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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08
TESTIMONY BEING TAKEN.
coroner's Jury in the Iroquois Disas
ter Begins Work. sqs >

coroner's Jury in the lroquois Disas-
ter Begins Work. =
Chicago, Jan. 8-The coroner's In
quest over the remains of the victims
Of the Iroquois theater began In the
city council chamber during the day.
The coroner's official list of dead for
use at the inquest contains just 56a
names. Previous police reports indi-
eating sol dead are declared now to be
inaccurate and due to the shifting OF
bodies from one morgue to another.
The first witness before the cor
oner's jury was John C.. Calvin, .
painting contractor. He testified that
on the afternoon of the fire he stepped
into the vestibule of the Iroquois the.
ater to purchase tickets for the fol-
lowing evening. AS he turned to the
ticket Office the center doors of the
lobby foyer and the outside entrance
doors were blown open as though by
a blast Of hot air. Looking into the
foyer he saw people running towards
the entrance. He rushed to the lobby
and endeavored to open the west door
that being the nearest. It was locked
on the inside and he could do nothing
with it.
Calvin said he tried to pacify the
people from rushing or crowding, tried
to prevent a panic, but it was no use
He judged there were not more than a
dozen cleared the door before the
crush came. He Gid what he could to
release the jam, but all the while the
vestibule was filling up by those re-
turning to help their friends. He tried
to open the outside entrance door, the
west door. which he found was bolted.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08
SAID 70 sE ATlsfAcToRY
Japanese offielals considerine the Rua
81 sian Reply. g3.sSS 5;s &

IA Toxic, Jan. The government is
silent concerning the terms Of the
Russian rejoind lei. a high authority
Here, however. says that the reply is
unsatisfactory 70 Japan, especially in
IT. features bearing upon the question
OF Korea. He says that the Russian
government In It's communication ex-
presses Z desire for q peaceful settle
2ment Of the matters IL dispute.
Japan has taken the reply under
scOnsid eration and II convinced that
Russia's protestations are honest and
that there Is Q chance for peace she
will continue the negotiations. AT the
same time the ministry is unqualified
~ opposed to long delay. It Is be.
coming apparent that Japan would re-
sent any intervention upon the part Of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08
SLIGHT HOPE OF PEACE.
Pessimistic Feeling In French Official
z @ Circles. Vi


Paris, Jan. Offlcial and diplo.
matte circles here claim to be without
information regarding the contents Of
the Russian reply to Japan, but the
tone ID distinctly pessimistic and
there are but slight hopes Of q peace
ful exit from the position In which
Russia and Japan find themselves. 81
The diplomats are making inquiries
o. to the attitude Of the powers in
case of war, that to be adopted by the
United States being regarded as par.
ticularly important. To the Associated
Press the Japanese minister said:
$50 The attitude Of the United States
will mean much. She has negotiated
Q treaty with China for the opening of
three ports il Manchnria to the com
merce OF the world These ports have
been occupied by Russia and thus her
treaty rights have been violated.
Japan Is not guided by selfish mo.
tives, but is acting in the interest Of
all nations. hope the United States
will clearly understand our position
and will favor us with their support .
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08

.S Chicago. Jan. s.The coroner and
the chief Of police have received infor-
mation that persons were again tam
pering with the Iroquois theater in an
effort to destroy evidence bearing on
the recent fire. Directions were i'm
lmediately given to allow no person
whatever to go about in the theater
without being accompanied by q po-
Hceman. 55.. s .,ts IL. / = VI
It was said that fresh tampering
consisted largely in the breaking OF
the locks of the exits. ss
Chief of Police O'Neill and Coroner
Traeger have issued orders to police:
men to take into custody represents.
tive OF Trainor & Co. OF Boston, who
made the alleged asbestos curtain for
the Iroquois theater. s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08
Lou DIIion's Record DIsalloyved.

New York, Jan. 8.-The Joint com
mittee OF the National Trottjng 1850:
Citations has decided to disallow Lou
sDillons record Of 2:O5 to high
wheeled ball bearing snlky. made at
Cleveland. Sept. il last. The commit.
mare had previously performed Ia
faster time, which performance was
her record, and precluded : slower
performance being record.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08

purchase or the two rallroau ilnes is q;
violation of the state law of 1874, pro-
hibiting the consolid ation Of railroad
lines In the state; second, the consol-
idation violates the state antitrust
law; third, that the transaction In
wolves the proprietary interests OF the
state and, fourth, that 1t operates to
violate the common law as well as the
Minnesota aEtatIlteS s-y$%zz: b 5lit, Ef5s ~ Z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08

principal crops yielded to the farmers
OF the United States not less than
$3,O34, 1877 1867 in 1903. Figures and
facts which are simply amazing in
their magnitude have been prepared
by the department Of agriculture. The
year which has just been closed was
not the most profitable one for the
farmers; at least one Of two othe,
years since the new century began
have yielded slightly larger crops, but
the figures for 1903 show that the
farmers Of the country command the
principal resources Of the nation. and
have amassed an aggregate wealth
larger than that Of any other class OF
citizens. Railway corporations and
steel trusts and oil syndicates dwindIe
into insignificance when compared
with the agricultural industry.
II The value Of any one Of the twelve
principal farm crops Of the United
States in 1903 is so large as almost to
5banle the human mind to appreciate or
comprehend. In the aggregate of more
than three billions of dollars is found
an example Of human energy greater
than that Of any other anywhere in
the world. -. ~.
S Corn was still king in 1903. ;, The
figures given out by the agricultural
department last week show crop
amounting to nearly two and a quar-
ter millions Of bushels and valued at
1852, sol. Nearly twice as many
acres were given over to corn in 1908
as to any other crop and the produc-
ton was valued at nearly twice as
much as any other. Wheat was sec
ond in acreage. but third In value OF
production, and hay was third in acre
age and third in waite of the crop.
In his recent report, which many
persons believe to be the most impor.
tant Of any In the government, Score.
tary OF Agriculture Wilson said some
significant things about the magnitude
OF the farming industry Of the United
States. Here are some Of the details
prepared in the agricultural depart
nlent last week-which serve ii
8amplify Mr.. Wilson's wonderful story
OF national wealth: The cotton acreage
Was approximately u, O0O, 900. and the
crop. IN round numbers, valued al
$500, 900. 600. King corn hourished on
SO. O91 .993 acres. and yielded 2,244,-
nj, 926 bushels worth to the farmers
who raised It 1861. sss. SOL.
Wheat was harvested from s.4S4..
s67 acres during the season recently
Sclosed. The crop amounted 10 $751;.
81, 836 bushels, valued on the farms d
s$424. Al. sl2. The acreage. productior
and value of the nine other principal
crops we're made public several dayi
ago: they show increases 81 certain
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08

Paris, Jan dispatch to the
Patrie from Constant nople says Rus:
| Tia II negotiating with Turkey to per
init her Black sea fest said to con.
= sist Of seventy-six 41l to pass
through the straits Of the Dardanelles.
555s
st. Petersburg, Jan. The war
ministry has received q dispatch from
Toxic saying that Baron de Rosen, the
Russian ministeri presented Russia's
reply to- the Japanese cabinet Wednes-
I day. q.
Diplomats ;reiterate that war with
Japan Is not likely. The people gen.
erally are absolutely apathetic, the
merchants alone showing uneasiness.
555 All classes of the unofficial world
would welcome any peaceful solution.
y The crisis occasions remarkably little
{ comment among the general public.
Brest, France, Jan. 8. The Russian
cruiser Almaz, OF 2,3S5 tons, leaves
here shortly: for the Far East.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08
WEALTH OF THE FARMERS
How the Farmers of the Nation Have Pros
pered, and What Great Wealth They
Represent.

cases over the production Of 1902, and
decreases in others; but the magni-
tude of all of them is amazing. The
twelve principal crops which have
been reported in detail are corn,
wheat, cotton, oats, barley, rye, buck
wheat, flaxseed, potatoes, hay and to-
bacco. @5o--,-: - =. @...,-.
1t goes without saying that these fig
ures do not represent nearly all of the
value of the farm products of the
United States. For example, no record
has yet been given in detail Of the
fruit crop, each Of which yields a
large revenue to the farmers who raise
them and to the railroads which trans
port them to market The figures do
not include, either, the value of farm
animals and the products of the dairy
ing industry. Secretary Wilson says
that the number of horses in 1903 was
16,557,00O with a value of 81 ,O31, 0OO,-
600. Mules number 2,728,0OO, and are
worth nearly $200,O00,O00. These are
samples of the immense aggregate
value Of animals on the farms Of the
United States and are fairly illustra-
tive Of the others The dairying in
dustry has reached an estimated value
of $517,00O.O0O in mich cows alone.
Other cattle in 1903 were valued. &C
cording to Secretary Wilson's esti-
mate, at 1924, 100000. The sheep are
supposed to be worth approximately
$16s, 100000. and the hogs $685., o00,-
900. -.
The farmers Of the country contri-
butte more to the export trade of the
United States than any other class of
citizens. The country exported $685.
100000 more of agricultural products
last year than were imported. This is
what Mr.. Wilson calls "the farmers
balance Of trade, and he is proud of it.
Fifty years ago, although the farm
ing industry in the United States was
the leading occupation, representing a
greater aggregate wealth by far than
any other field of occupation, the farm
exports were not one-fifth as great as
they we're in 1908. This shows that
while the cities of the United States
have grown enormously, rural life has
not declined. There are sporadic cases
of abandoned farms chiefly in New
England-but, broadly speaking, farm
ing is a vastly more popular field Of
energy than 1t was in the years imme-
diately before and Immediately after
the Civil war. There are more mil
lionaire farmers than there are million
aire ateel magnates and railroad men.
In 1851 the farm exports OF the coun-
Try were valued at $147, 900 900. In
1901 pust NIFTY years laterthey were
$952. 900. 600. Last year they we're
moro than 81. 900. 900 900.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08
JAPs REFUSE 70 CARRY THEM
Russian Marines March Overland {.
.3sj AZ Seoul, Korea. si

Washington, Jan. 8.-United States
Minister Allen, at Seoul, Korea has
scabled the state department that the
Russian marines who were landed at
Chemulpo and who were refused
transportation to Seoul over the Jap
anese railway; have reached the cap
ital, marching overland. 5s@
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08
TO LEAVE THE BLACK SEA
Russia seeks Permit for the Passage Of Her
Warships from the Black Sea Through
the Dardanelles.

any Of the outside powers In the ex,
tremity OF the crisis. It Is thought
possible here that the United States
might intervene. Such intervention,
the Japanese say, would be unjust and
only create delay which would be ad-
Yantageous to Russia II 5ss5*
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08
Mr.. DIETRICH is DISCHARGED

Omaha, Jan. S.-Judge Vandeventer
today decided that the alleged receiv-
ing of bride by Senator Dietrich oc-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08
RUSSIA'S REPLY is RECEIVED

London, Jan. 8..--The text of the
Russian reply was received at Japan
ese legation here. The answer is
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08

CURED before the latter took the oath
Of Office and discharged the prisoner.
A nolle was entered in all other cases
against the senator.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-08

utterly opposed to the main japanese
contention and the legation officially
believes negotiations will be broken
of.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-11
Poor Butter.

Ten cent butter as a rule is loaded
down with ignorance. Ignorance pre-
sides at every step in its history
ignorance of what the maker should
have known to have made it worth as
much as the best, says an exchange.
The original butter fat as it came from
the cow is all right but ignorance took
it in hand, and it's course was down
ward from that time on. The people
who make cheap store butter are just
the ones who despise knowledge and
are always talking against reading and
knowing more. Their butter shows it.
That is the way heaven takes to punish
them for their contempt Of knowledge.
What an amount of punishment they
can endure. These people stand on
their own necks and by making poor
butter surrender their own field to hog
and bull butter, cottonseed oil and
fraud.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-11
DANCING KILLS THE VICTOR
st. Louis Woman Dies at Ball After Win
ming First Prize Over Hundreds
of Competitors.

ST. Louis, March S.-Dressed in the
costume of Columbia, which had just
won the first prize over hundreds of
competitors at the masquerade ball at
the north ST. Louis Turner hall at /
o'clock Sunday morning, Mrs. Joseph
Sailer suddenly threw up her hands
and sank to the floor. She died from
heart disease, induced, it is said, by
too much dancing.
The ball has attracted several hun
dred couples and Mrs. Sailer had been
one of the most conspicuous characters
on the floor. She was good dancer
and her bright costume and graceful
figure made her much sought for as
partner. The first prize was easily
captured by her. Mrs. Sailer had
been dancing constantly and her hus-
band had urged her not to exert her.
self, as she occasionally suffered from
weak heart.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-11
SNOW HOLDS TRAINS WEEKS
Passengers Are Stalled in Drifts and Can
Not Be FOund-Wi1l Be Rescued
When 1t Thaws.

MOI ho IA ASO AAcSChoA
When 1t Thaws.
LewiStOWn. Mont, March BE
tween here and Lombard, nobody
knows just where, three trains, one
freight and two mixed passengers,
have been buried in snOwdrifts for
two weeks. For three weeks the rail
road to Lewistown, the famous Jaw
bone road of central Montana run
ming 115 miles through Fergus county,
has been completely blocked. Snow
plows with big gangs Of men have
been bucking the drifts night and day,
but snow falls almost daily
The missing trains have not been
reached and it is probable they will
not be until thaw sets in. The two
mixed trains carried about twenty
passengers. The crew of the freight
train managed to reach HarlOwtown
and procured provisions. It is believed
the snowbound passengers on the
other trains have succeeded in reach
ing some of the ranches, where they
are being taken care Of.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-11
BE GENTLE WITH COWS.
An Ohio Mans Test to Determine the
Cost of Rough Handling.


Cost of Rough Handling.
Not long ago man who had the
work of testing several dairieS on his
hands told me that he made a trial in
his own herd to see just what would
be the result of excitement upon the
cows, says e. Vincent in Ohio Farmer.
He kept careful record of what his
cows did one day, noting the number
of pounds and making test with the
Babcock machine. The next day he
had the cows driven into the yard as
usual He then went down with dog
to which the cows were not accus-
toned and drove the herd into the
barn with considerable yelling and
flourishing of sticks mingled with the
barking of the dog. The cows were
then MIXED. The milk was weighed as
on the previous night and test made
of the butter fat it contained 1t was
found that there was a marked falling
of in the amount of milk obtained, but
this was not the most serious loss.
The percentage Of butter fat dropped
perceptibly. Suppose this system or
exciting the cows should be followed
UP for a season, what would be the re-
suit? Such experiments as my friend
made prove that the loss must be re-
markable Few Of us are rich enough
to carry on business that way. And
yet there are hundreds of farmers who
are doing just that thing. They allow
their COWS to be harried by dogs and
yelled at by hired men.
A careful mixer, quiet in his ways
about the barn and stable and gentle
in his manipulation Of the cows. will be
worth many dollars more in the course
Of S ugle season than one who works
on the principle that the COW is moth
ing but machine.
There is not 4 cow anywhere, no
matter how poorly bred she may be,
that will not respond to kindly treat
ment. She knows the very sound Of
the voice of the man who comes
around her. She will come up to him
in the open yard in a friendly way II
he is willing to meet her halfway, or
she will run away from him if she
feels that he has no sympathy with
her. OF course the more highly organ
lied the animal is the more susceptible
she is to these influences. And the
rough, harsh and unfeeling man has
no more place among lot of high
Str,,np unrvOuS COWS than q hTIl has
in china shop.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-11
made at moderate price.
Calumet
Baking
Powder


Icelanders never think of locking
up at night, and yet only two cases
Of thieving have occurred in many
years. One was a poor man with a
broken arm, who stole several sheep to
save his family from starving. The
punishment melted out to him was that
food was provided for his family, he
was placed under medical care and
work was given him when his arm had
healed. The other case was of a for
eigner who stole seventeen sheep. The
law demanded that he restore the
value of the thefts and then leave the
country or be executed Naturally he
left.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-11
DAIRY CATTLE

An inquirer asked Professor Shaw Of
the st. Paul Farmer, What breed Of
bull would you advise me to use on my
scrub cows to get good mixers in Min
nesota?"
The professor advises him to use
Red Poll, ShOrthorn or Brown Swiss
bull, thus ignoring all that the world
has accomplished in the past 500 years
in the way of developing cattle OF spe-
cific dairy capacity. w. f. Schilling,
editor of the Mortified (Minn.) News,
made column Of very pertinent COM
ment on the subject. One paragraph of
Mr.. Schilling's article is as follows:
Suppose this same farmer should
have asked the question, What breed
should select if I wish to raise beef
cattle?' Professor Shaw would have
answered him by saying Shorthorns Or
some other beef breed. People are
very kelly to get mixed in this kind of
information, and there should be line
drawn somewhere. The breeding of a
herd should not be guesswork. If a
person is breeding for all beef or all
milk, he certainly finds many difficult
ties, but when he is breeding for milk
and beef together he is up against the
real thing"
Great is dual purpose
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-11
Playing n Trick ON Mccullough.

Will Mcconnell and John Mccullough
We're playing ''Virginius," and McCOn-
nell was doing Icilius. When he had
to so up to John and shake hands with
him he put hard boiled egg into his
palm and left it there, and Mccullough,
being in the center of the stage and
alone, could not get rid of it. He dis
charged Will, as usual, that night, but
he never stayed discharged, and he
was taken on again when they found
him on board the train on the way to
the next stand.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-11
WILL REFER THE SCALE
Locals of the u. M. w. Are to Vote on the
Ultimatum of the OPP
orators

indianapolis, March S.-After long
debate, in which the subject was
threshed over fully, the national U.
M. w. convention decided to refer the
question of accepting the scale offered
by the operators to the locals. the vote
to be taken March Is and counted in
this city by the national officials March
IT. 1t was provided that locals could
delegate each a watcher to be present
at the count.
Mitchell will and does urge that the
proposition be accepted, and it is rU-
mored that he will resign if his adj
vice is not accepted. Mitchell has not
said so, as far as known, but did say
that he did mot wish to influence
members now" Patrick Dolan, of the
Pittsburg miners, says the conventions
action ends any show of strike.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-11
Destructive Fire at Elmira.

Elmira, n. Y, March Sire which
started at night has destroyed two FL
mira theatres, the Lyceum and Audi
forum. The total loss is estimated at
100000. Sparks from the Lyceum
ignited the Realty building, five-story
structure, in which the Auditorium and
many offices We're located The build
ing was practically Quilted and the
fire was not brought under control I'M
til after o'clock in the morning.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-11
Offers Reward for Arctic Explorer.

st. Petersburg, March S.-The
academy of science has offered So, $50
to any one giving information in re-
gard to the whereabouts of the party
of Baron Toll, the arctic explorer, from
whom nothing has been heard since he
left the yacht Zaria in 1902, and
started fol Bennett island. Baron Toll
and his companions are believed to
have been carried out to sea by the
ice off Bennett island, in November,
1902.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-11
FIRE ON KANSAS PRAIRIEs
Heavy Losses Reported-Caused by People
Burning Stubble.

Topeka, Kan, March Numerous
reports are coming in from Kansas
counties telling of hevay losses from
prairie fires. In almost every instance
the fires were caused by people burn
ing Stubble and pasture land The
high wind came unexpectedly, and the
fires were beyond control in short
time. Many narrow escapes from
death are reporterd, but as far as
known only one person, Frank Nc
Grew, of Bird City, was burned to
death. No estimate is made of the ag-
gregate damage, but it is very high.
Lexington, Neb., March A terri
fic prairie fire swept over the north
eastern part of the county, doing an
immense amount of damage Several
buildings were burned, live stock was
destroyed, and much damage done to
other property. A large force of men
fought the fire all day.