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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01

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John A. Roebling holds the record for
these ships. She carried on one load
1856 tons of ore, and her sister ship,
the schooner John Fritz, carried 1875
tons of ore at one time. Prior to the
launching Of these two big vessels the
schooner Australia held the record
with 6,316 tons of wheat.
The immense carrying capacity of
these vessels makes them invaluable
investments if no accident happens to
them, but the system of overlooking
makes their powers of navigation
little uncertain in rough weather.
Some of the steamers carry a whole
elevator load of grain, and do the work
with such dispatch that the cost was
never before SO low. The Superior
City carried a load of 1862 tons Of
ore, and discharged it in twelve hours,
breaking the lake record for rapid I'M
loading, as we'll as for carrying the
largest cargo.
These steel freighters are what is
known as the 400-foot class, and they
are the favorite ones on the lakes to-
day. They range from 400 to ATS feet
in length, and they cost from 100000
to 100000; but they frequently carry
cargoes valued at twice their own cost.
George E. Walsh in Casters Maya
zine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01
BIG AMERICAN VESSELS.
freight Carrying Records of Craft on
the Great Lakes.

The craze on the Atlantic ocean to
break flying records to Europe finds
it's counterpart on the great American
lakes in trying to break carrying rec
ords. Each new steel steamer built
is known by it's wonderful capacity
for transporting enormous cargoes
from one port to another. This the
record for 1898 shows that each sue
ceeding ship was built for the purpose
of carrying a little more than the larg-
est then in existence. Early in the
year the steel freighter Andrew Car
negie broke the record by carrying a
cargo of 100000 bushels of corn, equal
to 6.44O tons. When the steamer Linn
was launched she carried a cargo of
6,314 tons of ore, and later 6,496 tons
of corn-just breaking the record es-
tablished by the Andrew Carnegie.
Following this steamer the Superior
City was launched, and she easily
broke all records by carrying a cargo
of 1853 tons of corn. This steamer
holds the records for her class today.
The steamer Morse, constructed after
the Superior City, is rs feet longer;
but she has not yet attempted to lower
the carrying record.
The same attempt to break the car
rying record is made by the owners
of the wooden vessels. The schooner
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01
NEW YORK CANDY SUPPLY.

There are 125 wholesale candy firms
in New York. The trade of these
houses represents total Of $4,000
000 New Workers alone do not con-
sumo this amount of candy a year,
but it is made for our country cousins
and for some of our relations across
the ocean. More than S1,000,000 worth
of candy is sent abroad, while we
import only about $4,000 worth a
year.
Most of the candy exported and sent
to the country consists Of the simple
"broken Mixed" but the chief ia
vorite in this city is chocolate in ONE
form or another.
Chocolate candies come in 100 d4f-
ferent forms, so that one has long
list to select from. In every candy
store the chocolate trays are always
more popular than any of the others,
and box of chocolates is an Ss-
ceptable present to any girl.
Some doctors shake their heads ana
tell us the consumption OF candy Is
altogether too large in this city, bat
others agree that it is fattening, and
they do not grow alarmed over the
prospect.
It is asserted by one of the leading
candy makers that about three-fourths
of the candy made is consumed by
chiIdren.-New York Herald
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01
A JUDGES EXPENSES.
They Amounted to More Than His
Salary by About 100000.

''In this connection" said Chief JUS
tice Peters of Maine, Il will state my
own experience. l have been on the
bench continuously for twenty-five
years last May, and my salary, at first
$4,000 and since 1897 $500, has never
for a single year paid my years ex-
penses, or anywhere near it. The
nearest it has ever come to making the
two ends meet was in 1874, the year
next after my appointment when my
expenses of support were $4,416. And
this sum did not include my house
rent Ct own my house,, but did include
house repairs, nor did it include taxes,
at court away from home, nor money
paid for law books, nor gifts to friends
and relatives, excepting small current
charities. The next nearest to this
was in 1880, when my living expenses,
making the same exclusions of deduc-
lions as before stated, were $4,759.
'%The disparity in all other years of
my occupancy of seat on the bench
between receipts and expenses were
greater than in the instance named.
And, while it may not be worth while
to expose the facts in detail, will say
in general terms that for the period
Of more than a quarter of century
during which I have been a member
of the court, and wholly in the serv-
ice of the state, my ordinary living ex-
penses, not including any of those
items enumerated above, exceed all the
amount of salary received by me from
the state by more than the sum of
100000. And still am not aware that
I am regarded by my friends and
neighbors as living at all extravagant-
ly Boston Globe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01
FOREIGN.

Britain may have to draft men for
her army.
Marlborough will not be reinstated
prince of Mindelheim.
bill in parliament makes secret
commissions in trade unlawful.
Cardinal Philip KrementZ, arch
bishop of Cologne, Germany, is dying
The house of commons rejected a
bill repeating the coercion act of 1887
Student riots occurred at the Uni
versity of Kieff, Russia, and 400 ar
rests were made.
A Vienna paper advocates united
European action against America and
Great Britain.
Primrose day, the anniversary of
Lord Beaconsfield's death, was widely
celebrated in England.
The Berlin press expresses great
satisfaction at the recent demonstra-
ton by Chicago German-Americans in
favor Of friendly relations between the
United States and their fatherland.
San Vicente, in San Salvador, has
recently suffered from severe earth
quakes. No Geographic commune
cation can be established with that
city, and it is reported it is in ruins.
The Russian governor general of the
Caucasus has ordered the prosecution
in Tif1is of the city's mayor, Evan
gouloff, city councillor, Prince
Algoutinshi Dolgoroukoff, and num-
Der of other members of the city Office
for misruling the citizens.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01
DOMESTIC.
Chicago May wheat, 1890.

Chicago May wheat, 1890.
Sixty-five chair-making plants COM
kined.
The Missouri river overflow becomes
serious.
North Dakota had a very heavy
snowfall.
The American Shipbuilding company
organized.
British university students won the
cable chess match.
The condition Of Vice President HO-
bart showed little change.
Ambassador Choate is still in de-
mand at London banQuets.
Ex-GOv. John Taliaferro was elected
United States senator from Florida.
Alibi for Mrs. Anna E. George was
offered and the defense rested its case.
Grew of u. S. S. Raleigh presented
to Helen Gould a standard, ensign and
Jack"
General Olpherts toasted the Amer
lean army at public banquet in Lon
:. don.
Eucaine, the new anaesthetic has
been successfully employed in major
operation.
Miss Jane Brunot of Dana, Ind, was
murdered, and by her lover and he1
nephew.
Fx-C0v. Black of New York will
join Croker in an attempt to crush
Boss Plat.
Duluth may quarantine against
Cleveland, Buffalo and other lake ports
because Of smallpox.
Mayor Jones, of Toledo, said thai
municipal ownership Of public fran
chises is in sight.
A new first class theater, to cost
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01

Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentlemen have used Pe-ru-na for
q short time and can cheerfully recon-
mend it as being all you represent, and
wish every man who is suffering with
catarrh could know of it's great value.
Should at any future time have occa-
sion to recommend a treatment of your
kind, rest assured that yours will be
the one. Gratefully yours,
JAMES LEWIS.
Wherever the catarrh is there is sure
to be a waste of mucus. The mucus iS
as precious as blood. 1t is blood, In
fact. It is blood plasma-blood with
the cOrpuscles removed. To stop this
waste, you must stop this catarrh.
course of treatment with Pe-ru-na
never fails to do this
Send for free catarrh book. Address
The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01

Justice Beekman in the supreme court
of New York.
Governor Roosevelt, of New York,
has signed the bill of Senator White
repeating the Black civil service law,
as it existed prior to 1897. The system
of double examinations is abolished
and the single examination re-es-
tablished.
The discovery Of an alleged flaw in
the act authorizing requirement by the
city of Detroit of the street railways,
has raised another point against mu-
nicipal ownership. The engrossed bill
does not contain a proviso that was in
the original bill that nothing in the
act shall affect the granting of fran
chises by the city council.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01
"MOLLIFYING."

Mrs. McLubberty Cooking up from
her neWspaper)-Oi do be r'adin' THAI
Gin'ral Otis has succaded in mOllifyin'
good many av thin Philippine in
soOrgents.
Neutrality-suspicious. ahl roight! On
wud not say a wor-rud agin Gin'ral
Otis; no doubt he mollifies 'em as fast
as he can match 'em; but Dewey's the
by to do thot for 'em. Look how he
Modified the whole dOmmed Spanish
fate just befure an afther brickfast.-
Puck.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01
FIRST SILK HAT.
Its Wearer Arrested for Breach of the
Peace

January Is, 1897, was the date fixed
by DR.. Hetherington for his first az
pearance in public with the new hat,
the silk hat Of today. He believed
that in he natural course of events he
would create a sensation, but he was
not prepared for the commotiOn which
followed. It was with no little trepi-
dation that, about II o'clock in the
forenoon, Mr.. ho,nerington emerged
from his shop in the Strand. His fam
lily advised against it, but he was de-
termined, and forth he sailed.
The Strand, as now, was one Of the
busy streets of London, and Mr.. Heth-
erington had not walked ten feet be-
fore merchants and others, attracted
by the unusual sight, stopped and
gazed in wonder. Mr.. Hetherington,
however, moved on, but men who had
only stopped to look now followed aft
er him, and in less time than it takes
to tell it the street was crowded with
a bowling mob. Those on the out
skirts of the crowd die not know the
nature of the trouble, if there was any,
but they helped to swell the din. How
Mr.. Hetherington Jared, however, is
best told by the journals Of that date,
whose pages have been searched by the
Tailors and Cutters special commits
sioner One gazette gave this account
of the remarkable event:
John Hetherington, haberdasher, Of
the Strand was arraigned before the
lord mayor yesterday on charge of
breach Of the peace and melting to
riot, and was required to give bond
in the sum of $500. It was in evil
dence that Mr.. Hetherington, who is
we'll connected, appeared upon the
public highway wearing upon his head
what he called silk hat (Which was
offered in evidence), tall structure
having a shiny luster, and calculated
to frighten timid people. AS a matter
of fact, the officers of the crown stated
that several women tainted at the I'M
usual sight, while children screamed
dogs yelped, and young son Of Cord
Wainer Thomas, who was returning
from a chambers shop, was thrown
down by the crowd which had collect
ed, and had his right arm broken. For
these reasons the defendant was seized
by the guards and taken before the
lord mayor. In extenuation of his
crime, defendant claimed that he had
not violated any law of the kingdom
but was merely exercising a right to
appear in a headdress of his own de-
sigma right not denied to any Eng,
lishman."
Another paper of the same date
January 16, 1797), in commenting on
Mr. Hetherington' appearance, said:
"In these days of enlightenment it
must be considered an advance in
dress reform, and one which is bound,
sooner or later, to stamp its charac-
ter upon the entire community. The
new hat is destined to work a revo-
luton in headgear, and we think the
officers of the crown erred in placing
the defendant under arrest. "-Hatter's
Gazette.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01

The revival of the polonaise, long
threatened, is becoming a reality. Sew
eral examples have lately been turned
out in Paris, and it is possible that
Americans will appreciate the mode
and take it up. In Vienna the polo
naise has also appeared, but for the
present it is an exotic. In truth, the
polonaise requires a very good figure,
as it's effect is decidedly shortening.
1t may, therefore, prove more accept
abb to tall, slim womn than it is to the
springhtly but. short Parisienne and to
the Junolike proportions of the
Viennese.-Boston Globe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01
"Courage and Strength
in Tines of Danger.

Read the qvarnfng betveen
the lines. What IS that qvarn-
bng7 It IS of the danger from
accumulation of badness in
the blood, caused by the
usual heavy HVing Of the
Winter months. Spring IS
the clearing, cleansing time
of the year; the foreranner of
the brightness and beauty Of
glorious Snn1n1er.
Follow the principle that Nature lays
down. Start in at once and purify your
blood with that or at specific, Hoods
Sarsaparilla. II neuer disapp 6ntS.
Tumors-"A tumor as big as a large marble
came under my tongue and instead of letting my
physc an operate on it, used my favorite spring
appeared" MRS. H. NJ. CoBURN, $40 Merk ST.,
LOWELL Mass
Rheumatism-"I had rheumatism for
Ave years and can conscientiously say that Hood s
Sarsaparilla has given me entire relief AS q
blood purifier it has helped my children wonder
fully" MRS. S. A. SAGAR, SO Franklin Avenue,
Passaic, n. j.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01

Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Yo never hear
me growI at the table.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Wh then,
were you doing at breakfast today?
st wasn't growing at the table, but
at YOUR biscuit. ''-Yonkers Statesman.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-01

AGENTS. We want hustters to sell Electro P Oh
HULVI CG ishing 10th, the only first class cloth
the market that does away with polishing liquids.
Send 15c for plans and sample piece ELECT no
MFG. O., r. o Box 274, Bridgeport, Connecticut
The record-union., 1899-08-05
ANOTHER VICTIM.
Little Clarence Hamilton Drowned
in River Yesterday.

About O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Clarence Elmer, the S-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Hamilton, who re-
side at 2l212 K street, was drowned in
the river at the foot of N street.
The child and an elder brother named
GW1nn, had been sent by Mrs Hamilton
on an errand to Fourth and P streets.
and while returning they We're met by
another boy who coaXed them to go
down to the river to see him fish
The little fellows went with the boy
and when they reached the river at
Front and n streets, started to walk
across gangplank from a scow to a
launch out in the stream. The plank
sprung under Elmer's weight and with
out so much as uttering q cry he
pitched headlong into the water.
Two men working near heard the
brother of the unfortunate boy scream
and ran to the scene. A few seconds
after falling the boys feet were seen
above the water below the launch, but
before he could be reached he sank out
of sight and was seen no more
The Little fellows br other, Gwinn. was
frenzied over the drowning and at
tempted to jump into the river, saying
he wanted to go where his brother was
All efforts to recover the body last
evening ended in-failure. w. H. Ham
ilton. father of the drowned boy, has
for many years been employed as por-
ter at the Western Hotel
The record-union., 1899-08-05
THURSDAYS THUNDERSTORM
LONGEST ELECTRICAL DISPLAY
EVER WITNESSED HERE.
Continued For More Than Seven
Hours and a Half and Was
Brilliant.

The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yes
terday to have been IS and 81 degrees.
with gentle southerly and easterly
winds and cloudy weather prevailing.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 81 and
80 degrees, and one year ago to-day
10 and % degrees.
The average temperature was 66, and
the normal a, showing yesterday to
have been degrees cooler than usual
for the 4th day of August.
River, 5 feet inches and steady.
The records of the Weather Bureau
Office in reference to thunder and
lightning storms that have passed
over, by or around this section go to
show that the electric display of the
night of the Sd CThursday) was one OF
very much longer duration than has
ever before been recorded.
Such displays of atmospheric cleo
tricity are usually of short duration;
in fact, great many of them will con-
Sist OF not more than one or two
peals of thunder and several flashes of
lightning. There have been three
passed near this city in one afternoon
and evening, but the flashes Of light
ming and pearls of thunder in all of
them could have been counted on ones
finger ends. Not so with the one of
the Sd of this month, which continued
to frequently flash at very short inter-
walls both sheet and zig-zag lightning
This continued for over seven hours
The rolling thunder was rather indis
tinct except on three or four occasions,
when the detonations were, rather
startling to the timid who were trying
to sleep The display began about i
p. m. of the Sd and continued without
cessation until 1:30 a. m. yesterday.
There were more than 100 flashes of
sheet and zig-zag lightning. AT times
the zig-zag feature of the display
would appear in horizontal lines in the
south about 35 to 40 degrees above
the horizon, while at other times the
zig-zag lines would appear perpendicu-
lar and reach from an altitude of 40
degrees to below the horizon in the
southwest. Lightning was visible to
the east. southeast, south and south
west of this city as the electric storm
clouds moved from a northeasterly to
-
ing the showers on the night of the
Sd .O2 of an inch of rain measured,
making that amount for the season
of 1S99-19OO, as against no precipita-
ton for last season to an equal date.
The first rain of last season occurred
on the 10th day of September, when
SO of an inch was measured
The following record of thunder and
lightning storms that have passed
over, by or near this section of the
State and were visible at Sacramento
was as follows for each season during
a period of twenty-five years, viz:
During spring there was a total of
33 in % years. During summer there
was a total of - in % years During
autumn there was a total of 16 in -
years. During winter there was a
total of in % years Total number Of
electric displays in % years, 6S. Quite
a good showing for country that
has been reported as not having thun-
der or lightning storms occurring in
its domain.
The record-union., 1899-08-05
DELMARK's STORY.
Rough Treatment He Experienced
Near Iowa Hill,

Louis Denmark, an old man who with
In the past dozen years has been en-
ployed as cook in many of the restau-
rants and hotels of this CITY. arrived
In town yesterday from Iowa Hill. and
had a story to tell
His face and head showed evidences
OF terrible beating, and that was
what he claimed to have got.
denmark says that several DAYS ago
ne went to Iowa Hill to cook at the
Star Hotel. When he got there he
found that he was expected to cook.
wash the dishes and do everything in
the kitchen, and as he is about 60 years
too heavy for him. He said he had to
work until IL o'clock at night and get
up at ) in the morning.
Thursday evening, DENMARK says, he
informed the proprietor of the hotel,
Charles S. Walch. that he could not
stand the work and that he would be
obliged to quit in the morning. He
says he cooked breakfast yesterday
morning and then. as the stage had
gone, started to walk to Colfax, seven
miles away. When he had got about
a mile and a half from the hotel, he
said, he was overtaken by Walchs
brother and another man who ordered
him to return to the hotel, and upon
his protesting, they told him that they
would make him go. Rather than
have trouble with them he started to
return. When they had gone a short
distance they struck into a trail which
they said was a short cut back to
town, and after following it for about
a hundred yards, Walch, the brother
of the proprietor of the hotel, turned
and knocked him down. The two
men then proceeded to beat him and
kick him until he became unconscious
1t was more than an hour before he
regained his senses and managed to
get back to the road. where he was
found by teamster and taken to Col
fax He says he had six bits when he
was knocked down and that the money
was gone when he regained conscious
ness, though whether or not his assail-
ants took it he is unable to state
Delmark was treated at the Receiv-
ing Hospital. His head and face were
literally a mass of cuts and bruises
He says he stated his case to the Con-
stable at Colfax, but was advised to
take no steps in the matter, for the
reason that both of his assailants would
swear they had not injured him.
The record-union., 1899-08-05
Church Reopened.

The Westminster Presbyterian
Church will reopen for services Sunday.
The pastor, Rev. r. J. Johnston, has
returned from a trip south, and will
preach Sunday morning on the subject
Vacation Dreams" In the evening
he will begin a series of Sunday even
ing sermons on ''SinS of the City" The
services will include the following:
.'.Unscriptural Divorce August 9Th;
"The Drinking Habit" August 18th:
s'Homelessness, August Goth; "Intem-
perate Love of Pleasure" August 9th;
"Promiscuous Dancing" September
Sd; Practical Infidelity," September
10th.
The record-union., 1899-08-05
MAY BE WALTER BATES.
A Boy Who Was Going to Glenn
Comfy to Pick Eruit

A gentleman informs the Record
Union" that on Wednesday night he
saw boy answering the description of
Walter Bates, the boy who disappeared
from Elk Grove early in the week, TAX
ing with him a dog and a small wagon
containing his clothes
He was on the R-street levee and
said he had walked fifteen miles that
day and was on his way to Glenn
County to pick fruit
The record-union., 1899-08-05
Gases Continued.

In the City Justices Court yesterday
the case of w. S. Kendall, charged
with violating the cesspool ordinance,
was continued till Tuesday next.
The case of E. p Jones, charged with
battering Frank Gilrain, went over
until this morning, as did that of kid
Warren, charged with disturbing the
peace at Second and L streets.
Frank Hansen pleaded guilty to a
charge of vagrancy and was given SIX
hours to leave town
The record-union., 1899-08-05
sbarbaro Cases Dismissed.

In the City Justices Court yesterday
the several cases against A. Sbarbaro,
charged with embezzling the funds of
the Bersaglieri Guard, were dismissed.
Prior to the dismissal, arrangements
had been made for a settlement of the
difficulty, satisfactory to all concerned.
1t is understood that if there is a
shortage in Captain Sbarbaro's &C.
counts, it will be made up by him.