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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09

Anticipation Defeat Stimulates
Grain Dealings Indus
trials Unsurpassed.

New York, March 3.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly trade report says the great
feature has been the unusual demand
for money from the west and south
which have drawn large sums from
that while money is light at only one
or two small points, there is a strong
demand at Chicago, where the drain
from the west is heavy, and at NTilwau
kee, and a fair demand at st Joseph
while money is in light demand at Kan,
SaS city. The large Withdrawals from
this city under these circumstances is
by many attributed to distrust in spec
ulative operations here. The situation
is, to a large extent, waiting on the
action of the new administration, but
it is evident that a better feeling pre-
vailed during the past few days, and
rates here, after rising from to 6, sus
tanned a fall of per cent.
Chicago trade was interrupted by
bad weather and the local strike, but
was large i'll volume, and especially in
real estate and receipts of flour, barley
wool and cheese, and wheat shows a
large increase over last year, though in
hides, dressed beef, lard, hogs and rye
Il decrease appears.
The weather hinderS trade at Mil
waukee and st. Paul. Collections are
slow; but trade is fairly good at Omaha
and is greater at st. Joseph than last
year. Activity is shown at Kansas City
Southern points generally report i'm
prOyement.
Speculative markets have waited fol
developments. The defeat of the anti
option bill was followed by improve
ments in grain, and while wheat has
fallen ID cents, it has since risen
cents, the sales for the week being
-, 100000 bushels. Corn is Ii and oats
"a of a cent higher but pork products
are slightly lower. Cotton has declined
points Butter and eggs have declined
sharply and copper is weaker at Il
cents, though spectators lifted the
price of tin.
The dry goods trade is very strong
cotton goods are stronger, sheetings
being all sold ahead, and business i'll
carpets and wool knit goods is especially
large.
In the iron business the consumption
is enormous, but production is relatively
greater Bar Iron is at the lowest price
ever known; plates are demoralized
in price, though the mills are busy, and
structural iron WORKS quite well en-
plOyed. In general, industrial produe
ton was never surpassed at this season
Business failures of the week number
251, as compared with a total of 23O
last week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
WANT LESS HOURS
And Beng Refused Wagon Makers In
augurate Il Strike.

CHICAGO, March about 500 car
riage and wagon makers, members Of
Unions No. and d, went out on
strike this morning.
AT meeting held last Sunday these
unions decided to strike unless their
demands We're acceded to by the vari-
ous firms. The men demanded nine
instead Of a ten hour day and an in
crease of 10 per cent in pay on piece
work. About sevcnty-fve firms have
already complied with their requests.
There are however, about fifty firms
still holding out.
To-day the expected walll-out oc-
Cured. The majority Of the men who
are out arc employees Of the kimbalt
and Studeballer companies. NotWith-
standing tue fact that the meeting held
by the unions last night did not adj
journ until this morning the men were
out bright and early. Committees were
stationed along the sidewalks near each
non acceding firms factory 10 per
suade the doubtful to join the strikers
! The men claim they have been remarl<-
| ably successful aud hope 10 get all the
!
firms 10 come around to their demands
In a few days.
"rhtre arc but few idle men Of our
trade in tho city," said one Of the Off
GERS of the union, and ] cannot see
/ how VIC can fail to carry our point We
have succeeded in getting quite nl'm-
i! Der of non-union men to so out with
/ Ms and have thus strengthened our
cause. Some Of the larger shops in the
city have scarcely any men at work To-
day. The firms are not likely TO allow
their work to be delayed much, as most
of them are very busy at present"
The unions have established head
quarters at 100 West Lake Street,
They held meeting there this fore
noon for the purpose of appointing
committees to visit the heads Of the
arms which have refused to grant their
| ~a0ucStS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
Between Church and Court.

TORONTO, Ont, March 1.-The license
of the Rev. Ell. P. Hobson of Christ
Church, Vancouver, has been revoked
by the Bishop and the Citrate now
threatens to take the case to the Arch
bishop of Canterbury for settlement.
Hobson's congregation decided to
build new edifce, but found that it
could not pay for the land. The former
owner asked that it be surrendered
and the Bishop said if Hobson surren-
dered it he would revoke his license.
The owner obtained a Judgment in the
civil courts and the land was surren-
dered. Hobson has arrived here. and if
he fails to get satisfaction from the
Bishop he will take an appeal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09

NEW YORK, March 3.-F1ve children
were suffocated at o'clock this morn
ing in a rear room on the top floor OF
1874 Henry Street. The names of the
victims are: Altman Bernstein, IL
years old; Rebecca Bernstein, 10 years
old; Kayman Bernstein, 6 years old;
Rachel Bernstein, months old; Fam y
Rowen, years old.
The children were alone in the room
at the time, their parents having left
short time previous to the accident,
locking the children in. The cause Of
the tragedy was the upsetting and ex-
plOsion of kerosene stove, which be-
longed to Myer Membert, who occupied
the apartments adjoining those of the
Bernstcins, with his family. The
Membert woman's dress caught fire,
but she beat out the flames and with
her two children made her escape from
the room.
The fire swept out into the hallway
and up to the roof like a fash. There
were twelve families in the tenement
and all rushed for the fire escapes.
The upper portion Of the house was
soon mass of flame. Just as the
blaze died away and the fire was
under control, a wild shrek of a woman
came from among the throng in the
street In few seconds half frantic
woman came rushing through the
crowd to the door Of the tenement. 1t
was Mrs. Bernstein, the mother of four
of the suffocated children. She had
been out shopping, and the first she
| learned of the accident was when she
turned into McHenry Street near her
home and seen the flames issuing from
the building.
She made desperate attempts to dash
into the house and it took two police
men to hold her. The fremen went to
BerDstein's apartments as soon as pos
sible and on bed in q rear room found
the four children dead. The fire had
not touched the room, but the young
ones had been suffocated as they slept.
The ffremen continued their search,
and in another room or the same floor
found the body of little Fannie Rowen,
/ also suffocated by the smoke. She. too,
had been left alone in the room while
her mother went to nearby bakery.
/ The total loss to the property is small
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
WHAT Mckinley Loses

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio, March 3.-Re-
ceiver ". c. Hine. of the Youngstown
Stamping Company,o of which Robert L..
Walker was President, at meeting OF
the stockholders held yesterday, pre-
sented statement Of the inventory just
completed The stock on hand. ma
chinery and real estate We're put
at low figure, The statement shows
assets of $50, S92, and liabilities of
S11O, sol. It was shown that the COM
pany had built up G large trade and
were now in position to make money,
aud it was decided by tie stockholders
to continue business and arrange with
the creditors for settlement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
NEWS IN BRIEF,

The boy Harry Kelly was acquitted
at Galesburg, H., on the charge OF kill
ing Lawrence Riley.
The jail at Greene, Iowa, in which
captured liquors were stored, was set
on fire.
John Kirk shot and killed his broth
er-in-law, Luther Smith, at Tincennes,
Ind, as the result of an old feud
A panther is killing calves, sheep and
hogs near Hillisboro, Ill. Farmers are
organizing party to kill the beast.
Inspector Mercer has, after examin-
ing the books of the Office, removed
Postmaster II. C. Webb of Bedford,
Iowa.
A verdict of 50, 500 was awarded JOS
eph Kinsey in Bloomington, ILL.,,
against Charles Razor as damages for
assault.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
No Word from the Naronic.

New YORK, March ,2.-No news has
been received from the missing White
Star line tWin-screw steamer Naronic
The vessel is now almost ten DAYS over
due, the company officials and friends
of the crew are intensely anxious
The Naronic carries a crew of seventy
five men and had on board a general
cargo of 1900 tons, valued at many
hundreds OF thousands of dollars. The
missing vessel has two sets of engines.
ia anything except an unusual up
saval Of the elements she would be
able to stem the seas and in the emery
ency of one set of her engines break
ing down the other would be perfectly
capable Of working the ship. The
wrecking of sone of these sets would
not injure the other, as the engines are
separated from each other by strong
steel bulkhead. It is possible but not
at all probable that both engines may
have broken down.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
Cyclone in Louisiana.

MARKsvILLE, La, March This
parish (Avoyelles) was visited Tues
day evening by a terrible cyclone,
which left death and destI'u ton in it's
wake. The course of the cyclone varied;
first it was west. then south, then north
west. It's general course was from west
to northwest. Never in the history of
this parish has such destruction been
seen. Only two persons were killed,
MaXimiilian Brouillette and child Of
Mr.. Laberde. About forty people were
wound, d some seriously, while others
are slightly b'-'+
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
ESCAPED BY THE WINDOWS.
Arkansas Female College Burned and Six
Pupils Injured.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 2.-The
Arkansas Colored Baptist Female Col
lege, a large two story building, was
burned this morning. There were
twenty pupils in the college, all of
whom escaped from the second-story
windows. Six of them were injured,
two of whom-Florida Neely and Hat
tie Turner--will die. The following is
a list of the injured:
FLOIDA NEELEY of Searcy, back injured
HATTIE TURNER Of Searcy, serious internal
injuries.
MARY PRATT Little Rock; injured internally
IRENE REID OF Detroit, Ark; right arm
broken.
MARY WILSON, cook; slightly injured.
ADA HARRIS, teacher, Berlin, Ohio; leg
broken.
Everything IN the building except
two school desks were burned The
Arkansas Vanguard, the organ of the
colored people of Arkansas, had it's of
fee in the building and was also
burned out. The building was worth
SIS, 900 and was insured for 1000. The
fire is believed to have been the work
of an incendiary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
TALMAGE DENIES 1T.

Has No Intention of observation-disclosures
Iyn Tabernacle in Trouble.
New YORK, March 2.-The rumor
that DIR. Talmage is about to retire
from che Brooklyn Tabernacle was de-
MED emphatically by the doctor him
self last night. He said that he pre-
ferred Brooklyn to any other city for a
place of residence, and did not expect
to leave it. The Tabernacle was
threatened by a most serious exigency,
but he hoped and believed the trouble
would be triumphantly overcome.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
GRAY to Go to Mexico.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 3.-The
friends of Ex-Governor Gray have re-
ceived assurances that he will Ice tend
cred the Mexican mission by President
Cleveland. and it is said that the Gov
ernor has been formally notified of the
intended appointment. The position
is said to be the best, in a financial
sense, Of the missions, the pay being
ST, 500 a year, and the costof living in
the Mexican capital is comparatively
small. 1t is understood that Gray is
arranging his business with a view to
leaving for the post of duty about
April l.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
DR.. TALMAGE MAY RESIGN.
Discouraged by the Heavy Indebtedness
OF the Brooklyn Tabernacle.

Discouraged by the Heavy Indebtedness
OF the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
BROOKLYN, n. Y, March 2.-The
Brooklyn Eagle says that DR.. Dewitt
Talmage, during an interview with
reporter of that paper yesterday, init
mated plainly that the continuance of
his iabors at Brooklyn Tabernacle
would be dependent upon the power Of
the trustees and congregation to extri-
cate the church from the swamp of
debt in which it is engulfed. DR.. TAI
mage also admitted, the reporter SAYS
that recently he had received calls
from other churches Of an exceedingly
tempting nature.
To the direct question, doctor, is it
not true that you contemplate resign
ing your pastorate?'' he said: Il pre-
fer not to talk on the subject I have
done nothing of a defnite-that is to
say, have no very definite IDEAS in re-
gard to the matter. These money
troubles of ours Cypress me. They in
terfere with my work. Ifoutside CARES
are intruded upon me they will Ger
tainly interfere with my spiritual
efficiency"
1t was learned that the indebtedness
of the tabernacle is $287, 216. On the
LIST of April notes fall due which must
'e met to the amount of 500, 600.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09

Dedrich Boldt, living near Platteville
fell through a trap door into a cellar
and tore his scalp nearly off. He had
a child in his arms at the time which
escaped unframed.
! Scott 4 Prince, the oldest firm of fur
niture dealers in Ashland. made an as
/ Segment. II. Mann. of Milwaukee. is
named as the assignee, and he viii con
| duct the business.
Martin Kelley, Joe Murphy and John
Smith were convicted on a charge OF
| larceny at Oshkosh, and sentenced to
sixty. forty and thirty days respectively
in the county jail.
Traces of gold and silver have been
found on James Norris farm. about
seven miles from Prairie du CHEN.
Specimens We're sent to an essayer in
Duluth and 10 the University of Mime
sofa to be assayed. jeff. Hildreth. of
Minneapolis, learned Of the result of
the analysis and went to Prairie du
Chen and secured an option on the
farm. A shaft will be sunk about MAY
LIST.
The village board of Delavan has de-
cided to submit the question of water
works TO the voters of the village.
and to call 4 special election at an early
date for that purpose. A Chicago engi-
neer is figuring upon plans for a sys-
tenn such as is needed at that place and
viii submit them to the board before
the special election.
Two young toughs attempted to hold
up George Ryan. station agent at
Elkhorn, as he was going home a few
evenings ago. Mr.. Ryan sailed into
the wOuld-be robbers and succeeded in
giving one of them good thrashing and
putting the other one to flight Mr..
Ryan refused to prosecute the young
men.
The Caledonia narrow gauge freight.
east-bound narrowly escaped Il serious
disaster near La Crosse. AS the train
was coming down a heavy grade the
connecting rods on both sides of the en-
CINE broke, tearing away the sides of
the engine and the cab. breaking two
or more driving wheels and knocking
out one cylinder head. without injJlring
anyone or derailing the train. The en-
gineer and tiremen jumped and es-
capped unhurt. The engineer before
jumping, shut off the steam and re-
versed the lever. The engine was
completely wrecked.
Joe Bearheart, well known Indian
living st Lewis, Clark county, is thor
OughIy frightened over the turn of af-
fairs at that place and fears he will
be sent to the happy hunting ground
with his boots on. He claims that a
relative made an assault upon his sis
ter Last January and that the girl cut
the brave with a tomahawk. the In
dian dying a few days ago from the eff
fleets Of the wound. Joe says the
friends of the dead Indian have sworn
to have his life. as q result. and he has
asked the authorities of NeiIlsvilIe to
protect him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
RADGFR, BRIEFS.

Charles Burgess, a former resident of
Fond du Lac, died suddenly at BoZe-
man, Mont The remains have been
shipped to Fond du Lac for interment.
Peter E. Wicker, a labOrer, was
caught between the bumpers of two
cars at West Superior and so badly in
jured that he died shortly afterward.
Mabel Norefeld fell upon a slippery
walk at Ellkhorn and broke her leg.
Manitowoc will have free postal de-
livery after March 10.
The Y NJ. G. A. at Lake Geneva has
purchased the block owned by Mrs. NJ
A. Powell for consideration of $1,000
The association intends to make a num-
Der Of changes in the building. and will
build a fine gymnasium in the rear OF
the place.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09

both men We're weak, and the round
as whole, was tame
In the seventeenth Smith went al
Joe Wickedly, landing on his neck with
force. Heavy mitigating followed and
the round ended in Smiths favor.
In the eighteenth the Denver man
assumed the aggressive from the start,
He caught Goddard on the jaw; then
followed a rafting exchange and God
dard pushed Smith to the ropes. After
a finch, Smith knocked Goddard down
and rushed at him when he arose. He
landed a terrible swing on Goddard S
jaw, knocking him down like 4 log.
Goddard was unable TO rise and was
counted out.
Smith was declared the victor amid
terrific cheers. The time OF the fight
was one hour and ten minutes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
GROWERS GOLD POLICY.
He VIII Place Every Dollar on the colo
Basis for Full Value.

He VIII Place Every Dollar on the Gold
Basis for Full Value.
New YORK, March A statement
concerning the coming administration
financial policy was published in
wall Street newspaper yesterday after
noon and was generally ascribed to
Henry Willard. 1t was asserted that,
above all things, the new policy will
be to make every dollar of United
States money as good as gold. Just
how this is to be done was not ex-
planned, but the following plan was
said to have the approval of Mr.. Cleve-
land and Mr.. Carlisle: First-Retire
all paper money. Second-Coin silver
to take its place: issue coin certificates
as receipts for deposits of coin. Third
Establish an equivalent fund
to hold and maintain the differ
ence in gold between the bullion
value and the face value of sill
yer coins. To do this, purchase the
gold required by an appropriation from
the revenues of the Treasury from year
to year. or sell United States bonds and
apply the proceeds to said purchase.
When the plan is carried out the money
of the United States viii be gold coin
and silver coin equivalent with gold
the money of the constitution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
RALFOUR SET BACK.


the Conservative Party.
LONDON. March 2.-The contest be-
tween Balfour and Lord Randolph
Churchill for leadership of the Conser-
vatlve party assumes decisive aspect.
Balfour's absence from the Commons,
and mis- lack Of discipline as conserver
OF the party, com bined yesterday 70
repeat the iasco of the bimetal de-
bate. Although Balfour and jackson,
when in office, approved of the Chris
tlan Brothers partaking of tho
education grant, Balfour was absent
when he should have been in
attendance to check the ex-
uberant bigotry of the Ulsterites
Churchill seized the occasion and re-
called the old days by his courageous
speech, which Irishmen welcome to-
day as a virtual acceptance of the prin-
ciple Of Home Rule. Lord Randolph
carried Gorst, Borthwick, Ferguson
and other influential Conservatives
with him to swell the Government ma
Jorlty. The conservers were driven to
admit that Balfour was outdistanced
NAAiAA . iioiSSON bdcb.
Salisbury, Devonshire, Balfour and
Chamberlain, in a conference yester-
day, fixed on demonstration at AL
bert Hall on March Is. to begin a
stump of the country for the anti
home-rule campaign, and also decided
that Sir Henry Howorth should move
the official Conservative amendment
against the second reading of the home
rule amendment. He will express a
Willingness to consider any scheme of
local government not involving an
Irish Parliament
Commissioners Burnett and Schloss,
appointed by Mundella to inquire into
the immigration question in America,
sailed yesterday to be absent four
months.
There is an unconfrmed rumor that
the Czarevitch will marry Princess
Maud of Wales. This marriage would
entail the Princess remuneration of
the right of succession to the English
throne.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
JOLIET REPORT HELD.
Committee Waiting for Democratic Mem
beers to Return from the Capitol.

Ders to Return from the Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Iii, March 3.-The
committee on penal and informatory
institutions did not send in their re-
port ordering the Senate to investigate
the Joliet penitentiary to-day. There
were many Democratic member absent
and the leaders in the movement
feared the opposition would be able
to prevent the adoption of the report.
The Republicans We're disappointed.
They hoped the matter would be called
up, SO they could win the friendship of
Major McClaughry and the other ac-
cused individuals by knocking out the
report. The Republican mem ers are
using all means to prejudice the Legis-
lature against the proposed in
vestigation, and to-day Senator Fer
guson, who led the Republican men,
bers of the committee in their attack
on the resolution, confidently stated
that the Democrats would never be
able to institute the investigation for
the reason that there was a split in
their ranks, resulting from the posi-
ton taken by Senators O'Conor and
Wells, who were the only Democratic
members Of the committee that OPP
posed the resolution
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09
BRAVE GIRLS.

bud" FernandeZ'S Home Saved by His
Daughter and a Playmate.
An item from Oshkosh says: The
home OF ID. w. Fernandez was saved
from destruction a few nights ago by
the presence of mind shown by Miss
Nellie, the little daughter Of the house
hold, and Bessie Wright, a playmate.
A parlor lamp in some way became up
set and the carpet was set on fire. The
two girls were the only occupants of the
house at the time. Miss Nellie at once
seized Il deer-sllin mat and partially
smothcred the flames, the two COM
pleting the Job by throwing water on
them. The fire department was called
out but found the fire eXtinguished,
the only damage done being that to the
carpet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09

seriously injured, died at $50 o'clock
this morning. Mr.. Doyle is still in a
precarious condition and his recovery
is doubtful.
reliable witness is positive that he
saw two boys go under the water who
were not taken out. and a. least half a
dozen corroborate this statement. The
search for bodies will be continued.