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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
STATE PROBES MYSTERY
FIRST ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GEN
ERAL IN CHARGE OF INQUEST.
Death Of Hortonville Woman Will Be
Thoroughly Investigated Accord
ing to Outlook.

HORTONVILLE, Wis, May %
Especial THAT the circumstances sur
rounding the finding of the body of Mrs.
Carrie Shaw in the mill pond last week
will be deeply probed was shown at the
inquest which began this morning, when
A. c. Titus. first assistant attorney gen
eraI OF Wisconsin, took charge of the
case against Charles Abrams, the New
London merchant, who is held in connec-
ton with the tragedy. Abrams interests
We're looked after by Attorney Earl Z.
Finch of Oshkosh.
Mrs. Emma Prime, with whom Mrs.
Shaw had been boarding, testified this
morning that from all she knew Mrs.
Shaw returned to her room after walk
ing for some time with Abrams and
laid down on the bed for awhile There
was evidence of this from the appear
anCe of the room the next morning. She
said that she had something important to
tell to the states attorney this after
noon.
Frank Dunn. the night policeman, de-
clared that he saw no one get on the
TRAIN for New London on the night of
the disappearance of Mrs. Shaw
-AbI iIiIo NICNi1lIGI W IIclI IIISI dIISSlGu ludI
he took this train.
1t is generally believed that when the
Jury brings in its verdict late it will be
Il verdict of suicide.
Although it did not develop as yet at
the inquest, women here declare Mrs
Carrie Shaw was subject to epieptic
fits and that during one of these fits
she fell or the stove and was badly
burned. 1t was also during one of
these fits that she broke her limb while
roller skating on April 10.
When the state called Charles Abrams
to the stand at , O'Clock this afternoon,
his attorney refused to allow him to
testify on the ground that he might in
criminate himself. The state persisted in
starting an examination of Abrams. but
everything except statutory questions as
to age, business, etc, was objected tC
and Justice SanbOrn sustained the OBJ
jectiOns.
Attorney Titus for the state asked
Abrams if he was acquainted with Mrs.
Shaw. Attorney Finch objected to the
question. Mr.. Titus asked Abrams what
he came to Hortonville for and this also
was objected to. Then he asked if he
came to Hortonville and this was OBJ
iected to as was all succeeding questions
on the same line until the state excused
Abrams for the present"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
WILL GET DIPLOMAS.
Names of Ripon College 1908 Grad
yates Are Announced.

RIPON, Wis, May Especially
The members Of the graduating class Of
Ripon college who will receive degrees
at the forty-trst annual commencement
exercises of the school, June 80 are
as follows: Bessie 3. Barnes, Wau-
pun; Halbert Brooks, Green Lake; May
I. Bumby, Juneau; Emily S. Dexter
Ripon; John S. Dexter, Ripon; Frances
B. t'ordice, Eldorado; Blanch NJ. Glib
son, Clintonville; Frank L. Haigh,
Green Lake; Christina Il. Hargrave,
Ripon; Bird B. Hitchcock, Red Granite;
William L. Kaiser, Sheboygan; Earl
Leslie King, Hyderabad, Deccan, India;
Winifred La Tourette, Fenton, Mich;
Edna II. Merrell, Kipon; Thomas j.
Owens, Randolph; Newton z. Richard
son, Menasha; Leonard G. Schneider,
Prairie Farm; Robert q. Sherwood Rip
on; Ruth Thompson, Ripon; Gilbert II.
Tompkins. Wauwatosa; Helen Z.
Toombs, Ripon; Lola Zobel, Ripon,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
HEALTH VERY POOR
RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA.
Catarrh twenty-five Years
Had a Bad Couch.

Miss Sophia Kittlesen, Evanston,
Illinois, U. S. A, writes:
Il have been troubled with catarrh
for nearly twenty-five years and have
tried many cures for it, but obtained
very little help.
Then my brother advised me to try
Peruna and 1 did.
My health was very poor at the time
l began taking Peruna. My throat was
very sore and had bad cough
''Peruna has cured rue. The
chronic Cafarrh is gone ard my
health is very much improved.
Il recommend Peruna to all my
friends who are troubled as l was"
PERUNA TABLETS:-Some people
prefer tablets, rather than medicine in Il
fluid form. Such people can obtain Peru
ma tablets. which represent the medici-
nal ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet
equals one average dose of Peruna.
Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative.
Manufactured by Peruna Drug Manufactur-
ing Company. Columbus, Ohio.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
MYSTERY IS UNSOL WE'D
DEATH OF HORTONVILLE YOUNG
WOMAN NOT EXPLAINED.
Body of Mrs. Carrie Shaw IS Buried
Near Her Husband in New
London Cemetery.

NEW LONDON, Wis, May 22.-[Spe-
cial. THE body of Mrs. Carrie Shaw,
whose body was found in the mill pond
at Hortonvile Wednesday morning, was
brought here for burial beside her hus-
band, John Shaw, in Floral Hill Gene
terry. The services were held from the
Christian church and were largely at
tended.
The mystery surrounding the death of
Mrs. Shaw remains unsolved. District
Attorney Francis j. Rooney Of Appleton
thinks that he has gathered some I'M
portant bits of evidence to offer at the
coroner's inquest on Monday afternoon,
when it will be known whether or not the
charges will be pressed against Charles
Abrams, the New London merchant.
Mrs. Hattie h. Printup, Mrs. Shaw
most intimate friend, and Mrs. Emma
Prime, her landlady, declare that Mrs.
Shaw told them that her mother ordered
her away from her house because she
refused to marry Abrams. When Dis
trict Attorney Rooney asked Mrs. Katie
Self, Mrs. Shaw's mother, to verify this
statement, she said
Yes, ] know my daughter did make
such Il statement, but since she and
Charley had Il falling out shortly after
Christmas. | had said but little to her
about him. A few weeks ago another
young man began calling at the house
and several nights he remained until II
or u O'Clock. L told Carrie that l could
not stand for that, as l could not sleep
when they were up so late, and she had
better 60 to the hotel or some other
boarding place. She left on April 16, and
we had not spoken since"
The practically established truth that
Abrams left Hortonville for his home in
New London on the IL O'Clock train and
that Mrs. Shaw was seen with him only
d few minutes before train time, gives
rise to the possibility of some unknown
person being implicated in the affair. 1t
also substantiates the suicide theory.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
HAUNTED BY ILL LUCK,
Members of Neenah Family of Thirteen
HI Children Die by Violent Ac-
Cidents

NEENAH, Wis, May Cd Special.
A singular fact in connection with the
tragic death of Charles Foxgroyer of this
city who was drowned yesterday after
noon at the Neenah dam, where he was
fishing, is that he is of a family of thir-
teen children. All but four are now
dead OF the nine who died, five of the
sons met violent deaths, some being
drowned and others were killed in rail
road wrecks, while still another was ter
ribly mutiIated hy falling into a thrcsh-
ing machine i'll Montana last fall. One
of the sisters of FoXgrover met a pain
full death by contracting a poison while
picking over rage in paper mill here,
from which lockjaw later developed. 1t
seems, that the number IL bears an es-
peciaIly i'll omen for this family.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

MANITOWOC-Mrs. Richard O'Connor. a
pioneer of the city. is dead, aged IS. The
family has lived here since 1851.
RIPON-Mr. and Mrs. George E Bush
nell, pioneer residents, will be buried to-
gether. They both died this week
SOMERSET-John Till. the plaster doc
tor, has left for Europe to stay two months.
Till said that he would return and again
locate in Somerset.
WIIITEWATER-Rev W. L. Lewis OF
the Congregational church has followed DR..
John Favine of Appleton in asking the
women OF his congregation to remove their
hats upon taking seats.
LA CROSSE-The La Crosse board of
trade has a petition now being signed by
trade bodies and large shippers throughoGt
the northwest protesting against an in
crease in the Milwaukee-St. Paul freight
rates on May % which will in some in
manufacturers and jobbers 80 per cent.
MADISON-Thomas E. Mills of Beloit
won the annual oratorical contest Of Pm
Alpha Tau at the university. John ID.
Jones. Jr., of Racine was given honorable
mention.
APPLETON-A notice forbidding students
of Lawrence university to dance was posted
mites and other societies have violated the
dancing rule lately.
MANlTOWOC-JOsPph Leichtman, the
st. Nazians man; being sought by authori-
ties who believe he is suffering from small
pOx, may have fed TO Mexico, this being
the statement Of relatives
MADISON-BankinC Commissioner Rerob
approved articles of Incorporation of the
Farmers and Merchants bank of MeEom-
once Falls with a capital of $1,000 and Of
the Wisconsin State bank of Iron River.
with Il capital OF $4,000.
CHILTON-Fred and George Aebfscher,
cousins. aged respectively Is and II, left
home "Wednesday and have not since been
heard from Six months ago they were
attacked by the ''wanderlust' and after i
long absence were found at Brown Deer.
WEYAUWEGA - Grant Olson of Wau-
paca, drowned near the Big Island on the
Wolf river at ellis Landing while fishing
Olson was subject TO epileptic spells and it
is presumed that he fell from his boat
while in this condition.
WHITEWATER-Forty years ago
Peter Anderson, young Norwegian left
Whitewater for Colorado. A year later he
located at Fort Collins. Colo, where he has
resided ever since. He was visiting White
water friends this week. Mr.. Anderson
has been mayor of Fort Collins. now a city
of 10000. He is now president of the cham
Der of commerce, the owner of q thousand
acre farm near town, and extensive
merchant.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
WALK 2450 MILES.
Biggest West to East Walk Ever Ac-
complished-Win Fifteen Hun
dred Dollars.

Over mountains and through snow,
through wet, slush and mud, freezing at
times, and oppressed by heat at others,
William Jackson and Il. Z. Hay. two
sturdy Scotchmen, walked every mile
of the way from Seattle to Chicago, just
arriving within few hours of the time
limit, thereby winning a purse of Eff
teen Hundred Dollars given by the
Seattle Athletic Club, for accomplish
ing this feat within the prescribed time.
Jackson and Hay left Seattle with but
Five Dollars in money, were obliged to
earn their way as they went and leave
no unpaid bills, and complete the jour
ney in ninety days.
An interesting incident in connection
with the walk, was that each of the con
testants wore pair of the well known
Mayer shoes, that neither ripped nor
lost a stitch during the entire trip of
245O miles-the hardest test any shoes
could be put to-speaking volumes for
the extraordinary wearing qualities Of
the shoes manufactured by the +.
Mayer Boot X Shoe Co, Milwaukee.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
ARREST NEGRO SUSPECT
Man Accused of Killing R. C. P. Holmes
Taken Into Custody in Chi
cagO.

CHICAGO. H., May 23.-The police
today arrested Henry Long, a colored
man on suspicion of being connected
with the murder of r. c. P. Holmes,
the purchasing agent of the Common
wealth Edison company. Long endeav
ored to sell diamond to Edward Ken
yon. a grocer. but beyond this fact, there
is no particular evidence against him.
The police believe that the diamond may
have reen stolen from Holmes, who car
ried one of about the same size as that
which Long was trying to sell.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
MAKES GOOD IN MUSIC.
Arthur Shattuck, Neenah Millionaire,
Meets Great Success in Paris
Concerts.

NEENAH, Wis, May 23.-[Special.l
News received from Paris conveys the
information that Arthur Shattuck, the
young millionaire of this city, who went
abroad TO study music, is meeting with
great success. Shattuck inherited over Il
million dollars several years ago and is
spending a good share of it in a musical
education on the piano. He is appearing
in weekly concerts, and last Wednesday
played before an assemblage consisting
of Ambassador White and family. Mrs
W. X. Vanderbilt. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Dana Gibson, III. and Nine. Jean de
Reszke, NJ and Nine. Alexander Gull
mant. He expects TO return TO this coun-
try soon
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
COFFIN HOLDS GIFTS.
Neenah Sections Marriage Presents
Sent Him in a Rough Pine
Box

NEENAH, Wis, May 23.-[Speciall.
A unique marriage ceremony was
solemnized here last night when S. E.
Kurtz Of Neenah, and Miss Idela May
Walters of Gallon, Ohio, were unexpect-
eddy married. 1t was at one of the regu-
lar meetings of the Social club that the
ceremony was performed. After the
ceremony, a rough pine box was brought
into the parlor and when the bridegroom
opened it he found fine array Of we'd
ding gifts. Nh Kurt is sexton of the
cemetery. The box was labeled Dead,
but Not EOrg0tten."
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
FLOOD RENDEES
1000 HOMELESS.
Trinity River Reaches Highest Stage,
Causing Heavy Loss-Six Drown
When Bridge Goes Down.

DALLAS, Tex, May 2J.-At 2 o'clock
today, Trinity river had reached the
highest stage ever known and the flood
situation grows worse every hour. 1t is
estimated 1000 people are homeless in
Dallas. Rich farming lands have been
overlooked and farmers have lost heavily.
The mayor issued a call to business men
to meet at 3 o'clock to take action. The
electric light plant is flooded and the
city will be in darkness tonight
\ section of the Texas x Pacific rail
way bridge went down at noon. Fifteen
men were thrown into the river, six be-
ing drowned.
The village of West Dallas. across
Trinity river. is partially inundated and
hundreds of families We're forced to seek
higher places The Commerce street
bridge spanning Trinity river was par
TALLY washed away. In the city proper
there is likely to be much distress as
closed down, their plants having been
flooded.
The financial loss will be heavy. Peo-
pie living along the river below the city
were not prepared for the sudden rise.
1t came without warning and during the
early hours of the morning there were
many narrow escapes from drowning.
GUTHRIE, Ok, May 25.-All the
principal streams are out of their banks
at some point along their length. The
towns that have suffered the greatest
damage and Inconvenience are West
Guthrie Tulsa, jerks, a small town near
Tulsa Muskogee, Shawnee and Sapulpa
West Guthrie, parts of Tulsa, jerks and
SapuIpa are inundated. Shawnee is
surrounded by water and is isolated save
for Geographic and telephone cOmmuni-
cation; Muskogee has suffered considera-
BILE damage to outlying property and its
gas plant was flooded last night and
closed down.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
WANT A FINANCE COMMISSION.
Wisconsin Bankers Favor Finance Meas
IRE Drafted BY Bankers

RACINE, Wis. May 2.-LSpecial. j
At the meeting yesterday here of group
five of the Wisconsin Bankers associa-
ton, resolutions were passed endorsing
the appointment of an expert commits
sion which shall present to Congress 4
comprehensive and statesman-like meas
ure that will not only give relief TO ma
tional. but state private and savings banks
and trust companies as well, to prevent
Il repetition of the suspension of cash
payments by the banks of the country
which occurred last winter. y. J. Frame.
Waukesha, urged central bank of $50
100000, to be owned by the other banks
of the country. which IS to supply cur
rency on securities in case of panic.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
GENEROUS DEALS
FOR STATE FAIRS
WISCONSIN GIVES MORE TO COUN-
TY ASSOCIATIONS THAN ANY
COMMONWEALTH.
NO CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT
Secretary True Says Generosity of Bad
ger Government Should Be Well
Appreciated
URGES OBSERVANCE OF LAWS.

MADISON, Wis, May 23.-[SpeciaLI
Il know Of no state that is more liberal
with aid to county fairs than Wisconsin"
said John VI. True, secretary Of the state
board Of agriculture today.
illinois has just adopted the leading
features Of the Wisconsin law by which
40 per cent. Of cash premiums paid is
given by the state, but no percentage is
allowed upon speed purses as in Niscon-
SIN. As in Wisconsin, the amount paid to
any single society maintaining a fair Is
limited to $17OO.
Iowa Not SO Liberal.
I'm Iowa, while 40 per cent. Of cash
premiums. speed excepted, is OstensIbly
offered the limiting Of amount to be
paid any society to $500 offers small in
duccmout to county fair associations for
the Offer Of liberal premiums.
minnesota appropriates $4,000 an
nually for the aid Of county agricultural
societies This money is divided pro
rate among societies holding fairs, and
paying out i'll premiums as much as is
received from the state. Under this
arrangement, each county receives be-
tween $500 and $500.
No Reason for Complaint.
In Wisconsin the state pays to each
organized county or district fair 10 per
cent. Of cash premiums paid for eXhib-
its If livestock, and agricultural and kim
dred products, and also 10 per cent. Of
purses offered for speed contests up to
amount paid in premiums in livestock.
The limit to be paid any county fair is
%1TCO
There seems to be no reason for
complaint on the part Of Wisconsin
fairs on account of the treatment they
receive at the hands of the state. Flu
turc relations with the state should lead
to a frank and honest observance Of the
laws by which they are benefited"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
LEFT MANY CHILDREN.
Leonard Bertrand, Green Bay, Father
Of Twenty-one, Dead-Wife
Survives.

GREEN BAY, Wis, May 22.-[Spe-
cial. l-Leonard Bertrand, father of TWEEN
ty-one children, died in his farmhouse
at the Day settlement, Brown county,
last night from Bright's disease. He
was IS years old.
All of the twenty-one children We're
born of the same mother and eighteen of
them are living.
Mrs. Bertrand is alive and in robust
health. 1t is thought by friends of the
family that Mr.. and Mrs. Bertrand
were the parents of a greater number of
living children than any other father or
mother in the country.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
SWALLOWS 'iJACK" DIES
OSHKOSH. Wis, May 23.-TSp,

OSHKOSH, Wis, May 23.-[Spe-
being hurried from his
home at Norway. Mich. to Mercy hospi-
tai in Chicago, Kenneth FouIe, son of
John Foule, aged 3 years, died here this
morning on Chicago & Northwestern
train as the result of swallowing a
jack used in a popular game. The
object lodged in the aesophagus and it
was hoped to remove It by an operation.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
AMERICAN CAR IS OFF.
Auto Racer Leaves Vladivostok On Long
Siberian Trip.

PARIS. May pa dispatch from
EladivUstoh dated yesterday. says: The
automobile race left this morning. The
military governor general furnished its
driver with papers giving instructions to
the Cossacks and the village authorities
to afford the car every assistance. The
roads are very muddy and the weather
thrp2 fpn:nr
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
RUNS BASES, AND DIES.
Hancock (Mich) Young Man SuccumbS
to Heart Disease While Play
ing Ball.

GRAND RAPIDS, Wis. May %
Especial ALBERT Parker of Hancock.
about 20 years, dropped dead from heart
disease during 4 game of baseball at
Armenia. The young man was afflicted
with organic heart trouble and in spite
of repea>ed warnings against over cNer-
ton Joined the Armenian nine in Il game
of baseball. He was making Il home run
when his heart failed and he fell dead,
without uttering Il sound
ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 25.-IIeart fail
ure, caused by Il long throw from deep
left field to the home plate III the sec
ond inning of Il game yesterday after
noon between two local baseball teams,
resulted in the death of John Il. Perry,
an amateur PLAYER.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
WANT MUNSON IN CONGRESS.

MADISON, Wis, May pa delega-
ton of citizens of Grant county called at
the executive offices and urged Col. O.
O. Munson TO become q candidate for the
Republican nomination for Congress in
the Third district. Col. Munson has been
much talked of as one of the strong
est possible Republicans in the district
His home is i'll EiroQua. Alley Peterson
of Soldiers Grove and Judge d. 0. Ma
honey of Viroqua are also in the field.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
BADGERS TO TESTIFY.
Eau Claire and Menasha Men Called
Before the Paper Investigating
Committee

WASHINGTON, D. c., May o.
Western manufacturers of paper were
heard by the wood pulp and paper in
vestigating committee of the house to-
day, Clarence l. AcNair of Clagnat,
Mimi, manager Of the Northwest Paper
company, being the first to take the
stand. j. e. Stilp of Eau Claire, and
NJ. II. EaIlOu of AIenasha are in Wash
ington to appear before the committee.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
MAKE HANGING PUBLIC.
Pennsylvania Sheriff Believes He Can
Teach the Foreign Popula-
ton a Lesson.

POTTSEILLE, Pa, May 25.-In or
der to teach the foreign population of
the coal regions a lesson, Sheriff Clay
Evans has decided to make the execution
of Felix Radius on Tuesday public, so
far as the leading representatives of
the Poles, Hungarians, Slavs, Lithuani-
ans. Russians and Italians are con-
cerned. Tickets of admission have been
given to these men to see Radius die
Sheriff Evans believes that their recital
of the event to their countrymen will
do much to prevent murders in this sec
ton of the coal regions.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
ASSESSMENTS TOO HIGH.
Douglas County and Superior City Pro-
test Against Valuations of
the State.

MADISON, Wis, May 25.-[Speciall
Superior and Douglas county delega-
tons appeared before the state tax COM
mission this morning to ask for reduc-
ton of the state assessment of the prop
erty of the county.
The Douglas county assessment in
round numbers is $3S.CO00OO. The city
assessment is put at S1S.OO0.0OO, but the
city and county assessors have their
value at about 100000. This is Il to-
tai of $50, 100000 as compared with S3S.
100000, the figure of the state
The purpose of the delegation in APP
pearing was to present the matter to
the state commission so as to have the
assessment cut down.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
MINERS BACK TO WORK.

KANSAS CITY, No, May 25.-Rep-
of the Southwestern coal
operators and miners met here today and
formally signed the working scale and
agreement governing conditions in the
mines for two years TO come. The terms
are practically the same as existed last
year. Miners numbering $4,000 will re-
turn to work
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-29
Chiffon GETTING READY.
viii Entertain Fourteenth Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry.

Chiffon, Wis, May 22.-[Spe-
cial Notices are out for the twenty
first reunion of the Society of the Four
teenth Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer In
fantry to be held at Chiffon, Wis. June
10, II and y. 1908. Great preparations
are being made by the citizens of Chill
ton for the event, as one of the com
panies of the Fourteenth was organized
at Chiffon