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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
PLANS HUGE DEPOT.
Site Costing 100000 Bought by Chi
cago Tunnel Company.

Site Costing $Z,0OO,OOO BAuBnt Dy I'M
cago Tunnel Company.
The Illinois Tunnel Company, Chi
cago corporation, has purchased for ST.
100000 site at Taylor street and the
river for 100000 depot, through
which the underground tunnel system
will connect with every railroad entering
Chicago. The transaction, aside from
being of great importance as to financial
consideration, marks the beginning OF
one Of the most advanced utilities ever
attempted in Chicago. The station, on
which $1,50O,O0O is to be spent this year,
will be the receiving point for practically
all the immense volume Of freight which
reaches Chicago destined for the down
town district. The site is connected with
the Terminal Transfer Railroad, and
through that with the belt lines, and has
therefore access to every road entering
the city, which means that at Taylor
street and the river there will be sin
gle connection with 35 per cent OF the
railroads terminal facilities of the Unit
ed States. Within ten days the COM
pany will announce the location of SIM
liar terminal for coal roads, from which
coal will be delivered through the under
ground system to the business district.
The site Of the freight terminal is on the
north side Of Taylor street, at the west
side of the river, and has 4O4 feet OF
river frontage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
NATION AND LABOR CLASH.
AS in Miller C6se, Union Workmen De-
mand Formal Recognition.

AS in Miller C6se, Union Workmen De-
mand Formal Recognition.
Again has the important question been
raised, Shall organized labor attempt to
force the government to recognize its
constitution and bylaws? This question
was up not long ago at the government
printing Office, where Assistant Foreman
Miller Of the bindery was reinstated
upon orders from the President against
the protest OF the bookbinders' union,
Miller being an expelled member of that
union.
Twenty-eight union bricklayers en-
ployed upon improvements at the arsenal
in Washington, where the war college
Is located, refused to work because a
colored non-union bricklayer appeared on
the scaffold. It was necessary to in
crease the force Of workmen, and to do
SO Captain Sewell selected the names Of
several at the top Of the eligible list The
white union men notified the foreman
that the celored non-union man must
quit or they would The matter was
taken up to Captain Sewell, who discov-
cred that while some objection was made
to the man because of his race, the prin-
cipal objection was that he did not be-
long to the bricklayers' union.
The controversy undoubtedly will be
used in the coming campaign for what
political capital it is worth, but the gov
ernment's attitude is that the laws of the
land are supreme.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
CARDS BANE OF SOCIETY.
Mayor of Memphis Denounces Games
in Drawing-Rooms.

IN Drawing ROOMS
Progressive euchre, bridge whist and
all the other games played in drawing
rooms for cut-glass prizes and other arti-
cles of value cause more defalcations
than the games of chance presided over
by the professional gamblers. I appeal
to the social clubs and the women Of this
city to give me their aid in purifying
Memphis" Mayor Williams Of the
southern city turned on the reform ele-
ment with this pronunciamento. Driven
by the demands Of the committee of pub.
lie safety to close the gambling houses,
the Mayor went to the extent of shutting
all the saloons of the city between the
hours of midnight and 4 o'clock in the
morning. Now he has called on the
women to aid by stopping their games in
which rich prizes are given. "The gam
bier frequently complains with justice"
says the Mayor, shat it is wrong for the
police to arrest him for risking a nickel
while the social game for valuable
stakes is allowed to run" AS result
of the plea several prominent Memphis
clubs announce that their card parties
have been indefinitely postponed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
ASKS BOOST FOR FAIR.
Com mission Alarmed by Failure in Elk
Dected Attendance.

Com mission Alarmed by Failure III Ia
pected Attendance.
Failure of the expected attendance at
the worlds fair has moved the national
Louisiana Purchase Exposition commits
sion to suggest a conference of all inter-
ests connected with the exposition, with
the object of securing wider exploitation
in the press. President Thomas ii: Car
ter Of the commission has addressed to
President Francis on behalf of the COM
mission, a letter asking a conference, to
be participated in by representatives OF
the exposition company, the national
commission and the representatives or
governments, States, territories and dis
tricts. The letter says in part: Beyond
the line of the special influence Of the
local press the extensive proportions and
interesting details of the fair do not ap-
pear to the commission to have been
made known to the general public, to the
extent or in the manner calculated to In
spire the interest and secure the attend
ance warranted by the extraordinary
merits of the great educational force
herein stated. The munifcent recogni-
ton of the fair by the general govern
ment attracted national attention. The
invitation extended by the President of
the United States, under authority Of
law, to the nations of the earth to par
ticipate in the exposition, supplemented
by the cordial cooperation of our diplo-
matte and consular representatives
abroad, secured the most extensive for
eign participation ever accorded to any
like undertaking Moved thereto by the
example of the national government, the
States, territories and dependencies Of
the United States joined in the exposi-
ton with unparalleled generosity and en-
thusiasm. The groups of palatial build
ings erected by the foreign governments,
and by the States and minor subdivisions
of our country, together with the exhibits
installed In the exhibition palaces pro-
vided by the company, bear the amplest
testimony Of their earnest desire to make
the exposition a pronounced success. The
buildings are completed, the exhibits are
installed and the exposition has been in
progress for substantially three-sevenths
of its allotted period. The faith Of the
management in the merits Of the exposi-
ton has been justified by the approving
judgment CT all who have entered the
gates, but the daily attendance has been
far short Of what it should be from any
point of view"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
SHIPS WHEAT TO THE WEST.
First Time Since 1877 that Baltimore
Has Done This.

For the first time since 1877 Baltimore
has been called upon to ship wheat to
the West. Approximately 100000 bush
els Of No. 2 Southern red wheat have
been forwarded to millers as far west as
Cincinnati. 1t is said that a large part
of the early western wheat is in bad con-
dltlon, owing to unfavorable weather,
and certain millers, in order to meet their
orders for four have been compelled to
use some southern wheat until the better
grades Of the western cereal begin to ar
rive from their own section. Orders for
southern wheat have also been received
at Baltimore from New York and Penn
sylvania points. Receipts of southern
wheat this season do not compare favora
bly, with former years. Up to date 1885,
G15 bushels have been received. Last
year the total receipts up to July 10 were
621,232 bushels. The market for No. 2
Southern red in Baltimore was firm at 50
cents
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
BULL WRECKS ENGINE.
Huge Animal Causes Wreck in Which
Two Men Are Killed.

Huge Animal Causes Wreck in Which
Two Men Are Killed.
A remarkable accident caused the
death of the engineer and fireman on the
Kansas City Southern's train No. from
Kansas City to Port Arthur; Texas,
at Rose Pine, La, small station be-
tween Shreveport and Port Arthur. The
train was running at it's usual speed
and on rounding a curve the engineer and
fireman were Mortified to see a large bull
on the bridge ahead. They began reyers-
ing levers and throwing on air brakes
as fast as possible, but before they had
hardly realized what was going on the
engine struck the huge beast and with
one mighty leap rolled over the animal
and dashed itself against the bridge sup
ports. The fireman was. killed instantly
and the engineer was. so badly crushed
that he died while being taken to Shreve-
port. The engine was badly damaged.
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s8o,5o 900 IN FIRE CLAIMS.

Baltimore Fire Is Followed by Enor-
nous Payment of Insurance.
The general loss committee, composed
Of expert Baltimore insurance men,
which was organized shortly after the
great fire of Feb. Z, in it's final report
states that 3,77S separate claims were
handled by the committee and that the
amount of insurance paid on these claims
was $29,O74, 1881. There are still eleven
claims unsettled, and in addition there
were probably about 1000 or 1900 small
er claims which were settled direct by
the companies. The amount involved in
these small claims will not exceed ST.
100000. so that the total insurance paid
to those who lost in the fire will be about
S3O,5OO,OOO.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
SHAW NOT TO DRAW ON BANKS.
Working Balance of Treasury Drops
to About $50, 100000.


to About $50, 100000.
Although the working balance Of the
treasury has dropped to about $35,OOO.-
600, and there has been an unwritten
law, that it must not drop below $5O,OOO,-
600, 1t is the. intention of Secretary Of
the Treasury Shaw to make no draft for
the present on the government funds now
with the national banks. These deposits
amount to $105, 100000. To make call
upon the banks at this time merely to
bring the working balance up to a stand
ard set by precedent, a Washington cor
respondent says, might create an impress
sion wholly unwarranted by the situa-
ton. The available cash balance of the
treasury, which includes the money on
deposit with the banks, is $4,000, 900.
This is all really available at any time.
The deficit of $18O0O,000 for the first
nineteen days Of July is explained by the
fact that many appropriations made at
the last session of Congress became i'm
mediately available and were drawn.
This drain upon the treasury is now over,
and if the customs and internal revenue
receipts increase as they are expected to
do the deficit will disappear.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas has
completed its line into Austin from
Granger, Texas.
From 100000 to 100000 is the
estimated cost Of the proposed freight
tunnel system for Philadelphia.
The Kansas City Council has adopted
an ordinance enjoining the scalpers from
dealing in non-transferable tickets.
The Northwestern announces it's
through sleeping car line between Chi
cago, Milwaukee and Sault Ste. Marie.
President A. ]. Davidson of the Frisco
and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois has
been elected president of the Evansville
and Terre Haute.
The work Of double tracking the Texas
and Pacific between Fort Worth and
Dallas is going rapidly ahead, and the
line will soon be completed.
A certificate of consolidation Of the
New York and Pennsylvania and the
Sharon and Ceres has been fled with
the Secretary Of State of New York
The first railway in China was built
in 1897, according to Export, German
paper, and extended from Pekin to Tien-
tsin, distance Of seventy-fve miles.
Under the name of the Consolidated
Railway Company, the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad has ineor-
porated its electric railway interests.
The directors of the st. Louis and
San Francisco have voted to take from
the treasury $1,00O,OOO Of 4 per cent
refunding bonds, the proceeds of which
will be>used to reimburse the company
for advances made on account Of inn
provements to the property.
Announcement has been made that the
Southern has issued $15,OOO,OOO Of a
total authorized issue of SIC, 100000 FIVE
year 5 per cent collateral trust bonds.
The report of the New York, Chicago
and st. Louis Company for the year
shows gross earnings OF S8,44S, 800, the
largest ever reported in the history of
the company.
A committee from the Western Pas
senger Association has induced the Cen
trail Passenger Association to agree to an
equalization of rates through the Chi
cago gateway from all eastern points to
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $500; hogs, shipping grades,
$4.OO to .$5.45; sheep, fair to choice, $27C
to $500; wheat, No. 2 red, $1O0 to $1.O1,
corn, No. 2, 47c to 49c; oats, standard,
39c to 40c; rye, No. 2, re to 74c; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $14.00; prairie, 5000 to
$11.50; butter, choice creamery, 1Gc to
lie; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes,
40c to 45c.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500 to
$6.75; hogs, choice light, $500 to $685.
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 92c to 93c; corn, No.
white, 49c to SOC; oats, No. white, 40c
to 42c.
st. Louis Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 93c to 95c; corn, No. 2,
49c to soc; oats, No. 2, Bic to soc; rye.
No. 2, 66c to Csc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to 1896; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, new, 95c to $1.OO;
corn, No. 2 mixed, sic to SIC; oats, No.
2 mixed, 40c to 41c; rye, No. 2, 74c to
Toe.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, $1.O4 to
$l.Oo; corn, No. 2 mixed, 49c to Sic;
oats, No. 2 mixed, 41c to 42c; rye, No. 2,
65c to &c; clover seed, prime, $500.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $500.
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to.
$415; lambs. common to choice, 1913 to
$3.50.
New York-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000,
hogs, $500 to $780, sheep, $500 to
$4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.O5 to $107;
corn, No. 2. SIC to 54c; oats, No. 2 white,
46c to 4Sc; butter, creamery, 16c TO 1Sc;
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
R. G. Dun & Co.'S
Chicago. weekly review of Chicago

Aside from the interruption due to
accumulated labor controversies and
the consequent adverse effect upon cap
ital, the business situation is without
other indications which would hinder
an early period of recuperation. Con-
ditions have been favorable to
larger measure of activity in the lead
ing retail departments, and further in
crease appeared in the demand for sea-
sonable needs, with dealings larger IN
clothing and footwear
Wholesale transactions were of fair
volume in the dry goods branches, and
in boots and shoes, woolens and food
products. There was steady demand
among the jobbers for immediate use,
and the selections for fall delivery
made an improved showing in tine
staples, cotton goods being in more ia
vor among country buyers.
Crop damage reports induced less
conservatism in the interior than was
feared, and the mercantile collections
have been easier in the sections which
were most slow recently. Railroad traf-
fic returns Indicate q more liberal
movement of general merchandise.
Grain shipments, 2,541, 152 bushels,
show a gratifying recovery from last
weeks slow volume, but are 303 per
cent under those of year ago. Values
were principally controlled by specu-
lative factors, and, compared with the
closings week ago, gained in wheat
5 cents a bushel and in corn and oats
Is cent each.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number A, against 10 last week
and 26 a year ago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
GREAT TREE IS TOPPING.
Giant of the Mariposa Grove Seems
Doomed to Death.

Giant of the Mariposa Grove Seems
Doomed to Death.
The grizzly giant Of the Mariposa big
tree grove in California is doomed to
death. Whether old age or disease is
claiming it is not known, but certain it
is that the sap Of the great trunk is ceas-
ing to flow and the tree is beginning to
topple. Nathan Ellery, State highway
commissioner, says that the tree is in
such rapid decline that it cannot live
longer than few months. He declares
that the tree is eighteen feet from its
center axis and that it is gradually sink
ing. The only thing that can save the
tree from a sudden fall will be the use
Of wire cables, and arrangements for
these have been made. The tree is the
best known one in the State. It is PA
feet high and 100 feet in circumference.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
BITTEN BY CoPPERHEAD.

Farmers P1ow Horse Carries Him to
Drug Store in Mad Race.
George Gregar, an Annandale, N J..
farmer, nearly died as the result of a
snake bite. While he was blowing the
sod cutter became clogged with weeds
and Gregar tried to pull them out. A
small copperhead snake which had been
cut in two was in the weeds and struck
him on the hand, the fangs being buried
in the ball Of his thumb. Gregar leaped
on one Of the pillow horses and In FIVE
minutes made the two-mile trip to the
drug store, where he drank whisky and
ammonia to neutfalize the poison.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
Strike On Anew.

The stock yards strike was resumed in
Chicago Friday morning, less than thirty
eight hours after peace agreement had
been signed. Confusion, excitement and
charges of bad faith attended the new
walkout. The union charged discrimina-
ton on the part Of the packers in taking
back the strikers. The employers as
serted that only delay, to be expected
in efforts to resume normal operations,
was at fault. The strike was ordered
renewed in the other big packing centers
also
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
CATS DOOMED TO DEATH.
Biting of Two Victims by Mad Feline
Prompts the Edict.

Prompts the Edict.
Aroused by the biting of woman of
60 years and a boy of 10 by mad cat,
the town council of FELTON,, Del, has is
sued an edict that all cats in the COM
munity shall be killed, and that all dogs
shall be muzzled. Susan Arlington of
FELTON, has always taken a fancy to cats,
and had gathered seventeen Of the fe-
lines. One became mad, and few at it's
mistress, biting her in the leg so severely
that in a short while her limb was swol-
len to twice its normal size Harry
Vincet, boy aged 10 years, was also
bitten by the same cat in the hand. The
head of the feline was examined by ex-
perts, and pronounced to have rabies in
she worst form.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
GA ahks MEE=RCLXL.
HNs Ss 81
aENANClHl

r - Adyices received this
Nen I0lk. week from chief CONNER
L------ cial centers of the country
indicate that apart from the usual
summer dullness, there is evidence Of
a better fall trade than merchants
have been planning for Just now
there is the lull in business usual at
this season of the year, though some
industries report a demand for their
product that outstrips the prepare
tons to supply 1t. T. = crop situation
and the political outlook seem to have
cheered commercial communities and
to have removed some Of the feeling Of
doubt and encouragement that has
been so marked in the past eight
months.
The one new disturbing feature Is
the strike of the packing house en-
ployes. This dispute over higher wages
will directly influence the commodity
price barometer which was declining
last month, but may turn in July, with
provisions and grain both rising
sharply.
From the West and Northwest the
reports regarding crop conditions are
more encouraging than they were
week ago. The foods throughout the
winter wheat section, though entailinS
q great deal of loss to growers and
railroads, subsidized quickly and prob
ably left much smaller percentage Of
damage behind than has been claimed.
Kansas City reports few cancella-
tons in the affected territory and says
that crop conditions elsewhere are
good Collections in that section are
a little slow, but the outlook for fall
business is good. st. Paul suggests
some alarm over the heavy rainfall in
the Red River valley, where the pre-
cipitation has been unusually severe.
Midsummer dullness in the jobbing
trade obtains in st. Paul. Milwaukee
is more optimistic. Hard times" talk
there is absent and merchants are
pleased with the general outlook, while
some manufacturers in the State who
had expected to shut down during the
summer have more than they can 60
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London Papers war1ike.

A correspondent in Constantinople re-
ports that an armed Russian cruiser from
Odessa has passed through the straits,
and a report from Suez states that a
German steamer has been seized by the
Russians. The London papers are war
like in their tone and call upon the gov
eminent for prompt. decisive action.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
German and British Ships Seized.

Russian cruisers in the Red Sea seized
the steamer Scandal Of the Hamburg
American fleet and two British ships.
The owners of the Scandal say she has
no contraband on board and have asked
the German government to protest to
Russia. German officials and the press
are wroth over the action.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
Sinking of British Steamer.

The sinking of the British steamer
Knight Commander by the Russian feet
off Japan brings the United States closer
10 the war in the far East than at any
time since fighting began. The prevail
ing opinion in Washington is that the
American shippers of the cargo must
look to Russia for damages.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
Mrs. MAVERICK Free.

Mrs. Florence May brick, the American
woman sentenced to death in 1889 in
England on conviction of the murder of
her English husband, and later sent to
prison on committed sentence, has been
given her freedom on a ticket of leave
and has quit the convent where she has
been kept since being removed from
prison last January
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
Standings in the American Association
The following is the standing of the
RATE RAISED BY MAcCABEEs.
Sepreme Tent Authorities General In
crease on New Insurance.

CTGaSC INtW
A general increase in insurance rates
has been ordered by the Supreme Tent,
knights of the Maccabees of the World.
Policies hereafter will be furnished new
members at rates ranging from 50 cents
for each $1,000, at the age of IS years,
to 1915 at the age of 80. d. d. Aitken
of Flint, Mich. was elected past supreme
commander, and d. Z. Marks of Port
Huron, Mich. supreme commander. G.
e. Gard of Springfield, H., was elected
supreme master at arms. and ]. f. Dow
ner of Chicago was elected member
of the board of trustees.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
Cruiser South Dakota Is Launched

The armored cruiser South Dakota.
sister ship of the California, was launch
ed at San Francisco Thursday. The
cruiser was christened by Miss Grace
Herried, daughter of Gov. Herried of
South Dakota.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
Russians Routed.

The Russians were routed in a battle
near Tatchekiao and 200 are said to
have been left dead on the field. Re-
endorsements for Oku have been landed
under the protection of seven Japanese
cruisers and fresh force is disembarked
near Port Arthur.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
Former Detroit NTaxor Deod

William G. Thompson. a prominent
politician of Detroit. is dead as the result
Of being knocked down by a boy bicycle
scorcher on April II last. Mr.. Thomp-
son was twice Mayor of Detroit and for
merly State Senator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-29
Sailor Drifts Long on Plank.

The Portuguese sailor who was
thought to have persisted on the British
oil ship Creedmoor. which was burned
off Shinnoock, was brought to Philadel-
phia on board the schooner Marvel from
Lanesville. Conn. Captain Coleman re-
ports that the sailor was picked up from
hatch cover thirty-fve miles off Shin
nncnrk