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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-13
New Houses Built.

During the year new houses were con structed as follows:
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
M'ARTHUR Is RAISED.
Becomes Lieutenant General of United
States Army at Noon, Succeeding
Gen. Corbin, Who Retires.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept 10
Especial. Maj. Gen. Arthur Macarthur
of Milwaukee became Lieutenant general
Mt noon today. in place of Gen. Corbin,
who goes on the retired list. Gen. Cor
bin will be succeeded III the command
Of the northern division with headquar-
ters at st. Louis by Gen. A. w. Greeley,
who recently was relieved of the com
mand of the Pacific division. Gen. Mac
Arthur entered the volunteer service as
O lieutenant of the Twentyfourth Wis
consin infantry.
Gen. Corbin entered the volunteer ser
vice in the Civil war in 1862 as a sec
ond lieutenant in an Ohio regiment and
was mustered out as colonel of a colored
regiment in 1866 He entered the regular
service as a second lieutenant when the
army was reorganized in 1866 and re-
manned in the infantry until 1880 when
he was appointed to the adjutant gen.
erals department. He became adjutant
general in 1898, just before the Spanish
war, and it was during that war he
made a reputation which resulted in his
being made Il major general.
BY direction OF the President, commits
sions today were prepared for Mai. Gen
Macarthur to be acknowledgement of
the army, Brig. Jesse NJ. Lee as
major general, and Capt. John J.
Pershing as brigadier general. Gen. j.
Franklin Bell. who is the senior griga-
der general, waived the promotion to the
higher grade in order TO give Gen. Lee
nm opportunity to reach it before he re-
tired. Gen. Lee will retire next Janu-
airy and there would have been no Va
cancy i'll the grade of major general be-
fore that date had Gen. Bell been APP
Dointed
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
DAVIDSON F0RLOW FARE
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SAYS TWO
CENTS a MILE IS PROPER RATE.
Pennsylvania State Board of Trade Makes
Public Replies of State Executives
in Passenger Rate Contest

HARRISBURG, Pa. Sept. 1.-THE
state board of trade of Pennsylvania has
set afoot a movement to obtain uniform
legislation throughout the United States
for 2-cent railroad fare. With this
object in view the board has commune
Gated with the governors of all the
states. Secretary Williams of the board
has made public the replies. With only
few exceptions, the governors person
ally are favorable to Il 2-cent rate.
In several inst tnceS they tell OF move
ment> i'll their states to obtain the enact
ment of such Il law ut the next session
OF their Legislatures. Some western
governors say that because of the sparse
ly settled condition of their states the
time Is not yet ripe for Il radical reduc-
ton. Secretary Munson, replying for
Gov. Davidson. says:
The governor is in full accord with the
movement with which you are allied. lie
believes that the time has passed when first
class railroads should be exempt, in Wis
conStn, at least. from the legal establish
ment OF cents Il mile passenger rate.
Gov. Broward of Florida says:
III my Judgment the railroads would make
more money if they would carry passengers
for IL cents Il mile. rs l believe that more
than twice as many people would travel as
DO now.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
LATEST MAREET REPORTS
MILWAUKEE, SEPTEMBER IL.
EGG AM DAIRY MARKETS.

Eggs-Market firm. The
produce boards official market for strictly
fresh laid, cases returned, 11W1Ilac; hign
grade, candled, 1S12Q19c; seconds and
checks, 12014c
Butter-Markct firm. Elgin price on extra
creamery is 241ac Local price extra
creamery, 241ac; prints. 2514c; frsts, 2l@
DC; seconds 1902Oc: dairy, fancy. l9c;
Cheese-Firm. American full cream,
twins, l112@11&4c; limburger, new, 912QlOc;
fancy brick. 1OA011c; low grades, 61207c:
imported Swiss, 26c; new, block, 134Q14c;
new round Swiss, 1312014c; Sapsago, Use;
daisies, 12A@12l2c; LonghOrns, 12AQ1272c;
MUSCODA, Wis, Sept. 15.-OTerings
were 6O4 boxes single daisies and 10 boxes
twins; all daisies sold at 121sc; twins at
1850.
ELGIN. H., Sept Especial. Butter
Official steady at 2412c.
creameries, 19c; dairies, 17G2O12c. Eggs
Steady; at mark. cases included, 121a0 lie.
CHICAGO, H.. Sept 17.-Cheese-Steady
daisies, 124c; twins, 1112c; Young Ameri-
NEW York. Sep 17-Butter-Firm: re
@2514c. Official prices, creamery, common
to extra, 19@25c; state dairy, common to
fancy. 1S024c; renovated, common to extra,
1512022c: western factory, common to tirsts.
16G19c: western imitation creamery, extras,
2113@22c; irsts, 191zQ201ac. Cheese-Easy
1213Q12ssc: fair to good, 11&Q12c; small
fancy, 12Ac; fair to good, 114@12c; infer
riors, 9A010Ac; skins, full to best. 2Gl934 c.
Eggs-Steady: receipts, 1892; state, Penn
sylvania and nearby fancy selected white,
$4,000; do choice, 27@2Sc; mixed extra %
0D26c; western frsts, 2114@22c: official
prices western firsts 2112c): seconds, 20021c:
Kentucky, 17Q21c
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
MUTINY AGAINST TURK
SEVERAL MEN KILLED ON BOARD
OF A SULTAN'S WARSHIP.
Carlist Agitation in Catalonia, Spain, Is
Boiling Up Again-Get Money
from Unknown Source

PORT SAID, Sept. IA wild SEN
sation has been caused here by the fact
that several men have been killed in a
mutiny on board the Turkish troopship
Assar-ITewfik Quiet has been restored.
SANSEBASTIAN, Spain, Sept. IL
The recurrence of the Carlist agitation
in Catalonia has caused the civil and
military authorities of that province to
adopt most severe measures for its sup
preston.
There has been concerted action
among the elements Of the Carlists
whose activity is attributed to the intiu--
ence of Don Jaime of Bourbon, son of
Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender.
Large sums of money from an unknown
source have been distributed recently
among the Carlists.
The frontiers and the coast lines are
constantly watched by gendarmeries. A
number of influential Carlists have dis
appeared. All dispatches are subjected
to the StricteSt censorship.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
QUEEN VICTORIA'S FAN.
Use of the Fan by the Church-Some of
the Earliest Makers

the Earliest Makers.
The Fanmakers' company, by whom
the lord mayor and sheriffs are enter
tanned this evening, may or may not
know it, bat they owe the prosperity
indeed, the very existence-of their call
ing to our little allies the japanese. The
folding fan originated in the land of the
rising sun thirteen centuries ago, and
was modelled. if tradition speaks truly
upon the wing of the bat.
We did not get the idea directly from
Japan. 1t passed through China. and
very long afterward, through Italy,
Spain, and France to us The non
folding fan is, of course, as old as the
history of church and court, and had an
important place in the paraphernalia of
both in Assyria and Egypt.
Anciently in the church the fan was
employed to brush away flies from the
sacred vessels, and in the professions of
still has place
Fan making is still an important in
dustry in Paris, but the articles now
produced do not compare for beauty
with the products of the Eighteenth cen
fury when goldsmiths, jewelers., metal
workers, carvers and artists combined to
make fans which today are worth fabu
lOuS prices.
Probably the strangest fan ever used
was that employed one evening by Queen
Victoria. At a signal from the Queen
the company arose to return from sup
per to the ballroom. Leaning on the
arm of the prince cOnsort. her majesty
entered the ballroom smiling and bowling.
and tanning herself with-a huge table
fork, In a moment of fOrgetfulness she
had picked up from beside her plate,
4. l.. 4 1 l.,.t
a particularly substantial piece of cut
lery.-LOndon Standard.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
PIXIES TOLD OF TREASURE.
Superstitious Cornishman Digging for
the Buried Gold.

Superstitious beliefs still linger i'll the
remote villages of Cornwall. and the
tenacity with which many of the Cornish
folk cling to them is Strikingly illustrated
by a remarkable story of search for
dron.
Nearly half n century ago an old lady
named Narker lived in a cottage, ut
Lower Bodily. in the parish of Wen
dron, which had the reputation of being
haunted by ghosts. One night she de
Clared that two pixies had paid her 4
visit and told her that vast trcasur,
was hidden beneath the cottage.
With the reputation which the humble
dwelling had for being haunted, the Story
was received with considerable crcdcucr
in the district. 1t made such an impress
sion on her two sons that they immr-
diately commenced to eXcavate for the
treasure. Taking up the floor of one If
the rooms, they sank Il shaft TO the
depth of several fathoms. Water in
vaded the shaft and pumps and other
appliances were erected for draining ana
hauling. The premature death of one
of the brothers led to the abandonment
of the operations without any treasure
beng discovered.
Now after the lapse of forty years.
the search for the supposed hidden treas
urc has been resumed by w. II. Narkrr.
resident of Goldsithney and grandson
of the old lady who held communication
with the pixies. In the interval the cot
tage has been demolished but Mr. Var
ker has located the site and with the
hcIp ct another man from the neigh
borhOod is engaged in sinking shaft
The excavations already extend to Il
depth of twcnty-four feet. of which Soy
Cnteen feet is vertical and the remainder
on an incline. Pumps and machinery
are in course of erection and the explorer
is Sanguiue of success.
Some of the older folk in the district
entertain the belief that the cottage
marked the site of smugglcrs' den and
that the sinking Of the shaft will lead
to the discovery of underground pas
ageS.-London Chronicle
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21

Ottawa, Ontario-Showed Courage
in Face of Peril

OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. 17.-[Spe-
cial. &c. V. Leslie of Madison, Wis,
was one of the heroes at the Gilmour ho-
tel fire here Saturday. lie assembled the
ladders and brought three people down
from the third story. He says their
prayers were heartrendering and their
screams could be heard half mile
away The sight of the windows choked
with men. women and children i'll their
night robes was one he will never for
~e:.
Twelve are now in the hospital. Six
are missing: Mrs. Agnes Beckett Miss
Lizzie O'Neil. Ottawa: Miss l.. Loveday
Peterboro; w. Wilson. Montreal: Miss
Renad and Mr.. Quinn, address un-
known. Men are now searching the
ruins for their bodies. III. Walker, the
Mullikan, Hill, \. j., man, who jumped
from the third story and broke both legs,
will recover. Mrs. Pentcost of Toronto,
who also leaped, breaking both legs, is i'll
Il serious condition.
There were $50 guests in the hotel
and 80 were taken off the fire escapes.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
CHICHESTER is NO MORE.
Was British admiral who Helped Dewey
in Manila Bay When Germany
Menaced United States.

GIBRALTAR. Sept. 17.-Rear Ad-
miral Sir Edward Chichester, who com
manded the British squadron at Manila
during the Spanish--American war, died
here this morning of pneumonia after an
illness of a few days. Sir Edward S
wife arrived here from England last
night.
Rear Admiral Chichester was chief
of the sea transport service during the
South African war. His work i'll trans
porting 4 quarter Of a million men 5000
miles to South Africa won him great
praise.
1t was Sid Edward Chichester who,
according to repc"t. stood by the Amer
leans in Manila bay at Il time when
friction between admiral Dewey and
the German commander seemed likely to
lead to serious CONSEQUENCES.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
WELL PEOPLE, TOO.
wise Doctor Gives Postum to Con-
yaIesceDfs.

Vvise Doctor Gives Postum to Con-
yaIescents.
A wise doctor tries to give nature its
best chance by saving the little strength
of the already exhausted patient, and
building up wasted energy with simple
but powerful nourishment.
Five years ago." writes a doctor, Il
commenced to use Postum in my own
family instead of coffee. l was so well
pleased with the results that i had two
grocers place it in stock, guaranteeing
its sale.
II then commenced to recommend IL
to my patients in place of coffee, as
nutritious beverage. The consequence
is, every store in town is now selling 1t,
as it has become household necessity
In many homes.
I'm sure l prescribe Postum as oft
en- as any one remedy in the Materla
Mediaa-in almost every case OF lndl-
gestion and nervousness / treat, and
with the best results.
when | once introduce it into fam
lily, it Is quite sure to remain. L shall
continue to use it and prescribe it in
families where ! practice.
"In convalescence from pneumonia,
typhoid fever and other cases, give it
as a liquid, easily absorbed diet. You
may use my letter as reference any
way you see fit" Name given by Post
um Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read The
Road to Wellville'' in pkgs. There's
a reason"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21

gage in a pitched battle. They will con-
tinue this method of warfare until Uncle
Sam takes hand and they will do it after
that. You mark nay word; if this trouble is
not settled at once, the insurgents will be-
gin to pillage and burn plantation buildings
and villages. That time has not come yet,
but it is coming.
l can not express my contempt for the
Cubans too strongly. They are arrogant
and shortly after the war with Spain spoke
of the naughty Americans who stepped in
to NEEDLE after their glorious victory over
Spain
In July, 1902. not long after Gen.
Bragg went to Havana as consul general
for the United States, he wrote a letter
to Mrs. Bragg in Fond du Lac in which
this remark IS said to have appeared:
Uncle Sam might as well try to make
a whistle out of pigs tail as to try to
do anything with the Cubans.'
\ storm of protests arose from all
sides over the generals alleged remark,
which in transmission became badly ex-
aggerated
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
TRAIN HELD UP
At tEORIA, ILL.
Robbers, However, Are Routed After
Fight Without Getting Any Booty
Conductor Their Waterloo.

PEORIA, H., Sept 1J.-Train No. 81
of the Rock Island railroad, which left
Chicago for Peoria at p. M, was held
up by three men a mile north Of Al FIRES
co on the outskirts Of this city at 1890
o'clock last night. The robbers were put
to flight without obtaining booty and
without firing shot, although each was
armed with two revOlVers.
The train was halted by a man swing
Ing red lantern. Behind him Cow
gods, resting on the rails, was a pile of
ties i feet high which had been set aiire.
The engineer sprang from his engine and
asked what had happened.
The man with the lantern rushed by
him without replying and was joined by
two others who sprang from clUIno o.
bushes beside the track. The faces of
the men were covered with lamo-bIack
or burnt cork 8uch as minstrels use.
Each was armed, the leader displaying
two reVolyers, while his companions car
ried short hickory clubs in addition to
their revolvers.
The robbers sprang upon the front
steps of the smoking car just as Con
ductor II. S. Murray reached the door to
ascertain the cause of the stoppage OF
the train. The men, still displaying
their weapons. opened the door, thrust
him roughly aside and ordered all hands
mp.
BE quick about it, gentlemen" said
, second robbcr.
Conductor Murray comprehended the
situation in an instant and he acted
promptly. He struck at the first robber
and succeeded in knocking revolver
from his hand. Emboldened by this at
tack several men passengers rushed for
ward to Murray's assistance.
The robbers, who evidently are re
cruits. retreated to the door, their weap-
ons still trained upon the passengers
One of them suddenly darted forward
and struck Murray a blow on the head
with his club. knocking him to the floor
The passengers made second rush
and the robbers turned and sprang from
the car. Contrary to expectations, none
of the retreating robbers fired shot.
The men then disappeared i'll the dark
ness going toward Peoria.
Meanwhile news of the hold-up reached
the passengers in the rear coaches, many
of them Chicago women, and there was
q wild scramble to hide valuables.
Armed with the revolver dropped by
the robber, Conductor Murray, accom-
panied by several passengers who also
were armed, searched the vicinity, but
no trace of the robbers could be found.
The pile of burning ties was removed
from the track and the train proceeded
to the station. The police are now in
search of the robbers.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
ACCUSED AS DEFAMER.

CHICAGO. H.. Sept III Special ]
Harry ii. Morris, who says he is q
diamond broker, was arrested at II
o'clock last night in the postoftice on a
federal warrant charging the use of the
mails TO attack the character of a wom-
an at Whitewater, Wis
Morris was armed with a revolver
when arrested and j. e. Burton. father
of the woman. said Morris was ready to
shoot him. having threatened him by
letter.
Burton says his daughter was en-.
gagged to Morris, but she broke the en-
gagement and married another young
man. Letters attacking her character
then flooded Whitewater and Burton
started the search for Morris. He
watched the general delivery window ii
the postofIfce day and night until Nor
ris appeared. The police say Morris
has confessed to writing the letters.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21

get out of the house. | was nervous,
restless and sleeplesS at night, and lame
and sore in the morning. Sometimes
everything would whirl and blur before
me. | bloated so badly | could not
wear tight clothing, and had to put on
shoes two sizes larger than usual The
urine was disordered and passages were
dreadfully frequent | got help from
the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills,
however, and by the time | had taken
four boxes the pain and bloating was
gone l have been in good health ever
since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. \. Y.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
TREPOFF'S BURIHL SIMPLE
Last Wishes of Dead Commandant of
Cars Palace Will Be Honored--
Successors Rank Is Low.
81 MISUNDERSTANDING Sent. 1,

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 1.-THE
funeral of Gen. Dmitri Trepoff, COM
mandant of the Imperial palace, who
died Saturday evening at Peterhof Of
angina pectoris, will take place Wednes-
day morning.
In accordance with the desires Of the
deceased the ceremonies will be con-
sstent with official usage. The body
will be inferred i'll the chapel attached
to the great palace at Peterhof, which
is situated a short distance from the
villa where Gen. TrepOff died. Requiems
will be sung twice a day and attended
by the grand dukes at Peterhof.
The appointment of Gen. de Dioulin
to succeed Gen. Trepoff, has been made
permanent as acting commandant" Of
the imperial palace. Gen. de Dioulin is
too low in the official hierarchy to re-
ceiYe the full title.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
Ill Timed Speech.

There was once a minister in Hart
ford" said Mark Twain, who had Il lot
of boys in his Sunday school who were III
the habit of staying away on the Sun
day when the big steamer City of Hart
ford locked in the morning. One Sun
day the minister came down to Sunday
school and found all the boys there. He
was profoundly affected. Boys he said
You cannot imagine how much this ex-
hibition of loyalty on your part to the
Sunday school affects me. When | came
by the dock this morning and saw the
City of Hartford there Gee whiZ.
shouted the boys in chorus, is she inT
and they left in body"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
MILWAUKEE LIVESTOCK REPORT.

HOGS = Market strong; light mixed
6.2OQ655 fair TO choice mediums, 6.20Q0
6.55; heavy packers, 5.70@5.95; rough sows
5.2505.50: coarse stays, 5.OUd5 40.
CATTLE = Market higher; calves steady ::
butchers steers, medium to good, 1850 10
1900 lbs, 4.25GD475; fair to medium, $50 to
1850 lbs, 3.5OG4.0O; heifers, common, 2.25G0
2.75; good, 3.O004.OO; cows fair to good
2.509350; Gamers, 1.O001. 90: cutters, 1.751r
2.25: bulls, common, 2.OOG0235: choice. 80
Q3.25; feeders. 3.2J613.75: StockCrS, 2.75Gt
1925. Veal calves. common to choice l. 5OGn
7.25; heavy, 3.00GD4.00. Mixers and spring
ers-Dont ship them unless they are choice
COWS
SHEEP-Market steady, 100000; lambs
lower 4 O007
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
UNION GUSTS PRINTERS.
Seventy in Washington Won't Pay Strike
Assessments.

WASHINGTON. .. c.. Sept. IL
The Columbia Typographical union of
Washington. at n meeting yesterday, vot-
ed TO eNpel seventy members who refused
to continue the payment of the assess
iment levied for strike benefits, on &C
count OF the strike against employing
Iprinters in the District of Columbia
(which has been on since last January.
The members dismissed from the union
are all employed at the government
printing office and it Is said that the num-
Der 10 be expelled may reach go before
the matter ends.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
FORMERS" RIVER JORDAN
Covington Ky) Water Company Chief
Gets Exclusive Rights from Sultan
to Ship Famed Liquid.

ford Nadaud of Covington, Ky, presi-
dent of the International River Jordan
Water company, has obtained the ex
elusive right from the Sultan to ship the
water of the Jordan river from the banks
of the stream in Palestine to all parts Of
the world for baptismal and other pur
poses. The water Will be bottled in the
United States in bonded warehouses.
The first shipment, it is expected. will
leave for America in q month.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
TO DANCE ON PAVEMENT.
Fond du Lac Women Plan Unique Dedica-
ton of New Asphalt Street in
Residence District.

FOND DU LAC, Wis, Sept. 10
Fond du Lac is TO have new pave
ment. 1t will be of asphalt and the
women of the Country club are planning
to dedicate il with card party and
dance. A part of the street will be
roped off and this section will be ilIu-
minated with japanese lanterns strung
between the trees. This is about the
only good pavement in the fashionable
residence portion. \ year ago the resi-
6ence part was flooded. the water re-
moving all of the block pavement.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
HIS CONSCIENCE LASTED
PASSENGER CHEATED RAILWAY
TWENTY YEARS AGO; PAYS.
Sends $3.50 to NJ shville, Chattanooga &
St. Louis Railvay-Debt Cancelled
in Unusual Way.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Sept. IL
Twenty years ago :; man stole ride
from Chattanooga to Nashville on the
Nashville, Chattanooga X st. Louis
freight train. Today General Passenger
Agent Danley received a money order
from the man, who now lives ut Mount
Vernon, ILL.,, for $3.50, which the remit
ter desires to be placed in the con
science fund.
Mr.. Danley wrote the man that the
debt has been wiped out by the pur-
chase of ticket between the two points
and having il Cancelled.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
DEAD IN HOTEL. FIRE.
One Life Lost and Six sadly Injured in
Early Morning Blaze at OF
tawa, Ontario

OTTAWA. Ont. Sept 15-One life
is believed TO have been lost and six
persons We're badly injured in the fire
which destroyed the Gimons hotel here
early today. Miss O'Neil, the head wait
ress, is missing and it Is feared she per-
ished.
Mrs. Archibald Blue. wife of Canada's
census commissioner was badly burned
md her shoulder was broken. The
guests of the hotel saved only the cloth
Ing which they wore. che hotel cost
$50. 000