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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04
MUSICAL ANTIQUES ONCE
OWNED BY WHITE SOLD

4 Il the recent Stanford White sale
IA there was not more than two min
utes of chalering on each article be.
fore it was snapped up by eager pur.
chasers. larps without strings went
for 500 because they were made in
France in the reign of Louis XIV,
and gilt-framed Italian armChairs sold
for $3.50 because of the abiding faith
OF the purchasers in their antiquity.
The sale opened with an offering of
weird musical instruments such as the
novels of the romance days speak
about familiarly. A sitar which look
ed likS an elongated soup ladle went
for 81 Then the crowd or purchasers
In the music room at the White resi-
renee saw more value in sitars and
two others went at SIS and $ll each.
The attendants held up an attcnu-
atcd lutte, whose fretbOard stuck out
like the handle of a gardeners spade
This was a Chittarone. English mid
die of the sixteenth century. As the
negro in the bottle-grceu livery lifted
the chittarone up TO the little stand in
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04

pauy. Eastern as well as western oils
have witnessed sharp advance.
which has served to stimulate pro
duction materially. There is pro.
nounced scarcity of high grade oils in
the Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana
districts, due TO the enormous In.
crease in the demand for by products
of petroleum, and it is believed it will
not be many years before the stand
ard Oil company viii be depending
more upon western than eastern oils.
The same results can not be obtain.
ed from the low grade as from the
high grade oils and IL will be neces.
sary for the company TO increase its
refining and pipe line capacity as 1t
becomes more dependent upon the
products of the Texas. California.
Kansas and Oklahoma fields. As soon
as the litigation in which the Stand
ard Oil Company is involved is out OF
the way the question of increasing the
capital stock to q figure that will be
more in harmony with the market val,
uation of the securities will be taken
up for consideration
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04
WILL SPEND MILLIONS
RECLAIMINC DESERT SOIL

4 RTHUR POWELL DAVIS, the new
IA chief engineer of the reclamation
service, will spend more than $1,000
900 a month, employing more than
10000 men, in reclaiming 100000
acres Of desert land included in the
% irrigation projects now under con-
S:ruction by the government. He
has just been selected for this re-
sponsibility by Secretary Garfield Of
the interior department, on the recon.
mendation Of Director Newell, whose
assistant Mr.. Davis has been for the
last few years in the vast work be-
ing done to conserve the waters of
the arid est. The appointment is a
notable instance of the promotion for
merit policy of the administration.
Mr.. Davis was born in Illinois on
February 9, 1861. He was educated
in the public schools of Junction
City and Emporia, Kan, and later
completed an engineering course in
George Washington university. At the
age of % he entered the United States
Geological Survey as member of the
topographic branch, and since then
has been closely connected with the
topographic, photographic ana engi-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04
Round About New York
Gossip of People and Things
in the Great Metropolis

M EW YORK. The earnings Of the
~ Standard Oil company for some
time have been establishing new high
records The net earnings for the cur
rent year are expected to reach a fig
ure between $40 ,000,0 and 500 900, !.
600, or twice the amount required to
pay dividends at last years rate OF
$40 share. The litigation in which
the company is involved is the only
thing that prevents the Standard Oil
company from increasing its dsburse.
ments to shareholders. 1t is said in
the event of "A satisfactory conclusion
OF this litigation there will be melon
cutting of no small proportions
That the management OF the Stand
ard OIL company does not believe the
present market price OF the securities
is too high is evident from the fact
that the stock is down on the books at
valuatin t $500 a share Included
in the assets are more than 500 900, g..
600 of government bonds.
Producers of oil are sharing In the
prosperity OF the Standard Oil com
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04
Washington Day by Day
News Gathered Here and There
at the National Capital

III WASHINGTON.-Judge j B. Bal
W linger Of Seattle, the new COM
missioner Of the general land office of
the interior department, has set the
politicians and lobbyists to guessing
When members of the senate and
house call to see him on official busi-
ness he refuses to converse with them
IN whispers, but makes them talk out
loud so that everybody within earshot
can hear what is going on Western
senators and Representatives are es-
pecially displeased with this new dis
pensation of things conversational in
the land Office. Those of them who
go there to confer with him usually
have business that they do not want
everybody to know about, at least un-
til they have secured what they want
but Judge Ballinger is proceeding
upon the hypothesis that public bust
ness is everybodys business, and 50
he insists upon all classes of visitors
speaking in tones that plainly convey
the meaning of their words to all
parts of the room he occupies. To
some senator's and representatives
who have objected to his tactics the
new land commissioner has politely
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04

suggested that they write him fully on
the subjects of their mission, and
that he will reply by mail. But, Curl
ously enough, even this method is not
satisfactory to many of them.
Recently one of the biggest sena.
tors from the west stalked into Judge
Ballingers office while he was sur
rounded by a crowd of newspaper
men.
Come out to lunch with me, some
what confidently said the senator.
ITS not my lunch time yet, thank
you" replied the commissioner.
Then I'll wait for you said the
senator.
I'm afraid IL you do you'll walt un.
til about six o'clock, because I've got
so much work piled up on my desk
that l probably shan't be able to get
away before that hour
The senator then took his seat in
the reception room and waited. with
what patience he could command his
regular turn to talk to the commits
sioner, but when he did secure con.
ference he had to talk out loud and
this made him go away angry-also
empty handed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04

GONE one with a fondnu-s for sta
- t,tcs has discovered tldt the sum
spent lor Easter flowers in this city
amounts to almost $1,000 600 This
estimate Is based on a canvass of
flower shops and is pH near the cor.
rect figure as can b" arrived at with.
out a great deal of time and labor be.
ing spent ON the task That society
Is becoming more oXtravagant in
floral decoration every year is the
statement made by one of the florists
to the -Four Hundred This same
florist says that aside from the
amount Of money spent at Easter,
there is NOR" money put up daily for
flowers than ever before There are
also more expensive flowers in the
market than there ever were before.
because so many OF the country gen.
ilcmou hcrcabOuts with fine cOnsorva-
tories. are constantly bringing out
newer ana higher grades Of flowers
for the market as we'll a. fpr the
pleasure OF raising them For an.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04

front Of the green velvet curtains he
swept the strings across the buttons
of his waiStCoat \ mellow wall like
the breath of an acoliau harp went
forth from the hollow throat Of the
ancient instrument The tuneful chit
tarone brought $l35, and brother
sold for St75 because he was moulded
on more outre lines.
Another strange instrument was the
dulCimer, ContriyanCe which looked
like modern either inclosed in A
giant glove box When the attendants
set It on the stand and let down the
four sides of the box, each depicting
delightful pastoral scenes whereln
kirtled shepherdesSes toyed with be
ribboned crooks. the creator of the
stage atmosphere came again To the
fore and dropped $500 before the lure
of those shepherdesses. Then they
sold II harps, most Of them sans
strings and partially broken by intirm
ity. but all antiques The lowest price
paid for harp was SIS and $50 wa,
the high water mark
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04

prohibition Of free transportation rail.
road men and their families This
railroad man, not caring to go so fa,
as to represent that his guests were
members Of his family, living under
his own roof which is the official
Interpretation OF that requirement,
took them along as maids and yaets
for the members Of his family who
were OF the party, That was joke
which the young folks enjoyed and
added Zest 10 the fun
1t happens however, that the com.
merce commission has been receiv-
ing Information of such violations OF
the law rather frequently Of late but
has never had it in detail sufficient to
enable II to undertake a prosecution
until this case occurred Now the
commission is considering whether
il ought not to reduce this private car
party to the example stata
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04
EASTER FLOWER BILL
OF GOTHAM $l,0OO,OO0

slanrr. W. Ii Mex Twombly. who
has "A fine place at Madison. \ J..
ha, this ylrr brought ont some very
iuc orchd.
These orchids hay" been retailing
for two dollars each. on the surface
Il would appear that the poor would
be able to get little pleasure out OF
flowers at Easter, but the truth is
they get more real pleasure out OF
them than the rich. In the first place.
the poor appreciate them more when
they get them, and the fact that they
do not get them until the day after
Easter does not make them enjoy
them any the less There are many
societies here for the special purpose
OF distributing flowers among the
poor. and after any event a, which
they AZ" used prolusely the member
collect them ana distribute them
among the hospitals, institutions ami
th" pop pL jHo tenement house dis.
trlct-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04

not easily be estimated have resulted
Th" fact that the Jurors from the
death Of the wife Of Juror Joseph r
Bolton, three weeks after the trial BE-
gan, were allowed To go at the close
of each dag, helped only in part
Those who ayailed themselves OF the
opportunity 10 20 to their Offices were
so overwhelmed with work that it
vas a severe strain on them
Before the death Of Juror Bottoms
wife the jurors. when not in the court
room we're locked ZIP in the Broad
wag Central hotel After that they
we're given their freedom after the al
iouInment each day Each adjouru-
mnnf invariably found the majority
of the jurors husting to their Offices
70 work 'Iufil late At night
THIS Jurors received two doIla,s fo,
each aa3 service duviD& the triAA
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04
PRIVATE CAR GUESTS
FEAR LAWS IRON HAND

/ Ut in the city of st. Paul, M.nn.,
~ there is a company OF estimable
young persons who are sitting up
nights wondering whether they are
going TO get into the clutches Of the
interstate commerce commission.
They have violated the rate law, and
stand TO be fined from 800 to s2.O0e
apiece II they should have the bad
luck to be convicted. 1t is a case If
accepting free transportation, and un
der circumstances which we're de.
ltshtful when the breach Of the law
was committed. but have lost some
thing OF their glamor since it has been
discovered that it was misdemeanor
As the interstate commerce com.
missioner has heard It. a prominent
official OF the ST. Paul got up a private
car party for some of his friends
among the younger set o. St. Paul
society. The Law exemp.S from the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04
THAW JURORS SUFFERED
LOSSES BY LONG TRIAL

NEARLY am of the jurors IN th"
IN Thaw trial, who recently failed To
reach verdict in the long drawn out
case experienced severe financial loss
in sitting on the case While the
jurors presumed at the outset that
they were in for o long siege of It,
none OF them had any idea that the
case would extend the length OF time
II aid During the trial many Of the
jurors prevented from attending 10
business affairs with their accustomed
regularity suffered losses they can
never r"coup Others fell far behind
in thcig work and il will be- months
before they can catch up
Besides this. the houses by which
some o. the jurors are employed as
managers Or In other responsible ca,
nacitses found their affairs sadly lag
.,az all financial losses tdlt can.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04
ROOSEVELT PHOTO THAT
HAS BROUGHT $4,000

of a second. The president, accompan-
led by an orderly, left the cabinet
meeting one morning and joined the
photographer at Chevy Chase in the
suburbs of Washington. 1t was neces-
sary for the president to force his
horse over the fence dozen times be-
fore a successful picture was taken.
President Roosevelt is probably the
most photographed man in the world,
with the possible exception of En-.
peror William, and photographers as.
sert unreseryedly that he is most diff.
ticult to pose, He is nervous, and is
often snapped in what might seem
a hit or miss style; but every picture
ever taken Of him is thoroughly char.
aCteristic
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04

r HE most widely published and
l best known photograph in exist.
ence is said to be that of President
Roosevelt taking a fence on his favor
tie hunter. This has been printed in
almost every paper and magazine in
the world which uses half-tones, and
the sales from it have already amount.
ed to more than $4,000, making it the
most profitable photograph ever taken
Nearly 1900 copies have been
signed by the president to be used as
special gifts. and the demand for it
wherever 1t has been placed on sale
has been steady during the three and
a half years since it was made 1t was
made with shutter that opened and
closed IN one fifteen-hundredth part
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04


they would
the school
By $25 person
right purchs
o
lieu land these lands their holders right
of
were TO "a
Hermann has claimed right thar
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04

He was born 1872 and much pubic
artillery
brook while the latter appointed
IN
deposed Of
general In 1880 Lord
OF india In 1883 he succeeded Sir
general and
cson and and
uncompromising o
iuvoy the Brish
to Egypt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04
Ex-OFFICIAL ON TRIAL

The governments prosecuting officers
trying hard to send TO Jail Binger Hermann for
mer commissioner Of public lands, and member OF
congress from Oregon. Besides the case which
has been on trial IN Washington there are in
dictments and prosecutions waiting for him at
home.
Hermann is one Of half dozen prominent
men charged with conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment and Hermann is the only big fish that
has so far escaped the net The conspiracy of
which Hermann is accused is said to have been
entered into while Hermann commissioner
Of lands. 1t is alleged that through the influence
OF Senate. Mitchell who to be paid $500 for
his services, certain lands in northwest Oregon
were to be set aolie as a forest reserve, to be
l.aI,,u hILaIlI Inir
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-04
4Es8S Gsalsgeay sssssss 2 VaM
4 PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT &
QAN@Aa8t@a2a ~y8xRaaS9aSg Sga&
EGYPT'S MAN OF IRON OUT

Lord Cromer. Great Britain's pIenipotentiary
on the Nile, the great man in Egypt who in 20
years raised the land of the Nile from A state of
beSgary TO condition of prosperity has resigned
his post account OF i'll health
1t had been known for some time that the
health of Lord Crouler was affected but there was
no idea when he issued his voumnous report on
the progress OF the government recently that his
retirement was impending
Lord Cromer has been the real ruler of Egypt
since 1852 the khedive being mere plaster in his
hands lie built the great dams in the Nile.
which have added millions OF acres of fertile land
TO the ancient country of the Pharaohs Egypt
was sunk in the deepest debt in the sos but now
her Golfers oyerfOWinp
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-11
The MarveIs of Science.

When we hear of rays of light capa-
BILE of achieving photography through
a foot thickness of solid iron, Of the
charting of the sky itself on such a
scale that thousand million members
of the armament can be recorded each
in its appointed place, Of the discov-
cry of something like the sense organs
of human knowledge on the roots,
stems and leaves of plants; of the
tracking of diseases which decimate
humanity to their obscure source in the
parasite of a parasite and Of the proc
ess by which two patient and humble
scientists working upon a few grains
of an element in mere secondary
form managed to revolutioniZe our
whole conception of the most stupen-
dous forces of the physical world it
seems indeed a mystery that the ap,
petite for surprise and sensation should
turn aside from what the pursuit of
truth can offer and prefer to regale
itself with the petty products of trump
cry, invention and ingenuity. Pail
Mall Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-11
The Eternal Wilderness.

We still have our ''unmanstified"
places. And there shall come to us
wilderness here and another there
where now there is none, for every
thing moves in circles, which is not at
all new discovery, and the man who
today laments n dearth of the wilder
ness may live long enough to find him
self one day welding an ak as dull as
the pen he I2Ow bewails with-and for
ty miles fr1m 4 grindstone. We shall
not demonstrate with the writer's who
are picturing us going to eternal smash
for want OF tall timber. Their work is
not without it's good effect in staying
the dcnudation Of our nearby recrea-
ton grounds and we are content to
watch the willy old wilderness creeping
up in the rear of the advancing army
of invasion. reaching out with sure, ST.
lent fingers and reclaiming her own,
building anew her RACED stoSkades and
unfurling to the winds her defiant ban
nersts.-Recreation.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-11

81 say said friend the other day,
..you are an old hand at it, / have
only just got married, and don't under
stand much about the business, but has
married man any rights left when
he once assumes the hymeneal respon-
sibilities?"
Rights? Yes. lots He's a right
to pay all the bills, to-
"Stop. I mean this. Let me give
you an instance Every box and
drawer and portmanteau and, in fact,
every available receptacle of every
description is stuffed full of my wife's
property and when l want to put away
a few cuffs and collars
Hold hard / know whatyou mean.
Listen, young man. If your bedroom
were 200 yards long and lined
from the floor to the ceiling with
drawers and you wanted a place to
stow away a couple Of collars, you
couldn't find nook that wasn't full of
hairpins, tufts of friZZes, pads, scent
boxes, old gloves, powder puffs, rings
and things. So just accept the iDevita
ole Wrap your personal property in
an old newspaper Or some brown paper
and hide the parcel under the bed
The inquirer smiled loudly and ironi-
cally and passed on a wiser if not q
better man.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-11
Items Of General Interest Re-
cieved from all Over
the State.
MRS. HEYL rs GIVEN A DIVORCE
Decree Is the Result of Agreement
Between the Parties.
Remarkable Case of Obstetrics at
Wausau-TWins Born Twelve
Days Apart-Cthere
State News.

Milwaukee, Jan. 5.-Mrs. Clara
Heyl has been granted Il divorce from
her husband, Jacob Heyl, by Judge
Halsey in the circuit court. She was
also awarded the custody of her two
boys until they are 1G years old. when
they may elect which parent they will
go with The decree was granted as
a result of an agreement reached at
a conference of the interested parties.
under which Heyl made no opposition
to the divorce, which was granted OH
the grounds OF cruel and inhuman
treatment.
In the division Of property by agree
ment 49,. 900 of life insurance of The
defendant is assigned to Mrs. Heyl.
as well as HeyIs half interest in the
Schandcin-Heyl library. Mr.. Heyl re-
linqulshCS all claims against the
Schandein estate. amounting to about
100000. and Mrs. Heyl pays him sums
aggregating 100000, partly in real es-
tate and partly in first mortage bonds.
Milwaukee, Jan. 7.-Jacob Heyl has
made public statement in which he
charges that an attempt was made to
intimidate him by Mrs. Heyps attor
ney and force him to agree to certain
financial arrangements not to his lik-
ing He said that it had been agreed
to have the suit for divorce changed
from Milwaukee to Racine to avoid
publicity given to the proceedings. He
asked that the income from certain
money which he was to turn over to
Mrs. Heyl be placed in trust for the
benefit of the children, but Mrs. Heyl's
attorney insisted the income should
go to Mrs. Heyl. He refused, and the
final agreement rea ched, he said, was
the original one that he had insisted
on.
Mr.. Heyl made the further state
ment that his wife had separated from
him long ago, and took credit to him
self for fighting ner battles in the
will contest in suite of this separation.
Regarding the Frank incident he said
that both Mrs. Frank and the other
young woman mentioned in the case
had been friendly with himself and
family afterward. Mr.. Heyl denied be-
ing aware that his wife had no love
for him.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-11

When did Ascot races begin: They
are mentioned in the first 'Racing Cal
endar," published in 1927, and the
usual statement is that they were
founded by the Duke of Cumberland,
uncle OF George III. But an entry in
the accounts Of the master of the horse
in 1712 suggests that they were found
ed by Queen Anne on Aug. 6, I'LL. The
truth no doubt, is that Ascot races.
like many other august institutions.
gradually developed from a germ, so
that it is difficult to say when they
really began. At any rate, they were
quite the sort Of thing that enthusiast
Of the turf, Queen Anne, would have
founded. She was a thorough Stuart
in this passion. 1t was her great
grandfather, James L., who encouraged,
if he did not establish, horse racing in
Scotland and popularized it in Eng
Iand.-LondOn Chronicle.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-11
Keen Sense of HumOr.

"There is nothing like a sense of
humor," said naval officer, according
to the Philadelphia Bulletin. ''In a
woman. in a soldier, in sailor, in a
clerk, a sense of humor is a help and
a blessing through life. At the same
time even a sense of humor may exist
in excess l, for my part, shouldn't
care to have so great a sense Of humor
as British soldier | once heard about.
This soldier was ordered to be fiogged.
During the flogging he laughed con-
tinually The lash was laid on all the
harder, but under the rain of blows the
soldier laughed
"'What are you laughing at? the
sergeant finally asked
"'Why.' the soldier chuckled, PM
the wrong man."