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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-04-01
RULES AGAINST "DRyS"
Chicago Election Commission to
Scan Petition Names.

Local option advocates in the city OF
Chicago lost both of their contentious
regarding their petition to submit the
saloon question to the voters Of the
city when the board of election com
missioners announced its decision
The board held that it had the right to
investigate the petition, and decided
further that a legal voter in the mean
ing of the statute, is d duly registered
legal voter.
The commission ruled that inasmuch
as the validity of the petition may be
verified by the commissions own rec
ords, it obviously is it's duty to make
the verification.
Following the reading of the de-
cision, President Judge of the com.
mission announced that further find.
ing by the board will bear on the ques
tiOn of whether the local option propo-
sitior shall be placed on the ballot
1t Is expected the comparison of the
names with the registry list will be
completed within a few hours. and
then will come this second decision.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-04-01
SPORTING AFFAIRS,

Harry Sutor, southpaw Of the White
Sox, whose work with the team last
season was as brilliant as that of any
young pitcher in the league. has not
been released to the Minneapolis club
Charley White, the Chicago feather
weight. lost battle in Memphis in the
arena of the Phoenix Athletic club.
when Willie Gibbs of Philadelphia
earned an eight round decision.
Danny Goodman is training daily for
his fight with Dick Fitzpatrick, which
will be held before the Crystal Athletic
club on April 1. The mill is to be q
twenty-five round affair
President Charles A Comiskey of
the White Sox is OF his way home
from the coast and is expected tc
arrive in Chicago early in the week.
Members of the New York Giants
have signed a pledge TO refrain from
eating meat until prices go down Who
broke the PLEDGE
Barney Oldfield broke the worlds
record at Ormond. Fla. by driving a
Benz car over a two-mile course in So
$500 seconds
Oxford defeated Cambridge by three
lengths in the annual eight Dared var
sity race in England.
The White Sox left Los Angeles for
Yuma, Ariz.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-04-01
TWELVE PERISH IN
CHICAGO HOLOCAUST
Explosion Starts Flames in q
Big Furniture Store.

The lives of twelve men and women
furniture store. Nineteenth street anG
Wabash avenue, Chicago.
Eleven of them were burned TO death
on the sixth floor of the building. They
had been trapped on the top floor
nearly 100 feet from the ground. with
no possible chance of escape, and the
flames roaring so furiously about them
that the fremen could not raise lad
ders to go to their rescue.
The sight of the doomed men and
women in the windows of the blazing
structure caused several women in the
street or at windows on the opposite
side of the street to faint. Many
others became hysterical. while men
powerless to help the victims. groaned
cursed or wept.
One of the victims, girl nineteen
years OF age, jumped to escape is
flames, bat was 50 badly injured wfen
she struck a glass awning en- the
Wabash avenue side of the buiIdiE 2
that she died soon after being taken
to St Luke's hospital.
Miner w. Bell, one of the depart
ment managers of the company. and
H. NJ Mitchell, auditor of the firm. and
a brother-in-law of Isaac Fish. were
burned to death. They gave their
lives in efforts to save the girls who
were trapped by the flames.
Both of them were in places of safe
ty when they heard the cries OF the
girls on the top floor. With no cen
Germ for themselves. they ran up the
burning stairways. where they per-
ished with the girls they tried to save
The fire started from an explosion.
1t burned for three hours, threatening
to spread to other buildings adjoining,
but was eXtinguished.
Twelve bodies have been recovered
from the debris. Ten of them are be-
lieVed to be the bodies of women and
the other two are believed to be those
CT Bell and Mitchell! All were SO bad
ly charred as to be unacceptable
The Wabash avenue building Of the
Fish company was destroyed. causing
a loss of nearly $250.000.
Following is the list of the dead:
Ethel Lichtenstein, twenty years old :;
Mrs. Hannah Burden, thirty; Ethel An
derson, eighteen; Rose Brunske, sew
enteen; Henry NJ Mitchell. forty :;
Miner W. Bell, thirty-eight; Bert ST
Clair, twenty-eight; William Green,
twenty-four; Veronica McGrath, seven
teen; Mary Wargo, twenty; Gertrude
Quinn. twenty Lily Sullivan, sixteen.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-04-01
RULES COMMITTEE ELECTED
Representative DaIzeI is Chosen A
Chairman of New Body.

BY an absolutely unanimous vote the
house elected its new committee OF
rules of ten members.
Representative Dalzell of Pennsyl,
vcn;a was elected chairman. succeed
Ing 10 the position formerly held by
the speaker Five Republicans voted
for Dalzell and the Democrats voted
for Champ Clark. both Mr., Dalzell and
Mr.. Clark refraining from voting
The Republican members of the com.
mittae are: John Dalzell. of Pennsyl-
yania: Walter L. Smith of Iowa: Syl,
vester C. Smith, of California; George
p. Lawrence, of Massachusetts: j
Sloat Fassett, of New York, and Henry
S. Routell of Illinois.
The Democrats are: Champ Clark,
Of Missouri; John J Fitzgerald, OF
New York; o. w. Underwood, of Ala
sama, and Lincoln Dixon. of Indiana.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-04-01
Observation-Disclosures
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

j, S. Bethea a southerner. became
enraged at porter on Baltimore and
Ohio train near Wilmington, Del, and
killed him When the conductor. 0.
E. Wellman, attempted to interfere he
was also killed. Bethea was killed by
posse of police while resisting arrest.
After he had created a reign of ter
ror in the little town of Castleton, Ind,
Just north of indianapolis, by wound.
ing four men, one fatally, Perry Rob
erts killed himself when brought to
bay in a pasture west of town by a
sheriffs posse.
The six-year-old daughter of Edward
Houston, living near Hennessey, O.,
and the four-year-old daughter of Sam
uel Myersing, were burned to death
when their clothing ignited from fires
that had been started to burn brush
off fields.
Two-year-old Marie Lagostine, Of La
quin, Pa, was shot and killed by her
five-year-old brother John. The chill
dren were alone in the house. A shot
gun was hanging over their fathers
bed. The boy secured it and pulled
the trigger.
Three persons we're killed in a col
lision of freight trains on the Louis
Vile and Nashville railway near Berea,
KY The dead are George Devorse,
Richmond, Ky; James Rourke, and G.
H. Buster Sanford, Paris.
Resenting improper conduct on the
part of Judge" Jones, a negro, and a
young white woman, a mob at Pine
Bluff, Ark, overpowered the jailer who
had Jones in his charge and hanged
the negro.
Patrick Dowd, sampler in the labora.
tory of a Cleveland chemical plant.
was fatally hurt in an explosion of an
unknown compound he was stirring,
believed to have been new explo-
sive
Miss Ruby Richards of Lorain, o..
and Miss Dorothy Richards. Of Chi
cago. were shot to death by David Yes
per, sporting man and gambler. at
Lorain, who then killed himself.
Jacob Mueller and Ben McCool, a
chauffeur. were drowned in Cahokl |,
creek in East St Louis. H. as a result
Of an automobile striking a girder of a
viaduct over the creek.
At Hillsboro. N H, motorboat
was swept over the dam of the upper
mill pond and two young women, Mrs.
Nellie Dares and Miss Mildred Craige,
were drowned,
The Norwegian freight steamer Dix
lie, bound from {. Scotland port cap
sized in the mouth of the Ellie during
a severe storm The crew Of fifteen
drowned
Ed Hart was shot and instantly
killed and Mrs. Hart, his wife, was ia
tally wounded by Rufe Miller at the
home of the former in Dodge county.
Georgia.
Swept over dam in canoe, Earl
P. Kimball, of Clear Water Fla,
Junior in Williams college lost his life
in the Hoosick river at Valley Falls,
n Y.
Harry Thorn confessed to the MUIR
der of George w. Fassell, grocer. dur
ing a hold-up in Salt Lake City.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-04-01
DRYS BEATEN BY DECISION
Chicago Election Commission Decides
Against Prohibitionists.

The Chicago board of election COM
missioners ruled that the saloon ques-
ton will not appear on the ballot at
the eection on Apr lis,
the election on April 5.
The commissioners decided that the
petition contained names of persons
who were not duly registered voters
and that several thousand voters gave
fictitious names.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-04-01
Saved From the Grave

had about given up hope, after
nearly four years of suffering from a
severe lung trouble writes Mrs. M.
L. Dix, of GAINESVILLE, Tenn. ''Often
the pain in my chest would be almost
unbearable and | could not do any work,
but DIR. Kings New Discovery has made
me feel like a new person. 1t is the
best medicine made for the throat and
lungs" Obstinate coughs, stubborn
colds, hay fever, la grippe, asthma,
Group, bronchitis, and hemorrhages,
hoarseness and whooping cough, yield
quickly to this wonderful medicine Try
it, Soc and S1.00. Trial bottles free.
Guaranteed by w. G. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-04-01
Point of View,

Muck Rake-What do you consider
the most wise and beneficent of our
country's laws? Rich M. Factor-Tbe
statute of limitations, of course.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-01
CHRISTMAS EVE AT NEW LONDON
sin the Ward Department Working EIazard

authorities through thea newspapers o1 1 this growing nuisance.
 | The chief offenders are the promot- ] CTS of basketball games, wrestling
 matches and the like, and in the good old summer time baseball and re1ig- ious meetings seem to have the call There is a legitimate way to advers tise and the method here referred to is illegitimate and Illegal and there
 fore should not be permitted.
 Through the instrumentaIty of AId-
 erman James p. O'Leary o9 the Fourth
 ward, there has been great improve
 ment made at the foot of Orchard
 used by residents of Ocean avenue to and from the trolley car line For
 years there has been a miniature lake there with every rain storm, and In
 the winter thaWs when snow was on the ground the slush was ankle deep at that point and pedestrians were obliged to wade through the stuff:
 Now all this is changed through the influence of Alderman O'Leary with the street department committee, it being demonstrated that there was ur- gent need for an improvement Of the existing conditions. The alderman re- sides near that point and was fully cognizant of the inconvenience it was to a great many people, not only those who used Orchard street. but to all pedestrians on Montauk avenue who
 
 The street department has built a large receiving pocket that will care for the surface water and has done consider able filling-in and now Orchard street at that point is on a level with Mon tauk avenue and the water and slush nuisance has been abated for all time
 There is modest and unassumins man resident in Ocean avenue, William Steward by name, who although quiet an in lS cal public-spirited citizen, and after every snowfall all the residents there abouts rise up and call him blessed. After the heavy snowfall of Saturday night and Sunday morning, MT. Stew ard, with his horse and snow blow, was early at work. He not only clear ed all the snow from the over 800 feet of frontage of his own property, but continued on across the avenue to Lee avenue. making a wide path to Dar-> row street connecting with the side walk that led by his premises; but he did not stop there; he continued his Darrow street, doyn to Montauk ave nue and out to the trolley tracks. What MT. Steward did at that time is only a repetition of what he does, and has done. for seevral years, whenever the occasion is offered There may be more men of like philantropic spirit in New London, but they are not yet dis covered.
 HIS IS HI 1IldTkeu COIltTdSL IC the work done by snow shovellers who shovel close to the boundary line and rot an inch beyond and as result there is often a strip in front of the entrance to some offices where there is a space of three or four feet of snow that has not been disturbed by a shovel while on either side the side walk has been cleared of snow. Had the shovellers of the snow just a lit tie streak of the spiritedness of MT Steward in their makeup they would not object to share two minutes of time and just as much energy and
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-01
ways Hazardous.

During the severe Christmas night snow storm. when an alarm was sent fin for g fire in the vicinity of the alms- house. it was generally supposed that the institution was ablaze, and there fore thousands of people rushed through the almost binding snow out Jefferson avenue only to learn that the fire was in a large barn and not Tn the almshouse. In the multitude there were many women and it was re- hinder Of the days in New London
 when every able-bodied person, old or young. turned out every time the fire alarm was rung in from the church bells. But that was long ago. and the general turnout on Christmas nlgnL was an exception to the present rule
 IL was another reminder or the olden fire times to see the new NorthWeSI independent Hose company hustlng their hose reel through the snow haul ing the machine by hand, just as oad used to do before modern appara@Ius aus was supplied the ire department me Northw esters made good time, too, ar irving at the fire almost as soon as the Niazara auto-chemical hose wagon rendent company coupled onto the Nj zRzra hose and stretched 400 feet or hose before the horSe-dravn wagons arrived and the konomocS made the last connection with soo feet or nose. Thus a single line of hose I95o rect in length was laid in order to reach the burning barn, which was com r3leteiy destroyed with contents, but the nearby dwelling house ana other buildings were saved by the water from the long and single line of hose.
 The %orthwesters feel much eiated over beating the horses of the Name aug KouoInoc and Thomas companies on the run to the fire even if the dls- rznce to be covered favored the feI- lows who ran Wid de mersheen, espe- cizlEv as the trick was turned curing
 md vi 1he snow was almost ankle deep and the distance covered being over half a mile Still after all is considered, # is almost as ridiculous for these young nremen to believe that they can slutr7Tr7 a pair of fleet horses at full
 speed for a long distance as it is for the driver of the horses to believe that the animals can be driven at speed that will tire out the steam en- zine of the fire automobile. The NortF1w esters made craditab1e time, and so did every other cc mpany of the department, considering the weather conditions
 The prosecuting officer, the police men or someone in authority should : take the initiative ths-t will result in respect for the city ordinance that pro- hfhfts the posting of placards and ad- ~ertising bills on the telephone, tele- graph and electric light poles and trees. and also the obstruction of the side walks by boards This haS become a public nuisance and a discredit to the city and a sort of rebuke to the new organization whose prime object is to make the city beautiful Years ago in New LonCon there was respect for this ordinance and violatorS were promptly prosecuted The most fla grant violations are in State street, i and certainly gives strangers a bad ] impression of the general management ] of the city affairs. This abuse has | been perperated for months and atten l fion has repeatedly been called to the l
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-01
Asthma Is Unnecessary

If you are sufferer and have not used RESPIRo Remedies. do so once.
 Not a auack medicine. net something new-it has been the market many years and never fails to relieve
 word from you and will send free then he the juGge. FRANK EMERSON (Apothecary). Lawrence Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-01

THERE IS no aovertis,ag medium in Eastern Connecticut equal to The Bul- letin fog business rcsultS
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-01

make a clean job of the snow-shovel- ling feat, for the benefit of the general public, if not for their nearest neigh- bor As a matter of fact more time is consumed in making the snow bound ary line straight than would be re- quired in clearing the small space of the snow and would remove also the occasion of unfavorable public com
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21
WANT ALLEYS CLEANED.
Meeting Adopts Resolutions to Be
Forward Commissioners.

At a meeting attenoed by seventy
five of those interested in the subject,
resolutions were passed last night, ask
ing the city commission to clean the
alleys and prevent the dumping OF
garbage in them. Rev. Thomas ,;
Young presided at the meeting ana
short addresses were made by Dr.. Q.
n Terrieo. DR.. S. J. Crumbine, Com
missioner M. c. Holman Engineer
Parkhurst. x-Mayor Green and others
According to the medical men the
condition of alleys Is not conducve 70
GOOD health, and from sanitary
Standpoint as well as for the sake Of
General Improvement a garbage col
Iecting system should be established
Immediately. The resolutions adopted
ssWhereas, It is the earnest desire OF
the residents of this city to make To-
peka a clean. healthfu1 and dellgntrui
place in which to live. and
are. in many cases, dirty, unsightly
and menace to the public health
owing to the promiscuous dumping OF
garbage, refuse and waste from nomes'
and
holders to have this waste removed
from their premises with any degree
of regularity, be it therefore
.sResoIyed, That the city commission
he requested to have the alleys thor
oughly cleaned and graded, where MOI
nayed to insure proper drainage and
Prevent the formation of unsanitary
and stagnant pools. of water which are
q menace to the health of the public,
Resolved. That this mass meeting
of men pledge their hearty and earn
oct snnport to the commission in the
CARRYING into effect of the provisions
of these resolutions.
&C. H. LERRIGO, NJ. D..
t'I.. D. WHITTEMORE,
&C. G. BLAKELY,
COMMITTEE"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21
WOLFF CO. TO BUILD.
Packing Concern to Erect New Seven
Story Structure.

The new seven story building for the
Wolff Packing company, construction
ne which has been hanging fire so long
on account of dixie uncertainties, is
about to materialize. Plans drawn up
Davis I. Davis, a Chicago architect,
have been accepted and it is probable
within the next ten days bids for the
construction of the building will be
called for.
This new cold storage plant will be
built of reinforced concrete through
out. and will have a total floor space OF
one and a half acres 1t will be 75x75,
ana will be erected west of the present
cold storage plant. 1t is not known
definitely what the cost of the building
will be, but it will be upwards OF $780,
600. The plant will probably be ready
for occupancy by September next.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

The Trapp- Stevic company, printers.
have moved to 113 East Eighth.
Seats are selling well for the Mime
apolis Symphony Orchestra concerts.
The May day labor picnic will be held
at Garfield park. not in the City park
as stated.
DR.. s. s. Estey will meet the bust
ness mems Bible class at the Central
Y. M. C. A. tomorrow noon.
Tomorrow the regular monthly meet
ing of the board of directors of the
Central Y. NJ. C. A. will be held
The attention Of the "clean up
committee is called to the alley back
in the city.
Ladies will not be admitted free at
the ball park tomorrow On every
other Friday as well as Tuesdays they
will be admitted free
Prof. H. D. Hemenway, the school
garden man, is completing his two
weeks tour of Kansas in the north
ern portion of the state
A new substitute carrier has been al
lowed the local Pestofice and Debert1ce
L. Roush has been appointed 10 the
place. He begins work tomorrow.
Today the work Of putting in place
the steel Orders of the new Mills build
ing is being completed. Douglas & Ev-
ans will begin the concrete work inme-
diately.
After saturday 1t Will De lInpOSS1pAS ~
purchase the season tickets Tor the
spring musical festival under the aus
pices of the Topeka Musical Arts socl-
ETY. for one dollar.
w. F. Sheahan. of Topeka, has been
awarded the contract for the plunp1ns
work in the new Mills building. The
Otis Elevator company viii put IN Ins
three passenger and one freight I'LL
Judge J. s. West, candidate for the
nomination for . place on the state su-
preme bench. has been invited to De-
| liver the address to the Hill City nign
school graduating class. He has also
| been asked to deliver the Memorial Gay
| address at Wilson. He VIII propaol1
| accept both invitations.
Harry Bennings and George Means
| charged with having sold nquor II
lola without having first secured
| government license. were this mornlns
| taken to Fort Scott for trial. The mer
had been imprisoncd in the Shawnee
| county Jail in default Of a bond. In'
| Fort Scott term of the federal cour'
| opens May 2 Both Means and Ben
| nings have promised to plead guilty.
| Kansas Optometrists. who have peer
| in session in Gemmell hall have re
| turned to their respective places Q
| business throughout the state. On &C
| count of the state law which cam
| into effect last year and which com
| pels all practicing optometrlsts TO TAX
| an examination. $50 of those VINO Wer
| already practicing had to go Out Q
| business on account of not being apl
| to meet the requirements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21
THE FIRST HOUSE.
I'm the West Twenty Acres of Eimhurst
owned by w. A. Loupee.

Stakes have been set for the Iounoa-
tion of the first house in the west por-
ton of Elmhurst. The property be-
longs to Mr.. w. A. Loupee and will
be used as his home as soon as com
pleted. Mr.. Loupee's property Is nos.
I72SA75 Grand avenue. This is the
last avenue in the twenty acre tract Of
EImhurst. Mr.. Loupee took advantage
Of the opportunity. didn't wait to nave
fhe streets graded or walks laid He
saw the chance and invested Within
one year Mr. Loupee will be able to
sell this property for a sharp advance
over the cost of the ground and the
improvements put upon it.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-06-17
Qualification That Earned His Advancement in
Brief Time.

Ray Stannard Baker writes most interesting
sketch of Gen. Leonard Wood in the American
Magazine part Of which is quoted as follows:
Many there who have attempted to &C
count for the startling rise to power and fame
of Cen. Leonard Wood. Twelve years ago an
assistant surgeon with little regular mill
tary training how is it possible that today at the
astonishingly youthful age of so The was born
October 8, 1860, he should be the ranking major
general and chief of staff of the army of the
United States?
Somewhere in one of his essays Emerson OBJ
serves of certain extraordinary man that he was
prepared for his age No better description Of
the success of General Wood could possibly be
written Without especially brilliant qualities to
commend him. with little promise in his earlier
years he has BEEN at every crisis he has had to
meet peculiarly the who was ready. There
stood Leonard Wood-prepared 1t was not that
he sought the places which he has filled SO sue
cessfully but that he supremely the man who
ready for them.
cat the very beginning of his career in the