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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23

Massed into solid lines, men and women
filed side streets, avenues and doorsteps
there to watch the parade of the day, but
fated to witness the most grewsome fire
New York has ever known.
The roll of dead is long. Private homes
around the place of sacrifice became field
neutrality-suspicious. mansions, including
the Jay Gould home, were made tempo
rary morgues.
John Foy, a waiter employed at the
Windsor Hotel, in q statement made after
the fire to Coroner Bausch declared that
the hotel was burned through the gross
carelessness of a guest. The waiter was
in q corridor of the second floor, walking
toward 47th street, when he saw a man
near the end of the corridor strike a
match to light his cigar. The man threw
the match to the floor and walked on with
out waiting to see that it had gone out.
Foy noticed the action, and he also no
ticed that the match was still blazing
when it left the mans hand. When the
waiter reached the spot the lace curtains
were ablaze. He tried to extinguish the
flame, but it was quickly up the curtain
and caught the woodwork. The carpet
caught fire, and the walls seemed to burn
like finder. Foy gave the alarm and ran
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23

down stairs and out of the building to
reach a nrebox.
An hour after the fire started the ruin
was complete At ten minutes after 3
o'clock the head Of the parade reached
46th street and Fifth avenue, opposite the
Windsor. An instant later a policeman
saw a tiny blaze and puff of smoke in
a bow window in the drawing room on the
second floor, on the 46th street side. He
turned in an alarm. Before he could re-
turn to the hotel the drawing room was
a sheet of flames. The room had been
crowded with guests watching the parade.
When the curtain ignited-for that is said
to have been the start of the fire-instant
panic came over all. Men and women
fed to the stairways and the flames leaped
after them. Up the stairs and elevators
sped the guests-up air and light shafts
raced the flames
In an incredibly short time the whole
building was enveloped in dull roaring
tongues Of fire and heavy sitting smoke.
1t seems as if the fire must have been
burning under the floor and in the walls,
for on no other hypothesis can the sud
denness of its spreading be accounted for,
The width of the corridors made it easy
to run, and the guests filed them in their
rush for the streets. The elevators. al
though they were run until afame,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
.,l.s-sRET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $500; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $500; sheep, fair to choice, $3.O 90
to $500; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to zoe;
corn, No. 2, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2, 26c
to 27c; rye, No. 2, 53c to Soc; butter,
choice creamery, 19c to zoe; eggs, fresh,
12c to 14c; potatoes choice, Coo to Toe
per bushel.
apolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
1915; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $425;
sheep, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.25;
wheat, No. = red, Toe to re; corn, No. z
white, SAC to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, Bic
to 32c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2, re to 74c; corn, No.
yellow, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2, Csc to zoe;
rye, No. 2, 5Sc to SOC.
Cincinnati-Catte $3.50 to $5.75; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, re to 74c; corn, No. 2
mixed, 35c to SEC; oats, No. mixed, 29c
to Sic; rye, No. 2, SOC to G1c.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to 1915; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, TIC to 73c; corn, No. 2
yellow, 35c to Sc; oats, No. 2 white, &c
to SAC; rye, Gle to CSC.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Tic to
re; corn, No. mixed, SAC to Soc; oats,
No. white, 27c to 2Sc; rye, No. 2, 5Gc
to 5Sc; clover seed, new, $3.50 to 1886.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. spring, Gle
to Csc; corn, No. 3, &c to 34c; oats, No.
2 white, Csc to Soc; rye, No. l, 54c to 5Gc;
barley, No. 2, Ate to 49c; pork, mess,
5000 to $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, good shipping steers,
$500 to 1915; hogs, common to choice,
$3.25 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice weth-
ers, $3.50 to 1925; lambs, common to
extra, $3.50 to S5T5.
New York Cattle, 1925 to So 70; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2 red, Sic tc SIC; corn. No.
2, 42c to 44c; oats, No. 2 white, SAC to
36c: butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs,
Western, 13c to 15c
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, ETC.
Spring Produces Marked ACTIVITY

Spring Produces Marked Activity
Among Jobbcrs in 1hese Lines.
Bradstreet's says: "An activity which
in some directions represents the contlnu-
ance of pre-existing conditions and in 9th
ers reflects special impulse communi-
Gated by the near approach of spring
forms the leading note of this week S
trade advices. In the iron and steel IN
dustries activity continues undated, the
upward tendency of prices being striking
" maintained, and the eagerness OF con-
sumers to take the product remaining I'M
changed. The more springllke weather
has induced greater keenness in the de-
mand for seasonable goods, and from most
sections of the country come reports OF
marked activity in jobbing lines having to
do with dry goods, millinery and foot
wear. Cotton fabrics generally are IN a
strong position. Wool does not display
any animation, though prices are main
tanned The lumber trade exhibits every
indication Of activity. The cereals weak
ened during the week, probably in SYM
pathy with wheat. Wheat, including
-four, shipments for the week aggregate
4,114.046 bushels, against 1895, S21 bush
els last week. Corn exports for the week
aggregate 4,211, 326 bushels, against 81
737 $50 bushels last week.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
Will Not Marry Whites.

Thirteen young Cherokee Indians, near
Wichita, Kan, have organized a club the
members of which are pledged, under pen
atty of death, not to marry outside the
Cherokee race. Women also will be ad-
mitted to this strange organization in the
future. They must be Cherokee Indians
that is the only qualification to become
a member-and they, too, must swear
never to receive the attentions or become
the wife of anyone except member of
the tribe. If they do not receive pro-
posal from Cherokee youth they must
go to their graves old maids. The club
is growing rapidly among the elder mem
bers of the tribe. Young and patriotic
full bloods also are enthusiastic In its
interest. 1t has been named 1.-The Anti
American Marriage Club" One clause
of the constitution is as follows: After
one affixes his or her name to these reso-
lutions, and then marries outside of the
race, he shall suffer death as the penalty.
He shall be shot in the dark by some
member of this club, whose name none
of the. others will know, in accordance
with an arrangement not written in these
resolutions, but known to the organizers. J"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
FINDBOUNDARY LINE.
ANCIENT RUSSIAN LIMITS OF
ALASKA FOUND.
Five Fin1anders Come Across Mounds
Made by Surveyors of the Gar
HierogIyphics Hardly Decipherable
Trade Actively Heightened.

Dawson advices say FIVE Finlanders
claim to have discovered evidence of the
actual Russian boundary line from hero
glyphics on old mounds, which, if estab-
Hshed will make I\londike within the
American boundary. Consul McCook was
visited by a Finlander, Charles Waisner.
He represented a party of four fellow
countrymen, who had been prospecting on
the McQuestin river. While there, Wais-
ner said they had come across series
of mounds constructed of loose stones.
Upon the stones were rudely engraved
hieroglyphics, which had been more or less
obliterated by the actions of the elements
and could be but partially deciphered. The
Finlanders say the mounds are Identical
with those employed by the Russian Gov
eminent in making boundaries. Their
belief is that the mounds indicate the
eastern boundary of Russia's old-tlme
Alaskan possessions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
Bic Oil Deal on Foot.

S. G. Rutan of Chicago, representing an
English syndicate, claims that he has OBJ
tanned an option on 100000 acres of land
in the Cherokee Nation, in the northern
part of the Indian territory, in the recent
ly discovered oil fields. Maj. Graham an
exofficer of the British army and an Eng
lish capitalist, is at the head Of the syn
dictate. The capitalists back of it include
many of the wealthiest men in England
who have had experience in the European
oil fields. Mr.. Rutan says the present
company, Of which he is an official, has
men back of it whose wealth would easily
aggregate $25O,O0O,0OO. 1t is independent
of the Standard Oil Company, and eX-
poets to compete with that company not
only in the markets of America but of Eu-
rope. Tank line steamers of 1000 tons
burden have been built and are in the
hands of the company. They will run
from Port Arthur and other gulf ports to
European countries. 1t is claimed that
the plan is practically certain to go
through and that the steamers will be
running within few months. Seventeen
wells are already in operation and the rigs
for several more will be built as soon as
the syndicate secured control.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23

prought comparatively few down -
". The road out of the death tra, safe
down the splendid marble sto;rs was
down these stairs poured terrified A 1l
cession. ''''eo pro-
Meanwhile through the OnpIo5 49,,
OUTSIDE the lire engines had forced . i'loo
way. 1t was after the first wild rnSh , tt
swept so many to safety down tbo b sD"G
staircase that the most awful nvo,t. '"u
the great fire occurred. All Of tho WA VI
en- mad not sprung from their rooms ,,i4t
the hrst alarm. Some had stennod ~
dress, some to gather their most nrncio, W
belongings. And these were dnon, ous
Then, too, there were sick persons IN ,', ,EN
house, bedrldden men and women Wbnn
these belated ones got into the corridora
they were for the most part bounded ,,~
walls of fire. W
Up the great central we'll roared H..
flames. Right at the stairways, tha Ior;
cal and accustomed avenues to the strnof,
were the terrible sentries, curInc ma
swirling with threats to all who darod ~
pass that dread picket line. Then thoso
belated guests took to the fire esconos
throwing open windows and reacb;n,
their arms out to the sea of people who
groaned below.
Many of those who came to tho win
dows were saved at last by daring frnnan
and citizens. But the fire was too svift
the time too short. While the framon
were helping some to safety. Others folt
the touch of the red hand upon them fron'
behind, and threw themselves from tbn
windows. The firemen DISPLAYED 1bo ~
most heroism and daring in saving )ifo ~
the most imminent risk
The Windsor was the resort and dvon
ing place of rich people, and there mnr
have been half million dollars worth "a
jewels alone lost by the women who Irod
there. Among the dead are the wives ~
millionaires, as well as the maids wbo
were shut off in the top story. Abnpr Vo
Kinley, brother of the president of tbo
United States, with his wife and dangbs
ter, Miss Mabel Mckinley. occUwed .
suite Of rooms on the ground floor Of tho
hotel.
Among the dead are Mrs Warren L.
land, wife of the Windsors proprietor.
and her daughter, Miss Helen Leland. and
Mrs. James S. Kirk, widow of the million.
aire soap manufacturer of Chicago
Panics Within, Panics Without.
The fire occurred in the middle of the
afternoon, when Fifth avenue was lam,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
FOR BIG CYCLE TRUST
A. G. SPALDlNG THE PROTECTOR
Or A COMBINE.
Deal Practically Arranged that Will
Give Trade Pool Control Over
American Business-Rural Free Mail

Makers of bicycles have arranged the
details for the formation of a trade pool
that will involve capital to the amount of
$5O,0O0,00O 1t is understood that ten of
the leading makers of wheels have enter
ed the combine and that several others
will probably be persuaded to add their
signatures to the agreement. A. 6.
Spalding Of Chicago is credited with being
the moving spirit in the proposed trust.
With him are associated Col. A. A. Pope
and r. Philip Gormully of the Gormully
& Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of
Chicago. Attempts to form a bicycle trust
have been many in the past, but all have
been futile, primarily because the small
manufacturers could neither be controlled
nor eliminated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
IRON PIPE TRUST COMPLETED.
Includes Practically All the Com
panies in the County.

Includes Practically All the Conn
panies in the County.
Col. Clarence E. Burke of Cleveland
one of the promoters of the cast-iron pipe
trust, says the deal has been consummat-
ed and that practically all the pipe foun-
dries in the country are included in the
combine, which has been incorporated
with capital of $30,OOO,O0O. '"The OBJ
ject of the new company" said Col.
Burke, twill not be to advance prices, as
we will simply follow the prices of pig
iron and be governed by them. We shall
seek to ship from the nearest foundry to
the point of consumption and will not en-
ter the territory of one foundry with the
products of another. None of the plants
will be closed down unless the market
cOmDels it,"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
sMoKEEss POWDER FOR NAVY.
New Product Meets the Test of All
Service Conditions,

Service Conditions.
The Navy Department is ready to take
whatever steps may be necessary in car
rying out the provisions of the naval bill
for the purchase of smokeless powder dur
ing the coming year. 1t is not intended
to antagonze the commercial interests in
volved in this line of manufacture by
throwing the whole burden of production
upon the Government plants. The Gov
eminent has a plant at Indian Head
which, when completed, will turn out a
maximum amount of about 5000 pounds a
day. But this will in no way compete
with the private manufacturers. The
navy now has powder known to the pro-
fession as pyrocellulose, which is equal to-,
if not better than, the smokeless product
used by foreign powers. The new pow
der, which has been tested by the navy
under service conditions, has been so nice
ly adjusted to their requirements that it
has increased their efficiency an average
Of 500 second feet.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
MAY CLASH BLACK HILLS.

Fight Predicted Between the Cattle
and Sheep Raisers on the Ranges.
There are prospects of serious clash
this spring between the cattle and sheep
raisers on the Black Hills ranges of South
Dakota. Scattered all over the eastern
hills are small cattle owners who depend
solely upon their herds foT support. Ot
late large numbers of sheep raisets have
been taking up ranches in the cattle coun-
try and allowing their tlocks to run over
the range, running it for cattle feeding
Numerous Il reats have been made by the
cattle raiser, to drive the sheep off the
ranges. This will undoubtedly be resist
ed, i'll which case bloodshed is almost GER
tain.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23

The Windsor Hotel, occupying a square
on Fifth avenue, between Fortysixth and
Forty streets, in New York. for
nearly thirty years one of the most fam
GUS hotels in this country, if not in the
world, was completely destroyed by fire
Friday afternoon, and at least eighteen
persons were burned to death, and prob
ably more than half hundred were in
jured. There were rescues by the score,
some of them the most thrilling magma
BILE. Among the rescued were Mrs. Abner
Mckinley, wife Of the brother of the
President; their daughter, and Miss Helen
Mckinley, the sister Of the President.
From the roof and windows, from the
fire escapes and cornices, frenzed men
and women threw themselves to the pave
ment five, six, seven stories below. Be
wildered guests within the roaring fur
mace were carried down to death by fall
ing walls, and all the while $4,000 human
beings watched the tragedy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
RICH GOLD Discoveries

Strikes Made in South eastern Alaska
and Vancouver Island.
News has been received OF a rich strike
in the Sea Level mine, near ketchecan. in
southeastern Alaska. A vein of $40 ore
has been discovered, with streaks that run
as high as $50 to the ton. Some selected
specimens received at Seattle will average
from $4,000 to 100000 to the ton. The
Sea Level mine is principally owned by
San Francisco parties. An immensely
rich gold strike is reported to have been
made on Granite Greek, near Albini, on
the west coast of Vancouver Island. AS
says make a showing of $500 to the ton.
There is great excitement in the district.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
MARCoNI SYSTEM TO BE TRIED.
Government to Conduct Series of
cIc. nt-ir,

Government to Conduct Il Series of
Wireless Tele@raphy Experiments.
The War Department proposes to test
the Marconi system of wireless tele-
graphy, the two experimental stations Sc
Iected being the roof of the State, War
and Navy building and the army post at
Fort Myer, on the west side of the Poto-
mae river, opposite Washington. The dis
lance between these stations is six miles.
The Government has purchased the neces-
sary Instruments. The experiments will
be conducted by Col. James Allen and
Lieut. George O. Squire, both Of the signal
bureau On the success of the expert
ments will depend the adoption of the sys-
TEN by the signal corps.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
INDIANS IN A TEMPER.
Fear of an Outbreak on Leech Lake
Reservation.

Fear of an Outbreak on Leech Lake
Reservation.
Michael Gogins, a well-known and con-
servative pine cruiser, says the Leech
Lake, Mimi, Indians are in dirty tenn
per and ready for any sort of devlltry'
They have been holding councils two OF
three times a week and the proceedings
are kept very quiet. The Indians grey
ance is based on a fear that after pros
pective pine sales are over they Will sun
be in debt, something that has been known
to happen before. Gogins says the IN
dams could muster in case of trouble fully
1900 fighting men, nearly all armed Inc
Government has lately ordered the two
companies of the Seventh infantry away
from Fort Smelling, and the State now
has no available military force except
newly ORGANIZED militia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
Conflict with Canadians.

Far in the frozen north, a few miles
off the desolate Dalton trail, Canadian
and American miners have met in deadly
conflict. Four are reported to have been
killed outright and a number of others
have been seriously wounded. The trou-
bic arose over the possession Of a rich
placer gold field, 100 Americans attempt
ing to drive fifty Canadians out
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
Rats Feed ON Two Children.

Rats attacked two sleeping children in
Dorchester, Mass, and inflicted fatal
wounds. Mrs. Woodward left her two
children, Elsie, aged 3 years, and Emma,
aged 1 year, asleep in their bed while she
went to the grocery store. Returning
half an hour later she found them covered
with blood, and an examination showed
that parts Of the face and limbs Of each
child had been partially eaten.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
Great Combine Praiected,

Preliminary steps have been taken at
the Waldorf-Astoria New York, to form
a 100000 knitgoods trust. a COM
mittee was named to visit all the factories
in the country and report on the capacity
and valuation and the basis on which each
mill should be admitted to the trust.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
RURAL FREE MALL DELIVERY.
DEPARTING MT Urged to Extend System
Growing in Popularity.

Growing in Popularity.
The Postoffice Department is constantly
receiving large amount of evidence tend
ing to show the popularity of the rural
free delivery system where it has been
tried, and the desire fQr the extension of
the service to other territory where it Is
not yet in operation. The original appropri
alton by the last Congress under President
Clevelands administration for the trial
of the system was $4,000, and the Fifty
fourth Congress followed this with an APP
preparation of $15O,OOO to continue the ex-
pertinent. The Congress just ended in
creased this amount to 100000, and the
system is now considered practically
permanent feature of the Postoffice De-
nartment
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
Whitney Heads a Big Trust,

w. C. Whitney is the head and shout
ders of an electric trust which has con-
solidated with the storage battery COM
panies and will control the electric cabs
of New York, build thousands of others,
establish electric delivery wagon lines and
omnibus routes, push the Holland subma-
rine torpedo boat, build electric launches
and ferryboats. The capital stock will be
S10O,00O,O00.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
Canada seizes a Steamship.

At Halifax, N. S., the Canadian Gov
eminent officials have seized the Beaver
line steamship Lake Ontario, now under
charter by the Atlantic Steamship Com
pany, upon the claim that the steamer
was landing dry goods belonging to a Den
yer, Colo, woman, on which the duty had
not been paid
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
elerica1Force Reduced.

There was a heavy reduction in the
clerical force of the War Department the
other day, 100 employees being reduced in
grade and fifty nine being discharged from
the Government service. The changes
mostly affected women.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
Gambler Shoots a Politician.

At Cincinnati, James Patterson, we'll
known character and prominent in local
politics, was fatally shot by James De-
pugh, a lookout at one Of the gambling
establishments in the city. Patterson was
standing at his door yard with his wife
when Depugh fired five times at him. The
fatal wound is in the abdomen. Mrs. Pat
terson was shot in the wrist
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
RULES ON INDIAN LAND LEASES.
Secretary of the Interior Decides the
Creek Nation DiSDute.

secretary OF the Interior DeC1OeS the
Creek Nation Dispute.
The Secretary of the Interior has reach
ed a conclusion in the matter of the re-
newal of the leases of lands in the Greek
Indian nation to cattle owners for grazing
purposes, these leases being terminated
by the terms Of the Curtis bill. The Sec
rotary has determined that only lands
which are occupied by individual Indians,
not exceeding the approximate share to
which the Indian and the members of his
family are reasonably entitled, can be
leased in advance Of allotments. The
Dawes commission will begin the making
of allotments April 1. The department
holds that it would be a reversal Of the
proper order to approve leases before the
allotments are made, but it is understood
that cattlemen having stock on the reser-
walton under the old lease will not be mo-
Tested until they can have sufficient time
to make their leases under the new order
of things
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
Fatal Election Riot.

Edward Osterhide, a white man, 80
years old, and bud" Price, negro, "a
years old, were killed in an election riot
at St. Louis. Three men are under ar
rest, charged with the shooting.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
Samoan Difficulty Settled.

After numerous conferences between
Secretary Hay, the British ambassador
and the German ambassador a satisfac-
tory understanding has been reached be-
tween the three powers interested in Sa-
moa as to the conditions there
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23
Spring Works DESTROYED,

The Charles Scott Companys spring
works at Philadelphia were destroyed by
fire, entailing a loss of $4,000 Two
other buildings, the hub works of John
Buckley & Co. and the brass works of B.
B. Hill, adjoining, were slightly damaged.
The fire was the result of an explosion
caused by the sudden immersion of hot
steel spring in a vat of oil.