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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14
Nice Stores.

For years and years the big de-
partment stores of Union City have
been complimented and admired by
citizens of nearby towns and visit
ors from the larger cities. and the
enormous stocks carried have kept
the town well to the front in the
wholesale markets as well as in the
minds of the retail trade for miles
and miles around.
During the past few years the
groceries and market houses have
forged to the top and today the city
boasts of the best, neatest, clean
est, prettiest groceries in the entire
state, and nearly every week mer-
chants from other sections come
here for no other purpose than to
visit the stores, and get new ideas
for use in improving and beautify-
ing their places of business at
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14
AT the Opera House.

The H oyt Comedy Company
opened its week stand Monday
night with the Royal Prisoner. /"
Every seat was taken, chairs we're
placed IN the aisles and standing
room was sold. The production
was good, the specialties were
highly enjoyed and the costumes
were elegant. 1t carries the best
moving picture machine ever seen
here. The house was packed also
Tuesday night. David Harum'
was played last night, but at press
time no report was had. Tonight,
"Why Women Hate" tomorrow
night, "Reaping the Harvest" and
Saturday night, Hall Gaines "The
Christian" This is the best roper
toire company that ever came to
Monticello. - Monticello (Ill.) Re-
publican.
This company holds the boards
at the Reynolds Opera House, Fair
week, Sept. 24-29.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14
Died at jackson.

The 3-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph r. Price died al
their home in Jackson last Monday
morning after brief illness. The
remains we're brought to this city
Tuesday morning and inferred in
the City Crmetery, after a short
service at the grave, conducted by
Rev. J. J. Castleberry, pastor of the
First Christian Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Price moved from
this city number of years ago to
Jackson, and have many friends
here who will regret to learn OF the
death of their daughter.
Mrs. Price will remain in this city
a few days with her mother, Mrs.
Arm.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14

John L. Sullivan is the fellow, if
you remember, VIII o stayed with
Kilrain rs rounds and who would
have stayed until now had Kilrain
not thrown up the sponge.
Corbitt and Jeffries came on the
scene later with a science unknown
then to big John L. but he is billed
for one more fight, to take place at
Madison Square Garden, New York
City during October, and when
you have seen his clever and more
modern style at Union City during
the lair, you will agree with the
readers of this paper that John l..
former master OF the ring is to-day
the same bully with a glass eye
who can give you the direction the
fellow took who had him counted
out.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14

home. Last week Mr.. Neal SEN
ter, Jr., groceryman of Humboldt,
accompanied by a contractor of
that place, was here and spent a
day in the different groceries, and
before leaving gave the contractor
an order to duplicate, fixtures and
furniture, the store owned by Mr..
E. p. Grissom. L a st Monday
Messrs. J. T. Warren, cashier of
the Bank of Trenton, and nephew,
Mr.. James Carnes, were here "see-
ing how to build a grocery" Mr..
Carnes will embark in business in
Memphis, and the Grissom store
will be reproduced in that city.
The visitors we're very much inn
pressed with the appearance of the
Reynolds store, the Williams &
Skinner business and several 9TH
ers, but as the Grissom building is
about the size and shape of the
ones to be used, Mr.. Grissom's ar
rangement of things seemed to suit
them best.
The stores certainly are beauties
and they are all well pstronized.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14
MISTER REED.
Prom Bristol, Tennessee. Sullivan
County, o. s. A. Visits st. Louis

Prom Bristol, Tennessee. Sullivan
County, o. s. A. Visits st. Louis
st. Louis, Sept. S.-Henry Reed,
farmer from Bristol, Tenn,
bought some souvenir postal cards
while waiting for train at union
station last night. He wanted to
send them to friends he had been
visiting in Illinois.
After Reed had addressed the
cards he asked guide what he
should do with them.
go over there" said the guide,
pointing to mailbox in the north
east corner of the main waiting
room, "and drop them in mail
box"
whats mailbox?" asked Reed.
IA receptacle for United States
mail, said the guide.
whats a receptacle for United
States mail?" asked Reed.
"a mailbox," said the guide, an
expression of scorn mounting his
usually placid countenance.
"Oh, mailbox. said Reed.
He meandered to the northeast
section, but did not see the mailbox
The farmer strolled around the
desk of the validating agent and
espied an iron safe, which was
locked.
"Aha," he quoth, 1.-THE mailbox.
He tried to open the door, but
could not. Then he twisted the
shiny wheel, which is the index to
the combination, and was on his
knees vainly trying to open the
door of the safe when Patrolman
Ward arrived.
The union station officer had a
hazy dream of sergeancy when he
saw strange man trying to open
the safe.
"a safe robbery under the glare
of electric lights in the heart of un-
ion station soliloquized Ward.
What a great headliner for the
newspapers.
Summoning all his courage, the
patrolman boldly advanced on the
kneeling man, grabbed him by the
shoulder and raised his club.
You're my prisoner, said Ward.
Reed scrambled to his feet, great
ly astonished.
"I've done nothing" he shouted.
you're trying to rob the safe, "
said Ward.
"I'm not, said Reed. I'm try
ing to mail some postal cards.
Isn't that receptacle for the Unit
ed States mails?"
Ward reluctantly released his
prisoner after proper explanations
had been made.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14
Double Murder.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. g.
With their Threats cut from ear to
ear, Rosa House, a negress, and
her paramount, jim Roberts, we're
found in pools of their blood in a
room over the saloon of Rush Phil
Ups, 633 East Ninth street, shortly
before 6 o'clock this morning.
The deed had evidently been done
by some one who gained an en-
trance into the room while the pair
were asleep, as the wounds were of
such nature as to exclude the
theory that they were selt-inficted.
The CHASTITY find was made by ].
Ezell, Emma Scott and King Peak,
three negroes who roomed in the
same house. Their attention was
called by a flow of blood under
meath the door OF the room. The
door was tried by the men, but was
found locked. 1t was then broken
open and the body of the man was
found near the door. His dead was
almost severed from the body. The
WON q was found lying across the
bed with deep cash extending al
most entirely around the base of
the neck.
The superstition of the police is
that the deed was committed by
Larkins House, the husband OF the
dead woman, The pair had separ-
ated about three weeks ago after
living together for over a year.
The police department at present
has no evidence to connect him
with the crime other than that the
woman had said on number of oc-
-asions that her husband had told
1er that he would kill her rather
than see her live with any other
nan.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14
General Robt. E. Lee

was the greatest General the world
has ever known. Billiards. Snow Linz
ment is the greatest liniment. Quick
ly cures all pains. 1t is within the
reach of all. t. III. Pointer, Hemp
stead, Texas, writes: "This is to GER
tify that Billiards. Snow Liniment
has been used in my household for
years and has been found to be an ex-
cellent liniment for rheumatic pains.
/ am never without it," Sold by Allen
Drug Company.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14

When you have seen circus once
you have seen them always, so why
deny yourself of a privilege of see
ing John L. Sullivan, the worlds
most famous pugilist, together with
many other special attractions at
Union City during the Fair.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14
A Pine Farm For sale.

Consisting Of "a acres, all in Gull
tivation, good improvements, resi-.
dence Of 9 rooms in first-class con-
dition. Land in first.class condi-
tion, and fences in splendid Tkpair.
14-4t FELIX NJ MOORE
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14
The Southwest s sns f Presps Ct s1E Crops

Are making much off farm you ought No doubt
you making all you The trouble the land
1t takes much buy big farm and yon trying
make living small farm perhaps renting and
paying good share of what raise rent Wouldn't be better
the price of good land little that
every Of the ground working for you all
paying big profits There thousands of Of fer
the Southwest along the line of the Cotton Belt
that bought from 50 to SO per This land
y W
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14
See the Southwest. at Small Cost.

trip Southwest would convince that best interests
there The trip be made little expense
third Tuesdays of each month purchase
rounrp ticket any point in the Southwest the Cotton
Belt very Stopovers will be allowed you
examine any locality you interested in.
Write for free copies of books describing this wonderful
untry about Of tickets Address
Nv PEELER D. p A., Cotton Bet Route Is s. Main, Memphis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-01
THE BLACK NOTE I'M DRESS.

i have 70 report" said the girl
whose hair looked as If the sunshine
had been caught in its meshes. that
my weekend at Southampton has
convinced me that we ought TO be up
and doing in regard to the black
note that is creeping into fashions. At
the Casino dance specially noticed il,
and it was ed in the smartest of
ways, Therefore, my frill, which
respectfully submit to the club this
morning. is a little velvet bolero all
in black. | am making one for my
self of black ribbon velvet bands, al.
ternating with narrower bands of
black lace insertion. 1t has fun ell
bow sleeves, and know when | wear
1t with my light-colored summary
clothes it is going to look too smart
for anything"
There is no denying that every
thing is the little wrap just now.
From the very start / have felt as
though | were contributing more than
my share to the fne-box, and some
weeks ago just determined that
would not pay for all the lunch in
town, and so | wrote a beseeching leu
ter to a girl | know who's in Paris
this summer" said the secretary Of
the club. She wrote me an awfully
funny letter deploring the way my
good money was being wrung from
me- and tod ME a lot of new little
things about the fashions She, too,
spoke of the black tendency, and said
that big black-and.white checked silk
skirts were being worn by the really,
truly Parisienne She said that all
the French women were wearing a.
natural flower or two somewhere ON
their costume, and the rarer the
flower. the better they liked it.
She also added. they often wear
natural flowers as a hat trimming,
changing them two and three times
day.
She said she had never dreamed
of anything like the hatpins, that it
was a toss-up whether they reminded
her more of a hens egg or a stocking
darner. The majority of them are
made of tortoise shell or amber, and
some are studded with little gold nall
heads. Others are Of big pieces OF
pink coral, and even when they are
of gold and jewels they are bigger
than any hatpin that she had ever
seen before.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-01
NEW CLUE FOUND IN
KENOSHA AUTO MYSTERY

Kenosha, Wis, July ga new clue
was discovered yesterday in regard
to the killing of william Dreyer by
an automobile north Of Kenosha Tues
day which has led the police to search
for two new suspects. The men are
supposed to be Chicagoans and it is
learned that they arrived at Wauke-
gan hotel at o'clock Tuesday morn
ing They seemed 10 be agitated and
said that their machine had broken
and that they wanted 10 rest al the
hotel They remained at the hotel but
two hours and left without taking
their baggage District Attorney II.
V. Baker al once ordered officers TO
take up the trail Of these men aud
arrest them on discovery The dia-
trict attorney holds that Dreyer was
killed between / and o'clock in the
morning and he believes that the men
who entered Waukegan simply lef.
the dead man on the road and took
the first road west and retraced their
course to the south Captain VIII
liam N Lewis. the millionaire auto
mobile manufacturer Of Racine, abso-
lutely denies all knowledge Of the
tragedy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-01

ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKES I'M.
PoRTANT OPINION.
SAYS LAW COVERS CASE
States Legal Advisor Informs District
Attorney Bosshard That ILLEGAL
Combination Was Formed When
Ice Dealers Met Together to In
crease Prices.

Attorney General Sturdevant has
written an official letter to District AT
torney Otto Bosshard of La Crosse in
relation to the alleged ice trust in
that city. There are eight ice COM
panies there and three of them are
charged with having held a meeting
to raise the price of ice, and a SEIZED
ule OF uniform prices was published
in Inc newspapers. The attorney
general says in concluding his lengthy
discussion Of the case:
My opinion is that section 1868
has been violated if the dealers in ice
in your city have met and agreed on
a schedule of prices for ice to be sold
in your city during this season, pro-
vided that they have done some act
TO carry out that agreement The
combination between them is an lille
gal act, contrary to public policy and
void
All combinations among persons or
corporations for the purpose of raising
or controlling the price OF mercnan-
disc which is the subject of COM
merce and trade tend to monopoly
and are intolerable, and have and viii
receive the condemnation of all courts.
Such contracts are destructive o: indi-
vidual rights and of free competition,
which is the life OF business, and per-
petuate one of the great evils which
it was the object of the trainers of our
government to eradicate and prevent.
Il am not passing upon the ques-
ton of the guilt OF innocence OF the
parties, as you know Of course you
must be able to prove the agreement
to have been made by the ice COM
panies. either by direct or circum-
stantial evidence, and you must prove
the overt act before conviction win
stand"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-01
TOM JOHNSON IN
CONTEMPT Of COURT

Cleveland, o.. July 26.-Papers
were served on Mayor Johnson yes
Serday afternoon citing him to ap-
pear in court this morning to show
cause why he should not be punished
for contempt for violating the tenn.
porary injunction issued b. Judge
Ford yesterday The injunciou was
issued upon application Of the C;eve-
land Electric Railway company re.
straining the city from tearing Up
the company's tracks, which vas be
gun by a force Of several hundred
men under the personal direction CT
Mayor Johnsin early yesterday. The
work of tearing away the tracks was
well under way when the restraining
order was served on the mayor and
no attention was paid TO it when
served. The matter is the outgrowth
of a contest which is on between This
company, which is seeking extension
of franchises, and the Forest City
line, new municipal line backed by
Mayor Johnson and others
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-01
MRS. HEARST POOR NOW.
In Financial Trouble Since the Earth
quake.

Vermillion, S. D., July 26-Accord-
ing to a letter forwarded to he
Twilight club of this city by Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst. she is not financially
able to give money to build a Ii.
brary building for The state univer-
sity The club thought that pos.
sibly she might feel willing to do
something for South Dakota aside
from her work in Lead. and accord
mgly had Senator Gamble take up
The matter with her. In answer to
Senator Gamble she writes from
Paris:
My Dear Senator Gamble-Your
communication at hand, also the let
ter to yourself from the Twilight
club of Vermillion After reading
Them | am somewhat troubled how
to frame my answer to you and TO
the good people of Vermillion
can easily understand the many and
pressing needs that may be felt by
the University Of South Dakota. and
wherever such needs are felt my inn
pulse is to lend a helping hand.
Gladly would | do this in the pres.
ent instance were 1t in my power
but besides being obliged to devote
my energies for the present to the
development of certain large inter-
ests requiring heavy expenditures.
have suffered great financial loss
through the terrible disaster that has
befallen my home city, as I may call
it, San Francisco. and am wholly I'M
able at this time to consider the
question Of making any large dona.
tons whatever. am spending two
years in European travel in The eff
fort to improve my health, and fire.
quent absences from home, one Of
them taking me to New York for
consultation with my business man
ager, have delayed an answer to your
letter. Yours very sincerely,
Phoebe a Hearst &"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-01
HOT FIGHT IN
WESTINGHOUSE

Pittsburg, July 26-At a sensa-
tional meeting of stockholders of
the Westinghouse Electric & Manu-
featuring company yesterday Presi-
dent Westinghouse was bitterly as
sailed and he was charged openly by
the stockholders with launching pri-
vate ventures with the company's
funds. The directors were charged
with aiding him in this, but after a
bitter squabble the slated board Of
directors were elected and the Of
fetal coterie won out. TSa opposi-
ton called attention to me reported
assets, in which were included stocks
and bonds of the Lackawanna q
Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit com.
pany-s6, 100000
There was hot discussion and it de-
veloped that the capital stock of the
Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley
Rapid Transit company is $4,000 600
and the road cost S6O00,0 600. One
man declared that the company has
Sc 000, 900 worth of bonds and only
100000 worth of stock, and wanted
to h ow where the remainder of the
stock was. There was some further
heated discussion, but no explana-
ton, and the administration voted in
the directors it wanted.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-01
GERMANS GREAT
At DOPING FOOD

Washington, July 26.--German food
adulteration is the subject of a re-
port received by the bureau of manu-
features from Consul Britain of kehl.
Doctor Jackenack of Berlin states
that there were in Germany in 1888,
1,400 prosecutions for aduiterating
food products; in 1898, 5000; 1901,
1856; 1903, 5000. With the increased
stringency in inspection laws II was
discovered that many large and re-
putable German firms were carrying
on privately special departments Of
their factories, where regular chem
lists were employed TO scientifically
adulterate food products. Thirty
Berlin butter manufacturers were sum
moned before the courts for an al
most incredible adulteration of their
wares, and German papers have fire.
quently published accounts of the
manufacture in Strassburg and else
where of sausage from spoiled meat,
colored and doctored with chemicals.
According to a Strassburg paper,
there seems to have been very few
articles of manufactured food ana
drink products which have not beea
the subject of adulteration on the
part of German manufacturers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-01

Iabout 100 immigrants, mostly Germans
are held in the lumber camps of that
company virtually as slaves. \ party
Of Germans reached here from the
camps, stating that they had escaped
They went TO the German vice consul
for protection. They said they we're
brought south in February under
representations that they would re-
ceive So and IS per day. but only 81
was given for their labor. They al.
icge that hey were compelled to eat
after the Americans, and if nothing
was left the, got nothing. When they
attempted fight they were severely
beaten.
The Jackson Llnbel company is
one Of the largest in the south. It was
organized three years ago. and is com.
posed principally of Michigan and Wis
consin capitalists.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-01
NEAR DEATH
UNDER TRAIN

Eau Claire, Wis, July 26.-It was
only through the prompt action of En-
gineer Wood of Northwestern pas
senger train No. that o. H. Ingram,
one of the best known men in the
western section of the state, with 4
party of riends, escaped death Tues
day in an automobile. Mr.. Ingram
was on hi2 way TO the depot to catch
this train, which would take him to
Madison to attend a meeting of the
state capitol commission He had
reached a crossing west of the city
going at a high rate of speed, when
the passenger train suddenly shot
into sight Mr.. Ingram applied his
brakes, but it seemed almost impos-
sible that the big automobile could
escape crashing into the approaching
locomotive. Engineer Wood saw the
machine, and by the use of the emer-
gency brakes slowed up sufficiently
to allow the automobile to pass before
his train. 1t barely escaped the pilot
of the locomotive. Woods quick ac-
ton probably saved the lives of the
entire party.
With Mr. Ingram in the automobile
were Mrs. Ingram, Mrs. Coffin, wife
of the president of the National Bank
of Eau Claire; Miss Ruth Hayes and
Mrs. FriZzell, wife of Rev. DR.. F'riz-
Zell of Sioux City.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-01
ATTACK NgeRgss WITNESS.
Attempts 20 Discredis Mrs. Hartjes
Witness.

P.ttsburg. July 26.-Counsel for
Augustus Hartje yesterday renewed
attempts to discredit the testimony
Of one of Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje's
witnesses, Mrs. Blanche Ashby. the
colored domestic who lived in the
Harije home. and TO prove that she
had admitted that she had been prom
ised $500 if she would make a deposi-
ton TO the effect that Clifford Hooe.
the negro coachman, never had slept
in the spare room at the Hartje house
when Mr. Hartje was away. Several
witnesses who live in Washington
testified that Mrs. Ashby had tod
them she had lied in her deposition
and that she had been promised
money for doing so. All these wit
nesses were put on the rack in cross
examination by Mrs. Hartje's chief
counsel and some of them contradictpd
themselves in several instances.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-01
DENIES A SUICIDE PACT.
Wiscons.n Woman Appears in Chi
cage Police Court.

cage Police Court.
Hortonville. Wis, July 26.--Anna,
wife of John Randin of Chicago, who
Tuesday denied in a Chicago court
that she and her husband had entered
into a suicide pact is a former Hor-
tonYilie woman. She is the daughter
of August Beckett of this place. Lit
tie is known here of their marital
troubles. Both were here several
weeks ago on a visit to the woman 5
parents but nothing was evident to In
dictate that they had had any trouble,
Randin, who lives at Ais North ave
nue., Chicago, was arraigned in the
Chicago police court on complaint CT
his wife, who charged that he had At.
tempted to do her great bodily harm.
Letters telling of his intention to end
his life and kill his wife were ex-
hibited They were addressed to his
parents ana sister Mrs. Rand.n de-
clared that the story of the pact was
news to her. and said that she be-
lieved Randin's attempt to shoot her
was due to jealousy,
A warrant was obtained for the
mans arrest and when arraigned in
court several letters in his possession
addressed to relatives in which he de-
clared that he and his wife had agreed
to end their lives were read One OF
T. letters. which was addressed to
Iudins sister in Oshkosh, read as
follows:
My Dear Sister Harriet: | am so
sorry to break your heart, but our
hearts are broken too. We are tired
of living and have agreed to end our
lives The last request | viii make
Of you is that you bury our bodies in
Horton vile, Wis, in the same grave
| ! don't want to die first, nor does
Anna, sc we had better end our lives
at once. Goodby, sister. Forgive me
for this trouble. See that our fun
erals start 10 Hortonville and that We
are laid to rest in the same grave
Goodbye forever.
John and Anna
Randin would offer no explanation
as to his purpose in writing the let
ters and the hearing was continued
tin July n. Randin was held in
Ignde If a. OOO