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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-03
BOY SWINDLERT TAKEN
SELLS MOONSHINE STOCKS TO
UNSUSPECTING BUYERS.
After Being Arrested, New Jersey Lad
Makes Full Confession in Court
Government to Own ALI Wireless
Telegraph Stations-News Notes.

Charles L. Murphy, a country youth,
was committed to Jail in Newark, n. j.,
in default of $1,000 bail OH charge of
swindling. When arraigned before Unit
ed States Commissioner Whitehead he
admitted that he had purchased a mail
order list of persons living in rural dis
tricts and that he had written to many
of these persons and asked If they did
not wish to purchase stock that would
yield ga profit of so per cent" The boy
remembered selling 2. J. Robb Of Salem,
Ohio, the complainant against him, $50
worth Of Lunar Oil stock" also Of sell
ing $50 worth Of the same stock to Cap
tain Cairns Of Lima, Ohio. This stock,
he admitted, existed only in his mag
ination. He also sold Western Union
telegraph stock and "Marconi Wireless"
stock, his part Of the transaction ending
on the receipt of the money. Young
Murphy lived with his parents in ram
shackle cottage in a farming district out
side of Berkeley Heights, n. ]. He re-
ceived his mail at Scotch Plains under
the name of James B. Murphy.
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realized that their efforts were useless
and that their distinguished patient could
never rally. The Senator lay as if slceu.
ing peacefully, with no sign of suffer
ing. The breathing became fainter and
fainter and at 2:4S DR.. Litchfeld an.
nounced to those about the bedside that
all was over.
The immediate cause of his death was
exhaustion due to inability to assmiIate
nourishment. III chronic gastritis and in
fammation of the stomach lie the fOun
dations of the trouble. Senator Quays
illness began about year ago. 1t was
a recurrence Of the trouble that bese
him during the latter part of 1900 and
the early days of January, 1901, when
he was undergoing the strain Of des
pertte fight for reelection to the Senate
The death Of Senator Quay dcpry@
the Republican party of one Of its most
skillful political managers. AS chair
man Of the national committee in 1883
he directed the campaign that put Gen
Harrison in the White House. Senator
Quay's greatest triumph was his reclec'
ton to the Senate in 1901 after the pre-
ceding session Of the Pennsylvania Leg
islature, because of the long deadlock
had adjourned without electing a SEM
tor. Charges Of conspiracy to defraud NJ
ST. 70 Syn-a ,Dn, L., ---'-~
was finally acquitted and sent BACK v
the United States Senate.
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A CRUSADE AGAINST DIRT.
Chicago Women Teaching the City an
Important Duty.

The street cleaning campaign now be-
ing fought by the citizens of Chicago
is without parallel in the history OF cru
sades by jewellers in American cities.
Plain, commercial principles have been
applied Chicago has declared she will
be clean and that declaration is being
fulfilled. Self-improyement societies are
doing the work the municipality neglect
ed.
It may astound the country to learn
that it has been the rule in Chicago to
clean the streets only once in twelve
months. The city appropriates annu-
ally $1,10O,O00 for the care of streets
and that includes garbage removal, snow
removal and maintenance of dumps. The
Chicago Woman's Club determined that
the filth must go.
They began the crusade and others
Joined it, so that to-day joint commit
tee cares for a district nine~and a halt
miles long and one mile wide More
than 100 miles Of streets are being
cleaned. Uniformed employees patrol
the pavements and even vacant lots are
being cared for. These are graded and
seeded. Trees receive attention, weeds
are attacked wherever they show them.
selves, and unsightly bill boards are torn
down. It is expected that the outgrowth
Of this movement will be the establish.
ment OF an adequate street cleaning de
partment.
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TRAGEDY IN OHIO PRISON.
Convict Shoots Two Guards, Then Dies
by His Own Hand.

Convict Shoots Two Guards, Then Dies
by His Own Hand.
Frank Greene, g. bank robber in the
penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, shot two
guards and then put a bullet into his
own brain, dying instantly. Guard Hen
ry Gearhart of Ironton was wounded
twice In the breast. Prison physicians
say he cannot live. Guard Albert Hub
Ter Of Trumbull County was shot through
the arm. Greene was working in the
shoe shop. Without warning he started
to fire at Guard Gearhart. The two
men were three feet apart. He fired
twice at Gearhart and both bullets took
effect. Guard Huber rushed to the aid
of Gearhart and was wounded. Greene
used the last shot in the weapon upon
himself. Warden Hershey says he does
not know what caused Greene to run
amuck. The prisoner was i'll with typhoid
fever several weeks ago, and 1t Is SIR
missed that he may have suffered tempo
rary mental alteration. Greene was re-
ceived June II, 1901, to serve ten years
for burglary. He was sent up with a
gang Of six men convicted of blowing
the Somerset bank. The gang was
desperate one. Greene had not given
the prison officials much trouble, al
though he had been reported twice by
Guard Gearhart for trivial offenses.
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BOIL WEEVIL'S DOOM.
ARCH ENEMY OF COTTON PLANT
TO BE DESTROYED.
Agent of Agricultural Department in
Washington Finds Brown Ant in
Guatemala that Eats the Pest and
Species Is to Be introduced Here.

The Department of Agriculture an
nounces that an ant had been found in
Guatemala that is an effective enemy
Of the boil weeyil. 1t will be immedi-
ately introduced into the cotton States.
The greatest significance is attached to
the discovery, which was made by O. +.
Cook, the botanist in charge of the trop-
zeal agricultural investigations of the
bureau Of plant industry. Cabled in
structions have been sent to him to re-
port Immediately to tho department what
assistance he needs in the way of men
and money. During a trip in Central
America last year Mr.. Cook discovered
q cotton grown by Indians which gave
evidence Of being immune from the at
tacks Of the boil weeviL, BY order of
the department he began an investigation
in the province Of Alta Vera Paz, Guate-
mala. The wevils are present there, but
the Investigations show that they are
professionally kept in check by the
presence of an active enemy, a large
reddish-brown ant which is attracted to
the cotton by tho food which it secures
from sets of floral hectares. Mr.. Cooks
investigations show that these ants
spread themselves over fields Of cotton
four or five to a plant, and that they are
constantly engaged in the destruction Of
the boil WeevilS.
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100000 FIRE.
Recurrence of the Terrible Hoboken
Holocaust Narrowly Averted.

Recurrence of the Terrible Hoboken
Holocaust Narrowly Averted.
A duplicate Of the famous Hoboken
pier fire, in which scores of lives were
lost and many valuable vessels were de-
stroyed, struck terror to the water front
residents of New York Sunday, when
seven freight and coal piers Of tho Dea
ware, Lackawanna and Western k0li
road in Jersey City were destroyed sG
failing loss of $5,000,000. 1t seemed
for a time as if the flames would GEL
beyond control and sweep from dock
dock. 1t was only by the most supelhu'
man work of the fremen and the lire
boats that terrible holocaust was avert
ed.
Many thought that the valuable snip
ping section Of Jersey City was dooinel
and the harbor presented an anlnateu
scene as tugs hurried to draw the w
vessels into midstrcam. The screen "
myriads of whistles made the ar feSV
nant with calIiopean discord.
The fire started about 5 O'Clock IL
the afternoon in pier II, on when w
Of barrels of oil was stored, The fahVs
spread rapidly. Pier y was SOo 1er'
long and was soon ablaZe It's eh!''
length, and the fremen who were trFlnS
to fight the fire from the shore, "SI'
able to accomplish but little. The nalt'
swept across to pier IL and De!Vnm
being finally checked at pier D, Wnic" ;,
new coal trestlc, steel framed "La
ironclad. Here the fremen and hrepo"''
made desperate stand and stayeu ~.
advance Of the fire until the oNli'l"'
piers crumbIed and fell into the Wa'','
Although there was but little Nn'"
sparks fell all along the water front ",
the better part Of mile, endanSeIIrr'
the Lackawanna depot and even w., ,~o
Hamburg American and Bremen INV
piers, where the fremen were kept Ou gi
playing streams Of water upon the D"i'
ings and over the ships at their Docs ',,
The building Of the Hoboken Cone
Company, five blocks from the hiG IA.
fire, was set ablaze by burning Dr'nu,a1
but the fremen responded quickly u1I
the building was only slightly dani"ssoI
A number Hf canalboats and se'VI%
tugs were burned, the loss of small Vg :~r
being variously estimated ut from 'N'l''
to 200. 10
The number of freight cars burner S.. :.
not known, but on this class OF ro o. 10
stock and on coal cars the loss VIII ~
heavy. ,,d
During the fire the Lacllawanna nv, ~
its passenger coaches from its yareS ~,
to the Meadows, and one tram " "
dozen box cars We're hauled ou1 u
burning pier and saved. ,ol
Piers IL and IL were full OF gen, ars
merchandise, piers Z, 8, 8 and ~ win vain
used for coal, and pier 6 was w.
loading pier.
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STILL BAR ADJUSTMENTS.


Church Rules.
The Methodist general conference at
Los Angeles decided, by the decisive yea
and nay vote Of Al to 1885, not to make
any change in the church discipline in
the matter of prohibited amusements-
dancing, card playing and theater going.
Immediately after this action by the con-
ference the majority report, to retain the
paragraph and strengthen it by the addi-
ton Of a clause in the advices, as rec
commended by the bishops. was adopted.
The conferences decision on this, the
most momentous question so far as mem
bers Of the church generally were con-
cerned before the body, came at the end
of q heated and lengthy debate. The
most pronounced advocates Of the reten-
ton Of paragraph 24S were women dele
gates. Advocates Of the proposed change
argued that young people were kept out
Of the church by an unnecessarily severe
restriction which was not obeyed by
many in the fold and could not be gen.
orally enforced.
"The man who says / cannot right
eously witness Shakspearean drama to-
night and go to prayer meeting to-Inor-
row night" said Prof. Winchester of
Wesleyan University, "is either ignor-
ant or guilty Of an uncharity that is
worse, in my opinion, than the sin COM
planned Of"
The question Is one which agitated
the minds of the delegates to the general
conference perhaps more than any other
single problem before it. The church at
large took a wide interest in the subject
Of proposed striking out of the specified
prohibited amusements from the disci-
pline, and many memorials and petitions
from all parts of the country reflected
popular opinion in the church on the
matter.
In all sixty-fve memorials were re-
ceived, ffty-fve of which opposed any
change In the discipline on this point and
ten favored various changes A single
petition from Binghamton, N. Y, bear
ing 1000 signatures, was one of the
protests against any change being made.
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THE POOR MANS CHANCE.
Uncle Sam to Give Away 9,OOO.OOO
Acres of Land in Nebraska.

Uncle Sam to Give Away 100000
Acres of Land in Nebraska.
Any head Of a family in the United
States may have a cattle ranch in Ne
braska one mile square by simply ask
ing for it. The offer is made by the
government and there are no conditions
imposed that the poorest cannot comply
with. AS there are nearly 9,OOO,OOO OF
acres from which selections may be made
anyone desiring to become possessor OF
$40 acres of fine grazing lands will have
no trouble finding a tract suitable to his
TASTE
The lands in question have just been
opened by the Kinkaid bill, which passed
Congress and was signed on the last day
of the session. The law becomes opera
tive June 20, 1904. On and after that
date these 9,O00,0 0O-to be exact, SSH
757-acres, many millions Of which COM
prise the finest grazing lands in the
world will be open to the public for
entry as homesteads. AS an example
Of the quality of some Of this land, there
are in Rock County 22O,3O2 acres of
public lands, and yet one railroad sta
ton In mat county ships more hay to
market now than any other railroad
The lands affected by the Kinkaid
bill have been open for homestead entry
In lots of 16O acres each for many
years, but not being suitable for agrl-
cultural purposes and 100 acres not be-
ing large enough on which to raise cat
tie, the lands have never been taken up.
A square mile of this land, however, will
furnish pasturage and feed for 100 head
Of cattle throughout the entire year.
Immense tracts of this land have been
fenced In by the cattle barons Of Ne
braska and it was to have these illegal
" constructed fences removed that the
government last year sent Col. MoSby,
the ex-Confederate cavalry leader and
raider, into the State to enforce the law
regarding these fences. 1t is said that
tho Richards ranch, with headquarters
Mt Ellsworth, Neb, had under such fenc-
ing nearly 100000 acres Of government
land. There were dozens of other great
ranches which also included hundreds
of thousands Of government land within
their fances.
But the Kinkaid bill sounds the death
knell of the cattle kings, whose herds
of thousands roamed the open range,
more effectually than any fence removal
notice which the President might pro-
nulgate. With settlers from all parts
of the United States focking In and
taking ND homesteads of GAO acres each,
the public domain in this State is q
thing of only few months more. Then,
without necessary lands upon which to
Craze their herds, the cattle barons must
go out Of business.
This Is the last large distribution of
good land which the government will
ever make. And it is only the really
poor man who can homestead this land.
Any man owning more than 100 acres of
any kind Of land anywhere is barred
from participating in the Nebraska land
distribution.
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school buildings and premises.
On being informed of this fact he
denied it's truth and threatened
suit unless his demands were
complied with. He was official
lv informed that the board would
gladly render any assistance
they could if he wished to come
here at his own expense and re-
audit his account and verify it's
correctness.
Minutes Of previous meeting
read and approved.
Meeting adjourned to call OF
secretary.
A. 6. Richison, Sec
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WILL DISCHARGE $4,000 MEN.
Wholesale Reduction of Forces on Rail-
roads of the Country.

Wholesale Reduction of Forces ON kali
roads of the Country.
The reduction of the working forces of
the railroads in this country is more
extensive and radical than was thought
a month ago would be necessary. Pres
ent indications are that not less than
$4,000 employees will be dropped from
the railroad pay rolls. A large proper
ton Of these are losing their jobs under
orders from company headquarters to
dismiss from the freight departments
every person not absolutely needed.
Train hands, station men and clerks
have been receiving notices to quit since
April Is, and by June 10 it is expected
that the weeding-out process will have
been completed. With the exception Of
the panic period, beginning in 1898, this
Is the most wholesale reduction Of rail-
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All Around the Globe.

An. unknown woman jumped lnlo y"
river at Niagara Falls and was S" .sr
over the cataract. She left noIe
ing: 'The wages Of sin is death. !,
The American schooner Irene las , utf
captured by the Cuban revenue eu ~,
Arana while illegally fishing for spVIpSi o
close to the north coast Of Pinar dei - !,
In wreck on the Buffalo, koc 1,s.ost
and Pittsburg Railroad, between r w. s
and Creekside, Pa, Engineer Jaln sodlf
Sayres was killed and his fireman O"O
scalded.
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Destroy Many Towns.

|1rding to a dispatch from the Vail
his, Asiatic Turkey, seventeen vii
nave been destroyed by Armenian
ants in the district Of Sassun.
than 600 Armenian families lave
|refuge at Mush, a town in Bitlis.
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Woman Insu1ted, Stays Man.

phi Hastings, IS years old, was
nd killed by Mrs. Frank Hicks in
apolis. Mrs. Hicks says Hastings,
She had known for two years, had
d her during a call. whereupon she
Ter revolver witt. telling effect.
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Harry MAXI, a union miner of Tellu-
ride, Colo. chained to a telegraph pole
by militiamen and members Of the Citi-
zens' Alliance because he refused to dig
cesspool. He bore the torture until
pain and exhaustion caused his submis-
sion. He was then sent to the bull
non -
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eroes Die; Fund Appealed To.

) families of Gideon Marshall and
nand Pillette, who lost their lives
tsburg in a vain attempt to rescue
n TRULY from a well, will benefit
10 Carnegie hero fund, if a move
already started is successful. Gaze
|er Of the fund commission has ex-
I'D a favorable opinion.
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A. 6. Richison, Secretary.

Eagle River, Wis, May 10, 'O4.
Meeting of the executive COM
mittee of School directors for the
Town of Eagle River, Wis.
Present, James White, D. {,
Punches and A. G. Richison.
Minutes of previous meeting
read and approved.
Communication of &c. Clancy
read and voted to be layed on
table.
The following bills were read,
audited and allowed:
D. c. Punches, assisting
surveyor, etc $500
|. c. Severance, merchandise
purchased, etc 27.55
A. Sailor, fuel 1.5O
Steve Bowker, labor on
closet tanks 200
James White, ! years
salary 5000
James White, labor on
closet. etc 600
D. c. Punches, y year
salary 1900
B. f. Walters, assigned to
D. E. Riordan, printing 5000
c. F. Colman, fuel
| Couover SchOOI II. 10
A. G. Kichison, salary as
clerk one year 75.0O
Moved and seconded that bill
of D. Graham for 81 90 and So 90
for George Steinmetz be layed
over for explanation. Carried.
Moved by D. c. Punches that
the action of the board author
izing the clerk to buy $50 feet of
hose for the high school building
be recinded. Motion seconded
by A. 6. Richison and carried.
! Motion made by D. c. Punches
that the President be authorized
to be buy $50 feet of hose for the
high school building. Motion
seconded by James White and
carried.
i No further business for tran
saction, committee adjourns to
call of secretary.
] A. c. R:cflison, Secretarv
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Twenty Hurt in a Wreck.

.nty persons were injured in
on the Cleveland and Pittsburg
near East Liverpool, Ohio. The
aad run into freight cars that had
loose and got on the track.
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,inds Bacillus of Dysentery.

Eellani, the bacteriologist, has dis
ID the bacillus of dysentery, says a
,h from Colombo, Ceylon. He is
*ting the final experiments and
ad paper on the discovery before
|ical association.
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SENATOR QUAY peAn
Long Career of Veteran penns,
Politician is Erdad iVqai

Fohticlan lis Ended, Sa'a
Matthew Stanley Quay, United 6.
Senator for Pennsylvania and ~, 'tata
one Of the foremost men in tbe D years
lican party, died at his home in D. aepu0,
Pa, Saturday afternoon. Earjv D;s 81
day he fell into a stupor from WIKI ~ tae
could not be aroused and while Nv nc
condition the end came. In his Ioa. llla
ments he was surrounded by m nns no
Of his family and many personal oal
litical friends, including his collaon nu po
the United States Senate, Boje ssu De- 10
rose of Philadelphia. eO'
Senator Quay had been unconso.
since 8 o'clock in the morning OS~U
was administered several times ;~ ~ !.
hope Of reviving him, but the pbvsio,sIs
long before the moment of death ca 1u'
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EMINENT TO OWN WIRELESS.

oni Plants Forced from America
Messages to Be Free.
Ivernment ownership of all wireless
Eaph stations at points where over
ia communication is possible has
Idecreed by the cabinet in Washing
land the Navy Department is put
the order into effect. One result
be that Marconi will be forced to
, his stations to Canadian soil. In
of the Marconi station on the Nan
It lightship the department will es-
sh it's own plant, using modifica-
Of the Slaby-Arco system in it's eight
ons. The government will make no
re on messages to and from ships at
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HOW Coal Price Ia Made.

lingness of the public to pay the
It prices for coal and not the cost
lduction is the basis of quotations,
George f. Baer before the inter-
commerce commission.
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Commits Suicide in Paris.

fount d'Oyley, the youngest son of
bin Evans, a prominent American
lis, committed suicide because his
/ was cut off when he eloped with
Iractiye Peruvian.
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|1cDona1d Found Not Guilty.

les Mcdonald stands acquitted Of
urder of Miss Sarah Schaefer, the
I'd, Ind, High School Latin teach
ID his attorney, r. n. Palmer, has
sed to reveal the guilty person.
It1ry was out two hours and thirty
les and took seven ballots.
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infants intrusted to her care. 1t
he who declared he had seen babies
IN into a furnace in the woman's
p. 1t was alleged that he was a
Der of syndicate of baby farmers.
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Attorney General Coleman has render
ed an opinion to the effect that no store
can sell patent medicine in Kansas, urA
less there Is graduate pharmacist In
charge or special permission is granted
by the State board Of pharmacy.
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King of Spain to Marry.

ldrid court gossips report the immi-
of a double engagement Of high
lational Importance. King Alton
is said, will shortly be betrothed
Iincess Louise of Orleans, the sister
leen Amelia of Portugal, while the
cement of Alfonso's sister, Maria
lisa, to the Crown Prince Of Portu-
also expected shortly.
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CONVICTED AS BABY FARMER.
David f. Mosier Found Guilty by
Philadelphia Jury.

criminal court No. 2, in Philadelphia,
returned a verdict of guilty against Da-
vid f. Mosier, tried in connection with
death Of infants. Sentence was suspend
ed pending a motion for q new trial.
Bail was denied. Mosler, VINO was
known under several aliases and as
doctor" was the witness who testified
against woman who kept baby farm
and who was charged with making away
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About 5000 workmen employed in the
building trades were rendered idle as the
result Of strikes ordered by Philadelphia
unions.
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Great Victory for Japanese.

flowing the capture of kinchow,
japanese stormed Nanshan Fill,
} feet high, surmounted by heavy
ry, and covered with trenches and
5. After sixteen hours of fighting
charged up the steep sides, aided
.e fire Of three gunboats in Kinchow
and drove the Russians back. A
ian report places the Japanese loss
1000 killed, and another report says
Russian loss was heavier.
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Ionors for Young Oriental.

0 Chu, son Of WI Tingfang, for
Jhinese minister to the United
I, has been graduated at the head
class in the Atlantic City high
. There were thirty-one pupils in
-lSS.