The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-24
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GEKE.aaL NEWS.



ton, Pa, on the Philadelphia and
Reading road. According to officials in
vestigation showed that miscreants
had placed an obstruction in a switch,
causing the locomotive of a local pas
senger train to jump the track at an
embankment The engine ran along
the ties for a short distence and then
toppled over and plunged down the in
cline. S. Giltner, the engineer, aged
fifty years, was caught under the loco
motive and crushed to death. His fire.
man was not injured, nor were any of
the passengers, who were principally
men on their way to work When the
engine leaped the rails it tore loose
from the tender. The latter remained
on the roadbed and only one car left
the track
Control CT the Missouri Pacific was
wrested from George J. Gould, bring
ing the fight to an end Or, Tuesday his
brokers began anxicusly inquiring for
proxies. On the same .1ay, Kuhn, Loeb
6 Co. and many peoI lie associated
with them, including john D. Rookie
Teller, showed their hands by demand
ing through attorneys list of stock
holders, addresses and other data per-
tinent to fight prelimiraries. Mr..
Gould had Otto H. Kuhn, the Kuhn,
Loeb partner, who was Harriman's
most trusted adviser and most init
mate friend. meet him at the Offices
Of Mr. Gculd's lawyers en- Pine street.
1t was not long before papers were
signed, sealed and delivered and the
management of the system trans
ferred.
Secretary Of State Knox in an adj
dress before the Chicago Association
of Commerce at tie La Sale hotel, adj
vanced arguments in support of the
proposed reciprocity agreement with
Canada, protlayed the rise of condi-
tions which, we said, made such
pact inevitable, and pointed out advan-
tages to be derived by both countries
through q lowering Of the tariff bar
rier Enactment CT trade treaty with
Canada had a second champion in
James j. Hill, chairman of the board of
directors Of the Great Northern rail
way, who asserted the entire north
west must support the treaty and that
there should not be voice in the
country or a vote in congress to op-
pose.
A fund banked in New York, which
at present stands between $4,000 and
$4,000 and is still growing, has been
subscribed to by various magazines in
New York and Philadelphia to COM
bat pending legislation in congress
advertising pages of periodical litera-
ture. This money, already raised and
more that is expected, will be placed
in the hands of the postal committee
of seven of the Periodical Publishers
association to be used in a campaign
of advertising in opposition to the
rider of the general appropriation bill
which hits the magazines.
At Washington Monday Director E.
Dana Durand presented to Secretary
Nagel his annual report concerning
the operations of the census bureau.
1t is shown that the entire cost Of the
field work on population and agricul-
ture in continental United States for
the thirteenth census was about S5,-
8S5,500. The original estimate of $14,-
900 as the total cost of the de-
cennial census the director now be-
lieves too low and he thinks, in view
of the additional work required by con-
gress, and for other reasons, it will
reach fully $14,5U0,000.
News has been received in New
York city Of the death at Cassadaga,
Fla, of DR.. Emmett Densmore of New.
York. He was seventy-five years old
Besides being medical authority Of
considerable repute, and the author Of
several books On hygiene and food
theories, he was an inventor, sharing
with his brother James the early hon
ors in the manufacture and introduc-
ton of the Remington typewriter ard
later with his brother Amos in the
manufacture and promotion of the
Densmore typewriter.
A brick was hurled through the Ii
brary window of Miss Helen Goulds
resid ence, $40 Fifth avenue, in New
York city. Miss Gould's compan-
ion, Mrs. Edward Scholes, waiting for
dinner to be announced. was spending
the time reading IN the center of the
room and almost in line with the win
dow. The brick did not hit her, but
it came near enough to give her some
thing of a scare. Glass from the win
dow Uttered The floor, but the damage
did not amount to much except the
value of the window
Representative Mccall, obviously
speaking by authority of the presi-
dent, not only makes it clear that con-
gress will be called back if the SEN
ate fails to vote on reciprocity, but
also serves notice that members who
block action On reciprocity at this SEES
sion will be held responsible for any
business depres sion or disturbance
that may result from attempted tariff
revision by the Democrats in spe-
cial session.