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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
FARMERS CORNER BROOM CORN.
They Do Not Propose to Let Brokers
Make All the Profit.

They Do Not Propose to Let Brokers
Make All the Profit.
It appears that Illinois farmers are
about to corner the broom corn market.
Last year the brokers got hold Of all the
brush in sight and, storing it in ware
houses, spent the winter in meeting once
a month and, while they ate and drank
the best to be had, marked up the price
a few cents ON the pound. The bulk Of
last years crop was bought for 500
ton and before the new supply came in it
had been marked up to $3.50 and had
been practically Cleaned OUT at figure
near this fabulous price. When the new
crop was put on the market few weeks
ago it started off at $50 and finally got
up to sos for prime brush. About ten
days ago foreign buyers began to come
into the district and the farmer with
broom corn to sell at once became man
Of Importance. He raised the price and
from $40 to went to $50 in twenty-four
hours. Then the buyers took everything
they could get, regardless of quality, ut
$50. Then they offered 500, and finally
500. There is no shortage to speak OF
this season, but the cleanup of last years
crop makes broom corn scarce article
in all quarters.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
CARTER SCARED HIGH.
New Facts Come Out Against the
Guilty Captain.

The decision Of the Attorney General in
the case of Capt. Oberlin M. Carter is
long document and is addressed to the
President. Mr.. Griggs, among other
things, gives little Of the personal his
tory of the accused man. He states that
some years ago he married the daughter
OF gentleman supposed to have means,
but not large wealth. Carriers pay as
captain amounted to 1852 month and
bis living expenses began to increase very
rapidly, running in few years from S.
wv to as high as $4,000 per annum. 1t
is related that he made within certain pc
RODS heavy cash deposits in New York
and other banks and also gave large or
ders to brokers for the purchase Of stocks,
bonds, ETC. Just how these facts were
obtained is not told in the decision.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
BIG CONTRACTS FOR SHIPS,

Carnegie Interests to Have Five New
Freighters for Steel trade.
One of the largest contracts for ships
ever closed on the lakes was made at
Cleveland when the American Shipbuild-
ing Company secured the job of building
five steel freighters for the Carnegie
Oliver steel interests. The steamers will
be duplicates, and will be Ats feet long,
so feet beam and 90 feet deep. The
total cost of each ship will be $3S5,OOO.
The Carnegie Steel Company will fur
nish all of the material for the boats, so
they will be turned out by the opening
of navigation next year. The engines
will be quadruple expansion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Negro Ia Instantly Killed.

]. J. Reeves, merchant Of Mount
Pleasant, Texas, killed George Lewis, a
negro, in the ladies' waiting room at the
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe passenger
station at Dallas, Texas. The negro at
tempted to force Mrs. Reeves out of the
chair she occupied. Her husband shot
the negro through the head and heart,
killing him instantly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
PRICES TEND UPWARD.
Trade East and West Still Reported
Good by Bradstreet.

Good by Bradstreet.
Bradstreet's weekly review says that
distributive trade, while smaller at some
markets, is still of encouraging volume,
industry is active, railway earnings
heavy, prices still tend upward and bank
clearings increase, while failures lessen.
Fall festivals and other celebrations at
several cities have exercised an apprecia-
BILE effect upon retail trade and proved
stimulating factor in wholesale lines. In
industrial affairs activity is widespread
and strikes are fewer and less costly
than in most years. Business failures are
apparently at a minimum and liabilities
are certainly less costly than for many
years past. Prices as whole manifest
aggressive strength.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
POISON IN TEETH.

Alloy in Filling Thought to Have
Caused Death.
DR.. J. e. Lowery died at his home in
Cedarville, Ohio, the other night. His
death, a dispatch says, is thought to be
due to an alloy of copper or brass used
in filling his teeth. His system became
filled with poison from the alloy, finally
ending in commissions and death. The
filings were removed shortly before he
died.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Cartoon Causes street Duel.

A desperate street duel was fought at
New Orleans between Dominick O'Mal-
ley, proprietor of the Evening Item, and
G. Harrison Parker, editor Of the Delta.
Both were seriously, If not fatally,
wounded The trouble originated over a
cartoon in the Item representing Colonel
Parker as little dog led by string by
Gov. Foster and labeled me Too"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Avenges a Husbands Murder.

Frank Augusta was Shot and Killed IN
the Italian quarter at Niles, Ohio, by
Mrs. Tauro, who was arrested and lodged
in Jail at Warren. About four months
ago Dominick Tauro was fatally stabbed
in fight and ON his deathbed told his
wife that Augusta had stabbed him. The
shooting of Augusta is the sequel.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
SERVANT GIRL FAMINE
Condition that Continues to botn''
Housewives of Chicago m


The servant girl famine SUI A.,
tinues to bother Chicago. There as .ars
situations open for every girl VIM nd
to take up the work. The girls w ..lt d
there, however. There has been 'a ott
an exodus Of domestic servants liO. hs
er towns to that place, but II SUI. he'd
taken place the pilgrims must nav s,,ps
lost on the way. The supply OF sei' saep
has not increased. The employmen. IT.. the
cies are full of waiting women, uu' rst
are mistresses, not maids. lnes o
for the servant who does not COME ts
the meantime, men continue to app ~ non
and get women's work. There az .sc
scores OF men acting as cooks anu %hov b
ond girls" in private families l l.s ust
the washing and perform other Mo' IN d.
ally performed BY women. Glrls s-o ~ 81
nestle employment now receive tbg
cents to $3.50 more per week 'na'
did before the famine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
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BUSINESS SlruAo
Chicago Correspondence.

Chicago Correspondence:
Bank clearings are one ~ i.
liable indices to the general si te
it is an easy matter to iudoo IaQ E
of the degree of prosperity H. ue
vailed during any given per;na
turns for Chicago for tho
months Of the current wear Wy
than the entire 1897 total and q. sN
ly below the total for the two%
Of 1898. Chicago clearings ia, =
exceed those for 1893 by mora y E.
600, 100000. What is true Of u. e
true of the country at large NJ
gate clearings Of the country
month Of September exceeded y7as
600, being ahead of those for Any, ,~
nearly equal to those for july N
western cities show the larpes,
age Of gain and the southwest
the smallest, but even the latter
improvement of 10 per cent as IN
with last year.
Reports from all over the cor,
of an increasing volume of roS!
manufacturers, jobbers and ms'i
are abnormally busy. The sc,nl
supplies is the prominent feann|
buyers complain Of inability ia
their wants satisfied. There has J
been a time when goods have i.
well sold up.
So far as the speculative str,,
concerned, there has been ver
change this week. Money coptir
be the governing factor in the sto,
kets, and so long as rates remain
present level it is idle to look I
material improvement in security
Trading in grain has not been MAJ
any striking features. Compare
the closing prices of a week ago
were / cent a bushel lower for VII
a trife higher for corn. Busin,
fairly good and the crops of the
having all matured changes in
from day to day were not, as du
growing season, affected by flu
prospects Of the yield. An estima
by Statistician Snow that the to
ter and spring wheat crop was
600 busels had much to do with
a change in speculative seltimen
resulted in a loss in price of
bushel.
Talk of tight money had ais
posed spectators in wheat to d
possibility Of an advance in prit
other contributory cause Of the
that characterized the market to
end of the week was the GROWN
ton that war in the Transvaal,
occur, would not tend to the enh
of the price in this country
might be the effect upon British
of a consequent rise in ocean fire
Corn prices were upheld becaU
great activity Of the shipping
and the prevailing impression
accumulations from previous Ct
been practically all used up, so
years production has alone to
ed on to fill the extraordinary
ton caused by the barren pa
home and the heaviest foreign
ever experienced, owing to a
of hot, dry summer in Europ
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Race for the Pennant.
The standing of the clubs in the Ma
shoots His Fiancee and Dies.

At Fort Scott, Kan, James Bish shot
his fiancee, Miss Clara Stainbrook. As
she fell Bish sent a bullet into his own
brain. He is dead, but the young wom-
an will recover. They had quarreled
over the date of their wedding, the young
woman having insisted that she could
not be ready as soon as Bish demanded.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
RRIDGKTENDER IS KILLED.

IT,. strikes Structure at Port Huron
with Fatal Results.
Bridgetender O'Rourke met serans st
da.th at the Tenth street bridge, Fort
Huron. Mich. The tug Erie, towing tue
schooner Monguagon, was bound up
Black river, and blew three whistles IA
stead of four When near the prloge'
che blew four whistles, the proper num-
Der. and O'Rourke started to open the
bridge. He was too late, and the schoon-
or struck the structure. The lever was
reversed quickly, striking O'Rourke and
throwing him back about thirty feet lie
struck an iron beam and was killed IN
Stantly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
MONDAY Burglary in Rock Island.

Monday Burglary In ROCK Island.
While Secretary T. J. Medill was at
luncheon cracksmen entered the Office Of
the Blackhawk Building and Loan Asso-
citation in Rock Island, ILL.,, blew open the
safe with nitroglycerin and carried off
the strong box, with its enthusiastically
valued at $500 and $50 in money. The
box and 500 of the money were found
later on the shore of the Mississippi
river. The robbers escaped.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
HiYhwayman Murders His Victim.

Ex-City Treasurer G. L. Funk was
shot and killed by highwayman on Ell
Paso avenue, Pueblo, Colo, when going
to the depot to take a train for Cripple
Greek, where he was engaged in mining.
His pocketbook was taken, but it con-
tanned only small amount of money.
Mr.. Funk was 3S years old.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
slavs His Wife,s Father.

At Plainville, Ind, William D. Kill
lion, a prosperous farmer, shot and killed
his wife's father, Walter Buckley. Kill
lion is alleged to have mistreated his
wife and the father upbraided him for it.
In fit of anger Killion drew pistol and
shot the old man four times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Army Mules Lost,

The transport Siam, which sailed from
San Francisco with cargo Of forty
en- horses and 326 mules, arrived at Ma
Mia without her cargo. Three hundred
and fifty seven of the animals were killed
in typhoon by the pitching of the ship
and lack of air from the necessary clos
ing of the matches
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Bep;us Pure Food Crusade.

begun crusade against adulterated food
products. 1t is announced that d;sin-
fecting preparation was being used by a
number of butchers to preserve meat in
hot weather and by milk dealers to pre-
vent milk from turning sour.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Law a corner Stone.

The largest throng of people assembled
in the downtown district of Chicago since
1892 gathered Monday, the twenty-eighth
anniversary of the great fire, to lay the
corner stone Of the Government building
and honor the representatives of three
sovereignties.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Won,t shut Out Consum olives.

The State Board of Health has decided
not to quarantine California against the
consumptives of other States. 1t has
adopted a resolution, however, recon-
mending that in all State institutions
those afflicted with tuberculosis be segre-
gated from the other inmates.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Troon,s stable DESTROYED.

The G Troops stables at Fort Meade,
adjoining Sturgis, S. D., burned, togeth-
er with 125 saddles, all the trappings of
the troop, large quantity Of commissary
supplies and hay and feed, causing an es-
timated total loss of $4,000. Fortunate
" the fire occurred when all the horses
were on the picket line and all were
saved
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Austria Has "Jack-the- Upper"

Austria Has JacK-the- H1pper.
kilograms from Linz, capital of Upper
Austria, on the Danube, report that the
inhabitants of that district are in a state
of terror, owing to a series Of 'Jack-the-
Ripper murders. The fifth occurred re-
Gently, the victim being woman so
wears of age
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Bank Robbery at Reynolds, Ind.

At Reynolds, Ind, the bank was rob-
bed of $4,000 and wrecked by an explo-
sion. Several citizens were aroused by
the sound of the explosion, and Presi-
dent J. C. Van Alta and Cashier Dehl-
ing, with number of others, reached
the building in time to see four men run
to two buggies and dash away with the
horses in full gallop.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Fast Mail L. Robbed.

A fast mail train on the Chicago and
Northwestern road was held up between
Elburn and Maple Park, Ill.,, by three
masked men, who blew up the express
safe with dynamite and escaped with its
contents.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Sick Man Leaps to Death.

Alfred Hayes, a patient at the Peoples
hospital in Chicago, became delirious and
leaped through a secondstory window to
the ground, twenty-five feet. His injuries
were so severe that he died few min
utes later.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Bow kills His Sister.

While playing with a shotgun, the IL
year-old son of G. B. Johnson, who lives
two miles west Of Columbia, Mo-, shot
and killed his little sister, aged s. The
head Of the child was blown almost COM
pletely from her shoulders.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
FIVE THOUSAND KILLED

ports OF EARTHQUAKES on Island az
oa eoran Confirmed.
,4s Jmciai dispatches from Batavia. can.
Ial OF the Netherlands Indies cans;s, 49,
ths reports regarding the earthouake n
90 one 1sland OF Coran. 1t occurred Sent
50 $50, Not only the town Of Amhei. On tba
S,'4 size OF the island, was destrov al
M nul several other villages were wrecs "a
~ Is olh ga adyices declare that Ia faSvsr
Ia. 80. QUO people were killed al ~ ~ 8
ufeus q Others seriously injured -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
PRAIRIE FIRES IN MANITOBA.

Many Settlers Lose Their Homes and
All the Farm Crops.
Prairie fire shave swept over the Dau-
phin district in northwestern Manitoba.
Hundreds of settlers were surrounded by
flames before they had time to realize the
danger, and in a twinkling houses, grain,
hay stacks and fences went up in smoke,
and the accumulation of years OF toll dis
appeared from the face Of the earth. Fire
swept over territory many miles in ex-
tent
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Killed for Chew of Tobacco

William Hackney and John Thompson
had dispute over chew of tobacco at
Clarksville, Tenn, and Hackney was
Drained with shovel as he was attack
ing Thompson with knife.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Aetna Powder Mills Blown Up.

With detonation that was felt in
towns many miles distant two of the
powder mills of the Aetna company's
works near Millers, Ind, blew up. Two
men who were supposed to have been in
the structures-known as the tankhouse
and the mixhouse-are missing, but so far
as known there were no other fatalities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
RrookIyn i'm First Face,

The National League season of base
ball is ended. The pennant goes to
Brooklyn. Boston finished in second
place and Philadelphia third.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
FIRE LOSSES ARE HEAVIER.

Those of 1899 So Far how n Increase
Over 1895.
The lire loss of the United States and
Canada for the month of September. as
compiled from the New York Journal OF
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin rec
ords, amounts to s12,77S, 800. The fol-
lowing table will show the losses for the
first nine months of 1899, in comparison
with the same period in 1898.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
TeIephone Lines to Unite.

Plans for the consolidation Of the indie
pendent telephone lines of Pennsylvania.
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois have
been practically completed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
MINISTER TAX rs HIS OWN LIFE

Ohio Pastor Com mits Suicide After En-
Pertaining His Congregation.
Rev. w. L. Woodward, one of the most
prominent ministers Of Disciple Church
in northwestern Ohio, committed suicide
at his home in Oak Harbor by shooting
himself through the heart. He had invit-
ed a number Of his congregation to spend
the evening with him. The last Of the
guests scarcely had reached the gate to
go home before a pistol shot rang out
The minister was found PROSTATE on the
floor with a bullet hole through his
breast.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Caramel Factory Destroyed.

Fire started on the fifth floor of the
six-story brick building at Is Desbrosses
street, New York, and soon the whole
building was ablaze. The fire destroyed
the Dexter Frame caramel factory on the
fifth floor, then worked up into hundreds
of bags of cork on the sixth floor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
DEMAND GREATER THAN SUPPLY
Dun Reports Trade Conditions thai
Crowd Producers.

Crowd Producers.
r. G.. Dun & Co.'S weekly review OF
trade says: Industrial conditions could
hardly be better. After many months OF
such extraordinary buying that it's contin-
uance seemed impossible, even larger
buying still crowds producing works in
most lines beyond their capacity. Sales
of wool are smaller, only 7,473.30O
pounds for the week at the three mar
kets, without further advance. Failures
for the week have been 1874 in the United
States, against 2O5 last year, and Il in
Canada, against % last year"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19

Action of GIasswOrkers Is Upheld by
Judge Ryan at Anderson.
The window glass trust received hard
blow when Judge Ryan Of the Superior
Court at Anderson, Ind, held that the
complaints filed few weeks ago asking
for an injunction to prevent the window
glass companies in the county from join
ing the trust are good and sufficient for
cause Of action.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Deserter Given UP by Father.

Deserter Given Up by Father.
At Denver, Emile Poly, 25 years old,
has been arrested as deserted on infor
nation given by his father, Adolph Poly,
who became jealous of his sons relations
with Maud Bradley, French-Canadian
girl. Young Poly enlisted in the Thir-
teenth United States regulars in New
York and served in the Santiago cam
paign. He deserted at Honolulu en- route
to the Philippines.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
FIGHT AT MUNTiNLuPA
Two Americans Killed Rebela Dr;v.r
from Iutrenchmeu+s

from Intrenchments.
a scouting party under Mai. Cheat
nam encountered force Of insurgents
at Muntinlupa on the west shore Of Ca
guna dc Bay, F. l., and a fight resulted
IN which three Americans were killed
ana several wounded. The rebels wara
orlven from their intrenchments 1ha;r
loss Is not known. Gen. Schwan has az
rlVeo at Baeoor with part of his forces.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Chicaroan Kills Himself i'm Duluth,

Joe Goldberg, son of Solomon Gold
berg, wealthy Jew of Chicago, commit
ted suicide at Duluth, Mimi, by shooting.
He was Fl years old and manager of the
One Cent store.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Consul at New York Resigns.

August Feigel, who has for years been
the German consul general at New York,
has resigned and will not return to the
United States in an official capacity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
HOTEL GUESTS FLEE IN PANIC.

One Man Killed and MANY NarTOWIy
Escape Death in Fire.
At Hudson, N. Y, the Windsor Hotel
was destroyed by fire, and Wallace q.
Hall, drummer for Philadelphia pub
fishing house, was suffocated. The other
guests escaped in their night clothes, los
ing all their baggage. The porter of the
hotel alone saved the lives Of ten women.
There were many very narrow escapes.
The property loss will exceed $4,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
AGAINST TAX REPEAL.

Resolution.
The members Of the Mississippi Valley
Medical Association, in session at Chi
cago, tabled resolution praying for the
repeal of the internal revenue tax on
drugs, medicines and surgical appliances.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Accident to James II. Eckels.

James III. Eckels, president of the Com
mercial National Bank of Chicago and
Comptroller of the Currency from 1898
to 1897, was run over by an express
wagon on Fifth avenue, New Yorl
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19

Woman Wants to Be Mayor.
Martha Moore Avery has announced
her candidacy for the socialist nomination
for Mayor Of Boston.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19

George Smith, who was one of the
pioneer bankers of Chicago and who, it is
said, had accumulated fortune Of $780,
COG, 900, died in London the other night.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Mayor Taggart fs

Mayor Taggart Ts Reelected.
At Indianapolis Mayor Taggart and
the entire Democratic city ticket were
elected by from 600 to 1000 majority.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Return of Explorer We11man.

Walter Wellman, who has returned
from an expedition to Franz Josef Land,
arrived in New York from Liverpool on
the Umbria Sunday, accompanied by his
wife.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19

IL VIII be seen that the 1899 losses so
lar exceed those of the same months OF
1898 by over $1O,OOO,OOO.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
DROVE THE FILIPINOS.
Insurgents Fire on Americans Four
Miles from Manila.

Monday afternoon a body of Filipino
insurgents was seen near La Iona
Church, four miles from the heart Of Ma
Mia. They opened fire, the bullets falling
among the tents of the Twenty-fifth in
fantry. The Americans manned the
trenches and replied at range of 1920
yards. The insurgents volleyed and the
Americans used their artillery. The fight
lasted an hour, after which the insur
gents retreated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-10-19
Begin the War

A dispatch to the London Daily Teie-
graph declares that war has been begun
by the Beers Il Natal