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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-07-16
Pointed Paragraphs

A stitch in time may close the mouths of nine gossips.
 If man is incompetent he usually charges it up to bad luck.
 Men with long heads are capable of using them on short notice.
 It is the scarcity of their remarks that makes some women remarkable.
 Even if you gain but an inch, you haven t put your best foot forward in vain.-Chicago News.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-07-16
Money, 3 per cen
Wheat
Notice

All parties indebted to the late E. J. Edwards will please settle with A. R. Edwards, administrator of the estate at Globe, Ariz. If
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
insurance Companies Will Con-
test Bills Before the
Legislature.
HEARINGS TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK
Ex-Attorney General OConnor to Ad-
wise the Committee.
Bill Has Been Introduced to REIN
burse Members of the InveSti-
eating Committee for
Their Expenses.

Madison, Wis, March 4.-The big
insurance companies are planning to
make q strong fight against most Of
the bills pending before the legisla-
ture, embOdying the recommendations
recently made by the legislative inves-
legation committee. In order to fur
Their the states interests a bill was in
troduccd authorizing the joint commit
tee on banks and insurance, which will
consider these bills, to employ an
attorney to advise it. The understand
ing is that the committee will employ
ex-Attorney General J. l.. O'COnnOr Of
Milwaukee, who acted as attorney for
the investigating committee last sum
mer. The hearings on the bills will
begin a week from Tuesday.
A bill was favOrably reported ap-
prOpriating $1,000 each TO the members
of the investigating committee to re-
imburse them for their expenses.
The Northwestern Mutual Life In
suraDce company Of Milwaukee has
paid it's annual taxes to the state,
amounting to 1896, $50.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
MANY TRAPPED
IN HOTEL FIRE
One Man Killed and Others Burned
Some Exciting I;escues
Are Made.

Chester, Pa. March 5.--Thirty per-
sons who we're asleep in the Arcade no.
te! when the building caught fire early
ID the morning We're rescued in specta-
cular manner. Most of them We're
burned. some badly. John Conley, of
Philadelphia. was killed and Mrs. Lii
iian Wilson probably will die. Miss
Jessie Sharp, of Chicago, was removed
from a third-sJOry window by a fire.
man. who found her unconscious from
the effects of smoke and carried her
down a ladder. The building was de-
strOyed. with a loss Of $4,000
There was not one fire-escape on the
building. and the inmates. prevented
by the flames from going down the
.stairways, were helpless. Thomas
Hargreaves. the proprietor, discovered
the fire at :; a. H.. but before he could
awaken most of his guests the flames
had cut off escape. When the firemen
arrived the building was a mass OF
flames
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
CONGRESSMAN OFF
TO WEST INDIES
Speaker Cannon and Other Statesmen
Sail from New York on Steam
ship Bluecher.

New York, March 5.-To the West
Indies. the Spanish main and Il two
days stop at Colon that the Panama
canal work may be visited, the steam
ship Bluecher. of the Hamburg Amer
lean line. sailed with her cabins full.
In the large party are several mem
bers of congress, who take the trip to
see the operations on the Isthmus of
Panama.
In the congressional party are
Speaker Cannon and his secretary.
Colonel l.. White Busbey: Senator
Curtis of Kansas, and Representa-
tives James s. Sherman. Lucius y.
Littauer and j. Van Nechter Olcott.
all of this state: James A. Tawney.
of Minnesota; Henry G. Loudenslager,
of New Jersey: William b. Mckinley,
of Illinois: +. G. Eversham, his secre-
tary. and DIR. G.. T. Hough, of Cham
paign, Ill.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
ROADS TO GRANT
CHEAPER FARES
Wisconsin Companies Announce 2 1 .
Cent Rates Will Be Made
Very Soon.

Madison, Wis. March 1.--High OF.
fcials of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul, Chicago and Northwestern
and Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha railroads, who are here at
tending legislative committee hear
ings, announce that their companies
would not comply with the recent Or
der Of the Wisconsin railroad commits
sion reducing maximum passenger
fares from ) cents to 212 cents per
mile but would also adopt the rec
ommendation of the commission that
50Omile family tickets be issued for
$40 The officials said that the com,
panies would put the reduced rate
into effect just as soon as the neces
sary printing could be completed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
RUSSIAN DUMA
FORMALLY OPENED
None of the Imperial Family Present.
Crowds Unruly, but No Serious
Disorder Occurs.

st. Petersburg, March 5.-The
duma, or lower house of the Russian
parliament, was formally opened at
noon, in the Tauride palice, in the
presence OF all the ministers and many
high functionaries. No member of the
imperial family was present
The first ceremony was a religious
service in which the metropolitan of
st. Petersburg, Antonius. the higher
clergy OF the diocese and a full choir
participated. NJ Goluboff, vice presi-
dent of the council of the empire. ac-
companied by Baron Nexkull De CYL
denbandt. secretary of the empire en-
tered the hall after the service.
The former Immediately called the
lower house to order and. in color
less speech. invited the members to
sign the oath of allegiance to Emperor
Nicholas. The conservatives cheered
the mention of the name of the emper-
or. but the opposition members re-
manned silent The social democrats
did not enter the hall until NJ Co
lubotf had finished speaking. when
they came i'll in a body. demonstra
lively
After signing the oath the ballot
ing for president Of the lower house
began. The crowds outside the palace
We're turbulent and very unruly
and several times had to be driven
back by infantry and mounted gen
darmes.
So great was the popular turbu-
lence and so fierce and bloody the bat
ties of mobs of people with the sol
diers surrounding Tauride palace,
where the duma met, that the car and
his chief officials were greatly
alarmed. The emperor, fearing assas
sination, did not open the duma as he
had planned to do.
A startling plot to kill the car, it
is declared. if he should attend the
opening session of the drma. was ti>
covered within the last twenty-foGr
hours. and many arrests have cen
made. According to this reported dis
cOvery. several of the members of the
duma are the chief conspirators.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Cupid as Aid to Campaign.

Oshkosh. Wis, Marc 4 Mrs. Sarah
L. Kendall, q widow, has brought Il
suit for breach of promise against bis
trict Attorney William ]. Foulkes. de
handing $1,000 damages. In her com
Foulkes courted her and gained he"
consent to marriage. On the strength
of this, she alleges, he borrowed $3.50
to carry on his campaign for the dis
trict attorncyship.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
SENATOR sPOONER RESIGNS
Announcement Causes ConslderaDie
Surprise to the People OF
Wisconsin.

Milwaukee, March 1.-The announce
mcnt from Washington that United
States Senator John G. Spooner, of
Wisconsin,. had sent his resignation to
Governor James O. Davidson, to take
effect on May l next, came as com
plete surprise throughout Wisconsin.
Govern II Davidson, wnen cOmmuni-
Gated with over the long-diStance tele-
phone, said he had not yet received
the resignation. and could hardly be-
lieve it to be true As to SpOoner's
successor Governor Davidson said that
it would be left to the legislature
which was now in session and proDa
bly, would be Oh May /, to elect
successor to fill the uneXpired term
which would end with March 4. 1909.
Governor Davidson would not talk
for publication at this time as to
SpOoner's successor furrner than to
say he presumed that some OF the
Wisconsin representatives, naming
Cooper and Esch, who were candidates
for the senatorship at the time LaFol-
lette was elected, would again enter
the field Governor Davidson said he
would not be candidate for the high
office at this time. Lieutenant Govern
or w. ID. Conner expressed surprise
at the news of the senior senator's res
ignation. but was not prepared at this
time to make a statement as to his
ambitions. Isaac Stephenson the
millionaire lumber king of Marinette.
said that while he was not prepared
to make Il statement at this time as to
SpOOner'S successor he knew Of no one
who would refuse such high Office If
it were rendered him.
Lively times are expected in the Wis
consin legislature from now on, and
it is expected that before many hours
elapse there will be many candidates
in the field for the uneXpired term OF
Senator SpOOner. 1t is believed. that
LaFollette will try to have one of his
adberents chosen, of whom. two are
Isaac Stephenson and exSpeaker Irvine
T.. LenrOOt, Of Superior.
Secretary of State Houser, who
was defeated at the primaries last fall
when he sought denomination. is like
ly. also. to be an active candidate in
asmuch as he recently declared his
intention OF entering the race to sue
coed Senator SpOoner in 1909.
Stephenson First to Announce.
Marinette. Wis.,, March 3. - Isaac
Stephenson, multi-millionaire lumber
man and eX-representative in CON
gress. is Il candidate for the uneXpired
term of United States Senator John G..
Spooner. Stephenson made the follow
ing statement: Il will be candidate
of for the position for the unexpireH
term of two years only, and will es
TEEN it an honor to be so recognized
by the people of the state. but | would
not take it any longer
Esch Wants the Wisconsin Toga.
Lacrosse. Wis. March 5.-It is an
nounced positively by friends of Repre-
sentative Esch that he will be a candi
date for United States senator to sue
ceed SpoOner. 1t is said that w. T..
Houser will not be q candidate. and
that the solid support of the Seventh
district will be given to Esch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Chicago Republican Ticket.

Chicago. March 1.-THE inevitable
happened at the Republican city con-
vention when FREQ A. Busse was nom
mated for mayor. The other candi-
dates are: For city treasurer. +. &.
Young: city clerk, John McCabe: drain
age trustee. Otto Novak: superior
court Judge full term. Ben NJ Smith
superior court judge Ito nil vacancy1.
w. H. McSurely. On the principal is
sue before Chicago the platform stands
for the traction ordinances passed some
weeks ago by the city council. Per-
sonal liberty for each locality as to
custom and belief is indorsed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08

tatC y z > VI u IL y JOHN Z. SPOONEK
when it created great surprise, and
the Wisconsin senator at once found
himself the subject of many anxious
inquiries. TO all he replied that his
mind was fully made up. He had
found. he said. that to continue in his
present position would require a sacri-
flee on his part that he could not JUST
fy himself in making.
He Told Only the Vice President.
Ill reply to questions he said he
would resume the practice of law. but
declined to say whether he would be
located in Wisconsin. He did say.
however. that he would continue to be
a citizen of that state as long as he
lives. Vice President Fairbanks was
one of the few public men to be made
acquainted with Spooner's plans before
he wrote his letter. The knowledge
came to him through the personal con-
fidence of the senator but the latter
made no official communication on the
subject to either the senate or it's pre-
siding officer. The law does not re-
quire that resigning senator should
do more than SpOoner has done, but
some senators who have resigned have
given notice to the senate.
Cannot Afford to Serve Longer.
Spooners letter to Governor David
son says that today he will have
served as senator sixteen years. and
that this is a long time for one to take
from his profession when he is neither
willing nor financially able to perma-
nently abandon that profession, espe
cially as he has not during his service
pursued his profession. except with a
few trif]ing exceptions all purely local.
He refers to his announcement in 1900
that he would retire in 1903. and his
unanimous reelection in spite Of that
announcement, which caused him to ac-
ccpt reelection as q public duty. but
says that now his determination is ir-
reyOcable He closes with warm eX-
preston Of his thanks for the gener-
ous confidence reposed in him by the
Republicans of Wisconsin,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
TRIAL OF WILL J. DAVIS
Theater Manager to Face Jury Over
the Holocaust at the IrOquOis
Disaster.

DanVille. ILL.,, March 5.-M0re rapid
progress than was expected was made
during the first day Of the trial of Will
J. Davis. OF Chicago. charged with
manslaughter in connection with the
burning of nearly 600 persons III the
Iroouois tneater at Chicago. Of which
he WAS manager.
Eight jurors had been accepted when
court ad iourned. Not more than half
the venire Of forty-nine had been eX-
amined, and it is now believed that 4
jury will he found today without a
special venire.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
LA FOLLETTE'S KIN
IN AN ELOPEMENT
Quits Law School, Gets job, and Then
Runs Away with and Mar
ries Girl.

Madison, Wis, March 2.-Karl l..
Siehecker, son of Justice Il. G. Sic
becker of the Wisconsin supreme court
and nephew of United States Senator
LaFolIette, eloped late in the afternoon
with Julia A. Jackson, daughter of Nj,
COrWill Jackson, machinist of Gin
cinnati, and they were married by
Magistrate Bentley at Freeport, Ill.
The young man is % years old, a
student in the university law school,
member of the Theta Beta ri
fraternity and of the exclusive social
circles of Madison. Miss Jackson is
Only 10,
The elOpement was not the result of
a sudden impulse on the young mans
part, as he quit the law school and
got a job at a Madison factory before
leaving the city, and unless persuaded
by his parents to change his mind will
dor overalls and go to work as Ia
bOrer there.
The parents of the young man have
autographed their forgiveness and
asked the young couple to return home.
1t is likely that the young man will
BE induced to continue his law studies.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
TRAIN HOLD-UP REAPPEARs
he Hills Man Who Dared to Protest
Against Being Robbed-Thugs
Obtain Only S1OO

Plftshurg. Kan, March 5. Mis-
socri Pacific passenger train which
left here at 100 p. III. was held up
by two men in disguise, and Lou JEFF,
a colored miner employed at Camp 81
or the Central Coal and Coke company,
was killed because he protested
". L. Westlake, of Toledo, O., who
with his wife and two children had
been visiting relatives in Kansas, was
shot through the hand by stray shot
that had been fired at the negro. The
ROBBERS got only about S1OO.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Terrific Explosion Of Powder.

Kansas City. March 5.-TWenty
cakes of blasting powder exploded at
a grading camp ut Twenty-Fourth
and Orville streets, in the outskirts
of Kansas City. Kan, on the Kansas
City outer Belt Line railway, with
such force that it broke window panes
within a radius of twenty-five miles.
Rut one person. woman. was injured
She is not fatally hurt. The damage
at the scene of the explosion was
slight.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Spend Night on Ice Floe.

ManitOwoc, Wis, March 4.--Three
Two Rivers fishermen, Fred Wilke,
Walter Allie and Kurth Wilke, were
caught III foes Of ice ut night off Two
Rivers and carried to this port where
their plight was discovered by car fer
ry No. Is of the Pere Marquette line
which aided in the rescue. It was
dark night and the three were nearly
dead from exhaustion when the car
ferry came upon them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Changes i'm the Cabinet.

Washington. March 5.-There was
some change in the cabinet dur
ing the closing day of con-
gress. Secretary Shaw gave way to
Cortelyou, whose place as postmaster
general was taken by George Won L.
Meyer, late ambassador to Russia; Jas.
r. Garfield left the office Of corporation
commissioner, and today will take that
Of secretary Of the interior, Hitchcock
retiring
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Swettenham to Leave Jamaica.

London, March 5.-The resignation
Of Governor Swettenham. of Jamaica
has become an accomplished fact and
he will leave that island so soon as his
affairs can be arranged.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Fugitive Returns and Is Arrested.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, March 3
Henry Birch, fugitive for fourteen
years, ventured back here and was al
rested at the home of his son Birch
rifles defied the authorities. In 1891
through strategy he was arrested. but
escaped from Jail. A few months
later, the sheriff overlook him. and a
battle ensued. but Birch escaped and
left the county
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08

United States to
take effect May 1
next. The letter
was dated Saturday.
but the fact that
such a letter had
been written or that
SpOOner con t e m :
plated resigning did
not become known
in the senate until
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
To Build 5000 Steel Cars.

Milwaukee, Wis, March 2.-WOrk
will be begun soon at the West Mil
w;u!:cc shops Of the Chicago, NIilwau-
Ike" @nd st. Paul railway on 5000 steel
UDdNrframc box cars. to be built at 4
eos: of more than S3.O0OOOO. The con,
strTction Of steel under-frame freight
cars is Il new departure.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Blizzard in Wisconsin.

Lacrosse. Wis. March "a heavy
storm Of slcet, raging for twelve hours
has broken down the telegraph wires
of the railways centerin9 here East
ana north of Lacrosse freight traffic
has been suspended. while passenger
trains are being operated slowly and
with difficulty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Narrow Escape from Death.

Chippewa Falls. Wis. March O.
Homer Hinton wife and three chill
d!en had Il narrow escape from death
by tire at Holcombe during the night
Tc aWoke ut the sound of the roof
falling in. The rooms were almost en-
vc!Opcd in flames. Hinton threw his
children out of the window and he and
his wife escaped after them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Horizon Marsh Case Decided.

Beaver Dam. Wis. March 4.-Judge
James j. Dick. of the circuit court,
handed down q decision in the famous
Horicon drainage commission. The eff
feet Of the decision will be the drain
age of $4,000 acres of land near Hori-
con, made famous as q hunting resort
Tor many wears.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
SuSDended from University.

Madison Wis, March 1.-THE facul-
t. Of the University Of Wisconsin has
suspended for six months Walter A.
Rehln. of Chicago. chairman of the
Junior Prom. committee for collecting
g cents extra from the class to make
Ip d deficit.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Injunction Continued.

Milwaukee. March 4.-The tenn
porary injunction issued on Monday
last by the United States district
court restraining George HI. Savage
and other officers of the Milwaukee
Gold Extraction company, a mining
corporation. from in any manner
disposing of stock. altering the books,
etc, has been continued for one week
on motion of defendants attorney.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Spooner of Wisconsin Resigns
His Seat in the Senate Eff
fective May |, Next.
MUST GO TO EARNING MONEY
Cannot Afford Longer to Serve His
State at Washington
Has Been Sixteen Years at That Bust
ness, Which Is Bunch of
Time - Letter of
Resignation.

Washington, March 4. - Senator
SpoOner has written letter to Govern
or Davidson. of Wisconsin. rendering
his resignation as senator of the
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Sunday Session Denounced.

Philadelphia, March 5.-The action
Of congress in holding a session on
Sunday was declared Christian by
the Metho6;sf, Episcopal ministers of
Philadelphia at their weekly meet: ing.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Two Young Girls Killed.

Madison. Wis. March 4.-Catherine
Maria Quinn, aged Il years. and Cath
crime Margaret Quinn. 16 years old,
cousins, were killed by a switch engine
Oh the Chicago. Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad. They walked in front
of the locomotive, thinking it was go
ING to stop.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Topeka Joins the Western.

Chicago, March Am arrangement
by which the Topeka base ball club
becomes member of the Western
League has been made at a meeting in
Buffalo between base ball magnateS.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08
Rooney UNIVERSITIES Pardello.

Chicago, March 5.--John Rooney, the
wrestling policeman, defeated Leo Par
dello, of New York, in catch-as-catch-
can match here.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-08

Lacrosse, Wis, March 5.-It is an
nounced positively by friends of Repre-
sentative Esch that he will be a candi-
date for United States senator to sue
ceed Spooner. 1t is said that w. T..
Houser will not be candidate. and
that the solid support of the Seventh
district will be given to ESch.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-22

the fact that no substitute could be
bad, Superintendent Barton IL filing
the vacancy.
The district convention Of the
Woodmen of the World will be held
at Lewiston on May 8. W A. An
drew and ]. J. Parker have been
elected delegates to this meeting
from the local lodge. The purpose
OF the meeting Is to elect delegates to
attend the supreme council of the or
der which will be held at Seattle.