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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-06-26

James Schoolcraft Sherman, Of Uti,
New York, was born in Utica, New
York, October "a, 1S55;received an
academic and collegiate education,
graduating from Hamilton College In
the class Of 1878; was admitted to tn
bar in 1880; is a practicing lawyer;
also president Of the Utica Trust and
Deposit Company; and president Of
the Hartford Canning Company; has
served in these public positions: Ma
Of Utica, 1884; delegate to the Repub
lican national convention in 1892
chairman Of the New York State
eRepublican convention in 1895 and
again In 1900; was chairman of the
National Republican Congressional
committee in 1906; was elected to tn.
Fftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty.third, Fifty.
fourth. Fifty-fifth, Fifty.sixth, Fifty.
seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty.ninth and
Sixtieth Congress.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-06-26

Marriage licenses issued June II,
lsOf:: W. Percy George, Nickerson
age q Laura E. Banaman. NicLer.
son, age %. Married by Probate
Judge VIM. Torrey at bis Office in
this city June II. 1908.
Arthur E. Hays, Great Bend, age
20, Pearle Dawson, Great Bend. age
"a. ..@-
c. A. Cooper, formerly Of Lyons,
now Of Kansas City was here We'd
nssday evening Mr., Cooper has
been investigating crop conditions in
the states Of Illinois, Missouri, Kan
sas and Nebraska for several months
He says the incest prospect hs has
found is in the Arkansas Valley Be Be
tween Kinsley and Hutchinson. He
has travelled 1000 miles through u.
linois and they have nothing that will
equal it. -'.-
The bell ground en- east park ave.
nue VS. surveyed this morning and
work has begun on the fence shd
grand stand and dc ground viii B.
enclosed IN abort order. A good ds.l
Of credit ios pssAing The matter aloaa
is due Dr.. Meade, who has been very
active ia the matter Of securing
ground, and finances. We also I'M M
derstand that Moses Bios, L. the u
ISOLATION b I'VE the ground fsr a mer.
noninal rent, which Of course viii /.
of much assistance and lower the ex
pense, --...,.......... ....l H.,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-06-26

William Howard Taft, Of Cincinnati'
Ohio was born In Cincinnati, Hamilto
County, Ohio. September Is. 1857; war
graduated in 1874, from Woodward
High school; graduated from. Yale
University in 1878; graduated in law
from Cincinnati College ia 1880. In
which year he was admitted to Do
the bar of the supreme .ebprt Of
Ohio; appointed assistant prescott.
ing attorney In 1881; resigned In 1885,
to become collector Of internal reyen,
first district Of Ohio, under President
Arthur; resigned the collectorship h
1888 to enter practice of law; in 1887
was appointed by Foraker Judge Of
the superior court Of Cincinnati;
resigned In 1880 to become Solicitor
General Of the Quilted States under
appointment Of President Harrison;
resigned in 1882 to become Unite
States circuit Judge for the sixth tu-
lessor and dean Of law department Of
University Of Cincinnati; resigned In
1900 circuit tudgeship and deanship
to become by appointment Of Pres,
ident Mckinley president Of the Uni.
ted States Philippine Commission; in
1901. by appointment Of President Nc
Kinley, became first civil governor Of
the Philippine Islands; was appoint:
ed Secretary Of War by President
Roosevelt February /, 1904.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
TOLD IN a FEW LINES.

Failing to meet her husband at The
Minneapolis Union depot, Mrs. Leftin, &
Russian woman, wandered aimlessly about
the streets until she was half starved
when the police took her in charge. found
her home and sent her baby to the nos
pital where it died. For three week:
husband and wife hunted for each other
before they met accidentally. The re-
united couple. together with their only
remaining daild, a boy 3 years old. have
established a household in northeast Min
neapolis.
The wool market for Montana was
one clip and 1Sl3 cents for two others
Miles CITY viii ship about 100000
pounds this year.
At GaIesburg, H., Judge Alfred NJ
Craig, more than - years old and one
of GaIesburgs wealthiest and most promi-
nent citizens. was joined in marriage to
Miss Mary Davis. who is 30 years his
junior. The groom served tao State Of
Illinois as Judge of the Supreme Court
three terms The couple left for Old
Orchard Beach. Ne. where the honey
mOoa will be spent and where II IS said
their romance started.
The recent agitation in Marshalltown,
Iowa. for pare milk and meat. which re-
suited in the passage of an ordinance pro-
viding for the inspection of milk cows
and meat. has caused more than 100
farmers Of the country voluntarily TO pc
tition the veterinarians Of that city TO
inspect their nerds. The herds have been
inspected and many cattle have been con-
demned because Of tuberculosis.
4 ruEor is current in London state cir
cles that Lord Tweedmouth. president OF
the council. and Lloyd Lore!Jurn, lord high
chancellor are about to resign and that
Mr.. Haldane. secretary for war, viii be
named as lord high chancellor and Wins
ton Churclhill as secretary for war.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
NUBRINS OLE Jews

A strike which will affect from 25OOC
to 10000 workers, including 10000 WON
en-, is being planned by the cloakmakers
in New York, owing to the low wages
now being paid, which run from So tc
IS week.
John Summers, alias Frank Engle. and
Theresa Ziler, alias Mrs. Engle, were ar.
rested in Pittsburg charged with ths
murder of Mrs. Ziler's husband in Mil.
waukee almost two years ago. The cou-
pie have been in Europe since the crime
was committed.
A receiver was named for the Lesh
Manufacturing Company of South Mem
phis, Tenn, and Warsaw, Ind, a concern
Of which Theodore z. Shc.ts was once
president. The funds will be distributed
among the stockholders.
Oscar X. Lyle, a crop expert from New
York, after a tour of inspection. gives
his preliminary estimates of the wheat
crop in North and South Dakota as 100,-
000,000 bushels His estimate on the
corn yield in North Dakota is GGOO0.0OO
bushels, and South Dakota 34000,000
bushels He says the corn crop in the
seven corn States is 100000 bushels
short of last years yield.
The Canadian government announces
that 5000 men are wanted to harvest
the wheat crop in Western Canada and
recommendations have been made to the
Governors of all jails to release early
all prisoners for vagrancy or minor Of
fenses on condition they work in the har-
vest fields.
Fl. ". Halyerson, veterinary surgeon,
reports a serious outbreak Of anthrax at
Gayville. S. D., in which neighborhood
already one hundred head Of stock have
died. The disease is contracted from a
germ that frequents the swampy land
and which infects stock that are feeding.
Vaccination on a large scale now is being
resortei to.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
SISTERS ARE KIDNAPPED.
Thought Girls Are Being Held for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is Hinted.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is Hinted.
The towns of Somers and Paris, in
Kenosha county, are greatly wrought up
and Dorothy Biehn, daughters of Jacob
Riekh, a farmer, who disappeared from
tneir homo at 10 o'clock on a recent night
and of whom no trace can be found. Mr..
and Mrs. Biehn had retired an hour be-
fore the disappearance of the girls, and
had left them sitting in a hammock on
the lawn. 1t is declared that a closed
carriage pulled up to the house and that
a man was heard to demand the two
young women to enter the carriage, which
they did. The case is the more mysteri-
can be found for the alleged kidnapping.
The father of the girls came to Kenosha
and appealed to the county judge for aid
in locating his daughters, but the judge
declared that he could do nothing in the
matter, and Biehn sought an attorney to
secure the service of detectives. The
Biehn girls are aged IA ac II years.
Their mother died several years ago, and
the father year ago married Mrs. Anna
Schenkenberg of Milwaukee. During the
last few days a warning was sent to the
stepmother that a plan was being hatch
ed to kidnap them, and the parents kept
a close watch. Il am not certain that the
girls were taken away in carriage Mon
day night and that they did not leave
their home of their own volition," says
Mrs Biehn 1--WE believe they have been
taken by some relative who has secreted
them. | do not know what the motive
could be in spiriting the two girls away"
As Mr. Biehn is wealthy many people in
the neighborhood believe the girls are be-
ing held for ransom.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01

124S-Construction of the Cathedral of
Cologne begun.
1461-Louis NJ. of France crowned at
Rheims.
1645-Peace concluded between Sweden
and Denmark.
167O-John Dryden created Poet Lau-
reate of England.
1741-Behring, the navigator, discovered
East Cape.
1756-Fort Oswego captured by the
French under Montcalm.
1765-Pontiac's war for the extermina-
ton of the English in America came
to an end.
1775-Liberty Tree in Boston conse-
Grated.
l116-Constitution of Maryland adopted.
17S0-Americans defeated British and
Tories at battle of Musgrove Mills.
1S02-Bonaparte invested with power to
nominate his successor as ruler Of
France.
1S04-Work begun on the first public
road between Georgia and Tennes-
see.
1S07-British army invested Copenhagen.
1S36-British Parliament passed the Dis
senters' Marriage Act
1S3S-The first United States exploring
expedition sailed under Commander
Wilkes.
1S46-Gen. Kearney took peaceable pos
session of Santa Fe, Mexico.
1S60-The Prince of Wales (uow King
Edward VIII arrived at Quebec
1S6S-Cabul recovered by Shere Ali
1SS4-Mme. Patti sued for divorce from
Marquis de Caux.
1SSS-More than 100 lives lost in col
lsion of the German steamers Thing
valla and Geiser off Sable Island.
1S91-Between 300 and 400 lives lost in
earthquake in Martinique
1S93-The Behring Sea arbitration
award was delivered
1904-Russian and japanese warships en-
gagged in battle off Vladivostok.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
BRYAN FLAYS TRUSTS
AS KERN IS NOTIFIED
Head of Ticket Charges Abuses of
Corporations TO Inaction of
Republican Party.
GREAT COLISEUM IS CROWDED.
Huge Concourse of People Sees
Parade and Attends Ceremonies
in Hoosier Capital.
Indianapolis correspondence:

John Worth Kern, Democratic can
didate for Vice President, was notified
formally Tuesday of his nomination.
The meeting was held in the elaborate
ly decorated Coliseum at the State fair
grounds and was attended by many
thousands of people, regardless of par
ty, attracted by the noted speakers on
the program. The weather was ideal,
clear and COOL with Il pleasant breeze
that swept over the grounds.
While the notification of Mr.. Kern
was the occasion, William j. Bryan
was the central figure in the proceed
ings. The Nebraskan delivered an i'm
portant speech on trusts. He charged
the Republican party with responsible
ity for the growth of harmful corpora
tons. He contrasted the platforms of
the two parties, contending that while
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
WISCONSIN COUNTY FAIRS.
Dates and Places for Holding Agri-
cultural ExhihitiOns

Adams-Friendship, Sept % to a.
Standardization, Aug 81 to 90
Chippewa-Chippewa Falls, Sept IA to IS.
Clark-Neillsyille, Sept. 1 to 4.
Columbia-Kilbourn, Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.
Columbia-Portage Sept 1 to 4.
Columbia-Lodi, Sept. to 9.
Crawford-Gays Mills, Oct. to O.
Dane-Madison, Sept. 20 TO Oct. 2.
Dodge-Beaver Dam, Sept. 20 to Oct. ..
Dunn-Menomonie Sept. s to IL.
Fond du Lac-Fond du Lac, Sept. 1 to f..
Grant-Platteville, Sept. 1 TO T.
Grant-Boscobel, Sept % to Oct 2.
Grant-Lancaster, Sept. 1 to 3.
Green-Monroe, Sept. 8 70 u.
Iowa-Mineral Point, Aug. IS to 81.
Jefferson-WatertOwn, Sept. 10 to Is.
jefferson Sept. % to 20.
characterization, Aug. % to u.
La Crosse-La Crosse, Sept. q to 70
Lafayette-Da Aug. % TO 70
Langlade-Antigo, Sept "a to IL
Lincoln-Merrill, Aug. % to y.
Observation-Disclosures, Aug. 20 to 2S.
Observation-Disclosures, Sept. 1 to 4.
MOnroe-Tomah, Aug Is to Il.
utagamie-Appleton, Sept to IL.
Ozaukee-Ce darburg, Sept. II to 49,
Portage-Stevens Point, Sept. to II.
Richland-Richland Center, Sept. %
10 %.
Rock-Evansville, Sept / to 4.
Rusk-Bruce, Sept. to IL.
St Croix-New Richmond, Sept. % to %.
Sauk-ReedSburg Aug. IL to IA.
Sauk-Baraboo, Sept. % to 20.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01

action probably will insure the solution
of the great Congo problem, there still
remains open the important question OF
Belgium's financial responsibility.
The passage Of the treaty by the
Chamber of Deputies means that the
annexation of the state to Belgium is
now practically assured, as the Senate
and King Leopold are ready to indorse
tIp hill
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
LCMBERMEN GO SCOT FREE.

$. G. Moon and j. T.. Barber Are
Dismissed from Court.
Declaring that the indictment did not
state facts sufficient to constitute an of
Tense, Judge ]. V. Quarles, in the United
States District Court in Madison, dis
missed the case against s. G. Moon and
]. T. Barber, the Eau Claire lumbermen
who were indicted in Idaho for alleged
conspiracy to defraud the federal govern
ment out of valuable timber lands. United
States District Attorney William G
Wheeler, who prosecuted the case, will re-
port to Washington and await orders
from the department of justice. 1t is
probable that the case will be dropped
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
MISSING FIANCE IN HOSPITAL.
ChfcagOan Who Disappeared on
Wedding Eve Is in milwaukee,.

ChicagOan Who Disappeared on
Wedding Eve Is in Milwaukee.
Ralph w. Eddy, the young Chicago
salesman who mysteriOusly disappeared
from the Plankinton House in Milwau-
kee recently on the evening of his we'd
ding to Miss Lucy Warren of Wooster,
Ohio, has been located at the Sacred
Heart Sanitarium, where he is undergoing
treatment. Attending nurses in the alb
tence of DR.. Stack, refused to say any
thing of the nature of his illness, and it
is believed that his relatives are being
kept in ignorance as to his whereabouts.
They have repeatedly called at the news
paper offices, seeking information, and
declared that they were at loss to eX-
plain his disappearance, though satisfied
that he had not committed suicide.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
Cranberries Saved from Frost.

BY warning Wisconsin cranberry grow
ers of the approaching first frost of the
season Wednesday, Major Hersey, the
government forecaster in Chicago, prob
ably saved some of their crops. Flood
gates kept ready for such warnings at
many of the marshes were opened and
water run out over the berry grounds.
Later it was reported that little damage
had been done by the frost.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01

the Republican platform was evasivt
ON the subject, the Democratic plat
form was specific. He asserted thai
Mr.. Taft's speech of acceptance was
weaker than the platform.
Traction LINES Crowded.
Ten traction lines and fourteen rail
roads brought the people on regular
| and special trains to the ceremonies
Five hundred cars transported the
| crowd from the city to the fair grounds
and back. The Coliseum, recently built
of brick and steel, holds $4,000 people
and arrangements were made early il
the day to hold overflow meetings II
necessary. Mr.. Bryan and other speak
ers, members of the notification com
mittee appointed at the Denver con
vention, members of the national com
mittee, headed by Norman e. Macl
and others of the official party, arrived
Monday night and on early morning
| trains. a conference was held Monday
night between Mr.. Bryan, Mr. Mack
Mr.. Kern, members of the national anC
congressional committees and others
at which campaign matters were dis
cusSed.
The morning hours Tuesday were de
voted to conferences by party leaders,
while a band concert at the Denison
Hotel assisted in amusing the crowds
that poured through the corridors. La.
ter a reception was held by Mr. Bryan
>and Mr.. Kern in the hotel parlors.
Drive to the Fair Grounds.
The program for the day included
luncheon at the hotel by the speakers
and members of the national and Motif.
cation committees, after which the of.
fetal party was driven to the State
fair grounds in automobiles, Mr. Bryan
Mr.. Kern and Chairman Bell of the
notification committee riding together.
The ride through the city to the fair
grounds was through the principal
business streets and past the Kern resi-
dence. The doors of the Coliseum were
thrown open to the public several hours
before the exercises began.
Thomas Taggart, national commit
teeman from Indiana, had been select
ed to call the meeting to order He
Immediately handed the gavel to Ma
tional Chairman Mack. who introduced
Theodore e. Bell of California, chair
man of the notification committee, who
formally notified Mr.. Kern that he had
been selected by the Democratic party
Bryan. The Vice Presidential nominee
in his speech of acceptance asserted
that the people do not rule because
their will has not been given effect by
the party in power
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01

Cooks. pastry cooks AID dAefs of Great
er New York. 70 the number of 300 and
upward. have formed local union of the
Hotel and Restaurant Employees Inter
national Alliance. The 5000 and odd
cooks of Greater New York work from
fourteen to sixteen hours day in the fall
and winter time. but during the summer
there is little or 10 employment to speak
of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
suitchmcn votn 80 slrike

The Lackawanna railway was on the
verge OF a general tie-up owing to thu
proposed strike Of the switchEen. The
union of the Latter voted 20 90 cat unless
two men discharged at Buffalo We're rein
stated. The company had refused to re-
cede. saying that in a dag they could get
mcre than enough men to take the places
of the strikers from the ranks of the IN
emnloved.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
FISHERMEN ARE CONVICTED.
Former Federal Convict Caught
Fishing Illegally.

William Below and Harry Bettenhaus
were convicted at Oshkosh of illegal fish
ing with gill nets and each was fined $50
and costs or ninety days in the work
house. They took the workhouse end OF
the sentence Below is one of the men
who was convicted several years ago of
robbing the postoffice at Van Dyne, for
which he served a term of three years in
the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. The two were arrested at Butte
doc Morris
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01

Seven Milwaukee persons were injured
one perhaps fatally. when the steering
gear of an automobile driven by H. r.
King. general manager Of the Savo Com
pany of America. broke near Richfield,
>and the automobile plunged through a
barbed wire fence
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
FARMERS WILL ORGANIZE.

Potato and Hay Growers Associa-
ton Closes Convention.
The Potato and Hay Growers Associa-
ton of the American Society of Equity
closed its business session in Grand Rap
ids Wednesday after perfecting plans for
a permanent organization. The following
directors were elected to carry on the
work of the organization for the coming
year: f. w. Ploetz. Coloma; A. A.
Brekke, Rosholot: ]. 3. Muller, Grand
Rapids; \. c. Elliott, Westfeld; A. L.
hanson, st. CrOix; A. NJ. Miller, Kau-
kauna, and II. Jo5ell, Knapp.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
MISSING GIRLS ARE FOUND.
KenOshe Sisters Discovered Working
at Racine.

at Racine.
The Misses Dorothy and Gertrude
Biehn, who disappeared from their home
near Kenosha, and for whom their par
ents had been fruitlessly searching ever
since, were found in Racine. One was
in the employ of III. Sears, on Washing
ton avenue, the other was working for
S. Reid on Kearney avenue. Both denied
that they had been kidnapped but declar-
ed that they had left home because of
differences with their stepmother and be-
cause they had been compelled to work at
home at manual labor beyond their
strength. They declared they had been
forced to do farm work of all kinds from
early morning until late at night, and that
they had been made to bear indignities
of all kinds. Both expressed a willing
ness to return home if better conditions
were assured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
TO CUT ADAMS COUNTY.
New Railroad VIII Run Through
Hitherto Untraversed Region.


Adams county will not long enjoy the
distinction of being the only county in
the State without a railroad. The Cen
trail Wisconsin Transit Company filed ar
ticles of incorporation in the Office of the
Secretary of State in Madison. The place
of business is at Kilbourn City and the
capital stock is $4,000. The proposed
road will be from Kilbourn City through
Adams county by way of Friendship into
Wood county, the terminal being at
Grand Rapids, distance of about sixty
five miles. The incorporators are: j. j.
Burns, c. f. Burns, George H. Camp
bell, William Sweet and G. B. Winter
mute. 1t has been suggested that perhaps
the railroad is being financed by the st.
Paul road which touches both at Kilbourn
City and at Grand Rapids. but makes
circuitous route to reach the latter place.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
Acts AZ Mail Carrier,

The other morning visitors at the Fond
du Lac postoftice were astonished to see
young woman acting as a mail carrier.
The woman carrier is Miss Josie Strait,
who is acting as a substitute for her
father, who has charge of rural route No.
3. Mrs. Fred Wheeler is the only other
woman carrier in the county.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
Farmer struck by street Car.

William Rhyner, a farmer of the town
of Nekimi. is in precarious condition
at the Lakeside sanitarium in Oshkosh.
having been struck on the head by a car
on the Oshkosh-Neenah interurban line.
He stood near the tracks and signaled the
car to stop and then seemed to pitch for
ward. the car hitting him on the head,
fracturiug his skull.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
Robs safe mt Seymour.

The postofiee at Seymour was broken
into at o'clock on a recent morning
the safe was blown to pieces with nitro
glycerine and 500 in cash taken by the
craftsmen. -.lthough there were several
hundred dollars worth of stamps and
some valuable papers in the safe, none
were taken. The authorities have no clue
to the cracksmen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
MEET AT oCONOMoWoC.


Wisconsin League of municipalities
to Hold Convention in September.
The annual convention of the Wiscon-
sin League of Municipalities will be held
this year Sept. 2, and 4 at Oconomo-
voc. The league has arranged an at
tractive program for this years conven-
ton, and it is expected that record
breaking crowd will attend. 4 feature Of
the sessions will be the illustrated lee
lures which will be given every evening
on subjects pertaining to municipal iIil-
provemants. Prof B. III. Meyer, chair
man of the State railroad commission,
will deliver an address on Public Utili-
tieS'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
Launch Owners Fined.

Deputy Port Collector Thomas B.
Mills has assessed fines totaling $1,000
against the owners of eight launches at
Superior. The fines range from 500 to
$500 in amount and are assessed because
the launch owners have been running
around the harbor without answering sig
mails, as required by law.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
Grammaticslly speakine.

He-Can you explain to me the diff
ference between shall and ''will:s For
example, IL 1 say. "Win you marry
me7'' should you reply Il shall" or 81
will?"
She (coldly)--I should reply, Il
u't--Home Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
Two Dead from Blood Poisoning.

Two deaths due to blood poisoning.
were reported at Manitowoc, Michael
Plotske, city charge, dying from lead
poisoning, and Charles Kelfner, town of
Four Corners, from typhoid and blood
poisoning.