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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14

Carthage branch trains are both
snow bound near West Point and the
passengers are suffering. Only one
train came in outside of the regular
service from Chicago, which was un-
interrupted. One man is reported as
having been frozen 10 death in the
timber across the river.
Lacon, H., Feb. S.-The Chicago &
Alton accommodation train stuck in
the snow drifts near Lacon with snow
eight feet deep in the cuts. Two trains
on the Dwight branch were aban-
doned and other trains are running.
Rockford, H., Feb. S.-The nights
storm is the worst the railroads have
experienced in this section this win
ter and few trains have moved in N
direction. Those that did have been
eight or ten hours late. 1t is blowing
hard and is growing much colder.
Cedar Rapids, Ia, Feb. S.-The mer-
curry is ten below and is still falling.
All passenger trains are from two to
eight hours late; and freight traffic is
Knoxville, Tenn, Feb. Sit has
been showing here continuously for
thirty hours. The snow is twelve to
fifteen inches deep on the level. All
street railway lines are tied up and
traffic of all kinds is suspended.
Columbia, s. c.. Feb. S.-A blizzard
is raging i'm upper South Carolina.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
THE FRENCH STEAMSHIP AR
RIVES AT STATEN ISLAND.
DISABLED THIRTEEN OUT OF
SIXTEEN DAYS.
Those on Board Singing and Cheering
as Land is Found to Be Near-Ves.
sci Hove to for Sixteen Hours for a
Broken Piston Rod to Be Re
paired.

Quarantine Station, Staten Island,
Feb. 12.-La Gascogne, the long over
due French steamship, limped into
port Sunday night with three red
lights hanging from the mizzen-mast
as a signal that she was disabled.
The passengers ere all on deck, some
Of them singing and most of them
when their minds are suddenly re-
Geved of a heavy strain. For thirteen
days Of the voyage, lasting sixteen
days, the ship has been disabled by
n of the main piston rods having
broken on the third day out from
Havre. For sixteen hours on the
fateful third day the vessel hove to
while the break was being repaired.
The whole world has been agog with
interest in the fate of the French
liner, La Gascogne, with her 400
human souls, and a little history of the
vessel will not therefore be inapropos.
Goscogne was an eight-day boat
before her alteration last May at st.
Nazaire, which was expected to reduce
her running time to about seven days.
She lis a four-decked, screw steamer,
and was built in 1886 at La Seyne,
near TOulon, by the SOcietie des FORCES
ct CHARTERS de la Mediterranee. She
is 4SO feet long, 52.3 beam, and Bill
deep. She has a tonnage of 5000 and
car develop 10000 horsepower. She
a IL water-tight collision bulkheads
and carries % lifeboats. Her sister
ships are La Bretagne, La BOurgogne,
La Normandie and La Champagne.
AS originally constructed, La Gascogne
carried four masts, but when she was
Overhauled two of them We're taken
out. Her smokestacks were also some
what heightened, and new machinery
and boilers were put in. Her first
westward trip since these changes
were made began at Havre December
% and ended On December 81. She
left on her return trip January 5. On
both her new machinery worked sat
isfactorily, and she made the passage
without mishap. She was due to sail
from New York again Saturday, and
many bookings for the trip had been
made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
TELEPHONE DIRECTORS MEET
Officers Of the Company Elected for
the Ensuing Year.

Milwaukee, Feb. 12.-The annual
meeting Of the Wisconsin Telephone
company was held here yesterday
afternoon. The number of directors
was increased from seven to nine and
the following We're elected: ii. c..
Payne, F. G. Bigelow, B. X. Miller.
Charles Ray, G. G. Stark and c. f.
Pfster of Milwaukee, W. A. Jackson
OF Detroit and Jesse Stone of Water
town. Mr.. Jackson of Detroit and Mr..
Stone are the two additional directors
and Mr.. Pfster takes the place of f.
Nogel, Jr., who retires. The broad Or
ganized by ~re-electing the following of
fcerS: President, III. c.. Payne: vice
president and treasurer, F. G. Bige-
low; secretary and general manager,
John D. Mcleod; general superintend-
ent. E. B. Cottrell; auditor, D. Z.
Roberts; purchasing and contracting
agent, s. 0. G;ddings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
NINE MEN FROM MILWAUKEE
OUT IN YAWLS.
PROBABLY FROZEN TO DEATH
FROM EXPOSURE.
Crib Supply Boat Shows Signs of Dis
tress-Another Yawl Puts Out
Which Fails to Return and a Fire
Boat Is Sent in Quest of the Miss
ing.

Milwaukee,, Wis, Feb. S.-Some-
where out in the Lake mine men are
supposed to be adrift in two yawl
boats that left the North point pump
Ing station last might. The first yawl
boat was manned by four men who
came i from the crib for supplies
IN the afternoon and started back with
provisions at 3 o'clock. 1t is supposed
that this boat failed to reach the crib
and d11fted out toward midlake with
its occupants. AT Z O'Clock the second
yawl boat. manned by five volunteers,
went out to the crib in answer to dis
tress signals. This boat also is not
"a from, and it is supposed that it
also failed to reach the lake end of
the Intake tunnel. The fire boat Foley,
having in tow a crew of volunteers i'm
the surf boat. left the harbor at S:45
O'Clock and was seen to communicate
with the men on the crib and then
steamed out into the lake in a south
easterly direction The s~upposition is
that the fire boat is out in search of
the two yawl boats and occupants, but
up to- midnight it had not returned to
this port. If the men in the yawls
failed to land at the crib they are
probably frozen to death. because the
thermometer is 20 below zero OH the
lake and some of them are Scantily
dressed. The names of the men adrift
Allen, Gov" Barrett, James Cabin,
- Barry, John DAILY, jeremiah Fail
len, "Slim" Welsh, and two unknown
men.
The five volunteers are all miners,
employed at the shore end of the III
mel. Several of them were without
mittenS or gloves, and some had no
~overcoats. Before starting the fore
man instructed the men to hurry back
and notify him what had happened at
the crib. Under ordinary Circumstance
es it takes tW enty minutes to row out
to the shanty in the lake. The volun-
teer crew was instructed, under no
circumstances, to attempt to rescue
the provision yawl in case that it got
adrift, but to hurry back and then
the fire boat would be sent out. I'm
der these instructions news from the
crib was expected positively in forty
minutes after the second yawl got I'M
der way. The blasts of the crib
whistle and the signal light still CON
tinued to warn those ashore that as
sistance was needed.
A few minutes before eight, after
the rescuing party was owe thirty
minutes due on the return trip, Fore
man Laughlin and Chief Engineer Nc
MILAN decided that either the second
yawl had gone adrift or it could not
return. Chief Foley, of the fire de-
partment, with the tug Foley then
started out with a volunteer crew. Up
to midnight nothing is heard from
either the two yawls or the relief
party.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
THE ST. PAUL FLYER.
New Fast Mail Train Running
Through Wisconsin.

Milwaukee, Feb. 12.-The fast mail
train over the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul road, Sunday, made the fast
est time ever made by any regular
train in this country except the IA
nous business mems special from
Philadelphia to Jersey City, which
makes the run of ninety-one miles in
just ninety-one minutes every day.
The st. Paul flyer made I'VE better
time than that rate, but on short
spurts only. The train, which entered
in it's new fast schedule Sunday, ar
rived il Milwaukee from Chicago just
two minutes ahead of schedule time,
drawn by locomotive 1873, an old, reli-
able engineer, Wilson Parker, in
charge. The actual time made be-
tween the city limits of Chicago and
those Of Milwaukee, where slow -un-
ming is not required by special or
d%inance. was just ffty-six miles an
hour, the fastest regular time ever
made in the west and faster than the
time Of the empire state express, be-
tween New York and Buffalo, which
runs at the regular speed Of ifty-twO
and a half miles an hour.
Between Doylestown and WyOcena
the fast mail made eleven miles in ten
minutes and the run from WyoceEa
to Portage, just ten miles, vas made
in exactly nine minutes, making the
entire squirt from Doylestown to Port.
age, a distance of nineteen miles. in
eighteen minutes. On one piece OF
track near La Crosse the remarkable
time Of five miles in three minutes
and forty seconds was easily accom-
plished and rather ~astonished those or
board who carried stop watches
Among the special passengers was
Trainmaster Earring, Of Milwaukee
The train reached Minneapolis three
minutes ahead Of time.
Monday morning a day coach wa:
attached to the train at Milwaukee
and hereafter a coach will be carried
from this city to Minneapolis daily
leaving here at AS every morning
The fast mail on the basis of one hou,
and forty-ive minutes, Chicago t,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
DEEP WATERWAYS.
THE FEDERAL SENATE SEEMS
TO FAVOR FLOWERS PLAN.
Senator Villas Said to be Pushing It
Fine Progress
Made.

Washington, d. c., Feb. 12.-The
tee on commerce of the United States
senate for an international deep
channels commission is the only one
out of perhaps a dozen on that subject
that has made any progress. 1t is in
the form of an amendment to the
sundry civil bill. 1t was prepared by
Frank A. Flower, of Wisconsin, father
of the proposed plan and author of the
present widespread deep water cam-
paign, and was shrewdly made a part
tby Senaton Villas of a bill whose pass
age is absolutely essential to the main
tenance of the government. 1t is the
lbest-managed bill of the session. The
sponsors of the other bills are just be-
ginning to realize how neatly they
have been outgeneraled.
Senator Villas says he is hopeful of
passing his measure because it is
modest and proper and was prepared
by one (MIr. Flower) who knows more
about the subject than all others COM
bined. There are no mistakes in it"
The bill is drawn SO that, if it shall
pass, it will provide a commission that
may be either national or International
international if Canada shall act; ma
tional if not.
The commissioners must serve with
out pay although the scope of their
duties is wider and more important
than that of any her commission with
one exception since the rebellion. The
entire appropriation is only $4,000
while Frederic r. COudert received
$4,000 for sitting a few weeks as a
member of the Behring sea commits
sion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
IN CONGRESS.
Interesting Debates on Bills of Consid
cradle Importance.

Washington, Feb. 12.-Mr. Stone, of
Pennsylvania, introduced in the house
a bill to incorporate the International
Pacific Gable company for a cable
from California to the Hawaiian is
hands and thence to Japan and other
points in the Pacific and mA.nlands of
Asia and Australia. The bill does not
commit the United States to any finan-
cial inability or guarantee for carrying
out the contracts. The capital stock
is to be $5,OOO,OOO, in 100000 shares
with the right to increase them 100000
shares by a vote of twO-thirds of the
stockholders; the stockholders to organ
ize when 81, 10000 of the stock is sub
scribed and ten per cent. of the sub
scription paid in.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
WANTS PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED
John Redmund Suggests Submitting
Home Rule to the Electors.

London, Feb. 12.-In the house of
commons John Redmund, the Parnell-
Ute leader. resuming the debate on the
address in reply to the queens
speech, submitted the following
amendment:
I'VE hunlbly represent to your mai
esty that the time has come when it is
the duty of the ministers to advise
yeur majesty to dissolve the present
parliament and submit the question Of
home rule to the electors Red
mund asserted that Lord Roseberry's
speech at Bradford showed that the
next election would be fought on the
question of a house of lords, which
meant an end of home rule, and a
complete reversal of the policy an
nounced by the government. John
Morley denied that Roseberry has
given up home rule, and attacked the
amendment rs injurious to the Irish
cause. The amendment was lost: 1856
256.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
FLEET WIPED OUT.
CHINESE VESSELS SUNK OR
CAPTURED.
japanese Bombard the CeleStialS at the
Lui Kung Forts and Badly Dam
age All Sim.

London, Feb. S.-A cable dispatch
from Wei-Hai-Wei dated Feb. 3, says
that the Chinese heet has practically
ceased to exist. The iron-clad Chen
1uen and her sister ship Ting Yuen
have been sunk, and the other vessels
of the Chinese fleet are within the
grasp of the Japanese. At daybreak
Sunday the Japanese feet opened fire
on the Lui Kung forts, (which replied
vigorously. The ~bombardment became
terrific. The first Japanese division,
including the flagship, directed its force
against the eastern island batteries
while the second division Shelled Fort
Nhih. The Chinese fleet soon came to
the assistance of the forts. Ting Yuen
used guns without effect, but succeed
ed i'm diyerting some Japanese fire
from the forts upon herself. Lai
Yuen, a smaller ship, also fought we'll.
There We're many casualties. Two Chi
nese gunbOatS also assisted, but were
badly damaged. These four vessels
fought desperately until dark when
the firing ceased.
BOmbardment vas resumed today;
Sundays operations being repeated.
The fire from Fort Zhih continued
weakly. The Chinese me- of war were
so repeatedly and badly hit that the
guns were handled with difficulty and
with less spirit. Towards the close
of the fight, the Ting Yuen and the
Chen Yuen were disabled. They
gradually settled down and foundered
amid the shouts of triumph from the
Japanese botf on land and sea. Other
Chinese vessels are in distress. The
dtspatcb concludes with the statement
that the japanese are preparing to
carry Lui Kung by storm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
WATER FAMINE THREATENED.
Crystal Falls in a Peculiar Predica-
ment-An Engineers Error.

Florence, Wis, Feb. 12.-The neigh
boring city of Crystal Falls, just
across the Michigan state line, is ex-
perlencing a water famine from a pc
culiar cause and which may continue
until the coming of summer. The
city's water supply comes from a res
ervoir and is pumped through a sys-
tenn of aims. The main pipe leads
from the city up a hill 120 feet high
and into a valley beyond, where is To-
Gated the reservoir, fed by a spring
brook, and the pumping station. A
few nights ago the main began to
empty, ard thinking a fire had broken
out the engineer of the pump house
started both pumping engines at their
full capacity. The pumps We're unable
to meet the demand for water and the
fires were heaped with fuel and the
engines driven to an extraordinary
speed; but without keeping the main
pipe filled. The engineer eXerted
himself and crowded the pumps
ing did he discover what he had &C
cOmpliShed. The main had burst in
the city and in attempting to keep the
pipe filled he had flooded cellars and
inundated streets with a vast volume
of water. The temperature was far
below zero, and the water froze i'm
great masses in streets, alleys, and
other places flooded. In working the
pumps to their fullest capacity the IN
gineer had drained the reservoir, and
the water from the brook empties in
so slowly that the intense cold causes
it to freeze Immediately, and the res
ervoir itself has become a lake of solid
ice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
TOLD DIFFERENT STORIES
And This Led to Suspicious of Muir
der.

Kewaunee, Wis, Feb. 6.-Mary Sin
delars, Of Casco, Kewaunee county.
has been charged with the murder Of
her husband ON Jan. 26. On that day
the deceased started alone from his
home in a snow storm to attend a fun
eral, two or three miles distant. At
about 8 o'clock in the afternoon, while
his wife and two daughters and two
sons were at home, they heard the
jingling of sleigh bells. The mother
requested the two boys to light a Ian
tern and go out and put up the team.
The two boys found the team back of
the barn and their father lying in a
heap under the sleigh: The different
members of the family of the de
ceased gave contradictory versions OF
the affair.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
SIGNS OF
Shown by An Unfortunate Ship to a
Cunardar.

Queenstown, Feb. S.-The Cunard
line steamer Ce~phalonia, from Boston,
two days overdue arrived safely yes
terday. She reports that she encoun-
tered terrible gales. Great quantities
of water came aboard and one sea
smashed part of the port rail Some
of the passengers report that about
midnight, January 81, they saw a
vessel on which a tar barrel was be-
ing burned and a horn sounded, evil
IDENTITY signals Of distress, but she
quickly vanished and was never after
wards seen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
THE UNION THE CAUSE.
Debs Lays the Chicago Strike to A. R.
q. Directors.

Chicago, Feb. SIN court yesterday
Debs admitted that the primary
object of the strike was to aid the
Pullman strikers and dit afterwards
became a general conflict between the
railroads and employees. He said the
railroads had committed overt acts in
the reduction of wages. He admitted
that there would not have been amy
strike If it had not been for the direc-
tors of the union. The witness was
dismissed by both prosecution and de-
tense when court adjourned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
A BOOM AT
New Tannery To be Established in
That City.

Merrill, Wis, Feb. 12.-The Merrill
Advancement association has con-
ferred with and accepted the PROPOSE
ton of a large Boston tannery COM
pany to erect a tannary in this city,
the city to donate a site of twenty
acres of land, options having been
taken on a tract of t~wenty-four acres
situated near the G. A. Norway Box
and Lumber company's plant. The
tannery is to be in running order by
Aug. 1, 1895, and will employ about
$50 hands at the start.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
WILL REORGANIZD.
Whiskey and Distillery Men Hold a
Meeting to That End.

New York, Feb. Sat the request
Of a majority of the stockholders Of
the Distilling and Cattle Feeding com,
pany, the following named gentlemen
have been appointed a reorganization
committee: Richard B. Hartshorne,
president; John 1. Waterbury, F. NJ.
Lockwood, j. S. Bache and William
E. Hutton, the latter of Cincinnati.
Peoria, ILL.,, Feb. S.-The Atlas dis
tillery, owned by Sam. Woolner, will
start up today with an increased ca
pacity. 1t is an antitrust house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14

Minneapolis, Feb. S.-There was a
Attorney Nye and John Day Smith,
for the defense, in which Nye strong
ly asserted that the story attemnting
to show collision on B1ixt's part with
greengoodS people was an invention
and a d~5sgraceful attempt to defeat
Justice. What the defense has made
out of Blixt so far will lot help Hay
wards case much, except in the fact
that BGxt was unable to be specific
IN the matter of dates. 1t has been
found impossible to confuse him
though, and Erwin failed entirely to
break MIN down.
There was an episode in the court
room when Harry Hayward for the
first time since his arrest saw his
brother Adry VINO confessed. 1t was
q strange sight. Harry's eyes slowly
narrowed as he looked full in Adry's
a Then a smile spread over 1T and
as IT in obedience to summons, Adry
rose half reluctantly, his hand eX-
tended toward his brother and the
hands of the wv brothers, pitted
against each other in a struggle for
Life, met in d long clasp. That was all.
Harry took his seat, apparently un
moved. Adry sat down again and
spoke to the deputy. A u later
the trial commenced again. Erwin
concluded the cross examination or
BliNt and Charles Anderson, a brother
Of JfsC pliyt nu1I IIn ccStnn+ S,,as+1,
of the Ozark flats was called. His
testimony was largely corroborative
of Blixt'S.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
OPINIONS.

Buffalo Express: Won't Mr.. Bissell
please resign and let the Washington
correspondents out of q hole?
Boston Herald: 1t is perfectly safe
to bet that President Cleveland is go
ing to protect the national credit with
or without the help of congress. Put
a pin there!
New York Press: According to the
report of a Chicago society there are
$4,000 people in that city who are on-
firmed victims of opium. These are
evidently the ones who took Chicago's
last census.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
TURNS CAMPBELL DOWN.
Senate Committee to Report His Nom
ination Adversely.

Washington, Feb. 13-The senate
judiciary committee has decided to re-
port adversely the nomination of VIM.
Campbell as United States marshal of
Minnesota to succeed J. Adam Beebe.
Campbell opposed the Doran faction
of the state democracy. The change
related to personal transactions rather
than to public matters. He is now
chairman of the Chippewa Indian COM
mission.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
FIREMEN FATALLY INJURED.
They Try to Save a Creamery Supply
Company's Establishment

Kansas City, Mo-. Feb. 12.-Fdre de-
stroyed the establishments of the
Creamery Supply company. in West
Bottoms. The loss is 100000; insur-
ance half. Fred Ricketts,. James Hon
ren, and Sam Cox are probably fatally
injured by a falling floor. F. Gaffney
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
INTERNAL ~DISSENSION.
Delegates from Knights of Labor
branches Talk of Withdrawing.

Columbus, O., Feb. PA number of
delegates from dissatisfied lodges of
the knights of Labor met here and
discussed the question of withdrawing
from the order. A committee, consist
ing Of T. r. Davis, Pennsylvania
James O'Connor, Illinois; j.. S. Clark
son., Iowa; j. w. Cox, Kentucky, and
c. Lawson, Ohio, was appointed to
map out a plan of action and report
today.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
AT THE / G OF TINE.
Grew Of Eight Rescued Fifteen Min
utes Before the Vessel Sinks.

New York, Feb. 12.-The pilot-boat
America has brought a crew Of eight
from the Schooner Nathan Esterbrook.
rescued Sunday fifteen minutes before
the vessel sank.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14

Thayer is also mentioned. The DEM
ocrats have no candidates mentioned
as yet, and it is stated upon good au-
thority that the present incumbent of
that Office, Mayor Geele, will not ac-
cept a denomination. The populists
will put a full ticket in the field, their
%favorite candidate for the mayoralty
being DR.. F. c.. Runge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
GETS THE BEST OF 1T.
Frank Davis Sentenced to Seventeen
Years and his Partner Lynched.

Missouri Valley, Iowa, Feb. 12.-
Frank Davis, convicted of the murder
of Marshal Whitney last April, has
been sentenced to the penitentiary for
seventeen years. His partner, Reddy
Wilson, was lynched at the time Of
the murder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
ROCKFORD'S BIG BLAZE.
Property Valued at $4,000 De-
stroyed by Fire.

Rockford, HI, Feb. 12.-Frank Bur-
nam's dry goods store was damaged
$4,000 by fire yesterday. Insured.
The Syndicate block was totally de-
stroyed Sunday. Forty persons lived
ON the second and third floors. The
loss will reach $4,000; insurance half.