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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
The other side.

An article clipped from another pa
per recently appeared in our columns
in which the name of wel-known
chemist and pure-food authority was
used in way that might lead one to
suppose that he had condemned Calu-
met Baking Powder We are informed
that this is not the fact. and that the
truth in regard to the exposition
award given the Calumet is as fol-
lows
When the Worlds Pure Food Ex-
position of 1907 was organized. Com
mission on Tests. consisting of twelve
most eminent scientists Chemists,
Psychologists and physicians) was APP
pointed which had entire control of
the granting of awards.
The Commission on Tests directed
the chemists as to the nature and ex-
tent of the tests TO be applied in the
case of each particular product. The
reports made by the chemists were the
basis of facts upon which the Commits
sion granted the awards. Every pos
sible safeguard was placed about the
granting of awards to prevent crook
edneSS.
Under these circumstances the Calu-
met Baking Powder Company feels
Justly proud OF having received the
highest award for Calumet Baking
Powder
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
AGED MURDERESS
DIES IN PRISON

Leavenworth, Kas., March To-
Mrs. Nancy Wilson, generally Known
as Mrs. Staffieback, one of the most
notorious women prisoners in the
Kansas penitentiary, is dead, aged
10. When she realized her serious
condition she asked that her son,
George Staff1eback, a life time con-
Wet, and Charles Wilson, her second
husband, another convict, be brought
to her bedside. They remained with
her until she died
Mrs. Staffieback was brought to the
Kansas penitentiary in May, 1897, to
serve a 81 years sentence for muir
der At the same time two OF her
sons We're brought in under life SEN
fences, third son to serve seven
years; Charles Wilson, her husband,
to serve 2 years. One of the sons
serving a life sentence died four years
ago. The third one served out his
sentence of seven years and it is re-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
STRANGE
MURDER STORY

Indianapolis, Ind, March 10.-The
police uncovered mysterious murder
yesterday afternoon when the body OF
Mrs. Mary Nichols, aged So years old,
residing south Of the city, was found
with the head crushed. Gustave
Eaton, a gardener, who made his home
with Mrs. Nichols, was taken in Gus.
tody pending an investigation. Eaton
told the officers that four strange
young men tied him to a shed and
beat Mrs. Nichols to death.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

Madison, March "a bill which
aims to abate the foul splitting prac-
tice was advanced to- a third reading
in the assembly. 1t was introduced
by A. I. Twesme of Galesville, and an
important provision requires trans
portation companies to provide ''gob-
Doons, as the varsity boys call them,
IN smoking cars. Mr.. Twesme ex-
planned the bill, saying that smoking
cars at the end of trip look ed rather
more like the back of a barn than a
place wherein persons were supposed
to find sanitary surroundings. Spit
tins in cars, he said, was essentially
dangerous. Sputum elected on steam
pipes in coach dried rapidly. Thus
were the germs released to fly about
to work ruin. No opposition to the
measure was expressed. The assem-
bly, killed without debate, an excise
bill which provided that the selling or
keeping for sale of strong spirituous
liquors must be carried on in a single
room having but one entrance or exit,
and that opening upon public street.
1t was further specified that the bar
should be in plain sight from the
street and the room be destitute of ia
bles and chairs.
Senator Martins bill relating to the
certifcation of non-partisan nomina-
lions and delegates to national con-
ventions by the secretary of state was
passed by the senate. According to
the provisions of the measure the
secretary of state must arrange the
surnames of all candidates for each
office alphabetically for the first as
sembly district. For each succeeding
district the name appearing first for
each office in the last preceding dis
trict shall be placed last. Senator
Birds bill forbidding the sale of to-
bacco to minors was on the calendar
ready for engrossment 1t was re-
ported for passage by the committee
on public health, Senator Gaylord. So
cialist, dissenting Owing to the
senator's absence the measure was
laid over on request of Senator Bird.
This bill prohibits the sale of cigars,
cigarets or tobacco in any form to
minors of the age of Is years or under
and provides fine of not more than
$25 nor less than $40. The Morris
bill, which provides that barbering on
Sunday in shops shall not be work of
necessity, was ready for engrossment
but Senator Brazeau asked to have it
laid over for day owing to the abb
sence of many of the senators. His
request was granted
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
LATE NEWS CONDENSED
WISCONSIN, Wales.

a movement is in foot for the con-
solIdation of the Rice Lake Chrome
type and the Rice Lake Leader
Convicted of kissing pretty Carrie
Helnzen, 14-year-old daughter of Mr.
ana Mrs. John Heinzen. Joseph
Lazard, a dry goods canvasser, paid
fine of $50 and costs at Sheboygan.
Burglars broke into Ryan's buffet
at Brillion, taking a quantity of eli
gars and liquors. This is the second
time in three weeks that this place
has been robbed
John Sonnentag and Peter ellis.
alleged ringleaders of gang of tim
Der thieves, were arrested at Chip
pewa Falls on complaint of Albert
Butscher, president of the Citizens
State bank of Boyd.
The stagles of the Linenkugel brew
cry at Chippewa Falls were destroyed
by fire. All the horses weretaken out
without loss. For a time the main
buildings of the plant were threat
ened.
been filed with Clerk of Court e. E.
SturGevant of Oneida county for 6
grand jury to be called for the pur
pose of Investigating the municipal af
fairs of that town. No specific
charges are made.
Edward Seberg, father of Goldie Sc
berg, the little girl killed by an cleo
trio street car a few weeks ago al
Racine, has engaged attorneys and
will begin suit against the Milwauk ee
Electric Railway and Light company
for $4,000 damages
Jacob Nieman Chicago, one of the
officials of the Jefferson Ice company
at Racine had narrow escape from
death. He attempted to cross the
lake on the broken ice, when he fell
into the water Nieman was uncon
scious when rescued.
While on his way to- the Menominee
hospital to visit sick friend, John
Fitzsimmons and his daughter Viola
were knocked down by team driven
by small boy Fitzsimmons suffered
broken rib and probably internal in.
juries. He is now occupying the
ward next to his friend at the hospi
tai.
Mrs. p Cusack claims to be the first
white settler in the new town of Good
man, Marinette county, also the first
successful woman hunter and trappe1
in this vicinity. She came to Marin
cite and collected a bounty ON two
wild cats and a wolf killed by herself
She also makes pin money trap
ping minl1s.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
TRAGEDIES.

Eli Juve, Norwegian farmer, was
burned to death in the Elroy city
lookup, where he had been placed for
drunk enness.
While coupling cars preparatory to
stirling on the trip to La Crosse,
Harry Fitzsimmons, aged 19 years,
was killed in the Milwaukee road
yards at ST. Paul.
Herbert Eggert. formerly of Osh-
kosh, Wis, who shot himself in the
head ON February 10. again attempted
suicide by jumping into the bay at
San Francisco. He was rescued.
Paul Buolic, aged "a years, was
killed by falling rock at the sixty
fourth level of the Red Jacket shaft,
Calumet, Mich. He was trammer
and unmarried.
Engaged in installing a set of tim
bers with the purpose of making the
ground safe to work in, Oscar A.
Johnson met death by falling rock in
the Cleveland lake mine at Ishpem-
ing.
Homer Waite, a farmer living near
Brooklyn, Wis, was struck by a
freight train on the Chicago & North
western road at Brooklyn and Sc
riously injured He was taken to a
hospital at Madison. but cannot live.
Robert Schennard, who was out
with an AK few weeks ago in a
brawl near Shawana is not expected
to live. Blood poison has set in. The
wound was not serious, but, beyond
the first dressing, he received no med
ical care.
Elton Baldwin of Holland, Mich,
confessed to the prosecuting attorney
that he killed his aged mother, who
was found dead in her farmhouse two
miles from Saugatuck. He said that
he was afraid she would charge him
with having burned their barn and
therefore killed her with a Ratchet
while she was asleep.
Lieutenant Commander James II.
Reid. u. S. navy, leaped from a sec
ond story window of the naval hospI
tai in Washington where for two
weeks he has been under treatment
and was seriously, if not fatally, in
iured. Reid is 80 years old. native
of baltimore and received his ap-
pointment in the naval service from
the state of Maryland. He has been
on sick leave since October, 1907
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
FOREIGN.

DIR. Gorgas chief sanitary officer of
the canal zone, has issued an order
forbidding unmuzzled dogs to run at
large.
Sixteen men were drowned in the
flooding of the cofferdams used in the
construction of a new dock at Birken'
head, England. Three men rescued
from the wreckage were badly in
injured
Ferdinand Roehlfin, sailor be-
longing to the United States battle
ship Vermont, was detained by the
police when discharged from a local
hospital 1t is charged he started a
street fight when there with the fleet.
The Natal Mercury announces that
an arrangement was signed at johann
nesburg under which Great Britain
lakes over the LourenZo Marquee
hallway and post as part of the union
t'railway system, thus giving Trans
0 vaal direct access to the sea.
The report that Dr. Ferdinand
Auguste Bebel, the leader of the So
cialists in the reichstag. was seriously
i'll. received practical contradiction
wher Bebel, apparently well, APP
peared at session of the reichstag
in Berlin.
In a battle between H. 2. Smith.
F. W. Updegraf and ]. Wood, Off
cials of the Guanajuato Reduction and
Mines company, and Mexican ore
thieves, one of the Mexicans was
killed. The officials, all of whom are
Americans, are in jail.
The technical high school of Munich
has conferred the honorary degree of
doctor of technical sciences on Wilbur
an6 Orville Wright, the American
aeroplanists. in recognition of their
practical solution of the problem of
aerial flight.
kilograms received at Vienna from
Carinthia, Austria, report that Sc
ries of devastating avalanches has oc.
cured there. and that numbers of
houses in the different villages OF
the section have been swept away. Ii
is known that ten deaths have re-
suited
The Secrlo states that the pre-
tender, Dom Miguel Braganza, has de-
clared his intention of renouncing all
claim 10 the throne of Portugal out of
sympathy for King Manuel. who has
been so tragically called upon to as
sumo the crown. Il is understood,
according &c the paper. that Dom
Miguel will reside in Portugal and
take part in the work of regenerating
the country.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
MISERABLE BRUTE
MAKES CONFESSION
JOHN MUELLER DECLARES HE
KILLED MISS REED
ACCIDENTALLY.
POLICE DOUBT STORY BUT BE-
LIEvE CRIME WAS PRE-
MEDITATED.

Baltiomre, Md, March 10.-Under a
searching examination by the police
yesterday John J. Mueller confessed
that 1t was he who Monday night shot
and killed his sweetheart, Miss Regina
Reed, and that there was no truth in
the story he told Immediately after
the shooting, to the effect that he and
Miss Reed We're held UP near Mount
Washington, suburb, by highway
man, who after securing Mueller's
money, demanded the necklace worn
by Miss Reed. Mueller stated Monday
night that in response to this demand
Miss Reed slapped the highwayman's
face and that thereupon the fatal shot
was fired. Following the investiga-
ton of the coroner Mueller was held.
Yesterday he made and signed a state
ment in which he said that when the
electric car upon which he and Miss
Reed were riding, reached South and
Hilltop avenues, near Mount Wash
ington, Miss Reed, whose marriage
to Mueller was set for April IA, and
he left the car, and according to Muel-
ler's statement, after they had walked
a short distance, the girl preceding
him, he thought he saw man emery
ing from behind a tree and believing
himself to be in danger, fired, but
owing to- unsteadiness of his aim on
account of fright, the bullet struck
and killed Miss Reed Mueller de-
clares the shooting to have been en-
tirely accidental.
His story, however, is not accepted
by the police, whose theory is that
the killing was premeditated. They
believe Mueller wished to break off
his engagement to Miss Reed, and had
not the courage to tell her So
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
OBITUARY..

Thomas B. Laughlin, aged 65
father of Harry Vokes, comedian oil
Ward & vokes fame, is dead.
kilograms from Los Angeles, Cal.
announce the death of Mrs James
Bird, II years of age, and one OF the
pioneers of Racine county.
Elijah Chadwick, soldier of the
civil war and an Oddfellow of note
died at Racine, aged 65. His wife
Mrs. Annie J. Chadwick, aged 81
died but a few days before.
Mrs. Mary Haight Phelps, widow OF
Edward ]. Phelps, minister to Great
Britain during the first Cleveland ad
ministration and for many years pro
fessor of international law at Yale
university, died at her home in Bur
lington, Wis, at the age of 50 years.
Robert breckenridge, aged 81, who
was for twelve years foreman of the
Illinois Central shops in Waterloo
Iowa, then master mechanic of the
Des Moines & Iowa Falls railroad
shops at Iowa Falls, and of late shop
foreman for the Waterloo, Cedar Falls
& Northern. died of pneumonia
Capt. George G. Mullins, who num-
bered President Grant. President Gar
field, Gen. Sherman and other national
leaders among his personal friends
and at one time was in charge of the
United States army. died at his home
at Los. Angeles, CAL. from rheuma
tism.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
duced from $50 to $40 a month. Hi.
request was granted.

dueed from $50 to $40 month. His
request was granted.
Louis FuncEe was the first man ar
rested under the new health ordinance
in New York city making it a misde-
meanor TO smoke or carry lighted eli
gars or pipes in the subway stations.
The United States standing army
now is recruited to it's full compile
ment of 77,753 men and the recruiting
offices throughout the country are &C
cepting only re-enlistments.
Abraham Bloom, a retired LIQUOR
dealer in New York city, saved his
diamond pin, gold watch and a wal.
let by throwing them into snowbank
last night when attacked by four
hold-up men.
The canal commission in Washing
ton reports that during the month OF
January over 327 tons of explosives
were used and seyenty-fve and half
miles of rock drilling was accom-
plished.
J. w. Calvert of Pewee Valley, KY
died Saturday morning on train near
Hinton, w. Va, of pneumonia, which
developed as a result of marching in
the snow and slush of Inauguration
day.
Carl Hale, II years old, was ar
rested III Atkinson, Kas., on the sus
picion that while hunting he accident
ally fired the shot which killed Mrs
Jerome Hoover, who was found dead
under mysterious circumstances Wed
nesday Hale denies he is guilty.
The defense committee in the cause
of Jan Pouren, the refugee whom Rus
STA is trying to eXtradite, has sent to
the United States senate a petition
asking that notice be given to Russia
of the termination of the extradition
treaty of 1898.
A jury returned a verdict finding
Sherman Potts of Lovington, H., in
sane, a week ago he assaulted Evange-
list Billy Sunday with buggy whip
while Sunday was standing upon the
platform before a crowd of people,
praying.
Both houses of the Washington legis-
lature have passed a bill giving the
railway commission jurisdiction over
telephone and telegraph companies
and power to compel physical connec-
tions between competing long dis
lance telephone companies in cities
where both have exchanges.
BY the death of Mrs. Lyman Jenn-
ings, the town of Athol, Mass, will be
saved $3.50 a year. Mrs. Jennings
husband in 1876 advanced $4,000 to
Athol on the stipulation that the town
would pay certain amounts annually
to members of his family. Athol up
to this time has paid $4,000 for the
$4,000
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
coNGENIAL WORK

And Strength to Perform 1t.
A person in good health is likely to
have genial disposition, ambition. and
enjoy work.
On the other hand, if the digestive
organs have been upset by wrong food.
work becomes drudgery.
until recently writes Washing
ton girl. Il was a railroad stenog-
rapher. which means full work every
day.
Like many other girls alone in a
large city, / lived at boarding house.
For breakfast it was mush, greasy
meat, soggy cakes. black coffee, ETC.
after few months of this diet I
used to feel sleepy and heavy In the
mornings. Ny work seemed terrible
effort, and l thought the work was to
blame-too arduous.
AT home l had heard my father
speak OF young fellow who went long
distances in the cold on Grape Nuts
and cream and nothing more for break
fast
Il concluded if it would tide him
over mornings heavy work, it might
help me, so on my way home one night
II bought a package and next morning
had Grape Nuts and milk for break
fast
Il stuck to Grape Nuts, and In
less than two weeks l noticed improve
ment. can't just tell how well I felt.
but | remember l used to walk the
II blocks to business and knew how
good it.was simply to live
AS to my work-well. did You eyer
feel the delight of having congenial
work and the strength to perform it?
That's how felt. | truly believe
there's life and yigor in every grain of
Grape-Nuts
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," In pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full OF
human interest.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17

Lincoln, Neb., March 10.-Rutt
Bryan-Leavitt, eldest daughter of vii
liam ]. Bryan, was yesterday after
noon granted a divorce from W. H
Leavitt.
Mrs. Leavitt and her mother ap.
peared in the court of Judge Cornish,
and both alleged that Leavitt had not
contributed to the support of his wife.
There was no defense. Mrs. Leavitt
was granted the custody of the two
children.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
zELAYA
FOR ARBITRATION

Ell Paso, Tex, March 10.-The pc
lital situation in Central America, ac-
cording to recent advices, has been
rather tense for some time. Only
last week ships arriving at Mexican
ports reported that the Salvadorean
gunboat, Presidenta, had sailed under
sealed oredrs, presumably to lombard
Nicaraguan ports.
President Zelaya has called a peace
congress to form pan-American
board of arbitration to adjust future
disputes between the Central Ameri-
can republics.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17

One result of the wire proStration
due to the blizzard will be the estab-
lishment at Philadelphia of wireless
plant on top of the city hall tower
George Spratt & Co., manufacturers
of Chairs, are erecting an additional
three story warehouse, 6Ox67 feet in
size to their plant at Sheboygan.
The secretary of the Superior board
Of education is advertising for bids
for the new 100000 high school to
be submitted by March %.
Exit the Canada thistle. The
county board of Winnebago county
has adopted laws compelling owners
to rid their lands of the pest.
A new departure has been intro
duced on the Wisconsin Central road,
that of placing the headlights on en-
gines on the front end of the boiler in
stead of on top of the boiler, as be-
fore
Bids of eleven contractors for
building the new $125,00 high school
at Green Bay We're opened by the
board of education, and that of Pinch
ard Bros. and Louis Fabry of $S0,652
is lowest.
The first auto manufactured almost
entirely in the city of Marinette has
been completed. The car will be
placed in use as truck for the Lauer-
man Bros company. 1t was built at
the plant of the Thayer-Isham Auto
mobile company.
The power from the Gardner dam
near Langlade is to be transmitted to
Menassa. Right-of-way 100 feet wide
has been granted across the Menomi
nee reservation. Nate and George
Bruse are blazing trail for their pur-
pose through the reservation timber.
Sparta has two new industries, one
of which is the Sparta Battery COM
pany, and the other the Sparta Glove
and Mitten company. The Sparta
Battery company started the manu-
facture of a battery invented by E. L.
Nichols of Sparta. Local capitalists
are promoting the glove factory.
The Mitchell Motor Car company OF
Racine, has obtained an option ON
twenty-one acres of land of the Case
estate south of the city. Work on
a 100000 addition to the plant will
be begun. The new structure will be
modern in every 1ctail and will in
crease the capacity of the factory
ahou1t % Der cent
Capt. l. L. Wheeler of Beloit, gov
eminent engineer, has started the
work of gathering material from COM
mercial clubs, manufacturers, cities
and others who would be interested
in the deepening of Rock river be-
tween Rockford and GAINESVILLE, Wis,
and expects to have his data compiled
before July / next.
The LANCE Canning company of Eau
Claire has submitted a proposition to
the business men of Fairchild offering
to move the factory from Medford to
that place if the town will pay the ex-
pense of the removal They offer to
put up as large a factory as circum-
stances will justify, buy their own
site. A rough estimate places the
expense of removal at from $1,000 to
$500.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17

ported he is now serving term in the
Missouri penitentiary at Jefferson
City.
The Staffiebacks lived near Galena,
Kas., and were accused OF numerous
and atrocious murders. They ran a
hotel and i. was alleged that they
murdered guests who had money and
threw the bodies into deserted mine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
vermilIion on Rampage.

Mermilion, S. D., March IA mann
moth ice gorge has formed the Mis-
souri, river three miles southwest OF
vermillion, and unless it breaks be-
fore daylight the water will be flow
ing over the lowlands today At Yank-
ton the James river, already high
rose over two feet, and a large terri
tory is flooded
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
Jeffries Smiles.

New York, March 10.-James ].
Jeffries last night refused to make any
comment on Johnson's declared will
ingness to meet him in the ring.
When the Victoria dispatch was read
to him Jeffries smiled, but declined to
make a statement of any kind
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
RE-SUBMlSSloN IN IOWA.
Such Is Predicted of the Prohibition
Proposition.

Des Moines. Ia, March 1O.-The
Meredith resolution, favoring a re-sub
mission to Iowa voters of the prohibit
ton amendment, will pass the house
today, was the prediction made last
night. A motion to refer the measure
to the judiciary committee where It
would have been buried. was defeated
in the house, IS to Al.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-17
DOMESTIC.

Hirschel Hogs. one of the con-
fessed night riders held in the county
jail at Dresden, Tenn, escaped dur
ing an uprising of the prisoners.
Thomas Mcintyre. janitor at Bay
onne. n. J., has shocked the school
beard by asking that his salary be re-