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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-03
CHURC.HES-

CATHOLIC CE 5n5s2 Except sT F IN ths
9nd Sunday of each m" nth -Hlgh
Mass S9 and sermon at dian at at
p m-Vespers sermon and nd Bef en- so o. M A.
10y ~, a. f re Sunday OF each month. On Holy
Sa Ene H High Mass ana
at on eekS s9ssfions Of f'f fhe
l.1oSs VERY Friday evening duriug Lent at
T Y.So.N atechism every SATURDAY. after Mass
''O0' REV PROSPER GoEPFEBT.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Wausau, Wis,
600

% October Bird, 1898.
Notice is hereby giventhat the following.
named settler has filed notice OF his in
tentionto make final proof in support
one 3 Grcf 5 Gous sa at Ea l nnTsr ms
who made II. Il. No. 1902 for the sWH.
NEA and NV Use Z Sec 81 Up Il n r 8
East.
He names the following witnesses to
to prove bis continuous residence upon,
and cultivation OF, said land, viz:
Robert Felt, Albert Marteu, Herman
Heetn and Fred Brese, all OF Eagle
River, Wis.
Edgar T. Wheeloak
Register.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-03
Grain-OB
y (irain-O

Ask your grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAND, She new food drink
that takes the place OF coffee The child
rem may drink it without injury as well
as the adult. All who try it, like it.
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown OF
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach
receives it without distress. 4 the price
OF coffee 15c and 25cts per package.
ry it, Ask for GRAINO.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-03

Doun Can easily earn a Good Service
D0Y0 able Watch in a few hours YORK
ing for US among their friends. Our
article sells in every family. Send stamp
for Illustrated Catalog and Premium List
OF watches, Bicycles, Koadaks. Air Rifles
Guitars, etc. Address IRONITE MFG. co.
MENONlINEE FALLS, WIS,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-03

The legislature of Oregon
has been called in extra session
to elect a United States senator.
AS the Republicans have a clear
majority and the gold standard
sentiment prevails. the sound
money element in the senate will
gain one more vote to swell its
prospective majority.
The Spanish cruiser NJ aria
Tires, which was sunk, by Sa mp
sons fleet has been raised thro-
ugh the exertions Of the wreck
ers wsrking under the supervis-
ion of Lieut.. Hobson. The
wreckers said that the ship could
not be foated but Hobson said
that it could and the latter being
given his way proved that his
Judgment was correct. 1t will
probably cost as much to save.
the ship and put her in repair as
she cost originally but the
American people care nothing
for this, the satisfaction ofhav-
ing SPANS crack cruiser under
the American flag being ample
remuneration for the cost. It is
to be hoped that one or two
more Of the other shibs Of c.
ver's fleet may be saved as thev
will make valuable additions to
the navy and a navy Of no mean
proportions is what Uncle Sam
is going to have in the future.
The first question man asks
when he sees a girl flirting is
whether she IS respectable or
not. It ra;srs q doubt at once.
This being the case, no modest
girl can afford to iddulge in the
pastin1e. When the down is
brushed from peacq it's beauty
is 1aarred SO that it can never be
restored. and when a young girl
tl1Iows slightly aside that sweet
and modest reserve SO becoming
to a maiden which elevates her
and enables her to command the
respect Of all, she loses her great
est charm and becomes rather
cheap and common, to use no
rash terms. Flirting may seem
to the giddy, thoughtless girl
wonderfully abusing and she
may get the idea that she is
fascinating, but it is Almost de
grading thing and should be
frowned upon by every girl who
oas an ambition to become a
worthy Young woman.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-03

wK w. A., Eagle Waters amp. No. 4 999
ING Meets every Friday at Jones Ha ali
AVE- Visiting neighbors are cordially lhNl
ed =, 7,u,,,,,ns Ia ,l
John Smith. V. n. NJ I'm III " i'' - -
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-03
Civic @OCITTN HIS

zoo. F.-EagIe River Lodge No. 1o2
Meets every Monday evening at t4eif nal
over Beardsley drug store VISITING
brothers are cordially invited r.
WILL DIAMOND, Sec. G. l.. AFTER ~ "
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-03

u.-<&A. NJ. Eagle River Lodge meets eT re-
second and fourth rues&ay at WISH Tiel f i5S
hers cordially invited ,,,,,r sac
NIGER. w. NJ JOHN RAN e. ~
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-03

A. Mckenzie and NJ Frankel were
out getting the necessaries to'replenish
their fish barrels, Sunday.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-03

NJ. f. SANBORN, p. \
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CITY OFFICERS, ETC.

III ptions, 1at Tuesday i'll April.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18
FOUR LIVES DESTROYED
WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN MUIR
DERED BY JOHN MATTHEW'S,
Who Then Turn. ed on the Gas and
Double Suicide Agreement.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.--John Matthews.
retail grocer, some time between last Sat
urday night and this morning murdered his
wife and their two children, boy ten years
old and a girl of twelve, by hacking them
to death with a Ratchet Matthews then
committed suicide by shooting himself in
the head. Before dying it is believed that
he turned on the gas with the intention
that asphyXiation should complete his muir
derous work. The crime was committed in
a small bedroom in the rear of the store
kept by Matthews. The wife and her two
children met death while asleep. 1t is sup
posed that Matthews had become de-
spondent from pecunary difficulties. the
tragedy was discovered through the odor of
escaping gas, which prompted a milkman
making his rounds early to-day to call a
policeman. On the floor of the sleeping
room the officer found the corpse of
Matthews. In his hand was revolver, and
there was bullet hole just above his
mouth. There were two beds in the room.
On one of these lay Matthews's wife. Her
head was chopped and mangled almost
beyond recognition. On the other bed the
two children lay. side by side. Their faces,
too, were frightfuIly cut and hacked That
the murders and suicide were premedi-
tated apparent. Matthews had waited
until his wife and children were asleep.
Then he stripped himself TO the waist took
the Ratchet in his hand and Drained his
wife. After that he attacked his children.
from letters left it was ascertaned that
for some time Matthews had been intend
ing to end his own life. He had been in the
dry goods business further up town, but
had failed. A few months ago he opened
the grocery store and had met with little
success. His wife, a pretty little woman,
had recently undergone a severe operation.
1t. was these things evidently that prompted
Matthews to write this letter, which was
found open and unaddreSseu:
1T is a terrible thing 1 have to do to keep
my word l promised that all shall go with
me, and delay is no good. If l could only
have died alone. 1 love my wife and two
children. l told them l did not want to go
in any business. that my mind was gone
and l guess that my nerve is all that is left.
tor hVe years we have talked the thlng
over l always wanted to go out in a boat
and accidentally capSiZe. l knew that
otherwise i would have hard time of it,"
From letter left by Mrs. Matthews to a
to a suicide agreement. Mrs. Matthew's lett
instructions as to the clothes in which the
dead children should be buried and signi-
tied the place of interment for the enrre
family as Highlands, N y. Matthews was
thirty wears old.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18
JNDIsPUTABLE EVIDENCES.

No doubt those papers which have set
themselves to the task of making it appear
that there has been no Improvement in bust
ness since November, 1896, in the expecta-
ton of political advantage therefrom will
work with great zeal, but they will have
few facts to help them. Just now the strike
of the employees of the cotton mills in New
England because of a reduction of wages
affords them an item of which they will
make the most that imagination and mis-
representation are able This, however, is
the one small exception to a very general
activity, even if the purveyors of calamity
make it overshadow the whole land.
When the business papers are consulted
the facts all point to general Improvement.
OF this the reports of the railroads furnish
the best evidence, since prosperity in trans
portation means that it has already come
to other lines of industry. mo year since
1887" says the Railway Age. has shown so
few roads or so small mileage confessing in
solvency as in 1897, while compared with
the record of any one of the five years pre-
cedng 1897 the list of new receverships in
the last year is surprisingly small in re-
spect to the number of lines, mileage and
CAPITAL involved" In 1898 seventy-four COM
panies, with 20 $40 miles of road and $1,7s1,
OOo.OO0 of stock and bonds, defaulted. while
in 1897 only eighteen roads, with 1887 miles
and 1913 coo, 600 of capital, went into the hands
of receivers. Furthermore, the earnings of
many roads in 1897 were the largest ever
made. There can be no better or surer in
dication of the general Improvement of bust
ness than the increased earnings of rail-
ways The bank clearings for 1897 tell the
same story, being far in excess of amy year
since 1892, and Turing the past six months
in excess of that golden year.
These are the facts which tell the story
of the general business and industrial inn
provement of the country rather than ex-
tended extracts from a country paper whose
publisher sneers at the existing prosperity
because his collections on subscriptions have
not met his expectations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18

COLUMBUS, o., Jan. T-Speaker Mason
of the House of Representatives this aft
ernoon appointed the committee to investi-
gate the alleged attempt to bride Repre-
sentative Otis, of Hamilton county, to vote
for Marcus A. Hanna for senator The
committee is composed of Representatives
Rutan, of Carroll county; Spellmyer, of
Hamilton; Boxwell, of Warren; Rankin. of
Fayette, and Kerney, Of Mercer. Spellmyer
and Kenney are Democrats, and voted
for McKisson for senator. The other three
members are Republicans, but Rutan voted
for McKisson, making the committee an
arti-Hanna committee. The committee met
tonight and elected Mr.. Rutan chairman
and Mr.. Spellmyer secretary. A subcom-
mittee was also appointed to call the
investigating committee of the Senate and
arrange for joint sessions This arrange
nent will probably be effected as it would
mittees acted separately A joint session
will probably be held tomorrow, when a
plan of procedure will be agreed upon. The
Senate committee has already fixed upon a
time for beginning its investigation The
committee consists of Senators Burke. of
Cuyahoga county; Robertson. of Hamilton;
Fincke, of Perry; Long of Miami, and Gar
field, of Lake Burke and Garfield are the
only Republicans on the committee. Burke
voted for McKisson and Garfield voted for
Hanna. The latter has not thus Tar met
with the committee, and may not serve.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18
MARYLAND SENATORSHlP.
BaIIOting for Arthur Pue Germans
Successor to Begin To-day.


ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. II. = The Mary
land General Assembly will begin at noon
tomorrow to ballot for a United States
senator to succeed Hon, Arthur Pue Cor
man, whose present term expires in March,
1889. That Republican will be chosen is
reasonably certain, as that party has ma
jority in both branches of the General As
sembly but who the lucky man will be is
a matter of the greatest possible uncertain
~. The leading candidates at this time
are Judge Louis r. McComas, of Washing
ton county; Major Alexander Shaw, of Bal
timore city; General Thomas j. Shryock, of
Baltimore city, and ex-Congres sman John
V. l.. Findlay, Of Baltimore city. OF these
Judge McComas, who is supported by the
state administration, including United
State Senator Wellington, undoubtedly has
the most numerous following, and, if a
caucus could be had, he would probably
carry it With ease. The sudden death of
Representative Wright, of Queen Anne, and
the inability of Representative Malcolm, of
Baltimore county, to attend because of ILL
ness reduces the Democratic representa-
ton in the House to forty. While in the
Senate they can muster but eight. All of
these will vote for Senator German, the
ans have forty-nine votes in the
House and eighteen in the Senate, but
eleven of these are not in harmony. with
their party, and this fact, more than any
other, casts doubt upon the final outcome
of the struggle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:

To the Editor of the indianapolis journal:
What was the average amount of ma
tIonal-bank currency in circulation during
the past year? 3 What amount of circu-
latiOn might have been used had the banks
issued up to the legal limit of so per cent.
ton? 3. What amount did nat ional banks
pay to the government as tax on their
circulation the past year? t.
The circulation of the national banks Oct.
5, 1897, was $l9S, $780, $50 Dec II, 1896, the cir
culation was $219,6S9,9S5 The amount has
fallen off during the past year. presumably,
because circulation is not profitable. 2
The banks doing the largest general bust
ress under the MISUNDERSTANDING law need
deposit only $4,000 of bonds, and, as rule
banks do not deposit for circulation
amounts i'll excess of the requirements of
the law, but many banks carry large
amounts of bonds a part of their assets
because they can be quickly turned into
ready money. If circulation were profitable
banks would utilize their bonds to increase
it. 5. The tax on circulation is equivalent
to per cent. per annum, paid semi-annual-
ly. Therefore, the tax for the last fiscal
year, on an average circulation of a little
over $500 100000 would be s20OO,C0O AS tax
on circulation the banks have paid ss1 all
SS4 from 1863 to June 30, 1897. The taxes of
all kinds upon bank circulation. stock etc.
amounted to 150,207, 3S9 from 1869 to June 80
1897
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Young Man Kills His BetrOthed and
Himself in Florida Woods.

PENSACOLA, Fla, Jan. 17-One of the
most horrible tragedies that has ever &C.
Cured in this vicinity was brought to light
to-day. Last Friday night Herbert Seely
and Miss Alice Caro-, Of Warrington at
tended a party at Millview and were among
the gayest of all the guests. Dancing was
kept up until after midnight, and about 2
a. m. the young couple left in a buggy to
return home. Miss Caro- and her escort did
not appear at Warrington Saturday. but no
alarm was felt by her family. as it was
supposed that she had remained over with
q relative who resided near MillvieW. 1t
was learned yesterday evening that the
couple had left Millview the night of the
party, and the young lady had not stopped
at the home of her relativ 49, This morning
a searching party was organized. and near
a bridge a few miles from Millview the
horse attached to the vehicle was found
tied to tree. few yards further away in
a clump of trees the bodies of the two
young people were found, both dead. with
bullet holes in their bodies. After viewing
the bodies and surroundings the coroner's
jury decided that the young man had Grim
iEally assaulted the young lady and then
committed murder and suicide. 1t is said
they were engaged to be married. and so
far as is known there was no opposition to
the marriage. Both are well connected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18
The Brooklyn Eagle, an independent DEM
ocratic paper, in commenting upon the cleo
ton Of Mr. Hanna saws.

The Brooklyn Eagle, an independent DEM
ocratic paper, in commenting upon the cleo
ton of Mr.. Hanna, says:
There will be a general satisfaction among
men who are both manly and well-informed
in both parties at Mr.. Hanna's success. The
principle of party responsibility, of the right
of party to instruct its legislators, in adj
vance of their election, and of the obligation
of partsans. who make promises to keep
them has been indicated in Mr. Hanna
success. Upon that principle, not merely
the autonomy of Republicanism, but the au-
tOnOmy of Democracy depends, and not
merely the. orderliness of politics, but. the
honesty of politics, its purity, and. incl
dentally, the purity and order of govern
ment itself also depend. The moral sig
nificance of the result far exceeds its par
tisan or personal Significance and they are
encysted in Sophistry or blinded by preJu-
dice who fail to see that fact.
The foregoing is the view taken by the
Journal while the struggle was in progress.
Let it be understood that few men, by
violating pledges, can control an election
in a legislature, and all the DEGREES of the
people at the polls can be annulled. 1t is
probably true that the Eagle expresses the
opinion of intelligent people generally who
have been watching the contest in Ohio
when it declares that it lis not inclined to
believe the charges of corruption made
against Mr. Hanna He is" says the
Eagle, IAN honest, honorable man in bust
ness, and there is reason to believe that
he is that kind of man in politics"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18

ergy seems in wise weakened. For him
self he has laid out a programme that would
daunt a less jealous worker. He has en-.
gagged to hold eighty meetings while in this
country, and also expects to arrange for
great open-air and camp-meeting campaign.
In addition. he is planning a house-to-house
canvass for the Army for the purpose of
dealing personally with the people of all
classes on the great question of death and
salvation" These undertakings ii must be
remembered, are not confined to this coun-
try, but are to be carried on in all the coun-
tries where the Army is at work. He plans
for. America only as a part of the whole
incidentally during his tour he will see that
his Officers and soldiers are kept in fight
ing trim In other words he will inspire
them with something Of his own zeal as
general should. He is certainly remark
able man and a great leader, and it is prob
able that qualities similar to his own, in
herited by his son Ballington have led the
latter to resent his fathers autocratic
methods Ballington Booth is a man of
somewhat broader culture than the general,
and more adaptability. His long residence
in this country gave him an understanding
of conditions here that his father did not
have-the general explicitly says since his
arrival in New York that he wishes, during
this visit. to familiariye himself with con-
ditions of work here as he has never been
able to do beforehand the fathers refusal
TO vary the methods of procedure naturally
reused opposition and led TO the present dis
agreement. But the personal relations be-
tween the two men do not concern the pub
lie particularly, and do not alter the fact
that both are engaged in work whose in
fiuences are far-reaching and only for good
"a work of moral and physical regenera-
ton where regeneration seemed most hope
less
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE trial of Christie
pher Merry and James Smith, the peddlers
charged with the murder or Merrys wife,
was begun in Judge Horizons court to-day.
The most important testimony given was
that of Charles Smith and Mrs. Alice Dali
dorf. The latter rented a room to Mrs.
Merry once. to which she fed TO take refuge
from her husband Mrs. Daldorff described
Merrv's discovery of his wife in hiding. and
the latter's terror when she knew she must
assault on his wife, ana said the peddler
dragged the women to the floor by her hair
and fiourshed revolver in her face. This
was after the wife had Merry arrested for
cruelty Tomorrow Marshal McNutt and
Policeman Wilson. the Kentuckians, who
caught Merry and Smith, will testify.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18

PHILADELPHIA Jan. 17.-Samuel Hen
derson, the ffteen-year-old boy who is
charged with the murder of five-year-old
Percy Lockyar, was committed to prison
to-day by Magistrate Jermon to await the
action of the coroner. There seems little
doubt now that Henderson brutally hacked
the boy to pieces, and before life was ex-
tirct threw him into Reddys creek and
weighted the child down with heavy stones.
To-days hearing was not without its sad
scenes The boy, apparently unconscious
of the extent of his crime, stared stolidly
at the magistrate while his father knelt by
his side and went over and caresSed his boy.
Mr.. Henderson believes his boy guilty, but
asserts that he is not in his right mind.
Samuel had an attack of typhoid fever some
years ago, and his father maintains that he
has acted strangely ever since.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18
Outlaw Wounded.

ALVA, o. T., Jan. 17.-Paul Metcalf said
to be a refugee from Montana, with thir-
ty years sentence for murder hanging over
him, was probably fatally wounded to-day
in a desperate fight with a posse of Sheriff
McGraths deputies in dug-out near Win
chester twenty miles northwest of here.
Metcalf received bullet through his chest
and now lies at the point of death in the
&C unity Jail at this place. Should he recover
requisition awaits him. Chief of Police
Holmes of Pittsburg, Kan, gave the local
authorities warning of the outlaws pres
erce in Oklahoma. None of the deputies
were seriously injured in the battle. A $500
price is said to be on Metcalf's head.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18
SOCIAL EVIL PROBLEM.
The Subject Discussed by the Mayor
of New Orleans and New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Mayor Walter C.
Flower, of New Orleans, called on Mayor
Van Wyck at the City Hall to-day and the
two mayors engaged in a consultation on
the social evil problem. Mr.. Flower said
New Orleans had adopted plan similar to
that of Paris, restricting fallen women to
one section of the city. Mayor Van Wyck
said that the regulation of the social evil
was one of the serious difficulties with which
this city would have to deal, and he seemed
inclined to think that the New Orleans mod
ihcatlon of the Partisan plan. as outlined by
Mr.. Flower. would have to be adopted soon
er or later by all American cities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18
McMillin May win in Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 1.-THE Demo-
crtaic caucus of the members of the Lsegis-
lature met tonight Representative Fritz
patrick, a McAIillin man, urged Immediate
nomination of United States senator. Mr..
Parker, supporter of Governor Taylor.
pleaded for daley. Mr.. Brandon, for Me-
Millin, said a short delay would be fair and
could hurt no one Of the candidates The
caucus thereupon adjourned until next
Wednesday night without voting on the
senatorial nomination. The contest for the
nomination is becoming exciting. The city
is filed with prominent men from all parts
of the State, and the prevailing opinion to-
night is that Congressman McMilin IS in the
lead and has the best show now for the
nomination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18
4 Btxeuit Trust DenI.

CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-Withn weeks time
the big biscuit deal will be practically
closed. The date Jan. y has been set for
the returning of New York biscuit stock
holders subscriptions to the stock of the
new company. The underwriting of stock
i'm the new company was practically com
pleted by a subscription of 500 coo last week
from q syndicate of capitalists headed by
Norman b. Ream. who Is now in New
York This was in addition to $4,000
previously subscribed by Mr.. Ream. Among
the other big subscribers are some of the
most representative capitalists of both New
York and l.hica 90