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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
LABOR.

The report of the Indianapolis en-
ployers' association shows remarkable
success in fighting labor unions.
Union machinists, after a ten
months fight on the Lake Shore road,
stampede to get back their old posi-
tiOnS.
Managers of Leadville mines will
not give employment in the future to
members of the western federation OF
miners.
Judge Gray agrees with Commits
sioner Wright and decides the Penn
sylvania check weighman controversy
IN favor of the coal miners.
Thousands of men return to work IN
the International Harvester company S
plants and the Pullman shops, which
resume business on the open shop
basis.
A convention of carpenters and
ioiners at Milwaukee passed resolu-
lions in support of the present trades
movement, opposing the open shop and
other grievances.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
SUPREME COURT NOT READY
TO REPORT.
JUSTICE CASSODAY ILL
Opinion May Not be Handed Down Be-
fore October 10, Yet 1t May Come
Any Day-Court Room Packed
With an Expectant Throng-Court
Session to be Week on Other Gases.

Madison, Sept. 27.-No opinion in
the stalwart-La Toilette political case
was rendered by the supreme court
this morning and now none may bs
handed down till Oct. 1S,-the next
regular meeting time for the court t.
make decisions. However, the court
may make it's report any day before
or after that time. 1t will be In ses-
sion for a week hearing arguments in
other cases. Chief Justice Cassoday
is i'll and was not on the bench, and
it is assumed that his illness interrereQ
with the writing of the opinion. The
court room was packed
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
POLITICAL.

POLITICAL.
President Roosevelt and his family
returned to Washington from Oyster
Bay.
Senator Fairbanks began tar west
campaign. He made eight speeches
in Minnesota.
The growth of the social democrat
movement in Wisconsin causes alarm
TO politicians.
Alton B. Parker issued bis formal
letter accepting the democratic nomi-
nation for the presidency.
The republican national committee
asked railways to grant Ialf rate
for men returning home to vote.
William Jennings Bryan is out OF the
campaign. His lungs are declared to
be affected and he has gone to Arl-
IONA.
President Roosevelt announced to
the members of nterparliamentary
unions that he would take the initiative
in asking for a peace conference.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03

For several years Tammany Hall in
New York has been trying to enroll
under it's banner young men Of means,
and it has met with considerable sue
cess. The idea is to secure youthful
adherents, who, while ambitious of po-
litical preferment, have money enough
to put them beyond necessity Of max
ing living out of politics. How well
the wigwam managers have succeeded
in this effort is shown by the recruiting
of such men as Harry Payne Whitney
Congressman Francis Burton Harri
son, the nominee for lieutenant gov,
ernor; James w. Gerard, Stewart Mel
Iy Brice, son of the late senator; Cam
bridge Livingston, Jack BeresfOrd, a
nephew of the late Lord William Ber-
esford; Richard T. Wilson, Jr., Edward
A. Crowninshield, Reginald Rives and
numerous others.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
JAPANgsE-RussIAN WAR.

JAFHNE0 wan
The japanese are reported to have
taken another fort at Port Arthur
Reports from Toxic say Japan will
send as many men into Manchuria as
Russia does.
Port Arthurs fate is said to hinge
on a single fort that the Japs are try
ing to capture.
Gen. Orloff was dismissed from the
army in disgrace for disobedience or
orders at Liaoyang.
The Japanese are planning extensive
thanking movements and may catch
the Russians in a trap.
Spain refuses to allow the Russian
cruiser Terek to take on coal at Las
Palmas, Canary islands.
An officer of Admiral Skrydloff's staff
says that Chinese spies reveal all Rus
sian plans to the Japanese.
The Japs are reported to be engaged
in a general assault on Port Arthut,
attacking the city on three sides.
The VIadivostok fleet started on
raid of the Corean coast. The de-
stroyers captured Japanese transport.
In a three-day battle the Japanese
seized Fort Kuropatkin and thus got
control Of Port Arthur's water supply.
The Japanese losses in hand-to-hand
fighting at Port Arthur Sept. 10, 20 and
21 are estimated at 5000 to 5000 men.
The Russian fleet at Port Arthur is
expected to make dash from the har-
Dor and another naval battle is immi-
nent.
The Manchus at Pel1in, it is said,
want the powers to aid in securing
Manchuria for China without condi-
tons
The Japanese are within twelve
miles of Mukden and have assumed the
offensive. big battle is hourly
expected.
The Russians reported loss OF
twenty-five guns, with 400 men killed
and 800 wounded in repelling a Japan
csc attack of Sept. Is.
At Robinson, Ind, John Darrick, aged
II. blew off the top of his head when
his mother refused permission for him
to go to a neighbours.
The Baltic fleet is expected to arrive
at Port Arthur in January. Kouropat-
kin is to march to the relief OF the
fortress at the same time.
The car reorganizes his Manchurian
army and resolves to crush Japanese
with 100000 men, Kuropatkin being
chief commander no longer
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
SRrs
DOM ESTIC.

The Jews see hope in the regime OF
the new Russian premier, Prince
Mirsky. -
Extraordinary precautions are taken
to protect the body Of Levi z. Letter
from grave robbers.
An armed posse arrested William
Britton, the Kentucky feudist, who is
indicted for murder.
Sixty-two persons were killed and
125 injured in wrecks of two trains on
the Southern railway
A fast freight hit wagon load OF
dynamite at Cumberland, Md, killing
two men and injuring eight others.
A Massachusetts justice who violates
the law of nations by ining British
attache for scorching may go to prison.
The II year old daughter of Darwin
Hale at Robinson, Ill., was accidental
ly and fatally shot by small brother
with target rife.
Nine little girls were smothered TO
death in the clubhouse vault of the
Pleasant Ridge school near Cincinnati,
when the floor gave way.
J. Pierpont Morgan will relinquish
active management of his vast bust
ness to his son, who assumes control
the beginning Of the year.
James Hagerman, president Of the
American Bar association, in criticising
the Philippine policy says the islands
should have free trade.
Weather bureau officials say the III
inois corn crop escaped frost, but
fruit and crops in various other
states are reported damaged.
A negro servant at Lexington, Ky,
accused a relative of Judge Mulligan OF
having been at the bottom Of the plot
to poison the whole family.
Owing to severe drouths in Europe
the grain ard fruit crops have been
greatly damaged and big demand will
be made from the United States.
Chief Engineer Wallace of the Pan
ANA canal says the survey will con-
sumo all of next year and that the
digging will take eight years more.
The special train conveying the
archbishop of Canterbury and j. r.
Morgan was wrecked at East Brooklyn,
Mass but none of the passengers IS
hurt.
Rudolph Wetter, on trial at Grange
vile. Idaho, for the Staying OF two
neighboring ranchers, has been pro-
nounced guilty of murder in the first
degree.
Skyscrapers are doomed, according
to views of Prof. Wuarin of the univer-
sly of Geneva in paper read at st.
Louis. Danger in public health is in
vOlved.
A Georgia editor advocated a revival
of Ku Klux Khan in order to create
reign of terror to check negro lawless-
ness. Four girls were attacked in
Pennsylvania.
Diplomats in the capitals of world
must be reduced to a common level,
declared John w. Foster in an address
to the international congress OF arts
and science at st. Louis.
At Philadelphia jewelry and furs
valued at nearly $4,000 were stolen
from the home of a wealthy resident.
The most valuable article was a scarf
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
The Latest in Furniture.

The first warship to be fitted with
steel furniture is the new cruiser Bal
timore. Naval Constructor Capps
and his assistant. Constructor Nut-
ting, have found that all the necessary
furniture can be made of this metal.
During the war with Spain much dam
age was done by the furniture on
ships taking fire, and the steel furni-
ture will overcome this danger.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
The Greatest Horse Intellect.

In Golfers is the first announce
ment in this country of the most re-
markable horse that has become the
scientific sensation of Europe. The
writer says:
"Hans was, indeed, no more than a
remarkably intelligent trained horse,
until he began to improve upon the
simple feats in which he was drilled,
and displayed initiative which coulo
be explained only on the ground OF
reasoning and computation. Berlin
scientific circles began to investigate
Hans, and in few weeks he was the
sensation of the hour. He showed
ability to perform simple sums in
arithmetic, expressing the answers by
stamping hoof on the ground. Be
fore a committee of undisputable
veracity, he counted up to one hun
dred, developed an eye for colors by
watching them without mistake, and
proved that he had an ear for music
by showing signs of angry disapproval
over discords. The committee found
that Hans could spell words of one
syllable, and that he added to his
vocabulary with as much speed as
that shown by a child in the primary
grades. In brief, Hans used his
mind and his memory to learn his
lessons, and then put two and two to-
gether. .
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
Strategy.

"The enemy" announced the spy,
sis retreating toward u.s."
"Then," declared the Russian gener-
al, 1--WE will execute bit of strategy"
Eyes, sir"
'Give the order to advance"
"Advance?"
Thurs was another stroke of policy
advance from them"
successfully carried out
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
Xerxes' Lost Fleet,

AS the result of the great success
achieved in recovering ancient treas
ures, search is to be made for the lost
fleet of Xerxes, the ships of which
have lain in the bottom of the Egean
sea for about 1900 years. Arrange
ments have been made to search the
seas bed by means of a newly-invent-
ed marine instrument OF great power,
called the hYdrOscOpe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, who sat in
the house of commons for more than
forty years, will disappear from that
assembly at the dissolution, and it is
generally expected that he will be Of
fered a peerage. His son, M. H. Hicks
Beach, is to be the tory candidate for
the Tewkesbury decision of G1ouces-
tershire at the general election in the
place of Sir John Darlington, who re-
tires.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
GENERAL BELLS PERSONALITY.
A Pen Picture of the Man Who Held
Military Rule over Colorado.

To large extent the armed forces
Of Colorado are acting practically I'M
der the indirect control of the mine
owners, yet not entirely So The
state is almost solely under the infiu-
ence of the mine owners, and to this
extent the mine owners control the
general policy of the troops, burt the
immediate actions of the guard are
ruled absolutely by General Sherman
M. Bell, and he is controlled by Meth
Ell mine owner. striker, governor,
nor any other man but himself. A
more honest, frank, free, fearless,
open man have seldom met. What
West Point is in theory, Sherman
Bell is in practice. Young,-barely
thirty,-of medium size, quick in
mind and body, decisive on the in
slant, perhaps too much so,-
square as die, Sherman Bell is the
master of the situation in Colorado
He closed the Portland mine solely
on his own responsibility, and broad
ly shoulders that unwarranted and in
defensible act. At the same time
he closed several smaller properties,
one Of which is leased by a prom
nent mine owner who is a close per
sonal and political friend of many
men in political power in the state,
This man worked his pull success
fully all along the line till he reached
Sherman Bell, where he, the state
authorities, and the entire Mine Own
ers' association were promptly subju
gated. Politics cuts no figure with
General Bell. He is the mainstay,
and, at the same time, the despair of
the governor. General Bell can
neither be bought nor bluffed. In
this young military commander one
instinctively feels himself in the
presence of man. 1t is claimed
in Colorado that a man with more
tact than General Bell would have
prevented trouble. But General Bell
openly invited trouble, that he might
crush it. Under his command is,
probably, the most effective body Of
soldiers in America, outside of the
regular army, and two years ago the
tie better than a corps of tin sol
diers. This is due almost solely to
the internal military diplomacy and
tact, backed by the tire1ess energy
and iron determination Of Sherman
Bell. If the same qualities had ex-
! tended beyond military affairs, Colo
RADIO would, today, not be where she
is: but if a weaker, less honest less
| fearless. burt more tactful man had
been in command, Colorado would
surely be worse off. Although cursed
by the strikers, he is almost the
only power standing between them
and the mine owners. General Bell
deported miners whom the mine
owners wanted to lynch, and would
have lynched, except that General
Bell gave open orders to shoot the
first mine owner who attacked I'm
ion miner. Although General Bell
has deported many of the miners, nor
a single one has been iynched. The
deported men can charge Genera!
Bell with forcing them to leave the
state, but to him they owe their
, lives. In Sherman Bells honesty,
bravery and military effectiveness, |
believe as strongly as 1 do in that OF
Admiral Dewey,-but in civil affairs
he is misIed. as was Grant in bank
ing and Dewey in politics.-Chauncey
Thomas in the August Success.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03

"It makes me laugh sol" exclaimed
Mrs Quizz.
see anything funny in the show, even
well" replied her hubby, Il fail to
though it is an alleged comedy
''Ha, ha. hal"
maria, what is it? I see nothing
funny"
"The comedian, the play or that
"Ha, ha, ha! 1t is so comical."
inane dialogue?" demanded Mr. Quizz,
beginning to feel hTffy.
"That bald man in front of me try
ing to keep fly off of ais head"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
FOR YOU.

For you I'd count all riches dross,
ALI gain I'd count my empty loss.
For you.
For you I'd break this heart of mine
And count the pain of it divine,
For you.
For you I'd brave all war and strife,
I'd risk my all, my soul, my life,
For you.
For you I'd pluck yon beaming star,
I'd give my seat in a c%wded car,
For you.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
A Hard Luck Tale,

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. He
This is leap year-and nearly half
gone.
-Yes-what of it?
He-Not a single girl in the whole
town has treated me to icecream yet.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03

Parent-What in the world do you
want with a trombone? You know
that the man next door has driven us
nearly wild by his performances on
that awful instrument
Son-Calm yourself, father; that's
the one I've bought.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03

ease is conveyed in that manner. It
has been said that 80 per cent of the
dogs in the country are affected with
tuberculosis, and if that is so that in
itself constitutes dangerous menace
to the people.
eff it were in my power I should see
tC it that a rigorous inspection of all
dogs and cats should be made, espe-
cially in regard to the conveyance of
disease. But the trouble with the
City of New York is that the care and
the licensing of dogs has been taken
out of the hands OF the city authorities
and placed in !, lnds of the Amer
lean Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals.
Census of Dogs and Cats.
If a census of the dogs and cats in
the world could be compiled the fig
ures that would be obtained would
doubtless be appalling. No one has
thus far succeeded in ascertaining the
number of animals in a. single city.
The nearest that one can approach it
is by giving the number of cats and
dogs that are licensed For instance,
the original dog licenses in New York
last year were approximately $4,000,
burt this does not indicate the number
of dogs that are actually in the city.
There are thousands of stray dogs and
dogs whose owners make no pretense
Of having them licensed AS for the
cats, no account whatever S ever tax
en- of them This is true Of all cities,
and the widest statistician would not
venture a guess at the dog and cat
population of the inhabitable globe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
A Question.

"Does he make an honest living
Gle is a plumber"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03

pin, valued at $1,000. A sensation is
limited at.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03

Be good and you'll be happy-an6
probably be poor.
The National tribune., 1904-08-18

But The National Tribune will 90 further in this
commendabIe work 1t will assist in getting in shape
the proofs and information required. The first step
for every Comrade is to answer the few simple queS-
tons that asked in the Preliminary Report. !"
Write for one or more of these blank forms. This
report will disclose the case and enable The National
Tribune to complete all the proof required.
There will be no charge whatever for this service,
but it will be expected of every comrade that he
will call the attention of other married comrades
to this matter and influence them to do likewise. No
other missionary work among comrades can be pro-
ductive of more good Many comrades who not
subscribers to The National Tribune will not learn
of this important service if subscribers do not call
their attention to it. Extra blanks will be sent for
distribution upon request
All comrades are requested to make the Prelimi-
nary Report, including those who have married since
June II, 1890.
Comrades who attend to this matter promptly will
be taking the best possible step toward securing for
their widows the higher rate of pension.
The National tribune., 1904-08-18

foot Of the timbered hills, on the extreme
fartherst north edge Of the prairie, north
OF the Tahlequah road, which placed them
farthest away of any Of the herds from
the point where the rebels first appeared.
The rebels came out into the prairie, near
Dick Thompson's house. at the crossing of
the bayou, and deployed over the prairie,
a small party to each herd. My herd must
have been nearly three miles from Dick
Thompson's. l did not so place my mules
as precaution against an anticipated
rebel raid, for I had no suspicion of any
such danger. l only moved the mules to
get fresher grass.
This chance more probably saved my
herd. The herd of the I'd Indian train
(Richmond's) was also near mine, and it.
too, escaped. The rebels got everything
else on the prairie, and among the lot all
the horses of the brigade.
When l reached my grazing ground l
found my mules all there, but no herders
in sight. l wondered whether the men had
been killed or carried off as prisoners, but
concluded that the rebels would hardly
take the men and leave the mules, and that
my boys must have gone into the fort,
which proved to be the case. 1t was after
wards shown that at least two of the rebel
raiders had reached as far north as my
herd, but apparently seeing that the rest of
their men had turned back and were re-
treating, they had become frightened, and,
abandoning my mules-and also Rich
mond's, which they had begun rounding
np-they hurried back and joined the re-
treating rebels, who. having swept the
prairie of all the other stock, seemed to
have decided it best to retire with what
they had rather than 60 farther after
more, and run the risk Of being cut off by
The National tribune., 1904-08-18

them. and followed our men out into the
prairie, but far enough i'll rear to be out of
sight, and were getting in their work kill
ing our pickets and herders before the
patrol had reached Phillips's headquarters
They succeeded in recrOssing the Arkan-
sas and getting away safely with all the
mules and horses of the Indian brigade
except the mules of the I'd Indian ira in
and mine.
My teamster, Dick Griswold never did
me another days service. He got actually
sick from the scare he had taken after
the danger was all over. and | had TO send
him to the hospital. Here he remained
some days, and as he seemed to be pining
the matter with him but sheer fright
by the Surgeons advice l discharged him
and sent him back to Kansas, where, safe
from the dread of rebel raiders, he prob
ably recovered.
This was the only case that came under
my observation during the war, / believe.
where 4 man was driven into a serious
spell of sickness by the terror of contem-
plating past danger
On the principle of ''locking the stable
after the horse is stolen" which generally
prevails i'll such cases, all manner-and a
great many that We're entirely useless-of
extra precautions were taken to prevent a
recurrence of this raid For some days
afterward we We're forbidden to send our
mules out on herd at all, and had to keep
them tied up to the wagons, sending some
men out with a team each day to cut and
haul grass to them But in this way we
could not procure half enough feed for the
hungry animals, and they began to fall off
and grow thin.
CTO be continued)
The National tribune., 1904-08-18

Fl. Worthington Post, Department of
Iowa, writes: '"This is a good thing. AT
the next meeting / will recommend that
every married comrade fill out blank and
deposit it with you. A number of widows
in this region would now be drawing pen
sion if this thing had been started years
ago."
Comrade c. f. Kimball, Co. +. 1st Pa.
Rifles (Old Bucktails), and Co. A, 18th
V. r. c. sends his Report, and writes:
May God bless you for this good work. "
Comrade Cyrus H. Gilmore, First Lieu
tenant, Co II, 9th H.. writes from Ne
braska: "All honor to The National Trib-
une for originating and carrying out a
pra ctical plan of preliminary evidence that
will help our widows"
Comrade James L. Lyon, Co. c, 1st
Wis. Cav, sends Report, and writes from
Michigan: Il have often thought that 1t
would be good plan to do this very
thing
Comrade VIM. II. Avery, Co. d. 18th
Mich, ]. P. and Notary Public, sends his
preliminary Report, and writes from Kan
sas: Il have been pension attorney for
II years, and know the great Importance
of this thing"
Comrade Patrick Fitzgerald. Co. B. 57th
H., sends his Report, and writes from
Nebraska: This is one of the things that
commands our greatest respect. 1t is in
tended to benefit our widows. but at the
same time it gladdens the hearts of COM
rades."
Comrade John Alley. Sergeant. Co. =.
4th Mass. II. A., sends his Report, and
writes "Ths is great relief. 1t will
relieve many a comrade Of worry and it