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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-26
THE TREASURY SUITS.
After Five Days of Testimony the Law
yers Begin.

After Five Days of Testimony the Law
yers Begin.
At the close of the afternoon session
of court on the Dist the testimony in
the now famous state treasury suits at
Madison was practically all in, moth
ing being left but some unim-
portant records that were want
ing. Five days were spent in the read
ing by the states attorneys of the depo-
sitions previously taken, most of which
was extremely dry and unlnterestlng.
The trial was before Judge Newman, of
the Sixth Circuit, who had been called
on to preside over the Dane County cir
cult court by Judge Siebecker, the lat
ter announcing his inability to try the
cases by reason of alleged attempts on
the part of friends Of the defense to
influence the court. The cases against
ex-Treasurers McFetridge and Harshaw
were the only ones taken up, under
an implied agreement that test should
be made on these two, and the suits by
the state against the other eXtreasurers
be held in allegiance, pending decis-
ion.
The suits were brought to recover
money alleged to have been illegally re-
ceived by state treasurers and applied
to their own personal uses, said money
having been paid by certain banks as
interest on public funds loaned the
banks. The defense in both cases ad
mitted the facts, but denied the illegali-
ty of the custom. At the close of the
five days. testimony nothing new had
been brought out, and the cases rested
at the close Of court just where they did
at the beginning, the facts admitted
having been proven, and the question
of law remaining to be decided. 1t was
shown to have been long established
custom for state treasurers to deposit
state funds in banks, as a matter
of convenience in making disburse-
ments, and as matter of safety, the
claim being made that the vaults of the
state treasury were and are neither
burglar nor tire-proof. The claim OF
the defense is that while no law author
ling the receipt of interest on public
funds deposited in banks, no prohibit
ton appears on the statute books, and
that so long as the moneys received by
them in the regular course of business,
and belonging to the state, are properly
accounted for, the matter of interest in
volved in these suits is a purely person
al one, with which the state has nothing
to do
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RUSSIA CANNOT BORROW.
Chances of Peace Increased by Failure to
Raise Funds.


Raise Funds.
Berlin papers, on apparently good
grounds, associate the Russian ukase
prohibiting the export of wheat and
wheat products with the failure of the
overtures of =. Nlshnegradsky. the
Russian fnance minister, to Berlin
fnanciers to reopen the Ger
man market to the Russian
loans. Mendelssohn and other
financial houses have again been in con-
sultation with the government with
reference to the subject. The Kreuz
Zeitung states that this time the gov
eminent, instead of declining to indi-
definitely indicated that the guaranty
offered by Russia did not suffice to
Justify official approval of German
credit being ventured in the loans.
1t is understood that diplomatic
approaches through Count Won Schou
valoff, the Russian ambassador at Ber
lin, on the attitude of the government,
received an equally decisive rebuff.
The fiasco which the French syndicate
made of the last Russian loan has enor-
mouslv increased the financial difficult
ties of Russia. NJ Vishnegradsky has
been forced to relieve the syndicate of
e8,000,000 out of the 920.00O,0 900
sterling offered. The public official de-
NAL that the Rothschilds have taken
over e5,000,000 is partially true. Bonds
amounting to eS,000,000 have been
placed in the Rothschilds' keeping with.
no responsibility attached to their future
issue through the firm, and the French
syndicate is relieved of q burden of
e6,000,000 sterling which the Russian
hnv,nI fn rnnaiun Th11S RIrc-
STA, instead of having realized $780,
600 on the loans, obtains only e9, O00,0 900.
The refusal OF the German government
to permit bankers to bolster up the
Russian credit ends for long time to
come the chances of Russia borrowing
money abroad, and strengthens the
chances of peace
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-26
a Sensational suicide.

Shortly after noon on the 22d, when
the big Brooklyn bridge was covered
with promenaders, a stranger jumped
from the center of the main span to the
East River, l4o feet below, and was
drowned. 1t was clear case of suicide.
James Ross, peddler of 235 York
Street, Brooklyn, was driving upon the
New York end of the bridge roadway
when the stranger stepped up and
begged permission to ride across. He
was medium-sized man, in middle life,
clad in the garb of o 'longshoreman. AS
he rode along he conversed nationally
with the peddler and two boys
who were with him. On reaching
the center of the span the man
jumped up and said: 81 guess
I'll Jump overheard" Ross, thinking
he was joking, replied: "All right; you
jump and I'll follow" He did jump,
going down half the distance straight as
an arrow, feet first, then turning he
struck the water face first and was lost
to view for some seconds. He rose
once, his head just showing. and sank
for the last time. The body has not yet
been recovered. This is the first sui
eide from the bridge.
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FARMERS FORM A PARTY
Tie Alliance Taken Into the paoo,
Party Camp.

TIE Alliance Taken Into the peon,.,
Party Camp. '"s
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. l9-r.
Peoples party has captured the AR
ance. and the Alliance has split on fl,
sub-treasury plan. These are thenet,s
suits of to-day's sessions of the yarion,
farmers organizations now gathers
here. The evidence of the shit N.Y.
public before that of the cantu,a
When the supreme council of the AM
ance met this morning everybody h,
delegates was excluded from the hsS
Even Congressman Jerry Simpson Isi
to 90. Then the protest of the anti.mI
treasury people was taken up, and
somewhat animated debate occurred ~
to the best means Of disposing ofitwS
the least possible friction. After tM
hours of wrangling the committee of%
ants was informed that they could MY
be heard unless they furnished fs
council with copy of the protps
This the ants refused to do unless thew
could present their protest in pewOn
and that ended negotiations betweD
the two wings of the Alliance. tn
memorial respectfully and earnest
ly protests against any action a
the supreme council that proposes i
commit the Farmers Alliance and m
dustrlal Union to the proposition th
provision be made by the federal Con-
gress for government loans of money m
individual citizens upon farm mort
cages as security, or to the demand b|
government ownership or control d
railroad property and transportation,
The executive committee of the anti
sub-treasury party will now proceedb
Texas, where l27 surveillance haved
ready declared against the sub-treaSur
scheme, and will begin the work Of o.
ganizing new Alliance. A call for,
national convention will probably
issued tomorrow.
The capture of the Alliance by Aa
Peoples party was practically accom-
plished two or three days ago, butA
full extent of the capture was not ar
parent until to-day, when PRESIDED
Polk was unanimously reelected and
J. II. Loucks, of South Dakota, wa
chosen vice president, J. H. Turn
err was reelected secretary treasure
and j. F. Willetts, of Kansas nj
tional lecturer. George F. Washbw
of the national executive committed II
the Peoples party, stated that the Lead
ers of that party were jubilant overtA
election of President Polk. Ofthe h
great leaders in the Alliance, MesN
Livingston, Macune, Terrell and Poll
the latter was regarded as the one fyu
able to independent political acia
The election Of II. /. Loucks, of SOu
Dakota, as vice-president, is regn
ed as a greater victory from
fact that he is member of the nation
committee of the Peoples party, II
fact that large number OF Farmer
Alliance delegates are also membeH
the other industrial organizations y
working together would indicate %
the trend of their action was towardtl
unification of all and the direction
independent political action.
At a joint meeting tonight OF the
lance and the f. M. B. A., the TIN
party movement was endorsed am
the widest enthusiasm. The +. NJ
A. elected S. S. Gaust, of Missouri, ps y
ident; w. A. Bartlett, of West VIRGIN
vice-president, and J. ?. STEELE, lIhn'
secretary and treasurer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-26
WHEAT MOVING SLOWLY.
The Railroads In the West Unable
IN ly,-1ax

The Railroads In the West Unable to
Handle the Big Crop.
A Yankton, s. D., dispatch of the
23d says: E. w. Jordan, travelling
freight agent for the Milwaukee road,
returned tonight from trip through
the grain blockaded portion of the
state He reports that the railroads are
unable to carry off the enormous
crop in the James River Valley. From
Mcpherson County to YanSton the
crop is enormous beyond Imagination.
In the village of Eureka, $4,000 bushels
of wheat were marketed in one day last
week, and the crop has not yet begun
to move. In the corn belt more than
so per cent. of the corn is still in the
field. and thousands of bushels have
already gone to market. In some parts
of the state, the farmers haul their
grain sixty miles to the elevators of the
large towns. Extra trains with every
available car are continuously at work.
The trouble is an insufficient number
of cars and locomotives to do the work.
Much to the relief of Iowa people
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NEARLY 1000 KILLED.
Siwty- six Humid red Shocks by Earthquake
in Japan in Nine Days.

in Japan in Nine Days.
YOKOHAMA, Nov. 8, via San Francisco,
Cal, Nov. pa severe, prolonged
shock of earthquake occurred October
Is, few minutes before o'clock
in the morning. 1t was the most
severe experienced since the
terrible catastrophe of 1855, and must be
ranked as national calamity. The
greatest damage to buildings and
loss of life occurred in the pre-
lectures of Achy and Gifu, in
which nearly 1900 people were
killed outright and large number seri-
ously wounded. In these procedures
$4,000 houses were totally destroyed.
The number of provinces through
out which the disturbances were
strongly felt is thirty-one.
The center seems to have been
in Mino and Dwarf, but even as
far south as Higo and Rikushu
in the North, the disturbance was
insensibly felt. The destruction
of 10000 houses means 100000
people rendered homeless. Up to No
vember the earthquake still continued
to be felt, but with each interval
between them gradually the in
tensity of the shocks diminished.
From the commencement of the dis
turbance up to that date it is estimated
that [, 900 shocks, or more than one ev-
cry two minutes, were felt.
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was successful in overthrowlng the gov
eminent. Fonseca resigned the presl-
dency and the dictatorship in favor OF
Floriand Peixotte. His action may re-
store peace, but the future course OF the
reyolutionists is still in doubt.
The retirement of Fonseca will un-
doubtedly be beneficial to the country.
The revolution was due to his unscrupu-
lous attempt to place himself in posi-
ton where he could, at the proper time,
restore the monarchy overthrown two
wears ago and place himself on the
throne. The crisis arose from congress
accusing President da Fonseca
with having unwarrantably assumed
sovereign power, which was Iol-
lowed by the dissolution of that
BODY and the secession OF the
powerful province of Rio Grande do
Sol. The province of Granopara tol-
lowed the example set by Rio Grande
du Sol. In the meantime the federal
capital and the town OF Nlcterhoy, or
Praia 'Grande. five miles east. OF the
capital, had been declared to be In q
state Of siege for two months. But part
OF the navy supported President
Fonseca, and there was great discomfort
in certain departments of the army.
The first preparatory step to the revo-
luton which made Fonseca chief of the
state was the organization in 1883 OF a
military club at Rio de Janeiro which in
Guided nearly all the officers in the
army. The club was made the
focus of Republican propagan-
da and Fonseca was the lead
ing spirit from the first. The govern
ment becoming alarmed Fonseca was
sent to take command in Matto-Grosso
again, and he was later made governor
Of the province. A new ministry COM
ing into power he was recalled to the
capital. He resumed his political in
trigues, and the result was that the EN-
peror was deposed and exiled and the
republic proclaimed by the army actin
under Fonseca's orders. Just before
the revolution broke out the cabinet
had decided to court-martial the plot
ting General. but the Emperor inter
posed and he was allowed to 60 on until
1t was too late to stop him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-26
Plenty OF Ceremony.

VIENNA, Nov. 21.-The services attend
ant upon the marriage of the Archduch-
ess Louise, of Austria-Tuscany, and
Prince Frederick Augustus, of Saxony,
were marked with royal pomp and cir
cumstance. tits conceded that the Aus
TRAN court still retains the liking for the
ceremony OF the middle ages, and to-day
is marked in Vienna's history as one on
which all feudal magnificence was far
surpassed. For two or three days past
there has been series of banquets, at
which Prince Frederick and the Arch
duchess Louise have been the central
figures. The marriage ceremony to-day
The T cardinal archbishop of Vienna Of
ficiated. The happy couple will pass
the honeymoon in Prague and Dresden.
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NOW THE PLAGUE.
Result OF the Famine in Russia-Asiatio
Typhus Developing.

IyphuS Developing.
LONDON, Nov. 23.-The worst feal7 of
Russia's neighbors as to the result of
the famine among her peasant seem
about to be realized. German physi-
clans are confident that the plague
caused by the famine is about to cross
the boundary into Austria and Ger
many. Warning kilograms were
received on Friday from DR..
Michnavitch of Kazan that q disease ex-
&C .ly resembling Asiatic tvphus has
broken out in that government and is
carrying off its scores of victims daily.
The few physicians in the government
are powerless to stay the progress of the
plague, which has already begun to creep
over the boundaries of adjoining gov
ernments. The whole region which will
be within two weeks at the mercy of
the plague, DR.. Michnavitch estimates.
includes some 100000 inhabitants.
German and Australian medical ms1
advise in public meetings and in Inc
dailies that the two empires establish a
strict quarantine on their eastern
boundaries at once to prevent as far as
possible the progress of the disease
westward
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-26
WINDS DEAL OUT DEATH.

MANY Eastern Cities Visited by Terrific
Storm-Lives Lost in Washin gtoD.
BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. "a tele-
phonc message at 100 P. NJ. to-day from
Washington reports that cyclone and
waterspout struck that city to-day and
seven persons were killed. Metzcrott
Hail is on fire. The storm has struck
this city, making telegraphing almost
impossible. Communication with Wash
ington is cut off at present.
New York, Nov. pa terrible wind
and rain storm is advancing up the coast.
Telegraphic communication with points
south of Washington has been in
terrupted all morning, and at /
o'clock dispatch from Washington
said that the worst storm over ex-
perienced in that city was raging, and
wires in all directions were 60
message received over the Associated
Press wires from Washington, rs the
wires were almost instantly Frustrated.
The next heard from the capital was
the dispatch from Baltimore telling
Of q waterspout and loss of life.
the storm is evidently advancing
north, as all communication with Bal
timore has since been cut Off Phla-
delphia at i 40 reported that the storm
had not yet reached that city, but that
angrylooking clouds were massed on
the southern horizon.
PITTsBuRG, Pa, Nov. ga storm OF
great violence swept over this city this
morning, doing great damage and
iinjurlIng several persons, one it
is thought, fatally. The storm
o'clock without warning, and for
seven minutes ragged with great
fury. The wind then subsidized but
heavy rain continued several
hours. From all parts of Pittsburg
ana Allegheny come reports of damage
by the storm. Houses were blown
down or unroofed, trees snapped off
short, signs broken from their fastenings,
and telegraph poles torn up and wires
broken. In the West End Grimm's new
three-stery hotel, not we t finished, was
blown down, crushing small dwelling
adjoining. The occupants all escaped
but Mrs. PEBBLES, who was preparing
dinner in the kitchen. She was
buried in the ruins. and probably
fatally injured. In Allegheny several
electric llGhJ lowers were blown QOWn,
and in the East End trees along Sher-
idan and Collins avenues and Broad
Street were uprooted- Numerous
accidents from falling signs and
falling bricks occurred, but as far as re-
ported they were not of serious na-
iure. Telephone and telegraph wires
We're prostrated all over the city
and communication out off from
all points for three hours The
rain fell i'm torrents, flooding cellars and
converting the hill streets into small
rivers Before the storm the barometer
dropped to 20!075, the lowest point with
one exception reached in twenty-one
years The heavy rain has raised the
hopes of the river men, and they ex-
pect to ship several million bushels OF
coal to the South and West.by Wednes-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-26
Wolves Near St. Paul.

News reached st. Paul on the 18th
that wolves killed three children of
Andrew Gurlick the same afternoon at
the rolling mills near New Brighton, ten
miles north of st. Paul. During the great
fires in ineCounty in September droves
of wolves were driven southwark. and
they have been subsisting on sheep near
the Twin City Stock Yards, at New
Brighton. A drove of 1875 were seen
Monday afternoon. The Gulick chill
dren wandered into the woods at noon
and were devoured by the wild beasts.
could reach them they had been killed.
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WATERFOWL IS HAPPY.
Claims Amounting to 5000, 900 Cancelle,
for SIT, 200.

for $40, 600.
WATERFOWL, Wis, Nov. 23.-To-d day
WATERFOWL settled her railroad bonded
debt, +. Mariner, of Milwaukee, coun-
sci for the bondholders, delivering up
to the city authorities bonds and iudg-
ments, which, with interest ac-
crued. amounted to over 5000, 900,
and receiv ed for this vast sum
Mariner rendered to the city an in
demnitv bond for 500, 900 to save the
city harmless as to any of the iudg-
ments or claims he settled. The settle
ment made to-day wipes out the entire
railroad debt of the city, with the
exception of the Metcalf case now
pending before the United States
supreme court at Washington
The Metcalf claim, interest and
all, aggregates about $4,000, SO that adj
hitting it might 60 against Watertown
it would not imperil the city to any very
great extent. But it stands alone and
no great fears need be entertained as to
the outcome, the question involved in
the case having been decided three
times in the United States court and once
in the state supreme court i'll favor
of Watertown. Everybody is rejoicing
tonight that the city has settled all it
owes and has clean record as to its
railroad bonded debt, which has been
an incubus on the growth and prosperi-
ty of the place for these many years.
Now the city can safely have mayor
road bonded debt of the city was
$3.50, 900. The first bonds were issued
in 1854, but the main debt was issued in
1881
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She Gets $4,000.

The announcement is made that Mrs.
Hattie Moore, formerly resident Of
Bath, Me-, has finally won her breach of
tine California millionaire and a brother
of Mark Hopkins. The SUIT has been
pending in the California court for three
years. Mrs. Moore was first awarded
%5, 900 damages, but the case was APP
pealed and the amount was reduced to
$4,000. This sum, it is said, has finally
been paid,
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Only a Verbal Agreement.

The Paris Paix declares that Russia
and France have come to complete
verbal entente in regard to the alli-
ance between the two nations. This
understanding, the Paix declares.
was arranged during the recent
visits of the Russian grand dukes
TO President Carnot. In addition the
paper says that there are only two
points Of the alliance which yet remain
to be defined, and that these will be
settled at a conference to be held by
President Carnot, M. de Giers, M de
Freycinet, president of the French
council and minister of war, and M.
Ribot, minister of foreign affairs.
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ate of 10000 tons. mali.

gate of 10000 tons, MAXIM
total of 100000 tons carrying canas; q
If all received cargoes, it will IIpaclfy.
surplus of only 10000 tons of wbeatt q
the end of the year, and from tb;s Oy
must provide for our own use and s We
exports in the way of flour to A ,Gt
and South America. The mo nEsa
is relieved somewhat by " nfS.et
gon shipments, but they came me'
send us enough to balance our ne ,a,,aG !
Owing to the surplusage OF wheattuaSS
rying vessels, charters to the JT Inv,
Kingdom are rated at 80 to 35 sbilIGin,tea
and it is contended they may drons
% shillings. Should there be a fnrt P .
decline in ocean freights, it is predio,se5,
that spot wheat, which is now quotedsel
$l.S7, will 60 to So per GENITAL, ;"
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Donnelly is "Short."

Ignatius Donnelly. the politician and
author, has been sued by the r. S. Peale
Company, publishers, of Chicago, on q
claim of $4,000. Complainants hold q
promissory note for $4,000 made by
Donnelly in 1887, for money loaned MIN
to publish his Baconian "Cryptogram." "
The work, it is claimed, was published
at q loss
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Last Wheat Russia Ships.

s. ST.. PETERSBURG, Nov. 23.-There are
at present twenty-four grain ships at
Odessa loading with wheat, whose car
goes are not yet completed. The au-
thorities have given permission for
their cargoes are completed, despite the
fact that the ukase prohibiting the ex-
port of wheat from Russia goes into eff
foet to.Ioy
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Big FIRE at Minneapolis.

Fire broke out on the night of the
23d in the fve-story building occupied
by the North Star Boot & Shoe Compa-
ny, on Third Street. Minneapolis. A
brisk wind was prevailing, and the
flames had good start. 1t looked tor
time as though Temple Court, the Nicol-
let House and other big buildings would
have to go. The loss is estimated at
$3.50, 900; fully insured. The building
waa owned by I'll. G. Harrison.
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BRAZIL'S NEW RULER.

covernment of Brazil Overthrow Dy
psva,atiop-Peixotte Chosen President
PRO DE JA1NERo, Nov. 23.-The poll
tical storm that has hung over Brazil ior
three weeks burst to-day. The army
and navy Joined with the popuiace
to-day in a demonstration against the
dictatorship of Fonseca, ana ~
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and grain shippers, information has
been received from Chicago that the
grain blockade has been raised. Rail-
road agents have been notified to re-
ceive and ship all grain offered for Chi
cage and Eastern points. From the
quantity of grain now being poured into
Chicago the danger of another blockade
70 not altogether removed