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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
NEWS IN BRIEF,

1t is true that ex-King Milan and
his divorced wife Natalie have become
reconciled.
Herr Otte, an architect of Buda
Pesth, has failed with liabilities
amounting to 1000, 900 forms.
The suit of Mime. Zborowsk for the
custody of her child by former mar
rage was adjourned Thursday in the
Tribunal of of the Seine.
collision between a freight and
passenger train on a railway near ST.
Petersburg resulted in thirty persons
being seriously injured. Four passen-
ger carriages, a locomotive and twelve
freight cars were smashed in the col
Gsion.
The returns issued by the French
Board of Trade show that during De-
cember, 1892, the value of imports de-
creased 81, 1872, 900 francs and that the
value of exports increased 6,911, 900
francs as compared with the value of
the imports and exports during the
corresponding month in 1891.
Arnold Morley, Postmaster-Ge
of England, and his brother, Samuel,
have brought suit against three ex-
clergymen of the Church of England,
Longhman by name, to recover e140,-
O0O, which, it is alleged, they obtained
by undue influence from Henry Nor
ley, a dead brother ot the plaintiffs
The hearing was nostnoned-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
CoughIin Waiting for Release.

JOLIET PRISON, ILL.,, Jan. 2O.-Warden
Dement, this forenoon received a GER
tifcate copy from the Clerk of the SUI
preme Court at Ottawa of the Seal
order of that court reversing for error
the Judgment of the Criminal Court OF
Cook County against Daniel Coughlin
and remanding the case. This is the
only new development so far. The
Sheriff of Cook County has not as yet
made his appearance and Coughlin is
anxiously waiting for the hour which
will, temporarily at least, and per.
manently in all proba bility, relieve
him from bondage in the Joliet prison.
He is overjoyed at the prospects, but
has nothing to say beyond expressing
this joy. He says he was certain OF
this outcome if law and justice took
their course, but did not expect the
final action of the Supreme Court be.
fore March. Coughlin's fellow prison
ers in the hospital are gratified over his
good luck and he receives congratula.
tions from every one who can CONS in
contact with him
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
Bank Examiner in Disgrace.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 21-A
morning paper says that William B.
Chamberlain, United States Bank Ex-
amiuer, has been notified that he must
forward his resignation to Washing
ton. The reason given is that Cham.
berlain has discounted a number of
his own notes with national banks. 1t
is stated that national banks in Los
Angeles and San Diego and in this
city took some of the Chamberlain
notes. The amount is said to aggre-
gate several thousand dollars Cham
berlain is very well known throughout
the State, having taken a prominent
part in politics. He organized the
California League of Republican Clubs
and was at one time president of the
Union League Club of this city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
M EAL TIM e.
Dinners Used to BE Eaten at 10 In Ia
Morning.

Dinners Used to BE Eaten at 10 In IL
Morning.
1t is believed by some that it (tAs
word dinner) springs from a corrup-
| ton OF the word dix heures indicae
Ing the time at which, In the old
Norman days the meal was taken
The mere idea OF having dinner u
the barbarous hour OF 10 o'clock In
the morning would in all probability
send modern chef into fit vet 70
was at this early time that persons a
quality. both in this county and
France partook of the meal
Fro ssart mentions waiting upop
the Duke of Lancaster at 3 in the
afternoon. according to Chambers
journal after be had supped. and
during the reigns of Francis !. and
LOUIS XII. of France. fashionable
people dined at 1920 and supped al
the latest at in the evening And
again, from a Northu nberland House
hold Book bearing date 1912 We
learn that the family rose q 6
breakfasted at Z. dined at 10, suppsd
at 4. and closed the gates at 9 o. M.
Speaking generally though ths
dinner hour then. as now. was later
in this country than IN France ouis
XIV. did not dine till II. while his
contemporaries Cromwell and
Charles H., took the meal at /. In
100 the hour was advanced to ., and
in l15l we find that the Duchess Of
SomerSets dinner time was g. In
1850 Cowper speaks of 4 o'clock as
, the then fashionable time. After the
battle OF Waterloo .. m. was the
time at which the beau monde took
their substantial meal while at the
present day many of the nobility do
not dine until s or 9; so we see
through 400 years the dinner hour
has gradually moved through twelve
hours from 9 a. m. to 9 D. m
When the dinner hour was so early
often no previous meal was taken.
The Romans in the time of Cicero
and Augustus took an early break
fast from 3 to in the morning
o'clock the cRna or principal meal of
the day corresponding with our din
ner Concurrently We read of some
not dining until sunset A Roman
dinner at the house of a wealthy man
consisted chiefly of three courses. All
sorts of stimulants to the appetite
were first served up and eggs were
indispensable to the first course
Among the various dishes we may in
stance the guinea hen. pheasant
nightingale and the thrush as birds
most in repute. The Roman gour-
mands held peacocks in great estima-
ton, especially their tongues. Mac
robius states that they were first
eaten by Hortensius the orator, and
acquired such repute that single
peacock was sold for % denari. the
denarius being equal to about eight
pence half-penny OF our money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
HOOSIERS SPRING GRESHAM.

The Judge Being Pushed For a Cabinet
Position.
Washington, Jan. 20.-A rumor sent
out from here that Hon. Walter Q.
Gresham, of Indiana, is to resign his
life position as a United tates circuit
judge to accept a place in Mr.. Cleve
lands cabinet appears to have been
started by Indianians in this city,
Judge Gresham made a hasty and
somewhat mysterious visit to Washing
ton about week ago, and from here
went eastward.
There is but one precedent for a presi
dent taking into his cabinet a former
political opponent-Mr. Hayes appoint
ment of Postmaster General Key, OF
Tennessee. What place Judge Gresham
is to fill in the new cabinet should the
rImor prove well founded, has not beer
definitely determined by the gossips.
The position for which he would be
supposed to be especially qualified
that of attorney generals assigned
by the same authority to ex-senator
James p. Eustis, of Louisiana, who ha!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
The Way Cyclones Turn.

The question is often asked: why
do cyclones, whirlwinds aud tornadoes
al persist in the polar whirl OF from
right to left?" Astronomical specula-
tors have supposed that all the planets
once existed as rings of thinly scat.
tered matter around the sun, and that
those rings were annular segregations
from a vague irregularly scattered
mass that turned one way in spiral
courses, thus determining the direction
in which the rings revolved, and all
the rest from this took the same
course. But" you say, why did the
nebula revolve at ALP" It grew from
chaos, and chaos, presumably, pos
sesses an inherent motion from right
to left. This being the case, from
that time to this, sun. moon, stars,
planets, cyclones and tornadoes have
adhered . the original habit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
REPORTING A ST. LANDER.

This son of Rest Took Advantage of a
Freak of Woman Nature.
Madam | have every reason for
believing that the lady next door is
greatly mistaken concerning your real
disposition toward those whom fate
has not granted the golden opportuni-
ties others have enjoyed for winning
success and happiness in life. | am
led to this conclusion by a remark
she made u moment ago.
.'As left her door she said to me:
Pts no use for you TO call there; she
was never known to give anyone a
bite and she is sure to send you away
hungry. In reply | said to her: 1t
may be you are mistaken. Probably
If she felt assured that she was feed
ing a worthy but unfortunate man
she would 60 as much as anybody.
No she wouldn't. she insisted
Then | said to her: Well. you
just peep through the blinds and see
if she doesn't treat me as a worthy
man deser, es to be treated and |
haven't the slightest doubt but she il
now watching to note the results Of
my call. rry
The speaker was what the ordinary
observer would call a tramp. The
lady at the door of whose home he
had called replied: did she say
that"
That what | understood her to
say, maam
IN prove to YOU that she is what
all the neghbors know her TO
be-a false good for nothing crea-
ture. Sit right down here on the
porch. where she cannot help seeing
you and if you will do your part We
will make her feel ashamed to ever
show her face in this community
again. II
When the sun went down an hour
later the tramp was still there doing
Ills part to refute a neighbors Islander.
writes Nixon Waterman in the Chi
cago Times. and d smile on his face
indicated that he was well satisfied
with the result he was achieving
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
A HORRIBLE WRECK
Swift Flying Express Crashes
Into a Freight on the
Big Four"
Six Persons Literally Burn to
Death i'll Flaming
Oil.
a.
Several Others Will Die and
Nearly a Score are Severely
Injured.

ALTON, ILL.,, Jan. The South
western limited express, west-bound,
on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincin
natl d st. Louis Railroad, due here at
o'clock this morning, ran into an
open switch at Wann four miles east
Of here, causing, the death of Engineer
Ross and injuriug several passengers.
The passenger train was late and
running at the rate of forty miles an
hour Approaching Wann Station the
engine ran through an open switch
and crashed into a train of freight cars
standing on the siding. The lOcomo-
tive split the caboose of the freight
train and piowed its way through
several freight cars. Three oil
franks exploded and scattered oil over
the wreck, which Immediately caught
fire. The flames quickly spread, and
before they could be subdued or the
remaining cars drawn away four
freight cars, three oil tanks and the
baggage car, smoker and the locomo-
tive Of the express train were COM
pletely destroyed.
just before the collision occurred the
man of the express engine Ieaped to
the ground and escaped with slight in
juries Engineer Ross of this CITY, re-
manned in the cab and was carried
through the wreck. He was
pinned in between the tender and
boiler and covered with oil from
the bursting tanks. He was literally
boiled to death. The passengers on
the express train received Il severe
shaking up, but none of them were
seriously hurt. The crew of the
freight train saw the approaching
locomotive III time to escape from
the caboose in safety. GA special
train carrying surgeons and wreck
ing crew left here at 9 o'clock and
were soon at the scene of the accident.
The tracks are badly blocked and
cratic Will not be resumed until to-
night. Passengers are, however, being
transferred to other lines. The material
loss by the wreck viii reach nearly
100000.
The wreck has proved more disastrous
than was at first supposed The explO-
sions threw flaming oil all over the
crowd and the disaster has already
cost six persons their lives, fatally in
jured several more and seriously hurt
many others.
The dead are: Webb Ross, Of Nation,
ILL.,, engineer Of the limited; Hiram
Cornelius, Of Iowa; Edw. Miller, of
Alton; tow unknown men and one
boy, name unknown. All were burned
to death.
The following were fatally burned:
VIM. Shattuck, Upper Alton, Frank
Scullin, Alton; John Wilkinson, Alton;
John Fred, Edawardsville Crossing
Ills, Charles Harris, Alton; John Louk
Alton; e. 7. Fraser, st. Louis, Mo.
Edward Maupin, Alton. A score of
others were quite severely injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
Sues Gen. Lopez for Divorce.

Sioux FALLS, S. D., Jan. 21.-Sensa-
tional proceedings have been begun
here by Nine. Maud Alexandria Lopez
against Gen. Enrique Lopez of Buenos
Ayres, Argentine Republic. Nine,
Lopez is one of the distinguished
Lloyd family of London, England, and
was married to Gen. Lopez in London
in June, 1882. She charges that Lopez
squandered his fathers estate of $780,
900 and spent 500, 900 of the money OF
Nine. Lopez mother. Fearing that
the General would reduce her to want
she came to America and applied here
for a divorce on the ground of nom
support and cruelty. Gen. Lopez will
fight the case and is expected here
himself in a few weeks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26

New YORK, Jan. 2O.-Bishop John
Moore of St Augustine, Fla, is in the
city. He came to congratulate DIR.
McGlynn upon his restoration, which
the bishop did much to bring about,
and to induce DR.. McGlynn to accom-
panv MIN on his return to Florida and
deliver a course of lectures in the
cathedral of St. Augustine. DIR. Nc
Glynn has accepted the invitation and
will sail with the bishop for Savan.
Cooper Union Sunday evening lectures
until after his return from Florida.
Bishop Moore and DIR. McGlynn will
visit Archbishop Satolli in Washing
ton on SATURDAY. and will remain over
Sunday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
Two KiiIed. Seyentesn Hurt.

JERSEY CITY, n. j., Jan. 2O.-The
o'clock local train for Newark on the
Pennsylvania railroad broke down on
the meadows beyond the Hackensack
River. The signal agent, supposing
the train had gone beyond his block,
signaled to the Chesapeake & Ohio ex-
press Immediately following that the
road was clear. The express dashed
into the stalled train, completely tele-
scoping it. Two persons were killed
outright and seventeen wounded The
injured were brought to this city. As
none were badly hurt, and all wished
to go to their homes in Newark, a
special train was fitted out and they
were sent to their destination.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
MORE REPUBLICANS UNSEATED
Kansas POpulists StiII Increasing the
Membership of Their House

Kansas Populists stu Increasing the
Membership of Their House
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 21.-The Popu-
list House did not attempt to pass the
appropriation bill yesterday, which
will be made a ease for the SUP -eme
Court to test the legality of that or
ganization. Seven Republican mem
bers were unseated upon technicaEties
and six Populists sworn in, one refus-
ing to accept the seat offered him.
The Populists, TIN ough Gov Lewelling
made a proposition to support Demo-
crat for Senator if the three Demo-
cratic members would leave the Re
publican House and enter the Populist
House. The proposition was rejected.
The fopulists are now inclined to
favor Judge John Martin, unless the
Populist House should be declared the
legal House, in which case they would
not need Democratic votes.
j. B. Watkins of Lawrence is a new
aspirant for Senatorial honors. He
claims to have pledges from four of
the five Democrats and also from forty
Republicans. He is a capitalist and
railroad builder. He is a Democrat
and has never before appeared in poll
tics
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
Saving n Small Fortune.

care you aware Of the enorm )us ex-
pense incurred in sending coupon
bonds across the Atlantic?' asked
gentleman of a friend. The gentle
man answered No" well, let me
give you an instance" said the CUES
toner. ''Mr. Gabel has just left New
York for elias gov with So, 500, 900.
When ! first heard of his being sent
some 5000 miles 1 thought it was
piece Of folly-a waste of time and
waste of money But find il was an
economic step after all. The shipping
companies charge at the rate of So. so
for 81, 900 worth of bonds, and So more
for marine ms urance; that is So so for
each 81, 900 wo nth. A slight calcula-
ton shows that the total charges on
the sum named would be Sl3, $50. So
that it is much che aper to pay the ex-
penses of a trip than to pay the
freightage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
PAVEY AND HIS BOOKS.
The Ex-Auditor to Re Investigated by
the LegisIature or the Courts.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. 21-There is
little doubt that the conduct of ex-
Auditor Pavey in abstracting the cash
books which show the receipts and
expenditures of the insurance and
banking departments of the office dur
ing his term of service will lead
to an investigation, either by the
Legislature or in court. Auditor Gore
has discharged his duty, in part at least,
by putting the facts in the case in
the possession of the Attorney General,
and is willing to cooperate with
the officer and the Governor in
VIII tever course they decide should
be taken. Prominent Demo-
Gratis take the p siton that suit
ought to be instituted against the ex-
auditor to recover the difference be-
tween the amount shown by the books
in the office TO have been received and
the amount the Treasurer books
show to have been paid into the State
Treasury. 1t is also suggested that
he attention of the Sangamon County
Circuit Court grand jury be called to
the matter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
HERR THE SCAPEGOAT,
The BIackmailer Is Surrounded by Many
Enemies.

PARIS, Jan. 21.-Tne authorities ap-
pear determined to >hnw br their en-.
ergy in obtaining evidence against
DR.. Cornelius Herr that they are in
earnest in their effort to procure hi
extradition. They realize that they
la Dor under a considers Ole disadyan-
tage in dealing with Dr. HArz a. the {
tance of London. If they had him here
he could be subjected TO the usual
process of exam nation, which includ, S
brow bea ting, confronting. entrapping
and everything in the way of iuquis- :
ton short of actual physical torture
and sometimes approa ches that very
closely in the persistent subsection
of the accused TO long and
exhausting sittings, with a
view of compelling admission
through sheer WEAKNESS and desire
for rest. AS Herr cannot be subjected
TO this sort of racbing in advance of
extradition, the authorities are do
ing the next best thing for their pur
poses by putting his friends through
the process. NJ. Clemenceau was con-
fronted yesterday with Nj Stephane
with the view of eliciting. if poss ible,
some Acknowledgements that might be
sent to London to strengthen the
case against Herr. The exami-
nation was private, but, according to
the Petit Journal, listeners on the out
side heard enough to convince them
that very lively encounter was in
L. l.
main tanned his denlals of any knowl-
edge of corrupt or criminal conduct on
the part of Herr or anybody else. and
used language that in any other
place would have been promptly fol-
lowed by challenge or a duel Glenn
enceau stood his ground under all the
pressure and the examination closed
without any admission of wrong on
his part, and, it is understood, with
out any additional damage to Herr
Ali parties are furious against Herr
The ''Panamites, as they are called,
are enraged against him for the share
he is alleged to have taken in betray-
ing them to Andrieux and assisting
the eX-prefect in the exposures which
have caused so much scandal,
while those who were implicated
in the scandal would like to see the
chief responsi bility for the disgrace
laid upon a foreigner, and a German
at that. One OF the charges most gen.
orally uttered against Herr is that he
is a Bavarian, and consequently a COM
patriot of the soldier brigands who
fired Bazeilles in September, 1870. 1t
happens that DR.. Herr was born at
Besancon, in France, and is not the son
of Bavarian, but of Hessian parents.
He is, therefore, only of German
parentage. This, however, makes no
difference to his assailants, who per-
sist in denouncing him German and
spare no effort TO prove that he was
the chief hand in the Panama affair.
One of the newspapers goes SO far as
to declare that foreigners are chiefly
responsible for the Panama scandal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
VIII Decide the Dakota Decree.

PARIS, Jan. 21.-The sequel to the
De Steurs divorce has begun in the
civil tribunal of the Seine. Mrs.
Elliott Zborowski has applied to
have an order made, enforcing
the decree of the South Dakota
court, giving her the custody of the
children. Since this decree Chevalier
de Steurs has also obtained by default
a decree divorcing him from the pres
ent Mrs. Zborowski and awarding him
the custody of the children, who are
at present in their fathers hands.
Mrs Zborowski is a member of the
Astor family of New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-26
FIND DEMPSEY GUILTY,
Verdict of the Jury in the Homestead
Poisoning Case.

P1TTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 2O.-The jury
in the Dempsey case to-day found the
defendant guilty as indicted, Judge
Stowe in charging the jury reviewed
very carefully and impartially all
points of the testimony brought out
during the trial It was for
the jury, he said, to determine whether
poison was put into the coffee or tea
or the food in the Homestead mill.
This question: he said, depends
solely upon the testimony of Gal
lagher and Davidson. If they tell
the truth, then the defendant was
the original and principal in the bust
ness, responsible for the acts of Gala
CHER and Davidson, or either, and ac-
countable for whatever they did in
pursuance of his instructions. Now,
just here comes the great question, so
far as the defendant in this case is
concerned. Dempsey emphatically de-
MES what Gallagher and Davidson say
in regard to the purpose for which he
employed them. He is is competent
but interested witness. They are also
competent but suspicious and tainted
witnesses. But the jury may, if they
believe their testimony, convict from
it alone"