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COLLECTOR MAY
 GO ON SALARY Resolution Adopted Direct ing Collector Russell to
 File Report. MUST SHOW EARNINGS Mayor Toney Says He Is Getting s2.- :,ls) A Year-Statement Of Rus-
 sell Questioned.
MUST SHOW EARNINGS

By the adoption of a resolution call
 ing for it, the city council last night
 instructed City Collector A c Rus sell, whom Mayor Toney Chai ges re-
 ceives commissions annually asgre-
 gating $2,5OO, to file with City Clerk
 Lee detailed or itemized statement
 showing the amount of commls sions
 he has received from various improve
 ment districts, that the mayor and
 council might definitely de:erllne
 what his annual pay amounts tO.
 At recent meeting of the city
 council, when called on to make a
 statement, City Collector Russel! stat
 ed that he received about $1,603 in
 scrip as his total salary and commis-
 sion. Mayor Toney shovel this
 statement up last night when he de
 clared that City Collector Russell has
 received s2,5oO. And with this state
 ment Mayor Toney asked he council
 if it as judiciously expendng the city's money. He said that it was the CT iginal intention of the council to pay a city collector s1,500 per annum.
 Alderman Jordan urged the adop- tion of the resolution on .he ground that it might enlighten the city col lector himself, as, Dr. Jordan stated. the collector did not seem to know how much money he was getting for his services. He sais the collector said he is only getting s1,6Gn in scrip. when the statement of the Mayor was to the effect that the collector was re- ceiving $2,50O and although City Col lector Russell was present, he was not denying it. He moved tn -eadoption of the resolution and his motion re ceived second from Alderman Meyer
 Alderman Fox defended the records l of the city collector and declared that he had checked his monthly state ments and that the reports will show the commissions the collector has e. ceived from the various improvement districts.
 How do We know that every im- 1 provement district is reported?" in- i errupted Mayor Toney. That is ust what We are trying to get at. If he collector is not being paid enough ve ought to arrange it for him to re- eive good pay. If he is being over 'aid, we ought to regulate it. Alder nan Fox said that he did not object 0 an itemized statement being made y the collector, but in his opinion e thought that the city was receiving |, avenues in accord to the commissions eing received by the collector" Iayor Toney said that he believed .ussell good collector but he wanted z ) know as we'll as the council what 2 was receiving for his services.
 The resolution, which is believed to e forerunner of move to put the ollector on straight salary, car jed. I
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17
ELOPFRS CAUGHT
 AT ELLIS ISLAND

Hearst News Special to the Graphic1
 New York, Aug. 16.-Mrs Beatrice Mayer, wife Of banker in Bohemia, while eloping with Adolph Graham, was stopped by the immigration off, cers on Ellis Island on telegram from her husband. The wife says she was forced to marry the man by her parents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17

-Hign Grade New Do- mestic Sewing Machines at bargain prices style No. 8 $27. 50 cash style No 6 S25.0O cash. Won't be here long at these prices Reap & Craw- ford Furn. Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17
Chiidran Cry
 FOR FlETCHER'S CASTo RIA
ELSIE SIGEL WAS
 NOT MURDERED

'Hearst News Special to the Graphicl
 Chicago, Aug. 16-That Elsie Sigel was not murdered but that her lover Leon Ling, put decoy in the trunk "hiie ne carried her away, is the statement of William NJ. Clemens. an expert criminologist. He believes the couple is in China.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17
REMOVAL NOTICE.

This is to advise the public and my patrons that I have moved my den. tai cffice from 121-2 West Second av. enue to upstairs over the hardware store of R. s. Thompson & Son, where in the future I shall be pleased to serve you Old phone 132. Dr. L. K Land. 7-20-d1mo
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17
LADY EAGLES
 TO GIVE DANCE

The Lady Eagles Social Club will
 give dance at Forest Park, Tuesday night, August r. Admission 50 cts. Ladies free. Cold drinks will be served on the grounds. Proceeds will be used in entertaining the ladies dur ing the Eagles convention, October 19 20 and 21. 8-3 12t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17

Ain't the dear things the very limit? One season you see one of them com ing down the street looking like balloon on toes. and the next lihe a tightly wrapped mbrella-Memphis News -Scimitar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17
WOMAN HEROINE
 HAS DISAPPEARED

Heair News Special to the Graphic)
 Newark, Ohio, Aug. 16.-An un- known woman with a red parasol, waved down heavily laden passen ger train today and prevented it from going through a bridge which had washed away. She then disappeared.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual stockholders meeting of the Riley Commission Company will be held at their place of business, at 10 o'clock a. m., Wednesday, Septem- Der l, 1909 H. RILEY,
 8-5 dti Secretary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17
ChiOdro0 cry
 FOR FLETCHER: CA ASTO RIA

For. rent. three nicely furnished rooms, with modem conveniences. convenient to four boarding houses. Apply at POP West Fifth avenue. 2-25tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17
Large and small oak rockers, all styles at 25 per cent discount at Reap & Crawford Furn. Co.'S.

We sell the old reliable Studebaker buggy. Few as good, none better. Come let us show you what we have and how cheap they are, too. D. A. Caldwell. tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17
THE MAN WHO

always pays his bills by check on a home bank increases his credit an creates an added respect for himself OF the part Of the dealer-because It shows that he is handling his fnan- cial affairs n 2 systematic, business like way
 We shall be glad to open a check account with you We furnish bank and check books free.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17

There's nothing so good for sore throat as Dr. Thomas Electric Oil. Cures it in a few hours. Relieves any pain in any part.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17

Special Hour Sales at the Grand Leader Tuesday 9 to 10 a. III. and from } to f D. m. Big bargains at both sales.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17
K. R..4G. Kings Royal Germetue''

Kills Germs; cures disease D! moving the cause.
 It not only kills disease germs o.' destroys zymotic and mOrbifc con.' tions and expels the poison from " system.
 If you are suffering from some u. ble that other remedies have is to reach, give the Germetuef .
 One bottle, $1; six for s.
 Sold by all druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17

SOFT DRINK SALESMEN WANTED Yearly contract s150 per month and expenses. Freight prepaid on shipments. Los Angeles Cider Co.,, Atlanta, Ga.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-17

Closing out our White Mountain Ice Chests at won derful bargain prices. Reap & Crawford Furn. Co.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

James Kline has purchased the
Sharp Wagon Works plant at Beloit
and will convert it into a pop factory.
The Northern Manufacturing COM
pany of Green Bay has been organized
TO manufacture patented iron and
breadboard and other wood specialties.
The Mellen Cedar company has
been organized with Offices at SUI
perior. The company has purchased
The cedar on about 10000 acres of land
and will erect tie and single mill.
The Northwestern railroad is dis
tributing creosoted ties between Apple
ton and Tower, near Fond du Lac,
preparatory TO starting the work of
laying double track
After continuous test of four days
and nights. the Reedsville light plant
has finally been accepted by the vii
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24
TRAGEDIES.

One hundred feet of the cornice of
the Dreher operahouse at Nora
Springs, Iowa, fell to the street in.
stantly killing Anton Jensen
George Eek, 10 years old, was struck
and killed by a passenger train at
Menominee, Mich. His head was
crushed and his body mangled,
Lewis Carpenter, janitor at the
city hall at Whitewater, committed
suicide in the basement of the build
ing by shooting himself. He was
6S years old and was veteran of the
civil war.
Charles Shafer, aged forty-two
committed suicide by stabbing him
self when in lumber camp at West
on, Dunn county. No motive for the
deed is known. A widow and child
rem survive him.
The body of the woman found float
ing in the canal at Dayton, Ohio, Is
that of Mrs. Frances Doolittle, form
erly of Akron, O. A picture found il
her stocking proves to be that of hel
son who lives in Akron. The coroner
pronounced the case one of suicide. Il
is thought that the case is allied with
recent murder mysteries of the city.
Robert Nichols committed suicide
at Madison, H. His brother, John. end
ed his life on March 3, two days after
Miss Beryl Somers, Johns intended
bride, fatally shot herself. Parenta
objections interfered with the love
making of John Nichols and Miss
Somers and it developed that Robert
also had been in love with Miss Som
erS.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24

gon, ran away and jumped into a
passage automobile, eluding his pur-
suers.- The horse rode for almost a
block before the machine was stopped
The Anti-Saloon league county loc.ll
option bill was introduced in the Hi
nois senate by Stanton c. Pamberton.
1t gives the electorate of an entire
county the right to vote county
dry or wet Those who have
studied the law and the proposed new
act : y it is iron-clad and thoroughly
Constitutional.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24
OBITUARY..

DR.. Ira A. Sinner, major In the
United States army, died in the philip
pines.
W. H. Slade, a pioneer and shoe
dealer of Boone, Ia, died following
long illness. He leaves a large estate.
Representative Frank M. Baker died
in Dickinson, N. D., after an illness
of one week. He was graduated from
| the Minnesota law school few years
ago.
Mrs. Frances M. Ladd, wife of
Ralph A. Ladd, a member of family
of Illinois pioneers and resident OF
Chicago for nearly forty years, died
at the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
Edgar G. Slisson.
Mrs. Sallie Getting, widely known
throughout Iowa as Grandma" Cot
ting, is dead at Richmond, ILL.,, aged
103 years. Mrs Getting was born in
Vermont but came to Iowa in the
spring of 1886. For many years she
had resided at Richmond.
Stephen Rowcliff, aged SO years, and
one of the pioneer residents of Osce-
ola, Wis, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. w. B. Gwathmey at
Aitkin, Mimi. Deceased came to Osce-
ola from England in the fifties and
was the first village treasurer and
thereafter held many other village
Offices.
George Albert Burt, who was gen.
~ Do
during the instruction of 1885, is
| dead at his home near Mount Vernon,
N. Y. 1t was Mr.. Burt who cabled
/ to President Cleveland from Panama
during the instruction: unless you
guarantee sufficient protection l shall
withdraw every American citizen and
proceed to the United States on a
chartered vessel" 1t was largely
due to- this message that President
Cleveland sent squadron to the 18TH
mus to protect American interests.
William S. Taylor of Philadelphia,
prominently known in railroad circles,
particularly in the west, died at a
hospital in that city following an oper-
alton. He was president of the En-
tress Coal and Coke company of that
city. Early in his career Mr.. Tay-
Tor became interested in railroad en-
/ terprises and helped to organize the
Guardian Trust company of Kansas
City, the Kansas City Southern rail-
way, of which he was for a time treas
urer, and the Kansas City, Fort Smith
e, Southern railway He was preSi-
dent of the last named company for
many years. He was sixty-one years
! old.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24
DOM

Twenty-seyen inches of snow fell in
Colorado Springs in twenty-four hours,
marking the heaviest precipitation in
thirteen years.
The Kramer Nebraska State Bank
was looted by ROBBERS, who blew up
the safe S1,700 and escaped A posse
went in pursuit.
Oscar Meade, lumberjack arrested
for robbing companion of $40, broke
Jail at Cass Lake, Mimi, and made his
escape.
The federal grand jury at Council
Bluffs, Ia, has returned an indictment
against John Maybray, charging the
use of mails for fraudulent purposes.
A hot fiat iron which Joseph D.
Druse, farmer of Design, ILL.,, took to
bed with him two months ago burned
one of his feet so badly that he died
from blood poisoning.
Presidential elections early in Oc-
tober and inaugural ceremonies early
in December, when the weather usual
ly is good. are proposed by Represen,
tative Crumpacker of Indiana.
Several persons who dropped from
second-story windows were caught by
firemen and policemen and saved from
serious injury at a spectacular fire in
a crowded tenement house at VIII
liamsburg. New York.
The campaign against all immoral
pictures in the moving picture shows
in New York has resulted in the estab
lishment of trial censorship. The
members of the association agree to
submit all fines to be used by them te
board of five censors.
In the Nebraska house the bill to au
thorize the state university to accept
the Carnegie pension fund for profes
sors was defeated b. a vote of 81 to
A. w. ]. Bryan appeared before the
house committee several weeks age
and opposed the pension fund.
The woman suffrage provision was
passed by the Chicago charter con
vention much to the delight of mil
lineried gallery. 1t will be sent to
the legislature with the other meas
ures making UP the proposed new char
ter
The spectacle of horse riding in
an automobile was witnessed at Oak
land, Cal The horse, which had
been attached to light delivery wa
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24
FOREIGN.

The death is announced in London
of Hugh Oakley Arnold Forster, secre-
tary of state for war from 1903 to
1906.
Premier Stolypin, of Russia, who is
suffering from a serious attack of in
fiuenza, is i'll and his condition arouses
anxiety.
Madrid has been visited by an cpl
demic of typhoid fever More than 300
cases already have been moved 10 one
hospital, and there have been many
deaths.
The budget for 1909 and 1910 was
adopted by the house of peers in To-
kyo, Japan. The budget effects saw
ing of $17S,5OO,000 by postponing inn
portant work
Cipriano Castro, the former presi-
dent of Venezuela, has engaged state
rooms on the steamer Guadeloupe,
sailing from Bordeaux on March 26
for Venezuela.
Spain is rejoicing over the report,
which has just been made public from
the court of Madrid, that third heir
of the royal house of the Spanish
realm will be born in May.
Man-eating tigers and elephants
have become the chief destroyers of
the beautiful forests in British India,
according to the report of William H.
Michael, the American consul-general
at Calcutta.
The court appeals of Manila have
affirmed the judgment in the case of
Dominador Gomez, the labor leader
convicted of having written a threat
ening letter during the strike of the
Ilaunchmen, but reduced his imprison-
ment to four months.
A more pessimistic view prevails in
official circles in Berlin regarding the
outcome of the negotiations between
Austria-Hungary and Servia, as it is
not believed that Servia's reply to the
Austro-Hungarian communication con-
corning a commercial agreement will
lead to a fruitful outcome.
The wife of a poor cigarmaker OF
Havana, the mother of fourteen child
rem, gave birth to bankruptcies, two
boys and two girls. President Gomez
has sent his congratulations to the
mother as a woman deserving well
or the republic, with tender of sub
stantial assistance.
President Caceres of Santo Domin-
go has decreed change in the cabi-
net, and appointed ministers as fol-
lows: war, Manuel Garcia; justice,
Emilio G. Joubert; agriculture, Rich
ardo Limardo; public works, Emilio
Tejara. Tranquility reigns throughout
the republic.
Fifteen thousand square miles of
territory has been added to the Brit
ish empire by the treaty signed at
Bangkok, Siam, under the terms Of
which Siam cedes to Great Britain the
states of Kalantan, Tringan and Ke-
dab, which hereafter will be admin
istered with the Malay federated
states.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24
LATE NEWS coNDENsE
WISCONSIN WAlFs.

Edward Geautt, 10 year old youth,
was killed by being damned between a
lag and a wall in the Krohn saw mill
at Heller. He assisted a friend in
placing the log into truck and then
set the lever 10 haul it into the mill.
Mrs. Joseph Sladkey of Manitowoc
may suffer permanent injury to her
eye as the result of an accident. Mrs.
Sladkey was engaged in opening a
can of I've when some of the contents
in the boz was thrown into her face,
entering the eye.
While operating the steam unloading
machine of the Nekoosa Paper COM
pany, three men, Joseph Arnold, FL
mer Taylor, and Claude Lewis, all
employees of the mill and residents of
Nekoosa, were seriously scalded with
steam and hot water.
Frank Linther, a Racine baker, re
turning from a trip in Mexico, where
he owns mining interests, states that
the Indians there are troublesome and
on New Years day he and his party
were attacked. Several on both sides
were wounded.
Judge Belden of Racine filed de
cision overruling all objections of
property owners among the extension
of The Milwaukee Electric Railway
and Light company, from Waterford
to Burlington. He holds that the rail
way has the right to condemn.
hoe
tical blaze at Whitewater by the de-
termination TO hold a civic mass
meeting when all the candidates for
mayor and aldermen will be called
upon to express their views and then
submit to being questioned by the au-
dience
Kenosha people have found new
gambling game. Workingmen have or
ganized a burial association and the
first man who dies will be buried by
the association free. The other 999
men will pay ten cents toward the ex-
pense. The association is to have a
thousand members. A new member
must be found to fill the shoes of each
one that dies
Alleging that her husband had
thrice threatened to kill her during a
married life of just five months, Mrs.
Cora Seno of Powers Lake, has
brought suit for divorce from her hus-
band, Louis Seno, alleging extreme
cruelty. She declares in her complaint
that the honeymoon lasted ten days
and after that time her husband began
to beat her and that he repeatedly
threatened to kill her.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24
DIDN'T REALIZE
How Injuriou. conee Really was.

How Injurious Coffee Really Was.
Many persons go on drinking coffee
year after year without realizing that
it is the cause of many obscure but
persistent ailments.
The drug-caffeine- coffee and tea
is very like uric acid and is often the
cause of rheumatic attacks which, when
coffee is used habitually, become
chronic.
A Washington lady said recently:
81 am sixty-five and have had a good
deal of experience with coffee. Il CON-
slider it very injurious and the cause
of many diseases. | am sure it causes
decay of teeth in children.
"When drank coffee I had sick
spells and still did not realize that
coffee could be so harmful. till about
year ago | had rheumatism in my
arms and fingers. got SO nervous |
could not sleep and was all run down.
AT last after finding that medicines
did me no good. decided to quit cof-
fee entirely and try Postum. After
using it six months | fully recovered
my health beyond all expectations. can
sleep sound and my rheumatism is all
gone" There's a Reason.
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich Read the famous little
book. eThe Road to MELVILLE in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full of
human interest.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24
'1|!|Ia Ae e7G
of Wheat Land
in Western Canada
WILL. MAKE YOU RICH

50 bushels per acre have been grown. Gen ERA,
vsra oe create than in any other part Of the Son-
$500 finder New Regulations it is possible to
secure Homestead Of 100 acres free and aoaition@a
100 acres at $500 per acre.
1.-THE development OF the country has
made marvellous strides. 1t is reveal
tion record of conquest by settlement
that is remarka Bile. '-Extract from cor
respoudence of a National Editor, VINO
visited Canada in August last
The grain crop Of 1908 will net many iarmers
5000 to $500 per acre. Grain-raising' ml NE
Farming and Dairying are the principal ndus-
tries Climate is excellent: Social Conditions tne
best: Railway Advantages unequaiieo ocncos'
churches and markets close at hand.
Iandsm may also be purchased from Railway
and Land Companies
roe LAST BEST WEST
namphlets maps and information as 90
how 70 secure lowest Railway Rates, apply to
w. D. Scott. superintendent Of Immigration,
Ottawa, Canad or L. 0. CurrIe. Room ~, o;
Callahan Block, Milwaukee, MIS-, Autholizeo
Government Agents.
Please say where you this advertisement
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24
THE NEW FLORIDA.

$240 on payments of $40 per month on our
plan of distribution will purchase a Farm and
profits than 100 acres in the North. Richest
soil Finest climate Called Italy of Americal.
Good transportation. Pleasant, healthful.
profitable We are now offering the first allot-
ment of 10000 acres of this fine land at very
low price and easy terms. This IS land which
state is draining and is greatest Engineering
Project in o. s. today Booklets free.-Florida
Fruit Lands Co., 1903 4th St. So. Minneapolis
Mimi Live agents wanted-mention paper.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24
whi.key for nnenmati.m,

To one-half pint good whiskey. add
one ounce syrup sarsaparilla. and one
ounce Toris compound. which can be
procured of any druggist. Take IN tea
spoonful doses before each meal and
before retiring. Followed up, this is
a sure remedy
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24

Klaw & Erlanger have bought a
new play called Through a Window
by Mrs. Gertrude Andrews. 1t will be
produced next fall
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24
wb.t !. woman wau Not Do.

There is nothing woman would NOT
do to regain her lost beauty. She
ought to be fully as Jealous In pre-
serving her good looks. The herb drink
called Lanes Family Medicine or
Lanes Tea is the most efficient aid
in preserving beautiful skin, and will
do more than anything else to restore
the roses to faded cheeks. At all drug
gists' and dealers, 25c.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24

Already we are planning ahead for our
linen dresses, and the accompanying cut
shows an attractive model. til is Directoire
in line and hand worked very simply in a
heavy linen braid. 1t has the round collar,
so trying to some, but just the thing for the
fortunate person of pretty neck. The
hat is one of the newest, tho not SO radi-
cally different from the shapes we've been
wearing.
The large rose on side, and big hoppy
bow are what give it the spring touch.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24

Herbert Eggert, formerly of Osh-
kosh, Wis. who shot himself in the
head ON February 10, again attempted
suicide by jumping into the bay at
San Francisco. He was rescued.