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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
BILL TO AID SETTLERS.
Land Claimants Whose Entries
Were Declared Invalid

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Jan. IL
Especial. Representative Bedc of Min
nesota has introduced Il bill for the re
lief of settlers who actually entered and
attempted to make settlement upon and
thereafter improved any portion Of an
odd numbered section with the conflict
ing limits of the grants made in aid of
the construction Of the Chicago, St Paul,
Minneapolis q Omaha Railway company
and the Wisconsin Central, and whose
entry or claim to the land was there
after declared insufficient or invalid.
Briefly. the intent of this act is to give
any claimant who attempted claim on
Wisconsin Central railroad lands the full
benefits or cause upon which his claim
or entry was finally lost, and to restore
the right Of such to re-entry under the
provisions of the proposed bill. There
are numerous such claimants now resid-
ing in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17

sary power, and it will be only a mat
ter Of time when the Cygnet, or an Inn
proved machine Of her type, soaring on
high in absolute control, will occasion
no more comment to watchers from be-
low than an automobile does to-dav
threading its course through business
thoroughfare
1t Is interesting to note in this con-
nection that Count de la Vaulx. one of
the most intelligent and enterprsing of
the French aeronauts, does not believe
that either Santos-Dumont or Farman
will win the Deutsch prize of $4,000
for the first airship that sails circu-
lar kilometer. He takes little stock in
the future of flying machines, either.
but pins his faith on the possibilities of
the steerable balloon.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
GALLERY GODT RESCUE
Melodrama Too Realistic for Lynn Man
Who Attempts to Rescue Heroine
and Defies Interference.

LYNN, Mass, Jan. 1O.-"You shall
not part me from me chce-ild." cried tie
heroine.
III get YOU both aboard the Iuggcr
and kill you ut my leisure re;ortcd tie
main villain.
You shall not hurt our little Nellie
while her brother Jacks alive" sung
out the first assistant hero who was on
the job temporarily while the regular
hero was engaged in a fight up stage
with the second assistant villain for the
possession Of the papers"
1t was all much too horrifying for
George Monroe who occupied Il seat III
the gallery ut local theater, where a
company was presenting Il bloody melo-
drama last night.
Jumping from his scat he made his
way down stairs, rushed up the center
aisle and to the stage. HeroicaIly ne
chased the main villain from the histri-
onic boards, seized the fair haired hero
inc i'll his arms and declared that he
would defend her.
Stage hands attempted to drive Mon
roe OF the stage, but he seized Il fire axe
and refused to depart until lie had been
fought and OverpOWered by six police
men, eight actors and seven ushers.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
1t Didn't Work

Il can't keep the visitors from COM
ing up" said the office boy, dejectedly
when 1 say you're out they don't be-
lieve me. They say they must see
you"
We'll" said the editor, "just tell
them that's what they all say. I don't
care if you cheek them, but l must
have quietness."
That afternoon there called at the
office a lady with hard features and an
acid expression. She wanted to see the
editor, and the boy assured her that ii
was impossible.
But l must see him." she protested.
I'm his wife,
That's what they all say replied
the boy.
That is why he found himself on the
floor, with the lady sitting on his neck
and smacking his head with a ruler,
and that is why there is a new boy
wanted there.
Don't be like the hen: When it lays
an egg it does nothing else all day but
call attention to it.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
The Gray Eyed Man

Il always feel a bit nervous re-
marked a sergeant of police, when +
have to arrest man with gray ewes
for | know that he is a born fighter
and that l am likely to have tough
job.
Most men when they are fighting
retain a certain amount of discretion
and remember that brutal assault on
the police is a very serious offepse
But the man with the gray ewes
though he may in his calmer moments
be quite aware Of the folly Of resist
ance, forgets all about that when his
blood is up. He thinks of only one
thing, and that is to win the fight.
1T isn't among criminals only that
the gray eye denotes the fighter. 1
have observed the same thing among
professional pugilists, an enormous pro
portion of whom have gray eyes.
with soldiers and sailors it is lust
the same. Many of our foremost gen
erals and adnirals have eyes of this
color. 1t is the more remarkable when
we remember that the number of peo-
pie who have gray eyes is small COM
pared with other shades.
The moral is that when you are
dealing with a gray eyed man you
should be cautious in provoking him"
London Answers.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17

though more deadly, than the bullet
now in use.
The new bullet is superior to the
old for long-range fire only, and has
not yet been adopted by the army for
rapid-tire or skirmish work or for any
work at less than 600 yards.
The pointed bullet is not a new idea.
Various types Of it have been in use
in other countries for more than ten
years. The United States is the last
nation to adopt it, but by delaying
has been able to produce the most eff
fective bullet yet manufactured This
was proven in the recent international
match for the Palma trophy, when the
American team, using the new bullet,
not only won the match over six teams
from other nations, but broke the
worlds record for individual and team
rifle fire
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
NO FOOD IN Is YEARS.
Live Spider Discovered in Forgotten Air
Tight Steel Vault Which Was
Rusty with Age

MARQUETTE, Mich, Jan. Ill Spc-
cial. lit was a strange find that was
mode when there was opened i'll the
Adams block yesterday 4 vault that had
been sealed for fifteen years. In the
musty interior of the steel-bOund cham
Der there was discovered a living spider.
Aside from the insect the only thing III
the vault was Il copy of weekly news
paper published February -, 1893. The
vault is air-tight.
In the years that the vault had been
locked, the hinges had grown rusty and
the combination was forgotten. When the
Adams building was erected each store
in it was provided with vault That in
which the spider was found was last
used by jeweler. Succeeding him came
saloons under variOuS arrangements,
none of which mad occasion to use the
Yauit, and no attempt was made to solve
the long-lOst combination until G.. T..
West a jeweler, took possession of the
store this week.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
BALLOON SHARPS DIFFER.
One Thinks Airships, Like Autos,
Will Soon Be Common Enough

One Thinks Afrships, Like Autos,
Will Soon BE Common Enough.
Lieut.. Thomas E. Selfridge. Z. S. A..
who recently made an ascension from
paddock, Cape Breton, in Prof. Alex
ander Graham Bells new tetrahedral
kite Cygnet, is of the opinion that in
time airships will excite no more inter
est than automobiles do to-day. He
says that the first experiment with
Prof. Bells creation was a success.
The lieutenant declared he had COM
plete control of the ship during every
moment of its flight and spoke with
enthusiasm of its dirigible qualities and
the ease with which it was manipu-
lated. His experimental ascent is be-
lieyed to have furnished data that will
be of great value for future trials of
the aeroplane.
BY taking into consideration the
pull on the flying line, the velocity of
the wind and the angle of fight, we
now know" said Lieut. Selfridge, "the
power that will be required of a motor
to keep the airship in flight without the
aid Of any outside agency. 1t is quite
practicable to construct a motor suited
to the conditions of aerial navigation
and capable of furnishing the neces-
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17

is a great deal better than that of the
man who is preferring some girl who
would not be able to keep him in the
little luxuries to which he has been
accustomed, why should she stand back
when she might show him the way to
comfort and contentment?
If she understands him better than
he understands himself and appre-
ciates fully that he Will be SO fattered
at her good judgment in picking him
out Of all her possible acquaintance
that he will forgive any mere depart
ure from custom, why should she not
propose?
A New York woman, Mrs. Belle de
Rivera, president of the New York CITY
Federation of Womans Clubs, believes
that women should share mems prerog-
alive. "They have right to propose
not only in leap year, but whenever
they choose" she says. Suppose a
girl is rich and a man is poor He
loves her and she knows it; he in his
modesty dare not propose. She loves
him, too. Should she not propose?"
There are historic instances of where
women have proposed. Queen Victoria
has been the leading example She
might not have Informed her choice,
Prince Albert. in so many words that
she desired him to wed her, but she
chose him from the other sutors pre-
scented to her for appreciation and let
him know 1t. And besides that, 1t was
a love match and surely resulted hap
PLY If ever a royal romance did
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland
thought the example Of Queen Victoria
good enough for her to follow, and she
proposed to the present prince consort
Nine. de Stael, who was clever
enough and attractive enough to have
cajoled any man into proposing to her
If she had really wanted him, wasted
no time on artifice or subterfuge, but
asked the man. He accepted with
pleasure and they were married, though
she kept the marriage secret for a long
time
Literature has had many examples
Of women taking the initiative in ask
ing the momentouS question. There was
Rosalind, who had to lead Orlando on
to the point, and Priscilla, WHO took
the bashful John Alden in hand when
he asked for his rival. why don't
you speak for yourself, John?" was as
clever a proposal as any girl could
make. Then there is the heroine of
George Bernard Shaw's Man and Su-
perman," whose pursuit of the hero
was SO effective.
Baroness BurGett Coutts, at the age
OF 81, married William Ashmead Bart
lett, an American thirty years her
Junior, and lived very happily with him
till her death.
Thackeray said that any woman
could make a man fall in love with
her unless she was squint-eye and had
q hump on her back. Bernard Shaw
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
A BaIdheadeG ReDIy,

\ naval officer, very we'll and favor
ably known in London, has for some
unknown reason been advanced in his
profession very slowly, though he has
grown gray in the service and indeed
lamentably bald. Recently one OF his
juniors was bold enough to question
him as to his remarkable absence of
hair.
How comes it that you are so very
bald?"
The officer replied promptly and with
much vindictiveneSS
you, man. you would be bald. I
think. if you had had men stepping
over your head for years in the way 1
have"-London Punch.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
TWIN SISTERS II YEARS OLD.
They VIII Celebrate Unique Anniversary
at BinghamtOn, N. Y.

BINGHAITON, n. Y, Jan. Il
Mrs. Anginettc Phillips and Mrs. An.
toinette Gillette, said to be the oldcss
twin sisters in this part of the country
will celebrate the 18th anniversary of
their birth Tuesday at the home Of Mr.
Phillips in this city. Mrs. Gillette
came from her home in Boston to attend
the reunion and a third sister viii bo
present from Illinois. The twin sisters
were born in Boston, daughters Of Ger
ry Terrell, who died at the age Of 80,
leaving thirteen children. ten Of whom
are living His father lived to be 1OI.
His widow, mother Of his thirteen chill
dren, died at Sc.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17

promulgated the doctrine that 1t was
the woman who chose, anyhow. Why,
then should a woman spoil the game
for herself by coming right out with a
proposal, when by patience and little
tact she could tease one out of man?
Leap year has its possibilities, but it
will be q brave girl who will announce
her engagement this year.-William
Wesley, in Chicago Journal.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
PROBE j. w. ATHLETICS.
University Alumni Committee Finds
Fault with Existing Conditions
at Madison
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 1O.-LSpecial

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 1O.-LSpeciall
The report of the University Alumni
committee, which is composed of Judge
\. L. Sanborn, chairman; Warren b.
Tarrant, s. S. Gregory and Joseph
Davies, which was appointed to investi-
gate the athletic affairs at Wisconsin,
today gave out its report. The committee
among other things. favors a sevcn-game
schedule. The suggestion is ventured that
it is a poor plan to place upon the ath-
Ietic board faculty members who are
known to be hostile to the intercollegiate
sports. Complaint is also made that the
alumni have been sighted in athletic
management in the past.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17

velocity is 2,700 feet per second as
against 1920 feet per second of the
1906 model 1t has a sharp instead of
4 round point, and is slightly longer
than the one now in use.
The philosophy Of the new bullet is
that the sharp point cuts the air as
the PROV of a boat cuts the water, and
sends it off from the sides at an angle
IF about 80 degrees. The round point
Of the old bullet causes the air to hug
It's sides, and the resistance to be over
come is on the sides as we'll as at the
point, and is, therefore, greater than
that which the new bullet has to en-
counter. This tends to increase the We
Iocity and fatten the trajectory and so
not only renders the fire more accurate
but considerably enlarges the danger
zone Of long-range fire. With the pres
ent style bullet in use, at 500, 300 or
1000 yards, an opposing force of 1nfan-
try Is absolutely safe at any point
within the range up to 25O yards in
front of the firing line, and cavalry
force is absolutely safe at some points
within the range. This is due to the
height Of the arc described by the pro
tectile in its fight through the air,
and is frequently taken advantage Of
in time Of war by scouts who wish to
get nearer the enemy than the main
body of troops can approach. In the
recent rifle contests at Kansas City
team captains and others who were in
terested in the work Of the men shoot
ing spent much time between the firing
point and the targets in order to OBJ
tain a better view of the targets, and
their position, apparently dangerous.
was perfectly safe. With the fatten-
ing of the trajectory, or arc, this safe
ty zone is greatly decreased and the
effectiveness of the fire. therefore, in
creased in the same proportion.
From a humanitarian standpoint, the
new bullet is said to be superior to
the old one because it cuts a cleaner
hole. with less tearing and mutilation
of the tissues than did the round
pointed bullet, and, paradoxical as 1t
may sound, is really less tdrtful,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17

dition keeps a record of the drivers
actions by registering the number of
trips the cab makes each day, counting
up the total mileage of the day and
the exact mileage of each trip, and
finally making a record of mileage and
fares for the benefit Of the cab owner.
In brief, the taxicab comes as a de-
tective prodigy between the cab own
er and the cab driver on the one hand
and between the cab driver and the
travelling public on the other hand.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
WILL GIVE UP CONGO MILLIONS.
King Leopold Says Income VIII Be De-
voted to Philanthropy.

BRUSSELS. Jan. 1.-THE govern
ment has ISSUED its reply to the recon-
mendations made by the Congo commis5
sion. 1t declares that King Leopold does
not desire any personal profit from the
donations reserved under the treaty,
which amount now 10 S1,3O0,000 a year,
and are expected later to grow to So
100000 a year. The income will be con-
secrated to phjlanthropic work,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
KILLED BY BRIDGE TROLLEY.
New York Policeman Is Struck While
Preventing a Suicide

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Policeman r.
J. Fitzgerald was killed last night on the
Brooklyn bridge by a trolley car as he
was climbing down from the promenade
a would-be suicide from leaping into
the river The poiceman's body was
thrown over on the bridge 81" tracks
and fell between the ties into the river
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
MEN WANT INCREASE; CLOSE.

COLLINGWOOD. Ont, Jan. 1O.-The
CoIlingwood Shipbuilding company has
closed its plant. throwing 40 men out
of work. The men demanded q - per
cent. increase in wages. The situation
was explained to their committee, but
the men not returning to work, the d.
rectors decided 70 close the plant.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17

Two doctors were called to attend .
man who had suffered an accident r.
his hand.
I'VE shall haye to amputate three
fingers" said one.
No, two said the other.
Three" maintained the first
"Oh, we'll, three, then" replied the
second I'VE won't quarrel over a lit
tie thing like that. Mos Loisirs
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17

1t was a cheap philosopher who said
knowledge is power. There is really
nothing SO helpless as the man who
knows all about things that happened
long ago, and who contracted a hack
ing cough while acquiring his knowI-
edge
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Finds Rates Discriminatory.

The opinion of the commission says:
Pulp, or the raw material entering
into the manufacture of pulp and paper.
because Of its low value. small risk of
transportation, heavy loading and for
other reasons. is Il commodity that should
be transported ut comparatively low cost.
1t is held that the rates now charged on
pulpwood in the state are discriminatory
and unreasonably high"
Then follows ii long list of new rates
which are provided.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Paper rIen Pay More.

The commission found that the rate
on logs and other forest products was
considerably higher when going into pulp
and paper mills, than when going iurr
sawmiIls and other manufacturing rS-
adjustments, but that the volume of
traffic was greater for the lumber in,
dustry than for pulp or paper industries.
The commission found that there is no
direct competition between the two in
duStrleS. but there appears to be some
competition between them in the pur-
chase of the raw material which enters
into products.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
COM MISSION CUTS
PULPWO0D RATES
RAILROAD BOARD FINDS FREIGHT
TARIFFS IN WISCONSIN NOW
ARE DISCRIMINATORY.
ORDERS REDUCTION GENERAL.
Inquiry Results in Finding That Lumber
Going Into SawmillS Goes Cheaper
Than Into Paper Mills.

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 10.-[ Special.
BY Il decision of the railroad commits
sion today, the rates on pulpwood have
been adjusted and substantially reduced
throughout the state
The action was originally started
against the Northwestern road on com
plaint OF the pulp and paper manufac-
turers of Wisconsin, and later the COM
mission extended the scope to include all
the roads
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17

A girl who has mustache is as
touchy about it as a boy who hasn't
one.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Weak Fall Before Strong.

The weaker were trampIcd to death
by the stronger. Lives were crushed
out and limbs were broken by the fran
tic people as they struggled and fought
to make their way to the open.
There was no heed of haste. Order
and calm and sclf-control would have
permitted everybody to get out of the
hall safely.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17

III Dattle, because the de-
crease in the trajectory
enlargeS the danger zone.
The new bullet re
quires an elevation of
the rear sight of the gun
of $50 yards less for
1000 yards fire than the
1906 standard govern
ment bullet. 1t requires
half the wind allowance,
has a trajectory of about
80 per cent less than the
i I Z
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
SIXTEEN KILLED
IN THEATER RUSH
SENSELESS STAMPEDE RESULTS IN
HORRIBLE DISASTER AT
BARNSLEY, ENGLAND.
NO REASON FOR A PANIC.
No Danger, No Fire, Only Scare of Crowd
Which Could Not Get Out of
Building Fast Enough.
CHILDREN IN ARMS ARE VICTIMS.

BARNSLEI. York, England. Jan II.
The SonsrlcsS stampede of Il crowd of
people i'll 4 theater of this city resulted
today in sixteen persons. including a
number of children i'll arms being
crushed to death by the frantic efforts
of the crowd TO get clear of the build
ing.
Many others were injured and all for
for no reason. There was no danger,
no fire; only the unacCountable panic
of the crowd that found its cgrcss from
the thcatcr hampcrcd by its own mum
hers
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
Chicago Tribune.
NEW ARMY BULLET.

Believed to Be Improvement Over
One Now in Use.
The new army bullet has a sharp
point. 1t will increase the effectiveness
Of long-range infantry and cavalry fire
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-17
No Necessity for Panic.

There had been a performance for
children ut Harvey institute. The hall
was crowded to its utmost capacity and
many persons had been refused admit,
lance at the door.
At the conclusion of the performance
an ineNphcahlc mad rush was made for
the exits, and it was there that the fatal
crush occurred.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05
TAFT'S LEAD HANGS
ON MISSOURI
,con,inu.d from ras. oas,


rublicans. By the small margin OF
1876. the Democrats however. DO not
c0n,cdc II yet.
Figuring Maryland a. Tafis and
Missouri as doubtful which Latte.
many of tho Democrats still do7-Mr.
BRYAN has 1856 members OF the dec
,ora cullege back OF him
The congressional situation has no.
char ged materially since Yesterday.
5ryan's States.
The states known 10 have been car
died by .nyan follow Alabama. III;
Aikansas. 8; Colorado. = Florida. ! :.
CCnrgia. IL K1nul1kl.- u. Lonisiann.
-; MississiDpl 10: Nevada 3; Ne
braIka, 5: North Caroliua. 70, Okla
homa. I South Carolina. 3 Tennes.
see, y; TEXAS is, and Virginia. ~
Judge Taft's plurality IN the state
Of New York. according In corrected
returns Is ?0S.i95. more than $4,000 in
excess OF President RoosevClt's plu
Tality of four years ago.
Gov Hughes was reelected in New
York state by 71.l50. The returns as
between president and governor indi.
cate heavy splitting OF tickets. The
proportion of scratched ballots was
about the same in the upstate dis
tricts and in Greater New York.
Tast's phenomenally large vote In
the state Is taken by the Republican
managers as indicating that the EN-
nire state. with its 80 electoral votes.
can no longer be regarded as debata-
bile ground in presidential contest,
but Is Republican.