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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
The Very THING .

The old gentleman poked his nose III
and out Of the mysterious corners of
the furniture shop
"By the way" he said suddenly, my
daughter has just started to-er-have
young man come calling. and l sup
pose l really ought to get pretty sofa
for them to make love on"
Most certainly, sirv' responded the
suave shopman. ''And here, l think.
l have the very thing you need. 1t is
called 'Cupids Retreat and is spe-
cially suited for counting couples"
Specially suited?" repeated the old
gentleman. We'll, what is it's par
ticular good point!"
'Why, sir. the particular good point
is this-the pretty covering you see
before you is guaranteed to wear off
in just one year"
'And what on earth's the use of
that?' asked the old gent.
"Why, sir, because it leaves dis
played card upon which are written
the words, Time to get married. Neat,
isn't it"-LOndon Answers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
DEAD PUT AT ONE HUNDRED
Total Losses Estimated at from So,
100000 to S5,OOO,OOO.

With the number Of dead 100, the
financial loss placed at from 100000
to 100000, the floods of the past
week throughout the Carolinas
and Georgia have been the most severe
experienced by these states in their
history. Cities have been submerged,
business demoralized. stocks of goods
covered with slime, fine furniture and
house furnishings ruined and buildings
undermined and collapsed. In the
country section railroad bridges
have been washed away in all direc-
tons and railroad traffic brought to a
standstill.
Among the farms hundreds of acres
Of land have been wiped clean of grow
ing crops while other hundreds are
covered with beds of sand and slime
and practically ruined. Travel by rail
or road is impossible, and many will
suffer for food and shelter before all
can be located Atlanta has started a
relief work for her nearest sister city.
Augusta. and today special express
car will be loaded with food and sup
plies and rushed to that city. Allan
ta's city council has appropriated $500
for the flood sufferers and several hun
dred dollars have already been con-
tributed by citizens.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
WIN. +. Villas IS DEAD
HAD BEEN I'LL SINCE JULY 90
Born in Vermont He Had Been Citi-
zen of Wisconsin for Fifty-Seyen
Years-His Career.

Madison, Wis, Aug. 28.-Ex-Senator
William F. Villas died here yesterday
after long illness. 1t is believed that
the immediate cause of death was a
second stroke Of paralysis. Colonel
Villas suffered a cerebral hemorrhage
history Is written on the military and
political history of the state and ma
ton.
William Freeman Villas was born in
Chelsea, VT, in 1910, and moved with
his parents to Madison, Wis. in 1851.
of Wisconsin in 1858 and practiced
law in his home town until tie out
break of the civil war. He then re-
cruited company for the Twenty.
third Wisconsin volunteers and went
to the front. He was soon promoted
for gallantry and as lieutenant colonel
commanded his regiment in the Vicks-
hurG campaign with conspicuous abil-
ity After the war and several years
of active political life he was appoint
ed postmaster general by President
Cleveland in 1885. He served in that
capacity until 1888. when he became
secretary of" the interior That office
he held until 1880 From 1891 to 1897
he was in the United States senate
Villas was noted as an orator Prob
ably his greatest speech was bis re-
spOnsc to the toast, "Our first COM
mandrr General Grant" at the ban
quet of the Society of the Army of the
Tennessee in Chicago in 1870. The au-
dience was most distinguished Que,
made up as it was of men prominent
in military md civic life.
This speech gave Villas a national
reputation as an orator. A Chicago
newspaper said of it. wendell Phil
lips at his best estate never achieved
a more signal triumph upon the plat
form. never performed an allotted
task with greater tenderness. pathos
and poetic establishment and never re-
ceived more heartfelt and we'll de-
served Acknowledgement"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
Cuts OFF the Escape from Death
by Gas of Twenty-Five
Coal Miners.
ALL THE MEN ARE sUFFoCATED
Horrible Disaster Occurs in Pit in
Oklahoma.
Barrel OF Oil Catches Fire, Closing
the Hosting and Air Shafts.
Leaving No Hope for
Those Down Below.

Twenty-Five miners were suffocated
in coal mine No. /, at Tafleyville,
Okla, fourteen miles east Of McAlister,
when fire destroyed the hosting shaft
and air shift and cut off air from the
men below. Twenty-eight dead bodies
have been removed from the mine fol-
lowing a successful three hours battle
with the flames. leaving but one more
corpse to be brought out. twenty-five
mules were suffOcated and some of
their bodies were burned.
All the Dead Were SuffOcated.
Explorations in the channels reveal
ed that none Of the men met death by
burning. but that all of them were suf
located. 1t is impossible yet for the
rescuers to get far from the base of the
main shaft. and it prObaly will be
twenty-fCur hours before thorough
search of the entire mine can be made.
Some of the channels are three-quart-
ers of a mile long.
After the entOmbed miners had gone
down in the cage for the days work
Il fire broke out. OccGSiOned by the igni-
ton of Il barrel of oil which a miner
was trying to divide. The flames
spread at once to the hosting shaft
and the air shaft, and all cOmmunica-
tion with the top was at once cut off.
The first indication the people. on top
of the ground had of the trouble was
the flames and smoke coming out Of
the top Of the shaft.
No Hope for the Prisoners.
Hundreds of miners rushed to the
scene and Tried to get into the air
shaft. but this was impossible, as the
flames and smoke were coming up that
way with such force as to drive them
back. Then an effort was made to
operate the cages running up and down
the hosting shaft, but it was found
that the cages, cables and guides had
been burned. There was absolutely
no hope for the imprisoned miners. The
only thing to do was to fight the fire
until an entrance to the mine could be
effected. This was done with the re-
suit told in the foregoing
Following is a list of the known
dead: Ross Milton, Andrew Dunelken.
Dominck Mariana, Steven Zelovich.
George Smith. r. III. Webster. Nicholas
Ytcovich, w. H. Parker. Roy Pierce.
Dan ElacOma. Joe Elacoma, Frank
Elacoma, Nick Elacoma, Lee Harvey,
Tom Ramon. George Glendenning, al.
Davis, Walter Jones. and Alec Ross.
and ten others, names unknown.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
Is LOCKED UP WITH FIRE
Tramp Has Exciting Experience
While Trying to Save Train.
hands from Harm.

New Lisbon, Wis, Sept Locked
in a blazing caboose which he had en-
tered in an attempt to awaken train
hands who he thought were asleep in
the fiery cauldron, was the experience
of a boy tramp who was stealing a
ride on a freight train. From his
perch on a car ahead of the caboose
he saw smoke issuing from the copola.
Believing that it was occupied he
rushed back only to find the door
locked. He broke it open but found it
unoccupied.
When he tried TO beat a retreat he
found that the door, which was
equipped with spring lock, had closed.
Flames shot all around him and in an
attempt to escape he threw himself
out of the window. He then walked
to the depot and gave notice of the
fire. Several section hands rushed to
the cars and succeeded in saving the
way bills and some wearing apparel
Of the train crew. The car was bad
~ damaged before the fire was put
out.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
Can't Be Separated.
Some Edgerron People Have Learned
How to Get Rid of Both.

Some Edgerron People Have Learned
How to Get Rid of Both.
Backache and kidney ache are twin
brothers
You can't separate them.
And you can't get rid of the backache
until you cure the kidney ache.
II the kidneys are we'll and strong. the
rest of the system is pretty sure to be in
vigorous health.
Doan's Kidney Pills make strong,
healthy kidneys.
John Pollard, Edgerton, Wis, SAYS IT
have used Doan's Kidney Pills at differ.
ent times for several years and from the
good results received, have no hesitancy
in recommending them to others. | suf-
fered for some time from dull pain in
small OF my back and endured great
deal of annoyance from disordered con-
dition of my kidneys. When Doan's
Kidney Pills were brought to my atten-
ton, | concluded to give them trial
and procured a box at Stangl's drug
store. They gave me relief in short
time. | continued using them and was
soon free from the trou BILE. Since then,
whenever | feel any symptoms of re-
turn, at once appeal to their use and
they have never failed TO Danish the
complaint. | know Doan's Kidney Pills
to be reliable kidney remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's = and
take no other.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
LIFE LOST IN NEW MEXICO

Fifteen Believed TO Have Drowned at
Folsom-Eleven Bodies Found.
Flood in the Cimmaron river follow
ing rain washed away number of
dwellings at Folsom. N. NJ, and If
teen persons are reported to have been
drowned Eleven bodies have been re-
covered. Ten miles of track and
twelve bridges on the Colorado and
Southern railway were washed out.
The food came down on the town at
night.
The known dead at Folsom are: R.
B. Wenger. Mrs. r. b, Wenger. Miss
Daisy Wenger, Miss Lucy Creighton.
T. w. Wheeler, Mrs. L. w. Wheeler,
three Wheeler children. Mrs. Rookie
and L. W. Wheeler's sister-in-law.
whose name could not be learned.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04

At Hamilton. Mass, an investi-
cation by number of private
detectives and police officials was be-
gun to find. If possible. a collection Of
valuable jewelry stolen during the
night from the summer home of Post
master General George Won L. Meyer
in the town. The articles included a
number of family jewels in small
box, a diamond necklace, a set Of
black pearls, diamond pin and a
number of other gems.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
The Conference.

''This is a grave matter" began the
undertaken
consequently we want more light
thrown upon it," remarked the lamp
manufacturer.
81 hope our views will all be in har-
mony with the occasion" put in the
piano maker.
''No pipe Dreams" admonished the
plumber.
II hope whatever is said none will
take it ILL.," said the doctor.
s"Then Wen all be good natured and
not ask cross questions" supplemented
the lawyer
But it was the remark of the baker
which broke up the meeting.
what want to know, first Of ALL"
he declared, sis who is expected to sup
ply the dough ?-Baltimore American.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
President at a Dedication.

At Jordanville. N. Y, with a
ceremony in which the president of the
United States took a prominent part
the Jordanville public library was pre-
sented to the people of this commun-
Ity, the donors being Douglas Robin
son. of Mohawk and New York: Mrs.
Robinson. and Harriet ID. Wolryce
Whitmore, Robinson's sister, who had
erected it in memory of Robinson's ia
Their and mother Douglas and Fannie
Robinson.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
The Roast.

ITO judge woman by her looks is to
court error" said a we'll known wo-
man. II know a man who while
carving at Il dinner wished to say
something that would please the pale
deep eyed. sDrituelle girl at his side.
How do you like Maeterlinck?' he
at last inquired.
"'W'ell do2e.' she answered. not once
lifting her eyes from the great roast
he was working on" Washington
Post
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
Her Name.

One needs patience to succeed as a
teacher of the young, IS this brief dia
logue in one of our elementary schools
may show:
Scholar-Tve left home now. ma'am.
I'm living with my auntie.1
Teacher-What'S her name?
"She's called after me-Fanny."
Eyes, but what's her other nameg'
''She has no other"
..But what does the woman next door
call herY
sShe doesn't speak to the woman
next door"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
Raging Rivers EnguIf Sixty Per.
sons in Georgia. as Esti-
mated at This Time.
TWENTY-FIVE BODIES FOUND
Loss of Property in Country and City
Is Enormous.
North and South Carolina Also Suffer
Greatly-TOrrent in New Mex
leo browns Fifteen and
Does Other Havoc.

The flood at Augusta, Ca. is re-
ceding at very rapid rate now,
and as the water leaves the streets it
is apparent that the loss has been un-
derestimated In addition to the dis
asters already reported the Riverside
mills in damage to plant and loss Of
cotton which f1oated away sustained
loss Of 100000; the Reid cotton
warehouse. the finest in the south
was greatly damaged. but it will ro-
Quire survey to determine the loss:
the Triangular block. where the whole
sale houses are assembled. was badly
damaged
Death Roll Estimated at Sixty.
Twenty-Five bodies have been recov-
ered. and corpses are being found
every hour or so. The captain of the
river steamer Swan. which has arrived
here. reports that he saw on the trip
up the riverat leasttwenty- five corpses,
all negroes except one. white
man. There are reports of many
drownings among negro farm hands
in the lower valley. The Chronicle es-
Inmates the death list at sixty The
citizens in mass meeting and the city
council and the board of health
in special session have taken measures
to relieve the distress which has fol-
lowed the flood
Known dead at Augusta are: Harry
Carr, bookkeerer for the Nixon Gro
Gerry company; Horace Wingard press
man for NJ. B. Williams & Co.. Doth
white); James Harris. c. A. r. Har-
vey. Nelson Thomas. Lee Hatcher. B.
Davis, Jessie Hawkins. Harry Gales,
John Holmes, John Robinson, Dennis
Rarbie. Josiah Glover. Tom Jones and
Ed Ownes-all colored. The estimat-
ed losses at Augusta are: Total dam
age, from $1,OO0,O00 to $2,OOO,OOO: to
city property. 100000 to $25OOOO: to
street railroads. $4,000; to railroads,
$4,000; to telephone and telegraph
companies, $4,000; to merchants and
local industries, S15OOOO to 100000;
to residents, $4,000. Probable loss in
wages to mill operatives and others.
$4,000. Loss by fires, $4,000.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04

Honest, industrious woman wanted TO intro
duce our large line of foreign and domestic
dress goods waistings, trimmings, etc, among
friends, neighbors and townspeople. We pre-
fer woman who has trade already worked
up. Should he able to earn $500 or more
weekly Dealing direct from the mills our
prices are low and patterns exclusive. No
money required. Write for particulars.
Standard Dress Goods Co., 100-7th ST.. Bing,
hamton, n. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
Blew Drills Wife,s Head.

Ashland. Wis, Aug. 31.-Frank
Kramer. of Mellen, a teamster. blew
his wife's head off with Winchester
rifle and then attempted suicide by
shooting himself. He shattered his
lower jaw with bullet and will prob
ably die They quarreled over his
nonsupport of his family.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
Murder Of a Wisconsin TRAINER.

Rhinelander. Wis, Aug. 31.--Lying
in a pool of blood with a bullet hole
in the back of his head Alex FRASER.
French trapper, was found dead in
his shack five miles west Of Manitow-
ish. He is supposed to have been muir
dered for several hundred dollart
which he had in a chest.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
@ AISLE Chadwick's Husband Fails.

At Cleveland. Ohio. having only
SITS with which to pay debts amount
ing to $651.750. DR.. Leroy S. Chad
wick, husband of Cassie Chadwick.
who died in prison. has filed a petit
ton in bankruptcy. OF his debts
S65O,0OO were contracted in indorsing
notes for his wife.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
A Difficult Case.

A physician received late one even
ing note from three of his fellow
practitioners:
Please step over to the club and
join us at rubber of whist
Emile, DEAR" he said to his wife,
here am called away again. 1t ap-
pears to be difficult case-there are
three other doctors on the spot al.
ready"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
refuses $4,000 for a Horse.

NJ. III. Reardon, owner of Allen Win
ter, winner of the Readville Derby,
the richest purse ever hung up for
trotting horses, has refused an offer
Of $4,000 for the animal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
Killed by a Discharged Employe.

Milwaukee, Aug. 31.-Louis Kissel,
the head OF the Kisselkar company
and head of several Hartford business
concerns in addition to the automo-
bile concern, Is dead of wounds In
flicted by an employe, who shot him
after he had been discharged.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
Beat I'm His ..soul Mate. !,

Ferdinand p. Earle was placed in
Jail at Goshen. NJ Y. to await grand
jury action on his plea of guilty to
beating his ''soul mate" former Miss
Julia Kuttner, for whom he discarded
his wife.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-09-04
The Real Question.

"Where does he get his money!"
ST don't know where he gets his,
and don't care. What am inter-
ested in is knowing just how he gets
mine. Nashville American.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06
What are you go
ing to do this
Euening?

Get an Edison Photograph and stay
at home. 1t fills in hours that other
wise lag, be wasted, or even be i'll
spent. 1t is harmless, wholesome
|amusement-maker and one that brings
out the qualities of sociability and
enjoyment. The Edison Photograph
puts in every home the means of en-
joying nearly every kind of whole
some entertainment, music ranging
from rag-time to grand opera, dia-
logues and speeches, dancing and
general sociability that follows real
entertainment, whether it is for cir.
Gle of friends who have dropped in,
or for your own family circle, you
will not find any amuser so great, so
reliable, or so entertaining as the
Edison Photograph.
Prices, $3.50, $500, $500, at
$1.00 e week. New Edison, indie
structible and Victor Records for
August now in. Come and hear them.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06
NOW IN READINESS
cHAuTAUouA GROUNDS IN SHAPE
FOR GREAT GATHERING
OF NEXT WEEK..

The Chautauqua grounds at the Holt
ness University park will soon take
on the usual hustle and hustle of the
season. Work has already been begun
preparatory to arranging the camp
for the coming assembly, which Will
open next Tuesday, August IL. A
high woven wire fence has been erect
ed around the tabernacle, dividing pLe
paid from the free section of the
grounds. Tickets will be taken at the
double entrance to the fenced encIos-
ures Additional electric wiring is be.
ing done to add to the lighting faclli-
ties in the tabernacle and around the
looked after. so that all will be in
readiness before the first of the week.
To all who have not visited the park
since the last Chautauqua assembly,
the grounds will present many notable
improvements. The cement walks.
extending from the street car line to
both of the college buildings and the
tabernacle, have been constructed
since last year and eliminate all the
mud troubles, which were the principal
Inconvenience last season. Building
at the park has been going on inces-
sanity during favorable weather and
a dozen new homes have sprung into
existence in the addition since the
closing of the 1907 Chautauqua assem-
bly,. Several homes are now in pro.
cess of construction.
Next week Oskaloosa, and the Uni
versity park in particular, will be head
quarters for visitors from many miles
around and from present indications
the crowd will be the largest ever en-
tertained at a chautauqua course in
the city. u ,r
The program will open tuesday
evening with the usual salutations
from the president and platform mana
ger, after which the popular De Ar
mond Concert Co. will give the open
ing entertainment, followed by TWEEN.
ty-minutes of moving pictures by the
Chicago Bio-Scenograph. From then
on, the ten days of the assembly Will
be filed, day and night, with rare
treats in the way of musicals. enter
tainments and lectures. Each days
program contains something of extra
ordinary worth, while every number
is of real merit Farmers Day viii be
Saturday, August Is, and Old Soldiers
Day Tuesday, August Is.
The Chautauqua has beeen more
thoroughly advertised this year than
ever before and the attendance will
undoubtedly reach the high water
mark Everyone who has examined
the program and commented on the
talent secured has praised it highly.
Oskaloosa has one of the most at
tractive programs in the state.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06
HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE.
Jack" Armstrong, of White Oak TIP.
Accused of Heinous Crime.

Rose Hill, la, Aug. Jack" Arm
strong, aged 23 years, was bound over
to the grand jury yesterday on the
charge of rape, after preliminary
hearing before Justice Harry w. Bur
CESS. Elyie Armstrong, better known
here as Jack" is from near Tioga,
and the victim of his alleged assault
and the prosecuting witness in the
case is Miss Effie Stout. fifteen year
old daughter of Chas. Stout, living a
mile and half from here.
The alleged assault was made IN
the country near here. According to
the girls story Armstrong induced her
to ride with him and he he'd ner in
the buggy while he accomplished his
purpose. AS soon as she could rea0R
her friends she disclosed her condi-
ton and related her story of the as
sault Information was filed at once
and Constable Matt Dixon arrested
Armstrong and took him to Oska-
loosa, where he was confined in the
county Jail until brought back for a
preliminary hearing before Esquire
Burgess yesterday. The girl appears
to be much younger than she really
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-06
BOLTON.
BROWNIE

Three more new families moved in
last week.
There was preaching in. the hail
Sunday night. "
There are a few cases of summer
complaint in the camp.
Mrs. Tootsey Reams, of near Bea-
con, visited at Miller Boards last
week.
A. j. Booth came Friday to take
Mr. Hummel's place in the Company
store.
Miss Harriet Willitts has returned
home after an extended visit at OF
tumwa.
Next Saturday night will be the last
of series of dances given for Wal
ter Whittle.
Mrs. George Wilson visited in
Evans Monday at the home of Mrs
Ben Wilson.
Harry Billick and wife are sojourn
ing at the parental Ely Meadows home
at this writing.
Mrs. Sarah Barnett, Of White City
visited last week with her sister, Mrs
Chas, Kissinger .....
Dick Haven cut his foot on a piece
of glass and is experiencing quite al
annoyance therefrom.
Grandma Canty and Mrs. Will Bran
igar have departed for Colorado tc
visit Mr.. and Mrs John canty.
Mrs. Long and Mrs. Predecessor
were callers at the Freeeburg and ne
Hon homes west of here Sunday ar
ternoon.
Talk about prosperity, some fam
lilies in Bolton have fiye-roomed chick
en- coops. If any camp can beat that
let us hear from you.
Saturday was not pay day at thu
surrounding mining camps" as stat
ed in the Herald, but we try 10 save