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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30

About fifty attended the meeting
at the court house Saturday evening to
form Republican club. The meeting
was called to order by l.. J. Cook of the
Republican town committee and e. G.
Allen was elected chairman and A. G.
Richison secretary. Resolutions were
adopted and the club organized by
electing w. J. DeVoe, president, Oscar
Allen. vice president and A. G. Rich
ison secretary. Speeches were made
by Judge Allen, D. E. Rfordan, C: F.
Sanborn and others. Nearly fifty join
ed the club among whom were several
who have always heretofore supported
the democratic party but have become
disguised by their record in the present
Congress. Rousing resolutions were
passed but lack of space prevents us
from giving them. The meeting was
very enthusiastic and adjourned to
meet again next Saturday evening.
The hall over Dickinson d Cooks store
has been secured for permanent h cad
quarters for the club.
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gN. W. R. R. TINE TABLE.
GOING SOUTH.

GOINO SOC liz
.............12:15 D. N.
sem commonwealth p. M.
,,., wednesdays and Fridays
h''"'''' ............10:33 u. m.
'5..;,rl, t.......,.... ....-..l-o6 p. LII
= GOING NORTH.
..orcr ......................,..,. lo,l5 q, NJ.
f7a-l7 .......,.......3:02 p. ~.
1oys edneSdHys and Fridays.
Fuh"'''' All a. IN.
f..icht. ...................I.-o +. /,
Daily except Sunday.
f. =. CLTRE. a gent.
Observation-Disclosures
1S''''' County officers.
lnif-2IAx SELLS
n IN cIerl,-T. I LoUcHLIN.
: ~. 81 Deeds-F. }. DECKERT.
k,.nrpr-I. II. Walsh.
,nf ,,ulrt-W. ID. NEVILLE.
| at.rrney-N. A. COLMAN.
-, Tn6ge-E. G. ALLEN.
z''.rar-D. GEAHAM.
I, r. Sclroo!s-ALEX. E[IGGINs. .
,r-IAS. ORERHOLTzER.
1 ~, 3card-F. W. MCINTYRE,
w. River: =. J. O'MALLEY. Minoc-
T. y HEWITT. Arbor Vitae.
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monv Tent No. - X. O. II. NJ. meets
fry Thursday evening at At Good
bpIars h&li Visiting i nights al
Fclcomc.
Gon, X. X. w.o. kimbal' COM
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30

The New York Herald, Dem. says
in speaking OF the sugar bill: 1.-The
country will not tolerate such rob
berry" How about the party that
commits such robbery?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30

The Democrats have been in full
control for year and half and at
last they have succeeded in enacting
a tariff law and in repeating the
sspernicious Republican laws" which
thew claim to have caused the hard
times. We may expect wages to go
up with Jump and money to be SO
plenty that it can be had by simply
picking it up. So far the only effect
which We have noticed is sugar has
gone up cent and the cotton factor
les i'm Massachusetts have closed
down.
Congressman Johnson, democrat, OF
Ohio, in speech printed in the Con-
oressional Record says:
administration, House and Sen
ate, our conduct is all OF piece! We
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30

If all the reports as to the damage
done to standing timber by fire this
season are true a great deal more log
ging than common will have to be done
around here this winter as the timber
will have to be put in at once in order
to save it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30

J. d. Hoogstraat, of Ludington,
Michigan, arrived in this city yefter-
day. Mr.. Hoogstraat has been engag-
ed in logging in this vicinity for the
past nine years. At present he has
only small job on hand, the finishing
up Of an old contract at Robbins, Mich.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30

The Republican county convention
for the purpose OF electing four dele
gates to the Assembly convention was
held at the court house last Friday even
ing. It was called to order by d. E.
Riordan of the county committee and
was organized by the election of Daniel
Graham as chairman and a. e, Stock
well as secretary. After the usual pre-
liminary work w. H. Bissell, of Arbor
Vitae, c. W. Hooper, of Minocqua, and
L. j. Cook and r. D. Mcleod OF this
city were elected delegates to the as
sembly convention. A resolution was
passed instructing the delegates to use
their best endeavors to secure the
nomination Of Cy G. Yawkey, of Hazel
hurst, as candidate for member of the
assembly for this district.
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churches and Societies.
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The candidates for sheriff are be-
coming quite numerous. John Smeaton
of Minocqua, Henry Howlette and
Chris Wise, Of this place, are spoken
of on the Democratic side. while Samuel
Walters, Con Weigand and George
O'Connor are after the Republican
nomination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-14
KANSAS PARAGRAPHS.

r The z. U. faculty base ball team ought
to get Prof. Blake to put in an electric
battery
Burglars at Fort Scott robbed meat
market 1t was only way they had of
making a steak.
Alma citizens claim that they heard
the report of cannons fired at Fl. Riley in
honor of Secretary Lamont's visit
A rise of five feet in the Missouri river
is reported up north which is expected
to reach Leavenworth within a week.
Just to appear like city the whole
police force of Girard, consisting of one
man, has been ordered to close up the
gambling houses--if there are any.
The new postmaster at Fort Scott is a
banker. Thus has Cleveland endeared
himself to the farmers who pillow around
among the rocks of Bourbon county.
Atchison Globe: An Atchison father
him, is said to be worrying himself sick
because one of the sons is interested in
singing.
bicyclist was arrested in Lawrence
for riding on the sidewalk. Pretty soon
the officers will want to deprive the poor
like hunchback-
A tramp who was arrested at Arkansas
City is said to have had $23 on his per-
son. If this is. true who can tell if
C0xey's army may not be simply an or
ganization of plutocrats?
The Emporia liveryman who had a
team killed by the fast driving Of a
couple OF young men, to prevent such
occurrences in the future, should provide
young lady for every buggy.
1t is understood that the excursion
from Hutchinson to Kingman over the
Hutchinson s. Southern will start two
days early in order to give plenty of
time for taking down fences along the
road
The story that some of the women
teachers in the Wichita schools gave
500 for their places doesn't sound reason
able. They might have offered some old
dresses or something of that kind, but
women don't give money away.
The ice cream soda combine at EN-
poria has reduced the price of that article
to three glasses for quarter Every
young man now has two girls simply to
ssget into the dealers, and the young
ladies quarrel about who is the five cent
girl.
Fort Leavenworth is experiencing a
mad dog scare. A mad dog bit the
Missouri Pacific ticket agent three
children, and number of other dogs.
The agent left for New York to take the
Pasteur cure. The Fort is being patroled
and all dogs running at large are shot.
Mcpherson Republican: During the
trial of Pleas Brown for robbery, it was
necessary for the jury to visit the house
in the north part of town where the
assault on j. f. Peterson took place. As
the twelve men were nearing the place
with decorous march, a number of child
rem who had heard considerable Of the
.'commonweal7 concluded that Coxey's
army had come and began to spread the
alarm
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VALUABLE COUGAR.
a Court of Justice Considered 1t Worth
$4,000.
Especial Correspondence.1


Especial Correspondence
Taos, n. M, April 12.-Mr. L. K
Herlow of this place had until recently
pet cougar, which proved to be about
the most valuable cougar that ever was
heard of. He captured the animal when
it was tiny kitten and had barely open
ed its eyes upon the world He carried it
home, brought it up by hand, and the lit
tie thing soon grew to be very fond of
him. 1t would follow him about like a
pet dog, lie in his lap asleep by the hour,
or frisk all over him If he encouraged its
gambols. As it grew older and stronger
he would take it with him on long trips
he was accustomed to make in a wagon,
and Virgins, the poetic name by which
the cougar was known, appeared to en-
Joy these trips immensely.
He would trot along behind or under
the wagon like watchdog for hours,
and when he grew tired he would run to
the front end of the wagon, make one
leap and land on the top of the cover,
where he would lie in the sun and peer
contented1y over the edge of the cover at
Mr. Her1ow as he sat in the front driv-
ing, or he would jump down into the
bottom of the wagon and lie asleep at
his masters feet.
Virgins was woe unto dogs that at
tackled him or came meddling around
the wagon. He pretended not to notice
them until they came within easy reach,
when one scientific blow of his strong
fore paw invariably left them dead in
their tracks. When Mr. Herlow was
away from the wagon, he would leave
Virgins chained beneath it, and Wig
gins took as good care of things as if he
had been bulldog and a man with
winchester rifle all in one. With Her
lows horses and mules the cougar was
ON exceedingly amiable terms. They I'M
derstood each other perfectly.
But finally Virgins came to an IN
timely end. Mr.. Herlow had had him
for two years or more, and he had be-
come full grown, strong and beautiful
creature when his master left him one
day recently chained under the wagon
as usual Two valuable hounds belong
ing b a young Englishman in the neigh
borhood who hunts great deal and
spends much money for dogs came rang
ing over the fields, scented the cougar
under the wagon by the roadside and
tackled him. The baying and yowling
that ensued reached the ears of the Eng
lishman, who hurried to the scene of
battle to find his two most valuable
hounds lying dead beside the wagon and
a chained cougar sitting there with the
light Of victory in his eyes. The Eng
lishman was so enraged that he shot and
killed Virgins on the spot A moment
later Mr. Herlow came back, and then
There was language. Herlow sued the
Englishman for 81, 600 damages, and
the suit was decided in his favor, the jury
giving him every cent he claimed.
Perhaps the fact that the young Eng
lishman has always been very unpopular
In this region will help to explain the
verdict. FLORENCE FINCH KELLY.
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THE Lawrence Gazette contains the
following very pretty story about Noble
Prentis. The writer was in Lawrence at
the time aud the story is substantially
tue:
Rev. E. P. Hammond's visit to Law
renee yesterday after 81 years, brought
to the minds of many old citizens several
incidents of his evaDgelistic work here.
1t is said that Noble Prentis who was
at that time connected with the Law
renee Journal attended those meetings
to report them.
A little girl who has grown to woman
hood and still resides in Lawrence met
aisle aud asked Mr.. Prentis, do you
love Jesus
He tried to brush past her saying, q
came here to report these meetings and
not to answer questions"
"But why don't you love Jesus" she
again asked "He loved you and died
on the cross to save you Why don't you
love him."
When Mr.. Prentis went home to write
his report he found the words of that
child still-ringing in his ears, "Why do
you not love Jesus"
He went to the meeting next day and
stood up at the morning session and
asked the Christians to pray for him.
They did SO and from that time on Mr..
Prentis became an earnest Christian.
He went with Rev. Mr.. Hammond to To
peka, FIT Scott and AtchisOn, and told
the story of his conversion in a manner
that moved many hearts. Since that
time he has become associate editor of
the Kansas City Star, and frequent con-
tributor to New York papers.
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than any bet those who have known
him well would believe.

than any bat those who have known
him well would believe.
Victory Snatched From Defeat.
At the convention of farmers held in
Columbia March Is, 1890, Tillman WAS
suggested as candidate for governor
by bare majority. As the gathering
had assembled pursuant to call issued
really in his behalf, the result of a man.
ifesto which was popularity supposed to
have been written by Tillman, the re-
suit was discouraging in the extreme es-
pecially as the victory was only achieved
by means of frantic appeals on the part
of Delegate (now United States Senator)
Irby to friends to change their votes.
Most men would have given up in de-
spair, staggered by the apparent hope
lessness of the cause. Not So however,
with Ti1lman. He stood before that
crowd, at least one-half of which he
realized fully was not in sympathy with
the sentiments he was about to enunci-
ate, and after sweeping the hall from end
to end with series of slow, measured
glances he said that he would ''beat the
fight, or words to that effect. He had
also said, with as much seriousness as
though he had been the unanimous
choice of the convention, Il am the only
man in this farmers movement, with the
brains, who also has the courage to lead
you on to victory Nobody believed
this at the time except Tillman- He
could not bring himself to see how any
one could doubt it. He was laughed at
for the remark, but he did win, and very
easily at that.
Tillman's Family.
Tillman is a very domestic man. He
is an affectionate husband and consid-
crate father. His eldest daughter is a
very good looking young lady, and his
namesake, who is known to the family
circle as ''B. R., - is bright lad. Mrs.
Tillman is the very opposite of her hus-
band She is a quiet woman and seems
scarcely old enough to be the mother of
a grownup girl She has the most ardent
admiration for her husbands abilities,
and when the campaign of 1890 resulted
in his election to the governorship she
was not in the least surprised She had
confidently expected it from the begin
ming.
Tillman, while he was private citi-
zen, lived on farm near Ropers, about
10 miles from Edgefield- He had fine
vineyard and herd of grade Jerseys,
the butter from which had something of
a reputation among the grocers of Au-
gusta, where Mr.. and Mrs Tillman were
wont to go to do their trading. The
house IN which they then lived was
rough one story affair situated ON a
knoll and looking down upon a large
meadow. 1t was devoid of lath and
plaster, and its furnishings were simple,
even primitive, but withal the Tillmans
were ideal hosts, who possessed the hap
py faculty of making guests feel thor
oughly at home. In that humble abode
were the papers written and the plans
laid which overturned the existing or
der of things in this state, made COM
mon farmer governor and J. L. M. r.
by, almost an unknown man, the sue
cessor in the United States senate of the
once universally idolized Wade Hamp-
ton ARTHUR WARDEN.
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1T GOES TO EMPORIA.

The Next Meeting of the Kansas Acad-
envy of Language and Literature.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Academy of Language and Literature is
at an end. Bishop J. II. Vincent de-
livered most interesting lecture last
evening on .tOut of School Culture .
cessful meeting of the Academy.
The Academy will meet at Emporia in
1885 The following were the officers
elected for the ensuing year: Prof Ar
thur q. Garfield, Lawrence, president;
Mrs. Mary Humphreys, junction City,
vice president; Miss Florence L. Snow,
Neosho Falls, secretary; Mr.. B. W. Wood
ward, Lawrence, treasurer.
Supper was served to the mem bers
last evening at the College Library build
ing.
The meetings have been most interest
ing and instructive.
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ABILENE Reflector: There is a good
deal of humor in the Wilson bill. Take
the item of skeletons. for example. They
are on the free list being regarded as
necessaries. Obviously no one can get
along without a skeleton. To the poor
man it is even more essential than to the
rich man. inasmuch as the former is COM
PEELED to work for his living, while the
latter, if boned like turkey, might still
repose comfortably on a fauteuil and be
fed by his valet About 1900 skeletons
are imported into this country every
year, nearly all of them from Paris,
where the art of preparing such osseous
remains is understood better than any
where else in the world. They cost
$40 each, but one can buy a nice skull
for 90.
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ernor of South Carolina comes Of one OF
the proverbial ''best families of the
state. They have for several generations
been men of some note. Ben's brother
George was for seven or eight terms the
representative in congress of our Second
district, and, strange to say, while he
was in sympathy with the movement
which swept his kinsman into Office, it
was the cause of his own political down
fall He would not accept all of the
Ocala platform and accordingly suffered
politically the same fate as Buckingham
did physically. George is a shrewd polit
ical observer and is the only man in
South Carolina who, in my opinion,
could really make it warm" on the
stump for his brother Ben
His Personal Appearance
The personal appearance of Ben Till
man is striking. Although he would not
himself lay the slightest claim to phys
ical beauty, either of face or figure, he
is a man who would attract attention
in a crowd, even if he wore jeans and
SLOUGH hat. His one eye is as piercing
as an eagles, and it never for a mo-
ment is removed from the face of the
person whom its owner may be address
ing. He has a rather good forehead and
an excellent nose, but it is the lower
part Of the face which is marked equal
" by great force of character and home
illness.
Look at that mouth, with the lips
thin below, but thickening slightly
where they meeti They indicate the un-
conQuerable observation-disclosures might
call it stubbornness-of the man who
has for nearly four years stood without
hinching under almost daily screenings
in the editorial, local and news columns
of the principal papers of the state His
mustache grows unevenly, far from lux
uriantly, and is again typical of its own
er in that it makes no effort to look pref
ty, as most mustaches do by curling up
more or less gracefully at the ends No
one can regard Tillman's profile from
the chin to the eyes without being i'm
pressed with the fact that it belongs to
a man who will not only plan, but exc
cute.
Supreme Self Confidence.
If We're asked to name the predonni-
nant trait of Tillman's character /
should unhesitatingly answer, Conf
dence in himself. - 1t is SO unequivocal,
so sublime1y sincere, that it impresses
even those who indulge in quiet little
laugh over it afterward. To this almost
as much as to his quick wit and elo-
quent tongue was due his original cleo
ton to the governorship in 1890 and his
reelection in 1892. Not that Tillman is
not a brainy man, not that he is not in
many respects a great man, but he is
neither as brainy nor as great as he
thinks he is. That would be impossible
1t would involve admitting that Till
man has concentrated in his body the
military genius of Napoleon, the elo-
quence of Cicero, the unselfish patriot
ism of Cincinnatus, the analytical pow
ers of Alexander Hamilton, the quiet
philosophy of Ben Franklin, the polit-
ical foresight of Thomas Jefferson, the
sturdy determination of Andrew Jack
son, the personal magnetism Of James
G.. Blaine and the detective ability Of
| Vidocq. Naturally he is not all this,
but he possesses more of these qualities
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TTvHE FIRST PAPER IN KANSAS TO Sc
- cure the leased wire service of the Associated
Press; controls exclusively for Topeka the Full
Day Service Of this great organization for the
collection of news. telegraph operator In the
STATE JOURNAL. ONCE is employed for the sole
purpose of taking this report. which comes con-
tinuously from 1880 a. m till 400 p m with
bulletins OF important news up 70 p M over
n wire running into this office and used only for
the day Associated Press business between tina
hours above named
EE-The STATE JoURNAL Is the only paper in
Kansas receiving the Full Day Associated Press
Report.
eR-The STATE JOURNAL has a regular aver.
age Daily Local Circulation In Topeka Of more
than All other Capital City Daflies Conn
bfned, and Double that OF its principal
competitions very creditabls mor0ing news
paper
kE-Member Of the American NewspapGR
Publishers Association.
EK-The STATE JOURNAL Press Room iB
equipped with Lightning Web Pertecrln&
Printing PreSs-the handsomest and tastos8
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r. TILLMAN
A PERSONAL SKETCH or SOUTH CAR
OLiNA'S GOVERNOR.
His Intellectual characteristics AS Por-
trayed by Friend-Conceited, Brilliant,
Domestic, Affectionate and Honest-His
Family and Life as q Farmer.
Especial Correspondence.1

Especial Correspondence
CHARLESTON, April ~ Benjamin. r.
Tillman, by the grace of a rather strong
intellect, a quick and eloquent tongue
and majority of the votes of the white
citizens of this war battered, cyclone
stricken state governor of the common
wealth of 6 nth Carolina, is perhaps
without exception the most misunder-
stood as he is the most unique political
figure of the day.
His Respect For the Law.
Most persons, from reading biased re-
ports of Tillman's doings sent out by his
political enemies, have come to regard
Ben Tillnan as sort of second degree
anarchist, a trampler upon laws and
man who believes that there should be
but one law, and that one Tillman. L
have been thrown with the man a good
deal, and while am inclined to think
that he would not object to the last con-
dition suggested in this statement, can
say, without qualification, that I have
never met any one who has greater re-
spect for the written laws, just or un-
Just, than this same alleged statute vio-
lator. IF the legislature puts an unwise
law upon the books, Tillman will en-
force it rigidly as long as it is permitted
to remain there. If the law happens TO
be one of his hobbies, he will derive
greater pleasure from seeing it obeyed,
but even if it were a measure passed
over his veto be would look after its ex-
ecution as conscientiopsly as though it
were adopted at his suggestion
Tillman is generally regarded as what
is known hereabouts as a country
cracker . This Characterization may be
true in one sense, but not in the gener-
ally accepted one, for his blood ought to
be deep indigo blue, if lineage has
anything to do with its color. The gov
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CHICAGO HERALD: The country has
escaped a great calamity. The receivers
of the Union Pacific road have reconsid-
cred their determination to fesign be-
cause of the criticism to which they
were subjected by Judge Caldwell. They
feel hurt and indignant, of course. They
consider that they would have been per-
fectly justified in Withdrawing their sup
port from the Union Pacific road and al
lowing the whole country west of the
Missouri river to plunge into the depths
of dark despair. But they feel, too, that
the inhabitants of that district should not
be made to suffer for the perverse and
contumacious conduct of Judge Cald-
well. Therefore they will continue to
perform the duties of receivership, which
seem to consist chiefly in strict and rig
orous attendance at the cashiers office
on salary day, and a perpetual, naggine
interference with any one in their en-
ploy who knows anything about the rail-
road business. The receivers will stick
to their posts as long as there Is a cent in
sight They will return good for evil
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man, K E. Wi1cockson of Thomas, Harry
Gray of Osborn, County Attorney Hicks
of Mitchell, A N. Wilmington of Lin
coin, e. d. Wheeler Of Trego, and last
but not least Secretary of State Osborne.
The district is composed of % counties
and there is more than one candidate
to the county