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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22
WOMAN SHOT AND ROBBED;
BODY FOUND IN BUSHES

st. Louis, Oct. 16.-The dead body Of
Mrs. Kate Lauman, aged Sc, was found
lying in the bushes near the roadside
last evening at Normandy, suburb OF
this city. She had been shot and rob.
bed. There is no clew to the MUIR
derer.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-22

S lie Qui3n OF Cavendish, VT. was
robbed o. his customary health by in
vasic0 &C Chronic Coast 9ation. When
Dr.. Kings New Life Pills broke into
his house. his trouble was arrested and
now he's entirely cured They're
guaranteed to cure. Csc at A. l.. Bur-
CANS drug store.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09

1t is said that Nj. Watson, of this State,
will again press upbn the attention of Con-
gress his immigration bill requiring an edu-
cational test. The measure passed the
House at the last session, but died in the
Senate for lack of time for consideration.
1t is very important subject at any time,
but now. when the immigration figures
show an unprecedented flood Of immigra-
ton. made up mostly from the undesirable
residents of southern and southeastern
Europe. the question of how to winnow the
mass becomes of, immediate Importance.
We want immigration of the right kind, but
the kind we are getting is not the kind We
want.
The educational qualification is no new
thought, and everybody in America, except
those with special interests to be served
through the kind Of immigration We have,
admits that it is { good thing, but, some
how we do not gel around to it. The first
move we made ws!s to absolutely shut out
the Chinese. Thea, in order to prevent a
form of quasi-slavery of immigrants
brought over in Groves by means of con-
tracts with padropes, we enacted the anti
contract immigration law, which was fairly
good in it's way, though it did shut out
some high-class artisans and even musicians
and writer's. Then the pauper immigration
law was enacted. but it did not stop ''as-
sisted immigration any more than the anti
contract law stopped the coming of people
who had been given assurance on the other
side that work was awaiting them here.
The only one o. these laws that is ef-
fective is the Chinese exclusion law. be-
cause the Cinnamon cannot so disguise him.
self as to evade it, All that was aimed at
in the subsequent legislation might have
been reached just as easily and great deal
more surely by means of an educational
qualifcation-not n set form of questions
that immigrants could be coached to an
swer, but an examination of which the de-
tails should be left to the discretion of the
examiners. The safety of the Republic lies
In the intelligence of its people, and it is a
very grave question If we are not at present
accepting a mass Of ignorance too great tC
safely digest, ever with our splendid school,
system.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09

The action of the new directors of the
Consumers Trust Gas Company at their
meeting on Saturday will be a disappoint-
the line of business and about what might
have been expected from practical business
men. The interests involved are too large
and the legal questions too complicated to
admit of rash or hasty action, and the
directors should not take such action. The
decision of the board to have the books of
the company examined by an expert auditor
to be furnished by an auditing company of
Chicago was certainly judicious and bust
nesslike. 1t would have been unwise to
have taken any definite steps towards decid-
ing the future policy of the company with
out such an examination and report AS
to the action of the board providing for OBJ
tanning the opinion of three lawyers from
outside the city as to the rights. powers
and duties of the company to manufacture
and furnish artificial gas there may be
some difference of opinion. Ardent advo-
Gates of the manufacturing policy argue
that going outside of the city for legal
this is not clear. Whatever the opinion
may be ii should be free from bias or local
color. and such as the board will feel per-
fectly safe in acting upon. An opinion from
local lawyers might have met this require
ment. but one from outside lawyers of
equal ability would be more likely to. What
is needed is the cold law of the case without
any catering to public opinion or local
clamor. From this point of view an opinion
from outside lawyers is really preferable
to one from local lawyers. The board also
acted wisely in deciding to employ an ex-
pert engineer TO aid il i'm ascertaining the
| approximate cost OF establishing an artif-
cial gas plant and the cost of manufacture
/ ing. 1t would have been unwise and I'M
businesslike To have taken any steps COM
hitting the company to the manufacturing
policy without thorough examination as to
cost and the advice of an expert, assuming.
OF course. that the expert would be thor
oughly competent and absolutely disinter-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09
THE Cor1IoN DESTROYER.

While the wholel cotton crop of the United
States is as large this year as last and rep
resents about $lOGOOO, 600 more of money by
reason of the increased price. the cotton
growers of the country are profoundly
alarmed over the gradual northward march
of the boil wevils which, for eight nine
years. has been working its way up through
Texas from the Mexican border. It's devas-
tation of the Texas crop this year was so ex-
tensive that planters in that State are seri-
ously considering turning to cereals-rice
where it is practicable. and wheat or corn
elsewhere.
This panicky feeling has spread through
Oklahoma, Arkansas, the Indian Territory
and all the cottonAgrowning country west of
the Mississippi, and growers east are won
dering whether the destructive bug will get
across the river Its pestiferous Mexican
forerunner, the chigger, found the MISSISSIPPI
pi no obstacle at All, and it is not likely that
the boil wevil will find its progress barred
by water. The efforts of the State of Texas
and the federal governments agricultural
department have been directed toward the
discovery of some chemical or parasite that
will kill this we'll. but these efforts have
thus far been utterly unavailing.
1t looks. at this distance, as If the pest
would have to be; fought very much as they
fight prairie and forest fires, by removing
what it has to feed upon. On the prairies
this is done by means of a back fire" that
is kept under control. With a despotic gov
eminent 1T would be possible to mark q
strip of say fifty miles wide, beyond the we-
Wis present line land forbid the growing OF
cotton in that strip for two or three years
| then move the strip south for period, and
continue the process until the pest was driv-
en- back over the Rio Grande. Whether such
| heroic measures are possible to free gov
| eminent is another question, but 1t surely
seems that they. would be justified by the
peril of one of the great staple crops of the
country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09
INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

Mr.. John L. Zimmerman, Of Springfield,
o., who was robbed of over 200 votes in the
convention that nominated Tom L. john
son, is avenged.-South Bend Times Dem.)
The precise nature Of John r. McLeans
political activities in the Ohio campaign is
fairly well disclosed by the symmetrical
and sufficient majority for Herrick with
which Tom Johnson was bumped in Hamil-
ton county.-Fort Wayne Sentinel Oem)
The Hon. George b. Mcclellan, the Tam
many mayor-elect of Greater New York,
will come about near running that city
as his father did il capturing Richmond
work and permit Mr.. Mcclellan to hold the
title.-Hartford City Times.
The verdict in the Kid Vaughn case. CIV
ing him the limit under the law, gives gen.
eral satisfaction. 1t should deal telling
blow to those things for which Vaughn or
Mcclure stood-a libertine, q pugilist and a
masher, three Of the most reprehensble
stripes of mankind.-Goshen Times-News
County pride alone should not and does
not argue that it is the imperative duty Of
the people to support the local candidate If
they believe some other candidate can rem
der them and their country better service.
In such instances the nobler emotion, pa
triotism, not politics, should control.-Mid-
dletown News.
In the course of time. perhaps, men who
own and manage railroads may arrive at
the rational conclusion that it is cheaper in
the long run to provide for the better safe
guarding of human life than it is to paw
dearly for accidents that are clearly due to
lack of preparation for preventing them
Lafayette Courier.
The annexation sentiment in Cuba seems
to be growing stronger as the days go by.
Self-government. so far, has been bank
rupted by voting a big debt on the nation
to pay the claims of would-be defenders
during the late unpleasantness with Spain.
Annex Cuba by all means and obviate all
this worry and trouble over reciprocity Leg
islation.-Richmond Palladium.
The attempt to shift the responsibility for
the Big Four wreck at Indianapolis on the
train crew pulling the special has developed
the fact that the men were running accord
ing To orders, as they understood them, and
the engineer and conductor demand that
their orders be submitted to any set of
trainmen for Interpretation. From this ii
would appear that train orders are some
times susceptible of a double construction.
-Tipton Tribune.
There is one mitigating circumstance
in connection with the victory of the Demo-
Gratis over the fusionists in New York city
Tuesday-it was a knockout blow for mug
wumpery. Seth Lowe is good man and
made good mayor, gave the city a clean
efficient administration, and If he had gone
down to defeat battling under the old Re-
publican banner he would have had our
profound sympathy. But where a man gets
too good in bis own estimation to run foI
office on the Republican ticket he Is toe
good to be elected by Republican votes
There Is nothing in the glorious history OF
the Republican party OF which any Of its
members need be acknowledgement Jour.
nal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09
COLONEL SAID CHARGE.
But COlombians Reiterated When They
Saw American Bayonets.

Saw American Bayonets.
New York Tribune.
The Panama Railroad and Steamship
Company and the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company have received dispatches from
Panama confirming the reports of the
evacuation Of Colon by the Colombian
troops. The advices received by the Pan
anna Company give additional particulars
of how narrowly a conflict between the
American marines from the gunboat Nash
vile and the Colombian troops under Col
Abajos was averted.
According to the dispatch the marines
were landed on Thursday morning and
threw up Entertainments near the steam
ship pier. They were further protected by
freight cars near the trenches. Some four
hundred Colombian troops were drawn up
threatening for the handful of Americans.
Colonel Abajos jumped out before his
troops and ordered them to advance on the
to impale themselves on the bayonets OF
the marines and refused to advance.
They retreated, and were followed by
their fire-eating commander after he had
broken his sword across his knee. Fifty
American residents of Panama had been
armed in the meantime. and the lieutenant
in command of the marines sent word to
were there simply to protect American
property, they had no intention Of lodging
any trouble that might come their way
1.-The revolt of the fsthmans," said the
secretary of the Panama Company, lis a
popular one. The report that it was foment-
ed i'm this city is absurd. For years the b.
gotta government has bled the Department,
of Panama All their sources of revenue
are on the isthmus, and Panama practi-
cally maintained the government. All her
industries have been heavily taxed fol
years. Besides paying the expenses of the
government Panama has maintained the
government army, and kept its eyes closed
to the corruption Of officials. out OF loyalty
to the government. When the government
turned down the canal treaty 1t was the
last straw. 1t looked to the merchants oil
Panama though all the government
wanted was more money at their expense
and they could see nothing ahead but the
blighting and ultimate ruin of their indus
tries by the rejection of the canal PROPOSE
ton. Then there was so little opposition (,
their secession that the affair can hardly
be called a revolt, but 1t will be a hare
blow to Colombia"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09
SOME'Of THE new BOOKS


Frederick Palmer's splendid story. THE
Vagabond." first appearing as a serial In
Golfers Weekly, has been published In
book form by the Scribners. Illustrator
Harrison Fisher, who has the knack OF
doing more than drawing pretty dresses.
tailor-made men. and drawing room odds
and ends. has caught the spirit OF the story
in six excellent pictures. The book Is neatly
got up and lacks that flashiness and gaudi-
ness which have spoiled the appearance OF
many good publications.
AS 10 that which lies in wait between
the covers for a surprised and delighted
reader the only needful thing TO say is
read it, Frederick Palmer has already
gained distinction as correspondent for
metropolitan papers, but The vagabond"
Is his first novel. 1t is clean, direct, mat
ter-0f-fact, remarkably telling story, with
out any nonsense or exaggeration: per-
fectly probable. logical. yet quite far enough
away from the commonplace to be inter-
esting in every page. In the title there
is a hint of Owen Wisters famous book:
in the story itself there is more than
hint. The Vagabond Is much the same
sort of chap as The Virginian. self-reliant.
unselfsh, fndomitable, big-hearted. cool
headed, with sense OF humor deep as a
river, altogether a tremendously striking
type OF the plain American And yet Mr..
Palmer has been entirely original in his
treatment. the books are widely divergent
''The Vagabond" begins with the long
mine and a girl. Billy Williams is a
youngster OF singular makeup, queer ideas,
queer longings queer ways of doing things.
In his troubled little heart a seed OF vaga-
bondag grows until heartily Disguised with
the kindly but unsympathetic people OF the
Old New England town, he runs away. The
image of a sweet little girl whom he saw a
few minutes one afternoon goes with him.
The process of running away" covers a
California, where he finds his mountain
and his mine. but not the girl. The civil
war breaks out and the vagabond, instinc-
lively loyal, raises a troop OF horse. His
adventures as the fearless, resourcef al
cavalry leader eventually win for him big n
distinction and the girl of his dreams. Not
| the least notable feature of the book is a
sketch of Abraham Lincoln at his inaugurst-
| ton. The Vasabond" needs none of the
trappings of history 10 adorn IL: IL is not
an historical novel;" but nonetheless IL
time, the few months that preceded the
firing on Fort Sumter. The talents of the
| author are not entirely expended on his
| chief character: there are others in the
book that are flesh and blood. Captain
| Bob, the judge, Miss Felicia and Volilla
| Lanley-the girl-are delightful conceptions.
| Mr. Palmer has skillfully thrown into con-
| trast the personality of two men. TOE
| Vagabond," typical of the North, and Col.
| Southbridge, a paladin OF the South. TIE
| rivalry of these men, so antipodal in every
thing, is thrilling. There is new ring In
| 1.-The Vagabond." Ii gets away from the
| above the mediocre, very well worth while
| Again-the best criticism OF IL is the ad-
| vice-read IL. Charles Scribner's Sons, New
| York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09
FlOdden Field.

One is so accustomed to hear sport made
of England's laureate that. in taking up
book by him, the ironical attitude is likely
to be felt before the cover is opened. To
be fair to Mr.. Austin IL must be said that
''Flodden Field" is a well-sustained drama
written in good blank verse-that is. good
so far as technique is concerned. He tells
a story which is very well conceived, and
divides interest between the dramatic ac-
ton and the underlying philosophy OF the
affections. The tragedy is worked out
quietly, without great show or spirit, ana
for that reason II takes greater hold upon
the subtler emotions of the reader. The
language is simple. not poetic enough TO de-
tract through excessive embellishments, as
is sometimes the case with Phillips. from
the plot interest what there may be OF
purely intellectual interest. In this respect
it is like Maeterlinck. IT will not be re-
membered for fine and apt epdthets or ring
ing epigrams, and, making, as IL Goes, an
impression as a whole, II is all the better
as dramatic composition. The working
out of the story follows the expectancy
and hope OF the normal Angio-Saxon mind,
and on this very account the drama Will
fail of greatness to many. The desire tor
the morbid is great among many who al
feet literature. Such language as this Is not
Sunday-school lesson. Lady Heron, de-
ploring her fall into wantonness, laments
follows:
All, too latet too late,
When once the dew has vanished from the
Or the fran petals fallen from the flower.
Who can bring back the freshness Of the dawn
Or who refold the rose?
Margery:
L love you best
When you discourse like that. And, lady, dear.
BE sure of this: Through LIES unsureness. He
Who made us all In innocency can
Revoke us. II we would.
Occasionally there is an insertion Of phil
osophy, like TO Popes. indirectly connected
with the current of the story:
There are three sorts Of They who
Men to warm tenderness, not hot desire.
And these are best and noblest. Then there are
Those who o'erbrimmingly unsluice the blood
And set IL flowing and tuning In mems veins.
Then straightway tranquiize IL In their own
More deep. continuous current; nor would l
Defame such natures, for. in sooth, they
Honest. though ofttimes differently named:
But would reserve reproving and reproach
For those. the last and lowest sure of all.
Who kindle fires to how these will burn
And not for need or comfort
The drama is not especially good Cor act
ing, at least from the commercial stand
point. The story concerns the romance and
heroism of Flodden, the battle fought be-
tween James Nv OF Scotland and the Eng
lish under the Earl of Surrey. The beauti-
full Lady Heron betrays one leader into the
hands of the other and is the figure around
whom the action revolves. There are three
| acts. Harper & Bros, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09

ested. In short, tie entire action of the
board on Saturday deems to have been nee
essarily preliminary to announcing def
mite decision as to the ultimate policy of
the company. or foseshadowing such de-
cision by any defiite steps. AS practical
business men the Board seems to have
ordered this preliminary work in a very
judicious way. The; settlement of the ques-
tons thus raised WILL require a little time,
but their settlemeht is necessary before
further action can, be taken. When the
board shall be fully advised on all these
points it will be PREPARED to reach an intelli-
gent decision as to h future policy, which it
could not do now. ]
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09

No lawyer with a proper conception of
professional ethics and not overcome by
money greed would care to act as executor
large bequest TO himself and family. This
is the position occupied by William j.
Bryan In addition to this he proposes to
appeal from the decision of the court ruling
against the admission of a letter drafted by
himself as a part of the will, and to con-
test the right of the widow to the dece-
dents estate. Those who have always re-
gardec Mr.. bryan as a mountebank in
politics would. hardly have believed he
would voluntarily have taken the position
he Is now in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09

Democratic members OF Congress who
are threatening to attack the administra-
ton for its course In the Panama affair
should remember how little they made by
q similar course in the Hawaiian affair.
The cases are not similar, since in this one
there Is no American flag to haul down,
but In a general way they resemble each
other. The american people believe the
government should assert its rights and
do It's duty In every case where American
interests are Involved, and they all support
President Roosevelt's action in the Panama
case as they did that OF Presidents Harri-
son and Mckinley in Hawaii. The Presi-
dents action thus far has been strictly
within our treaty rights, and no one need
fear that he VIII go beyond them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09

A large manufacturing firm OF Columbus,
Ind, has taksn5 new departure by offer
Ing its worknen written contracts for their
signature The proposed agreement pro-
vides, among other things. that the laborer
reserves the fright to quit the service of
the company If sick. incapacitated or i'll
treated. but shat he shall not so quit dur
ing the life of the contract on account Of
the grievance OF some other person or in
order TO accept higher wages elsewhere
II further gives the company the right
20 terminate or suspend the contract IL at
any time work may cease or slacken, or
the services OF the empIoye be found I'M
satisfactory. ,but the company shall not
have the right 10 terminate the contract
for the purpose OF procuring like services
tor less compensation. A penalty OF SIS
Is provided Tor violation OF the contract
BY either party. AS far as the Journal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09
The Rose of 10Y.

why did Mary Findlater name her book
The Rose of Joy?'" is question readers
will ask long before they reach the last
chapter. 1t is true the name is accounted for
by the author. but sadness dominates the
story from the time the .sroine is introduced
until she finds the o-calIed rosein the placid
waters of single blessedness. There was
no joy in her home, little In her courtship
and her marriage was tragedy. Susan
Crawford, the heroine. lives I'm a slatternly-
kept home. her widowed mother being q
poor housekeeper, with a large family to
take care OF on q small bank account
Susan's childhood is spent mostly IN the
plant and animal life and comes to know
the meaning Of the voices Of nature--the
songs of the birds and the cries of the little
four-fOoted creatures to be found In field
and hedge. This knowledge and her appli-
cation OF IL makes her appear strange ana
mystical to city people with whom she
comes in contact, and her disregard CT per-
sonal appearance causes anxiety to at least
one friend Juliet Clephare, who femains
true throughout Susan's later troubles.
for a time. despite the fact that her nus
band takes her TO home even more un-
congenial than the one she left. Darnley
ways. but he has a past and IL is mis-
past" that causes a domestic tragedy.
While at college he married a foolish girl,
according to the Scotch law, and when he
took Susan for a wife he committed big.
amy. The first wife blackmails him until
he can stand IL no longer. He sends her
to Canada, but she returns and exposes
her husband. Susan is heartbroken. for
she finds that in the eyes of the law she
is neither wife nor widow. Her husband IL
hurried out of the country and Susan goes
into retirement. Finally she takes up
painting and sketching, makes a name for
herself and finds 1.-THE rose of joy in the
contentment OF independence and the abiI-
ity to do something of value. AS already
stated, the vein OF sorrow that runs
through the book is its chief characteristic
but IL is work that will interest readers
of fiction. Mcclure, Phillips e. Co., New
York.