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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

was badly bruised, her collar bone
being broken. The house. Q pew
barn and garage were smashed to
kindlilg wood.
A. the home of George Sch3ffner,
near Hanover, six people almost mir
aculously escaped death. The house
was blown to pieces, and, although
there were three women and child
in it, none was seriously hurt. Mr..
Schaffners mother, Mrs. Caroline
Schaffner, was thrown to the floor
and struck a sewing machine. A
heavy beam rested upon the machine
and just over her head. Mrs. Schaff-
ner is "a years old. Mr.. Schanner
and Mr.. Lehman were in the barn,
the building swept away, and al
though six horses were killed neither
Mr.. Schaffner nor Mr.. Lehman re-
ceiyed scratch. The escape Of Will
liam Douglas and his family was
also thrilling. The house was wrecked
and although six persons were in 1t
none was injured. Two of the daugh-
ters were upstairs when they heard
downstairs but the door slammed
shut in their faces and locked. Fran
tically they rushed to the head of the
stairs and threw themselves on the
floor, clinging to whatever they
could. The roof was lifted from over
their heads
Two miles north Of GAINESVILLE a
house and part of a barn were car
ried into Rock river. All telephone
and telegraph poles in the path of
the cyclone We're snapped off and
wires line the roads.
A meeting of citizens and business
men Of GAINESVILLE was held and tenn
porary relief arrangements provided
for the victims of the tornado.
Many of the residents of the terri
tory visited by the tornado are worse
than destitute. They are not only
homeless but they are wounded. The
more fortunate farmers in the neigh
borhood took the victims of the storm
into their homes and cared for them,
but relief of this character can at the
best be but temporary, and perma-
nent buildings and other relief must
be provided, Or about $50 persons
will perish
The gas company's plant, which
furnished light for the towns of Mil
ton and Milton Junction, is COM
plete wreck Parts of the machinery
and large tank of the plant were car
ried more than half mile away
Pine trees, fifteen inches in diam
eter, We're broken off and in an old
nursery $50 fruit trees We're felled
in rows like dominoes.
Tobacco men are unable to esti-
mate the loss of the leaf in the sheds
which We're blown down. In some
places, fields of thirty-fiye and forty
acres of fodder and corn were swept
entirely clear and the fodder scat
tered over a large area. Huge silos
were lifted from the foundations and
moved several hundred feet.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
MORE BODIES ARE EXAMINED.
Chemists in Vermilya Case Discover
Poison in Organs of Others.

Poison in Organs of Others.
Chicago.-Large quantities of arse
mic have been found in the vital or
gans of two more of Mrs. Louise
Vermilya's ill-fated boarders, bringing
the total number of deaths from the
same deadly poison found in her pep
per box up to three, and Coroner Hoff-
man believes that the exhumation OF
other bodies will produce more evil
dence against the alleged woman
poisoner
Conductor Richard T. Smith. who
lived at the house of mystery" Ais
East Twenty-ninth street, and DR..
Frank Brinkamp, a son born from
the prisoners first marriage, met the
same fate as Policeman Arthur Bis
onette, her latest victim, according to
the findings of the chemical examina-
tons conducted by Prof. Walter S.
Haines and Dr. E. r. LeCount. the
coroner's experts.
This report leaves six more deaths
in the Vermilya household to be in
vestigated by the coroner
Chicago.-Mrs Jane Quinn, held
to the grand jury on charge Of
having murdered her husband, John
M Quinn. and suspected of having
killed two other husbands, was as
signed to cell adjoining that OF
Mrs. Louise Vermilya, suspected OF
having caused the death OF ten per
sons.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
GENIUS Is ABSENT MINDED
Henri Poincare, the Famous French
Scientist, Annexes Stray Property
Without Knowing IT,

Henri Poincare, the famous French
scientist, does not find 1t profitable to
work more than two hours at a. time.
His custom is to stay at his desk from
ten o'clock to noon and from FIVE to
seven o'clock In the afternoon, never
working In the evening after dinner.
he drinks wine at meals, but never
smokes. He goes to bed at ten o'clock
and rises at seven, but does not sleep
soundly
He Is blonde, five feet FIVE inches
in height and weighs 154 pounds. His
head is unusually large, especially in
breadth. His eyes are myopic and un-
steady. He stands stoopingly with his
Wrinkled forehead upturned
He speaks somewhat slowly. with
dfstraught air, as though he were
thinking of something else, even
though he may be at the time interest
ed and keenly observant. He speaks
English and German readily and
reads Latin and Italian. He is fond of
music, especially Wagner.
OF the absent mindedness that has
been characteristic of him from
youth, many stories are told, says the
Independent. Like most mathemati-
clans, he is fond of walking while
thinking, his fingers opening and clos
ing in an unconscious gesture. One
day on his return from a walk he
was surprised to find that he was
carrying wicker cage, new and hap
PLY empty. He could not imagine how
he got it, but retracing his steps he
found upon the sidewalk the stock of
the basket maker whom he had limo
Gently despoiled
When as an engineering student he
made trip to Austria, his mother
was afraid he would drop his port
folio some time without noticing 1t.
So, realizing, doubtless, that his mem
DRY was auditory, she sewed little
bells on it.
The plan was successful. His moth
er found on his return that he had
brought back in his valise not only the
portfolio but also an Austrian bed
sheet neatly folded, which, some
morning, he had mistaken for his night
clothes.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Rough Sea Without Storm,

Word was brought to the city that
the bar at the entrance to Gray's
harbor Is the toughest 1t has been in
quarter OF century, though there
has been no storm on the coast. The
captain of one of the seagoing tugs
of this port said that the sea on the
bar was so rough he would not at
tempt to take his tug out under any
conditions.
Reports from the beach resorts are
that the seas have been rolling in on
the beach equal to a severe storm.
Seafaring men say there has evident
ly been an earthquake at sea.-Ho-
quinn correspondence Portland Ore
gonian.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Romantic Old Randad

Those Of US who can think of Bag
dad only as the magnificent city of
Haroun-al-Raschid can hardly be ex-
pected to welcome the new interna-
tionaf railway scheme Let Bagdad
remain forever inaccessible, except in
dreams. But should the worst happen
tc Bagdad and the tomb of Zobeide be-
come the shrine of tourists the old
city will have to undergo a few re-
pairs. For it is safe from neither
plague nor food.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
NAVIGATION CLOSES EARLY
Boating Interests on Fox River Meet
With Freeze Up at Earliest Date
in the Past Thirty One Years.

Oshkosh.-For the first time in
thirty-one years, the boating inter-
ests of the Fox river and it's tribu-
taries have met with a freeze up
before Nov. Is. Lake Butte des
Morris and the Fox river are entirely
frozen over.
Lake Winnebago is partially so, SO
that freight and passenger boats
have been tied up for the winter.
They expected at least two weeks
more before the close of navigation.
Some boats We're unable to get to
their home ports on account of the
ice
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Bees and the Weather.

According to the bee farmers,
France is threatened with a very Sc
we're winter. For some time the
farmers have noticed a considerable
agitation proceeding within the hives.
The insects are busily engaged in for
tifying their dwellings with supple
mentary wall of wax
1t is said that provision of these in
teliigent insects never fails, and when
they take such precautions as they
are now doing it may be taken as az
1omatic that severe winter will fol-
low. 1t Is recalled that the same phe-
nomena were apparent in the year
preceding the Franco-German war.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
AUTO CRASH HURTS SENATOR.
La Toilette is Slightly Bruised When
Machines Collide in Accident.

WashingtOn.-Sena Robert M. La
Toilette of Wisconsin was more or
less bruised and narrowly escaped
serious injury when his new touring
car collided with another automobile
on Capitol hill.
1t was a rear-end collision, the La
Toilette car, driven by Robert La Fol
lette, son of the senator, plunging into
a machine owned and driven by j.
F. Kelly while climbing the hill in the
capitol grounds
Young La Toilette was thrown from
his seat and Senator La Toilette, who
was sitting in the tonneau, also was
thrown to the floor of the car.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Use OIL as Fuel: Three Dead

Sargents Bluffs, Ia.-In an explo-
sion which followed an attempt to kin
die fire with kerosene, Mrs. John
Davis, Mrs. Lucy Hodge and three
year-old child were burned to death,
and Kitty Davis, another child, was
badly injured. The accident occurred
at the Davis home near here.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Check Identifies Dead Man

New Lisbon.-The finding of
check in an old sock near the right
of way of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railway revealed the
identity of d man killed here by
tram on Oct 30 The check was
drawn in favor of Ezra McCord
Portage.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Rely on State for Fund.

Madison-The Black River Falls
relief committee has decided to con-
struct a cofferdam at once and then
to build a permanent retaining wall,
&c feet high 1t will cost $4,000
more than is on hand, but the people
of the state are being relied upon to
make up the fund.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
MILLIONS FOR EDUCATION.
That Is Carnegie's Gift to People Of
United States.

That 10 Carnegie's Gift to People OF
United States.
New York.-Andrew Carnegie turned
over 100000 to the Carnegie cor
poration Of New York, the body which
was Incorporated by the legislature on
June 8 of the present year for the
purpose of taking over Mr.. Carnegie's
work in connection with educational
institutions, libraries and hero funds.
The gift was in the form of five per
cent. first mortgage bonds of the
United States Steel corporation. the
value Of the bonds being taken at par
The bonds closed at s1025s, SO the gift
was worth about $656,250 more than
the face value of the bonds. The III
come of which the incorporators will
have the disposition is $1,250,000 a
year.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Former German Editor Dies.

waukee.-Heinrich HUM, for
twenty-five years aditor of Frieden-
ker and Turn Zeitung, Milwau-
kee, died at the home of his youth
in Belleville, ILL.,, aged 80 years. He
left Milwaukee and retired to the lit
wears ago.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
HA7RIMAN's DOCTOR SUES.
Asks $4,000, but Widow Contends the
Bill Is Exorbitant

New York.-Dr. Joseph Frankel,
one of the physicians who at
tended E. H. Hartman in his last ILL
ness, filed an action to recover $4,000
from Mrs. Mary W. Hartman, widow
in his bill of $4,000 for services from
March 1 to September l., 1900. Mrs
Hartman admitted that the services
were rendered, but claimed the bill is
exorbitant
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Prize FiQht Ruled IIleoaI.

Birmingham, England magis-
trates' court put a -quietus on the pro-
posed Moran-Driscoll fight for the
championship Of England by binding
over both boxers and Promoter Aus
tin to keep the peace. This decision
virtually means the doom OF profess
sional boxing in England.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Pioneer Publisher Dead,

West Salem.-Leonard Lottridge,
pioneer newspaper publisher of La
Crosse and a banker of,this city, died
at his home here of pneumonia, aged
IS. For generation he was one Of
the most influential politicians in
Wisconsin.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Real Sympathy Shown.

Madison-State Treasurer Dahl
has received a check for S574.95
from the city of New Richmond,
which a few years ago was wiped
out by cyclone, for the Black River
Falls relief fund. Over $4,000 has
been subscribed to the fund
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Find Body of Navy Hero.

Erie, Pa.-Workmen excavating on
the shores of Lake Erie have I'M
earthed a crumbling coffin containing
the skeleton of man believed to
have been a member of Commodore
Perry's crew in the historic battle OF
Lake Erie.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
In the Trusts Hands.

MA. do cows and bees go to
heaven"
Mercy, child, what a question!
Why?"
cause If they don't the milk and
honey the preacher said was up there
must be canned stuff
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
AwHlTE WINGS" ARE BEATEN,
Strike of New York Street Cleaners
Appears to Be Broken

New York.-The backbone of the
street cleaners strike appears to
have been broken, when a force of
1900 strik e-breakers, under heavy DO.
lice guard, made substantial progress
in Kidding the streets of a five-days'
accumulation of refuse.
Although the strike leaders said that
they had not given up the fight. by
any means, both Mayor Gaynor and
Street Cleaning Commissioner Ed
wards stated that they believed they
had the situation well in hand.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Father Finds Hazel White

nesville.-Charles White, father
of Hazel White, who disappeared
few weeks ago, has returned from
Chicago, where he located his daugh-
ter in company with Aithol Bragg,
young Englishman. He compelled
the couple to marry.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
raiIure.

David Belasco, the noted impress
ario. has few failures No one, how
ever. not even a genius like Mr.. Be-
lasco, succeeds always.
A novelist, on his return from the
far east, said at luncheon to the
noted manager:
You produced Scribbler's comedy
in my absence. Did it bring down
the house?"
1T did, indeed" Mr.. Belasco an
swered. ut brought it down from
$500 to co.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Bonar Law to Lead.

London.-At meeting of party
chiefs held at the Carleton club it was
practically settled that Bonar Law
will be chosen to succeed A. j. Bal
four as leader of the Unionist party.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Girls Picture on Thumbnaii.

Berlin.-The fashionable young man
of Berlin who happens to have a
sweetheart may now be seen with a
miniature portrait of her printed on
his thumbnail. The picture is warrant
ed to last for four months and tho
cost of it is 500
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Street Dropped Eleven Feet

Black River Falls-A survey
shows that the sandbar opposite this
city is eleven feet lower than the
surface of Water street, the thor
Oughfare which was located there be-
fore the food
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
FaIconio Is OFF for Rome

Washington. = Several hundred
Knights of Columbus, prominent lay
men and Catholic clergy of the capt.
tai said last farewell to Mgr. Fal-
COMO, apostolic delegate, who left
Washington for New York on his way
to Rome to receive the red hat.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

Would Come by Air to United States.
Cologne, ermany.-Germans and
Americans have formed Transatlan-
tic aerial company and are building
dirigible balloon with the object Of
crossing the Atlantic from Teneriffe,
1912
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
VETERINARY FOR A SENATOR,
John Sharp Williams in Horse Hos.
pitaI at New Orleans.

New Orleans.-United States Sen
htor John Sharp Williams reach
ed here en- route to Houston,
Tex, to attend his sons wedding.
While he was going from his home to
Yazoo City to take the train his
horses ran away and he was thrown
Into the road. Despite his injuries,
Senator Williams caught the train and
came on here. When he arrived here
he found 1t necessary to have his
wounds dressed and was attended by
veterinary surgeon.
81 have often been called jackass,
but this is the first time / ever got
into a horse hospital" he said.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
BALFoUR RETIREs AS LEADER
Dissention In Party Ranks Said to Be
Cause For Action.

London. The utmost SenSa-
ton was caused in political circles by
the announcement of the resignation
OF A. J. Balfour as leader of the Con-
servative party.
The Unionists do not attempt to con-
ceal the seriousness felt over the loss
Of Mr.. Balfour, who is recognized as
the greatest asset Of the party.
Mr.. Balfour gives as a reason for
his action the state OF his health, but
there seems little doubt that the bick-
erings and petty differences in the
party of late, which have annoyed
him very much, caused his resignation.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
PERE MARQUETTE TO BE SOLD.
J. P. Morgan to Dispose of Controlling
Interest in Railroad

New York.-Confirmatio was OBJ
tanned in the Wall street dis
trict of the report that the Pere Mar
quette Railroad company is about to
change hands.
j. P Morgan & Co. have had pos
session of the property since March,
1911.
The deal as it now stands is for the
sale Of the control represented by the
Sill 100000 of common stock in the
hands Of J. P. Morgan & Co., to a
syndicate
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Fox Hunters. Assembly.

Lexington, Ky.-The annual field
trials of the National Fox Hunters
association began at Crab Orchard,
with sportsmen from various parts of
the United States In attendance
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Child Killed by Straw Bullet,

Couderay.-Jerda Sundberg, aged
4, living near Raddisson, was shot
and instantly killed in the yard of her
parents farm. A steel-jacketed bull
let, presumably fired by a hunter,
passed through her neck.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
RIcHEsoN's TRIAL JANUARY is.
Pastor Charged With Murder PIeade
Not Guilty" When Arrajoned. 3

Boston.-Rev. Clarence v. Z.
Richeson will be placed on trial
January Is, 1912, on the charge of
numbering Miss Avis Linnel. This
date was set when Richeson was ar
raigned.
Without emotion and In clear
voice the preacher pleaded mot
guilty" He was then returned to the
Charles street Jail to await the trial.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Waukesha Pioneer Dead.

Waukesha- T. Weaver,
aged 65, pioneer farmer Of Sussex,
where he was born, died at his home
in this city, where he has resided for
the past nine years.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

Maeteriinck Awarded Nobel Prize.
Stockholm.-TheS Swedish Academy
awarded the Nobel prize for literature
for the present year to Maurice Mae
terlinck.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Socialist MAYOR Loses Out.

Canton, O.-Arthur Turnbull, Demo-
crat, won the mayoralty of Canton
over Henry Schilling, Socialist candi-
date, by the toss of coin, the cleo
ton having resulted In tie vote
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
stock Exchange Firm Fails.

New York. = Announcement was
made on the, stock exchange OF the
failure of lie iirr1 of w L. Stevens
4 Co. The present firm was formed
In April, 1910.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Saws He Is Making OpaIs.

independence, MCMILLAN Rose,
a lawyer. after working patiently for
Is years, has discovered a secret pro,
cess for making opals.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Racine Homecoming Planned.

Racine.-A homecoming ce1ebra-
ton to be held here in June of next
year is being advocated by several
prominent citizens.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Favor Commission for Madison,

Madlson.-An organized campaign
for the adoption of the commission
form Of government in Madison has
been launched recently and petitions
are being circulated.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Diplomat Emeritus

Employer-We want a diplomatic.
tactful. smart boy
Boy-Well, / used to send sisters
beau away when she didn't want to
see him.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
Scholey Out for Goyernorship

Kenosha.-Mathias J. Scholey.
mayor of this city and assemblyman.
announces his candidacy for the
democratic nomination for governor.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17
POTATO FARM is A FAILURE.
Socialists Lose in Demonstration of
Practical Collective Ownership.

Practical Collective Ownership.
Milwaukee.-The Socialist city ad-
it would demonstrate the practical
side Of municipal collective owner
ship last spring when it seeded thirty
five acres of potatoes, has realized $50
bushels. These were sold and the
money was turned into the city treas
ury. The plan of aiding the poor by
furnishing potatoes when they were
high-priced did not pan out. The city
expended more than the value OF the
yield In raising the crop.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-17

Review State Fair Accounts.
Madison.-The state board of
agriculture will meet on November
II to review the state fair accounts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21
Speakership q "Hoodoo."

Another gripping installmept Of 1.-THE
Great Came" which is rounding out into
one of the most interesting of present.
day detective stories, appears in our next
Sunday Magazine. and then an illuminate
ing article on 1.-THE Speaker" OF the
national House of Representatives, by
Foxcroft Davis
Mr. Davis discusses the probabilities OF
q Speaker becoming President. 1T has
been proved something like dfty times. !"
he says. that the Speaker, no matter
how splendid his abilities, how tremen-
dous his hold upon the popular imagina-
ton. no matter how fitted to be Presi-
dent, no matter how enthusiastically
nominated and supported. cannot be elect
ed President. There Is but one exception
to this extraordinary course OF events.
James K. Polk was Speaker for a single
term and President for one term" All
of which has an interesting bearing on
this season of politics.
And then. to round out the issue, Caro-
lyn Wells supplies a seasonable mono
logue, 1.-THE Night Before Christmas"
1t is done with Miss Wells customary
SKILL