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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-09-16

At Parkersbug two members
of the younger 400 had a brief
encounter and argument. Some
insinuations concerning the man
agement of a recent dance given
in that set caused the engage
ment. Friends of the belliger-
ents interfered and peace was de-
clared before blood was drawn.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-09-16
QUEEN SLAIN.
Empress Of Austria Assasslnatsd at 6snsra,
Deed Done BY an Anarchist.

Deed Done BY an Anarchist.
< GENEVA. SWITZERLAND, Sept,
t0-The Empress of Austria was
assassinated at the Hotel Beauri'
wage, Geneva. Switzerland, last
| Saturday afternoon by an anarch,
list who was arrested. He stab
bed her Majesty with a small
triangular file.
Her Majesty was walking from
her hotel to the landing place Of
Tho steamer at about / o'clock,
when an Italian anarchist sud.
denly approached and stabbed
her to the heart. The Empress
fell, got up again and was car.
ried to the steamer unconscious.
The boat started, but seeing the
Empress had not recovered con-
seriousness, the captain returned,
and the Empress was carried to
the Hotel Beaurivage, where she
expired.
After striking the blow he rau
along the Rue des Alhes with the
evident intention Of entering the
Square DIES Alpes, but before
reaching it he was seized by two
cabman. who had Witnessed the
crime. They handed him over
to aboatman and gendarme, who
conveyed him to a police station.
The prisoner made no resist
ance. He even sang as he walked
along. saying, II did it," and
.She must be dead At the
police station he declared that he
was a starving anarchist, with
no hatred for the poor, but only
for the rich" Later, when taken
to the court house and interro-
gated by a magistrate in the
presence of three members of the
local government police officials.
he pretended not to know French
and refused to answer questions.
The notice on searching him
found q document showing his
name 70 be Luigi Laochini. born
| in Paris in 1873. and an Italian
soldier.
Agreat crowd quickly assem-.
bled around the Hotel Beauriv-
age, where the officials proceeded
after interrogating the prisoner.
The police searched the scene Of
the crime for the weapon and the
accomplices of the assassin.
1t appears that a boatman no.
ticed three persons closely fol-
lowing the Empress, who was
making purchases in the shop.
The local government, immedi-
ately on receiving the news Of
her Majesty's death, halt.masted
the flag on the Hotel de Vile
1.-THE municipal oficiais), and
proceed in a body to the Hotel
Beaurivage as a token of respect.
The excitement increasing. many
of the shops on the Kursaal
were closed.
The assassin told the magis-
trate that he came to
Geneva in order to assassinate
'.another important person" but
had been unable to execute the
project. The reason of his fail
ure he did not give, but he de.
clared that it was only by acct
dent he had learned of the pres
ence of the Austrian Empress in
Geneva.
Another account of the assassi-
nation says:
after having been stabbed
from behind. the Empress rose
and walked on board the steamer,
where she fell. fainting. The
captain did not wish to put off
from the quay, but did SO at the
request of the Empress and her
suite, there being no apprehen-
| sion that she was seriously hurt.
The steamer was turned back be-
fore reaching the open lake, and
the Empress, unconscious, was
carried to the hotel on q stretch.
err
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-09-16

When in need of staple dry
goods, notions, shoes, choice
family groceries. ETC., call on
10 lint. GRIFFIN, west end. He
k eepsthe best goods atthe low
est prices. Ss Il.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-09-16

The grand lodge Knights Of
Pythias will meet at Sistersville
the second week IN October.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-09-16

The officials of the penitentiary
at Moundsville have: decided
to adopt the merit system under
which prisoners acquiring slip
ulated number.,of merit marks
within a given period, will be
permitted todiscard their stripes
and wear such clothes as they
chose. The officials say the
Governor has approved the idea.
and that no pardon will be grant
ed to a convict unless he has .
standing in the first grade.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14
The First Polar ExDIorer.

The hardy mariners who were the
pioneers IN polar discovery achieved
wonders, considering that they had
everything to learn about methods of
arctic work, and their vessels and
equipment were very inadequate. One
Of the greatest of all arctic voyagers
was the man who commanded the first
true polar expedition. William Ba-
rentz. He sailed from Holland in 1894
on the little fishingsmack Mercurius,
and the object of his voyage shows how
ignorant the merchants and seamen of
those days were as to the navigability
of arctic seas. Barentz pushed into the
unknown for the purpose Of sailing
around the north end Of Nova Zembla
and finding northeast passage to
China; and so for a month he skirted
the wall of ice that barred his way,
seeking in every direction for lane by
which he might travel through the
pack, putting his vessel about eighty
one times, and travelling back and
forth along the ice edge for LOO miles.
The highest ice edge was 614 statute
miles south of the highest point reached
by Nansen, or 874 miles from the pole.
-Harper's Weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14

designed many machines that are still
used in heavy. and deep mining. Soon
however, he returned to the Union Iron
Works and has been the guiding spirit
Of that great plant ever since. Mr.
Scott not only made success of heavy
machinery building, but he interested
himself in the social and political life
Of San Francisco, and has occupied
many important public positions in the
metropolis of the coast He has beena
candidate for the State Senate, mem
Der of the taxpayers convention and q
regent Of the University of California
His wonderful success as builder Of
battle ships has caused him to be called
to st. Petersburg by the Government Of
the Car, which wishes his advice about
the building Of big war ships for the
Russian navy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14
COLONEL MULLIGAN AND STAFF.

them only by desperate labor. There is
no room to spare on modern ship.
Therefore the mighty furnaces are so
crowded together that the men who
serve them have barely space to move
to and fro before them. So near them
are the stokers and the firemen that
until their skins are hardened to It they
blister and crack with the heat. The
chance visitor can bear it only a few
minutes.
That is stokehole when the ship Is
going at ordinary speed and there are
no especial demands on the stokers and
the firemen. When there comes the
time that a ship must fight for her life,
chase Or run, the stokehole becomes a
place Of torment. When the warship
goes into action she calls on every one
of her hundred and more firemen to be
in readiness, and the boilers must fur
n1sh every pound of steam that they
can give her. The more they give her;
the louder are the demands of the en-
gines for more and the men must work
at the fires till they fall. Forced draught
is the order then, and the stokehole Is
practically sealed up that no air may
escape from 1t except through the fur
naces. The fires grow iercer and fierc-
er, and soon there is no spot in the steel
pit that is not unbearably hot. Men
watch tine indicators and shout for
more steam. The limp heaps are drag,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14
WHENCE THE CAT7
Probably Adopted by Man Suisse
oueuf1y to the Hunting Age.

Probably Adopted by Man subse-
quent1y to the Hunting Age.
It is impossible to trade the origin of
the domestic cat with certainty to any
existing specie or variety of wildcat.
Indeed, the time at which the cat was
domesticated and introduced to human
Society Is simply ! matter ofconjec-
ture. Prof. Shaler expresses me opin-
ion that the domestication !Sf the cat
must have been much laterrAhan that
of the dog, while naturalists give rea-
sons for believing to the contrary.
Some people agree with Prof Shaler,
and for this reason: That dogs were
probably first domesticated in order to
assist in hunting, and, therefore, proba-
bly,, in what is called the hunting agS
Of human society: whereas the cat has
nowhere been generally used as hunt
ing animal. The dog is essentially
gregarious; he loves to hunt in packs,
and when introduced to a human fam
lily he regards the family as his pack
and hunts accordingly, so that he is
easily made serviceable by the human
hunter. The cat, on the contrary, is
unsocial; it lives alone and hunts alone,
so that it could not be expected to be
easily trained to hunt, either with men
or for men. In fact, the only member
of the cat family that is known to have
been trained to hunt is the cheetah,
though an ancient Egyptian painting,
which may be seen in the British Mu-
scum, represents cat which is appar-
emily assisting hunter to catch birds.
There Is another reason for thinking
that the cat must have been adopted
by man after the hunting age, namely,
the cats wonderful attachment to To-
calities. Animals, like the wolf, with
which the dog is most closely allied,
follow their prey over vast tracts of
country and seem to be entirely desti-
tute Of local attachment. The wild
cat, on the contrary, settles down in a
particular spot and waits for its prey
to come. When removed from its ac-
customed habitat it seems to lose it's
skill, and therefore would be useless to
men in hunting age, because in that
age men seldom had fixed habitations,
but roamed abroad wherever game was
to be found. OF course, much of thie
Is conjecture. Whether the cat or the
dog was first adopted by man cannot
now be certainly known, but the cat
was well known as a domestic amman
at an early period of human history
Boston Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14

land, rising nowhere to higher pitch
than at Chicago when Fort Sumter was
fred upon and the President issued a
call for $4,000 troops.
The call for a meeting of the loyal
Irishmen Of the city, which was signed
by James A. Mulligan, NJ. @. Mcdonald
and eleven other Irish citizens, was
royalty responded to, North Market
Hall being thronged to the doors. James
A. Mulligan, an eloquent young Irish
American lawyer, delivered a ringing
speech, as did several others, and the
work Of recruiting-the real business Of
the evening-was begun. No urging was
required, men presenting themselves
faster than they could sign the rol. In
an hour and half 325 names had been
enrolled
This meeting was but the beginning
Of the patriotic enthusiasm which
speedily seized upon the people, and ap-
plications for admission to the Irish
brigade, as the prospective regiment
had been already named, continued to
pour in, not from Chicago only, bu.
from all portions of northern Illinois,
one body of Detroit Irishmen Offering
their services. Within week 1000
names were signed and the regiment
was complete.
The Confederates were bent Oh tax
ing Lexington, and Gen. Sterling Price
soon appeared with $4,000 men. Out
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14

A West Point officer. Captain Parker,
writing for recent magazine, shows
that the great need Of our volunteer
army is trained officers It Is estimated
that in an army Of 100000 men we
would need 10000 officers. The original
idea Of the West Point academy was to
provide reserve Of officers who in civ
q life would always be available to CON-
snand and train raw levies. In 1918,
with population but onetenth what it
BOW is, the maximum number of cadets
at Nest Point was fixed at 26O, It is
ooly 81 to-day. The original purpose
OF the academy has been lost sight of.
Captain Parker recommends that the
number of cadets authorized by law be
Increased from 81 to 200, or that
three military academies be establish
ed. having all told the needed 1900 ca
diets. 1t would be understood that all
these men would not remain in the
army. but they would be organized into
a reserve OF officers, all of them subject
10 the call OF the government in case of
war
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14
A S0asiCk Hero.

No man is hero while seasick. La
fayette was sent by Washington and
Congress to France to ask further sun-
plies Of men and money for the Amer
lean colonies. He sailed from Boston
In the frigate Alliance, on Jan. II. ITO.
The harbor was frozen, and passage
had to be cut for the ship through the
ice.
OFF the Newfoundland banks the
snip was assailed by terrible tennest
which threatened destruction. and La
fayette was very seasick. His aid
de-camp, the Cheyalier de Pontgiband
who relates the incident in his
memoirs, heard him soliloquizing TINS
on the hopelessness of the situation
and the emptiness of glory:
"Diable! I have done well certainlv
AT my time of life -barely twenty wears
OF age-with my name, rank and for
tune, and after having married Made
moiselle de Noailles, to leave eyerv-
thing and serve as a breakfast for cod.
Companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14
MuLL,GAN.s BRIGADE.
The Gallant Chicago Regiment Com
posed of Irishmen.

posed of Irishmen.
s'Rally! All Irishmen in favor Of
forming regiment of Irish volunteers
to sustain the government of the Uni
ted States in and through the war will
rally at North Market Hall this even
ing, April 20, at 7:3O o'clock. For the
honor of the old land, rally! Rally for
the defense Of the pew,
This notice appeared in all the Chi
cago newspapers on April 20, 1861.
Five days before Gov. Yates had issued
a call for troops, and the patriotic fer
vor Of the people was at white heat.
Enlistment had already commenced,
Capt. Joseph Kellogg having begun the
work of recruiting company on April
Is.
Those whose knowledge of war and
war times Is limited to the present con-
fict with Spain have small conception
Of the excitement that swept over the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14

subject. In resenting 1t, the ordinary
young woman will eXclaim with assur-
ance that the criticism isn't true; that
many girl has thought herself into a,
headache, which no one will deny; but
even this, one tormenting young skept1c
sauci1y declares, is quite frequently
done after the manner Of the girl in the
story Of "How One Girl Studies" She
places her box Of chocolates on the
table, and while eating them and pol
ishing her fnger-nails says aloud and
indistinctly, Of course, 1.-THE three an
giles of triangle are equal to two right
angles. Oh, dear, hope it won't rain
tomorrow and spoil that picnic! The
three angles of triangle are equal to
two right angles. saw George Morris
and Sue walk off together, and they
just may for all care! The two angles
Of triangle are equal to three right
angles There, those chocolates are not
so large as those that were on top! The
three right angles-veil, this old thing
is too stupid There is nothing in it but
nonsense, so there"'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14
Spanish Pride.

Spanish pride is proverbial. An in
cident in the life Of Lord Cochrane, the
Earl Of Dudenald, is illustrative. Lord
Cochrane, in command of a little brig,
the Speedy, in broad daylight, cap
tured the Spanish frigate, the Gamo.
The Speedy carried q crew Of fifty men,
and threw broadside Of twenty-eight
pounds of metal; the Gamo a crew of
300 men and broadside of over 100
pounds. The Speedy had previously,
through ruse, escaped from a large
Spanish ship in the right, and some
of her officers rather criticised the ac-
ton Of her captain on the occasion
in that he did not make an effort to
capture the Spaniard. This made Coch-
rane mad. So when the enemy came
up he hove to, as if about to surrender.
Suddenly a puff of wind carried him
alongside. He grappled and boarded
The Speedy lay SO low her opponent
was unable to depress the guns suff1-
Gent to hit her, while the Englishlnan
made every shot tell. The boarders,
after stout opposition, carried the enc
my. When the action was over the
Spanish captain requested some certifi-
cate from Dudenald as to the way in
which he had fought the ship. He re-
ceived one: This certifies that Cant.
, Of the Spanish frigate Gamo,
fought his issue like a true Spaniardw
The defeated gentleman was greatly
pleased, and SO was the nation, for on
returning home he was Immediately
given another and more important COM
and Navy Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14
have been follower of Mulligah Is an
honor which no American disputes.
HOT TIMES IN THE sTokEHoLE.
Toilers at the Furnaces Twenty Feet
Below the Surface of the Sea.

Toilers at the Furnaces Twenty Feet
Below the Surface of the Sea.
If a landsman wants an experience
that be will not forget soon lef hin e.
down Into The stokehole Of a Warsh1p:
Then he will realize, indeed, what It
means to be in the bowels Of vessel,
and, to an extent, what it means to be
buried alive. If he can face the roaring
furnaces without shrinking and stand
in the steel walled pit without feeling
dread, he will be man Of rare nerve.
Sunk in shaft twenty feet below
the sea, men toll amid fierce fires whose
flames in that confined space lick out at
them with every movement Of the long
steel slice bars that are used to feed the
gaping furnaces, as savage Gagged beasts
are fed, and, like the beasts, the fires
are raging to kill the men who master
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14

numbered ten to one, poorly provision.
ed and suffering from lack Of water
Col. Mulligan made determined de
Tense. Called upon by Price to surren-
der and agree to fight no more on Mis-
souri, soil, brave Mulligan replied:
''The Irish brigade makes no compro-
mise"
At length after resistance that fair
ly electrified all Northern hearts and
called forth expressions of praise from
the Confederates, Col. Mulligan was
forced to surrender, the devoted Irish
men destroying their green flag in pref
erence to yielding it 10 the enemy, The
total Union loss in killed and wounded
was 107. Col. Mulligan was retained
as prisoner of war, but was soon ex-
changed. He was treated with great
consideration by Gen. Price. who. in an
probation of his bravery, refused to ar
cept his sword.
The heroic death of Col. Mulligan
while fighting the main body of Gen.
Jubal A. Early's army at Kernstown.
Va, July "a, 1864, is known to all who
are familiar with the stirring events of
the war of the rebellion.
Lay me down and save the flag" he
said to those who were bearing him
mortally wounded from the field.
The Irish brigade fought nobly for
their country; they did more-they
raised an enthusiasm that recruited
many thousands of troops and impart-
ID boldness to timid hearts. Their glory
has not yet faded-Will mayer fade. To
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14
BUILT THE OREGON.
The Man Who Did 1t Famed Chiefly
for His Integrity.

AOT lis
Irving M. Scott, the man who built
the battle ship Oregon, is the head Of
the Union Iron Works, San Francisco.
He is a native of Hebron Mills, Balti.
more County, Md, and is 81 years old,
His father was Pennsylvania Quaker
clergyman and his mother was de-
vout Quakeress-two facts which &C.
count for the soundness of the Oregon's
boilers and her trustworthiness as
ship. Young Scott was educated at
public school in Baltimore and at Nil.
ton Academy. In 1854 he began the
study Of mechanical engineering, ans
in 1853 he went to San Francisco to be
a craftsman for the Union Iron Works
then the property of Col. Peter Dono.
hue. In 1862 Mr.. Scott went into the
manufacture Of mining machinery and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14
Talking It Over.

Miss Macfall-I wouldn't marry 8
man who was less than 80 years old.
Miss Kittish-Ah, selfish to the last
see.
Miss Macfall-What is there selfish
about that?
Miss Kittish-Why, you WOULDN'T
want, when you died Of old age, 70
leave your husband in his prime anu
have a chance to get some young gn
and be happy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14

1t is fortunate that the regular SOL
diers Of the United States have been
trained to encounter the American In
dian, who, in the line Of bush fighting,
has not his superior in the world; who
invented smoke signal system of his
own and who adopted the looking glass
or Photograph code before our army did;
who in the matter of following trail
or concealing one has never been sur
passed; who will bury himself in the
sand and with bunch Of dried grass
tied to his head lie still for hours and
pass for part of the surrounding vege-
tatiOn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14

Apropos of the growing friendship
between Anglo-Saxon peoples, the
Washington Star has this report of a
conversation between an American girl
and young Englishman: She asked,
scan your country forget that we
whipped you?" He responded, cheer
fully, ooh, you only whipped a few Of
us; and you couldn't have done that
IL you hadn't been our kind Of peo-
nile"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14

The agreement between Japan and
Russia recognizing the independence Of
Corea finally establishes on firm ba-
sis the existence Of a new power in
the affairs of the world. Corea has an
area Of some $4,000 square miles and a
population of some 100000, and as
its area is productive and it's popula-
ton intelligent much may be expected
OF it in the future.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14

Brazil claims the distinction of hay
ing introduced coffee into the Philip
pines in the latter part Of the eight
zenith century. This was followed a
hundred years later by the United
States introducing iron and steel.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-14

SENIOR CASTELAR, the American war
CASTELAR, periodically refused to head
10000 republicans who desired to taxa
advantage Of the foreign complication
and overthrow the monarchy. CASTELAR,
is now &c years old. He inherited his
love of liberty from his father, who
lived in England an exile under sent.
ence Of death for agitation, and who
died destitute IN 1899. The son was
given q fine education and was for
time professor of philosophy in the
University Of Cadiz, the town Of his
birth and heart. He lost his place
when he founded the newspaper La
Democracia Of Madrid. His conduct
with this paper earned him the sent.
ence of death, but he escaped to Swift.
zerland and France. When Isabella
II. was dethroned he returned to Spain
and labored fer reublic. Restored to
his professorship he resigned In 1875.
King Amadeo resigned in 1873 and
CASTELAR, became minister of foreign at.
fairs of the republic, and later in the
same year was the executive head Of
the republican government. CASTELAR,
has been in and out of cortes for years,
and divides public attention with Sa.
gasta. He is a learned man, and is
supposed to be far ahead Of his coun-
try in his ideas Of modern statesman
ship. Since the outbread Of the pres,
ent war he has manifested bitter ami
mostly toward this country, and with
tongue and pen has made savage at
tacks upon the people and the govern,
ment of the United States.