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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
WARY OF WOLCOTT.
FRENCH STATESMEN DON'T
LIKE HIS PLAN.
Show Little Confidence and Suggest
that the Consent Of England and
Germany Be First Obtained-What
Free Seed Distribution Has Cost.
Mission May Fail.

Senator Edward O. Wolcott, of Colo
RADIO, who is now visiting Europe in the
interests of bimetallism, had an interview
at Paris with Premier Meline. The cor
respondent of the Associated Press learns
on authority that the interviews which
he has so far had have been without the
result hoped for by the Senator. The in
terview with President Faure was short
and formal, and afforded no encourage
ment to look for tangible results. Mr.. Dou-
bet, president of the senate, in his inter-
view with Senator Wolcott, is understood
to have expressed himself enthusiastically
on the subject of bimetallism, but on the
other hand, Premier Meline was very
guarded in his expressions at the confer
ence. He is reported to have said that
however favorable France might be to the
object sought, nothing could be done un-
less the consent of England and Germany
was previously obtained. In official quar-
tiers little confidence is felt in the ulti-
mate success of Senator Wolcott's mis-
sion, although the Senator seems to be
sanguine of England taking part in the
bimetallic movement.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
POISON In THE MILK.
FiEND ATTEMPTS A FRIGHTFUL
REVENGE.
Decd of a Norfolk, Va, Dairy IMAM
Narrow Escape of Hundreds-Death
of Famous Chicago Capitalist
Venezuela Expresses Her Thanks.
Tried to Poison the Customers.

Tried to Poison the Customers.
a desperate attempt by an enraged
dairy employe to poison over 700 famllies
in Norfolk, Va, was frustrated by lucky
discovery Sunday morning. John b.
Clancy, aged 80, employed at the Blooms
dale dairy, had an alteration with his
employer, J. b. Ferritt, ST., which result
ed in the former telling Ferritt he would
"get even" with him. Ferritt supplied
$50 families in Norfolk with milk, in 100
of which are infants. He had delivered
milk to about dozen customers when he
discovered a peculiar coloring in the milk.
Clancy's threat came to him like hash,
and he quickly went to all the places.
Luckily no milk had been used. He re-
ported to the police and Clancy was ar
rested The milk was analysed and found
to contain poison, some of which was
found under the finger nails of the prls-
oner, who at first made denial, but later
said he had used it in treating sick cat
tie. Clancy is held for trial.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
Check to Ratification.

According to Washington correspond
ent Sevator Cullom, of the Foreign Rela-
tons Committee, says he doubts very
much the arbitration treaty being rat
fled by the Senate before March 4. The
pressure from outside is growing still
greater, and the Senators are feeling it.
But they are ADLER to withstand it this
year than they would have been year
ago, or would be year Fence, fer the
elections are over and there is practically
no more to bother them this year. Sena-
tor Cullom was asked what he thought OF
Great Britain's alleged objection to the
amendments to the treaty. He said:
'"Well, if Great Britain doesn't like the
amendments they must be pretty good. l
am for them" Another Senator, mem,
Der of the Foreign Relations Committee,
was asked what he thought of the report
that the administration would not accept
the treaty with the pending committee
amendments. He said:a 1''It is my sincere
opinion that the present administration
will not have an opportunity to accept the
treaty with the committee amendments,
and for the reason that l do not believe
the Senate will ratify the treaty, in time
for this administration to either accept
or reject it; but there is no reason for re-
fusing to accept it. The treaty. is strong
er in our favor, because of the amend
ments, and it wouldn't be ratified without
them"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
ENLARGEs TAX POWER.
States Can Assess on Telegraph and
Express Franchises.

States Can Assess on Telegraph and
Express Franchises.
The Supreme Court at Washington rem
dered decision that is considered by con-
stitutional lawyers as of the very highest
Importance, in that it materially enlarges
the power of States to tax the property OF
corporations that have heretofore avoided
taxation by claiming avoidance rights UNI
der the interstate commerce laws. Ihe
case decided, or rather the group of cases,
came up from the courts of Indiana and
Ohio, and involved the validity of what
is known in the latter State as the Nichols
law. In brief, it authorizes and empow-
ers the taxi commissioners to assess and
collect taxes on the franchises and q pro-
portionate share of the capital stock OF
telegraph and express companies doing
business in the State The Importance OF
this law in material way to express com
panies may be understood when it is stat
ed that the tax commissioners of Ohio
raised the assessment On express COM
pany property from $2S9,000 to $4,249,-
coo. A similar advance in the assessment
was made in Indiana and Kentucky,
where the same law was put on the stat
ute books. The cases were bitterly fought,
and finally after three years of litigation
reached the Supreme Court. The decision
of the court sustains the State laws and
establishes a new principle of taxation
which will be seized upon by Legislatures
of many States which are in need of more
funds, and which have found no way to
get at the real value of property OF cor
porations within their limits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
SIGNS CUBAN REFORM BILL.
Queen of Spain Affxes Her Signature
to the Document.

Queen of Spain Affixes Her Signature
to the Document.
The queen regent of Spain has signed
the plan for the reforms in the island Of
Cuba. The scheme includes numerous
and elaborate DEGREES and will occupy
several pages of the Official Gazette. 1t
is understood that the reforms consist
chiefly in the creation of an assembly, to
be called the council Of administration,
composed of thirty-fve members, of whom
twenty-one are to be elected by the people
and six by the different corporations. The
remainder will be one magistrate, one
university professor, one archbishop and
five former senators or deputies. The
council of administration is empowered
l. TO prepare budget. 2. To examine
into the fitness of officials appointed. 3.
To make tariff subject to the conditions
of Spanish imports having advantages
over the general tariff. The Governor
General will represent the home Govern
ment, and will have the right to nominate
officials, who should be Cubans or Span
iards, who have resided two years in
Cuba. Nevertheless, he may freely nomi-
nate high functionaries, such as magis-
trates, projects, etc. Other DEGREES con-
Germ the organization of the provincial
municipalities, which are to be literally
representative. The municipal councils
general will be empowered to elect their
presidents and will have exclusive con-
troll of public education. According to
another decree the Government reserves
to itself extraordinary powers in the event
of any disturbance of~public order, and
Cuba will continue to elect senators and
deputies to the cortes, as at present. Al
together, the, reforms are much broader
than those granted Porto Rico. The Span
ish products, according to the reform
scheme, will be allowed a rebate of 40
per cent of the Cuban tariff, compared
with other imports.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
DENOUNCE THE LAW.
Vast Interests Oppose the Interstate
Commerce Act.

Vast Interests Oppose the Interstate
Commerce Act.
Has the interstate commerce act Deen
q failure and do the commercial interests
of the country require it's repeal! Trathc
officials of the various roads centerlng IN
Chicago are as a whole and with some
reservations, prepared to vote with the
Transportation committee of the Board OF
Trade in favor of answering these ques-
tons affirmatively, though the traffic men
do not now regard the law with the same
feelings of hostility they entertained on
it's first enactment. They are even free to
confess that on some points of minor de-
tail it has been an advantage to them and
has Indirectly brought about material
improvement in the situation as it then ex-
isted Indeed, there is a small minority
which is quite positive in the opinion that
the law is all right, and if the roads would
only live up to it's requirements it would
prove for them one of the best resources
that have been placed upon the statute
books of the country. The great majority
look upon the law, however, as in the ma
ture of a restriction of trade. Its admins
tration, too, they claim, has been supine
and unintelligent, and instead of removing
the evils it was intended to prevent the
law has served to aggrayate them. On
the WHOLE, it is believed by the railroad
officials the repeal Of the law would be a
good thing for all concerned. They say if
the roads were allowed to manage their
own business in their own way everybody
would be benefited
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
Women Put in Jeil.

The Santiago de Cuba police have plac-
ed under arrest on the charge of con-
spiracy the following Cuban women: Gre
goria DESCENDED, Estella Dranguet, Dila
Bell, Amelia Diaz, Nicanora Bell,
Julia Delno, Nicolara Velez, JUS
TINA Velez, Innocencia Gilar Inez Brown,
Lareto Laforceda, Paula Bell, Margarita
Caron, Rita Cilar and Antonio Esparn.
A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba re-
ports that Gen. CaliXto Garcia with G,OOO
men has concentrated his forces in the
vicinity of Bayamo, and that he is now
marching to the eastward. Another re-
port from Santiago de Cuba asserts that
thousands of persons are without sub
sistence and that they are anxiously
awaiting permission to grind cane from
Captain General Weyler for the purpose
of saving them from actual starvation.
Reports from Tapaste are to the effect
that the families of the pacificos concen-
trated within the limits of the cultivated
zone are molested night and day by the
insurgents, making subsistence difficult
because of their inability to carry vegeta-
bles and other farm products to the towns
Of San Juan, De las Lajas and Havana,
for the purpose of effecting an exchange.
Because of the rapid movements of the
insurgents in the vicinity of San Jose de
las Lajas, and this continuous destruc-
ton of property the inhabitants of that
town are compelled to live on sweet pota-
toes and honey.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$3.50 to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 74c;
corn, No. 2, 21c to 23c; oats, No. 2, 15c
to 16c; rye, No. 2, 35c to 36c; butter,
choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh,
13c to 15c; potatoes, per bushel, zoe to
Boo; broom corn, common short to choice
dwarf, $50 to $50 per ton.
indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$5.25; hogs, choice light, $500 to 1915;
sheep, good to choice, $500 to $3.75;
wheat, No. 2, S5c to Sic; corn, No. .
white, 21c to &c; oats, No. 2 white, zoe
to pc.
st. Louis Cattle, $500 to $5.25; hogs.
$500 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 83c to Sac;
corn, No. 2 yellow, 19c to 21c; oats, No.
white, 16c to 1Sc; rye, No. 2, 32c to Sic.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to 1915; sheep, $3.50 to $425;
wheat, No. 2, SSc to 9Oc; corn, No. 2
mixed, 23c to 24c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 1Sc
to Zoe; rye, No. 2, 35c to BE.
Detroit--Cattle, $3.50 to $5.25; hogs.
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $500 to 1915;
wheat, No. 2 red, SEC to Sic; corn, No. 2
yellow, 23c to 24c; oats, No. white, 19c
to 21c; rye, 36c to 3Sc.
Toledo Wheat, No. red, SEC to Ssc:
corn, No. mixed, 21c to 23c; oats, No.
white, tic to 19c; rye, No. 2, 36c to 3Sc:
clover seed, $5.15 to $5.25.
Milwaukee Wheat,s No. 2 spring. 73c
to 75c; corn, No. 3, 19c to zoe; oats. No.
2 white, tic to Zoe; barley, No. 2. 25c to
BE; rye, No. /, Bic to 33c; 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 to 93c; corn. No
2 yellow, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white.
21c to 23c.
New York-Cattle, $500 to s5.25; hogs.
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to S4.5O:
wheat, No. 2 red, S3c to Sac; corn, No. q
2Sc to Soc; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to PC;
butter, creamery, 15c to PC; eggs, West
ern. 15c to 1Sc.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
WHAT THE SEED COST.
Total Appropriation for Last Year
Was $:5O,OOO.

Secretary Morton has issued an inter
esting circular regarding the annual Gov
eminent seed distribution, in which he
shows exactly what the seed for the vari-
Gus sections of the country has cost, the
amount purchased or contracted for, and
makes a comparative statement with pre-
ceding years, showing that the plan which
he has adopted gets nearly twice as much
seed and of a better quality. Attention
is called to the fact that under his system
only germinative seeds are obtained. The
total appropriation for seeds this year was
$4,000, with $4,000 additional for test
ing, inspecting and other expenses of dis
tribution. This $4,000 bought 19,053,-
$50 packets of vegetable seeds, 1,O12, 800
packets of flower seeds and 292, 925
quarts of field seeds, such as corn, tim
othy, clover, etc.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
Lawmakers Driven Ont.

Fire broke out in the Senate wing of the
Pennsylvania State Capitol at Harris
burg, and the fire department was unable
to control the flames. The fire originated
in the rooms Of Lieut.. Gov. Walter Lyon
over the Senate chamber. Ii is supposed
to have been started by an electric light
wire. The fire burned for several minutes
before it was discovered. 1t had made
such Roadway that little could be saved in
the costly apartments of the Lieutenant
Governor or across the hall in the rooms
of the superintendent of public instruc-
ton, Schaffer, who was alone in his office
when the fire was discovered. lie did all
he could to check the fire, but it was not
in his power. All he saved We're the APP
preparation books. Thousands of dollars
worth of records were lost. The flames
had eaten their way through the Senate
roof before the fire department arrived.
Part of the roof tumbled i'll before the
water was started. Then the streams
were so small that they lad no effect on
the flames. Soon the great dome was a
mass of flames. This burned like shay
ings. The fire quickly communicated to
the House side. The House was in ses-
sion when the fire was discovered. and it
quickly adjourned. Before the great dome
fell one patriotic citizen crawled through
the mass of flames and hauled down the
flag. He was loudly cheered Several
men were injured by falling timber.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
DIVORCES IN DANGER.
"EAsY'. DEGREES GRANTED MAY
NOT BE VALID.
Prospect of an Aggregation OF DO
mestic Shakings Up that womb
startle the Country-St. Louis Ger
man Kills a Horse for Food.
MAY Not Be Legal.

According to a Washington correspon-
dent. the Supreme Court of the Unlteo
States NAV ultimately be called upon 10
render an opinion concerning the vallaity
of divorces granted by the courts OF the
Dakotas and Oklahoma, and should that
august tribunal decide that the DEGREES
heretofore issued by the courts IN questioii
are invalid and of no legal effect, IneIe
will be such an aggregation OF dolnestic
shakings-up as probably no country III tue
world has ever witnessed. Women VINO
now regard themselves as wives Will real
lie that they have been living for greater
or lesser period under conditions not sane
toned by the law; husbands will ma
themselves in the. same predicanent, Whlle
the number of children who will thus De
branded cannot be estimated. The decls-
ion Of Justice Russell of the United States
Supreme Court in the MCGOWAN case, IN
which he held that neither the wife nor
husband can acquire temporary residence
in a foreign State for the purpose OF Sc,
curing divorce, has, in the OPINION OF
eminent lawyers, laid the groundwork TOT J.
the overthrow of the entire flake divorce
system. The case is now penang IN the
Ne~s- York Court of Appeals, but what
ever may be the decision there, 1t mas peell
definitely arranged that the matter shall
be carried to the United States Supreme
Court for a definite and final adjudication
of the questions involved. To this end 1t
is stated that five husbands who have
been victims of Dakota DEGREES have sub
scribed $4,000 each to a fund for taking
the appeal to the Supreme Court. Ut the
combine two reside in New York, one IN
Boston, one in Philadelphia and one in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
A. NJ. BILLINGS DEAD.
Very Wealthy Chicago Business Man
Has Passed Away.

Albert M. Billings, president of the
Home National Bank, founder of the Peo-
pies Gas Light and Coke Company, and
one of the typical business men of Chi
cago, died Sunday evening. aged SO. His
illness was of brief ton, dating from
Friday Mr.. Billings could hardly be
classed among the early settlers of Chi
cago, but he was distinctively pioneer
business man. His career began in 1859,
when with Commodore Garrison he start
ed the manufacture of Illuminating gas
on the West Side. He was born in Royal
ton, VT, in 1914, and gained an early eX-
perience in commercial affairs that fitted
him admirably for the rush and hustle
which he encountered when he came West
to try his fortune. MIR. Billings was q
very rich man. Nobody among his most
intimate friends pretends to know the eX-
tent of the wealth he accumulated. He
acquired his fortune through the possess
sion of a tremendous energy and re-
markable shrewdness as an organizer,
coupled with an integrity that was never
questioned in all his dealings. His word
was his bond, and Chicago has had good
reason to be proud of his interest in her
welfare. His personality was strong,
even to the point of eccentricity, yet I'M
derneath a brusque and sometimes for
bidding exterior he concealed a generous
nature. 1t is said of Mr. Billings that he
wore his wrong side outward He be-
lieved in coneealing the doings of his right
hand from his left when called upon to
respond to the demands of charity. His
habits were of the simplest kind, with all
his wealth, and he never missed an oppor-
tunity to impress the lessons of economy
upon those with whom he came in close
contact
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
LOSS OF LlFA BY FIRE.
Mother and Five Chil'ren Taken Dead
from Tenement Hous>.

Mother and Five ChilHren Taken Dead
from "a Tenement Hous@.
During the early hours of Sunday morn
ing two fires occurred in Hoboken, n. D.,
which resulted in the loss of seven lives.
Many poor people We're made homeless,
and even had narrow escapes for their
lives The fires occurred in different parts
of the city, and enc of them at least Is
believed to have been of incendiary origin.
The first fire started in the three-story
frame building at 40 Newark street
There mother and five children lost their
lives. At the other fire little girl was
burned to death. The dead are:. Mrs
Nellie Schroeder, 40 years old, wife of
Charles Schroeder Her children: Henry
Schroeder, II years old; Kate Schroeder, 8
years old; Maggie Schroeder, years old;
John Schroeder, 3 years old; Willie Schoe-
der, months old; Mabel Mangles. The
second fire was at Nos. 1913 to 159 14th
street. 1t was there little Mabel Mangles
persisted. Her sister Florence was seri-
ously burned, but is expected to recover.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
SALT LAKE HAS A BLAZE.
Scott.Aurbach Block Burns, Entails
ing a Loss of $25O,OOO.

Scott.Aurbach Block Burns, Entails
ing Loss Of $25o,OOO.
Fire destroyed the Scott-Aurbach build
ing on Main street, Salt Lake, entailing
loss of $25O,OOO, little over one-half OF
which is covered by insurance. Besides
the financial loss, there were several ac-
cidents that narrowly escaped being fatal
tiles. Electrician Vail, of the fire de-
partment, came in contact with live
wire and fell from the third story window
of the building, but contact with a net
work of wires broke his fall, and, though
he dropped to the pavement with fearful
violence, it was with lessened accelera-
ton that permitted life. Miss Smith,
roomer in the building, thinly clad in night
robes, was rescued by Assistant. Chief
Donovan from the roof, whittier she had
been driven by the pursuing smoke. When
the alarm was tur1ied in the fire was con-
fined to the rear of Scott & Co.'s store, but
it spread with marvellous rapidity. From
the first the firemen's fight was simply
to confine the fire to the building already
doomed For time it seemed that the
fire would spread and the entire block be
DESTROYED.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
Told in a Few Lines.

An unknown man was smo+baroz =
large malt bin at the Few maltho,sa - -
Peoria, Ell. Aouse dc
Joseph |. Peyton, patent attorney
committed suicide at Washington by blow
ing out his brains. - O'o"-
The failed First National Bank Of Ho,-
idaysburg, Pa, will resume with 10o nov.
cent new capital stock. pei
). T. Winner, who died in a New yort
hospital was once prominent man IN
alabama and was Secretary Of State he
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
BANKING LAWS ATTACKED.
Ecke1s Says We Need Almost an ZEE
S-.%o,>.

Ecke1s Says We Need Almost an En-
tire1y New System.
Comptroller of the CuWeney Eckels had
a second conference with the House Com
mittee on Banking and Currency Monday,
which was continuance of the meeting
of Thursday. @ Mr.. Eckels expressed the
opinion that the only remedy for existing
financial troubles was a complete revision
of the banking system, which would
amount almost to new system. The
discussion was an informal one, in which
all the members of the committee took
part. Mr.. Eckels thought that no more,
gold for redemption purposes would be
needed under proper banking system
than now. The only use for metallic
money was for redemption purposes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
c;ft m the President and o1ney.

Senior Andrade, accompanied by Secre-
tary Olney, called on President Cleveland
bearing testimonial from the governor
and people of the State OF Zuila, Vene.
zuela, in recognition of the good ofhces or
the President and Secretary Olney IN the
matter of the boundary dispute. The tes-
timonial consisted of rosette composed
of III samples of rare woods from the
forests of Zulia and cane made OF 10
pieces of these roots.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
Jnsuraucc Men Meet.

The annual convention of the National
Association of Cooperative Mutual In
surance Companies opened in Des Moines
with large attendance of delegates.
Among the States represented were Iowa.
Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin. The
delegates interchanged experiences on
methods of conducting their various or
CARNATIONS and sought uniformity of ac-
ton in various operations.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
Martial Law at Madrid.

Serious strikes and bread riots have
taken place at Madrid. There have been
manifestations before the town hall, win
dows have been broken and many arrests
have been made. The municipal authori-
ties have resigned, owing to their inability
to suppress the disturbances, and martial
law has been proclaimed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
Jealous Lovers Crime.

James Shelhammer, son of a well-to-do
farmer near Apollo, Pa, shot and killed
Grace Clark, an attractive and popular
young lady, and then turned the pistol on
himself. infiicting a fatal wound. Jeal-
ousy is believed to have been the cause.