Daily Telegram (Newspaper) - February 3, 1904, Eau Claire, Wisconsin EAU CLAIRE WIS WEDNESDAY of Appreciation Addressed to the Wisconsin ers OF OFFICERS TOOK PLACE TODAY President Moere and Others Must Serve Again Which Shows They Have Given Complete The Afternoon Meeting gramme For Remainder of Conven tion v A crowded house greeted the speak ers at the the night held In Pythian hall Previous to the meeting the Eau Boys Band paraded the street the cold weather it understood the band volunteered its was opened by a mu by Reinhards orches tra B Bradford of Augusta was then luced to the audience by Prest Mr Bradfords speech was eloquent and very interesting as the gave him their closest atten tion eH went on to say the dairy and creamery industry was assuming stu proportions and that own state of Wisconsin was no laggard in this the leading dairy states Several years ago many farm ers were barely able to make a re living and their farms were heavily but now that which faas brought the farmer to the front and cleared the mortgages on the farms is the American cow Again another reason for the present prosperity of the farmer was tural schools which form a part of al most every state university Before the coming of these schools the boys of the farm going away to school or did rot either took up a general course law course or med and after receiving a liberal ed they did not want to go back to the ordinary work on the farm the farmer thereby losing the benefit of this education in running his farm But now when they can attend an agricultural school or college and re an education along agricultural lines especially in the dairy business they can return to the farm and tak an added interest in the running of it They will begin to examine the earth ter see what crops would best grow there Everything Becomes an inter esting study how to increase the pro of the soil Dairying has done much to further this state of af fairs Then turning to the present confer ence of the the speaker that too much could uot be said to encourage them in the work they Ktre here to perform also that he was satisfied that their conferences which are held will bring about good and lasting results and that everyone regardless of occupation should extend their aid and attention At the close of his speech Mr Brad ford was loudly applauded The speech was followed cal selection by Reinhards orchestra and then the Boys Band played a live ly air Rev J Frizzell discussed Indus trial Competition in an able and force ful manner and at its close received the hearty applause of the assembly Then more music by Boys Baud President Moore then read two tele grams one from Hoard who was also to speak last evening say ing that on account of a delay in train service he could not be here in time to make his speech the other from J G Lombard of Omaha Neb who to sing last night saying that for the same reason he could not be here time to sing After another selection by the Boys I Band the meeting dispersed MAJOR BALL INTERVIEWED RRICE THREE Is Here on Railroad Its Probable Guards men May Go to St Louis Major B H Bally of Milwaukee the well known Guardsman is at the Bau Claire He says many of Wiscon sins soldiers are looking forward to of going to St Louis which in a way would be a grand thing While it is possible for the troops to go however he hardly thinks it probable on account of the expense which would be involved The railroad fare would ten to twelve dollars per man for about 3000 men or about To this would have to be added making 86 OCG tut this would not be all for sub and wagon transportation at St Louis would cost 20 per cent more than at Camp Douglas and this should be added Major Dally Is here as a representa tive of the Union Line during the convention There are four other representatives of the Onion Line here for the convention This line makes a specialty of hand ling dairy products and puts ator cars through from Chicago to New York In 52 hours ville C Dodge Lake Mills B Fulmer Executive B Cor Atkinson Parman Mazomanie Prof E H Farrington Madison Butter D Collyer Govern ment Inspector Chicago 111 The meeting was very jolly and speeches were called for from each of the reelected members and they all replied at more or less length Af ter the election and talks on various matters pertaining to the ers and their future course the meet ing was adjourned until this afternoon Secy Fulmer said that there were about 350 delegates present W D Collyer of Chicago who scor ed the butter this afternoon arrived on this mornings train As he felt indisposed after his long journey and is suffering a severe cold con in North Dakota he was un able to butter this morning as intended OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN AT FORENOON SESSION At 11 a m today the assembled at Pythian hall for the pur pose of electing officers for the ensu ing year The hallwas nearly full j Pres Moore called the meeting order With the exception of R C Greene of Albion of the executive com all of last years officers were reelected AS R C Greene expressed a desire not to remain on the above committee O B of Ft At was elected In his place The officers chosen are G Moore Albion Vice J Hyne Evans SESSION WAS INTERESTING The meeting of the convention this afternoon was large ly attended Every chair was filled After Mrs Stowers had favored the meeting with a song a photograph of the association was taken J af Signer was the first man on the program He discussed the ques tion of Creamery Promotion as it Should be Brought About He cited h experience in promoting cooperative creameries and gave his opinion of the best manner inr which to build and operate a creamery A few questions were asked Mr Signor concerning his opinion on certain matters which were not clear to them Jules who arrived here late last night then favored the assembly with some of songs He is a map well advanced being now past the age of 73 It is wonderful beauty and power a man oL his can handle his voice At one time he was general manager of the Line but he has now been retired on a pension His songs were received with applause T A Brunner of Tarrant Wis gave his opinion on the equipping and build ing of a creamery After his address a lengthy discussion followed dealing mostly with the building of floors in the creameries The Patron and the Creamery was discussed at length by W R Clark of Weyauwega The gist of his speech was that the patron exist without the creamery but that the creamery not exist with out the patron The meeting was very interesting and educational in every way The songs and music and also the discus sions which took place livened matters up considerably and everybody seem ed to take an untiring interest in the proceedings II TIE IE EAST Large Forces of Russian Troops Moving Japs Are Busy By American Press PORT ARTHUR FEB RESPONSE TO JAPANESE WAR MEAS URES IMPORTANT NAVAL AND MILITARY MOVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE HERE THE RUSSIAN SQUADRON HERETOFORE IN SIDE THE HARBOR HAS JOINED THE OUTSIDE FLEET THE TARY AUTHORITIES HAVE MONOPOLIZED THE RAILROAD AND FREIGHT IS NOT HANDLED THOUSANDS OF TROOPS ARE MOVING ST PETERSBURG FEB SEOUL FUSAN RAILROAD HAS BEEN BY JAPANESE TROOPS ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM RECEIVED HERE Prof E H Farrington of Wisconsin University Dairy Dept Cream K Slater Fairmont Minn assistant to dairy and food commission Benefits I Received From the Sit Months H Kelling Jef ferson Benefits of tie National Educational Butter H Kieffer asst dairy and food commissioner Man chester la The Dairy t L Haecker St Anthony Park Minn Thursday p m of butter at butter hall 2 oclock p Music Creamery W Morse Juneau The Question in Wiscon Richard Fischer chemist Wisconsin dairy and food commis sion Dr Fischer will have samples Notes From a Commission I Burridge Cleveland O Color H New York Announcement of the winners and pre of the medals Discussion of the prize winning butter Report of committees unfinished bus iness etc Adjournment Two Deaths From Blizzard Buffalo N Y Feb cold weather a gale and a heavy fall of snow played havoc with the railroads entering Buffalo last night Blinded by the blizzard Mor ris Welch a hotel proprietor at De pew walked In front of a fast express train and was instantly killed Jo seph was frozen to death In a shed near his home Confessed on the Scaffold Calgary N T Feb Cashel was hanged here during the day for the murder of a ranchman Cashel escaped from the mounted po lice barracks after his conviction and remained in hiding for fortyfive days He made a public confession on the scaffold SOCIAL CIRCLES Party at Chippewa The Metropolitan Club of Chippewa Falls gave a strictly leapyear party last night at St Johns hall at that pice Several of Ban Claires young people attended Everybody reported a good time and none of the boys were slighted The Spenders The Spenders were entertained roy ally last evening by the Misses Blais dell and Van at the home of the latter After spending an enjoy able evening they departed for home atan early hour The a new organization composed of fifteen young ladies of Eau Claire of unequal led and its purpose is to spend the evening in sewing and social chats The tiert meeting is to be held next Tuesday at the home of Miss Anna nette Leonard RECEIVERS APPOINTED Two Large Texas Corporations in Fi Difficulties Houston Tex Feb Kirby Lumber company and the Houston Oil company two of the largest corpora tions in Texas have been placed in the hands of temporary receivers by the federal court at New Orleans li F Bonner who is closely associated with John M Kirby and N W Mae Leod of St Louis were named as re for the lumber company and Captain F A of city and Thomas H Franklin of San Tex were appointed receivers for the Houston Oil company The application for temporary re reivers was made at the instance of the Maryland Trust company When the order was entered at New Orleans by Federal Judge A P McCormick it is understood that the Kirby interests were present and insisted on being represented in the receiverships the instance of the applicant the order Was made a secret one for hours PROGRAMME Wednesday p m Music Addresses by Dr J W Frizzell E Supt Dairy Depart ment St Louis Exposition Hon A L Kreutzer Hon Geo B Hudnall others Thursday Feb 4 10 a m Music Pasteurization of Gathered VICEROY ALEXEiEFF AND ONE OF RUSSIAS STRONGEST FORTS AT PORT ARTHUR In tho are shown Viceroy the coirs hand man in and a number of bia officers Is the head of ibo Russian army navy and civil affairs in the far oast Uniformed In black he stands at the head of stairway The lower picture gives a good Idea of the power of Russias new defenses at Port Arthur the Chinese city she com Japan to up after Japan had captured It from China during war BEOS Now Have Laundry in Milwaukee as Well as Eau Claire and Huebsch Brothers proprietors of the City Steam Laundry of this city to gether with their brothers of the Model Steam Laundry of Winona Minn have purchased the entire plant of the Acme Steam Laundry Co 376 Milwaukee St Milwaukee Wis That institution will be operated here after by the new owners They will equip the plant with tho latest and best machinery procurable thereby making it the equal of any laundry In Wisconsin or Minnesota A large amount of expensive machinery is now being installed so that they will be able to make a specialty of family William Huebsch who with his brother Robert has been one of the managing partners of tho laundry in has gone to Mil waukee where he will take charge ot the new plant there while Robert will remain in charge of tine one at Winona LOOKING FOR GOLD Extensive Work Will Be Done During the Coming Summer in Developing the Mines Ashland Feb Press says Much prospecting and development work IB being done around Mellen and vicinity most to determine the quan tity and value of the gold bearing de A representative of the Press last week visited the mine being opened by Frank Maxim of this city located three miles from the Central Railroad at a point about ten miles from Mellen A shaft has been sunk for about sixtyfive feet through a hard rock the assays of which show of a consid erable amount of gold This rock is a mixture of quartz mica and masses iron pyrites the latter con the gold No active mining work Is being done at present but pumping and hoisting machines are being installed and a large supply of wood secured No timbering is necessary as the rock is of such Mr expects the deposit to increase in richness as depth is reached It might bo thought rather strange that valuable deposits of gold remain undiscovered so long but when one considers tire nature of tho country and that heretofore near all attention has been paid to iron and copper exploration it appears more reasonable work will be done this coming and If ono successful mine is numerous others will follow SALARY FOE THE MAYOR Chippewa Falls Executive to Have a Year Falls Feb was of ajangle among some of tii aldermen last when the matter of fixing the mayors salary fame up Sonic wanted to pay hut it was finally fixed ai as was also the treasurers and street commissioners A resolution was adopted requiring tho Railroad Company to in stall iron posts to support their trolley wires within 90 days The rime for paying taxes was until Marrh 17 AMERICAN S S UNION Report of Sunday School Missionary For the Month Ending February 1 1904 Days labored i Visits to 114 Miles JIL Sunday schools 7 Scholars in Sunday 24 Teachers in Sun visited fl delivered Addresses delivered IS The missionary will b pleased to hear fro many where a Sunday school is needed Correspond ence invited C M WILCOX Missionary for Dunn Eau Claire and Clark Counties Eau Claire Wis Kb 1 Mrs Dewitt C Clark entertained at cards this afternoon SITUATION Joseph Chamberlain Sees Hfs Sore As Leader of the House of Commons JOSEPH CHEERS HIS DEFENDER Elder Statesman Encourages Yoeng Politician When Jear Shows HeIs Made of the Right Material London Feb right honor able friend the member from Weal Birmingham as Austen described his father was the central In the drama that marked opening of parliament No playwright could have a more curious situation For first time in years Joseph Chamber lain took his seat as a private mera ber of the house of commons and wai separated from his former in the cabinet by the gangway Froa this seat he saw his son act as leadei of the house of commons a which Joseph Chamberlain with ali his years of parliamentary experience never attained Premier Balfour was laid up with Influenza and unable to be present When Austen Chamberlain arose tc reply in behalf of the party of which feia own father is believed to be the most powerful member the house was spellbound Up to that time Mr Ackers H Dougles home secretary was general to take place and Interest in the proceedings heightened by the fact that Sh Henry Campbell Bannerman the Lib eral leader had just completed a merciless satire on Austen Chamber lains The situation was cal in the extreme for the young poli and all eyes were fixed alter upon father and son Listens to Defense by His Son Joseph Chamberlain who had sat unmoved under the ridicule of taa Liberal leader turned nervously to ward his son who now takes prece dence over him With his monocle ta hia eye an orchid in his buttonhole his hands clasped across knees the most prominent figure ia the British empire sat and listened to his own defense from the lips at his son Austen Chamberlain apoke and under evident strain yet ba referred to his father It waa always as the member from West ham There was a tinge of feeling in his words brought constantly to hia hearers a realization of the relation the two men Now and again Jew greeted the youngest member of cabinet whereupon with anger his father turned his ia the direction of the offender and oc Joseph Chamberlain cheer ed his sou on with a hear hear As Chamberlain the conclusion of the defense of the atti tude of Premier Balfour and his father toward the fiscal question the grew move frequent and tho chancellor of the exchequer clutched the brass bound treasury box on which Gladstone was so fend ot loaning addressing bin remarks al most solely in direction of hia father Defiantly Austen Chamberlain ac Sir Henry Campbell oJ attacking the premier in bis ab and with a of pride he Bald Could Look After Himself The member West Binning ham is hero he speak for and look himself The house finally expressed Its re lief he speech was over and generally the opening aa ona of the moat extraordinary personal situations that ever had occurred and the speech as one of the weakest de fenses ft the governments ever marie On behalf of Premier Balfour Aus ten Chamberlain declared the house of commons must first decide whether or not It desired any changes at all ia the fiscal system and until that point was settled the opposition demand tor details of the governments fiscal re form plan could not be granted With the exception of tho foregoing unexpected incident and the spirited defense of his action in the Wright case by Sir Robert the attorney general the opening of par was uneventful King Edward and Queen Alexandra drove In full to the house of lords where with much ceremony tho session was declared open Hia speech from the throne is generally regarded as having recorded facia already known the governments legislative pro gramme has been announced already in dispatches Price of Beer Goes Up Milwaukee Feb price of r will bo raised on March 1 tha of the next meeting of the Wis consin Association The in rea will nn all grades of beer and it will result from the continued in the cost of production Two Girls Burned to Death Justin Tex Feb residence of Mr J D Mayfield was burned last night and two of his girls were burned to death The mother Is not expected to live Several other children badly bunted
