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The daily sentinel., 1904-08-13
He Was Poisoned.

Hannibal. No, Aug. 13.-Special.
At the coroner's inquest into the
death of Mrs DR.. Watkins of Denver,
who was supposed 70 have been killed
in a runaway, the Doctors who anal
ized the stomach ON its being exhum-
ed two weeks ago, found that poison
had been administered
The daily sentinel., 1904-08-13
Will Tour West.

New York, Aug. "A. - Special. -
Judge Parker will probably make a
tour of the west. visiting Indiana. nl-
inois, Wisconsin. Colorado. and pro
badly other states making a few
speeches while on the tour
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02
SOME STAGE HUM8UGS.

FootIight's Fake Heroes of To-day
Present a Do1eful Spectacle.
Theatrical combats, especially with
the sword, have always been ridicu-
lous enough. We readily recall the
stamps, the ha has, and the furious
banging of one cheese knife against
the other, and the thrills in the gallery
as the sparks flew. OF course, no one
in real life ever fought in such fash
ion, and, of course, from SpartacuS'
army up to the bawling, scene-eating
gladiator himself, the whole spectacle
was extravagantly, almost pitiably
preposterous. One saving grace of this
tomfoolery, however, is to be found in
the fact that the old-timers seldom
hurt each other. They made no pre-
tense of trying to do SO, indeed. They
whacked away at each others swords
and struck fire with astounding fury
and entire harmlessness. Never, never
shall we forget the vision of Mr.. Law
renee Barrett engaged in deadly COM
bat with a blood-stained rufian big
enough to eat him alive, but shifting
his weapon with such frequent and
deadly accuracy as to reduce him to a
despairing plea for mercy.
But in these times they do not man
age things SO pleasantly. We are be-
coming realistic. The good old days
OF fustian are gone, never to return,
and so we have a lot Of curled and
scented matinee heroes DOSing as war
riors and paladins; whipping out ra
piers with cigarette stained fingers,
and breathing proud defiance with
onion on the side; offering their lives
on a property punctilio, and altogeth-
er, making Rupert and Bayard look
like plodding publicans. To the dis
corning eye, Of course, they present
doleful spectacle. Nevertheless, when
it happens that one Of them hurts an
other, all sympathetic souls are griev
ed. They are not important They
could be spared. AS q matter of fact,
many honest and clec.r-minded men,
notwithstanding natural inclination
to shoot in. moments of actual suffer
ing, content themselves with sorrow
and disgust And so it is that a real
wound received in stage combat caus-
es tears instead Of laughter. Why
break a butterfly upon the wheel?
Why put swords into the hands Of i'm
itation cavaliers and force them to pre-
tend the habits Of the genuine article.
Washington Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02
REAL nYELLOW PERIL.
Napoleon Had the Cossacks Sin Mind
When He Warned Europe.

Napoleon Had the Cossacks Sin Mind
When He Warned Europe.
Last winter, when, among those of
the Russians who were not hoping
for war and the defeat of their own
country, 1 inquired the grounds for
their contemptuous underestimate of
the japanese, l scarcely ever got for
reply more than the citation of Rus
sia's 100000 Of population, her pos
session Of one-seventh Of the dry land
Of the earth and the Cossacks. The
discussion usually closed with the as
sertion: Zone Cossack can whip ten
Of those little yellow monkeys" says
David B. MacGowan, in the Century.
This faith is based partly on the i'm
preston which the Cossacks made
upon western Europe as long ago as
the seven years war and which was
heightened by their DISCRIMINATION Of
Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. Ma
poleon himself pronounced them per-
feet masters Of partisan warfare, furi-
Gus in attack and impossible to reach,
and said that he did not remember Of
having made a prisoner of q single
one of them. Finally, he had the Cos
sacks in mind when he warned Eu-
rope that, unless checked by such a
powerful unit as he had sought to
construct, Russia would enslave the
world. That Napoleon's prediction has
not been forgotten may be inferred
from the recent assertion in various
quarters that the real yellow peril
is the possibility of the organizat ton
Of the Monaghan races by Russia and
that Slavic Genghis Khan may di-
rect new golden horde against the
waSt
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

The onerator sits with pair OF Or
binary telephone receivers at his ears
and the potentially Of the HERMAN
impulse passing down the wires at
tached to the antennae on the pole reg
listers in this receiver and IS lmmeul-
ately written into message form. Ihere
is nothing to watch, nothing to handle;
simply to record what comes OF itsei1
into YOUR ears. And this, by the way,
NAV come as rapidly as the operator Is
able to send it.
The simplicity of all wireless tele-
graph instruments is almost starting.
10 the layman the impression is given
that It is impossible for the primitive
looking apparatus to do the work Tor
which it is made, and which, by the
way. it does in a remarkably thorough
manner. The De Forest is even more
simple and uncomplicated than most
of it's competitors. The power for this
comes from a dynamo. In the DE FOR
est experimental quarters direct cur
rent of 10 volts operates motor,
which in turn actuates dynamo pro-
ducing the necessary alternating cur
rent. BY an ingenious arrangement
this is stepped up to voltage or
10000.
Messages are sent by an ordinary
Morse key, with a resulting noise that
would put the average Fourth of July
celebration to the blush. The size OF
the sparks thus brought into being ana
their businesslike swapping about the
"spark balls" are usually sufficient to
convince the layman that he is looking
upon something decidedly out OF the
ordinary. The sender after getting his
message off simply pulls down
switch and awaits his answer. Then he
again raises the switch and sends an
other message.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02
Germans Learn the Language.

The German government knows by
experience that the mastery of the
language of the foreign country which
they want to bring under their influ-
ence is an essential requisite for their
representatives abroad. Because of
this knowledge the requirement of the
difficult Chinese tongue is deemed OBJ
ligatory for German representative in
China With very few exceptions the
German consular and diplomatic Off
GERS command the language of the for
cign country in which they are To-
Gated
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02
Wed at Same Age.

There is one thing in this world, at
least in such part Of it as is repre-
sented by the city Of Chicago, that
does not change. That is the average
age at which people get married.
Men may come and men may go,
even a new mayor may be some day
elected here, but people will not begin
to get married any younger or any
older than they did when the city was
new. At least that is what Clerk
Salmonson of the marriage license bu-
reau says.
I'm the twenty-five years that 7
have been at this window" said Mr..
Salmonson, 1.-The average age of the
thousands of couples that come in here
for licenses has not varied a year.
While, as the population increases,
there occur more frequently marriages
Of extremely youthful and aged cou-
pies, the age of the great mass does
not change. About % for the man
and "a for the woman is the average
that has held since this bureau was
pened."-Chicago Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02
An Orchestra of Murderers.

At the French penal colony, Nou-
mea, New Caledonia, the convicts
have organized band. The leader is
a notorious murderer and was once
in the orchestra of the Paris opera
house. The cymbal player killed a
subpoena server and the drum player
had murdered his landlord with a
hammer. The first cornet is guilty Of
murder, with robbery as the motive.
and one of the clarinets, a tavern
keeper, used to kill his patrons for the
same reason. The assistant bandmas-
ter was convicted of having cut his
wife to pieces. This convict band gives
daily concerts to the inhabitants of
Noumea, who are enthusiastic over the
new organization.-New York World.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02
POPULAR IN COMEDY ROLES.
Isadore Rush, Widow of Roland Reed,
a Victim of the Surf.

Tsadore Rush, Widow of Roland Reed,
a Victim of the Surf.
The sad death Of Isadore RUSH, the
actress and widow Of Roland Reed,
while bathing in the surf at San Diego,
Cal. was a severe shock to the many
friends Of the popular comedlenne
throughout the country. Miss Rusn
was in bathing with half a dozen otn-
er members of her theatrical company
when she was struck by an Immense
wave, which carried her into deep
wafer. One Of the members OF the
company, Milton Herriot, went to the
actress rescue and narrowly escaped
losing his own life. AS he was return
ing with the unconscious form OF MISS
Rush another large wave struck the
two and flung them apparently llfeiess
on the sand. Herriot was restored TO
consciousness after a time, but MISS
Rush was beyond medical aid. she
was hurried to a hospital but died
while the physicians were working
over her without regaining conscious
ness. Death is believed to have oeen
caused by heart disease produced by
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02
the shock of being hit by the first
wave, as there was not enough water

the shock of being hit by the first
wave, as there was not enough water
in the lungs to cause drowning.
Isadore Rush was one Of the most
highly esteemed women on the stage,
and her versatility made her favorite
with theater-goers. She made her
debut as an actress about a dozen
years ago. She was married to Roland
Reed, the famous comedian, and for
several years was his leading lady on
the road, sharing his successes in sew
eral of his notable productions. One
of her last parts with him was in 1.-THE
Politician" Miss Rush had also played
with the Rogers Brothers and in
''Florodora" and other musical sue
cesses. She had beautiful home near
Morningside Park, in New York, and
was popular socially as well as on the
stage. Her loving care Of her hus band
during the many months he suffered
from cancer endeared her to many and
resulted in her health breaking down
temporarily.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

uell he entaro,
the American camp at the time whs s
men and encouragement were sclin.
Il came to fight for American ina'
pendence," was the reply.
What can you do"
"Try me-
Try him they did, With the rosnA
that Individually he did mere IA ,S
the struggles for liberty than cou,d .
regiment of troops. KosciusZko if w.,
who built redoubts and breastworI,.
KosciusZko it was who by his knoul
edge of engineering constructed ram
parts and forts; Kosciuszko if va,
who planned and completed the WORKS
at West Point.
At the close of the war he retuma
to his own Poland that he might aid in
bringing to her the blessings of ljbprv
that he had already helped anotDs,
land to win. But his fight was in vain
At the siege Of Warsaw when be hD
covered with wounds, when the Rms
slams were entering the city, he ey.
claimed, THE end Of Poland"
His words proved prophetic. Years
afterward when Emperor Paul of Rus
STA set him free from the prison whers
be had long been confined, offering
him his own imperial sword the wt
riot said sadly:
II have no need of a sword, since
have no country to defend"
The end of Poland was not the end
of the cause Of liberty. From the par
titioned land with no freedom of her
own the words and deeds of her brave
patriot have gone through the whole
world, animating other lands to love
of liberty. One act will not measure
the value of mans service to the
cause he fights for. Warsaw fell, but
Thaddeus Kosciuszko's memory will
live as long as man remembers the
name of liberty.
1t is not the name Of the victor that
the goddess Of fame inscribes on Der
golden tablet. 1t is the name Of bin
who fought for right.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

A hundred years ago the manuscript
of Millions Paradise Lost" was worth
about 500. To-day it is priceless and
Mr.. Morgan. the present owner, is said
to have paid quarter of a million for
1t. There are pieces of tapestry in the
possession of rich New Workers for
which they have paid 500 square
inch. AIillets The Angelus" is said
to be worth $150,00O and there are
hundreds of pieces of canvas scattered
over Europe and America worth quite
as much. When Stradivarius violin
is sold at public auction in London for
so great sum as $500 the fact is
deemed worthy to he cabled to the
ends OF the earth. A railroad is sold
for a billion or q corner lot in Man
haitian for the revenues of a princi-
pality and nothing is said. These bau-
bles. though of great price, are COM
mon enough. But Il Strad. In all the
world there are scarcely n dozen of
these precious old tiddles and all the
cunning of modern invention cannot
add to their number.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

to a very short time ago, when the in
formation was given out that Lee Gle
Forest, young scientist Of New York,
a graduate of Yale, had perfected
system of wireless telegraphy which
was expected to overcome most of the
objections urged against it's predeces-
sors. 1t must not be supposed, how
ever, that De Forest had sprung full
panoplied into the arena. For years
he had been working, but he was wise
enough not to take the world into his
confidence until he had practically per-
fected his apparatus. Later on the
army and navy departments Of the
United States adopted his system after
exhaustive tests, and then the eyes Of
the scientific world were turned upon
this man, who is but % years of age
and had never been heard of before.
Naturally any man following the in
dividual whose name has become iden-
tilted with a certain invention must
have something new, some improve
ment, to offer. Otherwise there is no
excuse for his presence in the field.
What made the Marconi apparatus
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

possible was the "coherer." 1t is as
serted that this was invented in 1890
by Branley. The coherer consists of
a glass tube, into the opposite ends of
which electrodes are introduced. Be
tween the inner ends of these cleo
trodes, which do not quite touch, are
placed metal filings. When the cleo
trical or Hertzian impulse is given,
these filings are magnetiZed and close
the circuit, thus half way actuating
the receiving apparatus. But right here
is where the troubles comes in with
the coherer; there is nothing to break
the circuit and produce the other half
of the sound necessary to complete the
Geographic character. Marconi breaks
this circuit by a sort of hammer blow.
which, as it were, shakes the filings
loose. AS a matter of fact, this blow
is administered by an instrument op-
Grated by little circuit. But, never
theless, the coherer was and is an
objection, as it markedly limits the ca
pacity Of the receiver. Marconi is said
to have admitted as much and is even
reported to have devised a plan for
overcoming the necessity for the use
Of the coherer by means of something
which he calls magnetic detector."
But Lee De Forest when he began
his experimentation with wireless
telegraphy was shrewd enough to see
that the mechanical phases of the in
struments must be reduced to a min
imum. Accordingly he put the idea Of
the coherer out of his mind In his in
strument a responder is employed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

I'D like to preach a sermon on re-
sponsive children" said the man who
makes chums Of his dear ones. ave
always had a notion that pretty nearly
all the mean streaks in boy were
caused by something his dad had or
had not done, and | don't believe in
original cussedness any more than 1
believe in infant damnation. If a boy
grows up mean and selfish and snarly
and full of kinks and trickery 1 want
to know all about his parents before I
pass Judgment. When my boy hit the
piano such a thump that he broke two
hammers do you suppose that l came
home to find him hiding in the cellar,
scared to death of the licking that was
coming his way? Not bit Of 1t. He
looked me in the eyes like little man
and confessed his fault and promised
to try to think in future. He under
stood me just as I understand him,
and We'll be partners as long as God
let's us live. l went over to buy his
winter outfit. His mother generally
does that, and you would have thought
we were going to circus, he was so
tickled to be with me. He skipped
along the street and whistled and frol-
licked and told me about what he
would do when he got big and went
to the store with his little boy; and
sort Of swelled up as l looked at his
brave young face, and hoped that peo-
pie would know that he was my boy.
He picked out his clothes. He knew
what he wanted, and when the clerk
had him logged out in blue coat with
big buttons and stood up in front of
the mirror he grinned so you could
almost see that smile from the rear
And then there We're other fixings and
were waiting for my change boy snug
gled up to me and said, You're awful
good to me, papa. There amt a boy
on our street fixed up for winter so
good as me. Thank you for being so
good And he meant it. That came
right from the mans heart in the boys
body. And | couldn't talk because l
sort of choked up and thought of the
many homes that might contain joy
and happiness if parents only tried
harder to understand their children.
I've had some pretty good times in
my life, but l never got more enjoy
ment for a small expenditure than on
that store trip with my chum.'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

Members of one religious denomina-
ton in the United States decline to
vote because the name Of God is not
mentioned in the constitution. In TIA
Iy the Roman Catholics are forbidden
to vote because the secular govern
ment has seized the city of Rome and
the papal states and deprived the Pope
of temporal power. 1t was thought by,
some persons that the new Pope would
not insist on the order issued by his
predecessor, but a cardinal has as
sured the Associated Press that spe
cial attention is to be called to the
order shortly before the approaching
general election in Italy. Less than
one-half of the Italian Catholics have
in the past respected the wish of the
Pope in this respect
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

when my wife was a lItlle Su ,I
said the guest to his host, "She SSs,
lowed needle. A few days 70,
while seated at a table, she 0'"1
a sharp cry and complained OF " r ~
in her foot. So intense was TIC ". n
fering that a physician had 10 w = 4
ed in. He made an inclsIon "H'
tract NJ
1.-THE needle?" quickly added '"'
er guest. ra
"Yes," answered the gentiei'"" u
had related the incident, ahho'''
cause of the interruption. =, ID
when 1 was a boy" respoaueu 4
host, I ran a silver of Woou ID +
foot. At the time I thought | Inv ~
moved it entirely. One mofnln9 - ),
ago, I felt a dull pain back u ~ 4sss
1 put my hand to my head aNu
found ,oyI
1.-THE silver Of wood as"i"
posed the unmannerly guest md
NO" retorted the host
back of my ear a lead pencil
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

for a finer type Of service than most
men can leach But whenever an
employees relationship to the work be.
comes complicated with the question
of her sex, then there is friction,
waste and an impairment Of available
ity. The moment that the business of
an Office has to be conducted on the
plan Of soiree there is an end to
plain speech and quick work. 1t Is
not enough that a woman can do the
same work as man; she must be
amenable without friction to the same
rules, discipline and direct method as
a man. Otherwise she stands in her
own light.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
DIR. Bran1ey of France Regarded an TIA
Real Inventor.


Real Inventor.
The world at large regards Maroon
as the inventor of wireless biography.
Aside from the fact that the Hertzian
waves, discovered by DR.. Hertz. form
the basic principle Of all the systems
so far exploited, it is fact that the
man who may with greatest propriety
be regarded as the inventor Of wireless
telegraphy is DIR. Branley, Of France,
who early in the nineties had two sta
tons working in a building. But the
Frenchman practically went no fur
Their, being apparently content to leave
his invention to the tender mercies of
younger men with more time, means
and energy at their command. Thus
the development of wireless telegraphy
was doubtless delayed by several
years.
The Arco-Slaby, Fessenden and Mar
conf systems were the best known up
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

The comparative rate of deaths and
accidents on British and American
railways is startling. On British rail
ways only one passenger in something
less than 2O0,OOO,OOO is killed, while on
American railways the fatal casualty
is one in less than 100000. One in
less than 100000 passengers is injured
on American railways to one in more
than 100000 on British. An eminent
railroad president explains this by say
ing that under certain conditions the
human brain refuses to work" And
we seem to have the conditions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

The study of the westward move
ment of the geographical centers Of
American activity is highly interest
ing. The movement has been steady
and natural. The centers of popula-
ton, of manufactures, of farm values
and areas Of the productivity Of the
various leading crops Of the country
have oil moved westward. The Mis-
sissippi Valley is now the center of the
nations wealth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02
Oldest Sexton on Earth

Charles E. Pope, of Sandwich,
Mass, is the oldest sexton in the coun-
try, if not in the world He has rung
the bells of the First Parish Church of
that town for nearly three-quarters of
a century. Mr.. Pope was born July
II, 1920, and was made sexton at a
very early age. Mr.. Pope is a most
remarkable old gentleman, and, unlike
the average sexton, he is an educated
man
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

AS If the eye were not weapon
with which every young woman is al
ready expert, certain rules for an eye
drill have recently been promulgated.
1t seems that the beauty of woman's
orbs lies not SO much in their shape
and color as in the way she uses them.
Hence a long list Of directions for ro-
tating them so that the muscles may
be best trained. Man never knows
when he is safe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

As Il general rule, woman becomes
efficient in business in proportion as
she can lay aside the peculiarities and
IsrerogativeS of her sex and become to
al inIents and purposes masculine.
This is not said in mitigation of the
Obvious truth that indiscriminate con-
tact WITH men i'll employment tends to
smseX WOMAN Or in ignorance of the
'ii.er fact that i'll many pursuits the
seniahiiie eqGipIl. 1t fits its possessor
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-02

Nikola Tesla has emitted the state
ment that the New York subway is
nothing but an elevated road stuck
into a hole in the ground. What is he
going to do about it?