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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-31
CREDIT TO THE CITY.
The New Washington School Build
ing at Fond du Lac is Now
COMPLETE.

Fond du Lac. Wis. Dec. 23.-[Spe-
cial. The Washington school building.
erected at a cost of over $4,000. will
be dedicated to the cause of education at
s o'clock on the evening of January ..
An interesting programme has been pre-
pared in which persons of prominence
will take part. The reception commit
tee will consist of Prof. L. A. Williams.
Principal Brewer. Attorney J. w. Wat
son and Commissioners Will Lamb and
John Heath. The interior will be hand
somely decorated for the OCCASION
The Washington school, in every re-
spect that can be named is Il credit to
the enterprise and good business judy
ment of the board Of education. The
plans were drawn by Conover Porter of
Madison. 1t is a very commanding
structure. is well proportional. and its
elevations are very attractive. The
building contains ten rooms. nine of
which accommodate forty-fiye pupils
each. and one having a capacity of nine
weight, making total of over 500.
The building is fitted throughout with
all the latest modern improvements and is
heated with hot air. The new school
will be under the supervision of Prin-
cipal Brewer, who came here from Indi-
ana early i'll September.
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ASK oLNEY'S- AID.
Feared that the Span.a'a
sunamari!y Execute Enrique
Delgado.

u,sb;noton. n. c., Dee. 2l.-Ihe State
7on,rtment has been requssteu 70 iiissi
80 ;tself in the case Of Enrique Deis,aoo'
Amorcan citizen reported 10 nave
,aa,, contured by the Spanlafos Wnie
~; wounded in Il Cuban nosl'itai ...i'' ...
i i;a,.aa to he in danger OF summary eAe
cution. = 4h Nav York Mail
and Express waited upon ,.l+al+;nn ~
nov today and claimed the pfotei'ioh ~
~ ny. ssovernment for Delgado. whom ne
9". as \ legitimate correspondent
c 49, newsnaper and in no sense Il
% ~. kilograms also have been
,.ecaiyed bv Secretary Olney rom sJllle
of Delgado's relatives III NeW - ~ h;v,
tably from W. r. u. stoae tba DI nan from rom
TO act at once to rescue 'No
peril in which he STANDS. o;o5 ~,
no denartment so far has received no
oaia;ol news of the arrest, but III COM
nliance with these requests. lnslluc tr,
have been cabled to ActlhS oonsul-ot =;
eral Springer at Iiasa III f,o+s md do
Guiries Immediately into the Iacts ',hT ny u'
Whatever lawfully may be done lor DGi
a,In II also happened that Sehor oe
Tome. the Spanish minister mere calieu
at tie state department anu oe.! u,,Hs
Olney took advantage or the opp . 'u, ny
to bring the matter to MS atteil.oli ~" ~
a view 70 preventing snap action III the
The Mail and Express says today:
Henry Delgado, an American' Is spee da
f oile1 tWo months ago to join the nsurgent
army army in Pinar del Rio. Failing to to r sac..
Gen. Maceo, Mr.. Delgado was f 10 lay T.,
Joined if he could, the spanish toi ho'o ~,
The field. This alternative did not become
The correspo9defhn e ex Wn9 %"s
t.nue1 tb :" cnmntry. went strictly in his ca
IsUit las as news commissioner for this his
Newspaper for the purpose Of T, te, hg 1 ta%
truth just as he found It . Wndm ne ~ -,
here he carried letters OF lnlrouucti,on !"
Maceo and 10 another. Cuban gentleman
When captured these letters were were lonna on On
thn nrefect of Las Tumbas, commencing the
bearer to his consideration ana courtesy H;
These documents could scarcely De resafueo
as iucriminaJi ing.
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Autonomy for Cuba

Washington. d. c., Dec. 24.-What-
ever course Congress may finally tana
with. respect TO the Cameron resolution
the insistent efforts of the present nd.
ministrat ton, at least, will continue n ~ H.,
exerted in behalf Of an autonomous gov W
eminent 1or the Cubans; During the
and Spain, the Canadian system has i hea,t
repeatedly referred to as a model ,r Ell
Spain might do well to follow in c mn,en
ing home rule to her Cuban colen;s4s
O nd ctit however. have been made
mitted, that system which wo,, ~ Is ad-
admirably with her majesty's s,,h;ao Mof IS
I IA G1;,a might utterly fail if applied III
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NEW TREATY WITH JAPAN.
Interesting Ceremony at Wasnihs-
ton-Peru Has the Favored
Nation Clause.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec 24.-An inter-
esting ceremony occurred at the Japan
csc legation today when final ratlf1ca-
tons of Il new treaty between Japan ana
Peru were exchanged by Minister tlesh
of JaDan and Consul-General Bergmann,
acting plenipotentiary for Peru. -,
The Japanese copy was prepared WIZ
the artistic elegance characteristic Oh
that nation and was enclosed III a case
of heavy velvet on which was embroId-
cred the arms of Japan and the two ma
tionaI flowers. the chrysanthemum ana
paulownia. The velvet case was in urn
placed in Il large box of exquisite work
manship. made of lacquer with heavy
mountings of gold. including the arms
and national flowers in gold.
The new treaty is one OF the series
which Japan is making with all nations
and is almost identical with the one con
Guided with the United States about
year ago. It is brought about, however.
by Il curious circumstance. In 1863,
when Japan was first entering upon her
modern policy, she sought to keep out
Chinese slaves who were taken to Japan
by way of Peru. For this purpose II
treaty was made with Peru which
stopped the slave trade But in securing
this Japan granted to Peru all the pow
ers enjoyed by such nations as the Unit
ed States and Great Britain in maintain
ing consular courts in Japan and the
new treaty does away with these con-
sular courts after July II. 1899. 1t pro-
vides for commerce. navigation, etc. Civ
ing Peru the benefit of the favored nal
ton clause.
Another treaty similar to this one has
just been concluded between Japan and
Brazil. the signatures have been affixed
at Paris. With those of Mexico and the
United States Japan is thus brought into
treaty relations with four of the Ameri-
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LINE WILL BE BUILT.
Neenah and kaukauna to be Con-
nected with an Inter-Urban
Electric Road.

Appleton, Wis, Dec. 24.-[Special. L
The original promoters of the Interurban
Electric railway between Neenah Me-
pasha, Appleton and kaukauna are
again in the field and announce that all
arrangements have been completed to
have the road running from Neenah to
Appleton before the LIST of July next.
The syndicate which is to build the
road is headed by e. r. Stettinius. gem
eral mana ger of the Stirling Boiler COM
pany Of Chicago. and T. G. Rutan, also
of Chicago. and includes a number of
other well-known capitalists of that city.
The construction work and operation
of the road will be in charge of 4 we'll
known, practical street railway man,
whose name is withheld for the present
on account of his connection with another
road which will not terminate for sew
eral weeks. Contracts covering a large
portion of the equipment are said to be
already closed and the machinery, en-
gines, dynamOs, cars, etc, will be built
this winter.
The work of constructing the road will
begin early in the spring. The route
will cover the route of the present horse
railway in Neenah and Menasha, which
is already under option to Mr.. Stet-
tinius. and will reach the city limits of
franchise granted some months ago, and
thence by the lake road past Wayerly
beach and the other Lake Winnebago
resorts to Appleton. where it will enter
the city by the route laid down in the
existing franchise to the company and
will connect with the present Appleton
electric line, which is under option Of
purchase to the company. The extern
sion of the road to kaukauna will not
be undertaken until later. but ultimately
the line will furnish a complete connec-
ton between the Twin cities and kau-
kauna by way of Appleton.
NJ Breasted, recently of Fond du Lac,
has purchased the cracker and confec-
tionery manufacturing business of G. 5.
Woodland and will hereafter conduct the
same. Mr.. Woodland retires from ac-
tive business on account of ill-health, but
will continue, with his family, to make
his residence here.
The three tramps first committed to
the new workhouse were discharged yes
terday at the conclusion of their sen
fences and at once hurried across the
county line. cursing Outa game county.
it's workhouse and the stonepile at every
jump.
The funeral of Michael Cummons the
farmer who died of the injuries received
in runaway in this city a few days
ago, was held from the home and later
from ST. Mary's church this morning.
He was buried in the Catholic cemetery.
The funeral of Sidney Hart was held
from the home of his son-in-law, T.. \.
Fredendall. this morning. and the re-
mains were taken to Emerald Grove for
interment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-31
EXAMINER KIDD'S REPORT.
Some Radical Changes in the State
Banking Laws Are ADJ
v0catod

Madison Wis. Dec 26-The semi
annual report of State Bank Examiner
f. l. Kidd is complete. It shows the
financial condition of all state and pri
vate banks on November p, 1896. The
total number of banks in operation Oh
the date named was 30. OF this mum.
Der $50 We're state banks, 100 private
banks and one savings bank
The aggregate authorized capital stock
of the state banks reporting was S6.961.
$50 and the reported capitalization OF
private banks was S1.115. 2O3.41. The
total was $41. 5327 11.22 of which So.
256. 742.43 represented money OF at
kinds, and So. 81, 9GS.79 represented
loans and discounts, real estate and al
other assets. OF their liabilities SS.Ol6,
753.41 represented capital stock. 1921
243.S1: surplus and undivided protlts
S29.311 .4O2.73 deposits and 81, 1877 ,311.2I
rediscounts and bills payable.
AS compared with the semi-annual re-
port made June of the present year
there is shown a total increase OF foul
state and two private banks, an increase
in capital stock and surplus representing
1929. 1880 a decrease in loans and dis
= counts of S2.712 952.74. and decrease
in deposits of $2,525. 5O9.SS. There is
also shown an aggregate decrease OF re.
sources and liabilities of S2.462 ~. Z
and a total cash reserve Of S9,2o6. ~ 10
showing the cash reserve to be 3l.oS Eel
cent. Of deposits.
The new banks organized. with name
location and capitalization are as fol
lows:
State Banks-The State bank, Fen
nimore. $4,000: the State bank, Elk
horn. $4,000: State Bank Of Horizon
Horizon. $4,000; Citizens State bank
Sheboygan. $4,000.
Private Banks-Barneyeldb bank, Barne
weld. $4,000: Bank of CABOT. CABOT
$500: Island City bank, Cumberland
$4,000; Bank of Manawa, ManaWa
$4,000.
The following banks have gone into
voluntary liquidation:
International bank, West Superior
German American bank, Port Washing
ton: Baraboo Savings bank, Baraboo
Bank of Mosinee. Mosinee;. Exchange
bank, Waupaca; Sank City bank. Saul
City; John II. Jacques. Port Washing
ton: w. H. Knapp & Co., Albany; Z
Dame & Son. Oostburg.
The total number of banks which have
suspended during the past year is four
vate banks. as follows:
State Banks-Jackson County bonk
Black River Falls; Shullsburg bank
Shulsburg.
Private Banks-German-A bank
Portage; John Lienlokken, banker, Ii
Crosse.
Mr.. Kidd makes a lengthy report re-
garding the banking laws. etc., which, he
says. are very loose in Wisconsin. He
suggests many radical changes in regard
to the management of banks and adyo
Gates the encOura cement of state banks
in small towns instead of private deposi
tories. Under the present laws, he says
the state examiner has little power and
in case of failures he can only investigate
the same and report to the governor. He
says the laws should be more stringent i'll
permitting officers of banks to borrow
money from the institutions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-31
DASHED INTO A CROWD.
Two Persons Severely Injured by Rum
away Horse at kaukauna.

Kaukauna. Wis. Dec 26-[Special ]
Just as the crowd came pouring out of
the North Side Congregational church
Gu Christmas a runaway horse attached
to an empty cutter came daShing down
the street right into the midst of them,
striking Mrs. Henry Scholes and 5-year-
old son, Teddie. Mrs. Scholes escaped
with but slight injuries. but little Teddc
was struck on the head, rendering him
insensible for short time and cutting
quite hole in the scalp. also cutting
his lip, nose and cheek. He will soon
recover.
1t is several years since the merchants
of this city enjoyed so good Il holiday
trade as they did for about four days
preceding Christmas. These days were
of typical Christmas weather, accOmpa-
MED by enough snow for sleighing. The
class of goods purchased was of a higher
grade than usual.
More than thirty architects, up to the
present time. have Indicated their desire
to submit plans and specifications before
the coming meeting of the board of di-
rectors and the building committee who
have charge of the north side public
school building of this city. Architects
from Chicago, Milwaukee. Detroit. Min
neapolis. st. Paul, Oshkosh, Appleton
and many other cities will compete at
the examination ON January Is.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-31
NORMAL REGENTS MEET.
Considering the Wants of the Seven
Schools.

Madison. Wis. Dec. 22.-[Specal.l-
The board of Normal school regents is
in session this afternoon considering the
report of the committee of inspection APP
parently to investigate the demands of
the seven Normal schools for an extern
sion of buildings and increases in force
of teachers. The committee consists of
President Il. D. Coe; regents A. e.
Thompson of Oshkosh: F. Fl. I4ork of
River Falls, and +. Ostrand of Supe-
rior. They were instructed to visit the
several institutions and report on their
necessities. Nearly all are in an over
crowded condition, the total number of
students in the seven schools being be-
tween 1000 and 1900. In the Platte
vile school. with seating capacity of
300. there are 42S students; at Stevens
Point. with accommodations for PIG.
there are $50: the Milwaukee school is
crowded about II per cent. above it's
capacity, and the same is true in a
greater or less degree in the other
schools.
Some relief is necessary, and the
board will doubtless ask the coming
Legislature for an appropriation to meet
the demand.
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DID NOT LIKE WORK.
Outagamie County Worknouss
ficials Have Trouble with
Their BoarderS.

Appleton. Wis, Dec. 22.-lSpeciall.
There are now five tramps connleu IN
the new Outagamie county Wofhi,ous..
Yesterday morning they got their neaos
together and planned a strike. I'LL he,t
plan was to wait until the superintendent.
had gone to the city. leaving the t4 ~ KY
alone. and then refuse to work; IN . az
melee they expected to follow TINS ieuea
lion as many as possible were TO eseap *;
Their plan was overheard. however. a tho
solitary confinement cellsswhile the rest
Went peacefully to work. Ten minutes t,,
in the dark cells was enough for the . mu,
tineers who at the end Of that linlg
begged piteously and upon beng releaseu
went docilely to the stone-plle II nay ia,,
ing been demonstrated that no Iooli Isl
ness will be tolerated. the officers at the
workhouse fear no further trouble Win
the trampS.
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CLEARED UP AFFAIRS.
Execution Against the Wausau Furniture
COmpany-Notes.


Wausau Wis, Dee. 22.-[Special.l-
An execution in favor of j. w. Hudson
ct al. was levied yesterday on the fac
tory of the Wausau Furniture company.
This is a result of Il cleaning up of the
affairs of the company. Some time ago
eleven of the directors paid UP the IN
debtedness of the concern and this Judg-
ment is in their favor. The manager OF
the factory was made custodian and its
operation will continue without Il break.
When sold it will go practically to the
present owners.
The directors of the Wisconsin Hard
wood association are holding meeting
here today. There is no consideration OF
prices, but the winters supply and Win
ters business are being discussed.
Judge Fish of Racine is here today
and set the famous pier tax cases for
trial at Merrill. January 6. There are
about 200 of these cases in which the
costs are enormous.
The First National bank of this city
was Il depostor in the suspended Ma
tional bank of Illinois. but is only slight
ly affected. The cashier states today
that less than $4,000 of their funds will
be tied up and they expect no loss on
that.
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HUNG TO A TREE.
Oconto County Farmer Ends ms Lie
with a Rope.

with a hOpes
Oconto, Wis. Dec. 81 SPECIAL l.
John Johnson, well-todo farmer OF th9
town of Maple Valley. was dlscoVereu
in swamp hanging from llmo OF Il
tree with a rope around his neck, dead a.
He had been mentally deranged LOT
about three years and recent money
troubles had still further affected ms
mind. He was So years of age,
Nomination papers are out in the inter-
est of Judge d. G. Classon's candidacy
for reelection as county judge. The To-
cal bar has signed to 4 man. ;. :.
Miss Mamie Waggoner, who dled III
the Menominee River Hospital at MARI
nette. formerly resided in this. city;
S. M. Stephenson of Menominee has
crew in the woods putting in logs for me
Scohed-Arnold company-about o,Ooo'-
600 feet. NV
The case of Rev G. r. Burdick VS.; W.
H. Phillips. for alleged SANDER. VIII ne
called in the circuit court at Oshkosh
this afternoon 1t is Il change OF venue
from Oconto county.
Israel Langlois, engineer OH the Ash
land division of the Chicago u North.
Western railroad, between Oconto ana
Clintonville. and who recently had an
operation performed for humorous cancer
in Il Chicago hospital. is very sick man
and his recovery is doubtful.
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BLAZE AT OCONOMOWOC.
Residence of Aid. Corlett Entirely De
stroyed-NOtes.

Residence of Aid. Corlett Entirely De-
stroyed-Notes.
Oconomowoc. Wis. Dee. 24.-[Spe-
cial. about 8 O'Clock last night fire
was discovered in the residence of Aid.
]. D. Corlett of the First ward. situated
north of the Main street bridge and in
the vicinity largely occupied by summer
residences of Chicago and st. Louis fami-
lies. 1t is long distance from the
engine house and before the tiremen
could arrive at the place, the building
was past saving. 1t was new and
handsome cottage and lastly furnished.
Mr.. Corlett's family are in Kansas. and
he had started a fire in an open CRATE.
taking the usual precautions, and had
gone downstairs for supper. between 4
and 5 o'clock. An hour later the neigh
bors smelled smoke but no one saw the
blaze until after s O'Clock. 1t is pre-
sumed Il coal snapped from the CRATE and
caught in the carpets. Aid. Corlett
places his loss at $4,000, with partial
Insurance. Although for some time 4
resident here. his business interests are
in Chicago. where he was for a long time
engaged as contractor and builder. Moth
ing whatever was saved from the burn
ing building.
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EDGERTON CITIZENS PROTEST
Object to the Use of q Hotel Building fo,
q Laboratory.

Laboratory.
Edgerton, Wis, Dec. 2-TSpecial.l
There is trouble in the air here, ana q
public meeting is to be called to discuss
the matter of the sale of the Commercial
hotel property to Wilson Brothers. the
patent medicine manufacturers, for use
as laboratory; The hotel was built by
was organized by local stockholders for
the purpose of providing the city with a
frst-elass hosiery, at that time there
being none in the city. Some time ago.
the property was sold to Whitewater
man. and people who had invested their
money for the good of the town and NOT
in the hope of profit, were not wholly
pleased, for fear that the building might
be put to other uses. 1t now transn;rcs
that the Whitewater man has sold out to
the medicine makers, hence the dissatis-
faction.
''We are going to see what we .an do
about it," said an Edgerton man today
I'VE do not know that we can do any.
thing, but public meeting is to be held
to devise ways and means. We want tha
property used for hotel, and nothing
else e
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WISCONSIN COUPLE IN JAIL.
a Husband Traces His Wife and Chill
dren to Cleveland. o.

dren to Cleveland, o.
Cleveland, O., Dec. 26.-At late hour
Thursday night the police arrested at %
Moltke street Mrs. Albert Glassnapp and
Gustav Rode.
During the evening Mr.. Glassnapp
called at the central police station and in
formed the police that he was farmer
from the town of Lyndon, Sheboygan
county. Wis, and that last July his wife
left home with Rode. who had been
boarding with them. taking his two little
children. Otto. aged 6, and Emma, aged
years. After many weary months
search he discovered that they had gone
first to milwaukee, and thence to Cleye-
land where he had traced them. and
found that they were living at % Moltke
street. His object in tracing them was
only incidentally to punish them. he said.
his principal wish being to get possession
of his children.
The police went to the place indicated
and found the couple and the children
there. They were arrested and TAX
en- to the station, where the children
seemed ovcrjoyed and wanted to go away
will, their father at once. but were held.
pending the judicial determination of the
case against their moher.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-31
SHERIFF TOOK CHARGE.
Factory of the Phoenix Suspender
Company Has Closed Its
Doors.

Fond du Lac. Wis, Dec. 24.-[Special.l
The Phoenix Suspender company.
which was until a year ago Milwaukee,
industry, had it's doors closed by Sheriff
Watson at ) o'clock last evening. The
concern is the largest in the Northwest
and had capital stock of $25,OOO
Mr.. jerks states that his factory was
closed as result of the failure of ''The
Boston" department store of Milwaukee,
which was owned by his son-in-law, Will
lis A. Meyer. Mr.. Meyer was an en-
dorser on .Jencll's notes to the amount of
$4,000 and when he (Meyer) failed, new
security was asked.
Mr.. Jencks gave a mortgage on the
plant. Eastern creditors learning OF this
came on and closed the factory. The
liabilities and assets are not known.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-31
AN ALDERMAN ARRESTED.
Member of the Minneapolis Council
Charged with Bribery.

Minneapolis. Mimi. Dee 24-Ald.
George A. Durham of the Third ward
was arraigned in the district court this
morning and pleaded hot guilty to an in
dictment for bribery. He is charged
with demanding Il bride of $4,000 from
the HaIvorson & Richards company. a
firm of contractors which bid on he ex-
walton of the new reservoir. Bail will
be fixed at > o'clock. This is the first
arraignment resulting from the grand
jury>s investigation of the municipal
scandals and number of others are
promised to fellow.
The indictment for Aid. Durham was
reported to the court by the grand jury
on Tuesday. but it's contents were kent
secret until the arraignment TODAY.
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NORMAL REGENTS REPORT.
Will Ask the Next Legislature for an Adj
ditionai $50,

Madison. Wis, Dec. 23.-[Special.l /
AS Il result of the report of its committee
of inspection as to the needs of the Nor
NAL schools of the state. the board of
Normal regents will ask the next Legis-
lature for an appropriation of 1000 in
addition to the regular income received
from the one-fifth mill tax which
amounts now to S12OOOO.
This additional sum, if secured. will
go for the following purposes: Ten thou
sand dollars to the Platteville school for
heating plant and other improvements:
$4,000 to the Milwaukee school for the
purchase of a site. an additional $50.
600 to the Whitewater school for the
construction of an addition: $1,000 to the
school at River Falls for repairs.
The board concluded it's adjourned
meeting Tuesday evening