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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
WILL BUILD NEW INTERURBAN.
Last Preparatory Steps Taken for
MiIwaukee-FOnd du Lac Line.

WHAWHUAtt-FO HU Uu Ldc LIne.
The Wisconsin Rapid Transit Com
pany has filed with the Secretary of
State a deed of trust for 100000 as
the final preparatory step to beginning
work on its proposed electric line from
Milwaukee to Fond du Lac. The Mil
waukee terminus will be on Atkinson
avenue, forming a connection at the city
limits with the Third street car line
1t is doubtful if a franchise emitting
the new company to enter the city will
be asked. Philadelphia capitalists, it is
said, are interested.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
Indian Marriage Ceremony.

The Cherokee Indian form of mar
riage is simple and expressive. The
bride and bridegroom merely clas)
hands over running water, emblemat,c
that their future lives should flow on
in the same channel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
Hines Buys Output,

The Carney Lumber Company of
Marinette has sold the output Of its
mill at Owen Sound, Ontario, for the
year 1906 to the Hines Lumber Com
pany. Chicago. They will cut 2O,00O,-
900 feet of pine, and the consideration
is 100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
More Money for Poor.

George Yule, president of the Balm
Wagon Company, has made a 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 patients.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
LAUNCH BIG MINE COMBINE.
Wisconsin Capitalists to Subscribe
for Development in Lafayette.

Probably the largest mining company
ever organized in southern Wisconsin
was launched at a meeting of local and
outside capitalists in GAINESVILLE, with a
capital stock of 100000, of which $780,
600 has already been subscribed. The
company has purchased 1000 acres of
farm and mining lands in Lafayette
county, which is supposed to be rich in
zinc and lead.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
BRINGS LEBERMAN,s BODY.
ShebOygan Man Identifies Remains
at WiIIiamspOrt, Pa.

at WiIIiamspOrt, Pa.
William C. Calhoun arrived In She
boygan from Williamsport, Pa, the 9TH
er day with the remains of Alfred Lee
herman, who died there about four
years ago. He succeeded in identifying
the body. Leberman's family did not
know of his death until this summer.
when a friend in Milwaukee casually
remarked that she had read the account
of his death. Search was Immediately
commenced and nearly a thousand let
tiers were sent to every city and village
in that State. They finally succeeded in
locating him at WilliamspOrt. where he
had died about four years before.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
Tame by C0mDarison.

$50 that hair-raising detective story
Of yours didn't go?"
No; the insurance scandals and the
book came out at the same time The
fiction was too tame. detroit Free
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
Two switchmen Are Killed.

Switchmen John Il. Dwyer and John
S. Conrey were killed in a collision be-
tween two engines in the Northwestern
yards in Baraboo. The men were stand
ing on the rear footbOard. Steam from
the water tower INSTRUCTED the view of
the engine and caused the collision.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
TELEGRAPH TELLS OF DANGER.

IOmah People Save Tunnel City by
Sending Word Wire.
While every resident slept unconscious
of the danger, fire threatened to wipe
out Tunnel City. At Tomah, five miles
away, passengers awaiting a train, no.
ticed the illumination and the first word
of the fire was sent to the burning town
by telegraph. Several small buildings
were burned, the loss being $4,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
KenOsha Bank Doubles stock.

At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the First National bank in
Kenosha. the capital stock was raised
from $4,000 to 100000. The entire
issue was taken by the present stock
holders.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
vENEER1NG PLANT IS BURNED.

Fire Destroys Factory at NIanitOwOc
and Costs Fireman's Life.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Wis
consin Veneering Company in Manito-
voc. Nothing but the walls of the
building remain. The buildings contain
ed much furniture ready for shipment.
The loss is estimated at 100000, fully
covered by insurance. John Hall, a
member of the city fire department, died
from injuries received when the building
collapsed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

they were and how eager they were
to help her in their dear, laundering
way. Even big Sam did not consider
1t beneath his dignity to wash dishes
and clean windows, while little Jack S
willing feet had saved her tired ones
many a step. And the boys were
growing up so fast that it would not
be long before they would be out in
the world meeting disappointments
and hardships from which her love
would have no power to shield them.
How would it be with her then if
she must look back and feel that she
had refused to make sacrifice of her
own foolish pride to their pleasure
and profit while they were still with
her in the old home?
1t was a very pale and subdued girl
who rose from her bed bathed her
eyes and, walking sedately down the
stairs, knocked at the door at her
fathers Office. 1t must be confessed
that, far from being uplifted by the
contemplated sacrifice, poor Polly was
feeling distinctly cross; but when, in
response to her fathers summons,
she entered the great, bare room, she
began to feel better for, shabby as
were its furnishings, the room was
pervaded by the CHEEKY personality
of born healer of men.
When Polly had told her father
the whole story, he turned to his
ledger, saying tenderly:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
THANKS CUTICURA
FOR COMPLETE CURE

"Some time ago I wrote you for a
book on the Cuticura Remedies and
received it 0. K. and went and bought
the Soap, Ointment, and Pills. They did
me more good than any medicine / ever
used. They cured me of my skin disease,
and / am very thankful to you. My
trouble was eruption of the skin, which
broke out in spots all over my body,
and caused a continual itching which
nearly drove me wild at times. got
medicine of doctor, but it did not cure
me, and when / saw in paper your
ad., sent to you for the Cuticura book
and 1 studied my case in it. | then
went to the. store and bought one
cake of Cuticura Soap, one box of Gu
ticura Ointment, and one vial of Cuti-
eura Pills. From the first application
/ received relief. l used the first set
and two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap,
and was completely cured. had
suffered for two years, and l again
thank Cuticura for my cure. If you
wish, you may publish this. Your
friend forever, Claude n. Johnson, Maple
Grove Farm, r. F. d. 2, Walnut, Kan,
June Is, 1905"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
GRAPHIC STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS
Newspaper Womans Thrilling Experiences in San Francscos
Fearful Dfsaster-Heien Dare Describes Frighttu
and Pathetic Scenes

Helen Dare, who escaped on April 10
from the earthquake stricken city OF
San Francisco TO Oakland and thence
to Stockton, telegraphed to the Los
Angeles Examiner the following thrill
ing account of her own personal eX-
perience in the Golden Gate city'S fear
full disaster:
Like thousands of others, l was
awakened out of peaceful sleep into a
paralysis of fear by the violent and
continued rocking of bed, of floor, of
walls, of furniture, by the sounds of
crashing chimneys, falling ornaments
and pictures, breaking glass and the
startled screams of women and chill
dren
AS If with sudden impact l felt
my bed struck from the north and then
heave violently l jumped out, putting
my hands out to steady myself, but the
opposite walls seemed to move away
from me.
Floor Rocked Like Boat In Gale.
The floor rocked like a boat on a
choppy sea. the violence of the motion
increWed and seemed ever and again
to take fresh start. 1t seemed as if it
would never end, and yet it lasted but
two minutes. My young son came
running from his room, and, clasped
In each others arms, we stood in the
doorway of my room waiting. waiting.
With relaxing CULVER, like the pass
ing of sigh. the heaving earth and bill
lowing floor sunk into repose.
We dressed, and through the disar-
ranged furniture, over the broken
glass and fragments of ornaments we
made our way out. The streets We're
full of persons in every stage of I'M
dress and excitement. one young moth
er in her night dress clasping her eight
months-old baby in her arms and try
ing to warm it by wrapping her thin
lawn garment around ii.
A few blocks from Mayor Schmitz's
home and a block from Mrs. Eleanor
Martins, the house where 1 have been
stopping is the western addition,
where, owing to the hill< of rock for
nation, the damage was least.
The swarming persons climbed the
hills. their first fear being that Il tidal
wave would follow, and all eyes We're
on the bay, shining in the morning
light, but not even the sea wall of the
land that the Fair estate is reciaiming
from the ocean was hidden by water.
The great gas tank near the waters
edge was in flames. and many believed
the disturbance had come from the eX-
plosion OF that.
I set out at once to see what damage
had been done. finding it more appall-
ing with every block L walked. My
way led along Pacific and Van Ness
avenues, through the district of splen-
did homes Of wealth and fashion. and
not one of the long lines of imposing
houses but had suffered severely.
The home of John d. Spreckels at
Pacific avenue and La Guiana street Is
ono of the finest and proudest in the
city, and on 1t the parapet had cracked
and crumbled and fallen like so much
spun sugar out Of a wedding cake.
Blocks of cement had fallen from the
entrance ceiling, and at one of the up
per windows a wan, white face peered
from the rich~lace curtains at Rudolph
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
ITCH! ITCH! ITCH!

ScRATcHi SCRATCH SCRATCH This
is the condition of thousands of skin-tor-
tured men, women, and children, who
may be instantly relieved and speedily
cured by warm baths with Cutlcura Soap
and gentle applications Of Cuticura ONT,
ment. the great Skin Cure, and mild
doses of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, when
physicians and all else fail.
so,a throughout the world Cuticura Soap, 2sc Ont-
,ent Soc Resoyent, soc lin form OF Chocolate Coated
Pile 2sc DER vial on co., may be had OF all druggiss
Jingle SCI often Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole
S Nailed Free, IAN About the stin Scalp HAIR"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
Rheumatism Makes Life Miserable.

A happy home is the most Valuable
possession that is within the reach of
mankind, but you cannot enjoy its
comforts If you are suffering from
rheumatism. You throw aside business
cares when you enter your home and
you can be relieved from these rheu-
matte pains also by applying Chamber
for short time will bring about a per-
lain's Pain Balm One application will
give you relief and its continued use
manent cure. For sale by all leading
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
Looks Back on Doomed City.

The Fairmount's marble walls CLEAN
orange through the flames. The Call
building rises like sentinel, and far
beyond you can make out through the
murkiness black splOtches upon the
green, the people hurrying to the San
Bruno hills. On the Pine street hill ]
can see a row, of, old ramshackle, cot
tages that have slipped from their foun-
dations into the street, apparently in
tact. On Telegraph hill, on the high
est place, the sky line is marked with
a garb of appended fringe of the people
who have sought refuge up there at the
top of the streets.
There are no trains moving other
than the Oakland local when we get to
Oakland, for there are no wires to send
train dispatches on. At last q train
moves out to Stockton, taking it's
chance, and few venture on it. 1t is
10 o'clock, and we have nothing to eat
and drink, but we give no thought to
that. 1 plan to make my way to San
Jose and telegraph from there, but by
IL o'clock we know that San Jose is
wiped out
A few wan, red eyed refugees from
San Jose are coming to San Francis
co, and we meet them at Niles. "San
Jose is fat on the ground" San Jose
is gomez These are the messages they
bring. All brick buildings are down
there.
A man who was in the ST. James ho-
tel there tells me how the side fell out
of the room he was sleeping in and
the brick chimney fell in upon his
bed, and yet he escaped.
The security Of the rails was sus-
pected, and the train travelled eau
tiously. From East Oakland nothing
was known of incoming trains or the
condition Of the road. Collisions were
imminent, and every curve was
breathlessly rounded. Each bridge and
trestle was a new danger, and when
the train crept into the Altamont tun-
mel 1t seemed as il no one brea thed in
any Of the dark cars, and n sigh swept
through when the daylight cleaned at
the other end. Coming from Oakland
to Stockton the effects of the earth
quake were apparent as far as La
fhrope, lessening as we drew away
from the mole. Our train only crept
along at times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24

Obituary Record. - John Gustav
Peterson, one of the oldest citizens OF
the city, passed away at the home Of
his son, John Peterson, 1911 Thirteenth
avenue, Death was due to infirmities
of old age. Coming to Moline in 1912
he secured employment at the Keator
saw mill. where he worked for some
time He next worked at the Moline
Pillow company until IA years ago. when
he retired from active life. Shortly
afterwards his wife died and since THAI
time he had made his home with his
SON. He was born in Sweden Dec. 30,
1922 Three children in this city SUI
vive. They are. Peter L., John A, and
of the death of his nephew George l..
Mrs. Charles Hillington.
George w. Vinton has received word
of the death of his nephew, George l..
Jewett, who passed away at his native
home in Vermont on Friday last. De-
ceased was a former resident of Mo-
line. where he was engaged in the
restaurant business with Clarence Ma
son rs years ago. Since he ceased to
make Moline his permanent home. Mr..
Jewett had usually visited here every
year, and bad many acquaintance in
Moline who will grieve to learn of his
demise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
MOLINE MENTION.

Lost Branch House.-The local of
fee of Deere & Co. has received a
message from San Francisco to the Ell
feet that the branch house located i'll
the devastated city is totally ruined.
Deere e Co.'S loss being estimated
from $4,000 to 100000. However, il
was given out at the head office III
Moline that the company will resume
business Immediately at the Sacramen
to branch house and implements ana
stock will be rushed as quickly as pos
sible to California so that farmers will
not be handicapped in securing the
Deere goods if they wish them. Deere
e. Co.'S branch house was located in Il
large building directly across the stree.
from the Southern Pacific freight de
pot.
Announce They Are Married.
Charles Miller and Miss Lillian He:-
man of this city have sprung surprise
on their friends. They announce that
they were married on Tuesday. April
II. at Hammond, Ind, by the Metho
dist minister of that place. Miss Hell
man went to Chicago, her old home,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24

several weeks ago TO visit relatives and
on Easter Sunday Mr.. Miller went up
to visit there They had intended to
be married on May 16. but decided to
marry at once and keep it a secret
until that time. However, the secret
leaked out and they have owned up to
their friends. Miss Holman is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hell
man of Prospect park, and MI Miller
is widely known in this city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
WILD WITH
ITCHING HUM0R

Eruption Broke Out in Spots All
Over Body-Caused a Continual
itching for Two Years Doctors
Medicine Did no Good-Cured at
Expense of only SLIPS and Now
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24

Tax Books Turned In.-The Moline
tax collectors books have been turned
over to the county treasurer. Out or
total amount charged of 5000 ,23S "a,
there was collected $176,650.12, leaving
delinquent $50, 6SS.12. The proportion
of the collection to the total charged
in Moline is over so per cent. The
commission of Collector Gus Anderson
is the maximum allowed by law, name
ly $1,000 The remainder of the usual
percentage goes into the township
treasury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24

Draw Trade to East End.-Mer-
chants of the east end of the city are
planning to give their patrons ana
friends free shows during the summec
nights. Negotiations are under way
for a moving picture machine and once
week a picture show will be given at
the corner of Twenty-third street ana
Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24
Mighty Roar of Flames.

hear the roar and cracking Of fire
unrestrained, and with every blow
feel the heat on my cheeks and the Gin
ders and ashes sitting down upon me.
When come to Powell street see the
st. Francis hotel still standing and the
cinders and brands pouring upon its
roof. Remember this is only Z o'clock.
In Union square the grass is covered,
every inch of it, with frightened, hud-
died people who have sought the open.
From Powell street down the shop
windows are broken and the window
displays lie exposed in the drug stores
with broken bottles trickling their con-
tents over everything, in the dry goods
and millinery shops offering loot to ev-
cry grasping hand. Kearney street and
Montgomery street are highways of
confusion.
The poor south Of Market street, thus
suddenly thrown out, are in exodus
toward Telegraph hill, dragging and
trundling such household goods as
they have managed to save. Here are
boys and thin, nat chested woman
trundling a sewing machine along. A
drawer Of it falls out, and they halt to
gather up the precious scattered spools
Poor little seamstress, this is her all
now.
Here is wagon fitted with bedding
and cooking utensils, crying woman
and a baby on the seat, birdcage
dangling at the tail and two men TAX
ing the part of horses. Then crazy
nighthawk hack, white faced wo-
man dragged from her sickbed in it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-24

fainting in the arms Of another wo'
man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-24

retaining the ablest attorneys. by in
fluencing the press, by flattering and
favoring politicians. they have for
many years managed to prevent an
outburst of popular Indignation. Il - 1t
is not an eXtravagant statement that the
power exerted by them has in many
instances proved greater than that of
the state to which they owe their cor
porate existence" Larrabee knew it
then. Cummins knew 1t as a member
of the conference committee on the
general railway law enacted by a Lar
rabee legislature. LATE Young. as a
member of that committee, knew 1t
Berryhill knew 1t then. as member
of that committee, and the stepfather
of the short-haul clause. Cummins and
Larrabee live up to their knowledge to-
day as they did then. Neither LARA
bee nor Cummins charged any legisla-
tor with bribery. They charged the
activity of the railroad lobby as a
factor in legislation. Perhaps Larrabee
had his Gilliland.
Open up the crypt. Light is foe to
corruption. Investigate the operations Of
a gang that now, as in Larrabee's
time, exert IAN influence greater than
the state to which they owe their cor
porate existence"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-24
our SCANDINAVIAN CUSTOMERS.

How much of the rapid growth in
our trade with the Scandinavian coun-
tries, as reported by the bureau Of
commerce and labor in a recently is
sued bulletin, is due to the large per-
centage of their people who have be-
come part of the population of the
United States can not be statistically
stated, but it is at least an interesting
fact that the Scandinavian population
of the United States bears a larger
ratio to the present population of their
countries of nativity than is true Of
any other class of our foreign-born
population. The census of 1900 shows
in the United States 1,062,100 persons
born in Sweden, Denmark and Norway,
total equal to 10.7 per cent of the
present population Of those countries;
while the highest ratio which any other
nationality in the United States bears
to the present population of its home
country is that Of the United Kingdom,
with AS per cent, Italy LIS per cent
and Austria Hungary 1.3 per cent.
Trade of the United States with the
Scandinavian countries, under which
term are included Sweden, Denmark,
and Norway, amounts to 80 million
dollars year, of which millions is
imports from 26 millions exports to
those countries. These are the figures
for the fiscal year 1905. Figures just
prepared by the department Of Com
merce and labor thru its bureau of
statistics show that in 1895 the total
trade with these three countries
amounted to IL million dollars, of
which a little less than 8 millions was
imports and little more than mill
ions exports. Thus the trade of the
United States with these countries has
increased practically 200 per cent in the
last decade, while our foreign trade
has increased but about 20 per cent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-24
TERMS:
WELDON AND nARTsHORN.

The es-Republican is in receipt
of a letter from a prominent farmer
in Hardin county in which is enclosed
the replies he has received from Sem
ator Harshorn and Representative
Weldon regarding their position on the
statewide primary bill. Mr.. Weldon
says that he has advocated primary
law .if a suitable bill can be drawn
for that purpose" and Senator Harts-
horn writes that he finds certain OBJ
jections in the bill now under consid-
Grafton which cannot consistently
support and which in my judgment will
prove fatal to the measure unless elm
mated"
These were very fair statements for
legislators to make but the Hardin
county farmer was not satisfied. He
says 1T seems anything is good enough
for an excuse for them to oppose the
passage of statewide primary bill'
and he believes that the farmers
should become more and more de-
termined to know who their friends
are"
It is true any man could find fault
with almost any bill ever drawn and
the original Crossley primary election
bill was not perfect but this bill must
60 thru two committees, appear for
amendment on the floor of both houses
and perhaps go back to a joint COM
mittee for more changes, before 1t be-
comes a law, and the chances are
that many of those insurmountable OBJ
jections will be eliminated. What the
people of Hardin county and of Sena-
tor Hartshorn's district should make
clear to their two representatives In
the two houses of the legislature is
that they want the best primary cleo
ton law that can be had; that they
want somebody who will work for a
law of that kind rather than sit back
and vote against it If it don't happen
to suit them in every detail. Mr..
Weldon will probably do this. Per-
haps Senator Hartslorn will. 1t would
be well, however, for the farmers to
write to Des Moines and say for them
selves whether they want to vote d.
rect for the nomination of candidates
and for the expression of preference in
the selection of United States senator's.
Write some letters. boys.