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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
PRINCIPAL DIES AT SCHOOL.
Late, He Runs Into Building and
Succumbs to Heart Failure.

Late, He Runs Into Building and
Succumbs to Heart Failure.
George II. Reed principal of the TWEEN
ty-third district school, No. , in Mil
waukee, dropped dead the other morning
just as he had reached the school build
ing to take up the days work. He had
left his home apparently in good health
and with his little daughter walked to
the school, half a mile away. He was a
few minutes late and when within a
block of the building he started to run.
When he entered the building he met sew
eral teachers, to whom he bade a CHEEKY
good-morning, and few minutes later
fell to the floor in the corridor. He was
dead before medical aid could reach him.
Heart failure was the cause of death, due
it was said by the attending DOCTORS to
the exertion of running.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
DAMASCUS GUN BARRELS.
The United States a Great Market
For Belgian limitations.

Consul ]. c. McNally writes that
the Damascus gun barrel manufacture
ers Of Liege have tried from time to
time to influence legislation to COM
pei the manufacturers of the imita-
ton brand to mark on their barrel
the nature of their design.
The firearm manufacturers who in
the makeup of their guns use both
the genuine and imitation opposed
such legislation, with the result that
one must distinguish for himself
whether he is purchasing the real or
imitation article The Consul has
been asked from time to time by
American firearm manufacturers re
garding the manufacture Of the I'LL
tation Damascus barrel, and if the
local manufacturers could supply
them with a certain number, etc.
When the gun is manufactured IN
Liege and not having a genuine Da-
mascus barrel attached, it goes to the
proof station with a plain barrel. II,
after the test, the manufacturer de-
sires to have an imitation barrel, he
calls into use some silk paper and
takes the design Of an original N
macIs barrel. BY means of a deca
comania transfer it is attached t.
the plain barrel by the use Of GER
tain acids, which are held as Sc
cret. No separate barrels are ever
covered with the imitation design, put
only when attached to a gun. Double
barrelled shOtguns are usually the
only sort thus decorated. 1t is quite
a difficult matter to distinguish
between the real and imitation Da-
mascus barrel, and to make a test
it would be necessary to erase the
design. If an imitation, no acid IN
the world will restore it; bat if the
Damascus is genuine the application
of sulphuric acid will Immediately
bring out the original design.
The gun manufacturers say that
the trade demands both sorts OF Da-
mascus, and while it is certain that
the importer will know which artl-
Gle he is buying, the retail dealer
could easily be imposed upon unless
he were an expert in the business.
No doubt the ordinary person mas
been often under the impression Chat
he possessed a genuine Damascus
while the Opposite was true.
1t is impossible to obtain statlsCl-
cal information as to the NUMBER
of guns of the imitation Damascus
barrel exported from Belgium, Tor
while an accurate account is kept
at the proof station of all guns and
barrels undergoing the test, the same
being designed after the test, no IN
telligent estimate can be made. one
of the dealers, however, informed me
that no less than 100000 annually
Of these barrels bore the imitation
mark. Most Of the imitation Damas-
Gus barrel guns are sent to the
United States and South America. OF
the latter section Brazil is the larg-
est buyer, while Argentina is a close
second.
The steel imitation Damascus bar
rel can be bought as cheap as 5O
cents. while the most ordinary Of the
genuine will command from 81 to
S1.25.-From Daily Consular and
Trade Reports.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
State News IN Brief.

David Wallace, pioneer contractor OF
the Northwestern States, died at La
Crosse, aged a years.
Adelbert Barber of Baraboo, a brake
man employed by the Northwestern road,
was crushed to death at Iytles.
Michael e. Murphy, city treasurer of
Hudson. died at his home from chronic
rheumatism. He was = years Of age and
a native of Erin Prairie.
Mrs. William Forncrook is dead in
WATERFOWL. aged SO years. Her late hus-
band was the grandson Of the man whose
heirs now claim title to tie property in
New York City upon which Trinity
church is located.
Elk Mound authorities report that
man on horseback accOsted a farmer near
there at O'Clock the other morning. told
him to throw up his hands, and sent a re-
volver bullet through his hat The high
wayman secured 30 cents and rode OF.
4 new company to be called the New
York Wisconsin Cement Company, will
erect the largest cement works in the
United States at Rush Lake. near Cri-
Wiz The project includes an electric line
from Crivitz. Works will be started next
spring.
John Wilkinson, under arrest at Mad
ison on account of the death of Dora
Johnson, was held for trial on a charge
of administering a drug with criminal in
tent.
The Schandein Inheritance case has
been settled in Milwaukee and no appeal
viii be taken to the Supreme Court. The
entire tax. amounting to $143.266. has
now been paid to the county treasurer
as provided by the judgment signed By
Judge Carpenter. Of this amount the
major portion was paid by Mrs. Clara S.
Heyl. the residuary legatee. whose share
of the tax amounted to 1921, 1871.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
WHAT MAKES A GOOD PIPE.
Material Not So Essential as TIA
Shape and Proportion.

Material Not So Essential as the
Shape and Proportion.
Pipes are smoked by millions, always
have been, always will be, yet not one
smoker in a thousand knows the ele-
ments of a good pipe Engineers have
been known to talk by the hour over
the draft of their fire boxes and never
once in half a lifetime think of the
draft in their pipes which they smoke
hourly
Sage attention is paid to the pipe ma
terial, all of which has little if any
thing to do with the qualities Of a
pipe, and generally nothing whatever is
thought Of shape and proportion, the
two things that make a pipe good or
bad. A 2-cent postage stamp spent with
intelligence will buy as good a pipe as
there is in the world; everything add
ed to that price is for ornament, van
ity and especially for ignorance.
The corncob holds a high place among
pipe smokers and deserves this place
usuaIly-for the best of scientific rea-
sons. When a pipe is built on right
principles the bowl is as narrow and
deep as is convenient to fill; the hole
in the stem meets the bowl at the very
bottom and in the center, thus insur-
ing a perfect and even draft, hence a
complete and even burning Of the to-
bacco. The cake prevents the fire from
burning the bowl, thus prevents MAX
ing its bore larger or uneven, which
would in proportion spoil the draft.
The sides of the bowl are thick to keep
in the heat, thus making the burning
at the same temperature at the edges
Of the tobacco as at the center. In
this way clean, sweet smoke is as
sured.-Technical World Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
WILL EXTEND TROLLEY ROAD.

New Lake Superior Southern Line
to Run as Far as Madison, Wis.
The Lake Superior Southern Railway
Company, organized by Oshkosh men and
to Il large extent financed by Oshkosh
capital. will build line from Huron Bay
on Lake Superior south through Cham
pion. Mich. and Florence. Appleton, Osh-
kosh and Madison The contract for
building the road has been awarded 10 a
New York firm and the work will begin
shortly after Jan. /. The company ex-
poets to have the portion of the line from
Huron Bay to Champion in operation by
June 1. and the entire line of 200 miles
Will be completed within two years. 1t
will open up large timber region
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
pREUFERr DECLARED GUILTY.

wauI<esha County Farmer Convicted
of Second Degree MansIaughter.
The jury in the trial of Otto Preufert,
charged with the murder of his aged
father-in-law, Frank HoOkstad, returned
a verdict of manslaughter in the second
degree in Waukesha, after having been
out nearly six hours The penalty is
from four to seven years. Preufert re-
ceived the verdict with the same stoical
demeanor he has possessed throughout the
trial. His young wife, to whom he was
married last Christmas and who was by
his side when the verdict was read broke
down when she realized its meaning. The
crime of which Preufert was convicted
was the killing of his aged father-in-law,
Frederick HookStad, on the Turner farm,
in the town Of MukwOnago, on July %
last The old man was found dead IN
the horse barn with his skull fractured
and ribs caved in. 1t was the theory of
the defense that he was kicked to death
by a vicious mare. The evidence was
circumstantial but finger marks on the
throat of the deceased and the Ak on
which was human blood and hair are
probably what convicted Preufert. COun-
sci for the defendant entered a motion
in Circuit Court to have the verdict set
aside and a new trial granted. The mo-
ton will be heard Jan. ? by Judge Dick.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
Wisconsin
State News
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GIVES COUNTESS HOME.
Mrs. Bate Feared Sister Might Meet
Fate of Other Americans.
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Mrs. Bate Feared Sister Might Meet
Fate of Other Americans.
The will of the late Mrs. ElenOre L.
Bate, wife of former Assemblyman James
A. Bate of Chippewa Falls, discloses the
fact for the first time to the public that
Chippewa county was the home Of a
titled lady. Her name is Countess de
Chavanne and her maiden name was Ma
RE Rose Benson. Her marriage to the
French count is said to have occurred
four years ago. She vas Mrs. Bates
sister. The former evidently had not
much faith in the success of the marriages
OF American girls and foreign mobiles. To
be on the safe side, Mrs. Bate provided
in her will that should the countess ever
be in want, the old home III the town of
Arthur should be at her disposal and also
a reasonable living until her death. It is
said that the count is a wealthy and influ-
entail nobleman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
oRAwLs "A MILES FOR AID.
Feat Of Railroad Lnborer, with Arm

Feat of Railroad LGbOrer, with Arm
Almost Tern from Socket.
John Yench. a railroad laborer resid-
ing at Il Ashland boulevard, Chicago,
walked and crawled fourteen miles with
his right arm almost torn from its socket
and his head and body bruised in an eff
fort to secure medical aid. Unable to
gain entrance to tower houses to ask aid
Of the tenders Yench fell unconscious
alongside the railroad tracks at Trues-
dell, where he was picked up by the crew
Of a freight train and taken to Racine
on special train. His arm was ampu-
tated. Yench, who is 26 years old, while
walking along the tracks between Ranney
and TruesdeIl on the Milwaukee road was
struck by passenger train.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
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OLD-TIME PUNISHMENTS.
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To punish a child in such a way that
it will see the direct connection be-
tween the correction and the fault is
one of the precepts of modern educa-
ton. The judge of the eighteenth cen-
fury was not worried by such psyche
logical theories, but his decisions often
had the grim humor of fitness. What
could be better for the scold than a
cooling plunge, or for the wife-beater,
than few lashes on his own back?
Alice Morse Earle instances, in a book
on "Punishments of Bygone Days."
some of these picturesque but often
cruel sentences Of the colonial court.
A number Of tender-handed English
gallants joined u pioneer expedition 60
Virginia. The weather was cold and
the work hard. When these soft-mus-
cled young men were set at chopping
trees their hands were sorely blistered
by the aX-helvcs. With the cries of pain
many Oaths were heard. The president
of the company soon put stop to this
swearing by ordering a can of cold
water to be poured down the sleeve Of
the guilty one at every oath he uttered.
In colonial days hog-stealing was
considered one Of the most serious Of
crimes. At the first offense the thiefs
ears were slit, at the second his ears
were nailed to a pillory, and at the
third he suffered death without bene-
fit of clergy"
Deceitful bakers and careless fish
dealers had to loose their ears" while
he who spoke detracting words had his
tongue bored by a bodlzin.
A Frenchman, travelling in America
in. 100, describes the ducking-stool as
pleasant mode of Furnishing a scold-
ing woman. He says:
"Of members, We tonge is worst or
beste. An yll tonge oft doth breede IN
reste worth a ducking stoole."
In 1885 Thomas Hartley Of Virginia
wrote of his witnessing the execution
Of a ducking-stool sentence:
"Day before yesterday, at two Of ye
Clock, l saw this punishment given to
one Betsey Walker, who, by We violence
of her tOnge made her house and her
neighborhood uncomfortable. They had
a machine for ye purpose vt belongs to
We Parish. 1t has already been used
three times this Summer. Ye Woman
was allowed to go under We water for
We space of u minute. Betsey had q
stout stomache and would not yield IN
it'll she had been under five times. Then
she cried piteously. Then they drew
back We Machine, united ye Ropes and
let her walk home a hopefully penitent
woman"
1t seems strange to read that almost
within the memory of persons still liv-
ing Mrs. Anne Royal was sentenced In
Washington, District Of Columbia, to
be ducked for writing vituperating
books. She terrorized the town by ed
iting a "Paul Pry" paper. Even John
Quincy Adams prOnunced her virago,
and she was arraigned as a common
scold. Mrs. Royal was sentenced to be
ducked in the Potomac, but was after
wards released on paying a fine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
RICH MERCHANT DIES BY GAS.

District Attorney Believes Ia Crosse
Mans Demise Accidental.
Nels Simonsen, rich merchant, was
found dead in his room in La Crosse IN
der circumstances which have aroused the
suspicion of the authorities who are max
ing an investigation. A gas jet was turn
ed on, but as there was no reason known
for suicide that explanation was accept
ed. Simonsen was 30 years old and sin
gle. District Attorney Bosshard at the
conclusion Of the investigation annOunc-
ed that death had probably been acct
dental
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
Heart Weakness.

Two important causes Of heart trou-
BILE are underworld and overwork, but
chiefly underworld. Where due to over
work, it has been physical, not mental.
The hearts of long-distance runners and
bicyclists sometimes become hypertro-
phied, while children sometimes sue
cumb to too arduous play. With children,
however, it is usually due to a pre-
disposition in that direction from their
parents, whose hearts have been weak
ened by prolonged under-exercise, rath-
er than to over-eXercise on their part.
AS the result Of a recent examination
of nearly 10000 school children in the
primary grades, by the Board Of
Health, it was found that so per cent
were suffering from physical defects,
among which predOminated defective
vision, insufficient nutrition, pulmonary
and heart misunderstanding Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
HONEYMOON STARTS WITH BATH

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry GOIIner Drop
Into Lake SVinnebagO.
The honeymoon trip of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Gollner Of Milwaukee, the former
a street car conductor, came near cul-
minating in a tragedy on Lake Winnie
bag0. Mr.. and Mrs. GOllner were enjoy
ing ride on the lake in an iceboat when
the ice broke mad bride and grOom-elect
were precipitated into ten feet Of water
Spectators hurried to their assistance and
they were pulled from the water in
semi-cOnsciouS condition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
Holds whole Town at Bay.

Tim McCarty Of Kaukauna, brother Of
Michael McCarty. the murdered Kauzau-
ma farmer. armed with a double barreled
loaded shotgun. paraded the streets of
Wrightstown the other morning. defying
the whole population for two hours.
George Kreisher and Edward Jordan cap
tured him. He is in Jail and will be eX-
amined as to his sanity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
AIRED Man Fails Down Quarry.

While going from his residence to the
business part Of Montello 2. c. Fitzpat-
rick got on the wrong path and fell down
a series OF stone lodges into the Mortello
Granite Companys pit. He was found
in a ledge about sixty feet from the top.
He is in a serious condition and it is
doubtful whether he will survive.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
wegs ana Surprises Friendx.

The marriage Of Mrs. Henrietta Case
to John w Dalman Of New York at
Chicago caused great surprise in Ra-
cine. as Mrs. Case publicly announced
two weeks ago that she would be mar
RED on Thursday. and none of her rela-
tives or intimate friends were advised Of
the change of the time Of the wedding.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02

Gottlieb r. Reichardt. former super
visor from the city Of Wauwatosa. plead
ed guilty to an Indictment charging him
with bribery and was fined $500. Charles
Bottenberg. also a former supervisor,
pleaded guilty to a similar indictmdlt and
was fined 5000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
DISAPPOINTED MAN A SUICIDE
Opera Writer Hangs Himself when
Manuscript Is Refused.

William r. Berchert formerly direc-
tor Of the Lederkranz at Milwaukee and
for tie last eight years director Of TIE
Oshkosh, fond du Lac and Mayville
Maennerchors, committed suicide by
hanging to the top Of side ladder Of
a freight car standing near the depot in
Mayville. Dependency over the refusal
Of a New York operate manager to ac-
cept an opera which he had written is
believed to have caused him to become
insane.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
SUICIDE AT Y. NJ. c. a.
A. r. EdgeII of La Crosse Takes
Poison and Shoots Self.

Poison and Shoots Self.
A. E. Edgell, assistant treasurer of the
La Crosse Plow Company, the largest cor
poration in La Crosse, was found dead
in the Y. II. c. A. building in that city.
He had committed suicide by taking poi
son and then shooting himself through
the heart Investigation showed the
books to be in perfect order. while Edgell
was also prosperous personally. The sui
eide is attributed to i'll health. Edgell
was % years of age and unmarried.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
NJ. W. waite New Deputy.

Insurance Commissioner-elect George
BeedIe has announced that he will APP
point NJ ". Waite of Milwaukee as dep
utv insurance commissioner when he as
sumes tine Office at the first OF the year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
MIS-. II. II. CbnrIton Dead.

Mrs. H. H Charlton, poetess author
and magazine writer, is dead at her home
in Brodhead. She was well known in
W. c. L. e. and W. r. C. circles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
ASK MORE HONEY FOR CAPITOL.
wisconsin Commission Thinks APP
nronriatiOn Is Too Low.

preparation Is Too Low.
The State commission having charge
of the erection OF the new State capitol
for Wisconsin has decided that the limit
Of 20 cents a cubic foot, fixed by the law
providing for the new State house, IS too
low. and has decided to ask the Legis-
Iature at the session beginning next
month to increase the limit Of cost to at
least 10 cents per cubic foot. If the rec
concentrations of the commission are fol-
lowed the new capitol will cost about So
100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
Insnecfs Posfomce sites.

J. \. Wetman special agent for the
Treasury Department, las been in Beloit
looking over the sites offered for the pro
posed postofice building.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
shoots at Cat; wounds SON.

While attempting to shoot the family
cat Frank Shauer of Turtle Lake acct
dentally shot his 15-year-old son in the
thigh. The boys injuries are serious,
according to surgeons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
NIaxor vetoe. salary Resolution.

A veto has been filed by Mayor Stole
Of Manitowoc on the resolution Of the
Council paying the salary of Fire Chief
Kratz for four months. the money having
been held up by the Mayor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02
He Cancelled His Error.

The man of this story is very
light sleeper, one who is easily awak-
ened and who is a long time getting
to sleep. In a Leeds hotel he had at
last got sound asleep when a loud
rap, repeated, awoke him.
whats wanted?"
Package downstairs for you"
"Wen, it can wait till morning, !
suppose?"
The boy departed, and after Ions
time the man was sound asleep again,
when there came another resOunding
knock at the door.
well, what is it now" he in
quired.
"Tain't for you, that PACKAGE
Tit-Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02

The Chicago Evening Post observes,
the Kaiser has talked into a phono-
graph. Every German may now hear
his masters voice.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-02

Nobody knows much, but everybody
should know enough not to go to law.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-04
EX-MAYOR QUINCY
Is A BANKRUPT
Boston Official Says His condi-
ton Caused by Misplaced
Confidence.

BOSTON, MASS, January 3-A petition
in bankruptcy against former Mayor
Josiah Quincy was filed to-day by credi-
tors holding notes for s2,7o0 Mr.. Quincy,
in statement. admitted his inability TO
meet claims against him, and said that
his liabilities incurred through mis-
placed confidence in former business
associate" would aggregate sl5o,o0O.
M. Il. Clarke, c. II. Wooster and
George Warner Were the petitioners. In
a statement concerning the action against
him, Mr.. Quincy said: While !. have
.endeavored In every way to avoid or
postpone such proceeding, it Is doubt
less for the best interests alike of my
creditors and of myself.
Through misplaced confidence in a
former business associated now deceased.
I have been for some years under large
liabilities on paper bearing my name and
duly negotiated. but representing no
value received by me. l have paid out
considerable sums to creditors In an en-
deavor to meet the situation; and my
assets now remaining are not of large
cash value. My total liabilities are about
Sl5o,0O0, of which about one-half repre-
sents a single claim held against me in
New York, and arising out of the failure
of the Seventh National Bank in 1901.