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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27
MODERNIZED ROME.

Rome, in twenty or thirty years,
has become like any other European
city,-big, noisy, vulgar, Overgrown,
Frenchified and syndicate-ridden,
hardly to be distinguished from Lyons
or Turin, except that it has in the mid
die of its streets some enormous mas
ses of ruins, many huge, empty con-
vents, and some vast churches, ap-
parently abandoned by the church.
But the ruins, which used to stand in q
rural solitude like Stonehenge or
Rieveulx, are now mere piles of stone
in crowded streets, like the Palais DIES
Thermes at Paris.
The sacred sites of Forum and Roma
QuaGrata are now objects in a museum.
The Cloaca are imbedded in a new
stone quay, and are becoming Il mere
exhibit like York House water gate,
in our own enbanlzment. The wild
foliage and the memorial affairs have
been torn ont of the Colosseum and the
Aelian bridge is overshadowed by a
new iron enormity. Rome, which
thirty years ago was a vision of the
past, is today a busy italian town,
with a dozen museums, striving to be-
come third-rate Pa1is-Frederick
Harrison in The Fortnightly Review.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27
WARRANTS FOR WALTERS.
Leader of the Kansas Coal Strike to Be
Placed Under Arrest.

Pittsburg, Kas., July 2O.-Two war
rants for trespass are out against Presi-
dent Walters. of the mine workers
one for Crawford, and the other for
Cherokee county. Notices have been
posted for some time forbidding the
strikers to enter upon the coal lands,
but these have been disregarded by the
strikers, who have BEEN inducing the
miners at work to quit Hence this
action. The papers have not yet been
served, as Walters is at Rich Hill,
Mo-, and will go from there to Bevier.
EX-Assistant Attorney General Allen,
who has been employed to represent
the miners in southern Kansas in their
fight against the coal companies, left
Topeka for Pittsburg this morning.
There is going to be a hot legal fight
said Mr.. Allen, land I believe we will
win. Today is the last day of grace
allowed by the compares before they
attempt the eviction of miners. If this
| is attempted, I shall Immediately bring
action against them for violating the
antitrust law. l shall also endeavOr to
have the county attorney, or the attor-
ney- general, institute proceedings to an
null the charters of these companies for
violating this law. It is plain to me
! that it is being violated, and [ think
we can forfeit their charters. So far as
the miners are concerned the first thing
I expect to do on reaching Pittsburg is
| to advise them to keep within the
bounds of the law. There is considera-
| BILE talk of riots just now, but [ believe
the men understand that their only
chance of winning this fight lies in
moderation"
| 1t is current here with the railroad
officers as authority that 1000 colored
is becoming serious and a bloody cen
men Were put in the cars at Birming-
ham, Aa., last night and started for
Kansas to take the places of the strik,
ing miners. 1t is thought they will be
sent to Pittsburg and from that place
distributed to all the affected mines
in the state Trouble.and perhaps blood
shed, would undoubtedly follow such an
| attemOt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27
FREEDOM.

My work is done: the eventide is here
My wages now / ask of Thee
| Not gold nor jewels do | crave, my
Lord,
But, Master, set my spirit free.
Tie shadows lengtlea on my glacier
path.
Heavier the chains that fret me here
[ ask for freedom from their crush
ing weight.
lis life, not death. I hold in fear,
Ny work is done; the hour of rest
draws near;
The vesper-bells toll clear and sweet.
Unto the aged should be spared. my
Lord
The pains that torture tired feet.
According to my need, I ask of Thee
That Thou bestow the promised
wage
If faithful I have been in email and
Wilt Thou not now my pangs as
suage:
My work is done; take me within the
gate
Where enter only those Thou wilt:
A city lighted by Thy glory great,
The city not by mort,lls built.
Come quickly, l Deseech, and freely
give
The guerdon in its full degree,
Which Thou hast promised unto every
nan
According as his work shall be.
Yet, Master, not my viii, but Thine,
be done.
On Thee l wait; forgive my prayer!
Inou knoWest best if here I'm needed
still.
Thou KmoWeSt IL I'm needed there
The wages are not due Til WORK is
done:
Submissive to the end I'll be,
Knowing Thy precious promise never
fails,
That my reward still rests with Thee!
Clara Jessup Moore, in August Lip
pincotts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27
MARQUIS AGAIN IN FAVOR.
De Leuville and Mrs. Frank Leslie
Have Become Friends Again.

New York, July ia report comes
from London that Mrs. Frank Leslie
and the Marquis de Leuville have re-
sumed the friendly relationship inter-
rupted by Mrs. Leslie's marriage to
Willie Wilde, the London clubman and
brother of the poet, from whom she
recently obtained Il divorce.
Before Mrs. Leslie married Willie.
she and the Marquis de Lcuville were
reported engaged half Il dozen times
and the marquis once wanted to fight
a duel OH her account. Since Mrs. Les
lie obtained a divorce she has been
much in London writing about W~;llie's
shortcomings as a husband, and Incl
dentally she met the marquis and they
are represented as having made up.
Mrs Leslie jOulneyed from London to
Paris day or two ago to hear the mar
quiS speak 4 piece Ut an entertainment,
but the marquis sprained an ankle and
did net show up. Mrs. Leslie returned
to London, it is said, and the marquis
has been a frequent caller upon her.
AS yet gossip has not limited upon the
probability Of Mrs. Leslie marrying the
marquis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27

: can glow. At times the path skirts
the side of rushing mo:ln;an river
where in every eddy are mens Of
darling trout Then it climbs End
winds high up the mountain side, grows
fainter, and finally disappears, leaving
the gold hunter to scramble on over
fallen logs and around precipicas as
best he can
/ " hen night comes he stops. USUALLY
| in the bottom of a valley bv \ stream
OF melted snow water, fries and eats
some pancakes, cuts a great pile of fir
boughs for a bed, throws himself on
1t and is asleep in a moment. All
through the night the cold and damn
from the stream and the messy
ground creep up, and in the morning
he is stiff and scarcely able to stagger
on.
! He continues thus day after dav.
seeing only the trees near about him.
and occasionally bit of dark mountain
slde through a rift in their tops. FL
nally he has climbed high up and comes
| out above the forests, and sees again.
for the first time in days, the full day
light. Here, high above the world. on
the mountain sides, he spends weeks
searching for silver and gold veins
and hunting goat and deer for meat.
Sometimes he loses himself. his food
gives out, and he starves, or by a mis-
step falls thousands of feet from a
precipice and is dashed to pieces in
the valley below.
Ii fortunate, he locates several
, claims, stakes them out, finds bearings
for them on the peaks about, and then,
loaded with specimens, makes his way
back to civilization, where his ores are
; aSsayed He has brought the best
specimens only, so they come out splen-
didly. People become excited, and a
party, including mine spectators, goes
up to see what he has found. If good,
the mines are sold on the spot to specu-
lators, who, in turn, sell to rich eastern
or English mining companies These
cut trails through the woods, send up
machinery piecemeM on donkey or
mule back, hire IA lot of miners at SIS
day, and the mine is started for
pront or loss, according to the way the
lead holds out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27

Before Shelah could answer Reeks
gave evidence of his bodily presence
by appearing a the doorway The
; brewer walked in. followed by Shelah
: Rivington. senior, was a pleasant. chat
Y old gentleman, and he soon dis
closed the object of his visit. ball
was going to be held at Herringbourne
town hall. and he was distributing
invitations TO such of his tenants as
chose to attend. AS he was passing
, quite by accident, he assured them
he felt he ought not to miss the land.
| lord of the Ship" There were the
| tickets and he hoped that Reeks and
bis daughter would attend.
I forgot to MENTION" he said bland
ly, as Reeks after expressing bis
thanks, took them up, that this ball
is to be held in honor of my son
GIRLS marriage. He is to be married
this week to the daughter of a very
old friend of mine-a man of Kent
As he finished Il low Sobbing cry
startled all but Shelah. A beer-warmer
had ratified TO the floor and Jennie
stood vacantly staring into a little
lake of the split liquid at her feet.
why. what's the matter. lass?''
said Reeks; you look as white as a
CHEST
Nothing, father" SHE answered
family, nothing only the heat OF the
fire"
That is what it was said old
Rivington, 1.-The heat of the fire, no
doubt. 1 have experienced the same
sensation myself. Well, good day.
Reeks. l hope you will find it con.
venient to attend"
He nodded pleasantly, untethered his
horse from the palings and mounted
it. As he rode away he smiled softly
and patted his horses name. SheIah
Baxter came out of the Ship and
walked aimlessly down to his boat
The surf was boiling on the Scroby.
and great rollers with foaming crests
were racing in and tumbling upon the
beach. He stood awhile abSently
watching the little salt fountains which
their recoil left bubbling in the sand,
then mounted the tall hillock to look
for ReekS.
On the top he started and his tan
cheeks grew pale. At the base of the
mound by dwarfed clrnnp of furze
sat a girl, sobbing violently. 1t was
Jennie Reeks. He descended the side
she was on and gently touched her
shoulder You'll catch cold, lass"
he said, sadly. eff you sit here"
Through her tear-brimmed eyes she
looked into his face. Not a word OF
reproach. Only in his eyes was the
love that had been so constant. With
a little catching of her breath Jennie
rose and drew back: then, with a con.
vulsive cry, she flung her arms wildly
about his neck and there she sobbed
until she could sob no more. When
they went back to the "Ship" Reeks
met them at the door Something in
their attitude made him softly whistle.
A nearer view of their faces made him
chucl1le. 1t seemed as if Shelah had
taken his advice and plucked up at
last
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27
Tx MARVEL'S" FARM.
1t Was a Failure and Is Now Cut u

1t Was a Failure and Is Now Cut Up.
New London (Ct) Day: Among the
farms in Salem, this safe, that are well
advanced upon the road to ruin, is the
one inherited by Donald G.. Mitcnel ok
. aryeD at the death of his mother,
and the spot where occurred the Incl
dents related SO Interestingly in The
! ReverieS of Bachelor" This farm
is situated at the foot of Woodbridge
! hill, u miles from the nearest railway
station, and from a valuable estate IS
years ago it has degenerated into what
is considered "a poor piece of property"
by the local farmers. The forests have
OvergrOWn the grass fields and pastures
and the splendid orchards of years
ago are now tracts of rOtting and al
most worthless trees.
| In the five years prior to 1914 Donald
! G. Mitchell lived in this remote place
and while there wrote his famous book,
| The Iteveries of a Bachelor" He
tried his hand at farming first and the
old residents in the locality frequently
interlard their cOuntry-StOre gossip
with funny stories about how the ia
nous author managed his farm. He
had no experience as a tller of the
soil, and when his crops were planted
| he allowed them to run Il race with
1.-THE weeds while he wandered around
the woods looking for curious shaped
saplingS that he might work into the
| construction of rustic seat.
| According to the testimony of the
''old Settlers Mitchell had a mania
for rustic seats, and they were found
in every conceivable corner Of the farm
where there was q shade tree. The
ruin of one of these natural crooks
is to be seen in a grove Of hickory
trees a short distance from the house.
1t was about II feet long and the
legs and arms and back were made of
branches of trees in the forms they
naturally took in their growth. These
seats were a marvel to the plain peO-
pie of this locality, and men, women
and children journeyed miles to look
at them. Building rustic benches
wouldn't raise profitable crops, and
after an unprofitble experience of a
couple of years, Mitchell engaged a
man named Williams to operate the
farm with him on shares. The ven
ture proved a failure and he rented the
farm the following year to a man
named Allen SissOn, whose wife, Alb
I bic, is referred to repeatedly in his
book Mrs. SissOn was sister of Fred
erick Fosdick, who for years had been
clerk of the town of Lyme, CT. Nit
chell boarded with the SissOns and
wrote his book. The greater part Of the
work was done by him while he lay
stretched on the rustic bench in the
| hickory grove. A year or two later
Mitchell had an opportunity to sell tn"
farm and he did so. 1t passed into tn
hands of Lyman Bailey, who subse-
quently sold it to his son, Charles Hen
ry Bailey, the present owner. Mr..
Mitchell is referred to by the old peo-
pie who remember him as "a mighty
Iqueer duck who didn't know beans
about farmin,' but could write like
thunder The farm originally owned
by Mr.. Mitchell has been cut up and
sold until it is now in the possession
of at least 10 persons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27
ASK FOR PROTECTION.
Kansas Mine Owners Call Upon Fed
eral Authorities

- KaS., July H.-The openly
expressed sympathy of the state adj
miniStratiOn for the striking coal miners
and the fear that it will incite the min
ers to lawless acts which will result in
great damage to the mines, has in
duced the mine operators to appeal to
the federal authorities for protection.
All of the mine companies doing bust
ness in southwestern Kansas are in
coTpOrated under the laws of Missouri
and are consequently foreign compa-
MES. 1t is proposed to apply to the
United States court for an injunction
restraining every striker from trespass-
ing upon the pOperty of the mine own
ers, or from interfering in any way
with men who are at work in the mines.
All of the federal judges having iuris-
diction in Kansas are out of the state,
some in Colorado and some in Chicago.
The necessary papers have been pre-
pared and dispatched in charge Of an
attorney to Denver, where Judge Rlner
is holding court. The proceedings are
similar to those taken by the Missouri
Pacific Railway company in 1856, and
by the Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad
company recently. The object Of these
proceedings is to place the strike dis
trict in charge of United States mar
shals instead of running the risk of
entrusting it to state authorities III
casc of any emergency.
imminent.
The LIZ ior general OF the Kansas
National guard has been sent to Pitts
burg to be i'll readiness to take command
OF the militia company III case their
services should be required.
lie situation III the mining disttict
Il ct between strikers and operators is
Trouble broke out yesterday near
Weir City. Just before noon a band of
500 strikers, headed by 100 women,
which had been marching to the various
strip pits, reached Clements pit and
sent a delegation to persuade the min
ers working there to quit. This they
refused to do and the entire body of
marchers moved on to the works to
force the men out The strip men We're
ready for them, and when they passed
the trespass line they We're fred upon
and a battle followed in which Winches-
ter rifles, pistols and clubs were used.
Over 100 shots were fired and it is
little short of a miracle that nobody
was killed. One man was wounded
in the forehead, another in the leg, 3
boy in the foot, and one of the women
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27
STRAY. SPARKS.

Mitchell has signed articles to fight
Corbett before the Columbian club.
Russian exhibitors at the fair again
consider themselves insulted and have
covered their exhibits.
The cause of France seems to be
growing in Siam. The court is greatly
agitated and the king threatens to
leave the capital.
Martin May, section foreman on
the Chicago & Great Western railroad
shot and instantly killed his wife at
Aurora, Ia, yesterday. Domestic trou.
bles
James NJ. Bowling, cashier of the
United States mint at New Orleans
was arrested last night charged with
the embezzlement Of $4,000. He is
held in $4,000 bonds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27
EXCURSION IN A WRECK.
Train Bearing Hundreds of Sunday
School Children is Demolished.

Buffalo, y. Y, July 19.-An excur-
sion train carrying the Sunday schools
Of Rethany and Bethlehem churches
of Buffalo on the Western New York
d Pennsylvania railroad, was wrecked
at East Aurora at 7:45 o'clock last
night. One man was fatally injured
and fifteen or twenty persons, old and
young, were more or less seriously
hurt.
The accident is one of the most re-
markahle in the history of the railway
world. The engines We're crushed in
to masses Of twisted steel and were
covered with the timbers, broken glass
and iron of the first two coaches.
These coaches were filed with eXcur-
sicnists and that they escaped with no
more serious injury is almost miracu-
lOus.
The list of the seriously injured is
as follows:
HAIRY SAUER. both legs broken.
ARTHUR SAUER, leg broken and
seriously bruised and cut about the
head and face.
FANNIE WHITMER, cut about feet
and legs and otherwise seriously
bruised.
WILLIE WHITMER, legs badly
crushed and head cut.
GEORGE FERGUSON, cut on face
and bruised internally.
NELLIE STESSEL, leg crushed and
head cut.
MRS. ROBERT HOOD, legs hurt and
cut about face
The train bearing those who escaped
and who could be removed, reached this
city soon after midnight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27

got a bullet through the arm. Some
OF both sides were badly beaten up
with clubs. The men in the strip were
routed by the strikers and We're forced
to fee for their lives, pursued by the
bowling mob, which would have lynch
ed them had they been caught.
The owner of the strip. Clements. his
son. and man named Big Dick Reed,
are said to be the ones who did the
shooting. and they have given them
selves up. 1t is rumored that firearms
have been received here tonight
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27

Milwaukee, July 21.-The officers OF
the Commercial bank this morning Co
cided to go out of business and closed
the doors Of the bank The reason Of
this action was that the bank was I'M
abel to realize ON some GOOD paper it
held, and which it expected TO have no
trouble III turning into cash. The OF,
fcers decided that in view of the Strin-
gent banking laws in this state, which
made bank officers liable to criminal
prosecution if the bank does business
when there is any question as to its
Solyency, the WiSeSt and safest course
to pursue for the protection Of the
bank and the depOSitors and creditors
was to close it's doors, and accord
ingly the assignment papers were filed
placing its affairs in the hands Of
receiver
The people aboGt the court house
were troubled at 1870 O'Clock when
an attorney walked into the clerk of
the courts office and filed Il voluntary
assignment of the Commercial bank
A number of creditors had attach
ments and executions which they WoulC
have filed but for the assignment.
The assignee appointed in the as
signment papers is A. B. Geilfuss, the
cashier of the bank, and his bond is
placed at $1,65O,OOO. The bOndsmen
are:
ChaS f. PfiSter. ............ $55O,OOO
Albert Como. ........ ....... 100000
r. Mariner. ................. $4,000
Total. Observation-Disclosures. 81 100000
The county officials trouble was ow
ing to the fact that this bank was the
county depository and holds $31O,624
of the county's money District At
tOgney Hammcl was called in and
steps are being taken to protect the
interests of the county.
A bond of 100000 was required to
insure the county against loss in case
of failure on the part of the bank.
Upon these sureties the loss, if any,
will fail
The county has on deposit in the
bank, according to the statement made
this mornig, $31G65214 Under the
most favorable circumstances this mon
ey VIII De Jleu up LOT an WluennlIG pc
ROD and may discommode the county
in the way of raising funs to carry o..
work already commenced or authoriz-
q.
U1stict Attorney Hammel stated this
morning that the county deposit in the
Commercial bank was in the nature OF
a trust fund and he would institute pro-
ceedings at once to recover under the
law covering such cases. He had no fear
that the county would not get every
dollar it has in the bank. The bonds
men, he thought, would be amply able
to secure the county. In any case the
county would be paid in full before
any other depositors received a cent.
The officers of the bank are:
President-E r. Pann.
Eice-PreSident-J. q. Flint.
CaShier-A. T.. Guielfuss.
Directors-E. r. Paine, John G.. Flint,
James Kneeland A. B. GeilfusS, H NJ.
Benjamin, II. B. Sanderson, J. F.
Pierce. William II. Timlin, George J.
Oberman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-27
ANOTHER BANK GONE
FAILURE or THE COMMERCIAL
OF MILWAUKEE.
HEAVY WITHDRAWALS BY DE
POSITORS THE CAUSE.

Officials Find Immediate Collections I'm
possible to Make-A Il. Geilfuss, the
Assignee, Gives a S1,7OO,0OO Bond
The County's Funds in the Bank
No Excitement.
Katolik. (Winona, Minn.) 1893-1895, 1893-11-23

bezwarunkowo opusclc grantee
pailstwa rosyjskiego. Pred kllku
dnlaml wys}annicy tychze w}osclan
zgloslll sic do redakcyl polsklego
plsma 2 prosb2 0 pomoc / rade.
Wedle z~apcWnlenla tychze, znaidu-
lie SIG III wofyniu laNlch kllkanas.
Gle tysiecy Mazurdw, kt6rzY beda
Zmuszenl oousciG swoje dotychcza'
cove m'eisca. Rad rosyiski Z
powod6w p%olltycznycb chce sic leh
pozbyG Woiynia, natom,ast
o%fiarowuJe I'm zlemie gdzleS ma
Kaukuzie Sybery1, o czem nasi
MaZurzy siyszec HE chc2. Lamie-
rzaja on' obecnle powrocic znowu
do Galicyi, nabyc kllka w!elklch
maiatk6w 1 takowc rozparcelano-
wac.
PonieWaz zsnost SIG ma masowy
ruch, przeto pozadan2 rzecza by
by}o, ably zawlaza4a sic lax ma pre-
dzcj lnstytucya, kt6raby sprawe te
wzleia we wlasne rece s%kierowa}a
ten ruch we w}asciwe tory.
Katolik. (Winona, Minn.) 1893-1895, 1893-11-23
LONDNN. TELEGRAM p T0ha

LONDYN. Telegram 2 Iohan-
l. burg donosl, re Ausllcy 2
Listopada zdobyli BuIuwayo,s tol1ce
krola LobengnIi, W Afryce, Mata-
belle straclli okoio 2OOO a Anelicy
tylko 5 z%o1nrerzy. Oldzlai z fortu
kull i oddzla} krola Khama pod
dow6dztwem komendanta Raaf
zaczepliy Buluwayo, bronlone
przez Matabelow. Matabele wal :
czyii rozpaczliw1e, lecz przeclw
armatom ME zdofall miasta utrzy.
mac l z utrata 1000 zabltych
cotneli SIG z mlasta, ktore Anglicy
spalill.