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The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-02-21
REEDS SBURC
Monument Dealer Selected as
Secretary''at State Meeting.

S. A. Collins has been selected as
secretary of the Wisconsin Retail
Granite & Marble Dealers associa-
ton and the summer meeting of
the association will be held at Madi-
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-02-21
THIS OFFER
Is For BaFaboo News Readers,
Only.

Recognizing the demand for good
reading in the home, of general
nature and adapted to the farmer
and his family, we have made a
selection of three standard publica-
tions which we are prepared to fur
nish our readers at the following
price:
Madame. $l.UO
Farm and Home Sentinel, 80
Agricultural Epitomist, .25
$1.75
By special arrangement with
the publishers of these papers, we
are prepared to send all three fo
one year to BARABoo News readers
for only SOC. Under no circum-
stances will they be sent to anyone
whose name does not appear upon
our subscription list. We do this
to get new subscribers for THE
News and to make closer friends of
our old ones.
Madame is magazine for ladies,
gotten up in the general style of
the Ladies Home Journal.
The other two are farmers Jour
mails, full of good articles and sug-
gestions for the agricultu1:s. Sam
Pile copies of all may be seen at this
Office. All three for one year for
SOC.
Address or call,
Baraboo News Pub. Co.
Baraboo, Wis.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-02-21
From Thursdays Daily.)

Doctor and Mrs. Koch have
1ourneYed up the slope and over the
summit where grow and glow the
the golden fruits of after years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
Reuly of the Miners Ready,

New York, Special.-After having
the counter arbitration plan of the
anthracite operators under consider
alton nearly all day, the general
scale committee OF the hard coal
miners completed the draft Of their
reply and will present it to the COM,
mittee Of miNe owners at the joint
session to be held here. The strictest
secrecy surrounds the work of the
committeeman. It is believed the
miners have decided to accept the
operators offer that the anthracite
strike commission take up thc. dis.
.pute, but will ask that The tribunal
be permitted to consider the original:
demands with certain important modi-
jhcations. The concessions said to
have been decided upon are that, IN.
stead Of an agreement being entered
into between the operators and the
United Mine Workers Of America. 1T
be made with the anthracite mine
workers; that the check-oif be limit
ed to the wage workers who agree to
an assessment to defray the expenses
incurred in carrying out the miners
part of the agreement instead of all
mine workers-union and non-union
being compelled to contribute, and
that the duration of the agreement be
left to the commission: If tins pro-
position is accepted it would leave
the commission free to take mp the
>Ymand for an increase i'll wages, an
eight-hour day, uniform pay for all
classes Of employment paid by the
day or ,-,nth, reconstruction OF the
cancellation board and number G!
minor grievance. The operators
want to limit the INQUIRY 10 wages
and method for the Adjustment OF
complaints.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
Shot and Killed His Wife.

Waynesboro, Ga, Special.-Ncws
has reached here of Jesse Timmons
killing his wife near Keyesville, in an
unusually horrible manner. II seems
that they had separated and aftrwards
Timmons met his wifi on the roadway
in company with another woman. He
walked up to his wife in a friendly
manner and when almost within touch
ing distance opened fire with re-
volver. -Four bullets took effect and
she was killed instantly. Her cloth
ing caught fire from the flames of the
gun. Timmons forced his wife's COM
panion to accompany him about
mile, preventing her giving the alarm
until he had made his escape.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
Petitions for Pardon.

Gov. Hayward has received q mum.
Der of petitions for pardon. One was
in the case Of susannah Malachi of
Marion; another from orangeburg in
behalf Of Cleveland Hooker; another
in behalf Of Dock Davis Of Ander-
son, who is up for murder and suf-
fered by not having lawyer until
the day of trial; another for Austin
Sammons, white boy, who in 1896
killed Frank Griffin at Piedmont: an
other in behalf Of Joe Humbert of
Greenville; one for Levi Bluford of
Marion who will be pardoned OIL the
accommodation Of the pardon board !;
and one IN behalf Of Freddie Aiken
of Orangeburg.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
PROMINENT rEoPLE.

Count Witte has weak heart
l3x-Senator David s. ELL says he Is
ccatent to he d lcoker-on in politics.
Senator Depew has declined to be q
candidate for reelection to the Yale
Corporation.
Bishop Benjamin Wistar Norris, Of
the Potestant Episcopal Church for the
Diocese Of Oregon, is dead.
Justice Harlan. of the United States
Supreme Court. has denied that he is
about to retire from the bench.
Count Henri de l.. Nauix, tue ceic-
Lrated French aerohaut. says that the
United States is by nature the best
lallooning country III the world.
One Of the most elaborate receptions
ever held in the National capital is be-
ing arranged IN honor OF Speaker Can
lion, who will be seventy years old ON
May {.
On the authority of his physician,
JG.. Pearce Bailey, it is announced that
Senator Depew will not be able 10 re-
snme Lis seat in the Senate during the
present session.
Coin Harvey, whose name was
familiar in the first Bryan campaign,
Las given up writing books on finance
;;.M is Low running Il summer resort
iii the Ozark Mountains.
Colonel Thomas Johnson. noted as a
Confederate soldier, is dead at his
home i'll Montgomery County, Ky. He
was ninety-three years old. He was
for many years q member OF the State
I. Legislature.
rhe Pope objects to q profile portrait
OF himself. TO IN artist who wished 10
paint linn in that position he said: y
Want to look Straight out from the
canvas. always like to look people
straight il. the face. not sideways.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
DIED From Exposure.

spartanburg, S. c., Specialize
dead body of the negro which was
found in q badly decomposed state, in
the Boiling Springs neighborhood, is
believed to be that of Gal Copeland,
a half witted negro who lived there
and who has been missing for several
weeks. The theory is that the negro
met his death during the recent cold
spell and that death was due to e1-
posure.
Only a few years ago William wal
sdorf Astor landed in England an OBJ
scure multi-millionaire,. muses. the
Kansas City Star. Now His Gracious
Majesty, Edward VII. has eonde-
scended to appoint Mr.. Astor's son
second lieutenant. There IS no
where In the wide world where sturdy
Z American pluck. cannot succeed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
Fire at Lexington, Kentucky.

Lexington, Ky, special.-Three sta
bles at the Lexington race track and
Eve cottages just outside the grounds
were destroyed by fire together with
ten horses belonging TO George w.
Bissell, of Pittsburg, Pa, and James
Barker Of Lexington. The loss is
about $4,000. Six of the horses
burned to death belonged to MIR: Bis
sell and were promising 2-year-olds
Baker lost the two-year oil dBandidc.
q recent winner at New Orleans, and
Bronz Wing, Eurocia and Mayor
David S. Rose.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
C. A. GRIFFIN & co.
NEWSY- PERSONALS.

Justice. Jefferson Tully, of the Mis-
sissippi Supreme Court, has announced
his candidacy for Governor.
The grandchildren Of Joseph Per-
klns, for many years q trustee Of -Adei-
bert College, have given the institution
S150,OO0.
john Simmond OF Henley -on-Thames,
England. WHO has just retired OH pen
sion, has walked 10000 miles per-
forming his duties us postma"
Lincoln Steffens. speaking before
class of Yale students, declared that
New York and Chicago were the least
corrupt cities in the United States.
John Fl. SchnabeI, the American COLI
slllar agent ut Bremerharen. has just
celebrated the fifteenth anniversary
Of his entrance into the consular serr-
ice.
George Croal, ninety-five years old.
IS. Edinburgh's oldest musician, and
enjoys the distinction Of having been
present ut the dinner at which Scott
avowed the authorsh Of his -ovels.
Jesse Jones, of Pulaaki, Tenn., is
nearly 10 years old, having been born
of a Portuguese father sud Il Choctaw
Indian mother in Raleigh. n. c.. June
10, 1896. He has fought IL four wars.
Major q. s. Jersey, director of the
United States Weather Bureau at Mil
waukee, has been ordered 10 report TO
Washington 10 accompany Walter
Wellman's airship expedition 10 the
North Pole.
Professor, c. w. Pritchett, after
thirty years service in the directorship
Of the Morrison Observatory ut Glas-
gov. No., has retired. He is succeeded
By II. r. Morgan. formerly Of the Uni
ted States Nava, Observatory.
Henri Allorge, a young French poet,
has written volume of poetry. called
the "Spirit of Geometry" He sings
the charms. Of the parallelopipedon,
The asymptoIe and the rEomboid, ana
rides he pons as;norum Gil Pegasus
hack
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
Home Building and Loan.

spartanburg, Specialize Home
Building and Loan association has
completed series No. 5, and there will
be paid out here within the next few
davs $4,000 to the stockholders. The
series which has Just been wound up
started about six years ago and has
been one of the most successful ever
undertaken by the company. The fact
that the fifth series is just being
wound up shows that tue institution
has had a long career and it has been
a powerful factor in the building up
Of Spartanburg.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
Burned by Mob of 5000.

Springfield, No.. Special.-A mob
of 5000 men took Horace Duncan
and Jim Copeland, negroes, from the
county Jail. hanged them to the God
dess of Liberty on the court house
and built a fire under them aud roast
ed them TO death. TIC men were
charged With assanltin. Mabel Ed
wards. but il is said they were prob
ably innnrent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
To Overhaul the Sc. Paul.

Newport News, Special.-lt was an
nounced at the shipyard that The COM
has secured contract for rc5oilering
and overhauling the American Line
steamship st. Paul. Tile contract
amounts to 100000. The St. Paul Is
expected at the yard in a few weeks.
as soon as the boilers are built.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
Norfolk & Western May Buy Another
Road.

Delaware, O., Special.-President
johnson aud party of Norfolk u
Western officials passed through Del
aware oil an inspection tour of the
"short line" frum Columbus to San
dusky, owned by the Pennsylvania
Railroad. 1t is reported that the Off
Gals are contemplationg purchasing
the line. President johnson declined
to talk. \
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
Audcrson's Freight Receipts.

Anderson. Special.-During the
month Of February this city received
l,O42 solid cars Of freight, and these
figures do not include freight in less
than carload lots or freight shipped
out of Anderson. The freight for The
month was somewhat less than the
average. This is accounted for by
the fact that the roads entering the
city have had more business offered
them than they could handle aud
have been short of motive power.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
KILLED a Burglar.

New York, special.-Harlan ]. Mil
Ter, ex-cavallyman in the United
States Army, who saw service in the
Philippines, shot and killed burglar
who entered his home. He also fired
a slot at IL second burglar. which
struck the buitor and glanced off,
struck Mrs. Miller in the les. The
latter is nol seriously hurt. Miller
was arrested charged with homicide.
The other burglar was captured.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
Will Establish Breeding Bureau

New York. special.-The stewards
of the Jockey Club. the controlling
body of the Eastern Turf, took an
important step when at meeting of
the full board, it was voted to appro-
pirate $4,000 for the purpose OF es-
tablishing breeding bureau in order
that the quality of horses i'll New
York State may be improved.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18

Killed Woman and Himself.

Minneapolis, Mimi. special.--Her>
man Koenig, oil Minneapolis. is dead,
and Mrs. S. T.. Boothman, supposed to
reside in Ironwood, Mich., is dying as
a result of gunshot wounds inflicted
by Koenig. ]loenig entered Mrs.
Boothman apartments in boarding
house here after she had repulsed ed
vanccs made by Linn. lie shot her
twice in .thc abdomen and then shot
himself through Tie temple, dying
instantly. Kconis was 60 years old.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
vesuvius Again Subsidies.

Naples, BY Cable.-rhe somewhat
threatening condition of Mount Ve-
suvius Saturday night having subsid-
ed with the election oi. enormous
clouds of sand and ashes, the cle-
ments have begun TO settle slowly:
again envealoping the mountain III
a thick haze and cutting off the view
from Naples, only the outline of the
base being visible.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
Gets 20 Years For Assault.

Newport News, special-silas Rob
inson, an 1S-year-old negro boy, was
given 20 years in the penitentiary IN
the York County Circuit Court, for
criminaly assaulting Faithie Wallace,
an aged negrcss. William Washington
Ribinson, alleged accomplicc, will be
fried These cases have attracted an
immense crowd Of negroes from all
parts Of the country.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
To Have Investigation.

spartanburg, special.-At meet
Ing of the county delegation in the
Legislature, held at the Office of Sen
ator Carlisle, it was decided to have
an examination Of the Offices Of Spar
tanburg county and the county cf-
fairs conducted, provided the county
would advance the money necessary,
from outsHof the county funds. This
money will be refunded to the county
later on, on the guarantee OF Sen
ator Carlisle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
New Enterprises.

A commission was issued to the
corporators of the Spartauburg The
atre Company who will organize with
), capitalization of $4,000. The cor
porators are j. r. Harris, J. I. Cal
vert, Arch B. Calvert 9. l.. johnson,
NJ. Greenewald, H. r. Black and }. r.
Stevens.
The Arant Drug Co. of kinystree
was commissioned.
The Ashley Mfg. Co. of Newberiy
was given commission. The corpor-
ators are j. D. Davenport and j. a.
Blackwelder:: to run knitting mill,
Capitalization to be 100000.
The corporators Of the Enterprise
Building and Loan Association OF
Sumter were given commission, cap
itolization to be $25O,000. Perry Mo
ses, Jr.. and !. c. Strauss, corpora
tors.
The Royal Aid Association Of CO.
lumbia was commissioned. This Is
an insurance company by colored
men, among them Jno. F. Lopez. a
successful eolored man in business
here.
A charter was issued to the Dillon
Advertiser Company. capitalization
| $1,000, G. T. O'Fcrrall president.
A commission was issued to the
co1porators of the Greenvillc Ice and
Fuel Company to be capitalized at
! 100000, corporators being W. Il. BE
attic, John B. Marshall and L. O.
Patterson.
Mr.. j. C. Mitchell has sent in lis
resignation as magistrate at Pied
mont.
|
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
Convention Going to Columbia.

=
spartanburg, Special The 10th
annual convention OF the Baptist
Young Peoples Union came TO close.
after the most successful convention.
ever held At the meeting Thursday
morning Columbia was selected as the. thu
next eeting place of the union ard
the time selected was the Tuesday at. i
Ter the first Sunday in April There
Ras On effort mad to have the con:
yention go TO Greenwood and also.
to Darlington, but the convention.
adopted the report Of the committee,
which was in favor of Columbia.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS
Report of Crop Conditions For the
Past Week as Given By. the. De-
partment of Agriculture.

The South Carolina Section of the
Weather and Crop Service of the De-
partment of Agriculture issues the
following Bulletin Of conditions for
the past week:
The weather during the first half
of the week ending at s a. NJ, Mon
day, April 9th, wns generally clear
and cool, with unusually cool rights,
but during the middle Of the week
and at its close the temperatures were
much higher and the nights were
warm.
The average temperature was 81 de-
grees, Which is about 2 degrees above
the normal for the week. The high
est temperatures occurred generally
| on the 5th wliet maximum of S6
degrees was recorded at Summer
vile, Dorchester county. The lowest
temperatures occurred generally on
the 3rd when minimum Of 81 de-
grees was recorded Mt Darlington,
Darlington County, and at Newber-
ry, Newberry County.
Light frosts occurred In exposed
places over the entire State, includ-
| ing the immediate coast districts, ON
the End and 3rd; and thin Ice was
noted in the central and western por-
tions on the morning OF tic End.
There was no precipitation in the
State during the first six days, i!lt
during the night of the Sth a gentle
rain fell in places although the
amounts were generally TOO small to
measure and had no beneficial effect
in softening the ground, which, on
clay soils, has become hard and dry,
due largely to the fresh to brisk,
drying winds that prevailed during
the greater part Of the week, and to
the prevailing low relative humidity.
The deficiency in precipitation vari-
ed between three-fourths and one inch
The sunshine was in excess of the
normal until the last two days when
cloudiness increased gradually with
the sky overcast when the week end
ed, accompanied by a marked rise in
the percentage of relative humidity
of the atmosphere.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
Four Years Each,

Savannah, Ga, Special.-Greene
and Gaynor were sentenced to four
years each i'll the United States pen
itentiary, at Atlanta, and to pay a
fine of $4,000, the amount of the
embezlement. The defendants may
be relieved of the ine w making oath
that they are possessed of no more
than $40.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18

Savannah, Ca, Special.-Benjamin
D. Greene and John +. tiaynor were
found guilty Of conspiracy against the
government, presenting false claims,
and embezzlement, in the Federal
Court for the Southern district of
Georgia,
The defendants were found guilty
with no recommendation, upon each
Of the indictments. The verdict was
returned after the jury had been out
three hours.
For IA weeks The case has been in
progress and there was the stiffness
Of the tomb in the court room as
Judge Speer asked the jury if they
had agreed upon verdict. Foreman
Hope Thomas answered in the affirm
ative and the three indictments were
taken and the findings read by the
clerk. The jury at the request of the
counsel for the defense was then poll
ed and each member stated that the
verdict rendered upon the indictments
were his.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
end OF LONG TRIAL
Greene and Gaynor Convicted
On All Counts
PENALTY MAY BE MI1IGATED

jury in Greene and Gaynot Case Re
turns Verdict Against Defendants
Upon Each Indictment, Judge
speer Deferring Sentence, After
Intimating Intention 20 be Mrciful
Maximum Sentence is II Years
and $5575,OOO, While Minimum is
Only Two Years and $1,000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18

A man who goes to law may not ps
IN the poor suitor class when ha
starts, hut is liable to be before 90
apishes, says the Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
fatal Accident On Board the
Kearsarge
WAS ENGAGED IN PRAgTICING
Concurrence of Days Peculiarly
Dreaded by Sailors and Moreover
Falling in This Instance on Ami
versary of the Missouri's Terrible
Boiler Accident is Marked by Fatal
Explosion by Turret During Target
Practice.

Washington; special.-Two years
ago to day later than the fatal Mis-
souri, disaster; and as every sailor i'm
mediate'y recalled Ju Friday and
the 18th Of the month, SIX men were
done to death i'll the forward turret
of the battlcship Kearsage by one Of
those accidents which acquire addi-
tional terror for sailors because Of
their obscure origin and almost inn
possibility Of prevention.
The Atlantic Fleet; The strongest
fighting fleet America has ever own
ed, had been for weeks engaged in
the most sever drills i'll the waters
of the Catribeaii Sea eliminating in
the quarterly target practice. The
practice was just about concluded
with most satisfactory results and it
was confidently expected at the De-
partment, upon the basis of prelimi-
nary reports received, that all rec
ords would be broken in the matter
of rapidity of fire and efficiency Of
the gunners. But just at the close
of the weeks work at the Depart
ment, came d cablegratn from Rear
Admiral Evans, the commanding
chief Of The Atlaiitiu Fleet, telling of
a dreadful accident on one of his best
ships, the Kearsargc. The news came
from Caimanera. a little cable sta
ton at mouth Of Guantanamo Bay,
indicating that the Kearsarge itself
had arrived at that place. Tile mes
sage read as follows:
Admiral Evans cablegram.
Caimenera, April IA, 1906.
s.sSecretary Navy, Washington:
On April 18th about 5.15 p. M,
shortly after completion target prae-
.tice Of .Kearsags forward turret, while
the powder was going below three
sections OF. a 13.inch Charge Of pow
iderSwere isnited. Charge Of powder
in otheralift Just below and one Sec
ton: ;inside 19-inch remained intact.
Cause mot yet determined. for ac-5
eountability Matter is being gsisves-::
iGigated. Lieutenant Joseph. W. Graz
elnnss, s gun umpire, has been semitic the.
Maryland in sas very critical state:
|fabo1t; Tie 80 fooll loving have
since Lien IL. Hud dghls, tturret!
Officer; efef n NorBerg; g1fnIers mate e;;5
Theodore Naegely, seaman: julius A.!
Kcester,s turret captain, first class.
Ellis II. Athey, seaman. The follow
ing dangerously injured bv accident,
recovery doubtful: w. King, ordi-
nary seaman. Will bury dead at
Guantanamo. Vessel uniniured." {"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18

1t is stated Emperor Nicholas will
not personally attend the opening of
the Russian Parliment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18

A charter was issued to the Dillon
Advertiser Company. capitalization
$1,000, C. r. O'Fcrrall. president.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18

Mr.. J. C. Mitchell has sent in his
resignation as magistrate at Pied
mont.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-07-19
~WONDERLAND'S FEATURES
Duss Band Playing There--Knab-
enShue Coming.

The great Duss band of sew
enty-fve musicians, including a
number of noted soloists, is play
ing at Wonderland, the big
amusement park midway be
tween St. Paul and Minneapolis,
being especially engaged with a
view to pleasing the music lovers
attracted by the sangerfest.
Wonderland has made a great
hit and is drawing crowds that
sometimes number as high as
25,000. The park has a score of
amusement features in buildings
and as many more outdoor at
fractions, such as the scenic
railway, shooting the chutes, air.
ship swing, etc.
In addition there is a program
of free outdoor shows, which in
cludes aerial and acrobatic acts,
bicycle sensations, fireworks, etc.
A feature Of the park is a bril-.
liant electrical illumination, in
which $4,000 incandescent and
arc lights are being used. Sew
eral special features are booked
for Wonderland this summer OF
an especially interesting charac.
ter. The Duss band is one OF
them, and Knabenshue and his
airship is another.