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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-26

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Boty leel3ies shat rs only eeanssefi4n
the g59ern0I has lad with the chs
was to sislt H1tls5aftlis nrelinaiHa3y pa
rcr. testifgillg te knatviag tlle APP
pbcant, niece Of red tape znecess AIRY
to aIsbef0re any examination can be
taken. WEat tho UPShot of it an VIII
be It IS hard TO say, but is generally
regarded rs an unfortunate in
cident. tt IS 4 ereRping oct Of the
feeling th;t has been engendered by
he changA II the manlser Of dis
ttjbuting legislative patronage
First Biz 10 Isass.
& The assembly incident wasthe at
tack by Mr.. Bancroft On the bill -llak-
ieg an appropriation of 5000 to the
observation-disclosures library. to- make
more effective the lazy factory which
hre. AEe6 Islsv issfs Il itff 50 ssA<fffe tl9
hand. The original bill called for
R6out thme- timesg that AMOUNT and
Ar. Banctdfb KS8sl kot<-awate Of me
cutting down when he made his at
tack. He, fefss9W9 theE qr6sVo2 l6f "a
mighty lobby andsof. a department out
OF all proportion to-the GOVERNOR and
the legisIature., but when he was in
formed that it was an emergency APP
preparation to carry out work al,
ready begun he withdrew his objection
and the bin went through without OPP
POSITION. 1t was the first bill, by the
way, to pass either house at this SEES
sion.
S If present developments can be
taken as an Indication Of the future.
there will be the usual grist of bills
to engage the attention Of the Iegis-
L, IL
have made their appearance. THE
larger measures on which the tug Of
war will come and which viii have
to do with, insurance and public serv-
ice CORPORATIONS have not yet seen the
light of day, except asa twO-cent fare
bills may he 50 Regarded. hut will
soon be forthcoming Then the COM
mitteest wiz find that tlIe patriotism
Of office Holding IS a reality and the
lobbyist 4 WEAKNESS to the flesh.
Man of Many Titles.
$ SenatOrnQ.7 q. NuIfsQn. i. OF, FerneR
county. Who is also Governor David
sons private ,setrFtayS. -eIE5Oys the dis
tinction Cef4havinS 80 TA;t4a5 tities~aa
to occasionally make It embarrassing
TO his friends. They 10 not always
kn0w how To address him. When III
the governors Office he Is known rs
'Colonel." when SPOKEN 70 by the lieu
terant governor DE is addressed as
9the ge9HemaIh fyom. bgnOn, = ghile
IA the GarridorS:thd cbnsittsDrSoms
ne is known .sIS iSeqator. BgcIuse
Of his large eSsns4tef6e af5f AlisJ k4l6rw z
edge of state a"aisS Governor David,
Son has asked lis oil friend 70 retain
hae'post o. .prayN e yseNr etsfy.A g0tCnly
after the So sIol Is cser but during
the session IS Geu and the pQpular
senator has consented 20 reasa5sE ia
the solving Of legal problems Govern
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-26
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New York. Dec. 2S.-FOr the second
tfnle S@U1t hin~es KeafS the~hQn2e Fi'fSS
ander r. Jennings, a New York mer-
chant at MerriGk, 1. l.. was entered
rNC lg rfp 20 q OF
lars worth Of sflverware and brfc-a-
lbracT tal1eq:1 ({flrat the~bufglars Yper-
formed their ( work Cautiously Is Shown
by the fact-thst name of the 9ccppalltSS
of the heuse2wasa aroused. Ii - x -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-26
ITALIANS ON THE RAMPAGE
Tf6eg Cot @fIet !. s. sihsTIfr &6S = Had
Shot One of Them in Attempting

%N4~v e y Stst Ike an Arrest " N~rIN.
Harrisburg. H.. Dec. 2S.-In at
tempting to arrest several Itaha9s7at
Z 9ecOlEFucgon seamp foTfffll ofgthjs y
,sSAeriff 20. stalnlAsins'ssElo tSssnd4xer
) ~ wounded one of. the alians.-.AfteE-
the Shooting Cummins sought refuge
in, The home Of Luther Foster. \ band,
-oqab6ut tweHiy-fTsl Italissfs surIethd--
ed- the house and dtmahded that the.
shoiia} cdne oluf eEqsterl teIeghqned
to poTicei headquarters for ;tssfstancg,
and then enca gpfl the qttgrrion pit be
Italians in the front yard.
A posse was organized here, armed
with shotguns. and taking a switch
engine from the yards went to the
sheriffs aid. but in the meantime he
had escaped through back MindoW
ana came to this city, secured re.in7
forcements and going back PLACED nilie
Of the Italiaps under arrest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-26
All Is. Quiet i'm Mississippi.

Meridian. Miss, Dec. ..2S.-All the
troops stationed at Scooba, the scene
of the. recent race troubles. have re-
tumieda in charge of Governor Narda-
man, who went there TO take person
al command of the situation. return
ing military officials and others COM
eRient bnfafora6lgs reports ghgt
nave been T. Sent out broadcast regard
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-26

s
or Davidson will have the assistance
of former attorney General =Sturde-
want
Speaker .ElSern proved himself a
instantaneous victor in giving~to- his
rival. Mr. Leroy, the important chair
nalrship Of the committee on trans
portatiOn. \ higher honor he 4ceuld
not have accorded him, for it is con
'cetled that this will be the most I'M
liortant committee of the assembly
this winter. Not only will all bills
affecting railroads go before it, but
also all measures having to do with
street cars. electric lighting, gas and
other public service utilities. whose
consideration will be the chief con-
Germ of the legislature this winter
And Mr.. Leroy is showing fine
spirit. Sour contest for the speaker
ship was only an incident-a friendly
rivalry-and it isclosed.'' he said. The
great and important thing is to carry
out the pledges of the party and ad.
vance the work of reform which Wis.
conSin has so grandly begun. Mr.
Ekern and l have struck hands i'm this
we Will work together for the good
of the state and party. There Is no
iii feeling between us. I have no
doubt this years assembly will pass
every bill promised in the pla form
of the Republican party and I'VE viii
put tIfe measures inAstrong shape. This
house will be found entirely right on
the question of public utility corpora
ton control especially. I cam promise
that the committee OH transportation
MilIsdeal ! With public service Questions
with 2 firm hand"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-08-10

I rs rs rs rs rs HYEYG
!: TRANSPORT +
\ BOTH WAYS
bis Commercial College
Ae students railroad
if upon arriving and u
work, he does not
vertised in catalog. i
on of the course,
turing the course =
TO them writ 3
wherein they
81 their state q IS
2ents, they r
st Of TIT r.
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-08-10
aRY SURGEON

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The Washington times., 1907-10-13
Inventors Financial Start.

With the money he got fol the du-
pick telegraph Edison was enabled to
carry on experiments in other direc-
tons, and so the world gained scores
Of useful inventions.
Scores OF 4 -ricans made their Start
at the telegraph key. the only school
ing, aside from the three rs. that
many men now famous have received.
Those operators who handle the COM
mercial messages can get the founda-
ton Of business education from the
very reading OF the kilograms passing
through Their hands, and many a good
n wspaper man, whose sLhoolboy days
ended with the eighth grade. has been
graduated from the press association
wires. Vice President Fairbanks first
employment was as telegraph oper-
ator and writer for the Associated
Press. at Pittsbure. P. V. DeGraw
who is Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General of the United States. was years
ago one of the finest press Operators
in the country, and he is a pretty good
hand at the key today. Robert J.
Wynne. former Postmaster Gene al ana
now consul general to London, cot his
The Washington times., 1907-10-13

. HUS the telegraph was born, and
thus Samuel S. F. B. Morse, be-
cause he had the simple genius
to apply a practical purpose 20
q demonstrated scientific fact. became
one OF the worlds benefactOrs. Be
cause he was practical man, be-
cause he thought in the simple way.
and no- as scientists had done. above
and beyond their reach. he was able
to give "a the world one Of the great
est blessings it has today.
The machine that Samuel S. F. B.
Morse made. the IDENTICAL crude ap-
paratus CT wood. iron, and copper wire
that grew out of his thought while
ON the deck Of the ship that summer
day. is one OF the treasures in the
National Museum in this city, and
may be seen under its glass case any
day by visitors TO that storehouse Of
priceless relics.
Morse gave to the world the Won
der-,sorling telegraph with all its
ir4as--. but he did more, for the tele-
groph has been the means of giving
Other men the opportuni y 10 contribute
to the civilization and advancement Of
their fellows. Many men who are IA
mius today in their several walks of
life had their first opportunity to prove
their worth because chance had made
them telegraph operators and because
they had the energy and the brains 10
make the most Of the opportunity thus
opened TO item. In the list of living
great Americans there are many whose
careers were shaped by the tide In
the affairs Of man." which led them
into the telegraph office when the tel
egraph was new and whose doors
proved to be their open way to sue
cess.
More than fifty years ago Andrew
Carnegie was a messenger boy for the
Western Union Telegraph Company In
The Washington times., 1907-10-13

the then small office OF that company
at the corner Of Fifth avenue and
Wood street, in Pittsburg. Pa.
He soon became an operator. and
his first job was to work a little wire
that ran out from the main office at
Pittsburg to the business office OF an
iron company-a private Hne over
which the iron company's messages
were sent to save time.
The other boy, who was a telegraph
messenger with Andrew Carnegie In
Pittsourg nearly half a century ago
there We're only two Of them TO carry
all the messages at that time-was
David NJ MeCargo, who afterward
became president and general manager
oil the Allegheny Valley railroad.
Would it be to consider too curious
" TO say that If chance had put An
DIRE" Carnegie, the young telegraph
operator, in the Office of a brewery
that he might today be the worlds
greatest brewer?
The Washington times., 1907-10-13
Operators Who Haze Become
Famous as Financial or
RMLOadK1ngS Literary
Leaders

conceived the idea that this COM
bination of iron and the newly dis
covered mysterious fluid called
electricity might be used by man
to send intelligent signals 10 other
men over a conductive wire be-
tween distant points. With his
own hands he wound the magnetic
core, and using one of his artists
frames-the wooden thing that a
canvas is stretched upon-he made
a rude machine that demonstrated
the truth of his inspiration. When
he touched z key at one end of the
wire he had stretched in his room,
filling that wire with electricity,
there was a responsive impulse at
the other end of that wire, immedi-
ate, instantaneous, and lasting just
so long as he willed it to last.
The Washington times., 1907-10-13
Tom Edison, the Train Bow.

There was small boy nance Ed
ison selling papers and peanuts on the
trains of the Grand Trunk railroad
that ran through Michigan. In those
days, forty years ago, when the
locomotives burned wood for fuel
This boy used to get off at the sta
tons at Port Huron and Fort Gratiot
and look in at the little telegraph
offices at those places. wondering
what * was all about and how it
was done. He got acquainted with
she n..erators and they let him exam
inc the instruments. Pretty soon he
knew more about them and their
mechanism than the operators them
selves knew. And so he became an
operator and then an inventor In a
few years he went down to New York
with a device for sending two MESA ges
over one wire in opposite directions.
The Washington times., 1907-10-13

sentatives MoDermott OF Illinois. ana
Murphy Of Missouri were railroad op
orators In the WGe, Governor Bull
lock OF Georgia n another statesman
who knows the dots and dashes. l.. l.
Weir president OF the Adams Expres
Co; Marin Hughitt, president of q
Chicago and Northwestern railv
began at the key, as did The
Thomas A Scott, president OF
Pennsylvania railway. Thomas
gerald, general manager Of the
more and Ohio railroad, was
graph operator at Newark. Ohio. In
I'VE years ago s H. Hardwici5.
the Southern railway; T. W Lee 70
the LackaWanna, w {. AlDee. OF the
Northern Pacific, are other noted rail-
road men who rose from the ranks ,f
the telegraphers
The Washington times., 1907-10-13

The telegraph company officials 10
whom he offered 20 sell the device
laughed at him They knew, so they
thought. that It was impossible to
send two messages over one wire at
the same time. But Edison persisted
and dtmonstra ed 70 their astonished
eyes aud ears that It could be done.
So they bought the rights for the
duplex telegraph from the Ohio boy
far mere song. That : ven ion-and
It is the greatest of all Edison's in
ventio1s, for 1t was thought out.
and was not discovery stumbled
on by chance-has been worth millions
of dollars to the telegraph companies
of the vo ID.
The Washington times., 1907-10-13
Mann Sew Wnters.

Among the authors. writer's, editors.
and publishers OF the country are found
many names Of men who at one time
worked at the key Fad were known as
expert operators. The late S. II. Kauff-
man. OF The washington Star, wGs a
telegrapher in an Ohio town in the
days before sound reading" came in
10 vogue Stilson Hutchins got ac-
quainted with the dots and dashes
when he was a boy. The list IS long
OF successful newspaper men Of today
The Washington times., 1907-10-13

he Phillips code is a telegraphic
shorthand whose use on the wires
enables the operators to almost double
their speed in transmitting news dis
patches
The Washington times., 1907-10-13

n EVENLY years ago an Am
~ erican artist, a painter of
on board a sailing ship
bound from New York to Liver
pool. A fellow passenger
chance acquaintance-remarked to
him that a French scientist, a man
named Ohm, had discovered that if
you would send a cunent of cleo
tricity around a bar of soft iron, a
piece Of metal about the shape and
size of an ordinary lead pencil, that
bar of soft iron would become a
magnet and attract other pieces of
iron or steel to it so long as the
electricity was present, and when
the electricity was gone it would
become lust a piece of iron again.
The artist thought about it. He
The Washington times., 1907-10-13

Re WASHINGTON TINES MACAZINE
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-10
WAREHOUSE BURNS,

Frame Building on Carew Property and
1000 Bushels of Potatoes Destroyed.
The large warehouse on the Carew
property was totally destroyed by fire
at 3 O'Clock on Tuesday morning and
about 1000 bushels of potatoes therein
stored were rendered unfit for use. The
potatoes were owned by Ed. Saxon.
An insurance of 81, 500 on the building
and ST, 900 on the stock was carried in
Mr.. Eaton's agency.
The fire started within the building,
but it's origin is unknown. A high
wind prevailed at the time and the
storehouse, being a frame structure,
was quickly consumed. The fire de-
partment arrived upon the scene
promptly, but found it impossible to
extinguish the flames.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-10
HAD NARROW ESCAPE.

Editor Norton Gets Tangled Up With a
Bureau and OIL Stove.
Thos. F. Norton, editor of the Mile
Laos Pioneer,- barely escaped crema-
ton while en- route from his home at
Cove to Milaca on Tuesday morning.
The stage in which he and four other
men were travelling overturned and the
kerosene heating stove was conse-
quently upset. In the upsetting of the
vehicle bureau containing about four
hundred pounds of books fell cross
Mr.. Norton's body and the flames
from the capsized stove played around
his head in threatening attitude. By
strenuous effort Tom finally succeeded
in freeing himself from the incum-
brance and luckily lost but few eye
brows and the band of his hat The
other passengers had also narrow es-
capes, but the 'bus was eventually
patched up sufficiently to enable the
driver to reach his destination.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-10
JOINT INSTALLATION
Knights of Pyttlias and Pythian Sis
tiers Install Officers for Ensu=
ing Year on Tuesday.
Ceremonies Followed by an Oyster
Supper and WelI-Arranged
Program of Music.

The Knights of Pythias and Pythian
Sisters on Tuesday evening installed
their officers for the year 1907 and the
ceremonies were witnessed by many
guests of both orders.
Thos. F. Scheen, district deputy
grand chancellor, installed the officers.
They are as follows:
Chancellor commander, r. E. Jones:
vice chancellor, E. E. Whitney; pre-
late, W. r. Chase; master of work, S.
A. Cravens; keeper of records and
seal, I. F. Scheen: master of finance,
81. M. Avery; master of exchequer,
G. 81. Gottwerth; master at arms,
Frank Henschel; inner guard, Bur-
dette Bates; outer guard, Fred New
ton.
Mrs. L. S. Briggs was the installing
officer for the Pythian Sisters and
those who took the oath we're: Miss
Agnes Peterson, NJ. E. c.: Mrs. Jus
tina Anderson, E. S.: Mrs. Minnie
Larson, E. j.; Mrs. Belle Dickey,
manager; Mrs. Margaret Hartman,
M. of Rand c.; Mrs. May Chapman,
M. OF F.; Eta Libby, P. of T.; Mrs.
Mary Mark, G. of o. T.
At the termination of the installation
ceremonies an oyster supper, prepared
by Mrs. Otto Walters, was served.
Oysters in all styles, and plenty of
them, had been provided and the ban
queters cleaned up many gallon be-
fore their appetites we're satiated.
Following the supper came a period
OF social enjoyment consisting of
speeches, songs and selections by
Professor Ed. Whitney's gramophone.
The Princeton quartet, consisting
OF Messrs. Kopp, Woodcock, Umbe-
hooker and Ewing rendered some very
pleasing vocal numbers, Mesdames
Briggs and Burbank sang a duet,
Mrs. Anderson two solos, sextet
consisting of Messrs. Kopp. Wood
cock, Umbehocker, Ewing and Mes
danes Briggs and Burbank gave
vocal selection, and Miss Lola Scheen
piano solo.
The occasion was a decided success
IRON beginning to end.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-10
BygOne Days.

The Elk River Star News had an in
teresting article last week on he early
history of Sherburne county. The
county, as is generally known by the
old settlers, was named in honor of
Judge Moses Sherburne of the terri
torial supreme court. The town of
Baldwin was named in honor of an
early Clear Lake settler. Blue Hill
takes its name from the mound in that
township which is the highest piece of
ground for many niles around and
from distance has decidedly blush
tint. Santiago was so named by the
late W. L. Babcock. Robert Orrock
was the first permanent settler in the
town of Orrock, hence the name. Mr..
j. F. Bean christened Liyonia. The
early settlers of Sherburne county
were fine class of people-law-ab id-
ing, intelligent and progressive.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-10

ton should be imposed on every ton
OF ore taken from the ground and
the proceeds should be utilized for
THE OPENING UP AND IMPROVE
MENT OF THE HIGHWAYS OF THE
STATE AND FOR THE RECLAMATION
OF THE STATES SWAMP LAND.
A tax of five cents per ton would pro-
duce an annual revenue of probably
ST., 100000. With such a revenue ex-
pended under proper supervision every
acre of swamp land could be speedily
reclaimed and twenty years hence Min
nesota would have a system of high
ways that would be the pride of it's
people and unexcelled by those of any
state of the union. There can be no
valid objection offered to such a ton
mage tax. The state of Minnesota is
entitled to derive some benefit from the
immense mineral deposits located
within her borders. The counties
where the mineral properties are To-
Gated would receive the major share of
the direct valuation tax as at present.
and the state would also receive it's
proportionate share. The mineral
counties would also receive their pro-
portional share of the tonnage tax for
the improvement of highways, besides
large proportion of the swamp lands
are situated in St. Louis and Itasca
counies and in other adjoining coun-
ties tributary to Duluth.
esaThe mining companies would have
no cause of complaint, for five cent
tonnage tax would be reasonable, and
it would not be double taxation, for,
as the governor has stated in his mes
sage, and as know: the rate of taxa
ton is low on the mining ranges and
the valuation for taxation purposes is
only small per cent of the actual
value of the mineral properties. A
farmer pays taxes on his farm and he
is also taxed for the corn or wheat
that he raises on that farm if the
same is in his possession on the first
of May in each year. The same is
true OF the owner of pine Landslide
pays taxes on the land and also on
the logs. This matter is worthy of the
serious consideration of the legis-
lature. There is nothing visionary or
imppracticable about the proposition.
Minnesota has the most magnificent
school fund of any state in the union;
it is in the power of the present legis-
lature to provide for an equally mag
niicent public highway fund.
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-10
Mrs. Helen Compbeu.

Mrs. Helen Campbell, widow of the
late Henry Campbell, died at her
home in Minneapolis last Saturday.
Mrs. Campbell spent several weeks
here last summer at the residence of
her brOther-in-law, Mr.. F. M. Camp
bell. She was we'll known to manv
Princeton people as she was a fire.
quent visitor in the seventies when her
husband was one of the proprietors
Of the Princeton & Elk River stage
line.
Mrs. Campbell went to Minneapolis
from Lee, Me-, in 1857 and had made
her permanent home there ever since.
She was particularly active during
her life in the work of the Eastern
Star order and All Souls church.
She is survived by her son,
Charles L. Campbell of the East Side
State bank, her sister, Mrs. L. G.
Mitchell of Tracy, and three brothers,
Fred L. Smith and George 81. Smith
of Minneapolis, and Angus M. Smith
of Spokane, Wash.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-10
Mrs. Mary (5ertll.

Mary, wife of August Gerth, of the
town of Princeton, died on Tuesday,
January S, aged So years, the cause
OF death being dropsy.
Mrs. Gerth was formerly Miss Mary
Boyn. She was married in 1866, and
had lived in Princeton township con-
tinuously since that time. She was
the mother of twelve children, eleven
of whom, seven sons and four daugh-
tiers, are still living. Her husband also
survives her. The surviving children
are: Mrs. VIM. Klingbeil, Princeton;
Mrs. Fred Keasling, Minneapolis;
Mrs. Albert Ku6eld, Princeton; Mrs.
John Tritch, Wayzata: William,
George, Fred, August, Daniel, Wesley
and Anton.
The funeral services will be con-
Quoted by Rev. Koenig at the family
residence this Thursday morning at
10 O'Clock and the interment will take
place in the German M. E. cemetery