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The Winslow mail., 1900-02-08
Darkest Russia.

Will be seen at the opera house next
Tuesday, the 18th inst. This company,
which is under the personal direction
of Edward G. Jepson, is said to be one
of exceptional merit, not only for the
most finished work of its individual
members, but also for its ensemble
The story is one that appeals to all
classes and manners of those who
seek their relaxation within the glare
of the footlights, from the very eager
gallery boy, with his white and cat
call, to those who occupy the higher
pri ced seats below. It is a play of
dramatic scene merging into comedy,
thence into love affairs and on to high
ly wrought up situations in the most
natural way-no straining for effect,
no Juggling in Especially" It is a
drama, an entertainer, and it has
proven its character as such, and been
written success by the public. What
more can even the most carping critic
ask, than successful play, well acted
and perfectly staged.
An English paper gives list of what
it calls the fourteen mistakes of life
While there are undoub btedly other
mistakes besides those mentioned, the
list is fairly comprehensive one. It
is great mistake to set up our own
standard of right and wrong and Judge
people accordingly; to measure the en-
joyment of others by our own; to ex-
pect uniformity of opinion in this
world; to look for perfection in our
own actions; to worry ourselves and
others with what can not be renedied:
not to alleviate all that needs alIevia-
ton as far as lies in our power; not to
u ['"D' iDfpmOtiOC Of
N AXE allowances for the inf1rmaties of
others; to consider everything impos-
sible that we cannot perform to be-
ieve only what our infinite minds can
grasp; to expect to be able to under
stand everything. And the last ard
greatest mistake of all is to live f T
time alone when any moment may
launch us into eternity.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-08
RatesReaSOnable
$500 REWARD.

l will pay the above reward for the
arrest and conviction of any person or
persons, caught handling or driving
any horse or horses branded 7R con-
nected or Ell T on left thigh. The above
Is standing reward.
JOHN MOBILES.
Winslow, Arizona, August 8, 1899.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-08

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Chr akttttalna,1 aatutl.

THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1900.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05
NOW A PACIFIC CABLE.
Is TO CONNECT WITH THE HA-
WAHAN ISLANDS.
Later On, Tt Is Said, the Line Will BE
Extended to the Philippines-Rontes
Have Been Surveyed-Enormous Cost
of the Project.

At last the project of transpacltlc
ocean cable is emerging from the class of
remote possibilities and being promoted
into the class of early probabilities. The
Senate committee on naval affairs the
other day agreed to report the bill for d
Pacific ca BILE which Senator Hale was au-
thorized to draft and the report was later
presented to the Senate. The bill pro-
vides for a present cable only to Homo
lulu, but declares a purpose to extend it
in the future. Three million dollars is
appropriated for the work, and further
surveys are authorized to determine the
most practicable route.
Last summer the Navy Department
made careful survey of route extend
ing from Hawaii to Luzon, and this sur
vey, with the one made in 1891 by the
photographic office of the navy OF u route
from San Francisco to Honolulu, dem
onstrates the entire practicability of a
submarine cable line in five links from
San Francisco to Manila. From Salinas
Landing, Monterey Bay, California, to
Honolulu-2,12 miles an adj
mirable route, within a curiously formed
natural lane on the ocean bottom, 800
miles wide. From Honolulu to Wake
way of the Midway Islands, the line
would be 2,044 miles additional. From
Wake Island to Guam the distance is
1923 miles further, and from Guam to
Manila 1850 miles, or in all 6,SO7 miles.
These landing points are the territory of
the United States, and the line would
cross no foreign soil.
Only two obstacles were encountered
that in any way would interfere with the
laying and operation OLA cable, and these
can readily be avoided by making slight
detour around them. The first of these
obstacles is a submarine mountain a
short distance west of the Midway ISL
ands, rising from the floor of the ocean
at depth of 1900 fathoms, to within
81 fathoms of the surface. The second
obstacle is one of the deepest marine
abysses yet found in the world. 1t is
about 500 miles east of Guam, and the
depth of water there is more than 1900
fathoms, or over five and two-thirds
miles. Submarine volcanoes are serious
menace to ocean cables, and several Of
such volcanoes are known to exist in the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05
MAcRuM STORY TOLD.
House Committee Hears How Consu1's
Letters We're Opened.

Letters We're Opened.
Charles E. Macrum, former United
States consul at Pretoria, was before the
foreign affairs committee of the House
Wednesday and told his story in regard
to the alleged interference with his let
tiers by the British censor. Afterward,
in executive session, the committee, af-
ter considering the case, practically de-
termined to let the matter drop without
further action.
Macrum, in giving his testimony, began
at the point where he first asked for
leave to come home, saying that he de-
sired to come on private business, and
also to place before the Government GER
tain facts, which he thought ought to be
known here. Asked when he first be-
came satisfied that his mail was being
tempered with he said that he did not re-
ceive any mail between Oct. II, when
war was declared, and the second week
in November. Ordinarily he had box
of mail week. The first actual evil
dence he had was when he received two
letters, which had been opened by the
British censor, neither of them Of any
Importance. In reply to question by
Representative w. A. Smith, he admit
ted that he had returned to the United
States largely on account of private busl-
ness. He had made no report to the
State Department in regard to the let
tiers, nor had he attempted to make such
a report to the department He declined
to say why he had not made report,
but said he had gone to Assistant Secre-
tary Hill and said: Il understand | have
been dismissed" Mr.. Hill said his un-
Outstanding was correct, and Mr.. Ma
crum said he therefore had no report to
make.
Pressed further by Mr.. Smith as to his
reasons for believing that the British
authorities had possession Of the State
Department cipher, Mr.. Macrum said he
could not affirm from actual knowledge,
but he explained that on Nov. 6 he had
applied in cipher to the State Depart
ment asking for leave. That cable had
gone through Durham. The next day,
Nov. Z, he had been informed paper IN
Durham published the fact that he had
applied for leave. Mr.. Macrum said he
had used the State Department cipher of
the Slater code, common code, pur-
chasable anywhere. When asked If
other consuls had complained, Mr.. Ma
crum said the German and Belgian con-
suls had both told him that no cipher
kilograms were allowed to go through.
A letter was sent to the committee by
the Secretary of State, with a commu-
nication from Consul General Stowe, in
which the consul general said that when
he heard of the opening of the letters
to Mr.. Macrum he had informed the
British authorities at Port Durham. The
explanation of those officers was salts
factory. The letters had been opened
unintentionally. Mr.. Macrum admitted
there had been no further interference
with the mail.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05

Within the ten weeks ending on Feb.
81 there were 1876 deaths in London
caused by influenza.
Java has taken to the bicycle, and
keeps factory that has been establish
ed at Samarang busy.
The Paris exposition authorities viii
furnish 1864 electric lights for the
grounds and buildings.
The Corporation of Scarborough, Eng
land, has decided to name new thor
oughfare ''Ladysmith avenue
In Great Britain it is illegal for q
pawnbroker to accept Victoria Cross as
q pledge under any circumstances.
incubation for the plague is coming
more into favor in Bombay, as 7,l79 per-
sons were treated recently in one week.
A bill to legalize marriage with de-
ceased wife's sister was read recently
for the first time in the House of Keys,
Isle of Man.
A German authority has gathered data
showing that one-third of humanity
speaks the Chinese language, and that
the Hindoo tongue is spoken by more
than 1OO, OO0.0 900, the Russian by S9,OOO,-
600. while the German is spoken by 81
OoO, 900 and the Spanish by 4S,OOO,O0O.
Hamburg, Germany, is to establish a
university. The nucleus will be the OBJ
servatory, the scientific laboratories and
the historic collections already in the city.
Temperance is making Roadway in Mu-
Mich. The German Medical Total Absti-
nence Union announces that hereafter at
the students kneipe only a moderate use
OF beer will be allowed.
A bin to provide for the taking OF a
census of the British islands in 1901 has
been introduced into the House of Com
mons. Some members of the House are
in favor of waiting till census Of the
whole empire can be taken.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05
SAWYER is NO MORE.
Former United States Senator from
Wisconsin Expires.

Wisconsin Expires.
Former Senator Philetus Sawyer died
Thursday morning at Oshkosh, Wis. He
had been suffering from complication of
troubles. The Senator was 81 years old.
Philetus Sawyer was born in 1916 in
Rutland County, Vermont, and he spent
his boyhood on his fathers farm in
Grown Point n. Y. His schooling con-
sisSd of a few terms in a district school,
and at II he went to work in the pineries
of the Adirondacks as woodsman and
sawmill hand.
In 1S41 he married Malvina NJ. Hadley,
and in 1S47, with 1900 in his pocket, he
went to Fond du Lac, Wis. Not fancy
ing his surroundings he moved two years
later to Algoma, which stood on the pres
ent site of Oshkosh. He rented a saw
mill that had not been paying expenses,
operated it at a profit, and afterward
purchased the mill. Thenceforward he
became a factor in the growth of upper
Wisconsin.
Originally free-soil Democrat, Mr..
Sawyer joined the Republican party upon
it's organization His first political Office
was alderman of the city of Oshkosh.
In 1856 and 1860 he went to the Assem-
bly,. In 1863 and 1864 he was Mayor
of Oshkosh, and in the latter year was
elected to Congress, serving for ten con-
secutive years. In 1881 he was elected
to the United States Senate and reflect
ed six years later.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05
SHOOTS THREE MEN.
AN INSANE MAN IN CINCINNATI
THEN KILLS HIMSELF.
William Gard Runs Amuch, Attempt
ing the Lives of Inoffensive Fellow
Workmen, Fatally Hurting One -

In a fit of temporary insanity William
Gard, aged % years and single, shot three
men and then killed himself in Clncm-
matt. Gard was a varnisher in the en-
ploy of safe company and man with
out any bad habits. While the employees
of the works were taking their noon
lunch Gard, without provocation or warm
ing, commenced firing promiscuously at
them. A riot alarm was turned III ana
patrol wagons FASTENED to the scene 1t
was found that e. Miller of Madisonvllie
was shot in the head and injured fatally.
Thomas Waldron was shot through the
nose and John Guthjahr was shot
through the shoulder, All the victims
are at the hospital and doing well, ex-
eept Miller. Gard took an electric car
for the home of his mother, and shot HIM
self as soon as he reached home, dying
instantly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05
PET JOUBERT DEAD.
eTRANSvAAL.S FAMOUS GENERAL
PASSES away.
His Death a Great Loss to the Beers
He Was the Organizer of Their Army
and Rival of President Kruger-Beat
British at Majuba Hill.

The death Of Gen. Joubert was an
nounced "Wednesday by way of Lorenzo
MARQUES. Two days previous Pretoria
dispatches told of the serious illness VI
the famous Boer chieftain.
Gen. Pietrus Jacobus Joubert, com
mander general of the Transvaal forces
better known as Piet Joubert, or Sllen
Piet'' (Slim Peter, was born about SIX
weight wears ago. He was descended
from an old French Huguenot fal
which settled in South Africa many ye"
ago. He was born in Cape Colony, but
was taken by his parents, when years
old. to the Orange Free State, where ne
was taught from early childhood to snoot
straight and hate the British. He is de-
scribed as having been utterly fearless.
OF schooling he had but little, and he new
err saw a newspaper until he was 19 years
old.
In consequence of the acquisition OF
Natal by the British his family moved
from Natal and settled in the Transvaal.
Soon afterward he became a burgher of
the South African republic and daring
fighter. 1t was during the wars with
the natives that Joubert became acqualnt-
ed with Paul Kruger, and the two men
became bosom friends. He was elected
yice-president of the Transvaal in 1896,
defeated Sir George Colley at Majuba
Hill in 1881, and acted as president of the
republic in 1888 1884, during Kruger's
absence in Europe.
Gen. Joubert was always in favor OF
the use of force instead Of diplomacy,
and President Kruger on several occa-
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sions had great difficulty in depressing
his hot-headed colleague, notably in 1879,
when Joubert, with Kruger and Preto-
RUS, was planning the rebellion to over
throw British rule in the Transvaal. The
result was Majuba Hill and the practical
independence of the Transvaal
1t was Joubert who organized the army
of the South African republic, later on,
dividing the country into seventeen mill
tary departments, and each of these de-
partments into smaller divisions, with
commandants, field comets and lieuten-
ants Of various ranks in charge. Accord
ing to the generals plans, every man be-
came a trained soldier without leaving
his farm, and had his equipment ready at
hand. To such point of perfection was
the system carried that within forty
eight hours after the present war was
declared the Boer nation was under arms.
1t was also due to Gen. Joubert that the
South African republics succeeded in
amassing the immense stores Of war mu-
aitions and provisions which have stood
them in such good stead during the con-
fict now in progress.
When the Jameson raiders were locked
up in Pretoria jail Joubert was strongly
in favor of their immediate execution.
1t was not until Joubert and Kruger had
been closeted together for a whole night
that the more merciful counsels Of Kru-
ger prevailed.
In November last it was reported that
Gen. JOubert had been killed in action,
and later reports said he was dangerous
ly wounded and had TO use cart in or
der to follow the operations in the field.
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LINE OF PROPOSED PACIFIC GABLE.

provinces, the Punjab, the central prov
inces, and central India. This does not
affect the present conditions, but it Sc
cures the crops terminating in the
ground, and SO guards against this fam
inc year being followed by another. 1t
will so tend to mitigate the growing Sc
verify of the water famine, which is
pressing upon large areas with even
greater severity than the actual failure
of the harvest.
The last famine of 1S96-'97 NAV be
taken as an approximate measure of the
present one. On that occasion the cost
to the people of India, owing to the loss
of their food crops, was estimated at
ELL, 100000, about the total revenue Of
Great Britain at present. This is, neces-
sarily, only an approximate valuation.
but the actual cost to the Indian treas
ury can be calculated with a considera-
BILE approach to accuracy. The amount
spent on relief works, the loss of revenue.
the land revenue suspended, the loans TO
famine districts and the amount of the
charitable funds came in all to f19,25O,-
900.
In, the House of Commons the other
day the Right Hon. Lord George Ham
ilton, Secretary of State for India, stat
ed that the Indian famine affects an area
of territory in which there is popula-
ton of 100000. Five million persons
are in receipt of relief, and the number
employed on the Government relief
works is 100000. The amount devoted
to the relief work in 1S99-19OO was FL
055,OOO, and it is expected that E3,235.-
600 will probably he required for the
same purpose during the current year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

Maj. Gen. Prettyman has been appoint
ed military governor of Bloemfontein.
Mr.. Vessels, president of the Rad,
has gone to England to solicit public
sympathy.
bulk Of the work. but Gen. Roberts gets
the bouquets.
Twelve thousand shells were thrown
into Ladysmith, killing thirty-five of the
garrison and wounding 1873.
1t is estimated that Gen. Butler and
Gen. White lost 6,1S2 men during the
operations around Ladysmith.
By the time Lord Roberts reaches the
Vaal river he will command some $4,000
men, while Gen. Butler will have 10000.
The Dutch rebellion in Northeast Cape
Colony seems TO be collapsing Kitchener
has been pouring British troops into the
district
Inc British war Office has issued a re-
port showing that the total number of
casualties in South Africa has been H.
9ll, exclusive of 955 men who were eth
er accidentally killed or died from dis
ease.
The total estimated expenditure on the
British feet for the twelve months from
April !, 1900, to March 81, 1901, is plac-
ed at $137 $4,000
Montagu White confirms the rumors
that the Beers will utterly destroy Jo-
hannesburg if forced to do so. Pretoria
could not be defended, he says, If Johan-
nesburg We're permitted to remain.
Cecil Rhodes says there have been only
10000 Boers in the field altogether, and
that the foreign mercenaries were only
about 10000. The numbers of the Beers,
ne said, had been exaggerated in order to
explain the British reverses.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05

Pacific, in the neighborhood Of the link
already surveyed through the natural
ocean lane from San Francisco to Homo
lulu. But the survey of 1891 showed that
these can easily be avoided in laying the
line, and no danger is to be apprehended
from that source. Coral formations
abound near the Hawaiian Islands, and
in hauling up the shore end of the cable
there precautions will be taken to shield
the line from any possible effects from
the coral builders. This can be done by
sheathing the shore end of the cable
with steel armor.
AS the present cost of ocean cables for
making and laying is about $1,000
linear mile, the aggregate expense may
be estimated at $S,16S, 400. Allowing,
however, 1881 600 for equipment and I'M
forseen contingencies, the total would be
$S,5OO,00O Since Admiral Dewey's VIC
tory at Manila on May l. 1898, the cable
tolls paid by our Government on mes
sages to and from the Philippines have
been enormous. At present Government
messages to or from Manila cost $2.25
word-only small reduction from the
regular rate of $40, and special rates
on particularly pressing messages often
run up as high as STU word.
Our Government is far behind other
powers, including some foreign republics,
in the ownership of ocean cables. Unlike
the Pacific, which not a single cable
crosses, the Atlantic is spanned by an
abundance of cables. Twenty transat-
lantic cables have been laid since Cyrus
w. Fields first venture in 1853. -Four of
the transatlantics were downright fail
ures, but that was before cable making
and laying had become an art. Others
have fallen into disuse and have been re-
placed by better duplicates. Counting
in all the Atlantic, Mediterranean, In
dian ocean and smaller cables under all
the seas and bays of the world, there
are 1,225 separate ocean cables, aggre-
eating in length over 10000 miles OF
wire, sufficient to girdle the world seven
times over.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05
IN A WAITING STAGE.
Retail Dry Goods Trade Quiet Pending
Effect of Spring Demand.

Bradstreet's says: 1T has been quiet
week in distributiye trade except at some
few western centers, this being especially
true of the dry goods business. Whole
sale trade in this line has been generally
completed, and pending the effect OF
spring demand upon the retail trade, the
markets are in waiting stage. AS re-
CARDS prices, the feature of the week
has been the strength manifested by agri-
cultural products and provisions. Wheat,
including -four, shipments for the week
aggregated 2,962,349 bushels, against
2,9O3, 495 last week. Corn exports for
the week aggregated 3,193,63S bushels,
against 5, 123, S4S last week
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05
Brief News Items.

The first counterfeit new dollar silver
certificate was found in Cleveland.
The japanese navy will hold extern
siye maneuyers in the Straits of Corea.
The total number of sheep in the State
OF West Virginia is 1856, 1913, valued at
$14, 326, $50.
A stock company with $4,000, 600 is be-
ing organized in Chicago to develop Mex.
lear copper mines.
A johannesburg dispatch sent to Der
lin says the Transvaal gold mines have
not suffered greatly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05
HIRED GIRL PoIsoNs FOUR.
Administers Arsenic in Oatmeal Musl
Served at a Meal.

Administers Arsenic in Oatmeal NusIl
Served at a Meal.
An attempt to poison Cincinnati fam
ily resulted in the serious illness of four
persons-Mrs. f. A. Aiken, Miss Allie NJ.
Calvin. Harold Winold and Francis Win
old. The persons poisoned had eaten oat-
meal for breakfast. They were immedi-
ately and violently attacked. A physician
was quickly called, and all were placed
out of danger. Suspicion pointed to the
servant girl, Violet Foster, who was ar
rested, and admitted that she had pro
cured the arsenic and put it into the
oatmeal She said she was lnst1gated
thereto by c. O. Winold, father of the
children.
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midas GREAT FAMINE.
.rea and Population Affected Larger

Area and Population Affected Larger
than Ever BefOre.
The area and population affected IN
midas present famine are mucA
greater than in any previous famine
According to official reports, the popn-
lation affected in 1S65-66 was 41,oOo,ooo,
in 1S6S-'69 it was 44,500,0O0, in 1916. 90
as much as 5S,oOOO00, and in 1S96-o' Il
came to 65,O0O,OOO. The last famine al
most compares with the present IN area
Int not in intensity. At the correspond
ing period of 1897 there were l.ooo.ooo
on relief works. Now there are o.iof'-
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browns HIS CHILD AT A PUMP
Terrible Deed of an Unnatural Indian
Territory Father.

Frank Haskey was arrested at Fry, l.
r., and placed in jail He is charged
with numbering his 1O-year-old son in a
brutal manner. First he held the boy
against a red-hot cook stove and scared
his skin. Then he took him to pump
in the back yard and tied him under the
faucet. He then pumped water on the
lads head until he was drowned. Inc
neighbors came over and took Haskey IN
charge. Lynching was only ayerted py
the arrival of officers. The son IS not
known to have committed any oHense.
Haskey has been in the penitentlary for
stealing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05

The Canadian Parliament defeated a
resolution declaring that the action Of
the Dominion in the South African war
should not be regarded as precedent.
Adrian G. Arson. former baseball play
or. was nominated as the Democratic cam
didate for alderman from the Third ward
in Chicago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05
PORTO RIcANs STARVING.
Situation in the Island Is More seriou,

Situation in the Island Is More Serious
than at Any Time.
A correspondent at Ponce asserts that
not since the terrible hurricane has the
situation of the Porto Rican people been
SO serious as at the present. The poor
are starving, and the prices Of staples
have increased from 80 to 100 per cent.
Demonstrations have been held in San
Juan, Mayaguez, Yauco, Arceibo, Agui-
adilla, Fajardo, Juan Diaz, Guayama and
other places