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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
RUSSIANS GIVE SMALL HOPES
De White Is Distinctly Pessimistic as
to the Scheme

De Witte Is Distinctly Pessimistic as
to the Scheme.
And in the Russian camp little en-
couragenment is given. Baron de Ro-
sen reached here after an all night
ride from Oyster Bay shortly before
room and Immediately went into con-
ference with de White. They remained
clOseted together for almost three
hours. during which the whole situa-
ton was reviewed. But it can be
stated that de Witte, no matter how
he personally may view the. PROPOSE
ton. is distinctly pessimistic as to the
character of the response which will
come from st. Petersburg. To a con-
fidential friend he offered little hope
of a change in the situation.
The japanese view Of the situation
is authoritatively, but rather humor-
0usly, stated thus: "The result will be
known soon. 1t is useless to specu-
late. AS we'll for the physician to give
bis opinion of the sex of the unborn
infant. When the child is born we
will be able to tell whether it is a boy
or a girl"
Emperor Nicholas decision, upon
which the fate of the conference seems
now to hang, will, according to the
best informed Russians, depend upon
conditions at home, and these condi-
tons they do not believe are propi-
tiOus. The two big factors are the
internal conditions and the reports
from the front as to the military stu
alton. The former has been amelio
rated by last Saturdays manifesto and
the character of the reports received
by his majesty from Manchuria are
known to be good.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
THE GOOD OLD WAY.

A severe cold or attack of la grippe Is
like fire, the sooner you combat it the
better your chances are to overpower it.
But few mothers in this age are willing
to do the necessary work required to
give good old-fashioned reliable treat
ment such as would be administered by
their grandmothers, backed by Boschee's
German Syrup, which was always liber-
ally used in connection with the home
treatment of colds and is still in greater
household favor than any known rem
edy. But even without the application
of the old-fashioned aids German Syrup
will cure severe cold in quick time. It
will cure colds in children or grown peo-
pie. 1t relieves the congested organs,
allays the irritation, and effectively stops
the cough. Any child will take it. 1t
Is invaluable in household of children.
Trial size bottle, 25c; regular size, Toe.
For sale by H. J. Stangl
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Woman at Her Worst.

In every sense the most Objectionable
dress ever worn by English women
was that Of the early sixties, writes
Harry Furniss in the Gentlewoman.
l defy any lady to appear refined in the
correct fashions Of that period. | was
just old enough to look at them in pic
t,lre books and gaze in my perambu-
lator at the common objects of fashion
with infantiles DISBURSEMENT. The hair
stuck out at the back of the, head, as
chignon or bun (really resembling a
loaf, surmounted by little black
turban with feather stuck in it; tight
fitting purple jacket, strapped and
crossed with black or red braid; pam
niers Of gray color-bright yellow, say
ON which were worked startling pat
terms in red braid; short full skirt
say of red-with wide upright stripes
of purple braid; red parasol, yellow
gloves and violet boots completed a
costume that our gentlewomen once
wOre!-Pall Mall Gazette
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
The Old, Old Scorpion,

Scorpions are relics of prehistoric
times. They have been in existence
since the middle silurian era, and
through all the changes in environment
in the millions of years which have
elapsed they have remained practically
the same in structural character, in
habit. There is little, If any, evidence
that these animals in the past days of
their history have ever gained liveli-
hood by means other than those en-
ployed at the present day. But. though
abundance Of time has been granted
them to become specialized into any
number of strange forms, they have
retained wonderful resemblance to
the original genera. Although the arms
Of the sea constitute barriers which
scorpions cannot pass and although
their means Of dispersal are very linn
tied. the antiquity Of the amin IL is so
great that it has succeeded in distribut-
ing itself over the greater part Of the
globe, outside Of the arctic areas, and
before the present period their distri-
button was even greater.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25

mouth to st. Petersburg perhaps
to lesser extent to Toxic.
Although there are collateral evil
dences that pressure, both by Presi-
dent Rooseveltand neutral powers-in-
Guiding Japan's ally, Great Britain,
whose minister, Sir Claude Mac
donald, according to advices re-
ceived here, had a long conference
with Katsura, the Japanese pre-
mier-is still being exerted at Toxic
to induce Japan to moderate her de-
mands there is also reason to believe
that President Roosevelt was able at
this interview with Baron de ROsen
to practically communicate to the
latter's senior, de Witte, Japan's ire
ducible minimum-what she would
yield, but the point beyond which she
would not go.
Whether an actual basis of cOmpro
mise was proposed by the president
cannot be stated definitely. The only
thing that can be affirmed positively is
that if Russia refuses to act upon the
suggestion or proposition of President
Roosevelt the peace conference will
end in failure.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Why They Have No Hats.

The boys of the ''bluecoat school, Of
Christchurch hospital, England, do not
go hatless, as a correspondent init
mates, in order that the hair on their
heads may grow more abundant from
that exposure to the air and elements
of rain and sunshine.
The reason the boys of this famous
school go without their hats is that one
day very long time ago the bluecoat
boys were out walking and met Queen
Elizabeth. They neglected to remove
their hats, which so incensed the i'm
perious lady that she had their hats
taken away from them and swore that
they should have hats no more.
It is a fact that men who attended
that school did not in their later years
become bald-New York Times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Wind superstitions.

The Firms of Norway long enter
tanned traditional belief in the power
OF controlling the winds by a small
rope with three knots tied in it. This
popular superstition gave rise to the
curious industry Of making and selling
these wind controlling ropes with mag
zeal knots to mariners and fishermen.
It was believed that by unloosing the
first knot favorable breeze was Sc
cured, the second raised strong gale
and If the third knot was united it
would prove the prelude to tempest.
According to Ranulph Higden, the
witches of the Isle of Man had a sim
liar ancient practice of selling winds
TO sailors
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Public is Aroused

The public is aroused to knowledge
OF the curative merits OF that great med
stomach, liver and kidneys. Mary E.
Walters, of $40 ST. Clair Ave, Columbus
O.. writes: ''For several months I was
given up to die. I had fever and ague,
my nerves were wrecked;I could not
sleep, and my stomach was SO, weak from
useless doctors drugs, that I could not
eat. Soon after beginning to take Elec.
trio Bitters I obtained relief, and in
short time was entirely cured" Guar
anteed at e. j. Stangl's drug store;
price SOC.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Street Car Accident at Milwaukee.

Milwaukee. Wis. Aug. 22.-One
man was killed. several others seri-
ously injured and many others slight
ly hurt in an accident to Fox Point
street car. near Whitefish bay at a late
hour at night. The dead: Henry Alt
pass, 547 Twenty Seventh street. body
horribly mangled. The accident was
the result of the car overturning from
too rapid running around a curve.
There were sixty persons in the car at
the time With the first crash. there
was the widest confusion among the
passengers. The man who was killed
stood on the front platform of the
train. He fell beneath the front truck
and his head was crushed to an unrec-
ogniZable mass.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
ARBITRATION THE
PROPOSAL MADE?
Statement of What the President
Has Suggested to the Gar
of Russia.
QUESTION OF HONOR INVOLVED
In the War Settlement Plan Hit Upon
by Roosevelt.
Great Extension of the Principle
Would Result-Puts the Gar in
a Rather Difficult Posi-
ton.

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 22.-At l
O'Clock personal representative OF
President Roosevelt was closeted with
naval general stores building at the
navy yard. The appointment for the
conference was made through Secrc-
tary Pierce. 1t is not yet known who
the emisSary of the president is
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Centenarians Go to Court.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Aug. 1S.-Frauc
Davis and wife Of Footville, this coun-
ty, colored, aged 1903 and 1O5 years re-
spectively, have commenced action
against Frank and Julia Wells to re-
cover possession of the farm on which
they live. claiming that they were per-
suaded to sign over the property under
the rretense that they were affixing
their signatures to a note or acknowi-
edgement of small sum of money
due the parties in question. United
States District Attorney W. G..
Wheeler, at whose fathers home the
aged former slaves worked for a num-
Der Of years after the war, will con-
duct the prosecution.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
He WINS SYDnrnNd

Believe me-" said old Gotrox. sal
though I'm an old bachelor I'm sure
could learn to be good husband You
know, man Is never too old to learn"
Nor too old to yearn, perhaps" re-
piled Miss Pechis; "also I'm sorry to
say you're not too old to spurn. Phil
adelphia Press. >'~.' ~
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25

Madison, Wis, Aug 21-The Wis
consin Steel company of North Free
dom, Wis, has filed articles of incor-
poration in the office of the secretary
Of state. The company is capitalized
at $1,OOO,O0O, and is to develop iron
mines
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Boy Camper Saves a Train.

Lacrosse, Wis. Aug. 21.-William
Bates, boy camper, saved train
from being wrecked on the Dubuque
division Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railroad. He saw that
the track had been undermined. and,
tearing off: his shirt as signal. ran to
meet the oncoming train, which was
stopped within few feet of the wash
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25


pie of arbitration. Whether the pro-
pOSal cOntemplateS arbitration of all
the articles upo.l which the plenipO-
tentiaries have failed to agree, or only
upon the question of indemnity, can
not be stated with positiveness, but it
is more than probable. that it relates
only to indemnity, or to indemnity and
The cession of the island of Sakhalin.
the president has yet made a similar
proposition to Japan.
Puts the Gar in the Hole.
The customary diplomatic proceed
ing in such a case would be to sub
init the proposal simultaneously to
both countries, but there might be
an advantage in securing the adher-
Cnce of one before submitting it to the
other. To Emperor Nicholas, the au-
thor of The Hague peace conference,
the suggestion of arbitration which
will necessarily Immediately command
the sympathy of the public opinion of
the world will be particularly hard to
REJECT. Ii he agrees, Japan, III she mas
not already done so, will be all the
more bound to submit her claim to the
decision of an impartial arbitrator.
Great Extension of a Principle.
Acceptance by both sides would in
volve a great extension Of the princi
pie of arbitration, as nations have
heretofore declined to arbitrate Ques-
tons involving their 'honor and dig
nifty" Both Takahira and de Witte. in
the earlier stages of the conference,
absolutely rejected the idea of arbi-
tration, and only Saturday both reit-
Grated their disbelief in such a solu-
ton. 1t was noticed, however, that
de Whites opinion was not expressed
as strongly as it was previously.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Storm Disarranges Traffic.

Lacrosse, Wis. Aug. 19.-Traffic ON
the Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul,
and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
main lines between Chicago and ST.
Paul is badly disarranged on account
Of a heavy storm resulting in wash
outs Of large parts of the tracks north
Of Lacrosse.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Arrest of a Bunch of Reformers.

ST. Petersburg, Aug 22.-The police
have arrested Paul n. Milukoff, pro-
fessor of Russian history in the Uni
yersity of st. Petersburg, his wife, and
ten other members of the Bureau of
Association of Professional Unions. at
their residences at Qudielnaia, near St.
Petersburg.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Always Something Lacking.

Love is like waltz. 1t never quite
fulfills all one expects of it. Either
his hold too light or too loose, he
stumbles over your gown or steps on
your feet, and il everything else Is
right it is the wrong man.-Life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Bloody Fight in Mexico.

Tampico, Mex, Aug. 22.-A conflict
occurred between economists from the
United States and Indians near the vii
Iage of Mioos, 100 miles south of here,
and five colonists and several Indians
were killed. A detachment of rura les
has been sent on special train to the
scene of disturbance
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25

Portsmouth, n. H., Aug. 21.-The
Associated Press is able to announce
that the feature of the proposition OF
President Roosevelt, communicated
through Baron Rosen to de White, and
transmitted by the latter to Emperor
Nicholas was based upon the princi-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
One Thousand Men to Get Work.

Milwaukee, Aug. 21.-Walter III.
Whitside, vice president and general
manager of the Allis- Chalmers com
pany, has announced that the big plant
konwn as the South Foundry IN this
city, which has been idle forsome time,
will start up Sept |, employing 1000
men
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Raw Animals.

With a heart attuned to nature
study" little Hungarian girl in the
Canadian northwest exclaimed: ssYah.
teacher. It's certain beautiful on our
prairie, where the birds and the small
sheep run about raw"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
LOudenslager Is Very Ill.

Camden. n. j., Aug. 22.-Represcn-
tative II. G. Loudenslager. of the First
New Jersey district, is in a critical
condition at his home in paulsboro
Laudenslager was taken,ill about a
week ago with kidney and stomach
trouble. He is SO years old.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Peculiar Disappearance

J. D. Runyan, of ButlerAille, O., had
the peculiar disappearance of his painful
systems of indigestion and biliousness,
to DR.. Kings New Life Pills. He says:
"They are a perfect remedy for dizziness
sour sstomach, headache, constipation,
etc. Guaranteed at FL. J. StangPs drug
store, prise Csc.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
STATUS OF PEACE TERMS
Russia Accepted Seven of the Articles
Deferred Action on Five.

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 21.-The
substance and present status of the
Japanese peace terms are as follows:
4. Russia's recognition of Japan's
''preponderant influence" in Korea,
with her right to preserve order in the
civil administration, give military and
financial advice to the emperor Of
Korea. Japan binding herself to OBJ
serve the territorial integrity Of Korea
and Gt is believed) the policy of the,
''open door," Accepted.
2. Mutual obligation to evacuate
Manchuria. Accepted.
3. Japanese obligations to restore in
Manchuria Chinese sovereignty and
civil administration. Accepted. M
= 4. Mutual obligation to respect in
the future "the territorial integrity
and administrative entity of China in
Manchuria, and to maintain the prin-
ciple of equal opportunity for the in
dustry and commerce of all nations
the ''open door," Accepted.
5. The cession of the island of SAX
halin to Japan. Refused and final con-
S1deratlOn deferred.
6. The surrender to Japan of the
Russian leases of the Liaotung PENN
sula, including Port Arthur, Dalny
and the Blonde and Elliott islands.
Accepted.
Z. The surrender to China by ar
rangement with Japan of the branch
Of the Chinese Eastern railroad run
ming from Hardin to Port Arthur and
NeWchWang, together with the re-
PROCESSION of all the privileges obtained
under the concession of 1898. Ac-
cepted, in principle, final agreement
deferred
s. The limitation of the Chinese con-
ceSsion obtained by NJ. ROthstein and
Prince Uhk omsky in 1896 under which
the ''cut-Off' through northern Man
churia was built to connect the Trans
Siberian and the Ussurri railroads so
as to provide for the retention of the
ownership and operation of the line by
the Chinese Eastern, but with pro-
vision for the eventual substitution of
Chinese imperial police. for Russian
railroad guards. Accepted.
9. Remuneration for the cost of the
war. Refused and action deferred.
10. The surrender of the Russian
warships informed in neutral far east
ern waters. Disagreement, and action
deferred.
IL. The limitation of Russia's naval
power on Pacific waters. Deferred.
II. The grant to the citizens of Jap
an of the right to fish in waters Of
the Russian littoral from Eladivostok
north to Behring sea. Agreed upon.
Rain Discourages Farmers.
st. Paul. Mimi. Aug. 19.-Specials
from various parts of Minnesota say
that the rainy weather of the past
week has disheartened many farmers.
In the vicinity of st. Cloud the re-
port says there is much grain standing
and waiting for the binder. while
grain in shock has been badly soaked.
From Fertile, MIMI, comes a report of
a severe hail storm which passed over
that vicinity. 1t covered an area two
miles wide and five miles long, level
ling grain, which was ready to be cut.
The loss to the crop - estimated at
fifty per cent.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Roman Catholic College Dedicated.

Washington. Aug. 22.-The new Do
minican college of the Immaculate
Conception, which has been some years
under construction at Brookland. a
suburb of this city, has been dedicated.
Cardinal Gibbons presided at the cere-
mony and performed the formal act
Of blessing the building and the COM
munitY
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Drowned While Bathing.

Ripon, Wis, Aug. III. Wilkie
Ross. aged 26. son of James Ross,
Chicago broker, was drowned in Green
lake. Ross, accompanied by two
young women, went out on the lake in
q small boat, which overturned. The
girls chung to the boat and fioated
ashore, but the young man attempted
to swim for boat in which to rescue
his companions and went down
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Spanish War Veterans to Meet.

Milwaukee, Wis. Aug. 19.-William
E. English, commandments Of the
United Spanish-Amcrican War Veter-
ans, has issued call for the second
national encampment and reunion Of
the order, to be held in Milwaukee
Sept. I, and 8. The ladies' auxiliary
will meet at the same time and place
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
WHEN ROOSEVELT "GOT BUSY
Had Conference with Rosen, tt
Whom He Told His Plans.

Had Conference with ROsen, to
Whom He Told His Plans.
Briefly the history of the proposal re-
'ferred to above is that no sooner had
the president heard of the disagree
ment of the ENJOYS than he began max
ing arrangements for a representative
of de White to go to Oyster Bay and
hold Il conference. De White named
Rosen, and the baron, partly by rail
and partly by water-the president
sending the government yacht, "Sylph'
to meet the baron-made his way to
Oyster Bay, where he was closeted
with the president for an hour or so,
and received from the president his
latest plan to prevent the negotiations
from failing.
1t goes without saying that neither
the president nor the baron was pre-
pared to take the public into their con-
f,dence just now and let the newspaper
men have the proposition to discuss be-
fore the car saw it, and after the con-
ference the baron came back here by
the same means as he went to Oyster
Bay. 1t can be said, however, that the
chances of peace have undoubtedly
been improved by President Roosevelt
action in stepping into the breach in a
cast endeavOr to induce the warning
countries to compromise their lire
conciliable differences" but the result
is still in suspense. The ultimate de-
cision Of the issue has de facto, if not
de jure, passed from the plenipotentia-
ries TO their principals-from Ports
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25

Lacrosse, Wis, Aug. 22.-Suspicion
Of murder is entertained by the coro-
ner's jury at Trempealeau, Wis, in
the investigation of the death of Fred
Claffier. a wealthy farmer of Stock
ton. Mimi. whose body was found in
the Mississippi river there.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Organization VS.. Mayor Weaver.

Philadelphia, Aug. 22.-The regular
Republican organization has taken
steps looking to the purging of asses
sors' lists of alleged bogus names.
Mayor Viewers canvass for fraudu-
lent voters showed 10000 of them. The
organization says there is no such a
number. and will try to prove it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25

A Scotchman once took dinner at
house and regarded the meal as mad
equate AS he was leaving his host
asked him when he would dine with
him again. SNOW" was the startling
reply.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Y. w. C. A. Camp Meeting

Waterloo, Ia. Aug. 22.-The mid
summer gathering of the middle west
ern section of the National Young
Women's Christian association is be-
ing held here. Fully 700 delegates are
on the camp ground at Cedar River
mark.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Here Ia Relief for women

If you have pain in the back, Uniary,
Bladder or Kidney trouble and want
pleasant herb remedy for woman's
ills, try Mother Gray's Australian Leaf.
It IS safe and never-failing monthly
REGULATOR. AT druggists or by mail 80
cents. Sample package FREE. Address
the Mother Gray Co. Leroy, N. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Upper Mississippi Improvements.

Lacrosse, Wis, Aug. 22-At con-
ference between Thomas Wilkinson, Of
burlington, Ia, and the advisory COM
mittee Of the Upper Mississippi River
Improvement association. representing
the states Of Wisconsin, Minnesota, H.
linOis. Iowa and Missouri, it was de-
cided to hold the annual convention Of
the Organiza ton at Lacrosse on Oct.
10 and II next.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Prominent Iumberman Dead.

Lacrosse, Wis. Aug. 1S-W w.
Taylor, active in the lumber business
Of northern Wisconsin and in the coal,
lumber and land business in La.
Crosse, died suddenly here
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
Raid on the Milwaukee Tiger.

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 19.-District
Attorney McGovern, through Sheriff
Cary, made wholesale raid on the
gambling houses of Milwaukee, captur-
ing large number of inmates and a
large amount of paraphernalia. The
places raided are the most prominent
of the kind in the city.