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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14
CONDITION OF CROPS.
GOVERNMENT FIGURES SHOW
HEAVY DECLINE.
Wheat and Coarse Grain Crops Much
Below Ten Years Average = Rye and
Buckwheat Maintain a High Condi-
tion-Potato and Hay Yield Good.

Inc monthly report of the chief of the
bureau OF statistics of the Department
or Agriculture shows the condition of
corn on Aug. l to have been 1871, as COM
pared with 1914 on July /, 1903; 500 son
Aug. /, 1902; 81 at the corresponding
date in 1901 and a ten-year average of
S4.S
The following table shows for each of
the twenty principal corn States the con
dltlon on Aug. l of the last three years
and that on July 1, 1903, with ten year
averages:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14
SPENT $1,000 FOR $50 STEER.
Missouri Farmers Have Fought in
Court FOR -Four Years.


Court for Four Years.
Two wealthy Missouri farmers are
sounding the tocsn of their respective
clans, preparatory to lining up for the
battle of their lives. The black flag has
been run up, and quarter Will be neither
shown nor asked.
When farmers John Massengale OF
Macon County and Elijah II. Rise of
north Charlton County went into Bee
Branch Justice court in November, 1882
over $50 steer, they never dreamed
that in the summer Of 1903 they would
still be fighting, with increased fierce
ness, over the same scrub. But that's
the unfortunate situation.
These two determined Missouri farm
crs and their army of witnesses have
confronted juries four times in justices
and Circuit courts, and the case has been
TO the Kansas City Court of Appeals.
The costs now amount to more than $3,-
900, and are still growing like interest on
4 past-due note.
John Massengale, the plaintiff, is a
typical westerner. He is about 60, large,
energetic, and endowed with DISPOSE
ton that brooks no suggestion of coer-
cion.
If a poor man came along and wanted
to take q couple of steers from his farm
until he could raise the money to pay
for them the chances are that Massen-
gale would give them to him without
other security than a belief in his hon.
esty.
Mr.. Rice, the defendant, is good citi-
zen, has made money by thrift and enter
prise, and is possessed of much Of the
tenacity that characterizes his rival
1t is simply case of an honest diff
erence of opinion, and 1t has grown into
a vital principle that must be maintained
q oil hnznris
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14
State Items Of Tutere9%.

N'y Frederick Aigner of Kaukauna
be-" called to the Sixth Reformed
~'F'h at Cleveland. Ohio.
"aooh Finders, repair man ut the
...Nrto paper mill, was badly scalded
Tile mill He removed a nut from n
@ pipe without closing one of the
"aT."S Scoaeld Of Brownsville. in min
'A Ni.d>at bluff, near La Crosse,
'''r.t quartz with unmistakable
>> Ut sold. Il is the belief of old min
WHO are operating lead mines. i'll the
''l that 4 rich vein of gold has been
~>ovrd.
s. -~ entire stop has been put to the con-
.'.'1 work Of the Janesville Electric
~'..iiy in putting in Il large Golfer dam
.'."r the water power for electric
lug and power service, The halt
oe'a HecesSitated by the height of the
n. DIT" Hanson Of Racine has filed a
h., against Ne,S Anderson and Alfred
'.,>oo inr 81 GOO damages. Nelson al
a.. ',' ne went III bathing with the
'A""yT$'nS and was given Il duck
ana came near drowning. Five
-, "'er he was reSUscitated
ns " .>ronSiu Central depot at Dale
a,, coed Of $40 in money. While the
AG was eating supper the thief en-
:. ,|e ONCE and took the money from
eyn '>" drawer. The officers have an
n ''"' description of the robber.
s,,.. family Of Peter Hiltgen of She
4, 'ohSlSting Of the parents and two
s2ss ''Fe!y escaped asphyxiation by gas
~. e.>caplng from the broken service
hin. at the meter. The son, re-
u "ome late, found the fiat filled
S,s;" ,'e~ and succeeded with difficulty
s,eNS 'Os The family, who have since re-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14
AWFUL DISASTER VISITS PARIS.

Many Passengers OF Underground
Railway Lose their Lives.
An awful catastrophe occurred in
Paris the other evening on the Metropoli-
tan electric railway, which runs mostly
under ground. Three trains were con
sumed by fire and passengers were burn
ed or suffocated. The total number Of
victims is estimated at nearly one hun
dred.
One of the trains broke down at Menil-
montant station, which is in poor and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14
Who Owns the $1,000.

Within 4 short time the courts will be
called upon to decide upon who is the
ri,ntCul owner of the $1,000 found in Il
mattress purchased by Mr.. John WEIGH
crs from the estate of the late Charles
Broerlcr Of Racine. Some time after
the death Of MI Bcoecker the household
furniture WAS sold and the mattress was
purchased by Louis Mohr. a hotel pro-
rrctor He kept it for several months
and then sold it to Mrs. Weichers, who
upon attempting 10 clean it found ST.
G0o. 1t is believed that Mrs. Broecker
VIXEN demented and before her removal
70 IN asylum, placed the money in the
mlttrrSS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14

be in accordance with the new army bill,
which was so strenuously opposed by the
retiring general
Gen. Miles entered the army as vol
unteer officer of the Twenty Mas
sachusetts infantry when only % years
old He served with distinction during
the Civil War and at the age of % was
in command of brigade. He also won
fame as an Indian fighter on the plains
after the close of the war. He was
placed in charge of Jefferson Davis when
the latter was a prisoner of war. With
his command he forced the surrender OF
Geronimo and of many other noted In
dian chiefs
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14
Find the EnCineer Killed.

Waiter Bates. second engineer of the
Goodrich steamer Georgia, was found
dead with his head crushed by some ter
rife blow as the steamer was leaving
her dock at Milwaukee for Mackinac
Island. The body was lying face down
ward on the grating of the engine ROOM
No one saw any accident about the ma
clncry or anything else to cause death.
He was rs years old, unmarried, and
lived a, Spring Lake. Mich.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14

The average condition OF the oats crop
on Aug. l was 100, as compared WIN
S43 one month ago, S9.4 on Aug. /, loo-'
1876 on Aug. 1, 1901 and ten-year av-
erage of S2.6. The following table shows
for each of the ten principal oats States
the condition on Aug. | in each OF the
last three years and that on July l, l9o3,
with tho ten-year averages:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14
Death Ends Pleasure Trip.

As the result of Il runaway at Rich
''ad' L'HjS Weikert Ct that place was
""'Hsiy injured. his wife was killed in
'a,'} and thejr children fatally injured.
'..} were on a visit to friends and the
-'>' ran away on 4 hill, dashing into
"e' ami Wire fence, throwing them out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14

The amounts due from counties under
,ta settlement made by the State board
e control in its annual report for the
,o,r ending June 80, 1903, are: State
iosnjtal for the insane, $34, 246.34: North
arm hospital for the insane, SOL, 1909 !;
;nJnstrial school for boys, $15.545. GA !;
home for the feeble minded, $53, $500.
summary of amounts due county asy-
INNS for care of chronic insane, 1908:
Rrown. S12.419. 10; Chippewa, S19,-
qTf61 Columbia, $9,92S.25; Dane, SILL
GI5ST; Dodge, $10,251.01; Dunn, $15,-
59S70 Eau Claire, 11,534.S7; Fond du
Lac, S10.961.53; Grant, S12.27495;
Green. S12,57S.50; Iowa, $13, 1893 10; JEFF
forson. $l1, 265.66; La Crosse, $14,216.S7;
uanitowoc, $2O,366; Marathon, So 1885,
%. Milwaukee, S15,515.53; Monroe, $50;
Ontagamie, $15,405.11; Racine, Sill
OH 70: Richland, $15,411.43; Rock, $13,-
626.77; st. Croix, $1S.329.37; Sank, SILL
33397: Shcboygan, $S,3SS.20; Trempea-
Ieau. $13.17S.11; Vernon, $15.202.74
Walworth. $12,06S.75; Washington, $15,-
f5517: Waupaca, $6OS4.32; Winnebago,
S2O774SS; total, S401, 1892. Z
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14
Death Releases Prisoner.

James Tobin. who was to be arraigned
at the next term of the municipal court
IL Milwaukee as the alleged murderer of
AS aged wife in their home in Granville
leater, Ialy 10, was found dead in his
rt in the county Jail. The county ply
>en gave as his opinion that Tobin's
Death WAS due to old age and natural
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14
Brief News Items.

Charles Koran fell down coal shaft,
Wilkesbarre, Pa, and was killed
Rev. J. L. Alsworth, Cape Girardeau.
No drowned while bathing in the Mis-
sissippi.
A tramp at Napoleon, Ohio, cut of
Miss Dora Zertanna's hair because she
refused him a meal. He also stole her
earrings.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14

The average condition of spring wheat
on Aug. / was I'll, as compared with
$50 last month S9.7 on Aug. l, 1902;
SOB OH Aug. /, 1901, and ten year aver
age of SO2. The following table shows
for each of the five principal spring
wheat States the condition on Aug. ] III
each of the last three years and that on
July /, 1903, with the ten-year August
ovn-oupS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14

Preliminary returns indicate winter
wheat crop of about 410,0O0,OO0 bushels,
or an average of 12.4 bushels per acre.
as compared with 1873 bushels lat year
The following table shows the estimated
average yield per acre in tho twelve prin-
cipal winter wheat States in 1903 and
1902:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14

Thomas Fl. Breem, who has for some
years been superintendent of the Indian
nchool at Fort Lewis, Colo, was dis
missed from the service. William M.
Peterson, assistant superintendent OF
the Chiocco school in Oklahoma, has
been appointed his successor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14
To Decide on State Hospital.

Gov La Toilette has appointed State
tuberculosis commission, composed of DR..
Gastay Schmitt. Milwaukee; Prof. II. l..
Russell. bacteriologist at the State uni
yarsity. and DIR. Michael Rain of Mer
rN The commission is appointed in ac-
rrlance with the direction of a joint
nuIution passed by the Legislature. Its
,lnty is to determine the ACCESSIBILITY of
,hc establishment of State hospital for
the treatment of tuberculosis in human
beings, select site and report to the
next Legislature. \ move is also on
foot for the establishment of State
health park. where consumptives who
cannot afford to go to warmer and dryer
climates may find a home, it being claim
ed that portions of Wisconsin are as
beneficial to those affected by pulmonary
trouble as Colorado or California.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14

Jesse Ammes, the 11-year-old son or
James H. Ammes, was drowned at South
McAlester, l. T., Monday while padding
skiff on the reservoir OF the ChoctaW
Railroad. He was unable to swim ana
his 7-year-old companion could give nun
40 assistsnra .aMSasas.na.s
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14
ALL OVER THE STATE
TENS OF INTEREST IN BADGER.
DOM.

amounts Due State Institutions from
Cou,tics Tuberculosis Commissio
.ppointed-$1, 600 Found in Old Mat
t-css-Mau Finds Sister.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14

A. F. Gault, Canada's cotton king, is
dead.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-03

The New York police announce that
they have secured a confession from
Louis F. Messier, the 1S-year-old bell
boy, who was arrested charged with rob
bling hotels. The confession, they say,
shows that Messier and Cullen, another
bell boy, had planned to rob hotels all
over the country. Maps and diagrams Of
the interiors of the hotels, the names of
prominent guests who made a habit Of
stopping in them, and a synopsis written
in shorthand, under the name of each
hotel, describing its plan, were found on
both the prisoners. A diagram of the
route of the coronation procession of
King Edward. with the names of promi-
nent Americans present, and lists Of the
jewelry worn by them at the celebration.
was also found in a trunk in the pris-
oners' rooms. In his confession Messier
Is said to have told the police that the
graft in America had been so good
that the trip to Europe had been aban-
doned. 1t is said that AIessier and Gull
len secured $4,000 in property from ho-
tells and clubs in New York.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-03
PROF. ELIoT's INVESTIGATION
A Peculiar Discovery Made by Presi-
dent Eliot of Yale.

Prof. Charles w. Eliot, president of
Harvard University, has reported the
results of novel investigation. He as
certained through the class secretaries
of six Harvard classes more than %
years out of college, the number of sur
yiying children born to members of those
classes These figures show with start
ling uniformity that the average number
of children is almost exactly two to each
family In the case of one class II
number of children is exactly twice the
number of married members, while in
two others the number of children is
within one of twice the number of mar
ried members. Mr.. Eliot remarks:
IF it be assumed that the surviving
children are about one-half males it fol-
lows that these six classes have by no
means reproduced themselves; that they
have, indeed, fallen % per cent short
of it. Twenty-eight per cent of the mem
beers of these classes are unmarried and
those who are married have on the aver
age only two surviving children, so that
the married pairs just reproduce them
selves on the average.
1.-THE table suggests that the highly
educated part of the American people
DIES not increase the population at all,
but. on the contrary, fails to reproduce
itself
1T is probable that the regrettable re-
suit indicated in the above table is due
in part to the late postpohement of mar
rage on the part of educated young men,
postponement which the protracted ed
ucation now prescribed for men who en-
ter tx learned and scientific professions
makes almost UNAVOIDABLE
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-03
MUsKRATs START FLOOD.
Reservoirs at Height of 200 Feet Are
ptied-Wafer Wrecks Property.

Reservoirs at Height of 200 Feet Are
EN- ptted-Water Wrecks Property.
The burrowing of nluskrats under the
dam of the water works reservoir start
ed flood at Derby, Conn, which swept
away three dams, destroyed bridge and
crushed a number of houses. No lives
were lost, but number of narrow es-
capes are recorded. Investigation show
ed that the muskrats have been burrow-
Ing around the foundations of the dam of
the highest reservoir Of the Shelton Wat
er Company, which supplies the town.
This dam gave way before daylight, let
ting the contents of the reservoir into
the second pool, which is 200 feet Above
the town. The dam there was not strong
enough to Withstand the pressure and
burst, as did a third one. When the last
dam gave way a body of water thirty
feet high and sixty feet wide swept down
narrow rayine. 1t carried huge cakes
of ice, which struck the piers of the
bridge in the principal street. Ice and
huge trees which had been uprooted were
piled against the UPPER side, and in a
moment it gave away, the heavy rails of
the trolley line swapping like light wires.
The damage will REACH 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-03
TEN PERISH IN FIRE.
CEDAR RAPIDS HAS A HOTEL
HOLOCAUST.
Flames Spread Rapidly and Compel
Guests to jun from Windows-DeIe-
gates to Y. NJ. c. A. and K. of p. Com

Half score of persons were burned to
death and three times that number were
seriously injured in fire which de-
stroyed the Clifton House in Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, at . o'clock Friday morning.
The State Y. NJ. C. A. convention and
the knights of Pythias convention were
being held there, aud most of the dead
and injured were delegates to these CON
ventions. Smoking ruins covered the
bodies and anxious crowds surrounded
the workmen as they tried to clear away
the debris. The fire started from de-
fective wire in the basement. A bellboy
discovered it, but when he had alarmed
the night clerk the flames had gained
such Roadway that escape was cut off.
There were more than one hundred
guests in the hostelry, many of them be-
ing delegates to the State Y. NJ. G. A
convention. Every room was crowded
and several were occupying cots in the
Railways when the alarm of fire was
sounded, and the first impulse of all of
the occupants of the building was to
make a rush for the windows.
Forced forward by the dense columns
of smoke mat flooded the halls and apart
ments of the hotel, the guests climbed
out on the window sills and seeing no
other means of escape plunged two and
three stories to the pavement below.
Several of the guests who could have
been taken down in safety by the Ere
men and police sprang from windows,
sustaining severe injuries.
The employees of the hotel, who were
aroused at the first alarm of fire. per-
formed many deeds of heroism. Women
and children were carried through the
smoke-flled corridors by the attaches of
the hotel to safety. Policemen and fire.
men rushed into the burning structure
and found a dozen or more persons who
had been overcome by the smoke Sew
e,al were rescued in an unconscious con-
dition, badly burned.
The hotel was a veneered, three-story
structure. The loss is $125. 900.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-03
!POlPgIA~p
| PREAlrlt;R

The Pope has communicated per
sons seeking to create a national church
in the Philippines.
The late DR.. Parker's pulpit Bible
contained the signatures of many distin
guished men who visited City Temple.
1.-The church is not meant for a Sunday
club" says Coadjutor Bishop MaclIay.
Smith Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church Of Philadelphia.
According to a recent census Of church
attendance in New York City there is a
N proportion to the membership than in
the large ones.
The Christian Work and Evangelist
says that Protestant C'ristendom is
seeking a practical basis o church union
now with an earnestness nut known since
the Reformation.
A campaign against Mormon polygamy
in New York State was begun at New
York by several womens organizations.
At the first meeting DIR. Sara j. Elliot
said Mormonism was spreading at a
rapid rate.
The restoration Of Peterborough Ca
thedral, England, begun eighteen years
ago and carried out at q cost of $500, 900
has been completed. Ruskn thought the
portico Of this famous edifce ''tLe inc-t
In the world"
The Rev. Percy Grant Of New York
In replying to President Elot's arraign.
ment Of the public school system, said
that the churches rather than the schools
were TO blame if the standard Of morality
in this country had not been raised. The
schools, he said, were a political insti-
tuition. intended 10 teach the conduct Of
affairs. and as such they had met the ex-
pectations Of their founders. He added
a plea for a Christian unity without de
nominationahsm. sasing that then the
church and the school would oecoine 81
lies and our national life raised 10 q
higher plane.
The Baptist congress. which Assem-
bled II Boston. discussed many subjects
Of social and doctrinal Interest, amons
them the question Of whether Or not bap
tisn is essential to church. membership
4 reception Wa given the other az
! ternoon for the Rev Or. ". s. Rains
ford. rector Of ST Georges r. Il. Church
New York. BY the wardena end vestry
men. II marked the COMPILATION Of twsn
y years service.
English Wesleyan Melhodism has
1874 chapeis with sitting aecommoda
tons for 2.075,S02 Persols This is an
intrease Of 50G chapels conpIexionally
during the last ten years and an increase
Of 173, 142 sittings.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-03
SUBSIDY BILL BEATEN.
House Committee Votes Against a
Favorable Report.

Favorable Report.
Senator Hanna was beaten in the
House committee on merchant marine
and fisheries Monday after one of the
hardest legislative struggles he has ever
made. His ship subsidy bill, which pass
ed the Senate at the last session, was
knocked out, the vote not to report it
favorably to the House standing 10 TO 6.
Those who went down in defeat with
Senator Hanna and his ship subsidy
friends were Grosvenor of Ohio, Young
of Pennsylvania, Greene of Massachu-
sets, Fordney of Michigan, Wachter of
Maryland and Littlefeld of Maine, all
Republicans Those who voted against
1t were Representatives Hopkins of Hi
nois, Minor of Wisconsin, Stevens of
Minnesota and Jones of Washington, Re-
publicans, and Spight of Mississippi,
Small of North Carolina, Davis of Flor
ida, McDermott of New Jersey, Belmont
of New York and Shook of Ohio, Dem
ocrats.
An effort was then made by the Dem
ocrats to have the rebate bill introduced
in the House by O. II. T. Belmont sew
eral weeks ago reported as q substitute.
This motion failed, although all the Dem
ocrats and Mr.. Jones of Washington vot-
ed for it. Messrs. Hopkins, Stevens and
Minor, who had voted against the Hanna
bill, took the ground that they could not
afford to further antagonize the leaders
of their party.
Ever since the last visit Of ]. Pier
pont Morgan to Washington Senators
Hanna and Frye have been making very
strong efforts TO obtain a favorable re-
port on the ship subsidy bill. The oppo-
sition to the measure has also been very
strong, and some of the Democratic mem
bers of the committee were brought from
sick beds in order to be present to give
the quietus to this bill.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-03
Tnterestiup New. Items.

Burglars took $500 from the postofice
safe, Tracy City, Tenn.
Miss Della Quinn, New York, was bit
ten by deg and died of hydrophobia.
John Krema, Schuyler, Neb., killed
himself. Brooded over financial matters.
Earl Gent fatally shot Charles Trotter,
Galena, Kan, and Trotter shot Gent in
the leg.
Hugh w. Bryson, alleged kidnaper
Mep phis. Team, has been arrested in
California.
A six-weeks-od baby was found at
the door of Theodore A. Havemyer's
house in New York.
At st. Louis hook and ladder com
pany colIided with street car. Fireman
B. f. Lesion and Fred Hesse were seri-
ously injured.
The Oregon Senate, by vote of "a TO
6. indefinitely postponed consideration Of
bill declaring the Associated Press to
be common carrier
Extensive maneuvers for the torpedo
feet as well as several of the new sub
marine craft of the navy will take place
off Newport, r. l.. in the spring.
Maurice Grau opera company win dis
band at the close of the season, the d.
rectors having failed to get manager
to take Grau's place. He will rest.
The National Association of House
Painters and Decorators, in convention,
NJ Richmond. Va, reelected w. d. Ed
wards of Cambridge, Mass. president.
Blanche Collins. 16, Oceana, y. ",
struck Frank Hendricks, 4, with q rock,
killing him. Some one in a party Of
school children had struck her and she
retaliated with a stone. The lad was in
nocent.
The famous Mueller case. involving
title to valuable ore-bearing land on the
AIesaba range. was decided in the Dis
trict Court NJ Duluth. MIMI The decis-
ion is by Judge Cant and IS in favor OF
Kosmeri. the plaintiff and record owner,
in every point.
An increase in wages Of the 800 tele-
rraph operators employed by the Chr
caro. St. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha
road. aggregating $1,000 year, has
been granted.
Walter Damrosch IS authority for the
statement thar the management o. the
Metropolitan Opera House in New 1crk
has heen secured hy Heinrich Conried,
manager q the Irving Place Taeater-
State Insurance Commissioner Barry
az Michigan has announced his decision
rot 70 interfere in the contest between
RE great camp Of Haccabs.s and the
supreme tent Of Maccabees, sival frater-
nal organisations. which haze their bead
quarters at Port Huron. Mich