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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-25

able. nor reasonable. Notwithstanding
her respect for Mr.. Conkling. it is well
known that to her intimates Mrs.
Chase, as she IS generally called,
though her legal name is Sprague, ex-
presses the opinion that Mr. Conkling
was more anxious TO save his own
reputation than to preserve hers from
tarnlSh. She does this, however, with
out any bitterness and more in the
way of passing comment than as a re-
proaeh.
Mrs Chase still has a few powerful
friends, and the wonder is that these
have permitted her TO be driven to- the
wall. Among these friends is Cover
nor Morton, af New York. who. has
often helped her during the last ten OF
hfteen years The friendship bstwear
them had its origin in a rather roman
tic manneg. While Mr.. Morton was
American minister at Paris It becam,
necessary for him TO secure informa
ton OF delicate bat important nature
The case was such that it was imnos
! sIble tor him or his secretary to NOV
in the matter, and, mentioning his diff
ticulty one day ito Il prominent Amer
lean then visiting in Paris, that gentle
man replied: ''Why don't you as
Kate Chase to help YOU. She is now j
| Paris, and if anyone IL the world ca
get what you want she is the woman.
Mr.. Morton asked Mrs. Chase to dir
ner and preached the subject Thong
assured that the task was one of in
portance to the United States, and on
. which, if accomplished, would ear
the gratitude of all Americans, Mrs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-25

There is a sal story behind the an
nouncement telegraphed from Wash
ington that the furniture OF Mrs.
Katharine Chase, daughter Of the late
chief justice and wife of the late Sen
ator Sprague, of Rhode Island, had
been seized for debt and was about TO
be disposed of at auction.
Her name is really Katharine Chase
Sprague, but she is better known as
Mrs. Kate Chase. The furnislre and
bric-a-brac are all valuable, and even
in Washington, where antique furni-
ture is hawked about like the para.
phernalia of lodging-h houses, it is ex
pected to bring $4,000 or S.. 600
There are about 100 pieces, from par.
lor, library and chamber sets. There
are some valuable pieces of decorative
china and many valuable French pla IL
mirrors OF immense size. There il
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-25
A MONUM ENT OF "A TREE
Bryan Lathrop's Notable Success
TRANSFORMING Forest Giant.

Graceland cemetery, on the north
shore has the distinction OF having the
largest tree that has ever been trans
planted in America, and probably in
the world. 1t grows on the family
burial lot of Jedediah III. LathrOp, a
former president of the cemetery COM
pany, who died in 1889. Mr.. Lathrop
during his life had been interested in
arbOriculture and an admirer of all
sorts of trees. Several months follow
ing his decease his son, Bryan Latb-
rop, conceived the idea of a monu-
mental tree for the family burial lot
at Graceland, and after considerable
search found a beautiful and stately
American elm ait Winnetka, near the
lake shore. 1t was about seventy feet
high, three feet at the trunk and it's
great branches spread full thirty feet.
The great problem was to move it to
Graceland, fifteen miles distant. Such
a tree, to save it from injury, had to
be transported in an upright position,
just as it grew. This was done by
carefully eXcavating the roots and
leaving a sufficient quantity of the
natural soil to keep them moist. A
series Of trenches were then dug be-
meath the root level and heavy timbers
placed in them. These timbers. which
formed the base, were fastened to.
gether and braced to a steel bar in
serted through the tree just below the
beginning of the main branches. The
load was then transported as a house
mover moves house. Timbers, earth
and tree were raised by jack screws.
after which rollers were introduced.
and, probably the longest journey ever
MADE by so large a tree, was begun.
The hole from which this giant elm
was taken measured nearly 100 feet in
diameter. The moving begun in De-
cember, 1890, and it took two months
OF steady work to get the tree to the
cemetery lot in Graceland.
The cost of TRANSFORMING it was
about $4,000 but there are a great
many people who believe that the elm
Is better monument than a granite
obellSk costing twice as much.
line Iatnrop elm has never shown
any signs of deterioration since the
transplanting. 1T stands on a grassy
ridge overlooking the lovely cemetery
lake, and is monarch among IFS
KIND. An abundance. Of water was
applied to the roots the first spring
after its removal and there was no
backWardness visible in its foliage and
other evidences of life.
4 curious fact unknown to those not
familiar with tree nature is that
While a wound, however slight. grid
ling the trunk beneath the bark is al
most certain to kill the tree. a hole
may be bored through the trunk and
De easily healed. It was necessary toi
pore hole through the Lathrop elm
at Wnnetka for the insertion of
steel bar from which to brace the load
and keep it erect. After having been
safely landed in Graceland the bar
was withdrawn and the hole plugged
up with wood and tar Only a scar is |
perceptible now, and the trees health !
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-25
STATE NEWS.
cago to be Completed by the North
western Company-Other Events.
RESUME OF A DAYS DOINGS IL
WISCONSIN.

The statement is made that it is the
purpose of the Chicago & Northwest
ern railway to build a depot on the
east side of the river at Green Bay
and a new union depot on the west
side in connection with Kewaunee,
Green Bay & Western road.
The National Telephone Construc-
ton company of Milwaukee has pre-
: sented an ordinance to the common
council granting franchise for the
erection and maintenance of a com
plete metallic circuit long distance tele
phone system and asked that it be
passed. The ordinance states that the
system must be completed and in full
running order within six months Ind
is not to cost more than $50 per year
for business phones and SIS per year
for residence phones.
Pensions have been granted person
residing in Wisconsin as follows:
Original-Joseph Roller. Packwaukee
Marquette county; David A Servis
Oshkosh, Winnebago county; Chris
tian Knospe, ,Ahnapee, Kewauno
county; Henry A. Chase, Marshfield,
Wood county; Frederick Smith. Naug
art, Marathon county; Wencei Novak,
Castle Rock, Grant county. Increase
Phillip Bauer, Milwaukee,; Edwin
Pike, Boscobel, Grant county.
The examination of Teresa Tagartz
and Rinehart Klotski, at hartford, has
closed. They are accused of charging
sticks of frewood with dynamite and
placing them ON the wood-piIe of Au"
gust Arndt in the town of st. Marx.
The result was an explosion of Mr..
Arndts stove, June o. His mother
was the only person injured.
The way some of the lakes have
dried up this summer is remarkable.
A. w. Mclaughlin, a stock grower
and farmer residicg two miles north of
Plainfield, relates a wonderful Incl
dent. He has lake three-fourths Of
mile in length on his large farm and
it has gone entirely dry.
Over 200 laborers have arrived at Ra-
cine for the purpose of completing the
double tracks of the Chicago & North
western railroad between Chicago an5
Milwaukee. The system is completed
except a stretch extending from a
point mile and half below Racine
junction to Racine depot
AT attempt was made to burn L. Fl.
Browns saloon at Amigo. An incen-
diary effected an entrance through a
transom, and after pouring kerosenr
over the floor in the liquor-room threI
a lighted paper in. The fire was dis
covered Immediately and no damag
was done.
The case of Harvey F. Hubbard
against Z. S. Shove, the Manitowoe
opened in the circuit cour
at Oshkosh. This is civil action for
S1,244.92 on an alleged guaranty.
ID. f. 1ngersoll has been appointed
postmaster ait the soldiers home, Mil
Waukee, in place of William Nelson,
who was removed On a charge of en-
beZZlement.
The body of Sylvester Kinney, who
was accidentally drowned in Greer
Bay, was buried under the auspices of
The Knights of Pythias
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-25

has agpareEstly suffered nOEalng in con-
sequence. Paradoxical in statement
it is. but nevertheless true, that the
heal.s of 4 tree is net its seat of life.
The Vital part is Immediately beneash
the bark. and this must be completely
yinlled TO insure death to the tree.
Works Oh arFsoriculture in the old
and new worlds refer to the trans
planting OF large trees, but there ap-
pears no record of the removal of Sc
.arge one as that ca the Gracela III
lot 1t may, therefore. be justly Ea-
yarded as oaa of the distinguish 8
marks of Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-25

Mrs. Caroline Fl. Swasey has COM
menced suit against the Oshkosh
Street Car company for $4,000 dam
ages for the loss of a foot in a street
crossing accident in 1891.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-25

Herman Besieler was appointed post
master at Marshfield. Buffalo county,
in place of Gustav Will, resigned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-25
WAS A SOCIAL QUEEN
PATHETIC LATER, LIFE OF KATE
CHASE SPRAGUE.
ONCE A POLITICAL POWER

But Now She Has Neither influence
Nor the Means to Live Comfortably
Her Personal Property TO be Sold
at Auction-A Career Full of Dis
appointments.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-25

Ed Scheibe, % years old, was
drowned at Chippewa Falls, while
bathing. f lie
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-25

Insurgent successes We're reported
from Cuba
The advocate., 1895-07-03

OF work OK suffers . reduction in Wagsa
because Of unjust monopoly, bat whose
particular iDiuEy In Che poverty and lOag
OF opportunity which IL Oausss him en-
tails, 70 0 certain extent, general pow
SEty and loss upon tho community. And
to tho SUM Of such losses Is due in large
degree q good portion Of tho poverty
using the term in its brOadsst gonse-
and the missries Of mcdern life.
Tho problem OF the hour 10 how to
unite the reform forces in the study OF
conditions now working injury to indi-
vldual members Of society, and as far az
the ballot is able to do it, in voting
out such OOnditiOns.-Ns York Voice,
June 20.
The advocate., 1895-07-03
Low Rates to Boston.

The B. & o. R. R. Co., will sell round
trip tickets from all points on it's lines west
Of the Ohio river TO Boston and return, for
all trains July TO 8, inclusive; valid for re-
turn passage until July %, with privilege Of
an additional extension until July 81, If de-
sired. Tickets viii slSO be placed on sale
al all prominent points in the North and
Northwest, The rate from Chicago will be
$2S, and COrEeSpondingly low rates from
other points.
A double daily service Of fast express
trains is maintained from Chicago TO all
points in the East. Tourists win bear in
mind that all B. & o. trains between the
East and West run via Washington. For
full particulars write L. 8. Allen, A. G. p.
agent, Chicago.
The advocate., 1895-07-03

Our next excursion to the San Luis valley
is July 8, via the Santa Fe to Pueblo; from
there we take the Denver and Rio Grande,
the grandesS scenic road in America, TO
salida, viewing bhe grand canon of the
Arkansas by daylight.
Write for full information regarding ir-
Eigated land in Colorado. A home can
now be secured where a failure Of crops is
never known. where cyclones never come,
where Rriesisn water is secured on every
quarter section.
One fare plus 50 for round "trip. Buy
tickets 10 Denver and stop off al Pueblo.
Write me of Emporia, Kansas.
s. M. ScorT.
The advocate., 1895-07-03
Reduced Rnteg 70 Raltlmore.

On account Of che meeting Of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union al Baltimore July
IS 30 81, the B. & o. Railway company viii
place on sale at all ticket stations on its
lines west Of che Ohio river, excursion tick
sSs at one fare for tho round trip. These
tickets win be sold July 16 and II, valid for
return passage until August 8. The rate
from Chicago will bs $175O and propor-
tionately low rates from other points.
TlOkets will also be placed on sale at all
coupon offices west Of Chicago.
Whatever point you start from be sure
your ticket reads via B. & 0. In addition
20 the historic country through which the B.
g. o. runs, the B. q o. is the only line from
Chicago TO Baltimore running via Washing
ton;,a double daily service Of fast express
trains run between the West and East.
The advocate., 1895-07-03

One copy Of "Ths Dead Line" Glenn.
snA' Kansas story, which was Published
in the ADVOCATE last year, goes free
with q dollar subscription to the ADvo-
GATE. Paper and book may 60 TO seps-
rate addresses.
The advocate., 1895-07-03


BtandpOintH. TO many it appears 10 be-
an aggregation Of individuals each DtruR-
Cling for the most part against oil the
Others for ths mastery Of Che means Of
living. In this struggle the go.Called
"1tteat" are said TO Survive" TO 9th.
erg, society appears 20 be q living and
organic whole, in which each individual
unit 10 vitality dependent upon all 9th
era, not only for its CoApletest individ-
ual development, but for tho very means
Of subsistence.
Modern industrialism tends more and
mcro 10 emphasize the latter view Of 60
Cioty. A state or nsighborhood ID, In.
deed, an aggregation Of individual units,
bus our improved methods Of prOduc-
tion and division Of labor, our gwift
means for communication and inter
change Of products, our gigantic Combi-
nations Of men, means and machinery
TO develop and control the bounties OF
nature, bring out aS never before the
ERCt Of the mutual intsEdependenCe Of
tho individual units Of society in the So
called "struggle for existence"
The engineer Of q cable.csr system
suddenly aiCkens and city must walk
Gill another engineer can be supplied. A
careless workman causes an accident la
q gas OF electric lighting plant and chou.
.ands are left In darkness. A telegraph
operator stops work and the news that
would have BEEN read with interest
10 q hundred thousand breakfast tables
ID not told. The employees Of Pullman
town have Q grievance and the railroad
tFaf1o Of half o nation is parsIyzsd, the
food supplies Of scores Of cities seriously
intaEfsrsd with, and the people suddenly
confronted with the spectre Of civil war.
80, true Ii 10 to-day that man does not
Live to himself alone.
Because Of this mutual interdepand'
6scS Of Che individual In modern so
clasy, the truth that ON injury TO one is
tho concern Of all is brought home TO us
with striking significance. And it 10 NO
loas true In the moral and intellectual
than in the physical world.
The drunken slave OF the saloon iB an
Injury to the whole community where
ho lives. Multiplied by one hundred
thousand and msssed in our great cities,
h0 is q menace to the entire nation. His
vote bought In sufficient numbers In
close elections, may turn the scale
against good government in state and
nation, and sweep back q wave Of rs-
form. His lsWless aCts, occurring dur.
ing the strained relations incident TO
disputes between organized capital and
labor, may defeat q just cause and em.
bitter thousands against representative
Institutions.
The same principle Ia true in the
practical application Of the just distEi-
hntion'of the products OF modern indus.
tEY. Here Injury to the individual just
~ surely reacts 10 iDjuEe the many. The
single producer, robbed by bad laws or
unjust monopoly, is less able, to just the
extent he is robbed, to consume the
products Of all the other producers On
this low material plane alone, injury to
cns becomes che injury ard concern Of
al others, whether they realize it or NOT.
Multiply such an individual injury BY
5million Of producers and the resultant
The advocate., 1895-07-03
By w. H. HARVEY.

1t presents the silver question in such way that the
most ignorant wOrshper Of Cleveland Sherman
underestimate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-02
CANNOT LAMB At PORTLAND.
a Chinese Merchant Barred on n Tech


A Chinese Merchant Barred on a Tech
nicality.
PORTLAND, Or, Sept. Among the
Chinese passengers on the steamer Signal
was Chin Sue, formerly employed here as
cook. The Chinaman saved money and
bought business, leaving his situation.
During the, Worlds Fair Sue temporarily
returned to his former employer to enable
the latter to visit Chicago. Prior to his
employers return Chin Sue took out regis
tration papers and sailed for China.
Collector Black refused to land this man,
as the law explicitly states that the apph-
cant must at the time of receiving his pa
pers be actually engaged as merchant.
Collector Black, acting upon the advice
of United States District Attorney Murphy,
allowed All Fat the deserving cook of the
British ship Oreaila, to land. As the CHI
naman is an American citizen, according
to the action of court in Louisiana, he
could not be held in custody if habeas
corpus proceedings were instituted in his
behalf.
All Fat was taken into custody in the
first place at the instance of British Vice
Consul Laidlaw, and yesterday that official
signitied his Willingness to have the Chi
naman released. However, Collector Black
was disposed to raise the point that An
Fat was not entitled to land, and that he
would not permit him to land.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-02
WESTM|NSTER'S SCANDAL
Flight of Court Registrar Fald-
ing With Trust Funds in
His Possession.
Captured In Minneapolis Through
the Quick Work Of the Do
minion Police.

VICTORIA, B. c., Sept. british Co.
lumbia has another sensation close upon
the heels of the Registrar Provost scandal,
being, in fact. second chapter of it. On
the very day that Provost disappeared and
a warrant for his arrest issued, William H.
Fading, registrar of the court at Westmin-
ster, also absconded, fearing an audit of
his books and the discovery that he was
several thousand dollars short. In the ex-
element of the present case Fading S
preparatory story that he was coming to
Victoria on official business was accepted
without a thought, and he thus gained a
full weeks start on the police. Though
handicapped in the start, the police acted
promptly and late tonight the news came
that the fugitive had been arrested in MIN
neapolis. He will be brought back at
once, probably waving extradition.
The discovery of Falding's crime was
made yesterday and warrant was issued
charging him with embezzlement and a
reward of $3.50 offered for his arrest. Fald-
ing::is charged with embezzling trust funds
confded to his charge as registrar of the
court, and his case and Prevost's are in
every way similar. Fading left on Fri
day, the 23d ult., and said he was going to
Victoria, but instead went up and was
seen next day at Kamloops, where he had
bought ticket for ST. Paul, Mimi, and
thus had big start of the authorities.
AT first no one would believe that Fald-
ing had gone wrong. He was we'll known,
popular and respected, and, in fact, his
reputation was excellent in every way. He
had but one fault, intemperance, being
frequently under the influence of liquor
during business hours. The Government
officials will not say, and probably do not
know yet, the amount of his embezzle-
ment, but it is currently reported that he
drew from the bank before leaving all trust
funds payable there to his order, and the
amount must have been considerable.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-02
FRUIT OF SANTA CLARA
Orchardists Disposed to Do
Away With Speculative
Business.
Prune-GroWers to Dry Their Own
Product-Better Prices in
Prospect.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Sept. Ralph W.
Hersey, manager of the California Fruit
Agency, in speaking of the fruit crop yes
terday, said:
1.-THE trade in dried fruit is remarkably
quiet, but that is a healthy and encour-
aging sign at this time of the year. 1t has
been our desire to discourage speculation.
The business done in August heretofore
has been largely speculative, but the ten
dency now is to wait until the market is
ready to receive the goods. The amount
of last seasons crop still on hand is not
sufficient to cut any figure in the market.
Most of the old goods have been moved
from the State and coast, which is very
good thing.
Zone feature of the prune-drying bust
ness in Santa Clara County this year is
that larger portion of the orchardists
than for some time past will dry their own
product. This is on account of the rather
low price offered for the green fruit, and
the scarcity of buyers. Many sections
were not visited this year by green fruit
buyers. What green prunes were sold
brought from $27 80 to $32 so ton, ac-
cording to size and quality. No doubt it
paid individual growers better to dry their
own prunes than to sell at those figures.
The dried product will be just as good
quality and even better, for many orchard
lists turn out better looking dried fruit than
the large driers.
"For peaches from $50 to $35 ton has
been paid by the Gamers this year. A
large proportion of the late peaches will be
dried if the weather will permit. Gamers
assert that they cannot make fine-appear-
ing canned fruit of the Salway peaches, be-
cause the large amount of coIored matter
that they contain makes the fruit of dark
color.
From private advices received it is esti-
mated that the prune crop of France will
be but so per cent of last year. The crop
of that country in 1894 was 10000, 900
pounds, of which 100000 pounds were
exported. If the yield is 80, OO0, 900 pounds,
as estimated, this will be less than the
amount consumed in France in 1894, and
there will be but little to export. This es-
innate is probably low one, and the yield
may reach As, 100000 pounds. 1t is certain
that the French crop will not equal the
California crop in quality or size"