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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
DARING RODDER SHOT
Man Who Thought Chicago Rob-
bers' Paradise Captured.

Revolver shots fired at fugitive in
Chicago Friday following daring
robbery at the Jackson Jewelry COM
pany store, 142-44 North State street,
startled pedestrians at $3.50 a. M, doz-
ems joining in the chase, which ended
only after the thief had been shot in
the leg and ran for more than block,
leaving a trail of blood and stolen jew
elry behind him.
The prisoner gave the name of Bon
fact Moncuse and his age as twenty
one He told the police that he had
come from Denver only six hours be-
fore, and that after reading the news
papers he was convinced Chicago was
a robbers paradise.
According to the police, Moncuse was
walking through State street when his
attention was attracted by the jewelry
in the windows of the Jackson com
pany, and, picking up an iron standard
he sent it crashing through plate
glass window, making hole two feet
in diameter.
Reaching in he took thirty band we'd
ding rings from tray and started on
a run south on State street.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
SPOILED Ii All.

A farmer went to hear John Wesley
preach. Wesley said he would take up
three topics of thought. He was talk
ing chiefly about money. His first was.
Get all you can" The farmer nudged
a neighbor and said: This is strange
preaching. never heard the like be-
fore. This is very good" Then Wes-
ley discoursed on Industry "Activi-
ty." Living TO Purpose" and reached
his second division, Save all you
can" The farmer became more ex-
cited WAS there ever anything like
this?" he said Wesley denounced
thriftlessness and waste. and be sati-
rized the willful wickedness which lav-
ishes in luxury. and the farmer rubbed
his hands. and he thought. ''All this |
have been taught from my youth up
and what with getting and what with
boarding it seemed 70 him that .saI-
walton" had come TO his house. But
Wesley advanced TO his third head.
which was Give all you can" "Ah.
dear; ah dear" said the farmer; he
has gone and spoiled it ALL
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
LYNCHED AFTER QUARREL
Nebraska Ranchman is Strung Up
by Four Youths.

Charles Sellers, a young ranchman
living near Cody, Neb., was taken from
the home of Jack Hutch, a neighbOr,
with whom he was passing the night,
and hanged to a telegraph post by
four young men, sons Of neighboring
ranchmen.
Hutch attempted to defend Sellers,
it is stated and was driven back at
the point of shotgun.
The lynching is alleged to have re-
suited from quarrel between Sellers
and member of the quartet over a
sister of another member of the party.
Sellers body was left hanging to the
pole until late in the day, when the
sheriff and coroner arrived.
Following an inquest the sheriff
arrested George and Alma Weed, Ken
meth Murphy and Harry Heath, who
were charged with the killing. The
prisoners were rushed to Valentine in
automobiles to prevent any attempt of
their friends to rescue them from the
Officers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
Calamities of Authors.

Homer was begger; Plautus turned
a mill; Terence was slave; Cervantes,
the author of don Quixote.' died OF
hunger; Bacon lived life Of mean
ness and distress; Raleigh died on the
scaffold: Spenser. the charming. died in
want; the death of Collins was through
neglect, first causing mental derange-
ment; Milton sold his copyright Of
paradise Lost" for ELS; Dryden died
in poverty and distress; Otway died
prematurely and through hunger; Lee
died in the gutter; Steele lived life
of perfect warfare with bailiffs: Gold
smiths Vicar of Wakefield" was sold
for a trife to save him from the grip
Of law; Savage died in prison at Bris-
toll, where he was confined for debt
of fS; Butler lived life Of penury and
died poor: Chatterton. the child of
genius and misfortune, destroyed him.
self
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
TRAIN BANDITS ROB
MAIL CAR IN OREGON
Shasta Limited Is Held Up by
Two Desperadoes.
One of the Robbers Covers the Clerks
While the Other Rips Open the
Sacks and Ransacks
Their Contents.

The Shasta limited, which left Port
land at o'clock at night, was held
up and the mail car robbed by two
highwaymen at 11:15 p. m. between
Drain and Yoncalla, Ore. The robbers
entered the mail car, held up the
clerks and looted the car. They stop
ped the train at YoncaIla and made
their escape.
The mail clerks found themselves
helpless before the weapons of the
highwaymen. One held them covered
while the other ripped open the mail
sacks and ransacked their contents.
It is not known how much booty the
desperadoes SECURED.
AS the train neared Yoncalla one of
the highwaymen pulled the emergency
signal and the train stopped The
robbers then leaped from the mail car
and disappeared down the village
street. The conductor is positive that
the men boarded the train at Drain,
but whether they craWled on the roof
or swung to the platform he could
not say.
Inc uTSJ luLIuldtlUu Tic ludli ClCl
had of the attack was when the door
of the car swung suddenly open and
they found themselves faced by the
highwaymen None attempted resist
ance as the intruders proceeded to the
footing of the sacks.
The conductor and engineer of the
train had no inkling of any trouble
until the signal to stop at Yoncalla
was sounded and the mail clerks
raised the alarm
officers here and Sheriff George K.
Quine at Roseburg were notified and
posses were Immediately started in
pursuit of the robbers. The mail car
was the only one disturbed by the
robbers. The passengers and train
men were not molested
Both robbers are described as about
five feet seven inches tall, smooth
shaver and dressed in dark clothes.
They wore black hats; neither wore
mask. They were about twenty-eight
years old. They were armed with
automatic pistols and revolvers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
KNOX BEFORE COMMITTEE
Secretary Throws No Light Upon
Day Portrait Voucher Case.

Secretary Knox was before the house
committee on expenditures in the state
department Secretary Knox testified
concerning the so-called Day portrait
case He thereupon laid before the
committee the long-lost voucher for
$2,450 and other documents in the
case that have mysteriously reap
peared after having been missing for
five years.
The documents submitted by Secre-
tary Knox throw no definite light
upon the final disposition of the ST.
600 that was paid out by the treasury
on the voucher over and beyond the
$3.50 charged by Albert Rosenthal, the
Philadelphia artist, for painting the
portrait of William R. Day, then secre-
tary of state and now associate justice
of the supreme court
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
MORE POSTAL BANKS NAMED
incomplete Reports Show $4,000 on
Deposit in These institutions.

Chicago Heights, ILL.,, is to have a
postal savings bank. 1t is among the
fifty postofhces designated to have
depository on July 13. Among the
other offices selected are Granite City
and Madison, H.; LaPorte and Whit.
ing, Ind; LeMars and Waverly, Ia,
and Hancock and Ishpeming. Mich
Incomplete reports received at the
postoffice department indicate that on
June / the deposits in postad saving
banks in the ninety-three Offices then
in operation were approximately $780,
900. This is regarded as remarkable
showing, in view of the fact that all
the offices were in small towns.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
Wins Fight for Life

1t was long and bloody battle for
life that was waged by Jnmes B. Mer-
shon of Newark, N. j., of which he
writes: Il had lost much blood from
lung hemorrhages and was very weak
and run down. For eight months was
unable to work. Death seemed close
on my heels, when began, three weeks
ago, to use DR.. Kings New Discovery.
But it has helped me greatly. 1t is do
ing all that you claim For weak,
sore lungs, obstinate coughs, stubborn
colds, hoarseness, la grippe, asthma,
hay fever or any throat or lung trouble
it's supreme. soc and Sl.00. Trial bot
tie free. Guaranteed by w. G. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
Early Horse Race Prizes.

Prizes for winners of horse races
hundreds of years ago took curious
FORMS The earliest was the ''briglia
dor" or golden bride After this the
prize in England was bell. This
idea was taken from the custom
among owners of pack horses of dec
Grating the best horse. which led the
cavalcade, with bell. SO that on dark
nights and in dangerous places the
wherea bouts of the leader might be
known and the others follow boldly.
At Carlisle silver bells were raced for
by the moss troopers and dalesmen.
and specimens of these bells are still
retained in the town hall.-St. James
Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
GOOD WORK
Done Daily in Edgerton. Many
Citizens Tell of It.

Nearly every reader has heard of
Doans Kidney Pills. Their good work
in Eogerton still continues, and our citi-
zens are constantly adding endorsement
by public testimony. No better proof of
merit can be had than the experience of
neighbors and friends. Read this case.
John Koch OF Edgerton, Wis. says
II have taken Doan's Kidney Pills and
my experience has proven that they are
a valuable kidney medicine. Last spring
I had a great deal of trouble with my
back. I was SO lame that | could hard
ly stoop and noticed that my kidneys
did not do their work as they should |
got supply of Doan's Kidney Pills
from Atwelps Drug Store and it did not
take them long to reli5se me. My kid
neys are now in a normal condition and
my back does not bother me" AZ
For sale by all dealers. Price 90 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, 1911-06-23
Your Ne,ehbor,s Experience

How you may profit by it. Take Fo-
ley Kidney Pills. Mrs. E. G. Whiting,
800 Willow St., Akron, O., says: For
some time h2d very serious case of
kidney trouble and | suffered with
backaches and dizzy headaches. | had
specks floating before my eyes and I
felt all tired out and miserable. | saw
Foley Kidney Pills advertised and got a
bottle and took them according to di-
rections and results showed almost at
once. The pain and dizzy headaches
left me, my eyesight became clear and
today can say | am we'll woman,
thanks to Foley Kidney Pills. w. G.
Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
A Deceptive Fish.

naturalist who is familiar with
Ceyion writes: In the clear water of
Colombo harbor il is not uncommon
to see fallen and faded leaves Of the
jak tree floating short diStanre be
low the surface or Siukin. slowly To
the bottom Certain SmaiI fish, com
monty known as sea bats. mimic
these leaves both in form and color
in order to escape detection Both in
shape and color they look when in ths.
water like waterlOggtd leaves, but
when removed from their native ele
ment this resemblance is immediately
lost They float in the water half side
ways and all swim in the same direc-
ton. turning simultaneously. On one
occasion Mr. Wiley attempted to cap
ture one of these sea bats in rock
pool and directly he made plunge
with the hand net saw nothing except
what be took to be jak leaf slowly
and inertly sink to the bottom. To his
establishment. as be withdrew the net
the supposed leaf righted itself and
darted away"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
BURNS is INDICTED
indiana Grand Jurors Charge Him
with kidnapping Mcnamara.

At Indianapolis, Ind, Saturday Detec-
tive w. j. Burns and James Hossick,
a city detective of Los Angeles, CAL,
were indicted on charges of kidnapping
John j. MCNAMARA, secretary of the
international Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers.
Mcnamara was indicted on charges
of conspiracy to dynamite In connec-
ton with the Los Angeles Times build
Ing explosion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
Virtue of Conqueror.
Humanity always becomes a CON
uuerer-Sheridan

F. S. Rexford, 615 New York Life
Bldg, Kansas City, Mo-, says: 81 had
a severe attack of cold which settled
in my back and kidneys and | was in
great pain from my trouble. A friend
recommended Foley Kidney Pills ard |
used two bottles of them and they have
done me q world of good. w. G, At
well
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
Work Will Soon Start

after you take DIR. Kings New Life
Pills, and you'll quickly enjoy their fine
results. Constipation and indigestion
vanish and fine appetite returns. They
regulate stomach, liver and bowels and
impart new strength and energy to the
whole system. Try them. Only 25c at
w. G. Atwell's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
children relieve Feverishness, Head
ache, Bad Stomach, Teething Disor-
ders, move and regulate the Bowels
destroy worms. They break up colds
in "a hours. Used by mothers for q
years. All druggists, 25c. Sample
free. Address A. S. Olmsted, Leroy,
N. Y. 29w4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
j. Proctor Knott is Dead.

]. Proctor Knott, one of Kentucky's
most noted statesmen. is dead at Lee
banon, KY. He once represented his
district in congress and was a govern
or of the state. He was in his eight
second year.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
A Dreadful Wound

from knife, gun, tin can, rusty nail,
fireworks, or of any other nature, de-
mands prompt treatment with Buck
lens Arnica Salve to prevent blood
poison or gangrene. It's the quickest,
surest healer for all such wounds as
also for Burns, Bodies, Sores, Skin
Eruptions, Eczema, Chapped Hands,
Corns or Piles. 25c at w. G. AtWell's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
In a Plnch. use ALIENS Foot Ease

The antiseptic powder to shake into
your shoes. Relieves tired, hot, ach-
ing, swollen, sweating feet of all pain
and makes walking delight. Takes
the sting out of corns and bunions.
Sold everywhere Csc. Sample free.
Address A. S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
HainRais nn Performance.

THE baby Uses to play with my
hair" But aren't you afraid he'll
muss it, dragging it all over the
floor?"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
Statue Of scnool reacner.

Mary A. Callahan, principal of a pub
lie school at Birmingham. Ala, for
more than thirty years, has statue
In that city in Capital park.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
No Place for ldIer.

If you intend to go to work, there
is no place better than where you are.
If you do not intend to go to work,
you cannot get along anywhere
Abraham Lincoln.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
BUILDING Blocks of Cork.

Floors and furniture are not
scratched by children playing with
new building blocks made of cork In
Germany.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
EDGAR S. Cooke Not Guilty.

Edgar S. Cooke Not Guilty.
Edgar S. Cooke, on trial in Cincinna-
ii, O., was declared not guilty Of en-
bezzling $4,000 from the Big -Four
Railway company The jury was out
about two hcuTa
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
Most FIaqrant ofense.

Injustice is a most fragrant offense
and the hardest of all to bear with.
out resentment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
10 Inere TO Stay.

The spoken word may be forgotten,
but the written word is there to stay;
be gingerly with your written words.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
Middle Aged and Elderly People

use Foley Kidney Pills for quick and
permanent results in all cases of kid
ney and bladder troubles, and for pain
full and annoying Irregularities. w. G.
Atwell
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23

Seaport Far From Sea.
Antwerp, one of the worlds four
largest ports, is So miles from the sea.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-31
A Hartman University.

A plan to establish a great univer-
sity in Nevada or California as a
memorial to her illustrious husband
is credited to Mrs. e. H. Hartman.
She has neither formally confirmed
nor denied the report. 1t would seem
natural and befitting, of course, If
she did carry out such a plan, to
build the university near one Of the
great railroads controlled by Mr.. Har-
riman. He was deeply interested in
everything that made for the upbuild-
ing and development of this great
western dominion. Indeed, he did
vast amount of work himself to ad-
vance it's interests, SO If the millions
he carved, largely, out of the west
are to be devoted to educational enter
prises it is but right that they should
go in large measure to the west
But the question must have sug-
gested itself to most thinking people
who have considered Mrs. Harrimans
plan, why plant a new university in
stead of building up one of those
splendid institutions already estab-
lished in the west? Many Of them that
are doing excellent work could do so
much more If only they had the as
sistance which Mrs, Hartman and
others of her circumstances have to
give. The millions with which she
would endow such university as she
might establish would multiply mani
fold the powers of one OF more of
those now awaiting financial expan-
sion, and, no doubt, spread an influ-
ence much wider in the aggregate than
could come from any new college or
university to be set up here in the
west
Yet the west will be glad to receive
whatever educational endowment Mrs.
Hartman may see fit to make, no
matter whether It comes in a lump
sum for one university, or in con-
tingencies for many. The rapid devel-
opment Of the country will keep pace
with any such enterprise she might
create.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-31

Tom Stanley conducts one of the biggest
eating emporlums on New York's Rialto.
Eat, drink and be merry" is his motto
and he'll hand II to you. II you have the
price.
Mrs. Alice Pomerene. wife of the demo-
cratic senator from Ohio. is clever water
color artist. She has made several dainty
sketches of the Rock Creek section near
Washington, and her drawing rooms are
filled with her own paintings.
Jurge w. r. Allen made a court order at
Muskogee Okl., last week that all mem
bers OF the jury OF his court take bath
before they entered the court room Mon
day. Jurors have complained that some
Of their fellow members needed to perform
an ablution. The order was made in open
court and filed for record.
A campaign for statewide prohibition Is
on in Texas and the temperature of the
factions is up in the nineties Governor
Colquitt has lined up with the ants and
is doing some lively stamping. Wherefore
he has been asked to resign his member
ship in the Methodist church. The gov
eTnor spurns the request and demands to
DO shown when and where prohibition was
made an article Of Methodist faith.
In Wallace, Kan, is a stock Of general
merchandise worth 10000 In store that
has been double locked and boarded up
for eighteen years. Peter Robidoux, the
owner OF the store, lives but a few rods
away from 1t. He has not been IN the
store since he closed II eighteen years
ago and says II shall never be opened as
long as he lives Robidoux is one OF the
richest men in the county and owns thou
sands Of acres OF land and thousands OF
cattle.
A Louisville poet responds to Chicago's
hurry call for a new national anthem 30
fashioned as TO make the native patriots
sit up and reach for a club. For obvious
reasons the poet did not append his name.
preferring to let his words speak for
him. Listen;
"Mazuma, tbs of thee,
Sweet land OF bOodlery,
OF thee I sing.
Land OF the CRATER bold,
Land where the votes are sold,
Land where We live for gold.
Aazuma's the thing"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-31
Cutting Prices in Steel.

The United States Steel corporation
has announced a general cut in prices,
following the reductions made last
week by the Republic Steel and Iron
company, When the latter made its
cut, Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of
the board of directors of the United
States Steel, deprecated the idea of
price war and said he believed
friendly and cooperative relations,
which have heretofore existed, will be
continued by the steel interests gen.
orally"
The public Is left to wonder, there
fore, whether the announced reduc-
ton to meet that of the Republic com
pany is genuine or whether the whole
transaction on the part of both COM
panies is for effect in view of the con-
gressional investigation of steel to de-
termine the existence or non-existence
of trust and in view of the proceed
ings in courts against other big BUSH
ness combinations.
inns 10 lno liIst SemOlance OF an
open dispute as to the prices since the
so-ealled price war of 1909 and the
Wall Street Journal says that in the
interim prices have been we'll main
tanned" by concerted action of the
leading companies. In 1909 it was the
United States Steel that initiated the
cutting for the reason. it was stated,
that 1t was not getting its share OF
the trade, Now that is precisely the
reason announced by the Republic to
justify it's action. Il would be en-
couraging II it were actually a fact
that immense producers in steel had
to meet the consumers half way to
get business. but conditions of the
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-31
The Tobacco Trust Decision.

Insofar as It applies to the violation
of law by combination in restraint of
trade the supreme courts tobacco
trust decision was largely forecasted
by the ruling in the Standard Oil case
and a different outcome would have
been surprising. This time the courts
findings and penalty go much further
than in the former case, for its judg-
ment holds that not only did the
tobacco trust combine in restraint of
trade, but that from its origin it set
out TO acquire dominion and control
Of the tobacco trade by driving out Of
It competitors who dared to attempt
Independent methods; that II carried
out this cut-throat system with ruth
less disregard for law, playing upon
the fears or. cupidity" of weaker
competitors. According to the evil
dence presented it seems to have
achieved monumental success, for it
not only wrapped its tentacles Sc
curely around the tobacco trade of
this country, but extended them to
England as well.
In giving these incorporated out
laws six months in which to dissolve
and bring their business within the
pale of legality or submit to a receiv-
ership in the event of failure to meet
the penalty, the court is, If anything,
dealing leniently with the offenders.
Relief for the public must come from
the enforcement of the penalties,
and, since this is not a combine on
the necessities of life, the decision
against the tobacco trust will be most
helpful in giving us this precedent
holding good as to any and all other
business concerns that might now be
practlcing or attempt similar unfair
methods.
Logically enough, the "rule of
reason" set up in the oil case, was
followed In reaching this decision and
the result should be reassuring to
those inclined to regard it as merely a
loophole for law evasion.