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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
to Adjourn this Month.

LONDON, July 3.-Ihe Hon. William
Henry Smith announces that i is the in
tentlon Of the government to finish the
present session of parliament at the
end Of this month
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
WILL BE ENECU1 ED.
Warden Brown Preparing for the Death o
Four Criminals.

SING SING, N. Y, July 3.-Warden
Brown thinks the sentence of death on
the cases Of the four condemned murder
ers, Wood, Snliler, SIocum and Jugigo,
will have to be carried out next week and
is going on with the preparations for the
plpctrOc1,tionS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09

F. Burns.
]. Kimball
Owen Hardman.
Thomas Nolan.
1hos. Keville,
George Gildea,
David Belehian,
J. CoyIe,
n Newcomb,
D. Ryan,
D. Cassidy,
Henry McGill. All glass workers of
Findlay and Corning, n. Y.
G. Griffin, BROOKLYN, n. Y.
A. Gunthtorp, Brooklyn.
w. Kahn, Brooklyn.
Unknown nurse girl and infant child.
Injured.
Joseph Morgan, Corning.
Thomas Hanley, Corning.
George Smith, Corning
James D. Wicket, Corning.
Dennis Ryan, Corning.
James Smith.
Fl. C. Degraff.
John Cadween.
James McGill.
John Heating.
II. L. JONES.
.Ioban Clark.
L. D. Dating,
J. Codt,
NJ. Mosier,
II. Young,
C. Reilly,
W. G. Jones,
A. Humphrey,
II. Humphrey,
John O'Hare,
K McMain,
Edward Berry,
+. Maltby.
PITTsBURG, July 5.-A special from
Ravenna. Ohio, says: 1T is asserted by
Supt. Mattison, who is investigating the
disaster that the accident was due
to the carelessness of the passenger
crew. The train was in charge
Of Conductor Boynton and his
son was the rear fagman who, instead of
going back, leaned against the rear coach
until the train was in sight and it was
then too late to stop it. On the body of
Willie Kane, of Corning, N. Y, a glass
blower, was found $500. The boy had
been saving his money to surprise his
widowed mother, and death stopped bis
Journey.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
STEAMER SUNK.
The Dunho1me Goes Down Off the British
Coast.

LONDON, July 6.-The steamer Kinloch
has landed at Gravesenda part of the crew
Of the sunken steamer, Dunholme, bound
from Marlborough to Rio Janeiro.
The Dunholme was sunk at z
o'clock this morning, two minutes after
the collision with the Kinloch. Seventeen
CT the persons on board at the time OF the
collision are missing. The captain,
mate, two sailors and three fireman are
saved. They state that the Kinlock struck
the Dunholme at ESQ a. m, In thick
fog. There was no time to lower boats.
The Kinloch assisted them as far as posi-
BILE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
Fire in Dyersburg. Tenn.

DYERsBURG. Tenn, July 3.-Fire this
morning destroyed FIVE houses. The
loss is $4,000. The buildings were
partly insured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
VETERANS AT BUFFALO.

The Army of the Potomac Holds Re-
union.
BUFFALO, July 3.--The Army of the
Potomac held a reunion here today, the
different corps meeting separately. Most
Of lhem elected officers and one or two
voted on the choice for president of the
society, Gen. Daniel Butterfeld being the
choice of the first and second corps.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
HEAVY STORM IN CINCINNATI.
Telephone Wires Burned Out and
Much Damage Otherwise Done.

CINCINNATI, O., July "a heavy cleo
trio storm passed over this city early
this morning. Nearly all the telephone
wires were burned out and much dam
age is reported from the northern part
of the county.
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NEW CHANNEL.
The Missouri River Makes Itself a New
WAY

ATcHIs3N. Kas.. J1Iv6 The Missouri
river broke through ''Doniphan Point at
the neck yesterday afternoon transferring
the main channel about a mile east of
wnere it broke out last week. Jacob
Koch's house was left standing on an
island OF sixty acres. He has transferred
all his possessions to the main land The
river Is cutting the banks on both sides of
the new channel and the main body of
water flows through it.
Dispatches from Sing Sing indicate a
probability that the four condemned MUIR
derers will be executed this morning. The
most profound secrecy is observed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
BEAT THE BURGLAR.

Summary Punishment for Breaking into
a Saloon.
OssEo, Wis, July 6.-EImer Knutson
was seen breaking into PREDECESSORS sa-
loon by Peter Solburg, the bartender, who
jumped onto him and pounded him until
he was nearly dead. Knutsod is alive,
but is in critical condition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
The Water i'm the Flooded District of
California Approaches the
Railroad.
SuperStitiouS Indians Say the Strange
Phenomenon Was Predicted
by Their Messiah.
On Account of the Heat White Men
Dare Not Explore the
Desert.


900 feet in two hours. If it continues to
come in as it has been doing 1t will
wash out the Southern Pacific track in
three days. The deepest water found
was three feet and the shallowest in
the current fourteen inches. Superin-
tendent Darbrow of the salt works is
alarmed and wants the railroad com
pany to send men to fix the break in
the New river. The break is thirteen
miles below Ell Rio and is about seven
ty miles from Salton.
Predicted by the Indian Messiah.
The Indians are la lily scared. All
the desert Indians have fed to the hills,
and even those as high up as Banning
are leaving for the mountains. A week
ago medicine man came to the Ban
ming reservation and told the Indians
that the messiah said there would be a
big flood by July 4, that all the
whites would be swept away
and only the Indians saved. He
said that Indians who worked up to
July would not have time to get
away. All the Indians are much ex-
cited and even the most intelligent
ones are gong to Graybacz mountain
with their families.
Owing to the almost unbeara bic heat
it is imdossible to get any white man
to venture on the desert at this time of
year. The Indian runner sent by the
railroad people has not yet returned,
and the boat sent out from Salton has
only been able to get a short distance.
The Water Slowly Rising.
SALTON, Cal, July "a strong wind
from the west is breaking the water to
the south and east. At q. IN. a light
wind from the south raised the water
eight inches and advanced the water
line $50 feet on the north shore. At
noon the depth of the water, two and
three-quarter miles from Salton, was
tWenty-six inches That is the deepest
point. The water is surely rising, but
slowly.
About , p. m. the wind backed the
water south until it lowered the depth
at the deepest point to eighteen inches
and the water receded from the north
shore about two hundred feet.
Later,
SAN Francisco, July 5.-A Chronicle
special from Yuma says an important fact
is now established that there is a contiu-
Gus stream OF water in the surface channel
Of a new river from the Colorado river at
a point fifteen miles below Yuma
to the Salton sink. This news
was brought here this afternoon by
parties who arrived from the desert. The
Indians say the water has been running
from the Colorado river into the new
river ever since February. Railroad
officials here are now convinced that the
water In the desert lake comes from the
COlOrad river
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09

CYCLONES resulting in loss of life and
property were reported from Brookbarre
and Madison, Miss.
The morning call., 1891-04-29

been that the fighting nations were sure to
go on improving their torpedo systems
until they reached one of two fnaities-
either they would invent q torpedo which
could not be guarded against and which
would destroy any vessel afloat, or they
would devise plan of defense against tor
pedoes which would render the best OF them
harmless. 1t has been the idea at Washing
ton that we could afford to sit by and
watch this contest go on. If AN irrepressi-
Bile torpedo was invented which was certain
to blow the most powerful man-of-war out
of water. it would always be time to adopt
it when its merits were proved. Ii, on the
other hand, a torpedo catcher were In
vented which was certain to nuliiiy the
submarine destroyer, we could supply our
ships with that, when its capacity had
ceased to be matter of debate.
Thus far, not one of the man-killing de-
vices which have been invented by human
ingenuity is so perfect that it cannot be i'm
proved upon. There are no guns so big
that bigger guns cannot be cast; no rifles
so sure of their aim that still greater pre-
cisiou in fire cannot be attained; no powder
so potent and so smokeless that still more
effective propelling agent may not be dis
covered. The art of war is progressive;
each step in advance leads to other steps !;
the death-deaIing weapons of to-day are as
far superior to the weapons used in our
civil war as the latter were ahead of the
Brown Bess of Napoleons wars. TorPe-
does are in their infancy. and we have
barely mastered the rudiments of subma-
rine navigation. 1t may be the destiny of
the former to abolish naval warfare by re-
ducing its results to a foregone conclusion.
The morning call., 1891-04-29
SHIPS AND ToRPEDoEs.

Assuming that the news of the destruction
of the Chilean war-ships Huascar and Blanco
Encalada by t0rpedoes is true, it will set
sailors thinking, and the story of the Battle Of
Dorking will not seem as fanciful as it has
been regarded. Both vessels we're IRON
clads. carrying 12-LOn guns; the displace-
meEt of the Banco was $500 tons, that Of
the Huascar, which was taken from the
PeTuYianS, was 1000 tons. They were the
most formidable vessels in the Chilean
navy, and yet they appear to have been
blown up with Whitehead torpedoes-the
oldest marine torpedo in use.
The Whitehead torpedo. which may be
seen on the gun-deck of nearly every man.
of-war is tube shaped like cigar vary
ing in length from II to 10 feet. 1t is divided
into compartments, the forward cOmpart-
ulent being filled with gun-cOtton or some
other powerful explosive. In the end of
this compartment is a cap. which eXplodes
by conclusion. The other compartments
are filed with machinery and compressed
air to drive it. When the torpedo is used ii
is submerged from five to fifteen feet below
the surface, aimed at the vessel it is intend
ed to destroy, and set in motion by starting
the machinery. Within its range it travels
swiftly, in some cases at the rate OF twenty
knots an hour for short distance; it main
tains the direction in which it is started,
and likewise its uniform depth below the
surface. II nothing checks it in its course
it strikes its object and blows it up. 1t is a
very different weapon from the stationary
torpedo which blew up one of Fafragut's
monitors at Mobile during the Rebellion.
Since the invention of the Whitehead,
other submarine torpedoes have been in
vented, some of which are considered more
effective. Among these are the Sims, Lay
and Ericsson. None of these, however,
have commended themselves to our naval
authorities. The United States alone
among maritime nations has no torpedo
feet Contracts were signed couple of
years ago with the Hotchkiss Ordnance Com
pany to supply certain number of Howell
torpedoes for use in the navy. The essen
tial principle of this torpedo is the same as
that Of the Whitehead, but it is smaller
with an equal destructive power. 1t has
never been thoroughly tested.
Up to the present time the only known
protection against torpedoes has been tor
pedo MEETINGS, suspended from booms ex-
tended from the ships sides. The MEETINGS
are expected to receive the shock of the tor
pedo and explode it at such distance from
the vessel as to prevent any damage to the
latter. 1t is obvious that such MEETINGS,
consisting of heavy steel wire, would consti-
stitute serious obstacle to the handling of
the vessel in action; still if the Huascar and
Blanco had used them they might have been
afloat to-day.
The theory OF the Navy Department has
The morning call., 1891-04-29
NOT SATISFIED.

A dispatch from Rome says that Premier
Rudini is not satisfied with the reasons given
by Mr.. Blaine why the American Govern
ment should not promise indemnity for the
killing of certain Italian subjects of Italy.
The American public will look with some
curiosity for Rudinfs reply in full, as that
will doubtless state the points upon which
he needs further enlightenment. There are
three facts to establish before indemnity
will be given. First, that the Italians killed
were il this country in accordance with our
immigration laws; second, that they were
living in conformity with the laws OF the
United States, and third. that they were
living in like conformity with the laws OF
Louisiana. If they were outlaws in their
own country, and had escaped to this in vi
oation of our laws prohibiting the landing
of criminals, or If, being proper immigrants,
they had become connected with lawless or
CARNATIONS in this country, no indemnity
will be paid. This is the doctrine Mr..
Blaine has laid down, and he will abide
The morning call., 1891-04-29
BLAINE NOT A oAND1DArE.

The statement comes from sources en-
titled to credit that Mr.. Blaine will not al
low his name to go before the next Repub
lican National Convention. One of these
sources is Stephen B. Elkins, formerly
Biaine's right-hand man, and another Rus
sell B. Harrison, the Presidents son. OF
late there have been but two names promi-
nent in the list of Republican aspirants to
the Presidency, and if Mr.. Blaine is not a
candidate, as was supposed, there Will be,
lat least so far as present appearances indi-
cate, no one to dispute with President Har-
IiSon for the next nomination. The reasons
which influence Mr.. Blaine to decline being
a candidate suggest themselves. 1t is ad-
mitted that Mr. Harrison will place no OBJ
stacle in the way of his own denomination.
Like all men who have once been President,
he desires a second term. The custom of
giving President one denomination is so
common that to withhold it is almost
equivalent to a vote of want of confidence.
1t has been withheld in recent years from
Hayes and Arthur. The former had dis
ceTnment enough to perceive that he could
not be considered for a second term, and the
latter failed to obtain the Endorsement from
his party that he coveted. Mr.. Blaine took
the nomination from him, but failed of an
election. Mr.. Blaine is, without doubt, con-
WINGED that it is not good policy to strive 10
take nomination from a President of the
same party who desires to succeed himself.
Elections are close in these days. and there
seems no doubt that Mr.. Harrison is the
strongest candidate who could be placed in
nomination. There is no doubt but that
MIR. Harrison would support Mr.. Blaine
Loyalty if the latter were nominated. But
there would in that case be something like a
division Of forces which should pull to-
gether. Both Blaine and Harrison repre-
sent one policy. and it is eminently proper
that they should agree as to standard
bearer. 1t is quite probable that in per-
fectly friendly consultation they have
agreed that the President shall have his sec
ond term if it be in the power of his party to
give it to him.
The morning call., 1891-04-29
BRAZIL AND CUBA.

If the English influence in Brazil should
induce that Government to refuse to make
the concessions the suspension clause in the
Mckinley tariff requires as condition upon
which sugar, coffee and hides may be adj
mitted from that country free, Cuba will
profit by it. Our trade with Brazil has for
years been in much the same condition as
our trade with Cuba. We have freely i'm
ported the products of each, and been de-
MED access to the markets of both countries.
They have sold TO US for cash and bought
goods of Europe. We have bought from
S60,0OO,OOO to SS5,OOO,OOO of her products
year, and sold to Cuba not more than one
fifth OF the amount. Under the cOerciYe in
tiuenCe of the suspension clause in the Nc
Kinley tariff Spain has consented to modi-
ficatiOn. of duties on American products.
1t is estimated that we shall sell to Cuba
within year $4,000 900 worth of American
wheat in excess Of former exports. Spain
makes this concession rather than lose the
market for free sugar which is offered to
nations that permit rs to sell in their mar
kets as freely as they sell in ours. The i'm
ports from Cuba have fallen off in recent
years in consequence of importations of free
sugar from the Hawaiian Islands and of
beet sugar from Germany. Cuba will have
under the new arrangement the same stand
ing as Hawaii The impetus that will thus
be given to sugar-growing in the Spanish
island cannot easily be measured. If Brazil
SHOULD refuse TO ratify the agreement her
President has entered into with the Ameri-
can State Department Cuba would shortly
supply the sugar that we have been reeeiv-
ing from Brazil. The coffee supply may not
be so readily obtained elsewhere, but with
Mexico, Central America and other conn
tries ready to increase their coffee product,
it is not probable that the American public
would for any considerable time have to pay
the duties on brazilian coffee should such
duties be reimposed. Taking general view
of the situation the suspension clause in the
Mckinley act seems to be working well.
The morning call., 1891-04-29
wEATHLR PREDICTIONS.
SIGNAL Service o. S. ARMY
DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC,
SAN FRANCIScn. AnriI %. 1871 z. NJ. !


DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC
SAN FRANCISCO, April %, 1873 P. M
Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours.
The effect OF sundays storm is still present in
Southeastern California, Southern Nevada and Ar
iona. although the main disturbance has passed
eastward into Montana and Wyoming. The barome
ter has risen rapidly in all districts except South
ern Californ Ia Nevada and Arizona, where the
pressure has fallen slightly and is below the nor
nal. The barometer is highest at Roseburg (3O.9O)
and lowest Yuma (29.S2). The winds are gener-
ally south to west in all districts Storm signals
have been discontinued at North Pacific Coast sta
tons: Wiunemucca, southwest, 80 miles; San
Francisco, west. % miles; Fort Candy, southeast,
i miles; Baker City. northwest. ii miles. The
temperature has fallen in all districts, except
slight rise in Southeastern California and Arizona,
and is still above the normal at all stations Yuma
reached a maximum OF 1929. Light rains have
fallen throughout oregon and Washington aud on
the northwest coast OF CALIFORNIA; elsewhere fair
weather has prevailed: Fort Candy SO OF an inch;
olympia, 80; SPOKANE, .O6; Walla Walla, %;
Baker City. trace; Portland, %; Roseburg .02;
Eureka missing.
Forecast Till S p. NJ. Wednesday.
For Northern Californa-Fair weather; winds
generally westerly; cooler except nearly stationary
temperature along the coast.
For Southern California-Fair weather; westerly
Winds cooler, except nearly stationary temperature
along the coast.
For oregon and WashingtOn-Light rains, followed
by fair weather except fair in Southeastern Oregon
and at olympia; winds generally westerly; cooler
except nearly stationary temperature in North
eastern Washington and at Walla Walla
JOIN p FINLEY
Lieutenant Nineteenth Infantry, in charge.
The morning call., 1891-04-29
FREE SEAL FISHING.

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald has repeated his pre-
dictiou that seal fishing in Behring Sea
will be free this summer to all who may
choose to engage in it. he adds that the
steam revenue cutters Corwin and Rush will
as usual proceed to the fishing grounds with
confidential orders not to modest vessels en-
gagged ID fishing three miles or more from
shore. The Herald correspondent throws
out this prediction at intervals of a week OF
two. Very likely he has come to believe it
himself, He probably thinks it good card
to play in the general game OF holding Mr..
Blaine up to public .eensure. There are so
many questions pending between Canada
and the United States that Mr.. Blaine may
The morning call., 1891-04-29

be grouping them together in one compre-
hensive settlement The result of present
negotiations will not perhaps be known to
Mr. Blaine himself in time to enforce the
proclamation in regard to seal fishing in
Behring Sea recently issued by the Presi-
dent. But the public have confidence in
Mr. Blaines general management of the
foreign affairs of the United States. If the
seal waters are left unprotected for few
months it will be for good and sufficient
The morning call., 1891-04-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

A considerable amount Of the paper money
issued by the Treasury never returns for re-
demption, but how much is lost or destroyed is
only matter OF conjecture. Secretary Blaine
estimates that at least $4,000, 900 of the paper
money supposed 10 be outstanding has been de-
stroyed. One vessel sank of the Atlantic coast,
going down with 81, 900, 900 in greehbaeks. Re-
Gently the Treasury Actuary, In compliance with
the demands OF the Senate, estimated that the
lost paper money amounted to S12, 45O, 100.
which was distributed as follows: United States
notes, So, 40 $40; silver certificates, S447, 0o4
gold certificates, 100000, and national bank
notes, S6,394, 555. His conclusions were the
result Of computations and percentages based
on experience; but some OF The officials who
handle the CRISP, bright bills differ with him.
Unlike other new cruisers the Newark has
been lacQuered, and the result will be watched
with considerable interest. The idea OF lacquer
ing iron and steel vessels was suggested 10 a
manufacturer of Toxic by The observation lii at
pieces OF old lacquer recovered from The sea were
remarkably well preserved. SO far eight Japan
csc men-0f-war have had the lacquer applied to
them aud five torpedo boats have been similarly
treated. In the Russian navy the experiment
has been tried on the Admiral Nachimof and the
Dlmitri Douskoi. II the calculations that the
preparation will last five years and prevent the
gathering OF marine growthS that diminish yes
certainly be prolonged and the Governments
expenditures for paint reduced.
April has been an extraordinary month in the
annals of crime in this country, nearly forty exc
culiOns having been SET for dates on the monthly
calendar. 1t is calculated that on an average
about a dozen murders and hOmieides are re-
ported daily in the newspapers of the United
States, the number during 1890 reaching 1900,
of which PISA were the result OF quarrels, 1886 OF
jealousy, 1876 of Iiduor, pit were killed by high
waymen. IA by robbers aud 81 In self defense.
During the same time there were 102 legal exc
cutions and 126 lynchlngs
The fact that France, with a smaller popula
ti0n than Germany, can place an army in the field
numerically stronger by 100000 men, has led to
the suggestion that the term of service with the
eOlors for private soldiers in the Fatherland be
reduced to two years. 1t is asserted that as
Germany cannot increase her burdensome mill.
tary budget she must reduce the period OF service
and get more men under coIors by that means.
In the Geestemunde contest large sums OF
money have been spent by the Socialists. Ii Is
said their chief object, outside Of paying off old
scores, has been to prevent Bismarck from VOic-
lag his opinion In the Reichstag on the Factories
and WORKSHOPS Amendment Bill and other is
sues in opposition to the Socialists, toward whom
his recent uiteranees have shown him TO be as
antagonstc as ever.
Pope Leo's forthcoming encycIical on the social
question viii be extensively perused throughout
the civilized wSod. The problem is one that is
just now receiving considerable attention from
church and State.