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The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-12-02

board. The couple had made a quiet getaway from Ketchikan, and were married at this place Thanks giving eve, and thought to get back home again without the folks down there being any the wiser. But 1t was not to De, for somebody had sent the news of their coming and when they arrived, the band most of the citizens of the town, and quite all the old shoes and rice, were awaiting them on the wharf. The rest can be better inn agined than toidi but there certain Iy was nothing lacking in the vel come they received.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-12-02
Repairing The Engine

The shingle mill has been down and out for the past week or so, while Charley Kinney is overhaul ing the engide. The cylinder was h such bad shape that 1t was prac- tically impossible to keep up steam enough to Keep it going at any speed. It is being re-bored and new rings made. and should be as good as new when finished. There arc plenty of orders in sight to keep the mill running for some time, so a satisfactory season is promised for 1910.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-12-02
Was A Eighty Bad Storm

Wrangell's water front had a very narrow escate from distruc- ton Sunday, Conditions were such on that day, that we had the highest tide of the year. which with the aid of strong wind from the southeast, piled the water away up, Just as the tide turned, the wind backed around to the southwest and within an hour it had increased to a fifty mile an hour gales and .he swell began to pile in. Fottu- nately the water had dropped couple of feet by this time, and that was all that saved the build ngs along the front. As il was. .Or while II looked very tad, but the escape was made with the fol lowing losses. About fifty feet Of side walE, between the Salvation Army barracks and the old Silver Tip building, a general shaking ur of the Marshal wharf; the wreck oi Frank Dandy's launch, and the de molition of some thirty feet of the outside end of Nheeler's wharf, This with some few minor happen ings completes the list, and We can consider ourselves fortunate that it is no longer.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-12-02

pairs, and tae whole end of the building is out, allowing the wind full sweep. fortunately no one ot the three men sEationed at the light house were in.lred. Word was re- ceived by wife authorizing the re. pair of the buildings and the Ante lope left snis morning with men and material.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-12-02
Storm Smashes Lighthouse

Word reached town Tuesday ot the effect of Sundays storm on the Lincoln Rock Lighthouse. Ac- cording to Head Keeper Antone Hove. who arrived in Wrangell on the Peterson Tuesday, the waves swept completely over the structure smashing i'll the south side con- pletely, and washing away most ot the supplies and coal. The two boats of the station were washed away, and fog whistle put out of business. Those on the rock hung out signals of distress in the hope that the Jefferson would see their plight, but tbat ship passed 5y without seeing them. Later the transport Peterson. on her way up from Seattle to Iaines vbere she is stationed, saw the signals, and sending boat to the rock, brought oil the head keeper, who reported the matter to the departmental headquarters at Portland. The cement work is uainjured. but there is hardly enough letg of the balance to talk about, and that will un- doubtly go down fl q heavy south wind should spring up before tae repair gang arriFes. as th=re is a5 way to make even temporary re-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-12-02
met By Brass Band
 

Word arrives from .,Ketchikan that things were doing ca the ar rival of the Cottage City at. that place orf her last trip south, with MT. and Mfs. Walter Eubank on
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-12-02
An Unjust Bill


 launches everywhere in the United States will unite in the campaign against the passage of the bill in- troducel by Congressman Hum- phrey in the last congress and which he will press for passage at the coming session.
 The bill provides that all steam and motor vessels measuring five feet or more, whether they carry passengers or not, shall be inspect ed and must comply with all. the re- gulations governing operation of steamers.
 The small craft not now subject el to inspection, will, if the bill passes, be required to carry licensed o ficers and wireless apparatus and carry an operator. All launches, whetHer over or under thirty-f1ve feet are required by the bill to carry life preservers, Launches under thirty-fve feet arc not re- quired to have both a licensed en- gineer and a licensed pilot, il they can secure the services of one man with both certificates.
 Section $ of the bill, which pro- vides for the equipment of ocean. lake, bay and sound vessels over tnirty-ive feet, is as follows:
 Every vessel subject to inspect ion navigating the ocean or any lake, bay, or sound of the United States shall be provided with life boats, rafts, self-igniting water lights, Iine-carrying projectiles, with the means of propelling them, drags, and pumps, in such number and of such character as shall be prescribed by the rules and regula- tions established by the board of supervising inspectors, and as ma! De suited 10 the navigation in which the vessel may be employed. Every vessel shall have all life boats re- quired by law provided with suit able 5oat-launchiag apparatus so arranged as to allow the boats to be clear of the ships side ready for d .taching in less than two minutes of the time of clearing away of the boat is begun. Every sea-going vessel subject to inspection carry ling passengers for hire, and any such vessels navigating any of the nortern or northwestern lakes, shall
 ave each life boat fitted with an improved detatching apparatus which can be operated. by one man and which will detach both ends of the boat simultaneously. All steam and motor vessels carrying passen- gers for hire and engaged in a ser vice which may at any time take them more. than forty miles of shore shall be equipped with an ef- icient wireless telegraph appara- tus, and shall carry a competent operator for the same"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-12-02
Had x -aroY Escape

Sunday, N5ra nber 2I, ] a C k O'Malley aHI san Reese had a narrow escaps iron death at the
 Jumbo miae - SIlzsr. They were on their wa |. start work short lv before ses= o'clock and were within a fe-v .#s- of tunnel No. :, at which polns ta-s aere crossing an cid waste rs,k lump whicA extend ed some df-s + above them, when with the 9ui eane5s of li5 htning and with1ae s.arn.as the LOW slid and carr.ea ts-n 5yer several steep bluffs d1s.su ot 800 feet below. After seversl .rs of hard work by the ret s ne shift, the men were rescuz5 -ee, Reese with his left arm D. -. while O'2 alley was so bai.. s=l up that ne Lad to go to tn .al.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-20
PURELY PERSONAL.

The formal decree in favor of Mrs.
Katherine Clemens Gould, granting
her separation from Howard Gould,
was filed in New York. The decree
awards Mrs. Gould $4,000 month
permanent alimony and 1858 costs.
1t was said that Mr.. Gould would ap-
peal
Erwin Dohmen, II, of Milwaukee,
winner of the mile run at the west
ern intercollegiate conference meet
last June, and captain OF this years
University of Wisconsin track team,
vii be elected business manager OF
the 1911 Badger, to succeed Walter
Ross of Milwaukee, resigned.
Jesse Williams. confined to the ke-
nosha county Jail for six months, de-
votes his time to teaching illiterare
fellow prisoners how to read, write
and speak the English language.
During the time he has been IN Jail
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-20
FOREIGN.

Alphonse Lapointe, proprietor OF a
Saskatchewan hotel, while pulling a
gun by the muzzle from the buggy
accidentally shot himself in the alb
domen, dying instantly.
| j. M. Barrie, the novelist, will pc
tition for divorce at the coming SEES
| sion of the divorce division of the
high court of justice n London. He
married in 1894 Mary Ansell, an act
| less.
Under the auspices OF the roman S
Social Political union a large and
very enthusiastic meeting was held
in Albert hall, London It's purpose
was to give rousing farewell TO
Mrs. Pankhurst, who is leaving short
ly for the United States on a lecture
tour in behalf of woman's suffrage.
Mrs. Pethick Lawrence said that
! $250000 was needed and that S242.-
900 had been already subscribed.
Within ten minutes an additional Sr5.-
600 had been raised.
While the British house OF com
mons is concluding the committee
stage of the budget the king, assist
ed by unofficial advisers, is actively
intervening to prevent the crisis
which the governments financial pro-
posals threaten to precipitate. A
member of the cabinet is quoted as
saying that there will be a compro-
mise and that the lords will pass
the bill as it leaves the commons. 1t
is rather delicate matter for the
king to interfere in domestic affairs
and, as matter of fact, this is the
first time he has openly done so.
After a trial lasting seven months,
sentences were handed down at Ag-
run, Austoria, in the cases of fifty
two school teachers. priests, and 9TH
er persons charged with connection
with what is known as the '.greater
Servia conspiracy" The prisoners
were accused of E-gh treason in par
ticlpating in a movement for the
union of Croatia, Slavonia, and Bos-
MA to Servia, even carrying the pro-
paganda among the troops o. the
Austro-Hungarian army Thirty of the
accused were condemned to- terms OF
rigorous Imprisonment varying from
four to twelve years, and twenty-five
were acquitted
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-20

came her hobby, and seemingly her
only interest in the world, Miss john
son had lived the life of a recluse
for many years.
Two men who registered in Jersey
City, N. j., as William M. Gil OF
Louisville, KY, and Ray Howell OF
Charles City. Iowa, were found uncon-
scious in their room with gas flow
ing from an open jet. Both men we're
rushed to a hospital, and the police
charged them with attempting to COM
NIT suicide. Both men may recover.
| Joe Matusek and an unidentified
man were bitten by a mad dog at
Streaton, ILL., The authorities are
making preparations to send born
men to the Pasteur institute in Chi
cago for treatment 1t is believed
that more than a dozen dogs have
been infected with hydrophobia germs
as the result of bites, and Mayor f.
| J. Lucey has ordered a wholesale
slaughter of all dogs found running
loose.
Lucky Lucetta," Trenton, New Jer-
sey, folks are calling Miss Lucetta
Everingham, good looking girl OF
16, who has just left that city after
years residence. Her mother died,
her father became unable to work
and she had hard time supporting
him and herself, But relatives worth
$1,009,000 turned up unexpectedly in
Madison, Wis.,, and Miss Lucetta at
their invitation, went to become their
adopted daughter. Her father will be
cared for, too.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-20
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

The Green Bay postoffice has been
moved into the new federal building.
The new Hand Knit Hosiery COM
'pany al Sheboygan is rapidly nearing
completion The roof has been tarred
and completed
The Weinberg Construction COM
pany of Grand Rapids secured the
contract for the construction OF a
concrete boiler house for the Normal
school in Stevens Point
The Wausau Street railroad com
pany viii extend its light, heat ana
power department to the village OF
Schofeld A right to operate there
was granted by the village board.
a large and powerful gasoline en-.
CINE was installed in the Zulu knit
ting mill, at Two Rivers and a dyna-
mo and switch board will be Installed
TO furnish the lights for the plant.
During the coming winter the plant
will be run nights.
Within few days the Reickhon
Box company of West Duluth Will
move its plant to South Superior ana
within thirty days will be ready for
business. The reason given for the
change is that the transportation IA
cilities are much better.
The Thilmany mill at Kau Kauna
has nearly completed the installation
of new beater that will be used
with the machine imported a year
ago from Germany. These two ma
chimes will work over all waste pro-
ducts into new paper so that not a
Single ounce of waste will leave the
Thilmany min.
Aieglng that the accident was due
70 a defective highway resulting from
hesiect OF city officials, Mrs. Marga
Cnrlstiansen, wife of. Capt. Peter
.niis'iansen of Manitowoc has fled
claim for $1,000 damages for person
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-20
OBITUARY..

Robert Lyon rogers, lot IOrIy-tWo
years United States commissioner for
Maryland, is dead. He was 83 years
old
E. H. Flick, national organizer OF
the Loyal Order of Moose, died SUD
denly in Indianapolis, Ind, last night
of neuralgia of the heart.
Mrs. Betsey Brown, colored, OF
Fond du Lac died at the age of 10Y
years. Up to two weeks ago she had
never been i'll, according to her own
story.
John T. Springer, aged 7S, is dead
in Jacksonville, Ill. He was presl-
dent of the First National bank or
Jacksonville for long time, and
served several terms in the legisla-
ture.
Capt Thomas c. Flagg, a veteran
of the civil war and well-known
merchant at Cambridge, Wis, died,
aged 70. He served in the Third
Wisconsin regiment. He is survived
by a widow
J. D. Collins, well known in Grand
Army circles, is dead in Vandalia,
ILL.,, at the age of H. He served
through the civil war and was the
first superintendent of the Vandalia
public schools, thirty-three years ago.
Dudley Buck, the organist and COM
poser, died suddenly at the home or
his son .at West Orange. N. J. He
had just returned after a two years
absence in Europe. Mr. Buck was
seventy years odl He was born in
Hartford, Conn. He composed the
cantata sung, by 500 voices at the
opening of the centennial at Phi1a-
delphia and became famed as com
poser of pastoral music. A widow
two sons, DR.. E. T. Buck of Indian
apolis and Dudley Buck, Jr., of West
Orange, and a daughter survive him
Gustaf c. Broberg, 81 years old, a
prominent Swedish newspaper pub
Usher and for many years wen
known figure in steamship circles,
died suddenly of heart disease in his
apartments at the Morrison hotel
Death came on the eve of the de-
parture' of Broberg and his family,
consisting of wife and daughter, on
a trip around the world Mr.. Bro
berg was for five years western pas
senger agent of the Dominion Line
Steamship company. He was pub
Usher of the SyenSka Nyheter news.
paper.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-20
he has had no less than thirty pris-
oners in his classes.

| he has had no less than thirty pris-
oners in his classes.
Baron Shibusawa, head of the Jap
anese trade commissioners who re-
Gently visited Cleveland, has sent a
check for 500 to be used for Christ
mas presents for cripples and aged
| inmates of the Warrensyille colony
! charitable institution near that city
The baron took deep interest in
| the work when in the city.
| Miss Anna H. Peters OF HustistordA
Wis, has started a breach of prom
Use suit against Leroy G. Curtis, prin
cipal of the Oakfield high school
Miss Peters asks for $4,000 damages
In his answer Curtis admits that he
entered into an agreement to marry
Miss Peters with the proviso that
either party had right to declare
the event off at will and upon notice
to the other party.
Bert Reese, Daniel Frohmans In
innate friend, will soon visit Reno,
Nevada according to information
from New York. He is to talk to
Margaret Ellington Frohman, who IS
there for the purpose Of securing a
divorce from her famous theatrical
manager. Reese is to endeavor TO
influence her to leave out certain
matters concerning the life of Daniel
Frohman when she appears i'll court.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-20
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Livestock.

Cattle-Receipts estimated at IL,
900; market steady to 10c lower;
beeves, 4.20@87O; Texas steers, 400
@52O; western steers, 425@a25;
stockers and feeders, 3.1O@5.25; cows
and heifers, 2.2O@5.9O; calves, 1000
$50.
Hogs-Receipts estimated at 11,0O0;
market weak; light, 7.2O@7S5; mixed,
7.95@S.O5; heavy, 7.35@S.10; rough,
/. 7.35@755; good to choice heavy, 7.55
OSLO; pigs, 5.75@7O0; bulk of sales,
7.60@795.
Sheep-Receipts estimated at $4,000;
market weak to 10c lower; native,
2.5O@4.75; western, 2.75@4.S0; year.
lings, 44O@5.40; lambs, native, 4.20@
700; western, 4.40@7.00.
Dairy.
Butter-Steady; creameries, 29c;
diaries, 26c.
Eggs-Steady; receipts, 6,O69 cases,
at mark, cases included, 1Sc; firsts,
22c; prime firsts, 24c.
Cheese-Firm; daisies, 16@16Ac;
twins, 15@16c; young Americas, 100
16Ac; long horns, 16@16Ac.
Produce.
Potatoes Weak; choice to fancy,
42@43c; fair to good, 3S@40c.
Poultry-S Steady; turkeys, 15@16c;
chickens, 121ac; springs, 13c.
Veal-Steady; so to 60 pounds
weight, 9@91hc; so to IS pounds
weight. 91b 010c: S5 to 10 pounds
weight, 1912 Ole.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-20

sediment There were puffy spots be-
meath my eyes and my head panied
terribly. l was miserable in every
way and often wished death might re
lieve me. When l began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills my condition was SO Sc
rious that they had little effect, but
persisted. getting gradually better,
and it was not great while before
was cured. The effect has been last
ing"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-20
FOOD QUESTION
Settled with Perfect Satisfaction by
Dyspeptic.

Settled with Perfect Satisfaction by
Dyspeptic.
It's not an easy matter to satisfy al
the members of the family at meal
time as every housewife knows.
And when the husband has dyspep
STA and can't eat the simplest ordinary
food without causing trouble, the food
question becomes doubly annoying.
An Illinois woman writes
My husband health was poor, he
had no appetite for anything could
get for him, it seemed.
He was hardly able to work, was
taking medicine continually, and as
soon as he would feel better would &c
to work again only to give up in a
few weeks. He suffered severely with
stomach trouble
Tired of everything | had been
able to get for him to eat, one day
seeing an advertisement about Crane.
Nuts, got some and he tried it for
breakfast the next morning
I'VE all thought it was pretty good
oAlhouSh VIC ndu uO luGa Oh using III
regularly. But when my husband came
home at night he asked for Grape
Nuts
1t was the same next day and |
had to get it right along, because when
we would get to the table the ques.
ton, Have you any Grape uts?' was
a regular thing. So | began to buy
it by the dozen pkgs.
Ny husbands health began to i'm.
prove right along | sometimes felt
offended when I'd make something !
thought he would like for a change
and still hear the same old question
Have you any Grape-Nuts?
He got so well that for the last two
years he has hardly lost a day from
his work, and we are still using
Grape-Nuts. Read the book, 1.-THE
Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's
Reason"
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, 1909-10-20
!; Phillip Allen, Jr..

Hanscom. cashier; Phillip Allen, Jr.,
vice president
Allen voluntarily confessed that his
speculations had been carried on over
a period extending for more than one
year.
He said that he had been able to
foil the federal inspector by borrow
ing a sufficient amount OF cash from
friends to cover the palpable short
ages and had satisfied the United
States official on the notes he held.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-20
-03SN30NO0 SM3N 3IV7
WISCONSIN WAITS.

The jury in the case of Alfred Ted
the death of white man while hunt
ing last fall, returned a verdict OF
not guilty.
Wolves are said by Marathon county
farmers to be more numerous this
season than ever before. Ten farm
ers have reported losses of from one
to eleven sheep.
The body of Ernest French, who
had been missing from his home near
Conrath was found within mile of
his home. There is bullet Hole
through the body. He was the son
of a pioneer hunter and trapper.
At the suggestion of the library
board of Merrill the common council
decided to accept the offer of $17,5OU
for public library purposes from An
drew Carnegie. The name T. B. Scott
library is to be retained.
Charles Staub, a farmer RESTING
near Waukesha in the town of Wau-
watOsa, was arrested on a serious
statutory charge. In municipal court
bis preliminary examination was ser
for Oct. Is and bail fixed at $500.
OverZealous to apprehend perpe-
traitors of a series of daring burglar
les at La Crosse, the police arrested
and locked up two agents of the Wis
consin railroad commission conduct
ing secret Investigations of the La
Crosse telephone service.
George Knowles of Milwaukee,
known as Shorty Knowles, convict
ed of forgery in the municipal court
last spring and sentenced to- serve
one year in the penitentiary at vau-
pun, has made application ito the
state board of control to be paroled.
fireman Gardiner, 14-year-old boy,
who lives at Grand View narrowly es-
capped death while he was in search
of some medicine at his home. lie
found some dynamite and ON open
ing the box an explosion occurred,
both hands being torn to pieces.
Detroit, Mich, police are endeavor-
ing to find some trace of John Gard,
wealthy resident of Beloit, Wis.,, who
disappeared recently, but have found
no trace of him. He was seen here
on his knees in church, June 20 last
by a resident of Beloit That is the
last time his relatives have heard
from him.
Mrs. A. S. Haskins and Miss Gladys
Holmes of Viroqua were severely
injured when their automobile ran
down a. steep embankment and turned
turtle, pinning the four occupants be-
meath its weight. Mrs. Haskin had
g leg broken, nose fractured and face
badly smashed. Miss Holmes suffered
q fractured leg, broken teeth and IN
ftlries about the head
Margaret AdeII Motz, aged Is
months, daughter of Henry P Motz,
farmer near Waukesha, met ragic
death. While her father had gone to
the road in front of the house TO
speak to a farmer, the child toddIed
after him and got beneath the wagon.
When the team started the heavy
wheels passed over the child's head,
crushing her skull and killing her IN
sfant1y.
William Bradley, of Spooner, mar
rled, was instantly killed while as
sisting in tearing down the Omaha
roundhouse. A heavy door fen on
him, crushing in the top of his head.
Boys tied tin cans to the TAN of
horse belonging to A. Matson, a baker.
The horse became frantic, ran through
the main business thoroughfares and
finally struck street car and was
killed.