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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

Did you ever notice how much of the
current news of the day is devoted to
the doings OF women in one way or
another? OF course there is that old
saying to the effect there is always d
woman in it," referring more partic-
ularly TO events of a sensational char
acter, but as a matter of fact it would
seem that the most of the news of the
day is either furnished by the women
or at least refers to them in some man.
ner or other. But, bless their dear
hearts, they are not only the news
greatest news consumers, and so it is
right and proper that they should re-
ceive the largest share of attention, as
in reality they seem TO be doing. And
after all, the papers would be pretty
dry reading if it were not for the many
items to be found in every issue re-
garding the doings of the women,
either by themselves or in their rela
lions with the men. For after all they
Just cannot and will not leave the men
alone, and so it happens that a good
deal that is written about the women
also concerns the men. But then this
is merely Incidental, and it is really
the doings of the women which give a
spiciness and liveliness to the news of
the day, and thereby make the news
papers as readable and interesting as
they are.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

At Pittsburg in the federal court
Judge AchesOn handed down an
opinion in the case of Doyle VS.. the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, which
virtually says that under present
methods of doing business the railroad
company is responsible for the full
value of goods lost in transit, not
withstanding the printed or stamping
of a clause on the face of the bill lad
ing calling for a maximum allowance
for release, unless an agreement as TO
value shall have been between the rail-
road and the shipper.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04
cENsED BARRIERS.
MUST MAKE 65 POINTS
Required also to Have Seven or More
Points Out of a Possible of 10 for
Each of Hair Cutting and Shaving
Twenty Questions to be An
swered.

Cutting hair and whiskers with dex-
terity is not the only accomplishment
that Wisconsin BARRIERS must have in
order to be entitled to a certificate
from the state BARRIERS commission.
The examining board, which meets
in Madison January %, has announced
the schedule for the first examination
which will be held in Milwaukee Jan
uary is, 10 and 20, and the BARRIERS
not already licensed al given point
ers as TO what will be required of them
when they come before the commission
to get their licenses which will en-
title them to follow the tonsorial call
ing i'm the Badger state.
First Of all, if any applicant fails TO
get as high as 60 points out OF the
possible 100 in the examination he will
be refused the permit to practice. Al
so. even though he is perfect on every
thing else he cannot pass unless he
have seven or more points out of the
possible 10 for each of hair cutting and
shaving.
out of the 100 points, So may be
earned in the following manner:
Cutting hair, shaving, honeing, clean
illness, all 10 points each; time, gen
eral appearance, department all
points each.
There are 20 questions to be answer
ed and for each there will be an allow
ance of 2h points, If perfect answers
are given.
All applicants are notified that they
must bring their tools and any candi'
dates under the influence of LIQUOR or
acting in any way ungentlemanIy will
be denied certificate.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04
JAPAN TO STRIKE;
CAN'T WAIT LONGER
WILL GIVE RUSSIA NO MORE
TIME TO ANSWER.
PEOPLE DEMAND ACTION
Foreign Representatives at Toxic In
formed that Situation Has Become
Observation-Disclosures to Cabinet
-Mikado's People Think Govern
ment ACTS too Slowly.

Berlin, Dec. 31.-The Lokal An.
zeiger without reserve says:
1.-The Japanese government has in
formed the representative of the
powers at Toxic that the situation at
this moment is unbearable and that
Japan must strike if Russia does not
accept the propositions Japan has
submitted, as Japan cannot longer
wait for a final decision"
The foreign Office says the German
representatives at Toxic have not
been informed in the sense which The
Lokal Anzeiger says they have, and
further, that the Russian government
has not received an ultimatum, for
that would be in effect the meaning OF
such a declaration.
The Japanese legation says it has
not received any intelligence from
Toxic confirming the statement that
Japan's patience is exhausted.
London, Dec. 31.-Japan this even
ing completed the purchase of the Ar
gentine warships Moreno and Riva-
davia, building at Genoa, Italy, for
which Russia also was negotiating.
London, Dec. Silt was said at the
foreign Office yesterday afternoon that
up TO this time the officials had re-
ceived no intimation of the nature of
the Russian reply to Japan, but they
were still hopeful of a peaceful solu
ton.
Paris, Dec. Silt is learned in dip
lomatic circles that the government
has informed the foreign diplomats
that the situation with respect to Rus
STA is desperate but not hopeless. 1t
is believed this information was com
municated to the French government
for presentation at st. Petersburg.
Washington, ID. c., Dec. 31.-The
Japanese minister called at the state
department yesterday and reported
that the situation in the far east is
one that gives great concern and that
Japan is making preparations for the
worst. 1t is hoped, however, that
Russia will reconsider her first an
swer to Japan's request.
Washington, ID. c., Dec. 31.-At the
Russian embassy and at the Japanese
legation the Associated Press is in
formed that the situation in the far
east has entered upon a critical stage.
Both the Russian ambassador, Count
Cassini, and Mr.. Takahira, the Japan
csc minister, express the hope that
war is not yet inevitable. Count Gas
SIM goes further and is of the opinion
that the situation may yet be saved
without recourse to arms, but the
ambassador has no official advices on
which to base this belief and it is
only his personal view of the matter.
Mr.. Takahira takes a more pessimis-
tic view of the case.
Yokohama, Dec. 31.-At an extra
ordinary meeting of the privy council
yesterday the fact was developed that
no time limit had been set for Rus
sia's reply to the last official note
from the Japanese government. A
strong opposition is now publicly
manifested to the cabinet owing to
, the dilatory tactics they are pursuing
The last ordinance announced invests
the commander of Formosa with full
authority to act in case war is de-
clared.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

The old saw, How have the mighty
fallen" is aptly illustrated by the coal
barge Dessbrough now discharging a
cargo at Providence, r. 1. This
craft was once the
private yacht of the khedive of Egypt,
and she transported the famous
obelisk at Central park, New York
city, from Egypt to this country.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

Richard Croker has changed the
old name Of his English estate from
Moat house to Antwick manor. First
intiraation of the change was received
when some of Cookers friends in New
York received Christmas cards from
the former Tammany leader, the cards
being addressed from "Antwick
Manor, Vantage, England"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

Many people will feel greatly relieved
that the price of radium has been re-
drced to s14S,SS5 an ounce. But this
will not do much good, for it is impos-
sible to find an ounce all in one place.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

A movement has started in South
Carolina TO collect funds for a statue
OF n. G. Gonzales, who was as
sassinated by James II. Tillman.
Gonzales was a champion of woman
suffrage. Mrs. Mary p. Screven of
COLUMBIA, S. c., has initiated a woman
and press fund for this purpose.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

Cornelius Vanderbilt has gone into
the Republican club of New York city.
He has determined to make politics a
study and has aspirations of being the
first member of his family to take
seat in congress. However divided
the Vanderbilts may be on some sub
jects, they are as a unit where the
family in general is concerned, and
the aspirations 70 Cornelius Wander
bilt would be favored by his brothers.
The Vanderbilts proper are re-
publicans. Here and there one finds
among their number a stray democrat,
but only in collateral branches.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04
WHY ARMoR PLATE is COSTLY.

VIII NhWOH TLN TO Gus II.
The general public has always been
mystifed at the extremely high price
paid for armor plate. According to
the iron and steel number of the
Scientific American, the most import
ant item is the great length of time re-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04
NEWS DISPATCHES OF A DAY IN THE STATE

the chief of police to arrest any or all
representatives of such concerns,
caught delivering liquor in the city,
unless they pay the regular local Ii
cense.
New President for Carroll.
Waukesha-Rev. WILDER o. Carrier,
the new president of Carroll college,
will arrive in Waukesha December 81,
and on the opening of the school Jan
uary 5 for the new year, will assume
the presidency.
Ulman to Be Sentenced.
Juneau-Albert Ullman was denied
new trial by Judge Dick on the
charge OF having shot his daughter
with intent to kill. The defense has
applied to the supreme court for a
writ of error, and Judge Dick stated
that he would not pronounce SEN
tence until next Saturday, in order to
give the defendant opportunity to be
prepared to take the matter to the
supreme court.
Dying Woman's House Burns.
Superior.-With glowing BRANDS
from her burning home falling around
her and on the bed clothes, Mrs.
Frank Millac WIS carried on her sick
bed from her home at Corners Point.
She was not far from death when fire
broke out from a defective fiue In the
residence.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

Patti will clear about 100000 by her
present farewell tour in this country.
And yet some people say her notes are
not good.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04
RICHEST AMERICAN
DAIRY TERRITORY
EMBRACED IN SOUTHERN HALF
or WISCONSIN.


Annual Convention Of Representatives
Of important Badger State Industry
in Acknowledgment Announe-
accommodations Emery TO Speak
on Laws Requiring Coco Sanitation
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

Judge John H Terry OF ST. Louis,
a large property owner, sent each Of
his thIry-eight tenants a basket Of
choice viands on Christmas day. This
was regarded by them as decidedly
more acceptable than the notification
most OF the landlords Of that city sent
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04
PEOPLE or PROMINENCE

W. l. Buchanan. the minister 10 the
newly created republic Of Panama,
was formerly a resident Of Delphi,
led. where he worked as a blacksmith
wesksdays and sang in the Methodist
church choir on Sundays.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

American financiers who when in
London have had occasion to meet the
urbane, yet extremely businesslike,
secretary of the bank of England
were surprised TO learn the other day
that in his leisure he wrote stories
that fairly bubbled over with the
spirit of childhood Between X.
Grahame, important factor in the
management of The Old Lady
Threadneedle Street." and Kenneth
Grahame, author Of The Golden Age"
and Dream Days" there would seem
to be a wide gulf. II the attempt of a
lunatic to assassinate the bank secre-
tary had not drawn wide attention TO
that financial factotum, with con-
sequent publication of his biography,
the fact that mirthmaker and money
handler were one person would have
been known only 10 a chosen few.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

William B. Allison OF Iowa entered
the United States senate in 1878, and
there is now no member of that body
who has served the same length of
time continuously. A large number
of famous men were to be met there
thirty years ago, and Mr. Allison feels
il is quite a distinction to be the sole
survivor of such a membership.
While IL is true that two members
(Stewart of Nevada and Mitchell of
Oregon) now there were there thirty
years ago, Senator Allison has seen
them go and their successors take
their seats and again witnessed their
return. He is the one man who has
been a member al witnessed a COM
plete change in the senate, himself
alone excepted.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

out that rents would be increased
with the opening of the worlds fair
year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04
SEE A FORTUNE
IN NEW SCOOPS
MADISON INcoRPoRAToRs FORM
MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
CAPITAL CITY INVENTION

Improved and Patented Tool for Hand
ling Grain to Be Made and Sold
Factory Already in Operation in
Waterloo But May Be Removed to
Madison.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04
Mayor Will Not Answer.

Sheboygan, Wis, Dec. 29.-Mayor
Born will not appear before the state
central committee to defend himself
against the charges filed against him
at Milwaukee unless the investigation
is to be public and in this city, where
they are said to have originated.
Boy Hunter Injured.
Janesville-Otto Dreyer, the 15-year-
old son of II. G. Dreyer, a wealthy mon
ument dealer, was shot and badly
wounded while hunting rabbits with
his father.
Finds Mine of Platinum.
Menomonie-Knute Thompson, a
mining expert, has discovered platin-
UNI in paying quantities in the town of
Dunn, this county.
List of old Milton People.
Milton-L. T. Rogers has compiled a
list of So people above the age of so
years who are residents of the town
of Milton, which has a population of
1000.
Will Arrest Brewers.
Rice Lake-In compliance with a
ruling made by the state supreme
court some time ago. the city council
has decided to tax all nonresident
brewers operating wholesale or retail
houses in. this city, and has instructed
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-28
HlRBORS OF THE STATE.
FACTS SHOWN IN REPORT TO
 WAR DEPARTMEYT.

What Is said of Connecticut River
 work-As Much as Forty Thousand
 Dollars Can wen be Used On It in
 One Year-The situation Tt New
 London. New Haven, bridgeport and
 Elsewhere.
 The annual report of the chief Of en- gineers to the secretary of war for 1904 tells of the improvement Of rivers and harbors in Connecticut and of Pawca. tuck river. Rhode Island and connecti- cut which district was in charge of Lieutenantcolo Charles F. Powell. It is dated September B, but notes the progyress of work in various instances only up to June 30, the end of the fiscal year. Regarding the work of improve ment on the Connecticut river below this city the report says:
 Before beginning of improvement the available depth over Saybrook bar, at the mouth of the river, was seven feet; thence to Hartford the available depth over the shoalest of the river bars was about five feet, being generally at it's minimum after the spring freshets.
 In 1878 project was adopted for im- proving the channel at Saybrook bar by dredging and by building three jet ties, at an estimated cost of 396,610, Two of the proposed jetties were com pleted in 1SSS1 and the hird was found to be unnecessary. The amount ex- pended on the project was $2s,47l57.
 The present project, adopted in 1870 and modified in 1887, provides for a channel from Long Island Sound to Hartford, Conn, to be four hundred feet wide and twelve feet deep at mean low water across .Saybrook bar, and thence to Hartford one hundred feet Cor as nearly that as practicablel and nine feet deep at extreme low water, or about ten feet at ordinary summer low tide, the channels to be maintained by annual dredging in the river and by enlarging the Saybrook cities and the Hartford dike at an estimated cost:
 For annual dredging. ..... ......... .$l0, 900 For permanent work, which in
 cludes the dredging at saybrook
 bar (estinated in 18889l ........ 130, 900 The total amount expended on this project to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904. is $497. .291.s5, of which about s27O,192.5O had been ap- piled to maintenance.
 The maintenance of the river bar channels by dredging has been held paramount in the project, the available funds at no time having been sufficient for enlarging the dike or jetties or for additional dredging at Saybrook bar, The maximum draft which could be carried at mean low water over the shoalest part of the river under i'm provement on June 30, 1904, was seven feet. The rise of tide is 3.6 feet at Say brook jetties and 0.8 foot at Hartford.
 Commerce is mainly in coal, lumber, building materials and miscellaneous steamboat and barge freight. The work done and being done has reduced freights on these articles materially Without the Improvements there could be but little freight traffic on the river
 COMPARATIVE TONNAGE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-28

eers of both the army and navy. A certain paymaster was brought before 8 court martial on the charge of falsify ing his accounts a year ortwo ago. The officers defense was that long ser vice in the eHervating climate of the Philippines had destroyed his memory and that he was not mentally respon- sible for his official acts. He proved that he had been kept in the islands for a greater period of time than the med ieal officers said was safe. and attempt ed to show that the department was to blame for the mixed condition of his accounts. This plea was not accepted by the court martial, however, and the officer was dismissed from the service.
 The medical authorities of the war department have also given serious consideration to the length of continu- ous service that shall be imposed on men in the Philippines. The doctors agree that it is unsafe to. keep either officers or enlisted men in the islands for more than two years at q stretch. Owing to various reasons it is iInpossi- hle to adhere strictly to this arrange
 ment. Priyates are enlisted for term .of service of three years, 50 unless they re-enlist they are not kept in the east for more than that period. It some. times happens. however. that officers are forced to serve continuously in the Philippines for three or four years.
 Washington Dispatch to the Brooklyn Eagle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-28
PHIL1PP1NITIs.

The Disease That Attacks All White
 Men in Our Eastern Possessions.
 Phiiippinitis is new disease that IS attacking our naval and military offi.# oers. The disease was discovered and named by one Of the navy surgeons, ". H. Butcher, who had rubbed up against it personally and has had opportunity to observe its effects on others,
 As may be supposed from it's name,5 this disease is peculiar to the Philip pines. When it takes hold of . victim 1t fills him with a tired feeling, This is a. complaint that is not wholly re stricted to the Philippines, but 1t has appeared there in such a virulent form as to find place in official reports to the surgeon general Surgeon Butcher, who Is on duty in Olongapo the naval sta- ton just north of Manila, has sent a re- port to the navy department on the subject of philippinitis, in which he says:
 aaThere are certain changes that take place in those individuals who are com. pelled to live here which are worthy of noting. Some show evidences of this change early, while in others 1t does not appear until considerable time has elapsed. { It comes to all, however, in greater or less degree. The first symp- tom is loss of memory and the necessi ty of using a notebook to put down al most everything. About the same time an indifference, so common among the natives, makes inroads on the foreigner and a daily battle against 'nlanana' tendency is necessary to keep it from Interfering with his duties. This indif- ference is not confined to himself. The dogs in the street move about in a stu pid state, and one is compelled to stop frequently when driving to prevent run ntng over these animals that have not concern enough for their welfare to move when in danger. An expression is used to designate this condition, phil ippinitia @@3<S.s.
 Among the enlisted. force that arr rives here many are of unstable, ner- yous organizations and in the process of degeneration these people follow the llIGS OL AScboG ICRlpIdllISs& EEAiCOllOlASItL, excessive use of tobacco and other ex- cesses are the usual signals of an inn poverished nervous system, which, un- der ordinary circumstances would re, quire no stimulation, The drinking of wine is common among the enlisted force and the train of unfortunate symptoms following this habit has no doubt been noted by others with longer experience than mine. While all ills cannot be attributed to the climate and environment, there is a frequency in their occurrence and a manner about the way in which they are committed that is different from that seen else where. It was a wise step to cut the cruise in these islands down to tw years, and I thoroughly believe that observations will prove that even two years is too long for white man to maintain his health in this climate.p
 Dr. Bucher's observation that service in the Philippines wears down the men tai strength of white men is borne out by the experiences of Q number of offi-