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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
CHINA WANTS POWER
HOPES TO SOON OWN A FIRST.
GLASS NAVY.
Nine Vessels Already Ordered from
Europe-Our Own Cruiser Brooklyn
Narrowly Escapes Sinking-Smashes
Forward Compartments.
Buyin. n Powerful Fleet.

An outline of the plans of the Chinese
Government in the direction of reconstruc-
ton and replacement of the navy destroy
ed and captured by the Japanese during
the late war has reached the Navy De
partment through a report from Com
mander F. NJ Barber (retired), WHO was
invited to address the Chinese Tsung-L III
Yamen. or imperial council, last fall upon
the feasibility of securing ships IL the
United States He was informed that
China proposes to reconstruct her navy
and become first-class naval power III
ten years. The Bay of Kia Chow. on the
south side of Shangtung promontory, is
to be thoroughly dredged and fortified for
a great naval depot, and the arsenal az
Foo Chow is to be reorganized and en-
larged under French engineers SO as TO
be capable of constructing modern vessels
of war of all types. There is new ar
senal for the manufacture of small arms
and ammunition now in progress of con-
struction in the Shangtung promontory.
Nine vessels have already been ordered
from Europe. Two of these are unarmed
cruisers of 1890 tons and twentyfour
knots speed from Armstrong; in England,
time of construction eighteen months;
three unarmored cruisers of $500 tons
and twenty-three knots speed from the
Vulcan Iron Works in Germany, time of
construction eighteen months; and four
torpedo destroyers of 200 tons and thirty
two knots speed from the Shichau works
at Elbing, Germany, time of construction
thirteen months.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
WEALTH IN OLD TIN CANS.
Industry Started Near Denver Which
Will Profit Smelters.


A new industry of interest to every
large city has originated near Denver, and
there is promise of extensive works being
erected for disposing of old tin cans and
other dislocated joints of domestic econ
omy. At Idaho Springs some miners have
discovered that they are able to accom-
plish with this refuse what has baffled
science for years The old cans are thrown
into tanks designed to catch the flow from
the pumps of the Chicago Belle mine. The
water is highly impregnated with copper
and gold, and much money has been vast
ed in chemical tests that would save the
values. All failed, but the old-can process
proves a sure winner, for the first ship
ment made to the smelter last week gave
a return that represented q profit to the
owners far in excess of their most san
guine expectations. The cans gather the
copper from the water in it's passage from
the pumps, and the gold is precipitated in
large quantities in the interstices and jag
ged edges of the refuse material. When
the accumulators have lain for a suffi-
Gent length of time, they are shipped to
a smelter and reduced, the gold and cop
per being separated and the precious
metal saved The first shipment yielded
at the rate of 5000 per ton, the copper
alone running $50.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04

Surgeon General wyman Talks of the
Plague of India.

Plague of India.
DR.. Walter Wyman, surgeon general
of the United States marine hospital SER
vice, has been making a special study Of
the black death, or bubonic plague, now
raging in India, the deadliest scourge that
ever afflicted the earth. It has already
been brought by infected seamen to Mar
settles, France. In an interview he said:
I'm general the disease is spread in the
same manner as cholera, except that the
cholera germ must enter the lntestlnal
tract, while the germ of the plague may
attack any part of the mucous membrane.
or be attended by even the minutest abra-
sion of the skin. While this germ is so
virile and SO easily taken into the sys-
tenn. it is one of the most easily killed by
disinfection. In the experiments now pc
ing carried on in the laboratory of the
hospital service it has been found that
but one pathogenic organism is as easily
destroyed by formaldehyd gas as the
plague bacillus, namely, the staphylo coc-
Gus pyogenes aureus. One per cent or
quicklime will also destroy it. There are
known to be two forms OF the disease
One is the Illuminating form called 'pestus
major in which form the disease acts
very quickly and is very fatal; the other
'pestus minor in which the symptoms are
mild, the patient not being confined to
the bed: hence this class are called am
bulant cases. The period for incubation
for the acute cases appears to be pretty
well fixed at under ten days, while in the
ambulant cases the apparent period OF
incubation may be very much longer. In
other words, ambulant cases may be
afflicted for a period of ten or thirty days
before the symptoms have developed
which call attention to the disease. The
acute form of the infection may cause
mild attacks, while on the other hand the
ambulant cases may cause the acute at
tacks. The ambulant cases, therefore,
are the most to be dreaded"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$3.50 to 1915; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to 1915; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat, No. red, 74c to 76c;
corn, No. 2, 21c to 23c; oats, No. 2, 15c
to 16c; rye, No. 2, 33c to 35c; butter,
choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh,
16c to 1Sc; potatoes, per bushel, voc to
Doc; broom corn, common green to fine
brush, 214c to 514c per pound.
dianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $500 to
1928; hogs, choice light, $500 to 1918;
sheep, good to choice, $500 to $3.75;
wheat, No. 2, SIC to SOC; corn. No. 2
white, zoe to pc; oats, No. white, zoe
to 22c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to 1925; hogs,
$500 to 1910; wheat, No. 2, Soc to SIC;
corn, No. 2 yellow, 19c to zoe; oats, No.
2 white, 16c to lie; rye, No. 2, 33c TO Soc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $4.OO:
wheat, No. 2, SSc to soc; corn, No. 2
mixed, 22c to 24c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 1Sc
to zoe; rye, No. 2, 35c to 37c;.
Detroit Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs.
$500 to 1915; sheep, $500 to 1915;
wheat, No. 2 red, SIC to S3c; corn, No. 2
yellow, 22c to 24c; oats, No. white, 19c
to 21c; rye, BIC to 3Sc.
Toledo-Wheat, No 2 red, SIC to soc:
corn, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 23c; oats, No.
2 white, tic to Zoe; rye. No. ?, 37c to Csc:
clover seed, $500 to $500
Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 74c
to 1oc; corn, No. 3, 19c to 21c; oats, No.
2 white, 1Sc to zoe: barley, No. 2. 25c to
34c: rye. No. l, SEC to 3Sc; pork. mess.
$3.50 to $500.
Buffalo-Cattle. $3.50 to $500; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep. $500 to S4.25:
wheat No. 2 red, 92c 10 93c; corn. No
2 yellow, 25c to &c; oats, No. 2 white.
21c to 23c.
New York.-Cattle. $500 10 S5.25; hogs.
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $3.50:
wheat No. 2 red. Sic to SEC; corn. No. 2
Csc to 29c; oats, No. = white, 21c to pc:
butter creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, West
ern, 15c to 10c.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
Refugees Nav Suffer.

Advices received in London from Aus
tralia direct attention to a somewhat
knotty point which the colonial govern
ments have been called upon to settle.
Some time ago, with the object of putting
a stop to Chinese and japanese immigra
ton, "colored races restriction statute"
was enacted, and the question has now
arisen as to whether the law affects the
Syrian and Armenian refugees from the
Turkish empire, who have turned their
steps in the direction of the antipodes.
The ecclesiastical authorities on being APP
pealed to argued in favor of the admission
of the exiles, whereas the secular officials
take the opposite view, and apparently
have made up their minds to render the
permission for a stranger to set foot upon
Australian territory dependent upon his
complexion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
cOLoNIsTs ARE DESTITUTE.
Settlers at Topo1obampo Without
Food Or Means of Support.

Settlers at Topo1obampo Without
Food Or Means of Support.
James Medsker, who was among the
number of Americans who took up their
residence at Topolobampo, the CO.
operative colony west of Chihuahua, Mex
leo, on the Pacific coast, few years
ago, has just arrived at the latter
place in destitute condition and is
seeking to get back to the United States.
He says the few colonists remaining at
Topolobampo are entirely without means
of support and are suffering for food.
They are several hundred miles from
railway and have given up hope OF re-
turning to their old homes. The Govern
ment Cancelled the concession under which
the colony was established, and the mem
bers have no special favors or privileges.
The attention of United States Minister
Ransom will be called to the condition OF
the colonists.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
BIG SHIP DAMAGED.
Cruiser Brooklyn Str kes a Rock in
the Delaware River.

the Delaware River.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn,
the latest pride of the navy, calculated to
withstand the fiercest onslaught of shot
and SHE'LL now lies almost totally helpless
because of narrow ledge of sunken rock
in the Delaware River above Marcus
Hook. Pa, on which she struck heavily
Sunday afternoon. Her lower double COM
partments forward were completely stove
in, and it was only by the merest good
fortune that the big vessel did not sink.
This would undoubtedly have been the
result had not her inner compartments
successfully withstood the shock. AS it
was. she was pulled clear of the rocks,
and is now tied to the big stone break
ers at Marcus Hook, protected from the
heavy ice gorges in midriver. The big
vessel is seriously damaged, and it is i'm
possible to say when she will be able to
&c into active service. At present she
is in no danger of further damage, being
fully protected in the safe anchorage af-
forded by the ice breakers. How the ac-
cident occurred can only be established
by court of inquiry, and this Captain
Cook of the Brooklyn has already asked
for. There were two pilots aboard. In
thirty-seven years Captain Cook has
never before had an accident.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
GERMaNs ARE FOR PROTECTION.
Determined to Keep Foreigners Ont
of Home Markets.

Determined 10 heSp rOTSISHS1S O0s
of Home Markets.
1t is money thrown away for our bust
ness men seeking foreign markets to load
up the United States consuls with pampn-
lets and circulars and price lists. SO says
United States Consul Bartholomew, at
Mayence, Germany, in report TO the
State Department, in the course OF wnicn
he offers some advice to would-be e1-
porters as to the best means OF getting
their goods into the German markets. he
says, however, that whether or not Ger
many will permit them to hold their trade.
once it is obtained, is serious and vitai
question. That the Germans will throw
all kinds of obstacles in the way there Is
not the slightest question. They will COM
mence by raising the tariff, and II tnat
does not suffice they will adopt other
methods. Says the consul: ''The Germans
are for Germany, and Germany is TOT
Germans. Protection for home products
is their watchword. They are perfectiy
willing to spread out in every country IN
the world with their products, but they
want none here but their own. Ihey
want our dollar-silver or gold-but they
do not want us to have any of theirs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
BURN EXPRESS CAR.
ROBBERS STOP THE CENTRAL
PACIFIC OVERLAND.
Coach Is Blown Open-MessenEer he
fused to Let Them In and They inen
Used Dynamite = Fireman Escapes
and Gives the Alarm.
TO Smell safes Looted.

The north bound overland tram was
held up two miles west of Roseburg' oie'
early Friday morning. AS soon us pussA
bile after the hold-up began Fireman i1en-
bricks of the train crew sllpped.out Oh Tue
engine and ran ON to Roseburg ana gase
the alarm. The express car was delacneu
from the train by the robbers and the uoo y,
blown open with dynamite. Two smai1
safes in the car were blown open ana
looted. The express car then took nre.
The conductor and trainmen worked nara
70 save the car after the robbers had gone,
Int the car and contents were destroyed.
At Shady Point, Engineer Morris saw
man at the side of the track waving a nag.
He slowed up for the signal and as Ne
came to stop man armed WIN wv -
yolvers came over the back of the tender
and covered him. AT the same Tune an,
other armed man. the one who had Hagsed
the train, appeared at the side OF the eau
and, pointing a revolver, ordered the en-
gineer not to attempt to move the train.
The fireman, meantime, had got down OH
the other side. Two robbers and the en-
gineer then went to the express car, where
the outlaws ordered the express messeh-
or to omen the door. This he refused TO
do. The robbers then uncoupled the eA-
press car, and with heavy charges OF dy-
Mantle blew the door open. Entering the
car they attacked two small safes, Whlch
they succeeded in entering. The mail car
was also visited by the robbers and regis
tered letters taken. The explosions set
fire to the express car and when the rob-
bers left it was a mass of flames. The
train crew worked like Trojans, but was
unable to save it. The car and contents
were almost totally destroyed by fire.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
COAL CARS FATAL PLUNGE.

One Miner Killed and Ten Injured on
Gravity Road.
Edward Batson was instantly killed and
twelve others were seriously injured, two
probably fatally, at the Geotiga mine
plant, near Pennington, w. Va. The
mouth of the mine is 800 feet above the
Baltimore and Ohio Railway tracks, and
the coal is sent down an inclined railway,
the weight of the loaded cars hauling up
the empty ones on another track. Thirty
miners were going up in two cars when a
loaded car broke loose, jumped the track
and crashed into the upbound train. Bat
son, who was in the front car, was crush
ed to death.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
DONE BY THE WOMEN.

Work of the Suffrngists in convention
at Des Moines.
A. the session of the National Woman's
Suffrage Association at Des Moines, Ia,
the following officers were re-elected'
President, Susan B. Anthony; vlce-presl-
dent at-large, the Rev. Anna Howard
Shaw, Philadelphia; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery, Phiia-
delphia. The question OF enlarglng the
business committee by adding to it the
chairmen of the five standing committees
was defeated by vote of 30 to ID, and
nearly all the other recommendations of
the plan-of-work committee, read by Mrs.
Clara Bewick Colby, chairman, went the
same way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
IGNORANT ALIENS BARRED.

House Passes the Immigration Bill
by Vote of 1871 to 11S.
The House, after debate of four hours,
adopted the conference report on the i'm
migration bill by vote of 131 to 11S. The
principal criticism Of the measure agreed
on by the conferees in debate was based
upon extension Of the educational test to
female as well as male immigrants, on
the ground that it might divide families,
and to its limitation of the test to the
ability of an immigrant to read and write
the English language or the language Of
his native country or residence.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
RECALLS THE INDIAN MASSACRE.
Survivor of Chicago's War with Red
skins Wants Pension.

Congressman Aldrich has received a let
ter from the Chicago Historical Society
asking him to get pension for the only
known survivor of the Fort Dearborn
massacre in 1872. Her name is Mrs. Su-
san Winans and she lives in Santa Anna,
CAL She was six months old at the time
of the massacre, and was, with her moth
er, held prisoner by the Indians eighteen
months Her father was Corporal John
Simmons, of Capt. Heads company, First
United States Cavalry.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
ISSUES RULES FOR coNsULs.
State Department Publishes Set OF
Revised Regulations.

Revised Regulations.
The State Department has just begun
the issue of a revised set of regulations
for United States consuls, which was pre-
pared by Frank Partridge, formerly So
licitor of the State Department, under
special appointment by the Secretary of
State. The most important changey In the
rules are those doing away with the ne
cessity for verifying oaths of exporters
to invoices, which have been a source of
great vexation to business men for years,
and have served no useful purpose save
to swell the fees of the consuls. Also
III the case of notarial fees, the rules have
been amended so as to make these uni
form and On the scale of fees fixed by lew
for the District of Columbia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
GET BACK SECURITIES.
Union Pacific Railroad to Receive
$123,OOO Now Tied Up.

Union Pacific Railroad to Rece1Ve
$123,OOO Now Tied Up.
A decision handed down by Judge Coke
of the United States Circuit Court at
New York restores to the Union Pacific
Railroad Company securities worth $685.
900, which have been tied up ever since
the failure of the firm of Field, Lindley,
Wiechers & Co. in 1891. The securities
were deposited by the Union Pacific Rail-
way Company with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. to
obtain the release of bonds of it's own is
suance of the face value of $1,163, 900,
which had been hypothecated by Field,
Lindley, Weichers & Co., and were held
as guaranty against possible suits.
rv,@.rre hwy, ,~nr> ~ Nrseo. ~rr>
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
MALT BURNS IN CINCINNATI.
Malthouse and Cordage WarerG oms
Are DESTROYED,

In Cincinnati, at o'clock Thursday
morning a fire alarm rang, followed inn
mediately by ten-blow, summoning the
entire available force of the fire depart
ment to the big fye-story brick malt house
of Herman Cooper & Co., between Vine
and Race streets, and extending to Com
merce street, depth of $50 feet. The
building, with it's heavy stock Of material,
was wholly destroyed except the walls.
The loss on the building and stock is es-
timated at $4,000. At Youngstown, O.,
fire completely ruined the three-story
brick building occupied by the Leavitt,
Mcconnell & Co. wholesale grocery house.
Loss on building and contents, 100000;
insurance about one-half. The business
part of Canterbury, O., population 1000.
was burned.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
Can,t Widen Chicaro River.

The acting attorney general has con-
strued the law enacted at the last session
Of Congress for the improvement of the
Chicago river, and the Secretary of War
has forwarded the opinion to Maj. Mar
shall of the engineer corps at Chicago.
The decision is to the effect that no part
of the appropriation can be used for wild
ening the channel.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
Road tn BE Sold.

The Ohio Valley Railroad, $50 miles
long, running from Evansville to Hopkins
vile, Ky. win be sold at Henderson, Ky,
June /. The upset price will be 81, O50,-
600, and cash deposit of 100000 will
be required of bidders.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
Spanish Boats Sunk by Rebels.

A special dispatch from Key West re-
norts another disaster to the Spaniards.
Fifteen boats are said to have been sunk
100 men are reported to have been killed
or to be missing. and the number of
wounded is put at seyenty-fve.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
NIcCullapb,s Successor.

Capt. Henry King, chief editorial writ
er of the paper, has been appointed to sue
coed the late Joseph B. McCullagh as ed
itor of the st. Louis Globe-Democrat No
change will be made in The policy or style
of the paper.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
Ruined by Flame.

Elevator A, containing 23O, 900 bushels
of malt and 100000 bushels of barley, and
the big malt house, containing 10000
bushels of malt in process, of the Purcell
Mating Company. at 123d street and the
Belt Line tracks, Chicago, were destroyed
by fire, entailing a loss of $35O,OOO. The
fire originated in string of empty Chi
cago and Eastern Illinois railway freight
cars which had been left standing under
the loading shed on the east side OF the
elevator. It is supposed that tramps start
ed fires in the cars for the purpose OF get
ting warm, and that the fire caught the
woodwork of the cars and was IN turn
communicated to the elevator. Ihe three
watchmen on duty, headed by Foreman
Scott of the mailing department, who
sleeps in the malthouse, attempted to
check the flames, but were powerless.
They turned in an alarm and the entire
department of Kensington responded, but
the firemen were handicapped owing to
scant supply of water, there being but one
fire plug available. A 15O,OOO-bushel ca
pacity addition to the elevator had been
but recently completed at cost of SoO,-
900. The loss is fully covered by insur-
ance in at least sixty different insurance
companies represented in Chicago. The
plant will be Immediately rebuilt.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
Killed by Exploding Gas.

An explosion in the Smock mines of
Hurst & Co. at Uniontown, Pa, killed
two miners and injured seven others, three
of whom will die. The explosion was
caused by the liberation of quantity of
gas, which was ignited by the open lamps
of the miners.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
Enormous Sale of Beef.

The chief Of the bureau Of animal in
iustry of the Agricultural Department
is in receipt of a circular from commits
sion agent of London giving the total
number of cattle and sheep received at
Deptford, England, during the year 1896,
and also the average prices realized there
for. The total number of cattle received
from the three sections represented were
as follows, with average price in pennies
per pound:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
Hears Irdin1a Cr,x

At meeting of San Francisco citizens
held in the Chamber of Commerce to de.
wise ways and means for the relief of the
sufferers from famine in India, Mayor
Phelan presided and committee of fifty
was appointed to collect supplies and
money.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
col1:ded in a snowstor,,,.

Henry Snyder, conductor of Rochester.
and Trainman George Craston were kill.
ed in wreck on the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pitsburg road. The collision occurred
between freight and snowplow during
a binding snowstorm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
Cold Closes Great Rivers.

Observer Cook of the weather bureau
issued the following bulletin on the cold
wave and western rivers: 1.-THE Ohio is
now open to Pittsburg; the Missouri to
Kansas City and the Mississippi to Dav-
export. The probabilities are that the
present cold weather will close these riv-
ers as far south as the mouth of the
nhio -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
MACHINE THAT MiLKs COWS.
Iowa's Dairy King Euys Two of Them
and Will Move to Texas.

Iowa's Dairy King Buys Two of Them
and Will Move to Texas.
Hiram C. Wheeler, who was Republican
nominee for Governor of Iowa in 1891
and defeated by Horace Boies, has sold
his farm of over 1000 acres in Sac Coun-
ty and will move to Texas. He has p,,r-
chased more than 1000 acres of land fifty
miles northeast of Galveston, and pro-
poses to. establish the largest dairy in the
world. He has purchased two of the
famous Cushman milking machines, capa-
BILE of milking POO cows each, at one time,
similar to the one successfully used on his
Iowa farm for over year, and announces
that he will deliver milk to Galveston
people as promptly as if the dairy was
located only mile from the city. Mr..
Wheeler has shipped car of machinery
to the new farm, and expects to take
personal charge of affairs at once.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
Nav Fight in Nevada.

Petitions are being circulated among the
business men in different parts of Nevada
praying the State Legislature, now in ses-
SIGN, to license prize fighting and boxing
contests, removing the barrier against con-
tests.