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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
RAILROAD STRIKE
SEEMS IMMINENT
INDICATORS MAKE NO HEADWAY
WITH ENGINEMEN.
FIREMEN ARE DETERMINED TO
PRESS THEIR DEMANDS.

CHICAGO, H., March 21.-When c.
2. Neill. United States commissioner of
labor. met the representatives of the
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen and
Enginemen and the general managers of
railroads today peaceful settlement be-
tween the opposing sides appeared as
far aUay+aS ever. 1t was generally be-
iieved that today would see the last of
the conferences. Martin A. Knapp,
chairman of the Interstate commerce
commission. returned to Washington Sat
urday night having apparently given up
the mediation as hopeless. The iremen
today seemed as determined as ever, and
it was feared a general strike of the
27,OOO men interested was imminent.
Every effort was made today to bring
about q peaceful settlement.
Mr.. Neill admittedly played his last
card when he proposed to the representa-
tives of the brotherhood new method
of procedure to get the two sides togeth-
er on a compromise. None OF those In
the secret would divulge the nature of
the plan.
President Carter and his brotherhood
colleagues upon leaving Mr.. Neil ad-
journed to the Lexington hotel to confer
on the acceptance or rejection of the
new plan. Mr.. Neill then arranged for
a meeting with the managers committee
at which the same scheme was to be sub
mitted for their acceptance or rejection.
The question of a strike was said to
hinge solely on the success or failure OF
Mr.. Neilfs proposal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
TRACTION STRIKE
STILL UNSETTLED.
Trolleymen and Transit officials in Phil
adelphia Far Apart on Eve of
State WalkOut,

PHILADELPHIA Pa, March 10
After a week of peace talk and innumer-
able conferences between union leaders
and peacemakers, the striking motormen
and conductors and the officials of the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
We're today apparently still far apart.
There was, however, on both sides q bet
ter feeling which might lead at any time
to the opening of negotiations.
This was the twenty-ninth day of
the street car strike and the fifteenth of
the general Walkout. There have been
few assertions from the ranks of the
trolleymen, but there is slow movement
toward a return to work on the part Of
the general strikers. The return is not
universal, but each day finds a few more
men going back, so that today there is
not near the great number idle as during
the first few days of the sympathetic
strike
President Greenawalt of the State
Federation of Labor was still deter
mined to put the state wide strike into
effect OH Monday. He said that he hoped
such action would not be necessary, but
he saw no way in which to delay carry
ing out the instructions of the recent
state convention.
The dynamiting Of three cars in differ
ent parts of the city last night are the
first serious acts of violence reported in
nearly a week. In this connection, it has
been learned that 100 sticks of dyna-
mite were stolen from a quarry on the
outskirts of the city Thursday night.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
CHAPTER XVII.

Meta and Benoni made ready the re-
mast. Betty and Larry and Johnny
traded experiences.
Think, Betty. think hard urged
larry. what was it that stole you
that night, or who. and why"
Tell me the whole story again.
unused the perplexed Betty. My brain
hos slipped a revolution"
So the boys recounted to her the
night in the Directory Hotel AS they
proceeded Betty's eyes widened, her
face paled, and in her eagerness she
naced the floor excitedly.
..Oh, yes. yes, I remember now sne
said II went into her room-what 90
won saw her name is-Mrs. Harcourt?
vest Well, 1 went in there and pre-
tended I was Ill And then she tele-
nboned to the clerk and begged him to
send up and get me. and then | ran
ron as fast as could, and at the cor
ner-and then-well, bumped into
something soft and furry. and-and-
don,t laugh, but it smelt and felt the
some as that horrid, horrid beast-the
Tan-Aperilla, you know! And | don't
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
] APPS RIDICULE SILVIA.
Newspapers Regret That Former Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Has Joined
AgitatorS.

VICTORIA, B. c., March 19.-Japa,
nese papers brought by the Empress OF
India, which has arrived from Yokohama
contain spirited comment on the alleged
utterances of former Secretary of the
Treasury Leslie M. Shaw that Japan
aims at mastery of the Pacific and will
not shrink from war to attain her object.
The Jill ShimpO of Toxic says that to
charge Japan with seeking the mastery
of the Pacific is to charge insanity.
Japan could not control that ocean, and
is minding her own business, part OF
which is to cultivate the United States
friendship and join hands with America
in opening the markets of China. The
paper regrets that so important a per
sonage has Joined the agitators seeking
to cause ill-feeling.
The Nichi Nichi charges Mr. Shaw
with resentment because of Japan's in
reference which initiated against con
summation of Americas plan for invest
ing capital in China.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
MARATHON DANCE STOPPED.
Police Interfere with Long Distance Hop
in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 21.-
The police stoppe. the worlds champion
ship marathon dance Sunday after six
contestants had been dancing fifteen
hours and six minutes. The old record
was II hours and forty-two minutes.
A protest arose from he 100 specta-
tors. and riot was prevented only by
the manner in which the officers cleared
the platform. Doctors had advised the
police that further exertion by the dane
ers might result fatally.
Probably the most remarkable feature
was the fortitude of J. A West, 81 years
old Although at time it seemed his
struggle was torturing him. he waved his
seconds aside and kept il up. Vests
partner was a girl of IS years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
An Incendinry Lover.

A blaze was discovered in Will
liamsburg letter box and the contents,
about fifty letters, were charred before
the fire was extinguished. 1t is the
opinion of the police that young
man wrote a proposal OF marriage to
his girl and then got cold feet and set
the boxful of letters on fire to destroy
his own. 1t was George AIDE who
wrote this caution to young men, Tell
'em anything you want, but don't write
letters. Boston Globe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
DISCHARGE STEEL MEN.
Bethlehem Company Officials Take Back
Hearth Workers and Later Tell
Them to Leave.

SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa, March
21-The strike at the Bethlehem steel
works has taken a new phase. A score
of the open hearth workers in the Sau
con plant, who demanded an increase
from Sc to ST for 100 tons of iron and
steel drawn, and gave the company until
tomorrow night to grant the request,
have been given their wages and blue
card, which indicates that they have
been discharged. The employees thus
dealt with were among the men who had
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
Russian Lawyers on Trial.

A st. Petersburg dispatch announces
the beginning of the trial of NJ Basu-
noff and NJ. Arunson, prominent lawyers
who were associated with Ossip Y. Per-
gament in the defense 0f Olga Stein.
who was accused of embezzlements and
forgeries. Nine Stein escaped to the
United States in 1907, although she sub
sequently was returned here and sen
fenced to sixteen months Imprisonment
Following her conviction her counsel
were accused of conniving at her escape
from the country. Pergament died be
fore the date set for his trial.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
Rural PaStin es.

Subscriber-Hello, central! There's
some one listening to our Conversa-
ton. Mrs. Talkafast and I can scarcely
hear each other.
Central don't think so, madam.
I've been listening for ten minutes to
see if l could detect anyone doing it
Boston Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
CHANGING LOSS TO PROFIT.
Short Farm Course Shows How to Tell
"Star Boarders" from Paying Cows

MADISON, Wis, March 21.-Testing
a herd of thirteen cows at Harley. Ida
no, for production, j L. Bumbalek, a
graduate of the short course in agricul-
ture at the University of Wisconsin last
year. found that eleven were ''star
boarders," ancI that only two out of the
whole herd were paying for the feed
they ate. His experience is typical of
that of many graduates of the various
courses of the agricultural college, who
nave been able to change loss to gain by
applying in practice the information
hey have received.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
LOW RATE FOR FRANCE.
Will Give Minimum Rates Under
Payne Aldrich Act

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 49, -
The President tomorrow at Albany will
sign u proclamation as of todays date
giving to France and Algeria the mini
mum rates under the Payne-Aldrich act
PARIS, March 19.-Late this after
noon the government officially confirmed
the conclusion of the Franco-America1
tariff agreement and announced that the
government on Monday would submit to
Parliament a bill ratifying the terms
made.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
WILD WEST IN CHICAGO.
Two Masked and Armed Men Force
Street Car Passengers to Deliver
Money at Point of Gun.

CHICAGO, Ill, March ia typical
wild west holdup occurred here today.
Two masked and armed men boarded
street car and forced several passengers
to deliver money at the point of a gun.
The bandits, after pushing the con-
ductor inside, ordered the passengers to
line up with hands above heads. While
one desperate kept the victims in line,
the other went through pockets. 1t is be-
lieved that $50 was obtained. The rob
bers escaped.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
INDIAN DAM REMAINS.
Fought Case in Favor of
Pliny Norcross

JANESVILLE, Wis, March 81. -
Especial. Judge Grimm today handed
down a decision in the suit of the State
against Pliny Norcross, which was
brought by the state to cause the removal
of the dam over the North river, known
as the Indian Ford dam. The decision
favors Norcross and the dam will re-
main. 1t was built in 1876 and is one
of the oldest dams in the state. This case
has been fought for six years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
The Limit.

Randall Sam Crusty is the closest
listed man l ever come in contact
with.
Loomis-What has he done now?
Randall-He failed the othec day,
paid Il cents on the dollar and wanted
2 per cent off for cash.-Chicago News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
TO RAISE THE EUCALYPTUS.
The Useful Blue Gum Tree Will Thrive !
in Southwest Texas.

Investigation and experiments made in
southwest Texas have shown that the
eucalyptus tree. or blue gum, thrives bet
ter nowhere else. A large plantation in
the Rio Grande valley has exceeded all
expectations and will result in the af-
forestation with this tree of large tracts
Both the climate and the soil have
been found to be admirably suited to
the tree. the semi-arid stretches being
almost exact duplicates of the interior
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
Sure Enough.

Brother Wagstaff (ruminatingly)-
| won'er what de fust plug ha1 was in
vented for?
Brother Sockett-Wel. uh-good
Iawd, sah-if t wuZnt for plug hats
what would dem white tragenduins
an niger preachers war on DER
heads?-Puck.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25

districts of 4 sstrsia, which are the ma
tive habitat OF the tree. a company
now forming will start i nursery large
enough to supply the tremendous naan-
Der of young trees that viii be wanted
in the near future.
Outside of post oak and wild pecans
there is practically no large timber in
southwest Texas. and for this reason
the eucalyptus will have large sphere
of usefulness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
BUY LIGHTING PLANT.
Eau Claire (Wis.) Capitalists Acquire
All Stock of Chippewa Falls
Power Company.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, March 81. -
Special. MEN interested in the Chip
pewa Valley Railway, Light Il Power
company of Eau Claire have bought the
entire capital stock of the Chippewa
FallsWater Works and Lighting company
and take possession of that property
April !. The property includes water
works, electric light and power plant,
and gas works, all at Chippewa Falls.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
AK ssEEsT1 - SSs'ss--,
LEGS ARE GROUND OFF.
Engineer Steps in Front of Freight Train
and Sustains Injuries That Are
Fatal.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, March o1.-
{ Special. Harry Bradner. an engineer.
while getting his locomotive ready at
Altoona about II 80 O'Clock this morn
ing, slipped backward and was hit by
Engineer Dugan's freight train. Both
his legs were cut off. He was % years
old and unmarried. Bradner will die.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25

On an average a man requires six
teen hundred pounds of food per an
mum: a woman twelve hundred pounds.
and child nine hundred pounds
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25

NEW YORK, March 49, - Tom L.
Johnson, former mayor of Cleveland, o.,
and Mrs. Johnson left this city today,
having been in consultation for several
days with Mr.. Johnson's physician. AT
;her hotel it was said that Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnson probably had returned to Cleve-
land, although they might have gone to
more hospitable climate on account of
Mr.. Johnson's physical condition, which
has greatly worried his friends. While
here neither Mr.. johnson nor Mrs. John
son would see any one but their son,
Loftin, who lives here, and the physician.
These declined to make any statement in
reference to the former mayors health
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

There were more than 400 Tennesseans at the annual dinner of the Tennessee society at the waldorf-Astoria the other day. It was literally feast of reason and a flow of soul," with more material things in plenty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
In the Allen Country

From the Bookman.
 It was not until the first published work of James Lane Allen that distinction and form became part of the literary effort of Kentucky. Where the first spark of the state fiction had been struck in Uncle Toms Cabin in the seething unrest that had preceded the Civil war, the full rich flame of it burst forth amid the sylvan ca I'm of the blue grass between the covers of The Choir Invisible. The very men ton of MT. Aliens books brings up in the mind of the reader that fertile low land region of which Lexington is the center and where most of the men and women of his imagination have trod their way. It is a clean, green land and fit ting setting. In fact 1t was in Lex ington that the very first published work of the author was laid, for here are the scenes of the majority of the tales in Flute and Violin. Here, on "Old Cheap side," King Solomon of Kentucky was placed on the block for sale to the high est bidder. It is interesting to add in this connection that only last year a monument was raised in Lexington to the memory of this black hero. Within a stones throw from Cheapside Is the store opened by Col. Romulus Fields and his devoted Peter, with his coat of many tlemen of Kentucky" On the outskirts of the town Is the graveyard where these two faithful yoke-fellows laid down for their eternal rest The old church where the Reverend James Moore of. the magic
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The American Family

'Doctor Parkhurst went abroad last summer as usual to inspect the people of the other nations,' says Edward Sandford Martin in Woman's Home Companion for December When he came home he said it was easy to tell them all at night. Ital- ians, Irshmen, Frenchmen, Germans an eye, he thought, did not need to be very carefully trained to identity any of them. And as for the native-born, full blooded American, he said, there is no human creature anyhere on earth that is like him or, as I should say, that is the equal of him. It Is certainly true that the American of the United States has come to have distinct national identity. I hope Dr. Parkhursts opinion of his su- perior quality Is also true. There are reasons why 1t ought to be-reasons con- rected with breadth of opportunity and relief from various inherited handicaps that affect all of Europe.
 But the greatest of all agencies to make it true and keep it true Is the American family. Out of the family comes government; out of the family comes ed ucation, and all the magnificent appar- atus for spreading and bettering it. The indispensable product of a country that would be great is neither gold nor iron, copper, cotton nor corn, but effectual men and women, who know what is worth trying for and are fit to attain it. And this indispensable product is a family product. Only as families exist and are worthy can 1t be forthcoming We see, and are impressed by enormous mills, as-
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Phones and Friendship

From the New YOrk Tribune.
 It is a woman of the "old school'' who declares that the telephone is to blame for many a broken friendship between men and women. In the good old days any matter of importance had to be writ ten in a letter, and the very fact of the writing necessitated coolness and con sderation. Nowadays an important state ment is made over the phone, and the careless, unconsidered manner of it's de- livery often leads to misunderstandings The voice, too is never quite natural over the wire, and frequently the tone of the voice is so important in determining the nature of the remark that untold dan gers await the one who risks making it over the telephone. Harshness wholly unintended greets the ear of the listener at the other end, and hurried remark meant to be quite pleasant, sounds gruff since communication by phone is 80 temptingy easy, girl often calls up her man friend on a very trifing matter, and when this is done very often 1t becomes really annoying to him in his business office, to say nothing Of the fact that some things are as well left unsaid The woman of the old school says she regrets any communication by phone between girls and men, and declares that when sealed missives again become the fashion Cupid will be far more active, for he won't be discouraged by having his most promising beginnings cut off by a heart less metal telephone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
An Early Photographer
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harpers Weekly. r
 To many people it will come as sur prise to learn that the so-called modern photography movement had its begin ming as long as 67 years ago. In 1S43 Da- vid Octavius Hill, Scotch painter, made
 photographic portraits that few have equalled and none surpassed In excel lence to this day. Now Hill worked with the most cumbersome of apparatus, with silver sensitized paper for his negatives requiring an exposure of five minutes in sunlight to secure a result. Tn fact his technical difficulties were enormous, so great that 1t is almost impossible for the amateur of today to understand or appreciate them, spoiled as he is with the perfection and "fool-proof' character of modern methods But In spite of this Hill had one great advantage: he was not troubled by what my friend MT. Bernard Shaw calls ''the infuriating academicisms which already barnacle photography so thickly." He did not have to decide whether he would belong to the Fuzzy Schoor' q am pleased to say he did not or to the still worse Sharp and Shiny" contingent. He sim ply used the apparatus that was there to his hand, because in fact. there was no other. Many of his unusual effects of light are more easily understood when one knows that he frequently employed a concave mirror to flash sunlight during his long exposures into his otherwise too deep shadows. This Is one of the things that he thought out for himself ip his necessity and 1t is a great won der to me that this device has been dis carded, for I have quite recently been making experiments in this direction with the most interesting results, using Hill's original mirror, of which am the proud possessor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

ture report of their deaths ealle .orth has fallen to many distinguisbe. .a,en. Emir, Pasha's death provided excellent copy for the evening papers long before the sad event took place, and more than cnce during his journey across the dark continent Stanley was placed among the immortals. No statesman of mod ern times has dared to initiate the trick of Lord Brougham, who circulated Che story of his own death simply in order to see in what estimation he was held by the public.
 Among modern authors Mir s. Bar ing Gould was able to read his own obituary notices when his cousin died at sea. But an equally remarkable case was that of MT. Justin Mccarthy. Dur ing the time he was associated with the Daily News a report of his death was issued one night from Leeds. It reached this office while MT Mccarthy was writing a leader. -, .s-
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flute memory has long since gone the way of the flesh, but there is a tablet in the town which records the faithful serv- ice of this shy and sensitive soul, who wrestled with the spirit in the days when the wilderness was young. But far more picturesque than all of this is the back ground of "The White Cowl,' the story that gave MT. Allen his first fame
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

liable company, regardless of how small his position may be, works so intently toward ridding the profession of evil doers, as has been exemplified in the in- surance business. The result has been that the standard of the insurance man, be he official or solicitor, has been raised A better, cleaner or more bus iness-like set of men can be found mo- where than in the American insurance field today"
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tonishing city structures, tremendous ex- amples of the power of the minds and hands of men, but these things are no more than the passing fruit of the trees whose roots are in the family. These things do not make men. Education it. self does not make men. The family makes men; and given men of the right quality in the right place and time, all these other things will be added unto themv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
EYE GLASSES ADJUSTED
 FREE.

Jas. H. Finder will straighten' and polish your eye glasses free of charge, whether purchased of him or not. If you have trouble in being fitted with nose glasses call on him. He is skilled in difficult frame work. 306 N. Nineteenth street. Bell phone 56S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

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