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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
LAW ON MONOPOLY
HITS PHONE FIRM
BELL COMPANY ORDERED BY COURT
TO SELL STOCK IN SUP
PLY CONCERN.
Is AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
Judge Windes Rules One Corporation
Shall Not Hold Shares in Com
peting Company.
KELLOGG COMPANY IS VICTOR.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. 1. - Judge
Windes in the Cook county circuit court
today rendered a decision of importance
to the telephone industries of the coun-
try. BY virtue of the courts decision,
the American Telephone and Telegraph
company known as the Bell company is
directed to return to the original owners
431l shares of stock in the kellogg
Switchboard and Supply company of
this city
The court declared that the holding of
the Kellogg stock by the American com
pany was contrary to law in that it
tended to create a monopoly. The KEEL
logg company was organized in 1902 by
Milo Kellogg who later went to Cali
fornia because of ill-health, leaving a
power of attorney with Wallace De
Wolf. The latter it was declared in the
court record, transferred all of Kellogg's
stock to the American company and az
the Kellogg company made a speciality
of manufacturing for Independent tele-
phone companies, the effect on the trade
of the transfer of the stock was severely
felt.
Kellogg disapproved of the transfer of
stock, and brought sIit to have it set
aside. Minority stockholders joined in
the suit, alleging that it was against pub
lie policy to allow one corporation to hold
stock in a competing company and also,
that the transfer of the stock constituted
a violation of the Sherman antitrust
law.
Judge Windes in rendering his decision
said:
The transfer of the stock was void
as against the law. and the public policy
of the state of Illinois in that it tended
to create a monopoly, although not a
complete one.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
MEXICAN CARRIES MONEY.
He DfsItkes Checks and Doesn't
Understand Bank Books

He DfsItkes Checks and Doesn't
Understand Bank Books.
Almost any Mexican in professional
or business life carries on his person
anywhere between 5000 and $500. Even
the poor Indian in his blanket can
more than likely produce more than
many foreigners.
The ordinary Mexican professional
man will be found to carry sums of
money on his person that would sur
prise the ordinary traveller and even
cause him to worry were he forced to
carry It with him, yet the Mexican
never even thinks of it.
1t was but few days ago that an in
stance of this kind was brought to at
tention One Mexican Of the middle
class asked another in q casual way If
he could change a thousand-dollar bill.
The other pulled out a wallet from his
inside pocket and counted out nearly
$4,000 Time after time this has hap
pened. and it seems no uncommon thing
for Mexican of the middle class to
carry between 1000 and 1900 pesos on
his person.
The check idea seems to have taken
but small hold as yet upon the citi-
zens of Mexico, especially when small
amounts of less than $1,000 are con-
cerned. They consider it much easier
to pay spot cash than to give a check
claim, with some amount Of reason, that
a business deal can be put through with
better advantage when the cash is In
sight
Even the Indian in the street car
ries amounts of cash that would never
be supposed to be in his possession
They carry their money in a leather
belt. fastened around their bodies in
side their trousers. These belts are
hollow and are open at one end Into
the open end the Indian slips his pesos
or bills until he has the whole full.
The belt then Is either taken off and
hidden away or the bills are changed
for larger denominations and carried
around the body. But the Indian is a
stickler for pesos duros," and prefers
them to any other class of money ex-
cept gold.
To the Indian money is money, and
a bank book stands for nothing in his
way Of reckoning. check ne will
not accept under any circumstances,
because he does not understand It, A
coin or paper currency Is what he is
after, and that is what he keeps his
hands on when he gets it.-Mexican
Herald.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07

success caused him to buy more prop
erty, and he now owns 1900 acres Not
once has he had a failure Of crops, and
this season he told me he expected his
shipments of potatoes to be about 100
carloads. They are the finest 1 ever
saw and in quality fully equal the cele-
brated variety that has made Greeley.
Colo, famous.
''His farm is right at the summit of
the continental divide, 1900 feet above
the sea level, where there is plenty OF
rainfall to make good crops without
irrigation. Joe told me that be had
made a beginning In sugar beet farm
ing, with good results, and he believed
that Northern Mexico would some day
be one Of the great sugar-producing
regions of the world"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
UNCLE IKE NOT RACKER
Chairman Sanborn Denies Statement
That Stephenson Is Financing La
Follettes Campaign.
ASHLAND. Wis. Feb. II Spec

ASHLAND, Wis, Feb. 1.-[Special.l
Chairman A. W. Sanborn of the La
Toilette state presidential committee de-
MES the published statement that Sena-
tor Stephenson is financing La Follette's
presidential campaign.
The largest contribution we have re-
ceived,' says Senator Sanborn, lis
$1,000. We are depending on the small
voluntary contributions"
Mr.. Sanborn says the great struggle is
for the control of tire national conven-
ton. If the conservatives get control,
the will force the nomination of their
first choice, if possible Knox of Pennsyl-
vania, failing in which, they will nom
mate Canon, Fairbanks or Hughes. If
the progressives win, it may be Taft or
La Toilette.
Speaking of financing campaigns Mr.
Sanborn says that if La Toilette were
backed by a large campaign fund he
could win. The second and third choice
vote for him in various states renders
his candidacy formidable.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
DONT'S FOR CHURCHMEN.

Don't doubt and hesitate. Remember
deeds cure doubts.
Don't plead poverty when duty calls.
No one is so poor that he cannot do
something.
Don't look down, but up. The man
who constantly looks up rises to great
er possibilities.
Don't try to define religion. Live SO
that your life will tell your fellow men
what it is.
Don't give begrudgingly. Charity
without cheer is likely to leave the
world only more chilly.
Don't magnify your own Ideas. Great
thoughts are those that go deep enough
to bear fruit in lives.
Don't think that you can serve God
without serving humanity. He who
serves humanity serves God best.
Don't permit your church to neglect
the poor No church is more needy
than the one that neglects the needy.
Don't make yourself conspicuous In
the discharge of church duties Of any
kind, but remember that ''the first shall
be last. and the last first" IN the
sight of God.
Don't think for a moment that a cost
" and beautiful church ediice will
conduce to true religion. The Bible
says that the heart determines the
quality of religion that men have.
Don't try to improve man spiritual
" until you have mfnistered to his
physical condition. The half-starved
and half-clothed need something else
than directions regarding future life
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
How n Child Should Sit at school.

One of the most common causes Of
weakness and disease, especially of
consumption and other lung disorders,
is bent and collapsed body-a body
with a fiat chest, a rounded back, and
with collar bones and shoulder blades
sticking out. This fault is very com
man among school children-so com
mon that within my own observation |
have been able to find only about one
child in ten whose chest and back were
normal
What Is the reason for this? Well.
there are several reasons, but the prin-
cipal one Is the way the child sits at
school. A few days ago l looked
around a class room containing fifty
boys Two were sitting correctly.
Among the others some were Iounging
their feet sprawling about the floor
others, the larger number, were sitting
rigidly back in their seats, every mus
Gle set and tensed.
Both these position are wrong. The
first one Gig. II causes bending for
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
}HYMNS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

~oo-~~o-o-~-~--S~
Awake, My Soul.
Awake, my soul, and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise
To pay thy morning sacrifice
Awake, lift up thyself, my leart,
And with the angels bear thy part,
Who all night long unwearied sing
High praises TO tn eternal King.
Glory to thee, who safe hast kept,
And hast refreshed me while I slept:
Grant, Lord, when l from death shall
wake,
l may of endless life partake.
Lord, l my VOWS to thee renew;
Scatter my sins as morning dew;
Guard my first springs of thought and
WILL
And with thyself my spirit fill.
Direct, control, suggest, this day,
All I design, or do, or say;
That all my powers, with all my might,
In thy sole glory may unite.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07

Away down in the Sierra Madre
mountains of Northern Mexico 1 came
across a Chinaman who has made a
great success Of farming and who is
destined to become a very rich man."
said Thomas r. Handy, Of San An
tonic, Tex. This son of the Orient,
whose name is Joe, has the biggest
potato farm in the whole Republic. He
speaks both English and Spanish well,
and he IS as quick and progressive as
any Yankee l ever beheld. His neigh
bors admire and like him immensely,
and all hands say there isn't a squarer
man In Mexico.
Joe came into Mexico about five
vars ago and bought 600 acres Of I'M
improved but productive land at trif1ing
cost and on credit. He started in rails
ing Irish potatoes, and made enough the
first season to pay for the place. His
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
EVERY ONE RESPONSIBLE.

By Rev. J. g. Davis.
To each according to his several
ability.-Matt. XIV. Is.
This parable of the talents contains
a message Of awful warning and of
sweetest comfort. God holds every
man responsible for all that has been
committed to him; he also rewards
faithfulness beyond our widest expec-
tation.
When the householder in the para
bic was preparing for his journey he
did not distribute his property indis-
criminately among his servants, but
only after careful consideration. He
gave ''to each according to his several
ability" To one man he gave FIVE
talents, not from favoritism, but be-
cause he had the ability to use it prof
ltably. The man who received one
talent was not capable of great
things, but he had the ability to use
the one talent. His fault was that he
refused to use what was committed
to him, fondly thinking that his mas
ter would be satisfied with its safe re
turn without increase. We may also
perceive a feeling of jealousy and dis
content because larger amount was
not given to him.
The law of human responsibility is
universal. 1 am to-day very much
wnat 1 made myself. As l have used
my time probably or unproftably, as
r boro rocictaJ 4oror+o+;o,,c ~ --io1Jo5
to them; as l have allowed my pas
sions and appetites and the desires of
my lower nature to control my
thoughts and actions, or have brought
them into subsection to the higher, so
is my character to-day. Whether I
will or not, 1 am held to the strictest
accountability. The boy in school who
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
FIVE DIE IN FLAMES.
Cooks and Mattresses Perish in Rooming
House-Old Building in Kansas
City Goes Up.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. Five
persons were burned to death. and five
Others were injured in a fire in a three
story rooming house at ZIG Wyandotte
street, near the business fection this
morning.
The dead:
BERT, MRS. JENNIE aged 20 HarrI-
sonville, Mo; waitress. p
PORTER, MABLE, ged is; waitress
GRAVES, NINA, aged IS; waitress
ROONEY, PETER, aged "a; cook
JOHNSON, CHARLES, aged %; cook
The fire started from an explosion
of natural gas in the basement The
flames and dense smoke spread very
quickly. The five who lost their lives
were asleep on the third floor and all
save Mrs. Bert were burned to death
Mrs. Bert lost her life in trying to
arouse the inmates. She fell down the
stairway and landed in the thickest of
the flames.
There were twenty-five persons in the
building when the fire started. The build
ing was one of the oldest in the city.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
Fighting 1t Out,

Clear the decks for action"
The big guns were now in position
and the eyes Of the combatants spar
killed..
Clear the decks for action :"
The order had rung out clear and
distinct beyond a possibility of nlIsun-
Outstanding.
MY God" cried a man trembling
MY wife IS here.''
Clear the decks for action p,
Tie order came with a grim relent-
lessness. 1t was followed by an anticf-
patory shuttle and one minute later the
Ninth Ward Ladies' Bridge Club had
swung into full session.-Puck.
Brother-You can't think how nery-
Gus l was when 1 proposed Sister
You can't think how nervous she was
until you did.-Town and Country.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
How He Escaped.

Jim Hance, the Baron Munchausen of
the Grand Canyon of Arizona, was sit
ting on the porch of the FL ToFar one
day. retailing his marvellous adventures
to a party OF gaping tourists. Jim has
lived on the rim of the canyon for near
~ half a century.
"Yessum,' he said to an inquiring
lady, Il can shorely say them trails
down to the bottom of the canyon is
dangerous. Of course, they've got them
fixed up in these days, so it is COMPARE
lively safe, but, when l began to go
down, I took my life in my hand every
time. 1t is plumb nervous to be ridin'
along the edge of one of them gorges
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
COMMENT OF LA TOILETTE.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. Wis
ly pleased with the Presidents message
to Congress. Senator La Toilette said;
"The massage is timely. It's spirit
will be appreciated by the American peo-
pie. They will rejoice in the Presidents
renewed declaration Of equal rights and
justice for all citizens"
sage against corruption whether in cor
porations or among individuals. The
Democrats sincerely meant every bit of
their applause" SO spoke Representa-
tive John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
JAPAN THINKING WARP
Statesman Asks Against What Nation
His Government Is Making Mill
tary Preparations.

TOXIC, Feb. II p. NAT q. sec
tional committee meeting Of tho Diet
today NJ. Oishi asked against whom
were Japan's military preparations di-
rected. Minister of War Terauchi re-
piled, saying that they were not directed
against any single nation but against
eventuaIities on the Pacific, where Japan
has a long coast line from SaghaIien. to
FormOsa.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
GUERIN SHOT HIMSELF,
Tailor Gives Strong Testimony for Mrs.
McDonald-Says She Had 10
Revolver

CHICAGO. ILL.,, Feb. 1.-Strong testi-
mony for Mrs. Dora Mcdonald, who is
on trial for the murder of Webster S.
Guerin. was given today by Abraham
Welinski. a tailor, whose office adjoined
that in which Guerin was killed. He
heard the shots and going in the hall
saw Mrs. Dora Mcdonald breaking the
glass in Guerin's office with her hands.
She had no revolver, he said.
He went into the room and found
Guerin on the floor with revolver in
his hand. He declared that Mrs. Nc
Donald stepped back into the room
leaned over Guerin's body, picked up the
revolver and came back to the front Of
fee. Several times. she exclaimed: lie
has shot himself -
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
SHORT METER SERMONS.

Honest methods wait for honest men.
TIE truly strong never ignore the
weak
The man who dare not fail is sure to
do it.
Heaven sees our gifts in the light of
our gains.
The full hand often goes with the
empty heart.
The flame of lust quenches the pure
light of love.
Faith for the future is the undying
hope Of man.
1t is not far from wlnking at sin to
working for it.
If this world is not Gods world no
other world will be.
The best way to talk of love to God
is by labor for man.
He has no power with men who has
no patience with children.
He possesses nothing to whom his
possessions are everything.
Tou cannot weld folks to the good
by frosty smile at the church door.
Take care Of your secret life and the
surface life will take care of itself.
The best aspiration for heaven Is
perspiration In making earth heav emily.
The saddest people In this world are
those who seem TO have no sorrows to
face.
They who think only Of themselves
waste a great deal Of thought on
small subject
When you pray for the removal Of
mountain you had better say amen
with a steam shovel.
When your face Is an advertisement
of failures it's no use talking Of the
glory of your faith.
The important thing about sermon
is not the impression it makes on you,
but the expression you give to it.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07

an lookin' down 5000 feet below to moth.
in but jagged rocks"
"Oh, Mr.. Hance," broke in a sweet
young thing, did you ever fall over?"
Once" Hance replied-"only once 1t
was this way: was ridin' along by
chasm 1000 feet deep. My mule was an
old circus mule and carelesslil1e, began
to whistle Turkey in the Straw You
see that mule had been trained to dance
in the circus to that tune, and she be-
gan to dance right there on the edge.
The nat'ral result was that we both
went over the edge, plumb down 1000
feet to the sharp and cruel rocks
How did you escape?"
"Oh," replied Hance. nonchalantly, L
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
KUEsTERMANN MAKES SPEECH
New Congressman Declares for Revision
of the Tariff.
WASHINGTON, D.

WASHINGTON, D. G, Feb. l.
Representative Kuestermann Of Green
Bay, Wis, made a tariff revision speech
in the House yesterday. He spoke for
half an hour and was literally applauded
on the Democratic side. He said he ia
vored general principles of protective
policy. The Dingley tariff act was all
right in 1897, but it did not cover pres
ent conditions. He said the lumber tariff
should be abolished, both as protection
to American forests and as an aid to
home builders. He would also remove
the steel and petrC leum tariff.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Cary has for
it's purpose the prohibiting Of telegraph
companies from sending messages by
mail or express.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
SPEAKER IS INDICTED.
Massachusetts, Grand Jury Accuses Head
of Legislature.

SALEM, Mass, Feb. Am indict-
ment of 123 counts has been returned
against John n. Cole, speaker Of the
Massachusetts House Of Representa-
tives, by the Essex county grand jury,
charging him with soliciting reduced
fares on the Boston and Maine railroad
at fifty different times for ffty-eight
school children in violation of the pub
lie statutes. The penalty for each Of
Tense is fine Of not less than 500 nor
more than $1,000
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
AIMS TO STOP NEGROES VOTING.
Suffrage Amendment Is Proposed to
MARYLAND Constitution.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Feb. IA snf
frage amendment u the constitution de-
signed to eliminate as far as possible
the negro vote in Maryland has been in
troduced in the Legislature. The meas
ure, which is expected to pass without
material change, provides for property
qualification and an educational test,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07

shirks the multiplication table, prom
Using himself to study diligently when
he shall have reached the higher math-
ematics, finds that the higher mathe-
MATES are an impossibility without a
thorough knowledge of those things
that he despised as useless. He is
quite incapable of making use of the
five talents because he has buried, not
used, the one talent.
The same rule holds good in the s1ir-
itual world. God gives gifts Of grace
to His children as they have the abili-
ty and disposition TO use them. Grace
used means grace increased. Oppor-
tunity taken advantage of means
greater opportunity. Large returns
were not expected from the one talent
man, but some return was expected
He would have been commended equal
ly with the five talent-man and the
two-talent man, however small his re-
turn might seem in comparison with
theirs, had he used his talent
And just here is the word of com
talent men are comparatively few
The greater part of us are Of one-taI-
ent ability. All that is expected of us
is that we use and make the best we
are able Of what we have When the
time Of the great accounting comes
we may have little to offer, only a cup
Of cold water given to one of Christs
little ones; only a kind, sympathetic
word spoken; only helping hand held
out to one needing the support. 1t Is
what we were able to do and we will
receive the commentator of the Mas
ter equally with those whose oppor
tunities have been greater: ''Well done,
good and faithful servant. Enter thou
into the joy Of thy Lord"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07

The first qualification Of anyone who would seek
better administration is entire candor and the
spirit Of fair play. want to do with the
Gv1o will spread false accusation without good, just
oasis OF fact will endcavOr to give currency to
upon public officers, than with those who faith
less to their trust. There is health in either.
If you have the facts which public officer
is dcrelic you have need for nnuendo you may
and should press your relentessly albeit with pity
in your heart But if you have not the facts then be
fair and let suspicious justify your search and your
rigid inquiry but nothing until the facts, and all
the facts. are found.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
FAIR PLAY FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS
BY Gov. Hughes of New York.

/ believe that our citizenship was
never more alert and insistent upon
maintaining proper standards of eff
iicicnt administration than to-day.
And l believe that it would be diff
cult to point to a time when larger
proportion of public officers were
striving honestly TO do their duty.
In demanding justice we must not
forget to do justice. Nothing is
gained by making suspicion do duty
for facts. The tendency to a Gym
zeal and censorious spirit in our citi-
zenship should be checked. Especial
Iy unworthy is such a spirit in those
who pose as the prophets Of reform
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
HABITUAL CRIMINALS?
BY Attorney General Bonaparfe.

The habitual criminal, it must be
remembered, is product Of modern
civilization. Our ancestors would
have hanged him for his first fell
ony; or, if by any chance he escaped
this fate, he would have almost sure
ly died of some of the maladies then
epidemic in prisons while awaiting
trial for the second. I would not
have men hanged to-day for a tri-
fling theft, but l would have modern
society cease to nourish and shelter
its proved and inveterate enemies.
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qept my wits about me. When we was
faIIin' 1878 feet. 1 picked out a nice.
smooth spot and jumped off the mule
1 landed on my feet, safe and sound
But the mule?''
ooh, the mule. Why, I gathered up
what was left of the mule and put it in
my lunch basket and gave it a Christian
burial Saturday Evening Post.