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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
BANGOR, me-, HAS
100000 FIRE
Practically All of Business Dis
trict Is Wiped Out.
HEAVY WIND FANS FLAMES
Many Public Buildings Are Ruined
and Large Portion Of Residential
Section Is Destroyed-No
Loss of Life.

Bangor, Me.-Ffre destroyed prac-
ically every building in tract
two miles long and half a mile
wide which contained the wholesale
and retail business district and the
best residential section of the city
Shortly after midnight the blaze was
under control as a result Of the use OF
dynamite by the Bangor fire depart
ment and the f1remen of half a dozen
other cities who had been rushed here
upon special trains The loss is esti-
mated at between 100000 and
$1,000 900. Hundreds of persons spent
the night in the street because their
homes had been destroyed by the
flames.
The efforts of the fire department
from the time the fire started were
absolutely futile. The flames swept
north along Broad street from Union,
then jumped the Kenduskeag stream,
running along on the western bank
along Exchange street.
The Smith and Strickland blocks at
the junction of Hammond and Central
streets and the Kenduskeag stream
were dynamfted, In a vain attempt to
keep the flames from leaping che
stream.
For long time the city hall, at the
foot of Main street, was saved by a
slight shift in the wind. The Haines-
Chalmers block, the Hodgkins block,
the Fiske building, the Fairbanks &
Co. plant, the Morse Oliver block, the
offices of the Bangor & Aroostook rail
road, the Offices Of the Bangor News,
the Windsor hotel and the public H.
brary were destroyed with many 9th
er less prominent buildings.
In the residential district the people
started to move out early, fighting for
conveyances on which to pile their eff
fects. The people were panic strick-
en-. Running wildly, carrying all sorts
Of useless articles, snatched up in
their frenzy, they poured out of the
city toward Old Town.
One fatality is known, man named
Ecribner of Brewer having been bu-
rted under the falling walls of the
Morse Oliver building and it is report
ed that several other persons have
persisted.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
When the Ship Artist Forgets.

In the paintings of big ocean liners
put forth by the steamship companies
there's not much chance to go astray
nautically nor anywhere near the
chance for plumbers that there is in
depicting any sort Of sailing ship.
But one thing the steamship artists
generally do wrong. They point the
mouths Of the ventilators to wind
ward At sea ventilators always open
to 1eeward, being shifted as the wind
changes. The marine artists often
paint ventilators wrong purposely be-
cause a long row of red mouthed air
shafts look we'll, or is thought to.
AS the direction of the wind is indi-
Gated by the smoke drifting back the
mistake is glaring.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
Innovation in Politics.

The chocolate cake lunches Of Gov
ernor Foss are a feature Of the new
administration in Massachusetts. The
governor has been so busy with the
budget since he took Office that he
has been unable to afford the time
for lunches on many days. When
the members OF the executive coun-
Gil who sit in the finance committee
with the governor, become bit
restless and the pangs of hunger be-
gin to be felt the governor digs down
in his pockets and says: ''Have a
cake of chocolate, boys. It will keep
you going until we have finished this
appropriation"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
FIRE AT PORT WASHINGTON
warehouse OF Wisconsin Chair Com
oany Burns to Ground With loss
OF $2O,OOO-Origin Unknown.

Port Washington.-F broke our
in the warehouse of the Wisconsin
Chair company here and burned it
to the ground. The loss is $4,000.
partly covered by insurance. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The
building is a two-story frame struc-
ture, isolated from the rest of the
plant. There were no fires in the
building and nothing is known that
could have started the blaze.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
CHARGES BIG SHOE MONOPOLY
Congressman Says One Concern Gets
All Army-Navy Contracts.

Washington.-A sensation was
sprung in the house when Mr. Gard
ner Of Massachusetts, introduced res
olutions Of inquiry in response to a
charge by Mr.. Difenderfer of Penn
sylvania that money and influence
were being used to give an eastern
manufacturing concern a monopoly of
the contracts for shoes for the army
and navy.
Mr.. Difenderfer said he could prove
his assertion and as result Mr.. Gard
ner called upon the secretary of war
and secretary Of the navy for all pos
sible information concerning the shoe
contracts
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
FRYE QUITS AS HEAD OF SENATE
Senator From Maine Resigns as Presi'
dent Pro Tempore

Washington.-Sena William P.
Frye of Maine resigned as president
pro tempore of the senate because Of
i'll health and infirmities of old age.
Mr.. Frye, who is eighty-one years
old, last year suffered an accident to
that refused to yield to medical treat
ment The injury has occasioned him
much worry and interfered with his
getting around.
While the senator is said by his ply
sicians to be recovering rapidly now,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
As 20 Snoons.

so Billie Jones and Daisy Juniper
were married at last. eh?'
Yep. Worst case Of spoons you
ever saw
We'll, why not? That's the way it
ought to be- You wouldn't have it a
case of knives would you ?''
They got seventeen dozen des-
,serts, four dozen soups, fifteen sets OF
lcoffees, eight dozen tables and thirty
two salads. Judge.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
lNDICT NEW YORK OFFICIAL.
Charge Based Upon Transaction Con
nected With Carnegie Officers.

New York-An indictment charg-
ing violation of the criminal stat
ute covering bribery by public Off
Gals was returned by what is known
as the Carnegie grand jury against
Charles H. Hyde, city chamberlain. Mr.
Hyde was not taken into custody, as
his lawyer, Samuel Untermeyer as
sured Supreme Court Justice Davis
that his client would appear whenever
his presence was desired
The Indictment is based on evidence
that Chamberlain Hyde forced the
Northern bank to lend $4,000 to the
Carnegie Trust company and was a
gamer by the transaction
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
KIM Receives a suffraqet

Christiania, Norway.-King Haakon
gave an audience to Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, president Of the Interna
tional League of Women Suffragists
who has been lecturing here on behalf
of votes for women.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
To Use Waste Basket.

hington.-Controller of the Cur
rency Murray placed an official ban
on bank promoters. Hereafter all
applications to organize national
banks promoted by professional pro-
moters' will be thrown into the waste
basket.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
University Teaches 9,64S.

Madison.-That the University of
Wisconsin is instructing 9,469 stu
dents this year is shown by the new
catalogue now in press. OF these s.
538 have been in attendance at Madi-
son, and 1891 have received instruc-
ton by correspondence through the
extension division. The total attend
ance at Madison. 1888. is An increase
of 591 over that of last year.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
Denver Consolidation Upheld.

Denver, Colo.-COnsolidatio of the
city and county of Denver govern
ments is upheld in an opinion handed
down by the supreme court. The
saving to the county will reach sew
eraI thousand dollars annually
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
500, 900 Postoffice Opened.

: Observation-Disclosures magnifi-
cent new 100000 postofice has been
formally opened The old office is
vacated after period of twenty,
one years.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
Senator William p. Frye.

he tighten his responsibilities as much
as possible.
For practically seven years Mr.. Frye
ruled over the senate, taking the gavel
on the death of Vice-President Hobart
and again welding it when Colonel
Roosevelt left the Office to become
president on the death of Mr.. McKin'
ley.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
"BIoomer Woman" Is Dead.

Vineland, n J.-Miss Susan P.
Fowler, the "Bloomer Woman" is
dead. She was eighty-seven years old,
and she donned the bloomer costume
50 years ago.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
SWISS PULPtTs OPEN TO WOMEN
Former American Authorized tc

CORNER American Authorized to
Preach in Canton of Grisons.
Chur, Switzerland.-The synodal
council Of the Canton of Grisons has
decided to favor the admission of wom-
en- to pastOrates.
The decision followed the applica-
ton of a woman, who it is understood
is a German-naturalized American, for
authority to preach.
The applicants theological degrees
We're obtained in American and Eng
lish colleges and were found to be
excellent, and the synod voted to
grant her the required authorization
The Protestant church in Switzer-
land is Calvinistic in doctrine and
Presbyterian in form.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
RELATING TRUE BILLS HlNTED.
Sensations Looked For in Cleveland
Railroad Investigation.

Cleveland, Ohio. That sensa,
tional developments may be ex-
pected when the federal grand jury
files it's report on rebating charges,
in which local iron ore and coal COM
panies and four railroads entering
Cleveland are involved, was indicated
when it was announced that the re-
port would not be made Tor day or
two because there had not been sui
ficient time to draw up true bills.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
Lower Rate on Butter and Fry,

Madison.-The Omaha road was
ordered by the state railroad COM
mission to discontinue it's regular
rates on butter and eggs from Chip
pewa Falls to Chicago, Minneapolis
and Duluth and substitute a concen-
tration rate.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
Investigate Murder of American

Neutrality-suspicious. O. Laing.
American consul at Malta, will go to
Cyrene, Africa, to assist in the inves-
tigation of the murder Of Prof. II. F.
de Cou, an American archaeologist, by
Arabs on March II.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
Must Move.

Going to move this spring."
81 guess so. Iheard my wife telling
one OF. the neighoors that she doesn'-
like the wall raper in the back tel,
room "-Detrcit Free Press.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
COLONY for Cure of Inebriates.

Baltimore, Md-A committee Of
the Maryland Medical and Chirurgical
faculty is developing plans to estab-
fish a colony for the cure OF lnebri-
ates. It wishes to raise 100000 for
that purpose.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
Hunphrey Hathaway Swift Dies.

Cambridge, Mass.-Humphrey Hath
away Swift, who built and financed
the first horse car line in Brazil and
who was many years a leading mer
chant in that country, died at his
home here, aged ninety-two.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
Go to Mission Field.

Alphabetically one-quarter of
the graduating class at Lawrence
college this year will become mis-
sionaries, eleven of them having al
ready secured assignments to work
in foreign lands.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
POSTAL BANK OPENED AT GARY.
Large Number of Foreigners Is Cause
for Crty's Selection.

Gary. Ind.-A long line of de-
positors greeted the opening of the
postal savings bank at the Gary post
Office. The majority of the depositors
were foreigners, whose distrust of
banks has caused them either to send
their money abroad for safekeeping or
to purchase money orders payable to
themselves
Postmaster General Hitchcock select
ed Gary as the location Of one Of the
postal banks, because OF the large
number Of foreigners in the town 1t
is expected that the government lnsti-
tuition will result in the keeping OF at
least S300,000 annually at home.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
Carries Billion Passengers in Year.

OaTTTtS bITfIUn FdsSeTycFS III ftdT.
New York-Surface, elevated and
subway transportation lines here car
ried 1,490, 100000 passengers in 1910,
more than the estimated population
of the world, according to the report
of the public service commission
The Detroit times., 1911-04-21

Some S400 years ago the children
Of Israel. during the 40 years wander
ing were blessed with freedom from
swollen feet and foot ailments. A
thousand years later Nehemiah
thought that fact worthy OF record
ing in the Great Book.
~But-and now the sad and serious
pedal tragedy ladens the air with q
most doleful plaint-our feet are not
what they used 10 be. We now have
corns and bunions, tender feet and
tired ones, cold Metaphysical and 9TH
erwise, and other divers things 10
contend with, not 10 speak OF trying to
wear number three shoe on num-
Der five foot.
Shoes" a shrewd observer once re-
marked "havie killed and wounded
more people-men, women and chill
dren-than all the cannons OF all the
warning ages ever did"
At present the method of going TO
the shoe shop and purchasing a pair
of shoes that look well is bad for
any feet. but worst OF all for chill
dren. Rather should we buy shoes
that fit we'll the foot the Creator gave
US. and consider style" as of second
airy Importance; and better STILL con-
slider IL not at all when choosing shoes
for the little feet OF our children
So much for prevention, which
at all when choosing shoes for the
little feet OF our children.
So much for prevention, which while
IL is better than a cure, doesn't cure
at all when once the feet suffer from
one or more OF the ailments TO which
mortal pedals are heir to- The fol-
lowing suggestions may prove helpful
In placing ailing members upon q
proper foundation:
Warm salt baths are the best clean
sers and tonics for the feet. Batle
them once or In case OF excessive per.
spiration twice a day in foottub. halt
filed with lukewarm water into which
a double handful Of sea salt has been
thrown. At night before retiring, such
bath will remove the dust of the
day and will soothe tired feet. Taken
in the morning and followed by a
cold water shower 1t Is a good tonic
and prevents chilblains.
Once a week the footbath should
consist of warm water and a good
lather of soal II the joints ar mas
saged with vaseline, they will become
more supple.
After they have been bather, the
feet should be carefully dried between
the toes; sprinkle freely with bismith
and place dry absorbent cotton be
tween the toes il there Is a tendency
to soreness.
Tired feet are much refreshed by
being bather in hot water Rubbing
them with alcohol or witch hazel is al
SO restful. especially for ten der feet
and often prevents perspiration.
When the feet burn from long stand
ing, soak them in basin OF warm
water in which two tablespoonfuls OF
baking soda Is dissolved.
A good treatment for corns consists
In applying castor oil. Wet a piece OF
linen with the oil and lay 1t on the
corn. A bread and vinegar poultice
is also good All sorts of remedies for
.corns are 10 be found everywhere. Be-
fore applying any OF them, the corn
The Detroit times., 1911-04-21
A SUPPER TABLE
JABBER IN CODE

Write a sentence without using q
single word?
Sure, It's not only possible, but
you and your chum can write let
tiers to each other that no Ole else
can read.
Once an ingenious poet wrote 10
his sweetheart, Catherine j this
strain:
surely love U 2 X s,
U're virtuous q Us,
In X l. n c U X l.
All others in my Is.
o, fare U well, dear K. T. j.
trust that u r true;
When this U c, then U can say
An S A I o u.
To translate, all you need TO do
is to pronounce each letter separate
ly.
BY using one letter, figure or char
acter to stand for a word or syllable,
you can write a fine code letter.
Thus, X l. N c stands for excel
lency"; d A, for idea" c can be
either see" or sea- NJ. T. emp
ty:" /, "one" or won" ST eighty.
How many others can you think ur.
and how much of letter can you
write by using only this perfectly
plain code2
See how many words pa and ma
can think up at the supper table to-
night.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-21
TWO-MINUTE VAUDEVILLE.

who to break rock
sIAPwhy, material and he's out Of
THUD-I pardoned mistake
it mistake-hey pardoned him
THUD-What O his liking?
him. That
a job
cangiv i've soft
a while brother
he
THUD-What s a
3 SLAP-One because
THUD-How
SLAP-The
The Detroit times., 1911-04-21

should be soaked 80 not water ana
softened; then after cutting or scrap
ing away as much OF the hard tissue
as possible, apply the remedy.
For a soft corn dip a piece OF linen
cloth in turpentine and wrap II around
the toe on which the corn Is every
night and morning. An easily tried
remedy Is TO tie a slice OF CASTLE or
any other pure soap upon the SOFT
corn when going to bed.
When the feet become calloused,
rub that part with pumice stone, and
then paint II with a solution OF sail
cylic acid and alcohol.
For bunions, an excellent lotion con-
sists of Glycerin. two drachms; car
bolic acid, two drachms; tincture OF
iodine. two drachms Apply TO bunion
every day with cemers hair brush.
A daily hot footbath often relieves
the pain. The portion OF the shoe
which presses upon the bunion should
be cut away and replaced by an in
visible patch This removes the cause.
This removal OF the cause, and the
daily application of the lotion VIII Ell
feet a cure A few drops OF sweet
oil may be used in place or the above
mentioned lotion in some cases.
Ingrowing nails can be cured, II Is
said, by powdered alum used Freely
for a few days. Apply formation OF
soap and water for "a hours before
hand. and then pour the alum into the
space between the nail and its bed,
tamping with cotton to keep the alum
in place. Repeat the application daily.
For feet that perspire excessively
use: Oxide of inc, one ounce; starch
two ounces: salicylic acid, one
drachm; talcum powder, seven ounces
oil of wintergreen, five drops. MIX
we'll, adding oil last. Dust In shoes
and rub on feet.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-21

aendrik anu Pieternelia. twins, III:
Jacob, Jr., and Hilgie. twins, 10; Peter
IL; Johannes, o; Steintje, s; Leon.
dert, 6; Cornelius 8, Arie, /. There
are two boys already In the country,
with their uncle Jan j. Dam. They
are IL and 10.
Jacob Dam said TO the hotel pro.
prietor. I'm New York, where the fam
lily waited two hours until their train
left:
Il was afraid Holland was getting
too small for us. | saved money and
educated my children. Then / sold
my farm and brought everybody "a
America. Now ! am going out "a
Brooklyn, Iowa, TO buy a big farm for
myself and help my children buy 9th
or farms around me-"
Dam farms" evidently are Jacob
Dams whole plan for the future.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-21

NEW YORK, April 2l--For several
years Americans have been laughing
al the Dam family. Today, the Dam
family turns the laugh on Americans.
II is here I'm this country, now, every
member They arrived from their
home New Bierland, Holland, and
they're going onto farm in Iowa TO
show Americans what a family really
can do.
It's back TO the soil for the Dam
family. Today there are millions Of
flat-liying. struggling, city oppressed.
fashionably dressed American fam
lilies that are not half so well of az
the whole Dam family
The only pity Of Il Is that the Dana
farm cannot be duplicated for every
American family and that all Amert-
can children cannot be as strong and
veil and hearty as the Dam Children.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-21

Zulu marriage customs are pecu'
liar In more than one instance. To
begin with no two ceremonies are ex'
actly alike. In some localities IL is
very stylish to buy the wife from her
father for so many heads of cattle;
in other parts they deem that plan
very indecent, but think II all right
10 steal the bride, a proceeding In
which the girl often helps il she is
in love with her sutton
In one tribe the women do the WOO.
ing. Here the girl picks out the
young man she likes best, goes TO his
house, or kraal as they call it. and
sits outside on the fence until he
notices her. II he feels like saying
"yes" he invites her in TO meet his
folks, asks her to stay for dinner, and
then after that they just consider
themselves married. But should he
feel that he couldn't be nothing but
"a brother TO her. he takes a delicate
way in turning down the ardent dam
sells proposal. by handing her a burn
ing fago, the meaning Of which is lost
10 non-Zululander.
The Zulu bride must never mention
her husbands name out OF her own
house: II the name means anything,
or resembles a word in common use,
that word must be avoided, too.
On the other hand the bridegroom
has certain restrictions placed upon
him too. For instance, he must never
meet his mother-in-law face to face:
nor must he ever talk TO her. nor she
TO him.
An unmarried woman OF mature
years is almost unknown among the
Zulus and old bachelors, too, are
scarce.
Those simple savages think that
every man and woman should be mar
ried when they are old enough; and
that they should have children. too.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-21

The Whole Jam family smiled wheD
II got OF the boat In New York. II
didn't know that II was, in reality,
teaching Americans a lesson. II did
not know, in fact, why the scores OF
reporters were SO Wild 90 get hold OF
them, why the photographers made
them pose and why the New York
newspapers carried such long stories
about them. They didn't know about
the American joke about the Dam fam.
lily.
Jacob Dam, the father. is hfty-six
years old. BY careful farming and
saving, he gained a farm in Holland.
As the children came he gave them
good educations OF the wholesome
sort
There are eleven children. includ-
Inc two sets Of twins.
They range as follows:
The Detroit times., 1911-04-21

i. Mazitlke IA pearl nehu-DanuJ' -
Mankwapeni "a pearl ornament worn
ON the forehead until the first child
Il born). 8. Amagcagcana Ia pearl
necklace). 4. Uhlanga Ia snun-oox
made of bamboo with pearl orna-
ments). 8. Ungingqui (pearl rings
worn around the hips and neck). ..
Umnaka "a stir white pearl neck
lace). z. Umgexo IA string OF pearls
worn round the ankles and wrists. s.
Ulimi Ga string of pearls hanging
from the neck over the chesD. 3.
Ungungqulu "a pearl head-dress). 10.
Isidhanga "a peculiarly braided pearl
string worn round the wrist and
ankles). IL. Isegego Ca loin-cloth Tor
girls, made of pearls). IL. Umutsha
(fhe same as No. IL, but more richly
ornamented). 13. Iquelo Ia pearl head
dress. ii. Utshoto Ga cloth worn
over the shoulders). Is. ldhlelo
(snuff-boxes made OF small pump
kins).
The Zulu "June bride" is busily en-
gagged preparing her trousseau, even
Is Is the American bride-to-be. But
there is this difference-the acrefree
Zulu girl doesn't have much sewing
and fitting to do: her dressmaker
doesn't take up much Of her time.
With rpffies. and tucks, embroidery
and laces she is unacquainted, con-
centrating all her time and attention
on beads.
Beads, beads, beads make up the
Zulu BRIDES wedding gown. For
months and months before the happy
event she is busy threading beads;
she dreams OF them at night, for right
well she knows that her sweetheart
viii admire her in proportion to the
brightness and the number OF the
beads that will bedeck her form on
the wedding day.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-21
"MACKINAC. DIVISION

The first boat OF the season
on tho Z. & c. Line for Port
Huron. Harbor Beach, Alpena,
Cheboygan and Mackinac
Island leaves Detroit Thurs
day cvering 500 T. vi There
after. Mondays at SEQ p. NJ
fridays @ 80 A. NJ.