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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22
Trip I'M Airship Ends I'm the Sea.

Santos-Dumont, the aeronaut, met with
a disaster at Monaco. and had a narrow
escape from death. His airship is a tat
tered wreck. while his motor lies at the
bottom of the bay of Monaco.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22
President's Decision on schleyAppea1.

President Roosevelt has made public
his decision ON appeal of Admiral Schley.
He declined to reverse the verdict of the
court of inquiry, declared fight off San
tiago was captains battle and that
honor rests equally on commanders in
the action. and pronounced fatty against
continuation of the controversy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22
"White Ghost" Kills a Boy.

Edward r. Thomas, son of Gen. Sam
uel Thomas, ran down and killed Henry
Thesis, I years old, in New York. with
his automobile. the original White Ghost
formerly owned by William X Wander
hilt II.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22

NJ "ll''So'i oh d AIeSiucHt SremaCeds
The body of grandson of a President
of the United States was reduced to
ashes at the crematory in Cincinnati The
child was the son of Rutherford Platt
Hayes. ana bore the name of its illus
trious grandfather. Mr.. Hayes brought
the body from AsheYille @
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22
| New York.

no II 1UlA' 'o'e conditions II, 1
week: While railroad r'Is Of y
showing some decreases. bo ,a,n'
weather, on the years r Oe,a9s
OF It, the combined systems !. '9 ,n
The most spectacular oa 10 @'te
business !. world during the w u,,sa'
failure of the City Say inc Week Pss
troit' The failure, bowevoeSr D OIL
come of personal dishonest, was ",
the other banking institutions aa
was involved. ''1S IL
AS to the situation +, fI,
trade, the production of Mo ,'3 ".
uary amounted to over ,45 T"q
and stocks were reduced [rn',
tons on Jan. 1 to 1222 900 on r ~,
that date a year ago nsali so "
furnaces We're 55G,764 tons Tl
is insufficient in the UNIQUE sin na
prevailing in this jDdnSfrr 9''o ID,
been a decrease in DroInot; IL
of storms, which bamnor, W." Or
made it impossible for ,, WV '0.''o1
get coke. ' 'ut1
The excellent demand g.
in part to the busy conjiri,n
tries, which does NOT norn,;a y
accumulate. There !, ta,L ~
advance in pig lead. and tral, .aI
dictate an unprecedented or,;y:,,.
season of the year. Ybn ,,on'.
is still unsettled and nrrab,sn rp, w.
Exports of copper are still rr,n at
last years record. Total ov 9n
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22
Convict Thirteen for One Murder

Thirteen young men have been convict
ed of the murder of Jack Osborne in Rus
sell County. Virginia. last Christmas and
sentenced to the penitentiary.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22
Butler Robbed Heren Gou1d

Helen Gould's home in New York was
robbed sy her second butler, John
O,Neill, of many valuable articles. The
man has confessed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22
nd of Armed Creeks Captnred.

Deputy Grant Johnson telegraphs the
marshaI's office in Muskogee l. T.. that
his posse has captured band of heavily
armed Creeks in their camp on Wolf
creek, near Henryetta.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22
Earthquake Ruins Town.

\ dispatch from st. Petersburg to a
London news agency announces that the
large town of Shamaka. Transcaucasia,
has been destroyed by an earthquake No
details of the disaster have been re
cpiyed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22
Fire Loss at DeGraff, Ohio,

harm at De Graft, Ohio, caused loss of
500 600.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22
Two Killed in Elevators.

dents in Cincinnati the other day. Ed
ward Bolan, night fireman in the Lincoln
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22

GREAT DISCOVERY MADE BY AN
OHIO MAN.

Means Found of Short-Circuiting the
Nerves and Preventing Sensation
. from Reaching the Overwhelmingly
Mountain of Coal Is Afire.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22

The Senate voted on Saturday to place
all employees of the census office under
civil service rules. The action was TAX
en- during the consideration of the bill es-
tablishing a permanent census office,
which occupied the entire session, and
gave rise to a debate which covered the
whole civil service question.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-21
BALTIMORE AND OHIO.
Annual Meeting With Report OF the
Company for the Year.

Baltimore. Nd, November lT.-The
annual meeting OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company took place to-
day, President L. F. Loree presiding.
The annual report OF the company for
the fiscal year ending June 3oth. 1902
was submitted.
The operations for the entire system
as shown by the income account f6
the year are:
Gross earnings $51. IFS. osO. increase 81
O63. $50.
Operating expenses $50. SIS. $50. in
crease 1882, 333.
Net earnings from operation SIS. 2s9.-
497. increase $2,22 .297.
Other increase $3.50, 107, increase
81, 433, 314.
Deductions from income. account III
~terest, rentals. taxes, etc. Sl1. SOS. $50. in
crease s1,S22, 651.
Net income IS. O2O, 945. increase $751;
$50.
The report shows hat dividends OF
4 per cent. have been paid upon both
the preferred and common stocks. The
expenditures for construction during
the year were s5.S .329.
The old board of directors was re-
elected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-21
TO TEST A STATE LAW.
Warrant for Telegraph Operator for
Sending Pool for Horse Race I'm
Another State.

Birmingham. Ala. November 17.-E.
E. Williams manager of the local Office
Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany was served with a warrant this
morning sworn out before Judge Sam
uel E. Greene Of the criminal court of
Jefferson county. by George z. Tate. q
bookkeeper charging him with viola
ton of Section 4S10 Of the state cod OF
1896. relative to selling pools on racing
events outside The state. Bond va FIX
ed at 500.
On Saturday morning. two men called
at the telegraph Office and left $40 to be
transmitted to New Orleans parties,
paying S1.55 for the some. The cashier
received this and the money was sent
A wire was then sent to the parties in
New Orleans by the two men giving in
structions that the SO was to be placed
On a certain horse.
Although the warrant did not state
1T, the impression is that the proceed
ings were brought against Mr.. Williams
only as manager of the telegraph COM
"a which Is a common carrier. anr
the purpose of testing the state law on
the matter.
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Annual Meeting of stockholders OF
II. F.. and II. and Washington and
Southern.

Richmond. Va. November 1.-THE
annual meeting OF the stockholders -
the Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac and Washington and Southern
railways was held here today and all
of the old officials were reelected as
follows:
President-R- F. & p. and Washing
ton and Southern, Major L. ID. 7. Mey-
ers.
Directors-G. W. Stevens. Joh Skel-
ton Williams, Samuel Spencer, w. J.
Leake, j. Taylor Ellyson. with the ad-
dition OF S. NJ. Provost
The report OF the president showed
that the road was in a most prosperous
condition.; that the sum Of xt51, 1927
vas the net increase OF earnings for the
year and that the maintenance OF way
Of the company was in good condition
Genera Manager Dukes report show
ed that the system was double-tracking
from Richmond TO Alexandria, and that
the curvatures in the road had been
greatly decreased The double tracking
will increase traffic and increase the
hauling capacity between 40 and 50 per
cent.
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violate It. the people OF the United
States VIII see that they regret II"
When asked IL he countenanced n
stoppage OF funerals, the preventing Of
a physician attending q non-unionist
or n member OF his family. Mr..
Mitchell declared that he did not
Mr.. Mitchell in response to questions
by Mr. MacVsigh and Judge Gray. de-
ciared that n OF a trade union
who was n member OF n state militia
should not escape service. but should
willingly perform all the duties of citi-
zenship and accept all the resonsibili-
ties that go with them
In the afternoon Judge Gray took a
hand in the examination and asked Mr.
Mitchell:
In how large a degree does the sue
cess of a strike depend upon the exis-
tence of such q reign OF terror or such
conditions a has been characterized as
intoierablee'
II should say" Mr.. M.tchs IL replied.
dent ORon ii st all. The very conditions
alleged" he said" would reduce the
chances OF winning the strike"
Judge Gray: 1t has an influence on
those who are willing to work IN deter
ring them from work. has IL not9"
MFR. Mitchell: II have no doubt Il %
deter them TO a limited degree. / do
not think any OF the anthracite men
were deferred from work VINO would
work, for the reason that In the vicini-
ties where the largest number OF troops
were there were no disturbances OF u
men. So IL would indicate that the
men were not on strike because they
feared 10 go 10 work. although n man
may have been deferred because OF
ostracism."
MIR. Mitchell closed his testimony for
the day by stating in answer TO a ques-
ton. that the alleged acts Of intimIda-
ton and violence did not contribute TO
the success OF the strike at all.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-21
Modern Conversations.

(At a funeral, whispered.)
"He looks so naturalr!"
doesn't he! I'm surprised. He suf-
fered so, you know"
eyes; SO I heard. How well she
bears upw
wonderfully. It's really remarka-
BILE; but, then, she always had such
will power"
eyes, indeed. remember
"Will she e a vail?"
81 don't know. He didn't approve Of
the idea. He Away told her not to-"
"Still, I think she ought to-"
$50 do /. It's such a comfort to a
woman"
isn't it? He was we'll off, wasn't
he?"
ooh, yes; but I'm told that it's all
entailed."
"How do you mean?"
"Well, she gets only the income, and
if she marries again it goes to a niece"
"Too bad. But, then, she never would
marry again"
"Don't be so sure of that. / wouldn't
be a bit surprised"
81 know it. One never can tell. I'm
so glad / saw him."
$50 am I. It's a comfort to know
how he really looked"
ST suppose we ought to say some
thing to herr"
ooh, yes; of course. She'll expect it,
you know. When the minister goes, we
will"
Eyes; that would be the best time."-
New York Herald.
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"Are you never going homer" he
roared at me.
81 am, Benjamin-going home tomor-
row night. but meanwhile don't you
get too colty. If you do, I'll change
my mind and stay a month longer"
He reached home at 6 o'clock p. In.
without having anything to kick about,
but after dinner he told Mrs. Bowser
that he had been advised by the doc
tor to drink three quarts of goats milk
a day& get the acid out of his blood
and that he should probably buy four
goats during the evening. She, poor
soul, hadn't any objection to make, but
I turned to him with:
benjamin, what particular acid is
1t In your bloodP'
"It's what causes rheumatism" he
answered.
when have you had rheumatism?'
"T'ye got 1t now"
"Whereabouts?'
"In my legs"
ST beg to differ with you, Benjamin.
A man who can slip over back fences
the way you do can't have rheumatism
in his legs. You may have a buzzing
in your ears and wheels in your head,
but your legs are all right Goats
milk may be good for you, as you are
a good deal Of a kid, but there will be
no goats around here"
do I run this house or do your" he
shouted at me.<
81 do, Benjamin, and don't you make
~ wn.@@4I4 10, - Two ry1n ~ fnr frrn
weeks, and I've got one day more left
on the third. If you want to buy a
hippopotamus or a boa constructor, go
ahead, but don't let me find any goats
in the back yard In the morning"
Saturday.-As I was to start for
home today Mr.. Bowser made it a holi-
day and a day Of rejoicing. At break
fast I had to warn him that If he
wanted better coffee he might go to a
hotel, and at 10 o'clock I interfered to
prevent him from buying an oyster
farm and raising his W oysters, but
we got him through the rest of the day
without trouble. He took me to the
depot in a cab and said he was sorry
I couldn't stay longer, and I kissed
him and offered 10 put in two weeks
more, and then he hurried out. I knew
! what would happen. His pent up feel.
ings had to find escape, and they were
escaping as my train moved away
that is, he was in a row with three
hackmen, and enjoying himself as he
hadn't before for three long weeks.
SARAH JANE CARTER,
Mother-in-l law to Mr.. Bowser.
NJ. QUAD.
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Il Il = + i Il Il

Thursday.-When Mr.. Bowser came
home this evening, be was In good ma
ture, and after dinner he suggested a
trolley ride by moonlight. Amanda
was ready to put on her nat at once,
but I took him out into the back yard
and said:
benjamin, you took a moonlight
trolley ride not long ago. You first
got mad because Amanda complained
Of q headache. Then you roared at a
passenger who happened to step on
your toes. Then you yelled at the con-
ductor because the current happened
to be shut off for a minute, and before
you had got a mile you called a fat
man a hog and got into a fight"
81 don't allow anybody to walk on
me-" says Mr.. Bowser in reply.
"But are you going out with a chip
on your shoulder? If you are, you can
go alone. Neither myself nor Amanda
wants to carry a club or get into a
row. If you can sit still and look at
the moon and be civil to the other pas
sengers, we will 60, but otherwise
not"
We went. 1t was hard for him to
behave, but by pointing my finger at
him now and then / kept him in sub
lection, and no n was murdered.
Friday.-Mr. Bowser sat down to
breakfast. He growled out that the
chop wasn't fit for a dog to eat and
was going to say that Mrs. Bowser
probably ordered the cook to drive
lacks into it to spite him when I re-
marked:
"That will do for this time, Benja-
min. I knew when you were glad
enough to get Goldfish for breakfast,
and I don't want to hear a word
against mutton chops" ..
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I%OpyklSuIs 1--we, Dy -. o. LSH1o.i
= REACHED home this morning
after a visit of three weeks to
my son-in-law, Mr.. Bowser. In
previous articles I have related
several little incidents Of the first two
weeks. As to the third week, 1 will
take the days In rotation.
Monday.-When Mr.. Bowser came
home from the Office this evening, he
was scuffing his feet and had his
shoulders bumped up. He kicked the
gate open, and between the gate and
fhe steps he picked up al old teaspoon
which some boy must have tossed into
the yard. He assembled the steps with
fhat spoon waving in the air, and,
mistaking me for Amanda, he cried
out:
More waste and extravaganza! An
other milestone on the road to the
poorhousei Woman, will there ever
be an end TO this?'
"There will be, Benjamin Burton
Bowser," said I. '@There will be an
end right here and now. If you have
come home tonight with @ scrap under
your hat, I'll see that you are not dis
appointedp'
"But here is a spoon which has care
lessly been thrown out, as have thou
sands and thousands OF Others" he
protested.
eThen we'll throw it in again, and
you may eat with it."
Mr.. Bowser was grouty all the even
Ing, but that made no difference to me.
BY bedtime he seemed to have re
solved to make the best Of things, and
he went to bed without slamming doors
or kicking over chairs.
Tuesday.-Before leaving for the Of
fee In the morning Mr.. Bowser talked
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-21

about buying a hog, but 1 sat down on
him at once. He came home to dinner
without finding any spoons, but he
was just in time to meet the iceman,
who had q bill of a dollar or so to
collect.
by the great horn spoon" yelled
Mr.. Bowser, "but what does this
mean? Must I submit to these bold
faced robberies every day in the year?'
Benjamin" said i as I laid my
hand on his arm, you've had a lump
Of ice a day for the last month, and
there's the bill for it. The ice hasn't
been burned in the range nor given
away to tramps. 1t has been used to
preserve your meats and vegetables
and furnish ice water, and you'll pay
for it and hang on to your breath"
He looked around for a crowbar with
zach to strike me dead, but not find
Ing any he paid the bill and sat down,
with a sigh. Later in the evening he
observed that if ever he We're left a
widower he wouldn't marry the best
woman on earth, and I replied:
Benjamin. don't fret your gizzard.
Amanda will outlive you by ten years,
and your mother-in-law will probably
be holding your hand when you pass
away"
Wednesday.-At 6 o'clock in the
morning I thought I heard somebody
sneak downstairs, and a little later I
looked out of a back window and saw
AFR. Bowser making for the alley.
When I had dressed and got down, a
man who had a horse to sell was show
ing the animal of and boasting that he
belonged to the Seek No Further breed.
MI. Bowser was hesitating about clos
ing a sale for $3.50 when I opened the
alley gate and said:
Benjamin, amt you a little afraid
that this early morning air will have
q bad effect on your asthma?"
ST. vas looking at a horse" ne
stammered In reply.
$50 I observe. I can see from here
that he has two spavins and a ring.
bone, and if he isn't blind he ought at
least to wear spectacles. I heard him
spoken Of as a Seek No Further. That's
correct, Benjamin He won't have to
seek no further for a woman who
knows q horse from a giraffe. I don't
think this is your horsy day"
He looked at me for a minute As IL he
meant to have my life, and the man
with the horse said he killed his moth
er-in-law seventeen years ago, but II
ended in Benjamin going down into hii
boots IFS a wise man who knows hif
nother-in-Iaw.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-21
None Passed Him.

Connolly knew all about prizeight-
ing and had been in the ring himself
only once. In the second round he was
pounded over the ropes, and at the fin
ish he felt pretty groggy.
"Brace up, Connolly, brace up" whis-
pered his second in his ear. Brace up,
old man, an stop some of dem blows"
"Sthop emp says Connolly, with a
wistful look. "Be CORA, did yez see
amy av thin gittin' byT'-New York
Times.
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BRILLIANT BATTLE Still ON
The Operators Lawyers Rigidly Cues
ton the Miners President.
NEW WITNESSES TO BE SUMMONED

With an Interested Crowd-The
Rigid Examination of President
Mitchell Continues and He il Hol
ing His Own with n Strong Hand.
The Opposing Counsel Expressed
His Admiration for the Witness.
and Some Method VIII Have to he
Devised tn Curtail It-New Wit
nesses tn be ummoned.
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Her Bargain.

Her Bargain.
Charley, DEAR" said Mrs. Torkins,
II have such a bargain!"
'Indeed?"
ayes. You told me that poker chips
were worth a dollar apiece, and I got
a whole lot of them for Is centsv'-
Washington Star.
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- Sh4o ~ uIcs
When / was only twenty-one,
My sweetheart was sixteen;
Our ages well indeed were matched,
With just Ave years between.
But when L came to twenty-three
The girl was just sixteen,
And people wished Us happiness,
With seven years between.
Alas. ] nov am twenty-five!
Ny love is but sixteen:
Nine years is quite q difference,
But not too much, 7 ween-
Nay. think me not q tickle man
Nor yet q foolish churl;
Kind reader, can't you understand.
It's still the same old girl!
New York Herald.
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Hoskins-I once paid 500 to see a
doctor.
Halliday-What?
Hoskins-The doctor had four aces
and I had four kings.-Chicago Ameri-
can.
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The vigilance committee over at
Lone Jack seems to need an instruct
or. 1t has hung n man three differ
ent times, and yet he is walking around
today in good health and declaring
that he has come to town to stay.
NJ. QUAD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-21

Old Jim Hewson, who has just re-
turned from New Mexico. witnessed
three lynchings while he was gone, and
be says they were all bungles COM
pared to u artistic ways.
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Old Joe Wheeler claims to have seen
a silver tipped bear near Sailor creek
last Sunday. If he Is telling the truth,
then he struck something at last he
couldn't ask to buy him a drink Of
whisky or lend him a quarter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-21

Last Day Of His Mother
III in.law's Visit Is Memo
+ 81; s.: s s::;; : : ; H. '.: 1 s::,;
EN Horse Trader ona Gains
Benjamin Burton Down
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Our last issue contained a selection
Of seventeen murders compiled from va
rious sources. and yet Colonel Morton
has ordered US to stop his copy on the
ground hat the Kicker has become
too Sunday schoolish. The colonel is
q nice man, and we'd like to keep him
on our list, but he mustn't expect too
much Of a good thing. We've got to
run in a few balloon and railroad ac-
cidents for the benefit of other read
ers.
II the party who threw a rock
through our bedroom window in the
p~ostofice the other night viii call and
repeat the performance, we will re-
quite him as he deserves. 1t happened
that we were a few seconds slow In
getting out of bed that night.
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n ARIZONA K


copyright. 1907. by c. 3. Lewis.1
There will be no fall boom in Give
adam Gulch this year, but six more
saloons will be quietly run up and fin
ished Of to accommodate the increas-
ing business.
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BOWSER IN
THRALDOM
= Il = = = i

copyright. 1902, by c. 3. Lewis.1
REACHED home this morning
after a visit Of three weeks to
| my son-in-law, Mr.. Bowser. In
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-14
The blanket business.

The demand for Navajo blankets has
become so enormous that the actu al
output of those much priced articles
Of aboriginal manufacture does not
begin to supply the market, says the
Philadelphia Post. Accordingly they
are being turned out in Germany in
immense quantities, and are imported
thence 10 this country, being for yarded
10 solid carload lots to California, which
is the chief center OF the trade.
Genuine Navajo blankets, made from
wool grown by Indians OF that tribe
woven 10 their primitive designs,
watch are singularly like some of the
ancient Egyptian patterns used in textile
fabrics woven in the days OF the earliest
Pharsohs and dyed with colors obtaire ed
from various earths and other sources
are comparatively rare. When an
an4te ar in such matters exhibits a
specimen, proud Of it's possession, the
chances are that it is only an imitation
Navajo blankets 10 large quantities
are manufactured in Jersey City, and
many OF them are very pretty and
satisfactory, so long as you don't know
the difference. The Indians themselves
naturally, have a large source OF revenue
and, not being able to obtain sufficient
supplies of wool from dealers thousands
OF pounds of the ordinary knitting wool
that goes under the nam Of German
iowa Wool" Thanks to these helps,
the Navajo blanket is becoming a very
familiar aud even very common com
merciul article.