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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-05-21
MIDSUMMER EXCURSION To
CHICAGO.

Account Republican Convention.
Round trip tickets will be on sale via
the Chicago x North Western Ry. at
rate of 81 80 from this station. Return
limit June 80 Ask agent for particu-
lars.
Pub. May 2l, ~, June 1, IL.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-05-21
LOW RATES TO PACIFIC COAST VIA
CHICAGO UNION PACIFIC
NORTH WESTERN LINE.

Very low rates for the ronnd trip, in
effect to San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Portland, Tacoma Seattle and North
Pacific Coast points, daily, June 1st to
September 10Th. Liberal return limits,
variable routes favorable stop over ar
rangements. Apply TO any ticket agent,
The North Western Line, for full parti-
culars
Pub. May 81, %, June 4, II.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-05-21
VOlUM ME XIX.
DOINGS OF The COUNTY BOARD.

The county board met in special ses'
sion at the court house Monday after
noon. John Even vice chairman of the
board presided The first business TAX.
en- up was the election of chairman.
The result of the informal ballot was as
follows: John Even 10, c. r. Zorn H.
j.. Watt 3, c. w. Sedgwick /. On
the formal ballot Even received Is and
C. R. Zorn Ia. Even was declared
elected. On taking the chair Mr.. Even
thanked the board for the honor confer
red upon him. Mr.. Even is from Kos
suth and has served on the board the
past four years. He is good, honest,
capable man and will make an excellent
presiding officer.
After the election of chairman the
board adjourned till O'Clock Tuesday
morning.
Pursuant to adjournment the board
met Tuesday morning and the chairman
announced the committees for the en-,
suing year as follows
On Accommodations Kaems Thos
Sullivan, John Lorfeld, Wenzel kazda,
Eugene Allie.
On Finance-C. H. Sedgwick, Ernst
Thiede, Anton Hamernik, Aug. Last,
Henry Baryenbruch.
On General Claims-A. A. Lyken, u
T. Torrison, David Lorfeld.
On Sheriff, Coroner, Constable and
Justice Accounts Olaf Lundberg, Wen
eel Kazda, Albert Petska, Thos. Sulli'
van, John Lorfeld.
On Poor Commissioners-T.H H. Meany
JOS. Willott, Henry Hansen.
On Public Buildings and Improve,
ments-Chas. Krause, A. H. Pohl, John
Kaems, j. P. Watt Christ Muth.
On Roads and idges-Christ Rhein,
James Brennan, Henry Baryenbruch.
On Election-C. r. Zorn, Olaf Lund
berg, Albert Petska.
On Railroads.. P. Watt, John Lor'
field, &. T. Torrison.
On Illegal Tax Sales and Assess
ments-Christ Muth J. B. Laun, Geo
Pfeffer.
On Insane-Aug. Stueck, G. r. Zorn
Anton Hamernick
On Tramps-Chas. Stretch Aug
Stueck, Frank Walter.
On Rules and Orders-Henry Hansen
Christ Rhein. A. A. Lyken.
On Salaries of County Officers-A. Ii
Pohl, Fr-st Thiedc, James Brennan.
On Education John p. Watt, j. b
Laun, Geo. Pfeffer
On Approval of bonds of Newly
Elected or Appointed Officers -Chas
Krause, Julius Weina and the Chair
man of the County Board (ex-officio)
A communication from Supt. Larson
asking for an appropriation for the an
nual WAS read and referred to the com
mittee on education.
The report of County Judge Chloupeb
was read and referred to the committee
on insane. The report shows that .
persons were up before him for eXamin
alton since November. OF this number /;
were committed to the Northern Hospi
tai at Oshkosh, five to the county asy
lum. one TO the home for feeble minded
at Chippewa Fails and three discharged
The total cost of the examinations, in
Guiding the judges, physicians and
sheriffs fees amounted to 81, 15S.l5, III
average of $52 Ga for each person exam
ined.
A petition from the town of Franklin
asking for an appropriation to cover one
half of the cost of building a bridge a
cross the branch river in section %, was
read and referred to the committee on
roads and bridges. The cost of the
bridge is estimated at S2,4OO.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-05-21
CARD OF THANKS.

| desire to extend thanks to my many
friends and members of the societies for
their kind assistance and sympathy dur
ing the illness, and death of my beloved
wife. For the floral offerings | also
wish 70 express thanks.
GEORGE WITTMAMN.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-05-21
DIED

Mrs. Edward Metky of Stanley, Wis
died last Friday after a lingeringillness
aged about 26 years. She was Il daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Junker of New
ton, this county. She is survived by 6
husband, one daughter, parents, -four
brothers and two sisters. The funera.
was held at Stanley last Sunday.
On Sunday morning Mrs Edward
Grimm of Range Line died as result
of childbirth and was buried from St
Luke's church Tuesday morning One
week previous to her death she was de
livered of twins and for several days
was apparently doing well but unex
pectedly complications set in and hel
death resulted. Besides the twins, whose
life was the cause of her death, she
leaves three children, the oldest being
about 8 years of age. Her husband has
been in delicate health for the past two
years and her death is peculiarly sad and
distressing. She was about 30 years of age
and she was daughter of Fran Scham
berger, an old settler of the town OF
Two Creeks Two Rivers Chronicle.
Mr.. Edward Schmidt, aged 2S years,
the only surviving child born to Mr.
and Mrs. Michael Schmidt, died al
Bruce's Crossing, Northern Michigan,
Monday, May II, and was buried from
the Catholic church at Cooperstown, this
county, last Saturday. He was born
and reared in this county and for many
years the family home was in Gibson
near the church yard in which his re
mains We're laid last Saturday He is
survived by wife and parent He had
been i'll for about two years. His death
was due to consumption.
Mrs Richard O'Connor, aged = years
died at her home on st. Clair street Wed
nesday evening, after an illness of three
months. She was born in Dublin, Ire
land in 1881 and came with her parents
to Quebec, Canada, when achild She
was married to Richard O'Connor il
Quebec in 1851. In 1858 the family came
to Manitowoc, where she had ever since
resided. Besides her husband she leave:
four children, Mrs. Henry Mullholland
Miss Isabel O'Connor, and MIR. Ben
iamin O'Connor of this city, and Mis-
Nellie O'Connor of Milwaukee
Mrs. OConnor has answered. the tina
summons; her life work is done and sh
has passed to final rest She was de
voted wife, a kind and loving mothe
and had a wide circle of friends.
The funeral will be held Saturda,
morning at 9:30 O'Clock from Sacre,
Heart church. lnterment will be a
Calvary cemetery.
Friends please omit flowers
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
RUSTIN SENSATION
Witness Saw Mrs. Rice on the Street After Hour of
 Murder.
C0NTRADICTS PROSECUTION
state Said She Was at Homc-Man Near Scene Not Davis. Says
 Physician.

omaha, Neb., Dec. 7-The defense had ar inning this afternoon in the trial of Charles Edward Davis, being tried for the murder of Dr. Frederick T Rustin and created sensation by producing Mrs Emily Allen. who testl- fled to having seen woman who was Mrs. Abble Rice on the street down. town about o'clock in the morning buying a paper 8 time at which. ac- cording to Mrs Rice and several wit nesscs for the prosecution she was at the house where she had been living.
 Mrs. Aliens testimony was remark able and she went into tho minutest detail to show that she was able to fix the time of each event which brought her in contact with the supposed Mrs Rice.
 "l had been to Lincoln Mrs. Allen said, "and got back on a train arriv- ing just before o'clock a m. I took a cab and started for home. intending to stop at the dressmaking parlors of Mrs Lovett at 18th and Harney streets The cabman who drove mo to Mrs Lovctts did not walt for mo and 1 was therefore compelled to walk home. a distance of ten blocks. started at ap- pfoximately 4 o'clock and when reached point near sixteenth and Farnam streets | met Mrs. Rice. who had stopped two ncwshoys to buy a | paper. I watched her for some time as she walked down Farnam street and stopped under an electric light and eagerly scanned the paper | had seen her many times before with Dr. Rustin and always supposed she was his wife.
 "I went directly home and did not get up until il o'clock heard news boys calling extra, all about Dr. Rus tin suicide. and said to a neighhor: T saw Mrs Rustin downtown when came up the street and she was almost frantic, It was Mrs Rice saw, but presumed she was Rustin's wife until I learned differently later"
 Throughout the trial the prosecution has introduced witnesses 10 show that Mrs Rice that night got on a car at 10th and Farnam streets al l1.30 and went directly 10 her room. where she remained until the next day,
 Mrs. Allen declared she had never met the attorneys for the defense un- | til two hours before she was called to give her testimony and she had only been persuaded to tell what she knew by her son, who said she ought 10 give l her evidence
 pr. Matthews saw and talked to a man on Farnam street similar in ap- pearance to the man whom witnosscs | for the state have described as Davis. Dr. Matthews said he was close enough l to the man to say if was not Davis at all The man, the witness said, was in- ] toXiCated
 Court adjourned early as the state was not prepared to present It's re- buttal
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
WORKED FOR FIVE DOLLARS
Fourteen Year Old Lad Fools Italian
 With TClcgram.

clever ruse for separating an un- suspectlng man from five dollars was worked by means of a telegram in this city recently and yesterday Gordon Easterhrook of l19 Henry street was arrested by Detective Sergeant Den nchy m charge of emhezzlement
 Easterhrook is accused Of sending to Francesca Decusato of h Collis street telegram which was supposed to come from Ellis Island and which con yeyed the idea that f. was from friend coming 10 this country who had been detained lt urged him to come at once or send five dollars to certain person, Easterhrook of course, to be forwarded Decusato bit and sent the
 five dollars, which I1asterbrook corall- cd He Is but fourteen years of age
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
(Continucd on Fifth Page )
HUGE OIL TRUST PROFITS
Indiana Company Earned S55. .00O 900
 In Seven Years.

New York Dee, i some profits of the business of the Standard oil com pany in various parts of the country became part of the court record in the federal sui, to dissolve the Standard company today when John D Archbold resumed the stand for q brief examin- alton and Henry Tiford president of the Standard oil company, of Califor- mia. testified at some length as a wit ness for the defense. The govern ment's attorney on figures submitted, showed that the Continental oil com pany q Standard oil subsidiary con- cern in tho middle west, made profits of ll5 per cent on it's capitalization of s300,0OO and that the Standard oil com pany of Indiana, on capitalization of sl lOo0,O00 earned about S550O0O0O be- tween 1890 and 1906
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
COURT IS GRANTED
Judge Bennett Grants Special One to Hear the Fox Elec-
 tion Charges.
FOX AND HIS COUNSEL MUM
Gathering of Evidence Goes on and Slcuths Arc Uncarthing Cor
 rupt Practices.

There was report on the street last night. and for various reasons lt seemed puite authentic that Judge Bennett of the superior court had granted the application of George L.. Fox for an election court, as provide l by the corrupt practices act. While Mir, Fox and the members of his legal battalion remain mum, declining to make any statement whatever in sub stantlation of the report, no denial was forthcoming
 II is understood that there are good and sufficient reasons why develop ments in the ease should bo kept dark Mir. Fox has been pcrsistently ron-commlttal ever since tIc talk of an election court frs! appeared n print. However, according to some of his friends, he has been more than usually aggressirely active in seeking new evidence anu there is no one who will say tha. Connccticut's militant reformcr is not satst'ea with results thus far In his slouth work he has been aided by several detectives who will continue their work until Decem- Der l5, up to which time they have to present additional evidence.
 The Waterbury American yesterday printed the following
 As the reports seem to be persist cnt that George L. Fox. the father of the corrupt practices act, has made application to superior court judge for an election court to inquire into alleged violations of the election jaws another effort was made to-day tu draw Mir. Fox out. He has hitherto maintain marked retlcorce and has abandoned his custom of writing letters to the papers.
 This is how tho effort succeeded;
 A telephone call was given to toll line for Mr. Fox Toll line got him:
 Tho reporter" "Hell-----"
 Mr.. FoX-"Well. well; who's this?
 Roporter-"This is the American We would ---"
 Mir. Fox-"Now, don't you call me up again. won't talk; understand. won't talk" And bang, went the re- Cplver.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
George Sheehan's Murderers, Doomed to Be Hanged, Peti. ton for Communication
 of Sentence.
SNYDER WANTS FREEDOM
State Shows Confidence In One Pris- oncr by Asking Him to Go to Hartford UnacCom-
 panied.

Hartford Dec 1.-Thc state board of pardons met to-day and heard evi- dcncc on several cases, some of them being from New Haven county
 Pasquale Campagnoli, who is to he hanged on February e3 and Raphael Carfaro, who Is to hang on the 2ith of the same month for the murder of George Sheehan in New Haven, asked for a communication of sentence on the ground that when they killed Shcehan they were defending them selves and that they had also been tried together Attorney David E. Fitzgerald appeared for them. Clar- cnce Snyder. sentenced from New for the murder of his wife, thought that hc had been sufficiently punished and asked tu he pardoned. Valen- tine Dickinson. who ls serving sent ence of from one 10 two years for breaking out of the New Haven jail, thought that he had served long enough and asked to be allowed to go. His fathcr appeared, saving that he had purchased a grocery store and would give his son employment.
 Fred Johnson, of Cromwell whn was sentenced to from five to eight years for assault and rape, was heard in the afternoon Iohnson's conduct in prison has been of such 2 nature that he was allowed to come to Hart ford on his honor, unaccompanie flo said that he was not guilty and had pleaded guilty at the time of his trial by advice of counsel.
 Frank Bassett, convicted in Fair ticld county on March 1, 1898, Of n ur- der in the seon1 degree and sentenced to life imprisonment, sent in a pctl- ton asking for pardon. His applica- tion was not endorsed.
 Peter Kelley sentened January 23, 1904, for murder in the second de- gree, from Fairfield colIntH presented a petition, which will he taken up on December i4
 The petition of Antonio D'MGro. sentenced from Fairfield county De- comber l2, 1898, to life Imprisonment ! for murder in tho second degree, was ! endorsed by Warden Garvan and l Michael Kcnealy.
 Catherine Neill, who is serving a nine years sentence for killing hcr husband in Greenwich entered pe- tItion for the first time, and mucl tes- l tlmony was heard showing the eXton- uatlng circumstances which led up tn 1 the murder, most of it tending tO show that she defended herself against brutal and drunken husband, who was in the habit of beating hor.
 Patrick Rejlley, serving from 1 to years for burglary and sentenced l from Fairfield county, thought he had | been sufficiently punished
 The board adjourned until Dccem Der ia announcing that all petitions would be heard before any findings were given out.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
CASTRO D0DGES FRANCE
Lands at Spanish Port To-day En
 Route tn Berlin.

santander, Spain Dec, s-The pros pect of President Castro's arrival here tomorrow Is causing something of d hutter A dozen foreign correspond ents have come to Santander, as well as several Venezuelan foreign repre- sentatives, including Dr r. A. Risouez, consul general at Madrid and Consul General Mendoza, who come from Liv- erpool The Spanish government is ar ranging a suitable official salutaton Ills future movements are uncertain. as even the Venezuelan representatives, are without precise information Tt is believed however, that he will go to Berlin by way of Barcelona and Genoa. thus avoiding a possible disagrceabe incident at the French frontier
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

The awarding of the above prize comes as a well-earned honor to the Yale astronomers and as a distinguish cd recognition of patient and persistent work al the Yale observatory on Pros pcct street covering q period of some seven pr eight years The parallaXng of the stars has been the main work of this department of the university.
 At the observatory early this morn ing when the dispatch was read over the telephone from the Journal Courier office there was great sats- faction that the Academy of Sciences had publicly announced it's award. Yesterday Mcssrs Elkin. Chase and smith each received letter from the academy notifying them of the honor Mir, Smith, according to tho letters received, IS afsv a@arGed a portion of the prize in addition to the honorable mention.
 4 year or SO ago book was pub- lishcd on The Parallaxes of 163 Stars, setting forth the results of the work of the local scientists and the prize is awarded after it's review by the French Academy Of Sciences, The work very clearly determines the dis tancos Of 1883 stars from the solar system, and adds materially to the lm- portant and certain knowledge of the heavenly bodies.
 The amount of the prize Ia unknown, but it Is believed to be substantial sum, The work is stlll contnu-
 ing a the observatory.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
ALL CHARTER
 CHANGES PASS Aldermen Unanimous to Have Corporation Counsel Work for the Alterations at
 Hartford.
YALE TAXING UP AGAIN
Attempt to Be Mnde on Property Yielding Reycnuc--llcvntor to Be Built Without Adyels
 Using for Bids.

If the will of the board of alder men is executed by the general assem- bly this winter at Hartford, there will re number of amendments made
 Q the charter of the city of New Haven, according to the expression of that will at the meeting of the board held last night. All the changes which the committee on legislation decided to recommend were accepted by the board without a dissenting voice and the corporation counsel was instructed to present and favor at Hartford at the next session of the legislature all these matters. The en- tire thing hinges now on the action of the mayor and SD far az known this is not likely to prove an obstacle.
 The special act defining the pow CTS and privileges of the park com mission was changed, the principal which went into the bill last night being that the board of finance be em- powered to appropriate ono-third of a mill for the maintenance of the city parks instead of maximum Of one-hfth as under the present law each year, Then again 1t is provided that the board of finance may appro- priatc any amount of otherwise unap- propriated money it may see fit for park purposes, It also raises the maximum amount which may be eX- pended on any one park from S60O0 Co $S,000.
 The other amendments which were adopted and which will be urged if the mayor adds his approval are that the mayor shall be made a member of the board of fire commissioners and of the permanent paving commission and that all work done under the per manent paving commission shall be under the supervision of the depart ment of public works The one re- mGining amendment is that in case q vacancy occurs in an elective office be- fore the expiration of d term the mayor shall appoint a person to nll the vacancy unul the next regular election, thus avoiding a special cleo ton. In case of vacancy in tho mayors office there shall be a special election
 The charter amendments came up
 for their first readings last night as the reports had just been received but as Chairman Miller of the lcgis- lation committee stated that all mat ters which are to go to the general as- sembly of this nature must he advcr. ! tised by December Is, he asked unan- | imous consent for the immediate con ! sderation of them in order that ihey might not be set back by any techri- ' cality. This was granted and there was no opposition offered to ary one of the separate changes on it's pass age.
 l Tho first tangible outcome of the | sentiment about the city to compel i Yale to pay taxes on some of the at l present exempted property came at ! the meeting last night when Alder | man Miller presented resolution
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
Charles H. Treat, Treasurer of United States, Tells Cham Der of Commerce of His
 Ideas of Reform.
TRIBUTES TO JUDGE TAFT
National Officer and Professor Nettle- ton Unite in Honorins tho Next Prcsident--Brillian Address
 by Rev Dr. Ferris.

At the annual banquet of the New Haven chamber of commerce held last evening in Harmonic hall, Hon. Charles H. Treat, treasurer of the United States. outlined plan for a national clearing house in which the government should not be a share holder but instead the national banks. He carefully went over the history of the present system of national cur rency and showed that the wealth per capita of population had increased so per cent. in the past eight Years de- spite the recent panic. The address closed with tribute to President Roosevelt and William Howard Taft as representatives of conservative business men. lie said:
 New Haven may well be proud of Mir Taft for the fact that he drank freely of knowledge for years be- tween it's borders. He Is the most worldwide and most best prepared president this country has ever had"
 The dinner was served at [ o'clock,
 
 decorated with carnations and chrys- anthemums. Moseley catered and Wells orchestra furnished music. ReY. C. O. Scoville offered the invocation and President II. C. Warren of the chamber of commerce acted as toast master.
 Speech Of Rev. Dr. Ferris.
 Rev. George II. Ferris. a former pastor of the Calvary Baptist church, was another speaker. His subject was "Thc Business of Belief" He said in part:
 Something more than square deal Is under this which we call so- ciety. Ii is brotherhood We have tried to live too long by our antipa- thies and too little by our sympathies.
 "A deacon of my church said: It is too bad We have this Chinese school connected with our church. We can do nothing with them l said: It is too bad after all we have done for them; broken their windows and abused them, just to show that we are Drotnerh
 Were we all created free and equal?' In certain sense we were not. l know that l am not like q iailbird or bartender. What is to save democracy Just the belief that we arc all brothers and have a com mon father.
 On Blackwell's Island not long ago fire broke out in the woman's prison. The case was desperate and then tho male convicts begged to go to the res- cue. They rescued all the women and then kept their words and went back to their cells There was manhood of which we should think for awhile be- fore wholly condemning anyone"
 The final speaker of the evening was
 
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The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
TURK BOYCOTT GROWING
Austria Secs Certain Wnr Unless Baron
 Non hchrcnthal Is Removed.

Vienna, Dec. 7.-H is reported that the Austrian boycott at Constantino- pie is Increasing, 5000 Turkish firms having been added to the boycott committees list in the last few days.
 Rumors are again current that Baron Von Aehrenthal the Austro- Hungarian foreign minister, will he obliged to resign. The newspapers are hcginllng to attack his policy, urging that t would he cheaper to arrive at an agreement with Turkey than to risk a costly mobilization. The Neucs Wener journal declares that things have gone SO far that the country must choose between the re- moval of Baron Non Aeherenthal and war, .....