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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-31
WlSCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Empress of Korea Born In Appleton
Oshkosh Girl Dies as Dog Is Killed
appropriations for Harbor Improve
mcnts In Milwaukee District.

Born in the backwoods as the daughter
of an itinerant missionary and at 10 the
empress of an oriental kingdom and
mother of she heir apparent to the Co
rean throne is the story of Emily Brown,
born in Appleton, and now the Empress
ON of Corea. Last January Vi uongs,
Emperor of Corea, celebrated the forti-
eth anniversary of his coming to tho
throne, and ON the same day Miss Brown,
who had long been the light of the en-
peror's harem, was crowned Empress of
Corea and her son declared heir apparent
to the throne. Up to the time Of her
coronation Miss Brown was known as
Lady Emily. Now she is the Empress
ON, which in English means dawn of
the morning." Emily Brown was born in
Appleton about 1860, her father. Rev.
Herbert Brown, being Presbyterian
missionary, who lived here only few
months and her mother n remarkably
beautiful woman. When Emily was
about ID years old her father went as a
missionary to Corea, and IS said to have
been the first Protestant missionary to
settle i'll the capital city of Seoul. lis
wife and child went with him. Emily
sang in the mission church, and learning
the language rapidly came to be used as
an interpreter i'll church dealings with
The government. Her beauty was report
ed to the emperor, and he commanded
her to enter his harem, which she indig
nantly refused to do. About two years
later she concluded to accept the cmper-
or's protection and went to live in the
palace after securing from the emperor n
solemn promise Of marriage when affairs
Of state would permit. This promise
was kept soon after she bore the en-
peror Il son, These facts were learned
by recent private correspondence from
Toxic, Japan, from American missionary
sourrns
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"a he Side
:. ~lGS9fF3' @
The News ~

Tramps are scarce in Kansas. They
are not looking for work.
Iockjaw statistics continue to remind
us that we are patriotic people.
1t does not take scientist to show
that heat expands the price of ice.
Evansville and Belleville must be try
Ing to qualify as suburbs Of hades.
Gen. Cassius NJ Clay Is regarded as
crazy by his relations because he loves
his wife.
At Lebanon, Pa, man was legally
hanged the other day. Where were the
lynchers?
Those fellows who tried to corner cot
ton forgot to have few fluffy bales on
which to alight-
Judge Brewers opinion that lynching
Ia murder would hardly impress those
who thought it was d Sunday school pic
mic.
College students who rushed to Kansas
have now discovered that helping in the
harvest field is 4 great occupation to read
about.
If the navy impresses European rulers
they should see the army. Gen Niles IN
his new uniform would force them to put
on green goggles.
If King Peter inspired the murder he
doubtless has man who will swear to
his surprise when the news was broken
to him in Geneva.
One feature of the situation Is that
the next time Gov. Durbin gives an or
der 10 put down mob the wouldloe
mobbers will not make the mistake OF
supposing that the order Is BLUFF.
President Roosevelt can now supple
ment his advertisements of the virtues OF
Porto Rico coffee with the expert opin-
ION furnished by DIR. Wiley OF the AZ
ricultural Department as to the per'is
AZ cold tea and other noxious beverages
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100000 for Hnrbors,

Harbor improvements in the Milwau-
kee district recommended in the yearly
report prepared by Major J. G. Warren.
corps of engineer are estimated to cost
nearly S50O0OO, and nearly half the
amount applies to Milwaukee's water
ways. The report, which has recels,ly
been finished, will be submitted by Major
Warren to Brig. Gen. G. l.. Gillespie,
chief of engineers, at Washington ID. G.
The amount recommended for Milwaukee
is $2l0,000, to be used to complete 2,45O
feet of breakwater superstructure and
build concrete supcrstructure over it and
1900 ineal feet adjacent thereto. Other
appropriations recommended include
S133, 900 for South Milwaukee, $4,000
for Racine, $4,000 for Mcnominee, Sill
no for Grassey island, $3.50 for Mani
towoc, $4,000 for Sheboygan and $780,
900 for Fox river.
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THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Non-union coopers at New York were
mobbed by union workmen for making
barrels by a new process.
Igualada, Spain, was sacked and burn
ed by 3,700 Carlst troops.
A proposition was made to annex all
of the State of Mississippi north of tho
Tallahatchie to Tennessee, and turn tho
remainder over to the negroes, because
10000 of them had emigrated from
Georgia and had pre-empted the best
plantations of the State.
Cushman X. Davis, afterwards United
States Senator, was nominated for Gov
ernor of Minnesota by the Republican
State convention.
Six hundred persons died of cholera at
Cairo, Egypt.
Secretary of the Navy Chandler recall
ed his famous fashion plates and patterns
for officers uniforms, which the news
papers described as modelled after the
costumes in "Pinafore."
Thousands of New York cigarmakers
were locked out by manufacturers be-
cause of dispute between two unions.
The Manchester (Pa) Steel Company
failed for nearly S1,000,000.
Gen. Tom Thumb Charles II. STRAIT
toni died at Middleboro, Mass.
The profits of Charles I. Howard,
largest stakeholder in the Louisiana Lot
terry Company, were estimated at $40
600 for the year, and of John A. Morris
at $3.50 900.
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All Over the state.

Ludwig Larson, president OF the de-
funct Farmers and Merchants Bank OF
Bangor, made an assignment of ali his
personal property, amounting TO over
SIC. 900. In order to protect creditors OF
the bank. The liabilities of the bank
exceed assets about $4,000. Mr.. Lar
son was not heavy stakeholder IN the
concern.
simeon Hesse was arrested, charged
with abducting Edna Bateman. feeble
minded woman, from the Crawford Coun-
IL poor farm ut Seneca. He was placed
IN the Jail at Lynxyille and, after beng
confined a short time, escaped. Otfteers
Immediately gave chase and surrounded
rho couple on small island, where Hesse
i we'll fortified, and deiies arrest. Hesse
is said TO be desperate criminal, hav-
iny served two years in the penitentiary.
Vicar General A. +. Schinner was
named by Archbishop katzer in papers
which he left rs administrator OF the
Milwaukee diocese until new arch
bishop is chosen.
A bad freight wreck occurred on the
North western road near Twin Lakes sta.
ton. A freight train ran into herd
of cattle and eight cars were telescoped
Half a dozen cattle were killed.
]. A. yermily. 70 years of age, drown
cd in Rock river at Janesville. He was
in the company of II. Bennett. Neither oil
the young men could swim. Nermilya
waded beyond his depth and went under
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ceived on the New York Stock Exchange
Various explanations of the sensational
fall are offered-that the country Is
about entering upon period Of CONNER
cial depression; that the insiders want
to squeeze out the small stockholders, and
that the dividend on the common stock
how 4 per CENTS to be passed at the
next quarterly meeting.
In Pittsburg. the center of the steel
trusts operations, 1t is declared that the
weakness in the stock was due to manip-
ulation. Prominent fnanciers declared
that the present board Of directors of the
trust lost control Of the stock some time
ago, and that any well balanced pool
could have secured control, and in the
event Of an election could have seriously
threatened the power Of ]. +. Morgan
s. Co.
From men known to be close to the
leaders In the trust comes the declara-
ton, through New York dispatches, that
tho slump is due to a raid. banker
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-31

fornia in 1852. At II he began to blaze
his own trail. He was prospector,
freighter, stock raiser, miller, editor and
unsuccessful in all. Then fortune chang
ed. In Nevada he obtained some good
mining property, sold it, and began specu-
lation in San Francisco. He made $685.
600. In 1870 the market went wrong
and he lost his entire fortune. This was
his first great failure Beginning again,
now MS n mining broker, he soon had an
other fortune. In 1877 he went to New
York with $6,000000, and by 1870 had
made 100000 more. His next plan
was to corner the wheat market. In
TINT famous attempt he lost millions,
and as n direct result he failed In 1884
for the remnant of his fortune, the sus-
pension involving 100000. Begin
ming yet again, thi5 wizard OF finance
once more gathered together millions, and
since 1893 his operations in Wall street
have been stupendous. lie married Sara,
daughter of Col. Leroy Daingerfield Of
Virginia. His children are Foxhall
Keene and Mrs. Talbot J. Taylor.
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FORTY YEARS AGO.

Two young sons of Edward Everett
were drafted into the Union army at
Boston, and their father forbade them to
hire substitutes.
Gen. Morgan's rebel raiders tried to
cross the Ohio river at Burlington Ford,
Ohio, were attacked by Union troops un-
der Gems. Judah and Shackelford, and
by two gunboats; 800 were captured, and
Morgan and the remainder fled up the
river.
Gen. Sibley's expedition against the
Minnesota Indians attacked a small body
of braves near st. Peter, killing one and
wounding several others.
A fierce assault on Fort Wagner, in
Charleston harbor, was led by the Fifty
fourth Massach usetts negro regiment,
but failed after nearly all OF those par
ticipating had been killed or wounded by
the rebels.
The army Of the Potomac began cross
Ing the Potomac river at Berlin, Md,
in pursuit of Gen. Lees retreating
forces.
Eighty-sx thousand rebels were re-
ported either in Union prisons or under
parole.
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Big Fire at Case Works.

For hours the other afternoon the plant
of the mammoth j. |. Case Machine
Company in Racine, valued at $1,000.
600, was in danger of total destruction
by fire. shortly after noon an explosion
was heard and the paint shop, which oc-
cupied part Of building covering nearly
a block in the interior of the manufactur-
ing district, burst into flames. The com
pany's fire department. aud the cNy fire
department were on the scene IN Il lew
minutes There was some talk of asking
for assistance from Milwaukee, but the
fire chief did not consider it necessary
At p m. the fire was under control
with the loss estimated at between 500,
600 and Sl25,000, fully insured.
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FOUR WOUNDED IN AFFRAY.
iowa Marshal and Party OF Horse
Traders I'm Battle.

Iowa Marshal and Party OF Horse
Traders I'm Battle.
Four persons were injured, one fatally,
In n battle between horse traders and the
authorities of the town of Eddyville,
Iowa. James st. John, one of the horse
traders, was shot in the abdomen. Town
Marshal John McIIugh was shot In the
arm, and the wound is serious. Harvey
Pea was shot in the breast, and his col
lar bone was shattered, but he will re-
cover He was among the horse trad
ers. His wife was shot in the ankle.
Officer MclIugh attempted to arrest
the traders, who were camped near the
town. They had been making more or
less trouble and were thought to have
been implicated in minor thefts which
had been going on for some time. They
lived in covered wagons, being itinerants,
and followed the business of trading
horses When the marshal attempted to
arrest them they resisted. More than
q dozen shots were fired by each side be-
fore they gave in, and then only when
st. John fell, suffering from serious
wound.
st. John was taken to the hospital
and the others of the gang are in Jail.
There are seven or eight of them, includ-
ing three women. The men were all
armed. The battle took place ut day
light.
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Dog Ia Killed, Girl Dies.

The death Of Miss Nellie Youngs Of
heart disease when she saw her favorite
poodle ground under the wheels of fast
Northwestern passenger train at Oshkosh
may be followed by Il formal funeral for
tho dog as we'll as the girl. The animal
was a pet of the Youngs family. Miss
Youngs was on Prospect boulevard as a
train passed. The gates across the street
were lowered but the poodle, which was
her companion in the stroll, rushed past
the gates, and under the train. Five
passenger cars tore his body to an un-
recognizable mass. and as the train pa Al
ed and Miss Youngs saw the body Of her
pet on the track, she tainted, dying be-
fore Il doctor could reach her side.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-31
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Six hundred persons were killed at
Cumana, Venezuela, by an earthquake
The Danish parliament was prorogued
and the crown was proclaimed as abso-
lutte ruler.
Thomas p Moore, a famous officer of
the war of 1912, member of Congress,
and minister to Bolivia in 1920, and lieu
tenant colonel in the Mexican war, died
at Harrodsburg, Ky.
Sixty thousand Roman Catholic pill
grims entered the city of AK la Chapelle
to view the holy relics on exhibition
there.
Cuba and Porto Rico were producing
10000, 900 pounds of coffee annually.
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s,AAA0sA3sAAYA9iSAI@sA0A0AN
CHURCH AND CLERGY I
1-v,v. az eexssATsseS&S xke&sSY

The Rev. Langdon O. Stewardson has
been Installed as president of Hobart
College.
Chaplain Nave of the United States
army expects to return to the Philippines
in the not distant future.
The Rev. DR.. Joseph Ayres of Sidney,
Ohio, 90 years of age, is the Oldest Menh'
odist preacher in the world.
The Rev William G. Murphy. the new
" appointed vice rector of the American
college at Rome, has gone to the Eternal
City.
Jacob Riis began life as a Lutheran.
then became Methodist, later Con-
gregationalxt, and is now an Episcopa-
liam.
The Rev. ]. w. Cross OF Lawrence,
Mass, the oldest living Harvard grad
uate. has just celebrated his ninety-hfth
birthday.
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Rnrhers, Eonrd Is Opposed.

The BARRIERS of Milwaukee are con
cerned in movement to make con-
certed tight on the law requiring BARRIERS
to take out license and creating Il
BARRIERS board. William Schailler, who
has n shop on Wisconsin street, says the
law is farce and that the BARRIERS Be
ueyolent Association would take acton
looking toward making legal contest.
1T is not at all the law we sent to the
Legislature" he said, "and the only peo-
pie who can possibly benefit by it are
a few politicians who have places on the
BARRIERS board. We propose to raise a
fund and test ITS conStitutionality'
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS 400.

James Monroe, afterwards President,
arrived at Dover, England, as envoy ex-
traordinary, after having negotiated the
purchase of Louisiana territory from
France.
President Thomas jefferson called a
special session Of Congress to consider
retaliation for British depredadons on
American commerce.
Gideon Granger, Postmaster General
Of the United States, found 1t necessary
for the first time to issue reward for
persons caught tampering with the mails.
American -four sold in France at So
barrel, lard at 81 cents a pound, but
ter at 20 cents, and lumber at $3S a
thousand feet, because the British had
blockaded the coast.
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sEvENTY.FIvE YEARS AGO.

The United States naval force off the
coast of Brazil was increased because
of the continued depredations ON Ameri-
can commerce.
The Emperor of China prohibited the
importation of tobacco into his domains.
Lebanon, Ohio, citizens arranged for
the delivery of Washington newspapers
by stage in five and half days, and New
York papers In six and half days.
Cincinnati was reported as gaining
enormously In population. A piano,
glass, oil cloth, and file factory had To-
Gated there, and its inhabitants had in
creased from 1920 in 1926 to 10000
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who had called on Mr. Morgan charged
John w. Gates with being the leader In
the attack.
This development Is not liquidation"
he declared. IF man liquidates he
tries to get the best possible price, but
the sellers did not stand on any price
1t was case of soak soak, soak and
the lower the price went the better they
liked 1t. In my opinion the attack Is
made on steel in order to distract atten-
tion from the buying of railroad stocks"
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INDIAN ASKS NO AID.
lie Is Now Able to Support Himself
by Working.

According to officials of the Interior
Department., the Indian is giving bet
tr acy'mt Of himself now than he did
'Hw years ago. Formerly he accepted
1e cltIons the government provided AID
Hot his days in idlcness and in riotous
~AE. Now he works, makes money
ST., pays his own way. If the govern
aa, Will no; give him work, he looks
ID, t t.rWhrrr--on n railroad, or Ill
whiting ro@dwayS, where he makes fair
A,'S. lie viii not be dependent on I'm
" sum any longer than is necessary,
The Indian is improymg," said Com
~$'nvr Jones, of the Indian bureau.
IA @hratIou of his willingness to work
"""d in the fact that the govern
-. Is aholiShiNg the practice of serving
-'AS ca some of the reservations. Sew
~ 'd treaties providing that the In
'N Mn>, ho supplied with rations are
s"N and they will not be renewed.
A. large number of Sioux Indians in
III Dakota have just decided that
would rather work and support
"".rrs. They find employment on
1 .aH government is doing on the res.-
"'0S. such rs road building and the
'"',oo Of water tanks for irrigation
uses. and when there is no work of
H"d Tor them they get jobs as sec
"A0dS on the railroads. An agent
.Nl reported that about 800 Nava-
~,e az work on the Santa Fe, In
NeNlro, ana chat superintendent
"poy thrm say they do far better
"ih the MCNicans. who were for
employed almost exclusively on
%'4 OF work, Another agent has re-
IN ,"ai 10 Indians from the Stand
".N agency have been employed for
' work in North Dakota. The
'",@Ht encourages them to so to
iA'y make fair wages and be-
!. independent and more self-respect-
!. w." 'lFy did under the former con
g VI course, all Of the Indians
{, N''NS TO work. Some of them are
S the interest on their tribal
"a al" mover do days work from
:. |'S end to another, but the In
% ~, i rule. seem to aspire TO some
N'''T than eating and loaing."
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BILLIONS LOST IN SLUMP.
ShrinkaEc In Stocks and Bonds AE-
xregate $5,oOO,OOO,OO0.

greEate $3,ooo,oOo,OOo.
The net declines in the active railway
and industrial stocks traded in on the
New York Stock Exchange from the high
prices of 1902 to the low prices of Fri
day range from II points in Southern
Railway to 100 in Standard Oil. The
shrnkage of values is estimated to Jag
gregate not less than $2,000O00, 900,
while bonds have decreased at least ST.
0OO,0OO000. 1t is conservatvely esti-
mated that the total shrinkage in Ameri-
can railways and indusrials aggregates
$1,000, 100000. The following table
shows the principal net declines from the
high prices of 1902 to the low of Friday:
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TWENTY YEARS AGO.

The national civil service law took
effect.
Thirty-nine deaths from yellow fever
were reported at Havana, Cuba, for the
week. and ISL persons died of cholera at
Cairo, Egypt In twenty-four hours.
The Missouri national bank of Kansas
City failed for $1,00Q000 estimated La
bilities, six State and private banks fhil-
ed In Kansas, and three Denver savings
banks and four manufacturing concerns
elsewhere.
A general strike of telegraphers was
begun in the United States, railroads ard
other Offices being tied up In Chicago be.
cause the companies failed to grant ID
psr cent wage increase -.
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of which james X.
Kecne's son in la w
Is the head and Fox
hall Keene, his son,
a special partner,
and in the office Of
which James II.
keene made his
headquarters. James
Robert Keene was
born in England in
1888, son of a Lon
don merchant, and
Na1N i,vnofaI 81 ralf
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Wednesday in both
the common and
preferred shares.
There are $4,000
stockholders of the
United States Steel
Corporation In the
United States, many
of t.hean in the mid
die West, whose
savings of a lifetime
have been wiped
out by the terrific
smash the COM
pany'S stock hns ra-
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FULLER MAY SOON RETIRE.
Aged Chief Justice Will Leave SUI
preruc Bench because of III Health.

Chief Justice Fuller of the United
States Supreme Court has one picture
which is his favorite, as it shows him
with the little grandchid of whom he is
especially fond.
Fuller has wanted for some time TO re-
sign, owing to his poor health, but wait
ed. it "a said, for Congress to pass the
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short News Notes.

al '|So0ri State reunion OF the
.,, . S'e Veterans will be held at CO.
/, sept Il, - and 26. Gen. Odon
Is, 'hion veteran, will deliver the
A, " welcome and Senator George
y will respond.
M y! 'A,ense pain resulting from
an his face, Captain II. Town
a, Y',oer steamboat pilot, 20 years
o sSN himself in St. Louis. Cap
A.. aSrnd was a friend of Gen.
Ma. dur'ng the Civil War served
s's' transport.