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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
NAMES DAY OF THANKSGIVING.
President Issues Proclamation DesiE-
mating Nov. 27.

nat1nH NOW x -
President Roosevelt has issued his
proclamation designating Thursday, Nov.
27, as a day of thanksgiving. The proc
lamation is as follows:
According to the yearly custom of our
people, it falls upon the President at this
season to appoint a day of festival and
thanksgiving to God.
"Over a century and a quarter has
passed since this country took its place
among the nations of the earth, and dur
Ing that time we have had, on the whole,
moro to be thankful for than has fallen
to the lot of any other people. Genera
ton after generation has grown to man
hood and passed away. Each has had
to bear its peculiar burdens, each to face
its special crises, and each has known
years Of grim trial, when the country
was menaced by malice, domestic or for
eign levy, when the hand of the Lord
was heavy upon it, in drought or flood or
pestilence, when in bodily distress and
anguish of soul it paid the penalty Of
folly and forward heart.
! Nevertheless, decade by decade, we
have struggled onward and upward; we
now abundantly enjoy material well be-
ing, and, under the favor of the Most
High, we are striving earnestly to achieve
moral and spiritual uplifting. The year
that has just closed has been one of
peace and of overlooking plenty. Rarely
has any people enjoyed greater prosperity
than we are now enjoying. For this we
render heartfelt and solemn thanks to
the Giver of Good; and we seek to praise
him, not by words only, but by deeds,
by the way in which we do our duty to
ourselves and to our fellow men.
"Now, therefore, |, Theodore Roose-
welt, President of the United States, do
hereby designate as a day of general
thanksgiving, Thursday, the 9th of the
coming November, and do recommend
that throughout the land the people cease
from their ordinary occupations, and IN
their several homes and places of wor-
ship tender thanks unto Almighty God
for the manifold blessings of the past
year.
"In witness whereof | have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
|: "Done at the city of Washington this
Goth day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and two
and of the independence of the United
States the one hundred and twenty~sev-
enth.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"By the President:
JOHN HAY, Secretary Of State"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
MURDER AND BURN FATHER.
Three Boys in Nebraska Take Revenge
for Alleged Cruelty.

Gerhard Borchers. farmer who lived
several miles northeast of Humphreys,
Ncb. has been killed by his son Her
man, aged 1t years, who used shotgun,
which he had purchased for that pur-
pose. Then, with the help of his two
brothers, August. aged 10 years, and
John, aged s years. Herman dragged the
body of his father to Il straw stack and
set fire to it. The three children We're
taken into custody. Each of the children
practically told the same story, the only
variance being in the degree of culDabil-
ity in the killing accorded each. Herman,
who is said to have fired the gun that
killed his father, duplicates his younger
brothers equally with himself, while they
put the blame on him. The only motive
for the crime given is that the father,
with whom the children had lived alone
since their mothers death, had not treat
cd them kindly. Neighbors of Borchers
say they know of no cruelty on the part
of the former.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
IMMENSE POTATO CROP.
Farmers Will Realize More than Fifty
Dollars an Acre.

Dollars an Acre.
The harvest of the potato crop in the
law valley, Kansas, is nearing compile
ton, and while the. size of the crop will
not be known until the railroads have re-
ceived reports as to the number of cars
used in transporting it, it is said to be
one of the largest ever raised in the val
ley. It has been customary for the po-
tato growers of the valley to keep for
seed all potatoes dug after Oct /, because
they are usually not large enough for
table use, but the growing season has
been longer this year and practically all
Of the potatoes harvested are market
able.
This year has been IN exceptional che
for production in the Kaw valley. The
quality of the potatoes has been better
md the yield larger than the average
year. On some of the farms the yield
has been as large as $50 bushels to the
acre. This is extraordinary, but the
average yield has been good and the price
about % cents bushel. This makes an
income from such a field as mentioned as
high as $50 to the acre.
The potato-growing area of the law
river valley extends from Argentine on
the east to Topeka on the west. The
growers in this section have an organiza-
ton and it is understood among them that
only pure Northern seed is to be planted
each year. This seed is of the Early
Ohio variety aud comes from the valley
of the r = river in Minnesota.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
BATTLE WITH MASKED ROBBERS.
Safe Blowers Secure $4,000 from stare
Bank at Greenwood, Wis.

The State Bank of Greenwood rs,
was entered by four masked men anu
$4,000 in gold and currency stolen Inc
men blew open the vault and safr WIN
dynamite. The noise of the explosion ~
tracted several citizens, including 'ne
cashier of the bank, who happened TO be
on the street. The citizens surrounded
the building, but in spite of the trap the
robbers fought their way through ana
escaped. A dozen shots were eXchahSeu'
but no one was hurt The thieves cscap-
ed with n team which was III waiting
leaving, however, Il bottle OF nltroE'yter
in, sledge and professional burglars
tools The bank will resume business us
soon as new safe can be delivered. De
positors will not lose aught OF thelr oe-
posts
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
PART OF BRAIN GONE AND LIVES.
Doctors Say California Boy Will Soon
&c Ahle to Play Again.

Doctors Say California Boy Will Soon
&c Able to Play Again.
With part of his brain gone, George
Parsons, an S-ycar-old San Leandro, Cal,
boy, who was kicked in the head, still
lives. The doctors who attended him
deem his case one of the most remarkable
i'll medical science. At first they were
hopeless of his recovery. because his skull
was crushed and a large area of brain
matter disturbed. They removed several
spoonfuls of the destroyed brain and
pieces of the skull that had lodged there,
and closed the cavity with Il silver plate.
The operation was performed while the
boy was perfectly conscious. He did not
seem to feel the pain at ALL He has been
getting along so we'll since the treatment
that the doctors say he will soon be ut
play with his friends.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
CHURCEI-GOERs ARE FEWER.
Due to Strife in Business and Social
Life, Declares DIR. Stone.

Chicago people are going to church less
and less each year. This is the statement
made by the Rev James S. Stone, pastor
of st. James Church, Cass and Huron
streets. Mr. Stone gives five reasons
which in his opinion cause this decrease
In church attendance.
Chief among these five the pastor of
the North Side church says is the con
slant struggle in the business and social
world. GA woman who for a whole week
has been attending theaters, balls, teas
and numerous other social functions"
said the Rev. Mr.. Stone, "looks forward
to Sunday as day of rest, and she sore
ly needs it. For the same reason n man
who has spent six days in any business
which calls for his whole attention many
hours day does not wish to spend any
part of his Sunday in church. The LIST
of reasons given by the Rev. Mr.. Stone
for the lack of church attendance fol-
lows:
"Wear and tear of the modern business
and social life; reaction from successive
emotionalism; decline in the faith in inn
mortality; numerous warning denomina-
tions, and lack of something new in the
church.
chicago is no exception to the lack OF
church attendance. 1t is the same from
one end of the country to the other" said
Mr.. Stone. 1T applies to all cities and
towns and Is almost as marked III the
country as in the city. I have been asked
If it was not due to the criticism heaped
upon the church and the Bible. / do not
think that this is the case. This criticism
has been going on for centuries and it
would not only now begin to affect the
attendance. Others ask if, it is not be-
cause the people have an idea that the
church is only for the rich. do not think
that this is the case, for in churches that
are built and conducted for the poor alone
the same state of affairs prevails. The
same condition prevails everywhere"
The Rev. Mr.. Stone attempted to sug-
gest remedy for the condition. There
is molly one way to remedy this apparent
abandonment of the church," said he.
1T is not in providing music and enter
tainment for the people, but in Impress
Ing upon their minds that the neglect Of
worship is sin. This is the only way
that the people can be brought back into
the church ~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
SOUTH MANIToU ISLAND SINKS.
Engineers Believe 1t Will Suddenly
Disappear in Lake Michigan.

A letter from Robert Smith, member
of the life-saving station at Sleeping
Bear Point, Mich. says there is consid-
cradle anxiety felt in South Manitou ISL
and over the fact that it is thought the
island may suddenly disappear in the
lake. A few days ago the members built
q small boathouse near the station. Alter
it had been completed 4 short time the
ground about the building began to SINK,
and suddenly the entire building drop
ped out of sight. Captain Lafberg, IN
charge of the life-saving station at Sleep
ing Bear Point made careful sounIm%s
and found that where there had pre- /
ously been but three feet of water it now
registers over thirty. He has made care
full soundings in and about the island,
which he has forwarded to Washington,
giving it rs Lis opinion that soon the en-
tire island will disappear.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
ALASKAN FRONTIER DISPUTE.

Supposed to Mark boundary Asserted
to BE Ruins of Indian Huts.
Archibald CAMERON, road supernten-
dent, who has just arrived ut Victoria,
Il. g., from porcunne, says tho line CT
boundary monuments alleged to have been
discovered and stated to be the demarca-
ton of the Alaskan boundary are only
the ruins of stone huts built by the In
dams of the interior, where they met
those of the coast on q neutral ground,
about siXty-eght miles from tidewater.
AS no wood was available the Indians
built stone huts of the most primitive
construction, and these huts were used
i'll common year after year by the trader.
These were the so-called monuments.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
WIFE KILLS HER HUSBAND.
Mrs. X. q. Randall, OF Carthage, No.
Shoots with Fatal Result.

Mrs. Il. O. Randall shot and killed her
husband, Il. O. Randall, real estate
dealer in the office of r. G. Tadlock, the
woman's attorney at Carthage, Mo. Five
shots were fired. two bullets taking effect,
one in Randall's right arm and the other
piercing his heart, causing instant death.
The killing was the result of domestic
trouble during the last two years. At
torney Tadlock told Randall to leave the
office, but he drew knife and made Il
thrust with it ut his wife. Mrs. Randall
stepped back. and ut the same time drew
a revolver and fired as rapidly us she
could pull the trigger
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
T'Ecl9E(E7I5I

Chicago-Cattle, common "
$500 to $7,25; hogs, snlpp,"s
$4.25 to $6.S2; sheep, fair to ' eS,
to $3.50; wheat, No. , rea' w w,
corn, No. =, 53c to ole; oa ats, '% sr
to Csc; rye, No. >, 4Sc to g ,, IA
othy, $3.50 to $1,000; pral'@
$3.50; butter, choice cre2 ns'' M
24c; eggs, fresh, Zoe to 80
SOC to 45c per bushcI. .., "A
1ndianapolis-CattI shi lI o9 4
ST.25; hogs, choice light S 20 "A b 4
sheep, common to prime, gov "ora
wheat, No. >, zoe to nc, ~,
white, 59c to 60c; oats ""
Bic to 32c. -on Snl
st. Louis-Cattle, $l90, ~ 70 "a IA u
$3.50 to S6.45; sheep, S-% ',-n
wheat, No. 2, Csc to C2 &C., y ~ se,l
55c to 56c; oats, No. = -''
No. ., 4Sc to Ace. an 10 II
Cincinnati-CattIe, >4 ,'oo SaI
hogs, S4.OO to $500; sl'g -le ro1I
3.25; wheat, No. >, 73c to ' To !. 4
. mixed, SOC to coo; oats, ;, "a TM
29c to soc; rye, No. ;, 92c =. :" S6.j
Detroit-Cattle, $500 &c to q az 70
$500 to S6.4O; sheep - 81" cora
wheat. No. >, 74c to ,o'' Va 3
yellow, 64c to 65c; oats 5,
Sic to 32c; rye, &c to ' %n . III
Milwaukee-Wheat, ~ ~. 10 at /
Tic to re; corn, No. = 'o ,,o IS No |
No, 2 white. 32c to 33c e., I' ~ &c 4
to to'i sic: barley, No. ., &c 70 '
mess, $16.T0. . .,ited
Toledo-whcat, No; : 3,e n' to ~ |
re. corn. No. . mixed a., dle ,cIore 1
No. > mixed, &c to -'''
prime, $6.65. LINING
$500 to S7.25; hogs, far . io 81
to $3.50; sheep, fair TO choice =
1913; lambs, common "
$5. 10. n,m 70
New York-Cattlc' sbeep, y.
hogs, $500 to 500; &c to Ii$
So. rs: wheat, No, : reu, ts Ne.
No. 2, 64c to Csc; oats .rr, ST
34c to soc: butter, cr cream
ssSs, western, zoe to 2ac'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
Chicago.

the aggregate was hardly up tot@I
warm weather having covered N
of the week. holding back retail q
in some degree.
The week i'll its early part WING
rise to 73Hc for December wheat
laterd trading Il 2-ccnt reoCtol|
made. This was hardly SOFP9
view of the almost unInterEup@
for three weeks that carried lT1
up from 671ac. Flour demand v
been so brisk, but the MinneapoaI
are oversold to Dec. |, and are Y
about 100000 bushels OF wneS s1
week. Receipts there meai0l.
moderate and even with the 'op'
791, 1O3 bushels in stocks last WI
another increase of 603,O-+ oOS W.
week, there is Il total OF OH! w
bushels in Minneapolis elevators
markably low stock for the Sc'Sy''
The transportation Sltuatlo"
thing, little worse, the raiiToa" n
hard work to handle the freight sn n
the country side tracks are 1'~I
loaded cars. while in the NoF'n'1
grain shippers complain thot y,J "
they get the empty ears ana V@ n
out it is often seven to tWenv ."
fore they reach their dcstlna'Io"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
| New York.

Now Vork Complaints y, |.
ment of freigStt ~,
cars being stalled by the ls SgE
power, and many roads rafn.
further shipments until tho GI % /,
relieved. Lower temperamro,,'
lated retail sales of SEASONAL,
die, but frost comes too lot. ~
hjure agricultural products, r.
sumption sustains quotations
lines; domestic demands L%,
mented by large exports" na.
is from the Weekly Trade Ps,'
G. Dun Il Co. 1t continues
Operating expenses of bo
have increased in many eases i
degree that net earnings ors
curtailed, but gross earnings f.,
thus far exceed last years !.
cent and those of 1900 by ri, Il
Undue significance is ATTACH,
announcement that the Fuck N
will not advance next YEAR, \
coke above So. Although tms
with other conservative efforts i
interests to prevent inflated NJ.
probable influence on the ontSi5
will not be great, as the bulk \
will go to the various plants OfMl
States Steel Corporation. MI
sales are being made at Sig IN
cases, and the scarcity has caa1
blast furnaces. The future conn
iron and steel industry will h |
influenced by this fuel Shorna
business being permanently bs i
producers, and prices in SON,
ments already show the effect n
ganized conditions. RAILWAY ned
not diminished, numerous larg
constantly appearing, while the \
for locomotives is causing large n,
to be offered. Structural S,l
bridge and ship building are next i
of urgent demand. Agreement
tin plate wage scale may secure !
business that now goes out Of 6I
try, and some reduction in prizes
pected. Wire nails are also cheaI
as Il rule quotations are well mS]
Conditions at the cotton mid
healthy, n scarcity of goods bea
cral, while there is no diSpoSitnH
transactions. 1t is early for Sup1l
AIRY buying of spring wooden soa
fall trade is finished, so that thg
ions of the market are natumg
Raw wool is very firm at the leads
ern markets, which are shipping ii
the mills.
Bradstrect's report giving grals
says:
Wheat. including flour. expCna
week ending Oct. 80 aggregate "a
bushels, against 7,O60,4l1 last via
612, SSS in this week last year aia
421 in 1900. Wheat exports Sns
aggregate 91,42S,937 bushels 1
JOG, 72S,939 last season and GSSl
1900. Corn exports aggregate I
bushels, against S4,564 last wees
$50 last year and 1920, ITO in M0|
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
KILLS Ex-CoNv1Cr TO SAVE LIFE.
Detective Shoots Down Criminal Who
Drew Revolver.

After a chase extending over three
months, during which he missed him by
only a few minutes on several occasions,
Detective Martin G.. Mulvihill fouMd h;s
man, Edward Rohlting, in a fiat in May
wood. Ill.,, and shot him dead just rs the
former convict leveled his own revolver
at the officer AS the story is told by the
police, the death of Rohlhng was ht-
ting climax to story as exciting as any
ever inclosed between yellow covers.
Rohlfng was Il former convict, both from
Illinois and Missouri, and in both he was
wanted for various crimes, there beng
five indictments against him in the erin
inal courts of Chicago now. He also
is wanted for escaping from the peniten-
tary, whittier he was sent when he prov
ed too troublesome Il prisoner at fon-
tiac Ill
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
lob Assails Football Team

The football game at Findlay. Ohio,
between Findlay and Marion was won by
the visitors, which SO euraged the specta-
tors that mob was formed which as
saulted the visitors. Two men were bad
~ injured with stones and clubs and the
whole team more or less hurt
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
Bersch Is Given Five Years.

In st. Louis Edmund Bersch, former
member of the house of delegates. was
found guilty of perjury in his testimony
before the grand jury as to the $4,000
doodle fund raised to secure the passage
of the Suburban franchise bill and given
five years in the penitentiary. The jury
deliherated only few minutes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08

\ troop of 100 Fouchardists which
entered Port au Prince. Hayti, returning
from the campaign against Gen. Firmin,
had conflict with the civil authorities.
There WAS heavy firing throughout the
night, Seven persons were killed and
many were wounded. The situation is
grave, threatening new civil war
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
L,id Low by Carrie Nation.

With a right swing on the jaw, Carrie
Nation knocked down Il cadet from the
South Carolina Military Academy i'll
Charleston because he was smoking
cigarette on the street The boy was
caught by his companions before his head
struck the pavement.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
Wisconsin Man Kills Father.

George Bowers. ST.. n years old, died
in Waukcsha. Wis, after an assault by
his son, George Bowers, Jr,. 3S years old.
Young Bowers also seriously injured his
mother. The son returned from MilWau-
kee uuarrelsome and began to smash fur
nturc. He then attacked his parents
with n cordwood stick.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
Killed by Good Fortune.

With fortune of 100000 to be turn
cd over to him, John II. Heaton, of
Uayrc DE Grace, Md, died suddenly,
following a stroke of paralysis. believed
to have been caused by excitement rela-
tive to receipt of the good news.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08

The Port Arthur ship canal has been
examined by the special commission APP
pointed by the Kansas City Southern
Railway and pronounced safe for naviga-
ton by all vessels of twenty feet draught
not over forty-tive feet beam. Steamers
less than twenty feet draught are safe
with any BEAM
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
Chicnpo Tax-Fixer Disnppenrs.

Captain Edward Williams, former
manager of the Masonic Temple in Chi
cago. and convicted of conspiracy in the
tax fraud case is fugitive from justice
His bond of $4,000 was forfeited and
his picture and full description have
been sent throughout the country from
defective hendumartcrs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
Settle Flour Mill Strike.

An understanding has been reached by
the Pillsbnry-W ashburne Milling Com
pany in Minneapolis and the striking mill
wrights, whereby the latter agree to re-
turn to work at the wages and hours pre-
vailing previous to the strike. A repre-
sentative of the company said the strikers
had asked to be taken back to work, al
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
BOY ADMITS HE IS "A BURGLAR
Tells Indiana Policemen His Father
CompeIs Him to Steal.

CompeIs Him to Steal.
Il am not thief by choice, but am
compelled by my father to steal and as
sist in the support of the family" said
Ferdinand Young, 16 years of age, when
captured by the police while looting the
bicycle store of +. S. Carrie in Marion,
Ind. When taken to police headquarters
Young told the police of fifteen burslaries
he had committed in the last six months.
Young was formerly messenger tor the
Western Union Telegraph Company His
parents are Mr.. and Mrs. William Young,
who are respected residents of the city.
The boy described each theft he had
committed and told of the amounts re-
ceived in each raid. Young said he did
his first stealing in Kokomo when he was
6 years of age He went to Marion with
his parents about six months ago. Ills
father and mother deny his story.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
May Lynch Murderer of Soft.

Pleasant Spreading, a sheep herder liv-
ing in the mountains near lnez, NY. IS
III danger of lynching for the murder OF
his 4-year-old son. \ 13-ycar-old daagh-
ter of the man is missing, and 1t ls Sus-
pectCd that he killed her also. Spreading
crushed the boys skull with stone be-
cause he peeled the bark from tree on
the farm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
FORM BICYCLE TIRE TRUST.
Directors of Chicago and indianapolis
Concerns Elect Same President.

An Informal combination of the Hart"
ford Rubber Works, the Indianapolis
Rubber Works Company and the Morgan
& Wright Company has been effected.
Lewis u. Parker, president of the Hart
ford Rubber Company, of Hartford,
Conn, has been elected president OF the
Indianapolis concern and of the Morgan
\ Wright company their formers preSl-
dents having resigned. The three corpo-
rations will retain their individuality, but
all will be operated on a community OF
interest basis under President Parkcrs
supervision.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
Large Balance in TREASURY

Annual report of United States Treas
urer Roberts calls attention to the large
cash balance in the treasury and the I'M
pre%@ented holdings of gold, and sug-
gests that United States notes be made
gold certificates as the stock of yellow
notnl increases
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
Shoots Wife and Self.

Moses Wilson, farm lahorcr shot and
MORALLY wounded his wife at Leroy, n.
Y. The man then shot himself, intlcting
wounds which. it is said. will prove fatal.
Domestic trouble is given as the cause of
tho tragedy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08
Hurt in Wreck on the Erie.

As Il result of n freight wreck on the
Erie Road in the southern part of Cleve-
land, three men were badly injured, two
of them probably fatally
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-08

Commander Thomas j. Stewart the
recently elected chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic, has announced that he
has formally taken up the duties of his
new office and has issued his inaugural
address to the old soldiers