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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
AUTO RACE IN IRELAND
james Gordon Bennett Cup Won by JAN
atzy-Contestants Hurt aud Ma
chimes Ruined.

Ballyshannon, ireland, July 3.-Thc
fourth annual race for the interna-
tiOnal cup offered by James Gordon
Bennett, which may be competed for
by every foreign automobile club rec
ognized by the English Automobile
club, was started here at Z a. IA SHARP
in fine weather. s. +. Edge, English
holder Of the cup, was the first starter
The contestants were: S. f. Edge, X.
de Knyff, A. Winton, Baron de Caters,
g. Jarrott, NJ. Farman, F. Owen, Fox
hall Keene, j. w Stocks, Gabriel, L.
Z. Moers and JellatZy.
De knytf finished first, but he was
beaten ten minutes On time allowance
by JenatZy, who finished about three
minutes behind him
There were many accidents. serious
and otherwise -Darr0tt'S cOllaI-bone
was broken and he was also badly
bruised. His chauffeur was seriously
injured and the car was smashed to
pieces by running into stone fence
The JenatZy and Gabriel cars collided
at marlborough and there We're several
persons were injured.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
LESS THAN TEN MINUTES
Is the Time 1t Takes to Send q Hurry Mes
sage Around the Earth When
EN- Dedited.

New York, July 6-The Pacific ca
BILE was successfully completed at 1850
p. III. Saturday, eastern time, by the
welding together of the eastern and
western links at Honolulu Oh board
the cable ship Anglia. This was about
half day behind the time originally
expected and the presidents message
was delayed until the tiI@e stated
above. The cauces of TIE delay were
storm, broken cable and other trou-
bles
From Oyste Cay the president sent
the first ness; } over the cable except
for test mess,.2es, to Governor Taft,
of the Philippines. 1t read: Il open
the Pacific ca q with greetings to YOU
and the pee. 4e of the Philippines.
Governor T&ft's rely was longer and
at the end intimated plainly that the
best greeting from this country to the
Philippines would be reduction of the
tariff on Philippine products. Quite a
number of messages were sent Taft
from governors Of state and others, all
cOngratgulatOry One was from eX-
President Cleveland.
The browning event was the sending
of two messages around the world
against time. President Mackey, of
the cable company, was at Oyster Bay,
and the president sent Mackey con
gratulatoTy telegram starting on the
line to Honolulu. This went around
the world in twelve minutes. But
Mackey had something up his sleeve
it seems for his reply did the bust
ness, going in the opposite direction
in nine and half minutes. The best
previous record was fifty minutes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
COST OF THE FOURTH OF JULY
In the Whole Country the Dead Mmmber
81. the Wounded 1,26S-Toy PiseoI
Accounts for 223 Cases.

Chicago, July 1.-THE Fourth of July
fatalities show tendency to increase
in number each year. Last year i'm the
whole country but twenty-one deaths
were reported, though the injured last
year nearly doubled those this year.
Following are this years figures: To-
tai dead 81; by toy pistols, 10; by gas
pipe cannon, 4; by fireworks, G.; by
firearms 5; by other accidents, IL.
Total injured, 1896. BY toy pistols,
223; by gas pipe cannon, 175; by fire
works, 25s; by firearms, IA; by pony
der. 107; by other accidents, 359.
ChicagO's contribution to the fOrego-
ing was as follows: Dead, 2. injured
BY fireworks, 80; by toy pistols, 2;
by cannon, 3; by firearms, 16; by pow
der, II; by runaways, 1; by other &C
cidents, Z; total, 81.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10

Arsenic-that terrible poison, alb
horred of all people for ages, the chief
ingredient of the philters Of antiquity
Of the middle ages, when they were de-
signed to get rid of a troublesome enc
my-arsenic is neither more nor less
than a constituent element Of the It's
sues of all diving beings, vegetable or
animal. Without arsenic no life is pos
sible. This purveyor of death is one of
the great supporters of life. Such is the
apparent paradox affirmed by Profess
Or Armand Gautier as the result of
physiological and clinical observations.
Paris Nature.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
SCOughIon.

County Supt. Sylvanus Ames and wife
left Saturday night for Boston to attend
the annual convention of the annual
convention of the National Educational
Association which meets in the Hub city
July 9th.
John Logan, who resides four miles
| east of town, will have cause to remem-
her the 18th. Saturday Mr. Logan was
firing a giant cracker and as a result
an index finger was blown off at the
second joint and a thumb and hand
badly lacerated.
Miss Alvide Lee has decided to accept
| a position at fine salary as teacher of
one of the eighth grades in Prescott.
Arizona. Prescott is said to be a very
pretty place of 5000 inhabitants.
Mr. and Mrs S Hutson have returned
from Chicago, where Mr. Hutson has
been treating with specialist. He re-
turns greatly improved and feels like
| himself again.
The directors of the Orphans Home
| on Tuesday added to the land already
Belonging to the institution by the pur-
| chase from Allen Alme of 80 acres of
tillable land, the price being 500 per
acre. This is a much needed ACQUISITION
as only one-half of the 1O8 acres former
ly owned by the Home can be used for
crops, the remainder being pasture land.
N & Nelson, solicitor with the stock
buying firm of Rosenbaum Bros & Co.
returned Monday from a two months
trip through Minnesota, Dakota and
Iowa. While being driven overland be-
tween towns in Minnesota about month
ago, Mr. Nelson had an experience in
which he came unpleasantly near to
drowning. The heavy rains had flooded
THE entire region and at one point the
team lost the road, and with the buggy
was swept down the stream, the dead
horses being found three miles down the
river. Mr. Nelson and his driver man
aged to catch hold of some willow bushes
and succeeded in making their way to
high ground.
after an illness that had confined him
to his home only week and a day, Mr..
hnut Mikkelson passed away Wednes-
day morning, his death coming as a sur
prise to great many of his friends and
fellow citizens. For 80 years Mr. Mix
keason had been a sufferer with lung
trouble and this. was complicated last
week 10y an attack of pneumonia and a
disease of the liver. Since Christmas he
has been in poor health, and especially
during the spring months. In the death
of Mr. Mikkelson Stoughton loses one of
its oldest business men, the deceased
having been continuously in business
since 1866. He was born Dec 18th,
1887, in Haugesund, Norway, and in COM
pany with another young man, Andrew
Kjinn, came to this country in 1861. He
first located in the vicinity of Neenah,
but moved to this locality two years lat
er and worked at the coopers trade. He
was married in 1865, and after establish
ing cooper shop of his own, continued
in that business until 1875, when he
opened a general store
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Gladstone and the Actor.

An English speaker related this an
ployees: ~Mr. Gladstone, when Mr.
Beerbohm Tree was introduced to him,
hardly knew upon what topic to con
verse with him, but at length asked
Mr.. Trees opinion as to the politics of
the stage, whether it is, as a rule, Lib
eral or Conservative. We'll, sir said
Mr. Tree wickedly, I really have not
studied the question, but should think
the actors are mostly Conservative.
Dear me- replied Mr.. Gladstone, I
wonder whether there is any exception
to that rule? 4 should say replied
Mr.. Tree, the scene shutters are Rad
icals to a mann"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Some More Civilization

Mount Vernon, Ind, July An .ex-
cursion on the steamer d. A. Nisbet
broke up in a big fight, and six per-
sons were shot. Kinney Givens of this
city, and Frank Kirk were shot in the
legs and arms. Givens shot and fatal
ly wounded a man named Brown, from
Henderson, Ky. One man from Hen
derson named White, was shot in the
body has not been recovered. Two of
the number shot were women The
fight occurred between Uni0Gtown,
KY, and this place.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
what Shall We Eat p"

Every day the same old question
What shall we eat for breakfast, for
luncheon, for dinner? assails with mo-
notonous regularity the patient house
wife who seeks to provide good living for
the family in agreeable variety at a mod
crate cost. There is daily department
in The Chicago Record Herald which is
intended to answer this question satis-
titled meals for Day" and provides
menues for the three meals every day,
with the necessary recipes. These men
ues and recipes are carefully selected by
The Record Herald's household editor,
and cash prizes are awarded to the best
that are received. Housewives every
where are invited to participate in the
competition. For full particulars see
the meals for a Day" department In
The Chicago Record Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
STUDENTS IN WHEATFIELDS
Twelve Harvard Boys to Help Harvest
Grain In Kansas and Also See
the Western Country.

Kansas City, July 4.-Twelve Har-
ward students from Boston applied at
the state employment bureau here for
work in the Kansas wheatfields. All
are young men. They had "bummed''
their way to Kansas City with pockets
full of money. They are out on a jount
for the fun of it. They spoke freely of
everything except their, identity. On
this subject they kept mum. The lead
er of the party said:
I'VE have never seen the west, and
when we learned that Kansas was
bowling for men we got up a party
and decided to come out here. We
shall Tot stay in the wheatfields all the
time, but rove around and see what
the west looks like
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Collapse OF q Grandse&nd.

Lacrosse, Wis, July 4.-Under the
weight Of several Hundred people the
grandStand at the state fair grounds
fell and five persons were seriously
injured. Two are in critical condi-
ton. The injured are: NIisch Web
Der, head cut, spine iujurcd, danger
Gus; Bernie Mcdonald, back injured,
serious; John Hmdt, deg broken, prob
able internal injuries; Henry C.
Schultz, internal injuries Several 9th
ers were less seriously hurt The ;tc-
cident was caused by rotten timbers~
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Talk of Lymchiug S1 yVMcs1rssin.

Madison, Wis, July A negro,
ORR Brown, formerly n convict i'll the
refOrmatory- assaulted two little girls,
Lennie Haskings and Glennre ladder,
aged 8 years and : years. One of the
children was badly chOked. The negro
was captured and there was talk of
Iynching, but no trouble developed
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Engineer Saw It in TiHMe.

Lacrosse, Wis, July G.--WhiEc ON
it's way from Saustin. Mimi. to this
city, the regular passenger train ON the
southern Minnesota division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. PAUL road
was buried beneath q landslide near
Hokah, Mimi, which the engineer saw
coming in time to reverse Lbs engine
and prevent "A ter. lille wreck
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Given q Life Sentence.

Toledo, o., July 3.-Judge Morris
has sentenced Benjamin f. Lands to
life imprisonment in the Ohio peni-
tertiary without hope Of pardon or pa
role. Lands was convicted a few DAYS
ago Of the murder of katherine Sulli-
ruled bV the court
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Pacific Squadron Sails.

San Francisco, July 3.-The Pacific
squadron, under command of Rear
miral Glass, has sailed for Puget
sound en- route to Alaska. The squad
ron is composed Of the New York;
Bennington, aMrblehead and Concord.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Death of a Wealthy Kentuckian.

Lexington, Ky, July Sc. s. Brent,
best known as a grain and seed deal
er, and one of the wealthiest men in
the bluegrass region, is dead after an
operation at John Hopkins hospital,
Baltimore, whittier he went to have the
operation performed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Why Didn't He Get q Medal?

Decatur, Ind, July Z. - Fuel was
added to the flames of public indigna-
ton here when it became known that
VIII Foreman. leader of the mob in
the race riot here Friday night was
fined but 81 for assault and battery
on the negro. No other arrests We're
made
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Costly Storm fn WISCONSIN.

ManitowOc, Wis, July G.-The storm
both in the city and country was
severe, barley and rye being badly dam
aged. At Hudson, Wis, muGh damage
was done to crops.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Injured bv a Giant Cracker.

Sturgeon Bay, Wis, July Ethel,
daughter of Representative Miner, was
seriously burned by the explosion in
her face of Il giant firecracker. and
may be permanently disfigured. Police
are searching for the boy who threw
the firecracker.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
The Touch.

"a sweet bookr' she exclaimed. "Not
a touch of materialism in it!'
1 opened the volume. On the first
leaf read:
1.-TWO dollars and fifty cents"
"Har' thought, but said nothing. I
would not for the world shatter my
wife's iIlusions.-Detroit Free Press.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Man DV0wns in Niew of Wife.

Beloit Wis, July Oscar Jenkins,
a resident of Galesburg, Ill.,. on Wis
it here, drowned in Rock river, going
over the dam in Il roMboat His wife
saw the accident from the river bank.
Jenkins was a brakeman on the Chica-
go, burlington and Quincy road.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Hawaiian Princess En- Route.

Laporte, Ind, July Miss LYDIA
Apollo, Hawaii princess, and the adopt
ed daughter of ex-Queen Liliuokalani,
is in the city en- route to Oberlin, O.,
where she will enter college to take a
course in voice culture.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Battleship Indiana in Bad Case.

New York. July Tt is said at the
Brooklyn navy yard that the battle
ship Indiana is inl such condition that
when she is placed out Of commission
her machinery will have to be over
hauled at heavy cost to the govern
mont
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
Franciscan Monastery Dedicated.

Green Bay, Wis, July 3-nhe new
Franciscan monastery has baen dedi-
Gated. Papal Delegate talconio WAS the
central figure.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
One the Less.

Sunday School Teacher-How many
commandments are there, Willie?
Willie-Ten.
Sunday School Tea cher-And suppose
you were to break one Of them?
Willie-Then there'd only be nine
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
We Are Buyin9 Rails Abroad.

Berlin, July THE Cologne Volks
Zeitung says that orders from the
United States for $4,000 tons of steel
rails, ingots, billets, ETC., have just
been placed in Westphalian estab-
ments.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10

- Ii trpt!..- ..>>4 :" :,I>-> =. anything
from the floor and you are under sixty.
that means you are eating too much
Atchison Globe
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
.IaneSYiIle.

On Fourth of July the Rockford, Be-
lott and GAINESVILLE interurban road car
ried $1,000 people to Beloit from the nu-
merous stations on the line.
GAINESVILLE ball players were victorious
in the game played at Burr Springs on
July 4 between GAINESVILLE and Chicago.
The score was n to l in favor Of James,
vile and the Chicago players are think
ing of staying here and taking few
lessons
Thomas Good, a small bow residing
with his parents six miles south Of the
city, was brought to DE- Mills office Sat
urday afternoon with his face full of
powder and one eye badly damaged by
the premature explosion of giant fire
cracker during his Fourth of July cele-
bration.
Lewis w CrandaIi died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs A S Watson on Satur-
day afternoon at $50 o'clock after an
illness extending over "a period of three
years during which time he has been
cared for by his two daughters, Mrs
Watson and Mrs Geo Dopp, both of this
city. He was a native of New York
state, having been born there in 1918.
Death was due ITO old age. Besides two
daughters he leaves one son, Walter
Crandall of Edgerton. The funeral was
held Tuesday afternoon at 2 p N. from
the home of Mrs Watson, corner of Oak
Hill and Mineral Point avenue.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10
CORRESPONDENCE.
Milton junction.
Miss Lulu Mills is home from Chicago

Miss Lulu Mills is home from Chicago
on account of i'll health.
Prof A B West and family of Lake
Mills, were here over Saturday and Sun
day to assist in the celebration of his
mothers seventy fifth BIRTHDAY.
A 0 Vincent has located the parties
who destroyed the trees on his place at
the lake short time ago and declares
that there will be trouble for some one.
The west bonnd passenger, leaving
here at 9:25 p N, ran into a flock of
sheep between here and Edgerton on
Tuesday night, killing four and wound
ing two others. The sheep had broken
through the fence just before the train
came.
Artemus Wilmarth was born Aug. l3,
1882. in Victor, Ontario county, n Y.
When seven years of age his parents
moved to Evansville, Indiana, and after
Mr. Wilmarth became of age he went to
California and for about twenty-five
years was engaged in gold and silver
mining in California and Nevada. 10
1885 he came to the town of Milton and
has resided on his farm about two miles
and half northeast of the village. On
July Both, 1870, at Hamilton, Nevada, he
was married to Miss Mary Eta Alder,
who with three daughters survive to
mourn the loss of husband and father.
After a lingering illness of about three
years, Mr. Wilmarth passed to his long
home June 9th, 1908. He was patient
in all his sufferings and hopeful to the
end.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-19
LOCAL CAPITAL INVESTED
INDIANAPOLIS MEN INTERESTED IN
THREE NEW COMPANIES.
State Receives Large Fees from For
eign Corporations Complying with
State Laws-New Concerns.

The North Linton Coal Company, in
which Indianapolis men are largely inter-
ested, incorporated yesterday The capital
stock of the company is $4,000. and the d.
rectors are Charles A Ross, George G. Nor
ton, James b. Sherwood. and John L..
Moore.
The Interstate Auditing Company. of In
dianapolis. with capital stock Of 5000,
Incorporated. The directors and stockhold-
ers are n. B. Croft, H. A. Croft, G. D..
Croft. and w. L. Croft.
The Maintenance Way Material Com
pany. which incorporated yesterday. has
capital stock of 5000 The directors of
the company are G. NJ MIlhenny, j. l..
Doerr. and s. w. Mansfield. The factory
will be in Indianapolis
Inc Muncie Coal Mining Company, with
$4,000 capital. Incorporated. The directors
are Clayton w. Throop, w. B. Esty, S. A.
Martin, c. Ii. Ellis, Tobias Whitson,
Charles Flowers, John O'Hara, Linnaeus
Marsh. and Robert Snapp.
The Ward Telephone Company. with $40
capital stock, which has lines in Hancock
and Shelby counties, incorporated.
The Beall Nonpounding Frog Company.
South Dakota corporation. with $780, 600
capital stock. of which 5000 is represented
In Indiana, complied with the State laws.
The State received a $500 fee.
+ The Commercial Credit Exchange, of Ari-
iona, with capital stock of $4,000, incor-
The Candee Oil Company, an Ohio cor
poration, notified the secretary of state of
an increase of capital stock from 5000 to
$4,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-19
JOCKEY M'INERNY HURT
MAY DIE FROM INJURIES RECEIVED
AT CHURCHILL DOWNS.
Getaway Day TO-Day-Track Records
Broken at Morris Park-Results
ON Other Tracks.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 1s-A Distress
ing accident occurred in the last race at
Churchill Downs to-day. Shortly after
wavelow stumbled and his jockey, Nc
Inerny, was thrown. The boy was dragged
some thirty yards before his foot was re-
leased from the stirrup. When picked up
he was unconscious, and he had not recov-
cred at o'clock tonight. The doctors
at the City Hospital say he has fighting
chance.
C. E. Ellison's Senator Morrison, an
American Derby candidate, died of lung
fever to-day.
Only two short-priced favorites were first
under the wire to-day. The meeting will
close tomorrow. Summaries:
First Race-Seven furlongs, selling: Cap
tain Duckadco, "a Reed). to 1, won; Flora
Bright. 81 (RomanellD, AZ to 1, second;
Tom Kingsley, 1O1 g.. Bonner), 10 to l.,
third. Time, I:2SA.
Second-Six furlongs: Belle Malone, 50
CHelgerson), TO s. won; Mudlavia, IS (Scul-
iy). to /, second: Wine Sap. "a Roman-
eliD, Is to /, third. Time, Ills.
Third-One mile and fifty yards, selling:
Shotgun, g g. Bonner. to l; won; Lou
Briers, 50 (Helgerson). 2H to l, third. Time,
1:46.
Fourth-Juvenile stakes; five furlongs
selling: Stumpy, "a Is. Bonner), Az to 1,
won: Walnut Hill. ITO (Winkfield), 3 to 2.
second; Prince of Pilsen, 104 Oh. Booker),
to l, third. Time, 1:OlA.
Fifth-Mile: Red Comyn, los (Winkfield),
IL to 10, won: hummer III, SO Is Bonner).
to 1, second; Loves Labor, 100 (Scully),
II to 5. third. Time, 1:41%.
Sixth-Four and one-half furlongs. SELL
ing: Phelan. 80 Of. Bliss, 2k to 1. won;
Port Warden. 100 CRoberts). to /. second !;
Pontchartrain, 100 (Helgersop), to /, third.
Time, :56h
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-19
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Mr.. William NJ. Robinson, who has for
the past four years acted as manager or
1Re piano Mpe has been pre
scented with a handsome cane, umbrella
and silk hat by the employees OF the COM
pany. Mr.. Robinson will leave for st.
Louis in a few days to take similar posi-
ton with the Jesse French Piano Com
pany.
Ida williams, a colored girl living at
207 Roanoke street. was arrested yesterday
fine shirtwaists from Hop Sings laundry
142 West Market street. The Williams
woman was employed In the laundry until
day or so ago. when she was discharged
After she left the shirtwaists were found
to be missing. The waists were found by
the police in a stairway at S29 Roanoke
street, where, 1t Is said, the girl threw
them, and were returned to the laundry
man.
Mrs Emma Duty fell from a wagon at
Washington and Pennsylvania streets, yes
terday afternoon, and suffered several
severe scalp wounds. She was taken to the
wounds were dressed by DIR. Crockett. Mrs.
Duty lives several miles out of the city on
the Bluff road. and came to the city with
her brother-in-law to do some shopping:
She was seated in chair in the rear of
the wagon. which was driven over pile or
dirt on the corner, causing her TO lose her
balance and fall out Her condition is not
considered serious.
M. ". watson, vice president or the
United States and Mexican Trust Company
of Kansas City. is in the city to confer
with Hugh ]. MCGOWAN in regard to ex-
tensive improvements to be made In the
street car system of Chihuahua, Mexico,
which was recently purchased by them.
Mr.. Watson believes that this property
will prove very valuable in a few years
and he is exceedingly optimistic concern
ing almost all business enterprises in Mex
leo. He says that Chihuahua is city of
5000 population at present and is growing
rapidly