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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-26
Decorated by France.

Chicago Harry Pratt Judson, presi.
dent of the University of Chicago was
presented with the decoration of off.
Ger of the Legion of Honor last Fri.
day by the French government in APP.
probation of his interest in French
languages
Baron Houssin de st. Laurent
French consul in Chicago. presented
the decoration at the university. Only
q few of the professors and Mrs. Jud
son were present. Baron de ST. Lau
rent had requested the secretary OF
state of his country some time ago to
honor Mr. Judson for his activity in
research work in connection with the
French language.
The decoration Of officer is the sec.
ord in rank of the Legion The lowest
ra TX, which is commonly bestowed. ia
that of chevalier
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-26
STRAIN OF AVIATION

M. Fournier-Ceased to fly after
number of falls.
M. Duray-Forced to give up fly
ing after being badly injured by a
blow from his propeller.
Mr. Moore Brabazon-Has relin-
pushed flying at meetings
Mr.. Cockburn-WiH do no more ex
hibition flying
Mr. Gibbs-Compelled to retire tenn
porarily as the result of heavy fall
at Wolverhampton.
Captain Dickson-Does not expect to
fly at meetings after this season.
Glen H. Curtiss-Has very largely
relinquished flying in favor of con-
struction.
NJ. Sommers-Has become a con-
structor and rarely flies.
Mr.. Rawlinson-Obliged to discon-
tinue flying after his accident at
Bournemouth.
Mortimer Singer-After fall at
HeliopoHs last season, has not flown
again.
Mr. Grahame- White thus describes
the nervous strain VI hylhS - -
the tension of fearing that something
unexpected may happen-that the en-
CINE may fail, that stay may break,
that controlling wire may snap. Any
one of these things may, one knows
quite well, bring about fearful fall.
The rush of air and the fact that one
is high above the ground, has very
little to do with the ordeal"
Experience already proves was
the comment of an international au-
thority, that flying will become far
more easy; aeroplanes are on the eve
of enormous development so far as re-
liability is concerned"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-26
New NEWS =
Of YESTERDAY
by n. eE XEOHzAGX%UZ%

ut is charming home was the
reply
Edwin" answered Mr.. Weed, sit is
to be your home as long as you live
or care to occupy it. Your friends
have seen to it that you are to be pro-
vided for, and this home is one of the
provisions 1t isn't gift, it isn't a
charity. 1t is simply fair recon-
pense to you for your unselfish service
as a public citizen-sO unselfish, Ed
win, that you have never properly car
ed for yourself"
For moment Mr. Croswell looked
blankly into Mr. Weeds face, then
turned his head to hide his emotion.
And as he did so he reached out his
hand, grasped Mr.. Weeds, and buried
forever all the bitterness of the past
in these words:
after all, there is nothing outside
a mans family life that compares with
true friendship, and true friend
have found in you
This story, as | have told 1t, Mr..
Weed himself told me the last time |
chatted with him, year or so before
his death, and the details came out
when | stated that l had heard he had
done something to put Mr.. Croswell
in comfortable circumstances. Yes,
confessed the old gentleman-he was
then over eighty-"and that is one OF
the happiest of my recollections."
Copyright, 1910. by E. ], Edwards, AL
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-26
HENS ATE DEADLY DYNAMITE
Now Their owner Does Not Dare &c
Near Them and is Afraid to
Eat Their Eggs

Winsted, Gonna man who has
small farm a few miles from this
town does not dare to trample on a
small portion of it, and is afraid to
eat his own hens eggs Heavy fowls
he had been fattening for Thanksgiv'
ing are immune from death for the
present, so far as his killing them Is
concerned.
Dynamite is the cause of his troH
BILE He opened two one-pound sticks
of the explosive, into which little
frost had found its way and after
breaking the cylinders into pieces
spread them on nat stone IN the sun
to dry He meant to use the dynamite
In a lot he is clearing.
When he went to get the explosive
after he had drilled holes in big
boulder. he saw a flock of his hens
scratching In the dynamite, and eat
ing it as they would eat small gravel.
That's why the farmer does not dare
to eat his own hens eggs. for he fears
particles of dynamite may Turk in the
shells.
Who knows where that dynamite
they ate is now?" he said, sadly. Sup
pose it's got into the shells? Think
I'd run the risk of cracking one of
those egg-shells? Yet how are You
going to eat eggs without breaking the
shells?'
And there's the story in an egg
she'll The puzzled farmer cannot tell
NV tho looks of his hens which ate the
dynamite; therefore he doesn't dare
to eat any of them at Thanksgiving.
AS for swinging heavily on their heads
with an axe he shudders at the
THOUGHT
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-26
DR.. P. X. Gilman, Professor of Surg
cry, Makes a Remarkable Dis
eovery in Philippines.

San Francisco-Canc the disease
which has baffied medical science for
over a hundred years, may be con-
quered at last Dr. P. K Gilman of
Oakland, professor of surgery in the
Philippine medical schools and sur
geon in chief of the Philippine general
hospital at Manila, believes he has
discovered vaccine which will stop
the ravages of the dreaded disease.
With this vaccine Dr. Gilman has
cured 20 cases of cancer in Manila
In his laboratories there he has been
working for three years on his discov-
cry, and is now ready to give to the
world the fruit of his labor. He has
prepared an article for publication in
the Journal of Science, a medical and
scientific review published by the Blu
reau of Science of the United States
in which the details of the cure will
be made public for the first time
DR.. Gilman has been asked to dem
onstrate his discovery before the
Royal California Institute at Havana
He has been in communication with
DR.. Simon F1exner, director of the
Rockefeller Institute in New York
city which was established fo- the
study and cure of cancer and DR..
Flexner is greatly interested in the
discovery. He has written Dr. Gilman
for details DR.. Gilman says that his
vaccine is a homogeneous suspension
of dead bacteria in 1hysicologic salt
solution, mixed with a preseryatiye.
1t is takeR from the tumor itself.
In perfecting this vaccine Dr. Gil
man was assisted by DR.. A. T. Coca,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-26
Thomas 6. PLatt q Humorist

and though | have sometimes been ia.
ken for him when persons have seen
me in profile, yet l have never before
been recognized as Mr.. Forbes when
my face was all lathered and await
ing the BARRIERS raZor!'"
Senator Platt chuckled violently.
do you know" he said at last, that
is a good one on my friend John NJ.
Forbes; and | shall relate it with spe-
cial qualification to some of the elite
Republicans of Massachusetts who
have been much associated with him
in reforming politics.
Upon another occasion Mr.. Platt
was called upon at his hotel in Wash
ington by a gentleman who protested
to be very anxious to see General How
ard Carroll, who some years earlier
had been Republican candidate for
congressman at large from New York
state, and who was very intimate
friend of President Arthur. His Wis
itor asked the senator where General
Carroll could be found.
What General Carroll do you
mean?" asked Mr. Plat.
Why" was the reply, q mean How
ard Carroll-General Howard Car
roll"
All, replied the senator, blandly,
had you spoken in the first instance
of Howard Carroll instead of General
Carroll, | should have known whom
You meant"
Why, what is the difference?"
asked the senator's friend
Just this" was the reply, Il al
ways speak and think of him as How
ard Carroll You see, God made the
man, while l made the general, and
out of consideration for his maker |
always refer to him as Howard Car
roll regarding Gods work with re-
spect to him as of much higher con
sequence than my own. Other people
are less reverential They speak of
him as the general / made rather than
as the man whom God created"
Within a week this characteristic
Plattonian Jest had circulated through
al the public circles in Washington
and at last reached the ears of Gen
eral Carroll himself, who to this day
delights in telling it.
Copyright. 1919. by e. ]. Edwards)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-26
CANCER CURED BY VACCINE

pathologist in the Bureau of Science
at Manila. If it proves to have the
curative properties claimed for it, it
will create a sensation in the medical
world. Vaccine has never been rel
sorted to before, surgery and electric.
ity being the only known methods of
curing the disease, these having been
used with only small success
Dr. Gilman was born in Oakland and
was graduated from the Oakland pub
lie schools He received a degree
from Leland Stanford University in
1901 and finished a three-year course
at Johns Hopkins in 1905 He return
ed to his home in Oakland on the
transport Logan a week ago on six
months leave of absence. He will re-
turn to Manila next January
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-26

his little library He wore a loose
morning gown, or jacket, and the
heavy lenses of his spectacles, which
carried sidepieces, caused his eyes
to CLEAN with unusual brilliancy and
to appear of great size. He blew up
an air cushion to its full capacity,
then seated himself in a coy chair
and began to chat in easy fashion
about the greenback movement. And
as | listened to him it seemed to me
almost incredible that l was seated
before the man who had designed
and built the first American locomo-
tive, in 1880, and the method Of pro-
polling canal boats by an endless
chain, and who was among the earli-
est to promote the laying of the At
lantic cable.
At, length, and without showing the
slightest sign of fatigue. either ply
steal or mental, the old gentleman
outlined his views on the money ques-
ton. Then, as l prepared to leave,
he accompanied me along the pass
age leading from the library to the
front door. which he opened before
either myself or a servant near by
could make a move to do so. Pass
ing through it, he took his stand up
on the broad top step and looked
with an absorbed countenance in the
direction of little Gramercy Park, one
corner of which was visible from
where he stood He put his hand up
on my shoulder-not for support, it
seemed to me, but to direct my gaze
where his was. Then, at last. he
spoke and I fancied that half regret
fully he turned his eyes to me from
the exquisite vista before us of that
little gem of parkland in the heart
of New York.
This is very beautiful world" he
said, earnestly, simply. Il like to
look out upon it, and each day as l
grow older and see with my eyes
somewhat blinded though they are
by age-the beautiful things which
God has given us, and which every
one may enjoy without any cost if
he will only look. l realize more and
nature, and what the worlds perfec-
ton really is. And as | have grown
older ! have also come to realize that
there is more of good than of evil in
the world-that there is some beauty
in every human being, no matter how
low he may have fallen, just as there
is beauty in everything that grows.
Yes. this is a beautiful world-a
very beautiful world I am now 80
years of age. Not for long now am
10 be permitted to look out upon
it. Yet l hope to make the best of
the brief opportunity that is left to
me to behold Gods beauty all about
me. 1t gives me serenity and peace
of mind to see it. and yet there is a
lingering regret that l cannot enjoy
it much longer.
q hope you will come to see me
again. Come when the leaves have
turned To me there is no sadness
in the falling leaf, if it has color in
it. You have spoken of Cooper in
stitute. All, l could leave no better
legacy to my fellow men than the pow
er to see daily the beauties of the
world that God has given us to live
in; for if we can do that we shall
all have riches that cannot be lost
or in any way taken from us
Copyright, 1910. by E. j. Edwards, All
Rights Reserved.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-26
TWO Stories About the EASY Boss"
That Demonstrate His Wit and
Capacity for Humorous
Desc ription.

The late Thomas c. Platt spoke of
himself at one time as the easy boss.
He was easy in still another sense
than that in which he used the word,
and that was in his sense of humor
and his capacity for humorous de-
scriptiOn and anecdOte. He was a
shining exception to the saying that
the politically ambitious see things
only through serious spectacles.
one day, some years ago, as was
passing through the porter's room OF
the old Fifth Avenue hotel, Senator
PIatt's headquarters in New York CITY
7 heard some one call me by name,
and looking around, saw Senator Platt
beckoning to me from his seat on d
boot-black stand.
Take this vacant chair beside me,
he said and while the good boy be-
low. who is a loyal follower OF Tom
Plat, is putting the finishing touches
upon my calfskins. | will tell you OF
an amusing experience l had TINS
morning
DO YOU remember John NJ. Forbes?
lie is a very rich merchant and very
dignified man. distinguished Tor ms
political sagacity, his rather pro
nouneed self-esteem and his somewhat
prominent nose. AS | stepped into the
barber shop of the hotel this morning
who should see yielding to the min
istrations of the barber but John Nj.
Forbes. / recognized him by the con-
spicuousness with which his nose STOOD
out above the lather. SO stepped up
to him and said: Good morning. MI
Forbes. am glad to see you In such
experienced hands. Politics and busl-
ness must be very satisfactory in Bos-
ton
Instantly the man pushed the bar
Der aside, sat up straight in the chair,
and turned TO me face so well lath-
cred that l could only see the nose
and eyes.
Sir he exclaimed. Indignantly, l
don't know who you are. but | want to
tell YOU that John NJ. Forbes has not
a monopoly of the prominent nose,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-26
AGED Philanthropist Outlined HIS
Views on the Greenback Move
ment and Then Talked of
the Beautiful World.

Peter Cooper, who did the greatest
work of his life when he founded
Cooper Union, in New York, and
thereby made his name well-nigh i'm
perishable, was eighty-nine years OF
age when l had my last chat with
him. That was in 1880, three years
before he was gathered unto his ia
theirs.
I had called upon Mr.. Cooper at
his home in Irving place, in New York
city. for the purpose of obtaining his
views upon the greenback question.
The old gentleman was a very ear
nest advocate of issuing irredeemable
paper money based upon the face and
credit of che government.
He received me very cordially IN
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-10-26
Preferred Lion to Wife.

Detroit, Mich-Rather than face his
angry spouse when he came back TO
their tent at the State Fair at late
hour. James Swenson, a lion tanner.
crawled into the cage with one of his
lions and slept all night, his head pill
lowed on the brute.
In the morning Mrs. Swenson insti-
gated search with tent stake With
a lab of the stake she awakened the
animal tanner.
Coward" she Kissed at him, as he
snuggled up to the lion out of reach of
the stick.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-26
Protests Because Handful OF
American Marines Stop
ped His Army.
VENUS NOT A FILIBUSTER
SHE VIOLATED NO AMERICAN
LAWS WHEN SHE SAILED FROM
NEW ORLEANS, MADRIZ AS
SURES SECRETARY KNOX.
(American News Service.)

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, June
25.-President Madriz today proclaim.
ed his defiance of the United States
by handing to the American consul
at Managua, the following note for
transmission to Secretary Knox at
Washington:
According to international law nc
neutral government may impede or dis
turb in time of war the legitimate
military operations of belligerents
Foreigners, equally with natives, are
subject to the contingencies of the
operations of our army against Blue.
fields
Regarding the departure of the We
nus from New Orleans l am convinced
there has been no violation of the
United States laws, furthermore the pa
pers handed to her at the said port
only obliged the ship to observe neu
trality during the voyage up to the con-
clusion of the voyage for which the
papers were given and the entrance OF
the vessel into foreign port where the
flag was changed according to the Mic
araguan laws.
The United States authorities have
nothing to do with the ultimate destl.
nation of ship which was possessed
and still possesses the right to execute
all warlike operations, including a
blockade.
81 omit for the present reference
to the other points in Mr.. Knox's note,
but desire to make it known that were
it not for the Intervention of the
American naval authorities as detailed
in my cable to President Taft Blue
fields would have been taken, the revo-
luton defeated and Nicaragua paci-
fled"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-26
THINKS ROOSEVELT
OPPOSES REGUL AAs
Travelling Companion of Ex-
President Expresses
His Views.
HE FAV0RS INSURGENTS
gibson GARDNER BELIEVES AND
HE Is OF THE OPINION T. r.
WILL TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN
POLITICS.
4E FAvORS INSURGENTS
(American News Service)


Washington, D. c., June 25.-Gilson
Gardner, who travelled with Roosevelt
from Khartoum to New York return
ed today to the national capital.
do you think Roosevelt will endorse
Taft's administration: he was asked
II do not
do you think Roosevelt will do any.
thing to help out the Republican or.
ganization in the congressional cam
paign?"
Il think he will not
do you expect Roosevelt to become
active politically?''
His speech in New York was pro.
mise that he will
do you expect him to aid the pro.
gressives as against the Republican or.
ganization and the Taft administra-
ton:
"It is my personal opinion that he
will"
There is a feeling in Washington
that Roosevelt's return has put courage
into the hearts of the insurgents. a
number of whom have found it con.
venient to seek or prepare to seek the
ex-President in New York and Oyster
Bay.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-26
LONE SENATOR THERE
Grattan of Albany Transacts
Business When Members
Fail to Appear.
READS JOURNAL; ADJoURNs

Albany, N. Y, June Ex-senator
Grattan of Albany was lonesome to-
day. He was the only member pres
ent when it came time for the senate
to convene. But the senator Is q man
Of action and 1t did not take him long
to decide on course to follow. He
mounted the chair and taking the CAV
el gravely. called himself to order.
Next he proceeded to read and ap-
prove the journal OF yesterday. This
done he decided that business enough
for one day had been disposed of and
SO grayely put the motion:
Il move the senate adjourns to meet
Monday at eleven O'clock" The mo-
tion was carried without 4 dissenting
voice, and priding himself that for
once he was boss of the senate. the
Albany statesman stalked out of the
senate chamber.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-26
DIPLOMATS FIX IT
Evidence in Charlton Murder
Case Sent to the F0r-
eign Office.
ALIENIsTS ARE TO REPORT

New York, June 25.-A dispatch from
Rome today said the Italian ministry
of justice has transferred to the for.
eign office evidence in the Charlton
murder case. leaving the foreign office
free regarding further steps to be TAX
en- In the matter of Charlton's extra
dition. II is believed the whole affair
will be disposed Of through negotia-
tions between Italian embassy. Wash
ington and American authorities.
Judge Charlton has asked the federal
authorities to do nothing in the extra
dition matter until alienists file their
report. The alienists for the defense
had another session with the murder.
er in his cell this afternoon. There
will be further examination tomor.
row. The report will be made Tues
day. 1t is predicted the report win
describe him as paranoaic. or some
sort of lunatic, not responsible for his
crime.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-26
WIRE FIGHT IS ON
Postal Telegraph Takes Action
Against the Bell TeIe-
phone Company.
TROUBLE IN NEW MEXICO
(American News Service)


Las Cruces, N. NJ. June 25.-The
Postal Telegraph-Cable company has
obtained an injunction against a SUBJ
sidiary Bell Telephone company in
New Mexico for violation of a con-
tract which the Postal company made
with the Independent Telephone COM
pany last July for five years, by
which the Postal company reached a
number of towns in New Mexico by
extension of it's service from Ell Paso
to Silver City, New Mexico. The con.
tract still has more than four years
to run. A few weeks ago the New
Mexico subsidiary Bell Telephone
company bought out the independent
telephone company with which the
Postal had. it's contract and then the
subsidiary Bell company notified the
Postal that the contract would be re.
pudiated July first and connection cut
Off
The Postal company has obtained an
injunction against such reputation
from the district court at Silver City,
New Mexico and has set forth that
this action is due to a conspiracy be-
tween the Western Union and the
Bell Telephone companies to suppress
telegraphic competition between Ell
Paso and Silver City and intervening
towns and other part of the country.
The validity of the combination OF
the American telephone and telegraph
company and the Western Union is di-
rectly attached.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-26
drive through scenery unsurpassed in
gentle beauty in anw municipality of
the United States.

drive through scenery unsurpassed in
gentle beauty in anw municipality of
the United States.
TAFT Influenced Roosevelt.
It was the firm pressure upon
Roosevelt of Mr.. Taft. then governor
of the Philippines, that finally induced
the hesitant president to order a
change in the location Of the build
ings for the department of agricul-
ture. to make them conform to the
lines marked out by the park commits
sion. The cellars had already been
dug and Roosevelt was obdurate at
first, arguing that the protest of the
artists against the location selected by
Secretary Wilson had come too late.
Taft kept hammering, however, and
finally Roosevelt yielded. His meth
cd of making the change is story in
itself.
McKim was one Of the most vigor-
Gus protestants against the location
selected and attended a meeting at
the white house in which the subject
was discussed. Roosevelt opened his
remarks with stinging criticism of
the dilatory tactics of the park COM
mission and their supporters; and, af-
ter thus letting himself down, startled
the company with the announcement
that he should order the location
changed to conform with the park
commission plan.
"Well," said Taft to the discomfited
McKim after the meeting, you've
won"
YES" returned the gentle McKim,
sadly. but another such victory as
that and I am undone."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-26
NO WEEvIL so FAR.

San Antonio. Tex. June 25.-Al-
though cotton bolls are well developed
in most parts Of Southwest Texas. 20
far no boil weevfls have made their ap-
pearance. Owing to the fact that rainy
weather here is hardly ever followed
by cloudy skies the boil weevu has
never much chance 1t any time. but
this year cotton growers have been
particularly fortunate. Cotton in theoe
parts q ct least week lata.