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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-16
YACHT BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Seen Men Killed by an Explosion on
Naphtha Launch.

New York, July ia yachting party
composed of a number Of New Workers
left Thirty sixth Street, Brooklyn, at
O'Clock yesterday morning. They were
on board the steam launch Agnes Dean.
1t was along about 2 o'clock in
the afternoon when one of the
party saw man clinging to a buoy
bobbing up and down in the water off
towards Coney Island. The buoy is a
great distance from COney Island. They
lowered a small boat and with great diff
fculty they contrived to get the man
from his dangerous resting place. The
rescued man said that he was
Capt. White, of East Rockaway.
He had been on the Ethel,
a naphtha launch. This launch, he
said, had been chartered by a Mr.. Den
MS, a wealthy retired diamond mer-
chant of Brooklyn. \ party OF eight
had started on board earlyin the morn
ing from ROckaway for a days fishing.
The Et>el had cruised about until it
reached point some way out from the
shore of Long Beach. Then, White
said, Il terrible explosion occurred. 1t
seemed as if all the bottom OF the boat
was suddenly lifted up and blown into
the air. Every person. on board was
hurled into the water. He sank with
the rest. When he came to the surface
he saw nothing but wreckage. There
was not body IN sight. Just as he
was tossed upon the crest of a particu-
larly high wave he caught q
glimpse of a buoy in the distance.
at seemed to me-" he said, in
describing this adventure, "that this
buoy was about four miles away. l
swan for what seemed an age, and at
length l got to the buoy" Whites
body is not only sunburned where the
sun had a chance to get at it, but he is
black and blue in many places. Some
of these black and blue marks may be
due to the force of the explosion.
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@. b. NOON,
BLAINE HAS A BAD TURN.
The Secretary Suffers Another Severe At
tack from His Old Enemy.

The Secretary Suffers Another Severe At
tack from His Old Enemy.
BAR HARBoR, Me-, July 13.-Secretary
Blaine had bad turn Sunday after
noon. 1t was about two weeks since ne
had been seriously affected by any of
the sudden attacks of his malady, nerv-
Gus dyspepsia. Almost within half an
hour after the first news came from
Stanwood, hundreds of people thronged
the streets, anxiously listening for
the latest news. Presently MIR.
Blaine's coaCnman came down the
street with buggy, but he would not
stop, and he hurried to the house OF
DR.. Taylor. The physician went to
Stanwood. The weather has been sui
try and warm, and rumor says that Mr..
Blaine had just sat down to a late
luncheon when he had the attack. He
was helped to his couch, and in short
time grew better and talked some. He
himself declared, it is said, that the
heat was too much for him; that he
had on too much wooden clothing for
the rise in the temperature. He did
not drive yesterday.
The Associated Press correspondent
conversed with Secretary Blaine this
morning. 81 am as we'll as usual to-
day., ne said. Inc SensatlOnal re-
ports about my health to the press
al over the country are lies. I am not
sick man. They have magnis
fed a slight illness into some
thing very serious. I am taking
no medicine whatever. l 60 out
every day, and often twice a day. |
have a good appetite; eat whatever I
desire, rise at 8 O'Clock and retire at 10
or II. In short, live in my usual man
ner. There is nothing more to say
Mr.. Blaine spoke in his accustomed
unhesitating manner, his voice showing
no trace of weakness. He took long
ride this morning in an open
carriage, through the principal
streets and some distance in the
country. He gets in and out Of the car
riage without assistance, sits erect, reg
ognizes acquaintance asin former years,
and does not seem tatigued by riding,
Emmons Blaine said this morning:
MY father is constantly improving.
We 70 longer consider him sick man."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-16
WALES HEADS THE LIST.
The Prince to TO at the Head OF the
Royal Worlds Fair Commission.

The Prince to To at the Head OF the
Royal Worlds Fair Commission.
LONDON, July 13.-The Times to-day
in long article on the Worlds Fair
saws that it is not doubted that the ex-
hibition will in many respects
surpass all exhibitions previous
" held. The Times enumer-
ates the disadvantages arising from
the distance of Chicago from England,
the high cost of labor in the United
States, and from the alien labor act,
but, it says, it may at least be hopefully
remembered that the government has
supreme control of the exhibition, and
that there will be therefore ample power
and Willingness to set aside for time
all impediments which might threaten
to diminish the success of the fair.
It has been decided that the royal
commission TO. represent Great Britain
at the Worlds Fair will be composed
of the council of the Society of
Arts, which carries with it the
prestige of having the Prince of
Wales as it's president and Sir Richard
Webster, the attorney-general, as its
chairman. The council contains many
members who are we'll qualified to in
sure a successful issue. The appoint
ment of the council as commission al
so implies that Sir Henry Wood will be
its secretary.
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NEW KNAPP-STOUT co.

Change in n Great Wisconsin Lumbe
Corporation.
A St. Louis dispatch of the 18th says:
''The Knapp-Stout Lumber Company,
about whose sale to an English syndicate
there have been many unfounded ru-
mors lately, has entered new incorpo-
ration, with capital stock Of Sc, 100000.
Subscription books will be opened next
Thursday by the American Trustees
Savings Bank, of Chicago, which will
manage the organization. The stock
to be issued is divided into 100000 of
preferred stock and 100000 of COM
mon stock. Half of the stock has been
taken, and all the bonds, s., 800, 900
worth, are already subscribed for. The
assets of the company are worth $lO,-
500 900.
THE company was organized on
small scale in 1916 and has grown to inn
at Menomonie, Wis. Other mills are
located at Cedar Falls, Rice Lake,
Chetek, Prairie Farm, and townsville,
Wis. The cornpany's property includes
2O6, 562 acres of land in Wisconsin,
whence it gets it's supply of logs. At
Menomonie are located three mills with
daily capacity of lumber 500, 900 feet,
shingles 400, 900, lath 10000, pickets
40 900; Townsville, lumber $4,000 feet
and shingles $4,000; Cedar Falls,
lumber 100000 feet and shingles
50, 600. At Menomonie and other places
the company owns water power, roller
flour mills, packing houses, stores and
warehouses. 1t has electric light plants
at most of its mills; at Menomonie sup.
plying the city. The company owns in
fee simple it's yards at Dubuque, Fort
Madison, and st. Louis. In st. Louis
the real estate consists of fourteen
protected and n file filed III to grade de-
purposes and constantly increas-
ing in value. At Fort Madison
is one Of the finest band saw mills on
the Mississippi River, with a daily ca
pacity exceeding $4,000 feet, besides
which is larger supply of logs and a
much larger stock of lumber. The real
estate there comprises several hundred
acres, very valuable. At Dubuque is
carried larger stock of lumber, the
yards being situated upon lands of the
company. The company owns in fee
simple heavily timbered lands in
Arkansas, comprising 1000 acres. The
company pays no rent anywhere.
The statement made to the bank,
under date of June 80, 1891, by it's ex-
perts, declares the net value of the COM
pany's assets to be $1,000, 416.3S, and
the average annual net profits for the last
three years 1887 ,471.S0. The good will''
of the company is not included in the
valuation.
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DULUTH HOTEL BURNED.
Guests Driven I. om their Beds by
Fire.

FIRE.
DULUTH, Mimi, July 12.-Just before
midnight fire was discovered in the up
per story of the St. Louis Hotel, in a
room which is used as lodge room for
the Elks fraternity. The fire depart
ment was summoned at once, but the
fire had obtained too great a start and in
few minutes the whole upper story
was one mass of flames. The building
has six stories and it is very hard to
reach the top with the hose. Ageneral
alarm was rung in and in few minutes
the entire fire department was on the
scene.
Great confusion prevailed for while.
Peope half clad rushed from the house
in great excitement with bundles in
their hand containing the little clothing
that could be hastily gathered together
as they rushed from their rooms.
There is no report of loss of life as yet,
The firemen ran up the fire escapes and
fought the fire bravely with the hose.
The pressure on the water on Superior
Street where the hotel stands is very
great, and they hope to save the block.
The st. Louis is the second largest
hotel in the city and is worth at least
100000. 1t is situated between Third
and Fourth avenues east, in the thick of
the business part of the city, within one
block Of the Spalding.
The entire new part of the hotel is
fairly destroyed, but the rest of the
block will probably be saved. The total
loss, including furniture, etc., will not
be much less than $l5O,0OO It is we'll
insured. The building is owned by the
Boston Realty Company.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-16
DENVER MURDER MYSTERY.
A Human Trunk Found in the River
with Legs and Arms Gone.

A Human Trunk Found in the River
with Legs and Arms Gone.
DENVER, Col, July 13.-The trunk OF
a we'll developed man, with head and
four limbs gone, was found yesterday in
the channel of the Platte River, about
ten miles below the city and about two
miles below the mouth of Clear Creek.
1t is supposed by many that he
was the victim of assassination by
highbinders. The body was discovered
bv a ranchman named J. D. Dubon
while he was in bathing. 1t was lying
the stream, and partially buried in the
soft mud. There was not single mark
by which there could be any chance of
identity. The body was in condition
which would indicate that it has
been in the water no less than six
weeks, and possibly longer. As no man
has been reported missing of late, and
as there is so little to work on IN unrav-
cling the mystery, it will probably re-
main unsOlYed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-16
A NEW SCHEME.
A Plan of Alliance Leaders to Corner
Wheat.

A Plan of Alliance Leaders to Corner
Wheat.
A great scheme has been devised by
somebody within the Farmers Alliance.
1t is proposed to withhold this
years wheat crop from market
until the farmers can get their own
price, or at least a price considerably
above the average. The plan is
unfolded in a circular of advice issued
through accredited official channels to
all members of farmers organizations
in the United States. 1tsuggests great
combination of the 100000 members
of farmers organizations, and has the
relative importance and force of an Of
fetal order for strike among the ,OOO,-
900 members Of the Federation of Labor
or the 100000 members of the Knights
of Labor. The circular, which is pre-
sumed to be secret document, is now
ready for mailing, and it will be sent to
the 100000 members of the Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union, the
l 100000 members of the Colored Ma
tional Farmers Alliance, the 1000, 900
members of the National Farmers
Alliance of the North, the 100000
members of the Farmers Mutual
Benevolent Association, the 100000
members of the Patrons of Husbandry,
and the 100000 members Of the Farm
ers' League. The farmers organiza-
tons now apparently feel in a position
to make demands calculated to yield
pecuniary profits to the agricultural
classes, and they propose to begin with
a gigantic combination in wheat. The
official appeal is vigorous document,
though somewhat disconnected.
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Barring Brothers All Right.

A private meeting of the Barring Bros.
was held at London on the 9th. Francis
Barring presided. After reference to
the death of the head Of the firm, he
said that, thanks to the generous
help of the shareholders by subscrlb,
ing capital, the company retained
nearly all it's old business. He then
presented a balance sheet which he
said showed they were doing good bust
ness. The figures were very small COM
pared with the old firms accounts, the
acceptances amounting to only e3,250,-
900 against the old firms $50, 100000,
but all was sound business, that given
up being the creation of finance bills
against untoated bonds and unmarked
ol>lo can1ritiac
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Another Big Cincinnati Fire.

Through fire on the 9th, the large es-
tablishlnest of A. E. Burkhardt, turrier
and halter, at Fourth and Elm streets,
Cincinnati, is in ruins. The building
was the property of William Hooper.
It was seventy-ive feet wide on Fourth
Street, and extended back $50 feet. Its
Fourth Street front was seven stories
high, and its height on the alley was
eight and half stories. The east
front on Fourth Street of the Hooper
building was occupied by Henry
Geiershofer & Co., dealers in clothing
and manufacturers. They estimate
their stock at over $500. 900. Probably
$l25, 900 worth of their stock is under
tarpaulins, thanks to the energy of the
Salvage Company. The Pape Manu-
featuring Company loss can hardly be
less than 500, 900, while the loss to the
building is possibly $4,000, as it was
very old. This will swell the aggregate
loss to nearly 81 ,225, 900.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-16
A Modified Tariff.

In the French Chamber Of Deputies
on the 18th, during the debate on the
proposed duty on cotton yarns, NJ.
Meline, the chairman of the tariff COM
mittee, declared that the imposition of
this duty would render the position of
the cotton mills worse than 1t was at
present. He said he would prefer to
vote against the tariff bill as a
whole. The whole measure, including
the tariff and the temporary duty,
was then put to vote and
was rejected, 35S to 151. The result was
announced amid a scene of general dis
order, NJ. Legrand, the reporter of the
tariff committee, demanding that the
bill be referred back to the committee.
The confusion was SO great that the sit
ting was suspended for a time. Upon
the House resuming business NJ. Le-
grand announced that the tariff COM
mittee had agreed to modify the mini
mum tariff, taking as basis the figures
of the present conventional tariff and
increasing it by 80 per cent. to the max
imum. This proposal was approved by
the members, and the House then pro-
ceeded to discuss the details Of the
measure
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The Nations Cash.

The count of the money and bullion
in the vaults of the treasury consequent
on the transfer Of the Office of treasurer
from Mr.. Huston to Mr.. Nebecker, has
been concluded. 1t began April
81, and involved the actual
handling and counting, piece by piece,
of $6l4, 81, 49,. 80, of which amount $26,-
O4S, OOOis gold coin and $139, 1902, 900 sill
yer coin. T. B. Milliken, who repre-
sents Treasurer Nebecker in the count,
says that every cent called for by the
books of the office has been accounted
for, including the silver dollar missing
from one of the bags examined several
weeks since, which coin was subse-
ouentlv found on the floor of the vault
after the other bags had been removed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-16
GREAT CAVE IN THE WEST.
Oregon Has Rival of the Mammoth
Cavern in Kentucky.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 1.-THE Ex-
aminer to-day announces the discovery
of enormous caverns i'll Josephine
County. Ore. about twelve miles north
of the California line and about forty
miles from the coast. Many of the.
passages within the cave are described
as of great beauty, containing in them
semi-transparent stalae lac granite mix,
clear water. A creek flows from the
main opening to the cave, and it was
here that the party entered. They
spent a week in exploring the cave,
and found innumerable passages, and
several miles from the entrance they
discovered small lake of clear water
and waterfall thirty feet in height. The
cavern itself appeared to be fully as
large as Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-16
SCANDAL I'm CANADA.
Sensational Charges Against High Gov
eminent Officials.

eminent Officials.
OTTAWA. Ont, July 13.-There is great
excitement in political circles over the
startling disclosures made before varl-
ons parliamentary committees OF IN
quiry during the last Re" Weiss as
The evidence adduced thus lar goes
to show that the public ofhclals
are corrupt and that an utter state OF
deI~oralization prevails in all public de-
narrments. The opposition feels very
inbilant over the progress made from
dav to day in unearthlng fresh
scandals. 1t is confidently pre-
dicted that before the session closes
the government, already reduced
to a majority of twenty, will lind itself
sitting on the opposition benches. TIE
various charges have aroused the entire
country, and the independent newspa-
ners do not hesitate to declare that the
administration is drifting into state of
chaos.
1t remains to be seen what defense
Premier Abbott and his associates will
make at the proper juncture. They
discussed the situation at an all-day sit
ting of the cabinet yesterday.
The decision was reached that prompt
measures will be adopted in purging the
various departments. Wholesale dis
missals will follow in few days. The
government is all the more embarrassed
owing to the approach OF the by-elec-
tinrS
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Rather Heavy Piano Stool.

Nearly two years ago a sensation was
caused at Winona, Mimi, by the sui
eide of Lena Weinberg, for thirty years
housekeeper of the old Huff House, and
the discovery after her death of about
SD 900 in gold coin slowed away under
false bottoms in her trunks. With
this money she was about to re-
turn to Sweden, and had shipped
the trunks to Baltimore, but, in mo-
ment of insane frenzy, took her own
life just as the time arrived for de-
parture. The money was paid over to
her heirs in Sweden. Saturday even
ing her executor, E. A. Gedtsen, had
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Will Go to South America.

At conference held at Lemberg, the
capital of Galicia, between Arnold
White, representing Baron Hirsch,
Herr Frenzos, representing the Jews
of Berlin, and DR.. Kuranda,
of Vienna, it was agreed that
the best direction in which
to guide the tide Of Jewish emigration
was toward the Argentine Republic. 1t
was also decided that it was impossible
to come to any agreement by which the
emigrating Jews could be allowed to
settle in Palestine. Consequently COM
mittees have been formed at Odessa
and at other ports with the object of
carrying out the plans Of the confer
aDpp
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-16
Six Victims Dead.

A terrible railroad accident occurred
at Aspen Junction, eighteen miles west
of Aspen, Col, on the Midland Road,
at l | o'clock on the night of the 18th.
passenger coach was returning to Aspen
from Glenwood Springs, The passenger
coach contained about thirty pas
sengers, mostly Aspen people. The
train was backing from the water tank
to the switch to the Aspen track, where
road engine was run out of the rail
road round-house and the rear end of
the passenger train hit the check valve
on the side of the boiler, which ex-
hausted the hot steam into the broken
endof the passenger car, scalding thir-
teen passengers men, seven
women and one child. The car was
thrown from the track.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-16
STOCKHOLDERS MUST PAY
Owners of the Keystone Bank Called On
to MAKE Good to 81 600 OOn Stolan

Owners of the Keystone Bank Called nm
to Make Good to 81, 600, 600 Stolen.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July ll.-Comp-
troller Lacey has made an assessment
OF 100000 on the shareholders of the
keystone Bank of Philadelphia, on ac-
count OF the individual liability. being
100 per cent. of the par value of the
stock, payable August II, 1891, and has
directed the receiver to take all neces-
sary proceedings for its collection.
The Comptroller said this morninp
that the report of Robert M. Yardlev
receiver Of the Keystone National Bank
OF Pennsylvania, received on the 9th
of June, is accompanied with sched-
ules in which. the assets of the
bank are classified as they existed at
the date of his suspension. The total
assets amounted to 81, 26,5l1.4l, Of
which $575, 606.02 are estimated good -
1896, 992. As doubtful" and $l5S.9l2.9l
worthless"
The Comptroller said that this is SIM
ply the estimate of the receiver, an6
will be susceptible of modification as
the liquidation OF the affairs of the trust
progresses. The liabilities amounted to
the sum of 81, 735, 577.25. This does not
include due bills amounting to $S25, 900
alleged to have been issued to John
BardSley, late city treasurer.
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A PARSON ASKS DAMAGES.

x-Bishop Dubs Sued for Libel by Pre-
siding Elder G9ssele.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 13.-Prcsiding FL
der William G9ssele, of the Evangelical
Association, Chicago District, sues, ex-
Bishop Rudolph Dubs, Of the same
church, for $1,000 damages for libel.
The reverend defendant is ed
itor of German religious week
ly called Die Deutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung, and the plaintiff demands dam
age for number of articles rejecting
on him in that paper. The trouble
grows out Of the Dubs-Esher factional
fight in the church. Gessele was a
member of the committee which tried
and suspended Dubs.
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MANY PEOPLE MAY sTARvE.

Newfoundland's Food Supply Cut Off by
the Closing of Lobster Canneries.
ST. GEORGE BAY, N. F., July 13.-Sir
Baldwin Walkers proclamation closing
the British lobster factories along the
coast of Newfoundland is practically
an edict of starvation to hundreds
of people, and unless the people
of Halifax and other parts of Canada
organize relief fund great restitution,
if not actual starvation, must ensue.
The scattered people of the west coast
are also dependent upon the fisheries.
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TOO MUCH WATER.
Crops in Kansas Badly Damaged by
Heavy Rains.

Dispatches from various points in the
eastern half of Kansas and ali of North
western Missouri state that heavy rains
prevailed on the 7th The fall of rain
varied in amount from half an inch to
three inches. Considers damage is
reported to wheat in shock and to wheat
which it has been impossible to harvest
on account of previous heavy rains.
Lightning struck a chimney on the
Midland Hotel and demolished it. The
loosened bricks fell down the air-shaft
and crashed through the glass roof over
the wash-room. 1t SO happened that
no one was in the room at the time and
no casualty occurred. The heavy fall
Of rain has caused the Missouri River to
rise again to the flood stage.
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Mother and Son Drowned.

Camden, N. j., July 13.-The wife and
7-year-old boy of William Carpenter
were drowned in the Delaware River
opposite the Market Street ferry last
evening. They were in a row boat. and
while the husband was making frantic
efforts to get out of the path of the fer
ryboat which was almost on them, the
woman took the child in her arms and
leaped overheard, and was carried
away by the swift current.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-16
Settlers Lose Everything.

Forest fires are still doing great dam
age across the bay from Escanaba. In
Bay de Noe township number of set
tiers have lost all they had except their
homes, and they are not out OF danger
yet. The crops have been completely
destroyed, and all the cedar, pine and
standing hard wood have been de-
stroyed. Six farmers, named S. Thor
sen, A. Sandstrom, Aug. Amman, Mr..
Larson, n. G.. Strong and Andrew Han
son have lost all that they had. The
rest of the settlers of the township are
in danger of losing everything, as the
fires still keep spreading, with no indl-
cations of rain.