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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-07

Washington, Jan. 28.-After a de-
bate, animated at all times aud occa-
sionally acrimonious, which occupied
the greater part of this week, the SEN
ate by the decisive vote of AZ to 80,
passed the Teller concurrent resolu-
ton All efforts to amend the resolu
ton were voted down by majority
ranging from 5 to 20, Lodges gold
standard substitute being defeated by
the latter majority. The vote on the
Lodge amendment was ayes "a, nays
So. The Teller resolutions provides
that the obligations of the United
States are payable, principal md in
terest, in gold or silver, at the option
of the government, and not of the
holder.
Washington, Jan. 28.-The bill to
pay the book publishing company of
the Methodist Episcopal church of the
south $288,OOO for. damages sustained
by that corporation during the war,
after encountering many obstacles
which STAYED off a vote on two pre-
vious private bill days, has finally
passed the house by a vote of 1873
to 67.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-07
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Washington, Jan. 26.-For more
than six hours the senate had under
discussion Teller's resolution provid-
ing that the government pay the prin-
cipal and interest Of bonds of the
United States in silver.
Washington, Jan. 26.-The house
devoted another day to consideration
of the Indian bill, most of the time
being consumed as on the two previ-
Gus days in discussing extraneous sub
jects. A motion to strike out the ap-
preparation for the Carlisle Indian
school was defeated after considerable
debate, 20 to IS. On motion of Mr..
Griffin (rep., Wis.,, an amendment
was adopted to appropriate $4,000 for
an additional school building at
Tomah, Wis. An amendment offered
by Mr.. Kelley (dem., S. DID,, to in
crease the number of Indian pupils
at Flandreau, S. D.. to 800 and in
crease the appropriation therefor to
$4,000 was defeated. The conference
report on the urgent deficiency bill
was adopted.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-07
AT THE RESTAURANT.

Now cheap indeed the man must feel
Who notes that he has hung
A lone, belated hat of straw
Long derby lines among.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-07
AMERICANS OYSTER PRODUCT

Of the 100000 bushels of oysters
consumed throughout the world every
year, this country supplies 30,OOO,000
bushels.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-07

Washington, Jan. 27.-After trans
acting some minor business the Teller
resolution was laid before the senate
and after considerable discussion it
was agreed that the vote should be
taken tomorrow, the senate to meet
at 10 o'clock and the last four hours
of debate to be under the fifteen min
ute rule.
Washington, Jan. Pin the house
a bill was passed making Santa Fe the
permanent capital of New Mexico.
Mr.. Hit, chairman of the foreign af-
fairs committee, reported from his
committee with the recommendation
that it lay on the table the Lewis res
olutiOn calling upon the president for
the authority under the constitution
under which he negotiated a treaty
that will bind the treasury to pay
100000 to the Hawaiian bondholders.
Report was adopted and the resolution
laid on the table, LAB to 101.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-19
LABoR's DANGEROUS LEADERS

The Trades Council Of Birmingham is
preparing to have big celebration on
Labor Day, one of the features Of which
will be an address by some speaker Of
national reputation. The speaker has
not yet been selected, but the favorites
seem to be Senator Tnlman, Of South
Carolina, or Ex-Governor Altgeld, of 1lli-
nois.
This is a free country, and laboring
men have a right TO invite whom they
will TO address them. but it is in our
opinion a most unfortunate thing for or
ganized labor that it admires and fol-
lows the lead Of such men as Tilman and
Altgeld We do not mean to say that
at heart either Of them is a bad man,
but IL would be hard to find in these
United States two leaders who are more
unsafe.
Tnman is a hot-headed Southerner,
utterly lacking in discretion, but having
conceived an idea, bulges ahead with it
regardless of consequences. Altgeld is
differently constituted. lie never loses
his head He is cool and calculating,
hut he entertains views that are antago-
nistic to the cardinal principles upon
which the American republic was found
ed. and if he could have his way he
would overthrow some Of our most sacred
Institutions
The organization that follows the lead
Of either of these men IS sure TO come to
grief They are both agitators Of the
most pronounced type. and If there is any
man on the face Of the earth that labor
needs to guard against it is the man
who is forever stirring up strife ana
irving to unsettle business conditions.
Oreanl2ed labor has already suffered I'M
told injury from the professional agi-
tators. but the fact that the Trades
Council Of Birmingham IS still IN love
with Altgeld and Tnlman would indicate
that laborers in that section have not
vet opened their eyes to this all-impor'-
ant fact.
The Iaborlne man is most prosperous
when conditions are normal, when there
is such confidence throughout the length
and breadth OF the land that capitalists
do not fear TO invest their money IN IN
dustrial enterprises which give employ
ment TO labor Great steel plants sueh
as that which it is proposed TO puild
near birmingham. and other enterprises
~ that character Will never be pro-
NOTED by such men as Tllman and Ait
GELD The effect Of their policy Is TO pun
down and not 10 build mp.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-19

pence per hundrodweight which tho Rus
sion Government levied upon the proceeds
OF the sales OF old iron. shot. shot and
shell picked up and sold by the people q
sum of nearly el5OOO was realized.
The Jewish community OF London has
sent 20 Baron Rothscnnd a check for
4l929S which IS to be applied 10 the
cost OF the construction Of a new wing
recently added TO the Jews Free School
The check was I'm reality a gift 10 the
Baron. as he had enlarged the schooi
building with the intention OF paying lor
the Improvement out OF his own pocket
In 1852 a Mr.. J. f. Stearns, OF saco'
Me, loaned young fellow-townsman
500 with which to go West where the
borrower had been offered $500 posi-
ton The understanding was that the
money was 10 be repaid at the end OF
the first three months; but nothing was
heard OF IL until last week. when MT.
Stearns received a check for $40 on ac-
count lie now has hopes Of getting the
balance.
Fruit IS so low in Savannah that II
does not pay freight Watermelons are
selling at Is cents a hundred.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-19
A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.

In connection with an article in these
columns on sunday. we note an interview
IN the Baltimore sun with Mr.. Charles
Fox. United states Nice-Consu al
Santiago. in which he points out TO BaIu-
roreops the opportunities offered them
now nj that place Heretofore, he says
the people have been discouraged from
investing money there because OF the
heavy taxes, but with the spanish blight
removed there Is no reason why America
should not have Furnishing trade with
the people of that part OF Cuba. Ma Fox
makes the startling statement that with
the exception Of a match facory in San
tiago there are no manufacturing plants
whatever in eastern Cuba. Everything
that the people wear, eat and drink ne
saws. comes from other countries and
this being the case there VIII be a FIRST
class opportunity for all sorts Of manu-
featuring enterprises. More Than that he
tells US that all the bread in Cuba is
made from American -four, which has
lately been going from Galveston, Texas.
The people need large quantities OF
canned goods and many other articles OF
food and Of wearing apparel, oferirg en-
terprising Americans a FIRST rate chance
IA open at once good trade with them.
We commend these suggestions 10 the
merchants and manufacturers OF Rich
mond.
AZ for the health Of Santiago, Mr., Fox
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-19
DIR Hidden ON Words.

In the Religious Herald Of July 18th
appears the following paragraph.
on recent Sunday morning our broth
er, Or. J. C.. Hiden, gave his Grove Ave
nue. flock a sermon on the frst clause OF
the 37th verse of the 18th chapter Of Mat
thew: by thy words thou shalt be Justi-
fed" and on the following Sunday morn
ing he preached from the second clause
OF the. same verse: by thy words thou
shalt be condemned In discussing the
latter text he had occasion 20 emphasize
the dignity OF human speech, and In this
connection ne remarked that words are
the current coin. the medium Of exchange
IN our intellectual commerce A govern
ment exercises the function OF sOVer-
eighty when IL stamps a piece Of metal
and makes IL the current coin or the
realm IN business transactions TX you
debase that coin you commit serious
crime. for which you may be sent 10
the penitentiary. Don't you know that a
Sovereign God will hold you responsive
for debasing the power OF speech Upon
this whole earth man is the only creature
upon whom God has bestowed this fac
ultv of speech. and Jesus Christ tells
YOU I'm the text that you Will be held
accountable If you abuse IT,.
And from the same source comes TINS
Bit Of criticism:
Not long since we took occasion 10 no
tice some of the Inconsistencies or god
less peDle. who are continually harpinS
upon the inconsistencies Of church mem
bers Here IS q very remarkable example
taken form a letter OF the famous cor
should we say infamousO Lady Marl-
borough wrtttn 10 a lady of high rank:
your concern for my religious Improve
ment Is very obliging. God knows we
all need mendng. and none more than
myself. I have lived 20 see great changes
I'm the wOrld-have acted a conspicuous
part myself-and now l hope In my old
age 10 obtain mercy from God, as
never EXPECT any at the hands OF my
fellow creatures Good, alas! 4 do want
but where among the corrupt sons or
Adam am 1 90 find III Your ladyshlP
must direct me- But women or VII
beauty and quality cannot bear TOO many
humliating truths-they shock our prlde'
Yet we must die: we must converse with
Garth and worms. have no comfort in
my own family, and when alone my re-
Elections almost kill me; so that am
forced TO hv TO the society OF those WhoA
detest and abhOr: Now. there IS Lazy
Frances Sanderson's great rout to-mof-
row night: all the void will be there anu
1 must go I do hate that woman as
much as [ hate a physician; but must
go. II for no other purpose out 10 uloi
tfy and spite her. This is very "icAed'
/ know; but l confess my niue p'cc'.
dlllos TO you. your goodness VIII lead you
TO be mild and forgiving'
Burns wrote his Little Wine FIay-
er" as a satire upon a corrupt cdnlIs
ana hypocritical church member OF the
hvper-Calvanistic stripe. IL IS condemn
ed composition. carlcature though It be-
fame" and yet even this world-renio.W,nl
ed composition. carricature though Il De,
deplcts scarcely an Inconsistency more
glaring than that Of Lady MARLBOROUGH,
as set forth in the quotation when We
lust made. See pages IS and ~ OF Lacy
Huntington and Her Friends
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-19

We have cheered tho doughty captain
Who fought from coming tower;
The monarch of the stokehole'
Who Yields a mighty power;
The brawny man behind the gun
Whom death 50 constant courts
But we've quite forgotten all about Z
The man who writes reports
While the battle RACES hercely
on sea a perfect he'll,
with widows made by cannon nall'
And orphans made by shell;
with lightning from the men-o'-war.
And thunder from the forts
Oh what must be the peril
OF the man who writes reports
He witnesses the shooting
From n score Of miles or so,
ITntn the flags arc lowered
O'er ne vessels Of the foe'
Doesn't lose a single pointer
or the deeds Of his coEsorts.
Then appropriates the credit
Does the man who writes reports.
Then glory TO the gunner
And an the gnner's crew.
The stoker and the captain
And the powder-monkey too'
But glory Of AN glories
OF a thousand different SORTS
Let as shower upon the hero
Who writes the first reports.
EDWARD T.. COYLE-
I'm Baltimore Herald
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-19

The body Of Sergeant Hamilton Fish.
Jr.. who was killed in the fight between
the Rough Riders and the spaniards, ar
rived in New York on Sunday.
Colonel william Perry Murphy. OF
Charleston s. c.. IS dead. He was United
States District Attorney Of South Caro-
lima during President Clevelands admin
istration. and 40 the time OF his death
was candidate for Congress from the
Charleston district lie was regarded
as one Of the ablest lawyers In the State.
The Atlanta Constitution refers TO the
discussion Of territorial expansion as the
revival OF Clevelandism. Being that Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Bryan agree on this.
the Savannah News wants 10 know II
this IS another way OF notifying Mr..
Bryan that his course is run.
Now that DR.. Whitsitt has handed in
his resignation. It IS said that the next
issue before the Southern Baptist Con-
ventlon viii he the EFFORT Of some led
by the Kentucky brethren, TO have the
trustees Of the seminary elected by the
State conventions rather than By the
General Convention.
From nearly all sections OF Virginia
the local papers report the wheat crop
as being Of excellent quality.
Switzerland has fallen into line with
the other nations Of Central Europe in
excluding fresh and unpeeled dried Ame-
rican fruits. with the view OF keeping
out the dreaded San Jose scale.
or the 1859 convicts now in the prisons
OF Massachusetts, LOST are women. Dur
ing the year Just ended there was an in
crease of s. in the number OF women and
decrease of lJ5 men.
Some idea OF the extent to which Sc
bastopol was fired upon by tho allied
armies and fleets may be obtained from
tina stateIsnt that from T. tax-of six-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-19
nourh Riding at III Caney.

lit was on July the first.
In the year Of 80,
when the shells began TO burst
And the air to palpitate
with blood and heat and santiago
stenches,
That q four-eyed man I'm bum,
With a smile twas good 10 see
Yelled. you RIDERS in the rough
win YOU climb that hill with me
And drive those bloody Dagoes from
their trenches?'
Then al the rough riders said: Yes sir
we will;
with the greatest Of pleasure Wen charge
up that hill;
Wherever TIERS scrappins were bound
TO be there;
iards for fair.
Then the shells began 20 rain,
And the Mausers shot 10 XIII,
But the men thought Of the Maine
And they went on up the HILL
A-slnping OF the "Star Spansle Banner
And they laughed and shot. and sw0re
Tbov would climb that hill behind him,
If they had 20 swim in gore
And go halves with hell 10 find him
our Teddy rode in such a handsome
manner.
lust then. bln. a bullet knocked over his
horse.
But Teddy jumped or him, right side UP,
of course
And he brandished HIS sword and went
on up. that Jill
with a yell that the spaniards are shak-
ing at sull.
Oh. we swarmed along the crest
OF the hill Of Il Caney;
And our bravest and our best
Shed their blood that fearful day. =.
But they drove the flying Spaniards all
before them.
And they didn't care cuss
For a bullet more or less,
And they didn't make a fuss
when they Fell and died there yes
With the star-Spangled Banner flying
DER them,
John Paul Bocock IN New York Sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-19

not named in the deed of assignment.
The assets arc t1 bee converted inH
cash Ass speedily as possible either ~
private sale or by public auction
After defray'ug an expenses ncidfn'
10 tho making and execution or thf
deed. tho residue is TO- be divided lfo'
rata AMONG the various creditors '"l.l'
out preference or favor" upon tleh
agreement 90 accept as final ana dI7-
charge their indebtedness against tAe as
sign0r. ,..,,,.,..
was filed.
a deed OF assignment was fccoraen in
the Chancery Court this morning ny d.
n Rider who has been conducting the
harness. and sadd'cy hardware ousl'
ness al 80. 1882 east Main street, Win
George p. Haw. VI Hanover as trustee.
Th. deed proyIl4s that AN or tne stoch
in tho st0ro and all TOOLS implements,
and fixtures used in DIS business an
bouee1old and kitchen furniture and all
other personal property, an book ac-
counts. notes bonds. biii, ana oihee
evidences W debt and chooses ~ action,
and an debts and The toio"lns te1l e.
-, eh4u be turned over tO the trustees
10 be converted into casa TOT the pay
,,.n+ ~ Indebtedness. The real estate
er,lraces the following. The store al
~ f9g east Main street. and the DWELL
inr 30 o east Cary street
The liabilities amount 20 &iW, and
are divided into the following classes:
Affer paying the expenses u recording
the deed executing the trust. and
per cent. 10 the trustee. and the pay
mont of AN taxes due by Air. Rider. the
following creditors are placed n tho
mind class. Mrs ". II. Powell. SiS5:
MIS- Maude Powell. $50; Mrs. Laura Blan-
ton. $50 A. j. Vaughan. 500; {. Con
netti 500: Thomas Powell, 81; Luther
Robinson. s5s: q. VI. Baum. SO; $. G.. Z.
Halpin. S25 Ia the fourth class are a
number OF parties 10 whom notes are duo
and open accounts, and an creditors who
may nor have been mentioned.
Tho trustee will &C once take posses
sion Of all the property. except the dwell
ing house and household and kitchen
furniture and hold the same for tho
purpose OF this deed
The reason given Tor tho assignment
a tntirn healLa-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-19

AVS that with proper drainage and sani-
tary arrangements It would be good but
the place has been so neglected under
spanish misrule that IL has become
breeding place for yellow fever. Mr. Fox
asserts that everybody at Santiago IS
financially ruined and that outside aid
and capitaI will be needed TO build up
business. Labor win be scarce, and he
thinks that 1t would be a good idea 70
nut some OF those Spanish soldiers to
work rather than 10 send them back TO
Spain.
Whatever we may do with Cuba. there
Isl 40 doubt that the island Will soon be-
come thoroughly Americanized. II is per-
hans the richest island in the world and
tho only reason that it Is not one OF the
most prosperous Is that Spain has sucked
the life ont of every enterprise that has
been started. The late war with the in
surgents has been a war of destruction,
ana the whole country must start afresh.
But there Will soon be complete
change OF things in cuba. Whatever the
solution OF the problem, one thing Is GER
tain the island Will not be longer cursed
with Spanish mlsrue The United States
will see 10 It that there is an honest and
liberal administration Of the affairs OF
the island. such as so secure 10 the In
habitants that liberty ana protection that
the people OF the United States enjoy.
Under such an administration millions Of
Americans viii flock TO the island and
will build up its enterprises and It's indus
tries alb iniuo. II will not be many years
before there win be flush times In Cuba,
such as the world has rarely witnessed,
and our trade with the island will be
most valuable. The merchants and man.
ufacturers Of Richmond Will do well TO
get ready Tor the change, and put them
selves in position 10 get their full share
Of the new business that will be created.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-19
THEY ARE OPENING THEIR EYES.

Now that the inhabitants OF the Ha-
,.ai,an Islands have been adopted into
/ the American family. the Northern peo-
Die are opening their eyes to the fact
that 1t is not wise to give the ballot 10
those who have not been trained in the
school Of American politics, and the new
condition forces them 10 the confession
that one OF the greatest outrages ever
committed in the history Of America was
the acknowledgements OF the freedmen oil
the South. For example, we take the
folloving from a recent editorial in the
Indianapolis Journal
7, the matter OF demonstrating" the
Southern states we demonstrated by soine
unfortunate EXPERIMENTING that thcre
yoas n limit TO the safety of indiscrimlnate
noiitlcal freedom. Politically, the expert
mont was made along the color line
buf unwise and indefcnsible as this was,
a. disclosed the impossibility OF making
government always depend upon the con-
sent of the governed. The imperious de-
mand OF a qualifying ability to consent
with Intelligence interviewed II was found
that before the rule Of self-government
could apply to a people that people must
have reached the stage OF intelligence
contemplated by the civilization when
established the rule.
Yet this paper has been one OF the
champions Of force bill legislation in the
south, The fact IS that the negro was en-
franchised not so much FOR his benefit
as a means Of Furnishing the South. But
while it was a cruel blow TO this section,
!, hurt the negro worse than it hurt the
whites. Il was a bad day for the black
man when the ballot was placed in his
hands. Had the North left the South
free 10 solve the negro problem, tho
friendly relations between the races
would have continued, and race clashes
would have been almost unknown. The
negro would have been given a fair
chance TO improve himself. and as he
improved and showed himself qualified
to vote. the right Of suffrage would have
been conferred upon him.
As it was. the right to vote made the
negro arrogant and insolent. and he al
most invariably voted against the best
interests Of the white man. Hence the
Ku Klux Khan. Hence the Danvillc riot.
Hence the negro problem which has yet to
be solved.
The negro's condition in the South
would have been an hundred-fold better.
II his unwise friends at the North had
not put the ballot into his hands, and so
made him a factor in politics.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-19
DEFRAUDE0 AT PRAYERS.
Young Man Simulated Painting in
Church for Food and Money.

The Rev. Henry Maser, pastor OF st.
Paurs Methodist Episcopal church, at
No. 30s east Fifty-ffth street, sends warm
ing through the World to other minis
tiers and their congregations of young
man who has practiced a novel fraud IN
several churches.
At last weeks prayer meeting In the
Rev. Mr. Maser's church. while the con-
gregation was standing singing the last
hymn OF the service, a young man. a
stranger. startled the w0rshippers by fall
ing TO the floor. He lay still and white.
The music ceased and sympathetic per
sons applied restoratyes TO the stricken
stranger
Apparently regaining consciousness, the
young man in broken tones told story
of suffering and want that won the sym
pahty OF pastor and flock. He had not
tasted food. he said, for nearly two days.
and had been on the verge Of starvation
for several weeks.
The Rev. AIr. Niaser assisted tho young
man 20 the parsonage near by. Then the
minister had a meal and a bed prepared
for the stranger and promised to aid
him further.
In the morning the young man told his
host that he wanted to go TO friends IN
Albany where his home was He said
he had come 70 New York to find work
al his trade OF diamond cutting. He
needed money for the railroad fare.
Before buying a ticket, however. the
minister went 20 a house where the
young man said he had ! arded. No per-
sons ~ nal4ed livet at tie address but a
woman, hearing TIE iln.ster's story, ex-
claimed:
"Why. that's the same young man that
tainted away while we Eere singing the
last hymn at prayer meeting a few nights
ago AZ the German Reformed church. in
Sixty-eighth street"
The congregation there had been so
moved by the story OF the fainung man
that they showered s. in dimes and quar-
ters on him. and after providing him
with food the pastor directed the dla-
mOnd cutter 10 a lodging.
The Rev Mr. Maser visited his fellow
pastor and the two returned 10 the par
sonage OF St Paurs But the young man
hdtl fed.
other congregations, mostly Germans,
had been duped similarly.
THAT must be the young man who
tainted while we were singing the last
hymn al a prayer meeting six weeks
ago. said a member OF the Seventy
seventh street Evangelical church.
This stranger IA church" who coun-
terfeits a faint so successfully Is about
twenty-three years old, slight in build OF
dark complexion. lie speaks German ilu-
ently.-New York Herald.