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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
A Study in Fertilizers.

The fertilizer law of the State OF
New York has operated to the great
advantage of the farmer. Not only
has the quality of the goods on the
market been held we'll up to the guar
antees, but the number of brands has
been greatly lessened, thus tending to
simplify the purchase of such goods.
However, farmers have not yet learned
to take full advantage of the informa-
ton at their disposal in the successive
bulletins of analysis issued by the sta
ton at Geneva. Accordingly the sta
ton has just prepared short bulletin
calling attention to some striking diff
ferences in quality and relative value
between brands of different classes.
Every fertilizer user should avail him
self Of the chance to secure this bull
letin and take it as guide in his Sc
lection of goods. A postal card sent
to the station, bearing your name and
address, will bring the bulletin to you
by return Massachusetts Plough
man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
STOP POSTAL ABUSES.
PROTESTS OF COUNTRY MER-
CHANTS ARE HEARD.
Rural Carriers Will Not BE Permitted
to Act as Agents for Mail Order
Eirms-Complaints From All Parts
of the Country.

Owing to the vast number of COM
| plants forwarded to the Postoffice De-
| partment at Washington by the proprie-
tors of country stores and other local in
dustries, an order has been issued dis
continuing the practice Of sending to a
large number of manufacturing concerns
and mail order firms throughout the coun-
try daily bulletins containing informa-
ton regarding the establishment of local
routes, their location and the names of
the carriers.
This practice of distributing informa-
ton wholesale under a government frank
was held to be, unjust discrimination in
favor of the big concerns of the country
and against the industries of the rural
communities.
The second step in the endeavor to
correct the existing conditions will be
taken by Postmaster General Payne
within a few days, when he will issue
an order calling the attention of the
employees of the rural free delivery SER
vice to that section of the postal regu-
lations which prohibits a carrier on a
rural route from acting as agent for any
trm in the sale Of commodities to patrons
along his line of route.
Postmaster General some time in the
near future by resembling the order is
sued some months ago instructing each
postmaster to post in a conspicuous
place in his Office the names and ad-
dresses of patrons along the rural routes
branching out from his headquarters.
Ever since this last order was issued
the department has been deluged with
urging and even demanding its r"voca-
ton.
One Of the most, serious aspects of the
case is considered to be that with regard
to rural carriers acting as agents for va
rious concerns. 1t is this practice which
more thar any other has enabled the
mail order firms to secure strong foot
hold in rural communities and to make
great inroads into the business of their
local competitors.
Many of the petitions received said
that rural carriers in certain communi-
ties acted as purchasing agents for COM
mission houses which dealt in eggs, but
ter and cheese; others who represented
large dairymen, went about on the look
out for bargains in cows and contracted
for the delivery of milk at railroad sta
lions, while still others bought hay, corn,
wheat and other farm products for the
firms represented by them.
These same carriers or others, the
complaints asserted, acted as agents for
sometimes as many as a dozen firms and
sold more different things than they
bought. They took orders for clothing,
both for men and women, canned goods,
-four, stoves, lamps, harness, sewing ma
chimes, in fact everything that is includ-
ed in the assorted stock of country
store and many things that are not.
The officials of the Postoffice Depart
ment declare that every effort will be
made to prevent the alleged discrimina-
ton against local industries and to pre-
serve the popularity of the growing ser
vice, which is daily becoming a more i'm
portant branch of the postal system.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
a WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
murderer Has Narrow Esc.,e
oh ASnchins-Hotel Wreck at Kill
oourn-Fire Panic in shebov..rE
t0rS-oulcide of Racine Contractor

AT sparta a wildly excited crowd of
hundreds of angry men ATTEMPTED IN
lthcn Samuel Montgomery. who murder
eo ms wife in Warrans. At 40 O'Clock
III tue morning a hundred or more men
,lidue daSh toward the rear of the ia;,
out Volley over their heads by the
guards checked the movement. Sheriff
Casselis, with his small force of deputies.
iearlhg inability to cope with the mob.
Appeared to Governor La Toilette. who
ofuereo Company X and the Sparta COM
pahy 10 proceed to the Jail at once. The
yncnlng was thus prevented During
me inquest at Tomah, in which the Jury
uecioeo that Montgomery murdered his
"IIe' mob of 300 people attacked the
oncesS call was sent to Governor La
roulette, who ordered out the militia.
Inc Sheriff and deputies stood off the
moo' and Montgomery, faint with fear,
was spirited out of the back door and
rushed to "a waiting train, which took
MIN TO Sparta. The mob made an at
tempt to stop the train, but the attack
was warded off at the point of guns.
Durlng the inquest the small daughter of
montgomery testified that her father sent
her into the pasture May 81, and when
she returned her mothers neck was brok-
en- and her head crushed. Her father
STOOD over the woman, she said, with the
look OF tiend. A $4,000 insurance pol
Icy on the wife's life was made payable
to Montgomery.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

ployment, for the reason that the en-
ployer is now paying as much for labor
as it is possible for him to pay and live.
We are obliged to look long into the flu
ture because of that agitation, since we
import our goods from all over the world
and make large contracts in advance
even in this country. Therefore I say
it is the part of prudence only to look
farther into the future than we have
heretofore been doing. This prosperity
we are now enjoying will not continue
unless this agitation can be stopped, and
unless labor is willing to continue earn
estly at work at the present very high
prices. These prices must certainly go
down as soon as there is any material
let-up in business.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
State Items of Interest.

Fire completely destroyed the residence
of Adam kosminskf at Elm Grove and
the family had a narrow escape from
death. The loss will be $1,000.
Jerre C. Murphy, private secretary to
Governor La Toilette, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect June 10. he
will be succeeded by John j. Hannah.
The foundation of the new high school
building in Mineral Point caved in and
John Evans, who was working III the
trench at the time, was instantly killed.
Alfred Alison of Clarks Mills was
killed by the accidental discharge OF
shotgun while crawling through barb
wire fence with the weapon in his hands
A@ La Crosse Andrew Kevorsek, aged
so years, struck Andrew Shevek, aged
70 years. on the head with club, frac-
turing his skull, and Shevek will not live
The fight grew out of an Argument over
a road through Shevek's farm Travelled
by Kevorsek.
Ed Kozick. the most prominent mem
her of the Bachelors Club, a Sheboygan
organization of young men banded to-
gether for the purpose OF frownng upon
matrimony, was quietly married to MISS
mem bers of the club could serve an IN
junction the young couple had left town
At a meeting of the club on a recent
evening resolutions were adopted to have
a hearse and a funeral director greet
them on their return home and to display
q flag at half mast above the future
home of the apostate and his wife.
A discrepancy of nearly $4,000 has
been found in the books of the Milwau-
kee house of correction and the county
officers have ordered an investigation.
Burglars entered the general store OF
b. P. Ansen at Norden, and took what
money there was in the drawer and a
wagon load Of goods, probably sos
worth.
George Kaquetosh, half-breed In
dian, was beaten almost to death by his
wife at Marinette. The woman is said
TO have pounded her husband over the
head with a club and a fatal outcome IS
likely.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
CHICAGO WATERS STRIKE.
Many Leading Hotels and Restaurants
Affected.

A general strike affecting all employees
of every important hotel and restaurant
in the loop district of Chicago was call
ed Friday. At 10 o'clock sharp the
| union committees, representing the cooks,
walters, Mattresses, bartenders and mis-
cellaneous hotel and restaurant help
swooped down upon the hotels and res
taurants inside the loop. A peremptory
demand for immediate union recognition
and the concession of the unions de-
mands for increased wages and better
hours and working conditions was made,
and wherever refused a strike was call
ed Immediately.
Six important hotels and restaurants
were closed Thursday night. The en-
ployes answered the union strike call to
man, although the proprietors declare
that in some cases not over half of their
help are members of the unions. Thurs
day strikes were called at Vogelsang's
restaurant, Kings restaurant and lunch
room, the Union Hotel and restaurant,
Potter's restaurant, the Grand Pacific
Hotel and the Chicago Beach Hotel. In
each case the tie-up was complete.
The first strike was called at Vogel-
sang's restaurant. The union men caught
him with lot of dinner cooked up"
and being unable to serve it as usual the
resultant loss is estimated at nearly
$500. At Kings restaurant the loss from
food on hand which they were unable to
serve was said to be $3.50.
Some statistics of the Chicago walters
strike:
Hotels affected ............. -
Restaurants affected .......... 95
Employees out ..... 1900
Persons Inconvenience daily. 100000
Persons dependent for food on
restaurants and hotels ....... 10000
Loss per day to employers. 100000
Loss of employees in wages. ..... $4,000
Loss to employees in tips. ...... 5000
Demand of strikers-Recognition of
union.
Plans of strikers-Tie up every restau-
rant and hotel in Chicago.
Marshall Field the great Chicago mer-
chant, in an authorized interview de-
clares that the business of his house is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
"a he 80 Side
.l:o@g%f a.,
The News ~

That gallant man-o'-war, the Arkansas,
has captured another Mississippi mud
bank.
Teddy" has now been whisk-broomed
by the attentive porter in nearly every
State in the Union.
Give Grover Cleveland good bass
hole and you can have the presidency for
all he cares as long as the fish bite.
The first rowboat fatality of the season
Is reported, and, like most of it's kind,
was due to the pranks Of playful idiot.
If things keep on as at present who
can say that the consumers may not be
moved to organize and demand the right
to exist?
In the light of Andrew Carnegie's re-
marks Great Britain may consider itself
annexed to this country as another or
our island possessions.
Having observed the comparative ease
with which Russia has bitten off and
masticated the Manchurian morsel,
France is evincing signs of desire to
regale itself with little tidbit off the
southern side of China.
| It is interesting to learn that Senator
| Quay is going to retire permanently from
politics. 1t is quite while since Mr..
| Ouay retired permanently the last time.
Before accepting any specific sum as
| lust compensation for the canal rights
some of the Colombian officials mean TO
learn definitely whether that is really all
that Uncle Sam can be made to give up
Diplomacy is a queer game. Among
all the powers now protesting against
Russia's occupation of Manchurla 10
there a single one that has not known
from, the first that Russia was IN Man-
| shuria for keeps?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

bottom Of the nest to receive the new
Iy-laid eggs. In the passage through
which the egg falls to the pocket is
trigger, which releases a rotary frame
carrying the pockets, so that, as soon
as the egg reaches the bottom of its
receptacle, an empty pocket replaces
it beneath the opening Of the nest. In
addition to preventing the hens from
smashing or eating their eggs, this ar
rangement will afford a protection
against rats and other animals which
have been known to break and eat the
eggs. AS the pockets and operating
mechanism Of this nest are concealed
from view by a wood or metal casing,
there is nothing to indicate to the I'M
suspicious hen that the nest differs
from the ordinary kind.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
Girls in Panic Due to Fire.

A panic resulted among forty girls en-
ployed in the paint and wrapping rooms
of the Phoenix Car Companys plant in
Sheboygan as a result of fire which cut
off escape by way of the elevator shaft.
Climbing to the fire escapes and on the
roof they cried frantically for assistance
until claimed by the men, when they made
their way to the ground. August Belle
feidt, foreman of the paint room, was
burned about the head, and John Seen
ger, a fireman, was cut by flying glass.
The loss is $4,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
Confesses to Court.

John Bel, 16-year-old Manitowoc
boy who has been causing officers trcu-
Bile for year past, was sentenced to
serve three years at the Green Bay re-
formatory. Biel, it is alleged, was sur
prised in an attempt to rob the home OF
Mrs. Messerschmidt, an aged Two Rivers
woman, May -, but made his escape at
that time He confessed to the court OF
having been a member of Il gang which
had plotted several rObberies OF late.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
Contractor Kills Himself.

Because of loss in contracts on city
buildings and worry over his finacial con-
dition, Simon Starke, leading building
contractor of Racine, committed suicide
by taking morphine. AS result work on
the school building and several private
buildings must be stopped and there is
much uneasiness among city officials and
persons building fine residences. For
years Stark has had contracts for the
leading work in the city and on many
of them it is believed he lost money.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

green, the Kentucky station FORTY +on,
the California station over thirty +oas
Ii cut when three or four feet hiah
the plant sprouts and gives ono+,t
cutting Largest crops are grown On
rich, moist loan. The seed is sown Tho
first OF June in drills two feet anar+
covering half an inch deep. It can
be soWn broadcast The crop is a
good one for late summer feedinq ~
the barn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
Patent Hens Nest,

Poultrymen who are looking for a
means to keep hens from breaking or
eating their eggs will be interested in
a Californian's invention. The ma
nest and a series of pockets or re-
ceptacles, with an automatic mechan-
ish which presents each Of the peck
cts in turn beneath the opening in the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

Frank Plumley of Vermont has been
appointed umpire for Great Britain and
for The Netherlands in the approaching
arbitration at Caracas in place of Mr..
Partridge, who was obliged to decline
Mr.. Plumley formerly was United States
District Attorney for Vermont.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

henceforth to be
managed up o n
conservative lines
because of labor
agitation, and pre-
diets that prosper
ity will cease if
this agitation con-
tinues. Mr.. Field
says: eve feel if
this agitation con-
tinues that labor
IN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
wbi+ewa.h for Old Woodwork.

An old barn or shed not worth clap
boards or paint can be given a new
lease of life with a coat Of white
wash. Stake a bushel of lime, strain.
add half a bushel of salt dissolved in
water, pound of ground whiting and
two pounds of dissolved glue. This is
a very close, durable whitewash, and
a coat Of it will make old boards
weather-proof for many years. A little
lampblack will make the color effect
less glaring, giving a quiet, gray zone.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

Tvs and their action is
ane. saving the grass
he mower is pushed over
Isq saw sptndles are pro-
Nil bearings, thus re-
8 r-on to a minimum, and
r with the necessity for
mower over high grass
nee the machine should
5r for its owner. The
mas F. Mcdonald, of
d ..9-aIso applies the same
machine for cutting.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

Cntter.

bIe q G 6f'asrration of a new =
D l,' has several novel
rec f5',. land It over the
-bo field. The man
I .''l'el q !. riIl remember that
s the work go too
H., ,orv to run the
per narts Of the lawn
81 s. w, al the long blades
', ,',s leave the lawn
s s,,s The prin-
ir ' stt5is new machine IS
sor long the grass
,-fce will bring it all
alfd ,rnon level; in fact, the
raj u The oV'''- tho cut-
cont /; vii De Seen' ro
u, toothed wheels re-
s. gel .J,,rraI planes ana actu-
15sels set on the inner
9e0af booI shafts. These
epare o.hipg hit a set
was pallt! n01-- -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

fEnp0s d Corn Culture.
in. is a modification of
hu 4l.ns and follows the
81 laws and principles. 1t
l1DOf principles Of plant
Ied1g to the corn plant.
ii aF.t ugar in the sugar beet
er if22ei from 3 per cent to
anl The ordinary beet was
pi selection. so that an
]. -Ery has been built up
anro Of sugar given to
Lis L2S been done with a
agl Q 9eiS once in two years.
sllsee b a crop every year, a
g tIiDg a return of over
i From this great num-
,,eet .: varying in size, shape,
ii -0Sit.on, a selection can
will develop any fea-
I'd Or plant. By cOntin-
lese valuable attributes
I The characteristics Of
The usefulness and i'm
crop Increased. To il
a-c We have been able,
AIS having long shanks,
4 length Of the shank
il i've years selection.
us with tall stalks we
$ 10 Increase the height
]. --25t three feet in five
i i .7.as ears from plants
SO ives We have been able
hag average width of the
@3uns ears from stalks
q, raves We have been
lie width Of the leaf.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
\, ''' Purpose Ami.

h y ~ :, ~ ltAGs
u Produce a good
! W.. ..,, The Rhode Island
| ,~aa'd variety of most
's'y point. is being
T.. q cooking apple
Il As a dessert fruit
Ill.,, 4s a free grower in
.s regular and abund-
- u. the best. As
h na - uemand in our
lA,fol,s, Il Steadily CON-
|1,x ~ standard varie-
| b. I No good general
oY. Other, should be
m sa1 and to the
h ' 4a lower grade va.
4Hiculturlst.
~ d. of Nillet,
b o ss'-ng renewed at
| S, ''oR on account of
| nrss The III. oIassaehu u
~''' fhSty-ave tons
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
lily Farming"

AS4 lut Guy
The fact that he puts
II ilan the business
oear He goes into
-' city mans desires.
--AsS the mistake of
Il i mere physical aces
=. Is Important in the
ne IN the city, forget
+~'.aetion in the farm
Inherent kind from
.,e. The result of all
i I'n.ns' as the real
,1S y IaFmins for diver
s', H. but as pat
.AeIy to be a fail
~, and Of freak farm
s,-~ -S That is seIf-sup-
,,>'e' Whatever it's
a 10, o be judged, The
,,, IaSe is that reform
~. e are to come
country Life in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

Rice is said to be the staple food OF
nearly one-half Of the human raca
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-28

A nicely furnished front room and
middle room at No. 8 Garden
Lane, are for rent. 2666-1m
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-28
CHURCH SERVICES.

st. Andrews Cathedral--Ad.
vent Sunday after Trinity
z a, m. Celebration OF
the Holy Communion; $3.50 q.
m. Pule Kakahiaka; IL a. m. Morn
ing Prayer and Sermon; $3.50 p. m.
Pule Ahiahi; 1880 p. m, Evensong
and Sermon.
Church OF st. John the Baptist
(Kslihi-waena) Religious services as
follows: 8 a. m, High Mass, with
sermon and collection for the usual
expenses OF the church; 3p. N. Re-
hearsal; A p. m. Rosary.
Services at St. Clements Chapel
(EpiscopaD Wilder avenue, Punahou
Celebration of the Holy Com
munion; First Sunday OF the month
11:05 a, m. every other Sunday, 7:15
am. Saints days, 6:45 q. m. mathis
and sermon, IL :05 am. evensong and
sermon, 7:20 p. M; daily prayer at
9:42 a. m.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-28
Loan Money Will Bs Here.

Treasurer Kepoikai has decided
to have the recent loan fund, as paid
over by Fisk g. Robinson OF New
York, amounting to $l,007 ,283 ,53,
brought here by each OF the four
local banks in equal proportion.
This morning the order for exchange
were passed over by the Treasurer
to the banks, each Of the banks
giving a receipt for their one-quarter
portion $25l,820 Ss4). 1t is expect
ed that the whole amount will be
here before Christmas at cost to
the Territory of one quarter OF one
percent on the exchange.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-28

stone, and there is no prospect that
it will ever be anything else. think
it would make mighty interesting
reading" az Horace Greeley would
say, if your Washington correspon-
dent could ascertain from the War
and Navy departments, just how
many American soldiers and cailors
have lost their lives in these MAS
matte, malaria stricken jungles on
the coast OF Asia. The subjugation
Of the natives has already cost this
country more blood and treasure
than the miserable plague spots will
ever be worth,snd they are not sub
jugated yet. 10 order to shut the
peoples eyes,the constituted author
tiles that are keeping up this piece
OF political claptrap, have changed
the name Of the vast force OF Ameri-
can soldiers that are constantly me-
cessary to keep anything like order
10 the Philippines, from the army,
to the "constabulary." just think
OF it. A constabulary of thousands
of soldiers. The political mounte-
banks at Washington, know that the
people ars too busy looking after
the almighty dollar to give much of
any attention to what is going on in
this grave yard Of American soldiers.
But we must grin and bear it. The
evil will possibly cure itself after q
while. II it does not, it will kill the
patient. ID. b. M.
Blackwell, Oklahoma, November
8, 1893.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-28
Fire this Morning.

The house in French's lane of
Vineyard near River street occupied
by j @ Taylor was accidentally
burned at 1;30 this morning. 1t ap-
pears that the blaze started in the
parlor and had spread almost to the
living rooms before being discover
ed. The house was owned by James
Finney.