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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-04
ICE FIELDS HOLD UP SHIPS
Three Liners Imprisoned in Cabot
Strait off New FoundIand.

Halifax, n. s., May 4.-Three large
transatlantic liners, the Ontario ald
Ionian of the Allen line and the Van
couver of the Dominion line are be-
lieved to be imprisoned in the vast ice
fields that completely block Cabot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-04
Irish Exposition Opens.

Dublin, May Earl Aberdeen, lord
lieutenant of Ireland, opened the Irish
International exhibit at Herbert Park,
Ballsbridge. today. The function was
marked with much ceremony
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-04
MERCURY BELOW
FREEZING POINT
enced at Various Points With
Great Damage.

ST. Joseph. Mo. May 1.-The NOR
curry was below the freezing poil,
throughout northwest Missouri last
night and gardens and fruits are prac-
tically ruined
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-04
Snow Reaches Ohio.

Cleveland. Ohio. May 4.-Driven BY
a fierce gale from the northwest, 4
heavy wet snow fell over northern
Ohio today. The storm caused much
delay to telegraph service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-04
OIL CROWD WOULD COBBLE
CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY

strait between New Foundland and
Cape Breton. Other lines in the Mon
treaI and St. Lawrence service have
been forced to land passengers and
freight in this port after Intellectual at
tempts to pierce the impentrable bar
rier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-04
DENEEN AT HEAD OF TAFT
CAMPAIGN IN ILLINOIS?

post of governor of Jamaica yesterday
He has gone to his residence in the
hills. where he will stay until he leaves
the island. Colonial Secretary Bournes
has been installed as acting governor.
pending the arrival here of Sydney Oh
from England tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-04
New Agreement Submitted.

Berlin, May 4.-The newly signed
commercial agreement between the
United States and Germany was sub
mitted to the reichstag today for APP
proyal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-04
Worst Ever at Kansas City

Kansas City. Mo. May 4.-Thc cold
est May weather on record was eXpe"-
fenced last night in this part of the
southwest. Today the temperature
rose rapidly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-04
GOV. SWETTENHAM is OUT

Jamaican Governor Retres and is nov
High Private.
Kingston, Jamaica, May 4.-Sir Alex
ander Swettenham retired from the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-04
Believed Effort Was Made
to Wreck Edwards
Train
ON WAY TO FRANCE
Grease Box Removed and Axle
Is Found at White
Heat.

Geneva, May 1.-The ovcrhcating of
an axle, compelling the removal of Il
ear from the train on which King Ed
ward was travelling to France. is de
clared by newspapers here to have
been probably an attempt to wreck the
train.
Before entering the Simplon tunnel
the train was stopped as measure Of
preCaution. and a grease box on one
axle was found missing.
Running at High Speed.
The train had been running at the
rate of 100 kilometers an hour and was
white hot If the train had gone a
few miles further the aXles might have
fused and the cars would then have
been derailed 1t is said the bolts and
pins securing the box had been delib-
erately removed. An inquiry was i'm
mediatcly begun.
Back in London.
London. May liking Edward re
| turned to London today, after a hard
passage across the channel in a very
| severe gale
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
Urvcil Shaft 10 Veterans.

The soldiers monument erected by
the county In the courthouse park at
Jefferson. was unveiled with impress.
sive ceremonies. \ reunion OF the old
soldiers was held with an informal
programme aud after that a business
meeting took place In the afternoon
the dedication exercises commenced
with the following programme: Music
by the Nriou Military Music band. IN.
vocation by Or T.. l.. Eaton prosenta-
tiuu Of the monument by Chairman
q + Roessler response hy former
Gov Hoard. unyeiling by Majurio
Lane address IN behalf OF the G 4
Il 10y bishop Samuel Fallows Of chi.
Cage. address. Wisconsin in the
tiyjl War, by Coz \. j Watrous Of
Milwaukee, address in behalf OF the
: q Y by Senator T. T Fairchld
addresses by Capt Holmes. Past Com.
mapdvr J Z Rumble. Comrades bur.
ton Hasclwood, Dickinson aud others
Address hy Gov j. Q Davidson. ad
dress bl G. \ K Department, Com
mandcr J G Martin Vocal and in
strumcntal music A night a camp
fire Was held in the courthouse
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
WAS THIEF IN HER YOUTH.
But Mrs, Romadka Was Pretty and
Bright in School.

Oshkosh - Niyacious, extremely
pretty, efficient in her studies despite
unruliness, popular among the boys,
somewhat unpopular among the girls,
and inclined to kleptomania, sums up
opinions OF Oshkosh acquaintances re-
gardinE Mrs Charles j. Romadka,
ncc Game. who has stirred Milwau.
kcc and Chicago by her confession
that she is "A thief. a frcqucntcr of Chi
Cages underworld. and upon intimate
terms with Chicago negro who made
sales of articles stolen by her In Chi.
cage and Milwaukee homes. Several
OF Mrs. Romadka's acquaintance who
knew her more than five years ago as
Evelyn Cainc when she attended the
grammar and normal department Of
the Oshkosh Normal school said that
she displayed strong signs Of klepto.
mania. Appropriateness said that she
made a practice OF stealing pie from
the lunch boxes OF other students,
that she was found To he the possessOr
OF several articles stolen In the cloak
rooms Of the school and that by her
own confession she once stole five DOL,
lars 10 satisfy her longing for a pair
OF roller skates Mr. and Mrs Thorn
as G Cainc resided in Oshkosh for
several years MrE Caino Is the WON
ans sfrpmuthcr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
ktelp for Dairy interests.

G. II Benkendorf. instructor in the
dairy school of the University of Wis
consin, has invented practical
method for the determination of
moisture in butter. which will prove
of great benefit to the dairy interests
of the state. The national pure food
law makes the sale OF butter contain
ing more than l6 per cent. moisture a
penal offense, and dairymen for n long
time have been experimenting with
various methods 10 quickly and cheap
Is determine the amount of moisture
contained in their products The
method developed by Mr. Benkendorf,
assisted 10y X l.. Hatch. superintend-
ent Of the agricultural school Of Win
neconne. makes use OF the principle
of the high pressure oven by its use
butter maker in the smallest cream
cry can easily ascertain the amount OF
moisture No scientific training is re-
Quired To understand the simple opera
lions nor are expensive reagents or
glass necessary. Any creamery can
ne cquippc5 with an outfit cheaply.
after which there will be no further
expense Mr. Benkendort will discuss
the Wisconsin high pressure oven be
fore the National Dairymens conyeu-
tion 10 be held at Chicago : bulletin
ON the subject will be issued by the
university authorities shortly
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
State Tax to Be RENTED.

The state board has decided to re-
nit the state tax, including the $780,
600 tax for the construction Of the new
capitol building. The mill tax" q
part Of which was RENTED last year.
Will be levied this year The board
is composed of Gov Davidson, Secre-
tary OF State FreAr and State Treas
board show there was an uneXpended
balance in the state treasury on DC
tOber | last, of 81 1897 LA Ga A con
seryatiVe estimate of the receipts of
the state for the coming year was
fixed by the board at 81 ,997, 470. max
ing a total on hand to be expended be
fore lext year of ST, 534 ,6l4.64. The
estimated expenses Of the state for
the coming year, 1908, are S5,479. OPS,
which Will leave balance in the state
treasury of about $500 900. The board
estimated that on January |. 1909.
there would be in the state treasury
1854, 900, by placing the receipts of
the state at the conservative estimate
and permitting to be expended from
the general fund the $1,000 600. which
Will be needed before January /, 1909,
In the construction of the new capitol
building. Secretary Frear says that
the figures for the resources of the
state are very conservative. Only
$500 GOO vas estimated for inheritance
tax and other figures were made pur.
posely low. so the board would be on
the safe side He thinks that on Janu-
airy L. 1909, there will be easily half a
million of dollars in the treasury The
legislature at the recent session au,
thorized the board to raise $3.50 900 an
nually for the construction of the cap
itol 10y tax for that purpose In ad.
ditiun 10 this $4,000 is 10 be- taken
out OF the general fund The action
OF the board shows that there is suG-
hcicnt money In the treasury. as the
result of the increased taxation of the
corporations, 20 take the whole amount
for the construction of the capitol
next year out OF the general fund
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget Gathered by Our
Special Correspondent at Madison.

Madison Upon motion Of City At
torney John c. Alyward, the cases
against Walter T. Brunow and Ernst
Jung of Milwaukee, Walter Hamilton
Of Two Rivers and Raymond G. Down
ing Of WatertOwn, four university stu.
dents charged with dsorderly conduct
In recent hazing escapade, were dis
missed in the municipal court by
Judge Donovan. The cases went into
the records as dismissed without
costs" although 1t was understood
that the defendants would pay them.
This action was taken to prevent the
dismissal Of the students from the
university in accord with faculty
resolution providing for the dismissal
Of II students found guilty in court.
Judge Donovan, in dismissing the
case, scored the student body for tine
disgraceful affair, which" he said,
has done harm to the university from
which it cannot recover in a long
time The rush and hazing are moth
ing less than evidences Of the mob
spirit, he said, and ought to be
stopped. Well.known university pro-
fessors who were In the courtroom
were indignant after the trial, and
one of them. in discussing the case,
said: The faculty has done all in it's
power to stop hazing and disorderly
conduct by providing for the dismissal
Of all students found guilty We have
waited for the city authorities to Sc
cure conviction. To-day they have
dismissed the cases simply, as
they said, because they did not wish
to darken the young mems lives. If
they hesitate to enforce the law, what
can the faculty do?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
Farmers May Buy Elevators.

AS a result of the visit to Superior
made by Theodore Nelson, president
of the grain department of the Society
OF Equity, ii Is possible that one or pos
sibly two of the elevators of that city
may be acquired by the society in
their efforts to give the farmers of the
northwest what it considers to be a
fair deal. 1t is stated on reliable au-
thority that Mr.. Nelson while in SUI
perior examined the situation careful.
ly, treated with the owners Of at least
two elevators and If the result of ne
gotations is successful there may be
two independent elevators in the city
of Superior, devoted entirely to the
use of the members of the Society of
Equity, The object of the society is
To do away with the middleman en-.
urely in the marketing of the product
of the farmers of the country and
much success has been experienced in
the matter of tobacco and cotton. The
grain situation has only recently been
taken up by the society and the sue
cess achieved is very gratifying to the
officials. If the negotiations for the
purchase of the elevators go through
there is but little doubt that an enOr-
nous quantity of grain will be held at
Superior pending the quotation of
reasonable price in the markets of the
world
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
Will Increase PROPERTY Valuations.


From recent reports of the state tax
commission it is shown that the com
mission will increase the assessed
value Of the property Of the state this
year an appreciable amount over the
figures made last year. The board has
practically completed the assessment
and the figures will be made public in
few days. 1t is believed a large in
crease has been made over last years
assessment, which was then fixed at
81, l24 100000. This is considerably
more than the total valuation made by
the local assessors of the state this
year Since 1901 the board has grad
ually increased the value of the prop
crty Of the state, basing the figures on
an extensive investigation carried on
by corps Of experts in the field in all
sections Of the state valuing property,
The state assessment each year is
based upon the local assessment of
the preceding year-l906 state assess
ment corresponding to the 1905 local.
The increase of the 1906 state assess
Htht over tHe 15Vl assessment Is
4G24. The increase of the 1906 as
sessment over the 1904 assessment is
1873. The county assessors report the
value Of the property in their county
TO the tax commission. With the data
from all these counties, reports of the
sales of real estate and personal in
vestigauons, the state tax commission
are all valued on the same basis. 1t
appears from the reports of the tax
commission that county assessors are
prone to attempt to keep their assess.
ment down, thereby relieving them of
state and mill taxes to an appreciable
extent.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
A REAL "HOSS" RACE.
Country Fair the Place to See 1t at
Its Best.

II you would see a horse strap
bed, booted, braced and geared to
he limit, you must seek such a
track as you see at the old-time
country fair. Here comes an awk-
ward fleab bitten gray which never
went under $50 in his life. He is
hobbled and checked and goggled. and
hitched up sidewise, lengthwise and
crosswise until there is more har-
ness than horse. You wonder how
his driver ever got him into this rig
ging, and how he will get him out
again without cutting him free with
q jackknife. A farmer with a
gray beard and twinkling eye OBJ
serves to his neighbor:
Last time John Martin had that
plug out on the road | told him he
had the old cripple overloaded with
fust.aids. to-the.injured. Them straps
that was callated to hoist up his
knees must ha' pulled too tight and
the critter was yanked clean off the
ground. What John was gettin'
ready for was race for flynn ma.
chimes, not boss trot. From The
Country Fair" by David Lansing, in
Outing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
SCHOOL OARS FRATERNITlES.
kenosha Board Takes Drastic Action
Regarding High Schools.

Kenosha The Kcnusha board Of
education has taken most drastic
action TO stamp out the existence Of
high school soroTities, In the Kcnosha
schools and at the meeting of the
board held Thursday evening "a new
rule was made which makes IL i'm.
possible for any pupil belonging 10
any society, sorority, or fraternity. not
directly under the management OF
tn" superintendent. 10 take part in
ahy debate, programme, athletic con
test or 10 have the customary gradua
ti0n honors The rule goes further
and demands that all members of such
societies now In the schools shall re
tire from them at once or be expelled
from the schools There Is one club
among the wealthy young women OF
the high school which has been known
AS sorority and It Is declared that
the society will not disband
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
Man Whose Memory Was Bad.

For more than an hour a witness
for the defense had lodged questions.
His faulty memory was particularly
exasperating for the counsel for the
plaintiff, who was seeking to recall
to the witness recollection an event
of four of five years previous. Event.
ually the man remembered some
thing about it.
"Ah," continued the lawyer for the
plaintiff, what id you think Of it
at the time?"
Really" said the witness, speak.
ing before the lawyer for the defense
had time to interpose objection, 1T
was so long ago l can't recall exactly
what l thought Of it."
Well" shouted the crossexamin.
er, excitedly, III you can't recall, tell
US what you think now you thought
then"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
QUALITIES OF WIT AND HUMoR.
Alike, Yet in Many Ways Fundament'
ally Different.

Wit and humor are such elemental
fundamental things that it has always
been found difficult to analyze them,
saws a writer in The Atlantic. Upon
some points, however, those who have
essayed this puzzling task agree, FOR
they all hold that wit is an intel
lectual, humor an emotional, quality;
that wit is a perception of resem-
blance, and humor a perception Oh
contrast, of discrepancy, of incongru-
itv. The incongruity is that which
arises between the ideal and the fact,
between theory and practice, between
promise and performance; and per-
haps it might be added that it Is al
ways or almost always moral In
congruity. In the case both OF wit
and humor there is also pleasurable
surprise, a gentle shock, which &C.
companies our perception Of the hith-
erto unsupported resemblance or in
congruity. A New England farmer
was once describing in the pres
ence Of a very humane person the
great age and debility of horse that
he formerly owned and used. You
ought to have killed him." interrupt
ed the humane person Indignantly.
Well" drawled the farmer I'VE did
almost"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
Didn't Need CYclopedias.

The canvasser for cyclopedia
came to the home of a colonel, whose
record he had carefully studied be-
fore his visit. The colonel was es-
pecially proud of some OF his sons,
so the canyasser began with:
Those are very fine boys of yours,
colonel
They are" replied the colonel.
Il reckon you are ready to buy any
thing those boys want?"
q am So said the father Of the
fine boys
We'll, then, let me sell you this
cyclopedia. There's nothing will do
your sons so much good
But the colonel looked at him
aghast. Why, them lads of mine
don't need any cyclopedia. They ride
muleSl"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
GIRL CROSSES DlETz DEAD LINE.
Young Woman OF Chippewa Falls En-.
tertained in Cameron Dam.

Chippewa Falls-Miss Grace Har-
rington, Of this city, has returned from
a pilgrimage To the John +. DietZ do
main on the Thornapple river Miss
Harrington Is one Of the few women
Of the United States who has made
the alleged outlaw visit and she Is
much pleased with her reception
Miss Harrington says that Diez
has established a so-callcd death
line" half mile before the river is
reached. On large sign are the
words NO Trespassng Who ven.
lures beyond this line does so at his
own peril. i when Miss Harrington
reached this point she ordered her
t"amster to stop and asked him to
70 forward 10 obtain permission from
Dictz for an audience This favor
Dict2 readily granted, especially as
the petitioner was young woman.
The Dietz family entertained Miss
Harrington AT dinner. As soon as the
ground freezes up they expect that
William Dictz will bring in their an
nual food supply from Rise lake. Miss
Harrington was informed by the cOun-
" superintendent that the Dictz fam.
lily would be provided with "A teacher
this winter and also free text books
paper ink. pens and pencils.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
GIVING HIM A CHANCE.
rely Time for Hubby to Do a Live
Iy Sidestep.

Mrs. Wilson's husband was often
obliged to go to New York en- bust
ness, and frequently did not reach his
home until the arrival OF the midnight
train. Mrs. Wilson had been In the
habit of sleeping peacefully at these
times without fear, but a number OF
burglaries in the neighborhood during
one Of her husbands trips to New
York had disturbed her calm.
On the night of his return Mr.. VIII
son was stealing carefully up the
front stairs, as was his wont on such
occasions, so that his wife would not
be wakened, when he heard her voice.
high and strained:
81 don't know whether you are my
husband or a burglar" came the ex-
cited tones, "but l am going to be on
the safe side and shoot, so If you are
Henry you'd better get out OF the
way."-Youth's Companion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19

Ashland Tho municipal Lighting
plant proposition for Ashland was
solved when the city council voted tu
accept the proposition OF the Chippc
wa Valley Construction company 20
lcas" the power plant for three years
with the option OF purchase at that
time
+ Applcyard OF Boston who
built the iutcrurhan line between
Chippewa Falls and Fan Cmtrc. heads
the company tie promises tu bring
5000 horsepower from Copper Fails
- miles south OF Ashland by nest
June
Connected with the d.al Is 500
600 business transaction which Will
develop later The White River Puv
~ company viii also have i,s plant
completed and loo horsepower Trans
uaucd To thr city inside Of month
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
FLORENCE DUGAN GOES FREE.
Jury Find Her Not Guilty Of Shooting
Her Sweetheart.

Janesville-The jury in the case OF
Miss Florence Dugan, charged with at
tempting TO Kill her sweetheart.
George Schumacher, found her not
guilty and she was discharged.
Kept alive and nerved for the part
he was to play with morphine, strych-
nine. nitrOglycerin and whisky,
George Schumacher testified in court
against the girl, whom he had for years,
it is alleged, forced to give him
all her money on threats and beatings,
and who shot MIN April Is last for
having ruined her life. His appear
ance in court was most dramatic and
followed a recital OF wrongs by the
woman he Is alleged to have be.
traycd on promise of marriage, and
gruclling questioning that
brought out as revolving conditions as
did the Thaw trial Florence Dugan,
on trial for attempting to kill Schu.
maker, had just finished her testimony
when Schumacher was wheeled into
the room. Her chum, Mae Frye. who
was brought from the industrial
school for girls in Milwaukee, where
she Is held for running away with
a married man and robbing guests of
a Watertown hotel, has told her story,
which revealed pitiful state OF af-
fairs, Schumacher Is believed dying
from his wound
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
Saw L Come Out Of a Cow.

A little city boy and his sister Dor.
othy were taken to the country for
the first time.
The two children were happy as
the day was long. In the late after.
noon they watched the COWS come
home, heard with delight the tink.
ling cowbells, and the little boy
even went in the barns to see the
milking done.
At supper. just as Dorothy was
lifting her glass to her rosy lips the
boy cried out:
"Oh, Dorothy. don't! You mustn't
drink that milk. It's not fit to drink.
1t came out of a COW. l saw it,"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
Cats as PLAQUE Preventive.

An Italian correspondent of the
North China Daily News writes: The
newspapers have latterly been full Of
all sorts of suggestions for the stamp
ing out of plague. For instance, never
XII rats; if you do the fatal rat flea
may be driven to feed on you. Also,
compel each householder to keep
cats. In fact, let the cult of the cat
as II prevailed in ancient Egypt be re-
'l'ed IN India. Plenty of cats, no
rats
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-19
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

By local applcations as they cannot reach the dis
eased portion OF the There Is only one way to
deafness and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inaamed condition Of the
mucous lining of the Eustachisn Tube. When this
tube is nnsmed you have rumbling sound or i'm.
perfect hearing and when 1t IS entirely closed, Deaf
is the result and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored It's normal condi
ton, hearing Will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out Of ten caused by Cstarrh. which is nothing
bat al infamed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catsrrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.