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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24
Pennsylvania Trainmen Meet.

Pittsburg. Jan. 24.-The eXecutiy
committee of the Brotherhood of Ra
way Trainmen, representing employ
Of the Pennsylvania lines, is said to |
holding a secret meeting in this cit
Matters pertaining to the propose
changes in the wage scale and wor,
ing rules - 'c"nrted to b." under q
c"sei3n ! 5 not eiieyed Il an /:
vance in wages will he de-. -nded i.
this time.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24
Ex-Governor Francis Decorated.

st. Louis Mo-, Jan. 24.-The Order
IF the North Star, one of the highest
orders of Sweden, was conferred upon
former Governor D. r. Francis, as
president of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, at his home by c. \. Elk
stromer. vice consul for Sweden. The
decoration is a silver star on a silver
maltese cross.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24
Chicago Socialist Leaders Re-
spect Threat of the Chief
of Police.
ALL PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKEN
Police Were on Hand to Disperse
Any Crowd Assembling on
Lake Front.
Socialists at the Last Minute Issued
Proclamation Calling Off the
Parade = DIR. Reitman
Makes His Will.

Chicago, Jan. 24.-Fri ghtened by the
determined stand of Chief of Police
Shippy and the special guard Of 200
armed policemen whom he had called
to suppress any riotous demonstration,
socialist leaders called off the parade
of unemployed to the city hall sched-
uled to start from the lake front at 2
o'clock.
At noon the committee that had the
matter in charge issued statement
declaring the parade plans at an end.
The party leaders. after having
made elaborate plans in conjunction
with DR.. Ben l.. Reitman, originator
of the project to assemble the army Of
idle men in defiance of police orders,
became suddenly alarmed lest the
demonstration should lead to d repeti-
ton of scenes like those of the Hay
market riot
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24
Two Physicians Give Their
Testimony in:the Cele-
brated Case.
INCIDENT ON RAILWAY TRAIN
Thaw Chartered, His Eyes BuIged
and He Seemed Unsound,
Says DR.. Bailey.
DIR. Charles G. Wagner, the AIienis
Who Testified in Former Trial
Tells What Thaw Said
in TOmbs.

New York, Jan. 24.-Dr. Charles L.
Bailey, of Albany, n. Y, who has just
arrived in New York from the island
of Jamaica, was called as the first wit
convened at 1920 a. Il. DR.. Bailey
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24
THE WATERFOWL P.
0. KEEPS GROWING
Figures For Year Show a
Steady Increase in
Business.

The business of the Watertown
postoffice is still increasing annually
The cash receipts for the year 1907
were $40, ,645.8 IS. Undoubtedly tho
business done at the postoffice ID tn
best possible barometer, and this being
a fact, Watertown is to be coDglatu
lated. As result of Ghs weight take.i
of the mail tor the last six months
of the year 1907. the record shows the
following classes and the number CT
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24
Jones Primary Bill Passed.

Springfield. ILL.,, Jan. 24.-By a vote
of II to 3 the senate passed the Jones
primary election bill. The bill was
later presented in the house, read for
the first time and made a special or
der for next Tuesday.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24
Petition for Anneal Denied

Washington, Jan. 24.-The supreme
court of the United States, denied the
petition for an appeal in the Chicago
Street Railway reorganization case.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24
TIE WEATHER

Following is the official weather
forecast up to o'clock tonight:
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin-Fair;
rising temperature.
Indiana and Lower Michi gan-Fair.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24
ERNEST WOELFFER
DIES IN THE SOUTH
His Brother Robert of This
City. ChdS. of Lake Mills.
Leave This Morning.

Robert Woeltfer received the sad
intelligence yesterday afternoon from
fredericksburg, Va, of the death cf
his brother, Ernest Woelffer. Tie
deceased was formerly a resident #
London, but left last summer to en-
gage in farming in Virginia. H was
fortyseven years of age, having been
born in the town of Waterloo. He is
survived by his widow and two chilo-
ren. The burial will take place in
Fredericksburg, and the last sad rites
will be attended by Robert Woeltfc:
of this city, and Charles WoeI-
ffer, another brother, of Lake Mills,
who leave this morning for the south
Death is supposed to be due to blood
poisoning, resulting from an oper-
alton.
a Funeral services over the remains Of
the late Mr.. Gustav Zemke wers
held yesterday afternoon and the re.
mains laid tenderly to rest in ths
Lutheran cemetery. A brief singing
service was held at the home, 9l3
Berlin avenue, followed by service,
at st. Marks Lutheran church, the
Rev Julius Klingmann officiating. Tbs
following acted as pail bearers:
Messrs. John Guetzlaff, Albert Hoge,
William Rohde, Herman Zickert, AL
bert Manthel and f. A. Kruger.
The services were largely attended,
those present including delegation
of the members of the Plattdeutscher
Verein, as we'll as number uf brick
layers and masons. Among those froni
out of town were: H. Zemke, Emma
Zemke, JanesvIlle; Amalie Harrison,
Milwaukee; G. Wetzell, Jefferson.
The remains OF the late Mr.. George
W. Evans, who passed away in Mime
apolis recently, were laid at rest yes
teruay morning. The services at ths
home were conducted by the Rev. M
L. Eversz of the M E. church at :3J
O'Clock, interment being in Oak Hill
cemetery, by the side of his parents.
The following acted as pallbearers
Messrs. Al. Carlin, George W. Webb.
Charles Straw, Frank Duffy, Owen
Hughes and j. W. Moore. Among
those from out Of town here to attenu
the funeral were Mrs. G. w Evans.
Misses Jennie and Marguerite Evans.
Lyle Evans, David Evans, Milwaukee,
Ned Evans, Conner Evans, Chicago;
Mrs. E. L. Bradbury, Portage; Mrs
w. 3. Stevens, Sibley Iowa Thomas
d. jones, David Jones. Griffith Joner,
Mrs. Samuel Jones, Waukesba.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24
Aged Pair Die Together.

Portage, Wis, Jan. 24.-Mr. and Mrs.
John M. Anderson, aged seventy eight
and seventy-six, pioneers of Lewiston,
died of pneumonia a few hours apart.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24

was called to attend Thaw on a New
York Central railway train between
Hudson and Albany in April, 1906.
Eyes Bullying; Appeared Unsound.
When / was called in to see him.
said the witness, "Thaw was chatter
Ing something like Shasta, shasta,
shasta; the Pennsylvania runs into the
New York Central He kept on re-
peating this for some time. His eyes
were bnlging and he appeared un-
sound. I gave hrm a hypodermic of
morphine with the assistance of the
porter. When Thaw saw the syringe
he said: Take away that die stuff
l was very close to him and could not
detect the odor of alcohol"
On cross-examination Dr. Bailey
said Thaw did not respond to his in
terrogations, but rambled on incoher-
emily. His pulse was about 90.
The non-arrival Of the steamer Adri-
attic upset the plans of the defense
somewhat and prevented the calling of
several witnesses who are expected
from abroad.
DIR. Wagner Testiffes.
DIR. Charles G. Wagner, Of Bingham
ton, n. Y, the alienist, succeeded Dr.
Bailey on the stand. District Attorney
Jerome and Mr.. Littleton had a long
argument as to the admissibility of
Thaw's statements to Drs. Wagner and
s,1
homicide. Justice Bowling finally held
that the statements were admissible as
the basis for the expert opinion formed
by the alienist
DR.. Wagner repeated at great length
what Thaw had said. The prisoner
told of his efforts to have Stanford
White punished by appealing to An
Jerome. He said he had not intended
attacking White; that Providence took
the matter in hand and ended 1t in it's
own way. Thaw also said he had
been followed by a gang of thugs
whom White had employed to engage
him In a street quarrel, and killed him.
No Formal Opinion Expressed.
There were a few new details in
the physicians testimony, but in gen
eral 1t was a repetition of what he
said last year at the first trial. DIR.
Wagner did not express his formal
opinion as to Thaw's state Of mind,
this being left open until a few other
witnesses of facts have put their evi-
dence into the record.
Justice Bowling held a conference
with the attorneys as to limiting the
expert testimony and it was said it
might be that each side will use but
two physicians, although the defense
is likely to call several more in SURE
buttal OF any that appear in the states
rebuttal case. The defense has all Of
the experts who testified for the prose
cution at the last trial under subpoena.
Afternoon Session.
With the opening Of the afternoon
session Justice Bowling announced,
that he would allow the prosecution
and defense to call three experts each
and no more.
Mrs. Cartherine E. Cain, the former
milliner OF Boston, who overheard
Harry Ihaw's proposal to Mrs. Mes
bit for the hand of her daughter in
marriage was called to the stand. Mrs.
Cain testified that she was with the
Thaws at a theatre party after their
marriage. Stanford White came into
the theatre. When asked what effect
this had upon the defendant, Mrs. Cain
said his acts impressed her as IRA
tional. At the meeting with Mrs. Mes
BIT she heard Thaw offer TO settle a
sum Of money upon the mother.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24
Men Begin to Gather.

Hundreds of policemen with orders
to disperse any crowd on the lake front
were in readiness when the socialists
decided to withdraw and wash their
hands of the whole affair.
Thousands of men were beginning
to gather at the appointed places on
the lake front at Washington street
when the word was brought to them in
the form Of a proclamation announc-
ing that the socialist leaders had de-
serted the cause.
Policemen were already there in
large numbers to keep the '"jobless
army" moving. The proclamation in
glaring type on the front page of the
socialist paper was distributed by hun
dreds wherever groups Of shabbily
clothed men were congregated.
Reitman Makes His Will.
Despite the surrender of the social
lists DR.. Reitman announced that he
would go on with his part. Reitman
spent the morning making his will. He
executed a testament bequeathing $50
to the socialist paper and the re-
mainder to his mother and brother,
who live in Aldine avenue, and the
Brotherhood Welfare association, an
organization of tramps and hobos, of
which he Is the head.
When told that his chilly refusal
and the chilly atmosphere had stopped
the demonstration, Chief Shippy said:
Il said there would be no parade
and there will not be one"
Reitman Outwits Police.
Later in the day a serious clash oc-
CURED between the police and the
"ar,ny of unemployed" In which bill
lies were used by the police and many
men were injured by being hit over
the head with them. This occurred
when Dr. Ben L. Reitman outwitted
the chiefs of the socialist party, Chief
of Police Shippy, all of his command
ing officers and 500 uniformed men and
detectives. and marched through the
streets at the head Of a crowd of I'M
employed men, their destination being
tie city hail.
While the crowd was being dis
persed DR.. Reitman was arrested and
taken to Chief Shippy's office.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24

Chicago Grain.

Chicago, Jan. %.
Following were the quotations on
the Chicago Board of Trade today
May ...$1O2s $1.03B $1.02B $1.O23s
July %. .9SB so .9S1s .9S1s
Sept. -. .95A 90 .95A .9514
May -. .eoZ .e1A CO.'S 81
July -. .59as .59B .5sas .49h
May (O "a .54A .53A .53A
May tW so .521s .51A .51A
May 1900 1910 1929 1so2A
Lard
Jan. =. 7e5 7e5 7.65 7,65
May -. 7.s5 7.9O 1924 790
Short Ribs
May -. $50 TOO 6.S7 6.921z
Cash Sales-Winter wheat-By sam
pie: No. red, $1.OO@1.O1; No. 8 red
9S@991ac; No. 2 hard, S1.OO@1O5b;
No. hard, 97cQ$1O3. Spring wheat
by sample: No. 8 spring, $1.01@1C9.
Corn-Ry sample: No. 8, 531k @54c; No.
white, 5311s@ SAC; No. 8 yellow, 54A
@54115c; No. 4, 5O1z@51c. Oats-By
sample: No. white, 491a @51c; No. 4
white, 471A@5OAc.
Live Stock, Poultry and Hay.
Eogs-Receipts 1900. Sales ranged
at $4.25@4.3O for choice heavy ship
ping, $4.2O@4.25 choice light, $4.15@
4.25 mixed packing, $4.0O@4.15 choice
strongweight pigs.
Cattle-Receipts 6.OOO. Quotations
ranged at s5.9O@6.35 for prime fat
steers, $3.5O@4.5O good TO choice cows,
s4.5O@5.25 prime heifers, S6.5O07.O0
good to choice calves, A.35@4.75 Sc
lected feeders, S3.40@3.75 fair to good
stockers.
Sheep-Receipts 1900. Quotations
ranged at $5.25@5.5O for good to prime
native wethers, s4.75@5.25 good TO
prime native ewes, S6.6O@7.OO good to
choice native lambs, SS.2O@65O medi-
um spring lambs.
Live Poultry-Turkeys, per fb, Zoe;
chickens and fowls, 10c; springs, 10c;
roosters, &c; geese, 5000 7CO; ducks,
10c.
Hay-Choice timothy, $1,000 1850;
No. 1, s125O@ 1850; No. 2 and No. l
mixed, S11G0@ $50; No. 8 and No. .
mixed, S1OOO@11.OO. Illinois, Indiana
and Wisconsin feeding prairie, good to
choice, s7.OO@7.5O. Packing hay, 5000
@6.5O.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock
Commission Merchants, East Buffalo,
n. Y, quote as follows: Cattle-Re-
ceipts cars; market slow. Hogs
Receipts 30 cars; market lower; heavy,
s4.25; Workers and pigs, $4.40@4.45.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts so cars;
market lower: best lambs. 1925: year
lings, S6.OOMG.25: wethers, S5.25M5 80:
ewes, S4.75@5.25. Calves - Market
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-24

Chicago, Jan. %.
Following were the quotations on
the Chicago Board of Trade today:
Wheat Open. High. Low. Close.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-19
DR.. NJ. {. GROssMAN's
BROTHER MURDERED

J. E. Grossman, brother of DR. NJ.
e. .Grossman and formerly a resident
of Hawaii, was murdered in San Fran
cisco on Monday Dr. Grossman re-
ceived the first news yesterday morn
ing in the cablegram. Jack shot TO
death" He cabled for particulars and
in the afternoon received from his
youngest brother this message:
Jack was unarmed, was superin-
tendent of Croker estate. Shot six
times during dispute with cook. Muir
derer captured. Body will be cremated
Friday. Jack expired before could
reach him"
The murdered man was one of the
Olaa coffee planters. Grossman Bros.
having owned one of the largest plan
tations along the Volcano road. Hav-
ing lived in the islands seven years,
leaving three years ago. ne was we'll
known here. He was unmarried. DR..
Grossman is naturally greatly over
come by the terrible tidings and has
the sympathy of many friends of his
late brother. as we'll as his own nu-
merous circle of friends, in this Ter
ritory.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-19
DR.. |. {. COFER's
SEATTLEI' WORK
CONTINUED from Pare one.)

(COnC1GuoQ from PaRe (tne-J
"Our experience in Seattle seemed
to bear out what is the experience
elsewhere, and that is that while the
determination of the rat seems the
only way to safety, the effort to ex-
terminate him seems almost futile.
What 1 mean is this. Under ordinary
conditions the struggle for existence
and the warfare among the rats them
selves caused by their sexual passions.
tends to keep down their reproductive
Capacity. But after a rat campaign,
when the number of rats is~ greatly
reduced, the supply of food for those
who are left is abundant. Liv-
ing is easy, and the reproductive ca
pacity is brought up to its maximum
What that is may be judged from the
fact that the period of CESSATION is
three weeks and the number at birth
is from five to ten.
but under the present conditions of
building. the fight against the rat is at
a great disadvantage. The rat nests
in burrows. 1t always burrows so as
to come up where it is dark, as under
a house. The effective fight against
the rat must be made in his holes, his
burrows Means must be found either
to kill him by drowning him or by
forcing gases into his burrows, or
something of that sort. This can not
be done when men have to go under
houses and under sheds, where it is
dark and difficult. Hence the first step
to effective warfare is to build so as
to keep the rat outside the buildings.
This can be done by cementing the
surface under the house. 1t will cost
something. but it will be cheaper in
the end The coating does not need to
be thick. The rat can not gnaw
through it. With cement covering to
prevent burrowing under buildings
and wire netting-half-inch galvanized
mesh-to keep rats out otherwise, the
first step is taken. This will require
building ordinances. In Seattle all
butcher shops and other places where
food was sold or served were re-
ouired to put this wire netting over
the whole under surface of floors so
that rats could not get in by gnaw
ing through floors. This was found 70
be effective ond helpful. It was good
as far as it went. 1t proves that if
pL bile sentiment is properly educatei,
proper building ordinances to meet the
situation can be drafted and enforced.
1t is clear. it seems to me, that the
fight against rats must be begun by
keeping them outside of buildings.
Among the curious and interesting
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-19
EX-OFFICER HELD
To GRAND JURY
Former Armorer EIvin Draws
Gun on Clerk at
Station.

Charles Elvin, former armorer for
the police department under Sheriff
Brown was yesterday held to the Cir
cult Court on a. charge of an assault
with a deadly weapon. The assault
was committed about one o'clock yes
terday morning on Receiving Clerk n.
r. Nielsen at the police station, soon
after Elvin had been brought in on
a charge Of drunkenness. That Neil
sen is alive now is undoubtedly due to
the courage and presence of mind of
officer P. Kehea, for Elvin had a re-
voIver in his hand and was aiming it
at Nielsen at point blank range, Nell
sen being unconscious of his danger
until he heard the struggle going on
between Kehea and Elvin, he having
been busily engaged with his work of
receiving reports from the mounted
officers.
At about the time that Elvin was
brought in another prisoner was
brought in, who on being searched
proved to have several dollars on his
person. This Nielsen gathered up and
put on his own desk out of the reach
of Elvin. Elvin having been long on
the police force himself, a certain
familiarity has always existed between
him and the present members of the
force, even when he has been brought
in as a prisoner. Ana one of the ex-
periences of this familiarity in the
past has been that Elvin has reached
out and taken a dollar, for instance,
out of money that was being taken
from other prisoners who were being
searched, and in such cases has refus-
ed to return it, so that the receiving
clerk had to make it good. 1t was
with experiences of this sort in mind
that Nielsen gathered up the coin in
this case and put it out of Elvin's
reach. About this time the mounted
police were turning in their regular
reports over the wire, and Neilsen's at
tention was taken up with this. FL
vim said to him, "Give me one of
those dollars" pointing to the silver
dollars in question. Nielsen refused,
saying it was not his. Elvin per-
sisted and repeated his demands, but
Nielsen engaged in receiving reports
paid no attention to him further.
All at once Nelson's attention was
attracted by a struggle and he saw
Officer Kehea graphing with Elvin and
struggling for the possession of a re-
volver which Kehea had grabbed,
thrusting his hand between the ham
mer and the cartridge as he did so,
thus preventing the discharge of the
weapon. Elvin was quickly overcome
and the weapon taken from him. He
had been pointing 1t directly at Neil
sens head, and as he is the best shot
that the police department ever had,
Keheas interference came just in time,
it is believed, to save Neilsen's life.
Elvin was fined 81 and costs by
Judge Andrade on the drunkenness
charge.
Some months ago Elvin drew a rifle
on som police officers at Waipahu, but
was disarmed in time to prevent a
crime. 1t is not believed that Elvin is
quite right in his head.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-19

things in my epexrience was the diff
ference we found in size between rats
of exactly the same variety. Along
the wharves great, big animals were
found almost as large as rabbit
Other rats of the same variety from
other places would not be more than
a quarter as large. Our Polish rat
catcher claimed that the reason for
this was that rats along the wharves
met and mated with rats from ships
and thus there was an admixture of
new blood, while rats otherwise stu
ated We're continually inbreeding, and
SO, naturally, incurred deterioration in
size. We We're not able TO demonstrate
this was the cause or not, but
it seems reasonable
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-19

Have you secured your copy of Pic
tnresque Honolulu +? Tt is the most
beautiful souvenir of Honolulu ever is
sued Fifteen cents copy ready for
mailing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-19

Tickets for the Cafe chantant at the
Seaside on Saturday night are on sale
at McInerny's shoe store at S1.OO each.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-19

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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-10
EQUAL 70 the oeeasion

MIchelot. the famous comedian. SUI
tered great deal from the spite Of his
colleagues and found II necessary to
bee on the alert NJ every performance.
Tn certain occasion he had 10 sculd u
servant IN one OF Molicre's plays. when
the "claque." which had been bribed
by his rivals. began TO hiss
Mlchelot was by no means discon-
certed Giving the servant II couple of
blows on the ear not Included IN the
part. he eItemporized as follows
You vile scamp OF varlct there is
nothing you think OF, There you stand
quietly listening 10 the vermiu squeak
ing In the house aud never trouble
yourself 10 get the rat poison
The effect OF this sally was striking
The audience broke out In loud ap-
plause. and no subsequent attempt was
made 10 hiss the actor
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-10
THE SWISS PENSION.
Peculiar Manners At the Boarding
House Table d'Hote.

The distinctive thing about Il Swiss
pension is the table d'hotc The table
d'hote has Its own set OF conventions.
You can always tell IN Old pension
ualre by the way he sputtcrs when he
eats his soup by the way he stahs Il
piece OF bread from the bread basket
with his knife and by the keen eye
he has for picking out the best piece
of meat. BY some mysterious system.
known only 70 the maid. she always
offers you the platter with the fork
seductiyely placed In the smallest
poorest portion Your skilled pension
naire IL never caught by this trick
He always removes the fork from the
piece indicated and rakcs over every
thing TIL he finds the best This Is not
impolite In a pension II is the con
ventional thing
In order TO prevent any undue ad-
vantage the maid has system 81 ro-
tation. First she begins at the head
OF the table and works down the
right side With the next course She
begins at the foot and works up the
left side II she forgrts where She
stopped aud begins wrong there Is an
immediate howl from those who arr
getting cheated This caus"s many
bitter and stormy arguments Albert
Edwards In Outlook