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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
ROADS ARE SEPARATED,
cisco Systems to Be Operated
Individually

NEW YORK, Dec lit was semi-of-
fcially stated this afternoon that nego-
tiations for separation of the Rock Is
land and the st. Louis & San Francisco
systems had been satisfactorily conclud-
ed. An official statement confirming
this announcement is expected later to-
day.
Announcement was made that B. F.
1oakum, B. l.. Winchell and their asso-
ciates have purchased the st. Louis &
San Francisco road from the Rock Is
land company. Separate operation of the
road has been decided upon, it is stated,
on excellent authority, and it is under
stood that Mr.. Winchell is to become
president OF the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco.
II. Z. Nudge has been elected presi-
dent of the Rock Island system. Mr..
Goakum, chairman of the executive com
mittee of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railroad, and his associates re-
signed from the directorate of the Rock
Island company. William H. Moore,
Daniel G.. Reid and Francis L. Hine re-
signed as directors of the st. Louis &
San Francisco.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
PREACHER BURNED AT STAKE.
Negro Who Shot Autoist for Frightening
Mules Is Cremated

COCHRAN, Ga, Dec John Har-
ward, negro preacher, who shot and
fatally injured Will d. Booth, two miles
from this place late Wednesday after
noon, was captured by a mob of enraged
citizens FIVE miles from here at 20
o'clock Wednesday night, and burned at
a stake, more than a carload of light
wood, it is said, being heaped about the
body. Booth is well-known business
man of Hawkinsville, Ga, and was en-
route to Cochran in an automobile
when the shooting occurred. He drove
up behind Harvard, who was in front
of him in a wagon. HARVARD charged
that Booths machine frightened his
mules. He drew a pistol, after few
words, and fred on Booth, three shots
taking effect. Booth returned the fire
and it was learned after the negro was
captured that he was slightly wounded
in two places. He was found in barn
three miles from the place where the
shooting occurred.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
DETAINED BECAUSE OF AGE.
Nonagenarian Mother of Badger Citizen
Is Subject to Deportation

BELOIT, Wis, Nov. 3O-Because of
old age and failing eyesight Mrs. Gram
don, mother of w. H. Godfrey, and a
former resident of Rock county. but for
the last twenty years living in England,
was prevented from landing at Ellis
island, and may not be allowed to come
to the home of her son to spend the rest
Of her life.
Last week Mr.. Godfrey received tee-
gram summoning him to New York to
meet his mother, who is past 30 years
of age, and was on her way from Eng
land to Beloit. When he arrived in New
York, Mr.. Godfrey found that owing
to official red tape his mother had not
bee allowed to land and unless he could
get an order promptly she would be re-
turned to her starting point.
Mr. Godfrey Immediately got in touch
with the authorities and is taking legal
steps to arrange for getting his mother
through.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
Tongue Twisters.

A London paper recently offered q
series of prizes for the best tongue
twisting" sentences. The prize winning
contributions are:
The bleak breeze blighted the bright
broom blossoms.
Two toads totally tired tried to trot
to Tedbury.
Strict, strong Stephen Stringer shared
Sticky six sickly silky snakes.
Susan shineth shoes and socks; socks.
and shoes shine Susan. She ceaseth shin
ing shoes and socks, for shoes and socks
shock Susan.
, 4 paddock, a paddock, black spotted
haddock; black spot on the black back
of black spotted paddock.
Oliver Oglethorp ogled an owl and an.
oyster. Did Oliver Oglethorp ogle an
owl and an oyster? If Oliver Oglethorp
ogled an owl and an oyster, where are
the owl and the oyster Oliver Oglethorp
ogled?-Chicago Tribune.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
$50 YEARS TO PAY DEBT
Judgment in Favor of London Usure1
Gives Long Time.

LONDON, Dec. lin A D. 1868,
theoretically. a debt of 500 will have
been paid off, according to a judgment
of the Lincolnshire county court Judge.
The creditor is a money lender, the
debtor a dairyman, who had borrowed
$500 at extortionate interest, and had
paid back all but 800 of the total debt,
amounting. with interest to $40 When
the money lender brought his debtor into
court the judge showed his sympathy
with the usurer's victim by ordering pay
ment at l penny a month, in other words
the debt would be paid off entirely in
800 years hence.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
WOMEN LOSE APPEAL.
English Suffragettes Must Pay Fines
of S25 or Serve Month in
Prison.

LONDON, Dec. THE divisional
court today denied the appeal of Miss
Christabel Pankhurst and Mrs. Haver-
field. the suffragettes who on July 9 were
sentenced to pay a fine of $50 each or
Of resisting the police The women
were arrested on June 80, along with
ia other suffragettes who had attempt
ed to force their way into the House of
Commons for the purpose of presenting
u petition to Premier Asquith. They
appealed from the decision of the lower
court on the ground that their eonstitu-
tional right to petition the government
had been violated
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
STRIFE IN REICHSTAG.
First Business Session Gives Evidence
Of Tension Between the Parties
Over Finance Reforms.

BERLIN, Dec. 1.-The first business
session Of the Reichstag gave striking
evidence of the tension between the po-
Itical parties as a result of a quarrel
over the reform of the empires finances.
Today after re-electing Count lido Won
Stolberg-W ernigenode president, DR..
SPAIN, clerical as first vice president,
displacing Or. Hermann S. Paasche, ma
tional-liberal, the house elected Paasche
second vice president. The latter, how
ever, declined to serve, declaring that the
natiOnal-liberal party had decided unani-
mously not to accept office in the reor-
ganization of the house.
The imperial party, or free conserva-
tive5, also declined to take part in the
organization while the radicals went so
blank votes. These three parties are de-
termined to place the full responsibility
for the coming legislation upon the Ger
man conservatives and clericals.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
NAMES NORMAL VISITORS
State Superintendent of Schools Selects
Several Milwaukeeans.

MADISON, Wis, Dec 1.-State Su-
perintendent c. 2. Cary has named
boards of visitors for the several norma
schools for the year. These boards reporf
TO the office of the state superintendent
iii May. Following are the appointments
Milwaukee-Supt. A J. Hutton, Wauke-
sha; II. G. Truesdel, Berlin; Miss Rosa n.
Cheney, Manitowoc.
Oshkosh-Supt. c. G. Pearse Milwaukee,
Prof. Louis kahlenberg Madison; Judge
Emil Baensch. Manitowoc.
Platteyille-Supt. R. B. Dudgeon. Madl-
sen; Principal D. b. Schiller, Milwaukee:
Supt. Frank Bucklin, West Bend.
River Falls-Supt. ]. P. Bird La Crosse:
Miss Elizabeth Allen, Menomonie; Principal
w P. Colburn, Viroqua.
Stevens Point-President W. O. Carrier.
Waukesha; supt Hugo A Pauly, Milwau-
Superior-Prof. B. n. Meyer. Madison;
Principal r. 81. Burns, Ladysmith; Attor-
ney Clarence Coe, Barron.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. c. 3: McLenegan,
Supt. ]. 81. Wheelock, westfeld.
La Crosse-Supt J.. n: Davis, Stevens
Point; Mrs. Anna Schaffer Critton, Madi,
! son; Attorney John Kaney, Milwaukee.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
LIFTS HOSPITAL DEBT
CONSERVATIVE DONATES BIG SUM
FOR EAU CLAIRE INSTITUTION.
After Rockefeller and Carnegie Turn
Down Directors Plea, Sigvald
Qvale Comes to Aid

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. Dec 1.-[Spe-
clalI-Sigvald Qvale of this city. aged
10, and dangerously ILL., has donated $780,
900 to Luther hospital of this city. This
he announces in a letter to the directors
from what is expected to be his death
bed.
His ailment is tuberculosis. of which
his father died about twenty years ago,
just before Sigvald was born. His ia
Their was one of the most successful deal
ers in timber and farm lands in this
country.
From his fathers estate Sigyald re-
ceived several hundred thousand dollars
worth of property. He lives with his
mother. He has two sisters residing
here The whole Qvale estate was once
estimated at a million. The gift leaves
the hospital free of debt.
Letters received Tuesday from An
drew Carnegie and John d. Rockefeller
contained adverse replies to the direc-
tors pleas for aid.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
$40, 470,OO0
TAINTER VISITS SWEETHEART.
Escapes Arrest by Removing Boards
from Fence Near Back Porch

LA CROSSE, Wis, Nov. 3O-Robert
Fainter, former Beloit college athletic
star, now a fugitive. daringly escaped the
police here Monday night when two Off
GERS found him with his sweetheart on
the back porch of her home.
fainter had taken precautions against
arrest by tearing two boards off the back
fence and when the police mounted the
steps commanding him to surrender. he
leaped to the ground and darling
through the fence, vanished. The police
believe he escaped on southbound Bur
lingtOn passenger train which was just
pulling out a block away.
fainter was serving a year at the
Green Bay reformatory for robbing and
burning the Holway auto garage and
shooting himself to cover the crime. He
is the son of rich parents and first came
into the limelight when, as student, at
the Beloit college, he mysteriously disap-
peared, being later found playing with
an Iowa baseball team.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03

by accidental discharge of gun near Jump
river.
sANDMIRE, LLOYD, "A years old. Ash
Ridge Wis; accidentally shot and killed
killed while hunting rabbits.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
ANDERSON, OLAF, Ormsby; shot in head
slipped while duck hunting, wounding
shoulder.
BOSFOOT. J. c., Casino, Mich; leg shot
off by companion.
BARTELL, PAUL, seriously wounded by
companion while hunting partridges.
BRANDT, A, Washburn; burned while
asleep in hunting camp.
BILLER, ELI, Glenwood; foot shot off.
CULLEN, z. j., Rib Lake; shot in leg
COOPER. GEORGE e, a guide Of Nc
Gregor, Mimi; shot In face by his own
carelessness.
DALZILL, JOHN, Traverse city, Mich;
accidental shot blinds both eyes.
DU CHAINE, HARRY, Ladysmith; blows
of hand In grabbing gun and save him
self from falling.
FOX, CHRIST, Stanley; leg shot off by
companions
GUsMAN, FRANK. wausau; shot by fell
low hunters while struggling with wounded
buck; not serious.
gibson, FELIX, Pelican Lake; gun
rails, bullet ploughing near heart; will re-
cover.
HAMILTON, h. W, Westboro, shot
through bowels. Injury probably fatal.
HOLVERSON, MATT, aged IS, Neenah;
seriously wounded.
HERRING. HARRY, Two Rivers; mis-
taken for rabbit; shot in face by com
panion.
HUGART, LEVI, Marinette; shot in leg
by companion.
IGMAKIAK, MARTIN, Stanley; shot self
In hand; amputatioI necessary.
KOTTKE, FRANK, Johnson Creek, Wis. !;
companion slips in boat just as he fires,
shattering Kottke's arm.
Point; shot in leg by companion.
LINHALM, CONRAD, Peshtigo; gun ac-
| cidentally goes off, tearing foot to pieces
ana negotiating amputati0n.
LARSON, ALFRED, Spalding. Mich. gun
expl0des as he strikes wounded deer with
| it,, the bullet entering Larson's hip.
LEMkE; WILLIAM, aged 10, Fond du
Lac; hand shot off while duck hunting
LUX, WILLIAM, Eau Claire; foot shot
MAGNUsEN, ALFRED, onata, Mich. :;
mistaken for deer, shot in shoulder
ODELL, WALTER, Baraboo; lost two
fingers when he drew gun from under bug
gy seat, muzzle first.
III mead while handling his rifle.
PUZYLOWSKI, PETER, Bessemer
wounded on dSI condition serious.
riousiy wounded In neck
PECKHAM, ALBERT, Detroit; badly
wounded near Marquette Mich.
PETERSON, ALIEN, Elk Mound: gun
goes off accidentally, carrying away part
or Jaw; condition critical.
REYNOLDS, HAROLD, Amigo; shot in
face.
RAUER, WILLIAM, Munising, Mich ;
pulls gun muzzle first toward himself
thumb blown off; left eye destroyed and
big hole in shoulder.
STIBBE, GEORGE, boy, Peshtigo; acct
dentally shot in back of neck by compan-
ion.
ST. CLAIRE, E., Clintonville; shot in
face by companion.
forehead
SUMMERFIELD, AMOS. wyocena; arm
and leg mangled when he pulled shot gun
toward him, muZzle first.
SHOREY, HARRY, Wautoma; shot by
companion while rabbit hunting; loses
hand.
THOMPSON, WEBSTER. Aliens Grove
arm shot off.
THEEDEN, E. O., Gillette; shot and
wounded In chest while pulling gun toward
him.
WHITNEY. HOWARD, Manitowoc; arm
shot off by companion.
YALE, WILLIAM L., Duluth, Mimi;
slips and pulls trigger; collar bone broken
by charge.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03

Among the many excuses for drinking
one of the most convincing is that noted
by Lord John Russell in the journal kept
of his youthful travels in Spain. When
visiting Plasencia he met a convivial &C.
elesiastic who expressed bis, astonishmant
that a scion of the aristocracy noted
throughout Europe for their drinking
prowess should prove so. mod La MS
rotations. Lord John retorted, that ne
had no desire to reach the SIX ooLIie
for this departure from sane tradition
and concluded by remarking chat even
on religious grounds you are wrong. For
he who drinks well sleeps well. He who
sleeps we'll sins not. And he who sins
not shall be saved."-London Chronicle.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
REFORMED TRAMP WINS BRIDE
Meets and Falls in Love with Girl at q
City Mission.

LA CROSSE, Wis, Dec. 2.-Meeting
at religious services at the City mission,
Mrs. Mamie Hanson of this city and
Charles Gilbert, reformed tramp, fell
in love, and they will be married here
on Christmas day.
Gilbert was a telegraph operator in
Canada and he acquired a taste for, gin
which made his head whirI so one night
that he sent two trains rushing toward
each other on the same track. An oper-
ator at q small station was finally
reached with orders to flag, the trains.
Gilbert lost his job.
He plunged into dissipation, suffered
from delirium tremens, and became a wan
derer He was converted when he struck
La Crosse last summer and has been
ianitor of the City mission since.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
FLYW HEEL GETSLOOSE,
Whirling Disc of Steel Ploughs Through
Factory, but Injuries No One
in Its Flight.

BELOIT, Wis, Dec. 81 Special /
A fiywheel weighing 1900 pounds went
whirling through the j. Thompson &
Sons factory Wednesday night, causing
CONSERVATION among the workmen and
shutting down the factory for several
hours.
The wheel was from the big engine
that drives the machines in the machine
shop and it was sent through the room
by the breaking Of the crank shaft, be-
lieved to be due to a defect in the steel
A. NJ. Corcoran, the engineer, crossed
the path of the wheel Just in time to
have the huge pulley Craze his back.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an inflamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube Is inflamed you have a rumbllng
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it Is
entirely closed. Deafness Is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condl-
ton, hearing Will be destroyed forever nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by Catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
COLD ROOM SAVES HER,
Boarding House Mistress Sleeps in I'm
usual Place and Thus Escapes
Possible Death.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich, Dec q
Especial Ito the fact that her room
was cold Mrs. Minnie Clergyman, who
conducts a boarding house here, owes
her escape from possible electrocution,
or serious burns.
Mrs. Clergyman, who had a room on
the second floor, decided Tuesday night
that it was too cold for comfort, so she
and one of the dodgers, a Miss Dickin-
son, occupied a room downstairs.
Early in the morning an electric wire
in Mrs. Cherryman's unoccupied room
broke and fell across the bed, causing a
blaze that almost destroyed the building.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
KILLS FRIEND BY ACCIDENT
Owner Of Revolver, as, Usual, Though
Weapon Was Not Loaded

! PORT WASHINGTON, Wis, Dec. 2.
Peter Goedde was shot and instantly
killed by friend named Rassel at Da-
cada, a village ten miles north of this
city.
Goedde ran saloon and when RasseI
entered the place with revolver IN hand
and placed it on the bar, he was ordered
bv Goedde to remove it. In doing so the
revolver was discharged, the bullet en-
tering Goodies breast and killing him
Instantly.
Rassel claimed he did not know the
weapon was loaded. Goedde was 27
wears old and leaves a family.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
A Gift from Mrs. Sage.

Mrs. Russell Sage has given $4,000
professionally to the New York State
Federation Of Women's clubs. The gift
was made through Mrs. William Cum
ming Story of New York, and is given
with the provision that the federation
raises $125OO. The object of the gift
is to provide an endowment to pay ex
penses of officers and found a scholar
ship in woman's college. In twenty
minutes S1376 was raised in the Roches-
ter convention
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
INCREASE THE LEVY.
Preliminary Valuation of Street Rail
ways, Light, Heat and Power Plants
Is Made by Commission.

MADISON, Wis. Nov. 3O.-Showing
an Increase of more than $1,000, 900 over
the final assessment for 1909, the pre-
liminary valuation for 1910 of street
railways and light, heat and power
plants connected Herewith has been
made by the state tax commission.
The largest increase is that of the
Milwaukee Electric railway, which is
$l,65O,OOO. The Southern Wisconsin
company was increased from 100000 70
$4,000, and the Chippewa Valley COM
pany from $4,000 to $3.50 900.
This preliminary assessment is for the
tax of 1910 and will be subject to modi-
hcatlOn after hearings are held. The
tax based on this assessment will not
be payable until December, 1910.
Following are the preliminary values
Ashland Light, Power and Street
Railway company .......... S15OOOo
Belolt traction company. 5000
Bay Shore Street Railway Co 10000
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric
Railway company and Fidelity
Trust company as receiver thereof $50 900
Chippewa Valley Railway, Light
and Power company . $50 900
Duluth otreet railway company. 10000
Eastern Wisconsin Railway &
Light company ............. 100000
Green Bay Traction company. 725,OOO
GAINESVILLE Street Railway Co. 37OOO
KenoSha Electric Railway Co.. 300 900
Railway company .......... 10000
La Crosse City Railway company 475,OOO
Manitowoc & Northern Traction
company .o..;:..: ............. $4,000
Menominee q Marinette Light &
Traction company ......... 100000
Merrill Railway & Lighting Co. 11t.OOO
Milwaukee Electric Railway &
Light, company ..:........:..... 23,5oo, 900
Milwaukee Light, Heat & Trac-
ton company .......:......... 6,5OO,O0O
Milwaukee Northern Railway com.
pany ......: :................. 1850, 900
Rockford & Interurban Railway
company 49,. .::............ 800, 900
Sheboygan Light, Power & Rail
way company ................ 100000
Southern Wisconsin Railway Co. 10000
Twin City General Electric Co. $1,000
Waupaca Electric Light & Rail
way company .:.............. $4,000
WauSau Street Railroad company COCOA
Wisconsin Electric Railway Co :. $4,000
Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat
& Power company ............ 1,O5O,Oo0
Total Observation-Disclosures. $40 47O, 900
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
HOBO BURNS BASTILE.
Burns Bedding, but Bystanders Battle
Barbarous Boor by Bespraying
DO Bodily

Frank Pnrns. hobo, confined in the
city Jail on charge of drunkenness, was
nearly suffocated in his cell from a fire
which he started iii the bed clothes in an
effort TO secure his release.
The fire was burning briskly when dis
covered by the city treasurer and Poor
Commissioner Gross, who secured q
small hose and played a stream Of water
on the fire through the cell door.
The sheriff and jailor were absent and
no keys to the cell could be found for
some time and Burns was nearly suffo-
Gated when finally taken out.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
ARMOUR co. ENTERS BOSTON.
Control Acquired of Plant in Brighton
Mass. for Trade War

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 2.-Armour &
Co. of Chicago have acquired control of
the Batehelder & Snyder Co., which
operates pork packing plant in BrigA-
ton, with a capacity of $500 hogs a day,
and with facilities for handling 100 cat
tie day. 1t is believed the Armour in
terests intend to compete actively IN the
Boston and New England field with the
Swifts, who now control this section q
trade 10 pork and other hog products,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
Would Regulate Pullman Company.

LA CROSSE, Wis, Dec. Con
gresham John J. Eseh will ask in the
coming session of Congress, that the
Pullman Car company be placed under
the regulations of the interstate COM
merce commission the same as other
interstate carriers. He expects other
representatives will ask that the tele-
phone and telegraph companies also be
included, and predicts a hot fight.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
The Philosophy of Tugs.

f'Hey, yo' Gidl What TO- yo' want to
look in dat jug so2 Can't you git the
cork out?'
'Tain't no cork in. Say, Mingo,"
broke off Gid, perplexedly, chow ebber
light from going in at the hole?"
"'Taint that way" was the knowing
reply; at is the light what keeps. the
darkness from shinin' out."-Suceess
Magazine.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
WON'T SHAKE UP NAVY.
Changes in Management Of Department
Will Be Made Gradnally-New
Regula in Force Today.

! WASHINGTON, D.. c., Dec. AL
though the Meyer plan for the reor-
ganization of the navy became effective
today when the new navy regulations
went into operation, many of the changes
will not be made for several weeks. The
transition from the old order to the new
will be gradual. AS the old bureau
cracy gives way to the new system In
which the line officer Is to be so prom
inent, some further changes may be
found necessary i'll order to harmonic
affairs.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
SHE CHARGES BIGAMY.
Mrs. Ross Brings Suit for Annulment
of Marriage Contracted Oct. 10
May Prosecute Husband.

LAPORTE, Ind, Dec. 2.-[Special.]
Charging that her husband has a wife
in Milwaukee from whom he was not
divorced when he contracted his second
marriage, Nancy NJ. Ross of Niles.
Mich. has brought suit for annulment
of the vows she assumed on October
u, 1909. The second Mrs. Ross de-
clares she will prosecute her husband
for bigamY.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
Hint for Wasp Catchers

An exchange remarks: Spring is real
ly here. A butterfly was caught in the
south end today" l presume maybe
that was as good place as any to catch
butterfly. But now, if that was a
wasp one was catching I have had ex-
perience enough to advocate catching
them as near the equator as possible and
shifting the hold toward the north end
with lightning speed.-Tama Qa) Her.
add