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The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23
On Road TO Recovery.

Great hopes are being held out for
the recovery of John Fry who sustain
ed a broken back some time ago. DR..
Tallerday of Belvidere, is confident
that the injury is not as serious as at
first supposed. He thinks that he can
improve his condition very materially,
and likely enable him to walk again,
although he will not be as strong as be
formerly was. He will be taken to
the hospital, probably the first of next
week. His friends are glad to know that
his prospects are so promising.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23

1t was just such perfect day in
October as this when Charlie and [
started for an all-day drive over a
wild, woodsey road, north rom Kill
bourn The inimitable artist j ack Frost,
had touched few tall naples with
crimson and g3ld, but the sumacs were
the only gypsey-colored trees Of smaller
grow th. Asters of purple, pink and
white and glorious goldenrod, in luXuri-
Gus varit ty ,lazily, but royalty, ,lounged
by the roadside, and throughout the
woods, ,all princely natives of the sylvan
realm. We took the river road, fol our
purpose was to enjoy the ride, the flow
ers and animals, and return at night
that might resume my route as trav
cling salesman. Our turnout was good
team, canopy-top buggy,a basket of
lunch and some oats for the horses.
Charley and | constituted the rarity.
Picture to yourself wild woodsey
road, win ding in and out from glimpses
of swiftly flowly river,so useless that
no boat at this point rides its water
and no white man cultivates the soil
near its banks. Branching from this
lonely highway are occasional forgot
ten paths of former civilization, or In
dian trails leading to the sandy wastes
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23
BAD ACCIDENT
At LINEN MILL

Yesterday afternoon, Miss Belle
Barker, who weaves at the linen mill,
while looking down to see whether
the ravelings were coming out of the
loom properly was caught by the hair
and her scalp loosened. 1t seems that
the wind blew her hair into the ma
chinery so that she become caught,
and if she had not held her head back
vigorously, the accident would have
been more serious. 1t is expected that
the scalp will grow back to place all
right.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23
F0SD|CK- -AMES NUPTIALS
Groom an Electrical Engineer at
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, Their
New Home

Grant Fosdick and Miss Oral AmeS
were married last evening at o'clock
at the home of the bride in the town
of Baraboo, just west of the city. Rev.
J. NJ. Dick of the A. G. church, per-
formed the ceremony beneath an arch
of arbor vitae, cedar, and autumn
leaves, from the center of which was
suspended a floral bell, decorated with
ribbons and pink and white carna
tions. The bride was attired in gray
taffeta and carried cream brides roses.
Miss RubyBerkeley played the we'd
ding march.
Supper was served after the ceremo-
ny, to which about 80 of the immedi-
ate friends and relatives sat down.
A large number of silver presents,
including a casket of silverware from
the Grand Rapids Electric and Water
company, for which the groom is cleo
trical engineer, and many other valu-
able and useful gifts were presented.
The young people are well known and
highly esteemed. The groom has
been engineer for the past five years.
Before going to Grand Rapids he was
in the empl ~ of the Madison Gas and
Electric company.
Tomorrow Mr.. and Mrs. Fosdick
leave for Grand Rapids, Wis, their
poxU homo
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23
Surprise Party.

Last evening about twenty-five
friends of Mrs. E. ?. Dieter, pleasantly
her at her home on Seventh
street. The evening was spent playing
cards; at theusual hour delicious refresh
ments were served. The occasion
was Mrs. Dieter's birthday and h.r
friends left as reminder of the occasion
a set of silver forks and knives.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23
BUY LOST NEAR OKEE.
Had Wandered into the River Bottoms
North of the Village.

Okee, Wis, Oct. 17-Word was sent
to this village, about eleven O'Clock a.
m. today, that the three year old SON
of Bert Odell was lost in the river
bottoms north of here. A searching
party at once started out and the little
chap was located by his uncle, Fred
Odell, on the bank of Rowan's Greek /,
near Pine Bluff.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23
WEALTH OF SAUK INCREASES
About a Million Added to the VaIua-
ton During the Year just
Closed

Supervisor of Assessment, Samuel
Darlington, of Prairie du Sac, was in
Baraboo Wednesday and stated that his
report is being prepared by the printer
for the November meeting of the coun-
ty board. He says that the valuation
of the property has increased about q
million dollars during the past year.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23
Heard Something.

There was very light wind that
moaned among the tall pines and
rustled the nearer bushes. Finally, the
horses stopped, and [ said:
"What is it?"
Hanged if [ know" said my driver
in a low tone, but he kept talking
soothingly to his team while both of us
strained our eyes to the utmost to pen
citrate the thick underbrush that lined
our path.
There was no sound of footsteps so
we urged the team forward. With
some risk, as [ think of it now, we
went about two rods when the same
horse acted as if he meant to turn
around, and Charley said: elf you'll
hold the team I'll get out and see
what's the matter"
So, taking the gun, he went on a
couple of rods to where the woods were
more open, looking on the ground, in
the bushes and ap into large trees, but
no cause Of the strange actions of the
horse could be found. I had got out
and stood by the heads of the horses,
which seemed to restore the confidence
of the more nervous one, and Charley
was climbing tree to get wider ' Jew
when rustic of leaves, so different
from that caused by the wind startled
us both, and a second later Charley
shouted: @3"I see i'm, see i'm! Look,
it's wilkcatW
"Good,"I said, "can you hit him
from VIII re you are?n
But the lad was down from the tree
and pointing to large oak six rod dis
tant, said: Giles just jumped into the
first limb Of that tree. Hitch your
team and come on. I'll watch i'm till
you get here.
1t was but a second before [ had the
team securely tied ,and hastened to the
scene, remarking as | went: "This ami
Continued on Last Page)
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23

Charles III. Lee received a letter
from Mrs. Lee, who is in Chicago to
see her son. Mrs. Lee writes that
Robert is getting along fine.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23

or banks of this weirdest of all rivers,
"The Old Wisconse." We were royal
gypsies of the woods, too, and every
old road looked invitingly mysterious.
1t was about ten o'clock when curios-
ity turned us into one of these old by
ways. We had gone perhaps dozen
rods when one of the horses began to
prick up his ears and seemed to hesitate
about going on. Charley was driving.
The trees on either side touched
branches over our heads, and the sun,
obscpred by temporary cloud, cast a
gloomy shadow.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23

Otto Leider of Mineral Point is in
town renewing old acq uaintances.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-10-23
Ample Capital.

The proposed line has ample eapi-
tai behind it and the fact that already
almost 100000 has been expended in
the work on the dam means that it is
to be pushed to completion.
, 1907-01-04
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF COVER
NOR OF NEW YORK ATTRACTS
ATTENTION OF REPUB-
LICANS TO HIM.
Until That Time They Did Not Look
Upon Him With Much Favor, but
Now He Is One of Eleven Men
Selected for Presidential Nominal
ton by Old-Timers in Congress
Colorado Dads Canvass Returns.

Chicago, Ill, Jan. A dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says:
For some reason the inaugural mes
sage of Governor Hughes of New York
seems to have stirred the republican
leaders here to an extraordinary de-
gree. When he was first elected they
did not enthuse over him al all. They
insisted hat he was cold-blooded, and
that the candidate for the presidency
would have to come from the west,
anyway. But there is no denying that
the governors inaugural speech has
benefited him wonderfully, as far as
opinion of mere politicians goes. One
of the old-timers in congress made up
a list of eleven men, one of whom he
predicted would surely be the repub-
lican candidate for the presidency to
succeed Theodore Roosevelt. His list
included Governor Hughes of New
York, Secretary Taft and Senator For
aker of Ohio, Governor Cummins and
Secretary Shaw of Iowa, Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks and Senator Bev-
eridge of Indiana. Speaker Cannon
and Governor Deneen of Illinois and
Senators La Toilette and Spooner of
Wisconsin"
, 1907-01-04
Firemen Not Worrying.

A locomotive fireman of his city, a
prominent member of Black Hills
lodge, Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, says the members of that organ
ization hear a great deal more about
the possibility of a strike of the fire
men on the Union Pacific from outside
the membership than within, and be-
lieves that little has been said by the
members of that powerful organiza-
ton. He says the men have an agree
ment with the company which will not
lightly be set aside. and if a strike
occurs there will be just grounds for
it and that the organization will have
the support of the public. The impress
sion prevails among railroad men gen.
orally here that there will be no strike
of any branch of the service at this
time or any time in the near future.
They say there is little likelihood that
Union Pacific men will be drawn into
disputes with companies in Texas or
other remote portions of the Hartman
system territory.
, 1907-01-04
TEDDY MEETS BILL
At WHITE HOUSE
Mr.. Roosevelt has been a steadfast AL.
mirer of him since that time.
Bills by MondeII.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 4-Repre-
sentative Mondell has introduced a bill
appropriating 5000 for a hospital
building at Fort Mackenzie, Wyo., and
a bill granting the secretary of the in
terror authority to lease allotted lands
on Indian reservations for irrigation
purposes for a period of not more than
twenty-five years, the rentals to be for
the benefit of Indians owning the
lands. If the time can be extended by
legislation to twenty-five years, several
Indian reservations in Wyoming and
Montana may be utilized for cultiva-
ton of sugar beets by farmers willing
to lease Indian lands for a long term
of years. Mr.! Mondell also introduced
a bill authorizing the town of Buffalo,
Wyo, to purchase from the govern
ment Ice acres of land for city park
purposes.
, 1907-01-04
COMMISSIONER WILL
MAINTAIN POSITION.

Commissioner E. W. Burke of the
state pure food commission sends word
to Prof. H. G. Knight Of this city, the
state chemist, that he will strictly en-
force the provisions of the law concern
ing the use of boric acid as a preserv-
alive of Goldfish, the impression having
gained some consideration over the
state that the government inspectors
were passing this class of product.
This is a mistake, the government
holding hat in certain cases the fish
must be washed to remove the acid
used as a preseryatiye before using,
and that the presence of boric acid
must be made known to the consumer
with the directions as to removing it
before cooking.
, 1907-01-04
NOTES FROM THE COURT HOUSE

The county commissioners will meet
again on Monday, when the affairs of
the county will be turned over to the
new board.
G. S. Gillespie of Garrett today pre-
scented seventeen coyote pelts for
bounty and William H. Bridger of
Wayside had one. Mr.. G~illespie's
trained dogs caught the coyotes from
which his seventeen pelts were taken.
The board of county commissioners
late yesterday afternoon completed the
checking up of the books of County
Treasurer Hicks. finding the following
results: Balance on hand January l,
1906, $37,923.19; collected during the
first six months of that year, $72,-
1888; expended, $SG,SS1.73. Balance
on hand July /, 1906, %$23,314.S5; col
lected in last six months of the year,
$50, 696.19; expended, $36,470.07, leav-
ing a balance on hand at the n of
December 81, 1906, of $73,540.97. The
county during the twelve-month paid
$4,000 of the bonded debt of the
county. There are very few outstand-
ing warrants at this time.
, 1907-01-04
"Whit' Now in Denver.

w. A. Whitney, formerly superin-
tendent of the Wyoming division, and
before that assistant superintendent
with headquarters in this city, has
been made superintendent of trans
portation of the Denver and Rio Grande
railway and Rio Grande Western rail
way, with offices in the company's gen.
eral office building at Denver, taking
position there the first of the year.
The Denver Post of yesterday has the
following on the subject:
The Office of superintendent of
transportation is the old office of super.
intendent of car service, with addition
al powers. Mr.. Whitney, who was the
division superintendent of the Denver
and Rio Grande at Grand Junction,
will have the distribution Of all the
equipment on the system"
, 1907-01-04
VIII Meet the President.

Washington, d. c., Jan. Phillip B.
Stewart of Colorado Springs is expect
ed here this evening to confer with
the president, VINO has offered him the
position of land commissioner. Mr..
Stewart has not yet accepted. He was
to have been given a cabinet place as
secretary of the interior, but circum-
stances required Hitchcock to remain
for a time.
Stewart is a personal friend of the
president. He declined to run for gov
ernor of Colorado after he had been
nominated. The president is eager to
have him in some important position.
, 1907-01-04
Powerful Powder Trust.

New York, Jan. 4.-The New York
World today says: The powder trust,
protected by a prohibitive. tariff, and
rolling up millions in profits in its sup
ply TO the United States government
will ON January 8 employ every
possible means to gain control of the
National Rifle association, and if sue
cessful, can dictate the character of the
for every state military or,
ganization in the union"
, 1907-01-04
M0HLER ON
F|REMEN
TELEGRAPHED INTERVIEW WITH
HIM FROM CHICAGO CONCERN
ING MAMMALIAN STORY.
Says That If Firemen Strike Here Out
Of Sympathy With Texas EN-
pIoyes, They viii Lack Support of
State and Federal Government
Whitney Goes to Denver.

A. l.. Mohler, vice president n gen.
road company, upon being interviewed
by a correspondent for the Bee in Chi
cago with reference to the announce
ment of Grand Master Hannahan of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men hat the strike would be extended
to other lines than the Atlantic sys-
tenn of the Southern Pacific company,
made this statement Wednesday morn
ing, says the Omaha Bee, which was i'm
mediately transmitted by wire:
Men Will Lack Support.
"The proposed strike of the fremen
on the Union Pacific in face of a separ-
ate agreement made with them in April
last, which usually runs for two years
and without any dissatisfaction on
their part or desire to leave the service
of the company, any attempt to embar-
rass the movement of state n inter
state traffic, including shipments of
fuel supply which are already at their
minimum condition, will leave the men
without the support of the state and
federal government. A situation al
ready serious will be further extended
and intensified by causing untold sui
fering of innocent people. Why a con-
dition in Texas should be inflicted up
on the people of Nebraska, Kansas, wy
oming and Colorado is incomprehensl-
BILE and perfectly unjustified When the
purpose of the whole thing is to re
sort to extreme measures of punish
ment to accomplish their purpose. I'm.
less the railroad management has the
support of the state and government
officials the responsibility for suffering
cannot rest with the officials Of the
company and other labor organizations
on the Union Pacific railroad.
superintendent Park Talks.
General Superintendent Park of the
Union Pacific says he does not SCI
how a strike on the Texas line couit
affect the Union Pacific.
II can see how the firemen on con
Meeting lines would not like to handle
trains which had been brought in b.
non-union r1en, but this is too Ia
away said Mr.. Park. Il know per
sonally that hone of the other train
mems organizations is in sympathy o
, 1907-01-04

Paris, Jan. 4-The fashionable sec
ton of the city was excited today over
the French duel yesterday, in which
a participant was actually wounded.
Two young officers fought over a wo-
man affair, and one. Lieutenant Spitz-
er, was wounded in the stomach so
badly that serious consequences are
feared. Today the seconds, doctors
and principal are under surveillance,
for if the wounded man dies all the
participants must suffer the death pen
atty, that being the law.
, 1907-01-04

New York, Jan. 4.-This morning,
with an imposing array Of counsel be
fore it. the interstate commerce com
mission began an inquest into the af.
fairs of the Southern Pacific and Union
Pacific railroads to discover whether
the two railways are natural competi.
tors or have an agreement, which may
be construed as in restraint of trade
under the Sherman antitrust act. The
inquiry will last several weeks and the
commission will visit and sit in a num-
Der of western cities to find out all it
can. Mr.. Hartman Will testify here.
, 1907-01-04
Gets Birthday Present,

E. Bloyd, the handsome young chief
clerk in the trainmaster's Office here,
who owns to % summers and some
winters, was this morning presented
with a handsome meerschaum pipe by
Conductors Ed Murphy and Will Math-
eson. Mr.. Bloyd was born in Kansas
" years age today and feels hat he
has had fewer pleasanter birthdays,
among better friends, in a dozen years.
That pipe is a solace and a comfort.
1t has been initiated, the whole party
smoking up" in true Comanche style.
, 1907-01-04
OFFICERS INSTALLED
BY THE CANTON.

Canton No. !, Wyoming Encamp-
ment, Odd Fellows, last night installed
its officers for 1907. the installing Of
ficer being Chris Madsen, past chief
patriarch. Albert Berner was installed
as chief patriarch, H. w. Koch as high
priest, H. Koch, jr., as senior warden,
Louis Soderstrom as Junior warden,
F. H. Koch as scribe. H. D. Beemer
as treasurer, Ed Klingen as first and
second watch, Chris Madsen as guide,
Thomas Feast as inside sentinel and
C. w. Brown. jr, as outside sentinel.
Other appointive officers will be named
and installed at the next meeting of
the canton.
, 1907-01-04
INDICATES HIS FATHER AS CON-
SEPARATOR IN WHOLESALE
MURDER OF VRZAL FAM
lily IN CHICAGO.
Herman Belek Sat With White Face
and Trembling Limbs and Heard
Awful Testimony That Pointed
Directly to Him as Sextuple Muir
MISREPRESENTATION of Project
of Police in Russian Capital.

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. Herman Belek,
the hypnotist and confessed swindler,
sat with a white face and trembling
in the squad room of the new city po-
lice station and listened to the testi-
mony in a c%oroner's inquest that point
ed unerringly to him as the poisoner
of six members of the Vrzal family.
From the lips of his 16-year-old son,
Herman Belek, jr., came the strongest
testimony yet presented, indicating his
father as a conspirator in the whole,
sale murder plot.
, 1907-01-04
REPORT OF
THE WARDEN
GAME OFFICER OF STATE SENDS
TRANSACTIONS OF HIS DE-
PARTMENT TO GOVERNOR
splendidly illustrated Pamphlet, Giving
in Detail Work for Year, With Elk
tracts from Reports of Deputy War.
dens-Teiiing Thrust at the Tro.
ply Hunters.

The anual report of d. C. Now
lin, state game warden of Wyo-
ming, has been prepared and transmit
ted to the governor, in the form of a
well printed and profusely illustrated
pamphlet of 10 pages and cover, con-
tanning much information relative to
the game of the state. Included in the
report are the results of the confer
ence of game wardens at st. Paul,
Mimi, last January, which Mr.. Nowlin
attended as the representative of wy
oming. Mr.. Nowlin says: without
intentional disparagement, it can be
truthfully said that Wyoming in no
way suffers by comparison with the
older and richer states. With a ire
mendous territory, a scant population
and a small fund, Wyoming ranks, new
! ertheless as a pioneer in game protec,
ton; and some features of our game
laws have been copied and incorpo,
rated into the laws of ether states"
Best Hunting Ground in Union
Wyoming, according to the game
warden, lis well supplied with small
game, and is a far better hunting
ground for big game than any other
state of the union. Nowhere else can
large bands of elk still be found. With
our present liberal laws and long open
season, our big game would be speed.
fly exterminated if the hunting fields
were easily accessible by rail. All
no~n-residents hunt for trophies and pay
literally to secure them"
Killing Many Males.
Formerly all residents hunted pri
marily for meat, but the recent unpar
alleled demand for game specimens
raw and mounted, has wrought a yer.
great and harmful change. Many, /
not an actual majority, of residen
hunters during the past season wer,
intent upon killing the males, espec
tally elk, and naturally selected the
largest heads. The result of this sort
Of hunting can be easily ~foreseen. AL
ready a shortage Of bulls among the
elk has been remarked by nearly all
hunters. The killing off of the prime
bulls will not only lessen the annual
calf crop, but will show general deter
ioration in a comparatively short time
Conditions Changed Here.
While in most states the killing OF
big game is restricted by requiring
hunters to kill males only, generally
one, in Wyoming we are confronted
with the problem of how best to pro
tect our male elk. The time has passed
when hunters can safely be ALLOWED
two bull elk each and be given sixty
days in which to secure them,
Rap at Tusk Hunters.
The game warden is especially Sc
we're in his report upon the s~o-caIlet
"~tusk-hunters," whose sole ambition is
to ecure the tusks of the male elk
"The senseless lust for elk tusks, now
, 1907-01-04
New Car Foreman Here

c. H. Matthews. car foreman at the
shops here, who came from Cheyenne
about two weeks ago, left this after
noon for Green River, where he has
beer placed in charge of the a shops
there. He was succeeded here by c..
H. Keller of Cheyenne. who arrived
on the train Mr.. Matthews boarded for
the west. Mr. Keller will not bring his
family for the present, until he can
secure a proper house for them.
, 1907-01-04

City and Denver wholesale markets in
a larger degree, and that the changing
of runs would mean a good deal direct
ly to the city. One man suggested the
belief that Laramie would be made a
terminal point for passenger train
crews from Denver. the Denver trains
running to Laramie t o be consolidated
with the trains westward from here,
making direct connection from Kansas
CITY.
, 1907-01-04

would be with any such move as Jug
gested. The public would be bitterly
opposed, as the burden would naturally
fall upon it. The people would not be
in sympathy at this time with the I'm
ion Pacific men helping somebody in
Texas.
81 know the firemen on the Union
Pacific, and while understanding they
are as loyal to their organization as
any set of men might he, having SO re-
Gently made an agreement with the
Union Pacific for two years and not
pany it is p~reposterous to ask them to
take part in the strike"
, 1907-01-04

New York, Jan. Radical as those
of Mrs. Herbert Parsons are the senti-
ments expressed by Mrs. Lydia X.
Commander, the woman sufragist and
author, in her book, announcement of
the publication of which was made to-
day. Mrs. Commander is widely known
for her advocacy of the extension of
woman's influence in public life. She
calls her work THE American Idea"
and she embodies the results of three
years careful investigation in this
city.
American Race Disappearing.
The American race as now known"
, 1907-01-04
BREEcH is
Emperor and Crown Prince of Ger.
many in a Disagreement.

London, Jan. 4.-The papers today
print statements that a bitter feeling
exists between the German emperor
and the crown prince, and that the
breech is growing wider. The disa-
greement is over South African affairs.