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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
BREAKS NECK IN FALL,
Friend Whom He Was Visiting
Slips on Stairs.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. July 20
Failing backwards down a flight of
stairs in the home of Il friend whom he
was visiting at 81 Third street, Michael
Menger, aged 90, sustained broken
neck at II o'clock Wednesday night
Menger is married and lives in the rear
of the house at 81 Third street. He is
believed to have slipped and fallen to
the bottom Of the flight of stairs The
coroner was notified.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
STORM WRECKS TELEPHONES.
Grand Rapids Woman Badly Shocked
During Electric Storm.

ciaI. Mrs. Arseneau was badly shocked
while standing near telephone when
lightning struck the wire during a Sc
we're electric storm. Telephones in all
parts of the city were burned out and
in one residence the phone was torn
from the walls.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
EACH LAW COST S25O.54
TOTAL EXPENSE OF LAST LEGISLA-
TURE WAS S16s,4s1.14.
State Paid $500 Apiece for Spiritual
Guidance of Each Solon-Total
Prayer Bill Is S6s9.

MADISON. Wis, July 25.-[Special.l
1t cost the state of Wisconsin $780,
4S1.14 rs total expense for the Legisa-
ture of 1907, which closed last week
after enacting 6T7 laws.
1t cost $250.34 for each law finally
placed upon the statute. Prayers eacn
morning of the session by local preachers
cost total of 5000, or 500 for the
guidance of each Solou.
1t cost SS96.T2 for each of the 1S9
days of the session.
These are but few of the interesting
facts worked out by officials of the de-
partments of state and treasury, and
made public today. Following is the
, Ia bulated statement:
Salary and mileage for senator's. S 1G,939 20
Salary and mileage of Assembly
men -.......... .......... %, Col 90
| Chief clerk of Senate and ~ EN-
ployes Observation-Disclosures. 14,993OO
Sergeant-at-arms of Senate and 20
employees ............ ......... 6,672OO
Chief clerk of Assembly and 81
employees Observation-Disclosures. 1S,364Oo
Sergeant-at-arms Assembly and %
employees ..................... 9,O26OO
Printing journals. calendars. bills,
etc, by Democrat Printing Co.
(already paid ................. 14,49S 80
| Printing UNPAID; approximately. 100000
To Postmaster Reyes, postage
Senate and Assembly .......... 1,49o5O
Election contest Erred Ties and
Willis Ludlow, Monroe} ...... $40 50
Legislative committee (E. I. El-
YER, L. NJ. ClawSon and ]. II.
Noble, to visit charitable and
penal institutions and report
thereon .................... 5000
To j. II. Glover actuarial advice
on insurance bills ... $3.50 ST
Other insurance expenses ....... 245 80
To chaplains, for prayers in As
sembly Observation-Disclosures. $500
To chaplains, for prayers In Sen
ate ............. 34S.OO
Stationery used by members OF
Legislature (estmated) ..... $4,000
Cost OF extra electric light for
both houses ............... 5O0.OO
Official publication of the laws. 10000
Publication of laws In weekly
papers (estimated) ..... 10000 90
Total Observation-Disclosures. S169, 4S1. Ii
From the statements of expenses filed
L l. !
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Reunion of the Twentv-frst

APPLETON, Wis. July 25.-[Spe-
ciaI. Arrangements are being made for
the reunion of the Twenty-frst Wiscon-
sin Infantry, which takes place here in
September. Mayor David Hammel and
David Ryan, adjutant Of the George d.
Eggleston post, visited the business men
of the city with a subscription list and
met with hearty response.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Count to Marry Rich Heiress.

PARIS, July 24-Figaro announces
the engagement of Count GiuIlO @nni
and Mary T, eldest daughter of James
GayIey, first vice president of the United
States Steel corporation.
The marriage viii take place in No
vember at Mr.. Gayley's residence in New
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
On Second ThouRkt.

Don't you remember, you said you
would drown yourself If didn't marry
your
Yes, l remember; how foolish I
was"
DO you consider that it was fool.
ish?"
Yes; I should have threatened TO
drown myself if you did marry me-
Houston Post
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
The Alternative.

Muggins-I hear you are having your
daughters voice cultivated. Buggins-
Yes; I'm afraid it can't be cured, so
am doing the next best thing-Phila-
delphia Record.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
eThinG New.

Yes said the lady gossip. 81 know
more about the affair than 1 care TO
tell"
THAT must be an unusual experience
for you" growled the savage bacheIor.
Chicago News.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
MILWAUKEE, HAY MARKET

Choice timothy hay, 19O0019.25; No
hay, I5.O0G17 90; clover and mixed, I250io
400; choice Kansas and Nebraska prairie,
1150413.O0; No. l prairie, 11.00012.00; No.
7p T9iIrie loo; Wisconsin marsh onsda feedins
straw, 95o41O.OO; oats straw, 7.5OQS.OO,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Only Nine Make Film IS.

BILLINGS. Mont, July 24.-As a
result of the filings in the local land Of
fee yesterday only nine persons made
entry for homes on the Huntley project.
This makes total Of 20 out Of pos
siJIe 100.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Jacob Steiner of Superior Dies.

SUPERIOR. Wis, July 25.-Jacob
Steiner. one of the prominent pioneers
of the head Of the lake region, is dead
at his home in Superior, aged 6S. Mr..
Steiner was one of the few remaining of
tie colony of before the war; settlers.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Tust:n- His Partner,

The CAROLS all confidently believe
that their Billy, aged five. is destined
for future distinction. Perhaps they
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02

Popularity is oyerestimated about as
often as the money you expect to make
In the poultry business.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02

WAUPACA-The Delavan, the largest no.
tel in the city, recently purchased by II.
Quandt has just been sold to Mauer and
Van Doran of Prentice.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
ETIQUETTE OF DESERT MINERS
Never Ask a Mnn Where His Claims
Are, Says "A Death valley Miner.

Never Ask a NInn Where His Claims
Are, Says Death valley Miner.
Never ask a man anything about
his mine because he won't tell you If
you do. 1t isn't etiquette to ask such
questions on the desert"
Thus spoke J. Heineman, late or
Beatty, an old-timer in Death Valley
and the desert, now staying at the Ho-
tel Mum, says the Los Angeles Times.
He still has properties in that region,
prospects he calls them, but he has sold
his business at Beatty and is stopping
q while here in the haunts Of ciyIliza-
ton
You see, when one miner meets an
other on the desert they stop, talk and
pass pleasantries. One will ask the
other how he's getting along and he
will say good or hard luck but that's
about all. Neither asks for details or
where one has his claims located If
any one wants you to know he'll tell
you without being asked. If not, he
won't tell you if you do ask.
1.-The fact is that If man has a
great body of low grade ore that he
must have q force of men to work and
ship to the shelters he must record it.
But Ii he has q rich spot with free
gold easily handled it is not necessary
and many times one doesn't care to
have the world know about 1t and have
everybody coming to dig all around. It
often leads to troubles and litigations,
Ill {hot
IF property Is In the mountains 1t
is more necessary to record it, for it is
easier found. A man can be followed
in the mountains, but never out on the
desert | would like to see the man
who could follow me on the desert If
don't want him to. I'll give him q chase
that will make him very sick of his
job. OF course, in such cases a claim
is never left unguarded If any one
should stumble upon 1t by accident. In
such case possession will be nine points
of the law.
This is not only about mines but
also about private, secret water holes
You know some of these give so little
water that once known to the general
public they would be of no use to those
who went to big trouble finding them,
or to any one else very soon, 50 they
never tell. Let one who has such a.
place hidden find one In need he will
share his water and if necessary, he
will go and bring back a supply, but
the other fellow doesn't know where it
comes from. That's the finders secret
"Of course, there are public water
Ing places, especially along the stage
routes. Some wells have been dug by
individuals or companies who sell wa
ter. Lots OF money has been expended
In this way. The water problem is in
deed a se-.ods one on the desert
At some of the camps water is
hauled by team and sells for as high
as 50 barrel. People who don't know
think that is a terrible price, but it
really leaves a very small profit for
the long haul and the time lost and
feed Of teams. Often much of the wa
ter with which one starts is used I'D
by the horses en- route"
No Place for Burglar Under he'd.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02

From the statenNnts OF expenses HItu
by lobbyists in the office of the secre-
tary of state, it is apparent that sgis
lative agents spent a total of probably
100000, and if this were added to the
foregoing total it would bring the cost
of the last session up to the enormous
sum of $500, 4S1. IA, "or words to that
effect
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02


With every big robbery reported in
hotels furniture manufacturers come to
the front with the boast that, wherever
else the rohber may have hidden him
self. 1t certainly wasn't under the bed,
because beds nowadays are built too
low for even the thinnest Of villains to
hide under them.
For many years losses of money
and jewelry,' said furniture manu-
facturer, were attributed indirectly at
least to the bed. which was built high
enough to afford protection to the thief.
Finally, in order to save the good name
of that necessary piece of furniture we
decided TO build it SO low that not even
an infant can crawl under If. thereby
compelling the enterprising burglar to
seek hiding place elsewhere. ''-PhiIa-
delphia Record
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02

If gray hairs were a sign Of wisdom
fewer men would have them,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08
COUNCIL PARES
WAGE INCREASE

The city council in special session
Saturday night granted increases in
police and fire department wages as
follows:
Police department-Chief, from
$40 to $l65 a month; captain, $110
to $120; sergeants, s95 to s110; de-
tectives who get s75 for the first
year, $50 for the second and sS5 for
the third, increase of $40 month.
The salaries of the patrolmen, who
receive now the same wages, as the
detectives, were also increased $40
q month.
Fire department-Chief, $3.50 to
$165; assistant, 1920 to $3.50; s cap
tains, 500 to $40; electrician, $110,
no increase; secretary, s95 to 500;
foremen, sos to 500; engineers,
500 to s110; truckmen, laddermen
and stokers who now receive rs for
first year, $50 second year and $S5
third year, were granted an increase
of SO month.
City Engineer Mcintyre did not
file his list of proposed increases.
as it was generally understood that
they would not be granted. His
linemen, however, were raised from
$3.50 to $2.75 per day.
George Mackie, building inspect
or, was raised from 500 to $125 a
month. Raises from $50 to 500 a
month asked by sewer and Sidewalk
inSpectOrs were denied
The proposition to add another
captain and an inspector to the pc
lice force was turned down. Some
of the councilmen suggested thai
the force had better be increased by
the addition of pdtrolmen instead
The council used the AK extensively
on the increases asked. Chief OF
Police Rice and Fire Chief Myers
for instance wanted 5000, and got
$165.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08
BY Francis Warrington Dawson

BY Francis Warrington Dawson
Special Correspondent to The Press.
PARIS, July Sit is believed in
Paris that efforts are being made
to bring about a reconciliation be-
tween Anna Gould and BOni Cas-
tellane, and that before the time
the courts have begun to hear their
divorce case again, the couple will
have kissed and made up.
Princess Eulalie. Of Spain, aunt
of King Alfonso, VINO visited Amer
lea during the Columbian exposi-
ton at Chicago, is said to be at
the head of those seeking to make
peace between Anna and Boni. 9th
ers reported to be concerning them
selves in the matter are Miss Fanny
Red and the Baroness Salvador,
two American women prominent in
French society.
Count Boni ardently desires re-
union. He longs for Gould millions
and also intellectually for his
children. He worked hard for a
reconciliation during the progress
of the divorce trial, and ordered his
lawyers to say nothing but what
was reverential and tender about
Anna Since then he has been busy
making overtures, personally and
through his lawyers. These love-
commandments, together with the
outside influences that are being
brought to bear on the American
ex-countess, are said to be having
a permanent effect on her, and no
one would be surprised to hear at
any time that Boni has been re-
called to her side.
The countess, for long time I'M
willing to hear a word of the count,
is said now to be showing a pro-
gressive tendency towards gentler
thoughts. Most people think that
she has always remained under
Boni's spell-his ballant bearing,
his pretty face, his great name and
something winning in the man WITH
all his wrong-doing, having a
strong attraction for her.
Boni still has almost unlimited
credit. and splashes In automobiles
and all the luxury Of the most ex-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08

What historian will describe for
future generations the splendor Of
the Chandler badge as he damned
his way into the Rockefeller pre-
serves? CA fruitful theme Is this.
since they are the apple Of the oil
kings eye).
Who will record the eagerness
with which he secured the entire
reservation, or with what nimble-
neess he mounted into the barn loft
and mussed up his hair in the hay,
hoping there, mayhap, to find the
petroleum wizard sequested in the
timothy? ,~t
Who will record the eagerness
with which the fearless Chandler
scurried around over the 600 acres
of Forest Hill, bravely buttonholing
every pampered mental on the prem
Uses and demanding of each in turn:
Where is that man Rockefeller"
Who will tell how, when the
doughty marshal had exhausted ev-
cry source of information in that
quarter and received none, he deter
mined to make a move upon the
home, the very citadel of the Stand
ard Oil chieftain-yea, to move upon
Forest Hill itself, and there, selling
upon his trembling quarry, to drag
him away from those scenes Of lux
ury into the presence of the ma
jesty of the law?
And who will record how, when
he had advanced as far as the front
door of the Standard Oil fortress, he
was confronted by a young woman,
Miss Howard, one of the secretaries
of the coal oil magnate, who blocked
his way so effectually that further
advance was impossible.
And who will write for the future
the chagrin which burned and
cackled in the Chandler heart when
he was forced to retreat, and the
shame of failure with which he was
smitten as again he scaled the ram
parts. dropped upon the outside and
blew his trusty bugle to summon
his army of brave deputies who were
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08
TO CHOOSE new
SECRETARY

"A special meeting Of the board Of
health has been called for tomor-
row afternoon. Health Officer
Grieve will try to have 1t endorse
a name Of a new secretary in place
of Mrs. E. e. Hughes. Mayor Moore
was consulted about the change this
morning and said the health officer
had the right to name any secretary
he saw fit as tht Office was under
his direction. Tho present secre-
tary was named by DR.. Grieve's pre-
decessor.
The board will also be asked to
take up the matter of new buildings
at the isolation hospitalf A new
ward is much needed. The dipthe-
ria patients are now housed in
tents and 2 Of them are kept in the
barn. Erysipelas cases have been
refused. Several persons have ask
ed that these cases be isloated.
There is not room for them at the
hospital and II the department
should try to take care of them out
there, there would ne no real isola-
ton, because the patients might
contract smallpox, and those who
already have it might catch the ad-
ditional complication of erysipelas.
A proposition to employ an ex-
government meat inspection expert
to test the product of the various
city markets at so much per mar
ket, will also be submitted to the
board.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08
was the cause. The body is at Blu
chanan's awaiting information as to
relatives before interment will be
made.
GOOD FARE FOR
C|TY'S SICK

Health Officer Grieve now insists
that the diet of the patients of the
isloation hospital be reported daily
to him. They had swell "eat" out
there yesterday, according to the
report filed today. For breakfast
there was oatmeal and cream (real
cream, hot biscuits, fried potatoes,
scrambled eggs, bread, butter and
tea, coffee or milk, or all of them
The dinner was good, too. Beef
steak and brown gravy wasn't 80
poor; then there were potatoes, to-
matoes, cake pudding and bread
and butter and something to drink
For supper the bill of fare was
boiled eggs, milk gravy, boiled
spuds and peaches and cake.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08
KID KICKS ON
NEW ORDERS

The sharp-nosed kid with the
scanty hair remarks:
1 see that Chief of Police Rice in
tends to assign his residence cops
TO duty in plain clothes, without a
star and armed only with gun.
That means that some of the Prov
lers in the dark hours will be max
ing mistakes and holding up police
men, 1t would be a shame, too, for
a cop never has anything worth TAX
ing. unless it is his gun. But those
are usually good ones, even If they
never are used. The department
would need to be Increased two-fold
If the men were put IN plain clothes.
1t isn't fear of going up against an
officer that keeps criminals from be-
coming too bold. 1t is the whole
some respect for a uniform that is
born in the breast OF every Ameri-
can. Take, for instance, crowd,
and let plain clothes men attempt
to check or handle it. The result
is hardly worth the time. But let l
uniformed cop get into it and it sep
arates like an egg dropping on the
sidewalk. 1t is not fear, but it's the
uniform. Crooks don't always see
a uniform in the dark, but there are
certain things that so with uni
form that crooks always associate
with it. There's the stride. the
tread and the occasional fash of the
star.
Before Chief Rice goes as far
with his regulations as that | would
advise him to consult with some
one more experienced in police
work "
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08
Brief CITY NEWS

A marriage license was issued
this morning to William Hover and
Ethel Hand, both of Tacoma.
]. ]. Foley, of Ritzville. wants the
police to locate his gold watch,
which he lost last night.
Judge Sullivan this morning sign
ed decree separating M. Davis
from j.. ]. Davis. They were mar
ried in this city in 1904, and soon
after the ceremony ], ]. deserted.
Teamowners' union, No. 101, is
extending invitations to an ice
cream social at the labor hall next
Saturday evening. They are ar
ranging first-class time.
D. H. Jones, of 229 Howard street,
while driving yesterday on Front
avenue, ran over Woodson Jones, a
colored boy, who was riding a bicy-
Gle. The boys foot was hurt, but
not seriously,
Beginning this afternoon, band
concerts will be given every after
noon as we'll as evening at Natato-
rum park. Patronage has increas-
ed so that the Ingersoll Amusement
Co. has prepared for holiday at
tendance every day.
The patrol wagon was called to
the Oregon saloon at IL: 80 O'Clock
last night where Ncls Dahlrich :was
bleeding at the mouth. He was itaks
en- to Sacred Heart hospital and IL
under the care Of DR.. George Grey
He suffers from lung disease.
Work on the Home Telephone
Co.'s local system has reached a
point where it is estimated sthe
wires will be in working order next
December or January. The crews
are setting poles at the rate of from
rs to 100 per day. go,
Tom King, vagrant, who 'was
arrested Saturday for vagrapcy,
was found dead in his cell early
yesterday morning. Heart trouble
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08

the activity, the utter disregard Of
consequences displayed by Chandler
in scaling the ramparts at Forest
Hill?
In what burning words will be de-
picted the defiant attitude of Pat
Lynch, the redoubtable lodge keep
er at Forest Hill and Rockefeller
factotum, who set at naught the
authority of the United States gov
eminent and held the iron CUTE
against all corners, even as the
mighty Horatius held the. bridge
across the foaming Tiber in the
brave days of old?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08
BY-STANDER KILLED.

KIPPEN, IDAHO, July 8.-W. H.
Curry, saloonkeeper, shot and kill
ed E. w. Peterson while fighting
with a man named Murray Gum.
Peterson was by-stander, and had
no part in the trouble. Gum was
wounded In the melee, but is re-
covering. Curry was locked in the
Lewiston Jail. The trouble started
over a gambling game.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08

Vicksburg compared with the siege
of Forest Hill?
When the future American his
torian comes to record this famous
event in our national affairs, and
the chase of United States Marshal
Frank M. Chandler after the elusive
John d. Rockefeller, how many
pages will it take?
In what chaste yet glowing Ian
guage will be set forth the boldness,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08

pensive social life, races, salons and
boxes at the theaters. 1t is ex-
planned that he has been able to
convince ready creditors that his
divorce is but temporary and that
all will yet be well between him
and his wife.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08
STRIKE RESUMED.

BUTTE, July 8-The telephone
strike is on again. Ten days ago
the central girls returned to work
pending a settlement between the
company and the linemen. No
agreement having been reached the
sympathetic strike Is resumed in
the central Office.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08


Barns used as telegraph stations.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 8.-The
telegraphers' strike in this cityoand
Oakland grows more serious daily.
The failure of the company and it's
men to reach settlement makes a
general strike in every city of the
Pacific coast probable.
Both the company and the union
are confident of victory. The COM
pany claims that they have q 80
per cent force and are handling the
service entrusted to them with
ease and expediency. The union
claims that messages are being
sent by mail and express and, the
company Is charging the same
rates.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08

ASOTIN, WASH. July S.-The
body of Everett Simpson, aged IA,
has been recovered from the Snake
river He was seized with cramps
while swimming One Of his COM
panions narrowly escaped drowning
while trying to rescue him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-08
MRS. ROoSEvELT'S CHARITY
She Remembers Poor of Oyster
Bay This Summer

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, July S-Mrs.
Roosevelt since her return to Oyster
Bay has been busy with charitable
work. Several baskets have gone
from Sycamore Hill to poor families