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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
SENATOR STOUT PROPOSES A
$4,000 EXHIBIT.
EATON MUST STAND TRIAL
Indicted Milwaukee Senator Granted
Indefinite Leave of Absence and
Will 90 Home to Face Court at
Once-Ceases to be Legislator if
Convicted.
Madison. Jan. 20.

Madison, Jan. 20.
An appropriation of $4,000 is pro-
posed in a bill introduced in the SEN
ate yesterday morning to create a
Wisconsin commission to represent the
state with an exhibition at the Lewis
and Clark exposition at Portland, Ore
gon. The recommendation Of Cover
nor La Toilette in his message was
that not more than $4,000 be appro-
priated for the purpose. The figure
of $4,000 in Senator Stout's bill is in
about the proportion that all pro-
posed appropriations bear to what is
actually appropriated. The indica-
lions are that an appropriation of
$4,000 to $4,000 will be made.
By granting, on the request of Sen
ator Whitehead, indefinite leave of
absence to Senator Barney A. Eaton
of Milwaukee, the upper house took
the position that the indicted senator
ought to stand trial and secure his
acquittal of the bribery charge before
he mingles with his fellow senators
in the work of legislation. A commit
tee of three stalwart senators-White-
head, Roehr and KreutZer-cOnferred
with L. G. Wheeler, Mr.. Eaton's attor-
ney and after considering the evidence
concluded that the indicted member
must stand trial, either to clear him
self of the charge brought by the
grand jury or be punished, rather
than participate in legislative work
with the cloud hanging over him.
Senator Munson introduced bill
amending the primary election law so
that school officers shall be nominated
by party caucuses or petitions.
A bill introduced by Senator Wylie
proposed to abolish the killing of
deer and prairie chicken in his dis
trict, Sank and Columbia counties, for
a period of five years.
Senator Froemming introduced
DILL to provide small salaries for the
trustees and presidents of village
boards in Milwaukee county, the pres
idents to receive $50 year and the
trustees $50 a year.
Senator North introduced bill re-
lating to street sprinkling in towns
and villages and Senator Stevens
bill defining insurance agents.
Senator Roehr introduced bill pro-
viding that where person or business
establishment builds side track the
railroad is required to connect with it
and supply side track service and can
not deprive a person or establishment
so provided with side track of side
track service.
General George E. Bryant, superin-
tendent of public property, communi-
Gated to the effect that it would re-
quire an appropriation from the legds-
lature to secure the annotations in
cluded in the list of law books and
supplies previously ordered by joint
resolution.
The opening prayer was by DR.. J.
D. Butler of Madison.
Adjournment was taken to Friday
morning
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
Do Pumpkin Seeds lniure HOGS?

A correspondent from Hall county,
Neb., writes to the Farmers Tribune :,
Some of my neighbors say that pump
kin seeds are injurious to cattle and
hogs, and that they ought to be re-
moved from pumpkins before feeding
to the stock | have fed pumpkins to
cattle for several years, but never to
hogs. I always fed the seeds with
the pulp and no evil results have fol-
lowed. Have you or any readers of the
Farmers Tribune had any experience
along this line?"
We think it worse than waste of
time to remove the seeds, whether the
pumpkins are fed to cattle, sheep or
hogs. We have fed pumpkins, seeds
and all, to hogs for several years and
have had no bad results tnerefrom; in
fact, we value pumpkin seeds highly
as a food, for they contain a consider
able amount of nutriment. Of course,
they may be fed to excess, in which
case they act injuriously on the kid
neys, but where pumpkins are fed
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
REINDEER IN ALASKA.

There is a time-worn statement that
other half lives, and it's expression
usually precedes novel tale. Fourteen
years ago DR.. Sheldon Jackson visited
Alaska for the purpose of establishing
schools. He found that the Eskimos
needed food more than education. The
modern whaler with it's steam launch
and cannon harpoons had killed prac-
tically all the whale and walrus in the
f1ords, and the natural food of the
natives was driven from it's haunts,
carrying starvation and death to the
aborigines. The caribou and other
wild game had been killed off and the
Eskimos were perishing for the neces-
sites of life. 1t occurred to Dr.
Jackson that the introduction of the
domestic reindeer would solve the
food problem and furnish transporta-
ton for the simple commerce of the
natives. Like every indomitable
man who has found his mission in life
Jackson set about the heavy task Of
carrying his to a successful issue The
Eskimos must be changed from a
hunting to pastoral existence, and
the reindeer was to be the means by
which it must be accomplished. Not
only has his work solved the freight
ing question, but it solving the post
office question, furnishing herds of
steak afoot for shipwrecked whalers a
thousand miles from civilization" and
supplying food for the Eskimo who
as do the steer riders of southern
Africa.
DR.. Jackson landed sixteen head of
Siberian reindeer at Unalaska in the
fall of 1891, with $4,000 donated by
friends of education. In 1892 he pur-
chased III head additional in Siberia
and reached Port Clarence with them
the same year. In 1893 DR.. Jackson
purchased 127 deer this time with the
first congressional appropriation ($6,-
000.) When he returned with this
importation he found 70 healthy fawns
born in the herds already established
He also imported seven Lapp herders
the next year, bringing over some new
stock every year to the present except
during the years 1867. The average
increase since the first fawn came has
been AZ per cent, the number of deer
last year amounting to 1000, being an
increase over the year 1892 of 1000.
At this rate of increase for five years
there will be 10000 animals in the
wilds of Alaska.
But the practical part of DR.. Jack
sons success does not stop with the
establishment of these herds. In 1898
over 800 whalemen were frozen in and
starving at Point Barrow with no
means of relief. At Cape Prince of
Wales nearly 800 of these reindeer
were assembled and driven 500 miles
over barren country with the
thermometer at SO below zero, arriving
with a small loss in time to save the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
PLANS SAID TO REQUIRE THAT
EXPENDITURE.
COMMISSION HAS MEETING
Formal Report Not Vet Ready for
Presentation to LegisIature-Com
petitive Plans Carefully Studied
and Preference Said to Be With
Those of Cass Gilbert of New York.
Madison, Jan. 20.

The new capitol building in Madison,
replacing the old one now on the capt.
toll square, is to cost from $6,000,000
to $10,O00,000 after plans by Architect
Cass Gilbert of New York. This is
the indication presented by the present
situation No decision by the capitol
building commission has been an
nounced and none will be until at
least one more meeting of the COM
mission is held, but it is reported that
the commissioners have practically ar
rived at the conclusion that the plans
of Mr.. Gilbert are superior to those of
the two Milwaukee architects-Ferry
&Clas and Koch & ,Son-and it is said
that the plans of Mr.. Gilbert are not
to be executed for less than $4,000, 900.
The only authoritative information,
however, given out by the commission
ers after the meeting yesterday, is to
the effect that the competitive plans
have been carefully studied by the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
Madison, Jan. 20.

Madison, Jan. 20.
An interesting decision was rem
dered yesterday by Judge Stevens in
the Selle estate case, which was tried
at the September term in Portage.
Conrad Selle. who lived on a farm in
Leeds, made his last will and testa-
ment before a real estate dealer in
Portage in 1903. He was the owner
Of farm Of 120 acres and willed 40
acres to his son, Otto Selle. His wife
was to have a life estate in the rest
of the 80 acres, to be equally distrib-
uted among the four daughters sub
ject to the life estate of the widow. In
framing the will there was inserted
children of my issue now living or to
those that may be born hereafter"
According to these words part of the
property would go to grandchildren.
The daughters contended that their
father made an unintentional error
and intended to insert the words sis
sue of my body" instead. They Sc
cured legal advice from prominent
attorney in Portage and he informed
them that they could do nothing.
Judge Stroud Of the Columbia county
court was of the same opinion. The
daughters came to Madison and con-
suited Attorney j. e. Messerschmidt.
The latter looked up the statutes and
found laws according to which he
concluded that the daughters were the
sole heirs of the so acres. He petit
toned the count court at Portage for
for their full share OF the estate.
Judge Stroud took the matter under
Amusement and six weeks afterwards
rendered decision against the heirs.
Mr.. Messerschmidt appealed to the cir
cult court of Columbia county, with
the result that Judge Stevens handed
down favorable decision for the
plaintiffs. The appeal was taken on
the ground that Judge Stroud held
that the declaration of the deceased
as testified to by the man who drew
the will was not admissible because it
varied the terms Of the will.
No Violations.
"The petitioners do not seek to con-
tradict the will to show that the tesla
tor intended to make provision for
them or even to so cOnStrue it that
they shall take under it. Their right
to recover is independent of the will;
it is based wholly on the statute,
section 2287. The evidence is admis-
sible, not to vary or contradict the
terms of the will, but simply to show
The petitioners right to take as heirs
under the statute So that there is in
TACT no violation Of the rules of evil
dence.'
The four daughters who brought the
suit are Mrs. Meta Baldwin, wife of
the principal of the Reedsburg high
school; Mrs. Fred Schlueter OF Nor
rtsonvllle, Mrs. William Gray of Rio,
and Miss Mabel Selle, a teacher in the
public schools at Milwaukee.
Mr. Messerschmidt submitted a
brief of 5000 words in this case, cit
ing decisions that were rendered by
courts in Massachusetts $50 years
ago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
BADGER Missionaries Wed.

Kenosha, JAN 20.-A pretty romance
of the mission fields has just been
brought to light by the announcements
Of the marriage of Miss Charlotte Ma
gill, missionary sent by the Milwau-
kee conference of the Methodist
church to India, and DR.. Herbert G..
Ozanne, formerly of the town of Som
ers, in this county Mr.. Ozanne was sent
to India by the students of Northwest
ern university.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
COUNTY SUPERVISORS OF AS
SESSMENT IN DISFAVOR.
TRADING STAMPS
H
Member Introduces Bill
Forbiddng Their Use-Assembly
Unites in Memorial to Congress for
a Strengthening of the Interstate
Railroad Commission.
Madison, Jan. 20

In the assembly Thursday three
important bills were introduced, one
by Mr.. Potter of West Bend, abolish
ing the office of county supervisor of
assessment. Washington county has
such little use for this official that it's
county board practically abolished the
position by attaching to it a salary of
25 cents a year or a sum equally alb
surd. The law permits board to
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
A REFLECTION OF THE STORY
WRITER'S.

Toronto Star.-A young lady inmate
OF the Minnesota Insane Asylum has
just won the prize offered by Boston
magazine for the best short story
This incident seems to cast a fierce
white light on the intellectual AFRO
gance of Boston, and also on the liter
airy inspiration of popular authors.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
Fishermen Violate the Law.

Appleton, Wis, Jan. 2O.-Deputy
Game Warden Waite reports that at
least fifty fishing shanties have been
erected on the ice at Little Lake
Butte des Mortes, and that the law is
continually being violated by men
spearing pickerel and black bass.
Several arrests have been made.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23

INAUGURATION

Deadwood, S. D., Jan. 20.-A party
Of Black Hills cowboys, 80 to 60
strong, is being organized to go to
Washington for the Inauguration OF
President Roosevelt March 4. The
men will take their own horses and be
dressed in cowboy costume.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
Dinner for Miss La Toilette.

Rockford, Jan. 20.--The Ada Rehan
company appeared here last night ana
occasion was taken by friends and al,
mirers of Miss Fola La Toilette,
daughter of Gov. La Toilette of Wis
consin, to give dinner in her honor.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
Plan an Alumni Hall.

Ripon, Wis, Jan. 20.-Plans have
been adopted by the faculty and trus.
tees Of Ripon college for the remodel,
ing of what is known as the west col
lege building, making an alumni-com-
mons hall. The expense will be about
$4,000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
Entertain Diplomatic Corps.

Washington, Jan. 20-President and
Mrs. Roosevelt entertained the diplo-
matte corps at dinner at the white
house last night. Covers were laid
for more than 60 persons.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
Grand Army Man Dead.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, jan 20.-George T.
Hitchcock, a prominent member OF the
Grand Army, is dead.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
IMPORTANT DECI-
SION IN WILL CASE
INTERESTING CASE WON BY AT
ToRNEY MEssERsCHMlDT.
TRIED BY JUDGE STEVENS

Four Heirs Of Conrad SeIIe of Leeds
Contend That Their Father Made
a Mistake in Framing the Will and
Win After a Hard Legal Contest
120 Acres of Land Involved.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23

fix the pay, and very practical adj
vantage was taken of it. But Assem-
blyman Potter now goes after the
whole aggregation of supervisors OF
assessment with radical plan to put
them all out of function.
To Taboo Trading Stamps.
Mr.. Theme, Milwaukee, introduced
a bill forbidding the giving Of trading
stamps and Mr.. Scott of Poynette, by
request, one amending the law SO as
to require the state treasurer to pay
the premium on his official bond.
Minor Measures.
Other bills were: BY Mr.. Aims
worth, enabling the village of Pewau-
kee to fill in the shore of Pewaukee
lake for the creation of a park; by Mr..
Slight, relating to the issuing of sub
poenas by notari IS public in cases
when they are named as refugees; by
Mr.. Rack, relating to special terms
of county courts in Grant, Columbia,
Washington, Waukesha, Pepin, Dodge,
Green Lake and Jefferson; by Mr..
Hagarty, to detach certain territory
from the town of Aurora Grove, Tay-
lor county, and to create the town of
Roosevelt; and by Mr.. Eckern, pro-
viding for an extra assistant pOstmas-
ter at So a day, cloak room attend
ant at So and an index clerk at 81 for
each house. The bill went to the
committee on claims. Mr.. Dahl
could hardly see the properiety of
paying an index clerk more than the
others but Mr. Ekern said that his du-
ties were more exacting.
Unanimous for Better Railway Control.
The Wisconsin legislature has en-
dorsed unanimously President Roose-
veIt's doctrine in regard to charging
the powers of the interstate railway
commission. Senator McGD'ivray's
mem to congress- on the subject
was adopted by the assembly Thurs
day with no dissenting vote, although
there were nine absentees, just as it
had prevailed in the upper house the
day before.
A Touch IF Hunor.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-23
A Touch of Humor.

Mr.. Beedle raised laugh with
resolution requiring all owners OF
mining stocks to deposit them at once
with the committee on lumber and
mining in order that that committee
might get to work. 1t was of course
rejected.
Both houses meet at 10 this morn
inc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14
M@@6s@
HOUSE
Monday Night Jan 10.

The show that has made millions
laugh. The wonderful all fun show.
Fayssaux. the hypno fist, Americas
fun maker, will present hypnotism up-
to-date. This Saturday night at 8
o'clock. Come and see F~ayssaux's
subject hypnotized for As hours in Nox.
ubee County Hardware %oompany's show
window, where he will remain under
the spell until Monday night, where he
will be carried to the court house and
aroused at $3.50 p. m,
Fayssaux will introduce n of the
greatest tests in mental telepathy Mon
day afternoon at 3 O'Clock. Don't fail
to see the wonderful test.
Fayssaux hppears here highly econ.
mended by the press and public. Sc
cure your seats early for the Monday
night show.
Prices 25. 35 and 30 cents. Tickets
at }. f. Jones' drug store.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14
Miss Sarah Evans.

Miss Evans was i'll with pneu-
monia for some time at the resi-
dence of Mr.. s. NJ. Thomas, Whose
wife was Miss Evans n%eice) where
she received every attention from
the physicians and relatives. Mrs
j. P. Hunter, who lives neal Mr..
Thomas, was also her neice. As
she was "A years old. she did not
have the strength to hold out against
the attack, and succumbed to it on
Monday, Jan. 9th, The body wa,
taken to Summervllle and the inter
ment was in the Evans burria'
ground, She was a sister of Mr.,
Henry W. Evans and of the late
J. r. Evans.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14

When you have a Cough do not try to
suppress 1t but remove the cause. Tho
cough is only a symptom of some disease
and the disease is what you should cure,
then the disease will stop Of itself. Tho
most common cause of coughing is a
cold. Anodynes will promptly suppress
the cough and preparations containing
ch~loroform. opium. etc. are used for
that purpose, but they do not cure the
cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
on the other hand does not suppress the
Cough but relieves it by removing from
the throat and lungs the which
DISTRACTED the breathing and allaying
the irritation and tickling in the throat.
It also opens the secretions and effectu-
ally and permanently cures the cold as
we'll as the cough. For sale by Edw. M.
Murphey, Macon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14
lHashuqua Items.

Mr.. A. M. Tvnes and Ernest Hub
bard of %Shuqnalak were mp two or three
days last week. Mr.. Tynes was here
In the interest Of his HashuQua lands
that he purchased with the cotton mill
some time back, He succeeded in sell
ing of two plats as follows: j. C. Rog
ers OF Fearn Springs bought 50 acres,
more or less, with the old Hashuqua
store house in which JIG. Rogers &
Bro. are putting a stock of goods, He
also sold Mr.. Gus Hollis 50 acres.
We are having bad weather now and
some Of our neighbo-s have lost valuable
mich COWS. which, we think. died Of
bloody murrain.
Mr.. Bob Mathis had a bale Of cotton
stolen from J. D Eaves' gin lot during
holidays. He has no trace Of it as yet.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14

Mr.. and Mrs, Jas. A. Weatherby
will live at Newton, Miss. A new res
idence Is being built for them there.
Mr.. ]. A. Short bought the business
IF Parsons & O'Neil at Columbus.
Miss Willie Allen visited Miss Sallie
Foote in Columbus.
BoRN-Jan. 9th. a fine son to Mr.. and
Mrs, E. B. Bell,
Miss Pearl Clark of Summervllle was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Clark
during the holidays.
Mr.. Greaves and Mr.. Sibley, of
Clarksville Texas, are visiting their
relatives in the county. Mrs. Martin,
W. M. Cavett, ]. P. Swami, L. L.
Cole and others. They are large farm
ers in North Texas.
Every month this year The Nox-
ubee County Hardware Co., viii
give a present to the first white mar
riage occurring during the current
month.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14
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SAFE

Columbus, Miss, Jan. 1.-THE
store of J. s. Nance at Crawford was
entered Saturday night and the safe
blown open. The burglars drilled q
hole through the top of the safe and
plrcing dynamite in the opening blew
the safe literally to pieces. Mr.. Nance
generally keeps a goodly sum of money
on hand, but on the day Of the robbery
had cashed n large check for q customer
and the safe, when bio wn open contained
only about So. The robbers took the
cash. but did not modest any of the
checks or merchandise. The method
employed by the thieves In breaking
open the safe leads to the belief that they
we're expert cracksmen, and it is sup.
posed that there we're three OF them, as
one man purchased three tickets for the
%southbound train which passes Crawford
about midnight, soon after the time the
robbery was supposed to have beenicom
committed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14
Barn Burning.

Walter aud Luke Minor were very
Industrious last year and made a good
crop, Last Sunday night they had the
misfortune to lose it all in a few min
utes. While Walter and a negro were
feeding the stock they heard a cracking
noise and running out discovered fire
at the other end of the barn. They
made efforts to e%xtingnish the FIRE, but
the bales bursted and they found it i'm.
possible to save the hay. The stock
was saved, There was no insurance.
The origin of the fire is a mystery.
1t might have been spontaneous com
bustlon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14
We have added to our large stock
GROCERIES,.

We'll, we are at home in Groceries
and have no competition can fill your
order from ten cents to ten thousand
dollars worth, so send us .yonr or
ders, as we can save you money and
lots of goods and the freight from
the markets.
Our stock of Lumber, Shingles
Nails, Cement, and Lime is all COM
plete and cheap.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14

The big hunt last Thursday was
not very successful on account of
the inclemency of the weather, The
company was a large one, and from
the number Of men, horses and dogs
a big showing of mollie cotton tails
should have been made. Another
hunt has been planned, and set for
a far day , and then we may look
for the determination of the species
in this vicinity.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Alexis Harvey gave y
dainty tea on Saturday evening in com.
pliment to Miss Belle Barnes of Macon.
The table was exquisite in its appoint
ments Of silver, china and crystal with
slender vases of pink carnations and
delicate fern. White cards tied in tiny
pink bows and bearing the fortunes Of
each guest, marked the places. The
elegant menu was served in seven
courses. Afterwards several Of the
guests formed a theatre party and wit
messed a delightful play at the opera
house. Those who enjoyed the hospi-
tality Of Mrs. Harvey were Misses
Barnes. Nola McAllum. Messrs. COL
lier, Pierce, Barnett. Hervy LLOYD and
Ed Ball Williams. Meridian Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14
a a Strayed

From ]. F. Ames place 5 miles forth
of Macon. one black sway-back mare,
long tail and name, lame in right front
knee. sore on wethers made by saddle
Was seen last one mile from Fairpolt.
Any information sent Mr.. j. f. Ames
will be thankfully received.
WILLIAM BARBER
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14

Mr.. ], P. Brown, an old and esteem
ed citizen of Clarke county. bought the
Conner plantation, just west of Macon.
and has taken possession. With his ex
tensive knowledge of farming. we be-
lieve he will be successful 10 the man.
agement of the place.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-14

Capt, and Mrs, Davis, Of Colum-
bus. entertained a very large party
during the holidays, the Whist Club
and their friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
W. F. Patty. of Macon were in the
contest for the hOnOrs at whist,