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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11

London, Sept. 6.-The premier,
Marquis of Salisbury, will come to Lon
don today from Walmer to confer with
the secretary of state for the colonies,
Joseph Chamberlain, and cabinet
council has been summoned for Friday,
urgent messages having been sent to
all the ministers requesting their at
tendance. There is great activity at
the admiralty, war office and colonial
office. Numerous kilograms from
South Africa are arriving at the colon
ial office almost hourly but their con-
tents have not been made public. A
press association asserts that the Off
GERS of the Highland Light infantry
at Devon port have notified their men
to prepare for departure probably to-
morrow. The Daily Mail expresses
the opinion that the "next move will be
an ultimatum, unless President Kruger
yields" It declares that $4,000 men is
the outside number the Transvaa1 gov
eminent can put into the field.
Won't Help Beers.
Cape Town, Sept. ct is reported
that J. H. Hofmeyer, Afrikander lead
er, has telegraphed President Kruger
that he cannot expect help from Cape
Colony in the event of hostilities. Ex-
element in Cape Town is at fever
heat. Every edition of the papers is
eagerly snapped up, the general feel
ing being that war is not far distant.
It is impossible, however, to ignore the
existance of sharp divisions among
the colonists for and against the
Transvaal. The latest information is
that owing to pressure brought to bear
by the leading Afrikanders here the
Transvaal government will probably
agree to the proposed conference.
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Madison. Sept.

manson, Sept. {.
julius H. Dawes, son of wealthy
farmer living near Stoughton and a
second cousin of Comptroller Dawes
of the government banking depart
ment, was arrested at Stoughton
Wednesday afternoon by Deputy
United States Marshal George w. Lev
is, at the instance of Postoffice Inspect
or Walter S. Mayer Of Chicago, and
brought to this city on the evening
train. He was at once taken before
Commissioner W. d. McCue at the fed
eral building and, having waived eX-
animation, was sent to the county jail
pending the furnishing Of $1,000 bond
to insure his appearance at the setting
of the next federal grand jury in Chi
cago.
Dawes was born near StOughtOn and
when arrested was working as a fore
man in one of the departments of the
Mandt wagon works. He went TO Chi
cago some seven years ago and, after
failing at several things, organized, in
November Of last year, the Northwest
ern Investment company of Chicago,
which, in garish advertisements and
glittering circulars of information,
promoted a scheme by which every
body might wear a forty dollar dia
mond by investing $1.25 per week for
fifteen weeks in a guarantee bond.
Eighty dollar diamonds were to be OBJ
tanned by paying the same sum per
week for thirty weeks, and $125 stones
by paying for forty-five weeks. The
scheme rested upon the supposition
that a great many of the dupes of the
company" would fail in their pay
ments and let the promoters out with
a fat profit, but all of the stockholders
paid and the game was becoming too
hot for the gang when Dawes hit upon
a fraud to help out. Under the name
of D. J. Jones, he organized the Equit-
able Debenture company at 5409 Mon
roe street, Chicago, the Vendome hotel,
in January and, under the same plan
as that used in the Northwestern, Sc
cured about $4,000 from his Victims
many of whom owned "bOnds" in the
Northwestern. He then, in March last,
pretended to sell out the Equitable to
the Northwestern, which promptly as
signed and settled with it's creditors.
The holders of the Equitable "deben-
lures secured nothing.
Complaints reaching the postof1ce
department, the bulk of the business
having been done by mail, Inspector
Mayer was detailed upon the case and
ran it down. He says that there is no
doubt but that Dawes is the Jones of
the Equitable and clever swindler.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11

eminent exploring party under Cap
tain Glenn, which has been gathering
data at Cooks inlet, reports meeting a
great many prospectors, nearly every
one of whom was broke, while many
were sick with scurvy and other
diseases.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11
BRYAN AT GOLDEN GATE.

San Francisco, Sept. 7.-William J.
Bryan, who arrived from Yosemite
yesterday, was given an enthusiastic
reception at the Woodland pavilion
which was packed to the doors. Bryan
stated that he did not favor the with
drawal of our troops from the Philip
pines before a stable government is
established
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11
GOLD HUNTERS PERISH.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. Otto Thews
of Primrose, Iowa, who has arrived
from Copper river, Alaska, brings news
confirming the report of the death of
several members of a company from
New York. The dead are: Earhart
Miller, Peter Sigel, Butner and Baum
gartner
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11
PRESIDENT REELECTED.

Memphis, Sept. AT the session of
the national association of postoffice
clerks Wednesday President Thomas j.
DonneIly of Brooklyn was reelected.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11
WEDNESDAYS BASEBALL SCORES

Buffalo 8, Milwaukee Z.
Boston 3, Baltimore 5.
Indianapolis 6, Minneapolis 4.
Detroit 4, st. Paul 3.
Chicago 4, Pittsburg, 5.
New York 4, Brooklyn 6.
Grand Rapids 0, Kansas City 5.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11
BIG FIRE AT HORTONVILLE.

Hortonville, Wis, Sept. Tone
side of the business part of this village
was destroyed by fire last night. The
loss is 100000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11
TO DISCUSS CRISIS
SALISBURY CALLS !
MEETING OF THE CABINET.
1T NOW LOOKS LIKE WAR

London Papers Say Transvaal Can Put
Only Handful of Men in Field
Next Move to Be Ultimatum From
Great Observation-Disclosures Leader
Can't Help TransVaal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11
BOND FRAUD
JULIUS H. DAWES CAPTURED AT
sToUGHToN ON WEDNESDAY.
A FAKE DIAMOND SCHEME

Shareholders to Receive Forty Dollar
Stones for Eighteen Seventy five
Plan Fails to Work and a More
Glaring Venture Is Launched
Dawes to Give Bail.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11
MANY SICK IN ALASKA.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. Cash P.
Elliott, U. S., A., member of the gov
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11
CHICAGO GETS 1T
VETS WILL MEET IN WINDY CHI
NEXT YEAR.
WISCONSIN WOMAN NAMED

Mrs. Lizzie Baer Is Chosen Senior Vice
President of the Woman's Relief
Corps-Report on Pensions Causes
Lengthy Debate and Is Finally Sent
Back to Committee.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11

The transport Newport has arrived
at Manila.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11
PERSONALITIES.
President Diaz of Mexico is an ath-
lete of no mean ability.

In the midst of sermon he was
delivering at Perth Amboy last Tues
day the Rev. Stephen Szyminowski
looked through an open window of the
church and saw some boys raiding
one of his apple trees in the rectory
yard. He stopped the sermon to the
congregation and delivered one to the
boys in the tree. Not sure, however,
of it's effect he secured next day war
rant for the arrest OF the marauders.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11

The reason DR.. Alexander DoWie,
head of the Christian Science Church
of Chicago, fears assassination appears
to be based on the fact that an after
noon paper in his city made the edi-
torial assertion that 'this community
must be rid of Dowie.' If it is not
a case of uneasy conscience the doctor
may think that death would be prefer
able to a departure from the Windy
City, but even at that it is probable
he would be given his choice.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11

H. NJ. Atkinson, the street railway
magnate, who is trying to get some
concessions for a trolley line at At
lanta, Ca, is of less peaceful DISPOSE
ton than his Uncle Edward, of Bos-
ton. of cooking lamp and Philippine
pamphlet fame. When he thought one
of the town councilmen had made inn
pertinent remarks about him and his
aims he met the offending city father
in the street and knocked him down
and choked him.
The Chanute times., 1899-11-24
CONDITIONS IN ALGERIA.
The idea of AssimiIatIny the Native Is
Absurd.

The Idea OF ASslmiIatlny inc NatFe As
Absurd.
The present constitution, based on
assimilation of Algeria to France, was
framed with the chimerical idea that
the native element would shrink and
the French increase, says the National
Review. The contrary has happened.
The Mohammedans increased between
1856 and 1876 by $4,000; between 1876
and 1896 by 100000. During the for
mer period famine and typhus and the
insurrection of 1871 kept down their
numbers; also the oriental drea9 OF
being counted led to some falsihcatlon
of the records. The idea of assimllat-
ing the native is absurd. Mixed mar
riages between them and Christians
are practically unheard of, and they
do not take up French citizenship, pre-
ferring to live under their own law.
Nor do they aspire to be represented
directly in the French chamber, ana
ary idea of the sort is as extravagant
as that of directly representing Hin
docs at Westminster. Machinery
must, however be provided by which
the natives may make themselves telt'
and secure respect for their interest
in the local councils. The result of the
laws in force during the last twenty
or thirty years, whether laws of prop
erty, Justice or taxation, has been the
impoverisbment and discouragement OF
the Arabs. Yet Algeria will never be
prosperous till they are rich, nor Sc
cure till they are contented. In par
ticular, the local functionaries should
be able to talk their language, as our
civil servants are required to do IN
India. Whsn at Biskra, the chief cen
ter of the Constantine Sahara and
mainly an Arab city. ascertained that
in the local postoffice there was not a
single clerk who understood Arabic,
and on one occasion l was able myself
to explain to one of them what an old
gesticulating sheik wanted him to do.
II was merely matter Of telegraph
ing a remittance of so francs or SO TO
his son in Algiers. Such Ignorance IN
the chief postofice of the Sahara Oh
the language of the people is mex
| cusable.
The Chanute times., 1899-11-24
.,ox,no BILLIONS OF FLOWERS
Work OF Women Where the Perfume IN
d,.trv Ia Carried On In France.


dustry Is Carried On In France
Grasse. In the southern part OF
France. is the center Of the perfume
industry. There women and girls may
be seen, with broad hats on their heads'
gathering flowers from until IL a. m.
and then returning with their fragrant
burdens to the houses, where they
pluck the leaves from the blossoms
and pass the rest Of the day In prepar-
ing them for the work Of extracting
the essences of essential oils, which
contain the perfume itself. In March
they begin plucking violets, from which
violet water Is made, and from the be-
ginning of May to the end of June
they gather the jessamine, roses and
orange blossoms, as well as the tube
roses in July, the mignonette In Au-
gust and the cassia in September. The
nimble fingers of the women must
move rapidly to pluck the millions and
billions Of leaves that go to make up
the 100000 Kilograms of rose leaves
alone that are used each season. Be-
sides there are million Kilograms OF
jessamine to be plucked, and violets
and orange blossoms to the extent OF
two million Kilograms year. To give
an idea of the number of plants that
are raised for this huge result, 1t is
calculated that each stalk of jessamine
yields two Kilograms of blossoms
season. So there must be at least five
hundred thousand stalks to yield the
million Kilograms required. But the
gathering of the blossoms is only the
beginning of the work, for then the
flowers must be picked apart and all
the spoiled leaves thrown aside. Then
the making of the perfume begins. The
leaves are spread one by one upon lay
ers of pure lard that cover plates of
glass. Three or four times these
fower-layers are renewed before the
lard has absorbed all Of the perfume
that it can hold, for the fat has pc
culiar attraction for the essential oils
of the flowers. This perfumed lard is
the pomade of commerce. not the POM
ade used for hair or beard, but the
crude material out Of which this Is
afterwards manufactured. The lard
is then shipped as it is to other manu-
facturers, or put into alcohol, which
draws off the perfume from the fat,
having a stronger attraction therefor
than the lard, and the result is the fin
est eau de cologne. Most Of this
pomade is shipped as it stands to all
parts of Europe and America, but some
of it is reserved and the oils are ex-
tracted by distilling processes, making
the purest extracts.
The Chanute times., 1899-11-24
That
Mysterious
Major...

of their lives. With some 1t takes the
form of collecting all kinds of stamps,
crests, and epigraphs, whilst with me
he spoke in a somewhat apologize
tone-"the mania is for keeping a rec
ord of the birthdays of my friends"
"The birthdays of your friends"
echoed Evelyn.
"It is a peculiar taste no doubt, Miss
Luttrell but still l must acknowledge
it: and, if you will condescend to add
your name to my list of signatures,
shall esteem it the highest of comph-
ments."
But" commented Evelyn. how
very odd! Do you know, l always
thought before that the host OF birth
day books which are constantly Deing
published were used principally by girls
at school and certain individuals whose
whole existence is one perpetual remln-
iscence of pressed flowers, faded rlp-
hons, and sentimental odes.'
"Oh, yes-I know the persons ex-
actly! Your description is most graph
ic!"-and the Major laughed heartily.
But. as never wrote an ode In my
life. pressed even leaf, or have sucn
q thing as a ribbon-faded or other
wise--in my possession, there must
at all events, be one exception to the
rule
"Well, certainly. Still I was just
thinking" = contemplating Major
Brown with an expression of decided
gravity-"that you are the very last
person in the world l should have
believed would trouble with anything
so trifing as a birthday book.
Again he laughed-an apparently
careless laugh-as he made futile
attempt to balance paper knife on
the edge of the table, but this time
his laugh rather lacked its hitherto
cheerful ring.
Anyhow, Miss Luttrell, you are not
gcing to refuse? Tell me-what are
The Chanute times., 1899-11-24
CHAPTER VIII.

Notwithstanding that the rain new
er ceased during the Majors walk into
Satellite and back, and that he re-
turned with his CATERS splasheu 10
his knees and with the water run
ming in a thin but steady stream from
the brim of his hat, fortune certainly
favored him that afternoon. In other
circumstances he might have waited
in vain for hours, but, as it happened,
he had scarcely returned to the library
and taken up his position before the
fire more than a couple of minutes,
when the door opened and Evelyn
I.uttrell entered the room.
"Oh. please do not novel" she ex-
claimed, as the Major pushed back his
chair and, glancing round to discov-
er who the intruder might be, imme-
diately started to his feet. Il have
only come for a book which my aunt
wanted. SO do not let me disturb
you"
"Oh, do not mention such a thing.
Perhaps 1 can help you to find the
book for Lady Howard"
well, most likely you can" was the
reply, accompanied by a bewitching
smile. at is a thick green All. that
Is the one! Thank you very much!'
she broke off as the Major handed
her the rather ponderous looking vol
ume. Aunt Lydia will have p;snty
to occupy her for the rest Of the day
II she reads this through"
Eyes. from its appearance, 1 should
say that one wet day would be hard
" enough. She will need two or thre'
more OF the same stamp. But ] an
Just wondering" he proceeded, regard
ing her with a slight air OF perplex
ity, whether you happen to be in I
particularly nelghboriy frame Of mi..
this afternoon. The fact is Do To'
know, Miss Luttrell. I have rather
strange fancy-at least, IL Is not OK
nctly strange. for dozens of people hav
such fancies at one period or anothe
The Chanute times., 1899-11-24
CHAPTER yII.-(Continued.)

CdAG LII Nll.-lSohtihuSa'(
$50 far. so good!" he muttercd. He
turned round to take another cau-
tious survey of the room, and then
kurriedly tore off the sheet OF piot-
ting paper. with my heartfelt apollo
gies to Mr.. Gillibrand!" he added, as
he carefully secured it between the
pages of his pocketbook. II this ID
to be of the slightest use to me, now
ever, my greatest difficulty Will De IN
discovering if it Is genuine or not. is
it possible that Miss Luttrell hersell
has been in here writing, or can IL
be that somebody else has been SIM
ply directing an envelope to her? That
is the question; and, considering that
l am at present hopelessly in the dark
even as to the hand Miss Luttrell
writes, / hardly see how this blotting
paper affair is to benefit me in any
way. unless" Here the Major broke
off somewhat abruptly, and, walking to
the window, gazed out dubiously
through the blurred panes. Nonsense,
though! | will manage 1t somehow!
he exclaimed after moments renee
ton. "By the aid Of little diplo-
macy and a plan which / believe
can carry out, the rest should be easy
and, without raising the suspicious OF
either Miss Luttrell or anybody else.
should gain for myself some knowl-
edge of considerable value. All the
same, if I intend to go seriously to
work, the sooner l make a beginning
the better; and, as in this case the
beginning means a walk to the town
In the pouring rain. I may as well
start at once, without putting of the
evil moment any longer. Ah-it is
curious affair"-he gave a significant
shrug of his shoulders" to think
that, of all people in the world, that
girl should be the victim!"
Two minutes later the Major, with
his hat drawn we'll over his eyes and
The Chanute times., 1899-11-24

the day and month of your birth?"
"The day and month";" repeated
Evelyn, raising her eyebrows. "Oh, the
18th of August! l suppose you do not
insist upon the year as WE'LL"
"No-I do not insist; but anybody
who is particularly anxious to give it
is quite at liberty to do so. There,
Miss Luttrell-the 18th of August"
lie had pulled out of his pocket a
small rather fantastically bound book,
and, opening it at a certain page, he
now laid it down before her. There
is verse of poetry for you, and
line of Shakespeare; but whether eth
er the poetry or the Shakespearean line
is in the least appropriate l do not
know"
But how strange-nobody else las
written on this page at all! Am to
have it quite to myself?"
"Yes-it seems as If you are to reign
supreme. 1t is all the better, though
for. with five lines at your disposal
and the Major glanced at her signi-
ficantly-"you can add as many par
ticulars as you like. Want of space
cannot be made an excuse for omit
ting the all-important year."
well, at any rate, let me have a
good pen!" She drew the ink stand
towards her, took UP a quill, and in
clear legible characters wrote Eve
lyu c. Luttrell." There, Major
..Iajor Brown-will that satisfy you?"
looking up, to find the Major, who
had come close to her side, staring
down at her signature most attentive
ly.
Her words seemed to recall him to
himself.
THANK you. 1 cannot tell you how
much obliged l am. You have done
me a great service, Miss Luttrell."
mo, indeed-I have done nothing.
en- honored that you should care fol
my signature at all. But have you
a great many names down? May
look through the book?"
Certainly. IL you care to do so
only"
Why did he suddenly hesitate? Eve
I'm, who had turned over couple o
pages and was contemplating in OBJ
The Chanute times., 1899-11-24
The Religious "sIot-MachIne."

In the Adirondack mountains, at
place of popular resort, there is
chapel where the contributions are
often liberal in the summer season,
but where the contributions still
chiefly consist, as far as bulk goes, OF
small coins. The rector of this church,
who is a man of dignified and minis
terial appearance, is accustomed to go
with the Sunday offerings to one OF
the hotels and receive check for the
amount of it. One Monday morning
he was counting the money at the desk
of the hotel cashier, and was at that
moment scraping together the nickels
and coppers, which were in abund-
ant supply. Just then a bell-boy came
up who seemed to have something on
his mind. What is it, my little mani"
asked the rector, in his most honeyed
tone. "Beg pardon, sir" said the boy.
"but are you the man what runs the
slot-machine down-stairs?" The boy
could never understand why all the
people, including the rector, laughed
at him. The laugh was really on the
Sunday contributors to the church
funds. Many clergymen, we have no
doubt, will sympathize with this sup
posed proprietor of the slot-machine-
The Chanute times., 1899-11-24
woMENrAILUREs AT SHOPPING
1t Is Rare That They Know What They
Want to Buy.

at is a singular thing that with the
amount of shopping done by women
they should continue to shop so badly
badly, | mean, in the sense of shop
ping with an absolute lack Of system"
writes Edward Box in the November
Ladies' Home Journal. Here and
there we meet woman to whom God
seems to have given logical mind
which she applies to her shopping. But
as a general thing the assertion that
women shop with an utter lack of sys-
tenn is unfortunately all too easy OF
proof. And curiously enough, it Is not
alone those behind the counter who
suffer, for the women themselves make
their shopping doubly hard by their
lack of system. The percentages OF
women who love to shop and those
who hate shopping seem about equal,
so far as can make out. The methods
which both employ, however, are pref
ty much the same, the only marked dif-
ference apparently being the entire ab-
sence of all method in the one case and
the existence of only very poor meth
cd in the other. Take hundred wom-
en- who go for days shopping and
it is perfectly safe to say that ninety
of them will have not the slightest idea
of what they want"