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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-22
AS He Understood II.

A youngster who has been living
with his grandmother in Nutley, n.
j., was brought to the city for a visit
short time ago. and while here was
taken to the theater for the first time
in his life. In one of the scenes but
Ter comes on the stage and announces,
MY lord. the carriage waits
When the little fellow returned to
his grandmother's home he started in
at once to describe to her the play he
had seen.
And then, Granny" he said, in his
excited description. a big man with
gold buttons on his coat came on the
stage and said: My God, there's a
hack outside IN. Y. Times.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-22
Out of the Usual,

Guess where I've been,'' said a
man at the monday lunch counter.
1T is a city where in at least two
churches they have little cuspidors
which match the decorations of the
church in the corners of the pews.
In the vestibule of one of the large
churches hangs sign to this effect:
NO Splitting Allowed Inside the
Church, Throw Away Your Tobacco
as You Enter the Nestibule. This
a fact. I can prove it,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-22
Milk Rate Reduced,

Washington In deciding the case
of the Merchants Traffic Association
against the Pacific Express Company,
the Interstate Commerce Commission
made effective a stipulation at the re
cent hearing that the complaint be dis
missed and ordered the maintenance
for not less than two years of a rate
OF 81 cents per 100 pounds on milk
and cream from st. Paul, Neb., to
Denver
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-22
PuebIo's Dry Sunday.

Pueblo, Colo.-For the first time in
its history Pueblo was an absolutely
dry town Sunday. Following closely
on the order by Mayor West closiAg
the saloons at IL o'clock every night
and on Sundays, the police notified the
druggists that the selling Of liquor on
the Sabbath would be followed with
prosecutions.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-22

He hastens to repentance who hasti
ly judees-Syrus.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-22

fault. But we are determined to give
such people no just complaint
PERUNA IS A GREAT MEDICINE.
1t has become household word in
millions of homes. Our faith in the
remedy is stronger than ever. Every
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-22
WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.

From October to May, Colds are the most fire..
queut cause of Headache. LAX ATlNE BROMo
SGlSlNE i removes cause. l.. W Grove on box .-lc
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-22

A rural molodrama should at least
have a grass plot
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Wisconsin State News
80 Happenings in the Cities, Towns and l..
Villages Which Are Of Interest Here.
BURIED UNDER AUTO.
Eiqht Have Narrow Escape When
Rear Tire of Machine Explodes.

Racine-Eight Racine people mirac-
ulously escaped death ten miles north
Of Franksville by $3.50 horsepower
automobile of John Kings exploding
a tire and turning turtle. The ma
chine left this city for Milwaukee with
Mr. King driving and in it were Mrs.
Lucius j Elliott and her two daugh-
ters: a daughter of former State Sen
ator o. w, Johnson and two women
friends, one from Winnipeg, the other
from Detroit, and Karl Wegner. When
running at the rate of eight miles an
hour a rear tire exploded and the ma
chine went over like fash, burying
the eight people, except Mr., Wegner
who was thrown into a ditch. When
the occupants were pulled from under
it was found that all had escaped with
slight scratches and bruises. The dis
abled automobile was brought back
to town and the passengers conveyed
to the city in another automobile.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
kENOShA MAN HEADS ELkS.
j. M. keher Chosen President-Next
Session at Portage.

Racine.-The seventh annual state
convention of the b. p. O. Elks came
to a successful close after Portage
was selected as the next convention
city, officers elected and resolutions
of thanks to Racine, the state presi-
dent and others were passed. The list
of officers elected are as follows:
President, j. Nj. Keller, Kenosha;
first vice-president w. J. Teckemeyer
Madison; second president, Will
liam II. PAIL, Baraboo; third vice
president, NJ E. Walker, Racine; sec
retary, H. A. Gunderson, Portage;
treasurer, F. A. Labudde, Oshkosh, and
chaplain, Rev. Edward Barr, Milwau-
kee.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
w. C. Okershauser Loses.

The supreme court affirmed the
Judgment of the lower court in the
case of the state against former Alder
man William G. Okershauser of Mil,
waukee, who was convicted of bribery
and sentenced to one year in the house
Of correction. Okershauscr appealed
on the ground that one of the jurors
who found him guilty lgnatz Gorski,
did not have sufficient intelligence TO
qualify as a juror and did not have
sufficient knowledge of the English
language to understand the nature of
the evidence or aEy of the arguments
or proceedings in the case. The court
holds that Okenshauscr should have
made objection to GorsN before the
verdict was returned But not making
his objection before that time, the law
implicI that he waived his right to do
so. Assistant District Attorney 4 G.
Backus argued the case for the lat.
ter
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
MINERS DROP DOWN SHAFT.
Fatal Accident Near Plattevlle at tfe
Avenue Top Mine, Killing Man.

Platteville.-The first mine accident
of the season in the Dubuque field
occurred when the big Kimberly skip
in the Avenue Top mine dropped
distance of 1S5 feet, to the bottom, hit
ting two 12-inch beams and went
through them for some little distance.
Two miners, John Kerwin and ]. J..
Smith, were standing on the cross
bar of the skip when the brake gave
way and they took the lightning like
flight down the shaft. They We're
picked up in the bottom of the skip
badly injured but conscious. Kerwin
died and Smith was not expected TO
survive. The two miners had eaten
their dinner and were preparing to de-
scend the shaft to start the after
Moons work.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
TORNADO KILLS TWO.
Father and Son Perish when Farm
house and Barn Is Demolished.

Mauston--A tornado struck the
farm of John Dalton, well-todo
farmer living four miles south of
Mauston, demolishing his fine farm
house and barns, and killing Mr.. Dal-
ton and his 12-year-old son, Philip.
Other occupants Of the house received
only slight injuries. No other damage
was done by the tornado. Observers
say that a funuel-shaped cloud which
was travelling at a great height seemed
TO drop suddenly and after sweeping
Dalton's farm rose again and disap-
peared. The bodies of Dalton and his
boy were found beside the road some
distance from the house.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
No Right of State to Bring Action.

The Wisconsin supreme court hand
od down "A unanimous decision order
inc he lower court to dismiss the ac-
uou of the stat" against tn" MiIwW
kee Electric Railway and Light com
pany. the North American company
and certain officers of those cOmpa.
uic8 and Of the city of Milwaukee,,
which was brought about a year ago
by Attorney General f l.. Gilbert at
the inspiration of District Attorney f.
T.. McGOyem OF Milwaukee ON aljcga
tions of the corrupt use Of money of
the COMPANIES in securing the cXtcn
sion Of the railway companys fran
chisc in 1900. The court holds that
the state has not 4 sufficient interest
in the matter TO Justify IT in maintain
ing such suit incidentally the
order Of the lower court requiring the
defendants TO submit to an rXamiua
tiou under the socalled discovery
statute is reversed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13

Several hundred delegates ip the 1i-
cnnial convention Of the Wisconsin
Association Of German Roman Catho-
lie Benevolent and Young Mems socie-
ties attended the session The con
vontion was formally opened when
President John B Ycim Of the Madi.
son committee on arrangements, de-
llycrod an address of welcome and a
response was made by state Presi-
dent Adolph weber Of Racine Bishop
j J Fox celebrated pouttical mass,
which was attended by the delegates
and other visitors \ big parade WAS
held, ending al the university gymna
sium whore GOV Davidson, Mayor
Schubert and others made addresses.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
J PREcSEPN4ZIVE EAcS

Many of the lighter compounds dis.
titled off by the hest will remain in
the form of gas when they are cooled
to ordinary temperatures, and it is
some of these which make the gas
finally used for lighting and fuel But
as it comes from the retorts, the gas
is like a thick. yellowish-green smoke.
and could not be used at all for such
purposes This gas escapes from tho
retorts into a series OF large and cost
ly machines where the lighting gas
is cleansed from its impurities, and
the different by-products are separated
from each other First are great
"condensers," in which the gases are
cooled The cooling condenses the
heavier compounds into thick liquids,
which are then left behind.
One of the substances later re-
from this product is made the am.
monia water which is used in every
household
The heavy, strong smelling, black
liquid which is collected in the cooling
of the gas is what we know as coal
tar. This is an exceedingly complcx
mixture Of substances From it are
obtained not only creosOtc oil. but
most of the dyes which are used nova
days, perfumes, and even 1ayoring
extracts.
TO obtain crcCsote oil from coal tar
the tar is. in its turn, distilled Bnt
this Gistillation Is like that used for
other Houids instead of that cmpIuyrd
for the coal The stil Is heated. and
as the heat increases the Tight oils"
first pass over. Among these is the
familiar carbolc acid This is i pow
creuI antiscptic. but il is not desirable
in wood preseryativc for ii cyapo.
rates so readily that il soon becomes
lost from the wood When a tempcra.
ura of abou. 400 degrees has been
reached, the distiIIate is turned into
another receiver. and from this point
Oh TO 600 or 700 degrees creosolc
oil Is produced one Of the substances
which is contained in this mixture is
"naprhaIenc," from which common
moth balls are made Coal tar creo-
soto, thus produced, is the great wood
prcscryative
Tho residue remaining in fine stu
,r,ar Tho dis,iIIation ia "ritcb " which
is cbioGy used together with coal tor
saturated felt IN the pronaration ~
orayaI mr. Stag roofpg In A,rarico
.,l T.; - - =,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
liquor Dealer Is Drowned.

Sheboygan.-Lying face downward
in only a few inches of water, the
body of Diedrich Burhop, a liquor
dealer and tobacco manufacturer, was
found by school children. The coroner
pronounced it a case of death from
drowning. Burhop, who was AZ years
old, had suffered with insomnia for
four years. Unable to sleep he went
for a walk at 100 O'Clock in the morn
ing. This was the last seen of him
alive He leaves a wife and six chill
dren.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Fifty Years in One Job.

KenOsha-Mathias Werve, general
superintendent of the plant Of the n.
r. Aliens Sons Tannery company
celebrated the fi'Dieth anniversary Of
his employment by the company. His
record is said to be unequaled in Wis
cOnsin Mr. Werve has had but one
long vacation, and that was taken in
1872, when he was invited by the
Japanese government to teach the
japanese how to build and equip a
tannerv.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Road Commission Held constitutional

Road Commission Held Constitutional.
The Wisconsin railroad commission
act has been upheld by the supreme
court. In the case of the Minneapolis.
St Paul & Sauit Ste Marie Railway
company against the commission the
court upheld the commission and IA
vorably established the constitutions
ality of the railroad commission and
the law that created It, This decision
is of far-rcaChing effect, as 1t is the
first time that the principle OF commits
sion control of corporations has been
directly tested The case grew out OF
the refusal of the Minneapolis, St.
Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway COM
pauy to stop its train al 4 line dairy
ing station called Dwight. in the ey.
treme western part of the state.
Dwight is sandwichcd in between two
towns above eight miles apart, and
300 dairy farmers did not care To haul
such long distances over the rough
roads of that section. The railroad
commission ordered the road TO stop
one train day each way at Dwight
As the sidugs We're already put in.
and a depot built, this, order would
have involved only one expense to the
road, the monthly salary of an opera
toragcut. TO offset this, it was shown
fully rcCompcnsc the road could be
done But the road appealed 10 the
circuit court of Dane county, and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13

One of the significant signs of the
times is the awakening Of the Amer
lean people to the dangerous destruc-
ton of their forest wealth, and the
necessity Of a wise use of what re-
mains of it. Undoubtedly, in the fu-
ture the nation must utilize its forest
crop less wastefully, both in the woods
and in the mill, and must make provi-
sion for future crops; but that is not
the only way to prolong the timber
supply. If the service of the wood
which is used can be heightened, it
will largely decrease the amount of
timbe that must be cut.
And this can be done by treating
the wood with chemicals which will
poison the low forms of plant life
which attack it and cause it to decay
The growth of timber is slow, and
when the dearth of it becomes press
ing, a new crop cannot be grown
quickly enough to prevent a time of
severe shortage. Preservatiye treat
ment Of timber has the advantage. as
a remedy, that it can be applied i'm
mediately It's importance is. there
fore, attracting increasing attention.
Many chemicals have been used for
the preservation of timber. among
them blue vitriol, corrosive sublimate
and chloride of zinc. The most cffaC-
tive preservative is the substance
called "creosote oil" or "CreosOte" ="
On account of the similarity Of the
names, many people suppose this TO
be the creOsote obtained from wood
such as can be obtained refined for
medicinal purposes at the drug stores
But the two are quite different, and
should not be confused The creo-
sote used in wood preservation is Oh
tanned from coal! by a most interest
ing process.
Nearly every city now uses gas for
| light and fuel, and many people know
that this Illuminating gas is often
made from coal. But the many things
besides gas which are obtained in
this process are not so well known. 1t
is one of these other products from
which i8 obtained the creosote oil used
for wood preservation.
To understand how all these things
are produced, it is necessary to know
something which the chemists can tell
us. Coal, they say is composed part
" Of the substance called carbon, part
ly Of compounds of this carbon with the
gas hydrogen. which they have named
hydrocarbons When the coal is
heated sufficiently. away from air, the
| hydrocarbons are driven off in the
| form Of gas Illuminating gas is made
by subiecting coal Of the proper kind
to this process which is known as
dry distillation." The coal IS put
| into long, fire-ciay oven or "retOrt o.
shared much like a giant model Of the
little cakes which the bakers call
lady fingers the retorts being
about IS feet long, two feet wide and
retorts are built side by side in three
rows. one above the other, the ends Of
the retorts being supported in a
brick wall which also extends around
the ends Of the rows and over the top.
and thus entirely incIDses thn rs-
! tc-ts
The retorrs are fartIy filled With
cCaI after which they ara aIad 81
hat ao atr can get ia.g rh.u TI
are then heated 81 'omue.afHU ..
ahou 2lGJ degree Fahrenheit tD.
der this intense d az almost alb fMa
.t...,.. ID S.. ..-. s.... .. Cd s..s--
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Accepts a Detroit Call.

Madison.-Rev Frederick T. Galpin.
pastor OF the First Baptist church of
Madison during the last four years,
resigned to accept a call to the First
Baptist church Of Detroit. The resig
nation is to take effect on September
I. Rev. Mr. Galpin receives a salary
of $4,000 a year here and will it is
understood, receive a substantial in
crease at Detroit
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Judy Fails to Aare e.

Waukesha.-After being out all
night the jury in the $4,000 damage
suit of Clarence l.. Dillon of Milwau-
kec against the Milwaukee road failed
to agree and was discharged by Judge
GIiswold. While he was standing at
the depot at Hartland last summer
the Pioneer Limited came by and
struck a large dog. hurting his body
into the crowd and striking Dillon
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Red Man Goes to Work.

Sparta-Charlie Eagle, a pure bred
Winnebago, has solved the Indian
question so far as he is concerned. He
has taken up small farm in the
northern part of this county and in
addition to raising hay and grain, has
gone into specializing. Last season he
raised and marketed Cucumbers worth
$50, which he disposed of at the Salt
inc station
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Has Bio Real Estate Deal.

Racine.-One of the largest real es-
state deals of the year took place when
the Commercial and Savings bank of
this city purchased the three-story
brick building at the corner of Main
and Fifth streets. owned by Hugh
Groton, paying 100000 1t Will be re
modelled and made into a modern
bank The Elks' parlors will remain
on the upper floors.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Hunt kenosha Firebuqs.

Kenosha. .-Kenosha fire and police
departments have a mystery to solve
in connection with the attempted
burning of two houses belonging to
Albert G. Kruger, which were found
in flames and which it is certain were
set on fire Plans had been made for
the burning of two other buildings
owned by Kruger, but the fuses ar
ranged to set the fires failed to work.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Woman Takes Her Life.

Fond du Lac Mrs. +. Gransee Of
Rosendale committed suicide by hang
ing herself in the barn with clothes
line She has been despondent since
the death Of her husband four years
ago and had been closely watched by
members of the family
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Confesses Intent to Rob.

Madison-George \. Stensrud OF
Black Earth, who was caught while
ransacking the home of Ernest Eek
sted, 1852 Williamson street, has con
fessed to District Attorney Vroman
Mason that he entered the place with
the intention of robbing it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Bites Tongue in Two.

ShebOygan = Louis Reichart, a
Young man, bit his tongue in half as
The result of being thrown from
bicycle when the fork Of the wheel
broke lie also broke his nose and
sustained severe bruises
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
To Entertain Officials.

Oc onomowoc. - The Wisconsin
League of municipalities will hold its
annual meeting in Oconomowoc on
September 2, and 4, and prepara-
tions are being made for the event,
The Business league has appointed a
committee to confer with the mayor
as to the plans for the entertainment
of the visitors.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Circus People at Grave.

Racine-A memorial service was
held at the Mound cemetery by some
Of the members of the Hagenbeck
Wallace circus. Ten years ago to the
day, John Anderson, an elephant
trainer, who came here with the Wal
lace show. was killed by an elephant
on Fourteenth street, and his body
was buried in the cemetery
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-06-13
Recovered His Diamond.

Beloit.-T. Salter of Chicago caused
the arrest of two men he claims stole
a $3.50 diamond from him after card
game on a train near Chicago three
weeks ago. Mr. Salter was in Beloit
hotel and saw the men on the street.
They were arrested and gave back the
t,ir
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-28
Pleasant. Mounds

~%
Threshing has commenced in this To-
eality. Oats are. not averaging very
well. Wheat win go No. 2.
Roy Scot of Winnipeg arrived from
Valparaiso, Ind, last Monday, where he
has been attending school. He is spend
| ing his months vacation at the home
of Burton Tyler. -
Miss Gladys SCOT returned to hel
home at Winnipeg, after three weeks
| visi. with relatives here
Rev. Irwin. pastor of the Willow
Greek Methodist Episcopal church, is
taking a three weeks vacation.
Ray Salisbury went to Mankato last
week and purchased new automobile
This puts the number of cars in
Amboy and vicinity at about fifteen
Mrs. Ray Stratton is quite sick at
her home with rheumatic fever.
Choir practice of the Christian
church choir, viii take place Friday
evening under the direction OF ii. Lee
Look.
Nfs Aida Giuul returned from Mil
nor, \. d., where she had been for
the past three months visiting heI
brother, Nina Latin.
The Christian Woman's Board OF
Missions met at me home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Shouts last Tuesday even
ing.
r. Willard Hannay has bought new
REQ automobile.
The Amboy band made its first ap.
pcaranee in public Saturday night
Two or three band socials are booked
| for the near future.
J. W Heritage was Mankato caller
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Tyler and Miss
Gladys SCOT went 10 Garden City last
Thursday to attend the funeral ser
vices of Maurine Rodgers.
Lila, the youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Stratton died Friday
morning. She had been sick for some
time
.,..ss Eva Briggs visited at the
home of Miss. Laura Day the latter
part of the week.
Louie Lultke spent a few days
at Alankato last week. Miss Keitzei
is taking his place at the Willow Greek
store.
VIII Ulrieh visited with relatives al
st. Peter, the latter part of the week
Miss Nellie Cook of Winnebago, for
merly of this place, is visiting at tht
home of Miss Eva Briggs.
Mrs. Aida Giuul has accepted po
sition ,as superintendent of the culinar,
department of the Morris Indian school
Her duties will commence Sept. l..
Mrs. Arvis Scranlin is on vie hcF
list.
Miss Genevieve Swan has been en-,
gagged to teach the. winter term OF
school at the Kinney district.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-28

and beauty to the space between the
big live stock pivilion and the barns
in that section.'
Z The one hig feature in flowers which
will attract. attention and arouse the
admiration of 90 per cent Of those
entering the grounds this year. how.
ever. win be the iininense flower gar
den which nils the space formerly de.
voted to hurksters' stands, and waste
and ruin, between the Terminal station
anll the grand stand There are o..
600 plants of varyiag kinds and hues
in. this flower bed. which gives prom
isa of being the real beauty spot oil
the feirsi
City of Lights at Night.
At night the feir win be a little
city of lights. for every buikiing will
be outlined with thousands of incan
descents. The whole of the half-mile
oval win be made brilliant with a
semi-eirele of twenty -four flaming arcs
Of 200 candle power each, twenty
open are food lights each Of 1900 can.
die power, and the two search lights
which from the. top OF the grand
stand will add brilliancy to the field
upon which is to be nightly reacted
the thrilling hours of the attack on
Fort Ridgely during the Sioux uprising
of 1862.