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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04
Bodies Coming Home.
jim WARDNER OF IDAHO.
His Remarkable Luck and the Story
of an Interesting Telegram.

Jim Wardner of Idaho and all
over" said westerner just in town
from the Pacific slope, Ought 10 be
somewhere in New York City at this
very minute, for | heard he had left fol-
the east on prospecting trip, just
before | got down from Skaguay.
Wardner is genius that cannot be
downed, and besides having one town
named for him in Idaho and another
in British Kootenai, he has made and
lost four fortunes in mines. and is now
starting in on his fifth At least, his
fourth is gone. and he only makes a
fortune when he happens to be out of
one. His last venture was big, but it
went wrong. He had two steamboats,
on the Kootenai, and started the Town
of Wardner. which went with a boom.
and Jim started to win a million.
There was a rival town across the
river, but they had to depend on Jim 5
steamboats, for their stuff, and natur-
ally. under the circumstances, Ward
ner had the bulge on Steelton, the
name of the other town. One day.
when everything was coming Jim's
way, both of his boats went on the
rocks and sunk. and Jim wasn't yet in
a fix to replace them. In other words,
it busted him, and he got out of it the
best he could, which was to go off to
Toronto and trade his town site for a
stock of goods. These, TO the extent of
$4,000, he carried up to Lake Bennett
and started in it down the river for
Dawson. Evidently Jim's luck wasn't
on the water for his boat load of stuff
was wrecked and he only saved enough
out of it to bring him in SO, 1896, when.
il he had had luck. his $4,000 would
easily have been sold for 100000 at
the usual Dawson profit. That sort of
thing would have knocked out most
men, but Wardner went right on, and
now | understand he has got some
thing to present to the notice of New
Workers better than anything he ever
struck.
His black cat farm was one of
the things that gave him a reputation
for wealth. This was a farm on an
island in Puget Sound where he raised
according 10 his representation to an
eastern journalist. such vast numbers
of black cats that their fur brought
him in fabulous revenue. OF course
ii was fabric of the fancy, but the
story was told everywhere. and Ward
ner's black cat farm was one OF the
features of the coast-on paper. at
least.
Another story is told on him of a
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04

mothers side he descended from the
Connecticut Winchells, who are asso-
ciated with both the universities of
and Michigan. With such
good ancestry giving him character.
the boy sprang to manhood under the
spell of the vivid and eager west. His
boyhood was spent on cattle range in
central California, where his widowed
mother had gone unaided for the most
part save by her son. In these early
years he had no companions save a
deaf and dumb brother and his strange
ly silent and severe mother. She was
a remarkable woman-fiXed in her
purposes and gifted with a singular
power of condensed and graphic ex-
preston. The child doubtless inherited
his gift of poesy from her. With hard
work and little schooling, but with
much education in the love of nature
the years of youth passed away in the
wilderness. In the cabin were two
precious books of poetry-Pope's Had
and bulky volume of Byron. These
the boy early learned to love and often
carried with him in his long rides after
cattle. Under the spell of this read
ing he tried his hand at verse, and at
10 boldly wrote a number of stanzas
called "A Dream of Chaos"
One day young Markham saddled his
pony and rode away from home and
the life that had no meaning for him
but color. Then he worked la The
harvest fields of the Sacramento and
was invited to join a celebrated road
agent of those days. The mother came
after the runaway and sent him to a
normal school, where he graduated
with honor; later he took a classic
course in a California college. He
studied law, but never practiced, and
for while took up the trade of the
blacksmith as a self-imposed discipline,
Finally Mr.. Markham went into educa-
tlonal work, in which he has been very
successful When Fame pointed him
out to the world he was principal of
the observation school of the Univer-
sity of California in Oakland.
He is an omniverous reader, an elo-
quent speaker and writer of clear
strong prose. That he is a great poet
is attested, not so much by the single
poem, The Man with the Hoe, as by
the collection of remarkable poems IN
der that title. His life has been the
life that makes poets. The world
mas had some proof of the greatness of
his heart and will have far more.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04
UNCLE DAMS PHILOSOPHY.

Ever heard of Uncle Dan?
such a queer, peculiar man,
Never grumbles, come what may.
What's the use of it?" says he:
"Frettin' never seems to pay
Any way, It don't with me,
When a thing has happened-why,
what's done can't be helped says /:
So, to show you've got some grit,
Grin. an make the best of it,"
Strange old fellow, Uncle Dan,
Always stan up for a man
When they're down on him." SAYS he
Till you know he's in the wrong
Frien's amt what they ought to be
When you buy 'em with a song.
| go in for trustin men:
Sometimes get fooled-but then,
Better trust an be deceived
Than to never have believed"
Dear, oldfashioned Uncle Dan!
Steadfast friend an honest man:
Brave with faith in human kind,
Strong with trust in God above:
To comrades frailties blind.
Quick to see with eyes of love!
There's a sermon in his creed
Surely he who runs may read,
And the worlds brighter place
since he looked it in the face.
--Eben e. ReXford. In Lippincott's.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04
FOREIGN.

Turkey will buy new ships in Italy.
There will be no Paris salon in 1900.
Germans want better tariff rates for
their sugar.
A woman's university is to be estab-
lshed at Berlin.
Seryia will pardon the alleged assail-
ants of ex-King Milan.
Hilda Blake, Manitoba woman,
was hanged for murder
Canadian officials laugh at the report
of projected Fenian raid.
Mexican gamblers have won millions
of dollars from Americans.
Russia continues to ship reinforce
ments to the Pacific coast.
The Paris football club will play
games with the English teams.
A new treaty between China and
Mexico is signed in Washington.
The medical department of Heidel-
berg University will admit women.
The French government refused to
promote Marchand or allow him to lee
ture.
Brazil is seeking commercial treaties
with France, Germany, Italy, and
Spain.
Cardinal Satolli denies that the pope
has authorized American priests
to marry.
The prosecution of six royalists was
discontinued by the French for want
of evidence.
The kaiser will promote Colonel Won
Schwartzkoppen who figured in the
Dreyfus case.
Cinnamon are charged with wreck
ing Methodist mission in Victoria,
b. c., with dynamite
The German government will not
try to buy the Danish West Indies; due
to American opposition.
Berlin reports that Portugal has sold
African colonies to England and Ash
attic possessions to Germany.
Queen Victoria gave a Christmas
party for children of the Windsor
guardsmen serving in Africa.
Ill health may force the resignation
of Minister of Public Works Tarte
from the Canadian cabinet.
A Russian girl killed her parents and
seven other persons because her
parents forbade her marriage.
A strike of miners has begun at st.
Etienne. France. which, it is feared,
will spread to large proportions.
A preliminary convention has been
signed for extending to Bagdad the
German railroad in Asia Minor.
DR.. Metchnikoff of Paris is expert
menting to find means of prolonging
life by suppression of senile decrepi-
tude.
AS indemnity for the assassination
of two officers China gave France
money, territory. and railway and min
ing concessions.
The first performance of a German
star at Paris theater since the
Franco-Prussian war took place when
Agnes Sorma played Norma.
Christmas gatherings of royal per-
sons and their children and grand
children were held at Windsor, Eng
land, and Potsdam, Germany.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04
FARMING IN PORTO RICO.
Gen. Davis Views of the Plan ia rs
tablish Garden Schools.

some prominence has been given to
tne luea That the daughters of the
american revolution should estahliob
III Forto Rico system of kinderear-
Tens Tor farming, and thus enable the
inhabitants of that island to becomo
seIt-supporting. Under the sanction
OF the Secretary of War and the Com
missioner of Education, the project was
reIerred to Governor-General Davis
Ior MS views as to its practicah;l;tv
ana Mrs. A. NJ Wilcox. of Washington
VINO mas devoted 16 years to the prose-
cutlon OF outdoor kindergarten work
mas received a reply from General
Davis, who writes: "ITp IN 1909 r. 20
lorts OF the sovereign power seemed
10 nave been conferred in the direction
Vi educating a few to compose tba
governing class. In the past NOT over
zz'OoO youths were taught ANYTHING
whereas there are in Porto Rico Of
school age almost 300. 600 cbildran .
according to the Spanish educational
system, he says, education meant
immunity from manual toll and
whiIe the educated youth was willing
10 accept clerkship or some other No.
sltlon, he did not care to soil bis hands
with labor. This instinct or ;ncJina-
tlon' ne says, will take long time
to eradicate"
am AFRAID to make a prediction as
TO the success you would attain in &C.
taolshlng school gardens in Porto
RICO. If you wrought only to the end
tnat the pupils would graduate with
sedentary positions, permitting mich
leisure and little work, | assure vou
would hnd throngs of pupils. If. how
ever, the ultimate result involved is
the Following of the pillow or other
heaVy work, | fear the success would
oe less evident. hope to establish
model farms and experiment stations
50 as 10 improve agricultural methods,
l nave 10 begin at the bottom. however,
lor there is no foundation to .hu;ld
upon If such an establishments az
you propose is seriously contemnlatad
would suggest that Won. or Some
otner intelligent person, come here and
st'ly the social, moral and economic
that must environ you"
President Clark. of the Porto Rico
oodru OF education, writes: "The estah-
ilShment OF such school gardens as are
mere proposed is desirable from many
considerations. If teachers. material
anu equipment for few such gardens
~ De started on an experimental basis
could be furnished by the Daughters
OF the American Revolution. the land
lor Such gardens and possibly neces-
sary rooms for any indoor work CON
nected with them could be furnished nv
the municipalities. U "
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04
NEWS OF TIE WORLD.
B0ER- BRITISH WAR.

Ladysmith can hoid out fer another
monun.
4 he German army will use an al
mored train.
Another lively engagt ment occurred
at Ladysmith
Gen. Methuen is well intrenched at
Modder river.
The hundred Britons captured at
Stormberg have arrived at pretoria.
The total British casualties at MAIZE
king are 70 killed and % wounded.
british guns at Modder are said to
have the range of the enemy's position.
The beers have a reserve OF 5000
European officers and men at Pretoria.
Three members OF the Cape colony
parliament are involved in sedition
charges.
The Transvaal secures food, NUM-
tions of war and recruits by way of
Delagoa bay.
General Butler is waiting for i'm
proved artillery before beginning
another advance in Natal.
The beers crossed the Tugela week
ago. and were moving upon General
Bullers camp at Chieveley.
The Times correspondent at Cape
town said none of the recent battles
except Belmont were victories"
The beers claim the British lost
5000 men at Colenso; $50 new pris-
Oners have arrived at Pretoria.
Captain Armes said that nearly
20 900 Americans have volunteered to
join his expedition to south Africa.
The official Pretoria account of the
battle of Colenso Natal, states that
the boer loss there was only 80 men.
Gen. Schalk Burger officially report
ed that the battle at Colenso resulted
in a most crushing defeat" of the
British.
1t Is reported that the pope will at
or Of the holy year and ask cooperation
of Catholic powers.
J. V. l.. Pruyn telegraphed to Presi-
dent Mckinley urging him to tender
the good offices of the United States to
end the south African war.
The London war office states it has
had no news since the 10Th and expects
none until Roberts arrives, as the gen
erals were ordered to suspend opera
tiOns until then.
Many loyalists in Cape Colony favor
martial law. The Dutch aid the beers
secretly and open rebellion is immi-
nent. They are said to have plotted to
capture Capetown.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04

4. His friends will investigate and the
widow may sue the city.
Mrs. Corinne Brown told the wo-
mems department of the Society for
Ethical Culture, in Chicago, that char
ity of any kind is dead and useless I'M
der present social conditions
Captain Baines, of the British
steamer Ariosto, which went ashore
Sunday off Hatteras, has sent a mes
sage to Norfolk. Va, saying that he
fears the vessel will be total loss.
The Paepcke-Leicht Lumber com
pany's plant at the foot of Illinois
street, Chicago, was damaged 500, 900
by fire. The SpIelmann vinegar fac
tory, in North avenue, was damaged
$4,000.
The salvation army distributed in
Madison Square Garden, New York,
1000 baskets containing Christmas
dinners for about 1000 persons. Din
ners were served in the building to
1900 others.
E. ID. Wheelock, representing I'M
knowns, bought PSI acres of lake shore
property from the North Waukegan
Dock and Harbor association and it is
said that here DR.. Dowie of Chicago
will establish his colony of Zion.
The director of the mint said the
Wall street stringency, being due to
speculation, is not one the government
should attempt to alleviate. Control
Ter Dawes said the eastern stock furry
did not injure general business condi-
tiOns.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04
CIGAR STORE INDIANS DEAD.

The wooden Indian. like his flesh
and blood prototype, is rapidly becom-
ing thing of the past. The march of
civilization, the increase in splendor
and luxury which prevails in this end
OF the century, have driven the wooden
Indian before it just as the settlement
OF thls continent has almost extermi-
mated his human counterpart.
twenty years ago the wooden Indian
was almost as inevitable a sign for a
cigar store as a striped pole is for a
DarDer-shop. Now walk through the
principal streets of PHILADELPHIA will
scarcely disclose one mute warrior
Ihey are, indeed, becoming very
iafe, so much so that the attention of
archaeologists has been drawn to the
TACT, and one prominent scientist con-
nected with the university is making
an extensive collection of them. They
are OF every conceivable variety. and
when the collection is completed he
proposes to present it to a museum.
1t may, perhaps, seem strange that
the humble cigar store Indian. so long
the stock in trade of the humorous
paragrapher, should actually engage
the serious attention of those who
study the habits and customs of man.
KIND, but when one considers how we
treasure as antiquities equally unDre-
tentious relics of earlier days there
IS nothing so very strange about it
after all. Perhaps the day is not so
very far distant when the wooden
indian Will be such rarity that pos
terlty Will treasure them as drawing
room ornaments ir possibly as statuary
IN their gardens, just as we now delight
in a genuine sundial or an ancient
bench.
Ever since the courtly Sir Walter
Raleigh introduced that doubtful
blessing to Observation-Disclosures and
during the earlier days of this conn
trys history when tobacco was chiefly
purchased from the Indians-"the
weed has been more or less constantly
associated with the American aborigi-
mes. 1t was the natural outgrowth of
such an association that the image of
an Indian should become the recog-
nized outward and visible sign for q
tobacconist.
The noble red man was counter
feited in many shapes and attitudes
but the favorite, perhaps, was the i'm
pressive chieftain, armed and ac-
counted with all the pomp and cir
cumstance of war. Such a one his
war bonnet of feathers extending
down his back, his drawn bow in his
hand, and his foot resting upon
oowlder, his eagle eye gazing stead
fastly-such a warrior
Armed with all his warlike weapons
Painted like the sky of morning.
Streaked with crimson, blue and vel
low
crested with great eagle feathers.
such chieftain, II properly carved
and painted-snd many of them were
really works of art-was calculated To
inspire the passerby with respect and
admiration.
Only the smallest and oldest speci-
mems were actually constructed of
wood, metallic compositions, plaster
of paris and other materials being
used in those of later manufacture
Philadelphia Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04
DOMESTIC.

Flamora ran mile in 1899 at Oak
land
Senator Stewart of Nevada favors
expansion.
A severe storm prevailed on the
great lakes.
Several ohio-Michigan railroads will
consolidate
Boring sea seal herds are 20 per cent.
less than in 1898.
Dallas. Tex. had number of Christ
mas shooting ARRAYS.
Carlisle Indians defeated California
students at football. TO 0.
The Lowell Arms company OF Boston
has made an assignment
Senator Plat announced he favors
Woodruff for vice president.
West Superior man was arrested
in Virginia on charge of murder.
Congressman Boutelle of Maine IL
reported TO be suffering from paresis
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04
ABOUT EDWIN MARKHAM.
Poet Claimed as a Thorough West
erner.

Edwin Markham. the universally
discussed author of the most success
ful single poem of the decade, The
Man with the Hoe, is a thorough west
erner. He was born in Oregon City.
Oregon, forty-seven years ago. His age
being mentioned. it is pertinent to
state that. Notwithstanding that he is
in the prime of life. his flowing gray
beard and hair give him a patriarchal
appearance. The dignity which TINS
attaches to him. and his strong. earn
est face. are made all the more inter
esting by dark. piercing eyes that beam
benefcence and goodness.
Mr.. Markham is descended from two
historic American families. His
fathers people are kin to Colonel
William Markham. a cousin of William
Penn. who came to Pennsylvania as
Penns secretary and later became
Viee-goyernor of the colony. On his
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04
WISCONSIN PENSIONS.

Washington, Dec. 2s-orig;na,
.onn Reinert, Kings Bridge, So; Arson
"a ferguson New London, IS; Patrick
Z. Conley, brodhead. IS; Christian MIL
Ter kewaskum, Sc; Christian schroe
uer' Flattevilie' IS; Jos. King, National
n nome milwaukee,, Sc. Increase, Albert
mueller, National home, llilwaukee
$40 to s12; Norman A. Keller Dalaxar
90 10 slo; Leander Sherman, Elroy,
ga 10 ga Original widows, etc, spe-
ciaI act Dec. Is, Carrie Belcher. Camp
douglas IS; Mary f. Kimiball Disco.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04

Manila, Dec. 2S.-Col. Lockett with
force of $500 men, including artillery,
yesterday attacked strong force of in
surgents entrenched in the mountains
near Montalban, five miles northeast
of San Mateo. The enemy was COM
pletely routed, the Americans pursuing
them through hills, amid which they
fled in every direction. Four Ameri-
cans were wounded. The Filipino loss
was large, resulting from a heavy in
fantry and artillery fire of three hours
into the trenches. The insurgents were
supposed to be those driven out of San
Mateo on the day Gen. Lawton was
Killed. They numbered probably a
thousand. A dozen lines of insurgent
trenches covered the steep trail
through the hills and likewise the val
ley below, along which the Americans
passed. The main attacking party con-
sisted of the forty-sixth volunteer in
fantry, troopof cavalry and artillery.
Col. Lockett commanding in person.
The best of the command operated
from remote points in an endeavor to
carry out Lockett's plan, throwing
lines around the enemy and cutting off
retreat. The nature of the mountain
Gus country made it impracticable to
execute this movement successfully.
After the insurgents began to run there
was vain attempt to use artillery.
Non-Catholics May Marry.
Washington, Dec. 2S.-Gen. Otis has
cabled Secretary Root that he has is
sued a decree of authorization of the
celebration of civil marriages in the
Philippines. The secretary approved
the action. Heretofore, all marriages
were celebrated by the Catholic church
so that Professionals and non-Christians
were prohibited from marrying. The
decree extends the privilege of civil
marriage, to those who desire it, as
practiced in the United States.
Philippine Casualties.
Washington, Dec. 2S.-Gen. Otis
wednesday sent the following list of
casualties not previously reported:
Killed in action, engagement near
Banna, Dec. IL, third cavalry, company
A, Harry Sweger, Charles W. Frazee:
action against Romblon Panay, Dec.
10, 18th infantry, company c, Charles
]. Feley.
Bodies Coming Home.
Washington, Dec. 2S.-Quartermas-
ter General Ludington has received a
cable from Colonel Miller of the quar-
termaster's department at Manila say
ing arrangements have been made to
send home the remains of Major Gen.
eral Lawton, Major John A. Logan, Jr.,
and Major Armstrong on the transport
Thomas. which will leave Jan. 10 for
San Francisco.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04

Chauncey Depew pays $4,000 as
six years rental for the Corcoran
house in Washington.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04

Inc khedive receives a salary OF
soOo'OVO a year and has a large private
fortune invested in productive fsr
cotton plantations In the Nile This
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04
COMPLETE VICTORY
FORTY-SIX REGIMENT IN BAT
TIE WITH FILIPINOS.
MADISON BOYS IN FIGHT

Trenches Near San Mateo Are Taken,
Insurgents Being the Same that
Killed Gen. Lawton-Four Amer
leans Wounded-Filipino Loss Was
Large.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18
BRIDGEPORT.
Chronicle of Daily Events of the
Town Across the Way.

Town Across the Way.
Yesterday morning about o'clock,
at the home of Frank Roberts, smoke
was discovered issuing from clothes
press, and upon opening the door
quite fire was discovered, which was
not extinguished until a number of
fine dresses and two valuable sacques
were destroyed. Also some other
clothing was also badly damaged. How
the fire originated is a question yet to
be answered as both Mr.. and Mrs.
Roberts have no idea of it's origin.
Mrs. John Morrow, of Kirkwood, is
confined to her home with a severe
attack of the grip.
Edward Ebberts had another run
away yesterday on Pike street. The
horse started out the street hitched to
a hight wagon and before it could be
caught it had collided with Walter
Goods horse and wagon, damaging
the wagons and bruising up the horses
considerably.
Geo. Brown. an old and respected
citizen of st. Clairsville, died Friday
evening, at the age of "a.
Ellsworth Craig has returned from
OdulUl lu5C.
Lawson Emerson was in town yes
terday on his way back from Cleve-
land
E. Orrison, of Belmont, was in town
yesterday on business.
Martin Burris and wife, of Uhrichs-
vile, are visiting friends in the city.
The funeral of Jefferson Brown will
occur to-day at eleven O'Clock. Inter
ment at Weeks cemetery.
William Stewart, of Sistersville, is
in the city.
Mr.. Thomas Furry and wife left yes
terday for a visit with New Philadel-
phia friends.
The Swiss Bell Ringers had large
crowd at the First Presbyterian
Church last evening.
The musicale concert and exhibition
of curiosities at the home of MISS
Matte Smith and Mrs. Samuel Dlns-
more, Friday evening, was very
pleasant affair and was we'll attended.
The selections were all very good and
many old and interesting relics were
on exhibition.