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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
EXPLOSION BURNS TWO.
Oshkosh Men Also Lose Breakfasts on
Gasoline Stove.

OSHKOSH, Wis, Aug. 3 Z pe-
,iaL 1.-The explosion of a gasoline stove
,aused small fire and may result fatal
' to George KokoS. a Greek who was
seriously burned. kokos and y. Enron
Ion. who live in little wooden building
m South Main street. arose Sunday
morning to get breakfast when the stove
exploded burning both badly. Kolos
was burned from his head to his waist.
Both are now at ST. Mary's hospital.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
CLOSES $4,000 DEAL on DIME.
Hollarder Caught in High Finance
Scheme VIII Be Deported
SHFROYGAN.

SHEBU1UAN, " Is, Aug. 3U.-
Francisco Postnia. HOllander who
las been in this country but three weeks.
.ried to be good American sport on
10 cents. He went TO the village of
0ostburg and dickered for the purchase
IF a restaurant at a price of $4,000.
he ordered rounds of drinks and cigars,
lut when it came TO signing the papers.
single dime was all that was found
N Postnia. He was arrested and under
he immigration laws will be deported.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
MIL WAUKEE sTOCKyARr~ PFpopr

MlLWAU KEE-BU TrER-EXtra firm
HOGS-5Gl0c higher; prime butchers ANA
heavy, Sl3QS.21: good shippers, 1870 to 2uu
lbs, :. lodSl5: good shipping light SOpg
$40; fair to good light, 7.63mT.0l: good
mixed grades, I.S0dSo0; common tn fair
mixed packers, I.35G7.T5: packers. good IN
selected, T.65t1.So; fair packers. I.25tiT ~.
rough packers 6.5odT.o0; pigs. 6.5o07.5o;
s0NcrnmCml and thrnMnmtS. 1.AN-Ll.lM
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
BANKER FOUND GUILTY.
Former Cashier and Business Man Con-
victed of Conspiracy to Defraud
$4,000 in Pennsylvania.

PITTSBURG. Pa, Sept. 2.-Clifford
H. Drum of Washington, Pa, former
cashier of the Bank of Coal Center, and
i. w. Ward, a business man Of this
city, We're today found guilty of con
Center Pa, of $4,000 Both were rec
commended to the mercy Of the court.
Sentence was postponed until September
Is. In the interval the court DEGREES.
the defendants might endeavOr to REIN
burse the bank Of the money it had lost.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
PRESIDENTS TO
HEAR 10000 SING
THIS IS PROGRAMME FOR MEETING
OF TAFT AND DIAZ IN IUAREZ
AND Ell PASO.
CHILDREN UNITE IN CHORUS.
Famous Bands and Regiments of Regu-
lars Will Be There to Take Part
IN Ceremonies.
SPOkANE PREPARING DINNER.

Ell PASO. Ten. Sept 2.-presidents
Taft and Diaz will be received in this
city and III Juarez on their arrival Octo-
Der 10, not only by magnificent mill
tary display. but by 10000 school chill
dren singing the national anthems of
The two countries. and by the two most
famous bands of Mexico and by ut least
two splendid military bands of the init
ed States army, according to an an
nouncement made today.
VIII Be Met by Soldiers.
President Taft will be met at Rim
con, \. NJ, by two regiments of United
States regulars. At 1890 President
Dlaz will cross the river from Iuarrz
and will meet President Taft III Il pavil-
ION i'll front of the chamber of commerce.
After Il breakfast at the chamber. the
two Presidents will proceed to Juarez,
where President Taft will be the guest
OF Mexico until 1l:1J p. IN.
Returning to FL PaSo. Mr. Taft and
cabinet officers with him will deliver
addresses and view the parade Of 10000
school children and the troops. At q
o clock Mr.. Taft with his party will at
tend banquet given in their honor in
Juarez by President Diaz.
Spokane Getting Ready.
SPOKANE, Wash, Sept 2-Spokanc
IS preparing to give President Taft a
dinner that may become even more fa-
nous than the possum dinner Of tho
south. In the hall Of the DogcS ut Day
exports, claimed TO be the finest ban
quoting room in the world, the President
VIII be impressed with the fact that Spo-
kane is the home of the big red apple.
The finest specimens of apples grown
III the inland empire will be used il
the decorations. nearly 10000 apples be
ing used for this purpose alone.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
IAFT'S TRIP Is
ALL ARRANGED
DETAILS OF LONGEST TOUR EVER
MADE BY PRESIDENT ARE
COMPLETED
LEAVES BEVERLY SEPTEMBER IA
Secretary Encounters Friction in Several
Cities Over Lions Share OF the
Entertainment.
REGRETS END OF HIS VACATION

BEVERLY Mass. Aug. 31.-presi-
dent Tnft's vacation is rapidly drawing
to a close and two weeks from today he
will leave Beverly Oh what will prove to
be III many ways a record-Dreaking presi-
Dental tour. The Presidents first stop
will be in Boston the evening of Septem-
her II where he will he the guest of
honor at big banquet given by the
Boston Chamber of Commerce. Mr..
Taft probably will 20 by automobile TO
Boston from his summer cottage here.
The following morning at 10 o'clock he
will starr 13O00-mile journey back to
Washington.
The way to the national capital will
lead through Seattle, Los Angeles, the
Grand Canyon, the tip end of southern
Texas, the Mississippi river. and, IN rall-
way parliance, nearly all other points
east and west.
Details Are Arranged
The details Of the trip have been
mapped out to the last minute and con-
tracts have been made with railroads for
every part of the long journey. During
the carly part Of the planning for the
trip, Mr.. Carpenter. secretary to the
President, encountered friction i'll sever
nj cities to be visited. Rival political and
business organizations contested with
each other for the lions share in the en-
tertainment of the President. 1t has re-
quired 4 great deal of patience and tact
20 smooth out the difficulties, but all IS
serene now. and tentative programmes for
lhe entertaining to be done in every city
pr town that MI Taft will visit are i'll
.hc hands Of the secretary,
Regrets Vacations End.
President Taft is looking forward TO
the beginning Of the trip with mixed
emotions He is anxious 10 visit the va
TiOuS places included in his itinerary and
is never happier than when travelling
but ut the same time he has expressed
himself rs terribly sorry" that his vaca-
ton days are 50 soon to end. He ap-
pears in the best possible condition. He
attributes this largely to the physical
culture exercises he INDUCES in for an
hour every morning before breakfast and
10 the three hours spent every forenoon
on the links of either the MyOpia or
Essex club. The President is an enthu-
siastic golfer, but it is perhaps the out
door exercise more than the technical
quality of the agame that excited his
greatest interest. He has not missed
any mornings but Sundays on the golf
links since he came to Beverly.
Plays Golf with Knox.
Mr.. Taft played golf with Secretary
Knox this morning. Mr.. Knox, who Is
the guest of Henry G. Frick at Pride s
Crossing, just north of Beverly, will
have several conferences with Mr.. Taft
before returning TO his own summer
home at Valley Forge, Pa.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
COPPER IS LIKE GOLD
CALUMET & HECLA PAYS EIGHT
DOLLAR DIVIDEND.
Quarterly Amount IS Three Dollars More
Than That Declared for Stock
holders Year Ago.

BOSTON, Mass, Sept 2-Announro-
ment of Il quarterly dividend of So II
share was made today by the directors
of the Calumet x Hecla Mining com
pany. Three months ago the quarterly
dividend was So. and the diTidend de
ciarcd ore year ago was 50
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
Farmers Grain Burns

VIROQUA. Wis. Sept. 81 Special ]
Shortly after John Thomson had start
ed to thresh for Isaac Silbaugh. the
threshing machine. Il new one. caught
fire from the engine and with all the
grain was entirely destroyed
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
Poses and Falls Thirty Feet.

SUPERIOR. Wis, Sept. 2.-[Spe-
ciall-Thomas Deshane, 1G years old,
while posing on the top of the large
concrete mixer stationed at the new
500 dock. TO have his picture taken, fell
distance Of 50 feet, sustaining several
broken ribs.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
HOGS

NNTIIE-IVC hlghCr, NntCh0TS sIoors.
good TO choice, 4.SOU160; medium to good,
4.30Q51o; hCifCrS, choice TO prime 1900
80; common to fair, 3.l0G9l 10; cows.
prime, 3.9na4 40; good to choice. 34ou3.55:
fair to medium, 2.75d$15: butter 24o0
choice, 3.4O03,oO; bologna bulls fair Ia
good, 2.9oG315 common light 2.4ou2 60
feeders, 3.61043o; stockcrs. 2.Soa3. 80
Mixers and Springcrs. common 60 good,
2o.0o025.0O; good, 25.ooQ35.O0; choice, 35.Ol
GI45 .0D
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
Kills seventy-three Rattlesnakes.

VIROQUA, Wis, Sept. 81 Special ]
Frank Alexander of Eiroqua is doing
his share towards eXterminating rattle
snakes in Vernon county, having killed
seyenty-three in a short time.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
TWO SISTERS DROWN.
Were eBoating in Ballard lake in Tiny
Canoe When the Mishap
Occurred

MERRILL, Wis, Aug. 2S.-Two sis
tiers Marie and Clara Stevenson of this
city. aged % and 16 respectively, were
drowned in Ballard Lake two miles from
Star Lake while boat riding last night
Details of the accident are unknown as
vp-
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
MILWAUKEE, HAY MARKET.

Choice new timothy. 140ND1425; No. T.
13OOd13.5O; No. ., 11.50012.09; clover ami
mixed, II UO011.5O; choice Kansas, 12.OOG
1850; No. / Kansas, 11.00W11.50; Kansas
marsh 7.0o0750; pack, 5.50Q600 rye
straw I nOnS.OO.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03

closed steady. Closing bids: September
1898; October, 12.41; November, 12.42; De
cember, 1247; January; j. -; FebrT9r ~,
12.41; March, 12.51; April, 1852; May, u 81
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept. 2.-Cash
wheat-No. hard 99c@1 Of; No. 3, 940
csc; No. 2 red, LOB; No. 3. 9ScGD102. Corn
No. mixed, 64a4 Q65c; No. 3, 64A642c;
No. 2 white. 65G6514c; No. 3, 641z@65c.
Oats-No. white, 41Q43c; No. mixed, 80
d40c.
ST. LOUIS, No, Sept 2.-Lead-Dull,
4.25; spelter, lower, go.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
Monroe Woman d Snicide

MONROE, Wis, Sept. 2-AIrs. Bar
bara Stoli committed suicide by hanging
Mrs. Stoll made an attempt to end he.
life nearly a year ago by taking poison.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
Judge H. W. Seney, Toledo, Dead.

TOLEDO, o. Sept. Judge Henry
W. Seney, prominent at the Ohio bar
and in Democratic politics, died today
from paralysis.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03

SHEEP-StCady; good to choice, / 80
475; common to fair. 2.15G3. %; yrarlngs
good to choice, 3.7505.25; common to fair,
3.75G4.25. Spring lambs-commun to fair,
4T5G5.T5 good to choice. 6.5onT.VO
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
Regrets Vacations End.
Plays Golf with Knox.

AIr Taft played golf with secretary
Knox this morning. Mr.. Knox, who is
the guest of Henry G. Frick at Pride's
have several conferences with Mr.. Taft
before returning TO his own summer
home at Valley Forge, Pa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-21

Woman loves clear, rosy complex aon. Burdock Blood Bitters purifies the blood. clears the skin, restores ruddy, sound health.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-21
Bishop Brown Will
 Dedicate New Church

Marked Tree, Ark. April 20.-Bsh- op William Montgomery Brown. nf Little Rock. bishop of the diocese of Arkansas. has written local parties that he will be here May to dedi- cate the new Episcopal church. which has recently been completed at this place. The building is a frame one. and cost in the neighborhOod of $2.- 000 The Rev C. l.. w. Reese. pas tor of St. Mark church Jonesboro. is also the rector of St. Matthias church. the name given the church here. and he. with the vested choir of St. Marks church will be here with Bishop Brown. The local Episco- palians are making preparations for the dedications.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-21
TRAGEDY WAS
 NARROWLY AYERTED
Superintendent at MattcaHan Attack ed by Insane Professor oi Lan. YnageS.

Matteawan. N Y. April 19.-Dc. Robert E. Lamb, superintendent of the Matteawan Hospital for the Criminal Insane. who was one of the principal medical witnesses in some of the 7Thaw trial proceedings, had narrow escape from death recently at the hands of John Tohlman. professor of languages, who was sent to the in- .stitution three years ago after having killed a man during a saloon brawl. -Tolhman. whose mental condition had been considered improved for a year or more and who had been in- stalled as trusty. suddenly struck Dr. Lamb on the head with steel shovel, cutting his head and render ing him unconscious.
 Tohlman after he had struck the doctor drew from his pocket button hook which he had sharpened to a needles point, and plunged it into the side of his own neck This crude weapon he then drew across his throat, inflict;ng frightfnl gash. He was carried to cell and cared for by the hospital physicians. but it is believed he will die.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-21
MRS. FLfTChER'S BABE
 DIES ON BOARD TRAIN
When Told He Could Not Live His Mother Sought to Reach HOme-NO Physician on the Train.

Sa. Louis, April 2O.-Four police men this morning met Iron Mountain train No. IS and conveyed to the mor- gue the body of baby boy, who died during the night, en route from Hoxie, Ark.
 Sunday mornns, Mrs. Ida Fletcher with her baby, Earl Gabe Fletcher, months old suffering from tuberculo- sis. started for her sisters home in Hoxie. Take the baby somewhere South," the doctc' had advised. He cannot recover "e."
 The Child itrew Worse.
 En route t2 iaNie the child's con- dltlon grew TorS Arriving at Hox- le Mrs. Fleteser Joined her sister and physician WAS called The doctor said: He cannot live; it is merely a question of days. possibly hours" Mrs. Fletcher determined her child should not die away from home. en- gagged a Pullman berth on the north bound train and started back to St. Louis.
 At 1:3O a. m. the child died with out medical attention, no physician being aboard.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
A Famous Quotation.

A. story about Keats is quoted by
the lGte Sir Benjamin Ward Richard
son i'm his Lives" of disciples OF
Aesculapius. Mr.. Stephens, a friend
of the doctor. once told him that one
evening at twilight when he and
Keats were sitting together in their
student days, Stephens at his medical
books. Keats engrossed in his dreamA
ing. Keats called out to his friend
that he had composed new line-"&
thing of beauty is Il constant joy"
What think you of that. Stephens"'
"It has the true ring, but is wanting
in some way" replies the latter as he
dips once more into his medical stud
les.
An interval of silence, and again the
poet. q "A thing of beauty is joy for
ever What think you of that, Ste
phensY
"That it will live forever"
A happy prophecy indeed!
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
George m. end IN. wiomskers.

When George III. assembled the
throne Of England his wealthy sub
jects were beginning to leave off wigs
ana to appear In their own hair. "it
they had any" AS the sovereign was
himself one of the offenders, the per
uke makers, who feared serious loss
of trade, prepared petition in when
they prayed his majesty to be gra-
ciously pleased to shave his head" for
the good of distressed workmen and
wear a wig. as his father had done be.
fore him.
When the petitioners walked to the
royal palace, however. 1t was noticed
that they wore no wigs themselves.
As this seemed unfair to the Onlook
ers they seized several of the leading
prOcessionists and cut their hair with
any implement that came most readily
to hand.
From this incident arose n host OF
curious caricatures. The wooden leg
makers were said to have especial
claims on the kings consideration, in
asmuct as the conclusion Of peace had
deprived them of profitable source
of employment: hence the suggestion
that his majesty should not only wear
a wooden leg himself. but enjoin the
people to follow his laudabse example
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
As Othsrs See U.s..

"The man who can pick out the best
picture of himself is a rare bird" said
n photographer. Even an allAhor, who
is reputedly poor judge Of his own
work. exercises vast wisdom i'm select
ing his best book compared with the
person who tries to choose his best
photograph. Every famous Dan or
woman who hsBs been photographed
repeatedly has his or her favorite pic
ture. Usually it is the worst i'm the
collection. 1t shows him or her with
IN unnatural expression. sitting or
standing in an unnatural attitude.
The inability to judge of his best pic
ture must be due to the average mans
ignorance of how he really looks or
perhaps it can he partly attributed to
a desire to look other than he does. A
stout man will swear that the photo
graph most nearly like him is the 01e
that makes him look thin. thin man
the one that makes him look Stout. THE
solemn man selects the jolliest picture,
the. fOvial man the most cadaverous,--
Philadelphia ledger
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
The Forests on the Niger.

The insects of Africa are expert dis
ease carriers. and they come in such
numbers on the Niger that one hardly
dares to use ones lamp or go too near
a light of any sort at night. These
forests on the Niger are deadly places
for all their haunting attraction and
take a big toll both of European and
native life. Yet the first three days on
the Niger, with all its mud and its
smell and its mangrove flies and its
frogs and its crickets, are enough to
give the newcomer an inkllng OF the
drawing power: the fascination, Of
what is probably the most unhealthy
country in the world.-W. B. Thomp-
son in Blackwood'S.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
Doduinq a SIander.

During n suit for slander brought in
an Ohio town one Of the parties was
asked by the presiding magistrate:
'Is it true, as alleged, that you de-
clared that Thomas Mulkins had stolen
your pocketbook"
"Your honor" responded the man,
II did not go so far as that. merely
said that if Mulkins had not assisted
me in looking for the pocketbook
might have found it."-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
of the Pole
In the Heart Of a Storm.
New Land Sighted. Mid.
Polar Basin a LifeIess
World & * A
EIGHTH ARTICLEl

ed the hummocks and piled up the
snow i'm large dunes like the sands of
home shores.
The snow house was not cemented
with water. The tone of the wind did
not seem to indicate danger. and. fur
thermore, we were beginning to real
iZe the great need of fuel economy.
We therefore did not deem 1t pru-
dent to use oil for the fire to melt
snow, except to quench thirst.
Not particularly anxious about the
outcome of the storm and with senses
blunted by ovcrwork and benumbed
with cold, we sought the comfort of
the bags.
Buried Under the Snow.
Awakened in the course of q few
hours by drifts of snow about our feet.
1t was noted that the wind had bur
rowed holes in the weak spots through
the snow wall. Still. we were bound
not to be cheated out of few hours
sleep, and with one eye open we turned
over. Later | was awakened by fall
ing snow blocks.
Forcing my head out of the, Ice in
cased hood, l saw that the dome had
been swept away and that we were
being buried under dangerous weight
of snow. In some way l had tossed
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03

about sufficiently during sleep to keep
on top of the accommodating drift, but
my companions were out of sight and
did not respond to Il loud call.
After Il little search a blowhole was
located. and in response to another call
came Eskimo shouts. Violent efforts
were made to free their bags. but the
snow settled on them tighter with each
tussle.
was surprised a few moments later
as l was digging their breathing place
open to feel them burrowing through
the snow. They had entered the bag
without undressing and half emerged
with shirt and pants on but without
feet
After little more digging their boots
were uncovered, and then, with pro-
tected feet, the bag was freed and
placed on the side of the igloo. Into
it the boys crept in full dress. except
coats. l rolled out to their side in my
bag.
Move on Refreshed.
The air came in Kissing spouts, like
jets of steam from an engine. but soon
after noon of the Doth the ice under
our heads frightened. 1t became pos
sible to breathe without being choked
with floating crystals. and as the ice
about the facial furs was broken lit.
tie blue was detected in the west.
The dogs were freed of snow entan-
clements and fed and shelter was
made in which to melt snow and make
tea. A double ration was eaten. and
then the sleds began to move again.
Soon the sun burst through the sep.
arating clouds and raised icy spires in
towers of glitter The wind then ceased
entirely. and scene of crystal glory
was laid over the storm swept fields.
With full stomachs, fair weather and
much needed rest, we moved with in
spirationS anew. Indeed, we felt re-
freshed as one does after cold bath.
The pack had been much disturbed,
and considerable time and distance
were lost in seeking workable line of
travel Camping at midnight, we had
only made nine miles for a days ef-
fort.
Awakening in time for observations
on the morning of the 30th. the wealth
er was found beautifully clear. The
fog. which had persistently screened
the west. had vanished. and land was
discovered Mt some distance west, eX-
tending parallel to the line OF march.
The observations placed us at latitude
"a degrees 30 minutes, longitude 95
degrees 36 minutes.
a Long Coast Line.
In the occasional clearing spells for
several days we had seen sharply de-
I fined land clouds drifting over a low
band Of pcarly fog and we had OK
pected to see lard when this veil lifted.
We had, however not anticipated to
see so long Il line Of coast. The land
as we saw it gave the impression of
being two islands, but our observations
were insufficient to warrant such an
assertion. They may be islands; they
may be n part Of larger land extend
ing far TO the west. What was seen
of the most southery coast extends
from So degrees 20 minutes 10 S3 de-
grees u minutes, close to the one hun
dred and second meridian.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
His Poems.

MAY offer you this little gift. Frau
lein Kate?'
Excuse mel never take presents
from men,"
"But it is only a copy of my book OF
poems"
"In that case | will accept. l thought
it was something valuable. ."-Fliegende
Blatter.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
Before and After.

She was frivolous. fashionable
young woman with beaux galore, but
one man with only a small income
seemed to be the favorite.
"You'll have to work hard before
you win that girl" said his mother.
"And a good deal harder after you
win her." answered his father, who
knew what he was talking about.