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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01

The constable is an observant man,
and his observation had it's reward at
Marlborough street one morning. 1t
was the case of a hanson driver who
had run into four wheeler, and the
constable maintained in the witness
box that the hanson driver was drunk.
''There was a bit of dispute" said
the driver" and the constable admit
ted as much. 'You was bit doubtful
about me bein' drunk, wasn't you
now?' continued the driver solemnly.
81 was, just a Bit said the constable
stolidly. until saw you taking down
your own number on your coat sleeve"
London Standard
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01
MRS. THAW EXCUSED
jerome Concludes His Long Cross x-
animation OF Witness.

ANIMATION OF w illness.
New York, Feb. 26.-District Attor
ney Jerome finished his long cross-eX-
animation of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw at the trial of her husband on
the charge Of having murdered Stan
ford White. Mrs. Thaw had been I'M
der the district attorneys fire for near
ly FIVE court days. His concluding
questions had to do with what the
witness observed as to Thaw's man
ner when he would CHARGE to meet
White. She said he acted as a person
in q fit.
The first witness Of the day was
Abraham Ell. Hummel, the lawyer. who
drew up the affidavit to which Evelyn
Nesbit is said to have sworn and
which charged Thaw With cruelties
during their 1908 trip to Europe. take
the stand.
Hummel was sworn ii took his
seat in the witness chair. The big
court stenoSrapher seated in front of
the stand all but hid the little witness
from general views The top of his
bald head could occasionally be seen
nodding to and fro. Beyond the fact
that the girl went to the lawyers Of
flee and that he dictated to Il stenog,
rapher while she was there the dis
trict attorney was powerless to bring
out anything more because of the con-
tinied objection of Mr.. Delmas. JUS
tice Fitzgerald upheld the objections
on the ground that collateral testimony
cannot be taken to disoredit the wit
ness.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01
Murder in Chicago Office.

: Chicago. Feb. 22.-Webster S.
Guerin, $50 West Harrison street.
member Of the firm of Guerin Bros,
owners of the Harrison Art company
portrait painters, was shot and almost
instantly killed in his Office room 7O3
Omaha building, by Mrs. Michael G..
Mcdonald. the second wife of the for
mer gambling king and later real es-
tate dealer. 1t is said that the man had
been levying blackmail upon her.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01
Chicago Primaries Name Busse.

Chicago. Feb. 26.-As a result of the
Republican primaries hel here yester-
day Fred A. Busse, postmaster Of Chi
cago. will be the unanimous choice of
the party for mayor at the spring cleo
tor. The nominating convention will
be held just as soon rs Busse, who
was injured in a railroad wreck III
Pennsylvania, returns to Chicago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01
Dunno Renominated for Mayor.

Chicago. Feb. 25.-Edward Z.
Dunno was nominated Fer second
term as mayor on the first ballot at
Brooke's Casino. The Dunno dele
gates broke into cheers as the result
was announced. Amid the uproar the
leaders prepared to name the balance
of the ticket.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01
Zion Couple Held to Grand Jury.

Chicago. Feb. 25.-Charles Sampson,
q free love thinker of Zion City, AMI
Amanda Block. formerly of Racine,
Wis, were held to the grand jury TO
answer a statutory Offense. sampson
claims he and Miss Block were mar
ried by ties of God and that was all
that was necessary. The defendants
held song and prayer service in the
court ROOM
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01
Senator Bailey Exonerated.

Austin, Tex. Feb. 26.-The senate
at noon passed a resolution dismissing
the Bailey Investigating committee be-
fore it could prepare its report. and
generating Senator Bailey in every
particular. The vote was 10 ayes to
II nays.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01
Those Caught in the Wreck OF
the Eighteen Hour New
York-Chicago Flyer.
NO DEATH Is NOW EXPECTED
Postmaster Kline, of Joliet, Seems
Due to Recover.
Fred Busse, the Chicago Postmaster,
Will Rest for Ten Days, but Has
No Bones Broken Others
Doing Well.

Pittsburg, Feb. 25.-The condition OF
the passengers injured in the wreck OF
the Pennsylvania special near South
Fork. six miles from Johnstown, Pa.
Sunday morning, is reported from the
Altoona (Pa.) hospital and the Al
legheny general hospital, in this city,
as being excellent. John +. Kline.
postmaster of Joliet, ILL.,. who is the
most seriously injured, passed favor
able day. In addition to many ours
and bruises Kline sustained puncture
Of the lung. 1t is said at the Altoona
hospital that he will recover, however
unless complications set in.
Busse Laid Up for Ten Days.
Frederick A. Busse, postmaster OF
Chicago: Samuel f. Nixon and Felix
Isman, Philadelphia: Frank 2. Rodg-
ers, Chicago; f. J. Murphy, Joliet, ILL.,,
and c.. w. Winkler, Chicago, who are
also in the Altoona hospital, are rest
ing easily and will be able to leave
the institution in about ten days e..
q. Pippenbrink. Joliet, Ill. was able
TO go home yesterday. w. FL. Baker,
Of Chicago, who was in the Allegheny
general hospital, has departed for
home, and J. Wood Wilson. Marion,
Ind, and Thomas Bauer, of Lafayette,
Ind. will. 1t is said. leave the hospital
in Il couple Of days.
Busse was imprisoned in one Of the
wrecked cars for half an hour before
being rescued He is bruised all over
the body, but has no broken bones.
Kline was returning home with his
commission in his pocket Responding
him postmaster at Joliet Altogether
fifty-four passengers, all there were or
the train. and ten train men were in
jured and the names given in the fore
going are all who were at all serious
~ hurt The others were all able to
travel t. tIcir destinations the day OF
the accident The wreck occurred as
the train was rounding Il sharp curve.
with the south fork of the COnemaugh
river on the outside, at the foot of an
ernbankment sixty feet high. and 1T
was a miracle that many were not
killed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01
WHY She Left.

Mistress-But, bless me- why are yOm
leaving us, Mary? I'm sure do all
the work The General Servant-Yes.
ma'am, but l don't like the way you
10 it.--Sydney On. s. W. Bulletin.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01
Roberts Must Serve His Time.

Springfield, Ill.,. Feb. 23.-The su-
Dreme court affirms the sentence Of the
criminal court of Cook county, which
sentenced George J. Roberts to twenty
years in the state penitentiary at Joliet
for the murder ot John " Knopf dur
ing struggle at a ward election.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01

The case has progressed to the point
where the defendant has been all but
lost sight Of. His girl-like wife is the
figure about whom the storm lashes
it's fury. She it is whose life is be-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01
Had q Right To Be Thankful.

The train was running about fifty
minutes late. and was travelling over
fifty miles an hour when it reached
the curve. The accident was caused
by a brake rigging dropping to the
track on the first Pullman coach fol-
lowing the engine and combination
smoking car. The great speed and
weight of the train tore up the tracks
and the steel ties for a distance of 300
feet. The engine and smoking car re.
manned Oh the rails, but the three
Pullman coaches plunged from the
track down over the sixty-foot embank-
ment, where they rolled over and over
to the thick ice covering the Cone
maugh river. All the passengers were
thankful and happy that they had es-
capped death. and Rev. Edward Cope,
Of Philadelphia, conducted brief serv-
ices on the relief train, in which he
thanked God. for their deliverance.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01

up tor scorn by the prosecuting attor-
ney. Thaw, his face buried in his
hands, might easily have been out of
the court room picture and none would
have missed him. All eyes were upon
thc witness chair and the slight figure
in blue which occupied it.
Two Days More of IL.
At the close of the most eventful
day of the trial Jerome announced that
he probably would keep Mrs. Thaw I'M
der fire for two more days. Adjourn
inent was taken until Monday morn
ing There was no subject affecting
the witness of so intimate a nature
that the district attorney hesitated to
haul it from it's hiding place and hold
it before the gaze of the world, all the
while requiring that she should recog
nizc and own the fault in her own
words.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01
BIG STEAL AT CHICAGO
UNCLE SAM IS OUT $4,000
Sub-Treasury Reported Short That
Much and No One Knows Where
1t Has Gone.

Chicago. Feb. 26. The reported
theft OF $4,000 from the United
States sub-treasury in Chicago is sur
rounded by q deep mystery, and While
Captain r. /. Porter, of the secret scry
The state herald., 1907-12-06
CIR prirr
nf Gralth
BY REV. THOMAS 4. BARR.
milwaukee.


such ideas be competent physician How he touch quicken
the hidden soul energies which often hold the
the other extreme the pure dcal who pudacs reality Of the
material world, counts all its evils Illusions depends on spiritual
ideas and forces for health II pain and poverty sorrow arc iu
ons JOY and riches and health also deceptive the mind
Between these the third position There or planes OF
being known the physical material the mental or spirit
ua Each has It's own Forces Its own conditions and laws Tho
Is the superior aud normally controls the physical
accordance with the nature and conditions Of the physical cng
cr dca OF bridge must be wrought out II the
dons Of those physical agencies not met disaster follows recently
at Quebec No honesty Of intent diligence will place Of exact
compliance with natural law In the way osaon Of soul
c no dependence spiritual dcas Ignoring grow
foot whore has been sight where hc op,o
nerve has been killed. rid the body Of disease when is
not vigorous enough esp the poison that has crcp INTO Il
when disease has fastened upon vital organs and functions Given
normal body aud the privileges Of enlightened life greatly help 10 pre-
serve health II will keep free from worry him back
from many mprdnt we'll improper action no amount
Of spiritual culture dependence upon God will body that
has been ray injured by accident disease keep in body
which has lost s vital powcr Pure thought but conditions
Of health the others pure pure food exercise rest
reasonably normal body 10 start with
The state herald., 1907-12-06
Tlr Sautug 6rarr
nf mnrk
BY DR.. MADISON C. PETERS.
New York.

of uppOr They had trades professions which to
rely for living.
The true of large majority of the adult criminals Fully
two-hrds of them uned in branch of industry owl-
edge that would enable them make their in the world Herein
lies important study for the socialist and economist not speak
of the phantop and all who have the reform of the errng heart
The majority of the criminals those who have been neglected.
who have been allowed grow up Wild with guiding restraining
hand.
They taught the bcssedness of work. usefulness the
happiness the necessity of work.
The law compes them get macrng of education the
public Consequently it is surprising TO find that almost all
the criminals read and WRITE but their usefulness Themselves ends
there
After leaving school they become nocuated with the virus Of
den and the sinful attractions the cities and strong
that they will not take the trouble TO learn useful trades and the
will not them Then they lose control of them altogether for they
did not commence in time.
Instead of turn them into blessing if about
it in the right And alone reform the young
criminals already prison We first reform those who would
emulate them and follow in their footsteps
How do it? There only We teach them
TO work. and give them useful work o do
The state herald., 1907-12-06

MFRS. LIZZIE LOHR, 1155 w. 18th
1V1 St., Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
II take pleasure in writing you
these few lines, thinking there may be
otherwomen suffering the same as did.
~ had my complaints for over year,
night all winter and no appetite.
/ was rundown SO far that had to
sit down TO do my cooking, was so
weak
Il tried many different medicines dNd
doctors also. Nothing seemed to do me
any good. The doctors wanted to oper.
ate on me.
"At last / wrote to DR.. Hartman. I
told him just exactly how was, and he
told me what allied me and how l should
take Peruna.
"I did as he told me for four months,
and now am all cured.
mo one can tell how thankful 1 am
to him, rs had given up all hopes OF
ever getting well again.
81 am n widow and the mother of six
small children who depend on my sup
port. work all day and seldom get
tired
II took five bottles of Perunn in all.
"Any woman wishing to know more
about my case may write to me and l
will gladly tell all about it.
"I thank DIR. Hartman for what he
has done for me-"
The state herald., 1907-12-06

one by one the Joys OF living arc
bevsz taken away from fat dwellers.
Children Were long ago barred from
the more select OF these modern sub.
sutn,es for the home. Then such pets
as dogs and cats were forbidden. In
Paris pianos are not allowed and Ger.
tain landlords In this country lay the
ban on monographs, Now comes the
Landlords association OF Dca Molnes.
Ia. and requires tenants OF fats TO
sign leases containing a provision tina,
the cooking OF cabbage or onions. ro
gardlcas OF quantity. constitutes a for
feituro OF tho lease. As matter OF
course every tenant. aH soon as the
document is signed. begins TO hunger
for the forbidden food and to regard
the prohibition hh an outrage. "in n
general way such rule In we'll
enough" they admit. but the idea OF
enforcing Il on uHl"
The state herald., 1907-12-06
THE STATE HERALD
J. H. Painter, Owner and Pub.
HOLYOKE, COLORADO,
British Justice.

British justice is usually regarded
MS both sure and swift, and much has
been printed to show how much hard
err is the way Of the transgressor in
England than in the United States,
and how much mtre certain he is to
be punished. recent communica-
tion to the London Times by Sir
Ralph Littler veteran magistrate,
puts decidedly different aspect upon
the matter. The writer, complaining
of the wholly inadequate sentences
which are often imposed, mentions the
case of one man who boasted that he
had committed the offense of house
breaking no less than 22 times. He
had been in prison four times in one
year, yet his longest sentence was ten
months. The London police report 733
persons in the metropolitan district
who are habitual criminals. In the
same district, out of 512 cases of
burglary, there were only 224 appre.
tensions; and In the cases of shop.
breaking the number of arrests was
less than one in four. These facts
certainly do not indicate any marked
superiority in the administration OF
Justice
The state herald., 1907-12-06

Five new steamships are now build.
ing for n European company that
maintains passenger and freight ser.
vice round the world. The new steam
ships will be 500 feet long, and will
contain commodIous staterooms for
the accommodation OF passengers dur
ing the 2i0 days OF the trip. The
route followed starts at Antwerp.
thence TO Singapore. China and Japan
by way OF the suez canal. From Japan
the steamships go TO Honolulu. enter
Puget sound on the Pacific coast OF
America, thence sail south TO San
Francisco. and onward through the
Strait OF Magellan. up the eastern
coast OF South America to Monte.
video. and back TO Antwerp, after
stopping at some British ports. The
company has been running ships on
this route for two years so success,
fully that II feels warranted In putting
the Ave new ships In the service. For
those who have the time. a roundtrip
voyage would afford an admirable way
OF seeing the world. or large part OF
tho water on II.
The state herald., 1907-12-06
Fashions Wlllina Slaves.

The suggestion made by Miss Jane
Adams that women ignore the die.
tates of fashion, much as they now ig-
more the dictates OF men. may sound
good and emancipated. but who has
not in his mind life-size picture of a
normal woman walking down n shop.
ping street doing that very thing?
With marcel waves of culture pulling
in one direction with all their might
and the store windows tugging the
other way, who would not be able to
guess the answer? Women will con
tinue to be women regardless of what
they say TO themselves and to one an
other. remarks the Chicago Daily
News. Talk sounds like a section cut
out of the conversation OF the seven
wise men, but even after some stern
resolutions on the subject had been
adopted the same dear girls would
give much more heed TO the next
speaker were she flawlessly attired
than they would TO woman in an un.
fashionable gown out OF whose mouth
rolled words OF wisdom.
The state herald., 1907-12-06
Great Revival In chlosoo.

chioaso,-i,ev. Dr, A, Torrey closed
Sunday night ono of the most remark
able eyanseiisiic campaigns ever seen
In Chicago, Th7 meetings, which
were held fof the most part In huge
sieamhented tent. erected NJ North
Clark and Chestnut streets. have ai.
traeted an average attendance OF 5000
for Sundays and 1000 on other nights.
Dr. Torrey has delivered i8b sermons
10 more than s1b,0o0 listeners. About
1900 persons have profesHed conycr.
sions Fewer than 1000 Of these were
women,
The state herald., 1907-12-06

That was oonaiderato New Jersey
burglar who. after robbing child'a
bank. left a note OF apology saying
that he had never robbed n child be.
fore and would not do II now except
that be needed the money. adding
that II he ever had ti.s7 tina, ho could
spare ho would return Il. WIN or will
not lovers Of children In that region
hope that the burglary business may
be good In order that the debt may bc
paid7
The state herald., 1907-12-06

There are three old
schools Of thought taking
different attitudes toward
sickness. At one extreme
is the man who interprcts
all life in terms Of phys
ieal science TO whom God,
soul, spiritual forces. are
meaningless terms. II is
The state herald., 1907-12-06

a New York Judge having decided
that objectionable characters may be
kicked from theater. no legal 70.
straits limit the doing Of the obvious
thing In the ease OF the man who In.
hiHts on telling the story OF the play
90 those about him.
The state herald., 1907-12-06

In the United States
there are upward of 1Oo,-
900 convicts. One-third
of this number may be
classed as youths ranging
from the age of is to
that of 25.
1t is n remarkable fact
that nearly all Of these
when arrested had no
The state herald., 1907-12-06

work from who thoroughly understands what ideal home Life
should be-
The to-day better than those of former days; lot
better have freedom but has done them
harm They have fine home lives but with modern onvenenc
simpler living they able take up other work also
Work for the bermen of the world only broaden woman home life
makes her fitted to be good wife and MOTHER and working
the rule the other way being good homemaker fits for aiding
the worlds progress. One is bound to help the other
The state herald., 1907-12-06

A Pennsylvania man who tried 10
shoot ont one OF his teeth TO save
dentist bill succeeded In his purpose.
but made II necessary for hla family
10 pay the undertaken. Some people
have nc iues at all AZ economists.
The state herald., 1907-12-06

We must establish more industrial schools. We
may have many, but not enough.
We hope the time is coming in this country when
there will be law that will make it criminal for a
man not to know useful trade or craft, profess
sion or calling, by which he can make n living and
add his quota 10 the community.
Save the boys! Give them trades Instead Of fill
ing the jas they will become useful citizens.
The state herald., 1907-12-06
mnntrn Gapahlr nt Grappltttg
l11ttlr 111nrlh 11rnhlrnta
By MRS. CLINTON B. FIsKE,
President Methodist Womcns Home Mission Society.

There is nothing which women cannot accomplish.
Many of the greatest undertakings of the worlds work
could be- and ought to be, carried through by them.
They able in the majority of to solve big social
problems to better advantage than men, for know
and thoroughly understand home life, which, of course
is the foundation of everything
/ believe that women who have homes of their own
and interested in them better fitted for work
that affects other homes and for the educational tenn
perance and immigration problems. They can all be
coped with more easilY by some who has an ideal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-23
Beaman.

Special to TtmeS-RepuDlcan.
Beaman, April 23-George Beery has
quit the phone exchange, and is clerk
ing for w. A. Berry.
Mrs. H. j. Murray was taken to the
hospital at Marshalltown in the regular
invalid ambulance. She has lost all
hope of ever being any better.
w. w. Brook and George Coates were
Marshalltown visitors day or SO ago.
Some Of the farmers that sowed their
oats early fear they are killed by the
recent freeze and they will be COM
PEELED to SOW over again or put It in
corn Il.
Z. p jenkins, travelling freight agent
for the Northwestern, came up from
Marshalltown last Wednesday and gave
the Farmers Elevator Company a site
for an elevator: which is sure to go
thru. 6
w. W. Brooks, w. B. Boyle, Alva
Taylor, j. w. .Hutchison and George
Coates attended Masonic lodge at Con-
rad, working nthe third degree.
Rev. Gilliland, of Stanhope has been
sent here to finish the conference year.
The board OF trustees of the church
had arranged otherwise. but the pre-
siding elder exercised his authority.
w. L. Allen has bought and hauled
to Marshalltown over $4,000 worth Of
poultry and eggs during the last year.
Mrs. Dove Simms Is visiting in Tama
and ,Marshalltown this week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-23
Items From Rolfs.

Special to Times 1aepuDllCdu,
Rolfe, April 23.4Mrs. James Fox and
Mrs James Carroll went to Fonda last
Monday TO visit friends and be present
at the ceremonies of the laying OF the
cornerstone of the new Catholic
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Valentine, Of Conrad
visited over Sunday with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Henry Early, Of Rolfe.
Last Wednesday morning the ice was
an inch thick, and Thursday there was
q little snow in the air.
Mrs. E. w. Jorgeson received the sad
news of the death of her sister. Mrs
John Dysig, who lived west OF Have
lock. She had been sick short time
with pneumonia, and was thought not
to- be in q dangerous condition. Her
remains were brought to Rolfe and laid
to rest in the cemetery.
: REV. and Mrs. McEwen. N. c. Ken
nedy, Mrs. C. A. Grant and Mrs. G. w
Serfkin went to Fort Dodge last Tues
day, to attend meeting Of the pres
bytery
&C. A. Coffin, manager Of the c. B
Santee stock of general merchandise
spent couple of days at his home in
Cedar Falls this week.
Mrs DIR. Williams, of Mt. Vernon.
arrived here Tuesday for a visit with
her mother, Mrs. George Horton. ~
Miss Mabel Rogers returned from
Mitchell, S. D., where she visited for
several weeks at the home of her par
ents