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VERNON COUNTY CENSOR
O. G. Munson, Publisher.
VIRCQUA. • - WISCONSIN.
HEREDITARY PAUPERISM.
A eery careful investigation has
been recently made in England with
a view to determining by scientific In
quiry how far pauperism might be
dealt with as a transmissible and
hereditary evil. The investigation
goes to show that pauperism tends to
recur in successive generations of the
same family, says the Philadelphia
Becord- It is propagated in large de
cree by free unions among unmarried
persons of moral feebleness and con
sequent illegitimacy, as shown by
backward examination of pedigree.
Paupers appear to prefer pauper al
liances. The resulting inbreeding
tends to the perpetuation of degen
erates. Much, of course, may ha due
to environment as a consequence of
berding paupers together in poor
houses or workhouses provided at the
public expense, but if heredity be a
dominating factor in producing and
reproducing through succeeding gen
erations a definite pauper stock, with
• native Incapacity to live in any
other way e.'cept as social parasite:-.,
the laws should be shaped so far as
possible to bring about a means of
preventior. There should be sex sep
aration In so far as such a r ule could
be enforced by state authority. We
take great pains to secure the propa
ganda of healthy and superior breeds
of domestic animals. There seems to
be no sound reason for a failure to
protect ourselves as far as we may
against the deterioration of the hu
man stock.
> An Interesting experiment is to bt
tried by the Swedish railways admin
tstration of running third-class sleep,
log cars. Tho first of the cars will j
be run between Stockholm and Mai- !
moe, says the London Globe. At each
end of the saloon are dressing tables,
etc., with hot and cold water. There
will lie nine compartments, seven of
these will have six beds. I!y day each
compartment furnishes eight sitting
places. The other compartments are
for four persons by day and three by
night. These are reserved for ladies.
The cost of this sleeping accommo
dation will bo only 3s. above the or
dinary ticket. If the experiment Is
well received the plan will be extend
ed. The experiment is not new, for
we believe third-class sleeping cars
have been run on the State railways
to Finland for at least twenty years.
The fable about the fountain of
youth to Florida in which Ponce do
Leon hail faith has been pretty well
discredited in thi3 age of progress
and skepticism. Hut it seems there
•till is belief in the practical value of
the famous spring. At least a pro
moter haw secured an option on 60,000
acres of land in the vicinity, with the
Idea of establishing a colony of Pitts
burg millionaires, the spring being
used to gererate electricity for power
and light for tho benefit of tho
wealthy settlers. This is a diversion
of purpede of which the great Spanish
explorer never dreamed.
A man in New York, intent on sui
cide, threw himself in front of a street
car, and then tried to have an auto
mobile run him over without success.
If he had been enjoying life to the
foil and anxious to postpone death as
long as possible, he would have been
finished accidentally by a casual au
tomobile in a twinkling, for such is
tho sarcasm of fate.
Forestry is one of tho recognized
{professions. There are 80 students
trow to the Yale school of forestry,
■uid this is but one of the agencies
(at work for turning out experts. Mrs.
ktarriman's gift of SIOO,OOO to endow a
[chair tn the Yale school ie hut tho
Iftrst of many gifts that are sure to
ieome to advance instruction in for
jerfry.
’ The latest estimates of the world’s
iron oro supplies fix the date of the
InbausUon of Btich resources at about
Cl years from now. By that time—
t what's the use?
Besides a voice a prima donna al
most always owns a dog or a tempera
*nent or something of that sort, and
(generally it is available for use at a
moment's notice.
A Lrraisiana Judge, in fining a man
$509 for kissing a widow, told him he
Cht to have known better. And
r the widow is wondering what he
meant.
Judglng from tho reports from
PVanee, Paris is on the Seine 11
months out of 12, and in it die rest of
the time.
The Spanish olive crop is a failure
(this year. There’s nothing to keep
Bpain from shipping labels to Cali
fornia, though.
Some scientists believe that primi
tive man had wings. If they're right
•The Descent of Man” is a fact
That octogenarian who never was
•shaved mist ed a whole lot of interest
to* talk about pugilism and ponies.
Speaking of wrestlers, why does not
■one impresario import a Patagonian
gpaat and create a real sensation?
Sea-going lobsters * are to become
sbeap- The other kind always were.
After a man has passed one night
as upper berth be feels shelf-worn
TAP! IS BROUGHT
IN LORIMER CASE
Paynter Hints at Effort to Bol
ster Administration.
INVASION OF SENATE RIGHTS
Kentuckian Describes Senator Lori
mer as “Man of Perfect Morals”
and Gives Praise to Lee
O'Neil Browne.
Washington.—The first mention of
the reported interest taken by
President Taft in the case of Sena
tor Lorimer was brought into the de
bate by Senator Paynter of Kentucky,
who was a member of the subcommit
tee which investigated the charges of
bribery in connection with Mr. Lori
mer's election.
Before taking up testimony In the
case Mr. Paynter took occasion to say
that he did not appear as “the apoli
gist of bribe givers or bribe takers."
Declaring the question to be a Judi
cial one. Mr. Paynter said:
“I did not approach the investiga
tion with any feeling or thought that
the country demanded a victim to ap
pease its wrath, or that any member
of this body, if such a demand was
made, would subseiviently yield to it;
neither did I suppose that a sacrlflcal
offering would be made of the accused
senator to satisfy a popular demand,
nor did 1 suppose it was necessary to
do so to give character and standing
to the administration."
Having brought the sklent into
the discussion, tho Kentucky senator
professedly undertook to eliminate
Idm from it. Referring to the fre-
Senator Paynter.
quent assertion In the public press that
the president is using his personal, if
not. his official, influence against Mr.
Lorimer, Mr. Payn'er said he desired
to resent the imputation against the
president.
“I have had,” he said, “an exalted
opinion of the president’s character,
and have believed that lie has chosen
wisely in many of his selections for
iudiical positions. lie has been a
judge and knows the rights and liber
ties of the people are only safe with
an honest and independent Judiciary.
"The president is a great lawyer and
knows that the constitution divided
our government into branches and
that it was Intended that one branch
should not invade the province of an
other. The president knows that the
senate is made the judge of the elec
tion of its members; therefore, the
constitution denies to the executive
and judicial branches of the govern
ment. the right to determine who is en
titled to a seat in this body. Certainly
the president would not attempt to vio
late the spirit, if not the letter, of the
constitution which he has promised
to obey. Surely he docs not want to
do that."
Declaring that such a course on the
part of the president would be “cal
amitous and humiliating,” Mr. Payn
ter said the president could as well
advise the Supreme court as to the
tenor of its decisions in the Standard
Oil and tobacco trust cases as to un
dertake to influence the senate's
course with reference to its action for
nr against Mr. Lorimer.
Referring to Senator Beveridge and
the minority report he presented, at
tacking the Lorimer election, Mr.
Paynter remarked:
"If he committed an error in the
preparation of the minority report, I
think he is entirely excusable. Tho
senator evidently had to prepare it in
great haste because, he and another
distinguished senator. Mr. Owen from
Oklahoma, were in a mad rush, in a
frantic effort to strike the first blow
in this contest.”
Mr. Paynter defended the character
of Senator Lorimer, who he said was
a man of perfect morals," and also
spoke in terms of praise of Speaker
Shurtleff of the Illinois house of rep
resentatives and State Senator is>e
O'Neil Browne, the Democratic leader,
who gave their support to Lorimer.
Kills Father; Shoots Sister,
Seattle, Wash.—John l)rost, twenty
two years old, Tuesday shot and killed
his father, Peter Drost, aged fifty-five
and wounded his nineteen-year-old sis
ter Phoebe. The young man and his
father were engaged in a quarrel when
the shooting occurred.
Twelve Jap “hods” Are Executed,
* Tokyo.—Twelve anarchists convict
ed of conspiracy against the throne
and the lives of the Imperial family
were executed in the prison here
Tuesday.
Burn Negro at the Stake.
Augusta, Ga.—lt Is reported here
that Bill Johnson, a negro, who shot
and killed D. C. Humphrey, a railroad
hrakeman. was burned at the stake
near Avera, Ga„ Monday by a mob
wblcb took him from the jail. Mem
bers of the mob say the negro got
away from them.
Fights In England's Bank.
London. —An armed insane man
fought the clerical foree*>and directors
In the Bank of England Monday. He
v as overpowered.
CEIBA TOKEN BY
HONDURAS REBELS
Ten Are Killed, Many Wounded In
3attle—Superior Guns Win
Fight.
Ceiba, Honduras.—After a day of
severe fighting, in which both infantry
and artillery participated, Ceiba was
taken by the Bonilla _ revolutionists.
The casualties are ten killed and
many wounded.
General Lee Christmas, chief aid of
the provisional president of Honduras,
is In control of the town and his sol
diers are guarding those streets not
occupied by American and British
bluejackets.
The Honduras government troops in
the eastern trenches were the first to
I give battle w jen General Christmas
| advanced from his camp, two miles
! away, soon after break of day. The
rebel leader Immediately brought his
superior machine guns into play and,
though General Guerrero, governor of
the district, was fairly well equipped,
his army could not bear the sweep of
shot trained upon them with fatal ef
fect by the experienced American
gunners i- the insurgent ranks.
At the height of the fighting on the
eastern edge of the city the govern
ment troops were thrown into panic
by the boom of artillery from the
western side, followed by the return
fire of what few troops had been left
on that side as a guard. General
Christmas had sent a detachment
around the city to await his attack on
the eastern trenches as a signal for
fighting on the west.
Tho Honduran gunboat Tatumbla
left at the first signs of an attack on
the city, ignoring General Christmas'
attempts to get the vessel to attack
his expedition. The craft had only
reached here from Puerto Cortez. It
is supposed to have gone back there.
Americans and American property
did not suffer through the battle, as
three vessels in the harbor were keep
ing the fighting forces tinder close
surveillance, and British and Ameri
can seamen, in possession of the neu
tral zone, were In readiness to en
force the agreement establishing this
district.
SAYS ROBIN IS UNBALANCED.
Lawyer Jerome Seeks to Withdraw ac )
Indicted Banker’s Counsel.
New York. Former District
Attorney Jerome applied to the
court of general session t for permis
sion to withdraw from the actions
which the district attorney’s office is
prosecuting against Joseph G. Robin,
the indicted banker. Mr. Jerome,
who has served as Robin's counsel
since the banker’s tangled affairs
have been before the court, says that
in his opinion Robin is mentally un
balanced. Mr. Jerome suggested that
the court appoint a commission to de
termine Robin's sanity.
Another enterprise with which
Robin was connected was found in
difficulties when an involuntary peti
tion in bankruptcy was filed in the
United States district court against
the Railway Traction Construction
company.
CHINESE RIOTING IS QUELLED.
Troops End Hankow Disorder After
Twelve Natives Meet Death.
Hankow. Tho rioting against
foreigners, which broke out
Sunday has quieted down under the
influence of the presence of 2,000
Chinese troops, which had been
brought into the city to protect aliens
and British and German sailors. It
was officially stated that twelve Chi
nese were killed and thirteen wound
ed, but that no foreigners had been
injured.
The disorders began following the
circulation of a report that the Brit
ish police had killed a coolie.
KANSAS SENATORS USE FISTS.
Encounter Follows Altercation on the
Floor When “Liar" Is Used.
Topeka, Kan. A joint meet
ing of the ways and means com
mittee of both houses of the Kansas
legislature was enlivened by a phys
ical encounter between George H
Hodges, state senator and Democrat
ic candidate for governor at the re
cent election, and H. E. Ganse, a Re
publican senator.
The fight followed an altercation in
the senate chamber, when Senator
Hodges called Senator Ganse a liar.
FAVOR TARIFF BOARD BILL.
Committee Is Unanimous for a Body ol
Five Members.
Washington.—The ways and means
committee favorably reported to the
house, after weeks of argument, a bill
which provides for a permanent tariff
board consisting of five members.
It is a compromise measure satis
factory to the president and it will
pass the house. Much to the sur
prise of Republican members of the
committee, the bill received the unani
mous support of the Democratic mem
bers, led by Champ Clark.
Girl Burned; Lover Held.
Bloomington. Ind. —Li tana Skelton,
aged twenty' s* ven years, was arrested
here Wednesday on a charge of pour
ing coal oil over his sweetheart, Lil
lian Ltford, sixteen years old, and set
ting fire to the dress. The girl was
horribly burned and is in a dying con
dition.
New Spanish Church Act.
Madrid. —The cabinet Wednesday
decided to present to parliament soon
a bill regulating the religious end uih
er associations.
Murder Is Ketchel Verdict.
Marshfield. Mo. —Guilty of murder
In the first degree, was the verdict re
turned Tuesday by the Jury in the
case of Walter A. Ihpley and Goldie
Smith, charged with the murder of
Stanley Ketchel. pugilist.
Standard Oil Not Guilty.
Raleigh, N. C. —The Standard OU
company was Tuesday adjudged not
guilty of violating the anti trust law
of North Carolina by cutting prices
• of kerosene oil so as to drive out cov
] petition.
PROGRESSIVES IN
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Senators, Representatives, Gov
ernors in New Organization.
“POPULAR RULE” THEIR AIM
Primary on All Election Offices, Initia
tive, Referendum, Recall and *
Corrupt Practice Acts Are
. Sought.
Washington. Progressive Repub
lican senators, representatives, gov
ernors, and others announced the
formation of an organization which
will seek to “fight for the establish
ment of popular government.” The
name of the organization is "The Re
publican Progressive league.”
Plans of the new league, which has
been under way since the assembling
of congress, were concluded at a meet
ing Saturday night, at which time a
declaration of principles was signed,
a constitution adopted and the follow
ing officers elected:
Preaident—Senator Jonathan Bourne,
Jr., Oregon.
First Vice-President—Representative
George W. Norris, Nebraska.
Second Vice-President —Gov. Chase
Osborn, Michigan.
Treasurer—Charles R. Crane, Chi
cago.
Executive Committee Senator
Moses E. Clapp, Minnesota; Senator
Joseph L. Bristow, Kansas; Represent
ative E. H. Hubbard, Iowa; Representa
tive Irvine L. Lenroot, Wisconsin;
Jonathan Bourne, Jr.
Representative-Elect William Kent,
California; Gifford Pinchot, Pennsyl
vania; George L. Record, New Jersey,
and the president and vice-presidents
and treasurer members ex-officio.
The declaration of principles signed
by nine Republican United States sen
ators, the governors of six Republican
states, thirteen members of the house
and others Is as follows:
"We, the undersigned, associate our
selves together as the National Pro
gressive Republican league.
“The object of the league Is the pro
motion of popular government and
progressive legislation.
"Popular government in America has
been thwarted and progressive legis
lation strangled by the special inter
ests, which control caucuses, delegates,
conventions and party organizations,
tnd, through control of the machinery
of government, dictate nominations
and platforms, elect administrations,
legislatures, representatives In con
gress and United States senators and
control cabinet officers.
"Just In proportion as popular gov
ernment has In certain states super
seded the delegate convention system
and the people have assumed control
of the machinery of government has
government become responsive to the
popular will and progressive legis
lation been secured.
"The Progressive Republican league
believes that popular government is
fundamental to all other questions. To
this end it advocates:
"The election of United States sen
ators by direct vote of the people.
“Direct primaries for the nomination
of all elective officials.
"The direct election of delegates to
national conventions, with opportunity
tor the voter to express bis choice for
president and vice-president.
"Amendment to state constitutions
providing for the initiative and refer
endum and recall.
"A thorough general corrupt prac
tice act.
"The league will co-operate with
progressives In the several states, and
wherever acceptable will render as
sistance in promoting the organization
of state leagues.
French Ships to Visit U. S.
Brest, France. —The French cruisers
Glorie. Condo and Admiral Aube,
under command of Rear Admiral
Dufure de lajarte, sailed for a
cruise in the Gulf of Mexico, and
along the eastern coast of the United
States.
Joliet Rejects Commission Form.
Jo!' t. 111. —Joliet rejected the com
mission form of government at a spe
cial election here Wednesday by a ma
jority of 674. The foreign vote
brought about the defeat qf the new
plan.
Sells Land on Sunday; Fined.
New York. —For offering real estate
for sale on Sunday. Thomas Duuford,
representative of a realty company,
was Wednesday fined five dollars in a
test case brought by*the Sunday Ob
servance society.
E. W. Hurley. Labor Head. Dies.
New York. —Edward \V. Hurley, as
sistant grand chief of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, died Mon-
I day of typhoid pneumonia at the
| Rrcadwsv Central hotel in this city
| His home was in Boston,
Breaks 5-Mile Auto Record, #
Los Angeles. Cal—Howard Wilcox
driving a National, broke the Ameri
can five-mile competition speedway rec
ortf at the Motordrome here Monday,
His time was 3 minutes and 21 sec
onds.
TAFT PROHIBITS
FIGHT BY HAITI
San Domingo la Protected by Presi
dent’s Action—Peremptory
Order Issued,
Washington.—That there must be
no war between Haiti and San Domin
go was the peremptory order issued
by President Taft to the American
minister at San Domingo.
This Is the first time that such an
order has ever gone forth from the
White House. The order is made pos
sible by the fact that the United
States, by guaranteeing San Domin
go'B debt to European nations, made
of that republic a protectorate a#
this government and, consequently
gave the United States the power to
tell Haiti that she cannot interfere
with American political institutions
in San Domingo.
San Domingo and Haiti have been
quarreling for over a year about a
frontier line. San Domingo claimed
the right to extend one of her roads
across the traditional border and this
brought up the old question of the
frontier. Both nations armed for the
conflict and sent troops to the scene
of trouble.
The president offered his good of
fices. There were some perfunctory
acknowledgements of the favor but
the armies remained In camp.
The following Is a close paraphrase
of the telegram sent by order of the
president to Minister Russell at Sail
Domingo:
“That as there appears to be In
reality no essential difference be
tween the proposal of the Dominican
and Haitian government to reach an
amicable adjustment of their present
boundary dispute, this government
cannot believe that the minor points
regarding the maintenance of the
status quo and the cessation of the
work on the road pending the Settle
ment can be regarded as sufficiently
important to warrant any delay what
ever in the drawing up of suitable
articles for the submission of the
matter to arbitration and can far less
be regarded as of sufficient import
ance to warrant any further talk by
either party of a resort to arms.
“The American government there
fore feels that the two governments
should at once unite in framing a
compromise providing for the early
adjustment of this question. Mean
while the status quo should be main
tained, troops should be withdrawn
from the border and work upon the
road should cease until the final set
tlement of the question.”
Secretary Knox calls attention to
the special Interest of this govern
ment In the Dominican government
and its obligations under the conven
tion of 1907 and also to the peculiar
interest taken in the welfare of both
the Dominican republic and the re
public of Haiti saying that this gov
ernment will be glad to exercise it's
friendly good offices to facilitate such
an arrangement.
PHILLIPS DIES OF WOUNDS.
Novelist After Gallant Fight for Life
Dies.
New York. David Graham Phil
lips, the novelist, died In Belle
vue hospital here. The cause of death
was given as shock and acute lumbar
pneumonia following six gunshot
wounds inflicted Monday by the
demented violinist, Fitzhugh Coyle
Goldsborough, who killed himself
after shooting Mr. Phillips.
He made a valiant fight for life and,
for a time, the su. geons thought Le
might pull through.
While the surgeons were working
over the autnor his sister and broth
er entered the ward. Phillips recog
nized them. He pressed his sister's
hand.
“I’m feeling very weak,” ho told
her. "I don't know if I can pull
through.”
Soon he was seized with another
hemorrhage. He lapsed into uncon
sciousness at 10:30 o'< lock. Just be
fore that ho said, feet •; "I feel cold.
It’s all over.”
NIXON RE-ELECTED IN NEVADA.
Democratic Legislature Returns Re
publican to United States Senate.
Carson, Nev. George S. Nixon,
Republican, was elected United
States senator to succeed himself, by
a legislature which has four Demo
cratic majority on joint ballot.
Cheyenne, \Yyo , Jan. 25—• The rWyo
ming legislature, voting separately in
the two houses, elected United States
Senator D. C. Clark to succeed him
self.
ACCEPT U. S. AS ARBITRATOR.
Peace Now Seems Assured Between
Hayti and San Domingo.
Port au Prince. Haiti. The
Haltien and Santo Dominican govern
ments have both accepted the proposal
of Secretary Knox to submit to arbitra
tion the delimitation of the frontier,
which has been the cause of serious
disputes between the countries. Pend
ing this they have agreed to withdraw
their respective forces.
Find Ballot Boxes in Water.
Perry, Okia.—Fifteen ballot boxes
used in the general election Novem
ber 8 were found in the water works
reservoir here Wednesday. Several
county officials were elected by small
majorities.
Hoppe Not to Retire.
New York. —Willie Hoppe, billiard
champion of Yhe world, said Wednes
day that the report that he had an
nounced his retirement from the game
because of the objections of his wife
and father-in-law is untrue.
$35,000 Thaw Gems Stolen.
Pittsburg, Pa.—The residence of
William Thaw. Jr., was sobbed of Jew
els valued at *35.000 while the family
was at dinner Monday night Included
in the valuables is a pearl necklace
worth $17,000, the property of M’i
Thaw.
Kansas Woman Lives to 102.
Eureka. Kan.—Mrs. Sophia Sharp
i Kirk, 102 years old, one of the earliest
! settlers in Greenwood county, died at
j her home here Tuesday. She was
l born in Tennessee in 1808,
LA EOLLETTE AGAIN
ELEOTEDSENATOR
LEGISLATORS BALLOT TO RE.
TURN BADGER STATESMAN
FOR A SECOND TERM.
ONE REPUBLICAN PROTESTS
Vote of Senator Whitehead of Janes
ville, Who Cast His Ballot for
General Winkler, the Only Dissen
sion in Ranks of Party.
Madison. —With only one repub
lican senator, John M. Whitehead, op
posing the election, and strictly ac.
cording to schedule, the Wisconsin
legislature, voting as separate bodies
re-elected Robert M. La Follette to
the United States senate.
Except that the upper house de
layed action in order to give Senator
A. W Sanborn, who was unable tc
arrive on time, an opportunity to
vote, there was no deviation from the
program as arranged.
Senator Whitehead's unexpected
action in casting his ballot for Gen.
Frederick C. Winkler of Milwaukee
was the only sensation of the sena
torial election. Otherwise the votes
ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE
were cast on strictly party lines, and
at no time was there the slightest
doubt as to the outcome.
The senate’s first and decisive bal
lot resulted as follows:
La Follette (Rep.), 24; Charles H.
Weisse (Dem.), 4; John C. Kleist
(Soc. Dem.), 2; Gen. F. C. Winkler,
1. The total number of votes cast
was 31.
In the assembly Senator La Fol
lette received a majority on the first
ballot, which resulted as follows:
La Follette (Rep.), 59: Charles H.
Weisse (Dem.), 27; John C. Kieist
(Soc. Dem.), 12. The total number
of votes cast was 98.
Although the separate elections
made the senior senator’s election no
more certain than it was before the
ballots were cast, both houses met
later in joint session for the closing
formal joint vote.
Following his election Senator La
Follette appeared before the joint
session and delivered a short speech
of acceptance.
MAN S DEATH IS A MYSTERY
Badly Cut and Burned, Victor Gus
tafson of Westboro Claimed
Robbers Assaulted Him.
Ashland. —Victor Gustafson of
Westboro died here the victim, he
claimed, of a vicious assault by Dur
glars. He said that two masked men
entered his house at night and as
saulted him with an ax, set fire to
the house on-j departed. He regained
consciousness sufficiently to crawl out
of the burning building, and was
found sitting in the snow, severely
burned and cut. He was 58 years
old and is said to have been despond
ent. From the nature of his cuts,
some doubts are thrown on his story.
Erickson Rema ns on Ra>l Board.
Madison. —Halford Erickson of Su
perior has been reappointed to the
railroad commission by Gov. McGov
ern.
Since the organization of the com
mission in 1906, Halford Erickson
has been a member of it. Previously
he had been state commissioner of
labor, census and industrial statistics.
Charges Against Water Company.
Racine. —The city council will file
a complaint with the state railroad
commission charging the Racine Wa
ter company with discrimination in
rates. Consumers outside the city
limits are given lower rales than
those within, ft is alleged. An effort
will be made for municipal owner
ship of the plant.
Suffrage Bill Introduced.
Madison. —Assemblyman Kemper
has introduced in the assembly a
measure to submit the question of
woman s suffrage to popular vote at
the general election in November,
1912.
Pioneer Octogenarian Dead.
Manitowoc. —William Eclnenauch
ter, a pioneer settler of this city', who
with his wife celebrated the sixtieth
anniversary of their wedding a few
weeks ago. is dead at the age of 80.
Tfest Law Repeal Asked.
Madison.—Petitions offered in the
assembly call for the repeal of the
tuberculin test, and the abolition of
the offices of game warden, jury colu
mns ioner and county supervisor of
assessments.
G ven $4,000 for Hand
Green Bay.—A settlement was ar
ranged in the case of Joseph Payette
against the Bird & Wells Lumber Cos.,
Wausaukee, whereby the plaintiff re
ceives *4,000 for the loss of a hand.
WISCONSIN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD
Ashland. —ln a free-for-all fight
between lumberjacks at Mellen two
men were killed and several re
ceived minor injuries. The dead are
Adams of Superior and John Gordon,
a camp foreman. Martin Miller was
arrested and rushed to the jail at
Ashland to avoid further trouble.
John White, a chum of Miller, got in
to a fight outside a saloon and Miller
rushed to his assistance. He says
that three lumberjacks had bis chum
cornered and grabbing a sled stake,
he proceeded to e'ear the field. He
crushed the skulls of Adams and Gor
don, and they never spoke after they
fell. With the two men at his feet he
remained in undisputed possession of
the field, but submitted quietly to ar
rest. Miller is an Austrian, twenty
seven years old, over six feet tall
and as strong as an ox. His blows
crushed the skulls of Adams and Gor
don like eggshells.
New Richmond.—ln a * row on
Main street, Rockford Clark wa
shot by his half brother. Tip Clark.
Four shots were fired from a .32 cali
ber revolver at close range, all taking
effect, one shot in the lungs, on. in
the abdomen, one through the right
hand and another, in the left thigh.
The 6hots were fired In rapid succes
sion. Both men were in a bob sled,
Rocky holding the horses, being un
able to get away. Rocky was trying
to induce Tip to go home to his
father’s farm, five miles wat of town.
Rocky was not armed.
Manitowoc.—School boards in Wis
consin cannot institute actions
against teachers for alleged breach of
contract without the authority of. a
vote of the electors of the district.
This important decision, said to be
the first in Wisconsin on the question,
was handed down by Judge Klrw *n
in circuit court in the case of '’■e
school district No. 2 of this city
against Miss Gertrude Paine, a for
mer teacher. The board sued for *SOO
after Miss Paine had left to accept a
position with another school.
Plymouth.—The board of control
of the Sheboygan county fair
in session here decided to hold the
next annual fair on September 5-8.
The 1910 fair cleared *1,311.14. The
following officers were elected: Presi
dent, P. K. Wheeler; vice-president,
N. Laernan; A. E. Dow;
secretary, Otto Gaffron.
La Crosse. While the lifeless
body of Engineer Charles F. Ro
dell of La Crosse balanced- on a rail
road bridge three miles back, an ex
tra Burlington freight train tore in
to Galena, 111., before Fireman Frank
Mclntyre discovered that the train
was without a pilot. He hastily ap
plied the brakes and brought the fly
ing train to a standstill and search
was made for Rodell.
Madison. —One of the nine men
killed In last week’s boiler dis
aster on the U. S. S. Delaware was
Louis Addison White, a coal passer,
whose home was In Poynette, and
word was received at the adjutant
generr.l's office that the body w 11 be
shipped to Poynette for burial. The
young seaman is survived by an
adopted mother, Mrs. Sarah Ward.
Madison. A quarter of a mil
lion dollars Is the approximate
amount which the city of Madison
will invest during the coming season
in permanent street improvements.
The material used will be asphalt and
brick or prepared block surfaces,
with cement foundations, instead of
soft sandstone macadam. All the
work will be done under the direction
of City Engineer leke.
Hayward.—Henry Vincent conduc
tor of the Edward Hines’ Lum
ber company's logging train, was
killed near the headquarters camp
four miles north of Hayward. While
the train was in motion, he tried to
jump, but slipped under the wheels.
Spring Green. While measuring
the water in a cistern, Edward
Smith, superintendent of a large farm
in Alabama, fell in and was drowned.
He was a former resident of this city.
Madison. —That the finance com
mittee in charge of raising funds
for the erection of anew building for
the Wisconsin union is accomplishing
good results is evident from some of
the investments which have recently
been made. The most recent invest
ment was in *SOO 6 per cent, bond of
the Interstate light and Power com
pany of* Galena, 111. The committee
in charge of investment of funds con
sists of C. O. Bickelbaupt, Aberdeen,
N. D.; A. H. Ochsncr, Chicago, and L.
E. Voyer, Junction City. Walter
Bucher., Theresa, is president of the
union board, and Voyer is treasurer.
Madison. —Governor McGovern took
favorable action on the appointment
of Leonard Cleaver as superintendent
of the free employment bureau at La
Crosse. Mr. Cleaver succeeds T. L.
Mullen. The bureau is iimilar to
other bureaus in Superior and Mil
waukee and is under the bureau of
labor and statistics, of which D. J.
Beck is commissioner.
Fond du Lac.—Mrs. F. Blair
was seriously wounded by a bullet
which pierced the edge of her heart.
She was changing the cover on uer
dresser and the fringe caught a re
volver lying there, dragging it to the
floor, when it exploded. Her husband
found her on the floor when he re
turned from work an hour later.
Baraboo.—Some unknown pcrsrn
knocked on the door of Mrs.
Thomas Degan's residence and left a
basket containing a baby girl, a note
saying: "Born, January 7. Have It
christened it a Catholic church, and
take good care of it."
Green Bay.—Alexander Sharpe of
the Hudson & Sharpe company, found
ers. died as a result of burns received
in an explosion of gasoline at bir
plant. Sharpe was fifty-eight years
old. He was well-known in manufac
turing circles, having been conne< ted
with this company for a number of
years. .
Sheboygan.—A plan is on foot
to lay out a flue public drive
along the lake shore by opening a dis
used street and grading with the
earth from a hill that is being cut
down to admit the passage of the new
intercepting sewer.