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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
NINE f00Ks WORTH s23O.OOO
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ISOLATION of New York. 1t would in
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book Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
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printed by William Caxton, the
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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
DIDN'T WASTE WORDS.
The Stoieal Mountainesr Simply An
swerod the Question.


For stoical Indifference and tact
turnity." said a young man from
Knoxville. Tenn. who was visiting III
Louisville few days ago. Il never
saw any one that could equal the Ken
tucky mountaineer
1.-Two Years ago | was camping dur
ing the summer With Il party Of youn.
men and women in the mountains.
During our stay there we became ac
Iuaintcd With an old mounlainccr
~honi We called sam He always re-
ferred 10 his wife as Maria. and we
fell into the same habit
LAST Year we returned to- the same
place 10 camp AS we We're "oin. III
the mountain path on our first day out
we met Sam walkin. along APPARENT.
in a deep study.
"'IIello Sam we all called. where's
Maria:'
"She'S comm back there" he said
directing his thumb backward over his
shoulder.
I'VE went on up the mountain patti
and short distance farther came uI,"t
a party Of mountaineers transporting 3
dead body in rickety wagon 1t wa,
a funeral party. Imagine our surpris.
when we were Informed that the de
ceased was Maria. Sam had not though
1t worth his pains to inform US tina
Maria was dead when he statn<, sna
was comm back there" ~
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
BEAUFORT CUT COMPLETED
Waterway Fer Small Vessels Past
Dreaded Cape Aatteras.

The Beaufort cut has been virtually
completed Vessels drawing ten feet
Of water can now pass through it. but
the canal is being deelene,l to twelve
feet. 1t will enable vessels that can
use it to pass down the coast back Of
dreaded Cape Hatteras. but it cannot
be fully utilized until the canals lead
ing to the Elizabeth river at Norfolk
Vs.. have been enlarged.
AZ chain Is no stronger than its
weakest link. so waterway has no
greater capacity than its smallest Sec
ton. Thus tie Beaufort cut, in the
absence Of deeper waterway from
Norfolk to the cut. is not available for
vessels that cannot pass through the
Dismal swamp or the Chesapeake
and Albemarle canals. It is consider
ed unfortunate that the entire line
could not have been opened at the
same time. for the Beaufort cut can
not nov completely demonstrate its
usefulness. S5Sa.:sG,.x~" z:ssy.~>>~.
That it will be useful even under
present conditions there can be little
doubt. Small vessels heretofore bot
tied up in Pimlico sound can proceed
farther to the south and return by the
same route. but larger craft cannot
penetrate to Albemarle and Timlico
sounds until the canals from the Eliza
beth river are enlarged Nor can the
commerce originating on the water
ways Of North Carolina get 4 northern
outlet in larger vessels until these
same improvements have been made
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
Rosa Ronheur's Humble Lover.

When asked why she had never mar
rted Rosa Eonheur always answered:
Nobody ever fell in love with me. l
have never been truly loved. More
than one man. however. really Worship
cd her. But she inspired such deep re-
Sl,ect that no man seems to have dared
TO reveal his feelings to her There is
Il curious eNaiurl. of this fact taken
from the humble walks of life On
several orc:t>ioi.S Rosa Honhrur had
done service for Il W"rkin-ulan w.n
throughout his If" spent his savings
IN buying el-raVin"S "f her principal
pictures ard photographs of herself
His simple dwelling WIS :; temp" 10
her EiltlnrS5 lie .!..~rrihcd hln>,.if
is the earl lNnrn in love with
star. The person h"r" referred to
T.. A. Eau'ray al tlrrm"nf -F""r;:rt..
tells li,. thai Rosa l:r4ihellr ..''. asked
him why T." WAS not married. and IL
/ REALIZED hy a>!<in. her III. sam. .ilI"S-
| tion. Here WAS her ANSWER: Well
sir. ii is NOT hec:.u>c am an enemy
| OF niarria-c hut assure You that I
! have never hid time II consider the
subject " - "Reminiscences of KcSa
Ronhcur"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26

until 1890, when he engaged in the
coal and iron business. During the
period from 1890 to 1896 he was vie
president Of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company and president of the
Whitebreast Fuel company.
Mr.. Morton's natural bent for rail
H0ading. however. was too strong to
allow him to abandon that field at that
time. In 1896 he became third vice
president Of the Santa Fe system and
two years later was promoted to be
second vice president.
When he entered the Santa Fe Of
ices the systems annual earnings
were $34.OOO.OOO. When he left 1t the
yearly earnings had reached $64.OOO.-
600, an increase Of nearly 100 per cent
n seven years.
1t was concerning freight rebates
that Mr.. Morton was criticised aft
er his appointment in 1904 as secre-
tary Of the navy. He never denied
that rebates had been given by the
Santa Fee to favored shippers. justify
ing the action on the ground Of ne
cessity.
Mr.. Morton served just year as
secretary Of the navy. from July /.
1904. to July l. 1905. While secretary
he advocated enlargement and increas-
ed efficiency Of the navy and effected
Improvements in methods Of admins
tratiOn.
Became Insurance Mead.
In June. 1905. Mr. Merton rendered
h1s resignation as secretary Of the
navy to accept the presidency Of the
Metropolitan Street Railroad company.
the control Of which had been acQuir-
ed by Thomas F. Ryan. but he never
assumed the duties Of th.t position.
This was just after the insurance in
vestigation. and the consequent reor-
ganization Of the Equitable Life As
surance society had just begun. To
Mr.. Morton. who had come to New
York to look over street railroad mat
tiers, was rendered the craftsmanship OF
the executive board Of the Equitable
Life. which he accepted. Thus in four
years he held four positions of great
power. any one OF which might have
been considered the summit of an ordi-
nary mans ambition.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
ISAIAH SOCIETY REPORTER,
ASSERTS CHICAGO RABBI


The prophet Isaiah. who lived 100
years before the birth Of Christ. was,
In the estimation Of Rabbi Emil g.
Hirsch Of Sinai temple. Chicago. one
Of the best society reporters that ever
existed.
And as to the manipulation Of
the eyebrow pencil. the application Of
the rabbits foot that has been dipped
in the rouge pot and other little things
that go far in the toilet Of the modern
woman, DR.. Hirsch believes that the
woman of the year 1911 has not ad-
vanced far beyond the Jewish woman
who lived seven centuries before the
dawn Of the Christian era
DR.. Hirsch asked any Of his hear
ers who might doubt his word to read
the third chapter Of Isaiah for verifi-
cation.
I'm this chapter" said DR.. Hirsch.
you will find description of lady's
toilet which for detail rivals the most
skillful society reporters information
about Mrs Newly Feathered or Mrs.
Newly Wed. The prophet describes
minutely the rouge box. the pencil for
the eyebrows and other minute details
Of the toilet Of the women of that age.
And. from what I know. I do not be-
lieve that in this regard women Of
today have progressed much beyond
those Of that time"
| The chapter in Isaiah to which Dr..
i Hirsch referred contains the following
! passages:
! In that day the Lord will take away the
bravery Of their tinkling ornaments about
their feet. and the cauls. and the cres-
cents: the pendants. and the bracelets
and the mufaers: the head tires, and the
ankle chains, and the sashes. and the per-
fume boxes. and the amulets: the rings
the nose Jewels. the festal robes. and the
mantles. and the shawls. and the satchels
the hand mirrors. and the fine linen. and
the turbans and the wells.
! And It shall come to pass that instead
Of sweet spices there shall be rottenness
and instead Of a girdle a rope. and in
stead OF well set hair badness. and in
stead Of stomacher a girding Of sack
cloth: branding instead Of beauty
! If that isn't society reporting" said
DR.. Hirsch. ''then I don't know what
iS"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
|llf 1EDllP|IS
FELL TO MORTON
Was l11dsr 10 HayaL Railway
1od Insurance Affairs.
ecololllc DETAIL MS HOBBY.

Headsd Equitable Life After lseisia.
tive expesures, Following Rss;sna-
ten Frem Reessvslt's cabinst-Was
Central Figure In Freight Relating
Charge 9ix Years Ago.
The career Of Paul Morton, who died
suddenly in New York hotel recent
y, was divided into three distinct pc
r1ods Of greatly varying lengths. From
1872 to 1904 he was a railroad man. in
1904-5 secretary Of the navy in Presi-
dent Roosevelt's cabinet, and after that
president Of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance society.
He was born in Detroit, May y,
1861. His father was ]. Sterling Nor.
TN, secretary Of agriculture during
President Cleveland's second admins
tsatio0, the founder Of Arbor day. His
mother was Miss Caroline Joy. Of q
peuminent Detroit family. When six
0onthe old he was taken to Nebraska
CITY, where he remained on his IA
TIERS homestead until he was sixteen
years Of age.
Mr.. Norton's connection with trans
portation even antedated his employ
ment by the Burlington railroad at SIG
. month, in 1872. In the old days Of
the California trail he often watched
long wagon trains. drawn by mules
and oxen, so slowly by his fathers
Nebraska farm. His first ambition
was to be a wagon boss or stage driver
Began - Land Clerk.
Beginning as a clerk in the land Of
dec Of the Burlington railroad system
In 1872, Mr.. Morton rapidly gained
advancement and when he was TWEEN
ty-one had become the assistant gen
eral freight agent Of that line. After
ward he became its general passenger
agent and later its general freight
agent. remaining in the latter post
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
Oanny's Weakness.

"Well. Mi>Sus Mulcahy. Oi see be tn
papers panny's been discharged from
the pinitiHhery." observed Mrs.
OHooligan.
''Yis." sighed Mrs. Mulcahy; "Danny
niver could hould any koind OF job.
-Harper's Weekly.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
TO TEACH SMOKELESS FIRING
School For Locomotive Firemen IN St
Louis Soon.

\ school for locomotive fremen
where lessons on smoke abatement will
be taught Is to be established in St
Louis. Officials Of the various rail-
roads with terminals IN st. Louis are
formulating plans for the school
The railroad companies. according to
for 50 per cent of the smoke in st.
Louis The decision Of the railroad
companies to exert every effort 70 re-
duce this percentage IS the direct re-
suit of the efforts Of the anti-Snoh"
crusaders
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26

Tobacco Octopus" In Morocco.
An international group Of bankers
have formed combination to contro!
the tobacco output Of Morocco.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26


MI United invented
by which it possible Of
ne ttoun erferin
solved the problem while working for
Of
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-25
GOOD NEWS FOR OLD SOLDIERS.

The ranks of the surviving soldiers
Of the Civil War are growing thin
ner every year-in fact during the
discussion Of a National pension law
at Washington few days ago the
statement was made that they are
being claimed by death at the rate
of 100 every "a hours, or more than
36, 900 per year, so that ten years
from now there will be very few in.
deed living survivors. IT anything
is to be done to make the remaining
years of the lives of the old veterans
more cheerful and comfortable now
is the time to do 1t, before it is ever
lastingly too late. Only half a
million of those who took took the
oath of military service during the
civil war are now on the pension
rolls.
Hence it was very appropriate
act upon the part of the lower house
of Congress to provide in the pen
sion bill that hereafter all soldiers
who served at least ninety days in
the United States army shall receive
pension, regardless of their pre-
sent condition of health, or as to
wounds or sickness during service
and it will not be necessary to fur
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-25
PATRONAGE WIDENS BREACH.

The matter of Federal patronage
has again arisen to widen the breach
already existing between President
Taft and Senator LaFollette, the
particular case at Issue being the
appointment of U. S. District At
torney for the eastern district of
Wisconsin.
The Office is at present held by
E. J. Renning, who was appointed
by Senator Quarles Senator La
Toilette asked for the appointment
of w. j. McElroy but this did not
meet with the presidents approval,
and he asked the senator to recon-
mend another man, which he de
clined to do. The president has now
appointed for the place Guy D.
Golf, a Milwaukee attorney known
as an active progress sive, a mem Der
Of the law firm of Kronshage, Nc
Govern, Golf and Hannah, from
which Mr.. McGovern retired to be-
come governor. Mr. Golf was close
ly associated with Mr.. McGovern,
when he was district attorney Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-25

Champ Clark, membe of congress
from Missouri, Is to be speaker of
the house Of representatives in the
next congress. This has been ex.
pected ever since the last election
showed the next congress would
nave a democratic majority. but
was made certain last week by
caucus Of the democratic members,
which nominated him for the place.
At the same time it was decided
that the next ways and means com
mlttee OF the house should be com
prlsed OF congressman Underwood,
OF Alabama; Ransdill, Texas; Har-
rlson. New York; BrantleY, Georg-
ia; Shackleford, Missouri, Kitchin,
North Carolina; James, Kentucky.
Ralney, Illinois; Dixon, Indiana;
Hughes, New Jersey; Peters Massa-
chusetts; Palmer, Pennsylvania;
Hull, Tennessee; and Hammond,
Minnesota. Underwood will be
chairman and will nave charge of
the next tariff bill in the house.
where such measures must origin
ate. 1t was also voted to take from
the speaker the power OF appoint
ing the various house committees.
such selection to be made by the
democratic members of the ways
and means committee and ratified
by vote of the house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-25
NEWSPAPER DEADBEATS.

Every newspaper has subscribers
whose sense of honesty and courte-
sy seem to be very slightly devel-
Oped. They will take paper for
several years without paying for it.,
and then if a hill is sent to them,
cody instruct the postmaster to
notify the publisher that their paper
is refused" but they don't pay the
bill. This, on it's face, is direct
insult.
Their usual custom is then to sub
scribe for some other paper in the
county and take that until they are
again asked to pay, when it, also,
is refused"
This class is the bane of the news
paper business, and not publisher
in the land but who gets some of
them on his list, to his loss and
greatly to his disgust
There ought to be some practical
method adopted for putting an end
to the schemes of such people. It
has been suggested by one publish
er that editors publish in their pap
ers the names and addresses of such
persons, SO that other publishers
and the general public may be
warned against trusting them.
A subscriber who does not pay
promptly, because he is unable to,
is yet worthy of respect and trust
if he makes suitable explanation,
and no publisher objects to extend
ing all the leniency that could reas-
onably be asked; but the man who
orders his paper refused" without
paying his bill or making some sat
isfactory explanation is plainly dis
honest, and ought to be properly
punished by public exposure.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-25

1t seems certain now that Presi-
dent Taft will not get his tariff COM
mission and it is even doubtful
whether he will get an appropriation
for his tariff board. There is but
little time remaining of the present
congress and the party dissentions
are making it difficult for the presi-
dent to carry out his program. The
new congress will be strongly demo-
cratic and with the admission Of the
new states, Arizona and New Mexi
co, which will each elect two
senators, the republican majority in
the senate even may be obllterated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-25
nish any proof as to disability.

nish any proof as to disability.
The payment provisions made by
the new bill is that all old soldiers
sixty two years of age shall receive
$12 per month; those sixty five years
of age $40 per month; those seventy
years of age $25 per month, and for
seventy five years $50 per month.
It has been estimated that the
new bill will add abont $45, 10000
a year to the pension roll. But
within the next four years the death
rate of the old soldiers of the repub-
lie Will attain to not less than two
hundred per dav and the pension
list of our country will not long re-
main very much Of a burden.
The bill, having passed the house,
Is now in the senate, where favor
able action is expected.
The memory of the fact that much
was done and willingly done to
make the last days of the soldiers of
the Union days of gratitude and re-
gard for their government and it's
people will more than repay us for
what it costs to thus recognize our
duty toward the former defenders
of the nation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-25

Milwaukee county, in conducting
the famous graft cases.
1t is understood that while he has
nothing against Mr.. Golf personal
ly. Senator LaFollette will oppose
his confirmation by the senate.
Senator LaFollette has antagon-
lied the president in many ways as
we'll as belittling him with offensive
cartoons in his magazine. When
the president recently invited the
senator to the White House for a
conference, in which he wished to
discuss the qualifications of several
Wisconsin men who were under
consideration for appointment to a
vacancy in the U. S. supreme court,
he declined the invitation, thus put
ting a slight upon the president
which he could not be expected to
feel very good over, and in conse-
quence the state lost an opportunity
which may not come to it again in
many years.
While it is customary to appoint
to such positions as U. S. Attorney,
such men as have the endorsement
of one or both senators from their
state, it is not really necessary that
such shonld be the case.
The constitution of the United
States thus defines the presidents
powers:
He shall nominate. and, by and with
the consent of the Senate, shall ap-
point ambassadors, other public min
listers and consuls, judges of the su-
preme court and ALL OTHER OF
FICERS OF THE UNITED STATES
whose appointments are not other
wise herein provided for, and which
shall be established by law; but the
Congress may by law vest the appoint
ment Of such inferior officers as they
think proper in the President alone,
in the courts of law, or in the hands
of departments.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-25
OUR NEW REPRESENTATIVE.

Hon. David Schreiner, member of
the state assembly for this district,
was home from Madison oyer Sun
day. Mr.. Schreiner is the chair
man of the committee on printing,
and informs The Herald that he has
started an investigation concerning
the needless expenditure of state
funds for the printing Of state doc
uments and records which are sent
out in vast quantities to people who
care nothing about them. The Her
aid has long been of the opinion
that much needed reform of meth
DDS could be inaugurated along this
dine. Tons and tons of books which
the public never reads are printed
and sent out every session and the
tax payers have to pay the bills.
There is no doubt that much great
or economy could be observed Ia
the department of state printing
without any Inconvenience to the
public.
Mr.. Schreiner will introduce a
bill providing for the purchase of a
tract of land in the north western
portion Of this county, including the
Robert Glenn farm Of 400 acres, at
tbs confluence of the Wisconsin and
Mississippi rivers, to be used as
state park. The land is situated
where it OverloOks both rivers, is
one of the highest points on the
Mississippi, as we'll as the most
beautiful from scenic point Of view.
Contained in this tract are many In
dian mounds which the state Arch
geological Society has investigated
and pronounced very valuable
There are large bodies of natural
timber on the land which Mr.. Glenn
wishes to see preserved in all it's
natural beauty and yet feels that
he can hardly afford to own and
maintain it IN such manner.
The state park board recommend
ed the purchase of this land at the
session of the legislature two years
ago, and a bill was introduced to
that effect by Assemblyman Wells,
of the 1st district of this county,
but it failed to go through. This
would Do valuable piece of prop
erty for the state to own, and the
price put upon it is very reasona BILE.
Such a park would be a fine thing
Tor Grant county as it would mean
Che permanent preservation of one
of its most beautiful scenic spots.
Mr. Schrelner also intends intro
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-25

New Orleans has won the first
round in the fight for location of the
place at which to hold the big ex-
position in 1915 to celebrate the
completion of the Panama canal.
Tho national house committee at
Washington will recognize that city
in it's report to congress and will re-
commend government exhibit to
cost about a million dollars. There
should be no appropriation for
government aid, however. The
manageme Mt of the recent exposition
at Seattle demonstrated that with
the proper local spirit behind such
an affair, government contributions
are unnecessary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-25

ESTATE OF Joseph H Bennett, deceased
- State of Wist onsin, County Court of
Grant county-In Probate.
Notice IS hereby given. that at the special
term of the County Court. to be held in
the City of Lancaster. in said County, on
the fourth Tuesday of FEBRUARY, A. D,
1911; being the 28th day of February 1911
the following matter will be heard and con-
Sidered'
The application of Linda M, Bennett ad-
m1nlStratriX' Of the estate of Joseph H.
Bennett. deceased for the adjustment and
allowance 'of her administration account
and the assignment of the residue of said
tilted to the same.
BY order of the Court
E, B. GOODSELL, County Judge.
Dated January 49, 1911.
W, E. Shimmin Atty. for adm.
P. O, Lancaster, Wis.
1st ms Jan. Is: last ms. Feb. s.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-25

The Fennimore Times suggests
that if the game warden's depart
ment is to be continued, the deputy
warden from this county, Allie
Storre, who has a good record for
efficiency, be placed at the head of
the depar tment. That don't sound
bad to us.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-25

ducing soon a bill to prevent the
SEEMING Of certain lakes IN the vicin-
ity of Mccartney, this county, on
the Mississippi bottoms, by which
the fish are being taken out in vast
quantities.