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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-01
POCKET TAPPING CHARGE

Fred Meyers was arrested al an
carly hour this morning By Police
men Ryan and mcclure on a charge
Of stealing n small amount OF money
/ from the pockets Of John Ramsey.
The Victim ~ held at the city jail az
a Witness
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-01
CONSIDER PLANS

wILKEsBAHRE Pa. April l.
The anthracite operators met here
today 10 consider plans paying MN
ers back pay under the couoDiH-
aion's recent award. The INSTALL
maut plan IL favored most
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-01
carrvinp Concealed Weapons

4. Bropy. who says he n barber
was arrested this morning on
charge Of carrying concealed wen p
ona. lie had a pair OF. brass knucb-
les In his possession when he wa
taken into custody,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-01
4 FEW JABS FROM
Mr.. PIGOTTS QUILL

or nsesugaon u the police department haH DEMONSTRATED
afsfasn inefficient
u
Z - ajax that TIE should BE- than
AsafT 20
a = possible 60 have a. No. only ths professional gamblers
sn2srE " he CITY, bat the dinnerhutset brigade sell
- sd % ne uus o. hundreds o. Thousands % dollars per
~ sounc ieok steps tending the combining
1-akeisa4 = many which they might have
sl..sa ~
Mss MutLD VARIANT TIE BELIEF THAT THEIR AIM IN
~ ~ sskAEO To ~ TO DRAW THEIR PAY AND GRANT
Z PAfIN0 DEARLY
lie efn rambling however. not the worst
-. the and
saa saoena raonized mostly b. workHEfnen we're the
most reyfthensihis.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-01
acoT1 CALHOUN AceePrs

scott Calhoun has accepted The
position Of grade tax attorney foi
the city. The contract In accord
ance with the ordinance recently
passed by the city council. has beer
signed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-01

william Mckinley circle. Lndlel
~ tho q. a. X. ~ called 60 meet 81
Tho third floor Of the New fofl
bloek on Thursday afternoon 90
~ M. \ fuli attendance IL request
ed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-29
MRS. FRANK RIVES
Passes Away at a Sanitarium in
Lebanon, Ky.

Mrs. Emma Blanton Rives, died
Saturday at sanitarium at Leb,
anon, Ky. She died of gastritis,
from which she had been in de-
clining health Tor some months.
Mrs. Rives was formerly Miss
Emma Blanton, Of Lebanon, Tenn
She was married to Mr.. Rlves in
December 1893. Coming to Hop
kinsville a stranger, she won her
way into the hearts of a wide circle
of friends, by her gentleness, her
amiability and her lovable char
acter. She was a consistent mem
Der of the Methodist church, at
which church her funeral was
preached yesterday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. A large number OF
friends followed the body to it's
resting place in Hopewell cemetery.
Mr.. Rives was with his wife at
the time of her death and accom-
panied the body to this city, arriv-
ing Sunday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-29
BAGGED THREE.
Officer Nixon Arrests Three
Men on Larceny Warrants.
Charges Them With COnfederat.
ing Together to Rob the L, 6
Railroad Company.

Officer w. H. Nixon, to whom was
entrusted the investigation of a
complaint from the l.. 81 N. Rail
road, on Saturday night unearthed
an organized band of thieves who
have been getting in their work for
some time, and who have stolen
several hundred dollars, worth Of
goods from the railroad company
after arrival here. Boxes Of meat,
tierces OF lard, barrels of sugar
and packages of merchandise would
disappear and the L. 81 n. would
have to make the losses good. Off
Ger Nixon arrested three we'll known
colored men, who have heretofore
borne good characters. They are
Buck Thomas, Fletcher Warder
and Jake Williams.
Thomas drives a transfer wagon
and it is charged that he would,
while loading on goods, put certain
boxes on his wagon that had
not been receipted for and
turn them over to Warder, who
would in turn conceal them or turn
them over TO Williams, who is
merchant, to be sold. At other
times he would sell to local mercha
ants the unpacked goods.
Officer Nixon is confident he has
the right men, He discovered sew
eral stolen articles in Warder's
rooms and others have been traced
through his hands. Warden is a
porter for tobacco firm and his
arrest created a surprise.
Williams is a merchant, who OPP
crates two small stores, one a gro
Gerry and the other a dry goods
store. 1t is claimed that both of
his stocks were replenished from
time to time from the railroads un-
delivered consignments.
The three men all readily gave
bonds to answer the action of the
grand jury, which will take up the
cases tomorrow.
officer Nixon is entitled to the
credit of doing an excellent piece of
detective work.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-29
CIRCUIT COURT.
Fall Term Convened Yesterday
For Six Weeks Session.
Nearly Five Hundred Cases On the
Docket, Among the Number
Being Five For Murder.

CircuitCourt convened here yester-
day afternoon, with Judge James
Campbell, of Paducah, presiding as
special Judge. Judge Campbell! did
not reach the city until $50 p. m.
Owing to the lateness of the hour
when the grand jury was made up
we we're anable to secure the list
for publication in this issue.
There are nearly 500 cases on
the docket and the term will last
six weeks. The cases of Lewis
Moore. under indictment for muir
der, and William Gracey, Tor man
slaughter, will be called today. The
cases of Fierce Ware and Blaine
Williams, charged with murder
are set for next Thursday, the
fourth day of the term. The cases
of John Black and Jim Merical,
charged with completely in the
murder of Officer Coffey during the
Empire mining troubles, will also
be called Thursday. The Jim Will
Anderson case is set for this week
also. Anderson is charged with
shooting from ambush during the
mining troubles in North Christian.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-29

relief, when Councilman Galbreath
vacated the chair calling Mr.. West
to preside, and after stating that he
was convinced by the records that
the Cumberland had no franchise,
seconded Jackson 8 motion for 20
year franchise. This brought order
out of chaos. Mr. Davis withdrew
his amendment the Jack and
son.G albreath motion passed by
unanimous vote, to the intense sat
isfaction of the people.
The ordinance as passed fixes
the sale for October %. The coun-
Gil Is to meet that night to ratify
the sale and the purchaser is re.
quired to give a $4,000 bond as
evidence of good faith.
This opens a way to settle the
telephone matter for 20 years. II
the Cumberland wants the fran
chise, (Which puts the people 5 IN
terest in the hands of the council,
and takes them out of the hands OF
the Cumberland Telephone Com
pany) it can and doubtless will
buy it. If not, somebody else will
buy il and the Cumberland will
have to retire from the field.
The council will not permit it to
run without a franchise and 1t
should accept the inevitable and
buy the first one offered and thus
avoid the competition that it seems
to so much dread.
The rates provided under the
new franchise are as follows, COM
pared with Cumberland schedules:
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-29
RELEASED ON BONDS.
Bail Granted Trigg County People
Charged With Murder.

Mrs. Bertha Willis, Lawrence
and Lewis Willis and Jim Williams,
who were indicted by the recently
adjourned Trigg county grand jury
for the murder of Lieut.. w. B.
tombstone last March, have been
admitted to bail. Lawrence,Willis
bond is $1,000, that of Mrs. Willis
and Lewis 1880 each and Will
Iams $500.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-29
DIED IN WEST.
FairView Farmer a Victim of
Consumption.

Mr.. J. VIII Griffin, a farmer, who
lived near Fairview, died in Kan
sas City one day last week, aged
40 years. On account of i'll health
he went West about two months
ago: Death was caused by con-
sumption. The remains were
brought back Friday and the ia
terment took place in the family
ourying ground Saturday. De-
ceased was son OF Mr.. w. H.
Griffin and was unmarried.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-29
SUDDEN DEATH
OF Woman EnrOute to Visit Her
Daughter.

Jemima Thomas, COL, while en-
route from Plattsburg, Mot Eliz-
abethtown, KY, died in the pass
enger depot at Guthrie last Thurs
day night. Death was due to heart
disease. The remains were shipped
to Elizabethtown.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-29
SPARKS IN SAW DUST
Causes Considerable Damage to
StaVe rIiII.

J. w. Orton's stave mill near
Clardy, North Christian, caught on
fire and the outfit was considerably
damaged. 1t is thought that the
flames originated from a spark in
the sawdust. There was no insur-
ance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-29
Died of FIux.

A little child of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
V. Donnell, of Lebanon, Tenn.
died near Beverly Sunday. Mrs.
Donnell had been spending some
time in Christian county and the
child was taken i'll about two weeks
ago. Death was caused by flux
It was about FIVE months old.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-29
PRISON CONGRESS:
Delegates Appointed. Three of
Then: From HOpkinsyille.

Gov. Beckham has appointed a
long list of delegates to the Nation
al Prison Congress from all over
the State. Those from Christian
county are Geo. v. Green, Judge
w. T. Fowler and Rev. c. a. Nash.
The gathering will be held in LOU
isville from Oct, 3 to Oct. 8.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-09-29
W. CUMBERLAND.
THE ATHENAEUM
Will fleet in Monthly Session
Thursday Night,

The Athenaeum will meet at Ho-
tel Latham Thursday night, Oct. l,
In monthly meeting. There are
three papers on the program, viz:
Sixty Days in Europe, Prof. A. c..
Kuykendall; Book Review, Mr.. F.
L. Wilkinson; Tunnels, Mr., Chas.
NJ. Meacham.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-07-23

to 20, 900 persons. The towns have
caught very large portion of the
increase while there has been a
rapid development in agriculture,
and settlers have gone onto the
lands in large numbers.
Bayfield, county is located north
and south along the ninety-frst
meridian Of longitude and between
the forty sixth and forty seventh
parallel of latitude. Washburn, the
county seat, is 1877 miles northeast
from ST. Paul, 80 miles east of Dull
uoh, 355 miles northwest of Milwau-
kee, six miles in a direct line from
Ashland.
The county was established under
the name of LaPointe in the year
1915, LaPointe county covering
most of northern Wisconsin. This
county was carved up as the country
USSdu W OO 81 UGlCu duQ uOW Icp-
resents several of the most p1os-
porous counties of the state. The
first of the counties to break way
was Douglas which was detached in
1854; Ashland county followed in the
year 1860. In 1866 there was di-
vision of territory between the
county of LaPointe and the county
of Ashland, and LaPointe passed
out of existence and Into history,
giving way to the newly named
county of Bayfield,.
The record of the early history of
the county is very obscure, and all
that can be gained regarding it
must be patched together from the
narratives of old settlers. In 1883
the court house at Bayfield, was de-
stroyed by fire and large amount
of county records were burned, in
Guiding the valuable minutes of the
county board of supervisors. The
first county board meeting of record
was held on February 9Th, 1888, and
the Board was COMPOSED OF II. ID.
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large -four shed, an elevator and a
coal dock we're among the improve
ments which followed the coming of
the railroad And then saw mills
began to appear AID the town began
to take on airs. Washburn grew
and prospered. Three large saw
mills were started and they gave
employment to men that could be
estimated in figures of four num-
bers. The railroad company trans
acted considerable shipping, and
this with the milling industry made
a demand for varied branches Of
business, Washburn kept growing,
advancing steadily until at pres
ent it has a population of between
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field is still fourishing community,
and now has a population Census of
1900 of 2259 persons. Superior
made some progress until the early
eighties when a big boom came
along for the head of Lake Superior
and the village of West Superior
came into existence. The popula-
ton drifted into the new town, and
finally two communities with num-
Ger of suburbs became the city of
Superior The com bined population
of these numerous places gives
Superior rack Of second city of Wis
consin.
The county of Bayfield, originally
was governed under a single town,
and it was but natural that the one
town should have been called bay
field" 1t was not until January
18th, 1884, that new towns began to
be created, and at that time the
towns of Drummond, Mason and
Washburn came into official exis-
tence. The town of Iron River
was created a few years later.
These five towns exercised
the power of official governm ent
over the county until March 10, 1898
when the town of Pratt was created,
and in March, 1901, the town of Port
Wing was born into official exis-
tence. On May 9th of the present
wear the town of Bell was detached
from the western portion of the town
of Bayfield,, and will enter upon Off
cial existence next spring. So
rapid has been the development of
every portion of the county that
there is a demand for new towns
and the people are clamoring for
independent existence, and it is not
at all improbable that the number of
town governments will be increas ed
considerably in nlmber within a
year.
An idea of the rapid increase in
population can be formed from an
examination of the census reports
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Bayfe1d County,

Bayfield, county was originally a
part of the great county of La
Pointe, and the records show the
government to date back over half
century. But the county of La
Pointe with its great area of terri
tory was doomed to pass out of exis-
tence, and outof the territory en-
braced in it several counties
emerged, among them the adjoining
counties of Bayfield, and Ashland.
Fifty years ago there were two
villages located on the shores of
Lake Superior-Bayfeld was one of
them, and Superior the other. Bay
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large iumbermen who were endeav-
oring to eventually get hold of the
land. The people who entered the
land became very cautious to guard
their rights and lived on their
places. At first they gardeued a
little and the results were so splen-
did that within a year or two large
clearings began to appear and agri
culture had quite decided advance,
Meanwhile the village O. Iron River
continued to grow and prosper and
it soon became one of the important
places of the county, a position
which it still holds.
When the Omaha railroad came to
the Lake Superior region in the
early sos, Washburn was selected as
the headquarters for its docks. A
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Pike, chairman: Frank Boutin, Sr.
and William knight. This same
board was also the town board of
Bayfield,. All are still residents of
Bayfeld-all wealthy and cortented
men, and all stand as living eX-
amples of the truth that northern
Wisconsin and Bayfield, county are
places where men of industry and
ability can gather in the rewards of
their toll.
In 1888 temporary court house
was built at Bayfield, constructed of
rough lumber. A little later on the
county board borrowed $50, 900 from
the state OF Wisconsin, which was
used for building the new brown
stone court house at Bayfield,. The
building continued to be the county
capitol until 1894 when Washburn
became the county seat. In 1895 a
handsog4e browsfstone court house
of the Grecian styleof architecture
was erected in Washburn at "a cost
Of about fifty thousand dollars.
Fifteen years ago Bayfield, county
was very thinly populated county.
The people were all engaged in lum
bering business or were dependent
upon it. LAUNDERING mills and lum
Der camps gave employment to a
large number of men, but the move
ment in agriculture was not antic-
ipated and the general feeling
existed here that prevailed through
out all parts of northern Wisconsin
that cut over lands were valueless
for agricultural purposes. How
ever there were few who thought
otherwise and hardy men opened
pieces of land and paved the way for
the agricultural movement that was
to follow in few years. In 1890
there was opened to homes ead en-
try large amount of land in the
state of Wisconsin which had been
held by the government for "reser-
voir" purposes. A large portion
of this land laid in the western part
of Bayfield, county. There was a
tremendous rush for the land when
it was opened for filing at the
Ashland Land office, and the result
TO follow was that Iron River
'sprang up ia a night. Most of
the people who en- tered these lands
were after the timber that grew on
it. All sorts of contests and liti-
cation was involved in the acquiring
of the land-having been precipitated
by the greediness of a number of
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ing houses in that place. The
Booth Packing Company, one of the
largest concerns of the kind in the
country, makes its headquarters at
that place. The numbering industry
is yet an i'm portant item in the bust
necs affairs of the town
Red Cliff to the north of Bayfield,
three miles, is the reservation of the
Chippewa Indians. 1t is thriving
burg, and has a large numbering
business, and the Indians have made
great advances in the tiling of their
soil,
The towns of Mason, Pratt and
Drummcnd are likewise pros porous
towns. Mason is the headquarters
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Lumber Company. Bibon is a vii
laYe OF modest pretentions in the
town OF Mason. and has a saw mill.
Gable is village in the town of
Drummond, and has become known
as quite center for the culture of
potatoes. Pratt was set off from
the town Of Mason in 1898 because
the growth of agricultural interests
had made it an important center Of
sufficient wealth and population to
justify self government.
Benolt, Sweden, Dauby, ashland
junction and Nash are also the
names Of villages along the line of
the Omaha railroad which are do.
pending for their existence unon
the numbering and agricultural IN
terests. Some of them have millino
companies operating among them
while timber is being cut from the
land IN other localities.{7 But If re-
mains as matter of common know
ledge that the towns that have
parted with their lum berino bnsi-
ness have suffered no relapse mas
much as they have turned their at
tentlon to the filling of the SOIL
The town of Port Wing, located on
the south shore of Lake Superior
about midway between this citv and
west Superior is one of the ener-
getlc young places of the county
Fort Wing is splendid village and
mas a rich farming country back of
it.
Herbster is another town located
IN this same part Of the county
at the mouth of the Gran berry river.
There is mill at this point and a
large number of new settlers arc
gong upon the lands in that yicin-
ity. Orienta also expects to be-
come an important part of the
county, and is making considerable
progress in an agricultural line.
A little more than a wear 400 a
number of enterprising men from
Iowa conceived the idea of esta blish-
ing a new town, which they called
Cornucopla, located at the mouth of
the Siskiwit river. They have been
securing large number of settlers.
have saw mill in operation. a store
and other necessaries of a small vii.
lage. They have been set off as a
new town by themselves, and will
enter upon their official existence
the coming spring. The territory
for the new town has been detached
from the western part of the town
of Bayfield,.
Houghton is the home of the
brown sandstone quarries. Moquah
is also one OF the prosperous settle
ments of the town of Washburn.
Such briefly is what can be said of
the different parts of the county.
pertaining to their progress AND.
development. Conditions generally
have simply been summed up, leaving
to other articles in this issue the as
signment of dealing more fully with
matters touching the development
of the county.
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From thehoOve hgures IL Will De
seen that in the ten years covered
by the reports. the population Of
Bayfield, county very nearly doubled.
1t is hardly necessary to call at
ten ton TO the fact that in the year
1893 and the few years following
that there was not very much Of an
advance. The panic struck here as
well as elsewhere. Along about the
year 1897 things began to move.
Since the taking of the census there
has been more rapid development
than in any previous period in our
history. 1t is a conservative esti-
mate that the population of Bay
field county has increased since the
time Of compiling The above figures
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for I he bly, numbering plant of the
White River Lumber Company.
while Drummond is likewise the
for the Rust-Owen
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ing center. The fishing business
is also quite a f.ctor in the
business industry of the place, ard
during the season each year many
TONS of fish are brought to the ack-
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for the years 1890 and 1900. The
following is taken FROM the Twelfth
Census Report, volume one on popu-
lation;
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1000 and 5000 people.
Bayfield, also took on new life
when tie railroad come TO the place,
and 1T soon became quite lumber
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THE TIMES,

PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK in THE POST
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Subscription So Year.
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DISCONNECTED BY SHOCKING DISPLAY lN>DRY-GooDs STORE

serted, and everybody off on an eScur-
sion. The slpeeliness OF the town posi-
lively astounded Pa.
Guess I've hit the wrong pike. soHl-
oquzed he, as he ambled UP Brook ave.
nue. "or the scene of action has shifted
At this junct,ire he heard thunder
Gus report which was several times re-
peated. Rushing around the corner
whence the noise came, he was Disguised
to find several urchins firing baby-wakers.
Considerably disgruntled and not exactly
understanding where he could find his
sphere of usefulness. Pa decided to stmu-
late his ability as a political economist
with four fingers Of corn tangle-foot. the
which being duly absorbed, he proceeded
to shuttle off towards Broad street. Here.
too, peaceful situation met his eyes.
There were no visible colonels or majors
for him to direct; no artillery captains
who needed instructions as to how to got
the proper range on seething mob. one
ginia sitting around on any of the neigh
borhood dry goods boxes.
II guess the row must be somewhere
out near tho Fair Grounds" qouth Pa
to himself. as he slowly began TO realize
that Richmond is somewhat larger than
the postofiice hamlet where he resides.
AS the day was hdeously hot and the
bricks had began to get monstrous hard
to Pas sensitive feet the old gentleman
decided that for the nonce he would
merely stroll UP Broad Street and inspect
few of the dead and dying who We're
doubtless near at hand.
Now 1t came to pass that almost the
first place the time honored patriot hap
pened to halt before was dry goods
store In the windows Of the establish
ment there was liberal display OF Ia
dies hosiery. and. mind you, the goods
were shockingly presented to the eye.
If I may be pardoned for being explicit.
and thereby showing Pas astonishmeI.
will state that tho stockings were ex-