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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-22
NEW YORK RECOUNT
Gov. Hughes Approves tie Bill "a s.,,,.
Mayorality Contest

ALBANY. NJ. y, june 1a-cov
Hughes has signed the New York -.
count bill providing for recount and
recanvass BY judicial process of the
ballots cast Tor mayor at the last alac.
tion In New YORK city. Gov. Hurhes
says:
1T is we'll known BY all who ara
conversant with the sentiment Of the
city ct New York that there il wide.
spread doubt as to the accuracy Of the
omcial canvass. The failure to resolve
that doubt and determine in a nromnt
and decisive manner satisfactory to ali
fair minded citizens the results Of the
elections will result in grave scandal.
The denial Of all relief, either I'M
DER the existing law or through appro-
pirate legislation for ascertainment
OF the fact whether the votes bad bean
lawfully counted as cast, has brought
our law into contempt and created q
grievance shared by many thousands
Of our fellow citizens.
If the result of this recanvass ia to
establish the election Of Mayor Mo.
Clellan, it will largely re-establish
confidence in our election methods
and make more unlikely the recur-
renee OF q similar situation. II. on
the other haand, the recanvass should
show that Mr.. Hearst was elected,
every fair minded citizen, whatever
his political convictions, would rejoice
that the fear Of establishing prece-
dent did not prevent the righting Of
Q wrong"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-22

Two Of the young friends Of Bishop
Wherefore Of Oxford gave the au-
thorities of the university 50 much
trouble that they won the nicknames
Of Hophni and Phineas.
One day, says T. 81. s. Escott In $50
ciety in the Country House." they were
lounging about the hall at Cuddesdon
Palace, singing the Lutheran refrain,
1.-The devil is dead" when the bishop
suddenly appeared.
He walked very gently up to them,
and in his most caressing manner, plac-
ing one hand on each head. said. In 4
consolatory tone:
ALAS, poor orphansl"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-22
WASHINGTON PIONEERS
Annual Reunion at Seattle Ends With
Address by Governor,

Seattle, June 2O.-The reunion of
Washington pioneers came to q close
Yesterday afternoon, when the assem-
blage, which mum bered nearly 600,
was addressed by Gov. Mead, who
spoke along the line of state pride and
loyalty to Washington.
Before bringing to close the meet
lng. which had been in session two
days, provisions were made against
The possible obliteration Of the organ
lzatlon by the forming of a society
membership in which is to be limited
70 the sons and daughters of pioneers.
and which is to he known as the Ma
Tive sons and Daughters of Washing.
ton.
Inc session was held in the pavil.
lon at Madison park, the use of which
was obtained through the courtesy Of
william Steffiins, the manager, who
mas entertained the members of the
society on six different occasions.
tne pioneers held banquet in their
O"n nall at noon, and those of sixty
years OF age or more we're given pre-
.eaehce over the younger members by
ueins first served. There were al
.eaS1 seventy who had passed the three
s,ore mark, and the majority Of the
O'ners were found to be very near THU
ase The banquet was most impress
s ~, and many we're the tales told o.
VIZ times told across the tables.
Inc secretary reported that there
.. uao oeen twenty Eight deaths among
;uo membership since the last meet
ing year ago.
'uoge I. 81. Cam was elected presi
n u..' secretary Edgar Ryan and Treas
sl el Clarence B. Bagley we're re
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-22
FACTS OF THE FAN.


The Pope lately presented to the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania a pair Of the
splendid fans carried before him In an
Easter procession. The fan has dis
tinct ceremonial position In many coun-
tries. 1t plays more dignified part
than in this land, where its presence
suggests heat, flies and mosquitoes In
tie Eastern world it Is an implement
Of tradition. A Sanakrit poem attrib-
utes the origin Of the fan to King
Nilas' daughter, who, having charge Of
the sacred fire on which her fathers
glory and success depended, famed 1t
lest the flame should expire.
A Chinese legend makes LAng-sin,
daughter Of a great mandarin, respon-
sible for the fan. At a feast Of Ian
terms, overcome by the heat: Lang-sin
removed her mask, daring thing for
Chinese maiden to do, and waved 1t
rapidly to and fro, near enough to her
face to conceal her features. Her la
dies quickly followed her example, and
the tan was evolved.
Chinese and Japanese fan etiquette
Is elaborate. In Japan there are fans
for the court, for the kitchen, for dane
ing, for tea and or war. japanese Ia
dies play pretty fan games. One Of them
is performed while the fair owners are
rowed on the streams in pleasure boats.
The fans are foated on the water and
a poem must be composed while 1t
makes a stated journey.
A japanese servant must always
hold an open fan before his mouth
while receiving orders from high
born master. According to true jap
anese etiquette, fan must never be
used in the presence Of cut flowers
A good deal Of royal significance has
been given to fans. They were symbols
of authority in Mexico before the con-
quest. Queen Mary Of England re-
ceived on New Years Day, 1865. II
flames to keep the hete Of the tyre"
Queen Elizabeth favored the custom
that fan was the only present SOW
erei9n could receive from a subject.
Fans have not always been dainty
tribes. Jean de Balzac, French writer
NJ the seventeenth century, wrote from
Italy. during the reign Of Louis XIV.
of ffe enormous fans In use there, sus-
nended from the ceiling and worked By
four servants
He says: II have fan that makes
wind enough in my chamber to wreck
a ship"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-22

In discussing the efforts Of Chief
Wilkie of the secret service, Joe
Mitchell Chapple, in his affairs in
Washington, in the National Maya
zine for May, speaks Of what he says
''typifies more effective precaution-
airy system than could be afforded by
many hundreds of six-shooters." The
article continues as follows:
All the money in the treasudry is
counted every time change Is made
in its higher officials. The last time
this occurred was when Treasurer
Charles 81. Treat took Office several
years ago. It was then that remark
able theft was discovered which had
been accomplished by day laborer.
who handled the bags of gold and
found means to substitute pieces OF
lead in place of the precious metal, as
he passed it out to be weighed. He
thought out his plan so well that the
weight Of the bogus gold was exactly
the same as that of the specie removed
from the bags, so that when these left
his hands for the scales the theft was
not detected. Since that time every
bag has been opened and every piece
Of money counted, dollar for dollar.
This. however, is not 80 heavy task
az might be supposed, for, strange as
it may seem, q very small proportion
Of the gold and silver currency Is actu-
ally located in the hands OF Uncle
Sam in Washington, but IL distributed
through the country In the reserve
centers-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-22
More Trouble.

she-I can't understand why Lord
Busted wants divorce. His wife had
half a million when he married her.
He-Yes, and she's got every penny
az It still. That's the trouble-Pick-
Me-Up.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-22
Indubitable Preof.

SIS that fluffy pompadour OF Miss
Taltx all her own hairr
Eyes, it's entirely. her own. She made
the last payment on It yesterday.
Baltimore American.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-22

Silas-Old Zeb Grossly lost soma
skin In the hay cutter and them city
doctors grated frog skin on him while
he slept.
Cyrus-And was Zeb mad when y
woke upr"
silas-Yeou bet! He was hopping
mad
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-22
y(HMI7z CONVICTED.
urpy finds San FRANCISCO
u,yaR GUILTY OF Ex1ORTION.
s, dict Was Reached on First
,o,rnal Ballot and After But
p,;ef Observation-Disclosures
;, Re Passed on Wednesday,
June rs.

g., Francisco, June ia jury of
.., onn of his peers has declared Mayor
lssn F. schmitz guilty of the crime
hus srtortion. as charged against him
o. u t tbe grand jury. The jury was out
bonr and thirty-f1ve minutes. They
a. i,atod Charles E. Capp foreman and
sl' oaooded ito an informal ballot.
This was cast verbally and stooa
,.ran for conviction, one for acquit
sI John Burns, a shoemaker, cast
70. %" dissenting vote. The twelve men
p s discussion of the evidence
% Ubich lasted for nearly an hour. At
W. end of that time the first formal
saI1ot was cast. It was a written bal.
y. and was unanimous for conviction.
Tbs inrymen issued this statement to
.ho Annotated Press Immediately afte-
.hsir dismissal by the court:
Statement of Jury
",n iustice to Juror Burns it should
!. s,niained that he did not vote for
soonittsl because he was dissatisfied
18th the evidence or believed there
vas any doubt of the defendants
cnilt Two forms of verdict we're given
70 The Jury and the consecutive read
iuo Of these momentarily confused Mr..
Rurps As soon as he understood the
matter he cast his vote with the other
.lsven and the verdict was accom-
pished."
MI. Burns approved this statement
Is correct.
After the polling Of the jury, Judge
Dunno announced that sentence would
be passed on June %, pending which
time the mayor was given into the Gus.
tody Of the sheriff.
Mayor Schmitz Makes Statement
San Francisco, June 15.-Mayor
Schmitz dictated the following to the
Associated Press:
mo matter what the decision Of the
Jury, gotten under most adverse cir
cumstances regarding myself, I still
maintain and affirm that I am abso-
lutely innocent of the crime charged
against me and will fight the case to
the last resort. As I said before my
trial, l did not epxect, nor did I re-
ceve fair or even decent treatment at
the hands of Judge Dunno, and realiz-
ing bis prejudice made every effort
to have the case transferred to any
other Judge in the state. I do not
take this as defeat and the decision
makes me all the more determined to
seek and secure Justice in another
court
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
DR.. HARPER VISITS
n. v. VARSITY
Secretary of State Board of
Health Looks Into Small
POX Cases.
lErOm WedneSdaN's DniiY.N

The small pox scare at the North
western university seems to be sub
siding. DR.. c. A. Harper of Madi-
son, secretary of the state board of
health, was visitor in the city for a
few hours yesterday morning. He
held conference with Health Com
missioner G.. R. Field and DR.. T. F.
Shlnnick. DR.. Harper also made a
few remarks to the students at the
university arguing that there was no
danger of a spread of the disease
where vaccination was carried out.
No quarantine has been established,
but the students upon whom the vac
cination : few weeks ago did not
work were vaccinated over yesterday
afternoon and last evening. Studies
are going on as usual. An isola-
ton hospital has been established
and an attendant placed IN charge
of the duties of whom it is to see
that that none of the students leave
or enter without permission from the
health department. The authorities
anticipate no further spread. Her.
man Marquardt, the only patient, is
doing nicely and yesterday there were
no indications that any new cases
would develop.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
Demise of August Mack.

August Mack, we'll known
blacksmith of Oconomowoc, died at
his home in the presence of his farni-
ly, after an illness of several months,
Sunday morning at O'Clock.
He was born iE Prussia, July %,
1858, and came to this country when
a boy of twelve years of age. At the
age of seventeen, he entered his
chosen profession at Oconomowco,
serving his apprenticeship with Chris
Sornsen of that place, and has ever
since been known for his ability to
many of the pioneers of this part of
the county.
He is survived by his wife and
seven children, Walter, Irwin, Ar
thur, Alfred, Meta, Herman and Ger
trude. The funeral will take place
at 2 O'Clock this afternoon from the
home to LaBelle cemetery. Services
at the grave conducted by the order
of Odd Fellows lodge of Oconomow oc.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22

turned over to Harlow Pease when
satisfaction of judgment is obtain
ed. The resolution further provides
that the city attorney demand of Dam
iel and Fred Kusel the payment of a
sum sufficient to reimburse the city
for the damages and costs; that in
event such amount Is not paid, to
bring suit tor the recovery of the
same.
The mayor called attention to the
necessity of improving the roads
leading from the country, stating that
it was probable that petition from
farmers wou probably be forthcom-
ing asking for such action. It SEEM
ed to be the concensus of opinion that
the work would progress harmonious
ly and without any strife on the part
of the aldermen, with a desire only to
improve those first that needed it the
most. Street Commissioner CHASER
when ased for an opinion as to the
road most in need of Improvement,
gave as his opinion the Coffee road
with the Water street road close
second. IL is wise way to settle
the matter, for the street commission
er is certainly in position to know
which is the most in need. Alder
man Lutovski spoke of the large area
of the city and the cost of maintain
ing the streets, Offering as sugges
ton that some sections of the city be
detached.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
An Unpopular Bill.

The writer is in hearty accord With
the views of Col. J. A. Watrons of
Milwaukee, in the following commun-
ication:
"That bill introduced by Senator
Bishop to increase the hunting license
from 81 to SIS will encounter bitter
opposition. 1t is granted that Their.
was demand for the 81 charge, if
for no other reason than to meet the
cost Of game wardens, or a raising of
their salaries, and the states income
from other sources plainly shows that
new tax items are not now demanded.
But these are not the chief reasons
for defeating the bill. Nearly all Of
the sou, 900 farmers and their sons
look forward to an occasional half
day or day of hunting each year. In
thousands of families every male
member is the possessor of shotgun
or rifle. To impose a tax tive-fold
greater than that which has been
heretofore exacted would not only be
hardship in many instances, but 1t
would be an outrage in all instances.
The bill should die in the committee
room.
A vast majority of Wisconsin mer
and boys who take out a license sell
dom hunt for anything but rabbits,
squirrels, quail, cartridges, black
birds. pigeons and ducks. and not
often for these. To charge SIS a yeal
for such privilege would be ride.
ulous, as we'll as outrageous don >,
you think?''
Such law would m can the pre-.
servation of the game in the state TO,
the benefit of the city sports, who
would willingly pay SIS for a license
under such conditions.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
Waited Long.

The old story is told about certain
church that was very exclusive, having
we'll TODD and aristocratic members.
A poor man applied for membership
and they didn't want him. They
hardly liked to turn him down so re-
quested him to take it to the Lord in
prayer and come again. In about
two months he showed up again.
They asked him if he had taken it to
the Lord and he said he had. They
questioned him az to what reply if any
he received and he answered 1.-THE
Lord told me not to get discouraged.
He said he had tried for seven years
to get into your church but he had
not succeeded.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
THE LOS ANGELES LIMITED.

Electric lighted train. Chicago to
Los Angeles every day in the year,
less than three days enroute, via
Chicago & North Western, Union
Pacific and Salt Lake Route. SPLENDID
equipment of the most modern and
complete character, accommodating all
classes of travel.
Pullman drawing room and private
compartment sleeping cars, Pullman
tourist sleeping cars and composite
observation cars. Double berth in
tuorist cars only $500 from Chicago.
Close connection with trains OF Tho
North Western Line from Wisconsin
points.
For full information apply to nearest
Agent The North Western Line.
Feb. 1-4wk-2d4ws
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
Last Sad Rites.

The funeral of the late James
Scion was held Monday morning at the
Catholic church in Redwood, the mass
for the dead being celebrated by the
pastor of the parish. The services
were largely attended by Borrowing
relatives and friends, for the departed
was held in high esteem by all who
knew him. Among those in attend
ance at the funeral from abroad were ::
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Prendergast
Miss Mary Prendergast and Mrs. M.
Bergln of MADISON, Miss Julia Collins
OF Milwaukee, Earl Scion of Reese
vile, Mr.. and Mrs. John Scion,
Juneau, John r. Hughes, Reeseville,
Mrs. Abe McCarty, and Martin Scion,
Claremont, Mum. and ]. F. Kelly of
Juneau. J. F. Scion, cousin to the
deceased and other relatives entertain
ed the relatives and friends from a
distance, who had come to pay the last
sad rites of love for the absent one.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
Give UP Quarters.

The Knights of King Arthur have
given up their room in the Masonic
Temple used as gymnasium and re-
turned to the rooms in the annex to
the congregational church and will
be under the supervision and in
struction of Rev. H. G. Rehm, who
will continue the work Inaugurated
by the Rev. T. b. Thompson, his pre-
decessor as pastor of the church. The
room in the Temple will be occupied
by DR.. H. v. Pitschmann, who will
fit it up for gymnasium with all of
the latest apparatus and appliances
usually found in those in the large
cities and make it an ideal place for
the young men of our city, who can
go there for recreation and exercise
that which will be helpful and
heaiIhtul.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
PROPOSE SHORTER
ROUTE TO ST. PAUL
Milwaukee Ry. Said to Con
template Such Line From
Here to Milton JunCt.

While the plan of A. D. Barnes,
of Waupaca, Wis, for a concerted
effort for securing a direct line of
the Wisconsin Central from the head
of the great lakes to Chicago, with
Watertown on the suggested line,
Is still fresh in the minds of our
citizens, here comes another report
of railroad, operations on the part
of the c., M. & st. P. road, IN
which Watertown would figure if the
plan is successfully carried out. 1t
is explained in the following special
to the Milwaukee Sentinel from Fort
Atkinson, which appeared yesterday
morning:
GA rumor is current to the effect
that the milwaukee, road will build
line from Watertown Junction to
Milton Junction, running through this
city, to connect with the short line
recently. built between GAINESVILLE,
and Chicago. Such move would
lessen the distance between Chicago
and St. Paul thirty miles,
While nothing may come OF some
of these rumors, it nevertheless is a
certainty that the present year is to
be one of the banner years for Water
town. The entrance of the interurban
line from Milwaukee is among the
certainties and will have tendency
to keep the city on the boom. Then
there are numerous buildings con-
templated while couple of industries
are making goo-goo eyes at Water
town.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
Pioneer Resident Dies.

Death has called another old resi-
dent of WATERFOWL in the person of
Mr.. John Huttner, who passed away
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Joseph Amann, 300 Second street. yes
terday morning. He suffered consid-
erably toward the end. For the last
seventeen years ne had been afflicted
with blindness and had suffered sew
eral strokes of paralysis. Mr.. HUT
ner was born in Bavaria in 1924. He
had been a resident OF Watertown for
the last tifty-three years. The fu-
neral will take place Friday morning
at O'Clock to ST. Henry's Catholic
church,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
VERY SUCCESSFUL
INSTITUTE ENDS
ABOUT 100 JEFFERSON AND
DODGE co. TEACHERS HERE.
Chief Instructor Was Prof. W. C..
Hewitt of OshkOSh-GdVe In
struCtive Address on Language
Work-C0unty Superintendent
HaselWoOd and Others Talk.
(From Fridays Daily. }


The teachers institute held at the
high school in this city yesterday IN
der the direction OF County Superin-
tendent HaseIwood, was ATTENDED by
about l20 teachers from Jefferson and
Dodge counties. The chief instructor
was Prof. W. C. Hewitt, one of the
state institute conductors. The fol-
lowing program was rendered:
County superintendent Haselwooo
talked briefly but po,ntedly on the
Teachers Obligations and called spe-
cial attention to the too frequent vio-
lations Of the obligations of contract
into with school boards. Prof. Hew-
lit gave a very instructive address on
Language Work. He showed that ex-
preston through language should al
ways be based on what the pupil real
ICES in thought, and that the thoughts
TO be expressed should be made as
familiar as possible by repetition and
by proper association.
Principal A. ]. Thorne OF Pal
myra, addressed the institute on A
Few Ways to Interest the Public in
School Work. To secure such interest
he advocated giving of all kinds Of en-
tertainmeEts and exhibitions by the
school and the introduction of school
gardening.
Prot. Hewitt gave an interesting
exercise on Arithmetic Work IN Our
School. He showed how teachers
drill primary pupils in the fundamen-
tai combinations of numbers, and how
they can easily provide an abundance
of exercises for this purpose.
Principal K. l.. Hatch discussed
fully and very ably Experimental Work
Teachers May Do, and showed how
this work may be applied in the
teaching of agriculture.
Prof. Hewitt talked at length On
How to Make Geography Work Inter-
estlng. He illustrated this by taking
for an example the geography Of
Siam. He would always teach new
and remote unknown by relating 1t to
the.familiar facts in the pupils en-
vironment.
Supt. w. P. Roseman treated
briefly on Profitable Uses to Make of
Library Buoks, and made many val
liable suggestions.
SUpt. J. A. Haselwood gave good
talk on Civi,s for All Schools. He
held that pupils should be introduced
to the study of Civics by beginning
with the observation of the govern
ment Of the home, the schools, and
the town in which they live.
School Commissioner C. F. Velbahn
gave brief address on the import
ance of teaching written expressions.
Supt. ]. A. Hagemann, of Fort
Atkinson, and Supt. John Kelly of
Juneau, helped to make the institute
profitable by taking part IN the discus
sions.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
Quarterly Conference.

DR. E. S. McChesney of James
vile, presiding elder of this district,
was a visitor in the city yesterday
and last evening attended the second
quarterly conference of the M. E.
church, over which he presided. AT
the meeting there was review OF
the work 30 far toward the erection
of the new church here and final &C.
ton was taken.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-22
A Good Days Work.

Prof. G. F. Viebahn is visiting the
common schools in the county and as
sisting the teachers IN their work that
it NAV be more efficient One day
last week he was at Johnson Greek
and in the forenoon visited the school
east of the village and in the after
noon the school in the village and in
the evening called upon three friends,
among them the clerk of the school
district. 1t was strenuous day and
but few could have performed so
much work in a single day.