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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
BANKER KILLED AT CLUB
DIVE INTO A SWIMMING POOL
PROVES FATAL.
Phia Financial Institution, Meets
Strange Death.

Philadelphia, Aug. 2.-EGmund r.
Watson, president of the Northern Ma
tional bank and treasurer of the Henry
Hess Brewing company, met death
Thursday in the swimming pool of the
Columbia club, one of the leading so,
cial organizations of the city. Owing
to the reticence of members Of the
club mystery at first surrounded the
case. This was d1speiled, however
when it was given out that Mr.. Wat.
sons death was accidental.
Watson was standing on the spring
board and was about to dive into the
pool whehn he slipped and fell. His
head struck the concrete coping of
the pool and he sank to the bottom
The janitor was summoned, and with
the aid of long pole Mr.. Watson was
taken from the water unconscious. He
was hurried to hospital, where he
was pronounced dead by the physi
clan.
Mr.. Watson was about so years old
His wife and daughter were spending
the summer at Melmar, N. j.. and he
had been at the club much of the
time. He was in the pool Wednesday
afternoon, and Thursday evening
while at dinner with his son he an.
nounced his intention of taking an.
other swim later in the night He
spent the evening in the company of
a friend and reached the club house
after midnight.
Mr.. Watson had been president OF
the bank since 1900, having served
previously as cashier.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
TO PAY S2,801,685,24
INCREASE IN TAXES OF WiScCN-
SIN RAILROADS.
COMMISSION ENDS WORK
Final Valuation and Assessment Is
Made-Propertie Have Risen in
VaIue-Rernard r. Goggins
Succeeds Barnes.

Madison, Aug 1.-The state tax
commission has announced the final
valuation and assessment of the prop
the present year. The preliminary
valuation was announced nearly two
months ago, and since that time rep
resentatives of the principal roads
have appeared before the commission
and asked for a reduction in the val
uation placed on their properties. The
only change that was made from the
preliminary valuation was a reduction
of $4,000 in the valuation of the Mari
nette, Tomahawk and Western COM
pany, which was reduced from $780,
900 to $4,000.
Under the final valuation and as
sessment announced, the railroad COM
panies will have to pay the state ST.
sol ,685.24 in taxes this year, as
against s2,700237.56 last year, an in
crease of SOL ,4476S. This years
taxes amount to $527,304.90 more
than they would have if the old Ii
cense fee law were still in force in
stead of the new ad valorem law
The total value Of the railroad prop
critics In the state is placed at $685.
$4,000, as against $237, ,239, 500 last
year, an increase of $18,610,500.
The commission fixed the rate this
year at s10.9505 per $1,000 of valua-
tion, as against $11.3819066 last year
In other words, the commission low
cred the rate about 81 cents per 81 1000
OF valuation.
Following is an abstract of valua-
tion and assessment of the railroads in
Wisconsin for the year 1907, and taxes
levied thereon:
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
FORTY KOREANS FALL IN FIGHT.
Clash in Seoul with the Japanese
Over Forced Disarmament.

Washington, Aug "A dispatch re-
ceived at the state department from
Consul General Thomas Sammons at
Seoul, Korea, says that 40 Koreans
were killed or wounded in a fight pre-
cipitated by the disarmament Of the
Korean army. The casualties on the
Japanese side, the dispatch adds, were
slight.
Two thousand of the Seoul garrison
were disarmed and disbanded The
proclamation disbanding the troops
says that the disbanded soldiers will
be granted one years pay. The en-
peror's bodyguard will not be dis
banded
At ten o'clock Wednesday night
japanese troops surrounded the
Korean barracks after an imperial
proclamation had been issued disband-
ing the Korean army, composed of
1000 men. Several hundred Koreans,
gathered at the Great Bell during a
thunder storm, were dispersed by a
company of japanese soldiers. The
outlets from the Korean army bar
racks are guarded by machine guns
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
sTRANGLER MURDERS CHILD.
Girl Found In New York In Horribly
Mutilated Condition.

New York, Aug 2.-The excitement
caused in this city by the recent afro
cious crimes against women and chill
dren was greatly increased Thursday
by the discovery of the body of an
eight-year-old girl in the cellar of an
East side tenement. The child had
been assaulted and then murdered.
There were marks on the throat indi-
eating that perhaps the little one was
strangled.
The suspicion that the child was
choked to death, taken In connection
with the murder Of Sophie Kohrer and
of an unidentified woman by strargu-
lation, leads the police to believe that
there is maniac at large in the city
who is possessed Of an insane impulse
to kill women and children by the
same method.
The body of the child was identified
as that of Katie Dritschler, the daugh-
ter Of a German waiter. She had
been missing from her home in East
Thirteenth street since one week ago.
The body was found in the cellar Of
the tenement house at 203 First ave
nue., only a block distant from the
child's home. 1t was lying on a straw
berry crate where it apparently had
been placed several days ago and It's
condition revealed the frightful treat
ment to which the child had been sub
jected
An examination Of the body showed
that the Dritschler child was killed in
exactly the same manner as Sophie
Kohrer was murdered. Deeply i'm
bedded in the flesh of her neck was
found hair ribbon probably taken
from her own hair, drawn tightly and
knotted.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Civil WAR IS seen
IN Rail Law FIGHT
CONGRESSMAN JENKINS OF WIS,
coNsIN PREsAGEs DIRE
CONSEQUENCES.
GIVES WARNING TO
STATE OFFICIALS
Chairman of House Judiciary Com
mittee Says Supreme Court Is
Final Arbiter Between Nation and
Commonwealth.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Aug. Con
gressman jenkins, chairman of the
house judiciary committee, Thursday
issued a statement relative to the
North Carolina railroad rate imbroglio
He says there has not been an event
since the civil war that calls for such
severe condemnation as the 'senseless
TRADE on behalf of states against the
nation"
Mr.. Jenkins adds that it is humil-
iating that the matter has been COM
promised and that the nation has sur
rendered to an extent.
"The civil war was the result OF
other civil war earlier than we want, y
he said. ITO avert such calamity
and preserve the nation, we must
conform to the law, and have 1t en-
forced according to the framework
provided in the constitution.
Supreme Court Final Judge.
Congressman jenkins points out
that the supreme court of the United
States is made the final judge be-
tween state and nation. He believes
the executives of states should keep
cool, maintain their dignity and re-
member they must depend upon the
judiciary of the country to save the
union.
Ever since the civil war;" he said,
"other states have had similar trou-
bles and did not make fools of them
selves or declare war. The questions
involved were decided by the supreme
court and no bad results followed If
all the state authorities are to usurp
the functions of the supreme court
and judge what federal act shall be
nullified, no one can tell where it will
end"
Mr. jenkins says he is opposed to
weakening the powers of both state
end nation and calls attertien to the
fact that the state has a remedy in
the supreme court if the nation en-
croaches upon its rights.
May End In BIoodshed.
why should a state authority de
clare it will exercise every power at
it's command to prevent such con-
summation" he asks. This Is an
unlawful attempt to oppose lawful eff
forts The continual talk about state
authorities resisting federal power
with armed force will end sooner or
later in bloodshed, and possibly In
the disruption Of the union
In conclusion Mr.. Jenkins says the
supreme court of the United States
may err and may differ with the views
of great majority of the people, but
that, however that may be, the con-
stitution says it's decision Is final and
must be regarded as the supreme law
of the land.
Better live under a wrong decision
than amidst that anarchy which must
prevail in this country If each state
authority will disregard the constitu-
tion and assert its own power, right
or wrong, in defiance of the national
power, thereby weakening and abso-
utely disregarding this great govern
ment, which has cost so many gen
erations so much to make and pre-
serve it."
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Fighting In the New Hebrides

Victoria, B. c., Aug. 2.-The steam
er Manuka, which has reached port
from Australia, brought news of fight
ing in the New Hebrides In an en-
and a punitive expedition landed
from the British cruiser Cambrian, to
avenge the murder of European
trader, the blacks killed one blue
jacket of the landing party and one
was wounded.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Fatal Fire at ASYLUM,

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 2.-Ffre at
Marshalsea, the city's poor farm,
which broke out late Wednesday night
and for several hours threatened
destruction of all the buildings, was
confined to the laundry, the bake
shop, the inmates kitchen and the
chapel. These structures were nearly
destroyed, with loss of $4,000. Six
employees who were fighting the
flames were caught under a falling
wall. Samuel Means was crushed to
death.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
SWeepinQ Coal Rate Reductions

Madison, Wis, Aug. BY an or
der of the state railroad commission
Thursday sweeping reductions were
made in freight rates on coal between
Superior and Ashland to Eau Claire
and intervening points. The reduc-
ton approXimates 40 cents ton for
hard and soft COAL The order affects
only the Chicago, st. Paul. Minneap-
oils & Omaha railroad.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Live Stock.

Chicago, Aug. L
CATTLE-Good to prime steers, u. 500
7.6o: fair to good steers, $57506. so; In
ferior to plain steers. A50Q5.50; Texas
steers, s42544.75: plain to fancy year
hngs, s5.0046.50; plain to fancy cows. s.. rs
@5.25; plain to fancy heifers A0O96. 15:
good to choice feeders, $4OO96 90; fair to
choice stockers, $3.0Og42s: common to
choice bulls, s.. 5OQ5. Is; calves common to
fair, s5.0Oq6.25; calves, good to fancy.
s.. 25Q7.25.
HOGS-Heavy packing sows. $3.50
6.121: choice to prime heavy shipping
barrows, s60OQ6. Is; mixed packers, 5000
$50: rough throw-outs, $40Og5 so; pigs.
S.. 75Q6.10.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Endine Blows Up. Three Dead

Urbana, o., Aug. 2.-Engineer L.
w. Chamberlain, Fireman P. F. Weis-
ner and Brakeman c. A. Stewart were
instantly killed Thursday morning at
Urbana on a Pennsylvania freight
train. The boiler of the engine blew
mp, killing the three men and upset
ting several cars so that all trains
were delayed for several hours.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Honn konu Hotel CoIIapses.

Hong Kong, China, Aug. 2-The old
part of the Hong Kong hotel collapsed
Thursday. 1t is believed that there
were some casualties, but nothing def
mite on fnis point has been learned
The Hong Kong hotel is situated on
the BunC and is the principal hotel
here. 1t is frequented by tourists and
is popular with Americans going to
and from Manila,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Kaiser Awaits Cars Arrival

Berlin, Aug. 2.-The imperial yacht
Hohenzollern arrived at Swinemunde
Thursday morning with Emperor Will
in the harbor awaiting the arrival of
the emperor CT Russia on board the
STANDARD.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

Chicago, Aug l.
FIOUR-Market unsettled. Spring
wheat special brands, s.. 90; Minnesota,
hard patent, jute, 81 60g5.10 straight,
export bags, s370Q410; clear, export
bags, So. .456D3. rs.
WHEAT-Trade down. September, s1M
Q92Ac; December, 951z@9ehc.
CORN-Dull. September, 54655f4c.
OATS-Active. September, 4O1sY4O%c.
BUTTER-Extra creamery, per lb., 24h
Q27c; dairies, 1992hc.
POTATOES-(New) Choice to fancy,
77QD7Sc: fair to good, 73075c.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys. per h., lie;
chickens, fowls, 111dc; ducks. 1O012c.
EGGS-Cases included. 13@14hc per
doz; cases returned. 1z11g14c; extra high
grades, 191ac.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Brothers Dead ToQether.

Americus, Ca, Aug. 2.-Bram
Goodwin, prominent Sumter county
field Thursday. His brother Arnold
was summoned and at the sight of
the dead body he fell upon 1t and ex-
Dired
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Omaha, Neb., Aug.

CATTLE-Market steady to stronger.
Native steers, s4.50d675; cows and heif-
ers, s2.75d4.7s; western steers, 4. 5OGp5. 50:
Texas steers, s.. 00Q4.50; cows and heifers
S. 5004 40; Gamers, s2.00@2S IS; stockers
and feeders, s2.75G5.oo; calves, 81. 50Q5. 50;
bulls and stays, 81. 5015. 90.
HOGS-Market 10c lower. Heavy, S. 80
$500; mixed, s5S595. IS; light, s. 0OQ6 25
pigs, s5.50Q6.G0; bulk of sales, IS. $4,000
SHEEP-Market steady Yearlings
s5.50q6.oO; wethers, $5OO05.5o; ewes. A5O@
S.z5; lambs, $6.50Q7.5O
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Two Crushed Under One Hopper

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 1.-Two foreign
workmen were killed and two others
injured by being crushed under a hop
per car of ore, which toppled over a
30-foot trestle Thursday in the ore
yards Of the Edgar Thomson Steel
works at Braddock, Pa.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
New York, Aug. I.

New York, Aug. I.
FI.OUR-Was steady and inactive.
WHEAT-Advances. September, 98HG
99Ac, December, s1.o21z91. OK.
RYE-Nominal. No. western, Ssc (. o.
b. New York.
CORN-Market was without transac-
tions.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02

The "Weary Willies" don't like
to work, and YOU need not work half
80 hard, if you buy your goods of The
Central Trading Co.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Edmond Rostand Reported III.

Paris, Aug. IN. Edmond Ros-
trand, the famous dramatist and au-
thor Of "Cyrano de Bergerac," Is re-
ported seriously Ill. His friends are
much alarmed.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Novelist MURRAY Is Dead.

London, Aug. 2.-David Christie
Murray, the novelist and playwright,
died here Thursday afternoon. He
was born in 1S47.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Contestants entered up to this day

Miss Mae Humphrey, r. R. NO.3.
Sadie AlWles, johnson Creek, RRI,
Gretchen Sprenger, 4C8 N Warren St.
Minerva Hennlng, WatertOwn, r r 3.
Rose Burdick, WatertOwn, r r 3.
Esther GOetch, WatertOwn, RR1.
Catherine Powers, 2l8 Montgomery st.
Helen NARROW. Ix0nia.
Lizzie Reese, IxOnia.
Adah Tuttle, 9l3 Wisconsin street.
Zayda Brown, 500 Richards Ave.
Anna Duckert, HubbletOn.
Ruth Hodgson, HubbetOn.
Amanda Luther, 1l6 North 9th street.
Ella Moran, IXOnia.
Ruth +. Bleecker, Hubbleton.
Lydia Wendt, N Ninth street.
Annie Jones, Ixonia.
Kathryn Lewis, IXOnia, r Ri.
Norma GOette, Emerald street.
Clara VOss, HubbletOn.
Fleureta Hartwig. 1927 n 4th street.
Esther Reichert, N 4th street.
Matte E. Bare, HubbIeton.
Anita krueger, 802 North 4th street.
Lillian Feldschneider, $40 CIyman st,
Ella Lange.
Clara Oestreich, OCOnOm0wOc, r r q.
Mary Horn, WatertOwn, X RI.
nellie C0lloh0un, juneau, K K 9.
FloSSle Cairns, 9Oi Second street.
Rena Beck. OcOnOmOWOc, r X 27.
Lillian Goetsch, WatertOwn, Route 3.
Lucia Haley, OcOnOmOwOc, Route u.
Lillian McManman. 400 Church street
Margaret EiffleT. 300 Montgomery st.
ldelia Quinn, Oc0n0mOWOc, Route q.
lnez Keel, 823 Main street.
Ida Wendt, 2l5 n Ninth street.
Mida Irving, Watertown, Route 1.
Viola O'Brien, 3O1 North 4th street.
Elsa SchOenicke, 3, 9 North 3rd street.
Agnes Uttech. $40 Jones street.
Louise Gramm, 108 College street.
Maud Green. cor. 13 and Western Ave.
Ella Stenk, Alb Main street.
Emma Schmntzler, North 4th street.
Ida Willing, 1927 Utah street.
Dorothy WeigeI, 81 Cleveland street.
Meta Wenck, 220 Emerald street.
Jennie Lord, 500 Market street.
Laura Witte. WatertOwn, Route 5.
Lydia Flath, Watertown, Route 5.
Gertie WilkOwski, 822 + Main street.
Edna Luther, 116 North 9th street.
Anna Greinhorst, WatertOwn, Route /.
Mayme Stanton, CIyman.
Mabel BuDnel, Clyman.
Helen MetZger, Clyman.
Linda Schalior, Johnson Creek.
Ella KOttke, Johnson, Creek.
Tillie Hartmann, johnson Creek.
Jennie Bnlluck, johnson Creek.
Hattie BOltz. johnson Greek.
COrnelia Mead, 400 Clyman street.
EIgarde Lange, 9O1 S Third street.
Catherine Thauer, 119 N Church street.
Meta Alwardt, 2O4 Jones street.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02

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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
POPULARITY CONTEST
is GROWING EXCITING
Votes Pouring in at a Lively
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Everyone Is beginning to realize more
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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-31
GRIND OF THE LAW MILL
What Is Being Accomplished by the State Solons.

state ana institution lands are e&
omp,cd from sale by the state consti
tuition. The question arose over TIL
fac thai the late attorney general hcl
that the institution lands were not cs
mp;ed f,cm this IL ohibi,ion, and tina
ii cnly applied to common schoc
lands.
: Bills introduced were: General Law
regulating fraternal beneficiary assc
cations and establishing s,andarf
mortality tables: $4,000 Il year STATE
aid to high schools; creation of Il stat
weed commissioner ana machinery TO
the enforcement of the noXious wee
law: $llS,0OO for the Valley City nor
NAL school.
In the house the following bills Were
introduced: For exhibit at James
town, Va, with an appropriation o.
$4,000: $500 for the horticultural so
ciety: concurrent resolution 10 amend
the constitution so as to establish {
normal school at Rugby; terms O
! court i'll Nelson county in July anf
January; comprehensive railroad code
for the complete regulation OF roads
embodying rates, demurrage, and pro
viding for at least one train each way
a day. This bill is said to lie favored
by large numbered members of the
house and senate.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-31
Aar OF ANTIQUE OAK.
csblnetmskers Of To-Day uusurp.ss
ed In Their Eabrication..

ed In Their FabricatlonS.
You will have to so a long way
said an art collector, before you fine
a body of men more clever than those
cabinetmakers who produce goods te
satisfy the desire of the public for fur
ntture made Of old and fancy woods
They can transform whitewood into
all kinds Of exotic woods by means o.
chemicals. and a chemist would be sur
prised If he were to have the run o!
one Of those factories for a day.
The manufacture of antique oak is
one of the easiest of their processes
The boards. holdings. pannels O,
whatever pieces are required are made
Of oak which has just had time to dry
sufficiently to prevent excessive warp
ing.
They are then placed in a dark
room on the floor of which and quite
close to the furniture to be aged are
placed several bowls, plates and SO
forth of liquid ammonia. The room is
then Theoretically closed up and the
wood is left for month or SO, accord.
ing to the age which is required. The
coloratfon will extend to depth OF
nearly quarter of All inch If the room
is kept closed for q few months.
THAT is why there is so much OLD
oak furniture about. OF course a little
reflection would show that it could not
he genuine-the forests of the middle
ages would not have furnished one
half of it-but people do not always
reflect. "-Baltimore Sun.