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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
INTERCEPTED THE CZAR'S MAI
Convincing Proof of the Bondage o.
That Ruler.

|
A very striking proof Of the Cars
| bondage was recently afforded when
| the Gear dispatched one of his per
sonal favorites, certain M. Klopof
into the central provinces os Russia
tc report on the true condition of a:
fairs there, about which he had pre-
viously received official information
He desired to test the accuracy Of
bureaucratic reports, but he knew that
letters from M. Klopoff direct to him
would inevitably be opened ard sup.
pressed If they contained statements
Of which off1cialdom disapproved. In
order to avoid this espionage, he or
dered NJ. Klopoff to mail his reports
in small envelopes Of the pattern used
for private letters, not straight to the
palace, but to the address in ST. Pc
tersburg Of a certain General Hesse
General Hesse was entrusted with tie
secret, and he undertook personally
to carry all the letters received from
NJ. Klopoff to the Gar NJ Klopof
went on his mission, but out of eigh-
teen letters which he posted to Gen
eral Hesse for the Gar only five
reached their destination. A strong
ruler would doubtless make vigorous
effort to Hberate himself from this
tyranny, but the Car is essentially a.
weak man. The unhealthy, pale al
most gray color of his complexion be
trays his want of physical health and I
strength, while the amazing inconsS
tencies Of his reign indicate successive
surrenders to conflicting influences
Is characteristic of his weakness tlaI
he never strikes out new line Oh
thought or action on his own Initiative 3
and that his decision on any given Il
question of policy is nothing more
than the choice which of two or more
courses recommended to him by dH
ferent advisers shall be followed. he
is never leader like the German ELI
peror, but is continually being led N
some influential man or group of nell
Success.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
His Unnecessary Protest.

Give me fifty two-cent stamps
| said the man who seemed to be in 6
hurry, stepping up to the stamp win
dow. The post Office clerk laid before
him sheet Of the new worlds fail
stamps" with the portrait Of Thomas
Jefferson upon them.
DO you think l want handbills? p
1rritably asked the man, picking up the
sheet and frowning at it. when ]
buy postage stamp 1 don't want one
big enough to wrap around the let
ter"
"Well, .sir," said the clerk, "you
know"
Eyes, know it's the custom to get
out special stamp every time there's
big exposition held, but don't see
the necessity Of trying to make the
stamp as big as the exposition. There
ought to be reasonable limit to eyery-
thing
But"
heard man say the other day
that he saved time by just sticking the
letter on the stamp, instead Of irving
to stick the stamp on the letter Il
looks to me like an unfair thing for the
government to go into competition with
the manufacturers of porous plasters. ;"
Certainly, but
It's precious bit Of nonsense. he
sides, You put one Of those big stamns
on letter, and just as likely as not
you make it overweight. Then You've
got to buy another stamp to paw tho
postage on postage stamp. That's
one of Uncle Sans little conf,donoo
games. If everybody would refuse to
take them
VIII you let me get In a word
ed2eWlse" asked the clerk
certainty. I'm not tindering Won
What is it?'' 'ou'
1 was trying to say that Won don,+
nave 10 buy any of those new sta,nn.
we nave plenty Of the old ones a.
hand" vi
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
{: 9Al5S;;ss{(e SIDE SIDE;
The News ~
~~ooo~~~

Japan's board Of strategy, on the con
trary, appears to be getting results.
That British mission which intends to
retire from Tibet is still intending to re-
tire
The Hague tribunal is still shut down,
but the Krupp gun works are going day
and night.
International law appears to be about
as lucid as law made by the ordinary
State Legislature.
Just the power Of habit may have
caused the latest outbreak against law
and order in Colorado.
Some Constantinople humorist has ca
bled it as a matter Of news that the Turk
is evading his promises.
If Mrs. Maybrick misses her inherit
ance she may have to turn her attention
to elevating the stage.
The optimistic person who thinks he
can change the popular pronunciation Of
Niagara to "Ne-a-gar-ra," with the ac-
cent on the gar" is probably the lone.
soonest man on the earth.
Unless Russia differs greatly from 9th.
er nations some desk strategists in the
home war office are already pointing out
how much better they could have done
than either Stoessel or Kuropatkin.
Pennsylvania BARRIERS. it is said, will
refuse to cut tie hair Of man who
shayes himself. This brings up the ques-
ton. will wife who truly loves her hus-
hand learn to cut his hair for
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
ARlZONA'S AGATE BRIDGE.

In the "Petrified Forest" Of ArzoN"
there is a natural bridge, across MAJ
row canyon consisting of the petrllleU,
or agatized, trunk Of tree, III lee'
in length. The petr;fied trees i'll lnI
region are believed to have fourlsne"
in the Triassic age. Most Of them arc
allied to the Norfolk island pine IAlr
caria) of to-day, but some resemp,
the red cedar. Prof. O. G. S. CarIu
thinks that the petrifcation was du'
to soluble silicates derived from tD'
decomposition Of the feldspathic &C.
ment found in the sandstone of tnS'
locality.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
English Birth-Rate DECLINING.

le English birth-rate has declined Il
Y per cent during the past twenty years
\ \ London doctor with very large
81 middle-claSS practice states that from
~ the facts which come to his knowI
s. edge every day he is forced to the con
clusicn that within a few years Lon
dOn's birth rate will shrink to an al.
most incredible extent
The fact at present is" he said,
that the weekly birth rate in London
II shows a decline of nearly forty births,
I past ten years. This means that Lon
II don is losing a natural increase of 20
II 600 children a year, which will mean
u probably 100000 during the next ten
i years. / expect that the decline will
Il be even more marked, for l find that
1 the idea that children are luxury to
4 be avoided is rapidly spreading among
the working people.
i Twenty years ago the danger arose
i among the aristocracy; ten years ago
| it began to spread along the middle
| classes; now the working man is saw
| ing the same thing: We are not going
| to be bothered with children. We've
| got enough to do to keep ourselves
| The question is one which vitality af
| fects the future of London, for the
growth of this idea brings us face 70
face with the fact that before very
many years the natural increase of
London's population will cease
Tbou tall of M So,ity ,.,.1o 4I,ss.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
Fails to Get New Bond,

The National Surety Company of Mil
waukee, after agreeing to grant the new
bond of $350,OO0 for State Treasurer
Kempf of Wisconsin required by Gov.
La Toilette, has decided on legal advice
not to de so. Papers have been served
on the Governor to prevent him from re-
moving Kempf until the expiration of his
term in January
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
Private duplicates Self and Others.

Captain Newcomb, in charge of a COM
pany at Fort Sheridan, H., has notified
the officials of Athens, Ohio, that he has
secured a confession from Private w. J.
Galligan of the Fourteenth artillery i'm
plicating himself and five other members
of the battery in the Athens row recently
in which an Ohio militiaman was killed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
II CUR DOLLARS IN MEXICO.
Over 100 American Companies Doing
Business There.

4
The extent of the American CONNER
cial invasion of Mexico is not fully
realized, writes Frank H. Taylor, in
the Booklovers' Magazine. A year ago
it was officially reported that more
than ], 100 American companies were
doing business in Mexico. Of the capt.
tai from this country invested there,
about 20 per cent is placed in rail
roads. All of the lines except those
| connecting the capital with Vera Cruz
and the National Tehuantepec' Rail-
way, are owned Or controlled by Amer
Il leans. Eighty per cent of all Mexican
4 railroad property is held in the United
4 States. Eighty millions of American
Il dollars are engaged in Mexican mines,
A principally in Sonora, chihuahua and
Durango. The mining outputs of the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1908,
amounted to $145, O0O, O00-valued in sill
ver-being an increase of nearly so per
cent over any previous year. In the
same time nearly 5000 new mining
enterprises or II per cent Of the
j whole, were launched,
! In various agricultural ventures,
] Americans have $2S,OOO,O0O staked.
i Varied manufactures in federal dis
! triicts and in Nuevo Leon absorb much
II American capital. In Sinaloa we also
s operate a profitable group of sugar re-
. tineries. To the northward many great
! iron and steel plants are in evidence.
!. One of them, just completed at Monte
| rey, has cost fully $1OOO0,OOO.
I. About 120 cotton mills have been
: built in various parts of the republic.
4 The fine Hercules Mills, at Queretaro,
] which are embellished by tropical gar
J dens, are the most notable. Another
! plant, owned by the French, and To-
] Gated at Rio Blanco, in the State Of
] Vera Cruz, employs LOO hands
nearly all males-and ranks as one of
J the largest in the world
/ Other favorite American invest
:, ments in Mexico are in electric power
i and lighting, telephones, traction,
!, water and gas plants, improved, pave
!. ments, and suburban land ventures.
In the capital Americans are interest
/ ed in the banks, and have many agen-
] cies for all kinds of articles, from sew
| ing machines to "autos." Of her i'm
ports Mexico buys $42,OO0OO0 worth
of goods Tor five-eighths per cent of
the whole from the United States, and
we buy from her nearly an eQua!
amount Tor so per cent of her total
expectations.
All Mexico is accessible to Ameri-
cans, and they can travel anywhere in
safety.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
SEE ATTEMPT TO HIDE CRIME.
Mutilated Body of Young Man Found
on Railway Tracks.

on Railway Tracks.
Murder is the theory Of the local po-
lice officers in the case of Maynard Blk
by, whose mutilated body was found on
the Michigan Central railroad tracks near
Orion, Mich. Bixby, who was 10 years
of age, lived with his parents in Orion.
He was with friends when last seen. He
left them shortly after midnight Satur-
day night, pulling out his watch as he
departed and saying that he was going
home. The watch was not found in the
clothing on the body, and this fact, cou-
pied with the finding Of a blood-stained
stone in the neighborhood of the tragedy,
furnishes the evidence of foul play upon
which the police are working.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
Kills Himself in Church.

The body of Conrad Ringle was found
in the Finley Methodist church in Gin
cinnati when the janitor was opening the
sanctuary for Sunday school. 1t devel-
oped that he remained after the Wednes-
day night prayer meeting and took car
bolic acid with suicidal intent The
empty bottle was found by his side.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
ExD,osious in Betting Ring.

Dynamite cartridges were exploded in
the betting ring Of the Hawthorne race
track in Chicago, three persons being in
jured, while hundreds were panic
stricken. Robbers are suspected.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
r. & O. Crash Injuries Sixteen.

In a head-on collision between two
Baltimore and Ohio passenger trains
near Glenwood, Pa, four persons were
injured severely and twelve sustained
minor injuries.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
Proceeding Against Letter Stopped

The United Mine Workers OF America
have withdrawn all the papers filed by
them in the proceeding to enjoln Letter
from importing miners to work IN the
Zeigler. Ill.,, mines. No reason is gwen
for this action.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
Jews in Rus.,.

inere Sre at present over 5,OOO.OOO
Jews IN Russia. It is estimated that
SINCE the laws of May" more than
oo9ooO OF them have been driven ont
OF the villages and compelled to ~.
crease the oyererowding in the pha4ta.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
..asLan Cable Is Completed.

The new government cable connecting
Alaska and the Arctic regions with
American land lines was spliced SUNDAY
Inv the cable ship Burnside in Puget
Sound a telegram of congratulatlon
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
Rnxa Yellow Pine Land.

Edward Hines Of the Edward Hines
Lumber Company of Chicago purchased
10000 acres of yellow pine land in Mis-
sissippi.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
YOUTH WEBS A NURSE
SON OF PHILIPPINE GOVERNOR
is THE GROOM.

Bride Is Girl from Illinois Who Saved
His Life from Destruction by Fever
Muti1ated Body Of Young Man Found
on Railroad Track.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02

target order
nfemen
This connected
pu inserted in the BEAM the attached team
galop the
efficiency craftsmanship.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02
Removing Battle Scars.

British officers are having the sea,
of face wounds removed by the use VI
light rays. The London Mail say
The custom Is rapidly growing OF SUI
ge0na. sending their raafinrltS to lafSd
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02

They talk of majority rule in this
country. It's a joke more than hale
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-21
For Weak and Nervous People.

We have Il cure for nervous and I'M
steady people, weak, fleshless people,
and plmply, pale or sallow people; peo-
pie who are troubled with loss of ambi-
ton, failing memory, depression of spir-
its, lack of confidence, nervous head
ache, and wakefulness, all these symp-
toms are produced by weakened nerves,
brought on by the watery condition of
the blood. Make strong, rich, red blood.
and furnish food for the nerves is the
way to stop the source of the disease,
and the cure then is only n question of
days. The best flesh and blood builder
is DIR. Gums Blood and Nerve Tonic,
in tablet form to take at meal time.
Sells at 75c u box, or boxes for 50, at
all drug stores, or sent postpaid on re-
eeipt of price. People gain from l to 3
pounds of solid healthy flesh per week,
by the use of this medicine that is an
indication that it is doing good. Ad.
dress DR.. Bosanko Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For sale at F. L. Janeck's Drug store. 2
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-21
GOOD YEAR FOR HONEY.
The Experience of a Novice in the Bee
Industry-Finds Bees Have
Worked Well.

\ Fruitvalc man was telling his ~.
perience as a bee raiser in the Herald
Office one day last week. 81 bought a
couple of stands of bees in the latter
part of May" he said. Il knew noth
ing about bees, but | set them cut in
the middle distance. where | thought
the danger would be reduced TO a lni:.i
mum and told them to do their test.
They had nothing but boulders and
sage brush in sight. but | felt some con
lidencc in their ability to rustic up IL
living In the course of the summer
got some government reports ana one
thing and another on How 20 Raise
Bees" and read abut dehorning
queens and such things. until my head
swan. When | thought | had an idea |
got an axe and pried the hive apart.
where the creatures had cementcd it TO-
ecther. and took II look inside. Every
thing appeared very mysterious and dis
couraoing. and the bees were extremely
hostile. so | put the thing back on and
let them severely alone thereafter. One
day this week | determined to find out
whether l had any honey or not.
had provided three gallon jar, think
ing that if we got it half full we would
have honey enough to last us a year.
Well we opened up one OF the hives and
began to unload honey. We got the
three gallon jar full, and then we filled
dripping pan, and then a disnpan, and
some other vehicles, and then we de-
cided to put the rest back. as the super
was only half empty. Next day we
filled six-gallon jar from the other
hive, putting the remainder back as
before. Now there is honey all over the
place; the cats and dogs have money
three times a day, and those hives are
only half empty yet. The neighbors say
this has been very fair season for
honey anyway. believe it,"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-21
THIEF GOT FIVE YEARS.
Prompt Punishment Melted Out to Bur
glar Who Robbed Fawcett Bros
Store Last Week.

Morris O'Brien who last Tuesday night
robbed Fawcett Bros hardware store
and the next morning was captured
with some of the stolen goods on his
person. plead guilty before Judge Rud
kin Friday morning and was given five
years in the penitentiary.
When asked by the court if he had
anything to say As to why sentence
should not be passed, he said thu. he
WAS drunk when he committed the cilr"
and did not know what he was doily
The court in replying to this tatemcnt
sci that he was Il dangerous man 20 he
at large and should be put out of the
way of harm. The fact that a small
pane of glass was removed from a back
window through which O'Bricn crawled
does not accord well with his story of
drunkenness.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-21
Another Sign of Prosperity

SiXty-three of the 100 state banks
doing business in Washington have fled
their annual reports with the state aud
itor, the others, taking advantage of the
fact that the law requiring such re-
ports provides no penalty for violation,
failing to make returns. The showing
presented by the compilation of these
reports indicates a prosperous financial
condition, with a fine record of growth.
Aggregate deposits of banks, reporting
are $2l $50 and S44445, an increase
of over 50 100000 from the previous
year. while the total resources and
liabilities of such institutions have
increased from So, 9o0,7590 in
in 1908 to S2G,659.429.37 in 1901
an .;increase of; Sl.0oo00O while
cash on hand is S3.39S ,SlS04. COM
due from banks is $5,a69,940. 94sardlu
pared with S2.l04.lls60. and the amour
due from banks is $500, 949.94. against
S4,s52 ,20042 Auditor j. ID. Atkinson
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-21
BOY LEAVES HOME.
Anxious Parents are Eendeavoring to
Locate Him and Will Appreciate
Information Regarding Him.

The following description of young
boy is being circulated drought the
state in the hopes that he can be found
and returned to his home. The mother
is Frustrated with grief over the boys
disappearance and any information re-
garding MIN would be joyfully received
by the parents;
Joseph c. Ockfen of Ray, Peirce coun-
ty, Wash, left his home on September
IL. or for some cause unknown. His age
is - years. but on account of being
stout he looks older. His height is
about > feet 3 inches. Complexion is
fair, hair dark, eyes dark brown, fea
lures are broad, voice is rather low.
actions are slow. He wore when he left
n light cloth summer hat with broad
rim, blue beneath, Il dark blue coat too
small for him, dark stripped shirt,
blue overalls, square toed Miller brand
shoes No. Z, will act timid. Has never
been away from home. Parents will
gladly receive him. Please leave word
with postmaster if anything concerning
him. Very thankfully.
CHAS. n. OCKFEN.
Ray, Wash.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-21
Grating Fruit Trees.

New ideas in grating will be readily
adopted by all fruit growers. The long
accepted method of cutting the CRAFTS in
winter and keeping them in sand, to be
used on outside trees, has been found
excellent from experience, but Mis-
souri, fruit grower states that ne has OBJ
tanned better results with plum CRAFTS
that were cut in the spring and grated
an hour after cutting, while apple CRAFTS
cut and used the same day, did not give
a single failure. When testing the plan
of cutting and using CRAFTS on the same
day it should be done with few until
satisfied that the results will be success
full.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-21
Last Excursion to the Worlds Fair.

The demand for sleeping car space III the
Denver & Rio Grande'S popular through
tourist excursions to the st. Louis Fair
having been so great. three such cNcur-
sions will be run on the next and last
selling datcs-October 3. A. and ,. On
each of these days special tourist eXcur-
Sions will be run from Portland without
cnange of cars over the Scenic Line of
the World" October 3 there will be run
a special Pullman excursion. THESE
ears will make stops cnroute at sal;
Lake City and Denver, atlording eNeur-
sionists an opportunity of viewing the
various points of interest about those
cities. The daylight ride through the
heart of the Rockies-God's art gallery
of nature-is the grandest across the
American continent.
Write w. c. Mcbride, l24 Third street.
Portland, Or, at once for particulars
and sleeping ear reservations These be
ing the last days upon which tickets
vii be sold at reduced rates. travel will
be particularly heavy.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-21
AbScesS.

W. II. Harrison, Cleveland. Miss.
writes, Aug. Is. 1902: Il want to say
word of praise for Billiards. Snow Lin
iment. | stepped on a nail, which caused
the cords in my leg to contract and an
abscess to rise in my knee, and the doc
tor told me that l would have stiff
leg. so one day | went to j. f. Lords
drug store (who is now in Denver.
Colo.). He recommended a bottle Of
Snow Liniment; | got q soc size, and it
cured my leg. 1t is the best liniment
in the world.
Assesses, with few exceptions,
are indicative of constipation or debil-
ity. They may, however, result from
blows or from foreign bodies, introduc-
ed into the skin or flesh. such as splint
ers. thorns, etc. Sold by Fred l.. ia
neck
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-21

in his annual report, advocates the en-
actment of uniform banking law to
be modelled after the New York stat
ute governing the subject providing for
the appointment of state bank "om-
missioner, and requiring all concerns do
ing business to make regular repoirs
under oath and publish the same.-West
Coast Trade.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-21

People who refuse to take paper
from the postotlice when In arrears for
dues to the publication. should know
that they are transgressing the postal
law, as it is considered prima facie evil
dcncc of intended fraud. Moreover it is
Il contemplate thing to do. We pity
anyone who is not able to spare dollar
and Il half a year for the nome paper;
but whenever that is the ease, let the
editor know and he will cross it off the
slatc--or send you the paper free. if
YOU wish. Simply be honest about it.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-21
Special Excursion to St. Louis.

August $. Q and 10. September 5. &
and : and October ,. and , are the re
naming dates upon which tickets will
be sold at the reduced rates to the St
Louis Fair. These rates apply over the
Denver K Rio Grande and Missouri Pa
ciiic. For the patrons Of these roads
special excursion cars will be run
through from Portland to st. Louis with
out change.
See the many points of interest about
the Mormon Capital and take ride
through Natures picture gallery.
During the closing months travel to
he fair will be very heavy. If you con
template going write W. c. Mcbride
general agent at Portland for the Den
yer x Rio Grande, for particulars of
these excursions.