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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-25

California redwood trees are likely to be considerably decreased in number through the purchase by a lumber com- pany of 35,0O0 acres of land in Hum- boldt county, California, about forty miles north of Eureka. Expert timber men who have examined the tract say that it is the best in the country and moderate estimate of the amount of timber to be cut Is 2600, 900, 900 feet. Ten miles of railroad will be built to reach the tract, and extensive additions are to be made to the mills of the owners in order that the trees, which are the kings of the forest, may be reduced to lumber. It seems pity that so vast forest of the gigantic trees is to be de- stroyed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-25

It is officially stated at London that the deaths from the plague in India from September. 1896, to March, 1902 are known to number S52,000, and the bring the total up to a million. The worst of it is that the plague continues to flourish In the Bombay presidency, during the first three months of this year, the deaths number 62.667. against 17,S06 in the same time last year. In the Punjab there were 515 deaths in the first quarter of 1900, 15.245 in the same time last year. and 42,7S8 in the single month of March this year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-25
DUCK.

For Mountain or Seashore Duck Hats are very much in vogue. They are cool and refreshing and wash able. 'Tis well to start with q generously large hat. Mail orders promptly filled. Cost $100
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-25
SUMMER
 HATS
For Men. For Women.
STRAW.

In most countries straw hats are thought to afford the best protec- ton from the solar rays. We think so here. Incidentally, our Straw Stock has been reduced In price; s5 will now buy a good Panama; s1 a superior Fine Split Straw.
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TERRIBLE DISASTER.
Home of a Canadian Burnside Es-
capes, But His Wife and Nine
Children Perish

Matane, Que. March 11-Mrs. Ar
thur Bouchard and her nine children
were burned to death at an early hour
Sunday morning. Mr.. Bouchard, the
only survivor of the family, jumped
from a second-story window and es-
capped. The first floor of the building
was occupied as grocery store, while
Bouchard and his family lived in the
story above. The fire was discovered
by a servant girl. Bouchard immedi-
ately jumped from an upper window
and was about to be followed by his
wife, but she was evidently overcome,
as she failed in her attempt to escape
and persisted together with her six
boys and three girls, the eldest being
ii years and the youngest two. Bou-
chard had lighted a fire in the kitchen
stove at five o'clock and returned to
bed The flames were discovered an
hour later. A coroner's inquest will
investigate.
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treat of seeing Amateur Athletic
union contests.
"Come at once, we pay expenses, !"
wired the director of aquatic sports.
''Must allow me regular expenses
and same for my trainer" telegraphed
one champion. eff [ come you must
pay expenses of trainer and Wallets"
wired another. Needless to say that
the men who wanted to bring retinue
as large as that which came to this
country with Prince Henry were po-
litely but firmly turned down"
The champions are particular set,
it would seem. They dislike to be
beaten. They must enter into prelim-
mary training before meeting another
champion. 1t is not consistent with
their prominence in the athletic world
to go near a swimming tank unless
they have trainers, rubbers and at
tendants galore.
Notwithstanding the luxurious
ideas of some of these swimmers
about the attendants to look after
their wants." remarked President
Liginger, of the Central association,
A. A. u, as we watched the swimming
races, 'you cannot blame the cham
pions. They get no pay for their serv-
ices. They travel long distances to
participate in championship events
and all they receive for their victories
is the usual gold or silver trophy or
medal. / find that they are all anna
tours under the ruling of the A. A. q.
even if they take expense money.
Schaeffer, Brewer, Leary, Wenck-all
of the young men who give their time
for the success of the swimming
events of these shows-are out money
on the propositions. They cannot
make anything on the daily allow
ances of expense money permitted by
the rules. Swimming is such an i'm
portant art that every time you give
high-class exhibitions of it you slim
plate people to greater efforts to
learn. Taken altogether, the appear
ances of the champions are of great
benefit
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POWDER WORKS EXPLOSION.
Disaster at Moore Powder Works al
heokuk, Ia.-Many People
Killed

Keokuk, Ia, March ia big expIo-
sion occurred Monday at the Moore
powder works, killing a number of
people and wrecking buildings.
THE DEAD-Frank Schneider, blown to
pieces.
Egbert Erickson. head blown off,
THE INJURED-Lewis Leake injured
in the neck. will die.
James Galloway, cut about the head ard
face, may die.
Ben Hamilton, cut about the face and
head.
Unknown man. cut on the head by falling
rock.
The men killed and injured were
working in the building. The I'M
known man who was injured by fall
ing rock was employed about the
grounds. None in the other buildings
at work was injured.
The damage to the mill will reach
about SIS, 900. The mill wherein the
explosion occurred was totally demol-
ished. 1t was a stone structure with a
wooden roof.
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balls for every champion, every
PLAYER who has contested in a cham
pionship, and for thousands upon
thousands of other followers of the
gentlemen's game for over half CEN
fury.
1t was my pleasure to be invited to
his ivory retreat not long ago to
watch him select some rough blocks
of African ivory, from which he was
to make some sets of balls for Cham
pion Jacob Schaefer to take with him
to Paris for play in the games with
Sutton and other kings of balk line.
Thoae rough blocks had been "cur-
ing down in little close, stuffy
room for many years, and we're sup
posed to be proof against checking
in ordinary temperatures. The un-
the blocks needed, and in a jiffy he
had one of them on the 'chuck
Lathe turning off the rough corners.
BY degrees the ball grew under his
deft fingers. In an incredibly short
period he placed in my hand a per-
feel sphere-as nearly round as the
genius of human being and turning
tools could make one. The sense of
touch is so acute in the old ivory
workers finger tips that he can de-
teet the slightest irregularity.
After the balls are turned, his skill
comes into play in selecting broth
ers and sisters'-bal1s of the same
resiliency and life, weight and grain
fog the same set.
well, if you had been handling
tho turning chisel for more than so
wears you would have it down as fine
ly as I have" said the old man, when
I expressed surprise over his rapidity
Of working and the excellence of his
work. ssMine is an exclusive sort of
q profession. There are but few of
us, and, anyway, if there were hun
dred ivory ball turner's, the cham
pions would want the man who had
been making balls for so years to
turn out their spheres. Ivory is just
as human in it's properties as any in
animate substance can be. The tur-
ner produces a finished article, but
the slightest breath of cold air is
likely to throw his work out OF
plumb. Ivory is as peryerse as a
man. 1t does ali sorts of unexpected
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In the Public Eye Abroad
News Notes the Commercial and Industrial Cen
World.

Ions; in Roumania, at S7,120,000 gal
Ions; in Russia, at 76, $50, 600 gallons; in
Bulgaria, at Il, $3.50, 900 gallons; in Ger
many, at 6O,72o,OoO gallons; in Turkey
(including Cyprus), at 5O,160,00o gal
Ions; in Switzerland, at 81 $685. coo gal
Ions; and in Servia, at %, 10000 gal
Ions.
America.-Chili harvested, in 1901,
81, 900 gallons; the Argentine re-
public, 55,44O,o0o gallons; the United
States, 39,600,000 gallons; Peru, 36, &c.,
600 gallons; Brazil, 1867, 900 gallons;
Uruguay, 100000 gallons; Mexico,
924,UO0 gallons; Bolivia, 100000 gallons.
Africa and Australia-Aside from
Algeria and Tunis, which produce, re-
4,488,O gallons, the vine is not seri-
ously cultivated in Africa, except in
theislands owned by Portugal (Madeira
given in a normal year 100000 gal
lons), and at the Cape, which produces
3,168,O0O gallons. Australia produced
$4,000 gallons.
Asia-Asia, which is the cradle Of
the vine, occupies a low place in the
statistics, perhaps because Asiatic re-
ligions do not sanction the drinking
of wine. Outside of Asia Minor the
vine is not cultivated, save in Persia,
where 600 gallons were produced in
1901 In China, an Austrian company
has embarked in the planting Of vine
yards. They occupy vast territory
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The Boy and the Dime.

Capital does not necessarily mean
wealth. AS illustrative of its pow
ers, the head of great manufacture
ing establishment in PHILADELPHIA
recently cited this incident: "About
year ago a little fellow stopped me
on the street and asked me for .
cent to help him buy two papers. so
he could start as newsboy. I gave
him dime. The other day neat
little fellow caught hold of my hand
on the street and said: Don't you re-
member me, mister?' | did not, and
said so. He seemed surprised Tn
the boy you gave a dime to to buy
some papers, mister, and I've had
money ever since he said. The in
cident touched me deeply, and I be-
Heve it conveys a valuable lesson"
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boundary Dispute settled.

- Hill, classed as the bully of
Il ~ South America, has effected a
~ peaceful settlement of her bound
airy troubles with Argentina. The con-
tention over the boundary lines be-
tween these two nations at one time
threatened to result in war, and while
both countries maintain that they have
upheld the dignity of their positions,
yet it is probably due to the fact that
Argentina, in a diplomatic way, con-
Cured in the claims of Chill, that war
was averted.
The boundaries between the two ma
tions was defined by the treaty of 1928
as the snowy summit of the Cordillera
of the Andes. Until recently settle
ment had not advanced sufficiently
NEAR to this line from either side to
cause the exact location to be brought
into question. Within the past year or
two, however, Chill, always more pro-
gressiye than her neighbors, began the
building Of roads through the noun
tains and the policing of the country,
and advanced into what Argentina
claimed as her territory. She demand
ed an explanation of the so-called in
vasiOn in the usual South American
way, and by so doing came near bring
ing on a war in answer to her brusque-
ness
Diplomacy, however, came to the
rescue in time, and now Argentina
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The Forests Of Russia.

e a HE gradual deforestation of
ia b Russia is attracting increased
- attention throughout. the en-
pire, and the Forestry society, as we'll
as the forestry department Of the min
istry of agriculture and domains, are
discussing means for regulating the
consumption of timber ana for propa-
cation. wooden Russia" as it is IA
miliarly called, does not appear to be
in any immediate danger, as a recent
official report states that forests in
this country now cover a gross area Of
1854, 900 acres. Among European
countries, Sweden comes next, with
44,47S,000 acres of forest. In Russia
the forests cover SO per cent. of the
whole imperial area. The Swedish for
ests occupy Al per cent. of the total
area, and the Austro-Hungarian 80
per cent. of the territory of the dual
monarchy. Reckoned by the popula-
ton, there are 40 acres of forest to
each inhabitant in Russia, 95 acres in
Sweden, 1914 acres in Norway, and O.69
acre per head in Germany.
The forests have a greater i'm
portance for Russians than for people
of west European countries, as vii
lagos and country houses are largely
built of wood; stone and brick houses
being almost unknown, and the for
ests furnish the main sources of fuel
supply. While the imperial committee
complains that it is private owners
who are recklessly devastating the
forests and urging that adequate laws
and regulations be enacted to prevent
this, the Forestry society calls atten-
ton to the fact that, according to
the official report of the forestry de-
partment of the ministry of agricul-
ture and domains, the crown forests
furnished a revenue of $1,000, 900 in
1890 and $24,720,000 in 1899. Tt is
claimed that this advance in nine years
could not be due to the natural increase
of timber growth, and it is urged that
the government set an example in mod
Grafton. W. H
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ago that Boston terrier was
curiosity at bench shows
The Great Danes, the intelligent
collies and the ever-popular, sad
eyed and sagacious st. Bernards
rough coats enjoyed the major
portion of the public popularity.
The fancier was in rare good luck
if he found more than four or five
good specimens of the shaggy coated
Newfoundland dog; more than a pair
of Russian wolf hounds; a specimen
of the English sheep dog or a kennel
of Airdale terriers. Great strides
have been made in the breeding of
Boston terriers. Since The days OF
Toney Boy, Champion Monte, Bar
nard's Mike, Bucldeys Paddle, Welt's
Ephis, ETC., the Boston has become
the pride of many enthusiastic vo-
taries of kenneldom.
Why are the fox terrier classes so
large? That is what is prompted by
seeing the classes for the little dogs
so well filled George Whitney, well
known as one of the best authorities
in the kennel world west of the AL
leghanies, recently told me that
there was scarcely no market for fox
terriers. Those who owned kennels
had a lot of them on hand and
showed them all at the nearest bench
shows.
George Gould, who pays a great
deal of attention to dogs, has been
a freouent prize winner at eastern
and western shows, does not care
about the slump in popularity of the
fox terrier, evidently. Both he and
the less we'll known nominators in
the east profess to believe that after
the fad for Boston terriers has run
itself out, the public will settle down
to it's usual admiration of collies,
st. Bernards, fox terriers and the
hunting breeds.
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Receipts Are Larger.

The receipts of Secretary of State
Froehlich's department for February
were considerably larger than they
were for the same month a year ago.
This year they aggregate over $1,000,
derived from the following sources:
Fees for fling articles of incorporation
of domestic companies, S3,74S; fees for
fling articles of incorporation Of foreign
companies, $557.50; fees for filing amend
ments to articles Of incorporation, $1,9o3;
fees for issuing notarial commissions, 1922;
foreign hunting licenses, $50; miscella-
Ee0us fees, $z0.5 So
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The News Condensed.

Advices indicate that several great
enterprises in the Chippewa valley are
rapidly maturing.
Stephen Enos, farmer, was proba-
bly, fatally burned rescuing his two
small children from his burning house
near La Crosse.
Fire at New Centerville burned 0. c.
Nelson's store building, stock Of gen
eral merchandise and household goods;
and four barns.
Dowie's Christian Catholic elders
from Zion City invaded Kenosha and
established a church.
Joseph Schaum burger, charged with
the murder Of Ida Andreski, his fancee,
October 25, 1901, was found guilty i'll
Wausau of manslaughter in the first
degree.
Sheboygan has concluded the pur-
chase of the Upper Falls toll road be-
tween that city and Sheboygan Falls,
and the highway is now free. This was
the last piece of toll road in that sec
ton of the state.
William H. Watson, president of the
L
in Eau Claire, left an estate of $4,000,
but no will and no heirs. Diligent in
quiry failed to reveal single relative.
John B. Roberts, one of the pioneers
of Green county, died at his home in
South Wayne.
Edward Mundy, the 12-year-old son
of J. L. Mundy, had his right hand
blown off and two fingers on the left
hand torn to pieces in Dodgeville
while playing with dynamite.
Alonzo Burgess, one of the few pi-
oneers left who settled in Kenosha and
Racine counties in the year 1885, died
at his home in Racine, aged 50 years.
Mrs. Anna Jacobs died in Racine,
aged A years. She was the widow of
Laurens Jacobs, whose body was found
floating in the river less than one year
ago.
While putting down a well in the
northwest part of Elkhorn, C. M.
Cooper struck a vein of coal or Ignite
at a depth of about As feet.
Michael Godfrey, one of the old and
best known river men on the upper
river, was found dead on bunk be-
side his two faithful dogs in La Crosse.
He was IS years old.
Prairie du Chen carried off first
honors at the Wisconsin valley ora
torical contest. Second places were
given Muscoda and Richland Center.
James Bonnell, a pioneer merchant
of Milwaukee, died at the Protestant
home for the aged in that city, aged SO
years.
Two fast mail trains on the Milwau-
kee road colIided at Lake George sta
ton. three miles east of Portage. No
one was hurt, but traffic was delayed
several hours.
A Danish-American college is to be
built in Racine to cost about $4,000.
Work on the $4,000 Rock county sol
diers' monument has been started, the
different portions Of which have been
stored in the park near the site dur
ing the winter.
Postmaster A. P. Cheek received no.
tice from Washington that $4,000 will
be appropriated for a government
building in Baraboo.
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THE MARKETS.


Chicago, March TO-
FLOUR-Dull and neglected. Spring
Patents, special brands, $4.G00410; HARD
patents, $3.05@370; straights, $3NQ5.20
winter patents SO 5003. 60; straights, $500
$40; seconds, $4,000 40.
WHEAT-Unsettled. May, 7678@78Ac;
July, 77A@7Sasc.
CORN-Steady. May, 623sc; July, 617sc;
Septe mber, 59Zg@60c; December, 49@49Ac.
OATS-Nervous ard lower. May, Also
44a4c; July, 351s@358c.
RYE-Demand moderate; market firm.
No. cash, 5714@5Sc; choice, by sample, $50
581kc; May delivery, 5S15c.
BARLEY-Firm market. Screenings,
47a57c for poor to choice. Thin barley, &C
cording to color 57@G0c; stained, dirty, 57Q
COO; clean, fair to good color, 6106212c; fan
cy e3c.
MESS PORK-Trading was fairly active
and feeling easier. Prices ruled lower at
SIS. 10@15.15 for cash; $15.15Q15.22 for May,
and $15.5O@15. 571a for July.
LARD-Fairly active and feeling was
easier. Prices lower Prices ranged at So. "a
9.271h for cash; So. $500. 371a for May; So. $50
$50 for July, and S9.6N09621A for September.
SHORT RIB SIDES-Trading only mod
crate and prices steady Prices ranged at
So 2008.35 for cash; $8.321AQ8.3 50 for May;
$S45@S.471h for July, and $S.5508.57k for
September.
weakened IOW6F.
Rural, good to choice, 75077c; common, 7CQ
72c; red stock, 67071c; Burbanks, TQ74c.
EGGS-Feeling easier. At mark, cases
returned, 140141ac; at mark, new shipping
cases included. 141a@14Ac.
BUTTER--Market quiet. Creameries, $50
35c per pound; dairies 19@23c.
LIVE POULTRY-Marke steady. Tur-
Keys, SG11c; chickens. lie; ducks, 1G@11c
Nom Work NIorcb IN
WHEAT-Opened firm but eased off.
May, S33s@S3 1876; July, SO 7-160S4c; Sep
TENDER, S23z0S31sc.
RYE-Dull State 6O061c c. j. f. New
York car lots; No. 2 western, 66a4c f. o. b.
afloat.
CORN-Sold off with wheat and was Gull
all morning. May, 67A067 11-16c; July, 665s
@6634c.
OATS-Steady for time, but later fol-
lowed other markets. Track white 52057c.
BUTTER-Steady at decline. State
dairy, 20026c; state creamery, 22G27c;
creamery held, 1S024c; renovated, 1926;
factory, 1S021c.
CHEESE-Strong. State, full cream,
early make. fancy colored, 121a@12a4c; do.
white, 121A012a4c; full cream, large fall
make, fancy colored, 111A@11Mc; do. white,
111s@11$4c.
EGGS-Firm at decline. State ard Penn
sylvania, nc; western, at mark 17c; south
ern, at mark, 1870.
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Iron Mines in Siberia.


I'll HE industrial development of ST.
M IBERIA is largely dependent upon
(9I-hz her production of coal and iron,
especially the latter, and the following
data from an official report show that
RUssia's huge northern provinces do
not lack rich deposits of this metal.
Of the numerous iron ore mines in
the Urals, the largest are, first, the
Komaroff mine, containing 100000
O00tons Of 50per cent. brown hematite;
and second, the Magnithaya Cora mine,
which has not yet been fully developed,
but is claimed to be the largest mass
of magnetic IN Russia, if not in the
world. Among other rich mines in the
southern Urals are the Baikal mines,
which are believed to contain 5000, 900
tons of ore in the portions belonging
to the government, and 10000, 900 tons
in that owned by the Simsky works;
and the Elnitchi mines, near Bailal, in
which about 100000 tons of ore have
been discovered 1t is claimed that the
latter group of mines, lying to the
south of the Tchelia binsk-Ufa branch
of the Siberian railway, will yield 2,40O,-
600, 900 tons of iron ore. The Vyoskaya
Cora, Mount Blagodat, and Sindrslly
mines are to the north of the same
railway. Engineers report that the
first contains 100000 tons; the ore
in the second was estimated at $780,
600 tons when first examined, but upon
denomination was found to amount
to 100000 tons. No definite esti-
mate was made concerning the last
mine, as it abounds in pockets which
sometimes come to an abrupt termina-
lion. 1t is claimed that the Ural mines
are capable of producing 24,O00,OOO tons
of ore, or about 100000 tons of pig
iron. per annum for the next century:
but as this quantity of ore can scarcely
be worked, even with the additional
coal from the Ekibaz-Tuza and Sud
ienka mines, the more conservative en-
gineers reckon the output at 5000, 600
tons a year, at which rate the ore in
sight will la>t 200 years.
w r H
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
General Fund Increased.

The state and railroad taxes have
swelled the general fund of the state
treasury over the million mark. At the
close of business January 1 this fund
contained 1851 ,SO5-73, while at the close
of business February % it contained
S1,241, 360.20. TIE amounts in the 9TH
er principal funds in the treasury at
the close of business February %
were: Common school fund, $751;
3O9.89: university funds, $8,745.18; ag-
ricultural college fund, S14, 562. 81;
normal school fund, sos, 443.21.
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u nlUou Otd u Z $
there is no rec
ord OF any yeter-
an maker of the
ivory spheres in
Europe that ante
dates Britt n e RS
will celebr a t e
his seventy-thi
birthday anniver-
sary by giving a
dinner to all of
the old-time bill
liardists he can
succeed in locat-
ing. Mr.. Brittner
has made billiard