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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Railway Taxation In Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis, July 29-The state
tax commission, acting as state board
Of assessment, has announced the pre-
liminary assessment of the railroad
property in the state for the current
year. There is an increase of over
SIS, 100000 in the total valuation, and
about II cents per $1,000 in the aver
age rate of taxation. The total valua-
ton Of railroad property in Wisconsin,
as fixed by the commission, is $685.
$4,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
National Dairy Exposition.

Chicago. July 31.-The first national
dairy exposition in the United States
will be held in Chicago next Febru-
airy. The National Buttermakers' as
ISOLATION, with membership of 1900
dairymen, creamery operators, and
cheesemakers, has completed arrange
ments for holding the show in connec-
ton with the convention of the asSo-
citation, which will be held in this city
for two weeks during that month
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
wisconsin Man Killed in Mexico.

Oshkosh, Wis, July 2S.-A telegram
has been received here announcing
that Charles Sheets, formerly Of Osh-
kosh, is dead at Mazatlan, Mex, as the
result of an electric shock. He held a
responsible position with an electrical
company in Mexico. Sheets was for
years superintendent of the Oshkosh
electric lcmfwyp vbypetaoinvbgkqjno
Electric Light and Power company
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
New Railway IN Wisconsin.

Berlin, Wis, July ga crew Of
surveyors is at work laying out a
route for proposed steam railroad
between Berlin and Princeton. The
line will be spur OF a more import
ant spur that is to connect Princeton
and Necedah. A Chicago promoter is
at the head of the project, but it is
believed the Chicago and Northwest
ern road is the real mover III the en-
terDriSe
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

Madison, Wis, July 28.-E. L. Ross,
proprietor of the Hotel Sherlock of
this city and for several years prorrie-
tor of the Warren house at Baraboo,
died at Omaha, Neb., after a short i'll
ness. He was 46 years old. He went
west ten days ago on a pleasure trip,
and became i'll at Omaha last Sunday.
His wife was summoned and was with
him when he died.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Five Men Go Down at it's Voice
and Two Are Sent to
Eternity.
TRAGEDY AT A DETENTION CAMP
Attempt to Escape Of Italians Bafled
by the Guards.
New Orleans Health Authorities Con-
tinue Hopeful, and Are Daily
Perfecting Their Cam
q pajgn Against the
Scourge. b..

Meridian, Miss, Aug. DIR. Don
aid, state health officer in charge at
Hattiesburg and points below that
place, reports to the Meridian Star that
i've Italians attempting to escape from
the detention camp near Lumberton,
Miss, were fired upon by the Gordon
Of guards. Two were killed and three
seriously injured. The guards repeat
edly called on the fugitives to halt, but
no attention was paid to their orders.
DR.. Donaldson reports only one case
at Lumberton, the original. The patient
Is getting well.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

In response to invitations twice ex-
tended Secretary Wilson visited the
president at Sycamore Hill. He ar
rived here with Baron RoSen, the Rus
sian ambassador, and was conveyed to
the presidents home. Prior to his con-
ference with the president Secretary
Wilson was not communicative. 1t was
known that he had come to Oyster Bay
to discuss with the president the sit
uation in the department of agriculture
as developed by the investigations now
in progress in the bureaus of statistics
and of plant industry, but he declined
to go into any details until he had
talked with the president.
Will Purge His Department.
In addition to the inquiry which is
being made into the alleged irregulari-
ties which have developed the secre-
tary, on his own account, is making a
rigid investigation of other bureaus Of
the department, his determination be-
ing absolutely to purge it of any faint
of corruption. In his work Secretary
Wilson has the approval of the presi-
dent, whose direction has been to elm
mate every form of CRATER in the de-
partment
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Must Give Up Office or Pass.

Madison, Wis, July 27.-Attorney
General Sturdevant has issued an
opinion holding that under the new
anti-pass law editors who are also pub
lie officials cannot use mileage for adj
vertising; that past contracts are there
by annulled, and that railway en-
ployes who are public officials may
ride free only in discharge Of duties
on railroads.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
offered BigeIow's Old Place.

Lacrosse, Wis, July 29.-George w.
Burton. president of the National
Bank of Lacrosse, has been offered
the presidency Of the First National
Bank of Milwaukee, recently vacated
by Frank G. Bigelow, after defalca-
tons amounting to $1,5OO,0OO. The
salary offered by the company is $685.
600 year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Receiver for the Spring Valley Bank.

Washington, Aug. Judge Harvey
M. Trimble, Of Princeton, ILL.,, has
been appointed receiver of the Spring
Valley National bank, Of Spring Val
ley, ILL.,, and Charles Andrews, of Bra
iii, Ind, has been appointed receiver
Of the Vigo County National bank, Of
Terre Haute, Ind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Bryan to Girdle the Earth.

Madison, Wis, July 31.-After a
banquet given him by the Democrats
of Wisconsin Colonel w. J. Bryan told
a few intimate friends that he would
soon start for trip around the world.
The trip will last from one to two
years. He will join Mrs. Bryan in
Japan, for which country she has
started. 1t is expected he will travel
east
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Introduced the Russian Apple.

Baraboo, Wis, July pa. G. Quit
lie, a pioneer of Wisconsin, former
president of the State Horticultural
society, and through whose efforts the
Russian apple was introduced into this
country, is dead, aged 81 years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
PRIEST LEAVES ROME
Episcopal Church In the Fond
du Lac. Diocese.

du Lao Diocese.
Fond du Lac, Wis.,, July 2S.-Father
Hennis, formerly Roman Catholic
priest, has become a communicate of
the Episcopal church, and will soon be
a licensed clergyman in the Fond du
Lac diocese. 1t is not necessary for
Father Hennis to pass through Sec
ond ordination. He is now serving a
six months term on probation In Pa
ther A. Parker Curtis parish at Ripon,
and when this is completed he will re-
ceive his license from Bishop Grafton.
Father Hennis is graduate Of a
Roman Catholic seminary in Texas,
and was located at Boise, Ida, before
coming to Fond du Lac. He is CON-
paratively young man, of extensive
learning and says he became an Epis-
copalian on purely conscientious
grounds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
To Build Big Pulp Mill.

Marinette, Wis, July 27.-Half a
million dollars will be expended on a
pulp and paper mill near Peshtigo.
Work will be started within a few
days. Electric power from the rapids
will be used to operate the plant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Alleged CRATER Sues His Accuser.

Milwaukee, July q. - Edward f.
Strauss, ex-supervisor of the Ninth
ward, star witness before the grand
jury, has been arrested in an action
for damages commenced by Frank +.
Schultz. ex-assessor of the Twenty
first ward, who demands So, 1000 for al
legged defamation of character.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Great Strike in the Cotton Mills.

London, Aug. /. = The Lancashire
cotton operatives have decided by an
enormous majority to strike on Aug.
10 unless the advance in wages de-
manded by them is conceded. This will
make 10000 men idle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

Milwaukee, Wis, July 2S.-Edward
Powers, 46 years old, fell dead in the
police court after Justice Pollard had
imposed a fine of S. for intoxication.
The words five dollars" had barely
left the judges lips when Powers fell
against the rail dead. Heart trouble
is supposed to have been the cause of
his death. The court had large
docket of prisoners, and when Pow
ers' death occurred a small panic be-
gan Several women tainted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Exoursion Boat on the ROCKS.

Toronto, Aug. 1.-The passenger
steamer Argyle is on the rocks near
Oshawa and probably will go to pieces.
The $50 eXcursionists on board were
taken off without difficulty. The Ar
gyle is valued at $4,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Found in Dying Condition.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, July 28.-Darius
Davy, an insurance man, was found
in the raceway Of Blodgette mill in a
dying condition. One Of his legs was
broken and he had been in the water
eight hours, having fallen through the
piling while on his way home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
vice President Goes to the 500.

Indianapolis, Aug. l. - Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks has left here for Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich, where he will deliv-
er the principal address at the semi
centennial celebration of the founding
of the 500 canal, which takes place to-
morrow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Pluck of a Green Bay Girl.

Green Bay Wis, July 29.-Kittie
Van Savelbergh, the 6-year-old daugh-
ter of Frank Van Savelbergh. lost her
left arm under a street car. The little
girl ran two blocks to her home after
the accident, her mangled arm hang
ing at her side. She refused assistance,
calling only: Il want my mamma"
The child was on her way to buy
candy and fell in front or the car.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
FARM FOR SALE: 200 acres

three miles from Lancaster, 1875
pillow land, IS pasture. Good fences,
Groom house, 32x40 #. basement
barn, 28x50 hay and cattle barn,
good windmill, 800 barrel reservoir,
water piped into house and barn
yard; 18x35 IT. machine shed, good
hog pen and fine orchard. This
farm has never been rented except
one year. For further particulars
call on or address, DIR. J. A. GAULT,
58tf Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
THE WEATHER

Following is the official weather
forecast up to o'clock tonight:
Illinois, Indiana and Lower Michigan
Fair; fresh north winds.
Wisconsin-Fair; fresh north to
northeast winds.
Iowa-Fair; variable winds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Hay Mourning Period Ends.

Washington, Aug. 1.-The legal peri
cd Of thirty days having elapsed since
the death Of Secretary Hay, the mourn
ing stationery upon which all the off,
Gal business Of the state department
has been written, has been withdrawn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
MONEY TO LOAN.

Parties desiring to borrow money
on good real estate security and
flrst-class rates can secure same by
calling on me. Office in the Baxter
block with the law firm of Brown q
Brennan. CHAS. M. KLARMAN,
9Uf ancaSter. Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Lumber Yards DESTROYED.

Lacrosse, Wis, July 27.-The lum-
Der yards at Preston, Mimi, were de-
stroyed by fire with loss OF $50, 1000.
The yards, which were owned by the
Colman Lumber company of Lacrosse
were fully protected by insurance. The
cause Of the fire is unknown.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Trick Wheel Rider Fatally Hur,.

Madisonville, Ky, July 31.-A trick
bicycle rider named Dewey. of Terre
Haute, Ind, we'll known in show cir
cles, was fatally hurt here while doing
turn at the Madisonville street fair.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

FOR SALE: A very desirable.
modern residence, located in the 4th
ward. Water, light and heat all nice
~ arranged. House is new; convenient.
ly located and is bargain if taken ~.
once. Terms reasonable to purchaser.
For further information apply at this
office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

FOR SALE: Scotch Top Shorthorn
bull. Traces to Imp. Lady Elizabeth:
bred by 2. r. Stoffel. He is years
old past and grand sire. Will be
sold reasonable. JOHN d. BEETHAM 104tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

AUCTIONEER: / will cry sales in
any and all parts Of the country and
guarantee satisfaction. For terms.
dates, ETC., address,
CHAS. w. BURROWS,
3Ott Lncaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

WHY smoke trashy, trust made cigar
when LitGle Monarchs of do
nestle make and Havana filed
can be had at all dealers for the same
price.
GIRL WANTED for dining room.
and chambermaid at Northwestern
motel. 29tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
stoessel Relieved of Command.

st. Petersburg, July 81. - General
Stoessel has been relieved of command
Of the Third Siberian army corps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

FOR SALE: A complete threshing
outfit for sale cheap; terms reasonable.
Also registered Poll Angus bull, 2.
years old. For particulars apply to
GEO. WIELAND,
49tf. R. F. D. No. 9, Lancaster, Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

FARMS FOR SALE: I have two
good farms, situated in Grant county.
that | will sell on reasonable terms
5ltf Jos. III. BENNETT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

FOR SALE: A lot of set posts and
drive stakes. WIN. WINNER
OLA Beetown, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
HON. JAMES WILSON AND THE DEPART
MENT OF AGRICULTURE.

ard of excellence never heretofore
achieved. One man he has found, al
though he does not at this time wish
to publish his name. The other three
he hopes to secure in short time Two
Of them will be southern men, and
both will be experts in cotton and to-
bacco statistics. This, in brief, is one
Of the ideas which Secretary Wilson
elucidated to President Roosevelt yes
terday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

TAKEN UP: Stray steer one year
old, red with large white spots. Can be
found in pasture miles north of
Lancaster. Owner please call.
DIR. GAULT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

New Orleans, Aug. by the end Of
the present week the authorities in
charge Of the fever situation believe
that they will be in such thorough
touch with conditions that they will be
able to speak with authority as to their
ability to control and eradicate the dis
ease in advance of the coming of the
frost. Daily the system of inspection
and report is becoming more perfect,
and by that time not only will it be
possible to tell precisely the extent Of
the fever, but period will have ar
rived when no more new cases trace
able to the original infection may be
expected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

SECONDHAND Threshing outfit
Tor sale-consisting of 16-horse engine.
truck wagon with tank, 36x56 sen
arator with Hawkeye feeder and
Glendale Dagger attached and a Nc
Cormick Shredder. This outfit will
be sold cheap and will take stock in.
for part payment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Chioaxu Live stoo


Hogs-Estimated receipts for the
day, $4,000. Sales ranged at $1,000
$40 for pigs, $5.60@6.O5 for light,
$5.1O@5.4O for rough packing, $3.50
600 for mixed, and $5.45@5.9O for
heavy packing and shipping lots, with
the bulk of the trading within the
range Of $5.55@5.S5 for fair to good
averages.
Cattle-EstimateG receipts for the
day, $1,000. Quotations ranged at $5.4O
@5.S5 for fancy corn-fed beeves, $4.45
$3.50 medium to good sheep, $4,000
4.SO fat cows and heifers, S2.1O@4.4O
native bulls and stays, $5.5O@7.OO fair
to choice veal calves, $3.5O@5.OO heavy
calves.
Sheep-Estimate receipts for the
day, 10000. Quotations ranged at 81 80
$500 for choice to fancy fed wethers.
S4.3504.75 fair to choice range weth-
ers, $4.S3@5.1O fair to fancy light year
lings, $4.20@46O good to fancy mutton
ewes, $5.75@7.25 good to prime spring
lambs, S6.25@6.S5 good to prime range
lambs, S4.25@5.60 poor to choice feed
ing lambs.
HAST Buffalo Live stock.
Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Com
mission Merchants, East Buffalo, n. Y,
quote as follows: Cattle-Receipts, 100
cars; market, 10c higher; best export
steers, $5.25Q5.50; shipping, $4750
5.25; best fat cows, $3.75@4.25; best
fat heifers, $4.25@4.75; culls, $2.5O@
3.75. Hogs-Receipts, 80 cars; market,
firm; heavys, $6.15@6.20; mediums,
1925; workers., $500; pigs. S6.30@64O.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 20 cars;
market, higher; best yearlings, S6C0M
6.25; fair to good, $5.OO@5.5O; best
spring lambs, $7.75@S.OO: wethers,
$5.OO@5.25; ewes, $4.25Q4.75. Calves
Market, higher; best, $65O@8.25.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
THE MARK ETS
Chicago Grain.

Following were the quotations on
the Chicago Board of Trade today:
Wheat Open. High. Low. Close.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

SMOKE Mississippi Bubble and
Victor cigars. Cost cents and are,
strictly first-class. Try one. 3Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

ROOMS to rent. Inquire of Mrs. L
A. Gardner or at this office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

WANTED: 200 head of COWS that
will be fresh this fall. Will buy any
breed or color. JOE WRIGHT. 56tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Foci Are Really Less Numerous.

Within the next week it is proba-
BILE that the health authorities will be
able to put their fingers on every man
who has left the danger zone, and If
there is then the same absence of
spread from the outlying infection as
has been shown heretofore the author
tiles believe they will be able gradual
~ to destroy each focus. AS matter
Of fact the foci are not actually as
numerous now as they are represented
to be in the daily reports. In a num-
Der of instances, where the fever was
reported to have appeared some time
ago, the case has either been cured
or died without further infection of the
house or vicinity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
WiSOWa

Have your suits made to order at
Watton's. 40.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

FOR SALE: Our farm mi. south
east OF Cassville. consisting of 44O
acres, $50 acres under high state of
cultivation, balance good pasture and
timber land; we'll fenced and watered.
8-room house furnace heated; good
barns and other outbuildings. For.
further particulars call on or address.
ELwELL Bros,
9Itf Cassville, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Hard to Hold the Italians.

There was no accurate census of the
population Of what is known as the
italian district at the time of the fever
outbreak, and in spite of the most pains
taking efforts it is still impossible to To-
cate all who have escaped from that
zone since the result of the autopsical
since then Italians have been slipping
out Of the district after nightfall, but
the number of escapes is becoming
fewer, and with increased vigilance in
the course of the next day or two the
exodus will have been completely sup
pressed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

Lancaster, Wis.
Farmers Phone R. F. D. No. 8. Stiff
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01

SMOKE Red Trunk Cigar. If
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-01
Teachers Examinations.

County Supt. Nye announces.
teachers examination dates and
places as follows:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-08-04

of the king, and when Sir
Ernest fentertains his majesty is always
one Of the party.
5 On setting out each one Of the guests
finds placed at his or her disposal spe.
cial compartments by train as far as
Naples. From thence the best state
rooms are reserved for them on any
steamer they may select to Port Said
When they have all arrived in Egypt Sill
Ernest will take personal charge oil
them and everything that money can
provide or luxurious taste suggest tc
give them the best time of their lives
will be forthcoming. Several daha-
beahs, the>largest Of which is the
''Hathor," have been chartered to take
them up the Nile, and it shows the thor.
oughness with which Sir Ernest is do.
ing the thing that he had special work
men and skilled upholsterers sent out
from London to refurnish them in mag.
,nifcent style and equip them with
every convenience and luxury that can
minister to. the. comfort and enjoyment
of the voyagers. AS q considerable por-
ton of the party will be Sir Ernest's
guests for three months, it can be
imagined that the little picnic will cost
him a pile of money: But at the most
extravagant estimate"it will be mere
bagatelle compared with what it costs
him to be King Edwards private and
confidential financier. For that it is pre-
dicted he will obtain his reward some
day in the shape: of q peerage. Sir
Ernest has a peculiar affection for
Egypt, which is not due to its archaeo-
logical treasures. It was there he struck
greater riches than most of the mon
archs who became mummies long Gen.
turtles ago ever succeeded in laying
hands on. b $sa-s,E
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-08-04
Tin Tags to Build Church.

: Norfolk, Val. p. tWithrow,. . mer-
chant, Of Hollis and Ellenboro, N. c.,
proposes to undertake to build q church
at Hollis with tobacco tags. He calls
upon every tobacco chewer in America
to aid him in this work, and tells them
that they can contribute their part to
this interdenominational church by
saving their tobacco tags, instead Of
throwing them away, and sending them
to him at Hollis post Office, n. g.
Withrow bought and sold 81 900 worth
Of tobacco tags last year, which fact,
he points out, will give q very clear idea
Of how easy it will be to collect enough
tags to build a church, providing he re.
ceived the cooperation Of chewers of to.
bacco ...zssgs- 5 H..