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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-13
To Remain an Independent Concern.
The following circular letter has been
sent out by the United Cigar Manufac-

Ihe following circular letter has been
sent out by the United Cigar Manufac
turers:
New York, March %, 1906.
No doubt you have heard through ru-
mors or newspaper stories of some deal
that is at present going on in our compa-
ny. In order to disabuse your mind of
any erroneous impression that you may
have received by these misleading re-
ports, we desire to assure you that the
contemplated deal we are engaged in in
no way affects our independent continu-
alton in our business, and things will
run just the same as before, each and
every one of US devoting the same time
and attention to the business in the fu
ture as we have in the past. Tie out
come of the plan in mind will simply
tend to a broadening out of our possi
bilities, which will naturally rebound to
our mutual benefit.
AS to the deal itself, we are not in po-
sition to give you any detailed particu
lars, for the reason that it is not yet an
assured fact, and until absolutely closed
we are not in a position to do so. There
fore, in conclusion, we desire to again
impress upon you the fact that you need
not in any way give credence to any ru-
mOrs that you may have heard, as there
is absolutely nothing in this deal that
has any connection, directly or indi-
rectly, with the American Tobacco Co.,
and this official statement you may make
with our backing, and you may further
add that all of u.s. as before, remain ab-
solutely in control of cur business in the
future, as we have in the past.
Trusting you will appreciate the rea-
sons that cause US to send you this in
formation, we remain,
Very truly yours,
UNITED CIGAR MANUFACTURERS.
Walter A Schiller.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-13
MIAMIsBURG, O., March 80, 1906.

The buying season is drawing to a
close, and though few sales are still re-
ported, the greater part of the crop has
passed from first hands. The general
opinion is that market conditions have
been relatively more favorable for the
growers than the buyers, as in the gen.
eral rush for tobacco in some cases inor-
dinately high prices were asked and
paid. At the same time it is stated that
the percentage of good tobacco in the
crop is larger than was expected.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-13

me few days ago that he never sold a
crop of tobatco in the bundle and never
regretted his plan; for he always got
good money for asserting and packing
his own crop and selling in the case. No
tobacco beds have been made here as
yet, and very little seed has been put to
sprout. Cultivator.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-13
NEW YORK, April 4, 1906

The domestic leaf situation is very lit
tie changed from last week, sales being
few and unimportant.
Sumatra.-T type again holds the
center of the stage. Some sales are re-
ported locally in the new goods.
Havana a.-There is no change from the
comatose condition of last week. Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-13
Baldwinsville, N. Y.

The handling of last seasons crop has
been nearly completed at the local ware
houses which are now all closed except
Taussig & Co.'s, where force is still at
work. Local interest now centers in the
preparation for this years crop which
promises to be the largest grown in sew
eral years, the acreage being largely in
creased Gazette.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03

1t is unfortunate that Secre-
tary Taft's unpopularity with the
labor unions should make his
nomination for the presidency
undesirable for the republican
party, and SO should induce him
to withdraw as a candidate. If
reports are true, he has given up
all presidential aspirations and
will accept a place on the su
preme bench. The big secretary
is one of the strong men in the
repu blican party and one of the
few in whose rugged honesty and
unfinching, though al times,
perhaps, rude courage, the
voters have faith.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03

In another column will be
found a communication from
Mayor Carter appealing to the
people of this city to do some
thing toward preserving the
grave of old Chief Bemidii, after
whom this city is named. The
mayor declares that the grave is
not even marked with a head.
stone and that it shows unmis.
taxable signs of neglect. The
suggestion that movement be
organized to properly mark the
last resting place Of this: good old
Indian, and to care for it, as other
communities do the graves of
their famous characters, is good
one and. should meet. with a
hearty response. In Sleepy Eye,
a city of not over 3,0O0,. the citi-
zens have erected monument to
old Chief Sleepy Eye, which is
famous the state over. Itwould
be an excellent thing if the citi-
zens of this comm unity would
take. some similar action to pre-
serve the memory Of our famous
chief.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03

The Crookston Times com.
ments on the scarcity of houses
for rent in it's city. The same
condition prevails in Bemidji; il
is difficult to rent a desirable
property. There was never a
better opportunity than the
present for someone with money
to invest to erect comfortable
though modest, dwelling houses
in this city. They would pay
big.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03
Golden Gate City's Wealth.

The assessed valuation Of all the
real property Of San Francisco for the
present year was $402, l27, 2o1, and the
personal property was valued at 1922
258, 400, making a total assessed valua-
ton Of 1924 1856, 667. The assessments
equaled about IS to 70 per cent of the
actual value. On this basis the real
and personal property Of the city has
value Of $8OO.OOo,oOO. It's population
last year was estimated at 100000
Mortgage and $)ods in stock and
manufacture are not included in this
estimate The city had one Of the
smallest municipal debts Of any large
city In the Union. The water, gas and
electric light plants were not owned by
the city. Its total debt amounts to
only $4,243,372. Its city property, in
Guiding parks and municipal buildings,
was valued at $3O,543,OOO.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03

DR.. Jones, who has just re.
turned to Bemidji after passing
safely through the earthquake,
though with a narrow escape, says
that when the great crack twenty
feet wide was opened in the
earth. Steam and gas issued
forth. This is a tale which has
never before appeared in an
eastern paper, to our knowledge,
and if the doctor is not mistaken
and he says he saw it with his
own eyes-it adds new data for
speculation on the causes OF
earthquakes. If steam and gas
actually were emitted, how is
this to be reconciled with the
theory that the quake is merely
a shrinking of the earth's crust?
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03

One reason "Bob" Smith has
little difficulty in carrying a St.
Paul election is because the
masses have got so in the habit
of voting for him that they do it
automatically. Like Andrew
jackson, bob" will probably be
capturing votes fifty years after
he is dead.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03
CONTENTS WORTH $40.

Thieves Steal Cornerstone Of caiifor.
MIA Church.
Pasadena Cal, May Thieves dur.
ing the night stole the cornerstone OF
the North Pasadena Methodist church.
The stone weighs about 800 pounds
and contained coins and other small
valuables. worth probably $40. The
church was just completed few days
ago and is large and expensive edi-
flee.
The cornerstone was pried out of
the building and removed entirely from
the premises.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03
The worst enemy any candi-
date can have are his gushy
friends.

May was Dewey Day, buthoW
many knew it? What's the use,
does it pay?
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03
VAST L0SSIN BUILDINGS
Beautiful Structures Ruined by
San Francisco's Earthquake.
BoME FAMOUS THE WORLD OVER

luxurious Palace Hotel, That Cost
$1,000, OOO-Cl1n House, That Slid In
to the Sea, Was Favorite Resort of
Thousands-Massive Mills Building
and Biggest Church Gone.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03

Mrs. Robert H. Finch, wife of the
former mayor of Toledo, O., is dead
from carbolic acid poisoning, self-ad-
ministered.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03

80
Parts Of Country safe and Unsafe.
The parts Of the United States which
are safe as well as unsafe from earth
quakes are herewith stated by the New
York Herald
Safe from earthquakes: Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Washington, Rich
mond, Raleigh, n. G.; Augusta and Co
lumbus, Ga, and Appalachian region
west Of a line between these cities.
Liable to earthquakes: Coastal region
Of uncertain clay; sand and rock for
nation east OF q line between the cit
les mentioned; the Pacific coast and
portions OF the Mississippi valley, es-
pecially the region Of the New Madrid
earthquake In western Tennessee and
eastern Missouri
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03
WILL INVEST $3,0O0,00O.
Foreign Syndicate After San Francisco
Realty.

Realty.
San Francisco, --.--- -s.-rhe Elk
aminer says:
A European syndicate is ready to in
vest $3,O0O,O0O in San Francisco realty.
The determination to place this SUM
in real estate in this city has been
formed since the great disaster. The
intention of the foreign corporation
has been made known to H. e. Law,
one of the Law brothers, owners OF a
large amount of San Francisco prop
erty. The head of the syndicate ca
bled to him of it's desire to get hold OF
sites and buildings. The desire OF the
European investors to secure real es-
tate is taken as evidence of the conf
dence of the world in the future of the
new San Francisco.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-05-03
HELP WANTED.

WANTED-For the u. S. Marine
Corps; men between ages 81
and 35. An opportunity to see
the world. For full informa.
ton apply in person or by let
Ter to q. S. Marine Corps re-
cruiting office, cor. Beltrami
and Second AYES, .Bemidii,
Minnesota.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-17

royal singer was not paid at all. and she retired
10 the country to live as best she might on a
very little money picturesque happening of
that year of death was a domiciIary visit paid
10 her by the local revolutionary committee:
She received them with smiling face. though
intimacy with the Prince de- C"nde 51d Grb hee & nsr
to- the T1se Gtsres was sufficient 10 have her
she; Il know the Rights of Man bv heart and Sf'
the pleasure of the Sovereign Pe6nie ,:''''' 'or
he committee. however. were not satisfied with
ihcSt assurances and insisted On ransarLin- t6a
AMI forth Presently thew Sg cm me Correspondence %
u ~ Ii'qSN iS Iisr,i ana paused used before it
The worthy saHs-cuI1tfes uncovered and conrt,,,o,
fntE IntE Hid JuSt been contemplating the aueIst
guinary career the knife of Charlotte Sor1, san &
recently brought to an ABRUPT termirotiaS mad
patriotism of the Gifoya1St tor having doubted the
brilliant contemporary of the Ar,o,,r, No..
Louise Letevre, known as Mime Duq,zoD
She was the prettiest most piouap+ On, =.
OF creatures, with magnificent eyes frirs,a5 ~
Lohs aSheS- At nineteen. after a caref1I tr,i,,
ms dt lle handS of her famous predacasS,-
justine faNart' the girl appeared in an or,.,
ny uretrE' and at single bound s1vs o,,- o.,
thor' she attained the highest rank and 49,,
H. O'iV'rS says OF her that she was nor -
't an Out AN actress who spoke soma
~ rel' '"e t'ueS' ana most passionate expression,
"hat an astonishing Woman, axcr,i,,,.,,
hoieldieu They say that she does not u,der-
sd. S',,iu music Yet never heard any one sins
suu" V'.S'e and expression. such nature and
fidelity Mime. Nig6e-Lebrun tas,i7a, =
power as the most perfect actress a,-.r N
by the Opera Comique Noble naive s~r,cor,,I
plquant' she had twenty faces. and ALWAYS s,,f,
ed her accent to the person she repraseptst y.
the Time Her voice was somewhat veal. 49,
she adapted 1t equally Well to tears Iauobtsr
ana every situation" Weak voice or 5af.c,t,,'
,''usie'' education. she triumphed over ever,
'-''ils' and eSneciaIIy in the part af Min,
New-York tribune., 1906-06-17

ties under which the unhappy composer -
in producing this wOrk-difficulties whlch
greatly increased by Mile SOphie's temper. "
to that time the operatic singer preseh''U
nbrases as she liked. the wretched orchestra uo-
inc it's best to follow. 1--WE play IN tiinc'
Francceur. the leader, at a rehearsal wiz"
pbie rated him vehemently. In tHe'
the actress. raging "QueIic bette est-ce tdF Fol
lou, mo monsieur. and understand that your
acconDanirnent is the very humble servant OF
the actress who is recitinsr' Pity the sorro"s
or = COMPOSER who was doing nothing more nor
less than bringing in O2eratic revoiuuOn'
With his head covered by an old cotton nightcap
and a face dark with passion, Gluck would tear
about the stage threatening at the top OF MS
voice To tell Nine la Dauphine his troubles and
straightway take the road to Vienna Even
Sophie became meek at that threat, and ended
by making herself delightful IphiSenie
After Gluck's revolution came another, the
most terrible the world has known. and the
spoiled queen of the opera, then growing old.
fell on evil days After 1893 her pension a
New-York tribune., 1906-06-17

among her friends. and who had not only ac-
complshrnents, but solid learning. At twelve
years old the girl sang in Holy Week the
"Miserere" of Lalande in the church of the Alb
bey of Panthemont. and all fashionable Paris.
crowding to hear her. wept over the wonderful
pathos OF her voice. The PompadOur told her
she was made for the theatre. and Ictfre de
cdchct by order of the King attached her to his
maJestys opera company. The remarkable girl
became. in the short space of four months the
queen of the theatre. 1t is the testimony of a
contemporary that one of her gifts was the
power to express grief charmingIy the depletion
of the deepest horror not mlrrine one faatur,
OF her beauty. Her voice was striking: its
magic lay in its sentiment, ITS expression. in
that which, in her acting proved that the
Pompadour was right IN pronounciny her "nada
lor the theatre Never was popular idol more
worShipped. The opera in which she apDeared
might be fiat and dull-her audience applauded
her wildly all the same. Those who did not
adore her afraid of her for she bacan,a
famous-and is famous to this day-for BON
niots that were merCiless. Her insoIenca and
pride in this period of popularity were bound
less.
1t may he doubted whether any queen Of sope
since opera was invented have occasfoned
and annoyance caused by Mile SOPHIE ArnonI5
t Nhew new S5ie WIS necessary wellnigh indispen-
the administration pay for the Increased reSeipt
which her popularity brought them. Every day
she hid some new grievance some unexDecfed
Whlm. She wished to sing and she did not wish TO
sing. she retired and she rcIppeared SometineS
she would create a part in an oDrr;, sinsr ji,'i,aI
20 crowded houses for three or four nights tEa5
suddenly discover that it was unstIited To- her Gr
made too great demands upon her strength and
insist upon another singer taking her Dl,cs fnr
the remainder of the of the piece. A few
evenings later, jealous, perhaps, of the apnI1uSe
which her successor receiving. she Vroul c,Tro
down TO the theatre, and announce her intention of
reSumlhS her part, only TO throw il up again so
scon as she considered that she had asserted her
superiority. W ''ei
Sophie was a great Iphigenie in GIucks opera
of that name. and some of the most arusiro
pages Of this volume are dep ted tn tina .iiftIonl
New-York tribune., 1906-06-17
HANNAH HORE-

The Lore story Of q Famous Writer.
She was born on February >. 1745. at staple
ton. in GIoucesterShire. her father being the
master of Il school in the neighoorlood IN l.''
her eldest sister, Mary, who was then tWthry
enc. with her sisters Elizabeth and SaEAn'
opened ladies' school in Trinity street, BrtSto-
taking Hannah and her younger sister, Patty
who We're then respectively twelve and ten years
of age. as pupils The school was great Suc-
cess, and Hannah became highly culuval5u
girl. Somewhere about the year llGt she Hlals
the acquaintance of a Mr.. Turner. Of Belmont
He was wealthy bachelor. considerably oide'
than herself, and the owner Of a tine estate hed'
Flax BOurtOn. in SonerSetshire. She Is d.
Scrioed as being at this time an eNcesdlhs-{
pretty girl with delicate features and beautll'
eyes These characteristics she retained 20 u'
end OF her life as the portrait OF her by Picke'S-
sill. IN the National Portrait Gallery, Clearly
shows She became a constant visitor ar Sei-
mont, and in due course of time received Ituih
Mir Turner proposal of marriage. when Sile
accepted She withdrew from her Conneclio"
with the school and made all preparations l''
her wedding.
This. however. never took place Three times
was the day fixed, and often, for some unln
telligthle reason, postponed by MI Turner. rs
lHectlon Tor her seems To have been SInCefc ouI
ne was man of curious and rather gloomy
disposition, and his strange conduct may po>S'
bly, be referred 10 some mental perVSrSity- ~
IaSt her friends interfered. and insisted on lh'
engagement being broken off Mr., Turner Wa
very anxious 10 make 4 settlement upon hfi'
ana though for some time she declined % enter
tam the proposal she finally persuaded ot
Sir James StoUeh0uSe to accept an annuity 'i
t-"p a wear This unfortunate affai- did not ~
tertere with the friendship and respect Whth
MT Iqrner continued To feel for her. and at -
ueath he left her legacy Of st.Otl But IL pr'o-
ably left ITS mark on her and though she SUI
Se1uently received two offers OF marriage S4s
declined them both
New-York tribune., 1906-06-17
CDe 0ela)t2lo1sk gribmaas z
SUNDAY, JUNE II, 1906.

one of the strangest sensations that can De
felt by man is that sudden startling CONSCIOUS
ness on beholding some new scene t1at IL Is not
ro,II, new that in some other state of being he
has known if well and has been an actor therein.
These flashes of reminiscence have been the
theme of philosophers poets, myStics ana story
telerS. and the study of their manifestations is
always fascinating. The Rev. FORBES fhllill'S
offers in The Nineteenth Century some curl
GUS anecdotes of these glimpses of what mas
often been thought to be pre-exstcnce. One of
these anecdotes-which may have given to Mr..
Kipling Il hint for Il certain stOry-has for its
scene the ruins of a Roman fortress which rise
not far from Mr.. PhilpS'S home. y clergy
man called upon him one day and asked him to
accompany him there for an examination OF the
ruins. He told me he had distinct recOllec-
ton of living there and that he held some office
of 4 priestIy nature in the days of the Roman
occupation. One fact struck as significant.
He insisted on examining ruined tower which
had bodily overturned There used to be a
socket in the top of it, he went on, in which we
used to plant q mast, and archerS used 10 be
hauled to the top in basket protected with
leather from which they picked off the leaders
among the ancient GorlestOnians.' We found
the socket he had Indicated" How may these
flashes of recognition which have visited so
many human beings be explained? Mr.. Phillips
believes that the true explanation lies not in
any theory Of pre-eXistence but in ancestral
memOry''-an Inheritance of "the records of an
ancestors past life. which require but the es
sential adjustment and conditions to give up
their secrets" He thinks that dreaming is
largely free play of this ancestral memory.
lie develops his hypothesis with arguments
which are as interesting as they are undoubt
edly reasonable.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-17

OF authorship as a business almost the easiest
hnd often the pleaSanteSt phase is TO be found in
the production of the book of travel. 1t is the
profitable resource of the novelist or poet who
feels a temporary leSSening of Imagination and
invention. Although it is the field in which
ambitious mediOcrity most ramI antIy diSports
itself. it must he confessed that we may be
grateful for Il singularly large number of excel
lent books of this sort. But there is one civilized
country which battles the literary eXploiter-
proud and reticent Spain disclOses to him only
the most superficial traits. Major Martin Hume.
who i himself almost Il Spanard in sympathy
and knowledge has shown us how grave is the
mi~ta5o Of the traveller who persists in deScrib-
tnG Spain, the stern, stark land Of orange glow
aiM purple shadow" the home of joyouSneSS
and Zc't fer life. Nowhere he declares, is the
mere JOY Of living less conspicuous. The stories
told hy the rustic over the kitchen fire are
usually stories of hardship and suffering: the.
songs Of the people have always tones of pathos
Their outlook on life, he holds, is not an un-
happy one, but is that of a reticent seriousness
"iieticence is the keynote struck everywhere,
AID the traveller who endeavOrS TO translate
Spain truly must have reticence of eye of word
and of soul" All of which goes 10 show that
the book aboat Spain which shall be worth while
must be written by a man Of genius
New-York tribune., 1906-06-17
THE FRENCH STAGE.
Its Famous Stars IN the Eighteenth
Century.

LATER QUEENS OF THE FRENCH STAGa., EAIIa
BY II. Noel Williams. Svo, pp- S6o Ch-r'eS
SCribner'S Sons.
Those who read Mr.. Noel Williams's earlier
volume, Queens of the French Stage" viii hnd
in its successor the same airy texture of blog-
raphy and anecdote. Six French actresses and
singers of the latter half of the eighteenth cen
tury figure in it's pages, all of them ladies' OF
notable dramatic gifts and of no particular
morals The stage faithfully reflected the man
ners of Louis XIV and his court, and like their
betters, its fair denizens danced lightly over the
black gulf of revolution that was preparing lor
unwary little satin-cIad feet
Fatrest of that sprightIy crew Sophie Ar
Mould the infant prodigy of the bOargeoiste who
numbered Voltaire Fontenelle and Diderot
New-York tribune., 1906-06-17

Are there too many books in the world? Is
the average well read 4 more vigorous
thinker than was the ancestor who had only two
or three books, and those great ones and who
hungrily pOred over them until he knew them
almost by heart? These questions which
never lose their interest for those who have TO
do with the sitting of books The overpOpulaton
of the world by books was it is said an anxious
problem in the mind of Mr.. Gladstone. He
thought that the key of the question lay in the
hands of the United Kingdom and the United
States:
They, with their vast range OF inhabited ter
ritOry ana their unity of tongue are masters of
the world. When BritOns and Americans are
fused into one book market when artificial fet-
ters are relaxed, and printers, publishers and
authors obtain the reward which we'll regu-
lated commerce would afford them, then let
floors beware lest they crack, and walls lest
they bulge and burst from the weight of books
they will have to carry and confine
One expedent the English statesman sug-
geSted was the burial of the books of no value
and it must be admitted that it would not be
difficult to collect volumes for which such dis
posal would be appropriate. If the development
Of authorship as business continues what Ii
brdry Will be spacious enough to contain the
increasing army of books? The destination of
Hc inevitable overflow is worth considering
New-York tribune., 1906-06-17

There is a Shakespeare Folio in London which
"cStIS L SlnSularly interesting collection OF au>'
srdphS supposed TO be those of former owner
TNthOuS these are the names OF WordS"ot, -
browning. Leigh Hunt Robert NontsoHle'y'
= n>'rteS Dickens. Charles Knight. g.. H. Le"0''
NeStland MarStOn and L. IL Home
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-12
IAN aEan!ed.

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