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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
THE ALASKAN AWARD.
LOndon's Weekly Journals Almost
without Exception Com
mend the Decision.

London. Oct 24.-NVith the excep-
ton Of the Saturday Review, which
displays its anti-American bias in an
even more intense form than usual,
the weekly papers in their comments
on the decision OF the Alaska bouh-
Diary tribunal adopt fairly impartial
views and decline to believe that Lord
Chief Justice Alverstone was actuated
by other than honorable and judicial
motives, or that he was guilty OF the
breach OF faith charged against him.
The Speaker, in an extremely sensi-
BILE article, points out that the de-
cison is perfectly consistent with the
Behring Sea award, and that Canada
ought to remember the triumph of yes
terday in the bitterness Of to-day.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
TOO HORRIBLE TO MENTION.
Outcome of Sending Whisky Sampler
to Total Abstainers-Practi
Joker and His joke.

very amusing story, which Is caus-
ing CONSERVATION in several homes, is
being told around Red Wing, Mimi;
and the truth of it is vouched for by one
OF the business men Of the town, says
the st. Paul Dispatch.
1t has become q custom of a number
OF enterprising liquor houses in st. Louis
and Kentucky to solicit orders by mail
Ihey write to well-known people in the
various cities. asking them to submit
lists OF names Of persons who use
whisky. When these addresses are re-
ceived, the houses mail circulars pre-
sentlng their proposition. They state
that they will send a certain number of
bottles Of special brand in a plain
box, prepaid, for certain amount of
money, and if these circulars are pro-
ductive OF business the man who first
submitted the list of names receives a
percentage on the sales.
Some time ago one of our business
men received request for addresses
10 which circulars and other advertis-
Ing matter might be sent This man,
being a practical joker, here saw an OPP
portunlty, and, taking the blanks which
mad been sent him, filled them with
names and addresses of people who were
known to IL total abstainers, who never
were known to take a glass of liquor,
nor to have it anywhere about their
premises.
Time went on, and the business man
had forgotten all about the incident, but
1t was called forcibly to his mind when,
one day, he received draft from the
southern liquor house for about s14,
accompanied by letter, stating that
this sum represented commission due
him for business transacted with the
people whose names he had previously
submitted.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Jenial A. Hughes, wealthy pioneer
farmer, living at Somers, died as the re-
suit Of an attempt at suicide. He took
large dose of paris green, but hid the
fact until he discovered that he was
dying. and then told the physician OF
his rash act. Hughes was 65 years old,
and was possessed of horror OF grow
ing old. For weeks he had brooded over
the fact that he had been asked to turn
his business over to his son, and this
is given out as his reason for taking his
own life.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
INDIAN CHIEF HONORED.
Monument Erected to Memory OF
shabbona, of Pottavattamies,
Dedicated at Morris, Ill.

Bloomington, H., Oct. pa simple
monument Of gray granite to the mem
DRY Of Shabbona, the famous chief Of the
Pottawattamies, was dedicated with
notable ceremonies at Morris Friday.
There were addresses by p, A. Arm
strong, Of Morris, president Of the Shah
bona Memorial association, Congress
man Thomas J. Henderson OF Prince
ton, and Charles Gunther, Of Chicago.
Shabbona aided the whites In their con-
tests with the other Indians and was the
orator Of the red men IN the last great
council held east Of the Mississippi and
which took place with the agents Of the
government In 1895 He died in Morris
In 1859 deeply respected.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
POSTAL REPORT
TO Be WITHHELD
Publicity of Findings Would Be of
Service to the Attorneys Of
the Accused Men.
May BE Necessary to Keep from the
Public the Most Interesting Sec
tiOns-Presfdent Must Go Over the
Document Before Course to BE Par
sued Is Decided Upon.

Bristow report of 10000 words on the
post Office Investigations has been sub
mitted, the administration is undecided
what to do with 1t. The president has
been exceedingly anxious to get The re-
ing of the special session Of congress-,
but the department Of justice, which is
to have charge of the prosecution Of the
men indicted has advised that a con-
siderable part of the report cannot be
made public without giving away" the
government cases to the attorneys for
the accused men.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

j. E. Leimer, cashier of the Prince
ton state bank, was arrested charged
with forging bank papers, and taken to
hartford by Sheriff Ogilvie, where he
was in jail Marcus C. Bergh, state
bank examiner, is quoted as saying that
Leimer had admitted to him forgeries
amounting to $4,000. The Princeton
state bank was closed, and the Montello
state bank, Of which Leimer is vice pres
ident, was ordered by the state officials
not to open its doors for business, pend
ing an investigation of its books.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
TriDIe TRAGEDY,

Robert Crawford, a brother Of wealthy
resident of Oshkosh, shot and killed his
wife and then killed himself in Main street
in Menasha. The couple had not lived to-
gether for several years. Mrs Crawford
had been employed as a seamstress IN
Menasha. An attempt was made to col
lect bill from Crawford on sewing ma
chine purchased by Mrs Crawford This
angered Crawford, and he went to Men
asha in search of his wife. He met her
and after few words drew revolver
and fired two shots at her. Louis Jour
dan, an insurance agent, was hit by a
stray bullet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Peoria, H., Oct 24.--Shortly after
six O'Clock Friday afternoon the coro-
ner's jury in the inquest over the re-
mains OF Thomas Hartley, inmate OF
the Bartonyille asylum for the insane.
returned verdict that he died as the
result Of injuries received at the hands
Of Edward Sorrells and Samuel Flynn,
attendants, and recommending that
the two be held without bail on the
charge Of murder. Sorrells and Flynn
are now confined in the county jail.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
Woman Charged with Forgery

Racine, Wis, Oct. ga woman,
claiming to be Mrs. Evelyn M. Sherwood,
formerly of Boston, Brockton, Mass, and
Harrisburg, Pa, was arrested Wednes-
day charged with having issued and
passed forged checks. Mrs. Sherwood
says she came to Racine for the purpose
of opening a branch jewelry store for a
New York firm. She gave several mer-
chants checks on eastern banks, which
were afterward pronounced to be worth
less.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Pittsburg, Oct. 22.-Peter X Soffel, ex-
warden Of the Allegheny county jail. was
granted divorce from his wife, Kate
the jury finding that the charge OF in
fidelity was sustained. Mrs Soffel was
sensational figure in the escape from the
Jail CT the conviced murderers, Ed and
John Biddle, nearly two years ago. For
her part in the escape Mrs. Soffel Is serv-
ing a sentence in the western peniten-
tiary. She was not present at the trial
and no evidence In her favor was Of
fered
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
Killed His Sons.

Marion, Ind, Oct. 26.-Jesse Mcclure,
a farm hand, murdered his two sons,
aged five and seven years, yester-
day afternoon, leaving their bodies in a
fence corner While a mob was form
ing to capture and lynch him, Mcclure
drove on run to this city and gave him
self up. He has been secreted by the
authorities, who fear attempted vio-
lence. Mcclure lived near Frankton,
and had separated from his wife year
ago, she refusing to live with him and
returning with her children to her
fathers home
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
ESTIMATES COMPLETED.
Secretary of Interior Names sum OF
Appropriations Necessary for
Next Fiscal Year.

Washington, Oct. 24.-The secretary OF
the interior has forwarded to the sec
rotary of the treasury his estimate OF the
appropriations necessary to conduct the
affairs of the interior department for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1905. The es-
innate places the total requirements for
the department at $4,000 600, which is
about $4,000, 900 less than the appropria-
ton for the current year. The proposed
reduction will be made in the pension
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
THE BUCKWHEAT CAKE.
Census stntfstician Shows It's Chief
Home to he the Empire State
Figures Supporting Claim

1t appears that New York will have to
change Its name 1t will always remain,
Of course. the Empire state; but just as
we recently indicated, California has, as
the Golden state, produced more wealth
from its fruit than from its mines, so
we, says the New York Mail and Ex-
press, Of necessity, must assume the
honor which the statistican confers
upon us, that of the Buckwheat state.
Out Of the total buckwheat crop last year
of $3.50, 966 bushels, valued at SIS, 341 Alb,
the farmers of our state produced $780,
1853 bushels, worth 81 1863, $50 Pennsyl-
vania aside, the rest Of the "a states in
the union which grow the beautiful bios
soming grain did not figure in the agri
cultural contest which involves the grid
die cake.
We have no desire to take from Ohio
her title as the Buckeye state, from
Connecticut her nutmeg renown, from
Chicago or Illinois the sucker reputation
which attaches to their dignity; but we
appropriate with alacrity the buckwheat
glory. Virginia may have her hoe cake
and all the credit that shall come from
1t, but about the buckwheat cake there
is nothing sectional; it springeth up as
a radiant flower, and is to be likened only
in the common taste for 1t to the un-
pretentious pumpkin pie. The buck
wheat belt" cannot let out too many
holes for us. Indigestion is not to be
considered now. The moment of sausage
is near at hand, and as the proudest state
we are ready with the maple strip and
the cake.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
WOmnn's Fire Brigade.

The town Of Armidale, New South
Wales has a woman's fire brigade that
has earned distinction in numerous en-
counters with the flames. A dozen or
more young women form the brigade.
electing one of their number as cap
tain. They drill with the town brigade
appliances and are capable Of render
ing assistance to the male firemen when
necessary. They are expert in rescuing
work with the lifeline and with the
jumping sheet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Washington, Oct. GA special inves-
tigation of the New York city post Office
will begin in few days by inspectors
working under the direction Of Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow.
There will be a thorough overhauling
Of all the affairs of that Office, every de-
partment of which will be thoroughly
investigated, The inquiry is supple
mental to the general postal inquiry re-
Gently concluded, and is likely TO occupy
at least month, and probably longer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
Many Destitute.

The village of Independence is rapidly
recovering from the effects Of the cyclone
which swept the town, but many sufferers
are in need Of aid. Some families In the
village lost nearly everything they hac
and are without means to rebuild A
Garthus, president Of the village, has is
sued a proclamation calling upon the
public to give assistance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
Football Victim.

Annapolis, Md, Oct 22.-Out Of q
scrimmage between the naval acad-
envy team and the eleven of Baltimore
medical college one player was dragged
out dead yesterday afternoon Robert
e. Levin, of Plainfeld, N H., a Sec
ond-year man at the medical college,
was the victim of the rough play. The
fatality brought the game to an i'm
mediate end.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
puID MIL Burned.

Ashland, Wis. Oct 23.-The White
River pulp MILL eight miles south OF
Ashland. was completely destroyed by
fire Thursday. entailing loss of $780,
900. partly insured. George Danielson,
of Neenah, Wis, owned the plant,
which was the only wood pulp mill in
northern Wisconsin in active opera
ton
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 22.-Fannle
Bush, mother of James billiard, who was
lynched at Sullivan, Ind, November 10.
1892, has filed suit for $40 900 damages in
the federal court against John s. Dudley,
sheriff of Sullivan county, from whom
billiard was taken by the mob and
lynched Sheriff Dudley's bondsmen are
made defendants.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
Moy SpIit I'm.

The Stockbrdge Indian tribe is apt to
be split up and half its members
turned out as paupers The Miller fac
tion OF the tribe has filed objections to
300 Indians being borne on the rolls OF
the Stockbridge tribe of 531 members
The secretary of the interior has sent
for representatives to go to Washing
ton and argue the question.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

The Jesuits contemplate the erection
at Lake Geneva OF the largest Of their
educational institutions in the coun-
try. With the arrival of the first group
of priests expelled from France the
foundations VIII be laid. The Jesuits
now have an estate of 40 acres on the
lake shore near the Yerkes observatory
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Washington, Oct. 27.-Rear Admiral
Francis r. Bowles, chief of the bureau
Of construction and repairs of the navy
department rendered his resignation
as an officer in the United States navy
to the president, and it was accepted, to
take effect October 81. Constructor w.
l.. Caps. now on duty at the New York
navy yard, has been selected by the
president for the vacancy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Superior, Wis, Oct. 22.-When the
Superior post office was opened for
business at seven o'clock yesterday
have been rihed OF practically the en-
tire supply Of stamps. amounting to
between $1,000 and sl5500 About
800 in fractional silver was also Sc
cured
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Peoria, H., Oct. 23.-The Acme Har-
vester company, one of the largest
manufacturers Of agricultural imple-
ments, has been forced to place it's af-
fairs in the hands of committee repre-
senting the creditors and ask an extern
sion of time. The assets of the company,
1t is asserted, are nearly 81 900 900, and
considerably in excess of their liabil-
tiles.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

London, Oct ga cable message
has been received in London from Presi-
dent Roosevelt thanking the American
commissioners and counsel Of the
Alaskan boundary tribunal and express
ing coDgratulation in the name of the
people of the United States on the re-
suit of the tribunals deliberations.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
Iron n, Siberia.

Eastern Siberia offers an enormous
field for iron and steel ware for building
purposes: also for tools, etc, for car
penters and locksmiths These lines are
largely in the hands Of Germans There
Is also large demand for guns and hunt
ing material.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
new AMBASSADOR iIAMED.
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand Selected
to Represent Great Britain
at Warrington.

London, Oct. 27.-The appointment
of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the
British ambassador at Madrid, as Brit
ish ambassador to the United States,
to succeed the late Sir Michael Her.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Hall, alias Henry Jackson (colored) was
hanged here for the murder OF Norwood
Clarke, a young white man, When the
drop fell the rope slipped and the man
breathed heavily for ten minutes, when
he was hauled up and hanged second
time, this time breaking his neck.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Herman Rossow, who shot his wife
and then attempted to commit suicide
in Lutheran church at La Crosse,
pleaded guilty to the charge of assault
with intent TO kill, and was given the
pun Mrs. Rossow has entirely recov
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

New York, oct 26.-Ten lives were
lost by the cavein of the roof and walls
of the subway and tunnel at One Hun
dred and Ninety-fifth street, and four
persons were badly injured. All Of the
dead and injured were workmen and
most of them Italians. The accident was
the most disastrous that has occurred
in the construction of the subway
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

bert has been approved by King Ed
ward
The selection Of Sir Henry to sue
coed Sir Michael Herbert was sur
prise to most people here, chiefly be-
cause he has never had any official
connection with Washington.
The new ambassador will speedily
bid farewell to the Spanish court and
proceed to the United States without
delay.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Buffalo n. Y, Oct. 27-Surrogate Mar
Gus has handed down a decision by
which Mrs. Murdick widow Of Edwin
L. Burdick, gains full control Of the prop
erty left by her husband and also the
custody OF the three children.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
BrOke All Records.

Boston, Oct. 22.-The battleship Mis-
souri, broke all previous records in her
speed trials yesterday. She covered 33
nautical miles and return at an aver
age OF 1906 knots, but when the tidal
corrections have been made it Is be-
lieved her actual rate will prove near.
er 1922.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
New Pacing Record

Memphis, Tenn. Oct. 23.-Dan Patch
lowered the worlds pacing record
quarters of a second here yester-
day afternoon. He not only lowered
his own record OF 1859, but clipped
three-quarters of second from the
worlds record held by Prince Albert,
making the mile in ssh
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
May withhold Sections.

attorney general, it may be necessary
to withhold the most interesting sec
tons. 1t was said at the white house
that it might be ten days before any part
of the report would be made public.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

The course to be pursued will not be
decided on before the president has gone
torney general. Meantime the recon-
mendation of Bristow that several addi-
tionai employees be discharged will be
carried out.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
Double Tragedy.

Cairo, H.. oct 26.-James Edward,
a negro, shot and killed his wife Satur-
day and then committed suicide by
shooting himself In the head. Ed
ward and his wife were parted The
double tragedy followed an Intellectual
attempt on his part To induce her to
live with him again.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

bureau and the Indian office. The esti-
mate for pensions is $l36 800 600, or ST.
700, 600 less than the appropriation made
for this year. There also is a cut of ST.
5000 in the estimate for the Indian
bureau
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
A Fatal Fall.

indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 22.-Samuel
+. Morse, aged 81, editor and propri-
etor of the indianapolis Sentinel, fell
from the third story of the Sentinel
building at ten o'clock yesterday morn
ing and lived but Is minutes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
Pittsburg Bank Closed.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct 22.-The Federal
national bank succumbed yesterday to
a run of it's depostors, and after near
ly 81, 000, 900 had been withdrawn failed
to open it's doors. 1t still owes dcpos-
itors 81 SOC, 900.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
Lon Dillon Champion.

Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 26.-Lou Dill
lon, queen of trotters. established her
supremacy more firmly than ever Sat
urday afternoon b. trotting mile in
l:5Sh, completely eclipsing all previous
records.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
HOSTS OF aliens
COME TO america
Statistics Show That immigration
During the Past Year Was
Greatest Ever Known.
Increase Over the Previous Year Was
Dos, 3U3-ItaIy Sends the Largest
Number Contract LabOrers Are
Sent Back-COmn missioner Wants
More Of Them Sent to Farms.

Washington, Oct 26.-Commissioner
General Frank +. Sargents annual re-
port for me bureau of immigration
shows large increase of steerage i'm
migration over that of the preceding
year, the aggregate for the fiscal year
OF 1903 being $751; 4G persons, an ex-
cess over last year OF 2OS,3O3, or 81
per cent. The report shows an increase
in immigration from all foreign sources
suggesting as the chief cause of the in
fux of aliens into the United States
during the year the inducements Offer
ed to settlers rather than any special
causes of discomfort in their own coun-
tries
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Leseuer, MINI, oct. 23-The Farm
ers' and Merchants bank, a private in
stituuon owned by w H. and W. A.
Patten, father and son, closed it's doors
with liabilities OF $4,000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
Post ONCE Robbed.

Escanaba, Mich, Oct 27.-The post
Office safe was blown by burglars and
81 900 in cash and stamps taken. Many
people heard the explosion, but could
do nothing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
Illinois Bank Fails.

Joliet, H., Oct. 22.-The Exchange
bank, the only institution of its kind
at Lockport, closed it's doors yesterday
with liabilities Of Sill. 900.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

London, Oct 23.-The widow Of Rev.
Charles II. Sturgeon. the noted preach
sr who died January 81, 1892. died in
this city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29

Washington. Oct. 27--The secret
service has announced the discovery OF
4 new counterfeit five dollar note on
the First National bank ii Lynn,
Mass
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-29
Wants Aliens on Farms.

The commissioner refers to the grave
danger to the country found in the
colonization of alien communities in
the American cities.
"Such colonies" says he, "are men,
ace to the physical, social, moral and
political security Of the country. Re-
moved from the sweatshops and slums
of the great cities and given the oppor-
tunity to acquire home, every alien
however radical his theories of govern
ment and individual rights may have
been, will become a conservative-a
supporter in theory and practice of
those institutions under whose benign
protection he has acquired and can de-
fend his household goods"