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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-03
Little Prospects of Strikes
Occurring Among Build
ing Trades.
WORKERS AID BOSSES AGREE
Wages WIFI Not Be Cut in Spite
of the Bad Outlook
for Building.
Statement Issued 10y the Employers
Associations Unions Which
Have Not Yet Signed Ar.
bitration Agreement.

New York, Jan. 3.-There is little
chance Of strikes this year among the
building unions. The employers haze
signed agreements with a large num-
ber of the men and in cases where
agreements have not been concluded
arrangements are under way. The fol-
lowing are the trades with which
agreements have been signed and the
number of men in each union:
Amalgamated Woodworkers, 5000
members; Bricklayers and Masons,
1000; Elevator Constructors, 1000:
Tilelayers, 600; House Shorers and
Movers, 1000; Hosting Engineers,
800; Electrical Workers, 5000; Jour
neymen Stone Settlers, 5000; Marble
Settlers, 5000; Marble Cutters, $500;
Marble Polishers, 1,5OO; Plain and
Ornamental Operative Plasterers,
5000; Modellers, 500; Woodcarvers,
800.
Employers Issue Statement.
The following statement was issued
In behalf of the Employers associa-
ton:
"Many of the unions are satisfied to
renew their agreements at the oil
wage rates, hoping that in the new
year matters will improve in the build
ing industry. At present the outlook
Is bad. We may have poor building
season this year. The mechani cs
like the employers, can only hope that
the stagnation will not last long, The
arbitration agreement having proved
effective in the matter of the pre- en-
ton Of strikes. the employers have de-
cided not to reduce wages. The work
ers as well are desirous of the contin-
uance Of the present harmonious con
ditions in the building industry. The
arbitration plan has reduced strikes to
a minimum and both sides fee that
ti1e arbitration agreement should re.
main permanent
No Agreements with These.
The following unions have failed as
yet to make agreements with the en-
ployers. the differences being over
working conditions and the use of non
union material: Brother of Carren-
ters. 10000 members; Metal Lathers.
1900; Amalglmated Sheet Metal
Workers. 1000: Plumbers, 5000; Ce-
ment MaSons. 1000.
Among the organizations not under
the abitratior agreement are the pai0t-
ers. who number about 10000 me .
and the 5000 members of the House
smiths aud Bridgemens unions
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-03
New Chief of Navigation Bureau.

Washington, Jan. 3.-After con-
ference with President Roosevelt Sec
retary Metcalf announced that Cap
tain J. E. Pillsbury had been selected
as chief of the navigation bureau Of
the navy department. Captain Pills
bury participated in the conference be
tween the president and the secretary
Just prior to the announcement.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-03
Former Consul General Dead.

Kansas City, Mo-. Jan. 3.-James
Gardner Stowe. consul general to
South Africa from 1897 to 1901, anil
one OF the best known manufacturers
in the United States. is dead at his
home here, aged sixty-fve years.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-03
THE WEATHER

Following is the official weather
forecast up to 8 o'clock tonight:
Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Wisconsin
and Lower Internationally fair;
not much change in temperature.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-03
Three Vancouver Firemen
Are Horribly Slashed
with Knives.
ONLY FOUR ARRESTS ARE MADE
Trouble Is Started Over the Ac-
cidentaI Breaking Ct a Win -
dow by the Whites.
Threats TO Clear Out tho Japanese
Quarter Cause the Authori-
ties to Take Most Extraor-
binary Precautions.

Vancouver, 3. c., Jan. 3.-Practical-
ly the entire police force of the city Is
patrolling the japanese quarter, as a
result of the sanguinary riot, in which
one city fireman was fatally stabbed
and two others seriously injured by a
mob of japanese.
Following the previous outbreaks,
the deadly attack Of dozen of Japan
ese, who used their long knives re.
morselessly on three unarmed men,
has reused public sentiment to the
fighting point, and threats to clear out
the Japanese quarter caused the au-
thorities to take the most extraor-
dinary precautions.
Broken Window Starts Fight.
The fight was the worst in the city
since the September riots. Allen An
derson, accompanied by J. Frost and
r.. Mcdonald, all firemen, was passing
japanese store when Frost stumbled
and fell against the plate glass win
dow front. The glass was smashed
and the fragments were still rolling
on the sidewalk when a score of Jap
anese appeared from the inside and
rushed at the trio of whites. The fire
men wore their uniforms, and the
brass buttons and the official caps, but
the Japs knitted them furiously.
Within three minutes there were
dozens OF Japs in the fight, all trying
to get at the white men. The latter
were borne to the ground time and
the sidewalk in front of the store was
covered with blood. The police sta
tion is less than three blocks away, but
it was a quarter of an hour before
armed officers arrived.
Fought Over Frost's Body.
His two companions thought that
Frost was dead and had been fighting
over his PROSTATE body for many min
ntes before the police came Frost
was unconscious. His face was
marked with many slashes up and
down and from one side to the other.
From the back of his ear to his
shoulder was a slit two inches deep
that had missed the jugular by frac-
ton of an inch. His body was stabbed
in half dozen places.
The other two men were cut and
bleeding from faces and arms and
were altogether fearfully beaten Three
doctors worked over them for hours
sewing up their wounds.
Only four arrests were made, for
nearly all the Japanese scattered at
sight OF the police.
Japan's Reply to Uncle Sam.
Washington, Jan. 3. - Secretary
Root received from Ambassador
O'Brien at Toxic a transcript of the
reply of the Japanese government to
the memorandum submitted by him
some time ago in relation to the regu-
lation of Japanese immigration into
America. The reply is very long, dis
cussing Mr.. O'Brien's proposition in
the greatest detail
So far Secretary Root has not had
an opportunity to carefully consider
the reply, but it is stated that in the
opinion of the state department it ex-
hibits disposition on the part of the
Japanese government to meet the de-
sires of America in a satisfactory man.
ner. Ambassador O'Brien comedies in
his view of the Japanese response.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-03
Court Appoints Two Men to
Guard Interests Of
Stockholders.
STATEMENT REVEALS A DEFICIT
Receivers Authorized to Borrow
Money, if Needed, to Pay
indebtedness.
Investors Are Cautioned Against Sell
ing During the Present Scare,
as There Is No Necessity
for Nervousness.

Richmond, Va, Jan. 3. - Judge
Pritchard, judge of the United S es
circuit court entered Il decree naming
s. Davies Warfield, of Baltimore. and
Il. Lancaster Williams, of Richmond.
as receivers to take immediate posses
sion of the property of the SeabOard
Air Line railload. The placing of the
Seaboard Air Line system in the
hands of receivers follows a statement
OF the company's earnings, showing
s., 132, ,S36 on land with which to meet
fixed charges of 81, 5,434, a deficit of
S42,59S.
1t has been known for several days
that some steps would be necessary to
protect the property in view of its in.
ability to meet its f cd charges, and
the receivershi | upon at a
conference he hington at
which therc represen a
tiveS of both u and minuIi-
ty stockholders.
viii Meet All Bills.
BY the decree the receivers are en-
powered to borrow money if needSdl
to pay such rental as may become due,
purchase cars, and pay for labor and
supplies, but not for any other purpose
without an order of the court having
primary jurisdiction.
They are ordered to pay forthw t.
all installments and interest that was
due and payable Jan. |, 1908, notes Of
trust equipment certn es and all
eqUiDmer+ certificates all can0ons
ana ipterdst o,as9rtng ~. ., 19GS, ba
the first mortgage bonds of the Sea-
board Air Line and embraced roads
such as the Raleigh and CASTOR, Ra-
leigh and Augusta Air Line, the Geor-
mortgage bonds of the Carolina Cen
trail
The receivership will have far
reaching effect in Baltimore, where the
securities Of the company are more
largely dealt in and held than in any
other trading center, not even except
ing New York. The bond issues
placed on the property since 1t has
been merged into one system aggregate
S33, 7S5, 600. of which amount it is es-
timated nearly $25,OOO,OOO is he'd in
Baltimore.
No Necessity for Nervousness.
Bankers of Baltimore declare there
is no necessity for nervousness on the
part of the bOndhOlderS over the re
ccivership action. If they will take
the announcement coolly and quietly
await developments. it is declared, It
will be much more to their ultimate
advantage, than to rush into the mar
ket now to sell.
Persons on the inside are outspoken
in the opinion that the security hold
ers, both stocks and bonds. will bene-
fit. These say no holders Of any of n
underlyig bonds need feel the least
alarm over the safety of the security Y
nor have any fear of the default at
any time in the interest.
One of the assets of the Seaboard is
the Baltimore Steam Packet company,
better known as the Old Bay line The
operations of this line, it is said. will
notbe affected by the receivership.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-03
DR.. NiChOiaS Sem Dead.

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Dr. Nicholas Sem,
Chicago's fighting doctor" and one of
the foremost surgeons of the central
west, is dead.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-03

3 red, 99c0S1.02M; No. 2 hard, S1.O2
@1O9; No. hard, 991ac0S1.O6. Spring
by sample: No. 3 spring, S1.O2M110.
Corn-By sample: No. 2, 60M62c; No.
2 yellow, 61M631ac; No. 8, SIC; No. >
white, SIC; No. yellow, 5S1ac; No. 4,
521a M54c- Oats-By sample: No. 3
white, 4S1zM51c; No. white, 4S0 SOC.
Live Stock, Poultry and Hay.
Chicago, Jan. 2
Hogs-Receipts $1,000. Sales ranged
at $4.55M4.6O for choice heavy ship
ping, $4.5O@4.6O butchers, $4.25@43j
light mixed, S4 40M4.5O mixed packing,
S4.4O@4.50 heavy packing, $4.1004 40
choice strongweight pigs.
Cattle-Receipts 1000. Quotations
ranged at S5.S5@6.25 for prime fat
steers, S52O05.S0 good to choice
steers, $4,000 40 common to medium
steers, $3.5O@4.5O good TO choice COWS,
s4.5005.25 prime heifers. S6.jO0 100
good to choice calves, $3.9O@4.50 Sc
lected feeders, S3.OO03.25 fair to I'D
Stockers.
Sheep-Receipts 10000. Quotations
ranged at $5.OO@5.25 for good to prime
native wethers. $4.75M 800 good to
prime native ewes, S4.OOM4.5O plain to
fair mutton ewes, S6.J0M 100 choice
western lambs, $6.5O@7OO good to
choice native lambs, $5.7j06.25 medi-
UNI spring lambs.
Live Poultry-Turkeys per 10, 12c;
chickens, fowls, 10c; springs, 10c;
roosters. 51zc; geese, $5OO@700.
ducks, 91hc.
Hay-ChOice timothy, S16.00M1T00;
No. 1. S13.O0@14CO; No. 2 and No. !
mixed, s11.5O01 1900: No 3 and No ,
mixed. S10.OO011OO. Illinois. Indiana
and Wisconsin feeding prairie, good to
choice, S7OO@S.0O. Packing hay.
sG5O@7OO.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
East Buffalo, n Y, Jan. 9
Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock
Commission Merchants, East Buffalo,
n. Y, quote as follows: Cattle-Re-
ceipts cars; market slow. Hogs-Re-
ceipts 30 cars: market lower; heavy
and Workers, s4.65d4.70; pigs. $50.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 80 cars;
market lower: best lambs, $7.75: We r.
lings, S6.OOM6.25: wethers. s4.75C0
800: ewes. S4G0M425. Calves-Ma :
ket lower. hest 81 50M950
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-03
THE MARKETS
Chicago Grain.

Chicago, Jan. 2.
Following were the quotations on
the Chicago Board of Trade today:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
Coats az SI5,
 S2O and S25.OO

At the above three prices we are showing the most extraordinary values in fine Coats it has ever been our pleasure to submit to your consider ation. The collections are extraord- mary because of the great number of stylish effects, the superior work manship and the materials. Broad cloths, Coverts, fancies and satinS are quite popular
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22

author accepts as his hero not a man who. as we would judge, lived in those days, but simply rough man of the present day, with the same kind of men tai activity that all men have to a more or less extent at the present time-the author takes this man, calls him "Wolf'' and places him in the prehistoric times.
 That is the weakness of this kind of story. The author seems unable to cast his imagination out of the present mental capacity of the present-day man or wo- unexpectedly the same men and wo- men We meet every day-into the long gone days-compels them to be uncouth not know how to wear clothes, unable to do the things that we have learned to do only some of us-and then expects us to accept that picture as a true imaginative one of the people of that age-whenever it was,
 If those people were different at all from us, they surely could not have been different from some people this reviewer knows; but if they were different from the general run of humanity, the differ ence lies not in the small distinctions the average author of such stories gives them, but in all mental operation, arv- ing at results and so on.
 Some of the descriptions in this book are first class. or course one cant make a sword lay running pig iron from fur mace into a mold but that is slight affair, compared to the mental operation aforesaid.
 Jack London in Before Adam did the same thing as Mir McCord in his Wolf" the mixing up of the two distinct envi- ronments, capacity to think, and lives Of the people.
 Now if we leave out all that kind of criticism-and really in book of this kind 1t is hardly of as much weight as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
LITERARY LIGHTS
 AND SHADOWS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ls.,

By P. B. McCord. (B. w. Dodge &
 Co.)
 This is a curious book. The author to @ certain extent interferes with the proper valuation of his story, in that as it ap- pears to this reviewer he incorrectly brings in two periods of time about which he writes, causing the reader not to clearly understand the Memoirs of the Wolff in the prehistoric times.
 For instance, the matter or data con tained in this story is from supposed old manuscript which was left in charge of a Missouri family back in 1883 by Jesuit, who left directions upon his deathbed that the packet containing the manu- script should be given to his nephew in case he ever claimed it. if not, then to be used as the Missouri family saw fit.
 Now, there are & pages devoted in the book to Pioneer Days in Missouri, ex- plaining the getting of the MIS-, from the Jesuit but in no place in the book do we learn where the Son of Jesus got the data discussed as memoirs of one Wolf. who lived in prehistoric days, and who learned, according again to the Ms, to use the speaking bones,' that Is something upon which to write.
 Right after the 33 pages we jump back into prehistoric times, the story of this one-Wolf, who tells of his experiences before as we now understand it men could think, much less write
 The book is interesting, quite so-in it's way-but the truthfulnees of this story as iris Before Adam by Jack London, is rendered doubtful from the fact that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
$24.95

A great many other models at S1s.e5 and $21.95 just as smart are made up in serges, eheviots and broadcloths, in stripes and plain colors Of popular shades; all satin lined and interlined. Your modiste couldn't duplicate any of these suits for less than double the price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22

it might seem-we have in Wolf d first rate story of it's kind.
 The book is illustrated by the author. The frontispiece, showing how the cave men secured wives labeled, 'I saw his claws in her flesh as he bore her into the moonlight is rather startling, to say the least, in this day and generation of woman's emancipation suffrage, etc.
 -
 ''Verses" By Lusina Strong Mills. Jessie Mills. (Richard G. Badger: The Cor ham Press.)
 This is a book of verses by Mrs. Mills, who was born Lusina Strong. in Portage, Livingston county, New York, January 29, 1S23
 Love of beauty was the controlling force of her nature. Her love for flowers we are told, approached a passion, largely silent, but escaping in words through evaporation in these verses Receiving from a friend with whom she was in spe- cial rapport a gift of flowers, she an swered in the following nasty lines God could not make the earth bring forth Enough for every want of ours, Enough for every want fours And not flower at all Except He first should counter-make This heauty-loving race And take away the want for flowers Oh, what could fill the placer This book has collection of Mrs. Mills verses, including verses for the children. It is very worthy production. Lovers of poetry would appreciate this volume.
 
 Dainty Pearl Hadley and MT. Sol Karp still continue favorites at the Pastime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
Sale Of HatS 5.O5 and 0.O5

In some instances this is just half their real values and the women who se- cures one of them will be fortunate, indeed. As these Hats are shown tomorrow for the first time, they are iu the very latest of the new shapes and are per fectly fresh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
SIX and Net WaiStS 4.O5 and 5.O5


 At $4.95 and $5.95 we show quite an extensive quite an extensive assort- ment of Taffeta. Messaline and Net Waists. All have long sleeves. Silks come in all colors-the nets in white and cream. Waists worth up to $l0 at S4.95 and S5.95.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
Her Opportunity.
om the Delineator.

FTOm tne DeII1IedlOI'
 Jose. a bright 6-year-old boy, listened very intently while his mama, on showing his new Norfolk suit which she had just finished, explained that she had never bought him a suit; she had made them. Jose was very quiet for a few moments, then said:
 "It,s great thing for woman to hsve children, so she can Sew.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
WNme n RubbeqAed SiIkCOatS1O.O5


 The kind of coats, Wo- men like to wear out in the rain--not the homely, disflguring coats so heavy and awkward makes one hate a rainy or cool day. Not a bit of it-on the con- trary, most women who own a RubberiZed Silk Coat look smarter.
 Tomorrow SIS Rubber iZed Silk Coats, S10.95
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
1t Was! 1!

From the Dellneator
 My little daughter had been told by her teacher to stand with her face north, and her right hand would be at the east. her left hand would be at the west, and her back would be at the south. Starting to go over it, the teacher asked. Now tell me what is in front of you?'
 After some thought, my little daughter replied, My stomach"
 NOTICE.
 Between the hours of 6 a. m. and il a. m. on Sunday, No vember %, the electric light current in all districts except the business district of Bir- mingham and the cities of Woodlawn and East Lake will be cut off on account of neces- sary line repairs. We ask the indulgence of our patrons for these few hours.
 B. R., L. G. P. co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22

Rarely has murder case stirred up so much sensation as that of the murder or Arthur Giegler, the Leipzig bookseller, at the hands of Minna Doell, a beautiful woman of "A, who is being tried at Leip- zig.
 In November of last year Giegler disap- peared, but as the girl who was actlng as his housekeener said that he had gone to Italy. no one Asked any questions As he had not returned at New Years, how ever, people began to talk, and when, during Minna Doells absence in Dresden, an evil odor came from GieS}sr's apart ment. suspicious were aroused. and the door was broken open.
 An examination of the room revealed the decomposed remains of Giegler in his bed, tightly packed in sheets and blank cts, evidently with a view of preventing the odor from penetrating outside.
 In the next room was a cot up against the door of the room where the dead body lay. and it would appear that Frau Iein Doell slept for two months almost by the side of her alleged victim.
 There was every indication that Giegler died a violent death, and suspicious pointed to Minna Doell, who was arrested. together with her sweetheart, Schmidt, who was charged with being an accessory to the crime.
 I am informed that Crown Prince Will helm has sold the American rights for the improved cuff buttons recently in- vented by him and patented througout the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
KAISER WILLIAM
 IS AGING FAST National Worries Are Telling
 On Him IS NOT OF THE PEOPLE Minna DoeII Is on Trial for the Mur- der of Her Landlord at Leipzig. Case Attracts Wide Atten.
 tion in Germany.
IS NOT OF THE PEOPLE
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.

Berlin. November 21.-The stirring events of the last few weeks, following the publication of the now famous inter- view in a London paper, have set their marks upon the Kaiser, who has greatly aged and who is evidently very much dis turbed by the severe criticism to which first he and then his friend. Prince Von Beulow, have been subjected.
 He realizes now probably for the first time how far he is from having won the full confidence and love Of his people, and although he still endeavors to keep up his usual proud bearing whenever he appears in public, it cannot beconeealed that he has aged very much of late.
 In January next the Kaiser win be 50, and 1t is no longer possible to hope that he will work himself into position. It can not he denied that the Kaiser fully real izes the weight put upon him, and he is indefatigably eDdeavoring to fulfill the gigantic responsibility of his position, but with some right many Germans are now asking if it is due to lack of organiza- tion that his majesty's work often ap- pears to be fruitless and vague. and feel that he has often taken action where things might have been left alone, and in other cases nothing has been done where word, a stroke of the pen. would have led the whole nation aloAg with the Emperor
 In a very scholarly article. which has just appeared in prominent Munich maeazine Paul Buschng, the well known writer, sets forth the views which are held in certain quarters of Germany, not ably among the liberals and old Bismarck ians, with regard to Emperor William.
 We only want.' the writer says, ito say that in those questions which Ger mans who take no interest in literature or art take to be of vital importance namely economies, political, social and educational questions-we think entirely different from our Emperor, that his his torical views are riddle 10 us, that his views on social development seem ob- scure or contradictory, that his manner of expressing his opinion estranges even the most patient who, after two decades, have not lost all hope