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Newport daily independent., 1904-01-09
SAvAGES IN HOTELS.
Paaint of Host Who sees How His Patrons Disregard Decency
 and Destroy Property.


 Tn all the big hotels of New York there are rooms that the guests never see or hear of. Some of them are in the base ment and some are on the roof, accord ing to the convenience of the manage ment They belong to the carpenters, engineers, electricians and other work men who are kept busy every day all the year round, says the Times. In every hotel of pretensions large force is required to mend furniture, do odds and ends of painting, put on door locks, repair broken water pipes, and do any number of other things that are indis- pensable if the house is to appear in good order all the time.
 Tt is my experience" says the man. ager of hotel in Broadway, that men and women who will put up with no end of inconvenience and disorder at home or in a cheap boarding house kick nightly if they do not find everything spick and span at a hotel. A man who will sit night after night in frayed chair in his parlor at Four Corners will make an awful fuss if he finds neglect ed piece of furniture in a hotel parlor or bedroom. A women who has to light the parlor stove every day when she is at home and spend half her time in keep ing the house warm, will say she is cold even if the steam is on at full pressure in her room at hotel, and she will keep a man busy two or three hours a day running around to see if there is not something the matter with the pipes.
 Tt seems to be weakness with some folks to take it out of the furniture in hotels in order to get their money s worth. A man who will not dare to throw burnt match on the carpet in his own house, and who would as soon think of flying as of lying on the bed with his boots on, will do these things and worse in hotel bedroom. It takes two or three hours to put the room in order after he has gone Often we have to send at least one piece of furniture to the repair shop. If one of the small r furniture dealers scattered around the city could get as much furniture to mend as is sent to hotel repair shops every day he would begin to talk about prosperity
 Perhaps am putting it strongly, but in all seriousness, carelessness and will full neglect of guests in great hotels men and women from whom such a thing would not be expected-puts us to great expense. Would man spit to- bacco on carpet or burn curtains and bed covers with cigarettes if they were his own property? These things are done every day in hotel. Some men will not scratch match anywhere else if they can scratch it on the wall pa per.
 Again, lot of room we should like for other purposes is occupied with un- claimed trunks and other baggage be- longing to persons who have forgotten to pay their hotel bills. Most hotels keep rooms especially for this, and they have anywhere from 100 to 150 trunks on hand all the time. They are obliged by law to hold them three months be- fore sending them to the auction room Many proprietors keep them year,
Newport daily independent., 1904-01-09
Commercial Pfintiin

Foorfferent grades of Fine Linen and BoncPapers for Letter and Note Heads, ruledmd unru1ed, all excellent type write papers. Also Good Grades of Flat spers for Letter and Note Heads. We11Rnished xxx Rag Envelopes and chear grades. A complete line of Stateents, Bill Heads, Round and Squa Cornered Cards, etc.
Newport daily independent., 1904-01-09
PICTURES FROM LIFE.
Writers of the Present Day Deal More with Fact and Less with
 Fancy.

The number of capable writers who are telling the various truths of life in the form of fiction is much greater than contemporary pessimists realize. states the Detroit Free Press. There is, indeed, no corner of human experience which cannot produce it's able, enter taining representative. Let us take some traditional forms of the novel, the sea story, say. Capt Marryat was indeed a master, and yet w Clarke Rus sell and Conrad and Jacobsl In the work of all of these men one has to ac- knowledge that romantic fidelity to the facts rather than the fancies of the sea which I have spoken of as the note of the modern romantic realism. In the case of Conrad we have also a writer of the first literary importance-a novelist of action and serious vivid detail who does not scorn to write good English, but who more than that Pole as he is-- and there is an additional marvel that incredible as 1t may sound, his words are no less exciting than his ad- ventures. It may almost be said that the fact of his being a foreigner" using our English tongue has possessed him with a regard for classical English which fostered in him the journalistic impress sion of such vociferous English writer as, say, MT. Kipling-Mr. Kipling, who is patriotic in everything but his language.
 Burglar Bees.
 To the person who knows nothing about bees they represent the supreme type of industry. But even the bee com munities are disturbed by those of their own kind who break through and steal. Robber bees are always a source of anxiety to beekeepers, and at this time of the year the marauders seem partic- ularly active Having gathered no honey, or at any rate an insufficient sup ply for themselves, they will descend upon a hive, kill it's industrious occu- pants and carry off the golden treasure in an astonishingly short space of time We know of recent instance in which the attack was developed and the home bees killed in a couple of hours. Some times hive will attack neighboring hive. In such cases the old straw skip" was better than the modern arrangement, for knife thrust through the top would break the comb and set the honey free, at which the thieves would instantly return to seal tip their own store. It is not primarily in their industry that bees are human, London Chronicle.
 No Chance.
 Poker is not a game of chance-or at least the novice has no chance. Chi cago Daily News.
Newport daily independent., 1904-01-09
No Chance.

Poker is not a game of chance-or at least, the novice has no chance.-Chi- cago Daily News.
The evening world., 1904-06-22
OWL AND GATOR
SCARE TWO COPS
Whoo- Whoo Bird Gets the Bet
ter of His Victim but the
Other Ended the Life of the
Bold Saurian.

ITO the woods for YOU" says McAhoo,
To the COP he'll rusticate;
But the wooded bills and the sylvan,rills
or Bronx inc Elmsgate,
there the wild owl hoots and their ab-
bit scoots.
Is no pastoral retreat
You will read each day
OF wild things they slay
(Our gallant blue patroD
.\s they trek their post,
Some whiskered ghost
or creature Of feature grole,
Looms up in the mist,
Without warning or hist"
And n tremendous. terrible scrap takes
place.
Only yesterday night
Wa a lively fight
Fought near the wild Bronx ZOO:
Policeman Campbell.
While on his ramble
WhistllnE tral-la-loo
Heard n wild "whoo-whoo."
\ fierce "whoo-whoo"
| And stopped. his lear a-pound
Then a weird. wild futter,
A blood-curdling clutter
or unearthly, hsir-raising sound
Smote on his ears.
R~edoubling his fears.
For 1t came right out OF the ground.
with his gun and club
He lodged round a shrub
And shouted In thunderous tone:
BE We creature or devil,
And fight on the level.
i dare ye to night me alonsl'
/ AS In FanlV. down frnn, thu aGu
Came a rush OF mighty wings.
Another "whoo-whoo" and an eerl
10000"
Was chortled in gruesome cry
Mhe they found Copper Campbell.
Hid under n brnmble,
His features were scratched and torn.
In voice husky and hollow,
With many a swallow,
The evening world., 1904-06-22
WOMAN POISONED
| CHILD AND SELF
After Forcing Little Girl to
Drink Carbolic Acid, She
Took a Fatal Draught of the
Stuff.
Especial 10 Tho Evening world)

Especial 10 The Evening world)
mount VERNON, N. Y, June 22.-
Hrs. winifred Ashby. twcnty-eight years
cid. the wife of Horace Ashby. n Span
ish war veteran, attempted to kill her
f~our-year-old daughter Eva at noon to-
day by forcing her to drink carbolic
acid. and then took n fatal drauCht 0f
TIE poison.
The screams of the child alarmed the
netghbors, who entered the apartments
occupied by the would be suicide. at
No. II North avenue. and found mother
n hill lying IN a bed with a bottle
o carbolic acid by them.
They were hurried to the City Hospi-
nj. where the wOman who was horribly
burned about the face and neck. soon
lied.
Ashby, the father, who is n truckman.
-Fhc police say, failed tC come h6ne last
night and the woman, broodinC owe.
This, probably became temporarily In
nne.
The husband returned soon after his
wife had taken the poison and when
he learned what a happened became
almost frantic with grief.
No nope Is entertained Of the child
recovery. DIR. Newell says that II the
fittle girl does not die from the effects
OF the poison she swallowed tho burns
she received will undoubtedly result IA
tally.
The evening world., 1904-06-22
last Keep an Accurate Accom-,
of the Vanished Pile in a Lit
tie Red Book and 1t May Come
in Handy Some Day.
LOSSES AN ASSET, THIS
AUTHORITY ASSERTS.
Yes, True the Suggestion Comes
from Chicago, Where Point
Has Been Raised, if Not the
Cash, in Bankruptcy Case.

Poker players-and you'll find them
from the basement to the servants
room in New York-msv nuw sit down
Ind figure out how much their losses
make them worth.
According to Il Chicago attorney
money lost at gambling is an asset and
can be recovered without suit even.
.,"Can you tell within $500 how much
money you lost playing poker during
last year?' w. II. Lnldley was asked
IN the bankruptcy proceedings of the
brokerage firm of w. II. LaIdley ~ Co.
This Is the question which brought out
the contention. But the trouble was
Mr.. Laidley could not tell trippingly on
the tongue Just how he stood in the
game.
What's a lesson for yOu-YOC, we
mean, careless poker player oil Man.
hattsn-to keep a strict account or
your poker losses.
IF you lose Sl.63 to Mr.. IIoTgenheimer.
pay him and put down Dos in your
Mttle red account book. II F~our-Flush
Fogarty spears you for $2.!S, give him
Echeck, enter the amount in your DOCK,
IN first thing neXt morning stop pay
nient at the bank II, to be polite. you
let Mrs. Pinmoney rake In 10 cents or
ypur ~hard-earned money. tell her she IS
N+yking perfectly charming, and pay
L. off in combination currency OF trad
stamps and street-car transfers.
inen In the book for the 10
in this way. IL Is our earnest desire 10
point out, poker may be placed upon
a strictly business basis, and when
bankruptcy comes banging mt your door,
or you need a little ready money FOL
The races or some other necessity, all
gsu'ye got to do IL to turn over your
little red account book to a good. stronE
Nllec'or, who isn't painfully sensitive.
md tell him the addresses OF vour
Doker friends.
There is another lesson in this news
rom Chicago. 1t proves that In poker,
according to the schedule we've drawn
I'D, II is better to have played and lost
than never to have played at all.
The evening world., 1904-06-22

Sid the bluccoat in accents forlorn
"A Wild eagle did 1t
with fire amid II
And n wee little mouse in it, InvF.
And lagEcrs of stceI in his claws
But an owl twas they found,
with eyes blinking round.
But owls may moot
And the long-l!mhod loot
Mny scampcr mid Harlem hills;
But down Flushing way.
~ IN, dancing bay.
The copper the saurian kills.
From the Elmhurst station
After tn" evenings ration
Came Jonathan Cassidy. cor.
Threading bvway and brake.
Passing brooklet and lake
=, Where the happy bullfroGs flop.
When, there by n hedge
Near tho rOadsidc's edge
An alligator stalked.
DID he quake with foar7
Did he put to the rear?
No. lie round the reptile walked.
Then with steady aim
The biuccOnt was game
He shot the saurian up.
Thus duY bv day.
When the suns spent his ray
The copper on rural beat
Some grim alligator
Or owilSh debatcr
In shadowy grove does meet.
The evening world., 1904-06-22

Al 79c -Women's Lawn
and Percale Wrappers.
In neat styles that can
he Numbered: prettily
RI IN IN e d with wash
braid. and skirt finished
with deep runle.
The evening world., 1904-06-22
HIMSELF AS HE
PREPARED FOR TRIP
Jerseyman About to Start for
Boston on Business When He
Fired Fatal Shot-Had Been
in Poor Health.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June John
Tucker Murdoch. of the AL
bert Tucker Coal Company. of this city.
shot and killed himself to-day at his
in Riverton. N. ].
Failing health is said to be the cause.
At the time he shot himself Mr.. Muir
dock was preparing to depart on a busl-
ness trip to Boston.
The evening world., 1904-06-22
Save the Babies.

HNFANT MORTALITY is something frightful. We Ear hardly realize that
of all the children born in civilized countries, twenty-five per cent,
\ or nearly onequartI, die before they reach one year; th1rtyseven
per cent, or more than onethird, before they ar five, and onehaf before
they are fifteen
We do not hesitate to say that a timely use Of Cast@ia would save .
majority OF these precious lives Neither do we hesitate to say n many
Of these infantle deaths are occasnned by the use OF narcotic preparations nantain
Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for chldrens complaints contain
more or less opium O morphine, They are, in considerable QUANTITIES
deadly poisons. In any quantity, they supefy, retard Circulation n ha
to congestions, sickness, death. Castoia operates exactly Eyot IN reVe ne..o ns
causes the blood to circulate properly, opens the -
pores of the skin and alays fever. :" NW~ e.
Genuine castoris always bears the signature of G<axXAIZSx
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-11-24

esd NseSsS,s ass ,,g ssS,ts~afs hny v, , VI. ssS
re CAT, q 10 DC iast operated to exempt a
lafge num9er OF reapers, lhowers, ponyhs.
ana TOR All Know, some thr-shing machines
In some assessment strcst,
hy per capita calculation / have endaav-
ored eSadlust these values The amannt as
ss7a.sso. '"'0 '''''0 y %
LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Lang and the buildings on the land 40 now
ana Will continue 10 pay by far the larger
part % taxes. To arrive at correct idea of
land values must he the main object OF ev-
eryona who has anything TO do with deter
mining the distribution OF taxes In this
COUNTY we have lands OF every degree OF
value, from the almost worthless sand blows
OF tho wisconsin valley to the highly cuIti-
vA,ed and richly improved farms contigu-
GUS % our towns and cities. To group these
lands by assessment districts, and la some
sSentihc and systematic manner 10 arrive
at The true value. or NJ least IA correct reIa-
tive vNiue, Is the problem OF your supervisor
or assessment and finally oil the county
TO me, the relative value is attained II |
can dntermine TO my satisfaction the true
value.f My tables show the result Of an i'm
mensciamount of work In the solution OF that
propiem. Ny results are nor guess work
but are computed from the ratio OF assess ed
vaiueto selling value ana ON the assumption
recently been sold. no higher and 20 lower
than ether lands OF the same quaiiry in same
district | have used the sales OF the last
tour years The large number OF sales used
VIII tea certain extent eliminate errors that
may crsep into tbs caculut on. Land Is
gradually rising In value and our tax rolls,
while being conservative, should recognize
that fiet.
In MY computation, have taken So per
cent ~ the actual selling value as tie true
cash market vaae THIS | believe 10 he n
a GENERALIZATION and not any too conserva-
tive. IN this view | am supported by the
best resal estate men know.
NO traditional relative value OF the lands
In fslaA .r.al "a. a
prevail over the evidence OF the actual sell
ing value, MS tho market price OF lands is
the vhiue for taxation purposes, The follow
ing Table shows the relative assessed and
markGl value OF lands in the county:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-11-24
Annual Me@sing Of County
Board.

Annual Me.ting cf County
Board.
DoDGEvILLE, Wis,
November Is. 1902 p. M
The county board of supervisors Of
Iowa county met in annual session,
pursuant to law, and was called to
order by the clerk, who called the roll
by towns, wards and villages and
found the members all present, as
follows:
Arena-R. H. Bowden.
Brigham-R. C. Williams.
Clyde-John Dunbar.
DOdgeville VIM. Dickinson.
Eden "A. e. Thomas.
Highland Thos. F. Cody.
Linden-Thos. Caygill.
Mifilin- -Thos. PAtefield.
Mineral Point--John Jackson.
Moscow Gabriel Lewis.
Pulaski Samuel Swinehart.
Ridgeway-W VIM. H. Thomas.
Waldwick -Geo. G. Cox.
Wyoming Albert Richardson.
Dodgeville city-1st ward, Thos. R..
Mundy; I'd ward, T. M. Strong; Sd
ward, F. w. Stratman.
Mineral Point city-1st ward, VIM
N. Curry; I'd ward, Edward Brown;
Sd ward. Sherman Phillips; 4th ward.
John w. Horn.
Avoca John B. Eagan.
Cobb-D. E. Bennett.
Highland village-A. E. Roethe.
Linden village-J. w. Taylor.
Rewey-O. G. Rewey.
Ridgeway village. 7. PAUL,
Mr.. Rewey moved the board proceed
to elect a chairman. Carried.
The clerk appointed Messrs. cody
and Eagan as tellers, and an informal
ballot was taken with the following re-
suit: J. w. Horn IA; ]. w. Taylor s.;
Thos. F. Cody 2; j. B. Eagan l. Geo.
G. Cox l. Murphy /.
On motion of Mr.. Rewey, the infor-
NAL ballot was made formal and Mr..
Horn declared elected.
The clerk appointed Messrs. Taylor
and Cody as committee to escort Mr..
Horn to the chair, upon taking which
the chairman made few remarks,
thanking the members for his election.
On motion of Mr.. Dickinson, the
rules of the last board were adopted
for the government of this board.
On motion of Mr.. Taylor, the board
took recess until p. M, to give the
chairman an opportunity to make his
appointments of standing committees.
p. m. Board called to order by the
chairman, who announced the appoint
ment of the following committee:
On General Claims Messrs. Rewey. Cox and
Strong.
Equalization and Assessments-Messrs Curry
Mundy. A. E. Thomas. Dunbar. Paul. Taylor and
Bowden.
Finance AID Taxation-Messrs. Cody, Caygill
and Eagan.
Tax Claims Messrs. Lewis, Patefeld and Will
liams
Treasurer's Accounts--M essrs Stratman. Brown
and Roethe.
Clerks Accounts-Messrs. Jackson. VIM. H.
Thomas and Bennett
Accounts of Register Of Deeds. Clerk Of Court
and Dist. Att'y-Messrs. Dickinson. Richardson
and Phillips.
Roads and Bridges Messrs. Bennett. Caygill and
Swinehart.
Public Property Messrs. Roethe Dickinson and
Phillips
Bonds and Salaries Messrs. Richardson. Lewis
and Swinchart-
Publishing Proceedings Messrs Eagan. Jack
son and Cody.
Report Of supt Of Schools Messrs. Williams
Patched and Dickinson.
Report Of Trustees of Asylum-Messrs Brown.
Stratrnan and Vim. H. Thomas.
The clerk read the expense account
of the county for the past year, as fol-
lows:
To the Honorable Board OF Supervisors Of
GENTLRMRS IL herewith submit the fellow
ing report of the expenses Of Iowa county for
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-11-24

And now, gentlemen close my report, at
almost the close OF my term OF Office as yopr
supervisor OF assessments. have endeavored
TO serve you to the best OF my ability | have
given to the work all the knowledge possess
OF the value OF property subject TO taxation.
have devoted to the work all the energy
and industry am capable OF. / have been
ss economical as IL was pos sible 10 be and do
Justice TO myself and the duties Of the Office
! desire ~ this time 10 express to you and
through you, my hearty tbs a,ts 10 the public
officers Of all kinds with shom ! have been
associated IN the discharge Of my duties. In
this new aud untrted oiiicial position. for
the uniform courtesy announcement and
! cooperation they have accorded to me.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-11-24
10 aaaer.aaca -s,th avav,sloas Il sse,l.,s stsa
KtspecIftliIy submifted,
f BEN THOMAS. County I

DEN HUMAN, COuHty tItrk. !
Both of the foregoing reports were
referred to the committee on clerk S
accounts.
The following report of the clerk of
circuit court was read and referred to
the committee on accounts of said clerk !:
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of Iowa
County, Wisconsin:
GENTLEMEN Il herewith submit for your con-
sderation the amount OF money in my lands sub
ject to the further order of the Court, on Nov H.
IQnA
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-11-24
State of Wisconsin, /

Beu Thomas, County Clerk, being duly sworn
on oath says that the foregoing account by
him rendered, as County Clerk VI said county.
is just true and correct account as such
clerk OF all moneys received and paid out for
and during the time above r.eDtioned.
BEN THOMAS. County Clerk.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day Of November A. d. ll0i
fHos GIHBos. Clerk OF Circuit Court.
Also the following list of unclaimed
county orders:
To the Board of supervisors Of Iowa County:
GENTLEMEN The folio sing is list of I'M
claimed county orders remaining on hand In
this office years or more, which Is submitted
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-11-24

TOfsI.. ..................... $45. 1884
kespeci fully submitted.
BE THOMAS, County Clerk.
Referred to committee on finance and
taxation. tH
The clerk presented his annual report
of receipts and disbursements, as fol-
lows:
Report Of Ben Thomas, County Cierk Of Iowa
county. Wisconsin. sbowfnG The receipts and
digbur>emeQts ~ such clerk nom the LIST day
Of November lsos IN the nrSt day of Noveni-
Dor, 1904. both days included.
Ben rh6m. 4 N accnpst 9Th Iowa eorn.y. ws..s
Evening journal., 1904-05-06

n. w. Cor. 9th and Market SITS.
Wilmington. Del.
Evening journal., 1904-05-06

pie of the two vessels, now side by
side. The air. foul beyond expression,
tasted Of brass. Their heads swan and
ached to bursting: but. absorbed in
their work. they had no thought Of the
lapse Of time nor the discomfort Of
their surroundings. Twice during the
examination Of the bark 5 papers Kitch-
ell sent Wilbur out into the cabin for
the whisky decanter in the swinging
racks.
"Here's the charter papers" said
Kitchell. unfolding and spreading them
out one by one, land here's the clear
ing papers from Blyth in England.
This yere's the insoorance, and here,
this is-rot that, nothin' but the arti-
cles for the crew; no use TO US"
In a separate envelope. carefully seal
ed and bound. they came upon the cap
tains private papers. A marriage GER
tifcate setting forth the union between
Eilert Sternersen Of Fruholmen. Nor
way, and Sarah Moran Of some sea
port town (the name was undecipher-
able) Of the north Of England. Next
came a birth certificate Of a daughter
named Moran, dated twenty-five years
back, and a bill Of sale OF the bark
Lady Lefty whereby a two-thirds' in
terest was conveyed from the previous
owners, a shipbullding firm Of Chris
tiania, to Captain Eilert Sternersen.
The old man was his own boss, "
commented Kitchell. "HellO! be re
marked. Look here" A yellowed pho
tograph was in his hand, the picture Of
stout, fair haired woman of about
forty. wearing enormous pendent ear
rings in the style Of the early sixties.
Below was written: rs. Moran Sterner-
sen. OBJ. 1867"
"old woman copped off," said Kitch-
ell. $50 much the better for us. No
heirs TO put in their CAB, an'-hold
hard, steady all-here's the viii, s'help
me-"
The only items Of importance in the
will were the confirmation Of the wife's
death and the expressly stated neouesi
,~ssNN1&A
Evening journal., 1904-05-06

.--, sanK rroin ar,nt Sne was gone.
And then. like the rolling up Of a
scroll, the squall passed. the sun re-
turned. the sky burned back to blue,
the ruggedncss was smoothed from
the ocean and the warmth Of the trop-
les closed around the Bertha Milluer.
once more rolling easily on the swell OF
the ocean.
or the Lady Lefty and the drunken
beachcombing captain not trace re-
manned. Kitchell had gone down with
his prize. The Bertha Millner's Chi
nese crew huddled forward. talking
wildly, pointing and looking in a be-
wlldered fashion over the sides.
Wilbur and Moran were left alone on
the open Pacific.
(To be Continued.)
Evening journal., 1904-05-06

The Evening Journal reserves the right
to publish any ad. received, and those used,
but not coming within tile prize limit, will be
paid for at the rate of % cents each.
Evening journal., 1904-05-06

Capital, Cfull pald) $50o,000.00
Surplus end Profits 1915, 10000