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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-03
THE IRISH WERE RILED
In the House Of Commons by saun-
dsrson's Bitter Speech
AGAINST THE EYgIEB TENANTS

Tho Mugwump -Unionist Makes
the Fatal Mistake OF PFonopnciag
an Irish Patriot a "Murderous Ruff
tiiaar-The Irish Members Call Him
Down-GIadstone and Ralfour sue-
ceed ins softenins che Phrase TO aEx,
cited Pollticiaar- -saunderson Then
Attacks Gladstone.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-03

1oNpoy, Feb. 3. Tho EmprotB Ftodi
erlck hos arrived at oabofno houao On q
visit to Queen Victoria.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-03

MApisos, Wis, Feb. 2-The lower
house has adopted q Joint resolution
providing for tho election Of United
States senators by direct yoto Of the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-03

10, Wet Virginia iait watmtH loutheiig
f6f Western Pennsylvania and Ohio. tAlnIh
northern, clearing II southern p0tll0h eouthOll
y Windll warmer Friday cooler HatUydAy, f
flntfEHATuAh ytsiraDAy, t,a
n iqtnl,hsd ~ N 2 s3igilglpg dsusllit, corner
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-03

San FhANCisco, Feb. 9 There % btlll
no aIgA oItho dolayed CITY oi poking.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13
LOW RATE TO THE FAIR.
Railroads Finally Make a Big Reduc-
ton in Prices.

Chicago, July 1O.-By a unanimous
vote today the Western Passenger as
ISOLATION adopted a resolution prOvid-
ing for a special one-fare rate from all
towns on their lines west of the Mis-
souri, river to Chicago, with a minimum
rate of SIS in the south and southwest
and Of S13.75 in the northwest.
Four excursion trains will be run
every week, beginning next Monday,
the 18th, and the tickets will be good
for one week.
Chairman Caldwell was glad to have
the question settled. This minimum
rate works like this" said he in expla
nation. From towns where the regu-
lar rate is SIS or less there will be no
reduction When the rate is S16 it will
, be cut down to SIS; when it is $50 the
rate will be $3.50, and so on
! This association thinks that in taking
! this action it will reach the people who
. have been clamoring that they could
not see the fair because no reduction
had been made in the railroad rates.
PEOPLE living within one hundred miles
of Chicago or so will not stick at the
fare if they want to come 10 the eX-
position. This new rate virtually makes
a round trip to Kansas City and st.
Paul cost but one fare.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13
BANTING'S ANTI-FAT SYSTEM
Scheme for Overcoming Obesity Lv
Course of Semi-Starvaion.

News comes from trustworthy Wash
ingtOn sources that the president is
again troubled with a distressing ten
dency to excessive corpulence. His
increased weight is said to have
obliged him to give up walking almost
entirely, and in order to reduce his
too, too solid flesh he is now re-
ported to be trying what is known as
the Baning system, Mr.. Cleveland
is now reported to have limited his
eating to two meals a day, from which
all fat-making articles of food are
excluded, and to be taking liquid re-
freshments in very small quantities.
William Banning, whose curative
method the president has adopted, or at
least tried for time to adopt, was an
overfat citizen of London, who, in 1862,
experimental upon himself with such
success that he wrote a pamphlet
about it telling all other corpulent
Englishmen how they could reduce
their surplus tissue. At that time, says
the New York Recorder, England was
so full Of fat men that the pamphlet
went rapidly through several editions
and became the first social topic OF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13
ODDS AND ENDS.
Fragments Gathered Together for Busy
Readers

Greek paintings were executed in dis
temper with glue, milk or white of
eggs and on wood, clay, plaster, stone,
parchment and canvas
The crow flies at the rate of but
twenty-five miles per hour The spar
row hawk flies six times as far, or $50
miles, in the same length Of time.
The smallest tree in Great Britain
grows on the summit OF Ben LOmond.
1t is the dwarf willow, which is mature
when it attains the height of two in
ches
The Arctic whale never migrates to
the southwark as most species of
whales do, because Of its inability to
live in the heated waters Of the south
ern seas.
ThunderStOrmS are more frequent in
Java than in any other part Of the
world, there being an average of nine
ty-seven days in each year upon which
they occur.
The electric railway has penetrated
even the Businesses Of the Tyrolese
mountains, a road twenty-seven miles
long being projected between Riva and
PlnzOlo.
The carbon of the food, mixed with
the oxygen of the sir, furnishes fuel
for the body, which evolves the heat
in exactly the same way that fire
or candle does.
That fragile and paradO1ical wonder
| the snow plant" which is found in the
Sierra Nevada mountains, is pronounc
| ed by western botanists as probably
our most remarkable plant.
The full-bloodad Southern AficaI
negro is remarkable for his eXtraOrdin
airy length of arm, the Aymara Indian
of Peru for the surprising shOrneSs o.
the corresponding member.
The properties and use of the marin
er's compass were known to the Chines'
centuries ago 1t was brought to Eur
ope in the thirteenth century and frs
used on the Mediterranean.
Lightning is zig gag because, as it con
denses the air in the immediate ad
vance of its path it flies from side t
side in order to pass where there /
the least resistance to it's progress.
The elephant is given the credit o
being the most long-lived as well a
the most Intelligent Of all animals
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13

Roby, Ind, July 10.-The Columbian
Athletic clubs feathelweight champion
ship battle between Solly Smith, OF
California, and Jno. Griffin, of Brain
tree, tonight, attracted crowd Of over
1000 people.
The men fought for a purse of $1,000
and also the title of the worlds feather
weight champion.
There were preliminary bouts be
tween Jimmy Barry, of Chicago, and
Pete Shea, of Portland, Oregon, both
bantams and went into the ring at 1O5
pounds.
James J. Corbett was among those
present Before the entertainment com
menced he announced that he would
fight Peter Jackson at any time and
asked ParsOn Davies to name the time
Both men posted a forfeit of $1,000 to
fight in November.
At 10 o'clock the bantamS, Barry
and Shea, stepped into he ring and Bar
~ knocked Shea out in the fourth round
The event of the evening followed
Immediately after Barry and Shea had
finished their bout. Both Smith and
Griffin appeared to be in the best con
dltlOn. Griffin had the advantage in
both height and reach, but was offset
by Smiths compact form.
They entered the ring at 1O:4S o'clock.
Round one-The two featherweights
SPARED cautiously for an opening
Griffin lowered far above the short and
stout form Of Smith. Solly was very
shlfty. He leads and falls short, leads
again with swinging, but Johnny Ducks
and escapes. They cinch. Griffin lands
ON Soliy's check. Solly rusheS to the
ropes. He upper cuts Griffin at the
4,p>s. sicily SWINGS wildly and is do
ing all the rushing. They both lead
and land with no effect
Round two-Smith again acts the az
sressiVe and adopts wild rushing tao
tics. Griffin leads with right, catches
Solly III the neck. SUlIy smiles and
goes in at his opponent and lands two
heavy blows on the neck. Smith chaSes
Griffin around the ring and lands on
his stomach. Griffin lands hard Oh the
neck and receives two in return. Both
come out even.
Round three-Smith again comes up
and ruShes Griffin. The latter leads
and catches Solly on the neck. Both
land heavily in the stomach. Griffin
corners Sol, but the latter smaShes him
in the left eye. Sol lands on Griffin's
neck which staggers him. He upper
cuts him and lands on the stomach
and knocks Sol to the ropes. Sol goes
right at him and lands a blow which
fresh
Round four They again go at it hard
and heavy. Griffin lands two on Soils
neck which makes him grunt. Sol
comes back with a hot one in the stOm-
ach. Sol gets one in the neck which
sends him reeling. Sol appears to be
very grOggy and catches John on the
point of the jaw and knocks him out.
1t was very much unexpected and the
crowd was under the impression that
Sol was all but out. But he landed
with a straight-arm blow, which rem
dered the Braintree lad unconscious
for ten minutes.
The fight was said to be one of
the hottest ever fought between
feather-weights Smith die all the lead
ing and, although his blows were wild
he evidently knew his man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13
VARIED HAND SHAKES.
Some Styles That Are to Be Studiously
Avoided.

The other evening at dinner we were
much interested in talking over the i'm
presSions we can carry away with US of
people newly introduced. My mother
said she always noticed the teeth and
drew many conclusions from the color,
shape, size, transparency, etc. We
were all somewhat struck with her
really clever portrayal of the character
of some friends known to us intimately,
but with whom she had only recently
become acquainted My sister said she
invariably judged by the mouth, and
had scarcely ever been mistaken. A
friend staying with us always carried
away a distinct portrait of the color,
shape and expression of the eyes. I
declared for the hand shake, and so
far have not had reason to change my
opinion that this is the SureSt test, eS-
pecially taken in connection with the
laugh.
To begin with there is the animal
magnetism which must pass from one
to the other. To take a few examples:
The firm, honest hearty handshake of
a sincere man, perhaps, rather rough,
so that one feels cognizant of ones
fingers for some time after, points to
a character possibly somewhat want
ing in tact and refinement, but genuine
and true. Then how well [ know the
soft, silky, insinuating hand, which
as one shakes it slips out of ones fin
! gers An IriShman, some one will say
Exactly. Who so clever as he to get
out of awkward corners, never at a
loss for the right word or the laugh
able story to fill an awkward gap, OF
cover an annoying cOntretempS. Then
there is the f1abby hand belonging to
people who never put themselves out
Again, we have the quick, nervous hand
shake of an excitable, nervous temper
ament, or its opposite, the nervous
passive one of person out of breath
Then there is the hand that as you
shake it seems to collapse. Dom
trust the possessors of a hand such as
that.
My pet abomination, though, is the
fishy handshake, which leaves on one
the impression of having touched {
toad or a snake. Beware of those
/. hands and their owners.
, Lastly, there is the fashionable pump
, handle shake, betOkening too often tn,
tickle idler, who follows the whim O
the hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13

the day. Thirty years have passed
since Banung's great discovery, and
his principle Of treating obesity by a
: course Of semi-starvaion remains.
/ with variations. the basis Of all the
most favored methods for combating
corpulence.
| As often happens, the man who gave
the name to the Banting discovery
was not the man who discovered it.
Mn. Banting's daily diet Of lean meat.
fish and fruit, vigorously excluding all
Vegetables and foods that contain su-
gar and starch, and irrigadng the sto-
mach with a daily antiacid draught
was recommended to him by a Mr..
Harvey, a London specialist in the
treatment Of diseases of the ear. Har-
vey is all but forgotten, while Bant-
ing, who profted by his formula, be-
came immortal through his pamphlet
on the subject-the moral Of which is
that advertising pays. In very few
weeks Banting reduced his weight by
nearly fifty pounds. His example,
however, when followed by persons of
inferior stamina, has produced bad
results in thousands of cases.
PRESIDENT Cleveland, having given
the sanction Of his high example to
the heroic Banting cure by starvation
that is what it is-it is in order to eau
ton all sufferers from obesity who may
be disposed to go and do likewise that
they Will do better to take medical
advice before doing so. All constitu-
tons are not alike, and what may be
good for Mr.. Cleveland may be very
bad indeed for some other man. The
same caution applies to all the other
tat 1t is easy to say Walk ten miles
a day, no matter what the weather
may be, live exclusively on meat twice
baked bread (zWeibach), and drink
very little WATER" but this means
death to many persons who have Or
ganic troubles that forbid such rigorous
self-discipline.
1t should be understood that fat is
not necessarily a sign of i'll health.
A tendency to obesity is inherited by
many persons, and up to a certain
point their corpulence is a normal con-
dition. When, however, the increase of
fat is chiefly in the abdominal region,
making exercise difficult, and causing
shOruness of breath, it is time to take
measures for reduction. And, gener-
ally speaking, the Banting idea of less
eating and drinking and the avoidance
of fat-building foods is doubtless sound.
But in applying it the advice of al able
is always valuable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13
POWDERLY WOULD CHANGE.

New York, July 10.-General Master
Workman Powderly was asked today
what he thought Of the new scheme
advocated by some labor leaders to Or
ganize a new labor central organization
to replace the American Federation of
Labor and the Knights Of Labor so as
to unite the trades unions Of the coun-
try in harmonious whole. He said:
There is a movement in the west to
organize a great central labor temple.
MY idea of the labor organization of
the future is to do away with the fed
Grafton of labor and with other bodies
as they now exist and to have a central
council of labor, in which all trades
shall be represented. / would include
farmers, too, for farming is a trade as
well as any other trade"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13

The women students at Cambridge
university, England, have good reason
to eXult in their successes this year.
No fewer than ten passed the mathe-
NAUTICAL tripOS and two are WranglerS-
Miss Johnson and Miss Stoney, both
of NEWMAN. Miss Johnson has taken
higher honors than any lady except
Miss Fawcett, who was the senior
wrangler in 1890. Newman and GirtOn
had each one student in the fiTSt-claSs
division in the modern language tripOs.
Both of these, Miss Steele Smith, of
Newman, and Miss Bentinck Smith, of
Girton, received distinction in German
and We're alone in the first class, no
man getting more than a second class
in the university. There were also two
first class in the history list from Newn-
ham-Miss Edith Platt and Miss NOrah
Lillian Fry-and among the second
class was Miss B. Douglass, a young
American student, who intends to re-
main in England and start a school in
Bournemouth in the autumn with Miss
Elliott and Miss Lyster, who also have
been students at Newman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13
RECEPTION TO THE VIKING.
Plans for Welcoming the Morse Ship
at the Worlds Fair.

Chicago, July S.-Angry, threatening
clouds overcast the sky at the world S
fair this morning and the air was hot
and sultry. The attendance in conse-
quence was less than ordinarily.
The committee on ceremonies held a
meeting this morning to consider the
matter of receiving the viking ship.
The program will be much the same as
that arranged for the reception Of the
caravels.
The vessel will be met at Evanston
by the man-of-War Michigan, the coast
survey steamer Blake and the revenue
cutter Andrew Johnson with a feet of
pleasure yachts and steamers and es-
c0rted with all due ceremony to Jack
son Park.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13
KILLED THE ABE.

Milwaukee, July Seaman B. Mill
and wife. Eva. who live in Jefferson
county, near the postoffice Of Oak Hill,
are under arrest at the central police
station on a charge of having murdered
the babe which was found on the lake
shore last Wednesday morning.
last Wednesday morning.
The prisoners have confessed. The
story that they tell is most remarka-
bic one and includes some sensational
details.
Mr.. and Mrs Mill were married only
a few days ago, and the child was born
in this city at the Grand Avenue hotel
Tuesday. Mill is not its father.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13

AS long ago as 1913 years before Christ
-AeXantier the Great employed mirrors
to convey signals by the light of the
sun. Since the time Of the great war
rfOr the idea has been reduced to a
science and called photography" The
helOStat, an instrument invented in
Holland early in the eighteenth century,
and the heliograph, invented by Manse
in 1915, have both been used by the
British army in their eastern cam
paignS. The instruments mentioned
differ somewhat in construction, but
which instrument is used. In both
signals are produced by causing a re-
Elected ray of the sun to appear and
disappear alternately at distant point,
the intervals of appearance and obscur-
alton being carried in lengths so as to
produce the combination Of long and
short signals known as the Morse al
phabet. In these instruments the re-
tiecting body is a glass mirror, which
varies in size according to the distance
to which it is desired to signal A five
inch mirror has given under favorable
atmospheric conditions distinct signals
that could be read sixty miles away.
The Telegraph has also been found to
be of great service in defining distant
points of large surveys and was used
to a fine advantage for verifying the
arc of the meridian by the astronomers
at the Cape of Good Hope a few years
ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13
SOMETHING OF A ROMANCE.
A Man Who MarTies His Wife
Second Time

Sioux Falls, S. d., July 10-There
are new developments which give a
very romantic and interesting tinge to
the divorce and remarriage of U. S.
Beckner. the dashing young artist who
came here from San Francisco, and
who is now a resident of Yankton. 1t
will be remembered that it was given
seventeen years of age, who had passed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13
SMITH DOES GRIFFIN
AT ROBY, INDIANA.
BRAINTREE MAN KNOCKED OUT
IN THE FOURTH.

The Finish Not What the Great Crowd
Of 1000 People Had EXpected-The
California Man Did Wild Work But
Evidently Knew His Opponent Per
fectly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13

| here as his sister. 1t now develops that
| the woman was his wife, but that un
der the peculiar circumstances he
thought best to marry her once more
Beckner was first married at Colorado
| Springs, Colo, in August, but his
mOther-in-law was taking too active a
part in the management of his affairs.
From Colorado Beckner went to Chica-
go. He heard nothing from his wife
until 1890, when he read i'm a newSpa-
per that Mrs. Glenn and Mrs w. S.
Beckner" were killed in railroad
wreck between Denver and San Fran
cisco. He wrote to San Francisco and
| found that his wife had left there for
| Denver. He wrote to Denver and was
Informed that she was not there and
had not been. He concluded that she
was killed, as reported, and Becknel
therefore conducted himself as a sin
gle man.
A few months after the reported
death Of his wife he went to small
town near St Louis and met and fell
in love with Eugenia Young, then a
girl Of sixteen years of age They be-
came engaged, in spite of the fact thai
Miss YOung'S uncle, with whom she
lived, had arranged her marriage with
a rich planter. The wedding day had
been set, but three days before the time
set Beckner and Miss Young eloped and
were married, going to Los Angeles
About a year ago Beckner learned
from an old college friend that his first
wife was still living. She was in the
wreck as reported, but was only injur-
ed. Beckner then came to Sioux Falls,
bringing his wife with him and intro
ducing her as his sister. The first wife
had become advised of her husbands
remarriage and had employed detec-
tives to look him UP. Becl1ner, how
ever, claimed to have no knowledge
of his first wife's whereabouts and
notice was served by publication
Immediately after securing his decree
Beckner went to Canton, where he was
remarked to his second wife.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13
..ADE
THAT WAS THE CONDITION IN
CHICAGO.

A Heavy Selling of Stock for London
Holders Causes Notably Weak
Market in New York-A Large
British House Said to Be EN-
bdTraSSed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13
HORROR AT THE FAIR
LOST YESTERDAY.
BRAVE FIREMEN CAUGHT IN A
TERRIBLE TRAP.

Fearful Holocaust in the Great Cold.
Storage Building Plunged Into the
Flames Men Destroyed by
the Collapse of the Lofty Tower
Some Escape by Eeaping.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-08

On Monday evening of this week
about one hundred invited guests wit
messed the installation Of the following
officers of Custer Camp Modern Wood
MEN Of America:
v.C.-C. E. Smith.
w. A.-G. W. Reid.
Banker--W. M. Alexander.
Clerk. N. Granger.
Escort-W. 4. Moore.
W.--P. F. Hendrickson.
S.-J. w. Layton.
After the installation ceremonies were
concluded refreshments were served.
and then the guests were given the free
dom Of the pleasant lodge room Of the
order. The remaining hours of the
evening were passed in the enjoyment
Of various forms of amuscpent, and at a
late hour the participants returned to
their homes, all voting the affair COM
plete social success.