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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS, Nov. 25, 1904

EDGERToN, WIS.,, Nov. 25, 1904.
Conditions that have prevailed for
some weaks past in the leaf tobacco mar
kets continue. Aside from few sales
of the new crop to buyers of the Ameri
can Cigar Co., the movement is at a
standstill awaiting the advent of casing
weather. Old leaf, on the other hand
is being sought for quite extensively and
the aggregate purchases in all sections
amount to good many hundred cases,
and is fast reducing the remnants of
cured leaf held in country hands. Prices
for these goods, however, still remain
below the cost of production. Sales
coming to notice are:
George Green, IA '04 at sale.
M. Hulverson, 5a O4 at 714&1c.
A. B. Hulverson Ga 04 at Tale.
Jens Finsness, 42cs 03 at 5&2c.
G. E. Sweeney has purchased 4Ocs of
'O3 from K. Otteson, ACES of G.. N. Camp
bell and 3Ocs of Chris Phillips. Conway
& Hubbell and w. T. Pomeroy & Co..
have also purchased few hundred
cases of these goods during the week.
Halverson & Bitters sold 160cs of '01 to
F. S. Baines.
Growers are anxiously awaiting casing
weather and are ready now to turn their
attention to stripping after the first
damp spell which is delayed beyond the
usual time.
The shipments out of storage reach
4OOcs from this market to all points for
the week past.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Lancaster.
LANCASTER NEW ERA, Nov. 15, 1904.

Although the packers say little busi-
ness was done last week the record
shows that considerable tobacco changed
hands after all. The main trouble is
that the goods wanted are not on hand,
and dealers can sell only what they have,
and the variety it must be confessed, is
not large. The sales that have been
brought to our notice were 30Ocs Of 1903
crop sold for Milton Ranck, by Mr..
Cooper, to Morris Levy; 163cs of 1901
goods by Croft & Roland, the last of that
crop they had; 150cs sold by M. M. Fry;
in all, 613cs. For the corresponding
week of last year the sales were 285cs.
The wet weather of Sunday and Mon
day was hardly sufficient to put the to-
tobacco in the barns in a condition to be
taken down and stripped. We have not
heard much during the week about sales
of the new crop, although it would not
surprise us to learn that the buying was
on more limited scale, the majority of
packers still being of the opinion that
there can he no money in the goods at
present prices. But will they go lower?
That is the question. Tobaccos are high
in New England, Ohio and Wisconsin,
therefore it is not easy to see where the
packer is to 60 to fill his warehouse.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
NEW YORK. Nov, Is. 1904.

AS far as domestic leaf is concerned,
1903 Pennsylvania Broad leaf and Zim-
mer Spanish take the lead, and some
large transactions in each have been re-
corded The 1908 Wisconsin is now ap.
pearing on the market. Packers in order
to make profit have to ask pretty good
figures on account of the enormous
quantity of damaged leaf which had to
be thrown out. Packers of new Con-
necticut are somewhat disappointed on
sorting out some crops they have pur-
chased, as they do not yield the percent
age of wrappers expected.
Sumatra-The Sumatra market has
been very steady during the past week,
and a number of noteworthy transac-
tions are reported. A fairly wide range
of choice is afforded by the goods now IN
the market, barring, of course, extremely
light colors, and buying promises to be
freer in the near future.
Havana More activity was expert
enced in this type than for some weeks
past. However, stocks are very low. and
some of the calls have to be turned down
simply because the goods wanted are
not to be had.-Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
SToUGHToN. Wis, Nov. 20, 1904

The tobacco growers throughout Wis
consin are wishing for about week of
damp weather so that buying of 1904
might be resumed. We hear of an occa-
sional new crop being purchased by the
American Cigar Co. at s cents per pound
but little is being done by any dealer,
except in old goods. Prices on 1908 are
still low. AS fair sample we quote the
sale of 30cs of 1903 recently by William
Have to Ed Simonson at Gaze per pound.
Harry Putnam and T. E. Sayre have
been receiving a large amount of old
goods at the Stoughton station during
the week. AL Schroede is shipping sew
eral cars per week to Evansville and Mil
waukee, where sorters and stemmers are
employed in handling export goods.
Sanford Soverhill of GAINESVILLE obtained
3,0OOcs of 1903 at Stoughton, all for ex-
port.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Baldwfnsville, N. ".

The American Tobacco Co. have pur-
chased number of crops of 1904 recent
ly at reported prices from to II cents
in the bundle. Some of their purchases
were made in the Cold Spring district,
where an unusually fine crop was grown
this year. A. Heinke returned last
Thursday from Ohio, where he bought a
considerable amount. His purchases
will be shipped here and handled at the
local warehouse of his firm, Charles r.
Goldsmith & Co.. A force of about 40 is
already engaged in the work and will be
employed for several months.
Ira Center-Samuel Wells has sold his
tobacco for cents in the bundle, and
Eugene Hickok for IL cents, to be de-
livered to III. Sleight of Meridian. Chas.
Pulsipher disposed of his 1904 crop for
10 cents and Fred Cartner for cents, to
be delivered at Fulton.-Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. 19. 100.


From the glowing reports Of cur cor
respondent in all the centers of our cigar
industry it is but logical to draw the
conclusion that our cigar industry is in a
more progressive and prosperous condi-
tion than ever before. This brisk con-
dition of the manufactured article must
naturally enough reflect on the leaf mar
ket. And it does, only that the supply
is not sufficient to correspond to it. The
binder situation in particular is most
embarrassing. Wisconsin is relied upon
to furnish the bulk of the supply. But
last years crop was in many respects
disappointing one. Of course, good
portion of it has been saved but 1T will
not begin to meet ends. The samples OF
the clean and sound portion of the crop
have reached the market and they no
doubt will lead to speedy transactions.
Considering the scarcity of the stock
and the additional expense incurred in
cleaning, the market price of from 10 to
16 cents would appear to be an exceed
ingly reasonable one. In filler leaf the
1908 Pennsylvania is ruling the market
and from to 6 thousand cases have
been disposed of during the week For
wrapper leaf the Sumatra has nearly all
its own way. Stocks are fast diminish
ing by the steady demand for it and the
general satisfaction it is giving. In Ha-
vana leaf the call remains for old Rene
dios which, according, to our reports
from Cuba, seem to have vanished from
that market altogether. AS for factory
vegas the demand far exceeds the visible
supply and it would astonish any gov
ernment expert to see what kind of leaf
necessity presses into suitableness for
wrapper purposes.-Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25

The department of agriculture has is
sued preliminary estimate for the aver
age yield per acre of the 1904 cigar leaf
tobacco crop. The New England rate of
yield is placed at 1886 pounds, varia-
tion of only IA pounds from the estimate
of New England Homestead, published
October l. The government puts the
New York yield at 1145 pounds per acre.
No doubt but this is trifie low. Last
year the department estimated the rate
of yield at 1925 pounds, and both as re-
CARDS quality and weight the 1904 crop
of the Empire state is far better than
that of 1908. The Pennsylvania yield is
estimated at 1889 pounds per acre, Wis
consin at 1882 pounds, Ohio, Miami val
ley, 922 pounds, and Georgia and Florida
$50 pounds. The quality of the New
York crop is reported as the best since
1900. About 1000 acres of Pennsylvania
tobacco were said to be totally destroyed
by hail; 1000 acres partly damaged, will
make serviceable toDa eco. From 1900 to
1000 acres of Keystone leaf were frosted.
The Ohio cigar leaf crop is reported as
exceptionally good; not as leafy as '03,
but of good body and free from injury
by insects"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25

Kentucky. A resolution from commit
tee of local warehousemen was presented
in which it was agreed that they would
not force the sale of a patrons tobacco
to pay advances on the crop, and assur-
ances given by them to do all in their
power to advance the interests of the
farmers The association adjourned to
meet in Owens boro, KY, in October,
1905, the date to be decided upon by the
officers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Very Low Excursion Rates for Christmas
Holidays

Very Low Excursion Rates for Christmas
Holidays
to all points on the Nickel Plate Road
between Chicago and Buffalo. Excursion
tickets on sale December oath, 25th, 26th
and 31st, 1904, and January LIST and End,
1905, good returning January 4th, 1908.
Three through express trains daily. No
excess fare charged on any train. Also
lowest rates and shortest line to Cleve-
land, Buffalo, New York, Boston and all
eastern points. Modern sleeping and
dining cars. Individual Club Meals,
ranging in price from 35c to S100 served
in Nickel Plate dining cars; also service
a la carte. All trains leave from La
Sale ST. Station, Chicago. City ticket
offices, Chicago, ILL.,, Ill ADAMS st. and
Auditorium Annex. For further partic-
ulars address John Y Callahan, General
Agent 113 Adams ST., Room 29S.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES
Observation-Disclosures.

Secretary Taft of the treasury depart
ment announces his intention to recon-
mend to congress the admission into the
United States of sugar and tobacco at a
reduction of 25 per cent of the present
Dingley tariff rates. It is expected the
domestic sugar interests will strongly
oppose the proposed reduction and that
the tobacco trade will present united
front against it. Between the two a
lively fight should and probably will be
waged against the bill. The tobacco
trade has already taken decided stand
against allowing the tobacco grown by
coolie labor in any country coming into
competition with the domestic product
on unequal terms.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25

A marked copy of The Crop Reporter,
issued by the agricultural department,
has been received at this office, in which
the sugar beet crop of Wisconsin for 1904
is given at 1880 acres. The authority
for the figures is given to Willett & Gray,
sugar statisticians of New York, but
where the New York firm derived it's in
formation is not known but is generally
supposed to be reliable sources. How
ever, the figures gathered from the as
SCISSORS returns made to the state board
of agriculture and published in this col
umn last week give the acreage but a
trife over 5000 acres as the Wisconsin
sugar beet crop. Manifestly big error
somewhere has crept into these esti-
mates, and we are inclined to believe
that the figures furnished the New York
people were based upon individual esti-
mates made previous to the compiling of
the statistics gatherd by the assessors
who are entrusted in taking all the crop
statistics. The error, too, may be re-
sponsible for estimated yield for the
present year placed at decrease of s
per cent.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-02-16
HULL DODC|NC
BREACH OF PROMISE JUDO.
MENT FOR $4,000
THROUGH BANKRUPTCY
Another Movement in the
Carrollton Case.

Emerson Hull, the young farmer liv-
III g near Minerva against whom Lydia
Hutchinson secured judgment for
$4,000 for breach of promise, has taken
advantage of the bankruptcy law to
defeat the collection of the judgment
The papers were filed in Cleveland and
then sent to Attorney A. NJ. McCarty,
Of Canton, the referee In bankruptcy
for this dictrict.
Hull alleges in the application filed
that he has no property in excess Of
$500 and this Is held as homestead
His only debts are the judgment and
THE costs in the case, which amount
to $275. The reason that the young
man took the step is that his father Is
quite wealthy, being the owner of 800
acres of land In Carroll county. The
intention of the girl was to get judg-
ment' and wait until he came into his
inheritance and then collect it.
The case will be remembered as one
tried before Judge Amber recently in
Carrollton. 1t was proven that Hull
began going with Miss Hutchinson and
tad promised to marry. He continued
his attentions up to short time be-
fore he married another woman. 1t
vas case that attracted great deal
Of attention. The parties formerly
lived at Minerva, but the girl is now
working in pottery at Sebring
There is some little difference Of
opinion as to whether bankruptcy will
relieve Hull of this judgment, but his
attorneys, Blythe & Thompson, think
1t will. =
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-02-16
H0RSEMAN HURT

John Pierce, horse raiser and
trader, who lives In a camp construct
ed in Sprankle's woods. met with an
accident Saturday afternoon, on West
Fifth street near Market Pierce
came to Canton In tie morning of that
day with several horses which he in
tended trading. His deals consum-
mated, he started back for his camp,
driving horse and also leading one.
While looking after the Embarrassed
beast, the one in front suddenly stop
ped The force Of this threw Pierce
over the dashboard and he struck on
his head In the fall. When picked up
he was unconscious. and bleeding
from a wound on the temple. Medical
attendance quickly brought the man
around to a state where he could
proceed ON his homeward journey.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-02-16
CARRIE TUCKER
Died Of Pneumonia at Sparta-Stranse
Bed Visions.


Bed Visions.
Miss Carrie Tucker, the IA year old
daughter of w. d. Tucker, OF Brandt
avenue, Canton. died at the home of
Joseph Briggle at Sparta, at o'clock
Sunday morning, after being Ill from
"Wednesday with pneumonia. Both
lungs were affected. Carrie had been
taken into the home of Mr.. Briggle
some years ago, after the death of her
mother and was being raised as one of
their own children. A week from last
"Wednesday she visited her father in
Canton, returning the following Sun
day. She at that time was suffering
from slight cold which later devel-
oped into pneumonia.
The child had strange experience
upon her death bed. She was a mem
Der of the Methodist curch of Sparta
and of religious disposition. Those
who were at her bedside say that she
seemed to have vision of what was
beyond the gates, and she talked freely
with her mother who was burned to
death at Minerva seven or eight years
ago, also with Mrs. Briggle, whose
death occurred recently and with TIL
lie Haidet, recently deceased. The
child was as happy as could be all the
time she was in the final struggle for
breath and life.
The funeral will occur Monday after
noon, friends meeting at the house at
1:30 at the M. e, church at Sparta.
Interment at the Sparta grave yard.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-02-16
Mysterious Circumstance.

One was pale and sallow and the
other fresh and rosy. Whence, the diff
ference? She who Is blushing with
health uses DIR. Kings New Life
Pills to maintain IT, BY gently arous-
ing the lazy organs they compel good
digestion and head OF constipation.
Try them. Only 25c. at The Durbin
& Wright Co. druggist.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-02-16
WHEN The Devil
WAS SICK, The DEVIL
A Saint Would Be; When the Devil
Got Well, the Devil a Saint Was
Han

He."
Guffin, accused of bigamy, sent for
the preacher after he was placed in
the Wooster Jail. The Wooster Re-
publican says:
Richard Guffin. who is now safely
lodged in the Wayne county Jail under
the charge of bigamy and awaiting
the next session Of the grand jury,
states that he is an innocent man. On
Friday evening he sent for Rev. II.
w. Lowry. who performed the cere-
nony uniting Guffin and Miss Nc
Cormick, and told him with an air
that carried conviction that he had
applied for a divorce and had every
reason to believe that it had been
granted. He said that lawyer who
had the case had told him that the
divorce had been granted, and upon
that authority he went ahead and got
married. He stated to Rev. Lowry
that the woman he regarded as his
former wife was in Illinois and not
in Lima, as stated, and that he had not
seen her for a long time. Guffin, 1t
would seem is evidently a badly i'm
posed on individual, or else he Is a
very smooth crook. The fact that he
allowed his whereabouts in Cleveland
to be known seem to many to indicate
that he was not aware that he had
violated the law. UNLESS something
very unforeseen happens, however,
Guffin stands good chance of being
sent to Columbus.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-02-16
THE v. & |. {, RY,
Is Making Great Plans for
This Year.

officials of the Wheeling G Lake
Erie feel jubilant over the prospects
OF having the new road into the Pitts
burg district opened for traffic by
April /. The Joining of the two ends
of the mammoth bridge on the Wa
bash across the Monongahela river re-
moves the last vestige Of doubt about
the matter under ordinary circum-
stances. The road from Jewett to the
bridge has been practically finished
and will be in fair condition tor
traffic by that time. This cantilever
bridge Is the longest In the United
States and the second longest in the
world. 1t measures S12 feet between
abutments and consists of twelve sep
arate sections. Strikes of the work.
men and two accidents, resulting In
the loss of life tach time, have caused
some delay in its construction. The
hiring of additional trainmen, which
has been in progress at Canton for the
past three weeks. by the Wheeling &
Lake Erie officials, is but step In the
general plans to have the system from
st. Louis to Pittsburg In excellent
condition for competition with the
Pennsylvania as soon as traffic has
been opened. The Wabash has also
lately purchased large amount OF
steel rails which will be used on the
Wheeling & Lake Erie. A dispatch
from Toledo states that the Wabash
has already planned fast passenger
and express train from Pittsburg to st.
Louis, to make stops only at the chief
stations en- route.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-02-16
DEATH OF AN INFANT.

The ten-day-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. John H. Barnett. OF I4I6 Lip
pert street, died yesterday morning.
Tho funeral will be at 1880 .. m to-
day. Tntermsat st Westlawn. 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-06
TRAIN ROBBERS FENCE
Booty Secured by the Robbers Who
Held up the Rock Island Train Near
Let's Found In a Corn Field.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Columbus Junction, Dec 6. = Rail-
road tickets to the value of $4,000 and
five dozen knives and spoons, COM
prised the booty of the daring crowd
of train robbers who held up the Rock
Island flyer to st. Louis near Let's
last August. This was ascertained
yesterday when Jasper Ham, farmer
living six miles south of this place,
came upon the treasure trove conceal
ed in furrow in his corn field, and
snugly covered with corn stalks.
There they had been placed by the
bandits, who evidently did not wish to
have the stuff on them as proofs Of
their guilt if arrested in their flight.
1t is supposed that they planned to
return for the spoflR when the vigor of
the chase had sub ded,a but in this
plan they We're disappointed by the
st. Louis detectives. who broke up the
gang and killed their leader after a
desperate and bloody fight.
The amount secured by the train
robbers has been variously estimated
at from 100000 to nothing at all. The
actual amount if all that was taken
has been recovered, is considerably less
than had been generally conjectured.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-06
BENJAMIN BIsEL DEAD
Pioneer of LaPorte Passes Away
Sketch of His Life.


Sketch of His Life.
Special TO Times Republican.
LaPorte City. Dec. 6.-Another one
Of the early pioneers of this section
answered the call of the last roll yes
terday at 10 a. M, in the person of
Benjamin Bisel.
Mr.. Bisel was born in Bedford coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, Feb. Z, 1917. and was
therefore 81 years, 8 months and IL
days old. ITe lived in the land of his
birth until 1850, when he moved to
Fayette county, in the same state,
where he lived for the short period Of
four years, when he came west to
Bloomington, Illinois, and thence to
Joliet in the same state, where he re-
sided for some eleven years. In 1866
he came west and bought land IN Tama
county, six miles northeast Of Traer,
upon which he lived until the death of
his first wife in the latter part of the
year 1884, when he took UP his resi-
dence in LaPorte City, where he has
lived since that time. He was first
married in 1874 and was the father of
ten children by this marriage, seven
of whom survive as follows: Henry
Bisel, who lives about forty miles from
Salt Lake City, Utah; Mary E. Snow,
and Mrs. q. T. Fuller, LaPorte City;
Alexander Bisel, Petersburg, Neb.; Is
aac Bisel, Cedarville, Kas.; Mrs. l..
Blasdel, living on the old homestead,
which is still owned by her father, near
Traer, Iowa, and Franklin Bisel Mat
lock, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-06
SURPRISE ON LODGE MEMBER.
Mr.. Carl GerIock, of PauIlina, Reaches
Age of Seventy Years.

Mr.. Carl GerloCk, OF FdulIUdy nodSISS
Age Of Seventy Years.
Special to Times-Republican.
Paullina, Dec. 6.-Mr. Carl Gerlock,
one of Paullina's most honored citizens,
was sitting by his fireside, enjoying the
quiet Of the peaceful Sabbath after
noon, when large number of his
brother Master Masons assembled ats
2:3O p. M, marched to his residence;
knocked and were admitted to his
commodious, cheerful home, and before
he realized what was going on, nearly
all of the members of Fulton Lodge,
A. F. & A. NJ, had gathered around
him, and while he took each brother
by the hand in a manner that betokened
a sincere and hearty welcome. yet there
was an expression of real surprise OH
his genial countenance.
After all had been seated, "one of the
boys" in brief speech, informed Mr.
Gerlack that his Masonic brethren had
come to the knowledge that this was
his birthday, he being seventy years
old, and that they we're there to con-
graduate him, as well as the members
of his lodge, that he had been spared
and was still in the possession of good
health and Of all of his faculties, and
ever ready to answer the Sound of
the gavel."
Brother Gerlack very feelingly and
f1ttingly thanked the brethren for their
expression of fraternal regard and good
will towards him, after which the time
was spent in social intercourse. 1t Is
very certain that all the brethren pres
ent will remember 1t as one of the
most enjoyable events of life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-06
Item. From Ellsworth.

Special to Times-Republican.
! Ellsworth, Dec. 6.-Work has begun
on Oscar Gonnan's new implement
building.
The congregation Of West Trinity
Lutheran church gave their pastor,
Rev. Hiortholm, surprise yesterday.
They presented him with big double
seated surrey.
! G. w. Pearson, the horse buyer, has
lust purchased carload Of horses.
M. ]. Mansager, who has been the
butter maker at the Ellsworth cream
cry for number Of years, has been
succeeded by q. M. Fjetland, who has
been working in the creamery at
Klemme. Mr.. Fjetland Is an Ellsworth
boy and has many friends who are glad
to see him located here again.