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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
THE GALVESTON DISASTER.

Work o. cleaning Galveston proceeds
rapidly and water and lighting plants
are in working order
The government suffered heavy
financial loss by the destruction OF
Notifications at Galveston.
Sunday was a day Of work in Gal
weston. The bodies of sixty three more
persons were then dug from the debris,
A census of the Catholic population
of Galveston will be taken. Archbishop
Corrigan says New York will care for
the orphans.
The situation at Galveston is i'm
proving. The danger of a famine from
lack of food or water has been averted,
and there is no sign of pestilence.
More than 1000 refugees from Gal
weston have arrived at Houston in
great distress. Relief supplies are be-
ing received from every quarter.
New York was struck by the edge OF
the Galveston hurricane. Many yachts
and small craft were wrecked, and a
falling pole in roadway killed man.
A fierce storm swept down the great
lakes and caused several wrecks.
Galveston's distress increases.
Troops are breaking down under the
strain, bodies buried at sea are drift
ing back to shore and fever is showing
itself in the stricken city. Survivors
of the storm are unable to leave.
Generous response has been made by
the nation to the appeals for aid from
Galveston. Chicago has raised $780,
900, the Carnegie interests promised
$4,000, and contributions of money
and supplies have been made by many
cities to the extent of $3,000,000.
Soldiers of the regular army under
Gen. McKibben went to Galveston
with tents and 10000 rations and re-
stored order, cooperating with the
militia. Vandals caught robbing the
dead were shot. Bodies of the victims
of the storm were taken to sea, buried
or burned. The total loss of life in
the island city is now placed at 5000.
Of Galyeston's population of $4,000,
at least 5000 were killed. The area of
total destruction was 1900 acres. There
were 5000 dwellings, hotels, churches
and converts utterly destroyed. More
than 1,500 bodies have been burned.
The property loss is not less than $15,-
100000 One hundred and twenty-five
men, most of them negroes, were shot
to death for robbing the dead. Out of
this disaster. unparalleled in the his
tory of the nation, Galveston is rising
to reclaim her place among the most
prosperous of our cities. Her railroads
have pledged themselves to aid in re-
building the city. Her merchants are
resolute to resume business. Her banks
are ready to assist in the re-establish-
ment of commerce, and outside capital
is flowing in.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
DOMESTIC.

President Mckinley is in need of rest
and declines to receive callers at
Canton.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad will dispense with first and
second vice president on it's executive
staff.
Florence Foley, II years old, held a
revolver to a burglars head in Chicago
and compelled him to deliver his stolen
plumber
Marcus Daily, the Montana copper
king, is seriously i'll at New York.
Since his return from abroad Mr..
DAILY has had much trouble with his
heart
Susan B. Anthony, the woman suf-
fragist, is i'll at Rochester N. Y. While
the physicians depend upon her re-
Operative powers to restore health,
Miss Anthony's age, 80 years, is a
serious factor
William B. Dunton, trusted official
of the old Union National Bank, Chi
cago, and a well-known yachtman, is
charged with receiving $4,000 of bank
funds from his intimate friend, George
S. Forbes, who killed himself to avoid
the disgrace of an exposure.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
CHINA.

1t is thought that the crisis in China
is past for the present, at least.
American troops fought 1000 "box-
ers' near Pekin and killed 200.
A Russian report states that Ii Hung
Chang has abandoned his trip to
Pekin.
It is reported that the Russians
have captured the Chinese empress
dowager at Johol
1t is reported that many more Catho-
lie missions have been destroyed in
Shen-See province.
A Chinaman who confesses that he
murdered Baron Won Ketteler has been
arrested in Pekin.
Ii Hung Chang is reported to be at
Taku Tientsin officials do not believe
he will go to that city.
Ii Hung Chang is believed to have
started from Shanghai for Tientsin to
begin peace negotiations.
Russia's intention of maintaining a
large military force in China is re-
garded with suspicion in Germany.
Russia is said to have seized vaIu-
able railway property at Tientsin,
despite the protests of the British
Ii Hung Chang has gwen formal as
surances that American lives and
property in China are to be protected.
A dispatch from Pekin says the mis-
sionaries complain because the sacred,
or inner, imperial city has not been
looted
The German minister at Shanghai
urges a prompt settlement, limiting
strongly that delay means partition of
the empire.
Ii Hung Chang urges the return Of
the dowager empress and emperor to
Pekin and the removal of Prince Tuan
and his followers.
Count Won WaIdersee buys two Ken
lucky horses for personal use in
Chinese campaign.
Ii Hung Chang says China's empress
was led into hostilities by the belief
that the boxers" possessed super
natural powers.
A Pekin dispatch states that the
ministers and generals of the allies have
declined to treat with Prince Ching on
the ground that they have no powers.
All the powers except France and
the United States have expressed I'M
willingness to withdraw their troops
from Pekin in accordance with the
Russian proposal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
THE BANE OF AMERICAN HOMES

A physician writing in the Wom-
ans Home Companion speaks in strong
terms against two perniciOus habits
sapping the strength of the nation,
claiming that, Hurry becomes a hab-
it; so does worry. 1t is as impossible
to throw off one as the other. The
man who has been in a hurry all his
life is no greater victim to the habit
formed in youth than the woman who's
existence can be turned into some ex-
cuse for worry. When worry gets the
upper hand housekeeping becomes an
irksome task, and it is sure to poison
the whole atmosphere of the home.
Children brought up in such a home
imbibe it just as naturally as they do
other characteristics Of their parents,
and they grow up in the belief that
the world would not progress if they
did not give their daily modicum OF
worry to help it along. Those who
do not worry are looked upon as idle
and s1othful, and yet they often &C
complish more than the crowd Of hab-
itual workers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
WITH THE BOERS.

Burghers are reported to be fighting
among themselves.
President Kruger is virtually a
prisoner at Lourenzo Marques.
Lord Roberts, in proclamation to
the beers, asks them to cease fighting.
The beers have heavily engaged a
large body Of British troops near Bar
berton, in the Transvaal
Kruger, according to dispatch from
Lord Roberts, has resigned as presi-
dent of the Transvaal, fleeing to
Lourenzo Marquee, with the view Of
sailing for Europe at an early date.
Portugal has wired the governor of
Mozambique that President Kruger
may go to Europe, but the governor is
to assure himself of the destination of
the ex-president of the Transvaal
Holland has offered Kruger a warship
in which to make the voyage.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
o seven years Imprisonment.

to seven years imprisonment.
James ). Corbett arrived at Queens
town and denied that his fights with
Sharkey and Mccoy were fakes.
Gaetano Longo, an Italian who was
recently in this country, killed eight
persons and then himself after return
ing to his home in Italy
Sir Henry Howard is talked of in
London as the probable successor to
Lord Pauncefote as British ambassa-
dor to the United States.
England has dropped the discussion
Of the Chinese question and elections
to consider the boer war. 1t has been
learned that the British mortality rate
is greater than in the Franco-Prussian
war.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
IT'S ONE FAULT.

They call the pension Office in Wash
lngton renaissance, and maybe that is
what it is It looks like Dutch barn
out in Berks county, Pennsylvania.
It is in Judiciary square, where it
should not be. The late Gen. Meigs
was the architect, and thereby hangs
a tale. When it was completed he took
his old friend and comrade, Gen. Sher-
man, over to look at and admire it.
For a great while he expatiated on the
beauties and excellencies of the struct-
ure. Finally he asked Sherman what
he thought Of it. Sherman replied that
he had one objection to it, and that
very serious one. what is it general?
What is it? Perhaps it can be RENE
died" ''They say the ID thing is
freproof,' blurted out bluff old
Tecump, and the conversation came to
an abrupt end then and there.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
A BEAUTIFUL GEORGIA BELLE
Julia Burt Captivated the French
Court, and Won Bonaparte.

e'In her early youth Julia Burt was
an exquisite specimen of willful, adj
venturous, southern girlhood, and was
known far and wide for her daring
escapades on horseback, writes Mrs.
Thaddeus Horton, in the september
Ladies, Home Journal. when quite
Young she married Captain ColQuitt,
United States army, who was SOON
after killed in the war, leading Con-
federate division. The young widow
soon after went to Paris. 1t was just
about this time that Napoleon Ill
summoned young Jerome Bonaparte, of
Baltimore, an officer of the United
States. It happened that Captain
Colquitt and Jerome Bonaparte,
having been classmates at West
Point were warm personal
friends, and, naturally, the form
er's widow no sooner reached
the French capital than she made her
presence known to the young Franco
American. She and the young officer
became very cordial acquaintance,
and through his influence she was in
PRODUCED at court, and was soon Of
the Royal couple. It was at length re-
ported among the southern friends or
Mrs. Colquitt that her marriage with
Jerome would occur in a few weeks,
when she suddenly and Unexpectedly
returned to Dinglewood, her Georgia
home, and announced total changS
in all of her plans The two never met.
again. Her family has her letters from
Jerome and some from the Emperor
Napoleon, but their contents will prob
ably never be known. There is also a
diamond tiara and many other precious
Jewels that were given to her by her
royal friends"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN LEAD.

According to the computation of
Major Frank Heath of the ordnance
bureau Of the United States army, it
would require 19,OOO,OOO,OOO rounds of
ammunition to wipe out of existence
an army of 100000 Cinnamon. This
authority declares that a Chinaman
has 10000 lives; or, to be exact, 10000
rounds of ammunition are necessary
to kill any man in battle. Statistics
bear out this assertion. 1t is the per-
centage of shots fired to men killed in
the war with Spain, as we'll as in the
recent battles in South Africa, and the
same percentage is being maintained
in the fighting now in progress with
china. A mans escape in battle when
the death-laden bullets fly thicKly
around him never ceases to be a cause
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24

Rican secretary of state, says the is
land is without a government.
Arrangements are being made for
placing nearly 1000 additional troops
in the Philippines during November
next.
1t is proposed to hire native troops
to take the places of American volun-
teers who will soon return from Lu-
zon.
A monument to the memory of Gen.
Henry w. Lawton was dedicated at
Fort Wayne, Ind. w. j. Bryan was
the principal orator.
1t is said that the franchise quail
fications imposed upon Porto Ricans
by the war department will disfran-
chise thousands of them.
Returns from the Cuban election will
not be in for several days. There is
no doubt, however, that the autono-
mist, or liberty, party has won.
Cubans will make direct appeal
to the president to eliminate the
order to the constitutional convention
TO arrange Tor future relations Will Tie
United States.
Two more proclamations-one to the
Filipinos, and their answer-have been
received at Washington, the latter
warning natives against accepting
American promises.
Captain Charles McQuestion of the
fourth United States infantry, now in
the Philippines, while insane shot down
several of his men and was in turn
killed in self-defense by a soldier.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24

Stanchfeld and Mackey head the
New York democratic state ticket.
Stanchield got "a votes, Coler 154.
There were some bitter speeches in
convention, but Hill took his defeat
good-naturedly Coler offered his ser
vices to Stanchfield The Saratoga
platform denounces thelice trust by
name, the failure to enforce the fran
chise tax law and to repeal the Ramapo
charter, and declares for the principle
of municipal ownership of public
utilities
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
A MONUMENTS TO INDIANS
Who Fought for the Confederacy in
the Civil War.

In the center Of a triangle formed by
monuments to the loyal slaves of the
south, the women of the confederacy
and the confederate soldiers, there was
dedicated at Fort Mill, York county, S.
c., recently a monument to the
Catawba Indians who espoused the
cause of the confederacy in 1861 and
fought CALAMITY to the close of the war.
The Catabwas sent a company OF
scouts into the army, some of them do
ing service under Hampton, for which
they were commended Many of them
were killed.
The monument to the Indians is a
shaft of marble supporting the figure OF
a Catawba chief in war gear. APP
propriate inscriptions appear on the
sides of the pedestal. 1t is erected by
Col. S. 3. White, who was also chiefly
instrumental in having erected the
other monument in the Fort Mill park.
At the time it was unveiled the monu-
ment to the women of the confederacy
was the only one in existence, while
those to the faithful slaves and the
friendly Indians are the only ones for
such purpose in the world. Col. White
was large STAKEHOLDER. and one OF the
Indian scouts was attached to his
company during the war.
The services at Fort Mill today were
brief. Half the tribe on the reserva-
ton was in attendance, but the band
was small, and there are only 76 left.
and only 8 or 10 Of these are full
blooded The proximity of the white
man has nearly killed out the tribe.
The address of the day was delivered
by Chief Ben Harris, one of the few
surviving warriors, and in all proba-
bility the last chief of his tribe. His
father was killed in battle during the
civil war.
According to the writings and tradi-
lions of the Catawbas, they moved in
great body with thousands of warriors
to the south in 1866, invaded the land
of the powerful Cherokees, and after
scattering fights and skirmishes, came
to a great bat,-e on the banks of Ca
tawba river, where Fort Mill now
stands. There the Catawbas had a
thousand warriors killed, but the losses
Of the Cherokees were much greater,
and that nation was conquered and
driven from it's hunting grounds.
That famous battle ground is still
pointed out, and the remains of fortifi-
cations erected by the Indians can yet
be seen.
The Catawabs welcomed the whites
when they came, and for hundreds Of
years have maintained the same friend
ly relations with them. In 1926 the
tribe secured a reservation of 10000
acres of land in York county, and the
Legislature annually appropriates
$500 to the tribe and $3.50 for a school
for the Indians children The widows
of men killed in the civil war are
pensioned by the state.
Until within the last few years the
chief Of this tribe made a formal visit
to the governor at a stated time once
a year, declared his friendship and pre-
scented some token-the gift was game
as long as there was any to be pro-
cured about the reservation.-COl
bia Is. CO. Letter in New York Sun.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
FOREIGN.

The Duke of Manchester places his
liabilities at $4,000.
Prince Albert of Saxony was killed
in a carriage accident.
The dissolution of the British par
lament is fixed for Sept 25
Five additional cases of the bubonic
plague are reported from Glasgow.
The German army maneuvers, which
have been in progress in Pomerania,
have ended.
A London bank clerk pleaded guilty
to stealing $4,000 and was sentenced
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24

Y YHO bids for the
M little children,
wv Body and soul
and brain2
Who bids for the little
children,
Young and without =
stain?
Will no one bid, says
India,
For their souls so pure
and white
And fit for all good or
evil,
The world on their
pages may write?
Thus, with but
two words changed,
once wrote Charles
M a C kay of the
n e e d y, neglected
children of Eng
land. Today the
plea for imperiled
children comes from
famished India. In
the famine district
are thousands Of
orphaned children
homeless and help
less. Moreover, In
sheer despair, many
-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24

doned their offspring Such abandoned children are on every an
children The Britain
Still
child
practical
funess they welfare
whitening The situation appalling and the
York
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
DUDES AMONG THEM.
Chinese Dandies Are a Feature of All
the Large Cities.

China has it's dudes as well as New
York and Boston and Chicago. The
celestial dude, however, is not mere
creature of the moment or of recently
acquired riches. He must boast Of an
ancestry extending back thousand
years or more.
Money may be of service and in
f1uence in some ways. 1t may even
buy office, but it plays no part in the
Chinaman,s social condition. It en-
titles him to no social consideration
whatever.
To be a society man in China cos
tune is all impor5 ant But it II ust be
inherited Rare furs, embroider1es,
oriental stones, especially fine bits of
jade of rare tint are handed down,
just as family plate is in England, to
add luster to great name.
On social occasions of great moment
the Chinese du3e arrays himself in the
costume of his ancestors, in embroid-
cred robes, in the richest furs, as sable
and silver fox, and dons the invariable
sign of grandeur-a jade ring OF rarest
quality, a light sea-green. The ring
itself is about one inch wide and is
worn on the thumb.
The condition of the nails denotes
rank, prestige, power. The dude al
lows his to grow about one inch and
half long, sometimes two inches.
They often curl over like the talons of
bird, showing that the high born
is quite above the pale of manual labor.
These things-the claw-like nails,
the light green jade ring, the
gorgeous embroideries several genera
lions old. the rich furs-assert his So
cial rank, just as the number Of OUT
riders indicate his official position.
If not too exalted in rank the Chi
nese man of fashion goes to the play
house for his chief recreation. II too
high up in the social scale for such a
journey the players come to him and
he enjoys the theater at home.
Unwritten law requires that the
glass of fashion and the molder of form
Tin China) must be an expert with the
bow and arrow, an accomplished horse
man and a proficient gambler. No
gambling, no dude; noblesse oblige.
Gambling enters into every trans
action of the mans life. In restau-
rant, for instance, some game of chance
is played with the cashier to see
whether the price of the dinner is to
be twice the sum charged or whether
the patron is to have it free.
With the jade ring on the thumb, In
sllken robes, with embroideries that
pleased his great-greatgrandfather,
preceded and followed by a retinue of
servants, the Chinese dude goes out
for fashionable promenade, always
with a little twig in his hand.
Upon the twig perches little brown
bird, which every now and then he
losses up in the air, sometimes as high
as twenty feet. The bird circles above
him, swoops down suddenly and pecks
a seed from his lips. Then it futters
back to it's perch for repose, twittering
and content
In spite of this external grandeur
and gorgeous display the Chinese man
of fashion knows nothing whatever of
cleanliness, hygiene, personal decency
as understood by the ''red-haired devils
of the west Picturesque and inter
esting as a part of pageant, a closer
view Of the dude in China reveals a
man that, in social and domestic life,
is indeed a yellow terror.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24
SPANISH-AMERICANI ISLANDS.

Cuban conservatives accuse the ma
tionalists of fraud in tampering with
the registration lists of voters.
Senior Munor Rivera, formerly Porto
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-24

Teacher: Johnny, tell me the name
of the tropical belt north of the equa-
tor?"
Johnny: "can't, sir.
Teacher: Correct That will do"
Yale Record.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-09-11
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A large number Of Alexsndrisns left here
today to attend the Confederate reunion at
Fairfax.
Messrs. Charles King s. Son advertise for
Hfty or more white women to work in their
canning factory.
Mr. B. II. Jenkins southwest corner of
Duke and Fairfax streets, has the famous
Rocky Ford, Col, csntsloupo for sale.
The veterinarian of the Washington Board
of Health has been instructed to INSPECT the
dairy farms at GaithersbuTg, Nd, and Hern-
don, Va.
A marriage license WIS issued in
Washington yesterday to sylvester Lee,
Of Orange county, Va, and Laura An
drews, Of Louisa, Va.
Mrs Roberts Murdaugh, widow of Rev. DIR
MuIdaugh. died at her homo. on Prince
street near Alfred, last night. The remains
will be shipped 10 Fredericksburg tOmorro W
afternoon for interment
Property advertised to be sold at auction
today resulted in mock auction sale, the
events and scenes OF which would furnish
material for a graphic writer. The sale was
postponed until Tuesday, the 20 b instant.
Robert Tiavsrs, OF this city. while at work
1t the Hydraulic Pressed Brick CompsDy's
works ia the county this afternoon stuck a
pick in HE left foot, making serious wound.
He was brought to DR.. Jones's Office in this
city where he received surgical attention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-09-11

The FAIgFAX CELEBRATION. The
first day OF the Fairfax celebration was
success 10 every particular, large
number from all parts of The colnty
Alexandria, Wesoi gton and surround
ing country ueing present. Every
thing passed oil in the most satisfactory
manner aud all presen' greatly enjoyed
themselves. The organizations com
posing the parade assembled at the
Courthouse snd marshaled by Capt.
Joseph E Willard, marched to the
cemetery where an address was deliv-
cred by Mr.. Robert f Lee. The pa
rade returned 20 the Courthouse later
and Mr.. K Walton More WELDON d
the ex-Confederates and visitors to Fair
fax. The speakers were introduced by
Judge ]. NJ Love. The assemblage
subsequently adjourned to dinner
where everybody was entertained in q
most hos Jitable manner. Speeches were
male by Gen. Hunton, Senator Daniel
and Gen. Fitzlugh Lee (who arrived
this mo'ninp), Mr.. John NJ. Johnson
and others. Among those present
were Gen. Wm. II. Payne, Gen. Lomax
Col Berkeley and others.