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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-02-08
DOLLAR WHEAT.
Price Touches the Mark in Chicago
First Since 1893.

Chicago, Feb. Cash number 2 red
wheat sold on the board of trade yes
terday at 81 a bushel, two carloads
changing hands at that price. The
wheat was bought by millers. Wheat
has not sold so high in this market,
either for spot cash or future delivery,
since June, 1898, in which month the
Letter deal eliminated. The high
prices being paid at Chicago are the
direct result of a big deal in May wheat
being engineered by Armour.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-02-08
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS TO
CONVENE AT SPRINGFIELD

Chicago, H., heb. 4.-The democrat
ic state committee yesterday fixed
the date of the state convention as
June Il and decided upon Springfield
as the place.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-02-08
Fatalities at Texas Fire.

Justin, Texas, Feb. S.-The resi-
dence of J. ID. Mayfeld was burned
last night and two of his little girls
were burned to death. The mother IS
not expected TO live. Several other
children were badly burned.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-02-08

erals that it was a delusion to suppose
they could count on Irish support by
promising an alternative policy TO
home rule.
Mr. Redmond bitterly attacked the
governments attitude on education IN
ireland. describing il as grossly absurd
and Irreparably harmful to the youths
Of ireland. The governments course
on the Irish university question, he
added. was a dishonest evasion OF an
admitted duty and a grievance which
poisoned the life OF Ireland and con-
demned her 10 failure In the struggle
of nations.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-02-08
MINERS PURSE
FULL OF GOLD
BITUmINoUs COAL DIeGERs RICH
AND RELLIoERENT
DISAGREEMENT DECLARED

Conference Of Miners and Operators
Productive OF no settlement-Re-
ductlon OF Wages EqualIing u Per
Cent. the Bone OF Contention-Nevs
JOINT Scale Committee.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-02-08
PORTO RICO GIVEN
REPRESENTATION
BY HOUSE RESOLUTION ISLANDS
COMMISSIONER SEATED.
MINORITY SUPPORT BILL

Senator Clark, New Democratic States
man from Arkansas, Delivers Maid
en- Address in Upper House-En-
dorses President and Panama Posi-
tIon-Senator Fairbanks Heard.
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
ENSIGN TIhnONS ILL
IN TRIESTE, AUSTRIA
May Be Left Behind When Squadron
Sails-YOung Wife by Bedside
n Hospital

When the North Atlantic Squadron OF
the United States Navy sails from
Trieste on August -. Ensign John w.
Timmons, the son-in-law of Senator
Fairbanks. may remain In Trieste hos
pital. where his wife is nursing him
through an attack of typhoid fever.
Dispatches from Trieste announce that
Lieutenant Commander Winets, of the
Kcarsarge who was III with fever, was
able TO return to the warship, but En-
sisn Timmons is stiH in too serious a
condition 10 permit Of his being moved.
Miss Fairbanks and Ensign Timmons
we're married in Washington six months
ago. and the young onsign's bride went
to Europe a short time ago that she
might he with her husband while the
North atlantic Squadron was visiting
Mediterra mean ports
At the Navy Department the stores
of the epidemic Of typhoid among officers
Of the great American fleet at Trieste
are not credited. The department has
no reports. and it is believed f the dis
ease mad attacked a large number OF
officers a report would have D-cn sub
mltted TO the Secretary OF the Navy.
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
DISTRICT EMPLOYEES TO
STUMP FOR ROOSEVELT
Corporal Tanner, Peyton Gordon, and
Samuel NJ Hawkins Will
Make Speeches.

OF officials employed at the City Hall,
three only will take an active part in
the coming Presidential campaign in the
interests of the Republican party
The best known OF these is Corporal
James Z. Tanner, recently appointed
Register Of Wills for the District.
The Corporal is known as the war
horse of Republican campaigners in
Presidential years. Beginning in 1865
every four years since with the excep-
ton OF the year 1850. when he was un-
der the knife in a surgical operation,
Mr. Tanner has stumped the country in
the interests OF the Republican Presi-
Dental nominee
During the last Presidential campaign
Mr.. Tanner did effective work in the in
terest OF the party in Indiana, Illinois.
South Dakota. Kansas. Missouri, and
Ohio.
Mr. Tanner said q day or two ago
that he will this year offer his services
10 the Republican National Committee.
Another active worker in the Repub-
lican ranks Is Assistant District At
torney Peyton Gordon For several years
he has done effective work in Maryland
and this year he will continue 10 lend
his support TO the national and State
Republican tickets IN that State.
Samuel McComas Hawkins, superin-
tendcnt OF the files room Of the Supreme
Court OF the District, who for two or
three years has taken lively interest
in politics. will this year take the stump
in Montgomery county, Md, in support
of the Republican ticket
The Washington times., 1904-07-22

good for our pocketbooks. It was de-
cided that it would be better for our
digestiOns and our tempers to pay
double price for the meat while it
lasted, and then go without, the
packers getting the extra price to re-
imburse them for their thoughtful
ness. It is not everybody who is
paid to think-at any rate, most OF
us are not paid at the rate of 100 per
cent on the investment, that way.
Perhaps that is the reason for the
rise in the price OF oil, too-putting
us on half rauons. OF course. it would
be distressing to such a great and
good man as John D. Rockefeller to
have anybody Kept in the dark. 4
convenient twilight is much pleas
anter
What a complete and extraordinary
farce it all is, anyway, a combine Of
butchers has got the practical control
OF the meat market, and they raise
and lower prices as they deem best
for the good OF the people. King
George III never went 50 far as that,
and certainly no President ever did.
1t may be that this combination can
attend to cur interests better than
we can, but we never voted it into
power or asked it TO take care OF us.
Moreover, before there was any COM
bine of butchers, people had meat
enough for their good, and, probably,
leaving canned meat out Of the reck-
oning, as much as they do now. That
YVES before you could go into cattle
raising districts and find that no beef
was to be had except such as had
been sent to the city and then shipped
back TO local butchers; and this pc
cuIiar condition OF affairs actually eX-
lists in pretty nearly every part Of the
country.
1t is a good thing to be guarding
the interests OF the people-a very
good thing-when the guardian goes
into the business with the idea of
making a good thing of it.
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
A ..MOTREP OF MEN,

Mother of men and Of mems deep
Whose eyes are tender with smiles and
watching the flow Of the twln!ng
The roamiess streams Of the flowing
years
To thee we bring as we depart
The love of the silent, earnest heart.
It is not for US like a bard that sings
Some pleasant song, to give thee praise.
Thy glory is woven of steTucT things,
OF straining nights and relentless days
Wherein our fathers. strong with fate
Worked In the dark 10 make thee great.
Thy song is sung by men whose hands
Have wrought thee glory with painful
toll.
Who have changed the face of the
earth's wide lands,
Who have cleared the forest and stirred
the soil,
And lit a light where was none before,
And brought new dreams from au UNI
known shore
They have wrought with the strength
Of their eager blood
Past the old confines TO the things be
They have moved in a greater brother
Than even that Of thy wen-beIoved
And the names Of tie deathIess mighty
dead
Are heard wherever thy name is said.
We, too. arc Of thee as they were Of
I'VE feel thy touch which none can
name,
Whose strength is round the hearts that
And leaves no one Of them the same.
Which brings the spark Of "a lasting fire
And lights the eyes with high desire.
For here within thy quiet halls
Is space where boys can dream the long
Far dreams that work some miracles
To mako them men. cicur-eycd and
strong,
With pulses heating 10 go forth
Into the world and try their worth.
Shall we bring songs, then. and pleas
ant flowers,
We Of the day that has just begun
Nay, rather wait for the far-OH hours
When space of labor shall be done,
And as We turn. we viii hail thee then
McthrT " mems dreams. Mother Of
men
Harvard Class Poem. 1885, by =. D.
flCkc.
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
That Cat.

Some time ago there appeared in
one Of the New York papers an ac-
count of a train on the elevated road
which behaved in way alarming to
the passengers. II would move a
short distance, stop, hitch along a lit
tie farther, and stop again; and then
the conductor would look out of the
front door and clap his hands The
trouble was that a scared cat was
creeping along just in front of the
train, and would run a few feet at a
time, then stop and look back. This
continued for more than six blocks,
and it made a pretty good cat story.
Then the tale was told as having
happened on a trolley somewhere in
Brooklyn, and Wednesday il turned
up in the philadelphia Press" as
having occurred in Philadelphia on a
Ninth Street track. Perhaps, if the
tale is left alone, it may be found on
the Rocky Mountain division in
course Of time. but it is time 10 pro-
test, in the interests Of the cat, whose
reputation certainly suffers when il
is represented as not having brains
enough 10 get off a plain trolley
track.
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
PRESIDENT TO MAKE
A PERSONAL INQUIRY
Will Bring Out Colorado Facts by His
Own Methods, Reports Burke,
Miners Representative.

WILKESBARRE. Pa, July 22-Thor-
Oughly satisfied with their visit TO Presi-
dent Roosevelt, the miners representa-
tives VIII report its results 10 the Cen
trail Labor Union next Sunday.
We were assured by President ROose-
welt" said NJ. T. Burke. one Of the COM
mttee, that he would make a careful
investigation, and would leave nothing
undone 20 acquaint himself with the
conditions in Colorado.
He emphasized the fact that his
course was hedged about by the law,
but he " ould adopt methods OF his own.
that would bring out he facts inG>pend-
entity OF the Investigation in process by
the Department Of Commerce and
Labor"
During the half-hoUr meeting PreSi-
dent Roosevelt indicated. IL is reported,
that he was actuatcd IN the coal strike
by public sentiment and that he had
already been visited by citizens from
Colorado and by a well-knowu resilient
OF this section who was conspicuous In
the negotiations for the anthracite strike
settlement
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
THE IRISH OMAR.

Awake, me fun grown Muse Of Irish
song.
I've wur-rked eight hours t'-day-shure
that's not long.
Ne thrImblin' harp proudly take IN
hand
Run Ger the STRINGS. and sthrike EN-
good ar sthrOng.
T is a quare worid-shure quarer pe'er
was seen
You ait an dhrink an shleep an wur-rk
between.
The hopes that in the mornin' riz so
high.
Go up at night like shmOke from this
dhudeen.
a pint of good mixed ale upon the hob.
Corned beef an cabbage an steady
wild Norah crOonin' some ovid Irish
Ameriky's a paradise. begob!
The earth.s an Aiden-on a larger plan.
So longs we've got 10 cints t fill the can.
But oft the sarpint hides behint the
tree.
T. visit sorra on the wOrkin'-mau.
T was Yesterday I seen me brother
Mike
AIixin his morthar quite contlnt, oehke'
TIL TO him KEN the Wallzin' Diligate.
sayin.: quit the job. ye spalpeen. yer
on sthrike"'
on sunday thro' the sthreets I often
STRAY,
And see Pat Reilly sellin' beer all day.
But dark an dismal. tighter nor q
Ghrum
Is Barney Finnegan's across the way.
Howiver. If the times be out Of Tint
An dark disthress is marchin' on behint
I'll throuble yez. my dar'int, for a
dime
For now tbs time TO dnrink another TiaE
Puck
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
England and Russia.

According 20 Berlin, the difficulties
between Great Britain and Russia re-
garding the seizure of the PeninsuIar
and Oriental steamship Malacca by
the Russian volunteer cruiser Peters
burg. have been settled. England has
acknowledged Russia's right to search
the vessel and has given assurance
that the cargo was British govern
ment property. Russia has admitted
that the seizure was a blunder and
will pay the Peninsular and Oriental
Company indemnity. she has also
promised 20 be more discreet in the
future Neither the status of the vol
unteer fleet nor the matter Of passing
the Dardanelles was touched upon,
though those were the things that &C
tually started the muss.
II is said that Russia sought in vain
for European support before answer
ing England, while England informed
the other powers that she should re-
capture the Malacca by force If Rus
STA did not liberate the vessel IN a
hurry.
If this information is authentic, and
it bears circumstantial evidence of
being SO, the understanding reached
The Washington times., 1904-07-22

by the two countries is not so much a
settlement as it is a postponement.
Russia's primary purpose to get her
war vessels through the Dardanelles
remains unchallenged. There is more
than a shrewd suspicion that all the
disturbance she has kicked up by her
actions with the Malacca has been
for the specific purpose of attracting
attention from the main point at is
sue.
As matters now stand, Russia has
several war vessels of the cruiser
type, capable of inflicting much dam
age if they were in the vicinity of the
japanese coast, outside the Black
Sea. where before they were inside
That much at least is pure Russian
gain, and thus far she has not suf-
fered in any way-not even in hum
bled pride-from her daring, and
probably diplomatic, experiment.
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
STATE WOULD GUST
GHICAGO'S | ROAD
Attorney General Asks an Injunction
Restraining the Operation
Of the Loop"

CHICAGO. July 2e--At.orney Gener-
al Hamlin, OF he State Of Illinois. has
fled a bin in court asking that an in
junction be issued restraining the Union
Loop from doics business. A decree is
asked requiring removal Of, .he elevated
structure from The downtown district
II is charged that not one-nalf II the
property-owners' signatures 10 the de-
mand for the loop are genuine. and that
vast sums OF mOrey we're spent as
brides 10 obtain signatures.
The Union Loop circles the downtown
district, and is used by every elevated
road in the city The stock AMI bonds
are 100000.
Il Is said that ahuttius pr5perty-own-
erS are hack II me Hill
The people If TIE State Of Illinois,
says the Information ''ara Interested IN
enforcement Of salu-ary laws and IN the
keeping Of streets and highways in mn
inequalities open for general public use
and free from obstruction The abut-
ting property-owners, under the de-
cisions of the supreme court OF this
State. cannot enjoin the maintenance or
operation or the rC:iwav in the lpOD,
but 1t Is made the special ,luty OF the
attorney general 10 see that such unlaW-
1ul and unauthorized structure in pub
lie highways are enjOined and restrain
ed -
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
Cleveland to the Rescue.

In this weeks Golfers Weekly"
eX-President Cleveland cheers on his
party in an article called STEADY.
Democrats, steady" The article is
likely to aiDord a good deal of amuse-
ment to the opposition, and to become
! a subject of prayerful consideration
by Parker and Hill.
If GabTiels trump were to sound
in Princeton some day, Mr.. Cleveland
would express his feelings on that Oc-
casion in polysyllabic dictionary
words, and il is known that when a
fish gets away with the hook or a
collaT-button rolls under the bureau
the eN,President never loses hold of
his vocabulary. 1t is not surprising,
therefore. that on an occasion so sol
emn rs the dropping OF the gold
stand ard flop on the head Of the Dem
| Ocra5ic donkey by the heroic Judge
Parh er-an event which ought to
teacl that erratic beast something
/ about the law Of gravitatiOn. if any
thing can-Mr. Cleveland gives vent
to Jnis emotions in words of thunder
oJns. sound.
listen to this now:
Il is certainly now time for all who love
j'trne Democracy to calmly survey the situa-
lsJion as il appears since the dust and sHelter
OF. convention controversy have passed away.
He starts out, you see. by splitting
an infnitive into splinters, with the
calm disregard of precedent which
has endeared him 10 a multitude of
people who don't know just what they
want at any time and are ready TO
/ love anybody who will take the trOu-
| bic TO tell them. And here Is some
thing which has a fieeting similarity
/ to that immortal utterance about life
being one grand, sweet song. 1t is an
ancient commonplace clothed in poly
/ syllables, as Hawthorne's witch
dressed q pumpkin-headed scarecrow
in rags and enchanted smoke:
As rrotes,atiors Of affection never fatigue,
20 those who supremacy love a safe standard for
our peoples money cannot hear too often that
7 the gold standard is immutably fixed.
Would not that produce in you the
vibrant agitation resulting from a
sudden shock? II might do Mr..
| Cleveland good to remember. how
ever, that while prOtestations of af-
/ lection may not fatigue the recip-
tents. spoony people make the disin-
/ terested outsider feel sick.
But this is the nectarine of the col
/ lection. 1t is almost as good as a
sentence out of a German scientific
treatise on the subtlety of the four
/ syllogistic figures.
The trepidation and disappointment which i'm
/ Incdiately sIpervened among the masses Of the
/ expectant Democracy did not arise from the
mere absence Of any statement concerning the
/ gold standard. but it represented a perfect and
perhaps instructive realization Of the confusion
and misappreheusion caused among themselves
/ and tho immense advantage given 10 their pO-
! litical enemies by proposing in a fashion 70
/ declare for the gold standard and after discus
/ sion refusing 20 do 30.
AS the governor of North Carolina
/ said 10 the governor Of South Caro-
lima, oratory is the foe Of temperance.
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
Self Appointed Guardians.

A Chicago meat packer is quoted as
giving, by way Of a reason for the
rise in the price of meat, the explana-
ton that it was necessary, in view Of
the store Of meat in the packing
houses. TO put the people on half ra-
lions, and the increased price was the
only way of doing it. This is a de-
gree Of thoughtfulness which is truly
touching, and we are all touched-in
more ways than one.
We were not given the choice Of
having all the meat we wanted while
IL lasted, and then going without al
together. That might have been bad
for US. although 1t would have been
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
QUIETLY Welded
At BRIDES HOME
Boston Man MaPries Il
Washington Wife.
ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED
William Dabney, of Pittsburg, and
Cla1a Tully, of Georgetown, United
in West Street Church.

Prof J. Charles Blake Of the Mes5a
cnusctts Institute of Technology, and
Miss Jane Archibald, graduate ana
teacher Of the University of Colorado,
Were married last evening at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred w. Archibald, 11C6 Fifth Street
northeast The ceremony was solemn
lied by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Kent.
The wedding was quiet one. being
witnessed only by the relatives of the
contracting parties. The couple received
many gifts. including "a silver service
from former pupils of the bride in Col
CradO
After the ceremony a wedding supper
was served.
mr. ana Mrs. Blake left. with many
SoOd wishes for a trip Norti., and Will
make their future home at Dorchester,
near Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Sarah Nordlinger, OF 1892 y Street
northwest, announces the marriage or
her daughter Carolyn To Isaac Behrend.
OF this city, at the Hotel Rudolph. At
l0ntc city, on Wednesday, july %.
Announcement is made Of the engage
ment of Miss Alice Stilwen. Of New
York, daughter OF DIT and Mrs. Benjd-
min Watson StilwelL to Lieut. Ray
Weber, IF the Sixth Cavalry, L. S. A.
The West Street Presbyterian Church,
at Georgetown. was the scene of a pref
ty wedding at O'Clock Wednesday even
ing. when Miss Clara /. FULLY, II Wash
ingtOn. and William H DGlncy. OF
lIttsburg were married 5y the Rev.
William 9. Alexander. pastor Of the
church
The ushers. who seated the large num-
her OF invited guests. were, Lawrence
Polling. H. X. Pimper, Charles y. Soho
field and Edward G. Hancke.
Miss Thelma SchriveUer was flower
girl, and preceded the wedding Earty.
the bride having rs her only other at
tendart. Miss Martha Swinden II. y.
Williams was the bridegroom best
man. The bride wore white organdie
and carried Bride roses, the bridesmaid
and flower girl both wearing white.
After a trip to Atlantic City, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dabney viii make their home in
ClfCa 90
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
ANGRY CROWDS MENACE
PRISONER AT COURT

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. July Pas a
safeguard for the prisoner during a
hearing last evening Alderman Galean
was compelled 20 lock the door OF his
office 10 keep out a score Of men who
threatened 10 do the prisoner bodily
harm.
Walter Liddig was charged with an
attempt TO criminally assault Mrs. Eva
Morris. lie was held under $500 bail for
trial, and Constable ZealOr took hin
from the office through q rear door.
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
LITTLE POEMS OF WASHINGTON LIFE
THE BUILDERS.

Some day people dear TO us.
Than all our wealth more near to US,
Though TO our vision all unknown,
Flesh Of our flesh, bone of our bone,
Shall buy and sell, and work and brew
On our familiar Avenue,
And speak our language, know our ways,
And give us of their blame or praise
Shall we. who make the city they
Must dwell in all their latter day,
Leave to them buildings scamped and mean,
Implanted streets for shadowing green,
And tasks of ours left all undone.
The fathers toll forced on the son.
An added burden in the work
We meanly, vainly chose to shirk?
We know the glory of the past,
When builders wrought their towers TO last.
We have more wealth than these, we say.
We do things in a larger way.
But every scampish builder shows
How little of his craft he knows,
When in the workings of that craft,
He sets one cornerstone called Graft
The Washington times., 1904-07-22
The Question Of Fairgrounds for Children.

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
| wish to express my appreciation OF
the work The Times is doing on behalf
Of the public Fairgrounds movement.
The agitation which this question is
receiving cannot fail TO be productive
Of good results. All that our committee
has been able 10 do is to make a start.
We have tried 10 point the way, and we
fully agree to all that has been said as
to the inadequacy Of the present facili-
ties.
We are thoroughly In accord with the
idea that the Fairgrounds are almost
as essential TO the welfare Of the city