Daily Gazette, The (Newspaper) - May 22, 1901, Janesville, Wisconsin f IV YOU SEK IS THE IT IS SEW AND VOLUME WOMEN DEMAND EQUAL SUFFRAGE Reports Show That the Franchise Question Is Active HOPE FOR THE FUTURE Many Important Matters Were Touched at Today's sion of Convention THE STATE DUES Today has been a red letter day in the annual convention of the Wis consin w C T U not only because of the excellent services but because the union rejoices in the presence of Mrs L M N Stevens of Portland Me president of the national W C T U Miss Anna Gordon of ton ill president at large of the national organization and Mrs Mary H Hunt of Boston Mass of scientific instruction TheSe illustrious guests of the con- Tention arrived early this were present with the W C T TT workers at the afternoon THE DAI LT T T E If SOC ir IN S THE IS IS N JANESVILLE WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY MAY 22 1901 session Opens Morning Session The morning session of the W C T TJ convention was well attended and was called to order by Mrs ham a few moments after 9 o'clock An inspiring devotional service was Conducted by Miss Lois the permanent state organizer and er She read a few verses of ture relating to Paul's conversion then drew a helpful lesson Mrs Elvis of closed the devotional service with a fervent prayer The first part of the morning was Devoted to the reports of the super- of departments and This s a as to future work part of the program was of vital in- terest to the delegates Christian Citizenship Mrs M A B Smith of Madison superintendent of the department of legislation and Christian Citizenship For the first department she sug Bested that the unions must organize their work Interest the ministers and secure monthly meetings Con- duct a department in the local papers possible interest the Sunday schools conduct no cam obtain statistics of results and costs of the drink traffic in fact the unions must do everything that they can Mrs Smith's work in the ture was especially interesting She confessed that she had not been brave as she ought to have been co in trying to secure the anti- cigarette law the assembly passed the senate turned down She before the senate committee when she began to work among the senators she was discouraged by the remark of one senator who told ner that he have been passed if the women had kept still FOP Woman's Mrs M M Sanders of Racine the superintendent of the suffrage ment expressed her gratitude at Ing the suffrage color used in the decorations of the church The franchise department has distributed three times as much literature as before has held three times as many parlor meetings and secured the publication of twice as many ar- in the newspapers 288 have placed their names on the nent list The state now has a woman factory inspector one woman on the boad of regents for normal schools and the University of Wisconsin Many legislators have stated their belief that the for universal frage would have passed at this sion had there been organized effort behind it and also believe that the will surely pass at the next sion if the women do their part Wisconsin women are now entitled to vote on all school questions and are urged to exercise their right Compliment to Dr Crow In the course of her report Mrs Sanders paid a very neat compliment to Dr Louise Crow of this city Ing that the work which Mrs Crow did in the interests of the osteopathy hill would be very helpful to the W C T U women Mrs spent several weeks at Madison and won the highest respect for her among the legislators Mrs Sanders testified that the legislators speak in the highest terms of their esteem for Dr Crow Medal Contests Important Mrs Lizzie Axon of Lodi urged the Importance of medal contests No line of work is more conducive to pleasure because the workers see the results Medal contests educate agitate and make money The work needs better organization and county! who can't work shouk resign The speaker urged the of matrons contests the paying o trainers and the advisability of com bining musical and oratorical con tests For Law Mrs Vie H Campbell presented th importance of the parliamentary law department saying that if the othe departments were the ground nob of W C T TJ work parliamentary law is the whole structure Th most practical and methodical woman in each union should conduct the work which is a means of develop ment for the union and of growth fo the leader A union with a goo knowledge of parliamentary law i like a railroad with a well road over which the trains run smoothly Parliamentary law is th Mght house which guides organiza tions safely through all difficulties On Sabbath Observance Mrs K V Stevens of this spoke briefly on Sabbath urging the workers not to be aged because the petitions asking fo the Sunday closing of the Buffalo ex position had been spurned She rec strongly the posting o the state law on Sabbath observance in public places Mrs Upham presented the work o the school of methods very Six Leading Counties Dane Green Rock Grant Sauk and Outagamie were announced as the six counties having made the greatest gain in membership during the year and brief and very Interest ing addresses on the work in these prosperous counties were made by the county presidents Mrs M A B Smith of Madison Mrs Kate Taylor of Brodhead Miss Vie o Evansville Mrs Cora B Parker and Mrs Hawthorne The president of Sauk county was not in attendance The addresses brought out the various methods used Jo gain members An Appeal for the L T L Mrs J w Black or Racine gave a very Interesting report of the work of the Loyal Temperance Legion em the points made in ference and urging the unions to sup port and encourage the work In the state there are 46 Junior Legions and 35 Senior Legions with an en- rolled membership of During the past year have been new members The motto of the L T L is to learn good things do good things ana have a good time Miss Addie Austin representative of the Woman's Temperance cation spoke for a few minutes ing the convention some tion concerning the literature table She spoke a few words for the Union Signa the Motor and the Young sader the official W C T U and L W C T U Movement in Japan Miss a returned mission ary from Japan and one of saries of the Woman's Foreign society of the Methodist church spoke entertainingly of the W C T U work and kindred perance movements in Japan The growth of the work has been great and now Japan has a law secured through the influence of a native perance work making it a crime to sell or give tobacco in any form to men under twenty A liquor law is being agitated In nearly all of the Japan schools there are Y W C T U organizations Rev Prank Poorman spoke a few words of and fraternal greeting after which Mrs C E low of Chicago was called for Mrs Bigelow is a cousin of the late ces E Willard and she spoke very briefly about the Temperance tal at Chicago Mrs Bigelow has been connected with the W C T U hospital for many years She was greeted with the Chautauqua salute and at the close of her remarks she and Miss Austin were made members of the convention by courtesy Raised the Dues After much discussion the tion by a vote of ISO to 24 decided to amend the so as to make the state dues sixty cents per member Instead of twenty-eight cents thus doing away with extra ments Mrs E W Shores of Ashland sang beautifully an appropriate solo ter which Mrs Upham conducted a beautiful memorial service for de- ceased members Mrs M P laub of led in prayer and several departed temperance workers were spoken of lovingly many eyes being dimmed with tears during the affecting service The morning session closed with singing and prayer by Miss Russell Afternoon session At two o'clock the afternoon sion opened with an vice of spiritual power conducted by Mrs Townsend of Ohio Mrs Upham then introduced Mrs L M N Stevens the national super- intendent and the large audience greeted her with a fluttering of kerchiefs a greeting that was after- ward just as given to Miss Gordon Mrs Stevens spoke a few words of loving response telling the women that she knew how lard it was for on Page 8 LARGEST WARSHIP ON THE HIGH SEAS U S TO BUILD FASTEST KNOWN Will Be a Powerful Vessel and Will Have a Displacement of Four 12 Inch teen and Being Prepared Washington D C May United States navy is to have the largest most powerful and fastest battleship that has ever been con- It is to have a displacement of tons which is tons more than the displacement of the most recent additions to the British navy and of the Georgia and ginia recently ordered for our own navy Rear Admiral chief of the bureau of construction and re- pair was today authorized by the naval board of experts to proceed with the preparation of designs for the construction of this formidable floating war engine Rear Admiral Bowles is satisfied that a ton vessel can be built with greater speed and with heavier batteries yet without increased draft that will prohibit her from en- tering many shallow American bors Plans will be submitted to con- gress next session for one ton battleship mounting four sixteen eight inch and thirty-two three inch guns a battery unequaled by that of any fighting vessel ever launched This battery would pass the combined batteries of any two armored cruisers and with a speed of twenty-one knots an hour the ship would be the most powerful fighting machine on the seas PROPOSE TO STOP ORIENTAL DANCES Eau Claire Woman's Club Aim a Blow at the Exhibitions Given at Street Fairs Eau Claire Wis May Eau Claire Woman's club came out yesterday in severe denunciation of Oriental dances The question a goodly portion of the after- noon though there was perfect unanimity on the question The resolutions were presented by Mrs Galloway and the measure passed almost without a dissenting vote The tent shows are especial ly under the ban of the woman's The protest was aimed directly at the Eau Claire street fairs where it was said that improper exhibitions have been held and if an attempt is made to hold such a fair this sum mer committees of women will meet with its managers If the protest does not then avail the women will o to the mayor and other city and demand that the laws be strictly enforced There is every probability that women's in other parts of Wisconsin will take steps like those of the local clubs The Eau Claire women hope to put a stop to the exhibitions in the other Wisconsin their sisters act as they have done AN AGED KANSAS COUPLE ARE ELOPERS Man of Si and Woman of 60 Run Away from Their Children to Get Married Greenup Ky May eloping couple whose combined ages foot up to 141 years passed through here en route to some Ohio town to be married William Henderson giving his lome as Lawrence county Kan and lis age at 81 has been a widower or a number of years and is the of a large family of grown-up and married children The est son and his wife kept house for he old man Mrs Martha Janes a widow aged 10 lived on an adjoining farm alone She too has a large family of ip sons in the neighborhood The old people fell in love but their children objected to their marriage hence the elopement Mr Henderson says that he has plenty of money and expects to de- mote considerable time to travel The will visit Cincinnati St Louis and the Pan-American ex- position Crosby Is American Champion Springfield I 111 May shoot or the Dupont cup and American ended this morning in for Crosby of Alton 11 He killed 109 straight birds ert missed on the ope hundred and Inth and the other contestant conce missed on one hundred and hirty Will Start Home Saturday San Francisco May Is announced that tlie CROPS NEED RAIN IN MANY SECTIONS DROUGHT HAS BECOME SERIOUS IN PARTS OF WISCONSIN Spring Wheat is Coming Up Well But Oats Have Been Injured by Dry Fruit Outlook Especially for Apples is Less Promising D C May though frosts occurred in the uppe Ohio valley and northern portion of the Middle Atlantic states only slight damage resulted land as a whole the temperature condition throughout the country were able Drought has been largely re in the southern states bu continues in western and southern Texas Southern Louisiana and poi tions of Alabama and Florida anc the continued absence of rain in th valleys and lake region i proving detrimental rain being much generally needed throughout these districts The Pacific coas states have experienced a week although It was rather cool with too much rain in western Wash ington Spring wheat is coming up wel and the early sown has made gooi growth Rain is however to germinate some of the late sown Oats have been Injured by dry weather in the central and in the southern states and the condl tion of the crop is not promising though materially improved in Geor gia Seeding Is about completed in the most northerly districts Transplanting of tobacco has be gun in Maryland and Virginia ant will begin soon in Kentucky n Indiana and Ohio plants are nearly ready to set In South drought prior to recent rains seri injured the stands of tobacco the fruit outlook is somewhat les promising in the Missouri and Up per Mississippi valleys but on the whole continues favorable the prospect for apples in some ini portant apple states is not frosts early in week damage slight practically rain except in few localities becoming serious corn planting is about completed in southern section and progressing rapidly in centra northern spring grains with drill came up nicely and look broadcast seedings poor grass and pastures making slow growth fruit trees blooming pro except apple trees on which blooms are generally scanty NUMBER 6 CADETS THROWN OUT FROM WEST POINT Five Troublesome Ones Dismissed Six Others Are Suspended and More Will Be Reprimanded Washington D C May cadets dismissed outright six others suspended for terms varying accord ing to the seriousness of their often ses and a number of others publicly is an epitome ot the decision reached by Secretary Root this afternoon at the conclu sion of a three hours conference with Superintendent Mills of the Wes Point Military Academy The names of the cadets who are to are being withheld but the department let it be known that young MacArthur son of the general commanding the American forces in the Philippines who had been mentioned as one of those like ly to be would be dismissed nor suspended The of tenses charged against him are of comparatively character and if he is punished at all he will be reprimanded STRIKE PROMISES TO BE SHORT LIVED Washington May are still pouring into the executive offices of the machinists association a majority indicating a general de- crease in the number of men out and that all along the line with but few exceptions employers are seeking ar- Suicide of a Bank Clerk Cambridge May Foster an employe of a port bank confessed this morning that he had attempted to blow up the institution with dynamite day A few minutes after he was locked up he shot himself ini the heart American Liner Ashore Hamburg May American iner Ascania is ashore at Areal near the gulf of Aden She has eight feet of water in her hold Osmund Gunderson one of the heavy dealers in leaf tobacco at GIVE CARNIVAL AT MADISON Church People Object But Business Men Will Spend More Than in 1900 Wis May the vigorous and long drawn out test of the church going of the city Madison the pearl 01 ing lakes the home of law the seat of learning and the citadel of is to have a carnival next fall more brilliant and gorgeous than that of last year which was ed by the newspapers as being only a degree less warm that the home of heat itself The Four sand club which is practically a re- organization of the Carnival tion discussed the subject last night and virtually decided to support the project TO GIVE THE PASSION PLAY British Columbia Indians Arranging for the Big Production Vancouver B C May ations are being made for the tion by British Columbia Indians of the Passion There will be Indian pants in this big religious festival which will be held at the village of from June 3 to June 10 The production will take place In the open air Father a veteran Roman the Indian actors who will have Catholic priest has prepared the In- dian actors who will have the pal parts in the great spectacular event Killed 100 Boxers Pekin May force of Boxers fleeing from the Chinese regulars In the interior ran into a company of Germans in the which ed one hundred Boxers were killed A SQUALL STRUCK TWO SHAMROCKS King of England Was on Board the Challenger But Escaped the Wreckage Cowes May the two Shamrocks were starting to race day the masts and sails of the new boat were carried away King Ed: ward was aboard the new Shamrock and The yachtsmen news with consternation The accident occurred in a squall The old boat also lost her top sail Great preparations had been made for the day's spin The king came down from London on a special train early in the morning He soon boarded the challenger and boats im mediately began maneuvering for a start Suddenly a terrific squall swooped down the Solent striking both yachts with full force knocking down masts and tearing loose sails The king was deck near the stern end anc with others he dodged falling wreckage and escaped Injury There was tremendous on Shore when the news of the ae and the danger ar The wrecked yachts were quickly towed ashore When the news that the king was safe reach ed the there was great cheer Ing Governor La Follette Stops a Meeting at Fond du Lac Last Night MANDATE WAS STRICT Means That No Sparring Ex Will Be Allowed in the Badger State NOTICE SERVED ON SHERIFFS Fond du Lac May Obeying the orders issued by Governor Folette Sheriff Sheridan ning served notice on Will lln one of the promoters of the ing carnival arranged for last nig at the opera house and the mill was declared off There was no getting around the instructions ed: the sheriff and district attorney and the officers informed the ers that he contest should not come off The Governor's Mandate The mandate from the governor was as To the district attorney and iff of Fond du Lac You and each of you are directed to take such action as will absolutely prohibit any prize fight from taking place where in your county it will not be held to be a compliance with this order in any respect should you low a contest to commence and then stop it as no violation of the statute whatever must be permitted and no more mere error In judgment will be accepted as an excuse for such ation You and each of you will be held for the strict en- of this order Robert M La Follette No More Fights In State With a view of knowing the exact the disaster H SILVER SERVICE FOR A WARSHIP Commission Leaves Milwaukee for Sin Francisco Bearing Present from State to Battleship Milwaukee Wis May members of the Wisconsin ship commission for San Fran Cisco last night to present the silver serVice that is the gift of the com- to the vessel that bear's the state's name The party con- sited of Senator Dewayne Stebbins and wife of Algoma Julius Bleyer and wife of Milwaukee Dr J C Reynolds Benoni O Reynolds Chas S French and R B Arndt of Lake Geneva TENNESSEE RIVER ON THE RAMPAGE Chatanooga Tenn May 22 The river went on a rampage ast night causing over half a million damage in this vicinity A umber of children were drowned and ne man died from fright Over a lozen bridges were washed away Many Firemen Will Go To Elkhorn Wis May The local appointed by the fire department are making pre- for the state lament to be held here June 19 20 3 01 d H tions Sheriff Sheridan reached him by telephone and him that the for last evening provided only boxing bouts for points It was then that he was told that no contest was to take in Fond du Lac or any city in and that the sheriffs in the several counties In Wisconsin had been served with a notice to that received by Mr Sheridan This practically abolishes boxing contests in this state IRISH EMIGRATION HAS FALLEN OFF Census the Last Decade Shows aa Unprecedented Slump in the Rate of Decrease London May sensible check in the decrease of the tion of Ireland as shown by this year's census is exciting considerable comment The census of the last decade showed an unprecedented slump in the rate of increase For flve decades previously the rate of decrease had progressively declined In the rate was 19 per cent in 1861 it was 11 per cent In 1871 it was 6 per cent and In 1881 4 per cent but in 1891 It was 9 per cent or double that of the previous decade The present census shows that the was only 5 per cent which although greater than that of 1881 Is only a more thaa one half that of the decade from 1881 to 1891 In 1891 the population of Ireland was This year it is a decrease of The emigration from Ireland during the last decade has fallen off very rapidly until it has been reduced by more than one half Previously to 1891 the number of persons emigrating had steadily in- from the year 1815 In that year the total emigration from the British Isles to all only Ireland has shared in the general decline which set in ten years ago INVENTS STORAGE BATTERY Edison Has One Which Will Do Three Times As Much As Others New York May the annual meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers held here ast night Arthur E Kennelly read i technical paper on a new storage attery invented and perfected by Thomas A Edison From the report t would seem that the new invention lal party will start home Saturday wa in more teams to compete in the erent contests than at any previous One hundred fire importance Edison that weight for weight j and cost being equal the l battery will do about two be represented in the half times as ent battery of commerce
