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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08

Washington, Feb. 2T.-The president
today appointed two Wisconsin men
to office. The name of Lieut.. Gov.
Charles Jonas was sent to the senate
for consul general at st. Petersburg.
1t is understood here that Mr.. Jonas
will resign as lieutenant governor and
proceed to st. Petersburg as soon as
be IS confirmed.
Lieut.-Gov. Jonas will succeed John
NJ Crawford. of Ohio, who was ap-
pointed in 1889 by President Harri-
son and was permitted to serve out
his term. The office is worth 5000 a
year salary and fees, which make the
post worth about $500 or $1,000 a
year.
Lieut.-GOv. Jonas was a Bragg man
in the senatorial fight Some think
here that Bragg's influence secured
his appointment.
Charles Jonas, of Racine, was born
at Malesaw, in Bohemia, Oct 80. 1910;
graduated from the Bohemian Real
school at Prague in 1859. and entered
the Polytechnic institute. attending
also courses of lectures at the univer-
Sity. He left his native country In
October, 1860, and was employed in
London, England, as newspaper CORE
spondent; came to the United States
in March, 1868. and settled at Racine,
where he now resides. He is editor
and publisher of The Rodina, a literary
journal. and of The Salvie, 4 demo-
cratic newspaper, both In the Bohemian
language
Mr.. Jonas was member of the
board of managers of the state indus
trial school for boys in 1S73-'74; alder
man of Racine in 1S76-'SO; president
Of the common council Of Racine in
1S7S-'S0; member of the assembly in
| 1878; state senator for the years
1888 He was appointed United
States consul at Prague by President
Cleveland, Nov. II, 1886, serving until
July Is, 1889. He was elected ieuten-
ant-governor in 1890 and again in
1892
The appointment Of Mr.. Jonas to a
post in the foreign service will ne
ceSSitate his resignation as lieutenant
governor. and according TO the state
constitution the secretary of state,
Thomas J. Cunningham. will then
stand next in the line of succession,
and he would become governor In case
Of the death or removal of Gov. Peck
from the executive office. In case of
any necessity for a session of the SEN
ate while the Office of lieutenant gov
ernor is vacant, Senator Robert Mac
Bride, who is president pro TEN. of
that body, would preside over its de-
liberia tons.
The position of consul general to st.
Petersburg is one of the most desirable
ones of that class, there being fees
enough to inure to the benefit of the
incumbent of the office to double the
nominal salary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
THE LATEST.

Congressman Caldwell was nomi-
mated for mayor by Cincinnati repub-
licans and will make the canvass.
In letter to Senator Voorhees,, w.
HI. Higgins, an Indianapolis manufact-
urer, scores the senate for delaying
the tariff bill.
A gale of unprecedented severity
swept over Queenstown, Ireland. The
steamer Britannia encountered it's full
force.
In spite of the opposition of the so
cialists and freisinnigen, the Russo
German commercial treaty was ad-
vanced in the reichstag.
Made insane by attendance at a re
vival Edward Froideveaux, of Point
Pleasant, Ohio, beat his wife to death.
Charles Salyards was hanged at Car
isle, Pa, for murder. He was weak
from an attempt at suicide.
Bishop Bardetti has received official
; notification of his appointment to the
archbishopric of Bucharest, Roumania.
Thomas Corrigan, Kansas City mil
| lionaire, and a brother of the Chicago
turfman is dead
Nine Kentucky couples crossed the
river to Jeffersonville, Ind, and were
married.
A verdict of $4,000 against the de
PENDANT was given at indianapolis in
/ the first case tried under the co-em-
plOyeS' liability law.
G. J. Melms, of Milwaukee, jumped
from a passenger train in Wyoming
having suddenly become demented. He
will die.
A letter threa tening his life was re
! ceived by Rev. Mr.. Hamp, of Terre
Haute, who in a sermon accused
Catholics of conspiracy.
| Four Cornell students have been
placed under arrest for refusing to an
sWer questions in the banquet invest
cation.
Caroline Miskel, the actress, known
in private life as Caroline Scales, was
married in New York to Playwright
Hoyt.
! Pugilist Corbett was acquitted at
Jacksonville of any offense against the
law
q. T. White was convicted of hang
ing Secretary Morton in effigy at Ne
braska City, Neb. The penalty is Sc
we're.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
CRIMINAL ACTS.

Boss McKane has been taken to
Sing Sing.
A BATTLE between striking miners
and workmen occurred in West Viz
GINA.
David Gillebt, Jr., arrested On Han
cock county, Illinois, will be taken to
Louisa, Iowa, TO answer Il charge OF
burglary.
General Manager Underwood and
Master Mechanic Hickman, Of the 500
s1ne, have been arrested for violating
one Of the labor laws.
Francis j. Logan, confessing to in
cen diary nres in different sections OF
the country, is under arrest in Mil
Waukee.
Young Treadwell, escaped burglar
ties, begging them for mercy and not
TO hound him.
John Callyhan, a farmer near Racine
was murdered by a tramp who entered
ahe house and demanded money.
Stanton Abbott badly whipped Harry
Gilmore in four rounds at the second
regiment armory, Chicago.
Burglars at Pixies Crossing, Ind.
robbed the poStottice OF stamps and
looted John CaldWell's store.
Sobbing repentance, Augusta Schnoe
der picked the pocket of the Chicago
police matron who sympathetically
drew the girl toward her.
In II lonely Wichita, Kan, shanty the
body of an unidentified man was found
l. A., hld been murdered.
r. q. HOrnbrooke, of Winona, pres,
dent of the state Epworth league, is
charged with being short in his &C
counts as auditor of the Winona &
South western railway.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
TELEGRAMS In BRIEF
FOREIGN.

A dispatch to the London Times from
Calcutta says that the action Of the
Bengal chamber Of commerce in refus
ing to recommend the re-opening OF
the minis is generally approved by all
but a small minority.
Henry Yates Thompson, formerly
owner of the Pail Mall Gazette, has
written to Right Hon. George Shaw
Lefevre, offering t3S,OOO to build a
monumental chapel connected with
Westminster abbey by a cloister from
the poets corner for monuments to
great men and women.
The French members of the coming
sanitary conference express surprise
at the attitude of the United States,
Saying that its representatives oppose
every measure intended to tighten quar-
antine regulations and claim to believe
that their object is to evoke such regu
tations as will prevent their innoya
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08

dress badly, but SO badly that they
will not appreciate how well dressed
the Americans are / have seen a
whole roomful of Englishmen sit still
when a woman came into her own
drawing-room, and then look compass
sionately at the Americans present be-
cause they stood up They probably
thought we were following out the
rules of some book of etiquette, and
could not know that we were simply
more comfortable standing when a
woman was standing than we would
have been sitting down. And it will
not do to say in reply to this that
these EngliShmen of whom l speak
We're not Of the better sort, and that
7 should not judge by the middle class.
| am not writing of the middle classes
1T was the best butter" rs the March
hare says.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
PEOPLE AND POLITICS.

A bill to regulate the liquor traffic
was agreed upon by committee of the
Iowa legislature.
Mr.. Boutelle introduced a resolution
in the house for the recall of Mr.. Willis.
minister to Hawaii
Treasury statements will show an
excess of expenditures over receipts
In February of about 100000.
The district court granted an iniunc-
ton restraining Commissioner Lochren
from reducing Judge Longs pension
from S72 to $50.
A resolution looking to government
control of the Nicaraguan canal was
introduced in the house.
A. 2. Brown, of Boston. has been ap-
pointed special assistant United
States attorney for the district of Mas
sachusetts.
BY creating an unauthorized fund
members of the Ohio legislature are
held to be acting illegally
The populists propose making Kansas
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
THE DEAD.

Judge J. w. McDill, of the inter
home in Creston. Iowa.
Jacob G. Horn, present at the Fort
Dearborn massacre, and in the Black
Ha wb. Mexican and civil wars, died al
Winniecanne, Wis.
Rev. DR.. r. w. Patterson, one of the
patriarchs OF the Presbyterian church,
died at his home in Evanston
Nine. Janet Monach Patey, distin,
guiShed cOntralto singer, died at Shelf
field. Eng, at the close G song.
Mrs. Allen Francis, TO. Arly of Hi
nois died at Victoria, B. G. She in
PRODUCED Abraham Lincoln to the Girl
he married.
Charles W. R. Kerr, Lord Dunraven's
representative on the Vigilait duri1 Q
the Amerdca's cup races, is dead.
Professor Swing paid an eloquent
tribute to Steele Mackaye's genius
Services were held at the Chicago
scenitorium.
William Collins Meredith, ex-chief
Justice of the supreme court, is dead in
Quebec.
Max PlutZ, the well-known theatri
cal photographer, of Chicago, died OF
Bright's disease
w. ID. Lindsay, the receiver of the
land office at Guthrie, Oklahoma, died
in Washington. His death was moi
unexpected, as he had been ill for some
lime
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
ENGLISH .POLITENESS.
1t Varies Greatly from the American
Brand.

Richard Harding Davis in Harper's
Magazine: If the Scotchman, who Ger
tainly seems reserved enough in our
eyes, is chilled by the Englishman's
manner, it is evident how much more
the American must suffer before he
learns that there is something better
to come, and that the Englishman's
manner is his own misfortune and not
his Intentional fault. The English say
to this, when you know them well
enough to complain, that we are too
sensitive" and that we are too quick
to take offenSe. 1t never occurs to
them that lit may be that they are
too brusque. If you say SO, on mount
ing a coach, II am afraid l am one
too many, L fear | am crOWding you
ALL" you can count upon their all an
swering, with perfect cheerfulnesS,
Eyes, you are, but we didn't know you
were coming, and there is no help for
it, and it never occurs to them that
that is not perhaps the best way of
putting it. After bit you find out
that they do not mean to be rude,
L
then you get on famously. l have had
Americans come into my rooms in Lon
don with tears of Indignation in their
eyes, and tell of the way they had been,
as they supposed, snubbed and insulted
and neglected. why" they would
ask, did they invite me to their house
if they meant to treat me like that?
r Il I,n'+ ,r1- RI II 1,,tt
myself on them. 1 only wanted a
word now and then, just to make me
feel | was Il human being. If they
had only asked me, When are you
going away it would have been some
thing; but to leave me standing around
in corners, and to go through whole
dinners without as much as a word,
without introducing me to any one or
recognizing my eXistence-Why did
they ask me if they only meant to in
suit me when they got me there? Is
that English hospitality?' And the
next day | would meet the people with
whom he had been staying, and they
would say, eve have had such a nice
compatriot of yours with us, such a
well-informed young man; hope he
will stop with us for the shooting.
AS far as they knew they had done
all that civility required, all they
would have given their neighbors, or
have expected from their own people.
But they did not know that we are
not used to being walked over rough
shod, that we affect interest even if
we do not feel it, and that we tell
social fibs if it is going to make some
one else feel more comfortable. 1t is
as if the American had boxed with
gloves all his life, and then met a man
who struck with his bare fists; and it
hurts And the most pathetic
part Of the whole thing is that they
do not know how much better than
their own the breeding Of the American |
really is. It is like the line in the |
tonal Episode, where the Amer
lean woman points out to her friend |
that their English visitors not only
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS

Washington, Feb. 26.-Today in the
house, Mr.. Hatch moved that his anti
option bill be taken from the ways and
means committee and referred to the
agricultural committee. His purpose
! was to insure an early favorable re-
port. After some debate the motion
was carried, SO to 81.
Bland being unable to secure a quo
rum concluded to allow the debate on
the bill to proceed, at the same time
declaring that he would return to the
assault tomorrow.
Two sensational speeches followed,
one by Mr.. Pence, of Colorado, who
denounced the republican for submit
ting to the crack Of ex-Speaker Reeds
whip. and warned him that if the
election of president is thrown into
! the house in 1896 he will rue his fill
, clustering course. The other was by
Mr.. Ftthian, who condemned in the
severest terms the action of his demo
cratic colleagues for taking part in
the filibuster
The remainder Of the entire session
was characterized by stormy squabbles
and Mr.. Pence was finally called down
for his rash language and manners.
The report of me foreign affairs COM
mittee relative to Hawaii was submit
ted to the senate. The majority report
signed by all the republicans and
Chairman Morgan declares the "pur-
pose Of Minister Stevens and Can't.
Witt legitimate in landing troops and
that they acted in good faith with no
interests except protecting American
citizens and preserving order" The
whole negotiations of the Harrison ad-
mlnlStration are approved though Mr..
Cleveland's honorable intentions are
not questioned except by the republi-
cans in an addendum. The minority
report is in cordial support of Cleve-
lands course all through.
Washington. Feb. Pin the senate
today large number of petitions were
presented protesting against reduc-
ton Of the duty On wool and other
features Of the tariff bill
A resolution by Mr. Teller requesting
the president to suspend action in con-
soidating land Offices provided for in
the sundry civil bill for the year end
ing June 80 next was passed.
Mr.. Hawley introduced a resolution
that the secretary of the interior send
j to the senate the most advanced copy
| of the census Office returns relative
to manufactures. He explained that
the report was far advanced towards
,,,1
Superintendent Porter and Secretary
Noble. but had been withheld and he
thought the information should be in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
ACCIDENTS, ETC.

George Kelley, of Galesburg, Ill.
aged years, was killed by a falling
derrick.
Thomas Holiday, q farmer near
Beecher City, ILL.,, was killed while
Telling timber.
Eighteen lives were lost in the east
ern coast storm, members of the crews
OF ,.c llenl'ietta and Resolute.
AIT Linden, Mich, near Flint, a plat
form collapsed and tweI ty-tive OF
Thirty persons were more or less in
jmed.
The bodies of two children drowned
at MaSSillOn, Ohio, have been recov
cred. That of Fred Gego's 11-year-old
daughter is still missing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08

A converted burglar and horse thief
fresh from prison is carrying on a
successful revival near Alton, ILL.,
The Waco Tex Electric Railway
and Electric company, was yesterday
placed in the hands of receiver. As
sets, 100000; liabilities, 5000. 600.
In a speech in Minneapolis General
Master Workman Sovereign, of the
knights Of labor, said he would not ad-
wise the Northern Pacific men to strike.
Dubuque, Iowa, will offer handsome
bonus provided the Chicago Sugar Re
fning company's plant is removed from
Rochester, y. Y. to Dubuque.
In the suit Of Lille Thompson, an
octoroon, against William MARI of Co
lumbus. whom she charged with the
paternity of her child. the jury dis
agreed.
The Union Furniture company's
plant at Rockford ILL.,, has been bought
by A. d. Early for local capitalists for
$4,000 and will soon resume business.
The funeral Of Norman L. Munro,
the publisher, took place from the
Marble Collegiate church, Twentieth
street and Fifth avenue, New York city.
The report that Mr.. Munro's son is
dying is untrue.
A daughter Of ODE Roberts, a farmer
living near Galesburg, H., is dying
from Self-inflicted gunshot wound.
She was maddened by her mothers re-
proof.
An amendment to the revised statutes
was proposed by Representative Bryan,
of Nebraska, by which the votes of
nine members of a jury would consti-
tllte a verdict.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
NATURAL GAS SPRING.

There is a natural gas spring in Ida
no that is one of the most remarkable
sights ever witnessed 1t is about 100
miles from Boise City and is at the bot
tom of a canon. The rock here seems
to be of porous nature and there are
innumerable small holes and assures.
Riding along the canon one day pros
pecting, 1 dropped lighted match and
Immediately bright blue flame sprang
up. This lighted another and thai
another and so on, until a space Of
about an acre in extent was covered
with these flames, each arising about
a foot in height. 1t was beautiful
sight, and the lights were still burning
when I left there
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
BLACK ON THE TARIFF.

Washington Post: The Hon. Chaun.
cey f. Black of Pennsylvania was get
ting into his dress suit at the Ebbitt
when the lobbyist called upon him.
Don't mind me-" said he, as he
struggled with an obdurate cuff but
ton. Go ahead with your questions -
What do you think. of the Wilson
bi1?''
1T is all right. 1 am for it, and
would be for it if it were twice as
radical"
How far do you go IN favor of
tariff reform?"
L stand squarely on that splendidly
drawn tariff plank in the platform Of
the democratic party of Pennsylvania,
which I regard as one Of the clearest
expositions of democratic doctrine ever
enunciated.''
How did that read, governor"
What is it possible that you have
not read that magnificent and eloquent
denunciation Of the republican policy
of protection 2"
II may have read it, but if I ever
did 1 have forgotten every word of it,"
80 have T.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
EMPHASIZING A POINT .

Some Of the cards used by travel
ing men are very ingenious and ara
well calculated to attract ate lfinn.
card inscribed, 'Be kind to the tray-
cling man. Far away in some d!~tlnt
bower fond hearts are beating for him.
fervent prayers being offered for rs
welfare. and when his eyes ire clOseC
by the FROST touch Of the angel If
death. lift him up tenderly, drop
tear DER his remains, but llanU lin
deep-plant him deep. st. Louis
Globe-DemOcrat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
POTPOURRI.

A Montana man won $4,000 in a
game of dice.
Attorney General Olney decides that
silver certificates are not lawful money.
William Hale Thompson, of Chicago
is sued for damages for causing the
death of his coachman by a blow of
the fist at OconomoWoc.
The Missouri supreme court has sus-
tanned tue Law making it a felony for
a bank officer to receive deposits when
the bank is falling.
When John T. Prior, of Noblesville,
Ind, saw a son injured in a fight he
dropped dead of heart disease.
1t is rumOred that the Great North
ern will use the Wisconsin Central
tracks between st. Paul and Chicago.
The city council of Tiffin, Ohio, has
been enjoined from letting a ten year
contract for lighting the streets.
Nearly all the remaining worlds fair
employees We're discharged, total of
about 600. Work is nearly finished.
w
port, H., were fined for operating slot
machines, and ordered to discontinue
the practice.
Rev. John L. Kellam, of Norwalk,
preachers in that state, has become
insane.
Cornelius Reardon, Of Freeport, ILL.,,
obtained Il judgment of $1,000 against
/ the Illinois Central Railroad company
for the death of his son.
Gen. Miles is TO succeed Gen. How
ard in command of the department of
| the east, to be succeeded at Chica go,
probably, by Gen. Ruger or Gen. Mer-
rit.
The New York senate canal company
has reported favorably the bill of Sen
ator Perrons providing for the ex-
penditure of $1,OOO,OOO for canal i'm
prOvement.
/ Banker Johnston has withdrawn his
! donation of a lot and Milwaukee has
abandoned its hospital project.
/ Abandoned by her husband, Mrs. F.
A. Pierce found him keeping house
in Omaha. She drove No out with
/ q revolver.
! Michigan tax title sharks have been
set back by the supreme court finding
that such sales are invalid.
After a test the Illinois board of
health decides that the state vaccine
virus is pure and safe.
If the house committee on naval af-
fairs has its way the historic Kearsarge
: will be raised from Roncador reef.
j 1t is probable the government will
transfer to some patriotic society the
care Of the statue of liberty beacon
light.
Officials Of Chicago lines have decided
to pay no further attention to the in
! terstate commerce law.
There are 100 cases at the Chfca 60
smallpox hospital It may be neces
sary to quarantine new cases at pa
tents homes.
State relief for the Hurley miners
has ceased and Iron county must look
after its unemployed.
By change in the Missouri's chan
mel the big draw at Omaha is now over
a sandbar. Navigation is blocked.
Four barrels of honey were taken
from a bee tree by Guy Mari near
Baroda, Mich. AS much more was
wasted.
Gifts amounting to more than $780,
900 We're received by trustees of the
Western Reserve university near CleYe-
land, Ohio.
Residents of Benton Harbor, Mich.
were startled by rumbling noise and
a shaking Of the ground which lasted
q minute
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08

affect the material features of the bill.
which provide for the coinage of the
silver seiniorage in the treasury. the
issue of silver eertiica ties thereon. if
need be, in the discretion Of the secre-
tary in advance Of coinage and there
after The coinage of the remainder of
the bullion as fast as practicable and
the issue of silver certificates thereon
10 take the place of trea sury notes
issued under the Sherman act which
are 10 be cancelled as rapidly as the
coinage takes place. The measure now
goes to the senate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08

Washington, March During the
debate on the pension appropria ton
bsll this afternoon a personal encounter
between Representative Meredith and
Funk was narrowly averted. Meredith
walked up to Funk, shook his fist in
his face and the house became so up
riarious that Speaker Crisp. who was
absent, had to be called in 10 restore
order
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08
JOB FOR Mr.. JONAS
WISCONSIN'S LIEUTENANT. GOV.
ERNOR GETS A BERTH.
TO BE CONSUL GENERAL AT ST.
PETERSBURG.

The appointment Is Duly Made-The
Position One Of the Best OF Its Kind
IN the Gift CT the State Department
Secretary Cunningham may Sue
ICED Him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08

Joseph DOMAIN, who threatened Vice
President Stevenson by mail, was SEN
fenced to eighteen months imprison
ment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08

j. II. Jolly, a Keokuk, Ia, grocer
went to England some time ago after
money bequeathed to him. He was
heard from at Halifax on the return
TIP, where he mysteriously disap-
peared.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-08

Five men were injured by a boiler
explosion near Plum City, Wis.