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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
INDIANA SOLDIERS MONUMENT
More Than $4,000 Persons at the Dedica-
ton at Indianapolis-Total Cost
of the Shaft S59S31S.16.

Indianapolis, May 16.-Impressive
ceremonies and an assemblage OF more
than $4,000 people made notable the
dedication of the Indiana state sol
diers' and sailors monument at 10
o'clock in the morning. the corner
stone of which was laid in 1889 in the
presence of Benjamin Harrison and
his cabinet.
John w. Foster Of Washington, D..
c., former secretary Of state, delivered
the grafton. General Lew Wallace.
author of Ben Hur," presided at the
ceremonies and delivered a short ad-
dress, marked by simplicity and elo-
quence. Gustavus V. Menzies OF
Mount Vernon, on the part Of the board
of control of the monument, delivered
it to the state, and Governor w. l..
Du:Diii made tie speech of acceptance.
James Whitcomb Riley read poem
written for the occasion entitled The
Soldier"
People gathered from all parts Of
the state to witness the dedicatOry
exercises The city was decorated as
beftted the occasion. and the princl-
pal streets were a mass of bright col
Ors as far as the eye could see. The
escort of the cOlOrs to the monument
was the first of the three big parades
of the day. 1t was composed almost
wholly of veterans and the cOlors es-
cOrted were the battleflags carried by
the Indiana regiments during the civil
war. 1t was their last outing, for when
they were escorted back to the capitol
last night they went there to stay.
They are too fragile for use now.
The afternoon was devoted to the
parade, in which Governor Durbin, his
staff and the Indiana National Guard
acted as escort to the members of the
Grand Army and other war veterans.
The parade was from the capitol to the
monument. where the veterans of four
wars massed around the pedestal for
the vesper services. in which the Last
March of the Battlefags" was an i'm
pressive feature. The chimes on
Christ church played Soldier, Rest!
Thy Warfare O'er'
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
BREAKS HIS SISTERS NECK
Playful Scutf'e Results in Case That May
Be FATAL

Oregon, Wis. May 16.-Wh:le she
was enga ged in Il playful scuftle with
her brother, Miss Pearl NetherWoOd's
neck was broken. The two had been
playing for some time when the young
man caught his sister around the neck
and tipped her head back. She made
an outcry for him to stop, but he sup
posed it was all in play and paid no
attention for the moment.
When young Netherwood did let GO
his hold his sisters head dropped to
one side and he found that she was
unconscious. A physician found that
Miss Netherwood had sustained a par
tial fracture Of the neck. It is feared
she will not recover.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
Minneapolis Police Are Nervous,

Minneapolis. May 20.-The Minneap-
oils police department is in a state of
suspended animation as result of the
grand jury probe and the indictments
against Superintendent Ames and a
number of his detectives. The fact
that additional indictments are eX-
pected causes q general feeling of ap-
prehension among the twenty-five plain
clothes men. superintendent Ames
has refused to suspend the indicted of
ficers. Every man is supposed to be
innocent until he : proven guilty." he
says. Mayor Ames Will take no action
regarding his brother, the indicted ST.
intnndant
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
DIsappOintments That Await the
New Congressman's Wife.


New ConGressman's Wife.
The rural congressman's wife, ambi-
tious to be in society and who fondly
imagines that election to the house of
representatives carries with it the gold
en- key to unlock all doors, learns her
ers that position means something, but
persons are everything. Such woman
comes to Washington full of her own
Importance. profoundly impressed with
the greatness of her husband, fondly
believing that the wife of the president.
net, the wives Of the senators, will re-
ceive her with open arms, that she will
be invited to the dinners of which she
has read in her local paper, that she
will get her name in the newspapers
and her dresses will be described as
was that of the governors wife at the
last charity ball.
Alas for her disillusionment! She
learns that while q congressman may
be a very big man in ais district he is
very small man in Washington until
he has established his right to be re-
garded as above the average. If he has
money and tact, he may soon attract at
.ention and cross the golden boundary.
or if he has no money, but much abili-
ty, he will reach his destination by an
other route. but if he has neither one
nor the other. if he is simply an ordina-
~ member of congress. veyy fair
specimen Of middle class. commonplace
intelligence, the social recognition for
which bis wife signs will never be hers.
-Harper's Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
CONSUL HAD NO FEAR
Prentis Did Not Heed the Warning Given
by Mayor of Trinite,


by Mayor of Trinite.
St Marie. Martinique, May 10
Ferdinand Clerc, a millionaire and
mayor Of, Trinite, is one of the few per
sons who witnessed the eruption of
Mont Pelee and lived to tell about it.
He says that the morning of May he
noticed the rUmblings from the vol
canO, which were more pronounced
than they had been before that time
The barometer in his house fiuttered
violently, and he at once notified his
servants to harness mules to his car
riage and prepare for flight
Clerc took his wife and four chill
dren with him and rushed from the
city. He had warned all his friends
to hasten away, too, but his advice was
not followed, and he left behind him
at his house twenty-eight persons
gathered at his call. whom he had adj
ViSed to get away as quickly as they
could. AS Clerc was leaving st. Pierre
with his family he saw Mr. Prentis,
the American consul, standing in front
Of his house. Clerc called out to Prem
tbs and warned him to fee from the
city at once, but the consul laughed
and waved his hand as he answered
ooh, there's no danger. Don't be
afraid
When Clerc reached Morne Rouge
he looked back and saw mass of
slate-cOlOred stones and ashes burst
from Mont Pelee and tumble on st.
Pierre. This was followed by a great
wall of flame which seemed to top
pie over on &, e domed town. The whole
thing lasted not more than two min
l1tnS
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
"A Corn Cure.

To cure corns get little gutta percha
tissue from a druggist, cut it into strips
and then wind piece round the corn,
which must first be moistened with oil.
See that the edges of the tissue are as
even as possible, and when you have
wound it round wet the inside Of the
end with spirits of turpentine. This
will cause it to stick firmly if you
press it down With feather dipped
in turpentine touch the edges of the tbs.
sue, and they will unite. Leave for
four days. then take off the dressing.
and you will be able to remove the
corn with the back Of Il penknife.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
Tammany's Leader Resigns.

New York, May 16.-Lewis Nixon
resigned the leadership of Tammany,
declaring Indignantly he would not
submit to playing second fiddle to
Richard Croker. The young leader
had called a meeting of the executive
committee of Tammany hall follow
ing the deadlock of Monday night on
NiXon's effort to retain L. Feitner as
grand sachem, and he rendered his
resignation with short but vehement
speech that daZed his collea cues.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
Bloody Fight in Georgia.

Atlanta, Ga. May 17.-Four police.
men and three negroes were killed
and half dozen other persons more
or less severely wounded III Pittsburg,
a suburb of this city, today during an
attempt to capture several negro
desperadoes who had waylaid and
held up an officer One of the negroes
was burned to death in house in
which he took refuge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
Drown in Sight of Hundreds.

Marinette, Wis, May 2O.-Because
he wanted to scare a young woman
Edward BOatman, a married man,
rowing in a boat with Miss Clara Gag
non, rowed up under a dam in the Me-
nominee river. The undertow caught
the boat and tipped it over, and both
were drowned A crowd of several
hundred people, powerless to aid them,
watched their struggles from the river
bank, and in the excitement the fire
department was called out Boatman
was a shipping clerk at the Park paper
mills
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
The MonocIe Is Harmful.

No sensible person will ever wear &
single eyeglass unless he is blind Of
one eye. Its Use means that one eye
is neither employed nor unemployed.
but is engaged in ceaseless though nc
doubt unconscious efforts to see as
much as it's more favored fellow. This
straining is as harmful as anything
could we'll be and cannot fail to lead tC.
tla Grayest results.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
HAS THE BOSS sCARECROW
When the Windmill Runs the Band Play
a Tune to Die BY.

w nen the w lndmliI kunS the Eand Plays
Tune to Die BY.
Delavan, Wis, May 20.-In the way
of scarecrOws a Delavan Lake man
will probably take all premiums offered
for some years to come. The name of
this inventor is Joseph Kiel. His
scarecrows are operated by windmill
connected with a number Of horse fid-
dies, bells and tin cans. When the
windmill is in motion the band plays
and there is din that can be heard
for a mile.
When the apparatus was first oper-
ated every bird in the neighborhood
took flight, and few have found their
way back. Kiel threatens to run the
machines by electricity if the wind
fails, and all the resorters around the
lake are afraid he will do it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
Mystery of a HOLLOW Tree,

Lacrosse Wis, May 17.-George
Laguire, an engineer on the Dubuque
division of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul road, found a coffin Sc
creted in a hollow tree near .Savan-
ma. He hurried back to his comrades
for assistance, but when he returned
some one had been there and broken
open the casket with a crowbar and
escaped with the contents.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
Van Dyke Chosen Moderator.

New York. May 17.-After one of
the most stubbornly contested cleo
tons in the history of the general as
sembly Rev. DR.. Henry Van Dyke, the
pastor of the Brick church in this
city and professor of English litera-
ture in Princeton University, was
chosen moderator. DR.. Van Dyke had
five competitors.
The report on creed revision will not
be debated until Thursday or Friday
of next week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
Trained Nurse Commits Suicide.

Fond du Lac, Wis, May 2O.-Miss
Jessie McNeal daughter of DR.. J. H.
McNeal {: member Of the state board
of health, committed suicide yesterday
by shooting herself. Miss McNeal was
trained nurse, and recently returned
from Chicago broken down under the
strain of a serious case she had been
a Attending
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
The Better Choice.

''Ze Miss Milyons. it is said spen's
THOUSANDS of dollars on re bonnets
alone, my dear count" observed the
baron. "She is re one for you"
mo, my dear baron" was the re-
ply. 81 will make re proposal to her
milliner.'- Judge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
Train Strikes a Handcar.

Lacrosse, Wis, May 2O-A fast
mail train on the Chicago. Milwaukee
and st. Paul road struck handcar
near West Salem, and as a result one
is dead and three are seriously injured
and may not recover. Dead: Louis Bor-
reSOn, section man. Injured: Michael
MichaelsOn, section foreman: Ole Wick.
section man; August Atlrook, section
man.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
New Eruption Is Feared.

Paris, May ia private telegram
received here via La Guayra, Nenezu-
ella, says Fort de France, Martinique,
is probably threatened by a volcanic
disturbance from Mont Carbet, the
volcano overlooking the town, which
has hitherto been uuieScent
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
Roman Catholic Rally at Oshkosh.

Oshkosh, Wis, May 20.-From 49,
600 to 10000 people are in the city
attending the eighth biennial conven-
ton of the Wisconsin German Catho-
lie Benevolent societies and the first
gathering of the Union Of the Young
Mems Catholic societies.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
People Hurt in a 500" Wreck.

Rhinelander, Wis, May 19.-Conduc-
tor Stephen Meagher was badly in
jured and an engineer, fireman. bag
gageman and several passengers seri-
ously hurt in a collision on the 800
near Pembine between passenger train
No. 81 and a through freight. The
freight train was SO long that it was
unable to clear the main track in time
to avoid the wreck.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
Rain Causes Many Washouts.

Prairie du Chen, Wis, May 19.-Rain
has caused many washouts in Iowa
and Wisconsin. At McGregor. Ia.
across the river, the storm washed out
the foundations of several business
blocks which have suffered seriously.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
United States ships Bring sunplie,

Washington, May 19.-The collier
Sterling, with large quantity of sup
plies loaded at San Juan, Z. r.. has az
rived at Fort de France
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-23
Lurnber Pilers Go ON Strike.

Marinette, Wis, May 2O.-Four
hundred union lumber pliers of the
Menominee river went on strike yes
terday. They demanded an increase
from SITE to 50 day.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
COMBINE ON BEEF.
Report From Chicago That Trust has
Been Formed.

Kansas City, March 29.-It was re.
ported from Chicago last night that
the beef packers of the country had
formed a trust to make a raise in the
price of beef According to this re-
port, they have agreed not to bid
against one another and they intend
to compel meat dealers to pay the
prices fixed by the trust. Dealers in
all parts of the countrywide refuse to
do so, are, according to this report,
to be driven out of business. 1t is de-
clared that the increase of prices this
year over those of last will net Sl0O,
600, 900 to the trust The only packers
specifically mentioned as being in the
combination are Armour, Hammond,
Swift, and Morris, who are especially
strong in Chicago.
There are a few facts which tend to
give creditability to this story. 1t
costs more now to buy pound of
beef in the retail or the wholesale
market.than it has at any time during
the last twenty yeaes; sand the man
ayers OF the local packing plants
frankly say that prices will go higher.
They positively deny, however, that
past rises have been due, or that the
future ones will be, to an agreement
or combination by the packers, They
declare that the high prices are due
altogether to the high prices of feed
and the scarcity of and consequent
high prices they have to pay for cat
tie.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS.
Civil Service Commission is Consider
ing Requiring Them.

Washington, March 2S.-The civil
service commission will shortly in
stitute test system Of annual exam
nations of its employees, which, if
proven practicable, is designed to be
extended to all branches of the goVs
ernment service. These examinations
will be required of all, regardless of
whether they are seeking promotion or
not. and the employees willlbe reduced
in grade and pay if they fail to score
10 per cent in the examinations. The
regular efficiency records will be
counted on the basis of 40 per cent out
of the maximum of 100 per cent. The
commission is institnting the scheme
in its own Office first before taking
steps looking to its general adoption.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
TANNING DISSENSION
Difference Between President and SEN
atOrs Magnified

Cleveland, March 2S. A Washing.
ton special to the Press says the re-
lations between President Roosevelt
and the Senate are rapidly approach
ing the danger point. 1t is pointed
out that.the Senate military committee
of which Hawley is chairman, may
soon lock horns with the President
Hawley yesterday reintroduced the
bill to give Charles Hawley veteran
of the civil war, an honorable dis
charge. The President vetoed the
bill recently, bitterly denouncing leg
islation designed TO remove charges
of desertion against civil war soldiers.
The new bill it is asserted, will be
promptly passed and sent to the Pres
ident.
Action on brevet commissions for
gallantry to soldiers of Cuba and the
Philippines has been deferred by the
committee. A member OF the COM
mittee saysthat brevets may beaward-
ed ouly for meritorious services in
time OF war. The administration con-
tends that there has been no war in
the Philippines that it is merely an
insurrection. Hence the President, he
says, will have difficulty in securing
confirmation of his appointments.
Then If Mr.. Powderly loses his place
as immigration commissioner, Quay
will line up against Roosevelt. Scott,
one of Hanna's close friends, dislikes
the Presidents civil service devotion,
and the turning down of other Sena-
tors who have asked for patronage
has opened a glowing promise of dis
pute.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
NO HOPE FOR FUSI ON
The Opinion of Kansas POpulists Since
the Committee Meeting.

Topeka, March Pit is the general
opinion of the Populist politicians
here that no more attempts will be
made to unite the Democratic and
Populist parties this year. W. J.
Babb Of Wichita, who was one of the
leaders Of the anti-fusion faction of
the party in the conference here last
month, believes that each party will
nominate different set of candidates.
Tncalling the committee meeting here
yesterday Chairman Ridgely and Sec
retary Curran acted in defiance of the
expressed wish of the conference held
last month. 1t was decided by vote
of 2l3 to LOG by that conference to put
a straight Populist ticket in the field
this year, regardless of the action OF
the Democrats. Ridgely and Curran
thought that a union of the two parties
might be arranged in spite of this wish
of the conference, and they called the
committee together Now that the
Democrats have given them to under
stand that they would rather make the
fight alone this year, the Populist lead
ers in the state will make no further
efforts TO unite and may retire the
chairman and secretary of their state
committee at the coming state CONVEX
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
CECIL RHODES WILL
He Left the Bulk of his Great Fortune
TO Education.

London, March 29,-The Daily Mail
says it is in position to assert that
the late Cecil Rhodes left the bulk of
his fortune, except some personal and
family bequests, to the promotion of
his vast imperial plan of education.
This project embraces every land
where the union jack flies. Its pur-
pose is the intellectual betterment of
the British race throughout the world
and the fostering of the imperial SEN
timent.
The DailyIMail adds that this idea
of better fitting younger Britain" to
cope successfully with rival nationali-
ties was long dominant scheme with
Cecil Rhodes, but that even his closest
friends little imagined the absorbing
hold it obtained upon him until it was
disclosed by the terms of his will.
The details of this plan of education
will be made public in few days.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
BURTON'S VISIT ENDED
Says His Trip TO Kansas was Profit
able one

Topeka, March 20. Senator j. .R
Burton closed his Topeka engagement
aC noon today, grabbed his grip an,
started for Washington. He was ac-
companied to Kansas City by Frank
Grimes, James Simpson and a few
other friends. He will leave there
tonight for the East.
Before his departure this afternoon
from Copeland county, the senator
said he had had pleasant visit with
"the boys" that Ihe had learned the
sentiment of his people on several
matters now pending in congress and
that the trip had been very profitable.
"One must get out of Washington
occasionally to catch the drift of pub
lie sentiment on public questions, "
said the senator. "It is q mistaken
idea that public sentiment centralizes
in Washington. For instance, in my
trip home find sentiment on certain
questions now pending in congress
without mentioning the questions-al-
together different from that expressed
in Washington. OF course, as between
Washington sentiment and kansas
sentiment, | am going to stand for
Kansas sentiment
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
FILIPINOS HAD A PLOT
Testimony of a Scout in the Waller
Court Martial

Manila, March %. Thel trial of
Major Waller of the United States
marine corps on the charge of putting
natives to death on the island of Sa-
mar without trial, was continued to-
day. In .he evidence yesterday was
the statementof scout named Smoke,
who testified to the existence of plot
among the native leaders of the Wal
Ter expedition to murder Major Wal
Ter and Lieutenant Williams. He said
that when the marines had ratious
they shared them with the natives.
The scout also said that he personally
had suffered severely from hunger.
1t is asserted by the defense that
there was continual evidence of treach-
cry on the part of the Filipino guides,
and that the whole party of Americans
understood that they were in danger
of being led into ambush. Lieutenant
Day, who is charged with the same
thing as Major Waller, has declared
he knew treachery was on foot from
the start.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
Chas B. Spencer & Co.
FLOODS IN MISSISSIPPI
Railroad Traffic Impeded and Heavy
Losses i'm Vicksburp,

Vicksburg, Miss, March 2S-Nearly
eight inches of rainfall has almost is
olated Vicksburg, so far as railway
traffic and wire communication are
concerned. Not train on the Yazoo
& Mississippi Valley yroad has entered
or left the city since yesterday, when
mail and passenger train left for
New Orleans. This train only succeeded
in getting as faras Port Gibson, twen-
ty-five miles south, where it is still
held, the tracks south of that point for
two miles being washed away. Pas
senger and freight trains north and
south of this city are stalled all along
the road, the tracks being covered with
water at many places. Inthis city the
damage will amount to several thous-
and dollars. Telephone wires are
down in every direction. The loss is
undoubtedly heavy, and it is feared
there were number OF deaths.
Bakers creek, between Vicksburg
and Jackson, is out of its banks, caus-
ing suspension of traffic on the Ala
bama & Vicksburg road. At Yazoo
City the greater part Of the town is
flooded, and washouts are reported
at many points on the railroad near
there. In East Mississippi the down
pour has been terrific. The town Of
West Point, on the Mobile & Ohio
railroad, suffered heavily.
New Orleans, March 2s.-Informa-
tion from Brookhaven, Miss, is to
the effect that several miles of rail.
road track south of there was washed
away by the food. Seven inches of
water fell.