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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-18

S. E. Herald: People in the North
west and across in Canada will be
interested in a process recently
patented, for making Illuminating
and fuel gas from wheat and oat
straw. Experts say the process is
as cheap as that used in getting gas
from coal and oil but by the new
patent waste material is made use
Of instead of coal costing SIS or Sc a
ton. Every ton of straw yields over
$4,000 feet of gas while the best
Pennsylvania coal, costing at the
present time from $11 to SIP a ton,
yields but 10000 feet of gas. The
quality of the gas produced from
straw equals the best coal gas and
can be delivered at less tnan half
the cost.
St. Peter Free Press: Sears, Roe
buck & Co., have been indicted by
the United States grand jury in
Des Moines, Iowa, on the charge of
having sold paint as containing pure
white lead, when in reality it did
contain no lead at all, and also for
having sold gold rings with bogus
stones. 1t would seem that the
grand jury was very inconsiderate.
If a person wants to be taken in by
the mail order houses he should have
that privilege. Everybody knows
that white lead paint cannot be
bought for IS cents a gallon and if
any paint is offered for such a price
or thereabouts it cannot be white
lead. Nor can diamond ring of
reasonable size be bought for five or
ten dollars. People sometimes ex-
pect something for nothing and
should take the consequences.
Hanley Falls Press: State Veteri-
marian Lyon of St. Paul was here
Tuesday at the request Of some of
our citizens to investigate the raw.
ages of that terrible disease, hog
cholera. Although the disease has
been in our midst for over two
months no report has ever been
made to the local authorities nor to
the State Live Stock Sanitary Board
as required by law. But the most
reckless, disgraceful and outrageous
feature of this present cholera out
break has been the utter disregard
shown by the owners of the dead
cholera hogs in allowing the car
cases to lay around the fields just
where thev died for weeks at time,
thereby exposing all the other hogs
for miles around to the dread con-
tagion. Losses of twenty to thirty
hogs to farm is common, while
several have lost sixty and seventy
and not one move taken toward
quarantine, prevention or cure
What is the matter with our farm.
ers, anyway?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-18
Frank and Allen in Sunshine Land.

The GAZETTE is pleased to hear
from Frank and Allen King, now in
Los Angeles. and our readers will
likewise be glad to learn of some of
their adventures since going west.
We copy the following extracts
from a recent letter:
Frank and | first came out to
Seattle, WASH. and stayed there
one month. We visited the navy
yards and Travelled all over that
country. Seattle has the best har-
Dor in the world, and is bound to be
great city. We have lots of rain,
of course, at this time Of the year,
but all say the summers are fine
I'VE took the boat from Seattle
to this city, stopping two days at
San Francisco. 1t is wonderful how
they are building up that town.
Anyone that says that San Francisco
will never be the town it used to be
certainly cannot see very far ahead.
They are putting up better build
ings than before, and larger. Of
course it will take several years to
rebuild entirely, but the city will
certainly be greater than eyer by
that time. In the day time the
noise of the builders and traffic re-
minds one of a swarm of bees, but
at night everything seems quiet.
You see, after the quake many of
the people moved out Of the city,
some of them to Oakland, across
the bay, but the popular air there
now is "Take me back to my Dear
Old Frisco town. and many are
going there, too.
ct took US six days to go from
Seattle to Los Angeles. The first
day there was bad storm, and the
boat rolled something like an old
fashioned washing machine. We got
pretty sick, but after that it was
great.
Coming up to Los Angeles from
Port Los Angeles on the S. P. r. R.,
distance of % miles, we passed by
some fine orange groves loaded with
fruit, and the air is loaded with
sweet ydors. 1t seemed queer to US
to see people bathing at the beach
in December, and hear bare-footed
children talking about Santa Claus.
"The people are quite different
here from up the coast. This is
pretty town, and everybody is out
for a good time and is living easy.
1t is tourist town, Of course. There
is great contrast between this
town and Frisco. In that city you
see the working class and here the
leisure class. | don't think | have
seen overalls since we arrived. Still,
the cost of living is less here than
in any of the other coast towns.
From here we are going to trav-
ell to Goldfeld, Nevada"
FRANK w. KING.
600 w. First ST., Los Angeles.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-18
For Sale. Rent or Trade.

A good five-room house with barn,
located on Chestnut St., east OF
Catholic church. Inquire of owner,
Mrs. Gull, or ]. B. Robinson &
Co. 1886
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
1OAT RETURNED
AFTER SIX YEARS.
Was Stolen at GAINESVILLE
in 1901

MADISON, Wis, Aug. Especial. /
A scalskin coat, valued at $500, winch
was stolen from Miss Adelaide Keenan,
If this city, nearly six years ago, while
she was attending Il banquet of the
Maple Bluff Golf club at Evansville, was
returned to her yesterday from Milwau
kee.
a number of years ago, when DIR.
keenan,, her brother, was consul in an
European country. he purchased the coat
for his sister. After it was stolen nj
Evansville, a diligent search was kept
up Tor year III an attempt to recover
the garment.
The woman who stole the coat, recent
ly moved to Milwaukee from GAINESVILLE
A married woman friend of hers, living
at Minneapolis q few weeks ago, sug-
gested to her husband, in the presence
Of visitors from GAINESVILLE, that the WON
IN, referring to the one who took the coat
should be invited to Minneapolis for Il
visit. The husband in Indignation told
his wife: I'VE Will not have her come
up here, getting us into trouble, like she
did i'll GAINESVILLE, stealing that seal skin
coat
This was the first clue. The visitors
refeated the conversation few weeks
later to United States District Attorney
Wheeler of GAINESVILLE. He immediately
went to Milwaukee and landed the stolen
coat. The woman denied she had 1t.
He called an officer and then the woman
produced the garment. 1t was shipped
to Madison yesterday.
The woman runs a boarding house i'll
Milwaukee.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09

KENOSHA, Wis, Aug. 81 Special
Miss Kate l.. Schaeffer of this county,
who was sent to China many years ago
as q missionary representing the Pres
byteran churches in Milwaukee and
Somers, has sent letters to her friends in
the district giving a report of the work
that is being done in the district Of Hal
nan.
Miss Schaeffer has been in Hainan for
the past twelve years and all of her time
given to the mission work. She has been
active in the building Of schools and col
leges in Hainan and has won great
popularity among the natives.
At the time of the Boxer outbreak
the mission home, in which Miss Schaef-
fer was living, was attacked by the ma
tives, but she was given safe escort to
the British consulate.
In her letter in regard to the work be-
ing done in Hainan she says:
I'VE are continuing our work very
peacefully in Hainan undisturbed by the
great famine of the northern provinces,
or the religious unrest of the southern
provinces We rejoice in the steady
progress noticed in the three mission sta
tions of the Presbyterian mission on this
island and we also rejoice to see the gen
cral awakening among the Chinese along
educational lines. The difference is SO
great that | am sure the present at
mosphere would have seemed to us ten
years ago, as one too progressive to be
hoped for in so short Il time
Miss Schaeffer has decided to remain in
Hainan for an indefinite period and the
remainder of her life will be consecrated
to work in the mission fields.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
FAST TRAIN IN PERIL.
Pennsylvania Limited Rides Over OBJ
struction Placed on Track to
Cause Wreck.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. st was
learned today that an attempt was made
yesterday to wreck the New York Chi
cago Limited express on the Pennsyl-
vania railway at point just outside of
Allegheny.
Splice bars had been nailed to a tie
and rested on each Of the rails on track
No. 4, but the enormous weight of the
Mogul engine drawing the train prevent
ed derailment and the only effect was to
badly jolt the passengers.
Railroad detectives are working on the
case, but have so far been unable to OBJ
tain any clue.
CALUMET, Mich, Aug. 5.-[Spe-
ciaL IA passenger train from Green
land on the Copper Range railroad,
jumped the track near Elm River and
piowed up ties for 300 feet. The pas
sengers were badly shaken but escaped
serious injury. 1t is believed a chain
dropped on the track from a logger 5
truck. Three hours were required to re
pair the track before the train could
continue.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
PENSION DECISIONS.
By the Assistant Secretary of the De-
partment of the interior.

Origin of Disa bility-Surgeon's Certificate
Where surgeons certificate of disability
states that disability, alleged existed prior
TO, or at enlistment, it shall be accepted as
establishing the fact, unless fraud, or mis-
take, be apparent on the face Of the certiti-
cate itself.
from his company is out of the line of duty
and exclusively responsible for whatever
casualties befall him not legitimateiy con-
nected with the military service.
Pathological. SeQuence-A declaration set
ting forth a particular disease or an in
Jury as the basis of claim for pension Is
sufficient to cover all the pathological Sc
uueuces of such disease or injury.
a rating for increase on account of
pathological sequence, traceabie to a pen
SionabIe disability, must begin from the
date ut which the medical certificate shows
the development of the sequence itself in
reasonable degree
Special Act-When the rate, commence
ment and duration of 4 pension allowed by
a special act are fixed by such act, they
shall not be subject to be varied by The
provisions ana limitations OF the general
pension law, but, when not thus fixed, the
rate and continuance of the pension shall
be subject to variance in accordance with
the general law, and its commencement
shall date from the passage of the special
BENEFITS of Dorbt'-In cases where the
doubts as TO the merits Of the claim exceed
the evidences of merit, the rule Of practice
requires the rejection OF the claim Whe7e,
however, the evidence as whole gives a
claim the appearance of merit, and the de-
feet in the chain of evidence is remarkable
by 4 reasonable presumption in its favor,
the claim should be admitted.
Dependent MotheT-The pension granted a
dependent mother may be terminated by
her remarriage. or upon proof that her con-
dition of penSionable dependence has ceased
by reason of some source Of adequate sub
sistence other than the proceeds of her own
manual labor.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
DUGAN TRIAL IS BEGUN
SYMPATHY IS WITH WOMAN IN
GAINESVILLE CASE.
Defense Will Attempt to Show That
Miss Dugan Was Temporarily In
sane When She Shot Shoemaker.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Aug 5.-[Spe-
cial. 1.-The trial of Florence Dugan, on
the charge of shooting George Shu-
maker with intent to kill, was called in
the municipal court this morning. The
shooting occurred last April and was the
result of an alleged betrayal of the
woman by the man she shot 1t is
believed the defense will show she was
temporarily insane when she fred the
shot.
The afternoon previous to the shoot
ing she had been in the district attor-
ney's Office to have Shumaker arrested
for living with another woman, claiming
she had been married to him in Rock
ford months before While the district
attorney was writing to the district at
torney of Jefferson county, asking him
to investigate the case, the woman bor-
rowed revolver. Upon learning Shu-
maker was in town, and finding him with
the woman he was to marry, she shot
him twice in the back and would have
put a third bullet into his body had not
officers seized her.
Shumaker was at the point of death
for weeks. but is now slowly recovering
and will probably be at the trial as a
witness. Prominent business men have
raised a purse for her defense. Public
sentiment is with the unfortunate wom-
an, and while she has been a prisoner at
the jail many women in the city have
sent her magazines and sewing and she
has been practically given the freedom
of the jail
Miss Dugan waived examination and
her bail was fixed at $4,000. On motion
of Attorney Nolan, her lawyer, it was
reduced to $500 and that sum will prob
ably be raised during the day.
The date of her trial was fixed for
August %
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
BEGUN SHOOTING TODAY.
Marksmen in Lively Contest for Two
Prize Medals.

CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis, Aug. 8
Especial. AT I o'clock this morning the
first shots were fired over the range of
the Wisconsin military reservation 1t
was the opening of the annual rifle camp
at Camp Douglas. During the entire
week there will be two things which the
national guard will watch closely The
first is, who are making the best show
ing to become members of the state team
The other is will Sergt Asmuth, Co. A,
First regiment, of Milwaukee, again car
ry off the diamond gold medal offered by
the Officers association for the highest
aggregate score, or Will he be defeated by
Color Sergt. George Huntzicker, Second
regiment, of Marshfield, who led the Sec
ond regiment with a score of 374, or will
First Sergt. Conner of Co. o, Third regi-
ment, of Mansion. who carried off the
hOnors in the Third regiment, with $50
be able to capture it.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF

PLANCHARDVILIE- Bohn,
resident Of this vicinity for the past fifty
years. died at his home III Moscow, aged
IS years.
CAYUGA-Leonard Davids of Highbridge,
an empIoye of the Cayuga Lumber Co was
killed by Wisconsin Central passenger
train Sunday.
EAU CLAIRE-The annual jubilee of the
Northern Wisconsin Picnic Association of
the Modern Woodmen of America began
here Monday.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Reynolds. aged
20 years, drowned in the lower Wisconsin
river Sunday while in bathing, being seized
with cramps. He was the son of John
Reynolds, an old resident. The body was
recovered.
CALUMET = Herman Service, young
man employed in Champion mine at Paines
dale. was struck by falling rock and in
stantly killed. His parents survive him
KENOSHA = Three thousand people at
tended the Haywood celebration held by
the Socialists of Racine. Kenosha and Mil
waukee at Central park Just north OF he
nosha Sunday.
MADISON-While working in 4 manhole
of tunnel of the Wisconsin Telephone
company with scores OF persons constantly
passing by, W. H Fairbanks of Fond du
Lac aged a years. was asphyXiated. Gas
escaped into the tunel from a large main
running parallel with and close to the tele-
phone tunnel.
WAUPACA-The graders working on the
new Waupaca-Green Bay line struck Il sink
hole in the right of way Saturday which
will take a large amount of filing to span.
The hole is 80 feet in diameter and nearly
60 foot deep.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS friends of
Ernest \. Kehr, president OF the Milwau-
kee-Watertown club have started boom
for Mr. Kehr for state normal school re-
gent to succeed John II. ROemer, the new
railway commissioner.
MENOMINEE-With flags floating at half
mast and every available hack of Menomi-
nee, Marinettc, Peshtigo and Oconto in the
funeral cortege, the body of 5. VI. Stephen
son. the pioneer lumbermau and statesman
Of Michigan, was laid to rest sunday after
! noon under the auspices Of the Masonic
grand lodge Of Michigan
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
iIG FIRE At T0MAHAWK
LAZE IN TANNERY CAUSES LOSS
OF 100000
ystery Surrounds Origin of Fire Which
Started Near Power Fan-Was
Leather Trust Property.

TOMAHAWK, Wis, Aug. 3.-The
omahawk tannery Of the United
tatcs Leather company was destroyed
fire Friday night between and :
clock, causing "a loss Of 100000, on
liidlngs, machinery, finished sole leath-
and hides N the process Of tanning.
~ loss is c0rered by insurance, but the
mount is not known here, the insurance
wing been placed about a month ago
Il the general office Of the company III
CIV York Tie plant employed POO
en-
Tie only part Of the mammoth plant
ived from destruction was the Office
lectric power house, raw hide storage
ouse and the bark yarG2. Ghe yards
ntain about 10000 cords Of tan bark
I9ne valued ut $l25,OJ0.
The plaut will probably be rebuilt
H. company owns large tracts Of hem
Jck timDoI iii the district from which Il
apnly Of tan bark can be secured for
lauE years. 4 convenient water pow
+ supplies Il cheap auxiliary power sys-
em. The cause Of the fire is unknown
t is believed TO have been started by
match thrown away by workman
ghen changing his clothes preparatory
departure for home. The fire was
iscoycrcd at q clock in the hair room
ear fan used to dry the hair taken
rom the hides. The fan spread lie
amos quickly and in a few minutes the
utirc plant was in flames. In an hour
he big buildings were a smOuidering
lass Of ruins
The tanncry had its own fire protoc-
ion and volunteer fire company made
If employees The tannery was bull:
j 1900 by the Eastern Il Western Tan
cry company, Of which the late w. IL.
Bradley was president, w g. Collins
Ice president, r. 6. Stark secretary
nd treasurer. and J. A. Frazer super
ntendent The plant was never opcrat-
d 10y the Eastern Il Western company
nj was sold III 1902 to the Unite!
;tates Leather company. Extensive ad-
itions have been Inadc from time to
i1ue until the tannery was one of the
lrgest and best in Wisconsin. II had
apacity Of 600 hides a day. The tan
iery had til" record Of oil those owned
Wisconsin by the United States
.cather company, having produced the
rest leather Il, 'owsst cost Included in
10 loss Of today were 10000 hides
inishcd into sole leather and valued at
leariv $2O0U00 The main building Of
hose destroyed was 100 feet in length
tnd three stories Hight
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
ENDS LIFE WITH ROPE.
Anthony Loughney, Old Resident OF
Waukesha. Commits Suicide.

WAUkESHA, Wis, Aug. q Spe-
ciaL l-Anthony Loughney, aged "A, an
suicide Sunday evening by hanging him
self with rope in the granary at his
farm in the town of Muslego.
MIR. Loughney's wife recently secured
a divorce from him in the circuit court,
after nearly half a century of welded
life. The divorce was contested by
Loughney. A division of the property
was ordered by the court Since the de
cree Loughney had spent much of his
time at Milwaukee, where, it is said, he
recently attempted suicide. Recently he
came back to the old homestead in Mus
kego where some of his children resided.
children
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
TRUE BILL MAY Be BAD
INDICTMENT AGAINST SHERIFF
SEEMS TO HAVE FLAW.
Alleges That January 2, 1908, the Day
After He Went Into Office, He
Presented Bill for S675.74

FOND DU LAC, Wis, Aug. 3.-[Spe-
cial. 1T appears that there is a flaw
in the fourth Indictment against ]. c.
Harcum, a former sheriff, against
whom four true bills We're returned
that may make that Indictment useless.
The information alleges that on Janu-
airy 2, 1905, Harcum presented to the
county board Il bunch of bills amounting
to SGI5.74, for the board Of prisoners
and other expenses. 1t further alleges
that on January >, 1905, he received a
check for this amount Harcum, how
ever, did not take the oath Of office until
January i, 1905, succeeding Thomas G..
Sullivan. According to the Indictment
Mr. Harcum presented the bill for
HE oath Of Oft .e. Tie Indictment al
lcgcs that the $6755.74 included $14.40
which Harcura is alleged to have OBJ
tanned illegally from the county through
the presentation Of false bills for the
board Of w Berrel and J. Burns.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
SH0OTSSHOW EMPLOYE,
Aarlnatte Chief of Police Pulls Revol-
yer ON Circus Man and Breaks
LIN Fight

MARINETTE. Wis, Aug. 5.-[Spe-
nominee force Shot one Of the % emp 5 yves
of the Barnum 4 Bailey circus late Sat
urday night, in an attempt to capture
him after he had escaped. A number of
MeIOminee men and circus employees be-
came involved in Il free-for-all fight.
Chief English arrested the leader of the
circus gang. The circus men then at
tached the chief and in the mix-up the
prisoner escaped The chief followed
him, shooting twice and wounding the
man in the hip with the second shot. The
prisoner rolled under tent, and secreted
himself There was train of blood
where he had been running.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
PUTS END TO SMALL COMPANY.
Commissioner Beedle Requests Attorney
General to Bring Action.

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 3.-State In
surance Commissioner Beedle requested
the attorney general Friday to bring suit
against the Wisconsin Health and Acct
dent company of Fond du Lac for revoca-
ton of its charter on the ground that 1t
is incolyent Commissioner Beedle made
an examination Of the affairs of the COM
pany last week and found that the total
assets were SI13.S2 and liabilities
S1345.7O. An unsatished Judgment in
the sum of $3.50 is outstanding against
the company. This Judgment, which IS
in favor of August Roerdart of Juneau,
was taken by default. the company being
unrepresented through an oversight.
Commissioner Beedle also examined the
Northwestern Accident and Benefit asso-
citation of Oshkosh lost week and found
its affairs in good shape. r. A. ketch-
um of Witteuberg, examiner OF the state
insurance department, left today for
Walla Walla. Wash, to examine an in
surance company which wants to be add
united to operate in Wisconsin. Before
returning he will also examine a COM
'pany at Sioux Falls, s. d.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
BIRDS CAN'T DECK HATS.
ration, Says the Assistant At
torney General.

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 3.-The wear
ing of birds or parts of birds on wo-
mems bonnets is unlawful in the state
of Wisconsin. This is the effect of the
statute enacted by the last Legislature,
as viewed by A. c.. Titus, first assistant
attorney general.
the laws of 1907, providing that mo
person shall within the state of Wiscon-
sin. kill, catch or have in his or her
possession, living or dead, any wild bird
other than game bird, nor shall pur
chase, offer or expose for sale any such
wild bird after it has been caught. No
part of the plumage, skin or body of any
bird protected by this section shall be
sold or had in possession for SALE
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-09
MAURER INQUEST HELD
JURY RECOMMENDS PROSECUTION
OF MILWAUKEE, AUTOISTS.
Not Decided What Charge viii Be
Brought, as the Testimony Re
garding Speed Conflicts.

WAUKESHA, Wis, Aug. 3.-LSpe-
cial. Criminal prosecutions for man
slaughter may follow the death of Mich
oIa5 Maurer of Brookfeld, who was
killed Sunday by being struck by an
automobile occupied by August and John
Gesser of Milwaukee. An inquest was
held Friday at Plank Road junction,
Brookfeld, before Coroner Hill, at which
the jury recommended prosecutions. Cor
oneE Hill states that an effort was made
to influence the testimony of certain
witnesses. District Attorney Muckleston
stated this morning that he had the
matter under consideration but had not
determined exactly what steps to take.
There was considerable conflicting testi-
mony at the inquest as to the speed of
the automobile at the time of the acct
dent.