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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
WEYLER'S PROCLAMATION.
Captain-GeneraPs Ultimatum to
Cuban Rebels-To Organize
GuerrillaS.

Havana, Feb. 27-The following is
synopsis of the important and long-an-
ticipated proclamation of Capt.-Gen.
Weyler to the insurgents of the island of
Cuba. 1t has not yet been published
here or elsewhere, but will be issued
shortly and will say:
"The captain-general proclaims that he
allows the rebels in the province of Plnar
del Rio and Havana fifteen days from
the date of the proclamation in which
to surrender to the authorities. Those
who do so will not be subjected to mo-
Iosta ton. But small bands of insur-
gents in those provinces which do not
surrender within the given period will,
at the expiration of that period, be treat
ed as bandits.
.'Detachments of civil guards, rein
forced by the civil guards of the prov
ince of Santiago de Cuba and the prov
incc of Puerto Principe, have orders to
form lines at their respective towns of
all persons who have joined the rebels
and their property Will be cOnfScated.
''The towns in the western par( Of the
island are authorized to organize corps
of GuerrillaS and all office-holderS on
leave of absence will be relieved if, after
eight days from the date of the procla-
maison, they have not returned to their
posts.
siPetroleum and other infammable ar
ticIes. after the date of the proclama
ton, can 20 longer be sold in the small
Ingarr:sOned towns"
Refugees from the towns of Punts
Brara and GuayatO, twelve miles away,
have arrived at Havana, and say that
reign of terror exists in their locality in
consequence of troops having massacred
peaceabe citizens at Guayato, already
briefly announced by correspondents Of
American newspapers.
According to official announcements
Gomez and Maceo have been trying to
effect a junction, but have so far failed
to do so on account of the close manner
in which they have been pressed by the
troops whenever they are located. Both
of the insurgent leaders, it is asserted,
have been continually compelled to re-
treat before the advance of the troops.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
THE EGYPTIAN PROBLEM.
Austria Refuses to Help Turkey
Gust England-Franco-
Combine,

New York, Feb. pa special to the
Herald from st. Petersburg says that
the Novoe Vremya asserts that Austria
has been approached by the Porte with
view to ascertaining whether she would
support the cldcavcr of Turkey to il
duce England to eyacuate Egypt Tho
application met with q sharp reply III the
negative. The same paper alleges that
Russia, Germany and France are pre-
pared to give their support to the Porte
III this mater.
London, Feb. 27.-Replying to Sir e.
AshmeadB Bartlett. Conservative menu
Der for the Ecclesall division of Sheffield,
the r. Hon. George n. Curzon, under
secretary for the foreign Office, said in
the House oe Commons today that the
government had not received, recently, q
proposal from any government involving
the evacuation of Egypt.
In reply to a question on the subject.
Mr.. CurZon declared that Russia had as
sured Great Britain that there was no
truth III the report that by the terms of
a treaty concluded between Russia and
China, the former had secured railway
rights and commercial advantages to
which ''the most favored nation clause
did not apply.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
FINDS BACTERIA IN GRAIN.
They Are Harmless, However, and Are
Fewest in American Cereals

They Are Harmless, However, and Are
Fewest in American Cereals.
Washington, d. c., Feb. 27.-And now
bacteria has been found in grain and in
vast numbers, too, according to a report
to the state department from United
States Consul Stephan at Annaberg
The German Agrarians, always on the
lookout for any plausible pretext to keep
out foreign competition, hailed with de-
light the news that Prof. Reinrich, in
Rostock, had found numerous bacteria
in Russian and Roumanian grain, which
were the more deadly as they could not
be rendered harmless even by the heat
of The oven.
The matter was brought to the attcn-
ton of the Reichstag by an Agrarian
member, when it presently appeared
that the German government had al
ready been making an inquiry. The di-
rector of public health reported that
sixteen German and seventeen foreign
samples of grain had been examined for
bacteria. The purest was the Ameri-
can. AS regards the character of these
bacteria, such as would endanger health
were not found in single sample. so
that the grain is absolutely harmless.
But even the worst bacteria are de-
stroyed by the heat of the oven.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
ROBBERS ARE HANGED.
Two Men Strung Up in the Street at
Wichita, Tex.-One Dies
Game,

Wichita Falls, Tex, Feb. 27.-Foster
Crawford, notorious outlaw, and farm
hand near here, known as "The Kid,
who attempted to rob the City National
bank and killed Cashier Dorsey Tues
day, were hanged by mob last night to
a telegraph pole in front of the bank
they tried to rob. The men were capt
ured Tuesday night by a posse and
lodged in Jail here. The rangers a few
hours before the hanging got a sudden
call to Amarillo and left the men in
charge of few citizens, who imme-
diately turned them over to the mob
At first it was the intention of the
mob to burn the men alive, but better
judgment prevailed. 1.-THE Kid" or
Younger Lewis, as he, at the last mo-
ment, said he was, chatted and laughed
with the crowd, poking fun at them and
cursing for q moment, and then someone
yelled ''Time is up"
81 am 20 years old and robbed that
- bank" said "The Kid" 81 am
dead game and ready to die. Go ahead"
In an instant he was pulled up above
the, throng;- He never quivered or
kicked. He just went up in the air
and he is hanging there now.
All this time Crawford was a spectator
of the scene He began to weaken, and
confessed, giving some valuable informa-
ton. He placed the responsibility for
the crime on '"Hhe Kid" He denied
the murder. He begged for whisky. 1t
was given him. He talked and then
begged for more. He again addressed
the crowd in Comanche, English and
Spanish. Those who understood say
his utterances were incoherent. The
rope soon arrived and it was put about
his neck. He fell either in a faint or
from the effects Of the liquor he had
drunk. He was soon strung UP along
with his companion and their bodies
are dangling in midair.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
DUNRAVEN RESIGNS.
He Also Writes Personal Letter to
Mr.. Iselin Practically Apol-
Ogizing.

New York, Feb. 27.-Lord Dunraven' s
letter to Secretary Oddie of the New
York Yacht club, resigning his honorary
membership in that organization, is made
public today. The letter, which is dated
February 10, states that this course is
taken in view of the motion made by
Capt. Ledyard at the recent meeting of
the club that Lord Dunraven be ex-
PEELED because Of the allegations he made
against members of the club which he
had not substantIated.
In another letter, dated February II,
and addressed to E. J. Phelps, which is
published in connection with the letter
to Mr.. Oddie, Lord Dunraven explained
that he was satisfied with the conclu-
sions Of the committee which had inves-
tigated his charges upon the manage
ment of the yacht Defender and that he
had also written personal letter to Mr..
Iselin disavowing any intention to reflect
upon him in any way.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
DEATH OF MRS. COLLlGAN.
EOrmer Wisconsin Pioneer Expires in
Chi.ago-Her Son Stolen.

FORMER Wisconsin Pioneer Expires in
Chi.ago-Her Son Stolen.
Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. 27.-Mrs. Margaret
Colligan, an old resident here, died yes
terday, aged 90 years. She was born in
Ireland, but came to America when a
child A numerous family survives Mrs.
Colligan, there being eleven children,
twenty-five grand children and five great
grandchildren. Three of the children
were born at Rochester and the remain
Der at Watertown, Wis. They are wide
ly scattered. Two are in Iowa, two in
Michigan, one at WATERFOWL, Wis; one
at Alden, McHenry county, ILL.,; one in
Chicago, one in Dakota, one at Eau
Claire, Wis; one is travelling about the
United States, and still another was
stolen in his infancy by the Indians and
for fOrty-odd years has not been heard
from.
About fifty years ago John Colligan
and his wife set out for the frontier.
which was then in Wisconsin, They
made their way through the Erie canal
on a towboat and then sailed up the lakes
to Milwaukee. which consisted at that
time of two or three poorly constructed
frame houses.
From Milwaukee travel was resumed
by stage until Watertown was reached
Here the Colligans decided to locate,
and, accordingly, built a cabin about four
miles from the site of the city. The In
dams carried away Martin Colligan
when q child and all efforts to locate
him have failed. The remains will be
taken to Watertown for burial.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
SUFFERING IN AUSTRALIA.
Excessive Heat and Electric Storms
Heavy Loss of Life.

Vancouver, B. c., Feb. 27.-The Ca
nadan-Australian steamer Miowera
from Sydney brings news of great suf-
fering and loss of property in Australia
by the extraordinary climatic conditions.
There is unprecedented heat on land and
an excessively high death rate from sun
stroke, eighty corpses being buried in
Sydney il one day.
Terrific storms prevailed along the
coast Crops in a great many localities
have been ruined. Herds of stock are
starving and dying for want of water
and there is distressing array of ma
rine casualties reported. The town of
Murrurundi was almost entirely de-
stcoyed by an electric wind storm.
At midnight on January 26, the steam
er Glanworth was driven on the rocks
off Gladstone. There were 100 people
on board. The crew, with a splendid
display of courage and obedience. aband-
oned the vessel with some eight-fve pas
sengers in the small boats, landing them
safely at the lighthouse. The vessel is a
total wreck.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
THE 4. P. A. PROTESTS.
Illinois Branch Protests Against
Wisconsin's Pere Marquette
Statue.

Peoria, ILL.,, Feb. 28.-The A. P. A
state convention today unanimously
adopted the following with three cheers
and a tiger:
Whereas, the state of Wisconsin has ten
dered the general government statue of
the Jesuit priest Pere Marquette, and
Whereas the government has accepted the
said statue and it is the design TO pace
1t in the Statuary hall together with that
of the immortal Lincoln, stricken down
by the hand of the Jesuit; therefore be it
Resolved. by the A. z. A. of the state of
Illinois, in convention assembled. that we
protest against placing the statue among
those of American statesmen and that the
state secretary notify the Illinois congress
men of this action.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
"MIKE" M'DONALD MUST PAY.
Judge Lambert Tree Gets Judgment TO
Il Race TRACK RENAL.

Chicago ILL.,, Feb. 26.-The jury in
the case of Judge Lambert NJ. Tree,
eX-United States minister to the Neither
widely-known sporting man, brought in
a verdict today in favor of Tree, grant
ing him $3S320 damages. This is the
elimination of the long drawnout liti-
CATION over the old Garfield park race
track, the rental of which was guaran-
teed by mike" Mcdonald. When the
track was closed down. Mcdonald re-
fused to pay the rent and was sued by
Tree with the final result as stated.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
THREE THOUSAND KILLED.
Horrible Massacre Reported from
Arabklr, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Suffering.

London, Feb. 2S.-The Anglo-Arme-
MAN association has received telegram
from Constantinople which says that
5000 Armenians have been massacred at
Arabkir and that the widows and or
phans of those killed are in terrible dis
tress from cold and hunger. The dis
patch also says that the Armenians of
Sivas and Cesarea are in daily fear of
massacre. Forced conversions to Islam
ism are general throughout the Asiatic
provinces.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
investigating the hansen Report

New York, Feb pa special to the
Herald from ST. Petersburg says that
repeated kilograms have been sent to
Irkutsk to the agent of the Russian
telegraphic news agency, which first sent
out the reports respecting DR.. Nansen.
to obtain the exact wording of the letter
supposed to have been received from the
explorer, of which the agent telegraphed
only a vague summary. The messages.
however remain unanswered.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
AN EXPLORING EXPEDITION.
Party of CuIuth Men to Travel Through
south america.

Duluth, Mimi. Feb. 27.-[SpecialE
S. A. Thompson, for years secretary OF
the Duluth chamber of commerce, Will
on Saturday set sail from New York on
the steamer Irawaddy for South Ameri-
ca. He and twenty others have formed
a semi-scientific expedition and the Ina
tosa mountains, south of the Orinoco
river and in the concession recently
granted to Donald Grant of Faribault
and others by the Venezuelan govern
ment, will be the scene of their opera
tons. They will be gone nearly SIX
months.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
Turns on His Accuscrs.

San Francisco, CAL. Feb. 27.-Rev. c..
O. Brown became the accuser of his
judges last night. In an impassionate
address he charged the moderator, the
Rev DR.. J. X. Mclean, with deliberate
unfairness. He accused the council of
having been preiudiced against him and
of having admitted testimony which has
no proper place before the court The
scene which followed this attack was
one of the greatest excitement.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
BURNSIDE GOES FREE.
End Of a Case Which Startled the
Country Eight Years
Ago.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 27.--The gov
eminent today nolle pressed two indict-
ments against Col. J. 0. 2. Burnside for
the embezzlement of $4,000 while dis
bursting officer of the postoffice depart
ment. The arrest of Col. Burnside in
1883 created a sensation, and since that
time he has been in the government
asylum for the insane in Washington,
but has been permitted to drive about
the city and has had much liberty.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
Mother and Children Burned

St. Paul, Mimi, Feb "a Dispatches
special from Eureka, S. D.. says that Il
gasoline stove explosion today caused the
destruction of Frank E. Puckett's house
and the loss of three lives. The dead
are: Mrs Frank Pickett, Hattie, aged
Z years, and Clarence, aged years.
The servant girl saved the baby. Mr..
Pickett was away from home.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
PORTAGE LAKE LAND GRANT
United States to Begin Suit to Re-
cover Title to 6S,647
Acres.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 27.-Acting
Secretary of the Interior Simms today
requested the attorney-generaI to bring
land enormously certified to the state of
Michigan. These lands were granted by
the act of March 3, 1865, to aid the con
struction Of harbor and ship canal to
connect Lake Superior and Portage lake,
and the department holds that they were
designated as mineral lands before the
massage of that act.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
E,iison,s Father Dead.

Norwalk. O., Feb 27.-Samuel Edison,
father of Thomas A. Edison, the invent
or, died here last night after an illness
Edison left his home at Milan, O., just
before the holidays, intending to visit
his son in New Jersey and at his win
ter home in Florida. He stopped here
to visit his granddaughter, Mrs. w. A
Poyer, and was there taken sick Mr.
Edison was born in Nova Scotia and
has lived in Milan forty wears
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
Old Map OF Venezuela.

Staunton, ILL.,, Feb. 27.-Rev. Father
A. Zurbonzen of this place has in his
possession an old map of America, APP
proved of and made by authority of the.
Academy of Paris in 1746. showing
probably the original boundary of old
Guiana. Venezuela, Colombia and Ecua--
dor. This map is fifty-six years older
in the Venezuela boundary line discus
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 27.-Brig. Gen
George w Gle, distinguished officer of
the civil war, is dead. aged 66 years
He commanded the military at Lincoln's
second Inauguration and at the funeral
of President Lincoln and was general
officer of the day ut the final review
of the army at the close Of the war.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEARH.

Their Mother Had Locked Them in
While She Went on an Errand.
Crisfeld. Md, Feb. 27.-Three young
children of Nelson Parker were burned
to death here today. They were left il
a locked room while their mother went
to a neighbours on an GRAND. The father,
who was cutting wood in a nearby
grove, saw the smoke issuing from the
windows but by the time he reached the
house it was mass of flames and rescue
was imnossible. The Oldest of the chill
and the other 4 months
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
Marshall Fields Wife Dead.

Chicago, H., Feb. 24.-Mrs. Mamie
Field, wife of Marshall Field, the Chi
cago merchant, died yesterday morning
al her villa in Nice, Alpes- Maritimes
France. Mrs. Field has been in pool
health for several years. The immediate
cause of death was peritonitis. No ar
rangements have yet been made for the
funeral and final disposition of the re-
mains
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
Death in a Brooklyn Tenement.

Brooklyn, N. Y, Feb. 27.-Two girls
lost their lives and two men were injured
in a fire which partly destroyed the big
Brooklyn last night The dead are:
Florence Hotchkiss, years old. daugh-
ter of Wooster Hotchkiss; Emily Hotch-
kiss, years old, sister of Florence. The
injured were: Daniel Gallagher and
Henry Kirk. the latter a fireman, over
come by smoke while rescuing Gala
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
AN EARLY BREAK-u
Lumbermen Are Returning from the
Woods at Duluth.

Woods at Duluth.
Duluth, Mimi, Feb. 27.-[Special. IA
large number of loggers and teams got
in from the woods this morning on ac-
From now on the exodus from the woods
will be great. Local lumbermen are
feeling blue as many of them will have
considerable money tied up in logs that
they cannot drive until next year. Such
an early season has not been known in
Gffcpr
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
ENTERED THE TIGERS DEN.
Madison Woman Begins War Agains
Gamblers.

Madison Woman Begins War Against
Gamblers.
Madison, Wis, Feb. 26.-[Special.E
Mrs. Phillis Frawley, widow who
keeps a students boarding house near
the State university, accomplished more
in one brief hour yesterday afternoon
than the Madison Civic federation has
accomplished in the year and more that
it has been in existence. She discovered
that there are gambling houses in Madi-
son. and she at once proceeded to invoke
the aid of the law for their suppression.
She visited the district attorney and that
official is now investigating the affair.
Mrs. Frawley entered a gambling house
and secured the necessary evidence her
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
C. L. COLBY DEAD.
Stricken on a Lecture Platform
in Massachusetts,.
He was Formerly President of the Wis
consin Central Railway.

Newton, Mass, Feb. 27.-Charles H.
Colby of New York, formerly president
of the Wisconsin Central Railway COM
pany. is dead He had been invited to
address the twenty-ffth anniversary OF
the Woman's Baptist foreign missionary
society at Newton Center last evening
and was ascending the platform when ne
was stricken with heart trouble, dying al
most Immediately. He was about o.
years of age.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
A SENATE VETERAN DEAD.
M. r. Shanklin Had Been an EmpIOye
Ever Since the War.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 27.-M. 4.
Shanlllin. who has been in the employ
of the Senate since 1861, died at his
home in Virginia last night after lin
gering illness. He was at the time of
his death one of the executive clerks of
the Senate. His death was the cause
of the circulation of uufounded reports,
first that Senator Voorhees, of Indiana
was dead and next that Gil. Shanklin,
the veteran Indiana politician and news
paper man, had died at the senator's
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
NO GUNBOAT ON HAND.
War Department. Cannot Respond tor
Nicaraguan Minister'S Call.

Nicaraguan Minister'S Call.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 26.-The
state department has been advised by
United States Minister Baker of the
threatened revolution IN Nicaragua and
the minister has also asked to have &
United States warship stationed at Cor
into Unfortunately the Z. S. S. Alert,
which had been at San Jose in Guate-
mala. sailed from that port yesterday
for Acapulco, Mex, and SO got beyond
the immediate reach of the navy depart
ment She should, however, reach Aca
pulco by Saturday or Sunday and she
will there receive orders to turn back and
90 TO CorintO.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
LAMP FOR CATHODE RAYS.
Perfecting Appliances for Utilizing
Roentgen's Discovery.

Roentgen's Discovery.
Cambridge. Mass. Feb. Pr. T..
Woodward of the Lawrence scientific
school at Harvard has devised new ray
lamp by means of which excellent
catholic photographs have been obtained.
The lamp is conical in shape, with walls
of sheet aluminium, one-tenth of an inch
in thickness. The rays pass through the
aluminium readily with this lamp. Mr..
Woodward has obtained very clearly-de-
fined shadowgraphs Of the hand in five
seconds from an induced current Of only
between q. 600 and 10000 volts.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02

Charles t. Colby, known as the build,
er of the Wisconsin Central lines, ana
one of the foremost railway men OF the
mart Of Rostonl on May %, 1889. In
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02

Butter-Fancy creamery, per ID, 21@2119c;.
inferior to choice, 10000; best dairy
1O@16c; roll S0g12c; packing stock, do, 60
Sc grease. 40I5c.
cheeseFnl e aa fats Taur per 6 90
9a4M10c: brick. 10@11c; limburger 10@11c;
Swiss. do, 12M13c.
Egg Per doz, fresh, 111a@121ac; icehouse
and n.ckled 101Oc.