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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01
Proposals for the Construction of a Sewer
in Edgerton, Wis.


Sealed proposals will be received by the
Mayor and Common Council and the Board of
Public Works of the City of EdgertOn Rock
County. Wisconsin, at the office of the City
Clerk of said city until noon of the 18th day Of
July, 1904, for furnishing all materials and per-
forming all labor necessary or required in con-
structing the intercepting or main sewer down
the creek valley from the north END OF said
main sewer near Randolph street to Rock river
and for all the ordinary man holes, lamp holes
and flushing intakes for said main sewer as
set forth in and according to the terms of the
contract and specifications for the same, and
as shown on the sewerage map. prOfles, plans
and drawings accompanying them on file in
the office of said City Clerk and also on file in
the Office of the Register of Deeds of said Rock
County-said sewer to be such length and diam
eter and laid in such manner as specified and
shown in such map, plan and prodles
Satisfactory proof of the ability of bidders to
fulfill the contract will be required
Contractors will be required to furnish a
good and sufficient bond satisfactory to said
Board of Public Works, Mayor and Common
Council, stating the date on which the pro
posed work will be begun, also the date on or
before which it will be completed.
Proposals must be accompanied by certi
fed check for Two Hundred Dollars, made
payable to the Mayor of said city, to be for
feited to said CITY if the bidder fails to sign the
contract within ten days after being notified of
the acceptance of his bid. The right to reject
any and all proposals is hereby reserved.
The sewers for the construction of which pro
pOSalS will be received set forth and de-
Scribed in the following statement; They are
to be constructed of first quality vitrified salt
glazed pipes of uniform thickness Their in
ner and outer surfaces to be well glazed and
all of said pipe to be free from warps. cracks or
flaws.
Dated June 18th, 1904.
C. H. BABCOCK,
THO. A. CLARKE,
G.. w. BIRKENMEYER.
Board OF Public Works of said City.
E. NJ LADD,
Mayor of City of Edgerton,
HENRY JOHNSON,
City Clerk of City of Edgerton.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01
A French Episode.

A Frenchwoman took seat In a
railway car in Paris the other day
when a man entered and sat down on
the edge of her dress. She called his
attention to the fact and asked him,
first pleasantly, then angrily, to get
up. He paid no attention to her,
whereupon she boxed his ears repeat
eddy. He retaliated by pushing her
from her seat, whereupon she screamed
and he was arrested. It turned out
that he had not heard a word Of what
she had said, being deaf, and he was
naturally indignant at her action; but
he apOlogized all the same.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01
July Sth

The Nickel Plate road will run an excur-
sion to Chautauqua Lake and return at
one fare for the round-trip, from Chica-
go, with return limit of August 9th, by
,depositing ticket. Transportation good
on any of our three daily trains. Cheap
rates to other eastern points. No excess
fare charged on any train on Nickel
Plate Road. Individual Club Meals.
ranging in price from 35c to S1.00; also
service la Carte in Nickel Plate dining.
cars. Write John 7. Callahan, General
Agent, 113 Adams St., Room 290, Chi
cago, for particulars. Chicago city tick
ct offices, Ill Adams st. and Auditorium
Annex, phones Central POST and Harri-
son 220S.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01
Queer Anatomy.

Curious ideas about anatomy prevail
in the press 1t was stated the other
day that a man was "shot in the ticket
Office" Another paper says man was
"shot in the suburbs" HE kissed her
passionately upon her temperance"
.'She whipped him upon his return .
s.He kissed her back" "Mr. Jones walk
ed in upon her invitation" "She seated
herself upon his entering" "We thought
she sat down upon her being asked y
"She tainted upon his departure"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01

Red seems to be the most popular Of
national colors, if flags may be used as
criterions. Of the twenty five leading
national flags nineteen have red in
them. The same cannot be said of any
other color. The chief flags that are
marked with red are those of the Unit
ed States, England, France, Germany,
Austria, Italy, Spain, Denmark. Bel
GUM, Sweden, Switzerland. Turkey,
Mexico, Chile, Portugal and Venezuela.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01
How 1t Happened.

Aunt Maria-Don't deny it. Martha.
J. saw you. Your lips and his met as
came into the room. Martha-Yes.
auntie, but it was all an accident
started to whisper something into
Charley's ear at the same moment that
he tried to whisper something into my
ear, and that is how it happened.
Charley felt as bad about it as I did.
I'm sure.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01
Yourself.

The real opportunity for self i'm
provement is not in the city or in the
country or anywhere outside of you;
it is in yourself. The initial impulse
or motive to do or to be, must come
from within or nowhere.-Success.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01
Valuable Space.

First Stockholders don't see why
people should be allowed to carry
packages on the elevated roads. Sec
ond Stockholder-Why shouldn't they :?
First Stockholder-Well, if 1t were not
for the packages we could crowd few
more people into each car.-Town and
Country.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01
strongly Recommended

Lady engaging a page boy)-Well.
how soon can you come? Page readi-
ly)-At once, mum. Lady-But surely
your present mistress won't like that.
Page (brightly)-Oh. yes. she will,
mum! She'll be only too glad to get
rid of me.-London Punch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01
Melody and Music.

Melody was the beginning and ever
all ages. The Greeks based their mel
ody on the tetrachord system, which
they may have copied from the natural
melody in human speech. Gregorian
chants, Protestant hymn tunes, many
national melodies and other musical
themes are based on natural melody in
human speech.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01
Fourth of July.

One fare for the round trip, plus 25
cents, July End, 3rd and 4th, within two
hundred miles from starting point on
Nickel Plate Road. Return limit July
5th. Chicago depot: La Sale and Van
Buren, Sts... City Ticket Offices, Ill Ad-
ans st. and Auditorium Annex. Tele-
phone Central 2057 and Harrison 2208.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01

The pilgrims were body Of English
nonconformists who emigrated from
Holland and settled Plymouth colony
in 1920. The Puritans were a body Of
nonseparatist religious reformers from
England who in 1629-3O founded and
settled the Massachusetts, Bay colony.
The two bodies united in 1892 under
the name of Massa chusetts.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01

Student-How would you advise me
to go about collecting a library? Pro-
fessor-Well, I'll tell you how 1 man.
aged it, When I was young bought
books and lent them Now I borrow
books and keep them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01
The Palm Room.

"Why do they call it the palm room!'
asked the bride as they entered the
hotel dining room. 1.-THE palms are
very few and only vanished ones"
''The walters, the walters, my dear.
They all have palms, and they must be
silvered by the guests. "-Cleveland
Leader
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01
COntemtment.

"Contentment has one advantage
over wealth. said the philosopher.
whats the explaEa tion?'
people don't try to borrow it."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01

There is always room at the top, but
the young man who waits for spe-
cially constructed elevator to fit his
scase will never leave the ground flocr.
Nashua Telegraph.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-01

The eye of the master will do more
work than both his hands.-FrankIin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-15
PERRY TO MANAGE FARGO
NORTHERN. LEAGUE TEAM
LUCKY IN SECURING SERVICES
OF BIG FIRST BASENAN. ~s'

Perry ,Werden, the popular first:
baseman and ex-miller, has signed a
contract to cover the initial sack for
the Fargo team In. the Northern
league, and manage the team for the
season. The Fargo management has
been in pursuit Of Perry for nearly a
month, and the deal was finally closed
at Fargo, Saturday. Perry returned to
Minneapolis this morning with the
contract and a comfortable large
bunch Of advance money slowed in his
jeans. ".." '... -.>. s.~-
The Fargo management is. being
congratulated on securing so expert
enced and capable a man as Werden
to manage it's team. Perry Is a. vet
eran player but his only managerial
experience was with the Des MONIES
team in 1901 in the Western league.
He took hold Of the club in the mid
die of the season, when it was at the
bottom Of the percentage column, and
in a few weeks had the team In sixth
place and playing as fast ball as any
team in the circuit. He Is a favorite
with Minneapolis fans, and Is practl-
cally certain to finish one, two, three
in the Northern league, as he has been
promised free hand by the club own
ers. Last season Perry was with the
Memphis team in the Southern league
and was recognized as the best frs
baseman in the league. The team Wor
the pennant after hard fight.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-15
KILLED HIS I0RMENI0R
EMPLOYEE IN MERRIAM PARK
LIVERY BARN STRIKES DOWN
SON OF HIS EMPLOYER.

: Fred Watson, son of D. w. Watson,
a Merriam Park liveryman, was killed
late Saturday night by David Parker,
a colored man employed at the barn.
Parker used a piece of gas pipe as a
weapon and says his act was In self
defense. Immediately after killing
Watson. Prior walked to the Prior
avenue police station and gave himself
up. " >.
He told the police that Watson
made a motion as tho to draw a. re-
volver, and thinking his life was in
danger, he struck Watson with the
gas pipe: = ~ -
Watson's body was found in the
barn but no revolver could be found.
Parker was locked up, but no charge
was placed against him. ...'v r. -
D. w. Watson says he will not pro-
secl1te Parker for killing his son as the
BOYS had continually tormented the
colored man with threats. The coro-
ing Yesterday and will hold an inquest
this afternoon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-15
WHEAT REACHES "
DOLLAR MARK
The "Cash" Commodity Makes a
New Record-Other Mar
kets Up.

Dollar wheat was recorded In the
cash market on change this morning,
when F. H. Commons sold to an out
of-town buyer a car of choice No.
northern at the full figure. Later a
number Of other trades were made,
some five cars going in all, at 81 a
bushel. All this was fine wheat and
there was competition for it. The
price represented premium Of &c to
SC over ordinary No. northern,
which sold from 965sc to 971Ac.
st. Louis sold some choice winter
wheat of milling grade at $1.021a and
$1.O3h. Chicago had in some choice
No. red winter wheat that brought
$1O5 and the winter wheat nillers
were bidding $1.O3 for ordinary No. 3.
Last fall cash wheat sold to 81 in
Minneapolis during a period of search
ty, but fell back later. This time it
is thought prices are more likely to
hold around the dollar level, as the
last advance was largely a local affair,
while at present all cash wheat mar
kets in America and Europe are tend
ing upward. -
made for wheat futures. Minneapo-
lis Nav wheat sold to 969sc and July
wheat to 96ssc, while September went
TO 86% @87c. That May will reach
the dollar line soon is now the opinion
Of a. majority of traders on the local
floor. -
Millers boosted flour by 10c to 15c
a barrel. The foreign flour buyers
they say, are taking more OF an inter
est in the situation and good foreign
sales by Minneapolis mills are likely
if present relative differences between
American and European markets are
maintained.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-15
BIG ENTERPRISE AF00I
APPLICATION INsMHICHT THOMAS
LOWRY is INTERESTED FOR
VACATION OF NORTHEAST NORTH:
STREETS, H5s,A: q 49,, -. :. s;@t.-s <..,:

Applications We're. filed,this morning
with the city clerk for the vacation
of the streets and alleys in LoWry's
East Side addition, and for :permls-
sions to build a railway spur from the
Northern Pacific tracks up Johnson
street to Sixteenth avenue NE, and an
other spur from the: Duluth division
of the Northern Pacific across the
stockyards road and along Fourteenth
avenue NE.
These various measures presage
the establishment of a large CONNER
cial or industrial enterprise. The ad-
dition extends from : Johnson to u
streets and from Fourteenth to Elgh-
teenth avenues Me-, and covers about
sixteen ordinary city blocks.
Mr.. Lowry is notrin the city to-day
and his confidential men were very
mysterious. They admitted that there
was a fairly large-sized scheme afoot
but declined absolutely to give any
inkling of what it was. >....;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-15
WAR WILL HIT
TRADE IN BOOKS
TT ATTRACTS READERS TO THE
NEWS PUBLICATIONS
This Is the Opinion of DR.. Richard
Burton Who's Glad to Get Back to
Minnesota Even at the Risk Of a
Frozen Nose.

DR.. Richard Burton arrived in Min
neapolis this morning from Boston,
but left this afternoon for Wlnona
where he will lecture this evening.
During his Minneapolis stay he will be
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. preston
King.
Even the arctic weather did not
chill DR.. Burton's enthusiasm over
Minneapolis and he preferred the Gil
mate to BOston's nondescript chill ana
murkiness. DR.. Burton is very roma
of the lecture field. His lecture, calls
are so many and so attractive that at
times, he says, he feels lnchned 20
himself wholly to lecturing and writ
ing. The course of lectures 70 pc
given in Minneapolis is new one ana
of much personal interest TO the Zee
turer, who prepared it primarily Tor
his own satisfaction. =. -...
"In a way" he said, it is my creed,
a confession of my literary faith.
The rather gloomy eastern financial
views are shared by DR.. Burton In ms
predictions for the book trade.
had already a prospect Of hard Seq
ding which will be further compH-
Gated by the war, with it's demand TOT
special books on the situation ana inc e
periodicals. Two years in a publish
ing house have given Dr.. Burton an
inside view point Of book publishing
and he told how the reckless business
methods and abnormal forcing OF IN
terest in popular fiction had made pos
sible a situation whereby the enor-
| mously ADVERTISED novels, selling in
the hundred thou sands, are less profit
able than the unheralded books, sell
ing 5000 to 10000 on their merits
Dr.. Burton considers that the author
who gets Is per cent royalty is more
fortunate than the publisher.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-15
LOU BROWN GETS
NO LICENSE NOW
HOME PROTECTIVE LEAGUE
DOES EFFECTIVE WORK.
League Will Investigate and Expects
to Produce Evidence Which Will
Prevent Woman's Getting License
at All-Licenses Granted by Coun-
ell Committee in Other Cases.

Lou Browns application for a
license to run a saloon at 104 Henne-
pin avenue was held up by the coun-
Gil committee on licenses this morning
at the request Of the Home Protective
league: Licenses were granted to
about fifteen other applicants, which
the league desired to investigate. The
requests were refused when 1t was
learned that the only complaints
against the other applicants were that
they were technically running with
out licenses. It was explained by
License Inspector Matt Walsh that in
every case a bond had been filed and
the license money either deposited
with the city treasurer or guaranteed
by brewing company. .--....
It was stated by J. M. Anderson FOR
the league that the league would pro
duce evidence at the next meeting OF
the committe that Lou Brown was not
proper person to be entrusted with
saloon, and moreover that she was a
catspaw for Joe McGregor, who was
the real proprietor, whose: record was
not a very good one.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-15
NEW GET RICH
QUICK SCHEME
e. G. ATKINS PROMISES IN
VISITORS PER CENT "A WEEK,
Refuses to Tell How Money Can Earn |
Such Large observation-disclosures
Has Criminal Record Has Served
in Penitentiary and IsThought toBe
Insane.

Another 'get-rich-quick" scheme
has come to the front, but Individual
investors are limited to an investment
Of $500 with the man who is promis-
ing per cent per week to those who
place their money in his hands. The
scheme has Cloquet, Mimi, for it's
home and E. G. Atkins is the pro-
mOter.
The method by which the promoter
is able to pay such a handsome per
cent dividend weekly is clothed in
darkness. Investigation is not
cOurted as Atkins in a letter to Min
neapolis woman said: $50 long as you
receive the full amount invested and
profit of 8 per cent a week, you will
not be entitled to any explanation Of
| the nature of the investment Any
possible delay in the return of inter-
est is explained by the naive state
ment that "it takes several days to
get the money invested" -
On his office stationery Atkins gives
the First National bank of Cloquet as
reference. It is said that that insti-
tuition knows nothing of the financial
! standing or methods of the master or
finance. From Cloquet it is learned
that the postal authorities are looking
up the workings Of the scheme and
the methods by which Atkins can pay
such rate Of interest. The Mime
apolis woman who sent SIS. to, Atkins
did so at the request of man who
said he had already invested $500, the
limit, with Atkins. and desired to get
more of his money down on the good
thing" This man is at present in
Minneapolis and is thought to be
either a tool or a dupe Of Atkins
| Atkins is we'll known in Minneapo-
lis. He was arrested in May, 1901, on
a charge Of attempting to hold up
a CRATER named Ed Wilson for $65
He was subsequently discharged. In
/ September Of the same year he was in
i dicted upon the same charge, but the
indictment was nolled The following
October he was arrested on the same
charge and sentenced to eighteen
months in the states prison. Since
his release he Is supposed to have beer
operating in South Dakota and wa!
first heard Of by the local police wher
Cloquet attorney, with whom he wa
> seeking a position, made some IN
uuiries about him. 1t is the opinion O.
County Attorney Boardman that the
man is not sane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-15
DIAMOND CASE UP TO JURY
STRONG CIRCUMsTANTIAL EVI-
DENCE AGAINST FRANK MEY-
ERS, ACCUSED OF STEALING
THREE STONES.

Mrs. Mile Clough, proprietress of a
dental parlor in st. Paul, and Mrs. 0.
P. Sutherland, in charge Of DR.. Suth-
'erland's Minneapolis dental : office,
were the principal witnesses for the
state in the case against Frank Meyes,
whose trial on the charge Of diamond
stealing was. completed before Judge
Brooks this morning. 3D.
Mrs. Clough was paying call upon
Mrs. Sutherland and left her purse,
containing money and three diamonds,
in the latter's outer office. The pocket
book vanished and the young woman
was left penniless. She stated that
she had to borrow ten cents for car
fare back to the sanity city, and she
was very decided, when on the stand.
in her denunciations of persons Who
help themselves to purses. -:
A strong circumstantial case was
made out against Meyers, who was
seen in the office about the time the
purse disappeared, and who is identi-
fed as the man who afterwards
pawned the missing articles. The jury
has the case under consideration. -
is SPECULATION. LEGAL?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-15
LOUIS GOODKIND DEAD
Founder Of Firm of Manufacturer Bros
Passes Away.

Louis Goodkind, the well-known dry
goods merchant died to-day at his resi-
dence. 215 Nelson avenue. Mr.. Goodkind,
tho of the advanced age Of 70, had been
i'll only five weeks.
He was the founder Of the dry goods es-
tablishment Of Mannheimer Bros, having
come to ST. Paul in 1871 and established
the business under the name of Goodkind
& Mannheimer. Mr.. Goodkind was born
in Bavaria, Nov. 10, 1925. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Nina Goodkind; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ambrose Guterman, and four
sons, Benjamin L., William L., Leo and
DR.. Maurice l.. GOodkind.
He was an active business men until
hts recent illness, which began five weeks
ago, following closely upon the deaths OF
Robert, Jacob and Emil Manufacturer, his
l1eenly felt. .....a ..,
The funeral arrangements have not beer
made, but Mannheimer Bros. store will be
closed to-day and tomorrow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-15
EDITORS MEET THURSDAY
LARGE: ATTENDANCE EXPECTED
AT MEETING OF MINNESOTA
ASSOCIATION HERE THIS WEEK.


Preparations are almost completed for
the entertainment Of the Minnesota Ed
torial association during the annual meet
ing, which opens at a. m. Thursday in
the Minneapolis Whist club rooms, third
floor Of the Andrus building. The ar
rangement committee is made up Of paper
dealers and members Of the Commercial
club, which will be host. They are: F.
l.: Mcclellan, G. G. Webster, F. J. Meyst,
c. H. Perry, John Leslie and B. ]. Still
well.
The annual banquet will be held Thurs
day evening at the Nicollet hotel. F. L..
Mcclellan will be POSTMASTER, and among
the speakers are Mayor J. G. Haynes,
Henry Deutsch and Frank A. Day, editor
Of the Fairnont Sentinel and president
Of the association. - ......a,
Headquarters will be at the National
hotel and S. E. Hopes, the proprietor,
has arranged an organ recital In the
chapel for Thursday afternoon in honor
Of the editors
Postal card replies to Secretary W. G.
Nye of the public affairs committee indi-
cate an attendance Of over 200.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-15
OWNERS NEEDN'T PAY !,
Assessments for Water Main on Mary
Street Are AnnuIled.

All assessm ents for the waterman in
Mary street Sc. which were laid in 1900,
were annulled this morning by the coun-
Gil committee on waterworks. When the
main was laid, the money was advanced
by the Daniels Linseed Elevator company,
which also built private main to con-
meet with the terminus of the Mary street
main at the Northern Pacific railway
tracks. -,.......-.. .. S.
The Daniels concern was to be reim
bursed when the money had been collect
cd, but the agreement was made that no
assessment should be levied until the own
ers of the property along the street made
connection. with the main. Nevertheless
the property got on the tax books this
year and the owners raised a violent pro-
test. Their point is recognized as well
taken by the waterworks committee and
the owners will pay part of this years
taxes with certificates of rebate,szwhieh
they will soon receive from the city,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-15
.ANDERSON'S RECORD RUN
BOYS COAT CATCHES ON BUMP
Err OF CAR AND HE MAKES, IN
VOLUNTARY SPRINT.

Fred Anderson, IA years old, ran a
block in record time last night with
his coat fastened to the rear Of a
street car. Anderson was riding home
on the bumper of a North Washington
car and when he tried to alight at
Fifth avenue N, his coat caught on a,
peg in the bumper. He could neither
free himself nor get back on the car
and was forced to run the next block
to keep from being dragged and prob
ably seriously injured. At the next
corner a pedestrian cut the corner
from his coat, and he came out of the
ordeal uninjured but out Of breath.