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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-06
BODY FOUND IN THE WOODS'
AN OLD RESIDENT OF HAsTlNGS-oN-lhE
HUDSON THOUGHT TO HAVE
BEEN MURDERED.

William Iaglor ar old-tme resident OF haS'"bs
or.,h.-fIudson was found dead In the WOODS near
Tho RIoo,nlngdalc Asylum yesterday morning IL
is thought that he had been waylaid and murdered
rovIor vas stone ma son. and the shortest route
from whore he was working 10 his nome lay 'h'ousn
tho Rioomlnglale woods. tie quit work about DARK
an Saturday night and nothing was seen or hea'o
NJ him again by his friends until his pody WAS
found yesterday ,, 49,,
John Rowley who owns property auJo'i'"s ',o
Hoomlngdale Asylum property, found the oody' IL
was a short distance from the path through the
woods and apparently had been dragged to where
the body there were what appeared to be signs or
a struggle The mans pockets were empty al
though 4, Is said he had considerable sum OF
money on Saturday The face was cut and bruised
and there were other injuries and cuts about the
body Coroner Birch took charge OF the case
The authorities have no clew TO the men VINO are
.upnosed 10 have been concerned in the AFFAIR:
From the appearance OF the BODY the aSsaltants
us.d A p.nknife and Il desperate night TOOK place.
The 81 1thes we're cut In several places. but the
Wounds inflicted not deep. From TINS IL ~
supposed that TWO men assaulted him. ana that
Iawlor who was 4 rather powerful man ana USED
10 hard work. fought them on Tor som. tlihe. -
VAS Judged that Lawlor continued 10 hEnt uhlI
weakened by loss OF blood. Then. after whatever
nf value he had In his clothing was taken from
him his body dragged TO where u was ioui,u:
The assault; probably occurred not later IMAM
C.30 or o'clock Oh Saturday night and the muir
derer or murders had from fourteen 10 sixteehh
hours In which TO get away. the body was louilu
hv chance as IL might have lain where II was TOT
days Without 1t being discovered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-06
IN MEMORY or HENRY GEORGE.

Chicago Dec. 5.-Exercises In memory OF Henry
George were held at the Auditorium this afternoon
under the auspices Of the Chicago Single Tax Club
Over seven thousand persons were In attendance
Mrs. George, the widow OF the dead economist
clad In deep mourning occupied a box. She came
to Chicago last week to attend the wedding OF her
son. Henry George. jr,. and prolonged her visit in
order To he present at the memorial exercises Ed
ward o. Brown. OF Chicago, presided. and In open
ing the meeting paid an eloquent tribute to the
BY DR.. Emil q. Hrsch. ex-governor John p. Alt
geld, Bishop John L. Spauding. Of Peoria, and the
Rev. DR.. 8. 8. Craig OF Toronto
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-06
FARMERS FIGHT 4 PRAIRIE FIRE.

Guthrie. Okla, Dec. Blast night disastrous
prairie fire ragged in the county where It fed on
the high and dry grass and was famed by a strong
south wind. The fire started near Ruth postonice.
near the county line, and swept with lightning
ers. who fought like demons to preserve their
crops. the women and children assisting Ths
canyons running east and west along Trail Creek
finally stopped the hre. but only after sertou!
property loss had been entailed. Many tales q
narrow escapes are told.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-06
Tiffany & Co.
UNION SQUARE
NEW YORK

failed OF which IS were National. &c state banks
and trust companies 10 savings banks ana - pr
vate banks and bankers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-06
MARKsMry GATHERING AT CHICAGO

Chicago Dec. 5-Rollo IIeikes OF Dayton. Ohio.
and Charles Grimm Of Clear Lake. Iowa, arrived
in the city to-day. They will compete In the first
contest Of the shooting match, beginning to-mor-
row: Hekes is challenger for the Cast-Iron Badge
held by Grimm. j. A. r. Elliott OF the KANSAS
City party, Will arrive tomorrow. Among the Wis
itors already here are Tanning, OF San Francisco;
Captain Bartlett. OF Buffalo. and Johnson Of New
York City. Several changes are probable In tho
makeup OF the Chicago team. ewing to retire
mentA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-06

h~~A9~ Are winning favor everywhere
0VVO . as a mild. effective family
DILL cathartic They stimulate the
=. THIS liver. remove ali waste ana
leave the bowels Unhealthy coalition. 20e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-06

ABOtI STATE BANKS
The report contains interesting information IN
regard TO State banks and banking Institutions IN
regard TO which the Controller says, by reference
to the comparative statements OF the resources and
liabilities OF State banks from 1873 1897 II Will be
noted that, with but one exception On 1886, there
has been an uninterrupted increase In the number
Of banks reporting which Is due rather to legisla-
ton providing for the collection OF banking Stats
tics than to actual Increase In the number OF exist
Ing banks OF that character although there has
been a normal Increase each year
The returns from savings banks throughout the
United States are practi ally complete. but their
value Is some What impaired by the want OF uni
formity In dates showing the conditions Of the in
by the report is $50 being eight less reported
the previous year; There has been an Increase in
Its Of SAT 7O96 and in surplus and other undivided
profits OF 5s5. The increase In the number OF
depOsiiors Is l3.63S. Tho number OF depositors is
526l.l32 and the amount to- their credit is 81 $685.
$685. which does include $440S7 52s OF deposits
subject 10 check In stock savings banks, which arc
operated under charters permitting both a J.
by savings banks in United States bonds amount to
N63 sS69S. and In other bonds. stocks. etc. N72i
Reports we're received from Pol loan and trust
companies, all located In the New England and
Eastern States, except four in Indiana. eleven In
Illinois and eight in Minnesota. About IS per cent
cash and in credits with other financial institutions.
The highest rate OF dividends paid by them was
1873 by New,York State corporations. and the aver
age rate paid was rs per cent.
Returns were received from 759 private banks and
bankers only about 20 per cent Of the number doing
81, The Tssourses OF the
United States bonds ss7ssSs other bonds and stocks
ta27s.7 os. and cash on hand s5l4s.s2s
The report states that the records show that 12u7
.Scuk juiy 1 iSsk and that durins Tie year lea
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-06

ruE QUESTION OF NoTE-IssUING BY THE Gov
ERNMENT-woRK OF THE NATIONAL BANKS
FOR THE LAST YEAR-LARGE SUM PAID
To crEDITORS OF INSOLvENT BANKS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-06

Colgate q Co. products
are today a recognized
standard Of purity and
excellence. Nothing bet
ter for Holiday remem-
brance than their incom'
parable perfumes.
Gentlemen appreciate
the delicaiely perfumed
shaving stick.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-06
Ladies' Watches
For Christmas Gifts.

Tiffany & CO. invite
attention to their collection
Of ladies' Watches, which
for novelty, excellence Of
design and decoration OF
the cases, are unequalled.
The movements Of these
watches insure time-keep-
ing qualities equal to their
beauty. Each watch
bears the name Of Hfany
& Co., which Is a guarar1-
tee Of their excellence.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05
Shuts Off steam Instantly.

It sometimes happens in a large fac
tory, run by steam power, that q man
gets caught in the betting, some tool
drops into machine, a shaft is broken,
or some other accident happens which
renders the instant stoppage of the en-
pine desirable. In the few minutes re-
CURED to pass the word along to the en-
gineer a life may be lost, OF machinery
may be damaged to the extent of hun
dreds, perhaps thousands of dollars. To
cope with situations like this device
has been invented to be attached tc the
engine itself, but actuated instantly by
an electric wire from any part Of the
building. At various convenient stations
the wire is provided with a button, like
those commonly used on electric bells
So long as these buttons are let alone
nothing will happen, but if any one Of
them be pressed for tenth part of a
second, that operation will immediately
shut off steam. The current in the wire,
when the button is pressed, energies an
electromagnetic on the engine, and the
attractive power Of the magnet throws
up the arms of the governor and shuts
the valve admitting steam to the engine.
This electric apparatus can also be made
to work automatically with slight in
crease of speed in the engine, and thus
prevent racing, bursting of f1ywheels and
other mishaps. The invention has been
fully tested, and is now about to be
manufactured for the market in Spring
field, Mass.-New York Tribune.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05
Electric Locomotion.

Thomas Ewing Moore, the United
States commercial agent at Weimar, Ger
many. says that locomotion by means OF
electricity is gradually gaining ground in
Europe, though not to the same extent
as in this country. In mileage Of cleo
trio railways Germany stands first. Then
follow France, Great Britain and Ire
land, Hungary, Switzerland,
Servia, Russia, Belgium and Spain in
the order named. Of the Iii lines OPP
Grated in Europe in 1895, 81 were
worked on the overhead surface system
II on the underground system and 8 by
means of accumulators In Germany
alone the capital invested is $23, 100000.
1t is estimated that the number of new
lines to be established this year in Eu-
rope will exceed those established in
1895. The city of Berlin, which now has
only horse tramways and omnibuses, will
soon introduce electric tramWays. The
electric tramway systems of Hamburg
and Leipsic are nearly completed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05
CENTRAL AFRICAN HUNTING.
Big Birds of Countless Kinds Ready for

Big Birds of Countless Kinds Ready Tor
the Gun of the Sportsman.
There is great sport awaiting the wild
fowl hunters who press across the dry
deserts of the North Kalahari to the
Botletli or Lake river, as it is usually
called. This is where the pelicans,
famingoes, ibises, storks, cranes lerons;
fishing eagles, jaconos, coots, rails ana
other aquatic birds unknown to most
widgeons and. teal in countless hosts,
offering bird shooting the like Of which
can scarcely be found elsewhere.
The water fowl of south Central
Africa when the Botletli overfoWs dur
ing the dry season, as it does every year
from April to August, gather in the great
marshes. There are also side shots to be
taken daily with rifles at CRATES, wilde
beest, gemsbok, springbok and other des-
ert and woods creatures. The camp is
made in an open grove Of camelthorn
and mOtjeerie trees on a piece OF rising
ground. Near by is big lagoon, and at
daybreak wild geese tell the hunters to
get up, which the hunters do, with load
ed guns. A little sneak, which need not
be too carefully made, brings the, shoot
ers within range, and geese fall Hopping
to the ground before the sun rises.
Rare lechive-a kind Of water birch
may be seen occasionally on still-huntlng
expeditions.
Near lagoons Egyptian geese, black
and white, spurwinged geese, knob
billed geese. yellow-billed ducks, red
billed teal, Cape widgeon, Widow Tree
ducks, dark brown African sochards,
avocets and lean ployer may be seen
gathered OH or about the water, with
other birds as beautiful and as game. A
shot puts them to fight, and for hours
one may shoot them as they come and go
in screaming focks, as one may travel
from lagoon to lagoon and shoot with no
interval of waiting for the game. It is
all warm weather shooting, with no cold
rains to chill one.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05
OWLS KILL RABBITS.
Have Nearly Exterminated Them in Some
Parts of Wisconsin.

Have Nearly Exterminated Them in Some
Parts of Wisconsin.
The large gray owls Of this vicinity
have played havoc with small game in
the forests of the Northwest this win
ter. The rabbits and cartridges especial
~ have been victims, and lumbermen
say that in some portions Of the woods
they have been almost eXterminated.
Rabbits have always been the prey OF
the brawny gray owls during the winter
season, but this year more than ever
before in the history of this place have
they been slaughtered. An extremely
hard, icy crust has formed over the snow,
which causes the rabbits when attacked
to slip in running, thus rendering them
helpless. When the snow is soft enough
for them to hold their feet they are af-
forded protection in lodging in and out
among the bushes, but when crust has
been once formed they have no protection
whatever. The cartridges are handl-
capped in about the same manner. When
the snow is soft and deep they are al
ways safer when attacked, for the rea-
son that they burrOW in the snow, where
they remain for hours at a time. Tx
Sheriff Lou Thompson of this place, who
has been in the woods near Brule, a
small station Oh the Northern Pacific
road, thirty miles from Superior, says
that thousands of rabbits have been
killed in that neighborhood during the
last five months.
IF the slaughter continues for any
length Of time,' he said. ''the sports
men of this section will be at a loss for
game next fall. In some portions of
the woods the little animals have been
entirely exterminated, and in other parts
those that have not been killed have
been scared away. The owls made their
rendezvous around a number of the lum-
Der camps, where the woodsmen had set
large number of snares for catching the
rabbits. In the morning when we would
go to the snares we would find only a
little of the rabbits hair which was shed
while the owls were carrying them off.
At one camp the employees told me that
more than 200 rabbits which they had
trapped had been carried off in this man
ner."
II have had considerable experience
with gray owls this winter myself" re-
marked John Tourville of Lyman Lake.
During the last two months they car
ried away four of my cats and a number
of chickens. The last one, large tom
cat. was taken a week ago. Myself and
wife were eating supper, when we heard
some racket upon the top of a shed just
behind the house. We ran out, and a
minute later we could hear the cat
screaming several hundred feet above the
ground as it was being carried away.
A friend of mine at Lyman Lake had a
little pug carried away a week ago, and
hardly a day passes that number Of
chickens are not carried ff"-West Su-
perior (Wis.) correspondent Chicago Rec
nd
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05
A Blank. Verse

In Lowther church a curious monu-
ment is erected to the memory of Sir
Richard Lowther, who lived in the time
of Queen Elizabeth. The monument,
after proceeding to give an account of
the public services and private worth of
Sir Richard. concludes by saying that
he died in 1907, ''uttering with his last
breath these verses following" But no
verses follow, and upon this circum-
stance late bishop of Carlisle gave ut
terance to a good thing. He and one of
his archdeacons were looking at the
stone, when the latter asked the bishop
what was his opinion of the poetry.
''It is. I Think said the bishop, "a
very good specimen of blank verse. =
Parsons Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05
JUST the Reverse.


The Chicago Times-Herald prints a
story of DR.. Talmage's training by an
actor to whom he went when a young
man. After telling him to give up the
pulpit and use a platform, he picked up
Bible. and asked: "Do you believe in
this book, and that the choice of life and
death is here?' Mr.. Talmage said he
did, '"Then. why do you read from it
and talk from it like this?s cid the
teacher gave an imitation of average
pulpit elocution which his hearer recog-
nized as ludicrously exact. A demon
stration of how an actor would read the
same passage followed, and the first les
son ended with the pretty epigram:
You ministers express what you be-
lieve in such a way that people do not
believe it, while we actors express what
we do not believe in such way that
people believe we believe it."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05

in almost every tropical portion of The
globe. A recent estimate of the are;
cultivated with the cocoanut palm gave
the following result: British India anc
dependencies, 100000 acres; Ceylon
100000 acres; Eastern Archipelago ans
colonies, $4,000 acres; Pacific islands
including FIJI. New Caledonia, etc. 800,
600 acres; Central America, 250,00t
acres; Java and Sumatra, 100000 acres
Muritius Madagascar, Seychelles and At
rican coast, 100000 acres; Siam an6
Cochin China. 100000 acres, and West
Indies, $1,000 acres. TO this area will
no doubt shortly be added Florida, along
the coast of which several hundred thou
sand nuts have been planted within the
last few years by Northern CAPITALISTS.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05
The Holy House Loretto.

About fifteen miles south of Ancona
on the main line is the station of Loret-
to, and on the hillside, about three miles
from the sea, stands the city. Tower
ing far above the town rise the great
dome and campanile of the wonderful
fortified church which shelters within it
the santa casa. or holy house. every year
the object of pilgrimage of so many thou
sands of the faithful. On entering the
church one sees at once, standing under
the dome, a strange low chapel covered
with white marble carving and gleam-
inc sculpture A host of Sixteenth cen
fury artists-chief among them Sanso-
vino-carried out Bramante's design for
the marble casing of the holy house.
terror are the plain and rough stone
walls Of the interior The innumerable
silver lamps give dim religious light,
and the jewels on the image Of the Ma
donna and Child-a wonderful black i'm
age carved, it is said, by St. Luke from
cedar of Lebanon scintillate in the
the gloom like innumerable stars.
Such is the holy house which angels
are said to have brought from Nazareth
in the Thirteenth century in order to
save it from dissertation by the infdel.
But the house was not brought imme-
diately to Loretto. The angels placed
it first on hilltop near Fiume, on the
DalUldIldu SIlOI6. 1HoF0 II SIuyeQ TOT
three years, when it was moved again
and deposited in a wood on the opposite
side of the Adriatic, near Recanati The
wood was laurel wood, and the house
was consequently called domus laure-
tana, or house of Loretto Twice more,
however, the house was miraculously
moved short distances, till it was at
length placed in it's present position; not
a very convenient one, it might have
been imagined, for it was then the middle
of the public road!
It seems almost unnecessary to say
made merry at this frequent ''transla-
ton Of the holy house, yet an innumera-
BILE multitude Of the great. ones of the
earth, including many Popes and Kings,
have paid homage to this black Madonna
in its rude stone cottage.-Westmin
Gazette
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05
Naming the Flowers.

We differ from the japanese in many
things, even to the naming of flowers.
If we name a chrysanthemum in this
country it is Mrs. Lucinda Brown, Betsy
Baker Smith or Miss Robinson. Every
body is commemorated without regard
to euphony or the fitness Of things. A
queenly blossom of splendorous hue is
apt to bear the name of the insipid char
acterless Miss Brown. On the other
hand, the japanese endeavor to have the
names as pretty and unique as the flow
ers are themselves. Anyone will grant
that such titles as the "Fuji Snow"
dragon Blood Eye of the Sum-"
Morning Crown" or Pearl Palace" are
vast improvements over Smith, Jones
and Robinson in the naming Of flowers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05
Hydraulic Barber Chairs.

ed by hydraulic power. The chair is
movable, like any other. Under the
seat, and supporting it.. is vertical steel
column, which is piston, working in a
cylinder in the base of the chair. .Adjoin-
ing this cylinder, and also within the
base of the chair, is a small reservoir con-
tanning oil. By means of a pump operat-
ed with the foot, oil is pumped from the
reservoir into the cyc!nder under the
piston, causing the chair to rise. The
pump is so adjusted that single pressure
on the lever downward to it's limit lets
the column of oil flow back into the reser-
voir, and the chair is thus lowered
New York Sun.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05
WHAT MERCURY REALLY is.
Perciva1 Lowell Summarizes the Great
Planet.

Planet.
Mr. Lowell summarizes his Atlantic
article on Mercury as follows:
Mercury is a body devoid, practical
ly if not absolutely, of air, water and Of
yegetation: consequently incapable OF
supporting any of those higher organisms
which we know as living beings His
surface is vast desert. 1t is rough
rather than smooth. Whetherethis rough
ness be due to mountains proper or to
craters we are too far away from him
tohaye been able yet to say. The latter
are the more probable. Over the greater
part Of his surface change either dfurnal
or seasonal is unknown. Tnree-eighths of
his surface is stepped in perpetual glare,
three-eighths shrouded in perpetual
gloom, while the remaining quarter slow
ly turns between the two. The planet
itself, as a world, is dead.
Interesting as Mercury thus proves to
be, the interest as regards the planet it
self is of rather corpse-like character.
Less deterrent, perhaps, is the interest it
possesses as part OF the life history
the closing act in the cosmic drama, has
brought it where it is. The machine has
run down. Whether it ever supported
life upon its surface or not, the power
to do so has now forever passed away.
Like Venus and for like cause, it is now
Il dead world. And it was the first
thus TO reach the end Of its revolutionary
career, earlier to do SO than Venus, mas
much as tidal action was very much
greater upon it than on her, and conse-
quently produced its effect more quickly.
Mercury has long been dead-hoW long,
measured by centuries, we cannot say,
but practically for very long time. Venus
must have become so comparatively re-
Gently. Buth, however. now have fin
ished their course, and have in q most
literal sense entered into their rest.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05
Some Big Coins.

It is said the largest gold coin now in
of Anam, a French colony in Eastern
Asia. 1t is a fiat, round gold piece, and
on it is written in India ink its value,
which is about 1920. The next sized coin
to this valuable but extremely awkward
one is the 'obang," of Japan, which is
worth about $50, and next comes the
''benda," of Ashantee, which represents
value of about $40. The California $50
gold piece is worth about the same as
the ''benda." The heaviest silver coin in
the world also belongs to Anam, where
the silver ingot is worth about $15; then
comes the Chinese ''taeP' and then the
Austrian double thaler.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-05
MRS. GRUMPY ABROAD.
Very Little Freedom for the Young Girl
of the Netherlands.

The etiquette of the Netherlands is
ironclad and knows no change among
high or low. An unmarried girl must
always take the right arm of her escort.
while the married woman utilizes the
left, perhaps because it is nearer the
heart. The chaperonage Of the young
girl is perfect. She never dreams of go
ing anywhere, even to church, unless
accompanied by her parents or some male
member of the family. At a dance the
parents sit round the room like wall
flowers, slipping their coffee or wine,
and the interested young men must make
the most of the opportunity afforded by
the dance; for when it pleases the par
ents to retire from the ballroom their
daughters go with them.