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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
FORECLOSURE SALE

State Of Wisconsin, County Of Grant, S.
n Circuit Court.
ton organized under the laws of the State
OF Minnesota. and G. w. Addison. Plaintiffs,
j. ". Starry and Mary Starry. his wife, E.
E. EllSW orth, and Hattie Ellsworth. his wife,
Charles Dress and Mary Dress. JnO.S. Barker,
Jno. NJ. Rosenaw and Semrad E. Washburn.
partners DONG business undef Tie nm
name and style of John NJ ROSenaw & Co,
and Geo. Martin. Defendants,
Notice is hereby given that by virture
Of and pursuant to Judgment of Fore
closure and order of sale made in the above
entitled action. at the regular February
term thereof for the year 1905, held at the
County. Wisconsin, said term commencing
on the 10th day of February 1905 said judg-
ment and order bearing date the 2lst DAY OF
February A D 1905 and the time allowed
by law for redemption having expired, and
no redemption having been made therein,
the undersigned Sheriff of said Grant COun-
tV will. on the 18th day of May, A. d.. 1907,
at one o'clock in the afternoon. OF said day,
at the front door of Court House in the City
of Lancaster. Grant County. Wisconsin,
offer for sale and sell at public yeEdue, to
the highest and best bidder or bidders. for
cash. the following described mOrtgaged
premises. or so much thereof as will be sum
Cient to raise the amount que on said Judg-
ment, interest and costs together with ex-
pense of sale, situated in Grant County.
Wisconsin, tO-wit: Commencing at the
Northeast corner of lot of ground adJoin-
ing the Northwestern Railroad depot
grounds, being in the West half of North
East quarter of Section twenty-five (25)
Town Six Co. North of Range One a. West
of the Fourth Principal Meridian, being a
part Of a lot described in a deed from Adolpn
Nathan TO Mary Eastman, dated March
22d.loSl running thence West eighty(8O) teel
thence South twenty(20) feet, thence East
forty (4W feet. thence South one % foot
thence East forty. (4O) feet. thence North
twenty-one (2l) feet to the place of begin
ming Also a lot of ground beginning on the
South line of AddisOn's saloon property,
siXty-fve (65) feet from the south East cor
ner of the same running thence South
fourteen Q4) feet thence West eighteen UeD
feet. thence North fourteen Q4 feet, thence
Dated. Sheriff's Office Lancaster, Wis.
this 9th day OF April A D.. 1907.
ALBERT BUDWORTH. Sheriff.
Lowry & Carthew plaintiffs Attorneys
p O. Address. Lancaster. Grant County, Wis.
Ist ms April 10th: last May u.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
STRAUS AND THE SULTAN.
The American Won Victory That
Amazed Other Diplomats.

Amazed Other Diplomats.
1t was long and subtle struggle be-
tween Oscar Straus and the grand vi
zier. but in the end the American Jew
won for the Christian church in Turkey
and for American citizens throughout
the Mohammedan empire a victory
which amazed the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of other countries.
Nor was lie less a Jew when the con-
gratulationS of the Christian churches
of America were reaching him every
hour. He went to Jerusalem to inspect
the American consulate there. AT Jaffa
be was met by the gorgeous aid-de-
camp of the governor general Of Pales-
tine, with il grand state carriage. bril-
liant outriderS and all the gaudy trap
pings of a SemirOyal reception Evil
IDENTIFY the sultan had given orders con
corning the hOnOrS to be shown to Mr..
Straus.
The pale little American minister
was informed that the new road be-
tween Jaffa and Jerusalem was to be
opened in his honor and that he was to
be taken to Jerusalem in state. But
neither the sultan nor the grand vizier
understood the American descendant
of the tribe Of Levi.
With stern face Mr. Straus sent
away the glittering aid-de-camp. the
state carriages and the horses, outrid-
ers and panOpled lackeys.
You have put hundreds of my breth-
rem in your prisons in Palestine with
out just cause and simply because they
are Jews" he said, land can accept
nothing at the hands Of the governor of
Palestine until these poor prisoners are
set free"
Mr.. Straus rode with his wife from
Jahfa to Jerusalem III a ramshackle
Cooks tourist hack, scorning the faint
ed splendor of the Mohammedan OPP
pressors of his people.
The truth was that there We're about
400 Jews in the prisons of Palestine,
he'd on practically no accusation save
that they were Jews. Complaints had
been pouring in TO the diplomatic rep
resentatives at Constantinople of Eng
land, France and Austria. whose sub
jects and citizens were a majority of
the Jewish captives, but nothing was
done.
France, England and Austria had po-
litical and diplomatic ambitions and
designs which made it difficult to take
up the question OF the unjust arrest of
Jews in Palestine.
So the unfortunate prisoners Ian
guished In the Mohammedan dungeons
OF the Holy Land, with no one to In
tervene or plead for them. .-Si
When he reached Jerusalem, Mr..
Str,us was invited to call on the gov
ernor OF Palestine. This he refused. to
do, GM
II will have nothing to do with him
so long as poor Jews who have done
no wrong are kept in prison." he de-
cIared. Before leave it will cost his
head or mine unless these people are
released"
Whereat the governor Of Palestine
ordered the dungeons opened, and the
400 astonished Jews, English, French.
German, Austrian, American and what
not walked forth free men because
son Of Israel reared in New York had
dared to assert the dignities and rights
Of his prosecuted peOple.--James Creel-
man in PearsOn's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
A FIFTY DOLLAR BILL.
The Find That Made Mark Twain
Mississippi River Pilot.

The Find That Made Mark Twain q
Mississippi River Pilot.
One day in the midwinter of 1855
or 1851 think it was 1861 was
coming along the main street OF Keo-
kuk III the middle of the forenoon. It
was bitter weather. so bitter that that
street was deserted almost. A light
dry snow was blowing here and there
on the ground and on the pavement,
swirling this way and that way and
making all sorts of beautiful figures.
but very chilly TO look at. The wind
blew piece of paper past me, and it
lodged against q wall OF Il house.
Something about the look of it attract.
ed my attention, and I gathered 1t in.
1t was a fifty dollar bill, the only one
I had ever seen and the largest as
semblage of money I had ever encOun-
tered in one spot. / advertised It in
the papers and suffered more than a
thousand dollars worth of sOlicitude
and fear and distress during the next
few days lest the owner should see the
advertisement ana come and take my
fortune away. As many as four days
went by without an applicant. Then I
could endure this. kind Of misery no
longer. l felt sure that another four
could not go by in this safe and secure
way. 1 felt that I must take that
money out of danger.
So / bought a ticket for Cincinnati
and went to that city. worked there
several months In the printing office OF
WrightsOn & Co. I had been. reading
Lieutenant's Herndon's account OF his
explorations of the Amazon and had
been nightly attracted by what he
said of coca. made up my mind that
I would go TO the headwaters Of the
Amazon and collect coca. and trade In
It and make a fortune. left for New
Orleans in the steamer Paul Jones
with this great idea filing my mind.
One of the pilots OF that boat was HOr-
ace Bixby Little by little got ac-
Quainted with him. and pretty soon l
was doing lot of steering. for him In
his daylight watches. When 1 got to
New Orleans I inquired about ships
leaving for Para and discovered that
there weren't any and learned that
there probably wouldn't be any during
that century.
1t had not occurred to me TO inquire
about these particulars before leaving
Cincinnati, 50 there l was. l couldn't
get to the Amazon. had no friends
in New Orleans and no money to speak
of. l went to Horace Bixby and asked
him to make a pilot out of me. He
said he would do it for 500 cash in
advance. So l steered for him up to
st. Louis, borrowed the money from
my brother-in-law and closed the bar
gain. 1 had acquired this brOther-in-
law several years before. This was
William A. MOffett, a merchant, 4 Nir
ginian, a fine man in every way. He
had married my sister Pamela. With
in eighteen months l became com
petent pilot, and 1 served that office
until the Mississippi river traffic was
brought to a standstill by the breaking
out of the civil war-FrOm Mark
Twain's Autobiography in North Amer
lean Review.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
IRISH HOLLOW.

The farmers in the hollow are all
busy putting in their crops.
Matt and John Cranage are work
ing for George Finney, putting in a
new fence. We saw Nick Adams
take his buggy home last week, that
the foreman had in the smash up
while Nick was gone to Dakota.
He hadn't better let his..foreman use
it any more, because he seems to
have a persistent habit of getting
top heavy and leaving smash ups
to pay for when you get back.
Mrs. George Jackering Sr. and
Barbara were visitors at Cassville.
John Fitch has started to work
for Nick Adams.
Joe Pink made a flying trip to
Lancaster Monday.
Will Ritter is working for Writ
Kilby this summer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
African Woman suffrauist.

Onitsha, in southern Nigeria. Africa,
possesses a suffragist. She is the omu
(Queen) of the women and is looked
upon as a man officially. Sac cannot
have a husband, but obtains children
from other women. She has just de-
manded seat on the native council,
bat the British resident has temper
lied and said that she had better get
the consent of the council first.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
Notice to Contractors.

The undersigned will receive
bids up to the 18th of April for the
erecting of frame school house in
District No. 5, south Of Lancaster.
Specifications can be seen at the
County superintendent Office from
the first up to the 18th day Of April
Committee reserves the right to re
ject any or all bids.
GEO. WIELAND,
B. J. PETTY,
CLYDE RICHARDSON,
25tf Building Com.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
CHAM cable Electric Siqns.

Brilliant eff~Cts for electric signs
are now to be readily obtained with
little cost by the use of small coIored
transparent caps, which fit over the
rounded ends of the incandescent
bulbs. This permits the owner of a
changeable electric sign to alter the
legend at will and to indulge in the
use Of cOlOrs without the necessity OF
keeping on hand large supply of col
Ored lamps. some of which are very
Scientific American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
Notice TO settle.

Having sold the Philips house
and will not be in Lancaster longer
then May 1st, I earnestly call your
attention to the fact that all ac-
counts due me must be settled on or
before May 1st. for after that time
all accounts will go into the hands
of an attorney with a fee attached
for collection.
1tf Yours, JOHN DECHOW.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
African Kings and 8arons.

African culture had reached the feu-
dSlistic stage when Interrupted by Eu-
rOpean Intervention. African feudal-
ism Is said to be strikingly similar TO
that of Europe in the eighteenth cen
tury. At the great annual festival OF
the Ashantees-the yam cuStom-all the
caboceers. captains and the great num-
Der OF tributar kings or chiefs are eX-
pected to appear at the capital. The
mobiles or captains against whom the
king has cause of complaint are then
placed on trial. Sometimes a chief
who suspects that he has become OBJ
nOxfous to the king will not trust him.
self in the capital without the means
of defense or intimidation. Sometimes
a powerful caboceer will bring 5000
armed attendants. This is analogous
to the dealings of monarch of me-
diaeval Europe with his great baronS.
The chiefs on the Gold Coast have
their court forms and etiquette and
their own customs and mode of living.
Negro kings have insignia of royalty
the same as civilized pOtentates. Some
kings surround themselves with a GER
tain amount of mystery and magic.
Their persons are held sacred. The
same practice and claim are made by
rulers in other lands-Southern Work
man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

~ State of Wisconsin. Grant County
In the matter Of the estate of Thomas
HARDWOOD, deceased.
Letters of admins ration.On the. estate OF
Thomas HARDWOOD. deceased. having been
issued to John A. AIlbee.
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors
of said Thomas HARDWOOD, deceased. are al
lowed and limited by order of this Court
until and including the 4th tuesday OF
Oct. 1907. being the 22d day of said month
to present their claims and demands against
said Thomas HARDWOOD, deceased, to the
county court for examination and allow
ance.
cSi}n snd dsoa nddeS9 pEe e 5n b
examined and adjusted by this court. al
the Office of the County Judge, at the court
house. in the city OF Lancaster, in said
county. on the 5th Tuesday of Oct. 1907
Dated this 9th day of April 1907
By the Court.
E. B. GOODSELL, County IT 5ge.
Brown & Brennan. AttyS'. for Admir-. 3
lst ms. April 10: last ms. May, LIST
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
A RelIadnnna Farm

A manufacturing firm has a 15-acre
belladOnna garden in operation near
New Brunswick. The farm is sue
cessful as far as the production of a
pure drug is concerned, but it is not
yet profitable enough financially to
make many farmers abandon their
garden truck and take to cultivating
the deadly notwithstanding Life
in America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
Animals ESCAPE Forest Fires.

With the exception of nesting birds,
few wild animals perish in a forest
fire. They have instructive knowledge
of it long before it reaches them and
fly to swamps and large rivers. They
can generally outrun the flames. HUI
man lives have been saved by horses
instinctiYely taking to water.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
A Noise From Human Bones.

Among savage nations it is often Gus
tomary to use human bones for the
purpose OF making horns, and a terri
bic screech can be brought out OF
these awful instruments. The braves
in many South American tribes in the
vicinity Of the Amazon employ these
peculiarly constructed horns as inst"u-
ments of war, playing on them as they
enter into conflict and employing their
harsh, Screeching tones to drown tie
cries of the wounded and inspire their
foes with terror The chief warriors
of the tribe make it one of the ma n
points of their fighting to capture or
kill the chosen chiefs of the other side,
not to eat them or take their Scalps,
but to make horns out of their bones.
Armed with these peculiar instruments,
they march a second time against the
hostile tribe, playing the battle music,
which is to encourage their own men,
on the bones of the chiefs of those
whom they march to oppose. A war
rior, in fact. may be the chosen brave
of tribe one day, and the next day
part Of him may be turned into an in
strument of martial music with which
his brethren are scared.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
Cheap SURGICAL DRESSING.

At a cost of q cents Japanese doc
tors can dress the wounds of 500 men.
They use a finely powdered charcoal
obtained by the slow combustion of
straw in closed furnaces. Sachets
dlled with it are applied to the
wounds, and its antiseptic and alb
sorbent qualities generally effect a
rapid cure
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
word from, BTer Williams.

De trouble wild some people in dis
worT is a constant regret dat dey
wuzn't on han ter g.ve Providence in
structioDs wen de worT wuz bein laid
out. OATS all what bothers UNI
Atlanta Constitution.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
Beauty Secret.

CALIFORNIA; most beautiful woman
attributes her good looks to the fact
that she plows an hour every morning
We didn't know it was necessary to
do anything in that climate to be
beautiful
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
Crnwd or No Crowd

II would like to engage in some bust
ness that isn't overc.owded," remarked
the very young man.
"If you do" rejoined the wise one.
you'll probably find there isn't any.
thing in the business to attract d
crowd. "-C'hicago News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13

Tod" Sloan. the famous little
Jockey who a few years ago com
manded a salary Of 500, 900 per
year, is now glad to get $50 a week
for giving tips on the races. With
Tod" the same as with many
others in the past, it was a case of
<'easy come and easy CO." At one
time, at the height of his success,
he had half a million dollars put
away In the bank. But he let 1t
all slip through his fingers in reck-
less extravaganza, and, as he him
self says, he now owes more than
ne can probably ever pay. OF course
he now regrets his wasted opport-
unIties, but he has had his chance
and there is little prospect he will
ever have another to compare with
it. But neither this case, or the
thousands of similar examples that
nave been furnished, will be suffi-
cient to warn many others against
going through the same experience.
Money that comes too easy is seldom
appreciated by those who are lucky
enough to get it. In fact it is apt
to be a curse and a detriment, as
many who have undermined their
health and wrecked their lives in
dissipating fortunes can readily
testify.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13

LOST: A fiat, gold pendant set
with pink coral was lost Wednesday
night on streets of Lancaster; finder
will be rewarded by leaving same at
this office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13

FOR SALE-1OO Head of the best
calves in Grant county, or will hire
good pasture for them IL lots to
suit pasture or whole.
If JOE WRIGHT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
Yearly Crop" OF Whales.

About 1900 whales are killed year
~ Each yields on an average over
1000 gallons OF oil
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13

Linden is complaining because the
Dark Horse mine is draining many
of the wells at that place. 1t is said
that fire would destroy the main
part Of the village without the
supply of water they used to have.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
The BUSY SrATISTICIAN.

StaCiSCIcS IS ordinarily rather
dry subject, but occasionally the
busy statistician furnishes some
thing that is amusing and interest
1nw to some, even if not instructive.
Such 8 case is to be found in an eff
EGEt made by an arithmetical sharp
corrected with The Chicago Journal
vito, for want of something better
&c 10, has tried to furnish a few
Gg0res to impress on the mind of
IKE average individual the real
significance of recent charitable be-
quests made by the millionairesIof
tkss country.
This Chicago man has computed
GESt the colossal benefactions of
american mlllionaires during the
past two years have amounted to
8S2T, 3e4,OO This does not include
IKE insignificant gifts of $4,000 or
otter paltry aims, but only has to
do with dignifed amounts OF
coarse, the list is headed by John D.
Rockefeller, who is credited with g
Get&l OF SIO3, 765, 900. Andrew Car
SlegI8 comes in second with $56, $50,
50a, aud after him trails Mrs. Rus
Sc. sage, Helen Gould, Mr.. Thomas
e. Ryan and Others. The smallest
q /. "a the list is 800, 900, which is
SlIrs st too small to talk about.
The Shirg of chief interest. how
ever, IL the method of impressing
tke whole scheme of philanthropy
upon iethargic public. Here IS
f3srt OF i5, and it should bring out
The expected obs and abs of aston
Sshment; If the 1897, S64, 900 were
Invested in southern land 1t would
purchase the entire state of Georgia.
with enough money to spare to
gather up a few small fry like
Rhode Island and Delaware. If the
total were in silver dollars and
they were piled in single stack
they would reach a height 2,478
Ei8aes as high as the Eiffel tower.
The Washington monument is 555k
feet high. 1t would have to be
slr,aIi"ot-A9 onh IN end 4,4619 times
70 be as high as pile of dollars con-
tanning 1927, S64, OOO Suppose this
enormous sum were in ten dollars
bills. End to end they would reach
from San. Francisco to New York.
IF the amount were changed into
pennies but why go on? The
whole thing is staggering.
The only regret is that the Chi
Cago mathematician didn't figure
out how many tons of coal this
would have bought for the poor
last winter and how many pairs of
shoes for little feet. Wouldn't it be
Interesting to know the vast amount
of good this great sum of money
wOuldShave been able to accomplish
If it had been put into free hospi-
tails and the direct alienation of the
sutferings of the sick and needy?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
Poor.

How poor are they that have not
patience. Shakespeare.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13
Mining Notes.
A rich strike in lead is reported
at the Beacon Light.

The Federal authorities are in
search of Supt. Ralph Root of Hazel
Green, who is charged with send
ing some dynamite by express with
out properly labelling it. 1t is
thought that Root has gone to
Mexico.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-13

FINE Seed Potatoes of an early
variety for sale at L. Alt q Sons.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-12-13
BIG BANK CLOSES DOORS
Largest institution in Kansas
City Suspends.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 6.-The Ma
tional Bank of Commerce. of Kansas
City, Mo-, one of the largest in the
West, with deposits of $16,000,0o0, has
closed it's doors and was taken in
charge by a national bank examiner
on an order Of the comptroller Of the
currency. Later two. small outlying
banks in which the Commerce bank
was interested, the Stock Yards Bank
of Commerce and the Union Avenue
Bank of Commerce, also closed.
The failure of these banks had been
predicted for several days and but
little excitement followed the an.
nouncement, although crowds Of de-
positors gathered about the doors of
these institutions. The officials of the
Commerce bank, which is affiliated
with many banks here and in other
parts of the Southwest, express the
belief that none of them will be Sc
riously affected. The failure is laid
to the withdrawal by outside banks
within the past few months of $751;
100000 of deposits. They expect to
reopen soon and say depositors will be
paid in full.
Other local banks were not serious
~ affected, and at several banks
heavy deposits were made.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-12-13
KENTUCKY TOWN RAIDED.
Five Hundred Night Riders Pay Visit
to HopkinsvilIe.

Hopkinsville, KY, Dec. 7.-Five
hundred might riders," masked and
heavily armed, marched into Hopkins
vile about 2 o'clock in the morning
and destroyed four tobacco ware"
houses and other property valued at
over 100000, while the citizens, in
terror of their lives, feared to even
so much as open their windows and
the police, fire department, telephone
and telegraph offices and even the
railroad stations were in possession
of wild mob, shooting right and
left, the flames from. burning build
ings in the meanwhile lighting up the
city and the surrounding country un-
til it seemed that the whole town was
ablaze. Windows in the front of bust
ness houses and banks on the main
street Of the city were shot out and
the entire front of one newspaper,
which had been especially severe in
it's condemnation of the raids of the
night riders and which was owned
by the mayor, was demolished.