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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-03
The NOShDDTD House.
R.aATTERY PT0l.

Is a quiet, well conducted hotel,
on Wall ST., between Main and
Railroad SITS. in the center of the
town and convenient to depot.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-03
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County Officers.
CIVIC SOCITIBS,

ii O. 9. F.-Eagle River Lodge No. 100.
Meets every Monday evening at their hall
4 over Beardsley drug store. Visiting
Brothers are cordially invited.
Mann HGRzEL, See. NJ e. SANBoRN, n. q
The silver star., 1900-12-14
EXTENSION OF
RURAL FREE MAIL DELIVERY

Washington, Dec. 1O.-Postmaster
General Charles Emory Smith has is.
sued his annual report for the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1900. The show.
ing made is one gratifying to the ad-
ministrati0n, and In n great measure a
matter Of pride to all citizens of the
United States to whom the great
strides made In the Postal Department
have placed the United States system
In the front rank in the nations in the
postal union. The report says:
"The financial operations of the de-
partment for the last fiscal year are
shown briefly in the following state
ment:
Revenues and Expenditures
Ordinary postal revenue. 800. $50. 433. A
Receipts from money-order
business .................-.-.. %
Total receipts from all
Total expenditures for the
year ..........-............... iV',f4026t9s
Excess of expenditures over
''From this statement it will be OBJ
served that the revenues have now
passed the hundred million mark; also,
that while the expenditures were over
six millions greater than for the pre-
vious fiscal year. the deficit for the
year 1S99-190O was but $685. .6SS, be-
ing 81 ,225, ,0SS less than that OF the pre-
vious year.
"The following Is an estimate of the
revenues and expenditures of the pos
tai service, which has been transmit
ted to the secretary of the treasury.
for the fiscal year ending June 30.
1902:
Total postal revenue for 1900, .sIo2 s54. .s7s.o 90
Add N per cent. for estimat-
ed increase year ending June
SV' l9ol ..-........,..,.-.-...... 5'6.59SU
Estimated revenue for 1901 $40 O31. .172 90
Add per cent. for estimated
increase year ending June 80.
1902. .......................... G,GOl. $40 90
Estimated revenue for 1902 siiG. .633, ,0i2 %
Estimated expenditure for
lso2. ..........-.....-....-.--- l2l.2l6.si9oo %
Deficiency for 1902, esti-
mated ........-.-....-.....$ 463i.S 90
"The extraordinary extension of
rural free delivery during the last two
years has proved TO be the most salient
significant and far-reacliing feature of
postal development in recent times.
I'VE are now carrying the postoffice
to the door of 31.OOO.OOO of people
massed in towns and cities. The task
before us is the more complicated work
of carrying the postotfice to the door of
about 21OOO.0OO scattered over 1,OOO,-
600 square miles Of territory.
July /. 1899. there We're 391 rural
delivery routes in operation. under an
appropriation of SIJO.O0O. this number
was increased 10 1.2l4. July /, 1900.
tho appropriation of 81, 100000 became
ayaiiaur.. anu S0Ss.;i;,af f:,sn. 2614
routes had been located and establis
Ell, 81 ,919 miles In aggregate length.
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covering 66S42 square miles, divided
among forty-four states and terrltor-
les, and serving population OF 1,SO1, ).
624. The number Of applications pend.
ing at that date and awaiting action
or under investigation was more than
2, nearly enough to double the ex-
listing rervice-end every day brings
more. The close Of the present fiscal
year will see about 1890 routes In Op.
Grafton, carrying the mail daily to the
doors of not less than 3.5OOO0O resi-
dents of the rural districts.
ut thus appears that rural free de
livery can be extended practically over
the whole country at on annual cost of
less than $14,OOOOOO. Az the appro-
priatlon for the current fiscal year fol-
this purpose is S1.75O.000. mn addition
al outlay of $12,OOO,O00 unless unfor-
seen demands should come. would sub
stantlally take the mail every day to
every door in the land.
"It is recommended that the appro-
priation for rural free delivery for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 1901. be
not less than $3.5OO,OO0."
The following recommendations for
legislation by Congress are made:
That an act be passed to punish per
sons who by force attempt to enter n
car or apartment In a ear used for the
distribution of mail. or who may as
sault railway mail clerk while in the
discharge of his duties as such.
That a statute be enacted providing
for the compulsory separation by pub
fishers of second-class mail matter.
While the majority of the publishers
have shown willingness TO undertake
this work at the request of the special
officer in charge of II, few are un-
willing to cooperate with the govern
ment In this matter. which saves cx-
pense to the department and facilitates
dispatch of mail.
That the Interstate commerce law he
amended to prohibit common carriers.
to-wit, telegraph and express compan-
les. or dry of their employees, from aid
ing or abetting in the green goods or
lottery swindles, or any other scheme
carried on partly by mail and partly by
common carrier. and which Is in vio-
lation of the postal laws.
That statute be enacted authoriz-
ing postofiice inspectors TO take out
search warrants whenever the same
may be necessary In the prosecution of
their official duties.
That an appropriation be made for
the purpose of constructing loOkouts
in postoffices wherever. in the opinion
Of the postmaster general. they may he
needed.
That provision he made for the pay
ment of incidental expenses incurred
by local officers or others in the arrest
detention and keeping OF prisoners
charged with violations of the postal
laws until such prisoners can be trans
ferfcd 70 ,avaa- Il, ; s:llstOdy of Il United States
marshal.
The silver star., 1900-12-14
THE ULTIMATUM
OF THE POWERS

Washington. Dec 1O.-The next i'm
portant step in the Chinese situation
will be the formal presentation to the
Chinese plenipotentiaries of the agree
ment arrived at between the repre-
sentatiyes of the powers at Pekin for
reparation of the boxer outrages. In
just what manner this will be done
Mr., Conger has not Informed the State
Departments. although the probability
is that the doeIment will be handed
to the Chinese by tih.e dean of the dip
lomatic corps. As has be-. yea' The
telegram is simply statement of the
terms upon which the powers will me-
gotiate with China for final settlement
and Is laid before the Chinese officials
as a matter of form.
The negotiations for final settlement
will come later after the Chinese have
been given reasonable opportunity
for the consideration of the conditions
laid down by the powers. The COM
plete agreement deciphered from the
code Is now in the hands of the Pres
ident. officials decline TO make Its
text public in advance of the receipt
of information that II had been form
ally accepted by the powers, although
the advices which have heretofore
come from Mr.. Conger leave no doubt
that this will be the case. The essen
tial features of the agreement already
have been outlined in the press dis
patches
The silver star., 1900-12-14
HAWAII PLANTERS
WANT NEGROES

Honolulu, Nov. 30.-Statistics Of i'm
migration for the past few months
show that there is considerable
movement Of Orientals away form the
islands. During the past three months
the departures for Japanese for Japan
have exceeded the arrivals by over 100
and over 400 more Chinese have gone
home than have come here.
The steamship Aorangi from Victor
this week brought the first lot of labor
eres that have been received for come
time. Only eighty We're In the lot, but
1t is understood that more will come
II these make favorable report The
question of getting negro labor from
the South American states Is being
warmly discussed. There is great op-
position to importing negroes in some
quarters. Delegate Wilcox has de-
clared himself as strongly opposed to 1t
and he will work against it. He de-
clares that il negroes are brought here
it means the end of the Hawaiian race.
This city has just passed through the
heaviest rainstorm experienced In
many years. Five and a half inches Of
rain fell In twelve hours on the night
of November 25th, and the result was
some large floods in the residence dis
tricts.
The bark st. Catherine arrived day
before yesterday from San Francisco,
having been thirty days in making the
trip. AS result of the slow journey
she lost 100 hogs which were over
come by heat and died on the way.
The brig W. G. Irwin and barkentine
Planter have also arrived after equal
1y long trips. All the vessels report an
absence of trade winds.
Hawaii has celebrated for the last
time, probably, the day known to Ha-
waiian history as Independence Day.
1t is the 2Sth of November on which
date twenty-seven years ago, England
and France entered into n mutual trea
ty recognizing the Hawaiian nation
and agreeing to respect 1t as independ-
ent. This followed after the cession
of the islands to Great Britain, upon
demand made by Lord George Paulet
and the subsequent restoration OF the
monarchy by Admiral Thomas. When
the Legislature meets it will probably
abolish the holiday.
The silver star., 1900-12-14

A recent magazine contains re-
markable picture of a wild white-foot-
ed mouse nursing her four young ones.
It is a reproduction Of photograph
made from life under circumstances 30
pleasant that they are worth rstelling.
The owner Of the camera was walking
in the woods with friend. when he
came upon the interesting family
group. The frightened mother instant
ly disappeared. and could not be found
even after the most careful search. 1t
was only when the two men reached
home that the little creature was
found In the pocket OF one Of them.
Fearing that t'e young ones would
die. the photographer ran back two
miles with the old mouse In his hand.
and the charming picture referred to
represents the first needing Of the re-
united family.
The silver star., 1900-12-14

Mr.. Martin Dodge. director OF the
once OF public road inquiries. an
nounces that the secretary Of agricul-
ture has established in the division
Of chemistry laboratory for testing
physically and chemically all varieties
Of road materials. These substances
include rocks OF all kinds. gravel.
shells. brick. clays and other bodies
used In road building In country dis
tricts, but do not include materials
for municipalities. This laboratory
will be ready for operation about De-
csmbsr 1. Any person desiring to
have road materials tested In this lab
oratory Is advised to write to the Of
Zee Of public road inquiries. depart
ment OF agriculture. Washington, ID.
c., for instructions in regard to the
methods Of selecting and shipping
samples.
The silver star., 1900-12-14
Death of Mrs. McLenn.

Washington, Dec. 1o.-Mrs. Mary l..
Mclean, the mother of John II. Nc
Lean of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and
mother-in-law of Admiral Dewey, died
mt her residence at 1880 o'clock this
morning of acute heart affection. She
had been III since Friday.
At the bedside of Mrs. Mclean when
the end came We're her daughters, Mrs.
Dewey and Mrs. Ludlow. wife OF Rear
Admiral Nicoll Ludlow: her son, John
X. Mclean, and Admiral Dewey.
Mrs. Mclean was n native OF Ken
lucky. but previous to coming to
Washington several years ago she
spent most Of her life In Cincinnati.
She was the widow of the late Wash.
ington Mclean. proprietor Of the Gin.
cinnati Enquirer. Mrs. Mclean was
In her seyenty-second year.
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Farm for Con-ump,,,...

Denver. Colo. Dec. 1O.-The papers
transferring to the Young Mems Chris
tian Association of Colorado the two
lots and improvements No. 2i30 Mar
kct street, have been received. and the
nucleus thus established for Secretary
banners projected market farm where
the tuberculosis patients coming TO this
state for their health may find self
supporting occupation and favorable
surroundings. The donation was made
by Edward J.. George. NJ present In
Hanover. Germany. Two cnsh sub
scriptlons were also received and are
In the custody OF the International
Trust Company. All three donations
were made In response to u letter from
Secretary Dnnncr of the association
which was printed In the first Sheldon
edition OF the Topeka Capital.
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Annual L-v. Stock E.po.,,,on.

Chicngo. Dec. iO.--As the outcome OF
or the international Live Stock Expo.
sition which has been In progress nj
the stock yards for n week, there will
Ike established In this city two pcrmn.
nent annual stock expOsItions. The
iirst VIII be held In the fail. Immediate.
~ after the closing of the state and
county fairs and tho other will follow
In the nrst week In December Of eacli
year. The early fnll meeting will Ie
arranged for the breeding classes OF
FANCY stock. while Il is planned 10
make the second dlstinctIvcly n INT
stock show to e modelled nfter tho
great annual show mt Hmithneld, Eng.
land. but on n larger scale.
The silver star., 1900-12-14

Mr.. Isaac Brock, the Oldest Man In IN.
United 6tates. -
Mr.. Isaac Brock, Of McLennan conn.
ty, Tex, has attained the great =.
Of Ill years. having been born I
1888. He is an ardent friend to p.
runa and speaks Of 1t in the folloviss
terms:
During my long life I have know,
q great many remedies for coushs
colds. catarrh and diarrhoea. IN
always supposed these affections IA
be different diseases, but h,vs
learned from DR.. Hartmans boots
that these affections nre the same Ana
are properly called catarrh.
'As for DIR. Hartman's remedy. pa.
runa. I have found 1t to be the best
II not the only reliable remedy for
these affections.
"Peruna has been my standby
for many, years, and attribute nv
good health and my extreme an
to this remedy. II exactly meets
al my requirements.
Il have come to rely upon 1t almoat
entirely for the many little thingu for
which need medicine. believe IL to
be especially valuable to old people"
Isaac Brock.
Catarrh is the greatest enemy Of old
age. A person entirely free from ca
tarrh is sure to live to a hale and
hearty old age. A free book on a.
tarrh sent by The Peruna Medicins
Co.. Columbus, o.
The silver star., 1900-12-14

Public sentiment will generally ap-
prove the action of the New York
sheriff who recently arrested lady
cyclist." She was trying to cover
three thousand miles in quicker time
than that distance had ever been rid
den before. and when the sheriff in
terfered had already covered twenty
six hundred miles in less than twelve
days. She was in such a pitiable con-
dition that people living near the
scene of her riding made complaint. 1t
may not be necessary to regard such a
person as a criminal. but any one who
knows no better than to impose such
a strain upon her own health, II not
upon her life, Is better off in custody
than out OF 1t.
The silver star., 1900-12-14
Immense Colonization sch.me..

Salt Lake. Utah. Dec. 1O.-Both the
Rio Grnnde Western ana Oregon Short
Line railroads are In the midst Of the
most gigantic and determined effort to-
wards colonization ever made In the
West. The passenger departments
have literally been given over to the
one object General Passenger Agent
Heintx Of the Rio Grandc Western
says he looks for the population Of
Utah to double within u short time, un-
less something happens to Interfere
with the plans Of the roads centerIng
here.
1--WE hive done everything that
money cnn do In tie way OF ndvertis.
ing and Offering Inducements TO colo.
nization." he declared. I'VE have
sent three agents East to devote them.
selves entirely 10 this propn ganda, and
We have inserted nm advertisement In
over 1000 enstern papers. The tide
Inns started already. Settlers are COM
Ing In by the score. and large qunntI-
ties Of letters of inquiry IRE loading
down our mail"
The Oregon Short Line hns also cut
loose on spending money. devoting es-
pecln1 attention to Idaho. General
Passenger Agent Burlcy OF the Short
Line saId:
I'VE have sent out 10000 copies OF
q booklet on Idnho nnd returns nrc bc-
ginning 10 come In on this and on nm
advertisement TINT we ran In 5000 IN.
pers In the Enst. We expect tO bring
$4,000 people into Utah and Idnho In
the next three years. haven't u
doubt In the world but what we will do
t."
The silver star., 1900-12-14
ONE THOUSAND TELEGRAPH
OPERATORS OUT ON A STRIKE

Chicago Dec S.-AIost OF the tele-
graph operators on lines of the Atchi-
son, Topeka Il Santa Fe system went
on strike late yesterday in support Of
the strike inaugurated ON the Gulf,
Colorado Il Santa Fe Thursday.
President H. +. Ripley of the Atchi-
son road, when he learned of the strike
of the main line operators, said:
This action was taken" he contln-
ued, Notwithstanding the fact that the
company made contract with the op-
orators In service on the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe proper July 1, and
with those in service on the lines west
Of Albuquerque, November 18th last,
under the terms of which they bound
themselves, through their organization,
to give the company thirty days notice
Of any dissatisfaction M
Denver, Colo. Dec. 9.-The follonlng
order inaugurated the great telegraph
ers' strike In Denver:
Galveston. Tex. Dec. 8, 1900
Cease work Mt once. all operators Of
Santa Fe system. until such time rs
ordered TO resume by me. Train dis
patchers members of the order will
do likewise.
MARTIN NJ. DOLPHIN"
The silver star., 1900-12-14

A collection of ancient Greek orna-
ments which cost him 100000 has
been given by ]. Pierpont Morgan to
the Metropolitan museum Of art, New
York City. The collection was many
years making, and includes large
gold crown, heavy gold necklace, a
gold and silver bridal wreath, gold
embossed mask of a young woman, a
gold and silver bridal wreath. large
gold-winged statuets and gold ram.
They date from $50 B. C.
The silver star., 1900-12-14

The latest exposition of rural mail
delivery in the United States is the
remarkable route extending three
thousand miles beyond the reach of
the mail-boats in Alaska. The car
riers are descendants of reindeer i'm
ported from Siberia in 1892. of which
there are now twenty large herds in
Alaska, Notwithstanding frequent
newspaper assertions that the reindeer
are all dead.
The silver star., 1900-12-14
American Manufacture. win.

London. Dec. 10.-The Daily Mail
has received the following by mniI
from Its Calcuita correspondent. The
porte commissioners recently invited
bids for locomotives. The lowest Eng.
Ilsh tender quoted 81. .5ii fr each loco
motive md wanted nine months To
complete the order. The lowest Amer
lean tender quoted 81, ,2GO and nskcd for
SIX months. The Inter wns accepted,
subject TO the approval Of the govern
ment.
The silver star., 1900-12-14

Care of the sick can scarcely reacb
its highest ideal save where personal
attachment supplements knowledge
and skill. Therefore, it belongs to the
life of every woman There are few
households indeed where any girl can
grow up without some opportunities
for this experience. Such opportuni-
ties may well be supplemented by lee
lures, courses of reading and we'll
planned demonstrations.
The silver star., 1900-12-14
The 0ss.s.s r~,~rrs,..

Lisbon, Dec. 1O.-King Carlos hns rc-
ccived from Queen victorln the fol.
lowing Telegram. IN response 10 the one
sent by him yesterday:
] nm grently touched by your kind
telegram. I sincerely thank you, my
dear nephew. for II, and for the good
Wishes you entertnin toward me and
mine. II In with the grcntcst pleasure
that ! recognize the cordial nnd friend.
Y understanding between Portugal nud
EnvIand,"
The silver star., 1900-12-14
british u.. Desperate. Measures.

London. Dec. 1O.--A dispatch from
johannesburg snys the town has been
FENCED around with bnrbcd wire fence
70 prevent the inhabitants getting food
to the Beers.
Lord Roberts Is expected 10 arrive In
London january 9Th. lie will he met
by the Prince and Princess 0f Wales
and VIII proceed In trumphal progress
70 St. Paul's cnthcdraI. where he will
attend special service Of thanksgiv.
The silver star., 1900-12-14

A good many years ago some clever
Yankee built a house In sections. took
Il around the Horn, and set II up in
Mawaii over n carefully made cellar.
TAs cellar still exists. n monument 70
~ Inappropriate. 1t II = good place
for centipedes 10 build their homes,
but beyond that ns useless ns an Ice
ehsst In Greenland. The old maxim
F5nd out mems wnnt and need
And meet them there.
~ Lost none Of its force. Those VINO
neo1sc4 Il cannot complain v people
)saOb u taso,
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Great IL the sugar ,,.es.

Denver, Colo. Dec. 1O.-John u. Ieet
returned Inst week from trip through
the wiley of the Arkansas, and con.
trnstcd conditions Of to-day with twen.
were scattered for miles along drenry
waste on either side OF the rnllway.
The News publishes nm interview In
Which Mr.. Iect says;
The silver star., 1900-12-14

The Southern cotton manufacturers
are interested in China. and they arc
not the least bit backward in speakins
up about it. s
The silver star., 1900-12-14

Crooked financiering In New York
has become so fast and furious that
Mr.. Miller. the 12O per cent man, has
been entirely forgotten.
The silver star., 1900-12-14

tnah z,UVU coHtb anu
1,200 trouserettes. Mrs. Ii Is able to
walk only few feet at a time, being
crippled like the majority Of Chinese
women; but if report be trustworthy
she is by no means an idle woman. for
she is said to keep a detailed account
OF the expenditure of her vast house
hold and to be an excellent woman of
business.
The silver star., 1900-12-14
SILVER STAR.
(Published weekly.)
JOE II. DE WITT. Editor and Prop
DOLORES, COLORADO
Terms: 800 per year.

Any woman can keep an expense ac
count. but only about one woman In a
hundre can make 1t tally with her
cash.
The silver star., 1900-12-14

we have all heard OF magic cities
In the mountains. have never known
OF mountain city that would compare
with Sugar City In the valley OF the
Arkansas. Throughout the valley It
has been fully demonstrated that the
first years crop OF sugnr beets will
sell for $50 TO $75 per acre. Unlike
cantnloupes, potatoes and other prod
ucts OF the ground shipped from Colo
rndo. the market for sugar IL unlimIt-
ed. The value OF sugar consumed by
the American people Is about as grent
M the value OF the flour consumed by
them. We hnve the climate, the peo.
pie and the soil. and | venture to say
that the success OF sugar beet culture
IN Colorado Will create land boom
throughout the entire state"
The silver star., 1900-12-14

At seventeen minutes past o'clock
yesterday afternoon the above dispatch
was flashed over the wires into the
city Office of the Santa Fe road in Den
yer. A few minutes later the operator
Of the company on duty at the office
closed his telegrnphlc key. reached for
his hat and overc0at and walked out.
As the Santa Fe system includes
more than 5000 miles of railway, It
was estimated that more than 1900
telegraph operators left their posts In
response to the pcremptory order Of
Grand Chief Dolphin. The strike was
almost wholly unexpected by Outsid-
ers, as II was generally believed the
controversy between the operators and
the railway company would he con-
fined to the Texas division. On nc
count also OF the recent contract gov
erning all branches OF the road west of
Albuquerque and requiring employees
to give thirty days notice OF strike,
the announcement that hundreds OF
men had quit their positions was re-
ceived with incredullty. In railway
circles 1t was prophcsicd last evening
that the strike will be to finish, and
VIII be one Of the most determined Ia
Dor wars known for years in the West.
The silver star., 1900-12-14

The wife of Ii Hung Chang has the
credit of being not only the richest
woman in China but also of being the
most luxurious woman on earth.
Twice daily Mrs. Ii bathes in oil OF
orange and acacia flowers, and she has
a staff of 900 ,ss-rv...... .aaiIs~. .vs.'..;s
-. - ~ m ......... Hesperus .,..
rons StS mlAr....... .nprrs said to