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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
HORSES KICK IS FATAL.
Blind Beasts Hoofs Crush Chest of
! Farmer as He UEhitches Animal
from Vehicle.

! NIROQUA. Wis. Oct Ill Special
eWh le unhitch1ng blind horse, Ernest
Shisler, aged "a. OF Retreat received in
Surles which caused his death. The ami
thal kicked him in the chest. throwing
MIN over against a wagon Shisler died
soon after being taken home He leaves
y wife and four children.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
PEKIN HEARS EXPLANATION.
Chinese Government Looks to Powers
for National Security

PEKIN. Oct 1.-THE Japanese lega-
ton today laid before the Chinese gov
eminent and also gave to the native and
foreign press the explanation of Secre-
tary of State Knox for the recall of
Charles Il. Crane, United States minis
aer designate to China. The incident i'm
presses the government as unfOrtuna te
and has revived the feeling among the
Chinese officials that the only hope of
national security rests in the co-Opera-
ton of the powers.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
English Scholarship for Women.

MADISON, Wis, Oct. 13-The Cen
eral Federation of Womens clubs of
America has established a scholarship
which will send an American woman to
Oxford, Cambridge or London university
President Van Hise has been notified by
the Rhodes scholarship trustees that
women aspirants for the new scholarship
can be examined at the same time as the
men who are candidates tor the Rhodes
honor
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
EX-PAYMASTER GENERAL DIES.
Alfred E. Bates Succumbs After Stroke
of Apopiexy In New York

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Maj Gen Al
fred e Bates, former paymaster gener-
al of the army died here Wednesday aft
ernoon. Gen. Bates was stricken with
apoplexy Sunday. He entered the mill
tary academy July /. 1861, and was ap-
pointed second Lieutenant of the Sec
ond cavalry June %, 1865. In 1899 he
reached the rank of brigadier general
and paymaster general During the
Spanish-American war he was a briga-
der general of volunteers. He held the
office of paymaster general from July II.
1899. until January. 1904, when be was
made a major general and, at his own
request was placed on the retired list
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
FALL PROBABLY FATAL,
Door Into Cellar and Is Hurt
Internally

MANITOWOC, Wis, Oct. IA Spe-
cial Injuries which he sustained in a
fail on Il stairway when lie walked into
an open trap door may cause the death
Of Richard Donovan, one of the best
known pioneers of the county. Mr..
Donovan has been blind for number Of
years and in searching about his home
he fell through the door leading to the
cellar He sustained fracture of the
collar bone and is internally injured.
His children have been summoned from
Chicago.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
HASKELL TRIAL BEGINS
Oklahoma Governor and Five Others An
swer Charge of Getting Land by
Fraud

ARDMORE. Ok. Oct. 13.-Gov.
Charles \. Haskell and five co-defend-
ants, indicted on charges Of obtaining
titles to certain town lots in Muskogee
by Illegal methods, appeared before
Judge A. Marshall today for trial in
the United States district court here. 1t
is alleged that the defendants obtained
possession of the lots in question by
dummy" registrations or had bought
the lots from persons who had not reg
iStered i'll good faith
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
Halt Opium Trade.

Owing to the refusal of dealers to OBJ
tain the recently revised permit, which
they regard as yexatious, the Canton au-
tborities have imprisoned a Chinese
opium merchant, with the result that
business is at a standstiI Deliveries
from Hongkong to Canton have ceased,
with consequent loss of $4,000 to
200, 900 weekly
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
COUPLE ACCUSED OF ROBBERIFS.
Oshkosh Man and Wife Are Arrested
After Goods Are Found

OSHKOSH. Wis, Oct 13-Mr. and
Mrs Frank p. Morris are under arrest.
charged with robberies extending over a
wear A search of their home disclosed
trunks, boxes and bundles of stolen ar
ticles. The man and woman are well
known here and we'll connected.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
BELLS SAVE BANK CASH,
Burglars at Shakopee, MINI, Are Fright
ened Away When Alarms Be
gin Ringing

SHAkOPEE. Mimi. Oct. 1.-Two
robbers made an attempt TO rob the First
National bank here early today but were
frightened away before they could get
hnto the safe which contained $4,000
Burglar alarm. bells began ringing when
rbe robbers entered the bank Citizens
fwho were aroused accoSted two strang-
hers who answered THEN challenge with
pistol shots. The citizens returned the
fire, but none was hur., There IS 40 clue
ITO the identity of the burglars.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
PASSERBY LOSES SIGHT,
School Principal Walks Past Hardware
Store Just as Gun Is Accidentally
Discharged.

NEW LONDON. Wis. Oct IA Spe-
cial. AS Edward st. Clair, principal of
the school at Welcome, was passing a
hardware store there. a gun in the hands
of someone in the store was accidentally
discharges The charge hit st. Clair
squarely i'll the face. destroying the eye
sight and terribly mutilating his face. 1t
is thought he will recover.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
Business Man Takes Bride.

SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. Oct.
ID Special John Bryant of Sheboy-
gan and Miss Hattie HauensteIn of this
village were married Tuesday. After a
short trip they will make their home
in Sheboygan Falls. The groom is one
of the firm of Bryant & Ballschmider.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15

Unnamed Donor Pledges This Amount
] to 100000 Endowment Fund to
Wooster University

! IRoNTON. O.. Oct. 14-AR unnamed
honor has pledged S150,O00 TO the pro-
posed 100000 endowment fund for
wooster university, according to an
Nouncement today by President Holden
Qhe gift is predicted on the collection of
fhe remaining S450.00O by January l,
h911.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
Cleveiands in Switzerland.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Oct. 13-
Mrs Grover Cleveland, accompanied by
her daughters, Esther and Marion, and
sons, Francis and Richard, have arrived
at this place. 1t is understood that the
children will be placed in a school here.
and that Mrs. Cleveland will take up
her residence nearby for an indefinite
period.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
Freight Wreck DELAYS Mails

MANITOWOC, Wis, Oct. IA
Especial. IA freight wreck at COST
burg. south Of Sheboygan, delayed traf.
fc on the NorthW estern road Wednes-
day and mails were late all day Eight
cars were derailed and fire DESTROYED
three. No one was injured.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
SUFFRAGETTES GIVEN LIBERTY.
Weak Condition Wins Freedom for Two
Women

NEWCASTLE, England, Oct IA
Lady Constance Lytton and Mrs. II. n
Brailsford. who were sentenced to
months Imprisonment Monday for taking
part in a suffragette demonstration
against David Lloyd George, the chan
cellor of the exchequer, were liberated
on a government order, owing 10 their
weak condition.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
MILWAUKEE SToCKYARDs REPORT

HOGS-Steady; prime butchers ana
heavy, I.Io@I.so: good shippers. 100 to 2o1
lbs. i.4oaI.a5: good shipping light, a5sp
80; fair to good light, 6.9n6sT. 81; good
mixed grades. T.4nGT.55: common 10 far
mixed packers. 1.10dt7.35; packers, good to
selected. I.2ouI.I5; fair packers, { 30lgT -:
Q6.65; government and throwauts, 2.Uptj
$50
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
Federal Attorney En- Route.

LA CROSSE. Wis. Oct. 13.-[Spe-
cial United States District Attorney
Gordon has left here for Mineral Point,
where he will investigate the situation
in regard TO the First National bank of
that city, which closed its doors Tues
day
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
PEAKE IS STATE MODERATOR.
Fond du Lac Minister Honore6 by Wis
consin Presbyterian Synod

OSHkOSH, WIS, Oct. Io.-IHe " -
conSm synod of the Presbyterian church
has chosen Rev Louis Il. Peake OF Fond
du Lac moderator. Other officers are:
Rev NJ K. Laird. Prairie du Sac per
manent clerk: Rev. E. G. Henke. Bara-
boo assistant clerk. and Rev. Charles
Adams, Crandon. holding over or state
clerk
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
Odd Fellows in Session.

ASHLAND, Wis, Oct. 13.-One hun
bred delegates are attending the grand
encampment of Odd Fellows in session
here Vice President T. Z. Schaffer of
Milwaukee called the department council
of PatriarchS Militant to order
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
HOGS

CATTLE-Markct steady; butchers steers.
good to choice. 5.lJ@5.9O; medium TO good.
440aa.13; heiferS, choice to prkue, A.4ol
prime 4.15Gd.65: good to choice, $4,000 10:
fair to medium. :. 15GG3.4o cutters, 29ol0
315; coannerS. 2.4o6G2. 50; bulls, good to
choice. 36564 10; bo.ogna bulls, fair To
good :i.4563.55; common light, 2.65GpS.oo;
feeders. ;iJ504.3O; Stockers. 2.S0lG311.
Mixers ahd springs common 10 good, 2oop
u2J.OO; good, 3U.Ooll40.oO; choice, 5000
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
ILWAUKFE HAY MARKET

Choice new timothy, 14O001425; No. /,
IL 2Jl 1890; No ,. 1l.500l2.50; clover and
mixed. II 0Nm11 80; choice Kansas, Il .00D
12.5O; No. ! Kansas. 1l.G0lOl15O; Kansas
marsh, T.00G7.50; pack JJ0qG.OO rye
straw S.50Ni9.,hj: oats straw. JOQlU6. %.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
Cats to Protect u. S. Mail.

KENOSHA. Wis. Oct 13.-Ofhcials
at the local postoffice have written to
Postmaster General Hitchcock for two
cats TO protect the mail from mice and
rats.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15

SIIEEP-Steady: Eood to choice. .O0Ge45o:
common to fair 2.J0G3.25; Yeaclings, good
TO choice, 3.75a5 %; common to fair, 3.75io
42I Spring lambs-Common to fair. 4.T5dD
800; good TO choice, 5.75Q6a0.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15
SHEEP

CTDAIIY. Wis, Oct. 14-RecSipts, 1900
hogs. Market 5d10c lower; mixed packing,
7.OO@7 40: poor to good heavy packing, $50
al 80. medium and butchers. L45DL65: Sc
lect packing and shipping, 7.4oGg78 50; fair
to good light. 6.S5G1I 30; pigs and rough, 200
m675 Representative sales: &c hogs, aver
age 2i2 at 725; 81 hogs. average 2e6 at 40;
70 hogs average 30 at $50; "a hogs, aver
age 316 at T.2J; 80 hogs, average go at
40. II hogs. average 296 ut no; G2 hogs
average 1874 at 7.25; "A hogs, Average 19I
at 80; 40 hogs, average 17G at 7.2o; e.
hogs. average 1853 at 10; "A hogs, average
l5l at 100; 9 hogs, average 1o4 at S25.
CHICAGO, Oct. observation-disclosures pstf-
mated at 5000; market steady; beeses, 4. 1Jdp
S75; Texas steers, 4.oop515; western
steers. 42547.25; stockers and feeders, 3 10
G5 -: cows and heifers, 215I58s, calves,
700n9.5O Hogs-Receipts estimated at
Il 1000; market weak, sc lower; light, $3.50
80 mixed. I.15m7so; heavy, 7.1e0sT.So:
also: pigs. J5Ud6.S5; bulk OF sales, 1850
$50 Receipts estimated at $4,000:
market steady: native. 2.4oqJ475; western,
2.65Gp4.15; yearlmgs, 4.l0U5.40; lambs, na-
tive i.2JIT 10: western, i25GT.15.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. Oct. 14-Csttle-Ro-
celpts. 1900. including 1000 southerneIs.
Market steady: nativ" steers 4.5ottS.TJ; ma
tive cows and heifers 2.2545.J0; stOckers
and feeders. 3.2O6p5.50: western steers, $50
$3.50; western cows. 2.7JG14. % HOgs-Re-
ccipts, 10000; market weak to &c lower;
bulk 1.20d7.JO. Sheep-Rcceipts 1900:
steady; muttons. 4.0oU4.1J; lambs, 300
10.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Oct. 14.-CattIe-Ke-
ccipts 5000; market steady: native beer
steers. I.O0ItS.2J: cows and hcifCrS, .i.WbD
Gao: stockers and feeders, 3.J06p5O0. Hogs
Receipts, 5000; market, 100 10 15c lower;
packers. T.0Uu7.j0 butchers and best heavy,
7.l56C7. Co. Sheep-Rcceipts, 1890; market
steady native muttons, 3.JO14.75; lambs,
6OOm7.2
OMAHA Neb., Oct. l4.-Cattle- Receipts,
$500; market steady; native steers, 4.I5ND
800; COWS and heifcrs 30045.0o; western
steers 3.306D6 %; stockerS and feeders, 2.T5
a. %. 1ogs-Rereipts $3.50; market .Jc
lower; bulk. 7.4ON7 A.. Shcep--Reccipts,
$4,000: market steady: yearlings f7OM5.3o;
wethers. 3.0O04.4O; ewes. 3.13fg4 70; lambs,
6. :iO0G.9U.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-15

- I'd ' EN'

$40: fair 10 good, I.T50S.50 throwsGts.
05.5O; grassers. 4O0Q5O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
The Presidents Grind.

"No President has tried to relieve him. self of the grinding routine of appoint ing all postmasters receiving salaries at the rate of s1O0O a year or upwards" said an old officeholder, land yet this busi- ness could be attended to just as well by the Postmaster General
 "If some President would ask Con- gress to make the change suggested it would comply with the request. There are more than 6O0o postoffices known as presidential, the incumbents of which are appointed every four years, I have estimated that the President gives on an average of 15 minutes of his time to each applicant through a congressman who ex- plains why so and so should have the office. It is reasonable to say that there are at least two applicants for every place to be filled. Suppose there are only 12,O0O applicants during term of four years; that would mean 300 hours of the Presidents time, or practically a whole year (ten hours day. six days in the week). The present system was all right when the country was young but 1t eer- tainly needs reforming now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
But in it shares some woe. But it in shares some woe.
 Macbeth
What People Die Of

The census bureau keeps tab on the death rate in 15 states, the District Of Columbia and 76 cities outside of the 15 states, embracing a population Of 41,75s,O37, or just about half of the country's total. No southern state is included, but some southern cities are. The death rate in the area named in 1907 was 165, against 16.1 In 1906. This about the average rate in Europe. The death rate in New Orleans was 24. the highest recorded in the entire district covered by the census bureau.
 In determining what people die of the census bureau jumps from a rate per 1000 of population to rate per 100, ,O00 and the following table is the result:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
MEREDITH's VIEW OF LIFE.
Aged Poet Chooses Four Lines of His
 Own Verse.

From a London Letter to the Boston
 Transcript
 MT. Meredith spent his S1st birthday very quietly at Boxhill, on February 12- much more quietly than his S0th anni- versary, when, 1t will be remembered. he was presented with an address on behalf of English and American authors. Re- gently, when friend questioned MT. Meredith concerning some favorite lines of his own, he quoted the words:
 Full lasting is the song though he The singer passes; lasting, too,
 For souls not lent in usury,
 The rapture of the forward view.
 But the author to be of his age must de- taoh himself from 1t. So for 40 years past the novelist has lived down at Boxhill, and in the little houge Ut the foot of the long green rollers of the down." he has thought and written and looked upon the world of men. Advancing years have ob- tained a mastery over the body. But the mind is as alert, searching and kindly as ever. To hear him talk is to partalsc of feast of vivacity. humor and satire, rich with worldiness and unworldiness Nor is there anything bewiIdering to those who know him in the facility with which he turns his observation from the bank side which. he points out, will soon be covered with violets, or tfie pile of faggots by the path with their raw, red ampu- tated look, to comments on literary or na- tional affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Will Help the District.


 San Francisco's contract for 50,000 tons of cast iron pipe. awarded to the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foun- dry company, will greatly benefit the Bir- mingham district" said a well-known fur mace man. Half the contract will be executed at the pipe plant at Bessemer and the other half. or the greater part of the other half, will be filled at the Ad- dyston plant near Cincinnati. While it was hoped by the Birmingham public that the entire 10000 ton order would be turned out in this district, it gives great satisfaction to know that all the pig Iron that will go into the pipe, both at Besse- mer and at Addyston, will be made and sold here
 Another thing that gives high satis- faction is the fact that the Tennessee company is keeping its steel plant run ming in spite of the general depression that has existed in most branches of the metal trade. The rumors that the plant would be closed down this spring are utterly without foundation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
COURTHOUSE WEDDING.
Attaches of Big Building All Interested
 In Watchman's Marriage.

A marriage which attracted great at- tention among courthouse employees was solemnized Thursday afternoon by Pro- bate Clerk Sam Blake in a private of flee of the probate court Everyone was sworn to secrecy, but the cat would out and when the news did get around it travelled at lightning speed.
 The courthouse parties were Hiram Wideman, the popular courthouse watch man, age 65 years, to Mrs. Mary Jane Mccall. charming widow many years his junior, she being his fourth wife.
 MT. Wideman moved about the court house with a nonchalant air yesterday afternoon and never a soul imagined that he had fallen to Cupid's darts for the fourth time. But when some one dropped a hint and Clerk Sam Blake was forced into corner he admitted that he was a George Washington and could not lie and that he had performed the ceremony
 Congratulations were then due the guardian of the countys most valuable property and he received them whole sale, every one In the court house mak- ing a rush for him with the glad hand of Godspeed and prosperity in his new venture on the sea of matrimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
Special Session of Congress

The Sixty-frst Congress has been called to meet next Monday. It is a new Congress, and the House has no speaker and no committees. Seventy new members will be seated in the House and 13 in the Senate.
 It is said we will know what the new tariff is to be next Tuesday. But that is scarcely the truth. We will know what rates the committee of ways and means of the dead and gone Congress prefer. How soon the com mittees of the new Congress will be appointed no one can say, but Speaker Cannon will no doubt speedily name a ways and means committee. Then the tariff matched out in the old Congress will be referred to the new committee, and it will no doubt report it to the House.
 That will be the beginning of long battle-one that may easily be ex- tended to cover all the summer months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
SENATOR'S FINE QUARTERS.
They Now Occupy Rooms In the New
 $4,5oo,ooo Office Building.
Washington Special to the New York World.

Washington Special to the New York
 World.
 The Senate moved into its new s45oo,ooo office building today Despite the forbidding outside, no government building, with the possible exception of the Congressional library, Is more elab- orately or better finished. The rooms are large. Every senator received a portion of the big building in the distribution, which was apparently based on seniority of service. It is said that some of the great Senate bosses obtained the equiva- lent of 12 enormous rooms.
 The caucus room Is magnificent. The dining room resembles ballroom in an exclusive private residence The walls are finished in matched marbles.
 The restaurant connected with the structure will be one of the best and most completely equipped in the world. It will not be ready for use until well along in the summer.
 The flag on the Maltby building where all the senators have been quartered dur ing the past 20 years, was lowered today for the last time This building was pur- chased in 1889 for s1Ss00o.
 The rooms of Senators Penrose and La Toilette in the new building adjon. MT. Penrose recently accused MT. La Toilette in the Senate of shirking all work and re- sponsibility.
 The two electric automobiles used for carrying senators through the subway were much patronized today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
NEW CANDIDATE
 FOR GOVERNOR

Laurel Miss, March -(Special.)- Hon Stone Deavours of Laurel, IS a candidate for governor against Charles Scott, Earl Brewer. Adam Byrd and the others. is a possibility that during the past week has rapidly crystalized into a probability. and the friends of the judge who have been actively pro- noting the movement are encouraged to believe that in due time he will permit himself to be nominated and will make an active and vigorous cam paign for the office. Expressions have been received from all parts of the state, particularly in the southern and eastern parts. indicating that Judge Deayours would have the support of influential men everywhere, and that in the first primary he could count on the almost unanimous support of the part of the state lying south of the A. & V railroad. with quite sprink- ling Of votes in north Mississippi where he was born. Judge Deavours has not yet given any intimation of his purpose with respect to the race, but his friends believe that when 1t shall be shown to him that there is posi- tive demand for his candidacy he will respond favorably to the call
 Mayor Albert W Noble, Justice of the Peace J. T. singley and other peace of fcers of Laurel have been summoned instanter to appear before the United States grand jury In session at Meri dian, and have been ordered ito carry with them their dockets and court records. The aim of the grand jury appears to be to get the record of blind tiger convictions so as to prose cute fer violation of the United States internal revenue laws. The crop promises to be quite large in this field, for the police records show that since the first of the year there have been over score of blind tiger convictions in the city court. the police having been vigorous In their pursuit of the yiolators of the whisky laws.
 The city council has just given notice of intention to issue s30,000 of bonds for permanent public works, one-third one-third for streets and one third for extension of the water works service. The latter two items are the same as were covered in former proposed issue which will all be included in this one large lump bond issue. The school money Is needed mostly for the fur nishing and improving of the new $30,- 900 school building that is now in course of erection and will soon be completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13

But in the House the reported bill will be subject to amendment, and no one need expect a very speedy result, for between the amendments and the speeches of the houses and the confer ences between the two houses a tariff bill will not be sent to the President for his signature for months.
 In the meanwhile the one house or the other could discuss and dispose of a lot of legislation, and public opinion is demanding that members get down to work. They are now well paid, and there is no reason why they should not make every day of the session useful to the country. The tariff bill will no doubt be giver the right of way, but when it is not in the way other meas ures should be advanced and perhaps settled. The issues on the waiting list need a special session, and the new Congress can make a creditable record in that respect The loafing proposi- tion, on the other hand brings out no affirmative response in any part of the country.