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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-27
TELLS OF. BRIBE OFFER
Declares He Was Told He could
Have Anything He Wanted"

At Milwaukee, Wis, Saturday, two Of
the three Democratic assemblymen
who absented themselves from the leg
islature March 4, 1909, and thus gave
Senator Isaac Stephenson a majority
sufficient to elect him, were before the
senatorial Investigation committee.
One of the three is dead.
John T. Farrell said that he was
eating dinner outside of the capitol
building when Senator Stephenson
was elected. He attributed his atti-
tude to Indifference Silas A. Towne,
another member, declared he had
come to the conclusion that it was
useless to try to elect a Democratic
senator Both denied that they had
received any consideration for remain
ing away.
Peter f. Leuch said that before the
five weeks deadlock was broken, he
had been told by David Davies, Ste
phenson supporter, that he could have
anything h. wanted if he voted for
Stephenson" He said he did not pur-
sue the offer further
1t was announced that Edward
Hines, the lumberman, would be sum-
moned early this week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-27
300 ITALIANS FALL
IN FIERCE BATTLE
LOnstantinOpIe Reports Victory
for Turkish Arms.
italians Said to Have Left Large Guam
titles of Arms and Ammunition
on the Field-Fighting
Behind TripoIi.

A special dispatch to Berlin from
ConstantinOple says
1.-The Turkish ministry of the inter
ior has recei, ed news that Turas and
Arabs have defeated 5000 Italians in
Barca. The Italians lost 800 and the
Turks 115 men. The Italians left
large quantities of arms and ammuni-
ton on the field P. ecise y wher9 the
battle took place is not revealed. Bar
ca is a village of Turkey in northern
Africa, east Of Tripoli."
A dispatch from Malta says "a hat
tie between large forces OF Tur and
Italians is reported in pr s ess IN the
hinte",and behind the ci y Ct Tr.pcl
Fifteen thousand Italian soldiers n
nineteen transports, conveyed by tire
bat leships and seven scout cru ser :,
arrived Sunday and disembarked and
TOOK uD strong positions"
A Rome dispatch says: at is 3'@r
ed that there viii. be o her na sa res
of e lars in Tripol', even a the Ca
tholic mission. Il Glowing the PIT Of
from Benghazi is that Ita;an residents
of he city were rl"s5ac I'll besota the
TIA ian LANDING fo~c Id drive OFT
the TURKS and Avubs.
THE Tribunals Malta s atches say
the Ped0Uics sacked Be ghGzi before
tho on,l ar, lent and locked he Il mss
Of the Jews 50 that they C uld not es-
Gaze.
THE fgh'ing at Bengha-i be can
the italians and the TurEs was OF the
fiercest cHa acter. After an en- a G
meat which lasted eli day Oct. 10, the
TuA,s returned to the tl rye in the
night They made savage o1s 'ght
upon the Italian camp, but we G e
pulsed In the morning the TIA ian
forces occupied the city.
1.-THE Turkish losses were heavy.
The Italian dead are said officia ly to
number not less than 100"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-27
DEATH TO nine MINERS
Accident Occurs in a C0Iliery
at Harrisburg, Ill.

Nine men were killed, ten seriously
injured, and fifteen others entombed
by an explosion in the O'Gara coal
mine No. 8 near Harrisburg, Ill.
The dead and the miners who were
unconscious were removed from the
mine by rescuers, three of whom were
overcome by gas but were resuscitated
at a hospital.
The accident followed the explosion
of key of powder by one of the men
at work.
About 400 men are employed in the
mine, all being $50 feet below the sur
face. The accident was said to have
happened in remote part of the mine.
Most of the employees, hearing the ex-
plosion, escaped to the surface.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-27
MRS. HARRINGTON SUES
Seeks Divorce from Novelist on the
Ground of Cruelty.

At Indianapolis, Ind, Saturday Mrs.
Booth Harrington, wife of the novelist
and playwright, filed suit for divorce
in the superior court. She charges
the defendant with cruelty and asks
for the custody of their fve-year-old
child.
Mrs. Harrington before her marriage
was Miss Laurel Fletcher, daughter of
Stoughton Fletcher, well to do bank
er and capitalist of this city. At his
death he left her large fortune. She
is a writer of verse and has contrib
uted to magazines under the name OF
Louise Fletcher Harrington
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-27

on Oct Is. He was paroled and ar
rived home in company with his son
Richard the following day.
Mr.. Walsh's condition had been the
subject of conflicting reports. He
himself maintained that he was much
stronger than his family admitted he
was He even announced his inten-
ton of plunging into work as soon as
he had a few days rest.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-27
JOHN R. WALSH DEAD
Expires in His Chicago Resi-
dence from Heart Disease.

John r. Walsh died suddenly at his
home in Chicago Of heart disease.
M. Waish's death follows close on
his return from Leavenworth prison
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-27
H. [. SWIFT DEAD
Brother of Packer Expires of Heart
Disease on a Train.

Herbert L. Swift, of Chicago, the
president of the Sterling Lumber and
Supply company, and brother or Louis
F. Swift, the packer, died suddenly on
a Chicago and Northwestern train
near Milwaukee. Heart disease was
the cause of death.
Mr.. Swift was thirty-six years old,
and leaves a widow. Accompanied by
DR. A. w. La Forde, Mr.. Swift was on
his way to Michigan for two weeks
hunting trip when he was stricken.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-27
HERBERT C. sQUlERs DEAD
Former U. s. Minister to Cuba and
Panama Passes Away.

Word has been received in New
York of the death in London of Her
bert G. Squiers, army officer and dip
lomat, former United States minister
to Cuba and to Panama.
Mr.. Squiers had been in falling
health for two years. He was bern in
Canada in 1859, and was educated in
this country.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-27
a Reliable
Remedy
EIy's Cream Balm
is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at Once.

1t cleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased men,
hrane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-27
Dinner Among the Romans.

The Romans III the time of Cicero
and Augustus took an early breakfast.
from to in the morning: a luncheon
at IL or /. and at about 3 o'clock the
coena or principal meal Of the day.
corresponding with our dinner. Con-
currently we read OF some not dining
until sunset.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-27
Early Morning Talks.

He is always doing something that
causes lot Of talk"
why. never heard any of it,"
HE is the only one who hears it.
He is always staying out at night later
than his wife wishes him tO."-Hous-
ton Post
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
BANK FOR coNVIcTS.

bank for convicts in the Missouri
state penitentiary will be established
if bill introduced into the state leg
islature is carried. 1t is proposed to
start bank whereby a convict may
have small sum of money upon his
being freed from prison that will en-
able him to support himself.
The convicts at present receive but
seventy cents day for their labor.
This sum goes to the state for their
support. 1t is proposed to.--incrsase
the charge for convict labor to 81
day, and give to the prisoner the
extra thirty cents. This money may
be sent to the family of the convict.
if he is a married man, and will aid
in their support. If he is a single
man, or, for any reason. prefers to
deposit the money in the convicts'
bank, he may do so. .
The idea seems a rational one. A
dollar day is not too much to nav
for convict labor-it is but half the
price paid for free labor Thirty
cents a day will be great aid TO a
poverty stricken family, or after a
man serves ten-year term, and comes
out of the penitentiary with the prison
taint upon him, his thousand dollars
savings will purchase a small plot OF
ground, or enable him to live until
he can obtain employment, removing
the temptation to commit more crime
and suffer reincarceration.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
4 Successful Missouri Publisher.

Ohio come to Columbia for the printing
of the records of standard swine and
sheep.
The question may well be asked:
How can this publisher, enterprisins
though he be. in a little city in central
Missouri on branch railroads, compete
with the big publishers of the large
commercial centers into whose terri
tory he meters?
The answer seems to be:By special
tizing-the essential element that
makes for success in any business or
in any personality today.
Within the workshop Mr.. Stephens
has gathered about him force OF
craft. men skilled in the particular
lines OF work of which he makes a
specially. Many, in fact most of them,
have grown up IN the office. A ten
year employe is a comparatively new
man." and, records of twenty and twen-
ty-fiye years of service are common.
One employe has been on the payroll
thirty-five years.
Could stronger evidence be offered
C common and harmonious interest
b tween workman and employer?
Herein is to be found an essential Sc
or { to the wonderful business record
behind Mr.. Stephens.
Naturally business. of this charac-
ter is a material asset in the industrial
life of this community. These radiat-
ing lines, along which flow the orders
that keep machinery whirrng and
craft men hustling, bring thousands
of dollars into Columbia each month
Of the ycar-dollars that come for no
other reason than that one energetic
man of bu mess excels in his specially.
F. W. c.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
LIE PRONE IN RIFLE PRACTICE
Method of Teaching Shooting is
Strictly English.

1t will be pretty hard to convince
the sportsman rif!eman that the prop.
or way to learn rifle shooting is to
begin with the prone position at sew
enty-five feet, after the fashion of the
international matches which are held
under the auspices of the English ard
American National Rife Association.
Such practice with 80 rifle teaches
little of military shooting, nothing of
true gallery work and is of no benefit
to the hunter of game. This style of
rife shooting is strictly English, yet
even the British sportsmen are not
unanimous about its merits. Henry
Sharp in Modern Gunnery" has the
following to say concerning this sort
of pretence at rifle work:
Notwithstanding the great progress
made in the construction and capacity
of firearms. by which their use has
become effective TO a mile or So
more than trebling the effectiveness
of the low bow-nevertheless modern
authority indOrses the policy that I'M
der the requirements of an increased
range, three times greater than that
of the long bow, craftsmanship is to
be taught and acquired by practice
at one hundred yards out of doors and
but stride or two away within doors.
And this for those individuals who
will some day perhaps be called upon
to handle the long range modern rifle
and expected to be proficient in its
use at a mile or more Our ancestors
well knew that proficiency in marks
even though the range of
the firing apparatus were limited to
four hundred yards, could not be
taught or acquired at less normal
range than two hundred yards. A
long range shooter. We may be sure.
would have little or no sympathy with
the feeble methods OF teaching rife
shooting now in vogue. Recreation.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
NEVADA DIVORCE LAWS.

: A bill will soon be introduced in
the Nevada state legislature intended
to do away with much of the divorce
evil in that state. 1t will apply to
those who take up their residence in
that state for the purpose of securing
divorces under its lenient laws.
Nevada has long been known as the
state of easy divorces. Much pub
licity has been given the custom of
emigration to that state for the pur-
pose of obtaining divorces. 1t has
been said that it is easier to lose ones
wife or husband in that state than
it is to dodge ones creditors. The
lightning divorce system has been
caricatured in every humorous paper.
and has been unfavorably commented
on by every paper whose purpose is
the betterment of public morals.
The legislature OF the state proposes
to change this condition and dispose
of this undesirable notOriety by max
ing the term of legal residence in the
state a year instead of six months.
The friends of the present system are
threatening to outlaw gambling in re-
taliation. Let them DO ir This offers
"a splendid opportunity for the state
to rid itself of two very great evils.
Nevada is the smallest state in the
Union, population considered, and it
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
NPERslAN HoUsEKeEPER's TASK
Cannot Buy Things Ready for Use
Like American Women.

The young matron who complains
of housework as difficult task should
visit the kitchen of the Persian house
keeper and she would probably come
home rejoicing that after all the do
mestic problem was pretty easy at
home.
The chief reason for this difficulty
in Persia is the fact that many things
which in other countries. may be
bought ready for use, must be pre-.
pared by the Persian housekeeper. If
| she wants flour, first she must buy
the wheat. clean it and sift it and
send it TO the miller, who lives per-
haps a days journey from her.
The wheat must be sent by the
most trusty servant, who will watch
the miller to see that he does not
take too much toll, and maybe she
will send second servant to watch
the first.
The Persian cookstove. or range"
is merely a row of hollow boxes made
of sun dried brick. in which is built
a charcoal fire. Over these boxes are
placed strips of iron on which the
kettles rest.
Native cookery does not include
many things that are to be baked.
but if an eccentric foreigner demands
a cake or pie the cook will prepare
beds of glowing charcoal in two
boxes.
Over one of these he will place the
article to be baked and this he will
cover with a copper pan and on top
of the pan he will place the hot
Goals
Most Persian implements are very
heavy and awkward to handle. The
cooking utensils are of copper and
the bowls in which clothes are
washed are of earthenware.
The washerwoman has no bench on
which to place the bowl and no board
on which to rub them, and it looks
rather primitive to see a woman sit
ting beside a water course pounding
clothes with stone.
This. however. is the method uni |
versally employed by the poorer |
classes, and it is to be preferred TO !
their washing them by hand. which |
wears out the clothes as well as the !
hands at marvellous rate.-Philadel- !
phia Times.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
A CLEANER ST. LOUIS.

st Louis is greatly agitated over
the question of smoke Many organi
zations have taken up the work OF
compelling the great factories to use
smoke consumers, and are gradually
making some headway in their work.
While ST. Louis is not so smoky
as Pittsburgh, perhaps, the evil is at
tanning considerable magnitude in
the Mississippi City. The factories
| are increasing in number-and in vol
ume of smoke. The downtown dis
tricts are said to bear a chronic resem-
blance to London in a fog
Smoke is anything but desirable,
so the leagues organized for the pur
pose say Away with the smoke"
In the administration of city govern
ment the health of the inhabitants
is of greater cOncernt. City asmos-
phere, at best, is unhealthful and full
of impurity. and prevents the in
1uences of sunshine from entering
into the publication of the atmosphere.
1t makes a constant fog, as it were. TO
be breathed into the lungs of the al
ready none too healthful inhabitants
of the slum and factory districts.
Smoke can be consumed, it is said,
without destroying the efficiency of
the fire from which it comes. 1t is of
some expense to the manufactures,
but the damage it does cannot be esti-
mated in dollars, and cents. ST. Louis |
is right in her attempt to make the |
city cleaner, healthier place 10 live,
and should consider the welfare of |
the many, not the desire of the few.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
HORACE GREELEY.

The country is today commemorat
ing the hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Horace Greeley-last of the
old school of journalists.
His remarkable influence was due
to his personal appeal through the
editorial. News as we find it in pres
ent-day newspapers he printed reluc-
family; he was not reporter, he was
the editorial writer. He brought about
the nomination of Abraham Lincoln
for the presidency in the stormy war
period. That alone would have given
him conspicuous place and yet it
was only an incident of a remarkable
career.
Greeley lived in close touch with the
spirit of his time. He regarded with
profound seriousness the issues of his
day. He accomplished much in the
interests of good government; he
sought little in return.
Rough, uncultured, he nevertheless
was kind and sympathetic. He gave
his life's vigor fighting for that which
he believed to be right The love of
the generations that follow him is his
reward.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
County School Commissioners.

We are authorized to announce
George T. Porter as a candidate for
the office of County School Superin-
tendent, subject to the action of the
qualified voters of Boone county, at
the annual school meeting to be held
April 4. 1911.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
City Attorney.

We are authorized to announce
w. NJ .Dinwiddie as a candidate for
City Attorney, subject to the decision
of the voters at the Democratic pri-
mary, to be held in March.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03

The announcement that the Gener-
al Assembly of Missouri is to be asked
to enact law prohibiting the cold
forage egg packers from keeping
their stock more than a year will meet
a general welcome over the state.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
County School Commissioners.

We are authorized to announce
j. Kelly Wright as a candidate for
the office of County School Superin-
tendent, subject to the action of the
qualified voters of Boone county. at
the annual school meeting to be held
April 4, 1911.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
Cjty Councilman.

We. are authorized to announce g.
W. Sneed as candidate for alderman
from the third ward, subject to the
decision of the voters at the Demo
cratic primary to be held in March.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03

Evidently the semester didn't end in
January when the poet said fall was
melancholy and the saddest time of
the year.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03

will take a long step forward when it
destroys two wrong practices, and
will make the commonwealth a more
desirable place in which to live.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
Amatite Roofing at Newman's.

The Fiolinist-I want an + string.
The New Assistant-Would you
mind selecting one for yourself. sir,
/ 'ardly know the 'es from the shes
yet-London Sketch
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03

When eggs are kept for five years.
as recent Chicago Investigations
prove they have been. isn't it time to
DO something?
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03

If all persons who tell you how to
be no such thing as a failure.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
FOR RENT.

FOH KENT.
Four or five nice modern Office
rooms in our new building at corner
of Eighth and Broadway.
Also one nice business room. size
20x26 feet, suitable for small busi.
ness.
A fine basement, size 25x10O feet,
suitable for pool hall, bowling alleys,
barber shops, etc.
For particulars see
c. B. MILLER.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03

Mary had a little lamb;
Its fleece was white as snow.
II ran around when it was wound,
But sometimes wouldn't go.
Kansas City Journal.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-03
ANNOUNCER ENT.

Poultry Fencing at Newman's
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-23
OGDEN CAPITAL IS
GOING TO JARB|DCE
Jarbidge-Badger Group Is Fl
nanced by Mining Men
of Utah.

John T.. Beyan. manager Of the mines
OF the JgrbidGe- Badger company, came
I'm on the train last evening to again
confer with the other officers and di-
rcctors of the company regarding busi-
ness affairs. says the ely E!Hpositor.
Mr.. Bevan states the property OF the
company Is looking fine and he has Just
made a deal with Ogden parties who
have agreed 10 Invest In The company
and furnish the money TO continue devel-
opment on larger scale all winter. AZ
present three mon arc working, but Mr..
Bcvan expects to have ten or twelve on
the pay roll soon.
The development Is by three tunnels
that crosscut 10 the lodges and In all
of which good orc has been found. The
lower tunnel has been driven 2S5 feet
To the ledge and a drift has been run
t25 feet in the ledge
Another tunnel cut the ledge in 100
feet and orc WAS found that concentrates
seven into one and makes A product
worth S99 a ton. The values arc silly
in gold with little silver. Two addi-
tional claims that adjoin the company
holdings are TO be taken over. All the
holdings OF the company and the odioin-
Ing ground have good surface shoWinss.
and the prospects for developing A pay
Ing property arc regarded as bright.