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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12

when questioned as to the nature OF
his erland said that the president
just wanted to see him for fun. AS
he seemed to be harmless he was al
lowed to go.
About an hour later he called al
the white house proper, where the
encounter with DoOrkeeper Ciscle oc
Cured.
The secret service men at the ex
ecutive offices recognized him as the
same stranger who had attempted to
enter the presidents church during
the services Sunday morning and
who was turned away from there by
the ushers.
The president was attending ser.
vices at the time. At the police sta,
ton Elliott stated that his home was
in Milwaukee.
He is a man of small stature, ap-
parently about forty years of age.
Well Known in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Oct. 6.-Peter Olson
Elliott, arrested at the white house
yesterday, was a well known south
side Minneapolis character, a machin-
list, strong socialist and an anarchist
talker. Two weeks ago he said he
was "going to Washington to occupy
the white house" He disappeared
and nothing was heard of him until
his arrest in Washington.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
scHwAB ACCUSED OF FRAUD
Alleged to Have Turned over Works
for Big Price.

New York, Oct 6-James Smith,
receiver of the United States Ship
building company yesterday filed his
answer to the actions recently in
stituted in the United States circuit
court, against the company and him.
self as receiver, by the Mercantile
Trust company, and the New York
Security & Trust company. the for
mer to foreclose its mortgage, as
trustee for a per cent mortgage
bond issue of $16,OO0,O 900 and the lat
ter to foreclose a mortgage; also Is
trustee, upon bond issue of $4,000 :
O0O In this answer Smith accuses
Charles NJ. Schwab, and other pro
moters of the United States Ship
building company of fraudulent prac-
tees in the formation of the ship
building company.
Specifically Mr.. Smith alleges that
the Bethlehem Steel company s
works, worth not more than $780,
900 to $4,000 900 were brought into
the shipbuilding company on a basis
of $4,000 900, and that the bonds is
sued were fraudulent.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
ROCKEFELLER POINTS DANGER.
Names Glasses of Friends for Young
Men to Guard Against.

'aNai ~ ~NeiA aFNSeiNSs
New York, Oct Elm his address
to his bible class John ID. Rockefeller,
Jr., said.
1.-THE young man coming to the city
for the first time is in danger
He wants to be careful in pick
ing his friends. One will meet wit /
many who profess they are anxious for
friendship.
First, there is the man who wants
to help you spend your surplus money.
He finds you have little over you
living expenses, and he wants you to
invite him out to dinner, TO theaters
and elsewhere. And when your sur
plus has been spent he has no more
use for you.
Second, there is the man who
thinks he can use you. He gushes
over in his professions of friendship.
But he is a friend only until he finds
out there is nothing material in 1t for
him. When he finds he cannot use
you, he drops out. If he cannot gel
something out oil you that will be to
his own benefit he passes you by.
Watch out for this kind of a man.
Third, there is the man who seems
to help you He wants to be of use to
you in business and social life. He
says he wants to see you succeed. And
his real aim is to lead you into temp
tation. He wants to show you the thin
side OF life. He is a deceiver. Watch
out for him. Guard against him."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
BURGLAR USES
YACHT AS AID

Middletown, Conn, Oct. GA yacht
and bicycle as adjuncts to burglars
equipment are the latest discoveries
of the police here. The aristocratic
burglar who sails up to the town he
purposes to rob is said to be named n.
II. Ward and he is under arrest here.
Ward arrived here in a yacht and,
the police say, entered the freight
house of the Hartford & New York
Transportation company and stole sew
eral cases of canned goods. On the
yacht the police found evidence of ex-
tensive buTglaries.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
DISASTER
IN ILLINOIS
DISTILLERY

Peoria. H., Oct. 4-One of the i'm
mense cookers, in the Corning Dis
tilling company's plant, exploded yes
terday morning, killing several of the
employees, manning many more and
wrecking the main building. The
wreckage did not take fire and the
firemen who had been summoned as
sisted the distillery employees who had
escaped in the rescue of their less for
tunate fellow workmen.
The cooker is a steel contrivance
about 20 feet in diameter and so feet
in length used in cooking the ma~les.
Ii is presumed a vacuum was for ned,
and when the steam was turned on to
cook the mash the explosion followed.
The cooker was hurled through the
north wall of the four-story structure
distance of $50 feet The entire
north wall of the distillery was blown
down, the south and east walls were
badly damaged and the wreckage was
scattered all over the neighborhood.
The distillery estimates it's loss at
$4,000.
Thousands of persons quickly gath
cred at the scene to assist in the work
of rescue. James McManus, an en-
Dloye of the cooker room, was first
taken from the wreck. He was dead,
having been instantly killed. James
O'Keefe was still alive when rescued
but died soon after his removal to the
cottage hospital. He had been burned
by steam. Neil Powell, the assistant
engineer of the cooker room, was dead
when taken out. George Schaeffer, a
boy 16 years old, was alive when taken
out but died on the way to the hos
pital. He was scalded, An unknown
man has been taken to the hospital.
Owing to the wreck the search for the
bodies was difficult.
Every man who was in the building
at the time of the explosion was in
stantly killed, the injured being the
men who were on the outside.
The damage to the building and ma
chinery is estimated at about 100000
and it will be three months before the
plant will be in operation again. The
distillery is an independent concern
and has been in operation less than
two years.
DEAD:
James MacManus.
Charles G. Powells.
James O'Keefe.
Edward Schaefer.
George G. George.
Guy Brennan.
John Wilson, United States store
keeper.
INJURED:
James WEIGH, United States guager,
face and body badly scalded; Daniel
Sachen, laborer, right leg broken at
the knee; Charles Lane, laborer, badly
cut and scalded.
Wilson's body was buried beneath a
great mass Of debris and may not be
gotten out for day or two.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
MILITARY EXPERTS PLEASED.
Express Satisfaction With Work oil
State Militia.

Express Satisfaction With Work of
State Militia.
West Point, Oct. Military ex-
perts are we'll satisfied with the result
of yesterdays work of the militia. The
troops were divided into six skirmish-
ing parties. None of the commands
did absolutely bad work, although
there was one skirmish in which the
Kentucky troops were engaged, which
was rather off color at times.
Although each of the maneuvers
was detached and distinct from the
others and arranged with a view to
testing the efficiency of the skirmish
line of the particular command en-
gagged, all were based on the same gen.
eral problem.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
Chicago Woman Kills Former
Husband i'm Defense of Her Life

which the Snowdens live and paraded
up and down with a revolver. Both
Snowden and his wife were armed, one
watching the front and one the rear
door. Smith forced open the door,
near which the woman was standing,
and entered, revolver in hand. Soon
as he stepped inside, Mrs. Snowden
shot him through the brain, killing
him instantly.
Smith was for % years a police Off
Ger and aside from his family affairs
had a good record.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12

Chicago. Oct I'm defense Of her
own life. Mrs. Catherine c. SnOwden
last night shot and killed her former
husband, Henry F. Smith, from whom
she was divorced two weeks ago.
When the divorce was granted, be-
cause Of the husbands cruelty, Mrs.
smith az once married Thomas Snow
den. This so enFaged Smith that he
declared he would kill both SnOwden
and the woman Last night ne en-
tered the hall OF the apartment In
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
SWEEP OF DEATH OVER
GREAT NORTHWEST

and harbor. The big steel steamer,
John w. Kerr, one OF the largest craft
of the great lakes, was driven towards
the canal. Her bow struck the north
pier and her stern the south, blocking
navigation temporarily and at the
same time displacing one of the huge
monoliths of the pier. Up to a late
hour no one was reported TO have
been injured.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
BOARD PROPOSES
WISCONSIN SITE

Washington, Oct. 4.-Secretary
Moody has received the report of the
board appointed by congress to exam
inc and report on a suitable site for a
training station on the great lakes.
The board suggests a site on the
shore of the southern half of Lake
Michigan. The site includes the city
of Muskegon on the Michigan side and
Milwaukee on the Wisconsin side.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
DEVERY FOR
MAYOR, OF
NEW YORK

New York, Oct. 6.-The independent
peoples party last night nominated
William S. Devery for mayor.
New York, Oct. 6.-The convention
of the Greater New York democracy
last night unanimously adopted reso-
buttons denouncing the course of the
Citizens union and republican con-
ventions and pledging its support 10
the Tammany ticket headed by
Mcclellan, Grout and Fornes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12


Charles. Wm0na county. was almost
wiped out by a tornado which struck
at $3.50 yesterday afternoon. Seven
people were killed and 2S injured,
many OF them seriously.
Dead:
John Ebens, ST.
William Ebens, Nilsson.
VIII Adams.
Oscar CTiuenden-
George lesson.
Ed. Murphy.
Ed. Peters. Dover. MINI.
Injured:
. Pike, fatally injured.
p. II. ROckway, skull csushed, vii;
die.
Jacob Helm. crushed fatally.
Daughter OF Paul Johnson. fatally
crushed.
Jacob Murphy, head cut.
Ezra STRAINS, foot crushed.
Agent Waite, Chicago < Great West
ern. bruised by falling timbers.
L. Sheridan, back sprained.
Judge Edward Gould, both legs
broken.
c. w. BaboOCk. Chicago. leg fra1-
tured, feet crushed and face lacerated.
- Slessinger, badly bruised.
Wife of DR.. Rollins. shoulder dislO-
Gated. ankle spIained.
Baby Rollins. face cut
Family OF six, names not given. all
slightly injured.
Main Street Wiped Out.
The entire main street Of the iowa
was literally wiped out, hardly a bus
mess place being left standing. For
ty-twO residences also were destrOs-
ed and the total Of property damages
is estimated at 100000. Among the
buildings demolished were the Cca-
trail school building, Chicago K Great
Western depot. Catholic church ami
PARROTS wagon works.
The day was abnOrmally suitry for
this season of the year and during the
morning there had been showers CT
rain. accompanied by ftful gusts OF
wind. but indications OF a tornado
were entirely lacking. At $3.50 the
storm came up. The tornado struck
the town from the southwest quarter
and made a clean sweep through il,
following almost entirely the line II
the main street and devastating the
buildings on either side. Then lhe
residences further back from the
business center were struck and
many blown completely away.
MiraculousIy Small Death List.
Ii seems almost miraculous that
there was not a greater loss Of life.
-Four OF those killed were in John
Ebeus' saloon when il collapsed and
they were buried beneath the wreck
age. Two others were IN a drygOOds
store. which was blown away and
they were killed by falling walls.
Edward Peters was killed in the
wreck of the hotel. The telephone
exchange was demolished and the
two girls seriously injured.
A relief train was sent from WinOna
and physicians were 'iOon caring for
the injured. The storm came upon the
town with such suddelness that il was
filling the air with the debris OF de-
mOlIshed buildings before the citizens
fully realized the nature Of the calam-
ity. Many Of those injure received
hurts from flying missiles while others
were caught beneath the wreckage of
their business houses or homes. An
other relief train viii leave for St
Charles from Rochester in the morn.
ing with provisions and clothing.
May Be Many More Fatalities.
So far no reports have been re
ceived OF loss of life in the country
adjacent TO St. Charles. The storm,
however, seems to have followed very
closely the boundary line between Min
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
HIGH ARMY
OFFICERS
TRANSFERRED

ashington.-Orders detaching
Mai Gen. Corbin from the general
staff and ordering him TO command
the department of the east, and de-
taching Maj. Gen. Chaffee from the
department of the east and ordering
him to Washington as assistant chief
Of staff, were published at the war
department yesterday.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
Yellow Fever Spreads.

Larado, Tex, Oct. 6.-Yesterday the
official bulletin showed % new cases
of yellow fever with no deaths. The
total number of cases to date is SO,
the total deaths 5.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
TWO MEN DIE
IN A DUEL

Devon, w Va, Oct 6.-Jacob Law
son and Andy Farrell, both highly re-
spected men in this community, who
have been enemies for months, met
yesterday afternoon on a street here
and each drew a revolver and opened
fire. Lawson fell dead. Farrell died
half-hour later.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
ST. CHARLES PRACTICALLY DEMOLISHED
Minnesota City, Near La Crosse, Almost
Wiped Out--Oisaster Spread
Over Wide Area

nesota and Iowa and damage to farm
buildings, dwellings and grain stacks,
with in Jury to human beings and death
TO livestock is reported from several
points in that locality. The fury Of
the storm, however, seems TO have
spent itself in st. Charles.
General in the Northwest.
Milwaukee, Oct. A severe storm
swept the northwest yesterday. Bar
abOO reports a cloudburst, when fully
four inches of water fell. Many build
ings and windmills were blown down,
cellars flooded and several washouts
were reported. At Oshkosh a terrific
wind and Rain storm ragged last even
ing. The wind blew fully so miles an
hour.
George Burdick was shocked by a
falling wire and his horse was killed.
Burdick has not Tegained speech,
though he has recovered conscious
ness. At Even a number of houses
are reported to have been blown down,
and a wide path swept through the
MOD4S. dAlAAE trees nave uAbhSA diA
the wires west of Sidnaw and details
are unobtainable.
A special from Waupaca says a ter
rife storm, winds and rain passed over
AlmOd. near Waupaca, leveling barns
and houses. Three persons were re-
ported killed at the home of Albert
Holtz.
Great damage and loss of life is re-
ported at Sheridan. Samuel Erickson
"a reported TO be barely alive, having
been hurled under his barn. Robert
March of Blain was slightly injured in
the same way.
HOughton. Mich. reports that the
heaviest rainfall for several years has
deluged the copper district during "a
hours.
Racine was flooded. During the
storm Carl Larsen, a painter, was cleo
trOcuted by coming in contact with a
live wire.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
REPORT OF MASSACRE
DENIED BY LEADING JEWS

St. Petersburg, Oct. 4.-Leading
Jews here declare the story of che
massacre at Mohaliff Podolsky to be
untrue.
Salonica-At The Turkish village Of
Kobscharina, 400 houses are reported
to have been completely burned, while
most of the inhabitants were killed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
Bryan Helps in Ohio.

Cleveland, Oct CIV. ]. Bryan
spoke three times in the interest of
the state democratic ticket, at Napo-
leon in the morning, Oak Harbor in
the afternoon and Sandusky last night.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
Remarkable Ending
ofEnglish Govern
ment Crisis
Devonshire Pulls Out
and Premier Makes
Complaint
New British Cabinet.

Broderick, formerly secretary for war,
succeeds Lord George Hamilton as Sec
rotary for India.
Austen Chamberlain, postmaster
general, succeeds Richie as chanceI.
Tor of the exchequer.
Alfred LyttIeton, recorder of Oxford,
succeeds Joseph Chamberlain as Sec
rotary for the colonies.
n. o. Arnold Forster, secretary %
the admiralty, succeeds Frederick as
secretary of war.
Graham Murray, Lord Avert of Scot
land, succeeds Lord Balfour of Bur-
leigh as secretary for Scotland.
Lord Stanley, financial secretary of
the war once, succeeds Austen Cham
berlain as postmaster general.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
Butter DROPS a BIT.

Elgin, Oct 6.-Butter declined a
cent a pound on the board of trade
yesterday afternoon, selling at 201s
cents. The sales in the district for
the week are 6aO,5OO pounds.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12

London, Oct. 6.-The three weeks
more remarkable and romantic than
that of it's inception. Balfour's new
ministry affords a measure OF the
enormous difficulty he had had To
contend with in the task of recon,
struction and its composition seems
to indicate that the premier himself
can have little belief of its durabil-
ity.
The most sanguine supporters 81
the government already express. the
smallest hopes of such an adIurhis,rG
ton living many months and the
prevalent idea is that there will De a
general election before parliament
reassembles.
The withdrawal of the duke OF
Devonshire is a heavy blow. Had he
remained the government might pos
sibly have survived another parlia-
mentary session by avoiding les:sla-
ton dealing with the fiscal problem,
but with him goes the support If the
the country.
Premier Balfour's letter reproaCh-
strong party of liberal unionlsts in
ing the duke with breach or faith is
a theme of universal surprise and
comment. Though it is generally adj
mitted that it is difficult TO under
stand why the duke did not resign
when Richie and the Others secef
ed, it is recalled that he announced
long ago that he considered it his
duty to hold the Office as long as pos
sible in the interest of Tree trade,
and the curiously PLAINTIFF and bit
ter tone of Premier BalfoGr's reply
is regarded as altogether unjustifed
by the circumstances.
One consequence of the duke OF
Devonshire's retirement is extremely
unfortunate for the government. 1t
will bring the leadership of the house
of lords to the unpopular Lands
downe.
OF the new appointments announc-
ed last night the most surprising is
that of Alfred Lyttelton as secretary
for the colonies. LytteltOn has had
10 ministerial experience whatever
He is better known to the colonies as
cricketer than as a politician.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
GRAFTON AFTER UNION.
Wisconsin Bishop Would Connect Rus
sian Churches.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 6.-Bishop Graf
ton of Fond ju Lac, Wis, is visiting
Russia with a view to investigating the
conditions under which a union of the
Anglican and Orthodox churches
might be accomplished.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
Grain Stacks Blown Away.

wind and electrical storm accompanied
by the heaviest rainfall Of the year,
visited this section yesterday. Meagre
reports show heavy losses to farm
buildings. In Clinton township the tor.
nadO damaged many farm buildings
and blew away much grain in stacks.
Killed Seeking Shelter.
St Cloud, Mimi, Oct. 1.-Two sons
OF Stephen Matter, were killed yester-
day while seeking refuge from the
storm. They had taken shelter be-
meath string OF cars on a railway
siding and the switching crew backed
another string OF cars upon them, kill
ing them instantly.
Destroys Homes and Barns.
Spring Valley, Mimi, oct. A tor
.nado swept the country six miles north
OF here yesterday afternoon, tearing
down the house and barn OF H.
Schroeder and seriously injuring Mrs.
Schroeder. The residence of L. Mouls-
ton was also demolished.
Chatfeld, Mimi, Oct 4.-The tor
nado passed three miles north of this
city yesterday afternoon, destroying
houses and barns.
Carries a Big Vessel.
Duluth, Oct. 4.-Duluth was visited
by terrific storm last evening which
did considerable damage both in city
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-12
Two Killed in wisconsin.

la Crosse, Oct. 1.-Two were killeu.
three fatally injured and a score of
others were badly hurt in the tornado
which swept independence, Wis,
and the surrounding country yesterday
afternoon. Man. farm buildings were
torn down. At Eagle Valley, the Re
formed church was destroyed and
houses on the surrounding prairie de-
mOlished. Several small buildings
were overturned at La Corsse, but no
fatalities were reported.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-11-10
this examination by the secretary of
the local board up the hour of the
examination.
Arrows Tipped With Bottle Glass.

British surveying expedition re-
Gently returned from TERRA del Fue-
go, brings back some curious news
regarding the advance of civilization
in that far-off land.
The Fuegians now have glass
heads to their arrows. and they OBJ
tain the glass from broken whiskey
bottles.
The beer bottle has been called the
"entering wedge of civilization" be
cause into whatever wilderness the
white man explorer penetrated, he
left behind him empty beer bottles
But in the rigorous climate of Tier
"a del Fuego. the whiskey bottle
seems to have taken the place of the
beer bottle. and the entering wedge
is the wedge of glass with which the
natives tip their arrows.
This wedge does not seem to split
very deep as far as civilization is
concerned. for the Fuegians cling
with tenacity to their savage Gus
toms.
They live in little low. dome-like
wigwams. somewhat resembling in
shape those of the Eskimo. and sub
sist upon seals, fish and cormorants
The latter fish they catch by the legs
when the birds are asleep.
They are too law to cook their food
and so generally eat it raw though
they prefer it cooked.
They wear little or no clothing
except a coating of dirt. and they
do not live to great age. thereby
disproving the old maxim that only
the good die young.
Morals they have none. The coast
of TERRA del Fuego is freou nnted
by seal hunters. and it is largely
from them that the natives get the
whiskey bottle from which. after
drinking up the contents. they fash
ion their arrow heads.
They also obtain whiskev from the
settlements on the Straits of Magel-
Ian. and will even work for a bottle
of the fiery stuff something they
would do for no other consideration
on earth.
The Fuegians often have trouble
with the seal hunters. and often let
fly at them their whiskeyAbOttle
tipped arrows: which is a case Of a
seal hunter being hoist with his own
petard."
A young Fuegian was brought on
board the surveying ship to be
tanned and brought up as an inter
prefer, but his constitution broke
down under European habits of life
They made him take frequent baths.
whereupOn he pinned away and died.
l. The members of the surveying eX-
petition regard the Fuegians as alb
solutely incapable of civilization.
They are doomed to extinction. a
process which the whiskey and the
whiskey bottles are rapidly acceler-
ating.