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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Appointed on Canal Commission.

Washington-The President con
ferred at the White House Wednesday
with Secretaries Taft and Root rega d
ing details Of the reorganization
scheme Of the Panama canal work.
Il is understood that Colonel Haines
and Benjamin Harrod. civil engineers,
both members of the present commits
sion. shall retire. Admiral Endicott.
the only remaining member Of the old
commission. will be retained, as the
law requires that one nayal civil ensi-
neer shall be included in is member
ship.
Majors Goethals, Gailiard and Sci
bert, who yesterday were named as
members of the commission and enSi'
neers to conduct canal construction.
will receive salaries considerably in
excess OF those they now receive.
namely $4,000 year. 1t is the inten-
ton to divide among them the salaries
now paid TO Messrs. Shouts and Stew
ems, aggregating $4,000 per annum, as
long as they are engaged in canal
work
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Denver Street Car Wrecked.

Denver.-Loaded with twenty-siN
passengers. Lawrence street car No.
I41. inbound. jumped the TRACK
while turning the corner at Thlr-
teeuth and Lawrence at ) o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, was hurled a
distance of fifty feet. striking on its
side and throwing all on board into a
wild state OF panic. II was only stopped
from descending into the water by the
high iron railing OF the bridge thai
spans Cherry creek at this point. In
number on the car. twenty-four were
women.
After all had been relieved from
their painful positions. only two were
found to be injured neither of then
seriously. Mrs Mary Mumma sus-
tained a sprain to her right hip. She
was removed in the police ambulanc"
to her home at us Twentieth stree
Mrs. F. Randall, 1908 Welton stree,
was cut and bruised about the hands,
Others were badly shaken up. but OF y
two required the attention of the po-
lice surgeon.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
sue-rREAsUuRY ROBBED.
Sum q Sf73,ooo Disappears a. Chicago
and Clerks Suspected
Chicago.-The Tribune SAYS:

Chicago-The Tribune saws:
One OF the largest-if not the largest
-thefts from the United States treas
ury has been unearthed in Chicago
There was theft 0. Sl.3. 600 from the
local sub-,reasury last week The
money has disappeared as completely
- II /, had vanished from the face Of
the earth.
The authorities here and In Wash
inSron have been working night and
day on the robbery since it was dis
covered
Chief Wilkie of the United States Sc
exet service has been keeping in
formed by telephone and telegraph Of
every development and he Will leave
Washington to-day to take personal
charge Of the investigation.
Secretary Shaw OF the Treasury De-
partment was told OF the gigantic theft
when in Chicago last week and was in
conference with Sub-Treasurer William
Boidenwick and secret service officials.
The money was stolen either a week
ago Saturday, the mex, day. or last
Monday. The chances are it was alb
stracted Monday. The loss was dis
covered Tuesday.
All the money taken was IN bills OF
the denomination of 1900, 5000 and
$40 900.
After a week of searching inve.tiga-
ton. Saturday there came a glimmer
Of light. A faint clew pointed in the
direction OF a certain clerk, and that.
following up. directed the finger OF sus-
picion to another employe. q close as
sociate Of the first man
These men were summoned into the
inQuisition chamber and one at last
broke down.
Among those under surveillance Is
George W Fitzgerald, who was In
charge Of the teller's cage from which
the money was distracted. but he In
aists he has no knowledge Of how the
money disappeared. Fitzgerald, in a
statement tonight, said he thought
some OF the employees had stolen the
money. He declared ii would have
been an easy matter for any Of the
twenty-five or thirty employees, who un'
der the present system have daily ac'
cess to his cage, to make away with
thJ money without his knowledge.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
KILLED WIFE AND CHILD.
A Degenerate At Denver Wanted to Be
Free to Go With Another Woman.

Denyer.-For the love OF another
woman and she with a police record
q. a professional thief. Benjamin c.
Wright, the police claim, cooily mur-
dsred his wife and five-year-old daugh-
ter with a mysterious but quick act
ing poison, and then feigned coma
tose condition all day yesterday to
avoid the discovery OF his ghastly
crime. His mind still possessed OF the
horror OF his deed. Wright is said to
have confessed the double murder,
telling Chief OF Police Delaney, in the
presence OF witnesses, a weird. grew
some tale. rambling in construction,
barren Of detail. but Illuminated with
the reiterated acknowledgement that
he was responsible Tor the e1terHind-
ton Of his family.
The dead bodies Of Mrs. Wright and
her fve-year-old daughter were found
living on the floor of the bathroom of
their four-room home, at 314 South
Pearl street, early yesterday morning
The husband and father was lying
near, unconscious and seemingly
barely breathing, when the police am
bulance arrived. None OF the bodies
showed any signs OF the manner OF
their death, and quick poison, leaving
no trace behind, such as cyanide OF
potassium, is believed to have been
used. Wright refuses to divulge the
drug. and it is believed he 10 protect
ing someone else.
Making stronger the proofs OF guilt
AGAINST him, Wright admits the infatu-
alton for Stella Good, police charac-
ter.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Advance.

In the old days" observes the man
Nth the dyed whiskers. the pnysi.
clans believed that blood letting was
a sovereign remedy for whatever allied
a patient They would bleed him for
gunshot wounds or anything else"
so have read" comments the
man with the hay fever.
"Eut, OF course. as human knowl
edge broadened. the medical protes.
sion came to the knowledge that
THAT II . man needed to be bled
they didn't have to stick a scalpel into
his arm" finished the man who had
gone to fifteen specialists 10 be cured
Of rheumatism.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Miners Laid OF at Butte.

Butte, Mont-Although 5000 miners
and top men are idle. owing TO the ac-
tion of the Miners union in demand
ing an increased scale of wages May
lst. no apprehension is felt that any
of the mines will close down. One
thousand men in addition to the 1000
laid off were discharged to-day. 1t is
understood that it Will be the policy
of the operating companies in the fu-
ture to pay the scale. but to employ
only about half as many men as at
present. Only the most urgently nee
essary development work will be car
ried on. Sufficient ore bodies have
been blocked out in the larger proper
ties to keep a good force of skilled min
ers ct work for the next fifteen years.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Must Appeal to Interstate conmere,
Commission.

Washington.-ln deciding the case
of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company
VS.. the Cotton Oil Mills at Abilene and
Cisco, Texas, favorably to the railroad
company, the Supreme Court of the
United States holds that the common
law right OF individuals to make COM
plant to the courts against railroads
for discrimination. which existed be-
fore the enactment OF the interstate
commerce law had been destroyed by
that enactment. The cor.rt therefore
held that the complaints must be made
through the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The opinion was by JUS
tice White
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Honduras Declares War.

City OF Mexico-Honduras has for.
nally declared wa against Nicaragua.
President Bonilla Is at the head Of thu
Honduras troops and is marching on
7he fontier o: Nicaragua. News Of .
battle between the two forces 10 mo
rnentarily expected. It Is reported
that Salvador will be involved.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17

The Retailers Journal of Chicago has
the following to say about patronizing
mail order concerns
From your side, Mr.. Consumer, who
think it to your advantage to patronize
mail order concerns, may come reasons
which would seem TO justly your course.
You may say of your local merchant:
He Goesn t keep the goods, or He sticks
it on in price. Replying to these OBJ
jections, let us ask Do not you expect
too much of your local dealer? Do you
give him fair chance TO put himself
right with your When you 90 to him
for Il small amount Of any commodity,
and expect him to give you the advan
tage of whole. package prices, are you
giving him fair treatment2 Try him on
this proposition, and see how it works:
Buy of him in quantity IA you do Of your
mail order house, and see If you don't
get the benefit of lot prices Try him
on standard articles, on which the mail
order house can have no unfair advau.
tage in the test Do this and you will
find that your despised home merchant
can hold his own against the seductive
allurements Of catalogue houses
And again Mr. Consumer, we would
ask; What guarantee have you that your
mail order purchases are inspection
proof, or what assurance have you that
errors and shortages will be easily and
speedily rectiiied2 These are incidents
of the mail purchasing scheme which
must be taken into consideration.
Another deporable phase of the mail
order system which occurs to US at this
time is the awkward position in which
you, Mr.. Consumer, may find yourself
when once you have allied yourself with
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
ANTI-CANTEEN LAW DOES
NOT CAUSE INTEMpER ANCE--
GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE

Last Saturdays Sentinel contains an
interesting editorial advocating the re-
peal of the anticanteen law. Inc
Sentinel rightly contends that under
the law in question, drunkenness, low
vice and assertions among the United
States soldiers have increased to de-
plorable extent because of the fact tnat,
nv virtue of the law referred to, the
dive, brothel and pest hole keepers and
other malign harpies have thrived aud
increased to an alarming extent, and
have partially or wholly demoralized a
large number Of soldiers.
The Sentinel has arrived at the CON
clusion that the anti.canteen law, IN
stead of promoting temperance and
morality among the soldiers, is calculat'
ed to cause, and has caused, untold
mischief.
This, in sense, il unquestionably
true Nevertheless, we venture to say
that the anti-canteen law is most
benefcent piece of Legislation. Certain
ly there was nothing inherently wrong
or miscellaneous about the enacting of
that law. If if has caused low dives,
brothels, pest holes and other malign
and depraving agencies to spring up like
mushrooms in the vicinity of garrisons,
this state of things has been brought
about with the connivance and acquies-
cence of the government. Why does
not the government show its strong arm
by way of utterly suppressing the evils
mentioned? Why not raid every low
dive, brothel, pest.hole, etc, destroy the
property of the keepers Of such places,
and, if necessary, hang the whole ca
Doodle now conducting the depraving
resorts in question? Why not?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17

The village of Y is a busy little place.
1t contains small machine factory
employing twenty skilled artisans at an
average annual wage of 5000 per man
and fifteen partially-skilled men who
receive $500 per year each. The pro
prietor's net annual income is 81, 800
The village contains an up'to'date
creamery employing six men, whose
annual wages average $3.50 per man.
The proprietor has "A net income Of
81, 800 per year There il cheese fac
tory employing three hands at wage of
$500 per year each. The propretor's net
yearly income is $500. The village
boasts of two well-equipped flour mills,
each Of which gives employment to six
men, whose average yearly earnings are
5000 per man. The proprietors clear
$4,000 per year each There are six
general stores, which, together, give
employment to eighteen clerks, whose
average annual salary is $500 for each
The average yearly net earnings Of the
proprietors of these ak mercantile estab-
lshments is -, 800 for each There are
two tailors ear .ng 81 POO per year each,
There are two shoemakers, each of
whom has an annual income of $3.50.
There are three harness makers, each of
whom has a yearly income of 81 200
There il a barber, who earns s. 200 per
year. There are five men employed in
the meat market business, whose aggre-
gate annual income is -, 600. There are
two milliners, who earn 5000 per year
each. There are two dressmakers, who,
with their employees have an aggregate
annual income of S3 600 There is a
dentist, whose annual income il 81, 500.
There is a physician, whose yearly in
come is 50, 300 There are nifty persons
who are employed at work other than
that above mentioned, whose aggregate
annual income Is $50, 900. There is n
minister, whose income per year is 81 100
There are eight teachers, whose aggre-
gate annual income is ST. 800. There is
arailway station agent, who earns II, 900
per year. There Is u druggist, whose
yearly income is >, 600 There " a news
paper and job printing office, whose
proprietor employees two men at $500 per
year each. The proprietor has net
annual income Of $1,000 There il a
postmaster, whose salary is 5000
Now, add up the foregoing figures and
you will find that the persons above re-
ferred TO have, in the aggregate. an
annual income Of 1928, 300. or some
S72 600 less than four lawyers earned ~
in single case Irrigated in Milwaukee
short time ago Yes yes talk Of in.
justice greed and such like things
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17

IOrder to Hear Petition for Administration.
STATE OF wISCONsIN-MASITo COUNTY
, CoURT-IS PROBATE
In the Matter of the Estate of Andrew
Larson, deceased, ntestate.
On reading and filing the petition of Rangnil
Gullikson, of City of Manitowoc, in said
county representing among other things that
Andrew Larson, an inhabitant of said county.
on the oath day of July, A. d. 1906 at said
city of Manitowoc died intestate leaving
estate to be administered, and that the
said petitioner is a daughter of said deceased,
and praying that administration of said estate
be to Thomas f TorrisoD granted.
IT Is ORDERED, that said petition be heard at a
Special term of said County Court to be held
on Tuesday the 18th day of February, A. D. 1907,
at 10 o clock A. NJ, at the Office of the County
Judge, in the city of Manitowoc, in said county.
ORDERED FURTHER, that notice of the time
and place so appointed, be given to all persons
interested, by publication hereof for three
weeks successfully prior to said day of hearing,
in the Manitowoc Pilot, a weekly newspaper
published at City of Manitowoc in said county
Dated at Manitowoc, the 10th day of January,
A. D. 1907.
By the Court,
John Chloupek, County Judge
Hougen & Brady, Attys.
Pub Jan. II, "a, 81.
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you can read the future"
Il know it without reading the
palm" said the man, slipping off his
mask to cool his face, "the stars over
the water tell me that you and l are to
be together forever just as they are"
81 saw in your hand that you made
almost the same speech to the girl
with red hair, who used to reign as
queen"
The man slipped on his mask to
hide his embarrassment. Your pow.
ers of reading are certainly very Won
derful, but much more remarkable for
the past than the future. l can hard
ly deny that l said it to the other
queen"
The Ace and Two Spot strolled by
and the Milkmad from Paris trailed
in leaning on the arm of the king.
This set is for the cards alone and
am out of that" said the milkmaid
"but as a special privilege" she spoke
to the king, I'll let you dance this
with the queen"
81 have promised, dear king" she
said Familiarity, .'to dance this with the
jack. Our costumes go so we'll to-
gether."
81 really would much prefer the
milkmaid, you know" said the king
with languishing glance, but | sup
pose 1t can not be. Then the queen Is
to dance with the jack and the ace has
already spoken to the two spot and l, y
he looked around the room, will ask
the three of diamonds"
The music began, the ace and two
spot, the jack and the queen courtesied
to each other and foated away.
AS the last bar was played, they
lifted their masks and bowed low TO
their partners. The queen OF hearts
faced the jack. His queen, his queen
of the Ocean House was also the
queen of hearts. He still thought of
the kiss or he would have been very
glad. by the lines that you had in
your hand, you should ask the queen
a question:" She feared he had lost
all desire to play out the game.
The king of hearts stood by and
while he was there he could not ask
the question. He was the man he
had seen her kiss at the dance.
This" said the girl, happy that she
saw the reason for his hesitancy, is
my brother, the king of hearts. He is
to marry, so he tells me, the milk
maid Of Paris"
The new king OF hearts was very
happy that night as was also the
queen.
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Wise Counsel From the South.

II want to give some valuable advice
to those who suffer with lame back and
kidney trouble" says j. r. Blankenship,
Of Beck, Tenn. Il have proved to an
ablolute certainty that Electric Bitters
will positively cure this distressing con.
dition. The first bottle gave me great
relief and after taking few more
bottles. l was completely cured; so com
pletely that it becomes a pleasure to
recommend this great remedy" Sold
under guarantee at Henry Hinrichs'
drug store. Price SOC.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17

That orr protective tariff is lop.
sided affair il shown by the fact that,
while il affords abundant protection to
plutocrats aud captains Of piracy" it
does moi in the least protect American
labor against an increasingly fierce
foreign competition. During the year
1896 total Of ST. 100, 1856 emigrants flock.
ed 10 our shores
The wages commanded by labor are
regulated, to large extent, by the in
exorable law Of supply and demand
Now, it il az plain as day tina, the per
centage of the annual increase in the
supply of American labor il greater than
the percentage Of the annual increase in
the demand for American labor. Hence
ii should be obvious to every laboring.
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man in the land that the protective
tariff initiates against his interests.

After more than five hours spent In r
lively consideration OK the subject OF
limiting the hours of service of railway
employees, the senate last Friday passed
a substitute for the pending bill and
amendments on that subject, OF which
Senator La Toilette was the author, as
he was of the original bill The substi'
tute limits the time of train employees TO
sixteen consecutive hours of service, to
be followed by ten hours off duty
There was but one negative vote to this
action-that of Senator Pettus of Ala
bama.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

[Order to Hear Petition for Administrator
CTATE OF WISCONSIN-MANITowo COUNTY
y CoURT-In Probate
In the Matter Of the Estate of Mary
Schultz, deceased intestate
On reading and filing the petition of Charles
Esch, OF the City OF Manitowoc. in said
county, representing among other things that
Mary Schultz, an inhabitant Of said county,
on the 18th day Of August, A. d. 1906. at said
City of Manitowoc, died intestate, leaving
estate to be administered and that the said
petitioner is a friend of said deceased, and
praying that administration of said estate be
to said petitioner granted
1t Is Ordered, that said petition be heard at a
general term of said County Court to be held
1907, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at the office of the
County Judge in the city of Manitowoc, in said
county.
Ordered Further that potice of the time and
place so appointed, be given to all persons in
terested by publication hereof for three weeks
successfully, prior to said day of hearing in the
Manitowoc Pilot, a weekly newspaper publish
ed at Manitowoc i'll said County.
Dated at Manitowoc, the 18th day of January,
A d. 1907.
By the Court
JOHN CHLOUPEK,
County Judge.
Burke & Cratic, Attorneys.
Pub. Jan. TO- II, "a.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17

the catalogue concerns You fall into
the habit of soliciting trade for them
among your neighbors and friends,
thereby constituting yourself an unpaid
emissary of power that is undermin'
ing the stability of your local institutions
and sapping the life current of your
home community. That resident
should thus operate against the best in
terests Of his own neighborhood is sad
commentary on the loyalty and fore.
sight of our people.
1T is of great convenience to have at
hand list from which to select names
and prices of commodities You desire to
purchase, and then simply write them
down and mail your order but you pay
for the convenience. You also pay for
a great many articles you do not really
need. That is where the catalogue gets
in its work.
Your local dealer is as a rule, ever
on the alert to please you and anxious
to hold your trade. He may not at all
times be prepared to supply your every
need. But if you will be reasonable
with him and be as ready to help him as
he is to help you, it is safe to say that he
will make amends for any seeming over.
sight or remissness.
1.-The profits of your home dealer go to
swell the prosperity and promote the
progress Of your section. Act fair with
him; give him the encouragement Of
your patronage; strengthen him with
your cash instead of sending it away to
mail order houses, and the results will
b. sure to repay you and rebound to
your everlasting credit"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17

IN PROBATE-Manitowo County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate Of jeremiah
Duggan, deceased.
Notice To Creditors:
Letters Testamentary on said Estate
having been issued to J. D. Nate on the
lst day of November, A. d. 1906, and six
months from and after this day being al
lowed and limited for creditors to present
their claims, of which notice is hereby given,
and further that the undersigned will on the
9th day of July, 1907 at the Probate Office in the
City of Manitowoc, in said County, examine
and adjust all such claims and demands so
presented and filed
Dated January eth, 1907
JOHN CHLOUPEK,
County Judge
f. l.. Kelly, Attorney
Pub, Jan. 10, II, "a 81.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
UNCLE WOODS
Birthday Announcement.

To my surviving early friends
This tells that | am still alive,
And that today my age extends
Its score in years to eighty-five.
Deprived of most that makes life dear,
'Twere better had lost the race
Than suif'ringly to linger here,
Another natal day to chase.
But am in the strife again
Another birthday goal to SCI atch,
Unless grim death turns up amain
And squelches the unequal match.
Then, since fate has decreed it so.
I'll have to wiggle down LIES trail,
With purpose vague and progress slow
AS might beft crippled snail.
SO here we goa doleful crowd
All weak and languid, sick and sore,
To sink beneath the dismal cloud
That darkly wells LIES ending shore.
But since we know LIES final doom,
Which by nought can be prevented,
'Twere well could we dispel all gloom
And, though wretched, seem contented
For while our consciousness remains
Minimum care should we exact
From friends afflicted by our pains,
But helpless them to counteract.
Then may we calmly pass the life
That still impends our bleaching head:
Until at last, with ailments rife,
We lapse into our earthly beds.
And if there is future state
Wherein our souls shall still survive
May we all get there in good shape
Our earthly friendships to revive.
But if there be no life to come
OF happiness or dreaded woes,
Wen all be lucky when we come
TO finally turn up our toes.
SO we'll jog down LIES gloomy strait
With all the cheer we can assume,
Until we pass the mortal gate,
Whose closing clank will seal ou
doom.
Should time in its flight, another yea
Add to my present longeval scroll,
May | be mentally clear
The hapless event to then enroll.
Manitowoc, Wis, Jan. IA, 1907.
- A. WpoD