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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
WILL HOLD LAST REUNION
Surviving Members Of Twenty-Fourth
Wisconsin Regiment to Meet in
Milwaukee September 8.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. members
of the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin regi-
ment will hold their last reunion at
the E. B. Wolcott Post hall, Uni
versity building, on the night of Sep
TENDER 5, the f1ftieth anniversary of
the departure of the regiment to the
front in response to the call of Presi-
dent Lincoln.
There are now 125 survivors of the
regiment, sixty of whom reside in
Milwaukee There are fifteen in Chi
cago, and the rest have become scat
tered to all parts of the United
States.
In response to the second call of
President Lincoln for volunteers, in
June, 1861, the Milwaukee Chamber
Of Commerce held on the trading
floor rally attended by thousands.
This was on July %. Several COM
panies were recruited from those
present, and raised fund of nearly
$4,000 to equip them. These two
companies were the first of the
famous Twenty-fourth Wisconsin vol
unteers among Milwaukee business
mon
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
INDIAN AGENT SUSPENDED
Samuel w. Campbell. Superintendent
at La Pointe Reservation, Ac-
cused of Irregularities.

Washington, D. C.-Because OF
charges against him, Samuel w.
Campbell, superintendent of the La
Pointe Indian agency in Wisconsin,
has been suspended and his place
temporarily filed by T. J. Murphy OF
the Indian office.
Campbell probably will be called
upon to show that the expenditures
he made for the Indians were reg
ular.
The controller OF the treasury has
disallowed expenditures of $54,771
made by Campbell from the funds
OF individual Indians, following
charges that the letter and spirit OF
the law had been violated.
The auditor of the interior depart
ment said the records tended to show
that Campbell had deposited to the
credit of Samuel w. Campbell, In
dian agent" checks for money cred
tied to individual Indians after these
Indians had indorsed them. In ex-
PLANTATION Campbell said these funds
were deposited to him to save beck
keeping and clerical work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
MUST COMPLY WITH LAW
State Highway Commission informs
Bayfield, County on Expenditure
of Money for New Roads.

Madison. Bayfield, county
board has been informed by the state
highway commission that all money
on new road work must be spent in
compliance with the terms of the
law. Before any further advance is
made, said the commission, the main
tenance of the whole system must be
abandoned by the county and the
county money confined to making
certain definite improvements. The
1912 state money will be allotted to
the county when it selects and i'm
proves certain specific pieces of road
work or bridges with its money.
Acting Highway Commissioner A..
R. Hirst wrote that the road work
he saw is not high class and that the
lack of success is due mainly to the
fact that the money has been spent
by scattering it each year over all
the county systems.
The state highway commission has
issued a statement showing the to-
tai expenditures of it's department for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1912,
were $37,555.69. The general ex-
penditures we're $9,730.88; road de-
partment. $IO,935.03; bridge de-
partment, $4,000, and experiment
tai roads, $9.O48.79.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
FOUR ARE DROWNED in MINE
Overcome by Foul Air and FaIl Into
Water at Cotton of Shaft at Ben
ton-Would-B Be Rescuer Dies.

Platteville.-Four men, overcome
by deadly gases, fell into thirty feet
of water in the new shaft of the
Frontier lead and zinc mine at Ben
ton and drowned. They were Will
lam Mcclure, John Swift, Joseph
Shea and Edward Hird.
The first three men got into the
bucket to go down and bail out the
water which had been coming into
the shaft for some time. They had
reached a point only little way
from the surface when they were
overcome by the gas and fell from
the bucket. Hird, who, with others,
was helping at the mouth of the
shaft, realizing that an accident had
happened, attempted to descend and,
in his turn, was overcome by the va
pors and drowned.
Immediate steps were taken to rid
the shaft of the foul air and in a
short time it was possible to descend.
Volunteers went into the shaft as
soon as possible and in a short time
the bodies were brought to the sur
face.
All of the victims except Shea
were married men,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
FAVOR REGULATED DANCES
State Chiefs of Police Adopt Reso-
luton at Annual Convention
Want More Members.

Milwaukee.-The Wisconsin Asso-
citation of Chiefs of Police closed its
annual convention here with the cleo
ton of the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, August
Scheck, Sheboygan; vice-president,
Thomas Malone, Wausau; secretary
treasurer, Donald Mckay, Waukesha.
Neenah was chosen as the next meet
ing place lat the invitation of Chief
of Police James Brown of that city.
A resolution adopted by the con-
vention is regarded as the death
knell of unregulated dance halls in
Wisconsin cities. Strict regulation
of public dances under ordinances
similar to one pending before the
Milwaukee council was recommended
in the resolution.
The association has sixty mem
bers and campaign will be started
to induce 135 other chiefs of police
and town marshals in the state to
join the organization, thus giving
general representation and aid in
securing desired legislation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
STATE CAMPAIGN BOOK OUT
First Issue of Primary Pamphlet Is
Ready for distribution Among
Wisconsin Voters.

Madison.-The first issue of the
primary pamphlet which Secretary of
State Frear is getting out under the
corrupt practices law is ready for
submission to the voters of the First,
Second, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth,
Ninth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fiji
teenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth,
Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth,
Twenty-third, Twenty-fifth and Thir-
tieth senatorial districts. In these
districts none but state officers have
Rvailed themselves of the privileges
offered by the pamphlet and as no
changes are required for them in the
ext they were all run in one edition.
Other editions will follow at once
or those senatorial districts wherein
here are primary contests in con-
yressional or senatorial districts. No
Edition will be of more than twenty
pages.
More than 100000 of the pamph-
FITS will be printed altogether and a
Opy will be sent to each elector in
he state.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
ORDERS lNTERURBAN SOLD
Four Years Litigation Over Chicago
& Milwaukee Electric Line Ends
With Federal Court Decree.

Milwaukee. After four years of
litigation in federal. courts, United
States Judge F. A. Geiger signed a
decree directing the sale of the Chi
cago & Milwaukee Electric railroad
and the foreclosure of $4,000, 900
mortgage held by the Western Trust
and Savings Bank, Chicago, and Will
loughby G. Walling, Chicago. The
order directs Special Master Charles
B. Morrison, Chicago, to make the
sale at time to be set later by the
court or decided upon by mutual
agreement among the interested par
ties. All funds raised in excess of
$10.000,00O will go to the creditors.
1t is claimed that the order will re
suit in complete reorganization of
the traction company, plans for
which are under way and which will
be started Immediately after the fore
closure details have been arranged.
Four years ago the company de-
cided upon a $10,00O,0OO bond issue
for which trust deed was given the
trustees. At that time w o. John
son, Chicago, was appointed receiver
and the affairs of the road for four
years have been administered by him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
FIGHT INFANTILE BLINDNESS
tate Board of Health Seeks Legis-
lature's Aid to Combat the
Spread of Affection.

Madison.-The state board of
ealth will ask the legislature at its
.ext meeting to provide $4,000 to
pmbat infantile blindness, which is
PlnIng foothold in the state, ac-
prding to the health authorities.
The board makes the statement
bat there are 1900 babies in Wis
Pnsln at present who are blind and
at the affliction is spreading rap
~ 1t is proposed to start an ac-
pc campaign against the disease.
uiletlns will be issued in an effort
educate the people how to prevent
allment and to check it's spread.
According to the board the infant
ortallty rate is increasing in the
que and during the last year los
Oh 1000 babies died before they
re a year old. The average death
y is II out of 1000 persons. ac-
ruing to the records for the year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
SEEKING LOCATION
OF ILLICIT STILLS
MOOnshiners Said to Operate
in Northern Wisconsin.
GOVERNMENT ON THE TRAIL
Search for Sidna Allen in This State
Uncovered Suspicious Circumstan-
ces Among Colony of Southerners
-Isndians Get Corn WhiskeY.

Milwaukee. That the wilds of
northern Wisconsin have suggested
themselves as ideal spots for moon
shining and that illicit distilling of
Iiouor is believed to be going on
there is the admission of Capt. J. B.
Mccoy, special revenue agent here.
The theory that moonshining is
practiced in Wisconsin was evolved
recently when it became known that
colonies of southerners had settled
in some of the northern counties,
most notably in Langlade and Forest.
The settlements, it is pointed out,
consist chiefly of people from the
mountain regions of Virginia and
other southern states and, as it will
be remembered, the government re-
Gently sent it's search for the famous
Virginia outlaw, Sidna Allen, into
this state.
It was during the expeditions of
government sleuths into the tangle
of the northern forests, it is claimed,
that the first tips were gotten on
moonshining in Wisconsin.
1t is also known that Indians on
the northern reservations, for months
past, have been experiencing little
/ difficulty in procuring whisky. This
1 it is said, is a corn product.
The similarity of the whisky
. found in the possession of Indians to
4 that distilled by the southern reve-
nue. dodgers, planted suspicion in the
minds of many. 1t is intimated that
arrests may be made soon.
About four years ago several
moonshiners were arrested in the vi
cinity of Crandon by local federal
authorities and brought to MilWau-
kee for trial.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
HALF BREEDS PUSH
CLAIMS FOR LANDS
Make Contention That Holders
Are Not Legal Owners.
GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED
Property in Dispute Situated in White
Earth Reservation and Is Worth
Several Million Dollars - Lumber
Companies May Be Defendants.

Ashland.-Many times investiga-
lions have been started to trace the
ancestry of Americans in order to
determine their right to property or
money, but an unusual Investigation
came up in Ashland on Wednesday
in the effort to trace the ancestry of
several hundred Indians from north
ern Minnesota in order to determine
their right to millions of dollars
worth of timbered lands on the White
Earth reservation.
The members of the White Earth
tribe have secured their tracts of
timber, which most of them sold to
lumber companies and much of the
timber has been cut. Many of these
individual tracts are worth from
SIS, 900 to $4,000 and many OF the
families on the reservation are worth
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The investigation taken up here
was on the contention advanced that
Gus Beauleau and Ben Fairbanks,
two mixed breeds, had no right to be
classed as breed Indians from White
Earth, and about 1000 of their as
sociate mixed breeds, had not right
to be classed as White Earth Indians
on the grounds that their parents did
not go to northern Minnesota until
after the treaty of 1854 setting aside
the Indians in Minnesota into tribe
separate from the Chippewas of Wis
| consin.
Many of the parents of the present
mixed breeds on the White Earth res
ervation left this vicinity and went to
Minnesota. The contention is that
most of these Indians left here after
1854 and that where this can be
proven every descendant now holding
allotments on the White Earth res
ervation must be stricken from the
roll and their allotments given back
to the tribe. With the timber being
cut in many instances the lumber
companies having contracts on the
reservation are the real defendants,
and several million dollars is in
volved in the matter.
Thomas G.. Sherman, representing
the Indian department, is here con-
Quoting the investigation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
NAME ROOSEVELT AND JOHNSON
Progressive Party Makes Nominations for Presi-
dent and Vice President by Acclamation.
,-'E IS s,s ,..ss

Chicago, Aug. 8. - Theodore
Roosevelt was nominated for presi-
dent and Gov. Hiram w. Johnson of
California for vice president by the
convention of the national progress
give party Wednesday afternoon
Both nominations were made by &C.
clamation amid scenes of great en-
thusiasm and few moments later
both candidates were escorted to the
platform, officially notified of the ac-
ton of the convention and each de-
livered brief speech of acceptance.
The platform was then submitted
to the convention and adopted. 1t
comprises about 5000 words and
follows closely along the lines laid
down by Col. Roosevelt in his speech
delivered to the convention on Tues
day.
Roosevelt was placed in nomina-
ton by William A. Prendergast of
New York and the nomination was
seconded by Judge Ben B. Lindsay
of Colorado, Henry J. Allen of Kan
sas, Jane Adams, Gov. Hiram W.
Johnson of California, Gen. Horatio
G. King of New York, P. v. Collins
Of Minnesota, J. M. Parker of Louis
lana, Lucius F. G.. Garvin, Gen. John
H. Mcdowell, commander of the Con-
federate Veterans of Tennessee; AL
exander I. Hamilton of Georgia, C.
D. Collins and John J. Sullivan Of
Ohio.
Gov. Johnson was placed in nom
lnation by John NJ. Parker of Louis
lana. The first seconding speech
was made by Judge Lindsay, who had
been prominently mentioned for the
nomination Other seconding
speeches were made by G. S. Wheeler
Of California, James R. Garfield, Gift
ford Pinchot, Fred Lands of Indiana
and Raymond Robbins of Illinois.
The convention adjourned sine die
after the ''Doxology" had been sung
by the delegates.
The party formally christened it
self "the progressive party" leaving
out the prefix national" by which it
has heretofore been known, but pro-
vision was made for the cognition of
real progressives in any of the
states by whatever name they should
be locally designated because of
state laws.
During the three days the conven-
ton was in session there was not
single roll call, nor ballot taken.
The delegates asked no such formal
tiles either in placing their candi-
dates in nomination or in voting for
them. There was not voice of OPP
position either to Col Roosevelt or
Gov. Johnson.
There was sharp discussion, how
ever, in several of the committee
meetings, and no little difficulty in
agreeing upon the platform as finally
adopted. Col. Roosevelt worked
with the subcommittee in charge of
the platform until late Wednesday
afternoon, going over their work of
the two previous days and nights,
and vigorously helping to mold the
draft which at last proved acceptable
to him. The platform did not take
up the negro question.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
CAR STOPS AT MANY TOWNS
Livestock Special Viii Leave Madi-
son on August ~ for Next
Tour of the State.


Madison.-The itinerary for the
livestock special car of the Wiscon-
sin Livestock Breeders association
on its forthcoming trip over the
Omaha road is announced. Twenty
two towns and villages in fourteen
counties will be visited. The SEIZED
ule is as follows: August 10, Hustler
and Black River Falls; 20, Neills-
vile and Osseo; FL, Mondovi; %,
Augusta and Eau Claire; %, Rice
Lake and Bloomer; "a, Spooner and
Hayward; &c, Cumberland and Tur-
tie Lake; 81, Clear Lake and New
Richmond; %, River Falls and Ellis
worth; 20, Spring Valley; 80, Rob-
erts and Baldwin; 81, Elk Mound
and Menomonie.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
ClintonviIIe Youth Suicides.

Clintonville. Lester Dawson, 81
years old. son of R. T. Dawson, COM
mitted suicide at the home of his
parents in this city. The young man
loaded gun, fastened a string with
a loop to the trigger, put his foot
into the loop, leaning over on the
muzzle of the gun and pushed the
trigger. The load went through the
heart. Two years ago he suffered a
stroke of paralysis from the waist
down and was just getting SO that
he could walk with the aid of cane.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
INSECTS LNJURE POTATO CROP

Surfing. Many potato growers
have reported the appearance of a
black or slate gray insect about a
half inch long and an eighth of an
inch wide. This insect attacks the
potato vines and numbers of them
have done a great deal of damage in
this county. The beetles are the So
called blister beetles, being closely
related to the variety which is dried
and used in making blister plaste-s.
Their life history is very similar to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
Successor for Demented Sheriff.

Madison William J. Mccormick,
deputy sheriff, has been appointed
sheriff of Winnebago county by Gov.
McGovern to succeed John f. Will
wock, who resigned after he had
gone insane from worry over Official
duties. Mccormick has agreed to
give the sheriff's salary to Villwock's
wife and children until the end of
his term.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
State Death Rate Increases.

Madison. During April, May and
June, 1912, 1907 deaths were re-
ported to the state bureau of vital
statistics by the various villages and
cities of Wisconsin. This is exclu-
sive of still births and corresponds
to an annual death rate for the state
of 118 per thousand estimated popu-
lation The rate in 1911 was III
and in 1910 was 11.6.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
Finds Inquest Unnecessary.

Madison.-Coroner Lynch decided
not to hold an inquest on the deaths
of Miss Alice Mullen and Edmund
Afford, who were killed when an au-
tomobile in which they were riding
hit telephone pole in this city. The
coroner concluded after an investiga-
ton that Frederick Waltzinger, who
was driving the car, lost control of
it and was not to blame for the acct
dent,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
Fight to Hold Berger's Seat,

Milwaukee. The socialists are
planning to bring several outside
speakers to Wisconsin for the cam
paign. A very warm battle is to
be waged in this county and great
efforts made to re-elect Congressman
Berger.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
Principal Planks in
New Party Platform

Woman's suffrage.
National presidential primaries.
Election of United States senators
by popular vote.
Provision for a short ballot.
A stringent corrupt practices act,
which shall apply to primaries as
well as elections.
Recall of judicial decisions and
the creation of machinery for maxi
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
Veterans Meet at PALMYRA.

Palmyra.-The meeting of the sol
diers and sailors of southern Wis
consin held here was the largest in
the history of the association. The
next meeting will be held at White
water. officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, E. B. Heimstreet,
Palmyra; vice president, Capt J. w.
Weld, Whitewater; secretary, G. N.
Griffith; treasurer, Capt. F. C. Kizer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
Hotel Man Indicted.

Marinette.-William F., kid"
ISson, aQtel proprietor at Neenah,
: indicted by the grand jury which
'a'estlgating alleged official cor
'1on mere. Kasson is suspected of
rs the agent who placed a bride
secure the escape from the county
u EDWARD Jamison, a pickpocket.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16

ing easier the amendment of the ma
tional and state constitution.
Recognition Of the right of the
people of state to secure to them
selves the initiative, the referendum
and the recall.
Development of methods for maxi
ing it easier to get rid of an incom-
petent judge.
Publicity of campaign contribu-
tions during the campaign.
Employers to file wage scales and
other data as the public element in
industry demands
A living wage and the establish
ment of minimum wage commissions
by the nation and states.
Immediate establishment of mini
mum wage standards for women.
Establishment of standards of
compensation for Industrial accidents
and deaths and for occupational dis
eases.
Prohibition of nigh tabor for
women and children.
Prohibition of the employment of
women for more than forty-eight
hours per week.
Three shifts of eight hours in con-
tinuous industries.
Prohibition of the premature en-
ployment of children.
Provision for insurance against
hazards of sickness, accident, invalid
ism and old age.
Strengthening and efficient en-
forcement of pure food laws.
Establishment of federal depart
ment in which shall be combined all
agencies relating to public health.
Establishment of a department of
labor with seat in the cabinet.
Revival of the country life com-'
mission and cooperation by the gov
eminent with the farmer to make the
farm more productive.
Provision for rural banking and
rural credits.
Strengthening of the antitrust
law.
Creating a national industrial COM
mission, with full power to regulate
and control all features of the great
INDUSTRIAL corporations.
Remodeling of patent laws and
prevention of use of patents as tools
of monopoly.
Establishment of parcels post on
the zone principle.
Strengthening of the interstate
commerce law, especially as regards
railroads
Sound and ELASTIC currency form
guarded against use for any specula-
tive purposes.
Extension of rural free delivery
and favoring good roads.
Opening of coal and other re-
sources of Alaska to development at
once under homestead plan.
Natural resources of country
should be conserved for benefit of all
the people.
Providing for two battleships a
year.
Improvement of waterways.
Panama canal, built and paid for
by American people, must be used
primarily for their benefit.
Protective tariff which shall equal
ize conditions of competition between
United States and friendly countries,
both for the farmer and the manu-
facturer and which shall maintain
for labor an adequate standard of
living.
Graduated inheritance tax and
favoring ratification of the pending
amendment to constitution giving
the government power to levy income
tax.
Enforcement of civil service act in
letter and spirit and legislation
bringing under competitive system
postmasters, collectors, marshals
and all other non-political officers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
Fair at Marshfald.

Grand Rapids. The Central Wis
consin fair will be held at Marsh
field, Aug. 20-23 Two features will
be an aeroplane meet and final se-
ries baseball game between Grand
Rapids and Stevens Point.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
State Grocers to Picnic.

Neenah .-Neenah, Appleton, Kau-
kauna, Green Bay, Oshkosh and Me-
nasha grocers and merchants, to-
gether with their clerks, will go to
Fond du Lac on Aug. Is to attend
the State Grocers and General Retail
Merchants association picnic and
meeting.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
Calk Plant in Operation.

Green Bay.-The Key Calk Manu-
featuring company has begun opera
tions at its new plant and will manu-
facture horseshoes and calks under
the BondiIly patent. The output will
be 10000 calks and two tons OF
shoes every ten hours.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16
Manitowoc Man Killed.

MISUNDERSTANDING K. Burke,
former city attorney of Manitowoc
and head of the Tubbs Type company
at Ludington until its dissolution.
was killed recently in an auto acct
dent near Tampa, Fla.