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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-19
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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-19
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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-19

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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-19


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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-19
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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-19
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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-19

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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-19
Railway Time tables.
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
SOUTH


SOUTH
*ChicagO Passenger .......5 :35 a. 10.
*ChicagO Passenger. :05 a. m.
*Chicago. 80 %. m,
GAINESVILLE Passenger tbs D. IN
:35 p. m. train makes close cOnnec-
tions for the west at Jefferson junction,
also for Milwaukee.
Both HOS a. m. and 7:15 D. m. trains
make close connections at jefferson
Junction for Madison and all points
west.
NORTH.
*Green Bay passenger .. 1855 a. m.
Green Bay. Sundays only. $40 a. no.
Screen Bay Passenger ..... .2:43 D. m.
*Northern Michigan ........ 1926 D. no.
Rockford Passenger arrives at Water
town at $40 a. m and goes no farther.
The 1865 a. m. train makes connection
at Clyman Junction for trains east.
A train goes west from Clyman juno
ton at p. m.
*These trains leave daily except Sunday
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL
EAST.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-19

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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-19
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-05-13

K,ansen Hospital SlS1icd. AsGed snd Obssss1sd Cssss i~. sssajs1
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-05-13
Ha<in1 Him Comfortable.

A drummer put up for the night in an out of the way boarding house His room was under tbe roof. In the middle of the night. awakening from q dream that he was being drowned he found terrific thunderstorm in progress and the rain streaming in on him through leak
 "Landlady, Landladyr' he yelled.
 And in reply to his yells the old !andlady staggered upstairs and into the room with a big washtub She pumped the washtub down on top of the drummer, who gave gFunt of surprise and pain. and then sne said as she turned to depart:
 There, son; now yer all right. an jist as soon as the tub fills up yell ag'in. an I'll have another empty one ready for ye"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-05-13
If You Vote Dry" We
 Are Liable To Go Thirsty

If the town should be voted dry would hard ship every property holder it there will be money finish the dam and then Wrange liable to be out of water and with beer would have drink? Let wait until the dam finished before er dry" Is the Wrange expressed his view of the coming election the liquor question: And there truth than poetry in the state that The city council has spent several thousand dollars on the dam which paid and there several thousand dollars be spent yet before Wrang will have water ysten danger of going dry if does not rain few days and money carry this improvement wargey come from the liquor licenses. If vote income away going have dig pretty deep before pay off our indebtness.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-05-13
Power of Sianal Liohts.

h tests of oil lamps as weather sig nals at night, reported by G. Ishida from the Japanese meteorological sta tiun at IIamadR, it has been found that the light of fat wichs iS much brighter at a distance than that Of round wicks and that the range Of red lights is about double that of green. The latter hecame practically invisible at two mics. while rSi tights ware still bright at three mics
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-05-13
English Place Names.

England can boast that no other country possesses so many Scripturai place names as 1t does. The name Jer icho occurs six times on the orc nance maps. Paradise five times and Nineveh Mount Zion. Mount Ararat and Mount Ephraim three times each In Bedford shire there is Calvary wood and in DorSetshire a Jordan hill
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-05-13
The Joker.

In the station restaurant the ham sandwiches were piled hish upon the end of the counter when the II 50 pulled in. The passengers had ten minutes to get lunsh. and the short, fat man realized this IS he rushed in anti called for q sandwich The waiter
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-05-13
Quick Decision.

Farmer (to one of his laborers. who had come home after his first training in the militial- Which would you rath- CT ba, a soldier or a farm hand. Paddy |? Pat-A soldier. of course Farmer And why SO Paddy Pat Well. you see. you'd be long time working for a farmer before he'd ten you to stand at ease -LouQon lit Bits
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-05-13
It's A SYanta oes.

Scene-Train srapning at small sta tion. Irritable Old Gentleman What on earth do they stop at a station like this for? Objectionable Pas enger (alightinel--To allow ne to ge5 out Irritable Old Gen:leman-Ahl 1 see it has it's advantages then.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-05-13
Inc Eurclar's Jimmy.

Why does the burglar call the too! with which he opens windows and doors jimmy" No one seems to be sure. Perhaps it Is merely pet name. The French burglar calls his jimmy ''F'rere Jacques which is first cousin to "Iimny."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-02-05

assassination during three successive
nights-those of April IL, April IL and
April 10.
In recalling the occurrence Colonel
Crook said he had never forgotten the
shock which these words caused.
After the first shock caused by Mr..
Lincoln's words" said Colonel Crook,
my natural impulse was to make light
OF the affair. was then a young man,
strong, accustomed to deal with prac-
ticai matters and not inclined to place
much Importance on the intangible and
mysterious. But now. so years after
ward. am willing to admit that Mr..
Lincoln's remark made me very un-
easy. For one thing, the whole coun-
try was strained, anxious, distraught,
notwithstanding the belief that hostil-
tiles soon were to end with complete
victory for the Union.
Much had been said and suggested
about the possibility of the presidents
assassination. AS his personal body
guard this possibility was always in
my mind; and every moment when on
duty | was constantly on the lookout
for some sudden attack. 1t was nv
business to see that Mr.. Lincoln did
not expose himself needlessly; and
especially to see that no stranger an
preached him with hands covered or
concealed in any way.
When Mr.. Lincoln told me that for
the third successive time he had
dreamed of being assassinated said
that in my judgment further and un-
usual measures should be undertaken
without an hours delay for his pro-
lection. He looked at me in silence
for a moment, kindly smile In his
great. tired eyes, and then slowly
shook his head.
No. he said. If anybody is wicked
enough to want to kill me we can do
nothing to prevent it.
Possibly that is true, Mr.. Presi-
dent made bold to answer with all
respect, still the very knowledge of
the fact makes me all the more anx-
ious."
Well, Crook. what do you want to
do?' he said, tolerantly. so as not to
hurt my feelings.
The first thing I want you to do,
Mr.. President, is to cancel your en-
gagement for this evening-to stay
away from Ford's theater.'
81 can't do that very WELL he re-
piled.
Finally urged him to let me stay
IN dutv and accomnany him 70 Al =
theater, but he would not hear of this
either.
mo, Crook he said kindly but
firmly; you have had hard days
work already and must go home to
sleep and rest. l cannot afford to
have you get all tired out and ex-
hausted.'
Then the president turned and
with his kind, grave face, said:
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-02-05
OHIO'S SECOND M'KINLEY"

The second Mckinley" as his
friends call him, Frank B. Willis, the
new governor of Ohio, is a product of
the farm. While he is not "self-edu-
Gated" in the sense that Lincoln was.
Willis toiled hard to help pay his way
through school and college. His en-
tire life has been one Of toll and en-
deavor, the conservation of energy
not being one of his cardinal virtues.
Willis is a Buckeye through and
through. He was born in Lewis Cen
ter, Delaware county, December 28,
1872. and worked on his fathers farm
while attending the common school
at Lewis Center and while going
through the Galena high school in the
same county.
Willis is one of the big men phys
ically in Ohio politics. His friends
take pride in declaring that he has
the loudest voice in the state, is a
prize hand-shaker and Laughter, and
that he is absolutely clean in his
private life. In congress Willis whiIa
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-02-05
JIMMY SLOAN PROMOTED

James Sloan, Jr., head of the
secret service force at the White
House, has been promoted to become
chief operator of the Detroit headquar-
tiers, one of the most important fields
in the service. Mr.. Sloan is famous
throughout the country for his per-
sonal attendance upon Presidents
Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson.
Jimmy" Sloan, who has travelled
IN every state, and almost every coun-
ty, in the United States. as the guar.
dian OF three presidents, was assigned
to duty at the White house IL years
ago. President Roosevelt once said
of him that If he had regiment made
up OF men like Sloan he could whip
several regiments of men. Colonel
Roosevelt was so fond of Sloan that
ne wanted to make the secret
service man United States marshal
of the Danville district of Illinois, but
Uncle Joe" Cannon, then a power in
the house, had someone else he
wanted for the job. Secretary Tu-
6 that no accident has happened to a
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-02-05
RUSSIA'S LEADING SOLDIER

Grand Duke Nicholas, who is Civ
ing such good account of himself as
commander in chief of the Russian
armies in the war with Germany and
Austria, is second cousin of the EN-
peror of Russia. He was born in st.
Petersburg fifty-eight years ago and
since his youth has been conspicuous
In the Russian army. He presents a
striking contrast in every respect to
his father, who was a notorious profit
gate. The present grand duke is uni
versally respected. In 1907 he was
married to Princess Anastasia of Mon
tenegro.
The grand duke has often been
employed on special missions by Elm
peror Nicholas. who has always re.
posed the utmost confidence in him.
AS in the case of nearly every
prominent member of the Russian i'm
perial family, the grand duke has
been the victim of several attempts
at assassination.
For a number of years Grand
Duke Nicholas has been recognized as
If not of Europes He is very tall and
sions during the war between Russia
appoint him to the supreme command
the place of General Kuropatkin, and
don and other European capitals have
that the Russian army would have ms
had listened to this advice.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-02-05

have owned 16 acres of land in what
is now almost the heart of Chicago
He first came into local prominence
in 1911, when he appealed to the
county commissioners to increase his
charity allowance from three to four
dollars month, and then outlined his
simple method of living.
In the morning l eat bread and
coffee. / don't bother to eat anything
at noon. It's quite nuisance eating
by ones self anyway" explained
Hicks. Then for my meal in the eve
ming have soup. / buy a pound of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-02-05

placed on earth. When the substitute
guard realized afterward his own part
In the tragedy he was so overwhelmed
by remorse that he died of its effects"
he who has revealed this chapter OF
history connected with Lincoln's as
sassination is now a man Of seventy
SIX, who has occupied a responsible
position in the White House during all
the administrations that have come
and gone since he first was called
there to serve Lincoln nearly half a
century ago. He had spent nearly all
his boyhood and youth in a small viii
lage in Maryland and after serving
two years in the Union army had OBJ
tanned an appointment to the Wash
ington police force, with which he was
connected when called upon to act
as Lincoln's bodyguard
1t was on Thursday, January 5, 1865,
that young Crook was in his home,
near First and M streets, N W., off
duty and resting, when a fellow mem.
Der of the police force called and asked
to see him. Crook went to the door
and was told to report personally to
President Lincoln at the White House,
and to be there at precisely eight
o'clock that same evening.
"Of course / was surprised" said
Colonel Crook. in speaking of the oc-
currence.
Shortly before eight o'clock that
evening / walked from my home to the
White House, went directly upstairs to
the presidents Office and told the door
keeper just outside that | had been
ordered to report to the president per-
sonally. He at once threw open the
door and / walked in. 1t was then ex-
actly eight o'clock, and there for the
first time saw Abraham Lincoln. He
sat in revolving chair on the farther
side of the room before an old-fash-
Toned desk, over which he was bending
while examining some papers.
He looked up as entered and said:
Mr.. President, my name is w. H.
Crook, have been ordered to re-
port to you for duty as your personal
UOuyBudru.
"'All right Crook the president re-
sponded, and turned to his papers
again. l at once left the office and
went downstairs and sought Thomas
H. Pendell, who told me TO stand near
the president as soon as he should ap-
pear for the regular Thursday evening
levee or public reception, which soon
was to commence. The president and
his party appeared at precisely nine
o'clock. coming from the living rooms
of the presidents household to the
main floor of the White House by a
private stairway at the western end
of the great building. From that night
until the night he was shot it was my
great privilege to look after the life
and safety of Abraham Lincoln"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-02-05

GOod-by, CROOK. And he went into
his own room, leaving me standing
there in the corridor.
"As the door closed after him his
final words repeated themselves to
me, seeming to echo over and over
again. What he had said was, Good
by, Crook 1t was the first time he
had ever used the words. Invariably
| when we parted for the night, he to
seek rest in his own room, leaving me
to pace up and down that corridor out
side the presidents apartment on the
second floor of the White House, he
had said Good night, Crook But now,
for the first time. he had said Good
by
"As / turned to leave for my own
klittle home. there to get what sleep
could, wondered if Mr.. Lincoln's final
words meant anything. BY the time /
had walked through the White House
grounds tried to put them away as
being of no Importance whatever. |
tried to pull myself together, remem-
bering that for long time there had
been widespread fears lest some MUIR
derer should succeed in getting near
! Mr.. Lincoln. OF course. he knew of
such fears and possibly this knowl-
edge had in some way required to
him while asleep and had caused the
thrice repeated dream.
ut was not long after had left the
White House for my own home on that
fourteenth of April, 1865, when Mr..
Lincoln started for Fords theater
Within few hours the world knew
of the awful deed accomplished there.
But the world did not know until aft
erward. In fact, the world at large may
not know today, just how Wilkes
Booth was enabled to rush into the
box where sat the president and shoot
him to death. although the incident is
mentioned in a volume of recollec-
/, tions which l have prepared with a
colleague.
The presidents box, occupied by
Mr.. Lincoln's party that evening, was
not on level with the stage. 1t was
what would now be termed a box in
the second tier and on a level with
| the dress circle of the theater, Just
above the orchestra seats.
when Mr.. and Mrs Lincoln and
their party sat down in their box that
fateful night the guard who was act
ing as my substitute took his position
at the rear Of the box, close to an en-
trance leading into the box from the
dress circle of the theater. He was
fully armed. His orders were to stand
there and to permit no unauthorized
person to pass into the box. His
orders were to stand there and protect
the president at all hazards.
THE house was practically in dark
ness save the stage wherein the play
was being enacted. The bodyguard
knew why he was stationed Just out
side of the presidents box. He knew
Of the fears that some assassin would
make an attempt on Lincoln's life at
the first opportunity He knew how
long and how carefully that precious
life had been protected in every pos
sible way. He knew how much It
meant to the nation, perhaps to the
future of civilization. But as ne stood
there on the post of duty the substi-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-02-05
SOCIAL FAvORITE TO WED

One of the most interesting an
nouncements made in Washington So
ciety this season was that of the en-
gagement of Margery Cotton and
Randall Hagner. Both of them are
so thoroughly identified with Wash
ington and have such wide circle of
friends that congratulations were sim
ply showered on them.
Miss Cotton is the daughter of the
late Col. Francis Cotton, and though
she has lived good deal abroad and
in the Orient, it has been mostly be-
cause her father, or her brother, or
whichever member of her family she
happened to be living with, was sta
toned in some far-away post. The
Coltons are all army people, and be-
tween while Margery has always come
home" to Washington.
Mostly she has made her home
with her brother, Col. George R. Col
ton, U. s. A., and as he was stationed
in Manila for several years, and was
governor of Porto Rico for while,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-02-05
BADGER NEWS NOTES

Racine-The Rev. Father Heder
Mayville, Wis, has been appointed
pastor of ST. Joseph's Catholic church
in this city to succeed the late Rev.
Father Kersten, who dropped dead
here some weeks ago. Father Heder
is a graduate of st. Francis seminary
and was ordained twenty-five years
ago.
Medford. Taylor county is to have
a booster" campaign. Business men
are uniting with the Taylor County
immigration association in a move
ment to advertise the county. Com
mittees have been appointed and
$4,000 raised to carry on the work.
Madison.-The Wisconsin Society Of
Chiropractics in their annual CONVEX
tion, asked the state legislature to pass
law standardizing the profession OF
chiropractics and create state board
to regulate the profession. The So
ciety elected as president G. G. Heft,
Racine; vice-president, A. G. Devine'
Oregon; secretary, F. G. Lundy'
Marshfield; treasurer, F. c. Payne
Sturgeon Bay.
Madison.-The encampment for the
Wisconsin National guard will begin
this year July 10. 1t will be regimen
tai instead of brigade encampment'
although it is not decided what regi-
ment will go in first
Madison.-The state railroad COM
mission issued orders to the 500 ROAD
to build a new passenger station IN
New Richmond, plans to be submitteu
to the commission and the work 10 %
finished by Feb. l, 1916.
Madison. That the city OF Monroe'
having voted last September to IN
crease the saloon license fee from sSU"
to $500, can not charge more than WV
until the first day of July was ruled III
an opinion by Attorney General owen
to District Attorney Sam Blum OF
Green county.
Madison With the thermometer ~
degrees below zero the Acacia lra'ei.
nifty house caught fire and was nealiy
DESTROYED before the blaze was eXtiu'
guished. The damage Will amount ~
1000.
Lake Observation-Disclosures farm
ers enrolled for short course -
agriculture, to be given residents o,
this locality under the dlrectloh -
County Agent ]. M. Waiz' olasS0'
open the last of the week.
Oshkosh.-The Oshkosh Metal Frou.
ucts company was declared bankiu w.
with liabilities of $44,133.69 and aSsee ASST
of s15.339.s2. The firm manutac'oieo
boat supplies, novelties ana ln@0"-''
repairs. .u.od
Kenosha.-The Kenosha Assocla'9o
Charities received a gift OF -
from the committee which was
charge of the community Christmas
tree here. A total of 1854 was i"''
by the committee.
Green Bay.-While speeding DC
tween Iron Mountain and Pelnpin.'
the Maruuette-Chicago through tiail'
an the Milwaukee road, struck a DIoN
en- rail and went down an elgn'een
foot embankment. Three sleepihs
coaches we're piled up at the foo' U
the embankment, but no one was
killed and none seriously injured CoII
weather is supposed to have snappeO
the rail. In.
Racine. William Horlick COM
nenced suit in the Circuit Cours
against the town OF NOUN
pleasant to recover $4,000. paid as
income taxes under protest.