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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-05-13
cENsoRINe The SHOWS

1t is easy to make sweeping con
formations because of a few special
cases. W hen moral wreck is dis
covered in dancehall it Is notdificult
to reach the conclusion that all the
dance halls are vicious and that pro-
hibition should apply to every one.
The point of view is all important.
There are large elements of the popu-
lation of a cosmopolitan city which
enjoy the pleasure of the dance hall,
1t gives needed recreations after
day or a week of joylesS toll. EVIL
is not necessarily connected with it.
On the other hand, there are many
places where the dance hall is no.
thing but an attachment of the saloon
where the dance is subordinate to the
sale of liquor Such places are the
ones where danger turks for young
boys and girls who ma find there
the gateway to the downward path
The two kinds of halls exist. They
should De kept distinct. 1t is a good
plan of the chief of police TO have
them examined i'll order that their OK
act character may be known.
In the same way there are differ
ences in the cheap shows. Some OF
them are distinctly vicious. The sug
gestive and vulgar take the place OF
entertainment They prove the draw
ing cards. The show itself is made
subordinate to the evil designs %
me nwho seek to mislead the youth
of the city. On the other hand, there
are cent shows where moving pict-
ures are presented which give
pleasing and unobjectionable enter
tainment. One may travel in a for
eign country, take a ride 10 the SUN
nit of a mountain, see people in Their
native costumes, or have some laugh
able scene reproduced. The 5 cents
is well spent by those who like that
sort of thing
The nickel theater must be III
spected as well as the dance hall in
order that no injustice will be done
1t must be inspected more than once
in order that there may be certainty
OF p7character. 1t must be inspected
by those who have tn9 right sort. est
judgment in such matters. Much
depends upon the censor. An observer
who enters dance hall or tneater with
the preconceived determination TO
discover nothing Objectionable is just
as much to be condemned as that one
who undertakes the uest with the In
tention of finding nothing good.
The idea of the censor is an excel
lent one. If the work Is done properly
the information thus collected should
be of great value in connection with
future activity OF the police force
Exchange.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-05-13
BELIEVED TO BE RECENTLY DE-
POSTED THERE.
SEARCHED MANY TIMES
Grass Burned over but Clothing not
Even Scorched-Father Holds to
Murder Theory but Detectives
Believe That Boy Was overcome
by Cold.

Dover, Del, May 6.-Lying In a
marshy piece of land, the BODY OF
Horace Marvin, son of DR.. H. N. Mar
vim, whose mysterious disappearance
from Bay Meadow farm, near Dover
has baf1ed solution since Marcn 4,
was found about half a mile from the
Marvin farm Saturday by Ollie Pleas
anton, who lives on a farm adjoining
Marvin's, coming upon the chllo S
body while out cunning. The cnllo
Law face downward in patch OF
meadow grass There was not a mark
upon the boys body indicating foul
play, and the clothing was intact. IL
was in a good state of preservation
suggesting that it had been frozen.
Pleasanton says he saw the boy at a
distance of 20 feet. Friday several
gunners passed over this land, but
none saw the body, if it was there.
Mr.. Marvin says he has searched
the same marsh nearly every day
since the disappearance and with de-
tectives burned the grass of the
place four weeks ago, but saw no
signs of the body.
The theory that the child has been
recently placed where he was found
is supported by the fact that Marvin,
as well as the detectives, stood on the
spot where they burned grass from
under it Further than this, the
marsh has been trampled over time
and again within the past week by
neighbors and no sign of the child
was seen.
Marvin IS convinced that his son
met with foul play and the body was
placed in the marsh to give the I'M
preston that he wandered out there
and died. "The clothing showed no
signs of having been burned says
Marvin, "as would undoubtedly have
been the case had the body laid
there when the fire swept the marsh.
The detectives who have been on
the case are inclined to the belief
that the boy wandered into the marsh
and being overcome by cold fell ex-
hausted where the body was found.
Examination of the body showed
that it was somewhat bloated, which
lends weight to the belief that the
boy wandered on the marsh and was
drowned.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-05-13
PLEA FOR UNCONSCIOUS SLAVES.

Professor Raymond V. Phelan of
Miami University in the Outlook
seriously question the right OF with
holding the ballot from women even
if a large majority of them shrink
from assuming political and civic re
sponsibilities. To my mind, those
who thus shrink afford thereby pit
evidences of their psychological en-
thralldom. AS a class, women nave
not yet awakened to the fact that
they are really free or can be free,
that they have in themselves the pos
s,biIty of as much independent ex
istence as the other sex enjoys. Now
is it right to withhold from the thor
Oughly emancipated woman the right
to govern herself, simply because her
backward sisters, even though they
may be in the majority, shrink from
exercising the political prerogatives
that of right belong to the new
womanhood? Miss Stephen, whom
you quote, seems to think that the be-
stowal of the ballot upon women Will
work injustice or hardship upon those
of the sex who shrink from political
duty. Is it necessary or imperative,
however, that the timid woman, the
overly feminine woman, the psyche
iloicaIIy unemancipated woman. avail
herself of her prerogative of voting? ?
I'VE condone more or less political
passivity in men. Why should we
not do so cheerfully in the case OF
women, remembering that they have
been sorely oppressed for ages and
that they should not be expected one
and all, therefore, to rise at once TO
the full stature of perfectly free
w,ornanhood? The fully emancipated
woman wants the ballot By all
means let her have it, and let US
wait as patiently as possible for the
fuller development of the woman who
is still ever and anon casting her
eyes backward to that retarded from
tier of social advance where she
dwelt so long in subsection to the au-
thority of man. Shall we deny to the
enlightened, lHColllSeHI WoHdu VIM
wants to govern herself, the right
that in the United Staes is granted to
the ignorant foreigner and the LOVELY
negro? Is it right that the college
bred and cultivated negro woman of
some northern city should have 10
voice in the government, while the
negro criminal of the south is a
voter? Is it right that the intelligent
women of whatever race or color
should have no right to express q
choice as to who shall be the mayor
of their city, the governor of their
state, or the president of the United
States, while ignorant, irresponsible
men In spite o. the Australian bal
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-05-13
system, are voted by the party

ilot system are voted by the party
boss?
In my opinion, running the govern
ment is in this age no more the "otL>
of men than it is of women me des-
ignations women's work and .aeh
work are but marks of psycnNosi
cal tagging behind the times. DlVt
sion of occupations on a basis OF sex
has long ago begun to break down
A woman lawyer pleads, and peads
ably. cases at law; while man does
the cleaning and scrubbine IN the
apartmenthouse where the woman
lawyer lives. A woman administers
the finances of Kansas City, Kansas,
while men bake our bread.
AS for the danger of contest IN
politics between the sexes. sucn
thing is in my opinion an impossioA-
ity. for the real welfare of the Two
sexes is one and the same thing. II
there does arise a struggle having
reference to sex privileges, 1t W1iI
not be a struggle between two parties,
made UP of both sexes, one party
recognizing the right, and, yea, the
expediency too-for citizens inherit
both from mother and father-the
right and the expediency of the full
est freedom for woman. consistent
with her health and morals; while Id
the other party will be found those
whose mental processes are impeded
by some vestige of the long bygone
ages. when woman was the mere
slave and creature of man, those VINO
are possessed perhaps of some OF the
spirit that made it possible for a
medieval church council to debate
the question as to whether women
had souls.
Some women, having risen to the
full stature of the new, freer woman
hood. demand the ballot They should
have it, The English, the American
woman, the woman in every enlighten-
ed country in this advanced twentieth
century, has as much moral right IN
vote as has man; and England and
the United States will continue to be
democracies but in name as long as
their women are denied equal polit-
ical rights with men.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-05-13
MULcTs THE RAILROAD.
Mayors Daughter Gets Judgment for
$3.50 Damages.

Oshkosh, Wis, May IA verdict of
$4,750 for damages was given by jury
yesterday in circuit court to Miss
Metha Banderob, daughter of Mayor
John Banderob, against the Wisconsin
Central Railway company Miss Ban
derob sued for $4,000 damages, com
pensation for personal injuries which
she sustained by falling over a low
wire fence which formerly surround
ed the depot property. Miss Bande-
rob declared that her arm was broken
in such manner that she cannot use
it properly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-05-13
CHAPTER K.

Scarcely a week had passed since
that evening But these few days had
sutficed TO bring about a mighty rev.
olution in Castle Lindhof. The DIS
missed overseer was replaced by a
new one, whose authority was rigidly
bounded j the master, the latter re-
tanning final control. Certain day
laborers, who had been arbitrarily
dismissed because they had chung to
the local pastor and absented them
selves from the castle chapel Bible
class, or because they declined to
hear the word of God from Chaplain
Mohring, were recalled to the estate.
On Sunday Herr Won Wade, in COM
pany with the Baroness Lessen and
little Bella, had been present at ser
vice in the village church of Lindhof.
To the astonishmert of tn, parish
Chaplain MOhrng appeared as one OF
the congregation, seated near the or
gan. At noon, tie parish Clergyman
lined at the castle. Doctor FelS
came to Lindhof daily, for Fraulein
Won Waldo was i'll. This was the
reason of Elizabeth's receiving no
further invitation to continue the les
sons, and also, according to the opin-
ion of the forester, tn e ground of
Baroness Lessons escaping Danish
ment to Siberia. For" he said
Her Won Waldo is not such barbar-
ian as to make his sick sister still
more sick by robbing her of her fav
orite companion, and, If that is not
the baroness, the visits of her son
would nevertheless naturally be much
less frequent after her Punishment"
This was malicious, but ''incontro-
vertibly correct as he added.
In the village It was known that
there had been a fearful tempest at
lie castle before the air cleared.
Herr Won Wade had taken his meals
alone in his room the first three
days after his return, and all the
billetsdoux which the baroness -ent,
at all hours, by her old waiting-maid,
were returned, until the violent i'll
ness of his sister brought him into
contact with his cousin in the sick
room. From that point, their inter
course seemed to have returned to
the ordinary course of things
though the servants related that at
the table scarcely a word was spok-
en-. Herr 4on Hellfeld had called
once to welcome the traveller, but it
was said that, after very brief
visit. he had ridden homeward with
remarkably long face.
One gray. gloomy day in August,
Fraulein Won Waldo requested Eliza
beth to come to the castle for half
hour. The lady was not alone when
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-05-13
GoIo Elsie

By e. MARLITT

When the terber family sat down
to supper togelAer the father related
with much animation, that he made
the acquaintance of Herr Won Waldo,
at the lodge in the morning.
Wen, how did he please you!
asked his wife.
That is a uestion, my dear, which
l may be able to answer, perhaps III
a year, if 1 have daily opportunity for
intercourse with the man, and then
it Is an open question whethe r
could form a fine opinion He
has become of interest to me
really what he seems, perfectly
cold, passionless nature. He came
to my brother for more exact inform
alton as to the case between the
overseer and the poor day la0orer S
wife. because some one had errone-
ously reported to him that SABINE
had seen the outrage. She was called
in. and required to tell how she had
found the Widow Schneider. He IN
quired as to the minutest particulars
but all briefly, decidedly. What i'm
preston Sabine's report made upon
him it was impossible to discover, so
impenetrable was his face. Not the
slightest movement of his features
betrayed the direction of his Thought
He has come from Spain, directly.
From the few remarks he made, 1t
could be seen that some friend must
have written him of the exil existing
upon his estate, and that he instant
ly started homeward toward Thurin-
gia."
And his outward appearance?
asked Frau Ferber
1T pleases me, although l have
never met with so much unapproach-
ableness and reserve of demeanor.
understand perfectly how people
think him boundlessly arrogant, and,
still, | cannot persuade myself that
so foolish a mania can lie behind
such a thoughtful face. There is al
ways the expression of calm GOODNESS.
But betwe the brows is a trait to
be noticed. The passing observer
would doubtless call it gloomy, but /
find it sorrowful melancholy"
Elizabeth listene,- ref1ectively to
this description. She had learned
that, for moment, that caImness
could give way decidedly, and she re-
peated to her father the scene OF
which she had been a witness.
punishment has descended more
promptly than we could have con-
ceived,'' said Ferber. Perhaps for.
ester uncle's observations may have
contributed their share TO that too;
he knows no subordinate consldera-
tons when his opinion is asked. He
gave the master of the castle such =
draught of unadulterated truth that
not one iota remained 10 be added of
all that had been making him indig-
nant for a year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-05-13
IS years for stabblna sweetheart

25 Years for stabbing Sweetheart
Springfield, Mo, May 8.-The j'ry
in the case of Garland Moore, who
stabbed Clara West to death because
she lifted him, returned verdict yes
terday finding him guilty OF murder ia
the second degree and fixing his pun
ishment at rs years in the peniten-
tiary.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-05-13

The question of who Is Harry x.
Thaw's chief counsel rs not yet set
tied
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-25
Courtesy at Home.

We are all creatures of habit,
men and women alike, and the habits
and surroundings of daily life have a
powerful influence on the character OF
both. The root OF all bad Is
selfshness; when self ever Is first. fore
most consideration for others always
lags much in the rear, and drops 80
far behind in time that 1t disappears
altogether. Zone cannot keep up tho
ceremony and etiquette OF society
when at home" True. for between
friends these can be laid aside. They
merely are the rivets that keep So
ciety together. but not courtesy and
consideration. The latter ought to
be 30 much the habit with each OF us
that II will become our second nature.
and therefore can be no more laid
aside than can an arm or y leg
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-25
CONDEMNED MAN ROASTED.
Flames Leap From Joints Of Ohio
Murderer.

Columbus, Ohio-The clectrOcutiOn
OF Henry White convicted of the
murder Of Marshal Basere at
prison here, was a horrible fiasco.
Twice tn" electric current failed
to kill, while the condemned
man writhcd In agony. His swelling
muscles almost hurst through the
straps that held him. When the third
shock went through his body a sheet
OF flame cnveloped him and flames Is
sued from every joint OF his body.
The current was continued several
seconds in spite Of the flames. while
the odor of screening flesh filled the
death chamber. When 1t was turned
off the physicians pronounced the man
dead. He had literally been roasted to
death.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-25
LIFE INSURANCE ACTIVITY.
The New York Lies Business Nearly
UP to the Legal Limit.

The New York Life Insurance Com.
pany that its new paid
business during the half year Just end
cd was Over seventy million dolArs.
AS the new law allows NO life COM
pany to write owe one hundred and
nifty millions per year, 1t would ap-
pear that this company ia working
nearly up to the limit. The New
York Life gained such Roadway be-
fore the law was passed and suffered
30 little, comparatively, from the Arm.
strong investigation, that the question
with its management has been how to
keep business down to the limit, rath.
err than how to reach 1t. No other
company is writing nearly as much
as the law allows. The New York
Life has evidently become a pre-
ferred company.
The %cOmpany's payments TO policy
holders during the six months end
Ing June 30 were $21 $50. 761. 1t Is
interesting to note that this amount
was almost equally divided between
payments under policies maturing by
death and payments made to living
policy holders. Thus, while death
claims were ~$11.1s0.626. the amount
paid for matured endowments, annu.
tiles, trust fund installments, for pur-
chased policies and for dividends was
$10,4S0,135 Modern life insurance, as
practiced by the best companies, en-
braces a wide field, and covers many
contingencies. 1t is money saved for
the aged. as we'll as money provided
for the families Of those who die pre-
maturely.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-25
Courage.

Three tired c~itizens--a lawyer, a
doctor and a newspaper man-sat in
a back room recently In the gray light
OF the early dawn. On the table were
many empty bottles and a couple OF
packs of cards. As they sat In silence
a rat scurried across the hearth into
the darkness beyond. The three men
shifted their feet and looked at each
other ~uneasily. After a long pause the
lawyer spoke:
Il know what you fellows are think.
Ing" no said; you think thought I
saw q rat, but ] didn't"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-25
WILD WOMAN CAUGHT.
Mrs. Jennie Lanisan Of Erie, Pa,
Craxed by Domestic Troubles.

. Erie, Pa.-Her every act resem.
bling that Of q beast, Mrs. Jen.
ME Lanigan, known as the wild Wo.
man OF Glenwood Park" Is a captive
at police headquarters after u two.
years hunt by the authorities. She
has made her abode in the woods ad.
Joining the park and made the VI
cinity stunned at night. With a sheet
about her. hair u%nraveled. toothless,
and creeping like a wild animal, she
has been seen by many. She was
found asleep in the hollow Of "a tree.
Two years ago Mrs, Lanigan became
Insane on er domestic troubles.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-25
KOREANS WAR
WITH THE JAPS
LEAGUE IS FORMED TO PREVENT
SEIZURE OF HERMIT
KINGDOM.
VIRTUAL RULE BY DICTATOR
Attacks by Natives Likely to BE Ex.
tended Against All Foreigners
Many Fall In One
Clash.

Seoul-Korea Is practically In
the hands Of a dictator, Gen. Hasc-
gawa, commander Of the Japanese
troops in the Hermit Kingdom.
Though there has been no formal dec
laration of martial law, the military Is
in absolute control. SO greatly are
the Japanese o%ulnumbcred, however.
that it Is a problem whether they Will
be able to hold the people In subjec.
ton until reinforccmcnts "a reach
them from home.
Fears are entertained OF attacks,
not alone on the Japanese, but on all
foreigners in the country. The con.
sulates in Seoul are under heavy
guard. Troops are patrOling the
streets, and all gatherings are broken
mp as soon as they are discovered.
Despite these precautions, there IL no
doubt many secret meetings are being
held to plan for "A general uprising.
The situation is more serious out
side Seoul than in the city itself. No
troops can be spared from here, the
interior garrisons are few and small.
and the people will meet with practi-
cally no Opposition in case of an anti
foreign outbreak. An organization
known as "Thc Secret League OF
Young Korea has been formed to
combat the Japahization OF the coun-
try.
Conservative leaders have made
strong representations to Marquis Ito
and Foreign Minister Hayashi OF ia
pan, begging them not to drive the
country to extremes.
Counter to American War Talk.
If, as Is whispered in some circles.
the Korean excitement was fOmentcd
by the Japanese government as a
means of turning the peoples atten.
ton from thoughts OF war with the
United States, the matter has evident.
ly gone farther than it's OriginatOrs
intended. a mob attacked the palace
while the great seal vas being
formally placed in the hands OF the
crown prince. who has now succeeded
the retiring emperor. The Japanese
pol!cc opened fire, and no n knows
how many fell before their volley.
twenty iiy" Japanese are reported
killed in the fight.
The native press prints a sensation.
al account Of the reported suicide OF
Prince Vi at the Iiague-a story as
yet uncOnirmcd-and rumors that the
japanese intend TO take the emperor
20 Toxic nj once have still further in
famed popular resentment against the
Mikado. The people regard the en-
per0r as Il martyr, and any attempt to
spirit him away will almost certainly
'CNmlt in hlnOdshed.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-25
THE DAY OF THE FARMER.
Occupation Properly Recognized -
One Of the Professions.

The farmer who Is not an amateur
Is . really increasing factor in to-
days life. In fact, farming Is rapidly
becoming one Of the professions. We
have our agricultural schools, Just as
we have our law schools.
1t Is getting to be a business as
well. Farmers have their trusts, like
other manufacturers.
1t is a far cry from the New Eng
land farmer, trying to arrange an ex-
ploded granite quarry into a stone
wall that he may have o in which
to plant his crop, and that master Of
capital, science, and black earth ten
feet deep who plows with a traction
engine and reaps with a ten horse
team. And between these two types
Of farmers the drift Is steadily toward
the latter.
The comic paper does not laugh at
the granger" as frequently as 1t used
to laugh. It wants his subscription.
The capitalist does not foreclose
mortgages on the prairie farm now.
He borrows money Of It's owner.
anu, WHdL 10 vastly hhoiO ihhpoi
tant, the entire country looks with a
respect bordering upon apprehension
on this new type OF American who
has decided views on railroads, trusts,
and, in fact. on every subject, from
the green bug" to the lecturer at his
C%hautauqua. This rise OF the farmer
into national Significance is welcome
in view Of the %inundation Of great
cities by immigrants who have sig
~niflcance only en- masse.
The farm Is the nursery OF individ.
ualism. II you are a cliff dweller In
the city send your boy there this sum-
mer and let him see what 1t means to
create wealth with the help OF nature
rather than with the ticker. You will
help make him a better American
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