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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
JURORS MAY READ NEWSPAPER.
Instead of Disqualifying, Makes Better
Juryman of Him

While interrogating the men called for
jury service in an arson case in the cir
cult court at Macon. Mo-. one of the
talesmen said all he knew about the case
was what he lead in the newspapers
Judge Shelton told him that instead of
that disqualifying him it would really
make him better juryman. ''Time was
when attorneys for defendants and the
court, too, looked with suspicion upon
the man who said he read the newspa-
pers," the court said. Experience has
taught that the men who do not read
are more inclined to err in judgment
than those who do. Correct discrlmina-
ton and the ability to do justice are born
through experience and best understood
by those who read. The man who has
neither time nor inclina ton to peruse the
papers and books is almost certain to get
his head set in direction suggested by
his impulse alone. The reading man is
more likely to be conservative and fair.
He considers the views expressed by 9TH
ers and tries to reconcile them to his
own. When men are selected for jury
service because of their reading and gem
eral intelligence there will be fewer hung
Jurles and greater measure of justice"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
MILWAUKEEAN A VICTIM.
Frank Van valkenburgh Alleged to Have
Been Hazed by Minor Meriwether
at Annapolis.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 15.-Frank
Van Valkenburgh of Milwaukee is al
legged to be one Of the victims of hazing
stunts performed under supervision and
direction of Minor Meriwether at the
naval academy, who was arrested for a
second time on Saturday.
This time he will be arranged for haz-
ing. The charges against Meriwether
will be tried under the act Of 1874, which
makes conviction of the offense punish
able by dismissal. There are six specifi-
cations under the charge, each one alleg
ing the hazing of plebe.
The trial of the case of Midshipman
John 2. Miller, first class, on the charge
of hazing four fourth classmen, was re-
sumed today. Miller is a leading stu
dent in the class which will graduate
on February u next and is also captain
of one of the companies. The next case
to be tried is that of Minor Meriwether.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
TO BEGIN LONG FAST.
New York Man Walks to Coast to Meet
Dr. Tanner in Contest-Didn't
Eat for Sixty Days

SANTA MONICA, Cal, Jan. 15.-
Van r. Wilcox of New York has arrived
here, and will begin a long fast with
DIR. Tanner, the famous faster, who
went without food for forty days in New
York twenty-five years ago. These men
are fast friends.
Starts After Long Fast.
On April Il Wilcox stood on the city
hall steps in New York and announced
to a crowd of park loungers that he in
tended to walk to the Pacific coast He
said he had just completed a sixty day
fast, and that after the tramp across the
continent he would fast again. The
crowd laughed at him.
His walk of 1857 miles has caused peo-
pie to take him more seriously. He
came into the city wearing white
SLOUGH hat and a crash suit and carrying
a much-worn leather knapsack. He
went direct to the beach, and plunged
through a breaker and swan about for
several minutes.
He was met by DR.. Tanner. The
men discussed fasting, and each assert
ed that he could go longest without food.
onstrate how long it is possible for a
man to go without anything to eat. No
specific government has been drawn up,
but it is understood generally that the
contest will take place here, and that
the famous fasters will be under surveil-
lance by several doctors.
Fasting a Benefit?
''My home is at West Fairyiew, Pa"
said Wilcox. Il am SO years old, and
you can see that fasting has benefited
me. I had just completed sixty day
fast when | left New York, and it gave
me the necessary strength for my long
tramp. [ made fast time, don't you
think?
'Quit eating and you will be healthy.
You can cure any disease if you will only
fast. / gained thirty pounds during my
last fast. Fasting is sure cure for dys-
pepsia."
Il am "a years old and I expect to
live to be 100 at least" said DIR. Tanner.
Il have proved that fasting will cure al
most any disease When I first began
fasting the people doubted me until /
tasted for forty days under the eyes of
several reputable physicians. l hope
many people have been benefited by my
advice to stop eating"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
FRANCE AND CASTRO
MAY YET AGREE.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, HOWEVER,
ARE MAINTAINED ONLY BY
SLENDER THREAD,
San Domingo Rebels Routed and Morales
Predicts Uncle Sam Will Have
to Send Troops.

PARIS, Jan. 15.-The positive state
ment was made at the foreign Office this
morning that diplomatic relations between
France and Venezuela have not yet been
officially broken off. M. Taigny, the
French charge, still remains at Caracas.
A rupture, however, is imminent, though
the order to sever relations with Vene-
zuela has not been dispatched.
CARACAS, Via Trinidad, Jan. 10
President Castro is astonished that
France has broken off relations after his
conciliatory attitude, and his note with
drawing his counter protest. Dispatches
say there are persistent reports at Port
of Spain that the French squadron has
sailed from Guadeloupe for Trinidad. 1t
is said the French ships have been sight
ed passing st. Lucia.
PUERTO PLATA, Jan. 15.-Capt.
gunboat to the United States cruiser
Paducah. Gen. Sanchez has surrendered
at Monte Cristi, with certain restric
tons, to Caceres' forces.
SAN JUAN, ?. r., Jan. 15.-The
troops under Gen. Caceres, temporary
president of Santo Domingo, have de-
feated the insurgents near Guayubin. in
fiicting tremendous loss to the latter.
This will probably put an end to the
revolution.
Former President Carlos f. Morales.
who is in the hospital here with a broken
leg, declared that unless the United
States Senate ratify the pending treaty
with Santo Domingo anarchy will pre-
vail on the island. He declares that the
Caceres government is a minority and
that the United States will finally be
compelled to land troops to restore order.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-The latest in
formation from Caracas regarding the
Critchfeld claim against Venezuela,
which will be pressed by the state de-
partment, is that it will be satisfac-
torily adjusted between the government
Of Venezuela and the United States and
the Venezuelan company which now op-
crates the Critchfield concession, says
The Tribune. The claim grows out of
the shutting down by the government of
the asphalt property.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17

tied that he is unable to see anything
before him, but he can see plainly any
thing at the side Of him. There have
been but few cases of it's kind before
and they have been caused by whiskey
or tobacco. Leach has never used
either, but has been a great coffee
drinker and the specialists have decid-
ed that the case has been caused by
this. Leach stated himself that for
several years he had drank three cups
of coffee for breakfast, two at noon
and one at night. According to the
records Of the specialists Of this coun-
try this is the first case ever caused
by the use of coffee.
The nerve Is ruined beyond aid and
his case Is incurable. The fact that
makes the case a queer one is that the
sight forward has been lost and the
side sight has been retained Accord
ing to the doctors statement the young
man will have to give up coffee or the
rest Of his sight will follow and the
entire nerve be ruined.-Register-G CO.
sette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
DID A WORLD OF GOOD
Or. Williams Pink Pills Cure Heart
Pains Dizzy Spells and
Weakness


Easy to get, hard to get rid of; that is
what most sufferers think of dyspepsia.
They are astonished when their stomach
begins to trouble them seriously.
They had been eating hurriedly and
irregularly for a long time, to be sure,
but they supposed their stomachs quite
used to that.
Some people know that the strength
which the weak stomach needs, and for
the lack Of which the whole body is suf-
fering, can be found surely and quickly
in DIR. Williams Pink Pills. In hun
dreds of instances these pills have sue
ceeded where other remedies failed
"My Indigestion, said Mr. J. R. Mil
Ter, Of Dayton, Va, "came in the first
place from the fact that few years ago
] worked a great deal at night, and ate
at any odd hour whenever the chance
came, and always very hurriedly. One
day found myself victim Of terrible
dyspepsia. 1t kept me miserable all the
time for several years.
:" L always had great deal of distress
after eating, and when got up from my
sleep my stomach would be SO weak that
it would hardly take any food. I had
very UNCOMFORTABLE IeellnSS ABOUT my
heart, and was dizzy and, whenever I
stopped over and then Strengthened up,
my eyes would be badly blurred
g read the statements of several per-
sons who had got rid of obstinate stom-
ach troubles by using DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. | bought some and they
did me world of good. They acted
promptly and did just what was claimed
for them. have no more distress af-
ter meals; the bad feeling has gone from
the region Of my heart; the alarming
dizzy spells have disappeared, and I am
strong again. "
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists and by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady. N, Y,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
RACINE BANKER
EXPOSES SWINDLER.
BAD CHECK GAME HALTED IN NEW
YORK BY MINISTER AND
LAWYER.
Wisconsin Cashier Declares Same Man
Has Been Working in Ohio, Wis
consin and Pennsylvania

NEW YORK, Ian. 15.-Rev. J. W.
Gill, rector Of st. Thomas church. Long
Island city, and chaplain of the Queens
county jail, met a man on the street
about week ago who said his name
was Charles A. Bingham of Racine
Wis, and that he was looking for p
good lawyer to care for the interests of
heirs in this city to a large estate.
The clergyman took the man to for
mer District Attorney Merrill where the
stranger offered to give a $50 retainer
He drew a check for 500 on the Manu-.
facturers' National bank of Racine and
asked for the $50 change.
Merrill refused this, but sent the
check west for collection. In four days
it came back marked No good" with
note from the Racine cashier reading:
This check is a forgery. 1t is the work
of a clever swindler who has defrauded
lawyers in Ohio, Wisconsin and Pennsyl-
vania.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
Pebuked for His Carelessness.

II had peculiar dream last night,
Mary" said a Kansas City railroad man
to his wife yesterday. L dreamed |
was appointed agent for our line in San
Francisco at double the salary I'm now
getting"
How fine" said his wife, with a
smile.
Yes" continued the man, 'and
started for San Francisco to take the
place At a small station in Kansas,
where the train stopped, | saw a dog
fight going on and stepped off the car to
witness it. The train went on with
out me and | woke UP before | could
catch another
The wife's smile changed to a look of
keen disappointment. Henry" she said
with emphasis. you have the instincts
Of q brute. Why didn't you stay on
that train and let that dog fight alone
You'll never get a good job if you act
like at."-Kansas City Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
BALFOUR Is UNSEATED.
Former British Premier Fails to Be Re-
elected to the House of Com
mons in Landslide.

LONDON, Jan. 15--Arthur J. Bal
four. recently prime minister of Eng
land. lost his seat in the House of Com
mons, being defeated by t. G. Horridge
a liberal, who was conceded, even by his
own most ardent supporters, to be a
weak candidate Mr.. Horridge's ma.
jority in the eastern district of Man
chester, the borough which elected him
was 1880.
The downfall of the unionist champion
was the most sensational incident of Sat
urday's polling, in which the gains by
the liberals were most surprising.
Of course Mr.. Balfour will find anoth-
er safe seat before the elections are over,
by one of the unionist candidates retir-
ing in his favor
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Jan. 15.-[Spe
cial. Andrew e. Gilmore, who died at
Green Bay, was the last survivor of
Wisconsin territorial legislatures, and
was known at the "Sage of Mukwona-
States for the reforms he inaugurated
in state institutions of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Gilmore was of Dutch descent
born at New Paltz Landing, Ulster coun-
ty, New York, May s. 1914; had a COM
mon school education. became a mer-
chant, elevator and warehouse man. In
1889 he settled in Mukwonago, and was
postmaster at Mukwonago thirteen
years. In 1916 he was elected to the
constitutional convention from Wauke
sha county, serving on the committee on
revision and adjustment of the articles
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
SMILE FOR UNIONISTS.
Majority Than in I8o8-Banner-
man Unopposed.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-The announce
ment this afternoon of the reelection of
Sir George Doughty, Unionist. for great
Graimsby with a majority of 23OO, an
increase of $50 over that of 1898, proved
a welcome pick-me-up to the Unionists
who were somewhat panicky after Sat
urday's landslide.
A number of unopposed returns were
made this morning the most notable be-
ing Sir H enry Campbell-Bannerman in
Stirling; Timothy I'll. Healy, Irish Ma
tionalist, North Louth, and Joseph Dew
lin, Irish Nationalists, North Kilkenny.
Including today's returns the result of
the elections is as follows: Liberals 40;
Unionists, 16; Irish Nationalist, u;
Laborites, Z.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17

Let it be remembered that the eyes
may be attacked in one case and the
stomach in another while in others 1t
may be kidneys, heart, bowels or gen.
eral nervous prostration. The remedy
Is obvious and should be adopted be-
fore too late.
Quit coffee, if you show incipient
disease.
It is easy if one can have well-boiled
Postum Food Coffee to serve for the
hot morning beverage. The withdraw
al of the old kind of coffee that is do
ing the harm and the supply Of the ele-
ments in the Postum which Nature
uses to rebuild the broken down nerve
cells, insures a quick return to the old
joy of strength and health, and it's
we'll worth while to- be able again TO
'do things" and feel well. There's
reason for
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
SALESMAN Is MISSING.
Edward J. Morgan of Oshkosh Has Not
Been Heard from Since Christ
mas Time

OSHKOSH, Wis, Jan. 15.-[SpeciaI. !
The police of several cities have been
asked to trace the whereabouts of Ed
ward J. Morgan, lumber salesman of
this city, who left shortly before Christ
mas On business trip and since has not
been heard from. He was at Green Ray
about Christmas time
Reports have been published that the
missing man is J. Earl Morgan of the
Morgan company, who married a daugh-
ter of Isaac Stephenson of Marinette.
This is mistake. e. J. Morgan is a dis
tant relative Of J. Earl Morgan.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
POLICE FOUND HER DEAD.
Lone Fond du Lac Woman Failed t
Appear.

FOND DU LAC, Wis, Jan. 10
Especial. Miss L.. A. Sears, aged 65
years, was found dead in bed at her
home at 1873 Everett street about /
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
She had been in poor health for some
time and it is thought that death was
due to heart failure. She resided in O.
double house. AS she did not appear
or move around in her rooms Sunday.
word was sent to the police station.
Chief Nolan investigated, and after
dead. There was no evidence of foul
play.
Justice Blewett called a coroner's iury
consisting of T. A. Nolan, John Lee.
James O'Brien, James O. HalIren. c.
Forsythe and John Immel, who, after
viewing the remains, adjourned until
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
DEATH MESSAGES PASS ON WIRE.
Tenth Victim of West Hotel Fire Breathes
Last as Mother Expires.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan 49,
Death messages flashing past each other
conveyed the sad news of the end of
mother and son almost simultaneously
and added to the tragic results of the
West hotel fire here w. S. Amsden,
superintendent Of the Pillsbury- Wash
burn system of elevators, who was bad
lly injured by inhaling smoke and heat
during the fire, died Saturday, making
the tenth victim of the disaster. With
in few hours of the time Mr. Amsden
received his fatal injuries his mother
Mrs. s. S. Amsden, died in Los Angeles,
Cal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
The Minister'S Text.

Little Willie had gone to church on
certain Sunday morning. The minister
announced that in the evening his text
would be, "An angel came down from
heaven and took live coal from the
altar.
After the service was over Willies
mother asked him what the text was to
be in the evening, and he promptly re-
Piled. An Injun came down from New
Haven and took a live cold by the hal,
ter."-Magazine of Fun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
MAY PROVE FATAL.
Sensational Explanation Given by At
tendants at Racine Asylum for
Inmates Broken Skull.

RACINE, Wis, Jan. 15.-[Special. /
Herman Pfeiffer, aged 26, a former
prominent Inspector of the United States
government, is dying at Racine county
hospital, with crushed skull. He has
been an inmate two years.
1t is alleged that relatives attempted
to kidnap him on Saturday The attempt
failed. Last night he made an effort to
escape from his room by means of a bed
sheet it is alleged Reaching the win
dow sill he fell and struck on his head,
is the story of attendants.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
Mrs. z. w. Wri

irregular. Monthly periods were SO
distressing | dreaded their approach.
This was my condition for four years.
Doan's Kidney Pills helped me right
away when | began with them and
three boxes cured me permanently"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
JAMES F. MARKLE DIES.
Was Well-kncwn Young Resident OF
Waukesha and Had Been Ill
Long Time.

WAUKESHA, Wis, Jan. 15.-[Spe-
cial. flames Frederick Markle, aged 10,
died yesterday at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis w. Markle on
Main street. He had been in poor
health for some time. He spent several
months at Colorado Springs, about a
year ago. He is survived by his par
ents, one sister, Mabel Markle, and one
brother, Frank Markle. The funeral
will be held tomorrow from the home and
will be private, Rev. W. P. Leek of1iciat-
ing. Friends of the family can call at
the residence today and tomorrow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
DIES IN HOME OF 81 YEARS
Baraboo Man Travelled Long Distance in
His Career.

BARABOO, Wis, Jan. 15.-[special.
Julius Woodruff died this morning.
aged SO, in the same room where he
slept for ffty-one years. He owned
farm a few miles from town and in 90
ing back and forth had travelled q dis
lance equal to that of more than three
times round the earth
Fred Neitzel, aged 20, died this morn
ing as the result of being accidentally
shot by his uncle, Richard Neitzel while
hunting rabbits by moonlight. Blood
poison necessitated amputation an hour
before dna th .
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17

of the constitution, and was a conspicu-
Gus member of that body. In 1S42-1S43
he was elected member of the terri
torial House of Representatives and
served for two years, and was a mem
Der of the state assembly in 1850.
After twenty-four years of residence
at Mukwonago, Mr.. Gilmore moved to
Green Bay. He served as postmaster
several terms.
Mr.. Gilmore was member of the
Milwaukee Pioneer club and an honor
airy member of the Milwaukee Old Set
tiers club At the November meeting
of the latter club a paper by him en-
titled An Incident of Territorial Legis-
lation,' was read, which met with such
favor that it ELECTED a vote of thanks
and request that it be given to the
Milwaukee press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
STOCKADE FOR TWENTY YEARS.
Mexican Poisoning Case Did Not Result
in Death Sentence.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Jan. TO-
been advised that he and the two other
defendants, Richardson and Mason, I'm.
der sentence of death in Chihuahua,
Mexico, for poisoning two Americans,
policy holders Of the New York Life,
will not be executed, but will be sent
to convict stockades to serve terms Of
twenty years each.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
MORE MONEY FOR POOR
George Yule of Kenosha Wagon Company
Gives Total of $4,000 to Hos
pita1 There.

KENOSHA, Wis, Jan. 15.-[Special
George Yule president of the Balm
Wagon company, this morning made q
gift of $500 to the Kenosha hospital.
Mr.. Yule's gifts to the hospital now
amount to $4,000. The money is to be
used in providing care for charity pa
TENTS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
AN EVERYDAY STRUGGLE.
Too Many Women Garry the Heavy
Load of Kidney Sickness.

S t r e e t, Haverhill,
Mass, says: I'm
1898 I was suffering
so with sharp pains
in the small of the
back and had such
frequent dizzy spells
that | could scarcely
get about the house.
The urinary pas.
ca CoS yy.arn also ruitQ
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
CLEVELAND CANNOT TRAVEL.
Health of Former President Makes Hin
Forego Visiting Sick Brother.

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 15-Former
President Cleveland has notified the fam
lily of his brother, Rev. w. N. Cleve-
land, that owing to the condition of his
health it viii be impossible for him 70
visit his brothers bedside. Rev. Mr.,
Cleveland is still unconscious from q
stroke of paralysis, and his physicians
saw he cannot recover.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
DEATHS SHADOW
OVER SAGE'S HOME
Daughter of Andrew E. Gilmore Soon
Follows Him to the Grave-An-
other Seriously Ill.

GREEN BAY, Wis, Jan. 15.-[Spe-
cial. deaths shadow is hanging heavi-
~ over the Gilmore home in this city.
Following the death of her father, An
drew e. Gilmore, the Sage of Mukwon-
ago." late Saturday afternoon, Miss Au-
gusta P. Gilmore died at an early hour
this morning
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17

Senate Approves of Measure Giving Vim
tab Reservation -omesteaders More
Time to Establish Rights.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 15.-In
the Senate today bill reported by Mr..
Smoot, giving to homesteaders on the
recently opened Uintah reservation an
extension until May 5, 1906, to establish
residences. was passed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-17
Another Daughter Is Ill.

Another Daughter Is Ill.
Another daughter Of the venerable pio-
neer of Wisconsin, Miss Mary Gilmore,
is seriously i'll with pneumonia at the
family home.
1t was stated early today that because
of the two deaths in her family, she was
in a most precarious condition and it
was problematical whether or not she
could withstand the severe attack of i'll
ness.
Broken Hearted Over Death.
Miss Augusta P Gilmore was 81 years
old and a great favorite with her father.
So great In fact, was her devotion for
him that friends declare that while she
suffered a severe attack of pneumonia,
the end was really due to broken
heart. An attending physician said that
her death would not have occurred had
it not been for the demise of her father.
On Wednesday a double funeral will
be held from the family residence in this
city. Because of the serious illness of
Miss Mary Gilmore, the burial will be
private and relatives only will be adj
mitted to the home. A service will be
read at the graves.
End Comes Peacefully.
the Usage of Mukwonago," was 81 years
old at the time of his death which fol-
lowed brief illness from bronchial trou-
bles. Up to an hour before his death he
was conscious and rational. He died
peacefully. At the bedside were his son
James H, and three daughters, Misses
Phoebe D., Augusta P, and May. The
latter two were i'll at the time, but the
fact was kept secret from their father.