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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-01
COMMITTED SUICIDE
Erik Berglund ends life with 1855
rifle Temporary insanity the cause

On Monday morning at $3.50 |
O'Clock, Erik BergIund, aged 22
years. shot and killed himself at
the Musky Inn on the Big St.
German lake. Berglund was en-
ployed around the Red Oak Re
sort for the past Que and a half
years, up to three weeks ago, when
he Wen- over to help at the Mus
ky Inn. 1t appears that he had
complained Of severe headaches
Of late, and spoke about having
them the day before he commit
ted the deed On Monday morn
ing he ate hearty breakfast and
shortly after shot was heard and
he was found in the guides quar-
ters with a hole in the left side
just above the heart. Word vas
at once sent TO DR.. A. B. Rosen
berry Of Arbor Vitae as Berglund
was unconscious, but he rallied
and before the people could get
to him again they heard another
shot, as he had rallied and placed
the gun under his chin, set it off.
the bullet passing thru his head
and came out between his left eye
and ear, causing instant death.
Sheriff Hanson, Dist. Atty.
Radcliffe and Coroner Roderick
drove out and returned with the
body, The deceased was sober
and industrious young man and
was we'll liked by all who knew
him. He worked all the time and
sent money to his parents in Swe-
den He had SII8.0o in his pock
cts when he killed himself and
the only reason for his rash act is
thought to be the severe head
aches. He leaves. besides his
parents in Sweden, two sisters in
Chicago, Mrs. Fred johnson and
Miss Hilda Berglund. The body
was prepared tor shipment and
was taken to Chicago Thursday
morning by his sister, Miss Hilda
Bergjund and brotherin-laW Fred
| Johnson, who arrived here We'd
nesday to take charge OF the re-
mains
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-01

Melville Beardsley, who spent
his vacation at New York with his
grandmother and aunts, returned
nome Tuesday to resume his stud
les at the high school.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-01

Melville Beardsley, who spent
his vacation at New York with his
grandmother and aunts, returned
home Tuesday to resume his stud
les at the high school.
Walter Lyons and family who
have resided on lake Finley for
several years, departed Monday
tor oturgls, South Dakota, to
make their future home.
Our new Fall and Winter sam
pies are juicy. you will miss a
sweet chance if you tail to see
them. F. F. Novotny,
Ladies and Gents Tailor.
Mr., and Mrs. C. B. McVay
who have spent the past summer
at their home at the Everett re-
SORT on Muskallonge lake. depart
ed Wednesday for Ocean Springs.
NJ is, TO spend the winter.
VA postal arrived Wednesday
from Milwaukee announcing the
safe arrival of Mesdames C, L.
Carter and A. K. Everett at the
Creamscity, where they will take
IN the sights for several days, they
returned nome today,
IMr. and Mrs. n. A. Colman and
son Niles will return home Satur
day after several months visit in
the west. They will pack their
household goods and return to
the west later this fall to reside.
You will avoid long, annoying
delays by having your overcoat
cleaned up now. You'll need ii
in hurry later on. lake our ad
vice and call at
+ F. F. Novotny's, Tailor.
Fred Miller, a composition or
the Chicago Inter Ocean, returned
to his duties Thursday. Mr.
Miller spent ssveral weeks at
Goeltz' resort on Portage Lax
also a few days at the Red Oak
resort on Lake Alma.
~The Misses Agnes Williams
Reta Cook, Lima Mccormick anc
Mesdames Healev Cotton and
John Mcdonald, chaperoned by
Frank FL. Gallagher, were down
from Hackley Thursday on a
shopping and pleasure trip.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-01
MARTIN EDWARDS is DROWNED

Report was brought here this
week announcing the drowning of
Martin Edwards, an Indian Last
week Wednesday Edwards and
Madegan an indian teacher, were
crossing Lac Vieux Desert from
Harry Franks resort after dark
in canoe, and near Diapers is
land the canoe struck d snag and
tipped over throwing the occu-
pants into the lake, Edwards
was drowned but Madegan chung
tic the canoe and got to the shore
Edward has not been found yet
aItho searching parties are still
hunting for him,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-01
Reception for Miss Agnes Williams

The citizens of HackLey have
issued invitations to a farewell
reception IN honor of Miss Agnes
Williams, at the Lakeview opera
house, on Monday evening Oct.
4th; CIark's orchestra of Minoc-
qua has been engaged for the oc-
casion.
Miss Williams has for the past
FIVE years held the position as
stenographer in the office OF the
Hackley- Phelps Bonnell Co., and
will leave next Tuesday for Grand
Rapids, Mich, to reside with her
mother Miss Williams will enter
the office of the same company
at Grand Rapids. The reception
Monday night will show of the
great respect in which she is held
by the residents of our neighbor-
ing town.
Her position at Hackley will be
taken by Miss Mae Kaiser, for
mer resident of Eagle River.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-01
Number Is
BISHOP WELLAR Is HERE

Bishop Wellar of Fond du Lac
arrived here Thursday and with
the assistance of Father Johnson
of Rhinelander, will conduct ser
vices at the Episcopal Mission in
the Masonic building on Division
street, every evening at 7:45.
Sunday services will be held at
1890 a. m. and at 7:45 in the eve
ming A general and cordial IN
vitation TO attend these meetings
is extended to all, and especially
to the men. A large audience
should be at every meeting dur.
ing the Bishops visit here.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-01
KILLED PARTRIDGE IN BACK YARD

Altho Mart Hirzel enjoys hunt
ing he does not have the time to
enjoy the sport, but Thursday
morning partridge flew into his
back yard and he forth With knock
ed it over for his breakfast. Mart
has the birds trained to come 10
him. This is the first time that a
live partridge has been seen in
our town.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-01
KILLED A BEAR

IN. L. Kinney is again up to his
old trick OF bear trapping and on
Tuesday he captured $50 pound
black bear near Pioneer creek.
He shipped the bear to the Chlca-
90 market Thursday.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-01
Ladies Attention

Just received this week the
latest Partisan Fashion Plates.
We invite all the Ladies to come
IN and look them over and order
your winter suit now and avoid
the rush. F. f. Novotny, Tailor
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-01

Happiness lies in the consciousness
we have of it, and by no means in the
way the future keeps it's promises
George Sand.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-01
PERSONAL and Local
happenings Around Town

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New-York tribune., 1909-06-23
ANTITANMANO PL4NS.

The Renublican Clubs resolution looks 10
conference of anti-Tammany organizations ''at
an early moment" and no doubt such confer
ence or perhaps series OF conferences. will be
held II is inevitable in the preliminary stage
Of 4 fusion campaign. Some of them will be
open Some much more important ones will be
private Dozens of anti-Tammany organizations
of one sort or another are already in the field,
with more TO hear from. variety of contra
dctory interests have to be adjusted If the
fusion is 10 be at all like previous fusions
It might. however. proftably differ from other
fusions in certain respects. Too much attention
has hitherto been paid to efforts TO harmonize
petty organizations got up for the occasion and
TOO little to the effect of the ticket, as whole.
upon the Independent voter We have notion
that this is a waste effort A first class ticket
Of the sort that will appeal to every one seeking
better government for the city will stand
better chance than one with man on it 10
please AS organization. and another TO please
BIS organization. and another TO please C's or
ganization. 4. r and c usually haven't a cor
porals guard Of voters behind them. and the
great mass of earnest anti-Tammany voters
disgusted by the concessions that have been
made 10 A, r and c.
For another thing. chances would he i'm
proved if the Republican party played diff
ferpnt role this year from that which it has
played hitherto. We should like To see il take
a leading place in shaping the ticket approach
ing its task not with the idea of putting the
most possible Republicans or the most OrganiZa-
ton Republicans possible upon the slate. but of
naming the strongest possible ticket. the one
that would get the most votes the that
would inspire the greatest confidence in he
friends of better government Why cannot the
Republicans locally name men who viii attract
independent support? The party accomplishes
this in the state and in the nation, finding Re
publicans, too, whom independents like
New-York tribune., 1909-06-23

should not be nullified by a species Of frand-
There are those who say that competition for
appointment to federal offices should be free.
and that state lines should not he recognized
at all in selecting men and women for Civil
Service posts. IT is rather remarkable that The
strongest argument for nationwide competition
made in the Senate came from state rights
Senator like Mr.. Bailey He said when the
McCumber amendment was being considered
the second time
But if your Civil Service has any merit in il
at all and if education is TO be the test then the
man with the best education. matter where
he comes from. ought to have the office. In
other words. If YOU establish an educationai
qualification and if YOU are to judge men by
the grade which they can make upon an ex-
animation then the man who makes the highest
grade though he comes from the State of Maine,
should have preference over the man OF lower
grade though he come from the state OF Norlh
Dakota
Mr. BAILEY does not believe III educational
tests for appointments 10 the CLASSIFIED service,
and perhaps in advocating the removal Of re
strictions which insure a fair distribution II
offices among the states ne was influenced by the
notion that their removal would make the merit
system unpopular If we were a thoroughly cen
tralized nation his suggestion would be peril
nent and logical But being a nation made up OF
states it is politically desirable TO recruit the
federal service from all the states and TO main
tain q lust balance among them in appoint
ments We follow that sound policy IN selecting
army and navy officers. It is equally advan-
tageous TO follow il in selecting civil employees.
Each state and territory should be encouraged
TO furnish its quota of representatives IN the
federal establishment and each should be en-
couraged 10 furnish genuine. not merely "on-
structive. residents
New-York tribune., 1909-06-23
TIE COST OF THE CRUISE.

creditable and gratifying epiIogue TO the
recent world-encircling cruise of the American
war fleet was reported on Sunday in our special
Washington correspondence. It was contained
in the report of the Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy concerning the cost Of the repairs to the
sixteen big battleships which were made neces
sary by the wear and tear of nearly fifty thou
sand miles of voyaging in all seas and zones and
climates
1t will be reca lied that critics of that cruise
apart from the political and diplomatic aspects
of it which they asserted were mSchievOuS and
dangerous in the extreme. dwelt with mournfu
inSistence upon the injury which would he
done 10 the vessels themselves The sixteen
ships represented a value or a cost of nearly
S14OO000O0. and there was danger that mum
ber of them would he lost outright, while it was
certain that all which got home from the cruise
would get here in a crippled condition and
would have to he put out of commission for
year or more while they were being largely re-
built at enormous cost.
The fact is that while the ships have been
home only few months they are now all in
perfect condition again with every repair com
pleted and the total cost of all the repairs has
been only $50 $50 for the sixteen. That is only
about Sc. 100 for each ship. 1t is only little
more than a dollar mile for the sixteen for a
years cruising. It would scarcely be possible
for predictions of disaster to be more completely
refuted or for the skill of our shipbuilders. en-
gineers ana navigators to he more finely vindi-
Gated.
But after all there Is no occasion for surprise
at this fine showing. Eleven years ago this
spring the Oregon made the hitherto unrivalIed
run from San Francisco to the Florida coast in
record breaking time and arrived a her goal
without a single rivet loosened and with every
detail Of hull. machinery and armament ready
for instant action If the old Oregon could do
that, why should not sixteen improved Oregons
do even great ter things?
New-York tribune., 1909-06-23
DO PLATFORMS BFNDr

How far Democratic national platform can
bind Democrats who are in a position to make
its promises good by legislative action is still
much of a mystery. Mr.. Bryan in 1894 tried
10 lay down q workable rule, as follows:
II has been stated that every Democrat is In
duty bound 10 vote for the repeal Of the state
bank tax because of the plank relating TO that
subject adopted by the last Democratic National
Convention. A platform can only bind those
who run upon IL. President Cleveland Is Of
he accepted a nomination and an election upon
the national Democratic platform of 1892 Those
also are pledged TO repeal whose nominating
conventions indorsed the national platform and
those are perhaps bound also who ran as Demo-
Gratis without expressly repudiating that part Of
the national platform In my own case was
not only nominated before the adoption oT the
national platform by the Chicago Convention
but expressly repudiated in my canvass the
plank which declared in favor Of repeating the
state bank tax
The Bryan theory fitted neatly enough to Mr..
BrFans case, as was perhaps 10 be expected
But there are other Democrats who want TO
enforce other rules There is Senator fernando
DE Soto Money, of Mississippi for instance He
Is for much greater personal latitude in in
terpreting bis obligations to the partyss national
platforms In the Senate the other day he said
replying to criticism aimed at Democrats for
voting for duties lumber, in defiance of tba
Denver platforms declaration in favor NJ fraa
lumber:
l want to say further-ft is not nacAssoy,, e.
say IT, because am committing myself proh his
10 position which will elicit more criticism. 10
New-York tribune., 1909-06-23
STATES AND FEDERAL APpoIyruEyrs


The acceptance by the House of Representa-
lives OF a Senate amendment 70 the census biIl
imposing on applicants for Civil Service posts
additional proofs of residence in the states or
territories 10 whose quotas they wish to be
credited, foreshadows a change in the law
which win distribute federal appointments more
widely and more equitahly Congress has
recognized the importance of giving the citizens
Of each state and territory equal chance 70
enter the government service II established
ratios Of representation based on population. and
provided that among qualified applicants for ap-
pOintments the preference should be given TO
those coming from states and territories with
untitled quotas.
The quotas Of the states most distant from
Washington are often short as there is less in
ducement in those communities 10 seek employ
ment at the capital The practice has therefore
arisen Of permitting applicants from the Dis
trict Of Columbia and from states near Wash
inston TO claim constructive residences in re-
moteT states whose quotas were unexhausted
Technical residence in state can be retained
or acquired by any one in the government ser
vice. and il is charged that such technical resi-
dence, transmitted 10 the second or third gen
Grafton, is claimed by Washingtonians who want
10 obtain classified places. and who would be
barred from them If they were considered resi-
dents Of the District of Columbia. because the
Districts normal quota is always overfIled
Senator McCumber, of North Dakota. made a
fight in the Senate 10 end such Juggling with
claims. Of residence, and he succeeded in hav-
nig an amendment 10 the House census bill
adopted requiring any applicant from state or
territory 10 prove that he or she had had an
actual domice IN that state or territory for at
least year before examination for appoint
menL The Senate conferrees surrendered the
amendment in conference, but Afr McCumber
later forced reconsideration Of that action
Now the House OF Representatives has accepted
the theory that an applicants residence must
be bona fde and must include an established
domicile Of at least year.
We think that the change is an entirely rea-
senable one IL only carries out tie spirit and
intent Of the present law. If tie quota system
Is q mistake. it should be abandoned: but it
New-York tribune., 1909-06-23
4 DISGRACE TO SOMEBODY.

The Citizens Union animadverts harshly upon
Senators Thomas I. Grady. Patrick II. NIcCar-
ren Timothy u. Sullivan. Christopher ID. Sui
livan. T J. McManus and T. H. Cullen. The
continuance in Office of these six Senator'S" it
SAYS. is a standing disgrace 10 the city" But
why 10 the city: The city is powerless to pre-
vent the admirine constituents Of Tom" Grady,
Long Pat" NIcCarren. the Big Feller' and the
rest Of them from sending these men TO repre-
sent them at Albany. The city does not elect
Grady McCarren or Sullivan, or any one Of
them. 1t is safe TO say that not one of them
could be elected TO a municipal office by the
voters Of the city at large The election of these
six Senators may be a disgrace 10 the voters Of
the Sd Senate District, the 18th Senate District
the 18th Senate District the 18th Senate Dis
trict. the 14th Senate District and the 18th
Senate District but what can the city do if the
voters Of those districts have no higher stand
ards than they exhibit when they send these
men 10 Albany:
In politics there is no disputng about tastes
The constituents who like Grady. Sullivan and
McCarren have a constitutional right TO their
depraved tastes The city cannot take them by
the scruf Of the neck and teach them higher
political standards. Those Senators perfectly
represent the overwhelming majority Of the
residents Of their districts There isn't any
cure but 10 make over human nature as # exists
in the Sd. 9TH, 11th. 18th 14th and 18th Senate
districts Tammany is not responsible. Strictly
in the interests Of political morality Tammany
has tried TO retire Patrick Henry McCarren
from his prominent place in public life, and
not only the 9TH Senate District but the whole
City Of Churches cried ont ar the suggestion.
Does any one doubt that if we had direct nom
nations each and every one of the ignoble six
would keep going back to Albany as long as he
I'D To1F 81 a. H.
evil result of machine politics, call it anything
adequate to express indignation and zeal for
reform But 10 elect Gradys McCarrens and
Sullfvans is human. They serve to remind US
Of the inadequacy Of our own bootstraps in
the great uplift
New-York tribune., 1909-06-23
AN ATLANTIC RECORD.

At last the passengers of the Mauretania ora
enabled to get the full benefit of her wonder
full speed on her eastward as we'll as her west
ward runs. Ten O'Clock at night to be sure is
rather late hour for a steamship TO dock
Comparatively few persons. it may be believed
would care to begin a railway journey then un
less in exceptional haste TO reach their destjna-
tions STILL the feasibility of doing so will
strongly appeal to business men who are in
hurry TO meet engagements and who do not find
a night journey especially wearisome
The last run of the swiftest merchant steam
ship in the world was over the southern route
from Sandy Hook to Queenstown. which Is a
hundred miles longer than the one adopted
when there is no ice TO consider Indeed the
number of miles logged by the MauretanIa an
pears to have exceeded the ordinary length Of
the long course, perhaps because the captain
considered unusual caution expedient. This cir
cumstance makes her performance the moro re-
New-York tribune., 1909-06-23
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune Bureau

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington June 22-The President invited 10 d
dinner followed by a conference. this eVehihs At
the White House. the Senate Finance Coml'it .
the legal talent of his cabinet, senator Eo'
Speaker Cannon, Representative Payne ana reeP
sentative Dwight the Republican whip. tor ma
consideration of the corporation tax amenoiiiei'-
To-day's Cabinet meeting given up entHeN u
the discussion of this subject.
The President to-day conmuted the deatn sen
tence of 'Ducky" Holmes of this city TO Ire I'M
prtsonment.
The only absentees from to-day's CABINET meeting
we're the Secretary Of the Navy. who Is IN Ne"
York awaiting the arrival of his wife ana odusli'7
from Europe and to accompany them to thelr sum
mer home. at Hamilton, Mass. and the secretary
of the Interior, who has gone to Williams ColleSe'
where he viii receive the degree OF Doctor o. Ii
tomorrow. He will then go 10 his home IN oea'tie
The Presidents callers to-day included senators
Burkett. Brown, Burnham, Gallinger ana owen
and Representatives Livingston, Johnson ana AUS
tin.
Representa- tive Tawney discussed with PRESIDENT
Taft to-day ~he proposed appropriation fof an
American exhibit at the Belgium exposition next
year.
President Taft in company with Captain 6uIl'
General Edwards and Senator Bourne, went for an
automobile ride this afternoon.