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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04
OBJECTS TO RECOGNITION OF
PANAMA REPUBLIC.
CONGRESS TOBE INFORMED
Representations of Colombian Ambas-
sador to Go to Senate and House
Under Resolutions Calling for Cor
respondence-Warlike Prepare
tions Continue.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. 25.-Gen.
Reyes, special representative of Co
lombia to the United States, yester-
day presented to Secretary Hay at
his house a protest he has been pre-
pairing against the action of the Unit
ed States in the recognition of the
new republic of Panama. Later Gen
eral Reyes said he expected to re-
main in this city until he receives
Secretary Hays answer. This paper
he expects will be sent to congress
soon after it convenes in January, as
a resolution calls for all the CORE
spondence relating to the establish
ment of the republic of Panama.
General Reyes said he deprecated the
warlike talk and had endeavorei
steadily to prevent any outbreak on
the part of the people of Colombia
against the United States.
Senator Clay Speaks Out.
Marietta, Ca, Dec 25.-In an inter
view yesterday regarding the Panama
canal treaty, United States Senator
Clay is quoted as saying that the honor
of the United States must be preserved
in Tatifying any treaty with Panama.
Speaking of the balloting on the Pan
anna treaty now before congress, Sen
ator Clay stated that he was opposed
to making it party question and stat
ed that first of all he desired all the
facts concerning the Panama secession
be made public. If it is shown that
the United States is not responsible for
| the recent developments concerning
the relations of Panama and Colombia,
then, Senator Clay said, he would feel
justified in voting in favor of the
treaty.
In Readiness for Duty.
Boston. Dec. 25.-Orders were re-
ceived at the Charlestown navy yard
yesterday for a company of marines
who volunteered for duty at Panama,
10 be held in readiness to start
Marines Land at Colon.
Colon, Dec. 25.-The remainder of
the marines from the United States
cruiser Prairie. $50, landed here yes
terday and went by train to Basobispo
station.
Large Force to Sail.
Washington, Dec. % 1t is expected
that the Dixie will sal. from League
Island for Panama Monday with 500
marines and 26 officers.
Saw no Colombian Soldiers.
Both Admiral Coghlan and Rear Ad-
miral Glass reporting on the result of
the investigation by scouts say moth
ing was seen of Colombian soldiers
near the borders of the isthmus.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

The Cercle Franchise of Harvard
recently presented lie Barber de
Seville"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

The following letter is from Congress
man Meekison. of Napoleon. Ohio:
The Peruna Medicine CO., Columbus, o.:
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

The total registration at Cornell
university this year exceeds 5000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

WIS PUB UNION
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04
In Readiness for Duty.

Boston. Dec. 25.-Orders were re-
ceived at the Charlestown navy yard
yesterday for a company of marines
who volunteered for duty at Panama,
70 be held in readiness to start
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23
A NEWLY FOUND PACIFIC ISL
 AND.

 With People Who Have Seen White
 Men Only Twice in a Century.
 The time of great discoveries in the Pacific has gone, and the work of the geographer at present is directed to studying in detail many islands that are still little known. A few islands had not even been visited by white men till recently, though they were known to be inhabited. A German war ship recently dropped anchor at one of them, and what was learned about the inhabitants has interested ethnologists.
 This is the island of St. Matthias in the Bismarck archipelago. It is north of the large island of New Mecklenburg, which long bore the name of New Ireland, given to it by British ex- plorers. It was discovered by William Dampier, 2O4 years ago, but it has now been visited for the first time by the German war ship Seeadler.
 It was found that the inhabitants have knowledge of weaving, and their product compares favorably with the best specimens of cloth made by the Caroline islanders. They are of Melanesian origin, and they are the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23
YoURs FOR HEALTH

Altoona, Pennsylvania, hasn't yet achieved wide fame as a place like Chi cago, where the death rate is so stead fly and rapidly decreasing that it seems pretty certain to go below zero in time But Altoona Is going to make an effort to be a place which can defy death. According to recent action, barbers are not permitted to shave consumptives who are in the communicable stage of the disease; no towel may be used twice without being washed, and all brushes, combs and razors in barber shops must be sterilized after being used on each customer. Milk dealers must pay dol lar license and take an oath to abide by rules laid down by the board of health All cows whose milk is sold in the city must be examined at stated periods by veterinaries, and explicit directions are given regarding the handling of milk. The city fathers also authorize the ap- pointment of a plumbing inspector
 Success to Altoona. Some people would hardly like to live in Chicago with no prospect of dying, and perhaps Altoona will offer them relief.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23
AARROW.

Life is an up-hill road"
 If you're lucky enough to be going that way."-Cinclnnat Commercial Tri- bune
 Club wag-Well, good night, admiral
 Warrior-There's a stupid joke. "Ad- miral!" Can't you see my spurs?
 Wag-Oh. I thought they were your twin screws.-Punch.
 After.-She-Ah, you men! Before marriage you pay compliments, but af- ter
 He-After? Why, after, we do bet ter; we pay bills.-Life
 Mrs. Won Blumer-I heard the cook cursing and swearing in the kitchen this morning.
 Won Blumer-Well, I'm glad she's be- ginning to feel at home.-Town Topics.
 Uncle" said the high school young man, lis politics singular or plural?"
 Sonny" was the reply, fin de pant of de country whah I come fun dey's sing'lar, mighty sing'lar. Washington Star.
 At any rate," said Snappey, closing the discussion, T mind my own busi- ness"
 "No doubt that's what makes you so narrow minded" replied Bitter.-Phila- delphia Press.
 Have you ever been in South Dako- ta?' he asked.
 NO, sir,' she indignantly replied My husband was killed by being mis- taken for a deer in Michigan. "-Chica- go Record Herald.
 .'Yes,' said the boarding school teacher, T think that is model letter for you to write your fiance. But, of course, you will copy it. leaving. out those numerous spaces?"
 "Oh, dear, mol" replied tn girl. Those are for dearest have it on rubber stamp ''-Detroit Free Press.
 Hateful thing, she isl" exclaimed Miss Pretty, angrily. I'm glad I'm not as mean as she is. I'm as much above her as"
 Tut! tut" interrupted her fiance, remember that rosebud mouth of yours ceases to be a rosebud when it begins to blow. Philadelphia Press.
 Junior partner Ca few days after Christmas)-I don't think we ought to mark these goods down to such figure as that. It's less than half cost. We can't replace them for double the price.
 Senior partner-We won't have to, my boy. It's perfectly safe. Nobody has any money now.-Chicago Tribune.
 "On the other hand" said the teacher at the night school, pointing a long finger at the map on the blackboard, fin the present complication is Russia On the other hand'-
 Here he paused and looked sternly at the shock-headed boy. "On the other hand"-
 "Warts?" hazarded the shock-headed boy, helpless with terror. Chicago Tri- bune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23
4 STIR IN KANSAS.

There is usually something happening in Kansas. This time it is in Topeka, where two politicians are having 9. row over a suit os clothes. and over the question. What is a suit of clothes? They bet a suit of clothes with each other. The winner went to order the clothes and ordered two pairs of trous- CTS with the suit. He alleges that it is the custom among gentlemen every where to order two pairs of trousers with suit. The loser says a suit has by rights only one pair of trousers and he refuses to pay for the second pair. He says further that he is against the introduction of any such super-elegant Eastern idea as the two-trousers one, and that he will fight the case on prin- ciple. .
 Doubtless Kansas will be pretty thoroughly torn by this dispute before it Is settled. And perhaps the question. How old is Ann? will be settled before the questions involved in the Topeka case are.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23
Lay of lhs rsrsarssd a sa.sholdsr.

A@ny or tne ESrturoeu f1 cuotuers I do not care a rap for the Jap: do not care a enss for the Russ; I'm quite uninterested Though Corea is invested. For 1t really isn't any of my fuss, I've troubles of my own, and I've grown To all others aDathetic on the whole, And l cannot help but wonder As they come in. how in thunder eau pay the bills I'm getting now for
 coal know that war is bad. and I'm glad To think that l am not on the spot. But there's one compensation, One great consideration, For they tell me that the fishting's get
 ting hot. wish that we could be warmed up free. But here every blessed dealers taking
 toll; It is almost worse than warfare When enc cannot raise ones carfare After paying for months supply of
 coal. So I don't care rap for the Jap, Or give a tinker's euss for the Russ. There's nothing half so cruel As the price they ask for fuel, l should think that that was war enough
 for us. I'm mad enough to fight right on sight, As I note the awful shrinking of my roll The condition of my purse Is More to me than wars reverses, So I'm only interested now in coal.
 Chicago News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23

Of the citizens Of the balance Of the State? There are not two sides to this cuestion-it Is right versus wrong. and the wrong is to kill birds that are about to breed. Is civics so dead in New York that a bad bill like this one can be railroaded through a legislature without a protest from thousands of citizens. appeal to all lovers of nature to re- member the wild pigeons and help save the wild fowl by protesting against the passage of the Hubbs bill or any other bill that permits the killing of game birds in the spring.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23

only people of Melanesia who are known to practice the art of eloth-making- This discovery has naturally aroused much interest in St. Matthias.
 4 still more interesting discovery was made about the same time and in a neighboring Axel Monrad. who for years has been in the copra trade. He buys cocoanuts in the Bismarck archi- pelago and takes them to the little is land of Greenwich. about 50 miles north of the equator. where his firm prepares the copra.
 One morning, while on his way to Greenwich. he sighted a small island which he had never seen before. It was a little over mile long and about half a mile wide. Its surface is quite fiat and covered with forests; the coasts are surrounded by coral rock. As well as he could determine, the island is situ- ated in 1 degree S1 minutes south lati- tude and 150 degrees 2S minutes east longitude.
 Capt Monrad did not land, but he re- mained near the coast for about day. He says the little rock must have quite
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23
BIC FIGUR Es.

Have you noticed what business life insurance is getting to be? The annual statements of the big companies have just been made and from them it ap- pears that four companies in this coun- try now carry each upon their books more than one billion dollars in policies Of these one has established a record |os $1,745,212,S99; another is a close sec- ond with $1. .445, ,22S, ,6S1; the third has $1,- 409, ,91S.742, while the fourth passes the billion mark by $342, 1881, ,457. A fifth com pany is @ promising candidate for the billion class with a total in policies of s931, ,25S.S13. Besides these five leaders there is 8 company which can show business amounting to $662 1851, ,194, and three which have each considerably more than '$300.00o,000 to their credit There are also twelve companies, each with more than s100,000O00 in policies, and representing an aggregate invest ment by patrons of $1,74S, 337. .eS9.
 These are big figures, as big as those of the biggest trust. And they are much more solid. Life insurance is now on such basis and so managed that it is apparently as safe as any earthly de- vice can be. And that it is fast gain ing in public appreciation the yearly statements attest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23

8 dense population Al least a5 canoes with outriggers. and holding from two 70 ST men. pushed out from the shore and came fearlessly alongside his ves- sel.
 The men appeared to belong to the Aeianesian race, but were lighter in col or than the natives of the groups to the north and south of them. A number of them had long thin boards. and all of them were perfectly nude.
 There was not a single weapon among them. and they brought nothing n their boats. Even their paddles.
 Continued on Fifth Page.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23
SALT WATER FOR FIRES.

They are talking about using salt water in New York to put out fires. New York hasn't the fresh water to spare for such a purpose, and as she grows the problem will grow. There is salt water enough on both sides of her, and it can be distributed, it is said for about the cost of the fire loss in the great city for one year. The Tribune says of the matter: The advisability of adopting the scheme will depend, of course, on a number of details. To lay 8 series of pipes across Manhattan Tsl- and from the Hudson to the East river ought not to be enormously expensive, but it is not clear whether this would be enough. If without any head in the pipes the citys steam fire engines could reach the upper stories of the highest buildings it might be wise to so ahead. If it would be necessary to install sev- eral pumping stations to give additional pressure a larger outlay would be re- quired. Plant and sites could not be had for nothing. It is desirable, there fore, to ascertain exactly what the sys- tenn would cost. The mayor will be performing an excellent service if he secures accurate estimates of the prob-- able cost at the hearing which he is about to give. One prominent insur- ance man thinks that s4OO0,O0O or $5,- Ooo,OOo would furnish both pipes and pumping stations giving a pressure of two hundred pounds to the inch for the region below Forty-second street. Even if the salt water system was kept in
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants, Rents and other small advertisements One Cent a Word each ln- serfion. Five Gents a Word for full week.
 Display advertisements per inch, one ll- sertion, S1 20; each subsequent insertion, 4O cents; one week, S3.20; one month, SlO; one year. $40.
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 19 ages. Deaths, and Funeral. 90 cents each. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business Gall matter to be nnohfecfionablel. and their contracts do not Include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23

reserve for exceptional danger an sn- vestment no bigger than this would not be unreasonable.
 Several cities, including New Haven, are interested in this matter. Salt wa ter will put out fires as well as fresh water. and it can be used without squirming.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23

William Butcher, the chairman of the national committee of Audubon socie- ties. has issued circular letter to the soortsmen of New York State calling their attention to Assembly bill No 292, introduced by MT. Hubbs, changing the law of 1903 by making the open season for wild ducks and geese end April 1, instead of January 1. If you do not awake" writes MT. Butcher, land kill the bill in the Senate, a decided retro grade step will be taken in game pro- lection in New York State. Why should a few market hunters on Long Island have law passed for their benefit that is directly opposed to the best interests
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23

A London employment agent, to en- courage her clients to give satisfaction to their employers, says she will present gold watch to any servant engaged srorn her agency who remains in the same situation five years; silver watch to any girl who keeps her situa- ton for two years and a brooch to those who have served in the same house for one year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23

There are only three countries whose exports exceed a billion dollars. The exports from the United States and Great Britain are almost exactly equal -sl. .457, 100000 from one, and s1.15,oOO.- GOO from the other. Germany's exports amount to only s1.2Oo.OOoOOO.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23

The Boston Herald reports "an emil nent Republican, of Massachusetts as saying: There will be no further oppo- sition within the party to the nomina- tion of President Roosevelt. The jig is up. All factions of the party will now be substantially united on Roosevelt. Were any other party favorable to be brought forward, on whom the more stalwart and dissatisfied elements might be prevailed upon to unite for the purpose of challenging the Roosevelt ascendency. the chances are that this rival candidate would be struck by lightning or swallowed up by an earth quake before the assembling of the Re- publican national convention in June. That is Roosevelt's luck. The stars in their course and all terrestrial elements seem to be working for him. What's the use of trying to buck against all these forces?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23

In the Virginia House of Delegates a member from Accomac has intro duced a bill making it unlawful for any person to "dredge, scrape, or catch crabs in any of the waters of this state at any time from the 1st day of November to the 18th day of March of each year" The penalty for each of fense to be not less than s25O. It is hoped that this will save the crabs of the lower Chesapeake bay from exter- Inination.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23

The business district of Baltimore will gain from the fire the complete burial of all wires except the trolley. Tie city electrical commission has decided to issue no permits for the restoration of poles in the burned district, and those left standing are being cut down and carted off for distribution among people in need of wood. The municipal ity had already provided underground conduits for wires, and the various com- panies will now be compelled to make use of them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23

Sir Godfrey Langdon, South African commissioner for native affairs. recent iy stated before the Legislative Council that the native miners on the Rand were. "as comfortable and well looked after as the miners in Cumberland or in any part of England" Sir George Farrar, commissioner for native affairs in the Transvaal, reports to the Legis- slative Council that the native mortality in the Rand mines from November. 1902, to July, 1903, was 7o.6 thousand.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23

The school savings bank system which has been put in operation in many places in New York State is now declar- ed to be a violation of the banking act. The system was started by J. W. Thiry, who brought the idea from Europe. The plan is to induce children to save their pennies and bring them to their teacher, who places them in bank. As the plan is generally beneficial to the young, it is possible that laws will be amended to admit of it's continuance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-01

Saturday night that he quit at the end of
the fourteenth round of their twenty-round
fight. He was punished about the body in
every round, and finally succumbed to the
volfey of blows which Hanlon sent In regu-
larly throughout the fighting. Broad relied
almost entirely upon swings for the jaw.
but Hanlon blocked SO cleverly that he was
unable to do any damage and the finish
found the Californian with hardly a mark
to Indicate that he had been in a ring con-
test.
Hanlon was the aSgressor from the start
and played almost entirely for the body.
Broad did not appear to be in good condi-
ton and showed signs of being tired toward
the close of the second round He landed
a number of good blows to the head and
body during the first few rounds. but they
appeared to have little force behind them
and did not stop Hanion in his rushes. The
latter's hard drives to the stomach began
to tell in the fifth round. and Broad slowed
up perceptibiy In his work. Broad got In
his best blow of the fight In this round.
when he landed On Hanlons eye and cut
the eyebrow SO that it bled.
The thirteenth round showed Broad In a
weakened condition from the long series OF
blows which had reached his body. His
eyes were partly closed and he was breath
ing In gasps through his mouth. Hanlon
renewed his efforts to land a finishing
punch and his opponent staggered as he
went to his corner. The end came In the
next round. Broad was SO weak that his
blows were merely slaps. and Hanion PAID
no attention to them. but kept pounding
away at the iatter's stomach, which Broad
was unable to guard.
Broad was barely able to reach his cor
ner when the bell rang. and after his sec
onds had worked over him for q short time
II was seen that he was unable to continue.
and the referee awarded the fight to Han
lon. Broad was not knocked out. but was
so weakened by the terrific punching that
his advisers saw that 1t was only a ques-
ton OF round or two before he would
have to take the count To avoid this they
threw up the sponge In token of defeat
when the gong called the fighters to the
center of the ring for the fifteenth round.