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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
THE KNIGHTS RETALIATE.

They VIII Send Idle Reading Engineers to
Take the Places of the Locomotive Brother
hood Men.
READING, Pa, Feb, 27.-An agent rep
resentlng the Chicago, Burlington 4
Quincy road, has it is said, been in this
city and vicinity for a number OF days
trying to persuade the striking engineers
and firemen of the Reading railroad
whose places were taken by locomotive
brotherhood men, to take their revenge
by going TO Chicago and occupy the
places OF the men who may strike on the
Burlington line. According to a rumor
here, he has obtained considerable num-
Der Of recruits. 1t is stated that the
executive committee of the Reading rail-
road strikers have notified General Man
ager Sto1e, of the Chicago, Burlington d
Quincy that unless Chief Arthur sue
ceeds in withdrawing the brotherhood
engineers WHO took the places of strikers
on the Reading road they will at once
send him 300 engineers TO take the
places OF the striking engineers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
BIG FIRE IN BUFFALO.
A Quarter of Million Dollars Worth of Prop
erty Destroyed.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 27.-Another
great fire, involving loss of $25O,OO0,
occurred here as o'clock yesterday
morning. The chief sufferers are James
E. Curtiss, gloves and mittens, Nos. AZ
and 40 Exchange street; Bickford d
Francis, leather merchants; the ticket
Offices of the Michigan Central railroad
and the offices of the eastern freight
agent of The same road. The Express
newspaper, Mathews & North
rup's printing and lithographing
works, the Empire Fast Freight
Line, the Buffalo Upholstering company'5
Office, the paper warerooms OF Richard
Fl. Thompson, and the Queen City Shirt
Manufacturing company lose about 500,
600. The Curtiss building ives valued at
$4,000. By the destruction of the Queen
City shirt works 800 men are thrown out
of employment. The basement of the
Express building was flooded with water
and the press was disabled. Many tene-
ments were burned and their occupants
barely had time to escape in their night
clothes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
PERSONAL MEN TION.

Pennsylvania republicans are said to be
quietly engineering boom for Senator
Cameron for president.
:. President Cleveland's bust made of pulp
TO which $4,000 of tattered currency
has been reduced, is now on sale at
Washington.
J. Scott Hartley, New York soul tor,
has lust com pleted a life-size marble bDst
of Ada Rehan as Katherine in ''Taming
the Shrew."
Mr.. Leslie Ward, best known as the
"Spy," the brilliant cartoonist of the
Vanity Fair, is slowly recovering from a
serious illness. He is one of the hand
soonest members of a family noted for
good looks. His father was E. J. Ward,
the well-knowP historical painter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
In Favor Of the Passage of the Des .MOines
River Lands Bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The house com
mittee on public lands this morning re-
ceived report from Mr.. Payson, of IlIi-
nois, who was some time ago designated
as sub-committeeman on the bill quiet
ing the title to settlers on the Des Moines
river land III Iowa. Payson recommends
the passage of the bill, which is similar
to the one vetoed by President Cleveland.
He addressed the fnlI committee in sup
port of his report for an hour today.
The full committee will take action at a
special meeting of the committee
Wednesday. It is believed the final 1e-
poru will favor the bill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
WILLIAM WILSON CORCORAN.
A Short Sketch of the MilIionaire,s Lii

A Short Sketch of the MilliOnaire's Life.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.-William Wilson
Corcoran died at $3.50 this morning. He
was born III Georg etown, D. c., December
81, 1898. Mr.. Corcoran first engaged in
the dry goods business and afterwards be-
came commission merchant. In 1847
he purchased the site of Oak Hill cene-
terry at Georgetown, improved II and pre-
scented it to his native town. The Cor
coran Gallery of Art he established in
1857, spending about three hundred thous-
and dollars in fitting itup and in addition
establishing an endowment fund OF near
ly million dollars for its benefit. An
other of his large gifts is the Louise
home, which was founded in memory OF
his wife. This building cost about
100000, and has an endowment addition
of about 100000. He has also made
large and valuable gifts to many other
such institutions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
Tho President Home Again.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 27.-The presi-
Dental party arrived in this city at 3
o'clock yesterday morning from their
trip to Florioa and the south. Owing to
the unreasonable hour Of their arrival
there were no persons at the station ex-
cept the railway employees and few
drowsy travellers awaiting the departure
of their trains. The members OF the
party Immediately entered the carriages
which we're in waiting and were driven TO
their homes They are all well and in
good spirits, but are naturally quite
fatigued from their journey, and spent
the day indoors enjoying much needed
rest. The reception given to the pest
dent and Mrs. Cleveland and the party,
both on their journey to and through the
land of flowers and on their return home,
was hearty and enthusiastic. They were
delighted with their trip.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
IN THEsRAILWAY WORLD

A portion of the grain shipped out OF
the west on a reduced through rate is
billed to New York on a market"
Horace Tucker, general freight agent
of the Illinois Central, has issued orders
to the Chicago rs well as all other focal
freight agents on its lines to forward
supplies and material force to Ashley, Ill
destained for the Mount Vernon suff er-
ers.
The California fast freight line will be
discontinued after March L. Vice Presi-
dent p otter has never looked upon the
institution with favor, and was only re-
strained from withdrawing by the ex-
celIent record N ade by its manager, tbs
late S amuel de Bow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
WiscOnSinerS PcnSiOne6.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The following
Wisconsin people were granted pensions
Saturday:
Father of f. Ludtche, Milwaukee; S.
Board, Union Centre; j. o. Smith, Mil
waukee; j. Wilson, Stevens Point; G.
Meyer, Norwalk; G. Falkenstein, Fort
Howard; 7. L. Baker, Tomah; A. Lamar,
West Depere: E. Goldner. Plymouth; S.
S. Armstrong, Wausau; D. M. Holmes,
Kendall; j. Frohmader, Clifton; T. Mann,
Sparta; H. Morgan, Davis Corners.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
THE OTHER SIDE.
Chief arthur Says Stones Statements are Mis-
leading-He States the Case

Chief Arthur Says Stones Statements are Ms
leading-He States the Case.
CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Chief Engineer
Arthur in an interview this evening said:
The publication by General Manager
Stone Of all the propositions offered by
the men tends to mislead the public We
were willing to discuss these propositions
one by one, and in case we failed TO con-
vince Mr.. Stone that they were just and
fair we would have made concessions.
The strike did not occur because the
schedule we offered was not adopted, but
because when the question Of wages was
reached Mr.. Stone refused to do anything
al all. We receded from our first propo-
sltlon and offered to accept three and a
half cents, which Stone refused Ia
the most positive manner. He made no
propositions to Us at all and the fight
now Is purely on the question of pay.
Mr.. Stone says we want to put unskilled
labor on par with skilled labor We 90
on the assumption that there is no I'M
skilled labor on the engines on any road
in the United States. Does Mr.. Stone
mean to say that he has unskilled
engineers on any branch of his Eraad?
Would he go into court, in case of a dam.
age suit, and swear that he had? Would
Mr.. Stone like to have the public believe
engineers on branch lines are inferior to
those on the main lines? If the engi-
neer who runs the limited express is will
ing that the engineer who runs the &C
commodation train should receive the
same pay he does why should the COM
pany object?
Mr.. Arthur did not think the KING hts
OF Labor would try to assist the Burling-
ton company IN any way. Whatever in
dividual members of the Brotherhood
may have done, he never interfered in
the knights of Labor strikes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
NEWS ODDITIES.

G. L. Berry, ranchmen of Laramie,
w. T., has killed fourteen bears this
winter
Anthony Parslow, of Albany, N. Y, ate
10 feet inches of corn cakes inches
wide an 1 inch thick the other day.
A New York girl gives as her reason for
smoking cigarettes that ''makes her
think there is a man around"
A Brooklyn woman has completed a
crazy quilt with 24,731 pieces in it. Her
husband is said to button his suspenders
with horseshoe nail
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
WISCONSIN SMALL TALK.

M. FL. Mentten, Mazomanie travelling
man, disappeared at La Crosse.
During the last week over tWenty-fv
steamship tickets were sold by one agen-
ey in Ashland to points in Sweden, Nor
way and Germany.
The firm which has recently purchased
the Comstock mill at Merrill, will erect
another mill farther up the river, proba-
bly, at Tomahawk. They own 100000
feet of pine above Tomahawk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
NGE0CH--LIBBEY

The Milwaukee Spectator Marries Kenwood
Society Lady.
CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Peter McGeoch, the
milwaukee capitalist, and Mrs. Mary I.
Llooey were married at 4 O'Clock yester-
cay afternoon at the residence of the
orloes sister, Mrs. Dexter G. Brown, in
henwood- Only few of the relatives
ana intimate friends OF the contracting
couple We're present, the wedding being
remarkable for its simplicity. The
Enormously furnished parlors were ele-
ganIy decorated with ported plants and
cut roses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
Mr. Powderly Arrives at Chicago.

CHICAGO, Feb. PIT. V. Powderly,
general master workman of the knights
of Labor arrived at the Grand Pacific
this morning. He did not register, and
instructed the clerks to say nothing of
his presence. The Grand Pacific is the
headquarters Of P. M. Arthur, chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers who IS directing the great strike on
the Burlington road.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
NUGGETS OLE NEWS.

The cost of Pennsylvania coal delivered
at tide-water is $375.
The California sugar syndicate, to fight
the sugar trust, has been formed with a
capital of $40 100000.
It is feared the great Pennsylvania
railroad bridge over the Susquehanna
river will be carried away.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
Nominations Sent 70 the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The president
sent the following nominations to the
senate to day:
John E. Garland, of Dakota, to be as
sociate justice of the supreme court of
Dakota; Moses j. LiddIe, of Louisiana, to
be associate justice of the supreme court
of Montana; Lucius B. Nash, of Washing
ton territory, to be associate justice of
the supreme court of Washing ton terri
tory; Miss Mary Q. Ballantyne to De post
at Syracuse, n eb.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
THE COTTON SEED OIL TRUST.
Testimony Before the Senate Investigation
Committee.


Committee.
New YORK, Feb. 24.-The senate inves-
tigation committee took up the cotton
seed oil trust case to-day. John Scott,
one of the trustees, said there are seventy
or eighty companies in the trust. The
last years crop was 100000 tons, of which
the company controlled $4,000 tons.
Twenty-seven and a half per cent of the
oil was exported. The balance was used
for soap, safety lamps for miners and as
a Iubricator. The capital stock of the
trust is fixed at Sal, 900 nominally.
IN answer to questions as to what had
become of Mr.. Armour's threatened OPP
position so the trust, witness admitted
that there is now an understanding be-
tween Armour and the trust as to prices,
which stopped the establishment of op-
position.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
THE LAKE FRONT CASE
It is Settled in Favor of Chicago and Illinois
as Against the Railroad.

dS against the Railroad.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Judge Harlan read
an opinion in The q. S. circuit court
this afternoon disposing of the cases af-
fecting the ownership and possession
of the lake front. The decision is re-
garded as a substantial victory for the
people of Chicago, end the state over the
Illinois Central railroad company. The
prevailing opinion is that it will stand
and the Illinois Central having been
confirmed in the rights it is entitled to
while the people have been protected
from unjust encroachments. The rail
road company's main contention, that'it
owned one mile in width Of the bed of the
city's harbor. is set aside. The riparian
rights remain in the city with the con-
sent OF the state, not only as to
the natural shore but where fill
ing in has been done on a large
scale by the railroad. The railroad
Is shown to be the owner of all the water
lots in front of which depots, piers, etc.,
have been built, and that the government
has 20 title to the grounds described in
the Information except so far as it seeks
TO protect the harbor against distinctions.
The property claimed by the railroad
extends some two thousand feet beyond
the line of the government breakwater,
establishing an outer harbor. A modest
estimate Of the rights claimed by the
railroad places their value at one hun
dred million dollars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
THE RATE WAR.
The Roads Will Lose Heavily by it.

The Roads Will Lose Heavily by it.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Feb. 25.-The
Northwestern Railroader, carrying on
calculations of tn rate war of the rail-
road companies, shows to-day that the
loss over the whole territory affected has
been not less than four and half million
dollars. With this loss already incurred.
and the certainty of two weeks more of
fighting, the companies can not now get
out of the war they entered so blithely
without having forfeited at least ten mil
lion dollars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
The Rules Amendment to Consider the Treaty
in Public to be RenOrted.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-It is understood
the senate committee on rules has gos so
far in its consideration of the proposed
open executive session proposition as to
agree to report the amendment to pre-
sent rules making it in order by major
ity vote TO remove the injunction of
secrecy from the treaty or TO consider
and &C upon the treaty in public.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
Funeral OF w. w. Corcoran.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Tne funeral of
VIEW. Corcoran took place this afternoon
from his late residence. In accordance
with the wish Of the deceased the cere-
monies were simple and devoid of osten-
tation. Among the floral tributes was q
large pillar sent by Mrs. Cleveland. Many
persons of note were present
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01

houses have been wrecked and their &C.
cupants buried in the ruins by an avala-
lanche. Twenty-three corpses have been
recovered, and several persons have been
taken out alive
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
Burglars Make a Rich Haul.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27.-The safe of
j. Rosendale, jewelsr, was broken into
last night and robbed of six to eight
thousand dollars worth of jewelry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
A Member Of the Produce Exchange Suicides

New YORK, Feb. 27.-William S. Brock
en-, a member of the produce exchange,
shot himself through the head in Green
wood cemetery this morning. He is still
alive but cannot recover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01

An Adjustment of Commercial ReIa-
lions Promises UnbOunded Prosperity
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
PACIFIC RAILWAY DEBT

Littler and Anderson of the Commits
sion Before the House Committee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01

Littler says the Government Will have
Little Trouble Dealing with the {. P.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01

The Guilty individuals and not the
Corporation should be Punished.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
Russian Frontier Garrisons Reinforced.

BUCHAREST, Feb. PIT is reported that
the Russian garrisons on the frontier
have been reinforced in the last fortnight
by several brigades, which are on war
footing. There are four cavalry reei-
ments near Pinczow, which can directly
menace Cracow
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01

The Thurman act put an end to the
COmpany's own Voluntary Efforts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01

The Commission Examined the Affairs of the
Road and Now the House Committee Exam
inc Them.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-Messrs. Littler
and Anderson, of the Pacific railroad
commission, appeared before tins house
committee on Pacific railroads this morn
ing. Before asking Mr.. Littler to express
his views, the chairman presented and
had placed on file a letter from G. p.
Huntington. Huntington tells how the
directors of the company in 1878 resolved
to create sinking fund to meet the debt.
1t now appears that the money could not
be made to earn per cent. as was antici-
pated. Nevertheless, by 1898 more than
half the entire debt would have been paid
and the whole would have been settled in
the early part of the goth century, after
which the net earnings would be given
to the stockholders. The passage of the
Thurman act followed, and this, of course,
puts an end to the cOmpany's own volun-
tary efforts. Congress thus took the mat
ter into its OWE hands and the result has
been to impound a considerable sum in
the United States treasury which ought to
have been earning FIVE or six per cent,
but which virtually earned nothing, as
it is to-day doubtful whether as many
dollars will be gotten out of the fund as
has been paid into it by the company.
Finally, it was not possible for the Cen
trail Pacific to repay the United States
loan and interest and at the same time
take care of first mortgage bonds and in
terest within the short space of 80 years,
unless it had control of the traffic of
the territory traversed. When it became
clear that other competing roads to the
Pacific, more literally aided, were soon
to be completed, it was evident that both
the first mortgage and subordinate liens
must he postponed a very long time. For
reasons which were no doubt satisfactory
the government impaired the earning ca
pacity of the road, and thereby its secur-
ity for the debt. This was a matter over
which the government had control, and
in equity it ought not now to seek TO
make the impairment good at the expense
Of the party injured by it, viz, the COM
DaDV
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01

Give the Roads time and they Will
Eventually pay the Indebtedness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01

He Gives Congress Some Valuable
Pointers on the Fisheries Treaty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
Opposed TO Restricting the Term to Four
Years.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The house com
mittee on reform in the civil service has
agreed to report adversely the bill limit
ing to four years the commissions of
consular, internal revenue, customs, ter
ritorial and District of Columbia officers
also commercial agents etc, of the
government whose appointments are now
made for an indefinate period.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER

He Recommends That it Receive the
Consent of the Senate Forthwith,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01

The output of coal during 1887 in the
second anthracite district of Pennsyl-
vania reached 5,043, SIS tons, an increase
over 1886 of $4,000 tons. In mine acct
dents ifty-two men were killed and 146
wounded.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
q Good Thing for Bows.
American Magazine


Manual training is one of the few good
things that are good for everybody. It is
good for the rich boys, to teach him re-
spect for the dignity of beautiful work.
1t is good for the poor boy to increase
his facility for handling tools, if tools
prove to be the thing he must handle for
a living afterwards. It is good for the
bookish boy TO draw him away from his
books. But, most of all it is good for
the non-bookish boy, N showing him
that there is something he can do we'll
The boy utterly unable even if ne were
studious to keep PIP in book knowledge
and percentage with the brighter boys,
becomes discouraged, dull and moody.
Let him 60 to the workroom for an hour
and find that he can make a box or
plane rough piece of board as well as
the brighter scholar, nay, very likely
better than his brighter nejghbor, and
you have given him an impulse of self
respect that is of untold benefit to him
when he goes back to his studies. He
will be brighter and better boy for
finding ont something that he can do
we'll. Mind you, it is not planning the
board that does him good; 1t is planning
the board in the presence of the other
boys who can no longer look down upon
him when they see how well he can plane.
He might go home after school and plane
board in the bosom of his family, or go
to an evening school to learn to plane,
without quarter part, nay, without any
of the invaluable effects upon his man
hood that it will have to let him plane
side by side with those who in mental
attainmeuts may be his superiors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01

Charles Green, member of the New
York cotton exchange, dropped dead on
the floor of the exchange Friday after
noon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
BLOWN INTO ETERNITY.
A Ferry Steamer Blown Up and Sunk
at South Vale Joe, California.
Between Thirty and Forty Lives Lost
Twelve Bodies are Recovered.

Twelve Other Persons Severely In
lured-Cause of the Disaster Unknown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
Terrible Havoc of an Avalanche.

LoSD ON, Feb PIN the villcge of
V attorl a, in the north of Italy, many
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01

Mrs. Jobberly-I should think some
body would shoot those dredful billiards.
Mr.. Jobberly-How is your mind work
ing now, my dear? Mrs. Jobberly- Why
it says in the paper that the billiards
have stopped all the trains in Dakota.
What is the good of Indian reservations
if the Government can't keep these war
like tribes shut up.