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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02
SILLY
LITTLE
BANTAM
Lays Her Eggs In a NeighbOrs
Barn and Makes The
Lawyers Take Notice

A dispatch from Danvills, Illinois,
Friday. shows the trouble one small
bantam ben can Talso. with her little
hatehes. Il saysi
Who is tho lawful possessof Of an
egg and Ice PosteFily-the man who
owns the hen or the man who owns
the barn which the proud fowl selected
a. aite Tor the great EVENT. This 10 q
problem which Is causing tho juTists
Of Danyllle % mouh their hair in per
plsEiIy and working up the entire com
munity 90 a shotgun campaign pitch.
Strange Exhibits In Court.
Sensational features marked tho hear,
Ing Of the ease The .sorpus delietiu
OF the chick that was hatshsd from the
egg that was laid by the hen that chOss
tho wrong harm, stark and uhsightly
after being inferred Tor lays. was pre-
sented Tor Identification, A pair OF
bantam game chickens, rooster and hen.
was introduced az ''eKLibits A and H.
Nothing vas then lacking 20 complete
the chain OF testimony except the orig
ilal egg, but %. judicial miracle
came 20 pass, and 10 open court the
eaekling hen laid another egg, exactly
like the one which had oaused che liti
cation. Il was seized upon and marked
exhibit g."
Sins OF vagrant Hen.
"Sid" Bates Of BatestoWn. was the
defendant and Charles MeDaniels, OF
the same community, the complainant
The stories told By the various witness
es developed tho facts that Bates had
Imported a setting of bantam eggs
from Carolina three years ago and had
been peaeefully engaged In the business
Of raising bantams ever since. until
one Of his hens wandered aheld and
made a nest In an alien barn. Bates
did not know Of this eOntTemps for the
mother came safely back 70 Foost until
the next season, when he observed a
lussy bantam scratching for worms In
yard Being the only
owner OF bantams in the vicinity, he
became convinced that McDaniels had
p0aehed upon his preserves
Murder OF Lnsty Bantam.
Accordingly Bates gave chase 70 the
Innocent bird. ran il 20 earth and wrung
he neck, resolved that MeDaniels should .
pot establish an opposition bantam
farm. He offered the corpse 70 q
ieighbor, but IL was declined with
hanks, 20 he buried IL deep and did
lOt mark its grave. When MeDaniels
discovered that Bates had murdered
he founding, be brought suit against
i'm.
Justice Han was unable 70 solve the
iddle, but held Bates 20 the grand
ury under bond Of $50. Whreupon
sates SwOTe out q warrant FOR MeDan-
els' fatheT-ih-laW, charging him with
,eeping a red bird eaged. which Il an
Infringement OF the state laws The
ntiro country is hoping that the feud
Iin not graduate from ornithologieal
spnsals to shst Suns.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02
School News
High School

The Rambler baseball boys had a
basket social at the school building
Friday evening to raise money for the
team. A goodly crowd was present,
chaperoned by Professors smith and
Marlatte. The following program was
rendered to the satisfaction Of all. Re.
marks, Harvey slater; piano solo, Del.
bert Burton; vocal sole, Crissie Clark
reading, Mildred Bagleyj song, high
school quartet; vocal solo. Albert Egan
and reading Carl Massey The pro.
gram was followed by the auction Of
baskets, which ranged from 20 cents
TO sS The affair was a success from
every standpoint.
There is a divided condition existing
in the baseball players Of the high
school at the present. "The Ramb.
lers." an outside team. whose players
are mostly in the school. is going to
play this season. and Mr.. Marlaite will
not allow them to identify themelves a.
a high school team unlcss they will get
tho remainder Of their players 10 be,
come students. without the players
on the Rambler team there are not
enough 90 make a good team entirely
high school. So FAR the Ramblers have
neither all come into school nor sup
ported the high school team. The 10
cisiou is going % make Il impossible 10
have the bcsi team that the high school
could put out, unless tho difficulty is
overcome In some way.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02
LAND
FRAUDS
AGAIN

Oregon land frauds will soon at.
tract the attention Of the public. For
several days past the federal grand
jury has been quietly looking into al.
legged fraudulent land deals in which
. number Of large lumber people are
Involved and it is believed that In
dictments will follow the investigation
ROW going on, The information
against the big timber concerns has
been presented. before the grand jury
by District Attorney Bristol and the
greatest secrecy has been maintained.
When the investigation Of fraud in.
wolves the operations Of men Of great
wealth whose places Of business are
outside Of the state. u is not believed
that the exposures will be as sensa.
tional as those steals which have been
brought TO trial. For months past
special agents of tho government have
been In the field quietly working up
tho testimony against the land thieves
Many witnesses have been summoned
10 appear before the grand jury and
tho Railways on the third floor Of the
pos,ofiico building Tor several days
past rescmbled the DAYS when vii.
liamson. Gesner and Biggs we're on
iriaL The fact that the men whose
operations are now the subject Of In.
vestlgation are not residents Of thc
state has caused the government OH.
eials 70 keep The facts of the invcs,i
cation tightly bottled up. Until the
ihdietments are returned and tho bench
Warrants which will be issued are
ecrvcd, tho names of the psrsobs will
BE- withheld.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02

Runs down or improves, just depends
on how it is cared for. IL is the most
valuable property We have, and should
receive the most consideration. IL
helps you In business, helps good looks
helps make friends, helps get situations
and helps you hold them. and always
makes happiness, Property like this,
az the first indication OF being out Of
repair, should be looked after aud a
remedy applied at once. There are
any number Of signs that show repairs
are needed. Bilious spells, indigestion,
dyspepsia, belehing, dizziness, siek
headaches, sallOw complexion, pimples
and liver spots on the face, a drowsy
feeling after meals. sour stomach, etc.
These symptoms an show loss OF health.
Druggists will sell you for 25e a box
Of DIR. Gums Improved Liver Pills. a
cure cure for an Of these diseases
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02

The regular Saturday night debate
Of the Liberiy people took place az
usual Without permission from anyone
az Salem they discussed the direct pri
mary law. and made some Of the legis
lativc candidates stand up and say
whether they were Ia favor Of the Tut.
the law or not sam Hughes, the labor
candidate on tho Republican ticket.
said he would vote 10 repeal IL unless
ali its present obnoxious and arbitrary
provisions could be- struck out. CO..
nofer Of the Journal was present AM
took tho same stand. Hal Patton of
the Young Men = Republican club. said,
under the direct primary system, there
was not much use Tor campaign clubs
but that he expected 10 support eanii,
dates for tho legislature personally
without regard 90 whether they signed
Statement No, or not. The people. he
said, wanted good men Ia the legisla.
tuTe and taking Statement No. I or
not taking Il aid not make man an
honest man, or a dishonest one. lie
threw a great deal Of humoF into his
remarks and closed the meeting ~
late hour In a very happy frame of
mind. A committee was appointed 10
investigate and report a matter pFopos
ed by the county court, for the people
Of Liberty 20 contribute $500 towards
a road az Rosedale and In return be- al
lowed 10 have an their road tax and
poll tax and county tax 20 expsnd iu
their own district, The sentiment seem,
ed 20 be against the proposition, and
some hot speeches were made. There
Was a large attendance and good hu.
NOR prevailed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02
COIOniSt Rates

commoncing Fcbruary ibth, and
continuing dniy 20 and including
April TN, and from septembcr ION
until October 81. 1905. colonist itch.
eta win be sold from tho Mast 10 AN
points on Oregon lines via. Portland
Nol,Owing rates from Omaha. Neb..
tat; Council Bluffa. Ia. 90; Kansaa
city. No. t2b; Denver. oolo.l ta5i
g. Joseph. Mo-. tas; "a Louis. Mo-.
$50: ChioaEo in.. taa. n you desire
you can make deposit win AGENTS
ana tickets VIII b furniaAed your
friends In tho hnst A. l. CRAio.
"a OeBoral PaasouEos Agent
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02
THE OLD
FASHIONED
FARMER

hut this old fashioned farmer o.
ours has not eaten dish u oldfash.
ioucd samp In 90 years. be imports
bis nour from Minneapolis, made by
tho mos, modern patent processes he
could not gct an old fashioned buffalo
robe Tor the value of the best acre Of
hia orchard land There 10 not a ain.
glo old.fashionel spinning wheel or
reel in his house and bic boy does not
know how 20 swing an old fashioned
rcythe nor his girl 90 knit a stocking
ilia folk Say hearth, and not che ola
Cushioned "harth" and asparagus in.
stead OF sparrow grass" ne grows
Concord grapes Instead of swostwatof
aud Burbank plums Instead of damson
aud hofso plums Ne reads a daily
morning paper instead Of the Old fash.
ioncd weekly Observer or Recorder.
tie sends his boys 90 uniou .rhool
and pays az much taxes la a year af
his father paid iu an bic lie u is
very probable that he could not tell
you who Old Hickory wusi and he has
only a faint uotiou of the leading poll.
tiriaus and statesmen ~ the Ciyil War
hut he talks Of beans as legumes
and buys bacteria which which 10 inoe
ulate bis soil. lie reads bulletins more
than he reads bis Bible, and has more
faith la spraying than To- praying for a
good apple crop. he takes biz milk
20 a eondeusary, and he eats beef put
up Ia a Chicago packing house. he
prefers California oranges 20 those
from Florida, and is little particular
about the bananas that he eats with
his bowl OF milk. Shades of Thomas
Jefferson and Ben Franklin and George
Washington SIN this man calls him.
self an cold fashioned farmer"
istead Of "lilae bush, a "einna-
mon rose" and a "piny" bic wife has
big howeT garden, and they talk about
their lawns Tie has Austrian pines
and Kentucky coffee trees and tulip
trees from the west, aud German lin
dens, growing along With bis bass
woods aud his elms and bis naples
His wife talks huently OF her beds OF
Dianthus laeiniatus and Gladiolus I
gandayensis. His mother just raised .
grass pinks and morning gloFies and /
iamask roses. You may look an
around bis place for old fashioned
.hings. and look mostly ia vain There
4 no old fashioned pork barrel In his
cellar, and when they Kin lambs or
,alyes the neighbOrs DO not "swap
luarteFs" The only old fashioned
.roekery about the house Il a blue
'iteher and a few blue plates, set up
Is bTie-a-brae. while they dine oH
rom stone china. Oat neal has come
o 70 crowd out the old fashioned In
Ian meal, and il 10 sorry breakfast
hat does not have some new patented
cereal. The children do not
are 70 eat with their knives. nor can
hey wipe their hngeTs on their aprons
The Independent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02
Health Is Youth

Disease and sickness Bring Ola Age.
Herbine, taken every morning before
breakfast, win keep you In robust
health, ht you 20 ward on disease. II
cures constipation, biliousness, dyspep-
sia, fever skin, liver and Kidney com.
PlaintA u Purihes the blood and clears
the complexion.
Mrs ". D. Smith, Whitney, Tex
writes April 3. 1902; 81 have used
Herbine, and find il the best medicine
for constipation and liver troubles. II
does an you claim for Il. ! can highly
recommend H." soc. sold BY d. J.
Fry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02
HOTEL OREGON

Corner of seventh and staTk Streets,
Portland, oFegoA
The nov and modorn hotel o. the city
Caters particularly 10 reuidenis u Ba-
lem and other Oregon sitiea Europoan
plan. FFee bus Rates ti.O0 per day
and upward. Handsomeut gin In ths
West, and prices a. low AZ In places
losa attractive DAILY Capital J0uFnal
on Gle
wRIoHT DIoKENBON HOTEL 90.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02

Tho concluding address ia the brook.
lyu Institute series on "The Position
of Women" was delivered a ne Art
Gallery by the Rev. Anna Howard
shaw of Philadelphia. ahe Interest.
"a an audience BY speaking on "The
Political Status of Women. The
Brooklyn Eagle.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02

II thriehes tho blood, strengthens
the nerves, makes every organ Of tho
body strong and healthy A great
ppr.ng tohis. HOLSTERS Rocky Noun.
taiu Tea. 35 cents Tea or Table,s Dr.
etonas Drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02
JuSt Arrived

one car Of woven wire feld fence.
Special discount tin Aprn bth. We
have large siosk of hsld, lava and
poultry fencing, shiaglss. posts. gates
and p. A u. ready roohng An Al low.
sst prices
WALTER MORLEY.
250 Court 81. salan. Or.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02

There 70 one thing We have never
been able 70 understand, Why ladies
will bay harmful cosmetics when Hollis
teT's Rocky Mountain Tea makes clear
sOnPlezioua 50 sonts Tea Or Tablsts
DT. Stones Store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-02

Tue undersigned - prepared 10 taks
saving eoniraelA TslcPhons hain pas
q Mosisr, Pair GrOlnd hoad. NoEth
Ealsa 99ak
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-04-12
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
MILWAUKEE,, APRIL 10.
EGG AND DAIRY MARKETS.

MlLWAUkEE-Eggs- Market steady Tho
produce boards official quotation is 15c
for current receipts, at mark, cases re-
turned. strictly fresh, candled, cases re-
turned l6c; seconds and checks, Zoe.
Butter-Market lower. Elgin price on eX-
ira creamery is Pie. Local price, extra
creamery. lie; prints, OBS; hrsts. lie; sec
onds, 1Ga11c; renovated. l601Tc; dairy,
fancy, 1Sul9c lines, l4l 15c; roll 144l5c;
packing stock, 12412lac.
Chcese-Steady; American fun cream
twins, 12Ql2hc; limburger. per lb. 11lap
lie; low grades. 91l0c; imported Swiss,
PC; fancy Block, lic; round Swiss,
!"laflic; loaf. l3l24llc; Sapsago. 1sc:
Daisies. l2s4 l3c; Long Horns, 12E013c;
Young Americas, l21aal3c.
ELGIN, H., April lo,-Butter was quoted
at Pie pound on the board or trade fall
of 90 from last weeks prices The output
for the district is $4,000 pounds. The pros
poets of early pastUragc aud unloading Of
large amounts Of storage butter are given
as the cause of the lower price.
CHICAGO. Ill, April lO.-Butter-Wea
creamerles, 1la2oi2c; diaries, 1lm Zoe. Eggs
Firm, Mt mark, cases included, 16l2c.
Checse-Firm; daisies 3Ql3l2c; twins 12c;
Young Americas, 11411hc. Poultry-Liye,
steady; turkeys, 12l2c chickens and spring-,
l2c. Potatoes-Firm; Burbanks, GoU62c;
rUrals, Gln64c; red stock, 6DGGlc. Veal
Stcadier, 30 to 6opound weights 4l20jc:
ca 10 75pound weights, 5i2u6c; 50 to no
NEW YORK. April o-Butter-Steady;
receipts 1IS5 pkgs; state dairy, common
to extra. 14G2O15c. Cheese Firm, I'M
changed; receipts $40 pkgs Eggs-Easy;
receipts, 25.256 pkgs; state. PENNSYLVANIA
and nearby, fancy, selected, white, 21c:
western frsts. 1Sc; do seconds lI1ac; south
pruS, 1GladllSC,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-04-12
WIESMANN CASES NOLLED
Kenosha Eccentric's Estate Asks Dis.
missal of Peculiar Conspiracy Suit
Others to Be Dropped.

KENOSHA, Wis. April 81 Special. ]
In the county court here this morning
Judge Slosson renderd judgment direct
ing the administrators of the estate of
Henry 'Wiesmann to dismiss the famous
conspiracy case brought by Wiesmann
against John Il. Tigh, Anton Daniels and
James Ward, prominent men of the
town of Brighton, this county. The case
was to have been taken up in the SUI
preme court next Tuesday. Wiesmann
had asked for $4,000 from each defend
ant, claiming that these men, working
as an election board, had denied him the
right of suffrage. 1t is stated that n sim
liar order will be issued in connection
with forty other suits now pending in the
circuit courts of Racine and Kenosha
counties and in the supreme court. The
administrator for the estate, in petit
ton in the court, declared that Wies
mann had no case for action.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-04-12
BRYAN TO DROP SILVER.
ming Also at New York Feast
of Democrats.

NEW YORK, April 10-A movement
to nominate w. j. Bryan for President
IN loUS is expected to be set on foot at
the annual dinner of the Democratic club
at the Waldorf Astoria next Monday
night.
Bryan's friends are responsible for the
statement that he will, either III personal
interview or in his paper state that the
silver question has been relegated to oD-
llvion by the great production of gold
since 1896 and is no longer an issue.
The Democratic club men believe this
tive Democrats to Mr. Bryan and that
they. joining with his personal following,
can easily nominate him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-04-12
JURYMEN PAY HIS FINE.
Poor Seymour Man Cut Timber illegally,
but Circumstances Cause Judge
Quarles to Be Generous.

GREEN BAY. Wis. April IL Spe-
cial. AFTER finding Joseph Landwchr
guilty of cutting timber on the Oneida
reservation, the jury, moved by the story
of the young man. made up n purse and
paid the fine imposed by Judge Quarlos
Landwehr lives at Seymour and is in
Quarles of Milwaukee asked him if he
had anything to say before sentence
was passed he said that he had wife
and two small children, and no property
except two cows which were mortga gcd
The judge then imposed fine of So
the smallest possible penalty. and
omitted payment of costs. Immediately
the foreman of the jury passed his hat
and SO was raised in short time
United States Marshal Reid donated So
The man who caused Landwehr's arrest
gave 50
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-04-12
LOOSE BOG JAMS RIVER
OSHKOSH BRIDGE IS PARTIALLY
WRECKED BY PRESSURE.
Sawmill Forced to Close, but No Serious
Floods Result--Send 1t Through
Lake Winnebago.

OSHKOSH, Wis, April 1O.-[ Special
About 300 acres of ice and bog of the
Butte Des Morris marsh broke loose Mon
day and carly in the evening struck West
Algoma bridge, smashing the protection
piers and jamming the entire river from
the bridge north into Lake Butte Des
Morris for about quarter of Il mile.
The river was not damned enough ny
the bog to cause floods above. The saw
mill of the Paine Lumber company was
forced 10 close, however, the mass III
juring the log slip.
Efforts are being made to break the
bog up and send it down the Fox river
into Lake Winnebago. Hundreds OF
muSkrats were caught in the jam at the
bridge and swan to land. The bridge
was in danger of being swept away for Il
time.
A similar movement in Butte Dcs
Morris marsh real estate has not taken
place since 1882
MARINETTE, Wis. April 10 Spe-
cial. High water today threatens to
sweep out the Golfer dam and other con-
struction work on the new S2Oo.OOO pa
per mill of the Marinette & Menominee
Paper company. All construction work
has been stopped and big crew OF men
have been put to work rearing cmbank
ments. The river continues to rise ana
thousands of dollars damage may result.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-04-12
MILWAUKEE STOCKYARDS REPORT.

HOGS-Receipts, 3oOO; market strong;
light. mixed. G.359645; fair to choice me-
diums. 6.ioad.5o; selected mediums aud
heavy. G4T1afl652R: coarse stays, $50.
CATTLE-Receipts 800, steady; calves GOO,
steady; butchers steers, medium to good,
1850 to 1900 lbs, 4.75Q5.5o; fair to medium,
$50 to 1850 lbs, 4.u0n45o: heifers, common,
3oou3.5o; good, 4o044T5: cows, fair to
good. 3.1JIt i.j0; Gamers, l.T56D2.JO; cutters,
2TJQ3.OO; bulls, common. 2.TJa31J; choice,
32503.75; feeders. 800 TO $50 lbs. 35o94.25;
stockerS, 500 to 100 lbs, 2.T5G3.2J; veal
50OGG.o0 Mixers and sprlngers-Markct
limited to few choice cows.
SIIEEP-Receipts, 200; steady, 3.50Te
$50; shorn, 3.oOli4.5O; lambs, steady, J.5UlD
$50, shorn, 4.oDa525.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-04-12
STATE NEWS NOTES.

LA CROSSE-An attempt to organize an
anti-s saloon league under j. l. Sieder Of the
state Anti Saloon league, failed. Only five
people appeared to make up the mass meet
ing, 1t Is claimed.
RACINE-Attorucys for Walter A. Wood.
n manufactures, sued by Miss Jessie Me
phersou for $1,000 for alleged breach of
promise. and given II verdict of $1,000, has
entered IL motion for n new trial
FORT ATKINSON-C. W, Ferris was
elected business manager Of the lii-O Hi.
the annual publication Of the Oberlin co.
junior college class. r. c. Bird of West
Allis. Wis, was elected assistant art editor.
NEW RlCIMOND-The 5000 libel suit
brought hy former State Senate, -. W.
Moshcr OF this city against the publishers
of the New Richmond News has been sent
to La Crosse for trial. before Circuit Judge
Fruit, on an affidavit of prejudice.
EAU CLAIRE Martin Brandon, accused
OF the attempted murder of Fred Gadsby,
druggist. was dismissed by the circui.
court Brandon was subject to insane spells
caused by an Injury. He INDUCED freely in
stlmulants 10 alluy the pain aud became
temporarily insane, it was proven.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-04-12
QUEER DOCTOR is FREED.
st. Croix County "Man of the Woods
Has No License, but Takes
No Fees.

HUDSON, Wis, April 10.-l Special
John Thill of Somerset, charged with
practicing as a physician without Ii
censc was found not guilty. Thill, known
as the Somerset doctor is peculiar
character. His hair was unkempt and
he wears Il black flannel shirt. His face
is almost black from the fumes of drugs
he brews from herbs, it Is said. He Is
being sought by hundreds of sick people.
Thill is a bachelor. As many as 100
patients have visited him on single
day, although he lives ten miles from
a railway station. The district attorney
began Proceedings against Thill on or
der Of Dr. j. V. Stevens of Jefferson,
Wis. secretary of the board of medical
examiners, who was present rs q wit
ness. 1t is certain, that Thill will not
be allowed to go on with his medical
work undismrbed. The medical society
of this county. it is understood, will
bring suits against him until they nave
put an end to what they regard as
illegal practices.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-04-12
STATE NEWS NOTES.

RACINE-Thc ordinance to pay the may.
or $500 per year and aldermen 500 was
passed after a call of the house.
MADISON-Eighty saloonkecpcrs of Madl.
son are negotiating among themselves to
establish sunday closing, with hnes for
violations.
RIPON-Tustlcc blanchard of the Now
York supreme court, a graduate of Rpon
II, has presented the college with fine
portrait of former President Merriam.
RACINE-Thc hfticth annual conference
of the Wisconsin Evangelical association
will be held April 10, and continue four
DAYS Rev $. c. Brcyfogpl of Reading,
Pa, will preside.
RACINE-An attempt is to be made to
collect from the milwaukee, street railway
company SO Il year since 1893 for each car
operated here according to the terms Of
their franchise.
EACINE-Sands VI. Hart, president of TIE
Racine Wooden Mill company, was arrested
charged with permitting Joseph Sietz, I'M
der 16 years old to work in the factory
over ten hours day He was fined $40
and costs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-04-12
REUBEN F. LITTLE DEAD.
0sceola Englishman Who Fought with
Union Army in Civil War Had
Varied Career.

OSCEOLA, Wis, April 9.-LSpecial.l
Reuben L. Little, resident of Clay
ton, Polk county, since 1866, is dead of
heart disease. He was born in England
in 1889 and came 10 Canada in 1875.
He enlisted in the United States regulars
in the spring of 1861 and served in Gen.
Thomas division. Little was the last
man to leave Rossvilic Gap in front of
Chattanooga after the battle of Chick
amauga. He was wounded at the battle
of IIover's Gap, SMYRNA, and Corinth.
Little was engaged in the wholesale
confectionery business i'll st. Paul and
returned to this county in 1879. pur-
chasing much swamp land. He had Il
long legal battle with the Omaha road
because of firing the swamp.