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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
AVOID THE KLoSDIKE.
Surveyor Ogi1vie Advises Again
Going to That Country.

SURVEYOR Ogi1vie Advises Again
Going to That Country.
In speaking Of the Klondike gold neius,
William Ogilyie, dominion Surveyor IN ~
the Northwest Territory, discoura scs ~
strangers from going into that bleak coun ,
try. He denies that any difference resal.
ing the boundary line exists-DetWeeh oa..
ada and the United States. lie says.
"Gold has been found in certain zone -
British Columbia, running through Tue
Cariboo and Cassiar districts. ProJec.
the axis of this zone northwesterly, anu
we touch the Teslin Lake, Hootallnqu u
River. Stewart River, Indians Cfeeh'
Troandike, Sixty Mile, Forty Mile, Anel-
lean Greek, Seventy Mile and bircn
Greek. Now it is highly improbable that
gold being found at all these points, lne
Intervening spaces are barren, and win W
no more than say generally that we nay ~.
a zone of upwards of 500 miles IN lehs,n
some of it in Alaska, more OF 1t III LIZ
Northwest Territory, and much Oh -
British Columbia, which will yet pc tne
scene of numerous mining enterprises
both on the quartz and placer, the I .,n
practically inexhaustible. The conultiohs,
however, are most unfavorable. Ihere 10
a nine months winter, barrenness IS al,
most total, so far as vegetation ana Ioou
is concerned, the earth is bound IN eternai
frost, and the thermometer often reaches
60 and 70 degrees below zero.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09

about twenty years ago he went into the
sausage manufacturing business. He
had a knowledge of chemistry, and by
using it in his business produced a supe-
rior article and rapidly accumulated
money. He was once worth $500, 600, but
his fortune has dwindled somewhat. Dur
ing the last few years he and his wife
lived unhappily, and though he ate at
home he spent his nights in the sausage
factory, which stood in the rear of the
house. At 10 o'clock Saturday evening,
May 1, little Louis Luetgert babe his
mother goodnight and left her sitting in
the back parlor of their splendid home.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
HARD BLOWS FOR LUETGERT.

Mrs. Tosch Proves to Be Very Eff
fective Witness for Prosecution.
Mrs. Agatha Tosch, to whom Adolph
Luetgert was wont to confide his business
and marital troubles, took the stand for
the prosecution when the famous murder
case was resumed in Chicago Tuesday,
and gave damaging testimony AGAINST the
prisoner. According to her evidence, the
day after Mrs. Luetgert disappeared Mrs.
Tosch had long conversation with the
sausag emaker, who, she asserts, was pale
and laboring under excitement he vainly
endeayored to suppress. In the course of
their talk she boldly told him she believed
him guilty of making away with his wife
and that he thereupon manifested much
excitement and begged her to help him, as
he was in great trouble. Mrs. Tosch di-
lated on Luetgert's disturbed condition of
mind as much as the rules of evidence
would permit and finally swore that the
man, in the extremity Of his distress, de-
clared he was tempted to shoot himself
and escape the trouble that hung over his
head. Before she left the stand Mrs.
Tosch eIso testified to the hatred felt by
Luetger. for his wife and his significant
threats to crush her.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
IS THE WOMAN DEAD?
,,,ETGERTs LAWYERS CLAIM IT
CANNOT BE PROVEN.
frrou that Point Hinges the Fate OF
ch;capo's Rich Sausage Maker VINO
I. BEING Triel for a Most Hideous
Crime.
Case of Great Interest.


Not since the celebrated Crenin case has
Chicago had a trial which promised SO
much in the line of sensation as that OF
Adolph Luetgert, the rich sansagemaker
who IS accused of numbering his wife. Inc
trial. which is now on, will probably con-
tinue two months. The long trial and the
extraordinary features involved will give
the case place among the most famous
crimes of the century. The Theory OF the
prosecution, represented by State Attor-
new Charles S. Deneen, is that Luetgert,
who was not on good terms with his Wlie'
murdered her and disposed Of her body by
dissolying it in a sausage vat filled with
caustic soda and crude potash. The de-
tense will set up the claim that Mrs. Luet-
CERT is not dead, that she wandered away
from home while demented and is still
alive. The strength Of the prosecutors
case depends upon the ability of the at
torneys and police to prove that MIS-.
Luatgert is dead. The difficulties IN.
volyed in establishing the corpus dellct
gives the case a resemblance to the Park
man Webster murder in Boston half
century ago.
Luetgert is about so years old. ne
used to be a saloonkeeper, but after his
marriage to 1S-year-old Louise Blckner
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
rHREArENED WITH FAMINE.
Plight of K1ondike Miners-YukOn
Very Low for Navigation.

Plight of Klondike Miners-YukOn
Very Low for Navigation.
News received In letters to the Alaska
Commercial Company that famine is al
most certain on the Klondike next winter
receives confirmation from Mr.. Goodhue,
a newspaper correspondent at st. Michael.
He states that the Yukon is unusually low
and that the chances of getting enough
food to Dawson to support those now
there and those focking in are slender. A
letter has been received in Vancouver
from Henry Behnson, who left for the
Yukon via Skaguay with well-equipped
party in July. The party consisted OF
eight, but one grew faint-hearted under
the hardships and returned. They mad
reached the summit Aug. % and expected
to arrive on Stewart river before winter
sets il. Dead horses are reported along
the trail and at one spot, where their par
ty lost one horse through falling over a
precipice, six horses were killed the same
day. Two men were caught stealing and
were shot. Large numbers of people are
turning back and outfits can be pur-
chased cheaply. Ex-Sergt. Haywood of
the Vancouver police force, who went up
to Dawson City in the spring, says IN
letter that "God only knows what will
become of the crowds now heading this
way" At the time of his writing provis-
ions were scarce in Dawson, but steam
er was expected daily.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
WORSETHANTH
RAvAGES FROM DISEASE FILL
CUBAN HOSPITALS.
Fever More Dangerous than Injuries
in BattIe-Fata1 Railway Wreck in
New York-Epidemico of Counterfeit
ing-Hoosier Bank Fails.
Hunger Pinches Many.

The general situation in Havana and in
all Cuba is unchanged from that of the
past month from military point Of view.
No battles of Importance have been
fought, though many skirmishes have
taken place, with one or two killed here
and there and three or four wounded. The
ravages from disease in the island in
crease weekly and the hospitals are over
crowded. The foreign consulate in Ha-
vana are besieged with people demanding
food. 1t is announced that Sonora CHS
neros will probably be released from Gus
tody in a month or two. The insurgents,
it is stated, have about 5000 men under
arms and are possessed of sufficient sup
plies to last through the coming winter
All business is at standstill and gold is
quoted at premium of 100 in paper
money. Weyler has left his camp on the
sugar estate San Antonio, near Medruga,
and has gone in the direction of Iona
Grillo mountain, where the insurgents in
the Havana province have again concen-
trated their forces.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
EXTRA DUTY MAY BE IMPOaI

Question as to the Meaning Of
Discriminating Tax Clause
Involved in the question of the lnaal
tation of section % of the new tarl
with regard to the 10 per cent dlscrnl'1
ing duty on foreign goods coming !ap
United States from Canada or Nc.
which is now before the attorney sua
for decision, is another question 9lHI
if not greater magnitude. lhS
question has almost entirely escapes
lie notice, but it is giving the us
great concern. 1t was referred U%
torney general by Secretary Gase
depreciation along with the otHef N@r
of section % which are in contro'tlsl
It involves the question Of Whe'ua
discriminating duty of lO per eeI ~
not apply to all goods imported IL ~
vessels landing at United staNs
which are not exempt from dlscli"n ,la
tonnage taxes by express treaty s s%
ton. The question arises froNi as
slight deviation in section Zz' WV
made Intentionally, would seem ,iiTo
cate that it was designed to dls '!a 4
against three-fourths of all the Dls
atlantic and transpacifc steamsn 1re[
as we'll as many of the sou'n A'
lines
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
BITTEN BY SNAKES.
Two Little Kentucky Boys Are Killed
by VenOmous Ratt1ers.

Two Little Kentucky Boys Are Killed
by Venonous Ratt1ers.
Willie, aged Z, and Eddie, aged 8, sons
of Matthew Cox, a farmer living near
Mannsville, Taylor County, KY, met ter
rible deaths from rattlesnake bites. They
were playing hide and seek with some 9th
er children and Willie ran into the bushes
and failed to reappear at the proper time
Presently Eddie heard cries from his lit
tie brother and; Fastening to his aid,
found, as he at first thought, that he had
become fastened in the hollow Of an old
stump. In trying to pull the child from
the stump Eddie discovered that four big
rattlers were biting Willie time and
again. Badly frightened, but determined
to rescue his brother, Eddie reached in for
better hold, and was himself bitten re-
peatedly. The cries of the two children
attracted some men and they were finally
rescued from their perilous position, but
not until they were past all aid. One died
In five minutes and the other in ten. The
four snakes were killed, and it was found
that the youngest child had jumped into
their nest in the hollow of the old stump.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicag o--Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 1915; hogs, shipping grades,
1890 20 $4.15, sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 93c to 94c;
corn, No. 2, Bic to 32c; oats, No. 2, 19c
to zoe; rye, No. 2, SOC to sic; butter
choice creamery, lie to 19c; eggs, fresh,
13c to lac; new potatoe soc to 65c per
bushel.
lndianapolis-Cat shipping, $500 to
$5.2o; hogs, choice light, $500 to $4.75;
sheep, common to choice. $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, soc to 92c; corn, No. 2
white, Soc to &c; oats, No. 2 white, 1Sc
to 13c
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $3.50: hogs,
$500 to $4.I5; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 97c to 99c; corn, No.
yellow, BIC to Zoe; oats, No. 2 white, 19c
to Zoe; rye, No. 2, 49c to sic.
CincinnatiICattle,$ $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $4.75; sheep, $3.50 to $500,
whest, No. 2, Csc to 96c; corn, No. z
mixed, Soc to &c; oats, No. mixed, zoe
to 21c; rye, No. 2, doe to sic.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to S4.25; sheep, $3.50 to S3.75;
wheat, No. 2, Csc to 97c; corn, No. 9
yellow, 32c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white. 2oc
to 24e; rye, sic to SIC.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to 97c;
corn, No. 2 mixed, zoe to Bic; oats, No.
white, 1Sc to zoe; rye, No. 3, SOC. to SIC:
cloSer seed, $4.2O to $4.3O.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring. 92c
to 94c; corn, No. 3, 29c to Gle; oats, No.
z white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. /, SOC to sic:
barley, No. 2, 4Oc to 43c; pork, mess,
So. % to 1925.
BuffaIo-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to 81.
wheat, No. 2 red, 96c to 97c; corn. No
2 yellow, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white
23c to 25c
New Cattle, $500 to $3.50: hogs
$3.50 to $500; sheep, $500 to s4.55.
wheat, No. 2 red, $1.O2 to $1.O4; corn
No. z. SIC to 3Sc; oats, No. white. 23c tn
Zoe; butter, creamery, 12c to zoe; eggs.
Western, Ice to tic. ee.s
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
WILL MEET IN TEXAS.
FARMERS NATIONAL CONGRESS
GOES FORT WORTH.
Texas Town Selected as the Place for
the 1898 Convention-Congre
to Visit Hawaii-Two K kentucky Chill
dren Killed by Rattlesnakes.
To the Lone Star State.

The Farmers National Congress decid-
ed ON Fort Worth, Tex, as the place for
the meeting in 1898. More than an hour
was given to the discussion Of the matter,
and Gu the roll call only Kansas, Michi-
gan, Montana, Nebraska and South Da-
kota were solidly for the Omaha PROPOSE
ton. There were scattering votes from
New York, North Dakota and Wisconsin,
but fully two-thirds were for Texas. Be
fore the result of the ballot could be an
nounced, On motion of the Nebraska dele
gates Fort Worth was selected. An invl-
tation was extended from Niagara Fails
for the congress of 1899 and from Boston
for the congress of 1900.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
MANNED IN A STUDENTS CRUSH

University of California Freshman
Sustains Serious Injuries.
There will be no more "rushes" at the
University of California if President KEEL
logg's latest mandate is obeyed. Half
dazed, his jaw broken, his face bleeding
mass, Benjamin Kurtz, a newly entered
freshman, was found wandering about the
campus Monday night after the rush be-
tween the two lower classes. In the strug-
gle some one put his heel on Kurtz's face,
and as result he is disfgured for life
and may have sustained an injury of the
brain. There were two other serious
casualties. Frank Marshall, freshman.
had his right leg broken just above the
ankle. Condor, another freshman, also
came out Of the combat with broken leg.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
stirred the contents until disintepr,

stirred the contents until disintegrs,|
was complete.
To this awful charge Luetgert ente,.
calm and complete denial. He maintsSl
that his wife was still alive, that :.
would eventually appear, and that n
alleged evidence of the police was nj
of fabricatioI4 Nevertheless he was M
for murder. A few days later ymI
man said that he had met demersI
woman in Kenosha, Wis, who ansVpsI
Mrs. Luetgert's description and WHO !
that she had a sister in Chicago nan
Mueller. Mrs. Luetgert has a sister
that name. Subsequently it was REM
ed that Mrs. Luetgert was seen in II
York and that she had sailed for Eum
Luetgert's lawyers claim that these
ports are true and that the murder tbs
is an outrage.
In the course of preparation for
trial, and for the purpose of demonst
ing that it is actually possible for al
man body to have been entirely disiuI
rated within the time limit set by the
lice in their theory of the crime, an L
pertinent was made at Rush Medical
lege q few weeks ago under the superls
ion of Profs. Haines and DelafonuiH
and in the presence of States Atom v
Deneen and representatives of the plg.
department. The body of a paupqr M
had died at the hospital, weighing ah
100 pounds, was dismembered, PLACED
boiler containing strong solution
caustic soda and potash and boiled
three hours. At the end of that timem
tically nothing was left EXCEPT 4
pieces of bone, which easily crumblel
der pressure, and the bottom of the BID
was found to contain thick brown cd
similar in composition to that in the
tom of the sausage factory vat.
To offset this experiment the dpfa
ask to be permitted to make an eyE
ment in court. The cadaver used by u
State, say the attorneys for the detl
was several days old. In it there WASH
the resisting power of nerves and muS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
SHORT CORN CROP.
Iowa Officia! Says Cold Rains lave
Caused a Big Shrinkage.-

Iowa Officia! Says Cold Rains have
Caused Big Shrinkage.@
Director J. r. Sage of the Iowa weather
and crop service has returned from TRIP
over the State inspecting the corn
crop. Ten days ago he became alarmed
because of the cold weather and stafteo
out to make personal investigation. re lie
finds his worst fears realized. There VIII
be big shortage of Iowa corn, and unless
warm weather comes, a partial crop rail-
ure He finds the stand poor. and thinks
at best that 100000 acres will not be mar
vested. Under favorable conditions the
Iowa crop will be 25 per cent short, ana IL
may be. only half a crop. The cold rains
have been very discouraging. lie estl-
mates the total loss in the State at oo'-
600 600 bushels.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
PROFIT IN BAD DOLLARS.
Margin of 60 Cents on Every Silver
Dollar Privately Minted.


Dollar Privately Minted.
The United States secret service bureau
is struggling with an epidemic of counter
feits. Hardly a day passes without the
arrest of from one to half a dozen persons
detected in passing spurious notes or sill
yer coin. It is evident that there is Il
large volume of counterfeit silver certltl-
Gates OF last years issue af1Oat and that
the circulation is continually being dilut-
ed with that sort of material. When these
certificates were first put out expert en-
gravers predicted that counterfelters
would be tempted to resume activities,
and the result shows that they were not
wrong in their prophecy. AS works of art
these certificates may be very fine, but for
purposes of money they were shockingly
deficient in many Of the safeguards which
the department had provided against
counterfeiting. Government detectives
have been instructed to be on the watch
for bogus silver dollars, the tip having
been given the treasury department that
a move was being made in some mysterl-
GUS and unknown quarter for the mlntlng
Of such dollars on a large scale, the COINS
to have the same amount of silver as the
genuine and to be in exact simllltude or
the coin bearing the stamp of the United
States minis. Thus far the department.
has not been able to locate any of this IL
licit product and it is not believed any of
the bogus dollars Of that sort are yet IN
circulation, but that is no guaranty that
the country may not at any time be flood
ed with them. At the present price of sill
yer bullion there is margin Of 60 cents
on every dollar privately minted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
IT'S COSTLY ALL AROUND.
De Armitt Figures Miners Have Lost
$4,000, 600 by the strike.

President De Armitt figures that the
strike has so far cost the miners of the
country $S,000,O0O. He bases this state
ment on the supposition that 100000 men
were cut and that they averaged $40 per
week. His men have forfeited $4,000 in
wages to the company by breaking their
contracts. The fight of the De Armjtts
against the miners has also been very
costly one. Already about $1,000 has
been spent by the New York & Cleveland
Gas Coal Company for wages and board
of deputy sheriffs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
KLoNDIKE GOLD rs POOR.

Assay of Two Specim ems In New York
Do Not Pan High.
Two lots Of gold from the Klondike
have been assayed at the New York assay
office in Wall street, one lot weighing
44.45 ounces assaying 749 per cent fine
gold and 246 per cent silver, which made
the value $15.4S an ounce. The other lot,
which weighed 1915 ounces, assayed
S201a fine gold and ia silver, making the
value $16.95 an ounce. Supt. Mason said
this Klondike gold was poor stuff. Ordi-
nary California gold assays $50 fine
$17.57 an ounce. The finest gold comes
from Madagascar. American houses trad
ing with Madagascar take their pay in
crude gold.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09

his wife. The engineer said that. con-
trary to the usual order of affairs Iuet-
CERT had him keep the fires at the factory
going that night and that he saw Luetgert
moving around the place mysteriouslv nm
III . O'Clock Sunday morning. Luetgert
was arrested and his factory was search
gu. One OF the sausage watts showed evil
uence or recent use. At the bottom was
,ouhu' IN very much diluted form, So
iution CT potash and caustic soda. There
were also found two of Mrs. Luetgerts
Iinss' several pieces of bone, an artificial
.ooth which a dentist identified as one he
sad made for MIR. Luetgert, and. in the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
Hangs to His Place.

John G. Woods, superintendent of mails
Mt the Louisville (I<y.) post Office brought
suit against PostmasterGene-al Gary
and the post office department authorities
to prevent them from removing him from
the service. The case probably will be a
test of the power to remove a government
official embraced within the civil service
rules
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
CLAIMS sKAGUAY IS HIS.
Bernard Moore Says He Pre-empted
1t Ten Years Ago.

A special from Victoria contains
signed statement from Bernard Moore,
who claims the townsite of Skaguay. He
says that ten years ago he made applica-
ton for 100 acres of land vas applied to
Alaska, made a legal survey and paid in
the requisite $500 to the proper officials.
He had just begun to stock the place for
dairy when the gold rush began and now
thousands of citizens of Skaguay are
claiming the land he paid the government
FOR
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
Heir to Two Millions.

Fred Horton, a young flour miller Of
Los Angeles, CAL, has fallen heir to a
fortune amassed by his father, Philip
Horton, a well-known Californian, the
news of whose sudden death three weeks
ago has been received by relatives in Oak
land through the United States consul at
Guayamas.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
Savings of $1,000 Secured.

Three robbers tortured Louis Simons, Il
Chicago milk dealer, Sunday night until
he revealed the hiding place of his lifetime
savings of $1,000. After securing the
money the men forced napkin down the
unfortunate Simons' throat, then bound
his hands and feet, and rolled him into
closet in his kitchen. Simons, who occu-
pied the house alone-his wife is in the
East visiting relatives-was asleep when
the robbers entered his house. The first
intimation he had that there was anybody
in the room was the clasp of strong fingers
about his throat and the weight of man
sitting astride his breast. He was adj
monished to keep still on pain of death b.
one of the men. who drew the sharp edge
of a knife across his throat. While one
of the men held Simons the other two
looked for a rope. In a closet in the
kitchen they found his wife's clothesline,
and with it bound Simons' feet together
and his hands behind his back. They
then dragged him into the kitchen, where
he was asked to reveal the hiding place of
his money. Simons said he had no
money, and one of the men suggested
that they burn the soles of his feet until
he was willing to tell where he had his
savings hidden. Lighted matches were
held to the bare soles of the bound mans
feet until he was willing to tell where he
had his savings hidden. Failing even by
this means to secure information as to the
hiding place Of the money the men told
Simons they would kill him. One placed
a revolver at his ear and another touched
his throat with the point of knife, and
told him they would give him two minutes
to tell the location of his money. Simons
weakened Mt this and told the men of
money in the drawer Of washstand
in a small paper box and in shaving
mug. AS they were leaving the house one
of the men rolled Simons into a closet,
and, taking table knife, forced the gag
further down his throat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-09
WILL PAY A VISIT TO IA All.
Trip Is Planned by Joseph Cannon and
ntIer Tou-rass,,o,,

Other congressman.
Several Congressman who have been in
San Francisco will visit the Hawaiian
Islands before returning East. Those
who have thus far determined to visit the
islands are Joseph Cannon Of Illinois, III.
G: Loudenslager of New Jersey and }. A.
Tawney of Minnesota. Their purpose in
visiting the islands is to acquire informa-
ton on matters that are likely to be con-
sidered at the coming session of Congress,
and since they are on the coast they have
determined to take advantage of the OPP
portunity to see something of the islands
that may be annexed when Congress
meets in December.