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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
Expect Fight in convention.

The first attempt of Senator La
Toilette to regain his footing in Wis
cOnsin politics, which received a
severe jar in the recent primary
elsction by the nomination of
Governor Davidson overwhelming
~ against Speaker Lenroot, will be
made in the platform convention in
Madison, September 25. This con-
vention will be composed of the
men nominated for state offices and
the nominees for seats in the legisla-
ture, also the senators who hold
over for another session. This
gives the mem bership of the con-
-ventiOn 1877. Senator LaFollette
will attempt to secured the adoption
OF a platform not only containing
substantial vindications of his
course in state and national affairs.
but advocating the enactment of
state laws for which the senator
and his defeated gubernatorial
candidate argued in the recent
primary campaign. While the vote
at the primary election was decisive
~ against Lenroot, there were
gains made by the La Toilette fac
ton in the nominations made in
various legislative districts, and as
each candidate, whether for COVER
nor or member of the assembly. has
one vote in the platform conven-
ton, it is easily possible that the
La Toilette people may control.
However, the prestige of Governor
Davidson and Chairman W. D.
Conner, gained by their great
victory at the primaries, is expected
to give them much more power in
the convention than is represented
by their single votes. It is assured
that they will fight against any at
tempt of Senator La Toilette to
dominate, and it is assured that
this Will be attempted by the
senator. A strenuous contest is
certain. Upon the result depends
the part to be assumed by the
senator in the coming campaign, for
he has already declared that he will
remain silent on the result of the
primaries until after the platform
is adopted.
There IS no possibility that the
Davidson people will strive for a
retrogressive or ''stalwarr" plat
form, but it must be of their writ
ing and not dictated by Senator La
Toilette. Governor Davidson de-
sires that it approve the accomplish
-ments of the republican party in
the establishment of railroad rate
commission and other changes eff
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19

er steak. You gave me to understand
that 1t was a steak prepared by a fat
Dutch butcher In Hamburg, and that
having tried one l would take 10
other. 1t turned out that the beef was
killed in Chicago. You took old scraps
of steak ant chopped them UP fine
Mr.. Bowser is sitting chuckling at
home, and 1 have got to go back and
face him and admit that l was in the
wrong. He'll crow over me for the
next twenty years, but I'll make you
pay for it."
| knew how the thing would come
out. Mrs. Bowser came In looking
pale faced and mad, and when I asked
her what sort of town Hamburg was
she pretended not to hear me and fell
into a chair like bag Of sand, and
remarked:
"An express wagon brought bundle
here this afternoon. 1 suppose some
one has been working you for a soft
snap again?"
Its simply new patent fire escape.
my dear"
What! Another? That makes about
fifteen. Mr.. Bowser, it's a wonder that
somebody doesn't coax the shoes off
your feet. What on earth do we need
a fire escape for?"
TO escape from the second story in
case there is a fire below"
Nonsense! We have been keeping
house over twenty years and never had
a fire yet. It's no wonder the papers
roast you the way they do. Fifteen
dlHerent fire escapes in the last ten
years, and not one Of them good for
anything! It's wonder somebody
don't come along to sell you balloons.
Fooled His Wife.
I whistled and patted the cat and
let Mrs. Bowser have her say, but |
had little job put up on her. AS
soon as she was asleep l slipped down
stairs with handful of cotton batting
and set it on fire in the hall At the
same time I attached my fire escape
to one of the windows. l had hardly
got back into bed before she woke I'D
and screamed at me:
"Out of bed with you, Mr.. Bowser.
Inc mousse IS IN haEeS.'
ut can't be-" I replied.
But 1t is! The flames have already
cut off the stairs. Get out that fire
escape of yours. If it don't work we
shall both be roasted aliver'
1t worked. l gave Mrs. Bowser time
to don wrapper, and then l swung
her into the seat and lowered away,
and down she went as soft as the fall
Of feather. Then lowered myself
down, and as she was screaming for
the police l unlocked the front door
and trod out the smoldering fire. She
followed me into the house and caught
on, and the look she gave me made my
flesh crawl. After sitting down for
five minutes she got over her fright
and said
Suppose that newfangled thing had
not worked!''
''But it did; it was warranted to-"
"But if it had broken and let me
DOWN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19


dignantly exclaimed. THAT steak was
imported from Hamburg direct. No
butcher would dare fool me like that"
But one has. 1 have been in the
shops when they were chopping up the
meat. What did he charge you per
poundw
'Fifteen or sixteen cents, l believe"
"Well, if you had had it forwarded
from Hamburg it would have cost a
dollar a pound at the least. You
meant we'll, of course, but you have
been fooled"
gate" she replied, and, rising up, she
went upstairs for her hat. When she
came down l asked:
"Going to Hamburg to see about itY'
''No. sir l am going over to the
butchers, and If he has fooled me
about that steak it's the last thing I'll
ever buy of him. Don't you run away
while I'm gone. | may bring the man
back with me. l have been tainted
right in my own house with being
noodle head. and We'll see who is the
noodle head when get through"
What Happened at Butchers.
| should never have known what
happened at the butchers but for the
plumber, who happened to be In there.
Mrs. Bowser walked in with her jaws
'sot" and raped her knuckles on the
meat block and said
Butcher, you sent me over a ham.
burger steak this afternoon
Eyes, Mrs. Bowser. Anything wrong
with itY'
"Did that steak come from Hamburg.
Germany"
'Why, no."
ssThen where did it come fromY'
"Well | get most of my beef in Chi
cago, you know
ST know nothing about it. When l
was In here two weeks ago you asked
me If I ever tried a hamburger steak
and advised me to import one from
Hamburg. You now admit that 1t
came from Chicago. Are you ready to
admit also that it was old steak chop
ned m fine? Mr. Bowser says it is"
MY dear WOhidn, HdnlUuI ger
steak is not necessarily made In Ham
burg. You see
81 don't see at all, sir. If l buy a
Paris hat. for a Paris hat and find that
it was made In Oshkosh they are go
Ing to hear from me. You admit, do
you, that you swindled .me?'
'sMy dear, dear Mrs. BOwser,' re-
piled the butcher, as his face length
ened, "you came in here and
''You advised me to try a hamburg
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
BABCOCK'S VICTORY.

Babcock has won out again. No
one except his opponents really
thought for a minute the astute
congressman from the third would
be defeated. Everyone believed he
would do just what he has done
carry his precinct in spite of all OPP
position. Twice the Milwaukee Free
Press has had Babcock beaten and
twice he has fooled them. Their
political forecast has been wrong,
their work in vain and Wisconsin
will again be ably represented in
congress by the gentleman from the
third congressional district.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
sicilians In a Panic.

Palermo, Sept, 1.-THE people o9
Sicily are still in condition of panic
because Of the earthquake shocks
which have been occurring here for
the past four days. They continue to
camp out in the open and many have
taken refuge in caves. They are in
fear Of a repetition of the Calabrla
disaster of last year. Whole towns
and villages have been deserted. Citi-
zens, priests, soldiers and government
officials are crowded together wher-
ever they consider they are safest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
List of Jurors.

Jury commissioners D. T. Parker
Of Fennimore, August Kettler of
Platteville, and w. D. Ryan of
North Andover met here yesterday
and together with Clerk of Court
Hastings, drew the usual number
of jurymen to serve on the regular
fall term of circuit court, which
opens in Lancaster on Monday, Oct.
8Ch.
EnIlnrri,nn. ic tho Let d,.o nm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
viii EstabIisb an organ.

Milwaukee, Sept. 15.-The conven-
ton Of the International Union of
Steam Engineers has voted in favor Of
establishing an official organ, granting
authority to the executive board to
make the arrangements. What the
name of the publication will be or who
will be appointed it's editor was not
given out
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
what Might Have Happened.

you'd have broken both legs and
probably all your ribs, and at this
moment you'd be in the hospital, and
I'd be weeping over YOU"
"And figuring on second wife if l
died"
Naturally. When a man Of my age
is left a widower a second marriage is
inevitable. should wait a year, of
course, but after that
We haven't spoken since. l go
around whistling and singing and now
and then dancing few steps of a jig,
but she is silent and preoccupied and
now and then sighs large sigh. It's
all right to say that Mrs. Bowser is the
better man of the two, but there are
occasions when she falls down and
the man at the head of the house Is
named SAMUEL BOWSER,
Per NJ. Quad.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
Saves Girl from Death.

Milwaukee,'' Sept. 1S.-Miss Ella
Prust,. aged: 10, was: saved from hor-
rible deathin the Abel & Bach Trunk
factory by Martin Hansen, an en-
ploye. He leaped into. the elevator
shaft when he saw the girl was being
caught in an attempt to cross it and
held up the elevator with his shoulders
until help arrived. Neither was in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
Farmers neath !. strange.

W;9necorse. wis, Sert IA.
~IoXie, a well krewn fIrn. er living
ear tcre e'e.2 r.ys4e~' arsly ard the
.rorer las started III naes isgiticIl
o%ie, it IS alleged, died sac9 after
.Hakfast lie had CO: ifncG taIt
lis oatmeal tasNed peculiar, attp.
which lie vc:it 70 !. -. Co. e,s
be died a few noL-en.s i,s>~i II t.2.i
Bile AGONY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19

fected in the last three sessions OF
the legislature, also for further per-
pect1ng. this reform legislation, but
the LaFollette and Lenroot deman d
for a recall or string on Legislators"
bill will be resisted to the utmost.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
BOWSer' S Hour
OF Triumph
He Cot the Better of His Wife
In an Argument Over
Hamburger Steak.
THOUGHT 1T IMPORTED
Abused Butcher Upon Leaning She
Had Been Fooled-Fre Escape
Proved Success.

Copyright. 1906, by P. c. Eastment.l
u AM willing to admit that Mrs.
Bowser is most always right in
our family arguments, but now
and then have an hour of tri.
umph. Such an hour came the other
evening We had finished dinner and
got seated for the evening when she
said:
did you notice anything particular
about the steak at dinner?'
Il noticed that it was hamburger
steak 1 replied.
81 gave the order for it two weeks
ago, and it just came in on the steamer
from Hamburg today / think l shall
have the butcher order one every two
weeks for the next year. How is it
that they have so much better steak
over there than here?"
| began to laugh, and Mrs. Bowser
looked at me in q puzzled way and
finally queried:
Il don'tgsee anything SO very funny"
But there is something very funny
in your having the idea that ham
burger steaks come from Hamburg"
"Why, Of course they do
"Why, Of course they don't. You
might as well say that all Troy laun-
dries are situated in Troy. That steak
tonight was made up right in our fam
lily butcher shop, and, moreover, from
tough old meat that could not be other
wise used"
Said Steak Was Imported.
"Mr. Bowser, you might as we'll call
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
Great Animal Trainer.

Leslie That baldheaded' Thompson
is simply great at training animals.
Stewart-Oh. he is a wonder. He has
actually taught a couple of spiders to
keep the flies off his head.-Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19

Perhaps.one of the amendments
that willl be made to the primary
election law will be a provision
makinglithe failure to vote at the
primaryIelection a Unable offense,
one-haIf to be given to the inform
or the otherIhalf to be turned into
the state treasury.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19

Less than forty per cent of the
normal vote of the state was cast at
the preliminary, and we were told
that the primary election would get
50 close to all the people that it
would fairly hug them. The old
fashioned caucus always made bet
ter than a forty per cent record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19

According to the official figures
of the United States governor, just
issued, the farm lands of Wisconsin
have averaged an increase in value
of 81 per acre in the last five years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
UnintePestlnE.

'You say it was not an interesting
grafton"
Not very interesting. The crowd
was so orderly and did so little cheer
ing that you could hear every word Of
the speech. Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
Woman Causes SuSn.c.'- SIRE

Milwaukee, Sept. 14.-S h:le sta q.
ing at the Goodrich docks Mrs Georg"
Harding. wife of a Chicago restaurant
man. suddenly came face to face with
Charles Wright, who, it is alleged
stole $50 from her husband week
ago. She grappled with the man and
held him until officers arrived. He
will be taken to Chicago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
National Prison Association.

Albany. N. Y, Sept 17.-Members
OF the National Prison association
from all parts of the United States and
Canada, began to arrive here to partic-
ipate in the annual congress Of the as
ISOLATION. The association embraces
besides prison officials prominent phil
anthropists interested in prison re-
form.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19

Over 10000 books were issued at
the public lib rary the past year and
we'll wager that 5000 were fictior.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19

"Saphead has invented an unrefH
abe bottle. There's only one hitch"
what is it?"
'"The bottle remains also unfillable
down to date" = Louisville Courier
Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19

Mr.. Connor, nominated for lieut.
enant governor Sept, 4th, put It
o ertly and pithily in this way:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
Merely Theoretical.

''Who is that extremely plain woman
over there by the Window
That's the lady who lectures on the
evils Of the kissing t"-HoustOn
Post
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-19
Said Steak Was Imported.

''Mr. Bowser, you might as we'll call
me an idiot and done with itv' she in
The Newark journal., 1906-05-25
STATE NEWS ITEnS.

James Hobbs was struck by a
train at Galloway Saturday night
and killed.
David Stevenson of Chicago
committed suicide at Hot Springs
Monday night by taking NOR
phine.
|. n. Snider and Peter Hall be-
came involved in difficulty Sun.
day at Magnolia, and Snider used
his knife inficting serious wounds
upon his antagonist.
A boy eleven years old and a
younger sister, children of Otto
EIsey, farmer living near Den
ming, were struck by lightning
Tuesday while standing in the
door at their home during a thun-
der storm, and were fatally in
jured.
Charles Jacobson, private Sec
rotary to Governor Davis, denies
the story sent out from Washing
ton to the effect that combina-
ton has been effected between
Governor Davis and Secretary of
Iterior Hitchcock regarding the
lid at Hot Springs.
The Newark journal., 1906-05-25
Sale of School Lands

Mott ice is hereby given that in ac-
cordance with law I will On the first
Monday in 1nlv 1oo6 hning tho first
dav of the Indenendence County
Conrt and the second dav of tho
month. offer for sale at nnhlic ontcrv
at the court honse donr in the CITY of
Batesville Arkansas To the HIGHEST
bidder for cash in hand the follow.
inv lands of the sixteenth section in
Gainshoro township to.wit.
NE1-4 NJ tho n ELL Sac 10 Twn
14Nortb p : yvaot an .cras
Nw4o ~ No Sec IL T14n r w
40 acres
Se4of No Soc 10 thin T w
40 acres
Sw of No Soc rs Tim
40 acres
Ne ~ NV Sec 16 TAN r w
an -
~ dcfes
NV OF NV t Sec IL. I IA n, X W,
The Newark journal., 1906-05-25
OAK HILL ITEMS

Cotton hoeing is the order of the
day.
f. NJ. Engles went to Sulphur
Rock Monday.
Miss Julia Self attended the
Childrens Day services at Sulphur
Rock Sunday.
Oliver Moore of Sulphur Rock
spent Saturday night here, the
guest of Walter Reayes.
James Robertson returned home
Sunday from a visit with his
mother near Oak Grove.
S. NJ. Hughes and daughter,
Miss Lucy, of the Magness neigh
borhood, visited Squire and Mrs.
ID. K. Reaves Wednesday.
Go to II. +. Hawthorne for all
kinds of hardware. stoves, nails, etc.
The Newark journal., 1906-05-25
executed.

According to statistics just
made public there was S10,004
in life insurance claims paid to
citizens of Newark during the
year 1905. During the same year
there was 81, $50 paid at Batesville
and 81, 500 at Newport. As the
death rate here is not so great as
at the other points mentioned, this
would seem to indicate that the
people of Newark are believers in
life insurance.
The Newark journal., 1906-05-25

Incensed at the action of Lieut.
Gov. Lee in committing the death
sentence of d. t. Goddard, a
double murderer of Sewer county,
a large crowd at Gillian hanged
in efiigy the lieutenant governor
last Friday night. the day on
which Goddard was to have been
executed.
The Newark journal., 1906-05-25

Ten PAGES

A negro barely escaped being
aynched in the city of New York
Tuesday for the slight offense of
knocking down and escaping from
n policeman who was attempting
to arrest him. O, the Northern
people dearly love the negro.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-24
BANQUET PLANS /!
COMPLETE
DETAILS ron THE RECEPTION
TO SENATOR Pitge AND CON
oRHasMAR HUMPHREY ART
ARRANGED.

All the arrangements are complete
for the public reception - be tvn'
dered tomorrow evening az the Ar.
lnetan hotel 90 Senator filea and
Congressman Humphrey The re-
ceplion viii be Of an Informal char
neier being Intended merely % sf-
ford citizens q Seattle an oppertuu.
ity e. meet their congressional fep-
reaentstivrs Roth ~ the nusats u
honor Viii be introduced 20 the as
armhlad guests for brief addresses
on the work of the last congregational
session. and there VII be short
address u appreciation by George
VI. Walker This viii be the limit
Of formal proceedings
The banquet is opsn 10 all eumers,
no formal Invitations having been
sent ont hy the committee except 70
members % the reception commit
Tee. The affair il public IN lie na-
turc and the invitation 10 attend u
il public. including men ~ ell par
ties and shades % public upiaian,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-24
CHIEF IS AFTER
THE PUGS
wApPEssrsis SAYS THAT
rrEY ARE At WARRANTS
AND WILL HAVE TO LEAVE
THE CITY OR GRACE THE
CHAIN GANG.

Chlsf wappensfein Is after the
prise fighters and promoters. and
SAYS that they mast get ont OF to~n
or s~rve tins In laii Tor sasraney
and~F the state law.
Pleasant beach beias Ia kltsap
county - not wtthsn the iurisiics
ten Of the cts police. but tho light
era and followers who make the
city their headquarters are. and
the chief has determined 70 maze
them set oat
lie Il lneuassd over the erepo
sstson OF allowing fighters 10 turn
Madison park into training quar-
tera ana IoafinG places for = crowd
Of cheap spores. and declares that
an thl4 muat cease a. oncs. He
SAYS that n the men nght IN
Pleasant beach they must train
there also. as be viii not have
thea in ths clty in the tuiurs.
The law calls a fighter OF pro.
mo,er a vaxraut. and as such =
liabis 10 a term IN the county jail
and a heavy fine Last week Dave
Holiy'n trainer. George Parish, Ia
company with three others. was
fined SIS on q vaErancr charge.
and the chief states that others
mag expect the same II they don't
vHcafe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-24
MYSTERIOUS SURVEY
NEAR GEORGET TOWN

Runor preceded Mt barton and
60 those who should be Ia pest
ton O. know. they claim the prellms
mary work ia that Of the chleaFa &
Northweateru railway Others claim
that NJ naHtan - simply here in
TIE capacity 81 TIE Canadian Pacific
railway. Throughout the gcnetai
discussion Mt nafton slmpiy smiled.
An Old Engineer
ATT fartou Il railroad engineer
~ xssrs' siandlug lie was at enc
tlut- ~ the employ " James , I'm
ana lately slth the Milwaukee lie
surveyed that roads proposed route
down Cedar riser ard which i At
present "a Jeopardy.
Mr. naFton ls not With the Mils
Waukee AZ present rhis - known.
Neither Il ho With the arsat North
srn nor the Northern Pacific. lie
VIII Of course. not Say What railroad
company he IL employed with. hut
from activity OF the Chicago a
Northwestern Ia other parts 90 the
state u Il quite FIRMLY believed that
he Il With that read.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-24
TREPOFF MAY
Be DICTATOR
PLANNING TO REMOVE czAR
FROM CONTROL or RUssiAss
AFFAIRS AND oREAT eENER
Al MAY az SELECTED FOR
IMPORTANT OFFICE.

ST. PHTERsnuRg. July "a
General ffepoft Premier sfolYub
and others held a conference tadss
fassrdiHE the proposed dictator ship
The plan il % remove the esaf fren
cuntral because he shows weakness
and xaeillation when strength. Ina
tiative and nerve l. most necessary
Il - reported that tho Grand uuks
Nicholas, The ears cousin. may b
dictator Well informed circles. baN.
ever. think Il mere likely that sans
one general whose greatness eanas
ffnm accom- ltshmengs and rot ffuss
birth. viii b. selected Il Will b
Trspeff more likeiY than any Ersns
aake
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-24
THREATENS TO
SUE DOCTOR

peter Nord. j.. 2i5 Thlrfy-nfth
az. south. died today af noon ~ the
Seattle General hospital. following
an operation 90 hls nose performed
hy Or }. J GinRies 81 The copeland
Medical Institute.
Saturday might ihe young man
called on Dr OiHgleH. Stating ihat
be- had q growth in his HeAs The
doctor removed q spur ~ me bone
IA the nose. and Is alleged b. Peter
gord. ar. the father. ~ have sent
the young fellow home without
proper treatment sunday morning
the young man called az The inhti-
tute offices. and. according 70 the
confession Of DR. DinEies, as alleged
bY the father. stated that his office
hoy sprayed The wound and again
allowed Nord 10 leave the office. the
doctor being absent from the office
at the time.
Yesterday the young man became
dnliraua and Or Hanlrg VAS called
hi and Immediately ordered him sent
10 the Seattle General hospital
Nofd became worse and died today
~ noon.
The father threatens prosecution.
Hs viii lay the matter before Prose-
cutting Attorney Mnchnt9ah.