Tacoma and Olympia.