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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-12-07
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Farms For Sale.

Farms, For Sale.
In Crawford county located in the
Kickapoo Valley, the best tobacco grow
ing section, in the state,
$50 acres 8 miles from Mt. Sterling, 4
miles from railroad, 90 acres un-
der cultivation, running water,
plenty timber, good orchard, we'll
fenced, good farm house with nine
rooms, barn 40x88, good stables,
wagon sheds, machine sheds.
Price S17.O0 per acre.
ITO acres 81 miles from Stuben, 5 miles
from Wauzeka, 55 acres under Gull
tivation, good orchard, good farm
house, barn 40x40, granary, we'll
and wind mill. Price, $4,000.
$40 acres IL miles from Stuben in
Kickapoo Valley, 135 acres under
cultivation, good farm house, we'll
and wind mill, two good springs,
basement barn 32x64, three large
shingle-roof tobacco sheds for Is
acres of tobacco, cattle sheds,
basement stripping room 16x24.
Price, $40 per acre.
500 acres adjoining 80 acres under cult
walton, 200 more to be cleared,
good farm house, we'll at house,
good spring in pasture, basement
barn 3Ox45, two large shingle-roof
tobacco sheds for 10 acres of to-
bacco, we'll fenced. Price, SIG
per acre.
All of the above described farms will be
sold on easy terms at low rate of in
terest. For full particulars enquire of
Il. G.. HOPKINS,
As Edgerton, Wis.
-Overcoats and listers at half price
to clear them up quickly at D. Levy's
clothing store.
Its a gentleman's whiskey, a pure
delicious beverage and grand appetizer.
Don't forget the name. Il. w. HARPER"
whiskey. The kind your grandfather
used. Sold by Jos. Pollard, Edgerton,
Wis.
Farm of 26O acres, Is acres good to-
bacco land, for rent. Inquire of Mrs.
Margaret Earle, Edgerton Wis.
For sewing machine oil and gun oil
60 to Marsden & Watson. 46
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-12-07
Attention Comrades,

The annual election of officers and in
spection will occur on Tuesday, Dec. IL
All comrades are requested to report for
duty at p. NJ. sharp. By order of a.
A. ALDER, Commander, I
ALEX. B. CAMPBELL, Adj.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-12-07
Strayed Team.

A team of horses, one gray the. other
dark bay, strayed from nay premises on
the banks farm near Cooksville Monday
evening, Any one having the team in
their possession will please inform the
undersigned and receive reward.
OTTo JOHNSON,
.. Cooksville.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
PEOPLE OF TITLE.

In receiving some Americans the
other day King Oscar of Sweden said:
SCI welcome you as Americans and there
fore fellow-monarchs."
Prince MAMMALIAN of Saxony has ac-
cepted the professorship of canonical
law at the University of Freyburg.
Switzerland. He was born in 1870. and
in 1896 was ordained a priest. At pres
emit he is pastor of a church in Nurem-
berg.
The prince of Wales has lately amused
himself by collecting pens of famous
writer's of the Victorian era. He has
one that belonged to Tennyson, one of
Browning's, of Hardy's, and so or 60
more, including a curious inkstand once
the property of Robert Louis Steven
SON.
Lord H~opetoun, the new governor
general of Australia, Is expected to
dazzle the colonies with his magnif.
cent entertaining. He took an enor
nous amour of baggage with him
from England. and what he may do is
inferred from the fact that when he
was governor of one of the colonies a
few years ago the sum spent on his ta-
bic alone was many times that of his
official salary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13

damaged. The First Baptist. South
ern Methodist and Trinity Methodist,
the latter a negro church, will have to
be rebuilt before they can be used
again.
q Dilapfdated Appearance.
Many business houses were un-
rooted. The residence portion of the
town presents a dilapidated appear
ance but the damage in this part of
the city has not been so great as in
some others. The streets are almost
impossible because of the litter of
shade trees, fences, telephone wires
and poles. Much damage vas done to
window glass and furniture. Many
I escapes T recorded.
Trains Going Into the nknow
Another train has left here for Gal
weston, making the third attempt to-
day. The two preceding ones have not
been heard from, as all wires r pros
trated.
The Santa Fe train, which left here
at 1855 Saturday night, vas wrecked
at a point about two miles north of
Alvin. Mrs. Prather, of Rosenberg,
Tex, was killed, and several others
We're injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
STRUCK ON A sUNKEN ROCK.
Excursion Steamer JOHN Endic0ts
Beached After a Hard Race for
Life-An Hands Safe.

Cohasset, Mass, Sept. 10.-The ex-
cursion steamer John Endicott, of the
Boston &. Plymouth line, struck a
sunken rock just east of Minot's light,
yesterday afternoon, and tore a hole
in her side, so that she was obliged to
run full steam for the shore off north
S~cituate, where she foundered. There
were on board 600 passengers at the
time of the accident, but by the hasty
use of all her life-boats and with as
sistance from thesboats near by every
passenger aboard was saved
The Endicott was from Plymouth,
bound for Boston, and was sailing Do
IN inside course. The tide was ex
tremeiy low. She was making her
usual speed and in apparently the reg
ular channel, when at a point to the
east of Minot's light, she struck q
rock with great force. There was
much CONSERVATION on board
The passengers were safely re-
moved, help coming from the Cohas-
set and North Scituate life saving sta
tions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
NEWS BROUGHT IN BY TRAIN.
Worst Reports of Devastation Along
the Columbia Tap Railroad
Confirmed.

Houston, Tex, Sept. 1O.-A train
came in on the Columbia Tap railroad
yesterday afternoon, and its crew tell
a story of death and desolation
through the country they passed.
Conductor Ferguson states that
houses, barns, crops and orchards
have been destroyed and great dam
age has been done.
A. L.. Forbes, postal clerk, reported
that at Oyster creek, the train crew
and passengers heard cries coming
out of a mass of debris. Several per-
sons answered the cries, and found a
negro oma fastened under a roof.
They pulled her out. and she informed
her rescuers that there were others
under the roof. A further search re-
suited in the finding of nine dead
bodies, all colored persons.
When the train arrived at Angleton,
the Jail, all the churches and a num-
Der of houses had been blown down.
Three fatalities are known to AVE
occurred at Angleton, but the train
stopped there ouly a few minutes, and
the number of killed or their names
could not be learned.
AZ Ii Z IN &SANAN
to return to Houston, and the extent
of the damage beyond Angleton was
not learned. On the return trip the
crew saw the debris of dozens of de-
molised Houses.
AT Sunday Point several persons
were badly injured, but no fatalities
were reported.
At Arcola a family named Wofford
had been gathered in the second-story
of their house. The upper portion of
the house was blown away, and Mr..
Wofford's mother was instantly
killed.
The hurricane was particularly Sc
we're at Brookshire, 81 miles west of
Houston, on the Missouri, Kansas &c
Texas railroad. Four dead bodies ave
been taken from the debris of wrecked
houses, and it is believed others nave
been killed.
1t is reported that only four houses
are left standing in Brookshire, which
had a population of 600 people. The
names of the dead at. Brookshire have
not been learned.
Later reports received from Alvin
state that many persons We're killed,
there. Eleven bodies have been re-
covered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
PAT JoYCE's EXPERIENCE.
All He Held Dear on Earth Svc.
Away by the Flood.

All He Held Dear on Earth SNvc.,
Away by the Flood.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 11.-Among
the refugees which the Galveston,
Houston & Henderson train picked up
at Lamarque, which is about foar
and a half miles south of Virginia
Point, was Pat Joyce, who resided
in the west end of Galveston. joyce
is in the employee of the construction
department of the Southern Pacific.
Rain Began Saturday.
"It began raining in Galveston Sat.
urday morning, early" said he.
About nine o'clock work was dis
continued by the company, and ] left
for home. / got there about IL
o'clock, and found about three feet
of water in the yard. 1t began to
get worse and worse, the water get.
ting higher and the wind blowing q
gale. Finally the house was entirely
demolished. People all around me
were endeavoring to find places OF
safety, and shrieking is despair.
Nine Families In the House.
"There were nine families in the
house, which was a large two-stc~y
frame, and of the so people residing
there, myself and niece were the only
ones who could get away. / man
aged to make a raft of driftwood Oh
wreckage and got on it, going with
the tide. Suddenly the raft struck
some wreckage, and my niece was
Knocked out of my arms. l could not
save her, and had to see her drown.
On and On with the Tide.
1.-THE raft was carried on, and on
with the tide, continually striking
w~reckage, throwing me from my feet
until my body vas black and blue
from burises. The wind was blowing
at a terrific rate. / drifted and swan
all night, not knowing where / was
going or in what direction. About
three o'clock in the morning / began
to feel the hard ground until / came
to a house, and there a person gave
me some clothes.
Lost All He Had ON Earth.
81 had lost most of mine soon after
| started, and wore only a coat. |
was in the water about seven hours.
| have lost all / had in the world-rel-
a~tives, home and all.
THE Miller residence, where / re-
sided, was about three blocks from
the gulf, and there were fully eight
or ten feet of water in this district
when / left. The wind was blowing
Saturday afternoon and night about
IS miles an hour.
How Many Were Lost.
The people of Galveston at first
kept within their houses, consequent
ly when the water began dashing
against the houses, completely wreck
ing them, many lives were lost. l
have no idea how many we're lost.
but | think that there Will be several
thousand deaths reported. i was III
the storm which struck Galveston .a
1875. but that one, bad as it was, MAS
nothing in comparison with Saihr
days storm"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
recent Deaths.

Henry j. Curtice, the veteran news
paper man of southwest Missouri,
founder of the Neosho Miner and Me-
chanic in 1873, and of late editor of
that newspaper, suddenly of heart
failure at his home in Neosho. He was
born in New York in 1881 and gradu-
ated at Albany law school, served
three years as captain in the Thir-
teenth Wisconsin infantry, came to
Missouri in 1866 and published the
Daily Patriot at Springfield. He was
one of the most prominent, able and
forcible writer's of southwest Mis-
souri,, a member of the Newton coun-
ty bar, and postmaster under .Harri-
son.
John HI. Vogela lng, one of the most
prominent produce and commission
merchants of ST. Louis. His death
was due to prostration from heat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
At Lowell. Mass, on the 9th. oc-

At Lowell, Mass, on the 6th, oc-
CURED the remarriage of John J. Bur-
bank, aged so, to the wife from whom
he was divorced so years ago. Bur-
bank, who is a wealthy farmer at
beth Doty in 1S4s, and one son was
born to them. They quarreled and
were divorced. Mrs. Burbank remar-
ried, and was widowed several years
ago, and recently a reconciliation oc-
CURED between the aged couple.
Official returns up to September 1
show that the Beers have captured
during the war PSI officers and 7,2sS
men, of whom 235 officers and 6,196
men have escaped or been released.
One officer and IS men died in captivi-
ty. The number of British remaining
in the hands of the Beers is LOSE.
Joel Chandler Harris, the familiar
"Uncle Remus" of story book and
magazine, has resigned his editorial
position on the Atlanta (Ga.) Consti-
tuition and will devote his entire time
hereafter to literary work, of which
he has a large amount already
mapped out.
Abdul Hands enjoyment of the
jubilee festivities incident to the
completion of his twenty-fifth year as
head of the Ottoman empire has been
spoiled by the discovery of a plot
against his life. One hunderd and
eighteen arrests, including several
high officials, have been made.
Maj.-Gen. Chaffee cabled the wal
department that, on August 2s, a for
NAL entry of the imperial palace
grounds vas made by the allied
forces, the United States being repre-.
scented by a battalion $50 strong. A
salute of 21 guns was fired at the
south and north gates.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
/ SCENE Of DESOLAI|ON
Millions of Dollars Worth of Prop
erty and Thousands of Lives
Lost at Galveston, Texas.
MUCH DESTRUCTION At OTHER POINTS.
what the Storm Did for Pat joyce,
and He Is Only One of Hundreds
who HIVE Lost Their AIt-sys-
tematic Efforts for Relief Have
Been Begun.

Houston. Tex, Sept. 10.-The first
reports from the appalling disaster
which has stricken the city of Calves
ton do not seem to have been magni-
fed. Communication was had with
the island city to-day by boats, II
reports received here tonight lndl-
cate that the death list will exceed
/ 800, while the property loss can not
be estimated, although it will reach
several millions of dollars; the burial
of the dead has already begun.
The list of dead is only a partial one
and the names of all who persisted in
Saturdays great storm will never be
known.
To-day a mass-meeting was held
and liberal contributions We're made
for the immediate relief of the desti-
tute.
Gov. Savers appealed to President
Mckinley for aid. This appeal was
met by a prompt response from the
president, who stated that 1000 tents
and $4,000 rations had been ordered
to Galveston. Gov. Sayers also adj
dressed an appeal to each municipali-
ty in the state, asking for prompt as
sistance in caring for the sufferers.
kilograms of inquiry and sympa-
my have beer pouring in throughout
the day and night from every state in
the Union and in almost every in
stance substantial relief has been of
fered. The stricken city is in immi-
nent danger of a water famine, and
strenuous efforts are making here to
supply the sufferers. Relief trains are
being organized and win leave here
at an early hour tomorrow.
Reports from the interior confirm
the loss of life and destruction of
property reported in these dispatches
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
PRACTICALLY DEMOLISHED.
The Town IF Alvin Destroyed and
Seven Persons Killed.

The Town of Alvin Destroyed and
Seven Persons Killed.
Houston, Tex, Sept. s.-Meager re-
ports are arriving here from the coun-
try between Houston and Galveston
along the line of the Santa Fe rail-
road. The tornado was the most de-
s~tructive in the history of the state.
The town of Alvin is reported to
be practically demolished. Hitchcock
has suffered severely from the storm,
while the little town of Alta Iona is
reported without a house standing,
and the town of Pearl has lost one
half of its buildings.
L. B, Carlton, the president of the
business. league of Alvin, and a promi-
nent merchant there, reports that not
a building is left standing in the town,
either residence or business; stocks of
goods and house furniture are ruined
and crops are a total loss.
Alvin is a town of about twelve hum
dred inhabitants. Seven persons were
killed in and near the town.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13

Joseph NJ. Kennedy, a well-known
farmer, who resided at Bedford, Liv-
ingston county, was found dead. His
team ran away with him and into a
hedge fence, throwing him under the
horses, where he was trampled TO
death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
St, Louis Public Schools.

The public schools of St. Louis
opened this year with an attendance
of 61,115; last year, 5S,1S4. There
were 1856 in the normal and high.
The Blair school had the largest at
tendance of any of the grammar
grades, 1901.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
Three Thousand Lives Lost.

New York, Sept. 1o.-1he World to-
day prints the following:
austin, Tex, Sept. 9.
Information has just reached me
that about three thousand lives have
been lost at Galveston, with enor-
nous destruction of property.
mo information from other points.
ISignedl JOSEPH SAVERS.
Governor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
4 STORMS DEADLY TRAIL.
Southern Border of Texas Swept by
a Torrential Storm, in Which
Thousands Persisted.
GALVESTON THE PRINCIPAL SUFFERER.
Much of thu City swept Away or In Ruins
The City Completely Isolated-Ah
the Other Coast Towns Sunered-sa-
bine Pass Reported as Completely De-
afrnvAd

Houston. Tex. Sept. 9.-James c.
Timmins, general superintendent of
the National Compress Co., has just
arrived from Galveston, after d peril
Gus trip. He reports that mor than
one thousand persons have been
drowned, killed or missing. and that
1000 houses have been destroyed. He
says the magnitude ofethe disaster re-
mains to be told.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
About Wheat.

Acreage seeded to wheat for 1889
was 1,00O,00 and reports Indicate
that the acreage for this season will
not exceed 9O4, 600. Throughout the
state favorable conditions are prom
ised for preparations of seed bed and
for seeding.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
H~orse-Thief Captured.

Eliza Leak a captpred>in Sedalia
by Constable Robb and taken to Coop
er county, where he will be tried for
horse stealing. Leak was riding a fine
mare, the property of Charles Fred
er,ch, of Gooch Mills. Leak admitted
having stolen the animal. He was
chased through three counties, and
arrested on a description telephoned
from Pilot Grove.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13

The war department received in
formation, on the 4th, that the work
of laying a cable from Shanghai to
Che Foo had commenced. 1t is be-
lieved hat unless some accident is
encountered, the cable will be COM
pleted and in operation within a
week. This ought to make COMMUNE
cation between Washington and our
officials in China much mor expedi-
tious.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13

The old settlers of Barton county
held their annual reunion at Lamar.
Over 400 persons registered as having
lived in the county 20 years Or IRE
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13

The suit of ex-Queen Liliuokalani
against C. Is. Wilson, her one-time
confidential adviser, for $1,000 dam
ages and to eject him from the prem
Uses in Honolulu claimed by both par
ties to the suit, has been answered by
Wilson with a cross-complaint in
which he claims remuneration for 90
years service as adviser to her majes-
tY I'D to 1895.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
Lit1e Girl Killed by a street car.

Ruby Richardson, the seven-year-
old daughter of Leonard Richardson.
1884 Olive street, ST. Louis, vas killed
by a street cal while on her way
home from school.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
Mr.. Carrfngton,. Opinion.

The state board of agriculture held
a successful two-days farmers insti-
tute at Cameron. w. E. Darlington,
state superintendent of public
schools, delivered an address, advo-
eating that the schools should give
the farmers sons and daughters bet
ter understanding of AGRICULTURAL ur-
SHIFTS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13

John w. Hanley. supposedly insane,
secured entrance to Archbishop Cor
riean's residence in New York city, on
the 5th, and making his way to the
diningroom made havoc among the
prclate's costly table furnishings and
other articles in the room. He was
oserpowered and locked up. His
grievance seemed to be that the arch
bishop could afford to go to Rome to
secure a red feather, while Hanley'a
brothers grave IN Cavalry was neg
lected.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
Nabbed by Uncle Sam.

James J. Gilpin was arrested at
Batesville, by Deputy United States
Marshal Osmer, of ST. Louis, on a
charge of manufacturing and circu-
lating counterfeit
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
The yelled Prophet.

The Yelled Prophet posters have
made their appearance in ST. Louis
and in all surrounding cities and
towns, announcing the coming of his
majesty and followers on the night OF
Tuesday, October 2.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
One Dead and Many injured.

The train was running slowly When
it encountered the heavy storm. 1t is
reported that the train was literally
lifted from the track. Mrs. Prather
was thrown across the car and half
way through a window. When the
a was righted is was found that her,
head had been under water, and she
was drowned. Five other passengers
were seriously. and several were
slightly injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13

Failures In the United States fol-
the calendar month of August, as
reported by telegraph to Bradstreets,
number 705. with aggregated liabili-
ties of S6,255,092 %, and assets of ST.
3 6,047. In number the failures are
the fewest reported in any month for
IL months past, and the same is true
of the liabilities.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
Grent.YieId of Oats.

W. II. Lasenby, of Union township,
Nodaway county, threshed out an
sh-acre crop of oats, the total yield
of which was 623 bushels, or more
than 20 bushels to the acre. He thinks
this is a record breaker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13

The death of Chief Charger, at his
home near the Cheyenne agency, in
South Dakota, vas announced on the
18th. Charger was one of the party
which helped to rescue white captives
from the hostiles after the New Ulm
massacre. The surviving members of
thai party are Swift Bird, nattle No
Heart, -Four Bear and White Swan.
Three of them attended Chief Char
GERS funeral.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13

United States Minister Irving B
Dudley, who left Lima, Peru, on the
9th, for Callao, on his way to the
United States, was accompanied to
the railway station by an aide de
camp of President Romano, several
members of the cabinet, the diplo-
matte corps and a number of personal
friends.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13

The water in the new mineral well
at Appleton City is the same as that
at Excelsior Springs, and the latter
place now has a rival as a health re-
sort
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13

The state department has received
information that, about a year ago,
Mr.. Augustin Perez, a native OF
France. but a citizen of the United
States, died at Puebla, Mexico; that
at the time of his death he owned a
half interest in an onyx mine, and
that he left three children in New Or
leans who should be heirs to the prop
ertv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
The Corn Crop.

The total corn acreage for the state
IS 100000 acres, and the estimated
yield for the state will be 1873, 761 ,00o,
against 1s3, 100000 for last season.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13

1t was asserted at the Austrian for
eign Office, on the 18th, according to
the Vienna correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail, that Russia had
agreed to a compromise, leaving a
portion of the troops in Pekin and
sending the main body to Tien Tsin,
which has been the military headquar-
tiers.