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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
NEW 5 IN BRIEF.

Navigation on the Rhine, Moselle,
Neckar and Main Rivers has been
stopped by floating ice.
The mail coach between Malwa and
Warsaw has been robbed of 60, 600
rubles. The perpetrators have not
been discovered.
A cable message was received at the
State Department from United States
Consul Estes at Ham burg saying: ''In
city seven cases cholera of which ons
died; none in port.
The Hamburger Nachrichten denies
the statement i'll Milwaukee news
paper to the effect that Prince Bis
marck has an interest in Milwaukee
street railway company.
6 The Novoe Vremya, st. Petersburg
newspaper, has caused a sensation by
publishing an article, apparently in.
spired by high authority, in which the
French alliance is disparaged.
The engagement of the Earl OF
Craven to daughter of Bradley Mar
tin of New York is announced. The
Earl was born Dec. 16, 1868, and sue.
ceeded his father Dec. z, 1888.
Acting Register Harry Smith re-
ceived letter from Miss Rosecrans,
written on the train near Kansas City,
saying that Gen. Rosecrans had rested
well, had a good appetite, and was en-
joying his trip.
Acting Secretary Chandler has re-
quested the Secretary of the Treasury
to place to the credit of the State of
Idaho the sum of SIS, 900, due under
the act of Aug. 30, 1890, making an
annual appropriation in aid OF State
agricultural colleges.
Secretary Tracy has referred to
Judge Advocate General Lemly the
matter of transferring from the APP
propriat ton for coaling stations suf-
fcient sum to make up the deficiency
in the appropriation for the purchase
of land and equipment for the station
at Pago Pago. Samoa
The party of American engineers
under w. Skunk, who are surveying
the route for the Inter-Con tinental
Railway, has arrived at San Jose,
Costa RIGA. They have been in the
field since April, 1891, and expect to
finish their section of the work in six
Or eight months.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
PROTESTANT AND POPERY.
DIR. Parkhurst Says They Are Most Fruitful
When Fighting

LONDON, Jan. ?. New Years day
was notable only for the enormou.
crowds of church-goers All houses OF
worship were filed with persons anx
ious to hear the annual reviews and
predictions of the clergy. At the City
Temple the Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker
preached with his wonted force and
dlrectness. His sermon. he said, was
intended to be collection of messages
, TO the various classes of the English
people.
His first message, he said, was co
preachers, who must redouble their
efforts to tell the truth to ich and
poor alike and not fear to expose cor
ruption in high places. His second
, message was to the Roman Catholics.
They were high-minded, chivalrous
and sympathetic. Nevertheless, l
hold" he said, ''that Professionalism
and popery are never faithful to them
selves except when they are fighting
each other to DEATH The third mess
age was to members of Parliament and
the fourth to directors in public COM
panies.
DIR. Parker made a scathing state.
ment of the despoilation of the small
investor, as carried on by the building
societies which failed in 1892 After
alluding to the rascality of conspicu-
Gus men connected with these socie-
ties, he said: TO the corporal ton
rogue l say: You should be hanged
with the rope and buried in the field
of Judas Iscariot.'
After reciting briefly the story of
the Liberator Building Society and it's
wreck he stepped forward and shouted:
''The whole tale of this company's dis
aster is too horrible &or words; hell is
not hot enough to punish some degrees
of cruelty
In giving his fifth message, ad-
dressed to Archbishops and Bishops of
the Church of England, Dr. Parker
said: 81 claim to be as much of a
Bishop as any of you. Bishops are
made in heaven, not on earth.''
The demonstration of the unem-
ployed at st. PauIs cathedral was en-
tirely orderly. Some two thousand
men, with all the Tower Hill leaders,
marched ITO the cathedral shortly be-
fore service opened and took three
times the number of seats reserved for
them. Canon Henry Scott Holland
preached sermon full of sympathy
with them. He spoke at length
of the need of social reforms to
relieve the suffering of the working
people and assured the menupresent of
his hearty cooperation in all legiti-
mate efforts to better their lot The
men listened attentively throughout
the service, and, as they were forming
in line outside the cathedral after
ward, cheered for the canon repeated
". The procession moved from tho
cathedral to Cam berwell, singing the
''Marseillaise" and the STARVING Poor
of England
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
THE SCARCITY OF MEN.
Men Who Have Business to Take Care of
Retire Early.

Men who Have Business to Take Care of
Retire Early.
A feature of a ballroom life, which,
In the eyes of debutantes and chaperone
alike calls aloud for redress, is in order
Of discussion here, writes Mrs Burton
Harrison in the November Ladies' Home
Journal. One hears everywhere the
complaint that a woman, old or young,
may not stir from her seat to get supper
or to avoid a draught, or to change
places for a better point Of view, with
out being annexed to the arm Of some
member of the selecting sex, for whom
she must wait, or whistle, to use the
ancient, pungent phrase. Hard as this
unwritten law is to the elders, who see
themselves doomed to dependence on
callOw youths, the age, it may be, Of
their sons, for the privilege of crossing
a crowded bit Of parquet floor, it S
boubly so to the girls who must wait the
pleasure of these sultans of the hour to
rise from the seats into which their
healthy activity has been unclaimed. If
they might only fraterniZe with each
other, and cross the ballroom hand in
hand, go into supper likewise, and, bet
ter than all, dance together, without
proclaiming themselves wall flowers,
what a merry set our debutanteS would
be. Untrammeled by absurd necessity,
the girls who now sit, often grave and
spiritless, beside their protectors, would
then take fight, chirping and chatter
ing like a flock Of birds. AS it is, who
has not seen the unnatural spectacle of
these young creatures holding back from
conversation with each other, bravely
suppressing yawns, waiting and gazing
with sad eyes upon the pageant of a
dance which are not 4 Z, join be-
cause the men are not so plentiful as
the women. During a recent season of
revelry in New York, it was no uncom-
mon incident for girls whose carriages
had been ordered late, to be seen retir-
ing to the dressing-room to wait, because
partners were not forthcoming for the
cotillon. Young fellows, forced by the
nature of their employment to keep
early hours, make no pretence to keep
UP with the mad rush of society after
midnight The oldsters, who have
danced down the generations, with a
limited supply of very youthful support
ers of the saltatory art, carry the burden
of the ball.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
HUBBUB IN GERMANY.
Proposed Increase of Army Burdens Fills
Taxpayers with Dismay.

Proposed Increase of Army Burdens Fills
Taxpayers with Dismay.
While France, England and Austria
liza are confronted by more or less des-
tructive civil broilS i'll the shape OF
strikes and lock-outS, Germany is some
what grimly preparing for the interna-
tional conflict which we are constantly
told is inevitable, but which, somehow
or other, has not yet come off, says the
Reviews of Reviews. In order to bring
the German army up to the numerical
strength of the French, the government
has proposed to increase the annual
draft by 10000 men a year and to re-
duce the term of service from three
years to two. They also propose to add
$2O,0O0,000 year to the army estimates
which already amount to 800, 100000
per annum. There is a great hubbub in
Germany over this increase of the bur-
dens Of the Fatherland. Already, Ger
man industry suffers to an extent ID
most incOnceivable in countries which
are not plagued with CONSUMPTION. The
prospect of increased taxation on beer.
tobacco, etc, fills the common man with
dismay. Bismarck also lost no time in
letting it be understood that he is as
much as ever opposed to reducing the
number of years Of military service,
and a bye-electiOn in Bavaria, in which
an government Catholic nearly de-
feated a ministerial supporter of the
Center, has caused grave uneasiness 10
Berlin. Negotiations are going on with
the Pope, who, cr1riously enough, seems
likely to have the commanding voice
in fixing the quota of soldiers in the
army of the first Protestant power on
the continent-the Luther celebration
Notwithstanding
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05

Did you think so?" asked the thief,
scornfully. why, there was hardly a
difficult piece on the program, and all
those things have been played by fine
planists as mere bagatelles. / wonder
that the audience sat so patiently"
Then the enthusiast feels her ardor
dampened, and is perhaps even little
ashamed of it.
isn't this a pretty ggham?" says
another. And it was such bargain! You
know I have to be economical, and I
got this fol-: only twenty cents a yard
They are selling them for fifteen
cents a yard, now" remarks the thief,
dryly. Il presume they'll be reduced
to ten cents by next week, and they'll
be dreadfully common this summer
The pretty Bingham goes back into the
drawer, while its purchaser tries to feel
as pleased with it as she was before.
''Therev' says the small boy of the
family, his cheeks flushed with triumph,
I've guessed the first five puzzles in
my new book, and it's only taken me
about an hour!''
II should think that was long
enough" says the thief in a biting tone.
They're as simple as A. B. G. 1 guess
ed them in less than ten minutesr'
So the flush Of triumph in the little
puzzler's face gave place to a glow Of
modification.
There are a great many Of these
thieves in the world, and the strangest
thing about them is. that they do not
want what they steal: the good-nature
and pleasure and satisfaction that they
take from other people they have no
way OF using. Yet they so ON thieying
day after day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
Work on the Iron Mountain Road.

NEWPORT, Ark, Dec. 3O-The north.
bound passenger train on the St.
Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern was
thrown from the ira ok at Minturn,
thirty miles north of here, yesterday.
The wrecked cars ere the mail, bag
gage and express. Two mail clerks
are injured and Robert Weir. the en-
gineer, and his fireman are seriously
wounded. The accident was caused,
it is said, by an open switch
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
COM MON THIEVES.
Steal What They Do Not Want and Can n

Steal What They Do Not Want and Can Not
Use.
There are other thing of which people
can be robbed which are Of fully as
much value as those that attract street
thiese and burglars; says the Youths
Companion; and there is one kind of rob.
bber whose thefts are never ceasing,
and yet do not bring him before judge.
The thief Is the one who steals peoples
satisfaction and comfort and pleasure al
every turn by giving free play to his
sarcastic, grumbling. or sighting spirit
on all occasions. To be sure, he is bis
own worst enemy.
what a good concert that wasr' says
some enthusiastic music lover. who had
just had Ito herr rare treat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
The Umbria Ignted.

LONDON, Dec. 29.-Tne report that
the Umbria had been spoken on De-
cember % and had signaled that she
desired no assistance, though disa bled,
was received here late this AFT ernoon
from New York. The news spread
rapidly and relieved terrible load Of
anxiety from those who have friends
aboard. kilograms reporting the fact
that the steamer had been spoken
were sent in every direction to those
who bad requested that they be in
formed at once of any news received
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
BOTH EYES SHOT OUT.
The Victim Threatened to XIII the
Family of His Sweetheart

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 30-John
Ladd, living at Carpenter, near Scots
vile, this State, went to the house a
James Reid, a respectable farmer, last
night and told Reid that he was better
able to take care of his 14-year-old
daughter than he was, and that he
wanted to bring her up to suit himself.
He seized the girl, and proceeded to
drag her out, when he was forced off
by the father and brother. When out
side Ladd turned and declared his in
tentlon of having the girl or killing
the whole family. Young Reid at this
seized a shotgun and discharged it
full in Ladd's face. Both of Ladd's
eyes were shot out. He dragged him
self few rods and fell III a ditch,
where he spent the night. Ladd and
the girl wanted to marry, but the old
folks refused their consent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
ENGLISH ROYALTY.

1t Enjoys the New Year by InduIging lie
TabIeaux.
London, Jan. 2.-There was phenom-
inal new years gayiety at Osborne
house this evening. All children Of
the royal family were present. A con-
cert was given by military band early
in the morning, and later duke and
duchess of Connaught, Princess Louise
and the marquis of Lorne and several
others gave tableaux wants.
The duke Of York has been promot-
ed to a captainancy In the army.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
Diphtheria Still Ra ges.

Monticello, Dec. 2S.-Another child
in E. G. Burney's family, living 4 little
southwest of this village, died yester
day of diphtheria, making the second
death in the family within a few days
A number of cases are reported about
this vicinity in consequence Of which
the district schools have been closed
a new case comes to light IN the vii
lage today.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
HOME RULE FOR INDIA.
Important Resolutions Submitted to the
Native Congress at Allahabad.


CALCUTTA, Dec 30.-Seven hundred
delegates were present at the meeting
to-day of the Indian National Congress
at Allahabad, the capital of the North.
west provinces. The congress includes
many of the ablest of the native In
dams, and the resolutions submitted
showed the growing spirit in favor of
Indian elf-government. A resolution
was presented expressing regret that
the people of India were not allowed
to elect representatives to the council
OF the viceroy. The resolution was re-
ferred to a committee, but the manner
of its reception showed the increasing
popularity of the movement for a ma
tlonal Indian Legislature. Another
resolution was introduced asking the
Indian government not to deal with
the currency question before the pub
lie had been enabled to discuss the re-
port of the Herschel committee on the
subject
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
After the Murderers-

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Dec. 3O-Rail-
road detectives are on the trail of the
persons who are believed to have MUIR
dered Miss E. o. Ayers, station agent
at Brighton Junction, Wednesday
night. it has been learned that two
men traded a gold ring for liquor at
Latrobe early yesterday morning.
Two friends of the dead woman have
partly identified the ring as belonging
to her officers are now searching for
those men,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
EMANCIPATION DAY.

CoIOred Citizens of South Carolina Duly
Celebrate 1t.
Charleston, S. c., Jan. 2.-The Afro
American citizens of Charleston took
possession of the city today and cele-
brated emancipation day with becoming
honOrs. Thousands of colored people
from the surrounding country also flock
ed to town. In the afternoon the first
brigade Of the national guard of South
Carolina papaded the streets.
etqdP-yh Obj yvh ?ooS taotao ia tao o
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
MORRISON FOR THE INTERIOR.
Congressman Owen Scott Declares Tha.
the Appointment Ia Certain

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Representa-
tive Owen Scott of Illinois returned
from New York to-day. While there
he had an interview with
Cleveland and on the strength
of it he says: Col. Morrison
will, with doubt, be Secretary of the
Interior under Cleveland. l am posi-
tive of it." He wouldn't say that
Cleveland told him so, but he looked
very wise and knowing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05

The Spanish delegates to the inter.
national monetary conference are au
thorized to advocate the rehabilitation
of silver coinage; and Mr.. BaIfour, one
Of the most influential conservative lead.
ers in England, Is also advocating bi
metalliSIn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
Met De Rothschild.

LONDON, Dec. 3O.-The finance min
listers of Austria and Hungary met
albert de Rothschild and other bank
ers yesterday with reference to the
new gold item, the proposed amount of
which is 20O,OoO,O 200 tiorins. No de-
cision was reached.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
A Swift Skater.

Minneapolis Mimi, Jan. 2.-The five
mile skating race between Hagen and
Mccormick was won by Hagen. Time,
1923 IL. McCormick's time was 49,
"a Hagen gave Mccormick hadicap
of half lap.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
Charles +. Vail Goes Free

ST. oLoUIs, Dec. 3O.-The trial OF
Charles f. Vail, who was accused OF
numbering his wife at Old Orchard two
years ago, was to-day nolle pressed in
the ST. Charles County Court.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05

Death of Mrs. j. w. wheIpley.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-The wife OF
j. W. Whelpley, Assistant Treasures
of the United Sta les, died yesterday In
this city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
AN ELECTRIFIED FENCE.

1t Proves to be a Terror to Cats and Small
Boys.
A gentleman who lives almost under
the shadow of old Harvard's walls, At
Cambridge, has for several years en-
ployed his leisure ''dabbling in electric
ity," as he expressed it. In his home all
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05

City Of Mexico, Jan. DIR Lieeaga,
president of the board of health. in an
interview today said that anti-chOlera
precautions had not been reia~"'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
10 Wp~twOod Dead.

London, Jan. John Obadiah West
wood, honorary president Of the British
chronological society, died today.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05

memories which are always passive and
delightful. We have no wish to live the
scenes of which they are over again;
the reflection is enough. There are 9th
erS which cause us to wish the scenes
back again, with a kind of hunger, and
yet they won't or can't come back. 1
wondered of what class this memory
would be-"
The girl flushed ever so slightly, and
her fingers claSped a little neryouSly,
but she was calm. Her voice was even.
It had indeed a little thrilling ring of
energy. You are wonderfully daring, -
she replied, ito say that to me. To a
schoolgirl it might mean so much. To
II compaSsionately.
He was not in the least piqued. u
was absolutely honest in that l said
nothing but what l felt. | would give
very much to feel confident one day 81
the other Forgive me, what seems
incredible egotiSm- If I were five
years younger l should have said in
stantiy that the memory would be
one
(which would disturb you, make you
restless cause you to neglect your work
ill you with regret, and yet all too late
isn't that it?''
You read me accurately. But why
touch your tones with satire?"
Il believe read you better than YOU
read me. / didn't mean to be satirical
Don't you know that what often seems
irony directed toward others is in reality
dealt out to ourselves? Such irony as
was in my voice was for myself"
''And why for yourself?" he asked qui
city, his eyes full Of interest He wa.
cutting the end Of fresh cigar
WAS it, Che was about to strike
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-27

TIE manu- laetGre Of dinae AMI half dime
lsovels, and his speciality was The he-
sion that deals with boy pirates. boy
ilishwaytnen. robbers. and other
sstaally interesting juveniles lie start
ed ak years 1go. when he was twenty
tive. Educated aud refined The was an
Oxford mani he came a. this country
shortly after attaining his majority.
IIis first effort Ia the line Of blood and
thunder narrative was made during his
leisure "a = drug clerk The success
Of his production encouraged him ~
Iersevere. aud Cor the last two years
he had worked steadily. His publish
err say that his own share Of the
profits Of his pen .zst year was twelve
thousand dollars. aud hs lived pretty
well up 10 his income. lie spoke four
languages and his wide reading and
rips scholarship enabled him 20 wander
ut will In the highways Of literature
plundering wherever he saw an oppor-
innity. Thus his works were. as
rule. mere plaginrisims brought down
10 his readers level lie never sspired
60 anything higher, Certainly II he
hal wished 20 be . serious writer his
income could never have exceeded,
cay. thirty-five hundred dollars year.
even had he attained great vogue. As
IL was he kept horse aud carriage and
enjoyed life like = sybarite. being un-
married and uncontrolled And not
even his thousands of admirers scat
tered through the sehoolrooms. dis
trict telegraph ofieos and street cor
ners of this republic had any idea Of
his personality.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-27
ARE BUDS OF GREED
Cnntls Describes the Most DAN
ceross Man in the Word.
rsAsHasIIY GOOD FELLOW
Llsis< Part or ths Tlme la . Dciirsun.
OF Conp~tstlea "a sp>ad The oth~r
fart na a faEos,snl

Are yoa nos . nstle tirrd Of hear
Tag he hipp4st rseonsears Of The
press tax about the dAngerous ele-
meats - soclety7 What do they
know 81 ths dangeroas elements
OF .ocletyf Where do they look for
th~mf Always Ia Tie hack strestA
It appears - De ths proper thing o.
have = ~oli-brsd shusidsr az the pow
srty and Ignorance Of the lower
ela-ses
Hat ths tendency OF the ''lo~~r
eias-es~ u upward Hos about the
supper ela.scsf~ Where do they ssnd9
AID ~ upper cls-ses sinply mean in
this vie~ tbs hils. thu volnptnoas and
inc utterly selfish eA.ses who insist
uPon being the upper.
fhcre h conventional notion that
the Young street r,lftian who inhabfts
tho tenement districts. who joins
gang. ~ho gets into polities. who de-
fes law, - The xroses>s curse of our
metropolitan LIE. There could not
pusaibiy D.. = greater mistake A. the
Vcry ~orat be i defiant csleny against
ssAoan al the Impressive engtnery Of
mfEIE.N - RfHE4oNtNtf @AtAt N~s~rai Nt4&&F
he 4. Only : manifestation Of a phase.
ma u . nx-d condition Ia ninety
nine 0at Of = hundred cases the
conservative energies @ life lay hold
81 hiEa somewhere and suppress and
RECONSTRUCT him lie tlnds girl that
be marries. Ne l. a@touished AZ finding
himself father, he goes 60 work II II
J Only '.tending bar but 10 n not for
himself. he GET hold OF home. and
then law and order have got hold OF
hlin-
have found that these fellows are
pupcrstitious; intensely loyal aud
wholly uninacinative: their crimes
spring from their impulses not from
thcir reason
Against that tyre OF young man
Niah - plant another. One starts as
pnaseaiinc ruflian without sensibllities-
The other u volupta0us rascal
Due has his roots Ia the reeking soil.
WHERE. after all. there IL sotne nourish-
nnent. The other has his head IN tho
poi.onoIS air where there L. no hope
One ngh.s. steals IL he Is hungry or
Thirsty. browns with alcohol the cares
h cannot master: throws himself
against the established order with all