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New-York tribune., 1908-12-28
Gas KILLS PROMINENT NEWPORT MAN
Alexande- X. Barker Found Dead II Office
Accident. Says Medical Examiner.

Newport 2 J. Dec. E--AleXancer = Barker.
for many Years prominent IN local business ard
lsnlfnr affairs was found dead today II MS once
Tn. -,--sleal examiner decided that death was ac-
,s.-.5 -e44,lri-g from the escape OF illuminating
.ss iron, 4 heater In the Office Mr. Barker worked
iare oyer some correspondence At his once lss'
ngHt and = IS supposed that ie became oFo'Fes
ana .e3I asleep while the las escaped from tHs
IIeater m sspus pipe q which had c=e-i l-@;tH-
A. fll,l.er ,ras sfstv-six years OLE For many
Eezrs he had been mead of the lumber nrnl %
Afaxander \ Barker 4 Co he was trustee "
the Newport Savings Bank and Of the NeRpo 1
Hospital
New-York tribune., 1908-12-28
ONEONTA HOTEL BCRNS.
Many Narro5r Escapes IN Fire Cdus-
ing 500. .GOO Damage.

Oneonta y Y Dec. 27--Fire which for
time early to-day threatened the destruction or
the whole business section OF OneOnta destroyed
the Arlington Hotel and seven other buildings
in the heart Of the city. causing loss Of fully
100000 Many of the occupants of the hotel
and OF the living apartments in the other build
irgs had narrow escapes. none OF them being
able TO save any Of their effects and most of
them being compelled TO make hurried exits III
scantv attire from the burning structures
New-York tribune., 1908-12-28
BEAT OUT FLAMES ON EACH oTHEF
Granddaughters of Ex-President Tyler Have
Narrow Escape from Death
rBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune /

Richmond. Va Dec. 27--Mrs Alfred Miles and
Miss Julia Tyler. granddaughter OF ex-President
John Tyler who Is buried in Hollywood Cemetery
here. and daughters OF Lyon G. Tyler, president OF
William and Mary University. az Williamsburg
came very near losing their lives to-day as the
result Of the explosion OF alcohol lamp.
The two women were attempting TO fill the lamp
while il was lighted II exploded, setting fire TO
their clothes. With rare presence of mind each
came 10 II aid Of the other. with the result that
the flames were srnothered before any great harm
had been done. although both suffered severe
burns on the hands
New-York tribune., 1908-12-28
WOLF cHAsEs MAN IN CITY STREETS
Peoria GlI) Resident Shoots Brute Through
Window of His Home.

Peoria III Dec "a large. lean. gray |o'f
gave Frank Keirer an exciting five minutes TO-DAY
when II attacked him near lumber YARD IN the
heart Of the city and chased MIN rour Olo-A9
+,--o,-zh the streets to his home heiHer entereo
- ,,sa IN time 10 siam the door in the animal $
face Selling rife. he put buller through It's
brain shooting through window The wof Is Ine
first Wild one seen near Peoria IN many years
New-York tribune., 1908-12-28
EL,EVEN. KILLED IN RIOT
Trouble Near AmOg OzCiHg to Ant'-
ODium Edict.

Annoy. Dec. 27-Orders were issued on Satur-
day to a number of natives at Tunsar twenty
miles north of Annoy, to cease planting opium
poppies They refused to obey, and riot foi-
lowed. in which one officer and ten civilians
were killed
The popu1ace of Tungan is up In arms ana
hve hundred troops have been sent there 70 re-
store order The authorities announce theair de-
termination to enforce the anti-opium edict
New-York tribune., 1908-12-28
GREEK PATRIARCH DETHRoNED.
Synod of Jerusalem Opposes His Reforms
Troops Guarding Palace.

Jerusalem. Dec. 27.-The Greek Synod has de-
throned Damianos the Greek Patriarch OF Jerusa-
lem who declined TO resign. The patriarch favored
reforms for his native flock, which were denied
under the old Turkish rule and opposed by
the Synod because they would have reduced consid-
erabIv the Church revenues. over which the Synod
has complete control
The authorities have sent troops to guard the
patriarch his palace pending the receipt OF tn
structiorss from Constantinople.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-28
SUMTER DEFENDER DEAD.

Meriden. Conn Dec. John Dornn a survivor
Of Major Anderson's band that defended Fort sum
the outbreak OF the civil War died suddenly
at his home in this city Jhts morning from heart
disease. Mr. DoTan continued IN the army as a
private seven years after the close Of the war and
then settled In this city. whore he married. He
leaves a wife. six and two daughters
New-York tribune., 1908-12-28
AMERICAN ROBBED OF 5000 IN JEWELS

Paris, Dec. 27.-Jewelry to The value OF S000 va
recently stolen from Mrs Ely Patterson who va
formerly Miss Schmitt. OF st. Louis. The polr.
have made one arrest
New-York tribune., 1908-12-28
oEwEY's WINES FoR NEW YEATS.

Special Offer Cases S400. $500, ss75
~ T. Dewey Sons Co. l2s Fulton St, New York
-Advt
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
Country Life Commission at "U."

The commission on country life, ap-
Dointed by President Roosevelt, will
hold a hearing at the college of agri-
culture of the University of Wiscon-
sin Saturday, Dec. Il. 1t is expected
that most of the members Of the com
mission will be present. The commits
sion will interview prominent farm
ers. farmers wives. ministers, teach
ers. physicians. editors, business men
and others familiar with country lie
conditions in Wisconsin. The com
mission is not inspecting the 1nstltu-
ton, nor giving instruction, but IS
Gathering reliable data on which TO
base recommendations relative to the
Improvement of rural conditions IN
the United States. The commission
has heen holding hearings in most of
the Western states at points where
the largest number of representative
citizens could be reached.
Attend Dairy and Stock Shows.
The faculty of the college of agrl-
culture of the University OF Wiscon-
sin is we'll represented at the nation
al dairy show and the international
i've Stock exposition at chicago,
Dean Fl. L. Russell, Superintendent
If Institutes George McKerrow, Prof.
f, w. VOL and Prof. E. H. Earring
ton all being present at the dairy
show, and DR.. A. S. Alexander Prof.
G. G. Humphrey, Prof. J. G. Fuller and
Frank Kleinheinz attending the stock
exhibit. Prof. Harrington and Prot.
Woll will also attend the meeting OF
the national dairy inspectors and in
vestigators. The student body OF the
college is represented by some thirty
students of the long course in agrlcul-
ture. and about 100 short course stu
1nnts
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
FOREST FIRE PROTECTION.
Lumbermen and Land Owners Decide
to Seek New State Legislation.

IuflbCTII1CH anu IdIiO 0WH~tS 0VSiAO
to Seek New State Legislation.
A number of important things were
done by the 1umbermen and land own
ers of northern Wisconsin who gath
cred at the Eau Claire club for the
purpose of taking action with the end
of protecting the forests against for
est fires.
The gathering adopted a report of
the special committee which recon-
mended that the state legislature be
petitioned to pass laws establishing
a patrol system for the protection of
forests such as is maintained by the
United States for the protection OF
her vast forest tracts with various
provisions regarding the times of set
ting fires, fines for violations, etc.
A resolution presented G. D. Jones
of Wausau was adopted providing that
the state forestry department present
bill at the next legislature provid-
ing that a contract be made between
the timber owners and the state which
will exempt the timbers from taxation
under proper conditions during the
term of such contract
Another resolution introduced by
State Forester Griffiths was unani-
mousIy adopted. 1t provided that the
regents of the state university be
asked to provide the money to furnish
suitable building to cost $4,000
where tests and experiments can
be carried out by the United States
forest service for the purpose of
utilizing the by-products of timber
operations, such as tree branches and
stumps. for the manufacture of wood
alcohol, etc.
Then to wind up with it was decided
to organize a timber owners associa-
ton of northern Wisconsin to be
incorporated under the laws of Wis
consin for the purpose Of getting more
cooperation in the line of forest pro-
lection. The same committee which
drew up the report On proposed pro-
lection was delegated to draw up the
constitution and bylaws OF the new
organization, to be submitted at flu
ture meeting.
Those present at the meeting were
State Forester Griffith of Madison,
John Weyerhaeuser and George At
wood of ST. Paul, representing the
Weyerhaeuser interests; J. T. Barber,
Northwestern Lumber Co., Eau Claire;
Eugene Shaw, Shaw Lumber Co., Eau
Claire; L. V. Ripley, Henry Davis, AL
fred Cypreansen and Capt. C. H, Hen
ry, Eau Claire; G. D. Jones, Wausau;
Jones Land Co, Peter O'Connor, Nee
nah, representing Kimberley & Clark;
E. l.. AinsWorth and c. l. Delaney,
Chippewa Falls, representing the
American immigration Co.; George
Peterson of Stanley, of Roe & Peter
son; Col. Holway of La Crosse, c. A.
Goodman of Marinette, A. r. Jones of
Owen and J. D. Arpin of Grand Rap
ids.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
News of the Northwest
KILLED AT THE THROTTLE.
Oriental Limited Runs at High Speed
With Dead Engineer at Throttle.

Minneapolis, Dec. 8. Engineer
George P. irwin of the east-bound ORR
entail Limited on the Great Northern
road was killed yesterday by being
struck by pier of a bridge east OF
Robbinsdale, hamlet four miles west
Of Minneapolis, while the train was
speeding into the Twin Cities. Fire
man Doerr was busily shoveling coal
and did not know that his chiefs life
had been crushed out. 1t was not TN.
til a brakeman who noticed that the
train had passed a small station with
out even slowing up and fearing that
something was wrong gaZed out from
a coach platform to the engine and
saw the limp form of the engineer
leaning from the cab window that any
one had a suspicion that an accident
had happened. The brakeman imme-
diately applied the air and the sud
den setting of the brakes caused the
fireman to look up at the engineer.
He went over and touched him on
the shoulder. There was no response,
and, pulling the lifeless form to him,
the Mortified brakeman discovered the
head a mass Of blood and brains. It
is thought that the engineer was look
ing back at the train and did not real
ize the proximity of the bridge under
which he had so often passed.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
REGENTS ASK FOR $242,eoo.

At a special meeting at Madison,
the board of normal school regents
decided to ask the coming legislature
to appropriate $242,S00 for improve
ments and additions at the different
normal schools and to increase the an
nual appropriation for current eX-
penses of the schools from $230,000 to
$350,000.
The appropriation Of $242,8OO is de-
sired for the following purposes:
Fifty thousand dollars for additional
grounds and tile floors for the Mil
waukee school, $4,000 for additional
grounds and new boiler house at
the Oshkosh school, $4,000 for an ad-
dition to the Whitewater school, ST.
500 for new boiler house at the
Stevens Point school, $4,000 for a
dormitory for the Superior school,
$4,000 for additional grounds at the
Platteville school and $4,000 for title
floors at the La Crosse school.
The board believes it has kept the
amount to be asked for as low as the
welfare of the schools will permit.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
SHERIFF FEARS JAIL BREAKS.
Wants Prisoners Taken Off Jobs

Wants Prisoners Taken Off Jobs
Where They May Steal Tools.
Charging that to permit prisoners
to work outside the Jail yard on coun-
ty buildings or elsewhere would dou-
Bile the opportunities for jail deliveries
and would provide desperate criminals
with arms and tools with which to
escape. Sheriff-elect William Duncan
of La Crosse will demand that the
county board abandon its plan to use
prisoners to work about county jobs.
At the last session Of the board a
resolution was passed abolishing the
stone pile in the Jail yard, and it was
suggested that money could be saved
the county by utilizing the prison la
Dor in repairs on county buildings and
elsewhere where it has been necessa-
ry in the past to employ extra men.
Sheriff-eIec Duncan calls attention
to the fact that since the adjustment
Of the stone pile there have been sew
eral instances in which files, saws
and other tools and weapons have
been found in the hands of prisoners,
taken, no doubt, into the Jail by the
working prisoners.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
UNIVERSITY WINS PRIZES.
Sheep and Swine From College of
Agriculture Get Many Blue Ribbons.

Sheep and Swine From College of
Agriculture Get Many Blue Ribbons.
Prizes amounting to nearly $1,000
have been awarded thus far at the In
ternational Live Stock exposition to
sheep and swine entered by the col
lege of agriculture of the University
of Wisconsin. In several classes
they carried off the entire list of pre-
miums against all competitors. The
record made by this stock is better
than ever before. In the college
sheep classes for fat wethers Wis
consin won evtrything with the ex-
ception of one-third prize of $40. In
the open classes Wisconsin showed
the best college entry for the grand
championship on grand wether, and
was second in this class to but one,
a private breeder. The hogs made as
good a showing as the sheep, and
several animals proved championship
winners.
The total premiums won by the
sheep were S667, and by the hogs
$3.50, not including prizes in some spe-
cial college classes. The total win
nings will be about $1,000.
Many of these prize winning sheep
will be returned to the college to be
used in class work in the short course
in agriculture, which opens Dec. 5.
The premiums awarded to Wisconsin
in the classes judged up to date are
as follows: Sheep, pure breds, Shrop-
shire yearling; second in open class
es; first, third, fifth and champion in
American classes; Shropshire lamb,
first, second and third, in both open
and American bred classes; pen OF
Shropshire lambs, first in both open
and American bred classes; Hamp-
shire yearling, first and champion IN
open classes; Hampshire lamb, sec
ond in open and first in special class
es: Cheviot yearling, third in open
classes; Cheviot lamb, first and sec
ond in open classes. pen OF CheVlot
lambs, first in open classes; pen OF
Southern lambs, third in open classes.
Grade and cross Understandings
second in open; second, third, fourth
and fifth in Shropshire specials;
lambs, third in open; first and second
in Shropshire specials; pen OF year
ling wethers; second in open; first
in Shropshire specials. In the college
classes for wethers Wisconsin won
first. second, third and champion on
yearling wether; first and second on
wether lamb, and first on pen OF Weth-
ers under two years of age.
In the swine department the Wis
consin college of agriculture won the
following prizes: Berkshires, first in
the six-month and first in the twelve
month classes, and second in the
eighteen-month classes; on the six
months pen, second; second in the
twelye-month pen, and third in the
eighteen-month pen; Poland Chinas,
second in each six, twelve and
eighteen-month classes; Duroc Jer-
sevs. second in siX-month class, sec
ond in twelve-month class, first in six
month class and in pen under SIX
months
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
The State Day by Day
IRREGULARITIES FOUND.
Wisconsin Commission Reports to the
Governor.

Wisconsin Commission Reports to the
Governor.
The report of the railroad commits
sion, filed with Gov. Davidson, is de-
voted almost exclusively to the opera
ton of the public utility law. The
report is divided into four depart
ments - statistical, discriminatory
rates, legislative recommendations
and uniform accounting. BY far the
larger portion is devoted to a discus
sion of discriminatory rates, which
seem to have pervaded almost every
public utility in the state. The COM
mission lays stress upon the fact that
the determinations now in force are
those left after years housekeeping.
The determinations by telephone
companies are first discussed. Out of
81 companies whose reports were re-
ceived, 80 reported determinations,
and out of lat telephone exchanges 70
tolerated discriminatory rates. Of the
thirty-two companies that dlscrlml-
mated. the total amount of rebate was
$3,596.86 a month, or $31 1922 an
nually. The general telephone condi-
lions throughout the state show an
average for all the exchanges conSld-
cred of about eight discriminatory tel
ephCnes to every hundred subscribers.
Existing telephone contracts are the
causes of much of the present dis
examinations, and the companies
[lo,4
to come IS telephones out of total
of 1856 cases must be maintained I'M
til the contracts are abrogated.
The report on the water companies
of the state was rather inadequate,
owing to misunderstanding as to the
character and detail of the informa-
ton desired by the commission. In
70 companies furnishing water which
filed reports, % reported no discrimi-
natory rates and az reported such
rates; that is, three out of five report
ed discriminatory practices. OF the
twenty-eight that reported no discrim-
nations only seven were operated by
private corporations.
There are fifty-tWo gas companies
in the state, but reports from only
thirty-one were received in time for
compilation. Of this number only
eleven reported discriminatory rates.
Of the lit electric companies that re-
ported, one-nalf are furnishing service
at other than regular scheduled
charges. The commission declares
that about three out of every hundred
electricity consumers pay less than
the scheduled rate.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
PHYSICIANS MARVEL AT CASE.
Boy Whose Bones Break Easily and
Are Quickly Healed.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Dec. 8.-Phy-
sicians have found in William Cole
man, the son of julius Coleman, a pc
culiar subject for study. The boys
bones have become unusually brittle,
and break whenever struck by blow
a little harder than the ordinary.
When the bone issfractured the injury
does not give the boy any pain and
the break is healed in a short time
without the aid OF a doctor.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
LAKE STEAMER
LOST IN STORM
D. NJ. Clemson, With Grew of
Twenty-four, Given Up for
Lost by Duluth Owners.
ATLANTIC TAKES TOLL OF 50
Scores of Lives Are Lost OF the Coast
of Nova Scotia in a Series of
Disasters.

Duluth, Dec. S.-One week has pass
ed since the steamer B. M. Clemson,
owned by A. B. WOlvin of Duluth,
passed the 500, bound up from Lorain,
Ohio, on her last trip of the year.
Her owners say that in all probability
she foundered in the terrific storm
that ragged at the lower end of Lake
Superior early in the week, Or is
stranded somewhere on the north
shore. IN either event her entire crew
of twenty-four men, including the Off
GERS, must have persisted.
No news of the big boat has been
received since she passed the locks
at the 500. A vessel sighted Friday
in shelter behind Grand Island was
believed to be the Clemson, but it
proved to be the D. O. Mills, which
arrived in port here Saturday after
noon. The crew of the Mills brought
no news of the missing vessel
Tugs Sent Out to Search.
Fearing that the Clemson was
wrecked or in serious trouble some
where out Of reacn of help on the
bleak north shore of Lake Superior,
the WOlvin Steamship company has
started out tugs and small steam YES
sells on a thorough patrol of the en-
tire north shore from Port Arthur to
the 500 and from the 500 to Isle Roy
ale Every passing vessel at the 500
is being questioned for traces of the
lost boat, and the search will be con-
tined until the Clemson Or her wreck
age is found.
Atlantic Takes Fifty.
Halifax, Dec. 7.-More than half a
hundred seameu have lost their lives
on the upper north Atlantic coast dur
ing the last few days as the result Of
a storm of unprecedented severity.
The reckoning, itemized as accu-
rately as the meager reports will al
low. is as follows:
Dec. ,, seventeen members of the
crews of the fishing schooners drown
ed off the Newfoundland coast.
Dec. 4, tWenty-eight members of the
crew of the steamer 500 City, which
is believed to have sunk in the Gulf of
st. Lawrence.
Dec. 5, seven members of the crew
of Barge No. 101, which went down
off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
TWO Burned in EXPLOSION.

Elk Point, S. D., Dec. 8.-Hanson &
Maher OF Beresford opened here Sat
urday moving picture show in the
Flannery building. The machine did
not work we'll so the audience was
dismissed and a moment later the
machine exploded. Henry Bronson,
the operator, and Billy Reynolds, his
assistant, were badly burned about
the face and hands.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
WANDERED FOUR NIGHTS.

Nelson's Escape From Death by Freez-
ing Regarded as Remarkable.
Lost for three days and four nights
in the woods of the town Of Alden,
Polk county, without food Or shelter,
is the experience Of Martin Nelson
of Deer Park. Nelson was clad only
in overalls and jacket, and it is re-
markabla that he was not frozen to
death.
He had been working on a farm
near Deer Park, and in the evening,
instead of going home made his way
into the woods. Search was institut
ed by his relatives and he was finally
located ut Menomonie, the authorities
there believing he was an escaped in
sane patient. He had been found
wandering along the banks Of Hay
river in Dunn county.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
Season of Farmers Institutes Opens.


The potato institute at Rio, Column
bia county, conducted under the di-
rection of superintendent George Nc
Kerrow by L. E. Scott OF Stanley, as
sisted by Prof. A. r. Whitson, Prof.
E. P. Sandsten and J. G. Milward of
the state university and Kennedy
Scott of Rio had an enthusiastic at
tendance. A cooking school, con-
Quoted by Miss Edith l.. Cliff of Chi
cago and Miss Nellie e. Gritfiths OF
Madison also aroused much interest.
The regular season Of farmers insti-
tutes opens it's twenty-third year Dec.
8, and closes March IS with big
cooking institute at Mondovi, Buffalo
county. Six conductors and their
stats of assistants will be in the field,
with two cooking school conductors,
who will hold forty sessions in con-
nection with Institutes.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
TRAFFIC IN FRENCH GIRLS.
Federal Agent at Duluth May Disclose
Wholesale Business.


Duluth, Dec. 9.-Wholesale importa-
ton of French women into the United
States and more particularly into the
Northwest, was disclosed yesterday
through the arrest by William H
Dean, inspector in charge of the local
United States immigration office OF
Clementine Daily, native Of Paris,
who says she was brought to Duluth
under contract by Mary Gain, 234 ST.
Croix avenue.
Inspector Dean is investigating 9th
er cases along the same line and al
ready has evidence which probably
will lead to the arrest of other French
girls and may result in several fines
of $4,000 each being imposed upon
other Duluth women, besides the de-
portation to France of the girls in
question.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-10
BROTHERS DIE AT SAME AGE.
Strange Case of Sudden Death of TWO
Healthy Men.

William Weyenberg, a Chippewa
Falls shoe manufacturer, has received
word from Little Chute informing him
of the death of his cousin, Martin
Weyenberg, formerly leading bust
ness man Of Rice Lake. It was less
than five minutes after Martin Weyen-
berg had concluded conversation
about the sudden death of his brother
dropped dead from heart disease. The
conditions OF the death of the Weyen-
berg brothers are SO similar that they
are extraordinary Both men lived to
be the same age, both dropped dead
from heart disease, neither had had
a days illness for years prior to his
death, and both died a short time
after discussing the death of another