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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
CRIME.

The seventeen Sharon ga citizens ar,
rested for interfering with Postmaster
Duckworth have been bound over to the
April term of court.
CHIEF MARSH, of the Chicago police
force, says that the officers have arrested
at st. Louis, man who is supposed tC
have driven Dr. Cronin to his death al
the Carlson cottage on the night of May
LANCASTER, PA Qhank examiner
has excluded his examination Of
the Lincoln banks affairs, and finds
Cashier Bard's shortage about $40, 900.
THE three Navassa rioters who were
convicted of murder, George S. Key, Henry
Jones and Edward Smith, were sentenced
death on Thursday, four who were con.
victed of manslaughter were sentenced to
to terms in the Albany penitentiary rang
ing from two to ten years.
CHIcAGo-The jury in the Cronin
jury-bribing case Saturday morning re-
turned verdict sentencing O'Donnell to
three years in the penitentiary
O'Donnell was much surprised and cast
down at the verdict. Judge Waterman re-
fused to admit the defendant to bal
pending the motion for new trial, but
promised to hear arguments on the matter
Monday. Seven men were indicted fol
attempts to bride persons to get drawn or
the jury which tried the Cronin con.
spirators and vote for acquital Fou
turned states evidence, Kavanaugh was
set'free by order of the court, Graham die
not appear for trial, and only O'Donnel
was left.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
FOREIGN.

PARIs,-An explosion occurred in a col
hery near Decize, department of Nievre,
Tuesday night. lis not known how many
lives were lost, but already thirty -four
bodies have been recovered.
LONDON.-In a collision with the Rot
terdam steamer Brinio, the steamship
Coral Queen from Gothenburg, has been
.sunk off the river Tees. Sixteen persons
from the Coral Queen are reported as hav-
ing been drowned.
LoNDoN.-The Rt. Hon. A M.
Porter, master of the rolls in Ireland
whose speech was the cause of libel suit
brought by Mr.. Henry Campbell against
The Belfast News Letter, and which was
decided in favor of the plaintiff, has apollo
gized to Mr.. Campbell and paid him $500
and costs.
THE Earl of Dunraven, speaking al
Deptford, declared that the Parnell report
justified, with one exception, everything
that the Times had published As much
as he disliked Mr.. Parnell's politics, he
was truly glad that the commission had
exonerated him of the charges made against
him.
LoNDoN.-Joseph ellis Biggar ma
tionalist M. P, is dead Mr. Biggal
was the treasurer of the Irish National
league, and a prominent leader in the
Irish movement for home rule.
The death of Mr.. Biggar was the result
of heart disease. He was in his seat in
the house of commons Tuesday. During
the evening he acted as teller in the
division on Mr.. Parnell's amendment to
the address In reply to the speech from the
throne, and which called for a repeal of
the coercion act.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
Russian Complications.

That some most serious political compll-
cations are involving not only the Russian
nobility but that portion Of the army In
which is included the encourage of the en-
perez is abundantly evident. If even the
statement that the government of Russia
is despotism tempered by assassination
was correct definition of the political
condition OF the empire, it has been dur
ing the reign of the present ruler and his
distinguished but unfortunate father. In
the case of the latter, he was almost igno-
miniously done to the death at the hands
of desperate and ruthless assassins. In
the case of the former, he has been the
object of more than one unsuccessful at
tempt at assassination, and is reported to
be living in continual dread of such a fate
during every moment of his existence.
The latest news from st. Petersburg is
that the emperor has resolved to Danish
his brother, the Duke Seagius, from the
capital for meddling with political affairs,
and that Col. Volelkoff of his body-guard
and several other military officers of the
czar's body-guard, suspected of plotting
against the life of their chief, have COM
mitted suicide.
Meanwhile there come from the north
ern capital of the empire the most serious
the car He is represented to be actually
insane; that the officials nearest his person
find it difficult to gain access to him, even
for the purpose to obtain his signature to
documents or comforting with hin ON the
most important subjects; that the deposit
ton of Dom Pedro of Brazil has still furth-
or confirmed him against the adyisability
of allowing a Derson too much liberty; and,
further, that the unusually long period of
mourning appointed by the Russian court
in memory of the empress of Brazil is the
Inauguration of defiant attitude toward
the republic just inaugurated In that coun-
try which will be permanently maintain
It may be that these alarming reports,
concerning the cars mental condition
arise from the complications which the
attitu de Of the Panslavist party have
brought about in the political affairs of
the empire. They had hoped and expect
ed that the emperor would not return the
visit of his cousin, the emperor of Ger
many; that he would sanction stronger
action in Servia, where King Milan, the
friend of Austria, has triumped over all
his enemies, even over his parliament; that
in fact, Europe was In condition IN
which spark, applied to national and
race antipathies, would involve the con-
tinent in war. Finding, however, that
there is peace instead of war. possibly the
Panslavfsts have turned their attention to
creating internal discussions, and In the
last resort revolution, in order to carry
out their political programme.
If this be the case, then indeed these st.
Petersburg plots, penetrating to the
palace of the emperor, are indications of
serious personal and pOlitical compllca-
tions in Russia in the not distant future.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

SMALLPOX is raging with deadly vio-
lence in Texas, along the Rio Grande. Or
one ranch all but three of $50 employees
were stricken and sixty-fve died.
ST. JOINS Roman Catholic Church,
Greenbush, near Albany, n. Y, has beer
burned The loss is $4,000; insurance
$40, 900.
RoADMAsTER E. PETERS, of Newton
Kan. was killed and Engineer Wand, Fire
man Smith, and several passengers iniur
ed Monday morning in an accident to the
Galveston express near Wichita. Kansas.
WATERFOWL, n. Y.-Fire at Blacl
River Thursday morning destroyed Poor /
Opera House and block, Parkinson's store
Whipple & Hodsall's store, the post Office
Arthur House, Dillenbeck's Block ant
three dwellings. Loss, about $40, 900
nearly covered by insurance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27

THE secretary OF the treasury has
submitted to congress the estimates
for the additional appropriations
for the current fiscal year as follows:
Printing publication of the photographic
office, $1,000; support of non-reser ration
Indian schools, s292, 62S; appropriations
asked for amounted to 1920, 500; making
the total amended estimates, s713, 125.
HURLEY. Wis-The block of buildings
occupied by the Kerr Furniture company.
A. J. Agnew, hardware dealer. and the
postoffice was discovered to be on fire at
clock Monday morning. The fire started
in the furniture store and spread with
great rapidly The losses will aggregate
about $50, 900, with insurance as follows
Kerr Furniture company, 1000; A. j. Ag-
new, hardware, $500, H. P. Paeskle,
books and stationery. $3.50; w. S. Rey-
nolds, postotice building and fixtures. 81
200. The mail was saved
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27

heat of about ITO degrees is maintained.
After firing the tea is placed on cooling
floors, made uniform by repeated siftings,
and Immediately placed in chests as we
see it in America. These hold from eigh-
teen to twenty pounds. Each chest is
lined with thin sheets of lead, over which
is thin coating of tin toward the tea side.
This lead lining is backed bv strong paper
and the top sealed Theoretically by means
of solder before the cover is placed upon
1t. The chest Is then prepared and large,
facings of colored labels. the full size of
one end of the chest, pasted on it. A
great variety of these face labels are
made in the factory by Japanese artists,
who make their own designs, sometimes
requiring four colors, cut the blocks and
do the printing themselves. 1t is one of
the customs of this house to furnish each
of their large jobbing customers in Ameri-
ca with special brand names and illustrat-
ing face labels of special designs. They
also put up teas in FIVE pound two pound
and one pound packages with brand labels.
The chests are covered with mating i'm
ported from China and made of a species
of rush. and bound with cord-like rattan.
The average all-around price of Japan
teas as landed In America is about 20 cts.
The average all-around price to the i'm
porter in London of all the world teas is
about six pence per pound
Part of the Japan teas are colored by
adding to each batch before it. leaves the
pan quantity of colored tale Trench
chalk, equal to what will lie on a
fve-cent piece. No copper salts, Russian
blue or other sensational poisons are used.
FREDERICK STEARNs.
Ynlra hn,,nn Iannr
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
Yokahoma, Japan
STORIES TOLD ABOUT SHEEP.
What Came of Two Bands That Persisted
in Following the Leader"

Several ''sheep men'' from the island
empire were gathered around the stove at
one of the hotels recently, discussing the
prospects for mutton this winter and wool
next spring, and the profits to be made by
driving sheep to the Willamette to win
ter, and at last, says the Portland Ore
gonian, they got to telling stories about
sheep.
One told about the captain of a schooner
who had a band of sheep on the deck of
his vessel. AS he was turning and twisting
the wheel to keep the schooner on her
course the old ram who headed the flock,
taking umbrage at his motions, came up
behind him and at one fell swoop butted
him over the wheel. The enraged captain
seized his woolly assailant and threw him
overheard, when presto! away went the
whole flock popping over the rail, one
after another, into the sea. Boats were
lowered. and with much labor portion of
the flock was saved.
Another told story which illustrated
the same follow-my-leader trait in the
character of sheep. At a port on the
sound one evening, just after the deck
hands had got all the freight slowed away,
there came down five hundred sheep to be
put on board All hands were vexed be-
cause of the delay and trouble connected
with shipping them, but finally pen was
made of hurdles between the decks and
gangway rugged, and in the dusk all was
ready to take the sheep on board and they
were started down the gangway. The
first one, as he struck the deck, saw an
opening in the other side of the boat
across which a hurdle had been placed
Instead of going to the corral prepared
this sheep made running jump, cleared
the hurdle, and landed in the salt chuck
alongside. Every one of the band follow
ed suit, and in short time 500 sheep were
struggling in the water, The captain
having seen the last one go down the
plank yelled out: "All right down
there?" An an answer came back, ''all
right, sir; send them down" Send 'em
down, " roared the captain, haven't you
the sheep down there?' mot sheep,
sir, = was the reply, and investigation
showed that there was not a sheep on the
boat. The captain could not delay any
longer and so steamed away, and only a
small number of the sheep ever got ashore
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
NONE ESCAPED.
Three Men Killed and Many Injured in an
Explosion at Omaha.

OMAHA There was an explosion
in the Armour Cedahy packing
works, South Omaha, this morning, in the
boiler room, the outside boiler of the
battery of the mine bursting from causes
unknown 1t tore a great hole in the
walls of the machinery department adj
joining, and about twenty-five men were
buried in the debris. The city fire depart
ment were summoned, and together with
the employees of the establishment, soon
queIled the flames and began the work Of
rescuing the unfortunates. Three men
were killed and seven badly injured, some
of whom will die. Those killed are: John
Tighe, Hans Olsen and John Linahan, all
tiremen.
Seriously injured: Edward Maskell,
Jas. McGurr, Michael Poylehan, James
Black, AL. Hardy, Samuel Gibson, ]. E.
Sheridan.
All these men suffered much from cuts,
bruises, fractured bones, and were scalded
by escaping steam. 1t is likely that three
and perhaps four of them will die. All the
other men caught in the debris were taken
out unhurt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
ExtraditabIe Offenses.

WAsHINGToN-Ift the British govern
ment consents to the amendments of the
senate the full list of extraditable offenses
between the United States and Great
Britain will be as follows: Murder, as
sault with intent to murder, voluntary
manslaughter, arson, robbery, forgery and
utterance of forged paper, counterfeiting
or altering money, embezzlement, larceny,
receiving any money, valuable security, or
other property, knowing the same to have
been embezzled, stolen Extraordinarily OBJ
tanned, fraud by bailee, banker, agent,
factor, trustee, or director, or member, or
officer Of any company, made criminal by
the laws of both countries, perjury or SUI
formation of perjury, rape, abduction,
child-stealing, kidnapping, burglary, house
breaking or shop breaking, piracy by the
law of nations, revolt or conspiracy to re-
volt by two or more persons on board a
ship on high sees against the authority of
the master; wrongfully sinking or destroy
ing a vessel at sea, or attempting to do so;
assault on board a ship ON high seas with
intent to do grevious bodily harm; crimes
and offenses against the laws of both coun-
tries for the suppression of. slavery and the
slave trade
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
TnronAv Feb Is

Senate.-Among the bill reported from
the committee and placed on the calendar
today were the following: Making an APP
preparation for a deep water harbor at
Galveston; to establish port of delivery at
Sioux City, Iowa; appropriating 800, 900
for a public building at Grand Forks,
n. D.. and to provide for the admission of
the state of Idaho into the union. At the
close of the morning business the senate
at II NJ. proceeded to the consideration
of executive business. The senate at once
begun consideration OF the British ex-
tradition treaty. Mr.. Gray's motion to
strike out the clause making voluntary
manslaughter and obtaining money under
false pretense extraditable crimes was de-
feated. The senate finally ratified the
the treaty, with few important amend
ments. The conference report agreed to
the house bill for the Sioux Indians at
Devils Lake agency, exactly similar to the
senate bill passed a few days since, passed
and the'senate bill recalled from the house.
After a brief executive session the doors
reopened and the senate adjourned.
HOHse.-There was no objection from
the minority side of the house this morn
ing to the approval of yesterday journal.
The pension appropriation for the next
fiscal year, which was reported to the house
from the committee ON appropriations,
carried with it s98,42, 900, being $4,000
less than the estimate and SIC, 669, OO0
more than the bill for the current fiscal
year. A debate arose on the consideration
of bill for the relief of the Sioux Indians
at Devils flake agency but the committee
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
Put on the Brakes

If you find you are going down hill in point OF
health. Failing strength, impaired digestion and
assimilation are the marks of decline. CHECK
these and other indications of premature decay
with the grand vitalizer and restraining tonic
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Beginning at the
its ineficencv correcs its errors and sets it Wig
orously at work. The digestive organ is thus en-
abled to thoroughly separate from the food its
is enriched Thus is the system nourished, and
being nourished strengthened, and abnormal
waste of its tissues stayed. Appetite, the power
to rest we'll regular habit are also re-established
and the various functions move once more in their
natural and healthful groove. The Bitters, more
over is as pecifc for and preventive of malarial
complaints, rheumatism, biliousness and kidney
oubles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
Nearly 1000 Lives Lost.

SAN Francisco, Fec. 21.-The Pacific
mail steamer China arrived today. Ad-
vices from Japnn state that the storm
which swept the Boshu coast Jan. "A car
ried thousands of fishing boats with be-
tween $500 and 5000 fishermen out to
sea. Nine hundred of these boats
with all men aboard were lost A great
many bodies drifted on the beach. The
same day eleven boats we're wrecked off
Tobushima and fifty fishermen drowned.
January 18th. twenty-three fishermen were
drowned on the coast of Maschawa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27

THE New York courts have settled an
important point in deciding that in suits
for damage to property caused by the con-
gtruction of elevated railroads the COM
panies may show what benefit, if any, they
have conferred on property as an offset to
claims for damages.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27

THE railroad man at Bellevue, O., who
left a switch open and sat down to smoke
a cigar while a collision between two
trains took place before his eyes and one
life was lost, informed the coroner that "he
didn't mean to, 3" and is to-day walking
about as unconcerned as if he had killed a
man i'm Texas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27

NINE hundred and fifty newspapers
were started in France last year, all OF
which are now dead. They are born like
our lake flies and die as soon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
NO LENTEN OBLIGATIONS.
A Rome Correspondent Says Lenten Fast
Is Abolished This Year.

ST. LoUIs.-The Western Watch
man, prominent Catholic weekly
journal of this city, prints letter
from its Roman correspondent, in which
he says that the congregation of the uni
versal inquisition have issued a decree
signed by Cardinal Monaco and published
in the official organ of the Vatican abolish
ing the Lenten fast and abstinence this
year. This is extended to the whole world,
the letter says, wherever ordinaries
shall judge if dispensation is necessary.
The reason for setting aside the lenten OBJ
legation, it is claimed, Is prevailing to the
in all parts of Europe, and thought to be
prevalent in the United States This de-
cree, it is said. is quite surprise to Cath
olics, as it is stated to be the first one of
the kind ever issued in the history of the
church.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27

The president, accompanied by Private
Secretary Halford and Secretary Blaine
will go to Pittsburg this "wednesday
morning to attend the opening of the
Carnegie free library They expect to re-
turn to Washington Friday night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27

NEwTowN, Conn.-John Campbell of
this place has been in the habit of beating
his wife. and has once been confined In
jail for threshing her. The neighbors say
they have often heard Campbell beating
his wife Sunday afternoon he struck her
on the head with some blunt instrument,
making a dangerous calp wound. Mrs.
Campbell fed to neighbor's house where
her wounds were dressed and she was
made comfortable. Last Monday night
four citizens, disguised and masked, enter
ed Campbell's house and dragged him to
the street. Campbell's night-dress was
torn off and in rude condition he was
dashed to telegraph pole. The men then
whipped him with rawhides until he be-
came unconscious. The mans back and
limbs were covered with welts. He was
carried back to his home and placed In
bed His cries aroused the neighbors and
brought a crowd to the scene, but when
they found Campbell was being whipped
no resistance was offered.
There is something curious about the
American silver dollar and half dollar of
1904. says a numismatist. There were
about 20 900 of the dollars coined, but only
four of them got into circulation. Three
of them are In coin collections to-day,
however, and they are the most valuable
of all American coins Why the dollar of
1904 was never in circulation after leaving
the mint is one of the unsolved Government
mysteries. The half dollar of 1904 is sur
rounded by mystery equally profound.
There were 1901 of these coined, but
not one was ever known to be in circula-
ton.
The president, accompanied by Private
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-27
BASKET FIRING.

There is another process of tea firing
called basket firing, resembling more
nearly the native method. The furnace
consists of shallow, thin, iron pan, where
the live charcoal fire is controlled by thinly
covering it with fine ashes. The fire pan
rests on the floor pavement. 1t is about
twenty-eight inches in diameter. A basket
of bamboo, the shape of dice-box and
ordinary table height (say thirty inches,
is placed over the fire, it being the same
diameter as the pan or slightly less, so that
It's lower edge will set inside of the pan.
a sieve-like diaphram divides the inside
of the basket into two spaces or halves,
it being placed horizontally midway in
the hight of the basket. On this sieve is
placed the tea, the same as in the IRON
pans. But it is not stirred, because tea
dust would fall through the sieve and
catch on fire would smudge and spoil the
favor of the tea. At intervals of few
minutes the basket is lifted off the fires
and placed over a shallow tray, then the
workman stirs it slightly for a few min
utes, the dust passing through the sieve
and falling on to the tray. Then the
basket is placed over the furnace again,
and so ON repeatedly till the process is
finished. It is remarkable to see how the
workmen control the heat of the glowing
charcoal by thin covering of fine ashes.
Holding the hand over the fire and within
six inches of it, should say that an even