FOND DU IRC IS
SWEPT BY FIRE:
LOSS $250,000
BLAZE, STARTING IN GARAGE, DE
STROYS CHURCHES AND DAM
AGES SCORE OF HOMES.
FANNED BY GALE OF WIND.
Rumor That Explosion in W. D. Con
nors’ Automobile Started the
Conflagration.
BIG SCARE FOR RESIDENTS.
FOND DU LAG, Wis.. Sept. 20.
ISp cjjii.] Fire which threatened the
business section and a large portion of
the residence district, of Fond du Lac,
destroyed two churches, several resi
dences. an automobile garage and dam
aged more than a score of homes and
other buildings at an early hour this
morning.
The conflagration, (ho largest that
Fond du Lac has experienced since the
destruction of the Moore A Galloway
Lumber company’s mills and yards and
tlie plant of the Fond du Lac Iron com
pany, started in the garage, the property
of tin- Orescent Auto A Machine com
pany, Marr and East Second streets,
shortly before midnight, ami before ilic
last spark was extinguished the follow
ing buildings were completely destroyed.
St Joseph’s Catholic church; lots, so*.
i*)n.
Kt Joseph’s chunk parish house; loss,
-7000.
Crescent garage, with seven automobiles;
less. $.50,000.
Congregational ehureti; io.-s, . r >l7,iMo
■ r mr t. r. V
$lO,OOO.
DPI Congregational church parsonage;
loss, tprtooo.
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MAYU A M RESII ENCE.
The following buildings were damaged,
the roofs catching fire from brands sent
skyward by llic gale of wind:
Si. Peier's Lutheran church, steeple de
sire. .<1 and roof (Minted; loss, SIO,OUO.
Grant school, sTiflUo.
Residence of Hie Misses Agues and The
resa Gurcnheck.
Residence of and office of Dr. L. P. Hum.
Residence of .1. W. Watson.
Residence of Rev. G 10. Uergcmann.
Residence of I>. T*. Foster.
Residence of Dr. i.. A. Bishop.
Residence of John llenlli.
Residence of Frank Heath.
Residence of .1. ’. Fuhrinun.
Keshler.ee of Rev. 1 11. Keller.
Residence of Fred Sesmith.
Residence of E. E Rntretl.
Residence of Mayor K. W. Clark.
Fond du Lac steam laundry.
Other smaller fires were started in the
residence district lying between Second
street and Arndt streets and extend a
distance of nearly ten blocks, and extend
ing east and west for a distance of about
Iwo blocks.
Total Loss $253,000.
In addition to these losses, large tour
ing cars belonging to F. 8. Wiley. 11. K.
I’oflir and Lieut.-Gov. \V. D. Connor,
tlie Crescent Auto A Machine company
and runabouts owned by Dr. 8. E. Gavin
were completely destroyed. The total
loss is about $230,000.
The cause of the (ire is a mystery.
Join Jambor. (he manager in charge of
the garage, declared that it was due to
t r issed electric wires, while a street
rumor tills morning said that an explo
sion occurred in the gasoline tank of the
Connor automobile which bad been run
into the garage but a half hour before
the tin* started.
Those w ho were near the corner of Sec
ond and Marr streets when the tire was
first seen, declare that there were five or
six distinct explosions in the garage.
'They believe that it was the fuel tanks
it. the cars which were stored there.
City Calls for Aid.
A heavy gale, coupled with an inade
quate water supply, was responsible for
he spread of the conflagration and the
delay in checking the path of the fire.
Calls were sent to Oshkosh and Mil
waukee for assistance and help arrived
from Oshkosh, but the flames were got
ten under control at 2 o’clock so that
the Milwaukee order was countermand
ed.
AH Fond dn Lae was awakened and
our to assist in fighting roof fires and
helping residents in (hat section of the
city to remove their household effects
end get them to a place of safety. This
required the work of hundreds, but they
succeeded iu saving the city from de
struction.
i The distance between the garage and
the Congregational church is two blocks,
aud the roof of the latter caught fire
from burning embers which were car
ried there by the gale. St. Joseph’s
church was located just across the street
IS DEAD IN TRAIN CRASH
BERLIN “L” CARS COLLIDE ON
TRIPLE CROSSING.
Passengers Dashed Forty Feet to Ground
—Many Electrocuted by Deadly
Third Rail.
BERLIN, Sept. 2t. —Two trains on the
Berlin elevated railroad were in collision
early this afternoon. Asa result eigh
teen persons are dead, eight seriously
and many others slightly injured. Most
of the deaths resulted from contact with
the electrified rails.
’The accident was caused by a mis- !
placed signal. One of the cars, which ,
was crowded with passengers, was 1
thrown to the street forty feet below and
shattered. The greatest mortality was
in this car. The police were quickly at
the scene and the work of extricating
the dead and wounded was begun. Am
bulances -were summoned and waited
dose tc tne scene of the wreck while the !
Grant school, located south of the gar
age, was partially destroyed, the roof
catching fire and the upper story being
badly damaged before the firemen suc
< ceded in putting out the blaze in this
vicinity.
St. Peter’s Lutheran church is located j
west, on Mart street, and the entire stee- <
pie and part of the roof were destroyed. I
The huge clock struck the hour of 12 I
when the conflagration was raging, and I
then, as the immense tower fell, the j
gong, buried iu the debris, struck seven- j
teen times and stopped.
Many Water Pipes Burst.
Fond du Lac for years lias depended j
upon pressure from tlie mams of the j
from the garage and nothing could save j
that edifice from complete destruction. j
Old Landmark Destroyed.
The residences which were damaged
lay direct in the path of the flames and
it required heroic measures to keep the
sparks from working havoc on the dry \
roofs. The Mayham residence, one of |
the city's landmarks and the home of t
ihe late Dr. T. F. Mayham, mayor of |
Fond du Lac for five terms and a Demo- |
crat of the “old school” in Wisconsin, |
was located just east of the garage. It 1
was beautiful and costly residence and |
contained some of the most artistic
paintings from the brush of Hie late
Mark Harrison and Edward G. Mas
craft.
Fond du Lac Water company for fire
protection. One engine is owned by the
city, but it is an out-of-date contrivance
and of little use. During the fire this
morning water pipes burst in various
parts of the city, flooding ttie store of
the Thiele Clothing company and the
office of Ir. J. W. Sorenson on Main
street, near Forest avenue, and the base
ment of the Penny Arcade on South
Main street.
A year ago a pipe line was laid to
Lake Winnebago to furnish additional
S3 PETER’S ( lIURCII.
fire protection, but this has never heen
connected with the city mains. Some
manufacturing establishments have made
use <ff the lake water, among these being
the Frist Rueping Leather company and j
the Eastern Wisconsin Railway and ;
Light company.
Last night when it was seen that the I
water supply was running low. the leath
er company turned the water from its
large artesian well into tlie city mains
and tlie additional pressure replenished
the supply so that some progress could
he made in checking the blaze.
Fire in Elks’ Club.
During the lire a gas stove in the
Elks’ clubhouse exploded, causing a
small fire and threatening that building.
The beautiful Masonic temple, costing
over $30,000, is located just across the
street from the Congregational church,
but was saved from destruction by the
slate roof. The livery of T. H. Hastings
escape the fire, although it was threat
i cncd.
Bert Cady, a truckman at No. 1 engine
house, fell from one of the buildings and
was hurt. He is also suffering from
burns. M. McGrath, first assistant chief,
was overcome by smoke and was re
moved to his home. Jacob Loohr foil
through a hole in the roof of St. Peter’s
Lutheran church aud sprained his ankle.
His hair was singed and his eyebrows
were burned off completely.
St. Joseph’s Catholic church was one
of the most beautiful and costly churches
in the city. Its interior decorations were
regarded as among the most artistic from
the classic viewpoint in the state. The
congregation had recently installed an
expensive organ.
Hold Services in Armory.
Both the destroyed churches will be re
built immediately. The losses are 'par
tially covered by insurance so that there
will be no delay. Sunday. St. Joseph’s
congregation will hold services in Armory
E and will continue until word is re
ceived from Archbishop Messmor.
The garage was formerly known as the
Crescent Opera house.
Miss Mayham Heavy Loser.
Miss Bessie Marie Mayham, the well
known soprana soloist, was <>ne of the
heaviest losers in the lire. In addition
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GRANT SCHOOL.
to losing all her jewelry, her musical li
brary. which she says is priceless, was
totally destroyed. ller loss is complete,
for she carried no insurance.
Mayor Clark issued a proclamation at
noon today thanking the Oshkosh and
| Milwaukee fire departments for their of
fers of assistance. The volunteer brigade
which was organized by the young men
of the city come in for a good share of
praise by the mayor. In his proclama
tion Mayor Clark notified all merchants
and business men to remove the rubbish
j in the alleys adjoining the business dis
trict.
i WAUKESHA—The 2-ycar-old son of Mr.
and Mrs Walter Morris of Wales, while
at the home of a neighbor, was attacked
j by a vicious dog and severely bitten four
| times iu the face.
injured were brought out. Then each
wagon with its suffering passengers has
tened away to a hospital.
The collision occurred in the heart iff
;ho eastern commercial district on what
it known as "the triangle." a notable
piece of railway construction where
three double tracked lines cross. A
model of this crossing was exhibited at
the St. Louis exposition.
BADGER TROOPS EXONERATED.
Wisconsin Boys Are Cleared of Charges
of Rowdyism.
FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Ind.. Sept. 20. [Special.]—The Third
Wisconsin has been exonerated, from the
charges of rowdyism preferred against it
by the citizens of Indianapolis. The
first night the soldiers wore in camp the
Michigan boys had quite a time in the
city. Some of the offenders claimed to
be members of the Third Wisconsin, and
when the report reached camp Col- Hoi
way started a rigid investigation. The
testimony of the Badgers, the regulars
aud the First Kentucky entirely refuted
the charges, and the colonel lifted the
ban that had been placed upon the
troops. Oa pay day passes were issued
to the members of the Third and they
were allowed to visit the city once more.
ROBBERS MAKE
BIG BUNK HAUL
AT LADYSMITH
YEGGMEN CRACK vSAFE AND ESCAPE
IN EARLY HOURS OF THE
MORNING.
KEEP UP FIRE ON CITIZENS.
Gang of Seven Terrorizes Town and Make
Way with Booty on a Hand
car.
SHERIFF AND POI ICE IN PURSUIT.
LADYSMITH. Wis., Sept. 21b— [Spe
cial. J —A gang of yeggmen at ." o'clock
this morning blew open the safe of the
state bank here and escaped with $20(30.
There were seven cracksmen in the gang,
four of them standing watch while the
other three worked inside the bank build
ing. Sheriff Reed and Chief of Police
McNally have started in pursuit of the
robbers iu a gasoline car.
Safe Blown Open.
It is not known whore the burglars
came from, hut about .' o'clock this
morning the Own was startled by four
explosions coming from the direction of
the hank building. Citizens turned out
to ascertain the cause of the explosions
and were met with a volley of bullets
from the robbers who had been left on
guard. Night Officer (Jordon was shot
in the right arm when he rushed to the
scene of the robbery and several per
sons who stuck their heads out of win
dows to see what was going on were
shot at by the burglars.
Use Guns Freely.
It took the yeggmen twenty minutes
to complete the “job" and during the en
tire time that the three cracksmen wore
working at the safe iu the hank, the rob
bers on guard kept Miss Frances Kil
gore. night telephone operator in the
hank building, covered with their guns.
Every live minutes the cracksmen would
send a volley down the street to keep the
inhabitants from venturing out while the
safe was being cracked. The robbers
did not leave town immediately after the
hank was looted, for a few minutes after
the big excitement hail passed at the
hank building two men were discovered
trying ti> break into the postoftice. Post
master, Fritz was notified, but when he
appeared on the scene with a rifle the
men had disappeared. It was learned
afterwards that the cracksmen had stol
en their revolvers from the Sands Hard
ware store.
The yeggmen escaped on a handcar.
The state hank is insured for SIO,<XM)
against burglars.
GREEN CAPS FOR‘PROSE*
Hibernian Headgear, Surmounted by a
Cute Cardinal Button, Is Latest Uni
form for Varsity Nursery.
MADISON. Wis.. Sept. 20.—[Spe
cial.] —Posted conspicuously around the
campus today were the mandates of the
upper classmen requiring the freshmen
to deck their Jioads with green caps
with cardinal buttons. ,The caps have
been placed on sale at one of the stores
and it is expected that every freshman
will purchase one and wear it until the
first of May, the penalty attached to the
order being a “ducking" in Lake Men
dota. This is the first time that any
thing of this nature has been attempted
at the university and whether or not the
"freshios" will obey or resist the order
is being watched with interest.
Hazing Juts been begun in a small way
hut as yet there have been no large
hazing parties and the freshmen have
been comparatively unmolested. There
was talk of a big “ducking" party last
night, hut owing to the coldness of the
weather it was dropped. The class rush,
held annually between the two lower
classes of the university, will he hold
this year nut near the agricultural school
instead of at the gymnasium. It is ex
pected that in this way the event will
he disrobed of its former dangers on
account of the large rocks that are on
the lake shore. This year’s event will he
governed by the two upper classes who
will sec to it that fair play is given by
each class.
ALLEGES A CONSPIRACY,
La Crosse Grocer Sues James B. Murray,
President of State Association,
for S2OOO.
LA CROSSE. Wis., Sept. 211. [Spe
cial.] —Alleging that the La Crosse De
tail Grocers’ association, a branch of
the isconsin Grocers' association, is
<t conspiracy by which wholesalers and
retailers are terrorized and the public
defrauded. Nicholas Birnhamn. a local
grocer, today brought suit against the
local association and a score of the most
prominent members, including James B.
Murray, president both of the local and
stale associations, for S2OOO damages.
Birnhanm alleged'that the wholesalers
were not permitted to sell to him and
that farmers are prevented from deliver
ing him produce.
8678 WORDS ON POSTAL.
Chippewa Falls Girl Claims to Be the
Champion Microscopic Writer
of the World.
CHIPPEWA FALLS. Wis.. Sept. 20.
| —I Special.| —Miss Lou I). Cosgriff of
I this city is believed to he the world's
j chainpiiui niiseroscopie writer. She has
■ just completed the feat of writing 8670
| words on the hack of a United States
}>ostal card. otqxoi j inches. The writing
is hardly readable with the naked eye,
but is distinct under a microscope. Ev
ery letter is well formed and there is
no blurring. The writing was done with
pen and ink.
j GETS A Si AIE CHARTER,
Wisconsin National Life Insurance Com
pany Writes Required Number
of Polic es.
OSHKOSH. Wis.. Sept. 20. [Spe
cial.] —The Wi- uisin National Life In
mrance company of Oshkosh has ac
■i-mplishcd the seemingly impossible by
securing AdO policies aggregating over
$ I.oft *.( ihi win h permits them to receive
a charter from the state of Wisconsin.
The company Las now received its char
ter and officers will he elected iu a few
days and a Jubilee banquet held.
Dane County Fair Opens.
MADISON. Wis., Sept. 20. — [Special.]
—The Dane count}' fair opened this
morning and prospects are for a record
attendance in view of the excellen.
weather. This afternoon the programme
consists of a series of automobile races-
Oshkosh Dealers to Raise Prices.
OSHKOSH. Wis.. Sept. 20-—[Spe
cial.] —A movement is under way iu this
city among milk dealers to raise the
price of milk from the present rate of
o to 0 cents.
DIES FROM HIS BURNS
EDEN W. DRAKE SUCCUMBS IN
SPITE OF HOPE.
Caught in Hot Kiln in North Dakota—
Had Been Reported as
Killed.
MILWATKEK, Wis. Sept. 30.
Eden W. Drake of this eity died at
4:45 o'clock this morning at Kenmare.
X. I)., from the etfeets of injuries re
ceived hy {lie bursting of a brick kiln
at Kenmare last Wednesday. Mr.
Drake was seriously burned, being en
gulfed in the mass of fire and red hot
bricks, and it was at first reported that
he had perished. The report proved un
founded. however, and for a time hopes
were entertained of his recovery. The
nsws of his death came by telegraph u>
Milwaukee relatives this morning.
The remains will be brought to Mil
waukee by his son, E. W. Drake. Jr.,
who was with him at the time of the
accident, and the funeral will he held m
this eity, the time to be announced later.
Mr. Drake was 51 years old. He was
prominent in Wisconsin Prohibition eir
eies and in 1004 was a candidate for
governor on that tieket. He lived in Mil
waukee for thirty years, was an active
member of the chamber of commerce,
was nrosident of the ('ream City Brick
company and of the Milwaukee Brick
makers' association. In .1900 he left Mil
waukee for Kenmare. where he was in
terested in (he manufacture of brick.
Mr. Drake is survived by his widow
and six children, two of whom. E. W.
Drake. Jr., and Mrs. P. M. Kyuaston
of this eity. were children of a former
marriage. The other children are Eu
gene. < leraldiue, Mabel and Dorothy
Drake. He is also survived by his
mother. Mrs. William Drake, and by a
sister. Mrs. Janies Finch of Chicago.
KILLED WHILE ASLEEP
HENRY STATT TAKES A NAP ON
STREET RAILWAY TRACK.
Milwaukee Man Employed by Street
Railway Company Loses His Life
—Companion Escapes.
It AC IXE. \\ is.. Sept. 30.—Henry
St at f, a single man of Milwaukee, over
30 years of age. was brought iuto the
morgue at 0 o’clock this morning with his
lace and pan of his head cut off. one
arm severed and his body mangled. Stait.
with Mick T'askit, was employed by the
Milwaukee Electro Hailway A Light
company. They were welding rails at
the coiners of Washington and Hamil
ton avenues. They went to sleep on the
tracks. A car used for construction,
hacker down upon Stall and killed him.
Taskit woke up and jumped out of the
way just in time to save himself, hut
was unable to awaken Stud.
DR.J.H.SENNER EXPIRES
Former Milwaukee Resident and After
ward Federal Immigration
Commissioner.
MILWAUKEE. Wis., Sept. 30.
Dr. Joseph H. Senner. formerly editor
of the Milwaukee llerold, and commis
sioner of immigration at the port of New
York finder President Cleveland, died
suddenly in his office. 1 10 Xassan street.
Xew York city, on Monday afternoon,
death being due to a stroke of apoplexy.
He was 02 years old.
In the second Cleveland campaign
Dr. Senner made speeches with Mr.
Cleveland and was understood to have
great influence xvitli the Herman voters.
When he was appointed commissioner of
immigration he was described as “a so
cial scientist, a Liederkranz musician, a
lawyer, a politicial stump speaker, a
linguist, a pragmatical writer and a
good judge of Vicuna beer."
Dr. Benner was a native of Austria
and was a graduate of tbe University
of Vienna. He practiced law in Bruun
for a time and in 3880 came to this
country as the correspondent of some
Herman and Austrian papers.
He came to Milwaukee in ISB2. be
coming editor-in-chief of the Milwau
kee llerold. and remained here until
sometime in LSS-L leaving Milwaukee
for Xew York, where he became editor
of the Staats-Zeilung. a post xvbich he
held until bis appointment in 1893.
Dr. Senner. like the late Carl Sclmrz,
was a Republican at first, but he became
an active supporter of Mr. Cleveland.
In Xew York he fought Tammany and
was one of the so-called anti-snappers.
Dr. Senner inaugurated many reforms in
t'ne Xew York port and was largely re
sponsible for the erection of new build
ings on Ellis island. When his term
ended be became the editor of tbe Na
tional Provisioner and of Cold Storage
and the Ice Trade Journal. He was
known as a lecturer in Herman on scien
tific subjects and for five years was
president of the Herman Social Scientific
society.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
BELOIT—Louis Boss died as tbe result
of an explosion at the gas works, when
the handle of an iron shovel was driven
into his chest.
GREEN BAY—John Znrek was sentenced
to one year at AVattpun for dismantling a
locomotive. lie removed various pieces of
brass, holts, stopcocks, etc., rendering the
engine useless.
SHEBOYGAN—Frantic cries of their in
fant child of 0 months aroused the family
of Harry Klein at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing when flames were about to devour
them. Half suffocated from the smoke they
hurriedly escaped in their night robes.
APPLETON—A petition has been flled to
have a special election ordered to decide it
the village of Kimberly is to be incorpor
ated. It is proposed to incorporate for a
distance of one square mile, which will
give a village of over TOO inhabitants, with
two churches, a hotel and a number or
stores.
ASHLAND—OIive Avery died in a focal
hospital from the effects of seif-adminis
tered poison. William Mallory who was ar
rested after the woman had been picket
up in an unconscious condition and whom
she had accused of misconduct, will prob
ably be released us it is feared her dying
statement will not bo accepted in court.
EAT CLAIRE—The eighty students in
the Wisconsin School of Undertaking, which
has been in session here for several weeks,
have perfected a class organization, the
first of its kind in the state, with the fol
lowing officers: President. J. Mark Han
son. Kenosha; vice president. Mr. Good
rich; secretary, Mrs. George shriner, Mon
roe: treasurer, M. Budahn, Waupnn; ser
geant at arms, A. E. Smith.
New Lines Ready by November 1.
WAUKEGAN. 111.. Sept. 30.—The hmt
link of the Chieago-Milwaukee under
ground telephone conduits is being laid
between Lake Bluff and Lake Forest.
Work on the big job between the two
cities has been going on for about two
years. It is now expected to open it
for public use November 1.
Prefers Jail to Paying Fine.
RACINE. Wis.. Sept. 90. —Clyde Eovo.
a barber who is fairly well off, refuses
to pay a fine of S3 and costs amounting
to $12.80. ami will serve ten days in jail
and on his release may write a story of
the conditions of the prison as he found
them.
Labbrcr Killed by Trcßey Car.
KENOSHA. Wis., Sept. 30. —Heorge
Hallow, aged OS years, a resident of
Kenosha for a number of years, xvas in
stantly killed at a crossing of the Chi
cago and Milwaukee road at the north
’units of the city last night.
ABBOTT OUT
OF THE RACE
CANNOT BRING suit to have his
NAME PLACED ON BAL
LOTS.
CLOSES ALL COURT AVENUES.
High State Tribunal Does Not Prepare a
Written Opinion, but Denies For
mal Application.
BEEDLE IS REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
MADISON. IVis.. Sept. 30.—[Special.]
—The supreme court this morning de
nied the petition of James E. Abbott of
Madison for leave to bring suit against
Secretary of State Janies A. Froar to
compel him to certify Abbott’s name to
the county clerks as the Republican
nominee for insurance commissioner.
No Written Opinion.
There was u<> written opinion, but on
convening at 10 o'clock this morning
it was announced that the application
was denied.
The denial of the motion closes every
avenue by which the matter can he
taken into court unless there is consider
able new evidence discovered and anew
application made.
Outcome Long in Doubt.
The race between Beedle and Abbott
was a close one and it was not until last
Friday that the final outcome was made
certain. At that time, after a complete
canvass of all the precincts in the state,
the board of canvassers issued a certifi
cate to Beedle, It being determined on
the face of the returns that he was the
winner by the close majority of 48 votes.
When the result was announced Mr. Ab
bott declared that he would make no
further contest, but that he would sup
port Beedle and be a candidate two
years hence. His action in petitioning
tlie supreme court came as a surprise, al
though Mr. Abbott’s friends say that it
is the result of close scrutiny of the vote
ns canvassed by the state-board, it being
claimed that there were errors in the
count.
Mr. Abbott was represented in court
this morning by John B. Sanborn and
Chauncey Blake. He was represented
before the board of canvassers by Rob
ert M. Bashford.
STEPHENSON WILL
NOT FILE NOW.
Attorney General Holds That Candidates
May File Thirty Days After the
General Election.
MADISON. Wis., Sept. 30.—[Special.]
Isaac Stephenson will not file bis pri
mary election expenses until after he is
formally chosen by the Legislature in
January. Senator Stephenson asked the
attorney general for an opinion as to
whether or not he would be compelled
to file his account before the general
election, and the attorney general in a
long opinion assured him he did not.
lu a number of other opinions to dis
trict attorneys of the state within the
past few days on the expense question,
the attorney general held that no candi
date for nomination at tlie primaries
whether nominated or defeated, may be
compelled to file an account of his pa
peases until thirty days after the general
election.
Brown Spent $1025.85.
The following tiled expense accounts
with the secretary of state today:
Neal Brown of Wausau. Democratic
nominee for United States senator, spent
•S 1025.83. J. E. Jones of Portage, Demo
cratic candiadtc for Congress in the Sec
mid district, spent 8132.32. J. J. Blaine.
Boscobel, nominee for Assembly, spent
$8.50.
REDMOND IN CHICAGO.
Leader of Irish Nationalists and Other
Noted Irishmen Are Entertained
in Illinois City.
CHICAGO. 111., Sept. 30.—John E.
Redmond, leader of the Irish-National
ists, accompanied by Mrs. Redmond,
Joseph Devlin, M. I’., and John Fitzgib
bons. chairman of the Roscommon coun
cil. arrived in Chicago this morning and
were greeted by officials of tlie United
Irish societies and delegations from oth
er organizations in sympathy with the
efforts of the Irish leader. After a
luncheon at the Chicago club, given by
Medill McCormick. Mr. Redmond was
taken on a sight-seeing tour tli rough
the stockyards and other sections of the
city, while Mrs. Redmond made a tour
of the shopping district under the guid
ance of members of the Catholic Wom
en’s league and other women’s clubs.
Later she was given a reception in the
Auditorium.
CHOLERA IS NO WORSE.
.
Cinditions at St. Petersburg Have Re
mained Practically Unchanged
for Two Days.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 30.—For
the twenty-four hours ending at noon to
day 223 new cases and ninety-three
deaths from cholera have been reported
by the municipal hospitals. For the
previous twenty-four hours the statis
tics were 222 cases and ninety-nine
deaths. One hundred and twenty-seven
recoveries were reported today as com
pared to 137 recoveries for the twenty
four hours ended at neon yesterday.
WASHINGTON, I). Sept. 30.
Recent reports Laving failed to indicate
the presence of yellow fever in Havana,
Cuba, the public health and marine hos
pital service today removed the quar
antine which was established against
that city a few weeks ago. The quaran
tine against the province of Santiago
still remains intact.
EXPECT SHIPS FRIDAY.
American Fleet Is in Communication
with Manila, but Definite
Word Is Lacking.
MANILA, Sept. 30.—While the prog
ress of the American battleship fleet is
presumed to have carried it through the
Basilan channel some time during the
late afternoon, and while there is every
expectation that the warships will arrive
late Friday, the interruption of the wire
less telegraph service has prevented auv
definite information relating to the loca
tion of the warships.
FIRE WIPES OUT TOWN.
Michel in Manitoba Is Completely De
stroyed After Surviving Big Con
flagration on July 31.
WINNIPEG. Manitoba, Sept. 30.—A
dispatch from Fernie received here to
day states that the new town of Michel
was wiped ont by lire last night. The
town was partially destroyed during the
big tire on July 31.
COUNTY WINS ITS CASE,
Judge Lueck Sustains District Attorney
in Contention of McMahon Case
Witnesses.
'VAI’KF.SHA. Wis., Sept. 30.—[Spe
cial. I—District Attorney Muckiest on to
day received an opinion from .Judge
Lueek in the ease of Dr. Jingo T’liiller
against Waukesha county, in which he
holds that the county is not liable for
Chiller’* compensation and sustains the
demurrer of the district attorney to the
complaint on the grounds that it does
not constitute facts sufficient to cause a
claim or cause of action. Dr. I’hiller
and a number of other insanity experts,
including Dr. Walter Kempster. Mil
waukee. employed as witnesses for the
defense in the McMahon murder trial,
riled bills against the county, charging
at the rate of SSO per day for their
services, the aggregate being about
S3OOO.
TO EDIT RIPON ANNUAL
Junior Class at Congregational College
Chooses Crimson Start’ for the
Present Yea;.
lUPON. Mis.. Sept. 30.-—f Special. 1
Karl M. \\ aketield of Tomahawk was
elected associate editor of The Crimson,
the Kipon college annual, by the junior
class yesterday, and William Bate of
New London assistant business manager
Miss Helen Mutch of Kipon and Hugh
Hoggins of Hrand Rapids will have
charge of the literary department; Miss
Irmagard .Tones of Wantoma. the po
etical department; Miss Rena Shuurt >f
Pleasant Prairie, class historian. Wil
bert Smith of Milwaukee will edit the
athletic department. .1. E. Moriarity and
Arthur Sehaai of Pond du Lae were
elected editor-in-chief and business m.u.
ager. respectively, at a meeting of tie
class last spring.
BURGLARS BLOW SALE.
Enter Postoffice at Cato and Carry Oft
Registered Mat!—No Clue to Rob
bers’ Identity.
MANITOWOC, Wis.. Sept. 30.
I Special.]—Burglars robbed the safe of
the Cato postoffiee in the store of W.
X. Killen. at that place last night, secur
ing a valuable registered letter. The
thieves entered the building through a
window, which was forced, and a pecu
liarity of the robbery is that a regis
tered package which was also in the
safe was not touched, and a second safe,
used by Mr. Killen for fits personal
mercantile business, was not disturbed.
A bottle of nitro-glyeerine and a fuse
were found on the premises. There is
no clue to the thieves.
C. P. STRIKE SETTLED.
End of Lock-out Is Announced by Furi
ous Blowing of Whistles on All
the Locomotives.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba. Bcp(. 30— At
midnight the residents of Winnipeg were
startled by the furious blowing of loco
motive whistles, which was the signal
announcing that the Canadian Pacific
mechanic’s strike, which started August
4, had been declared off. The strike in
volved about 20,000 men. The terras of
settlement have not yet been announced.
It; was decided to declare the strike off
iu the west first and it will be fol
lowed by a similar declaration in the
east.
MONTANA SEES COMET,
Slender White Streak, Gradually Widen
ing, Extends Across Zenith
Like a Rainbow.
BUTTE, Mont.. Sept. 30.—What ap
parently was the tail of a comet, very
distant, was witnessed here from about
9 o’clock until 10:30 last night, when
clouds obscured further observation.
The phenomenon was viewed by hun
dreds of persons. It first appeared as
a slender white streak, gradually widen
ing and lengthening, extending across
tlie zenith like a silvery raiubow. The
streak showed no vibrations. The phe
nomenon was also observed in Missoula.
KOCH LAUDS NEW YORK,
German Scientist Declares Metropolis’
System of Registering Tuberculosis
Cases Is a Model.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30.
Dr. Robert Koch, the noted German
scientist, declared today before the sixth
section of the International Congress on
Tuberculosis that he always had regard
ed the work of the health authorities of
New York city, tinder the direction of
Ur. Herman M. Biggs, general medical
officer of the department of health of
that citv, in combatting tuberculosis as
a model' to be followed by other munici
palities.
TIE ENGINE TO TR ACK.
Oklahoma Sheriff Chains Locomotive in
Attempt to Force Payment of
Taxes.
A LTUS. Ok., Sept. 30.—Sheriff Hens
ley of Jackson county, yesterday at
tached a St. Louis & San Francisco
freight engine, chaining it to the track
here, in an attempt to force the pay
ment of $2280 in taxes said to be due
the county from the railway.
TEXAS HAS BIG FIRE,
Loss of .*0200,000 Follows Conflagration in
the Heart of the Business
District.
DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 30.—Fire caused
the death of Fireman J. H. Partin, the
serious injury of five other firemen and
a property loss estimated at $200,000,
in the heart of the business district here
last night.
HELD IN RUSTIN MURDER CASE.
Charles E. Davis Is Bound Over for Trial
in Omaha Mystery.
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 30.—Following a
five days’ legal battle before Police
Judge Crawford, Charles Edward Davis
was bound over to the district court to
answer the charge of murder in the first
degree for the killing of Dr. Frederick
liustin on the morning of September 2.
Bail was fixed at SIO,OOO, which was
promptly furnished by two brothers of
the defendant, and the accused man was
permitted to go, although he will re
main in charge of a guard, retained by
the Davis family. Mrs. Abide Rice,
who has been detained since the shoot
ing, it is staW, will be released on
a nominal bond for her appearance as a
witness.
Winneconnc Bank Reopen s.
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 30.—The Win
neconne State bank which recently went
into the hands of Commissioner of Bank
ing Bergh on account of overloading with
questionable paper, was reopened yester
day by permission, all the notes and oth
er paper about which there was any
question having been removed and the
capital being increased from £IO,OOO to
$25,000.
WEDS BADGER GIRL
CHARLES NYEDA, FROM MIKADO’S
EMPIRE, WINS HEART OF MUK
WONAGO LASS.
GROOM WAS A HOTEL CHEF.
Mother of Betty Mabel Strackor, the
Bride, Gives Daughter Away With
out Her Consent.
COUPLE WILL LIVE IN MADISON.
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 30. After a
courtship which followed verj much iu
method the customs of his own country,
< harles Nyeda. a son of Nippon, \\nii t ti<*
heart of pretty Betty Mabel Slrnckcr of
Mukwonago, Wis., and the couple will
come to Madison to live.
Wedded at Mukwonago.
Following soon after the marriage of
Miss Ruth Baltzell of this citytoSuyega
Hatsutari, this latest international wed
ding is also of interest because (he (wo
men within a few days will be assoeiat
ed in business in Madison and both are
friends. The marriage license for tht*
second marriage was secured in Madison
a week ago. but the wedding occurred
in Mukwonago, the ceremony being per
formed last week by Rev. Ralph of .Mil
waukee, a Congregational minister.
Story of Romance.
Nyeda was a chef at the Phantom
Lake inn at Mukwonago in the (summer
of 1007. when he met Betty’s mother,
who is a sturdy German woman with
a family of ten children, five fining
daughters. Mrs. Stracker w:w< a wait
ress at the inn. The Jap asked her if
she didn’t have a daughter he could
marry. Mrs. St racket said she did.
She picked out Betty, who is about 19
years old and buxom. Betty was not a
party to the arrangement nor was she
consulted.
A year later the Jap met Kelly and
secured her consent and last week they
came to Madison and got thelc marriage
license.
WANT TRUSTS BUSTED.
Democrats Want to Know Ho^ r -Many
Cases Have Been Begun 'by
Bonaparte.
CHICAGO. 111., Sept. 30. Josephus
Daniels, chairman of the Democratic
press committee, today made public a
letter written to Attorney General Bona
parte at the instance of the Democratic
national committee asking the attorney
general how many of the 287 so-called
trusts of the county have been proceed
ed against in the courts b.y the federal
government, and how many more cases
he expects to file.
In connection with this letter Air.
Daniels made the following statement;
“It is generally known that under Re
publican administrations the oil (rust
had a monopoly of the old oil fields ami
that under the Roosevelt administration
it has been able to dictate the production
of oil in new territory is a matter of
‘common notoriety.’ The Standard Oil
trust has not been put out of tmsiness
nor reduced the price of its product.
“The public has paid the fines against
the meat trust 10,000 times ojrcr. If
287 trusts can go on contrary to tuw and
only be lined, it may be asked 1 of Mr.
Roosevelt. ‘Would not deeds speak loud
er than words?’ ”
ROSSLYN IS “BROKE.”
English Nobleman Spends $50,000 in
Stage Money in Attempt to Beat
Roulette Game.
LONDON, Set. 30.—The unique gam
bling contest between Sir Hiram (Maxim
and Ixird Rosslyn came to an end y.-s
terday afternoon and shows defeat, for
the system advanced by the latter.
Lord Rosslyn claimed that by Ids sy.s
tem of playing it was possible lo win
at roulette against the Monte Carlo
hank. Sir Hiram said this yvas Impos
sible, and in order to settle the con
troversy the two men began playing
roulette in a Picadilly club ten days
ago. Sir Hiram conducting the game
in the same way it is played a* Monte
Carlo. Lord Rosslyn started to play
with $50,000 in “dummy” money and
the bank had an equal amount.
Lord Rosslyn's system has tbeen
proved to be fallacious. At one period
of the contest he was about SIO,OOO to
the good, but for the past three days
the bank has been a steady winner and
his lordship’s capital in “dummy” money
became exhausted this afternoon.
"PIN CUSHION" IS DEAD,
Freak Who Swallowed Poison and IStuck
Needles Into His Body Ends
Life Suddenly
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Sept. 30.- With
his body full of holes and sears, fbe i
-of many years of feats*, such as
stir-king pins, needles and sharp instru
ments through the face, neck and arms,
and the swallowing of tacks* broken
glass, rongh-on-rats, and other deadly
poisons, Henry J. Johnson, “human
freak” and strong man, was found dead
in bed iu a rooming house.
SHIPS AT GIBRALTER.
American Navy’s Fighters, Sailing in Ad
vance of Fleet, Nearing Atlan
tic Again.
GIBRALTAR, Sept. 30.—The Ameri
can battleships Alabama and Maine ar
rived here this afternoon from Naples.
As they entered the harbor they saluted
the garrison and the flag of Rear Ad
miral Goodrich, commander of the Brit
ish naval establishments at Gibraltar.
The American warships will coal here
preparatory to sailing for Ilorta, Azote
islands.
BANDITS SCARE BLACKS
Virginia Outlaws Force Negroes to Pro
vide Them with Food Under
Death Penalty.
RICHMOND, Va. t Sept. 30—There
were no developments in the Bucking
ham county reign of terror situation to
day except that the citizens are organiz
ing vigilance committees with the pur
pose of hunting down and exterminating
the outlaws. The latter have warned
the negroes if they do not furnish them
with food they will be killed.
HURT IN "POSH RUSH."
Trinity College Student May Die as Re
sult of Injuries Received in
Class Scrap.
HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 30.—David
Arnold, a Trinity college freshman, :s
iu the hospital in a serious condition as
a result of injuries suffered by bim in
the annual push rush on the college
campus last night. It is thought he may
have concussion of the brain. His homo
is in New York state.