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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-28

Train Of the NORTHERN PACIFIC
which created such Juror during it's
first season, in 1900. is again shooting
back and forth across the continent
in all the glory Of it's former days.
This CRACK TRAIN OF TIE NORTH
WEST, almost entirely new for 1901, is
the epitome OF modern passenger
train construction. The Dining car
with it's LA CARTE breakfast and
lunch, and TABLE D'HoTE dinner for
$1.00; the unequaled Tourist Sleeping
car Of Is sections, roomy lavatories
and electric lights; the frst-class
Drawing Room Pullman with rwo
electric lights in each section, and tho
paIatial Observation car with tive
smoking rooms, buffet, barber shop,
bath. library of $40 volumes, current
magazines, ladies' parlor, and ohser-
ya4ien platform, AL together form a
train Of unuSHal comfort, exceil4nca,
and even lu1Uliousness even in this
day of Injuries.
OF course, broad yestibules, steam
heat and steel platforms are there. and
their are nearly 800 electric lights on
the train. The baggage car and day
coaches being thus lighted also.
The train runs from ST. Paul to
Portland, Oregon, passing through
! minneapolis, Fargo, Bozeman, Butte.
Missoula, Spokane, Seattle and Ia
coma.
Connections FROM Duluth and Su
perior and FOR Helena are made en-
route.
Send to Chas. S. Fee, General Pas
senger Agent, ST. Paul, six cents fe !.
WONDERLAND 1901, royal book hav
ing chapter on this royal train.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-28
RAILROAD NOTES.

Northern Wisconsin Development.
That rapidly developing terri
tory which occupies the northern
half of Wisconsin is not new
enough to cause the hardships
and vicissitudes of frontier life.
and not old enough to keep
away the intending settler on &C
count of exorbitant land prices.
1t is IN that stage of partial de-
velopment which gives greater
opportunity to bring it to the
highest point of perfection and
prosperity. Schools, goodroads
and other improvements are GO
ing in. All that is needed, is
a small capital. Drawn and
brain, supplemented by push and
energy will do the rest. The
iron ore, mari. kaolin and clay
beds, the timber and the rich soil
give equal opportunity to the
settler and the manufacturer.
Land is cheap and can be pur-
chased on easy terms.
THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL R'Y.
offers facilities for the quick and
cheap transportation of it's pro-
ducts and as the line penetrates
the very center of this vast north
ern territory, choice of location
is not confined to any one par
ticular locality.
Interesting pamphlets and
maps fully describing this beau
tiful and rich country can be OBJ
tanned by addressing,
w. H. KILLEN, Land and
industrial Commissioner.
Burton Johnson, G. F. A.
Jas. c. Pond, G. P. A.
Colby & Abbot Building, Md
waLkee, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-28
(First notice July 28-last Sept 10)
NOTICE. For PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Interior.

Land Office at Wausau, Wis, July %, 1902.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice Of his intention
that said proof win be made before the Clerk
of Gil cult Court at Eagle River, Wis, on Sept.
10. 1902 viz: John Bresnan, OF Eagle River, Wis
who made FL Il. No 1925 for the N w w
u. Sec IS ZIP. 40 N Range 10 East.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of iSaiG land, viz: ChaS. Slattery VIM Tellif-
son, VIM. W alSh, Mat. Scheribel, all of Eagle
River, Wis,
JOHN w. MILLER, Register
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-28
Legal Notes.
(Ffrst notice June 16, last Sept 1st)
Land, Act. June 8, 1878.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office,
NNrn,Acnr1 w L. LEnrr 81 1000


Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions Of the act Of Congress Of
,Jlne 3 1873, entitled IAN act. for the sale of
timber lands in the states of California; Ore
gon. Nevada and Washington Territory" as
extended to all the Public Land States by act
county of Winnebago, state of Wisconsin has
this day fled in this office her sworn statement
No for the purchase of the Lot2, of Sec
ton No 49, in Township No 40 N, Range IA
East, and will offer proof to show thatthe land
sought is more valuable for it's timber or stone
than for agricultural purposes, and to establish
his claim to said land before the Register and
Receiver of this office at " ausau, on Monday
the lst day of September, 1902.
He names as witnesses: George M. Knoll, of
Omro Wis. Frank Knoll, of Omro, Wis; Abe
Van Giles, of ClintOnville, Wis, and William
Powers. of OmrO Wis.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely the
lands are requested to file
their claims in this office on or before said 1st
day of September, 1902
JOHN w MILLER, Register.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-28
The conditions attached to the

The conditions attached to the
endorsement of Senator Spooner
in the platform adopted Wednes-
day night by the LaFollette CON
vention are as sensible as would
be the action of a town council
demanding that President Roo
eaevalt should announce himself
In favor of the erection of a new
town pump in Spruceville before
he would receive the support or
approval Of the Spruccville So
lons.-Mariaette Eagle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-28
(Ffrst notice June 23-last Aug y
CONTEST NOTICE.
Denartn1ent Ofthe Interior.
UNIpED STATES LAND OFFICE.


WauSau Wis, May 10th, 1902.
sufficient contest affidavit having Deen
fled in this Office by Williams Charles SIat-
terry, contestant against Homestead entry No
7727. made June 10th 1895, for N e n N w II
Section 10, Township Il N, Range 8 g., by
James Ntzhugh, Contestee, in whichit is al
legged that said James McHugn haoneVef eStab-
lished a residence upon sand land, nor culti-
waited the same as required by law; and has
wholly abandoned the said land for more than
one year last past, and that such absence
from said land was not due to his services III
the army navy or marine corps OF the United
States.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching said al
legation at 10 o'clockA M. on August lsU, 1902
before the Clerk Of the Circuit Court for Villas
county at Eagle River, Wis, and that final
hearing will be held at 10 o'clock A. M on Au-
gust 9TH 1902, before the Register and Re-
ceiver at the United States Land Office in
WauSau, Wis
The said contestant having in proper a1fida-
VT, fled June 10Th, 4502, set fofJn facts
which show thatatter due diligence personal
service Of this notice can not be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication.
JOHN w. MILLER, Register.
HENRY q. N1CCROSSLN, Receiver.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-28
rIost Profitable Crops.

Some OF The Thiugs Whici1 the Soil OF
Northern Wisconsin VISA QroW Sue
cas 5.qIy. No Finet D@Iry COaatry
an Ea.ch.
TIE northern ba1l OF our state
{s now settling up rapidly with
"a thrifty, progressive class OF
people for the most part Il
these settlers will only from the
beginning direct their attention
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-28
Monday, July 28th, 1902.
DESERVED REBUKE.

The action of the Republican
state convention, IN it's conspir-
.acy against Senator Spooner, is
thus severely rebuked by the
Madison State journala staunch
supporter OF Gov. LaFoNette:
Of course it is insanity on the
part Of the people from which
they will recover, and conspiracy
on the part Of leadeIs which
eventually viii bury them in
shame and oblivion.
The prctext that a candidate
should stand on the platform is
plausible. Honest farmer dele
gates on street car and in restau-
rant mouthed it over to each
other, as tossed to them by the
orators and tried to persuade
themselves that they were right
in adopting the resolutions which
were a compliment dished up
insult. They had hard work in
satisfying themselves for there
was the uncomfortable thought
that even now is speeding over
the wires the news that Wiscon-
sin-not Kansas, but Wisconsin
the home Of the Germans and
lNorwegians, whose good sense
and conservatism have been hon
ored with whirlwinds of APP
plause in national conventions
for forty years-that Wisconsin
had slapped the great Spooner
in the zenith of his achievements.
Against SUCH dictation, such
suppression of independent
thought, such brutal exercise Of
power, of course there must be
reaction. It will not go in Wis
consin. The Germans will not
stand for it. We must be free;
our deliberations must be joint,
not individual-the consensus Of
mems thoughts, nor the imposed
tests of one man, must mark the
politics and acts of the party.
The propaganda of Gov, La
Toilette, which seeks to make
the party assmall aspossible, SO
automatic, so regular, SO obed-
ient-this must be modified for
such a magnificent gathering OF
men in calner moods will insist
on doing their own thinking.
We feel SO Inundated, so much
betrayed by the Spooner matter
that no heart is left to-day to
discuss the other issues, : It
by no means follows that Sen
ator Spooner will not newt Win
ter be reelected, but it is at last
clear that Governor LaFollette
seeks his downfall-that he is
willing to take the responsibility
for returning him to private life.
AS we think of the handful Of
men who join with LaFollette in
this purpose. who under the gar
ment of LaFollette's ardor and
passionate espousal of reform,
are Fastening to gorge them
selves with loaves and fishes as
we watch the play Of selfish pol
itics and scheming ambitions,
we tremble for the fair fame Of
Wisconsin. Central Wisconsin.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-28

What would you give for
Spooner's chance now? Still, if
the LaFollette supporters are
honrst, they must see to it that
he is sent back to the senate. It's
up to them now.-Tomah Her
aid.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-28

there will be prosperity and con
tentment from the start, if they
choose the wrong lines, they will
not succeed. Northern Wiscon-
sin is prominently a grass and
clover country, and this fact is
the basis fits prosperity. Ken
lucky blue grass timothy, or
chard grass and red top all
flourish in an amazing degree.
Red clover, alsike and white
clover grow as freely as they do
in the southern part of estate,
and red and alsike clover dc not
kill out in the winter nearly so
frequently with Us, because the
northern SHOWS more uniformly
cover the ground and there. IS
less freezing and thawing during
the winter season. Let the set
tier begin to rely upon grass and
clover as one of his first aids as
soon as he begins farming. Oats
and rye are good grain crops for
the north. No farmer should
think of regulasly growing tim
othy for sale, although it is well
enough to part with some tim
othv hav for cash when prices
are good. However the farmer
who follows up hay growing as
a business will some day make a
failure of farming in the end. He
should raise hay to feed his cat
tie and sell their products, and
not sell hay directly.
Dairying is found to be the
leading industry in Northern Wis
consin. This is made possible be
cause of the abundant grasses
and clover, cheap building ma
terial, pure, cool waters IN abund-
ance, and climate whichmakes
certain the highest grade OF DAIRY
products where intelligent man
agemeut prevails, while both
butter and cheese can be made
most advantageously IN our
New North, | urge cheese pro-
duction as a speciality. It re
quires better and purer milk to
make high-grade butter, and the
highest grades of cheese will COM
mand relatively more money
than butter because of the more
limited area in which cheese can
be successfully manufactured.
Every time / hear of a cheese fac
tory being built in our New
North, I feel assured that the
farmers Of that region will in
time take out tea Of thousands
yes, hundreds of thousands
of dollars from this undertaking
Tt means a cash income month
after month throughout all the
growing season to the farmers.
who patronize such an lnst1tu-
ton. Let the Northern W1scOn
sin farmer determine at once that
he will keep COWS and haveson
cash income every month IN the
wear. This will enable him to
meet all the ordinary expenses Of
his farm. Root crops flourish to
an amazing degree in the New
North. This is because of the
excellent combination OF favor
able soil and climate conditions.
Potatoes will always be the
leading money crop in the North,
Let the farmer arrange to plant
a given area of potatoes each
year, regardless of whether the
market for that crop is high or
low. Occasionally the crop will
have to be sold for less thancost
of production, generally it will
bring more money than it costs
to produce, and occasionally
there will be extra large returns.
But the potato grower must al
ways be a clover grower, and a
keeper of cattle, in order that
the fertility of the farm may be
maintained and large crops of
11 Top,, y l,o1x,1-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22

talked with Captain Muggah. Mr.,
Scott. the first officer. and others. They
had been on the bridge.
"The captain was horribly burned.
He had inhaled flames and wanted to
jump into the sea. 1 tried to make
him take a life preserver. The cap
tain, who was undressed, jumped over
board and hung on to line for a
while. Then he disappeared"
Gus" Linder, the quartermaster of
the steamer, who is horribly burned
and can scarcely talk, confirmed this.
Francisco Angelo, who speaks poor
English, wildly described the onrush
of the fire. He says the captain was
brave man. too brave to be burned
to death. Angelo further asserted that
the storm of fire lasted not more than
five minutes. Joseph Beckles, sea-
man, who is fifty years of age and is
so frightfully burned that he cannot
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22
"PoUYER UERTIER' OF HAvRE WHICH
BROUGHT $50 SURVIVORS TO PORTEDEFRANCE

Nearly 1000 of the refugees from the
vicinity of the village of LIE Precheur,
a suburban village, were rescued by the
repair ship Pouyer- QUARTER and were
brought here.
AS a result of his inspection, the
! commander of the Suchet reports that
crevices and valleys are constantly
forming in the northern portion of the
island, where the land is in state of
perpetual change. Fortunately, that
part of the country was evacuated in
good time by the inhabitants, who fled
to Fort de France
Lava continues to stream down the
mountain side, accompanied by ter
rife thunder and lightning.
The stories of the survivors added to
the awful details of the particularly
narrowing account of the loss of the
British steamer Roraima
G. G. Evans of Montreal and John
G. Morris of New York, who are now
at; the military hospital of Fort de
France, say the vessel arrived at 6. AS
eight bells was struck frightful ex-
plosion was heard up the mountain.
A cloud of fire, topping and roaring,
swept with lightning speed down the
mountain side and over the town and
bay. The Roraima was nearly sunk
and caught fire at once. The steamer
Roraima had reached St. Pierre that
day with ten passengers, among whom
were Mrs. Stokes and her three child
rem, and Mrs. H. j. Ince. They say
they were watching the rain of ashes
when, with frightful roar and ter
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22

volcanic veil came blasts of hot wind
mingled with others ice cold.
At LIE Precheur, five miles north of
St. Pierre, men and women frantic
to get away begged for a passage on
the little steamer. We had room for
none, but managed to pick up twenty
eight half dead men, women and child
rem. who were so badly burned that
they had to be lifted over the steamers
side. Of the twenty-eight, sixteen died
on the boat before we reached Fort
de France Only three or four of the
others are likely to live.
The condition of these unfortunates
Is no worse than thousands of refugees
In the hills about LIE Precheur. Hun
dreds of them will die before relief
can reach them. Thousands need med
ical care, food, clothing, and above all,
water.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22
Onslaught OF Fire and Poisonous
j. Gas Overwhelmed Martinique

Louis H. Ayme, United States con-
sui at Guadeloupe, sends the follow
ing cable to the Chicago Tribune from
Fort de France, Island of Martinique.
/ have just returned from St. Pierre
The desolation of the ruins of the city
blasted by the fire and sulphurous
fumes from the angry crater of Mont
Pelee can only be inadequately pic
tured. Not half of the horrors to
be seen there have been told.
l left the Island of Guadeloupe in
q chartered steamer Saturday night.
We approached the site of the once
fair tropical city soon after o'clock
in the morning.
The island with it's lofty hills was
hidden behind a leaden colored haze.
Enormous quantities of the wreckage
OF large and small ships and houses
strewed the surface Of the sea. Huge
trees and, too often, bodies with f1ocks
of sea gulls soaring above and hideous
sharks fighting about them, were float
ang here and there. From behind the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22

children were mingled in one awful
mass, arms and legs protruding as the
hapless beings fell in the last strug-
giles of death. From under one large
stone the arm of a white woman pro-
truded Most notable was the utter
silence and the awful, overpowering
stencil from the thousands of dead.
The fiery stream which so completely
destroyed ST. Pierre must have been
composed of poisonous gases, which in
stantly suffocated every one who in
hailed them, and of other gases burn
ing furiously. for nearly all the vic
tins had their hands covering their
mouths or We're in some other attitude
showing that they had sought relief
from suffocation. All the bodies were
carbonized or roasted
Through the middle of the old Place
Berlin ran tiny stream, the remains
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22

live, having inhaled flame, said in veal
tones that he was the last man to
see the captain. The captain was then
trying to reach a floating mattress.
From the Italian ship Teresa Lovico
several men were saved, but they are
in frightful state, except Jean Louis
Prudent of st. Pierre. Although on
deck and unprotected, he was little
burned.
Prudent says there was first an aw.
full noise of explosion, and then right
away a cyclone of smoke and fire, but
such was the poisonous, choking ma
ture of the smoke that it burned worse
than the fire. The cyclone of gas tore
the masts out Of ships, blew others
up, and sunk some of them. Soon at
forwards came wave of fire bigger
than the smoke cloud.
"That cloud" continued Prudent,
twas bigger, it. seemed, than the
mountain.
"The fire burned the city everywhere
at once. Near me saw only dead
men, but on shore I saw men and
women rushing back and forth for an
hour. They would not run long
Then came that checking smoke, and
they would drop like dead flies.
"The explosion, smoke and fire all
came and went in three minutes, but
the city burned for three hours. Then
every house was finished and nothing
alive was left.
"Some men from the sinking ships
got. to the shore. but they were burned
up there.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22

could scarcely distinguish the sites of
the large buildings thae had been des-
troyed under the rain of fire, lava, mud
and ashes.
The still smoking volcano lowered
above the ash-covered hills. The ruins
were burning in many places and
frightful odors of burned flesh filled
the air.
With great difficulty landing was
affected. Not one house was left in
tact. Viscid heaps of mud. of brighter
ashes, or piles of volcanic stones were
seen on every side. Here and there
amid the ruins We're heaps of corpses,
almost all the faces were downward.
as if the unhappy victims had rushed
into the streets when the first shock
of the catastrophe aroused them, only
to meet a sudden and awful death that
smote them to the earth as they ran.
So many piles of corpses were to be
seen that is is difficult to describe any
in particular detail. In one corner
twenty-five bodies of men, women and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22

rife electrical discharge, cyclone of
fire, mud and steam swept down from
the crater over, the town and bay,
sweeping all before it and destroying
the fleet of vessels at anchor off the
shore. There the accounts of the cat
astrophe SO far obtainable cease.
81 never can forget the horrid, fiery,
choking whirlwind which enveloped
me-" said Mr.. Evans. "Mr. Morris and
I rushed below. We are not badly
burned-not so badly as most of them.
When. the fire came we were going to
out posts Eve are engineers) to weigh
anchor and get out. When we came
up we found the ship afire aft and
fought it forward until o'clock, when
the Suchet came to our rescue. We
were then building a raft"
ben" Benson, the carpenter of the
Roraima, said: 81 was on deck amid
ships, when heard an explosion. The
captain ordered me to up anchor.
got the windlass, but when the fire
came | went into the forecastle and
got my 'duds.' When I came out I
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22

intense heat. Curiously enough, the
features of the dead were generally
calm and reposeful, although in some
cases terrible fright and agony were
depicted. Grim piles of bodies were
stacked everywhere, showing that
death had stricken them while the
crowds were vainly seeking escape
from the fiery deluge. On one spot
a group of nine children were found
locked in each others arms.
The vaults of the Bank of Martin
iuue, at the head of what had been the
Rue de l'Hospital, were found intact
They contained 100000 francs (s4OO.-
OOO) in specie and other securities,
which were sent here for safe-keeping
The vaults of the government treas
ury are now being searched in the
hope that large amount of money
and other valuables deposited by the
principal merchants of the city may be
saved.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22

AS the steamer felt it's way down
the west coast of the island we could
see that the whole north end of the
island was covered with silver gray
coating of ashes resembling snow. Flu
rious blasts Of fire, ashes and mud
swept over the steamer. but finally ST.
Pierre was reached, or rather the spot
where st. Pierre stood before that aw-
full three minutes
For two miles along the water front
and for half a mile back from shore
to the foothills at the base of the vol
cano stretched the heaps of smoking
ruins. Streets there were none. One
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22

Of the River Gayave. Great trees,
with roots upward and scorched by
fire, were strewn in every direction.
Huge blocks and still hot stones were
scattered about.
The completeness Of the catastrophe
is evident when it is stated that, so
far as known at the present time, no
one save handful of survivors picked
up from the wrecked vessels in the
harbor by the French cruiser Suchet,
escaped. Even they are unable to
tell what actually happened, SO crazed
are they from the experiences they
passed through. 1t is certain, however,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22

cat no time were any earthquakes,
but big stones were rained down, and
fire fell like rain for long time"
In separate part of the hospital
were found several persons saved from
Corbet village, four miles from st.
Pierre.
The village Of Urine, south Of st.
Pierre, was almost entirely burned and
almost all the inhabitants were killed.
One of the survivors Of Urine, who will
die, says the sea, boiling hot, invaded
the land. Six women, whose bodies
are one solid burn, are writhing in
another ward of the hospital. Ten
women severely burned from Urine
were brought in and four of them have
died. It is doubtful if any of the six
still alive can recover.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22

With money, you would not know
yourself; without money. nobody
would know you.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-22

A woman jumps at conclusion and
wins; a man hesitates and loses.