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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
ARCTIC SHIP IN BAD SHAPE
AND CREW is GRUMBLING

Sydney, Cape Breton, Nov. 23.-The
arctic steamer Roosevelt left Port
Au Basques, New Foundland, for Sgd
ney yesterday afternoon. The steam
err is leaking and is otherwise dis
abled, and her alleged unseaworthy
condition has caused discomfort
among her crew. For this reason
Peary will remain by the Roosevelt
until the end of the trip. 1t is de-
clared that he is staying on board
for the moral effect upon his crew,
and that he wishes to take her to
New York.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
WILL TEST RULING.
Monon Road Would Maintain Adver-
Using Contracts.

Monon Road Would Maintain Adver-
Using Contracts.
Chicago, Nov. 23.-The supreme
court of the United States is to be
asked to pass upon the question of
whether a railroad can Issue trans
portatiOn in exchange for advertising
in the newspapers. A test case will
be made in Illinois, or rather an OPP
portunity be given by the interstate
commerce commission to have the
courts pass upon their ruling that
money can be lawfully received or
accepted in payment for transporta-
ton.
Shortly after the new rate law
went into effect the question arose
as to whether a railroad could con-
tinue to issue transportation for
newspaper advertising. 1t came be-
fore the commission, and that body
decided that under the law only
money could be accepted. The JUS
tice of this ruling was not seen by
the legal department of the Monon
railroad, and the attorneys of the
railroad wrote the commission and
gave their construction of the law
backed by decisions of the courts
The case will rest upon the constitu-
tional protection of contracts.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
MANY LIVES LOST
ON GREAT LAKES
TWENTY-THREE FATALITIES AL
READY REPORTED.
LONG LIST OF LOST SHIPS
Gale Works Havoc to Vessel Property
Barge and Eight Men Probably
Lost Off Sandusky, and Another
Barge and Six Men Lost Near To-
ronto.

Buffalo, Nov. ga gale Wednes-
day night and Thursday on the Great
Lakes caused heavy loss to vessel
property and % lives. The barge Res
olute sank off Toronto and six men
were drowned.
The barge Athens is probably lost
off Sandusky, o., with eight men.
The list of losses on Lake Erie in
cludes The Hurlbut, G. B. Hill, Athens,
Conemauh, the Pratt
The Puritan was lost on Lake HUI
ron, the Comfort on the ST. Clair
river, and Resolute off Toronto.
On Lake Michigan the Pere Mar
quette No. 16, Schooner Paige and
steamer Taylor, were lost.
Steamer Panama Wrecked.
Ontonagon, Mich. Nov. 2S.-The
steamer Panama was driven ashore
west of Ontonagon in Thursday nights
gale The crew is safe, but the YES
sci is probably a total loss.
Old Man Drowned.
Kalamazoo, Mich, Nov. 23.--George
S. Reidman, 60 years of age, retired,
while crossing Portage creek bridge,
was caught by the gale and blown
into the creek and drowned. The body
was found a mile below the bridge.
Reidman was building contractor.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26

ions sterling per annum. Our trade
for the present calendar year VIII
reach the enormous total of $50 mill
ions of dollars, an increase over last
year of about so millions During
the last nine months you sold to us
goods worth 1856 millions of dollars
and we sold 10 you goods yaluing
106 millions of dollars. If such an
increase takes place under inequalities
in our systems, how much greater
would be the increase if inequalities
were removed
Let US hope that the great bless
ings which George Washington AMI
Frederick the Great brought to their
countries by wise and farsighted
treaty and which have been so
strengthened by the characters and
policies of Theodore Roosevelt and
William the Second may be continued
and renewed with and through the
years"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
SECRETARY OF STATE TELLS
OF GRAIN TRADE.
LOCAL CONCERNS TAUGHT
Experience of Enterprise at MondoVi
Related and Reference Is Made
to Rich Rebates Received by
Large Interests in Elevator Bust.
ness.
Madison Nov. %.


Grain elevator companies COM
prise a monopoly to deprive the
farmers of the just reward for their
toll, and the railroads are the part
ners of the grain trust" This in eff
feet is the declaration of Secretary
of State Houser, who gave out an
interview yesterday upon this sub
ject, following closely his testimony
before the interstate commerce com
mission. The interview is in part as
follows:
II notice that there is some ques
ton raised as to who riginally dis
covered the grain trust, or, who is
entitled to the credit for uncovering
the facts This is immaterial. The
fact that it has been revealed, that
the producers have suffered because
of trusts and combinations in the
grain buying business as a conse
quence of which competition has been
wiped out and prices fixed below a
legitimate basis and thereby the
farmer has been robbed of a part of
his just share of the products of the
soil, and that the government has
taken hold of the matter, ought to
satisfy the average citizen"
The secretary tells the history Of
fight in his home town, Mondovi, be-
tween a local elevator, owned by
merchants there, and the Cargills app
the Northern Grain company.
1.-THE Northern Grain company"
he says. received in rebates from
different railroad companies during
six years of the time we have been
doing business in competition with
them a sum of money exceeding
$250,000. This / am able to state
from information received from Rail
road Commissioner Thomas, who con-
Quoted an examination of the rail-
roads to ascertain the amount of re
bates paid shippers by the rail-
roads.
to one grain-buying concern makes
the railroads partners with the con
Germ to which the money was paid in
crushing competition and thus enabl-
ing the elevator company to arbf-
trarily fix prices which are paid the
farmers for their grain. Whatever
the difference may be among the
commission men, or scalpers, the
real injury, the real meat of the
whole question, lies right where the
farmer sells to. the local buyer. 1t is
should receive the actual market
price for his products and not the
price fixed by combine or mono
poly"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
THE DlLIGENT SWISS.
Were American Labor as Busy We
Should Be Much Richer.

Should Be Much Richer.
An average workman, aided by au-
tomato machinery, in one year will
add 81 900 to the value of raw mate
rial passing through his hands. A
farmland ordinarily will not increase
the wealth of the nation by one-quar-
ter of this amount. The production
of manufactures further requires the
exercise of a mans highest faculties,
and to dispose of them to his neigh
Dor demands in addition that they
shall be better or cheaper than an
others skill brains and ingenuity
can make them.
In the one-half billion dollars and
more of these articles exported from
the United States are included cop
per electrolytically purified and
rolled, and refined mineral oils
manufactured articles" by courtesy
only. These two items comprise
about thirty per cent. of American
manufactured exports. Thus analyz-
ing the exports and reducing them to
on a lower level than England, Gee
many or France. England is SO hope
lessly ahead that we must leave her
completely out of the category Of
rivals to be jealous of.
Little Switzerland sets a good ex-
ample by her relatively large foreign
sales. For every man, woman and
child she sends away in manufactured
goods the value of Sc per annrm.
This is ten times as much for each
inhabitant as the corresponding ex-
port trade Of the United States.
If America were as active as the
inland republic her exports OF this
kind would be nearly $4,000, 900, 900
or as much as the foreign business
in manufactures of the entire world.
Engineering Magazine
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
THIRTEEN LIVES
LOST ON LINERS

Cherbourg, Nov. 23-Thirteen
steerage passengers and sailors were
killed in the collision Of the Kaiser
Wilhelm Der Crosse and the Orinoco
in the English channel Wednesday.
night. The vessels were seriously
damaged and have returned to port
for repairs. The passengers of the
German vessel will be trans-shipped
and leave for New York next Satur-
day. The Orinoco's passengers viii
he sent forward from Southampton,
November %. Those who lost their
lives were killed either by being
crushed or by grinding timbers, or
thrown overheard and drowned.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
CHANGE DINING CAR METHODS.
Pennsylvania Experiments With Eu.
ropean Plan of Reservinq Seats.

Philadelphia, Nov. IA novelty
in American Table d'hote dining ca.
service has just been placed in ex-
detrimental operation by the PennSyl.
wanna railroad of four trains. If the
scheme proves successful, its use will
be extended. This plan is an adapta-
ton to American practice Of the
method of serving meals pursued on
certain of the best European express
trains. The main feature of the new
scheme is that passengers are given
an opportunity to select the nour at
which they prefer to be served, and
are sure of "a meal at that time. An
hour or more before the meal time,
dining car at the hour specified.
the train and passengers, upon nam
in the hour at which they desire
their meal to be ready will be sup
piled with coupon which will en-
title them to a certain seat in the
dinin car at the hour specified.
When all of the passengers are seat
ed at the particular period, the
meal will be served in courses.
All the advantages of an la carte
service will be obtained, for the dish
es will be freshly cooked and ready
to serve hot On hot plates. There will
not be an extensive menu, allowing
passengers wide latitude of choice
dishes in each course but there will
be the usual considerable number Of
courses, and by being able to give
particular attention to a special and
restricted series of dishes, the com
pany expects to be able to improve
the quality of each course served.
1t is believed also, that a big step
will be taken in avoiding crowding In
dining cars, and in the ability always
to serve freshly cooked food. AS Is
wellknown, the present method of
serving meals table d'hote very often
results in passengers hurrying to the
dining car at an hour when they do
not really desire their meals. simply
to insure getting a seat. Passengers
are also occasionally forced to wait
for time in adjoining cars. The rail-
road also finds that it is now very
often compelled to serve dishes osme-
what dry and unpalatable, by reason
of passengers coming to a meal very
late. The new plan Is expected to
remedy these defects, and to make
dining car srevice as perfect as posi-
ble
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26

toward the commercial congress be-
cause it was the only body of which
he was ever president He presented
resolution for arbitration of all inter
national questions, which he asked to
be considered by the resolutions COM
mittee of the congress. Referring to
the speeches of Root and Shaw, he
disagreed with the former that the
possibilities of trade expansion with
South America would be accomplished
through subsidies, nor with the logic
of Shaws position on the same sub
ject He closed his speech with a
denunciation of trusts.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
LOVER
MURDERS GIRL

Holloway, Mich, Nov. 23-Miss Ola
Kelly, aged %, was murdered last
night at her home by Joseph Ehlich of
Adrian, aged 90, a rejected sutton for
the girls hand The discovery of the
murder was made by Miss Kelly's
from a neighbours, stumbled over her
daughters body. The victims throat
had been cut, apparently with pair
of scissors which were left sticking
into the young woman's heart. Ehl-
ich when arrested confessed the
crime.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
NUMBER 26.

near Morse. He attempted to take
a gun, which he supposed was unload
ed, from a sleigh. His wound was
serious.
Waupun, Wis, Nov. 23.-David
Graves received a charge of birdshor
in his right side, the result OF his
gun discharging while hunting rab-
bits. He was picking up his gun
from the ground with the muzZle
pointing towards him.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
RUSSIAN GIRLS
SOLD AS SLAVES

st. Petersburg, Nove 23.-Reports
from the famine districts of Russia
show that distress is steadily growing
acute. The peasantry in the govern
ment of Kazan have been driven to
desperation and are selling their
daughters into slavery to the Mohanl
medans Of the Caucasus The ages
of the girls sod range from II to II
and the prices from so to rs dollars.
A form of typhus fever known as
hunger typhus," resulting from
starvation, is epidemic in Kazan.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
NO coLoRED JUDGE.
Black Republican Loses Office on
Official Returns.

Chicago, Nov. 23.-Fernald L. Bar
nett, colored, who, according to police
returns was elected judge of the new
municipal court at the recent election,
has been unseated by the canvassing
board. Unofficial returns gave Bar
nett plurality of 499, but the official
count of the city, completed yester-
day, shows that Thomas B. Lantry,
democrat, was elected by a plurality
of 304. Barnett was the only republi-
can defeated for city Office at the
election.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
STILL CHASING THE BLACKS.
Discharsing of Negro Infantrymen il
Progress.

Fort Reno, Okla, Nov. 23.-The dis
charge of the members of the 18th
infantry was resumed yesterday. An
other half company of negro soldiers
was discharged yesterday, making q
full company mustered out since
President Rooseyelt's order was is
sued. There remain two companies
yet to be discharged.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
Bishop Near TO Death

Springfield. H.. Nov. 23.-The i'll
ness of Bishop Seymour of the do
cese OF Springfield of the Episcopal
church, took a more serious turn last
.iight and his ~ sicians at midnight
gave little hope for his recovery. e.
IS suffering with pneumonia
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
AGAINST NEW PLAN.
Proposed Currency Reform Fails to
Take in Nebraska.

Omaha, Nov. 23.-The Nebraska
Bankers association yesterday went
on record as opposed to the plan Of
currency reform proposed by the com
mittee of the American Bankers as
ISOLATION. The report of the resolu-
tons committee, which was adopted,
follows in part:
I'VE are opposed to the issue i'll
time of financial peace, like the pres
eat, IF any bank note currency except
that now authorized, secured by de-
post of United States bonds"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
HUNTER LOST IN WOODS.
Goes Out After Deer and Fails
to Return.

Crandon, Wis, Nov. 23.-Charles
Betke of Clintonville is lost in the
woods near here. He started out deer
hunting Tuesday and nothing has
been seen of him since. Searching
parties were organized here.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
MERCHANT KILLS
CHIEF OF POLICE.

West Point, Ga, Nov. 23.-J. s.
Johnson, merchant of Lanete, Ala,
shot and killed Chief of Police Jones
in Lanete yesterday afternoon. The
cause for the tragedy is not stated.
johnson gave himself up.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
MILWAUKEE, FOLLOWS SUIT.

Railroad Announces Raise OF Wages
Of SWitchmen.
Chicago, Nov. Announcement
was made here last night that the
Milwaukee railway had granted an in.
crease of four cents an hour to the
switchmen and yardmen on the entire
system. The order is dated back to
include the first of the present month
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
LATE OFFER OF REWARD.
Fond du Lac County Board Acts
After Eight Years.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Nov. 23.-The
county board yesterday afternoon
offered a reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction of the murderers of
Policeman Prinslow, who was shot
while arresting three highwaymen
eight years ago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
Widow confesses Arson.

Kokomo, Ind, Nov 23-Mrs. Abbie
Ross confessed to burning her house
for insurance, and was sentenced to
prison for two years. She Is widow
with six children.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
AS a Last Resort.

"Alas!" sighed the poet. I'VE can
no longer keep the wolf from the
door,
"Oh, don't know" rejoined his
wife. you might sit on the front
step and read one of your poems
aloud"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
TWO MORE HUNTERS HURT.

Earl Williams of Ashland and David
Graves of Waupun.
Ashland, Wis, Nov 2S.-Earl Will
liams, aged IA years, received a
charge of buckshot IN the shoulder
while returning from deer hunting
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
BAYFIELD, QUALITIES.

Has Its First Hunting Fatality of the
Season.
Washburn, Wis, Nov. 23.-Helmuth
P. AIDE, q years old, was killed by a
stray bullet while hunting near here
yesterday afternoon This is the
first fatality in Bayfield, county.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-11-26
WORLD POWERS
DINE TOGE1 Their
TALK OF NEW COMMERCIAL AL
LANCE.
NATIONS PROSPER ALIKE

Good Times for One Means Good for
All, and if One Suffers the Others
Feel the Effects-German Ambas
sador Sternburq Makes Notable
Address.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-03-16
Spring vacation begins March
22rd aud lasts until March 18th.
A WORD FROM \ MEMBER OF THE
BOTANY CLASS REGARDING
NIL BACTERIA
BACTERIA. .r

Bacteria are tiny plants-some
desirable, some undesirable which
may be found in air, water. soil,
and III The bodies Of animals; in facl
any where. Filth, however. is the
tavOrlte haunt or the evil ones
Milk, on account Of its inviting
TODD supply, is much desired as
hiding place for lie whole bacteria
family. 1t IS TO the helpful ones
that The housewife owes her SOU
milk, her butter and cheese; like
wise the famous June butter get,
its much praised flavor from a pc
cuilar kind OF bacteria which -four
Ssh at that season. Il has recent
been found possible TO Culjivat,
this spring time bacteria during all
The months; and EOwthe best cream
cries lnocula'e thin January butter
with the real, fresh grass favor
All of these nec5 ssary bacteria
1re fl 'aling around IN The air, and
its impOsSIble-even if it desira-
t'le-lo keep them ont Of tie milk.
So If he housewife wishes 10 keeo
the milk sweet, for any length of
time, she must have it Co)ted as
>non as it is drawn from the COW.
and See that 1t is kept cool: as bac-
terra do not thrive well in cold sur
roundings. If she does this the
milk will stay just as sweet dining
a thunder storm as any other time
Tor !; Is The warm suI,ry conditions
proceeding a storm and net tn
Fthnnder which s0urs the milk.
The evil bacteria which dwell in
uaciean places are the ones to fear
and t" fight. Tie air in a badly
ventilated stall IS fnll of them. Ev-
cry hair which falls from the un-
w+shed COW IS loaded with them;
while the creviCes of the hall " ash
ed milk pail is a perfect bree ding
place for such bacteria as Consump-
ton, typhoid and dy ptheria gtfrns
MIX, which is not handled with
rigorous cleanliness, swarms with
these dangerous Inhabitants, VINO
wait merely for a weak spot in the
CONSUMERS, III order to complet t
their de til dealing mission There
tore 1t is readily to be seen that
clean barn a clean COW, scalded
milk, pals and clean mixer car
do more OF prolong our days upon
the earth than many physicians
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-03-16
GA . ST - RIA.
Bears he a The Kind You Have Alxay Destt
SF1 sf GGxZzzMx
Cheaper Farm Land.
S0UTHW EST OFFERS BEST
OPPORTUNITIES FOR Sc
CURING HOMES.

Many farmers in the Northern
and Eastern States are selling their
nigh priced lands and locating IN
the Southwest. Many WHO have
been unable to own their homes in
;he Older country are buying land
in tn new country.
Unusual opportu mites exist
along the lines of the Missouri Pa
cifc- Iron Mountain Route The
rich. alluvial. delta lands and river
bottom lands of Southeast Missouri
Eastern Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas, capable of producing 6o5us.
ut corn. bale of cotton, to 6 tons
of alfalfa, $50 bushels of potatoes,
and other grains, vegetables and
hay crops, can be bought for s. so
to $500 per acre. When cleared
and slightly improved will rent for
81 90 to So. 90 per acre cash.
Uplands more rolling, lighter
soil adapted to fruit growing-pea-
Ches. pears plums, grapes, berries.
also melons, tomatoes and other
vegetables. can be bought for S. 90
to $1,000 per acre IN an unimprov.
ed state Many places with small
clearings and some improvements
can be bought very cheap.
This is fae stock country. No
long winter feeding. Free range.
pure water, mild climate. A heal
thy growing country, with great
future.
Write for mp and descriptive
literature on Missouri. Arkansas,
Louisiana, Texas, Kansas or Indi-
an Territory. Very cheap rates on
first and third TUESDAYS of each
month.
Address,
r. T. c.. Matthew. T.P.A.,
81 Louisville, KY.
or He. TOWNSEND, G.P.&T A.,
St. Louis, Mo.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-03-16

Richmond has new industry in
the form of the manufacture of c.
ment for building purposes The
blocks are the miracle building
protected under United States pat
ents. The local firm of w. R.
I.etcber and r. K. Stone has secur-
ed the right to manufacture these
blocks here and we predict for it
much success AS to durability
these blocks out last wood and
brick and are better for building
than stone. They make grand
looking structures when put into
the shape Of house and another
splendid feature is that they are
fire proof. Ii is wonderful to see
TO what extent these blocks are
used in other places especially in
cities. We wish the new firm sue
cess. Richmond Climax. We re-
produce the above to show what
other towns are doing which are
not as we'll adapted to certain en-
terprises as Mt Vernon In the
first place Richmond will have to
ship in large part of the material
necessary for making the cement
blocks. a large portion of which will
no doubt 60 from Rockcastie. We
have every thing here necessary
for making the cement blocks ant
tor our life we cannot see why some
of our citizens. who are able t.
start the enterprise do not do so
This is only one of the many en-
terprises which wecould have, /
our people would only go to worl
and unite their efforts The time
is not far distant when some bod
is going to make money out o
Rockcastle's resources and we ar
more than anxious to see tina
money stay in the hands Of on
own people.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-03-16
MATRIMONIAL

The following marriage license
were issued this week;
To Elmer Dowel, FL and Miss
Sallie Taylor, 20
To Charlie Gadd, 10 and Miss
Lizzie Evans 70.
To VIM. Lewis Phelps and Miss
Maggie Wilmott.
To w. T. Adams. 81 and Miss
Nettie Bond, 20
To Wade H. Brown and Miss
LOra DeBord.
To Henry Preston and Miss Ma.
ny Hurley