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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
DENY FRAUD CHARGES
OSHKOSH LUMBERMEN PLACED UN
DER EXAMINATION.
Indicted Men Declare They Know Moth
ing of Deals Mentioned in
True Bills.

OSHKOSH, Wis, May 31.-[Speciai.I
The examination of Leander Choate
James Doughty, Benjamin Doughty,
Thomas DAILY and James NJ. Bray,
charged with alleged land frauds in Ore
gon is in progress in this city today in
the federal court. United States Officer
Mcdonald is in charge and Messrs. Reid
and Henning of Milwaukee are present
in the interest of the government. The
defense is being looked after by Judge
Z. ID. Cleveland of Oshkosh, assisted by
A. l.. Thompson.
This morning the examination began
at 10 o'clock and James and Benjamin
DOuhgty were examined. Both of these
lumbermen denied all of the charges con-
tanned in the indictment and stated that
they had had no timber deals in Oregon
since 1902 and that they have had moth
ing to do with the purposes or sale of the
lands described in the indictment.
Messrs. Doughty stated that the company
they represented had not employed Mr..
Black of Shawano or any Oregon peo
pie IN the purchase or sale of lands and
that they had never intended to defrauG
the government in any of their deals.
Adjournment was taken at noon and
the examination resumed at . o'clock.
All of the gentlemen mentioned in the
indictment were present in court except
ing James NJ. Bray, who is q paralytic
and is confined to his home. Judge
Cleveland explained to the court about
Mr.. Bray, and it was agreed that it
would be impossible to include him in
court in the examination. Attorney A.
s. Larson of Shawano was present at
the examination in the interests of the
three ShawanO men included in the in
dictmept Their eXamina ton will not
occur for week or so longer.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
IN THE SENATE.

The Senate on the 10Th passed the postot-
flee appropriation bill, carrying S1S2, 49,
debate on this measure; The naval appro-
priation bill was reported. The total in
crease voted by the Senate committee was
50, 461 OBJ, making grand total of S163,-
070,670. Adjournment until Thursday was
taken.
The Senate on the 31st passed the Knox
immunity, the omnibus lighthouse and the
military academy bills and probably would
ure had not an executive session been TAX
en- at p. In. to consider the nomination
of Judge James Wickersham to be judge of
the United States circuit court for the dis
trict of Alaska. The charges against him
were reviewed, but no vote was had and it
did not appear that one is imminent At
$50 p. N. the Senate adjourned until next
day.
The Senate on the LIST passed the bill reg
ulating the liability of railroad companies
for injuries to employees, but Mr. Daniel
which, if it prevails, will bring the measure
before the Senate again Mr.. Morgan made
speech in support of the assertion of
American control in the Isle of Pines Dis
oussing the resolution giving the President
authority to go abroad to purchase sup
plies for the Panama canal, in case Ameri-
can bids are extortionate, Mr.. Stone at
tackled the President as weak and waver-
ing in policy. After a prOtracted executive
session adjournment was taken until the
next day.
Conference reports on the railway rate
and statehood bills were received on the
End. The announcement of the election
committees deliberations in regard to GUST
ing Reed Smoot also was made. A resolu-
ton providing for the purchase of Panama
canal supplies in the United States was
passed. Several bills of minor Importance
and $50 private pension bills were passed
and adjournment until Monday was taken
The Senate on the 4th adjourned imme-
diately upon receiving the announcement
nT Senator frnrman'c No h,,-j
was transacted, even the reading of the
journal being dispensed with.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
FIGHT 2-CENT FARE
ST. PAUL ROAD IS HEARD BY RATE
COMMISSION.
William Allis Declares Passenger Bust
ness Is Conducted at Loss on
Some Divisions.

MADISON. Wis, May 31.-[Spe-
'cial. hearing Of the Chicago, Mil
Nwaukee d st. Paul railway on the com
plant Of A. +. Buell. on the contention
Tor 2-cent passenger rate is being held
before the railway commission.
This will be the strongest fight made
before the commission against the grant
ing Of a lower passenger rate.
The examination is being conducted
by Burton Hanson.
The Milwaukee road officials present
cd their ideas Of the method that should
be used in the division of expenses be-
tween the freight and passenger service.
This is one Of the vital questions in the
matter and each item of expense has
been divided on some basis by &. Il.
Dudley, auditor Of the expenses Of the
Milwaukee road He said that the
SSO7 900 spent for the construction Of
roadways is all local and can be deter
mined without division of any accounts
Repairs of locomotives should be divided
under the locomotive basis; passenger
car on the passenger car mileage basis;
freight car on the freight car mileage
basis; officers and subOrdinates on the
train mileage basis. Mr.. Dudley is Of
the opinion that all expenses that cannot
be accounted for locally with very few
exceptions except i'll minor matters can
be made On the revenue train mileage
basis.
+. A. Lando, engineer of bridges. sug
gestnd formula which the commission
will no doubt refer to various engineers
for opinions.
In the evidence it was shown that the
inventory value of the Milwaukee road
was 500, 1872 5000; that the estimated
cost of reproducing by copy as made
by the engineering department OF the
road is $50, 907 900. Mr.. Wynne, gener-
al auditor of the road, testified that the
average of the interest on the bonded
Indebtedness was just a trifle less than
80 per cent. per annum. The dividend
on preferred stock ranged from ~ to D
per cent, during the different years GOV
cred by his testimony, which would be
about twenty. He made Il statement that
if the company had paid I per cent. on
the common stock from 1877 to the pres
ent time they would have paid out almost
$50, 100000 Of interest more than they
had paid.
w ID. McKenna, the second vice pres
ident, corroborated some testimony. II.
D. Earring, general superintendent at
Milwaukee was also sworn for the same
purpose. William AIIis, the general
statistician, testified in regard to the gen
eral earnings of the road in 1901 to 1905
inclusive He showed that the Chippewa
Valley and Mineral Point division on
both freight and passenger business did
not take in as much money during that
period as was actually spent in the cost
of maintenance and expense. He testi-
fed that other minor divisions showed
small earnings and that the one material
earning made by the Milwaukee road
in Wisconsin was on the interstate lines.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

MILWAUKEE, June 4.-Close-Wheat-
Steady! No. L northern, on track, SGc; No.
2 northern. on track, Soc. Corn-Easier;
ard, Soc; No. white, on track, 34u35c.
Barley-Strong; standard, 5t12c; sample on
track, 3S055c. Rye-Steady; No. / on
track, G512c. ENTHUSIASTICALLY; pork,
1905; lard, $50.
Flour quotations are: Hard spring wheat
patent, in wood, 4.4o9455; straight, in
wood. 41o94.30; export patents, in sacks.
rye, in wood, 3.50@3.60; country, 29013. 10
in sacks. Kansas patents, in wood, 40.
Millstuffs are quoted at 1850 for
a aran' 1913 f. for Milwa1Eee dour middiings
in 1o0-lb sacks; red dog, 21.75 deliy-
cred at country points, SOC extra
NEW YORK, June 4.co4ClosGlWheat-
5534c. Corn-July, SIC; September, 5612c;
December, 55Ac
ST. LOUIS, Mo. June 4.-Close-wheat-
track, 92a931sc; July. 793sc; September 1s3i
d7S7sc; No. hard, 7S9S4c. Corn-Lower;
No. > cash nominal; track, 4S12Q49c; July.
471zc; September, 477sc; 0ats-Weak; No. 2
cash. 33c; track, 34c; July, BIC; September
33c; No. white. 3o1aGl36c.
KANAsA CITY, Mo, June 4.--Ciose-
Wheat-July, 7314c; September 7212c; De-
cember 7sc; cash No, . hard, 77g79c; No
December, 438sc cash No > mixed 1910
1890 No 3, 1910; No. 2 white, 4Sc; No. 3,
4712G4724c. Oats-14c lower; No. . white,
MINNEAPoLIs, MINI, June 4-CLose-
December. 791ac; No. 1 hard, $3.50; No. 1
northern, s25sc; No. . northern. Size.
TO arr 20. northern. s2a4c; 10.
northern, S024c; on track, No. northern.
52a.c: No. , northern. SO24c; July, S21ac;
September. S014c: Flax--To arrive and on
rack, 1l3z4 July 11494; r. sepfem6er
On track, 34c. Rye-57c. Barley-t3C148c.
Receipts wheat. 3O.217: shipments, 1850.
ST. LOUIS. Mo, June 4.-Cattlc-Re-
ceiprs, 1000, including 3oo0 Texans; market
strong; beef steers, 100000: st0ckefs and
feeders. 2.40lt6.4O; cows and hcifcrs. 2OOI
800; Texas steers, :5.OGG4.T5: cows and
heiferS, 200Q3.9o. HoEs-Receipts, 6ttO;
market steady; pigs and lights. 1.l1u6.3p;
packers. 6.00GG,30; butchers and best heavy,
52O16.40. Shcep-Reccipts. 300: market
steady: natives, 100000; lambs 5.0D4S.00.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. June 4.-CattIe-Re-
.ciDts 5000. including 1000 southerHs; mar
ket steady to Toe higher; native steers, 10
COWS, 2.5Ult4-U0; native COWS and heiIerS
gJu05.U0; stockcrs and feeders. 3OcG 40;
bulls. 2.50It42J; calves. 3ptqO ID; western
led steers. 3.75It5.25; western fed cows. 21D
04ep. Hogs-Recelpts. $3.50; market weak;
bulk of sales. 6.15I6.3o; heavy, G-olLb-;}J;
packers. C. 2Oll63u pigs and light 5.ZJgG 6. -.
Sucep-Receipts. 1000; market steady; NUT
ions, 5.oeG6.25; lambs. 6.op9l. 30: range
y-cthers, 5.oU1G00: ted ewes, 4-101J.IJ.
OMAHA. NeD.. June 4--CattIe-Receipt
400: market steady: native steers. 4.2JQ
500; cows and heifers. 3.25lgi.oD: western
steers. 3JOfI4.T5; Gamers 100000; stock
RS anu feeders. &2504.Go: calves, 3O0QG.2o;
bulls and stays, 2.75d4 70 Hogs-Receipts,
1900: market steady: bulk Of sales, 6.20lg
1921. Sheep-Receipts, 200; market
strong; lambs, G.c0gG.50; sheep, 4.1oQ6,lo.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
citrate the mask, to make positive the
dreadfuS SUSPICION

citrate the mask, TO make positive the
dreadfus suspicion.
When the high winds which came
after the fire scattered the piles of
ashes that covered the surface of Chi
natown the mouths of numerous yawn-
ing tunnels were disclosed. The en-
frances to these subterranean passages
had been concealed so carefully that
the existence of Chinatown under
world was not known to many San
Franciscans. 1t is certain that very
few white men have ever explored these
underground lanes.
In this underground Chinatown hun
dreds of men and women went to their
deaths yearly without an inkling of the
manner of their taking off being known
to the police. Some of the tunnels were
100 feet below the surface, and it was
easy to conceal all evidences of crime
committed in them. Members of the
constantly warning tongs, or secret So
cieties, who were slain left friends who
sought revenge in these secret and far
away chambers of horror. Men who
were suave and discreet Chinese mer-
chants above ground conducted dens of
infamy and slave markets in the lower
regions. Gambling in it's most de-
PRAYED forms was the chief occupation.
1t will never be known how many
human beings persisted in this under
world during the earthquake upheaval.
1t is certain that there were scores of
men overcome by opium, women incar-
cerated in their nosome dungeons and
by the sudden tremor and the shock
which tumbled the structures overhead
into a shapeless dust heap. No attempt
will be made to investigate the matter.
The gaping mouths Of the tunnels will
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
CIRCUS BREAKS H0ODOO
WILL VISIT NEW RICHMOND ON CY-
CLONE ANNIVERSARY.
Since June II, 1899, When Many Were
Killed, Tent Shows Have Given
City CODY.

NEW RICHMOND, Wis, May 81
Especial. Bound to break the hoodoo,
advertising car No. / of Campbell Broth
ers' circus is billing New Richmond. The
show is not only coming to New Rich
mond-that Of itself would ordinarily be
an event Of first lmportance-but it is
coming on the fateful day of June II.
That will be the seventh anniversary Of
the cyclone of 1899 that swept over this
city and strip of country southwest and
northeast of the city resulting i'll the
death of over 100 and the destruction of
property worth hundreds of thousands.
On the day of the cyclone there was u
circus in town-Lemon Brothers-and
the while their tents and outfit were not
directly in the path of the storm, the
show suffered considerably Circuses for
some time after that gave New Rich
mond the go-by, but Campbell Brothers
are making preparations to make this
town on that date, but with promises not
to duplicate the terrible visitation of
seven years ago.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
Didn't Want Too Much Lee,yny

Counsel for the defense in murder
trial in Chicago recently had been try
ing to bring out testimony along a GER
tain line to which the Assistant States
Attorney, who was conducting the pros
ecution, had in each instance objected
and been supported by the ruling of the
court Finally after an unusually spir-
tied tilt between the opposing lawyers,
which had been terminated by the
courts ruling in favor of the position
taken by the prosecution, the attorney
for the defense addressed the presiding
judge with some heat. intimating that
sufficient leeway in the introduction of
evidence had not been given him.
Il think you have had proper de
gree of freedom with regard to the in
PRODUCTION Of evidence, Mr.. Attorney"
remarked the court mildly.
Il have not had too much, certain
~" replied the lawyer, warmly
For moment the affair appeared
serious and the courtroom was silent
Then the judge said quietly, do you
want too much?"
The attorney saw the point and pro-
ceeded with his case without remark
Chicago Inter Ocean
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
DEATHF0LLOWS
REV. NELSON WELLS DIES AFTER
WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
Iowa Clergyman Succumbs at Pewaukee,
Aged 81 Years-Candidates
for Assembly.

WAUKESHA, Wis, May 31.-[Spe-
cial. Rev. Nelson Wells, aged 81, a
pioneer Methodist clergyman of Iowa,
died last evening at the home of his son,
DR.. ]. II. Wells, Pewaukee. Death has
pursued the family of the aged pastor,
his wife and daughter having died
within the past two weeks. DR.. Wells
went to Iowa to attend his mothers fu-
neral and brought his father home with
him to reside, a week ago. Deceased
was for years one of the most promi-
nent Methodist divines in Iowa and filled
numerous large pastorates. He had been
retired for a number of years. Seven
children survive him. The body will
be sent to Mount Pleasant, Ia, where
the funeral will be held Friday.
Assemblyman James A. Mckenzie of
Vernon has announced his candidacy
for denomination from the First district
of this county and has his nomination
papers in circulation. Roderick Aims
worth, assemblyman from the Second
district, has also announced his candi-
dacy for denomination.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

Rockefeller does not spend $50, and
says that even to do that is a bur
den to her, says a Philadelphia news
paper.
She can't understand what in the
world anybody should want with so
much money as her husband possesses.
Every wish l have in life could be
gratified with fortune Of 100000
she once said. Il don't care for NOR.
than 100000. Anything above THAI
amount is merely Il trouble and an an
noyance."
Mrs. Rockefeller never goes to
theater, never rides in an automobile,
or plays golf, or cards, or tennis. She
has given up trying to spend her in
come, and says, YEARLY: Take it
away. Don't bother me with it."
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
MILWAUKEE, sT0CKYARDs REPORT.

UOGS-Markct lower; light. mixed. G.2JIJ
G.35; fair to choice mediums. G.30UG.40; Sc.
lected mediums and heavy, G.35lg6 4211a;
rough sows. J.7J@G.10; coarse stays, J.5OI
GOO.
CATTLE-Lowcr; grass cattle lower: calves
steady; butchers steers, medium to good
1850 to 1900 lbs, 4.50Q5.25; fair to medium
$50 to 1850 lbs, 4O004.25; heifers, common,
27503.25; good, 4.Oo04.J0; cows, fair to
good 3.OO03.75; Gamers, /. 2502O0; cutters
> 25GI2. 80; bulls, common, >. 75M3.2J; choice
35O6 400 feeders, 500 to $50 lbs. 3.50Q4. 90:
stockers, 800 to $50 lbs, 3.0003.50. Veal
calves, common to choice. 4.00Q6 80. Milk
ers and springers demoralzed, don't ship
them.
SHEEP-Market steady, 3.25@5.0O: lambs.
steady, 5.00Q625; spring lambs, GJ0Q7. 80
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

be filed with earth, and further eX-
ploration of the subterranean plague
spot will be left to future generations
But the external Chinatown that has
helped so Enthusiastically to make San
Francisco one of the places which the
travelling American must see will not
be forgotten soon. 1t was one Of the
most unforgettable spots under the sun.
1t was the very treasure house of color.
The tiny shops, both inside and out,
were fairly ablaze. The decorations
were lavish and wholly Oriental, and
the wares in them were even more than
that It was strange and heathenish
aggregation-vases inwrought with fan
ciful pictures in gold and silver, cary
ings of ivory that rivaled the delicate
work of the patient Hindoo grotesque
holdings of bronze and figures of brass
beaten with the cunning skill known
only to the Cantonese. There were ar
gosies of silk such as a queen might
wear and lace that was fit to garnish it.
This San Francisco Chinatown was a
complete city within itself. It's inhab-
itants acknowledged no allegiance to
any other municipality and had no in
terest in the foreign devils outside
that was not strictly commercial. They
issued from their burrows in the early
morning and went soberly in pursuit
of their various callings Of houses ser
wants, laundrymen, vegetable and fruit
peddlers and all the other things that
they do so well returning to their
cramped and sin infested quarter at
nightfall There the real living day of
Chinatown was just dawning, and the
narrow lanes were beginning to CLEAN
alluringly beneath the soft light Of col
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
KEPT WEDDING SECRET.
Dorothy Vogel Travelled to Denver from
Milwaukee to Wed Policeman
George Sellers

DENVER, Colo, May 31-[Special.l
Unknown to his friends and relatives,
Policeman George Sellers stole away to
Golden Saturday afternoon and was
married TO Miss Dorothy Vogel, who
had Travelled all the way from Milwau-
kee, Wis, to meet him and happily ter
inmate a romance begun in childhood
The wedding was not discovered until
yesterday afternoon, when a chance re-
mark made by Sellers to his brother,
who is also policeman, led the latter
to learn the truth after an investiga-
ton. Sellers and Miss Nogel lived next
door to each other for six years in Mil
waukee, when the bride was a girl. and
strong affection was the outcome.
When Sellers left Milwaukee over a
year ago the marriage to occur in Den
yer was arranged.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08

Outfelder Shaughnessey, the Notre
Dame college star. will join the Hoosiers
June - and will be assigned to one of
the outfald positions. AS Dunleavy will
be back in the game prior to that time.
and as the management of the Hoosers
is still making a strenuous endeavor to
obtain Outfelder Nance of the Toledo
team, it is highly probable there will be
general shake-up in the HOoser out
held. In case Nance cannot be secured.
President Watkins will try to land Can
mel of Toledo
Gerry Hermann is on hunt after
some pitchers to bolster up the Cincin-
natl team. He says that the Reds must
have them or it will be all off with them.
He has several propositions up his sleeve
which he says he will make public when
the psychological moment arrives. Ned
Hanion must be kicking himself for turn
ing Druhot, the left handler adrift, as
he is Il star at st. Louis.
Ira. better known as Stats Davis. now
an umpire in the Western league has
been offered berth by President Pull
trouble with his staff this season. Da-
Wis is a college product and played pro-
fessi0nal ball for ten years. Davis UNI
pired in the Pacific Coast league and
had all kinds of trouble with the players.
The governing board of the Cotton
States league net at Mobile. Ala. last
week and declared the franchise of the
Mobile club forfeited because the owners
of the club had exceeded the salary lin
it in violation of the league rules. The
franchise reverted to the league and Dr.
H. T. Inge was put in charge of the
club.
J. Ed GrilIo. president Of the Toledo
American association club. has been Of
fered $4,000 for the release of Frank
Jude's playing 50 far has been the SEN
sation Of the year III the association. 1t
is said the Boston Americans want him
VIII Riley of Burlington. Ia. the mile
runner. has been elected captain OF the
Iowa track team
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
SPORTING ITEMS

There are twenty-nine batters in the
800 list in the association. Charley Carr
of indianapolis leads with the splendid
average of 426. He has hit safely III
Is out of Is games. Danny Green of
Milwaukee and Jimmy Burke of Kan
sas City have done consistent batting,
and Jude of Toledo is also coming up.
Drill. Hill, kerwin, Nance, Stovail, all
dropped out of the 800 list during the
past week. Frsk and W. Clarke have
come up above the 300 mark, and Pick
ering and Knabe have come close to it.
Those above 300 are:
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
PASSING OF CHINATOWN.
Nature Solved the Problem Which
Has Puzzled San Francisco.


For many years the law abiding and
decent element of San Francisco has
urged the blotting out of its Chinatown
Nature has solved the problem. 1t was
the earthquake and the fire accom-
plished it SO thoroughly that no doubt
remains. There may never be another
San Francisco Chinatown on the old
site. When the new city rises out Of
the desolation which has fallen upon
the old one there will be little to recall
the alien, albeit alluring glimpse of
Asiatic life that once stood out so Wv
idly amid the rush and insistence of
Western progress.
The earthquake and the fire revealed
to the shuddering world the depth of
the infamy that had found Judgment
there. Thirty thousand Chinese inhah-
tied this unsavory quarter, ten city
blocks, only six squares from what
was known as Newspaper corner. They
had converted the frame buildings
which covered the district into plague
spots, in which they lived the strange,
diScOrdant lives of the Oriental lower
classes. Their daily walk was fash
Toned after Il pattern quite unknown to
those of the West and they gave allie
glance to laws and customs entirely
distinct from those of their near neigh
bors For years they have been myS-
terry even to those whose business ii
was to know them intimately. They
have defied successfully all the efforts
of San Francisco's police force to find
them out. 1t has taken nature to pen
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
OLD ENGINEER DIES.
Daniel Botsford, Veteran of Milwaukee
Road, Succumbs in Chicago, Aged
64-Burial at Racine.

RACINE, Wis. May 31.-[Special. /
A telegram received here from Chicago
this morning announced the death of
Daniel Botsford, Ga years old. Mr..
Botsford was the second Oldest engineer
in the service on the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railway. He ran in Racine
for close to twenty years. The body
will be brought here for burial
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-08
BIRD is A CANDIDATE.
Wausaukee State Senator Says He
Knows No Faction in Repub-
IIcan Party.

MARINETTE, Wis, May 31.-[Spe-
cial. Senator Harland Page Bird today
announced his candidacy for the Repub-
ican nomination for senator for this dis
trict.
When asked what faction of the party
he would represent, he said, Neither.
| knew no factions in the past and shall
know none in the future"