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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-20

overheard while the vessel was steam
ing upon the lower bay of the Romer
shoal The body was recovered and
taken 10 New York.
At Bradford. Pa. in a natural gas
explosion here Z. Lawrence was kill
eli. L. s. Nutting was fatally injured.
the home of r. L. Sheckles was wreck
ed, and property valued at S31 900 was
destroyed Several persons had mar
row escapes from death. Lawrence
ana Nutting had been employed to re-
pair the Sheckles house.
AT the annual meeting of the Actors
Society OF America in New York the
following directors were elected TO fill
vacancies on the executive board:
James X Hackett. Henry Woodruff
John r. Kellerd, Frank Burbeck,
Ernest Lamson. George d. Mcintyre.
Edward McCabe Miss Bessie Taylor
and Harold Hartsell. The old officers
were reelected.
Among the arrivals at San Fran
cisco from the orient on the United
States army transport Logan, re-
leased from quarantine, are Mrs. Wade,
wife OF Major General Wade; w. F.
Norris. Judge of the court of first in
stance of Manila: Webb Hayes. son of
the late President r. B. Hayes, and
5. b. Heintz. secretary of the army
and navy Y. NJ. c. A.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-20

Milton +. Clark. a pioneer banker
of Leavenworth. Kas.. and father or
Mrs. Flower. formerly Miss Hilda
Clark a prima donna, is dead as the
result of an operation for appendicitis.
Levi Z. Letter of Chicago. was
buried at Washington. The funeral
was held at Bar Harbor, Me. The ex
ecutive committee of the Chicago
Historical society adopted resolutions
on Mr. Letters death.
Norman c. Jones of Manitou. Colo.
one of the pioneers of Colorado. the
discoverer and original proprietor of
the Cave of the Winds at Manitou, is
dead as the result of being struck BY
a train at Colorado Springs.
Edwin d. Worcester, secretary OF
the New York Central and Hudson
River railroad, is dead at his home in
New York city. Mr.. Worcester was
born in Albany in 1928 and had been
in the sevice of the New York Central
since 1853.
Charles p. Dewey extensive owner
of cattle lands and reported to be
worth SS.OOO,O0O, died at the home of
his niece, Mrs. B. w. Peterson. at
Wheeling, W. Va, where he had been
i'll for week. He was 60 years old
and besides his son Chauncey.
widow survives him. The body was
taken to Cadiz, o.. where the burial
took place.
Abner Mckinley. who died at Somer
set. Pa, was buried in Canton, o.
The body was taken first to the home
of the late president where it was
viewed by friends and relatives.
Shcrt services were held at the
house. after which the body was taken
to Westlawn cemetery and laid in tks
Mckinley family plot. Heart disease
was the cause.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-20
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Russo-IAPANEsE MAR.

The Baltic squadron of forty war
ships was sighted OF the Swedish
coast
4 naval engagement in the gulf of
PeChli Is aid TO have followed a land
attack ON Port Arthur
Gguean. ON the east coast OF COrea,
is Ia a state OF panic. fearing an attack
from cossack raiders.
Two battaliOns OF japanese troops
walked into a Russian ambuscade and
an but one or two men were killed.
Gen. Kur0patkin is reported TO be
commanding an army on the march
from Liaoyang toward Port Arthur.
Admiral Togo reports that he has
destroyed 81 mines in the harbOr or
DaIny and that the port IS nearly clear
Russians are reported TO have been
defeated in a battle with a loss Of 500
men. A general retreat from Kwan-
lung peninsula sets in.
The japanese armies advanced on
Liaogalg and Haicheng by four main
roads Russians resisted stubb0rniy,
but were forced go retreat
Gen Auruhl ucspGtcne4 q slrOls
column which engaged and defeated
the Russians az Saimatze. The Rus
SLAMS lost more than a hundred men.
Gen. kvdama. chief Of the japanese
staE. saia here win be no talk OF
peace until Port Arthur. Hardin, and
VladiyostDk are in the mikadO's hands.
Chinese spies arrived at Newchwang
from Port Arthur and declared the
town is greatly damaged by shells.
There are provisions for only two
months and ca. Is low.
Chinese officials will Investigate the
killing Of Lewis EtzeI an American.
sp0ndent Of the London Tele-
graph. EtzeIs mother viii demand an
indemnity OF $4,000 for his death.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-20
DOMESTIC.
nal Safnnl arrived.

Cardinal Satoll5 arrived
The only unidentified Ir0Quois FIRE
victim was buried in Chicago.
r. r. Dickinson. a travelling sales
man. committed suicide in q Chicago
hotel
TIE submarine t0rped0-bOat Fulton
m7sc "a twe'vc-hcrr su5mersion trial
sue -essfulIy.
Rev Mary Baker G.. Eddy was greet
cI 1900 Christian Science pilgrims at
Concord. y II.
The entire cabbage crop OF Kelosha
AID Racine counties Is ruined by
worms. e = feared.
The first magnet railway in the
world viii be pat N operation this sum
mer on Staten island. New York.
Thirty fremel were overcome 10y
the fumes from tobacco and alcohol in
a cafe fire in Broadway. New York.
George W. johnson tralnmaster OF
Toledo division OF the Lake Shore
road, was killed by a train near Port
Clinton. o.
The wreck Of an excursion train with
200 passengers by a collision with a
switch engine in Minneapolis. resulted
Ga many deaths.
HaiIstones measuring one and
three-quarter inches fell at Lebanon.
Wis. stripping of foliage and breaking
window glass.
Mrs Russell Sage received from
New York university the degree of
master of letters and ex-Secretary
Root that OF IL. ID.
Two boys OF Muscatine. Ia. con
fessCd 90 writing letters demanding
$4,000 and threatening the recipien,
with death If refused.
Myrtle Berry. aged Is. a member OF
the Peoria high school graduating
c.ass this year. became blind sudden
Iy While at her studies.
Before Justice Sturges of KenOsha,
Mrs. Alice Miller sues Frank Malone.
alleging abusive language in that he
called her a DOwieite.
AT Springfield. III. John Kelly. who
was shot by his cousin James Berry,
when Berry found his wife at Kelly's
house. died of his wounds.
President Harper Of the University
Of Chicago. delivered an address al
Toronto university and the degree of
IL. d. was conferred upon him.
Meyer Guggenhesm. a New York
millionaire. was sued for 100000 for
alleged breach OF promise by Hannah
Mcnamara. a former hOusekeeper.
State Senator Hogg of Ohio is In re.
ceirt Of word from Marion. Kan. that
his ward. Miss Margaret Martin. has
killed herself there by taking strych.
nine
Daniel ]. SulIy in bankruptcy FRO
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-20
FOREIGN.

Moors at Tangier are getting more
and more irritated al the presence Of
American warships.
Seal pOachers reaped a harvest
along Russian islands while the
coasts are unguarded by gunboats.
Five lives were lost ana more than
100 persons were imperiled in a COZ.
lision Of vessels near Montreal.
An American named Symons is re-
ported to have been assassinated by
Cubans On a plantation near Puerto
Principe.
John Alexander Dowie was practical
~ driven ont of London and took
refuge in France. Every hotel is
closed TO him.
The death Of VereStchagin. the Rus
sian artist, on board the batlleshib
Petropavlcvsk is deeply deplored IN
japan. where he was a we'll known
visitor.
King Edward has conferred UPON
Nine. Melba the decoration fcl
science. art and music She is the
t-st woman upon whom II has been
bestowed.
TWO employees of the Central Bank
II the City OF Mexico have been ar
rested for . defalcat.on officially de-
clared to be $4,000. but believed to
reach y2SO.0OO.
The French premier declared in the
chamber of deputies that he had been
q, FfaraE c4n0 nao nr;I,o j., .,x..-.s. -.
passage of law in favor of the Car
thusian monks.
Sr Charles Dixie asked in the COM
mons that the United States. re-
sponsible for the creating OF the
Congo Free State, be called on to help
stop the atrocities there.
The premier of New South Wales.
Sir John Sec. has resigned. He is re-
firing from public life. Thomas Waa
dell the colonial treasurer and
minister OF railroads. will form a new
cabinet
The Russian council OF the empire
has approved Interior Minister Won
Plehve's bill for the repeal of the law
under which Jews are forbidden 10 re-
side within thlrty-two miles OF the
frontier.
Practically all Brigand Raisulrs
terms were accepted by the sultan of
Morocco and the Americans may be re-
leased soon. Ian Perdicaris. the
American captive OF the Moorish
brigand. wrote asserting that Ralsuu
Is q gentleman. He is safe and well
treated
Jacob A. Riis, the author. and Mrs.
Riis of New York were received by the
Danish regent, Crown Prince Fred
eric& who expressed much interest in
American affairs. He said Europe was
entirely satisfied that President Roose-
velt's influence was strong for inter
national peace.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-20

Even with cheap treatment practicable,
which insUres against the destruction
of the tie in the ground by decay. IL is
neither economical nor safe 10 EQUIP 4
road with such ties unless mechanical
devices can be found which viii pre-
vent rapid wear. Ties chemically
treated resist decay, but the softer
woods can not Withstand wear OF the
rails ncr hold the spikes under the
heavy traffic of American roads.
This is true not only Of ties upon
which the rails rest directly, but also
where the old forms of steel plates in
serted between rail and tie are used.
Indeed. the thin plates with prCngs OF
spines and flanges hitherto generally
used in the United States, appear 70
hasten rather than retard wear of the
tie. With accompanying screw-spikes,
which hold the rail firmly 10 the tie,
several forms of plates can be intro
duced successfully. Wooden tie-plates
can be used. which, when worn out, are
easily replaced.
The functions CT spikes are, first. to
hold the ties TO the rails, and. second.
TO prevent the rails from spreading.
Nail spikes are still used for this pur-
pose in this country. In driving q
spike into a white oak tie the strong
and elastic fiber of the wood is bent
downward. maintaining a close cor
tact. so that powerful resistance is Of
fered to its withdrawal. When driven
into such woods as hemlOck and west
ern yellow. lOdgepOle. lOblolly. or
shOrtleaf pine. the fibers of the wood
are crushed and broken. As a result
the spikes do not hold with sufficient
frmness to withstand the undulatory
motion of the rail nor the lateral pres
sure against them; they become
loOsened. and the constant friction en-
larges the spike hole until water col
lects in it and decay begins. The spike
must soon be driven in a new place,
and this constant respiking rapidly
ruins the tie Even if the tie has
been treated with a solution like zinc
the water will leach out the
salt. so that decay-prOducing factors
this difficulty is achieved by the use OF
a screw-spike. In the soft WOODS
will resist nearly three
times as great a strain as nail spikes.
II inserted in a crew dOwel of hard
wood the power Of the screw-spike is
still greater. A key, operated by two
men, a handpower screw-spike driving
machine or a machine with electric
power may be employed to insert
Arrangements are being made for the
extensive Introduction of these appli-
ances. the need of which has developed
so conspicuously in the brief expert
ence with treated timbers If in the
of a stable track, so in
fer the safety of trains
moving at a high rate of speed. the
equipment fulfills the prom
Use of experimental tests, an important
step in the better utilization of our
forest resources will have been made.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-20

Felter of 31S So L ST. San Bernar-
dino, Cal, says: For IS years my kid
neys were not performing their func-
tons properly. There was some back
ache, and the kidney secretiOns were
prOfuse, containing also considerable
sediment. Finally the doctors said L
had diabetes. DOan's Kidney Pills
wrought a great change in my condi-
ton and now | sleep and feel well
again"
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Judge Eel
ter will be mailed 10 any part OF the
United States. Address FOster-Milhurn
Co., Buffalo. y. Y. Sold by all dealers;
price 30 cents per box.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-20
THE OLD MANS ANGER.

An anecdote of Sothern recalled by
''T. p" concerns a practical joke which
had serious consequences. He had made
an appointment to dine in a restau-
rant with an actor friend named TOOle,
and was exasperated at having to wait
long. and hungry, for his fellow guest.
Seeing at a neighboring table an ole
gentleman who was evidently even
more cross and hungry than himself,
Sothern went up behind him. and hit
ting him a sounding smack on the
back, greeted him Familiarity, "Halloa,
old boy"
What the devil do you mean. sir?'
cried the old gentleman, starting to his
teet purple with fury.
II really beg your pardon, sir, .
stammered Sothern. IL took you for
an old friend of mine. Pray forgive
me-"
The old gentleman resumed his seat,
growing. TOole appeared at last, and
Sothern, after abusing him for his un-
punctuality. arranged with him for the
dinner While they were waiting for
ii 10 be served, Sothern said:
81 say, Toole. I'll bet you a sovereign
you won't go up TO that old boy, hit
him on the back, and say, 'Halloa, old
boy.'
"Done," cried Toole heartily; and he
went behind the old gentleman, gave
him a sounding smack on the back. ana
shouted familiarly, "Halloa, old boy"
and was promptly knocked down
Harper's Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-20

Why did mamma spank you today
Because you were bad?''
Nope; tause mamma was bad. -
Houston Post.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-20
PAPERS SCARE HEADS

The present war has produced the
first heading containing more than
single line ever published in . Russian
Previously the most i'm
portant news had never been so hon
cred. and the death Of Queen Victoria
was announced without any heading.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-20

It is a wise plan in designing them
for presents TO first ascertain some
particular fad of the recipients
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-20
Told in California.

helping Iuo
kidneys Is
helping the
whole body,
fer il is the
kidneys that
remove the
.pciSOnS and
waste from
be bod y.
Learning this
simple lesson
has m a d 9
m nv sick
men and w0-
men well.
.Indgp A. j.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-10

Some one VIII get the hIa1tts resss
lars II gold. IN
for
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-10
1|PIIIY ST
LONGER PIV OTIS.
is sufficient iustiffcation Tor q combi.

lis sufficient Justification for 8 comb
nation. of that Kind.
I But after all. is said the local fights
even il they should carry the electc
raj tickets down TO defeat, are not Q
great enough numberSto AFFECT tn
general result. The Democrats vii
only BY stupendous luck win thei
fights in New York Colorado. Della
ware and West Virginia, IN addition
to what is, conceded to them. Garry
ing these makes the Parker. total COZ
or IL more than Bryan received fo,ll
years ago. Since 1900 % votes have
been added to the electoral college
Cleveland States VIII Not Win.
Surprising they do as we'll as CIeve
land did in the two cam paigns which
he won by carrying New Jersey, Con
nectjcut. Delaware. Naryiand4 Rhode
Island and West Virginia. beside New
Iork, the result would be 231 votes,
or eight less than enough
In order 10 win, even after carrying.
all the States named III the frstgcom-
bination Of remote possibilities, ii
would me necessary 10 get Wyoming
And there is one of the States that
has not given any signs at any time
of hysteria. Even tho wave of Bry-
anism did not carry ii OFF its feet,
and it. is about as reasonable to count
it in the Democratic column as 1t
would be to put Ohio there 1t is
-
will carry Idaho. which voted for Bry-
an four years ago.
There is reason for placing idaho
in the column Of. doubtful States with
Republican inclinations Senator Fred
Dubois is having finish fight with
the Mormons, and his stand has pref,
udiced his party's chances in that
State, far offsetting the antagonist
against the Republican party arous-
ed by the Smoot case. Moralfsts may
not be pleased with tho State affairs,
but unless they can produce the votes
on election day their objections will
have no weight. The Mormon lead
ars are taking the view that they can
not afford to have political convic-
tons that will interfere with what
hey believe to be the best interests
If their church. They can be Dem
ocrats in local affairs and Republicans
n national without the least strain
IN their consciences.
Watching Wiscor sin.
Wisconsin is Il part Of the country
hat will be worth watching, even il
here is no evidence of such a change
Il public sentiment as warrants the
belief that the Democrats will make
uch gains as viii ovcrt,lrn the vast
advantage held by tho Republicans. |
The determination of the stalwarts
0 place Ex-Governor Scol1e cid on their |
icl<et in place of Cook may SO en-
age the La Toilette people that they |
viii undertake to revenge themselves
II President Roosevelt The bacll-i
one OF the stalwart movement is fur
ished by the so-ca1led Federal crowd
the faction of which Senator Spoon
r is the leader.
1t is an axiom in politics that the
ppointinS power can control the &C
ons of it's appointees. If it cannot,
is time to get. Other apDointees.
thus, the La Toilette men,
zeing only defeat for themselves,
ould make not altogether bad ex-
Use for cutting the Roosevelt ticket.
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Grand total

! - H'AA4NA I+'SEAA-
! 1t is only necessary to publish that
/ list TO show how hopeless is the fight
of the Democracy. And yet there are
1 persons going up and down this good
| 1y land saying they believe Judge
Parker has good chance Of winning
| All they look at are two or three
States. This looking at so few of the
factors comes from the old fact that
/ New York used to be the factor that
controlled. The new fact that the
Empire State is not now the pivot
has not been pressed into the con
sciousness OF many.
The most ordinary way of saying
what the Democracy must do to be
saved is to say it must carry New
York, Connecticut, Delaware. Mary
land New Jersey, West Virginia and
either Indiana or Wisconsin, or a
combination of three Rock Mountain
States. OF which Colorado must be
one
Five States Really Doubtful.
The really doubtful States are New
York, West Virginia, Colorado. Idaho
and Montana. ZIaryland is conceded
to the Democrats by nearly all statis-
ticians, although the Republican Ma
tional Committee has not abandoned
the fight in that State
We're Parker and Davis 10 carry
them all, they would still be so far
away from Washington that the lost
sheep on the mountains would be in
comfortable circumstances in COM
parison with them. Roosevelt's vic
tory VIII be the c1earest case of a man
being given the Presidency without
any effort on his part since George
Washington was chosen.
There is only one fact that may
the Democrats. II is thar in
a number OF States the fights on State
issues are so hot that the Democratic. |
State tickets have a chance. This is |
the fact with respect to New York. |
Delaware, West Virginia, Indiana, |
Wisconsin, Colorado ana Utah. In
all these, except Utah. governors are
10 be elected. In each State it is
there is such dlssatisfac-
ton with the Republican nominee that |
there is some possibility that the /
democratic nominee may be chosen. /
What Organism Has Done
We're the parties as evenly divided /
as before the eruption of Organism /
such a condition would be decidedly
dangerous for the Republican electo
al ticket. But the voter is every
lay becoming better acquainted with
he mixed ballot. In New York there
ire hundreds OF young Republicans
Who have expressed an intention to
'ote for Herrick ana Roosevelt They
want to stand pat on the national
government. but they also want to
ret rid of Odeilism. In Indiana. the
ceiling for John w. Kern, the Demo
ratio nominee, is very strong, and
roosevelt and Kern is the ticket.
many Republicans are expected to 1
ote, although there is really no real
on why Republicans should desert II
rank Hanley. the nominee for gov
rnor. He is a fine young man who
egan life as a farm laborer. His
rst. money was earned digging ditch IS
s in the State of which he probably S
ill&become governor. Is
In Colorado "a desire to be rid OF
eabody and Bell viii give Repub-
can voters a. chance: to make up Ia N
:oosevelt and ans ticket. There.
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Magnificent Coaches Iaeping
obserYat ton cars aud sunsxcelleds az ing
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lyon once Fgst tha hal, u,
always buy ft1rni tures
Fairmont urni co.
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]. Each person who is regular subscriber to
. the Daily West Virgn1ian July 8, is entitled to
one guess. ?. Each person paying dollar for
three months subscription to the West Virginian
bill beginning after July & Will be entitled to guess
8. Any person paying IN advance for one year viii
be entitled to four estimates, or for any part Of
wear IN the same manner, each dollar paid
subscription emitting the subscriber to guess 4
Any person securing two subscribers for three
months and paying us dollars, will be entitled
to one guess or additional guesses in the same pro-
portion, one guess for each two dollars, sent in
he person securing the subscription will be
titled Is guess and the persons subscribing will also
Be entitled to guesses
70 AID IN MAKING THE EsTEMATE:
Ii 1892,
Grover Cleveland received, 5,552,351 votes,
Benjamin Harrison received S, 1853 votes.
4 1925,
William Mckinley. received I'LL ], 6Oz votes.
William. ]. Bryan received $500, 052 votes
Ii 1900,
William Mckinley received 7,263,266 votes.
Williar1#J. Bryan feeefved SASSY vnsss.
The guess Or guesses Of each individual WI be
kept secret Who viii Be The first to reeor5 rs
guess? Remember It begins on Wednesday, Juf1 8
& .SSore one will get first prize, why not Yo12
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PILES PILES pLEs.

DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
will cure Blind. Bleeding, liberated
and itching Piles. It absorbs the tu-
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as a por1Itice. gives instant relief. DR..
Williams Indian Pile Ointment is pre-
pared only for Piles and Itching Of
the private parts, and nothing else.
Every box IS guaranteed. Sold by
druggists, sent by mail, for soc. and
co, Pr9pr's. Cleveland, Ohio.
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COMPARISON OF SITUATION in
ELECTORAL COLLEGE I'M
CLEVELAND CAMPAIGN
AND NOW.
EFFECT OF BRYAN DISASTERS ON
PARTY WILL BE SHOWN BY
THE ROOSEVELT MA
JoRITiEs.

CA f. Heiss. in Pittsburs- Dispatch9
WASHINGTON, D, c.. Oct e.-Al-
lowing the Democrats everything it
seems even remotely possible for
them to carry. the result is as fol
lows:
Roosevelt, 2se.
A Parker, 237.
Such a result would indicate a
closeness in the. contest that does not
exist, except. perhaps. in the overhead
ed brain Of an intense admirer of
Judge Parker. There is no evidence
to warrant a closeness that Will bring
the Judge within IS or 80 votes of
election.
In order that the 2s7 votes for par
ker may be secured. it is necessaryto
give the Esopus man, first, the solid
South as a matter OF course; and
then the following States, many of
which are doubtful only for the sake
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unfit December 1 S, 1864 to sssEs.
daily a6 tff6 rate OF $28:6 round