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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-03-28
PASTOR HOLDS THIEF.
Keeps Him Safe While Housekeeper
Calls the Police.

Green Bay, Wis, March 24.-While
his housekeeper telephoned to the po-
lice, Rev. L. A. Ricklin, pastor of st.
Johns church, held Tommy Johnson, a
convict who broke parole from the
state reformatory last night, for TWEEN.
ty minutes, until the officers came.
Johnson was caught by Father Rick
lin in the act Of robbing his home.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-03-28
Fire In South Dakots,

Pierre. 8. D., March s4.--Ftre did
damage to the amount OF about $4,000
at Midland. burning the hardware
store OF Schrader & Kohl and several
smaller buildings.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-03-28

Insurance against the yisitat.ons o1
mothere-ia-law would be popuisr with
some men.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
The Invention of Spinning.

The invention of the art of spinning
was ascribed by the ancients to Miner
va, the goddess Of wisdom. The date
1900 B. c. is given as that of the be-
ginning of the art in Greece, under
the direction of the king of Arcadia,
but pictured inscriptions on Egyptian
monuments show that the use Of the
spindle and diStaff was known in that
country much earlier. The first distaff
was simply stick. around which the
fiber to be spun was loosely coiled,
held in the left hand; the spindle was
sort of top set in motion by twiri
Of the hand, the fiber passing between
the finger and thumb of the right hand.
This invention was improved upon in
the course of time by placing the spin
die in frame and making it revolve
by mechanical action of the hand or
foot In connection with a wheel or
treadle, thus giving the true spinning
wheel. The first recorded use of this
was in the early years of the sixteenth
century, but 1t was probably made and
used long before this. The first spin
ming jenny, machine working eight
spindles. was invented in 1867.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DEAD
B0KHARA TOWN OVERWHELMED
More Than Half the Inhabitants Are
Buried Alive When a Mountain
Topples Over.

Tashkend, Russian Turkistan Oct
31.-The little town of Karatagh in
the Hussar district of Bokhara. has
been overwhelmed and completely de-
strOyed by landslide that followed
the earthquake Of Oct. 81. According
to the latest reports of the disaster 4
majority of the inhabitants of Karatag
lost their lives.
Karatagh has about $500 jewellers
and there is reason to believe that
about 1900 were buried alive, Among
those who survived the disaster are the
governor Of Karatagh and his mother
Karatagh is remotely situated, and il
takes full week for newsfto get out
from there, but according TO gone comi
er who has come through an enormous
section of the Karatagh mountain,
which practically hung over the town
broke loose and Numbered down upon
the village.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Mermaids and Mermen.

Not many generations ago mermaids
and mermen were believed in implicit
ly. Says the Aberd en- Almanac Of
New DEMONSTRATIONS For the Year
1858: '"To conclude for this year 1858.
Near the place where the famous Dee
payeth his tribute to the German
ocean, if~curious observers of wonder
full things in nature will be pleased
thither to resort the L, Is and % Of
May and in divers other times in the
ensuing summer, as also in the harvest
time, to the and IA October they
will undoubtedly see pretty company
Of mar maids, creatures Of admirable
beauty and likewise hear their charm
ing sweet melodious voices
'In we'll tun'd measures and harmonious
lays.
Extol their maker and his bounty praise.
That cody honest men, in everything,
In quiet peace may live, God save the
king!'
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Happiness From Troubles.

Being human, happily or unhappily,
we cannot deny the comfort to be
found in the reflection that misery
never lacks the company it loves. We
all have our troubles, and some of us
derive much satisfaction from the con-
temptation of them. Indeed, there are
those who are happy only when wretch
ed, but these we believe to be as few
in number as they are disagreeable iii
association. The vast majority of hui
mans are normal and disposed, there
fore, in conformity with natural law,
to smile when the skies are clear and
to grieve under the portent Of clouds;
hence the ease with which worry takes
possession of the mind, colors the dis
position and makes a cripple of effort.
That causes abound we know and
must admit, as we do almost uncon-
sciously the certainty of DEATH but
too little cognizance is taken of the
fact that the effect of mere apprehen-
sion, which is all that worry really is,
may be subjected to simple mental
treatment and be Overcome.-George
Harvey in North American Review
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
FINANCuERs IN CONFERENCE
They Meet at }. Pierpont Morgan's
and Stay Late.

and Stay Late.
New York, Nov A second Of a
series Of three conferences between
men representing large financial inter
ests was held at J. P Morgan's library
adjoining his residence. At late hour
the party had not broken up and no in
timation had come from the library as
to the subject or subjects under dis.
cussion. Most of those present had at.
tended a previous all-day ,conferenc,
at the library and it is understood that
another conference is planned for to-
day. Concerning the previous meeting
it was said that it had been arranged
primarily for a discussion Of the pros
poets of moving the grain and cotton
crops.
At midnight William Solomon. Isaac
f. Seligman and four others joined the
party in the library, These men came
from the Waldorf Astoria, where the
directors Of the Trust Company Of
America had been in session for sew.
eral hours. At the same time in an adj
joining room at the Waldorf the direc
tors of the Lincoln Trust company were
holding a meeting.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Heavinu the Loo.

Heaving the log is one of those pic
turesque sea expressions with which
all landsmen are acquainted, though
probably few could explain the exact
process. The ''log" is quadrant shap-
ed piece of wood loaded with lead at
the curve. The line to which it is at
tached is 100 fathoms long and is di-
vided by knots into equal distances Of
forty-seven feet each. These distances
are the same fraction of a nautical
mile "a knott as twenty eight seconds
is of one hour Consequently the num-
Der of knots that slip off the reel in
twenty eight seconds after the clog" is
in the water is the speed per hour that
the ship is making.-St James Ca
zette
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Subject Now Engrossing the
Attention of Financiers
and Statesmen.
COSTLY LESSON IS DRIVEN HOME
Position of Trust Companies Held
Largely Responsible.
President Urged TO Call an Extra Ses.
sion of Congress-Represen
tive Fowler Advocates
Credit Currency.

New York, Nov. 4.-The conditions
(which have had to be met in the re
cent crisis have given strong I'M"
retus to the movement for providing
increased bank currency, and is expect
ed to induce early action by congress-
to authorize new forms of bank note
Issues. The experience Of the country
in a period Of high prosperity and ac'
tive business and industry, and with
the banking position sound ana
solvent in coming almost to dead
lock for lack of means to make banking
resources quickly available for the
needs of the circulation has made n
deep impression in inculcating the
need of an emergency circulation
which can expand quickly in such time
of need.
Position of the Trust Companies.
In another direction it is practically
certain that measures of correction WI
be adopted for the trust company pc
s!tion at New York. which is now seen
to have proved the weak link in the
financial chain. Here again the sOlYen
CIV of institutions did not avail to meet
sudden demands of depositors without
recourse to the banks for assistance
the assistance thus rendered proviE-
the strain that precipitated the crisis
Discomfort Has Been Voiced.
The Clearing House banks for sew
eral years have voiced their discomfort
with the trust companies position.
which was due to the great growth OF
these institutions and their undertak-
ing of purely banking functions in the
acceptance Of large deposits subject to
check and to payment on demand with
out obligations to maintain cash re,
serves Ia the proportion enforced on
the banks Efforts Of banks to coerce
the trust companies in this regard led
to the withdrawal several years ago
of most of them from the privilege OF
clearing through the banks
Extra Session of Congress Urged.
Apropos to this subject of financial
stability Il Washington dispatch says it
has been learned there from undOubt-
ed sources that President Roosevelt is
now being urged to call an extra SEES
sion Of congress to deal with the finan-
cial situation. The request comes from
and represents the judgment of the con
sentative leaders in the financial Workl
who have represented the present sit
uation as one compelling. action Of d
character which will affirmatively
eradicate all ground for suspicion Of
industrial methods in the United States
On the other hand there are those, it is
said, who have told the president that
an extra session might do harm ~
emphasizing in the public mind app'e
hension Of unfayorable condltionss tia
no not exist.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08

Do the right thing if you have Ma.
sal Catarrh. Get Ely's Cream Balm at
once. d mt touch the catarrh powders
and snuffs, for they contain cocaine.
Ely's Cream Balm releases the secreticns
that inhame the nasal passage and the
throat. whereas medicines made with
mercury merely dry up the secretions
and leave you no better than you
we're. In a word Ely's Cream Balm is
remedy cure, not delusion. All drug
gists, Soc, or mailed by Ely BROS, Sc
Warren Street, New York. 5
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Retrooressjve.

Extracts from Miss Evergreen's dia-
ry:
"This is my eighth birthday. A new
brother came. His name will be Fritz.
"F'ritz is twenty years old today, just
a year younger than I. People always
take us for twins.
''F'ritz will be thirty years old tomor-
row, his wedding day. How the time
does fly! Of course he is eight years
my senior and used to carry me about
when l was baby; still it seems
strange to think of the boy getting
married. '-Fliegende Batter
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
CREDIT CURRENCY THE CURE
Representative Fowler, of New Jersey.
Is of That Opinion.

Is of That Opinion.
New York, Nov. 4.-That permanent
relief from the present monetary strin-
gcncy can only be had through a sys
tenn Of credit currency adequate to
meet the requirements of trade, and re
deemable in gold coin, was the opin
ion expressed by Representative Fowler,
of New Jersey. chairman of the bank
ing and currency committee, which
will, at the coming session OF congress.
endeavor to have a law passed provid-
ing for credit currency issued by the
national banks. In discussing the mat
ter Fowler said that evidence of the
essential soundness of underlying bust
ness conditions was abundant, in spite
of which public confidence has been
shaken and credit seriously affected.
He said to the Associated Press:
s"Ihe cause of the currency stringency
is that there is sea ttered broadcast
throughout the country-at the mints.
in the wheat, corn and cotton fields, in
the pockets of the people or locked up
about 100000, 900 of the resel We
money Of the United States. most OF
which under a proper condition would
be in the banks serving as reserve
If these reserves now seat
tered broadcast over the land were in
the banks where they properly belong
there would have been no money pan
ic this fall" /.
Fowler said that during the past
four months $25O,OOO,OOO of reserve
money has been sent from banks into
the country districts. and went on: IF
the banks of the country in which the
$3.50 100000 had been deposited had
been authorized to create bank-note
credits as we'll as handbook credits,
and they had proceeded to convert this
S25O.OOO,OOO of handbook credits into
bank-note credits. the bank would not
have been affected in any degree or in
any way whatever, and the whole coun
try would have been amply supplied
with currency. with which to transact
AL the fall business.
How could this have been done?
Simply by authorizing each bank to
issue cashiers checks payable to bear
or. which is a current credt-that is,
credit that passes by mere delivery.
recurring no Endorsement. By this
srocess the 100000 Of bank book
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Conference at White House.

Washington. Nov. 5.-E. H. Gary
chairman of the United States Steel
corporation. and Henry Phipps were il,
consultation with President Roosevelt
for more than an hour, the conference
being participated in also by Secretary
Root
The only statement. Obtainable al
the White House was to the effect that
the conference dealt solely with the
financial situation. It was said thar
the president contemplated making 10
direct statement at this time.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
First publication October IL, 1907,
Notice to Creditors.
ATE OF WISCONSIN,

CTATE OF WISCONSIN,
- County Court for Rock County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a regular term
of the County Court, to be held in and for said
County, at the Court House, in the City OF
GAINESVILLE, in said County, on the first Tuesday
of May A. D. 1908, being May 5th 1908. at
O'Clock a. M, the following matters will be
heard, considered and adjusted:
All claims against Otto Schmeling, late
of the City of Edgerton, in said County, de-
ceased All claims must be presented for
allowance to said Court, at the Court House.
in the City of GAINESVILLE, in said County. on or
before the 9TH day of April A. D. 1908, or
be barred.
Dated October It'll, 1907.
By the Court
j. w. SALE, County Judge.
p j. P. TOwNE, Attorney for Administrator.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
REFLECTION ON THE BUREAU
Commissioner Leupp So Looks on the
Captains Report.

Commissioner Leupp. of the bureau
of Indian affairs, accepts Captain John
sons report as reflection on that bu-
reau. Citing the fact that the disaf-
fected Utes have refused two offers to
work for railroad companies, one of
which contemplated paying them So
per day FOR labor only fifteen miles from
their present home. he said:
johnson proceeds on the theory that
the way to handle troublesome Indians
is to set them off and feed them That
is not the Indian Office theory. This
office believes in applying the same
rule to the Indians that is applied to
poor and ignorant men of any race. We
believe in finding work for them. and
then in permitting them to go hungry
II they will not accept the, opportuni-
ty to make a living.
ssThese Utes eontemptuously declined
to work. saying that the government
would take care Of them. I am per-
fectly willing to stand responsible for
all the advice have given in the mat
ter. which has been that we should
treat the Indians kindly. but insist that
they shall cease to be paupers when
there is work at which they can earn
good wages practically at their doors =
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Many Will Mourn in Newfoundland.

st. Johns, Nd, Nov. Sit is feared
that many lives were lost in the last
heavy gale. Three Newfoundland fish
ing schooners are. missing, and four
French vessels belonging to the ST
Pierre banking fleet have not reported.
The schooner Orion was lost. with Il
crew of eighteen men.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Rush Troops 20 Scene,

Omaha. Neb.. Nov. Eight com
panies of United States cavalry are
being rushed to Thunder Butte. S. D..
in the fear that the Sioux Indians
there are about to rise In rebellion and
take the .warpath AS allies Of the Utes
who are ready to shed blood because
of alleged hardships imposed on them
by the Indian agent.
1t is feared settlers may be mas
sacred unless extraordinary haste Is
made In massing n the disaffected re
gion a sufficiently large number of
troops to overawe both the Utes and
the Sioux.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
First publication Oct. %, 1901

ROCK COUNTY,
City of Edgerton.
In Justice Court before J. P. Towne, Justice
OF the Peace.
To Herman Greenwood:
You are hereby notified that summons and
garnishee have been issued against you and
your property garnished to satisfy the demand
of w. H. Clifford amounting to $3.50.
Now unless you shall appear before j. z.
TOwne d Justice of the Peace in and for said
county, at his office in said City of EdgertOn
in said county. on the 18th day of November,
A. D. 1907, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, judg-
ment will be rendered against you and your
property sold to pay the debt.
w. H. GIFFORt, Plaintiff.
Dated this 22d day of October, A. D. 1907.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Stringency Causes Big Strike,

Danville, Ill.,, Nov 5.-Four thou
sand miners employed in the coal
mines at Kellyville, Steelton and West
vile, towns few miles south of Dan.
vile, are practically on strike as re.
suit of the financial trouble. The men
decided not to go to work until as.
sured that they would be paid in cash
and the mines are idle, It is said that
the strike will entail serious results r
it is continued for any length Of time
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Indiana Bank Is Closed.

Aurora, Ind. Nov. 5.-Owing to the
money strigency, the Aurora National
bank failed to open it's doors. The
bank was organized in 1883 with "a
capital stock of $4,000 and it's de-
posits aggregated $165,OOO. No state
ment was made of the liabilities
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Four Hunters Drowned.

Hibbing. Mimi, Nov. 5.-Peter Hea-
~, Jacob Seibel, and John Baitz, bust
ness men. who left here6a week aga
for q hunting trip in. the .Bowstring
country, have been drowned in Mud
lake Another man, who was acting
as guide, also was drowned.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Fourth Operation or Mitchell.

LaSalle. ILL.,, Nov. 4.-John Mitchell
president of the Mine Workers union
is in seriously weakened condition
following an operation for abcess at
ST Mary's hospital during the night
This made the fourth operation per
formed in the last two weeks.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08

credits would have been converted into
bank-note credits. and rs the reserves
required for both forms Of credits
should be the same there rould have
been no change whatever in he situa-
ton. The bank debt is the same. the
amount Of the reserve is the same It
has been only matter of bookkeap-
ing"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
No Burley Tobacco Next Year.

Shelbyville. Ky. Nov. 1. - The Ma
tional Tobacco Growers association
has unanimously adopted resolutions
declaring against the raising of crop
Of Burley tobacco next year.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Story Of the Trouble at Thunder
Butte Station in South
Dakota.
REPORT OF CAPTAIN JOHNSON
Sent There 20 Ascertain What Was
the Difficulty.
Tells What the indians Complain Of
and the Stand Taken by Agent
Downs m the Dis.
pute.

Washington. Nov Am official 70
port has been received from Captain
Garter r. johnson. who was sent to
the Ute Indian agency at Thunder
Butte Station, S. D., to see what was
the trouble there, and the trouble
in his report states that the agent was
incensed at the conduct of the Utes.
and that he (JohnSOn) held council with
the Ctes in camp, at which they in,
formed him that their ration was cnt
one-half of what they had understood
would be given to them. This, they
believed, was not according to con
tract. They asked Captain Johnson to
act as arbitrator. and they would ac-
cept the result. They sent all the chill
dren that the day school would ac-
cept. but refused to send other chill
dren' to boarding school. which is eighty
miles away. They explained that Cap
tain Johnson told them that the chill
dren would be sent to school at the
station
\
1.-The agent" Captain Johnson says.
put a vote TO the head men to this
effect: Would they obey him in this
matter and in all the regulations The"
replied that they wished to see Cap
tain Johnson. This reply was unfortu-
nate, and it appears to have incensed
the agent who required them to cast
their votes at once This council al!
voted mo- and then followed the ex
citement which caused the call for vol
unteerS and troops to be sent to the
Ute camp to compel them to comply
with the agents wishes The Utes d.
not appear to have fully realized the
situation or the gravity OF their Of
Tense / told them that should ex,
pect them to retract their vote in gen
eral council They Informed me that
they would gladly obey the agent IL
all matter of regulations as prescribed
for the regulation of the Sioux.
Objects to Harsh Measures.
81 presented this decision to Major
Downs and was greatly disappointed
to fud that my efforts had been inef
fective. Major Downs refused to con
slider their promise to comply with his
orders and demands Harsh and severe
remedies to be applied. I do not be-
lieve that these harsh methods will
prove the best policy. They are GER
tainly not just. because the innocent
will be punished for acts for which
they are not responsible fear also
the effect among the Sioux will be far
different from that which the agent ex.
poets
Prefers Flour and Patience.
"When the troops appear upon the
scene the Utes will at once believe that
their children are to be forced from
them at the point Of the bayonet, and
any influence for good will be lessened
if not destroyed thereby. If these PEG
pie are furnished with sufficient food
to sustain life through the winter and
they be allowed to send all their chill
dren to day school they will be just as
amenable to control as the Sioux. One
hundred pounds of flour and a little
patience is a more potent factor in the
solution of this problem than 100 SOL
diers." ..;}.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
Woman Has Hundredth Birthday

Beloit. Wis, Nov 5.-Mrs. HanoraE
Casey VenneysSof this city. celebrated
her one hundredth birthday. Her eye
sight Is good and her mind is clear.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08
admiral Schley at st. Joseph, Nc.

st. Joseph, Mo-. Nov. 5.-Rear Ad.
miral W. S. Schley has arrived here to
attend a three days reunion of the