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EAGLE RIVER REVIEW
CHAS. RICHARDS & SON, PnMisker*
EAGLE RIVER. - WISCONSIN
MARRIAGE RESTRICTIONS.
In all the talk of restricting mar
riages to persons of unsound bodily
and mental health, there has hereto
fore been no serious suggestion of
making the persons who perform the
ceremony or issue the license the
judges of whether or not the candi
date for marriage come up to re
quirements. It remains for a mem
ber of the Ontario legislature to put
his ideas along that line into the form
of a legislative bill. He proposes that
no minister or other person author
ized to perform the marriage cere
mony shall do so in case he suspects
that one of the applicants is insane
or intoxicated, and no official charged
with the duty of issuing marriage li
censes shall do so in such cases, says
the Buffalo Express. If they do, they
will be liable to a fine of SSOO for
each offense, and may possibly go to
jail for a year. The question arises
at once, what clerk will issue a li
cense or what minister will marry a
couple in these circumstances? Also,
why should these laymen be required
to judge of a person’s bodily or men
tal condition? Why should not that
be left to experts in the first place?
A way out of the ultuation is provid
ed, however, for if the licenser has
any doubts as to the eligibility of the
• applicants he may require a physi
cian’s certificate.
Italy has the distinction, enviable oi
otherwise, of being the first power to
engage practically in aerial warfare.
It was made known some time ago
that she was sending a number of ex
perts and daring aviators to Tripoli,
equipped with aeroplanes and bal
loons of the most approved pattern,
and it was Intimated that in addition to
scouting and observation work these
would be employed In fighting. Now
we are told that Italian dirigible bal
loons have been cruising over the
lines and camps of the Turkish forces
which are beleagurlng the Italians,
I —id dropping bombs upon them, says
the New York Tribune. The effect of
the aerial bombardment is not re
ported, but we may imagine it to
have been damaging and demoraliz
ing to those who formed its target,
particularly as it is not known that
the Turks have any guns suitable for
returning the fire from above.
A woman in New York captured a
six-foot burglar and marched him five
blocks to a police station at the point
of a harmless toy pistol. Another in
a New Hampshire town, on being de
nied damages to her property by the
officials’ action, placed attachments
on the city hall, and tied up the entire
municipal machinery for two hours,
when the town surrendered. Still an
other In Chicago caused her husband
to desert her by following him to his
business office to caress him. The
limelight has certainly acquired the
feminine habit
Two more theaters are to be built
In New York, in spite of the com
plaints of the managers that all of
the theaters are losing money. We
have not learned whether the build
ers of the new theaters are trying to
be philanthropists or whether it is
their belief that the onjy way in
which one may get a seat in a New
York theater without paying an exorbi
tant price to a ticket scalper is to
build one's own theater.
A woman in New York has solved
the wife-beating problem for the
abused sex. When her husband, whom
she supported, choked her because his
supper was not ready promptly, she
laid open his scalp with a coal shov
el, had him arrested, was compliment
ed by the magistrate for her deft deal
ing with the situation and was allow
ed to select her recreant spouse’s sen
tence for him The hand which can
wield the coal shovel to such good
purpose need not wait for the ballot.
A woman in Pennsylvania Is in jail
because she married ten busbands In
a vain endeavor to find a perfect one.
In the meantime, the wife of the per
fect one hunted was getting a di
vorce from one because she could not
stand his perfection. It Is impossible
to please the women.
"A Massachusetts chicken fancier
finds a dime in each of four eggs.” It
looks as though the men who fix the
prices of eggs have hired a press
agent.
Now n medical expert s-ys that
women would find It to their advan
tage to stand on their heads. But
women are not so to be diverted from
their’ natural tendency to make men
Jose theirs.
A Chicago transit company has put
what ft calls politeness posts in its
cars to prevent straphangers from
jostling one another— and Incidentally,
perhaps, from picking one another’s
pockets
FAWS HOSTELRY
DAIMAGEDBY FIRE
Resthaven, at Waukesha, Par*
tially Destroyed.
UNABLE TO CONTROL FLAMES
Structure Worth Half a M.llion Was
Threatened With Total Destruction
Because of Handicap to Firemen —
Loss Estimated at $50,000.
Waukesha. —Fire which origin
ated on the fourth floor of the Rest
haven hotel, valued with its contents
at $500,000, and one of the most
popular summer resorts of the south
ern part of the state, partially wreck
ed the north wing and seriously en
dangered the main structure.
The flames were discovered by em
ployes in the attic of the L, which
contains the kitchen and dining
rooms. An immediate alarm was
turned in, and although the blaze
was not of serious proportions at
first, it was almost beyond control
before the Waukesha firemen, ham
pered by lack of apparatus and in
sufficient pressure, were able to fight
it effectively.
The engine of the Waukesha de?
partment had been sent to Milwau
kee for repairs, and a call for assist
ance was sent to the department of
that city.
Several firemen narrowly escaped
injury when the room of the north
C collapsed and wrecked that por
tion of the building. Glass in the
rotunda was broken and the lobby
and the east wing badly damaged
by smoke and water. The west wing
was not seriously endangered and
the fire loss there will not be as
large. The total loss is estimated
at about $50,000.
The structure, which is of brick
and largely fireproof, is insured for
$155,000.
PLANTING IN CAPITOL PARK
Three Carloads of Shrubs and Trees
Are Being Used to Beautify
State House Grounds.
Madison.—Three carloads of trees,
shrubs and plants have arrived from
an eastern nursery, consigned to the
capitol commission for planting in
the capitol park, and workmen are
placing them in accordance with the
design adopted by the commission.
There are some forty-five varieties
in all, approximately 3,242 plants
and, should they all grow, in a few
years are expected to transform the
park into a place of rare beauty.
The larger number of trees to be
planted are red oaks and these are
distributed around the park on either
side of the walk, 216 of them in all,
good sized, young trees, well formed
and seem in perfect condition.
MRS. JOHN KERWIN IS DEAD
First Woman County Superintendent
in Wisconsin Expires at Racine—
Was a Prominent Educator.
Racine —Mrs. John Kerwin, the
first woman in Wisconsin to be elect
ed county superintendent of schools,
died at her home in Silver Lake,
Kenossha county. Mrs. Kerwin,
who before her marr s age was Miss
Maria Agnes Worsley, was born at
Yorkville, Racine county, on June
16, 1864. She was elected county
superintendent of schools in 1890 on
the democratic ticket. She was treas
urer of the southeastern - division of
the Wisconsin State Teachers’ asso
ciation, was a member of the Nation
al Educational association, and pres
ident of the Racine County Teachers’
association.
Limestone Dam Caused Swamp.
Appleton.—That a ridge of lime
stone a fourth of a mile in width and
two miles long in section 27, town
of Center, formed a hidden dam
which held the water back and
caused the Center swamp in the very
heart of Outagamie county, is the
discovery made by County Surveyor
Charles H. Gillet, who has just fin
ished a survey upon order of the
court in a petition for the drainage
of the big swamp.
Prefers Pass to Mayoralty.
Barron.—Mayor-elect M. A. Koer
ner has resigned this position be
cause he has just discovered, he says,
that Wisconsin has an anti-pass law.
Mr. Koerner is station agent for a
railway and the state law prohibits
him from using his pass 'Z he be
comes mayor. A special election will
be called to give the town another
mayor.
Eau Ciaire Lumberman Dead.
Eau Claire. —Eugene Shaw,, aged
62 years, president and treasurer of
the Daniel Shaw company,
is dead of pneumonia. He was a
brother of the late Congressman G
B. Shaw.
Frodhead Man Hangs Self.
Broa'ead. —I. H._ Howard, aged
50, a prominent citizen of Brodhead,
was found /’urging in the hayloft of
his barn. It> is supposed he sui
cided because ot ill health
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AN interesting spring hospitality, which is absorbing much attention, is the breakfast to be given by the Demo
cratic womsn of Washington on May 20. Like the Jefferson day banquet given annually by the men of the
Democratic party on the birthday anniversary of the father of Democracy, Thomas Jefferson, the breakfast o!
May 20 will honor the patron saint chosen by the women of the party, Mrs. James Madison, the one woman of all
who have presided in the home of presidents who has been handed down to fame under an abbreviated Christian
name. The beloved “Dolly” during her long life was said to be the most popular woman in the country.
HIGH COST CHECKED
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SUCCEED
IN REDUCING EXPENSE
OF LIVING.
CO-OPERATIVE UNIONS CAUSE
President Taft Sends Second Install
ment of Consular Reports Regard
ing Excessive Rates In Europe to
Congress—Prices at Fair Level.
Washington, May 7.—The president
on Monday transmitted to congress
the second installment of the reports
of consular officers on co-operation and
the cost of living which are the result
of the investigation he some time ago
directed should be made. The coun
tries included in this installment are
France, Belgium, the Netherlands and
Denmark.
It appears from the information col
lected, the acting secretary says, that
the rising cost of living has directed
attention to and augmented the mem
bership of the co-operative societies,
more especially in France and Bel
gium. The French co-operative asso
ciations are in the main arranged
upon the same system as those in the
United Kingdom. The tendency is to
wards small societies and the great
majority of the associations represent
groceries and bakeries. The most suc
cessful distributive societies are in
the manufacturing cities of northeast
ern and central France. Among these
societies relief funds are administered
and insurance against illness and
forced non-employment is supplied.
Arrangements are made with dentists,
doctors and artisans for their services
by members on a commission basls.
The operation of the agricultural so
citles has been especially successful In
southern France. The French govern
ment has given encouragement to
these societies by furnishing expert
advice, granting subventions, and per
mitting long term loans by agricul
tural credit associations. The general
buying is done principally through dis
trict unions. High-grade farm machin
ery such as is beyond the reach of
many individual members is pur
chased from the surpluses or is loaned
gratuitously or upon the payment of
nominal fees.
In regard to industrial co-operative
production it appears that plants
owned and operated by the operatives
are not uncommon in France.
Shriners in Convention.
Los Angeles, Cal., May 6. —Some-
thing like 5,000 visitors have come for
the yearly convention of the Mystic
Shrine, which opened here Saturday.
It is the largest meeting the organiza
tion ever has held and the accommo
dations of the city are taxed to the
utmost. The convention is scheduled
to adjourn on May 11, and the inter
vening time will be taken up with
automobile trips and entertainments.
Ohio Paper Is Sold.
Marion, 0., May 7. —The Marlon
Daily Mirror was purchased by Brooks
Fletcher and L. L. Lamborn of Cleve
land, Saturday. H. R. Snyder, the for
mer owner, will give his attention to
a paper owned by him in Gary, Ind.
Courtship of 50 Years Ends.
New York, May 7. —A romance
which began 50 years ago in Buffalo
has culminated in the wedding of
Charles Stillman, sixty-nine years old,
Tyndalls and Mrs. Kate Marie Noble,
sixty-three, of Huntspoint Road
OUTLAW IS SCORED
PROSECUTOR ARRAIGNS ALLEN
AS COLD-BLOODED MURDERER.
Lawyer for Slayer Declares Client Did
Not Shoot Until After He Had
Been Wounded.
Wytheville, Va., May 4. —Floyd Al
len, typical native of Virginia’s isolat
ed hills, probably for the first time in
his life, has arrived at a realization of
the determination of the law when it
deals with the man who has taken
human life.
At the opening of his trial Thursday
for the murder of Commonwealth At
torney William M. Foster, Allen,
propped up in an easy chair to alle
viate the pain of his own wounds,
heard a new prosecutor thunderously
denounce him as the arch-conspirator
in one of the most atrocious crimes
in the history of the world.
J. C. Wysof, chief counsel for the
state. In his opening address charac
terized the Allen gang as ruffians, out
laws and cold-blooded assassins. He
laid great stress on the charge of con
spiracy.
The opening address of Attorney R.
H. Willis for the defense was brief.
He declared his client had been the
victim of gross exaggerations. He de
nied that Allen killed Miss Nancy
Ayers; it was the bullets of either
Clerk Dexter Goad or one of his dep
uties which killed her, he said. He
denied the existence of a conspiracy
and declared Allen did not draw his
own gun until after he had been shot
and then he drew it from his hip
pocket, not from bis vest pocket, be
neath the sweater.
Judge D. W Bolen of Hillsville,
who had been Floyd Alien’s counsel,
took the witness chair and detailed
the shooting at the courthouse. He
declared that Claude Allen fired the
first shot.
S. B. Weddell, a former resident of
Hillsville, said he saw Floyd Allen
there the day before the tragedy. Al
len told him that day, the witness de
clared: “I will kill Bill Foster before
the sun goes down tomorrow night if
I am convicted.”
Weddell said he had always been a
close friend of the prisoner.
POPE’S DELEGATE IN U. S.
Archbishop Donzano Arrives in New
York From Rome —Gets Cere
monious Welcome.
New York, May 6.—Archbishop Gio
vanni Bonzano, apostolic delegate to
the United States, arrived here Friday
from Naples on board the North Ger
man Lloyd liner Koenig Albert, and
received a ceremonious welcome. He
was met at quarantine by Mgrs. La
velle and Hays, representing Cardinal
Farley; Coadjutor Bishop Mundelin of
Brooklyn, and other leading members
of the priesthood representing prac
tically every other diocese in the
United States.
Cannot Remember Having Wed.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 8. —El-
eanor K. Frazzier of Middletown, N.
Y., applied Monday to Justice Mor
schauer for annulment of Ler mar
riage to Marriet F. Rasher four years
ago. Says she cannot remember event.
Bees Sting Dog to Death.
Mount Vernon, 111., May B.—A bird
dog belonging to Asabei Free attacked
a bee hive in a playful mood and for
the assault the bees stung him to
death. His sufferings were terrible
and death came with great agonv
10 DEAD, 25 HURI
CONFEDERATE VETERANS’ SPE
CIAL ON N. O. & N. RAILWAY
WRECKED IN MISSISSIPPI.
CAUSE OF DISASTER UNKNOWN
Enroute to Annual Reunion at Macon
Ga.—Engine, Baggage Car, Da)
Coach and Three Sleepers Rol
Down Embankment.
Hattiesburg, Miss., May 8. —Th?
first section of the Texas Confederate
reunion special, enroute to Macon, Ga.
■was wrecked at Gunns Mill last Mon
day, on the New Orleans & North
eastern railroad, six miles north ol
Hattiesburg, killing four trainmen anc
six or more passengers, and injuring
at least twenty-five.
Five bodies were brought to Hat
tiesburg on the cars of the big spe
cial which remained on the track, anc
five or six other bodies were reportec
under the wreckage. The dead and in
jured:
Mrs. Charles Holmes, Bay Springs
Tex.
Mrs. James Cameron, Henderson
Tex.
Two unidentified girls, aged three
and fixe; parents thought to be undei
wreckage.
Engineer "Billy” Wood, Hatties
burg.
Fireman C. C. Jones (colored), Meri
dian, Miss.
James S. Downing, Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. Boone, Mr. Denham and one
other man from Mansfield, La., are
missing and thought to be under the
wreckage.
Five bodies are positively known to
be under the wreckage.
The train was from New Orleans,
and was occupied entirely by the vet
erans and wives and families.
The cause of the wreck has not
been ascertained positively. The train
was running at about thirty miles an
hour and was crossing an embankment
with a trestle in the center. Just as
the engine reached the trestle it was
seen to rear up and leave the track.
The five cars followed the engine,
some tumbling down the embankment
on one side and some on the other,
forming a tangled mass of splinters
and twisted iron. Two of the cars
dashed against poles of the Cumber
land telephone, thirty feet from the
track, demolishing the poles and sev
ering communication with Hatties
burg.
Soldiers of South Gather.
Macon, Ga., May 8. —The annual re
union of the United Confederate Vet
erans, wtoch opened at Camp John B.
Gordon Monday, has brought to the
city a great throng of the soldiers
who fought for the south, together
with and friends. The
people of Macon are entertaining
them most hospitably, thousands of
homes being thrown open to them.
600 Men Go on Strike.
Mason City, la., May 8. —Six hun
dred employes of the nine brick and
tile plants of this city have gone on
strike, demanding raise in salary
from $1.75 to $2.25 per day. All plants
are shut down.
Wellesley Girls Must Not Use Slang.
Wellesley, Mass., May B.—Wellesley
girls who use slang will be fined for
each offense and the fund obtained will
go to student government. The young
ladies do not take kindly to the ob
jectinnal edict
MINERS ARE DIVIQfI
WORKERS HOLD NU „ e J
.meetings.
Supporters of President White F I
Peace While Foreign El' emen ®
Want a Strike.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 6—v 1
numerous meetings held throL®
the anthracite region by th e n ®
at which the situation was tho- o -®
discussed and instructions gi Ven ®
delegates to the convention to be hl
here May 14, when the
offered by the operators win be re®
upon, the sentiment among the v- 0 ®
ers as to whether the concessid
should be rejected or accepted ®
about equally divided.
Many of the older men, and par®
ularly those who are strong supnol
ers of National President WhP e al
heartily In favor of peace and’ J
pressed their intention of demand®
that the report of the commite e ■
adopted. Others, many of the forei J
born mine workers being among tl e®
who are strongly in favor of reject®
the report of the subcommittee a®
demanding that there shall be a str®
if the operators refuse to grant rec®
nition of the union, which embodll
the collecting of the union dues frol
the mine workers by the coal col
panies by the check-off system.
AMUSEMENT BAN IS LIFTE
Resolution Condemning Secretar
Wilson for Connection With
Browers’ Congress Adopted.
Minneapolis, Minn., May *6 —Tht
board of bishops of the Methodisi
Episcopal church reported to the gen
eral conference of the church Friday
in favor of lifting the church ban from
dancing, card playing, gambling aw
attendance at horse racing, theateri
and circuses.
In making this radical recommends
tion the 24 active bishops who formu
lated the report declared that the
American people are too far advanced
longer to be restricted by church
rules as to what their amusements
shall be. It is suggested that each In
dividual follow the dictates of his own
conscience.
A representative from Missouri of
fered a resolution condemning Secre
tary of Agriculture James Wilson and
virtually threatening to vote against
the Taft administration. This was
adopted by a vote of 544 to 241 alter a
sharp fight on the floor of the conven
tion. An effort was made to have it
referred to a special committee and
there was sharp debate before it
passed. The resolution was the out
growth of the Brewers’ congress, of
which Wilson was made honorary
chairman.
The resolutions were signed by
Rev. J. W. Anderson, Rev. W. P. Bur
ris and Rev. W. E. Christy, all of Mis
souri.
STEAMER MINIA IN PORI
Vessel Carrying More Titanic Victims
Arrives at Halifax —Charles M.
Hays’ Body Aboard.
Halifax, N. S., May B.— With her
flags at half mast as Indicative of her
mournful mission, the cable ship-
Minla, which succeeded the Mackay-
Bennett In the search for bodies of
the Titanic disaster victims off the
Newfoundland grand banks, arrived In
port Monday with 15 corpses on
board. Seventeen bodies in all had
been picked up by the Minla, but of
these two were buried at sea. Among
the bodies on board the ship was that
of Charles M. Hays, late president of
the Grand Trunk railway, who lost his
life in the disaster. A special car was
brought here for the body of Mr-
Hays.
REBELS FORM A GOVERNMENT
Mexican Insurrectos Name Gomez as
Provisional President — Establishes
Capital in Juarez.
El Paso, Tex., May 7. — Emilio V as
quez Gomez was declared Saturday
provisional president of Mexico and
established his provisional capital in
the customs house in Juarez, where
Francisco Madero established his pro
visional capital May 10 last year. He
appointed Col. Pascual Orozco, father
of the generalissimo of the rebels,
minister of w r ar, and Lie Moreno Can
ton of Yucatan, minister of foreign
relations. The rest of the cabine
will be named later.
Women Parade in Gotham.
New York, May 6. — In the bigge
suffrage parade ever held in America,
20,000 women marched from Washing
ton square to Carnegie hall Satur ay
afternoon. Nearly every one of t e
w’ore a 28-cent hat adopted for the o
casion. t h
The most unusual feature of
procession were Miss Annie ' i ‘ nk ® r
squad of cavalry women in breec ® ’
boots and spurs; Mrs. Albert
ton’s band of negresses and Miss J >
Ge Jin’s squad of Chinese women.
Judge Mabee of Canada Dead-
Toronto, Ont., May 8.— Judge J- £
Mabee, chairman of the railway co
mission of Canada and a man ® -
and favorably known In nort J
died Monday following an opera
for appendicitis.
Hold Memorial for King.
London, May 8.-A memorial for *
late King Edward was held at *
sor on Monday. King George, Qu*
Mary and Dowager Queen Alexaa ,
and other members of the roya.
lly attended. . .