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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-02
Unjust Fruit Charges.

Unjust Fruit Charges.
Ono complaint invoices the freight
rates charged by Southern roads for
the shipment of fruit to the Northern
markets. The complaint Is brought
by j l.. ,Waxclbnum & Co., fruit com.
mission merchants OF Macon, Ga. !. and
all the railroads In tho South which
have Northern connections are made
defendants.
Tho complninnnts allegc that tho
rates OF peaches, for instance, from
Macon and Atlanta arc rs cents pcr
100 pounds to Washington md Bnlti.i
more and 81 cents per hundred To
philadelphia and New York.
They aver TINT these rates arc I'm.
Just and unreasonable, ana that n fair
rate would be 6S cents to Washington
and baltimore and 81 cents to Phla.
dolphin and New York 1t Is alleged
that the rate on peaches from Macon
ana Atlanta is only SIS ~ cents To
buffalo and 5S cents To Plttsbnrg, nj
though the distance to those cities Is
much grcntcr than that to any OF the
four cities first named
Private Car Monopoly.
The complalnants also nllcEe that
they arc aforementioned by the dc.
mnnls of the private car company.
which operates the refrigerator cars
ana that they are forced To pay OK
ccssivc charges for refrigeration They
say tho refrigeration charges arc IL 10
cents crate, although nine cents a
crate would be fair.
They aver, too, that IL is tho duty
OF the defendants to furnish rcfriger-
ator cars and not to farm out that
business to private company and
compel shippers to make two contracts
:or tho shipment Of goods of that
kind. srwW
The commission Is asked to inyestt.
gate the charges aud Issue nm order
correcting the evils comElalncd of, and
TO sec that the Injustice cited is dis.
continual
Denver Merchants Complain.
10 the other case the Merchants
Iralric Association. of Denver. com.
plains that the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company. and
all Of the important lines of RAILWAYS
tiolng business between the northern
atlantic coast and the Pacific coast
discriminate against Denver mer.
chants and jobbers In favor of those
OF San Francisco and other Pacific
coast points in the matter of freight
rates 1t Is alleged that the defend.
ant companies exact rate on calico
and some similar merchandise from
Atlantic coast points to San Francisco
and other Pacific coast points of 81
per hundred pounds, on car load lots,
ana 81 80 per hundred on less than
car load lots; whereas, to Denver and
colorado common points they charge
si.i9 per hundred, with no reduction
for car load lots.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-02
THREE CITIES JOINED
IT THE FINAL TRIBUTES
Nj. Bryan's Homecoming Recep-
lion Comes 10 Close in
The East.
nusntppren ~, .,p.,,.,.r.s $3.50.
BAAQuETED BY NEWSPAPER MEX
Prefers Hiss Own Conscience to Sup.
port of all People. lronicaI Re,
mark Causes interruption at New.
ark. Would Purge Both Parties.
Starts for Nebraska This Evening.
CBy Associated Press.-


NE WYORK, N. Y, Sept. L.
Three cities joined today paying the
final tributes of the continuous wei.
lone accorded to William Jennings
Bryan since his arrival in New York
Thursday from his tour around the
world.
Returning from Bridgeport this
morning MIR. Bryan, after devoting
scant time to personal business, was
escorted to the National Democratic
club where an enthusiastic rocep-
ton was accorded him and where he
spoke briefly.
He finished the day with an in.
formal dinner given in his honor By
200 OF the working newspaper men
of the metropolis.
Mr.. Bryan will rest until tomor-
row evening when he will start on
his journey home in company with
the "home folks" from Nebraska on
their special train. They expect to
reach Lincoln on Wednesday after
n stop for receptions at Detroit and
Chicago.
At Democratic Club,
Mr.. Bryan was the guest of the
National Democratic Club for twenty
three minutes this afternoon, when
he was welcomed by several hundred
member of the committee, which cs-
corted Mr.. Bryan to the club dinner,
where the distinguished visitor was
received by President Fox, who in
troduced him to the members as
your next candidate for the Prcsi
dency."
In response, Mr.. Bryan said in
part:
1t has been said that may be
your next candidate for president.
have twice had the distinction of be,
ing the candidate OF my party for
that great honor. Whether shall
have 1t again is more than you OF
can say.
Conscience Must Approve.
Whatever shall do. I must have
the approval of my own conscience
prefer to have the honor of my
own conscience to having the sup
port Of all the people of the United
States. A majority is not always
in the right. but 1t is so presumed
to be i'll government. and. the only
way for a man who finds himself IN
the minority is to fight for his ideas
until he wins the majority to his
cause. have no monopoly upon tho
thinking Of the democratic party
Democrats do not need leader.
do not care what politicians think.
If knew what the people want toda,
would know what the politician:
will want tomorrow for they are a
timid class and want to do wha
the people desire"
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21


Great was the cost in labor to erect
the mound shown above in the illus
tration. This cone-shaped heap OF
earth lies near to the Wisconsin
river on land owned by L. P. Lewis
and to the north of the residence
of Charles Poison in Fairfield. An
other similar mound is near to it
and both are but a short distance
north of the public road. The two
round mounds are but two in a
group of fourteen situated about
the Poison home.
The-mound shown in the illustra-
tion is about fifty feet across at the
base and stands seven feet high.
No written record remains as to
when, why or by whom it was built.
The black earth of which it is COM
posed was gathered in the neigh
borhood and heaped into the mYs
terious pile without the aid of tools
as we now have them. In skins
and crude vessels of earth and wood
the soil was probably brought to
it's present resting place. It was
not done without'a purpose but no
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21

The outlines of five efigv and a
long mound remain. Two others
are obliterated but were located by
FL. H. Porter. Cultivation of fifty
years has brought it's revenges.
Pieces of pottery and other eviden-
ces of Indian life are found on the
village site.
On the north bank of Leech creek
on the farm of Charles Ayers may be
seen the remains of a bear mound
and six long mounds. The most of
them are almost gone.
On the farm of E. r. Thomas is a
group of six round mounds which
are very near to the edge Of the
marsh. They have probably been
reduced in elevation by being plowed
over.
After surviving, perhaps centur-
les, it is to be regretted that so
many of the mounds in Fairfield
should have been destroyed by
plough and spade in recent
times.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21

history remains and NO ovoice is with
us to solve the mystery. Some
suggest that such a mound was to
mark the boundary between nations,
for a. religious purpose or for the
eternal home of the dead. In many
of the round mounds about the
state, human remains have been
found. Possibly this one marks the
last abode of some chief or warrior
bold who led his fellows from place
to place in pursuit of his daily
wants or chase. Mr.. Hall of Daven-
port, Iowa, sought to solve the
mystery some years ago, but a
small depression at the top of the
mound is all that remains as a re-
ward for his pains. The other
round mound near it was also desc
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21
TWO FIRES
Stir 5araboo People just Be.
fore Bed Time.
From Fridays Daily.)

Two small fires within a half hour
OF each other, the changing of the
fire bell and the screech of the
whistle, kept the people of Baraboo
at fever of excitement between
eight and nine o'clock last night.
The first fire was in the roof of a
house owned by Mike Nc Gam on
the hill on Third avenue. The house
is occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. l. Fuhr-
man and they went to the store af-
ter supper without noticing that
one of the chimneys was burning
out, though several of the neigh
bors saw it. It must have been that
some of the sparks started blaze
in the roof, for there is where the
damage was done. A well-directed
stream of water by the fire depart
ment had it out in jiffy. "A hole
in the roof, and some injured walls
and ceilings by water, were the .ex-
tent of the damage. Mr.. Nc Gam
carries $1,000 insurance on the
house. Mr.. Thurman carries no in
surance and suffered no loss. !.
While the department was still
at the Nc Gam home the alarms
rang out again and there was a
general rush for the Ideal Bakery
on Oak street, where the second one
was located. This fire was in the
walls in the interior and was soon
found and put out. Very little
damage was done to the building
by fire, but it was thoroughly soak
ed with water. F. W. Beidatsch,
the proprietor of the bakery, thinks
the blaze was started by rats gnaw-.
ing some matches in his coat pock-
cts. He closed the bakery at eight
o'clock and left his work clothes
near his sacks OF flour. There was
no fire there when he went away.
His flour, spices, mince meat and
other stores we're badly damaged.
He carried 81 900 insurance in the
Phoenix. Hon. E. 6. Marriott, the
owner of the building, carried $500
in the Hanover.
This building is one of the old
landmarks in Baraboo. It was built
for use as shoe store by Hon.
Frank Avery 49 years ago. After
wards Steven Hofstatter, father of
J. r. Hofstatter. put on the second
story.
The fires drew an immense crowd
of people.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21
Roses and Daisies,
Had To Have EN-.

We people of Baraboo and Sank
county, where wealth has not be-
come so abundant as to be Ioppres-
sive, have little conception of how
some of the rest of the world in the
big cities lives. There are two clas-
ses very far apart--one making a
desperate struggle for mere exist
ence, the other wasting money on
every freaklsh fancy of the hour.
Here is a glimpse of "high societ y
in the old Quaker town of Philadel-
phia, where the value of two big
Sauk county farms was spent in
two evenings:
It was all for a girl of Is, Miss
Clara Waterman Knight. She is a
happy, winsome lass, even though
she has million in her own right
and is the wealthiest of this seasons
debutantes.
Her father, Edward Ceilings
Knight, Jr., one Of the seldom heard
of multimillonaires, made money in
sugar and then multiplied it many
times in stocks.
Then, also, there is an uncle, Ed
ward Waterman Dwight, who is a
steel manufacturer, in mines andin
western ranch investments, has roll
ed up fortune which runs far into
the millions.
It is around these two multimill-
ionaire relatives, father and uncle,
of the fortunate young debutante
that is built the story which society
IS now discussing.
Came Out Quietly.
Miss Clara Waterman Knight is
of quiet disposition, and it was by
her request that when she entered
society this season no formal COM
ing out tea was given and she mere
ly joined her mother in receiving at
their "at homes, -
This did not meet with favor in
the eyes of the multimillionaire
uncle, Mr.. Dwight, who is very
proud of his beautiful niece. At
the Philadelphia club, where both
we're members, he met Mr.. Knight
md chaffed him numerically about
the simplicity of his daughters
coming out"
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21

There was a friendly war OF words
between the multi-millionaires and
it is said that then and there it was
agreed that two functions should
be given which would set society by
the cars. There is also an intima-
ton that the proud uncle spurred
on the proud father by the declara-
ton, and perhaps wager, that no
matter how lavish the affair which
the latter gave, the former would
eclipse it.
Edward Ceilings Knight, Jr., the
father, made the first effort. Itwas
a cotillion reception given at the
Bellevue-Stratford, was attended
by everybody of prominence in win
ter society, and with ieweled favors,
cost, at a conservative estimate,
$40, 1000.
Uncle Outdoes Father.
Then came the uncle's innings and
Mr.. Dwight more than made good
his def or wager.
Mr.. Knight, the father, decora-
ted the Bellevue-Stratford ball room
so cleverly that it simulated a gar
den and in which bloomed 10, 600 cut
flowers, $500 of them American
Beauty roses at 81 or more apiece.
Mr.. Dwight, the uncle, announced
that he would GO in for simplicity,
and he hid all the pillars of the
ball room with gigantic palms and
ferns, that spread their leaves 20
feet from the stems, and with living
vines that trailed their branches
for hundreds of feet in every direc-
tion and made the room appear like
a tropical garden.
There bloomed thousands of dais-
les, at 20 cents per daisy; rhododen
drons, white laurel and white lilacs,
imported especially from the far
south regardless of cost, and white
azaleas. Miss Knight and her moth
er, received the $50 guests in
green cave and amid field of
daisies.
None could tell where the orches-
tras we're, SO cunninglY were they
hidden in tropical bowers.
And all of this cost Uncle Dwight
$24, 900.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21

strange looking mound in the group
is outlined in the accompanying
drawing. Just what it represents
or what it was intended, our
readers may guess. Authorities on
the subject do not know.
Other Groups.
On the farm of Wallace Porter
and southeast of the residence is
found the remains of a group of
mounds and near to it a village site.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21

Ruth Atkinson has returned from
a few days visit at Montfort.
The teachers examination which
was held at Ableman Monday and
Tuesday was we'll attended.
A party was given in honor of
Miss Flora Rick at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clark Holt of South
Delton, Wednesday evening, March
IA.
At sheriff's execution sale, yes
terday afternoon, Dithmar & Carow
purchased the L. E. Hoyt dam and
rights under the high bridge, sub
j ct to Mr.. Hoyt's rightsto redeem
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21
THE POCKET BALLOT.
Voter Would Have to Learn
How All Over Again.

Baraboo voters, in common with
others in Wisconsin, will have a
chance to express themselves on the
Dunn Pocket Ballot at the coming
election.
Moncena Dunn of Marshfeld, in
7entor of the perforated coupon,
oasteboard pocket ballot, the adopt
on of which will be vcted upon in
he state this spring where voting
machines are not in use, thinks he
las good thing. The adoption of
hat form of ballot for Wisconsin
night be a good thing for him
financially, but it is very doubtful
whether the voters of the state
wish to tackle another complicated
;hange in election methods.
Should a majority of the electors
leclare for the change, it would be
tut in effect at next falls election.
!hen the method of voting would
,e as follows, according to the state
nent of the inventor himself:
con entering the polling place
he voter is given the stapled paste
boards forming book of folded bal
OTIS in a large envelope in which he
yill also find the receptacle for his
)allot. Whex alone in the booth
le takes the ballot and if he votes
straight ticket, tears out the party
sheet, easily recognized by its dis
.inctive color, places it in the re-
.eptacle and puts the unused ballot
u the larger envelope. Carefully
olding receptacle into envelope
:orm he leaves the booth and in the
presence of the officers of election
eals the receptacle as well as the
arger envelope and hands them to
oe deposited in the ballot boxes,
me being kept for the voted ballot
ind another for the discards. In
1oting a split ticket the process is
imilar. All the voter does is to
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21
SAUK COUNTY ANTIQUITIES.
(By H. E. Cole.)

Grated with no marked results.
AS shown in the picture the
mound is in the woods and young
that trees have fallen are lying
across it.
Nine of the remaining mounds in
the Poison group are eflgies aud
several of them are of unusual
shape. The plowshare has created
havoc with them and about all that
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21
RRIEFLETg.
(From Fridays Daily.)

James Carroll of Beloit. is spend
ing a few days with r. w. Murphy.
Carl Ziegler of Valley Junction,
visited relatives in Baraboo and
Fairfield few days this week.
Mr.. Geo. Waddell who. has spent
the past year at st. Louis, Mo. will
return home next Tuesday.
Miss Oral Ames spent Wednesday
with her friend, Mae Waddell,
OF South Dalton.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21

pick out his party ticket first and
then tear out from the other sheets
the coupons for such Offices as he
wishes to split en-. He places the
party ticket and the coupons in the
receptacle and the unused ballots
in the envelope and repeats the
former process.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21
Fourth Paper-Fa airfield.

Along the Nile are rock hewn
pyramids and over Greece and
Rome are ruined temples. Here at
home is the work of the ancient
mound builder whose effort to en-
body some idea into the heap of
earth to resist the decades of time,
remains a prehistoric landmark.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

(From Wednesdays Daily.)
George Carpenter, colored, aged
81 years, died last night at the home
of his mother, corner of Summit
street and Eighth avenue. Tuber-
culosis was the cause of death. The
body will be taken to Lake Mills to-
morrow for burial.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21

NOTE: The field notes and maps
from which these articles are taken,
were made by Mr.. A. B. Stout OF Bar
aboo, for the State Archaeological So.
ciety and will soon be issued I'm the
published reports of that organiza-
ton.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21
Wisconsin Senators.
Of people.

According to the following list,
Robert M. La Toilette was the
thirteenth senator elected in Wis
consir. The record is as follows:
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21

By special arrangement with
the publishers of these papers, we
are prepared to send all three for
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 a 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 agricultuT;st. Sam
Pile copies of all may be seen at this
office. All three for one year foI
SOC.
Address or call,
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Baraboo, Wis.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21

remains of some of them are faint
outlines of what was once a bear or
other beast. One of them looks
like an immense weasel SO PAGES in
length with body 20 feet wide. A
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21

The first United States senators
from Wisconsin were Democrats.
Walker was a Milwaukee man,
brother of Col. G. Walker, who
shared with juneau and Kilbourn
the credit of founding Milwaukee.
Dodge was an Indian fighter, ahero
of the Black Hawk war, and had
been the first governor of the terri
tory of Wisconsin.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-03-21
THIS OFFER
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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-
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nish our readers at the following
price:
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Agricultural Epitomist, ...... .25
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New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
LIVESTOCK MARKET.

New York, August H. 1e15.
BEEVES-Receipts were cars, ia head including
for the market No sales to-day. Feeling dull
and unchanged Dressed at 5G9c per for
common choice native sides No later cable advices
Exports from this port to-day 200 cattle and 5000
quarters OF beef
CALvEs-Reeepts were % head for the market Feel
ing steady for all kinds. No veals offered West Vir-
gna calves sold 81 50 per 100 10 50 15
city dressed veaIs steady at 9Q12sc per ~ country
dressed at 5Gp1OIac.
sales-w. Hume: % buttermiIk calves l67 70 aver
age at SO T5 per 100 n.
Newton Co: West Virginia calves 1872 n. at 81 80
SHEEP AND I-ANfBS-Feceipts were s3s cars. or 2O4s
head, all for the market. On continued light receipts
sheep were irm; lambs 254Oe higher The offerings were
quickly sold Sheep sold $3G$5 100 Ib prime
choice sheep offered to choice lambs at s6S9
dressed mutton steady 7GS2o per 10 dressed lambs
firm 1OG1Sisc
n average at $S 20 per IS 10 at S6 2f9 VIZ
gIna do H. az IS Is: West Virginia sheep. 100 10
So; / buck. 40 10. at SO.
Newton & Co: Virginia lambs 90 IS .;
go Virginia "a 70 ss 2S2 Kentucky do q 10 at
IS; . bucks l45 10. az 50.
Eerns Commission Company: 242 Kentucky lambs. 03
10 az S9 234 Virginia DO. "a 70. at s. 30
Tobin shannon: q state lambs. 6a io az IS %: %
Rabensteiu Harris COnnor; 2s5 Ohio and Kentucky
lambs. IS S71s
I4OCS-Recefpts S.O69 head; sale. Feel
ing nominaIly lower Common prime Western hogs sold
late yesterday IS sO0S6 20 per 100 10
sales-S. Judd Co (ate yesterday as Western hogs
at 50 70 100 Ib ne do. go 50:
60 do 26S ~ s. so.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
OTHER MARkETs-sY TELEGRAPH.

Chicago. Aug. ll-CATTI.E-Reeeipts. 400 head; mar
$ aO stockers and teeders 4OQSs SO caIves S59s
HOGS-Receipts. 5000 head: market 5000 lower:
@iSsd n @ and sucSsTs s. 5o4ss l2 good heavy S $50
pigs 90 leSS So; bulk OF sales. 50 sosO o. sEEEP-
Receipts 1900 head: market steady sheep So SOQS5 s:
ysariings. SIS 409s6 25 lambs 81 6OGST Is -
East Buffalo Aug 11-CATTLE- Receipts 9sss head.
slow and unchanged CALVES-Receipss RI hSS6.
active and lower; $4lST To- few. So sS HOGS-Re-
ceips 100 head active and lower; heavy So 6SO 40.
mixed. So 4OgSO 4S YoTkeFs 50 4OaSd sos pigs ~ az
~ %; TouBhs, - lO0&0 2O stays So 25RSs 50; dares
$3.50 - SHEEP and LAMBS-Recepts 500 head:
active and steady; unchanged.
,,; Cincinnati ln Apg n-HoGs. Generally Zoe lower:
$S9S 40 CATrLE' steady: fair 70 good shippers s. SOC
% 10; common S2ds2 35. SHEEP strong So TsG44 as
LAMBS active ana higher. SaQsS.
Kansas City Aug. l.-CATTLE-RecefDts. 800 head.
including 100 Souherns Market unchanged Choice
port and dressed beef steeTs 26Gs0 rs soo
S4gsS 20 Western fed So SO0S6; stOckers and
feeders, s. iQN4 80; Southern S. las8 %: south
en- COWS. ssa @5 native cows. sass e5 native neers
&9ss % bulls, s2gsa 6o calves Z. SOC so IteSeipts
market i0e lower: top So le euiS q sis s. ~ 81 %;
heavy s. e5QSd: packers s. edSs1 p3 lights so4<G l0
plss s3Gs5 as. Receipts foE lhs week. 81 200 lead.
SfiEEP-Nlarket nominRlly steady; lambs ,sGs5 %;
ewes and yolrnss 59sa so Western led ye.I.inss
feeders 5os$o o. scvipss FOR tho week lafQ hsAA