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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18
THE PuBLICs ATTENT1oN

Is most naturally directed to
those merchants who show the most
consideration for the public's well
fare. The merchant who holds as a
sacred trust the publlc's financial in
terest, the merchant who is willing
to divide his profits for the public's
interest, the merchant who is al
ways up to date and will grasp an
opportunity to advance the public's
interest.
The public is advised when they
nave any money to spend to demand
punch card. Merchants who con-
slider the public's interest have them.
The punch cards are as good as gold.
Ask the following up to date, enter
prising merchants for them, they will
give you one:
Home Furnishing company.
Palace Furniture company.
Davis Furniture company.
Bakers Department store.
Burke & Burke, meat supplies.
Roberts Hardware company.
R. A. Manley, general merchandise
F. G. Minney, general merchandise
Huffman's Bazaar. millinery.
Other merchants will soon have
them. Watch for the announcement.
Look for circular to be distributed
at your home. If you do not receive
one report the same to your mer-
chant.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18

The pupils of expression and music
of Broaddus Institute will give re-
cital at the First Baptist church the
evening of Thursday, March 81.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18
WANTED-MA=LE HELP.

lVANTED-For U. S. Army. Able.
bodied, unmarried, colored men,
between ages OF 81 and 35, Of
good character and temperate
habits who can read and write
with facility and will enlist for
Calvary or Infantry service IN
Philippine Islands. For informa-
ton apply to Recruiting Station,
l06 Third street. Clarksburg. W.
Va.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18
MIsCELLANEoUs.

SMOKED MEATs-You can get your
meat smoked with old hickory at
Laws Fourth street meat market.
Call central, they know where we
are. We also make and sell the
pure kettle rendered lard. We
mean what we say. Try 1t. w.
s. and q. L. Law.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18
wANTED-To RENT.

HANTED-To rent, small stable in
central part Of city. Address W.,
care Telegram.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18
WINS
BASKETBALL GAME
High school Boys Of Sister City Vic
tors IN Contest With Local
High School Team.


In Company KS armory Saturday
night the Fairmont high school bas-
ket ball team defeated the local high
school team by score of 20 to II.
The game was hotly contested from
the beginning and only the superior
work of several members of the~vis-
iting team was responsible for their
victory.
a good crowd witnessed the game.
Arrangements have been completed
for the Clarksburg team to play re-
turn date at Fairmont next satur-
day night. The teams lined up as
follows:
F. II. S. c. H. s.
crowl. ,.... forward 49,. .s6inn
Heintzelman. forward 49,. Wells
Hamilton, -. center 49,. Harrison
Amos. .. guard -. Osborn
Pritchard. . /. guard Ruttencutter
Goals from field-wells 2, Har-
risan 2, Osborn 8, crowl 4, Heintz-
Gilman 1, Amos /. Goals from fouls
Osborn 8. Heintzelman 8, Hamil-
ton /, Pritchard 2. Referee-cole.
Umpire Thompson, Time Of halves
20 minutes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18

RANTED-For U. s. Army, able.
bodied unmarried men between
ages Of 81 and IS; citizens OF the
United States, Of good character
and temperate habits, who speak,
read and write English. For in
information apply to recruiting OF.
nee. sQ6 Pike street, Clarksburg,
w. Va.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18
NEW FEEn STORE.

BOARD AND RooMs-At 600 East
Main street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18
FOR SALE.

FOR sALE--At a bargain. one Va.
cant lot, 4Ox210 It.. good location,
also two houses and lots, rent for
$40 per month each. Address P.
Q. Boz I'll.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18

HOUSECLEANING-In all its
branches and carpets remade and
laid by expert, formerly of Pitts
burg. Address Housecleaner, care
Telegram, city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18
Classified Advertisements
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-one nicely fnrn,she,,
front room, centrally located, all
modern convenienees. Can 119
First street, joining Pike two
blocks form city postofice.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18

THERE is SOMETHING YET IT.
BE LEARNED IF YOU HAVE NOT
READ THE WANTS AND OTHER
ADVERTISEMENTS.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18
Monument FUND
GROWING RAPIDLY
Grand Army Ladies' Meet With Good
Success in Raising Funds
for Monument.

The fund for the erection Of a
monument in the court house yard
to American soldiers and sailors is
nicely and the Ladies Of the
Grand Army of the Republic are
gratified with the encouragement
they are receiving in the movement.
Subscriptions are as follows:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18

RANTED-Young men to drum mp
trade. Speciality men preferred.
Experience unnecessary. Mead
Bros. & Co., Glen Elk.
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FEDERAL JURORS ARE DRAWN

CONTINUED from page one3
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-18

LOsT-PocEetbook, between this
city and the Masonic cemetery,
containing money, notes and
checks and valuable papers. Find
er will be literally rewarded by re-
turning same to Telegram office.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
GREAT NORTHERN
ROAD INDICTED
FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN NEW
YORK BRINGS IN TRUE
BILL.
GRANTING REBATES CHARGED

New York, Feb. q. - The federal
grand jury yesterday indicted the
Great Northern Railway company on
charges that in 1904 it paid $4,000 in
rebates on sugar shipments to Lowell
NJ Palmer, traffic agent Of the Amen
can Sugar Refining company. A sec
ond count of the same indictment
charges that $4,554 additional rebates
were paid to Mr. Palmer by various
railroads in conjunction with the Great
Northern. The indictment charges
that the Great Northern Railway com
pany effected freight combinations
with the Lehigh Valley, the New York
Central and the New York, New Ha.
ven & Hartford railroads, the through
route of the last named road beng
made up of combination with the Erie
railway, the Great Northern Steamship
company and the Great Northern Rail
way company, whereby sugar was
transported from New York city and
Boston to Sioux City, Iowa, at less
than the published tariff rates. The
latter, the Indictment charges, was %
cents per hundred pounds, but through
an agreement alleged to have been
made by Alonzo w. Lake and A. w
Steele, as agents Of the Great North
ern Railway company, and Lowell M
Palmer, as the agent of the American
Sugar Refining company, it is charged
that the sugar refining company was
granted through rates on sugar be
tween the points named of SO cents
per hundred.
1t is understood that the general
counsel Of the Great Northern has
been notified of the Indictment and
within a few days present themselves
for pleading.
1t is reported that still more indict
ments will follow.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
Criminal.

Policeman James Wright and James
Barrett Of Middlesboro, KY, shot and
killed each other in a raid on an al
legged gambling resort.
The safe in the Citizens bank at
Yeddo, Ind, was blown open by five
men and $1,000 secured. The explo-
sion was heard throughout the town.
After a running fight, in which shot
after shot was exchanged, four men
who attempted to hold up a Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern freight
train were captured near TeTTe Gonna,
md.
William Golf, night cashier in the
Capital restaurant at Bellaire, Ohio,
was shot and instantly killed by c. 1.
Perham, deputy state game warden
for Belmont county. A quarrel pre-
ceded the murder.
Warner Townley, tried for having
killed his brother at the union station
on Aug. 4, 1905, was acquitted in st.
Louis. Townley's defense was that he
shot in selfdefense as his brother har
drawn a knife on him.
In the rear Of a saloon in the opera
house block at Kolomo, Ind, Wesley
Peters. seventy-fiye years old, was
found dead with his skull crushed, IN
dicating murder. A bank book show
ing $4,000 recently checked out was
found in his pocket.
Lottie Hawkins was stabbed to death
with a pair of shears in the female
ward of the penitentiary at Mounds
Vile, w. Va, by Ada Cross, notorl
GUS convict. Both women are federal
prisoners, sent there from the District
Of Columbia, and about thirty years Of
age.
Mrs. Fred West, proprietor of the
West Iying-in hospital at Des Moines
was bound over to the grand jury IN
$4,000 bonds on q charge Of murder
IN the first degree. 1t is alleged that
Mrs. West instructed nurse to give
Baby limits parents are unknown
ten drops Of Iaudanum to put it out Of
It's misery.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
Accidental Happenings.

a. T. Dodri1l miner, whose nome
is in Brazil, Ohio, was run over on the
Rock Island track and ground 10
pieces.
Edwin Radnewer, a baker, and his
four children were burned in a ire
which destroyed their home at Allen
town, Pa.
A mans arm projecting from a snow
drift near CUISINE, Mich, resulted III
the discovery of the body of Asa Johns,
who had frozen to death.
The Coliseum Annex at Chicago
was destroyed by fire which caused
injury to five fremen. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000.
Attacked by a vicious bulldog be,
longing to her husband, Mrs. Lena
Smith was almost chewed to death at
her home at Philadelphia.
While running at high speed, two
cars on the Eastern Ohio Traction
line met in a head-on collision near
Gates Mills, Ohio. A dozen persons
were injured.
Ten firemen were partly overcome
bv smoke and a loss Of $4,000 was IN
Cured at Chicago in a fire which
threatened to destroy the six-storJ
building at 1876 and 1877 Fifth avenue
Mrs. Laura A. Endberg Of For
Dodge. Iowa, is at the point of deatf
as the result of injuries received while
polishing nickel on hot stove. The
polish, which contained gasoline, ex
Dloded. and the flames caught tn'
sleeves of her dress. Her screams
brought her son to her assistance
and his hands were badly burned IL
tearing the burning garments from oil
mother.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
News of the Northwest.
THE PRINCE OF INDIA.
The Greatest Theatrical Production
Ever Brought Out VIII Be Seen In
ST. Paul and Minneapolis.


ST. Paul and Minneapolis.
From the standpoint of scenery,
costumes, armors and elaborate me-
chanical effects, "The Prince OF India"
which will be presented at the Metro
politan opera house, ST. Paul, during
the entire week beginning Feb. Is, and
at the Metropolitan opera house, Min
neapolis, the entire week beginning
March 4, with special matinees
Wednesday and Saturday. is the great
est theatrical production ever made In
this country Notwithstanding the
magnitude Of its physical side, now
ever, the story Of the play is not
eclipsed by it, and the wonderful tale
Of the love of Sultan Mahommed and
Princess Irene, and the effect of the
Wandering Jew, known as 'The Prince
Of India" to bring the whole world
into one brotherhood in God with one
simple religious creed for guidance,
with the thrilling background OF the
siege of Constantinople and the fall
of the city behind them, claim first
attention.
"The Prince of India is staged in
a prologue and five acts, with eleven
scenes, showing Constantinople and
the Golden Horn from Galatea; the
Gate of Blacherne on the Golden Horn,
and panorama Of the Bosphorus dur
ing a great storm; the Whit Castle OF
the Turks on the sweet waters OF
Asia: Princess Irene's palace at
Therapia on the Bosphorus, and the
hall of audience in the imperial pal
ace at Blacherne. The last four scenes
show the tragic event Of the fall OF
Constantinople and the extinction OF
the Byzantine dynasty Of over thou
sand years duration. In this part OF
the play~~60O men appear as Greek
men and Turkish soldiers.
Klaw & Erlanger have selected a re-
markable cast for this production.
Emmett Corrigan, the original ShelK
Ilderim in Ben Hur," plays the utle
role. William Farnum, the young ne
roic actor who is regarded as the only
legitimate successor Of the late Jonn
Mccullough, plays Prince Mahommed;
and Adelaide Keim, who made great
hit last season in heroic roles and as
Hamlet, acts Princess Irene.
Seat sale opens Feb. II. Mail orders
now received.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain ana
Live Stock Centers.

L.
Live Stock Centers.
+ ST Paul, Feb. q. = Wheat = NO. l
Northern, rs SAC; No 2 Northern
773-4c; No. 2, 72@75c. Corn-No. 2
yellow, CSC. Oats-No. 3 white. BIC
Minneapolis, Feb. 21.-Wheat - NO.
/ hard, 80 3-4c; No. / Northern.
70 SAC No. 2 Northern, II SAC; durum'
Csc. Oats-No. 2 white, SIC. Corn
No. 2 yellow. CSC.
Dnluth. Feb. 81. - Wheat - No L
hard. 80 3-4c; No / Northern. - 3-0c;
No. 2 Northern, II $50. Oats-No
white, 81 lie.
Chicago, Feb. q. = Wheat = No. 2
red, 75075 1-2c; No. 2 hard, 74W76c;
No. / Northern, S2084c; No. 2 North
ern, 790S2c. Oats : No. 2. 80 l-2c.
Corn-No. 5, 42@42 lie.
Milwaukee, Feb. 21.-Wheat-No.
Northern. 821-2083c; No. 2 Northern,
790S1c. Ryc-No. /. 81 1-2-68c. Bar
ley-No. /. 81 1-2@62c.
Chicago. Feb 21.--Cattle = BeeVes,
s4m69O; stockers and feeders, S2.5OW
4.7O: calves, $607.5O. Hogs = Mixed
and butchers, $675@705; bulk, 5000
Z. sheeD-$3 4005.50; lambs, $4.5O@
100.
Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 21.-Cattlc -
Beeves, $4,000; COWS, bulls and mix
ed, S2.750450; stockers and feeders,
S304.Go: calves and yearlings, $500.
Hogs-$6.G506.85.
South ST. Paul, Feb. q. = Cattle =
Good to choice steers, $55006.zo;
good to choice cows and heifers, S2.75
03.50. Hogs - Price range, $6.5O0
eos; bulk, s6.57 II. Sheep-Wethers.
s4.7505.15; good to choice ewes, S4.50
m5: good to prime lambs. s6.5o07.25:
fair, $5.60@6.25.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
GORGE IS THREE MILES LONG
BOTTOM LANDS ARE INUNDATED
AND CONDITIONS ARE VERY
SERIOUS.

Vermillion, S. D., Feb. 20.-With Ill
tie prospect OF the ice gorge breaking
here for several days and reported
gorge near Springfield that may break
at any minute, conditions are very Sc
>rious here. The river fell eighteen
inches yesterday afternoon, due proba-
bly, to a gorge farther west. The pros
poets for warmer weather are good,
and under hot sun for two days that
gorge might go out. The ice is piled
up for three miles in length.
Three miles Of railroad track is I'M
der water southeast Of this city.
During the day the water rose rap
idly, backed up by an immense ice
gorge at Burbank, inundating all bot
tom lands The water has made
breach in the grade of the Milwaukee
track between Yankton and Sioux
City, interrupting traffic between the
two cities.
Thousands of hogs and hundreds OF
cattle were caught and drowned.
Hundred Homeless families.
One hundred families have been
made homeless and farmers along the
river are greatly alarmed. Not since
the great flood of 1881 has the water
been so high as yesterday.
The ice lin the Missouri river began
moving at Chamberlain yesterday att
ernoon. During the last forty-elght
hours the river there has raised more
than six feet, a record for February.
The Milwaukee company has a large
force at work there Strengthening the
trestle railroad crossing, which is con-
sidered to be in danger.
The steamboat Bachelor and a Terry
boat owned by Capt. Joe Leach were
sunk at Yankton by ice running in the
water. The loss is $4,000. There is
large ice gorge above here, but there
| is no damage yet.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
LIVED ON BOUNTY OF WHITE
ASKED POlNTEDLY ABOUT HER
MEN ACQUAINTANCE OF
THE PAST.

New York, Feb. 21.-1n continuing
his cross-examination of Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw yesterday at the trial OF
her husband District Attorney Jerome
brought out the fact that i'll 1902 Stan
ford White deposited $3.50 with a
New York trust company with instruc-
lions that it should be paid to the Mes
bit girl at the rate of $25 week. Mrs,
Thaw frankly admitted receiving
checks from the trust company, but
she would not admit that there was q
provision that she should receive the
money only when out of employment.
The prosecutor spent nearly the entire
afternoon in trying to make Mrs.
Thaw, admit that this was true, but as
often and in as many ways as he put
the question to her, she gave the one
answer: II don't remember"
Her Feelings Not Spared
Mr.. Jerome indicated early that he
had no disposition to spare Mrs.
Thaw's feelings. He Intercepted her
pointedly as to her men acquaintance
of the past He laid especial stress
upon her mountaineering with James
A. Garland, who figured for the first
time in the case. Mrs. Thaw said she
knew Garland before she met White.
weren't you named as correspond
ent in the Garland divorce case?" ask
ed Mr.. Jerome.
Mrs. Thaw was shaking her head
when Mr.. Delmas sprang to his feet
with an objection. Justice Fitzgerald
overruled the objection, but Mr.. Je-
rome withdrew the question
Never Posed in Nude.
Mr.. Jerome questioned the witness
about her manner Of posing for artists
and brought from her denial that she
ever posed in the nude. Many proto-
graphs Of Mrs. Thaw were introduced
in evidence Mr.. Jerome piled the
young woman with questions as TO
what disposition she had made of the
letters written to her by Stanford
White. Some, she said, had been de
stroyed and some she had given to
her husband Mr. Jerome was assisted
materially in his cross-eXaminatlon by
typewriter statements made by Mrs.
Thaw's mother and by Howard Nesb1t,
her brother. He consulted the state
ments from time to time, and Mr..
Delmas let this fact become known to
the Jury by remarking upon it.
Mr. Jerome's cross-eXamination may
require several days yet.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
PeonIe Talked About.

Mrs Lucy Langdell. one of the pio-
neer women of Iowa Falls, Iowa, is
dead.
Senator Howard Robb died at his
home in Arkansas City, Ark, after a
protracted illness from malarial fever.
Hugh Mcmillan, a well known bust
ness man and brother Of United States
Senator James Mcmillan, died in De-
tToit from diabetes.
Owing to i'll health, T. H. Pardo
Tavera, one of the native members OF
the Philippine commission. has been
granted leave Of absence for six
months.
Sir William Howard Russell, editor
Of the British Army and Navy Gazette,
Is dead. He was eighty-siX years old.
He was a famous war correspondent
and in that capacity served the Lon
don Times at the battle Of Bull Run.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
TELLS SON TO KILL FATHER.
Tragedy at Page N. D., Grows out OF
Lonu-Standinq Family Quarrel.

Standing Family Quarrel
Fargo, N. D., Feb. 20.-Fred Cramer'
a painter of Page, this county, was
shot and killed by his sixteen-year-olo
son, Arthur, who says he acted under
instructions from his mother who ao-
mits that she told the boy to shoot.
Mrs. Cramer and the boy are IN the
local jail awaiting trial, which Will
probably occur Feb &c.
The family relations of Mr. and MRS.
Cramer had been strained for long
time, and recently Mrs. Cramer and
the boys resided on the second foor
and Cramer on the first floor OF their
home.
The night of the tragedy, she and
her son insist, Cramer came home an
gry and threatened to invade the Sec
ond floor and attack Mrs. Cramer, ana
he was coming up stairs to their apart
ments when he was shot. Mrs. era
ner says she would have shot him, but
was too nervous to hold the revolver
and ordered her son to fire on the
father. The boy obeyed only too wen
and the one shot was fatal,
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
news OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
WASHINGTON.
| 81 q

At Senator Nelson's request the plan
TO have the Minnesota delegation give
a dinner in honor of his reelection
has been abandoned. Senator Nelson S
wife and daughter have been i'll good
part Of the winter, and besides he is
now rushed with business.
President Roosevelt sent to the SEN
ate new treaty with Santo Domingo,
providing for the collecting of the rev
enues of the island and the payment OF
its creditors. A portion Of the reve-
nues are reserved for the payment OF
the debts of Santo Domingo and the
remainder of the receipts will be used
in paying the expenses of the govern
meut
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
ONLY sis IN FINES.

Four Years Record of City Shows lit
tie in LaW-breaking Tax.
Fairfield Iowa, Feb. 20.-Accordlng
to the report of the state examiner,
who has been investigating affairs in
this city, the people of this place seem
to break 1 cents worth OF law day.
The investigation, which covered pc
Rod of three years and nine months,
disclosed the fact that during that
time Just $13 in fines had been paid
into court and turned over to the city
treasurer.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
KILL JUDGE AND JEROME.

Letter From ST. Louis Warns Against
ThaW's Conviction.
New York, Feb. 21.-Justice Fitzger-
aid, who is presiding at the Thaw trial,
received a threatening letter yester-
day 1t was sent from st. Louis and
accused the judge Of siding with Je-
rome against Thaw. The writer
threatened to kill Justice Fitzgerald
and District Attorney Jerome if Thaw
is convicted.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
BRIDGE FALLS WITH TRAIN.

Enoineer Killed - Locomotive Found
in Fifteen of Water.
Huron. S. D., Feb. 21--A way freight
train on the Chicago & Northwestern
went through a bridge near Canning
last night. Engineer Frank Booth was
killed and Fireman McNabb was found
in the cab in fifteen feet of water.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
is SWEPT UNDER THE ICE.
la Crosse Man Is Rescued In Air Hole

la Crosse Man Is Rescued In Air Hole
Thirty Feet Farther On.
La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 19.-BreaKing
through the ice on a slough between
the North and South sides, In a por-
ton where there is a swift current
Alfred Mcdonald was carried thirty
feet under the ice, and coming to the
surface in an air hole was rescued py
friends with the aid of planks and
ropes. He was nearly senseless when
taken from the water.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23

Alpena, Mich, Feb. Il. = The plant
Of the Alpena Portland Cement com
many was almost completely wiped out
nv fire last night The plant cost be-
tween 100000 and 100000, and the
loss is probably 100000.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
PANIC Durlna Performance.

Pipestone, Mimi, Feb. 81. = Fire
started in the Ferris grand opera
house during a performance. A panic
ensued and several people were Sc
verely bruised in attempting to force
their way out. The furniture was
slightly damaged by fire.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
Cuts Her Throat.

Council Bluffs, Iowa, Feb. 19.-Seat-
ing herself upon the steps at the front
of her home at Coil, Mrs. George Hol'
comb cut her throat with her hus-
bands razor. Mrs. Holcomb had been
In i'll health. 1t is believed she cannot
recover.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
Dates for saenuerbund.

La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 20. - The
Northwestern Saengerbund, consisting
of German singing societies in all the
Northwestern states, yesterday fixed
the dates of the next triennial saenger-
fest at La Crosse on July %, "a, rs and
26, 1908.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
Estimate Djtch's Cost.

Morris, Mimi, Feb. 21.-The engi-
neer's estimate as to the cost of Ditch
No. 2 has been filed with the county
auditor. With laterals it will be thir-
teen miles long, and the estimated
cost is $4,000.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
Nelson the Orator.

Milwaukee, Wis, Feb. 19.-One OF
the attractions at the annual celebra-
ton of May II, the Norwegian Fourth
of July, to be held in Milwaukee this
wear, will be an address by Senator
Knute Nelson of Minnesota.