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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Pardons an Editors SLAYER.

William J. Elliott, the former Column
bus, Ohio, editor, serving life sentence
for the murder of Albert G. Osborne, was
pardoned by the Governor on condition
that he leave the State and never return.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Tobacco Dealers SUITE :.

Fire in a six-story brick b1lding in
Boston, occupied mainly by tobacco man
ufacturers, caused $7o,OOO Joss. The
interior of the building was wrecked and
it's contents were almost a total loss.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Mauv Bui1dings Burned.

Fire at Pratt City. Ala, burned forty
buildings. causing loss OF $4,000, with
only about $4,000 insurance. OF the
houses burned. twenty-one were business
houses and the remainder cottages
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
enuon at Detroit march

enuon at Detroit march
Tent Endeayor on the opening
night singing hymns and waving the flags
symbolcal of their order. Officials of the
society announced from the speakers
stand that this meeting established new
record for Christian Endeavor conven-
ton, both in numbers and enthusiasm.
Fringed about the thousands who We're
seated within the canvas auditorium were
other thousands who tiptoed and pressed
over and against their neighbors in their
anxiety to see and to hear. From the
moment the great audience rose and sang
the first inspiring song to the last dying
strain of the orchestra that played DUR
ing the reception following the set pro-
gram, through the thousands OF people
ran an indescribable exulting food of re-
HglouS sentiment.
At shutdown long wavering lines Of
young folks from various directions cross
ed the green fields about the white-tented
city, all converging toward Tent En-
deavor, beneath whose broad, spreading
canvas the welcoming rally was held. The
crowds poured in through the four en-
frances on each side and down the six
broad saWdust covered aisles, until the
great tents capacity Of 10000 was filled,
after which a crowd of outsiders obtain
ed sight and hearing through a dropping
of the tent walls at each side.
The Christian Endeavor red and white
was suspended in hundreds of broad
streamers from the lofty roofs Of the
caves Flags of all nations, draped with
the Stars and Stripes, hung overhead at
intervals. The coat of arms of the States
were attached to the tent poles. The
Christian Endeavor monogram shone
from large red and white electric globes
over the resonator suspended above the
speakers platform. Higher up the union
jack and the Stars and Stripes intermin-
11I
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Cattle Are Killed by Flies.

In the great pastures along the South
Canadian River in Cleveland and Potta-
watomie counties, Oklahoma, and across
the line in the Chickasaw nation, flies are
swarming on the cattle as never before
known Dead cattle are found daily in
every herd.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Skvrocket Pierces a Man,

At Tedrod, Ohio, Joseph Scrabrouch
was struck by an accidentally lighted sky
rocket 1t entered the back, penetrating
the lungs, and caused death.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Death of G., w. Julian,

George w. Julian died at his home in
1rvington, Ind, at the age of 50 years.
He was 4 prominent politician and we'll
known anti-Slavery leader.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Fatal Fight in Mining Town

a shooting affray at Sewel, w. Va,
Harrison Lusk, a constable, was shot
through the lungs and fatally wounded
and Funston Cox, colored, whom the con-
stable attempted to arrest, was shot three
times but will recover.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Hirhest Honor TO ava American.

Mrs. May Wright Sewall of Indanapo-
lis was elected president of the Interna-
tipnal Council of Women, which has clos
ed its session at London.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Detroit Plan KHIIed,

The Michigan Supreme Court has de-
clared unconstitutional and void the act
passed last winter providing for tae mu-
nicipal street ownership Of railways in
Detroit, and creating commission to ac
nuire and operate the system.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Exp1osion Kills Forty-fonr.

A dispatch from Odessa. Russia. an
nounces that dynamite cartridge explod
ed near there while the excavation of a
coal mine was in progress, and that forty
four persons were killed and twenty
wounded.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13

A Denver and Rio Grande passenger
train was wrecked eight miles west Of
Leadville, Col. Nine persons wee in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Bishop ]. p. Newman Is Dead.

Bishop John P. Newman of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church died at Saratoga,
\. Y, of pneumonia, complicated with
other diseases.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
The Moon May Come Back.

Professor Darwin of Cambridge pro-
phesies that the moon will ultimately
return to the earth whence it was cast
off in the remote past.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Nisitinp Merchant FaIls Dead.

Henry Bash, merchant of New York
City, aged 80 years, fell dead in his room
at the Burnet House at Cincinnati. He
seemed well up to the moment Of his
death
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
terrific Gasoline Explosion.

An explosion of gasoline in the base
rlent CT 4 business block at Indianapolis
partially wrecked the building. in which
was IA laundry and drug store. Five
presons were seriously hurt.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13

- price.
s.ec4s declare
ion that there
I than / aces of gold in Kan
1t the men who are digging the
.es and putting up the money declare
they have assays which show that there
are fabulous quantities of gold there.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Enlistment Order Issued.

The order for the enlstmen. of tea new
regiments of infantry has been issued at
Washington by the Secretary of War.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Trustees Review the Year

At the meeting of the trustees the bust
ness before the United Society was quick
ly transacted. Treasurer Shaw's report
showed expenditures during the fiscal
year of S9,67S. and 1892 now in the treas
ury. The report of George b. Graft of
Boston, agent of the publishing depart
ment under whose direction the Chris
tan Endeavor World is published. show
ed cash on hand at the beginning of the
fiscal year. June /. 1898, 81 LILO: receipts
during the year, $G7,956; expenditures,
scoops; cash on hand, $2.439. The
Western office of the publishing depart
ment, located at Chicago, reported eXpen-
ditures of S12,5633, and $G64 now in its
treasury.
The old officers Of the United Society
were unanimously reelected upon recon-
mendation of the nominating committee,
as follows: President, Rev. DR.. Francis
E. Clark; secretary. John Willis Baer;
treasurer. William Shaw, all of Boston.
Representatives on the board of trus-
tees of the United Society were elected
from each State, territory and the prov
nces of Canada.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Told in a Few Lines.

Mr.. Fife and daughter killed by
at Clinton, Mass.
Judge refused to quash irdi'
against Wardncr riotefs.
Jasper Tempe. TonlpkinsYiie
killed by man named Atkins.
Eight persons We're injured il q
OH the +. &. W.. near Renfrew 4 =
Steamer Rio lie Janeiro brolyht
ooo Of opium to Frisco from fn%.
Solomon Bernstein, RahwayN.
a '.moonshine sfih' in fnF
Captured by the officers. 4 II
Arthur Hauser, now in
wanted in Toledo. He is saide
wives.
The posse vnfch ba
train robbers n
the chase, Il
While driaNng q gas
Ohio. ar arrow point
depth of 1862 feet.
yanderbilts have secure I
Boston and Albany Railr9s
them an opening into sc
Frank Cook. colored, swl
In Birmingham, Ala. Killed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
BURNS IN THE NIGHT.
HOTEL GUESTS. HAVE NARROW
ESCAPES.

Linden Hotel at Lincoln, Neb., De-
stroyed by Fire-Tota1 Loss About
$25O,OOO- Bradstreet's Reports More
than Average Business Being Done.
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from Foreign Lands.

Next on the program came responses
in behalf of Endeavorers from foreign
lands. AS Rev. William Patterson Of To
ronto came forward to speak for Canada
some one struck up God Save the
Queen" The Canadians on the platform
took up the strain and in a moment the
huge tent was reverberating with the
swelling chorus of the British anthem.
The friendly relations between Canada
and the United States, particularly with
reference to religious matters, formed
the burden Of DR.. Patterson's address,
Rev. DR.. II. J. Tressider, secretary of
the London council of Christian Endea-
vor, answered the greetings in behalf Of
Great Britain. Perish the mad Dream"
said he, that a conflict should ever come
between our two countries. It is the
work and the duty of the Christian En-
deavorers to make impossible such an
idea"
For Australia response was made by
Rev. Joseph Walker of. Queensland for
China by Rev. EIwood G. Tewksbury, a
missionary in the vicinity of Pekin for
Turkey, by Rev. Lyndon S. Crawford,
for many years a missionary in that coun-
try; for Japan, by Rev. Otis Carey; for
Mexico, by Rev. G. Scott Williams, and
for the United States by Rev. Arthur J.
Smith of Georgia
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-07-13
Great Choir Furnishes Music.

A thousand uninterrupted young men
and maids composed the choir on the big
stage, the front Of which was occupied
by the officers and clergy.
Promptly at 1880 O'Clock arose the
swelling strains of "The Son of God Goes
Forth to War;" followed by "There Shall
Be Showers of Blessing" Onward,
Christian Soldiers" ETC., in all of which
the great crowd enthusiastically joined.
Devotional exercises were led by Rev.
j. G. Butler of Washington.
The welcome of the local committee
was extended by William II. Strong, its
chairman. Mr.. Strong dwelt upon the
beauties Of Detroit and greeted the dele
gates not only on behalf of the local
Christian Endeavor societies, but also on
behalf of the young peoples religious So
cieties, allied to special denominations,
which had collaborated in all efforts of
the general committee. Rev. Charles B.
Newman eloquently welcomed the con
vention in behalf of Detroit pastors. May
or Mayberry also welcomed the En-
deaVOrS
The evening times., 1899-03-01
WEDNESDAY. MARCH /, 1899.
Tho co,unromfse Army Bill.

The amended army bill which has passed
the Senate and may pass the House today
is a nlskeshift which might be worse one.
That is the best that can be said for IL.
IT provides for regular army organization
Of Ten regiments of cavalry OF twelve troops
each; several regiments of artillery or
fourteen batteries each, and twenty-five
regiments OF infantry Of twelve companies
each According TO the strength allowed 10
the troops. batteries and companies, the
total effective Of the regular army would
be about thirty-eight thousand men, but in
a later provision the President, in view
Of he existing exigency," is permitted 10
maintain The establishment temporarily at
a strength of sixty-ive thousand. He IS
also allowed to employ 4 provisional volun-
treg armg CT thirty-fiye thousand men. Civ
ing him in all force Of one hundred thou
sand until July /. 1901. when all officers
and soldiers in excess of the prescribed
regular army minimum must be discharged.
The main point OF interest in the meas
ure is that a hundred thousand troops are
placed al the disposal Of the Government.
Beyond any sort OF question, every one of
them is needed. Tfe temporary character
of the army thus arranged for is not
matter OF particular moment. Long before
il would have 10 be mustered out Of ihe
service provision for its continuance. If
necessary. and Tor proper and scientific
organization can and no doubt VIII be
made
Considering that the alternative TO this
measure was the Eun bill. pure and sim
PIE. with all OF its obnoxious features Of
political staff the opportunity it provided
for fayoritism in appointments, and its
defiance Of modern military principles and
experience. perhaps il is just as well that
We arc compelled 10 put UP with what VIC
are getting. Let rs hope that before the
subject OF army reorganization shall come
before the Flfty-sixth Congress. the War
Department viii have been purged Of Al
gelism and that The President may in the
meantime open his mind to the represen-
;ations of professional soldiers who know
something more about the proper way to
make the couutry's military arm effective
,han do The persons who are responsible
for the monstrosity known as the Hull
bill.
For the present we VIII not look a Pift
horse ia the mouth" We get the numeri-
cal force the Commander-in-Chief has ask
cd for ahd with. it shall expect him TO pro-
ceed TO business. The chance that any
thing can now happen to defeat the propo-
sition seems 100 remote 10 think about.
The evening times., 1899-03-01
The Nicnrarun Canal

If the House should refuse to agree TO
the Canal amendment to the River and
Harbor bill as it comes from the Senate
it will be hard to convince the people that
a majority really favor the canal and OBJ
ject to the hasty passage of legislation
authorizing such an enormous expenditure
in the dying hours of Congress-" II the
canal measure were new and had been sud
denly sprung on Congress in its last weeks,
the employment of every strategy known to
shrewd obstructionists might be justifable.
But it is nothing of the kind. The general
proposition has been before the country
and Congress for years; there have been
numerous reports of engineer commissions.
1t would be impossible for any member to
be ignorant of all the arguments on both
sides or of the exact character OF the prop
osition which the Senate attached to the
River and Harbor bill. While no doubt
there are many who would like to air their
rhetoric on the subject and some who
would like TO make their opposition ap
pear to be virtuous, the Importance of inn
mediate action is great enough 10 war
rant cutting them off.
The people have been less concerned
about the particular nature of the Canal
bill than about an escape from the dangers
of long delay. AS the President pointed
out in his special message, there are fran
chses that lapse soon and their loss might
prove serious thing. Ii is asserted that
they could not be renewed and that with a
knowledge of the increased need TO this
country of the short cut, in view OF our
Philippine possessions, the countries hav-
ing the least claim TO an interest in the
enterprise might place many obstacles in
our way. The greater cost that might
follow delay would be high price to pay
for Congressional speeches. The majority
in the House can pass the measure, if they
are determined, in spite of the opposition
of the Appropriations Committee.
The evening times., 1899-03-01

enthusiast to like his benefactor. In TACT,
he would be very poor sort of man If he
did not feel grateful, and it is inevitable
that he should refuse TO listen TO unsayory
stories about the rich man unless they
come to him bolstered by the strongest
kind of proof. Then, after few more ex-
periences of this kind. he comes to feel
that even if the rich man has not been all
that he ought to be, il would be very hard
If those who so sorely need an education.
or food and clothing. or the blessings of
of these because the money which sup
plies them was earned in an iniquitous
transaction. 1t is really a difficult ques-
tiqn for a conscientious man to settle. and
1t is not much to be wondered at if. like
other men, he settles it in accordance with
his secret inclination. 1t is mistake 10
suppose that such a worker is always
looking out for his own percentage OF
the rich mans wealth. This is seldom the
case, especially in men young enough 10
be really interested in the work of doing
good to their fellow beings. Calculation
comes later in life.
But the effect of such transactions will
be practically this The whole of our civ
ilization, educational, political and moral,
will be honeycombed by the love of money.
There are not a few colleges and universi-
ties, not to speak of churches and charita-
bic organizations, in this country which
are educating all their benefciaries TO the
alteration of the almighty dollar, in exact
ly the same way that the boss of Bow
cry district educates his proteges TO re-
we're the dollar and political pull COM
bined. This is a very serious evil. If
ever the thinking and conscientious people
OF our country, as well as the ignorant and
impulsiye, become generally permeated
with the worship of the golden calf there
will have TO be either a national cataclysm
or a mighty reaction on the order of the
French Revolution. There are not so many
hypocrtes in this world as cynics suppose;
but human nature can be humbugged
without much trouble. especially when in
clination is added TO natural credulity.
There are but few young folk of independ-
ence and character who do not instructive
ly rebel against the tacit bribery of bene-
fits conferred without service rendered.
This spirit if not hoodwinked and sup
pressed, may be trusted TO guide its pos
SCISSOR in the right direction.
The evening times., 1899-03-01
BIG BLAZE IN HoLYoKE. MASS.
The Windsor Hotel and Much Other
Property Ruined.

Holyoke, Mass, March NEARLY $500,
coo worth Of property in the business sec
tion Of the city was wiped out last night
BY a fire which exhausted the resources of
the local department and threatened to de-
stroy the greater part of the town
prompt appeal to Springfield fer help was
responded to. and at a IN. the flames
were under control.
The blaze started in Beese, Mill & Co. 5
clothing store, in the Windsor Block, and
spread so rapidly that within a few min
utes it was communicated TO several other
stores in the building. The guests of the
Windsor Hotel got out quickly and within
short time the building was in ruins
The Holyoke Opera House. adjoining the
hotel, was filled with people. who were
dismissed in safety. The hotel and opera
house were owned by William Whiting
who places his loss at $200.00 partly in
sured
Beese. Mill & Co. lose $4,000, and are
fully insured. The other losses will bring
the total to half million dollars. Twelve
firemen were hurt during the conhagratioa,
but all will recover
The evening times., 1899-03-01

abstracts it from the supply of the commit
tee OF which he is a member. Thus the
committees, instead OF the stationery
rooms provided in each house, supply free
the stationery to this class.
1T can thus be seen that members of
Congress- which includes Senators fthe
term being often enormously limited to
Representatives onlvl receive not a salary
of only 5000, but also the perquisites
that those who take advantage of their op-
portunities collect, thus:
hcSuiai -S-l,SfJ
'ieTk hlfe l,2l0
stationery allowance ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS l23
Mileage at Z cents per mile profit, and entire
profit where passes used.
The benefit OF free telegraph business mat
teTs, etc.
Congress is the most expensive lsgisla-
tive body in the world, the most costly and
extravagant. The Legislative Executive
and Judicial appropriation act just become
law appIopriates for the salaries and ex-
penses of the United States Senate S1i23. -
3TS. For the House the amount of $3.903.
GST total of 60, ,425. .437 for one session Of
Congress. For mileage and salaries in the
Senate the amount is $495. 900; for the
House it is 81 ,933, 600 This appropriation
for clerks to members is S417. goo
THE employees of the Senate and House
number about 1000. or over two for each
Senator and Representative"
The evening times., 1899-03-01

cities of Cuba. There the seeds of the dis
ease have been ever present, needing only
the right conditions to develop. At Santiago
General Wood, a physician, has effected a
wonderful change and it win be compara-
lively easy to maintain a wholesome con-
dition. But nothing OF Importance has
been done at Havana, the chief source OF
danger. There will never be another such
opportunity as the present to clean that
city and it would be worth all it would
cost both to Cuba and to this country.
Surely the President has shown himself
to be well qualified to determine and sug-
gest when our authority should be with
drawn. He has quite as lively an interest
in Cuban affairs as Senator Foraker, is
fully as well disposed toward the people
OF the island, and is probably much better
informed about the situation than any
Senator Why not wait for his decision
on the subject?
The evening times., 1899-03-01
omiuous RemevoIence.

The fact that p. d. Armour has seen tit
10 make further donation of $750,G00 10 the
Armour Institute in Chicago just at this
lime viii be regarded by some people as
slightly significant. OF course the money
will do great deal Of good, and the young
men and women who are educated at the
institute viii doubtless become worthy and
useful members Of society, but the fact
remains that Mr.. Armour has just made
considerable money off the sale OF a lot of
inferior beef to the Government. Some Of
;he Illinois troops may have eaten that
beef, but most OF it was consumed by regi-
mcnts from other States, so that the beef
merchants generosity and his business
acumen do not interfere with one another
materially. In a metaphorical sense, al
least, his left hand knows not what his
right hand does. There are rich men now
adays who twist that New Testament rule
of charity in a curious way. The rule rs
originally given indicates that man
should do business openly and keep his
charities as secret as the grave; but some
modern capitalists seem to think that they
ought to Go their charity as openly as pos
slble for the sake of the effect, and
keep their shady transactions as well hid
den as may be, also for the sake of their
reputation. And the most curious part of
the whole business is that the people who
use the money for the benefit OF the young
and the spread of the Gospel seem to be
inclined to endorse the principle as heart
ily as the benevolent rich man himself. In
fact, it is the rich mans proteges who do
most Of the apoIogizing for his sins. He
himself is often willing TO admit them
quite frankly.
This is, when looked at fairly very
ugly fact in our civilization, and yet il
comes about without any conscious inten-
lion TO do wrong on the part of those most
responsible. II is always difficult TO be-
lieve evil OF those who have done US some
personal favor. and when an unselfish and
devoted man has some great cause very
much at heart, and does not pay a great
deal Of attention to the ways of the world,
nnd some rich man comes by and takes an
interest in that cause TO the extent of sew
eral thousand dollars. it is natural for the