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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Woman Dies Aged 1O1.

Green Bay, Wis, Jan. 7.-Apparent-
ly in excellent health, Miss Anastasia
Gochowska. Polish woman of this
city is dead at the age of 1O1 years.
1t was her ambition to reach the age
of 1O5. She was never in need of a
physician and read books and papers
without glasses. She attended the
Polish church regularly. walking sew
eral blocks to do so. Her husband
died forty years ago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Triple Tragedy on "a Farm.

Joliet, HI, Jan. civilian Rap
son. after family quarrel at the Hig-
ginbotham farm, fatally shot his son
Herbert. after which the old man
called Herberts wife out to the barn,
shot and killed her and then shot and
fatally wounded himself.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
The Better Way.

Positively the worst struggle | ever
had in the water" said young man
who had been at sea- was one night
trying to save a man with a wooden
leg" Man." said an old Scotchman
who was quietly listening, eff We had
got bit of rope We could haze saved the
man quicker WI it than We could dae
wi ten widen legs"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Indiana Banker Sentenced.

indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 10.-The in
Wood, the Matthews Ind. banker.
who was. convicted of misapplication
of the funds of his bank and of hav-
ing made false entries in its books, ap-
peared before Judge A f. Anderson
of the federal court and was sentenced
to six years at hard labor at Fort
LeayenwOrth prison.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Confirmed nv the Senate

Washington. Jan. 10. The senate
* executive session confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations: Arthur L. San
born, district judge for the western
district of Wisconsin; George Horton,
illinois, consul at Athens, Greece.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
She Can, That's "a Fact.

BOyce-Why does woman give so
much attention to dress? Is it because
she wants to attract men or because
she desires to outshine her sister WOm-
en-? Mrs Boyce-Can't a woman do
two things at once?-Smart Set.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Memorial Concert to Theo. Thomas.

Chicago. Jan. 9.-Thousands OF per-
sons eager to pay tributes of respect to
the memory of Theodore Thomas were
turned away from the Auditorium thea
ter because every seat in the vast hall
was occupied fully half an hour before
that set for the memorial concert by
the Chicago orchestra for its dead lead
err
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Beef Trust Agents Are Free.

Helena. Mont. Jan 10.-By order of
Judge Smith, in the district court, five
agents residing at Butte. who We're ar
rested in the famous beef trust cases
We're discharged from custody ain,
their bondsmen exonerated. H. S. Quinn
moved that they be discharged on the
ground that the agents of corporations
are not liable for the acts of their com
De MES
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Bones Ic Troubles

It is exceptional to find family where
there are no domestic ruptures occasion
ally, but these can be lessened by having
DR.. Kings New Life Pills around. Much
trouble they save by their great work in
Stomach and Liver troubles. They not
only relieve you, but cure. Is cents at
Stangps drug store.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
VIII Test a Wisconsin Law.

Madison, Wis. Jan. 10. - Papers
have been filed against Attorney Gen
eral Sturdevant by the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul and the Wiscon
sin Western railroads to test the new
ad valorem tax law which would in
crease the taxes of the st. Paul road
about 100000 and of the Western
about $4,000. .-~e--s4. ~a..>-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
New Branch for the Schools.

Milwaukee, Jan. {. - Elementary
agriculture should be taught in the
common Schools" said Professor A. ].
Glover. of Fort Atkinson, in his paper
on How to Get Better Milk to the
Cheese Factories at the Wisconsin
cheesemakers' convention.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Ouick Work Ouenches a Fire.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Jan. 9. -
Quick work by almost every inhabit-
ant of Boyd prevented the destruction
of the business quarter of the village.
E. e. Ramsdell's store was burned and
many other buildings were damaged.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
PugiIist Assaults Newspaper Man.

Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. TT, S. An
drews, the sporting editor of the Even,
ing Wisconsin, was brutally beaten by
George LAWYER, a pugilist, who was at
one time Jeffries sparring partner, on
account of remarks which LAWYER
claimed were derogatory to him. An
drews is a small man. quiet and inof-
fensive LAWYER is big fellow of the
heavy weight class.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Distinction In Terms.

Binks-Skinnem tells me he is going
into Catchem's law office as a partner.
Jinks-Doesn't he mean as an accom-
plice?- Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Nogi Captures $4,000 Men.

Toxic. Jan Ga report from Gen
eral Nogi's headquarters which was re-
ceived during the day, largely in
creases the figures of the surrendered
garrison and intimates that the force
handed over to the Japanese at Port
Arthur will be C2OO0. exclusive of
$4,000 or 10000 sick and wounded,
making q ROUGH total of $4,000.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Section of the Cars Pacific Fleet
Sails in the Direction of
the Suez Canal.
RUsSIRAs OUT OF PORT ARTHUR
Total OF Those No Longer In the Fort
FoOts Up "a, 1863 Men and Off
cers-Peace Talk at ST.
Petersburg,

Toxic, Jan. 10--In well-informed cir
cles it is estimated that the original
garrison Of Port Arthur numbered
about $4,000 to 10000 men, including
sailors. The killed. those who died
of sickness and the missing are placed
at over 10000.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
New York Japanese Celebrate.

New York. Jan. 9.-The fall of Port
Arthur was celebrated here at mass
meeting of Japanese residents of the
city. held in Carnegie hall. The affair
was intended to be solely for the Jap
anese residents, 500 of whom attended.
and the only invited guests were Gen.
eraI Stewar L. WOodford. ev-inip ister
to Spain. and Alexander Tison, both Of
whom spoke.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Expected.

Landlady-The coffee, l am sorry to
say, is exhausted, Mr.. Smith. Mr..
Smith-Ah, yes, poor thing, l was ex-
pecting that. I've noticed that for some
time it hasn't been strong.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Con"er Goes to Philippines.

Pekin, JAN 6.-Mr. Conger, the
American minister, has left Pekin for
the Philippines. Secretary Coolidge
assumed charge of the legation.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Kind Words

A word of kindness is seldom spoken
in vain, while witty sayings are as
easily lost as the pearls slipping from
g broken stream-Prentice.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13

Suda Bay, Jan. g. - Vice Admiral
BOtrOvsky's division of the Russian sec
Ond Pacific squadron, consisting of the
cruisers Oleg, Izumrud, Dnieper and
RiOn, and the torpedo boat destroyers
Grozny, Gromski and Rezity, which
had been delayed in Suda bay, left
yesterday afternoon for Port Said.
These vessels passed through the
Suez canal eastWard-bound early in
December, and are now seemingly re-.
tracing their way to European waters.
Washington, Jan. 9.-The Japanese
legation has received the following ca
blegram from the foreign office at To
EiO under date of yesterday: General
NOgi on Sunday reports that the deliy-
cry Of Russian prisoners under the
capitulatiOn was completed on Satur-
day. The total of the prisoners was
87S officers and 23,491 men, whereof
AL officers and 229 Orderlies gave
eral FOck, General GOrbatoVsky and
Admiral Willmann preferred to be
sent to Japan as prisoners. while Stoes-
sci will leave Dalny for home on the
18th of January"
FOck Had Been Reported Dead.
Reports previously sent from the
Far East were to the effect that both
Lieutenant Generals FOck and Smir-
nOn had been killed at Port Arthur On
Jan. Il St Petersburg dispatch de-
MED that EOck had been killed. but
admitted that he had been wounded
A dispatch received from NIukden Jan.
said that while the death of FOck had
not been published. it had for six
weeks been accepted there as a fact
The report of General SmirnOff'S death
had never been confirmed
Talk of Peace Is Heard,
st. Petersburg, Jan. 9, 2:1O a. NJ
The conferences which Emperor
Nicholas has been holding with mem
bers of the counsel of the empire NJ
White, and other ministers and advis-
OrS, on the internal and external sit
uation have not yet been concluded,
but nothing has occurred which would
indicate that the government is pre-
pared to depart from its present pro-
gramme of continuing the war to the
bitter end. Nevertheless, talk of peace
is heard i'll many quarters the founda-
ton for it being ascribed to Foreign
Minister Lamsdorff's alleged position
in favor of such a course on the
ground that, aside from the humilia-
ton to military prestige involved it
would only mean the REIMBURSEMENT
of Manchuria, to which Russia already
is formally pledged. There is no con-
GrmatiOn of this statement.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13

There is one rational way to
treat nasal catarrh; the medicine is APP
piled direct to the affected membrane.
The remedy is Ely's Cream Balm. 1t
restores the inhamed tissues to a healthy
state without drying all the life out OF
them and 1t gives back the lost senses
of taste and smell. The sufferer who is
tired of vain experiments should use
Cream Balm. Druggists sell it for SOC.
York, will mail it. 7
No man ever yet got his sidewalk
shoveled off by sitting down and pom
dering the depth of last years snow
Boston Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
FORTY CARS WRECKED
Five Men Are Killed, One Being a Fire
man and the Other Four
Tramps.

C0nneIISVlIIe, Pa., JAN. IA BdICI-
more and Ohio freight train of forty
cars was wrecked at Glencoe, ten miles
east of Sand Patch tunnel, and five
men were killed One of the dead was
a substitute fireman, whose name has
not been learned, and the others were
trampS.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
proven S

:" When the butter won't
come put a penny in the
l.urn," is an old time dairy
jcovcrb. 1t often seems to
II, though no one has ever
told why.
When mothers are worried
cause the children do not
gain strength and flesh we
- give them SCOTS Emul-
,:0n.
1t is like the penny in the
mix because it works and
because there is something
astonishing about it.
SCOTS Emulsion is simply
a milk of pure cod liver oil
with some hypophosphites
especially prepared for delicate
stomachs.
Children take to it naturally
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as
naturally to the children be-
cause it is SO perfectly adapted
to their wants.
For all weak and pale and
thin children SCOTS Emulsion
is the most satisfactory treat
m emit.
E--~7 We will send you
"a the penny, l. e., a
Iskas sample free.
RM I'D Be sure that this picture in
z5g1y&#ud the form Of label is the
! sS*z Nx#skdEI wrapper of every bottle of
lsfxisy-ESAH Emulsion you buy
sNNa@ SCOTT s BOVINE,
Ea Chemists,
49, 400 Pearl ST., N. Y.
LS.-44szs f-.sssa Soc and $500; all druggists.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13

Operating electric road between Rockford
Ill and GAINESVILLE, Wis. via Roscoe. Ill.
Rockton, H., and Beloit, Wis.
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

strength of the handle: 'This case
will have a terribly heavy load to
carry"
Berkman was able to give a de-
scription Of the man who bought the
suit case. He was about forty-two
years old, five feet nine or ten inches
tall, smooth shaven, well dressed,
weighed about 10 pounds.
Vague as this was Ii enabled the
detectives to find number of per-
sons who saw just such a man lug
ging a heavily loaded dress suit case
on the very day on which, toward
evening, the suit case and its con-
tents were found
The first person to remember see
ing such a man was Charles Sachs.
newsboy at the Pleasant street
subway station. He actually helped
the man through the turnstile, for
the case was big and heavy and the
man had trouble in getting it
through the gate. The newsboy
noticed also that the man was very
nervous and his hand trembled as
he handed a coin IN at the ticket
Office
The Washington times., 1905-10-22
SdW Suit Case Man.

The next person who recalled see
ing the man with the dress suit
case was a passenger Thursday noon
on the ferryboat of the Boston,
Revere Beach 3nd Lynn railroad. He
noticed that the man could hardly
carry the heavy case and as 1t was
open along the top he saw a strip
of white.
This was doubtless the oilcloth in
which the young woman's torso had
been wrapped.
To still further corroborate the
statements of this passenger and the
newsboy, the gate tender at the
East Boston end of the ferry noticed
the same man struggling along with
the heavy suit case as he passed
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

through the gate. going in the di-
rection of the train which runs to
Winthrop. The gateman also
noticed another man who seemed
to be companion of the first man.
This other man was carrying an
other case and bundle under his
arm wrapped in brown paper.
This tended to confirm the theory
which the detectives had had from
the first that the head. arms and
legs, which had been cut of had
been packed in another dress suit
case and disposed OF like the torso
by throwing them into the water.
Since the murder had been traced
to the Winthrop train, it was be-
lieved that both suit cases had been
thrown off the train as 1t went over
the trestle leading from East Boston
to- Winthrop. The case containing
the head and limbs would naturally
have sunk. owing to its weight; the
other case with the torso was bpOyed
up by the lightQess of the lungs,
and so f1oated on the surface
On Monday following, in the after
noon. some boys found bundle on
the beach off Cottage Park. They
turned it over to a postman, who
carried it to the police station 1t
contained a woman's nightshirt of
fine texture, undervest, some hand
kerchiefs, also some absorbent cot
ton and surgeons gauze. This tend
ed TO confirm the conviction already
formed that a surgeon had cut up
the body, so skillfully and with such
knowledge of anatomy was it exc
cuted. Besides, this bundle contain
ed one long blond hair exactly like
that found in the suit case with
the body-makine another direct
connection between the bundle OF
clothes and the suit case victim. The
clothes evidently belonged 10 a
young woman of wealth.
Two DAYS late- q mans raincoat
was picked up by coal barge cap
tain near a second bridge leading to-
ward Boston. Under the lapel of the
coat was a long blond hair. This
was still another LINK in the chain
of evidence being forged against the
murderer
The Washington times., 1905-10-22
The Bfoodstained Macintosh.

Lastly comes the discovery of the
bloodstained macintosh near the
Saratoga bridge. 1t is the theory OF
the police that this macintosh had
at first been used to carry the trunk
of the body, being discarded in favor
of the dress suit case, and then
thrown away.
Out of this dark story, with its
Zolaesque tinge of horror and focus
ing the interest of the whole coun-
try, will at least arise one element
of good. For already are the legis-
latures of the States of New York
and Massachusetts considering the
Introduction of measures for a more
drastic regulation of the licenses
granted TO owners OF private hospi-
tails for women, system of bi-weekly
inspection Of private hospitals for
women, and closer enforcement OF
the laws and penalties dealing with
the practice of medicine and sur
gerry by unqualified persons.
In this connection comes to the
memory with stern significance tho
NCIUS VI SA-OuPSl1IteEGSAC bgEnSS
The difficulty or securing a con
viction even for q minor offense in
any one of these cases is almost be
yond description" he said. IN near
ly every instance the men and even
more the women are protected by
powerful secret influence in high
places. the character Of which it is
not difficult TO understand. One
case in hundred may come TO light
But / have not DOUBT that at least
two hundred women in this city
are secretly murdered every year.
All things favor the escape Of the
chief criminal. With the death of
the unhappy girl there is 4 general
conspiracy on the part OF the wo-
mems family, dreading disgrace the
family of the man IN the case, their
friends. in cne word. Of everybody
in sight to smuggle the whole case
out of sight Of the police and the
coroner. | am convinced that one
half of the mysterious disappear
ances' Of women fro.l their Acmes.
never 10 be seen again alive. are at
.ributable to this cause
The Washington times., 1905-10-22
Work of a Skilled Surgeon.

And they staked their professional
regulations that the severance OF
the limbs from the trunk was the
work only of a skilled surgeon.
Death had occurred about twelve
hours before the finding of the
trunk
Around the trunk was a piece of
white marble oilcloth, evidently
new, and cut from a larger piece by
the hand of a draper. Clinging to
the oilcloth was a strand of long,
fiaxen, or light gold, hair. Around
the trunk was a second strand of
hair. and the whole mass had been
placed in an outer wrapping Of rub
Der cloth. evidently with the view
of preventing the soaking of blood
But save for the condition of the
skin, soft, round and pink, giving
every indication that the woman had
been of high walk in life, the trunk
gave no other clue.
But slowly, bit by bit, during the
past month the police have been able
to piece together clues till they have
traced the murderer for five miles
through Boston and out to the sum-
mer resort suburb OF Winthrop.
They are even able to tell how
he retraced his steps 10 East Boston.
This has been done by clues at first
so faint as 10 seem meaningless and
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

inscrutable, but when put together
make trail as plain as II he had
left blood stains all along the way
Though at first glance there was
nothing on the woman's poor, mutt
lated torso to give any hint of her
identity, the scientific deductions of
Medical Examiner Harris and Prof.
Whitney, of Harvard, have revealed
her approximate age, just how she
came to her terrible death, what
her appearance in life must have
been, and even her high social posi-
tion has been revealed by the find
ing of a bundle of her clothes near
where the dress cult case containing
the torso was picked up in the water.
Finally, the most singular and
conclusive evidence of all has been
furnished by three blond hairs
one found in the dress suit case with
the mutilated body, one among the
bundle Of clothes, mile and a half
away, and one under the lapel of
mans raincoat, also found in the
water about a mile farther on the
way back TO Boston-pointing as
plainly as If the murderer had left
a signboard:
II am the man-follow me-"
How these astonishing clues were
unearthed and followed up makes
a narrative of absorbing interest
quite as remarkable as any Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle ever imagined for
one of his Sherlock Holmes stories.
The first substantial clue came in
finding the pawnbroker who sold
the dress suit case in which the body
was packed. This was naturally the
first effort made by the police. They
finally secured an Identification OF
the case by means of a patch made
on the inside TO re-enforce the han
die.
Joseph Berkman, proprietor of a
pawnshop on Pleasant street, in the
South End, remembered the man De :.
cause he said as he tested the
The Washington times., 1905-10-22
Who Was the Fair Victim?

In the whole month of a night and
day search have the Boston police
borne these truths in mind, and
slowly but surely drawn nearer and
nearer the revelation of the truth.
Somewhere in the dress suit case
of dark browE, or IN the legless. and
headless trunk of the woman inside
it, there was a clue to the identity OF
the woman, and the police have
known just what that clue is. They
have quietly, patiently waited. en-
during the storm Of criticism over
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

the delay in securing the slayers
until the time came to strike.
In the Back Bay district of Bos-
ton. or in the fashionable suburbs
around the city. Dereaved family
have silently borne the burden of a
dreadful secret of sin, disgrace and a
shameful death, and tremblingly
awaited the hour when the officers
door to drag from them the hideous
story of the daughter and sister
whose life. 60 less than her death,
has brought the burden of humilia-
tion on them. Yet they have carried
their secret alone; to smile at the
world-at their friends-to utter
platitudes; to speak of her as one
who lived, even while they have
known that the dismembered parts
of her body, ruthlessly severed from
the trunk by her murderer, lay at
the bottom of the harbor.
II they have wept for her it was
in secret. If they sought vengeance
on the man who led her TO disgrace
and death they have stayed their
hands, knowing that exposure would
involve their own social ruin and the
distraction of ali that the future
holds for the innocent sisters OF the
murdered woman. So, too, even
though they knew her murderer
the man who did the bidding OF her
betrayer-they could not denounce
him, and for all that they would do
he might go unpublished. Yet, too,
of a certainty they knew also that
the chief of police and his men, day
by day, hour by hour, winnowing
their search through the gynecolo-
gists, the private nursing institu-
tions and private hospitals, had at
last settled, with the instinct of the
bloodhound, upon the slayer and his
accomplices, and awaited only the
forging of another link in the chain
to swoop down upon him. The story
of the murder and mutilation, which
is TO be known in history as the
dress suit case crime" is but the
story OF every other case Of this
peculiar character. in which the
wealthy family and friends of the
victim. for the sake of 'the family
credit have resigned themselves 10
the escape from justice of those re-
sponsible for the victims death.
The Boston police, however, sue
cessfully beating down the first and
worst obstacle, have overcome
others that invariably widen the
field of inquiry and add 10 their bur-
dens.
Gradually have they eliminated
the self-advertiser who rushes to the
front with false clues and the hys-
terica, woman with an imagination,
until the field was left clear for the
elucidation Of tangible traces OF the
murderer.