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The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-07-09

Cashier Jacob II. Plain confessed to
embezzling $90,025 from the German
American National bank OF Aurora and
said the money was lost in speculation.
John l.. Mitchell. former United States
senator from Wisconsin, died at his
home in Milwaukee.
Santos -Dumont Is accused by the St
Louis police OF cutting the gas bag OF his
air ship SO as to delay the worlds fair
contest.
Forty-three firemen we're overcome by
smoke and gas at fire in Broadway.
New York. Four OF the men may die
from their injuries.
Prof G. Stanley Hail. OF Clark uni
versity, declared co-eds and higher edu-
cation are foes to the race and stirs the
pedagogues at st. Louis.
Three directors of the Knickerbocker
Steamboat company. held by General
Slocum coroner's jury, surrendered and
gave bail.
John Dandrea, aged 13, and Joe Runk,
aged IL, were drowned in the bay at Du-
luth, MINI.
At Senrea, Kan, Mary and Clara Hol-
thaus, young girls. were drowned while
watching the flood, the bank giving
away and carrying them into the water
DR.. Seymour T. Jarrecki, a young
physicion, was shot and killed at his
home in Denver, Col. Two shots were
fired, one bullet entering his body near
the heart. Apparently he had been
called to the door and assassinated. The
murderer escaped.
A Stradivarius violin, once owned by
Joseph Jean Bott, has been sold in New
York by his estate for $4,000.
John Alexander Dowie, 'the third re-
incarnation of Elijah" was received by
his followers in Zion City, H.. after his
six months tour of the world, in the
most spectacular fashion.
James Cowan, Mojave miner,
charged with the murder Of James Cum
mings, negro, who was lynched at
Mojava, Cal, on March 19, was convicted
of manslaughter.
The stockholders OF the State National
bank and of the Euclid Park National
bank, Cleveland, o., voted to consolidate
the two concerns. The combined capi-
talization amounts to $2,000,000 The
deposits aggregate $12,00000O.
A locomotive boiler exploded on the
Pennsylvania railroad while going UP
the mountain, so yards from Ehrenfeld
station, Pa, Thursday, killing three
men. injuring two others, one of them
fatally.
The thirty-first Chautauqua opened
at Chautauqua, N. Y, under favorable
circumstances The first service was
conducted by Rev. d. Dorchester, OF
Pittsburg The formal opening exer-
cises were conducted by Bishop Vim
cent.
w. II. Maxwell, of New York, was
elected president of the National Edu-
cational association.
Sydney c. Love, well known as Chica-
go broker and society man, was sued
for separate maintenance on ground of
cruelty.
American Jewish rabbis' conference
at Louisville declares Russian tyranny
will work its own destruction.
Twenty-four hours after the suicide OF
his wife at Chicago, Moses Roberman,
of Madison, shot himself and died.
Joshua F. Woodruff. II years old, and
an unknown man were struck by light
ming at Chicago and killed.
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Il Paws to Read Newspapers.

Cox, Wis, July 4.-Frank M. Russell Of
this place, had Kidney Disease SO bad that
he could not walk. He tried Doctors treat
ment and many different remedies, but was
getting worse He was very low.
Kidney Pills were curing cases Of Kidney
Trouble, Bright's Disease, and Rheumatism,
and thought he would try them. He took
two boxes, and now he is quite well. He
says
"I can now work all day, and not feel
/ couldn't walk across the floor
Mr.. Russell is the most wonderful case
ever known in Chippewa County. This new
remedy-Dodd's Kidney Pills-is making
some miraculous cures in Wisconsin.
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Fatal Explosion.

Kiel. July Through the accidental
explosion Of a rocket on board the
cruiser Juno. one Of the English vessels
escorting the royal yacht, two OF the
crew were killed. The Juno caught fire.
but the iames werc soon extinguished.
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Uncle Sans Finances.

Washington, July 1.-while the
treasury books show deficit of $41,-
100000 for the year, Secretary Shaw
reports there would have been a sur
plus Of $13,000.000 but for the Panama
canal payment and the loan to the st.
Louis exposition.
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At some time or another everyone has.
something to do with the purchase of u
Casket Company is easily remembered.
and it is well to fix it in the mind, as
this company makes the best and most
suitable article in this line. When need
ing casket ask the undertaken to show
You one made by the National Casket
Comnany.
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Renominated.

Indiana. Pa, July 1.-The republi-
can congressional conference of the
Thirty-seventh district nominated W.
o. Smith, who is the present member
from this district.
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Not a Member.

Mamma" queried the small son OF labor
agitator, .'is it the thunder that strikes,
or the lightningY
"The lightning, dear" was the reply.
co." exclaimed the small philosopher,
"then / suppose the thunder doesn't belong
to the union n"-Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Quarrel Ends in Murder.

Fayetteville. Ga. July 1.-Steve
Renfroe, an old man 70 years old. shot
his danghter-in-law through the head
Thursday. killing her instantly. Mr..
Renfroe and his daughter-in-law disa-
greed about a cabbage patch.
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Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-07-09

A Hoosier banker has been warned to
give up 5000 or be shot. He might COM
promise on $500 and get half shot-Pitts-
burg Gazette.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-07-09

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
Ave-, N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 9, 1900.
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Fixing Responsibility.

That deafening noise heard after great
disaster is the strenuous locking of the
stable door after the horse has been stolen.
Baltimore American
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-07-09

A summer girls idea of economy is to
make one hammock do for two.-Chicago
Daily News
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-07-09

Since tn women were clothed with the
electoral franchise it is complained that no.
election can be held in Denver without the
returns being padded.-Atlanta Constitu-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-07-09

He jests at cucumbers who never felt
stomac chache.-Hartford Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-15

In 1777 ii was written into the con-
stitution of Vermont that 1.-THE house
of freemen of this state shall consist
Of persons most noted for wisdom and
virtue, to be chosen by ballot, by the
freemen of every town in this state"
Time and conditions have lowered
our standard. We are content with
average wisdom and average virtue,
and in years of apathy virtue and wis
dom are quite forgotten, and we elect
whom the machine dominates. Rota-
ton in office, party control of nominal
ing machinery, the ambitions of cor
porations and of party leaders-these
are the forces that move the pawns on
the legislative chessboard. Under the
political conditions which the majority
of the voters tolerate can we expect
the legislature of state to be com
posed of the best mer of the COM
munity? And we know that the real
danger of the democracy is the with
drawal of intelligent and humble men
from public duties.-S, p. Ortiz IN At
lantic.
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wor.hipers of strange Gods.

Snake worshipers are more numer-
Gus than river worshipers in the Pun
tab. They have always been a large
denomination in heather countries.
Why they worship snakes Is problem
that has been frequently discussed to
no particular purpose. But people who
worship owls, bats, Holsters, rats and
mice will worship anything, and per
haps snake worshipers are so common
merely because snakes are so widely
distributed and so far from exclusive
in their habits. If man worships an
opossum or an ornithornycus, he must
go to Australia to do So but serpents
are everywhere. So is the earth (PrithD,
and the earth, as Hertha. Demeter and
under many other names, has never
wanted adorers.
Even the untutored Pawnees are
earth worshipers and bury articles by
way of sacrifice, which is more eco
nomical than burning them, as they
can be dug up again. The ancestral
mound is a good deal adored in the
Punjab. In Scotland it became the
fairy hill, as at Aberfoyle, and was
treated with conspicuous respect in
times comparatively modern. The
church was usually built as near it as
possible. perhaps to counterfeit the in
fluence of the ancestral mound or to
acquire any local sacredness that might
be going.-London News.
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Druid money expresses one OF the
many plausible ways of refusing to
pay at all, so common to all peoples
1t is the exact equivalent of the Ro-
man phrase to pay on the Greek cal
ends, which meant never, as the Greeks
had no calends. Patricius says of the
Druids that they constantly received
money which they promised to return
in another life. Butler in "Hudibras"
refers to this:
Like money by the Druids borrowed,
Ir. t'other world to be restored.
The same tricks are played in the
eastern as in the western world, for
Purchas in his Pilgrims" tells us of
certain priests of Picking who barter
with the people upon bills of exchange,
to be paid in heaven a hundredfold.-5
London Express.
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Avoiding a Quarrel.

On one occasion when interposing in
q quarrel Lord North observed that
there was often far too much readi-
ness to take offense. "Tbat is not my
case" he added "This very evening
one member who spoke of me describ-
ed me as that thing called minister
Well, to be sure" continued Lord
North, here patting his ample Sides 81
am an unwieldy thing. The honorable
member therefore when he called me
"a thing said what was true, and
could not be angry with him. But
when he added that thing called
minister he called NE that thing which
of all things he himself wished most to
be- and therefore l took it as a compli-
ment"
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Plant n Tree.

When eating a good pear or apple
save the seeds and plant them either in
a flower pot, where they will germi-
nate before long, or else directly in the
garden, when they will come up next
spring. To prevent their loss the place
must be covered as a mark. 1t takes
a number of years before they bear
fruit, but to see the progress of growth
from year to year is always interest
ing. People often think it is not worth
while for them to plant trees: They
will not live to have fruit of them and
so neglect it entirely. But some one
will enjoy the harvest. 1t is just the
individual egotism which causes so
much unhappiness and affects all
classes of society in many ways
Hartford Times.
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OLD Time Naval Methods.

Fancy sending gunboat to the chi
ma seas without surgeon on board.
But such things used to happen. The
admiralty provided a well stocked med
icine chest. But the captain knew
nothing of medicine, so he had all the
medicine bottles empted into big tub
and then assembled the company. All
the stuff is there" said he, "and II any
one goes sick he shall have dose OF
the mixture, for there's bound to be
something in it that will suit your
London Mail.
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asked Alcott what he would do
when he came to the gate and st. Pc
ter demanded his ticket. what have
you to show to justify your right to
nye?" / said. where is your book,
your picture You have done nothing
in the world NO" he said, "but
somewhere on hill up there will be
Plato and Paul and Socrates talking,
and they will say, Send Alcott over
here; we want him with u.s. "-Rebec-
ca Harding Davis "Ri..s o. Gossip"
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nunIfcatea,

Smythe - Remember when Chatto
was married last year how he kicked
about the duplicate wedding presentsf
Browne-Yes. Smythe-Well, that sort
of luck seems to follow him. He had
somewhat similar complaint yesterday.
Browne-What was it2 Smythe-Du-
plicate birthday presents. That Is to
say twins.
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The Poor Printer.

One Of Brownings remarks is char
acteristic. He once said to DR.. knight
that "all the uninteiIigibility of 'Sor-
AdelIo' is due to the printers. They
would change my punctuation and not
print my commas, semicolons, dashes
and brackets"
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"Wealth has its penalties" said tho
philosopher.
eyes" answered Mr.. Cumrox. Its
pretty hard for man to have to go
guessing through French menu when
he would rather have pork and beans"
Washington STAR
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Percy MoneyDags (who is clipping
with Deacon Poorman's daughter)-
Darling, what if your father should
overtake us? She--Don't worry about
that, Percy. Pa has gone ahead to
have the preacher in readiness.-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
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He Saw Double.

Naggs - What did your wife say
when she let you in at 2 o'clock in the
morning? Faggs-I was so frightened
I didn't hear what she said. Naggs-
What frightened you? Faggs - |
thought | was bfgamist.-Chicago
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(6) For special bridge tax one thousand
and Five Hundred and fifty Dollars
G1, $4,000.
est on bonds Eleven Thousand Four Hun
dred Dollars ($11, 10000.
Total amount Of tax levied Sixty Thous-
and One Hundred Nineteen and 07-1O0 Dol
lars (s60,119.0D.
Resolution authorizing issue of
county orders, on motion unanimously
adopted.
RESOLUTION PRovIDING FOR DRAW
ING COUNTY ORDERS.
Resolved, that the chairman of the
County Board and the County Clerk be
and are hereby authorized to issue orders
on the County Treasurer for all claims
allowed and all appropriations made and
for mileage and per diem of its members
and also two dollars $500 per day to the
said treasurer for services as janitor dur
ing the present session of the Board.
offered by Supervisor J. P. Olson.
Dated November 23rd A. D. 1904
Sup. Moody moved that the action
taken yesterday on the report of the
Building Committee be recorded. Mo-
ton prevailed.
Sup. Chinook moved that that part
relating to a heating plant in the Poor
House be stricken out in said report.
Motion carried.
The report of the building committee
with said clause left out, was on mo-
ton adopted.
The chairman of the Finance Com
mittee presented the county orders,
court certificates, tax certificates can
celled county agents orders, receipts
for town treasurer returns and mileage
receipts of county superintendent OF
schools incidentals, relief orders, poor
agents orders and receipts for fees
paid register of deeds, and the same
were destroyed in the presence of the
whole Board
The chairman announced the ap-
pointment of the following Pierce
County Court House Building Commit
tee: Sups. Moody, Bliesner, Johnson
Olson and Chinook.
On motion of Sup. Dill the Board adj
jourhed sine die.
f. J. FITZGERALD,
Chairman.
o. J. HOHLE,
County Clerk.
nav DnTr ON 1ErHEDrDC NrnxyT1kDurr
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STATE OF WISCONSIN,

Cunty of Pierce
I hereby certify that the foregoing
is correct copy of the proceedings of
the County Board of Supervisors of
said county at their annual session for
the year 1904. That have compared
the same with the original on record
in my Office, that it is true transcript
therefrom and of the whole thereof.
Dated, Ellsworth, Wis, this 23rd day
of November, A. D. 1904
o. J. HOHLE,
County Clerk,
Pierce County, Wis.
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CnEardIY.

"Let's hide in the workbasket," said
the mischievous garter to the fun low
ing stocking.
"Not by a long shot" replied the Isle
thread. sT'll be darned if do."-Town
TQDicS
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81 A county tax Gncluding school SUI
perintendents salary amounting to
Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
($125O0O0).
"a For officers salaries, Five Thousand
and Five Hundred Dollars ($5,500.00.
(5l For Soldiers relief fund, Five Hun
dred Dollars ($500.00).
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-15

There is nothing like taking scandal
by the beard and treating the opinion
of the world with heroic indifference.
lie Sage.
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A man who cannot explain his ideas
Il usually the dupe Of his imagination
IN thinking he has any.-Bulwer.
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The Cause.

CalIer-What makes you say sister Is
fond of me, Bobby? Bobby-Sister =
New Orleans Times Democrat.
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BY cash paid State Treasurer,
7-1O mill tax. f,e69-Sz
BY cash paid State Treasurer,
charitable and penal institu-
BY cash paid State Treasurer,
school district loans. ............ 1,2Ss. 81
BY cash paid State Treasurer, 80 :.
By cash paid State Treasurer,
By cash paid State Treasurer.
inheritance tax .................. 22S.57
dent, incidentais ................ 200 90
BY cash paid County Superinten-
dent, diplom fund and clerk
BY cash paid County superinten-
dent, travelling expenses. 1000. 90
By cash paid County Superinten-
dent expense Co. Supt. con-
BY cash paid town Of River Fails.
personal property tax collect
ed and paid in accordance to
Sec. 1928 Wis. Stat. of 1888. 21.6S
BY cash paid register, recording
NJ B. & acknowledgements. N11.25
BY cash paid tax certificates cam
celled by the Co. Board In 1903. % SO
BY cash paid County Treasurer,
resolution by County Board. 100 90
BY cash paid Herald Printing Co..
printing ....... .......... 2Os. rs
BY cash paid c. R. Morse, printing H0O
BY cash paid Chas Lowater,
printing ........... ............... 300
BY cash paid J. F. Shaw, printing 80 SIS
BY cash paid w. l.. Gilman, bill
of 1-13-04 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $3.50
BY cash paid District Attorney,
to pay claim of Mrs. Elizabeth
Johnson ............... ........ $50. 90
BY cash paid w. c. Owen, charges
on illegal tax certificate on
Tic property ................ 1924
BY cash paid county officers sal
airy ................. .@.......... $500 90
BY cash advanced to the sheriff. 7S5 90
BY certificates purchased by the
county .............. .......... 374. "a
Total disbursements .$76;301 80
Balance on hand November 1st,.
lSU4 1,UUZ. U6
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Your Committee on Equalization recon-
lend that the assessment of real and per-
1nal property of several towns, villages
nd cities In the County of Pierce for the
purpose of taxation for the year 1904 be
qualified as set forth in the fOregoing
abular statement made by your commit
ee for that purpose.
Respectfully submitted this 22nd day Of
November, 1904.
J. A. MARTIN,
DAVID SCOTT,
G.. w CHINNOCK,
F. A. SEVERANCE,
S. P. ROATCH,
Committee on Equalization.
We certify the foregoing to be the
squaHzed value of all the real and per-
onal property in the several towns, vii
ages and cities in the County of Pierce
or the year 1904, as made by the County
Board of Supervisors of said county at
heir annual session, Nov. %. 1904.
e. ]. FITZGERALD,
Chairman OF County Board
J. HOHLE,
County Clerk
Special committee on Temporary
ourt Room reported and offered the
blowing resolutions.
2EPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TEMPO
RARY COURT ROOM.
Your committee to whom was referred
the question of obtaining place for hold
ing terms OF the Circuit Court during the
period of the construction of the new
Court House respectfully report: That we
have received proposition from the
ranager of the l. o. o. F. Opera Hall
offering the said hall at the price of s25 90
per week during the sessions of such
Court.
We have also received a proposition
from the management of the Firemen's
Opera House rendering their new audi
orium building free of charge to the
county, the county, however, to furnish
it's own janitor and paw for fuel and lights
and keeping the building in good condi-
ton, the company, however, -reserving the
right to use the hall at night if needed
for entertainments and in such case the
ianitor is to have the room ready for oc-
cupancy by eight o'clock P. M.
Dated Nov. 23rd, A D. 1904.
VIM. A. KAY,
s MCDONALD
ED. MURPHY,
Committee.
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The Finance Committee offered their
report together with the County Treas
urer's report, and the same were on
motion accepted and adopted.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of
Pierce County:
Your committee on finance, having ex-
amined the report, together with the
books, accounts and vouchers of the
County Treasurer, beg leave to report
that we find said books, accounts and
vouchers correct, and the cash balance
on hand is Seven Thousand and Two DOL
lars and Six Cents ($70020 6).
We would respectfully recommend that
the following amounts be levied upon the
taxable property of Pierce County for
the ensuing year:
"a For state school tax and tax for the
support of the insane amounting to Thir-
teen Thousand Three Hundred and Three
Dollars and Eighty-one Cents ($13SO3.s1).
(2) For County school tax, Fifteen
Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty-fve
Dollars and Twenty-six Cents (Slo.3o0.26).
90 For County purposes Gncluding
school superintendents salary Twelve
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars (s12,500).
a. For officers salaries, Five Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($5,5C0.00).-
90 For soldiers relief fund, Five Hun
dred Dollars ($500.00).
60 For special bridge tax, One Thous-
and Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars
G1, $4,000.
terest on bonds, Eleven Thousand Four
Hundred Dollars ($11, 100000.
All of which is respectfully submitted
this 23rd day of November, A. D. 1904.
VICTOR E. BAILEY,
w. J. FOLEY,
Finance Committee
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rs rs s17s5 COS 90 $88O1 O1O Is

wit, in the Village of Ellsworth, known as
the Firemen's Opera Hall, is a convenient
and suitable building for such purpose
. Resolved. that the County Board of Su-
pervisors of Pierce County do hereby des-
ignate and appoint the Firemen's Opera
Hall in the Village of Ellsworth, in said
county as a convenient and suitable build
Ing for a Court House temporarily when
ever the present building shall have be-
Come unfit for occupancy, and such Fire
mems Opera Hall shall from such time
be deemed the Court House of Pierce
County for the time being for all pur-.
poses, until the new Court House shall be
ready for occupancy
Above report accepted and the reso-
luton adopted.
On motion Board adjourned until
1870 o'clock this afternoon.
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RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR TEN
PORARY PLACE FOR HOLDING
TERMS OF. CIRCUIT COURT.
Whereas the County of Pierce is about
to erect a new Court House upon the site
of the present building and such present
building must therefore be taken down or
removed by reason of which. building
must be procured as temporary quarters
for holding the terms of the Circuit Court.
and it appearing to the County Board.
that the building at the county seat. to-
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