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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-12-04

sWay1ng OacK ana IOrLQ as 6nG,
eIn and recovered them - their
constant chant up, dov 81 down,
where is there anYt' q ,e like it
outside of Africa? q Jas my re-
peated thought ano = as not diff
cult to imagine that we were gliding
up the Congo river instead of stream
in South America. These men are
simple minded, good natured children
of nature and were greatly interested
in the white baby. The first night
they all stopped polling to see her
bathed in large National Biscuit can
and they thought it miraculous
thing that she liked the water.
More Mosquitoes
When we emb arked on this boat
Mr.. Williams persuaded the men to
let US have one of the three holds,
the chickens and the mailbags to oc-
cupy the other two. So they removed
the planking, (made of bamboo of
course), from the floor and roof OF
banana leaves was improvised over the
space thus opened up. Here we we've
lowered with such impedimenta as
was essential for the trip. We found
ourselves in space sone six feet by
ten, exclusive of the little recesses under
the side planks which had not been
removed. These recesses were fonnd
to be most convenient. One side
served as a pantry and we snugly
tucked away all our tin cans, cups
and plates. On the other side we
slowed our boxes and even the folded
army-cots. We found ov vrselves COM
fOrtably setting up housekeeping,
quite different thing from crawling
into space six feet by three, and
only four high where three persons |
were obliged TO exist for three days
and nights as when we came down |
the river in the dug out. Now our
only worries were the thousands and |
thousands of mosquitoes that made !
life misery day and night and the !
lack of alcohol for thai lamp. At
night the mosquitoes, (Which were our
punishment for attempting TO travel
in the rainy season. kept up such a
hum and buzz around our nets that
the very noise kept us awake. Every |
few hours we would light candle !
which we kept tucked under our pill |
lows and would kill the dozen or two
that had succeeded in some way or
other in crawling through or under
the closed net and that were devour.
ing us. Every morning we prevailed |
upon some one of the men to make
smudge in pan and set it in our
hold, where we herolcally endured
the smoke without, however, any |
lessening of the pest.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
THE CITY MANAGER plan

Dayton, Ohio, a city Of a hundred.
and twenty thousand people, has
adopted the city manager plan of
government, under which the people
elect an unpaid board Of directors the
cllief function OF which is to hire
d good man to run the city's bust
ness.
An illustration of the possibilities
| CT this plan has been provided by
payton's offer to employ Colonel
GoetllaIs Of the Panama canal as its
manager, and its promise to pay him
q higher salary than the government
pays its cOloneIs of engineers.
Colonel Cocktails didn't accept, of
course, but the incident shows what
the city manager plan can be made
to do. Also it shows what a keen
sense Of city advertising POSSIBLE
ties can do.
But, for that matter, II is possible
under the commission plan for Il city
to pay high salaries and 10 go abroad
to get exactly the men it wants for
| important expert positions.
The working of the city manager
plan will be watched with interest.
The three hundred commission-gov-
erned cities will insist Oh having it
proved to them that any other plan
is better than theirs; but If 1t is
proved that the city manager plan is
better, many Of these cities will
change.
In the meantime, however, 1t will
be best for the commissIon-governed
cities toilet Dayton and other COM
munities try out the newer tdcu
thoroughly. Cities still governed I'M
der the old system and planning a
change can afford to experiment with
II because hardly any system could
be worse than the old one. Cities
that are using the commission plan
will be wise, however, to hold fast
! t. what they have until no doubt re-
mains that the city manager plan is
hetter.-Deluth Herald,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
Accuse Sulzer
And Hennessy
ALLEGED THAT FORMER GOV
ERNoR AND HIS LiEUTEN-
ANT RECEIVED GRAFT,

ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 2S.-The
charges filed against State Highway
Commissioner John n. Carlisle by
the Warner-Quinlan Asphalt COM
pany and his answer thereto wer9
made public by Governor Glynn.
Carlisle's accuscrs. ayerred he dis
criminated against them in laying
down specifications for asphalt to be
used on state highways in:order to
favor tile Barber Asphalt Paving conf
pauy. The commissioners reply was
II general denialIof the accusations
The name Of john A. Hennessy, for
merlya special investigator in the
highway department, appeared uneS'
pectedly in the formal charges.
Both Hennessy and Suizer, cQntin-
ued the charges, received money from
the McGuires, some of which, IL not
the entire amount thereof, vas fur
ntsled by the Barber Asphalt Paving
company" When Hennessy was APP
prised last Of his alleged connection
with the asphalt deals he said that
the accusation ought to be investl'
gated Immediately bya grand jury.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28

You'd all question. The departments
estimate Of the profits arising from
the system during the first year Of
operation will amount 10 thirty mil
lion dollars. And it should be re
called that during the year the, max
imum weight of packages admitted
has been increased and the cost OF
postage somewhat reduced.
That the railroads have not been
adequately compensated for the car
riage Of the extra mail matter aris-
ing from the parcels post system is
generally admitted. Had they been
allowed for the extra tonnage, the
profits of the government would have
been less,
But, since the government does not
seek to make a profit out of the
handling OF the mails, the readiust-
ment that will increase the pay to
the carriers and enlarge the facili-
ties for taking care Of the service,
will not be resisted by the people.
The government is delivering a class
OF freight at a greatly reduced cost
to. the public. The system win grow
us the years go by, and It may be aft
Lticipated, will also, become more
Ep6pular.-Fayette Tribune. 2
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
President To.
New York CITY
ACCOMPANIED BY THE NEWLY
WEBS AND SEVERAL 9TH.
Err FRIENDS.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 2Ss--
President Wilson and party left5fere
at 1890 O'Clock for NewYork oyer
The Pennsylvania railroad to- attend
the Army-Navy football game. Ac-
campaigning them we're Secretary
Daniels Of the navy, Secretary Tu-
multy; Or. mataysSTF UtHsSe Ssas
Eleanor Wilson, ind Mr. and Mrs.
FrantlsaB6%esi sayFs:s TTSsbpSsitsnt
and memberssof his family will be
he guests,of Colonel and Mrs y. Nj
House i13 New York. Mr.. apaNgrs;
Sayre viii saiiaearly tomorrow for
Europe and will not see the football
game. The president wAl leage New
York for Washington at nlidnfght "
morrow5 I ! ( + h ny Z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
Coyotes Attack Dead.

Ell PAso, Nov. 2S.--Coyotes have
attacked the graves Of. Federal m
rebel soldiers who. weEeskkileaaAI
TIerra rlanca in the Dattle between
rebels and federal forces thisN wees
and buried on the battlefields' IN
another place the wind has blown
away the thin layer of sand which
had been, thrown over the bodies o.
The guise OF burying them. Amerl'
cans visiting the field Thanksgiving
day also found two wounded soldiers
whom they sent to hospitals. Al
.samalay out,a few miles south, OF the
battlefield the body OF a. rebel sol
dier, who had been taken prisoner
by the federals during the battle was
found hanging by a rope to a tree
where he had been executed by the
federals. The body was taken .drw"
and buried by Ills fellow soluicrs'
Federals have torn up the railway
track and telegraph lines in many
places south of Salamalaycua in order
to prevent General Villas troops per
suing by trains. A work train has
.ueer sent south 10 repair the lines
so that Villas troops can Proceed tt
chihuahua. y string OF cars at
tachcd to Il rcdc"9! train vas bnrncc
by the fcdcrale hclow Salamaycua. !
herd Of 800 cavalry Horses which hat
heen abandoned by the fedcrals u
leir retreat after tie TERRA Bla9S'
battlq{%as found B&,tGBei scouts seH'
aral miles. below ythe 3battlefield.
Pillaged City.
MEXICO CITY, NOV. 2S.T- The
constitutionalist troops entered Vic
toria during the afternoon OF No
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
To Be Funeral
Not Wedding.
BR1DE.E1EcT's SISTER KILLED
ANDMANY HURT ~
! AUTO WRECK

CHICAGO! Nov. 2Ss4Mtss Norlqe
ohlstraind, who was TO have been
maid Of honor at the wedding Of her
sister Olga, will be buried IN tlt s
pretty dress she had prepared for tneI
wedding, tile latter having been IN
definitely postponed. Miss Norma
was instantly killed when a street
car struck the auto in which sise
was returning from q pre.nuptlal
party. Misses Dora Nelson, Gertrude
weber, Grace Hedman, otheFaoccas
rants ofthe auto, are badly injured
but Ifll recover. The street,car lett
the track, crashed into a house break
ing a gas main and starting q tire
that drove out twenty people afte
seven firemen were injured IN Tight
ing the blaze. Eight other persons
injured In the street car ana tlle
house, It is said tonight, VIII re;
cover, although three of them arg
seriously hurt.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
PLAYING WITH A PISTOL,
BOY KILLS BABY NIECE,

SALISBURY, Pa, Nov. 2S.--
Than ksgiving day was a sad M in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Segars OF
Rossiter as the result Of the death OF
their two-year-old daughter, Imogel
segars, who was shot Sunday while
she lay in bed within er mother,
The bullet was fired from a revolt
yer in the. hands of the babY's uncle,
Russell Segars, 3 years old, %hofIives
nearby and who had gone over tc
spend the afternoon. z
The boy was playing underneath
the bed with a revolver, which wa
thought to be unloaded, and just as
little lmogen leaned over the side Of
the bed 10 see what the boy was do
ing the revolver was discharged acct
dentally,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
-S4eAo
Rapid Increase
In Fatalities
MANY MORE PERSONS KILLED
ON RAILROADS THIS
YEAR.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-The In
tcrstate Commerce Commissions acct
dent bulletin issued today for the
quarter ending June 80, 1913, shows
that as compared with the returns
OF the corresponding quarter in 1912,
there was a total increased f lao In
the number Of persons killed and
$3.50 in the number injured. in rail
road accidents Of all Kinds in the
United States. There was an increase
Of 124 in the number. Of train acct,
dents. Defective roadway and defeC-
tive equipment together caused more
than Go per cent Of all the derail'
ment reported; l5.1 per cent being
caused by broken rails.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
BURNING AEROPLANE
VICTIMS IDENTIFIED.

%EPERNAY, France, Nov. 2S.-The
Two aviators who were burned to
death when their biplane caught fire
near Chantemerie, were identified
tas Captain Briot Of the artillery and
Sergeant Pouillard. The men were
attach ed to the French army aviation
center at St. Cyr, and were flying
from the aviation field to the army
camp at Mailly.
AS tile pilot attempted a landing
on the outskirts of Chantemerie the
machine crashed into a hedge. The
tank then exploded, covering tho
acceptance and It's occupants with
burning oil. The machine was des'
troyed and the bodies badly charred'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
M ACCUSED OF
MURDER OF LAWYER

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. IS
Mrs. Agnes Stokes, divorced wife Of
JOHN Stokes, was arrested here on a
Charge of numbering the attorney for
Stokes second wife in a divorce &c.
ton.
The accused woman was with her
former husband several days ago
when the second Mrs. Stokes, who
has instituted divorce proceedings,
appeared at tie house with a lawyer
To- take an inventory. The lawyer
Donald Shilg, was shot dead. Stokes
was arrested, but The prosecutor con-
Guided Stokes could not have fired
the shot and a charge was preferred
against the former Mrs. Stokes.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28

The town or city mai who bought
potatoes, bacon, smoked ham, eggs,
sirloin steak, pork chops, butter and
milk to the amount of $500 in a year,
now pays 1854 for the same quality,
while the man who had to spend
$40O a year for these articles "a
years ago, must now spend 1928 for
them. Hhat's the way the cost Of liv-
ing has jumped. The nan whose
wages averaged $50 a month in
those easy old days, must now get
S91 a month TO break even. 1t is
awful to Observation-Disclosures Tri-
kunc.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28

yember 10 Immediately artertle&s4A
cral troops had evacuated the city
which they had defended stoutlYiprs
three days. Theirebels 1t is Said all
once started pillaging, setting fire
ito houses and numbering citizens.
Private residences as well IS stores
land government offices were sacked
number Of Spanish residents
were killed including it is said the
Spanish Consul. N,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
MILLIONS MORE no BE TAXED.
Great Increase III Personal Property
Return in State.

HARRISBURG, Nov. 2S.-The re-
turn of personal property for taxa
ton in Pennsylvania for the year
1913 was $l,4O2,51 ,272.S5, a gain
Of $76, 4O6, 657.62 as compared with
last year, and $S55,545,S7O.7S more
than the total for the year 1890.
The state tax of 4 mills on per-
s6nal property brought in this year
IS, 610,O45.13, OF which three-fourths
or $4,165,45S.35 was returned to the
counties from which the money was
collected. Under an act Of the recent
legislature, the entire personal prop
erty, instead OF three-fourths, will be
returned to the counties after this
year. 1t is expected the total mex!
year will exceed S6,OO0,000.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28

!; A. ID. Williams, chief engineer OF
the State Road Bureau, is soon to
etartta camp&ignlt to "pull West Vir-
Hnia out of the mud."f,This is a
good work andGwo believe that MIR.
Williams is perfecting thCE Kind
OF organization and publicity work
that will speed the day when wGlwill
have a first class public road system
through the state.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
KENTUCKY AND
RHODE ISLAND TIE
Turkeys from Both States Eaten al
the White House.

WASHINGTON, D. c. Nov. u.s.
President Wilson and his family had
their Thanksgiving dinner last night
witha party of house guests who have
remained since the wedding.
The housekeeper had no difficulty
in deciding whether the turkey sent
by Horace vose. of Westerly, R. l.,
or that presented by South Trimple
of Kentucky, clerk OF the house OF
representatives, should grace the Ia 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
OBITUARY
\ .c.ge Cropp.

Jess Morro& of Walnut avenue re7
ceiyed a message yesterday evening
announcing the death Of his sister,
Mrs. George Crop, which occurred
at her home near P%runtytown last
evening. Mrs. Crop had been ill
for, some time but her condition was
not thought to be alarming. Fur
eral services will be held at Mt, Hars
mony tomorrow. Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
row and daughter, Pauline went TO
the Crop home this morning ana
will remain for the services tomors
row..
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
CHILEAN BATTLESH1P
LAUNCHED IN. ENGLAND,

NEWCASTLE, Eng, Now! 2SE+
iThe Chilean battIcship Almirante In
torro was launched at the ElswicN
shipyards. Her displacement is 2S,-
900 tons and her engines + expect
cd to develop over $4,000 indicated
horsepower. The contract calls for
q speed Of 2S knots. ~,
The main armament of the new
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28

The hobble skirts are getting
tighter every day. a lady on the
street yesterday was so horribly hob
bled that her steps were so short she
made the impression that she was
going backward instead of forward,
and leads to. the old question III a
frog in a we'll jumps up two feet and
falls back three how long will It take
the frog to get out OF the well?"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
sQUABBLE ABOUT THE TURKEY
England Claims Priority of Eating
~ Bird on Holiday Ssi0:

LONDON, Nov. 2S.-The timely
question of whether the ,E,hrobgalt.
cu,tom of eating turkey at Christ,
mas is older than the American GUS
ION of eating turkey at ThanksgF'
ing time is raised in q two column
article in the Times, 1t says tePtt
most Englishmen are inclined TO
doubt the priority OF the Thanksgiy-
ing bird. ~
The article does not satisfactorily
settle the question, but comes to the
conclusion that If EnglishmeALwoulh
make good ,thcirs claim that tl4e ~ sI rs
.tomr. OF eating TURKEY ptfgi5rtst!qa Y
!fh6.older they must proye$tlfFt
fsted between 1890 when
first came to;EurapeIl and 6fss !.N
tie c~oIonjes$of America first s5ssgIss
fowl and gaveythsnlts.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
MANY NEGROES ARE LYNCHED
Booker T. Washington Shows linus
tice to Victims.

CHICAGO, Nov. IS. = Booker 7.
Washington writes from Tuskegce to
his friends in Chicago that negroes
are being lynchcd for alleged Of
lenses other than attacks on white
women. He declares: l"1
"At the end Of six months Of the
present year there had been "a lynch
ings. At the end Of ten months, No
vember. /. there had been IS lynch
ings, a reduction of four as compared
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28
COAL FLUID BY ELECTRICITY

BREsBAU,, Germany. Noy2S,-
Dr., Otto hummer; director of the ply,
sizes institute OF the University q
nreslau, announced at fameeting Of
scientists that he had succeeded in
rendering coal fluid yyelfctFicltyg
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28

The Kanawha Citizen criticisCs the
Charleston Mail for saying ''Tomor-
row is Thanksgiving" The Mail
should have said, Tomorrow are
Thanksgiving"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28

with 1912: Within the past three
months, August, September and DC
tober, there have been 81 lynchings
making a total Of AS lynchtngs foi
teni mouths. iof this number onIy
seven individuals, Or'1.5 per cent
were charged with assaults on |O'
men"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28

Continued from Page one)

to meet General Navarette's troops
and checked their progress. The fate
of both Nayarette's command anu
that Of General Rabigo is still IN
known here.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-28

vessel consists of 10 14-inch guns,
nIaced in pairs in turrens on the
.ranter line and she carries an aux
iIiary battery OF 90 AZ finch guns.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28
FIND COMPLETE FRAME
OF PREHISTORIC ANIMAL
Skeleton of Horned Dinosaur Un-
earthed In Alberta, Canada.

Enough bones Of the monoclonius
or horned dinosaur, have at last been
unearthed from the Red Deer river re-
gion in Alberta, Canada, to form the
first complete skeleton of the prehis-
toric creature. Barnum Brown of the
staff of the American Museum of Nat
ural History, in New York city, has
just returned with carload of bones
of the dinosaur and other mammoth
animals which fiourished in the Red
Deer river region some 100000 years
ago, it Is estimated.
Fragments of the bones which now
make up the first complete skeleton of
the monoclonius were first discovered
in 1876. The skeleton complete shows
that the creature stood about five feet
high and was fifteen feet long.
Besides the monoclonius there were
found parts of three new species of the
horned dinosaur and sufficient material
to complete the skeleton of an anky-
losaurus, weird creature, which had
coat resembling suit of armor and
carried a sort of club at the end of its
tail The discoveries made the di-
nosaurus collection of the Natural His
tory museum the finest of the sort in
the world.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28
The Black Hand Auain!

Mrs. Collins found the following
Black Hand letter pinned to her door
one morning:
"Deer Mis- Collins-Onless you put a
jar of jam, hunk of chokolit cake, a
apple pie an a bag of candy down by
the old well we will steel your littel
boy and keep him, onless you pay us q
milyun dollars. The Black Hand"
The letter has been handed to the
police, and the criminals will soon be
brought to justice. To date Mrs. Col
lins' little boy has been the only one
seen in the vicinity of the old well -
Judge.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28
500 REWARD. $500.

The readers OF this paper Will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in all
it's stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only posi-
tive cure now known to the medi-
cal fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall'a
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have 80
much faith in it's curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28
RULING ON GRAIN GRADES
UPHELD BY THE DEALERS
Association Favors Standardization Of
Foreign Cereals by Government.

Representatives of the National
Grain Dealers association have for
maly notified Secretary Houston of
the department of agriculture In
Washington that the organization
favored the governments proposed
standardization Of foreign grades.
The adoption Of the new grades by
the association was over the protest
of representatives of the Baltimore
chamber Of commerce, who declared
that the PRONUNCIATION Of the new
grades would seriously affect their ex-
port trade, the largest in the country.
Many of the speakers at a hearing
recently, while favoring the proposed
grades, urged notifications.
In place of the governments pro
posed No. corn, with a moisture con-
tent OF 17.5 per cent, they urged the
substitution of grade to be called
standard" and making the govern
ment's proposed No. 4 No. with
a moisture test of 1916 per cent This,
they pointed out, would leave the pres
ent grades practically unchanged and
would give the producer an incentive
to produce standard" grain with a
moisture test of 17.5 per cent
In view of the action Of the Grain
Dealers association. agricultural de-
partment officials expect no other leg
islation, aside from the pure food law,
will be needed for enforcing the new
grades, which will be promulgated soon.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28
Impressionistic.

The Office coat hangs on nail;
In shirt sleeves now the boss appears;
Somebody tells fishing tale,
And everybody seems all ears;
The straw hat cleaner rakes the cash;
On sport page blooms the baseball bard;
Upon the street the late styles clash
Oh, yes. the grind is getting hard!
The actors off for Europe now,
Or anyhow that's what he prints;
The city man longs for COW
And buys whole stacks of farming hints
The graduates impassioned plea
VIII challenge soon the worlds regard
Revamped is summer hostelry-
Oh, yes, the grind is getting hard!
Denver Republican.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28
But This Really Happened.

Son." said the man in the automo.
bile, stopping in front of the farm.
house, SIS this the right road to Gee
ville?"
Eyes, sir" answered the farmers
boy
GLOW far is it from here?"
"Well, sir, if you keep on goin'
reckon it's about 24,9SS mile, but if you
turn back an go the other way it amt
more'n about two. You must have
slipped through it Without
g -" beloved the automobilist,
starting his machine again and turn
ing around in the road
you're welcome" said the farmers
boy-Chicago Tribune.