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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
NEW PENSION list GROWING.
Already 8, 1892 Spanish-American War
Claims Have Been Filled.

Claims Have Been Flied.
Commissioner of Pensions III. Clay Ev-
ans estimates that in ten years there will
be 10000 persons drawing pensions from
the Government as a result of the war
with Spain. He places the average pen
sion at $40 a month, which would make
the annual expenditure for pensions on
account of the recent war about $780,,
600. The number of claims already filed
exceeds 5000 and is growing at the rate
of 100 per day.
Less than six weeks after the formal
declaration of hostilities the first applica-
ton for pension resulting from the war
with Spain was filed at the commissioners
Office. 1t was from a widow of Private
William II. Hook of Company +, Second
Wisconsin infantry. 1t seems that about
two days after Hook was mustered into
the service his regiment was ordered into
a State camp. There Hook contracted
fever and died inside Of a week. His
widow lost no time in putting in claim
for pension. For the first few weeks near
~ all the applications were from de
pendents," that is, widows and mothers,
and were about evenly divided between
the army and navy. Later food of sin
valid" applications were received, coming
from soldiers who had been ordered out
of the service and who were filing claims
for bounty based ON diseases contracted
while in the service. The first soldier to
apply for a pension on his own account
was E. Roy Eshleman, private in Com
pany e, Sixth Illinois infantry. His pa
pers were recorded at the commissioners
office on June s. No more applications of
this class came in until July /, but from
that date they began to pile up rapidly.
They numbered 60 by Sept. 1 and 450 on
the LIST Of November. During the month
of November the cases ran up to 1923,
but the record was broken in the first
three weeks Of December, when the total
was almost doubled. On Dec. 20 the
number Of invalid claims ON file was 3,167,
of which 1898 came in since Dec. 1. In
the meantime the persons who were in
jured in the navy were putting in their
claims. On Dec. 20 there were 225 claims
for pensions growing out of fatalities and
damages sustained by sailors. OF this
number 1913 were invalid claims and the
balance were petitions from mothers and
widows. This made grand total of 1892
claims on file Dec. 20 from the army and
navy.
AAS hAol peHSloA VI IHe spanish war
was granted to Jesse +. Gates, a mem
Der Of Company A, Second United States
light artillery. This soldier was badly
wounded at Santiago, a Spanish shell
tearing away portion of his face and dis
figuring him for life. He put in claim
for pension on Oct 26 and then got Off
Gals Of the administration interested in
his case. Upon the direct order of the
President his claim was taken up and adj
Indicated, the allowance being made Nov.
16 and the pension dating from Oct. 26.
Gates receives SIT a month
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
The Laugh Ia on Them.

One thing which is moving protec-
tionists to mirth just now is the spec
tacle of two or three of the fercest
free trade new -Massachu-
sets setting forth unansWerable DEM
constructions that the foreign commerce
Of Great Britain is and long has been
at a standstill, and that the scepter of
mercantile supremacy is swiftly pass
ing over to the United States. This is
a monumental truth which has been
proclaimed in the Boston Journals ed
itorial columns time and time again for
these half-dozel years-and it never
failed to turn these same free trade
newspapers purple in the face with
fury. They have published reams of
copy" endeavoring to refute exactly
what they now assert as an original
discovery in their newborn zeal
against imperialism" 1t strikes us
that the Journal rather has the laugh
on it's headlong contemporaries Bos-
ton Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
THIRTY LIVES IN JEOPARDY.
Break in Cleveland Dam Lets Loose
Immense Flood.

Break in Cleveland Dam Lets Loose
Immense Flood.
A dam under the Wilson avenue bridge
at Cleveland gave way Wednesday morn
ing. Back of the dam is a body of water
a mile and one-half long, hundreds Of feet
wide and in places twenty-five to thirty
feet deep. The break allowed torrents Of
water to pour down on the flats below.
The cause of the flood is the recent heavy
rains, the melting snow from the hillsides
and a pond of several acres overfowing.
Streams for several miles up the gully
added their quota of water.
The Wilson avenue bridge is 700 feet
long and has been built but few months.
1t cost $35O,O00. The break in the dam,
which was an unsubstantial mass Of
earth, occurred while thirty men were at
work in the artificial canal being sunk
by the city engineers to allow the pent-
up water 10 find gradual and safe out
let. These men had most narrowing
experience and escaped with their lives
with not one second to spare. The warn
ing given them WIS not sufficient to even
arouse their fears of what was happening,
and hardly a man had looked up from the
bottom of the deep trench in which they
were working before the crash came and
the awful flood had broken loose. The
water undermined an embankment $50
feet high and fifty feet in area, sweeping
it down with the raging flood.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
The Tables Turned,

One of the neatest examples Of the
tables being turned upon a bullying
counsel was afforded by clergyman
VINO gave evidence in a horse-dealing
case at the Worcester assizes. He gave
a somewhat confused account of the
transaction in dispute, and the cross
examining counsel, after making sew
eral clustering but ineffective attempts
to obtain a more satisfactory state
ment said Pray, sir, do you know
the difference between a horse and a
cow?'
Il acknowledge my ignorance re-
Piled the reverend gentleman. Il hard
~ know the difference between a horse
and a COW, or between a bull and a
bully-only bull, l am told, has horns,
and bully"-here he made respect
full bow to the advocate-"lu luckily for
me, has nOne.''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
TREATY OBLIGATIONS
THEY ARE NO BAR TO EFFECTIVE
MARINE PROTECTION.
We Have No Agreement with Any Ma
ton Which Cannot Easily Be Abro-
gated in the Interest of Restored
Merchant Marine.

To yield is to submit; to submit is to
become subordinate; to become subor-
dlnate is to generate a nerveless ma
tionless courage. Such seem to be some
OF the sequences Of the war Of 1872, of
the peace treaty and conventions fol-
lowing. England forced that war, that
she might destroy our shipping power.
We made our fight for 'free trade and
sailors rights" and our battles won
merited better reward than failure to
secure their object, and to lose our ship
Protection besides. England got her
desire shaped for accomplishment, not
by whipping our armies, or by captur-
ing our ships and seamen, but by bold
and diplomatic fencing with our yield
ing and submissive government Our
shipping power being now reduced to
zero, British statesmen patronize and
5atter us. Our legislators are present
ed with a rattle; our press is given a
straw. All at once commercial conven-
lions become sacred things. Our flow
ing courage drips from our finger ends,
and the prospect of shipping restora-
ton melts away.
When the peace treaty of 1914 came
to be considered the battle of Waterloo
had been fought and Napoleon made a
prisoner of war. Great Britain, flushed
with victory, would not agree to any
stipulation respecting the impressment
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26

discriminating duties involves a viola
ton of a treaty with Great Britain.
There is nothing of the kind involved.
Our agreement of July 3, 1915, was not
a treaty in the proper sense, but ICON
vention' with time limit fixed. This
distinction is important. We have dis
charged every obligation to the full. It
is our right under the convention itself
to cease it's observance. Noah Web
ster thus defines a conventions:
5. An agreement or contract less for
NAL than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an
informal contract as between commanders
of armies in respect to suspension of hos
tlities, or between States; also a formal
agreement between governments or sover-
eign powers; as a postal convention be-
tween two governments.
Whether called a treaty or conven-
ton, we have no agreement for perpet-
ual arrangements as to commerce and
navigation with any nation whatsoever;
but with all nations there is time limit
fixed, with annulment and abrogation
provided for on one years notice. II we
submit forever to arrangements that
have proved ruinous and degrading, we
have only ourselves and our Govern
ment to blame.
The men of 1852 tided over diff
Guilty. We should have the manliness,
with ten times the population, wealth
and power, to resume our right and
perform our duty. 1t is remark Of
Jefferson that, Cali experience hath
shown that mankind are more disposed
to suffer while evils are sufferable than
to right themselves by abolshing the
forms to which they are accustomed"
This is all there is in the talk about
treaty hindrance to the proper pro-
lection of American shipping.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26

Article III. American vessels to be ad-
mitted sat the principal settlements Of
the British dominions in the East Indies"
but cargoes must be carried to the United
Statesmen elseShere-and in time of
war prohibited articles not to be carried
at all. The coasting trade in the Indies
reserved.
Article ". The Convention to be
binding for four years from signature.
More "Conventions.'
There was second convention at
London, Oct. 20, 1918, respecting fish
cries, boundary, etc, chat by its fourth
article extended the time of the reci-
procity convention for ten years; and
by third convention" at London,
Aug. 6, 1927, the time was further in
definitely extended by it's first article
from the date of the expiration of the
said ten years." but Article II. follow
ing reads thus:
1t shall be competent, however, to either
of the contracting parties, in case either
should think fit, at any time after the said
ten years-that is, after the Goth of Octo-
Der, 1S2S-on giving due notice Of twelve
months to the other contracting party. to
annul and abrogate this convention"
and it shall, in such case, be accordingly
entirely annulled and abrogated, after the
expiration of the said term of notice.
Thus the convention" might have
been annulled and abrogated by either
party on the Goth of October, 1929, or
at any time since, in conformity with
it's own provisions. 1t has been in force
over siXty-nine years at least against
the interest of the United States, and
for the last thirty seven years to the
lingering sufferance of the country.
Why should we longer submit to the
winner of an unjust contest? If she
insists we shall, are we to be her sub
ordinate forever?
A wrong impression is abroad that a
return to the early ship protection of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
c; the Lumber Camps.

An endemic of the grip IN It's worst
nn " ottacking the lumber camps of
n IC,'n County. The disease is preva-
i nT"I the city of Superior as we'll. There
bay. been a number Of deaths. The spread
of tbp disease, however, is causing con-
rterpation in the logging camps. A lum-
Sormau from a camp of the Musser-Saun-
trv company says the conditions are bad
and growing worse. 1t is stated that II
the disease does not abate soon the camps
will be deserted. There are contracts for
the cutting of 2O0,W0,OO0 feet of timber
in douglas County this winter and labor
es are scarce. The damages to the con-
tractors will be heavy, but if the lumber
cat is seriously impaired it will mean a
consequent lack of logs for the head OF
the lake mills next summer.
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Senator Plat of New York is always
neat and trim, we'll groomed.
Gov. Bowes of Oklahoma was once
telegraph operator at Leavenworth, Kan.
Senator Richard r. Kenny of Delaware
is under indictment i'll Delaware for fell
ony.
Senator Proctor of Vermont has become
q golfer and member of his home coun-
try clug.
Senator Plat of New York has an
enormous stock of conundrums which he
originates himself.
The youngest chaplain in the navy is
said to be the Rev. Frederick G. Brown,
% years old, now on the Iowa.
Gov. Pingrce owns the prize war scrap
book. 1t is Of enormous proportions and
yet treats mostly of the Michigon volun-
teers.
Queen Victoria. invariably sleeps with
her bedroom window slightly open at the
top, no matter what the season Of the
year.
During the civil war Gen Merritt won
in two years seven brevets and promotions
for gallant and meritorious service in
the field"
The late Senator Morrill, always made a
speech early in the session. sent a copy
bound in Russia leather to every Senator
and a paper-bound copy to every voter in
Vermont.
Gen. Miles seal ring, which is shown
n all his half-length portraits upon the
third finger of his left hand, is Of black
onyx stone bearing in monogram the in
itials n. A. NJ.
tits said that when Cornelius Bliss was
small school boy his teacher asked him
if Jerusalem was a common Or proper
noun. "Neither," replied the little pupil.
Its an ejaculation
Representative White of the Second
North Carolina district is the only col
ored man in the House A modest, I'M
assuming, unobrrusiye man, he is leader
of his race IL his section
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
State Items of Interest.

An entire freight train was ditched two
miles east of Stanley. No one is reported
hurt
The Chippewa Falls public library has
received a Gift of 5000, which will be i'm
mediatcly used for books.
Joseph Wcnterbung of jefferson sus-
tanned i severe fracture of his right leg.
Ills horse slipped and fell.
Room II and its contents, in Chaplin
IAN House at Hudson, were damaged by
Hre 10 the extent of about SloO.
Tie fight over the Randall road in Ke-
nosha County has been ended and the
town board has ordered the road laid.
Adam Schauer was found dead in his
cell III the house of correction at Mill
WauNre. His family lives at East Troy.
In Milwaukee, William Evans was SEN
fenced 10 five years in the Waupun pris-
on for attempting to kill Minnie Parish on
me night Of Nov. p.
In Milwaukee. Health Commissioned
Schulz has been served with notice by
one Of his own deputies that he is violat-
Ing the smoke ordinance.
Al Marinettc, Angus Harbick, aged 16
while a.lghting from a moving freight
Uail' tore his kneecap completely off. He
II probably crippled for life.
Deaths in the State: Theodore J. T,
roster aged 60, Racine; Peter Peterson,
inS'Emond, aged II, Janesville; William
l'Onlcheon, aged 6o, Hudson.
Al Maiden Rock, John Richards meat
I .aet and machine shop, A. Z. Mer-
,"'S residence and Mr.. Kelley's barn
'uFNed 10 the ground. Loss $4,000.
James Neigher, a brakeman on the Mil
Yankee road, was killed in the railroad
t%'4N at Naupun. He tried to slide down
W.T. S brake stem and lost his grasp, falling
r'0'r tle wheels. Both legs were cut off
near the body.
70, frank ChaIloner, prominent Republi-
gu l ana a member of the Board of Re
IgIt OF Wisconsin University for the
Years. 0'eu p' oSiiNosi' aseu ~
ha ors Of the largest purchases of pine tim
" ',,er made in that region was recent
ipg - at Ashland, W. II. Gilbert buy
SqI5 1%,'oVo'O0o feet in one tract in Bay
In oman'S Club of Eau Claire, hav-
tsroE GneeIed about 800 volumes for a
hated - library. o. III. Ingram has do
sill M taSes to contain them, and it
e started in the county.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
The Sultan's Hobbies,

The estimated value of the Sultan's
jewels is $40,OOO,00O. If His Unspeak-
able Majesty has any hobby at all it
may be said to be the purchasing of
jewels and witnessing private theatre
Gals. No professional of note, be he
actor, singer or conjurer, passes through
Constantinople without an invitation
from the Sultan. And he always paws
for these performances in Bank of En-
gland notes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
Onicl, Act Saves a Boys Life.

While walking on Folsom viaduct in
Milwaukee, Emil Fischer saw a boy fall
through Il hole in the ice in the river be-
low. Fischer jumped over the bridge rail
ing and slid down the 75-foot embank-
ment, falling heels over head a dozen
times in the descent. He was on his feet
as soon as he reached the bottom, and,
rushing out on the ice, was in time to
grasp the boy and pull him out. The res
cue was witnessed by large number of
people, who cheered Fischer when he car
RED the boy to the shore.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
= 800 900 when com,

rbrarv, to cost SlOo,ooo "nen ooln'
A 4o and filed with books, is to be pre- re
p letrd5 4 to the city of Kenosha Dy y. ",
sentea president of the First National
Sn who has already done much 1or Inc
B ia.anc " of the place. The offer was
aa, jn tbe other day in letter to the presl-
n 9t If ,r the Council, In his letter mr.;
Sfn, says that he has decided to oul ia
sli I give to the city library bulld ao oo o5
anu S@t size to hold more than ao,ooo
su aIDnes The structure will be Oh STONE me,
1 taoI and hard wood, freproof' ana VIII
s ston1 in the city park. lie Wlll aiso 80
sIan1 in the building when completed at
5 p,ost o5OoO volumes of well,assorteu
i Es,.- an condition that the library De
Doon a1 ..Tbe Gilbert Simmons Library
IL r,o,,orv Of his dead son. The only pro-
III ilr' is that the city to accept the library
r ,onsf agree to levy and collect the l mil
t t,v'I provided by law on taxable property
II; in1 the r city, this tax fund to be used nrst
IL; IL, uovinr the expense of maintaining the
I;hrorv and in the purchase OF addltlonai
hooks
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
Odds and Ends.

The population of Russia is increas-
ing at the rate of over 100000 a year.
If some busy men had their just de-
serts they would have time to spend in
Jail.
When the small boy takes trip to
the woodshed, it is often OF whaling
voyage.
Olga Nethersole calls her brindle pup
Camille, and Mrs. Langtry's French
poodles are world famous. She some
times brings one on the stage with her,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
Plan Big Enterprise.

party of surveyors have been quietly
working in Douglass County some weeks
to ascertain the possibilities of developing
the water power of the Black, Amnicon
aud BruIe rivers near West Superior for
electrical power purposes. They repre-
sept the New York Water Power Devel-
oping Company, which proposes to supply
ELECTRICAL power to Duluth, Superior and
othcr cities, which can be reached. Chief
Engineer Endicott says the progress OF
the work has been satisfactory and the
erection Of the plants will be recommend
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26

Of seamen, nor to any definition of neu-
trail rights as to blockades, but insisted
that the treaty should be followed by a
commercial convention that should es-
tablish a policy of maritime reciproci-
ty'-an "open door, to freighting-
under which the present state of our
marine might be brought about. We
had to treat with our enemy or fight
him single-handed-so we treated. To
enable the Executive to meet in icon
vention'' our eXacting friend, of the
firm and universal peace" just rati-
fed, Congress passed the first act for
stripping off our ship Protection, March
8, 1916, as follows:
That so much of the several acts i'm
posing duties on the tonnage of ships and
vessels, and on goods, wares, merchan-
disc imported into the United States, as
imposes a discriminating duty on tonnage
between foreign vessels and vessels of the
United States, and between goods import
ed into the United States in foreign YES
sells and vessels of the United States, be,
and the same are hereby repealed; such
repeal to take effect in favor of foreign
nations whenever the President of the
United States shall be satisfied that the
discriminating or countervailing duties of
such foreign nation, SO far as they oper-
ate to the disadvantage Of the United
States, have been abolished.
ust for the Public Eye.
The assumption that any discriminate
ing duties of foreign nations operated
to the disadvantage of the United
States was false and absurd. Besides,
the British system of ship protection
consisted for the most part Of prohibit
tions, as already shown. Several Of
these it was not expected they would
give up nor did they. We had no pro-
hibitions, but were to give UP all our
system; the British only part of theirs.
We have had historians whose ac-
count of our submission to fate wells
the truth. The experience Of twenty
six years had proved that our Giscrim-
NATIVE duties were highly protective,
much more than offsetting those of 9th
er nations; and especially effective in
securing to our vessels cargoes in for
eign ports for carriage homeward. On
this security of employment abroad
rested the whole advantage of our ship
Protection This it was that Great
Britain wanted removed. Only the pro-
hibitions of foreign nations INSTRUCTED
our navigation. These the act of 1915
did not touch. The only gain from the
convention of July 3, 1915, at London,
was the continuance of the peace pro
vided for by the treaty Of Dec. 24, 18Th,
at Client That is to say, our ship Pro-
lection as against the British was chst
away as the price of pacification. The
convention of 1915 provided as fol
lows:
Article l. Freedom of commerce And
navigation, as to ''the territories of the
United States of America, and all the
territories of his Britannia majesty in Flu
rope but not elsewhere.
Article II. No discriminating duties on
imports, exports or vessels; equality of
duties and drawbacks, and reciprocity In
freighting; but intercourse with the Wesi
Indies unsettled; prohibition in force
there
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
Boy Dies to Avoid Exertion.

Ferdinand Thiemann, 10 years old,
Jumped into cistern ind drowned him
self because his sister wanted him to go
on an Grand His mother conducts a
home for aged Germans at Wauwatosa
and was away at the time. The boys
sister, few years older, tried to make
the boy go upon the errand.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
Chief of Police Is Murdered.

Chief of Police John Garvey of Me-
nasha was found in the Neenah canal by
q mill hand. An examination shows that
he had been murdered and then thrown
into the water. The back of his head was
beaten in and the skull probably frac-
turcd The last seen of Mr.. Garvey was
at about 10 o'clock the previous night.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
strong on Genera1ities.

The Democrats take pleasure in call
ing the Dingley act a ''prohibitive tar
iff." If they read the treasury reports
they will discover their error. But they
never care for facts. They are only
strong on glittering generalities. VIII
mington Del) News.
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N1scoNs1N's RECORD.
-,u,YTOLD IN READABLE
FNi SHAPE.

Gift Library for kenosha-'
1if .,,in-Boy's Life Saved by
promDtuess'