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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

2 M. VAUGHAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office III Gardeners brick block, Grand
Rapids, Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

B. l.. F. will give an excursion at Lake
Emily on Sunday, August 2nd. Tickets
will be on sale at VIM. H. Reeves fruit
stand in the post office building in this
city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

\ second hand Gents bicycle cheap at
Daly's Drug Store.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

Just received from New York the
finest line of Suspenders ever shown in
the Twin Cities, to be sold at about half
the usual prices, at Muir's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

Mrs. Jasper Crotteau, of Hotel Nc
Gregor, Stevens Point, was the guest Of
her daughters in Centralia Saturday
and Sunday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30
Taken Up.

J. W. COCHRAN, Petitioner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

Muir, the Shoe Man, had a full house
last Saturday after the bargains in that
9S cent assortment of shoes. Next Sat
urday is the last day to get them at that
price.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

Editor r. N. Kernighan, of the
Pittsville Pilot, and Guy Robinson
came to our town per bicycle Sunday to
attend the bali games.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

Y G. UNDERWOOD, ATTORNEY AT
LAW & SOLICITOR OF PATENTS.
107 Wisconsin Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
rEO. N. WOOD, REAL ESTATE, FIRE
AND LIFE INSURANCE. Office on east
end of bridge, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

Miss Miller, of Stevens Point, is
visiting in the city at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Ellis Kroner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

Insure your property against loss by
Wind. so cts per hundred for 3 years.
Taylor < Scott agts. Grand Rapids and
Centralia, Wis. June Is m 3
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

Messrs. John B. Arpin and w. S.
Buckley departed the latter part of last
week for Saw Pit, Colorado, where they
expect to stay about three weeks look
ing after mining interests there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13
CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL COM
MITTEE.

Mr. Butler. after this striking personal sue
ross was naturally chosen by his colleagues on
rhe National Committee to manage the Populist
Presidential campaign and meet and solve the
lnottv problems Of electoral fusion raised by
the dual nomination Of Watson and Sewall for
the Vice Presidency. Since assuming the lead
ership Of the party chairman OF It's National
and Campaign committees, the North Carolina
Senator has shown all his accustomed suOtiey
and adroitness. and in every clash of arms with
Chairman Jones and the Democratic managers
Of the Joint reputation canvass mas come OH
with nving colors At the outset when the Ne
braska BOY Orator seemed TO be carrying every
thing before him In the West ana South MT.
Butler PLAYED cautious, waiting game win ms
noliticaI allies After the frost" Of Bryans UNI
lucky Madison Square Garden experiment. me
North Carolina Senator's programme untoded
itself more openly. At the beginning Of the cam
paign Mr. Jones had emphatcally refused TO rec
nanjze Watson as a Nice-P Presidential candidate.
or to discuss terms Of equitable electoral fusion
with the Popusts. Mr.. Watson ana MS S'uth-
ern followers the Arkansas Senator picturesque
l.. declared could go 10 the negroes. where they
belong" After Bryans detected retreat from
his invasion" Of the East. the Democratic chair
man saw a new light. He had formerly protested
warmly against any formal notification 70 Mr.
BRYAN OF his nomination by the ST Louis Con
vention Mr.. Watson, secretly supported D! MI
Butler had been persistently demanding that me
notification be made week or two ago MI
LONGS Mr. BRYAN and the Democratic managers
generally surrendered and ii was agreed that
The ROY Orator should openly accept the noIni-
nation offered him by the Populist party. Gradu-
olIv also Mr. Jones has Withdrawn his objections
~ electoral fusion and with his sanction re-
Iuctant or otherwise. partition OF electors win
the Popullsts has been recently accomplished III
a number Of States
HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD SEWALL.
That Mr. Butler has had in mind from the be-
shining Of the canvass the ultimate aim OF fore
,nr soyau from the field and securing general
fusion on Bryan and Watson electors cannot be
d,,,h,ed and recen: events encourage the belief
that as the campaign proceeds he VIII be- more
and more able to enforce that reasonable and
,,eical demand \ hint to Mr. Buffers secret
,,rrroses is conveyed In this letter written to
Maine Populist nearly month ago psIo'e eve"
h. Ervan notification had been agreed on
Sentiment is now rapidly changing to watson
NOT only among Western Populsts' nut among
D,,,bern Democrats in a most gratifying way.
W should do nothing Of doubtful proprley
milo matters are thus happily shaping them
s,I,.es in our favor. A little later II Is prop
aLie mar we can take action about the no'ih-
- ion ~ our candidates at time wheh tne
eorct and results will be- most salutary IN IN.
roean time let Us keep prominently me iuea INA.
prvan and Watson Is the cooperative I'm,
nat all good silver men OF all parties shouu
support ,.,..a nm the exigencies
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Iloyd Company scheduling an all -year-round
service to Gibraltar and Genoa, and making x con
ncct with their line that runs TO Egypt and Port
Said They did more than that. They arranged TO
give 10 passengers by the southern route StOp-oNer
checks al Gibraltar so that they might take run
through Spain and returning take the next steamer
and 20 on 10 Genoa. Then the scheme Of travel was
.la borafed once more. that now the tourist can
,raXei TO Genoa and after doing the Continent ne
can 90 20 Bremen and there take snip for New
York over the same line Inc Ems was ADDED 10
,ba service 80 that now there Is a weekly sailing.
The traffic increased fast and was vsibly 80
profitable that the Hamburg American Line took II
IN i'm 1904 on competitive lines. and year later the
two comtau.- came together 80 as 10 Work IN mar
rnony for the better accommodation Of the incr"as-
ifv of the trip that In 1892 the North German SHIPS
carrod nearly three thousand passengers. ana 4
v.ar later over TWO thousand. although the panic
". on The next year the total reached nearly
four thousand and last year the hard times reduce"
1, once rlO-e 10 a little less than tNrr" thousand.
hut The Hamburg Amer ican took more than tive We
hundred passengers between October ana March
and In addition carried nearly 80 on two Of it, p"
radical excursions TO III. Orient These excursions
h,,e h.com. features OF travel which are AZ once
dos not wish 20 be- bothered with passports and
customs examinations Of baggage. ana the IN
diro,fore ar. that larger crowds than eyer before
viii hn found on the october ships for the Medi-
~ To- hin, f. cutting Doth ways now. too The
ytrou.an T. getting even with the American tourist
bv touring this way The Hamburg American ofii-
cigrs har, arranged for excursion steamers Whirl
ieav. Genoa for the West Indies. coming 10y way or
,c.u--Vork Passengers board have an oppOr-
tunity II seeing this city both ways OF IN, NoyHE"
ard E.rc th. ship is usually joined by an American
contingent DESTROYS Of seeing the beauties OF the
e,,rihi,an when the North Is wrapped IN It's man
tIo of white and crusted with frost
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OF rival parties In North Carolina for his own po-
lltcal advancement, and he is just as likely
TO play successfully now on the increasing neces-
stiles and embarrassments Of the Democratic
managers for that measure OF Populst recog-
nton which ne sets before his Maine correspond
ent-fusion on Bryan and Watson everywhere as
the cooperative ticket that all good silver men
Of all parties should support" Whatever may
be the result Of the pending Presidential cam
paign the young North Carolina Senator prom
Uses to emerge from II with a reputation for po-
litcal deXterity and tenacty Of purpose justly
enhanced and pOpularzed and credit in the
field Of National politics vastly improved.
Mr.. Butler still retains the editorship or his
newspaper THE Caucasian whose publication
Office has recently been moved to Raleigh. the
CAPITAL Of North Carolina Mr. Butler assures
the public in his autobiography in The Congress
sonal Directory" that THE Caucasian mas
probably the largest circulation and is one OF
the most influential papers in the state Mr.
Butler has spent small a portion OF his time
In Washington that he is comparatively an un-
known figure yet in the political and sociai
life OF the capital
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What more natural than that the impuisive anu
always somewhat indiscreet Queen should sho"
him her private correspondence with her reia-
tives at the various courts In Europe. ana occa-
sionally communicate the true views OF her hus
band and Of his Government to the one frieho
whom she regarded capable Of comprenenoihs
her-for like so many other minor poets she
considers herself misunderstood she couio
not conceive that he had any thought oeyoho
his exquisite sonnets and his dellcatey turned
epigrams.
II was only too late-namely. at the time OF the
great scandal IT. connection with the Bulgarian
problem. known as the forged letter affair lin
which the Russian Ambassador at Paris Prince
Ferdinand Of Bulgaria. the King and queen Ok
Rumania the Countess of Flanders at Brus-
sells and Princess Waldemar Of Denmark AT 90
penhagen were concerned)-that the queen At
length realized the fact that NJ. HitroVos au-
miration for her somewhat tiresome muse "aS
altogether subordinated to his sense OF duty '"
his Imperial master at St Petersburg, ana '"ae
moreover the apparently indoent courier hao
been all along in reality the guiding mana ana
moving spirit Of that vast and intricate network
Of Diplomatic intrigue which, with the object OK
Outstanding Rumania as well as the e"'"'
southeast Of Europe extended even 20 Hungary
bian States.
Queen Elizabeth OF Rumania may however,
console herself by the assurance that she IL Ia.
from being the only royal lady who mas 10 pu.
the matter in plain language Deen IT,.
by a foreign Ambassador OF statesman: mus
there is the now-widowed Empress Eugenle'
who must certainly sympathize with her Ku-
manian Majesty. Throughout the last decads
of the reign Of Napoleon III the Ambassadors
OF Germany, Austria and Italy made IL theiI
duty T. pay particular homage TO Eugene Hoe
so much as Empress as in her quaH,y Oh
very beautiful and charming woman. vi the
three only one namely the Prussian count Won
der GoltZ was really in love with the fair SPAN
lard and his nfatuatiOn was source OF per
petual ridicule from Prince Bismarck. ana even
from many If the members Of the Iuheries.
Possessed Of neither the personal STaceS no,
vet Of the intellectual gifts Of his Italian ana
Austrian colleagues. he was tolerated Dy the
Empress with sort of contemptuous III.
diligence and she used 10 speak Of him in sort
of pitying way as that poor Won der GoltZ' as
If really lamentlng the hopeless passion whicn
she had involuntaiily inspired in his breast.
Fortunately, perhaps. all things considered ne
died before the final crash came. But when
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back to manage the farm and assist in support
Ing a large and dependent family. For three
years he taught school and incidentally pursued
his law studies In 1883, when twentv-five wears
old. he entered politics. joining the newly organ
lied Farmers Alliance. His first s;eu toward
securing political power was the purchase Of n
country weekly newspaper. published at Clinton
and known as The Clinton Caucasian" While
still Democrat and acknowledging the force of
Democratic authority. in spite OF his active in
terest In the Alliance movement, he became a
candidate for the State Senate and was elected
for two-year term in 1890. In the Legislature
he became the leader Of the Alliance forces and
pushed himself to the front by his industry ard
holiness His services We're recognized and re-
wardcd by an election in 1891 as president OF the
State Farmers Alliance. 4 reelection to this
office followed in 1872. In 1893 he was promoted
to be vioe-president of the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union, and the year fol-
lowing he attained the presidency, formerly held
by Polk OF the National body.
Mr.. Cleveands denomination at Chicago. I'm
lSS2. drove him definitely out of the Democratic
party, and he took prominent part in the man
agement of the Populist campaign that year in
North Carolina. Mr.. Cleveland received for the
Presidency that fall l32.3J1 votes. to 100 $40
for General Harrison and A 132 for General
list vote would have carried the State against
the Democratic candidate. But all projects Of
union were defeated that year by the Obstnacy
and indifference Of the chairman Of the Hcpubll
State COMMITTEE. - no headed faction Of
non progressive, office seeking Republicans.
Butler, on the one hand. and the more intelligent
Republican leaders on the other, realized the
necessity and advantages of fusion and set
about to secure II. BY 1894 the date Of the next
general election, plans for union were so ma
tured that factiOnal opposition in the Repubi-
can ranks unequal to preventing it. Mr.
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entire thoughts were centred on croquet
which was all the rage. while his accomplished
wife was popularity believed 70 have no soul
above quaint and queer teal OTIS. There are
those who remember the British Envoy. Sir
Harry Parks laughing outright at the sugges-
ton that NJ de Strive was engaged in some kind
Of negotiation Of a secret character with the
Mikados Government sure did he feel Of the
frivolity and Incidence Of his Russian colleague
Yet one fine day Sir Harry received a very
sharp rap upon the knuckles from the Foreign
Office in London for having neglected TO inform
the latter in due time that a treaty had been
quietly concluded at Toxic under his very nose
between Japan and Russia by NJ de Strive. ac-
cording to the terms of which Russia obtained
in exchange for the barren Kurile Archipelago
the important island of Saghalien. by reason Of
its rich coal beds and great mineral wealth.
ell as on account Of its proximity to the main
land of incalcuable importance to Russia's en-
pire In the far orient Indeed, in the event Of
war with England. the possession of Saghalien
would enable Russia TO keep her Pacific squad
rcn fully supplied with coal of her own mining
instead OF being dependent upon what she might
get or not get in neutral ports While here in this
country NJ de Strive was successful In COM
mittinc the former Cleveland Administration to
an extradtion treaty OF the most extraordinary
character. containing terms such as no mon
archical power in Europe would ever have
dreamed Of conceding 10 the Car And there IS no
doubt that the treaty would have been ratified
had It not been for the fact that the late Step
MAX" and some Of his Russian friends on both
sides OF the Atlantic called the attention Of the
newspapers just in time TO the extent To which
it's spirit contrary to American ideas and
principles.
Count Kapnlst Ambassador at Vienna
whom some people persist In regarding as des-
tined to succeed Prince Lobanon as Minister OF
Foreign Affairs is believed in the Austrian CANT
tai 10 be devoted to music to the exclusion Of
diplomacy ard in the same way Carmen sylvia"
the poet Queen Of Rumania. was positive for a
long time that the late NJ. Hirovo who has lust
died very suddenly at st. Petersburg had no
interest in life poetry A natural son of
Car Nicholas l. much OF whose handsome and
commanding preser he had inherited Hitrovo
was in every sense Of the word grand seign-
eur" to the tips OF his fingers. His poems are
widely read and popular throughout Russia. the
Panslavist streak and peculiarly patriotic vein
which runs through them all being attributable
In a great Measure to his close and intimate asso-
citation and friendship with the famous General
Skobeler While stationed at Bucharest he was
a daily and welcome visitor at the Royal Palace
and strong bond OF sympathy and friendship
sprang up between the poet Queen and the poet
Ambassador thoroughly conhding on the part
OF Her Majesty Dut always subordnated to his
duty to the Car on the part Of the diplomat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13

ar ~ POWER AS A POLITICAL AGTTAToR
.,o,v NE ovERTHREw THE BOURBON DE-
MocRACY IN NORTH CAROLINA AND
prrAME THE LEADER OF THE
POPULST NATIONAL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13
4 PHYSICIANS NOVEL DEVICE.

From The London Globe
The carrier pigeon has been put 10 many uses
s,,ch Tor instance as making known the results OF
roces and elections 10 people living NJ distance
pnt a doctor in Scotland has extended It's utility in
a remarkable way. lie has a large and scattered
nractIce and We gather from The Medical Prosa
and Circular that when he goes on long rounds he
carries a number OF pigeons with him II he finds
that some OF his patients require medicine at once
ne writes out prescriptions. and by means Of the
pigeons forwards Them TO his surgery. Here an as
sistant gets the messages prepsSas the prescrlp-
lions and dispatches the medicine. H. after VISIT
ing patient the doctor thinks he Will be required
later IN the day, he simply leaves pigeon. which
Is employed 10 summon him II necessary TO this N.
terprisng physician the keeping OF carrier pigeons
means . saving VI time. expense and l.har
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13

the overcoming eXactions of the Popuist die
tator The latest news dispatches from North
Carolira announce that a Populist- Republican
fusion has been accomplished on nominations for
all state officers. except the Governorshp and
Lieutenant Governorship. as well as on legs-
lative candidates and nominees for Congress.
Negotiations for Populist- Democratic fusion on
electors are still in progress. and ii is probable
that before the campaign ends n complete Bryan
Sewall. Bryan-Watson electoral ticket will be put
in the field. As things stand. however, both Re-
publican and Democratic organizations seem 10
be fulfilling the humble functions OF rival tall
pieces TO Mr.. Buffers political kite.
MIR. BUTLER AND THE ST. LOUIS CON
VENTION.
The Popullst National Convention at st. Louis
last July gave Mr. Butler the first chance to dis
play his talents in a broader political field. The
nomination Of William J. Bryan by the Chicago
Convention two weeks earlier had left the Popu-
list leaders in a quandary. They might with some
show of plausbty. have refused TO indorse
Bland Boies Mclean or even Teller as a Presi-
dental candidate and have proceeded to put in
the field a Presidential ticket of their own But
with Bryan's Populist record and affiliations and
his known sympathy with the vagaries set forth
IN every Populist National platform. his indorse-
ment by the ST. Louis Convention was a foregone
necessity The tide toward Bryan had. indeed.
set in so strongly In the great Populist states OF
the West and Northwest that II was feared the
Convention would be stampeded into accepting
the Chicago tiCke' in its entirety thus virtually
surrendcring the party'S autonomy ana disrupt
ING its National organization. The POpulis' dele
gates on assembling at ST. Louis, found them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13
Willy DIPLOMATS.
AMBASSADORS WHO HAVE FOOLED
EXPRESSES AND QUEENS.

LOVEMAK1NG AS A MASK FOX fObill'NH ~
TRIGUE-THE ASSUMED INCIDENCE or
THE RUSSIANS
popularity about Russias ENJOYS who are
admittedly pre-eminent above diplomats OF every
other nation (save. perhaps the graduates OF the
Vatican College Of Nobes) in tteir particular
calling is that they appear to the general pup
lie TO be the LATEST. most indOlent and alto
gether frivolous creatures conceivable Nhile
the ambassadors of other nations affect as rule
to be burdened with cxtraN agant amount OF
work and responsibility. and to be filed, hGu-
rativey speaking. 20 the very brim with state
secrets of paramount: importance. their Musco-
vite colleagues invariably convey the impress
sion that they have nothing whatever to DO
that they are incapable Of treating anything
relating to official matters with the seriousness
that 1t demands. and that they are complete
~ absorbed by some hobby, or "grande passion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13
~ THESE CONrrSED TIMES

From The Washington Star
Somebody TO see you, sir said the office boy to
the EDITOR.
What kind OF a man
81 can't say for sure.
Where your eyes Haven you any
powers OF observation
Yes sir. But I've guessed wrong so often that
I'm afraid to try any more Times are getting so
now that Won can't tel by the way man wears
his hair whether he's d poet or a PopulisL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13

Butler had become supreme in Populist councils.
and he had drawn to his assistance IT. working
out plan Of cooperation most Of the represen-
tative Republican leaders from the Western or
white counties Of the state.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13

Thus up to the time when. few months ago
the late Prince Lobanoff accepted the office or
Minister Of Foreign Affairs at st. Petersburg
none of those who had known him as Ambassa-
dor successfully at Constantinople. in London
AMI at Vienna ever dreamed that he had any
interes. in life save his cult for Mary stuart
Queen Of Scots hobby 10 which he devoted an
immense amount of time and money. They
looked upon him as a sort Of literary dilettante
as an epcure. and above all as a determined
fo, to everything in the nature Of hard work
Indeed he gave the idea that the very aspect
of any one engaged in arduOus labor was suiii-
cient to fill him with sense of fatigue and that
he could not imagine how any object or aim
could be worthy OF exertiOn. Yet the world has
since had occasion to discover by the marvellous
pciitical results which he achieved for Russia
that no one was a harder worker than this
princely sybarite who has now gone TO his rest
Another instance Of a similar kind was that
Of NJ de Strive, for so many years Muscoyite
Envoy at Washington. Prior 10 that he was
Minister to Japan. 1t was the firm conviction of
the entire European colony at Toxic that his