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doubtful character. according to court
records. was taken over by the South
ern- Consolidated Milling Company, and
it's stock reissued. the Rev Mr.. Han
nan, largest bona ide stakeholder, hav-
ing no paTt in the Obsequies.
The directors OF the National COM
pany and the Consolidated company
were identical. as shown by fac-simile
reproductions OF pr0speCtuses, shown
in The Times this morning
The appeal TO the investing public
was almost Identical. word for word.
What Company Says.
Says the National Lumber Company.
enthusiastically.
This company has deeds for $500
acres Of timber in Virginia and Ken
lucky which are covered with heavy
forests. consisting Of oak, poplar chest
nut. and white zine, measuring, at four
feet from the stump, two d six feet in
diameter
This property also has an abundance
Of linden, maple, hickory, elder, cherry
and ash, measuring from 20 to 100 feet
In height from stump TO the first limbs
1t IS estimated that this timber viii
cut 1900 feet per acre. The company
IS prosecuting the work as fast as pos
sible. II owns its own machinery and
buildings. Estimated value of the ma
chinery and buildings Sl32. 600.
THE company has no Indebtedness.
THE company owns valuable eco
ncmic and patentaole rights for extract
. ing chemicals from sH waste woods.
The machinery employed uses the
entire product Of the forest with nc
waste or loss, yielding SO per ton from
the average trees, utilizing the trunks
limbs, and stumps, and all portions now
thrown away in other processes. It is
estimated the company has 900 tons
az wood on its properties"
Advised to Hurry.
Then follows the statement that tbs
company is willing 20 accept "a limited
number of subscriptions at IS per share
with the admonition that one mus
hurry TO get in on the ground floor
The prospectus of the new Soatheri
Consolidated Milling Company required
very little extra printing except tbs
substitution of a few words.
1t reads as follows:
This company has deeds for about
$1,000 acres of timber in Virginia and
eiiNAl'AE sFill'At etAt COY EltQ WIKI
heavy forests consisting of oak. poplar
chestnut and white pine. measuring a
/ 4 feet from the stump, from to 6 fee
/ in diameter.
/ This property also has an abundance,
F of linden, maple, elder. cherry and ash
measuring from 90 to 100 feet in height
l from stump to first limbs 1t is esti
mated that this lumber will cut 1900
; feet per acre. The company is prescott
! ing the work as fast as possible. Tn,
/ estimated value Of the buildings an,
machinery is over S401. 800.
THE company has no indebtedness
y limited amount Of s per cent preferre,
/ stock of this company is offered for sal
at par, $500 per share.
| I'VE expect to earn 25 per cent for al
/ those who are associated with us whel
4 this property is In complete operation
/ and a prospective earning capacity o
\ 100 per cent.
Father Hannah Puts in Money.
! Considering the claim OF Father Han
nan that he purchased three-fourths o
/ the actual cash stock sold by the Ma
| tionai Lumber Company, at a cost o.
about $4,000. It is not understood y
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Wilson Is Ill.

An effort was made by The Times
to reach Jesse b. Wilson last night.
when a representative called, Mrs.
yviIson said her husband was not in
the best Of health that he had retired,
and that he could not be disturbed
10 give a statement
There is another former Official of
the National Lumber Company who
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DUTCH CRUISER SAILS.

HAVANA. Oct S,.-The Dutch cruiser
Glderland, which recently arrived in
Cuban waters from the Caribbean sea,
sailed today under privte orders for
Venezuelan waters, Il Is believed.
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7 the front until teday nc has more than
| an even show, and nonpartisans will
! be surprised If he Is not elected
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ARCHBISHOP RESIGNS.

LONDON. oct. H.-The archbishop Of
York resigned mis- bishopric today, on
account OF his advanced age and failing
health
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ROB HAMS LAWYER.

MINEOI4A, l.. l., Oct. 31.-Cutting the
telephone wires, two burglars last night
or ca 'ly this mcrning broke into the
home II joseph Shay, one Of the counsel
WHO are 10 defend tine Hams brothers
AMI got away with about 81, 800 in money
anG 1eWelry.
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Father Hannah Puts in Money.

Considering the claim OF Father Han
nan that he purchased three-fourths Of
the actual cash stock sold by the Ma
tionai Lumber Company, at a cost OF
about 1900. It is not understood II
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
SENATE IS CENSURED.
Finnish Socialists Discredit Work Of Of
fcials for Lack of Firm
ness.

HELSINGFORS, March 2S.-At the
close of a heated debate in the Finnish
Dict which lasted until ) o'clock this
morning, the Socialist members carried
a vote of lack of confidence in the Sen
ate by II to A. The debate arose over
certain anti-Finnish interpretations in the
Russian Douma.
The Socialists formally censured the
Finnish administration for the deliver
ing of Russian terrorists and POLITICAL
agitators to the Russian authorities and
for lack of firmness in resisting Russian
encroachments upon the rights of Fin
land They demanded the retirement
of the Senate as incapable of defending
the autonomy and liberties of Finland
against the present reactionary cam
paign against Russia.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
MEET DEATH IN MINE
FIVE OF FIFTY EIGHT BODIES ARE
TAKEN FROM THE SHAFT.
Disaster Occurs at Hanna, Wyo, and
Official Force of Company Is
Wiped Out.

HANNA. Wyo.. March 3O.--The bodies
of only five of the tifty-eight miners and
mine officials killed in the Inflated mine
No. IS of the Union Pacific Coal COM
pany by the TWO explosions Saturday
have been recovered.
Other bodies probably will not be
reached for several days. The widows
and orphans are being cared for and
there is no destitution The local lodges
of knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and
United Mine Workers of America today
met and made arrangements to bury
their dead members and provide for the
stricken families.
The official force of the local mines
was completely wiped out by the dis
aster. From Supt. Briggs and his three
foremen down to the gas watchers, stable
bosses and others, all are dead and com
plete reorganization Of the working
forces will be necessary. The entire Off
cial family of the United Mine Workers
is enrolled on the roster Of the dead.
Two of the women who lost husbands i'll
this disaster We're also made widows by
the calamity at the same mine five years
ago
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
SPORTING WORLD.

In the last few years the exporting
of American trotterS to Europe has
grown into an enormous business and
has taken from this country many Of
our highest class horses. Two more
trotterS recently were exported that
try. Dircchess 2:11A and Abbie Strath-
more 2:0Il2. Both Will be used in the
old country, where the breeding of trOt-
Crs is getting to be Il great industry. In
this regard it is interesting to note that
several American trotterS will he entered
in the big trotting stake recently opened
i'll Russia, and which is open to all the
world. Harry II. DevereauN of Cleve-
land, O., secretary of the American As
sociation of Trotttng Horse Breeders.
and one of the most ardent admirers of
the trotter. has named his young stallion,
Harry McKerron 50, 2:24A. q son of
that fast and game race horse and great
sire. John y McKerrOn 2;0412.
1t has been announced that Andy
Mcdowell will race the pacing geld
ing. The Friend. 2:0514. this year, down
the Grand circuit and if the gelding
stays sound all the 2:06 PAGERS will
take notice when he is ready for Il
race At Cleveland last year, it is re-
ported that The Friend worked a very
fast mile some say as good as 2:02.
but shortly afterward he went lame. He
was then in the stable of Long Shot
Cox. who believed him to be us fast as
any PAGER then racing. 1t is, of course,
a question as to the gelding'S SOundnesS,
but if he remains sound Mcdowell will
have a PAGER that can win to celebrate
his return TO the American turf with.
Nive Lindaman, one of DOvey's pre-
mier twirlers, has just received letter
from Sam Brown, the Boston catcher Of
last season. who was sold to the To-
ronto (Eastetn league) team. which
states that Sam does not propose to play
ball for Toronto. Brown writes that he
has returned the contract sent him by
Mccartney because he figures that he
will be as we'll off working regularly IS
a civil engineer as he would playing ball
for the money which the Toronto club
Is willing to pay him.
A new athletic club has been launched
in Boston called the New York and BOs-
ton Athletic club. More than $50 per-
sons were present. An interesting wrest-
ling match was given by Young Ryan of
Roxbury and his partner. Frank Shee-
han. The former agreed to throw the
latter twice in six minutes. He started
out well. securing the first fall in %
seconds. but was unable to land a sec
ond fall in the remaining five minutes
and FIVE seconds.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
ALDRICH BILL
PASSES SENATE
FIVE REPUBLICANS OPPOSE AND
THREE DEMOCRATS FAVOR
CURRENCY MEASURE.
SENATOR LA F0LLETTE ACTIVE.
Secures Several Amendments and Joins
with His Party Against the
Bailey Substitute.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March Is
The Aldrich currency bill was passed by
the Senate late yesterday by vote of a.
to 16, in the main a party vote. Before
taking the vote on the bill vote was
taken on the Bailey substitute author
izing the government instead of the ma
tional banks, to issue the emergency cir
culation for which the bill provides The
vote OH the substitute stood II to -, and
this vote was entirely partisan, even
Senator La Toilette casting his vote with
the Republicans.
The bill has been before the Senate
since January >. The vote was not
reached until after & p. M, and the gal
Ieries were practically empty.
An interesting feature of the passage
OF the bill was a reiteratiOn by Mr. Aid
rich Of his promise to bring in bill for
an investigation Of the entire banking
system Of the country with a view to in
shutting reforms.
$500,O00,O00 Emergency Currency.
AS passed the bill provides for not
more than $500, 100000 Of emergency
currency to be issued to national banks
upon the deposit by them of state, coun-
ty and municipal bonds, to be approved
by the secretary of the treasury. The
currency is to be issued with Il view to
obtaining an equitable distribution of the
currency over the United States. and III
accordance with the unimpared capital
and surplus of banks in each state
Banks are to pay for this emergency cir
culatlou One-halt of | per cent Il month
during the first four months il is clrcu-
lated and afterwards three-fOurths of |
per cent. a month
The bill provides that national banks
shall pay not less than ! per cent. on
government funds deposited with them
As amended the bill carries an import
ant change in banking laws relating to
bank reserves This amendment pro
yldes that of the 10 per cent. reserve re-
CURED to be kept by banks not in re
serve cities fOur-ffths of this is to be
kept in the vaults of the banks and of
that amount one-third can be in the form
of securities Of the kind required.
La Toilette Amendments Adopted.
At the instance of Senator La Toilette
an amendment was adopted prohibiting
any national bank from investing its
funds i'll stocks or other securities of a
corporation the officers or directors of
which are officers or directors of the
bank. and providing a penalty Of impris-
Onment of from one to five years.
An amendment by Mr.. La Toilette to
punish by from one to FIVE years impris-
onment any Justification in bank secur-
tiles was adopted, but was protested
against by Senator Knox as already pro-
yided for by existing law.
Following was the vote on the paSSa &c
of the bill:
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
TIMES ON ROOSEVELT.
London Paper Says President Has Made
Own Policies Those of All
the People.

LONDON, March 3O.-The Times this
morning, commenting editorially upon
what it describes as the remarkable
change which has occurred III the atti-
tude Of the political parties in the Unit
ed States toward President Roosevelt
and his policy, says that his reward for
holding to that policy against all oppo-
sition is one of the most remarkable per
sonal victories ever won in public life.
There is no policy before the people OF
the United States, says The Times, ex-
cept his policy. Party lines have been
obliterated and the three candidates now
before the country are politically indis-
tinguishable. Their programmes are all
of one color and that color is now in
American politics.
'"That is a very curious and interesting
situatiCn." continues The Times, ''it re-
Iieves ones faith III individual worth and
ability, proving that under the most
democratic forms a man may still i'm
a nations AFFAIRS
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
VOL GAN0 WAKES UGLY
GUATEMALA CRATER, SUPPOSED
EXTINCT, BEGINS RUMBLING.
People Flee from Showers of Ashes
Which Have Filled the Air
for Two Weeks Past.

san FRANCISCO Cal. March 80
The steamer Panama today brought news
Of volcano i'll Guatemala, so long extinct
that its name has been forgotten, having
recently broken out. Its long sleep ter
minated three weeks ago with such terri
flying mutterings and spouting of lava
and smoke that the people living at san
Fillipe, at the base of the mountain, are
fleeing for their lives.
Opposite the new volcano is Santa
Maria, volcano which during the last
POO years has wiped out town after town.
The inhabitants of the district fear a
repetition Of the Santa Maria catastro-
phe and are therefore deserving the
mOuntainside. Already the country for
miles is covered some inches deep with
dust and asnes from the active noun
tainS
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
iBAWL' ROOM IN CHURCH
Connecticut Deacons Start Baby Annex
in Order to Bring Mothers
to Service

HARTFORD, Conn, March 30.-Sal-
walton and soothing syrup will go hand
in hand, if the plan of the Memorial
Baptist church meets with the success
which its originality deserves.
The deacons of the church have no.
ticed a falling off in the number of mar
ried women who attend service, care of
babies in almost every instance being
given as the cause. With the approval
of a majority of the congregation. the
church has now decided to open a baby
bureau, where the infants may be
checked while the mother gets divine
consolation.
1t has been decided that the 'bawl'
room shall be in remote part of the
basement, where the youngsters can turn
On the lung power without disturbing
the worshipers overhead. On presenting
her baby II the door each mother will
receive a check, the duplicate of which
will be attached to little Tommy or Mel
lie as the case may be.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP STEAMER.
Dynamite Bomb Is Placed on Boat at st.
Paul, MINI.

ST. PAUL, MINI, March 30-An at
tempt was made here last evening to
blow up the excursion steamboat c. W.
Cowles. owned by Capt. George Winans
of this city. A dynamite bomb, with a
slow fuse, was placed in the private
stateroom of Capt Winans through a
transom and was suspended from the
ceiling The bomb exploded. completely
destroying three staterooms. No one was
on the boat at the time. four men who
We're employed in getting it ready for
service having left the vessel with Capt.
Winans a short time before the explo-
sion
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
FOR BIG CATHOLIC HOLIDAY.
Foresters Will Meet in Ashland to Plan
Details

WASHBURN, Wis, March 2S.-For
the purpose of forming a circuit of the
Catholic Order of Foresters lodges of
the northern part of the state, the inten-
ton being to hold a gala day once each
year. the deputy high chief rangers and
chief rangers of the order from the cities
of Superior, Ashland, Bayfield,, Wash
burn, Medford, Hurley. Mellen. Iron
River. Glidden and Butternut will meet
at Ashland Sunday 10 complete arrange
ments. The first big celebration in the
grand circuit will be held May 20, which
is the twenty-ffth anniversary of the
birth OF the order.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
LATEST MARKET REPORTS
MILWAUKEE, MARCH 80.
EGG AND DAIRY MARKETS

MlLWAC kEE-BUTTER-Ste EIgin
price Of extra creamery is 29I&c; local price
extra creamery is 291ac; prints, 5oc; iirSts
2@Q26c; seconds. 22Q23c; process, 24a25c:
19Q2uc; packing stock 1SC.
CltEESE-Steady; American full cream
new make: twins, l2&Ql3Ac; Young Amer
l3Ql3l2c; hmburger. October, Ice; winter
make, 14c; fancy brick, t2@1252c; low
grades, loc; imported Swiss, 21C; block, l&c:
round Swiss. 14Q15c.
EGGS-EaSy; feeling more settled. The
produce boards official market for strictly
fresh laid received. eases returned, l3i2,
seconds and checks. S0loc. Receipts, o.
CulCAGo, IN, March &o.-Chccse, =
Steady. daisies, 1&l&U14c; twins, 12Ials
lo12c; young Americas. 1870 $3.50.
S. CHICAGO. H.. March 5p.-.Eutter--
2S'2G Eggs-Stcady; At mark, eases includ
NEW YORK. March o.-Buttcr-Flrm
receipts. ISIS; creamery specials Hgc; eN-
traS. 2SU2Sl@c; third to first. 2lW2IC; held
creamery: common to special, 2lu2S'2c;
state dairy. common TO choice 2vu2ic;
process common 10 special, 16u2f'ac, west
ern factory, first 3Oloc: imitation cream
cry, 22a2;c C'hrcSc-Firnl:. rrrrintS. 9GI
full cream, specials, isl &C.; state fun cream
cOlOred fancy, l1@4r, do white. fancy. Ito.
do large colorcd ANA white, fancy. l5st,,
do good to prime. l4l2Nlalc: do late Ovto-
Der and early November made l%iaV l4ler:
tlo winter made. l2IJl2l2c; do common 10
fair. 1O@l1lac; skins. loUllc Eggs Ftrm:
receipts 24.U29; state PvuuSy lvuuia ANA
nearby fancy. selected, white. 10000, @uod
to choice. 1I0lSIsc; brown and mixed vN-
ira 1Gls617c: first. 15I20lGc: western amt
southern storage. first, 1512c; seconds. H.
ELGIN RU'rTER MARKET.
ELGIN. Ill. March So Special l-Butter
Market firm ut 29l2c Output for this dis
trict for week 4t&.iOO pounds.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
Explosions Injure Firemen.

BOSTON, Mass, March 30.-Hot air
explosions from windows and doors in
tie faces of fremen mounting ladders
caused injuries to ten Of them at a fire
in a large seven-story brick building OF
Atlantic avenue and Purchase street to-
day. None Of the fremen are believed
to have been injured seriously, however.
The loss is estimated at between $75,-
600 and 100000.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
YEAS.

important changes IN Dill.
Following is the text of the important
amendments ADOPTED:
BY Senator Johnston of Alabama
That after January l, 1909, national
banking associations located outside of
reserve or central reserve cities which
are now required by law to keep re-
serve equal TO - per cent. OF their de-
post liabilities shall hereafter hold in
their own vaults four-ffths of such re
serves, either in lawful money, as now
required by law, or in the securities
enumerated in section , of this act,
which shall have been approved by the
secretary of the treasury; provided, how
ever, that not more than one-third of the
reserves required to be kept in the vaults
such securities.
BY Senator Allson-Provided that the
deposits under this section of retire notes
secured by the deposit of bonds other
than bonds of the United States shall
not be covered into the treasury as re-
quired by section 6 of an act entitled
IAN act directing the purchase of silver
bullion, etc." approved July II. 1890,
but shall be retained in the treasury for
the purpose of redeeming the notes of
the bank making such deposit.
La Toilette Amendments.
By Senator La Follette-No national
banking association shall invest any part
of it's funds or deposits in the stocks or
other securities of any corporation or
association any of the officers or drec-
tors of which are officers or directors of
such banking association. Any officer
or director of any national banking asso-
citation who knowingly violates or CON
sents to the violation Of the foregoing
provision shall he deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall upon conviction
thereof in any circuit or district court
of the United States be imprisoned not
less than one year and not more than
five years.
BY Senator La Follette-It shall he
the duty of the controller of the currency
to cause such reports of notes in circu-
lation to be verified by examination of
the banks records and any officer of any
bank association falsely reporting the
amount of its notes in circulation shall
upon conviction thereof in any cir
cult or district court of the United States
be punished by Il fine not less than
$1,000 nor more than $1,000, or by imprs-
Onment for not less than one year and
not more than five years, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
PAYS FINE OF $4,000.
Kansas City Lumber Company Pleads
Guilty to Accepting Rebates
from Railroad.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. March 3O.-The
Chapman and Dewey Lumber company
of Kansas City entered a plea of guilty
today in the United States district court
to the charge of having accepted rebates
from the Frisco railroad on lumber ship
ments from points in Arkansas to st.
Louis. Judge Dyer imposed fine of
$4,000 and costs amounting to S158.63.
A check for the full amount was prompt
ly handed to the clerk of the court.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
WITHDRAW LIBEL SUIT.
McClure's Magazine May Settle with
Milwaukee Concern Out Of
Count

NEW YORK, March 30.-After con
ference between counsel on both sides IN
the suit brought by the Union Befrigera-
tor Transit company of Milwaukee,
against the S. S. Mcclure company, pub
fishers of McClure's Magazine for $780,
900 for alleged libel, the case was with
drawn from the jury today. 1t is under
stood that there is a probability of set.
tlement of the suit out of court. E. l.
Philip, president of the Union Refrig
orator Transit company, was awarded
$4,000 damages against the Mcclure
company for libel last week in a suit
based upon the same article of which the
Refrigerator Transit company, as cor
poratiOn complains.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
CANCEL TOBACCO POLICIES.
Insurance Companies Will Take No More
Kentucky Risks

LEXINGTON, Ky, March ga
special from Mount Sterling says an in
surance agent there who has authority
to do so will notify agents at once to
cancel all policies held by two of the
leading companies in Kentucky on to-
bacco risks. except in Louisville, Lexing-
ton. Owensboro and Paducah The
amount to be Cancelled is 500, 1000.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
CRUISER IS AGROUND.
Prairie Meets with Accident While Back
ing Out from Her
Dock

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. March Is
The United States cruiser Prairie while
backing out from her dock at the League
sailing for Guantanamo, Cuba, went
aground in ID feet of water in the Del
aware river The cruiser is said to be
hard aground and may not be tioated at
the next tide tonight when an attempt
will be made to float her. \ high wind
is believed to have been responsible for
the grounding.