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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-31
FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT.

Recently we have noticed in
several newspapers of the State
favorable reference to Prof. J. Q.
Emery for State Superintendent
This move is in the right direction
and his many friends in the Twin
Cities where he taught so many
years will only be too glad to do
what they can to further his
interests to that end. Mr.. Emery
is thoroughly well qualified and
would do honor to the state of
Wisconsin in that office. We were
a student in the High School here
when he was principal and superin-
tendent and remember him most
favorably. As to his character,
standing and integrity | need say
nothing for he is too welI-known
here to require any recommended
ton from our hands. We accord
him our cordial support and shall
do all in our power to futher his
interests. The Lake Mills Leader
in its last issue had the following
editorial about him:
'There are numerous candidates
for nominations for the different
places on the next Republican
state ticket, and every section of
the state has its favorite sons.
The convention will find that it
has very important duties to
perform in selecting the standard
bearers. While it is important to
have strong candidates for gov
ernor, secretary Of state and
treasurer, it is equally essential that
the high office Of superintendent of
public instruction should have a
candidate named therefor who
thoroughly understands our public
school system and who has been a
success in teaching and superin-
tending.
The convention can find such a
candidate in the person of ex-
President J. Q. Emery, Of the
River Falls Normal School. He
began his work in the country
school, had five years Of successful
work in the country superindency
of Dane and Wood counties, was
for five years principal Of the
Grand Rapids high school, was for
seventeen years principal and
superintendent of the Fort Atkin-
son high school, which ranked
second to no other school in the
state, was for three years president
of the River Falls Normal school,
where he succeeded most admir-
ably, until compelled to resign on
account Of i'll health last year. He
has now regained his health and
would be able to put forth the best
of his life, and thus crown a career
that has been successful from the
beginning.
We hope the convention will in
its wisdom conclude to nominate
ex-president Emery, who will
prove worthy successor of the
many eminent men who have held
that high office"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-31
Tourist Excursion Tickets

At reduced rates to the principal sum-
mer resorts Of the United States are
now on sale via The North-W Western line.
For particulars apply to agents Chicago
& Northwestern R'y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-31
I I,-,L,uER'S SPACE

Are little slow just Some dealers complain bitterly of
the dulness My Cash plan doubt giving than
my share Of the trade any have particular
complain of duness. My large general stock attractive,
my bargains attractive and very low Cash Prices do the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-31
OUR CANDIDATES.

For Attorney General
VIM. II. MYLREA, of Wausau.
For Railroad Commissioner
J. w. DeGROFF, Marshfeld.
For Insurance Commissioner
JAMES E. HEG, Lake Geneva.
For State Superintendent
Prof. J. Q. EMERY, Of Albion.
For Member of Congress, 8th District
THOMAS B. REID, of Appleton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-31

Have You Tried Beggs' German salve
For Piles? If not, why not? Car
you afford to suffer longer for the sake
of 25c. This is the price of the greatest
salve on the market. Sold and warrant
ed bv John Z. DAILY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-31
ALSO EXPECT

This week dozen boys shoes something good and sub
stanta that will be sold SI25 others ask you $500
for the thing but by buying in such large quantities.
able to give you the benefit of this low.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-31

THIS WEEK
have put sale and fresh line Of Pongee dress goods
prices that will suit also of turkey red
cacos and line light calicos suitable for boys
and aprons for the little
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
Co,ossal British Fortunes.

The Earl of Derby draws from MS
tenant farmers upwards Of $4,000 year.
This Is supplemented by his LlNerpool
nroperty. This fortunate fanny al9o
Owns nearly all the town of Bury. Inc
total income Of the Earl of DERBY Is
close on 81 10000 a year .,..
The Earl of Sefton's is another fanny
which has done well out oil LIVER ' OOi'
for in addition 10 estates producing $-Io'-
ma a vear and ground rents $S50,Vn more,
tbe,, received s., 800 900 for $40 acres Oh
Ia1d required by the corporation LOT
public park. . oo,,to-,
u oddition to $4,000 left him by MS
father. he has the rent roll OF the no
warden estate, which came INTO the poe
session OF his wife on the death Oh tne
last male Giynn. Add 10 tne -ot,or
which is worth s9OSG5 a year, another
$40 O00 for royalties, and $500 as Prime
Minister. and YOU have in round numbers
an income Of $4,000 year.
Earl Vane has $jOO0 year, In addl-
ton 10 his coal royalties, which eAtehu
over 1900 acres. ,-...,,
Coal IS worth TO the Earl Of F1tZwil-
liam $4,000 a year, IN addition TO aho'her
$3.50 900. the value Of his estates IN YORK
shire and Ireland.
The MARQUIS Of Londonderry, who sells
his coal MnOltSdlt anu ltAeh4if 4'@~
land a rent roll Of $9l5,OO0 year.
The Marquis of Salisburys London
property in the neighborhood Of st. Mar
Tins lane and the Strand is said 10 prlhs
him in $4,000 a year. The Marquis
other estates produce $4,000 per anhun
AS the Duke of Devonshire owns 49,
3I5 acres of land, producing revenue OF
SS65. 900 a year, he is not likely TO accept
the million which has been offered LOT
Devonshire House and grounds IN nc
cadiny. ,-,-.- ,o,,ot-
The Duke Of Hamntons mining royal
ties amount TO no less than $4,000 year.
His other estates bring in $569'VW per an
mum. u, ,,.r,,
Lord Burton OF bass fame is worth
over $4,000 a year, and the family OF
the late Mr. Crashay the Welsh IRON
master has the handling Of SlO,OOoVOO'
When the iron trade was brisk the Ear
of Dudley Melted yearly $4,000. The
dudley diamonds are worth 2.o00Ooc'
The Duke Of Norfolk has an income OF
s1S45. 900 a year. the Duke Of Northum-
berland $3.50, 900 and Earl Roseberry, SlSo'-
900 70 say nothing of the SlO,WOOO MS
late wife brought him.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
John hetcalf.

One OF the most remarkable men VINO
ever lived was John Metcalf. HIS birth
occurred in III, at Knaresborough. Eng
land At the age Of six years his sight
was entirely destroyed by smallpox
His boyhood was marked by most
unusual activity He was an expert
swimmer. and much given TO riding horse
back. and roaming In the WOODS anu
feds. In fact, he surprised everybody
nv. the manner in which he was apie ~
enter into the enjoyment or sports Wiicn
are supposed TO be possible only 10 'hoSe
who can see - s.,,d ~
r,dtnc after the hounds. He Followed
various lines OF work; he was Nioiih
nlaver. a fish dealer a soldier, ana
horse dealer. He also at one time run
stage route which he was Obliged 10
abandon. owing TO the horrible condluon
of the roads; many people pTeie'i gu
walking or horseback ridiAg to the use Vi
. Vehicle under the disagreedbie con-
ditions then existing -,
In 1865. after much experience III DUST
ness. which gave him good IDEA OF the
need of better roads, he tok a contract
10 build three miles Of the road between
Harrogate and Boroughbridge. The ma
terial used was gravel, and the phha
roadmaker did his work quickly anu
well.
The people had much confidence IN
him. or they could not have entrusted
such a work 10 a blind man, but the
perfection OF the road when he had nm
ished IL was such as TO insure him many
similar Jobs
During the following thirty years he
built numerous roads and bridges, hav-
ing In his employ at one time about
three hundred and eighty men. He died
,n 1910. in the ninety-third year of his
age. the latter part of his life being much
devoted 10 recording the many and va
rled incidents OF his most interesting
career.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
RICHMOND POsrOFrICr.,

- = r ~ y Nf'Se~'N N0~',~-tI
I IST or UNCLAIMED LETrE.
~ MAY 3, 1894:
FEMALES
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06

A Springfield Comm bank President
-. onlv recently finished the task Of writ
,ns b,s name on each of 5000 new five-dol-
i ,as bills. He might have had his name
"a, nr1nted ted on the bills from an engraved
block. as the law allows, but he pre-
ferred to Sign his name IN tho OLDHAM
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06

life, that stimulating routine Of
exciting memories; the ex-
ultation of victory; the dejec-
ton of defeat; good news
from home; the final ending;
and then peace again.
1t is not a partisan book.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06

the servers Of the
Stars and Stripes
and the utmost
good feeling is
pre- d O m i n a n t
throughout. The
articles appeared
first in the Century
Magazine a few
years ago and were
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06

of whom tell how the battles we're Won
or lost; each from his particular point of
view. This IS history told by these aoh0
MADE IT.: and never has history been writ
ten by more knowing pens.
The followers of the Stars and Bars
have equal prominence in the work with
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06

tt IS not PARTISAN DOCK. Tt was witt
ten after the war. when there were no par.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06

SDs OF THE UNITED AND OF THEE
STATE, Oh
osDs AND STOCKS. OWED ABSOLUTELY COMPANY
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
THE WARDEN exoNERATEo.
The Penitentiary Directors File White- washing Report in Regard to Mir. Chase,

The Penitentiary Directors File White-
 washing Report in Regard to Mir.
 Chase.
 TOPEKA, Kan, July 27.-A report was made to the governor yesterday by the directors of the state peniten- tiary giving the details of their exam ination of the charges filed against Warden Chase, and completely exon- erating that official The report says:
 We find that Warden s. w. Chase has per- formed the duties of his office in an efficient and proper manner, and that the state coal mine is and has been kept in safe condition, and that as to the item in relation to animals mentioned in the charges, the transactions of the warden were proper and that the state netted profit of S495. .32 in that matter.
 And that because of the neglect and omission of J. w. Yarroll whilst chief clerk credit of S25 to the state was left of the books until Warden Chase collected the same from the Armour Packing Co.,, on June 9, 1891, which credit had been allowed long before on account of rebate on bacon. And we thereupon, after getting all the evidence possible, exonerate Warden Chase from each and every charge set forth in the said charges and specifications made to your excellency by said Yarroll, Stone hooker and Bum, and we refer you to the evil dence as taken by B. F. Martin.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
PROBABLY LOST.
A Belief That the wellman Arctic ExpedI-
 ton Has Been Lost.

A Belief That the Wellman Arctic Expedi-
 tion Has Been Lost.
 LONDON, July 25.-Carl Siewwers writes to the Standard that he is in re- ceipt of advices from Norway that have little doubt that the Wellman Arctic expedition is lost. Experienced skip pers just returned from the Spitzbergen seas express the same opinion, and Col. Fielding, who accompanied Capt. Mares expedition in 1875, shares this belief. The Pall Mall Gazette is in re- ceipt of similar advices from Tromso, all confirming the general belief in the fate of the expedition.
 Arctic shippers report that the flow of pacB-ice and its density this summer would prove irresistible to any vessel, however strong. They believe that the Ragnvald-Jarl has been crushed in the ice, and express the belief that there is a remote chance that the members of the Wellman expedition have been saved by managing to get onto an ice foe, in which case they believe that the explorers are in a most dangerous position. Should the forebodings of the Arctic shippers prove true, and if the Ragnvald-Jarl was crushed without warning, it is probable that the mem bers of the expedition were unable to take any large quantity of supplies with them upon the ice foe, even sup posing they succeeded in escaping thereto,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
Oklahoma War Over.

GUTHRIE, Ok, July 27.-Gov. Rem frow left for Canada again yesterday, leaving Secretary Lowe acting gov ernor. Lowe at once wired the war department requesting that the soldiers be withdrawn from Enid and Pond Creek, as they are no longer needed. He also wired congratulations to the mayor of Enid on release of the citizens ar rested and taken to Kingfsher. The territorial administration has dropped the railroad and turned squarely to the cause of the people. obeyanee of the ordinance of Enid and Round Pond and erecting of depots was demanded of the railroad and the road had agreed to do so if the people would cease their ob- structions, so the trouble can prac- tieally be said to be at an end.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
FAMILY SCRAP BASKET.


 THE best dusters are those made of yard-width cheese cloth cut square and neatly hemmed.
 ALCovEs and recesses for beds are abominable. They cannot be properly ventilated to keep the mattresses and bedding sweet.
 A NEW way to serve grape fruit is to remove all the edible part from the skin, placing it in deep dessert plates with liberal allowance os p3]verized sugar.
 EXCEPT by definite instrGotica from a sl1illful physician, a sick person should never be awakened to take medicine, for under nearly every cir cumstance sleep is the first and best of nourishers and restoratives. It is na- lures own medicine.
 HERE is nice strawberry sauce that can be used with any pudding: Beat to a cream one-half cup of sweet butter and two cups of powdered sugar; add a heaped half pint of strawberries Mash the fruit thoroughly and beat it into the sauce."
 BRooMs are bent out of shape by be- ing allowed to rest on the floor instead of being hung up. Dipping them once or twice week in keCtle of boiling studs is the careful housekeeper's method of making them last twice as long as they otherwise would.
 TITS is said to be an effectual yer. min exterminator: Dissolve two pounds of alum in three or four quarts of boil ing water and apply, while hot, to every joint or crevice where ants and cockroaches congregate. It is useful to pantry shelves and bedsteads, for kitchen floors and base boards. Use brush in appling it.
 SHADES for the windows of a house should not be selected until the color of the interior decorations and the sur roundings have been fully considered. Glaring colors like bright blues and greens are apt to be as disagreeable in- side as on the outside. Plain white awnings are found to look better after the second year than faded striped ones. PAINT, however old and dry it may be, can be removed from carpets or draperies by liberal use of chloro- form. Saturate the spot, keep it close ] ly covered for half an hour, then brush out. The liquid destroys the oil in the paint, leaving only powder that usually comes out with no stain, un- less on very delicate fabrics. In ob- stinate cases, the application may need | to be repeated several times.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02

prosaic looking wooden back. To be- gin with, panel of light-colored Jap anese gauge or painted satin is nailed straight on the wood; it is then framed by a darker drapery arranged with rosettes at right angles something like a door curtain; should thin material be chosen for the drapery, it is desira- ble to arrange it previously on loose frame, and nail the same on the piano. The ends are covered plain with pieces of colored cloth, handsomely embroid- cred. Here again, on account of open ing the piano, it is better to have the upper and lower parts made separate ly; the top one can be made to hang down little and finished off with a point and fringe, like the model given in the accompanying illustration.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
GAS EXPLOSION.
The People of CofreyvIlle. Kan, More
 Frightened Than Hurt.

The People of CoTeyyllle, Kan, More
 Frightened Than Hurt.
 CoFEEYvHLE, Kan, July 25.-The residents of the north part of the city were startled from their sleep Monday morning between and ? o'clock by a terrific explosion that shook the earth and made the houses rattle like an earthquake. Window panes were shat tered and great pieces of rock show cred upon the roofs of the houses. Ore rock weighing about thirty pounds crashed through the roof of house, frightening the inmates nearly to death, but no one was injured.
 A very strong gas well is located near the center of the upheayal and the ground in the vicinity presented a terrible scene yesterday. At one place there is hole 10 or F feet deep and great masses of earth and huge stones are thrown up all around to the height of 12 feet. Large rocks were thrown to the surface from depth of 30 feet. The scene of the upheaval covers sey- eral acres. Great rocks were found a block and a-half away.
 The explosion is supposed to have been caused by large quantities of natural gas that had accumulated in subterranean cavities and which be- came ignited by some mysterious apency
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
THE PRIZE RING.
A Contest for the Championship Between Tommy Ryan and Billy smith Won by Ryan.

A Contest for the Championship Between
 Tommy Ryan and Billy smith Won by
 Ryan.
 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 27.-Th twenty-round fight at welter-weights for the championship of the world be tween Mysterious Billy Smith, of Bos- ton, and Tommy Ryan, of Chicago, took place at the Twin City Athletic club before fully 4,OOO people last night. Both men were in the ring to- gether at 9 o'clock, the scales being placed in the center. Both men mounted in fighting costume, with the weights placed at 142 pounds, and neither lifted it. Tom West, Solly Smith and Ted Alexander acted as sec onds for Smith, while Jerry Murphy, Harry Baker and Prof. Lewis acted in the same capacity for Ryan. Joe Cho- ynski was chosen referee by both par ties. At 9:12 the men shook hands.
 The men fought twenty rounds. In the last round, although not knocked out, Smith was declared beaten by the referee
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED.
The Two Gentlemen Named to Act with
 Commissioner Carroll.

The Two Gentlemen Named to Act with
 Commissioner Carroll.
 WASHINGTON, July 26. The presi- dent last night appointed the commis- sioners to investigate the controversies between certain railroads and their employees in connection with the re- cent railroad strike at Chicago and the west The statute under which the commission is appointed directs that the commissioner of labor shall be one of the commissioners and that another shall be appointed from the state in which the controversy arose.
 The commissioners will be Carroll D. Wright, John D. Herman, of New York, and Nicholas E. Worthington, of Pe- oria, III.
 Mir. Herman is a well known lawyer in Utica, N. Y., and a son of ex-United States Senator Herman. He has been a particular and thorough student of the labor question and has written several important contributions to the litera- ture on this subject. He was chosen because of his undoubted thorough un- derstanding of the subject and his well known sympathy with the laboring classes.
 Nicholas E. Warrington is now judge of Illinois in the circuit court. He represented the Peoria district in con- gress about eight years ago.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
IDLE BLAST FURNACES.
Only 20 Per Cent. of All Tn the Country Are
 In Operation.

Only SO Fer Cent. or All In the Country Are
 In Operation.
 PHILADELPHIA, July 26.-The total production of pig iron in the United States in the first half of 1894 was D. 717, ,0S3 gross tons, against ?, ,561, ,5s4 tons in the last half of 1893, and 4,562, ,91s in the first half of 1893. Not since the dull year of 1885 has the United States made as little pig iron in one year as in the last twelve months. The num- Der of furnaces which were in blast on June 30, 1894, was 1Os and the number out of blast 40s At no time in the re- cent history of the American iron trade have so few furnaces been in blast as on June 30 last.
 The production of Bessemer steel in- gots in the first half of 1894 was as fol- lows: Pennsylvania, 120,559; Illinois, 252, ,OSO; Ohio, I'll, ,O4S; other states, 1l4,- 767. Total, 667,4 against 2,092, ,000 tons in the first half of 1893; Bessemer steel rails of all weights and sections, 399, ,4O4 tons, against 7O4, ,24O tons in the first half of 1893.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
DARING MEXICAN BANDITS.
They Held Upa Stage Coach and Robbed
 Express Box and Passengers.

Express Box and Passengers.
 PERoTE, Vera Cruz, July 26.-The diligence between this place and Te- zuitlan was held up by bandits and a large amount of money and valuables secured. The robbery is the first in Mexico in nearly ten years. The stage coach met the trains of the Interoceanic railway and started for Tezuitlan. While still in the great pine forests the diligence was attacked by seven armed and mounted men. The driver, guard and ten passengers were taken com pletely by surprise.
 One of the passengers, rich Spanish merchant, living near Tezuitlan, was robbed of S4,O00 in bank notes. The bandits then rifled the Hidalgo express box and the pockets of the passengers, two of whom were women. These were relieved of diamonds, rings and jewels, and the entire party was com pletely stripped of everything of value. Over fifty troopers are in pursuit and will probably make no captures, but kill on sight.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
MANAGER PRICK TEsTlFIEs.
Says Penalties Imposed Are Exorbitant
 and Money Making Actuated the Expo

Says Penalties Imposed Are ExOrbitant
 and Money Making Actuated the Expo
 sures.
 WASHINGTON, July 25.-Chairman Prick, of the Carnegie Steel Co.,, was witness before the naval committee in the armor-plate investigation to-day.
 Mir. Prick asserted that he had op- posed entering upon the work of malS- ing armor plates since the necessary plant would be costly and the company would have but one customer. While the company's output of 1893 had been more than 5000 900 tons only 5000 tons was armor plate. It was a compara- lively unimportant branch of the works and he had left the details entirely to Superintendent Husicker.
 Mir. Prick regarded the penalty levied by the navy department as ex- orbitant and had appealed to the pres ident, as he was permitted to do under the law. He considered the presidents decision unjust in the amount eXacted, since all the company had stipulated to do was to furnish the best armor.
 Like other witnesses, Mir. Prick as- serted that the tensile tests of plates were of no importance compared with ballastic tests. He did not regard the information to the government as con- spiracy on the part of former strikers for revenge, but rather as a money making scheme.
 Mir. Prick could not see how it bene- fitted his men to slight their work, as it was of no financial advantage to them. He did not indorse their con- duct in deceiving the inspectors and thought they should have explained when it was necessary to deviate from the regular methods to secure the best results.