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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
PRISONERS WIFE PRESENT
Jerome Protests Against Closed
Doors, but Is Overruled.


Hardly had the commissioners seat
Cd themselves when Thaw appeared.
He was directed to chair within the
,RnCer counsel rail and sat directly be-
meath the eyes of the men whose de-
cisiOn rs TO his present mental Ca
pacity is of such vital import to him
Thaw appeared to be in excellent spir-
It's. and sat mfiinchingly under the
steady gaze they turned upon him. in
the big court room there were only the
newspaper reporters and three of the
prisoners famiiy-his wife, who has
never missed an opportunity to he near
HIM since lie was placed on trial, AMI
his two brothers, Edward and Josiah
Thaw.
After the session had formally been
opened hy the reading of the courts
q der Clifford w. Harridge, acting as
counsel Of record for Thaw, arose and
stated to thecommiSsiOn that his client
vas ready at any time TO submit to
such examination as the commission
desired. His only request was that
the hearing should be private. Being
prisoner Oh trial for his life" said
Hartridge. he feels he should be prl-
tected rs far as possible in this mat
ter" Chairman Mcclure then an
r0unced that whatever examination -
Thaw the commission might decide up
ON would be held behind closed doors.
Jerome protested, and said he would
not attend such IN examination. which
ne declared was one by 4 board o.
medical examiners. and not commits
sion i'm lunacy. The board conclui-
od TO examine Thaw behind closed
doors noN crtheless. and Jerome stayei
while the commission did the eNamin-
Tug.
TT is stated that during most of the
two hours TI.w was before the COM
mission the ug.e- au5 letters which hc
has written 10 his counsel since the
7rial began We're under consideration.
10 put ThaN thoroughly Mt ease the
commissioners addressed their ques-
tons t. him in 4 conversational tone.
ana iii Il casual manner. Is though lie
were iii conference with them. asked
him from time to time TO explain in
cidents III tile trial which had called
forth certain Of tile letters placed be.
fore the commission 10y Thaw.s attor
I.cys.
It was said that Thaw answered tie
questions calmly ANA went Tito lengthy
explanations Of some Of the notes be
had addressed to Delmas While his
trial was ID progress. These notes
and letters were uaGe = Fart Of the
AFFIDAVIT rIcj = is.luas with Justicf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
LIBERAL CANDIDATE WINS
Though Supported by the Miners His
Majority Is Cut in TwO-RiOtOus
Campaign.

London. March Or. ID. Holt, Lib
eral. elected to represent the HeNham
division of northumberland in parlia-
nent by a majority of 1857 over Col
onel Bates, the UniOnist candidate.
The vacancy was caused by the elevd-
ton of Beaumont, Liberal, TO the peer
age in succession to his father, the
late Lord Allendale.
The campaign was fought with great
vigOr and was marked by wild scenes
of disorder. Many meetings were brOk-
Gil up by the UniOnists, who hoped to
reverse hedecisi0n reached at the gen
eral election. The miners of the dis
trict, however, voted sOlidly for Hot,
with the result that the Liberals re-
tain the seat, though their majority
was cut nearly in two.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
SOMETHING QUEER
ABOUT A SHOOTING
Jacob G. Best. Jr.. of Milwaukee
Dangerously Wounded While
at Racine.

Racine, Wis, March 29.-Jacob G.
Best, Jr, member OF the wholesale
liquor firm of Jacob Best x Co., Of
Milwaukee, was fatally shot here. J.
W Dillon, a saloon keeper, is undar
arrest, charged with the shooting. lie
denies the charge. Best called at Dill
On's saloon i'll the morning and was
instructed 10 call in tile afternoon. He
Gid so and, according to his statement,
was assaulted 10y Dillon and ordered
from the saloon. As he was leaving
the place Dillon, it is said, placed a
revolver to Best's abdomen and fired.
Best was assisted to the store OF
Ayland Raymond and asked that med
ical aid be summoned He told Ray
n:ond that he had entered Dillon's
saloon and was shot by the prOprie.
tor during a dispute over the bill.
Dillon was placed under arrest and
was taken before the wounded man,
" no accused him of the shooting. but
the former made denial, claiming
Best was not shot in his saloon, but
that he had heard the report of shot
outside.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Nj. 0. lighting Plant Fails.

Madison, Wis, March 30.-'Hhe Du'
buque and Southwestern Wisconsin
Railroad company has purchased the
municipal lighting plant at Galen1,
Ill, and also taken over the contracts
for lighting Galena for twenty five
years. The plant never has been
profitable and was built on the funds
Of a bond issue. the interest OH which
Las not been paid. The new company
agreed to furnish twice AS much light
us the city did ut only a 10 per cent.
Increase in the present price.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
WOULD DANISH
ROLLER TOWELS
Travellers Convention to Issue Warm
ing To BOnifaces-Individu
Wipes or Boycott.

Madison, Wis, April i The
Travelling Mems Protective AssOcia-
ton of America, when it holds its
state convention here April 10 to 20,
will begin a war for individual towels.
A resolution will be introduced advo-
eating individual towels as soon as the
convention is organized and will be
adopted without debate. Therefore woe
betide the landlord who fails to take
heed. His hotel will be made by
word among commercial travellers.
The ordinary drummer objects to
twenty or thirty yards of cotton goods
with ends joined and swung up on a
roller in the Mushroom of the average
country hotel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
FARM is A GOLD MINE
Owner PlOws Up Box Which Con
tains 5000 in Coin and Believes
There Is More.

Nashville, Ind, March %. - WilbuT
Walter, near Little Blue, while plow-
ing in a field, unearthed a box which
contained 5000 in gold. The money
had been concealed by his father
many years ago, and Wilbur had
looked the farm over in an effort t.
find the hiding place, and had dug at
the roots of numerous trees. The tree,
however. under which the box was
concealed, had been cut down, and in
time the stump rotted and was brO1-
on up.
In this way the treasure was uncov-
cred. The coins are in tens and TWEEN
ties. Walter thinks there is still more
money concealed on the farm, and he
will continue his search. His father
was an economical man, and just be
fore death he sold forty acres for $50
IN acre, with horses and cattle, the
latter bringing $500. All this money is
supposed to be still hidden or the
farm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Rnrns Barns to see Firemen.

Fort Worth, Tex, April John
BurwclI. 10 years OF age. is under ar
lest and is being held TO await the az
ton of the grand jury on a charge Of
arson. The boy was caught by COun
ty Judge Terrell in the act Of firing
LIS barn and confessed he had burned
several barns i'm Fort Worth during
the last few days, Just to see the fire
engines" There is much sympathy
for the boy. hat he will be prosecuted
and. if convicted. will be sent to the
state reformatory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
BUSINESS MEN SERVED
They Wait AT Table on ShipbuiIder:s
Who Refused TO Walk Out on
Strike at Bay City.

Bay City. Mich. March %. - Tic
launching of the steamer II. L. Mcln.
tosh building for the Gilchrist Trans
portation company. Of Cleveland. nj
the local yards Of the American ship
building company. was the occasion o.
a luncheon rendered by the board IT
trade TO the employees OF the company
as a token Of appreciation of their re-
fusal 10 join III the strike III progress
dt some of the other ship yards or
the great lakes. The luncheon was
served upon the steel keel plates %
Tie steamer Hemlock TO be built fOc
tire Lackawanna Steamship company,
which will be laid next Monday.
Following the spread addresses We're
made by Hon. S. o. Fisher, president
OF the Board of Trade, and others. a
feature of the luncheon was that the
walters were business men, manufac-
turers and professional men. The
launching of the Mcintosh was very
successful and the boat was christene1
by the daughter of the Cleveland man
for whom she was named.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
SUICIDE OF A BALL PLAYER
"Chick" StahI. of the Boston Ameri.
can Club, Takes CarbOlic Acid
and Dies.

West Baden, Ind, March 20. -
Charles S. C'Chick'D Stahl, captain Of
the Boston American League base ball
team, took a large dose of carbOlic
acid at the hotel here where the club
is staying, and died in great agony.
He married. only last October, a young
woman of ROXburg, Mass. and WAS
for a time captain, manager AMI
fielder of his team, and it is worry
over this although he had resigned
the management-tha is supposed to-
nave caused his suicide.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
WHERE THE PRESIDENT STANDS
Pith of the Policies Urged in Speeches
and Messages.

and Messages.
One of the speeches forwarded to
President Smith was delivered at RAJ
leigh, n. c., and in it he said: Il do
not believe in government ownership
Of anything which can with prOpriety
be left in private hands, and in par
ticular / should most strenuOUsly OBJ
ject to government ownership of rail
roads. But / believe with equal firm
ness that it is out of the question for
the government not to exercise a super
visory and regulatory right over the
railroads. Actual experience has shown
that il is not possible to leave the rail-
roads uncontrolled.
Experience has shown thatthe pres
ent laws aredefective and need amend
ment. The effort to prohibit all re-
straint of competition, whether reason
able or unreasonable, is unwise. We
want an administrative body with the
power to secure fair and just treat
ment as among all shippers who use
the railrOads-and all shippers have
a right to use them"
Another speech was delivered TO rep
resentatives Of railway unions Nov. II,
1905. and in this he said: I aim con-
WINGED that there must he an increased
regulatory and supervisory power eXer-
cised by the government over the rail-
ways. Indeed | would like it exercised
to a much greater extent than | have
any idea Of pressing at the moment.
For instance. | would greatly like to
have it exercised III the matter Of over
capitalization. / am convinced that
the wages fund" would he larger if
their was no fictitious capital upon
which dividends had 10 be paid I
need hardly say that this does not
mean hostility to wealth.
GAIL l want in any rate legislation
is to give the government an efficient
supervisory power which shall be ex-
ercised rs scrupulously to prevent in
justice to the railroads as to prevent
their doing injustice to the public"
Tn his message TO congress Dec. 3.
1905. the president said: 'In order TO
insure a healthy social and Industrial
life every big corporation should be
held responsible by and be accounta-
bic to some sovereign strong enough
to control its conduct. l am ID no
sense hostile to corporations. This is
an age Of combinations ana any effort
TO prevent al combination will he not
only useless. but in the end vicious"
On railroad rates the message said:
"What is needed is not sweeping pro
hibition of every arrangement. good or
bad, which may tend % restrict COM
petition but such adequate superv Sion
and regulation rs viii prevent any re
striction of competition from being 70
the detriment IF the public.
The best possible regulation Of rates
would, OF course. be that regulation Sc
cured hy an honest agreement among
the railroads themselves 10 carry ont
the law" IN his last message he SIM
ply reiterated tie former views.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
WOMAN GOES CUNNING
She Shoots at a Justice of the Peace
His Miraculous Escape-An
other Man Badly Hurt,

Ripon, Wis, April Mrs. w. H..
Ogden made an attempt on the life Of
Justice Of the Peace NOhl, and WAS
only prevented from succeeding by two
books which stayed the course of the
bullet.
The husband Of the woman had been
convicted OH complaint Of i ncighb0r
OH the charge Of taking old iron. She
also fired four other shots. three going
wide and one striking Charles Hash
uba, who was in the office, over the
heart. He may die.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
student Dives to His Death.

Madison, Wis, March 2S.-.Tom A..
Meyer, Of Milwaukee, a freshman in
the University Of Wisconsin, who was
injured while diving off the pier into
Lake Mendoza Tuesday, is dead The
ice went out of Lake Mendoza ana
Meyer made the dive OF a dare. lie
struck shallow water and cut Il long
cash i'm his head.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Society Woman Commits Suicide.

Racine, Wis, March 2S.-Miss Laura
Noe, % years old and Il young society
woman Of this city, made Il sensation
al attempt to commit suicide on a
street corner because her lover, Nels
Jenson, to whom she was to be mar
ried next month, had threatened 10
leave the city. The woman is Il Catho
l:c and Jenson is a Protestant He
mad trouble with his parents because
he went with her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
COLORADO LEGISLATION
SOlOns of the State Double the Usual
Appropriations for Running
the Government

Denver, April 1.-The sixteenth gen.
eral assembly of Colorado completedits
lahors at midnight. The session has
made a record for appropriations, The
total reaching nearly S5.0OO,OO0. ex-
ceeding any previous record by $500
coo.
Among the other important bills
passed are the railway bill, which pro
vides fox commission of three with
power to regulate rates; the insurance
bill. which places the supervision Of
insurance companies operating In Col
Orado with commission; the pure food
bill. the anti-fusion BILL which does
away with fusion of political parties
in campaigns; the local option meas
IRE and the banking bill. The last
provides for a state bank examiner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Has a Mania for Explosives.

Cripple Creek, Colo, March %
Roy BOurquin, aged IL, has been ar
rested here charged with attempting
to blow up the county hospital with
dynamite. He placed several sticks of
dynamite on the hospital furnace. but
it was discovered in time to prevent
an explosion, otherwise heavy loss o.
life doubtless would have resulted.
BOurquin has a mania for explosives
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Hot Air Bad for Business.

Pontiac Mich, March %. ~ Factory
men i'll this city have tired Of losing
50 much az the time of their employ
ers listening 10 the hot air of pol:-
ticians lit election time and fifteen OF
he largest factories have agreed Ia
put i step to the practice. Hence
forth politicians VIII he barred from
these works.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Autoist Collier ON Trial.

Kenosha. Wis, March 2S.-Ke-
nosha'S famous automobile killing
case was started again when Edward
Collier was placed on trial in the cir
cult court charged with feloniousiy
killing William Dreyer, OF st. Charles,
ILL.,, on the night Of .IHiy -, 1906. ~
Running him down with an automobile.
lie entered Il plea of not guilty. and
the work of securing jury was be
gun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
THE WEATHER

Following is the official weather
forecast up to o'clock tonight:
Illinois, Indiana and Lower Michi-
gan-Fair; rising temperatures in
creasing southerly winds.
Wisconsin and Iowa-Generally fairs
rising temperature; increasing south
erlV winds
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Wisconsin Man NJ issing.

Marinette, Wis, March 30.-Albert
JOrgensOn, of Beaver, has been miss
Jig since Monday and his wife is dis
tractcd. He left home for Coleman
Monday morning, attended to business
matters, ate supper at a hotel, but
since that time no trace of him has
been obtainable Friends at Beaver
fear foul play.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Sheriff Fined for Carrying Pistol.

Columbia, S c., April 2.-Sheriff
Radon, of Aiken county, this state,
has been arrested in Jefferson county,
Ga, charged with carrying a pistol
He was convicted, the sentence being
$50 fine or four months OH the chain
gang. The South Carolina official was
armed with reQuisition papers from
Governor Terrell and was endeavoring
to arrest q fugitive from this state.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
DIVORCED CounIe Reunited.

Baraboo, Wis. March 2S.-Each
moved to sympathy by the tears of the
other ut a funeral service of an old
mutual friend, James w. Dibble and
his divorced wife became united after
the burial and within two hours had
decided to be remarked. The couple
was married in 1866 and was divorced
twenty years later. They never spoke
to each other since that time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Damaged by Heavy Rains.

Wausau NJ ~, March so. - Heavy
rains in this section have caused con
siderable damage to railway property
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railway tracks are under water for H.
600 feet ut Granite Heights CCmmuni.
cation between Wausau and Merrill +
cut Off The Wisconsin river i Very
iCh
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Lacrosse Fire Costs $500. 600

Lacrosse, Wis, March 30 Fire
worked 100000 worth of destruction
hoIe when it destroyed the buildings
Of the lacrosse Cracker and Candy
company and the w. A. Roosevelt com.
pany, A. Grams & Sons, flour mill,
anG damaged the plant Of Il. p. Ben
ton & CO., electrical engine manufar-
turprS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Diamond Match BUYS Land.

Oshkosh, Wis, March 30.-The Dia-
mond Match company has purchased
from the Oshkosh Bottle Wrapper com
Dany Il piece of procprty 100 feet
square on High street, adjacent to the
Diamond Match company's plant. aud
will erect a large addition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
HOSPITAL on Mount Olives.

Jerusalem. April 2.-The foundations
stone of the new German hospital OD
the Mount Of Olives was laid in the
presence of the governor of Jerusalem,
the other local officials and many spec
tatOrs, to the accompaniment Of cheers
for Emperor William and for the sui
tan OF Turkey, who gave the land AND
authorized the construction of the hos
initial
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
New york,s Fire Record

New York. March 81. ~ Fire de-
stroyed S5,679,G9 worth of property III
tie boroughs Of Manhattan. Bronx ana
Richmond in 1906. according to Jig
ures submitted in the annual report %
Fire Commissioner Francis j. Lantry
The total number Of fires was 1881. an
increase Of 81 over tie previous year
an average Of nearly twenty-three a
day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Lightning Kins school Teacher.

Lafayette. Ind. April 1.-The
body of Marshall Lyon was found I'M
der a shattered tree in the woods
near Buck Greek. lie taught school
III Washington township and had been
missing since Tuesday last when he
took shelter under q tree which was
struck by lightning, killing him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Methodist Risbop Dead.

Richmond. Va, April 2.-BishOp
John c. Cranberry, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, died suddenly at his.
home in Ashland while sitting III
chair. He was rs years old and had
been bishop since 1882.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
New Traction Etnternrise

Madison. Wis, March 30.-Articlos
Of incorporation for the Southern Wis
consin Light and Traction COMPANY
have been filed with the secretary Of
state. The company is authorized 70
operate in Dane and Rock counties.
ard is expected to build mn interurban
traction line from Madison to James
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Became Blind from sneezing.

New York, April Mrs. Joseph
Jack, wife of a resident of Trenton,
n. J., is blind, with little prospect Of
ever regaining her sight, the result of
a violent attack Of sneezing which she
suffered few evenings ago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Senator IaFOlIetre Ill.

Madison. Wis. March Ex-senator
LaFOllette has arrived at home being
obliged to cancel all lectUng dates
until next week on account Of illness
contracted while in South Dakota. The
statement is made that his arrival
home is Il complete surprise. the first
animation of his coming having been
received by telegraph during the morn
ing
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
New Submarines Launched

Quincy. Mass, April 1.-The new
submarine boats Viper and Taranuna.
built for the United States navy, We're
launched at the yards Of the Fore
River Shipbuilding company. The
launching was private Both boats
took the wafer easily and without mis-
hap.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
senator I.aFolIette is III.

Boone. Ia, March %. - Senator A.
toilette. of Wisconsin, has ahaltiuned
Q speaking tour and returned t. NJ: d.
son, Wis, on account u sickn, -. Th4
senator had just finished addressing
an audience at Boone when ne bccauie
eek.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03

Fitzgerald when Thaw's counsel were
opposing the appointment Of a com
mission. Tbaw's examination was lot
concluded and he will appear again
ncfOre the commission when il meets
tomorrow morning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
President Thinks His Views on
Railway Matters Are Known
of All Men.
He HAS NOT CHANGED THEM
Refers Illinois Manufacturers to What
He Has Already Said.
Declines to Speak at Springfield ana
EncIOses Messages to Congress
and Addresses Which
Speak for Him.

Washington. April 2.-There will be
no speech by President Roosevelt at
Springfield. H.. nor anywhere e.se. pre-
smnably. stating his position on the
railway regulation question. He has
concluded to state that position in
letter which he has sent to G.. Fl. Smith,
of Aurora, H.. president Of the II inoIs
Manufacturers association. In this
letter he puts no new matter relative
to his views, simply saying that he de-
clines to make the speech proposed,
and referring all whom it may con-
Germ to what he has already said In
speeches and messages to congress.
and declaring that his sentiments have
not changed. In order that President
Smith may refresh his memory the
president enclOSes in his letter of dec
lination copies of those speeches and
messages.
Valuation and Capitalization.
1t is pointed out in administrative
circles that the president has made no
references in his speeches or messages
to the question of the physical vaiua-
ton of railroads. His position OIL this
question. it was said. is that the roads
themselves will work out this problem
as an item of bookkeeping, and refer
ence was made to the fact that two
roads, the Northern Pacific and to
Great Northern, already have submit
ted figures rs to their physical valua-
ton. 1t can be stated on authority
that the president again will ask com
gress at its next session for power
to deal with the question Of over
capitalization of railroads.
Has Nothing Further to Say.
President Roosevelt tells President
Smith that the speeches and messages
he sends him contain about all he
would say now if he should speak:
that he is more firmly convinced than
ever that what said enclosures
contain on the subject at issue are
wise and that the policy therein urged
must be carried out To these mes
Isages and speeches he sees nothing;
now which he could add.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Failure al MILWAUKEE,

milwaukee,. March 30--Ruhel Prose
V holcsale dealers in wooden goods
filed an involuntary petition in bank
rCptcy on petitions Of three New York
creditors, whose claims aggregate
ST. 900.