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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-07-18

MIRROR weekly published In the Minnesota State
Prison. prisoners and is edited and
aged by
tho psoners
prisoners disseminate pathological
information peng prejudice which been
the seredemption The entirely
dependent public financial time there
should surplus would
interests prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-07-18
Success and Misfortune.

NEITHER success misfortune as rule, are1
accidents. The recipes for creating both old
as history and as we'll known as any rule of life But
the trouble is that to too many people these recipes
are only sounding words, that'carry meaning to
the inner mind.
The way to success is thru honesty of pur
pose and hard work. The way to failure is thru
lack of purpose and lazness You can't get around
those rules They firmly fixed and as immu.
table as the law of gravitation. Yet on every hand
you will find people trying to sneak around them,
and these are the very people who wonder why they
fail, and who usually salve their own feelings by
blaming it to bad luck.
If you have determined purpose, if you fix your
aim and fix it high, and if you devote your whole
being to achievement you can't fail You have heard
that before, no doubt; it is as old the written
word but it can't be said too often, and you can't
put in too much time thinking about it. When you
think of men who have accomplished great things,
you probably have vague idea that it was their
good fortune that did it, and that if fortune had been
as kind to you you could have done the same. It
wasn't good fortune. It was nothing but hard work.
plain, every day work; only it work with aim
and an end to be gained by it, Singleness of pur.
pose, devotion to achievement, and unremitting toll
will bring success. Lack of purpose, aimless plod
ding, and work done by fits and starts, will accom-
plish little but failure.
| The way to do things is to do them. That ought
to be clear enough. You can't do things by sitting
down and thinking what fine thing it would be if
fortune would throw it's favors in your lap. Fortune
won't do it; it has finer of deserving people
than that It will reserve it's favors for those who
earn them. 1t always has and it always will.
! Be doer, not dreamer. Don't wait for for
tune to visit you but get out and seek her. She must
be wooed to be won, and nothing pleases her like
hard work That does not mean aimIess work, but
work toward an end First have an aim, then go
after it, and give it all your energy Sounds simpler
Yes, but it isn't so simple as it Sounds there
would be more successes and less faiures-Duluth
II Herald.
u SEVERAL men who have been called as witnesses
in the trial of Haywood at Boise Idaho declare that
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-07-18

The idea that you have enemies is egotsm gone
to Seed It is poison in your system, and like any
other poison you must eliminate it or suffer. Don't
bother to forgive yoar supposed enemies just for
get them Ebert Hubbard.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-07-18

SEVERAL men who have been called as witnesses
in the trial of Haywood at Boise Idaho declare that
Harry Orchard is liar, pure and unadulterated.
Possibly yes probably this is true, but if it is he is
the topnotch romancer of the year 1907. For liar
he has told story that went along smooth and with
out symptom of RIPPLE Stillwater Gazette.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13
BISHOP RESTS EASY
The Senator Wins Big Fight Against
Friends of Sheridan Drive Bill

Senator Isaac T. Bishop of the town
of Somers has accomplished his one
great mission in the State Senate, for
late Wednesday afternoon the Sheri-
dan Drive bill, which has been the
object of repeated assaults on the
part of the Kenosha County Senator,
got all that was coming to it in the
Senate. The bill was reported for
final action from the committee on
state roads, and it was indefinitely
postponed by unanimous vote. The
action of the Senate disposes of the
bill for at least two years.
When the final action of the bill
was taken, Bishop, who had fought it
since it was introduced at the open
ing of the session, was given three
rousing cheers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13
Mason Helpers Declare They Will
Not Return to Work Until
New Scale is Paid
SUGGEST ARBITRATION BOARD
plan for Settlement of al Labor Trou-
b1es by Central Board Meets With
Favor Among the Contractors
as Well as the Laborers

The strike among the members of
the Building Trades Alliance is to
continue according to statements
made by the mem bers of the alliance
this morning and Notwithstanding the
fact that the contractors claim that
the strike is practically al an end the
striking men declare that 1t is only
beginning and that it VI i be kept up
until such time as the demands Of
the men are met. The men stated
this morning that there were still
eighty-seven men out and that few II
any of the members of the alliance
had returned to work and that at the
meeting last night it was the unanim-
Gus sentiment that the strike con-
tinue. Thesmason helpers are Seem
ing1y the leaders in the fight to con-
tinue the strike. A number of the
men, when seen this morning, stated
that the statements that the men had
returned tosswork had been given out
by the contractors with the view of
breaking the strike and that in very
fact only two or three men had re-
turned to Swork. The men declared
that it was impossible for them to
live and support their families at the
present scale of wages.
They claim that they are forced to
follow the fortunes of the masons and
that they are forced to lose SO many
days during the year that their wages
af SY+u fc would
average for the year more than ten or
eleven dollars month. They claim
that their work is harder than that of
any other workmen allied with the
building trades and that for this rea-
son they should receive ges common
to do.
Few men are at work today in any
part of the city, but several of the
plasterers are working and these men
declared that they have no scarcity of
helpers. They state that many of the
old men have returned to work and
that new men have been found to take
the places of those quitting.
In connection with the present
strike both contractors and members
of the leading unions are suggesting
that some sort of central governing
body be formed in Kenosha to which
such complaints as the present one may
be referred without tieing up all the
building IN the city. Itsis suggested
that this board be made up of we'll
known business men and while it
might be difficult to secure men to
serve on the board it is pretty certain
that such board could settle all the
differences between the laborers and
their employers without the ne cessity
of strike. Such plan mig event
ual1y lead to the establishment of
regular arbitration bureau in Keno
sha which while having no official
capacity would largely take the place
of the state arbitration board so far
as Kenosha is concerned. The sup.
porters of the plan urge that Kenosha
men know the conditions in the city
better than any one else and that they
are better able to take up the settle
ment Of these questions. They point
to the fact that Mayor German was
largely responsible for the settlement
Of the Allen strike and that similar
settlement might be effected ia ali
labor distnr Dances. :
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13
SEEK GROOM OF MANY MONTHS
Wife Of Frank Nickel Asks the Police
Officers TO Seek Her Husband


Officers TO Seek Her Husband
The police officers Of Kenosha have
been asked to make an effort to find
some trace of Frank Nickel, resident
Of Washington Islaud, who has been
missing from the city for several
days. The case was reported to the
police this morning by the wife Of
Nickel The missing man was mar
ried only two mouths ago and his wife
who is Frustrated on account of his
disappearance, can not account for
his actions. 1t is supposed that
Nickel has left the city, as no trace of
him can be found.
The police have not been able to
find any clue by which they can get a
line on the present whereabouts of the
missing man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13
GOES BACK TO ASYLUM
Charles Fiege1. of Silver Lake, Paroled
From Asylum, Becomes Violent

From Asylum, Becomes Violent
Charles Fiegel, formerly we'll
known resident of the village of Sill
yer Lake, but who had beeu confined
at the State Hospital for the insane
at Winnebago and recently paroled,
became violent at his home in Silver
Lake on Wednesday afternoon and
was taken back to the asylum this
AFTERNOON. Fiegel was brought to
Kenosha by constable and during
his short stay in the county jail he
became decidedly violent and even
tore up the mattress on the bed in the
cell and scattered the straw about the
jail. It is stated that Fiegel has
twice been paroled from the asylum
and it is now feared that he is incur
able.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13
WILLIAM WINDORF DEAD

Well Known Resident of North Side
Died at His Home on Lemon Street
William Windorf, a son of William
Windorf, and we'll known resident
of the north side, died at his home at
4O2 Lemon street just after six o'clock
Wednesday evening after long ILL
ness from tuberculosis. The de-
ceased was thirty-one years of age
and had been born and raised in Ke-
nosha. He was unmarried. Windorf
had been employed in several of the
Kenosha factories and had large
circle of friends in this city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13

w. 5. Lamb was called to Medina,
New York, Thursday on account of
the serious illness of his mother.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13

A license has been issued for the
marriage of Arthur Runyard and Miss
Emma Klopp, both Of Trevor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13
STATE SETS VALUE
State Tax Commissioners Place Value
ON Railway and telegraph Lines

State Tax Commissioners Place Value
ON Railway and Telegraph Lines
The State Tax Commission, acting
as the State Board of Assessment,
Thursday announced that it had fixed
the preliminary valuation of the rail
road property of the state at S225, 1855. 4
600, an increase of 81, go, 900 over the
preliminary assessment of last year.
The average rate Of taxation of the
general property of the state is found
to be 1.09505 cents per dollar of valu
alton this year as against 1.13819066
cents last year, or A. 1906 cents per
81 900 of valuation more than last
year The total amount of taxes paid
to the state by the railroads last year
was $500, 237.56, while this year
under the assessment announced
Thursday it will be S2,801, 740.17, or
an increase Of a little more than
800, 1000.
The Tax Commission also an
nounced the first valuation of the
property Of telegraph companies
under the advalorem tax law. This
property also pays the same rate of
taxation as the railroad companies.
The valuation of the telegraph com
panies is as follows:
Western Union ........S1, 900, ooo
North American ..... .... 10000
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Lake Superior. ..... 10000
Chicago and Milwaukee. $4,000
Total..................S2,1 55, 600
The total taxes on This property will
be $23, 1913 80 or about $4,000 more
than it was under the license fee sys
tenn.
Valuations placed on both railroad
and telegra phi property are prelimiu-
airy and subject to changes if the COM
panies interested can convince the tax
commission that they are too high.
The board will be in session from
June IA to July 10 to hear companies
that may be dissatisfied. The final
valuation will thereafter be an
nounced, but it is not expected to
vary to any great degree from that
announced today.
The preliminary valuation of the
railroads operated in Kenosha county
is as follows: Amount of
assessme t
Chicago ard Milwaukee Electric rail-
road company .....$ 100000
Chicago and North Western
railway company, =. 81, 2oo, 900
Chicago, Harvard and Gen
eva Lake Railway Co.. $4,000
Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul railroad company $4,000, 900
Milwaukee and State Line
railway company. $4,000
Wisconsin Central railway
railway company. ....... "a, 500, 900
New-York tribune., 1907-09-27
FLAG ON CUSTOM HOUSE,
O.. II. r. Men Dedicate Nezc Build
ing at BozCIing Green.

In view of eight thousand persons several
members of the Grand Army of the Republic
raised the flag to the top of the Custom
House yesterday afternoon. near the close of a
brief ceremony, the principal part of which was
a short address by George b Loud. chairman of
the memorial committee of the. G.. A r. Sew
era1 hundred veterans marched from the City
Hall to the new building.
Promptly at 2:30 O'Clock the veterans moved
down Broadway. following a line of policemen.
Secretary Cortelyou and Major General Grant.
who had been expected to be present did not
appear. Mr.. Loud spoke eulogizing the G. A. r.
and suggesting that no more appropriate body
could be found toA raise the flag than this
strictly national organization.
After an invocation by the Rev. G. z. Stro-
bridge OF the Washington Square Methodist
Episcopal Church, who is a member OF the
G. A. r.. the flag was delivered to General Loud
and then was hoisted to the top of the Custom
House. while the band played The Star Span
ged Banner" Congressman Joseph A. GOul-
den in address gave history of the
toms service.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-27
DoG KEEPS BOY TREED ALL NIGHT.
Faithful Bull Pup Finds Lad Plueking His
Masters Pears.

nrontcIair. N J.. Sept. 26 (SpeciaD.-William
Thompson. jr.. a small boy with an appetite LOT
tuicv pears and a brinde bull pup with an ap-
netite for boy were sufficient to set posse OF
seven men securing the neighborhood last night
and until : O'Clock this morning
WiHie developed his appetite when ne saw 'iie
other bows munchng pears at school yesterday.
Ar dusJx last evening he slipped away from his
house and went to the nearby orchard OF Johh
Comfort. where there Is a pear tree William
climbed the tree and was gorging himsen "hen
ba heard A soft growl beneath him. He looked
1o,,,, and saw the aforesaid pup sW1llam
e,o,,tad at the dog and the dog growled back
The dog then lay down. William shouted Dut
no relief came.
About this time. William Thompson the eIoer'
,,,os setting out with a posse of six men to huht
o. bts lost SON The search continued All
,,t-b+ with no results. Meantime the hoy ldy
,o,, IN the crotch of the tree and went 10 sleep
In the morning a passing milkman FOUND a BOY
.,., near tree with brindle bull pup at the
foot watching him.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-27
ASYLUM FUGITIVE BUSY
Shoots Nan After Numerous
Escapes and One Marriage.

Stamford. Conn. Sept. 26 (SpeciaD.-William
A Carpenter, who was arrested in Schenectady.
N Y. last night for shooting a man. is a
Stamford youth He committed to the State
Hospital for the Insane at Middletown January
l. 1904 after having shot and seriously wounded
Margaret Neville, of South NOrwalk.
They were sweethearts. and the shooting oc-
Cured after quarrel. Carpenter escaped three
or four times from the state asylum. the last
escape being on April 80 William Z. Tucker.
a wife murderer, got away with him. Since then
nothing had been heard from him in Stamford
until to-day.
After one OF his periodical escapes Carpenter
went TO Albany. n. Y, where he married MISS
Mary Powers, Of Schenectady. At the time she
knew nothing Of his history. They went to COS
Cob, Conn, to live, and November -, IJoo,
while returning from his mothers home here 10
Cos Cob Carpenter was retaken and sent BACK
TO Middietown. HIS wife shocked to learn
that he was an escaped lunatic, but she did not
desert him. She endeavored, through Stam-
ford lawyer to have him formally freed from
the asylum The asylum physicians would not
certify that he was cured About this time
Carpenter made his last escape. Shortly after
it Mrs Carpenter left Stamford to go TO her
home in Schenectady.
At Schenectady last night he shot John D.
Isham. a roomer in the same house. lsham
lwilI recover Carpenter is held on the charge
of attempted murder and will have hearing on
October 3.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-27

question whether his temporary non-acceptance
OF sureties has any material bearing the award
of the contract
The contractors are busy making borngs for a
solid rock bottom for tunnel under the Hudson
at Storm King. More than month ago it looked
as if they had solid rock bottom, when a Hud-
son River steamer bumped into the boring plant
tore away the machinery and lost the drill. The
drills are at work again at the same location
Chief Engineer Smith says that he wants solid
rock 10 thickness Of about two hundred feet over
the bore where the acqueduct is TO be carried
under the river With that thickness of rock over
the top there will not be any danger of a break,
and the tunnel work can he done without the use
of compressed air. He says that no matter how
long il takes TO get solid rock boring for the
tunnel under the river it will be cheaper and
better in the long run to build it that way than
TO go through silt nearer the surface and the
shield and compressed air
New-York tribune., 1907-09-27
DYSPEPSIA AT PREMIUM
Price Of Pies Going Up, Sag Whole
sale Men.

Wholesale pastry companies announced yesterday
that the price of pies and other pastry would be
raised about October l owing to the increased cost
of material. The pie concerns have been discuss
ing the movement for time special meet
ing of the bakery employers association will be
held to-day to decide definitely on the increase
At a previous meeting of the association nearly
all the members were in favor of raising the price
of pics. Il said yesterday by member that
to-day's meeting it expected that those who
opposed the movement would probably give in One
OF the officers of the association, who was very in
dignant over the results of the last meeting. said
that all the bakers of the association were in favor
of raising the price of pies except the New York
Pie Baking Company.
This concern" said the Official as anxious to
hold back for the simple reason that 1t wants to
drive the small bakers out of business 1t is now
so that there isn't any profit whatever IN pies.
Everything has gone up from 10 TO IL per cent we
have to increase the price to make a little profit
or else go out of business
But the New York Pie Baking Company which
is the largest concern in New York and does the
largest business, making 100000 year for its
stockholders wants to force us to the wall. AT
the meeting tomorrow we will decide just what
to do and viii perhaps raise the price or our small
pies anyway. whether the New York Pie Baking
Company the so-caIled pie trust opposes 1t or
not
THE increases we have in view now are on the
three smaller pies. such the S1a and lS cent
pies The E-cent pies We will not advance un-
less the New York Pie Baking concern is In favor
of the increase
The increase probably will be one cent the
first of the pies. The materials used In
making pies. such flour and fruits have ad-
vanced to a great extent within the last three
months and don't TO let up yet"
The Minnesota union of the American Society
of Equity. which claims the allegiance Of thirty
five thousand farmers in the Northwest, recently
passed resolution calling on its members to hold
wheat this fall until the price is 81 %. Mr.. Taylor,
OF the wholesale bakery firm of Wingfeld & Tay-
lor Of No 40 Varick street said that the price of
-four constantly going W. Last year" said
Mr. Taylor. flour from 81 TO 81 so This year
IL cost US S. II II goes up 20 IS a sack It means
that the bakers will have to be careful II they
make profit
While the present time the price of bread IS
not likely to Increase. don't see why the bakers
shouldn't raise II. anyhow. The profit in bread is
very small and 1t costs almost much TO make
1t as It Is sold for
New-York tribune., 1907-09-27
SIX SHOT IN ALASKA AMBUSCADE.
Contest Between Rival Railroads-Guggen
helm Men Said to Have Made Attack.

Seattle. Sept 26-A dispatch to The Post
InteIigencer' from Valdez. Alaska, says:
Forces Of the Guggenheim railroad, the Cop
per River & Northwestern. shot and wounded
six surveyors and workmen employed by the
Alaska Nome Railway IN Keystone canyon.
fifteen miles from Valdez yesterday. The party
was making preliminary survey for the Nome
Railroad which IS planned from Valdez TO the
summit They had advanced about one hundred
wards I'D the canyon when they were surprised
by an ambush of the Guggenheim men. headed
bv Edward Hassey an ex-United States mar
shall. Hassey hailed the surveyors and ordered
them to stop. saying his men would shoot II any
further advance was made. The surveyors be-
1ieved Hassey was bluffing and continued work
ing They were met by a fusillade of bullets
Deputy rnarshaIs are searching for the culprits.'
New-York tribune., 1907-09-27
DAN AWARD BINDING.
4shokan Contract Mast Stand, 4c-
c0rding to Corporation Counsel.

Mayor Mcclellan said yesterday that the award
of the Ashokan dam contract TO the Macarthur
Brothers and Winston Company at more than
$500 900 would probably stand despite the bid
of the John Perce Company. which was 100000
less
Il have not received formal opinion from Cor
poration Counsel Pendeton on the subject" said
the Mayor. but he has told me that the contract
as awarded by the Board OF Water Supply Is
binding. Under the law authorizing the appoint
ment Of the Board of Water Supply the COM
missioners have broad powers. Having once
awarded the contract 1t is doubtful IL there can
be a reversal of their action without involving us
in litigation. AS l understand the situation. the
Controller has accepted the sureties OF the
Macarthur B>others Company yet. but IL IS q
New-York tribune., 1907-09-27
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY IN OIL CASE
Ohio Man Admits Having Approached Wife
of Juror TO Influence Her Husband

Findlay Ohio. Sept. 26.-L- b. Williamson was
arrested yesterday on an Indictment charging
him with attempting to brloe Chase IhoilpS""'
. i,,ror in the case OF the State of Ohio against
tba standard oil Company, which was tried in
r. Court of Common Please here last June
before Judge F. w Duncan He was held by
Judge Duncan
Mrs Chase Thompson said that Williamson
annroached her and asked her to persuade her
husband to disagree and hang the jury in the
Standard Oil case The final vote of the jury
was eight TO four, the four opposing conviction
Williamson. in a statement made in the county
tail. admitted that he had made the proposition
to Mrs Thompson. saying that her husband
would be paid from $500 to $1,000 should the
iurv disagree.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-27
BANKERS SUMMER HOME ROBBED.
Camille Weidenfeld Loses Cabinet of Silver
ware at Oyster Bay.

OYSTER Bay Long Island, Sept. B.-Burglars en-
tered the country home Of Camille Weidenfeld, a
New York banker early to-day and carried on a
large quantity of silverware 1t Is believed that
several men were concerned in the robbery, as a
too,,,, cabinet containing slverware wedding gifts
to Mr. and Mrs. Weidenfeld. was carried from the
house Mr. ard Mrs. Wedenfeld dined out last
evening and when they returned home, about mid
,ictt nothing had been disturbed.
Er+rance to the house was obtained by forcing
. window The robbery not discovered until
tha servants arose this morning. when they found
or-,tbing In disorder the first floor.
II is thought that the burglary was the work
orc~ which has visited other villages near
" ooan.,v and Is said to automobile In
18th 70 carry off plunder and make quick es-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-27
SAYS SHE IS GEN. BRAGG's NIECE
Chicago Woman Must Serve Day for Stealing
Postage Stamps, but Will Be Assisted

Chicago. Sept. S.-Mrs. Josephine Osburn. who
saws she is the foster daughter of Frederick A
bragg q brother of General Edward s. Bragg, Of
wisconsin, was arraigned in the municipal court
to-day charged with stealing postage stamps from
her employers The woman told a story of life
long hardship. saying that she had known only
one friend in the world and that was her foster
father who had been dead for twenty years She
said that she had been forced to marry against
her will and that her husband had later deserted
her leaving her to supper. young son.
She was sentenced to one day in JAIL and steps
.iIl be taken to assist her.