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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
"BEGGAR" WEALTHY.
Similarity in Names Bares Organ
Grinders Secret.


Superior, Wis, Aug 10.-If circum-
stances which came to light during
the past week are any criterion, the
occupation of a street musician and
please help cripple" is a most lu-
cIative employment. The inside his
tory which has given at least one
Superior man a look into the possibil-
tiles of life as a street musician
was the result of a similarity in
names. 0. E. Dunn OF the Dunn
Whipple company of this city is the
Superior man and the other is also
an O. E. Dunn, but is a street must
clan minus one leg and not a job
printer. Musician Dunn contemplate
ed trip to the head of the lakes re-
Gently and planned to make Superior
his headquarters. Accordingly he
notified the people with whom he had
been identified that his address was
to be changed to Superior. Some
OF his mail reached here before he
did and as it was addressed to gen
eral delivery the postmaster for
Warded it to 0. E. Dunn, the printer.
The letters were all opened by the
latter, who believed that they were
for himself, of course, and he found
that they contained checks and let
tiers of deposits for sums of money
all the way from $25 to $1,000, In a
week the total amounted to $4,000,
apparently all returns from invest
ments made by 0. E. Dunn, the street
musician.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
INCREASE IN NEW CASES
Vigilance of Federal Control and
Overcoming of Physicians plsin-
cIination to Report Patients Given
as the Reason for Apparent Show
ing of Increase of the Plague.
FEVER RECORD.

New Orleans, Aug. 10.-Public in
terest in the yellow fever situation
suffered a temporary eclipse yester-
day in the unexpected announcement
of the death of Archbishop Chappe1le.
Although the venerable prelate was
the subject of scientific treatment and
had most assiduous attention, his
physique always counted heavily
against him in The opinion of both the
laity and physicians, while his ia
tigued condition on his return from a
particularly irksome trip through the
country also was against him. Ills
death, therefore, while generally de
plored, is not considered to negative
the opinion of the medical fraternity
that with good care and proper treat
ment, mortality is unlikely to be
heavy during the present visitation.
What has been considered remark
able is that the archbishop should
have contracted the disease here so
quickly after his arrival, although he
had spent many of the later years Of
his life in Cuba and Porto Rico, in
both of which countries the disease
is epidemic, without ever having con-
tracted it. Among scientific men
there is little doubt that the arch
bishop fell a victim to mosquito
(bite.
Yesterdays record of cases was
again large and there was AN increase
in the number of deaths. The new
cases are swelling largely as the re-
suit of the energy federal control
has inspired and from gradual over
coming of the Discrimination of some
doctors to make known their cases.
The actual control of the sanitary
work passed yesterday to the marine
hospital service, DR., Gessner being
placed in immediate charge.
ArcFbishop's Career.
Archbishop Chappelie, who died of
yellow fever yesterday, was born in
Mende, France August %, 1912. He
| came to the United States in 1859,
was ordained priest in 1865, served as
missioner for five years and after
wards held pastorates in Baltimore
and Washington. In 1891 he was
made bishop coadjuator of Santa Fe
and became archbishop of that do
cese in 1894. Three years later he
was named archbishop of New Or
leans. After the Spanish-American
war he was appointed apostolic dele
gate to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines. He went to the Philippines
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
GOVERNOR JOHNSON
OFFERS MEDIATION

SIT. Paul, Aug. 10.-Gov. Johnson has
written letter to President Hill of the
Great Northern. President Elliott of
the Northern Pacific and President H.
B. Perham of the railway telegraph
ers, offering the services of the execu-
ing about an amicable settlement OF
the strike There were no other de-
velopments in the situation yesterday.
Both sides are still claiming that con-
ditions are improving from their stand
point with each passing day.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
TRACKS WASHED OUT.
Terrific Storm and Hail Strike West
ern Wisconsin.

Sparta, Wis, Aug. 10.-A severe
thunder storm, accompanied by a
heavy hail, prevailed all along the
Viroqua branch of the Milwaukee rail-
way. The tracks were badly washed
and section men were at work all
night. Much damage was done to
growing crops, especially corn and to-
bacco. Many fields of tobacco were
completely ruined around Westby, Vir-
oqua and Chaseburg. A heavy storm
north of Sparta also did considerable
damage to crops.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
NUMBER II.

"The organization has suffered IN
prestige and it will take years to wipe
out the disgrace resulting from it. 1t
will be a mistake for this convention
to whitewash the officers responsible
for this"
The convention transacted little
business. The financial report
shows a small balance in receipts
over expenditures. Last year sc new
locals were organized and Is discon-
tinued. There was falling off in
membership Of 1888, due, it is de-
clared, to lack of discipline.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
TO INVESTIGATE DISASTER.
Mayor Appoints Commission to Find
Cause OF Store Collapse.

Albany, N Y, Aug 10.-Tne mayor
last evening appointed a commission
of three experts from cut of town to in
vestigate and report upon the cause OF
the collapse of the Meyer department
store. The total of deaths is now fixed
at 10. with two others probably fatally
injured. Of those in the hospital,
Helen Donahue is believed to be near
the point of death and Mrs. William
Borst OF Window, Mimi, a shopper,
has ONLY an even chance of recovery.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
ROCKEFELLER TO GIVE

Chicago Aug. 10.-Plans involving
the expenditure of $5O,0OO.000 are I'M
der consideration by john D. Rockefel
Ter, to make the Usiversity of Chicago
the greatest seat of learning in the
world Mr.. Rockefeller and President
Harper have consulted periodically
with a view to formulating some plan
of action by which the final work OF
Transforming the university might be
speedily advanced. All that now re-
mains is the perfunctory matter OF fin
ancing the project. Mr.. Rockefeller
mas pledged himself to provide the
funds whenever they shall be needed
to infuse life into the great movement.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
PRESIDENT GOES SPEAKING.
Takes the Last Trip of His Summer
Soiourn.

Oyster Bay, Aug. 10.-President
Roosevelt will leave Oyster Bay t1is
morning on what probably will be the
last trip he will make during fais sum-
mer sojourn at Sycamore Hill. Late
this afternoon he will deliver an adj
dress to the united mine workers AMI
members of the Catholic Total Abstin-
ence union at Wilkesbarre, Pa, and
Friday morning will speak before the
Cnautauqua assembly at Chautauqua,
N. Y.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
Ban on Banana Trains.

Cairo, H., Aug. 10.-A ban was
placed on banana messengers yester-
day in the quarantine against yellow
fever by Secretary Egan of the state
board of health. Word was sent the
railroads that banana messengers
from the yellow fever regions could
not enter southern Illinois. Banana
trains will be allowed to run through
southern Illinois without stopping.
Examinations of banana cars have
shown the presence of mosquitoes. Ba-
mana cars must not be switched or
sidetracked with the venture of stop
ping. 1t was discovered yesterday
that persons were entering Cairo from
the south by going through Louis
vile and then returning south to
Cairo. Inspectors were ordered to
inspect trains from the north as well
as those from the south.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
MILWAUKEE SHERIFF
HONORED AT CONVENTION

st. Paul. Aug. 10.-The Interstate
Sheriff's association yesterday selected
Des Moines, Ia, as the place for the
next convention AMI elected:
PRESIDENT. w. Dreger, Mime
apOlis.
Vice president-Joseph HI. Francis,
Morris, ILL.,
Secretary and treasurer-Robert
Marshall, Atlantic, Iowa.
Among the vice presidents chosen
for the several states were William
j. Cary of Milwaukee for Wisconsin.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
Woman to Cell in Dray.

Neenah, Wis, Aug. lot took
three policemen and dray to get
Carrie Davis of Minneapolis to the
police station. The woman came
here and fought the officers when
they attempted to arrest her. She
was sent to the workhouse for 25
days and is the only female inmate of
the institution in ten years.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
RUSSIAN CRUISER
TESTS MACHINERY

Vallejo, CAL, Aug. 1O.-The in
termed Russian cruiser Lena, escort
ed by the United States torpedoboat
Fox and the tug Active, left the Mare
island navy yard yesterday for a trial
of her machinery which has feen I'M
dergoing repairs. The cruiser will
visit Angel island and around San
Francisco Bay, but will not go outside
OF the Golden Gate She will return
to the navy yard today
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
THOUSANDS QUIT UNION.
Transfers Suffer Falling Off in Mem
berShip.

Philadelphia, Aug. 10.-The greater
portion of the day was devoted by the
international brotherhood of team
sters listening to President Shea's
defense of his management of the
Chicago strike. He came in for criti-
cism when the reports of the execu-
tive members were read. Michael
Casey of San Francisco, third vice
president, characterized the Chicago
strike as a dismal failure that had
brought the transfers into disrepute.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14

N. G. Goodwin is reported to nave
bought $185,0OO worth of real estate
since he mas been in San Francisco.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-14
Detective Will Investigate.
Attracts Bio Crowd.

News of the accident spread quickly
and within short time several hun
dred people had gathered at the scene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03
How Gordon Lost His Popularity

Gordon had not been in college a month
when 1t became mysteriously noised about
that it was Gordon's father who kept the
venient to the college, and that a note from
the freshman would insure its bearer I'M
limited credit till the end of the year at the
store.
When the rumor reached their ears. two
or three OF the more reckless spirits among
the spendthrifts of the college straightway
sought Gordon to find out whether the good
news was true They put the question to
the little fellow. He rubbed his hands unc-
tuously together. He grinned. He en-
deavored to look the innocent.
why, fellows he said. "how did such
rumor ever get abroad? / am aston
ished"
But Is it true?" persisted the advance
guard of the spendthrifts. Say Gordie,
old boy. tell u.s. is it true?'
Gordon continued rubbing his hands to-
gether.
Fellows he said "on m honor / don't
know how such a rapor could have got
Will give each of you note to my father,
if you want ii, and you can see what he
will do about it, VIII that do?''
Bully for you, Gordie, old boyiH shouted
the spendthrifts; and Gordon then and
there wrote a note for each of them to his
parent. and the purport of each note was
that the bearer was a particular friend of
friend favor of any sort, the apple of his
eye would increase his filial devotion, If
such thing were possible.
From this time on Gordon was marked
for his popularity with those of his fellows
who were notorious for never having cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03
The Land of Little Sleep.
N the Rochest ar Post Express.


One of the bugaboos of mundane exist
ence is the early to bed and early to rise"
adage. which has troubled the consciences
of so many millions of people. That tam
talizing old jingle about early rising max
Ing man healthy, wealthy and wise is
responsible for more misery in the world
than all the other good behavior maxims
and rules for success put together, and it is
gratifying to observe that the present gen
Grafton is not so compaisant in obeying
the rule as the good. but misguided men
and women of yesterday. The early-rising
fad is not much in vogue now in the cities
and 1t will not be many years before the
benefcent reform will take root in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03

country. The cause of this change. Of
course, is In the change from early TO late
hours in thickly settled localities. The ur-
ban population occupies Its evenings in
pleasurable pursuits and reiires at an hour
that is not In harmony with the advice
that was inculcated daily In the minds OF
our grandmothers and grandfathers. An
other great change Is the Increase of occu-
pations that require night work, for In
every large city there are thousands of
men and women who work at night and
sleep during the day The theater is also
an important factor In keeping; people
awake until midnight In olden times there
were not so many amusemellts and distrac-
tons in the daily life, and after our grand
parents finished their days work there was
nothing better to do than go to bed In
these days of rushing business and varied
pleasures. however, humanity just begins to
enjoy itself when darkness falls from the
wing of night" when the pale blue rays OF
the electrics drill holes in the ebon atmos-
phere, and the noises of tho downtown
fall ON the ear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03

sun and either falling back again or held
suspended by forces little understood
The suspected planets lying between Mer-
curry and the sun. and which the expedi-
ton will endeavor to discover, are made in
visible in ordinary times by the distracting
glare of Old Sol, whose nearest visible
neighbor is Mercury. 1t is hoped that while
the moon hides the face of the sun this
year some of the great cameras will snap
shot these hidden planets, and that the
corona will allow sufficient room for them
to be seen. Lescarbault, a country physi-
clan near Paris. claimed to have observed
one of them in 1859. Some well-known as
tronomers Endorsed his Claim, and the sup
posed world was named Vulcan. 1t
was estimated to have a diameter of 1900
miIeS-less than third that of the earth.
1t was assigned a place 100000 miles
from the sun and was thought to revolve
about the latter once in nineteen days
During the eclipse of 1878 two bright star
like objects We're alleged by some to have
been unscreened very near the sun, this re-
port giving rise to the suspicion that the
supposed Vulcan has near neighbor.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03
Moonshiners Rarely Quit.
n the Charlotte Observer.

From the Charlotte Observer.
Col. Amos Owens of Cherry Mountain
Rutherford county, was arrested week be-
fore last for retailing and taken before a
United States commissioner at Rutherford
ton. The colonel has been in the federal
court more than a dozen times for moon
shining. We are under the impression that
he has also served one or two terms In the
Albany penitentiary for this offense.
But the Illicit traffic In liquor, whether In
making or selling 1t, or both. has fasci-
nation for men, and not many who engage
in moonshinng quit the Illicit traffic perma-
nently. Their stills are broken up, but they
at once rig up others; sometimes one IS ac-
quilted trial. and he goes straightway
from the court house back to the business;
others, having been convicted. serve out
their sentences, and as soon as they get
home secure autfit and go at IL again.
They take tremendous chances, but when
they lose their operations are only inter-
rupted-only suspended until liberty and
opportunity wait on them again 1t is akin
to the passion that cards hold for the
gambler: the habit is strong as that
which morphine establishes upon the dope
fiend or rum upon the liquor drinker. 1t Is
very curious perversion, but any officer
of a United States court in a moonshina
district will verify these statements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03

eyes follow where they fcll-they were the
communal patent feathers!
In three minutes by the clock 'Dumpy"
was making profuse apologies to Miss Anne
liza Bingham at the foot of the grand stai--
way where she had impatiently awaited
him since the hour: and, nothing daunted
by her rather cold demeanor in ten min
utes after he had arrayed his extremities
according to sartorial etiquette he was
leading her in the direction of the great
cherry tree.
The town clock had scarcely finished
striking when the last door on the third
floor of the west wing was cautiously
pushed openly. Only the dim moonlight was
struggling with the darkness in the room,
and there was a mound in the center of the
bed nearest the window.
Dumpy,'" whispered the voice at the
door crack, 'oh, Dumpy.'"
No answer. squat went stealthily over
to the water pitcher. He picked it up
Swish.-and "Dumpy," wringing wet was
aroused at last.
Over him stood Squat" brandishing the
empty pitcher.
" Dumpy,'" he shouted gleefully "con-
graduate me! I got her,--I got herr
For answer 'Dumpy' suddenly reached
under the bed, grabbed two black shiny OBJ
jects therefrom, let fly at the outline of
squat and as one took him in the small
of the back cried out:
'Drat' you. Squat take the shoes, I
won't want EN- again till Amelia and | are
married.
Fhat happy event took place in the ma
tional capital two years ago. and one of the
things remarked of the bridegroom by OBJ
serving persons was that While he was i'm
macuiately arrayed at all other points he
mad evidently become so fustered at the
last While dressing that he had neglected
10 change his old shoes for pair in keen
ing with the rest of his outfit and the oc-
c2SiOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03
A Remarkable Indian.
rom the Kansas city Journal

From the Kansas City Journal.
Macy Ball, a blind Modoc Indian, liv-
ing three miles northwest of Seneca. fell
into an abandoned mining shaft about sixty
feet deep, over which brush had been
heaped. Eleven days later Ball was res
cued. There must have been considerable
water In the shaft" says the Hustler, "as
the Indian declares he never struck bot
tom. 1t seems that in some way, when
he arose to the surface of the water, he
caught on to something long enough to
keep from drowning. and had dug hole
In the side of the shaft with his hands
large enough to crawl into. and there he
had remained the entire eleven days with
out food of any kind. a rope was lowered
TO him and he placed the moose around his
body and was pulled out He seemed none
the worse for his fasting as he was able
TO walk home, about half a mile. Sam Law
yer had been out hunting for the missing
man, and his dogs. passing the shaft, heard
the Indian making queer sounds, peculiar
to his tribe. and set up a howl Sam looked
into the shaft but could see no one as
Macy had burrowed deep enough to be
entirely out of sight, but he heard him and
secured the help of Ben Lawyer and Tom
WEIGH and they rescued the imprisoned
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03
EXPERIMENTAL CAMP, NAVAL OBSERVATORY.

large camera whose tube is pointed up at
the and made TO follow it by clock
work, rather than having that heavenly
body reflected into it by revolving mirror.
Such a mechanism, known as "poIar
axis, must, of course, have q far smaller
focal length than that of the giant one first
described. The tube is mounted upon a
pyramid OF framework, so that it revolves
with the once in twenty-four hours,
being always pointed toward that great
central light. These polar axes, as well as
the delicate mechanism (coelostab reVov-
ing the reaectors of the great stationary
cameras, have been designed, under Ad-
miral Chester's direction, by w w. Din
widdie of the observatory staff, who is in
charge of the instrumental equipment of
the eclipse expedition. No such instru-
ments have ever figured in eclipse work
hitherto, and even the delicately balanced
revolving cameras are so firmly held in
their frames that when struck hard blow
they give no perceptible jar.
For photographing the continuous band
of colored lights resulting from the passage
of the corona's rays through prism. more
complicated cameras. known as spectre
scopes will be employed at each station.
By studying these photographs the chem
ical analysis of the different parts of the
mysterious corona may be determined by q
method too profound for eXplana ton in Il
popular article. The improved spectre
scopes of the expedition were also designed
by Mr. Dinwiddie, as are six ingenious
portable houses, three to be used in camp
for dark rooms and three for the great
boxes at the rear of the long, horizontal
cameras. Each building may be mortised
and tenoned together and made intact with
only a dozen screws When disjointed and
Grated they occupy surprisingly small
space.
Telescopes for the observation of the
eclipse will be mounted at each station;
also photometers for measuring the inten-
sty of the light during the different phases
OF the eclipse and magnetometers, measar-
ing the effect of the phenomena upon The
enrth's magnetic waves. Linen sheets will
be spread upon the ground to catch the
scintilating shadow bands coursing over
the ground while the corona is Pickering.
A compact time service will be installed
at each station under the direction of
Lieut.. Comm. Everett Hayden. u. s. N.
in charge of national time service, which
corrects the clocks and drops the time balls
of the United States, and which is an i'm
iportant branch of the naval observatory
To Fly Kites During the Eclipse.
Box kites bearing thermometers and other
weather gauges will be flown high in the
air during the eclipse by Prof. Frank II.
Bigelow of the national weather bureau.
Prof. Bigelow will make his trip over seas
on the collier Caesar rather than upon one
OF the more luxurious cruisers, as he de-
sires to fly his kites above the Atlantic and
thus obtain some original data as to the
weather conditions above the ocean Mem
berS of the obserya torg's scientific staff to
go with the squadron are Prof. w. s. Eich-
elberger, Prof. Frank j. I1ittell. Assistant
Astronomer George A Hill, Computer u. !.