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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-11

Washington, Jan. S.-When the
house met today the chances appeared
that the deadlock for lack of a demo
cratic quorum would be broken and the
tariff debate would begin today.
Deputies of the sergeant-at-arms had
brought back to Washington enough
members under arrest to fill the quo
rum. Roll call was answered to by IT'S
members.
AS soon as the reading of the jour
nal was completed the speaker recog-
nized Catchings to call up a report
from the committee on rules. Boutelle
demanded recognition to call UP his
resolution to the effect that the presi-
dents Hawaiian policy invaded the
rights and dignities of the house
The speaker was disposed to ignore
him as he has done on the two previ-
Gus days, but this morning Boutelle
made the point of order, the speaker.
in attempting to give precedence to the
report from the committee on rules
o1 er the question of privilege, himself
invaded the privileges. dignity and
honor of the house, and this point
having been made the question must be
submitted to the house itself to deter
mine whether its privileges are abso- |
lutely abrogated.
The startling nature of this point of |
order caused the greatest excitement |
down about the speakers rostrum.
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Or. O'BR|EN's sTRONG WORDS
Denounced MoCarthyites Before
the Irish National Club.
English Contributions to tho Irish
Parliamentary Fund the Cause.

The recent contributions of w. T..
Gladstone, the English ex-Premier, and
other well-known Liberals to the Irish
Parliamentary Fund, in response to a
letter sent out by the leaders Of the
McCarthyite party, occasioned a bitter
attack on the latter by James w.
O'Brien, LII. D., at the meeting of the
Irish National Club, Forty-second street
and Seventh avenue, last night. II was
the formal opening of the Clubs head
quarters, and DR.. O'Brien had been re-
quested weeks ago to make the address.
To say that the members were more
than surprised at his language would
not half express their feelings. They
had expected nothing of the kind, yet
they applauded vigorously.
The Irish National Club was organ.
lied for the purpose of erecting a large
home for Irishmen Of all creeds or
arriving here. Features of the scheme
are, the encouragement of Irish music
and sports and the support of the
Parliamentary party at home
DR.; O,Brien read this paragraph from
the bylaws. and then went on to say
mat the present time was the darkest
IN the history. of the old country. He
and sold, and that men wha had beer
trusted had betrayed her.
these, he said, are the men who
betrayed Parnell, and the money the.
are getting now from Gladstone and tn,
others is but the price of Parnell':
of the word.
What are we going to do about It
II must be hurled back in the teeth Of
those who sent 1t, and every Irishmar
Or ish-Amerlcan, forgetting all pas
differences, must stand shoulder tc
shSHdfr go afa s RoFl the 'udaSeS afts
They are wild that the spirit OF
Parnell lives, They are begging fol
office. They have been receiving money
on every hand and trying to hide 1t
They have been getting contributions
from English statesmen and acknowl
edging them as anonymous, because
they dared not let the people know from
whom theyreceiyed them. The very BLOOD
of Parnell is crying out for vengeance
and the miscreants must be made tC
feel the anger of an outraged people.
They have sold our country, Parnel
It, and well he knew what Gladstone
Lord Tweedmouth and the rest were
like when he said: If you will sell me
YOU But they sold him. The countr,
has been cheated, but these men are
now reaping their rewards in the blood
money"
This is only little of what DR.
dress were stronger. There were mer
of every shade of Irish politics at tn,
meeting, and the hall was crowded. Al
first he was listened to with Arrangement
he was cheered and cheered again.
John Dewey had come on from Chi
cago,. but he was unable to get to ths
meeting, being detained at Yonkers
non, who presided; Edward O'Flaherty
Major Rudolph Fitzpatrick, who was
under O'Neil alt the invasion OF Can
ada; Lawyer Joseph L. Keane, Jane.
p. Moran, Michael Breslin, c. McCabe
George w. Magee, James II. O'Grady
NJ. j. Mccarthy, James 8. Rice, ]. J
Cullen and r. ]. Crane.
Besides the address OF DIR. O'Brien
an interesting programme of vocal ant
instrumental music and Rotations wa
successfully rendered.
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things all straight, but he'd be drunk
MORN half his time, and yet nobody ever
see him touch a drop of liquor.
zone time when we had a big review
after Hooker took command in January,
1868, and the old man and his stan
come a-riding down the lines. and the
men was all a-hurI awing, right behind
the stan, Crazy Ike came a-galloping on
mule, and he had an iron kittle on
his head and the most outlandish uni
form on. and he hurrawed for Gen.
George Washington; and the men when
they presented arms couldn't help It,,
pard, they bust right out a-laughing,
and our colonel and the adjutant
rammed him into the guard-house to
be bucked and gagged, but bimeby an
order come down from headquarters to
let up on Ike. One night he got out a
drum and beat the long roll, and We all
tumbled out and fell in. and the colonel
was the maddest man you ever see. and
ordered him to carry log for a week
but an order came down from headquar-
ters to let him go. Nobody understood
the cuss. / went a-hshing with him
wunst when he was a-laying down
there, and when he got back to camp he
was drunk. knowed he hadn't no
liquor, and couldn't get II through me
what he wanted to be playing drunk for.
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YOUNG ADAMS, THE spy.
Why q Proposed Execution Vas Not
Carried out.

stroled out to the Soldiers Home
again the other day, and asked the Ser
geant:
can't you tell me something more
ABOUT your experiences as a scout, Ser
geant?
Wei, pard, had just lots of them.
we ulster call ourselves scouts, but we
were spies. After were caught down to
fredericksburg I thought I'd never want
I" 20 INTO the Johnnies lines no more,
ou' IN Few days felt Just like a-going
again.
mere were q Teller in our regiment
VINO were the funniest cuss you ever see;
nN 'aid over all you ever heard of for
-'oHSehse, and nobody could git any duty
0u' OF him. ulster think he were crazy
ea do the most outlandish tricks, and
", We III called him Crazy Ike. Nobody
A"o"ed where he come from, and some
s'i,es he'd be gone for MORN a month,
anl nobody knowed where he'd been,
anu when he'd get back our Captain
"Cuia ram him in the guard-house, but
take his punishment cheerful-like
ahi be the life OF all about him on a
a'eh he'd throw away his knapsack
a"u piece and come into camp with Just
o.nlhs at all, pard. but In a little while
~ GIT all the equipments somewheres.
were smart enough; could make out
sue 'nustenrolls and keep the comp'ny's
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HOT FIGHT ON A PIER.
Sour Says Donovan and a Friend
Tried to Throw Him Overheard.
They Robbed Him Of $50 and No
Wanted TO Get II Back.
But for q Policeman There Might
Have Been . Murder.

James Donovan, a laborer, about
ton street, IL under arrest In the Old
Slip station, charged with attempted
robbery and assault. The complainant
is German laborer named John Sour.
OF "a Greenwich street
Policeman Lynch heard cries OF muir
der from pier East River late last
night. On reaching the pier he found
Sour struggling with Donovan and an
other man. Sour was holding Donovan
Ply the throat, while the prisoner and
his companion were trying to throw him
into the river.
The policeman arrested Donovan, who
was charged by Sour with robbing him
OF Is bill and a ten-cent piece. Sour
discovered the bill on the pier, half
dime was found IN the prisoners pocket
said that but for his arrival on the
scene, Donovan and his ally would GER
While arresting Donovan the third man
| ran away
Sour said that while In Battery Park
other man, who asked him II he had
| money to buy a drink. He said he had
no money. when the prisoner said he
knew knew good place to sleep on one Of the
| ., where they lay down on some planks.
When half asleep he found Donovan
going through his pockets, and grasped
OF trousers on, the outside ones being
torn down by the prisoner, who had
the IS in his left hand,
They wrestled for the possession Of
the money. and Sour bit Donovan's
hand to compel him to release the note:
The third man then seized him. and
the two attempted to throw him over
the edge of the pier.
Donovan said he went onto the pier
about Z o'clock in the evening while
drunk, and fell asleep there. He was
| awakened by feeling Sour pulling him
about, and seized him. While struggling
the officer came up and arrested him.
He denied having taken the money.
Besides the dime which Sour claimed
as his, two laundry tickets and a pawn
ticket for silver watch were found In
Donovan's pocket. He said the pawn
ticket belonged to a bartender at 1874
Park Row, whose name he did not
know. and that the dime was his own.
There was no mark on his left hand
| where Sour said he had bitten him.
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TURTLES T0WED THE SHIP.
THE YARN TOLD ny ATRAvELLER
TO SEVERAL DRUMMERs.
They Were n Great Success rs n
Substitute for a Tug.

Sneo,sing about t,,rt,.s" obsorvad
,,a MOO thar-haa,a, tua,,a,Io - w.
joined a party of drummers seated in
the smokinu-room Of a Pullman CIR
| a. ,,b,, ha,,o ,,taror,, -, ,,,ii,,as -,
why l nave L'erahy seen miniohs OF
as far as the eye could reach, wasr-
:. WI. 80. 80,
"here was this asked an lnquisi'
| Times.
Na,r ,,o o,uo ,,,,s. go ~,
wear the SaliapaBos lslahus' OH the
| west coast OF South Africa" was the
reply, and then, as the other passen-
gers settled lied back IN their seats, the
You see he o hegs spuil !. WIS yaIh It,
GeIan 10 ST. anu Ambrese Hii OUT way from rom
~ ,r,,o ~ %; ambrose Island Tor load
on, a and WEI, me WIZ suuTshiy elea
Of St f Snr We eeSan 10 ari, ms STATE
one one n morning ing we spied lana ahead over
aW ANY, yot' sho m tbi Mls ABOUT seven miles
A%"I Now. SS You may aaShk not believe it. but
t we siudd ,hy ran into Ash shoal OF big sea
f t6ura h "a ,s see the water. They were
lows too some OF them Weighing, l
should Judge more than 900 pounds.
Ihey lay all about the ,schooners sides
ana dlunt seem TO mind us bit.
we were out OF our course and 1t
began 70 look as II we never would get
out OF the mess we were In. Then. gen
Yemen, conceived an idea. told 1t
TO tne carpenter ana he thought II was
sTeat, 100. ANA TINS Is how 1t worked:
We-that Is. the carpenter and my:
seii-stepped over the vessels side and
let ourselves down on the back of a
great turtle gently as We could. Did he
nina ~ Not pit. He just raised one
OF MS nipperS ana winked his eye at us,
as IL ne would have said: Now. what
are you feiloWs up 10, anyhow
We mad lot OF strong. flexible wire
ABOARD, ana each or us had coil of II
oyer our arm. We each carried pair
Oh pincers. TOO. Then we started to
WorK.
we punched a small hole In the after
part OF the turtles shell and fastened
an end OF wire to 1t and made the other
END en- tast TO the anchor chair. Then
we stepped over to another turtle and re-
peated the operation. We soon had
ABOUT dozen turtles fastened In this
manner. -
me run then commenced. we fired
the fo,estle deck, ana you should have
seen tne coIitnotlon, me sea was lashed
a 20 i dir. anu me Pr pruIes scurried IN
al ulTSCtlOnS, tufnDllnR over each other
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THE POWER OF CHILDREN.
They Made n Man See All the Good
in n Mother-in-Lav.

One man was making unkind remarks
about his mother-in-law and the other
man was taking 1t all In. After a while
he put In his oar. says the Detroit Free
Press
he inquired.
to n w,, vas the reply; whats that got
have some" -
Il fail to see It." 49,, so.
Yes. and SO did 7. at first. and talked
just as you 90. Then, when the young
sters came and began to grow up and to
learn who. grandma was. and to look to
her as their best friend; the one to shield
them when, they needed the parental
spanking; the one to give them pennies
when their parents thought they should
not have, them; the one who came and
watched by them when they were sick
the one who was always good to them
the one grandma of all the world to the
innocent. mischievous, all-pervadins kids,
blamed II didn't forget utterly that she
was my mother-in-law, and got to call
Ing her grandma, Just as the little ones
did, and thinking about her Just as the
little ones did, and finally, when the
gray-haired old angel went to her rest
/ grieved with the children, and as sin
cerely as any OF them"
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maybe II were the next night, I Amt
dead sure which, sits up at old man
headquarters. and l just squeezed that
there map into my head, and the next
day / goes to Gen. Patrick and gets a
Johnnie pris'-ner, and / swopped clothes
with him, and then l got the Generals
barber to shave me, and when he were
done hardly knowed myself, I were 30
changed. The next night went away
up the river and crossed at a ford. but l
couldn't git the countersign and I had
ter crawl through their pickets.
1T was mighty ticklsh, / tell you,
pard, but 1t were a-raining, and 1 got
through all right, and l were covered
with mud. and In the morning were the
dirtiest cuss you ever see. The next day
1 got to Chancellorsville and sure
enough the brigade of Johnnies were
there. and l made out were lame and
hobbled right into camp. / we're such
a sick-looking cuss they made lots OF
fun OF me, and one of their officers asked
me where l come from.
I come up from the Jeemes through
Richmond on the keyyars. and | wanter
list, kase the conscripters are after
we'uns, but they lowed at Fredericks-
burg I'm too lame. / can't tote a muskit,
but l had to cook for daddy when
nanny died, and / was right smart OF
a cook, too, says.
You're sure you can cookP he
says;
10 let me cook.
"'Well.' he says, II you choose to
cook for this company, you can
And l were all right, pard. They
frst-rata. and / cooked PONIES for 'em,
and / got along all right
1.-TWO or three days after that, when
i were busy about the cook shed all
alone. one Of their men come In and
II dropped the kittle ] had In my
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alton Seekers Get Situations Saturday in eWorld %

"And then we had a drummer named
Adams, the pootiest boy you ever see.
He arn't more'n about fifteen, and
everybody liked him. He was as tender
as a gal, and wouldn't listen to any
hard yarns, and he always tended SER
vice when the chaplain preached. and
he ulster say his prayers every night at
taps. amt much on religion myself,
pard, but 1t don't do nobody no harm
ulster jist love that there boy. and he
were mighty thick with Crazy Ike all
the time.
Along about in March, '63, Old Joe
sent for me to report down to his head
quarters one day, and l went down
thYIe, and he were mighty glad to see
me. lie asked me about my being cap
tured and tried when / was over there
afore, and told him all about 1t. and
he said he wanted a good man to go
over there again, but he wouldn't ask
me to go, because they might know me.
tell you, pard, l didn't want to go;
was afeared he'd see were afeared
and l says to him: General. I'm ago.
ing
HE told me had better not. but
stuck 20 going, and he got out a map
and told me l could take that along;
but you kin list bet your boots that
didn't want that there map about my
clothes, so he sent his orderly out for
one OF his young ingineer officers-it
weren't Warren, pard but he were an
ingineer-and he showed me how the
Rappahannock and the Rapidan run and
where Charlottesville were. and Old
Joe told me where there were brigade
OF Johnnies a-laying round Chancellors-
Vile. and he wanted me to hang around
there for few days, and I'd find some
thing to bring him afore / knowed IL.
"Well, that night, think 1t were. or
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hand, pard. and says: 'What?'
| You're sweet scout, you are, he
says, to be tpken, unawares like that,
| Do you know meY
" No. ! says, all Of a shake.
You don't? Now, try hard, and see
"Apd ! looked at him. ,Pard, and I'm
Pick up that kittle and be right
| here at taps tonight. It's going 10
rain. You can get back through their
Il were so dumfounded, pard, that
had to shake myself together TO see
that / were all there, and at taps !
went there and Ike We're there and
tell him IN be over in less than a
week and he give me a big wallop,
and and tell him mt that Adams has been
back as soon az you can
We'll pard, / scooted through their
lines again, and when / struck our
pickets i told the captain of the guard
quarters right away and he. took II in
and sent me with some cavalry, and we
lust went a-bllin and we knocked the
old man up He sent out for me and |
went In and saluted him. and he ripped
open that Their wallop, and In II were
as pooty n map as you ever see OF
all the land about Fredericksburg and
Amy verbal message. Sergeant
says old Joe
" No. General / says, but he told
me 70 tell you that Adams were caught
And yet you say, Sergeant, there Is no
verbal messenger
Certainly, not I says, only that
there wallop.'
How was Adams caught?
" i don't know | says.
Well, well, well. I'm sorry 10 hear
4, Why would he take that boy with
him. Do you RETURN
" Right away. sir.
Good luck to you. Is there an officer
with that cavalry outsider
Yes, General
Send him In here
And I went out and called him In,
pard. and he saluted Old Joe and Old Joe
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says to him: Lieutenant, put this man
at the Ford as quickly as you can; never
mind the horses And then he says IL
me: Let ms hear from you, Sergeant
in less than Il week and we went a-bil.
ing for the Ford again, pard. and | got
back to Charlottesville afore daybreak
the wust tired man you ever see. Ike
hung around the cookshed, but didn't
say a blamed word to me that day, but
at night, aftef taps. he came down.
"He were affecting mighty blue, tell
you, about little Adams, and he told me
they had been working together ever
since the war opened. ] felt like pud-
ding-head, pard, when he We're a-telling
me, To think that | didn't know till then
that they was a couple Of scouts and
see through Ike's playing crazy. You
see he didn't want our men TO know
what duty he were on. l asked him
how Adams were caught and he told
me that he said something kinder care
less one day and that told ON him. He
weren't 10 be hung for three or four
days, and Ike were mighty busy a-think-
ing about 1t, and you kin just bet that
there long head Of his'n were attaching
some thing.
Its a bad business | says
Indeed il is says Ike, but he isn't
hanged yet.
"'Whcrc is ne?
"Just over here. about two miles, I'M
Can't we do for the guard?'
Nonsense. That won't do. There
are too many Of EN-
Nobody smells you, ! says.
Lord. no. he says. why. I'm a ia
yorite with our captain here
"ll1w long have you been over?
Ever since the month after Freder-
icksburg | came up from Richmond
with the last detachment OF recruits. he
thinks
"T bet yer l says, Adams sent for a
chaplain,
"Sert1inly,' he says. He did that
right away. Don't you ever speak TO me
In the daytime
An right | says.
when the day came around for little
Adams 10 swing our regiment fell in and
marched over and hobbled along TO see
II. l kinder felt that something were
the ranks with his muskit, but he never
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10 Cents.

some commissary, but we were affecting
mighty bad about Adams, and he asked
us when he were executed.
" oh, he isn't executed, General. says
Ike.
e I'm glad to hear 1t. ] presume
they'll hang him shortly. I've sent a
interceding for MIN on account Of his
youth. but l fear 1t will not save him.
Adams is not so young. General, as
you may think, says Ike.
Not over fifteen or sixteen, In
hep
why General he's within two years
'Pshaw,' says old Joe. He's a mere
boy. Why, you're thirty. How long
have you known him.
And Ike beginned TO smile. pard. in a
Joe Just so and says: I've known
Adams since "a. nine years ago, and
he has been with me ever since. l have
always had had to support HIM but he has
enlisted in 81 he was bound to come,
and he came. 1t was the widest kind
of freak, but argument and entreaty
couldn't shake his resolution. / have
saved him over the river When told
the Provost Marshal. whose duty 1t
was to hang him, what Adams is 3.
knew that information would save his
And what did you tell himr says
III told him Adams was a woman
"Pard. Old Joe never said word,
but he Just looked at Ike, and Topped
right down In a camp chair and says;
Well I'm d-dr
"'Yes, General, Adams IL my wife,
"'And you have supported her for
nine years says Old Joe, which 10
entirely proper; in my opinion. no man
won't hang a woman. This is quite q
little romance. When she Is returned
through our lines let me advise you to
woman in the ranks OF the Army Of
the Potomac
And that's Just all there were about
II, pard, 1t were all as true as preach
ceIlorsville the Johnnies sent her
through the lines. and she and Ike Arc
a-living In Brooklyn to-day,"-RomanpA
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noticed me. They brought the boy out In
a cart ana hollow square was formed,
and the provost marshal went to reading
the sentence and the little cuss were
a-looking mighty sad, but he was game
end he prayed with the chaplain.
limped up close 70 Ike and he were
a-breathing har1, but he never looked at at
Adams Well when everything were
ready, Ike left the ranks, marched up to
the provost marshal, saluted him, and
whispered in his ear,
'Whatr says the Lieutenant. How
do YOU know thatE
1--we known II a long time says Ike.
well, pard you never see such Il
whispering and a talking among officers.
| couldn't get 1t through me what were
up and the kurnel Of our regiment said
he'd assume the authority 10 suspend
the proceedings I'll he could write TO
back to camp. and after taps that night
Ike come for me and says: Come, sarge,
we've got to get away from mere to-
We'll, Ira id If do says.
no i says. i amt a-going till l
try to git Adams out of his scrape.'
Adams is all right l know the
now. but better people never lived.
When they find out what l dropped in
that Lieutenant's ear Adams VIII be re-
leased
That may be all hunky,' l says,
but lon't leave here till l know it.
You leave with me tonight. Not
another word. When we arrive at Gen.
Hooker's headquarters I'll tell you
what's what. Besides, / have their
countersign. and We can cross without
trouble. We will both be suspected to-
morrow and arrested. Trust me, I'd lay
my life down for Adams as willingly as
you would yours, but 'twould be a use
less sacrifice now. He's as safe now as
he could be in our lines. I'll trust him
to the inherent nobility OF these gallant
Southern people
We'll, pard, what could do? Ike
We're level-headed. and l knowed that
he were game and would er died for
the boy, so l told him I'D go. We got
through their lines all right. and when
were glad enough to see US and give US