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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-13
REPRESENTATIVE LURTON SAYS
MONEY WAS OFFERED HIM.
COMERFORD GETS EXCITED
Member Who Made the Charges Calls
investigation Committee Will Ask
Legislature for an Extension Of
Time.

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 8.-After two
sessions covering the entire day and
evening and after hearing more than
a dozen witnesses the special COM
mittee appointed by the house to in
vestigate the charges of bribery and
corruption in the Illinois legislature
made by Representative Comerford
of Chicago received corroborative tes-
timony on the part of Representative
William S. Lurton OF Jacksonville
that an attempt was made to bride
him to vote a certain way in the dom
ocratic caucus to nominate a minority
leader. This with the corroborative
testimony from T. J. Comerford,
brother of the one who made the
charges, that certain members of the
legislature had made charges of cor
ruption against other members to
representative Comerford was the
sum total of the testimony rejecting
on the actions of the present general
assembly.
Denies Charge of Offering Money.
Representative Lurtons statement
that Richard Kinsella of Springfield
had attempted to bride him was fatty
denied by Mr.. Kinsella. The latter
admitted that he asked Mr.. Lurton to
vote a certain way burt denied having
offered any money for doing SO.
Comerford Gets Excited.
The proceedings of the committee
were constantly interrupted by wrang-
ling, pickering and arguing on the
part of Mr.. Comerford and members
of the committee. Frequently A. c.
Comerford was ordered into his seat
by Chairman Beebe, and one time he
became so excited that he called Rep
resentative Mitchell liar while the
later was on the stand.
AS the committee decided to limit
the investigation to the faith general
assembly the testimony of the major
ity of the witnesses in that direction
was finished much sooner than had
been expected and it was thought
probable that the nights session
would see the end of the investigation
and a report to the house today.
To Ask Extension of Time.
The investigation committee adj
journed until this afternoon when it
will ask the legislature for an extern
sion OF time until Thursday. What
ever the report of the committee may
be, Mr.. Comerford said last night
that he would bring mis- charges to
the attention of the Sangamon county
grand jury. This refers only to the
charge of the attempted bribery of
Representative Lurton, who testified
that he was offered 5000 for his vote
in the democratic caucus prior to the
organization of the legislature, giving
the name of Richard lKinsella as the
man who offered him the money.
These charges were not corroborated,
and Mr.. Kinsella on the witness stand,
vigorously denied that he had made
any such offer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-13

Oshkosh, Feb. 8.-Frederick Nachti-
gal, SO years old, and for twelve years
an inmate at the Winnebago county
insane asylum, was instantly killed by
Wisconsin Central freight train at
Winnebago. He was engaged in the
work of shoveling snow from side
walk near the track and did not hear
the train approach. The body was
sent TO Marinette, where the deceased
had relatives.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-13

been indicted by the grand jury on
the charge of murder. Laird and Kyle
with two other boys broke a switch
lock and derailed a Chicago & Eastern
Illinois freight train last August, kill
ing Brakeman Frame and injuring
other members of the train crew.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-13
THREE WIVES IN NEW YORK.
Hoch Extradition Delayed by Cover
nor Higgins Absence.

New York, Feb S.-When Johann
Hoch was arraigned in court yester-
day in the expectation that he would
be turned over to the officers from Chi
cago it was found that the extradition
papers had not arrived and he was
remanded to police headquarters.
Detective Foye explained that the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-13
SOCIALISTS MAKE VIOLENT
ATTACKS UPON THE GEAR

Vienna, Feb. SIN the Reicharth
yesterday the socialist members made
violent attacks on Emperor Nicholas
and Russian absolutism, in connection
with the recent labor troubles in Rus
STA. The members of the other par
ties held aloof from the discussion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-13
BANKER ARRESTED.
Charged With Misappropriating $21,-
900 Funds.

Minneapolis, Feb 8.--Thomas H.
Clement of the First National bank at
Fairbault was arrested Sunday ON
warrant issued by A. M. Dickey, Unit
ed States district attorney, on the
charge Of misappropriating $751; 900 of
the banks funds. Bail was fixed at
$4,000. The bank failed January g
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-13
BIG FIRES IN IOWA.
Heavy Losses Sustained in Cedar
Rapids and Manning.

Rapids and Manning.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Feb. 8.-The
Bosen-Ryan elevator and mailing plant
was destroyed by fire early this morn
ing. The loss is 100000.
Manning, Iowa, Feb. Sire in the
business district of Manning yesterday
afternoon caused a loss of $4,000.
For a time the fire threatened to de-
stroy the business section of the town.
The fire departments from Carroll ana
Manila assisted in controlling the
flames.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-13

Why does not some pretty actress
get her press agent to have her held
up? It would be fine bit Of adver-
Using.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-13
LADS CHARGED WITH MURDER.
threw Open Switch Causing Death
and Many Injuries.

Danville, ILL.,, Feb. S.-John Kyle
and Porter Laird, Is and Is years old
Of Hoopeston, Ill, have
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-13
DOES
BIG DAMAGE
IN THE SOUTH

Louisville, Feb. 8.-Not ia many
years has the south been subjected to
such severe stress OF weather as
has prevailed over the territory from
Texas almost to the Atlantic coast
and from the Ohio river many miles
toward the gulf Of Mexico. The dam
age from rain, snow and sleet was
widespread. From the peach district
of North Georgia, Alabama and Ten
nessee come reports of heavy money
losses by reason Of damage to fruits,
and from Texas is heard much OF in
terruption to business and nearly
every city in the south reported dam
age to telephone, street car and cleo
trio lighting service, while in vast
stretches Of the country between-cities
the gas companies have lost heavily
on account Of the damage to poles
and wires to say nothing OF the loss OF
revenues by reason Of the impaired
facilities. A conservative estimate
from Chattanooga places the property
loss from the unprecedented freeze in
that section Of the fruit belt at $780,
900.
Worst Blizzard in Ten Years.
Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 8.-Reports
from points in western Texas indicate
that the present blizzard is the worst
in ten years. Stockmen estimate that
the losses will aggregate hundreds OF
thousands of dollars and that range
cattle will not recover in six months
from the damage done them so far.
There is NO sign Of the blizzard abat-
ing.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-03-04
DEATH OF MRS. STANFORD.

The circumstances surrounding the
death of Mrs. Stanford, widow of the
late Senator are both mysterious and
pitiful. 1t was too bad the dear old
woman died from the effects of poi
son and every one is wondering who
could be vile enough to wish to cause
her death. 1t appears there was an
attempt to poison her once before,
but the quantity of strychnine admin
istered was too much for the system
and she recovered. In this case the
drug appears to have been mixed
with bi-carbonate of soda, bottled be-
fore she left San Francisco for Homo
lulu, where she died. She oponed the
bottle herself, according to the testi-
mony of her female companions.
Mrs. Stanford was a philanthropist
and had done much for the school
bearing her late husbands name. Re-
Gently she became converted to the
idea of spiritualism and intended to
endow a chair of psychic research at
the university very soon.
Her death will be lamented by thou
sands who knew her and among the
many students of Stanford university
her passing will cause a great deal of
grief.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-03-04

The bill regulating the practice of
physicians did not suit the Scientists
who wanted Provided" added that
would give their cult the right to treat
each other and every one else desiring
christian Science treatment. The leg.
1slature acted as if it would buck
against the amendment suggested.
Whereupon the Scientists held a meet
ing, the same being convened Wednes-
day evening last, and decide to give
the committee and the members of the
house absent treatment" That is to
concentrate all psychic power, Chris
tan Science, or whatever it is on the
members until they bowed to the in
evitable.
Since then power has concentrated
in chunks. But it rolled off the house
members like water from a ducks
back. The bill will not exempt the
Scientists from their treatment.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-03-04
A DASTARDLY IMPUTATION.

The attempt of the Tribune to make
1t appear to the public that the pres
ent county clerk, j. U. Eldredge, Jr.,
is responsible for the skin bounty
frauds practiced under County Clerk
James is dastardly in lie extreme. The
frauds were perpetrated between Oct.
l and Dec. 81, 1904, when the ex-coun-
" clerk was in personal charge of the
Office himself. The ex-clerk knows
Just how much or how little he is to
blame for the stealings and it is a
most dishonorable thing for either the
eX'clerk or his organ, the Tribune, to
Try to shift the blame upon those who
nave not and could not have had any
responsibility in the matter. 1t is a
matter of public knowledge that Mr..
Eldredge absolutely and completely
severed his connection with the former
county clerks office on Sept. "a, 1904,
ana mad absolutely nothing to do with
~ IN any shape or form until January
Z Lhu OF this year, when he entered on
MS duties as county clerk It was after
ne lett the office as deputy clerk and
gelore he returned as county clerk
'naO the frauds were committed.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-03-04
PATENT ON A HAT PIN.

Frank e. Heffernan of Bingham
canyon has been granted patent on
novel hat pin which he has invented
1t is really two pins in one, so ar
ranged as to be self-locking, but in no
wise injuring the hat or the hair, Mr..
Heffernan has had some good offers
looking to the manufacture and sale
of his invention, but has not decided
what he will do. He has several other
applications for patents now pending.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-03-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

III, introduced in the legisla-
in For the legalizing of the consoll-
tuie on ~ If the various companies now
uuoamnosing the Utah Light &c haliway
oOn,pany should not, according TO our
,Soae mass in it's present form. InaC
Iuo ovowed purpose of a corporation
tho lid he changed by bare majority
sno Of the stockholders, instead OF as
WOW by two-thirds, is not right.
p p,'o Hill is one calculated to encour-
ace and promote monopolies. 1t is
s as strange thing that the Utah
i"aislature should lend itself to
a .CH of that kind, especially at this
time when the rest of the country mas
Sacome very tired of the irksome and
calling chains of trusts and monopo-
Zoe and from President Roosevelt
down a determined effort is being
made to break those chains.
y ~
The election bill changing the time
g nunicipal elections to correspond
W. With tbe county and legislative cleo
lions will probably either not become
law at or at least will not In It's pres
ont form. 1t has passed the house, but
II is not likely it will get through the
senate without being materially
amended, and it may be killed out
right. which perhaps wouldn't be bad
man. Better kill it than have 1t
passed in it's present form. Any meas
ure that would perpetuate the present
municipal administration of Salt Lake
an hour beyond it's natural life should
he killed with all the expedition pos
sibe If this administration has two
years more it will be good-by to the
million dollars to be received from
the bona sale. The Light & Railway
company will probably get from it an
extension of its franchise for fifty
years and graft of all kinds will -four
sh as it has been doing. The Repub-
ican county and city committees, the
chairman of the Republican state COM
mttee met on Wednesday evening and
discussed this bill. 1t was decided
that it would be an unmitigated evil
to give Salt Lakes city administra-
ton lease of power for an additional
year, and to recommend that the bill
be amended, in so far as it relates to
Salt Lake, so that the present city Of
ficials shall retire at the end of this
year and that their successors shall
be elected in November next for a
term of three years.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-03-04
"ABSENT TREATMENTu

Lamentable as it may appear, it is
n lS, .5 fact that the members
VI me Utah house of representatives,
VI at least those of them" who make
W. W. 'Le committee on public health, are
n.y. susceptible to the absent treat
lists, W VII ''''"n ''ien'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-07
JAPANESE FLOWERS.

A florist. who is also nurseryman,
called attention the other day to the
number of plants which the Japanese
have taught us to cultivate.
"Of course" he said 'every one knows
that Japan is wonderful country for
gardening skill. We get new ideas from
there all the timc-more than you would
surpose. There's 'udo,' the apanese win
ter salad, for instance. II has been known
in this country for soma time as an orna-
mental plant, but nobody thought Of eat
ing it. The young. tender shoots. hlanch-
cd like celery, are the edible part. They
are crisp, and have a flavor slightly re-
semblns pine. Then there is 'wasabi.
the japanese horseradsh, which is better
than ours. 1t is pale green and has a
brisk, snappy favor. These two plants
are rather new; there are lots of other
better known which came originally from
Japan. Among the flowers the most
beautiful varieties of the chrysanthemum
and wistaria, many OF the morniLg
glories and the wonderful giant flower
ing Japanese iris. in innumerable shades
of color. are all. together with many
others, to be credited to the Mikado's
land. Beautiful ferns come from there,
and as for trees and shrubs, the list Is
very long. Tho Japanese silver fir, the
umbrella pine. the yew. the nutmeg.
ccdars. magrolias, taponicas. syringas
the Japan rose and the sago palm are
only n few that I happen to think Of at
the moment. Oh. II we had to cut out
all the plants Of japanese origin from
our stock II would show tremendous
loss. ! can tell you.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-07
FIFTY YEARS OF AGRICULTURAL
PROGRESS IN AMERICA.

The farm garders. '"markct gafdcns,
and "truck gardens Of to. da! are the
producers of a multitude of "misccllane-
Gus vegetables" almost unknown 90 years
ago In tho census Of 1890 the large in
crease in garden products was recognized.
and a systematic count of their bulk
and value was made. 1t is possible, there
fore to make a ten-yoar comparison OF
the increase of from 1Ho per cert to 400
ncr cent. in the five several divisions Of
the country Tho North Atlantic States
had a wcll-dcveloncd industry in gar
den products" before 1890, which ac-
counts for its relatively low increase.
However, 40 per cent. in ten years, while
the incubation increased only a trif,e over
20 per cent. is amazing
Could our great sranddaddies who
thought tomatoes poisonous. and our
Observation-Disclosures, who grew them as
ornamental plants in wiudow-Lcts. Under
the attractive name Of ''love apples,
come back and realize that over thirty
million bushels Of the pretty poisonous
vcrctatlcs are eaten as IL common and
hcalthful food. they would surely realize
shat time works wonderful changes. An
otter interesting statement is that the
lettuce crop Of the South has so increased
that in the spring Of this year North
Carolina sent 81 carloads of that veset-
able North in a single day.
Thirty-tive years ago celery was Il
raiity oven in hotel tables, and was
used BY few families, even of wealth. To-
day it is comrlon edible. occupying
thousands Of acres in Michigan, Ohio and
Now York. One firm has celery farms in
Michigan. Florida, and California, and
because of the variety of seasons 1t is
engaged in shipping celery by the car
load the whole year round. Twenty-Five
million punches OF radishes and twelve
million punches Of asparagus are the
figures for the crops Of these vegetables.
-. w. Hewes. in i1arper's Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-07
IDENTIFYING CRIMINALS BY FIN.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-07

4 New Invention, the TelephotOEfaph
Makes Fnces Visible by Wire.

How we'll you're looking this morn
ing!" says the facetious man in telephone
greeting to his friend n hundred nllca
away. Mr.. J. u. Fowler NJ Portland, Ore.
gon has taken the nub out Of this Joke by
inventing an apparatus by which images
displayed before lens at one end OF IL
telephone wire are projected upon a screen
Mt tho other end. Mr.. Fowler invites his
visitors to talk with his daughter. They
place the telephone transmitter to the ear
apply the eye to an aperture in the telc-
phone box, and see the young woman in
miniature speaking 5000 feet away. Mr..
Fowler IL preparing now to show train
in motion in his invention. He has no
doubt of It's commercial practicability
and declares that within n few years 1t
will be in operation throughout tho coun-
try For some II may be boon. For
others 1t will be curse. Who has not
telephoned when he wanted to avoid n
face-to-facc interview? What will frisky
husbands detained at the Office" say to
a machine that shows TO suspicious wives
the chips that pass In the night? Mr..
Fowler may not be n public benefactor
after ail.--"with the Procession" Every
body's Magazine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-07
A CABIN REVERE.

Oh. de wind he came a-singin'.
Sngin' sof' an low;
Singn' bout de sweetness
What de daisies used to grow
Singn' bout de sunshine,
Singin' bout de rain,
Singin' bout do winter day
Dat gwinctcr come again.
Singin' bout dc roses.
Singin' bout de frost;
Singin' bout dc happy home
An bout de ship OATS lost.
Honey. shet de cabin do
An rest on daddy's knee.
An femme tell you what dat WIND
Is singin' bout to me.
--Wnshington Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-07

of old age is the outcome Of Metchnikon's
discovery. some years ago, Of the func-
ton of the Phagocytes (white corpsclcs
Of the blood whose activity in attacking
and dcvouring the hostile microbes that
enter the system is the measure OF our
immunity from disease. In observing
these microscopic "wntch-dogs Of tho
blood" the astonishing discovery was
made that certain diseases, notably the
"atrophies," not only were not combated
by the phagocytes, but were actually
caused by them. II was seen that certain
physical conditions cause "A pcrversion of
the activities Of the macrophages "a va
rictv Of phagosytc) which then turn their
attacks upon the body itself and dcvour
its cells as voraciously as under normal
conditions they destroy foreign microbes.
From this discovery it was but step
to recognize the analogy between these
phenomena and the state called 'old age
which is nothing more than compound
atrophy
So far. the most positive results obtain
cd hay. been reached along lines of pre-
vention rather than of cure. One Of tho
causes Of the pcrnicious activities of the
macrophag-s is the microbe of putrefac-
llrE Ill Ine ulRtStlNG tuDt, anu WIS, ~
WAS discovered, may be rendered in
nocuous by the mcrobe of the Torment
which causes milk to sour. A search in
Europe discovered the hoalthicst microbe
of ths variety inhabiting the kefr milk
of the Bulgarian mountaincers, who are
the longest lived people of the continent:
With this corrohoration Of their theory.
Professor Mctchnikoff and his cO-workers
imported quantities of the ketir milk. and
established cultures in their laboratories.
They are experimenting upon themselves
by drinking generously every day of milk
fermented by this mcrobe. and arc able
TO chronicle encouraging results. Whether
! or not a continuance of the diet will bring
the professor to The hundred and forty
yeurs' which Button set down as the
natural span of mans life, time only can
tell How to hold the insurgent macro-
phagts to their normal function is the I'M
solved problem for the scientists. but
other roads have been opened which ap-
preach the subject from different direc'
ltions ana with great success. The ingen-
lors experiments Of the laboratory work
ers make an absorbing story and one that
has fer the lay mind continual astonish-
mcnt.