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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
ARGENTINE And
PARAGUAY MIX 1T
Latter Refuses to Promise Gun
ners Will Stop Firing On
Gunboats.
BUENOS

BUENOS AYRES, Specdal.-War
between the Argentine Republic and
Paraguay hangs in the balance today.
Following the refusal OF Paraguay to
reply fayorably to Argentina's ulti-
matum that Paragraphs cease firing
on Argentine gunboats. Senior Martinez
Campos. Argentina's minister to
Asuncion, has been recalled. An Ar
gentina fleet OF four warships is cruis-
ing in Paraguay waters awaiting or
ders to begin hostilities-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
LIGHT WARNS MANS FEET
IN SETTING BED On FIRE

BIG STONE GAP, VA, Special
Professor r. NJ. Daugherty. principal
of Abingdon High School, had a mar
Thursday night as a result OF placing
an electric light in his bed to keep
his feet warm. He was awakened
and. after heroic efforts eNtinguished
the fire. which had spread TO the mat
tress and bed clothing. He is suffer
ing with bad burns on the hands and
feet
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
Drastic Liquor. Bill Passed.

FRANkEORT, KY, Special.-The
county unit" bill, regarded as the
most drastic anti-liqnor legislation
ever enacted in Kentucky. passed tho
State Senate yesterday afternoon, p
to IA.
The measure. approved by the lower
house, now goes to Governor Nc
Creary, who is expected TO sign it.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
Locomotive ExpIodes.

UTICA, n. Y, Special.-The locomo-
tive on westbound train No. 80. Boston
and Chicago special, on the New York
Central, exploded at Oneida, twenty
eight miles west OF here, at s 80 o'clock
this morning while the train was run
ming at high speed. The engineer and
fireman were killed and two OF the
cars derailed. A number of the pas
sengers were injured but mont fatally.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01

IN It's nature as to pass human under
standing. You killed three men and
wounded six others. and acted more
Ike a Malay running amuck than a
civilized human being"
The trial lasted three DAYS
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
HAIR GOODS

Abb THE LATEST PARIS FASH
IONS IN HAIR DRESSING. All
Kinds OF hair on hand or made to
0rdsr. Combings made into Switches,
Pompadours, Puffs, etc. Sattsfac-
1zcR guaranteed. HUGHES, 200
North Third ST., Richmond, Va.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
NOTICES.

OWN YOUR HOME, AND QUIT
renting. We loan money to buy or
build, also life mortgages. You pay
$3.50 per month plus $50 simple in
terest on each S1,000.00. This
amount pays for your loan In ten
and oDe-half years. Can pay in full
at any time, thereby stopping fur
Their interest. Write or call on The
Standard Home Company, 1889
law Bldg. Norfolk Va
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
LongwOrth With Taff.

WASH1NGION, ID. c., Special
Representative Nicholas Iongworth.
son-in-law of former President Roose-
neit, put now supporting President
Taft, Is in conference with the Presi-
dent Following visit yesterday to
Oyster Bay
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
starved TO Dca,h Dieting.

OMAHA, Neb., Special.--Mrs. Stouse
Zchau, who undertook diet six
months ago, in an effort to recover her
health, died yesterday from starvation.
She grew weaker and weaker, but
scorned advice OF friends to eat.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. Special
Three firemen were seriously Injured
and a loss of 100000 was caused to-
day by fire which for a time threat
ened the entire business district of
Salt Lake city.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
In and Ont of Rnstnn.

There rs sign in Boston which
reads as follows:
Washing and ironing and going
out TO work taken In herei"-Febru-
airy Woman's Home Companion.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
SPECIAL NOTICE.

N WOU WANT TO BUY A FARM,
Or country home, will give you long
time at per cent. interest only.
write M. Davidson, 326 w. Main
Street, Richmond, Va.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01

y n an awful hard matter to be
sn1ozN@sstic and truthful at the Same
tfzAkkr~-1knunton L,oadsg.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
Mrs. ChaIkIer III

NlHHfIHEANNIT M
Mrs. Martha Challxley is critically i'll
at 1903 Stockton Street. South Rich
mond.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01

Noah's Lfninsene Is tho best remedy for
rheumatism, Sciatica. Lame Back, Stiff
Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat, Colds,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
SUGGESTS CREAM GRADING
University Professor Declares Wis
consin Farmers Might Easily
Add Million to income.

Madison.-Over one million dol
lars year could be added to the
income of Wisconsin dairymen if the
quality of the butter made in this
state were improved enough so as to
bring one cent more per pound than
it now does, says Prof. G. H. Ben
kendorf of the dairy school of the
University of Wisconsin College of
Agriculture.
Better butter will be possible If
better cream can be secured, Prof
Benkendorf contends, and he sug-
gests that the best way to secure
better cream is to have a method
of cream grading
By grading cream according to its
acid content and butter fat content,
and paying less for cream of high
acid content and low butter fat con-
tent than for crear having large
amount of butter fat and little acid,
the farmers would be encouraged to
produce better cream, Prof Benken-
dorf believes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
TOO MUCH FOR THE GHoULS
Bodysnatchers Evidently Thought
They Had Brought Man Back
From the Lower Regions.

A country doctor. returning from
visit in the small hours of the morn
ing. in the time of the "bodysnatch-
ers." had to pass a secluded burial
ground, in which deceased patient
had been inferred the day before.
When he reached the wall he saw
horse and trap standing unattended
on the road outside. Looking cautious
~ over the wall. he saw that two men
had Just disinterred the corpse. stand
ing In the shadow of the wall, he saw
them bring out the body and place II
in sitting position on the seat oil the
trap. so that. when they drove away
the body, which they had wrapped IN
s. dark cloak, would in the dim light
look like third man, sitting between
the ether two They then got over
the wall again to I'LL liz the grave.
The doctor lifted the body from the
tran. laid il under the wall and seated
himself in its place After short
time the two men got over the VAN
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
NJ GOVERN MAY Be
ROOTS OPPONENT
Plan to Name Governor Tenn
porary Chairman.
ENLIST LA TOILETTE MEN
Roosevelt Forces Said to Be Likely
to Urge Wisconsin Executive to
Preside Over the Republican Ma
tionaI Convention.

Ashland That Gov. Francis E.
McGovern will be selected by the
Roosevelt forces as a candidate for
temporary chairman of the national
republican convention in order to de-
feat the nomination of Senator Root
by the national committee, is the
assertion of leading La Toilette men
here. 1t is reported that the Roose-
Welt leaders have already signifed
their willingness to support Gov. Nc
Govern for the position. In order
to defeat Root the solid support OF
the La Toilette delegation. includ-
ing the entire division from North
Dakota and Wisconsin, thirty-six
votes, will be needed.
In the effort to gain a working
majority to dethrone Root, it is de-
clared that the Roosevelt men have
decided to come to Wisconsin for
their temporary chairman and sup
port McGovern. This will place the
majority of the Wisconsin delegation
in such a position that their votes
must necessarily be given to Roose-
welt. Root will be defeated and the
Roosevelt movement may gain favor
with the La Toilette supporters.
Letters detailing the plan have
been sent by Roosevelt leaders to
Wisconsin men. Conferences are to
be held between the Roosevelt and
La Toilette leaders, when it is said
a decisive plan of action will be out
lined
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
MARKET REPORT
Milwaukee. May %. 1912


Butter-Creamery, extras, 27c;
prints, Use; firsts. 25 q 26c; seconds,
% a 24c; renovated, 24625c; dairy,
fancy, 25c
Cheese - American full cream,
new made, twins, IA u 015c; Young
Americas, 15tb15 &c; daisies, Is a
1514c; longhorns, 15@151ac; linn
burger, 161a Ole; brick, LAG
1415c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, 15@ Ice; recandled, ex-
tras, 1917 @19c; seconds, lao 15c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 15c;- roos-
tiers, lie; broilers, doz., 5000 500.
Potatoes-Wisconsin, sacked on
track, 11O@115.
Wheat-No. 1, northern, 1900
1.211a; No. 2. northern, 117@119;
No. 3, northern, 115
Corn-No. 8, yellow, sic.
Oats-No. 81 white, 54 1ac; stand
ard, sec. 80
Barley-W Wisconsin, 1.2O; No. 8,
1.24; No. 4, 1920
Rye-No. 2, 89c.
Cattle-Butchers steers, 5000
S.25; heifers, 5.0O@7.25; COWS, 5.25
@7.OO; feeders, 5.50@625; calves,
7.50@8.5O.
Hogs heavy butchers, 7.45
@7.70; fair to best light, 1900
100; pigs, $500 $40
Sheep-Lambs, 6.00@9.0O; ewes,
4.50@5.75.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04

The BOYS Of the Club-Say, Jcnesy,
did some one wish it on you, or are
you running it on bet?
His Partner-It might come in
handy as q delivery wagon. except
that it would scare our horses to
death
His Wife-Anyhow, 1t runs, and
that's more than the Smyths can say
about theirs, / guess.
His Son-Gee. it's great carr
Perkins This neighDor) Say, Jonesy,
can't Won make some arrangements to
keep that pile Of junk at a garageE
The internal noise the drafted thing
makes has got my wife's nerves worn
TO a FRAGILE.
His Groceries, your gasoline Dill
is rather high; but that's fine car
you've got, Mr.. Jonesy, even II II does
take a lot Of gasoline to run II.
The Man Who Sold 1t TO Him
What's that2 I'm sure the cylinder
wasn't cracked when sod 1t to you
Jonesy. Oh, no. my new car isn't OF
that make at ~ Yez see. that old car
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
FOR LOWER EXPRESS RATES
Decisions Affecting Wisconsin Com
ing from interstate Commerce
Commission and State Board.

Madison.-Lower express rates are
predicted from two forthcoming de-
cisions, one by the interstate COM
merce commission and the other by
the Wisconsin railroad commission
1t is believed both will be announced
soon.
The complaint of the Merchants
and Manufacturers association of
Milwaukee has been pending before
the state body for two years. 1t is
directed against all express compan-
les operating in Wisconsin. The de-
cision of the interstate commerce
commission will, it is believed, make
the interstate rates into Wisconsin
uniform and the state commission
will adjust and make reasonable in
trastate shipments.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04

parliament's rule and the people
gladly welcomed Charles home as
their king, 1t was the beginning Of
modern England, and of a reign whose
profiigacy and scandals set the whole
world agog. Charles embarked at
once on life of pleasure. He turned
deaf ear to the pleas of those who
had beggared themselves in behalf of
his father and himself. He said he
had no money TO spend on such peo-
pie. But he squandered fortunes at
the gambling table and in heaping
wealth and rank upon such women
as he CHANGED to fancy.
He neglected and ill-treated his
homely. little wife, broke state pledges
at WILL lavished money on low favor
ties and mismanaged the nation.
Rochester in calling him 50 merry
monarch, scandalous and poov," had
but spoken the truth
Charles's chief advisers were five
noblemen (Clifford, Ashley, Bucking-
ham, Arlington and Lauderdale), who
aided him to defy parliament and
cheat the people. The first letters Of
these mems names in order spelled
"Cabal," and the oddly coined word
has ever since been used to describe
any conspiracy against the state. To
Charles sold two English towns TO
France. He also accepted a large
yearly sum of money from the French
king (Louis XIV to act in that mon
arch's interests. All this did not add
to his popularity with his own people.
who hated France.
In 1868 war broke out between
England and Holland. A Dutch feet
invaded England, sailed up the Med
way river as far as Chatham. destroy
ing everything in its path. London In
1865 was swept by the plague and in
1866 by fire. Plots, religious disturb
ances, national discontent--all sorts
of misfortunes piled up Through It
all the Merry Monarch pursued his
calm. blackguardly way; seriously
disturbed by nothing; enriching vice
and allowing virtue to starye; his life
and his court the scandal of the civ
ilized world He would probably have
been assassinated were il not that
his brother James-duke of York, the
most unpopular man in England
would have succeeded him as king.
For Charles and the queen had no
children.
In February, 1885, Charles II. died.
To the last he was the Merry Mon
arch, whimsically begging his cour-
tiers pardon ''for being such a long
time in dying" Courage. wit ana
jolly nature were his only good quail
tiles. There were perhaps stir fewer
bad ones he did not possess.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04

courtiers and passed on. Another
man might have taken offense
at being thus lampooned. But
Charles had two remarkable traits
that saved him much bother: He
never carried a grudge and he never
felt gratitude.
He knew we'll enough that this par
ticular doggerel was the work of the
graceless earl of Rochester, the man
who in another poem alluded to
Charles as "a merry monarch, scan
dalous and poor" Yet he did not
trouble himself to punish or even to
snub the earl Nor would he have
rewarded Rochester for saving the
whole royal family from death. That
was the sort of man the Merry Mon
arch" was.
When Charles II. was a mere boy
his father, Charles l., had been over
thrown and beheaded by England's
parliamentary Party" The young
fellow had not stayed in England to
fight to the death in his fathers cause.
Instead he had slipped over to Hol-
| land, where he was living in jolly
security. But on hearing of the kings
execution he promptly proclaimed
himself King Charles H." The proc
lamation did him little good. Fer the
parliamentary party with Oliver
Cromwell at it's head) had for the
time made England an impossible
| place for kings.
Still. the Scotch, ever restless land
probably forgetting they had betrayed
and sold his fugitive father to the
English), offered to make Charles
their king if he would give them GER
tain promises. These promises
seemed to him disgraceful. Yet a
promise was one thing that Charles
was Away willing to give, knowing
he could readily break his word later.
He went to Scotland and in 1851 was
crowned. Then he invaded England
Cromwell quickly routed him out Of
both England and Scotland and sent
him scutt1ing to France for safety.
But when Cromwell died, England
grew tired of Puritanism and the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
William Cunningham, Jaier of New York Revolution
Martyrs"
Martyrs"

the prison ship Jersey" moored on
the Brooklyn shore. Churches were
also turned into jails.
In the prison ship the captives were
herded by hundreds in dark, foul pens
destitute of pure air and sunlight
They were given such food az dog
might well scorn, and in such tiny
quantities as would not suffice to
keep a dog alive. The water they
drank was filthy. No medical care
or chance for cleanliness or exercise
was granted them. Prison fever ard
other maladies scourged their ranks.
They died like so many flies. To such
fearful condition were they reduced
that the lowest city outcasts were
touched by pity and secretly sent
them food
The fate of the captives in the new
gaol. or hall of records, was little bet
ter. Here is an extract from Pin
tards account of their sufferings:
so closely were they packed to-
gether that when they lay down at
night to rest, on the hard oak planks,
and they wished to turn, it was all
together, by word of command
'right'-1eft' being so wedged as to
form almost solid mass of human
bodies"
All war is cruel. But such torture
as this was inexcusahle. And Though
the British government might perhaps
have bettered matters had they chos-
en- toy the lions share of the blame
was Cunninghams Here is a portion
of his sworn confession, made in 1871,
just before his own execution:
81 shudder to think of the murders
have been accessory to, both with
and without orders from government,
especially while in New York, during
which time there were more than two
thousand prisoners starved by stop
ping their rations (Which / sold)
There were also 275 American pris-
oners executed A guard was des-
patched to forbid people to look out
from their doors or windows on pain
of death, after which the prisoners
were conducted, gagged, at midnight,
Just behind the upper barracks, hung
without trial and then buried"
Cunningham went back to England
after the war and took to riotous liv-
ing. Being short of money to squan-
der on dissipation, he forged a draft.
For this crime he was tried. con-
demned, and, on August TO- 1871, was
hanged.
He is said to have been responsible
for the shameful death Of nearly $500
American patriots. Nor could mere
hatred for the colonists account for
this wholesale slaughter, since he dis
honestly sold for his own profit the
provisions allotted to them
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
Wisconsin News Briefs.

Madison.-To insure a better quail
ity of canned peas for consumers thu
agricultural college at the Univer,
sity of Wisconsin will conduct ex.
periments this year to ascertain
whether a vine can be grown on
which practically all the blossoms
will appear at one time and the pods
develop simultaneously. One of the
handi"lps of the industry in peas is
that Nile some pods are dead ripe
the p Int bearing them may also ba
in blossom.
Oshkosh.-The body of Bert Hicks,
son of E. r. Hicks of Oshkosh, for
mer attorney general of Wisconsin,
who was killed by Chinese pirates in
the province of Ichang several weeks
ago, has been shipped from Shang.
hal and will arrive at San Francisco.
May 20. The body was recovered by
the American consul and at the re-
quest of the father was shipped to
the United States.
Stoughton.--This city stands to
lose a 100000 gift for a library be-
cause of a recent court action in
which the daughter of Jerome Blk
by, a wealthy farmer, was accused
of assault by neighbor. Bixby says
that, owing to the attitude of city
officials, he regrets to state the be-
quest has been cancelled.
Green Bay-Ptomaine poisoning
nearly resulted in the death of the
three children of Lucius Clark of
Oconto when the oldest child after
purchasing a can of preserves, shar-
ed it with the little ones.
arinette.-Gunnar Hanson, aged
40 years, who has been committed to
the insane asylum, imagined that he
had been passenger on the Inflated
Titanic and it is believed that brood
ing over the catastrophe, combined
with an injury to his head, unbal-
anced his mind.
Observation-Disclosures of the city
must continue to pay a license fee
under the action of the council The
action is the outgrowth of the cam
paign by ministers of the city for
Sunday closing of the theaters, fail
ing in which they demanded the
playhouses be licensed.
Green Bay.-Herman Ansorge, a
deputy state fish and game warden,
who was discharged from the serv-
ice a year ago, was exonerate0 on the
charge of Illegally purchasing fish, in
the municipal court The complaint
was made by State Game Warden
John Sholts.
Green Bay.-During a severe cleo
tr1cal storm lightning struck St.
Mary's hospital over an electric light
wire and caused fire which did
damage amounting to several thou
sand dollars. Firemen removed a
dozen patients from one part OF the
building.
-Indistriminate drinking
among women in Kenosha saloons is
TO be stopped in the future and or
ders have been issued that women
may not drink in Kenosha saloons,
unless accompanied by their hus-
bands. Somebody else's husband viii
not go.
Wausau-Dr Arthur J. Patek of
Milwaukee was elected president OF
the Wisconsin State Medical society
at the annual election. DR.. d. A.
Armstrong of Boscobel was elected
vice president. The next annual
meeting of the association viii be
held IN Milwaukee on Sept. IS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04

prison snip on the CAPT Will lam
Breucklen shore) CUNNINGHAM
disturb their slumbers And they pray
that Master Cunningham, our provost
marshal, will devise some means to
keep the poor wretches quiet OF
nights"
So runs an old letter written in
New York during the darkest days of
the American Revolution. The Brit
ish had captured New York and Phila-
delphia. To both cities-but chiefly to
New York-they brought thousands of
patriot soldiers, captured in battle.
and many non-combatants who had
risked freedom and life to help the
cause of liberty by money, gifts or by
patriotic speeches.
These unlucky captives were not
treated like prisoners of war They
We're housed and fed-or, rather,
starved-in way the law nowadays
would not permit for cattle or swine.
And the man in charge of them was
BLACKBOARD whose own countrymen
loathed him, William Cunningham
Cunningham was the son of Brit
ish dragon and was born in the
regimental barracks at Dublin In TIA
he came to America and settled in
New York, where he made living for
some time by breaking" colts and by
giving riding lessons. When the Revo-
luton broke out, in ITS, he became
involved in a political row with some
local patriots and was forced to fee
to Boston, there to seek the protection
of the British army
His noisy loyalty to King George
III. got him into trouble there and at
tracted the notice Of Thomas Gage,
the English general. Gage appointed
him provost marshal to the royal
army. His chance for revenge" had
come.
Cunningham was sent back to New
York and was put in charge of the
Revolutionary prisoners there and in
Philadelphia. There were several i'm
promptu prisons in New York where
the patriot captives were lodged One
was the city hall, another the famous
old Sugar House" another, Kings
(now Columbia) college; another the
new gaoP' (the old hall of records
in City Hall park torn down only a
few years ago., and-worst of all
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04

again, threw their spades into tbs
back of the trap. seated themselves
one en- ca n side of him, and drove
of. Presently one of the men said te
the other: The body seems to bt
warm still" The other replied: "St
it is" Then the corpse said; Warm
and IL you had been where have
been for the last twenty-four hours
you would be warm. tool" The two
men leaped with yen out of the traI
at opposite sides and ran for thel
lives.-British Medical Journal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
Bill for Rhinelander postoffice.

Washington, d. Representative
Lenroot has introduced bill appro-
priating $50, 900 for the purchase of
a site and the erection of a federal
building at Rhinelander, Wis. He
also introduced a measure making
Wisconsin s sleeping car" law ap-
ply to interstate commerce, providing
that upper berths shall not be lei
down unless occupied.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
Animals, AbiIltY 70 earn.

Animals which have never met with
an electric current become sensitive
to it in marked degree, thereby dis
proving the theory that animals pos
sess only traits that are due to natural
selection by long process of the "sur-
yival OF the fittest" This sensitive
ness is called "galvotropism' and is
rather q body blow to Darwin's the
DRY
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
Obedience Not Always Good.

Obedience is good and indispens-
able; but if It be obedience to what
is wrong and false-good heavens,
there is no name fer such a depth OF
human cowardice and calamity;
spurned eyerlastingly by tbs GODS
Thomas Carlyle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04

Delafeld-Fire destroyed the large
main building of the White summer
resort. located one-half mile east of
here on Nagawieka lake. The dam
age of $4,000 is partly covered by
insurance.