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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
AN EPIDEMIC IN NEW YORK.
Thousands of Cases of Measles in All
Parts of the Metropo1is.

Thousands of Cases of Measles in All
Parts of the Metropolis.
According to the New York commits
sioner Of health the metropolis is now
suffering the worst epidemic Of measles
in it's history. From April 1 to April
25, inclusive, 3, 166 cases of measles have
been reported to the health department,
while the records of the preceding
months since the beginning of winter
were equally high. On the east side and
in other congested sections Of the city
there are undoubtedly many more cases
that have not been reported. How por-
tentous these figures are may be gathered
from the fact that in the corresponding
period Of last year there were only 504
cases. The largest daily number then
was 46, whereas this year-in April
alone-it was 185. The lowest daily rec
ord for this month thus far is 10J, as
against 10 for April, 1908.
While measles is not necessarily fatal,
physicians agree that there is too much
disposition by citizens in general to treat
the disease with carelessness. In such
cases, they say, other diseases OF far
graver nature may easily develop and
cause the death Of the patient. Pneu-
nlonia is the ailment most easily con-
tracted by patients suffering from
measles who have been subjected to ex-
posture or in other ways not given proper
care and treatment, but it is not the only
one, and there have been many cases Of
death during the present epidemic due to
various diseases directly traceable to
measles in the beginning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Seventy-five Years AGO.

The battle Of Pravadia took pl,r
between the Russians and Turks h
which 1900 lives were lost and M IN
portant advantage gained by eits
party.
The death Of John Jay, the dist,
guished jurist and statesman ocouus
at the age Of 81 years.
The Emperor Of Brazil ordered hi
after 1929 no slaves should be brougb
into that country.
Five thousand weayers at Spia,
fields, England, struck for MGs
wages.
Several manufactures In MaSaAl
sets shut down as the result Of d
mand by their employees for highs
wages.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
STRICKEN IN DEATH VIGIL.
Undertaken SUNNI oned to Bury Baby
Finds Three Corpses.


When Merritt Marcy, undertaken, re-
sponded to a call to the home of John
Whipple Of East Glastonbury, Conn, to
prepare for burial q 3-year-old child,
dead of spotted fever, he found three
corpses instead of one that required his
attention. Upon his arrival at the Whip
pie home the undertaken found the doors
and windows locked. In response to re-
peated knocking feminine voice, which
he recognized as that of Mrs Whipple,
called to him in weak tones to break into
the house. The undertaken summoned
neighbors and the door was forced. In
one room Mrs. Whipple and baby lay
dead, while stretched upon the floor,
Whipple was in an unconscious condi-
ton. In an adjoining room was the
body of the spotted fever victim. Mrs.
Whipple evidently had called to the un-
dertaker with her dying breath, as not
over ten minutes elapsed before an en-
trance was effected. Mother and children
were buried. Whipple is dying of tu-
berculoSis
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
EIGHT DIE IN WESTERN FLOODS
Colorado and Wyoming Streams Swell
Many in Danger.

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Many in Danger.
Eight lives are known to have been
lost in Colorado and Wyoming in raging
floods that were started by cloudbursts,
and near Cheyenne many persons are
missing. Scores of other people are in
danger. Immense damage was done i'll
Colorado, along the Cache La Poudre
river. The dam at Lake Livingston
gave way before the flood. The towns
of Livermore, Laporte Wellington and
part of Fort Collins were submerged I'M
der five feet Of water Five iron bridges
and two railway bridges have been
swept away and miles of the Colorado
and Southern Railway track are washed
out. The Union Pacific tracks also are
badly damaged. Thousands of acres Of
ranch and farm land are inundated and
a great many cattle have been drowned.
Severl other streams are threatening to
overflow because of the rains.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
DID FUNSTON SWIM?
Kansas Text Book Commissioners Dis
credit the River Exploit.

Kansas Text Book Commissioners Dis
credit the River Exploit.
Pupils Of the Kansas high schools will
no longer be taught that it was for
swimming the Bag Bag river in the
Philippines and in the face Of hot fire
from the enemy that Gen. Frederick
Funston was promoted from colonel of
volunteers to be brigadier general in
the regular army. The statement In
Kansas histories that the little general
swan this river and thereby earned his
promotion has gone unquestioned until
the other day, when a subcommittee OF
the State text book commission ordered
the account Of the incident expunged
from the history, which has been re-
adopted for use in the high schools for
five years. These commissioners served
notice on Mrs. Noble T.. Prentis, who
Is revising the history, which her late
husband wrote, that she must expunge
that section of the work which sets
forth the statement that the colonel of
the Twentieth Kansas regiment swan
the Bag Bag river When Gen. Fun
ston was promoted to the place he now
holds his commission declared in explicit
terms that his promotion was earned by
his action in swimming the Bag Bag
in the face Of severe fire from the en-
envy. ''We will give credit to the pri-
Yates Trembly and White, to whom it
belongs" said Commissioner McCray.
eve are tired Of seeing the misstate-
ment that Funston ever swan the river
paraded before pupils in the Kansas
schools. 1t will be stopped now while
there are men living i'll the State who
know il is not true ,,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Forty Years AGO.

The eighth days battle Of SPOUSE
vania was fought between the arns
of Grant and Lee, with a loss OF l0"'
on each side in killed, wounded I
prisoners. !.
Major General Richard OgleSpv' wv
from a visit with General GRAM
the army Of the Potomac, addreSS4
crowd from the balcony OF the Su1
man House.
The Houseof Representatives pas,'
measure giving homesteads OIL i''
estates to soldiers and sailors
Boatloads Of wounded began alu
Ing at Washington, D. c., from LILO ~
tie Of Spottsylvania- l..
General U. S. Grant tried " w.
the left flank Of Lees army a. 'p.
sylvania, Warren's and Virgins uv' IVY
getting stuck in a quagr 9 anu ~'
ing the movement to fail.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Thirty Years Ago.

John Sherman, Of Ohlo' eApil. -,
the provisions of his famous ln'D'
bill to the United States SENATE :.
President MacMahon, Of trance - :,
cepted the resignation Of the w ,iu
glie cabinet and directed NJ. Goo''l'
form a new ministry. ,M
The Duke de Broglie present. " /
plan for an upper legislative WV ..aII
France, which had caused the WV
Of President Theirs. .+
Six vessels arrived at BrlusepV'I y,
the Illinois and Michigan Oan1s s,a
rying 81, 200 bushels of grain aut ss,
cleared from same port with iun'V cas
Hamilton Fish, Secretary '. ,,,Hrl
of the United States, was conus t.,,d
negotiations for a reciproc''
with Canada.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27

William Pitt was again ern.,,
premier Of England, on conditian o,- y
tated by the King that be sbons W
support proposals for Catholic emu
patton or the repeal of the fest oa+ '4s
1t was rumored in London tb,%.
Government had received ,rd
overtures from France on the srsi
Of peace, said to have been NV, NV
through the American miniSto,
Paris.
The life Of George Washingtor y.
piled by John Marshall from his ~
manuscripts, was published smrt
neously In England and America
Paris was preparing for the co,,,
ton Of Napoleon Bonaparte as En,,
ror of the French.
President Jefferson returned !.
Washington after a visit to MODtirrb
his home in Virginia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Will Lay Off 1900 Men.

About 11,000 men will be laid off nv
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the
aim being to get down to the 1902 basis.
Continued shrinkage in business and no
expectation of early improvement are
the reasons for this big reduction in the
force just decided upon as unavoidable.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Fifty Years Ago.

Santa Anna made a triumphant
try into Mexico, saying he had ar
Quered Alvarez.
The corner stone Of the first MSws
temple Ia cs-A---oV, Vh Uodl "0l Il o."
between Washington and Rand4
streets, was laid.
U. S. Grant, afterwards Presidents
the United States, joined his fatheln
the leather business at Galena, Ill
A new slave capitation tax was o
creed in Cuba.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27

report of the racing at various tracks
in this country, Col Robert @. CloWry
has notified the general superintendent
of the company at New York, Chicago,
Atlanta and San Francisco that the col
lection and distribution by the Western
Union Telegraph Company Of horse race
reports would be discontinued forthwith.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
"Japs" Forced to Retreat.

Reports of the Japanese retreat to
Fenghuangcheng are officially confirmed.
The Japanese, numbering 10000 men,
came upon $4,000 Russians in a strong
position sixty miles west of Fenghuang-
cheng. 1t being unwise to risk a battle,
the japanese retreated in good order and
with great rapidity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
STRIVING FOR REMNANTS.
Standing of Clubs in the Three Princi'
pal Leagues.

The clubs in the National League are
e+ap5ino TING.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Sixteen serenaders Are Shot.

Sixteen members of a charivari party,
organized to serenade Robert Robertson,
farmer living six miles from Romeo,
Mich, who was recently married, were
wounded when Frank McFadden, Rob
ertson's hired man, fired six volleys from
shotgun at the serenaders. A farm
hand, whose name is unknown, was Sc
riously wounded and may die
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
twenty Years Ago.

Gladstone, in the British n. s.-ss
Commons, publicly denied 1ne ~ 60
that the Government had deSe'
eral Gordon. nj
The office of Russell sage mi
street, New York, was beSleet II u
crowd which sought settlemen,, "
Sage's losses on the stock nSlN I'D
The New York banking niA
& Hatch collapsed. , nssss
The House of Representa-, rorep
the bill giving Alaska a cl'D
ment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
No Apree1nent Is Reacbed.

The operators and miners of the east
Ohio coal district have adjourned finally
without coming to an agreement the
split being on the question of trade
unionism, involving the engineers, ma
chinists and fremen of the mines. The
demand that they be recognized was re-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Fifty-three Fi1ipinos Slain.

A report has been received stating
that massacre had taken place near
Malabang, on the southern coast of Min
danao Fifty-three Filipino men, women
and children, the families of employees of
the United States military government
at Malabang, were surprised at midnight
while asleep by the Datto Ais and q
band of Moros from the Rio Grande
valley, and slaughtered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
EDITORS ARE HELD UP ON TRAIN
w. e. Williams Plays Joke on Fellow
Missouri Scribes.

The editors of the Northwest Missouri
Press Association leaving ST. Joseph in
a special car for ST. Louis were made
the victims of bogus hold-up by Will
e. Williams of st. Joseph. Williams,
in mask, walked into the car with an I'M
loaded pistol and made the editors give
UP their cash, passes and watches. The
joker returned the loot to the editors on
their arrival in st. Louis.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Ice Breaker for Canada.

government will have an ice breaker
built in England this summer for the
purpose of trying to keep the st. Law
renee open later in the fall and also to
break up the ice earlier in the spring.
It is calculated that the shipping season
at Montreal could be heightened by at
least q month hY this means
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
May Cut Off Kouropatkin's Forces.

The Japanese army has appeared thlr-
ty miles northeast of Mukden, threaten
ing to cut off the retreat of Kouropat-
kins forces from Lao Yang The Jap
anese army in the field is estimated at
10000 to 100000 men, against 100000
Russians. Newchwang has been ahan-
doned because of the Japanese landing
at Kaichow, where war ships bombarded
the Russian defenses.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Packers Buy Southern Land.

The purchase of one million acres in
Alabama by capitalists of Chicago to be
used as a cattle ranch is said to have
been arranged. 1t is understood the pur-
cEasers are packing-house men who scv-
eral months ago made move to acquire
land in Baldwin County, Alabama, and
in western Florida.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Standings in the American Association
WAR SHIP SEEKS UNCANNY ISLE,
United States Cruiser Sent to Find
Mysterious Land.

The Navy Department at last has be-
gun a systematic search for 1.-The Lost
Island of the Pacific" Somewhere be-
tween Honolulu and San Francisco is a
mysterious bit of land which sailors be-
lieve is bewitched. At intervals it rises
slightly out of the water or lies just be-
low the surface where it threatens every
passing vessel. Most of the time it sinks
to unfathomable depths. The cruiser
Tacoma has sailed from Honolulu on the
quest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
QUITS CIGARET FOR CIGAR: DEAD
Philadelphia Boy Who Needed Fathers
Advice Swallows "PiDe.V

Admonished by his father to stop
smoking cigarets William Black, aged 10
years, 107 South Bonsall street, Phila-
delphia, tried a cigar After the first
few puffs the boy was seized with vio-
lent coughing spell, during which he
swallowed the cigar. Later he complain
ed of feeling i'll, and died in three hours
in a hospital. Death is attributed to
nicotine poisoning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Hurt in Wreck.

A special from Salida, Colo, says the
narrow gauge Denver and Rio Grande
south-bound passenger train, No. 115.
was wrecked on Cumbers hill. Engineer
Frank Evanston was killed and fortv-
one are reported injured
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Desertions ait Fort Leayenwortl.

Forty assertions in sixteen days is the
record made by two battalions, Sixth in
fantry, in camp on the rifle range near
Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The figures are
unprecedented in army annals One
company alone lost sixteen men. The
assertions are due to the severe camp
life, during which pay day occurred.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Heiress in Plunge to Death.

III from nervous trouble, Miss Kath-
crime Greene, one of the. wealthiest
women of Boston, met death by a
plunge from fifth-story window of the
Hotel Endicott in New York.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Attack on Port Arthur.

Fifteen thousand japanese were killed
and wounded in attempt to storm Port
Arthur. Russian loss was 5000, accord
ing to telegram said to have been re-
ceived by Foreign Minister Lamsdorff at
ST Petersburg.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Leaps with Child to Death.

A young woman with a child about
years old in her arms leaped over the
Rich street bridge in Columbus, Ohio,
into the Scioto river. Both were drown
ed. The bodies have been recovered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Heavy Loss for Russians.

the landing of troops near Kai-Chau a
fierce engagement occurred at Hsin-Yen
Cheng. Two thousand Russians were
killed or wounded. The Russians re-
treated and the japanese occupied both
Kaiping and Kai-Chau.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Gets Bedford Murder Jury.

A jury has been secured in Bedford,
Ind, for the trial of James Mcdonald,
charged with the murder of Sarah Scha-
fer, the school teacher. The jury is COM
posed of eleven farmers and one Mitchell
business man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Attempts to Kill Car.

A young Russian woman of high posi-
ton in ST. Petersburg was detected in
an attempt to assassinate the Gar dur
ing review of troops by the Emperor.
1t is said she had bomb concealed in
her clothing, confessed the plot, and was
hanged
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Parker Says He Is Big Enough.

A well-known Washington correspond
ent quotes Judge Parker as saying pri-
vately that he believes he is big enough
to be President and that he could learn
the high duties of the office.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
New York Millionaire Dies.

John w. Lounsbury, vice president of
the First National Bank of Port Ches-
ter, n Y, and a director in half dozen
other financial institutions in Westches-
ter County is dead. He started on his
business career as a grocery boy and, al
though rated as millionaire, Continued
to own grocery store in Port Chester
up to the time of his death.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
One Thousand Japanese Ki11ed.

One thousand Japanese are reported
to have been killed and wounded in a
battle following a sortie by the Port
Arthur garrison to save a powder train.
The Russian loss is given in st. Peters
burg as 116.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Woman Made Feud Victim.

While driving to their home near
Ariola. Colo, Mrs. G. W. Herman and
her son, Frank Ingles, were shot and
killed by Marshall Humphreys, who rode
into town and surrendered himself.
There had been a feud between the two
families.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Fireworks Factory Blown Up.

One man and two boys were killed
and six men and two girls seriously in
jured by an explosion which occurred in
the fireworks factory of Jose Sclone, on
the outskirts of Camden, n. j.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Woman Saves a Man,sT,;f.

Mrs. A. j. Barlow, wife of section
foreman in Snoqualamie, Wash, saved
the life of G. J. lngraham, telegraph
operator, who was shot by a bandit and
then telegraphed the alarm to headquar-
tiers, resulting in the capture of the out
law.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27

In the timber trespass case of the
United States government against the
Commonwealth Lumber Company the
jury at Fergus Falls, Mimi, brought in
a verdict assessing the company SIS, 1873.
This is in addition to S10,641, which it
paid in a previous settlement.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Roosevelt Pardons Murderer.

R. Ortez, the Porto Rico murderer,
serving life sentence at Saltwater,
Mimi, prison, has been pardoned by
President Roosevelt and will be released
June 8. No reason for the pardon is
given.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
FARMERS BEGIN WORK ON SHOPS.

Corner Stone of Co-Operatlve HARVEST
ing Machine Company Laid.
The corner stone of the machine shop
Of the Farmers Cooperative Harvesting
Machine Company was laid i'll Spring
field, Ohio, with ceremony. William n.
Whitley is head of the enterprise, which
is backed by the grangers of the country.
The shops will make everything in the
way of agricultural implements. The
company expects to employ 5000 men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
United States Not Land H,,

President Roosevelt wrote to cele-
orators of Cuba's natal day in New
York that the United States is not land
hungry and that the policy toward Cuba
is that toward other nations.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Japanese Battleships Are Sunk.

Vice Admiral Togo has reported as
follows: "A report from Rear Admiral
Dewa says that the cruisers Kasaga and
Yoshino collided during fog off Port
Arthur. The Yoshino sank, only ninety
of her crew being saved. On the same
day the battleship Hatsuse struck Rus
sian mine and sank"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
LIFE TERM; STOLE So AND HAT.
Michigan Burglar Sentenced Under
Law to Punish Old Offenders.

Law TO Pun1Sh UIU UIIeuUCISe
Convicted of stealing So and an old
hat, Lewis Oliver was sentenced in Ma
son, Mich, to spend the remainder of his
life III Marquette penitentiary. He was
sentenced under a statute providing that
confirmed criminals may be put in the
penitentiary for life upon the third con-
viction for felony. Oliver is 40 years
old, has been arrested more times than
he can remember, and has served thir-
teen years. While the life term was not
mandatory, Judge Weist said he believed
the law was intended to rid society of
such men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Homestead. s. D., Is Booming.

In less than a month Bonesteel, S. D..
has grown from village of 300 to q
5000. Homesteaders are rushing there
ready for the opening of the Rosebud
reServa fion
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Newly ELECTED Bishop Declines.

Rev. James r. Day, a newly elected
bishop, caused surprise in Methodist
conference by declining the honor. His
resignation was accepted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Radiu1n source OF Earth,s Heat.

Prof. Ernest Rutherford, in a lecture
before the Royal Institute of Great
Britain, yentured the theory that radium
is the source of the earth's heat and that
1t Is not q molten mass cooling off.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Boat Capsizes: Three Drown

A. Giller, Peter Keyser and another
man named Jackson were drowned in
Owens lake, near Boulder, Colo. They
were fishing from boat and during
high wind the boat was overturned,
throwing the men into the water,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Nou. s. Representative Wanted.

American diplomatic representative is
desired at Bogota, and Minister Russell
has been detained at Panama by Wash
ington orders
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Ten Years AGO.

Ten Tears Ago. ,.etrOJe
Fire at Boston, Mass - cropDl
buildings covering ten acres a,sss
rendering 1000 persons non" w pbe
Talmage's Brooklyn IN: zoos ~ vel
nacle and adjoining resla na nm
burned with a loss Of $2'WV''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Batt1eship Rhode island launched

Ihe battleship Rhode Island was sue
cessfully launched at the yards of the
Fore River Ship and Engine Company,
Quincy, Mass.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
Presbyterians Frowu on Divorce.

The Presbyterian general assembly in
Buffalo enjoined its ministers not to mar
~ divorced persons, except those di-
vorced for reasons recognized by their
oh nrch
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27
SHOT BY HIS SPOUSE.
WIFE WOUNDS THEATRICAL MAN
IN TOLEDO.

Couple Had Separated on Account OF
Wife's Jealousy and Domestic Diff
extraordinarily Departs in Quest of
Lost Island in Pacific.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27

Bars Racing News In United States.
Following his action in disseminating
to all subscribers in New York City q