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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
MANY TURF CONCERNS RAIDED.
Millions of Dollars Are Lost in Gigan.
tic "Get-Rich- Quicko Swind1e.

Further search in Chicago for get
rich-auick'' concerns developed the fact
that e. J. Arnold & Co., the st. Louis
firm that collapsed recently causing pat
rons to lose many millions of dollars, had
branch office in Chicago. The place
was raided and the local manager, ii. b.
Blackstone, was taken into custody.
From letters and books gathered in at
the Arnold, Benedict 6 Co, Midcontinent
ComDany, and Brolaski & Co. raids it
has been found that the turf scheme has
found victims in ffty-one cities and towns
in the West 1t is said by those VINO
should know that Chicagoans have lost
more than $1,000,000 and the loss to res
idents In other sections of the State will
be quite as much more.
1t has been learned that fully 20 per
cent of the racegoers and race lovers OF
the country have been victimized by
these turf swindlers. From every town
and hamlet in Illinois and from all the
large cities and towns throughout the
country come reports from losses through
the operations of these concerns and 1t is
safe to say that more than 100000 per-
sons have contributed vast sums to the
pockets of these spectators. Report after
less and that the sums lost are of 81
gantic proportions and may reach nearly
$4O,00OO00. From Omaha comes re-
port showing that the losses there VIII
run away up into the thousands OF dol
lars Boston, Washington, Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Louisville, New Orleans, Gin
cinnati, Atlanta and the summer resorts
of California and Florida all contribute
their tale of losses.
And when this is all summed up it will
be found that this gigantic swindle ex-
ceeds in extent even the great fraud of
the South Seas known as the south sea
bubble" Five hundred and twenty per
cent Miller of New York was a mere
tyro as compared with these, get-rich-
quick swindlers. Miller's dupes lost
millions. The customers of the get-rlch-
quick tipsters will lose tens Of millions.
A young woman employe in the st.
Louis office Of e. J. Arnold & Co. de-
clares that no attempt at bookkeeping
was made beyond recording the amounts
received and the addresses of the victims.
Money poured in at the rate of $4,000
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
JURY FAILS TO AGREE
FIASCO IN INDIANAPOLIS GRAVE
ROBBERY CASE.
Jurors Become Involved in Alterca-
cation and Fail to Reach Verdict
Evidence Showed that Organized
Bands Despoiled Cemeteries.

At Indianapolis the jury in the trial
of DR.. J. c. Alexander, indicted on a
charge of completely III grave robbing,
was discharged at 10 o'clock Sunday
morning after being out forty-eight hours
and failing to agree. On the final ballot
the vote stood eight for acquittal and
four for conviction. There were cev-
eral serious alterations during the con-
sideration of the evidence in the jury
room which came very nearly resulting
in blows The cause of the personal feel
ings in the matter, it is said, was a re-
suit of the wives of the jurors being
permitted to visit them.
Attorneys declare that the imputation
that any outside influences were brought
to bear on the jury or any member of it
cannot affect the result Of the case as it
now stands. If however, conviction
had been returned the alteration and
the causes leading up to it would have
been grounds for the granting of Il new
trial. Public opinion is divided. Some
are in favor of letting the negroes go now
as the alleged head was not convicted,
but generally the disagreement seems to
be acQulesced in.
The trial of DR.. Alexander is the out
growth Of disclosures made recently be-
fore the grand jury. They showed that
a form of traffic such as has never be-
fore disgraced an American city has
been carried on in indianapolis, with
the cemeteries there and in the vicinity
as the basis of operation. Indianapolis
has been the center Of a grave-robbing
industry and human bodies have been
shipped to all parts of the country. Ac-
cording to one confession over 1000
graves have been despoiled and the
bodies taken from the collins and shipped
to the dissecting rooms in colleges in Gin
cinnati, st. Louis, Cleveland, Chicago,
Louisville and other large cities. Through
the medium of person whose identity
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
az @5e :r Side
:. lGg5SF ~
the News y

If grave robbers are abroad the safest
way is to drink boiled water and thus
avoid them.
Why should President Roosevelt act
as arbitrator when The Hague tribunal is
suffering for exercise?
Sultan Abdul Tamid may be mobiliz-
ing a great army and again he may be
modifying a giant bluff.
If John d. Rockefeller, Jr., sent thoes
kilograms they give further evidence that
he is not as wise as his pa.
With a worlds fair job on its hands
st. Louis cannot be expected to pay
much attention to a mere earthquake.
The powers that are talking of putting
the Turk out of Europe the Sultan sends
polite invitation to come outside and
put him out.
Tests made by the international doc
tors Indicate that Europe's sick mans
temperature is again showing several de-
srees Of fever.
1t will be remembered that few
years ago Greece was going to lick the
Turk with dream weapons; but the dope
failed to work.
In Salt Lake City an ex-senator has
been sent to Jail and yet some people
doubt the wisdom Of having admitted
Utah as a State.
Jim Hill is determined not to let
any fancied enjoyment Of present pros
perity deprive him of the luxury of say
ing Il told you so" when that wave of
adversely sets in.
Let them revise the football game I'M
til it will not be necessary to begin the
reports with list of the killed and
wounded and they will see what happens
to the gate receipts.
Montana has defeated a woman suf-
frage bill. Women are getting so plenti-
full in the West that they don't have just
to ask for thing in order to have it
sent to them on a silver ttay.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

Chicago-Cattle, common 70 ., n
$500 to $500: hogs, shippIns; ~
$3.50 to S7.35; sheep, fair to c 1o :, !
to S5.35; wheat, No. 2 red 'S %. ,
corn, No. 2, 42c to 43c; oats No. %,r -
to 35c; rye, No. 2, 4Sc to 49c : U SGoi
otby, $3.50 to $13.5O; prairie, ~" 81,
S11.5O; butter, choice creamery anne, ,o.',
25c; eggs, fresh, lac to Io'' ~
doc to 47c per bushel cod
Indianapolis-CattIe, shipping in : >2 (,
S5.25; hogs, choice light ga u " ~ ~ 81
Sheep Sheen, common to prime, $2S oo,n 10 4; b
Wheat, No. ?, 7Gc to ne; C eo .,lGts e.
white, 44c to 45c; oats NO. "D'''
70 ST. s0I Iorjs-cattle, $50 to $50: b !, \
$500 to 500; sheep, SOU ao,n 10 10 %.
wheat, No. 2, 72c to '9 &C., c ~ $Gs;
4Oc to Ale; oats, No, = o'' y
No. 2, 48c to 40c. - 81
Cincinnati-Cattle, $4,oo oo ss0
hogs, $500 to $40; -6 snS I'll Soc; q
S4.20; wheat, No. 2 ' ig.. " oats, 10
No. 2 mixed, Acc to 41c' . 0r 57c to F.;
mixed, &c to CSC; rye, NO. p =, ~ X. Nd
'' netro it, $3.50 to =, S' 70 }
s3.00 to $G.7O; sheep 81 $z'' corn, ID
, Wheat. No. ?, 7Sc to 79c; v GoI@ 3 vi
Yellow. Acc to 47c; oats ats, 70 ~? 54c
'' Observation-Disclosures IL aux No. No. to 4 aS :,
7sc to 79c; corn, No, 3, 41 ,ro y No. j.
to SIC; barley, No. 2 0'' y
mess, $19.35. o mixed, IGe
IT. I0l oor9 No. mixed, 45e to No. tS':
No. No. ? mix mixed, 3Gc to 37c; ry szo2.
~ No; 53c: clover seed, prime , $', I'D
Bufalo-Cattle, choice 2n;e f to BRINE, y
s45o to s5.25; hogs, far , To c s3@a
to s7.25; sheep, fair TO % choice choice, sly
s4.75; lambs, common y Il
$685.. $500 to II
hogs IS" $500 to 500; s soc to- sic; q
s g. : W 5Sc to IS SIC; oats, S: s4c
43c to 44c; butter, cre EAU
eggs 9e - western. 15c to 1'c'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
CLOUD VANISHES
SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA SET
TIE DIFFERENCES
Congress of Honduras Has Appointed
Juan Angel Ar1as as Presideut-Mon-
tana Legislator Alleges Misapplica-
ton of Funds by Land Com missions

A cable message from San Salvador
announced that the relations between Sal
vador and Guatemala, which nearly end
ed in war, have changed, Presidents Reg
alado and Cabrera having settled their
differences. President Zelaya Of Nicar-
aqua is again reported to be sending as
sistance to President Sierra of Honduras,
and President Regalado is said to have
agreed to help President-elect Bonilla OF
Honduras. The congress Of Honduras
has appointed Juan Angel Arias to be
president and Maxine Rosales to be vice
president, on the departure of Gen. Sierra
from the capital, Tegucigalpa, in com
mand of the army which is to attack
the reyoldtonists.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

was yelled in mystery the leaders OF one
organization Of grave despolers betrayed
themselves to detectives who were sent
out to gather evidence in the matter.
With the clew furnished the detectives
worked pcrsistently on the case until the
members of the ghoulish band were plac-
ed behind the bars Of the Indianapolis
Jail. The men were negroes.
When these arrests were made it was
supposed that the refarious traffic had
been effectually destroyed. Twenty-four
hours had not passed after the gang men
| toned had been placed i'll jail, however,
before further evidence was collected
pointing toward the startling fact that
three other organizations were still OPP
Grating among the graves of the ceme-
teries in the central portion of Indiana.
The fact was also brought to light that
several prominent physicians and sur
geons and medical instructors and dem
onstrators in the middle West were ac-
cused of completely in the nefarious work.
Among these were Dr. Joseph c. Alex
ander, demonstration at the Central Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons in In
dianapolis, who was arrested and charged
with disturbing graves, aiding in con-
cealment of bodies and failing to keep a
record Of bodies used for dissecting pur-
poses.
Rufus Cantrell, who is known rs the
"King of the Ghouls," made confess
sion of the manner in which the grue-
some business has been carried on. In
describing the way in which grave is
robbed, he showed that ghouls have Sc
crets in their business as we'll as those
engaged in respectable callings. The en-
tire coffin is not laid bare. A hole as
square as the grave is wide is dug at
the head Of a mound. When the coffin
has been reached Il man is sent into the
excavation and while he is at work drill
ing through the casllet the light he re-
ouires and the noise he makes are both
prevented from arousing suspicion by q
heavy robe that is thrown across the top
of the grave, while he labors beneath its
covering. When the coffin has been op-
ened and an aperture has been made
large enough to permit of the corpse be-
ing drawn through, a second ghoul takes
the first mans place and drags the body
from the coffin to the surface.
Cantrell was formerly a soldier He
enlisted in Indianapolis in 1897 and was
discharged the following year from the
Twenty-fourth infantry at Fort Douglas,
Utah, for epilepsy, with suicidal and
homicidal tendencies.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

States embassy at London stating that
the British foreign office had given It
out that a cablegram had been sent TO
the British naval commander to raise the
blockade.
In view of the restoration of peace be-
tween Venezuela and the allied powers OF
Great Britain, Germany and Italy, Au-
gusto PuIido, the Venezuelan charge
d'affaires, addressed an appropriate note
to the British ambassador and later call
ed at the Italian and German embassies
Mr.. Bowen as soon as he had cleared up
some details with the British ambassador
paid a farewell call upon Secretary hay
at the State Department and reported
the signing Of the peace protocols. The
two were in conference for some time
and the Secretary congratulated MI
Bowen heartily upon the success OF his
mission.
News Of the raising of the blockade
was received by President Castro IN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

a day, and it lay around the office like
so much merchandise, being so album
dant that little care was taken to prevent
thefts by employees. One girl employed
in the office, it is said, stole $4,000 and
not only escaped prosecution, but kept
the money, because her employers knew
she could tell their secrets and close
their swindling concern.
1t is stated by men conversant with
the business of the E. J. Arnold Com
pany that Arnold has $5,000,O0O in his
possession when he fed to escape arrest.
This money came to him in a golden riv
er from all over the country, and when
he ran off to escape arrest and imprison-
ment it is believed he took the $1,000,
600 with him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

the cause of human PRESIDENT CASTRO.
ity-that distinguishes superior minds"
Andrew Carnegie offered Minister
Bowen 100000 with which to meet Ger
many's demand upon Venezuela. This
offer was made without any reservation
and without any suggestion that he de-
sired the money returned. 1t was infer
red that he did not wish the sum regard
ed as a loan, as he made no mention Of
security for it's return. Regarding the
message as a proffer of a generous gift,
Minister Bowen thanked Mr.. Carnegie,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
ACCUSES AGENTS OF STATE.

Montana Leg 's1ator Says Arid Land
Commissioners Stole $4,000.
Chairman Everett of the Montana
House committee on irrigation and water
rights, to which was referred resolutions
calling for an investigation of the State
arid land commission, announced in the
House that inquiry had developed evil
dence of a shortage and that $4,000 re-
ceived by certain members of the com
mission had not been applied as the law
directs. The charge was made that the
money had been misappropriated. On
motion Of Mr. Everett the committee was
allowed $500 to employ counsel and a
stenographer with which further to pros
ecute the investigation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
ChiCdQO.


able stubbornness throughout Ali
recent news has been bearlSh, yeti
bears have little to show for it \
true both Argentina and Russia are \
ping freely to Liverpool, that nearly
foreign markets are weak, and o'I
ports light, while primary receipts
up and winter wheat prospects aIo
cellent. In short, nearly everything
the news or in the regular statSl@
been bearish. But the bulls WDoI
bulls for a long pull are very coln5
They see all the beariSh facts oU
see also four things first that Tie
tralian demand has cleaned up lAef
cific coast surplus and Australia aa
to buy more wheat; second, that HO'a
standing some adverse cohdlSlOa
Minneapolis -four mills had the |'
January trade in their history anl
now doing business fully up to last Y
third, that at this time last year
was more wheat in the Northwest
there is now, yet before the ne" 'p
wheat crop began to move great s.
ity of milling wheat existed fourth s
the winter wheat is showing up "va
has not sufficient snow covering, i"
liable to damage in places SlouIu n.
wave dip over the Southwest WI, W.
certain bearing of the first three plol l
lions, and the possibilities sagES3a'
the last, the bulls are WlIl,H5 =,
wheat at present prices and Oo-u It
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
| .u~ D,isproportioa \.
| supply and demand !.
| New York.

n6Y LUX. supply ply and demand \
many commodities, wbiIe s;, @'sa:
tons exist as to skilled lahon
much work and in some casas ', le'
important undertakings and pNR
ments. Wages have been @ s5r. MI
unfairly and also in respons a' " aaosi
by organized labor. Relief IA !, = oea
congestion is still continual ,-s
favored districts, and sLinn."
hope for prompt deliveries y ,,s.5 q
navigation opens. Earnings o on.
show splendid gains over for rva.a
January returns thus far qvoaa3 I
by 9.4 per cent and 1901 Nv ,,o ~.
cent. Orders for spring s6inn 1s
heavy in all staple lines. and tb bp "a
business for fall is unusuaIly I..a,
tifying to the confidence of bnva ,r,s
tinued prosperity" The fo,a '
from the Weekly Trade Review s - n
Dun Il Co. 1t continues,
Sound conditions continpa "a
in the iron and steel industry. VIII
developments of note. Coke i IN
what better supply, making It pos,sI
operate blast furnaces with less M"
ton than was expected when bo ~
opened, but there is constant conaI
of the scarcity and high prices comv
ed by pig iron. Finished steel n,,I
have not risen proportionatelv, ATM /
they are in good demand. L9roa Az,
of wire and Wire nails are ronor.1
movement being heaviest to Ary,
South America and Europe WAL
advancing season there is a better
ment of merchant pipe and kindraIr
while structural material is also IN \
urgent request. The demand for rail
equipment shows no diminution m,
other foreign order for steel rails i
not be accepted because deliveries II
required in May.
Bradstrcet's Grain Figures
Bradstreet's weekly report says
grain:
Wheat, including flour, exports foil
week aggregate 1855, 439 bushels, a:lI
3,9G5,916 last week, 3,175,4S1 IN
week a year ago, and 4,S14S7S in d
Wheat exports since July agaI
155, 421,977 bushels, against 1753..|
last season, and 1868, 1897 in lgall
Corn exports aggregate 1,S501I0j
els, against 2,400,316 last week, sd
a year ago and 4,7G0,422 in 1901,
the fiscal year exports are 2465ll
bushels, against 22.JJS,496 last sI
and 1927 ZIG in 1901.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

cablegram from Mr..
Bowen. To this mes
sage President Cas-
tro replied as fol
lows: I'm the name
of Venezuela and in
my own name l of
fer you expressions
Of my eternal graft
tude for the decided
S p o n t a neousness
with which you have
served the cause Of
iuStica - which Is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

When Superintendent gg of the 10
komo, Ind, city schools ordered all the
boys in school searched for weapons
about 500 22-caliber pistols were found.
The boys claimed they were toy guns for
blank cartridges, but all had loaded cart
ridges in them. Chief of Police Taylor
pronounced the pistols deadly weapons.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

Eighteen persons drowned and others
rescued i'll Il serious condition is the re-
suit of the passenger steamer Olive being
struck by a cyclone and sent to the bot
tom of Chowan River, near Edenton, n.
G. A majority Of the passengers and
crew were below at the time, and had no
chance to save themselves.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

One man was killed and $4,000 dam
nge done by a fire which partially de-
stroyed the plant OF the East Liverpool
Sagger Company, manufacturers Of pot
ters' supplies at East Liverpool, Ohio. \
telephone lmeman named McAleer, who
was asleep on the third floor, was suffo-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

C a b | e d Saturday
from London, Ber-
lin and Rome to the
commanders Of the
warships in Venez-
uelan waters to end
the blockade imme-
diately. Official no
tice of the termina-
ton of the blockade
reached the State
D c part m e n t at
w ashin gton in the
shape of a dispatch
from the United
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

arrested at Han
cock, n. H, at the
home Of the Rev. G.
H. Chaplin.
DR.. Amcs Is a
p II ysi C a l wreck,
broken in spirit and
wonderfully chang
ed in appearance,
1t is said he is GO
years of age, but he
looks over 70. His
flesh is much vast
ed away, and, from
a physical stand
point, he is helpless,
Doctors declare he
is on the verge OF
collapse. He is Ill
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
Escapes Moose of Hangm@n.

Standing on the gallows at Jackson,
Miss, with the death cap on, Joseph
Campbell, negro murderer, secured a
reprieve for ten days by whispering to
the Sheriff the name of his accomplish i'll
crime. The Sheriff at once suspended
operations, teiegraphed Governor LIN
gino and secured the respite that more
evidence might be secured from Camp
hell
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
Natural Gas Supn1x Fails

Dayton, Urbana. Sidney, Piqua and
Troy, Ohio, have been without natural
gas. Ten thousand people dependent ND
on this fuel for heat were almost frozen
out and members of many families re-
manned in bed to keep warm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

The St. Clair Hotel one Of the largest
obstetrics of Port Huron, Mich, was
destroyed by fire. A man named Worthy,
employed at the hotel as q yardman, is
missing and Is believed to have been
burned to death Milton Campbell, 4 fire
man, was fatally crushed under falling
walls. All the hotel guests made their
escape.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
ut stated that Venezuela had arranged

but stated that Venezuela had arranged
for the funds.
Mr.. Carnegie's Venezuelan offer recalls
his effort to secure liberty for the Fill
pinos by agreeing to pay the United
States government the S2O,O00,OOO paid
to Spain for the islands on condition that
immediate independence be given the peo-
pie of the Archipelago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
To Save Starving Elk,

Steps have been taken to save 10000
starving elk on the Jeton-Y Yellowstone re-
serves in Wyoming. Snow seven feet
deep covers their feeding ground and
temperatures as low as 10 below zero
have added to their sufferingz.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
Elects Republican Mavor.

In Philadelphia john Weaver, Repdb~
lean, the present district attorney. was
elected Mayor by the usual large Repub-
lican majority over Francis E. Kane,
the Democratic nominee.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
Missing Mail Pouch Found.

The missing mail porch, containing
checks. money and drafts amounting to
$4,000 that has caused the poStoHice
officials at Indianapolis so much concern,
has been found at Cincinnati with con-
tents intact
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
Parliament Opened by King,

King Edward. accompanied by Queen
Alexandra and surrounded by the court
and all the officers of state, opened Par
lament Tuesday afternoon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
Russian Crops Are Ruined.

Official Russian reports represent that
Il serious deficiency in winter grain is
highly probable in most of European
Russia, crops being almost entirely de-
stroycd in sixteen provinces and poor i'll
of hnrs
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

for some weeks. \ deputy sheriff is in
the house nominally as a guard.
The prisoner employed former United
States Attorney Charles J. Hamblet of
Nassau to assist him III resisting the eff
forts to return him to Minneapolis.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

Fire destroyed the four-story River
view building at Nos. / and North
Clark street, Chicago, causing loss of
$4,000. No lives were lost.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

The Montezuma group of gold mines,
chihuahua Mexico, have become the
property of the United Mining ard En-
ploration Company of Los Angeles, Cal.
The purchase price is S5,000,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

Mrs S. A. B. Deselms and two small
children burned to death in their home
Orlando, o. 7.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21
BLOCKADE Is RAISED.
Allied Warships in Venezuelan Wa
tiers Are Withdrawn.

The blockade Of Venezuelan ports has |
been formally ended by Great Britain,
Germany and Italy. Instructions were
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

Cleveland, Ohio, policemen have been
ordered to close winerooms and curtained
stalls.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

Secretary Hay for the United States
and Mr.. Bowen for Venezuela have sign
ed a protocol providing for the adjust
ment of United States claims against
Venezuela by commission to meet at
CaracaS.