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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17
Told in a Few Lines.

Mrs. Langtry is said to be the possessor
of a bicycle made of solid silver.
The Duke of Northumberland, Eng
lands Oldest duke, has entered his S7th
year.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
issued an order that in future dogs will
be carried as passengers baggage.
Three hundred Swedish servant girls
have gone from Chicago to their native
land to take part in King Oscars jubilee
at Stockholm.
Bishop Merrill of Chicago, on the recent
celebration of his twenty fifth year in the
Methodist Episcopacy, was presented
with a silver fellowship cup by his many
friends in that city.
Gov. Bradley of Kentucky refuses to
honor a requisiton from the Governor of
Indiana asking the return to Evansville
for trial for murder of John Spalding, .
negro. Bradley is said to fear mob vic
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SWEPT BY A STORM.
LYLE. MIMI, LAID WASTE BY A
CYCLONE.
One Man IL Killed and Fifteen or
Twenty BADLY Injured-Farmers by
the Score Lose All of Their Earthly
Belongings.
Track of a Twister.

Loss of life and great damage resulted
from cyclone which swept the district
near Lyle, Mimi, Thursday evening. One
man was killed and the list of injured will
reach fifteen or twenty. Hanson, the man
who was killed, was prosperous farmer
near Lyle. Ue had just returned home
from town and was caring for his team
when the storm struck the barn, complete
~ demo.ishing it, killing the team and
other stock. Hanson was carried forty
rods east where the body, badly mutilat
ed, WAS found. He leaves a widow and
a child.
AS near as can be ascertained, the storm
originated four miles west of the village
and half a mile north of the Iowa line
and pursued a zigzag course toward the
northeast, sweeping everything before it
over strip fully half mile wide. Trees
were uprooted, telephone and telegraph
poles were broken off, barns, houses, or
chards, groves and gardens swept away
before the storm. Several loaded cars on
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway were lifted bodily from the track.
Lumber in the yard of L. w. Sherman
was scattered pronliscuously about the
country and windmills without number
were destroyed.
AS most of the damage is in the coun-
try, it is difficult to get accurate informa-
ton, but as nearly as can be learned from
fifteen to twenty persons are more or less
injured. The school house known as the
Minnerka, near the Iowa line, was COM
pleteiy ob,iterated. The damage to prop
erty is variously estimated at from $25,-
900 to $4,000. special train with sur
geons, linemen and workmen was sent
to Lyle from Waterloo, Iowa, within an
hour Of the time of the storm.
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they rest his mind. He considers that at
the age of seventy-four he has earned a
rest from the heavy literature of finance,
of economics, of craftsmanship, and Mr..
Babcock, his secretary, says that he fo-
lows the woes of the latter-day heroine,
the truly good stiltings of the modern
hero, and the sulphurous calculations of
the fin de steele villain with really re-
markable interest, even if he Goes smile
a good deal through his spectac,es over
what he reads. But AL this happens after
O'Clock in the afternoon, when Mr..
Sherman is Mr.. Sherman, and not the
Secretary of State, and it is with his man
ner of putting in his time as Secretary of
State that this article is concerned.
When Mr. Sherman became the Secre-
tary of the Treasury a matter of twenty
odd years ago be was confronted by one
of the most herculean tasks that ever
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17
Minor State Matters.

he Masonic lodge of Waterloo laid the
(ner stone of their new temple with
p imposing ceremonies.
George d. Fellows of Racine was cap
fd while sailing boat at Pewaukee
I and narrowly escaped drowning.
ne of the leading social events of the
Son AT Fond du Lac was the marriage
iaude India Sallade to Percy Il. Pope.
RS. A. w. Creydt, of the town Of
fanon, near WATERFOWL, died from in
es received while engaged in making
She was terribly burned about the
prs Christensen, living at Racine,
dose of carbolic acid and was un-
ciaus for three hours. 1t is probable
she Will recover. She has husband
three children.
enry T. Schneider. of Oshkosh. sues
St. Paul Railway Company for 500
manages for injuries sustained in a
crossing accident in November.
Schneider and a companion named
ett were driving across the track in
Pk wagon when they were struck BY a
Bartlett was killed and Schneider
ldly injured that he remained in the
tor rx<<~~ \ ~
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"sPlTE" HOUSE OWNER DIES.

Wealthy Joseph II chardson Passes
Away in His Singular Abode.
Joseph Richardson, New York, an &C.
centric man of wealth, died Tuesday in
his ''spite" house, at the corner of Eighty
second street and Lexington avenue. His
bed had been placed in the parGor of his
home. This room is five feet wide by
twenty feet long. He had been carried
there from his cramped bedroom. Mr..
Richardson was "a years old, but was
active till few months ago. He was es-
timated to be worth $40, 100000, though
his notor.ety was chiefly due to the spite
house, in which he had lived for fifteen
years. This house was built on strip Of
land FIVE feet Wide by 104 deep. The oc-
cupants Of the house adjoining Hllis land
ON the west wished to build houses. They
offered the Richardson's $1,000 for the
strip, but they he'd out for $4,000. The
parties refused to give this amount, think
ing to force Richardson out. The owner
had begun to build on his ive-foot lot
when the others offered him an advance.
He then refused to entertain any propo-
sitiGn, and in spite of all opposition and
entreaty erected the odd house in which
he died.
This remarkable man owned stock in
nearly every railroad in America, and
was the possessor of passbooks over the
roads here and in Canada and ON all the
steamship lines leaving this port. In APP
pearance Mr.. Richardson closely RESENT
bled Russell Sage. His clothes were i'll
fitting, his gait stumbling and his sole
object seemed to be money making. For
years he carried his lunch to his office.
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VANDALS IN A CEMETERY.
Relic Seekers DeSace Stones Over Fa-

Re1ic-Seekers Desace Stones Over Fa-
mons Dead in Boston.
There is no length to which the rapa-
cious relic seeker viii not go in his mad
desire for souvenirs of the curious, fam
Gus and antique, and three of the Oldest
and most highly venerated tonbstones in
the Old Granary burying ground ON Ire
mont street, Boston, those of Revere,
Hancock and Increase Sumner, bear am
pie evidence of the truth of this state
ment.
In accordance with custom, the Old
Granary was opened to visitors on Memo
rial Day, and, during the day hundreds Of
sightseers visited the grounds to see the
last resting Places of Boston's famous
dead Among them was one, perhaps
more, who, not satisfied with the privilege
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within the compass of sixty seconds, and
then either send for the proper official or
else shoot it out by messenger to the place
it belongs.
The only occasions upon which Mr..
Sherman feels called upon to grow little
expansive are the diplomatic days-Thurs-
day. This is the especial day that he sets
aside for the reception of the diplomats,
to talk over things with them confidential
", and on this day other visitors have
very slight chance of being resolved by
him. The Secretary of State receives the
diplomats in room adjoining his othce,
and called the diplomatic room-by all
odds the most gorgeously furnished gov
ernme4ltal chamber In Washington. Run
ming it's entire length is a carved ebony
table, and it is at the head of this table,
seated in tall revolving. chair, that MIR.
Sherman receives the diplomats, one by
one. They string int othe anteroom TOR
their audience with the Secretary of State
all the way from 10 to / O'Clock, and IN
receiving them no matter of precedence IS
observed. The first to arrive is the hrst
to be received The Secretary OF State
gives these audiences for a general re-
sumo of each diplomats business, and 1t
is for this reason that he only receives
them one at time. He leans back in his
revolving chair, with his spectacles push
ed up ON his forehead, taking in what each
Of them has. to say, and occasionally Jot-
ting down note on a scratch pad in front
of him. Mr.. Sherman is not hngulst.
The only language he can speak IS Eng
lish. But as there is not now in Wash
ington q single representative OF announcer
nation who cannot also speak English, the
Secretary of State has no trouble in car
rying on these conversations.
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of New York He has long been promi-
nent IN ma tional affairs. He was dele
gate to the Republican national rconven-
tons of 1864, 1868 and 1876. In 1866
he was member of the New York Leg
islature and in 1870 he was elected a men,
Der of Congress from the Oneida district
and was reelected in 1872. Mr.. Blaine,
then Speaker of the House, made Mr..
Roberts, new member, a member of the
Ways and Means Committee, an unusual
honor. In 1889 President Harrison ap-
pointed Mr.. Roberts assistant United
States Treasurer at New York City. In
1893 Mr.. Roberts was offered the presi-
dency of the Franklin National Bank, and
accepted the place. Mr.. Roberts is a wide
~ known Travelled man and has written
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17
FIGHT WITH TRAMP ROBBERS.
Deputy Marshais at Whiting Wound
One and Capture Eight.

Deputy Marshais at Whiting Wound
One and Capture Eight.
In the thick gloom of the Michigan
Southern Railroad yards at Whiting, Ind,
the scene of many petty crimes, half
dozen n more alleged freight car robbers
and highwaymen engaged in fierce bat
tie early Thursday morning with the town
officials. Revolvers were freely used by
both the alleged outlaws and the officers
and about thirty shots were exchanged.
One of the men, who gave his name as
William O'Connor, was shot through the
right land Their esidents in the vicinity
of the shooting were aroused by the fusil-
lade and before eight men were finally
arrested the entire town of Writing had
been terrorized. The authorities at Whit
ing believe that they came as an organ
lied gang to pilfer freight cars.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17
Maccabee, Fleet Officers.

lrhe knights of the Maccabees and the
Rdies of the Maccabees held their an
+ al convention in Oshkosh, the combined
tendance being about 600. An address
welcome by Mayor A. B. Ideson was
sponded to by Supreme Commander d.
Markey, of Port Huron. The election
otfcers for the knights resulted as fol-
rs: Delegates to the Supreme Review
Port Huron, Mich, July 2O-Dr. HAIR
Dale, Oshkosh, and A. G. Runkel,
Hwaukee; Commander, John Brown.
>evens Point: Lieutenant Commander,
Jorge Sherman, Park Falls; Record
Keeper, J. NJ. Saunders, Milwaukee;
hance Keeper. II. G. Durler, Oshkosh !;
[ysican, DIR. III. e. Ellsworth, Apple
Sergeant, David Nys, Green Bay;
fst Master of the Guard, Otto Reich
Milwaukee; Second Master of the
hard, John +. Kavanaugh, Clear Lake;
ntinel, ]. w. Monroe, Wausaukee;
cket, w. c. jenkins, Peshtigo; Master
Arms, William Ward, Portage. The
bmen elected only representative to
{e Supreme Hive Review, Mrs. Hattie
Cassidy, of Marinette, and State Com
lander, Mrs. Eva e. Carpenter of West
hyperion. The next convention will be
eld in Stevens Point in 1899.
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several books, not only on finance but on
other subjects; among them may be men
toned Greece and Beyond" Planting
and Growth of the Empire State" and
Government Revenue" Especially the
American System" He is 10 years old.
Francis Schlatter three years ago was
a shoe cobb,er in Denver, and earned
precarious living at his trade. He began
to hear silent voices, as he said, and
in obedience to their commands gave away
his tools and began pilgrimage toward
the Pacific coast. He was several times
arrested as vagrant and thrown into
jail.
He footed the entire distance and re-
turned to New Mexico, where he was
heard of among the Indians as the mes
siah in the early part of last year near
Albuquerque. The newspaper reporters
discovered him being followed by mobs of
Indians, among whom he cured the sick,
paralytic and blind by touching the af-
fiicted with his hands.
The Pennsylvania road reports net earn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17
OVER THE STATE
DF INTEREST IN BADGER.
DOM.
|ote Agricultural Society Officers
Tome to Gov. Schofie1d's Terms-Dis-
Among State Institu-
Hons for Month of May.
State Fair Assured.


There is now every indication that
will have State fair this year.
j agreement which is expected to bring
but this result was reached between
ov. Scofeld and the officers of the old
lite Agricultural Society. Preparatory
the arrival at this stage, Assistant Sec
larry Babbitt, who attracted widespread
fention by refusing to turn over to the
3vernor the insurance policies OF the
eiety and who in consequence was or
red by the Governor to vacate the cap
u, appeared in the executive chamber
a apologized to the Governor for his
hon. Soon after this President HUB
nd and Secretary Fleming had con-
fence with the Governor. They were
1xious to learn whether the appointment
a receiver for the Old State Agricul-
|ral Society would prevent it from hold
8 fair this year. Gov. Scotield told
|em that the society could use the fair
'ounds for this purpose. provided its Oil
RS would cease their opposition TO the
stion of the State officers who have in
ituted foreclosure proceedings against
|e society on a mortgage held by the
late, and in pace of opposition will lend
|eir efforts towards bringing the proceed
rs to a close He insisted that the State
Dir project must be abandoned unless
|ese conditions were effected. The Off
RS finally agreed to do all they could to
Up bring the foreclosure proceedings to
speedy finish, the Governor thereupon
Freeing to see to it that they be given
q use of the State fair grounds, free of
large, for the holding of State fair
lis yp1r
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17
FIVE HUNDRED MEN DROWNED.
Great Storm Disaster OverwheIms
Chinese Fishermen.

Chinese Fishermen.
Mcager particulars were brought by the
Empress of Japan of a disaster which be-
fell the fishermen of Chusan archipelago,
off the coast of China. On May 6, when
all the fishing boats were out on the fish
ing banks, terrible gale sprung up. OF
the several hundred boats out at the time
very few returned, and it is estimated
that some 500 men lost their lives. The
storm was one of these sudden ones for
which the coast of China is noted, and the
fishermen had no chance to seek shelter.
The storm swept over the entire archi-
pe,ago, which extends across the mouth
of Hanchow bay on the eastern coast of
China. Several large junks were lost. in
which scores persisted.
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State Treasurer's Report.

State Treasurer Peterson's report for
lay shows that the States disbursements
IL the month were $531 ,O7S. of which
2SO, 59S.9S were from the general fund,
lis, however, including $15S,OOO inter
% ON certificates of Indebtedness, col
ected with the tax in February, but per
lifted by law to be held in the treasury
|ntil May 81. It was necessary to Dor
pw from the trust funds during the
aonth, for payment of current expenses
he SUN of $24O,OOO under the provisions
4 the law passed last winter to provide
Dr. tiding over the deficiency in State
hnds. The balances in the several funds
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17
NEW UNITED sTATEsTREAsuRER

Ellis III. Roberts, New York Banker,
Recently Appointed.
Ellis II. Roberts of New York, who has
just been appointed treasurer of the Unit
ed States by President Mckinley, is the
president Of the Franklin National Bank
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17
Want Military Drill Abolished.

4 petition is being circulated among the
Eudents of Lawrence University at APP
|eton asking the faculty to abolish mill
Try drill. They claim that war is I'M
hristian and not in harmony with a
Eethodist educational institution. This
ftion is 4 result of resolut;ot rpasSea
j the W. c. T. U. conventiohnIHeeptM
Pa. The petition is being wellosi gned.
those opposing it claim a majegit4{ Of
$natureS are those of students who VIII
upper classmen next year and so eX-
opt from drill. 1t is also claimed that
oposition to military drill is due to
tineSS instead of holiness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17
SECRETARY OF STATE
HOW SHERMAN DIsPCSES OF A
DAYS BUSINESS.
He Is Methodica1 at All Timcs-Saves
Himself by Relying Upon His As
misunderstanding Office Seekers and
Dealing with Diplomats.
Mr.. Shermen's Day.
to, corrasrordopco.

ECRETARY 0 F
State John Sherman
works at his desk
from 8 O'Clock in the
m o r Il i n g until 4
O'Clock in the after
noon; then he goes
home and rea ds nov
els. He is an emniE-
orous consumer of
novels of all degrees
of merit, Of all co.ors
of binding-yellow
preferred. He says
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17
Total

tion of 1898, the expenditures of the Gov
eminent have exceeded the revenues, the
excess being $69, 500, 260.5S in 1894, $42,-
SO5, 223.1S in 1895 and $50, 2O3 ,245.7O in
1896. For the first nine months of the
current fiscal year ended March 81 the
revenues of the Government from all
sources had reached total of $242, 1885,
O51 20, while the expenditures during the
same period amounted TO 1921, 600, 332. -,
or deficit of $3S, 9O5, 2SO.93 in the reve-
nueS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17
e recent years :
Increase
Pens Sims
River
and harbor
Interest on

The total revenue and expenditures of
the Government for the last four fiscal
years are given below:
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1909
Total actual expenses. !. 1886. ss9. 221.54

The following statement shows the es-
innate of expenses for the present fiscal
year, as submitted to Congress by the
SocYc,ta r.v Of tho Hraa Sury.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17
COST OF GOVERNMENT.

FeueraI Expense account Tor the Nin0
Moaths Ending March 81. 1897.
The following statement shows the cost
of sustaining the various branches of the
Federal Government for the fiscal year
ending March 81:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-17

The PENNSYLVANIA road reports net earn
inca - S1O8 1871 les than lat rear.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-19

An observing southern sportsman
told recently about n flock of pigeons
that measured brains with a hawk and
came out on top in the contest. II. s..
Edwards owned a flock of pigeons,
which one day were cut off from their
cote by a large hawk. The pigeons
knew that if the hawk once got above
go to make the hawk meal, and so up
they flew in circles, perhaps going high
or than the hawk. The latter kept I'M
der the pigeons and leisurely followed
their laborious movements. Then
came a curious and unexpected sight to
Mr.. Edwards. Every pigeon closed its
wings, and they appeared to be the size
of sparrows, and down they came past
the hawk at u terrific rate. That
astonished the hawk. ltactually lodged
the dropping birds and missed half a
dozen wing strokes before it got in full
chase of them. When it got down to
the barnyard not pigeon was in sight
some were in the cote, some were in
The porch, two were in the well house,
and one in the kitchen. The hawk had
been outwitted completely. 1t is a
question how the pigeons managed TO
check their fall. as they did not slackcn
mp until they were about 16 or 90 feet
above the ground, when they scattered
n all directions to escape the hawk
Sports Afield.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-19

Re. Yet another is n young mulatto'
who was employed as a carpenter in
building the cottages. Hardly had he
iri,en the last nail when be found
himself n lepcr. But the most inter
sting PATIENTS are n pair OF lovers.
the tragic pathos of whose story is al
NEST without parallel.
About six years ago, in the parish OF
afourche, there lived d young fellow
1 about 25 who was engaged 10 good,
retty girl of is. Almost upon the eve
{ marriage he made the horrible dis
co,ery that he was a leper. lie re-
.eased the girl from her promise.
though she impIored him to marry her.
He sought clearing in the heart of
the woods and lived there utterly alone.
AS soon as the home was open he sought
its shelter. His sweetheart still loved
him, still declared that some day they
would be united. Six months after her
lover entered the home she, too. sought
il, crying: "Unclean! uncleanl" Thus
this woeful pair, so tragically united,
are yet forever disunited, as marry they
cannot, at least as long as they are in
mates of the home. They spend much
of their time together and seem cheer
full enough.-Chicago News.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-19
Pcculiarlties of a vIper's BLOOD.

The opinion has prevailed among
scientists that the viper which resists
NEGOTIATIONS of its own venom was ex-
empt because it was accustomed to the
poison. They have found that the
blood contains the same poisonous
qualities as the venom itself, and from
this drew the conclusion. But it has
been discovered that in addition to the
poison the blood contains another sub
stance that neutralizes the toxic prin-
ciple. To ascertain the effects of heat
upon the poison, portion of viper's
blood was heated TO 5ss c., and main.
tanned at this temperature for quarter
of an hour. Guinea pigs inoculated
with this blood not only did not die but
were proof against inoculations of fresh
blood. which would, if at first employed,
cause instant death.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-19

the dime novel Objectionable.
1t is pure in tone and instills
LESSONS ~ patriotism calculated
to benefit young readers.
Cuba's struggles for freedom,
and the efforts of her self-sacri-
fcing patriots, futile though they
have been heretofore, will event
ually find their reward.
We can conscientiously rec
ommend the story to our readers
and assure them that they will
feel grateful to Us for securing
the right to publish it.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-19
y-,G Of The l l.o- IltGrc.ti.g Stories
OF TIE YEAR.

The author, one of the rising
young novellsts of New England,
makes the reader acquainted
with the inner workings of the
great patriotic societies of Cuba
whose numbers are laboring in
season and out of season t.
shake off the yoke of Spain.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-19
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Boise City, Idaho.
July II, 1897.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
hnal proof In support of his claim and that said
proof win be made before the Clerk OF the District
Court of Washington county. Idaho. at Weiser.
Idaho. ON August %. 1897 viz: Nathaniel l.. New
SS5, for the NEA Section 20, Up. II II, range W.
Boise Meridian Idaho.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land, viz: Alexander Houlahan. Joseph r.
Numbers. William Strickenbnugh. Joseph l..
Eaton, all OF Weiser Washington County. Idaho.
81 CHARLES HIMROD, Register.