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account of disability incurred in the

account or disability incurred in the
service.
Thomas c. Plat issued a statement
denying the Mckinley mems claims
that they have already elected a ma
jority of the delegates. He declared
that twenty Illinois delegates will no.
vote for Mckinley and that twenty
Ohio delegates are ready to desert him.
Gen. Grosvenor claims 495 delegates
for Mckinley.
The topic Of conversation in Dubuque
was the grave charges brought against
eX-Mayor Olinger, and it is intimated
that other charges quite as grave are
to be launched in regard to other mat
ters 1t was expected that Olinser
would have made some reply 20 the &C
cusations, but he has done nothing eX-
cept simply deny them.
At Duluth fac moose was seen out
in the lake heading from the Wisconsin
shore for a point IN the distance east
of the city hall. A tug going through
the canal caused him to take to the
land. He went ashore on Minnesota
Point, near the life saving station. The
law saved his life, as a large number
of people could have killed him.
Rev. Nathan E. Wood, Boston Bap-
fist preacher, has given up his auxil-
larry membership in the salvation army.
He says Gen. Booth is more of sn au-
tocrat than the pope. He also says the
rules of the salvation army do not per-
nit OF the ordinance of baptism, or the
serving of the Lords supper; neither
are its members permitted to unite
with a christian church as members.
The second conviction of Frank A.
Coffin of completely in the wrecking Of
the Indianapolis national bank in Aug
ust, 1898, was confirmed by the su-
preme court Of the United States. Cot
fin was originally convicted with his
brother and partner, which conviction
was set aside by court on appeal and
on the second trial he alone was con
victed and sentenced to the peneten-
tiary for seven years.
A man named Edward Helm was de-
ported to Canada from Superior by or
ders of United States Immigrant In
spector M. T. Stokes. The man came
in on the steamer United Empire,
which he had boarded at Port Arthur.
He admitted to Stokes that he was a
miner under contract to work in mine
at Hibbing, and under the alien con-
tract labor law he was not allowed to
get off the vessel.
Private Policeman Charles Sales ar
1 ractad Charles poysa oo1Ornd at the
Louisville race track, for shooting
craps and started to the central station
with the prisoner on a crowded street
car. On the way in, Boyse broke from
the officer and ran. Both men pulled
revolvers and began firing. Boyse was
shot through the arm. Sales was shot
| in the eye and under the chin. Both
will probably die. Charles J. Champ,
manager Of the Grand opera house, and
his wife who we're on the car, were
also wounded, as was the mOtorman.
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in the feminine world. At it's meeting
in Washington year ago last February
the executive committee of the Wom-
ans National council created a sensa-
ton by one of it's propositions, but the
proposition never came to much, and
it will probably be revived at the Louis
vile convention and develop into an
actual fact
This proposition was nothing less
than the formation of an organization
to include a senate and a house of rep
resentatives, and a cabinet composed of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
oea NAV WRIGHT SENSaLS

Prior to her marriage she spent sew
eral years abroad, and on her return
settled in Chicago, where she at once
took a prominent place in all affairs
pertaining to woman's work She won
national fame during the woman's con-
gress at the worlds fair, in which
100000 women took part. She is level
headed, a clever executive officer and
has tremendous energy. Moreover,
she has broad knowledge, is not a
dreamer or a visionary, but goes in for
practical work.
The women who will attract the most
attention at the convention are Susan
B. Anthony, Mrs. E. B. Grannis, Mrs.
Mary Livermore, Mrs. Mary E. Lease,
Rev. Anna Shaw, Mrs. Belva A. Lock
wood, Mrs. Lille Devereaux Blake and
Mrs May Wright Sewall. Two familiar
figures will be absent in Mrs. Elizabeth
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Cady Stanton and Miss Frances E. Will
lard. The latter is on her way to Lon
don, and the weight of eighty years is
too much even for the enthusiasm OF
Mrs. Stanton. If it were not for the
long journey from New York to Louis
vile Mrs. Stanton would be on hand
and give the convention the benefit OF
her many years of service in the fem
mime field.
The officers of the federation are
high types of the advanced American
woman. Aside from the president,
Mrs. Henrotin, they are: Vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Mary E. Mumford, of Phila-
delphia; recording secretary, Mrs. C.
P. Barnes, of Louisville; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Philip n. Moore, of st.
Louis; treasurer, Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper,
OF San Francisco; auditor, Mrs Fanny
Purdy Palmer, of Providence. The
members of the advisory board are
Mrs. Sarah M. Johnson, Orange, n. j..
Mrs Julia Ward Howe, Boston; Mrs.
J. G. Croly, New York; Mrs. Virginia
j. Berryhill, Des Moines; Mrs. Ella II.
Osgood, Portland, Mo-; Mrs. Lucia E.
Blount Washington; Miss Mary ID.
Steele, Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Elizabeth
Lyle Saxon, New Orleans; Mrs. Annie
Mckinney, Knoxville, Tenn.
One of the picturesque figures at the
convention will be Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe. She founded the New England
Woman's club away back in 1868, when
the womens clubs of this country could
be counted on the fingers of one hand.
She is now president of the Massachu-
sets State Federation of Women's
clubs, and had much to do with the
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

Very appropriately the fair women
who officer the General Federation of
the Women's clubs of the United States
selected the poisoning month of May
as the date and the beauty famed city
Of Louisville as the place for the third
national convention.
1t will surprise many people TO learn
that the Federation is made up of very
nearly 500 clubs, each club being COM
posed of women. Something like
700, 900 women are connected with these
clubs, so it can easily be seen that the
approaching convention will not be a
one-horse affair by any means. There
are not many states today in the union
SO benighted as not to boast of at least
one woman's club, and in many the
number can be counted by tens.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
PEOPLE OF NOTE.

'The faithful men of lever" a place
near the North sea coast of Germany,
according to their custom every spring,
sent this year to Prince Bismarck 101
plovers' eggs for his birthday. This Is
the twenty-ffth successive year they
have made the present.
A Washington official whose health
is not good, but who has not time to go
to his physician in New York, consults
him at a certain hour every day now
by long-distance telephone. Then he
switches his druggist on, and the ply
stefan tells the latter the prescription
by word Of mouth.
Duke George of Saxe-Meiningen has
achieved more in the way of refining
and enriching the dramatic art than
any theatrical manager. He is the
presiding genius CT his Court theater
at Meiningen, and designs the scenery,
furnishes the historical data for cos
tunes, directs the groupings upon the
stage and superintends the rehearsals.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
ABROAD.

Herr Strobach, anti-Semite, has been
elected burgomaster of Vienna in the
place of Or. Luger, who resigned at the
All the governors and princes of Per
STA have announced their adhesion to
elder brother
The duke and duchess of SAKE Mein-
ingen were recently waylaid and
robbed by highwaymen within few
miles of Rome
The Canadian Indians in the Alaska
district are preparing to go on the war
path. The news reached Victoria by
the steamer Sitka
Chinese are arriving in Montreal in
large numbers, where they await I
favorable opportunity to be smuggled
into the United States.
Mrs. Langtry has accepted 5000 in
settlement of her claim against the
London bank which gave her jewelry
to thief on a forged order.
The famous insurgent Cuban leader
Socorras, who was wounded at the en-
gagement recently fought at Cascara-
picard, died on the following day.
A dispatch received in London from
Naples said that it was rumored there
that an anarchist plot against King
Humbert had been discovered
request of Emperor Francis Joseph.
Colonel North, who was known in
England as the nitrate king because
of the great fortune he made out Of the
nitrate beds in Chilli, died suddenly in
London.
The Italians have occupied a fresh
position in Abyssinia, supposed to be
Doucole, three miles north of Adigrat.
The Tigrines made but slight resist
ance.
China will seek a revision of the
treaties by which the treaty ports of
that country were thrown open to
trade. An increase of import duties is
desired.
There is tremendous excitement
throughout Cuba over the rumor that
the Bermuda has landed her men and
arms on the northern coast somewhere
east of Cardenas
London Truth claims to have evil
ton in his recent raid on the Transvaal
to capture President Kruger and over
throw the Boer government.
1t has been ascerta1nou that Presi
dent Hogeboom of the Eastman bank
of Little Rock took all the available re-
sources when he went east, ostensibly
to realize on the banks securities.
Tho Priticb will oil
an announcement in the house of COM
mons on Thursday of it's position to-
ward the Chartered South African COM
pany in view of recent developments
The position of the French in the
disputed territory of Guiana is in
creasingly precarious owing to the sup
port the squatters receive from the
Brazilian government. Many Brazil
ians are said to be entering the country
in dispute.
George Taylor, the condemned muir
derer, who recently escaped from jail
at Carroliton, Mo-, was seen and recog-
nized near there. He is reported to
have boarded train and gone to Kear-
ney, Neb.
Two crowned heads in Europe are
said to be in peril as a result of the
assassination of the Persian shah.
Humbert of Italy is reported to be one
Of the menaced monarchs; the other is
the sultan of Turkey.
About IS of the 800 Kansas City
plumbers and steamftters who went on
strike for an eight-hour day, have won
their point, the Kansas City Gas COM
pany having conceded the demands of
its men and taken them back
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

When George J. Haag, % Yeas OF
age, told the occupants of the Monarch
boarding house in Frisco that he be-
longed to a suicide club and would kill
himself when the proper time came,
they treated the matter as a joke.
When he took a dose of strycnnine in
the rooms of Mrs. Nellie Parker, who
was his spiritual guide to the other
world, they realized ne meant what he
had said. Haag was a quiet and good
natured young man who said little or
nothing to any one.
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ment, morally, for the women of the
country. There was to have been de-
partment of philanthropy, education,
charity, labor, domestic relations, law,
sciences, art, household economics and
history. This is only one of the gi-
gantic propositions which will be
placed before the convention.
The president Of the federation is
She is a native Of the pine tree state
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
WHAT WOMEN HAVE DONE FOR
MEN.

Miss Helen Gladstone, in an article
on admission of women to the Cam
bridge degrees, calls attention to the
fact that no fewer than six Cambridge
colleges were founded by women for
men-Clare, by Elizabeth de Burgh,
Countess of Charge; Pembroke, by
Marie de st. Paul, Countess OF Penn
broke; Queens, by Queen Margaret o.
Anjou; Christ's and St. Johns, by Lady
Margaret, Countess of Richmond, who
also founded a divinity professorship,
and Sidney Sussex, by Lady Francis
Sidney, Countess Of Sussex.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

Massage treatment in Japan is adj
ministered almost entirely by blind
persons. The reason is because in the
blind the sense of touch is more deli
cate than in persons blessed with sight
Pensions of Mexican and Indian war
veterans may be increased from So to
So per month.
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CLUB WOMEN GALORE
THE FEDERATION TO MEET IN
LOUISVILLE.
PROBLEMS FOR DISCUSSION

Various Questions of Importance That
Are tc Be Settled at This Time
Some OF the Noted Women Who
Figure in the Affairs Of the Fedora
ton
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

Bishop-Elect G. Mott Williams of
the Episcopal bishopric of Marquette
will be consecrated in Detroit on the
LIST of May. Bishop McLaren of Chi
cago will preach the sermon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

The German Lutheran Synod of Mis-
souri, opened at Fort Wayne, Ind.
, 1896-03-20
WANT THE U. p.
Vanderbilt and Depew Going to the
Coast.

New York, March l9.-Cornelius
Vanderbilt and Chauncey NJ. Depew
will start for the Pacific coast in a
private car Friday afternoon. With
them will go John Hone, jr.. a Wall
street broker. and Colonel George r.
Fearing of Newport . No route of
travel has been determined upon and
only a little of the details OF the trip
have not been decided.
The sudden departure of Cornelius
Vanderbilt, the executive head OF the
great Vanderbilt system of railways
for the Pacific coast, will be of inter-
est to railway men all over the coun-
try. That he will be accompanied by
Chauncey M. Depew is considered sig
nificant by some in the light of recent
rumors concerning the reported desire
Of the Vanderbilts to secure control OF
n of the Pacific railroads in order to
gain the through line o the coast.
, 1896-03-20
WOOLLY
High Old Drunk Half Seas
Over.

New York, March 19.-One of the
greatest orgies that ever took place on
h Atlantic ended today with the ar
rival at New York of the Atlantic
transport steamship Mobile from Lon
don. Thirty-two cattlemen from the
west had engaged passage home. Be-
fore the ship left the Thames the men
broke into the storeroom and took
three cases OF Irish and Scotch whisky.
AS soon as the ship reached the omen
sea the fun began. The men were soon
all fighting drunk. and they ran things
to III Themselves. Sailors who we're
sent below to quell the disturbance
we're thrown out and 1t became evident
that It was as much as life was worth
to attempt to check the Infatuated
men. Bottles. furniture, crockery and
all portable decorations were thrown
around the cabin. and finally the men
were locked below deck and allowed
to continue their debauch by them
selves. The men were arrested at the
pier. A direct proof that they stole
the whisky could not be furnished, and
they were allowed to go free, much to
the disgust Of the ships officers.
, 1896-03-20
THE HOUSE

Washington, March l9.-The CALLER
les of the house. despite the Indictment
weather outside. were well filled Today
in anticipation of the resumption OF
the debate on the resolutions to CEN
sure Ambassador Bayard, which were
called up Immediately after the read
ing of the journal.
Mr.. Trait, republican, of Ohio look
the floor in support of the resolutions.
When Mr.. Trait concluded. he yielded
a few minutes to Mr.. Grosvenor. re-
publican, of Ohio to reply to the re-
marks made by Mr.. McCreary yester-
day on General Schenck, while minis
ter to Great Britain, in connection
with the Emma mine and his author
ship of a volume entitled Rules of
Draw Poker"
Mr.. Grosvenor referred to General
Schenck's distinguished services in
time of war and peace. He could not
understand the purpose of the attack.
1t was not germane to the discussion.
Assuming that poker playing contra
vened the high stanard of morality set
up by the gentleman from Kentucky,
all tina was outside of his official con-
duct, and could not be made a ground
Of attack.
Mr.. McCreary said hat he had made
no attack on General Schenck. No one
could deny, however, hat his conduct
had been investigated.
Mr.. Grosvenor wanted to know rhnn
what the purpose was. If il was not IN
tended to assail the memory of a dead
man like a ghoul, then the utterances
of Mr.. McCreary were idle words. In
either case, Mr.. Grosvenor said. he was
here to defend him. In regard to the
Emma mine, the best proof of General
Schenck's good intentions were that he
himself invested large sums of money
in those stocks, and continued to pay
the assessment to the day of his death.
AS to the book on draw poker" he
had written out a few rules on the
great American game by request of a
friend, and had been, of course. very
much chagrined when public reference
to it had been made.
He abused no confidence when he
said that General Schenck told a friend
he knew just enough about poker al
ways to lose his money. As a poker
player, however, he desired to say that
he died without leaving an unpaid
poker debt.
In conclusion, Mr.. Grosvenor re-
hearsed General Schenck's career and
paid a glowing tribute to his service in
the army. in congress and in the diplo-
matte service.
Mr.. Pearson, republican, of North
Carolina followed. While Mr.. Pearson
was referring to protection and its VIC
tories Mr.. McCreary i%nterposed to ask
why he did not recall the elections of
1892, when Cleveland was reelected
and the Mckinley bill condemned?
Because the elections of 1892 are a
back number replied Mr.. Pearson.
The democrats elected in 1892 were
overwhelmingly re%pudiated in 1894.
and retired to private life. and the pro-
lection victory Of 1894 will be repeated
his year." Republican applause).
, 1896-03-20
|CLA|M THE HONORS.
Sharp Engagement Between
Maceo and Hernandez.
WEYLER MAY RESIGN.
Num- bers Of Persons Joining the
Ranks Of the Insurgents From
All Parts Of the Island and
From the Capital.

Havana, Cuba, March 19.-Maceo's
band, now concentrated in Pinar del
Rio, met the columns of Colonel Her.
nandez and Colonel Y%nolan, near Can
deleria, Tuesday. Maceo has been
Joined by Bandera. Altogether the in
surgents, nearly 5000 strong, opened
fire from dense thickets on the troops
under Colonel Hernandez IS the latter
was proceeding at a gallop. The Span
ish leader threw out a strong skirm-
ishing line. consisting Of the Tarifa
battalion and the Victoria squadron of
cavalry and artillery. The insurgents
were driven back, but rallied to the
second charge, their machetes in the
air. The Spanish troops mel the on
slaught firmly, and compelled their as
sailants to retreat a second time. In
the confusion the Spanish troops used
their bayonets, killing and %wounding
many Of the insurgents. Darkness
ended the hostilities. Maceo met with
a heavy loss.
The highest ranking Spanish officers
killed were Captain Torrojas and Cap
tain Guerrero. The total Spanish loss
was Sc killed and wounded. The en-
gagement was the most serious whiJI
has occurred, being no mere skirnish.
but a formidable contest of the oppos
ing forces.
The insurgents have disappeared
from the railway lines running to
Matanzas, ~Jovellanos, Union de los
Reyes. Batabano and Guanajay, and
trains proceeded to those points this
worning without obstruction for the
first time in many days.
The insurgents recently visited the
farm of John Fialo in Banta and de-
manded money. Being refused they
burned the house, out buildings and
ane fields. Many animals were des-
troyed. From different parts Of the
province of Havana come the stories
Of the destruction Of zane fields.
The insurgents have attacked the
village Of Camarioca, province OF
Matanzas, but were repulsed with a
loss of -four killed. In %retreating they
burned two wharves and the adjoining
warehouses, %plundered and burned a
dry goods store, and committed other
depredations. Near Bolondron, the
same band Of insurgents burned a rail-
road bridge and have destroyed by fire
a number of fields at Vista. Hermosa,
near Sabanilla. and about the village
Of Guadalupe, and the town of Alonzo
Rojas. The insurgents have burned
the splendid plantation houses and
machinery of San Leon. The import
ant village Of San Antonio de las We,
gas has been %plundered and burned,
with the exception Of Is houses. Two
fields of the plantation Of Toledo have
also been burned.
A report from Colonel Galbis says
his column caused Gomez a loss of 60
men near the river Palma, in Matan-
zas. La Cret and other insurgent lead
ers. with a following of 1900, are en-
camped on the plantation Of Magote,
Matanazas.
, 1896-03-20
CONGRESSIONAL
Cuban Debate In the Senate-rBayard
In the House.

Washington, March 19.-In the SEN
ate today, Mr.. Davis, republican, of
On territories, reported favorahiy the
bill to admit New Mexico to statehood.
Mr.. Sherman insisted at 70 80 on
going ON with the Cuban question, re-
sisting the opportunities of several
senators to take up the minor bills.
Mr.. Sherman stated that Mr.. Mills Of
Texas, who was entitled to the floor
on the Cuban debate. was sick in bed.
Mr.. Stewart Of Nevada was then rec
ognized in support of the Cuban reso-
buttons.
, 1896-03-20
WEYLER is PRACTICALLY
WHIPPED.

WEfLER Is PRACTICALLY
WHIPPED.
Madrid, March 19.-An interview
with General Weyler has been cabled
here in which he expresses surprise
at the charges made against him in the
United States, lin view of his great
prudence pending the settlement of
the settlement OF the question OF bel
ligerency."
The attitude OF the American con-
gress stops the normal development
ct the war. Numbers of persons are
Joining the insurgents from all parts
of Cuba, and from the capital. because
they hope that they will be recognized
as belligerents.
Weyler said that he Is confident of
the eventual success Of the Spanish
cause, but the contradictory demands
Of prudence and extreme measures,
combined with the difficulties arising
from the question Of belligerency and
the elections may compel him to re-
sign.