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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
WALKING GOWN

fashion, formed short sleeves be.
meath the fichu. The hair of the wear.
eg of this was tied with silver braid
tasseled with silTer and it is needless
to say that it was arranged in
group Of curls.
Every head is running over with
curls' nowadays; and what a differ
ence there is in the quality of these
Injuries may be realized from the fact
that they range in price from a few
cents to dollars.
With the advance of spring tho
smart tailOr-made costume claims
more and more of our interest and at.
tention. Many of the best designs are
made up with charming little boleros
and coates. heavily braided, in con-
junction with plain skirts. The one
shown in our illustration is made OF
q warm nut brown cloth of very fine
quality. The skirt fits closely round
the hips, its sole trimming being
stitched bands of the same cloth ar
ranged in long loops, which have
most graceful effect in giving length
TO the wearer. The coatee has the
quaintest little tails at the back and
is cut up at the sides, showing the
waist-hot of black satin. The whole
surface Of the coatee and sleeves is
thickly braided in fine black braid
while broader bands of braid are
placed over the shoulders, and hold
the fullness of the sleeve with the
widening effect which is 80 popular
for the moment. The coatee fastens
single-breasted, with small silver but
tons, and the tiny roll collar and
points turned back at the waist are OF
pale turquoise blue velvet. which has
a delightful effect on the brown cloth
and black braid. The smartness Of
the costume is greatly enhanced by
the high stock of black satin to
match the waist-belt. The hat is of
nut brown straw, both crown and
edge being bound with black satin,
While at the side wave three curly
quilts of pale turquoise tint, held
by brooch of pierced oXydized sill
Yer work.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
Either Granite or Marble Suitable.

Either Georgia marble or Bethel
tVtJ granite will make ideal material
for the exterior walls Of the new Wis
consin capitol, said Asscmblyman
Levi II. Bancroft of Richland Center
who was member of the official
party which went south and east to
inspect the marble and granite in the
rough at the quarries and in build.
ings at different cities Il wouldn't
turn my hand over for the difference
between the marble and the granite
as material for our new capitol, de
clared Asscmblyman bancroft, Eth.
car will give entire satisfaction, but !
am firmly convinced that one of them
should be used" one of the things
that the capitol commission must be
certain OF is that the quarry selected
10 furnish the material for the new
state house contains an ample quaint
ty Of the identical color and CharaC-
ter needed so that the entire build.
ing when finished will be uniform
in appearance. The cost OF the GeOr-
gia marble and the Bethel granite is
about the same, Assemblyman Ban.
croft says.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13

According to comment OF members
Of the Wisconsin legislature, former
President Cloyolands brief against
the passage of legislation limiting sal
aries of officers Of insurance com.
pauies viii hardly persuade the bad
ger lawmakers not to pass a bill To
that effect now pending before them.
Speaker Ekern of the assembly, Sec
Rotary of state Frear ana others who
are pushing the proposed legislation
declare that Clcvelaud's protest viii
not appeal fayorably Ia Wisconsin
Legislators The Wisconsin hin pro.
vides that no salary Of any officer or
cmpioyo of an insurance company
shall exceed S25,oo0 year unless the
policyholdcrs Of such company spcci
tiCaly authorize a larger salary Most
ut the lawyers In the legislature are
Of the opinion that the pending hlu, il
passed would be constitutional
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
Addition to Law Library.


The library Of the college Of law
of the University Of Wisconsin has
Just received notable additions which
makes the total number Of volumes
IA 600 AS a part Of the general
plan to build up and develop its
law department, the university has
expended $4,000 for law books
during the last two years, with
the result that the law school library
has been greatly extended and
strengthened. The additions include
important treatises devoted to the
history of English and continental
law; such of the more important law
periodicals, together with the collat-
cral periodical reports, and volumes
on the history and development Of the
law
The addition to the faculty of the
college Of law OF Prof. Walter w,
Cook. formerly Of the University OF
Missouri, gives the department five
professors deyoting their entire time
to the teaching Of law. With these
professors the faculty Of the college
Of law is on the same footing as the
faculties Of the best law colleges in
the country.
The course Of instruction has been
materially strengthened and is being
developed to include public law AS
step in this direction, Prof. Cook is
now offering courses in administrative
law and comparative constitutional
law
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
FINDS HUGE MEAT SCANDAL.
Milwaukee Has Back Yard ASattors
With Insanitary Features.

Milwaukee.-What promises to de-
velop into the biggest meat scandal in
the history of Wisconsin developed
from a secret and unexpected investi-
CATION made by common council
committee.
+. J. Stiglbauer. chairman Of the
council committee, discovered that
there are seventeen shed butchers
in Milwaukee. if not more, who buy
and slaughter cattle in backyard
abattoirs" without inspection by ma
tional or state authorities, Insani-
tary features were found in astOnish.
ing numbers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
Dictz Case in bheyance,

Gov. Davidson announced that he
had not yet received any official inlOr.
nation regarding the reported indict-
mcut Of John r. DictZ of Cameron
Dam by the grand jury of Sawyer
county on the charge Of resisting an
officer and attempted murder and its
recommendation that he call out the
state militia to capture Di0tz. The
governor says that he will not take
any action on the matter until il has
been formally and properly presented
10 him. 1t Is understood that the
governor considers that the grand
jury If it did make the recommend.
ton reported, went Out Of its way to
do SO because he believes u is the
duty Of the sheriff and district attor-
noy TO enforce the indictments, and
only after they have demonstrated be
yond doubt that they are unable TO
arrest DietZ arr they justified in ap-
p"aiing 10 the governor for state as
sistauCc The governor does not be
Iicve he would be justified ia acting
on the recommendation of the grand
jury before the county officers have
CouClusively demonstrated chat they
ar" unable to apprehcnd Diet and
that he is really In armed Resistance"
TO the authorities
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13

A correspondent writes In Quetta
some years ago l had occasion to 90
early one morning into miscel.
Ianeous store kept BY a Parsi. who
also kent a liquor bar, AS entered
the shop | noticed a mouse Keeling
across the floor, and | remarked to
the shopkeeper that the mouse seem.
ed to be hurt but his reply astonished
me.
He said that that mouse and several
others that infested his shop were
confirmed drunkards During the
night they regularly drank all the
liquor which remained in the glasses
which the soldiers had used in the
evenings for their drinks Madras
Times.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
ficht Over a SIS Account.

Monroe.-ln dispute over small
account which Oscar Schroeder, a res
taurant keeper of this city, claimed
was due him from his cousin, William
Schuetze, liveryman, which took
place in the Office of District Attorney
McGrath. in whose hands Schroeder
had placed the bill for collection,
Schuetze in the height of passion
knocked Schroeder against a steam
radiator and rendered him uncon-
scious, splitting his nose and other
wise iniurinS him. Schroeder had re-
fused to make any deduction from a
balance of five dollars he claimed was
due him.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
improvements at Superjor.

Superintendent Northern survey
ors are having out the site for new
yards and docks on Superior bay
front The company will fiji in a big
tract out to the dock line and, it is
understood, one of the first docks viii
be for the handling of western timber
Improvements to be started this year
are expected TO cost about half a mil.
lion dollars.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
GRAND JURY INDlCTS UiE Z.
Sheriff Will Ask for Militia to Cap
ture Alleged Offender.

Chippewa Falls.-The Sawyer coun-
ty grand jury has indicted John A.
Dietz on three counts, one for resist
ing an officer and two for attempted
murder The jury finds that anarchy
exists in the Cameron dam vicinity,
and recommends that Gov. Davidson
he asked to furnish military assist
ance to capture Dietz, believing the
county officials powerless. \ large
number of witnesses were examined
and the jury thoroughly went into an
the phases of the case Sheriff Clark
will ask the governor for assistance
to capture Diet2, and it is PROBABLY
several companies of militia Will De
sent to Cameron dam.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13

Nicomte G d'Avcncl a well known
French writer on social political and
economic subjects. has been secured
10 deliver lecture at the University
of Wisconsin ON April Is II dave
pel who has Just completed a course
of lectures nj Harvard university Wi
France. Pas, and Present III. has
added 10 history new a.' hitherto
uneN plored province tha. 81 ,ac ga
omic life and material civilization II
France FOR the last ~" te5.s
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
Neiqhbcr of Grant Dies.

Grand Rapids.-D David Kammerer,
an old resident Of Wood county, died
at this city, after a long and painful
illness, aged SO years. He was a resi-
dent of this city for over 80 years.
Mr.. Kammerer came to this city from
Galena, Ill, where he was a neighbor
TO Gen. Grant for many years. having
been personally acquainted with the
geenral long before the name of Grant
became a household word.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13

Madison. General Gilbert
rendered an opinion that a position
in the state university is not a public
Office, aud that a member OF the uni
versity faculty is entitled to pay as
such, and also as a state officer II
holding an office. The attorney gen
eral holds that position at the uni
ver.ity is matter Of contract with
the regents and ii rests with them to
make objections to faculty member
being also an Office holder The cues
ton arose over Prof. S. J. Sparkling,
who is professor of political science
in the University of Wisconsin and is
also president OF the state civil serv.
ice commission Secretary OF state
Frcar, before endorsing vouchers for
Sparkling for pay for both places, put
the question up to the attorney gen
sral
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
Accused of Takina Tickets.

Milwaukee. - Roy e. Whitehead,
aged % years, a former clerk in the
Office of James c. Pond, general pas
senger agent of the Wisconsin Cen
trail railway, has been arrested at ST
Louis on the charge of stealing 1000
worth of tickets from his employer.
cts, said Whitehead, for I can make
no use of them, ! tore them up
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
MRS. FRANCES FOX DEAD.
Mother of Bishop Expires After III.
ness Of Long Duration.

Green Bay.-Mrs Frances Fox. mo-
ther of the RI Rev Bishop Fox of the
Green Bay diocese, died here, aged 50
years, after long illness.
Mrs Fox was born October %, 1928
at Oestrich-on-Rhine, Germany, and
came to Buffalo with her parents
when Is years old She came to
Green Bay in 1874, married Paul Fox
in February, 1S47, and had lived here
ever since She is survived by three
sons and three daughters, who were
all present at the time of her death,
except one son, \. NJ. Fox of Seattle.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
Unknown Man Found Dead.

Janesville-The body of an un-
known man about % years of age and
fairly well dressed. was found under
a Northwestern bridge about five
miles southeast of this city. The left
shoulder was broken, the skull frac-
tured on the left side, and the hands
and knees badly lacerated, indicating
that the man was walking toward
GAINESVILLE and stumbled and fell from
the 2l-foot masonry wall some time
during the night
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13

Neutrality-suspicious. w. II.
FaIyey, who lost the election for
chairman of the town board of Criv-
itz, his home town, has secured an
attorney to look after his interests in
q recount which he has asked for.
Falyey was beaten by just one vote on
the face Of the returns.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
Defeated Mayer TO Contest.

Nanitowoc-Charles A. Groffman
has been seated as mayor Of this city
as the result of the common councils
canvass of the votes OF the city cleo
ton Grohman majority was i3
votes. Henry Stole. Jr.. who was up
for reelection Will contest
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13

RaCine,-City officials and attorneys
was fraud in the First ward at the
election. There was a tie for alder
man between Peter Ritter, Democrat
and o. NJ Amberg, Republican. The
council has passed resolutions to set
tie the tie by lot. but if fraud can be
proven a special election Will be
called
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
Appeal to SUPREME Court

Janrsvil'e.-An appeal from the de
cislon Of Judge Grimm of the circuit
court in the suit brought by five al
dermeu against the city to compel the
mayor 70 sign an order for their pay
Of FIVE dollars for each meeting has
been taken TO the supreme court.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13

kenosha-Russell Truesdel, the
eightyearold son of Henry Truesdel,
a constable in the town of Somers,
was shot through the right leg by his
brother Raymond The boys had
found a &2.caliber revolver in a
drawer at the house and were playing
with it when the accident occurred.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-13
Senator Has Recovcrec.

Senator X NJ Ia F0icttc. who has
been spending TWO weeks IT his farm
home near Madison. recovering from
an attack OF stomach trouble which
he suffered while occurring in South
Dakota. has left for billings Mont.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-29
INTERESTING HISTORY
At FAMILY REUNION
0Ier Relatives Held Meeting at
BaIienger'S Lake.
CAME TO WAYNE I'M 1916.

Economy, Ind, Sept 2S.-At the re-
cent Oler reunion held at Ballenger's
IAhe some interesting history was
brought out. Henry Oler, ST., moved
from Virginia in the year 1916 and set
tied in Green township, Wayne county,
Ind, on the farm now owned by his
son, Henry. There were born nine
children: John, Thomas, James, Marga-
ret, Adam, Henry, Martin, Benjamin
and Sarah, all of whom raised families.
The children of Henry Oler Sr., are
dead except Henry. who is now in his
SSth year and Elizabeth Oler the widow
of Adam, who is in her S1th year. The
total number of descendants that can
be traced back to Henry Oler, ST., from
1916 up till 1907, is $50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-29
RAT KILLING GOES ON
BUT RATS FLOURISH
No Appreciate Effect on the
Economy Rodents.
$50 KILLED PAST WEEK..

Economy, Ind, Sept. 2S.-Perry
township has been the scene of many
it seems there are more rodants than
ever. Recently Arlondo Marshall and
son Raymond, Joe and Mack Lamb,
Frank Pierce, Emmit Daily, Milo
Lamb, Lon Edwards, Grant Menden-
hall and Vine Scott formed a rat kill
ing party that met at the Edwards
home east of town and made a raid on
the army of rats. By moving two
loads of corn from one crib to anoth-
er $50 large rats were killed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-29
NEW PARIS CHURCHES
ARE GREAELY IMPROVED
All Have Been Beautified with
in Past Year.
Improvement is GENERAL.

New Paris, o., Sept. 2S.-In the past
year the five churches here have been
more or less extensively improved.
This week saw the completion of the
With new lights, new carpet, the walls
and windows beautifully decorated,
new pieces of furniture and with some
remodling and varnish and paint, the
church has been transformed into an
object of beauty. But the improve
ments have not stopped with the
churches as new houses are being
built and remodeling being done al.
the time and the town has never look
ed more beautiful or prosperous than
at the present time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-29

A few weeks ago a servant was en-
gagged polishing brass work near Pol
ly's cage, and the bird Immediately
started talking to her
Hello. Polly, What do you want:
What's the matter with you? Are you
quite well? Do you feel cold? Where
have you beenf" and much more OF the
same sort
Eliciting no reply, she shouted out.
why don't you talk?. and drew the
retort from the woman, Because /
am too busy. Polly
Polly replied. How shockingr'-Lon-
don Specta4~-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-29
YOUNG PEOPLE DO A
GOOD WORK FOR CHURCH
Aid Society at Fountain CITY
Has Been Active.
ARRANGES FOR A LECTURE.

Fountain City, Ind, Sept. 2s-The
Young Peoples aid society of the
Methodist church has worked earn
estly TO aid in the repair of the
church here. They have raised s74
altogether since April 21st. Rev. l..
D. Rehl of Lynn will give a stereopti-
con lecture on Ten Nights in a Bar
Room" Tuesday evening. Oct. LIST, un-
der their auspices. The young people
are to be congratulated on their ener-
gy
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-29

There is pending in the French par
Lament a bill providing for old age
pensions to railroad work people. This
bill was introduced ten years ago. and
five years ago was submitted to the
president of the senate In order to
hurry him up little on the sth of June
last 100000 post cards were addressed
to him by as many railroad men in all
parts of France calling his attention TO
the matter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-29

Have you noticed the improved serv.
Ice to Chicago via the c., G. & L,
Through sleeper leaves Richmond at
11:15 p. NJ daily. arrives in Chicago
1t 100 A II. Try II. apr6-u
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-23

THE HALL OF FAME.

Nlcolo Puccini, the Italian composer
b.lds the record of having written no
fewer than 1874 operas. He was born
in lbs.
/. II. Brown of Montpelier. vt, has
q banjo clock" 105 years old, invent
OIL bv the Wizards of Boston. After a
rUenty-Six year rest the clock is keep
In. excellent time.
II. W. Potter of Kingman claims the
record for log hauling in eastern
Maine. On Jan. II he hauled with sew
o,-een teams 52,7OO feet, which made
~ average of 300 feet per load.
4 recent old folks concert In Brock
ION Mass. had as a feature the sing
ing Of Ellis Holmes, who is in his nine
tv-second year. For large part Of a
century Mr.. Holmes has been a bass
singer
John Stevens Of Washington, Pa,
vg, forced to dig his way through
so;iI wall of coal and debris twenty
feet thick in order to escape from
mine in which he was imprisoned. His
only tool was an iron pointed pick
handle.
Professor Kuno f .ancke, curator of
The Germanic museum at Harvard uni
yersity. has received information from
the. German embassy at Washington
that Emperor William has conferred
upon him the Order Of the Crown Of
the Second Class
The elder Salvini has just had judg-
meut confirmed In the New York
courts by which he RECEIVERS $4,000
from the managers who failed to make
good their contract with him for q tour
here in 1904. Salvini is now seventy
eight years of age.
William z. Letchworth, whose gift Of
1000 acres at Portage Falls, on the
Genesee river, for a public park has
been accepted by New York state, is
an adopted member Of the Seneca tribe
Of Indians and bears the tribal name
Hai-wa-te-is-tah CThe man who always
does the right thing.
Henry Squires. who recently died in
Burlington, Ia, was at one time recog
nized as the greatest tenor singer in
America. He began his musical career
in Burlington, VT, in 1926, and sang in
numerous grand opera troupes and
travelled all over the world. He sang in
concert with Jenny Lind and in opera
with Carlotta Patti.
Living together on a farm at Putney,
vt, are three brothers whose ages ag-
gregate $50 years. They are Ira, aged
eighty-six; William, eighty-three years
old, and Willard Smith, who has lived
eighty-one years. These brothers are
living on the farm where they were
born and none Of them has ever been
more than thirty miles from Putney.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-23
MONEY.

Norway even now uses corn for cur
rpncy.
Absolutely pure gold is twenty-four
carats fine.
Sheep and oxen among the old Ro-
mans took the place Of money.
In India cakes Of tea pass as curren-
CT, and in China pieces Of silk.
In some districts Of New Guinea fe-
male slaves form the standard Of value.
SeasheIls were the earliest forms OF
money, the skins Of animals coming
next as a substitute.
Il is an interesting fact that the jap
anese coins in the matter OF fneness
are superior to all others.
The Icelandic and Irish laws yet
have traces Of the use Of cattle for
money. Many Teutonic fines were paid
in cattle.
In the days Of 1S49 Of California the
ounce Of pure gold (s16-50 formed the
common medium Of exchange. Another
interesting form Of money was lump
OF gold, called a slug, equaling just $50.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-23
ENGLISH ETCHINGS.

London's imports by sea are over 174.-
100000 tons yearly.
England was first divided into shires
in the seventh century A. d.
The average life Of a London house
is at the outside two centuries.
Before the Norman conquest Win
chester, not London, was the capital Of
England.
1t is quite legal in England for a
child to be christened by a single let
ter instead Of a name.
The wives of knights and baronets
have no right to the title Of lady" but
have the designation Of dame"
\ London firm of electroplate max
ers has in its service eighteen men and
women who have been working for 1t
from ffty-six to sixty years.
Under the Black Prince officers re-
ceived 4 shillings a day and common
soldiers twOpence. The purchasing
power Of money was then about four
teen times what it is now.
Prior to the dissolution Of the mon
asteries by Henry VIII. sixty-four abb
bots and thirty-siI priOrs sat In the
house of lords, and spiritual peers en-
tirely outnumbered the temporal.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-23
wint.rinn nahIia ruh.rs.

AS soon as the tops are killed by the
frost they should be cut OF to within
six inches Of the ground. The tubers
may then be dug and inverted in the
ground, to permit the sap remaining
In the plant to settle without dripping
among the tubers, as it is believed the
sap Is an injury to the roots. After
the plants become dry they may be
placed in u cellar in boxes or baskets
and kept dry, but not permitted to
shrivel Any condition suitable for
good care Of potatoes is favorable for
wintering dahlia tubers. The tubers
are very susceptible to injury from
treezing.-COuntry Gentleman.