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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Scene WAS TERRIBLE
TragicaI and Spectacular Fire in
a Hotel at New York
City.
DEATH ROLL NUMBERS SIXTEEN.
List of Injured Foots Up Forty Two
and the Same Number in Miss
ing, Perhaps Dead.

New York, March 1S.-F'lames which
curtain burst forth from the second
floor of the Windsor hotel at Forty-sev-
enth street and Fifth avenue shortly
after o'clock yesterday afternoon. just
as the st. Patrick's day parade was
passing the building, and in a few mo-
ments they hao leaped up to the roof
and enveloped the entire Fifth avenue
and Forty-seventh street fronts of the
hotel. Ten minutes later the flames
we're roaring through the interior of the
aotel, and all escape by means of stair
ways and elevators was cut off. There
was the widest scene of excitement
within and without the building. Hun
dreds of guests and employees were in
the hotel when the fire broke out, and
for many Of them escape with safety
was impossible.
Following is the list of dead 50 far
as known: Mrs. Elizabeth Leland, wife
of Warren Leland, proprietor of the
hotel; Helen Leland, daughter of War
rem Leland, jumped from window; Mrs.
Amelia, Paddock, Irvington, N Y,
jumped from window; Nancy Ann Kirk
(Mrs. James S. kirk, Chicago; Mrs.
M. Pierce, Macon, Ca; Miss Lacelles
Grandy, Elizabeth City, n. c.; Mrs ddie
Gibson, aged 50, shock; Eleanor Louise
Goodman, ased II, fractured skall; John
Connolly, hotel employe, burns and in
ternal injuries; unknown woman, mid
die aged, jumped from window; un-
known woman; unknown man seen to
jump from roof at rear of hotel. body
not recovered; unknown child, thrown
from window by mother body not re-
covered; unknown woman, mother Of
the child, jumped from window, body
not recovered
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Light From Sugar.

A phenomenon, the cause Of which
has not yet been satisfactorily explain
ed, was described at meeting of the
British associa ton. Disks of loaf sugar
were mounted on lathe and rapidly
rotated while hammer played lightly
against them. An almost continuous
radiation of light was thus produced
from the sugar. 1t was shown that the
light did not arise from heating Of the
sugar, and it is believed to be caused
by some change taking place in the
sugar crystals. The act of crystalliza-
ton is known to be sometimes accom-
panied by flashes of light. The practi-
cal bearing of these experiments is on
the question of the possibility of obtain
ing artificial light by methods as yet
untried Youth Companion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
No Trust in Ready-Print Plates.

New York, March 20-When shown
the reports from Chicago regarding a
great combination of all the ready
print and plate houses about to be
formed in that city Major O. J. Smith,
president of the American Press asso-
citation, with headquarters in this city
and branches in all the principal cities
Of the United States, said: THE report
is utterly without the slightest founda-
ton, and SO far as this association is
concerned nothing of the kind has ever
been talked Of or thought of"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24

A Large Number of People Fall Victims t.
the Storm.

the Storm.
Memphis Tenn, March 20.-A series
of terrific wind storms swept through
portions of Alabama, Mississippi and
Arkansas Saturday doing an immense
amount Of property damage and killing
number of people. The storms COW
cred a radius Of several hundred miles,
destroying telegraph wires and cutting
off communica ton with a large part
of the affected country. Clebourne coun-
ty, Ala, seems to have suffered the
most severely, the storm there assum
ing the proportions of a tornado. The
reports of fatalities in the county vary
from six to twenty and many more are
said to have been injured.
At Sellers and Luverne, Ala. much
damage is reported and at Rob Roy,
Ark, one man was killed and several
were badly injured. Dumas, Ark, was
practically wiped out of existence and
several other towns in the vicinity sur
fered severely. One person is reported
killed at Hickory Flat, Miss, and as the
farm houses in the vicinity suffered
heavily it is not unlikely that many
fatalities occurred which have not yet
ham, Ala, says that a passenger on the
Southern train from Atlanta, says that
near Edwardsville, Ala, a house in
which twelve persons lived was wrecked
and nine Of them killed. Another pas
senger said he had heard that seven
more were killed near Heflin Ala.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
DEATH ROLL Is NOW FIFTEEN.
Five MutiIated Corpes Found In the
Windsor Hotel Ruins.

Five MutiIated Corpes Found in the
Windsor Hotel Ruins.
New York. March 22.-Three bodies
were recovered from the ruins of the
Windsor hotel yesterday. They were
badly charred and great difficulty is
being experienced in their Identification
The first body recovered was that of a
female of small stature. The arms and
legs were missing. 1t was first thought
to be the body Of Miss Dora Hoffman
Of Baltimore, a woman 60 years of age,
who is among the missing; but two OF
the male employees of the hotel called at
the morgue and claimed to identify the
remains as those of Mrs. Margaret Auze,
of New York city. Both men were posi-
tive as to the identification.
There are now five bodies at the
morgue each tabled with number.
which with the known dead brings the
list to fifteen. The list of missing is still
very large. The injured at the hospit-
ais are all recovering. The unknown
bodies are as follows:
Body No. 1, recovered Monday; male;
legs, arms and head missing.
4,
an; supposed to be young, but unrecog-
nizahle; on one hand part of a kid glove
with pearl buttons; black cloth button
on dress marked made VIZ K. Co., ex-
ira" supposed to be an employee of the
hotel.
Body No. 8, esterday; fe-
male; suppose ut go; small
stature; arms losing; iden-
tilted as Mrs. -.Ae, of New
York.
Body No. 4, recov cred yesterday; frag-
ments of what appears to be a Woman's
body.
Body No. 5, wholly unrecognizable;
legs are gone; what remains Of the
arms is folded over the breast; the body
is charred and shrivelled to about half
of it's natural size; the teeth are in ex~
cellent condition, not a tooth missing,
and none is filled. The are sharp-pointed
and apparently those Of woman they
are the only possible mark Of identifica-
ton.
The recognition of Mrs Margaret
Auze seemed to be very positive. Both
men recognized the beaded dress, part of
which remained Mrs. Auze had been {.
guest at the hotel for fifteen years, and
one man said he always waited on her
in the dining room. He identified her
by the prominent jawbones and by the
teeth. Curran also recognized these
features.
The names Of Alice Kelly, Kate Shea,
Adelaide Simpson, Mary Sleman, Annie
Ward and Mollie Welsh have been
struck from the missing list they hav-
ing turned up alive and we'll.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Parsnip Complexion.

+ A majority OF the ills affecting people
to-day can be traced to kidney trouble.
Tt pervades all classes of society, in all
climates, regardless of sge, sex or condi-
ton.
The sallow, Notwithstanding People
you often meet are afflicted with kidney
complexion" Their kidneys are turning
to q parsnip color, SO is their complexion.
They may suffer from indigestion, bloat-
ing. sleeplessness, uric acid, gravel, drop
sy, rheumatism. catarrh of the bladder.
or irregular heart You may depend
upon it, the cause IS weak, unhealthy
kidneys.
Women az we'll as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble
and both need the same remedy. Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder remedy will build I'M
and strengthen weak and unhealthy kid
neys, purify the diseased. kidney poison
ed blood, clear the complexion Ind soon
help the sufferer to- better health.
The mild and the extraordinary effect
of Swamp Root is soon realized. It
stands the highest for it's wonderful
cures of the mos distressing cases, such
as weak kidneys. catarrh of the bladder.
gravel, rheumatism and Brght's Disease
which is the worst form of kidney trouble.
At druggists, fifty cent and dollar .izas
You may have a sample bottle by mail
free, also pamphlet telling all abont it.
Address DR. Kilmer & Co.. Bnghamton.
N. Y When writing please mention this
paper.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
The Bridge of Lions.

The largest bridge in existence is not,
as one would imagine, the work of some
famous English or French engineer.
This bridge, comparatively little known,
was constructed long ago, in China, in
the reign of the Emperor Keing Long.
It is situated near to Sangang and
the Yellow sea. and measures not less
than eight miles and half.
The Bridge of Lions, as it is called, is
supported by 800 immense arches and
it's foundation is 81 meters under wa
ter. On each pile of this wonderful
bridge is marble statue of lion, three
times larger than life size. The coup
d'eil of these 800 enormous lions, each
one supporting an arch, is stupendous
in it's magnifcance.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Nervous Diseases TreatedFree

The Well Known Physician and
Specialize, FRANKLIN MILES,
M. W., Ii H., of Chicago, will
send $3.50 Worth of his new and
Complete Treatment Free to
Each of our Readers.
Our afflicted readers will certainly new
er have a better chance to try, free OF
charge, new and highly recommended
Treatment for Diseases of the Brain,
Spinal Cord ard Nerves.
DIR. Miles Special Treatment is the re-
suit OF twenty-five years of laborious in
vestigation and extensive experience, and
his New System of Treatment is eminent
ly scientific, and three times as success
full as the usual methods,
Many hundreds of prominent pesple
have testified to the almost miraculous re-
suits of this new treatment. The Doctor
has for years been we'll and favorably
known as leading specialists in these
diseases, and his offer should certainly
be accepted by our afflicted readers
From The Sunday School Union. The
editor writes: I'VE desire to state that
from personal acquaintance we know DR..
Miles to be- most skilIful specialists; a
man who has spared neither labor or
money to keep himself abr st of the great
advancement III medical science"
From the Chicago Daily Record -"We
believe that wera this new sys EN-, as per-
fected by Dr. Miles. generally adopted it
would enable physicians to treat their
patterns much muIe successful ly' and
would certainty increase their ledge
of the nature and peculiarlties of their
patients cases."
From Chicago Tribune. The honor
OF discovering successful method of
treating many of the so-called incurable
diseases belongs TO Franklin Miles, M.
d, LII. B., of this
You may never have another such an
opportunity. Do not fail to write for
$3.50 worth of free treatment. Address
DIR FRANKLIN MILES, 18th Floor,
Mason Temple. Chicago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Some Citizens.

In The Courant of March 16, 1884,
we printed the following queer story,
which our readers will pardon us for re-
peating Some of them may have for
gotten it:
HEBRON Feb Is, 1884. This day departed
this life Mrs. Lydia Peters, the wife of Colonel
John Peters and second daughter of Joseph
Phelps Esq. She was married at the age of l;
and lived with her consort three times Is years
and had Is living children, ID now alive and
the youngest Is years old. She hath had three
times Is grandchildren. She was sick Is months
and died on the 18th day of the month, aged
four times Is years
Hartford COurant
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Fatal Fire at Omaha.

Omaha. Neb., March 22.-Compara-
lively insignificant in material destruc-
tion but terrible in it's harvest of death
destroyed the Patterson block at Sew
enteenth and Douglas streets yester-
day afternoon. Two Of it's victims have
already passed away, one more is not
expected to live and about twenty
others are suffering from broken limbs
and burned and lacerated flesh
Those killed are Mrs. Thomas Tay
and Mrs. Anna Scbhamel.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
How to Tell OIeOmargarine.

The Kansas Agricultural college dairy
has been experimenting with ether as a
means of distinguishing between butter
and oleomargarine. Take very small
piece of butter and oleomargarine,
about the size of pinhead, and place
in separate spots on clean piece of
glass. A drop of ether placed on the
butter will assume a wavy but some
what regular outline, while drop
placed on the oleomargarine will have
a rugged outline very much like the ap-
pearance of a cogwheel with the cogs
sharpened to point. Live Stock
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Dumas Quick Wit.

Dumas found man asleep in the
Theatre Francois during the playing of
a piece by his friend Sonnet. s'You
see that? p said he, "that's your work "
Next evening a Dumas comedy was
put on The two friends looked in again
and found sleeper.
"You see, dear Dumas, said Sou
met, ''your works can produce sleep.
do you refer to that MANI replied
Dumas. "Why, that's the man who
was there last night. He's not awake
yetr"-San Francisco News Letter
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
One QuaIiG .

Mrs Mann-You can't wash and
iron nor make the fire (satirically) I?
Perhaps yon might be able, to sit in the
parlor and read the morning paper after
my husband has got through with it.
The Worklady-I think I could do
that mem, if the paper had stories in
it. Boston Transcript
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
A Poser.

Mrs. Jibbins latter gazing on globe
in shop window)-Well, nothing
won't persuade me but what the
world s fiat
Mrs Trilnmins-Well, Marian, if the
worlds fat, 'ow can yer account for
'Averstock hill ?-London Punch
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Pathetic and Practical.

Here is personal that appeared
not long ago in a London newspaper:
willie, return to your distracted
wife and frantic children! Do you want
to hear Of your old mothers suicide
You will if you do not let us know
where you are. Anyway, send back
your fathers colored meerschaum
And yet we say the Briton has no
very lively sense of humor
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Soft Coal To Be Higher.

Milwaukee, March PAT a meeting
of soft coal dealers of the northwest
yesterday it was decided to advance the
price of that commodity 25 cents per
ton on the opening of navigation. The
price is now So per ton. Representa-
tives were present from ST. Paul, Min
neapolis, Duluth, Superior and Chicago
and mine operators OF Illinois were rep
resented.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Good For Minnesota!

1t is claimed that the best managed
diaries in Minnesota have reduced the
cost of manufacturing pound of but
ter to 1928 cents. The prevailing price
in other states is about cents
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Was Gathered In.

What did you say to your
wife, anyhow. when you proposed?
Bjones Swell well-the fact
is, Mrs. Bjones was a widow when I
married her.-Somerville Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Saturday. March 1S.

Princess Kaiulani died at Honolulu
March 6, of inflammatOry rheumatism.
General Gomez, in speech at Ha-
vana, intimated that he might, in de-
ference to the overwhelming demand of
the Cuban people, accept the presidency
Of the island republic.
denmark now wants to secure a port
in China.
General Joseph Wheeler has accepted
an invitation to command the first di-
vision of the Chicago day parade, Oct.
g. at Chicago.
Policeman Alexander Cameron, Of
Chicago, has been missing since Tues
day morning.
Tommy Ryan has been matched for
a twenty five-round battle with Dan
Creedon before the club offering the
largest purse.
Edward C. Becker, capitalist, has
purchased the st. Louis National
League base ball club from the credi-
tors.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
DIR. Humphreys

Specifics act directly upon the disease,
without exciting disorder in other parts
of the system. They Cure the Sick.
NO. CURES PRICES.
1-Fevers. COMPOSITIONS, determinations. %
2-Worms, Worm Fever. Worm Colic... rs
3-Tcething, Collie, Crying, Wakefuness .25
4-Diarrhea. of Children or Adults. .25
7-Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis. .25
S-NeuraIgia, Toothache, Faceache.. %
9-Head che, Sick Headache, Vertigo. %
1O-Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Weak Stomach.2
Unsurpassed or Painful Periods. .25
19-Whites. Too Profuse Periods. ........ .25
13-CrOup Laryngitis, Hoarseness. .2J
14-salt Rheum. Erysipelas Eruptions. .25
15-Rheumatism Rheumatic Pains. go. rs
16-Malaria, Chills, Fever and Ague 49,. .25
19-Catarrh. Influenza, Cold in the Head .2J
2O-WhOOping- Cough Observation-Disclosures. rs
27-Kidney Diseases ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .23
2S-NervOus Debility. ,...................1.OO
3O-Urinary Weakness. Wetting Bed. rs
77-Grip, Hay Fever. %
Dr. Humphreys Manual Of all Diseases at your
Druggists or Mailed Free.
Sold by druggists, or sent on receipt or price.
Humphreys Med. Co.. Cor. William & John Sts.,
New York.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Tuesday, March FL.

News has been received from Smyrna
that 5000 Christian Mussulman refugees
who were in lack of work and food,
invaded and pillaged the Creek and
Turkish quarters of the city, con-
fiict resulting, IN which many persons
were killed or wounded.
Rich gold discoveries are reported in
the Mackenzie river basin near Fort
Good Hope.
Thomas Boone who operated the
war balloon at Santiago, died at Bos-
ton. as the result of an operation on a
wound received in the fall Of the balloon
after it had been shot TO pieces.
The British cruiser Talbot, with the
BODY Of Baron Her:che,l on board, which
sailed from New York on March s, has
arrived at Plymouth, Eng.
Secretary Alger has returned to
washington from Boston and Montreal.
and will probably start for Cuba on
Thursday.
1t is reported that the Big Four will
soon put another fast train between
Cleveland and St. Louis to make the
run in two hours quicker time.
Wednesday, March 22.
In spite of the leaden pellet which still
lies somewhere within the chest cavity
Mrs. Backman, who was shot by heL
husband at Chicago. seems to be in "a
fair way to recover.
Mckinley and Roosevelt is the Repub-
lican national ticket favored for 1900 by
Senators Plat, Thurston, Chandler and
Foraker.
One piece of human skull and sever
al fragments of a coffin were turned up
by Lincoln park laborers while digging
a sewer ditch. The ground used to be /.
graveyard.
During an electrical storm near
Shreveport, La, lightning struck a ne
gro's house, killed a boy and knocked
to the floor and stunned several others.
Senator Penrose, it is reported, will
resign his seat as soon as the Pennsyl-
vania legislature adjourns and Govern
or Stone will appoint Quay to the va
cancy.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
CONDENSED ITEMS.
NEWS OF INTEREST CAUGHT FROM
THE WIRES.

short Paragraphs of Some of the Events Of
the Past Few Days-Crimes, Casualties,
and Matters of General Interest Given in
Condensed Form.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24

IF Mrs. James r. Stokes, who is miss
iag-probably dead The bracelet was
found where the bath house was.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-24
Thursday. March 16.

Thursday. March 16.
Burglars at Chicago locked F. B.
Little. his wife and daughter in the
dining room at their residence Tues
day night. while they looted the house
Of jewelry and silverware valued at ST.
600.
Former Judge Henry Hilton is re-
ported to be critically i'll at his home in
New York city.
Miss Susan B. Anthony will attend
the convention of the International
Council of Women, to be held in West
minister hall, London, about the middle
of June.
In the week ended March there
were five deaths from plague in Hong
Kong. In the week ended March II
there were six cases and FIVE deaths
from the disease.
Abraham Eichold, who, from 1864 to
1885, was one Of the largest operators
on the board of trade in Chicago, died
of senility at his winter home, Nice.
France.
President Mckinley is taking a COM
plete rest at Thomasville, Ga.
Friday, March17.
Mayor Flower, Of New Orleans, has
offered a reward of $500 for the arrest
of the person or persons who have
lately been trying to burn Roman
Catholic institutions in that city
Ex-Secretary Sherman, speaking of
his wife recently, said: II fell in love
in 1S4S and have been in love just 81
years"
The story that ex-Representative
Simpson Of Kansas, is going to write
or has written book is absolutely
denied by that gentleman himself
The Eighth Illinois has disembarked
from the Chester at Newport News and
will arrive in Chicago at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
The seven passengers who had been
showed in at Iron Mountain, Wyo., on
the CHEYENNE and Northern railroad
since Feb a. have been rescued.
About $50 employees in the Chicago
postoffice have been made happy by the
news that on July l their salaries are
to be increased $1C0 a year
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-03-24
Queen Regent has Signed the Peace
Treaty

Queen Regent has Signed the Peace
Treaty.
Madrid, March 1.-THE queen re-
gent has signed the treaty of peace
between Spain and the United States.
The draft of the tpeaty of peace be-
tween Spain aud the United States was
signed in Paris, December, 1898. 1t
was approved by the United States
senate February 6, by vote OF 81 to
~, and was signed by the president
February 10.
The signed treaty of peace will he
forwarded to the French ambassador
NJ Washington, NJ. Jules Cambon, for
exchange with the one signed by Presi.
dent Mckinley. No decree ON the sub
ject will be published in the official
gazette.
Washington, March lin the alb
seucc of any direct diplomatic com
munication between the United States
and Spain. Secretary Hay expects to
receive his first formal notice of the
ratification of the peace treaty by the
queen regent, through tn medium of
The French embassy here
The nexf step must be- taken 10y
Spain; that is. she must name her
Speclal envoy and notify The United
States government of the probab le
date upon which he will present him
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-03-24

Kingston, Jam. March 2O.-The
condition of ex- senator John Sherman,
who is IA passenger on board the Amer
lean liner Paris. is not favorable this
morning. He is very much weaker
and the doctors are discouraged.
The United States cruiser Chicago,
which has been detailed to take Mr..
Sherman on board and convey him
back to the United States, has not yet
arrived here. but is expected to reach
this puI, during the afternoon. Dir.
Magee will have charge OF the case uu-
iii they reach Old Point Comfort It
may not be possible to transfer Mr..
Sherman to the Chicago until the
Paris reaches Santiago de CUBA. lie
appreciates that his strength is declin-
ing aud is DESTROYS of getting home.