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Steele mm SI EVENS POINT, PORTAGE C0UN1Y, WISCONSIN, TUESDAY, MARCH 7. 1905 NUMBER 2909 DEATH OF JUDGE GATE. UNFORTUNATE INJURY. BsJby Carriages It is now in order for some of the political fanitics in this state to throw a fist. Senator Spoouer was a member of the committee that accompanied President Roosevelt from the White House to the capitol on the occasion of his inauguration.

and Go-Carts C'bauncey Chapman I.osva Tbreo Finder From Went Ifauil. About 10 o'clock Monday morning Chauncey Chapman, who recently took a position at the Ooye FurnitUM factory, had three fingers taken off Jj right hand and the hand itself badly lacerated on a rip saw at the factory. He is unable to state just how the ac cident happened as he was under the impression at the time that his hands were at quite a distance from the saw. He was cleaning up about the machine when the accident occurred. His wounds were dressed by Drs.

South- wick and Smiley. They found it In the death of Judge Cate one of Wisconsin's ablest lawyers and most prominent citizens has passed to the other side. He had been a resident of the territory and state of Wisconsin for sixty yearp. During all of this time his name has been intimately associated with the history of the state, and particularly with the central portion thereof. A record of what has been done here cannot be correctly written without his name frequently i-I npnasarv tft th first.

fipn.L.i appearing in tne narrative. Ana to remove lhe mUe Rxiger at the first George W. Cate was born at Mont-what he accomplished may well be an joint; The hand itself was badly torn pelier, Vermont, Sept. 17, 1823, and inspiration to the young men of today. but it is hoped to saVe the remnant of f.hprfnr was in the eihtv-second 'E have on hand what we consider a handsome line of Biby arriages 5nrt iQo-Carta and are sure we are selling them at as rnaJn5 figures as can be secured elsewhere.

Thenjtoo, we are i mi luuumg a ucuu uuoiucas. you the newest thine in A T--7 -T-T- -T T-T READY FWM1SE. CLOSED. Easy i Payments The lower cut shows It shows it open and folded very compactly and can easily be packed Boston Firniture Undertaking Co. ond and third fingers at the hand and liule finrer and the thumb.

When a small child Mr. Chapman bad his light leg tOJn ou in a threshing machine. After graduating from the Hisrh school ha married Miss Ida Smith. The latter is a daughter of John Smith, who lost his left arm in ft milj by accidlnt years ago. Mr.

chapman also has' a son who lost one 0 his fingers in an accident a short time ao. The accident wUl eep him kid up i I ior a long time ana wuen recovery is complete, fie will be greatly Hanoi- capped. Unfortunately he carried no accident insurance. Highly Hecoiuinended. The superintendent of the Grand Ripids, schools is looking for a teacher of science for his High school, a position which pays $1,000 per year.

Mr. Kunerth, who has charge of that department the local schools, was recommended to him by the Univers ity of Wisconsin for the position and it is possible that a formal tender of the nlaon will lift mad ft to him. holier me supeiiuteuueiju was iuiu tuat 110 j. r-milrl nnt rplpn.scrl at nrflsenfc from i I his lnnal nosifcion. He has made a I great success of his work here and all who realize his value to the local school vonld be loathe to have him leave.

A Leader. cial Panama skirt, a remarkable raultless" value at $3.50, all sizes, all lengths, waist 22 to 28, length 37 to 43, in live colors, lhis ad will not appear again. Offer lasts but a short I time. Remember this skirt is pleated all around and of nice quality Panama. i Respectfully, Mrs.

VV. L. Kingsbury. 7-2 Funeral of W.S. Mills.

The funeral of W.S.Mills took place LUia allCI llUUlla 110 oci ivca nt.iv n.BftvM Tbn Attr lAno tpAA conducted according to the Grand Army ritual and consisted of a prayer at the home and a prayer and brief address at the grave. The pallbearers were Owen Clark, Harry Isherwood, Christopher Krueger, G. H. Altenberg, O. L.

Fancher and E. M. Copps. 1 I I I I I I I I When he cirue here a young man, the whole of northern Wiscousin was practically a wilderness. lie came bare handed, lie had no monev, and no influential friends to assist him cn le way.

He had good natural abil- ities, however, and these, coupled with industry and honorable and true man- hood, at once gave him a leading po- sition among his fellows. This posi- tion he has always maintained. Asa lawyer he ror many years stooa at tne an A rwf liia nrnfnesiAn in hia rnrh rf "ca" r-- the state and as a citizen, notwith standing the temporary animosities that have been engendered by political strifes, his whole life was above reproach. He had long since passed the allotted three score years and ten. and his death was not to have been unexpected; and those who mourn his death will include all who admire good citizenship a id true man- ly worth.

JUNIOR CLASS CONTEST. Second Content in Declamation and Or.ttory, The junior class contest in declamation and oratory was held at the High school this morning when the following program was carried out: The Return of the lloo Nina Chenevert The Last Bamiuet Margaret C'ushraau liilKirty and Union Homey Mary. Queen of Scots MaryGleason Our Flag Myron Harshaw The ChrUtiaij in tlie Arena Chester Uros-i First place in oratory wa awarded to John Doruey, second to Myron liar- shaw, first place in declamation to Nina Chenevert, second to Chester Gross. The judges were Rev. Rev.

McClure and Je ue i. List of Unclaimed Letters. Ric Remaining at, the Stevens Point Post Office March 7. 1905. If not called for in two weeks from the date here given they will be forwarded to the Dead Letter Ollice at Washing ton.

Beck. E. Bloom, Frank Dashner, Frank Hearing. E. G.

Goldberg. Sam Gullon. Theo. Johnson. Wm.

Krause, Mis LInnie Letarskl. Lore Marsh. F. Nalker, Frank Nieholay, Bernard t)sosky. Frank l'liske, Jolin l'ienkowske.

Joe little. Ir. A. Sheniinski. Alliert tenger.

Mrs. Cora illiam. 8. Vazvorski, Bronislawa Parties calling for any of the above letters will please say Ad vertised." Hknkv CnrtrtAN. P.

I i I Passed Peacefully Away at :0 O'clock This Morning. Judjre George W. Cate, whose name ias teen prominently and most hon- 0rably associated with the history of centrai Wisconsin, passed quietly away at his home, 321 Ellis street, at 6:30 o'clock this morning. For the past feW years he has been subject to attacks of asthma. One of these at- tacks, much more severe 'than usual, occurred about four weeks ago, from the fleets of which he never rallied, For the past three weefes he had been confined to his bed and for about a wk had been unconscious.

The cuu name nuietlv and neacefullv. life gradually ebbinr away. year of his age. His family is an' old one 5n American history. His grand- father served in the army during the revolutionary struggle and his father, Isaac Cate, was a non-commissioned officer in the American army during the war of 1812.

His mother, Clarissa McKnight, also belonged to an old Ver mont family. He was raised on a farm and had the usual experience of farmers' boys at that time. He alternated tween farm work in the summer and attendance upon school in the winter antU seventeen years of age. Then he began the study of law under Lucius B. Peck of Montpelier, paying his expenses by teaching school.

When 21 years of age he was admitted to the bar and ip 1845, then a young man of 22, he came to Wisconsin and settled at Plover, which was at that time the county seat of this county. Since that time his life's history has been intimately and honorably associated with this part of the state. In 1847-8 he moved to Stevens Point and in 1850 was elected district attorney of the county. In 1851 and again in 1852, lhe was elected a member of the assem bly and in the latter year was defeated for speaker by only one vote. At this session he was selected as one of the managers in the impeachment trial of Judge Hubbelland took a conspicuous part in these proceedings.

In 1854 he was elected judge of the circuit court, a position which he held continuously until March 4, 1875, when he resigned to become a member of congress, be hng succeeded on the bench by the late G. L. Park. While iude of the circuit he lived for many years on his farm near Amherst village, being the arm which is now operated by his son. A.

G. Cate. When he was in WBgi wi auuc, li .1 tesi- one 01 lue most acrimoniuU3 I' I. ULiVwl vUll IvStS tlJO-U CYCl U1TIUCU LUC American people, was before that body Ior seiuemeuu uuuge iuu. a conspicuous part in opposition to the 111 3 "I- 1.

appointment of the electoral coramis sion whose findings finally resulted in the ascension of Rutherford IJ. Hayes to the presidency, and was one of the seventeen members who voted against the appointment of the commission. After that Judge Cate was twice the nominee of the Democratic party for congress. lie was a vigorous ana aggressive campaigner, and always polled more than his full party vote, but being in Republican both times defeated. In politics he has always Leen known as a Democrat Like many other members of his party, however; during the great civil contest he was known as a war Demo crat.

He voted for Lincoln in 1801 and for Grant in 1808. Since about 1877 Judge Cate'a family has lived in this city, where he has been continu ously engaged in the practice of his profession, Until a few months ago, when advancing years and declining health coupelled him to lay aside the cares and labors of the profession at which he had easily stood at the head in northern Wisconsin for many years, though up to the time of his death he retained his interest in the law firm of Cate, Dahl Nelson. In the mean time, however, he had consented to accept a number of local positions, in eluding that of city attorney. For several years during his practice here he maintained an ollice alone, but later, la to the members of the above named firm, he was associ- ated with H. W.

Lee, D. Lloyd Jones, A. W. Sanborn, B. B.

Park and F. B. 9 1 Lamoreux. Although his health had not been of the best for many years, he was an indif ttigable worker and enjoyed a large practice, not only in 4 1 I Your Credit I IS Good Here) FOLDING GO-CARTS. young ladies at the crossing at Weyau-wega station everal months ago.

A peculiar thing about this case is that the facts seem to bear out the contention of the railroad company that the sounding of the crossing signal on the whistle of tho locomotive was partially responsible for the accident. The sound of the whistle caused the old family horse to plunge forward incon-trdlably. He got the carriage on the tracks just as the engine struck it. It is anticipated that the defendants will bo dismissed. It is said that there has never been a conviction under the criminal negligence act in Wisconsin and in this case there is grave doubt if the engineer was in any way directly responsible for the accident or guilty of criminal negligence.

A Surprise. Dr. and Mrs. J. D.

Lindores were pleasantly surprised Monday evening by twenty of their neighbors and friends who called upon them and spent a most delightful evening. Music and cards was the entertain mcnt for the evening. Dainty refreshments were served. The evening- will bo long remembered by those present, as the doctor and his wife are royal entertainers. Consult Dr.

Lahn at the Arlington house. 25 pERFEdTIOM ipfiflED AT LAST In Oil Manufacturing. The it Best Lamp Oil Sold is vi it vl Perfection Oil Your dealer ca.n sup- ij i ply you at prices twenty- tfK five per cent, lower than many so called "High Gra.de oils. Jt means a. soft clean light.

if Vl ii It Barns Longer Jj It Costs Less ii ii ii ii It is the Best Insist on being supplied with IK Perfection Oil ft 1Z his circuit but in the other circuits this part of the state. As a trial awyer before a jury it is doubtful if lie had a superior in the state. As a ung man he had obtained a practi cal knowledge of farming and lumber ing which was of great assistance to him in the trial of cases which pertained to either of these branches of industry. He was a logicil and eloquent advocate and his presentation of cases to uries was a marked feature of his many successes, llis name is interwoven with the history of most of the really important cases that have been tried in this part of the state for the last thirty years. On Oct.

24, 1850, in this city, Judge Cate was married to Miss Lcvara b. Brown. They were the parents of eight children, six of whom, with their mother, survive him. The children are Albert G. of Amherst, Lynn B.

of Toledo, Ohio, Henry B. of Cold water, Mrs. W. J. Cronyn of Milwaukee, Mrs.

Gerhard M. Dahl of this city, and Miss Ruth, who lives at home. The funeral will be held from the Church of the Intercession Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. G.

E. Jenncr of Ashland. ENTERTAINMENT A SUCCESS Largs Crowd Listens to In St. Peter's Hall. A large crowd attended the literary and musical entertainment given in St.

Peter's school hall Monday evening. The affair proved a great success from an artistic and financial point of view and it is expected that another large audience will attend a repetition ol the performance tonight. The program opened with an address of welcome in Polish by Bernard Hoffman, which was followed by the singing of the Polish national hymn by the Harmonia quartet. A three act dialogue entitled "The Children of Israel" was next presented by the school children. This was followed by another song by the quartet.

"Katherine in the Toils of the Witch" was next presented in three acts by the children. A piano duet was skillfully rendered by the Misses Pearl Kryger and Josie Kuchnowski. A 'drum drill was given by twenty of the from the school. Blazy Misty- tied by Demons" was sung by the Harmonia society. A vocal solo wss 'sung by Miss Pearl Kryger.

A farci cal skit entitled "Trouble in the Ticket Ollice," was given with good effect. This concluding the evening's program, the audience was dismissed with an address by Rev. L. J. Pescin ski, pastor.

RAILROAD RUMORS. Possibilities of the Central's New Spen-cer-Dulutli Line. I( railroads were as cheap as rumors we would have them in every cow path. There are a good many being built in Wisconsin just nowon paper. No doubt however, some will Le crystalized into fact.

In the latter class is the Central's new branch from Owen to Ladysmith. Crews of men are even now engaged in slashing out the timber along the right of way and all the grading tools and some of the construction material is now on the ground at Owen and Ladysmith. Supt. Potter in an interview with a Milwaukee Sentinel reporter is alleged to have denied that the Central was behind this project, yet it has not been satisfactorily explained why the right-of-way, ties, were purchased by Wisconsin Central employees, the route surveyed by Central engineers or why the blue prints of the construction work are now in the hands of Central officials. The Northwestern is supposed to bo indirectly interested in new branches from Manitowoc to Gillett and from Berlin to Necedah and the Milwaukee in a 40 mile extension from Star Lake northward and also in a branch from Wausau to Abbotsford.

Hoping not to arouse any false it may be stated that there are persistent rumors at Abbotsford that the Central is contemplating the abandonment of that location as a division headquarters. It is said that a survey has been made for a line from Owen southeasterly to Spencer and that the division headquarters 4 will probably be removed back to Stevens Point as boon as the entire Spencer-Duluth line is completed. It is pointed out that Abbotsford has always proved a bug-a-boo to good railroading on account of the short water supply and bad arrange ment of railroad jards and further that when the new line is completed that site will be off the main line. All this may bo so but it sounds more like a dream. They are saying again that the Milwaukee is now In control of the Central, and point to the new Duluth line as evidence, and likewise to the proposed Wausau-Abbotsford extension.

Trial fur Manslaughter. Among the cases scheduled for tria' at the present term of the circuit court now in session at Waupaca is that against Engineer Sam Bay and Conductor II. M.s Wilson, who are charged with manslaughter. They were in charge of the. train that ran down a carriage and killed several ENJOYING LIFE is pleasant and agreeable to us, and the words of the wit "enjoy life while you're living, lor you'll be a long time dead" strikes us as being about right and con vincing.

We enjoy furnishing the best of for we realize that in this way we make life happy for our many purchasers. Nothing makes us more conttnted than knowing that we have purchased the best and received full value for our n.oncv. Here you get this every time. H. D.

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