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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01

from the animals of the eastern and
western millionaires, yet never since
the day that the grand filly Modesty
took the first American derby has
such tumultous cheering,-such a
genuine ovation been given to
horse and rider. Jockey Bullman, to
whom fell the honor of taking two
derbies in succession, was swept into
the human maelstrom after he had
dismounted and verified his weight
Upon the shoulders of strong men the
popular rider was carried and a detail
of blue coats had to be called to clear
the admiring throngs from the course.
AS for that earnest, plebian racing
tool. Robert Waddell, he refused to
permit the attendants to tie upon his
back the gigantic floral saddle the
club had provided for the winner.
The Parader, fast as the wind in
the derby work that induced his own
er to ship him from New York to the
Washington park track at the eleventh
hour, was seventh away at the drop
of the starters flag, after the field
had made one false break. Piggott at
once took the favorite to the front
and there he remained until the
stretch was reached. Meanwhile
Jockey pullman placed his mount
into second place and kept within
striking distance until the head Of the
stretch.
It was so when the horses came
from the paddock and in two minutes
they were at the post. They got
away II minutes later. Sanazzarro
showed first a neck ahead of Six
Shooter. Bonnibert was third, Beau
Gallant fourth, The Parader fifth, Ter
minus sixth, Robert Waddell seventh,
Silverdale eighth, Sadie S. ninth, His
Eminence last. The jockeys did not
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01

Omaha, June 22.-Special dispatches
to the World-Herald from Naper, Neb.
coming via Stuart. becllse OF inter
rupted Geographic communication.
tell of frightful work of a tornado
which visited that vicinity Thursday
night, the following details being OBJ
tainable only late last evening:
One of the most destructive lorna
does to human life that ever occurred
in Nebraska swept down Keya Paha
river, five miles south, Thursday night.
Seven persons are known to have been
killed and several others injured of
whom two are believed to be fatally
hurt. The dead are Jacob Greening
and children. Margaret, Maggie. John
and Jacob, Ida Anderson and Clara
Anderson.
The injured are Mrs. Jacob Green
ing, Mrs. August Anderson, Dortha
Anderson, Theodore Anderson. Grace
Greening, Mr.. Herman. Mrs. Herman,
the family of Jacob Berg and the Metz
family.
All communication with the outside
world is cut off and it is impossible to
learn what damage the storm did along
the river, west of where the Greening
and Anderson families were found.
The dead were removed to neigh
boris house and the wounded taken
care of by physicians from Naper.
Jacob Greening was found quarter or
a mile from home badly bangled.
The storm cloud appeared about 5
o'clock and travelled down Keya Paha
river. 1t travelled by leaps and
bounds, jumping over several houses
directly in the path. The tornado was
preceded by a severe hail storm, many
stones measuring ten inches in cir
conference Several horses and cat
tie were reported killed by lighting.
Everything in the track of the storm
was destroyed. Trees were blown
down and barb wire fences carried
hundreds of yards. The Anderson and
Greening houses were completely an
initiated.
Rapid City, S. D., June PA lorna
DO did great damage several miles
west of the city, totally demollsnlng
houses on the ranches, the occupants
barely escaping with their lives. The
storm overlook the mail carrier and
a lady passenger coming from Silver
City. The buggy was demolished and
the two travellers had a miraculous es-
cape. The horses have rot yet been
found. In the city several hundreds
of dollars worth of damage was done
to window glass, the hail being the
worst experienced here for years.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01

Chicago, June 23.-Thirty thousand
people saw Virginia Bradley's gelding
Robert Waddell, carrying 119 pounds,
at IL to in the betting win the
fourteenth American derby Of mile
and a half at the Washington park
track yesterday by one length in
1888 as, record time for the race.
Terminus was a good second, while
the favorite, The Parader, was a
tired third. Bonnibert, that shared
with The Parader at one time honors
of favorite, was fourth. His Emil
nence had bad start but landed in
fifth position. Sannazarro, Six
Shooter, Beau Gallant, Silverdale and
Sadie S. finished in the order named.
Few in the surging, cheering throng
had backed the comparatively friend
less animal to capture the rich stake
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01
CATACLYS NOT so BAD

all down west of Bluefeld, save one
wire which goes through to Ennis, but
it is being used for tran wire and
prevents the public from gaining ad-
ditional particulars. How many are
dead is not definitely known. It will
necessarily be several days before
the exact number can be given out as
official, but there are reports in circu-
lation that all the way from so to 200
persons have been drowned. It is
probably safe to assume the former
figures are more correct than the lat
ter. The damage to property will
amount to hundreds of thousands of
dollars. The food came Sunday
morning and followed three days of
heavy rain fall. The governor has is
sued an appeal for aid.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01
DEATHIN
STORM
Three Lives Sacrificed i'm
a ClOudburst at
Pittsburg.
Tornado also Accompanies
DOWnpOur Wreck
ing Buildings.
Wind Cuts Swath 100
Feet Wide Leaving
Havoc Behind.

Pittsburg, June 23.-Pittsburg and
vicinity was visited yesterday by one
of the fiercest storms known since the
United States weather bureau has
been established. Within fifty min
utes 1.19 inches of rain fell and during
that time lightning and thunder was
almost continuous. The wind that &C.
cept in path a few hundred feet
wide, where it swept like a tornado
from McKee's rocks, through Allie
gheny, a portion of the east end of
Pittsburg and on to Wilmerding and
Turtle Greek. Three lives are said to
have been lost during the storm.
Great damage was done in the two
cities and in the suburbs east, the most
conservative estimates placing the loss
at 100000. The tornado when it
reached Allegheny struck the grand
stand on the ball park and carried
away bodily $50 feet of that structure
and moved from it's foundation the en-
tire stand.
Two beams ploughed through the
roof of a house on Robinson street. go-
ing from the garnet to the first floor,
carrying away portion of the bed in
which James Williamson was asleep.
In Butchers run district. the famous
flood of IA was outdone except in the
loss of life.
At East Pittsburg the Turtle Greek
\, iohn
but the inhabitants were warned in
time to escape. The entire business
portion of the town of Turtle Creek
was under water last night and the
works of the Westinghouse company
at East l4.Csburg sustained great dam
age, the water destroying much valu,
able machinery on the first floor. Re
ports from surrounding districts tell
of great damage to trees, crops and
buildings both by lightning and wind.
Delaware, Ohio. June pa destruc-
tive storm swept over the southwest
ern portion of Delaware county yester-
day. At Portsmouth Frank Ref
sought shelter in a barn and was killed
by lightning. Heavy loss to crops is
reported at Marysville. At Chillicothe
the storm was the severest in many
years. Great quantity of hail fell.
smashing windows and skylights. The
rainfall resembled a cloudburst. In
each of the above places daylight was
turned into darkness for an hour at
noon.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01
NOW THE SHIRT COAT.
Washington Letter Carriers Adop'
Novel Summer Costume.

Washington Letter Carriers Adopt
Novel, Summer Costume.
Washington, June 23.-Fifty of the
200 letter carriers attached to the
Washington Office will appear In
shirt coats" as soon as the new gar
ment can be made.
The shirt coats are made Of gray
flannel with rolling collar. The
front is belted underneath the trousers
band. The side and back are worn
outside the trousers like the tails Of a
coat.
Under an order issued by the post
master general letter carriers are al
lowed to wear gray shirt waists II they
so elect, the material to be either
bingham, cheviot, flannel or other
washable material, the only stipula-
ton being that all those worn at a44
office be uniform.
Fifty of the men here voted for them
recently and ordered them made in the
design described.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01

Roanoke, Va, June 25.-the follow
ing short statement by one of the gen.
eral officers of the Roanoke & West
ern railroad, summarizing the West
Virginia food situation in the light of
the latest dispatches, was given to the
Associated Press:
1.-The restoration of the telegraph
line developes that the damage by the
food through the fields is exaggerat-
ed. The loss of life will not exceed
so or rs and the damage to property
including repairs to railroad and coal
operators will not exceed 100000. It
is expected the railway will get line
opened through today or tomorrow.
Particulars Meager.
Roanoke, June 25.-The wires are
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01
Mrs. Cove Dead.

Waukesha, Wis, June 26.-Mrs.
Jennie Cove, wife of Mayor r. L. Cove,
is dead at the family residence on
Wisconsin avenue. Mrs. Cove had
been sufferer from a nervous trouble
for the past two years, but has been
seriously i'll for only few days. Mrs.
Cove was So years of age. This is the
second time that death has visited the
mayors family this year, his youngest
daughter, Mrs. Charles Herman,
having died in January.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01
CHENEY INFLICTED.

Sparta Citizen Loses Heavily by
Bank Failure.
La Crosse, Wis, June 25.-D. D.
Cheney of Sparta, who has returned
from Olivia, Mimi, where he investi-
gated the Gronnerud failure, followed
by the collapse of several financial
institutions, now estimates that
he is the loser by at least $127,-
600, with about $4,000 good securi-
ties. Heirs of the Blakesley estate OF
Sparta and DR.. Gage of the same
place are out $4,000 on the same deal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01

Some Cuban are seeking to secure
the recall of Gov. Gen. Wood.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
Buffalo Exposition Seen by Bryan and
Minister Conqer.

Buffalo, June 23.-There were a
number of distinguished personages at
the pan-American exposition yesterday
as guests of the exposition officials.
Among them were VIM. J. Bryan, Sir
Claude Macdonald, British minister 20
China; Edwin H. Conger, United States
minister to China; Rev. E. L. Conger,
Pasadena, Cal; G. Arthur Pearson.
London publisher, Minister WI Ting
Fang. Conger was met at the stations
by Director General Buchanan and es-
corted to the exposition grounds. He
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01

left last night for st. Joseph, Mich,
where Benton Harbor will join in the
Conger reception tomorrow night.
81 will sail for China July IT," said
Conger. China wants peace and for
all concerned there should be peace
and an end to the turmoil at the
earliest possible moment" Conger
and Bryan met in the government
building, greeted each other cordially.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01
WEST STORM SWEPT
TERRIFIC TORNADO RACES IN
NEBRASKA. !.
SOUTH DAKOTA TwIsTER

Seven Persons Known to Have Been
Killed in Nebraska Storm-Details
Difficult to observation-disclosures
Measuring Ten inches in Circunl-
ference-HaiI in Dakota Also.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-05
A MODERN MARTYR.
BY Ralph wfIIfa

| Copyright. 1900. by Daily Story Pub Col
When Gordon came back from Paris
there was great rejoicing in the COM
| munity. All the fellows were glad to
see Bob and give him a royal welcome
i-he was so whole-souled and so gen.
uine hearted. Indeed, I annot call to
| mind a man in whom the elements Of a
natural gentleman were so perfectly
| blended. He had ali the attributes of
a gracious companionship-a quietness
of name a charming opposition and
fine conversational powers. Moreover
he had a soul that was like unto the
! sensitized plate of a camara-it was so
impresslonable. And that was the ruin
of Bob, for It is hard in these callous
days to be burdened with a soul.
That Bob had mastered the technique
of painting was evidenced by the pic
lures which he brought back with him
from Paris; the medals from the julien
school offered mute testimony of his ex-
c~ellence in drawing. It was Bob's
ability to draw, that warmed old Colt
wald's heart to him, for Gottwald was
an honest painter. Gottwald knew that
the ordinary painter rarely acquires a
good knowledge OF drawing and so
when he saw Bob's masterful lines he
lbrewed a punch for him. The artists
gathered in Gottwald's studio and drank
the punch with Rob. Hopes were high
and the world seemed young. but the
shadow of death was over all. For,
mind you. the west Is not the east and
an artist with a soul, keenly alive to
his art. In a western town is as much
a martyr of his time as were the priests
in the early dawn Of Christian under
standing.
They pledged, Boh's health in the
warmth of the punch and roared their
toasts until the ~rafters rang. Bob took
a. studio next to Gottwald's in the great,
old. rambling garnet on the top floor
OF the city hall. No mans blood pulsed
fuller than Bob's. He lived for his art
ad he loved it. His life became as an
inspiration unto him. He,painted beau
tiful things and he talked to them and
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-05
Contempt of Court in Denver.

Chicago Chronicle.
Two or three weeks ago Judge Palm
er, of the District Court In Denver, is
sued a series Of temporary injunction
against an anti-saloon league %forbidding
it members to interfere unlawfully
with the business OF licensed saloons In
that city. The following Sunday sew
eral local preachers attacked Judge
Palmer with great bitterness in their
pulpits.
In a sworn complaint against the
preachers one is charged with saying
that Judge Palmer was under tine infu-
ence OF the saloons. Another preacher
declared that it would be worth $40 900
to the saloon interest If Judge Palmer's
injunction Should be made permanent.
Still another said that he was grieved
TO see he bench prostituted to low
ends and suggested that an injunction
should rbe issued againt the arrest of
burglars and murderers.
In the imbecility of his Judgment and
the foolishness OF his impulses what did
Judge Palmer do but issue an order of
arrest against these vituperative preach
ers, holding them for contempt of
court. lItN were DTOuk0L DtlOIt HIll,
arraigned and held for a future hear
ing. The case was argued June 25th
and Judge Palmer gave mis- decision last
Monday.
He discharged the preachers from ar
rest, saying that they had purged them
selves of the contempt. Then he gave
them and other sensational preachers a
reprimand hat exceeded in force OF
vituperation anything which the pulpit
Is likely to bring In reply. Scoring the
entire class of preachers who deliver
sermons on miscellaneous subjects, he
charged them with d~!sregarding the
sacredness Of their calling, and added:
'Intead OF following in the steps of
the meek and lowly Nazarine, guided
by prayer and love, they go stalking
through the world like assassins in the
dark, taking refuge behind a thin ven
err of assumed responsibility, which Is
Enothing less than a Aideous hypocrisy
| hiding behind the cloth OF a fevered
profession"
1t is difficult to tell which is ahead
| in this case. It is close fivar:y between
the preachers who used their pulpits
for vituperation of the judge and the
judge who misused his power to attach
them for contempt of his court. Al
any rate, he punished them by vitup-
| Grafton equal to their own, which prob
| ably they liked better than fine or i'm
~prisonment.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-05
THE ..ETHICs OF LOOTING."

One OF the chief handicaps of the
American friends of the Chinese mis-
sions In defending their acts in China
has been the unguarded' tongues of the
missionaries themselves In their eff
forts to excuse their participation in
the general demand for lDot. Many of
these professed representatives of the
Prince of Peace have outvied the for
eign military Chinese baiters in de-
handing severe punishment for these
wretched people, who have just been
scourged and %plundsred mercilessly by
the allied armies of Christian civiliza-
ton.
In the plumber som of the mission
aries shared equally with the foreign
Reid, has defended these acts in an
article in The Forum on the Ethics
of Loot" Mr.. Reid sets forth the ethics
of loot in this language:
Il venture to expound the ethics of loot.
Loot means spoils of war. If there has
been no war. looting may be set down as
wrong. If wrong there has been. 1t has
been in making war. whether by the Chi
nese imperial government or by the COM
bined troops of Europe. America and Asia,
and not in the incidental results OF the
collection of spells. To confscate the
property of those who were enemies in
war may be theoretically wrong. but pre-
cedent establishes the right. For those
who have known the facts and have pass
ed through a war of awful memory the
matter of loot is only one of high ethics.
OF his own personal share in the gen
eral spoilation, Mr.. Reid says:
Now and then I branched out to loot
from those who were our enemies, and /
onlv regret that I didn't have more time
to loot from such despieable wretches. in
stead of leaving so much to others. includ-
ing not a few loot critics. If, however,
| those from whom l have looted want
their things back. let them meet me race
to face and 1 Will take the matter into
consideration.
Is 1t any wonder that the Chinese,
who have an ancient religion Of their
own, deem it far s~uperio1fto Christian
| ity? Is it a wonder That they rebel
at having this modern religion and NOR
| ality forced upon them at the point Of
the bayoHet?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-05

things by the light Of the western WIN
dow. And even as be spoke he bad to
retain a sitting posture in order to
breathe at all; IL he fell into a recitn-
ing attitude he would suifoeate. The
bope which the consumptive always
has was all thai was left of him.
He failed fast and his mind began
20 wander. 1t wandered to the pic
lures. to the sale and 70 money. He
became a little fretful for the money.
II had been put in the bank to his
credit but he wanted it in his W
hands. To humor him it was obtain
ed. His three closest friends in life
took 1t out TO him. He stared al as
visitors for several minutes before ne
was able L distinguish any enc OF
them. They seemed to exist some
where In the dim recesses Of his un-
derstanding and to gradually float into
his ken. Then he mumDled their
names in an almost inaudibie manner.
Il was clear that he did not know what
they were there for, The money was
thrust into his hands. 1t fell from his
nerveless fingers and fluttered all over
the floor. II was evident that he did
not know what IL was for. He simply
rtared listlessly at it. He certainly was
spared the realization that it was the
compensation for the work of a whole
life and that II was coming to him at
a time when he had no longer need Of
II. He tried TO sign his name to a re-
cclpt. AL he made was a ~perpendicu.
lar blot. The pencil did not moys
across the paper at all. But to him it
aas his name. for he surveyed the sig-
nature at leisure and handed the paper
back with a grunt of satisfaction.
The candle hiekers into a flame be-
fore II dies. The next day Bob rallied
his forces and dictated his will. II
was merely 10 pay back the dribbles
he had borrowed. How he retained in
his memory the lanes and the amounts
is a mystery. After the dictation of
the will he sank back in his chair with.
a smile of infinite pleasure upon his
face. II was the glory of his closing
momen that his paintings had yielded
him sufficient to pay a few memorable
debts.
Two days later he died. and the city
which had neglected him living. hon.
ored his dead. For the funeral AT
large. Women wept at his bier and
men bowed low their heads. And well
indeed they might. for they were part
conspirators in his death. He wouIi
have lived had he received in life a
little of the sympathy which was
showered upon him dead.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-05

A Letter From Hon. VIM. y. Bryan.
Some T1me1y Truths Well Fold

n Letter FROM HON. WIN. ~. bFy1h.
Some Timely Truths Wen Told
NEW YORK, July 4-The observance
Of independence Day in this city was
more than usually quiet this year. There
were flag raising ceremonies. at the Bat
terry and at the blockhouse in Central
Park, but they were attended by but
very few people. Nearly everyone VINO
could do so left the city yesterday on
account OF the intense heat, and today
the streets were almost deserted.
Tammany Hall held its reular indie
pendence Day celebration. at which the
Declaration of Independence was read
and speeches were made by Governor
Jennings of Florida, and other leaders of
the Democratic party.
The following letter Of regret from w.
J. Bryan, dated Washington, June 20,
was read:
Il congratulate Tammany upon the
fidelity it has shown in celebrating
each returning anniversary of the sign
Ing Oh the IbCldl llO VI ib'NPEHs
ence I trust that at this time. when
the Republican leaders are denying the
universal application of the self-evident
truths set forth in that declaration, spe-
cial emphasis will be given to the asser-
ito nthat governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the govern
ed. In response to your request for a
sentiment appropriate for the occasion,
I beg to suggest the following:
Liberty is not safe without a writ
ten constitution, and a constitution to
he Of value must be strong enough to
control every public servant and proad
enough to include within its protection
every person who acknowledges allegi-
ance to the flag"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-05
v GOVERNMENT
Innugurated in the oh-
der Auspicious ircumsfances.

Iuaugurated in the 'oh-
der Auspicious Circumstances.
MANILA, July 4.-Civil government
in the Philippines was auspiciousiy IN
augurated to-day. Commissioner lat
was escorted by Gen. Macarthur and
Gen. Chaffee from the palace to a great
temporary tribune on the opposite slae
O fthe Plaza Palacio. Standing on a pro-
iecting canter of the tribune, Mr.. iaft
took the oath of Office as governor OF the:
Philippine Islands, the oath being ad-
ministered by Chief Justice Arellano.
Governor raft was then introduced by
Gen. Mac Arthur, the guns OF Fort San
tiago being fired by way of a salute.
A feature of the inaugural address OF
Governor Taft was the announcement
that on September 1, 1901, the commas
sion would be increased by the appoint
ment of three native members. They
are Or. Wardo Detavera, benlto Le-
gardo and Josa Luzuriaga. Before the
first of September departments Will De
instituted.