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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
RAILROAD DERRICK TOO HEAVY.
Caused Sun Prairie Wreck, Madison Ex-
pert Declares.

MADISON. Wis, Sept. 2.-Prof. W.
D. Pence, special engineering expert of
the state railroad commission, investi-
eating the wreck on the Milwaukee road
near Sun Prairie on August 20. He
reports that it seems quite certain that
the derailment Of train was due to a
serious defect in the track, produced by
the heavy derrick car which had passed
over this stretch of track within few
hours preceding the accident, but that
it would probably not have occurred I'M
der normal operating conditions since
the track at this place is i'll reasonably
good condition and up to the general
average of the marshland track on the
Watertown-Madison line.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
GODS WORD WINS MAN,
Beloit Secretary Gives Up Opportunities
to Become Missionary to
Africa

BELOIT, Wis. Sept. Ii Especial. /
Leaving a splendid business opportunity
as private secretary to the secretary of
the Beloit Iron Works of this city,
Earl Karstaedt this morning started for
Lexington, Ky, to prepare for the min
istry, and to become a medical mission
airy with the ultimate object of going 10
some African field. Mr.. Karstaedt be-
came seized with Il desire to do this
work recently while evangeists of the
Christian or Disciples denomination
were holding meetings here. He will take
his preliminary work at Kentucky uni
versity.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
CRANK TROUBLES WHITE HOUSE.
Woman Visitor Calls to Ask for Room
of Presidents Daughter.

WASHINGTON. .. c, Sept. 2
Processing to be a long-lost daughter of
the President, woman. who proudly de
clared she was Miss Catherine Roose-
Welt Cronin, called at the white house
and notified the policeman at the front
door that she wanted Miss Roosevelt to
vacate her room Immediately in order
that the claimant might occupy it. She
was surprised to learn that the PreSi-
dent and his family had left town for
thc summer without notifying her.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
WRIGHT WANTS TO FLY.
American Aeroplanist Impatient Be
cause of Postponement of His
Airship Trials.

LEMANS, France, Sept 2.-Wilbur
Wright. the aeroplanist of Dayton, O., is
showing much Impotence over the delay
in the conduct of the official trials with
his aeropIane that has resulted from the
inclement weather of the last ten days
and the strain of the situation is hay
ing an injurious effect on his health.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
DEATH CALLS S. SYKES.
Pioneer Conductor on Northwestern Road
Expires at Home of His
Daughter.

MINIATURES, Wis, Sept. >, 1908.
Sylvester Sykes, pioneer conductor
of the Chicago x North-W estern road,
and an employee of the company for for
ty years, died Tuesday afternoon at >
o'clock at the home of his daughter. Mrs.
Albert j. Richter, S34 Astor street.
Death was due to bronchial trouble. with
which malady Mr.. Sykes had suffered in
the last ten years. but which grew acute
the last six months.
The funeral will be held on Thursday
under the auspices of the Lafayette
lodge. No 265, f. & A. NJ, of which he
was q member. Pallbearers will be-
chosen from the lodge and cOmmandery.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
New Grain Firm at Manitowoc.

D1ANITOWOC, Wis, Sept. 1.-[Spe-
cial. THE Charles Zeman company is
the name of a new grain company of the
city which has purchased one of three
elevators owned by the Northern Grain
company, and will engage in shipping Of
grain. r. A. Ritchie, former office man
ager for the Northern, is a member Of
the company and the concern will incor-
porate with $4,000 capital
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
Eats Dinner and Dies.

LA CROSSE, Wis, Sept. 1.-[Spe-
cial. Just as he was about to rise from
the table after eating a hearty meal
the best known residents of the north
side, dropped to the floor dead from an
attack of heart disease.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
BOLT Burns Farmers Barns

MAUSTON, Wis, Sept. 1-During
an electric storm lightning struck the
farms of Thomas Quinn, James Sanders,
Noyes Randall and James Patterson
All lost their barn buildings and their
years crops. The losses range from
$1,000 to $1,000, partly covered by insur-
ance.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
States Assessment
Is So, 478, 56l,786.

An increase of 2,261, 1856 was made
in the assessed valuation of the property
of Wisconsin by the state tax commits
sion, the annual state assessment being
filed in the office of Secretary of State
Frear at Madison.
The assessment for the present year,
compared with that of 1907, is as fol
lows.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
EKERN IS DEFEATED.

LA CROSSE, Wis, Sept 2.-Returns
from Trempeleau county received indi-
cate that Albert T. Twesme has de-
feated Herman L. Ekern for the nomin-
alton for the Assembly by about 800 ma
jority.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
Wisconsin Educator Removed.

MADISON, Wis, Sept 3.-Prof. W.
L. CARLYLE, dean of the Colorado state
college of agriculture, and professor of
Wisconsin. 1S9S-O3, has been removed
from the Colorado institution because
of friction with President AylesWorth.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
Hudson Pioneer ThouCFf Insane

HUDSON, Wis, Sept. 3.-[Special.I-
II. D. Champlin, a pioneer resident. has
been taken in charge by the sheriff and
will be examined as TO his sanity. He is
reputed to be wealthy.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
Milwaukeean Weds at Manitowoc.

MANITOWOC, Wis, Sept. 3.-[Spe-
cial. Michael II. Kallher, assistant
principal of schools at Milwaukee. and
Miss Ella Dassler, a teacher of the First
ward school IN this city, were married
yesterday. the ceremony being celebrated
at Sacred Heart Catholic church.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
CANT BLUFF DUTCH,

THE HAGUE. Sept. 3.-The Neither
lands cruiser Friesland left Holland to-
day for the caribbean. No other war
ships will be sent out to the West In
dies at present.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
STEAMER HITS
ROW BOAT; THREE
DIE AT DELAVAN
MRS. EMIL ANDERSON AND TWO
CHILDREN OF CHICAGO DROWN
IN MIDLAKE.
THREE IN SMALL BOAT ESCAPE.
Accident Occurs in Darkness and Crash,
Followed by Heartrending Shrieks,
Is Heard on Shore.
HUSBAND NEARLY FRUSTRATED.

DELAVAN LAKE, Wis, Aug. ST.
Especial. Mrs. Emil Anderson and her
two children, girl years old and girl
5 years old, of Chicago, were drowned
in Delavan lake last night when their
rowboat was struck by the passenger
steamer Delayan.
Three other occupants of the small
craft, Alfred Anderson, his adopted son,
and their maid, were rescued. The acct
dent occurred after dark, which made
it impossible for those in the steamer to
rescue the others.
The crash caused by the collision be-
tween the steamer and the rowboat was
heard from nearby points on the shore,
and cottagers and guests at the Hotel
Manhattan heard the heartrending cries
of the unfortunate victims as they Were
knocked out into the water and drowned
with apparent help on all sides.
Water Forty Feet Deep.
The accident occurred in 40 feet Of
water, and the body of Mrs. Anderson
was not recovered until 10 o'clock this
morning. Men in boats, equipped with
graphing hooks, searched for hours
afterwards before finding the bodies OF
the children.
Mr.. Anderson had spent Sunday with
his family, and had left for Chicago at
Z o'clock when a telegram informing
him of the tragic death of his wife and
children overlook him. He is almost
Frustrated by the shocking details of the
drowning OF Mrs. Anderson and their
only children.
1t was only yesterday that the yacht
owners of Delavan lake met and dis
cussed plan to organize and adopt some
rules to equip their boats with lights and
signals. There are over sixty yachts
on the lake and up to this time it has
not been necessary for any of them to
display lights. The steamer Delayan.
however, had both lights showing, but it
is claimed that it was running at a fast
rate of speed and overlook the rowboat
before the occupants had time to get
out of the way.
Second Accident for Boat
The Steamer Delavan is the same boat
which CapSiZed on Lake Geneva a few
years ago. the accident resulting in the
drowning of three passengers. Sundays
accident occurred in the middle of the
lake. just southeast of the Delavan Lake
assembly.
The Anderson home is at 1913 West
SiXty-6rst place, Chicago. Mr.. Anderson
is a contractor and is prominently CON
nected with ChicagO's business world.
lie owns a cottage at Delavan.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

INC vote In the same counties for
nited States senator on the Democratic
ticket was: Hoyt, 1888; Brown. 81, 33T
The following counties have sent in no
returns, but it is not believed the ballot
viii materially affect the result:
Chippewa, Crawford, Dodge, Eau
Claire, Florence, Green Lake, Iowa,
Iron. Kewaunec, Manitowoc, Pepin,
Itichiand, Vernon, Villas and Wausharu
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04

MILWAUKEE. Wis, Sept ., 1908
According TO latest returns received
by the Evening Wisconsin this afternoon
Samuel A. Cook made remarkable gains
for the senatorship. The latest results
show the following vote on the four
L.nndilntns.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
nENrrIr ro THr rrAcuER.

The published proceedings of the Alabama Educational Association. for its twenty seventh annual session in Montgomery last April. which are now being distributed by the Secretary eEn- phasizes the fact that the State organ ization of teachers has become one of the most intelligent and most powerful associations in Alabama. It will be re- called that when the Association met in Montgomery a great attendance of teachers were present, perhaps there were 1900. The addresses were of an exceptionally high character. Some of the most distinguished teachers and thinkers of the country came to Mont gomery to address the Alabama teach CTS.
 These addresses have heen compiled and published in the large volume which is now going out to the teachers in their homes and school rooms. The volume has its own peculiar education al value. As a course of supplementary reading for the culture of the teacher there could hardly be anything better.
 The addresses are on subjects which lie close to the heart and brain of every ambitious teacher. Education goes forward. and as it progresses new prob lems rise. New views and an able dis cussion of the problems, new and old. from men who are expert in teaching, can not fail to be most valuable to the teacher who advances with his profess sion.
 This volume of proceedings is an ad- ditional evidence of the great strides education has made in Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
MIR. eOMpERs AND HIS PLEDGE

However much we may wish for votes for the Democratic ticket in No vember, and however strong may be our conviction that the success of that ticket will make for the betterment of working men all over the country, we cannot endorse the action of Samuel Gompers in pledging the solid support of organized labor to MT Bryan. In the first place, he had no right to make such a pledge, and exceeded his power and authority when he did so. There are men of all shades of political be- lief in the labor organizations, and each should feel himself free to think and vote as his judgment and his con- science dictate. Mir. GompeFs had no right to say to the Democratic leaders --as he did in effeet-'I will bunch the labor vote of the country and vote 1t solid for you in November" This was not only assuming power and author ity which he does not possess, but it was also going on the assumption that working men have no wills or intellI- gence of their own.
 In the second place, we believe it would be bad judgment and worse pol icy for the Iaboring men in a body to become partisans. No class of men in all the country has a better right to political independence than they have. and 1t is our opinion that no class would suffer more by lining up selidly, or practically so. for either party. It would be bad policy, regardless of all other considerations. because it might have a bad effect on their future. If the party against which they allowed themselves lined mp should win, would labor have any right to expect favors. or even justice, from that party? Sup pose the Republican party is successful,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
cosIMIssIoNERs, ExPENsEs

Several Alabama editors have called the unexpected paragraph in the new code which directs members of the Ala hama Railroad Commission to visit the county seat of each of the sixty-seyen Alabama counties. The editors have taken it for granted that the commis- sioners have to pay .their railroad fare out of their pocket. This is not the case, although they have to bear all other expenses. such as hotel and llv- cry bills. But they have railroad passes. The law directs this.
 In the Railroad Commission law as found in Section 5s5s of the Code of 1867. the following paragraph is foundi
 And the Commissioners in the per- formanee of their duties may pass free of charge on all railroads of the State, and take with them free of charge any person in their employ.
 It will, therefore. be seen that any member of the Commission can ride on any railroad in Alabama on q pass as long as he is on official business. Tue trips directed by the code torthe sixty seven county seats to hear complaints are on official business and the Com missionsrs will not be out of pock ct anything for railroad fare But they will have to pay all otLer travelling bills, and these in a year with at least sixty-seven trips, will cut big hole in a Railroad Commissioner salary. And under the law when he travels on private business or for pleasure. he must personally bear all expenses, in- cluding railroad fare.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
A RaIIrond Ploo,,n. T-oo.

~ Did you ever count the trees even in small park? If so. you may have an idea of what one railroad has done in this country in the matter of setting out trees.
 The Pennsylvania Railroad believes that it is good investme to have trees of it's own. Each year many ties on the railroad have to be replaced. and new stations, too, have to be built. In the meantime lumber is getting scarcer and scarcer. for great forests are constantly being cut down.
 The Pennsylvania wishes to have timber of It's own in the years to come, not only to furnish material for ties and stations, but also 1t will have trees to set out about stations wherever this is possible. This year the railroad has planted 625 900 small trees. But these are not all the railroad has planted It has set out so far 2,425.0oo trees
 Many of these seedlings, as they are called, come from Europe This is be- cause they are cheaper there than here. If any of the trees that come over are too tiny to set out by themselves, they are put in a nursery near MoFrisville, Pa. There they are carefully watched. When they have grown large enough they are transplanted again.
 But not only are there tiny seedlings there. There are acres and acres of beds in which acorns and nuts of va- rious kinds, as well as confer seeds are planted. Some day these will grow into trees large enouhg to use.
 The plan is 8 good one. It really Is carrying out the idea of Arbor Day on hnGA scala
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
AutomohlIe FIre Apparatus.

The automobile as fire department vehicle comes in for high praise and the herse-drawn wagon for a back handed slap in the annual report ot the Boston department, recently made public. Commissioner Wells, wne writes the report. is strongly in favor of the motor vehicle both for carrying fire fighting apparatus and for the use of chiefs Prom the viewpoint Of safety to riders and to the public on the street" says the comnaissioner the record of accidents shows greatly in favor of the automobile. To the oh- server this may not appear to be SO. hut the fact remains that in the thou sands of miles covered with the auto mobiles no injury to persons has oe- cured, while in the same period dis' trict chiefs have been thrown from their wagons on several occasions. and one pedestrian has been killed and several injured by being knocked down by these fire wagons. The automo- piles in skillful hands is easily and promptly controlled; the horse Is not"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
VACANCIES ON rHE TICKET
nave Seldom Occurred, Buf Proyislop
 shonId be Made Therefor.

nave seldom Occurred, But Provision
 sh0nad be Made Therefor. Lesiies Weekly.
 The brief illness of our popular Vice presidential candidate from New York State, James S. Sherman, brought up the question of the wey in which a national ticket could be filled if, bv any place between the nominatIon and the election. The National Committee would probably filI the vacancy in the case of the e-Preaidential candidate. but 1t would be loath to do this in the case of the Presidential nominee. If q sufiiciept time interxened before the election, the committee would probably reconvere the National Convention, and that body would make 2 new nonina- ton,
 No Presidential candidate of a great party has ever declined to accept the nomination after t was made, but this has happened in the case Of viee-Pres- idential candidates. When the Demo, cratic convention of 1894 nominated silas Wright of New York for Viee- President, on the ticket with Polk, with the hope of placating the intimate friends of Van Buren, who had been defeated for the Presidential nenlna- tion by the operation of the two-thirds barrier. he immediately and perempfor. fly declined; and the convention, which was still in session. had to select an. other man. It put up George M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania. The Northern secs ton of the Democracy in 1880 noEni- mated Renjamin Fitzpatrick. of Ala bama, for Vlce,President on the Doug- las ticket, but he declined after the convention had adjourned, Then the National Committee selected Herschell V. Johnson, of Georgta. John Lang- don of New Hampshire, declined the proffsrsd vieeyPresidential nomination in 1872 on the Madison ticket. but the nomination had not actually been made at that time. The Congressional eau- GUS, which did the nominating in those days, then selected EIbridge Gerry.
 Happily there will be no occasion for the expense of any such contingent power this year by either committee or convention, but 1t would be well for the National Convention of 1912 to take into consideration the possibility of the creation of a vacancy on either end of the ticket during the campaign and outline the way In which 1t could be supplied. These are days of high pres- sure on candidates for high ofllce, and the chances of accidents and ener~ gencies should be taken into the ae- count.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
WOES oF CAMPAIGN MANAGERS.
Are Often Hsmpered by the Mistake,
 Of Their cnndidates.


 Are often Hsppered by she Mistakes Boston Glebe.
 The manager that has a candadite who will not Interfere with his work Is lucky. General Grant was an ideal candidate to manage. because of his si- lence. When he ran for President the fully for alleged shortcomings of his administration, but he remained silent end did not interfere with the man agement of his campaign.
 When James c. Blaine was running for the office and the Rev. D. S. Burch- ard used an offensive alliteration Mr. Blaine was silent at the time, but in that case a strong objection to pr. Burehard's remarks would have saved aim many votes and perhaps prevented
 As rule. however, 1t Is best for candidate to remain silent and allow his manager to dc the fighting at cer- tain critical stages in a campaign.
 The most remarkable instance of presidential candldate disregardlng the views of his political advisers and manager was that of the late Grover Cleveland when he sent in his tariff message to Congress- in 1888. This mes- sage helped to defeat him as did also the tactics of Tampaany. Colonel A. K. Mcclure. referring to this cam paIgn, once said:
 Cleveland lost the electlon in 1888 by his message making the tariff ques- tion the sole issue before the country. saw him on Saturday night, before the meeting of Congress. and with Speaker Carlisle. earuestly urged him to modify the message. Carlisle was quite as positive as I was in assuring him that 1t would result in disaster to himself and his administration. His answer was that possibly we were right. but that It was . duty that should be performed; and, while he might fail. he believed that the coun- try would vindicate him at an early day"
 During the campaign Mr. Cleveland would not recede from the step he had taken. He was defeated, but was right in his opinion that tho country would vindicate him, for four years later he was again elected President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
ANOTHER INYnkTroN.


 A late inventor has the solid and solemn old New Haven Register badly balled up. He claims that he has in vented typewriter which runs by electricity. and which he declares Is just as swift. and more accurate, than a girl.r That is the limited informa- tion given out. and our contemporary wants more light. "Pausing," 1t re- marks. merely to drop tear at the prospect of the disappearance of it's chief ray of sunshine from many an of flee. one feels the need of asking a few questions. A writing machine run by electricity is. doubtless desirable. But electricity Is an indefinite. undehned. irresponsible and cratic quantity. No man who cares at all for his machine would trust 1t to electricity without further specifications. In what man. ner will 1t work the will of the man who wants to transmit or record his ideas7 What Is the process by which
  the correspondence of an office will be perfected by the giriless typewriter? What process will, on the one hand, turn the incoherently expressed ideas of the business man into English that the man at the other end can under stand. or will. on the other hand, mis- spell the words he dictates? Electric ity may run the machine all right, but what is the link, between the brains and the current? Into this age of elec- tricity and other rapidly moving things the electric typewriter fits we'll pro- vided some one will intelligently inter pret the vision. As it stands it is a pretty bad visionr
 Like The Register. there are some things tn this alleged invention about which we need to be shown. There is hardly any limit to what electricity can do. but what we want to know is how the electric current can put it's finger on the right key at the right time so as to spell out the words. A pretty girl and a good typewriting machine form about the most complete combi- nation of which we have any knowi- edge, but in this case there doesn't seem to be any pretty girl, or any oth- CT sort of girl to supply the intelli- gence needed to do the work. There has to be constant connection and com munication between mind and machine and we fail to understand the manner in which it is to be brought about. If the time has come when one can touch an electric key and make g machine write good English. we require to be shown before believing.