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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-02
ASHLAND GETS IN LINE.
Business Men Meet and Organize a BIZ
cycle Club.

Ashland, Wis, April 27.-The scores
of wheels that have been purchased this
spring by business men here, by pro-
fessional men and persons engaged in all
classes of work. has resulted in the for
nation of a bicycle club here. James
Firth was elected temporary chairman
last evening and G.. W. Hunter tenn
porary secretary. The club will have
racing board and take an active part in
the movement for good roads.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-02
WILLIAMS BOUND OVEh.
Alonzo knight will Have His E1aini'i-
ton Next Week.

A1OnZO Knight VIII HsASo 80
ton Next Week.
Washburn. Wis. April 27..Allan !;
Williams. ex-county clerk OF Bayheid
county. whose preliminary examlna1hlG1;n a
on the charge of embezzlemcnt OF pubic
fnnJs has been in progress before Coun-
ty Judge Benton, was bound over for
trial to the circuit court yesterday after
noon. The case will come up at the
MAY term. The case OF Alonzo knight
ex-county treasurer, also accused OF en-
bezzlement. will have preliminary
hearing before the same court neA1
Wednesday.
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ADJUDGED HIM INSANE.

Matthias KIomsen, Whitehall Farmer,
Tried to End His Life.
Whitehall. Wis. April 25.-Mathias
Klomsen. a farmer living near Pigeon
Falls. who attempted suicide few
DAYS ago by hanging and who was found
and cut down by his wife before life
was extinct, was brought here today
and adjudged insane by County Judge
ODell, assisted by Drs. Bodom and Son
nickson. He was taken to an asylum to-
day.
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MILLS MAY SHUT DOWN.

Meeting to Devise Means of Raising Fox
River.
Oshkosh, Wis, April 24.-About a
dozen leading millowners and steamboat
men are in session today to consider
plan for raising the stage of water
in Fox river, which is now so low that
navigation is nearly suspended and the
water powers are greatly hampered An
order is expected to shut down the mills
below Lake Winnebago until the water
has raised two feet to the normal stage.
No agreement has been reached UP to
e n M
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-02
OLIVER COMPANY RESUMES.
Zig Steel Company Gets Out of a re
ownership.

Pittsburg, Pa, April 27.-Henry w
Oliver was dismissed as receiver for ing
Oliver Iron and Steel company today
and ordered by the court to turn over tne
affairs of the concern to its othcers;
Henry W. Oliver, who had claim OF
S2OO,0oo against the company, took pre-
ferred stock for that amount and q, rh9
smaller creditors were paid in full. Iha
company is one of the principal iron any
steel concerns of this district.
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SEASON WILL BE LIVELY.
Many Summer Guests Have Engaged Cot
taees at OconomoWoc.

Many Summer Guests Have Engaged cot
tages at Oconomowoc.
Oconomowoc, Wis. April 27.-Although
far liz advance of the season, the keepers
of the various resorts about the lakes
have reason to expect more than the aver
age quota of guests later on. Letters
which have already been received indi-
cate the return of many of the regular
visitors, with inquiries from strangers
who wish to make their first visit. I'm
less all signs fail Oconomowoc will be
lively enough during June, July and Al
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SAND AND RAINSTORM
PECULIAR ATMOSPHERIC CONDI-
TIoNs IN THE SOUTHWEST.
VerftabIe shower of Mud in Oklahoma
-Inky Darkness and Electric
FIashes-FIoods in the East.

KANSAS CITY, No., April 15.-The entire
Southwest and part of the West, includ-
ing southern Kansas. Oklahoma and the
Panhandle of Texas, was to-day afflicted
with terrible sand and rainstorm. At
places in Oklahoma there was veritable
shower of mud and in western Oklahoma
and the Panhandle, Egyptian darkness
prevailed. Crops were badly damaged,
wires prostrated and much other damage
done. All day long but one struggling wire
has been in working order west to Den
yer, and tonight that hope has gone out
and the West is completely shut off from
communication from this city direct. Elec-
trio flashes pierced the inky darkness with
terrible rapidity and seemed to charge
everything with it's element. Such a pc
culiar storm has seldom been seen and the
supersttious thought the astronomical con-
ditions which, it is said. are now repeating
themselves for the first time since the
death of Christ, has something to do with
ii. Tonight it is still raining hard in most
directions, but the worst of the storm is
thought to have passed. AS far as heard.
nobody was injured killed, although
scores of horses were stricken. In eastern
Kansas the storm was less severe and in
that locality will greatly benefit crops.
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RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
The Two Nations Alleged to Have a
Secret Agreement.

NEW YORK, April ia special dispatch
to the Press from Washington says, apro-
pos of the report of the closing of the war
between China and Japan. Many stories
of expected interference by Russia or the
European nations whose interests will be
affected if the conditions insisted on by
Japan are granted. enanate from Chinese
sources. These reports ere spread by the
Chinese to provoke ~ interference which
is predicted, but the representatives of the
Japanese government in Washington do not
look for any interference in their affairs
with China from outside sources. The fact
that Russia is entirely in sympathy with
Japan, and that an alliance between those
two nations would be Instantly proclaimed
on the announcement Of hostile intent
on the part of either Great Britain, Ger
many or France is we'll understood The
aggressiveness of Japan which seemed reck-
less in the beginning of her operations, is
accounted for satisfactorily on this hypo-
thesis The discreet manner in which Rus
STA has kept in the background has not
deceived any one aware of the Interior
sion of Japanese power. The purpose of
the Mikado's government has already been
aeeomplished ,s IN It the possession OF Port Ar
troll of the gulf Of Pe-Chi-L, in the indie
pendence of Corea and the possession of the
island of Formosa. Those were the OBJ
jective points on which the Japanese set
their hearts at the beginning of their cam
paign, and the carrying of them marks
the full measure of success, even were the
expenses of the war not met by the gener-
Gus indemnity required of the Chinese. A
mere matter of a million yen is of no con-
sequence whatever when question of pos
session of territory and the dominion of
the seas is at stake. Japan is laying the
foundations for a career of sovereignty
and expansion in the East only compare
BILE with the supremacy of Great Britain
in the West With shrewdness that
would do credit to the most astute states
men OF the older nations of Europe she
has turned to the only ally with whose
interests hers need not clash, and with the
advancement of whose ambitions hers may
go hand in hand. The history of the first
half of the new century will have to do
with no questions of such far reaching inn
portance as those which concern the prog
ress of Japan and Russia toward joint
sovereignty over the Asiatic shores of
the Pacific. One of the conditions of the
understanding which is believed to exist
between Japan and Russia is that the
latter country shall gain egress to the Paci-
fc through ports south of its present pos
sessions. Every larbor which is now one
of it's possessions on the Siberian coast is
ice-locked during several months in the
year, and for a long time the government
Of the Car has been directing its abilities
on the Corean or the Chinese coast by
steps so imperceptible as to not excite the
suspicion and resistance of any other Eu-
ropean powers. The success of Japan now
offers to Russia the fruition of her hopes
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ROBY SPRING RACES
FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE WITNESS
THE OPENING DAYS EVENTS.
Track Now in Good Condifion--Fan-
dango Wins the Tennessee Derby
Prize at Montgomery Park.
pecial TO the Indianapolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HAMMOND. Ind, April 15.--The spring
meeting of the Roby Racing Association
opened to-day. The weather was fipe and
about four thousand people were in attend
ance. Many needed Improvements have
been made since the track closed Jan. l,
ing of the track with several inches of
loan, thus making it one of the finest race
courses in the State. Another Improvement
is the erection of a new press stand, some
thing which has heretofore been badly
needed. Nothing could be definitely learned
as to the length of time the meeting will
run, but as the management has thus far
shown a disposition to regard the law
passed by the Legislature, it is hardly
probable that an attempt will be made to
extend beyond the fifteen days limit. The
list of entries presented to-day included
some of the best horses in the West, and
good races and close finishes resulted.
There are about four hundred horses now
located at the track, many of which have
did lively business to-day, and as but two
favorites won, the "bookieS'' succeeded in
carrying away good share of the money.
The races resulted:
Madge Doree second, Invade third. Time,
117ia.
Second-Half mile. Fisher won: Belvour
second Fiddler third. Time "a
Ernest l.. second; Ruthven third. Time.
1:03.
Fourth-One mile. Hartford won; KIM
berley second; Willie L. third. Time, 1:45A.
won Lissmore second, Welcome third.
Time, 1:31%.
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THE DEAD JOURNALIST.
Body of james w. Scott En- Route to
Chicago-Tribute-f from Publishers.

NEW YORK April 15.-The unexpected
and sudden death from apoplexy of James
W. Scott publisher of the Chicago Times
Herald and Evening Post which occurred
at the Holland House, this city, yesterday
afternoon, was a great shock to his many
friends in all parts of the country. From
early morning countless kilograms and ca
Diagrams kept arriving at the hotel for Mrs.
Scott, who was stricken down by the shock
of her husbands death.
The body of Mr.. Scott was embalmed
yesterday and placed in the casket shortly
after noon to-day. Through the kindness
of DR.. Chauncey M. Depew. a special car
was provided for the funeral party. 1t was
the Wagner palace car Traveller, and was
attached to. the rear of the North Shore
limited. which left this city at 4.30 D. m.
The party which accompanied the remains
to Chicago was composed of w. G. Bryant,
of the Brooklyn Times; G. E. Randall the
in New York; Walter Wellman, Washing
ton correspondent of the Times-Herald, and
Grace Hatch, and their maid. The train
will arrive In Chicago on Tuesday evening.
when arrangements for the funeral will be
A telegram was received from c. w.
Knapp. Of the st. Louis Republic, this aft
lean Newspaper Publishers Association,
consisting of J: a. Butler, Herbert Gunni-
son and w 6 the ss Of TO nd draft suitable
of the American Newspaper Publishers As
sociation. The resolutions are:
IN the death of Mr.. James W. Scott the
American Newspaper Publishers AsSocia-
ton has lost it's most valued member. He
was for six years it's president, and in that
capacity. by deep devotion to duty, with a
high sense of regard for the true aims of
Journalism, he aided in lifting the associa
ton to its present representative standard.
His Journalistic intelligence, his happy good
fellowship and his genial friendship for his
associates will live in our memory With
him personal business was a secondary
proposition and he had no regard for any
interest that could not become of common
benefit. Devoting his. best thought to the
welfare of this association and to promote
the prosperity of its members he leaves
place in our councils that must remain un-
filled. To his family and business asso-
ciates on behalf of this association we ex-
tend our sincere sympathy"
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ALTGELD AT HIS hest.
The Governor Vents His Wrath on
President CIeyeInnd's Head.

SPRINGFIELD, H.. April l5.-Governor
Altgeld. when asked to-day If he had read
President clevelands letter on the money
question. said:
.'If it had any othef name than that off
the President signed to 1t. nobody would
give ii any attention: In fact. II | had
signed such a document II would be ridi-
cried all over the country, for its weakness
almost excites pity. but the letter IS re-
narkable in this that IL is the first in
stance in the history of the country and Re-
public in which a President of the Uaitcd
States after using all the powers OF gov
ernrnent, has, in addition. condescended 70
write for the newspapers In order to serve
his masters. For this letter was not only
written for publication; but was intended to
start boom, and has been advertised for 4
week in order to give 1t an audience. Other
Presidents have been used as convent-
ence by class interests but this is the first
time in which Presidents name mas been
dragged eight hundred miles outside ot
washington city for that purpose. After
nominating Cleveland three times and elect
ing him twice to the presidency, the Stafsl-
ard OH and Wall-street people got him To
use all the powers Of government to fur
ther their schemes. The country has been
astounded to see postoffices and patrQnoxo
used TO coerce Congress into doing the bid
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FLOODS IN THE EAST.
Portions of New England Towns and
Railway Tracks Submerged.


SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April l5.-The
Connecticut valley has been the scene to-
day of a flood of greater magnitude than
has visited this section since 1852. The
most damage was done at Bellows Falls,
Vt, where the Connecticut river IS very
narrow. An old railroad bridge was swept
away this afternoon and there has been
great danger of the Boston & Maine rail-
road tunnel being flooded and rendered i'm
passable. The mills are all closed down.
At Brattleboro, VT, the. river is higher
than it has been since 1852. At Turner's
of the river to such an extent that many
of the mills have been compelled to shut
down The Consolidated l., RAILROAD tracks are
risen thirty feet and business is almost
entirely suspended. At Northampton,
mile wide and the water is higher than
it has been in thirty years. Over nine feet
shut down because of the floods. Near
Mount Tom the water has overfiowed the
railroad tracks and trains are delayed.
This city has not as yet been, troubled
by the high water because of the high
West Springfield IS flooded. An old wooden
bridge from Springfield to West Spring
fed is threatened. The water has already
risen eighteen feet and is nearly up to the
woodwork.
AT Kennebec, Me-, the Mousam river is
higher than it has been for years and all
the mills have been forced to close.
At st. Albans, VT, the Winooski river is
higher tonight than for twenty-five years
The country for miles around is one vast
sheet of water. Several villages are using
boats and RATS as means of moving
about. Much damage has been done to
bridges and washouts have occurred in
many places. The railroad between Proc
tor and Central Rutland has been aban-
doned Many of the residents of North
field and Central Rutland have been driven
from their residences, the water having
reached the second stories. 1t is thought
that the water has reached its highest
point
Reports from many other towns in Maine,
Vermont Massachusetts and New York
tell of serious damage by floods.
At Rangley, Me-, it has rained and
showed continuously for seventy hours and
much damage is reported from that sec
ton. Ice will leave the lakes week
earlier than was expected.
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WILL MAKE NO SPEECHES.
Ex-Presfdcnt Harrison's Reply to
Visitors from Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, o., April 15.-Possmaster
Anderson and Congressman Burton have re-
turned from Indianapolis, where they went
to invite EXPIRE sident Harrison to make an
address before the convention of the league
of Republican clubs, to be held in this city
in June. Mr.. Harrison said that he regret
ted very much his inability to address the
convention, but that he could not do so
consistently. Mr.. Harrison has taken the
position that he will make political
speeches." said Mr.. Burton. He told us
that the only reason he worked in New
York in the interest of Morton last fall
was that the story had been started that
he was opposed to Mr.. Morton, and he
desired to show by his work that he was
not
did Mr.. Harrison say anything to you
about his presidential candidacy" asked
the reporter
Mo- said Mr.. Burton, '.he had nothing
to saw about it whatever"
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JAPANESE DEFENDED.
Naval Cadet Bassett on the AtrOcf-
ties MT Port Arthur.

ST. LOUIS, April 15.-Eugene Bassett,
naval cadet on the United States steamship
Baltimore, spent Sunday in st. Louis.
Young Bassett is direct from the scene of
the Chino-Japanese war; and is en- route to
Annapolis. Mr.. Bassett was at Port Ar
thur on the day after the fight there, in
which it has been alleged that the Japanese
destroyed their reputation as a civilized
people by the wholesale massacre of de-
fenseless persons. while there were be-
tween 1900 and 1900 persons unnecessarily
killed at Port Arthur. said Mr.. Bassett,
there was undoubtedly some justification
for it, The Japanese were in an ugly mood
at the time of the battle. Two days prev
ious the Chinese had captured number of
Japanese in a skirmsh. instead of holding
them prisoners of war they killed them and
then nnutiiated their bodies in fearful man
ner This is what melted the Japanese in
the Port Arthur fight and caused the mas
sacre afterward."
Mr. Bassett looks on the Japanese as
thoroughly civilized people. and says their
actions during the war, taken as a whole
proves them to be so. From the beginning
Of the war he says the Chinese have been
brutal In numerous battles, instead of
caring for the wounded as civilized peo-
pie would do. they have slain them without
mercy The Japanese troops, Mr.. Bassett
saws are modern soldiers, fight with modern
eouipment and thoroughly understand mod
ern methods On the other hand, a large
proportion of the Chinese troops care moth
ing whatever for modern methods of war
fare. he saws but prefer TO fight as their
forefathers have fought for centuries past.
Mr.. Bassett looks on the Chinese as semi
barbaruus race of people.
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TENNESSEE DERBY.
Richest Prize Of the Memphis Meeting
Won by Fandango.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, April 15.-Seven fairly
good three-year-o1ds contested for the hon.
ors in the tenth Tennessee Derby at Mont
gomery Park this afternoon in the pres
ence of 10000 people. The winner of this
event, the richest of the Memphis spring
meeting, and the one about which the
greatest interest centers, was M. Orths
bay gelding Fandango, by Farandole, out
of Fidele. He was never pushed, having a
whole lot up his sleeve at the finish, win
ming in 1914, the fastest for this race that
has been made in a number OF years. Ed
Corrigans colt, G. B. Morris, ran second
half a length in front of Jovial. The. race
was worth $3.50 to the winner. Fandango
was the strong tip, and the crowd carried
off loads of money. on his victory. He was
played heavily in the overnight books, sell
post odds against him were to 5. Cor
rigans colt was the favorite in the over
his price later lensthening. to z to i, as
the money poured in on Fandango. The
Bennett entry. Gath and Ringmaster was
same influence; The field gave starter Pet
strong pull. Wells Street a neck in front
the stand. Clayton still having Gath's head
in the air and leading the bunch by head
Fan p tb WAS a Tnnlng e easily ISL IN sood posi-
first quarter he assumed command, and
from that point to the wire had the race
well in hand Coming into the stretch he
led by two lengths; Morris half length
in front of Jovial. In this order they fin
ished. Martin never finding it necessary
to urge his mount. Morris, on the other
hand. had little brush with Jovial in the
last sixteenth. winning the place in a
drive by half a length. The Time 1:5914
while faster than is usual for the Derby
was not up TO expectations, considering the
performance of Sister Mary and Rey Ell
Santa Anita.
The card was an excellent one the Derby
aside from it's value. being the least inter-
esting part of the programme. Sister Mary
and Libertine came together In the opening
smashed. Since 1889 the mark has stood at
16, but the mare cut 1t to 115le. win
ming the race with great ease. Another
track record was broken in the last race
at seven furlongs. the time being reduced
a quarter of q second, to :2S, by Rev Eel
Santa Anita, who looked equal TO a second
faster if he had been pushed The favorite
won in each race except the Derby. sum-
maries
First Race Three-quarter OF mile
Sister Mary, to s. won. Iibertine to s.
second; Oakwood, to l. third. Time.
l:I6lR.
Second--Half mile. Fred Barr. & to &.
won; Warren Point. to 2, second: Fasg.
to i, third. Time, .5I "a.
Third-The Tennessee Derby: FOR three
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ished, and asserting that he is unable to
govern any longer, and that the officials he
trusted are corrupt 1t is stated that the
proclamation has caused great excitement.
and that there are signs OF rebellion. The
document, however, is said to be the work
of the secret societies.
Little doubt is felt at the State Depart
ment here that the proclamation is really
the work of the secret societies, for there
abdication of q Chinese Emperor. 1t is
said that these secret societies. aimed at
the existence of the present dynasty, are
numerically strong in the central provinces,
and it is apprehended that on the conclu-
sion Of peace their ranks will be swelled by
Human, or war party, and that sporadic
revolutionary movements may be expected
in various parts of the country"
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Japan Permitted to Retain All Places
She Has Conquered and the Terri
tory East of Lino River.
FORMOsA CEDED FOR GOOD
CASH INDEMNITY OF 100000, 900 TO
BE PAID ny CHINA.
Independence of Corea Assured
japan and China to Enter Into an
Offensive and Defensive Alliance.

LONDON, April 16.-A dispatch to the
Times from Shanghai says that Ii Hung
Changs son-in-law telegfaphs that a peace
convention was signed at Shimonoseixi Mon
day by the plenpotertiaries of China and
Japan. Following are the terms of the
convention:
First-The independence of Corea.
Second-That Japan retains the places she
has conquered.
Third-That Japan shall also retain the
territory east of the Lao river
Fourth-That the Island of Formosa be
ceded permanently to Japan.
Fifth-The payment of an indemnity of
500 100000.
Sixth--An offensive and defensive alliance.
Another dispatch from Shimonoseki says:
The conference to-day of the peace COM
missioners lasted five hours. All the en-
voys attended the meeting except viscount
Mutsu. 1t is believed that to-day's confer
ence was the final one It is stated that the
Chinese plenipotentiaries are preparing to
return to their homes.
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RUTLAND. Vt. April 1.-THE trial of
Henry Harris for the murder OF Henry De-
mile Lawrence came to sudden termina-
ton this morning. Albert Brown. State
Witness confessed that his father and him
self killed Lawrence at their home and that
Harris knew nothing of IT. Harris was at
once acquitted and released Browns
father and mother, who witnessed the
murder. are dead.
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Is Yamaratn john Orth.

LONDON, April IA dispatch to the
Standard from Berlin says that singu-
lar rumor is current in that city to the
effect that Field Marshal Count Yamagata,
the Japanese Minister of War, is the long
missing Archduke John of Austria, who
went abroad some years ago under the
name of John Orth.