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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-19
Nebra,ka IIorse Won.

DETROIT. MICH. July 1s.-Shade on.
a little nvc-year-Oio bay horse from Ne
braska. won nrst money to-day in the
5000 Chamber of Commerce pacing
stake. The Nebraska horse was not
heavily played by the crown with the
exception OF the western contingent who
had banked on him against the field
shade On did not equal his record of
Ito made last week at Peoria, but ne
showed good staying qualities through
four exciting heats.
During the scoring for the first heat
Eoney. the layOrite, reared and colllded
with Fire Gilt. a secondary favorite,
oyerturnlng both sulkies. but the horses
and drivers escaped injury. Shade On's
best heat was 2.llia.
Tnd sloan suspended.
LONDON. July 1S-Owing 10 an exhibit
ton of INSTRUMENTATION at the starting
post in the race for the Warren Nursery
az Sandown Park. on Saturday last,
starter A. Coventry reported jockeys
..Tod" Sloan. Henry Robinson and John
Dalton 10 the Jockey club meeting this
morning The club voted % suspend
sloan ami Rohineon from July 18th 60 An.
.t,.-. SIS ff4r end patton I'll July
.g.h r,fs bars S'oan and Robinson from
rdirx Grodno ard Norman. respectively,
in the race for the Liverpool cup, for
which the horses named are first and
aocond fAxortte&
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14

Brigham H. Roberts, Representatives
elect from the State of Utah, is not to
sit as member of the F'ifty-sixth Con-
gress. Final Judgment on his case was
indicated when the House by vote OF
302 to 30 declined to accord him permits
sion to take the oath of Office. A special
committee composed of nine members
was appointed to investigate the charges
that caused the action. Roberts intimat-
ed that if all other resources fail he may
appeal to the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States for adjudication of the legal
questions involved in the proceedings to
GUST him. Roberts made a gallant de-
tense in his own behalf. He refgused to
sue for the mercy of the House, but de-
manded as his right that he be permitted
to occupy his seat so that the State of
Utah might be represented in Congress.
Originally limited to twenty minutes for
the presentation of his argument, his
time was extended thirty minutes longer.
Roberts made good use of his opportu-
nifty. He crowded as many ideas and
facts into his speech as it would contain.
The galleries were crowded to their full
est capacity while, the debate was in prog
ress and, as during the opening, the audi
ence was largely composed Of women.
They were coldly hostile to the man from
Utah. They listened to his eloquent ar
gument without betraying the slightest
sympathy with the deductions he drew.
On the other hand, when his prosecutors
scored against him, they swelled the APP
plause with which Congressman on both
the Democratic and Republican sides Of
the house greeted the hits, and appeared
to be resentful when Speaker Henderson
warned them that they must preserve or
der.
Roberts,, notwithstanding his bulldog
determination and unfinching nerve,
which were betrayed in every line of his
heavy face, was not unmindful Of the
unsympathetic conduct. He accepted the
moiety of sympathy which came from
few with eloquent gratitude, which prov
ed the extremity of his position. When
the debate was closed and the House
voted down the amendments to the lay
lor resolution and then proceeded to a
roll call on the resolution which would
deprive him Of his seat pending the in
yestigation by the special committee,
Roberts picked up his books and papers
and fastened to the cloakroom and thence
left the building for his hotel Not a
man among the 356 Representatives held
out hand of friendship or said goodby.
He passed out of the capitol practically
unnoticed, except by the curious, who
simply regarded him as the man whose
case has been attracting national atten-
ton for six months.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
CURRENCY BILL.

The Republican Measure for Regulat-
ing the Country's Finances.
The text Of the currency measure elab-
Grated by the Republican Senate Finance
Committee has been made public. The
bill is a gold standard bill. 1t affirms the
existing standard without equivocation.
It declares that ''the dollar consisting of
twenty-five and eight-tenths grains OF
gold nine-tenths fine shall, as established
by section 3511 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States, continue to be the
standard unit of value, and all forms OF
money issued or coined by the United
States shall be maintained at parity Of
value with this standard"
In the next place, the Senate bill, like
that Of the House, provides that the
greenbacks and the treasury notes of the
law Of 1890 "shall be redeemed in gold
COIN Of the standard specified. In the
third place, a reserve fund of $15O,OOO,-
900 is set apart for redemption purposes,
and the treasury is given power to issue
bonds for the maintenance of that trust
fund. The House bill provides for re-
serve fund equal to % per cent Of the
outstanding volume of government notes,
which at present would amount to less
than $1O9,0OO,000. Again, the Senate
bill enlarges the privileges Of the nation
al banks by allowing them to issue notes
up to the par value of bonds deposited.
It provides for a reduction of the tax on
circulation issued not, indeed, against all
bonds, but against bonds bearing only
9 per cent interest The House bill does
away with this tax altogether, but it
imposes instead tax equal to that elm
mated on the capital and surplus and un-
divided profits Of the banks.
The House bill converts all outstanding
s.coin'' bonds into gold obligations. The
Senate committee has refused to do this.
Tt leaves the coin bonds as they are, max
ing it possible for secretary to redeem
them in silver. The House bill also au-
thorizes the exchange by the treasury Of
gold for silver, which provision the SEN
| ate bill omits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
MAILS FOR THE YEAR.
Annual Report of the Postmaster Gem
eraI Made Public.

era1 Made Public.
Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith, in his annual report, devotes more
space to the abuses in second-class mail
matter than any other one subject. The
most urgent need of the postal service,
he declares, is the rectifcation Of the
enormous wrongs which have grown up
in the perversion and abuse of the privi-
lege accorded by law to that class of mail
matter. This reform was paramount to
ali others.
''There are" he says, many improve
ments and advances waiting development
and application; there are opportunities
for speedier transmission and delivery;
there are fields for broadening the scope
of the mail service and bringing it closer
home to the people; there are POSSIBLE
ties of reduced postage; but above and
beyond all of these measures of progress
which experience and intelligence are
working out, is the redemption Of the spe-
cial concession which Congress granted
for distinct and justi6able object from
the fungus growths and the fragrant evils
that have fastened upon it.
For this costly abuse, which drags on
the department and weighs down the SER
vice, trammels its power and means of
effective advancement in every direction,
it involves waste of $20,O00,000 or up
ward year. The postal deficit for the
current year is $6,61O,776. But for this
wrongful application of the secondzclass
rate, instead of a deficit there would be
a clear surplus of many millions.
Statistics of the different classes OF
matter carried in the past year are quot
ed in the report. from which an estimate
is made that one-half the matter mailed
at second-class rates Q76,371 Glib poundse
is improperly classified, and should justly
be paid for at third-class rates. These
figures, says the report, show:
1. That more than one-fourth of the
entire volume Of weight of matter car
ried through the mails is rated, and pays
as second-class matter, when under the
spirit and intent of the law it ought to be
rated and to pay as third-class matter.
g That while this wrongly classed mat
ter amounts to more than one-quarter OF
the whole volume of mail transmitted, it
furnishes only one fifty-ffth part of the
postal revenue.
3. That the expense of transportation
being reckoned at 8 cents pound, the
mere carrying of this matter costs S14,-
1OS, 129, while the revenue from it was
only 81, 1853, SIC, involving loss to the
Government of S12 ,344, 613.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
relerra r,l1ic Brevit1es.

Frisco is tired of caring for returning
troops from the Philippines.
Rowland East, American and British
Consul, Piura, Peru, is dead.
w. H. Watson, a notorious New York
thief, has been captured at Houston,
Texas.
Effort is on foot to combine forty nit
rate companies Of Chill. Capital, $751;
100000
President Mckinley isl asked to pardon
Rosetta Horton, 90, Nashville, Tenn, in
the pen. for pension fraud.
Edgar Hill, traffic manager of the T..
III. & st. T.. Railroad, dropped dead of
heart disease In Louisville.
Lyman johnson, Auburn, N. z, fatally
wounded his wife with an ak. He then
cut his throat. QuarIpled.
Buntaro Kumagi, OF Japan, walked
from Seattle to Minneapolis to "saye ex-
penses,n and viii 20 on TO Chicago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
ZIG RATE WAR is ON.
Involves All Railroads from New En-
gland to the Pacific Coast.

Involves All Railroads from New En-
gland to the Pacific Coast.
A passenger rate war has begun which
threatens to become the greatest ever
known. Already all the lines forming di-
rect routes from New England to Cali
fornia are involved. From present indi-
cations the war will be between the Van
derbilt and Pennsylvania systems, and
the Northwestern, Rock Island, Burling-
ton and ST. Paul roads on one side, and
all the differential lines between Chicago
and the Atlantic coast, with the South
ern Pacific, Santa Fe and Illinois Central
roads on the other side.
So far only rates on traffic to California
are seriously affected, but signs of de-
~moralization are apparent on all classes
of traffic. The present trouble grows di-
rectly out of the old controversy of East
ern railroads over differential rates. Sec
ond-class tickets from Boston to San
Francisco are being sold for about SIC
less than the regular second-class rate
from Chicago to San Francisco.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Farmer Strang1es Himself to Death
Mangled in Machinery-Fata1 Acct
dent Near Kenosha Farmer Instant
ly Killed-Postofice Robbery.

August Sahn, aged 80 years, committed
suicide by hanging himself in the barn
back of his house, near Rosendale. Sahn,
after having eaten his breakfast, went to
the barn with his hired man. After do
ing a little work Sahn sent the man to
the woods, telling him to cut some wood,
and that he would come and help him in
a short time. Some time later Sahn's
wife went to the barn and found her hus-
band hanging. He had hung a rope
around rafter and then standing on
the ground put the moose around his
neck. He then lifted his feet off the
ground and strangled himself to death.
Sahn was thought to have been deranged,
as no reason for the suicide is known.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14

Ebfrqton correspondence:
gromntIv at - o'clock Monday the two
.res Of the LVIth Congress were call
h. order. the Senate by Mr.. Frye Of
En- and the House by it's clerk, Mr..
|DoweG. The opening attracted more
4 the usual widespread attention
Oh always attaches to the annual as
bHIng Of the national lawmakers.
/ no was added interest in the event
year, for the many far-reaching
Istions awaiting consideration gave I'M
Iol importance to the return of Con-
Ks Aside from this, the Roberts case
Eoduccd q phase which promised some
he outside of the ordinary develop
hts of an opening day.
i early as 1920 o'clock the conspicu-
figures Of Congress began to arrive
4 this served to give the waiting
|opgs temporary diversion. Gen.
|pderson went direct to the Speakers
Kate office, where he shared his time
ii the House leaders and with those
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14

ton with the Filipino Junta in Hong
Kong. The members, it is said, assured
him of a safe haven in Hong Kong and
advised him to throw himself on the
mercy of the United States consul.
Vigan, the chief port Of South ltocos,
occupied by an American garrison, was
attacked by a large body of insurgents
with a loss to the defending forces. 1t
is reported that eight Americans were
killed and fifty wounded. The rebels We're
repulsed, however, after hard fight, and
were finally routed and fled through the
mountains The rebels are believed to
have suffered severely.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
FOR a LARGER NAVY.
Secretary Long Recommends an In
crease in Vessels.

Secretary Long Recommends an In
crease in Vessels.
Secretary Long calls for larger navy
in his annual report. He recommends
the construction of three armored cruis-
ers, three protected cruisers, and twelve
gunboats these vessels, he urges, should
be added to the navy to give the United
States more prominent place as naval
power. Secretary Long also asks that
the officers who participated in the battle
in which Admiral Ceryera's fleet was de-
stroyed be rewarded, as have those who
were in the battle Of Manila bay.
The report opens with review of OPP
erations in the Philippine waters, saying
that the principal duties of the Aslauc
SQUADRON have been to cooperate with
the army and to maintain blockade OF
such extent as has been determined by
the general policy Of campaign laid down
by the War Department. Many lmpor-
tant expeditions have been carried out.
involving duty of an arduous character,
and few casualties have occurred.
AS there is s.lack Of harmony and
adaptation under the present organlza-
tion of the bureau Of construction, re-
pair, steam engineering and repair, Sec
rotary Long recommends their reorgah-
ization with one common head.
He asks for authority to appoint gradu-
ates of the naval academy assistants to
tbe naval constructors. The formation
of naval reserve is urged. Authority
is also desired to establish commlssary
stores in remote stations like Cavite'
Guam and Sitka.
Coast surveys and an enlarged activity
in the photographic bureau are desired
r. is shown that $500, the maximum
price allowed for armor, will not secure
| first-class armor, and Government rae
| tory is suggested. -
A new battleship, the Kentucky, WI,
he completed Dec. "a. Many vessels are
now being built, nearly all of which VIII
be finished in 1900.
An estimate of the cost of these yes
sells is S62,5TO, 610.23. The cost OF the
nresent navy, with equipment, was ap
proximately $250,000,OOO.
Tn the navy is an enlisted force OF r.
5O1 men, 81 per cent of whom are Amer
leans. 70
of tbe naval vessels under constructor
England. 331, $50; France, 2o5,533
Germany. 149, 235, Italy, 12O,540; Japan
100, 600; Russia, 222,975; United STATES
1923, 236. as
| last year the cost of the navy was
sac. O45. 1851. During the present seal
# viii require $74 .230.3O9-lo, the lncrease
| being due to the Improvements uiioei
| way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
CLOSE AFTER "AGGls."
Insurgent Leader Heading for Montcc
Followed by Maccabebes.

Insurgent Leader Heading for Montcc
Followed by Maccabebes.
Advices from Manila report that Wild
er's Maccabebes are closely following the
Filipino leader. Gen. Young, with troop
of cavalry and battalion of the Thirty
third infantry, is cutting his way from
VICAR to Bangued, where the American
and Spanish prisoners are held by the
Filipinos. Maccabebe scouts have been
placed between Namagapacan and the
mountains to prevent the rebels retreat.
Maj. Swigert, with three troops of cayal-
ry, is patroling the coast and hopes to
cut off Aguinaldos escape by sea.
A dispatch from Hong Kong reports
that Aguinaldo has been in communica-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
state Items of Interest.


Voting precincts are being established
on the Oneida reservation.
The Hudson Cold Storage Company
bought $4,000 pounds Of turkeys.
The total tax levy of Columbia County
for 1899 is $69,307, or $2,514.S7 less than
last year.
William Ducharme and John Scott of
Peshtigo were arrested charged with
highway robbery.
George e. Buffum, head Of the La
Crosse Lumber Company, died at Louis
lana, Mo-, recently.
A. E., Tambrig, clerk Of the municipal
court at GAINESVILLE, was injured in
railroad accident at Beloit.
Gascon Paradence, Greek charged
at Appleton with securing money under
false pretenses, was acquitted.
Carl Boyer died at Chippewa Falls, at
the age of 106 years. He lived to see
five generations, an l1-year-old great
great-grandson being his last descendant.
Henry Smith and William Devolt, near
Seatonyille, fought with a cornknife and
a pitchfork, over a division of crops. The
former received a fatal thrust with the
fork.
John Labree attempted to commit sui
eide at Rice Lake by stabbing himself
under the heart. He is IS years old and
is Respondent, having lost his wife few
months ago.
Ralph G.. Bowles, aged so, and Mrs.
Linnell, aged 60, were married at Bara-
boo. The groom went to Baraboo fifty
six wears ago, before the Winnebago In
dams had departed.
The body of Carl Schauer, a farmer
residing near Greenfield, was found in a
small pond on his land The deceased
had been missing three days. The cause
of death is not known.
At Oshkosh the spear of fisherman
brought to the surface the body of John
McClusky, who was recently appointed
State lumber inspector. Death is sup
posed to have been accidental.
1t is definitely arranged that the dedi-
cation of the soldiers monument and the
public library at Kenosha, which will be
presented to the city by T. g. Simmons,
will take place on Memorial day, 1900.
Mrs. Isabelle Roat of the town of Cen
ter. in attempting to remove pot OF
burning varnish from a red-hot stove,
| caused her clothing to catch fire and she
was badly burned. She is about 70 years
old.
The safe in the general store of John
son Bros. of Frazer was robbed and q
sum between $500 and $500 was secured
| The safe was blown open and, in add
ton to the money, number of valuable
papers were taken.
DR.. A. S. Kittleson, formerly OF
| Stoughton. returned from Anvil City,
| Cape Nome, Alaska where he holds the
most OF recorder. DR.. Kittleson went to
| Alaska in 1896 as Government physician
| for the men sent there to introduce rein
deer taken from Lapland.
| Michael Whelan, employed at Griffith S
camp, Chippewa Falls, was struck by q
| limb of a falling tree. He is resident
| of Boyd and is married.
! The Kenosha County Board has reduc-
ed the valuation of property in Ken0sha
County by $500, 900. In the city the re
| duction amounts to $4,000.
| A woman rode into Eau Claire on the
stems of a sleeper Of the Omaha train
she said she had travelled on the blind
baggage from Watert0wn to Altoona,
and on being put off there had climbed
upon the sleeper steps. She wanted te
e 70 ST. Paul. but was put Of.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
Paper. Maker Killed,

John Dey, paper maker employed at
the Outagamie Paper Company's mill in
Kaukauna, was instantly killed. He was
caught in a machine and terribly man
gled. His body was found lying on the
floor at the back of the machine among
the wheels and pulleys. The principal
injuries were on his head. 1t is thought
that he was caught by belt and thrown
violently, striking his head
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
Mother and Child Burned.

A terrible accident occurred at the
home Of William Hollebeck, west of Ke-
nosha, which resulted in the death Of
two persons. While Mrs. Hollebeck was
preparing breakfast her infant child was
sitting at a table and in some manner
overturned a lamp. The child's clothing
caught fire, and the mother in her en-
deavor to save the child was also terribly
burned.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
Robbery of a Postoffice.

The general store of Morse & Cook at
Mt. Vernon was entered by burglars and
the safe blown open. The postoffice is
in the same building and about $50 in
postage money was taken from drawer,
but the safe was so mutilated that the
thieves could not get at it's contents.
There is no clue.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
Told in a Few Lines.

Dewey has promised to Visit onicaso
May /.
Hundreds of cattle drowned during Tue
recent floods in Texas.
The torpedo boat destroyer s,pel, i1oA-
don has been given successful test.
4 7OLpound seal, covered with bristies'
was shot in the harbor at Mamarone'A'
N. Y.
Dasnerado s.Bill'' Honnyeutt and SEQ.
pr;tchard killed each other BY shooting
near Lenoir, N. G. Psithard was pur-
suing the outlaw.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
Killed by Driving Off a Bridge.

William Fabian, an aged and respected
farmer of the town of Harrington, was
accidentally killed while crossing a tenn
porary bridge over a small creek west Of
Burr Oak. He had been to market a
load of hogs, and returning home after
dark with load of shingles drove off
the bridge. His wagon upset and Mr..
Fabian was killed instantly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
Novel Way to Commit Suicide.

G. Drinkwine, father of Miss Lillian
Drinkwine, who committed SUICIDE few
days ago, attempted suicide at Sparta.
He swallowed large quantity of cigar
stubs. A stomach pump saved his life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14

AS d result of three days trial of coal
ing'' while towing at sea, just completed
BY the battleship Massachusetts. it may
soon be possible for warships to receive
coal by the overhead wire system at the
rate of twenty tons an hour.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14

Unknown man stepped from 9 train
standing on high trestle over Cafawba
River, South Carolina. and drowned.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14

Thomas O'Keefe, ST. Louis, lost his job
and killed himself.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14

'osticq fo CH i of Alabama, Chief
actOp - samoa, expresses great salts
sCeston ne settlement of the Samoan
uGted S,o.h England, Germany and the
es inyinca;tGi standing together, he says,
'ioie IN war or commerce
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14
(NGRESS AT WORK.
roDeNING SESSIONS IN BOTH
HOUSES.

,r Henderson of Iowa Elected
Ieaker-Opposition to Certain Mem
=. Eject Taking the Oath Adjourn
,+ Ont of Respect to Hobart.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14

Emmett Peterson, prisoner in the Suf-
folk, Va, Jail, tried to escape. He shot
at the jailer's wife and then killed him
self
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14

Three negroes, Mount Belmont, La.
killed Deputy Sheriff Marquette.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-14

ago has s'eF of justice of Santo Do
esident II Stopped the sale of the late
yuad tba ,te9reanx's real estate, on the
Ut. II belongs to the Govern
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sape in g., are taking steps to erect q