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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08
CROP is VERY HEAVILY DAMAGED
BY HEAT.
LOSS OF 100000 PROBABLE
One-Fourth of Present Planting Will
Be Worthless, Estimates Mr.. Pei
ton-Plants, Can Be Reset, but
Yield Will Be Smau-Rain SoreIy
Needed.
Madison, July 2.

Madison, July z.
Tobacco hefeabouts has been dam
aged to the extent of over 100000 by
the hot weather, and unless there is a
very late fall to permit the maturing
of the replanted crop very much
heavier loss will result. About Madi-
son no good rain has fallen for a long
time, but in Vernon and Crawford
counties there was drenching shower
Wednesday. AS Dane and Rock coun-
ties produce a third of the crop in the
state serious shortage here will
probably result in an advance in price.
Milford Pelton of the tobacco firm
of Pelton & Klauber said last night
that the crop had been seriously dam.
aged by the heat, and that the sun
had probably burned up one-fourth Of
the planting in Dane and Rock coun-
ties. While it is possible to reset the
plants the crop will not turn out good
and may be total loss.
About 100000 cases of tobacco, val
ued at $50 each were raised in the
state last year, said Mr.. Pelton. OF
this 10000 cases came from Dane and
Rock counties. This year the acre
age in tobacco is even larger; that is,
the expected crop was valued at more
than S1,2OO,O0O in the two counties.
If, as Mr.. Pelton estimates, one-fourth
has been destroyed the loss will ag-
gregate over 100000. Rain would be
a great aid yet, but most of the dam
age is already done.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08

Denver, June 3O.-Whilge, the betting
ring at Overland park was crowded
with people yesterday afternoon
sudden gale lifted the rqspf oyer them
from it's bearings and dsap1ed it in q
mass upon the crowd. SEor1a time It
was thought a numbera6ad been killed
but later Developments, indicate that
about a dozen were h9srt, some severe
ly, but none was ktled. Among the
injured, all we'll kteWn citizens OF
Denver, were: 81
CHAS. S. THOMAS, ex-governor.
R. w. SPIER, president of the board
of public works.
FRANK ADAMS, president fire and
police board.
JOHN T. BOTTOM, police commits
sioner. s,
B. w. BAKER
R. C. CUNNINGHAM
FRED WARTELL
JOHN FLEMING
JOHN FIELD
- ARKWRIGHT
FRED HANSEN
w. H. EHRICK
FRED MILLER
HENRY DENMAN
ALFRED BIRTHSTONE
BERT HOLLINGSWORTH
FRANCIS CABOUHEY
C.. M. DWYER
ROY Co. CUMMING
WILLIAM COMMON
NELsB4:NNEs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08
Madison, July 2

Madison, July Z.
The much needed improvements in
the levees of the Wisconsin river, for
which the citizens of Portage and
Columbia county pleaded so earnestly
before the committee on state affairs
at the last session of the legislature,
may not be made, at least, not imme-
diately. Yesterday, at the request OF
Secretary of State F'roehlich, the attor-
ney general gave out an opinion upon
the constitutionality of the act appro-
priating $4,000 out Of the general
fund for the purpose of repairing and
extending the entertainments Of the
Wisconsin river in the neighbOrhood
of Portage. In the opinion Attorney
General Hicks declares the act in
question to be clearly in violation of
the constitution. He advises the sec
rotary Of state to audit no accounts
under this act as the law, he says,
forms no warrant for the official ex-
penditure of funds hereunder.
A commission had already been ap-
pointed and work was about to be be-
gun on the surveying for the levees.
The commissioners are ]. E. Jones,
Byron Kinnear and J. S. Towers, all
of Portage. Prof. L. S. Smith, who
was appointed by the commission as
chief engineer, left for Portage
yesterday. He has been over the
ground and has said that the appro-
priation was inadequate to accom-
plish the desired end to make life
and property in the Fox river valley
Fsafe Following the opinion Of the
law officer of the commonwealth, it is
not likely the secretary Of state will
audit the account.
After reviewing the provisions of
the law the attorney general in his
opinion says: '"The title of the act
declares that it relates to the levee
of the city of Portage and vicinity,
and makes an appropriation therefor,
for the purpose of protecting the
lives and property Of the citizens of
the state of Wisconsin. Such declara-
ton found in the title must be clearly
sustained in the text of the law, in or
der to evade the constitutional prOvi-
SlOu IOuuu Ill 0CCL1OA IO' VI OIL LiC1O
VIII of the state constitution, which
provides that the state shall never
contract any debt for works of inter
! nal improvement or be party to car
rying on such works. This language
of the constitution is positive, simple
and distinct, and must not be nullified
by subterfuge nor evasion. A simple
declaration of the purpose of the law
in it's title cannot be regarded as con-
trolling, if the text of the statute clear
ly and pa1pably violates the constitu-
tional provision. The legislature may
not, by indirection, do-that which it is
positively prohibited from Directly &C
complishing. However praiseworthy
may be it's object and however great
the benefits to the locality, the legis-
llature cannot rest upon such consider
ations, if it is clearly in violation of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08
WAR AGAINST
CATHOLICISM

Paris, June 29.-Premier Waldeck-
Rousseau has carried the most import
ant project of his ministry, the law OF
associations bill which now only
awaits the signature of President Lou
bet to become a law.
The chamber of deputies last night
in a single session, adopted the bill as
amended by the senate, by 313 to 249
votes. Several attempts were made
by the opposition and socialists to
again amend the bill, but the chamber,
in every case supported the ministry.
Count Albert de Nun declared the
bill to be the beginning of a war
against Catholicism.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08
WYOMING OIL.
Large Holdings of Land Secured by
Spokane Men,.


Spokane Men,
Spokane, Wash. July "A. O..
Egbert, mineralogist and oil expert,
has returned from eastern Wyoming
where he went two months ago to
secure oil land for R. T. Dabney and
associates of Spokane.
''The oil fields lie near the eastern
state line. not far from the Black
Hills" said Mr.. Egbert zone field
was formerly known as the Belle
Fourche. Oil was discovered there
by prospectors during the close of the
Black Hills excitement. For time
the oil was a large source of revenue
to the finders. The installing of
mining machinery in the Black Hills
gave rise to a demand for lubricant,
and several companies and individuals
begun active explorations and de-
velopment for oil. Oil was skinned
from the springs and ws,s hauled to
Deadwood, some seventy miles, by
wagon, where it brought from $26 to
S35 per barrel. Some half dozen wells
were drilled. Only one ever produced
in paying quantities. It flowed about
five barrels per day until it caved in.
This particular oil belt has northerly
and southerly trend. It is associated
with long, sparsely. timbered sand
stone ridge. The other field
visited is broken continuation Of
this same field, but is some sixty
miles to the southeast in Weston
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08

custome, duty of 100 cents per pound.
Besides these changes in the law
there are two entirely new taxes I'M
posed by the repeal law, which went
into effect on April 1. They are:
Broker, class 2, special tax in adj
ditional to all other special taxes, 500
Bucket shop transactions, two cents
for each $100. These taxes, OF course,
remain in force after July l, being IN
addition to the list of retained taxes
given above. These lists of taxes re-
pealed, modified, retained, and new
imposed will enable all individuals and
firms to know just where they stand
with regard to Uncle Sam after today
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08
MOTHER DEAD
DAUGHTER DYING

Jefferson, Wis, June 30.-A bad ac-
cident occurred at Helensville, live
miles south of here. and as a result
one woman is dead and her daughter IS
dying.
Mrs. J. G.. jain and her daughter
Barbara, had been driving and were on
their way home when the horse be
came frightened and started to run
Coming to the barn it turned sharply
and the women were thrown out.
Mrs. jain was injured internally and
died. Her daughter had several bones
broken and was terribly bruised. AT
first it was thought that she could re-
cover, but she has sustained internal
injuries and will die.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08
DR.. PASAVANT EX-
PRES SUDDENLY

Pittsburg, July Rev. VIM. A.
Pasavant of this city died suddenly of
apoplexy yesterday at Jurmonville,
where he had gone for few days va
cation. DR.. Pasavant was widely
known as a philanthropist, having es-
tablished hospitals in Pittsburg, Jack
sonyille, ILL.,, Milwaukee and Chicago.
John Wanamaker renewed his offer
of S2,5O0,O0O for the Philadelphia
street railway franchises, with the
added inducement of three-cent fares.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08
RUNAWAY GIRL BACK HOME.
Helen FifieId Returns to Parents From
Buffalo.

Helen FifieId Returns to Parents From
Buffalo.
GAINESVILLE, June 29.-Accompanled
by James S. Fifield, her uncle, Miss
Fifield has arrived at the home OF her
parents from Buffalo, where she had
been living in private boarding
house. Because of the fact that she
cannot remember anything OF her
journey, it is thought she is mentally
unbalanced, although her parents dis
like to admit any traces Of insanity.
When questioned concerning her
travels, she replied that she could re-
member nothing about her prepare
lions for leaving home, could tell alb
solutely nothing about her experience
in Chicago, nor how she went to Buff
falo. She will be examined by physi-
clans to determine her mental condi-
ton.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08
DEA fisa.AND
DESTRUCTION

Sterling, ILL.,, June 30.-A terrific
electric storm wrought death and de-
struction in this city yesterday.
Dead.
JACOB Lands,
SADIE FRYSINGER, both killed by
live wire.
Injured.
w. J. DOUGHERTY, badly burned,
may die.
FRANK VAIL, shocked by live
wire, unconscious.
Houses were moved from founda-
tions and hundreds of trees were
blown down. Several buildings were
struck by lightning.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08

One of the prettiest booklets OF the
summer season has been issued by the
Milwaukee & st. Paul road. 1t is de-
scriptive of the dells of the Wisconsin
river and is literally illustrated with
fine half tone pictures
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08

Rollin Hawkins, a farmer residing
near Newton Falls. Ohio. shot and
killed his wife and then unsuccesstully
attempted suicide. jealousy was the
cause.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08

The youngest Kentucky colonel is
Austin Nelson Edwards, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson J. Edwards of New
port. The little colonel was born Jan
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

Nine. Patti, having sung in public
once in Paris and once in London
recently, has gone to Sweden for the
summer, where she will be a near
neighbor of Christine Nilsson.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08

PUBLIC RELIEVED OF MANY
PETTY BURDENS.
MILLIONS IN AGGREGATE

Governments Loss Will Reach $40r
100000 a Year-New Taxes Which
Went Into Effect April T.
Detailed Effect of the Repeal
Measure.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08

recently, has gone to Sweden for the
summer, where she will be a near
neighbor of Christine Nilsson.
Thomas H. Wickes, whose wife has
obtained a divorce, is vice president CT
the Pullman company. He is a native
of England and began service with the
company in 1868 in the capacity IF
assistant to the agent at East ST.
Louis. From this humble beginning
he rose by gradual promotion to his
present position, which he has Oc-
cupied since 1896. The Wickes
family troubles have been matter Vt
public comment on several occasions.
notably when his daughter, Florence
Lillian Wickes, resolved to go upon
the stage, leaving her fathers home
in Chicago for that purpose in spite IF
the protests of relatives. At that
time, it is said, Mr. Wickes practically
disoWned her and she started upon
her stage career, unaided and alone.
For time she was with one of Hoyt's
companies playing a minor part IN
A Trip to Chinatown. Her first stage
appearance in Chicago-upon which
occasion she wore tights attracted
considerable attention from theatrical
patrons who had known her as a
member of south side social circles
and the daughter of wealthy car
works official Wickes is millionaire.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08
ROOF HURLED
ON SPECTATORS
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT DENVER
RACE COURSE.
AN EX-GOVERNOR INJURED

Many Other Men of Prominence Also
Hurt but No Fatalities EnslCe-
Heavy Wind Unroofs PaykIion and
Causes the Disaster-De Mar
:: rowly Averted. :.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08

3, 1898, hence is only little over 8
years old. He was appointed colonel
by Governor w. S. Taylor of Kentucky.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08
PORTAGE LEVEE
SUFFERS SETBACK
ATTORNEY GENERAL ADVISES
TREASURER TO HOLD MONEY.
DECLARES ACT INVALID

Renders Opinion Which Says Legisla-
ture Violated the Constitution in
Appropriating $4,000 for Internal
improvements Affecting Columbia
County and Fox River Districts.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-09-13
GIGANTIC OCEAN STEAMERS.

0AOTAN L ~ OCEfAN
Great ocean crafts have not been
very extensively built since the fail
ure Of the Great Eastern, which was
foated in 1865, to accomplish what
its promoters expected it would do.
Recently, however, the Celtic, mon
strous vessel belonging to the White
Star line, has been foated and it is
now the largest vessel that is sailing
the ocean. In length she is 700 feet.
Her registered tonnage.is 20,8S0 tons
and her speed is seventeen knots per
hour. The Celtic is both larger and
heavier than the Great Eastern and
unlike the Great Eastern she is not
unseaworthy, but sails the ocena with
perfect ease Her engines consume
260 tons Of coal per day and she can
furnish accommodations for 1859
passengers. The steamer next in size
to the Celtic at present is the Ocean
ic, which registers 1924 tons, and
next in size to this is the Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse, which registers A.
$40 tons. It is now predicted by sea-
faring men that the time will yet
come when 5000 persons can com
fortably cross the ocean in one
steamer.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-09-13
NEGRO BUSINESS MEN.

Commenting upon the report Of
the Negro Business League which
was recently held in the city Of Chi
cago the Atlanta Constitution gloats
over the fact that the most of the
business men who took an active part
in the convention were men from the
South. There is no denying this
fact and there is no desire to denv
it; in fact, it is to be commended
rather than jeered at. The only
thing that the average Negro in the
North has to say on this point, is
there should be more than there are.
There are more colored folk in the
state of Mississippi alone than there
are in all Of the states north of Ma
son and Dixon's line, and why should
the bulk of the business cOlered men
not come from the South? In many
of the Northern states colored men
can be found connected with most
excellent business concerns, even as
owners and managers, when in that
immediate community there are not
a thousand colored families all told,
and perhaps not five in the thousand
who patronize this colored industry.
Now, if the Southern colored man
cannot do business with his own peo-
Iple, then who in heavens name does
he expect to do business with? Both
the whites and the blacks down there
do business from a racial standpoint,
but in the North it is the man who
attends to his knitting that is sue
cessful, whether such business man
be white or black.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-09-13
BROTHER
IN BLACK
Under Critical Eye of OBJ
serving Men.
BORROWED THOUGHTS
INDUSTRIES GOING SOUTH.

A rather peculiar condition Of af-
fairs is being brought about by the
gigantic labor strikes Of this country,
and a condition that bares closer in
vestigation than the average citizen
is inclined to give it. Though the
present steel strike has been the most
gigantic since the A. R. U. strike in
1893, which practically tied up every
railroad in the country, yet upon
close examination it will be found
that the present strike does not ex-
tend to the Southern states. Com
menting on this very fact, Frank
Leslie's Weekly thinks that the
Northern states and fnanciers are
confronting a problem which it be-
hooves them to give more than a
passing consideration. It labors un-
der the belief that the cause for there
being no strikes in the South, lies in
the fact that organized labor has op-
posed fraternizing with the colored
man, and though the colored man is
not extensively employed in the in
dustrial works of the South, yet he
stands ready to take the strikers
place in case he gets an opportunity
and organized labor realizing that if
its members ever refuse to go to work
in the South their places will befil1ed
for all time to come with colored
help, that very help it has so siren
uously opposed from time to time.
1t will thus be seen that the South,
owing to the fact that it has so many
cOlored men in it who are struggling
to become industrial workers instead
OF common laborers, will soon prove
a splendid field for operation of ma
chine shops, manufactures, and other
industrial works. Ii organized labor
does not take a cue from this it will
soon find that it has killed the hen
that laid the golden egg, and has
placed in its enemies hands-organ-
lied capital-a most powerful wea-
pom, which weapon it will most eff
fectually use to the detriment of or
ganized labor by moving their plants
to the laborer instead Of taking the
laborer to the plants.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-09-13
ALASKA'S BIG BEARS.

DR.. William Lord Smith, of Bos-
ton, has recently returned from the
Kadiak islands on the Alaskan coast,
where he has been bear hunting for
some time. He was successful III
capturing two splendid specimens of
the Kadiak bear weighing over 600
pounds each, and he claims that
though it resembles the Rocky
mountain grizzly, it is by no means
a species of that tribe He learned
from the natives that the bears there
grow to an immense size, some of
them attaining 1000 pounds in
weight, but this he was not able to
verify, and believes that 1900
is the largest that has been taken by
anyone from there. He claims that
the bears are quite numerous there
and live by fishing in the various
streams, which streams are generally
very narrow and quite full Of salmon.
The streams are so narrow and the
salmon are so plentiful that the bears
can readily pick them out Of the wa
ter while standing on the shore.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-09-13
WOMEN AS BENEFACTORs.

AS a general thing women are said
to be far more penurious, when it
comes to making either charitable
philanthropic or public donations,
than men. While, perhaps, this is
applicable to a majority of the wom-
en-, yet women as public benefactors
have made quite a reputation in this
country Of late years. According to
the records of the past year, out Of
$63, 100000 given by wealthy Amer
leans to art, education, religion and
charity, fully $1O,OOO,O00 of this
amount was given by women. The
wealth Of the nation is generally in
the hands Of the men, hence it is
impossible for women to give as Law
ishly as do the men, but in proper
ton to the amount they handle, it
will be readily seen that they give
more extensively than do the men.
Some Of the gifts recently made by
wealthy American women for bene-
ticlary causes may be cleaned from
the following: Mrs. Joseph L. New
comb, of New York, to Tulane uni
versity, $3,OOO,OOO; Mrs. P. D. Ar
mOur, of Chicago, to Armour insti,
tute, $1,25O,OOO; Mrs. Edna J. Nc
Pherson, of Newark, N. j., to Yale
college, $750,000; Mrs. III. r. Schley
and Mrs. R. P Flower, of New York,
jointly, to the town of Watertown, N.
Y, $5O0,O00; Miss Helen Gould, of
New York, to various charities,
100000; Mrs. Vaughn Marquis, of
Ashland, Wis, to religion, 10000;
Mrs. j. f. Ryan, of New York, to re-
ligion, $250,O00; Mrs. Eugene Kelly,
OF Buffalo, to religion, $25O,OO0;
Mrs. Emmons Blaine and Mrs. Cy-
rus Mccormick, to the University of
Chicago, $25O,OO0; Mrs. A. S. Green
spau, of Topeka, Kan, to various
charities, 100000; Mrs. Louise Sc
Dor, Of Middletown, Conn, to reli-
gion, $175,OOO; Mrs. Margaret J.
Bennett of Baltimore, to various
charities, $150,O0O; Mrs. Mary Shan
non, of Newton, Mass, to various
colleges, 1923, 500; Mrs. G. S. Bur
bank, of Fitchburg, Mass, to various
charities, $4,000 and Mrs. F. I'll.
Aims, Of Cincinnati, to the Univer-
slty of Cincinnati, 100000.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-09-13
HOW NEGROES ARE DUPED.

While the newspapers East and
West are discussing few sporadic
cases of lawlessness in the South, in
which guilty colored men are vic
TINS the Constitution would direct
their attention to other outrages up
on the race, more infamous in that
they are praeticed upon the trust
ing and confiding, who are duped
and led astray.
A Georgia detective became pos
sessed of a circular, bearing upon its
face such evidences of regularity,
that he did not pause to consider its
origin 1t was issued by what was
styled "The International Council Of
the World, " from the chief office in
Seattle, state Of Washington, a reg
ularly chartered institution. It rep
resented itself as having been organ
lied to suppress lynching- and other
forms Of lawlessness toward colored
people; that it had on hand large
sum of money, and was prepared to
pay out $500 apiece for the arrest of
violators of the peace Of the oolored
people. Quite incidentally it was
mentioned that others, desiring to
aid in this laudable work, could OBJ
tain membership by forwarding GER
tain sums of money to the chief Of
flee in Seattle.
The detective was at the time en-
gagged in work along this line,
prompted by reward offered by the
state. He redoubled his energy,
spent an amount equal to what he
would have gotten from the state,
and succeeded in sending seven
white men to the penitentiary. Then
he proceeded to locate the Interna-
tional Council Of the World, but
without result Finally the Consti-
tuition was called into play, and it is
to the result of the investigation thus
set on foot in Seattle that we would
direct the attention Of the press
abroad. The dispatch said that the
council is an incorporated society Of
|colored people, with horse doctor
named Samuel Burdett for president
and former bootblack for secretary.
AS to the details Of the business, the
president vouchsafed the informa-
ton that the council had "a beauti-
full ritual : which forbids
our disclosing any Of the details. I
will say, however, that we have con-
Itributing members who send in per-
Iiodically dues in the South, the
North and the West" Thus the
scheme was fully exposed. The fur
ther information and over 5000 let
ters had been received disclosed how
we'll the dragnet of collecting was
working ng-Atlanta Constitution.