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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
HORSES DIE IN FLAMES
NINETEEN BURNED TO DEATH IN
MENOMONEE VALLEY FIRE.
Incendiary Believed to Have Started
Blaze, Destroying Barns of
c. a. Beck & Son.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. Oct. 81. 1905
Ninteen horses were burned to death.
and damage estimated at $4,000 done,
when the barns. lumber shed and store
room OF the :. \. Beck & Son company
at the east end of the Sixth street viaduct
III the Menomonee valley, were destroyed
Tuesday night at $50 O'Clock. The fire
Is thought to have been the work of an
incendiary
Richard Sheehan, night Waterman at
the plant, saw a man skulkiug about
the place nights during the last week,
and followed him out Tuesday night.
W hen he returned the factory and ad-
joining buildings We're in flames Shee-
nan mas made Il report to the police de-
partment Of his discoveries and theories
OF the origin of the fire.
oheehan braYely made an effort to
rescue the imprisoned horses, but dense
smoke drove him back several times.
AT risk Of his life he entered the
stables, but stumbled out. almost over
come by the thick fumes from the hay.
An approximate value Of $1,000 was
placed on the animals
Inc blaze began in the barns, and
quickly communicated to the hay lofts
Inc barn building, of a frame structure,
was, soon entirely ablaze The dense
smoke made it impossible to approach
closely after the fire had gained head
way; The adjoining buildings were ig-
nlted, and when the fire department ar
rived, several structures We're in flames.
The office and new factory building were
not touched although the fire ragged all
around them.
While August G. Beck, treasurer of
the company, estimates the loss at $15,-
600, he believes it would have amounted
to $4,000, but for the assistance rem
dered by four fire tugs. The fire de-
partment was compelled to take a cir
cuitous route, around Thirteenth and
Sixteenth streets, to the blaze, owing to
the unfinished condition of the Sixth
street viaduct.
The fire is the second in the valley
Milwaukee Woven Wire company was
destroyed last Friday. The Beck fire
follows on petition to Mayor Rose to
have better fire protection given the
Menomonee valley industries. Mr. Beck
made a personal appeal to Mayor Rose
on behalf of the valley interests. The
Beck company will not be crippled in
carrying on its business by reason of the
fire.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
LOSES MIND FROM FEAR.
Seven Year-Old Hudson Lad in Precarious
Condition as Result Of Being Chased
by Ferocious Bull.

HUDSON, Wis, Oct 22.-[SpeciaI,l
The 7-year-od son of Gust Halverson,
Il farmer residing near Burkhardt, a few
miles ncrth of Hudson, has lost his
mind and is in a serious physical condi-
ton as result of being chased by a
ferocious bull. While playing, the little
fellow was attacked by the beast He
ran from the animal and escaped, but
became 50 frightened that he lost his
mind, and continued the flight, believing
he was pursued. He ran in this manner
for over five miles to Il point near Bass
lake, where he was overtaken by parties
and returned home.
Nels Peterson, Il farmer living five
miles southeast of here narrowly escaped
death by being gOred by Il bull yester-
day. He was knocked down and showed
into the corner Of fence, when Mr.
PetersOn's hired man came to the rescue
and saved him. He was severely in
jured.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
FARMERS TAKE SUGAR.
Relieve Railroad Employees of Work Of
Clearing Wreckage Near New
Richmond

NEW RICHMOND, Wis, Oct %
Especial I-Farmers residing west of this
city have stocked up their larders against
any further advances in price by the
sugar trust The Wisconsin Central had
a wreck in which several carloads of
merchandise went into the ditch and
were smashed. In the mess was a car
load Of loaf sugar. This was noised
about among the farmers of the. neigh
borhood, and, while the railroad people
were waiting for the wrecking outfit 10
come on from Abbotsford, the cnterpris-
ing farmers appeared on the scene with
boxes, barrels and bags and soon had
relieved the railroad employees Of the
bother Of picking up the sugar and had
at the same time gathered up their win
ter's supply of sweetening.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
BADGERS DRAW FARMS.
Five from Wisconsin Among Lucky Ones
at Opening of Rosebud Indian
Reservation

DALLAS, S. D., Oct 2O.-Several
Badgers were among the lucky ones who
drew farms i'll the Rosebud Indian reser-
walton at the drawing yesterday. They
are William c. Miller Of Lancaster, Hen
ry Schimmelpfenning of CampbeIlsport,
Frank l.. Jones Of Milton Junction, Ed
ward FilIback of River Falls and r. w.
Bow of Eagle. Nebraska led the state
in the list Of the first POO winners, haT
ing eighty. Iowa was second with for
ty-seven. Illinois had sixteen. The sue
cessful ones up to the number of 1000
will be allowed to enter on the land next
March, choosing their farms in the or
der they were drawn.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
Men Swim Ashore
TY PHOID LINGERS LONG
Dormant n Some Cases as Long
as Eighteen Years.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Oct. 20

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Oct. 2O.-In-
vestigation made by officers of the Pub
lie Health and Marine hospital service
into a recent outbreak of typhoid fever
in Georgetown, this city, disclosed that
a woman mixer at nelghb,oring dairy,
ago, still throws off in her ejecta virile
typhoid fever bacilli, and was the re-
sponsble agent in spreading the disease.
With one exception this is the first CON
siderable outbreak Of typhoid fever in
the United States traced through milk
to such a carrier. The examination de-
velopeG large numbers of typhoid bacilIi
in the ejecta of the woman, although
she apparently was enjoying good
health.
Surgeon-General Wyman states that
this case establishes that at least > Der
cent of all recovered cases of typhoid
fever become bacilli carriers for a longer
or shorter period, even while otherwise
enjoying good health.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
MAY NOW HAVE A SIS PROM.
New Head of Faculty Social Committee
Said to Favor Such Action

MADISON, Wis. Oct. 22.-[ Special. ]
President Van Hise yesterday an
nounced the committees Of the faculty
for the coming year. Chief in the in
terest of the students was the successor
of Prof. Sharp as chairman Of the social
committee. Prof Sharp is on leave OF
absence this fall and Prof. Gilmore OF
the law school was named as his success
sor. 1t is understood that Prof Gil
more is in favor Of 50 prom and those
in charge Of the junior prom are anticl-
pating no trouble in getting the faculty :
year. The other members Of the com
mittee are Profs Mayhem. Pyre, Me
Coy. MendenhalI. and Ross, and Mrs
Woodward The committee will settle
the prom question at Il meeting to be
held in the near future
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
PETITION IS DENIED.
Mrs. Claudia Hams Request for Alimony
and Counsel Fees Turned Down in
Brooklyn Court.

NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-The applica
ton of Mrs Claudia L. Hams for ali
mony and counsel fees to defend a suit
for divorce brought by Capt Peter c.
Hams, Jr, awaiting trial for killing Will
lem e. Annis was denied by Justice
Carr in Brooklyn today. Mrs. Hams
request that she be granted the custody
of her children also was denied. Annis
was named as correspondent in Capt
Hams suit for divorce. Justice Carr, in
his decision, said that Capt. Hams has
no means from which to pay either ali
mony or counsel fees, as his salary has
been suspended since his Imprisonment
and his own small means are needed for
his own defense. The court also gave
as a reason that Mrs. Hams is in a com
Portable home with her parents in Massa-
chuSettS
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
OCEAN FISH IN RIVER.
Water from Gulf of Mexico Backs Up in
Mississippi Owing to Low
Leve, Now.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 2O.-With
the water in the Mississippi river only
IS inches above its lowest record for
thirty years, salt water ash are being
caught daily off the New Orleans dock
ma about 100 miles above the mouth
# the river The color Of the river
has turned from muddy brown to
green hue, due to the salt water of the
-uIf forced UP stream by the tide.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
EVANS SOBER, BUT LAX.
Court Martial on Battleship Fleet Sem
fences AdmiraPs Son to Reduc-
ton in Rank.

YOKOHAMA, Oct. 19.-The court
martial which tried Lieut.. Frank T.
Evans of the battleship Louisiana, son
Of Rear Admiral Evans, found that he
was not guilty of intoxicatiOn, but was
guilty of disrespect to a superior officer
and for leaving the deck while he was
on duty. The sentence of the court was
that he lose $50 numbers and receive a
public reprimand. Rear Admiral Sperry
criticises the leniency of the verdict.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
ROBBERY IN DAYLIGHT,
Chicago Thugs Hold Up Man OF Street
and Take Grip Containing
$4,000.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 2O-A daring
daylight robbery occurred at Halsted
street and Washington boulevard today
when II. 2. Stevenson was beaten to in
sensibility by two highwaymen who then
escaped with a satchel in which Steven
son was carrying $1,000 to the bank. 4
large crowd was collected by the strug-
gle, but the assault and robbery was per
petrated so quickly that the robbers had
a good start when pursuit began. Squads
Of police searched the vicinity of the
crime Immediately afterward, but the
fugitiveS had made good their escape
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

life to the cause of learning and human
advancement for all Tim" 10 come.
"CoI. Villas served his country ia
many capacities; rs Il soldier on md
night march and bIogd-staiaed field as a
counsellor in the national cabinet and n
legislative halls, and as an executive
officer on administrative boards Of vari-
Gus kinds, both state and national he
freely gave his splendid abilities to the
service Of the people with Sin-le-hearJed
and patriotic devotion"
Clevelands Closest Adviser.
Judge Winslow then reviewed Mr..
Villas career as a soldier, rs postmaster
general and as secretary of the interior
in President Cleveland's first cabinet,
and as senator, and paid high tribute TO
the ability that he displayed in each o.
these capacities. OF his work rs n mem
Der Of the cabinet and speaker said:
1T is but the simple truth to say that
Col. Villas became one Of President
Cleyeland's closest friends and advisers,
if not indeed the very closest. While
markedly different in many ways, they
absolutely agreed in viewing public office
as Il sacred trust from tie people, whose
duties were to be performed with Il sin
gle eye 10 the public good There We're
great questions before that council
board, and there were great men there to
meet them. but among all the Presidents
advisers there were none endowed win
higher abilities or greater grasp Of mind
than Col. Villas. Perhaps no man III that
cabinet can be said to have had Il dom
mating influence, for the President him
self was cyC1 dOminent, but certain it IS
that no question vas there debated
which was not Illuminated by his clear,
logical, and eloquent discussion of it, and
upon very many questions his opinion
was accented as decisive"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
RECOVER SAILORS BODIES.
Lifesaving Grew lows Steamer Maggie
Marshall to Port.

NENDSHA. Wis, Uct. III SpecIaI.I
After an unsuccessful attempt to reach
the disabled steamer Maggie Marshall,
in the Efeboats, the ifesaving crew here
put out in a tug and towed the barge
into port. The men who were cooked to
death by the escaping steam in the en-
CINE room were:
PETERSON, JOHN, 50 years, Manistee,
Mich: engineer.
HICK, CHARLES. p years, Iarinette,
Wis: assistant engineer.
MEYERS. REED, 30 years. Fear Lake,
Mich; fireman.
MICkLER. ERNEST, II years, Manistee,
Mich: deck hand
The barge was completely disabled and
drlfted about aimiessly until taken in
tow by the lifesaving tug.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
SUES SURETY COMPANY,
Insurance Commission Starts Action to
Recover Amount of Bond on Belle
vile Bank Cashier.

MADISON, Wis, Oct. 2O.-LSpeciaIl
Suit was filed today in the office of
Insurance Commissioner George E. Bee
die against the National Surety company
of New York city TO recover the amount
of its surety bond on the Citizens State
bank of Belleville. The suit grows out
of the recent alleged shortage of Cashier
E. G. Story. The bank held the surety
company's bond for the period from
September, 1906, to the time when the
shortage was discovered. The bond was
designed to indemnify the bank against
any dishonesty by the cashier up to the
amount of $4,000. The company now
assumes it is not liable under the bond.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
ENGINEER A SUICIDE.
Railroad Employe Throws Himself In
der Train After Wife Pleads Not
to Kill Himself.

TOLEDO. O., Oct. 2O.-With his wife
following close behind, begging him to
stop, Charles Drager, Is. formerly
locomotive engineer. upon hearing an en-
gine whistle, rushed from his home TO-
day to the Wheeling & Lake Erie tracks,
block distant, where he threw him.
self under a passing freight train and
was instantly killed. Drager gave up his
position 4 few weeks ago on account of
i'll health. He formerly lived at Fort
Wayne. Ind.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
FINDS LOST BROTHER,
Stranger, Supplying the Match tor
Light, Is Relative Not Seen Tor
Many Years.

SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 19.-The com
mon request of one man to another
brought Frank and William Lees, broth
ers. together here. They had last seen
each other thirty years ago III England.
Frank. while at the Lackawanna sta
ton, on his way to his home in Bing-
hamton, approached a stranger and asked
for a match to light his pipe. Thinking
that the stranger bore a familiar look,
he inquired his name, and the denoue-
ment followed.
Both men came from England, not
knowing Of each others whereabouts.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
270J KILLED IN STORM.
Typhoon Near Annoy, China, Is Far More
Serious Than Reported at First
Many Villages Gone

ANIOY, Oct. 20.-The damage done N
Thursdays typhoon was much greater
than at first reported. In Chang Chow
5000 houses. including the projects
Namen, wer destroyed and 100 persons
killed. In Lamcheng, u miles west of
Chang Chow, 600 houses were destroyed
and 1900 persons killed. Five years ago
Lam Cheng was flooded and 5000 were
drowned. Fifteen miles north of Chang
Chow. three villages were entirely de-
Stroyed in Thursdays storm, 400 per-
sons being killed
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
ICE DEALS DESCRIBED
POOL IN STOCK TOLD BY WITNESS
IN MORSE TRIAL.
Tell of Belief in American Company
Borrow Large Sums of Money and
Securities Drop.

NEW YORK. Oct. 20.-In the trial of
of Charles W. Morse and A. H Curtis
in the United States court, Judge Hough
presiding, for alleged violation of the ma
tional banking laws in the management
of the National Bank of North America.
Wesley NJ. Oler, president of the Ameri-
can Ice company, today resumed his tes-
timony, which was interrupted by the ad-
journment of court yesterday. The sub
ject under immediate investigation was
the pool III stock of the ice company in
which Morse. Charles NJ Schwab. John
W. Gates. John Il. Carroll and others
We're interested.
Oler told of two transactions in this
stock in which he had ventured on
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
MKENzIE RESIGNS POSITION.
Leaves University 10 Take Place On Sen
atoT La FoIIette's Weekly.

MADISON. Wis. Oct 20-Fred W
Mackenzie Of Milwaukee has resigned
his position as editor of the publications
Al the state university TO accept an edi-
torial position on Senator L. N. La
Eollette's new weekly, 10 be issued this
month.
1t is understood that Charles GilIett
of Superior, of the class Of 1907, now
city editor of the Superior Telegram, Will
be appointed TO fl the vacancy.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
Plan for a Greater She5oygan.

SHEBOYGAN. Wis. Oct. % Spe-
cial. preliminary steps for the organ
ization Of a Greater Sheboygan' asso,
citation and also negotiations with the
Fromme Manufacturing company Of
Towards Grove to secure the erection of
the companys new factory in Sheboygan
were taken up at a meeting Of merchants
and manufacturers today and a gigantic
plan for boosting the city was discussed
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
BIG LIZARD IS FOUND.
Remains of Prehistoric Animal Forty
Feet Long and Twenty-Five Feet
High Unearthed in Montana.

GREAT FALLS. Mont, Oct 20
The remains of Il prehistoric animal
40 feet long and % feet in height have
been found in the Bad lands south of
Glasgow, Mont. by Barnum Brown of
New York. connected with the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History. The
relic has been shipped to New York
1t took sixteen teams to haul the fossil
to the railroad, the skull alone weighing
1000 pounds. Mr.. Brown Classics the
fossil as a Tyraunosaurus Rex or king
Of the lizards"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
BRITISH BARK SINKS,
Fifeshire Totally Wrecked in Pacific, but
All Those on Board Are
Rescued.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Oct. 2O-A
cable from Sydney received by the Mer-
chants exchange, reports that the Brit
ish bark F'ifeshire, bound from New
Castle. Australia to Oregon, was totally
wrecked on Gilbert island, On August p.
All on board were saved and landed at
Sydney. The Ffeshire had full cargo
Of coal.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
IS WINTER IN EUROPE.
Central Portion Has Coolest Weather
Since 18e6-Mercury Below
Freezing Point.

BERLIN. Oct. 20.-CentraI Europe is
At present in the grip of the coolest
weather that has been experienced in
any month of October since 1866. The
thermometer ranges from TO 10 degrees
below the freezing point. Fahrenheit, and
there has been 4 heavy fall of snow in
Silesie.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
MEDAL TO RHEINFRANK
Park Manager Who Has Rescued Eleven
Persons, Rewarded by Carnegie
Commission

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Oct. 22.-t9OS.
William J. Rheinfrank. manager Of
Blatz park. who rescued Miss Bertha
Hammersmith and three other persons
from drowning in the Milwaukee river
IN the night of June II, has been award
ed Il Carnegie medal and $1,000 in
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
ST Paul Grardstand Burns

ST PAUL, Mimi, Oct 19.-The
grandstand at the Lexington Avenue
Baseball park, where all the Sunday
baseball games have heretofore been
played, was DESTROYED by fire last night.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
Former Beloit Man Dead.

ELGIN, Ill, Oct. 19.-[ Special. Am
son Wilson Root formerly of Beloit,
Wis, and the Oldest Odd Fellow in Kane
county, died here Saturday following an
operation. He was So years old.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

cash. Rheinfrank has rescued eleven
persons from drowning in the NIilwau-
kee river. At the time he rescued the
four persons, ID. G. Rogers, a we'll
known real estate man, drowned. Rhein-
frank recovered his body which was
caught in the awning Of launch Rhein-
franks name Was sent to the hero com
mission by Paul Hammersmith brother
of Miss Hammersmith, together with the
proofs and diagrams required by the COM
mission
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-08

4 JOINT RESOLUTION TO BE SUB
MITTED TO THE ELECTORS OF
THE STATE OF IDAHO FOR RE-
LECTION OR APPROVAL; PRO-
POSING THE REPEAL OF SEC
TONS II AND 81 OF ARTICLE
V OF THE CONSTITUTION OF
IDAHO. AND PROPOSING AM
ENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 2.
II. 90. AND "a OF ARTICLE v
SECTION OF ARTICLE XVIII
OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF IDAHO, PROVIDING
A DISTRICT COURT FOR EACH
COUNTY AND EXTENDING ITS
JURISDICTION TO ALL WAT
TIERS OF PROBATE. AND PRO-
VIDING FOR THE FL E,.r1ON
AND APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES
THEREFOR. AND THEIR SAL
ARIES. AND THE TERMS OF
SAID COURTS.
2F 1T RESOLVED BY THE LEGIS-
LATURE OF THE STATE OF
IDAHO:
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-08
Corn Silo at Walla WAilA.

Walla Walls.-Ex-Senator ". P.
Reser, who owns one of the largest
farms in the Northwest, is putting
up in silo the crop Of corn grown on
100 acres Of his land, three miles
from this city. The corn will be
used for feed this winter. Mr.. Reser
has a large band OF cattle running
Eather up in the winter season AMI
feed through to spring. A few years
ago Mr.. Reser became interested In
si1age as a stock food. and his first
experiment was so successful that h.
built silo with a capacity Of $50
tons. which he is now filling from
his cornield.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-08
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.
>! IN
Substitute for House Joint Resolu.
ton No. So
BY ,kHLPACK
JOINT RESOLUTION.


No AMEND SECTION SIX OF ART
/. lCLE EIGHTEEN OF THE CON-
STITUTION OF THE STATE OF
/ IDAHO: A JOINT RESOLUTION
{ TO SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS
+. OF THE STATE OF IDAHO FOR
THEIR REJECTION OR APP
PROVAL AN AMENDMENT TO
SECTION SIX OF ARTICLE
EIGHTEEN OF THE CONSTITU-
,TION0F THE STATE OF IDAHO
TO .:PERMIT COUNTY ASSES
i6OREAND TAX COLLECTORS
ITO EMPLOY SUCH DEPUTIES
/! ANECLERICAL HELP AS THE
/ BUS NESS OF THEIR OFFICE
lMA$ REQUIRE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGIs-
LATURE OF THE STATE OF
idaho: