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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
IN COUNTY COURT Villas COUNTY,
In the matter of the estate of
R Otto deceased.

r. Otto deceased.
On the application of Charles Mather Ad-
ministratOr of the estate of said r. Otto, de-
ceased, for the adjustment and allowance of
his administration account, and the assignment
of the "esidue of said estate to such other per-
sons as are by law entitled to the same.
1t is ordered, that said account be examined
adjusted and allowed at special term of said
court to be held at the office of the county
judge in the village of Eagle River in said
county on the End Tuesday of October being
the 9th day of October 1900.
1t is further ordered. that upon the adjust
ment and allowance of such account by this
court, as aforesaid, the residue Of said estate
be by the further order and judgment Of the
court assigned to such persons as are by law
entitled to the same.
1t is further ordered that notice of the time
and place of the examination and allowance of
such account and OF the assignment of the resi-
due OF said estate be given to all persons in
terested, by publication of this order and no.
tice for three successive weeks, before said
day, in the Villas County News, a weekly
Newspaper published at the Village of Eagle
River in said county
Dated this 10th day of September A. D., 1900
BY the Court,
N. A. Colman, Co. Judge.
&ept-17
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24

AR W. A, Eagle Waters amp. No. $50
Nl Meets every Friday at Jones Hall
Visiting neighbOrs are cordially invi
3. F. Jones. V. c., II. R. Cunningham, Clerk.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

20. O. F.-EagIe River Lodge No 100
Meets every Monday evening at their hall
over Beardsley drug store. Visiting
brothers are cordially invited.
MART EIRzEL, Sec. NJ e. SANBORN. N. G
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27

mao Deen eaIen, .,Ir. Cuuany ordered
one Of his horses harnesSed to Il light
buggy and taking the sack containing
the gold, drove out Sherman avenue
to the appointed meeting place
After driving about five miles his
attention was attracted by Il small
white light that seemed to be close
to the roadside. This was the place
where he had been directed to leave
the gold. AS he came up to it, he saw
that it was simply Il small lantern
suspended rom Il stick. Aightin@
from his buggy. he took the sack con
tanning the mouey and deposited it on
the ground close by the stick and,
leaving il there, climbed into the car
rlage, turned his horse around and
drove home. without having seen or
heard anyone or anything.
Presumably, however. his arrival
ana departure had been noted At
least about o'clock in the morning
the missing boy was set down within
q block of his home and soon after
was again in the house Which he had
quilted Dut III tt more IMAM n hours
before He was safe and sound and
had been treated kindly, he said.
Young Cudah% said: Il was in
front Of General GOWNS residence
when two men i'll Il buggy stopped me
and told me THAT they wanted me for
for rohbing NY aunt of $500 They
said they We're officers and insisted
that my name was Ed McGee. They
put me in the buggy and drove west.
We Went about tive miles when | was
taken into The second story of an uu-
occupied house and there chained 70
the floor. There were six in the gang.
They did not mistreat me, but said
'hey had taken me to get a reward
s; Joseph. Mo-. Dec. 26.-At police
headquarters here it was stated last
night that Pat Grove, whose name has
been mentioned in connection with the
Cudahy kidnapping case, was believed
to he in st. JoseDh.
Take DR.. Miles Nervine for the Grip.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27

WILL NOT ACCEPT TREATY..
Angry Editorial Comment of the Thund-
erer--Reproaclles President Mckinley.

ererReproacles President Mckinley.
London, Dec. 24.-The Times in an
editorial on President McKinley's de-
ciSion to submit the HayPauncefote
canal treaty to Great Britain re-
proaches him with shifting Il danger
GUS responsibility on the British gov
ernment," and says The fresident
must bear the responsibility Of any
friction that may occur. The amended
treaty is a bargain to which we cannot
agree and to which no reasonable
American who takes the trouble to
reflect upon our side of the question
can expect us to agree
when Senator Lodge announced
that Americans expect Europe to
keep out of America he forgets that
England is Il great North American
power and intends to remain such a
power.
"If the Hay Pauncefote treaty is not
adopted in a form acceptable to us.
we shall stand quietly upon our in
dubitable rights in the Clayton Bull
wer treaty. !; treaty which cannot be
affected by any action the American
senate may choose to take"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
MANY Desire Peace.

Manila, Dec. 20. Advices from the
island OF Leyte show that while the
east coast is quiet. the west coast is
in il state oi'tuimoil. Lieutenant French
ana three men OF the Forty fourth
gas. An address from the new federal
party has been published, stating that
the number OF Fiiipinos who really
desire peace is growing daily, and that
the object OF ti.e party is to unite all
f>ilipinos who really desire TO work
for Deacc
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
RANSOIED IN GOLD
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
BUYS BACK YOUNG CuDAtlY.

Men Who Took Him Alleged They We're
Officers Blindfolded and Taken to House
Near South oEiaha--Lettcr Sent by Kid
napers Received at Cudahy Residence.
Omaha, Dec. u. Twenty-Five thou
sand dollars iii gold was the price paid
by Edward Cudahy the millionaire
packer, for the return Of his son, Ed
ward Cudahy. ,Ir.. who was abducted
by Il gang o.; kidnaperS early Tuesday
night
The conditions under which the out
laws We're willing to release their vic
tim were detailed in full III Il letter
received by Mi. Cudahy at his house
"Wednesday noon, about three hours
after the tirst communication had been
thrown into his yard by Il man on
horseback, It came through the mails
and reads as follows:
Letter Sent hy Kidnapers.
Omaha, Dee. 10 l"00.-Mr. Cudahy: We
have kidnapped your child and demanA SD,
GOO twenty-five thousand dollars for his
safe return. II you give us the money, the
child will be returned as safe rs when YOU
last saw him. but If YOU refuse we viii
put acid i'll his eyes and blind him, then
we will immediately kidnap another mil
lionHires child that we have spotted and
demand S100.000 and we will get it, for he
will see the condition of your child and re-
aiZe the fact that we mean business and
will not be monkcyed with or captured.
Get the money all in gold, five, ten and
twenty dollar pieces, put it in grip in Il
white wheat sack, get in your buggy alone
on the night of December 10Th at O'Clock
p. m, ana drive south from your house to
Center street: turn west on Center and
drive back to Rusrr'S park and follow the
paved road towards Fremont; when you
come to a lantern that is light by the side
of the road place the money by the lantern
and immediately turn your horse around
and return home. You will know our Ian
tern for it will have two ribbons, black and
white tied on the h2cGle: you must place
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
RACE WAR IN INDIANA.

Drunken Negroes Start Reign of Terrier
atCenentville--One of the Rioters Shot.
Jetfersonville Ind. Dec. 2G.--A race
war is on at Cementyille, five miles
north of this city. and serious trouble
is expected ut any minute. The ne
groeS are all armed. and the whites
are keeping within doors to avoid
them.
The outbreak began yesterday when
Lee Ranger and John Redmond. ne
groes, both Eery drunk. started in 10
intimidate whites. When their IN
suits We're resented other negroes
jumped in with the liuuor-craZeN men
and captured sam KendallS saloon
Nearly 20 shots We're fired. bur no one
saloon. conducts 4 dry goods store.
which was being attended by his
wife. and into this the negroes locked
after the firing ut the saloon.
Mrs. Kendall was badly frightened
and her husband ran into the place
and began shooting into the mob.
Ranger was shot but how badly is
not kllOWN. us he WAS earned away
and secreted by his companions. Ken
dAll's life was threatened ana about
midnight he was able to escape from
his store ard came direct to this city.
awakening Prosecutor Montgomery
and begging him to issue warrants
and have deputy sherlfS sworn in to
serve them. 1t was almost daylight
when the town became quiet, the ne
groes having everything their own
WAY No further outbreak has taken
place, because the whites are ntin-
using every possible precaution to pre-
vent collision with the blacks. 1t is
believed the slightest quarrel will
bring about bloody riot
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
REBELS HARD HIT.
Sixty Men of the Ninth Cavalry Attack,
Large Force Of Insurgents

Manila, Dec. 24.-Advices brought
today by steamer from Southern Lu-
zon say that Il lieutenant and GO men
of the Ninth United States cavalry at
tackled a large body of insurgents las
Wednesday near iuinobatan. prov
ince of Albay. After the battle Is dead
insurgents We're counted, together with
many wounded. The only American
casualty was the wounding OF ser
rebels and struck i'll the leg by bolos.
The rebel loss was the heaviest re.
corded among recent encounters. The
cutting of wires has delayed the Off
cial report OF the engagement
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
CAUGHT IN A TRAP.
ARMY OF CHINESE REFoRMERs DE-
FEATED BY YTREACHERY.

Tong and Twenty-six Other Reform Lead
ers Executed--I-ured by Governor Chang
Chi Tung. Whose soldiers Surrounded
Them--Fought for Their Lives.
Vancouver, B. c., Dec. 26.-News OF
q terrible massacre of the reform
forces III China and the beheadin@ of
21 of its leaders was received here yes
terday in a cablegram by w. \. Cum
row, secretary OF the Chinese Reform
association in America. The engage
Pechili, a populous section OF the
Yang Use valley in central China. 1t
resulted il the killing of LOO men and
the complete decentralization of the re-
form forces. The battle into which
the reformers We're brought by treach
cry occurred on Dec. Is. and the work
of the movement has, as conse-
quence been dropped i'll all that part
of the country. The Chinese here are
loud in their expressions OF disap-
proval of the conduct of the campaign
by their leaders. 1t appears from the
few details given in the cablegram re-
ceived yesterday that Tong, the
reform leader. at the head of a badly
armed force of 12.OC0. paid visit to
Chung Chi 'rung. governor of the dis
trict, who. though an imperial officer.
was believed to be in sympathy with
the reform movement. Tong was in
vited to the governors palace and was
with his l2.oUo men marched into the
city. They left all their arms outside
the gates, taking the precaution only
to carry their loaded revolvers. There
We're 5000 imperial troops in the town,
, but nothing was feared from them.
! and 4 delay of Il day took place in or
| der that other reform leaders might
be sent for. and when the audience
\ with the governor was finally ar
/ ranged there We're u Of the leading
followers of kang Yu Wei admitted.
! Then Il disagreement arose. The gov
ernor had the leaders seized and taken
into the court yard, where they We're
beheadea. and. III the meantime, a
strict order had been sent to the i'm
perial troops to descend upon poorly
armed rabble of the reformerS. The
/ few we'll drilled soldiers took the
country people completely by surprise
| but nevertheless the latter pluckily
! fought their way through and escaped
| They carried away their own wounded.
but left 1.5O0 dead on the field and
! scattered in the streets of the city.
The cablegram says that the scene Of
/ the butchery was frightful.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
Think China win Accent

london. Dec. 26. According to a
news agency dispatch from Peking,
dated Dec. p, the foreign ministers
there are unanimously of the opinion
that China will accept the conditions
imposed by the joint note of the pow
ers within Il month. Tie note was
started on its Way to the Gowager EN-
press and the emperor Immediately
after its presentation. the dispatch
says. but Wire communication is slow
and it probably will not reach them
until Dec 2I
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
TORNADO IN THE SOUTH
Telephone Service is Meascr, But Much
Damage is Reported In Alabama.

1elepnOne service Is MeaSGr, But Much
Damage is Reported In Alabama.
Macon. Ga. Dec. 24.-News was re-
ceived today that a tornado passed
through the eastern edge of Noxubee
county and the western part of Pckens
and Sumpter counties. Alabama, last
night, doing great damage. Telephone
news is medger One house of the
Sparkman place was destroyed 4
residence on the Ross place. near
CookSvillc, was wrecked and its furni-
ture destroyed On the Beal place
several houses were blown away. On
the John Windllam place the store
house and barns We're destroyed and
several mules killed. One negro was
killed. On the Nancy place every
thing WAS destroyed. Wash Oliver. a
negro. was killed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
LOOT ILLINOIS BANK.
Institution ut Dalton Blown Up and
Robbed of ", 900.

Moweaqua tlls.. Dec. 24.-About >
a. III. the Dalton City bank was robbed
OF $4,000 III currency. The robbers
gained entrance through window.
forced the vault door and almost de-
molished the safe with dynamite.
Persons living mean. said there We're
three explosions. and so great was
their force that the large plate glass
and burned fragments of money were
found Il block distant. Five hundred
dollars that was taken i'll after bank
ing hours and placed in the vault but
not III the safe was Overlooked by the
thieves
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27

British Commander-in-C Chief to Lead His
Forces Against Boer Battle In
Progress Near De Aur--British occupy
Rritstown without Opposition.
London, Hoc. 26-The position of
Cape Colony is hanging i'll the balance.
According to the Morning Posts Cape
Town correspondent everything de-
pends upon the quantity OF ammu-
milton iii possession OF the diSloyal
Dutch residents. 100 OF whom have
| joined the Beers in the Philiptown
| district alone. Energetic measures
| have been taken to stem the invasion.
but there is unquestionably danger
that parties of Beers will get through
into parts of the Colony and gradually
raise the whole Cape in rebellion Re
/ Inducements can arrive none too soon.
| Most of the dispatches from Cape
! Town describe the raiders as doing lit
tie harm and as being rapidly en-
closed by Lord kitchaner's command.
Lord Kitchener is in the heari of the
disatfected districts. He has the atl-
vantage of being personally ac-
! Quainted With local conditions Last
March he supervised the suppression
of the rising which occurred then.
! He is bringing down thousands of
troops from the north.
The Standards Cape Town CORE
SpOndent says the loyalists demand
that martial law shall be proclaimed
throughout Cape Colony, but adds.
such step is now impossible owing
to the lack of sufficient troops to en-,
force it,
The correspondent of the Daily Mail
at Cape Town says: The pro-Boer
/ been made uneasy by the promptness
] and thoroUglneSs OF the military ac
4 ton. but reports from various parts
4 of the western provinces foreshadoW
perilous possibilities. 4 responsible
colonist who recently made tour OF
the colony declares that 90 per cent
of the Dutch APE simply waiting fol
the appearance of a resourceful leader
to rebel
Civil railway lrattic has been Sus
/ pended largely in all parts of the col
ony and the movements of both the
Beers and the British are almost un
know in Cape Town.
1t. az rs that one Bner column at
tackled Steynsburg. but was repluset
and fed, entrenchiIg itself in til,
mountains. Another commando cap
tured Il party of police at Nenterstadt
Fighting is going on near De AIT
Particulars are unobtainable. Two
hundred Beers have left BritStowI
after communicating all supple.
available.
London. Dec. 26--Lord Kitchener
telegraphing to the war office. undel
date of Naauwpoort. Dee "a, reports
''rhOrnycroft'S mounted infantr,
have occupied Britstown without oppo
Sition. The Beers retired to the nortl
in the direction of Prieska. They w i
/ be followed up
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
MCDONALD LIKELY TO DIE.
Washington Nurdcrcr's Life Now Hangs
In the Balance.

Washington, Dee "A Samuel Nc
Donald, the treasury clerl who shot
and killed Frank II. Harris. auditor
for the war department at the Winder
building Saturday and then wounded
himself, is in precarious condition
at the Emergency hospital and his
death is expected momentarily Nc
Donald has been entirely conscious
since his removal to the hospital Nc
Donald has many friends in this city
who think that his mind was unset
tied at the time of shooting.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
AGRARlANS ON GRAIN DUTY
Question of Import to Americans Being
Debated In Germany.

Bremen, Dee 24-It is reported on
good authority that the agrarian party
is wiling to compromise on a six-mark
graii duty The discussion on this
matter affects vitality the interests of
the American farmer, whose wheat in
the ports of this country Germany pro-
poses to cucumber with duty of 80
cents buShel. This measure will
cause q loss of 40 per cent to the
American wheat growers. and is really
equivalent to a prohibitive tariff 1t is
held in American circles here that un-
less the American farmers agitate for
retaliative measures, their present
prosperity will prove short-lived.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27

London. Dec. 26.-The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Standard, telegraph
ing Dec. 24. says:
The government has arrested Prince
Tuan and Prince Shan on the border
of Shan 81 province. Yu Yien has
been ordered to return to Sian Flu
forthwith to be executed, it is sup
posed.
1t is inferred from these reports
that the imperial authorities are pre-
pairing to concede the demands of the
joint note for the punishment of the
inStigatorS of the trouble in China y
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
whea. Going by WAY of Sue.

Tacoma,ApWash.. Dec 26-The Brit
lsh ship Glenlochy, now i'll the harbor.
Is to establish IA precedent in the ex-
portation of Pacific coast wheat. sne
is to load with 221 900 bushels in SACKS
anu Will sail for Liverpool via the
Suez canal, being the first steam vestal
to go from Tacoma to Europe over
that route with wheat.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27

req lantern on your buggy where IT cai:
be plainly seen, so we will know YOU II
mile away. This letter ana every part Of
it must be returned with the money and
any attempt AZ capture will be the saddest
thing you ever done.
CAUTION FOR HERE LIES DANGER
If you remember some twenty years ago.
Charley Ross was kidnapped in New York
city and $4,000 ransom asked. Old man
Ross was willing TO give up the money but
Burns, the great detective, with others
persuaded the old man not to give UP the
money assuring him that the thieves would
be captured. Ross died of broken heart
sorry that he allowed the detectives to die
tate to him.
This letter must NOT lie seen by any one
but yon. If the police or some stranger
knew its contents they might attempt to
capture although entirely against your
wish or some one might use lantern and
represent us; thus, the wrong party sccur-
ing the money and this would be as fatle
TO yon as II you refused to give up the
money SO YOU see the danger If you let
this letter be seen.
Mr.. Cudahy YOU are up against it and there
is only one way out. GIVE UP THE
COIN. Money we want and money we will
get.
II You don't give up, the next man will.
for he Will see that mean business and
you can lead your boy around blind the
rest of your days. ana all you will have is
tie dam copper sympathy. Do the right
thing by us and we will do the same by YOU.
If you refuse YOU will soon see the saldest
sight you ever seen.
Wednesday. December 10Th.
THIS NIGHT OR NEVER.
y consultation wus Immediately held
by Mr.. Cudahy and his friends and
various plans We're discussed looking
F, to the capture Of the gang when they
| should put in an appearance at the
| rendezvous which they had named.
One by one these We're dropped as inn
practicable and ut last, impelled by
the fearful strain under which the
family was suffering, Mr.. Cudahy Ge-
cided to comply with the demands of
/, the bandits.
AS soon as this decision was reached
messenger was dispatched to one of
the city banks for the money He re.
turned in short time bringing with
| him $50 900 in geld coin. After supper
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
FRENCH SEIZE EXHIBITS.
Railway Puts Embargo on Their Return
to the United states.

to the United states.
Paris, Dec. 26.--rhirty cars. forming
part OF the United States government
exhibit 1T the recent Paris exposition.
were suddenly laid under embargo at
Havre the railroad company declin-
ing to surrender them pending pay
ment OF Il claim OF 5.T1O francs.
This extraordinary action. seriously
delaying the departure OF the United
States auxiliary cruiser Prairie from
Havre for New York with the govern
ment exhibits. WAS made the subject
of 4 formal protest To the French gov
ellnent by United States Ambassador
Porter
The company bases it's claim on de-
murrage charges on freight in the ears
when the goods We're brought to the
exposition for installation.
Asa Bird Gardiner Removed From Of,ice
New York. Dec. "a Eugene A. Phil
bin. who has been appointed by Gov
ernor Roosevelt to succeed Asa Bird
Gardiner as district attorney, in an
interview today. said the first thing
he would do would be to resign as n
member of the state board of char
tiles and that he would take charge
of the district attorneys office as soon
as ne receives the official notification.
Constantinople. Dec. 24-The i'm
perial trade. authorizing the signing
of the contract for the construction of
a cruiser for the Ottoman navy by
the Cramp Shipbuilding company. to.
gether with the initial deposit of
100000, has not yet been issued.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27
DUTCH JOIN BOERS.
GENERAL C!:WET'S FORCES AUG
MEN7e.D BY THE COLONlSTS

British Chief to Lead His
Forces Against Boer invaders--Rattle In
Progress Near De Aur--British Occupy
Rritstown Without Opposition.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27

Just as the buzzing, busy bee
Goes forth in search of honey,
So should the busy business mag
By seeking trade find money.
And as the bees that buzz the most
Find most of sweets they prize,
The cream of trade will always go
TO those who advertise.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-27

Tong and Twenty-six Other Reform Lead
ers Executed--iured by Governor Chang
Chi Tung. Whose soldiers Surrounded
Them Fought for Their Lives.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-01-19
(To be continued
Self-Mastery.

He who has mastered himself, who
is his own Caesar, will be stronger
than his passion, superior to circum-
stances, higher than his calling, greater
than his speech. Self-control is the
g%eneralship which turns a mob of raw
recruits into a disciplined army. The
rough man has become the polished
and dignified soldier; in other words,
the man has got control of himself
and knows how to use himself. The
human. race is under constant drill,
says o. S. Marden in the st. Louis Re-
public. Our occupations, difficulties.
obstacles, disappointments, if used
Alright, are the great schoolmasters
which help us to possess ourselves.
The mai who is master of himself will
not be a slave to drudgery, but will
keep in advance of his work. He will
not rob his family of that which is
worth more than money or position;
he will not be the slave of his occupa-
ton, not at the mercy of circumstances.
His methods and system will enable
him to accomplish wonders, and yet
give him leisure for self-culture. The
man who controls himself works to
live, rather than lives for work.