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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-22
Baldwinsville, N. Y.

There have been no changes in the
condition of the local market during the
past week, no sales having been report
ed. Charles r. Goldsmith of New York
was in town Wednesday inspecting his
firms new warehouse.
South Granby-Some of our farmers
are getting somewhat impatient in re-
gard to the weather. A large part of the
crop is on the poles yet with no prospect
of getting it down. Time is passing and
they realize that they are going to have
a short time to handle the crop. Stalks
are frozen solid and it will take large
amount of dampness to get it down.
The headquarters of the Continental
Tobacco company of New York state and
part of Pennsylvania have been trans
ferred to Syracuse from Buffalo. From
now on the twenty-five travelling repre-
sentatives will start from Syracuse as
they did three years ago when there were
only ten salesmen in 1900 the head
quarters of the company were in this
city and under the management of
Frank Ortman. A.. d. Ross has sue
sceeded him IS territorial manager. Ga
zette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-22
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Market.

Our correspondents write as follows:
Hadley, Mass: VERY little of the to-
bacco grown in town is in the bundles
the larger part is still hanging. Three
or four sales have been made, but it was
impossible for me to learn prices. but
doubtedly ranging from 10 to l5c.
Thomas Burk hes opened his asserting
shop. He has been buying in Connecti-
cut. He has bought none in this town."
Conway, Mass: II have little that is
new to report. The tobacco business is
pretty dull; no buyers around yet, and |
don't know as we want them until we
get it all down. We should like it bet
ter if we had it all stripped, but now we
can do nothing but wait" Hinsdale, ~.
H.: mo sales to report; the four lots re-
ported some time ago were delivered
lately. More than one half the crop is
still on the poles. There are several lots
of the 1902 in the growers hands vet"
Wethersfeld Ct: "News in the tobacco
line is about the same. No sales to re-
port, and very little of it stripped as yet"
Suffield, CT: There is not a great deal
to report in the tobacco business. One
of our neighbors sold his 1902 crop for
Zoe. Comparatively few have their 1908
crops all down. There has been very lit
tie damp weather and many do not care
to use steam to dampen their crops"
Hatfield: Many of the crops in town
have been taken down and steamed
They are weighing out rather lighter
than usual. Sales have been made to
buyers from Springfield, Winsted, CT,
and New York City" Westfeld: "Not
many sales reported, but most of the
crops have been handled since the recent
rainy spell and are ready for inspection.
The crop is in good condition" Deer
field: "Steam handling is not much
practiced here. Most of the crops are
being sorted and packed outside. There
is general impression that the supply
of fine leaf will De short. "-Cultivator.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-22

comment or surprise among those best
acquainted with the condition of the
,market We are not far enough away
from the holidays to warrant lively
trade. more especially as the few months
preceding them were marked by numer
Gus large and continued sales, which
went far towards clearing the home mar
ket of its most desirable goods. At the
same time it must be admitted that for
various reasons an active market is
hardly to be anticipated for some time
to come. The sales that have been re-
ported are 225cs by Memo Nj. Fry & Co.
and l03cs by 3. II. Good & Co.; in all,
32Scs. For the corresponding week of
last year the sales were 704cs.
There appears to be about the same
amount of trading in 1903 tobacco as has
been reported for several weeks past.
The buyers are those who have been at
work all along, no new ones having en-
tered the field. Some of the purchases
are reaching the packing houses, and a
more careful examination is possible
there of the quality of the goods. Upon
the verdict there rendered the future
price and buying of the crop will de-
pend.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-22
Tobacco Men In Conference.

All the principal tobacco growing Sec
tions of the Connecticut valley were we'll
represented this week at the 2lst annual
meeting of the New England Tobacco
Growers association. held in the state
capitol at Hartford, Tuesday. The cleo
ton of officers for the new year resulted
ia the reelection of most of those who
held office during the past year. The
officers are: Pres. Edward Halliday of
Suffield; Vice Pres, Thaddeus Graves of
Hatfield, Mass; Sec. and Treas, Paul
Ackerly of Rockville, CT.
A committee on resolutions, appointed
to consider resolutions, reported In favor
of the association holding a summer as
well as winter meeting, and suggested
that one be held at Springfield, Mass,
on or about Aug. l. The resolution was
adopted. The date and arrangements
will be duly announced by the president.
The feature of the afternoon session
was two addresses, one by DIR. z. III. Jen-
kins Of New Haven, director of the state
agricultural experiment. station sat Po-
quonock, and one by A. ID Shamel of
the plant breeding division of the UT. S.
department of agriculture at Washing
ton.
DR.. jenkins spoke. on the subject Of
fertilizers. OF the green manures, rye
had proved superior for the station pur-
poses to crimson clover although a
drawback to it is the frequent delay in
plowing it under. When green manure
is not used.
In his address on the improvement of
tobacco by seed selection. Mr.. Shamel
emphasized the point that properly Sc
Iected seed is of great Importance in to-
bacco growing, as there is tendency in
the crop to break into different types,
many of which are not valuable for to-
bacco purposes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-22
NEW YORK. Jan. Ii. 1904

Business in domestic leaf has shown
no great activity so far this year Fac
tories seem to be little late in finishing
their inventories. A little trading is be-
ing done in all kinds of tobacco, but only
small sales are reported.
Sumatra.-This branch of the market
continues quiet, but Withdrawals have
been quite heavy during the past week,
and importers anticipate an improved
condition of trade before the month
closes.
Havana.-Little is doing in Havana
leaf. However, the weeks Withdrawals
have been heavy in this line also, and
importers feel that the manufacturers
stocks are reduced, and that actual ne
cessity will drive buyers into the market
in the near future. No noteworthy sales
have been reported during the past
Week.-Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-22

-WANTED.-Fifty men to work to-
bacco land on shares. Elegant soil. Ad-
dress Prairie du CHEN Progressive As
sociation. 52tf
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-22
Lancaster.

LANCASTER NEW ERA. Jan. 12, 1904.
The inactivity which marked the close
of last year and the beginning of this
still continues, but the fact creates little
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-22
New York.
New YORK, Jan. 16, 1904.

NEW YORK, Jan. TO- ISU4.
Hardly anything worthy of special
mention has transpired in the leaf mar
ket during the week. But routine
business was done which consisted prin-
cipally in effecting orders taken before
the close of last year. There were but
few buyers in the market. In week or
so. however, livelier times can be ex-
pected. journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
MISSOURI CROP BULLETIN.
The Month of December Was Nota-
BILE for Its Cold and Dry
weather..

The United States department OF
agriculture, climate and crop bulletin
of the weather bureau, Missouri Sec
ton, for the month of December, 1903,
says:
December, 1908, averaged consider
ably colder than usual throughout the
state, and in most sections the month
was also unusually dry. There were
two marked cold waves during the
month, the lowest temperatures occur
ring on the 18th, and ranging from
zero to 10 degrees below in the CEN
trail and northern sections. Over the
extreme southern counties the total
precipitation ranged from 2 to 3
inches, but in the central and north
ern sections it was much lighter, some
localities receiving less than 1 inch.
The snowfall was generally light, the
heaviest falls occurring in the central
counties, where, over limited areas,
the total for the month exceeded 4
inches.
The month was generally unfavor-
able for winter wheat. The crop re-
ceived but little protection from snow,
and in some sections was injured more
or less by alternate freezing and thaW-
ing, while in many counties, especially
in the central and southern sections
1t suffered from lack OF moisture. Ii
most of the northern and western
counties, however, the present condi'
ton of the crop is reported as very
near the average, and it is also fairly
promising in many of the central ant
southeastern counties, although the
plants have made very little growth
but in some counties of the latter sec
tons the outlook is very d~iscouraglng
In some of the southern counties con
siderable late sown wheat has no
come up. Good rains in the southern
counties, on the 23d and Gath, greatl!
benefited the crop in those sections.
The month has been favorable TO
gathering standing corn, and very lit
tie now remains in the fields. Consid
cradle shocked corn is still out, how
ever, the weather having been too Or,
fer husking.
F%all-sown grasses are reported Il
fair to good condition in most OF tn
northern, but in some of the centra
and southern counties they have bee
greatly damaged by the dry weather.
A. E. HACKETT,
Section Director.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

An agitation has been commenced in
New York for a more uniform system
of tea inspection.
Legislation aimed at the trading
stamp is being considered in New
York.
Chester w. Kingsley, of Cambridge,
Mass, who died recently, left $500 0
to the charities of the city. His wife,
who was buried the day before his
death, also bequeathed her individual
fortune to b%enevolest purposes.
Lewis P. Abbott, for 80 years a mem
Der of the Boston fire department, a
part of that time holding the office Of
district chief, retired on a pension Of
$1,000 yearly on New Years day. He
has missed but four fire in his district
during his term Of service.
Mrs. Mary Conway has been appoint
ed tax collector Of Gordon, Pa. She
Is a widow and a school teacher, and
she is the first woman ever appointed
to a position Of this kind is that sec
ton. Collection Of taxes in Gordon
is very difficult and carries little emol-
ument, and no male resident could be
found to undertake the work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14

Parke Goodwin, from 1897 to 1858
editor of the New York Evening Post,
of which he again became editor a
few years later. and well known as
editor and author of several books,
died, on the 7th, in New York city.
Congress, on the Sth, passed the bill
making available the sum of $250,000
to meet the emergency growing out
of the ravages of the Mexican boil
weevil.
President Roosevelt has been chosen
to deliver the principal Grafton at the
semi-centennial jubilee of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, at Madison, next
June.
Representative Dalzell, of Pennsyl-
vania, introduced a bill in congress,
on the 8th, providing for the CONSOLE
dation of third and fourth class mail
matter, to be admitted at the rate Of
one cent each for two ounces.
The body of the ei~ght-year-old boy
| killed in the Rock Island wreck at
| Willard, Kas., was identified, on the
Sth, as Walter Reed, of Chillicothe,
Mo. He was the seventeenth victim.
Former clerk of the courts, at Potts
Vile, Pa, John T. Schooner, was, on
the Sth, found guilty of the embezzle-
ment of $4,000 in fees collected on
liquor licenses.
A trolley car jumped the track at
the approach of a trestle at Sherman
and Haskell avenues, in Kansas City
Kas., on the night of the Sth, and, run
ming over the ties onto the ~trestle, top
pied over and fell to the ground, ter
feet below, seriously injuring five per
sons.
Three more deaths from typhoid
fever occurred at Butler, Pa, on the
Sth, raising the total to 50. One new
case was reported.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Audience Was Calm.

A chorus girl leaving the stage at the
Willis Wood theater, in Kansas City,
during the early part of the Sultan OF
Sulu, switcher her bespangled skirts
against the electrical switchboard and
short-circuited the connections. In
stantly every light on the stage and
In the theater, even in the lobby, went
out, and the audience of more than
1850 people was left in absolute dark
ness. Not a person moved from a seat,
the show went right on as II nothing
has happened, not a performer missed
a cue, and not the faintest semblance
of excitement prevailed anywhere In
the audience. 1t was the most splendid
exhibition of nerve ever seen undeI
such trying circumstance. With the
memory Of the I%roquois theater horror
not a week old, the spectators abso'
lutely refused to be stampeded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
MISSOURI a NEWS.
woman Accidentally killed.

Mrs. George w. Gordon, wife OF q
well-known grocer. was instantly killed
at Jefferson City by the accidental dis
charge of a shotgun, while she was
working in the kitchen. The gun,
which was of a hammerless pattern,
had basn placed beside the kitchen Ia
BILE a few minutes before by her hus-
band, who left it there while he attend
ed to some work about the house, in
tending to take the gun with him
later to the store. No one was in the
room at the time the accident oc-
CURED, and it can not be learned just
how it happened. 1t is thought that IL
kneading the bread the gun was shak-
en-, causing it to fall to the floor. Mrs
Gordon was shot through the head, dy-
ing instantly. Her husband, who was
outdoors, and an 8-year-old nephew IN
the next room heard the shot and
| rushed in to find the woman dead on
the floor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
A pocs;oper 100 Years Old.

On the United States pension roll
of the Topeka (Kas.) agency is the
name of a 1uan who has served in
three wars and is 100 years old. He Is
Thomas E. Sauls, of Webb City, Mo-,
where he conducts a little shoe shop
and makes a living in spite of his hun
dred years. Fle was born in Tennes-
see in 1905. He was a soldier in the
Seminole, the Mexican and the civil
wars. In the civil war he was a SER
geant of the Sixth Kansas cavalry
That was after he had passed SO. After
the Mexican war he represented the
county Of his nativity in the Tennessee
legislature. While he lived in Ten
nessee he was a lawyer. His pension
is $50 a month, and was granted by
special act of congress. He lives a.
sol North Liberty street, Webb City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

On an order of the mayor, Chief OF
Police Donahue of Omaha, Neb., closed
Washington Hall theater during a per-
Torrance, on the 9Th, and cleared the
auditorium of several hundred people.
The building inspector had declared the
building unsafe in case of fire, and the
mayor issued an order to close it forth
with.
Several of the 70 employees of the
Rauch Desk Manufacturing Co, of Chi
cago, had to jump for their lives to
escape a fire which followed an e
plosion in the third and fourth stories
of the plant, on the 7th. Michael
Ryan, who jumped from the third floor,
was killed.
At an adjourned special meeting OF
the stockholders of the Rock Island
railroad, held at Davenport, Ia, on the
7th, 1t was voted unanimously not tc
make the $3.50, 600, 900 bond issue al
present. No other action was taken
Geo. J. Bippus, capitalist, interested
in Chinese railroads, and n of the
builders of the Chicago & Erie road
died, on the 7th, at Huntington, Ind
Gen. John B. Gordon, commander
in.chief of the united confederate vet
Grams, was reported, or the 7th, II
be seriously i'll, at Miami, Fla.
Postmaster General Payne, on tn
7th, appointed former Representative
Eugene F. Loud, Of California, a
United States delegate to the interns
tional postal congress, to meet i
Rome, Italy, next spring.
John A. Glines, city treasurer G
Haverhill, Mass, was arrested, on tn
7th, charged with larceny Of $4,000
of the city's funds.
Congress raj asked on the 9th, b
the state department, for authority t
allow Rear-Admiral B. Fl. McCalla, {
the navy, to accept the China wa
medal awarded him by King Edwar
, Of Great Britain in recognition Of HI
services in connection with the relit
Of the Pekin Legations during til
Boxer uprising.
i The will Of Capt. Frederick Pabs
! left an estate, estimated at $10,000,0 90
3 In trust. No public requests wei
made. The widow and four childre
g and an adopted daughter received on
y sixth Of the estate. The widow WI
9 given an option Of a $4,000 annuni
In lieu Of one-sixth OF the estate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Missouri Stale GIeaningS.
No Rights on sunday.

SALOONS have no legal right to re-
main open on Sunday, and when they
are kept open the management. must
accept what happens" Such was the
principle laid down by Justice Carroll
when he learned that damages for
which Oscar Marquandt, a saloon keep
er at 1900 Park avenue, was suing
were alleged to have been sustained
or Sunday, September IL. The suit
was against Frank Matthews, who, ac-
cording to the testimony of Bartender
Herman Blumerhoff, did SIS damage to
glasses, beer signs and a cash register
in the Marquandt establishment. The
PLAINTIFFS attorney gave notice of APP
peal when Justice Carroll dismissed
the case.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Conductor Shot Passenger.

Reuben McQuery persisted in smok-
ing a cigarette on a Kansas City street
Ear. The conductor was determined
to show his authority, so he shot NC
Query in the back, inflicting a fatal
wound. A physician vas called, and
the conductor, H. H. Hedricl, was ar
rested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Find Iron Ore in Missouri.

Iron ore has been discovered through
out Greene, Lawrence and Dade coun-
ties, bordering the Joplin zinc and
lead districts. The ore is known to
extend from the surafce to a distance
of 40 feet, as shown by soundings. TIT
discovery was made by John Thomp-
son, of Kansas City, who exhibited
specimens which assayed 55 per cent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14

William Tadlock was shot and seri-
ously wounded by Fred Howe In a
general fight at Xenia, in which the
participants used clubs, knives and re-
volvers. The shot entered Tadlock's
neck and ranged downward. Surgeons
extracted it with difficulty, Tadlock
was the only person seriously hurt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14

Louis Nolte, a wealthy farmer OF
ryrmont, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the head with a
target rum. His mind had become de-
ranged by brooding over the death OF
bis brother, Fritz, who committed 1
eide two years ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Didn't Like the Negroes.

The Italian miners who have been
working in the coal mines southwest
of Macon have all left for Huntsville,
to work in the Kimberly mines. The
exodus was due to a dislike for the ne
groes who worked with them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Paid Justice in Pennies.

Justice of the Peace Fred M. Sim
mering, at Stewardson, fned William
G. Short So for a petty offense. Short
went to the bank, and, drawing out
the amount in pennies, paid it over to
the squire, who then held Short while
he counted the money. The task con-
sumed several hours, and when COM
pleted the justice thought he had
earned his fee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14

William Stufferman, aged 60, was
found dead on the railroad track at
Vandalia. The body was Horribly mu-
tilated, the head being severed from
the body.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Nellie Meeks Is Married.

Miss Nellie Meeks and Albert Spray
were married at Milan. Miss Meeks IS
the only survivor of the Meeks family,
who were murdered at Browning, sew
eral years ago, by George and William
TAYLOR.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Mysterious

Leslie Martin and Horace Saul
fought at Walker, the dispute originate
ing over a guitar. While they were
fighting, some one stabbed Martin foul
times in the back. The prosecuting at
torney is unable to determ3ne who
stabbed Martin. Horace Taul, Thorn
rs Gordon, William Graham and L..
Dickerson were arrested for investiga-
ton. Martin probably will die.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
she saved the silverwure.

Mrs. J. G. Elliott, of st. Louis, at
tackled a thief, who entered her home
and recovered $3.50 worth Of silverwart
he had wrapped in a cloth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Dnurhter,s Death Kills Mother.

Following the death of her daughter.
Mrs. w. B. Jones, Mrs. Harriet DerWln
of Hannibal, passed away. The death
of the former was quite sudden. Mrs
Derwin was so affected that she began
sinking Immediately, but she lived until
her son, H. D. Derwin, of Old Mexico,
reached her bedside. The funeral OF
the mother and daughter were held to-
gether.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14

Charles F. Hazleton, of Kansas City.
was held up by a highwayman in St.
Louis and robbed of a $1,000 bill, which
he carried in a vest pocket.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
A Big Organ.

One of the most interesting features
of the Worlds fair will be a monstrous
pipe organ, with 145 stops and pipes
five feet in diameter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14

Gov. Dockery has appointed George
E. Chappell to be coal oil inspector fol
the city of Cape Girardeau, for c tern
of two years, from December IS, 1903.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Malone Sentence COMMITTED.

Joseph Malone, serving a ten years
sentence i'll tie penitentiary for MUIR
der committed in st. Louis, has been
granted q Communication to three years
by Gov. Dcckery, and he will be re-
leased on March %, 1904.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Dog u Life Saver.

The $4,000 resident Of William
Jaenecke was destroyed by fire at
Louisiana, and the family narrowly es-
capped cremation, being awakened by
the barking of the dog.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Held For Having Mo1ds.

John Taylor, of Slater, was taken TO
Jefferson City and had hearing before
Commissioner Geisberg, who held him
for the grand jury, on the charge OF
having in his possession molds for the
making of counterfeit money. Taylor
is a gawky country youth of near Sla-
ter, who had a scheme of his w to
get rich quick, but was caught before
he operated it much.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
Wreck at Liberty.

A fast train on the Burlington ran
Into an open switch at Liberty, and
the locomotive and five cars were de-
relied. Considerable damage was done.
but no one was injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14

Otto Schroeder, widely known In
theatrical and sporting circles, died at
Bloomington, aged 35. He was former
ly manager of the Bloomington base
ball team Of the Three-I league.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14

M. g. Lewis, a carpenter from
Kimmswick, died on an Iron Mountain
train near st. Louis. He was on his
way to a hospital.