davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-22
MORNING SESSION.

The debate on the railroad commits
sion bill WIS preceded by some pre-
liminary sparring to ascertain
whether or not a multitude of amend
ments could be introduced ard which
of them would be considered first.
Senator North offered his elective
commission and limited power sub
stitute, ordinarily called the Merton
substitute, and Lieutenant Governor
Davidson ruled that according to the
rules the amendments had to be con-
sidered by the senate in the order Of
their introduction. According to the
motion by which the bill and amend
ments were referred to the committee
On railroads several days ago, the Nc
Gillivray and Stevens amendments
were first to be offered, coming back
with the bill. In support of this rul-
ing parliamentary authorities were
cited by Senator MunsOn and others.
Senator North asked unanimous con-
sent that his substitute be given the
right Of way and Senator Hudnall an
nounced that he would he obliged to
object as the rules were plain on the
subject and he thought it was desir-
able that the rules be followed. Sen
ator North said that the railroad
committee took fright too easily, and
he indicated his disappointment at the
objection to side-tracking the other
amendments for his substitute.
There's the whole cheese" he said.
"The committee bill is going through
all right, but they get scared too
easily" Senator McGillivray asked
and was not granted permission to
withdraw his amendment temperate
ly, it being the desire of senators to
dispose of it at once. Senator Hat
ten, chairman of the railroad commit
tee supported by Senator Hudnall,
announced that it was the desire of
the committee that the utmost free
dom of discussion and consideration
be had and that if any rules seemed
TO interfere with this they be not
rigidly adhered to. Senator McGillivray
made a motion that the North amend
ment be taken up and this motion
went out On a point of order. There
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-22
ASK PRESIDENT TO STOP
SUNDAY MAIL DELIVERY

Chicago, May 19.-The Sabbath as
scciation of Illinois yesterday decid-
ed to send a letter to President
Roosevelt requesting him to stop the
delivery of mails on Sunday; also to
discontinue paying the men employed
at work on the Panama canal on Sun
have received their wages they visit
the saloons and create disturbances.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-22
Sullivan to Fiqht Auain.

Tacoma, Wash, May 19.-Charles
Mitchell and John l.. Sullivan have
signed articles for a 15-round fight in
Tacoma September 49,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-22

supreme court to the effect that sucn
commissions are entirely admlnlstra
tive and not judicial.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-22
Same objection Urqed.

Senator Hudnall called attention to
the fact that the Stevens amendment
was subject to the same objection as
that of Senator McGillivray. 1t made
the present railroad commissioner a
member of the commission, which was
creating an Office and naming the man
to fill it. This was a power not grant
ed by the constitution.
Senator Merton, just up from sick
bed, said that he was willing that the
sentence making the railroad com,
missioner a member Of the com
mission should be stricken out. He
did not think that would make any
material difference, but he thought
that careful reading of the amend
ment would convince any one that the
legislature had a right to confer upon
the railroad commissioner the adi
ditiOnal powers and duties named in
the bill. He was for an elective bill
and spoke chiefly on that proposition
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-22
McGilliVray Speaks.

upon Senator McGillivray made his
speech.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-22

thought the amendment would en-
danger the law, he would withdraw it
and Senator Hudnall declared that
lit is up to you SENATOR to withdraw
this proposition" Senator Frear
also praised Commissioner Thomas
and said that he had such a provision
in the bill which he himself had intro
duced, but that upon learning the
legal status OF such proposition had
become convinced that the amend
ment would be likely to vitiate the
whole law.
The McGillivray amendment was
then voted upon, the roll was called
and all the senators, excepting Sena-
tor McGillivray alone, voted against,
it, being lost by vote of 81 to 1.
Stevens for Elective Board.
Senator Stevens to make sure that
his amendment would be properly be-
fore the senate reintroduced it. 1t
be elective and that the commits
siOners,. elected in the spring of 1906,
should take Office January 1, 1907. It
further provided that the present rail
road commissioner should be a mem,
Der of the commission, and con-
ferred upon him the powers and duties
conferred upon the railroad com
mission until such time as the elected
commission should be organized and
in working order.
In advocating the adoption of his
amendment, Senator Stevens said that
he wanted an elective commission
because he was afraid that some
future governor might be elected by
the corporation forces and that such
being the case he might appoint men,
bers to the railroad commission who
would be the tools of the corporations
or at least too favorable to them.
Our present governor" he said,
may not be elected many more
times. You cannot tell what would
happen if the railroads Or corpora,
tons were to elect a governor as
do not consider such thing impos-
sible. They have elected their men in
other states. They might do it here.
Then where would your railroad com.
mission be?"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-22


find an instance in which the legisla-
ture had attempted to select a person
for an office which it created and he
said that the attorney general had
gone over the authorities with him,
the same authorities as had been pre-
scented by Senator Hudnall to the SEN
ate yesterday morning, and had given
ii as his certain judgment without res
ervation that the legislature could not
do this thing constitutiOnally." This
was after the attorney general had
written the letter to Senator McGilliv-
ray, seemingly affirming the con-
stitutionality of the amendment. Sen
ator McGillivray had said that if he
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01

A New Theory of the Value of Light.
In recently published work on the
effects of light upon the human race
Major Charles e. Woodruff, surgeon
In the United States army, attacks
some long harbored notions about liv-
Ing in light and in darkness. He says:
We are the only people who have gone
daft on the subject of admitting streams
OF powerful light into schoolrooms and
nurseries-far more than Is necessary to
see we'll. We are apt to seat the children
so that the light glares right into their
faces, and then we wonder why they de-
velop sore eyes. We are now daft on the
subject of letting the light stream into the
living rooms and consequently suffer from
all kinds of nervous effects wholly un-
known to our ancestors, who were so
careful to keep the blinds closed and the
houses darkened. It is the duty Of the
pediatrists to find out how much of the
curious modern nervousness of children is
due to excessive stimulation Of the eight
baths of the nursery, perambulator or
schOolroom. They will find why so many
children come home from school daily with
a headache and an attack Of nerves.
According to Major Woodruff, ami
mails live in darkness, as a rule, and
man thrives best out of the light
Thirty years ago General Alfred Pleas
onton experimental with blue glass
windows and believed that he discov-
cred therein I; panacea for nervousness
ard other ills common to American
life
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01

son. Metcalf pleaded guilty to fight
ing on the streets, and was fined sS5
and costs. Bennett pleaded self-de-
fense and was released. Bennett has
fled complaint against Metcalf for
biting him in the left arm during the
fracus.
Miss Antonia Seidensticker, the
fifteen -year-old daugnhter of Fred
Seidensticker, prominent in Wheaton,
Mimi, shot and killed her lover, Her.
man Scheff on May 25, and then shot
and fatally wounded herself, sup
posedly during lovers quarrel. The
parties were out driving and the
shooting occurred some four miles
south of Wheaton that afternoon.
In the forest fires that ragged to the
west and north of Virginia last week
the damage wrought was probably the
greatest of any fire that has occurred
in that vicinity, and the area scorched
was extensive. The settlers were in
jeopardy all day and night, and while
no fatalities resulted nearly all sus-
tanned losses. Many of the settlers
went to Two Harbors for safety.
John Hyatt, in charge of the distrib-
uting window at the Minneapolis post
Office, was arrested May 26, by United
States Marshal Grimshaw, on the
charge of stealing mail. A decoy let
ter did the work. Twenty-four let
ters, uncancelled, were found on him.
Money has been lost in letters, and
letters have disappeared for the past
six weeks. Hyatt is twenty three
years old and his home is at 926 Four
teenth street.
While a farmer near Fosston, was
digging we'll he found the bones of
a large animal at the depth of twelve
feet. The head alone extended across
the well, about three and one half feet.
Various opinions are current as to
the character of the skeleton, but the
best informed persons who have seen
the bones incline to the view that they
are of a mastodon. DR.. McKennon of
Fosston has in his possession some
of the best preserved bones.
Capt. John Martin for half CEN
tury prominent among the pioneers
of Minnesota and we'll known by repu-
tation through this section, having
had logging interests on Rum river
which were looked after by Ell Brown,
died at his farm near the Flour City
May 25. Although he was eighty-ive
years old, he suffered from no chronic
disease, and he was not forced to take
to his bed until last Saturday. To
old age only could his death be at
tributed.
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01
A EcNY PaliDlcnllea.

1T is a fascinating occupation said
a philologist, Ito search the language
for palindromes. A palindrome is a
word that reads the same backward as
forward. Rotator, for instance, is a
palindrome. Several hundreds of these
strange words are tabulated, and new
ones are continually turning up in the
English tongue. If you can find one
send it to the Palindrome society Of
New York. >..-
II can rattle off extempore dozen or
two palindromes. Thus:
"Bab, refer, bib, Anna, tot, bob, peep,
civic, toot, dad, madam, deed, pup, del
fed, sees, dewed, tat, did, shahs, eve,
rev1ver, eve, rotator, Cog, pop, gig,
gag, redder, level, noon, Otto, sexes."-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01
AN AMATEUR DETECTlvE..
His First and Last Experience In
Tracing a Crime.


Tracing a Crime.
'.I never attempted the Sherlock
Holmes business but once," said
Blythe, land although l ran down the
person was after the results were not
at ali pleasant. One morning l missed
scarfpin, a single pearl, worth about
$50. / valued it more for it's associa-
tions than almost anything else l had.
decided to say nothing about it to my
wife, because things of that sort al
ways upset her. She suspects the serv-
ants and does not hesitate to let them
see it. Advertising a reward brought
no results. One morning nearly two
years after the pin was lost saw it in
the window of a pawnshop not three
blocks from my home. I knew the po.
lice captain of the precinct and induced
him to send one of his ward men with
me to the pawnshop. Matters were
soon explained. was able to prove
my ownership Of the pin. The pawn.
broker consulted his books.
''That pin," he said, twas brought
here by woman who regularly pawns
things here on commission 1t is bust
ness, the same as shopping on commits
sion. Many persons, especially won
en-, who find it necessary to raise a lit
tie money in a hurry, are afraid to go
in person to the pawnshop.
"He gave me the name and address
of the woman who pawned my pin, and
looked her up. I don't want to make
any trouble for you,' I said, but that
pin was stolen. Just take me to the
person who gave it to you to pawn,
and you'll not be the loser'
"She complied willingly. She said
she was sent for by woman who had
read her advertisement and was given
the pin to pawn in the usual course of
business. She got 500 for it, and after
deducting her commission had paid the
money over to her customer and given
her the ticket. She went to the pawn
shop nearest the house to save time
Not until we were at my own doorstep
did realize where the woman was
taking me.
"'Do you mean to say that you got
the pin in this house?' inquired.
"'Certainly,' she replied. 1T was
given to me by tall woman with red
hair. If she still lives here I should
know her in a minute
"'That will do,' 1 said. Here is S.
for your trouble. I shall he obliged by
your not mentioning this incident to
anybody
1.-The woman she had described was
my wife. We had a bad quarter of an
hour. She had pawned the pin to get
money for rascallion of brother,
who had since fled to Canada. He stole
the ticket from her and had evidently
been unable to sell it before he skipped.
And the poor woman had been living in
mental torture for months because she
was afraid to tell me. That experience
cured me of hankering for the detec-
tive business. New York Times.
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01
Special Low Rates to st. Paul. MINI

On account of the Grand Lodge,
Patriarchs Militant and Rebekah AS
sembly I. O. 0. F. of Minnesota, June
l3, 16, and the Installation of Civil
War Flags and Trophies at the new
State capitol building June 18th, the
Great Northern will sell tickets to St.
Paul and return at one fare plus SO
cents for the round trip, tickets on
sale June 18th to 18th, inclusive, with
final return limit June 18th. See local
agent for further particulars 1926
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01
A Man Of the Woodlands.

3 Very little is known to the general
public Of the personality of the Ameri-
can naturalist, John James Audubon,
Whose one hundred and twenty fifth
birthday was recently honored in New
ork by celebration on the spot
Where he passed the evening of
lie and where his remains are
buried. Audubon did not live in the
city, for his Manhattan home, as he
knew it, was literally in the woods.
be used to say, How l wonder that
men can consent to swelter and fret
their lives away amid those hot bricks
and pestilent vapors when the woods
and fields are so near.''
But the bit of woodland on the bank
OF the Hudson was not the real home
OF the naturalist He was an ideal
man OF the woods and roamed the
country in search Of bird types to
paint from nature. In his day the
American forests were trackless, and
~eAu W cA4AAO IhCA14 W4lu IAC xuO4du,
the panther and the bear. He describ-
ed himself at the end of one of his
ramps in the primeval haunts of Lou
1s1ana as a typical wandering Jew,
with rent and wasted clothes and un-
cut hair.''
Audubon adored birds, and his ia
miliar speech was punctuated with
figures coined in the woods. At GER
tain dinner given him by an English
lord he described himself "as dull as
beetle" One of the noble guests, he
said, tottered on his feet, weaker than
a newly hatched partridge" He spoke
Of himself when dressed in black coat
as "attired like mournful raven"
Audubon's work on American birds
is marvel of knowledge, industry
and patience. His gallery and biogra-
ply of birds developed popular inter-
est in the wild birds of the land and
led to the preservation of the beauties
OF the feathered kingdom in America.
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01
Gambetta and NapoleOn.s Portrait

Gambetta and Napoleon's Portrait.
When Gapbetta, accompanied by
Jules Favre, arrived in the hall of the
Hotel de Vile, where he was officially
to read the proclamation of the third
French republic, the crowd which fol-
lowed the two deputies caught sight of
fine portrait of Napoleon III. hanging
on wall. They promptly took it down
and were about to smash it to pieces
when Gambetta intervened. Turning
the portrait to the wall, he said: 'sMy
friends, we have put up with the origi-
nal for twenty years. Let us be con-
tent today to turn his face to the wall.
It is all he deserves"
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01
CURIOUS oATHS.
Odd Ways of Swearing to the Trut1,
OF Ones Statements.

Oou ways of Swearing to the Truth
OF Ones Statements.
When Chinaman swears to tell the
truth he kneels down, and a china
saucer is given to him. The following
oath is then administered: ''You shall
tell the truth and the Whole truth. The
saucer is cracked, and if you do not
tell the truth your soul will be cracked
like the saucer" when he breaks the
saucer. Other symbolic variations of
the Chinese oath are the eXtinguishing
of candle or cutting off of cocks
head, the light of the candle represent
ing the witness soul and the fate of
the cock symbolizing the fate of a
perjurer.
In certain parts Of India tigers and
lizards skins take the place of the
Bible of Christian countries, and the
penalty of breaking the oath is that
in one case the witness will become
the prey OF q tiger and in the other
that his body will be covered with
scales like lizard.
In Norwegian courts of law the pre-
lude to the oath proper is long
homily on the sanctity Of the oath and
the terrible consequences of not keep
ing it. When the witness is duly
crushed by the sense Of his fearful re-
sponsibility the oath is administered
while he holds aloft his thumb and
fore and middle fingers as an emblem
Of the trinity.
In an Italian court the Witness, with
his right hand resting on an open
Bible, declares, Il will swear to tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the TRUTH The Mohammedan takes
the oath with his forehead reverently
resting Oh the open Koran He takes
his Bible" in his hand and, stopping
low, as if in the presence Of a higher
power, slowly bows his head until it
touches the book which to him is in
spired
In certain parts of Spain the witness
when taking an oath crosses the thumb
Of .one hand over the forefnger of the
other and, kissing this symbolic, if
primitive, cross, says, ''By this cross
swear to tell the TRUTH
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01
Why, Then:

did you finish your shopping today,
my dear:' asks the model husband.
Eyes, think so,'' answers the trust
ing wife.
'You think SOP
Yes. I don't know, though. You
see, l went to get my hat and there
were so many and all Of them so pret-
ty that got five of them.''
Give? Why did you do that?"
I-really-I must have lost my
head''
In that case, why get hat at all?''
Chicago Tribune.
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01

Forty years ago Lord Francis Doug
las lost his life in the ascent of the
Matterhorn, Switzerland, and his body
could not be found. According to nat
ural laws, the glacier which swal-
lowed him up should reach the plain
during the summer of 1905, and it is
believed that the remains of the Al.
p1nist, if found, will be in state of
perfect preservation.
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01
Rules For Writers

Frederick w. Seward said that when
ne first started in at newspaper work
Thurlow Weed said to him: "I will give
you two rules to begin with. First,
never write anything without some def
mite point and purpose; second, when
you have written it, take your pen and
go over it to see how many words and
sentences you can strike out and how
much you will thereby improve the ar
ticle.'
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01

One of the principal circus "aggrega-
tions'' on the road has abolished. street
parades. Perhaps the people found
that the best show was in the street
and refused to give up good money at
the gate.
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01

Much as worthy friends add to the
happiness and value Of life, we must
IN the main depend on ourselves, and
every one is his own best friend Is
worst enemy.
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01
After the Honeymoor

He-We must try to keep up appear
ances. I suppose you don't want our
friends to know that our marriage has
been failure? She Oh, no. wouldn't
care to have them see that their antici-
pations have been realized. New York
Press
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01
A Revelation.

If you will make inquiry it will
be revelation to you how many sue
cumb to kidney or bladder troubles in
one form or another. If the patient
is not beyond medical aid, Foley's
Kidney Cure will cure. It never dis
appoints. G. "A. Jack.
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01
Lived on Water.

The Tramp-I once lived on water,
lady, for six months. The Lady-You
don't look like it. How did you manage
It? The Tramp-I was sailor.
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01

Great and formidable among men is
the power of laughter. No man is proof
against it's spell.-Leopardi
The Princeton union., 1905-06-01

Elk RIVER TRAINS -
(Great Northern) For St. Paul and Minne-
Eor stations west to Williston, n. D. via
c0aH3 M9rthsrn !s1l. Pacifc2 West bound North
sofa Local, 10;08 A. NJ; Manitoba EXPRESS. 11:47
P. NJ (at tank) East bound, Manitoba Ex.
press at 5:4o 4 NJ Twin City Express, 6:o2 A. N.
Ga }as sank2; Minnesota M Local, 4:A P. M: North
depol Sundays. '' anu "'
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
TALKS OF SAINTS
Father Busch Lectures at Church Of
the Immaculate Conception.

Every pew in the Church of the I'M
maculate Conception was occupied last
evening to hear Rev. Joseph T. Busch
speak on "The Veneration and Invoca-
tion of the Saints This was the
fourth address by Father Busch of the
series which is being given under the
auspices of the diocese, and because of
the great interest which is being shown
in the discourse, it is probable the lee
lures will be continued for another
week
The place of the saints in the doctrine
of the Roman Catholic church was clear
ly explained. The saints, Father Busch
explained. plead the cause. of the
fallible human being before the throne
of Divine mercy just as the, advocate
in a court of law presents the cause
of his client before the bar of Justice.
He continued: eff the PRAYER of
the just man availeth much with God,
it is reasonable to expect that the
prayer of one of Gods saints will avail
even more. If a man is capable of
sympathy for his kind, the saints will
not ignore the obligations arising from
that brotherhood that SO established
thru the indwelling of the Holy Spirit,
embracing those on the earth, IN purga-
tory and in heaven
Father Busch talked for over an
hour, but spoke with much eloquence
and held the interest of every nearer
fthruout the entire time. s."
In addition to the evening lectures,
daily services are being held at am
and 9 am. The attendance at these
services has been surprisingly large
and ia still increasing. .--..s s.-..s -
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16

Ikewellyn Speers, manager Of the Ly-
ceum, has invited all the messenger
boys in the city to attend the vaude-.
vile performance at his theater tonight.
The occasion for this lavish outburst of
generosity is the fact that one Of the
star performers this week is an old mes
seuger boy, and a "member in good
standing" Of the Seattle Messenger
Boys union. This is Arthur Sear1es
who carries travelling card of the
American Federation Of Labor duly
signed by President Samuel Gompers.
Mr.. Searles is also very proud of a
letter, which he has had framed, from
the president Of the Seattle union. The
letter, written in green ink, compli-
merits the actor for his talent, and ex-
presses the hope that his "turn' will
make the same hit in the east as it has
with "de kids' Of the Pacific coast.
The letter is signed by Secretary George
Fairbanks, and concludes with this sub
tie joke, "
tDon't judge us by the color of our
Mr.. searles appears in the role Of a
fresh" " messenger boy sent to deliver
q note to fine lady's house. The col
loquy between the aristocratic matron
and the messenger furnishes the amuse-
ment.