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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03


der they were called the fighting Nc
Cooks
Mai. Gen. McCook was born in Ohio
in 1881 and graduated from the Mill
tary Academy On July /, 1852. From
1853 to 1861 his name is associated
with campaigning against the Indians
upon the plains on which Denver is
now situated.
Gen. McCook obtained a commission
as colonel of the First Ohio Voiun-
teers in 1861, and served throughout
the war, receiving various commissions
and brevets for signally distinguishing
himself in a large number Of battles.
Among the principal battles he was
engaged in were Corinth, Shiloh, Perry
vile, Bull Run, Pittsburg Landing,
Murfreesborough, Stone River and
Chickamauga.
At the close of the war be resigned
as major general of the United States
Volunteers and became lieutenant col
onel of the Twenty-sixth Infantry,
regular army. He was stationed at
most of the principal posts of the
west. He was colonel and staff aide
de-camp to the general in chief July,
1875. He became colonel of the Sixth
Infantry, December Is, 1880. He was
In command at Fort Douglass, Fort
Leavenworth and other stations up
to July 10, 1890. He became brigadier
general, United States army, July 10,
1890.
In 1894 he became a major general
and retired from the service in 1895.
He married Miss Annie M. Colt, of
Milwaukee, in 1869. Her mother, Mrs.
Henrietta Colt, gave much Of her time
and her ample means to the promotion
of the objects of the United States
Sanitary Commissions during the war.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03
DEATH OF A NOTED SOLDIER.
Major General McCook, Who Passed
Away Recently.

Major General McCook, Who Passed
Away Recently.
In the death of Maj. Gen. Alexander
Mcdowell McCook, which took place
at Dayton, O., another old Indian
fighter and a distinguished officer of
the civil war passed away.
Gen. McCook was a member of the
famous fighting McCook" family,
whose earliest ancestor in this coun-
try, George McCook, was implicated
in revolutionary movement in Ire
land against English rule and who
came to America 60 years ago, offered
his services to the government and
was commissioned a major. He fell
while opposing Gen. John Morgan in
one Of his raids His ten sons entered
the military service Of the north, three
of them dying on the battlefield.
John McCook was physician and
had five sons. John served in the
civil war as a volunteer surgeon and
his five sons joined the army of the
north. Thus in that great struggle
seventeen Of the McCooks lent their
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

A saleswoman in a Paris dressmak-
er's establishment, whose salary was
twenty-five hundred dollars a year,
accepted an offer Of three thousand
dollars from rival firm, and promis-
ed to forfeit two thousand dollars If
she broke the new contract There
upon her employer advanced her salary
to thirty-seven hundred dollars, and
agreed to pay the forfeit provided she
would make no change. These figures,
which have recently been brought out
in a French court, have more than
local interest, for there is some reason
10 believe that rich Americans pay
the bills.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

Ne parents who have the means to
buy decent clothes would allow a son
or daughter TO so out in seach of a
position without seeing to it that he or
she Is neatly dressed. Appearances
count for much, and clothes and a
clean face are SO obvious that they
are usually we'll attended to. Man
Hners come next. They should come
first, it may be: but, not to quarrel
about that, they generally get some
attention in the final instructions, if
it is nothing more than Now mind
your manners. Jimmy, and be polite
to the gentleman" There still re-
mains one other thing-we are now
considering appearances, not character
and that Is the speech Of the appli-
cant, the language in which he states
his case and answers questions. Here
u Is that many a boy or girl undoes
al that neat clothes, clean hands and
an acceptable Difference have accom-
plished. Are your parents living?''
'Nope-er-that Is. not both of 'em
amt. I got mother, but amt got
no fatherW Indeed, he does not get
any further, because the prospective
employer does not want q boy from
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

For many hundred years manufac-
turers and craftsmen of various kinds
guarded the secrets of their trade as
if success depended upon keeping COM
petitors ignorant Of their methods.
Monopoly of trade was sought through
monopoly Of knowledge. The day of
the trade secret has passed, although
there are some survivals where manu-
facturers are not content with the
short monopoly that the patent system
gives to them. In its place has dawn
ed the day Of trade conferences, in
which men discuss processes of man
ufacture and methods of sale. Last
winter a committee Of Englishmen en-
gagged in various trades visited the
United States to study American meth
DDS. The American factories were
opened to them, and all information
which they sought was given freely.
They reported the result Of their in
vestigations recently. A company Of
German agricultural experts have been
in this country studying American
farming methods, In the hope that
they may improve agricultural condi-
tons at home. It is only in recent
years that Europeans have begun to
study America, but Americans have
been learning from Europe for long
time. The consular service, greatly
improved in recent years, has supplied
much information to American produc-
ers. Men engaged in distinctively in
tellectual occupations have long recog
nized the necessity Of getting together
to compare notes and to talk over the
things in which they had common
interest The conferences of ministers
and the medical associations are gecd
examples of the practice. Although
there have been boards of trade and
chambers of commerce for years, the
trade conference in it's present form is
a recent product. 1t Is the result of
the broader education of the world,
which has made men dissatisfied until
they have learned all there Is to know
about the thing in which they are in
terested, whether it be the manufac-
ture of locomotives, the raising of
beets or the origin of Greek roots.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

WIUOW dIIU SIII
gularly her first husband was Black
burn-Judge H. 81. Blackburn. Of Mar
tinsburg, w. Va. Judge Blackburn
was the law partner Of Ward H. La
mon, President Lincoln's old associate
and friend, and during his lifetime
Mrs. Blackburn was one of the leaders
Of social life in the old State. Before
her first marriage she was Miss Nc
Henry, of Maryland, the daughter Of
Robert McHenry, noted lawyer.
After her widowhood four years ago
she moved to Washington and became
the companion Of her mother, who died
a few months later.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03
srnnidlv Proper.

An editor of a small American paper
recently stated that he had been kissed
by one of the most beautiful married
women in the town. He promised to
tell her name in the first issue of his
paper next month. In two weeks the
circulation of his newspaper doubled.
But when he gave the name of his
wife he had to leave town.-Fourth
Estate
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

Nine. Toselli did not like a novel
written by NJ. Henri Cauvin, and when
she saw the author on the streets of
Nice, France, the other day she took
two shots at him. The cable says,
lone bullet was deeply embedded in
M. Cauvin's flesh" If this method of
diseouraging literary endeavor be-
comes popular the Authors Club will
have to take out mere accident insur-
anee
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

L1dIElSu W Sclld
tor James Black
burn, Of Kentucky,
q year ago. She
is a, woman Of
great beauty and
possesses a per-
sonal magnetism
which rapidly turns
acQuaintances into
friends.
Before her mar
riage to Senator
Blackburn she was
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

Leander has been outdone by that
across the Platte River because he
was lonesome without his bride. What
a story to tell when this man grows
old and gathers his grandchildren
about his kneet
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

The women's clubs are to establish
a fund through which they hope to
discover how many poor widows"
will be affected by the new child labor
law. Heretofore certain violators of
the law have found these suffering
persons In great number.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03
The Hotel of the Next Century.

Clerk-Michael, are you about
through moving those trunks?
Porter-Yis, sor; in few minutes
Clerk-Well, when you've finished
stretch the lifenet over the front pave
ment. Mrs. Hibawl has just tele-
phoned from the top floor that her
husband has fallen out Of the front
Window.-Smart Set.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03
Merely a Sample.

Agent-This, sir is a model apart.
ment.
Prospective tenant-very good. And
what will be the dimensions of the
real one?-New York Sun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

A New York man has gone crazy
because a report that he was heir to
@ fortune proves to have been false
It is always we'll to refrain from get
ting worked up over such stories until
one can put his hands on the money.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03
The Author and His Living.

Mrs. Woodby Ruyter-What doe
YOUR husband do for living?
Mrs. KauttoR (haughtily) an
author.
Mrs. Woody RuytT-I know, so is
mine; but / say, what does your hus-
band do for a living Philadelphia
Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Al communications for thts paper should be scce0A
nsned bv the name Of the author; not necessarily fa
publication but as evidence of good faith on the par
Of the writer Write only side OF the paper Be
particularly careful In giving names and dates 10 na't
the letters and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

One dairy writer suggests that the
COW which kicks never hits a sensible
man. Not if the sensible man side
steps before the cows northwestern
corner reaches him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03
The Club Was Handy.

BEG pardon said the long haired
visitor, "but is there literary club
around here anywhere 2"
yes" replied the editor, significant.
IL, as he reached under his desk. Are
you a literary man?"-Book Lover.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03
Automobile Perfls.

"Yes, our Black Spook' was demol-
ished by running into barn"
Then l suppose you had to Walk?
mo, we had to run. The farmer
came after us with a pitchfork and
bulldog. Philadelphia Record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

The wife of q Berlin banker has
been arrested for throwing a bouquet
that struck the emperor on the helmet
with such violence that it frightened
the empress. This is simply awful.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

President Draper, Of the University
OF Illinois, said in his baccalaureate
sermon: Ordinary sense Is a matter
Of inheritance and of home life" 1t
would seem, therefore, that a good
many people never had ancestors and
must have grown up In institutions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

We feel grateful to those club
women who were generous enough to
call man a capital background" If
there is anything which the average
woman needs to-day it is a good male
background with capital-plenty of
Il
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

Ozonize the water Is the latest
ukase of science. AS the apparatus
for doing this costs only two or three
hundred thousand dollars, no house
hold should be without it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

There bave been many good things
said of Richard Henry Stoddard, the
aged poet, who died not long ago IN
New York. He was an old-fashioned
man, with old-fashioned notions Of
honesty and courtesy, and nature
as fine as spun gold. And the sweet
est story Of his life was his love for
his wife. Half a cntury ago, he mar
ried her and for 90 years he made
her happy. They say that true love
and real sympathy speak without
words; that a man and woman, their
lives in tune, can sit hand in hand
and each understand the very heart
throbs of the other without one spoken
word. That is true, sometimes. 1t
means a devotion that is unselflsh and
holy. When a man lives for years
with that kind of human comfort at
his fireside, there can not be much
in life after death has entered his
household. When Mrs. Stoddard was
dying, she smiled fondly into her hus-
bands face, touched his hand with her
wan fingers and whispered, "Good-by,
dear. l am going and you must take
care of yourself" He stood by her
open grave with the sun shining on
his grand face and told the mourners
what one woman had done to COM
pIetely fill the life of her husband.
After that he didn't want to live. You
are young. There are no aches in
your bones, no great sadness in your
heart You can't and do not under
stand how a human being can yearn
for the end of material things. Pray
that the day when the sun goes out
for you may be long deferred. Rich
ard Henry Stoddard survived his wife
eight months and died happy in the
belief that in the great mysterious
somewhere he would again feel the
strength of her presence, the glow of
her tender affection. He wrote many
beautiful things; he penned nothing to
equal the love story of his own life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

What Of Guatemala is not covered
with lava and ashes is as friskily revo-
lutionary as ever. Something is brew
ing down there.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

General Howard thinks schools will
stop the Kentucky feuds. They may,
but think of the first school teachers
who go in there to do business.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

It happens with alarming frequency
that Russia's conversational gentle
ness is in marked contrast with what
is actually going on in it's affairs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

Poverty is conducive to longevity
because the poor man is always hop
ing for a streak of luck.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

Spain still controls the Cuban shoe
market, though she no longer has any
footing in the island.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

If some politicians were not con-
tinually cartooned people would soon
forget they existed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

The round peg in the square hole
usually finds fault with the square
peg in the round hole.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03


photography and there is a
professional OF the
the
skill attachments
while fouh
who have but the
rule of thumb and when called to travel outside
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

Marconi should next proceed to I'LL
long-felt want by in5enting wire
less politics.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03
POPULAR IN WASHINGTON.
Wife of senat tor Blackburn Twice Webs
a Man of That Name.

One Of the most popular women Of
the senatorial circle in Washington
is Mrs Mary e. Blackburn, who was
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

Calamity teaches the kinship or
man
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-03

What the average man needs io
theories that are nonexplosiYe.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
Miners File Suits.

Eugene Ensley, attorney for the Min
ers' union, filed four suits in the district
court at Telluride last Saturday against
Sheriff J. c. Ru,an and his bondsueu,
the American Bonding and Trust com-
pany. The aggregate smonnt OF the
damages asked is 5000.
The actions are brought 10 the names
Of Guy E. Miller, president OF the Mic
ers' union; Louis Macammi. Tony Lam
gert aud Martin Marchiano. With the
exception OF Presideu, Miller. warrants
were issued for the arrest OF meu on
charges OF conspiracy.
The complaint alleges that the sheriff
uuIawtully aud torcibly and without
cause or provocatiou confined the de-
PENDANTS in the county Jail and that the
course and conduct OF the sheriff was
wanton and reckless 1t alleges that
each OF the defendants was uulawtully
detained from performing his business.
and asks that each be reimbu in
the sum Of $1,000
II - sdiu Ahai uNucE suis Will De uleu
aud as soon as General Englsy has pre-
pared the papers an action will be
brought against the county TOR unlawful
Imprisonment. Applications for iuiuuc-
tious against the Citizsna' alliance will
also be filed. The nature OF the iuiunc-
ton suits could not be learned. but it is
supposed the court will be asked to re-
strain the Citizens alliance or any OF its
members from interfering with future
negotiations between the mine manag
ers aud the uEiou.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
MORE SIGNERS NEEDED.
secretary Hitchcock Intinates
That $4,000 Acres More is Ne.
cessary for the Construction Ct
the Gunnison Tunnel.

In recent report of the Secretary OF
the Interior TO Congress. he mentions
Inc Gunnison tunnel project and says
there are now 5000 acres subscribed,
out iha' more acreage must be secured
oetore construction work can be begun.
The government through its officials
has several times set the figures at 10000
acres OF land to be subscribed by in.
dIvlduals. The figures show that there
are $1,000 listed. SO that 5000 acres
more is necessary to fill the entire de-
mand of the government Secretary J.
f Kyle. OF the Uucompahgre Valley
Water Users association. says that it is
bis opinion that the department is going
| TO insist on the association securing the
| 1000 acres necessary to make up the
| $1,000 called for. Tee books Of the as
ISOLATION show that there are some 1900
OF loan c1mpany's land not yet listed
| These companies have objected TO sign
ing Tor water on the grounds that Their
attorneys hold that such acts would b..
cloud oG the title and lien on the
land. 1t is quite likely that large
amount OF land in the two counties
outside OF these loan companies may
yet be secured. but il is not thought
probable that the entire 1900 acres can
be obtained in this way. but it is neces-
sary that some Of these loan companies
land be listed and the owners sign con-
tracts for water or else failure may be
the result. The Water Users association
met at Montrose last Saturday and
began a campaign OF education and for
more signers OF contracts. Severa
thousand acres OF land owned by actual
residents is yet unlisted with those
owners who have sigued contracts. A
number OF land holders have only signed
contracts for part OF their land.
A petition was circulated last Satur
day asking the Secretary u the later: ,.
to give go audience to com mittee os
delegation OF citizens from Delta aud
Montrose counties. 1, is likely that
this committee will be sent to Washing
ton 80 as to ascertain exactly what re =
quirements are expected.
The citizens OF Montrose and Delta
counties cannot afford to let a little
thing like 1900 acres of land stand iu
the way OF a proposition OF such magui-
tude and importance to this section Of
Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
News from Over the Country
Briefly Told.

1t is reported that Colombia has
landed 900 more troops at the Isle OF
Pines on the Atlantic side of the isthmus.
Congressman Shafroth hss introduced
a bill making it a punishable of!ense to
multitate or destroy coins Of the govern
ment currency.
The military force at Telluride was
slightly reduced last Saturday and forty
Of the soldiers were allow ed to return TO
their homes.
Secretary Moody has cahled to the
naval commanders 10 South American
waters to allow Colombia to take the
initiative in the event OF hostiIities
Relations ara said to be becoming
very strained between Japan and Russia.
1t is reported that japan has practically
sent al ultinatum to Russia and war is
expected at any moment.
The cruiser New York. which is al
Seattle, has been ordered to San Fran
cisco as soon as repairs are made. From
there the ship is to proceed TO the
isthmus as Admiral Glass flag ship.
The news comes from London that the
Independence mine formerly owned BY
Stratton at Victor hiss paid s4.0o0!00(
during the past year in dividends. The
mine is nov owned by an English syndi-
cate consequently it's profits go to Eng
laud.
Fire broke out in the girls doruitory
OF Waldon university. at Nashville
Tennessee. last Friday night and seven
of the colored girl students are dead
Ths fire spread rapidly and the Stair
being Gu, of the girls were forced to
jump from the fourth story. Besides
the dead seventeen are badly injured.
What seems TO be an attemp. on the
part OF the Chicago hotel managers to
raise rates during the uatiopal Republi.
can convention is to be nipped in the bud
by the Republican national committee
Postmaster General Payne. OF W W4shinx
ton. d. c.. telegrsphed to Chairman
Hanna in New York that evidence had
come to him indicating that extortion.
ate rates have been fixed by the Chicago
hotels and suggesting that unlees as.
surances are at once forthcoming that
the regular rates are TO be charged. the
national committee would rescind its
action 10 ssleciios Chicago.
During the past week Chicago has
been experiencing one Of the most an
noying. il not one OF the most important
strikes in it's history. OF livery drivers
Police have been called upon frequent
Iy to escort interrupted funeral parties
and fabulous offers have been made for
buses by the mourners. Livery busi.
ness has been practically suspended
in the entire city. While representatives
OF $50 livery owners in Chicago are de-
ma ndiug from Chief O'Neil aud Mayor
Harrison police protection for funerals
during the strike many obsequies were
abandoned and the dead OF the city went
unburied or we're borne to the cemeter.
ies in express wagons.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
The Public Printing.

From Psonia Gazette
As the most disin terested party in the
case, the Gazette desires a word to the
publishers OF Delta county regarding
the county printing 10 oe let next month.
OF all people with whom our county
deals, the newspaper fraternity is the
only class that does not use business
sense. II the county needs ten thousand
feet OF lumber they do not expect the
dealer OF whom they purchase it 10 lay
it down al loss and We are proud in
being able to say that Delta count! does
not contain lumber merchant who is
SO devoid Of business sense as to do so
and rs We cast our mind over other
articles purchased by our county we
find the dealers therein are none OF them
struck with business Stiffness. except
the procession represented by the
Gazette. 1t has been the aim OF this
paper to elevate the standard Of Journal
lem at all times and We plead with our
Delta county publishers not TO make a
spectacle OF themselves by offering to
do work for the county at positive lose.
,s is nov being done. The statutes OF
Colorado tix the proper remuneration
for your work aud competitive bids
should be unknown. Let the comis-
siouers give it TO whom they will. but
let that paper have for its work the pay
to which it is legally entitled.