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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
WILL NOT MERGE
LIQUOR BODIES
Anti-PTOhibitiOn League to
Meet Again Next
July.

1t was decided at the closing
session of the Wisconsin Anti-Prohi-
bition league Thursday evening, to
hold another meeting some time in
July in kenosha. In the meantime
an effort will be made to effect
merger between the league and the
Retal, Liquor Dealers Protective as
sociatiol. The latter organization ~
a year and half old and has MEM
bership of between 500 and 1000. 1t
haC committee in attendance upon
the meeting of the Anti Prohibition
league, the special mission of which
was to arrange for joining the two
bodies into one large organization. 1t
was found, however, that as the Re-
tail Liquor Dealers Protective associ-
alton was now organized, 1t would BIZ
impossible for the two organizations
to join.
The Protective association is made
up along trade lines, to settle troubles
betw cen its members and to control
as far as possible the liquor business.
On the other hand the sole OBJECT of
the Anti Prohibition ASSOCIATION is to
build up an organization which shall
embrace voting force. capable of pre-
venting the election Of men opposed
to the LIQUOR traffic to public office,
and to use it's best efforts TO prevent
the enactment of obnoxious laws,
from the liquor dealers point of
view. There is no animosluy between
the two organizations as has been re-
ported. The whole trouble lies in
the fact that the organizations are
laid along different lines.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
BIG COMMUNITY
STORE is CLOSED
Concern at Chicago with 800 Stock
holders Placed in Hands of
Receiver.

Chicago, Jan. 17.-An involuntary
petition in bankruptcy threw the Bo-
hemian bazaar, a cooperative depart
ment store at 534 Blue Island avenue,
into the hands of a receiver. The
stock was held by 1900 Bohemian
residents of that district. The largest
amount of the stock, held outside of
the directorate, was to the value of 500
The total capital stock was $1SO,OOO.
The store was organized eighteen
months ago. 1t was planned to carry
every commodity that might be re-
quired by the members of the cor
poration. For a time there was pros
perity. 1t was considered a success
full institution.
When the financial stringency de-
yeloped there was a falling off in the
receipts. Finally it was agreed that a
failure was only question of time
and it was believed that more might
be realized by a receiver than at some
later time.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
WOMEN GATHER AT
VANDERBILT HOME
Approaching Marriage of Miss Gladys
to Hunga-iaSS Count Attracts
the Curious.

New York, Jan. 1.-THE approach
ing marriage of Miss Gladys Wander
hilt and Count Laszlo Szechenyi is at
tracing so much attention that scores
Of women are constantly congregated
about the Vanderbilt home, corner
Fifth avenue and West Fifty Seventh
street, hoping for a chance to get a
look at the bride and her titled fance.
The women stroll back and forth in
front of the house and eye the occu-
pants of the scores of carriages which
are constantly stopping at the door
while the footmen carry packages and
cards to the house. When Miss Van
derbilt and the count, accompanied by
his brother and sister-in-law, emerge
from the house for the purpose of TAX
ing a drive the crowd becomes so large
that it is with difficulty that the car
riage can make its way through.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
THAW'S TEMPER
UNGOVERNABLE
Teacher In Select School Testifies-
Eighty-Four Pounds of Beef for
Evelyn Nesbit

New York, Jan. 17.-MOre evidence
as to alleged irrational conduct on the
part of the defendant was offered at
the trial of Harry X. Thaw, the most
impressive witness being Abraham r.
Beck, an uncle of former Assistant
Attorney General James NJ. Beck The
elder Mr. Beck, taught a select school
of fifteen boys in Pennsylvania. in 1881
and 1882, and young Thaw was one of
his pupils. Mr.. Beck described Thaw
as a boy of ungovernable temper. He
produced a letter from Mrs. William
Thaw, the mother, who said iu it that
she feared that Harry's mind was un-
balanced, he was so different from her
other four children.
One of Mr.. Thaw's eccentrcities
which, it is said, soon will be testified
to was sending of eigthy-four pounds
of beef to Evelyn Nesbit one morning
when she was i'll. The attorneys have
the receipts for the meat
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
THREE GOLDFISH
ESCAPE FLAMES
Found Alive in Glass Tank in the
Ruins of the Parker Building
at New York.

New York, Jan. 17.-Searchers in
the ruins of the Parker building, the
skyscraper which was burned last Fri
day night. entailing a loss of more
than $5,OOO,OOO, discovered among the
ruins a glass tank in which there were
three live goldfish.
The tank had been a portion of an
exhibit in the Offices of a company
manufacturing scientific instruments
on the second floor of the building The
office was wrecked, the fire having
been particularly severe at that point
but the debris had fallen in such a
way that the glass globe containing
the fish had been protected. The fish
do not appear to be any the worse for
their experience.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
All Stock Must Pay Taxes.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 17.-Iowa's SUI
preme court holds th2t. stock liz Illi-
nois and other foreign corporations
held by Iowa residents may be taxed
in this state whether or not taxed in
the state in which the corporation has
it's principal offices. The question
arose in the case of Henry county
against the estate CT Captain Warren
Beckwith, involving SIT, 100 worth of
stock in the Western Wheel Scraper
company. of Aurora. The executors
fought the suit, which they won in the
lower court.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF

Charles f. Chase has succeeded his
late father as president of the Hart
ford Fire Insurance company.
Mrs. Thomas Metcalf, who fired
shots at Attorney Hamin in the fed
eral building. at Chicago, refuses TO
reveal the trouble that led to the
shooting.
Three Servian laborers were killed
and three men wounded, one police
man, in riot near Gary, Ind.
w. K. Montgomery, president of the
Hamilton Bank of New York. has been
indicted on the charge of falsely CERT
flying checks.
Owing to the decrease in business
and corresponding falling off in earn
lngS all division superintendent of
the Michigan Central railway have
been ordered to lay off as many en-
ployes as business will permit.
Right Rev. John NJ. Mackay. Ph. D..
president of the Mount st. Mary's
seminary, Cincinnati, is dead
Bankers are agreeably surprised by
the few failures in the commercial
world during the first half of January.
War between steamship companies
has resulted in further reduction of
Steerage rates to Europe.
At Norwalk, O., the doors of the
Ohio Trust company were closed and
voluntary assignment was an
nounced.
Credit men at Chicago launched
plan for commercial clearing house"
for settlement of debts without re-
course to banks
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Torch Applied to Church.

Boston, Jan. 17.-That the fire early
in the day which nearly destroyed the
Second Congregational church in Dor
chester, with a loss of $4,000, was
the work of an incendiary, was the
opinion of the authorities at the con-
c!usion of their investigations after
the fire had been extinguished. A
small hole was discovered in the side
of the building where the fire broke
out, and near it was considerable ma
terial which appeared to have been
used in the work.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Hartman Must Answer Questions.

New York. Jan. 17.-E. H. Harri
man was directed, in a decision given
by Judge Hough in the United States
circuit court. to answer all questions
propounded to him by the interstate
commerce commission. except those re-
lating to the purchase of Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific railroad stock in
connection with the dividend of Au-
gust, 1906. Judge Hough also directed
Otto II. Kahn, of Luhn. Loeb & Co..
to answer all questions asked him by
the interstate commerce commission.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
VERY IMPRESSIVE
FUNERAL SERVICE
Remains OF Mrs. VIM. GOrder.
ST.. Laid at ReSt-Mdny
Here to Attend.

Impressive funeral services were
held over the remains of the late Mrs.
VIM. Gorder, Sr., yesterday afternoon
at 80 O'Clock from her late home,
400 Dewey avenue, to St. Marks
Lutheran chucyh, where the services
began at O'Clock, conducted by the
Rev. Julius Klingmann. pastor of the
church, in the presence of large
number of the sorrowing relatives and
friends of the departed. The edlfice
was thronged, testifying to the love
and esteem in which the departed
was held. Another silent testimon-
ial was the many beautiful floral Of
ferlngs. The remains were tenderly
lald at rest in Oak Hill cemetery and
were followed to their final resting
place by many of the friends.
Among those from outside the city
who were here to attend the funeral
were the following: Mrs. Fred Cor
der, Plattsmouth. Neb. Mrs. August
Ploetz, Lexington, Neb. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward knettig. Misses Anna
and Sophia Knettig, Mrs. Albert
Bayer, Mr.. and Mrs Ferd Jordan,
Tobias kurtz, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Fox, Mrs.
August Gorder and Albert Gorder,
Mrs. Albert Christen, the Rev. nj.
Pankow, Waterloo, Wis. Max Bue~
low Jefferson Junction; Mr.. and Mr..
c. E. Heyn, Oconomowoc: Mrs.
Peter Kalt, A. Bues, Olga Block,
Milwaukee; Henry Block, Rockf ford,
H.; MIR. ard Mrs. Louis kronitz,
Ciyman.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Revolution in Haytt.

Port au Prince, Hayti, Jan. 1.-THE
first actual operation of a revolution
ary movement against the present gov
ernment of Hayti has, so far. been sue
cessful. An expedition composed of
Haytians who have been in exile. un-
ders the command of Jean Juneau. eff.
fected landing not far from
Gonaives. sixty-five miles northwest of
here, and occupied that town. The
government is taking measures to re-
sist the movement.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Customs Officer Is Accused.

Manila. Jan. 17.-Following the con-
viction of two of the customs secret
service men for Justification of a pub
lie document, the courts ordered the
prosecution of Colonel H. B. Mccoy,
the deputy collector, upon similar
charges. Mr.. Mccoy, who is Repub-
lican national committeeman, and one
time colonel of a Colorado regiment,
lishment of the civil government in the
Philippines. :.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Swedish Parliament Opened.

Stockholm, Jan. 1.-THE formal
opening of the first parlment under
the reign of King Gustave, took place
in this city, with simple ceremonies
speech from the throne referring to the
heavy responsibility that devolved up
on him with the death of King Oscar,
promised, in whole hearted zeal for the
prosperity and progress of the father
land, always to try and fulfill his duty.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Made a Marvellous Hit.

Little Miss Zayda Weber of Water
town, the champion child buck and
wing dancer, who is occupying the
vaudeville platform at the Electric
theatre this week, made great hit
at her first performance here last even
ing. Lack of space and time prevent
us from giving justice to this child
wonder. She will appear again to-
night and tomorrow night, and no one
should fail in seeing her dance and
hear her beautiful singing. and when
you go don't fail to take the children
for they will more than enjoy her
Citizen, Beaver Dam.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Dewey's Secretary's Body Found.

New York, Jan. 1.-THE body of
Lieutenant John W. Crawford, private
secretary to Admiral Dewey, was
found below Fort FoOte, on the Mary
land side of the Potomac. He disap-
peared Nov. % last leaving a note to
4 friend that he was driven to end his
life by financial troubles. He was
last seen on ferry boat between this
city and Alexandria, but as no one
saw him jump overheard some doubt
remained as to his having carried out
his announced purpose.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Unemployed Plan Demonstration.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. 17.-At a con-
vention of delegates from various la
Dor unions of Seattle it was decided
that a monster demonstration be made
Monday to enforce the demands of the
unemployed for work or food and shell
ter. Ten thousand men will assemble
and march to the city hall, where they
propose to camp until the city coun-
Gil takes favorable action.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Prominent Physician Arre4teC,

Des Moines. Ia, Jan. 17.-Dr. P. X.
Dahl, a prominent physician OF Mason
City. was arrested on an Indictment
charging manslaughter The death of
Mrs. Dora Bowan following an opera
ton which Dahl is alleged to have per
formed, is made the basis for the in
dictment. Mrs Bowen was a promi-
neDt musician. Both stood high in
social circles.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
May Be 200 Victims.
Earthquake and Tidal Wave.

Port au Prince, Hayti, Jan. IA
serious earthquake has occurred at
Gonaives, siXty-fve miles northwest Of
this city. A few houses have been de-
stroyed and others were damaged. No
loss of life has been reported. Com
munication with the town. is broken.
The shocks continue. The first was
followed by tidal wave. Among the
buildings destroyed are the commercial
houses of Hermann, Adder & Jolibert
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Herbert Quinby Seeks Divorce.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 17.-Herbert
Nj. Quinhy, brought suit here for
divorce from Mamie Quinby, who
is known to the theatrical profess
sion as Mayme Remington. Quinby
alleges various indignities Quinby is
son of William E. Quinby, of De-
troit, formerly United States minister
to The Netherlands.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Kansas Legislature in Session.

Topeka Kan. Jan. 1.-THE fifth
special session of the Kansas legisla-
ture convened here. The bills of in
terest that are expected to be formu-
lated into laws are the guaranty de-
posit law, the primary election bill. the
TO the assessment and tax
alton law, the passage of a two-cent
fare law, and amendments to the pro-
law.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Another Picture Machine Fire.

St Catharines, Ont, Jan. 17.-Fire
following the explosion of a moving
picture machine occurred in the Hip
podrome, small theatre here. The
audience numbered about fifty, princi-
pally women and children. several of
whom were painfully hurt by being
trampled upon in mad rush for the
street. Lorne McDermott, aged 10, was
fatally burned.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
THE WEATHER

Following is the official weather
forecast up to 8 o'clock tonight:
Illinois and Indiana-Fair with ris-
ing temperature.
Lower Internationally fair.
Wisconsin = Probably fair; rising
temperature.
Iowa-Fair: rising temperature.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
No Indictments for Peonage.

Vicksburg. Miss, Jan. 1.-THE cam
paign of the government to secure
peonage indictments at the instance of
the italian government failed when
the federal grand jury refused to in
diet in six cases. chief of which was
one against o. b Crittenden, owner
of Sunnyside plantation, who was ar
rested recently and bound over.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Murder Juror Kills Hlmeelf.

Beatrice. Neb., Jan. 17.-John s.
Peters, one of the jurymen who found
r. Meade Shumway guilty of murder.
affixing the death penalty. committed
suicide by shooting. Peters had
brooded over the verdict rendered
against Shumway two months ago.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Coal Company ExOnerated.

FairmOnt, w. Va, Jan. 17.-Ex-
oneration of the coal company for the
mine disaster at Monongah marked
the verdict of the coroners jury. 1t
finds that the explosion was due to
either a blowout shot or to ignition
gas in the mine.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Five Skaters Are Drowned.

Connellsville, Pa, Jan. 17.-Of six
persons who formed a skating party
at the Jimtown reservoir, near here.
FIVE were drowned-John LuXner,
nineteen years old; George Cochran.
twenty-one: Frank Cochran, Jr.. a
brother. seventeen; William Fulmer.
twenty-three, and Elizabeth Fulmer,
seventeen, q sister.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17

Chicago, Jan. 17.-Caught In the act
of attempting to rob two men. while
holding a revolver at their heads, Will
lam Felkerhauser. twenty-one years
old, was shot ard killed early in the
morning BY Detective Michael Curran
of the West Chicago avenue station.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Eight Below at St. Paul,

st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 17.-The first
below zero temperature of this winter
prevailed during the night and early
III the day. The lowest recorded was
s degrees below, during the early
hours.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Postmaster Held Up and Robbed.

Hanover. n. H, Jan. 17.-Postmas-
ter L. F. Sampson was held up at the
point Of revolver by an unknown
masked man in the Hanover postoffice
and robbed of $50 and a gold watch.
The robber escaped.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
POstmasters Nominated.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE pres dent
has nominated Paul J. Sours to be
postmaster at Denver, Colo, and Mot
ley H. Flint to be postmaster at Los
Angeles, Cal.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Fire on u. S. TucbOat.

Savannah, Ga, Jan. 1.-THE govern
nent tug Gibbons was badly damaged
at her dock by fire that started at 30
o'clock in the morning. The file stare
in the engine room. The three men
sleeping aboard made their escape.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Gives Complete Review of
Conditions to Senate
Committee.
WORK SHOULD END IN SIX YEARS
Ultimate Cost Of the Canal Will
Be. About Three Hundred
Million Dollars.
Difficulties of the Commission In Its
Administration-W Wages of La
bor Should Not Be Re-
duced-Lepers.

Washington, Jan. il. - Secretary
Taft appeared before the senate COM
mittee on interoceanic canals and gave
that committee information concerning
the Panama canal project and to offer
suggestions for legislation.
He gave a complete review of the
conditions at the canal site and quoted
information he had received from vari-
GUS officials connected with the work
lie expressed the opinion that the
canal should be completed within six
years from next July ana that its ul-
innate cost would be approximately
three hundred million dollars, includ-
ing the purchase price.
d Widening of the Locks.
The proposed widening of the locks
was carefully explained by Secretary
Taft. lie asserted that with the locks
widcnCd to 10 feet steamer of 10S
feet beam could easily pass through
The largest ship this government is
planning to build will have beam Of
but ninety-five feet. The increased
cost of the locks, Mr.. Taft estimated,
would be about five million dollars.
In his talk to the committee Secre-
tary Taft at various points brought
out the difficulties that beset the com
mission in its administration. These
range all the way from trouble with
the Pacific Mail Steamship line be-
cause Of its failures to furnish enough
steamers, to labor difficulties.
No Reduction In Wages
Secretary Taft gave out considerable
information concerning prices paid for
labor on the canal and urged that there
be no reduction III the wages paid to
skilled laborers in spite of the fact
that, according to his estimate, they
were receiving in pay and privileges
from 90 to GO per cent higher income
than they could earn in the United
States.
Secretary Taft gave it as his opinion
that any reduction at all would cause
serious labor difficulties. Even with
skilled labor wages at the present
standard, he said there was recently
a strike upon the refusal of the com
mission to increase the wages and
force of men sufficient to run sixty-five
steam shoyels was depleted to a force
sufficient to run only thirteen.
Water and Streets.
The secretary said that the water
rents charged at Panama will in fifty
years pay all cost of providing the
water works, the improvement of
streets and the construction of the
sewerage system. At the end of that
period the work will become the prop
erty of Panama.
IF any one doubts the condition Of
the streets of Pauama," he added, Il
will refer him to my friend, Poultney
Bigelow."
He was questioned by Senator
Ankeny concerning the lepers at Pana-
ma and responded promptly that lepro-
sy is always greatly exaggerated, cit
ing his experience in the Philippines.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Big Winter Day.

The horsemen of Palmyra are ar
rar rging for program of speed events
to be held at Palmyra on Satur-
day, Jan. 25th, under tn. auspices of
the Palmyra Driving Club and desig
mated IS "Palmyra's Big Winter
Day" The sum of S185 has been
hung up in purses. The race program
will include free for-ali mixed rice,
purse 500: 2:27 mixed race, purse
$50; 300 mixed race, purse $35
Lunch will be Served un the Ice and
good time is assured. An invitation
has been extended to the owners off
speeding stock in Watertown to at
tend.
Or Eirom Sm,tn Of Oakfield Wis.
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