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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
Editor Killed by a Train.

Philadelphia, Dee. 2S.-Hugh A..
Mullen, one of the proprietors of the
Sunday Philadelphia World, and well
known in local politics, was instantly
killed by being struck by a train at
the North Philadelphia station of the
Pennsylvania railroad. 1t is believed
he attempted to cross the tracks.
Among the papers found in his pocket
was an accident insurance policy for
$4,000. Mr.. Mullen was Sc years of
age and a native of Philadelphia
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
Three Buildings Destroyed by Fire.

Troy, n. 4, Dec. 2S.-Troy's fifth
big fire within a few weeks time broke
out in the business portion of the city
and did damage to the extent of $780,
0OO The flames destroyed A. w. Hol-
listers wholesale and retail grocery on
River street, Fitzpatrick & Diapers
tobacco factory and the Trop Furni-
ture company building Other firms
were DANA ged by water.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
COMPLIMENTED BY BRYAN
OF the United States
Abroad Are Good Men, if They
Are ReDubIicanS.

Berlin, Dec. 2S.-William J. Bryan
was entertained at luncheon by Am
bassador Tower and called on Foreign
Secretary Richthofen. Emperor VIII
lam has expressed regrets at the fact
that domestic Christmas festivities
prevented him from receiving Bryan In
audience
At a reception given by Bryan by
his countrymen here, he paid warm
compliment to the representatives of
the United States abroad, declaring
that II have found many good Ameri-
cans, and Republicans, too, who honor
their country in diplomatic and con-
Sular positions I desire to
acknowledge my gratitude to the rep
resentatives of my country every
where"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
College Makes an Assignment.

Albert Lea, Mimi, Dec. 2S.-The
trustees of Albert Lea college have
made an assignment for the benefit of
creditors of the college, The liabilities
are from $4,000 to $4,000 and the as
sets five times as much including
school buildings, residence property,
etc. c. H. Freeman is assignee. The
downfall was brought about in part
by friction between Albert Lea col
lege and MacAlister college, another
Presbyterian state school.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
Robbers Fail to Get Cash.

Salem, S. D., Dec 2S.-Burglars
broke into the First National bank and
blew open the vault with dynamite.
Although $4,000 was in the vault the
burglars did not get any money, ap-
parently being frightened away. Later
they stole team from a barn, got a
sled, some robes and fur coat from
a livery stable and escaped The burg
larry was not discovered until the bank
was opened in the morning.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01

Officials Of the Pere Marquette
Railway Kept a CHASTITY
Vigil with Death.
WIND BLEW OUT SIGNAL LIGHT
Two Fast Trains Crashed Together
and Nineteen Persons Were
Killed-Many Injured.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 3D.
While two fast passenger trains be-
yond human recall, rushed through the
binding blizzard to meet six miles east
II here in a crash that snuffed out
nineteen lives and injured thirty
eight persons, many of them fatally,
officials of the Pere Marquette rail-
road kept a CHASTITY vigil with death.
When the terrified operator at Nc
Cord had licked off his hating mes
sage that the west-bound train had
yond reach the despatchers could do
naught but call for medical aid and
order the fastest engine attached to
the wreck train. Then they bent over
their silent instruments, awaiting in
agonized suspense the dread message
they knew would come.
Wind Blew Out Signal.
The accident was caused by the high
wind blowing out red signal light
at a country way station. Changed
orders as to the meeting place of the
two trains had been received by the
operator and the signal light fixed The
west-bOund train came laundering
along, and, seeing no night, dashed
through to meet the catastrophe which
followed. According to the statement
of the railroad officials the trains orig
inally were to have met at Oakdale
Park, but to help the east-bound train,
the dispatcher issued new orders, fix
ing Fox as the meeting place.
The east-bound train received it's or
ders to this effect and the west-bound
should have received this order at Nc
Cords. Instead it rushed by the sta
ton, and the operator there, after re
porting this fact, found on going to
the platform that his red signal light,
which had been burning two minutes
before, was out, presumably extin-
guished by the high wind that was
blowing
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
Labor Matters at Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. %. - The iiverymen
here have decided that hereafter the
'open shop rule shall obtain in their
establishments and have given their
striking employees notice to be at work
today or consider themselves dis
charged. The electricians, teamsters,
firemen and other employees of the Chi
cago City railway, who are just out Of
one strike, are considering another.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
Free-for-AIl Fight.

Xenia, ILL.,. Dec 2S.-Fred Howe.
William Tadloek and several other
young men engaged in a free for-alI
fight, using knives, clubs and pistols.
Tadlock was shot in the neck by Howe
and may die. Others in the crowd were
cut and bruised, but none seriously
hIYrt
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
EaSal Position.

81 told you she would dismiss you if
I came in between"
eyes, she has, all right; but you're
dead one too
'Whyw
''She told me everything between us
was at an d"-Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
Eruit1eSS QueSt.

worry said the author, sis the
plague of genius. but it hasn't reached
my brain yet
Perhaps" suggested Il listener. "it
got tired looking for it. "-Augusta (Ga.)
Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
Wire Works Burned at Joliet.

Joliet, ILL.,, Dee. 2S.-Fire destroyed
The Adam Steel and Wire works, en-
failing loss, estimate at $4,000;
insurance, $4,000. The plant will be
rebuilt.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
His Descent.

my family" said the self confessed
black sheep, sis famous for it's having
descended from famous ancestry And
| fatter myself that 1 have descended
faster than any of the rest."-Balti-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01

Cheerfulness is light that may be
kept ever burning in the humblest
home. 1t has no meter on it. and all
may enjoy its rays without stint.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
Indigestion Causes
Catarrh Of the
Stomach.

For many years it has been supposed that
Catarrh of the Stomach caused Indigestion
and dyspepsia, but the truth is exactly the
opposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Re-
peated attacks of indigestion inflames the
mucous membranes lining the stomach and
exposes the nerves of the stomach, thus caus-
ing the glands to secrete mucin instead of
inc juices of natural digestion. This is
called Catarrh of the Stomach
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
Blame Is Not Placed.

The wreck, the most disastrous in
the history of the Pere Marquette
system, cannot be blamed to human
agency. The officials declare the
signal light eXtinguished by the gale
was in good repair. 1t was the alb
sence of the light that caused the train
to speed past the station at McCords.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
LIST OF THE VICTIMS.
Names of Dead and Injured-Some of the
Latter Will Die.

Names of Dead and Injured-Some of the
Latter Will Die.
The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. e. j.
Baldwin, and Louis Baldwin, their
son, Mulliken, Mich; Lester Williams,
Lansing, Mich; Mrs. Daisy Giles, Low
ell, Mich: Burt Myers, Grandville,
Mich; Walter Jordan, Grand Rapids;
Joseph Hullm (colored), Windsor,
Ont; Austin l. Wager, bagga gemaster,
and Charles A. Stoddard, engineer No.
+, Detroit; Charles A. Devine, Grand
Rapids; William Heinrich, Detroit,
baggageman; F. M. Gillet, Burr Oak
or Portland, Mich; Frank Burns, De-
trOit, fireman N. 5; G.. Dalmer, Detroit
American Express agent on No. g.;
William Smith, Saranac, Mich; e. F.
COykendall, Lake Odessa, Nit: A. F..
May, car repairer, Grand Rapids. One
unidentified man.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-01
Will Increase the Death List.


The injured-Gerrit hoffman, Grand
Rapids, internal injury and hip
crushed, dying; Charles West, Sara
nae, Mich, both legs broken, left hand
torn off. probably fatal; John Clark,
Postville, Mich, skull fractured, nose
broken, serious; Michael Maltburg..
Hart, Mich, badly burned legs, hand
and breast; Chas. 7. Chambers, Ionia,
Mich, injured about mead, face, body,
hands and legs; Frank Waterman, De-
troit, engineer No 5, serious, internal
injuries; Woodwork, Salem, Mich,
head and body; Edward Weigel, Grand
Rapids, right leg broken and head in
jured; George Mel, Grand Rapids, con-
ductor train No. 5, left leg broken and
badly injured about body; r. e. Gay,
Detroit, brakeman, head, body and
right leg injured; Harry Marcus. New
York city, left leg fractured. shout
ders hurt; E. B. Moon, Grand Rapids
fireman train No. 5, head and body;
Mrs. H. Kent, Grand Rapids, inter
nally; c. N. Botsford, Pennington,
Mich, mail clerk train No. G.. badly
cut; Mrs. HI. o. Gray, Grand Rapids,
badly bruised; Fl. o. Branch Sunfieid,
Mich, badly; George Crammond Grand
Rapids, collar bone broken, head and
leg; Andrew Sprague, Allegan, Mich,
head and body; Miss Gale Sprague,
Allegan, head; Claud Brown, Grand
Rapids, leg broken; Mrs. III. r. Street
err Grand Ledge, Mich. head; How
ard Minor. Grand Rapids, left arm
broken; w. j. Barber, Muskegon
Heights. Mich, head and face; Rev.
James Humphrey, Lansing, Mich, face;
Timothy Qualey, Grand Rapids, seri-
ously; J. T. Gould, Grand Rapids, hands
and shoulders; John Ross, Lansing,
legs and arms; Henry T. Fobs, Grand
Rapids, leg; Ada Keller, Clarksville.
Mich, left leg; j. Mischick, Polander,
address unknown; w. e. Rogers, Mus
kegon, brakeman; L. III. Gorsenmier,
Lansing, Mich, cabinetmaker; Thomas
Draper, Dutton, Mich, blacksmith; r.
Draper, Dutton, Mich, blacksmith;
Douthetr, Grand Rapids; Andrew Gel
10, Muskegon, Mich; Milton S. Crowl,
Grand Rapids; j. M. Moore, Detroit;
d. Meche, foreigner, residence un-
known.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-09-08
A Rural Public school cour.e.

Speaking recently of the farmers
institute system. G. {. james, deputy
minister of agriculture for Ontario.
said that ii is an OutRroWth of II uni
versity extension movement inaugural
ed in 1884 In order to bring the work
of the college more directly to the
farmer and to win his appreciation of
1t. Referring to the progress of these
Institutes. Professor James says.
Twenty years ago we discovered the
farmer Five years ago we discovered
TINT he had wife. We are beginning
to open our eyes TO the fact that they
have children. We have farmers in
stitutes, we have women's Institutes.
Where are the childrens Institutes
In the public schools When we have
worked out the rural public school
course and given the half million chill
dren of farm homes all that can reason
ably be given through public school
work, we shall be making these chill
drens Institutes effective In their gen
eral upward movement. The rural pub
lie schools might and should be made
the most important element in the per
manent improvement of Ontario agri-
culture"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-09-08
FARMERS MONTH
AT WORLDS FAIR
Biggest Department Of the Great ExpOsi'
ton Ready For the inspection of the
Army of Men Who Made It's
Creation Possible.

Now that crops have been or are be
Ing laid by, the farmer prepares for his
trip to the Worlds Fair, treat that
has long been promised him and for
which he has patiently waited. No ex
position has offered so many induce
ments for the farmers presence as this
one at st. Louis, nor has any previous
exposition given the prominence and
space to the subject of agriculture.
August and September are ostensibly
the farmers months at the Exposition,
for 1t IS at this season that the agricul
ture exhibits are the freshest and best.
Products of the new crops are pouring
into the booths from every state In the
Union, and additions are constantly
being made to the gorgeous display.
Headquarters for visiting farmers
may be found in every state section Of
the great Agriculture Palace, but for
their special convenience there has just
been completed a Grange House, stu.
ated in the south end Of the building.
1t is equipped with a reception room
ladies' retiring rooms and check rooms.
where parcels may be left free of
charge. Here will be kept a list OF
moderate priced rooms TO aid visiting
farmers and their families In procuring
accommodations.
no Io hull I'M An 1S
is the Palace of Agriculture, covering
twenty acres, while the Palace of Hor
ttculture near by covers about a third
as much space. These two immense
structures are filled With exhibits OF
the farm, garden and orchard of the
most extensive and elaborate character,
every state In the Union and most Of
the principal countries of the world
being represented.
Agriculture is given more prominence
than any other department at the Elk
position, the paramount Importance OF
this great industry having been fully
appreciated from the very beginning
of the Worlds Fair movement
About seventy acres of ground are
covered by the agriculture and horti-
culture department at the Fair, large
outdoor spaces being devoted to this
industry. Outside there are growing
crops, trees and flowers, an instructive
six acre farm maintained by the Unit
ed States Government Plant Industry.
and gardens in all parts of the grounds.
There are more exhibits In the Agri-
culture building than in any other sec.
ton of the Exposition. This building
is considered by many people the most
interesting part Of the Worlds Fair.
The exhibits in the palaces Of Agr.
culture and Horticulture constitute q
display vast enough and instructive
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-09-08
PASTURE LAND.
Seeding Down TO Perennial GRasses
and Clover In the Fall.

Seeding Down TO Perennial Grasses
and Clover In the Fall.
Pillow the ground we'll few days
before the seed is to be sown, and then
harrow 1t until the surface is thorough
ly pulverized and smoothed. If hard
and full of clods, n disk harrow Is the
best for pulyerizing the soil. Disking
should be done as soon as possible
after the blowing, before the clods have
time to bake. Small and heavy seeds,
like clover, can be sown evenly with a
wheelbarrow seeder, but for sowing
coarser seeds, like Johnson grass, or
chaffy seeds, like those of orchard
grass, there Is no machine that Is salts
factory, and such seeds must be sown
by hand.
Light seeds and heavy seeds should
be sown separately, as 1t Is impossible
to keep them evenly mixed. In sowing
by hand the heavy seeds are thrown
farther than the light, and the field is
streaked and irregular. When sowing
by hand, go over the field twice, using
half of the seed each time and making
the second sowing at right angles 10
the first
A heavy roller is the best implement
for covering seeds, as 1t covers them
more thoroughly and presses the soil
about them more firmly, so that fewer
are lost by rains and drought. II this
cannot be had, a light smoothing har-
row or even a brush can be used. A
heavy harrow should never be used
unless for covering coarse seeds. II
the ground Is in good condition. fresh
ly narrowed and loose and the seeds
sowed just before rain, covering is
scarcely necessary.
Perennial grasses and cloyers sown
in the fall during August and Septem
Der do better than at any other time,
as they then become we'll established
before the winter frosts and are ready
to make such vigorous growth early
In the spring that they will keep down
the weeds and volunteer grasses which
so often choke out the spring sowings
II the land has been occupied by other
crops so that fall sowing is not prncti
cable, the work should be done az early
In the spring as possible SO that the
young plants may become we'll rooted
before the summer drought advises m
American Agricuturist correspondent
torily on soils too exhausted or too
barren to produce fair crops of corn
or cotton.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-09-08

Bv Messeneer Wilkes, 2:23.

Trotwood is dark bay, foaled June
q, 1893. stands 10 hands (strong) and
weighs 1,175 pounds, is smoothly turn
ed, pure gated rotter, with perfect feet
and legs, and has great endurance as
road horse; be has yer been handled
for speed, but has shown quarters in 81
seconds; besides being fast and the sire
of speed, is large, handsome, bold-go-
ing horse, with high action and perfect
disposition. His get are of such as the
market calls for as soon az matured, are
Uniform in color. fearless and kind.
1t is we'll known fact that the get OF
this horse find ready market and COM
mand higher prices than any other stall
lion in Somerset Co. owing to their color,
size, action and good disposition.
Trotwood will stand at Hotel Stable,
Athens, Tuesdays; all the rest of the
time at Elm Tree stock Farm, (Malbon's
Mills,) Skowhegan.
Terms, $40 to Warrant Foal.
Mares disposed of considered In foal and fee
will be charged all accidents and escapes at
owners risk TIN
Positively no business done on Sunday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-09-08
THE VALUE OF REPOSE.
Restless Women Constantly Waste
Their strength and Energy.

Their strength and Energy.
If women would learn to sit still
when they sit, to stand still when they
stand and to lie still when they lie
they would save In a week as much
strength as most women devote to a
hard washing
But woman when she sits twlddles
her fingers, taps her toes on the floor.
rocks nervously and without rhythm:
rhythm produces a restful sensation.
but she doesn't rock easily and evenly.
she Jerks the chair back and forth ir-
regularly. When she lies down she
continually moves her hands and feet,
and even resorts IT, wrggling her toes,
for no other reason under the sun than
that she Is restless and does not know
how TO rest without expanding more
strength in the process.
These physical Indications of wear-
ness express not only weakness of the
body, but weakness OF the mind. The
woman who constantly taps the floor
with her foot while she is sewing or
while she Is talking with a caller is
mentally unstrung. Her mind is wan
dering. This is always noticeable.
Whenever a woman gets in earnest she
forgets to tap the floor with her foot,
though she May stamp the door with
her heel
The toe tapping woman is not capa-
Bile of settling down to long and COM
plicated problem of any sort. She is
easily swayed easily disturbed. easily
turned from line OF thought
II any one wishes to stand for the
strength which she hopes she possesses
let her remember that all unnecessary
physical movements express both phys
zeal and mental weakness just as clear
ly as a wandering tongue discloees
lack of thought Pittsburg Press.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-09-08
Political Paragraphs.

If we continue Republicanism and
protection we shall soon be making the
fifty million dollars worth of iron and
steel products that are now imported
81 believe Incidental protection to our
own industries is right and proper. !"
said Henry G Davis in the American
Senate. This is the same Henry G Da-
Wis who pronounced as admirable" the
st. Louis platform which declares that
protection is "a robbery of the many to
enrich the few"
Marriage may be a civil contract, but some
peopls certainly behave IN a very VI civil
manner after the contract has been duly
signed and sealed.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-09-08
4 BOSTON WONDER
]. P. MAGANN CURED OF PARALYSIS
AFTER TWO STROKES.
The Widely Known Boston Manufactures
Regains Perfect Health and Praises
DR.. Williams' Pink Pills.

The wideiv Known Boston Manufactures
RaRains Perfect Health and Praises
DR.. williams Pink Pills.
John P. Magann, of J. Magann q Co.,
manufacturers of billiard and pool ta-
bles, No. 6 Chelsea street, Oharlestown
district, Boston, Mass, suffered heavy
stroke of paralysis two years ago. The
first stroke was followed by second one
Of still greater severity and 1t required
his utmost effort barely TO drag himself
about the house. Whenever he exerted
himself particularly be was attacked by
the most intense pains in the upper part
Of his chest, and agony was added to
weakness.
The usual career Of such sufferers ID
pitiable one. The strong man grows
steadily weaker, and finally lives only to
draw his breath and realize his utter
helplessness and misery. Here, how
ever, the case of Mr. Magann differs.
He did not succumb but conquered the
dreadful disease. How he did this. Is
told by himself az follows:
II had heard DR. Williams Pink Pills
highly recommended for the cure Of
blood and nerve diseases, and l decided
TO give them trial. After had taken
three boxes of the pills l thought l de-
tected signs of life in the paralyzed parts
of my body and / knew that could get
about the room with greater ease.
Il kept on using the pills until / had
taken six boxes and then was able to
walk outdoors with the aid of a cane
still kept on taking the pills and after
l had taken eight boxes l was com
pletely cured. / have had no return of
the disease since and am today In as
good health as l ever was In my life.
It is truly wonderful what curative
merit these little pink pills possess, and
would honestly recommend them to
any person who has partial paralysis
such as mine. have often heard others
praise them, and now gladly add my
acknowledgment OF the great good which
they have done me"
The great reputation Of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People is based on
the fact that they have wrought many
similar wonders in the cure OF nervous
diseases, such as neuralgia, nervous
prostration, sciatica. st. Vitus' dance,
partial paralysis and locOmotor ataxia.
They are sold by all druggists through
out the world.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-09-08
Talking English.

Here is a story that comes from Lon
don and illustrates the pecultarities Of
the American boy The youngstcr was
ut the Hotel Cecil, and he listened in
tently to group of English folks.
Suddenly he looked up at his mother.
Say ma, do these people talk Eng
lishY Certainly they do, my child.
What a question:" "rhen we don't"
said the cub
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-09-08

The twenty first verse of the seventh
chapter of Ezra in the Old Testament
contains all the letters of the alphab bet.
And l, even | ArtaXerXes the king. do
make decree to all the treasurers
which are beyond the river. that what
soever Ezra, the priest, the scribe of
the law of the God of heaven, shall re
quire of you, 1t be done speedily"