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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-10
rood in Review.

Gainesville, Sept. 1O.-The grand re-
vsgw took place at ] O'Clock this after.
vRsgn AZ Wellington, Va, (half way be-
Hwosn the camps Of the Browns and
Esi1ss. The men marched seven miles
md met for a parade. Generals Bell
an5 Grant headed their respective ar
The men presented the appear.
sy7ce Of seasoned campaigners.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-08

faster. Then Irving began firing but
the shots went wild of the mark and
the fellow got away. Irving hurried
to the telephone and notified Sheriff
Timme of the robbery and the sheriff
and Police Officer Binnemann secured
a horse and buggy and started in pur-
suit. They tracked Wilson as far as
the state line but at this point he had
managed to give the men the slip. It
is thought that he made his way to
Winthrop Harbor and managed to
board a freight train which has
probably landed him in Chicago be-
fore this time.
The loss to Mr.. Irving is about fifty
dollars.
Wilson had been in this section of
the county for some time but it is
claimed that he had been living under
an assumed name and the officers
seem to be of the opinion that he is an
old offender.
kilograms have been sent to Chica-
go and other cities and every effort is
being made to get some trace of the
man. 1t is feared however that he is
too clever and it is probable that he
will make good his escape.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-08
Agricultural Department Of State
University Secures the Wells
Farm in Pleasant Prairie
THEORIES TO HAVE A TRIAL
Every Department of the Farm Will be
Operated on Scientific Lines and Ex-
pertinent Will be of Interest

Scientific farming is to have thor
ough test in Wisconsin, and Kenosha
county has been selected as the place
for the unique experiment. 1t was
announced this morning that the
great farm owned by the estate of the
late Daniel Wells, of Milwaukee, had
been turned over to Prof. Henry of
the University Of Wisconsin to be
used as place for test of the theo-
ries that have been taught to farmers
by the faculty of the state university.
The unique experiment of a farm
run on exact scientific principles will
become reality at once, and man
will be sent to Pleasant Prairie from
the state university to take up the
management of the farm. The opera
rect personal supervision of Dean
Henry, and regular daily reports of
the minutest details will be made to
him.
The farm is one of the finest stock
farms in the state of Wisconsin. It
is located within a few miles of the
village of Pleasant Prairie, and con-
tains $40 acres of as good farming
land as can be found in any part of
the state. 1t is admirably adapted
for use as a stock farm. The direc-
tors from the university will come to
the farm and find it ready for them to
take hold of the work. The stock and
the crops will be left to their charge
and keeping, and the annual revenue
of the farm will be paid to the estate
as in other years.
AS soon as the university men take
charge of the farm every head of cat
tie will be tagged and labeled, and
record will be kept of the different
kinds of feed used and the amount of
milk produced by the different kinds
of food. The fields used for farm
products will be treated with scientific
fertilizers, and strict accounting of
the action of these will be made at
stated intervals to the department at
Madison.
The experiment is one of the most
unique ever attempted in any state of
the Union, and the results will be of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-08

worldwide interest. In several of
the states of the Union, agricultural
colleges are supported by the United
States government, and this expert
ment may result in the farm being
used as a permanent experiment sta
ton for the state and national govern
ments.
The value of the experiment to the
farmers of Kenosha county can not be
over estimated. For some time the
farmers Of Wisconsin have scoffed at
the work of the scientists in the line
of agriculture, and this practical ex-
perience is expected to do much to-
ward showing the farmers of the
state the value of these theories and
teachings.
Harding Crow, who has been the
uperintendent for the Wells estate,
will remain at the farm and assist the
new University superintendent.
For many years the state depart
ment at Madison has been making an
effort to get control of a farm similar
to the Wells estate, and it is thought
that during the life of the lease of the
premises all of the teachings of the
university will be given a thorough
test. Regular bulletins of the work
at the farm will be issued from the
university press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-08
KILLED A WILD CAT.
Paris Man Comes Out Victor in Fight
With Wild Cat Thursday Afternoon.

Paris Man Comes Out Victor in Fight
With Wild Cat Thursday Afternoon.
Forty years ago many wild cats in
tested Racine and Kenosha counties,
but for thirty years few have been
seen in these localities. One has just
been killed in the town of Paris, by
Frank Mutters, young farmer of
that village. TWAS not accomplished,
however, before two dogs wereIbadly
torn and Mr.. Mutters compelled to
put up good fight.
Mr.. Mutters noticed that his two
dogs were having a fight with some
animal down in the field and he sup
posed it was a large Tom cat and paid
little attention to the ''scrap." To-
ward night he stro11ed down to the
field, armed with 22-ca1ibre rifle. On
top of fence post he discovered a
genuine wild cat and the beast was
leaping down on the backs of the dogs
when an opportunity offered.
Mr.. Mutters fired two shots into the
animals forehead, but the balls ap-
parent1y did not take effect. Getting
nearer he proceeded to shoot at close
range, but the cat flew at him, tore
his clothing, and then the two dogs
waded into the beast, but it was full
of fight and hair and hide flew in vari-
Gus directions. Mr.. Mutters managed
to fire shot into the ear of the cat
and it fell dead.
When weighed the cat tipped the
scales at thirty-fve pounds. It has
been skinned and Mr.. Mutters has the
hide as trophy. It is believed that
the animal is the only one killed in
this section of the state in thirty-fve
years. Where it came from no one
can tell.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-08
Low Rates for Christmas

to all points on the Nickel Plate road
between Chicago and Buffalo. Ex-
cursion tickets on sale Dec. "a, Is, %,
and 81, 1904, and January 1 and 2,
1905, good returning Jan. 4, 1905
Three through express trains daily.
No excess fare charged on any train.
Also lowest rates and shortest line to
Cleveland, Buffalo, New York, Bos-
ton and all eastern points. Modern
sleeping and dining cars. Individual
club meals, ranging in price from 35c.
to 81, served in Nickel Plate dining
cars; also service a la carte. All
trains leave from La Sale street sta
ton, Chicago. City ticket Office, Chi
cago, III Adams street and Audito-
rum Annex. For further particulars
address John Y. Callahan, Gen. Agt.,
113 Adams ST., Room 2o8. w33
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-08
William Irving Of Pleasant Prairie
Has an Exciting Time at an
Early Hour This Morning
ROBBER ESCAPES in DARK.
Man Supposed to be Edward Wilson
Robs the Irving Home and is Seen
at Work by Mr.. irving.
From Thursdays Daily

An exciting robbery occurred at the
farm home of William Irving in
the town of Pleasant Prairie, at an
early hour this morning and the chase
for the robber which followed was
punctuated with a vo11ey of shots
similar to Japanese bombardment
1T Port Arthur.
Edward Wilson a farm hand who
had been employed at the Irving home
for some time was the star actor in
the little comedy and he was certain
1y fortunate to escape with whole
hide.
Wilson had resigned his position at
the Irving farm yesterday sand had
received his full pay for all the work
he had done. ss He came to Kenosha in
the afternoon and managed to fill up
with bad whisky. He remained in the
city for ten hours and started back to
the Irving farm long about one O'Clock
in the morning. He got to the3 farm
house and went up to his old room
and went to bed. Mr.. Irving heard
the fellow come in and thought that
ali was not right so he got up and
went up to the room and found that
Wilson was making hurried prepara-
tions for departure. In a short time
Irving's vigil was rewarded for Wilson
came down stairs just before five
O'Clock and was prepared to leave.
He had taken a new pair of shoes be-
longing to Irving and when he reach
ed the hall of the house he transferred
his belongings from his pockets to a
new oyercoat belonging to Mr.. Irving
which hung on the hall tree. Then
he put on the overcoat and opened
the door and ducked. Irving was
right behind him but Wilson scented
danger and slammed the door and
when Irving had it opened again his
former employee was well off down
the road and going for the South as
fast as his legs would carry him.
Irving shouted at the fellow to stop
but it is evident there was no such
word as stop in the vocabulary of
Wilson and he only started to run
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-08
THE CRAFTSMAN
The Magazine of Art and Home Offers
special Inducements

"The Craftsman" has made spec
ia1 holiday offer for new subscribers
that should largely increase it's sub
scription list. The publishers of the
magazine will send to each new or
old yearly subscriber reproductions
of the four indian heads by E1bridge
A. Burbank, the noted painter of
indian types, which appeared in the
December issue.
The Craftsman is a most beautiful
1y illustrated magazine devoted to
American ideals of art and home. The
price of the Craftsman is So year,
and subscriptions should be sent to
Gustav Stick1ey, Syracuse, N. Y.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-08

Want ads in the NEWS always pay
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30

And It Took the Wagnerian Brand to
Do the Jawing Full
Justice.

In one OF the big One Hundred and Tween.
ty-6fth street beer gardens a brass band
was playing what purported 10 be a Wag.
merriam selection with positively deafening
effect, relates the New York Times. The
good-natured people around the tables had
wisely abandoned all effort at conversation
Not so with one woman, a shrewish-looking
ing her finger at her husband and doing
her best to make him hear the abuse that
she was evidently hurting at him. Sudden
ly, with one grand blare, the music stopped,
and the woman's voice, pitched in a veri-
table scream, was heard:
You bald headed, sour.faced idiot, III"
Checked by her own stri6ent tones she
looked about her in CONSERVATION. Not so
the husband. He was ealloused to abuse.
Picking up his stein he looked at his wife
and growled:
Shut up till the band starts again"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
GETTING A PUFF OF FAME.
At Times It Is a Face and Then Again
o Name That Brings
the Puff.

Justice Brewer is from Kansas, and his
state is justi6ably proud OF him, says the
Kansas City journal. Soon after his ele-
walton to the supreme bench a cigar manu-
i%aeturer in Topeka dedicated a ten-cent
domestic cigar to the ,@jurist, named it
Our Justice" and on the cover of each
box pasted a portrait of Mr.. Brewer.
A few years ago the justice was in To-
peka on a business trip. The hotel clerk
recognized him, and the negro bell boy, al
though he had no idea who the newcomer
was, knew from the way he was ordered
quenee. Going up in the elevator the negro
stared constantly at the tall, digniied man:
Suddenly the black face was wreathed
in smiles, and the boy said:
"'Scuse me, boss, but amt you de gem
men dat invented dem 'Ouah Jestiee' CT
gars?"
This reminds one of the man who was
recalling famous persons who parted their
names in the middle"
And then" he said, "there, is e Pluri-
bus Unum,' the man that makes the bass
drums"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
ASSEMBLY OF PICKED MEN.
Congress Composed of Brains and
Business Ability of the High
est Order.

When congress vas considering a tar
if bill a few years ago a New York busi-
ness man, believing what he had read in
partisan newspapers about the ignor-
ance of the members of the house of rep
resentatives, went to Washington to tell
them what changes they ought to make
In the duties on the goods in which he
was interested, says Youths Companion.
Il have greater respect for congress
than / used to have" said he. meekly,
when he returned. THE head of the sub
committee to which / was sent knows
more about my business than do.
guess they don't need my advice"
Many citizens labor under the delusion
which this man took to Washington
with him. If each one will consider
who is his W representative in con
gress, and will remember that the house
contains 300 Or 400 of the anne sort, he
will probably change his opinion.
Edward Everett Hale recently remind
ed an audience in Boston that congress
was directing many big enterprises, any
one of which called for business ability
of a high order. The government Is re-
claiming millions Of acres Of arid land
by irrigation, and congress had not only
to decide how that was to be done, but
had to harmonic many conflicting in
terests at the same time. improvements
to the rivers and harbors costing hun
dreds of millions are under way. The
protection of the banks of the Mississippi
alone will cost more than twice what
was paid for the Panama canal. The
organization of a civilized government
in the Philippines requires not only
great ability, but great discretion. Con-
gress has had to exercise both, and has
had at its service in all its enterprises
more and better information than has
been accessible to any private individual.
Opinions differ as to the wisdom OF
much that the national Legislature does;
but whether it is done by one party or
by another, it is a great mistake to doubt
the patriotism or the sincerity or the
ability of the members as a whole. They
are not all wise. Perhaps some of them
are not honest. But they are the picked
men of their states and districts, and IT
is to the discredit of those who have
chosen them if they are not worthy.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Proved Beyond q Doubt.

Middlesex, N. Y, July 25.-(Special)-
That Rheumatism can be cured has been
proved beyond a doubt by Mrs. Betsey
A. Clawson, well known here. That Mrs.
Clawson had Rheumatism and had it bad
all her acquaintance know. They also
know she is now cured. Dodd's Kidney
Pills did it. Mrs. Clawson tells the story
Of her cure as follows:
Il was an invalid for most five years
caused by Inflammatory Rheumatism,
helpless two-thirds Of the time. The first
year | could not do as much as a baby
could do; then | rallied a little bit and
then a relapse. Then a year ago the govt
set in my hands and feet. | suffered UNI
told agony and in August, 1908, when my
husband died I could not ride to the
grave.
Il only took two boxes of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and in two weeks l could wait
on myself and saw my w wood. l dug
my OWL potatoes and gathered my WI
garden last fall. Dodd's Kidney Pills
cured me-"
Rheumatism is caused by uric acid in
the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills put the
Kidneys in shape to take all the uric acid
out of the blood.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Mississippi State News
The Negro Census.

The census bulletin on the negroes
Of the United States, which was re.
Gently issued by the government, is
being made the subject of so much
comment, the assertion being quite
frequent that it is by no means ac-
curate on account of the slip-shod
manner in which the census vas tax.
en- in the South, contains some inter-
esting figures relating to the negro
in Mississippi. 1t is quite evident
that the statistician in endeayoring
to furnish campaign material for the
Republican party, overlooked Missis-
sippi's tables in juggling his figures.
The total population of this State,
according to the 1900 census, was
1,551,270, of which 907,G30 were ne.
groes. In other words, the black
race formed nine-iftecnths of the
total population. In 1890 the cen.
sus figures gave Mississippi 1885,
600, of which 742,559 were negroes,
or seven-twelfths of the total. The
negro proportion to the total has in.
creased just one-sixtieth during the
past decade.
OF the total negro population in
1900 the total number over 10 years
Of age was G3S,646, and of this num-
Der 313,312 we're illiterates. These
figures are absurd. The government
undertakes to assert that two-thirds
of the negros in Mississippi over 10
years of age can read and write,
which no sensible person acquainted
with race conditions in the State
will for a moment believe. The
falsity Of this is doubtless due to
the fact that the average negro will
tell the census enumerator that he
can read and write, whether he pos
sesses these qualifications or not, and
as the greater portion of the census
work in the South vas performed
by negroes, they did not undertake
10 prove the truth or falsity of such
assertions.
A critical examination of the ne,
gro census bulletin shows that it is
filled with many glazing %inaccura-
cies, and inconsistencies, such as one
would naturally expect from a cen
sus taken by negroes who accept
statements from members of their
own race without any attempt at
y~cri1ication.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Miss Walker Dead.

Miss Mary Walker, of Columbus,
who fell from a precipice in the
Cumberland mountains at Mont
eagle, Tenn, a few days ago, died
from the result. of her injuries the
next day after the accident. The
young lady was a member of one
Il the most prominent families in
East Mississippi, and was just bud
ding into womanhood. Her death
is deeply deplored by a large circle
of friends in Columbus and all over
che State.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Durham's Rise.

In 1865 Durham was a village Of O
dozen houses. When the soldiers plum
dered the place, they got a quantity OF
smoking tobacco. They liked it so well
that they hardly got home before they
began to write to Durham to get more.
There were in the town men of enough
enterprise to see the opportunity which
this situation offered them. 1t was not
ing Durham tobacco in every part of the
world.-World's Work.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Want More Money for Seed.

The farmers around Dexter held
a meeting at that place last week for
the purpose of ~perfecting an organi-
zation by which they expect to get a
better price for their cotton seed.
A committee was appointed to as
certain the quantity of seed each
farmer will have to sell. They will
then begin negotiations with oil
mills, and hope to enable each farm
er To get a bulk price for his seed
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Fine Peach Crop.

Mississippi has raised the best
peach crop this season for many
years. In all parts of the State the
luscious fruit has been phenomenal
ly abundant, and the local markets
are glutted with peaches, while many
farmers are making large shipments
to Northern markets. The favorite
variety in Mississippi seems to be
the Elberta peach, which thrives I'M
usually well in this climate.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Yazoo City Waterworks.

The Yazoo City waterworks sys-
tenn has been completed, the mains
all tested and the plant is now in
the hands of the city. The system
covers the entire city, including Lin
tonia. 1t is believed the contractors
lost money on the job, due to caving
in at the plant, where considerable
trenching had to be redug.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Charter Approved.

The governor has approved the
charter of incorporation of the Me-
ridian Terminal Association, domi.
ciled at Meridian, with a capital
stock of $3.50 and which will en-
gage in the handling of freight ship
mpnts.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Proving Great Successes.

The Farmers Institutes hat are
now being conducted through the
State under the auspices of the Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College,
StarkSville, are being largely attend
ed, and are proving a great success
everywhere. The program usually
consists of lectures by the members
of the college faculty or horticulture
alists from other States, and a basket
picnic.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Accidentally Kills Herself.

Emma Morris, a 15-year-old girl.
living in Wilkinson county, acci-
dentally killed herself a few days
ago with a 22-caliber rifle. She was
out shooting birds, and the exact
manner of the accident is not known.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
The Mania SPREADING.

A Grenada county farmer mag
ined that he had discovered the boil
weevil in his cotton, and sent a
choice line of insect samples to the
State entomologist, who pronounced
them to be very common bugs and
comparativelY harmless.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Bio Increase in Washington.

The personal assessment of Wash
ington county has been filed by As
SCISSOR S. p. Aiken and shows a de-
cided increase over the assessment OF
last year. The total personal as
sessment, exclusive of all real es-
tate, is for 1904, $2,O59,98O, against
$1,75O,415 for 1908, showing an in
crease of $3OO,565 for the year.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Simpsons Personally Assessment.

The personal assessment roll of
Simpson county for the year 1904,
as filed by Assessor Bishop, shows
q total valuation of $73O,276,
against $603, 542 for the year 1908,
a net gain of $126,734 for the past
twelve months. The roll will re-
main on file for examination until
the August meeting Of the board of
supervisors, when it will be received
and approved.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Some Peaches.

A remarkable bunch of peaches
was displayed in one of the banks OF
Jackson last week. There we're sew
enteen large and well-developed
peaches on eleven inches of stem.
They we're raised just west of the
city, and excited a good deal of adj
miration from those who saw them.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Electrical Pumps,

Electricity carried overland by wire
som distance is being used in Ore
gon to pump water in irrigating
farms. If the experiment proves sue
cessful. the system will be developed
further.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Desoto County Assessments.

DeSoto county is feeling quite
proud of her new tax assessment,
the personal roll showing an increase
of values for the year amounting to
$186,375. The total assessment of
the county is $855,965.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30
Courthouse Agitation.

TIE citizens of Marion county are
agitsting a plan for tue erection OF
a new courthouse at Columbia, to
cost from 5000 to 100000. Tbs
movement will probably succeed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30

Clarence King wrote from San Francisco
to John Hay the following letter of intro
duction some years ago.: MY Dear John:
My friend, Horace I. Cutter, in the next
a catastrophe if he did not know you. You
will swarm in,' as the Germans say, when
you meet. Lest / should not be there to
expose Mr.. Cutters alias l take this OPP
portunity to divulge to you that the police
are divided in opinion as to whether he Is
Socrates or Dor Quixote. ! know better