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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
State Items of Interest.

A district fremens tournament will be
held in Brochead onsAug. 25.
John Starr was sent to State prison
for two years for robbing a freight car
at Madison.
Frank Arndt aged 81, Of Osceola, died
Of blood poisoning resulting from the bite
Of an insect.
The hardware store of OFT & Boden in
West Bend, was burglarized. The thieves
secured several hundred dollars worth
Of cutlery.
William Stang, aged So, employed on
Albert Braaten's farm short distance
northeast of Madison, was killed by an
angry bull.
George Lutz, the aged man who was
out of work and penniless, committed
suicide by hanging in cheap lodging in
La Crosse rather than return to the poor
house.
The tank for the elevator in the cap
itol at Madison burst under the cold
water pressure and flooded the basement
Work on the new elevator will be delay
ed some time until new tank can be put
in place.
Mrs. Alex Obey, who was burned in a
fire which destroyed the tailor shop Of
f. III. Epp and restaurant OF G. HI. Dur
nell in Tomahawk, died Of her injuries.
She was lighting a gasoline stove when
it exploded.
A new bank is to be started in Mil
waukee, called the Century National. 1t
will have capital of 100000. w. d.
Gray is to be president and August +.
John cashier. 1t will open for business
about Jan. l.
The Wisconsin Central depot at En-
deavor was destroyed by fire. Several
business men lost quantities Of freight in
the depot. III. G. Coon's potato ware
house near the depot took fire, but was
extinguished with only small loss.
A. Hirshheimer, president Of the La
Crosse Plow Company, and two labor
ers, were badly burned by an explosion
of metal while making a casting. Mr..
Hirschheimer's sight was at first thought
to be gone, but his eyes will be saved.
Reports from throughout Rock County
point to the fact that almost double the
number of chickens are being raised this
summer than ever before and that large
focks Of turkeys and ducks and geese are
also on the poultry lists in quarters where
they were never raised in the past.
The Mayor of Milwaukee has been in
yited to select a young woman to christen
the protected cruiser to be named after
that city and which will be launched
Sept. 10 at San Francisco.
A new State bank has been formed in
Kewaskum. The capital stock Is $4,000
and the incorporating stockholders are
Moritz Rosenheimer, Adolph Rosenhei-
mer and D. M. Rosenheimer.
William Persch, discharged conduc-
tor, attempted to murder Peter Waller,
superintendent Of the La Crosse Street
Railway Company. The loaded pistol
missed fire. Persch was arrested.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
Green Diamond in South Africa.

Considerable interest, writes a cor
respondent, has been aroused in Jo-
hannesburg by the discovery on
mining property at Klerksdrop OF a
green diamond of about three-quart-
ers Of a carat. The gem had slipped
into crevice in the iron plates OF
the crushing mill, and was found DUR
ing the dismantling of the mill to
make room for a new stamp battery.
In 1893 over seventy similarly col
ored diamonds were found upon the
same property. They had all slipped
between the dies and escaped de-
struction. 1t is conjectured that
many other green stones were crush
ed out of existence. For the frst
time since that date Klerksdrop
company proposes to resume opera
tons on this particular ground, which
contains both gold and diamonds
Philadelphia Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
Coffee; bring me some strong cut
ee," demanded the captain. i

Coffee; bring me some strong cJr
fee," demanded the captain. i
must keep awake"
On Friday morning the captains
breakfast was served on the bridge
his fifth in succession. Dinner .ime,
and still the fog; sandwiches and
coffee again for the captain.
And still he paced the bridge with
red-rimmed eyes and care-lined fea.
lures. 1t was late afternoon. Sud-
denly cheer from the lookout.
''The SUM-" be cried. "The SUM-"
Slowly the great curtain lifted. In
the heavens was the setting sun. BY
its light the passengers could once
more see the horizon and the dancing
waters of the ocean.
''It is govd," said Captain Apfeld.
Slowly he let himself down the
ladder to the deck. Just ahead was
his room and the inviting little bunk
curtained by his wife's own hands
in the whitest Of lace. He flung HIM
self down as he was and slept-for
just two hours. Then he was on
deck again, for it was night, and they
were wearing land.
Sleepy" said the captain when in
terviewed well it's pretty long
time from Monday morning to Friday
night to go without wink. II | had
gone to my cabin l. couldn't have
slept anyway, with the thought that
my ship was in any danger"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
MEMORY LANE

! know a lane, where the brier rose
=, Leans Ger the old stone wall;
And the sGenteG leaves from an ap-
pie tree
Like ti4ted sea shells fall.
There's a turnstile, too, 'twixt the
winding lane
And the meadows with blossoms
white;
Blossoms of daises spilled by the
moon
From her silver boat one night
Here cornfowers open their blue eyes
wide,
And poppies flirt with the sun;
While all of the grasses are glitter
ing with gems
That fairies from dewdrops have
spun.
All, yes! there's brook-it ripples
and smiles.
Past banks where the blue gentian
peeps;
But the song that it sings to the VIC
lets, ween,
Sle deep III QST llLJLG uSdII htSpS.
Oh this is the lane that memory
!; paints.
Where loves fairest blossom grew;
For down by the stile met maid
With eyes like the cornflower blue.
Her cheeks were flushed with the
pink of the rose
Her lips wore the poppy's red,
And sunbeams were playing at hide
and seek
Midst the curls on her golden head.
Lightly she tripped through the mea-
dow sweet,
And softly the breeze kissed her
brow;
Then she laUghed-and her laugh was
the song Of the brook
Methinks I can hear it now.
But alas FOR the passing of summer
dreams,
We met and we parted for aye;
Now I walk alone--here in memory
lane
While She rides on the worlds
highway
Agnes Lockhart Hughes, in the
Boston Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
KEPT VIGIL ONE HUNDRED
HOURS.
Took the Responsibility of Passen-
gers Safety Into His Own Hands.

Took the Responsibility of Passen-
gers Safety Into His Own Hands.
Captain George G. Apfeld, of the
Atlantic liner Friesland, enveloped
at sea by fog that defied the keenest
eyes to pierce stuck to the bridge of
his big ship bound from Liverpool
to Philadelphia, for 107 hours-fve
days and four nights-without wink
of sleep. Grateful passengers pre-
pared a memorial to him upon their
safe arrival.
Those aboard could see nothing
ahead or astern. The great vessel,
with 423 people aboard, was in the
beaten track. A collision might mean
death for all. "Ill stay here till it's
over,"s said Apfeld to the executive
officer, mounting the bridge.
There was little to do for the first
few hours. At lunch time the cabin
boy brought up sandwich and a
cup of coffee to the captain, who
paced the. bridge tirelessly, his ears
eager to catch the sound of every
whistle ahead. or astern, to port or
starboard.s Night came and with it
a denser fog. Still the captain stay
ed. His supper was served there on
the bridge, while passengers and
crew enjoyed theirs in the warmth
and light below.
Midnight came; the fog was thick
er than ever. Morning dawned. When
the crew tumbled out at daybreak
they found their captain still there.
And so the days and the nights
passed. The officers begged the cap
tain to snatch bit of sleep.
1--WE can keep watch" they insist
ed.
81 know you can," said the captain,
"but these lives are in my care, and
shall be responsible for them. /
shall not leave the bridge until the
fog lifts.
And Captain Apfeld kept his word.
On Thursday night came the almost
irresistible desire to sleep.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
BANGKOK, FLOATING CITY.
"Made In Germany" a Legened Seen
on Every Hand.


1t is a strange, half floating city,
this Bangkok, overrun by parish dogs
and crows; Oriental despite it's i'm
provements, and one of the most in.
teresting cities in the far East. Yet
sad city for the visitor with mind
apart from the margins and money
saving machinery. At every turning
are evidences OF decay of native art,
and in their stead the hideously COM
monplace things that bear the legend:
Made in Germany"
One would scarcely believe today,
after a visit to Bangkok, that at one
time the Siamese were distinguished,
even among the Asiatic artisans, in
silk weaving in ceramics, in ivory
carving and in silver smithing. Yet
the royal museum discloses treasures
not found elsewhere in the world,
which serve to remind how far Siam
has fallen from the place she once
occupied among the art-producing ma
tons of the world.
When, therefore, we behold peo-
pie discouraging and losing their
splendid ancient arts, and giving in
stead a ready market to the cheap
trash which comes out of the West,
We may hardly look for native indus
trial development. The day is prob
ably not far off when Slams indus
tries will depend upon foreign guild
ance; and if England, not France,
supplies that impetus-the world viii
be the gamer
By those people who delight in com
parsons and read travellers folders
especially compiled for tourist con-
umption-Bangkok has been vari-
ously called the ConstantinOple OF
Asia and the Venice of the East.
True, there is much pertinence in
both comparisons. Certainly Bang
kok is the home of the gaunt and ugly
pariah dog, which spends it's day for
aging to keep life in it's NANCY car
cass; multiplying meanwhile with the
fecundity of cats in tropical cline,
because the Buddha faith forbids it's
killing.
Nor are outcast dogs the only pests
of Bangkok to grow numerous be-
cause of native religious prejudice;
more noisy crows perch on an early
morning on your window casing and
the tree Immediately beyond it than
in the space of day hover near the
flowers of Silence" at Bombay await
ing the pleasure of the vultures feed
ing on the earthly remains of one that
has did in the faith of the Parsee.
Some people fancy Bangkok city
of islands; hence I suppose the COM
parison with Venice. Bangkok has,
indeed, a very large floating popula-
ton, and the city is intersected with
many "klawngs" (canals); at certain
times of the year, too, perhaps half
of the city and the surrounding
country is under a foot or more OF
tide-water. Yet the largest half of
Bangkok's 100000 citizens lives on
land, though the easiest means OF
travel throughout much of the city is
by boat, and, in fact, half of it is
reached in no other way.
The Siamese women of the lower
class daily paddles her own canoe to
the market; or, if Of the better class,
she goes in a "rua Gang" the COM
mon passenger boat which, together
with the jinrikisha, the land pas
sgenger carrier throughout the
Orient, is included among the house
hold possessions of every Siamese
who can afford it.-Caspel Whitney
in Outing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
Gives Life to Save Train.

James JeIMen, farmer boy, aged Is
years, was killed through his efforts to
save Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
passenger train from destruction near
Corliss.g He stood on the track waving
his straw hat in the glare of the head
light until he was borne down by the
locomotive and crushed to death. The
engineer saw him in time to slacken
speed and, though the locomotive crash
ed into thrasher, tie train escaped
wreck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
POsterity.

49," said the exasperating critic,
"you are writing for posterlty."
II am" answered the poet.
"Well, every man to his taste. But
I can't see the excuse for lot Of peo-
pie who will mispronounce your name
and who will tell lot Of anecdotes
about you that are mostly silly and un-
true" washing Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
Blow Dam to Atoms.

The Cirkel dam at Cirkel City, on the
Yellow river, near Chippewa Falls, was
blown up by unknown persons supposed
to have had grudge against the Cirkel
Manufacturing Company. The damage
amounts to about $1,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
Counterfeit Policeman Makes Money.

John e. Leonard, it is alleged, by inn
personating a policeman at one of the
remote parks of La Crosse, has succeed
ed in making a fine living for himself
by pretending to arrest citizens and then
allowing them to six" the matter up
rather than be dragged into court. He
operated for over a year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17

Sometimes this happens: A man
who has been s, lsible all his life lets
q fool make fool out Of him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17

Be grown up, and don't quit playing
because you can't have your own way,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
Wanders All Night in Forest.

Miss Lilly Swanson, aged II, became
lost in the woods while out picking ber-
ries and was found after constant
search of many hours by a party of the
townspeople numbering nearly 200. The
girl was in the woods all night and walk
ed nearly seven miles before coming out
into familiar country. Striking travelled
road in the early morning, she walked in
the opposite direction from town and
finally came upon farmers house. The
girl was nearly exhausted when found.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
Business Block at Ridgeland Burns.

Fire burned one block Of the business
portion of Ridgeland at 2:30 o'clock the
other morning. The losses are as fol-
lows: Ridgeland Hardwa Company,
total loss, $4,000, insurance $4,000;
Grover Brothers, agricultural nipple
ments, total loss $4,000, insurance. $500;
Milton Grover, general merchandise, loss
$4,000, insurance $4,000; H. ID. Ballard,
residence and household goods, total
loss, no insurance. III. D. Ballard was
overcome with heat and smoke. The
cause Of the fire is unknown, but is sup
posed to have been started by defective
lamp in the rear of the hardware store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-17
ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER.
DOM,
Costs Waukesha Man $4,000 TO Learn
Old Bunko Game-Ridge1and Business
Block Burns-Gir1 Lost in Forest Over
Night-Dam Blown UP.

Jeremiah Cassidy, who is over 70
years old, discovered the other morning
that he had been made victim of a bunko
game, by which he was relieved Of $4,000
in Waukesha. Mr.. Cassidy met ia man
who convinced him that they were ac-
Quaintanees. The stranger, with a con-
federate, and Cassidy, entered into q
card game by which Cassidy won $4,000.
He had no money with him, but played
on credit He was promised the money
he won as soon as he should show the
strangers a similar amount. He went to
Chicago with the money and met them.
The $4,000 was put i'll tin box which
Cassidy brought home. Later he received
the key and opened the treasure box
which he found was filed with stones
and dirt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-01
AMONG The HORSES.

IL was dull day at Grsvesend yester-
day. The clouds threatened 20 burst
every moment and the atmosphere was
heavy. Z was a usual Friday card OF
overnight events OF the cheap variety.
The track was fast and the attendance
5000
In the FIRST race Sir Brillar was the
favorite. After the start Hsndzarra
rushed In front and made the running
three lengths in front OF Toscan until
well into the stretch, when fnvincibls
came with q rush, but Crimmins kept
his mount In front TO the end and won
by three parts OF a length.
Escutcheon was easily the best I'm the
second race and had 20 trouble In win
ming easily by FIVE lengths from Jerry
c. Hndebrsnd got third money by a
length.
The start for the third race was bad
Martimas and Wctan Got away several
lengths I'm front OF the others Martimas
was away In front and made all the run
ming from the start, winning ridden out
by three lengths. wooan ran a good part
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-01
CFfrst Game


GAMES TODAY.
Chicago at Boston.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-01
ON THE BOWLING ALLEYS.
HOPE TOURNAMENT

HOPE TOURNAMENT.
Kerr's-422 44o. All, 1878; Binns'-42o, 433,
456, 1909.
PECK STREET SPECIAL
Mount PIeasant-3sO. 3S7. 3s4. 1851: Berke-
ley street-375. 3s1. 400, 1883.
SOUTH PROVIDENCE ALLEYS.
Brown's-4O7, 4l6. 4S3, 1856; Quinns-425,
SS7, 41s. 1918
CROWN TOURNAMENT.
Crown-.Os. 4ss, Ala. 1884; American
EndoscopIc company-Sss. 1856. 375, 1896
MARRIED MEN WON.
Married Men-4sa. 400, f6. 1858; Single
Men-42e. 420. 4O9 1858.
KNIGHTsvILLE TOURNAMENT.
No. 5-42s, 400, ioe. 1910; No. s-il2. 4H,
400. 1855
No. 2-4Os, 427. 4a. 1886; No. 1--4O7, AZ,
413, 1891.
CENTRAL ALLEYS.
Clintop's-4c4. 41s, 413, 1893; Clavin's-
No. i-S5s, ss5, A2, 1873; No. 5-s5i, 3u
35s 1850
Priors-4os, ns, $50, 1906; olsen's-io2,
437. ss3. 122e.
A meeting OF all the alley proprietors
will he held In the Trinity square alleys
next Tuesday at 2 p. m. II Is proposed at
this meeting 10 take the preliminary steps
IL forming a strong city league. The con-
dltions are very favorable for the forma-
ton Of such an enterprise at this time.
Two employees OF Dodge e. Camfield.
named Gates and Owler, had an interest
ing match game at the Crown alleys last
evening for a purse OF $40 a side. In the
workout before the game was called both
made very handsome totals but. on ac-
| count OF A decided nervousness after the
match was on the scores fell of In a
! very noticeable manner. Gates finally
landed the money with a total OF 1ss pins
beating out Owler by only one pin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-01
Both Candidates for American League
Pennant Were Beaten.
Major De|mar EQua|ed Worlds Record
Yesterday No Shield.

Although outhlt two to one. ST. Louis
yesterday at home defeated Boston by a
score of to 0. Errors mainly were re-
sponsible for the runs scored by the To-
Gals. Attendance 25s0. Score:
Innings ......... / 8 3
St. Louis ....... 0 o 1 / o Ks
CHICAGO, 4; NEW YORK. o.
DR.. Whites superb pitching blsnked
New York with three hits, yesterday at
Chicago Chesbro was knocked out in
three innings, and Putnam pitched f1ne
ball until the close, aside from few
bases on balls Not New York batter
got beyond second during the game. Sui
livan split his hand and gave way 10
Heydon. Attendance 5000. Score;
Innings .........
Chicago .......... L y U 1-4
CLEVELAND, 3: WASHINGTON, o.
Cleveland scored all three runs from
Washington at Cleveland yesterday after
noon. due to the wildness OF Townsend
and errors not a hit figuring In the
scoring Cleveland made but two scratch
hits off Townsend. while Washington
made four clean drives Off Joss and then
could not score. Turner's fielding was the
feature. Attendance 1856. Score:
Innings .........
Cleveland ........ 1 0 ks
PHILADELPHIA, 90; DETROIT, 4-5.
Detroit and the Philadelphia Athletics
broke even yesterday at Detroit in two
loosely played games DR. Plank, always
terror TO Detroit had an easy killing.
and big Killian was stabbed In the sixth.
when the visitors landed on him for
four runs. The game was never In doubt.
In the second contest both clubs tried kid
pitchers. The latter had speed, but moth
ing else. A hslf-sale interfered with
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-01

OF the way but was firing near the end
and only hung on long enough TO get
the place by a neck from Little Elm.
f. f. smathers' bay colt Dick Ber-
nard was the favorite for the Sea Breeze
stakes and won by a neck in a driving
finish. Brooklynite broke in front, but
at the first turn Dick Bernard went TO
the lead and held II to the end on The
Southerner, who came with a rush i'm the
last furlong under Redfern's good ilde.
Seymour was second in the running, but
was passed by The Southerner when they
reached the stretch. Letola lost ground
on the nrst turn, being thrown out of
her stride.
Fairy Dance got off we'll in the fifth
race and, rushing out In front. made the
winning two lengths in front of Coy
Maid, until we'll into the stretch when
the favorite closed strong. took the lead
and raced home n winner by three parts
OF length In n driving finish.
Pronta won the sixth race. Gravlna
second and Little En- third.
AT WORCESTER.
great effort was made today to clean
up the September programme or the Wor-
cester Driving Park company twenty
three heats were contested and winners
were decided I'm six classes. In ths
seventh race three heats were raced ana
the drivers agreed at sundown 10 call the
evert OF and divide the money as the
horses stood at that time Yesterdays
programme was cleaned up first Harry
l.. won the 2:12 pace. Newsboy added
two heats 20 the one he won yesterday.
The 2,is trot was a split-heat race. Fan
ME Riley after winning the first heat
found the going too fast and Waunlta
took the second heat Susie Fox landed
the third heat and then Waunita went
out and settled the event on the fourth
and fifth heats.
Kitty wilkes. after landing I'm ffth
hAa Af hn
that was won by Evelyn Bird, took the
next three heSts Magaphone. who was
added 10 the starters In the 2:| pace,
won the first heat and I'm the next three
was outpaced by Chief Wilkes. Daniel
made il a straight victory In the 2:n
trot.
In the 2:1i trot Mace won the first
heat and Sapphire the second and third
and then the race was declared of and
the money by consent of the drivers,
divided ns the horses finished.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-01
DELMAR'S RECORD.

The feature Of yesterdays Grand Cir
cult racing at Oakley Park was Major
Delmars attempt 90 break the worlds
trotting record OF 2:02l1 without wind
shields or pacemakers on front or sides.
held by Cresceus and Major Delmsr.
Major Delmar has record Of l:be%.
trotted with wind shields and pacemakers
I'm the front and side. but this Is not
recognized az a worlds record by the
Trotting association. Both Cresceus and
Major Delmar made the 2O2h record
paced by a running horse only,
Although the weather conditions were
not very favorable for a trial OF this
kind the celebrated horse edualled the
worlds record. Major Delmar was driven
by A. r. Mcdonald and was paced by
a running horse driven by Scott Hud-
son.
The three other events on the card
we're hotly contested.
In the 2l4 class, pace. Funston was
made a favorite IN tho first heat. After
a hard fsht through the stretch Funston
succeeded in winning from Edwin 9. at
the post Edwin c. took the second heat.
Sunny Slope won the third heat and Ed
win G. tn. fourth by q head from Sunny
clope The NTH went TO sunny slope
Funston finishing close second.
The race OF the three heat winners IN
the sixth heat was well contested, sunny
slope. getting the decision by head
with Funston second and Edwin g. third
Sweet Marie won the 2:06 class, trot
| after finishing q close second 20 one
nam I'm the nrst heat Sweet Marie easily
won the second and third heats.
The superior driving OF Scott Hud
son resulted I'm a victory for Nancy IL
| IN the 217 class. pace. Nancy II. finish
ed seventh in the first heat and fourth "
the second heat, which were both won b.
Little Sphinx. Nancy won the last thre'
heats in close hnishe. with Harry sultai
and Wild BrinO. Jr
Prince Alert will try 20 beat the world
pacing record Of i59k today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-01
4. ST. LOUIS o.

BROOKLYN 4. ST. LOUIS o.
The ST. Louis Cardinals werc shut out
by the home club yesterday at New YORK
O'Neill, who was I'm the box for the
westernere. was betted hard. Jordan at
second base played remarkable game
accepting Il chances without an error
Attendance Zoo. Score:
Innings ......i 49, ss
Brooklyn ........ o 1 x
CHICAGO i2-5. NEW YORK %.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-01
st. Louis at New York (2).
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
PROVIDENCE TEAM HOME.

The Providence baseball team has fiji
ished It's season and returned home. but
is now engaged in playing a series of ex-
ira games They play the Lynn Independ-
ents at Lynn today. and tomorrow have
a game with a picked team at Ridge
wood N j.