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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-28
Czar Unable to Decide
For Reform or Reaction

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 28.lThe sit-
uafton as regards reforms is as erIse-
maticaf as at any time since thesa res
forms were proposed.
The Gar and his officials seem .IuabIs
to decide Just what would be the best
stand to take relative to the granting of
political and economic concessions to
the. people.
Gar Nicholas himself vacilIates daily
between reform and reaction. In the
summoning a representative assembly.
By evening he has determined to resist
the popular demands.
This state of yaeiilation affects all
government departments
AS a result it is impossible to state
definitely, or even make an attempt at
a guess as TO what the future holds for
the people.
Fellow-Students Injure Cir.
The distribution of a revolutionary
proclamation IN the lecture room OF the
womens university today led 20 con-
siderable disorder.
one girl student, the daughter of a
high Manchurfan officer, mounted a desk
and, addressing her fellow-students, said
il was disgraceful to encourage reyoIu-
tionary agitation at home while the
fatherland is engaged in wdr. She
showed her resentment by tearing the
proclama ton in pieces.
her arms and throwing her to the floor
beat her till she was senseless. The
unfortunate girl was taken TO hospftat
in a dangerous condition.
Scenes similar to this have induced
the council of ministers to appoint &
committee to revise the present laws
and draw up new statutes safeguarding
public property and life, and insuring
order
The authorities assert they have
proofs that the revolutionariss have re-
ceived contributions from abrG al TO aid
them in carrying out their propaganda
From America. it is stated, $500, 600 has
been received, from England a like
amount; from Germany. $4,000; from
France, $25, 900, and from Austria. $0.-
0Oo.
The Car has decided to appoint Grand
Duke Constantine minister Of educa-
ton TO succeed NJ GLASGOW
Constantine is the most liberal and
most enlightened of the grand dukes.
His appointment is taken to indicate
that the Czar is desirous of reforms in
this department
MOSCOW. Feb. 2S.-The strike move
ment today had an addition to its sup
porters by the striking of II, 900 work.
men at the Assanaroff factory.
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Take Piso's Cure for Consumption for
coughs. colds. and consumption. 25e.-Ady.
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TEMPERATURE.

DOWNTOWN TEMPERATURE
Registered Akfieckis Standard TherLnonnei
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THE SUN

Sun sets tcda ay..................... 3 81
Sun rises tomorrow w.....................6 6 :34
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
Tobacco Notes

Mr.. Albert Mendelshon, junior mem
Der of the firm of Meyer & Mendelshon
OF New York, is here.
l.. NJ. Souders, for many years con-
nected with the Empire Line at Chica-
go. and Mr.. Savage his successor there,
were calling upon their friends in Ed
gerton Monday.
H. G. Mercereau of Elmira. n Y, has
bought car load of old leaf of local
firms during the week. In company
with L. E. WEIGH he was visitor in this
market Thursday.
These are strenuous times for our to-
bacco men. One by one they come home
long enough TO catch their breath and
away they go again to the storm center
OF the buying movement.
Under date OF August Sth, cores
pendent writing US from Colfax says the
tobacco crop is showing up we'll. Up to
that date no bad storms or hail had Wis
tied that locality. The harvest will be-
gin in about ten days.
GOOD OPENING warehouse
4OxlOO feet with II foot basement. Ad-
dress DIR. @. F. RoDoLF, Muscoda, Wis.
julius Marqusee of New York has
bought the big tobacco warehouse of J.
Bunzl & Son at New Milford, Conn. The
building is one of the largest and finest
in the Housatonic River Valley. Mr..
Marqusee has appointed as his local
manager Sherman D. Green, an expert
grower and packer, formerly of this dis
trict but more recently of Wisconsin,
Tobacco Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
Adjusting Losses.

The officers of the Albion Mutual Fire
ms. Co. have been busy of late adjust
ing the recent losses occasioned by light
ming. The largest loss is that of Mr..
Simonson, on the Atkinson farm north Of
Stoughton when his sfulf insurance was
paid, $500. That of Geo. X. Strommen,
near Cam bridge, was placed at $1,000 to
Mr.. Strommen, $3.50 to Lars Nelson, ten
ant. The value OF f. r. Wescott's barn
was estimated at 5000. These fires were
all caused by lightning. The company
has an abundance in the surplus with
which to meet all demands, without call
ing for assessments. - sA
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
Caught By Balloon Rope.

Spectators in attendance upon the
carnival at Stoughton Saturday evening
were treated to some features not on the
program and which were sufficiently ex-
citing to be interesting. Harry Wright
made balloon ascen sion about 3 o'clock
in the afternoon but at he secured as
substitute Walter Denny, another mem-
Der of the Chicago Amusement enter
prise. Denny knew his business and
was not to blame for what occurred. It
requires about tive 1ty minutes to fill the
balloon. When ready Denny seated in
the trapeze, shouted 'let co." Up sailed
the balloon and took southwesterly d.
rectiop passing few hundred feet above
the house tops. AS it swiftly rose peo-
pie we're Mortified to see man, with a
foot caught in a rope, hanging head
downward from the netting and directly
above the parachute. Men Historically
shouted 'come down. and women and
children screamed. but the aeronaut
called out: Catch hold of the rope, man,
and3hang on,",which that surprised and
astonished person proceeded to do, wrig-
Cling himself into perpendicular posi-
ton. While preparing for the perform
ance great hole had in some way been
torn in the balloon, from which the gas
rapidly escaped. 1t passed over the mill
dam and caught in an oak tree on the
west bank, gradually settling on one
side while the parachute hung on the
other, and neither men were injured.
From the trapeze there came some warm
expressions to which James Grow, up in
the tree top, replied that he couldn't
avoid going along as the rope had got
wound around his ankle. The danger
was greater to the one in the parachute.
Had it been disconnected Mr.. Denny
would have fallen,,to, the ground and
been crushed, as 300 feet or more Of
space is required to check the velocity
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
From the Philippines /.

/, t3
The following is letter written by
George Earl Campbell to his sister, Mrs.
Grace Shelter of Stoughton, Wis. Earl's
first service was on the U. S. flagship
Wisconsin. He is now on the battleship
Cincinnati. He is a nephew of Alex B.
Campbell of Albion, Wis. : H*5s.~
u. S. S. CINCINNATI,
CAvITE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, n
June 7, 1905.
@s Dear Sister Grace: I received your
very welcome letter and will answer 80
as not to keep you in suspense as to my
welfare as have done heretofore.
Since I last wrote you l have witness
ed some excitement part Of which l
will endeavor to- relate to you as | wit
messed it with my own eyes. Since the
war has been going on they have been
using this ship for scouting duty. We
never came across any objects of interest
until last Saturday while we were steam
ing along the coast Of the P. l. we sud-
denly came across three Russian cruis-
ers that had just been in conflict with
the Japs These three ships we're pretty
we'll shot to pieces. / can assure you
there was just about enough left to hold
them together and allow them to float.
Well l am getting little in advance of
my story. You see the Baltic squadron
was out here around the Islands as we'll
as the Japs, and we were sent out to
make them fight in hostile waters, not
in neutral waters. That is how we came
across these three cruisers. They stated
that they had lost most of their fleet and
that they ran away from the fight. They
did not know how many of their own
ships were destroyed or anything else,
you might say. We found out they were
going to Cavite so we conveyed them In.
One of their officers came aboard our
ship and asked for some papers or some
thing by which they could find out how
many of their ships were lost. We gave
him papers that had an account Of the
affair and he returned to his own ship.
One of the ships had sixteen holes in her
sides, the other two were not quite so
bad. The men were pitable objects to
behold-they were all barefooted, their
clothes frightfully dirty as we'll as tat
tered and torn. We took sixty of the
wounded over to the naval hospital and
there are at least that many at the civil
ian hospital at Manila. Just think, there
was one shell that entered the ships
side and killed and wounded over forty
five just one she'll did that much dam
age, 80 you can picture what frightful
ordeal it really was. | feel very sorry
for the poor men of the Russian navy,
but the men are pack of dummies, and
l cannot help feeling vexed and disgust
ed every time | think of the officers, for
it is all their fault that the Russians are
being defeated in this war. The officers
treat their men as it they we're lot OF
animals and did not have any judgment.
They would not put any responsibility
into the hands of the men in times OF
peace and now in time Of war they are
trying to put it all on the men and they
do not know how to perform the duty.
| hope you catch my meaning. even
though T am poor hand to describe a
subject of this character.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
The advertisement of DR.. j. B. Mil
Ter appears on another page.

-IQ0 ADVERTISEMENT u LIZ y. u. tAii-
Ter appears on another page.
s.. A. Warner and wife and William
Strasburg and wife have gone to Lake
Ripley where they will occupy the Han
son cottage for couple of weeks.
The funeral of Mrs. Laura Mirisch
was held from st. Johns German Luth-
eran church Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, Rev. Bockman of Milton officiat-
ing.
The Good Templar lodge of MELVILLE
held an interesting open lodge Wednes-
day evening with program of enter
tainment closing with temperance ad-
dress by Rev F. G. Richardson. Ice
cream was also served.
The theme for Sunday morning at
the M. E. church will be the first of
series on the Great Events and Crises
in the Life of Jesus Christ-The Birth"
In the evening the pastor will speak on
False Standards
The cornerstone of the Norwegian
Lutheran church will be laid next Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. j. Hal
vorson of Rockdale will preach the SER
mon, and Rev. j. A. Stub of Stoughton
will give an address in the English lam
guage. Prof D. G.. Ristad and Rev. j..
Iinnevold will assist in reading the les
sons of scripture for the cornerstone ser
vice. The offering will go to the build
ing fund.
Announcements for 1905 6 and cata-
logue of Fl. A. Preus Lutheran Academy
for the academic year 19O4-5 have
been issued together with supplement
announcing monthly lectures and prac-
teal demonstrations in agriculture and
stock raising. AS an institution of learn
ing, Albion Academy under the present
management, offers students chance of
gaining thorough and practical knowl-
edge in the various branches usually
taken up by academies and colleges. II
interested, write Prof D. G. Ristad, AL
bion, for catalogue.
Dickinson & Mcintosh Bros, tobacco
dealers of Edgerton, sold farm in the
town of Johnstown Wednesday to z. P.
Beach of this city. In part payment
they took Mr.. Beach's residence, resi-
dence lot and barn on Main street. A
fine building lot on the east was reserv-
ed by MIR. Beach. The johnson prop
erty is known as the Fox farm and con-
sists of 21O acres of fine land. Mr.. Beach
says he has no idea what use the Edger-
ton gentlemen will make Of mis- former
home; as for himself be intends to re.
main a citizen of Whitewater.-Whi
water Register.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
Obituary.
MAGNUS PETER OLSON.

Magnus Peter Olson, son of Mrs. A
Stanke by her first marriage, born Feb
II, 1880, died last Saturday at 6 o'clock
p. No., from Inflammation OF the nerves
after an illness of three weeks. Magnus
was bright young lad, we'll and favor.
ably known for his habits of industry
and helpfulness The funeral services
we're held at the home Sunday afternoon
Rev. J. Linnevold officiating. Many
neighbors and friends of the bereaved
family we're present at the house and
followed the mourners to place of burial
Interment took place in the Jensen Gem
etery.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
Crops Ruined By Hail.

Undoubtedly the, most severe hail
storm ever known 1insthis localitysvisited
a section about two miles west OF town
at about o'clock Saturday morning. 1t
is seldom that hail storms come in the
night time, especially those doing great
damage, making this somewhat singu-
lar phenomen %. While heavy rain fell
throughout the locality, accompanied by
intense electrical displays, the hail dis
trict was confined to strip scarcely six
miles across, extending from near Cooks
Vile to within couple of miles Of town
and north ann south about the same
breadth from the old Lineau farm in
Dunkirk to the Evansville road in Por-
ter. In this territory are located about
100 farms and on at least one-half of
them the to bacco was stripped to shreds
and literally pounded into the ground.
The leaves Of the corn too were stripped
from the stalk and in oats standing in
the shock partially threshed. Many
tICOS "C1O oGiiPpCA Va GhCll IOlldS0 ouo
paint on the buildings scratched and
denied so sharp were the hail stones.
On the Chas Geary farm the apples
were SO badly battered that they have
since turned black and will fall from the
trees. In localities hail covered the
ground in such quantities that it is re-
ported that the Hardwick Bros. gathered
sufficient ice in the field the next after
noon to freeze batch of ice cream. A
good deal of the tobacco in this district
is so badly ruined that it must be plow-
ed under, and the loss will prove very
severe one, amounting to a great many
thousand dollars, as some large growers
are included in the district. The Her
ried Bros. had % acres mostly topped
and very nearly ready for the shed. On
the Attlesey farm one bent of the shed
had been filled when the storm came.
Practically none of the crop had been
secured and the loss is almost COM
plete one.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18

The Fort Atkinson Union says: G.
X. Freer loaded all his stuff on cars
Monday aud they were ahipped to Port
Huron, NJ CHI. Mr.. Freer is ''sore' at
Wisconsin on account of his carp trou-
bles and says be will never set foot here
again.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
RAKLw WAY TIME CARDs.
&" HlCAGO. MIL WA UKEE d ST. PAUL.
Grains Leave EdgertCn Station aa Follow 8

GOING EAST.
No. 4, daily except Monday...... -. 456 a. m
NO. 40, daily ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .... 6:58 a. m
No AZ, daily except Sunday. 1901 a. m
No. 8, daily except Sunday. TO- a. m
No. 46, daily except Sunday. .......... 4:25p. m
No. A. Sunday only. Observation-Disclosures. 4:44 p. m
No. 92 Freight daily ex. Sunday. :. 12 :45 a. IN
No 81 Freight, Sunday only 1890 $3.50 a. m
No 1876, Freight except Sunday. 9:39p. m
GOING WEST.
No. l. Daily Sunday excepted. ..... 9 :39 p m.
No 49, Daily ........-. CPS p. N.
No 81 daily except Sunday. ........ 7:17 p. n.
No. 3, Daily except Sunday ...------ "a p m.
No a. daily excent Sunday II :05 a. N.
No Al Sunday OnIv .. 10 10 a. NJ
No 81 Freight except Sunday $3.50 p. m.
Nos. and through trains for all points west
of Mississippiriver.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18

was struck by lightning from an ap-
preaching storm, and knocked from his
seat on the binder in an unconscious
condition. The team became frightened
and started on run for the barn, but
unable to pull the binder through an
opening in the fence, were stopped. The
wife saw the team running and went to
investigate, found her husband hanging
head downward and caught in the bind
or. Prompt assistance was secured and
after few hours Mr.. Mckinney was re-
stored to consciousness and is now i'm
proving. 1t was a close call, however.
Lovers Of melodrama will find one
very much to their liking at Royal hall,
Tuesday evening, Aug. %, when Roland
& Clifford will present Jos. LIE Brandt's
latest effort, "Ovsr Niagara Falls" Much
that is new to the melodramatic field is
included in this play. Novel character
drawing; unique plot that is away
from the old hackneyed ideas so much
in vogue; scenic and mechanical effects
that are meritorious, and electrical alp.
pliances, the invention OF which has
been necessitated by some OF these ef
fects are shown. Rowland & Clifford
have taken much care with this produc
ton, and one OF the seasons greatest
successes is the result. A fine cast I'll
the various parts. Seats on sale Satur
day morning at Ash's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18

j. A. HENDERSON Ticket Agent.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18

The following is a letter written by
George Earl Campbell to his sister, Mrs.
Grace Shelter OF Stoughton, Wis. Earps
first service was on the U. S. flagship
Wisconsin. He is now on the battleship
Cincinnati. He is a nephew of Alex B.
Campbell of al bion, Wis. l. f.<g@,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-24

4I6 Rags Maine Bliss
sSs Bags Houlton Rose.
96a Bags e-s-f0 Guano.
f.fII Bags S-S-s Guano.
1905 Rags c. $. Special.
1920 Bags SIS Cotton.
1880 Bags s-3-3 Tobacco.
1900 Bags c. 8. Meal.
1.f50 Bags Best kainit.
I'll Rags Muriate Potash.
a10 Bags Sulphate Potash.
$50 Bags Nitrate Soda.
1910 Rags 4. per cent. Acid.
1900 Bags IS per cent. Acid.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-24
WILL MEET TODAY AT NOON.
State Council Jr., o. U. A. NJ. Con-
VeneS at GOldsbOrO-A Large Num-
be Of Delegates Expected.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Goldsboro. N. c.. February 2O.-The
Estate Council of the Junior Order of
limited American Mechanics will con-
vene in the city hall in this city to-
morrow evening State Councillor
lCobb, of Morganton will preside dur-
ing the deliberations of the body
which will extend over a period of
three days. Vice Councillor z. B.
Smith, of Raleigh, will occupy his
post Of duty and will in accordance
with the usual custom be elected n
head of the order for the ensuing
year. The past year has been a very
successful one for the order in the
Estate. 4 number of new councils
have been added to the order ana the
councils already in existence have
Iadded to their membership.
There will be a large number of
delegates present at the meeting which
takes place tomorrow and the meet
ing will under more favor
able auspices than any ever held in
1.-THE state. The National Councillor of
the order who presides owe several
IluLluLSu lIlOuSdllu uliIoI ia III
country will be present and by his
presence and sage c%ounsels help to is
lspire the delegates with the spirit Of
juniorism. He is non other than Mr..
w. E. Faison, of Raleigh, who mas
not only been prominent in the
ellis of the order in the state, but has
welded an influence for the good of
the order in the National Council.
lOur townsman Mayor Geo. E. Hood.
who vas state councillor when the
injecting convened in Charlotte ast
iyear, and who was then elected a
representative to the National Council,
will be present at the meeting. He
is the moving spirit in the local as
iwell as the state council, and has
done as much and more for the order
than any man in the state. The peo-
pie of Goldsboro have hung heir
latch strings on the outside of the
door and every attention viii be ac-
corded the visitors within the power
of our people to bestow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-24

Birmingham Ala, February 90
evening Of a terrible disaster in the
Virginia mines which are located Is
miles from Birmingham. One hun
dred and five men are entombed in the
mine and 1t is believed that all are
dead. Relief trains carrying physi-
clans and laborers have been sent To
the scene OF the disaster from both
Birmingham and Bessemer.
Reports 10 the Age Herald at Ia
O'Clock tonight state that every effort
is being made TO reach the men, but
that they cannot possibly succeed be-
fore tomorrow morning.
The mines belong to the Alabama
Steel n Wire Company. and are
leased by Reid & Company. Both
white and colored miners are employ
ed and only recently miners went TO
work. The mines are considered
models of their kind.
The slopes are we'll located and
there has never been any trouble from
gas heretofore. 1t is stated that the
accident was caused by n cavc-in. due
10 the giving way VI tIN biib1iSs
The explosion is believed to have
| been caused by an accumulation Of dust
| although the mime has heretofore oeen
noted for being entirely free from gases.
1t s also belived that as the entire
| quoua has probably been killed the de-
| tails of rahe cause OF the disaster viii
not he known.
The news spread like Wild fire
throughout the wh0ie district The
,-l :-~l -, fhn 4.<-
Of tba World, as there is no telephone
| station al Virginia, and the only Wire
running to the place is a dispatcher s
wire OF the Birmingham Mineral Rail
road, on which Virginia is located. De-
| tails of the disaster were slow to come
in, hut each man who arrived in tn"
GlIy from tine scene told a more grue-
some story of the horror.
The class of miners employed was
the best in the district, and all belong
ed TO the United Mime Workers CT
America. Since the Strike fas been on
in the Birmingham district, MANY o.
the most Industrious and thrifty min
en-s of Pratt City and other important
mining points have removed 80 me
Virginia mines. 81 that the mines were
being. worked to ther full capacity b.
the MOSS skilled miners of the commu-
nifty.
-T.Ftl 6IIA 4 Sdi SSoAio oAAN "eh
men we're despatched from both Biz
mingham and Bessemer as soon as The
news of frhe disaster was learned.
They began tine work of succor in ear
nest before 6 O'Clock, and at midnignt
had mot gotten half We Through the
mass of debris. 1t lis thought that 1t
will be ten O'Clock tomorrow morning
before the anterior of the slope is reach
ed. The slopes are we'll arranged and
there has never been the least trouble
in the mines before. They are owned
by the Alabama Steel and Wire Com
pany, but are leased by Reid and Com
pany.
J.. D. Hihlhouse, assistant state mina-
inspector for labam will go to the
mines early tomorrow morning to IL
| vestigatte the disaster fully.
President Ed. Flynn of the Alabama
United Mfne Workers and Committee
| man W. r. Farley, together with Joe
HaEier, district organizer, have left for
the scene.
President Flynn said before leaving
THAT there We're 135 me employed in
the mine regularly but as yesterday
was pay day he cou,d not say whether
THE full quota was in the mine at The
time of the dissaster or not.