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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-11-20
Resolutions of Respect.

At regular meeting of Fl, S. Swift W.
r. c., No. 120, the following resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas, The great Ruler Of the universe
has in His infinite wisdom removed from our
midst our dear sister, Addie Cove, be 1T
Resolved, That our deep sympathy is with the
We express an earnest hope that even so great
a bereavement may be overruled for their
highest good.
Resolved, That our charter be draped for
thirty days, and that copy of these resolu-
lions be sent to the bereaved children AMI
that they be engrossed upon our records, and
be published in our city paper
EMERGENE PHILLIPS,
FARRIE w. STILLMAN,
MARTHA DICKERSON.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-11-20
Tobacco Notes.

L. Weilleft for New York Saturday
morning, after a three weeks stay in
this market.
S. B. Heddles of GAINESVILLE was look
ing after business matters in this mar
ket Monday. .@~p z-% = 'aS'
Sherman Green is putting the .Bunzl
warehouse on Front street in good re-
pair, grading up the driveways, and add
ing a fresh coat of paint to the structure.
A. Fl. Clarke returned Tuesday from
the Vernon county section, where he has
been sampling for the past month. The
Linde firm has drawn samples from 1900
cases of Vernon county leaf this season.
Mr. B. Newberger, of the firm of E..
Rosenwald & Co., New York, was in the
state earg in the week to close deal
for the purchase of the packing of F..
Eckhart & Co. at Viroqua of some 1900
cases of '02, that had been worked up
by o. K. Roe of Stoughton. the local
representative of the firm
Mr.. Chas. M. eager of Somers, Conn +,
who has been spending the past two
months here looking after business in
terests, leaves this week for Philadelphia
to join his wife in visit to their daught-
or until after the holidays. For some
years past Mr.. eager has spent the fall
months in Edgerton and thinks the
weather here superb.
Mr.. VIM. Persnail of Hamilton, Can
ada, manager of the Tuckett Cigar Co.,
was caller in this market Sunday, in
company with Geo. Decker, who recently
sold the firm 1900 cases of oil Wisconsin
leaf Mr.. Persnail says the Tuckett CT
gar Co. operates four factories, making
about million of 10c cigars a month
more goods than all others in the Cana
dian trade.
Sometime Sunday night burglars I'M
doubtedly boys, entered MCGEE & Ryan's
warehouse at GAINESVILLE and got away
with some stamps and incidentals valued
in all at about IS. The doors of the safe
were customarily unlocked. The bur-
glars were not aware of this and tried to
work the combinations thus succeeding
in locking them so that the owners could
not get them open. Then they ransack-
ed the drawers, throwing the books on
the floor. A bottle of wood alcohol and
firm seal were taken.
During the heavy wind storm last
Thursday the east wall of the new to-
bacco warehouse, which is under pro-
cess of construction for the American
Cigar Co., was blown down, seriously in
juring two men. The accident occurred
a few minutes before the noon hour.
The wall had just been completed and
the masons were putting on the finish
ing touches, clearing up and preparing
to come off the scaffold, when without
any warning heavy gust of wind car
ried it over. There were four of the
masons and two or three of the tenders
on the scaffold, but only two were seri
ously injured, the others escaping with
only slight scratches and bruises. The
seriously injured are Henry Conrad, of
Tomah, a mason, who suffered frac-
tured hip, besides having some teeth
knocked out and lip severity cut; and
Miles Maxwell, of GAINESVILLE, who re-
ceived several broken ribs and scalp
wounds. Fortunately the scaffolding
was erected on the inside of the build
ing so the wall fell out and the men
were thrown onto the mass of brick and
timber instead of under it.-BrOdhead
Independent.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-11-20
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

FULTON LODGE No. 50 F. Il A. M. meets
in Masonic Hall every 1st and Sd Wednes-
day of each month.
DOYAL NEIGHBOR LODGE No. 246O meets
N in Woodmen Hall the I'd and 4th Wednes-
day evenings of each month.
EDGERTON LODGE No 146 X. P, meets
L. every Tuesday evening at o'clock
EDGERTON ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIA
L. TION meets second Wednesday of each
month.
EDGERTON BRANCH AMERICAN FED
l. GRAFTON OF LABOR meets in Wood
man hall first and third Friday evenings or
each month.
EDGERTON CAMP No. $40, M. w. A meets
- in Woodmen Hall the 1st and Sd Thursday
evenings of each month.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-11-20
BOSTWICK'S STORE ROBBED.
Silks, Furs and Cash Worth $4,000
Taken Saturday Night.

Burglars entered Bostwick & Sons
dry goods store Saturday night through
a skylight and the reported loss is $4,000
in silks, furs and cash. The store is on
a river, and it is thought the men came
up in boat and got away with the
goods down stream A boat was seen
going down the river filled with boxes
early Sunday morning. The theft was
committed some time Saturday night
and the thieves cleverly put the hang
ings over the shelves back into place, so
that the proprietor, when he came down
Sunday morning, did not notice any
thing wrong. The sheriff thinks he can
find the goods in Chicago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-11-20

We desire to express our sincere thanks
to the many kind friends who assisted
in the hours of our great bereavement;
also for the many floral offerings and to
the choir, minister and W. R.C.
HERBERT, CHARLES AND VERNON Cove,
VIM. HUTsoN AND FAMILY.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-11-20
Musical-Literary.

The Musical Literary will meet at the
home of Mrs. Geo. Doty, Friday evening,
Nov. Goth. Program:
Tue Open Window Alfred Gatty
Florence DOty.
When Roses Bloom Again. ........... Sartorio
Maybelle Wilson.
Selection. .......................G @. W. Whitman
Josephine Bates.
Norwegian Cradle Song. .......... Henry Ernst
Nellie Bentley.
hcClCdblOu UOSOpulut ldlldru
Cradle Song -. ................. Carl w. Kern
Helen Coon.
Selection. ...................M Mrs. Sharpe
Fluttering Leaves Karl Rolling
Madge Wilson.
Edna Wilson.
In the Dark, In the Den. 49,. Whitney Coombs
Mrs. Lyons.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-11-20
RAILWAY TIME CARDS.
CHICAGO. MIL VA UKEE d 81. PAUL.
Trains Leave Edgerton Station as Follows

GOING EAST.
No d daily excent Monday. .... 4 :25 q. m
No AZ dai1v ........... -. 6:58 a. m
No 40 daily except Sunday. 49,. 10 :01 a. m
No g daily except Sunday -. $1,000 10 Al a. m
No AZ daiiv except Sunday. ......... 4:25p. m
no ID SUNDAY only 4A p. m
No % Freight daily ex. Sunday -. 12 As a. m
No a. Freight Sunday only ...---- $3.50 a. m
No 168. Freight except Sunday. 9:39 p. m
GOING WEST.
No. I. Daily Sunday excepted ..... 8 :39 p. m.
No AZ Daily. II. -. .......... 49,. 9:25 p. N.
No 81 daily except Sunday ......... 7:17 p. m.
NOS, Daily except Sunday ....----- ~ p. m.
No 81 daily except Sunday 1900. II :05 a. m.
No al SUNDAY only 80. E. 1910 a. m.
No 81 Freight except Sunday 80 p. m.
Nos. and through trains for all points west
OF Mississippiriver.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-09
FROM ALL OVER IOWA.

ling the past few days, the price paid
for each wheel being one dollar One
Of the bicycles had been stolen from
E. c. Egloff. freight agent of the Illi-
nois Central There are clear cases of
knowingly receiving stolen property
and the county attorney may be asked
to take a hand in the matter. 1t would
seem that the lesson the secondhand
men got when Otis Shanks was ar
rested would be sufficient for a while
but they soon grew careless.
Elliott
While there are many sufferers from
the recent floods, Montgomery county
itself will sustain a loss to which all
others are insignificant. In CONVEX
sation with Bridge Superintendent
Wilson the other day we learned that
not less than fifteen county bridges
had been washed away and all sec
tions had not been heard from. 1t lis
quite probable that at least twenty
bridges are out, and serious damages
has been sustained by many others
over the country. This is a most SER
ious loss, not alone in the expense of
replacing the structures but in the OBJ
struction to travel Taken as whole
the damage will reach into the thous-
ands of dollars while the inconvenience
to the public can not be estimated.
Menlo.
The brick and tile factory is a sure
thing for Menlo. w. d. Simons came
down from Jamaica a couple of weeks
ago and brought some brick which he
had burned from the clay which was
shipped to that place some time ago
as d sample to show our people what
the clay would make. 1t is very
h I'd brick and is pronounced first
class by all the masons here who are
very good judges of building material.
Mr.. Simons says they could make. a
first class pressed brick out of the
clay, as it is the best clay he has found
in the state outside of the present
site of the Des Moines Flint Brick Co.,
at Des Moines. Mr.. Simons Will go to
work here as soon as the weather set
ties and he can get his machinery
here.
Red Oak.
Some two months ago, while living in
Corning. Mrs. d. A. Seward, now resid-
ing on Grimes street, in this city, was
the victim of peculiar and very nearly
fatal accident While working in her
kitchen one day, at the time above
mentioned, Mrs Seward was shot by
her own little three-year- child. The
latter had clambered up on a chair
and got hold of 44-calibre revolver
which was lying on the shelf, and ere
the mother was aware of its doings, the
child had discharged the weapon with
! the result already told The bullet
struck Mrs Seward in the left side,
near the hip, and as was afterwards
determined, struck the hip bone and
glanced lodging, on the right side of the
spine. An operation to remove the bull
let was successfully performed by DR..
F. w. Smith, last Sunday week, an
application of the X-ray in Corning
severa! weeks ago. having failed to
dislocate the bullets location. Mrs.
Seward is now getting along very
nicely, thankful, indeed, to have been
relieved of such ,lnwelcome company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-09
CATTLE WERE POISONED.
Three Head of Thorouehbreds Killed
With Paris Green.

Estherville. June 9.-it. A. Schaefer
& West, the fine cattle men. VINO nave
large farms near Raleigh, in the south
of thoroughbred cattle yesterday. All
were poisoned by eating Paris green.
The loss is a heavy one, as the cattle
were valued at $1,000.
When the cattle were taken i'll DR.. p.
Cain, the veterinary surgeon in this
city, was called to the farm. He at once
announced that the cattle had been
poisoned. Mr.. Schaefer did not believe
this possible, for he could not under
stand how they got the poison. A post
norton examina t3en was made and the
doctors theory was Verified, for the
condition of the stomachs and intes-
tines indicated very clearly that death
had been caused by poison.
An investigation of the premises fol-
lowed and in the pasture where the
cattle had been feeding there was found
q quantity of Paris green scattered
along, and later a large bottle filed
with the poison was discovered in the
pasture.
1t is now believed that the poison
was carried into the pasture by the re-
cent severe windstor1n which swept
over this county from the southwest.
rhe poison was found directly in the
path of barn. which has been blown
down and scattered to tae four winds.
The owner of the barn stated that he
had Paris green, but tina. he had buried
all that he had not used, and says he
does not believe any of the poison was
left in the barn.
Practically all the cattle belonging to
Messrs. Schaefer & Yves. have been in
this pasture. and how many more of
them have taken the poison into their
systems can not be told at this time. A
COW has four stomachs and the food
taken passes thru all Of them before
the intestines are entered. 1t is the
fourth stomach that assimilates the
the food, and it is not until the fourth
stomach is reached tfat the poison
makes itself manifest. and then it
works very quickly. Therefore all the
cattle may have been poisoned and no
indication of it will be noticeable for
two or three days.
The matter is rather a peculiar one,
aud will be thoroughly Investigated. In
the meantime Schaefer & West will
have the sympathy of all in Their loss.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-09
Church Trial of Rev. Thomp-
son of Elberon Held at
Tama Monday
ACCUSED BY HIS DIVORCED WIFE
Trial Committee Exonerates Rev.
Thompson of the Charges Preferred
by His Former Wife, Whose Testi-
mony at Divorce Trial Was sensa-
tiona and Unprntable.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Tama. June 9.--The church trial of
Rev. Thompson, of Elbe.on, which was
held here yesterday by a committee ap-
pointed according to the rules of the
M. e. church resulted in a verdict of
complete vindication The charges were
preferred by his divorced wife, who got
decree at the last term of the district
court without resistance by the defend
ant. Her statements to the court were
entirely unfit for public mention. AT
the trial yesterday there We're five wit
iesses from Eiber0n and the defendant
submitted some letters written by Mrs.
Thompson. Dr. Albrook presided and
the trial committee conslsted of DR..
Miller of Toledo, Rev. f. Lee of Toledo.
Rev. Newell of Montour. Rev. Goodell
and Rev. Clark of Belle PLANE. DIR.
Black of lcldora, was counsel for the
plaintiff and DR.. Coleman. of Marshall
town, for the defense. Pew. E. v. Clay
pool, of State Center, was secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-09
TWO ARE AsPRYxIATED.
Man and Wife at Davenport Were Near
to Death.

Special TO Times Republican.
Davenport, June spending the
night in a closed bedroom. with the
gas jet above their bed wide open and
emitting the noXious vapor. and still
living to tell the tale is the experience
of Mrs. Lizzie Allars, proprietor of the
Tri-City Hotel, Front street just west
of the s.. James, and her husband
Sidney l.. Affairs. the manager of the
same At $50 O'clock this morning
the employees of the hotel, aroused by
the cries Of Isthel and HosW Affairs. the
two little daughters of the sufferers
rushed to the apartments occupied by
the Allars family. to find Mrs. Affairs
lying limp and unconscious Just inside
the door of the main room, and Mr.
Allars lying on the bed apparently
dead. The window of the room which
is on the second floor of the hotel and
at the rear of the building was closed
and the air in the place was full of
gas One Of the attendants rushed thru
the room md threw UP the sash of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-09
THEY WISH IT TO PASS.
Davenport Jobbers Interested In the
Proposed Law,

Davenport, June Davenport job
bers with ]. p. Van Patten at the head
of their committee, are endeavoring to
promote the passage of bill by the
next legislature. 1t is known as the
bulk sale BILL" and was drafted by the
Des Moines association of jobbers. The
intention of the proposed measure is to
prevent sale of stock OF goods by
merchant just before he goes into
bankruptcy. The provision of the bill
is that the sales will be void unless
an inventory of the stock is taken
five days before the sale and unless
the purchaser is furnished with list
of creditors of the stock, and those
creditors notified of the intended pur-
chase. The bill is like one now in
effect in Minnesota, and is said to be
a protection to jobbers and pre-
ventive of great deal of costly and
annoying legislation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-09

The bank suspected the forgery, and
as soon as Mr.. McCurdy was seen
steps were taken to arrest the forgeI
who is about % years of age and had
worked for McCurdy for some two
months, coming here from Lineville
Iowa, where his parents live. He was
taken to the Clarinda Jail by Officer
Simmons and will remain there till his
lawyer gets bail which he says he can
easily do.
FontanelIe.
A large acreage of corn ground in
Adair county is not yet planted and
much has not received it's first stirring
Some corn is up and having precar-
ious existence The outlook is very dis
couraging for a corn crop. While corn
will thrive amazingly when the sun
comes out it will necessarily lack uni
formity and the crop be short by rea-
son of late planting and that which will
be immature when the frosts come.
Imogene.
Mr. Crone estimates his total, loss
from the wreckage of the lumber yard
to be about $4,000. This week he has
employed men to pick up and pile the
scattered lumber which was strewn
over the creek bottoms for three or
four miles. The value will be depre-
ciated even of that which is saved. OF
course, some of it lost. When the
lumber is collected he will move the
yard to his new location just north of
the elevator. This is higher ground
and hereafter, Mr. Crone does not pro-
pose to be washed away.
Rockford.
Fish Commissioner III. w. Riddle
brought Henry Schwerein up before
Judge Koch Monday on the charge
of shooting game fish. He pleaded
guilty to the charge and was fined
SIS and costs which amounted to $3.50.
He paid the fine and went his way a
sadder but wiser man. Mr.. Riddle is
to be congratulated on nabbing one OF
these law breakers; and there are 9TH
ers in the same boat who have been vio-
lating the fish laws, men not far from
Tripoli either, and they have been seen
by witnesses who will bring charges
against them on the next offense.
Sigourney.
The Sigourney Produce Company
have organized and will be ready for
business in short time. The articles
of incorporation have been filed With
the secretary Of state and as soon
as returned the new company will COM
mence operations. They Will eVentu-
ally drift into the manufacture of ice
and make ice cream. J. r. Jones Will
be manager. A lot of the business men
are back of the company. The big
flood caused Warren Wilson and Robert
Atwood, two ice men, to loose all their
river ice. They each lost about 500
ton and the loss will be Sl,5OO or more
each. 1t will fall pretty heavy on both
of them and cause somewhat OF an ice
famine In Sigourney
Cedar Rapids.
Some of the second hand men along
south First street are likely to be
taught severe lesson If they do not
mend their ways. At least two, and
probably three stolen bicycles. worth
from twenty dollars UP, have been
bought by them from the thieves dur
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-09
LINN County, CONTEST.
Marion and Cedar Rapids Having ;
Warm Eiqht.


Warm Fight.
Cedar Rapids, June 9.-The county
seat contest came up before the board
of supervisors yesterday. Both Cedar
Rapids and Marion were represented
by attorneys. There was some hard
contesting over procedure before the
board. The attorneys for the remon-
STRANGE were in favor of an immediate
trial of the issues. The attorneys for
the petition objected to this. They held
that the remonstrants had had nearly
three months to file their objections to
the petition and that a reasonable time
should now be given to file objections
to the remonstrance which has been
filed end which is very voluminous. The
board, after hearing the arguments of
the lawyers finally gave the remon--.
strants one more week to file objections
to the petition, which means next Mon
day. Then the attorneys for the Pc
titioncrs will be given another week
bringing the final hearing two weeks
from yesterday. There seems to be some
contention as to the burden of proof.
Some of the signers to the petition, it
is alleged, are not citizens of the coun-
ty-and the same allegations, of course,
are made against the signers of the re-
monstrance The board seemed to be
of the opinion yesterday that where
the citizenship or legality of signers to
the petition has been questioned, that
it will be the duty of the petitioners
or their attorneys, to prove that they
are boni-fide citizens. The attorneys
for the petition held that every sigma
ture IS made under an affidavit, to the
petition, and that it will be necessary
for the remonstrance to disprove such
citizenship.
AS 70 the situation nothing is known
but much is claimed by both sides. No
official canvass has been made and the
situation will not be cleared until such
canvass has been made.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-09
CRUSHED UNDER HAND CAR.
Ono Italian Dangerously and Another
Seriously Hurt at Harlan.

Harlan, June "A serious accident
occurred on the Great Western rail-
road Sunday forenoon. Nine Italian
.workmen With all their tools were
crowded on a hand car coming into
Harlan from up the line. When about
4 mile and half out of the city one of
the Italians. Frank ParrlI, lost his foot
ing on the hand car, fell and pulled
Dominic Strain after him in front of
the car. Strain had his skull crushed
at the base of the brain and was I'M
conscious. Parrill was hurt about the
arms and breast. how seriously could
tot be told The men belonged on Joe
Ross gravel gang and mad come out
from Chicago. None OF them could
speak English. The injured men We're
taken to the hospital at Carroll Iowa.
The Great Western Railroad Com
pany has laid track to point about
four miles southwest of Harlan. They
have been very much retarded by the
wet weather. In some instances the
clay in the walls of the cuts has fallen,
necessitating much extra labor. Lately
the work has been going forward night
and day and on Sundays.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-09

and more storms may cause another
rise. The farmers in this vicinity say
the crops will be the best ever har-
vested in this part Of Iowa of there
is no more rain at present. The fields
are in good condition, but nearly half
the crops are yet to be planted. oats
rye and barley are in fine shape, ana
the meadows are in the best condltlon
ever known at this time of year. me
Burlington road has finally repaired
their tracks at Ottumwa, so that trains
may run thru, and for the first Tune
since the deluge they are running their
trains over their own tracks thru OF
tumwa. The roads south. on the
Carthage and Keokuk lines, are sun
blocked by the flood, and all st. Louis
traffic must go around by Galesburg.
The mail service is much improved.