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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-07
EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE MAY NOT
Be NECESSARY BUILDING COMMITS
SION ALREADY IN EXISTENCE.
Official 7 opatments in lmproWsed Quar-
ters-Governor Issues Statement OF
Extent of Damage Wrought
BY ConfIagration

ison and Milwaukee were bent 10 ex-
tinguish the smoldering heaps of fire
that remained OF the central portion
of the building surrounding the dome.
The last of the fierce blazes were in
the south end CT the building on the
third and fourth floors, where tons OF
books and periodicals belonging 10
the state free library commission were
stored. The FIRE here was hardest 70
put cut and much of the. burning ma
terial was thrown 10 the ground below
after having been thoroughly soaked
with the great streams of water from
the Milwaukee and Madison pumping
steamers.
Stopped at Supreme Court.
The progress of the flames in the
north end Of the building was arrested
before noon just as the fire was about
10 enter the supreme court chamber,
having destroyed the rooms Of the su-
preme court reporter and the apart
ments of the capitol building commits
sion. Before this time the thousands
and thousands OF volumes Of valuable
law books had been removed from the
state law library by a great line~of
students and townspeople and piled in
To great heaps on the sidewalks. The
books were afterward carted away in
large sleighing party outfits 10 a va
cant store in the Slichter block on
North Carroll street and also TO the
university gymnasium.
All Departments Damaged.
The various departments were III
mere or less damaged. although the
state treasury was the least inter
fered with. Before daylight Assistant
state Treasurer T. NJ. Purtell and a
corps of assistants started to remove
the valuables and records OF the de-
Dartment 10 a place of safety outside
the burning building and later to a
suite of rooms over the Capital City
bank.
Treasury Resumes Business.
At this place the offices of the state
treasurer were open at o'clock for
the regular transaction of business.
All the furniture Of the department
that was 10 be moved was saved with
little loss except for breakage sus-
tanned i'm the haste of getting out.
There was only some $4,000 in cash in
the vault at the time of the fire. This,
with all the other valuables and rec
0rds was saved. The same is true of
the records in All the imnortant Offices.
Starts in Cloak Room.
The greatest damage was wrought
in the center of the building surround
ing the dome, in those departments ra-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-07

and attorney general is intact and the
property SAFE, excepting the damage
done by breakage and by the hurried
removal of books. The board OF con-
troll offices were seriously threatened
and Secretary NJ. ]. Tappins, Mrs.
Tappins, Prof. and Mrs. A. ID. Conover,
A. c. Lerum and others removed the
records of the Institutions. Several
drayloads of records were taken TO the
architect Offices and rooms of A. d.
Conover member of the board of con-
troll in the Brown block on Pinckney
street, to remain there until the plac-
ing of the various departments is de-
termined.
Pharmacy Wiped Out.
The state board of pharmacy had
desk room in the offices OF the adju-
tant generals pension department near
where the fire started and all the phar-
macy boards property was destroyed.
A. 4. Menges of Madison, chairman of
the board, was unable TO enter the de-
partment when he arrived, that part
of the building being quick 10 follow
the assembly chamber into ruins.
Loss Less Than Anticipated.
When the fire was extinguished it
was found that the extent of the dam
age was by far less than at first antic-
ipated. The departments of the i'm
portant administrative functions of
the state government were not greatly
damaged in respect to records and the
damage to the building itself is not so
great even as to preclude the POSSIBLE
ity of reconstruction were such a
course deemed wise. Perhaps $780,
900. in the opinion of architects who
have examined the ruins, would re-
store the burned portions. The depart
ments of the governor. secretary of
state, treasurer, and attorney general
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-07
UNCLE SAM NOT so WELL OFF.
Has Poorer Showing in Statement of
Public Debt.

Washington, March 2.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows the
debt, less cash in the treasury, 10 be
$685. .634, an increase for February
of S2,972,0S1. The increase is account
ed for by the decrease in the amount
OF cash on hand.
The receipts for February were $45,~
S95,4O6; expenditures $42,654.772. The
surplus for the month was S3,240.6 3i
against a surplus of S5,250,0OO a year
ago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-07

;ba home OF Chief Clerk Levi NJ. Bre-
see. three blocks from the capitol, and
was early at the fire. The direction OF
the canitol labor force in effective
work Of saving the valuable records
aud as much property as possible was
il charge of Assistant Superintendent
Of Public Property c. c. Bennett.
Railroad Records Safe
The valuable records Of the derart-
ment Of the state commissioner OF rail-
roads were safe in the vault of the de-
partment and unframed. The NOV
able office parapEernalia was taken out
n Deputy Commissioner ]. w. Win
terbotham and assistants TO the snow
IN the mark and thence TO rooms IN
.tba Fairchild block at South Pinckney
aud East Mai streets. Commissioners
Thomas arrived on the scene early as
q train from Chicago could bring him,
hc having gc"o fortune IN catching a
train a few moments after he was IN
formed by long distance telephone OF
the fire. The railroad department Is
now settled for business.
Tax Commission Losses.
One of the most serious losses OF
The confiagration was the burning Oh
the Offices of the state tax commission.
Only the most important old records
we're i'm the vault, the statistics re-
garding the enforcement of the new
laws on taxation being largely in the
outer offices and there entirely con-
sumed. Not a piece of furniture,
book or any other property was re-
moved from the offices of the commits
sion. Whatever was there burned.
The old books Of the department were
in the vault. but the vast quantity OF
reference data and compilations in the
Offices and desks of the three commits
sioners and the secretary and clerks
were destroyed. In this department
the loss was practically complete.
School Office Consumed.
In the office of the superintendent of
public instruction little property was
saved. though the vault, presumed to
be safe. contained the most important
records and other valuable material
was in the small iron safe of Chief
Clerk c. L. Harper. The desks of the
inspectors Assistant Superintendent
c. A. Donnelly. Chief Clerk Harper, Ii
rary clerks and assistants were de-
stroyed, together with ruuch of the
other property of the department.
Manv Statistics Burned.
Toward the executive (south) end of
the building. on the main floor, the of
fees of the state board of regents of
normal schools were completely
burned out, together with large part
Of the records therein contained. The
next department to the south on the
same side of the corridor. that of Hal
ford Erickson. commissioner of labor
and industrial statistics, was also com
pletely destroyed. together with all the
valuable and extensively gathered sta
tistics of the department. Commits
sioner Erickson was able TO establish
temporary headquarters in the rooms
Of the Forty Thousand club in the Full
Ter opera house block.
Food Department Suffers.
Across the corridor from the statis-
rical department the state dairy and
food department was badly damaged.
Inspector James T. Moore was able to
save his travelling case and letter
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-07
AN HISTORIC
COMPLICATION
Burns Twelve Hours.

Madison. Feb. %.
Aucr burning continuously for -
hours. most OF the time furiously, the
ere Exc tEe Wisconsin state capitol,
vrrH- began at about $3.50 Saturday
morning. was placed under control
and the efforts uf the firemen OF Mad
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-07

Architect Lew r. Porter, BY direction
Ct Governor Ia Toilette, made careful
examination of the capitol ruins and
estimated the property loss at not 10
exceed ss0C.Co0.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-07
LOSS To LIBRARY
Commission
AL RECORDS SWEPT AWAY BY
FiRE.


Exhioitz for 81. Lc-is Exposition Ce-
strcyed -rd Also Miss Marvin
Whole technical Equipment for
tle lnatruct!on CerartTeut-Te en-
Eorary CacCs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-07

TIME SCHEDULE or FIRE.
still alarm 'paoned in $50 .. N.
General alarm sounded 3:45 a. IN.
Milwaukee assistance asked 4:45 =. n.
Milwaukee engines arrive $3.50 .. m.
Milwaukee engines work $3.50 =. n
sire controlled ..-.......-. 70 q. m
Virtually sxtluauisnsd $50. $3.50 p. m
-zEs. fire CIT. rUng ...-.-..6:45 2. m
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-07
eco pepartment suffers.

Across the corridor from the stats
rical department the state dairy and
food department was badly damaged,
Inspector James T. Moore was able to
save his travelling case and a letter
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-03-07

TINE SCHEDULE or FIRE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
Santa Fe Lines Are Open.

The Santa F'e branch lines which
were blocked by the high water last
week are rapidly being thrown open
for traffic Both the Howard branch
and that part of the line between OF
tawa and Chanute were opened to-
dav-the former this morning and the
latter about noon. Train service will
be resumed Immediately. Those
branches that are completely blocked
by the high water are the Girard
branch. FL Dorado branch and the
Colony branch. The Cofeyville branch
is out of service south of Liberty, and
the Burlington branch is not being
used west of Waverly. The FL Dorado
branch will be reopened for service
Thursday morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
STORRS WOULDN'T TELL
But Man Named Arens Was Discover
ed With Smallpox.

Here is an example of the noble pub
lie service of news suppression which
characterizes the work of City Ply
sician w. D. Storrs.
Monday night about midnight a man
living at 535 Van Buren, street. North
Topeka, named Robt- Rankin, who
works at Kuehne's factory, was taken
TO the city smallpox hospital, and the
mouse where he had been was quaTan-
tined City Physician StorrS waited IN
til the meeting of the city council was
over. and then went with Mayor Ber-
gundthai to the police station, where a
policeman was detailed to go with the
city physician to take charge of the
mouse until morning. The city ply
sician then supervised the removal Of
the patient to the pest house.
This morning the State Journal called
up the pest house by telephone to as
certain the name of the man. What ap
peared to be a sub rosa" consultation
took place at the other end of the line,
and the answer came back:
Call UP the city physician. He
knows all about it."
The State Journal thereupon called
up DR.. Storrs and asked for the in
formation desired. The doctor slam
med the receiver into its hook as soon
as he found who was talking to him.
The State Journal then called up the
office of the health department at the
city hall, and received this information
from Sanitary Sergeant Pay:
DIR. Storrs has not given us any in
formation about the man taken to the
hospital
And this Dr. storrs is holding pub
lie officel"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

party recently was the voice of a Chris
tian Scientist present, denying that he
had cold.
Eph. King recently went to Excelsior
Springs. When he unpacked his grip he
found he had four tooth brushes and no
socks.
Il am having so much grief said an
Atchison man this morning, that have
notion to hire that trouble shooter of
the old telephone company, who is out on
strike"
1t is said that an Atchison man has
Jumped from the frying pan into the ire
His mother was the ',bossiest" woman in
town until he brought the woman he mar
ried home to live.
Some one writes the Globe to request
that the Lancaster Literary society de-
bate on the fOllOWingt rs 1t possible for
man and wife to be happy if they were
married without a procession wedding.
''If that accountant appointed by Gov.
Bailey to find out where the states mon
ey goes, amounts to anything, said Ly-
sander John Appleton, Il intend to ap-
point an accountant to check up my
wife,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
GRAY DIDN'T WANT 1T.
Delaware Democrats Asked Not to
Present His Name.

Dover. Del. June After a con-
ference of Democratic leaders who are
here a compromise was agreed upon
between the Gray forces and Senator
Kenny's supporters. 1t was agreed
that the state committee shall not in
struct the delegates to the national
convention for Judge Gray for presi-
dent but shall adopt a resolution re-
questing the Delaware delegates to
place in nomination the name of
Judge George Gray for president of
the United States.
-Four of the six delegates to the national
convention will be Willard Salisbury. Pc
ter ]. Ford. Senator Kenny and AIexan-
der NJ. Daley.
1t is rumored here that Judge Gray VIII
send a communication to the state con-
vention to the effect that he is not a can
didate for the presidential nomination
and requesting that his name be not CON
sidered If this rumor turns out to be true
and the convention takes Judge Gray at
his word, it is possible that a resolution
favoring w. r.. Hearst will be presented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
TROUBLE ABOUT PASSES
A Disagreement Has Arisen Among
Worlds Fair Managers.

St.Louis, June 7.-Governor Van SAINT
of Minnesota, his staff and more than
800 members of the Minnesota Editorial
association assembled at the Minnesota
building today and formally dedicated
the structure to the Worlds fair.
Preparations are being made for the
reception of the famous old liberty
bell which Is to arrive tomorrow from
Philadelphia Mayor Wells has issued
holiday proclamation and the city will
welcome the sacred American relic
A committee consisting of Charles W.
Knapp and Judge w. F. Boyle, repre-
senting the exposition company and a
committee consisting of Thomas H
Carter and John NJ. Thurston. members
of the national commission represent
ing the United States government, viii
endeavor to effect a settlement of a
question that has arisen regarding the
right of the national commission to
control the free admissions Of the ex-
position or have a voice in their control.
1t is stated that since early in May the
national commission has sought to re-
strict the number of free admissions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

The business outlook for the sum-
mer as viewed in Wall street is set
forth in the current issue of the FL
nancial Review in the following:
"Crop prospects thus far have been
favorable as a whole. Wheat condf-
ton is improving; corn planting is
making favorable progress. and cot
ton, which shows a record breaking
acreage, has made a better start than
last year. This year unusual reliance
will be placed upon the crops: for
they more than any other factor will
govern trade, industry and finance of
the country for the balance of this
year. The elections are naturally an
influence of some uncertainty; but less
so than is usually the case during
presidential years. The tariff appears
to be the only disturbing issue, and in
dications are that talk on that subject
will be vastly more threatening than
action. All probabilities point to
quiet campaign. In financial circles
there is a confident undertone owin=
to belief that liquidation has run its
course and that prices of good securi-
ties are ready to respond to good in
f7uences as soon as these appear with
any real force; but the big leaders
seem disposed to wait until it is seen
what the next two or three months will
bring forth. Recent Japanese vic
tories suggest a comparatively early
termination of the war; not so much
however, as a result of Russian losses
as from the fact that Russia seems
utterly unable to carry on the conflict
and support a large enough army at
such a tremendous distance with such
restricted railroad facilities"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
GOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Clio

IF'rom the Atchison Globe.l
There is always something pitiful about
a man in a corner
You often wonder that a woman does
not pull her baby's arm out at the socket.
When a man of short stature is in au-
thority, it seems to be awfully easy to
hate him.
The average girl pays entirely too much
attention to the importance of an arched
instep.
A man who uses the word confidence"
a good deal usually has very uninterest-
ing secrets.
The latest favorite song for weddings
is: All For You Every one who is mar
ried, Knows that it isn't
New species of impudence: May be-"
said a drunken man as he staggered
against a sober man today, you don't
like it,
4 man does not work old fashioned hard
unless he works as long as there is day
light, putting off eating supper until it
is dark.
The deep. grur. hoarse roar heard at a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
GAINES ON WAR PATH
Trouble Brewing i'm Farmers Co
Operative Shipping Association

Delegates are coming in to Topeka
today from all over Kansas and Okla
homa and from southern Nebraska to
attend the annual stockholders meet
ing of the Farmers Cooperative Ship
ping association, the company which
has line of farmers elevators in the
territory mentioned.
The meeting viii be held tomorrow
afternoon at 1 o'clock. It is called to
meet in the office of Judge S. H Allen
in the Crawford building, but as there
may be hundred or more here 1t viii
be impossible for all to meet there
Judge Allen is general attorney for the
company.
It is said that big row is brewing
in the company. H. n. Gaines, editor
of the Farmers Advocate, is after the
scalps of both James Butler. president
Of the company, and c. 3. Hoffman, its
manager, and it is said that Butler viii
not especially anxious to have Butler
retained, and Hoffman is really the
business end of the concern.
For some reason Gaines was shut out
from the meetings of the directors and
from a knowledge of the business of
the company. AS his paper was the
official organ of the concern and as he
had personally organized a considera-
bic number of the local farmers ship
ping associations which make up the
company, he did not like it, and start
ed a fight on Hoffman and Butler. But
Ter also refused to sell Gaines any stock
he is not even a stockholder, Gaines
has sufficient following to make con-
siderable trouble.
The friends of Hoffman say that
Gaines will not be able to remove
Hoffman although they say that But
Ter will go. The principal charge
against Hoffman is that he has a
string of elevators of his own which
he runs besides conducting the bust
ness of the farmers company.
The concern has really been highly
prosperous. The old Farmers Grain,
Live Stock & Shipping association
went to pieces through mismanage-
ment but on the ruins of that the
present association has been very
prosperous, and many of the stock
holders are inclined to give Hoffman
the sole credit for IL. The concern be-
gan business less than a. year. ago and
with a paid up capital of only $4,000
it is said that the net profits have been
about $4,000.
The company has several thousand
mem bers and new local companies
are continually being organized. The
local associati ton at Billings, Okla, has
over three hundred members.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

dusk she was driven inshore-nO man
knew where Strange cliffs doomed in
the snow ahead breakers-they were
within stones throw-flashed and thun-
dered to port and starboard; the ship
was driving swiftly into the surf. When
she was fairly upon the rocks. Skipper
John, then a hand aboard lit was he
who told me the story, ran below and
tumbled into his bunk. believing il 10
be the better place to drown in We'll,
lads" said he to the men in the fore
castle, we got t go this time 'Tis
no use goin' on deck" But the ship
twice her beam and camosuddeniy into
the quiet water of a harbori
The Army Lass. boun& north. was
lost in the fog. They hove her to- All
hands knew that she lay somewhere
near the coast. The skipper needed a
sight of the rocks-jusa a glimpse Of
some headland or fsland-to pick the
course. 1t was important that he
should have 1t. There was an iceberg
floating near; it was massive. il ap-
peared to be steady-and the sea was
quiet. From top of II, he thought (the
fog was dense and seemed to be ly%g
Iow) he might see far and near. His
crew put him on the ice with the quar-
ter boat and then hung OF a bit. He
cIambered UP the side of the berg Near
the summit he had to cut his foothold
with an axe. This was unfortunate.
for he gave the great white mass one
blow too many. It split under his feet.
He fell headlong into the widening Gre
vice But he was apparently not a
whit the worse for it when his boats
crew picked him up.-N. Duncan, in
Harper's-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
FRAUD is CHARGED.
In Connection With an Irrigation
Scheme in Wyoming.

Chicago June FRAUD in a contract
regarding irrigative lands in the Big
Horn basin of Wyoming has been
charged against r. c. Rutan Of this
city in a bill filed today in the circuit
court by Duncan Plumb. also a resi-
dent of Chicago It is declared that
large property interests are Threatened
with ruin through Rutan's alleged il
legal course. w R. Green OF New
York City is declared by Plumb to also
have been defrauded by Rutan.
An injunction is asked against Ru-
tan's proceeding in the work of devel-
oping the 100000 acre tract the COM
pany expects to irrigate in Big Horn
county. The court is also asked to
force Rutan to assign the alleged
fraudulent contract to Plumb in trust.
The Big Horn Basin Development COM
pany, which prior to the advent of
New York and Chicago men was con-
trolled by Omaha capitalists is made
defendant with Rutan. So is Colon L.
Wiley of Omaha, president of the de-
velopment company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
.PANAMAAND The TARIFF
Shall DingIey Rates Be Charged on
Imports or Not?

Washington, June 7.-Secretary Shaw
of the treasury has addressed a letter to
the secretary of war asking for infor-
nation relative to the levying of du
ties on goods received from the canal
zone. AS the Panama act, passed just
before the adjournment of congress
made no provision for tariff rates but
left everything of that character in the
hands of the president and he in turn
directed that such matters be placed
under the secretary of war, it devolves
on that official to say whether the canal
zone shall be treated as foreign terri
tory and imports from that section
charged Dingley rates or whether such
imports shall be received free of duty
Of course. any order affecting the sub
ject will be issued by the president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
OUAKER REFLECTTONs.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Even the Blue Book may be read
Swimming pools are open. Fail inl
The wise man never talks about a mule
behind his back.
It's the man who looks into things who
is always on the lookout.
1t doesn't do a hungry man any good
to take a roll in a bowling alley.
Actresses like to quarrel for the pleas
ure 1t gives them of making up.
Some men escape having the wool pulled
over their eyes by sheer good luck
We are all the architects of our own
fortune, but too many of us spend our
time planning castles in the air.
The ingenuity that some men display in
lodging creditors would make a fortune
for them in any other industry
The frog isn't born pessimist. 1t ism
until he energies from the tadpole state
that he feels he has kick coming.
The funny bore who's ever prone
To tell his chestnuts hOary,
May even use the telephone
To tell a phOney story.