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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
ELECTRICITY IN CITY WASTE.
Wealth in the Shape Of Heat May Be
Extracted from Refuse.

The subject Of how to realize some
benefit and profit from the refuse and
rubbish of cities is one that is en-
gaging to a large extent the attention
of SanitarianS and engineers, and there
is a decided opinion that the turning
of waste into wealth is a problem
that will very shortly be solved on
practical lines, in spite of the doubts
recently expressed by Colonel War
ing, the famous street cleaner of New
York. In England especially this ques-
ton has been taken up and discussed
with much earneStnesS. The outcome,
according to writer in a recent num-
Der Of Chambers Journal, is not mere
ly the adoption of the system of ere
mating the refuse, but at the same
time to use it as fuel in the generation
of electric power. The project is one
that seems to be entirely feasible. 1t
is found by reliable sta tistics that
London alone produces 100000 tons
OF refuse per annum. All this vast
accumulation has hitherto been going
to waste. Conveyance to the sea was
practlced with success, but it involved
the expenditure of a good deal of en-
ergy and money; under these circum-
stances the adoption of cremators, in
which the rubbish is wholly consumed
by fire, came more and more into IA
vOr: so that at the present moment the
majority of the principal English cities
are either constructing or about to
construct the new refuse cremator.
Much heat is necessarily evolved i'm
the destruction of the refuse, and the
idea is now gaining ground that such
heat may be largely and advantage
0uSly utilized in the production of
steam power and electricity, instead
OF being permitted to run to waste.
The production of a furnace suitable
for the most economical combustion
of all kinds of refuse has necessarily
required much time and skill, and it
was only after twenty-five years of
close application to the problem that
the late NJ. Fountain de Livet. a
French engineer, succeeded i'm secur-
ing powerful natural draft in fur
naces without artificial means and in
consuming rubbish without smoke or
noXiouS fumes of any kind. A de-
structor, erected on the Livet system.
is now in operation at Halifax in York
shire, and produces from the combus-
ton of refuse electric current sufficient
for some 2,O00-candle power arc lights
and a Searchlight of 25,OOO-candle
power. According to recent expert
ments the result obtained in the Livet
furnace from an ordinary sample of
the town refuse is pronounced by eX-
pertS to be equivalent to about one
third or one-fifth it's weight in coal.
namely, from three to five pounds of
refuse will generate as much heat as
one pound of coal, while the refuse,
after consumption, is found to be
clean, massive, metallic clinker, we'll
fitted for road material, or, after be-
ing ground up, for making mortar.
The time is coming when, in one way
or another, all large cities will find a
source of revenue in their refuse and
rubbish far above the amounts now
raised by taxation for the collection
and removal of such accommodations
Buffalo Commercial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
MARRYING ON $50 A MONTH.
BILL Nye' Expresses His Opinion on
the Subject.

Yesterday a young man asked me
if it would be safe for him to marry
on five hundred dollars and a salary
Of fifty dollars per month. 1 told him
l could tell better when I saw the girl
There are girls who have grown up
in ease and who have kicked great
black and blue welts in the lap of
luxury, yet who are more ready and
willing to accept a little rough weather
than the poor girl who has stood for
eighteen years looking out through the
soiled window of life waiting for the
rain to rinse it off and let the sunlight
through that she might see her ap-
preaching lord.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
HE FLEW THE FLAG.
American in Siam Who Was Not
Ashamed of His Country's Colors.

There died in Siam few days ago
an American named Marian A Cheek,
who had been resident of that coun-
try for twenty-five years, and at the
time of his death was one Of the most
distinguished and influential men in
that land. Sent there twenty-five
years ago as a medical missionary uu-
der the auspices of the Presbyterian
church, at the age of 20 years, he
gradually rose in power and wealth
until he became the most intimate
counsellor of the Siamese king.
Mr.. Cheek left a family consisting
of wife and four children, who have
resided in Oakland for the last two
years. Mrs. Check has been educat-
ing her children here. The eldest son,
Adolph Cheek, has recently graduated
from the high school. He has a rec
ord as the champion all-round athlete
of the coast.
Mrs Cheek received a cablegram
yesterday announcing the death of
her husband. He was 40 years old.
At the time of his death he was press
ing a claim against the United States
government for several hundred thou
sand dollars alleged to be due on &C
count Of negligence of American Off
Gals in Siam.
Mr.. Cheek number of years ago
obtained a concession fro the king
to farm out a teak forest. In getting
the logs tc a market they were tlOated
down rivers, and it was while he
had many thousands of them in form
of a raft that the logs were cOntiScated
by representative Of an English com
pany. Cheek had the stars and stripes
pinned to his RATS and he called on
the American officials for assistance.
They failed to come to the rescue, the
logs were conhScated and Cheek ac-
cordingly sued this government for
damages.
The officials at Washington question
the right of Cheek to fly the American
flag in the situatio he was then in.
The deceased was born in North
Carolina, and, after graduating from
the medical school at Baltimore,
started for Siam as a missionary.
After ten years of that work he en-
gagged in a mercantile business and ac-
cumulated a large fortune. His estate
is invested in stocks and bonds and
other Siamese securities.-San Fran
cisco Examiner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19

Eustis. Ever since that time the state
department has been ostensibly work
| ing on the case. Ambassador Eustis
| was instructed to make a full inquiry
! into the facts alleged and to submit a
report. His complete report, If II 80,
! been finished, has not been made pub
| lie, although it is rumored that it is
| here with statement that the French
are in the wrong and that Walters re-
lease ought to be demanded.
! The investigation has been strangely
slow, the French authorities seeming
to delay the matter in every possible
way. The state department has not
been urgent. although many of
Walters friends, including Governor
Morrill,, Of Kansas, requested as
prompt action as possible, a report
having reached them that the prisoner
was very i'll and that his wife and
children, on their way home from
Madagascar, were stranded and actu-
ally suffering for the necessaries of
life. Recently the American ambaSSa-
dor to France has been allowed to see
Waller. ana Acting Secretary of State
Adee says the case is being pushed
as rapidly as possible. He declines to
say whether a peremptOry demand
for Walters release has been made,
but the indications are that no ultima
tum has been submitted. However,
it is evident that the incident is now
nearing it's close, and if the admins
tration is really in earnest Waller will
doubtless be released as soon as the
proper terms of indemnity can be,
agreed upon.
The acting secretary of state, Mr..
Adee, authorizes the statement that
information has been received from
Ambassador Eustis in response to-
urgent instructions cabled him some
three weeks ago that the record of the
proceedings and evidence in the court
martial Of Mr.. Waller at Tamatave is
expected to reach Paris toward the
end of this month. The International
right of this government to demand
the evidence upon which conviction
was reached, in order that it may de-
termine it's action in the case, is I'M
questioned and is fortified by album
dant precedent. In the case of the
American citizens tried by court
martial in Honolulu on charges of
treason to the government of the
Hawaiian republic the proceedings of
the court were asked for and the docu-
ments were promptly forthcoming.
The department has no later infor-
nation of the movements of Mrs
Waller and her four children since the
dispatch of Consul Campbell of Port
Louis, Mauritius, announcing that, I'M
der the departments cabled instruc-
tons to provide them with passage
home, they were to sail from that
place for France on the Goth of this
month on their way to the United
States Mr.. Eustis has been instructed
to take care of Mrs. Waller and the
children On their arrival in France
and to furnish them with passage to-
the United States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
ONE WOMAN PROTESTS.
She Gets Pennies from Conductors,
While Men Who Have Pockets,
Get None.

''Why is it, asked a bright young
woman, chat the conductors always
give their pennies to women? l never
saw a man get any. The other day
| got pennies from six conductors.
had started shopping early in the
morning, and the very first car [ got
into the conductor gave me five pen
MES in change when | handed him a
dime. l got rid of those in a store,
and when | got into second car |
had to change quarter. Again / got
five pennies. Then l got mad, be-
cause there were lots of men who
hadn't the right change, and not one
of them received pennies. I didn't
say anything, though, and handed the
pennies over to the clerk at the next
store.
The next time | rode | had the
right change, and the fourth time the
conductor was a gentleman and gave
M two dimes for my quarter. Of
the remaining six conductors that |
encountered, four gave me pennies,
and one actually gave me fifteen Of
them. | gave him a bit Of my mind
he won't forset very soon, l think,
although, Of course, l didn't benefit
amy from it.
''Now, why do they do it? Women
have no pockets IN their dresses now,
and goodness knows their pocket
books are heavy and awkward enough,
stuffed with their ordinary change,
cards, samples and what not, and the
men, with all their pockets, escape
It's an outrage"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
The cats of the Isle of Man are as

The cats of the Isle of Man are as
destitute of tails as if they We're
guinea pigs 1t has never been ac-
counted for. but in spite of being IN
scientific it is Il fact.
The Bannock trouble of 1873 cost the
United States $3.50, 63619. Twenty
four soldiers, thirty citizens and
seyenty-fOur Indians were killed be-
fore it stopped.
1t is stated by officials of the United
States mint that over 100000 of
the big copper cents were lost during
the sixty years they We're part Of the
coinage.
This is an age of paper as well as of
electricity. The paper mills Of the
United States have now a capacitv Of
over 100000 pounds day, most of if
wood pulp.
The Sault Ste. Marie canal, between
Lakes Huron and Michigan. now car
ries 20,000,000 tons a year. or twice
the weight that passes through the
Suez canal annually.
The bicycle which Jerry Simpson
used to ride when he was in congress
Is now the property Of an employe
OF the Medicine Lodge Cresset. Simp-
son lost it on an election bet.
There has not been a soldiers death
at Fort Missoula from disease since
1891 and but one from any ether cause
t'or the past year and half not one
has been discharged for disability.
Boston is to have new hotel. which
is to cost $3,5OOO0O, and beside which
the great hotels Of Chicago and New
York will sink into comparative insig
nlticance,' the Boston newspapers say.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
RARE AND VALUABLE SKINS.
Silver and Black Fox PeltS Command
EXOrbitant Prices.

Most Of you have read quotations
Of silver fox skins and black fox skins,
but did you ever see one? The
chances are that if you are not in the
fur business you never did. Only 139
were taken in the whole world last
season, and every year all of these go
to Russia, where they are the fur of
the royalty and the nobility. The
other day trudging up the Journal
stairs came Hunnewell, the South
Danyille fur king. He is real Yam
kee at trade, a hustling buyer, who
has agents in Nova Scotia and in
Cape Breton and all along the rich
fur-bearing countries, and his trans
actions amount to $4,000 a year and
upward.
Under his arm Hunnewen bore a
package, which he tossed lightly to
the floor of the reporters room and
disturbed the quiet of the several
'desks" at work. "There," said he,
''is something you never saw before
eight silver fox skins in one bunch.
There they are-four Of them beauties,
four Of them ordinary" The four first
named were beautiful skins, pure
deep black along the base of the
necks, silver tipped along the backs,
while the tails were just shimmering
with the silver white. The fur was
soft and fine, beautiful to the touch.
''That skin,' said Mr.. Hunnewell, toss
ing out one, sis worth S135. This one
is worth $50. If that one were as
black as this and was as heavy and
soft as it is now it would be worth
$500 easily. Considering that only 139
were taken last year, and that 1 got
twenty-four Of them, I think I got
my share These came from Cape
Breton, and 1 never had so many in
one bunch before "-Lewiston, Me-,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The average age of Lord Salisbury S
new cabinet Of nineteen members is 50.
London with all its smoke and fog
supports no fewer than twenty-one
centenarianS.
The New Haven Register has just
discovered the rather curious fact that
there is no copy of the Bible in the
public library of that city.
Myron Smith, a prominent school
teacher near Manchester, O., was bit
ten on the hand by a spider Blood
poisoning and lockjaw resulted in his
death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19

foliage. with a big bow of pa1e-green
ribbon on the handle.
Another was a large brown twig
basket, with rustic handle. arranged
with peoples, crimson and scarlet. and
spikes of gladioli, scarlet and salmon
color; poppy buds and dark leaves
tied the handle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Deerield-A. D. Rice to Carl Wise
man, NV IA ne IA, sec 1, Z, II,
81 900
Sun Prairie Villages. E. Olson,
Jr., to John Blaska, NV IA NV IA
sec II, t s, + II, 50, 800
Stoughton City-G. T. Mandt to
Susan Oven, pit 1t 10, blk 80 and other
land, 5000. -s.TKl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19

The latest charge brought against
the bicycle is that it Injuries the book
sellers trade. Books never have the
same sale in summer as in winter,
despite the fact that paper-covered
novels are in demand by the loungers
on the seashore; but this year there is
said to be more than usual depres-
sion in trade. The wheelman is
blamed for this, as it is logically ar
gued that While indulging in his IA
volite pastime he cannot possibly be
reading book, and that when he gets
home from his spin he is too tired
to read. As the cycling craze is con-
stantly increasing the result of its
growth upon litera ture would make
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
MRS. S. A. COOK ILL.

Neenah. Wis, Sept. 15.-Congress-
man Cook has received telegram an
nouncing the serious illness Of his
wife, who is visiting relatives in Can
ada
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19

Boomers have made their appear
ance in the circus ring. The lady
clowns" wear them. Come to think
Of it, gentlemen clowns have been
wearing he same style of garment for
several years.-Indianapolis Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19

Victor Hugo is to have a statue in
Paris in the square III the center of
the avenue named after him, and
near the house where he died. Forty
thousand dollars have already been
subscribed for it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19

An Allegheny clergyman things he
las found a scriptural arraignment
of the boomer costume in the text
from Deuteronomy, which reads:
There shall not be the garment of a
man upon d woman, and a man shall
not wear the garment Of a woman,
for an abominati0n to Jehovah thy
God is every one doing these things"
There is nothing in this contention,
for boomers were never worn by
men. They were invented by a wom-
an and are distinctly feminine vest
ment More than this, a great many
things were set forth in the Mosaic
age as denominations to the Lord which
were entirely beneath even the I'M
friendly notice Of the Deity. When
the old Bible heroes took slant
against any person or thing they were
pretty certain to construe them as OBJ
jects of divine wrath. SO the Ale
gheny preachers argument against
boomers doesn't hold together He
has simply made the mistake of con-
fusing an Offense against good taste
with a violation of mOrals.-Kansas
City Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
! an interesting study.-Philadelph
Record.

The bicycle face" is all right,
If further comment is permissible;
It's rudy, and healthy, and bright,
And sometimes pretty and kissable.
Kansas City Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19

''Marian said the husband of the
new woman at the breakfast table,
"the next time you come home late
from the lodge and put your boomers
to bed and hang yourself over the
back Of a chair all night I'll go
straight home to papa" -Broolzlyn
Eagle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
BIKE AND BLOOMERS.

Arthur-Dont you know, Miss
Sharpe, I'm thinking of getting a hi
cycle; what do you think of the idea
idea?
Kate-Oh, do it, by all means, Mr..
Softcroft; the bicycle, they say, is an
excellent Thing for the development
of the calVes.-BOston Transcript.
With gentle hands they raised her
up from where she took fall;
She tried to shake her skirts, but
found they wouldn't shake at ALL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19


was assaulted by French sailors and
an effort made TO kill him. At the
time Of his arrest the officers serving
the warrant refused 10 read it to him
or to explain the nature Of the charges
against him. They led him away and
locked him up and for ten days they
refused to let him communicate with
his family or see the American con-
sui.
He finally employed a Frenchman
named Gerredeau as his attorney and
the day before the trial the French
authorities disbarred him from prac-
tice. The trial by military court
lasted only three hours. He had been
examined in secret in the prison and
the testimony was not made public,
although it was, of course, submitted
at the trial to the military tribunal
Waller was found guilty and SEN
fenced to twenty years Imprisonment.
and his son-in-law. Bray who had
been associated with him in the con
cession, was ordered to leave the
country Waller was taken to France
in the English ship Umlazi. chained
to the deck of the vessel. 1t is claimed
by Bray that Waller was treated like
a dog, his only food being a little rice
and water. although he offered to pay
for better accommoda tons Early in
April Waller was put in prison at
Marseilles and he is still in confne-
ment. His friends promptly laid the
case before the state department, P
II. Bray. his son-in-1aw, making a trip
from MAZDA gascar for that purpose
after having visited Paris and ex-
planned the matter to Ambassador
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-01

left. in alcohol, at the Times office by
Mr. George V, Bmckley of 120 Wethers-
field avenue, 1t seems to be an un-
doubted snake, though a queer one. The
head has been cut off and left with the
body, in the bottle; large part of the
other end also has been cut off, for the
purpose, as Mr., Brlekley Is reported to
have said, of getting it all into the bot
tle-a siX-ounce vial, The snake was
said to be two feet long; 1t has half
fuzzy look, and Is of very dark, al
most black hue, relieved by many en-
circling yellow-ochre stripes, or bands,
1t looks, head and all, much like a vi
per, or an adder; but the queer thing
Is a pair of little feet, with toes and
claws, growing out of the body near the
vent. 1t is not easy to study the crea-
ture through the media Of glass and al
cohol, and we do not guarantee the
genuineness of the apparent phenome-
non, but it certainly does look to be a
real snake, sure enough. The person
who brought the creature in seems not
to have indicated very clearly the To-
cality where 1t was killed.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-01

WATERBURY, no GO DRY.
The,City's New Excitement Over the Sunda
Law.

AhoOiiy NNtW " NCh 'AN'
Law.
The Waterbury American says in an
ticipation of the drouth there next SUM-
day, as follows:
1t will be well for the Waterburian
to lay in his supply of fire water for
Sunday on Saturday night hereafter
If he wants to keep out of police court,
In the past a man has been secure as
far as his own personal liberty was
concerned in going to any saloon that
ne can get into on Sunday and obtain
ing anything the saloonkeeper would fur
nish. The danger of being prosecuted was
wholly on the side of the saloonkeeper,
and though he was caught and taken
to court the men buying the liquor were
free and even valuable later In the
defense of the liquor dealer 1t is safe
to say that some of the worst cases
of perjury in Waterbury courts have
| been committed in defense of liquor
dealer being prosecuted.
Now all will be changed by a law
| which goes into effect with other legis-
lation on August /, which is Thursday.
This particular law provides that any
person who enters saloon with intent
! to purchase during hours in which 1t
| is illegal to sell, or any person found
In such place, shall be fined not ex-
ceeding 81. This does not apply to the
proprietor, servants or police officer who
enter for the purpose Of seeing if the
law is being violated.
According to another law any minor
who, in order to get liquor from
licensed dealer, falsely states that he
is not minor Is liable to fine of not
more than $50 or imprisonment for not
more than sixty days.
If the law first referred to had been
in operation Saturday, eleven Water
bury men would probably have been
in trouble Monday. A Waterbury Off
err crawled into room over a saloon
and found crowd of eleven being
served with liquor. He did not know
at that time whether the new law was
in operation or not, so he took the
names OF the entire party. and there
were several of the number that had a
wakeful night anticipating appearing
before Judge Cowell In two other in
stances later officers have come upon
crowds of thirsty Sunday drinkers. In
one instance as many as nineteen were
congregated.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-01
Highlander War Feared.

San Francisco, July 31.--There is an
armed neutrality in Chinatown, which
may break out at any time in actual
war The cause is a rupture between
the Sam Yup company and the See
Yup company over the attitude of the
Sam Yups, who are trying to convict
Mock Lai of murder. Mock Lai is a
See Yup. The row between the rival
companies has drawn the Six companies
so deeply into the strife that all have
withdrawn from the consolidation, and
the prospects are bright for another
Highlander war in this city.