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The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23
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E'rom Wednesdays DRily.S
Free Press

John Dickie, aged SO years lack
ing one day, died late yesterday
afternoon at the home ofhis daugh-
ters, Mrs. Hill, 721 Broadway. Old
age was the cause of his death.
Deceased was born in Scotland and
came to this country in an early
day. He settled in the town of Free
dom where he farmed for many
years, until advanced age caused
him to retire and move to Baraboo.
Three sons and two daughters sur
vive him.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23
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MARRIAGES.
S1F8}@J{S21ESaB g1luu1d
(From Thursdays DaiIy.)

Last evening at nine o'clock, at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. W. H. Prentice, Miss
Jessie Prentice was united in marri-
age to Mr.. Fred E. Morey. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Stado Munneke of the Presbyter-
ian church, in the presence of about
twenty relatives. The bride wore a
pretty costume of white and the
home was decorated with asters
and golden glow. An excellent spread
was served after congratulations
had been extended. The bride and
groom went at once to Devils Lake
where they will occupy the Young
cottage on the Messenger shore for
two weeks. Next fall they will make
a trip to the East.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morey are TOO we'll
known to the people ofBaraboo to
need any introduction or words of
praise. The bride grew up here and
is noted for her beauty and her
charming manner. The groomis the
superintendent of the Island wool
en- mills, and as leader OF the Marine
band has kept Baraboo at the front
lnthe musicalline. Few, if any, people
here can number more friends and
all will join with THE News in wish
ing them many years of happy
welded life. They will make their
home at 539 Second avenue.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23
BIRTHS |lH
nnSSa S5s sef Asls&Hzuuu
From Wednesdays Daily.)

From Wednesdays Daily)
Born to Mr.. and Mrs Granville
Hacaett of the town of Fairfield, a
daughter, yesterday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Gust. a
IA pound son, this morning. y
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar FIJI
hauer, a son, last night. " a,5
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

Mrs. Rudolph Braun, aged 60
years, died Wednesday morning,
at her home in Cassell, of acute in
digestion. Mrs. Braun was taken
sick Monday, up to which time she
was perfectly we'll. The funeral
was held TODAY, the interment be-
ing made at Sauk Prairie.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

l - -ANA ID OSOlCSS uulGSS
used in the presence of them all
This is certainly a sure game and
gives but little opportunity for a
boodling spirit.
There are only a few Chinese wo.
men in San Francisco. About one.
malt that come are the wives of the
business men and the remainder
haunt the resorts.
Opium and the Smokers.
A strong effort is being made to
suppress opium smoking. Opium
deus are not numerous and hard to
locate by the visitors even with the
ald OF a guide. The opium lis in the
form OF a paste about the consis-
tencv of warm tar. In this form it
has no smell. A small portion is
placed on the end of a wire which is
held over lamp in which burns
peanut oil. The opium is roasted
until the poisonous fumes are given
OF which have a strong and dis
agreeable odor. It is then rolled
up in the form of a pill and placed
IN little receptacle at the end of a
bamboo rod. The smoker lights
the pill, lays back on his crude bunk
and inhales great mouthfuls of the
smoke until the pill is consumed
and he dreams away into oblivion.
One Chinaman had cat that was
taught the trick and was as much
a slave to the filthy habit as it's
master.
When John Gets Hair Cut.
In a Chinese barber shop the
customer is seated in an ordinary
chair while the barber shaves his
forehead. He next combs out the
queue, washes the face and neck
and cleans out the interior and
lobes of the ears with a handful of
instruments that look like the
probes used by a surgeon. The
barber takes the eyelids and cleans
both inside and outside of the same.
The hair is then carefully braided
and the barber is ready for the
Next"
The drug shops, the theatricals
in which all the players are men,
the ''joss" sanctuary or place of
worship and the curio stores are all
places of rare interest. Sing Fat
is the weaIthiest merchant in San
Francisco and has other stores in
foreign countries.
The Present Problem.
The Chinese population in the
United States is gradually decreas
ing on account of the rigid exclusion
laws. When a Chinaman dies or
returns home his place is not filled
by one of the same race. Few die
ia this country as most of them re-
turn when they become old They
are never buried at sea if they die
on a ship and all of the big boats
carry several caskets to be used in
case of death. When a celestial
shuffles off in America his people
see to it that his final resting place
is beyond the Pacific.
Money is the thing that talks
loudest in America. The exclusion
act has at last created a boycott
against America on the part of the
Chinese and this has seriously af
fected trade which will result, no
doubt, in something being done.
When the rich Cinnamon came to
the fair at St. Louis they seri-
ouslv objected to so many restric-
tions and indirectly this has caused
much of the trouble. What the
government will do is problem to
solve at the next session of Con-
gress. The United States desires
the Chinese trade but the people on
the Pacific coast do not want the
Chihaman. 1t appears to be re-
solving itself into one or the other.
Which? H. E. Cole.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

John Christian Jackie, the only
survivor of the Mexican war in
Columbia county is dead at his home
in Portage from the infmities of
old age. He was a member of Co. B.
Sd. Missouri Mounted Volunteers.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

At the State Baptist Young
PEOPLES. Union convention held at
Lacrosse this week, R. S. Lang OF
North Freedom, was chosen treas
urer.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

Last evening at 1880 o'clock, at
Platteville, Mr.. A. r. Reinking of
this city was welded to Miss Mar
ian Florence Vaughn, a former
teacher of music and art in the
Baraboo public schools.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23
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Z Friday :
G~~H>>Ho>r ~rs~a|~1

~~HNH~~~ ~T>aDI"@
Percy OFT of Madison, is here or
| business.
Mrs. L. E. Metcalf is visiting II
| Winona.
| Mrs. Willard Hathaway is visiting
in Merrimack.
| Earl Young has taken a clerkshir
lat Dave Robinson's.
| Rev. FIR. Durward is spending
a few days in st. Paul.
David Morrison visited his son,
Frank, in Elroy this week.
Henry True of Chicago, is visit
ing his mother, Mrs. Henry True.
Mrs. I. J. Laird is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Harry James. in
Elroy.
Mrs. W. H. Hopkins sails from
New York tomorrow to visit in
Ireland.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Cowan spent
this week at Manitowoc visiting
relatives.
Atty. and Mrs. A. R. Smith re-
turned this morning from a visit
in Chicago.
Mrs. A. LEM and family leave to-
night to make their home in Spo-
kane, Wash.
Artie Ballard returned this after
noon from Chicago where he has
been visiting.
Attorney G. H. Slippel, of Chica-
go, was in the city today on pro-
bate business.
Mrs. George Clarke, who has been
visiting here for two weeks, return
ed to Milwaukee today.
J. M. Hubert of Delton. was
here today H;th load of Chicago
people to 5 ZEE ,Hevips Lake.
Mrs. Blachley of North Freedom,
was visitor here yesterday and re-
turned home this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morse visited their
daughter, Mrs. Dr.. Ritzenthaler, in
North Freedom, this week.
Mrs. Herman Jahnke of Spencer,
South Dakota, is visiting at the
home of her sister, Mrs. J. Link.
Misses Venette and Jennie Veick
are spending several days in the
Ndrrows Prairie and Buckeye settle
ments.
J. E. VonWald directed the
Marine Band at the open air con-
cert, last evening, in the absence
of Director F. E. Morey.
! Miss Blanche Lawson of Chicago,
is visiting at the home of her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. N.
Peck, on the South Side.
Little Florence Bretsch, one
year old, fell from Major Powers
arms, while he was holding her
Wednesday evening, and her left
elbow was fractured.
Paul Peters of Juneau, Wisconsin,
who was in jail here on the charge
of larceny preferred by the Chicago
Picture Frame Co., was released to-
day on 5000 bail. V. Fl. CadY is his
attorney.
Miss Grace Munroe and Miss
Eva Varnell drove to Portage today
and from there Miss Varnell will 0
to Columbus for short stay. Miss
Varnell will teach at Columbus
when the schools open.
Rev. A. G. Berg of Watertown,
presiding elder of the Milwaukee
district German NJ. E. church, will
preach in the German NJ. E. church
here this evening and will stay over
Sunday here and at Westfeld.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Kirchoffer,
Miss Lucy Tompkins of Madison,
NJ and Mrs Waiter Crakar and
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

This notice was observed posted
in the engine dispatcher's office at
the roundhouse in a neighboring
town on one of the railway lines
running out of Albany, New York:
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

Five hundred and twenty came
on the excursion from Chicago to-
day and account of the heavy load
and long distance the train was two
hours late. The train came by the
way of Elgin. All tickets now read
to Baraboo and many took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to come
to the Gem City. Atleast one hun
dred came with baggage and will
remain here for a visit. Some pur-
chased tickets to Reedsburg and
beyond.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

About 100 operators on the Galena
division of the Northwestern held
a meeting at Nelson, ILL.,, Sunday
and voted to ask an increase of ten
per cent in their monthly salaries
says the Harvard Herald. The
matter will be taken up with the
company.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

"Trainmen On passenger
trains must not go through
the coaches with overalls on,
without first taking them off.
T. B. L."
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23
From Fridays Daily.)

The work of laying the new rails
between Madison and Elroy has
been completed and the workmen
have been taken to Chicago where
they will be engaged in similar
work.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23
Cook Chickens Whole.

When a Chinaman cooks a chick
to ne does it completely. The
1e@therS are rem owed but that is all.
'1S oLrd is swung up by the feet
ana cooked over a slow fire being
I'A oasted in peanut oil until it
D@S the appearance of being var
DSned, The meat markets abound
WIN 1sh, meat and fowl, the fish
0e'ng dried in the sun on the roofs
VI Inc houses. The meat markets
4@Ye an odor that is anything but
Inviting.
u San Francisco there are some
,efY fashionable restaurants in the
NN'1eSe quarter. In one Of them ar
''1n1stra was stationed and the
~~SIo which came forth was some
.'1S Nerce but the patrons seem
W 10 e1j]Y it. We were told thai
NPPeTS or rather dinners were
s'.'S1 10 patrons at from $4,000 {
rae II American money down tc
o'eFer one wishes to pay.
me -argest restaurant is owned
Ignt men and on the big safe
me office there are eight pad
DS % each with a different key. A
,'~e agreed upon the eight part
~, W. meet at the safe, each one un
~ sAS nls paddock and their mone7
"'Ss receive attention. At tn,
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

Opp not sCL LONA
r,,ooe might suppose that the
n,nvinp characters when
#4z#nz# s[@istI:t' podisd a pro- pro
&M+@ ties test .xaIasior agasns'
RsS* 7#zAt - hnitea 11Ts et statas th<
NnS |E$ a selection Of
"" Oriental pro
RaM9E>A4 ~ verbs or posi-:
~ bly, patent
#$ 4#AH@ medicine ad-
~, yer ii sc N Mt.
SEB47$F The truth Of
#Aaa1R4SaSgsa ths that "@''dp thess ss
#44E s. f F il fn1naIesFD fo maSe pp go o
~yALLSL 9e++1rHN railway time
'4'' table as it ap-
M&A 79A5#7 peared pc in a
- ~ Chinese paper
gG411F 1T 1T & & published in
San Francisco.
IRR&4#5$AA y While passing
down a street
4p& h RRRR14 b in Chinatown
~, our eyes fell
A ASES + 4I & upon the print
gAA #R Ts yr0p naturaiiV n:xu ally
aH9u#EzAB W." wandered s'mo1% ln51
SAu$@# eyed editors a'[ 5
w. sanctum. The
S#EA&M publisher, Ng
Poon Chew, greeted US very friend
wand when we told him we were
from Baraboo he enquired at once
about Ringlings' circus and asked
when the show would come to town.
Hesaid he had the pleasure once OF
taching Alf. T. Ringling some of
he Chinese language and wondered
fhe had forgotten 1t.
The Chinese papers are printed
in columns the same as our own,
but in reading you turn the paper
50 as to read the characters one
under the other. Each character
represents a word or phrase. There
are a number of American firms
who advertise in the Chinese papers
and VINO employ Chinese CLERKS to
attend to the customers thereby
attracted.
IN case any of our readers desire
TO translate the timetable given
mere they can do so by turning the
paper sidewise and commencing to
read2tthe upper right hand corner.
As the timetable appeared in the
V1nese paper it extended across
Two columns but we have placed it
Oh end as a matter of convenience.
Chinatown is an interesting place
10 visit when in Sau Francisco. The
pig tailed individuals occupy several
DOCKS near the center of the city
@01 their mauners and customs at
Tact many visitors. They cling to
Inc garb of their ancestors and
Wander about entirely obliyious to
Curious eyes.
Cock Chickens Whole.
When Chinaman cooks chick
to ne does it completely, The
Fat6erS are rem owed but that is all.
me bird is swung up by the feet
ana cooked over a slow fire being
I'SN oasted in peanut oil until it
u@S the appearance of being var
DS0ed' The meat markets abound
", win 1sh, meat and fowl, the fish
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23
JOHN
n.ioaman and his Home in
San Francisco.

oDe not versed in the Chinese
rnaoe might suppose that the
-11T -1..Tomnanying characters when
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

Supt. P. G. Eldredge of the
Prairie du Chen division of the Mil
waukee road, is in possession of a
genuine curiosity, as a reminder of
learlY-day railroading in Wisconsin.
While in Lone Rock, several days
ago, Mr.. Huggins, a hotel man
there, presented the superintendent
with a piece Of white oak, which
was once part of the rails used On
the first Richland Center railroad,
before iron rails we're a possibility
in that part of Wisconsin. The oak
rails were used forty years ago on
the line from Lone Rock to Rich
land Center, distance of fifteen
miles. The road was built by Nor
man James, one of the earl y men in
that part of the state. 1t was
a narrow gauge, but was a road for
operation by steam, and regular
locomotives and cars passed over
the tramway road for ten years,
before iron was substituted for the
oak rails. Some of these were
secured by citizens in Lone Rock,
to be used as stringers for wooden
sidewalks. It was while substituting
the modern cement walk for the old
wooden one that the old oak rails
of the first railroad were brought
to light.
Fireman E. e. Kingsley is Mer-
rimack visitor.
Fireman M. Williams is in Wauke-
sha.
Timekeeper F. P. Herfort will
leave next Monday to spend a week
at HetIand, South Dakota, visiting
relatives.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

One day this week a workman
at the shops found dead mourning
dove On the front of an engine. The
bird had evidently been on the
track and was swept to its death as
the locomotive sped along. During
the fall of the year when wheat is
being taken to market and when a
few grains from the cars fall by the
wayside, many birds feed upon the
track and in so doing lose their
lives. Sometimes almost an entire
flock of quails will perish and fowls
belonging to the farmers along the
right of way are rushed to death
by the locomotives. An exfreman
tells of once hitting a white owl and
al another time canary bird came
through the front cab window,
struck at the rear of the cab and
fell dead. At another time as the
engine approached flock of turkeys
he crept to the front of the engine
and as the birds were lifted into
the air he seized one of them which
made a foe dinner. Pigs are often
struck and their last grunt is one of
doom.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

Timekeeper F. P. Herfort vii
leave next Monday to spend a weel
at HetIaud, South Dakota, visiting
relatives.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

Three officials in Kendall will
either have to forego their railway
transportation or give up the Offices
they hold. They are Gus. Radloff,
president of the health board; 0.
W. Schranke, trustee, and Ed.
Sheeran Jr. president of the village.
All three are railroad men. Violation
of the anti-rass law is punisha BILE
by a fine of not exceeding 1000
nor less than 5000, or by imprison-
ment in the state prison not more
than five years nor less than one
year.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

Three boxes of parts were stoler
from a carload of engines in the
Baraboo yards last night.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

Passenger train sol was thirty
minutes late today. The delay was
partly caused by the excursion
train which was just ahead of SOL.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

f. P. Nash returned today from
visit at Kendalls.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

Asst. Supt. Hammil and wife are
moving here today from Clinton
Iowa.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23

George Briscoe, Chas. Heiden
and L. Romelfanger are depopuIat-
ing the Wisconsin river at Merri-
mack.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-08-23
Railway
Notes
(From Thursdays Daily.]

Fireman E. Kingsley is at Wone-
voc.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-10-21
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
At rule held in the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court Of Berkeley County, the
and day of October. 1905.
w. H. Thomas, administrator of Aaron
Bell, decd,
James w. z. Bell, Sarah Harris. Nettie
Lucas and any unknown heirs of Aaron
Bell, decd,
The object CT the above suit is to set
tie the accounts of w. H. Thomas as ad
ministrator. of said decedent. and to con-
vene the creditors against the estate of
Aaron Bell and ascertain the amounts
and priorities of their claims and to SUBJ
ject the estate of the said decedent to the
payment thereof and it appearing on aft
davit filed in this suit, that the said de-
PENDANTS the heirs of Aaron Bell, deceas-
ed. are unknown. they are hereby re-
quired to appear at the said Clerks office
within one month from the 9TH day of
October, 1905. (the date of the first pub
ication hereof.) and do what is necessary
to protect their interests in this matter.
L. Dew. Gerhardt, Clerk.
Wilbur H. Thomas, Attorney for Plain
tiff, HIo-7-4w.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-10-21
J. III. Hyde Returns From Exile.

NEW YORK, Oct. II. - James FL.
Hyde has returned to New York city
prepared to testify fully before the
Insurance investigating committee
whenever he may be called upon to dc
so. There Is now a perfect under
standing between Mr.. Hughes, coun-
sci to the committee, and Samuel I'm
termyer, Mr.. Hyde's counsel. w. III.
Mcintyre will also return at an early
date. ForP cry. rebating and the issu-
ing of insurance upon the lives of men
who are in poor physical condition form
the basis of charges made here by
Charles ID. Seymour of Albany against
many of the big insurance companies,
notably the Equitable.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-10-21
SHONTS' PARTY BACK
Canal Constructors Will Re-
port to Washington.
HEALTH SITUATION ENCOURAGING.
Three Questions Agitate Commits
sioners, the Time, Cost and Prac-
tfcabiIity of Trans-Ameri-
can waterway.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-Theodore Z.
Shouts, Rear Admiral NJ. ID. Endicott,
Brigadier General o. H. Ernst, Major
Benjamin NJ Harrod, General George
w. Davis, chairman Of the consulting
engineers; William Barclay Parsons,
w. H. Burr, Henry J.. Abbott and Eu-
gene Tincanzer, Panama canal com
missioners, have arrived here from Co
lon.
Mr. Shonts said that the health sltua-
ton on the isthmus is more encourag-
ing than any one had dared to hope.
There were sixty-two cases of yellow
fever in June, forty-two In July, TWEEN
ty-seven in August. six in September
and none 50 far in October. In Ancon
hospital there were but 239 cases of
various sorts of disease where the ay-
erage at this time of the year is usu-
ally 800.
The party brought heavy cargo of
brand new ideas about Panama and
the place where the canal will go
through The ideas were slowed in the
heads of the twelve members of the
board of consulting engineers, who had
spent eight busy and inquisitive days
in Panama under the shelterlng wing
of four members of the isthmian canal
commission. None of the party, even
William Barclay Parsons, would state
very explicitly what they thought or
had discovered. Mr.. Parsons said that
the engineers had collected a great
mass of data, which they intended te
get off their minds in the form of maps,
projections and calculations at a meet
ing of the board In Washington tomor-
row. The results of their meeting will
be turned over to the canal commits
sion, which will meet on Friday in
Washington.
Mr.. Parsons said: "Three questions
occupied all our time, and in their So
luton we bent all our energies. They
were the practicability of the canal, it's
lowest cost and the length of time
which it would take to complete it.
These will be the points at issue at the
meeting tomorrow In Washington. No,
we have not yet decided on the ques-
ton of sea level or locks"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-10-21
Hancock Feared Mob Violence

WASHINGTON, Oct Is. - Fearing
for his own safety, Winfield S. Han
cock, General Winfield Scott Han
cocks nephew, who was arrested Sat
urday night on the charge of murder
ing Emma Smallwood, the victim of an
alleged criminal operation at Hyatts-
vile, Md, was taken from the police
station in this city and lodged in the
Jail at Marlboro, Nd, Hancock de-
heard a commotion just outside the
window of his cell in the Hyattsville
jail, that he believed himself in danger
of being attacked and should be re-
moved from the place.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-10-21
Roosevelt Aids santo Domingo.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-President
Roosevelt has taken another step to
preserve peace in s;anto Domingo and
lists of the island from getting warlke
supplies" as pointed out in an ex
planatory statement issued at the state
department, together with a procama-
ton in which the president prohibits
the expectation of arms, ammunition
or munitions Of war from any port of
the United States or Porto Rico to any
port in Santo Domingo. The state
ment accompanying the proclamation
says it was made with the concurrence
of the Dominican government.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-10-21
CABINET OFFICERS ABSOLUTE.
May Now SummRriIy Dismiss IDem-
cient Civil Service Employees.

WASHINGTON, Oct 1S.--An amend
ment to the civil service rules, sweep
ing and comprehensive in its character.
was authorized by President Roose-
welt.
Hereafter a cabinet officer will have
the power to remove summarily and
without hearing any civil service en-
ployee In his department who, to the
personal knowledge of the head of the
department, has been guilty of mis-
conduct or who is inefficient in the per-
Torrance of his duties.
By the terms of the amendment the
cabinet officer must have personal
knowledge of the misconduct or ineffi-
cheney of the employee whom he pro-
poses to discharge. With this personal
knowledge the power of the head of
the department is absolute