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Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
The First Week of the War
 Entirely Satisfactory
AN UNEVFNTFUL ENDING
The Stories of the Early Fighting Cleared Up-Lack of Confirmation
 on One Hand and Denials on the Other of Operations North of Japan.

London, Feb. 13.-The end of the first week of the Russo-Japanese war brings intense satisfaction to Great Britain, and the extent of popular jubilation finds no adequate expression in the London press, which Is careful not to offend Russia. From the point of view of the man in the street, Great Brit aims far eastern ally has exceeded all expectations, and even naval and mili- tary officers who prophesied initial successes for Japan are surprised The total or partial disablement of nine Russian war vessels in the opening week of the struggle is generally con- sidered by experts here as giving Ja- pan control of the far eastern seas.
 Lord Salisbury's much criticized treaty with the rising power in the Orient now stands among the most popular steps undertaken by any Brit ish statesman.
 What strikes those responsible for the naval policy of Great Britain as most remarkable is the extraordinary disproportion between the loss inflicted and the loss sustained by Japan The immunity of the fleets of the United States at Manila and Santiago as founded the naval authorities here, and now, when Japan to all intents gains control of the sea without the loss of a single war vessel and with only four men killed, high naval officers in Lon don openly confess that they are amazed
 Putting Japan's experience during the past week side by side with the re- suits of American engagements against the spanish navy, the authorities here have come to the important conclusion that the efficiency of her navy person. nel possesses infinitely greater value with the material at hand than has ever before been attributed to it.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
1 can sell you a full-sized lot, 50 X I5o, in the Irvine addi- tion, for
S5O.OO Only $5 Down and $3 Monthly
 Payment

and interest, 35c. If i'm provements are made to the value of $Ioo, I will give a years time on the purchase price, you pay only the in terest and taxes. These lots are less than one mile from the center of the city Center and Washington streets) just outside the city limits, on high, dry ground, plenty of irrigation water with each lot and perfect title.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
ENGLAND AGREES.

Lohdon, Feb. 15.-Reports regarding the British delay in answering Secre- tary Hays note on the subject of China have created great surprise. It is pointed out that the note was only presented a few days ago and the British government already has com mnuicated what is regarded as tanta- mount to answer. This, it is under stood here, expresses complete agree meht on broad lines of Secretary Hays proposition.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
SWEARS OFF TAXES.

New York, Feb. 13.-Counsel repre- senting the executors of the late Charles L. Tiffany. which has been di- vided and is held in trust, have ap- peared before the tax commissioners and sworn off the tax assessment of $3,000,0O0 on the ground that all of the estate is invested in city and govern ment bonds and other non-taxable securities.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
ALSO ANOTHER.

san Francisco. Cal, Feb. 13.-Tne Merchants Exchange reports the ar rival at Yokohama on February l1th of the Japanese liner Maru from this port. She was one of the merchant vessels which had been impressed into the naval service of Japan and it was feared that she might be intercepted by some Russian warship before reach ins Ter destination.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
BREWER HEMP SUICIDES.
The Motive Was Grics Over the Loss
 c. His Son.

St Louis. Feb. 1c-Wm. J. Lemp. proprietor of the Lemp Brewing com Pany committed suicide today by shooting himself through ,Ne head. The deed IS supposed to have been committed. because of sorrow over he death O. his son recently.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
STEAMER ESCAPED

London, Feb. 14.-A dispatch to the Central News from St. Petersburg says the steamer Voronej. belonging 10 the Russian volunteer fleet. which had sailed from Vladivostock and which was believed to have been captured Dy the Japanese, has arrived safely at Singapore.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
Why Pay Rent?

When you can secure a home on such easy terms :?
 This price has never been made before for these lots and when these are sold you will never buy a home so cheap and on such easy terms.
 These lots are just south of the Santa Fe Railroad Yards and when that road is finished to Benson and the new cutoff is built to the Coast (which MT. Murphy assures us will be built at once, Phoenix will be a rail- road center and these lots will be in demand for homes for railroad employees.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
FAMOUS CHEMIST DEAD.

Pittsburg, Feb. 1S.-Alonzo William KenZie, one of the foremost chemists and metallurgists in the United States and known among manufacturers from the Atlantic to the Pacific, died at his home in Braddock today, aged S6 years.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14

tegrity of China, but it is still Eego- tiating with other powers with the idea of arriving at a general under standing. The discussion seems to be as to whether or not Manchuria shall be included in Chinese territory. Eveu the Chinese declaration of neutrality is not clear on that point.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
COVENANTS FAVORABLE.

Berlin. Feb. 13. The German gov ernment has been informed that neither Russia nor Japan opposes in principle Secretary Hays proposal in regard 70 China.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
ITALY STILL STUDYING.

Rome, Feb. 13-The Italian govern ment is favorable to the note of Sccre- tary Hay concerning the territorial in-
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
RUSSIAN WAR FEVER.
The Great Empire AbIaze With En-
 th.siasm.

St. Petersburg, Feb. l3-For the first tune since the beginning of hostilities Tn the far east the government tonight gave the Russian newspapers pernis- sion to publish accounts received from abroad of the naval engagement off lhemulpc in which the warships Var lag and Kcrietz were destroyed
 The war fever, which has been arous-
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14

FOR SALE:-F'ive acres, five-room house, barn, fine shade. some alfalfa, 219 miles northwest. Price $500. E. F. Pascoe-Loans and Insurance. 110 N. Center street.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14

FOR SAlE:-Five-room house, fine shade, full size lot, well located north side. Price $1100.00. E. F.. Pascoe, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. 11O North Center street.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-22
New Court Cases.

j. H. Walters VS.. Lavina Walters. The
plaintiff brings suit for divorce on the
grounds of desertion. They were mar
ried at Princeton, Mo-, in 1896 and lived
together until August %, 1902, when he
alleges she deserted him without cause
and has since absented herself in viola
tion Of her marriage VOWS, and for this
reason he thinks he is entitled to di-
vorce. W. H. Albaugh attorney for
plaintiff.
Farmers Bank of Davis City VS.. Geo.
w. Lanning, Ben w. Lanning, G. r..
Mitchell, Lanning Mfg Co. and A. b..
Dorm. Suit is brought on two promis-
sorry notes each for $615, given by de-
PENDANTS to A. E. Dorm, and by him en-
dorsed to plaintiff, dated April n, 1900,
due in four years, principal and interest
now amounting to $1,G50. S. Varga at
torney for plaintiff.
J. w. Kirkpatrick VS.. Harrison Brown
ct al. Plaintiff brings an action to
quiet the title to the south one-third of
the southeast quarter of northeast quar-
ter of section 27, township 70, range N,
and the north three-eights Of northeast
quarter of southeast quarter of section
", township 70, range ~, Decatur coun-
ty, Iowa. Hoffman & Jackson attorneys
for plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-22
Killed by a Horse.

A sad and fatal accident occurred at
the farm of W.. S. Pottorff, who lives
three miles northwest of Leon on last
Wednesday evening, which resulted in
the death of his son Irwin on Saturday
morning. The boy who was u years,
6 months and s days old, had gone to
the pasture after the cows, riding one
Of the farm horses, and the animal
stumbled and fell with him, throwing
the boy on stump and falling on him,
infiicting internal injuries which caused
his death Saturday morning. The boy
not coming home the family made search
for him and found him lying in the field
unconscious and DR.. Layton was hastily
summoned and did every rything medical
skill could, but he was badly crushed
and constantly vomited until death
came to his relief. The bereaved par
ents have the deepest sympathy of the
community in their affiiction.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-22

ster, but Axes feared he would strike
like an elephant and knock out the bot
tom OF the lake, SO conceded the money
and honor to Mr.. Bowsher amid the
cheers of the Bowsher supporters.
At the baby show Friday the commit
tee was simply swamped with babies,
there being over sixty entered in the
contest for the prize as the prettiest
baby. In the first contest the judges
were Mrs. Fred Woolley, of High Point,
Miss Helen Arnold of Garden Grove, and
Miss Irene Wasson, of Leon, and they
finally awarded the Yorkshire pig given
by Ed H. Sharpe to Florence Blanche
Benham, of st. Joe, Mo-, the little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II. M. Ben
ham, who were here with the fat woman
and petrified man. A second and third
contest followed for two gold rings, as
there were no twin babies entered for
these prizes, and in the second contest
the judges, Mrs. T. S. Arnold and Miss
Della Cherrington, of Leon, and Mrs. L.
l.. Armstrong, of Grand River, awarded
the prize to Harold Gordon Muse, the
little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Muse, Of
Leon. The judges in the third contest
were Mrs. Chas. Perkins, of Grand
River, Mrs. Harry Penniwell and Mrs.
G. NJ. Keller, of Leon, and the prize was
awarded to Gladys Gillham, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Gillham, of this city.
On Thursday and Friday nights there
was magnificent display of fireworks
from the lake platform, which kept
many people on the grounds until late
hour.
On the ball park there were four
games, the interest and attendance in
creasing each day. On Wednesday Leon
defeated Davis City by score of 10 to
5. On Thursday in seven inning game
between Leon and Van Vert, Leon won,
the score being 8 to 5. Friday there
was hot game between Leon and La
moni which took ten innings to decide,
Lamont winning by score of to 7.
The last game was on Saturday and La
moni again defeated the Leon boys by
score of IS to Ii. In the two last games
it was demonstrated that practice
counts, as the Leon boys have not been
playing this summer and were also Grip
pied by John Hurst and Forrest Lorey
being out of the games with injured
hands.
Too much credit for the success of the
A. Caster and Harry J. Vogt, the COM
hiAosSS "ho hdS AtliA ShIISO VI CuS IC-
union. They donated their services for
several weeks without a cent of pay,
and are entitled to all of the credit for
the big success which they made of the
reunion. The committee had great OBJ
stacles to overcome, and on account of
the cold and disagreeable weather, the
returns from concessions and privileges
were not as largeas expected and there
will nrOha b1y sht. a daficif to he S,nat nv
the business men and citizens Of the
town, as the expenses of the reunion
were in the neighborhood of 5000. All
of the bills have not yet been audited
and a public statement of the receipts
and expenditures will be made next
week. Let everyone respond when they
are called upon and relieve the commit
tee of any more work than is absolutely
necessary, for the boys have certainly
done a pile of work for the reunion
o1raadv
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-22

You know where you stand on this
transportation question. You have
good and to you sufficient reasons for
your position. Surely the people Of
your district and the state of Iowa as
we'll are not unreasonable in asking you
to tell them plainly what that position
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
MUST
BUILD HER OWN
DRAINAGE CANAL

Washington, Jan. 21.-The report of
the committee on rivers and harbOrs
of the national board of trade caused
considerable feeling and when it was
moved 20 recommit the report, George
Anderson, chairman of the committee,
declared that he was not sure there
ever would be another meeting of the
board if this was done. 1t was finally
decided to recommit only those por-
tons not approved by the board
Among the items recommitted was the
recommendation that the Chicago
drainage canal be increased in size by
the United Stated for navigation to the
gulf, opposition developing from the
Cleveland, New York and Boston dele
gates, who broadly minated that Chi
cago should build her own canal.
The board recommitted the recon-
mendatiOn of the transportation COM
mittee asking the enactment of a fed
eral law enforcing prompt furnishing
of means of transportation without
discrimination, and for a uniform
charge for the detention of facilities
whether the detention be at the origi-
mating point or the destination.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
HOLDS CIVIL SERVICE ExAMINA.
TIoN IN MADISON.
REBUILDING ERIE CANAL
Unusual Spectacle of Eastern State
Coming West in Search of compe-
tent Help to Construct Waterway
TWO Candidates Examined-Many
Others Failed to Make Application.

New York wants Wisconsin's help.
Inc empire state seeks 10 NIL vacan-
cles IN It's department OF state engi-
neer from the badger state. The esti-
mated appointments at the disposal OF
me state engineer OF New YORK are 20
resident engineers, As assistant engi-
neers, 40 Jewelers., 40 rodmen, 30
cnaInmen and rs engineering draughts-
men. These are sought in connection
with the rebuilding OF the Erie canal
Tor which the legislature OF that COM
mOnWeslth recently appropriated the
sum OF SlOO,OOO,OOO.
stale civil service examinations
,aken outside the state are rare. Few
instances are on record where appll-
cants Tor civil service positions are re-
celved from non-residents. However,
the New York state commission have
seen tit 10 hold such open competitive
examinations in Wisconsin as well as
Is other states. These were held in
Madison last week at the federal build
.ng under the supervision of Judge
hEN Is anu &ASoAc A1AN AbSNAAe0N~A DI
vine. AT the same time examinations
lOr these civil engineering positions
we're held in Appleton, Chippewa Falls,
"A crosse, Milwaukee and Marlnette.
AT Madison there were but two can
u.dates whose applications had been
received IN Albany In time TO endtle
lnem 10 the examination and these
lock that Tor leveler Many others
we're present and woul , have taken the
examination. This pc. ton pays from
S4.5O 10 50 per day. Candidates must
nave had at least two years practical
experience in civil engineering. Three
years successful study entities the can
dIuate 10 credit for one years expert
ence. The subjects Of this examina
ton are theoretical and practical Ques-
JiOns, including mensuration and use
OF lOgarithms, plane trigonometry, top
ographical surveying, mapping and lev
cling, elementary mechanics and by
draulics, theory and use Of rod, level
and transit, and highway construction
5; experience and personal Qualifica
tions, 3; education, 2. Time allowed
for the written examination, hours
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
NEW CORPORATIONS

Articles of incorporation were filed
yesterday in the Office of Secretary of
State Houser as follows:
The Mitchell Motor Car Co, Racine,
capital stock 100000, divided into
5000 shares of 500 each; incorpOra-
tors. William Mitchell Lewis, George
Vernon Rogers, William T. Lewis,
Thomas NJ. Kearney and Harvey E.
Redman.
The Maiden Rock Mercantile Co.,
village of Maiden Rock, Pearce coun-
ty, capital stock $4,000, divided into
$50 shares of 800 each; incorpora-
tors, George T. Heslin, Andrew G. Jul
liam and Lewis ID. Trumbull.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
association of Milwaukee, by E. A.
Wadhams, president, and L. G. Whit
ney, secretary, filed revised articles of
incorporation. The incorporation as
revised is without capital stock, has
officers of president, vice president,
secretary and treasurer and these with
three others constitute the board of di-
rectors.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25

Denver. Jan. 21.-Judge Hallett Of
the United States district court yester-
day after considering the Sherman
Parker heabeas corpus case against
the military authorities OF Colorado
announced that this court is without
jurisdiction in the matter. Parker is
union miner of Cripple Creek, held in
a military bun pen without a warrant
Judge HaIIett upholds the right Of the
state authorities TO hold the prisoners.
The governor, as executive OF the
state" SAYS Judge Hallett, is author
lied and required TO enforce the law
and IL in doing so he finds il necessary
20 call out the militia and use the pow
or of the state he should do so. The
matter Qf how TO enforce the state law
Is not fer the federal government TO
state. The supreme court Of the Unit
ed states has decided that when the
authorities of a state are engaged in
the execution Uf1he laws Of that state,
the courts Of the United States have
no authority TO set them aside"
Concluding Judge HaIlett says: The
people Of the state are 10 be cOngratu-
lated on having a governor who will
enforce the law. The court viii not in
terfere with him I'm the execution Of
his duties"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
MRS. MAVERICK
FREE IN JULY

London. Jan. Information has
been received that Mrs. Maybrick
will be released at the end of July.
She is now in prison in Ailesbury.
Her prison record has been extraOr-
dinarily good. The home secretary
has declined to make any statement
in the May brick case, refusing to de-
ny or affirm the report of the release,
but an unimpeachable authority
states that Mrs. Maybrick will regain
her freedom by the end of July.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
ALDERMAN
GUILTY OF
TAKING BRIBE

Grand Rapids. Mica. Jan. 81
Guilty as charged with the recon
mendati0n to the court tor mercy IS
the verdict rendered by the superior
court jury yesterday in the case
a-alusL Alderman jacob Z. Ellen,
charged with having accepted a Dibe
o. sou IuOm eX-City Attorney l.. N.
salsuury m the LAKE Alcmsan water
Ueal scandal The jury was out a
little less Jnau two hours. THIS IS
the ursL JTiaI completed Of the 20
JElC srew Jut OF the recent comes
sion Oh SALISBURY, although eight o.
the OmcIaIs implicated have already
pleaded guilty. The respondent Iii
Zen was remanded to the custody o.
the sLerim until Saturday mOrnins
for sentence and was taken 10 jan.
The penalty under the statute Is a
prison sentence Oh not more than 40
years or less than one year, or a fine
OF not more than 5000 and a jan
sentence Of not less than one year.
Ihe next case is that OF Alderman
James .. MCCOOl OF the first waru,
charged with accepting a bride OF
$3.50 from Salisbury.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
CARS LOST IN
SNOW DRIFTS
NEAR RACINE

Racine, Jan. 21.-Alarm exists
among the officials of the interurban
street railway line between this city
and KenOsha and Milwaukee, for pas
sengers on the interurban cars caught
in the snow drifts. The cars cannot
be located, as the telephone and tele-
graph service is crippled. The cars
have a scant supply of coal and volun-
teers have been called for to accom-
pany snow plows and shovel out the
snowdrifts in an effort to reach the
passengers. One hundred men have
been called for in Racine and 800 in
Milwaukee, but it is not believed the
cars can be reached before sometime
today.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
PURE COURTS DEMANDED.
Justice Woodward Declares That
There Should BE No Partially.

Justice Woodward Declares That
There Should BE No Partially.
Buffalo, y. u. Jan. 21.-Supreme
Court Justice John woodward, speak
ing at the Lawyers club here said:
I'VE must have an Independent ju-
dietary, both in theory and in fact.
We must have a judiciary so self-re-
speeding. so high in its ideals and SO
Just i'm its endeavors that every man,
woman and child within the iur.sdic-
ton shall approach its tribunals an
the fun confidence that all causes viii
be heard ana adjusted upon fixed
principles of law; that those who ad.
minister the law are TO govern by
promulgated. established laws, not to
be varied in particular cases, but 10
have one rule for rica and poor, for
the fav0rite at court a4d the country.
man al plOw.'
we have reached a stage in the de.
velOpment OF the race where we have
written guarantees fOT the rights OF
individuals. We have made an ad
vance over the doctrines Of England
that the viii Of parliament is the su
preme law. We cannot have a high
degree OF personal security without
an honest independent and upright
judiciary"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25

copalian clergymen, the consescration
OF Rev. NJ. Edward Fawcett, Phi. D., as
the third bishop of Quincy, was solemn
lied yesterday in. St. Bartholomew
church. EnglewoOd. None but mem
bers of the clergy were present at the
Service, which was conducted by DR..
futile, bishop of Missouri Bishop
Nicholson of Milwaukee and Bishop
Coadjutor Anderson of Chicago were
co-consecrators, assisted by Bishops
Grafton Of Fond ju Lac, Edsall of Min
nesota, and Williams of Nebraska.
Bishops Seymour of Springfield, Ill,
Morrison of Iowa and Bishop Coadju-
tor Weller of Fond du Lac were also
present.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
TICKET SCALPER
AND THIEVES
ACCOMPL|

Chicago, Jan. 21.-A prosperous
ticket broker in fashionable hotel by
day and general receiver of stolen
property by night is the character Civ
en- by the police to Charles F. Stout,
who has for some time conducted a
ticket brokers' Office in the Kaiserhof
hotel. Stout was arrested on the con.
fession of a burglar who declared he
sold his personal property to Stout
but did not receive its value. Stout
was held in bonds of $4,000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
NEBRAsKANs FOR A CON-
VETIoN SENATORIAL CHOICE

Lincoln, Jan. 21.-The republican
committee yesterday decided to hold
the state convention for the selection
of delegates to the Chicago convention
at Lincoln, May IS. Resolutions were
adopted favoring the denomination of
President Roosevelt. and of John l..
Webster of Nebraska for vice presi-
dent. II was also recommended that
the state convention nominate a candi-
date for the United States senate.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
WISCONSIN MAN
LAMPOON EDITOR

Boston, Mass, Jan. PA Prairie
du Sac, Wisconsin, student has been
elected editor of the Harvard Lam
pOOn, the famous university comic
weekly. The recipient of this distinc.
ton is Louis Cooper. He has much
ability in a literary way and is pos
sessed of a particularly witty pen. His
work has already been extensively
seen in the pages of the Lampoon and
his election TO the position of editor is
a compliment to his ability. The
Lampoon is perhaps the leading comic
college periodical OF the country.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
SLOT MACHINES TO GO.
Mayor of south Milwaukee Makes Up
His Mind.

South Milwaukee, Wis. Jan. 81
Mayor FRANKIE ordered slot machines
out of the saloons. In, issuing the or
der the mayor admitted that he made
a mistake in referring the petition of
the citizens 10 a committee of the
council, stating that he had since re-
ceived advice from the city attorney,
district attorney and attorney general
that 1t was his duty to order the ma
chimes out and so he issued the order
TO the chief of police. There promises
70 be a warm fight, as some threaten
10 boycott the saloons of those who
signed the petition.