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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
RED CEDAR.
Government to Help to Repensh the
Supply.

Government to Help to RepIenish the
Supply.
The government is preparing to aio
in replenishing the supply of red ced
ar. There is no better wood for lead
pencils, and the manufacturers III
this country use annually enough to
make 320,O0O,O00 pencils. This means
| $40, 900 broad feet of red cedar every
working day. The value of it is SO
great that instead of being sold by the
thousand feet the price is always quot
ed by the pound Red cedar is not
the most common of woods, and
there have been indications for some
: time that the supply would be ex-
hausted at no distant date.
The department of agriculture has
taken a hand IN the matter. Lumber
men were of the opinion that it was
impossible to get value from a second
growth of red cedar. The bureau OF
forestry has made careful study end
discovered that this belief was erro-
Ineous. Where the wood has grown it
can be made to grow again, and III
stead of the second growth being
lcleared away as an incumbrance of the
ground it can be made to pay album
dainty in time
This is one OF the ways in which
| the forest service and the department
of agriculture in general is proving
that it is worth to the people of the
United States great deal more than
it costs While agents OF the depart
ment are bringing to the countsp
rare plants from all parts of the worlil
which the strangers here, but whose
introduction is desirable, other agents
are trying to discover the bsst way
to protect and increase the growth OF
native plants. The government has
Greater forest reserves, but hardly
less important than the reserving OF
forest land is instruction as to the
best way to utilize the forests. Ma
ture must be assisted as well as pro-
ttected.
Pencils viii not go out of existence
lif the red cedar supply should cease.
Wood that cannot be used in any
lother way can be chewed up into pa
per and wound around graphite to
make paper pencils. Aluminium and
sother metals can be used to make
pencils with mechanical propulsion OF
the lead. There are plenty OF sub
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Live stock.

Cattle-Receipts about 4,5G0; mar
ket steady to strong; beeves, 1850
6.55: COWS, 1.8O0490; heifers, 2,75@
5.35; calves, 5.O0@7.OO; good to
prime steers, 5.4O06.7O; poor to medl-
UNI, 4.25@5.35; stockers and feeders,
2.80@5O0.
Hogs Receipts about $1,000; mar
ket slow, but strong; light, 6.05@6.S0.
mixed, 6.55@6.80; heavy, 6.40@6.771s;
rough, 6.40@6.55; pigs, 6.05@6.79;
good to prime heavy, $3.50 6.77h !;
bulk of sales, 6.l00675.
Sheep-Receipts about $4,000; mar
ket steady; native, 4.50@6.10; west
ern, 4.5O@610; yearlings, 6.15@7.60;
lambs, 6.5O08 40; western, 6.50@8.50.
Dairy.
Cheese-Steady; daisies, 13@14c;
twins, 12h@14c; young Americas,
13h@15c
Butter-rrm; creameries, 22Q
29%c; dairies, 1870.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22

Good for Missouri! w. D. Vandiver,
superintendent of the insurance de-
partment of that state, is preparing to
enforce the new insurance laws and
some of the insurance companies are
preparing to make a contest The law
which prohibits domestic insurance
companies from paying higher sal
airy than $4,000 and foreign compan-
les doing business in Missouri, from
paying more than $4,000, which law
| takes effect June 16. will be most
vigorously fought by the foreign COM
lpanies The Equitable, Prudential
and Metropolitan pay higher salaries
than the new law will permit and
these three companies are preparing
to fight. Happily they will have to
confine their litigation to the state
courts because of another law just
enacted which prohibits them from
going to the federal courts without
the consent of the other party to the
suit. The law limiting salaries is one
to which enthusiastic approval may
be given and it is not too late yet
for the Wisconsin legislature to fol
low the excellent example set by Mis-
souri, If there exists anywhere a
greater fraud upon the members of a
mutual organization than the arroga-
ton to himself of a $4,000 or $780,
900 salary by the head of a life insur.
ance company 1t does not now come to
mind. It Is quite right that law
makers should lay heavy hand upon
wrongs of this sort. Missouri shows
the way
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
Constantine Is Back.

Chicago, H., April 12.-Frank J.
Constantine, the alleged murderer of
Mrs. A. w. Gentry, arrived from New
York yesterday He was smoking a
cigar when he stepped from the
Twentieth Century Limited and ap-
peared to be we'll and in a happy
mood. Under guard of six detectives
he was taken to a police station
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
Akfrf5nkes Her Ea;cellsnk Ane1zx n.
Ps-rN-Ita.

writes:
MY health was exce5leat rntil about
year ago, when l n .hru n;.,..< plete eel
lapse from overriding s. not get
ting the proper rest, and Is ny late
suppers. My stomach was r-N 7reao-
full condition, and my nerves s. an"
strung.
Il was advised by a friend to try We
runa, and eventually l bought bottleS
1 took it and then another, and kept
using it for three months.
''At the end of that time my health
was restored, my nerves no longer
troubled me, and l felt myself once more
and able to assume my social position.
certainly feel that Peruna is deSerV-
ing of praise"
There are many reasons why society
women break down, why their nervous
systems fail, why they have systemic OF
pelvic catarrh. Indeed. they are espe-
cially liable to these ailments. No Won
der they require the protection of Peru
ma. 1t is their shield and safeguard.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
Plunges Babe, AbIaze, in Rain Barrel

Appleton, Wis, April 1.-THE ex-
plosion of an oil lamp at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Robe, near APP
pleton creek, caused the death Of
Herbert. their two-year-old boy Mrs.
Robe found the babe and plunged it
in rain barrel to extinguish the
flames. but the burns were fatal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
BROTHER DEAD; ENDS LIFE.
Wisconsin Man Suicides While Caring
for Pronerty of Deceased Kin.

Marinette, Wis, April 18.-Oscar
Barker, aged So, who has been in
|charge of his brothers mill four miles
east of ingalls,, Mich, committed sui
eide by shooting himself with a rife
through the head. He had been act
ing strangely since the death of his
brother last fall. He came from
Wrightstown, Wis, where he was
born.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
Flour for Famine Sufferers.

Evanston, Wyo., April IA &
cial train of So carloads of -four y
through Evanston Ell route to 2as
for the famine sufferers. The tn
takes precedence over all classes
freight.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
Snow stops Potato HauIina

WGIpaca, Wis. April 12.-Sev'
inches of snow, now melted, st, If
potato hauling and the price asidae
locany. A weeks delay was-inde
at the quarries of the Wisconsin asa
tie company.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22

saloon bill, a measure that prohibits
the sale of liquor within a nile and
an eighth of any military post or ma
val station. Highwood and part Of
North Chicago are affected. The bill
now goes to the senate
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
Fear for Missing Man.

Brodhead, Wis, April 12,-Will Am
man, young hardware dealer of
Juda, is missing. He left that vii
lage a week ago saying he was going
to Brodhead and has not since been
seen. His books and accounts are
in good condition and no reason is
known for his disappearance. His
family fear foul play.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
Officer Killed by Negro.

Birmingham, Ala, April ia
shooting occurred at Carbon Hill, Ala,
in which Police Officer @. D. Haney
was killed and Chief of Police Hin
sley badly injured. The two officers
went to the home of a negro named
Holt, when he fired upon both men.
The negro escaped.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
Should Delight the President.

South Omaha, Neb., April "Trip
lets were born to Mrs. Anton Machel,
wife of an Austrian packinghouse eDl-
ploye. Including the past visits Of the
stork. this makes IL children left at
the Machel home. Sixteen children
are living. The family is in needy
circumstances
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
Saints Discuss Secret Societies

Lamont, Iowa, April 12.-The c.
ference of the Latter Day Saints y
terday decided to rebuild the. on
publishing house, recently Fl eO3
by fire at Lamont. The 40
permitting members of
belong to secret societi the lndlct-
discussed but no actioors. If the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
ich the COM
PEOPLE OF PROS FOR a fine

Official Washington is agog becal
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes d.
not keep a carriage. The suprf
judge makes his way to businent
grace of the Metropolitan rs of
Company. Sometimes, perTrans-
hangs on a strap. And Whiting,
Holmes when she goes s.. ILL.,. via
social calls drives il. was that the
cab. Capital socd a rate of six
that man of thas when the legal
a man so CLOSELY
of The Wong first came to trial
should Rector the defense endeav-
sehClilehEa all the counts thrown
fnicalities, but the court
Fe[haps the count be taken up
wo[iu ce ia Separately which was
", vi Eaui td counts in which errors were
were dropped. The defense
\ put all of it's efforts toward prov
lg it was unaware of the fact that
lie special rate" had not been filed
18th the interstate commerce COM
lission as provided by the Elkins
wv. Evidence was offered by the
showing that it was the
uty of the company's officials to see
lat the reduced rate was in the
ands OF the commerce commission.
udge Lands in his charge to the
Try sustained this point.
In regard to the assertion by the
efense that the Standard Oil COM
any did not known of the existence
{ the the tariff on which the indict-
tent was based Judge Lands said
lie evidence submitted by the gov
went to show that there was
department in the Standard Oil
which dealt with oil in lots
{ less than one car load and that it
-ould have been absolutely necessary
>r the head of this department to be
amiliar with the tariff in question.
The jury was out less than three
ours and reached a verdict on the
rst ballot.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22

IlIGII lIldL HS VIII 9lfC CAAS N'e'fJ
IL view in regard e. tls1oollege. He
Il. the company il war as lieutenant
with the tnaine infantry and was
ne since HI of Sheboygan under Pres
% on Harrison. Two sons survive,
Abner q, Head, cashier of the Ger
man bank, and Charles F. Head, both
of Sheboygan.
The state department received a dis
patch announcing the death Of George
w. Roosevelt, a cousin of President
Roosevelt, at Brussels, where he was
consul general. He was appointed
consul at Auckland in 1878, at St.
Helena in 1879, at Matanzas in 1880,
at Bordeaux in 1881 and at Brussels
in 1882 and was promoted TO consul
general at that port March IA, 1905.
He was born in 1914 and served with
distinction in the civil war.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
DYNAMITE IN MAIL.
Explosion in Omaha Office lnjure
Clerk

st. Louis, April PA mail pack
age apparently containing dynamite
exploded while it was being stamped
in the St. Louis postofice yesterday.
The explosion blew away portion of
a finger and thumb of John G. Bayer,
clerk, who was stamping the package.
The explosion destroyed all trace OF
the contents and all the address ex-
cepting independence, Mo"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
.FRENCHMAN ASKS.
T Ion to
FOR PERFECT. ,... a.
IDLY dare 10
Oshkosh.
SAYS JAP-RUSssin woodlands will
RFIn all the eloquence of
what care we for senator

The railroads are talking. of aban-
doning the Chicago-New York flyers.
Borrowers or tumblers perhaps we'd
better say.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22

A western man insured the life of
his mother-in-law in his favor, and
then induced her to go skating with
him on thin ice But aha! this story
doesn't have the conventional ending
since the man broke through and was
saved by the other.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
Weekly Bank Report.

New York, April 13.-The total
bank clearings compiled by Brad
streets for the principal cities Of the
United States the past week were
S3,O53, $50 5000 against $3,17S, -50S,000
the corresponding week of last year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22

creases ranging from five to 20 per
cent, according to their present posi-
| lions.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22

Nearly 100 Of the 119 counties in
option liquor law. The prediction is
made that in year only the towns
will be wet The constitution Of e-Ie
new state of Oklahoma forbids the
sale or manufacture of malt and spir-
itous liquors. In Illinois there is agi-
tation for the adoption of a local CD
ton law and it is planned to have the
wives and children of drunkaIos
march upon Springfield with de-
mand for it's enactment. There is
marked progress abroad. In Denmark
the movement takes the form of an
effort to substitute for strong drink,
beer and other drinks with not to OK
coed 21b per centum Of alcohol. Ac-
cording to the Baltimore Sun, "the
cause of temperance on the
consumption of light BEERS in fact
booming in Denmark and sobriety is
said to make real progress. Arrests
for drunkenness in Copenhagen in 1905
were but 16 per 1000 of population,
against SO per 1000 in GothenburS,
where drinking is controlled. Den
mark puts no tax on light beers, and
there is no politics in temperance. 1T
is the shrewd appropriation and eX-
pansion of the social feature of the
saloon that distinguishes the Danish
system These are veritable temper
ance homes where families assemble,
where the neighborhod gossips, and
amusements are afforded.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22

Now we have it at last! DIR. Evans
says that Thaw suffered from
logorrhea, which is an excessive flow
OF words. And there are others.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
RAISE LEGISLATORS PAY.
Illinois House Passes Bill to Increase
Salaries to $4,000.

Springfield, IL, April I2.-By a
vote of 70 to 46, two more than ma
iority. the house passed bill increas
ing the salary of members of the leg
islature to $4,000
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22

es- The indianapolis News unblishingly
taigs,iS>iits that it has been guilty of plac-
ing 35, 900 souvenir postal cards in cir
culation. Still the transmission OF
them entailed no Moss upon Uncle
Sam. That is a phase Of the postal
business winch pays.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22
Frisco Rail Chief to Talk.

San Francisco, Cal, April 12.-Pat-
rick Calhoun, president of the United
railroads, has arrived from the east.
1t is said he has authorized the state
mani that he will give the NdiaataC-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22

The bureau of census has been
making a careful study of mortality
statistics and what it finds is Of
the. greatest weight in favor of tenn
lance. In 1905 there were 31,047
Sfnales died of consumption to 25, 1923
females. A large part of the con-
sumption was directly traceable to al
coholics and the greatest number sue
cumbed to the dread disease from %
to 20 years, inclusive, just the year
when a young man is ''having his
fling" and insists on seeing life"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-22
IMMIGRANTS IN DISTRESS.
Russian Steamer Arrives at Boston in
Horrible Condition.

Boston. May 21.-Disabled by the break
ing Of her thrust PIN when coo miles
east Of Boston light. and with 1913 Rus
sian and Polish immigrants suffering the
pancs Of hunger and thirst from having
subsisted for two days on short rations
Of salt pork ard water, the steamship
Korea. of the Russian Eastern Asiatic
Steamship Co, was discovered off Boston
light today flying signals of distress.
The signals, of somewhat unusual na-
ture. began with n message May We
enter your port" and was followed by
Bad news" and several other messages.
all tending to convey the information
that there was trouble aboard. The
quarantine tug went out to the steamer
and received the report from Capt. kir-
Schlied that the steamer. which left Lii
bau in the Baltic on April 20, and EOt
terdam May :. bound for New York.
Erok" her thrust pin" when go miles
east Of Boston light, and had run short Of
coal. water ard provisions. and had made
Boston light With partially disabled en-
eines
The ships pumps were rendered use
less through the shortage of water, thus
creating unsanitary conditions through
tile ship. ana the result was 4 scene Of
Understandable filth on those decks occu-
pied by the storage passengers. Capt
kirschlied asked that lie he provided with
q tow. and tie tugs Juno and Jenny and
Confidence OF the Boston TowbOat Co.
went down the harbor and brought the
Korea up to the inner harbor. where she
dropped Ter mud hook off the Cunard
pier,
A party of newspaper reporters ana
photographers who went down the har-
ror to meet the Korea boarded tile
steamship before the Immigration otii-
Gals, in violation of the United States
laws. and were severely crit
iCiZed by the officials, who threatened TO
hale the men into court tomorrow.
The captain of the steamer ascrIbcd no
reason for the shortage of supplies AMI
was generally reticent about conditions
ON the ship He stated, however, that If
the shin was found so badly disabled
that any considerable delay was necessa-
~ lie would disembark the passengers
and send them on to New York by rail.
a careful investigation was made TO-
night by the immigration officials in the
fear that scurvy and kindred diseases
might appear among the immigrants as
q result of the unsanitary conditions and
food served to the passengers the past
two days.
Besides the 134S Russian and Polish
strerage passengers the Korea brought
over l. second-cabin passengers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-22
GOLD IMPORTS.
The Total Brought in During Past
Year is $146,S96,S15.

Washington, May 21.-Gold move
ments in the United States in the fiscal
year which ends with next month, will
exceed those Of any earlier year. and
the excess Of imports over exports of
this metal will also probably be greater
than in amy earlier fiscal or calendar
year. tn" ten months figures of the
bureau Of Statistics of the Department
of Commerce and Labor show that for
the ten months ended with April the
gold importations amounted to $1O9.-
Gl6,f07 ana gold expectations to So
COZ. fO1. making the excess of imports
over exports in the ten months $S6,-
6i3,3OO: while for the twelve months
ended with April the imports of gold
are $146.S96.Sl5, and the exports $31,-
gAl,941, making the excess Of imports
over exports for that period $1lt.9l4,-
S6S. The largest ilnpOrtatiouS Of gold
ever occurring in any fiscal year were
$l2O, 391 GA in 1898 and $l00031 259 in
1881. while in 10 other fiscal year has
the total of gold imports ever crossed
the 100000 900 line. \ comparison of
these figures of excess Of imports over
exports with those of previous years
indicates that unless 4 marked change
shall occur during the next two months
il the general movements Of gold into
ana out Of tho United States the net
imports for the full fiscal year Will be
larger than ever before.
Silver movements into and out Of
the country seem likely to show
smaller excess of exports over imports
in the fiscal year about to end than on
any occasion during the last decade.
Movements Of silver into ana out Of
the United States are in each case
large. the inflow coming chiefly from
Mexico. This large movement Of sill
Yer into the United States, already q
great silver porduciHg country, is due
largely to the fact that her facilities
for smelling ana refining are NOR"
satisfactory than those Of her silver
,,,oIuTiug nCi glbOr.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-22
TEN INDICTMENTS.
Against Pres. Hegeman of Metropoi-
tan Life Insurance Co.

New York, May 21.-The special
grand jury, which has concerned itself
with the conduct Of the Insurance
business in New York county has con-
Guided it's investigation of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Co, and today
returned 10 indictments against the
companys president, John r. Hege-
man. Seven of the indictments
charged forgery in the third degree,
while the other three allege perjury.
All are based on what have come to be
known as "Year-end transactions"
These consisted Of certain changes in
the companv's books effected just prior
to the submission of the annual report
to the state insurance department, and
which it is alleged, We're designed to
place the company in a more favorable
light than the facts warranted.
Mr.. Hegeman had been invited to
appear before the grand jury during
its deliberations but declined. He was
not in court today when tn" indict-
ments were returned, but viii be at
the district attorneys office Tomorrow
to arrange the matter Of bail. To-
morrow the grand jury will begin an
inquiry into the affairs of the Equit-
a nle life Assurance Society
In its investigation Of the Metropoli-
tan. the grand jury went into the in
aurance .,Olnpany's dealings with the
Mercantile Trust Co., the Central
Trust %. and iiSown Brothers, and
the tranSf.r of loans by the insurance
people TO Nermilye G. Co. Out of
these transactions grew the seven in
dictrnents for forgery in which it is al
legged that the Metropolitan altered its
books to cover up certain loans which
it had made The perjury charges
we're founded upon statements made
tu the insuranc" department concern
ing loans by the company and which
statements it is charged We're false.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-22
ANOTHER PosTPoNEMENT.
Nine O'clock Thursday Morning Now
Set For the Eddy Case.

Concord. n H., May 2L-At >
o'clock this morning. the hour I"
Which the Eddy VS.. Frye hearing was
adjourned ON Monday, Clerk Shurt-
left of the superior court announced
4 further postponement of II hours, by
reason of the continued indisposlti"n
of Judge Robert y. Chamberlain. DR..
+. A. StillingS. who is attending the
judge at the Margaret Fillsbury hospl-
tai III this CITY, said this morning that
his patient passed fairly comfortable
night ami that his condition was I'M
proved this morning. but the doctor
declined to say wl"n he thought the
judge could resume his place upon the
bench.
After consultation With his physician
this forenoon. Judge Robert n. Cham
berlain fixed Thursday at Il o'clock as
tho hour 1T which he would begin the
hearing in the case Of Eddy vs.. Frye.