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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
NO DANGER OF PANIC
COMPTROLLER ECKELS WRITES
ABOUT RECENT FAILURES.
Troubles Are OF Local Nature
Reports from the Bi: Financial In
stitutions All Over the Country Show
a Uniformly Healthy Condition.
National Banks Are Sound.

Comptroller of the Currency Eckels
says he feels no apprehension over tn"
bank failures which have occurred OF
late. Mr.. Eckels, when asked by rep
resentatiye of the Associated Press as to
the general banking situation, said: ZOE
course, bank failures are more or less
disqueting, but those which have oc-
Cured have little or no general slgnitl-
canoe attached to them. They were due
largely to local causes, wholly uncon-
nected with the general condition of the
banks throughout the country at large
The case of the Atlas bank was not d
failure at all, but was mere voluntary
liquidation, every depositor being paid in
full. The two failures Tuesday were OF
minor Importance, in each case the bank
capital being only $2OO,OO0 AS against
these failures. based on local causes, the
general condition of the banks is excel
lent The reports received under the last
call, that of Dec. II, are uniformly favor
able, and show an average reserve held
Of considerably above thes25 per cent. re-
quired by the law. One|of the last re-
ports, that of the Brooklyn banks, shows
the average reserve held to be 34.O2 per
cent, and most of the reports run or ~
per cent. above the legal requirements. In
each case, too, the assets in detail make
an entirely satisfactory showing as COM
pared with the liabilities. On the whole,
it is evident that the national banks to-
day are as stable as they ever were, and
the sporadic failure of bank here and
there through defects peculiar to the fall
ing bank is of small Importance, wholly
without significance. / am advised from
Minneapolis that the failure there has oc-
casioned no disturbance beyond the insti-
tuition concerned"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
,,. A.+;tude on Cube.

cIeve1and's Attitude on NuOF.
To recognize the independence OF the
"ronnblic of Cuba" would be farce, be-
canse no such republic exists.-Cnatta-
| nooga News.
If IN ambassador of the United States
| u,a,,,d no conf 70 communicate with the
.anMhIo IF Cuba where would he find its
government? Indianapolis journal.
President Cleveland, who recommend
cd in his annual message home rule ZOE
Cuba. seems disposed to deny IL 10 Inc
| limited States.-Troy, \. T., Press.
Secretary Olney has served notice on
conoress that. so far as the diplomatic
come is concerned it is but the yermi-
form onncndix.-New York Evening jour-
| nal
It should be enough to know that Mr..
| Olney's claim is inconsistent Win oui
| convention of popular government. Ihat
fact alone should condemn lt.-Cie'eiaho
| Recorder.
When we get President who is too
great to be bound by an enactment OF
| Congress it will be interesting TO learn
| lust what he thinks can bind hlm.-4>eW
York World.
| Tn the game between the administration
| and tho Senate on the Cuban recognition
Question if seems that the former has
| four aces and the latter bo5tah.-Des
| Mones Leader.
Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Olney in resist
| ing this spirit will find themselves sus-
tanned, regardless of party afhllatons, py
| men who have most at stake When q War
| comes-Louisville Post.
| IT, as Secretary Olney now contends,
| Congress can act only in an advisory ma
| ture. for what reason did the President
| and his Secretary of State lay the whole
subject before Congress?-Spokane Re
| view.
| The constitution presents no ground
| for Mr.. Olney to stand upon when he
| claims that the President of the United
| States is supreme in the matter OF recog-
MIXING foreign estabiishments.-Cinc
| natl Enquirer.
Some Senators in their eagerness to de-
clare Cuba Independent are inspired
deal more by desire to infringe upon the
prerogative of the executive department.
| than by any ycarning to help the patriots.
Dallas News
The President has a right to veto any
resolution sent to him by Congress. He
would De Wedh-hnecu 1AS''uiS
| cause he was afraid to exercise 1T ne
should suffer this right to fall into dis
use.-Aiilwaukee Sentinel.
The position assumed by the Secretary
| of State. which was inspired by the Pres
| ident, is not in accord with the spirit OF
our institutions. 1t would make tho
President superior to Congress and in
deed little short of a dictator.-Quincy
Wing.
If Mr.. Olney's view of the whereabouts
| of the dividing line between the powers
| of the President and the Congress is mis-
| taken he errs in the company of some OF
his most distinguished predecessors
| William H. Seward for one.-Hartford
Courant
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
CRUEL WAR TO END.
Spain Accepts C1eve1and's Offer to
Act as Mediator.

Spain Accepts C1eve1and's Offer to
Act as Mediator.
A Washington dispatch says: It has
been learned from an authoritative source
that Secretary Olney and Senior Dupuy
de LONE, the Spanish minister, have
practically terminated the negotiations on
the Cuban question which are to be sub
mitted to Congress. The Post says: "The
terms of the agreement are based on the
recent official communication from Pre-
mier Canovas, addressed to the Secretary
of State. The Premier states clearly the
tt rms which Spain will accord to the in
surgents and ractically asks the United
States to propose these conditions to her
rebellious subjects. In return for our
good Offices Spain assures this govern
ment that she sincerely deplores the great
commercial loss which we have sustained
on account of the Cuban disturbance.
She assures US that she is even now con-
sidering a reciprocity treaty which will
deal mainly with Cuban products and
which will be framed in such advantage
Gus terms toward this government that
our losses, both in commerce and in the
destruction of American property in
Cuba, will be most generously compen-
Sated"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
NOTED EDITOR DEAD.
! a. M,cuLLAGH OF ST. LOUIS
THOUGHT TO HAVE SUlClDED-
He Is Supposed to Have Thrown
sc1f from His Window During 'ne
Niuht-Had Long Been 1H-Aeases
an Enviable Reputation.
Found on the Pavement.

Tho dead body of Joseph B. McCul-
lagh. chief editor of the st. Louis ulope
Democrat. was found early Inarsuas
morning living on the stone pavement De
neath the window of his room IN the
residence of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Aate
Manion. 1887 West Pine street IL ~
supposed that he flung himself from tue
window some time during the carry
morning. His skull was badly crushe'
and the body otherwise injured. IL IS
said that Mr.. McCullagh was tired OF
living. He suffered from profound nefV-
Gus exhaustion, complicated with re-
curing kidney trouble. Mr.. McCullagn )
illness came upon him shortly after tue
close of the late Republican national con-
yention. 1t took the form OF acute
asthma. complicated with nervous depres-
sion. When he passed through the acute
stage he found himself slow IN recovery.
His limbs had lost their vigor, his arms
were numb and there were premonluohs
that the brain had come under the same
shadowy spell. But Mr.. McCullagh Woula
not admit that he was failing, clther
physically or mentally. He insisted on
managing his newspaper from MS peo-
room. All through the day he sat in his
armchair, WTdDpcu III b1tAANS'S,
reports from his subordinates, and gave
them orders for the conduct of the paper.
The theory of suicide is not accepted by
all of Mr.. McCullagh's friends. 1t is be-
lieved by many that he had one OF his At
tacks of asthma during the night ana 10
his struggle for breath he threw up the
window to obtain air, and in his weak
ened condition tottercd and fell out.
Joseph B. McCullagh was born in Ire
land, and with his brother came to this
country in his youth. His first important
newspaper work was done in Clnclnnau
as q reporter and correspondent upon the
ENQUIRER. Later he went to Chicago ana
took the managing editorship of the Chi
cago Republican, succeeding Charles A
Dana. He occupied this position until
shortly after the Chicago fire, when he
went to ST Louis and took the editorshlp
of the st. Louis Globe, which was subse-
quently consolidated with the Democrat
and became the Globe-Democrat
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
HOLD.UP IN MID-AIR.
Chicago Robbers Develop New
Phase in Their Industry.

Chicago Robbers Develop a New
Phase in Their Industry.
Two men armed with revolvers, at 5
O'clock Tuesday afternoon, held up and
robbed Joseph E. Spanheimer, in an ele-
yator in the building at the southwest
corner of West Monroe and Jefferson
streets, Chicago. The robbers secured
$512- which Spanheimer carried in a
satchel, and then, after forcing the ele-
vator boy at the muzzles of their revolvers
to lower the cage to the first floor, ran
out the door and made their escape.
Spanheimer is a clerk in the employ of
the Wagner Palace Car Company. For
more than year it has been his custom
every Tuesday afternoon to carry from
the offices of the car company in the
Woman's Temple to the office of the
Central Steam Laundry Company, in the
building where the robbery occurred, the
amount Of the weekly laundry bills OF the
car company. The robbers had followed
him, and made their attack just when out
side aid was most remote.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD.
FAILURE LOOKS UGLY
THE LITTLE FELLOWS HAVE NO
CHANCE AT ALL.
Big Bay City Concern Wound Up
Another Chicago Banker Commits
Suicide-Southern States Swept by a
CycIone-Many Miners Die.
Small Creditors Frozen Gut.

When Mosher & Son, Bay City, Mich,
lumber dealers, failed in October, 1893.
for more than 81, 100000, they mortgaged
all of their lumber to the Union National
Bank and son-in-law of the senior
Mosher. The. Preston National Bank of
Detroit, which carried $31 900 of Mosher
& Sons paper, attached a lot of lumber
covered by the mortgage and sold it. The
Troy Bank thereupon began suit in the
United States Court to recover damages.
The trial ended, after being in progress
five weeks, by the parties settling out
of court. The Preston Bank and the
other banks in the syndicate to break the
mortgage have their claims satisfactorily
adjusted All the other creditors are out
In the cold, as the rest Of Mosher Il Son
property is beyond legal attack.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
This and That.

IL Spllu were W buliil' up Asu.aSI 'hS
American banner it would see forty-five
stara-Phladelph Times.
The six-day bicycle race in New York
City was productive of one good result.
1t was victory for the men who sat Up
the straightest.- Chicago Tribune.
If litigation becomes 4 regular feature
of pugilistc engagements. there may yet
be enough ill-feeling eaganierea to pro-
woke some really serious personal encJun-
ters.-Washingto Star.
The naval court of inquiry has decided
that the Texas is all right. Hereafter
one test of vessels seaworthiness
should be her ability to sink when tied
up to a dock.-Chicago Record.
This is euphemistic age A thief now
adays is called "kleptomaniac," muir
derer is called psychic epileptic' and
an alderman is called tone of our best citi-
zens."-Chicago Times Herald.
A fashion journal says: 'Tn millinery.
there are sharp contrasts, but the color
ing is in general brilliant without being
crude or glaring" Bills are generally
plain, and in black and white, following
last years fashion.-Bostcn GLOBE.
A good deal of pubic time could be
saved and good deal Of important bust
ness could be facilitated if Congressman
would learn a little something of the
things they have to talk about before
making speeches.-Baltimore American.
An Eastern manufacturer is said to
have discovered a way to make corn
stalks worth So an acre. If he will now
discover way to make the corn worth
another So many unhappy farmers NAV.
see chance of getting through hard
winter.-Chicago News.
The convention of Judges which is to
meet in Philadelphia might discuss ut
least two subjects with profit to The peo-
pie OF Pennsylvania: "How Can Bullies
at the Bar Be Best Suppressed" and
"How to Protect Decent Persons in tho
Witness Box. '-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Lillian Russell is highly indignant at
the reports that she had married again,
Why she exclaims, 81 haven't been
divorced from Mr.-Mr-you know whom
mean-my present husband Which
shows delicate appreciation of the law.
becoming rare upon the stage. Chicago
Chronicle
1t appears that the Alien Land law Of
Kansas is not altogether satisfactory to
everybody in that State. One "Gene''
Ware is quoted as believing that Kan
sas man ought to have the right to sell
ms farm to anybody who will buy it
even Pole from Poland or a Hole from
Holland Genes notions of eoualitv
are all right, even if he is slightly cratic
IN MS derivative adjectives.-New York
Advertiser.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
HEADS CUT OFF.
Countcrfeiters Arrested In China Are
Summar:ly Dealt With.

Summary Dealt WITH.
According to the latest advices from the
Orient, Ii Ka Chuch. superintendent of
the Canton police, seized large number
of counterfeit Chinese coins and ma
terials for their manufacture. The chief
coiner, Cheng Tung, and his confeder-
ates. Chan Mui, Use Sang and others,
were arrested. An imperial decree from
Picking commanded the immediate de-
captation of the three above-named of
Tenders. and enjoined the viceroy to deal
with the others as he thought necessary.
according to law. as a warning in future
to the people. The officials who effected
the seizure were all promoted in rank.
The Canton viceroy reported in another
memorial the capture of two notorious
pirate junks in the open sea near Tau
Chow by the military officials. In eff
fecting the capture one military official
lost his life. A decree was issued au-
thorizing the execution of the captives
and ordering the officials concerned in
the capture to be promoted in rank and
that the matter of the military officer hav-
ing lost his life be referred to the board
concerned for rewards and honors.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
MAY SAIL WITH ARMS.
important Decision Rendered by the
Treasury Depar trnent.

DOrtanC DCClS1On RCndSTcu ny IHC
Treasury Department..
For the first time since the present
struggle in Cuba began this government
has given permission to a customs Official
to clear for Cuba a vessel loaded, accord
ing to her manifest, with munitions OF
war and presumably intended for the in
surgent army The vessel in this case
is the well-known and alleged tllibuster
the Dauntless. But the concession that
under these circumstances she is entitled
to clearance papers leaves the situation,
as far as she is concerned, quite as in
volved as before, as the statutes prescribe
that before clearance shall be granted for
any vessel bound to a foreign port, the
owners, shippers and consignors shall
state under oath the foreign port at
which the cargo is to be landed and
severe penalties are prescribed for viola
tons Of this requirement, including the
confiscation of the vessel. Neuvitas, the
port named in the application as the des-
tination of the cargo, is OH the northern
coast of Cuba and is occupied by the
Spanish forces.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
W. A. Hammond, Official of Illinois
National Bank, Is Dead.

William A. Hammond, second vice
president of the National Bank of Hi
nois, committed suicide early Saturday
morning at Chicago by drowning himself
In Lake Michigan. He had been brood
ing over the failure of the bank, and
smarted under the public accusation of
having been it's wrecker. The suicide
of the Vice President is the second that
has occurred in connection with the fail
ure of the National Bank of Illinois,
Banker Otto Wasmansdorff, of Was
mansdorff & Heinemann, which was
dragged down with the larger financial
house, ending his life with a revolver.
One other life is directly charged to the
failure. LAHORE Lavoy d;cd-his friends
say of broken heart--while writing Il
letter of resignation to his employer, who
had notified him that owing to some Of
the firms cash being tied up in the bank
his salary would have to be reduced.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
AT NI'kINLEY'S DISPOSAL.

Postmasterships to Go Over Until
the Next Adm Illustrations.
Forty eight fourth class postoffices were
raised to the presidential class on Jan. 1.
Besides these new presidential offices, 40
commissions of postmasters at presiden-
tial offices will expire during January.
The most important of these are st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, and Abilene, Texas. Post
office authorities estimate that of the
345 or $50 nominations of presidential
postmasters which will be up for con-
frmation by the Senate, including recess
appointments and commission expirations
for December, January, and February,
about one-half of them will be returned to
the President and the Postoffice Depart
ment, not acted upon at the present Con
gress, and thus will be at Mr.. Mckinley s
disposal as soon as he assumes office.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
NEW GERMAN FILTERS.
System Used at Worms Is Said to Be
FcouOmicaI and Efficient.

System Used at Worms Is Said to Be
Economical and Efficient.
Now that the cities of our Atlantic
coast and those deriving their waters
from the great lakes are generally discus
sing the subject of filtration of drinking
water, a special report from United
States Consul Mason at Frankfort upon
the new system of filtration practiced at
Worms, Germany, is interesting. The
foundation of this system is the drawing
of the water through hollow plaques
composed of sharp sand fused with brok-
en- glass, forming porous material. The
figures adduced by the consul show Il
wonderful economy in first cost, in space
occupied and in cost of maintenance for
this new system, as compared with the
standard sand filtration plan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
Fears Crisis IN Turkey,

A Washington correspondent says that
Secretary Olney is apprehensive of an
early crisis in the situation in Turkey.
President Cleveland in his annual mes
sage intimated that the three European
powers who are waiting for the Sultan
to accept the program they had outlined
and which was formally submitted to the
porte by the Russian ambassador some
time ago, are getting ready for combined
action. The policy of the State Depart
ment in such an emergency will be one
of neutrality, but an American heet Will
be on hand subject to the orders of Min
lister Terrell to guard the interests OF
American missionaries. Nothing has
been heard from Ambassador Bayard
concerning the prospects of an early move
ment of European powers to enforce the
Sultan's compliance with their demands,
but the State Department claims to have
information from other reliable sources
that action is likely to be taken at any
time and the result, it is believed, will be
a serious war that will sweep away the
last vestige of the Sultan's rule and prob
ably cause the dissolution of the Turkish
Government as distinct power. The
Russian ambassador Saturday, act
ing in concert with the representatives OF
Great Britain, France. Italy. Germany
and Austria. had an audience of the Sui
tan, Abdul Hamid, one of many such in
terviews which have taken place within
the last year on the same subject-that
of n better administration of the affairs
of the Turkish empire. The Russian dip
lomat began by warning the Sultan and
the Turkish Government that if the rev.
enues coded for the payments of the
Turkish debt were touched the European
control of the finances of the empire
would become inevitable. NJ. de Nell
doff, the Russian ambassador, further in
formed the Sultan that the Gar guaran-
teed his personal safety and engaged him
self to maintain the Sultan's supremacy
in the event of severe measures being
necessary upon the part of the powers.
The Sultan, however, remained obdur-
at, refusing his consent to any measure
of control. financial or otherwise, by the
powers. To this the Russian ambassa-
dor replied that the condition of the
Turkish empire placed the throne and the
ca1iphate in imminent peril. Thereupon
Abdul Hamid remarked, impressively:
II may be the last of the caliphs, but I
will never become a second khedive"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
hIAkAET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattie, common to prime,
$3.50 to $3.50; hogs. shipping grades.
$500 to 1913; sheep, fair to choice. $500
to S3.7 wheat No. 2 red, SIC to SIC;
corn, No. 2, 22c to 23c; oats. No. =, 15c
to tic; rye, No. 2, SIC to 3Sc; butter,
choice creamery, Zoe to PIC; eggs, fresh,
16c to 1Sc; potatoes, per bushel, zoe to
3Oc; broom corn, common green to fine
brush, &c to SIZE per pound.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500 to
1925; hogs, choice light, $500 to $3.7755;
sheep, good to choice, $500 to $3.50:
wheat, No 2, Soc to Ole; corn, No
white, zoe to 22c; oats, No. 2 white, PIC
to 22c.
ST. Louis-Cattle, $500 to 1928; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 90 to Ole;
corn, No. yellow, zoe to 21c; oats,
No. 2 white, Ice to 1Sc; rye, No. 2, 35c
to 36c
Cincinnati Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to 1915; sheep, $3.50 to $4OO;
wheat, No. 2, 94c to 95c; corn, No. 2
mixed, PIC to 23c; oats, No. mixed, 1Sc
to zoe; rye, No. 2, 35c to 37c.
Dctroit-Cattle, $3.50 to 1925; hogs,
wheat, No. red, 93c to 94c; corn, No. =
yello", -IC " --c, OatS, A>o. = white, Lac
to 21c; rye, &c to 3Sc.
Toledo-Wheat, No. red, 95c to 96c;
corn, No. mixed. &c to 23c; oats, No.
white. Tic to 19c; rye, No. 2, SIC to soc;
clover seed, $5.35 to 1915.
Observation-Disclosures, No. 2 spring, 7Sc
to roc; corn, No. 3. 19c to &c; oats, No.
2 white, 1Sc to zoe; barley. No. 2, soc TO
35c; rye, No. 1, soc to 40c; pork, mess,
$3.50 to $500.
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $3.75;
wheat, No. 2 red, 03c to 95c; corn, No.
yellow. 24c to 26c; oats, No. . white,
22c to 24c.
New York-Cattle. $500 to S5.o5; hogs.
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. red. Ole to 92c; corn, No. >.
29c to Doe; oats, No. white, 22c to oo:ysc
butter. creamery, 15c to 23c; eggs, West
ern, 19c to PIC.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
Ohio Family Killed bv Ca.

In their residence near the furnace of
the Struthers Furnace Company at
Youngstown Ohio, Joseph Best, his wife
and 2-year-old daughter were found dead
early Friday morning, having been as
phyxiated by gas. -Four boarders en-
ployed at the furnace were taken out in
an unconscious condition, and the family
had a narrow escape.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
Gov. Tanner Married.

John r. Tanner, Governor-elect of Illi-
nois, and Miss Cora Edith English, Of
Springfield, H., were married Wednes-
day. The event was solomnized without
display, but in a manner BETTING at once
the official eminence of Mr.. Tanner and
the social eminence of his bride. Half
the State seemed to be looking on while
vows were plighted, and all of it was
represented.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07
Deserted by Wholesale,

The United States steamer Adams got
in from Honolulu minus about forty -eisht
of her crew and one quarternaster. The
sailors were all enlisted in San Fran
cisco prior to the sailing of, the warship
ten months ago, and their destination
had barely been reached before the men
began deserving and heading back for
San Francisco. Nearly all We're back
months ago, and the vessel had 20 return
short-handed.