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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
Two More Victims Dead.

JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, March 9.-Two of
the passengers injured in the Jacksonville
Southeastern wreck yesterday near Hav-
ana died last night. They were Charles
Mulhaney, of Streatcr, and Walter Con-
over, of Manitou, who were both in the
Inflated smoker when the accident oc-
Cured
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
oGLEsBY's RESIDENCE BURNS
The Wife of the Ex- Governor is Painfully
EuPt.

ELKHART, H., March 2.-The mansion
of Ex-Governor Oglesby, at Oglehurst,
burned today. The loss is $4,000. All
the governors and Mrs. Oglesby's relics
of the war were destroyed. Mrs. Ogiesby
was painfully but not dangerously burned
Owing to the dro. ght, general N this
part of the state now. there was not suffi-
Gent water at hand to be of any service
in the checking OF the flames. Mrs.
Ogelsby was burned slightly on the face
and a portion of her hair and eyebrows
were sinoed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
BARON wIssMAN HEARD FROM.
He Has Fatal Battle With the Kiblosh
Tribe.

BERLIN March 6.-The Tageblatt pub
fishes dispatch from Zanzibar, stating
that Wissman had punished the Kiblosh
tribe and in so doing he killed 200, wounded
so and captured 50 Of the tribesmen
The German loss was, two men killed and
fifteen wounded. The Germans captured
10000 head of cattle and a quantity of
ammunition and ivory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
Declares Hamilton Dead.

NEW YORK, March 9.-After caking
some evidence this afternoon concerning
the death Of Robert Ray Hamilton, Su1ro-
gate Hansom gave immediate judgment in
the noted contest over the will of Hamil-
ton by Evangeline L. Mann, in which he
declared legally that Hamilton is dead,
and then admitted the will to probate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
MAKE ENORMOUS DIVIDENDS
The Sugar Trust Makes Profit of Over
Eleven Million

NEW YORK. March 9-Beiore the SEN
ate committee investing the sugar trust
today. 6. S. Ellis, an accountant, testified
that the trust bad made a profit of over
sI1 900, 900. The stockholders had been
paid ten per cent. of this. The remainder
is still in the hands of the Constituent
companies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
MANUFAC TURERS PROTEST.
They Object to the Action of Labor Organl
cations.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, March 9.-The
clothing manufacturers of this ely have
issued a manifesto relating to the labor
troubles. Thev say trade has been di-
verted and their business injured, ''unuil
the conditions are unbearable, and we
have determined to throw off this tyranny
and provide safeguard for the future
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
CLEVELAND LOSES A CASE.
Opinion of Lower Court Affirmed III the
New Orleans Drainage Case.

WASHINGTON, March g. United
States supreme court today affirmed the
Judgment of the circuit court in the case OF
Jas. Wallace Peake, ct al, appellant,
VS.. the city Of New Orleans.
This is the New Orleans drain
age case in which ex-president
Cleveland was one of the counsel for the
appellants. The decision of the court was
against the parties whom Cleveland repre-
sented, though Justice Harlan, Chief JUS
tice Fuller and Justice Lamar dissented.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
FATAL FRACAs AT ASHLAND.

Gavin NJ Steele is Shot by w. G.
French.
ASHLAND, Wis, March ga fatal
shooting afray occurred here today. the
victim being Gavin Nj. Steele, a druggist
w. G. French is the man who committed
the crime. Steele was a man about so
years of age and brother-in-law of the
man who shot HIM The shooting oc-
Cured in SteeIe's drug store about 1890.
French gave himself up Immediately after
the shooting and was taken to the county
Jail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
A New Feature.

WASHINGTON, March THE new fea-
ture of the postal service will go into
operation April l next. when seaport
offices will be established on the German
steamers plying between New York and
Hamburg and Bremen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
Two Babies Cramafed.

WEST MILTON, Ohio, March 9.-Late
Saturday evening two little children-a
boy and girl aged four and six years-of
William BrinkmaD were burned to death
in the absence of their parents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
WORK OF THE PENSION BUREAU
a Vast Amount of Business is Transacted
in Week.

WASHINGTON, March "a statement
has been prepared by the commissioner of
pensions giving resume Of the work of
the pension bureau during the week ended
February %. This statement shows that
during that time 1859 pension certificates
of all classes were issued, representing
81, 149, 155 as the first payment. Of this
number, 5 266 were issued under the new
pension act of June 27, 1890.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
MEDALS OF HONOR.
Several Brave Soldiers at Wounded Kne
are Rewarded.

WASHINGTON. March g. - Secretary
Proctor today awarded medals of honor to
the following named enlisted men, for
gaIIantry in the action of Wounded
Knee.
First sergeant, Jacob Trautman, troop,
18th cavalry. and Corp. Paul H. Welner
and privates Joshua B. Hartzsog, Geo.
Green and John Flood, all of light batter
Z first artille
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
Neenah Reduces Its Debt.

NRENAH, Wis, March City Treas
urer Kellogg has sent to the state treas
urer $1,000 to apply on the Indebtedness
of the city, This reduces the city's debt
to $40 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
EuIoeize j. fferson Davis.

AUSTIN, Tex, March This aftereoon
the senate and house met In joint ession
and after glowing speeches In eulogy,
| adopted resolutions out of respect to the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
JOIN ED TIE RANKS.
Another Defaulter Leaves the Country for
Canada

YANKToN, s. D.. March 6.-Frank
Buck, young German who for several
years operated private bank at Freeman,
Hutchinson Co., S. q, myster1ously dis
appeared two weeks ago. Fears were en-
tertained that he bad been murdered and
robbed To-day he was heard from In
Conada He is deftulter in large sum
and Sioux City, Iowa, banks and loaning
companies are the victims.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
Will Sue Men3Sha-

MENAsHA, Wis, March 6.-Joseph
Steidel, of Appleton, who was so badly
injured few days ago by falling off ID
bridge in this city, will bring suit for
damages.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
ENTIRE FAMILY POISONED.
A Fe1nd Supposed to Be Guilty of a Devil
iSh Deed.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 6.-Near Mt.
Sterling this morning, VIM. Ferguson, a
farmer, rs years old, and his son-in-law,
B. c. Watts, were found dead from pois-
oning. The granddaughter, Grace Boyd,
is dying from the same cause. The poison
was arsenic and was put in coffee, evil
IDENTIFY by some enemy of the family, who
slipped in from the outside while break,
fast was &C oxinp
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
A Lion Tanner Killed.

PARIS. March 9.-Seets, the lion tanner
in the spectacle of Nero, was killed by an
Infatuated beast in the Paris Hippodrome
to-day. This is the second horror of the
kind within week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
Elk M EN- Der of Congress Dies.

MACON, Ga, March Col. Thomas
Hardernan, Jr., for many years promi-
Dent figure in Georgia politics, and for
several terms a meLIber of congress, died
today.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
Yellow Fever i'm Brazil

LONDON, March 7.-Official information
received at the foreign office shows that
yellow fever is increasing in Brazil.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
WILL DRAW FULL PAY.
Dubois, of Idaho. is Placed Upon the
List of Senator'S

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Imporant
steps have been taken in TIE settlement
contest over the seat of Senator Dubois, of
Idaho. His name has been put on the roll
of senators and he will receive his pay as a
duly elected United States senator from
that state. Senator Edmunds says law
and nrecedants sustain this action.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
The Conservatives Win.

TORONTO, Ont., March 6.-The follow
ing table shows the latest standing of the
parties in the dominion:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
BLOWN SKYWARD.

The Negligence of Miners Causes Severe
Explosion.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa. March 4. - A
frigntfu accident occurred 1t the Noting
ham colliery at Plymouth today by which
three men we're killed and two injured.
Five men were sent into the old works and
were instructed to use safety lamps, but
they disobeyed the order and the naked
light which they carried ign1ted a large
body of gas. A terrible explosion fol-
lowed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12

Giving the conservatives majority Of
"a. There are FIVE constituency to hear
from yet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
GILBERT MACKEN DEAD.

His Activity for the Dominion During the
Fcnian Troubles.
WINNIPEG, Man., March Hon. Gil
bert Macken died suddenly last night
He played prominent part in the early
history of the country fifty years ago,
being commissioner of peace of the domin-
ion all through the Fenian trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
TO PRISON FOR LIFE.

President Harrison Commutes the SEN
tence of John Youngman.
A telegram from Washington states
that in the case of john Youngman, con-
victed of rape and sentenced to hang
April 3, the president committed the SEN
tence to Imprisonment for life at hard
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
MONEY FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES
The Parnellites are beginning York Ser
iousIy in Ireland.

DUBLIN, March Elm the appeal for
money to form Parnel campaign fund,
Lord Mayor of Dublin Meade and High
Sheriff Shanks are appointed treasurers.
The appeal pus home rule to the front
and declares in the industrial develop
ment of Ireland civil and religious liberty
must be an essential part of Irish self gov
eminent. The appeal also says that there
must be no religious denomination.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
Saryia'S New x ing

BELGRADE. March 6. "A brilliant cere-
mony marked the official proclamation to-
day of the accession of King Alexander
the first to the throne of Servia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
AGAINST SECRET SOCIETIES.
Bishop WoodIock Devotes his Efforts in
This Direction.

DUBLIN, March 9.-Bishop Woodlock,
of Ardaga and Clonmacendis, who has
been preaching at Athlone, exhorted his
hearers to shun secret societies, as an eff
fort was being made to entangle young
men into a renewal of the plottings which
have been the curse of Ireland
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
BEAT ALL FORMER RECORDS.
The Six Days Bicycle Race is at al
End

DETROIT, March THE six days bicy-
Gle race of six hours day is ended
Ashinger, 733 miles and one lap, gold
medal and 40 per cent. of theg tie receipts:
Reading, 733 miles, Is per cent. of tne
gate receipts; Martin, $50; Shock, COS;
Clark, 420 The BEST previous record for
As hours is III miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
Died at Appleton

APPLETON, March 6. s. S. Sheldon, a
prominent Grand Army mau, died today
of typhoid fever, aged 46.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
DOES UP ITS WORK.

The North Carolina Legislature Redis-
tricts the State.
RALEIGH, N. c., March 1.-THE legis-
lature is winding up its business tonight.
1t has redistricted the state, making
eight democratic and one republican dis
trict. 1t has appropriated $25 900 for the
exhibit at the worlds fair.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
The Apache Criterion of Wives.

The plural wife system prevails at
San Carlos, where it is regarded by
Apache bucks as profitable for the
reason that wives are tireless toilers.
They chop wood. carry water, pack
.*y, herd stock, 5si:d wickkisps, eook.
and in fact do all the labor calculated
to contribute to the necessity and COM
fort of the camp. Apache women are
observation-disclosures bought and sold.
4 bucks wealth is estimated. in part,
by the number of his wives. The
value of wife is calculated by the
weight she can carry; therefore those
having defective spines and unable to
pack a sack Of flour, or bundle Of hay,
or an eighth of cord of wood and q
papoose at the same time, are not re-
garded as valuable property. and are
less appreciated by their masters than
a pony or burro.-G Globe Sjlv3r Belt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
WAS ADAM A BLACK MAN7
Strong Proof That Ewes Husband Was 3
Negro.

There has always been a tradition
among the Africans that the first man
God created was a black man, and
that the scare he and his consort re-
ceived when God called upon them to
know why they were in hiding after
they had eaten of the forbidden fruit
caused them to turn pale with sheer
fright. How much of a basis of truth
there is for this curious belief 1t would
be hard to tell; antiquarian research
having, during the last decade. added
to rather than taken from the original
tradition.
The earliest memorial tablets found
by the late George Smith in Palestine
and other parts of the Orient give the
tradition high credit. One of Mr..
Smiths Inscriptions or tablets, which
has been deposited in the British mu-
scum, in class K. No. 1861 gives an
account of the creation of man by the
god Mir-ku, or Noble Crown" and
runs as follows: ITO fear them (the
gods) he made man; the breath of life
was in him. May he (the god Mir-ku)
be established, and may his will not
fail in the mouths of the dark races
which his hand has made"
The above is said to be the earliest
allusion in existence to the Biblical
account of creation, and it distinctly
points to the first race as being dark
and confirms what Sir Henry Rawlin-
son said long ago-that is, that the
word ''Adamn" (Adam) means dark
race" in distinction from ''Sarku"
meaning light race" MI. Smith,
during his life, put forth many ingen-
ious arguments to prove that the ac-
count of the sons of God marrying the
daughters of men Genesis vi. simply
meant that the Sarku were intermarry-
ing with the Adamn people. To sum
the whole maIler up, was adam a
negro?
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He Made a Mistake.

At reception recently given by a
well-known citizen young society
blood was earnestly engaged in a con-
versation, and. with his hands behind
him, was playing with what he sup
posed was piece of bric-a-brac on the
arm chair. But instead of that it sud-
denly moved. and he turned TO find
that he had been rubbing the gloved
arm of Il lady and moved up as far as
the elbow He is nervous fellow,
says the Buffalo Courier, and in the ex-
PLANTATION that followed he said:
Pardon me, madam, but | thought
it was piece of bric-a-brac.
This explanation amused her so
greatly that she fell into a CONFUSION
of laughter and the young man, con-
tinuing. and presumably referring to
her funny-bone, said:
Your sense of the humorous has re-
lieved me of my extreme embarrass-
ment."
Perhaps it has. but it hasn't relieved
him of the torture Of his friends, who
are now asking him the price of gloEes
and how he succeeded with his co!4ec-
ton of bric-a- brac.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
The Disappointed General.

A general Of the first empire. as
brave as his own saber, but caring rs
little for Champollion as a fish for an
umbrella, heard one fine morning that
his .aid-de-camp was setting out for
Egypt.
You are going to Cairo? Much
good may it do You! Beastly countryi
But | want YOU to do me a favor
There has been 50 much talk Of munl-
mics lately and ! lave never seen one.
That botbers me; it makes me look SO
foolish, dye see. Do you mind bring
ing me one back with you?'
Most happy, general.
A year later the officer returned to
Paris aud called on the general.
And my munmy?n
1T is below
Some soldiers carried I'D a sarcoph-
agus. The first and second shells
were removed. while the general looked
on in anxious expectation. At last
there appeared the mummy. swathed
in bandages. The general leaned over
with eager curiosity. then suddenly
drew himself to his full height aud rx-
claimed, while darling a savage look
at the unhappy aidde-camp:
why, man, it's dead!'
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
Tara's Hall.

Tradition has it that the last assem-,
blage in the hall of Tara took place i'll
the year A. D. 544. Tne great triennial
council of the Irish nation was held
there for centuries previously, but be-
cause criminal who had fled for
safety to the monastery of St. Ruan
had been dragged to the hall and exc
cute'l the holy abbot and the monks
cried aloud against the sacriIege and
pronounced curse upon its walls.
From that day" says an old chron
icler, mo kings ever again sat at
Tara"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
Gen. sherman's Turkey Story.

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
told good stories.
When / was with the army in
Georgia a slave-owner one Christmas
missed fat turkey. He suspected a
fine-Iooking colored man and had him
brought before him."
You have stolen my turkey and
eaten it" said the irate master.
Use not gwine to say [ didn't when
you says did, massa.
Il ought to do something to you.
What have you to say why shoald not
punish xou?'
We'll, massa, Won han't los any
thing particular. You see, you has a
little less turkey and Il good deal more
uigger."
And the master had to acknowledge
the philosophy Of the slave and let him
90 unpublished.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
The Last Man.

DO YOU believe in fate?' he asked.
Il dunno" said tie lawyer WhyP"
"Wel. l do. Aeons before you and
l were born somebody, somewhere,
carved out our lives and fortunes.
"Pshawm exclaimed the lawyer.
Don't YOU believe it,
That's right. You hear what I'm
telling you. We're the creatures Of
destiny. At least am. don't know
about you"
What makes YOU think SOP"
I've been looking back over my life,
and through its warp and woof | can
see the same thread running from the
beginning to the present time. | can
see it plainly. know it."
.'Huw'> that9'
''Mv mission in life is to always be
the last man. There's long row Of
men before me every time. Sometimes
it's longer and sometimes it's shorter,
but I'm always thelasr OF the lot.
What do YOU mean?"
Take doms When dog is born
somebody wants him--and @ets him.
Then somebody else wants hm-and
gets him. Then somebody else-ani
so on through the chain. until it comes
to me. OF course | want him. and ret
him. Now you'd naturally suppose
that somebody else would want him
and get HIM, just as all the rest Of Us
did. But no. I'm the last man. He :
the same dog he was before, exactly rs
good and all that and every time he
changed hands his price got bigger.
But | can't gi<e him away, I'm the
end of the chain. I'm the last man.
Nobody wants him any more.
Hard luck, = said the lawyer, sym
pathetically.
Its the same way with everything.
[ kuy real estate for instance. Hun
dreds Of men have wanted that identi-
cal piece of ground before me- and
every one of them has got it. That's
the irnubie Every one Of them. I'm
the a-t liian again. I'm the only man
lett III III the world who wanted thai
real estate, I'm the end of the chain.
I'm IN last man. It's tough, but |
have To stand it. The fates he'd y
grudge against somebody when they
were measuring up my string and
they took it out on me. know it. -
Chtcugo Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
An Archbishop's Misadventure.

The late archbishop of York, DR..
Thomson, used to tell good story
about himself which is too good to lose,
He had been dining with friend
several miles from his residence at
Bishopthorpe.
After dinner he ordered his carriage
to drive him home, and when about to
enter he noticed that his coachman
was rather shaky on the box. and also
that his voice was anything but clear.
Before the carriage had proceeded
far it became evident that the coach
man was incapable of driving with
safety, so there was nothing for it but
for the archbishop to exchange places
with him if he wished to arrive home
safely. Having deposited the 'jehu"
inside he mounted the box and all
went well until the narrow road up to
the stables was reached. Here the
carriage was driven over several large
"spars" which were lying by the side
of the road.
The noise caused by the collision at
tracted the stable boy, who seized hold
of the horses heads and led them into
the yard muttering the while some not
over-choice language at the coachman
for his carelessness.
You old fool! Drunk again.
A light from the stables reyealed the
shovel hat.
We'll! Why, you've got the old
cocks haEs''
The archbishop thought the joke had
gone quite far enough and said:
NO; it's the old cock himself"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
Chinese Slavery in San Francisco

1t is as we'll known as almost any
fact that Chinese girls are bought con-
stantly here and in China to supply
Chinatown bagnios, and that every
scheme that Chinese cunning can de-
wise to get their importations landed is
resorted to. Miss Culbertson has a
bill of sale for a Chinese girl and also
a contract Of sale which the girl sold
witnessed by making an impression on
it with her thumb dipped in red ink.
Evidences cf this traffic in human flesh
and Of the horrible treatment of many
of the victims have been published
constantly for years yet no case has
ever been brought into court 10
buyer or seller sought to be punished,
and the traffic and the slavery 90 on
as steadily. obviously and certainly as
it did in New Orleans before the war
-Sl?g Francisco Chronicle.