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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

JUpGING from the tapestried and
silk cushioned retreat Of those bur-
glars recently uncarthed by the police
over in New Jersey, your modern
house breaker has aesthetic tastes,
and gratit!es them largely, Perhaps
one reason why SO many houses of
rich raen are broken into during their
absence is furnished by the burglars
anxiety to possess hrlc-a-hra and
costly Aubussons and Gobelins of
price. Fancy the feelings Of mill
ionaire collector on being awakened
in the dead Of night &c see his pre-
clous art treasures departing in the
arms Of a burglar who disdains to
ask him where he keeps his watch
and diamonds, and who says he takes
nothing that is not purely artistic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

mediately facing the door from the
Office. 1t was thought best to keep a
rather close watch on him, as he was
in a sullen mood and given to violent
outbreaks at times Afterward he
had several encounters with his cell
mates. He was put in the cell in
which Louis Lingg, convicted as an
anarchist eonspirator, committed
suicide. The number was Is.
The trial Of p. Il. Prendergast for
the murder Of Mayor Harrison began
in earnest on Dec. I3, 1893. On that
day the last juror was accepted, and
Prosecutor Todd male the opening
speech for the state Judge Bren-
tano sat as the Judge in the case. It
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

In the matter Of Prendergast there
Is just this to be said. If he had
been tried, condemned and executed
within twenty one days of the com
mission of his crime justice would
have been fully subserved his rights
would have been just as fully guard
cd as they have been through the
dilatory proceedings that have en-
sued. 1t is idle to pretend that the
Quibhlings and eyasions that pro-
longed the asSassin's life were in the
interest Of Justice. On the contrary,
they constituted tritling with JUS
tice consequent upon tritling with the
courts 1t is such cases that breed
the contempt for law, now unfor-
tunately too prevalent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

passenger and millions of dollars,
worth Of property depend upon theil
watchfulness and accuracy. With a
single pressure of the hand on the
telegraph key, resulting in the trans
mission of wrong Geographic char
acter, they might hurl TO destruction
a trainload Of passengers or send two
swift-moving trains crashing into
each other.
1t is this knowledge Of the respon.
sibilities of the work that prompts
railroad officials to be very cautious
in selecting their train dispatches,
Only men who have been fully tried
and who are known to be intelligent,
accurate and reliable are ever in,
trusted with the work. A man must
be an expert telegrapher before he be-
comes eligible as candidate, and he
must have received a thorough train,
ing in railway station work before he
is taken into the dispatcher's office as
a helper Once he is this far ad
vanced along the scale Of promotion
he finds that it is but a short SteE
toward the position he seeks, for the
skilled operator and experienced
station man must serve a long anc
exacting term of apprenticeship as ;
dispatcher's assistant before he r
trusted with the work of ditpatchine
trains.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

ALL over the country the interest
in agricultural fairs is now growing.
1t is impossible to estimate the good
that fairs of a really agricultural ma
ture do to the farmer. He who lives
by himself and rarely sees what 9TH
crs have done and are doing is far
more apt to get into rutS than be
whose ambition is stirred by inter
course with others in his line CT
work. There is a natural instinct IN
most men which prompts them to
say, What he has done | can do. :"
And that feeling stirs d man TO do
more and better than he would ever
do if he made himself his own model,
which must be the case If he never
compares his work with that Of
Others.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02
A Ton Of Leather Daily.

would you believe it, SIR" said
well-known Strand bootmaker the
other day, that some 3,000,0 900 Of
people walk about the streets of Lon.
don daily, and in doing SO wear away
a ton Of leather from their boots and
shoes?"
us that really fact?"
Really" was the emphatic reply,
"And the amount would be greater
il the streets were not so well paved
and attended to. The ton Of leather
I have just spoken of would in year
form a leather strip one inch wide
and long enough to extend from Lon
don to New York;"
Sand what would be its valued"
well, estimating this great amount
Of disintegrated sole leather at sd a
pound. what it costs consumers, its
value would be 100000. If it could
be recovered from the streets a for
tune might result to somebody in the
shoddy leather line. But, unfortu,
nately, there seems no means of re.
covering all this valuable leather,
and SO no doubt it will always be
swept up in the dust and dirt. But,
he reflective y added, "if process by
which this leather can be separated
from the dirt is discovered, the in
ventor would at once become a rich
man. London Million.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

IT is a queer commentary on the
state Of affairs that while hundreds
of thousands of men are idle and half
starving in our cities, the farmers Of
the country are crying for help to dc
the necessary work on their farms.
In many localities it is impossible to
get farm help at prices that would
have been considered large five years
ago. Is it possible that we are near
ing time when farming will be
looked upon as a mental pursuit
which self-respecting men will not
engage in? We hope not, for when
that time comes we will see the be-
ginning of the end. In old times the
farmer was looked down upon and
was, in fact, slave. In many coun-
tries he could not leave the manor
upon which he was born. and was
subjected to any privations or indig
mites that the owner of the land felt
like affecting him with. Then, with
civilization, the tiller Of the soil
came to be recognized as an impor-
tant factor in the prosperity Of his
country, and began to receive more
consideration, until within the last
century he has come to the front,
chiefly because of the high place he
has won for himself in our country
The American farmer won his place
as one who must be recognized as the
cornerstone OF prosperity, and from
his success the farmers of all the
civilized world have protited. 1t is a
noble calling, and it is to be hoped
that the workers Of our country will
never be SO blind To their own inter
ests as to begin to despise farm work.
There are places on thousands OF
farms for men 10 work at calling
that is no harder than many that are
found in the FORCES and factors Of the
large cities, and If every farmer who
needs a hired hand could find one
among the idle masses OF the cities
we should hear much less abont suf-
fersrg there.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

GOOD temper ministers to success
In all undertakings much more large
ly than we imagine. 1t gives quiet
and undisturbed mind favorable to
concentration Of energy. How can
one whose feelings are continually
rutIied and whose temper is reused to
irritability or anger pursue his work
with the attention it demands, or
make decisions which require the I'M
divided and earnest use Of all his
faculties? Nothing can be m ore es-
scntial to success than the full com
mand of the powers; but ill-temper
in all its forms make this impossible.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

into connection with the battery by
two conduit wires screwed into two
of the three binding screws at the
upper part Of the wooden box, The
current Of the battery, however, be-
comes active only when the four
hands come into contact with the
index on the glass hevel. AT this
moment the alarm commences and
does not stop until either the hour
hand has passed beyond the index or
the brake lever under the dial has
been pushed to the right.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02
MEN WHO MOVE TRAINS
A Train Disparcher's Strike Would p,..
the Railroads. 80"

A Train DfSpaTchcr'S Strlke Would pr,
the Railroads. s
During the troublous times vh,.
nearly all of the great railway s Sea
TENS CT the West were paralyzed ~
strikes, there was one class of rail-
road employees that never faltered y,
it's post of duty. This was W.
train dispatchers. In the thckest y,
the fight, surrounded on all sides W.
strikers and riotous mobs, at many
times in deadly peril, there was no,
so much as an intimation that ans
member Of the craft once failed who,
called to his post
Had the dispatchers caught tho
strike fever the managers and super.
intendents wUuld have thrown IN
their hands in despair. Withontt
them they would have been utterE
helpless, but so long as the dispatch
ers remained loyal they could man
age in some way to overcome al
other obstacles and keep at least !
part of their trains moving. It i
the managers and other heads of tn,
operating department of the rail
roads who, more than all Others, an
preciate the value and reliability q
the dispatchers. The general pubic
even those who spend good pat 0
their lives on railroad trains, know
little about the duties Of the dis
patchers, but their employers know
that there is no other class of en-
ployes hurdened with such grave re
The lives of ever
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02
This Is Safe for Shoestrings.

Though shoestring is a very easy
thing to tie, but one person in Il hun
dred knows how to do it. We all
know how to tie bow, and OF what
bow consists-two loops and a knot
in the middle. Now, suppose before
you tighten your bow. and while you
still have a loop in each hand, you
take the loop in your right hand and
pass it through the knot in the mid
ole. Now go your usual way, and
give both loops a good hard tug to
tighten them, and there you are. No
more united shoestrings. No more
lost cars. When you want to I'M
fasten it, take one of the tag ends
in your hand, give a good pull, and
the thing is done, or, rather. undone.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

A LARGE number Of Pennsylvania
farmers have expressed an intention
of planting rye next fall instead Of
wheat, and there is promise Of
1000, 600 bushels in Chester County
alone This year has seen a large
demand for rye, and the farmers are
coming to feel that rye, rather than
wheat, is the paying crop to raise.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02
Fraternal Aztec ion.

If it be delightful TO enjoy the con-
tinued friendship of those who are
endeared to us by the intimacy of
many years, who can discourse with
us Of the frolics Of the school, Of the
adventures and studies of the college,
of the years when we first ranked
ourselves with men in the free So
ciety of the world. how delightful
must be the friendship Of those who
accompany us through all this long
period, with closer union than any
casual friend. can go still farther
back, from the school to the very
nursery which witnessed our common
pastimes; who have had an interest
in every event that has related to us.
and in every person that has excited
our love or hatred: who have honored
with us those to whom we have paid
every tilial honor in life, and went
with US over those whose death has
been TO us the most lasting sorrow Of
our hearts. Such, in its wide, un-
broken sympathy, is the friendship OF
brothers. considered even as friend
ship only; and how many circum-
stances Of additional interest does
this union receive from the common
relationship to those who have
original claims to our still higher re-
gard! Every dissension of man with
man excites in US a painful feeling.
But we feel peculiar melancholy in
the discord of those whom one roof
has continued to shelter during life.
and whose dust is afterwards to he
mingled under the same stone.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

A NEW route from Lake Superior
TO Montreal is now being talked
about. Ottawa people are the prin-
cipal movers III the matter, and u
committee Of the Ottawa Board OF
Trade is pushing the scheme, The
proposed route is via Fteneh River,
Lake NipiSsing and the Ottawa Riv-
err to Montreal. French River flows
Ainto the northern end OF Georgian
Ray, on Lake Huron. 1t is claimed
Wat this route is feasible for moder-
ate-sized craft, and It would be $50
miles shorter than around by Lake
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

NICARAGUA is rapidly coming to
her senses. She has withdrawn the
obnoxious Lecayo, who usurped con-
troll at Bluefelds, and her opposition
to the construction by this country of
the great canal which is to connect
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
There's power Of persuasion in the
mere presence of gunboat or two in
southern Atlantic waters.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02
Had TO Leave 1t Behind.

An old lady who recently died at
Stoke Fleming, near Dartmouth,
with the key of her safe in her hand,
and who lived a life of comparative
seclusion, owned property worth
$500, 600. Her relatives have found
hidden away in her house in vases
and Jars about $4,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

Erie and other connecting links to
Montreal The Ottawa people want
the Dominion Government to take a
survey of the route, with the object
of determining the cost OF making it
nayigable
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02
Coffee.

Among the Egyptians coffee was a
favorite drink, but was allowed only
twice week, in companies especially
assembled for the purpose, the great.
est solemnity being observed on such
occasions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02
Presumptuons Conmratu5ations.

Among those who tclegraphed con-
ordinations to Mr.. Walsh on his ap
pointment as d Senator from Georgia
was q New York man who CHANGED
10 share Mr. Walsh's umbrella for
lew minutes some two years AGO.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02
/ 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 8 10 II Il IL
J j D G T c H T 7 | A | N

The trial was postponed to Septem-
Der by an agreement Of counsel.
Judge Payne was asked to enter an
order to that effect, but he refused to
do so and set the trial for June 20.
This seems to be the link of the case
where the mystic l3 is lacking, but
as the trial ended on July 3, just
thirteen days after it began, any one
of superstitjous mind may rest as
sured that the mysterious forces
were still at work. The prisoner was
found to be neither insane nor lu-
matte, and he was taken to jail to be
executed Friday, April 13.
1t is only once or twice in a year
that Friday, the hangman's day
comes in conjunction with the un-
lucky IS.
The lawyers were not yet discour-
aged. There seemed little chance of
executive clemency, but on July II
they made application to Judge
Grosscup. of the federal court, for
writ Of habeas corpus This being
denied they asked for an appeal to
the Supreme Court Of the United
States. The appeal was also denied.
They might have known that it
would be denied
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

To MARRY an American Nellie
Grant Sartoris must forfeit an annual
income of $25, 900, and yet the change
comes cheap.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

PERHAPS Lillian Russell is holding
her age at 33 in order to let her in
teresting procession Of husbands
catch up.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

PEOPLE who go to grand hotels
have much to put up with; and they
who ride in crowded street cars have
TO stand great deal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02
was he VINO overruled the subsequent
motion for a new trial and sentenced
the prisoner to death:
l2 8 a S 6 I s 10 II II IL
j Il D G. f B R f n 7 A N 0

The first trial, and the only one
dealing directly with the issue OF the
crime in the case, came to an end on
Dec. %, when the jury rendered us
verdict. AS the trial began on the
18th, this made seventeen days, in
elusive. from the start to the finish.
There were two Sundays in these sew
enteen days. and the court had no
session on the Monday and Tuesday
of the last week, as the attorneys
were preparing their arguments.
Therefore the prisoner was actually
on trial just thirteen days, and on
the thirteenth day the verdict, gull
ty of murder In the first degree, was
handed in by the foreman OF the
Jury. The defendants attorneys
made the usua! motion for a new
trial, and the sentence of death was
deferred.
If the attorneys representing the
prisoner had been at all superstltlous
they would not have filed their rea-
sons for rehearing on Feb. l2, 1894.
But they did so, and at the end OF
that week, all arguments being end
ed, Judge Brentano overruled the
motion for new trial and pro-
nounced the sentence Of death, set
ting the day of the execution March
90, 1894. 1t was not to be, however,
even though the Supreme Court re-
fused stay Of sentence. The law or
thirteen had to work out the case to
a logical finish.
On March 81, only two days before
the appointed time for the execution,
the attorneys for the condemned man
applied to the federal court for writ
of habeas corpus, which was refused.
The Governor was appealed to, but
declined to grant any reprieve. On
March % the attorneys applied to
Judge Chetlain, then sitting in the
Criminal Court, for a hearing as TO
the prisoners sanity. This action
was based on the statute which per-
mitS special hearing when 1t is al
legged, with a show Of probability,
that prisoner has become insane
between the time of the sentence and
the execution.
The court heard some testimony
and listened to the arguments Of at
torneys until late into the night. He
decided that the case came within
the statute and that there should be
a special hearing.
He postponed the execution to
April 4, and later, the hearing being
delayed from various causes, to
Tu1v ,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02
THE man that really knows little
is entitled to professorship.

IT is said that about two thirds Of
the men in this country use tobacco
Where Go the cigarette smokers
come in?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

THE spirit Of prayer is made up of
duplication, not advice.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02
AN UNLUCKY NUMBER.
AMAZING RECURRENCE OF "l3"
IN PRENDERGAST'S CASE.
From the Moment the Crime Was Com
United Until the Moose frightened About
the Assassin's Neck the Fatal Number
Was Ever Conspicuous.
A Few Condolences.

Inasmuch as there is no longer any
superstition in the world, says the
Chicago Record, there can be no
harm in calling attention to certain
condolences which might have. at
one time, been taken as serious
omens. Men and women no longer
worry over splitting salt or seeing the
moon over the left shoulder, because
these "bad-luck" signs are out of
date. To be sure, they would rather
not spill the salt, and if the new
moon is to be seen at all it might as
we'll be seen over the right shoulder,
just as precaution in case there
should be anything in these old-wom-
en- tales.
Patrick Eugene Prendergast, hanged
for the murder Of Mayor Carter Har-
rison, died because there was positive
proof that he fired the fatal shots,
and jury became convinced that he
was responsible for the murderous
act. The number thirteen had moth
ing to do with it whatever. IT it
REQUIRED with amazing regularity
through the whole story of the crime,
from the moment of the killing to
the last moment of the execution,
the only conclusion to be drawn is
that the occurrences were acciden-
tai. Yet they make an interesting
study.
In the first place the name of the
assassin contained just thirteen let
ters:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

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Edward otto.
q John McnilL
George w. Boice
0 Robert l. James
10 John Thoran.
II o. A. Lemke
- William h. Sweet
~ W. A. Russell -
Death came, according to DR.. Fort
ner's certificate, at l2:l5.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-25

AiNswoRrH Neb.. JAM 25 The
temperature here at O'Clock a tia
registered Sc below zero. the coolest
ever known by the oldest nhabitant
A most beautiful and dazzling phe-
norcnon was seen about s d clock yes
tcrday morning Snow fields IN the
air. towns and farm houses on high
and distant hillsides dotted over with
trees. painted on the sky scene most
beautiful to view 1t was a reflection
Of q section of South Dakota over 100
miles aSvav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-25
STATEHOOD ION oKLAHomA.
Democratic Convention Al Perry Favors
the Single state Idea

l&ill Ut-ffAAEE convention AT ATt-IEN E4H0Ea
the Single state idea
PERRY. Ok. Jam. e5.-The Demo
cratic state hood convention which met
here yesterday, contained representa-
tives from every county in the terri
tory. Though there were differences
Of opinion on minor details. upon
the main question there was great
ana uimitE and the convention
spoke in language unmistakeab BILE.
demanding of congress immediate
statehood Judge ~. N Mellon was
chosen chairman and addresses were
made by all the leading Democrats OF
the territory. the pith being q de-
mand for congress 10 act at once and
admit Oklahoma and the Indian terri-
tory as one grand state.
An endeaver made to add resolu-
tions that We desire a state as above
described or none at all. was voted
down hV % ma iOritV-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-25
MISSOURI GRAIN INSPECTION.
chief Inspector osshea Submits His An
nuaI Report.


chief Inspector o'shea Submits His AM
nual Report.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Jan 25--BIr.
j. NJ O7Shea. chief grain inspector of
the state. yesterday submitted his
fourth annual report to tine state
board Of railway and warehouse com
missioners during the year that closed
December 30, 1898. There was in
spected at st. Louis 1O.4s2 cars Of
wheat, 1O.44I cars of corn. 5.706 cars Of
oats 1876 cars Of rye and $50 cars OF
barley The state inspection was only
ia force six months of 1898 at Kansas
City. During that time there were in
spected at that point 4.146 cars of
wheat. 4.4T7 cars Of corn. 9T2 cars of
oats. and 8Ts cars of rye The inspec-
ton was iu force all the year at ST.
Joseph. and the figures are as follows.
Wheat. 1.143 ears corn. $3.50 carss
oats $50 cars rye. 90 cars and barley
Do cars
The financial exhibit Of the report is
as follows.
Cash receipts from all sources .q2z 81
ExDeuses Q.i'-sa7
Total xrenditures 3z-772 g
Chief Inspector O'Shea says in his re-
port. THE business of the year fell
short of the preceding year tip some
extent owing to the fact that specula-
tion languished- confidence was at
low ebb. and many seemed disposed to
take pessimislic view of the business
situation. as well as the further fact
that orr public warehouse men were
carrying an the grain that they could
handle with safety"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-25
A Convict Becomes Insane.

TFFFHRsoN CRY. Mo-. Jan. -
James W. Wilcox. who was convicted
of embezzlement and sentenced at
the December term. 1902. of Linn
county. to two years ia the pen TENTH
airy has become insane. and by order
of Govern stone is to be transferred
to the asylum for the insane at ST.
Joseph NJ lille at the asylum the exc
cutlon of his sentence IS suspended