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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
EMPTY HOUSES IN LONDON.
Fifty Thousand OF Them at Present
Said to Be Lacking Tenants.

Fifty Thousand OF Them at Present
Said to Be Lacking Tenants.
Fifty thousand empty houses in Lon
don! John Burns made this startling
announcement in the house of commons
recently, says Tit-Bits. Large as this
number is there are those who believe
it is under rather than over the mark
A remarkable change Las taken place
during the past five or six years.
Whereas formerly landlords were mas
ters of the situation, tenants have now
the whip hand in nearly every district
and are offered all manner Of induce
ments to take houses.
1t is not long since that a premium
or, what amounts to the same thing
key mOney"-was demanded by prop
erty owners in some parts of London.
Today numbers of such men will act
ually allow tenants q discount, which
consists in the case of small property
Of the expenses of removal up to Fl,
or else of so many weeks occupation
free. Usually no rent is required for
the first fortnight, but in certain To-
calities the competition between prop
erty owners is so keen that the period
in some cases is one month, making the
discounts about e. IS or e. 5s.
4 more curious bait is free insur-
ance. One company gratuitously in
sures each of It's tenants against fire /;
while another, besides safeguarding
the householder against this contfng-
ency, relieve him Of apprehension re-
speeding any damage to his furniture
by lightning or flood.
Certain separate charges have also
been swept away, particularly in the
case of flats, which, it is said, are now
q drug in the market. Some landlords,
for instance, made one for the clean
ing of the common staircase, this, with
the extra" for gas, amounting to
about Is Cd per week. The IS pence
was really rent and the reason it was
not called such was partly to evade
payment of rates. When-this is an
actual Casa man owned about fifty
flats and returned their rent as 10
pence per week each less than it really
was, his assessment was considerably
lower than it ought to have been, and
consequently he did not pay his due
proportion of rates. But, of late Eek
tras" have frequently been cut to the
amount formerly set down as "rent."
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
SORRY FOR A HYENA.
Judge Has No Time for Woman Suing
Animals Owner for Loss of Finger
When Brute Snapped.

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-The suit of
Miss Anan Richardson against Frank
G. Bostock for $4,000 damages for the
loss of part of the index finger of her
left hand, has been dismissed by Judge
Marean in the supreme court of Brook
lyn.
1t was back in the summer of 1900
while the plaintiff was a visitor at the
Bostock wild beast show at Coney Island
that the mishap befelI her, a hyena,
since dead, having seized her hand as
she was pushed against the cage.
There is nothing here to show" Judge
Marean said, that any negligence exist
ed on the part of the defendant. 1 think
it cruel to look upon Gagged wild animals.
l shall dismiss the complaint. [ am sor-
sorry the plaintiff was injured, but my
sympathy is with the hyena''
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
CURIOUS HOTEL CUSTOMS.


Where Every Cuss Word Costs
Penny.
A curious custom prevails at an Edin-
burgh hotel, says Tit-Bits. Whenever a
customer is heard to swear he is re-
quired to place a penny in a box on the
bar counter 1t is not a matter for
surprise that the landlord hears much
less bad language than some Of his fell
low publicans in the capital Of Scot
land.
The following is a quaint idea for
providing funds for picnics and social
evenings. 1t is carried on with much
success at an Ashton-on- Mersey inn !:
A "knocking club" is connected with
the inn, and when a customer calls for
refreshments he is expected to knock on
the table or counter before drinking. If
he fails to do this he is fined one penny.
Any one who wrongfully accuses anoth-
er Of breaking this unique rule is also
fined. The money thus obtained pro-
vides funds for many enjoyable outings
and pleasant evenings during the course
Of the year.
At another hotel, known as the Old
Hundred, customers are allowed only
one drink If one is not sufficient to
quench their thirst they are obliged to
go out of the hotel and take a walk be-
fore they are allowed to have another.
Till recently the proprietor Of an old
time hotel in Warwickshire used to in
vite all his customers to accompany him
and his wife to the service at the parish
church on Sunday mornings, which was
situated on the opposite side of the
road, the house being closed while they
were away. On returning each custom
er was invited to partake of refresh
ments offered by the hospitable landlord
free Of charge.
Visitors to a certain hotel in Aber-
deenshire who wear brown boots must
remember to keep them in their room
over night Otherwise the boots will be
BACKED, regardless of the original color
of the same In one Of the rooms of a
Dumfries public house is an old arm
chair which is said to have been fire.
quently used by the poet Burns.
A small hotel in Wales until quite re-
Gently was used by the Catholics as a
place Of worship on Sundays, and po-
lice court proceedings were held on the
premises during the week
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23


the second-ha man will have nothing
but whole papers, and they must be
clean, at that" This little monologue
may be heard most anywhere. The con-
ditions are about the same in any city
Of large or medium size. There is a
great deal of accumulated material
around a house which is quite difficult
to dispose of. 1t might be burned, but
an effort to dispose Of the mass in an
ordinary stove would more than likely
lead to disaster, even if the stove is
Of suitable proportions to accommodate
the collection. Most of them are not
The housekeeper's quandary has led
to the invention Of model device to
be added to the equipment of the house
hold. 1t is a refuse Instructor, in
which the accumulations Of the house
hold are to be disposed of by burning
in the back yard without danger. The
Instructor is a basket of wire built on
an iron frame, supporting it several
inches above the ground. Into this the
household accumulatiOns are dumped
as we'll as the sweepings. A match an.
piled soon reduces the big pile to a
handful of dust. Such a device solves
completely the problem of the disposal
of a great deal of material
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
LAD IS SERIOUSLY ILL
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE ABANDONS
CAMPAIGN TO GO HOME.
Boy of Eight Years Is Suffering from
Infantile Paralysis Which Has
Taken Serious Turn.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct 21.-John
w. Kern, Jr., the S-year-old son of John
w. Kern, Democratic candidate for the
vice presidency, is seriously i'll in this
city and Mrs. Kern has telegraphed her
husband to return to indianapolis at
once. The boy is suffering with infantile
paralysis.
SYRACUSE. n. Y, Oct 21-John
W. Kern, the Democratic vice presiden-
tial nominee, today abandoned his cam
paign in this vicinity and will leave for
home at 5 p. M, in response to a mes
sage from his wife telling of the serious
illness of their S-year-old son. Mr..
Kern had arranged to go to Osweg0 this
afternoon and then to Ashtabula and
Conneaut, o., intending TO speak at the
latter place tomorrow night, but when
he was informed that the illness of his
son had suddenly taken a turn for the
worse. he decided to start at once.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
DYNAMITE TO STOP TUNNEL?
Extreme Measures Alleged to Check In
ternationai Bore in Detroit

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. Pit is al
legged and has not been denied, that on
that part of the right-of-way of the
Michigan Central south of the Fort
street bridge there are being sunk tubes
of steel at the bottom of which lie cart
ridges of dynamite, designed to blow to
kingdom-come anyone who ventures to
carry through the shore end of the in
ternational tunnel that Is to cut down
time and avoid the ice jams of the De-
troit river in the transportation of pas
sengers and goods from the east TO the
west.
The alleged operations are on property
owned by the =. J. Backus estate and
the railroad. it is claimed has not OBJ
tanned a clear title to right-Of-way.
1t is alleged connections have been
made with the large service mains of
the water department, so that if the
dynamite misses fire when the steel Dor
ing shields bumps up against the sunken
tubes a rupture of the water pipes win
turn loose a torrent of water under
high pressure and flood the tunnel.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
ROYAL PAIR WILL WED
Kaiser's Son to Be Married Thursday to
Duchess Alexandra Victoria
in Berlin.

BERLIN, Oct. 21.-Duchess Alexan-
dra Victoria of Schleswig-H olstein, who
is to be married tomorrow to her cousin,
Prince August William of Prussia,
fourth son of Emperor William, arrived
in Berlin today. She was received at
the railway station by a brsiant es-
cort composed of detachments of the
household troops. From the station she
drove to the palace through streets
lined with immense crowds. At the pal
ace the duchess was received by the
Emperor and Empress and fifty visiting
princes and princesses. Her coming
vas followed by a family dinner, at
which the marriage contract was signed.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

one room Of n cold storage warehouse
to all the other rooms in it, we should,
theoretically, be able to distribute 1t
from a central point Of houses, office
buildings, theaters and the like, at a
distance, as is done with gas and steam.
But the size and the cost Of the
plant required, the impossibility Of de-
veloping a degree of cold which will
not be dissipated in transit unless
pipes Of prOhibitive size are employed,
has placed the idea in the category
Of laboratory dreams. Even the use
of liquid air or liquid hydrogen would
not Obviate this last objection. The
cost Of the production and the distribu-
ton would outweigh the benefits.
Science does not recognize the i'm
possible, however, and if Prof. Unnes
has produced a liquid which, forced to
distant points through pipes small
enough to be strung like telephone
wires, is so cold that such distribution
cannot materially impair its effective
ness-and this seems to be tie case
science has achieved a most revolu-
tlOnary triumph"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
NO POLITICS IN COURT.
United States Tribunal Refuses to Ad-
vance Suit Against Gov. Haskell
of Oklahoma.

supreme court of the United States to-
day practically indicated its disapproval
of the efforts to bring that court into pol
tiles at this time by denying the motion
to advance the hearing in the case OF
Noble State bank of Oklahoma against
Gov. Haskell and others, involv-
ing the constitutionality of the
Oklahoma bank deposit guaranty
law. A special plea was made
for the advancement of the case because
of the prominence in the campaign of the
question of the guarantee i'll bank de
posits, but the court declined to act
upon the suggestion.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
SHELDON IS INNOCENT.
United States District Attorney Says
Republican Treasurer Was Not
Connected with Morse.

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Before the
trial of Charles w. Morse and Alfred H.
Curtis on charges of violation of the
national banking laws and conspiracy
in their conduct of the National Bank Of
North America was resumed today,
United States District Attorney Stimson
denied the published assertion that
George II. Sheldon, treasurer of the ma
tional Republican committee had been a
member of one of the Morse pools in
American ice stock.
His name has never appeared in con
necton with this case in any way" said
Mr. Stimson $50 far as | know he
never was connected with any ice pool
or with Morse"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
SCHOONER IN DISTRESS.
Vessel Is Seen Dragging Anchors Before
High Sea Off New Jersey
Coast

GALILEE, \. J., Oct. 21.-With an
American flag half-masted three-mast-
ed schooner, name unknown, is anchored
off this shore. Her anchors are dragging
before a high northeast wind and sea,
and unless assistance is soon given, may
come ashore on the beach. The life
savers at this station are watching the
vessel and will 90 to the aid Of the crew
if the vessel should near the beach.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
THAW TAKES APPEAL.
Carries Writ of Habeas Corpus to Be
Taken to Pittsburg to Circuit
Court of Appeals.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Oct.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 21.-
Former Coy. W. a. Stone of Pittsburg,
Pa. attorney for Harry K. Thaw, STAY
er of Stanford White today took an ap-
peal to the United States circuit court
of appeals from the decision Of Judge
Young at Pittsburg yesterday, in which
the court dismissed the writ of habeas
corpus to bring Thaw to Pittsburg to
testify in bankruptcy proceedings.
The court granted a writ of error which
means the case will be reviewed by the
court. Argument will be heard in De-
oenbpr
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
Another Find al Pompeii.

Pompeii IS still yielding remarkable
F'fnds.'' The latest. unearthed near
Ports Nolano. IS a mans perfectly pre-
served. skeleton. By its bony hand Law a
little bog of coarse cloth containing fifty
ancient coins. uninjured by 1929 years Of
burial The coins are nearly all of sill
Yer and beautifully mlnted; nothing like
them is produced by the scientific appli-
ances of today. The skeletons posture
proves that the living man. fleeing with
his money. was overwhelmed by the
lava and mud from Yesuyius. The place
where the skeleton was eXcavated is /
new field for exploration and other i'm
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
ARREST OF WRITER ORDERED.
Brandenburg Accused of Grand Larceny
Over Cleveland Letter

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-The police Of
New Jersey nave been notified to arrest
Broughton Brandenburg, the writer, on
the charge Of grand larceny. The charge
against Brandenburg is the alleged lar
ceny of $500 from the New York Times,
which newspaper bought from him an
article represented by him as having
been written by the late Grover Cleve-
land. 1t is said that the signature to
the article has been declared spurious.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
ABUSE OF LIQUOR IT'S EVIL
Rev. Barr Talks to Racine Audience on
Temperance.

RACINE, Wis, Oct. 21.-[Special.l-
Rev. Thomas Edward Barr Of Milwau-
kee spoke last night before a large audi
ence on Nation Making and Temper
ance." Mr.. Barr condemned the abuse
of liquor, and said that it was this, and
not its use, to which the evils were at
tached. He argued against prohibitive
education inasmuch as it led to defiance
of law and lying Rev. Barr predicted
that the genera tons Of the future would
substitute some milder drink for alco-
holic beverages, stating that alcohol
would be the fuel of the future, and the
people could not afford to waste it.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
Where the Letter FaiIatf1.

One can have tco much even Of Il
good thing. According 70 Mr.. Rafferty,
in the Washington Star, the phonetic
impulse OF the DAY needs 70 be restrain
ell. The gentleman in question regard
ed city building with interest.
''Doisn," said be, what does them
letters, 'NDCCCXCYII' mean?"
They mean eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven.'
"Dolan," came the query, after a
thoughtful pause. don't yez think
they're overdoin' this spellin' reform a
bit:"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
CHOLERA ON U. S. TRANSPORT.
Dread Disease Kills American Sailor at
Port of Nagasaki.

NAGASAKI, Oct. 21-The United
States army transport Buford which
sailed from Manila October 10, en- route
to San Francisco, has been detained
here on account of the death of a sailor
on board from cholera. Another case
has developed but the patient is recov-
ering. The officers Of the Buford say
they do not fear a further spread of the
disease
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
DIE IN BURNING BOAT.
Four Lose Their Lives When Hudson
River Steamer New York IS De-
stroyed at Dock.

NEWBURGH, n. Y, Oct 21-Four
persons persisted in the burning of
the Hudson river steamer New York
at Marvels' shipyard here early today.
The blaze was discovered by a waiter.
There were twenty-five negroes asleep on
the boat and they had no time to dress.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
% FOOTBALL PLAYERS HURT.
Tornado Wrecks Grandstand, Crushing
High School Boys Under 1t.

SAVANNAH, Mo. Oct. 21.-One
football player fatally injured and TWEEN
ty-two others hurt, some of them seri-
ously. is the result Of an accident here
at ) o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
the grandstand at the ball park, in
which the players had taken shelter.
was blown down by tornado. All of
the boys are high school students and
We're at football practice.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
New Field for Penny Dreadfuls.

4 stroke of journalistic enterprise that
beats anything that Yankee inventive
ness ever suggested is reported from
France. In a small village, when al
most everybody was at work in the
fields. the local newspaper announced
that in the busy season all the impor-
tant news would be condensed in q single
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

portant discoveries are expected there
But the fruits of DR.. WaIdStein's new
explorations at Herculaneum are await
ed with even greater Impotence. for
Herculaneum is incomparably richer in
.rt tralSnreS than pomneii
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

lection Of papers,
scraps and paste
board boxes, the
roundup Of the
regular weekly
cleaning. 81 h e
ashman declines to
take anything but
ashes, the rubbish
man picks out only
such as he can
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
The University StyIfst.

This editorial from the weekly paper
OF Missouri University shows what
higher education does for lucid writ
ers: Sometimes during the year there
arise certain occasions whose circ11p,-
stances are peculiar in that all of them
force the onlOoker to the same conclu-
sion. That is, person is not enabled
to consider the various phases of SUCH
questions, and then announce it as his
belief that the matter has two sides,
and that as such is the case he intends
keeping the affair off his mind as much
as possible. On the contrary, this type
of situation can allow Of but one opin-
ion. for the reason that every motive
exists for adopting one course as right.
and decrying the other as wrong"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

MANITOwOC-A $500 reward has been
posted for information as to the where
abouts of John illness, a Valders youth
who has been missing for week.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

short paragraph and that the remainder
of the sheet would be smeared with a
fy-killing compound. instead of print
er's ink. In 4 brief article the editor
said: In this way we will be able to
give our readers appreciate advantages
which are: First, the possibility of
learning all the news Of the day in a
few minutes: second, the means of re
ducing the plague of noisome insects
which poison the countryside and dis
seminate 4 number of diseases"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
REFUSE BURNING BASKET.
Device for Getting Rid OF Household
Accommodations,

ooh, my Whatever shall 1 do with
all this rubbish?' eXclaims the house
keeper, beholding a miscellaneous col
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
A High rd.

ITO you we award the palm
Cant you give me something more
lofty" asked the aviator, disdainfulIv
II have flown so high that I consider
the palm beneath me" kansas CITY
Times.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

Advertise in this paper. and make your
wants known to our home people, and
stimulate enterprise in our vicinity.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

lection by some tax on his physical
conditiOn-some extra work which
has depressed his bodily powers, some
worry which has preyed upon his
mind, some loss Of sleep, some undue
exposure to atmospheric changes, or
some dietary indiscretion.
For indiscreet eating is one of the
most prolific and yet the least recog-
nlzed Of all the predisposing causes of
a cold.
Let the hearty eaters of rich food,
who suffer from repeated colds, try a
course Of abstinence during the coming
winter, and they will become con-
WINGED of the truth of these remarks.
In this case the proof Of the pudding
is in the not eating of it.-Youth's
Companion.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

There are a good many rabbits play
ing lion parts.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

When Eating Causes Colds.
IL one who has caught cold will
take thought. he will often find that
he has prepared himself for the 10
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
Georqia Is Aroused.

ing and the burning of numerous gins
in the south in addition with the gen
eraI cotton situation will be discussed
by delegates to the Cotton Growers.
Merchants and Ginners in Memphis No
vember /. 1t is expected 1000 ginners
will attend.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

''For the present l have left the cam
paign for the gOvernorship, believing
that upholding of law and order in our
state is of more Importance than polite
al discussions"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-04
F. B. PROBES IS
RETURNED HERE
MAN WHO ESCAPED FROM THE
COUNTY CONVICT CAMP RE.
TURNED BY SHERIFF, THE MO,
BILE COURT DECIDING AD-
VERSELY TO PRISONER IN HA-
BEAs CORPUS CASE.

F. b Probes, the escaped convict
from this county. who has been fight
ing his extraditfOn from Alabama to
Pensacola, was brought back to the
city last night by Sheriff Van Pelt.
who went to Mobile Thursday morn
ing for the prisoner, but was pre-
vented from bringing him at that
time on account of a writ of habeas
corpus being sued out by Probes af-
ter his arrest il Mobile
Inc man was arrested last week.
but secured his release through ha-
beas corpus proceedings. He failed TO
leave Mobile, however, and Sheriff
Van Pelt, securing requsition papers
Tor him again, caused his arrest.
Probes was serving time on the coun-
~ roads, when ne succeeded in max
ing his escape, going TO Mobile.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-04
THE LUCIANO
WAS LIbELED
n. VOGEMAN, OF NEW YORK,
BRINGS SUIT AGAINST VESSEL
FOR $4,000, AND PREVENTS HER
DEPARTURE FOR SEA.

A libel suit against the British
steamer Lugano. which recently clear
ed from the custom house preparatory
to putting to sea, was filed in the
United States court yesterday, the
libelIant being H. VOSeman, of New
York, who is represented by Scott NJ
LOftin. The amount of the libel is
81 800, and the vessel was lmmSdl-
---4->1---EAI-e1a- intn cIIstnIy bY the United
or a settlement of the suit.
The libellant chartered the vessel
and the basis % the suit is on the
freight capacity of the steamer.