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Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
Rubber and Mahogany.

An, equally great interest is exhibited In
the timber products of the several colonies.
The rubber industry is being pushed every
where and nearly every nation Is setting
out rubber plantations. The French have
planted 100000 rubber vines In lower
Guinea and Dahomey, and they plan to set
out 10000 more trees every year. The
Germans are planting rubber and 30 ars
the English.
l have been much interested in the ma
hogany resources. A sreat deal OF that
wood is now being exported from Nigeria.
Something like 900 logs were shipped from
Lagos last year and altogether about 1000
logs, containing over 10000 feet. were
then sent away by the English. Consider
able is shipped from the Ivory coast and
from other localities.
FRANK q. oARPErErma.
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some Big Possibilities.

All Of these West African colonies have
big possibilities. and the European nations
TO whom they belong are investigating
them. In nearly every one cotton Is being
planted, and in some the experiments are
successful. Nigeria, for instance, expects
10 be shipping 10000 bales 20 Europe by
1910, and. so far, the growth OF the cotton
crop has been as rapid there as It was at
the start in the United States. I under
stand that it took our cotton belt ten years
after the first crop was planted to reach
a product of 10000 bales. and that 100000
bales was only attained at the end OF
thirty-five years. Cotton was first planted
in Nigeria in 1901 and the crop has doubled
each year since then. II is only recently
that any attempt has been made 70 raise
IL in northern Nigeria, but experimental
stations have now been started there and
steam ginneries are 90 be introduced. This
movement is backed by the British Cotton
Growing association. which has q capital
OF H,250,O00. and which is pushing cotton
planting on both sides of the black CONT
nent. The Germans have established cot
ton plantations in their eastern and west
ern African possessions. I understand they
the doing well in Togoiand and the KAN
eruns, and / know that they are raising
some cotton on the highlands about Vic
toria, for ! saw the bales loaded on the
ships when ! n~avigated that lake.
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been successfully accomplished, and It is
predicted that within a comparatively few
years all the principle railroads of this
great country will be electrified.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
Guinea Coast Roads.
In the Field of Electricity

locomotives that will be nondependent on
third rails and overhead conductors, partic-
ularly in yards and terminals.
ut is hoped that in the early future the
question Of the preferential electric system
for adoption on steam railways will be
conclusively settled and that improvements
in the generation, transmission and con-
version Of current and in signals and roll
ing stock. with due regard for safety and
reliability, will largely reduce the cost
and increase the efficiency of electrical ap-
planes. When that time comes the steam
locomotive may well look 20 its laurels."
Breakfast by Electricity,
Thanks to the science of electricity. the
trouble and delay of getting breakfast has
been reduced to a minimum. No longer
does the la Of the house tread nervously
about the dining room while the good wife
patiently shakes the kitchen range and en-
deavors to hurry the sluggish fire so her
lord and master can nave his breakfast
before going to work. And then, just as the
reluctant teakettle begins to boil, his last
car comes around the corner and he slams
the front door and hurries breakfastless to
work.
Breakfast these days, in the modern
home, Is merely a matter OF pushing the
button. Snap a switch and the invisible
current boils the water in the teakettle.
Another switch turned and the coffee
percolator begins to sputter and in a few
minutes the cereal is cooking and the
eggs are being boiled, poached, steamed or
fried. The toast can be made as needed
on the breakfast table and, for that mat
ter. all of the electrical devices can be
used right on the table without needless
heat or any dirt or danger.
The very latest of the breakfast utensils
is the electric toaster. This device is in
expensive and most efficient. The bread to
be toasted is placed in a vertical position
on either side Of the heating element. BY
this method the bread is not burned as 1t
is in horizontal coasters. 1t only takes
about three minutes to prepare two nice
crowned slices from the time the current
is turned on. The base of the new radiant
toaster is made OF porcelain, through which
projects the terminals OF the heating ele-
ment- To this base is attached a neat wire
frame or cage for holding the slices to be
toasted on either side of the heating unit.
The heating element consists of four zig
gag coils OF special resistance wire sus-
pended vertically. The four heating coils
being connected in multiple, all danger of
short-cireuiting the device with a fork is
eliminated.
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and two OF its tributaries are each almost
as long as from the mouth of the Hudson
to the Great D Salt lake. The n~avigable
waterways of the system II stretched out
in one line would reach from New York to
Singapore, or half way around the globe,
n they are so many that there is not a
spot in the whole Congo basin which Is
eighty miles distance from navigable water
ways.
The biggest European steamers now go
up the Congo 100 miles from its mouth to
Matadi. At that point there is a railroad
$50 miles long. which climbs past the rapids
to StanleypooL. This road has been in
operation for a number of years. Within
a short time a second gap on the river has
been remedied by building a line just above
Stanleypool ninety miles long; and a third
line is projected of 200 miles far above
that. This line is near the Hells Gate
cataract and between Sendwe and Bull.
Another railway is projected which will
cross the lower Kongo to the copper mines,
and others are to connect the Kongo with
the Mediterranean through the French lines
proposed for the Sahara desert and with
the Sudan system by a railway from the
Uelle river to the Nile.
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Growth of EIeetrio railways.

TT electric railways OF tine United States
carried last year 6.6SO.OOO.OOO fare passen-
gers. This wonderful increase is due to
the growth Of the street railway and in
terurban railway service. better transpor-
tation facilities and the increase of subur-
ban residents.
The number OF persons to be transported
increased at the rate OF 100000 annually.
The number of passenger cars operated has
increased at the rate OF 40 per cent for
the last five years. With the population Of
the United States estimated at about S.
100000. the figures given above would seem
to show that every man, woman and ehild
in this country has ridden seventy-eight
times on the electric railways within the
last year.
This gives some idea Of the extent Of the
electric traction in this country The cleo
trification OF steam railroads has already
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Educating the Natives.

On the other hand mission work Is in
creasing in West Africa. The churches
were never so strong nor the converts more
numerous. The various governments have
assumed their part of the white mans
burden and are introducing schools at the
principal centers.
It is five years since the French adopted
a uniform system of education for their
West African colonies, and they now have
10000 native children who are receiving
elementary instruction, and OF these, 1900
are girls. Their expenditure on negro edu-
cation here last year was $4,000. They
have schools at all the towns of Senegal; at
Dakar there is a Technical school, and at
st. Louis a normal training school, where
Interpreters and minor officials are taught.
There are also schools in Dahomey and
French Guinea.
The Germans are beginning to educate
the natives at Togoland, and they have
established a government school or so in
the Kameruns. There are 10000 children
in the mission schools of the latter coun-
try, and 1900 In the mission schools of Ger
mar Southwest Africa.
AS to the Congo Free State. It has now
100 mission stations. with a little under
600 missionaries, OF whom ga are Catho-
lies and the remainder Protestants. The
missionaries cooperate with the govern
ment, as far as education is concerned.
and the latter has formed three agricul-
tural colonies. where negro children are
taught.
In the Portuguese possessions. notwith-
standing the outrages which have been per-
petrated on the natives in the way of
slavery and forced labor. there are fifty
two government schools and also municipal
and private schools with about 1850 pupils.
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all transportation there has been by por-
ters. Within the last year or so the gov
eminent has been making roads and put
ting on motor cars and traction engines.
There is to be one road from the Kongo to
the Nile, which will be 600 miles long, and
motor cars built especially for it are now
being constructed at Liege. In addition to
them very serviceable traction engines
carrying cars each holding several tons of
goods have been made, and these will be
used for heavy freight. The Belgians are
also training the African elephants as a
beast of burden. They first tried the Asiatic
elephants, thinking the African beasts in
tractable. The Asiatic elephants died, and
about three years ago the work of training
the African elephant was begun. Twenty
eight elephants nave already been domes-
ticated, and they are now carrying bricks
and timber for railway construction.
Guinea Coast Roads.
Going northward along the Gulf of
ways have been projected. and some are
already under construction. In the Kane
run the Victoria Lissoko road has been
extended as far as Soppo. a distance of
twenty-five miles, and another railway is
building. In Togoland. also belonging to
the Germans, there is one railway
twenty-six miles long, extending from
LONE to Little Popo, and in French
Guinea, a railway which is to run from
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
Motor Car for Mid-Africa.

Motor Car Tor Mfd-Afrfca.
Speaking of the Uelle region, this is in
the northern part OF the country approach
ing the Nile watershed, and until recently
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
Current Power ON Railroads.

10 decision Of the New York
Central managers to extend the
zone OF electric power on its
lines approaching New York
City goes to show the satisfao-
tory results of the change eff
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

Big Transafricnn Line.
These rich lands Of Nigeria form an i'm
Arizona republican., 1908-01-13

36 INCH BLACK WINDSOR" TAF-
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
MAY CONTINUE DELLS
TWO PROJECTS ADVANCED TO BUY
KILBOURN PROPERTY.
One Is to Organize New Company and
Other Is to Have State Con-
troll Resort

KILBOURN, Wis, Sept. 1.-lSpe-
cial. Since the announcement that the
Wisconsin Dells company would no long
er continue the operation OF steamer
lines for visitors to the states greatest
beauty spot, it has been learned that
two movements are on foot to continue
the resort along the lines which have
been followed in the past.
One of these is to organize another
company, backed by railway officials,
which will purchase outright the WIS
consin Dells company's holdings, and the
other is a proposition to get the state to
purchase and control the property, a
scheme which was once advanced by the
Legislature but fell through on account,
it is thought. of a lack of state funds.
1t was proposed several years ago that
the state create a park in this section
taking in all of the property owned by
the company which will no longer oper-
ate the resort as the railways have re-
fused to run special excursions here. 1t
is stated that some time ago representa-
tiyes of some woman's organization, prob
ably the Wisconsin Federation, spent
several days here with view of learn
ing the sentiment of the people here and
the conditions relative to the purchase OF
the property by the state.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
TRAPPER IS MURDERED.
Alex FRASER Is Found Dead in His Cabin
at Manitowish with Bullet Hole
in Head

RHINELANDER, Wis, Aug. 81
Lying in pool OF blood with bullet
hole in the back of his head, Alex
FRASER, French trapper, was found
dead in his shack five miles west of
Manitowish. The body was discovered
by a party of woodsmen who had stopped
at Fraiser's shanty to secure something
to eat. In one corner of the room was
chest, the lock Of which had been
broken off and the contents consisting OF
clothing, scattered about the floor. Ru-
NOR has it that FRASER kept several
hundred dollars in this chest and it is
the opinion that he was murdered for the
money.
Last Thursday FRASER made trip to
Hurley and upon his return Friday
morning was accompanied by a man who
was a stranger to Manitowish people.
Sunday morning this man was seen to
board the north-bound North Western
limited at Manitowish. In his hand he
carried small grip known to have been
the property of Fraiser, but attracted no
attention.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
A Diagnosis.

Prof. Koch, the famous investigator I'll
sleeping sickness, said of an old fash
toned doctor at musical given BY An
drew Carnegie in his honor in New
York:
Eyes, Dr.. Blanks methods were old
fashioned, prosy, pompous, nonsensicaI
You know, at Heidelberg they tell al
story about hin-a story in illustration
of his way Of working.
"A man, according to the story, fell
over a cliff in AN automobile and al
steel bar eight feet long was run through
his body SO that three feet of the bar,
protruded from his stomach and three
feet from his back.
DIR. Blank was sent for. He looked Ill
the spitted patient and said:
What is the complaint
1t is in my stomach, sir, was tieI
reply.
"'How did it happen?'
"The man explained the accident in
detail.
"'Humph!' said DR.. Blank. As ii
hcredity, did any members of your fam
lily ever suffer a similar accident?
No, sir, none,' the patient answered
Very good said DR.. Blank. 'YNR
see, we acquire knowledge of all thea
details in order to form a correct dag
nosis. So far, so good
HE looked at the patient thoughtfuIF
"'You find some difficulty in lying Oh
your back?' he said.
''I can't lie on my back at all, sir
." And I suppose you are no easier Oh
the stomach?'
"'Oh, no.
"'In short said Dr. Blank, you are
most comfortable on your side?
Yes, sir. That is the only position
to tell the truth, that am able VI
maintain
EXACTLY said the doctor, in TIT
umphant voice. we have now only VI
settle upon the treatment. Here is tho
case in q nutshell: Either we leave hs8
bar where it is, In which case infamne
ton will set in and you will probabE
die, or we extract it, an operation thai
is likely to prove fatal. You: fate SIX
is in your own hands. Please decia
which course you win adopt "-Wa2
ington Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
COE IS UNABLE TO LEAD.
G. A. R. Commander Detained at Home
by Illness of Son-Col. Lang
Given Charge. ~

Owing to the serious illness of his son
Ellsworth, the Iron River banker, De-
partment Commander Coe is unable to
lead his command of Grand Army men
to the national encanpment at Toledo,
greatly to their regret. Col Coe had
fondly looked forward to the event and
had thoroughly planned a campaign in
the interest of the department of Wis
consin. But his misfortune does not de-
priye the department of a popular and
competent commander. AS soon as Col
Coe found that he could not attend he
sent word to Col. r. B. Lang of Racine,
senior vice department commander, and
turned his army over to that official
The plans made by Col. Coe will be ably
and Loyalty carried out by Col. Lang. 1t
is fact of interest to Wisconsin people
that Mr.. Lang, dangerously wounded at
Cold Harbor, was laid by the side of Col.
Frank A. Haskell of the Thirty-sixth
Wisconsin, where he saw that peerless
soldier breathe his last.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
FUNERAL OF COL. Villas
CURTAIN FALLS ON LIFE OF Pa
TRIOT AND STATESMAN.
Leading Men Of Wisconsin Pay Tribute
to His Greatness-Burial Serv-
ice Simple.

MADISON. Wis, Aug. 29.-[Spe
cial. Simple burial services for the late
Col William f. Villas were held from
his late home. 2 East Gilman street, at
o'clock this afternoon, attended by
The Episcopal burial service was read
by Rev. A. A. Ewing, rector of Grace
church and Rev. f. A. Gilmore of the
Unitarian church read Tennysons
Crossing the Bar"
In accordance with the expressed wish
Of Mrs. Villas, there were but few flow
ers. The great mansion was filled to
Overflowing with friends, and many stood
with bare heads on the lawn while the
service was in progress. The pallbearers
were Attorney John NJ. DIN, Prof. E.
I. Owen, former Congressman Burr w.
Jones. Magnus Swenson, Maj. f. w.
Oakley, DR.. William Villas Bryant. all
Of Madison; Attorney Guy Nash of
Grand Rapids, and Attorney Howard
Morris of Milwaukee.
The state university was represented
by committee Of the faculty consisting
Of Vice President J. B. Parkinson, Dean
p: A: Birge, DR.. s: NJ. Babcock, Prof:
L. Smith, John NJ. Olin and e. r.
Mauer.
By special permission from the sec
rotary of state, Postmaster E. NJ. Reyes
was permitted to fly the flag at half mast
on the federal building.
Senator La Toilette issued the follow
ing statement today: THE death of
Col. Villas closes a great career. For
nearly forty years he has been power
full personality in the life of this coun-
try. For nearly a quarter of a century
he has been a man of marked emlnence
in the political life of the nation. He
stood at the head of the bar in this
state He was an orator of rare elO-
quence and power. He was leader in
debate in the United States Senate. He
made an exceptional record as a cabinet
minister in two of the great depart
ments of federal government.
He achieved distinction as an officer
in the Civil war. He was master of
every detail of business in a wide field
of Industrial enterprise. He gave gener-
ously of his time to the university which
to the end he loved with all the devotion
of his undergraduate years and left the
lasting impression of his strong person
atty upon many other state institutions.
He died in his vigor and strength before
he was touched with age. For fullness
and roundness of achievements from any
point of view his is career of the great
man. 1t will be long before we look
upon his like again"
Gov. Davidson was the only state ON
Ger, with the exception of Supt. =. +.
Cary, who was here to attend the funer-
al Secretary of State Frear is at Hud-
son. State Treasurer Dahl is in Westby,
Insurance Commissioner Beedle is at his
home in Embarrass and Attorney Gener-
al Gilbert has been called to Chicago
on state business.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
BUY OSHKOSH PLAYERS.
Milwaukee Will Get First Baseman
Curtis and Third Baseman Dolan
of State League.

OSHKOSH. Wis, Aug. 2a-[Spe-
cial. lit has been announced today by
President j. c. Puiliam of the Oshkosh
Baseball association that Curtis, first
baseman. and Dolan, third baseman.
have been sold to the Milwaukee club
of the American association. On Sep
TENDER /. the drafting season begins.
Milwaukee evidently wanted Curtis and
Dolan badly as they began to draft ear
~. The purchase price of the two men
has not been given out. but it will
amount to several hundred dollars and
will help the treasury of the Oshkosh
association. President PullIam has re-
ceived from President Moll of the league
notice that Mr.. Moll has thrown out
the game played in this city on August
I. between Green Bay and Oshkosh.
Oshkosh wen the game, to 3, but Man
ager Pickett of the Green Bay team pro
tested on a decision of Umpire Hoff-
man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04

he showed signs of Improvement. Short
;ly after 10 o'clock, while the nurses were
administering bath to the patient they
noticed he weakened quickly. An at
tempt was made to reach the doctor. but
Col. Villas died before he could be
reached.
DIR. Charles H. Villas of New York,
who has been staying at the home, was
not present at the death.
DR.. Fox believes that the immediate
cause of the death was a second stroke
of paralysis.
Sketch of His Career.
William F. Villas was one of the fore
most Democratic leaders of the country
lin the sos. Born IN Vermont i'll 1S4O
he was brought to Wisconsin by his par
,ents when boy and his career was
wholly identified with this state. He
studied law and was admitted to the
bar in 1860. In 1862 he raised com
;pany and went to the front in the Civil
war. He came out of the conflict with
the rank of lieutenant colonel of the
Twenty third Wisconsin regiment. Aft
err returning home Mr.. Villas took a
prominent part in Democratic politics III
Wisconsin. He was very popular as
speaker, particularly after he made hlln-
self oratorically famous by his speech Ill
Chicago in 1879, when the responded TIC
the toast in honor of Gen. Grant, Our
e.
the Society of the Army of the Tennes
see.
So prominent had Mr.. Villas been II
Wisconsin and national politics that Mr.,
Cleveland invited him to enter the cab
met Immediately upon assuming the
presidential office. On March I, 1888,
Mr.. Villas became postmaster general
an office he held until January, 1888.
when he became secretary Of the In,
terror He served in that capacity until
March 8, 1889 when he returned to
Wisconsin to resume the practice. OF law
and to enter actively again into the Wis
consin political arena.
Work as Postmaster General.
While in the cabinet, as postmaster
general, Mr.. Villas carried out several
pieces Of work of great value to his
department He established improved
business methods in several divisions
and was thanked in an elaborate testi
monial from the great importing and
commercial houses of New York. he
had the postal laws and regulations com
ipletely revised; he arranged treaty
with Mexico, and an agreement with
Canada, whereby domestic rates were ap
ipIied to mail service from the United
States throughout North America.
In the Wisconsin campaign of 1896
Mr.. Villas spoke daily on Il stamping tour
which included the entire state The
result of the election enabled the Demo
Gratis to choose, for the first time in
thirty-five years, q United States sena,
tor Such hold had Mr.. Villas upor
the affections of his party that in the
caucus he received every one of the 9.
votes upon the first ballot. Upon the
expiration of his term in the Senate liz
1897, he retired to his home in Madi
son and since then had taken little part
in public affairs, his inactivity being due
chiefly to the poor state of his health