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4 Grant Goiinm Herald Entered April 30. 1903, at Lancaster. Wis. as second class matter under act of Congress 3f March 3. 1879. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER. fl. J. JOfINSON. Publisher. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1907 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 51.50 PER YEAR THE MILWAUKEE PENSION OFFICE It is reported that President Roosevelt is in favor of reducing the number of pension agencies and will probably soon issue an order to this effect. The appropriation bill for pensions for the current year has just been reported by the house committee, and it is significant that it provides for only nine of the eighteen agencies which now exist. The bill itself does not specify which offices shall be discontinued, but it is accompanied by a letter from Mr. Warner, commissioner of pensions, recommending the discontinuance of the agencies at Augusta, Me, Concord, N. H., Des Moines, la., Detroit, Mich., Knoxville, Tenn., Louisville, Ky., Milwaukee, Wis., New York city, and Pittsburg, Pa Of course the possibility of the discontinuance of the pension agency at Milwaukee wili be of particular interest to the people of this state. Once before, under the last administration of President Cleveland, an order was actually issued by the chief executive for the discontinuance of nine of the existing pension agencies, including the one at Milwaukee, but due to the great pressure brought on the president at that time by the mem bers of the senate the order was rescinded. The reason for this at titude cn the part of the senators was, of course, the question of patronage, but if President Roose velt has made up his mind that economy requires a reduction of ex penses he will probably insist on carrying out the recommendation of the pension commissioner which is also evidently backed up by the house committee on pensions and is understood to be favored by many other members of congress Naturally the people of Wiscon sin and especially the large number of army veterans in this state who are now on the pension rolls, will be somewhat inclined to regret the probable discontinuance of the Mil waukee agency. Senator LaFol lette may also regret such possible action, for under the division of patronage agreement made with t senior senator this is one of the offices which fell to the share of Mr. LaFollette and he would have the right to select a successor to Pension Agent E. D. Coe, whose term of office expired some little time ago. However it has long been held that the maintenance of so many agencies was a needless expense to the department, and that half the number of offices would do the work just as well and nearly as expeditiously. The matter of a day or two in returning pen sion checks will not seriously in convenience very many of the pen sioners, and after all there is evident wisdom in the proposed plan to cut down unecessary ex- An Indiana man gave SIOO,OOO to foreign missions and then went to live in the almshouse. A well balanced exchange remarks that shoe iactories throughout the country should do a thriving busi ness now that the editorial mileage IS DO IDOre. Fhe old discussion has been re vived as to whether a mortgage can he taxed without having the addi tional burden eventually fall on the giver of the mortgage, thereby im posing double taxation. County judges throughout the estate will work for the passage through t’ e legislature o: about • >rt ne' ws to make the probate i work mo “rm. They are also looking I <-e in salary. Had Pres M< Kinley lived he would have celebrated his 65th birthday yestei day. The event was observed in many cities by friends and adinir ’ f the martyr pres ident by w». g his favorite fiower. a carnation. W. H. Bennett has sold his in terest in the Mineral Point Tribune m his brother B. J. Bennett. The s?nior editor retires after a connec tion ot fifty years with the paper. B. J. Benhett is now sole editor and proprietor. And now a bill has been intro duced in the legislature requiring the railroads in this state to carry passengers at a rate of one and one half cents per mile. Next thing some of the legislators will be want ing to establish a one cent fare. And now we are told that the old fashioned bro». a sugar is likely to come into fashion again, as a result of the new food law reminding the people that so-called granulated sugar is not strictly pure. But then what is the difference so long as wa are not deprived of our “sweetening” altogether. It is claimed an agreement has been reached between the Republi cans leaders of the house and senate that no more railroad legislation will be attempted during the present session of congress. This makes it look rather dubious for that La- Follette measure to limit the work ing hours of railroad employes. According to statistics incidental ly brought out by the cheesemakers association meeting in Milwaukee last week, the dairy interests in Wisconsin have made rapid strides forward in the past five years. The dairy and food commissioner’s report in 1900 placed the total out put of butter for that year at 80,- 000,000 pounds and the total value at 116,000,000. In five years the output increased to 123.000,000 pounds and the valuation to $25,- 762,000. In 1900 the cheese output was 60,000,000 .pounds the value of which was $6,000,000. In five years this increased to 112,000,000 pounds worth $10,593,000. This makes a total value of dairy products for the present time upwards of $46,000,000 annually. This is a wonderful showing for Wisconsin and a record for the industry which every citizen of the state should quote with pride. But few of our readers, we imag iae, ever give a thought to the value of this paper to the community. The home paper has an influence for good that is hard to overesti mate. It moulds public opinion; it does well its part in protecting and preserving the government. It takes the place of a standing army in guarding the liberties of the peo ple: it teaches your children moral ity, truth and power; it brings many rich blessings to the homes it visits with but little fuauciai re ward for its labors, and in too many instances not any. The home paper is the mirror in which those at a distance see us. It is the plain duty of all who are interested in our town to take a personal interest in the town’s paper and assist in every way possible in making it a true representative of our intel ligent and hospitable people as well as our enterpreising and rapidly developing little city. Send the paper to your friends, bring us the news and do your duty by your home paper and it will meet you more than half way. When you help your home paper you help your town and indirectly help your self, for we are all equally inter ested in our town and community hi i i i mil— —The editor of this paper would be the last man on earth to know ingly say a word to hurt the feel ings of auy of its subscribers or citizens, especially at a time when the dark winged messenger of death has brought sorrows to the home, but from the nest of motives we desire to call the attention of our readers to the custom of publish ing “cards of thanks ’’ It is custom that has outgrown its purpose, if it ever had one. When sickness aud death come to your home it is only natural that your friends and neighbors should do what they could to assist you. They would be heathens if they did not. They know from the expression of your face that you are thankful and deeply appreciate all they do, and it is not necessary to rush imo print and tell the world that your neigh bors were kind when you were in trouble. The reading public are becoming tired of the old stereo typed ‘card of thanks." You can express to your friends, by a look or word your thankfulness in a more impressive manner than you can in a column of cold type. —Bear in lirnd the supper at K. P. hall Thursday evening. Assist the ladies iu caring for the needy of our city. IRON BREW, the Ideal Tonic. Have a case sent to your home. Bell Phone 1252 GRANT COUNTY HERALD, LANCASTER WISCONSIN JANUARY 30 1907 UTILE PROGRESS IN LEGISLATURE Only Two Bills Have So Far Passed Both the Houses. BUT MANY ARE IN THE HOPPER Bad Tangles Both in the Senate and House Over Rules of Procedure. Assemblyman Hoelhe’s Anti-Function Hosolution Turned Down —Work. Ol* Rebuilding the Capitol Finally I’nder Way. Madison, Wis., .lan. 29. —The close of the third week of the legislative session rinds things in much the usual condition at this stage of the game. A flood of bills has come in, but little progress is noted in any other direc tion unless it lie in that or organiza tion. which has been a slow process this year because of the attempt at adoption of new rules and rhe appli cation of the civil-service law, but which should facilitate ami expedite senator whitehead. business in the future in a marked degree Only two bills have so far passed both houses, one appropriating $5,000 to aid the legislative statistician in the preparation of lulls, and the other permitting citizens to get copies of the proceedings on payment. Com mittees can be said to have hardly be gun work yet. as the practice is to wait until all measures are in before seriously taking up their consideration. As there sire still two weeks for the introduction of new bills, there will be little doing in the committee rooms lor some time yet. Then* is a feeling on the part of some committee chair men that tliis procedure should Ih' changed and that bills should be re ported out as soon as possible and that the way to shorten the session is to change the present method: but they gel scam hearing. Short Session Predicted. The prediction has been made that this will be a short session, but. judging from the easy stage at which things are going ami the large num ber of important measures that will come up for consideration, then 1 seems slender basis for this hope. However, with harmony, hard work and disinterested seeking of tin* pub lic-good wonders could be accomplished in a short space of time, it remains to be seen how long these will be the animating motives. Innocently enough, the two houses have been led into a bad tangle over rules of procedure, and a large part of last week was spent in floundering out of the morass. The trouble was not over the rules, which are admir able 1 . and which each house will prob ably adopt early this week with slight Insignificant amendments. The trouble arose over the two houses attempting to adopt identical rules jointly. There was much complaint at the last ses sion over the antiquated forms of pro cedure followed ami the difference in the practices of the two houses. Ac cordingly a committee of the two houses was appointed to adopt a more uniform method of procedure. Senator W hitehead and Speaker Ekern, were among the members of this committee, and drawing on their wide* experience and the wise suggestions of 1 >r. Mc- Carthy. the legislative authority, they framed up. after much prayer find wrestling, a set of rules that every one admits is very good and a decided improvement over those of the past. Might Be Unconst it nt ional. It was agreed that the ruies would be good for both hott and it was proposed that they be • led joinfly. This was done, but • =c had a few slight changes to > -i. AVltlie the resolution was be ■: buffeted be tween the two Imuses the idea occurred to some lawyers of the assembly that the proceeding might be unconstitu tional: that the constitution of the state, the nation, as well as that of <treat Britain, prescribes that each house shall make its own rules. This view came to prevail in the assembly, which finally, after spirited and long drawn-out debate, recalled its amend ments from the senate, leaving tho whole proposition up in the air on adjournment Thursday. However, it expected that each house will adopt the rules independently this week ami all will be lovely again. Shower Bath of Disapproval. Assemblyman I’oethe's resolution throwing cohl water on the university and other state institutions for ex tending civilities to the legislators met the shower bath of disapproval itself. Hoelhe took the position that these functions are inspired by a subtle motive to influence appropria tions and are not prompted by the recognition of the brothei hood of man Accordingly he presented a resolution that the legislature “officially disap proves” of such functions, but when the proposition came to a vole in tlx* assembly it was good-naturedly turned down after some horseplay. In a sense Mr. Iloethe’s view was doubtless correct. It is natural in anyone ask ing favors or appropriations to do it diplomatically and in a gentleman’s wkf, but the imputation that an in \ itaiion to dinner is Intended as a bribe was regarded as rather ex treme. Fretinently in recent years the president or faculty of the uni versity have shown the legislators at tention in the way of dinners or con ducting them through the great educa tional institution and frequently also the university has asked for appropria tious. yet it is an assumption safe from gainsaying that mercenary mo tives have not alone inspired these amenities. Who shall say that the higher one of pride in showing tlie representatives of the state what a splendid school was maintained hero was not the dominant one? And. by the way. the big school bids fair to be well dealt with at this session. The legislative investigating committee which went through it a year ago gave it a practically clean bill of health and recommended no specific legislation, except that of pro viding a tixetl income, so that such valuable and world-renowod men as Babcock. Van Hise, Bussell and Henry would not have to devote their time to petty lobbying for an institution whose duty it is the state’s to main tain ami wliose interests are the whole state’s. Work on the Capitol. The work of rebuilding the capitol is finally umler way. After much pre liminary study of the proposition and tiie turning down by the legislature of several plans the capitol building commission may be said to be on the way -to the accomplishment of its pur pose. The form as finally agreed upon will bp that of a St. Andrew’s cross and two years will bp devoted to the building of each of the four wings. Each wing is expected to cost a million or more. Work was begun on the west wing a few ’ days ago. Eventually ail of the present state house will be torn down with the pos sible exception of the dome, which may he utilized in the new building. Lew F. Porter, of Madison, is the architect in charge and the work now under way is being done by the Foster Construction company of Milwaukee. Only the foundation wall of the w<-s wing will Im 1 put in until the legisla ture shall determine of what material the building shall consist. I'p to the liegislat me. It is up to the legislature to say what the cost per cubic foot shall be. the grade of material, the decorations and interior furnishings. Two years age., after a long fight, it was voted that the new buildings sliouhTnot cos'. I'iore than cents per cubic foot, at which figure it was thought a hand some marble building might be con structed. Since then, hiavever. build ing material has taken a great .jump and labor is 2<> per cent, higher, so that it will be impossilde now to pu up such a building as contemplated for the same money. A meeting of’ tiie commission will be held in Feb rnarv and the legislature will be ap prised of the ditl’culty. It has been suggested that it would be less ex pensive to make the exterior of gran ite and the interior of marble. The dream, of decorating the interior with fine and costly paintings, such as adorn the Minnesota building, seems one of distant realization. ll< poit on Insurance Probe. r l he introduction of bills proposed by the legislative investigating com mittee which probed insurance condi tions in Wisconsin the past summe..- has been delayed pending the binding of the somewhat lengdiy report ami its distribution among the members. It is proposed to give them opportuni ty for a thorough study of the report before any legislation is attempted. The question of the taxation of in surance companies and trust com panies will receive much serious at tention. A proposed measure will change greatly the method of dealing with these organizations. Al present the state requires trust companies to pay a license fee of annually and a tax of “» per cent, on their net income. The proposed measure will provide for their taxation on the same basis as banks, that is a tax on the capitalization and stock invested, i’ho bill litis resulted from the agitation on the part of bankers of the state, who believe one set of financial in stitutions should not be coinpeiied to pay a percentage lax and tiie othei simply a license fee. On the Ad Valorem Basis. The bill for the taxation o insur ance companies is drawn along much the same line--. It is prob able that tlm insurance companies of the state will ask to Le taxed on surplus only. It is probable, however, that thev will ultimately be placed on the nd valorem basis, a plan w hich Goxernor La Follette urged in srme of Lis later messages to th** legislature. Speaker F.keru i- I said to be confirmed b» tiie idea that they should taxed on the samo basis as other property ami it is prob ably' safe to say that he will make a strong fight to bring this about. A. O. B-IRTON. THREE HUNDRED DEAD Awful Explosion of Gas in a Coal Pit at Saarbrueck, Prussia. ONLY FIFTY MEN ESCAPE ALIVE Of These the Doctors Say Thirty-Five Will Surely Die. FIEE IN THE WAY OF RESOUEES Wil’ Take a Week to Explore the .Wrecked Workings Three Firemen Buried in Debris; Alive or Dead? Saariniieck. Prussia. Jan. 29.—A fire damp explosion occurred in the Reden coal mine at St. .loliann-on-Saar. oppo site Saarbrueck. and caused the loss of from 100 to 200 lives. The Reden mi tie is owned by the Prussian govern ment. Up to this writing seventy-sev en botlies have been brought to the sur face. and fifty-six corpses are known to be still under ground. Only fifty live -men up to the present time have been brought out, and of these the doc tors say at least thirty-five will die. as they are frightfully injured through having been buried against the walls of the galleries by the force of the ex plosion. ■ Poisonous Gases and Fire. An official report says the number of dead cannot exceed 100. Immediately after the explosion rescue workers were hurried from all the adjacent mines and boldly entered the Reden shaft in great numbers. The work of rescue was greatly hampered by thp poison ous gases resulting from -the explosion, and by a fierce fire that broke out im mediately afterwards. During the aft ernoon the efforts at rescue had to be suspended for these reasons, and the rescue workers had to be ordered out of the mine. Death 801 l May Beach 300. After all the rescuers had reached daylight, according to one version, a second terrific detonation was heard underground. But according to another report many of the rescuers were still below when the second explosion oc curred. and it is estimated that the casualty list from the two explosions roaches a total of 300 men. It is re garded as certain that the lowest lev els of the mines are completely wrecked, and the inspectors are delib erating upon further measures to get control of the fire. The managers are discussing the advisability of flooding these levels as the only means of ex tinguishing the*flamos. It is believed that all the men who were in the lower levels assuredly are dead. It will take a full week to enter ami explore the mine. DOWN AMONG THE DEBRIS Three Firemen Are Buried, and Bes cnersAiv Working in Relays. Buffalo. N. A'.. Jan. 29. Buried under ions of ice-coated debris of the eight-story Seneca building, at 101-109 Seneca street, destroyed by fire, three firemen are probably dead, or so bad ly injured that they will die before aid can reach them. About twenty fire men. including the three missing men. were on the roof of the Heywood building, adjoining the Seneca, fighting against a spread of the flames when two brick walls of tile Seneca building collapsed. Tons of debris from the < rumb'l-ing walls crashed down upon the roof and carrying floor after floor into the basement. Not one of the twenty men escaped without some injury, but half of them were able to fight their way out and give aid to their less fortunate cein rmles. Gangs of men were at once j ul to,work clearing away Ihc wreck age and reselling the imprisoned fire men. and all hut throe of the num ber wore released anti hurried to hos pitnls. It is said that none of the in jured will die. The rescuers are work ing in relays, bill no trace of the miss ing men hast been found. The missing and most seriously in- j ’.rod are: Missing William J. Naughton. lieutenant: John R. 11 inky ami Stephen J. Megan, firemen. In jured Captain Michael A. Haggerty, spinal injuries, left knee crushed, con dition serious: John Daly, condition se rious; Fireman Elliott, badly bruised: Lit nit nant J. C. Malloy, ankle crushed, badly bruised: Fireman Bensinger. ankle sprained: Fireman Yaeger, spine wrenched. The financial loss is estimated at s."i(tp.lM>o, most of which will fall upon the Jewel estate, owners of the build ing. Finns in surrounding buildings, suffered heavily from fire, water and smoke. Noted Ohio Editor Dead. Chardon. < Jan. 2!L Janies A. Da - .son. one of the oldest ami best known newspaper men in Ohio, is dead, dying <u<! nly. lie wa< for sev eral yearsici. • <i:t ![• of fht C|o .e ---land Leader, and p> hms to that time gained a wide reputation in this and other states as a leor -ran leetarer. He lio.-ame editor of Burton Rec ord about ten years ago, retiram in Another Blizz. ird in Dakota. St. Paul. Jaii. 2b. .< p its received at Great Nortinrn avd Northern Pa cif;e railroad headqiia!< here tell of another blizzard raging oxer North Da kota. along the main lines ot those roads. Want Column If You Want help Want a position Want to rent a house Want to buy or sell seed Want to sell household goods Want purchasers for real estate Want to buy or sell cattle or horses Want to sell fruit or vegetables Want to make a farm loan Want to trade anything Want a servant girl Want a partner Want cash Try Us —Subscribe for the Herald. —The Herald wants wood. • WANTED: Girl for general house work in small family; good wages. Write or telephone at once to A. R. Dewey, 5w4 Lancaster, Wis. FOR SALE or will exchange for feed: 3 in. farm wagon with springs no box, in good shape. Lancaster Bottling Works, 7t3 Lancaster, Wis. FARM HAND WANTED: I wish a man to work on my farm in Patch Grove the coming season; prefer man with family; will furnish house and will pay good wages to the right party. Inquire of or address, Paul Humphrey, Iw4 Patch Grove, Wis. READY FOR SAWING. We will locate our saw mill outfit at the Fred Aupperle farm for a month or so and then set at Ira Murphy’s place in Lan caster, where all work will receive careful attention. Logs may be hauled to either place at once. We will also attend to all orders for planing. Iw3pd Henry Pagenkoff, FOR SALE: Six-room house and two lots situated in 4th ward, city of Lancaster. Apply to J. C. Welsh, 50tf Bloomington. Wis. For Sale or Rent. 130 acres situated 2 miles south west of Hurricane; 90 acres under cultivation, balance in pasture. Al so for rent 120 acres adjoining above farm 70 acres under cultivation balance in pasture; will rent for 5 years. Geo. F. Finney. 2rt No Hunting Allowed. We hereby notify the public in general that we will allow no hunt ing gu our premises and will prose cute anyone found hunting on our farms. John Bendorf, Quincy Williams, Jos. Pi nr. U. D. Kinney. Matt Flesch. sw3pd Orson Ferrand. Notice. Throw no more ashes in the streets. This means everyone. 5w3 Jacob Dersch, Marshal. —Advertise in The Herald. WANTED: Two girls for domes tic work at the Grant county asy lum; salary S2O per month. Apply to W. J Dyer, Supt., 102w4 FARMS FOR SALE: I have two good farms, situated in Grant county that I will sell on reasonable terms. 51tf Jos. H. Bennett Ed. Hyde Saw Filing Scissor Grinding Razor Sharpening Key Fitting and Lock Repairing Trunks Repaired LOOK HERE! We Retail Good Whis key at Wholesale Prices. What’s the use\>f send ing your money away for inferior good-.. TRY L r S. Rudersdort &, Philipps DINING Room girl wanted at the Philipps House.