Janesville Daily Gazette (Newspaper) - June 21, 1901, Janesville, Wisconsin VOLUME XLV JANESVILLE WISCONSIN FRIDAY 21 1901 BOUGHT A GOLD BAND EIM Significant Feature in Dis- appearance of Miss Helen Fifield NUMBER NO CLUE IS FOUND Not a Trace or Sight where of the Missing Young Woman ARE PLENTY Chicago June local police up to two o'clock had not found Miss Helen Fifield She was traced this morning to a Home hotel she lad registered as Mrs Daisy left because the proprietor ed to give her a key to her room From that place all trace of her was lost The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Helen semes to grow darker as the time by No trace of her that can he run down with any good results can be found She has vanished as as if the earth had opened up and swallowed her Her parents and family are with grief over her ance and the agony of suspense which it They have made a ough examination of all her personal property and can nothing Ing outside of the skirt slippers and sack and a gold pin that she to pin-up the front of her dress with Never They say she was never in a pier frame pt mind than on evening when she returned from Mrs Jeffris party She laughed and talked about it after she returned Tiome for an hour with her mother and Bister Catherine and also talked with her sister after she had retired and to be perfectly happy and a care on earth An inquiry about town has ed that her money from the First National Bank day morning She went to Archie Reid store about eleven clock and a black veil which she bought and took with her Gold Ring She visited F C Cook elry store about and asked to be shown some plain gold rings able twelve years of age Mr Cook showed her a tray of children's rings after looking them over and not what she he showed her another tray of large rings She seemed to know just the size hse wanted and finally a flat gold band ed three penny weights and worth Mr Gook showed her another ring at the same price but she said this one would do and handed him a in payment at Drug Store She visited J P Baker's drag store and purchased a tooth brush and comb and at A A ladies furnishing store she bought underwear All of these things are missing from home except the tooth brush which was left in the bath room She also bought a pair shoes some days ago from C C shoe store Although she took very little from home she seems to have a fair supply of clothing She had a small grip to carry away what toilet articles she needed It is almost certain that she was the young lady who took the train on the Northwestern yesterday morning for Chicago as many things that occurred brought her to the at- tention of Ticket Agent Dilts tor Bobbins and Brakeman Jackson Bought Met Ticket Night Officer Beneke had a case on hand and was told by a had some trouble with a girl living here to see that she did not get away from the city on the morning trains At ten minutes past four Officer Beneke telephoned Agent Dilts and asked him if he had sold a ticket to Chicago to a girl for the train Dilts told him no About ten utes afterwards a young lady wearing a heavy black veil appeared at the window and asked for a ticket to Chicago She stood at one side of the window almost out of Bight of the agent and reached hand around to the opening and handed him a in payment When he handed her her change he tried to get her around where he could get a good look at her but was not successful Saw Her on the Street Night Officer Ed Smith and ward Dermody had walked up to Holt's hotel to call Mr Holt After making the call they saw it was near train time and went on towards the railroad track As they neared the track close to warehouse they saw a small woman coming street carrying a small grip She was about opposite warehouse when they first no- hen Her heavy black veil made her look like a colored girl and Dermody remarked to I wonder where the Coon Is going so When she reached the end of the platform them Smith You are mistaken That is a white girl They then both noticed she had on a black veil but had dark wavy hair She went up the platform into the station and they paid no more attention to her Since then Mr Smith has stated that he is almost certain that it was Miss Fifield that he saw as she wered the description of the girl he and Dermody saw yesterday ing Conductor Photo Conductor Bobbins was shown her photograph last night and said at once that it was the likeness of the girl he took to yesterday morning He said that she had on a dark sailor hat and a light colored veil She sat very down In the seat and kept her head down ever he came near her and that made him al Ithe more anxious to see she looked but he could not get a good at her He is certain he carried her to Chicago Brakeman Jackson also noticed her and is certain she had on a dark sailor hat and a light veil and ried a grip She went through to Chicago After she arrived at Chicago all her seems to have vanished Disappeared In Chicago The woman that was reported at the Union station was carried to the Home hotel and registered as Miss Taylor She only remained about an hour and then left and she has also disappeared District Attorney Jackson went down to Chicago last evening and returned at last night He said the St Paul and the Northwestern detectives were doing al lln their power to trace the girl and the entire day force was ing on it Sheriff Dr George field and H R King remained in cago to prosecute the search and i der the detectives any aid possible In the meanwhile in this city the search is being carried on and every possible clew that may develop thing is being but so far without ABE OUTLOOK BOSY IN THE NORTHWEST Reports from Many Points in Minnesota and the kotas Show that the Condition of jSmall Grain Was Never Better Than at Present St Paul Minn June from something like 600 grain ing and grain receiving points in Minnesota and the Dakotas agree in the common verdict to wit the con- dition of small grain in the Northwest was never better than now the stalk is strengthened and the soil saturated to withstand any drought that July may and unless arises in the somg un- ty days we shall harvest a heavy if not a record breaking crop After a trip through the grain belt stretching from the Twin cities to the Canadian boundary at Portal N General Manager of the Soo Stated in a nutshell the crop condition of the Northwest was never better than it is today Moisture temperature stand and health of growth are perfect Taken as a whole conditions were never better at this stage of the crop than they are today The soil in North Dakota and Northern ta now has all the water it needs and can take care of So far there is no danger of rust and with rain we do not anticipate any The prospect now ia for a crop fully up to those of 1898 and 1899 We do not predict a bumper crop but there is every condition necessary for a good crop Many enemies of the crops are not due yet such as hot winds and rust although we do not suffer much from them North Dakota last year had about 50 per cent of a crop and little better There is now ey prospect of a wheat crop of bushels for the three states of Minnesota North and South ta HAEMONY IN RAMS OE G A B DE GEOFF WILL BE DE HAS GIVEN SIX MOEE COLLEGES ON HIS LIST He has Made Public More Proposed Benefactions to the Amount of Not TeU How Much He Has Still Left Chicago June D K today made lowing college pledges due by Jan 1 Illinois college ville Whitman Walla Walla McKendree college Lebanon 111 amy college Lindsborg Kan 000 Fairmount college Wichita Kan Druay college field Mo Total This is the official list gifts to the struggling colleges which Dr proposes to make before the end of the year In addition there are one or two other promises which will make the total in round numbers Ke expects that all but one meet his ments and that he will start with a clean slate in the year 1902 College presidents and friends of education have been secretly curious to know approximately how much of the original fortune Dr has left and what the chances are for the colleges he has befriended to get further donations Through all of his giving he has kept this part of his business close to his heart What are your doctor at- ter next he was asked Are you going to give the remainder of your money to one or two he answered quickly I wouldn't have given Beloit so much at once except that they had to have it I'm going to live ten years e and be giving all the time just as now It will be in and 000 lots with just one or two promises of which I have made I have not told anyone how much I was or how much I've got still and I'm not going He has distributed in the past ten years At the rate he has been giving during the last two or three years he would dispose of somewhere between and in the ten years he has himself to live Stevens Point Selected for the Place to Hold Next Year's Over the eran's B C Officers Elected ministration named F A Copeland of LaCrosse David Harris Sheboygan Wis June election of H DeGroff for G A R department commander has proven satisfactory to the veterans It is conceded that he will make one of the best heads that the department has ever had George W Morton of Berlin defeated Col E O Kimberly of Janesville for junior vice by -a vote of 119 to 44 After a warm fight between paca Mineral Point Milwaukee and Stevens Point the latter was ed as the place for holding the annual encampment The contest over the Wisconsin veterans home was renewed again evening The resolution to hibit the election of a member of the board of trustees self was voted down and Joseph H Woodnorth has served thirteen years on the board was elected for another term Resolutions Adopted For the first time in the history of the Grand Army in this department the committee on resolutions had no work to perform There were no members who sought to immortalize themselves in this direction and Judge E W Keyes chairman of the committee reported that they had found no material to work on The delegates and alternates to the national from the First district elected are as S W Osborn Turlington alternate Joseph Thompson Brodhead The members of the council of ad- of Milwaukee T Willaims of Wautoma F M Mason of er J W Thomas trustee of the en- Relief Corps Officers The Woman's Relief Corps elected Mrs Harriet M Welton of Madison president Mrs Laura Dietsch of boygan senior vice president Mrs Prances Medford vice president Mrs Phillips of du Lac chaplain and Miss nie McAllester of Omro treasurer The of the G A R elected following President Mrs Irene W Jones of Milwaukee senior vice president Mrs Dora Snyder of Ashland Junior vice president Amanda of treasurer Mrs Jean Rogers of West Superior chaplain Mrs of delegate to the convention Miss Eleanor Mueller of delegate at large Mrs Brezet of Omro officers elected by the Sons of GEN BOTHA WILL IGNORE KRUGER Peace Negotiations with the on the Field and with the Brit- ish Government London June Evening Sun this afternoon says that emissaries who have been in communication with Kruger from Transvaal have delivered to General Botha Kruger's reply concerning peace The answer will be the most momentous and of vast tance as affecting the South African situation Negotiations for a total cessation of hostilities have been in progress some time the Sun says tions regarding them have between Kitchener and the war office the past two days and his chief commanders the Sun says ter paying to Kruger and his opinions decided to act oh their own and surrender Has Botha London June Evening Sun this evening that It is reported that Botha has ed MANY STARVING AT JOHANNESBURG New June arrived from Johannesburg Trans- vaal says that the war has almost devastated that city It now only twenty thousand whereas before the war it had a quarter of a starving million Many are WHITNEY WINS ON ENGLISH TURF London June C Whitney's American bred colt Kilmarnock ond today won the Alexandria Plate at Ascot He the Castle stakes with Mount non Lester Rieffe rode both Veterans Colonel Martin BARKER IS FOUND BY JURY Jersey City June was ound guilty this afternoon sault intent The mum years The jury out fifteen minutes Death by Unknown Shreveport June at the lands 6C unknown parties was ed in the cases of Prophet F G McLand negroes lynched night for alleged complicity n the Poster murder Grasse of Milwaukee senior vice commander P Merrifield of Plover junior vice A H lender of Racine delegates to the National encampment Gus GeisTer of Sheboygan delegates at large Dr McDowell of Racine alternate delegate Culbert of Elaine alternate delegates at large W W Rieti of'Milwaukee ENORMOUS METEOR FALLS IN DAYLIGHT Expedition Forming at Tucson Ariz to Hunt for a Celestial Visitor Seen on June I I Tuscon Ariz June ition is being organized to secure possible a huge meteor which is re- ported to have fallen forty miles from Altar Mex 120 miles from this city The meteor fell on June 11 and was plainly seen here speeding ward the southwest Today El Progresso a Spanish weekly at Altar EXERCISES CLOSE WITH ALUMNI BALL Gov La Follette Heads the Reception Committee at State A Dance Held Last Night Madison Wis June festivities of the Wis University culminated last night in the grand alumni reception and ball in the which proved a most brilliant affair alumni being present from all parts and many neighboring states The reception was from eight nine followed by the grand march which preceded tho dance Mex was received with the story I Tne receiving committee consisted that a had fallen between the of Governor and Mrs Mr Pueblos of Los Molinas and Altar on and Mrs C P Mr and Mrs the of June 11 The Andrews Allen of Chicago Judge and stated that he meteor was buried in j Mrs George H Noyes and Mr and the desert and that a great hole was j Mrs E P Vilas Milwaukee made where it struck essor and Mrs J B Parkinson Mr Seen from Tuscon the meteor and Mrs S W Mi- and Mrs ed to burst reached the j John M Olin Mr and Mrs John M horizon and to shoot off into Professor and Mrs C R of strings of fire j Van Dr B B MacArthur and C M Gregory and Miss Gregory HOMEOPATHS NAME THEIR OFFICERS Dr J C Wood of Cleveland Made President and Dr Chas Gatchell of Chicago General Secretary Sprinks N Y June The annual election of officers in the j which it will American Institute of homeopathy United States Sample of English Extortion Philadelphia June sample of the extortion practiced by the lish on American visitors is shown in the charge of fifteen hundred lars made for the embalming of remains and for the coffin in be shipped to the The friends of which held its fourth day's session today resulted as James C Wood of Cleveland Vice Edward ler Hooker of Hartford Conn Treasurer arid Recording ry were re-elected Dr Wood the new president is gree are Indignant Race War Feared in Texas Port Worth Tex June The U S Marshall is ordered to Glencoe to prevent a race war The people of that place never allowed negroes to live or a number of railroad laborers f essor of Gynecology in the imported aWl they were and a meber of several foreign ed to leave undei penalty of hanging j Serious trouble is feared War Activity in Turkey Vienna June sudden out- burst of military activity in Turkey s reported It is said Italy of having designs on and is also fearful of sh agitation in Servia nia Admiral Dead London June Anthony Hoskins well known in naval circles is dead In Death New Orleans La June Selph a young drummer son of Colonel Dudley Selph state inspector of rifle practice and former rifle pion was killed in a prize at He and a young man of the name of L L Bailey had a rel at a military ball and agreed to it out with bare They had no seconds pounded each other until Selph fell from a which broke his neck Bailey was arrested WAR TAXES WILL EXPIRE JULY 1 Small in Amount but Annoying to Go STILL A FEW LEFT These Reductions and Repeals Will Cost the Government Per Year TO IMPOSE NEW TAXES Washington D C June July 1 nearly all the stamp taxes will be repealed so that from now on it will pay people to take the revenue stamp into con- sideration Of course no one would stop sending telegraph messages for days or hold an express package the rest of the month to save a penny but many dollars can be saved on deeds and mortgages and the of proprietary articles Jong ago began to restrict their production in anticipation of a repeal of the tax Public Will Be Grateful So far as the general public is concerned the repeal law will be chiefly grateful because the stamp taxes on bank ex- press receipts and money orders These are the little taxes small in amount but annoying to the ual What the people as a whole will save money on be the stamps on leases and bonds The full list of the taxes which will be repealed after next week Is as Bank checks 2 cents bills of Jading for export 10 cents bond or obligation by guarantee company of one cent on each dollar of 25 cents cates of deposit 2 certificates not otherwise specified 10 cents charter party chewing gum four cents each commercial brokers drafts sight 2 cents express receipts 1 cent insurance life 8 cents on each marine Inland fire each fidelity and guaranty lease 25 cents to manifest for custom house to mortgage conveyance in trust 25 cents for each for payment of on sight or demand perfumery and cosmetics cent for each 5 cents protest 25 cents telegraph message 1 cent phone message 1 United Statin money orders 2 cents for each warehouse receipts 25 cents War Modified Some of the war taxes have been modified and after July 1 in less onerous form These reductions and repeals will cost the government a year but there will still a nest egg providing about more of congress was to leave the taxes on the wealthier classes Besides these changes in the law ther are two entirely new taxes im- posed by the repeal law went into effect on April 1 They class 2 special tax In adition to all other special taxes et shop transactions i two cents for each These taxes of course remain in force after July 1 being in adition to the list of retained taxes given above lists of taxes repealed modified retained and new imposed will enable Individuals and firms to know just where they stand in regard to Uncle Sam after June 30 one week from next Sunday CIVIL FOB PHILIPPINES TO ISSUE PROCLAMATION JULY 4 Judge William H Taft Will Be Appointed Glorious Fourth to Be Celebrated iously in the far Orient Washington June of avoid the of the supreme July next will mark an epoch in court in the Porto Rican case It is the Philippine islands On that day that the other members of the United States Will establish government over the islands and amid lands the din of and under the The first day of August was waving Stars and Stripes Judge as the earliest possible date Ham H Taft chairman of the Philip pine Commission will be installed it could be issued owing that were created by the as the civil governor It is the in- newest aspect of Philippine affairs tention to mark the occasion with a This was quickly found to be un- remarkable display on the national satisfactory Filipinos The holiday the object being to sow daily advices of Judge Taft and among the natives eral MacArthur to the war The installation of civil rule will ment and tic president wore of a not however mean the abandonment character to create alarm The ot military control of the islands It these officials have been 1s understood that Judge Taft as the ing the administration were relying civil governor will be subordinate to upon the of tbe president's the military governor retaining his promise to give them civil present office at the head of the com- ment and that they would fail to un- mission and that the administration will handle the situation so as to tse was broken
