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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
NEENAH AND MENASHA.
New Invention to be Used to Save Paper
Machines.

Necnah. Wis, Dec. 12.-ISpecial.l- IA
number of kaukauna capitalists were in
the city yesterday investigating the
merits of new suction box which is
said to be successful invention to be
used ON paper machines to prevent the
wear on wires. The originators OF the
device. Messrs. Nash and Baker of this
city. have given their new inveia-ion 4
successful trial in the Gilbert paper mill
and are now making an effort 90 raise
capital to place it on the market II the
new apparatus proves to be MI that is
claimed for it the fortunes Of its invent
ors are assured Messrs Nash and
Baker are employed as papermakers in
the mills here and have been studying
the practicability of II device of this kind
for several years.
Menasha. Wis, Dec. l2.-lSpecial.l--
The 9-months~old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. NJ. Clough did yesterday. The
funeral services will be held at the resi-
dencc on the Island tomorrow afternoon
ut o'clock. Rev. Il. w. North OF the
Methodist church officiating.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
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BOTTOM LANDS FLOODED.
Damage Around Ire'nP""
Amount to $4,000.

Trcmpealeau, Wis. Dec. IL Especial
The late rapid rise in the Mississippi
and Rack rivers has overlooked the bot
tom lands above and below this city, and
it is estimated that fully $4,000 dam
age has been done to hay and wood III
the flooded territory. Below here the
two rivers converge, making wide range
of water and ice, but there is no backing
M of the Mississippi at this point, as
has been reported. While there is
small gorge of logs and ice below here,
it is not sufficient to give any apprehen-
sions of second Chippewa disaster.
The unprecedented rise at this season
Of the year is caused from heavy falls
Of rain and snow north of here.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
Want Insane Man E,,

IEa r;am'' Wis, Dec. 11.-[snec;o,,
tired r'e fNrn OF Oscar p. NJ. Wrigbt. 10
ing to get him avnS in the city, are tr re-
asylum at Mendoza as he i clni,,1 the state
= not crazy. and wants TO ,' cn,s mat he
and lime time ago he built a S3on le hhome.
NOT s mpr T. oyer the fact thai 10 house
neve sen reni, His friends say that ne he could
NOT have rea, ha insane and that he n sho WAS
some private e seGt to the asylum, but to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
KILLED HIS COMPANION.
Fatal Accident to IL Hunting Party Near
MenomOnee Falls.

Rocktield. Wis. Dec. 12.ISpecial.l-
While Adam Kauth and Andrew Schot-
tier. two well-known young men of this
vicinity. were out rabbit hunting last
Wednesday near Menomonee Falls, the
latter accidentally shot and killed his
companion. Adam Kauth. The wound
cd man was taken to Menomonee Falls.
where he was cared for by two physi.
clans, but his death followed after TWEEN
ty-four hours of suffering. The inter-
ment took place today at Goldenthal.
Rev. Wurm officiating,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
Ecypt's Ancient Labyrinth.

The most ancient labyrinth, accord
Inc to pliny, was that called tho "laby-
rinth of Egypt" 1t was existing in his
time after having stood for 1900 years.
He tells us that it was formed by Petes-
Gus or Tithoes. Herodotus. however,
ascribes 1t to several kings; 1t stood on
the banks OF the Lake Moesis, and con-
sisted Of twelve large contiguous pal
noes. containing 1900 chambers, 1900
OF which were underground.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
1T is A BONANZA.
"A Wonderful Moving Machine Invented
by II Michigan Man.


There now seems to be no question but
that young Dick Addicks of Bronson.
Mich, has bonanza in the moving ma
chine he has recently patented. The new
machine was taken out into II field of
second growth on Friday ana given Il
test. which was pronounced most success
full. The sickle bar in Addicks machine
is not Il sickle bar ut all, but an endless
chain with the cutting knives attached,
the same running on Il gear similar to Il
bicycle. Its action is pertcct.~ smooth
and noisclcSs, and it runs ut such Il high
speed that the grass is cut off with great
or smoothncss than by the old method.
In Fridays test the clover to be cut was
very thick. matted and frozen, but the
machine did excellent work. Addicks.
who is an Industrious young mechanic,
has been working out his idea for over II
wear He has already been offered large
sums for his patent but he refuses them
MI
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
POLISH CHURCH COMPLETED.
IT, will be Dedicated Mt Eipon NeN'
day.

Rinon. Wis, Dec 11.-ISpeciai. l1 nl,;sl,
;ca rory services of ST. Wenceslaus Polls4
Cathoiic church will take plac,c, NEXT
Tuesday. Archbishop Katzer Of IN Mll WA ~
ter conducting the services; HOY mlnSs
viii be celebrated by the Very Key pa1;nh
II. Gulski of Miwa uheJ h hn' Rev , Frank
In ,,hH of Mill Creek, Portage con ;l
t t,,'> Archbishop Katzer will give as
The erection of the church ediil ,,st, De
gan in the early spring. The sttu9 , th;s
which W'il 'T gran "c r and one of the pretti-
s wf'a h Il the 81 city , of many churches; The
cost has been about $4,000. me con,
gregation will be composed or a Sn
sixty-five Polish families and Key. wen
ceslaus Kruszka is pastor .
,Thn Catholics purchased their site from
Ripon college, Congregational instltu-
tinn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
TOWN WAS IN DANGER.
r,r. D.stroys G. ID. WeinstocKS
f'' store ut Brandon. 4h;s

Fire Destroys u. D'
Brandon, Wis, Dec. ,; 1l.dh ia g. b Is.
block and for time the a einns Of the
fierce that the business saa Oshkosh was
city we sr At o'clock nd hgT
aSnr the fire was under cont l.sa IN" not TO
e Oshkosh ,sie department was notified not y
come. Iii fall on G. h.
w rhe nebv whose store is nearly conn m
plete loss. Other places OF p nrs Goods;
the the block are l.. Ferguson'o nfy MAY May,
Jones & Wardrobe, drugs; ~ g Sans hank:
h e. 4 n 1ames. jeweer, and G A. Ito mGbg hx
paperhanger. These were da III ne Sec ss
Water < number of offices on ON Wy hrick
ond floor of the block, tWn u ,ossas 1t
structure. also suffered small loss SSH, he
is Is r y, that the total losses VIII oe
ahont $4,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
ANOTHER COLONY PROJECT.
PLAN TO Locate $500 Dutch Farmers Ia
Wood County.

Wood County.
Marshficld. Wis. Dec. 12.--ISpecial.l i
Colonization seems to be the order of
things throughout this section of the
state. The movement to establish Il
Dutch colony near this city is still on
foot but the developments are not dis
closed by the contracting parties. The
colony will be about 1900 in number and
Nrcupy about 10000 acres of land 4
scheme is also on foot over in Jackson
county TO esta blish Il German colony of
about the same size. The location will
hc in the eastern end of the county
Marathon county has also been agitatiny
the colonization question Beyond a
doubt by next summer the three counties
of Wood. Marathon and Jackson will
have added about 5000 foreigners to
their numbers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
TRAMPS ARE SHY OF 1T.
OutnEnmie County's WorlShouse will be
Ready for Occupancy.

Appleton. Wis. Dec. II. ~ISpecial.l
The stockade. well and ditching, and the
plumbing and inside carpenter work ut
the new Outagame county workhouse
are finished, and Supt. Kuehne has be-
gun the work of moving into and set
Ting in the house. 1t is expected that
everything will be ship-shape by Monday
or Tuesday next and then the chain of
warehouses through the Fox River val
ley will be complete and the sixty miles
the "chilliest> section in America for the
festive hobo
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
FATAL SKATING ACCIDENT

"fpon Roy Dies from the Effects of mn
Injury.
Rlp pom. Wis. Dec. n.-[Special.l- Da-
vid Williams, 12-ycar-old lad d;ad r,.
terday, after weeks confinement 70 ~
hodse; from the result of injuries sns-
tanned while he was skating ON tbe Ts-
re&co pond Thursday of lnSt ,,.44l ~ w
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
Two Dousman Acc,o

Er nuulsMma nan, Wis, Dee. 11-Jsna.;a,
from from, , spinal hurts and bruises 20 ms bed
ioa a' a neelhg upset and falling ha, received
Tbo ~ nay on which he wa ssn n;a!t the
from in;sr h;mg is in critical con,:..
from h INJURIES received by bens condition
i'o''' MS carriage by a rnnaw s,i,s :, thrown
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
GAINESVILLE MAN KILLED.

Charles Watson Meets with a Fatal Mis-
hap in Chicago.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, Dec. 11.-[Special.E
Charles Watson. for many years n
resident of this city. was killed while
switching for the Chicago & North West
erh road ut Chicago He was a nephew
of w. ID. Cantillon assistant division en-
perintendcnt of that road nj Milmnml,na
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
Farm Hand Injured

Adams. Wis. Dee. 12.-TSpecial.l-
John Durham. n farm employee of r.. !.
Crane. is seriously Ill from internal hurts
of cornstalks to the frozen ground.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
MORE DOUBLE TRACK.
North Western to Build from Barnboo
to Eiroy.

Madison, Wis, Dec. t2.-ISpecial. /
The Chicago & NORTHEASTERN road is
understood to be making arrangements
TO extend its double track on from Bara~
boo to Elroy. about therty-eight miles.
or almost the exact distance from Madi-
son to Barahoo which was douhle-tracked
the past season. 1t is reported that the
work will he commenced early in the
spring and pushed forward rapidly to
eapnlntian
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
Thicying Tramps at Large.

Cold Spring. Wis, Dec. i2.--ISpeciail
Unknown parties, supposedly tramps.
have this week broken into several farm
houses in this town and stolen clothing
thcrcfrom
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17

All the Queens daughters were
tought 10 swim when very young. The
daughters of the Prince of Wales could
swim before they could read
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
RAILS ARE BEING LAID.
New Ashland Road Almost Ready 70
Operation.

Operation.
Ashland, Wis. Dec. 11.--ISpecial.l l.
The rails are being laid on the new
Minneapolis, Ashland e. st. Paul rail
way. Two locomotives and sixty cars
are expected next week The road will
have connections SO that the Duluth,
south Shore a. Atlantic trains will run
into Ashland by January /. The new
road has already contracted to Eaul
about hO.o00,OOO feet of logs to be sawed
ut Ashland mills during the winter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
Insurance. Ca.---------

The JRa ornl' Wis. Dec. 11.-Tsnaa;.,,
of Lond a, exchange Assurances t ce,,'n =
was today lieense f5e - Insurance company lpany
coEsin 10 do Business in NY
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-17
HE WANTED TO DIE.
William Moh Made an Attempt at Suicide
i'm state Prison at Wnunnn

Waupun, Wis. Dec. 11.-ISpccial. /
William Mob, prisoner sent from Clark
county last April on Il sentence of two
years for burglary. attempted suicide in
his cell yesterday by cutting his throat
and stabbing his stomach with shoe
knife When discovered he was uncon-
scious from loss of blood but will recover
unless blood poisoning sets in.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-22

mind The argument Is made to the ,n''ed
States Venezuelan Commission ana TO the
British Government. With them. for the pres
ent Mt least, II may safely be left. The whole
case Is now properly to be regarded as III course
of official adjudication, and there are still those
who are so old-fn shioned as to deem 1t improper
to comment publicly upon the testimony ana
arguments Of a case while that case Is sim be-
fore the court
The one most obvious and entirely legitimate
comment Is. however that this brief Is not only
a vigorous presentation Of Venezuela's side or
the case but Is an equally strong argument III
favor Of arbitration Of the whole business.
Eminent legal authorities in England made
statements and arguments which. II true, would
fully establish the whole British claim. Now
Venezuelan counsel. men of high character ana
attaInments make with equal postiveness
counter statements and arguments which, II
true. would fully establish the whole Nenez-
uclan claim in such n ease it IS manifest that
n settlement can be reached only by arDltrnfion
or by force of arms. and every sentiment or
humanity and civilization declares Tor the
peaceful rather than for tile warlkc course.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-22
CiN THEY AFFORD 1T?

1.-The Manufacturers Record" Of Baltimore,
n non-poItical. industrial and commercial jour
nal Of high character dcvotcs forty-ive pages
of its last weeks issue TO the city OF New-Or-
leans In n carefully prepared and well-wrt-
ten series Of reports and sketches 1t sets forth
convlnclngly the present greatness and vast
future promise of the Southern metropolis. The
exposition is an attractive one; In some respects
almost bcwlldering. 1t must be confessed that
some of the facts rnveaed are Of a character
to put the most progressive Northern cities
upon their mcttle The city which stands at
the ocean gateway Of the Mississippi Valley Is
coming up magnlhccntly to the possibilities of
her situation and is displaying an energy and
enterprise well worthy of one Of the foremost
centres OF American civilization.
Among these papers is che by Mr.. Worthng-
ton c. Ford, Chief OF tie Bureau of Statistics
at Washington. on the foreign commerce Of
w-Orleans. From this it appears that that
city has the third largest export trade in the
United States being surpassed only by New
York and Boston Gotten. Of course. is the
principal item. but great business Is also done
In oil and oilcnke. lumber, corn, wheat and
tobacco The position Of New Orleans with
reference to the great producing region Of the
the Mexican and Central and South American
ports, gives abundant promise Of the future
maintenance and increase Of this trade.
In connection with this 1t Is Of peculiar In
terest to observe that some OF the newspapers
of New Orleans, including one Of the foremost.
are approving the work Of the Chicago Conven-
ton, and advocating the free coinage Of silver
at the 1G to 1 ratio. Can the people Of that
city afford TO have such n policy succeed? 1t
would mean such disturbance and such pros
tration Of foreign trade rs New-Orcans has
not known since the War. There may be those
who can afford to say they care nothing for
abroad" A great commercial city cannot. 1t
is Of vital Importance to 1t that its credit and
the credit Of the Nation should be kept good In
all the markets Of the world. With her mag
nnccnt present. and her almost illmtable
future possibilities. w-Orlcans may well ask
herself seriously II she can afford to imper it
all by voting for National reputation; and
every growing, thriving community Of the New
South may we'll ask itself the same question
Can they afford to adopt the flfty-cent dollar :?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-22
An AGE OF IGNORANCE.

This Is said 10 be an age of intelligence, and
relatively speaking. it is. There Is a wide
spread sentiment in favor Of promoting educa-
ton among all classes In the community. This
sentiment is not wholly altruistlc; it rests
largely on the belief that the great prizes OF
life today in nearly all cases go to the intclli
gent and as even the ignorant man would like
to have some OF these prizes. he naturally
adopts the one course that will make him n
competitor for them with some chance OF sue
cess: he ceases to be ignorant. 1t would be
ungracious. as we'll ne unjust to find fault with
those who improve their minds because they
do so either wholly or In part from selfish
motive. But such people are In danger OF con-
tenting themselves with merely superficial
culture. which yields no fruits OF profitable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-22
TOTTNG FOR 4 DEMOCRAT.

Some Democrats are still saying: I'VE must
"stand by the party. We don't like Bryan
"frc7, silver notions, but he is the regulari!
nominated candidate Of the party, ana we
"must support him We are in favor of sound
money. but we arc Democrats and we must
"vOte for Democrat"
Must they: Then we may be sure they VIII
not vote for William J. Bryan. For that gentle
man has not only declared. over and over again.
that there Is no power in the universe That
could make him vote for gold-stnndard Demo-
Graf. but he has denied that he Is Democrat
Mt all 81 am not n Democrat are his exact
words, uttered within this very year. Win all
the earnestness Of which the Boy Orator OF the
Platte is capable
II honest money Democrats want to maintain
their party organizatlcn. they will not vote for
n man who in advance Of the Convention pro-
claimed himself n bolter If they want to vote
for a Democrat, they will not vote for mnn
who publ,cly proclaIrns that he Is not Demo
crat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-22

knowledge. And this Is, perhaps, the most
conspicuous defect In the popular education OF
the day.
There Is. however. another more practical
reason why we should not boast too much
about the intelligence OF this age, and that Is
the fact that the people who are ignorant vast
" outnumber the people who are intelligent.
We do not refer necessarily to those who are
recognized as ignorant and iIliterate, although
they are very numerous. We inchide In the
term ignorant multitude Of people who would
usually be classed as intelligent, but whose
knowledge Is worse than ignorance because 1t
Is perverted. or distorted, or torn out Of Its
natural relations An excellent illustration OF
this Is found in the examination Of candidates
for the police force in this city. AS rule the
men who present themselves for this examina-
ton would be classed as fairly intelligent men;
certainly they do not belong to the class Of
illiterates. And yet, though the questions which
are given them to answer are elementally easy,
only 35 per cent Of them succeed In passing.
The answers Of the G5 per cent who do not
pass show an amazing ignorance Of everyday
simple facts-nn ignorance which can only DO
explained by assuming either that these men
cannot think or that they were not taught to
think. In n recent examination, for instance.
out Of 30. forty-thrcc could not tell In what
State Chicago is. one Of them declaring that
Chicago is State by itself" Forty could not
name one New-Engand State. One named five
Of them as follows: "Inglen, Ircan. Soothing.
Wales and Cork and another gave the same
list except that he substituted Belfast for Cork.
Ninety could not name one OF the Confederate
States and one wrote down as five Of them,
"New-York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
Maine and Vermont" One hundred and TWEEN
ty-sx could not name the lawmaking body Of
the United States, one OF them declaring 1t to
be martial law" Forty-fve did not know
the name OF tho chief executive officer Of
State.
But the letter Of 125 words or less that each
candidate must write on some practical topic
such as THE Causes Of Crlme'-furnishes
the best proof Of the mental vacuity Of many
supposedly intelligent men. One candidate
contcnted himself with enunciating the fact,
Grimes does be DONE Another gave the fol-
lowing mysterious answer: The most OF the
principles has been drunk Grassy and almost
dead from their endurance" It is not ncces-
sary to give further illustrations Of the dense
ignorance Of many who have gone to school,
and are supposed therefore, TO be intelligent.
There are multitudcs Of such people In the
community to-day and instead OF indulging
in spread-eagle speeches about our Intelligence
it Is high time for us to pay more attention 10
our system OF education. which in many
cases educates pupils to be more ignorant than
they were before. because 1t mparts to them
facts without training their minds TO retain and
use those facts in their right relations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-22
V.1NEZUELJ'S OWN CASE.

The Venezuelan Government, through its coun-
Sci, has made fOr,na! reply to the arguments Of
the British Government on the boundary dis
pute II Is ar elaborate document, not only con-
troyersial but exceedingly aggressive. 1t makes
sweeping claims for Venezuela, backs them up
with statements Of alleged facts Of the most
positive character. and accuses the British Gov
ernment, both now and heretofore. Of practice
so sharp that dishonest would he mild term
TO apply 10 It, There Is not so very much in 1t
that Is new; but 1t puts into definite form a
mass OF allegations and arguments hitherto
somewhat inchoate, and stamps it with the
authority Of one Of the principal parties to the
dispute Such a document cannot be lightly
dismissed Extrayagant and even offensive rs
the British Government may deem some Of its
statements, 1t Is bound to take them seriously
and either refute them or concede their truth.
SO far ns the general public Is concerned
there would be little profit In rethrashng Of
old straw. The points made in the formal brief
have already been made unofiicially. They are
now repeated officially. That Is all. Or II
there be anything more. 1t Is such as does not
40 much appeal to the lay rs to the judicial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-22
PLATFORM AND CANDIDATE.

This is one Of the declarations Of the Chicago
platform:
I'VE are opposed to life tenure in the pub
And this Is what Mr. Bryan, the Chicago can
ddate, printed On May 81. 1895:
sour Judges not only appointed, but
they appointed for life. They not
only appointed for life. but they are usually
selected from the CITIES. where they have
been surrounded by those Influences which
created and sustained by large aggrega-
lions Of wealth."
III the people of the United States arc de-
tcrmined to secure justice In taxation they
must be prepared to 20 to the root of the
difficulty and adopt amendment to the
Constitution providing for the election Of
all United States Judges for n definite time"
Thus the candidate and the platform are
agreed that 1t will not do OF all to have Judges
appointed for life and so deprived Of all inccn-
tive to trim their decisions 70 the breeze Of
political opinions. They want courts which
they can influence by threats Of displacement
to permit anything which they take q notion
to call for.