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Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23

The great Quaker doctor now at the
Opera House is doing good work in
performing cures for both men and
women. Many people come to his
office daily who have been long suffer
ers with chronic diseases and are show
ing great improvement in the short
time they have been under his care.
Disease peculiar to women, also piles
and complicated disorders, cured by
this great physician. Children who
are weak and sickly should be brought
to this great doctor. Consultation free.
2 weeks more. 51-tf
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
Source of lnspiration.

The hero-worshiping girl had just
met the manager of an imported pian-
ist and was raving over the performer
in a way not wholly displeasing to the
promoter of publicity. "Oh, | thought
he was too perfect and inspired last
Wednesday," she gushed. There
seemed poetry and longing in his
playing that were stronger than usual
Had anything happened to make it
so?' The manager smiled brutally.
eyes, he was stirred up that day, and
he hustled through the program. You
see, he missed his lunch and I'd prom
ised to blow him to dinner, SO he was
in a hurry"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
WAS HURT AT HAWKINS,

Peter Broughton Received Serioffs In
juries at That Point.
At Hawkins Saturday Peter Brough-
ton met with what came near being a
fatal accident.
The passenger and freight train
were there at the same time and in
getting off one he got into collision
with the other.
A cut scalp, injured leg, some cuts
and bruises were the net result of the
encounter.
He was brought to Ladysmith for
treatment and is getting along nicely.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
THESE SECURED BOUNTIES
On Wolves and Wildcats since Last
ReDOrt


Report.
February 18-Warren Spurrier Of the
town of Marshall, on one wolf 500.
February 18-E. S. Levesseur of the
town of Hawkins, bounty on one wild
cat-$6.
February 18-Julius Jenson of the town
of Thornapple, bounty on one wolf-$2O
February 19-Hans Swanson of the town
of True, bounty on one wildcat-$6.
February 2O-John M. French of the
town of Marshall, bounty on one wolf
500
February 20-F. w. Hoffman of the
town of Lawrence, bounty on one wild
cat-S6.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
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IMPROVING on Tennyson,

"Bills to the right Of us, bills to the
left of us. bills that are ruinous!"
papa dear thundered "Frlghrful the
charge was made! Senseless the price
you paid!" Then on the table laid
check for six ndred-Lowell (Mass)
Citizen.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
Whittier's Good Wishes.

A young woman once sat at a
boarding house table beside re-
served and awkward country boy
whom she delighted to tease. When
she left she asked him to write in her
autograph album. The poem which
John G.. Whittier wrote there, and
which has just been published for the
first time, stands as a warning to
other young ladies that she who
laughs first at a seemingly dumb
countryman may be herself laughed e
many years later. The quaint con.
cluding stanZa is:
"Thy life-may nothing vex it.
Thy years be not few,
And at thy final exit
May the devil miss his due
Boston Transcript.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
TERM OF SUPERVISORS.
Should They Hold Office For Two
Years?

The question has been raised whether
or not county supervisors should hold
office two years instead of one year as
now. This question will come before
the council which has the power by
ordinance to fix the tenure of office.
1t is claimed by some that it takes
some time to get initiated and that the
term should be two years.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
DOCTOR CAME BACK,
w. z. O'Connor Returns From Rhine
lander to Practice Here.

DIR. w. F. O'Connor, who went to
Rhinelander some time ago, has return
ed and will make his future home in
the city. He says he enjoyed the time
spent in Rhinelander, but prefers Lady
smith.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
THAT ROAD TO BRUCE
Discussed as Matter of Great
Necessary.

Several business men were in group
discussing matters when the subject OF
a direct road to Bruce came up. They
all favored it as necessity.
The distance can almost be cut in
two by such road and it would make
connections with the Murry settlement,
at least the lower part of an excellent
farming section that is well improved.
Such road, it is anticipated, would
result in large increase in the trade
of this city and as we'll be a convenience
for trips between here and Bruce.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
Married.

Guy O. Davis of St. Paul and Miss
Alice Eldred of this city were married
here Monday. They took the Central
to Owen and from there to St. Paul.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23

Remember that Ben C. Lee & Co.
carry the finest table goods to be found
in the city. They never overlook their
grocery department.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
RAISED THE SALARIES.
City Attorney &ne Clerk Are to Have
More Pay.

The city council at it's last meeting
raised the salaries of the city attorney
and clerk, the former to $3.50 and the
latter to $500 per year. These figures
are probably nearer what they ought
to be than those prevailing in the recent
past.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-26
HEBREWS PLAN
BEER RAISE
PROTEST
Those in Liquor Business
to Address Appeal to
the Brewers.

A meeting OF the Hebrew liquor deal
ers in the city has been called for next
Monday to take action on the In
creased cost of beer fixed by the Brew
ers' Association. The meeting will be
under the auspices of the Consumers
Wine and Liquor Dealers Association
and will be held in Semel's Hall, Mont
gomery and Prince streets.
The above organization is new, hav-
ing been organized last Monday at 5S5
Market street. The meeting Monday
night Is the outcome of a resolution
adopted at the initial session of the
association. Just what course the mem
bers will pursue the leaders of tho
movement will not ,divulge until Mon
day. but a memper said today that the
first step would be TO make a vigorous
protest to the Brewers Association,
and future action would depend on the
result.
1t is said that the Hebrew saloon men
fear to raise the price Of beer to the con-
sumner. although he will have 10 pay the
brewery more than ut present. 1t will
mean a smaller glass Jf beer. or If no
other way can be found to make up the
additional cost Of the keg, several men
now IN business who have hard time TO
meet their obligations may be forced out
OF the business. It Is these meu who are
the prime movers in the meeting to be
held Monday night.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-26
OF
RARITAN CO.
A SUICIDE
Ernest G. Stedman, Lawyer,
Throws Himself in Path
of Subway Train.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Hundreds of
waiting passengers at the Fourteenth
street subway station were thrown into
a panic during the rush hours today,
when Ernest G. Stedman. a lawyer 81
years old, Jumped in front of a moving
train and was killed
No motive for the suicide has been
found. Mr.. Stedman was native of
Hartford, Conn.,, and graduated from
Yale In 1867 and from Columbia Law
School two years later.
Stedman was president and director
of the American Cushion Elbow Com
pany vice-president and director of the
J. G. Lyons Building and Operating
Company and treasurer and director of
the Raritan River Clay Company.
valuation of over S7,ooo.000 is placed
upon the real estate owned by the Lyons
Company which includes office buildings,
apartment houses and hotels in various
parts Of New York. A petition in bank
ruptcy was filed against the concern last
Friday. It's insolvency is laid at the door
of the recent business depression. 1t Is
said that previous to the slump every
office in the corporations building at 23S
Fifth avenue was rented. Last week all
we're vacant. The concern has admitted
its bankruptcy, and receivers have been
appointed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-26
ESCAPED FROM ASYLUM.
Bellevillc Insane Patient Didn't Like
Christmas Day Dinner.

Thomas NcCune, 40 years old OF New
street. Beleville, who was committed "a
the Essex County Hospital for the Insane
fourteen months ago. escaped from that
institution this morning, and was cap
tured about an hour later near his home by
Constables Gorham and Gilmon. OF the
Sherif's office. lie was taken back to the
asylum in the county van.
McCune complained that he didn't like
the manner in which Christmas Day was
celebrated at the institution yesterday. He
was trusty, and had chance TO escape
from the boller-room, where he was al
work When he was picked up In Belle
Vile Superintendent Dill was notified. and
he asked that the patient be taken back,
McCune was walking west on New street
when he discovered Constable Gorham.
Hello. old boy, Merry Christmas he
shouted.
Il wish you the same Tom" replied
the constable as he grasped him by the
hand Gilman took the other, and they
took him to a friends and held him until
the wagon arrived.
Gee. must ! go back to that old place
again. he remarked as he was escorted
TO the wagon, ~ left it because / didn't
get a good Christmas diuner."
well, I'm back the same day / left"
was the remark he made this afternoon
when taken back to the institution.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-26
FIFTH OF TAXES
IN CITY IN
ARREARS
Decrease Of $ls9,OOO in
Receipts as Compared
With Last Year.

Tax Receiver Robert l.. Ross today
finished the accounts of the taxpayers
up to the end of the fiat tax period,
December 20, and the figures show that
since the office opened TO receive 1907
taxes, the total amount turned in was
$4,045, ,s54o4, a decrease of $139, ,511. .2s
from the corresponding period last
year
During the first ten days, when the
city allowed a discount of 1 per cent
for payment, $2,S47, ,29S.49 was received
against S3.147. 435.49 last year for the
like period; during the following pc
riod, when the discount allowed was
half of / per cent. 1912, ,O20.55 was re-
ceived against 1907, ,S99.S2 last year, and
during the period when the fiat amount
was payable just ended. the office re-
ceiyed $sS6.540 as against $3.50. 0.0S00r for
the corresponding period of 1906, an in
crease of S156,410.01.
December 20. the last day of the fat
tax. after which IL per cent. per an
mum is charged on all bills until April
Ii. when advertising and other fees
are added. is always large day, and
this year it was phenomenal, $47S, ,s34.04
being taken in as against S329. $50. .19 for
the last day last year.
The total amount of tax ratables this
year is $5,067 969.06 OF this 81, ,022, 1862
is now in arrears This is about 90 per
cent. of the entire valuation in this
city.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-26
WELL CREDITORS WILL
NOT SUFFER LOSS.
Transfer and Sale of Property Will Not
Invalidate Their Claims, Vice
Chancellor Rules

Vice Chancellor Howell has filed his
opinion In the final hearing on the bill.
answer and replication in the action be-
tween Carl Saenger. trustee for Tony
Well. and the latter as the defendant, with
whom his wife Is Joined also as a party.
IN this opinion the Chancellor does
not hide any attempt to criticize the ae-
tions Of the lawyer engaged by the Wells.
Edward s. Black appeared as chief coun-
sci for the defendants. The original bill
was started to set aside cSuveyances made
by Well, and the Vice-Chancellor in his
opinion sanctions tho contention OF the
complainants lawyer, Hugh B. Reed.
We'll owned considerable property and
then became indebted to three firms for
supplies sold him TO carry on his bakery
When the bills fell due and there was
no money TO pay them We'll transferred
his property to his wife through the
medium Of third person Judgments were
entered against Well and then the latter's
wife sold or transferred the property to
her brother. Joseph Cans.
Marie Preiss wanted to buy the prop
erty, not understanding the situation, and
she paid down considerable money. To
unravel all This the lawyers for the
creditors had to unearth the facts of the
various transfers, and these we're laid be-
fore Vice-Chancellor Howell.
Marie Press is the only blameless per-
son declared in the deals, and The Vice
Chancellor in his opinion says that the
property presumably owned by Marie
Preiss must be converted to the benefit
OF the creditors, but that Marie Preiss will
be protected
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-26
FIRE TRAPPED
TENANTS ARE
RESCUED
Taken Ont Of Tenement
When inDire Peril. Women
and Tots TrampIed Upon.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Three persons
were seriously injured and several 9TH
ers burned and cut by broken glass in
fire attended by three thrilling res
cues in a six-story tenement building
at 10 East 134th street early today
Mrs. jeremiah Collins, her 1s-months'
old son, Michael. and Emma Destler
aged 10, are in a hospital painfully
burned. The prompt arrival of the fire.
men was all that saved them from
death.
Penned in their rooms by suffocating
smoke. the tenants owe their escape
largely TO Hook and Ladder Company
No. 30.
Besides the thrilling rescue of three
families, the fire was marked by the
narrow escape Of tenants in the rear
apartments, who found themselves
trapped in tho back yard OF the tene-
ment by ten-foot fence when they
sought to escape from the flames by
dropping into tho enclosure from the
fire escapes.
Before the fence was broken down
releasing them. half dozen women
and children who had dropped into the
yard were trampled upon and painfully
injured by companions, who ran
around screaming and fighting like
maniacs when they found the fence
barred their escape from the yard.
After ladders had been run up and all
the persons on the fire escape taken down
In safety, Ladderman George McKenna
heard a moan coming from the fifth floor
front apartment as he was climbing down
tho fire escape to the street He smashed
IN tho window of the apartment and,
after clapping his helmet over his face,
dropped in and, crawling on hands and
knees through the suffocating smoke
found Mrs Mary Kennedy and her three
little girls, Mary, aged years; Winifred
.. and Kate, months. hudded on the
floor In the corner of the front room.
He saved them.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-26
TO EXTRADITE HIM
DETECTIVE LEAVES TODAY
TO SET LAW MOVING.
odfrey will Get Papers Signed and
Bring Romer's Alleged Slayer
Back

Detective Sergeant Walter Godfrey. oi
the prosecutors office, went 10 Trenton
and Harrisburg Pa, today, armed with
the necessary papers to pave the way for
the extradition Of George Wilson, or Will
iams who is indicted for the murder OF
Frederick r. Romer, of Orange He has
with him the Indictment found by the
Grand Jury last Tuesday, and on the
strength of it will secure signatures Of the
Governors Of Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey. so that the man may be brought 10
the bar Of justice according TO due process
Of law. The officer Is expected 10 return
Saturday. He may or may not come back
with the indicted man. who is held a
prisoner in Philadelphia.
The furnace-shaker found nnder tho
piano in the paror of the Park Hotel.
Orange. and which is believed to have
betI. the weapon with which Romer was
killed, has been turned over to Herbert B.
Baldwin, city chemist of this city He will
examine the supposed blood stains on II.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-26
well Starve Out the
Landlords Their Cry as
Campaign Regins.
WOMEN TAKE ACTIVE PART
Organize for East Side Struggle
in Which Socialists Engage.
Call Mass Meeting.-WiII Go
to Court if Evicted for
Not Paying Demands.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.--Declaring that
rents are excessive, 10000 families on
the lower East Side went on strike to-
day.
"Starve out the landlords!" Is the
slogan Of the leaders of the revolt.
Women are among the agitators. If
demands for reductions of rent are not
granted, families will refuse to pay.
Many tenants have already refused
their landlords demands. and II the
strike" gathers the proportions its
advocates anticipate, the end sought
will be speedily accomplished, they con-
fidently assert.
The plan which the Socialist party Is
supporting is to refuse either to pay
rent or to vacate. II served with dis
possess notices for the purpose of evic-
tion the tenants will so to court with
their lawyers, who will first demand
time in which to file an answer. and
then claim the privilege of having each
case heard separately, which would en-
able the tenants TO remain on the prem
ises indefinitely without paying rent.
The organizers expect landlords and
lessees to realize their plight and sur
render
Several hundred women have been
organized by Miss Pauline Newman,
Of III Madison avenue, to make a.
ouse-to-house canvass and obtain
written pledges that a reduction Of
from 20 to 30 per cent. In rent win be
demanded, and If this is refused that no
rent will be paid. Thousands of such
pledges have already been secured.
The Socialist party is directing tte
campaign from the assembly rooms Of
the Socialista at 3la Grand street, Tfs-s
claim that the present industrial con-
ditions do not warrant the same rentals
that thet tenants were able to pay a
year ago.
A mass meeting will be held next
Tuesday night and tenants will be told
how to make successful their resistance
to the payment of rent at the present
rate.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-26
DISBURSEMENTS
S $4,000, 600
NEXT MONTH
Banks, Insurance Co.'S and
Industrial Corporations
to Pay Big Sum.

More than 81 500 900 will be paid out
by banks. insurance and industrial COM
panies in dividends and interest during
the month of January. and this in
cludes interest on bonds of several
realty companies and of gas stock and
bonds.
Some fnanciers are of the opinion that
the distribution Of so much money will
make the local financial situation easier,
but others say 1t will be three or four
months before there will be plenty OF
money in circulation
More than S5,000,OO0 was paid out in div
idends and interest in November and so
far the present month, and of this amount
the Public Service Corporation paid out
upward of SSj0O,000, and the Howard Saw
ings Institution and other savings banks
paid large sums in dividends to deposiors.
These payments were distributed among a
large number of people, principally me-
chanics and working women. Bank men
have wondered what was done with all
this money. In view Of the great bust
ness done by stores OF all kinds IN the
ten days prior TO Christmas Day IT. is
thought people kept the money TO buy
Christmas articles. and sent money to rel
atives outside the city
The fact that the business at the Post
office was the greatest ever known IN the
mailing Of Christmas packages and
money orders for several days up to q,
late hour Christmas Eve sustains the
belief that the dividend and interest
money was used for this purpose.
The Prudential Insurance Company, the
Fidelity Trust Company and the Celluloid
Company will pay out q total of over
s7,O0000O next month. The national banks
the trust companies and the fire insurance
companies will pay out more than S2J0,0OO
On bonds and stocks of trolley and gas
companies, all OF them guaranteed by
Public Service, more than $700,00O Is to
be paid. Small industrial concerns will
also pay out a good deal in dividends
and Newark viii get a share OF the
millions TO be paid out by big railroads,
as some Of the stocks and bonds are held
here
THE distribution Of so much money next
month ought to relieve the local situation"
said a inancier "for a large proportion
of the dividend and interest money win go
to Newark people. But the money paid
out next month will not be so widely dis
tributed among the people as the s5.O0O,00O
paid in November and this month. Fewer
people in our city will be benefited by the
January payments, for the stock of the
largest corporations is held by a compara-
lively few men.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-26
Ministers in Philadelphia
Bar Public to Hear Charges
Against Dr.. Shaffer.
NOTE TO WIDOW FORGED?
Accused of Unbecoming Conduct,
Defendant Says He Didn't
Write Missive to. Postmis-
tress..Hard to Get Clergy
to Serve in Case.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26.-The Rev,
DIR. William II. Shaffer. presiding elder
of the west district in the Philadelphia
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, was placed on trial before the
ecclesiastical court here today on the
charge of conduct unbecoming a min
lister. The court is composed of nine
ministers, the Rev. DR.. S. II. Hoover,
presiding elder of the north district,
acting as Judge. The sessions of the
court will be executive, no ono being
admitted 20 the trial except those di-
rectly interested in the case.
The Rev. DR.. George II. Buckley. pas
tor of Arch Street Church, this city,
is the prosecuting attorney, and he is
assisted by several other clergymen.
The Rev. DR.. A. @. Kynett, of the
Board of Home Missions and church
extension is chief counsel for the de-
fense.
So great was the dissemination Of
Methodist ministers to participate in
the investigation that considerable
difficulty was encountered in securing
the court. the final members being
selected today. A vote of 5 to will
fix the guilt or innocence Of DIR. Shaffer.
An anonymous letter, which the for
mer landlady of DR.. Shaffer declares
she found in the waste paper basket
in his room, figures prominently in the
case. IT is charged the letter was sent
DIR. Shaffer by Mrs. Martha ]. Deich-
ley. a widow and postmistress of Nor
gantown, Pa. The defense claims the
letter in question is a Forgery If writ
ten in handwriting similar to that of
Mrs. Deichley.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-26
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Unknown Victim Of Robbery
and Crime Found Head
Downward in Water.
GOATMEN UNDER ARREST
Albert Thompson and Frederick
Kirkman Held on Suspicion.
Woman's Clothes Are Found
Scattered Near the Spot.
Discovered by Youth.

mysterious and sensational murder
came to light today in Harrison when
the body of nude woman, apparently
about S5 years of age, was found in a
creek there at the point known as the
"Five Corners" 100 feet in from the
Passac River and 600 feet north OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the
Iassaic.
a bruise in the front of the neck
and several scratches on the
nose and face gave every evidence that
the woman had been murdered, then
stripped of her clothing, which was
scattered near the place, and dumped
down the enbankment OF the ash dumps
into tho creek, where the water is
shallow. The body was found with
the head down in the mud and the feet
sticking up out of the water.
On the middle finger of her left hand
was a ring, from which three stones
had apparently been removed. This
was the only jewelry on her per-
son. A search of the few pieces of
clothing found nearby revealed nothing
10 Identify the woman. She had light
brown hair, was stout and good looking.
It is believed by the Harrison police
that the woman was either assaulted
or robbed, and then killed. They think
she was the victim of more than one
man.
Albert Thompson, who lives on his
boat called tho Idle Hour, which is
generally anchored in the river, near
the creek. is locked up in the Harrison
ne tssss on suspicion Some of
the woman's clothing was found on a
seow near his boat, and statements
which he made LED the police to hold
him.
Frederick Krkman, Thompson's as
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