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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-04-07

Washington. March 31-The atten
ton of the senate was divided be-
tween the bill for the repeal of the
desert land. timber, stone and home
stead laws, and the postoffice APP
preparation bill. The yepeal bin was
taken up only for the purpose CT dis,
cussion and Senator Clark of
Wyoming was the prominent speaker.
He contested the position taken by
Senator Gibson, that there have bee.
great frauds in the administration OF
the land laws in the west He de.
clared that there is a lobby in Wash
ington in the interest of the repeal
bill. The debate on the postoffice bill
was confined largely to a speech by
Senator McCreary and interruptions
nv republican senator's Senator Nc
Cieary charged that the policy Of an
early adjournment of congress had
been adopted in order to avoid
legislation not desired by the re-
pubEcans
Consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill was continued in the
house and the bin was about to be
passed when MIR. Sulzer forced roll
cali en- motion to commit the bill
with instructions TO strike out the
paragraph appropriating $4,000 for
the rental of the New York custom
ncuse The vote showed that a
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-04-07
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
RUsso.JAPANEsE WAR.

Almost continuous skirmishing be-
tween Russian and Japanese armies
is reported between Pingyang and
Win.
The United States is viciously as
sailed Ly the st. Petersburg NorOe
Vremya, which thinks Great Britain
should be warned.
The Moscow Gazette urges the
rechristening of Port Arthur to Port
Nicholas, as the English name sounds
badly to Russian ears.
Officers and crew of the torpedo-boat
destroyer SLIM. which engaged six of
the enemys feet at Port Arthur, have
been decorated by the car
The dowager empress of Russia has
telegraphed to Viceroy Alexieff asking
for the names of the killed, wounded
and missing in order that she may
look after their families
Russians hauled down the American
and British flags at Newchwang and
declared consular functions suspended.
Existence Of state OF war will permit
Japanese attack,
A correspondent of the Russky Vie
dOmosti writes from Port Dalny that
the Russian cruiser Bcyarin sank two
hours after striking the mine there and
that six of her crew were lost
War experts expect the next import
ant news to tell of Japanese at
tack on Newchwang and of fighting in
the narrow strip between the Anju
river and the Manchurian frontier.
The emperor has conferred the or.
der of Kyle and the Order of the Ris.
ing Sun on Commander Hirose Takeo.
WHO was killed during the japanese
attempt to bottle up the Russian Fleet
at Port Arthur
Gen kouropatkin forwarded his of.
fetal report on the fight between Cos
sacks ald Japanese at Chongju en-
Monday. The bravery of the Japan.
csc is praised. Both sides suffered
losses and the japanese remained in
possession.
The Russian government, through
the French minister at Toxic. has
lodged a protest with the Japanese
government against the destruction OF
'iit NtftA tAAAhiiAf HtsAAsOl az Gun EOtldIl az
during the fourth japanese attack on
Port Arthur
The icebreaker Ermak is bound from
Reyal to Cronstadt tc cut a channel
for the warships which are awaiting
their armOr az the ST. Petersburg
yards Lights win be burned to heir
the Ermak steer a straight course
through the ice at night.
One OF the mines in Possiet bay has
been exploded by a whale. The mutt
lated carcass subsequently was
washed ashore. It bore evideace OF
the destructive qualities of the mines
laid by the Russians in expectation OF
japanese landing at Possiet bay.
Captain William V. Judson of the
engineer corps, u. s. A.. and Lieuteu.
engineer corps. u. s. A.. and Lieuten.
aat Newton a, McCully the United
states naval attache. will proceed from
st. Petersburg to the trent Friday
The former will be attached to General
kuropatkin's headquarters and the
latter VIII go to Port Arthur. where
he VIII ioi1 Vice Admiral MakaroH
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-04-07

Washington. March 29.-After two
days OF consideration of the post
office appropriation bill, the senate
committee reported it. Among the
important features of the amendments
of the bill are: The salaries of rurai
free delivery rriers are fixed at $720
a year and the carriers are permitted
to carry merchandise for hire and
receive subscriptions for and deliver
newspapers and periodicals so long as
this occupation does not interfere with
the proper discharge of their duties
1t is stipulated, however, that the
carriers shall not discriminate against
any newspaper which desires to ayah
itself CT the privilege of employing
them. Senator Clay's amendment in
creaslng the salary of PURCHASING
agent for the postoffice department to
$4,000 and requiring that all the sup
plies must be bought by competitive
bids. the contracts to be given to the
lowest bidders and that schedule OF
the bids must be sent to congress
annually, was adopted.
/ The bill authorizing the erection Of
an additional executive department.
building in Washington was again the
subject OF spirited debate in the
senate and after several hours of de.
bate it remained Enacted upon The
senators divided largely on the ques.
ton of location but there also was talk
as TO the necessity of better Office ac-
commodations for the senate ana
supreme court.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-04-07

Washington, April Good Friday
was devoted by the senate to an almost
continuous discussion of political ques-
tons The time until O'Clock was
devoted to consideration CT Senator
Carmack's resolution proposing an in
quiry into the legality of the recent
executive old age pension order. Sena
tor Mallory was the principal speaker
but he was frequently interrupted by
republican senators. He contended
that Secretary Hitchcock had tran
scended the limits of executive author
ity il issuing the order The latter
half o. the day was devoted to the post
offie appropriation bill but no appre-
cable progress was made with IN
measure. the speeches on il being in
the main political and OLA central
character. There was sp.lited de.
Late between Senators Simmons and
BeVeridge ca a/question of propriety
OF an congressional investigation into
ment, during which the prospective
presidential nominees of the two politi-
cal parties in the next campaign were
freely discussed. Speaking of the
campaign Secretary Simmons said the
republicans already had in effect
named as their presidential candidate
the present incumbent of the white
house. He described the president
as "a man of spectacular propensities.
rash, hot-headed and impulsive. a man
believed by thousands aye. by mil,
lions, including. many CT the republi-
can party, to BE by nature and tenn
permanent untitled for the presidency
because dangerous to be entrusted
with supreme power" Senator Sim
mons admitted that there are now
fractional differences in the democratic
party, but he said that they would be
healed and the party would give the
country "a candidate who would be
sober and of judicial temperament;
of sound mind and judicial disposition;
a man who will get a large republican
vote because republicans VIII know
their interests are safe in his hands. {"
: A number of republican senator's de-
malded the name of the candidate and
some suggested Parker. but SenatoI
4 Simmons declared that he would nol
show his hand" Senator BeveridgI
in replying warmly praised Presided
RCCsevelt's leadership. The hon
ns9sed the sundry civil appropri
bill after voting dowa a proposal
MI. Sulzer to recommit it -w7;n
lions to strike out the apDrS2
of $136.600 for rent of tho
customhouse. The
day was devoted to
conference report on
rliation bill. The
congress a report q
the beet sugar indld
States during 1908
clc'es the results
var ons N the
United States.
dustry can be y
experiment:
raising and
port.
Mein1
nanul
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-04-07
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Washington, March 26.-The house
began consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill. Chairman
Hemenway of the appropriation COM
mittee, and Mr.. Benton. democrat
filed statements on the bill. Mr..
Hemenway summed UP the fiscal con-
dition for the next fiscal year, showing
that after all the legitimate expenses
had been paid there would be S22,
000,000 surplus for the year. He
estimated the annual expenditures for
1905 to be $597 1902 24; to this sum
must be added the interest on the pub
lie debt estimated at sS4,971 800. The
revenues for the year, he said, are es-
timated at s704, 472,060. The total
estimates of the departments for the
expense of the government for 1893
aggregates $747, 1922 or an excess
of s42,845,S62 over the revenues. By
scaling down the estimates and omit
ting to pass the river and harbor and
public buildings appropriation bills,
the expenditures have been reduced to
22,000,000 less than the estimator
revenues This estimate. he saiu,
contemplated all the reasonable addi-
tons that may be made by the senate
to the several appropriation bills and
is also sufficient to cover all legitimate
deficiencies that may have to be pro
yided for at the next season.
Washington, March 2S.-The senate
discussed the order of the pension
bureau making old age an evidence
disability, and then passed the District
OF Columbia appropriation bill. The
discussion of the pension order was
based on a resolution offered by Sen
ator Carmack, chairman of the COM
mittee on judiciary, to inquire into the
authority of the executive branch of
the government to make such order
Senator Carmack contented that no
such authority exists, but several re-
publican senators argued that the or
der was in line with regulation is
sued by Judge Lochren, commissioner
of pensions under President Cleveland,
fixing IS years of age as evidence of
infirmity. The sundry civil bill was
before the house but the debate took
a wide range. Mr.. Gillett CT Massa-
chusetts devoted considerable time to
the argument recently made on the
floor by Mr.. Spight of Mississippi re-
garding the race question. Mr.. Gill
lett declared that he had supposed
there were no social grades in the
United States, but that every man had
right to choose his own friends and
associates among those most in
sympathy with himself. He defended
the president for inviting Booker
Washington to dine with him and said
the president was a man of big heart,
as well as birth, breeding and cultiva-
ton. Mr.. Clark Of Missouri made d
speech on the tariff and declared I'M
equivocally in favor of the tariff pro.
gram for the democratic party as out
lined by Mr.. Williams floor leader of
the minority. A strong plea for to-
bacco growers was made by Mr.
Trimble of Kentucky, who urged the
removal of the tax of six cents per
pound on raw tobacco in order that
the producers might sell direct to the
consumer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

choose perhaps shorter cut II it
seemed to their instinct feasible, they
gathered their hind legs under them,
their front hoofs sticking stifly out in
front, and slid down on their bellies.
in a cloud of dust, and carrying with
them a small avalanche of loose shale
as they landed in section of the trail
below. You sit back in your saddle
all saddles in these parts have crup-
pers and breastplates to prevent your
sliding over the animals ears as you
so down or Slipping off behind as you
go up mountain path-and as you
watch the tossing line of packs below,
the speculation forces itself as the
consequences Of a mules misstep.
That it is not all idle speculation is
shown by the scattered skeletons te-
low in the valley, bleached to varying
degrees of dull white."-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
On MulebaCk in Bolivia

C. ]. Post. who is travelling through
unknown South America for Har-
per's Magazine, writes in the March
number Of a dangerous ride through
the mountains of Bolivia:
I'VE kept on ascending between
winding walls" he says, Eat length
emerging on narrow table land-the
top Of the cliffs we had seen from the
decks Of the Limari. A short distance
over the level ground, and then from
the farther edge we looked down on
the fiat, stony bottom of the Vitor Val
ley-a ragged gorge that wound a tor
tuous course through the desert. A
narrow trail with short, sharp angles
zigzagged down steep gully to the
bottom. The mules carefully picked
their way down among the loose
stones, hating inquiringly at times to
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

A talking machine that has created
no little sensation is that just pro-
duced by Dr. R. Marage, a well known
member of the French academy of
medicine. 1t is an interesting device,
which reproduces with perfect accur-
acy the sounds of the human voice,
not, as in the case of the phonograpll,
by merely repeating words spoken by
a person, but by process which is
purely mechanical from start to fin
ish, and in which no word is spoken
by any human being. The sounds are
produced by system of vibration.
Attached to the machine are a series
of plaster heads, five in all, repre-
senting the five vowels, a, e, j, O, IL.
They are each perfect model Of a
persons mouth, fitted with pliable
lips and perfect teeth. Air currents
set in motion by the machine are
made to pass through the dummy
mouths, which are fitted with sirens
Through his invention, DR.. Marage
has discovered that the steam sirens
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
Not Millions Great Work

When William Morris was playing
in "The Lost Paradise" some years
ago the company happened to be book
ed in Western town noted for it's
religious tendencies, where theatri-
Gals were viewed askance. Compan-
les played there only when the eNigen-
cies of booking made it absolutely
necessary.
What was our surprise, therefore, :"
said Mr.. Morris, when we got to the
theater and were informed by the
manager that the house was sold out
Say he asked, what sort of a
show is this, anyhow? Sort O. religi-
Gus, amt it?'
Our manager outlined the plot to
him. Never did see such a trans
formation in mans face; then, with
one short, powerful expletive, he
started down the street on a dead
run.
THAT night the theater was filed
to overf1owing -men with elongated
locks and clerical bearing a perfect
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
Drown in Short Time

The story frequently repeated
about professional divers who have
been able to remain under water for
over two minutes is silly" DR.. Joseph
Boehm tells me. mo one can remain
under water that long without drown
ing, whether they are trs ined fivers
or not. At Navarino. where the
sponge divers are reported to be able
TO remain under water three and four
minutes, tests We're made recently
and resulted in conclusively proving
that none of them remained down as
long as a minute and half. Ninety
seconds seems very long time to the
watcher on shore, and it is about the
limit of a divers endurance under
water. At Ceylon, where time tests
were also made among the famous
pearl divers, it was ascertained that
few of them remained below the sur
face as long as a minute, and other
tests made on the Red sea among the
Arabs proved that minute and a
quarter was the longest they could
endure without a fresh breath
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

"On the coast Of England several
years ago diver, a trained diver, one
of the best on the coast, renowned
for his endurance. went down and
was pulled up SO slowly when he gave
the signal that he was under water
about two minutes and five seconds.
He was drawn out of the water in
sensible, with blood flowing from his
nose ard ears, and it was only after
long and arduous work that his re-
covery from the effects of that two
minute stay under water was assured.
Drowning is quick death. Even
though the water is kept out of the
lungs, insensibility will ensue in one
minute. and complete Inconsistencies
in two. The stories of people who
have been in the water five minutes
being Tesuscitated are generally mis-
takes Or untrue. A man could not be
in the water five minutes without
coming to the surface several times,
and be restored to life st Louis
GlobeDemocrat
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
ALASKA A BIG GAME COUNTRY.
Can No Longer Be Compared to sibe,
ria in Any Respect.

Can No Longer Be Compared to sibe.
ria in Any Respect.
Alaska is a big country and 1t has
big possibilities. /. has the biggest
bear, the biggers moose, the biggest
mountain sheep and the biggest sal
mon and grayling in the world. All of
these are plentiful and can be taken
under United States regulations.
Time was when Alaska and Siberia
We're thought of b ymany as synony.
nous, and without any idea Of Just
what was meant by either name. That
has all changed in the last few years,
and now Alaska is not SO very far
away from Seattle. Moreover, it has
been found to be anything but an un.
inhabited and uninhabitable country.
1t is without doubt the greatest game
country on the globe to-day, because i,
is the newest and conditions are right
for the maintenance of game animals
and birds.
The biggest mountain on the Amer.
lean continent is in Alaska, and is well
named Mount Mckinley
BY the way. you always thought that
Alaska was away UP North didn't
you? Look on your map and you will
find that vessels leaving Seattle fol
Dutch Harbor sail almost due west
only slightly north Of west SO that III
reality the west end of Alaska is not
much north OF the latitude Of Japan,
Field and Stream
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
A Machine That Talks


used on board ships can be so con-
structed as to initiate certain sounds.
Thus different phonetic syllables may
be obtained which could be used to
form an international alphabet. By
this ingenious cortrivance attached to
this wonderful instrument it is posi-
bic to see reflected in tiny mirror
the vocal chords of singer.
By the same device, one can also
trace their action, and see how, as
the note gets higher, the aperture be-
tween them becomes less and less,
until when the top note is reached it
is almost closed. AS the force of air
current expelled becomes stronger the
opening decreases in size. 1t increases
as the force becomes less. The small
er the aperture the greater the vi
bration. This is how human beings
get their singing voices. There is
no mystery about it." declares DR..
Marage. st is purely mechanical
process, based on known laws of high
er mechanics Sketch
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

symposium Of parsons, preachers and
theolcgues. Every last one of them
held book open before him. For an
overture the orchestra played Near.
er, My God, to Thee" and the audi.
ence raised its voice in chorus
We'll, we didn't get far in the first
act before pandemonium broke loose.
One old preacher jumped over the
footlights and called me every name
in both Testaments, and several that
were i'll neither.
And what do you think it was all
about?
The town was the seat Of a theo.
logical institution. and every mother
son OF them, and daughter, too, see
ing the name of the play, The Lost
Paradise, had come to hear reading
from Milton S Paradise Lost
That was the way the manager
had billed it.
I'VE left on freight that night,
and didn't play a return date."-New
York Times.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
Cure for Backache.

Randolph, Neb., May 3O.-Cedar
county has seldom heard of more
wonderful case than that of Mrs. Lucy
Nicolls of this place. For long time
Mrs. Nicolls suffered with very Sc.
we're pains in the back and almost in
stantly these pains left her. She has
tried doctors and everything, but
nothing had helped her till she used
Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says:
"Dodd's Kidney Pills did me so
much good cant tell, it was SO won.
derful. My back hurt me all the time.
doctored and tried everything, but
did not feel any better. thought nv
life was short on earth, but now 1 feel
like new person. I used one box OF
Dodd's Kidney Pills and I do not feel
the slightest ache or pain. can turn
and twist any way without feeling it
and feel so proud Of it cannot
hardly express my gratitude to Dodd's
Kidney Pills for what they have done
for me-"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

AS he heard the words of praise:
Ana ne thought Of the wreck and the
=, wrong he had done n
Thr rough. the stretch Of the long gone
with tears ~
Loomed up from the vast of tLa clio n,or
ing years: 49,,
praise of the priest. ..- =
the beast = - -
The mark Of the beast.
And the priest preached on. but the ghost
Heard naught but the swoman's tears.
For the silent tears Of her silent life
Were thunder in his ears. 3 III
words Of praise, -. 1 -
And the face doomed up from the lonp.
gone days: 8, -T IN NJ S'.N1
wept, IL. 4@ol l
man slept Il - = =
The eead man slept.
Sam Walter Fesa.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
Ghost Of John Gear

In his coffin bed John Gear lay dead,
But John Gears ghost stood near;
And the Clergyman talked at the funeral
And the ghost bent low to hear;
The waiting ghost of the man who was
DEAD
said: Z /. 5
So the clergyman spake and the people
wept, si35 ~
And the ghost looked on and the dead
And the dead man slept.
''The man who is dead" the clergyman
said, - !. -
WAS the true, true salt OF the earth:
Who shall gauge the good Of his well
spent life IL ss -
And the measure of his worth?
For he was man of the olden type.
OF the honest. noble. sterling stripe
Shame fell on the ghost as he stood nigh.
For he alone knew these words were
lie II 81 l.-s 1 ~ ~ =
These words were 1 lie.
And the ghost was afraid and was sore
damaged
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
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