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The herald., 1895-01-22
In the Assembly.

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 2l.-In the assem-
bly,. Thomas' resolution demanding an
investigation of the surveyor generals
office, accused Of alleged land frauds,
was considered. Thomas charged that
the surveyor general delayed the neces-
sary surveys through the collision of
large lsndholders. to withhold lands
from taxation. An expert to examine
the surveyor generals books and papers
was ordered
Pendleton of Los Angeles introduced
bill for the annual Southern California
state fair for all the counties south of
and including Fresno.
A resolution was read requiring can
didstes for United States senators to
pledge themselves that in the event OF
an election they will urge the passage
OF law providing that United States
senators shall be elected by the direct
voteE of the people. The resolution
was referred to the committee on fed.
eral relations.
The herald., 1895-01-22
THE FUNDING BILL.

Goth Senate ord Assembly Will Dsclare
Agsipat II.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 21.-The Pacific
railroads debt question win. ia all prob
ability, come up in both houses of the
legislsturs tomorrow. The numerous
resolutions pstitioning congress against
the Reilly bill, or any other measure
proposing a rsfundng Of the Central
Pacific amp Union Pacific debts. and also
demanding foreclosure Of the mortgages
held by the government against Those
roads, waa up before the senate and
assembly committees tonight. The reso-
lutions will be reported back to both
housea tomorrow. The senate judiciary
comoittes agreed to report back reso-
luton against the Reilly bill or any
other refunding scheme. That portion
OF the resolution which demanded fore
closure OF the government mortgages
and the operation OF the roads by the
government was stricken out by the
COMMITTEES.
The assembly committee ON federal
relations took similar action on the reso-
lusions before it. There were before the
committee three resolutions by Bledaoe,
Sslshaw and Csrgill, all petitioping
against any refunding of the debt and
in favor of government ownership OF the
roads. Hatfield of Sacramento, chair
man OF the committee, and Bsttmen of
San Francisco were open in their hostil-
ity to the resolutions. Weyse OF Los
Angeles seemed to be uncsrtaiu, and
Glass OF San Luis Obispo aud Sanford of
Mendocno had little to say. They
could arrive at no conclusion until an
executive session had been held. Then
it was announced that the comuaittse
had decided to recommend resolution
not agsinet the passage of the Reilly
refunding bill or in favor OF foreclosure
OF the mortgages, but simply demand
ing a settlement of the debts owing by
the two railroad companies TO the gov-
eminent. Bledsoe and Belshsw. who
appeared before the committee to urge
favorable action on their resolutions,
departed in anything but a pleasant
mood before the committee went into
executive session.
The herald., 1895-01-22

that the resolution might lose its place,
1--WE will then be strong enough to Jake
it up"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29

church. While in Europe the rev.
erend doctor met many Of the noted
men of the churches and of letters.
In speaking of this he said:
Among them may be mentioned
the venerable Dean Farrar, the warm
personal friend of the lamented Bishop
Phillips Brooks; DR.. Marcus Dods,
Dean Freemantle, Bishop Westcott,
DR.. Martheson, the famous blind
preacher of Edinburgh, Dir. James
Martineau, the distinguished Uni
tartan divine, who bases his religion,
as / understand it, ON the belief that
it should he of spiritual rather than
Of organic union and essentially Chris
tan, rather than dependent on creeds
DR.. John Cliff ord, the leading Baptist
and if j mistake not, nOn-cOnfOrmiSt
minister Of Great Britain; DR.. Ian
MacLaren, the author of the Bonnie
Brier Bush" whose real name is John
Watson, and Rev. S. r. Crockett, The
Stickit Minister, whose short stories
have attracted such marked attention
The leading topic of conversation
when l reached England was the de-
feat Of the liberal party and belief
expressed to certain extent in Great
Britain and in some quarters In this
country, to the effect that it mean
annihila ton and ruin to the liberia
cause
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29

error. ParadoXical as it may seem,
the more lawyers there are the less
litigation there should be. That is ow-
ing to the fact that the lawyers duty
is not to take his client into court un-
less he must. Hundreds of cases are
amicably settled without legal process,
thanks to the attorneys. Litigation i'll
creases, certainly, but then population
and wealth increases"
Colonel Edward c.. James, another
able lawyer of New York city, has
been asked to contribute his knowl-
edge to the meeting on any one Of the
many subjects he has at his fingers
ends. The manner in which he
handled the Russell Sage case, grow
ing out of the famous bomb explosion,
has given him new renown as a
tactician of the courtroom. Colonel
James came from st. Lawrence
county, n. Y, some ten years ago,
where he was noted for his eloquence
and learning. He brought with him
a considerable fortune, a large part
of which went down with the wreck
of Grant & Ward. His success at the
bar has been uninterrupted and re-
markable.
The lawyers will be in session the
best part of a week and the affai'
terminates with a grand banquet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29
SPOFFORD EXPLAINS.
He Vas Busy and the Accounts Ac-
cumulated.

Washington Aug 27.-Librarian
Stafford. in view of the various con-
fiicting statements regarding the sum
of SO, 400 paid by him into the treas
ury last week was asked yesterday
what the amount really represented.
He replied that lit was approximately
the amount due the treasury on the
balance of copyright and salary &C
counts as he found it. An unfavOrable
and wholly wrong conception, he said,
lad been placed upon it. There was a
salary account due the librarian for
several months disbursements and an
account due the government for sew
eral months copyright fees. These
accounts had remained unsettled, al
though constant payments had been
made by him, to the number Of ten or
twelve, during 1894 and 1895, the
copyright receipts amounting to over
$4,000 besides the $50, 400 now de-
posted He emphaticaly denied any
allegation that the recent payment
was made to make good any wrongful
Withholding of moLeys due to the gov
eminent. On the contrary the whole
matter involved the balance of &C
counts which with his accumulated
labors, constantly growing, had too
long been postponed. All copyright
receipts have been entered daily, with
dates, sources and amounts, whether
small or large, duly noted and he
(Spofford) held himself responsible for
the same
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29

New York, Aug. pa conclave Of
the greatest jurists America can boast
will open in Detroit Aug. %. On that
day the national assembly of the
American Bar association will be
called to order by James G. Carter,
who is president of the parent body,
with which there is affiliated organ
hations in every state of the union.
There will be some hundreds of dele
gates present, many of whom are
judges with national regulations.
The Importance of this gathering may
be understood from the fact that
whenever the bar association recon-
mends a change in the statute it is
usually made. The subjects which
will come before this convention are
varied and will call forth profound
considera ton. First there comes di-
vOrce, a vital subject which has never
been treated satisfactorily in the legal
procedure of any nation. Action in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29
TELEGRAPHlC SPARKS.

Oscar Wilde is in good health.
1t is understood that there will be
no interference by the Colorado gov
ernor with the bull fights near Cripple
Creek.
Three Idaho Indians were held UP
by three masked men and robbed of
$1,000 paid them by the government
for land.
J. Kier Hardie, NJ. P, president of
the English labor party, accompanied
by Frederick Smith, secretary Of the
London fedora ton, has reached New
York.
The fight between Dick Moore, OF
Boston, and Billy Hennessey, of Gin.
ton, Iowa. at Bradford, Pa, ended in
a draw. Hennessey broke his right
hand.
George w. Ostrander, a Lincoln
county farmer arrested for completely
in the Union Pacific hold-up near
Brady's island, Nebr., has been fully
identified.
While North Carolina convicts were
/ being taken to the dykes on the Ro
anoke river three attempted to escape
: Two. colored, We're killed; the thirt
got away.
! Fire destroyed the fve-story vii
hanson block at Cleveland, occupied
on the first floor by stores with of
fees above, and damaged adjoinin:
premises; loss 100000.
:, The Peter SchoenhOfen Brewin:
company, Of Chicago, leased the Nil
), waukee garden in the cream city, an,
! purchased fifteen saloons in differen
parts Of the city, run heretofore in tn
interest of the Waukesha Brewin!
:, company.
The Air Line hotel, four miles from
Toledo, was burned. Three men PEI
ished. The loss is $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29

New York Aug. pa better day for
horse racing could not have been
desired than that which was given
for the race for the futurity stakes
yesterday. The track was in perfect
condition, the sky clear and the crowd
was large. 1t was nearly o'clock
when the bugle called the horses to
the post, and twenty of them paraded
up the stretch past the grand stand.
They seemed to be in good temper and
condition. After a long delay at the
post in which there We're several
break-awayS, they We're sent away
on an excellent start. Peep ODay,
Requittal, Formal Crescendo and Sill
yer II We're the first to show, the
others being close up. At the quarter
Crescendo had the lead by a neck from
Requittal who was leading Formal. A
blanket would have covered the three
horses but even at this early stage of
the race it could be seen that Requit-
tai was the strongest horse Silver
was running we'll in fourth place.
Handspring was far from being the
great colt who disposed of his oppon-
entS so early in the spring. The
other horses We're so close up that
they looked like a charge of cavalry.
At the half mile pole, where the fu-
turity course comes into the main
track, Crescendo led, with Requittal
at his saddle girth, followed by Hand
spring, Formal, Silver II, Hastings
and Apologize i'm the order named. AS
the squadron Strengthened out for the
short quarter mile dash home the
leaders widened the gap between them
and the main body. At the five
eighths pole Griffin on Requittal went
past Carr like a whirlwind, and at the
last furlong pole Requittal had a
length the best of it and was going
easily. Silver II was coming fast out
of the bunch, while Handspring was
fourth, with a good bit of life left.
Hastings had climbed into fifth place,
while Formal was sixth and rapidly
losing ground to APPLICABLE. The bal
ance of the field was strung out for
a sixteenth Of a mile With a steady
hand Griffith carried Requittal past
the post am easy winner by a length,
amid the cheers of thousands of spec
taFtors. Crescendo fiogged into second
place, four lengths i'm front of Silver
II who only beat Handspring by a
neck, with Hastings fifth and Apple
gate sixth. By this victory Dave
Gideon landed his third futurity and
second in succession. The Butterflies
being the winner year ago and His
HighneSs in 1891. The time was
Ill 2-5.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29
BANK FAILURE.
Danhead Company, of Kenosha
Suspended.

Kenosha, Wis, Aug. 25.-Financial
circles were astonished yesterday
morning when the closing notice ap-
peared in the window Of the Dan
head Company bank. The concern
was incorporated with capital stock
OF S750,000. The bank was to have
been reorganized July 1, with the late
Senator w. S. Maxwell, Of Somers,
as president. Last week the cashier,
Urban J. Lewis, resigned On account
Of ill-health. This caused depositors
to make a run on the bank. The bank
expected assistance froru a prominent
Chicago bank but failed to get it. The
deposits are said to amount to some
thing like S150.0OO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29
WORSE THAN EXPECTED.

Kenosha, Wis, Aug. 27.-The fail
ure of the Danhead & Co. bank an
nounced Saturday, appears to be
worse than at first supposed The pres
ident and directors felt quite certain
they could tide matters over if they
could have Sunday in which TO look
for such immediate assistance as was
needed. The American Trust and
Savings company Of Chicago was ap-
pealed TO, but it failed to send any
currency. Then a general scramble
was made at home for the assistance
Of local capital, but in this success
did rot crown their efforts. 1t is ap-
parent that it will be some time be-
fore the bank will resume. A sign is
posted: Bank closed until further no.
lice" There is fear that there may be
a panic among farmers and other de
positors Of this AMI other banks.
Late yesterday afternoon in the cir
cult court application was made fo1
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29
THE FRENCH ANGRY
SORE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SA-
Lutte THEM.
WALLER CASEONlTS MERITS
The United States Will Insist that il
Shall Be so Considered-Delay Due
to the Foreign Minister'S Absence
Wetter Is Only Acting Consul at
Tamatave.

WASHINGTON Aug. 24.-Oficials of the
state department were gIatified yester-
day to learn that Ambassador EustiS
is able to carry out portion Of the
instructions which were sent to him In
the Waller case. The ambassador eX-
plains in his dispatch that the delay
was due to the absence of the minister
of foreign affairs. The department
believes that within a few days
France will make some response to
the request made for papers in the
Waller case. 1t is recognized at the
department that France is not only
slow but that the French people are
inclined to be nettled at the course
pursued by the Americans, as shown
in the resentment felt because Com
mander Castine had failed to salute
the French at Tamataye. 1t is thought
much may be made on this incident
by the French in order to still further
delay the settlement of the Waller
case, but the United States will insist
that the Waller case must be cOnsid-
cred solely on it's own merits. The
French prOtectOrate over Madagascar,
mon has it refused recognition. Con-
sui Wetter, who is at Tamatave, is
! only the acting consul in one sense.
as the United States never applied for
NOT received an eXeQuatur for him. In
| advising Commander Castine not to
recognize or salute the French the de-
! partment presumeS that Consul Wet
! ter has taken the right course and
! knows what he is about and will act
upon that assumption until something
to the contrary is learned. The effect
| that this position of the consul and
| Commander Castine may have upon
! the Waller claims is altogether Specu-
latiye.
! If the French control is not recug.
GiZed in the island and in fact should
be denied by the United States, il
would define clearly the issue, and
make the claim Of Waller indisput
able from an American point Of view
but it is said that such a position by
the United States is not necessary tC
the establishment Of the Waller claim
if Waller received his concession from
a de facto government.
AdviceS from Ambassador Eustis
confirm the statement that the French
government has given permission tC
Representative of the American em
bassy at Paris to visit ex-Consul Wal
Ter. Second Secretary n. B. Eustis
and Consul Alexander were selecte |
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29

at is rather pity that a lawyer
should be judged by the money lie
makes" he replied Some of the
ablest lawyers in the land do not earn
a tenth of the sum gained by others
who are positively incompetent.
Some members of the bar will not
take up certain lines of practice be-
cause they deem them unprOfessional.
Others prefer certain lines Of practice
in which they feel a particular inter
est. Still others are unwilling to have
anything but an office practice. These
and other considerations are reSpOnS-
eIQg GLoA emos lrQl l0RJ 9Vl LoJ eIql
lawyers make comparatively little
money. In fact, it does not require an
extraordinary amount Of brains to
make huge sums at the bar. On the
other hand, a high order of ability
and profound learning are required to
succeed in certain branches of the
profession that are not at all lucrative
1t is rather odd that so many men,
! bers of the bar are looked upon as
great in their profession simply be-
cause people pay CHeLu CHoI minus 1COo'
But then, money always means so
much to u.s.
When asked if there were not al
ready too many lawyers in the land,
Mr.. Carter replied:
THAT depends upon the point of
view. If you mean too many to pros
per the individual lawyer must decide
| that matter for himself. If you mean
too many on general principles, the
question arises whether it is an evil
! to have lots of good lawyers in the
country. General dissemination of a
knowledge of the law is a good thing
The impression prevails that the ex
istence of many lawyers increases liti
CATION. There could not be a greater
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29

Chicago RecOrd:-The condition Of
the war in Cuba is exciting as much
interest in Europe as it is on this con-
tinent. Naturally enough, the senti-
ment in Europe, and especially in Eng
land, is thoroughly with Spain, and
the English papers go to the extreme
of advising Spain to patch up her diff
ficulties with Cuba so as TO retain pos
session Of the island. Part of the Brit
ISL press regards Spain's effort 20 sub
due the Cubans as hopeless, and adj
vises compromise. because it believes
the next step after independence
would be annexation to the United
States. And, says the London Times,
annexation TO America would be re-
garded with little favor by British
statesmen
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29
NEW BADGER COMPANIES.

The following companies filed arti-
cIes of incorporation with the eecre-
tary Of state yesterday: The Katz
Dry Goods c-mpany, Of Milwaukee,
with $4,000 capital, incorporators
Moritz Fichtenberg, Max Ascher and
Lawrence DWELL the Lacy Mercan-
tile company, of Pineville, with So
900 capital, incorporators Thomas
Hughes, Garrit Lacy and Charles E.
Darling; the st. Peters & st. Paul's
Catholic congregation, Of Green Bay,
incorporators, Bishop s. G. Messmer,
J. ]. Fox and Rev. NJ. T. Anderegg.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29

improving the present status of the
subject Us imperatively demanded.
Corpora ton law, which has assumed
tremendous importance, will be placed
before the convention for conSidera-
ton in an address by Associate JUS
tice Brown of the United States SUI
preme court Justice Browns knowl-
edge and acumen in dealing with this
subject needs only be referred to to
recall the memorable address he
lately made on it before the Yale law
school.
Hon. Thomas X. Cooley of Michigan
who has an extended fame as writer
on railroad and constitutional law,
will deliver an address on railroad
law. AS an interstate commerce COM
missioner Judge Cooley has had ex-
traOrdinary facilities for Striding the
question. International law will be
treated by eX-Secretary of State John
w. Foster, who has a most extended
experience on that abstruse subject
and who was China's counsel in the
recent peace negotiations with Japan.
New York city's famed advocate,
Joseph II. Choate, will address the
convention on the subject of Consti-
tutional law. Interstate Jurisprudence
had fallen to the lot of Attorney Gen
eral JudsOE Harmon, but that was
prior to his elevation to the attorney
generalship of the United States. In
case he should have had no time to
treat the subject, the cabinet member
will at least prepare a paper to be
read for him.
The judges who will attend include
the entire supreme court of Michigan
and no less than seven chief justices
of states. The chief justice of the
United States has con>litionally ac-
cepted an invitation to speak. Rich
ard Olney has complied with a request
for paper on contract law. which
is No be read by the secretary. Tina:
distinguished son of a distinguished
father, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
speaks upon the lawyer as an arbitel
and he viii be not the least interest
ing Of the many members of the bench
in attendance. David B. Hill an:
William L. Allison are to be anon:
the senat tors present. Stevenson Ricl
of Michigan will make the address o
welcome. 49,. 80 -.
James c. Carter of New York, VIII,
will preside, said, when Interviews
upon the significance of the approach
ing event: 1T is not necessarily o
an exclusively professional nature
In republic like ours there shout
not exist a class set apart and out o
touch with the people as the bar /
other lands is too apt to become
Laws are not made for the mere SAX
of making the people conform I
them, but because the people deman
them. A gathering of lawyers shoul
have the effect of interesting our cit
zens in laws proposed as well as
laws enacted. 1t viii be a publ
benefit We Americans have a tel
dency to complain Of laws that eXis
forgetting that if they be oppresSi1
we We're indifferent to them duriI
the period of their consideration. "
are singularly Indifferent to law TIL
is as vet unm&de. forgetting that
it becomes a nuisance when put IN
effect it is all our fault The ide
preached during the coming gatheri1
may soon have all the force Of la
Their preliminary discussion. thel
lore, is important"
Mr.. Carter was asked about t
noney-making power OF the men WI
Ire to meet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-29
NEW ROAD SURE.
is THE "OLD NAN" FROM OSH.
KOSH IN IT?
There Is Scheme, 1t Seems, for a
New County Seat in His
NameSake Ealiwfck

Ashland, Wis, Aug. 27.-WOrk will
be commenced Within week ON the
Minneapolis, st. Paul & Ashland rail
way. The counties along the line
have voted the aid asked. 1t win not
go to Hayward, as first surveyed, but
six miles south, to strike a heavy belt
of pine and locate a new town on the
lakes to make it the county seat Of
Sawyer county, as the log supply at
Hayward is about exhausted. 1t is
expected to have through trains rum
ming from Ashland to the twin cities
early next year.