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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Violet For Mourning.

1t was not by accident that violet
was chosen by many nations as the ex-
elusive color for mourning and by us
also for half mourning. Painters suf-
fering from hysteria and neurasthenia
will be inclined to cover their pictures
uniformly with the color most in ac-
cordance with their condition of lassi-
tude and exhaustion. Thus originate
the violet pictures of Manet and his
school, which spring from no actually
observable aspect of nature, but from
a subjective view due to conditions of
the nerves. When the entire surface
of walls in salons and art exhibitions
of the day appears yelled in uniform
half mourning this prediction for vio-
let is simply an expression of the nerv-
Gus debility of the painter.-Nordau's
Degeneration"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Won His Promotion.

The Duke of Clarence, afterward
William ", once received a very
adroit aad humorous hint which he
took in very good part. He was WIS.,
iting Portsmouth and inspecting the
ships there when it happened that his
guide over the seventy tours" was an
aggrieved and battered lieutenant who
had waited for promotion many years
in vain. He seemed despised and for
gotten. AS this man removed his hat
to salute royalty the duke observed
that he was bald and said jestingly:
II see, my friend, that you have not
spared your hair in your country's
service
''Why, your royal highness," was the
quick answer, ''it's wonder l have
any hair left, for so many young fell
lows have stepped over my head"
The duke laughed and made his in
spection of the feet, but in few days
his Portsmouth guide received an ap-
pointment as captain.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
BurtOn'S Trial Begun.

st. Louis, Nov. 21.-For the second
time within two years, United States
Senator J. Ralph Burton, of Kansas,
has been called upon to defend HIM
self in the United States circuit court
against an Indictment charging that he
was offered and accepted compensa-
ton from the Rialto Grain and Secur-
tiles company of st. Louis, now de-
funct, for using his influence, while a
member Of the United States senate, in
behalf of that concern in certain mat
ters pending before the postoffice de-
partment at Washington. When court
convened Senator Burton was present,
accompanied by his attorneys.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24

face are loose, unsound and open to
criticism"
The committee recommended that
pending it's further inquiry the execu-
tive officers adopt Immediately a policy
of retrenchment. The preliminary re-
port was adopted, together with the
resolution increasing the powers Of the
committee in continuing its investiga-
tons. The directors ordered that full
publicity be given to the report as
well as to the statement made by
President McCurdy.
President McCurdy, in his address
to the trustees, outlined a policy Of
retrenchment the executive officers had
decided upon. He declared be did not
know what was contained in the report
of the special investigating committee
and he did not desire to forestall any
thing the committee might do, for lie
would abide by it's decision.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
HOwsS This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. Cheney & Co., Profs,, Toledo, 0.
We the undersigned, have known F. j
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
West q Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
leno, Ohio.
Walding, Kindan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c
per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Tes-
timonials free. Halls Family Pills are
the best.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
MUTUAL LIFE RETRENCHES
McCurdy Asks Cut in His Salary of
so Per Cent.

New York, Nov. 17.-At a special
meeting of the board of trustees of the
Mutual Life Insurance company in this
city, at which a preliminary report of
the recently appointed special investi-
eating committee was submitted,
President Richard A. McCurdy caused
a stir by announcing that at his own
request his salary had been cut in half
from $15O,OOO to 5000 year. This
action was taken at meeting Of the
finance committee, and McCurdy said
was the first step in reducing the ex-
penses OF the company.
Salaries of the other executive Off
GERS of the company also have been
reduced, the saving amounting in all
to between $145,000 and S15O,000 per
annum. McCurdy's statement to the
directors preceded the submission OF
the investigating committees first re-
port. This committee, which was
named to examine into the affairs Of
the company, made significant re-
quest for a broadening of its powers,
and recommended changes in practices
by the company (which on their very
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
FIRE WATER IN A BLAZE
Four Million Dollars Worth Of the
Demon Goes Up in a Ware
house Fire.

Connelsyille. Pa, Nov. 2O.-At the
A. Overhoit distillery at Broadford
$4,000 gallons of whisky furnished a
spectacular fire, entailing a loss Of
100000. The main bonded ware
house was burned to the ground. A
steady northeast wind, which blew the
flames toward the Youghiogheny riv-
er, saved the town Of Broadford, the
buildings of the H. c.. Frick Coke COM
pany and the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road station from destruction
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Shaw Sends Out Notice.

Washington, Nov. 21-Secretary
Shaw made public the following state.
ment: ''The secretary of the treasury
hereby gives public notice that the re-
funding of the United States per cent
bonds of the loan of 19OS-1S and 4
per cent. bonds of the funded loan of
1907 now proceeding under circular of
Sept. %, 1905, will be discontinued aft
er Nov 29,1905. Au-ds that were in
tended for refunding must be for
warded so as to be received at the
treasury department not later than
Nov. 29.''
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Children,s Names In England.

The vicar of Membury, Derbyshire,
writes in his parish magazine, "A hun
dred and thirty eight baptisms, and
have not yet had Sarah Jane'-that
delightful, old fashioned namer'
Amused, as he said, by the wears
sad wall, parishioner replies to the
vicar, saying the reason is not far to
seek. The custom Of the parents re-
siding in these parts is to consult with
their incumbent regarding the choice
Of the name for the offspring.
The natural consequence is that all
children born on saints day are call
ed after the saint. Thus girl born on
st. Georges day would be christened
Georgiana and one on ST. Clements
day Clementina, and so on.-London
Express.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
SEN Lost Mother

Consumption runs in our family and
through it lost my mother" writes E.
B. Reid, of Harmony, Me. For the past
five years, however, on the slightes sign
of cough or cold, l have taken DR..
Kings New Discovery for consumption,
which has saved me from serious lung
trouble" His mothers death was sad
loss for Mr.. Reid, but he learned that
lung trouble must not be neglected. and
how to cure it. Quickest relief and cure
for coughs and colds, price soc and
Sl.00; guaranteed at Stangls drug store.
Trial bottle free.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24

Many of the curiosity shops planted
in the back streets OF most country
towns in England are simply kept up
by large London firms, who, from a
prolonged study of human nature, have
discovered that people who are shy Of
buying old furniture or old silver in
Bond street or Piccadilly are ready
and eager purchasers of precisely the
same objects at rather higher price
when they come upon them in the back
streets of a country town.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Accepts the Throne of Norway.

Copenhagen, Nov. 21.-The throne of
Norway was formally rendered to
Prince Charles Of Denmark by a
deputation of members of the Nor
wegian parliament and was accepted
by King Christian in behalf of his
grandson. The function lasted only
twenty minutes, but the scene was
brilliant, as it was attended by all the
princes and princesses and their suites,
the diplomatic corps, including the
American minister, Mr. O'Brien, anu
the high court officials.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
For Sea Level Canal.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-The board OF
consulting engineers of the isthmian
canal commission has declared itself
by large majority in favor of a sea
level canal.
The conclusion was reached after a
Since the beginning of September the
board had held meetings and in special
subcommittee had studied the plans
for sea level and lock canal with
the greatest care. A trip to the 18TH
mus was made to enable the members
to form a better idea of the physical
difficulties which had to be considered.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Mckinley Corner Stone Laid.

Canton, O., Nov. 17.-In the pres
ence of Mrs. Mckinley, the trustees of
the Mckinley National Memorial as
ISOLATION, other noted guests and citi-
Zens and school children Of Canton,
the corner stone of the Mckinley mon
ument, the gift of the American peo-
pie, was formally laid. Justice Will
lam r. Day, secretary of state, and
peace commissioner to Paris during
McKinley's administration, presided.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Draped the BaptismaI Font.

Rochester, n. Y, Nov. 21.-Rev.
Francis HI. Sinclair, pastor of IS. Pc
ter and Pauls Roman Catholic church,
registered a protest against race sui
eide by causing to be draped in mourn
ing the baptismal font in his church.
He was prompted to this act because
for six weeks not one infant has re-
ceived the sacrament of baptism 10 his
church.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Mans Unreasonabieness

is often as great as woman's. But Thos
S. Austin, Mgr. of the Republican" Of
Leavenworth, Ind, was not unreasonable
when he refused to allow the doctors to
operate on his wife for female trouble.
Instead" he says. 1--WE concluded to try
Electric Bitters. My wife was then so
sick she could hardly leave her bed, and
five ~ physicians had failed to relieve
her. After taking Electric Bitters she
was perfectly cured, and can now per-
form all her household duties" Guar
anteed by Fl. j. Stangl druggist, price
SOC.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Prince Bids us Adieu,

of Battenberg's visit to New York
came to an end this morning The
squadron got under way at 1870 a. M.
today and dropped down stream to a
point opposite the Cunard pier, when
the Drake, having taken the admiral
consorts and led the squadron down
the bay and out to sea-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Cold That Kills and Cold That Cures


In England severe cold generally
kills good many people, In certain
parts Of North America cold still more
severe puts new life into them 1t re-
quires no augmentation to show that
there must be a definite reason for this.
The chief reason is that English cold
is mostly damp, while in North Amer
lea it is mostly dry. There is the great
est difference in the world between dry
air and damp air. The former is usu-
ally air pure and simple, possessing a
full quantity Of oxygen and often
charged highly with ozone. The latter
consists Of air mixed with the vapOr Of
water. When the former air, fully
oxygenated, is breathed it stimulates
more powerfully than chamnagne. The
latter, less oxygenated and charged
with vapor of water, not only does not
stimulate, but depresses.- Opin-
ion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
St. Petersburg is Normal

st. Petersburg, Nov. u. - Normal
conditions of life are being resumed
here. The workmen are returning to
work, the electric light plants are III
operation and telephone communica-
ton has been restored. The newspa-
pers reappeared this morning.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Foot Caught in a Frog.

Chicago, Nov. 1S.-John d. Walters,
an Illinois Central railway brakeman,
made frantic efforts to extricate his
foot. which had become fast in frog
at switch near Seventy Fifth street
at / o'clock a. M, but failed and was
killed by south-bound freight Wal
tiers was 81. years old and married,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
After Chicago Hold-Up Men.

Chicago, Nov. 21.-In a new effort to
rid the streets of hold-up men Chief of
Police Collins has detailed twenty
four picked detectives to watch for
thugs from o'clock at night till
o'clock in the morning. They will
cover the dangerous" territories, and
the chief believes the plan will rid
the city of the annual winter hoid-up
terror.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Student Killed During scuffie.

Jackson, Tenn, Nov. 21.-Hugh G.
Ryals, of this city, was instantly killed
and Warner BACKYARD, Of Paris, Tenn,
seriously injured by falling over a
banister, while engaged in friendly
scuffle at the Southwestern Presby
terrain university. Both were students
and the sons of ministers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Decided for the Railways.

Chicago, Nov. 21.-In the charges
of the interstate commerce commission
against the Chicago Great Western
railroad and seventeen other railroads
Judge Bethea found in favor of the
defendant concerns. The case i'll
volved the rate on live stock and live
stock produce shipped from Missouri
river points to Chicago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Case of DIR, HauGh.

Dayton, O., Nov 20.-Coroner Wal
fer L. Kline rendered verdict of gull
ty in the case of Dr.. Oliver Crook
Haugh. in jail here charged with the
murder Of his father, Jacob Haugh;
his mother, Mary Frances Haugh, and
his brother, Jesse Haugh.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
SENATOR PLATT
A STAR WITNESS
Gives Testimony Before Insurance
Investigating Committee
at New York

New York. Nov 21.-United states
Senator Thomas G. Platt testified Is a
witness before the insurance investiga-
ton committee. Senator Platt's en-
trance created a stir in the committl e
room. He walked slowly in on the
arm of Robert c. Norris, his counsel,
and leaning heavily Oh a cane. He
took the witness chair and was sN Orn.
Mr.. Norris started to address the COM
mittee, but was stopped upon Chair
man Armstrong; explanation that
counsel are not heard formally by the
committee.
Senator Platt said that the Equitable
society contributed $4,000 a year to
the Republican state campaign fund.
quent contributions of $4,000 each
from the Mutual Life Insurance com
pany.
Senator Platt said the contributions
were in cash and were sent by mes
senger to his office and he turned
them over to the state committee.
They were unsolicited, he said.
Senator Plat said that $4,000 was
frequently paid as an annual cOntribu-
ton to the state campaign fund, but
that it was not regular thing and
that he could not remember the years
in which it was paid. The New York
Life Insurance company, he said. also
contributed, but not nearly SO much,
No other insurance companies con-
tributed SO far as he knew. Senator
Platt said he was expected, in return
for the contributions, to influence leg
islation when any measures were hos
tile to the insurance companies. He
added that he does not know Andrew
Hamilton, nor anything about Hamil-
toms activity before the legislature.
He knew nothing about Andrew G..
Fields, who represented the Mutual
Life Insurance. company at Albany.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Lawson Under $4,000 Bail.

Boston, Nov. 20.-Thomas w. Law
son has been held for the December
session of the superior court on
charge of criminal libel preferred by
Clarence w. Barron, of this city Bail
was fixed at $4,000 which was fur
nished at once.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
President Refuses an Interview.

Boston, Nov. 21-President Rcose-
welt has refused to grant an interview
to Henry NJ. Whitney, of Boston,
whom the executive accused OF mis-
quoting him, and in letter made pub
lie by the recipient says he bases his
refusal on Mr. Whitney's ''evident in
ability to understand or determine
ton to miSreDreSent"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Here is Relief for women

IF you have pain in the back, Uniary,
Bladder or Kidney trouble and want a
pleasant herb remedy for woman's
ill's, try Mother Gray's Australian Leaf
It Is safe and failing monthly
REGULATOR Al druggists or by mail so
cents. Sample package FREE. Address
the Mother Gray Co. Leroy, n. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
ABOUT THAT AMBAssADORsHIP
Depew Says That Hyde Himself Asked
the Senator's Influence.

Depew Says That Hyde Himself Asked
the Senator's Influence.
Senator Depew was examined with
regard to his syndicate participation
and his duties as counsel to the Equit-
able society. Re garding the ambas-
able society, Regarding the ambas-
Hyde came to him and solicited his
Influence to secure the appointment.
Depew brought the matter. to the at
tention of the president, although he
told Hyde that he was too young, and
the president said it was utterly i'm
possible to make such an appointment.
The senator advocated in the inter
ests of the public the limiting of risks
under insurance policies, and favored
a public audit of the accounts Of COM
panies at stated periods by chartered
accountant. This he thought would
Obviate many suits that are now fire.
Quently brought for an accounting on
the part of a policyholder. Depew's
total profits in syndicate operations in
which 100000 was tied up had been
c$1,219.
John Gilchrist, in charge of the Sc
~curity department of the Equitable
Life Assurance society, told of millions
of dollars in loans made at the end of
the year in the names of clerks of
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., to comply with the
law that the surplus should be invest
ed, or to keep down the cash balances.
No collateral was held by the Equit-
able on these loans, and the check
which was given for these loans was
deposited in the bank and a certificate
of deposit received. The check, how
ever, was never cleared, and on the
first of the year the check would be
taken out and the certificate surren,
dered. These loans were made at the
instance of II. ID. Jordan, eX-controller
of the Equitable.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Disaster in the Kaiser's Navy

Kiel, Nov. 20. - The torpedo boat
S-126 was sunk in collision with the
cruiser Undine, her boilers exploding
with the impact. She carried down
with her thirty-two men and an off,
GER
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24

JOSEF was taken for twenty-five to-
day, and 1 am only eighteen. Julia
What will you be taken for when you
are twenty-five? Josie-For better or
worse, hope
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Hitchcock's Daughter Marries.

Washington, Nov. 21.-With tie
president and Mrs Roosevelt, the vice
president and Mrs. Fairbanks, the am
bassadors from Great Britain, France,
Russia and Brazil and the members
of the cabinet as witnesses, Miss An
ma Hitchcock, daughter Of Secretary
Hitchcock, and Lieutenant Commander
William S. Sims, Z. S. A, were mar
ried at noon in st. Johns church. The
church was crowded with friends of
the bridal couple. After the ceremony
the bridal party, the present and vice
president, the ambassadors and a few
friends and relatives were invited to
the residence of Secretary and Mrs.
Hitchcock to a wedding breakfast.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Procession of Nude Men.

The dead were mostly workmen in
the prime of life. They presented a
horrible spectacle, their blackened faces
bearing evidence of terrible struggles
to escape. 1t appears to be the Gus
tom of these dodgers to sleep in nude
condition, and the march of the sur
vivors to the police station was a fan.
tastic one. Some had snatched the
covers of the beds and others their
trousers, while many wore nothing
The local authorities had to be called
upon to supply the men with clothing
and warm meals. Owing to their migra-
tory habits and the absence of per-
manent homes many of the dead will
never be identified. The identification
OF tohers is rendered difficult by the
absence of clothing
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
TWo.Score Men Dead in a Fire
in a Glasgow Lodging
House,
CHOKED BY THE HEAVY SMOKE
Men Slept Naked and Many Reach
the Street in That Condition.
Steamer Strikes the Rocks ON the
French Coast and More Than
One Hundred Persons
Are Drowned.

Glasgow, Nov 20.-The most terri
BILE fire that has occurred in Great
Britain for many years broke out here
in a cheap lodging house for men in
Watson street, and resulted in the loss
of thirty nine lives and the severe in
jury of thirty-twO others. The flames
were first noticed at a. m. on the
fourth floor of the building, which was
occupied by $50 men. An alarm was
raised and the firemen responded
quickly, but flames and smoke were
then issuing from most of the windows
on the fourth floor. An extraordinary
scene was created by procession of
almost naked (some entirely nude) men
rushing out of the entrance to the
building, and against their frantic eff
forts to escape the firemen had act
ually to fight for admission.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Smoke Suffocated the Victims.

Reaching the upper floors the fire,
men found that the narrow passages
were congested with men who had
dropped to the floors, overcome by
smoke. The fire, however was con-
fined to the fourth floor, and as soon
as the firemen were able to get to
work it was speedily extinguished. The
flames had been fed by the wooden
partitions of the cubicles, which threw
off volumes of smoke, resulting in the
suffocation of the inmates Many. on
being brought to the street, rallied in
a few minutes, but others had to be
taken to the hospitals.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24

Taste and Smell. Full size SO cts, at Drug
gists Or by mail; Trial Size 10 cts. by mail
Elv Brothers. Sc Warren Street. New York
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
"A Positive
CURE
EIY's Cream Balm

Gives Relief at Once.
1t cleanses, soothes
heals and protects
the diseased mem
brane. 1t cures Ca
tarrh and driv Q s
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re
stores the Senses of
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-11-24
Did Not Threaten Retaliation.

Odell denied that he ever made a
statement to e. H. Hartman or any
one else that retaliatory measures
would be taken against the Mercantile
Trust company. The witness said he
and Hartman were personal friends,
tons He wrote a letter on behalf Of
Hyde's candidacy for the post of am
bassador to France. This was at the
request Of William Ell. Mcintyre, one
of the vice presidents of the Equitable
Life Assurance society.