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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
niacoxerx of Purple.

A dog belonging to Hercules Tyrius
was one day walking along the sea-
shore when he found and ate murex,
a species of shellfish. Returning to
his master, the latter noticed that the
dogs lips were tinged with color. and
in this manner Teyrian purple was dis
covered. The color was used in the
robes of emperors and mobiles, and the
expression ''born to the purple meant
that the person was of high birth. 1t
is strange to think that the favorite
color of royalty can be traced to the
curiosity or hunger of the dog Of Tyre.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
Crimes They Are Charged With,
DOES NOT OBJECT TO UNIONS
But Wants Them Separate for Each Mine
Objects to "Outsiders."

Philadelphia, Jan. 20.-The eXamina-
ton of Colonel Il. A. Philips. of Scran-
ton, general superintendent of the
mining department of the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western Railroad
company, took up the greater part Of
yesterdays session of the coal strike
commission. superintendent Philips
told of the condition in and about the
company. Colonel Philips said he had
no objection to the company's en-
plOyeS organizing their own union, for
collective bargaining. He thought they
had right to organize, and he had
no objection to their being affiliated
with other labor organizations.
He did not think it right for officials
of the United Mine Workers to come
in and make the bargains for the men
He believed The employees of the Della
ware, Lackawanna &Western company
were capable of carrying ON their own
negotiations. In reply to Commission
er Clark the witness said he person.
dAAS lbOuShI ihC AAINA NouAN III At
third party to arbitrate in case the
employees and the company failed to
agree on some disputed points. If the
company brought in an outside person
to plead it's case he thought the men
had an undoubted right to do the
same.
Colonel Philips said that the mini
mum wages inside laborers, who re-
aquire no skill. is SLIT a day, and $1.3S
for outside laborers.
That's pretty good" remarked Oar
row, wish all companies paid that"
Just as the witness was about to
leave the stand w. w. Ross, of New
York, of counsel for the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western company,
asked him if his testimony regarding
the right of calling in an arbitrator
was not only his personal views, and
that if he were asked to give 1t official
w he would have to first consult with
the president of the company. Philips
replied that the opinion he gave was
a personal one, and not the official
view of the company.
DIR. J. M. Wainwright, of Scranton
a physician, testified that the Occupa
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
FOUND SOME OLD SIN
Chicago's Special Grand jury
lndicts Forty-Four Men
and Companies.
REASON FOR THE SHORTAGE IN COAL
Purely Economic, the Jury Says
Gathering of the Miners
Strike Commission
=. Report.

Chicago, Jan. 20. - Indictments
tons and individuals were returned
yesterday. Although held not respon-
sible for the present high price and
scarcity of coal in Chicago and Cook
county, twenty-seven fuel companies
and seventeen dealers and. operators
were indicted by the special grand jury
for conspiring to do injury to the pub
lie by entering into combinations in
restraint of trade. But this cOmbina-
ton had nothing to do with the short
age of coal, the cause of which the
grand jury was empaneled to discover.
just Happened on the Wickedness.
In long report presented to Judge
McEwen in the criminal court yester-
day afternoon the members of the
panel gave the result of their investiga-
ton OF coal conditions, declaring that
the law of supply and demand was
alone responsible for the lack of fuel
and that the combination and agree
ments Of western coal men had naught
to do with the trouble. But, they
explained, their inquiry disclosed to
them the fact that the men and the
corporations whose business had been
under their scrutiny were organized in
illegal combines. violating theanti-trust
statute and the law against conspir-
ing to injure public trade, and that
these disclosures forced them to vote
indictments.
Names of the Unfortunates.
These are the men and firms who
are charged with the combinations
Acme Coal Co, Big Four Wilmington
Coal Co. Bell x Zoller Coal Co., Brace
vile Coal Co., Bruelette's Greek Coal
Co., Carbon Coal Co., Cardiff Coal Co.,
Chicago. Wilmington and Vermilion
Coal Co.. Coal Bluff Coal Co., G. +.
Lusk. G. l.. Marston, Crescent Coal
and Mining Co., Devlin Coal Co., Ed
ward Shirkie, e. H. Keller, Frank E.
Lukens, Frank McGrew, f. M. Durkee,
Gardner Wilmington Coal Co., Glen
Oak Coal and Mining Co., Gus Aucutt,
II. Il. Mcclellan. Hugh Shirkie, ILL
nois Third Vein Coal Co., Indiana Fuel
Co.. Joseph Martin, J. J. Higgins, J.
Smith Talley, John Shirkie. Marquette
Third Vein Coal Co, Murphy, Keenan,
e Co.. Mcclellan & Sons, Nevins Coal
Co., Oak Hill Coal and Mining Co.,
Oglesby Coal Co.. Parke County Coal
and Mining Co.. II. e. Brown, Spring
Valley Coal Co.. Star Coal Co. (Streat-
orr, Tenona Coal Co, Wilmington Coal
Mining Co., Walter s. Boyle, w. Fl.
Sanford, Wilmington Star Coal Co.
Crimes They Are Charged With,
Briefly the various charges in the
indictments are: Combining to regu-
late and fix the price of coal (based on
antitrust statute and the law cover
ing conspiracy against public trade
limiting production of coal by putting
the product in the hands of trustee:
placing control in hands Of a board of
managers. None will be arrested, it
being expected that they will come for
ward in a few days and give bail vol
UNFAIRLY.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
one Hundred Dollars a BOX

is the value Ell. A. Tisiale. Summerton,
s. c., places on DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. He says: Il had the piles for 20
years. | tried many doctors and medi
cines, but all failed. except DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. 1t cured me-" It
is combination of healing properties of
Witch Hazel with antiseptics and emol-
LENT; relieves ands permanently cares
blind bleeding, itching and protruding
piles, sores. cuts. bruises, eczema, salt
rheum aud all skin diseases. Stangrs
drug store.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
SOL ONS WAN TROOPS
Colorado State Senate Divided
Into Two Hostile Or
gan;Zatlons.
BOTH SIDES DO souE UuscA-INa
Seated Republicans LeefSised Admis-
sion to the Senate-Democrats
Send Out for Blankets.

Denver, Colo. Jan. 20.-After q tu-
multUous conflict lasting all night in
the general assembly, in the course of
which Governor Peabody was request
ed to call out the military forces of
the state in order to seat seven Re
publican senators declared to be
wrongfully excluded from their places,
the sit,,ation quieted down with a
Democratic ca.tority i'll possession of
the senate Chamber. y supply o.
blankets was sent in to them and they
propose to hold the fort Until ballot
ing for United States senator began,
and possibly until time for the joint
ballot Wednesday. The senate is d.
vided into two organizations. one with
Senator Adams as presiding officer and
Sprague rs secretary, the other with
Lieutenant Governor HaggOtt and Sec
rotary Pryor as officers
Republicans Refused Admission.
The tirst-named organization has
thrown out two regularly elected Re-
publcars and seated two Democrats
for the purpose of giving the Demo-
while the Republicans have thrown out
seven Democrats, thereby gaining a
majority il, the senate. The oath OF
office was administered TO the seven
Republicans, but they We're refused adj
mission to the senate chamber. Judge
Gnl orb :c+Np bo 70 hr.
two Democrats.
At 2 o'clock in the morning Senator
Newell, said to be acting under in
structions from Lieutenant Governor
Haggott. called upon Governor Pea-
body with request that an order be
issued calling out the state militia for
the purpose Of dispensing the crowd Of
officers in the hire of the Democrats.
Governor Recognizes HaggOtt Senate.
Officers of the militia and a number
of men were held in readiness at the
Curtis street armory. Appeals were
made to Sheriff Seerie for assistance in
clearing the Democrats from the halls,
but he declined. He permitted his
deputy to remain at the state house in
consultation with Chief of Police Arm
strong. who are acting for the Demo-
Gratis.
Governor Peabody has announced
that he recognizes the Haggott senate
as the one properly organized under
the state constitutional provisions.
which makes the lieutenant-governor
president of that body
Agreement Seems Impossible.
All Republicans who have filed con-
tests against Democratic legislators
which have notbeena acted upon are said
to have been notified by telegraph to
come to Denver at once. Efforts are
being made to effect q compromise be-
tween the parties. 1t is impossible
that an agreement will be reached be-
fore a ballot for senator is taken.
The Democrats claim a majority Of
two on joint ballot as a result of the
previous days proceedings. The Re-
publican majority of the house unseat-
ed six Democrats, creating Repub-
lican majority Of fifteen in that body.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
EX-Spoaker Kelly Found Guilty.

st. Louis. Mo-, Jan. 20.-Charles f.
Kelly, member and former speaker OF
the house Of delegates, has been con-
the Suburban Street railway franchise
deal and given two years in the peni-
tertiary. He still has to stand trial
on two charges of bribery in connec-
ton with the same deal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
Aged Michigan Editor Dead.

Calumet, Mich, Jan. 19.-Fred Mac
kenzie, editor of the Copper Country
Evening News and for thirty years
clerk of Calumet township. is dead,
aged y years. He was born in Lon
don and came to America in 1865.
Heart trouble was the cause of death
He leaves a widow and family OF
grown children. ~
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
Castro TO Levy on Foreigners.

Berlin, Jan. IA dispatch from
Caracas to the Lokal Anzeiger says
that the compulsory loan that Presi-
dent Castro intended to levy against
on foreign residents will probably be
adopted. The foreigners. fearing the
seizure of their property, desire the
powers to land troops at. La Guayra
to support their resistance to Castro's
demands
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
Exchange Wireless Messages.

South Wellfieet, Mass, Jan. 90
Wireless communication between Mar
coni's Cape Cod station and England
has been esta blished, and messages
were exchanged between President
Roosevelt and King Edward Very
little difficulty was experienced. and
the return message of the king was
received in Il comparatively short time
after the presidents was sent.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
A Life Sentence.

'Would you call stealing kiss lar
ceny" queried the inexperienced
young man.
II suppose So" replied the married
man, who was hustling from dawn to
dusk to support his family.
"What is the penalty?'
"Why, I stole a kiss one time and
was sentenced to hard labor for life"
Philadelphia Record.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
Senator Fairbanks Gets tho Votes.

Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 20-Tl,
house and senate met i'll separate ses-
sion and reelected United States Sena.
tor Charles W Fairbanks. The Dem.
ocrats voted for B. f. Shively of South
Bend. They were outnumbered two to
one.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
Reform I;lUck ed.

Look here aid the reforming hus-
band. I'VE must have things arranged
in this house SO that we shall know
just where everything is kept
"With all my heart" sweetly all
swered his wife. land let us begin with
your late hours. my love- | should
dearly like to know where they are
kept"
He let things run on as usual.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
OFF for the Philippines.

Chicago, jan 20.-The Ninth Field
artillery, consisting of 120 men, ha.,
left Fort Sheridan for the Philippine
islands, in command of First Lieuten-
ant b. Fl. Yule. The battery will sail
from San Francisco. Feb. / OH the
transport Sheridan.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
Shoots Three and Kills Himself

Newark, Ohio, Jan. 20.-At Joseph
Stotthart's. near Outville, Elmer Artz
shot and killed Zachariah Hunt. aged
80; shot and injured Mrs. Stotthart and
her daughter Mary, and then killed
himself with a shotgun. Artz and the
girl quarreled and Hunt, who went
into the home, was shot down.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
Blown to Atoms

The old idea that the body sometimes
needs powerful drastic, purgative pill
has been exploded; for DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, which are perfectly harmless,
gently stimulate liver and bowels 10 ex-
pei poisonous matter, cleanse the system
and absolutely cure Constipation and
Sick Headache. Only 25c at Perry Il
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
Steamship Lam Is r,oated.

Gibraltar, Jan. 20.-The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Lain, from Medi-
terranean ports for New York, which
grounded on sandbank off Tumara,
five miles east of the rock of Gibraltar,
Sunday morning, has been fioated.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
Noted Driver Is Dead.

Denver, Jan. 20.-J. W. McCausland
breeder of racing horses and driver
with an interna tional reputation, is
dead at ST. Joseph's hospital in this
city from peritonitis. He was AZ years
old. Mr.. McCausland was native Of
Greensboro. Pa. but had lived in Colo
RADIO and Wyoming for twenty-five
years
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
As Jack Saw 1t,

Jack, who is five years old, came
home one day last week crying that an
other boy had hit him.
"Why didn't you hit him back?" he
was asked.
Il did," he answered. 81 hit him back
first. New York Times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23

The spoon is very ancient and many
line specimens are in existence that
were used by ,1e Egyptians in the
seventeenth century 3. c..
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
The crowned heads of every nation.
The rich men, poor men and misers

All JOIN IN paying tribute TO
DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
Ell. Williams, San Antonio. Tex, writes:
"Little Early Riser Pills are the best /
ever used in my family. unhesitating-
~ recommend them to everybody. They
cure Constipation, Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Ma
laria and all other Liver Troubles.
StangPs drug store.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23

and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become SO prevalent
that it is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin-
o{aS tNo oftop IS fLo
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23

brings the most money to the collection
boG.-Washington Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23

urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty fE
cent and one dollar sgai;sssz1k 1s:. -
sizes. You may have IL s|i e: Ess:3
sample bottle by mail s1sss skzEsesz9
free, also pamphlet tell Home of swamp-Ro
ing all about it, including many Of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr.. Kilmer
& Co.. BinghaTton, N. T., be sure and
mention this paper.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. dis
courapes and lessons ambition: beauty vipor
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23

by druggists, in fifty
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle by mail
free oiso nan,nhiat tall
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-23

He let things run on as usual.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-31
LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY CASES.
semurrers Filed for Senators Farris. smith
and SulIivan-Senst tor Matthews
Ready for Trial


Jefferson City, Mo-, July 2S:-Attor-
aeys appeared yesterday for Senators
Farris and Smith, indicted on the
.harge of bribery in connection with
he alum bill, and filed a demurrer to
me indictment, alleging among other
.hings that it charges no offense
against the laws of Missouri; that it
s. vague. indefinite and uncertain, and
hat it. does not charge any agree
nent with Daniel ]. Kelley as to their
totes in committee or in the senate
IN the alum bill.
In the case of Senator Sullivan. in
licted on the charge of soliciting
oribe from Whitney Layton on the
same bill, the attorneys fled mo-
ion to quash the Indictment. The mo-
Ion alleges that the indictment
charges no offe1ise against the COM
non law or the statutes of Missouri.
No motion was filed in the case OF
Senator Matthews, which Attorney
Jourdan said would be allowed to go
10 trial.
Mrs. Blanche Kelley, wife of D. J.
Kelley, legislative agent of the bak-
ng powder trust, has arrived here
rom Montreal, Can, and will present
he letters alleged to have been writ
en- to her husband by former Lieut..
zov. Lee at the trial of Senator Frank
l. Farris, of Crawford county.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-31
MUST PAY MORE Taxes.
KANSAS Board OF Equalization In
creases by $4,000, 600 the vaIua-
ton of Property.

Topeka, Kan, July 25.-The total tax
able valuation of all property in Kan
sas, with the exception of railroad, tele-
graph and telephone holdings, as fixed
Jy the state board of equalization is
this year 1888, 724, 49, The total valua-
ton, as returned by the various coun-
ty clerks was 1854, 724 POI, a net in
crease of s24.O00,259 having been made
in assessments by the state board. In
creases amounting to 29.977 ,299 were
made in the valuations returned by the
county clerks and decreases amounting
to $5.977 ,040, leaving the net increase
as stated. The rate of taxation was
materially raised. 1t is ga mills this
year, as compared with SIS mills last
year. The total valuation of all prop
erty in the state as fixed by the board
is much higher than last year. In 1902
the total valuation was 1856, 399, 449, or
S22.325,031 less than last year In 1902
the increases made by the board
amounted to but $6,764,181, as COM
pared with $4,000 this year.
Valuations Total State
Counties. Fixed by Tax
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-31
| MOB IN ILLINOIS.
Militia Called Out to Suppress
Race Riot at Danville.
One Negro Lynched and Burned and
Angry Citizens Tried to Batter
Down the Jail Door to Secure.
Another Black Fiend.

Danville, H., July 27.-A mob Sat
urday tried to batter down the doors
OF the Jail in order to lynch James
wilson, negro, who attacked Mrs.
Thomas Burgess, a farmers wife, at
AlVan, Ill The sheriff and his guards
Tired into the mob and several were
wounded. One negro, J. d. Mayfield,
who was on the street, was set upon
by the mob on its way to the Jail. He
was lynched and his body burned. He
shot and Killed one Of those who at
tackled him. Four other negroes
caught upon the street were beaten
into inconsistencies in the gutter
Company K. negro troop, has it's
headquarters here and the officials pre-
pared to call it out. Leaders of the
mob declared they would try to kill
the entire company if it came out
Two killed and % wounded, the po-
lice station wrecked, the county Jail
with few of its windows left unshat-
tered, the city in the hands Of the state
troops and feeling of uneasiness and
dred prevailing everywhere is the sit
uatiOn left by the race riots of Satur-
day night and early yesterday morn
ing. After daylight appeared yester-
day morning there were restless
crowds on the streets. Hundreds of
farmers peered into the city and each
surrounding town continued to swell
the crowd There were many miners
seen on the streets. Great unrest and
a threatening attitude was reported
from Westville, five miles away.
Early in the morning Wilson, the al
legged negro assailant of Mrs. Burgess.
was secretly taken from the county
Jail, but was returned shortly after
wards.
Iowa Mob Hunting Negro.
Pennington, Ia, July 28.-A mob OF
farmers began searching for negro
named Clark, who is accused of having
assaulted white girl by the name
of Gertrude Hess on Sunday. The ne
gro used a razor and the girls life
hangs in the balance. The mob is now
in the region of Medill and reports re-
ceived here state that they have sur
rounded the negro in a hollow and it
is only a question OF a short time
before the negro is lynched.
A Louisiana Negress Lynched. \
Shreveport, La, July 2S.-News
reached here yesterday that the ne
gress, Jennie Steer, who administered
poison in glass of lemonade to Liz
zie Dolan, the 16-year-old daughter Of
John Dolan, from the effects of which
she died, was lynched by an Infatuated
mob at shutdown Saturday night.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-31
POPE LEO BURIED.
ate Saturday Night the Remains
were Inferred in st. Peters
Left All to Church.

Rome, July 27.-The body of Pope
LEO was entombed in st. Peters Satur-
Jay night. The casket was placed in
niche over a doorway. The will of
Leo was read yesterday. While nomi-
tally leaving the estate of Carpineto
o his nephew, Ludovico Pecci, it really
makes no change, as the whole family
property, amounting approximately to
100000, had already been divided
Lmong the three nephews, Count Ca
milo having already sold his share.
His Fortune to the Church.
Rome, July 25.-The will of the dead
pope was opened at yesterdays meet
ng Of the congregation of the cardi-
halls. 1t consisted of So pages, in the
handwriting of Pope Leo XIII, and
caves all the property Of which he
lied possessed to his successor for the
Use of the church. To each member
If his family he leaves present to be
chosen from the valuable objects in his
apartment, Similar presents are be-
lueathed to his physicians.
Italian Woman Sues for Libel.
Rome, July 26.-The Avanti having
published story to the effect that
LEO XIII, while archbishop of Perugia,
lad had too intimate relation with the
Countess Gallapa, a married woman,
he latter has brought suit against the
PAPER for libel
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-31
LIQUOR MUST NOT ENTER.
United States Officials Seize Large Qusnti-
ties of whisky and Beer and Spill 1t Ia
the Streets of Ardnore.

Ardmore, l. T., July 28.-United
States officials yesterday seized large
quantities of whisky and beer shortly
after the arrival of the Santa Fe train
and spilled it in the streets. United
States Marshal Colbert has issued an
order prohibiting the Introduction OF
liquor in the Indian territory. Substf-
tutes cannot be sold any longer in this
nation Officials say that the artificial
drink dives are blinds for the sale of
real goods. Bootleggers are getting
numerous since the sale is stopped.