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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
BATTLE IS At
HAND IN HAITI
Troops Of Government in
Strong Position
GUNBOATS IN WAR ZONE

Jackies Of Worlds Nations Ready to
Rush into Port Al Prince at MO-
ment's Notice to Prevent Lootine it
President Alexis's Capital Falls into
Power of the Rebels-lndications
That Many Were lost in Engage,
ments Already Fought.
The revolufionists in Haiti under
command of General Antoine Simon,
following up their victory over The
government forces at Anse Veanx,
are pushing on to Port al Prince.
They have driven sack the govern.
ment troops and have seized The towns
of Miragoalle and Petit Goave
1t is believed that General Celestin
Cyriaque, minister of war, who took
refuge in the German consulate at the
former town, is still there. but it is
feared that there will be many defec
.tions OF Haitians to the revolutionary
army
Battle Seems Certain.
President Nord Alexis has energeti-
cally rejected the suggestion that he
give up the struggle. Three divisions
Of well disciplined troops. under com.
mand of General Andre, minister Of
interior and police, occupy a COM
manding position about SIX miles out
side of the city.
Just how long it will take shc reyo,
lutionists to traverse the road from
Mirogoane, which is about fifty miles
from Port au Prince, is matte. Of
doubt, but as there are no government
forces to check them. they are likely
to reach this city in twenty-four
hours The engagement will be Seri-
Gus, and it is thought that forces
may be landed from the waships nov
in the harbor for the purpose of pre-
venting pilage and injury to foreign
residents.
The United States cruiser Tacoma
and the French training ship Duguay
Trouin are now in the harbor and the
British cruiser Scylla and the Italian
cruiser Fieramosa are expected to
reach Port au Prince within few
days.
Wounded Men on Gunboat.
1t is impossible to ascertain the cas-
ualties of the recent engagement at
Anse a, Veau, but it is understood that
the government forces lost many in
killed and wounded. A large number
Of the wounded have been brought
here by the Haitien gunboat Centc-
uaire. 49, ~
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
every woman win be interested.

There has recently been discovered an
ans ills, called Mother Gray's Austral-
ian Leaf, 1t is the only certain regula-
tor. Cures female weaknesses and
backache, kidney, bladder and urinary
troubles. At all druggists. or by mai !,
SOC. Sample FREE. Address, The
Mother Gray Go. Leroy, n. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
TWO. Cent Fare Held Legal.

At Washington the supreme
court of the United States re-
versed the decision of the circuit
court for the Eastern district of Vir
ginia and held the order of the state
railroad commission fixing a 2-cent
passenger rate on state business was
constitutional
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
RABBI MAKES PREDICTION
Says in Years to Come Religion Won't
Make or Mar Man.

Milwaukee, Nov 30 President
Rooseyelt's letter directed against
critics of Mr. Taft's religious beliefs
during the presidential campaign, fur
nished the subject of Rabbi Victor
Caro's address in Temple B'ne Jeshu-
run
Rabbi Caro- predicted that within
the years to come no man in the Unit
ed States would be considered as a
Catholic, Protestant or Jew, but Soley
on the merits of his citizenship and
attainmcntS.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
Wounded Girl Keeps Mum.

Kenosha, Wis, Dec. 1. Lillian
Christensen, a thirteen-year-old girl,
who was shot and probably fatally
wounded by John Rasmussen. aged
eighteen, at Pleasant Prairie, just
south of Kenosha. Rasmussen claims
that the shooting was accidental and
the girl declines to make any state
ment
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
This Is worth Reading

Leo F. Zelinski of 60 Gibson ST., Buf-
falo, N. Y. says: 81 cured the most an
.noying cold sore ever had with Buck
lens Arnica Salve. / applied this salve
once a day for two days, when every
trace of the sore was gone" Heals all
sores. Sold under guarantee at w. G..
Atwell drug store Csc.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04

More people are taking Foleys Kid
ney Remedy every year. 1t is considered
to be the most effective remedy for kid
ney and bladder troubles that medical
science can devise. Foleys Kidney Rem
edy corrects Irregularities, builds up
worn out tissues and restores lost vital
ity. 1t will make you feel well and look
well-W. G. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
Guiley of Counterfeiting

Passing counterfeit money is no woese
than substituting some unknown worth
less remedy for Foley's Honey and Tar,
the great cough and cold remedy that
cures the most obstinatr coughs and
heals the lungs. VIC. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
al Dangerous Operation

is the removal of the appendix by sur
geon. No one who takes DR.. Kings New
Life Pills is ever subjected to this fright
full ordeal They work so quietly. you
don't feel them. They cure constipa-
ton, headache, biliousness and malaria.
25c at w. G. Atwell drug store.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
Pardoned After Sixteen Years.

After sixteen years in the Ohio pTis-
on John Heise, miner, aged forty
eight years. serving life term for
second-degree murder, was the happy
recipient of the Thanksgiving pardon
at the hands of Governor Harris.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
UnhappiIy Phrased.

a physician advertised chat, at the
request of his friends, ne had re-
moved near the church yard, and
trusted that his removal would ac-
commodate many of his patients.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
REBELS NEAR THE CAPITAL
Their Presence Near Port-au-Prince
Causes Panic in City.

Fear that rebels will enter Port-au
Prince and loot the city has thrown
the people into panic Stores and 9th
er business houses are closing and
men are protecting their homes by
barring the doors and windows. Every
foreigner in the city has put up over
his property the flag of his nation
President Alexis persists in his de
termination to continue the struggle
while the victorious rebels under Gen
eral Simon are advancing rapidly on
the capital
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
HurIs Girl Out Window.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Nov ao.-The
explosion of a hot water tank in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Cartmill
wrecked the kitchen and hurled their
ten-year-old daughter, Lillian, through
window amid shower of splintered
glass.
She fell on mass of old garments
and escaped injury.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04

Two Bodies Recovered from the Pit
Temporary Morgue Besieged.
Only, one man escaped alive from
the Rachael mine of the Buffalo-Pitts-
burg Coal company at Mariana,
Pa, where the explosion occurred
Saturday. Latest estimates place the
number of dead at 1873. Eighty-twc
bodies have been taken from the pit.
Owners of the colliery admit that
fifty-six more bodies are buried at
the bottom of the shaft.
EIinger's Terrible Experience.
Frank Ellinger, who is the only sur
vivor, tells the following story:
Il was passing through one of the
entries about 100 yards from the shaft
when something hit me. ! had no
time to think | heard no noise. |
must have been blown seventy-five
yards through a passage by the air
from the explosion and the first wave
of air must have knocked me uncon-
scious before the noise of the cx-
plosion reached me. do not know
what time | came to.
cit seemed like million years from
the time I regained consciousness I'M
til / heard them coming for me. |
fell over scores of bodies as | crawled
round through the mine in the dark
I don't know how ii was that es-
capped, but I'm glad that I'm alive"
Young willis Body Recovered:
One of the first bodies to be recov-
cred was that of John J. will Jr. of
Monon6ahela, the favorite nephew of
John Fl. Jones. the millionaire owner
of the model mine. will was twenty
three years old and some years ago
showed a desire to learn practical
mining, intending to enter the big Buff
falo and Pittsburg company with his
uncle later At the time Of the ex
plosion Twill was in charge of some
motors at the bottom of the shaft.
having just gone down a few hours
before
Crowds besieged the boiler house
which is used as a temporary morgue.
but even relatives were denied ad
mission until the mangled bodies can
be fixed up before an effort is made
to identify them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
FLEET STARTS HOME
First Return Step Marked by De.
parture from Manila.

P1ttAt = tieH' ss'~h'tS.
With the departure on Tuesday
from Manila of the American
battleship fleet under the command
of Rear Admiral Sperry, the sixteen
vessels turn their prows for home
waters. They have been gone nearly
a year on the most remarkable trip
ever recorded in naval annals.
When the fleet reaches the United
States it will have traversed since
Dec. 16, 1907, when it left Hampton
Roads, distance of 42.227 miles.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
Bacteria in Street Mud.

In gram of street mud, equal to
cube of earth with sides Of about
quarter of an inch, there are enough
bacteria, if placed in line, side by
side, to cover 259.74 feet.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
How to Convince Her.

When a girl makes up her mind that
she is a mans affinity he may as well
shorten the trouble by marrying her
and convincing her that she isn't.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04

Foley's Orino Laxative cures chronic
constipation and stimulates the liver.
Orino regulates the bowels so they will
act naturally and you do not have to
take purgatives continually. w. q. At
well.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
Nav Call Paper aThe state.

Milwaukee, Dec. Senator Rob-
ert NJ. LaFollette's weekly paper, soon
to be published, will be called The
State, according to close friend of
the senator, who is in the city.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
Advice for the Lovelorn.

When a girl begins to talk a great
deal about some other man it is an
excellent time to propose to her.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
a When He BEGINS.

AS soon as a man gets $4,000 he
begins to fear that somebody is trying
% stir up class hatred.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
The Lesser Evil.

1t is probably better for girls to be
shot by Tepulsed suitors than to marry.
Them Portland OregOnian.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
You Never Do.

You never hear of woman joining
the ancient order of anything. -Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
Theophilus crumpacked Dead.

Theophiius Crumpacker, eighty-four
years old. the father of Congressman
Edgar D. Crumpacker, is dead at Val
paradise, Ind.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04
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TALENTED PHYSICIAN IN THE
TREATMENT OF CHRONIC DIS.
EASES. OFFERS HIS SERVICES
FREE or CHARGE


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offers to all who call on the above date
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All that is asked in return for these
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This Doctor is considered one of
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No more Operations for Appendicitis,
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He was first in America to earn the
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If you have Kidney or Bladder Trou-
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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04

Calls for Much Work.
champagne bottles toilet employs
the hands of IS workmen-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-12-04

Lone Man Survives Mine
Disaster at Mariana.
HAD TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE

Blown Seventy-Five Yards Through
Passage by Explosion and Rendered
Unconscious-Body of Mine Own,
ers' Nephew Recovered - Total
Death List Placed at 138-Eighty
Two Bodies Recovered from the Pit
Temporary Morgue Resieged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
NEW MARKING FOR
 SMALL SHIPMENTS

Montgomery, May Especial )-Most of today was taken up by the Alabama railway commission hearing evidence on the opposition to new marking regula- tions of the rail lines. This order pro- vdes that all items of merchandise in other than carload lots must be marked. The merchants object with regard to meal and flour, holding that weight and brand is sufficient, with one piece marked of a shipments A decision will be given in a few days
 The commission is now hearing argu- ments in the case of the Wood -Dickerson Lumber company of Birmingham, where in it is sought to force the trunk lines entering that city to absorb the switch ing charges on the Birmingham South ern, as was the case when the line was owned by the Louisville and Nashville some time ago This is an old case. one that has been thrashed over some time.
 The attorneys for the railroads in the last named case are: The Birmingham Southern, Walker Percy; the Southern, James Weatherly of Birmingham and C. B. Northup of Washington; the Alabama Great Southern. A. G. Smith; the Louis vile and Nashville, A. T. Brandeis of LouisVile: the Seaboard Air Line John P Tillman of Birmingham, also for the Frisco; the Central of Georgia, R. l.. Steiner of Montgomery. Frank H. White of Birmingham represented the shippers.
 In the marking goods hearing the rail- roads were represented as follows: For the Southern, General Freight Agent Randall Clifton, Atlanta; for the Coast Line, James Menzes, general freight agent, Savannah; for the Western of Ala bama, E. T. Eckles, general freight agent, Montgomery. The shippers pres ent were R. E. Collins. W. M. Cosby, E.. Wilkinson, w. H. Maxim, Robert McLes- ter, all of Birmingham.
 The fight to elect pr. J. H. Phillips of Birmingham to the presidency of the National Educational association, which meets June 29 in Cleveland, O., is to be made fast, and if possible effective. 1t was agreed at the meeting of the Ala bama association held here in April that this would be done.
 President w. P. Hodges has announced the following committee to have charge of the campaign: John w. Abercrombie, H. C. Gunnells w. E. Striplin l. w. Hill, C. W. Daugette, Dr. B. J. Baldwin, w. C.. Griggs c. A. Brown and c. Glenn, all of Birmingham are to have charge of the local details
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
(Commun ncated) CABANISS, NESMITH AND OTHERS SHOW THOMPSON'S CHARGES
 ARE WITHOUT FOUNDATION J. L. Bogart Alias Williams Swears Before Judge Samuel Greene That He Never Made Afidavits Used in
 Thompson's Charges Mai Smith, White Matthews Express Agent and Others

every particular. I heard MT. Xon L. Thompson call one of his sons out from his office and he returned in a little while with an express company receipt. I was told by MT. Won L. Thompson that he would stand back of me if I made the statement contained in the affidavit, but I never did make any such statements MT. Powell, lawyer, dictated the state ment to a stenographer, but never read it nor heard it read, and I never swore to nor signed the same One of the men in the office asked me to sign the paper but I told him I couldn't sign my name and one of them signed the name Will Hams to it. MT. Won l.. Thompson told me about 6 o'clock Thursday evening, May 14, 1908, at Second avenue and Twen- ty-first street, Birmingham, that he want ed me to- go to his house and stay there until after the election, and then he would send me away and give me money enough to live on for a couple of months and that if I needed any more to write to him and he would send it to me. My age is Is and I live at No. 2504 Ave- nue E, in the city of Birmingham.
 J. l.. BOGART.
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this May 15, 1908, S. E. GREENE,
 Judge of Probate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
SWEARS HE
 DID NOT RECEIVE PACKAGE.

State of Alabama, Jefferson county.
 Before me, personally appeared w. D' Samuel, who being duly sworn, says: I am receiving clerk for the southern Express company at Birmingham on the 18th day of May, 1908, received package of literature from the Johnson head- quarters addressed to J. T. Greene at Anniston Ala This is the only package that has been received by said company addressed to the said Greene. NO pack age has ever been received by me to my knowledge from the Nesmith headquarters and never issued receipt for any package to said Nesmith heaoquarters. have met MT. White Mathews today for tbe first time, having never seen him before, On the 14th day of May, young man appled to me for a copy of re- ceipt for a package which he claimed had been received from Nesmith head ouarters. He did not know who the con signee of said package was, but claimed that it was a package of literature sent to Anniston He further stated that the nackage was shipped on the 18th day of inc month saying that he had lost his job because he had lost the original recepit for the package which he claimed had been delivered to the company by him. TO the best of my recollection had never seen the young man before. l told him that package had been sent to J. T. Greene at Anniston on the 18th, but that if came from .Johnson's headquarters
 He went away and came back a second time in about a half hour and again asked for copy the receipts for the package of literature shipped to J. T.
 Greene, at Anniston and insisted that the receipt should show that the pack
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
LETTERS WERE NEVER IN
 NESMITH'S HEADQUARTERS.

State of Alabama, Jefferson County ss. Personally appeared before the under- signed authority, White Matthews, who, being sworn, says: 1 am secretary of Judge Nesmith's campaign committee, and have been since the 18th day of March, 1908. I was familiar with all lit- erature and documents of every kind sent out from his headquarters and I know that no such letter as that referred to in the card of Mir. Von l.. Thompson, appearing in the afternoon papers of May 15, was written or sent out from said headquarters. l have seen all let ters sent out and I know positively that such letter did not emanate from that office. The first knowledge or informa- ton that I had of said letter was when a copy of same was shown me on the 18th day of May, 1908, by gentleman who had received the same by mail from An niston. w. w. Williams was employed by me to work at Judge Nesmith's head quarters on the 11th and 12th days of May, 1908, and he did not work on any other day. It is not true that said Will Hams ever folded any letters signed J. F. Singleton, addressed to the voters of Jefferson county. Alabama, because no such letters were ever in Judge Ne smiths headquarters. l have read the affidavit made by' said Williams and the statement made by him that I carried said letters to the office of the South ern Express company and expressed them to J. T. Green, Anniston, Ala, is wholly untrue. I have never carried any pack age of any kind to the express office since I have been connected with said campaign committee, and I know no package or letters were delivered to the express company during this campaign from Judge Nesmiths headquarters. Every statement made in the affidavit of said Williams imputing to me any knowl- edge of said letters or any connection with the same is absolutely false.
 WHITE MATTHEWS.
 Subscribed apd sworn to before me on this the 18th day of May, 1908.
 w. B. CALDWELL,
 Notary Public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
ALABAMA BANKERS
 IN HOPEFUL MOOD
Optimism Prevails At the An-
 nuaI Meeting
BANK FAILURES ARE FEW
President Buck Make an Encouraging Talk on Financial Matters and Advises Bankers to Con-
 tinue Conservative.

Montgomery May 5.-(Special)-The dominant note in the opening of the six teenth session of the Alabama Bank CTS, association. held here today, was one of good cheer When President E. l. Buck told the members that there had not been bank failure in the state sor a year they cheered loudly. though they knew il all the time Many others did not know it, and the fact being told out in the way it was made a wonderfully good impression.
 The meeting was opened with prayer by the ReE. E. Cobbs of the Episcopal church. Greetings from the city were presented by Alderman Moritz. and from the Clearing House association by Gen. Robert F. Ligon. one of the directors of the First National bank. Response was made by John H. Frye of the Traders National Birmingham.
 The meeting was held in the morning in the Majestic theatre, and in the after noon at the Exchange hotel At night the members again moved. going to the rooms Of the Commercial club. As chair- man of the local entertainment commit- tee. Louis B. Farley, president of the New Farley National saw that every body was well provided for. It is also matter of interest that MT. Farley is an eX-president of the association and knows of it's needs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

age was shipped by Nesmith's head quarters. l declined to state in the re- ceipt that it shipped by Nesnastn $ headquarters, but as l did not have the original receipt before me, l gave him a copy of the receipt leaving blank the name of the shipper. 1 stated to a gen. tleman, who l was informed was MT. R. Dupont Thompson, on May b, on his mak- ing inquiry of me about the matter, that the package came from the Johnson headquarters. Since issuing the duplicate receipt above mentioned l have examined the original receipt given by me for the package at Johnson's headquarters, and I am able to state positively that the package for which said receipt was is- sued was the identical package referred to in the affidavit of w. w. Williams published in the afternoon papers of this day under tine heading, Attack Thompson Traced to Nesmith Headquar- ters'' w D. SAMUEL.
 Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 18th day of May 1908.
 w. B. CALDWELL, Notary Public.