The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-21

] Heavy wind storms did consider
able damage Tuesday Several
business buildings lost their windows
the most serious loss Ct that kind
being the blowing in and wreck Of
the large plate glass window in the
town building, or Bank of Washburn
str ucture. The elevator also suffer
ed some damage.
The steamers Anoka, Saturn and
Savona have been at the coal dock
this week, and have discharged
cargoes aggregating 1900 tons of
soft coal The Schooner McLachland
is now at the dock and the Steamer
Lansing is on the way. Agent Gibson
says his company will begin to
receive their shipments of hard coal
about the last of the month.
/ A general overhauling Of the pro
perties of the Rust Owen Lumber
Company is now in process at
| Drummond, and some of the
carpenters, plasterers and paper
hangers of this city have been asked
to go to that place for the summer
/ It is understood that the company
Intend to thoroughly improve and
| remodel their boarding house and.
residences and make them up to
date in every respect.
| Bro. Lowater, of the Spring Val
ley Sun, proposes tnat q mutual fire
Insurance company be organized
among the publishers of the North
Wisconsin Press Association. The
suggestion is timely, as the rates
charged by old line insurance com
panies are little short of extortion-
ate. Proper agitation of tho subject
might bring about reduction
all along the line Barron County
Shield.
The School at Houghton has been
closed by order of the Board Of
Health, owing to the spread of scar
let fever and apparent disregard Of
/ the quarantine. There have been a
number OF cases of the disease, aud
the further spreading of it is feared.
Roy Hull, who has been in charge of
the school as teacher, has accepted
a salaried position with the Mcmillan
Book Company, of Chicago, to COM
mence June first, and after that time
| will represent the company in CEN
trail Wisconsin.
] Most of the owners of cattle have
| observed the new order of things
land are unfolding the action of the
town board in enforcing the ordin-
ance against allowing cattle to run
at large. There have been num-
Der of cases where stray cattle have
| been taken up, but large numbers of
these instances have resulted
through improper system in herding,
and will be rectlfed in the course
of a few days. In a week or two
more it is probable that there will be
lno farther trouble from cattle.
/ It is certainly up to Congress to
relieve the anomalous situation in
regard to the negro in the south.
Deprived of the right-or privilege
to vote in accordance with constitu-
tional provisions made especially in
his behalf and having appealed in
/ vain to the supreme court for relief
there he is. He is counted in when
Congressional apportionment is to
| be considered and counted out when
he comes to vote or when by taking
his life in his hands he does vote.
The Republican party must stiffen
/ up it's spinal column on the question
of negro Acknowledgement. If the
south does not want the negro to
vote it must count him out when the
Imprisonment is made for Congress-
men. 1t is likely that such demand
will be made before the next nation
al census is completed. River Falls
Journal.
That there is still large amount
of base ball enthusiasm in Washburn