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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
FIELDS FUNERAL.
Services to be Held Wednesday at
Grace Presbyterian Church,
CHICAGO.
Chicago.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 5.-The arrange
ments for the funeral of Eugene Field
have been completed. Services will be
held at the Fourth Presbyterian church,
Wednesday, at p. M. Rev. DR.. Frank
w. Gunsaulus will oficiate, assisted by
Rev. Frank NJ Bristol. Addresses Will
be made by Rev. DR.. NJ w. Strykes and
Luther Latin Mills. The honorary pail
bearers will be Victor F. Lawson. FL. II.
Kohlsaat, Franklin III. Head, Harry q.
Selfridge, r. A. Waller, Milward Adams,
f. Willis Rice, H. n. Higinbotham. f.
J. Y: Skif, NJ. ?. Handy, 81. c. Chat
The active pallbearers have been Sc
lected from among old newspaper asso-
GATES of Mr. Field, as follows: Hart
Taylor, 3. D. Winslow, Charles M.
Faye, Collins Shackelford, G. A. Mac
donald and J. w. Hilman. The inter
ment will be at Graceland cemetery and
Madison, Wis, Nov. 5--[Special.]-
There will be few more sincere mourners
over the death of Eugene Field than
Gov. Upham, who was warm personal
friend of the distinguished writer. About
four years age Gov. Upham, plain Mr..
Upham then, took nephew of Mr.. Field,
Hiram Below, into his Office at Marsh
field to learn the lumber business, the
request being made by Mr.. Field, who
was his guardian. The young man is
still at Marshfeld and has nearly com-
pleted the term fixed for acquiring the
desired information.
At a memorial in memory of Eugene
Field held at the Press club this morning
the following resolutions were adopted:
The Press club of Chicago desires to ex-
press it's sorrow over the death of Eugene
Field. His was a nature rich In all those
attributes which make man Of mark, COM
polling universal love, respect and adm1ra-
ton.
In the death of Eugene Field the literary
world has lost a man who in national and
international appreciation had attained the,
widest distinction. Possessed of the high
education the plainest of men. His percep--
tons were quick to distinguish between
right and wrong in individuals and move,
ments. He was loyal to his friends and
gentle to his critics. He was a Clear sue
cessful, brilliant man, perfect husband
and father. His death is not the loss OF his
personal friends alone, but of Chicago ana
the world. He taught the good and taught
it fascinatingly. He was as brave as the
bravest in his opinions and as gentle as
woman in his allowances toward those with
whom he differed.
Eugene Fields name will live in the de-
gree in which the people loved him. HIS
love was that which never fails of reclproc-
ity; his heart went out to that which most
appeals to humanity-childhood. HIS name
has won place in every househ0ld, pace
which it will keep as long as children pratt
tie and mothers tell them tales
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
FORTY WERE KILLED.
Loss of Life in the Detroit Journal
Building Greater Than
First Expected.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 7.-Thirtx-five
bodies have already been taken from the
ruins of the Journal building and the
search still goes on. The death list as it
stands at present follows:
BAUER. CARRIE, aged %. bookkeeper
in Killers bindery.
BREiTENBECHER. JOHN.
DUNLAP, WILLIAM w.
GIRL, unidentified; body found at 2:15
D. IN. today; lower extremities burned off.
GORDON, JOHN, electrotyper Evening
HAYES, WILLIE, 16 years old, mailer
Detroit Journal.
HILLIER, HATTIE. employed in Killers
T4RGYERE, HENRY, employe mailing
room of Journal.
LEONARD, KITTIE
LIESE, MINNIE. also bindery employe.
NTEBAUER. JENNIE, 16 years old, en-
poyed in Killers bindery.
PERKINS, ERNEST, assistant mailing
REUTER, JOHN j., apprentice in the en-
poy Of Dunlap & Co.
REIGER, e. L., machinist; family lives
at oscoda, Mich.
ROSS, JAMES.
SAXBY, WALTER p. machinist, Dun
SCHRIEBER, ADoLPH, Jr, bookbinder
in Killers bindery.
SHAW, GEORGE, mailer Detroit journal.
TAPLEY, LIZZIE, aged 20, employed by
Davis & Co
unknown BOY, features unrecogniza-
BILE; supposed to be John Bowman, employed
by Kohlbrand & Co.
UNIDENTIFIED, slight built man; body
at morgue
UNKNOWN MAN.
WALSH, HENRY, employed by Kohl
brand Engraving company.
WARD. MICHAEL. stereotyper, Journal.
WEIDBUSCH, BERTHA, 10 years old.
About o'clock searchers found seven
more dead bodies in the ruins. They
have not yet been gotten out.
There are yet twenty missing, swelling
the probable list of dead to forty or
forty-tive. Besides these. nineteen per-
sons were more or less seriously injured,
two of them fatally.
The cause of the disaster has been
definitely ascertained as a boiler eX-
piosion, but what caused the explosion
is still a mystery
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
TANNERIES TO CLOSE.
The Shutdown will Throw 500
Wisconsin Men Out of
Employment.

Boston, Mass, Nov THE Fayette-
Shaw Leather company, 1872 South
street, has sent orders to the four big
tanneries which it operates in Wisconsin
to shut down for sixty days and take out
no leather or put in no hides during that
time The announcement is a great sur
prise to the trade, following, as it does,
SO closely OH the shutdown of the leather
trust tanneries. The Fayette-Shaw tan
neries employ about 500 men at this sea-
son Of the year, and the weekly output is
10000 sides of hemlock sole leather. 1t
is the first time Mr.. Shaw has been
obliged to shut down in fifty-fve years.
All through the several panics he has
kept the tanneries going, but now it is
inevita BILE. The firm is not connected
with the trust in any way, but he has
closed the tanneries for the reason that
it was no longer possible to make and
sell leather at the price which the manu-
facturerS want to nav
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
METHODIST CHURCH EXTENSION.
Encouraging Reports at the Society's
Meeting.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. THE church ex-
tension society of the Methodist Episco-
pal church began its session here today
with fourteen bishops and about forty
laymen in attendance. The report of the
board of extension showed receipts in the
general fund available for donations to
needy churches during the past year to
have been Sill, 1897. On the loan fund
the receipts were $245, 438. Loans re-
turned by churches which had been
helped, amounted to 900, which the
report said was most encouraging
feature. There was decrease of sixty
in the number of churches aided below
last year and 234 below the year pre-
vious.
1t was recommended that money
should not be given to churches costing
more than the limit of $4,000, which
has been fixed in the rules of the board.
The average cost of churches assisted by
the board is less than half that amount
and the prime object is to assist cheap
churches in needy localities.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11

while on the paternal grandmother's side.
the original American ancestor was
James Smith, who settled at Plymouth
in 1926.
In 1856 Fields mother died. and he
was cared for by his cousin, Miss Mary
Field French of Amherst Mass. Nine
years later he entered the private school
of the Rev. James Tufts at Monson,
Mass, and subsequently studied at Will
Jams college, Knox college and the state
college of Missouri. Meanwhile his
father had died, and after visiting Erl-
rope and finishing his education he adopt
ed the profession of newspaper writer
beginning with the st. Louis Journal
in 1873. His next connection was with
the st. Joseph MOI Gazette, in 1875,
.fter which he returned to st. Louis to
cake an editorial portfolio on the Times
journal. In 1880 he was editor of the
Kansas City Times, but left that paper
in 1881 to become managing editor of
the Denver Tribune. He came to Chi
Cago August 13, 1888, to accept a posi-
ton on the editorial staff of the Chicago
Morning News NOW the Record) and his
connection with that paper continued
without interruption until his death.
Mr.. Fields last contribution to his de-
partment on this paper "Sharps and
Flats" was published Saturday morning
and in it was a characteristic defense
of Bill Nye and a refusal to accept the
lmpuCdClOnS as 10 Inc cause OF the re-
cent assault upon him. In addition to
his newspaper work, Mr.. Field has found
time to perform much labor in the liter
airy field, and has established a reputa-
ton as a graceful and clever writer of
stories and verse. He was especially
adept in the poems and stories of child
life, and his books now number a half
dozen volumes. He has also made him
self familiar to the public as a reader
of his own stories and verses, having,
at different times, appeared jointly with
Edgar Wilson Nye and James Whit
comb Riley.
Mr.. Fields first verse was written in
1879. 1t was christmas Treasure
Not until ten years later did he begin
to devote much time to verse and then
he wrote surprising quantities. He was
at present enga ged in writing "The Love
Affairs of a Biblomaniac." Mr. Field
favored early marriages and his wife,
Miss Julia Comstock of st. Joseph, Mo-, :
was but sixteen when they were wed.
Among his better known books are the
''Denver Tribune Primer" 1882; "Cul-
lures Garland" 1887; 'Little Book of
Western Verse;" 1889; Little Book of
Profitable Tales" 1889; Second Book
of Verse;" with Trumpet and Drum
1892; "Echoes From the Sabine Farm =
1893 In June, 1898, Knox college con-
ferred upon Mr.. Field the honorary de-
gree of A. nj.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
SIX LIVES SNoFFED OUT.
Family Perishes in a New York Tene-
ment House.

Family PerisheS in a New York Tene-
ment House.
New York, Nov. 7.-Six members of
one family persisted by fire i'll their home
on the top floor of a four-story tenement
house at 81 Van Brunt street, Brook
lyn. at 1 o'clock this morning.
The names of the dead are: Charles
Ryan, his wife Ellen and their daugh-
ters Johanna, 20 years old; Sarah, II;
Maggie, II, and Lizzie, II. The fire
started from a gas jet in a hall on the
ground floor. 1t burned out Finnegan's
saloon on the ground floor and reused
Margaret Welch and her four children
on the second floor. The stairway being
on fire, they went to the windows, from
which they were rescued by policemen
The fire quickly got to the third floor,
which was unoccupied.
Almost before the Ryans had warning
of the fire and long before anyone could
reach them, the fire surprised them as
they slept. They were found in their
beds by the fremen soon after the fire
was extinguished. The fire merely
burned the building out on the inside
and did damage to the extent of $4,000.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
TIGER LONESOME.
Republican Gains in the State Offset
GOtham's Reverses.

New York, Nov. 7.-Tammany's vic
tory in this city seems rather a lonesome
phenomenon in the face of the returns
from the rest of the state. AS more
complete returns are received the more
overwhelming the Republican victory
grows The latest figures indicate that
the Republican plura1ty tor secretary OF
state in round numbers will be 10000.
Both branches of the Legislature will
be Republican by majority of ? to /.
The latest figures show that the next
state Senate will likely be made UP of
thirty-fye Republicans, fourteen Demo
Gratis and one Independent. In spite of
the fact that Tammany got the bulk OF
the assemblymen in this city. the Repub-
lican gains in the state will apparently
give the Assembly 1O2 Republicans and
forty-eight Democrats. These figures
give the Republicans a majority Of "a
on joint ballot.
AS a result of the elections the Repub-
licans claim New York in the next pres
idential fight. and Gov. Morton's chances
are supposedly brighter than ever before.
Senator Hill is still safe for another
year, for there is no election for United
States senator till 1897. The present
state Senate, however, serves for three
years, and its members will have hand
in the choice of two United States sem
ators. The only hope for the Democ-
idCy ia lulS IeSdIu lS III ONCAt uilIS
the present Republican majority in the
Assembly at the next election. That
chance, they hope, may yet enable them
to name Senator Hills successor.
Rev. DR.. Parkhurst has given some
hours of thought to the election i'll an en-
deavor to find a good reason for Tam
many's victory and the defeat of the
fusion ticket. He found three causes.
Of one of these he was willing to speak,
hut on the others he would not dwell,
nor would he even give an intimation
of what they were. The enc referred
to was the intrusion of the excise ques-
ton. He thinks that in time the people
will recover their senses ON this great
problem.
Excepting in few counties where
scattered districts are reported, but in
each of which close estimate is made, the
semi-official returns of this state on the
head of the ticket show: King Dem.),
501. $50; Palmer (Rep.), 593,746; Pal
mer's plurality, 91,787
Brooklyn Democrats Give Up.
Brooklyn. N Y, Nov. THE Demo-
cratic campaign committee of Brooklyn
today admitted the defeat of their local
ticket and will take no steps leading to
a recount of the ballots. Whatever Mr..
Grout. the regular Democratic nominee
for mayor. or any Of the other candidates
may do in this direction. will be done
by them individually and not with sane
ton ct the comm!ites.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
TURKEYS END is NEAR.
Powers Decide on Joint Action Regardin
Armenia.

Powers Decide on Joint A. elton Regarding
Armenia.
London. Nov. 6-Editorials in the
morning papers dwell upon the gravity
of the announcement from Rome that the
powers had decided to take joint action
in regard to Armenia. The Post (Con-
servative) says: '"The ambassadors in
Cured terrible responsibility and have
limited threat that means nothing less
than the occupation Of Turkey. Is Eng
land prepared to acquiesce?''
The Graphic says it is reopening the
Eastern question with a vengeance. It
leads the Russian occupation of Corea.
The Daily News says: "It is the begin
ming of the end. The cabinet met yes
terday and Lord Salisbury must neces-
sarily have approved of this diplomatic
stroke. Turkey is now within measur-
able distance of disruption and parti-
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
TIM HEALY REMOVED.
Michael Davitt Succeeds Him on the
Irish Executive Com
nnittee.

London, Nov. AT a meeting of the
executive committee of the Irish Nation
al league this afternoon, on motion of
T. 2. O'Connor, president of the Irish
National league of Great Britain, it was
decided to remove Timothy Healy from
the executive committee on account of
his action at the time of the so-called
Omagh revolution July last, when at the
county Tyrone Nationalist convention
Mr.. Healy accused John Dillon of selling
Tyrone to the English party. When the
motion removing Mr.. Healy from mem
bership of the executive committee had
been passed, Michael Davitt, anti-Par-
nellite member of Parliament for South
Mavn- was elected TO fill tho vacarcv.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
NO GUARDIANSHIP FIGHT.


Republican Committee will ConsideS
Only Convention Site.
Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. "a News WASH
ington special says that competent Re-
publican authorities declare that at the
meeting of the national committee in this
city next month only one question will
be considered-the date and location of
the national convention. Amy PROPOSE
ton for change in the Craftsmanship of
the committee will be promptly ruled out.
Leading Republicans are unanimous in
the declaration that there. will be no
change of the chairman between this
date and the meeting of the national con-
vention. 1t has been agreed by all hands
to turn down the movement among GER
tain Indiana Republicans to GUST Senator
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
THE MARLBOROUGH HONEYMOON.
Carriage was Delayed, So They Started
to Walk from the Station.

70 WSAh ffo1M clAe 9e".1OH'
train with the Duke and Duchess of
Marlborough arrived here at sos o'clock
yesterday afternoon and they were given
a cordial welcome by the crowds at the
station. Owing to misunderstanding
there was no coach to meet them. The
duke and duchess, after waiting q few
moments, started out resolutely to tramp
to the lodge, half mile away, though
it was getting dark and the road was
soft and muddy, They were followed by
a curious crowd.
Soon the belated carriage, brougham,
appeared and the duke and duchess
climbed hastily into it. At the house
an elaborate dinner by Mr.. Vanderbilt S
chef was served.
Idle Hour, Mr.. Vanderbilts handsome
summer residence, where the duke and
Duchess Of Marlborough will remain
about q week prior to their short tour
to the South and the subsequent journey
to England. is an inviting spot. 1t is
understood here that the duke and duch-
ess will not. as has been stated, cross
the ocean in Mr.. Vanderbilts steam
Yacht Valiant
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
MANIsTIQUE TO NEGAUEEE.
Survey will be Made This Winter for a
New Railroad.

Ishpeming, Mich, Nov. Especial j
A Mr.. Rock of Chicago is in Negaunee
arranging for the survey of new rail-
road which he says will be extended from
Manistique to the iron mines at Negau-
en- the contract for construction of the
proposed line and that it will be built
with a view to obtaining some of the
ore business here. Docks will be built
at Manistique. The line will be about
ninety miles in length and will parallel
the Chicago & Northwestern road from
a point near Eagle Mills to few miles
this side of Escanaba, entering Negaunee
near the Negaunee and Buffalo mines.
Mr.. Rock says the road will be known as
the Manistique & Northern and will be
built by the company which talked of
putting a line through to this section
about two years ago. The new survey,
which will be made the coming winter,
will be similar to the one made for the
company by Engineer Beardley when it
was before proposed to build the road.
An early start on construction will be
made next spring.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
TORN TO PIECES BY BEARS.
Horrible Experience OF Two WOodsmen
in Northern Wisconsin.


Sandstone, Mimi, Nov 7.-Word
reached here from Foxboro, little sta
ton up the line in Wisconsin, of terri
BILE tragedy enacted at that place Tues
day night. Three bears broke into a
shed at Marren's place, near Foxboro,
and, after feasting OH some deer hang
ing there, killed David Falsten and Mi
chael Mcclure, woodsmen, and badly in
jured Frank Burnett and Thomas Gra
dy, also woodsmen, who had heard the
noise and had gone out to see what it
was. The bears, three of them, and
all big fellows, were killed by John Mar
rem, proprietor of the stopping place,
and Ed. Smith, a trapper. who has his
cabin near by. The bodies Of Falsten
and Mcclure were buried at Foxboro,
as nothing could be learned of their
friends, and Grady and Burnett were
cared for at Marrens place. Burnett
and Grady got away from the bears
after being badly scratched up, but Nc
CURE and Falsten became imprisoned in
the shed with the bears by the closing
of the door and were terribly mutilated
by the Infatuated creatures, who literally
tore them to pieces. Two other bears
were killed near Foxboro by hunters last
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
EUGENE FIELD DEAD.
Newspaper Man, Poet and Book
10 eer Passes Away at
CHICAGO.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 5.-Eugene Field,
poet, journalist and story writer, died at
his home at Buena Park early yesterday
morning as the result of heart failure.
The death of the popular writer occurred.
about 4 o'clock, and was terrible shock
to the family, as it was entirely unex-
pected and without warning.
Mr.. Field was born in st. Louis Sep
TENDER 3, 1850. He was the son Of Ros-
we'll Martin and France (Reed) Field.
His parents were both natives of Wind
ham county, Vt. The first American
ancestor of the name of Field came to
this country between 1880 and 1910,
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
LONDON PRESS COMMENT.
Globe Says New York Reformers Did Not
Apnreciate Their Power.

London, Nov. THE Globe this aft
ernoon, commenting on the recent cleo
tons in the United States. says: I'VE
think no condition is likely to arise be-
fore the presidential year which will
bring the Democrats back to power.
So far as our relations with the United
States are concerned the issue Is of ex-
ceedingly little Importance, involving no
other change than another American am
bassador here. But real regret is felt
in this country at Tammany's victory.
The reformers did not know how to use
their newly-acquired power with discre-
dnfaat''
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
Discuss Disnensary Laws.

Columbia, S. c.. Nov. THE dispen-
sary law for the first time was made an
issue in the debate in the constitutional
convention today on the proposition to
give the state the same right to change
the venue as is accorded a defendant.
The convention by vote of II to 81 re-
fused to adopt that provision, but by a
vote of ~ to SO it gave the Legislature
permission to allow the state to ask a
change in cases to be prescribed by it.,
which means that it will be allowed in
1iSnnnSarV cases.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST.
Foot Deep in Minnesota and the Oa-
kOtaS,

Foot Deep IN Minnesota and the Oa-
kOtas.
st. Paul. Mimi, Nov. 7.-Specials from
South Dakota, Northern Iowa Southern
Minnesota and Western Wisconsin re-
port the first real snow of the season, III
some places more than a depth Of a foot
being reported.
Omaha, Neb, Nov Tt rained and
showed throughout Nebraska last night
and still continues today in many sec
tons. This is believed to be in time to
save all fall seeding, although the grain
is proba bly, not as heavy as it would be
but for the extended dry weather.
Winona, Mimi, Nov. 7.-Nearly foot
of heavy wet snow has fallen here dur
ing the night. The weather still remains
rather mild, but the snow continues to
fall rapidly. 1t is the first Of the season.
Sioux City, Ia, Nov. THE first snow
of the season fell in this city TODAY
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. Ito a repre-
sentative of the Associated press Attor-
ney James G. Rieger of the Missouri
National bank today said that the Union
National bank of Chicago is piqued be-
cause they hold no security for their
notes on the Omaha Building association,
while the Missouri National bank does.
Rieger said that their own dealings in
the matter had beeen perfectly legti-
mate.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
CHARLES DANA GIBSON MARRIED
The Bride, Miss irene Langhorne, Fair
Nirginian.


Richmond Va, Nov. THE most not
able wedding of the season in this state
took place today when Miss Irene Lang
horne became the bride. of Charles Dana
Gibson, the artist, of New York. New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington and Virginia were largely
represented, and the scene in st. Paufs
church, which was brilliantly illuminat-
ed with hundreds Of candles, was very
striking one.
While crossing field. Juan A. Smith
of Brooklyn, who came here to act as an
usher at the wedding, fell from his
horse and had his right arm broken. The
accident prevented him from acting in
the capacity of an usher today.
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson left at 3 o'clock
for Old Point, whence they will go to
New York and other Northern cities, hut
will return to Richmond before sailing
for Europe on the 23rd.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
Death of Mrs. ID. p. Bowers.

Washington, Nov. Mrs. D. P.
Bowers, a well-known actress, who
achieved wide repute as an impersonator
Bowers was a native of Connecticut and
was 50 years old. She entered on her
sta &c career at II.