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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18

chief improvement is in the introduce
ton of labor-saving machines, which
replace both mental and manual labor,
and are so constructed that it is i'm
possible for them to make a mistake.
These machines were invented by
former employe of the census bureau
and enc of them was put in use in the
last census but has been grea ~ i'm
proved since then.
The first machine put to work on the
census returns is the punching ma
chine Under the old method, the
sheets containing the records Ct each
person singly were transferred to a
big genera sheet under various head
ings by clerks working in pairs. One
clerk would call or ne individual
sheet and the other would tally on
the general sheet Now the work of
the tally clerk is done by the punch
ing machine.
Each record sheet. after it has been
sorted and classified alphabetically
according to the district from which
it is sent, will be passed on to z pair
Of clerks. One of these will read the
returns as under the old method. The
other will be seated before a punching
machine, which is operated somewhat
like a typewriter except that it
punches holes instead of writing
characters. The keyboard in this
machine contains Lightweight SYM
bols, each Of which indicates some
fact which is likely to be recorded in
the course of compiling the returns.
Beside the operator will be placed a
stack of cards which contain the same
characters that are marked on the
keyboard of the machine. These char
acters are divided into groups by
lines across the card and are chiefly
in the form of figures or of abbrevla-
tions. AS the first clerk reads the
statistics, the operator punches out
the corresponding symbol from his
card. One Of these machines will
punch 700 cards day. One thousand
clerks will be set to work on the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18

joint action by the powers. American
missionaries in China are still safe.
An American is reported to be the
leader in a rebellion in southern China
The foreign naval commanders at
Taku, China, decided to act in concert,
but it is said the Russian commander
was not present. Admiral Kempff re-
ports that fighting with the Boxers
has begun. The empress of China sent
5000 men to guard the railway to
Pekin against Boxers" British mar
rines will force a passage from Tien-
Tsin to the capital. The American
missionary conference at Pekin sent
a telegram to President Mckinley ap-
pealing for protection and stating that
the missionaries at Pao-Ting-Fu and
other places were in extreme danger;
that the Tung-Chau mission station
had been abandoned; that chapels
everywhere were being burned, and
hundreds of native Christians mas
sacred by the Boxers. Sentiment in
favor of exerting force upon China
is increasing in every European CAPT.
tai Germany fayors American ac-
ton. England's hands are tied and
London fears Russia will follow the
Egyptian precedent. Admiral Kempff's
instructions are to protect American
interest at all hazards, but not to in
terfere with Chinese internal affairs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18
DOMESTIC.

Chicago June wheat, II 5-8c.
immigration from Germany is de-
creasing.
A plan for Cuban navy was placed
before Gen. Wood.
DR.. James I. Whitaker is dead at
Cincinnati, aged 81.
Christian scientists deny that Mrs.
Eddy is "old and feeble"
William Hummel was hanged for
wife murder at WiIliamsport, Pa.
William L. Disten of Illinois was
made surveyor general of Alaska.
A company has been formed to give
$500 to every member upon marriage.
Virginia, Mimi, was destroyed by
fire, causing a loss of about 100000.
One hundred and fifty Klondikers ar
rived at Seattle, bringing 100000 in
gold.
Proposed reorganization was de-
feated by the Federation Of Women S
Clubs.
Secretary Long probably will refuse
to pay more than $445 ton for armor
plate.
Demand for the extradition of w. S..
Taylor will be made upon Governor
Mount.
Washington democrats favor the
suggestion of Hill for the vice presi-
dency.
Four persons were killed and many
injured in a score Of riots in St.
Louis.
The wheat crop in Oklahoma breaks
records. The yield will exceed 10000
bushels.
The American Medical association
selected St. Paul as the next place of
meeting.
The New England delegation to
Philadelphia favors Long for vice
president.
Spanish cannon, lent to Kansas City
as a Cuban war trophy, was found to
be loaded.
The appointment of "Joe" Wheeler
to be brigadier general is criticised in
the army.
Mayor Van Wyck may be forced out
of Office by the New York ice trust
prosecution.
Unknown thieves stole eight bronze
howitzers from the Chickamauga ma
tiOnal park.
William Kerr, a veteran banker OF
Hastings, Neb., bought a gold brick
for $4,000.
Everything is in readiness at Phila-
delphia for the national republican
convention.
Senators Pettigrew and Allen are
said to have come to blows in senate
cloak room.
The biggest iron ore discovery of the
year in Minnesota was made neal
Mountain Iron.
New York democrats instructed fol
Bryan, but refused to reaffirm the
Chicago platform.
Admiral Dewey was given an en-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18
BRITISH-BOER WAR.

British troops occupy Pretoria.
Beers around Ficksburg refuse to
surrender.
President Kruger declares that the
war has just begun.
General Methuen is engaged in hard
fighting near Hebron.
Twenty-one miles of Gen. Roberts
vital line of railway was torn by the
beers.
General Butler has fought an engage
ment with beers in northern Natal
which, in his opinion, renders Laings
mex untenable.
The beers destroyed the fourth bat
talon of the Derbyshire regiment at
Roodeval Only six enlisted men es-
capped. The others were killed, wound
ed or captured.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
sPANIsH-AMERICAN ISLANDS.

A heavy increase is shown in the ex-
ports at Manila.
General Otis called on the president.
He says any troops withdrawn must
be replaced by others.
"An officer" says the Philippines re-
bellion will last five years more at
least.
The president issued commissions
as lieutenant general to Miles and ma
ior general to Corbin.
A Cuban paper, La Nacion, says
there is popular discomfort in the is
land with the present regime.
Details of the Catubig fight show
that sixteen of the thirty-one Ameri-
cans were killed before relief arrived.
Former insurrectionists in the
Philippines again urge the proposition
of autonomy under an American pro-
tectorate.
Judge Taft's utterances indicate
conciliatory policy toward the Fill
pinos, but native officials are treacher-
Gus and corrupt
Major Johnson commanding two
companies of the twenty-ninth In
fantry, captured 40 armed Filipinos in
the island of Tablas.
The transports Burnside, Mcpherson,
Mcclellan, Crook and SedgWick will
convey 1,483 Cuban school teachers to
Boston, whence they will go to Har-
ward.
All the northeastern coast beyond
Dagupan is in insurrection, as are
the southern provinces of Luzon, the
Visayan islands, and most of Panay
and Cebu.
General Otis, formerly military gov
ernor in Manila, said in an interview
that the Philippine war is over and
American soldiers are now protecting
natives from ROBBERS
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18
BADGER BRIEFS.

August Froll was appointed post
master at Binghamton, vice Henry
Smith resigned.
House to house registration of mail
will go into effect at GAINESVILLE and
La Crosse, June 80.
| At Menominee, Mich, Frank
Wheeler and Miss Martha Bohlan of
| GAINESVILLE, were married.
| Anton Finsted was killed this morn
| ing at North Menominee on rail
road crossing. He was so years of age.
At Sheboygan a resolution providing
| for the purchase of the city water
works was favorably reported to the
council by special committee.
l.. E. Goodwin of Lost Lake had an
examination on the charge of at
tempting to murder his wife by throw
| ing her into an old we'll. He was held
in $4,000 bail.
Near Waukesha, George Michels died,
aged So years. He leaves wife and
eight children. Death was caused by
heart disease.
At Palmyra Roy Misch, years of
age, drowned. He was the son of Mr..
and Mrs Jacob Misch who went there
from Milwaukee a year ago.
At Menominee, Mich, Stafford
Holmes, a log driver employed by
Holmes & Son. was drowned in Pike
river The body was recovered and
/ taken tn Amherg Wis
Congressman Esch has recommended
| the appointment of Albert G. Ram
stad of Eau Claire for vacant cadet
ship in the naval academy in Annap-
oils William Rowe of Eau Claire
stood the highest of the twelve appli-
cants who took the examination, but
/ he declined.
The contract for the foundation and
superstructure of the Indian school at
Hayward was awarded to Roettinger
Bros. of Fountain City at $53,360. w.
! D. Lowell of Des Moines, Ia, got the
contract for Installing the sewer and
water system at $4,000 The balance
of the $4,000 available for the school
will be expended in equipment.
The Oshkosh WaterWorks company
has brought suit against the city for
| 100000. The company alleges that
| the city, by emptying it's sewers into
Lake Winnebago in the vicinity
of the pumping station has contami-
mated the water supply; that the city
by not paying it's hydrant rental has
compelled the company to lapse it's
interest and therefore injured it's
credit. An injunction is asked re-
straining the city from emptying it's
drainage into Winnebago. The sewer
system was put in after the water
works.
Capt Tom J. Rogers of Beloit, in a
letter of recent date from Neura
Caceres, P. l., where he is serving
with the forty-sixth United States vol
unteers, writes concerning the death
Richard Eisenach of Neenah, Wis, as
follows: ''On April s, while on outpost
duty near Caceres, Private Richard
Eissenach CT Neeneh, was approached
by a native who gave him to under
stand that he wanted to sell some bar
anas. Eisenach turned his head, evi-
dertly to reach for his hat, when the
assassin made slash at him with a
bolo he had concealed in his basket,
and nearly severed the poor soldiers
head from his body. The murderer
was captured a few hours afterward,
and I am sorry to say, was turned
over to the provost marshal"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18
punching machines and will turn
100000 cards daily.

After the cards have been punch
and assorted according to age, st
color, nationality, etc., they are r.
through electric tabulating or cou1
ing machines, which register in tai
lated form all the information on t
cards. The electric counting machi
is a box resembling a piano case, co
tanning indicators electrically co
nected with a box of needles set /,
spiral springs. These needles desce
on each card as it passes through t.
machine. Where there are holes
the card they pass through and d
into a cup Of mercury placed unde
meath. This completes an electric ci
cult and sets in motion an indicat,
upon a dial, which moves forward e
actly like the second hand of a cloc
the various dials thus enumerating {
the facts and combination of fac
wanted.
If the card is wrong the machine d
tects it and throws it out. If any d
tail has been omitted, that is if Il
man at the punching machine hi
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18

within doors and establishing a cur
few for children.
A tallyho party made up of young
people from Oak Park, Berwy and
other Chicago suburbs met with an
accident which caused more than a
dozen to sustain injuries Five of this
number we're severely hurt The ac-
cident occurred under the Illinois
Central railroad tracks at Fifty-frst
street. The tallyho entered the sub
way under the tracks without the
driver giving warning to those who
dozen of them were scraped from their
positions and thrown to the pavement.
The republican platform was outlin-
ed at dinner given by Hanna and at
tended by other leaders. It will de-
clare that the Instruction in the
Philippines has been stamped out,
excepting guerrilla warfare, and the
civil government is being established;
it will congratulate Porto Rico and the
territorial government and Hawaii on
annexation; commend McKinley's adj
ministration as thoroughly American
and prosperous; declare for the gold
standard; favor a reduction of war
taxes; reaff1rm the Monroe doctrine;
advise vigorous foreign policy and
the construction of the Nicaraguan
canal; condemn trusts and indorse
legislation passed by the house; re-
affirm the protection and reciprocity
policies, and declare Cuba will be
given freedom as soon as it is safe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18

The Punching Machine. machine, Whlt
rings whenever q card IS con
pleted, will remain silent. 1t is the
an easy matter to refer to the origin;
card and find the error Each M;
chine will dispose of 5000 cards pc
day, so that lao of them are require
to keep up with the punching MI
chimes.
After the statistics have passf
through the counting machine II
identity of the individual becomes lC
in the general compilation which is {
third stage of the census. One thou
and clerks will take the figures fro
the counting machines and from the
prepare the statistical tables and
copy for the printer.
Heretofore there has been del
of from five to eight years after TAXI
the census before the reports WI
published. Now the figures of CO
sus are valuable to everyone who
an earnest purpose in life. The bu
ness man gets information from tn
| that assists him in conducting
| business; the manufacturer gets fr
| them all the statistics relating to
business; the farmer gets the agric
tural record for ten years; the ply
clan gets the statistics of life
death; the lawyer gets informant
from almost every section of the
| -; = ~, h
and so on through the entire list
| business and professional men. f
in order that the statistics of the &C
sus may be valuable they must
made known to the public within
short time after they are compile
The four principal reports are on pc
ulation, mortality, manufactures al
agriculture, and the government he
ordered that these four shall be prin
ed and ready for distribution by Jul
| /, 1902. In order to comply with tn
mandate the work of compilatio
must be done about four times as ia:
as heretofore. It is believed thu
with the large increase in clerks an
the aid of the automatic machiner
described, the volumes will be read
on time.
1t is a curious coincidence that tE
army Of census takers numbers aboI
the same as the present standing arm
Of the United States The commando
of this army, or as he is official
known Edirpotor Of tho tmnlfth cor
sus," is William r. Merriam of Mil
nesota He was at one time governC
of his state and has had a long expe,
fence in public affairs and in dealin
with executive problems. His pri1
cipal assistant is Frederick H. Wine
of Illinois, an expert statistician WI
has been connected with the Gems
bureau for twenty years. At the he
of each department. is an expert W
has charge Of particular line of ST
jects. These experts have been bu
for some months drilling the army
clerks employed in Washington, me-
of whom are women, and all of who.
were appointed through the civil SCI
vice system of competitive examine
! ton.
| To begin this great work of the Ger
sus congress appropriated 100000
but Director Merriam estimates that
will require ten times that amount BIZ
| fore the work is completed, $1,000 ,0C
of which will be paid in salaries.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18
AND THE GREAT LABOR OF
COUNTING THEM.
WORK NOW IN PROGRESS
Machine Which Greatly
Simplif1es Mathematics at the Cen
trail Office Methods Employed in
Concentrating This Monster I'm
dertaking-An Army in the Field.

Did you ever try to count a million?
asks the Little Chronicle Probably
not, for even if you can count very
fast it would take you about ten days,
at ten hours per day. Therefore to
count 100000 would take $50 days,
or two years and twenty days, provid-
ed one were physically able to accom-
plish such task, which, of course,
one is not.
What would require such long
time to do, simply counting numerals,
the government is going to do in two
weeks the first two weeks in June.
Each mineral will represent a person
and these persons are scattered
over 100000 square miles. Not only
is the government going to count the
100000 people, and as many more
as can be found in the United States
and territories, but it is going to find
out their names, age, place Of birth
occupation, nativity of their parents,
number of births and deaths in the
family during the year, and many
other facts concerning themselves
and their property. This is called
taking the census. It is taken every
ten years, and this will make the
twelfth time it has been done.
The work of getting this information
is done by men called enumerators,
and 10000 of them will be required for
the twelfth census. They are divided
into districts and work under a dis
trict supervisor They go from door
to door, write down the information
on blanks which are turned in at the
end Of each day to the supervisor.
When the supervisors clerks have ex-
amined the reports of the enumerators
contain, they are forwarded to the
chief census Office at Washington
where an army of trained clerks ar
range and classify them and compile
the data for publication. They are
then published in large volumes at the
government printing office and dis
tributed throughout the country. For
the purpose of enumeration the coun-
try has been divided into 300 districts,
which correspond roughly with the
congressional districts. Each large
city, like New York or Chicago, con-
stitutes a district by itself.
The method of handling the census
returns in the chief Office has been
greatly improved since the last census
was taken, and the work can be done
much faster than heretofore. The
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18
MANTTOWOC HEBREW WEDDING.

Manitowoc, Wis, June 12.-The first
Hebrew wedding ever held in Mantle
woe was solemnized at Turner hall
Sunday by Rabbi Koehn of Madison
Miss Martha Stein and Abraham
Schwartz, both of Manitowoc, were the
contracting parties. About 200 guests
from neighboring cities were in at
tendance.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18
A SUIT OUT OF THE ORDINARY

A suit out of the ordinary has arise
in Kentucky, based on the law whic
requires separate railway coaches fc
the races. A negro woman is suing
railroad for damages because the con
pany permitted disorderly white me
to invade the only car in which ST
was allowed to ride and insult her l.
their actions and conversation.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18
Western Michigan did honor

Western Michigan did honor
Dewey at Grand Rapids, thousands
excursionists coming from all dire
lions. In the morning the admir-
took a DRIVE about the city. Mr.
Dewey was unable to accompany hi
on account of illness. The parade
Dewey's honor was the largest ev,
seen in Grand Rapids. Dewey al
party left for Washington in the ever
ing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18
PRESIDENT ROGERS RESIGNS.
Head of Northwestern University
Would Go Out.

Chicago, June 13.-President Henry
Wade Rogers Of Northwestern Univer-
sity yesterday rendered his resignation
to take effect July Is. The principal
reason given was lack Of perfect har-
mony between himself and the other
authorities of the institution.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18

James H. Morrison of Minneapoli
formerly of Oshkosh, will sail fc
Paris next Saturday. On his retu'
he will engage in business in Farg'
n. D.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18

failed to pun,
out g sex"
''age, or lii
informal i o
the plunger {
the counti1
machine W;
not regist.
and the bell
the side of t.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18

The method of handling the census
returns in the chief Office has been
greatly improved since the last census
was taken, and the work can be done
much faster than heretofore. The
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-01-25
The Engineers Stery.

ssTo run over a man-perhaps
that's the only thing of all that
shakes me. To see him on the track
within 10 or 20 feet of you, to know
that you can't stop to save him, to
feel the wheels of the engine go over
his body, crunching out his life-a
man doesn't want to experience that
more than once in a lifetime.
TITS worse with a child. There
was an old mate of mine in the west
when I was riding in the Union
Pacifc-neyer mind his name; he's
dead now-as good an engineer as
ever stood in box, cool, nerve like
steel, had been through three wrecks,
a holdup and fire. Well, one day
Jim was little behind his schedule
and made like anything for the next
step. There was a crossing right in
front of him. He saw that every
thing was clear, as he thought, and
went right ahead, when all at once
out of a clump of trees there ran a
little golden haired fairy right in
front of the engine It was all over
in one instant, and when the train
stopped Jim cropped IKE a log IL
was two months before he crept back
again to work. But he could never
come to that crossing but he saw the
little girl with her hair futtering in
the wind running out from the trees
And one day he just got off his
engine, turned it over to the second
man and walked away, never to be
seen AGAIN mill hie body was forn6
in the river. ''-Lesile's Weekly.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-01-25
Down with the Paper Trust.

The price of white paper has been
advanced from so to rs per cent in
the last year by the paper trust
which owns 35 out of 50 mills and
owns all the available wood and
water supply for paper pulp. As
thousands of newspapers all over the
country are barely earning a living,
there can be no justification for this
extreme rise in the price OF paper Ii
the manufacturers could carry on q
fairly profitable business at the old
price, no reason has arisen for the
new exorbitant price. The effect
must be to crush ont large number
of newspapers, unless . check can be
put on the extortions of the trust.
Congress has The power to make
paper cheap by removing the tariff
of So ton on paper and wood pulp
which prevents their importation. An
industry which abuses the protection
given it by law in order to squeeze
unreasonable profits should have the
protection removed and as the
the hands Of one exclusive organiza-
ton, it should be brought to time
and in the interests of the public be
stopped in its policy of avarice.
We believe in protecting American
industry, labor and wages where tie
protection is needed and is not
abused. But extortionate trusts should
be compelled TO deal justly with the
American consumer, and should not
receive the support of the govern
ment in the shape of the benefits of
an excessive tariff. The increased
price of white paper to many of the
country papers is sufficient to eat up
their margin of profit. IF the paper
trust will not sell at reasonable
prices let the forsets of Canada and
Labrador and the paper mills across
the border be opened to supply the
demands of the Amerincan news
papers.-Leav. Times.