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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
BULLETS FLY IN PLANTATION .
During a Playful Demonstration One
Saloonkeeper Shoots Another.

Milwaukee, Oct. 30.-Bullets flew in
the Plankinton house bar-room yes
terday morning and when the bonn
bardment was over two of the missiles
had found Judgment in the person of
Byron Evans, proprietor of the Orien
tai saloon, So Third street. The
shooting was done py William Schlicht
of Sheboygan, a saloonkeeper who has
very wide acquaintance among the
sports and men about town in Mil
waukee. Four shots were fired, and
Evans was hit in the thigh and the
foot, but he is not dang erously hurt.
Both men were maudlin drunk when
the shooting occurred and Officer Ber-
dine, who was summoned to the bar
room, took them both into custody
and transported them to the central
police station. They were found to be
IN so complete a state of intoxica ton
that no intelligent statement could be
got from either, and the police sent
them 70 be sobered off, one to a cell
and the other 10 the Emergency hospi-
tai.
The remarkable thing about the af-
fair is that it was apparently all in
tended as a joke. Evans and Schlicht
had been out making a night of it, and
about $50 o'clock yesterday morning
turned up at the Plankinton. They
were fOoling at The bar, after adding a
few drinks to their already full quota,
and Evans lay down on the floor.
Schlicht thereupon drew a revolver
from his pocket and executed a sort
of war dance about his PROSTATE
friend, at the same time blazing away
with the revolver like a cowboy. APP
parently it was his intention to see
how close he could come to shooting
Evans without actually hitting him.
The playful demonstration had been
completed, and another bottle of wine
was about to be drunk, when Evans
discovered that he had been shot.
Then his friend Schiicht became great
ly excited. The police refused TO &C
cept the friendly frolic explanation as
a sutlClent excuse, and placed SchIicht
under arrest, but as Evans refuses to
prosecute, the Sheboygan man will
doubtless be released
Mrs. Cora Gabrielle Smith, a we'll
known actress, and Fred. NJ. Ranken
of New York were married in Cleye-
land.
Bit by bit the immensely valuable
real estate in Denver once owned by
Senator Tabor has passed out of his
possession, till now the only property
standing in his name consists of six
teen lots surrounding the family
homestead. This, too, will go to
creditors under a foreclosure There
are two mortgages on it, amounting,
with interest, to $4,000, and the
house and land will hardly realize
that amount. Not long ago Senator
Tabor was ranked among Colorado's
richest men, but misfOrtunes of va
rious kinds have left him practice Nv
penniless.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05

And so you're going to London to
marry this gentleman, are your"
1t flashed across me as he asked the
question that if could satisfy him he
would give UP all thought of further
pursuit, and / determined to tell him a
he. But, before I could speak, Mr..
Eaves's broad hand came over the
back Of the seat and found mine. |
could hear the heavy pants of his
heart, and l knew what my answer
would mean to him Then suddenly
my courage came to NE, and / did not
lie, but dropped my head and said
"4es"-and meant it.
That's the object of the journey,
sergeant" said Mr.. Vaughan, and |
could tell from his tone that he meant
it, too. Let the men drink a health
to the happy couple
So saying, he handed the sergeant
guinea, and the sergeant saluted and
rode off.
She shan't go without a good join
ture, Eaves,' said Mr. Vaughan, as
We drove on.
"Oh, sir, you're surely not going to
make me-" I began, but he interrupt
ed me.
What, Mary! havn't We all passed
our words that you ana Eaves are to
be wed, and would you make us out
liars? No, no, say no more. 1t shall
be-"
And it was. We slept at an inn that
night, and the next day Mr.. Vaughan
took me to stay with his sister in a
great square by Montagu house. Be
fore the week was over, at the great
church in the New read, l was made
Mrs. John Eave5 and the happiest
woman in the world.
This farmhouse and a hundred
acres of freehold land about it were
my marriage portion, and here we
have lived and brought up our child
dren, and here in This present year of
grace I shall once again see my dear
friends, my loved mistress and her
husband, and I shall hear from them
the story of their lives since we parted
that night Is years ago, when they
rode off to escape the hue and cry
Marshall Steele in the New York
Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
MONEY IN RUSSIA.
Uncle Sans Minister Gives Results
Of His Investigations.

Washington, Oct 29.-In answer
to the state departments circular call
ing for information as to money and
wages in foreign countries United
States Minister Breckenridge at ST.
Petersburg has submitted very
elaborate report of the Russian inan-
cial system and it's workings. He
shows that that standard for many
years has been Of fuctuating paper,
measured externally in terms of gold
at Per oapita circulation of about
IS. Man acturers have long been
stimulate by a protective tariff as
well as by the ability Of manufacturers
to pay workrnen approximately on the
scale Of wages in the cheaper money
OF the present system. Still the
growth of manufactures, while con-
siderable, has not been as marked as
would be expected from these advant-
ages: though II lines most congenial
to the people the growth has been
great and the profits enormous Not
word is heard favorable to the con-
dition of agriculture; the universal
testimony is that there is an extreme
depression and the wages of agricul-
tural laborers have had in the main
downward tendency. AS to factory
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
CREAM CITY NUPTIALS.
Daughter of Gen. Wipkler WEEDS DR..
HitZ.

Milwaukee, Oct. 29.-The marriage
of Miss Louise Dorothea Winkler,
daughter of Gen. and Mrs. f. G..
Winkler, and DR.. Henry B. Hitz was
solemnized last evening at the resi-
dence of the brides parents. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Ed
win G. Richardson. The bride wore
a white satin gown and carried
shower bouquet. Miss Mabel Wag-
gener of Atchison, Kan, former
classmate of Miss Winkler at st.
Mary's school, knoxville, H., was the
maid Of honor. DR.. Seaman was the
best man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
FREE

With love dead, why hold you
To duty's harsh debt,
Sole link that now binds you
To one you'd forget?
From bondage grown irksome,
From letters that gall,
I free you. Will Memory,
Too, give up her thrall?
A grave lies between US
You dug that grave deep;
Each day fresh clods DER it
Still higher you heap.
Yet ghosts of the dead, dear,
Come back while mel sleep,
In hearts that were oEce theirs
Their vlrgils keep.
Tho new loves await you,
Your heart to entwtne,
The arms wreathed around you
In dreams will be mine.
Dead Joy, that you murdered,
Lies buried-and yet
While ghosts haunt mems slumbers,
Dear, can you forget?
M. n. B.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
EVERY PATRIOT SHOULD VOTE"
Chairmen Jones and Faulkner Issue
an Election Statement.

Washington, Oct. 30.-A statement
was issued last night signed by Chair
man Jones of the national democratic
committee and by Chairman Faulkner
of the democratic congressional COM
mittee, calling on every patriot to
cast his vote on election day and re-
main at the polls until the result is
announced thereby defeating the pur-
pose of "corruptionists' to purchase
the absence of voters at he polls.
The address further says hat 1T is
known that the citizen who fails to
vote, unless prevented by extreme i'll
ness, has either been purchased by
money Of the corruptionists or is
otherwise unworthy to be called an
American citizen"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
THE GEYSERS DYING OUT.

W. w. Wylie Of Helena, Mont, who
has spent more years in the Yellow
stone National park than any other
ran, says: 1.-THE geysers are gradual
ly lessening in activity. AS compared
with sixteen years ago 1 should say
there is not more than one-half the
activity in the upper basin. l believe
there will be few if any geysers in fifty
years from now. There are more
bears in the park than ever known,
and they rob tourists, who cannot
shoot them, numerically. Chicago
Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
LADY SOMERSET'S PLEDGE.
She's Willing TO Give a Personal
Bond in Behalf of Armenians.

New York, Oct. 29.-Lady Henry
Somerset yesterday cabled Assistant
Commissioner of immigration Nc
Sweeny, at Ellis Islands: Il make
the declaration that I will give a per-
sonal bond in case of any Armenians
who arrived on the OLDHAM or Cali
fornia likely to become public charges
and I will be answerable for the re-
moval from the United States of such
persons" Commissioners Senner
and McSweeny have arranged with
Mrs. Fessenden of the w. c. T. U. Of
Massachusetts, to admit 100
of the 270 Armenian immigrants ON a
bond procured by Mrs. Fessenden N
Boston that that number of immd-
grants shall not become public
charges
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
HOUSE AND LOT FOR BRYAN.

Chicago. Oct. 30.-W. NJ Hoyt has
made a present of house and two lots
in Lincoln, Neb., to William J. Bryan
as his contribution to the democratic
campaign fund Mr. Bryan, on re-
ceiving the title to the property,
turned it over to Senator Jones, who
sold at once. They are said to be
worth $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05

wages, the minister, after submitting
copious official tables, remarks that
the wages in Russia have undergone
little or no change for thirty years
and there is no record of their being
affected by the great changes in the
purchasing power of the paper ruble,
the medium If payment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
COCHRAN SHOUTED DOWN.
Tried in Vain to Get Hearing at
Norfolk, Va.

Norfolk, Va, Oct 30.-Bourke
Cochran tried for an hour and a half
to speak at the armory hall here yes
terday afternoon but foUr-fifths of his
hearers were free silver men and re-
fused to let him proceed. His voice
was continually drowned by cheers for
Bryan, and Kisses for Cochran. Mayor
Mayo made an appeal for orde~. The
mayors words were well received, but
when Cochran commenced speaking
again the audience again resumed its
noisy outbreaks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
SPANISH MINISTER BACK.
His Call on Onley Not Considered
Significant.

Washington, Oct. 30.-The Spanish
minister, Dupuy de LONE, has
returned to Washington after
a three months summer va
cation and yesterday called on
Secretary Olney at the state depart
ment. It is understood that the call
was without special significance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
CIVIL SERVICE ABUSES
Federal Employees Held Up for Al
legged Campaign Contributions.

Washington, Oct. 29.-There are a
score or more of complaints of po-
litical assessments on employees in the
federal offices now on file awaiting the
action of the civil service commits
sion. Most of the changes affect Of
fees in the west, though there are
relatively a large number of them in
the east. AZ Pittsburg a complaint
alleges that circulars have been for
warded to letter carriers and other
employees in Allegheny county theat-
ening dismissal unless the recipients
make campaign contributions. All
of these cases will be considered by
the commission together as soon as
possible and test case for vindica-
ton of the civil service law will be
selected and vigorously prosecuted.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-28
IN THE OIL FIELDS.
Ths weekly Well shl Decreasing I'm II.
III Production.

Production.
sIsTERsvILLE. W. Va. Feb. 81
The Lloyd Weekly well has been stead
Ay falling OF IN production since the
night after u was drilled in and is now
reported to be making between sevnty-
hve and eighty barrels an hour and
still decreasing, It seems doubtful now
II this well will make as good well
as either the Kyle or Builman wells.
The Fisher OIL Company will com.
meuce spuddlng at It's No. . on the
Judge farm Ia day or two.
II Is Understood that the Eastern OIL
cosnpany's we'll on the Ross farm.
weAeh reached the sand last night. will
probably make q twenty-five barrel
day well.
FlnnIgau. Wilson & Company have
drilled their No. on the HenSel farm
ard II Is reported to be making twenty
Ave barrels q day. This well Is In ohe
peIst district.
Tho Fisher Oh Company has erected
A derrick on the McCausland farm and
will commence BpIddlng Just as soon as
they can get connected up.
No. Furbee. which was drilled deep
er by the Victor OH & Gas Company.
IN hope OF increasing Its production, ls
now making about thirty barrels day.
The Carter OIL Company Is rigging up
ON she Merle farm and should be ready
10 commence spudding Saturday
No. s Pfel belonging to She Fisher OIL
Comr,aay will commence drilling about
me first OF the coming week.
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coNsTANT1NoPIE. Feb. 27-Ea-
GuErIcs made here seem to establish the
fact that there is no truth in the story
from this cay. published In the Daily
News OF London. to-day. that on Feb
ruary Il, the first day OF the Ramadan
festival, the Turks surrounded the Ar
men4anS quarter IN Marsovan. order
ed the ArTnenians 20 accept Islam,a and
killed 100 who refused to do 50. Mr.
Milo A. Jcwett, the United States con-
sui at Slvas, passed Through Marsovan
recently. and telegraphed that he was
proceeding to his post. thus indicating
that Marsovan IS tranquil. The am
bassadors OF the powers have made
representations to the porte regarding
the precarious situation at Alntab. AS
Iatic Turkey.
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All Rlnekhurn 70 Wlthars,v.

FRANKFORT, KY, Feb; 27.--A reso-
luton has been prepared by the gold
standard Democrats who have been
supporting Senator ]. C. S. Blackburn
for reelection TO the United States SEN
ate. asking his withdrawal. A caucus
will be held on Monday and some other
candidate selected. The gold men have
assurance from Judge Petrie and from
two other Republicans that they Will
Join the Democrats at any time In an
effort 10 elect gold standard Demo-
crat, and they call on Senator Black
burns personal followers to unite with
them In an effort TO induce Blackburn
TO withdraw from the race. The thirty
first ballot resulted as follows; Black
burn 60; Hunter g.; Carlisle 5; Holt 3;
Colson 1; Bate !.
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CHICAGO. Feb. n.-wIlllam H. Pear
son, known as one OF the youngest ex-
pert telegrapher operators in the west,
held n long conversation with Manager
Steiner, OF the Hyde Park morgue, In
which he practically made all arrange
ments for having his body embalmed.
told him he was going to commit sui
eide, then went to the home of his
cousin, and. locking all the doors. adj
justed gas tube 10 burner. turned
on the gas. swallowed Ave grains OF
morphine, lay down on his bed. and
putting the other end OF the tube In his
mouth quickly ended his life.
The startling sudden death OF his wife
is assigned as the cause.
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HIAr Avn STORMS
Playing Havoc In Australia Eighty Gases
OF sunstroko In One Day.


VANCOUVER, b. c.. Feb. 27.-The
Canadian Australian steamer MIowera,
from Sydney. brings news OF great suf.
tering and loss OF property In Australia
by the extraordinary climatic condl-
tons. There is unprecedented heat on
land and an excessively high death
rate from sun stroke, eighty corpses
being buried in Sydney In one day. Ter
rifle storms prevailed along the coast.
Crops in u great many localities have
been ruined Herds OF stocks are starv-
Ing and dying for want OF water. and
there Is distressing array OF marine
casualties reported.
The town OF Murrurundl was almost
entirely destroyed by an electric storm.
Il was night when the storm struck
there. The whole country for thirty
minutes was aHame with balls OF fire
and scillInatlng sparks OF light. on
the Queensland coast the storm was
OF awful violence. At midnight on jan
uary 20 the steamer Glanworth was
driven on the rocks on Gladstone. There
were 100 people on board. The crew
with n splendid display of courage and
obedience. abandoned the vessel with
some eightv-fve passengers. landing
them safely at the light house. The
vessel Is total wreck.
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st.n,,nv sim. for M,,,ien, ce,,,gs..

SEATTLE. Wash. Feb. T..-A local
official OF the Pacific Steamship Com
pany makes the statement that bodies
OF human beings are being systemati.
cally snntched from the cemeteries OF
this city and sent as Surgery subjects
and for scientific purposes 10 medical
colleges In San Francisco. At least two
corpses, he asserts. were shipped 70 the
Pacific coast metropolis via the stssm-
er Walla walla on her last trip. They
were enclosed In rough wooden boxes
and labelled merchandise. The officials
declined TO go into the details. but In
timated that this grave robbery enter
prise had been carried on for months.
The authorities are investigating the
matter
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p. q 0. ALL RIGHT.
President cowsn Denies that the CONF
many will DEFAULT March 1.

=
psny will Default March I.
NEW YORK, Feb. T-Prcsldent j.
X. cowen, OF the Baltimore q Ohio
Railroad Company states that far
from there being any foundation Of the
adverse reports made in New York to-
day in regard to the AFFAIRS OF the COM
pany. the facts are that the experts
have finished their examination and
find the condition as represented by the
board OF directors. that the securities
In hand against the floating debt are
ample. and the plan for the rehanilita.
tlon OF the company has progressed so
far aa to meet with the approval OF the
directors and will be ready for an
nouncement In very short time.
There Is no truth in the rufnor thar
the Baltimore G. Ohio Will default
March !. The negotiation for the col
lateral trust loan intended to take care
OF the floating debt and provide new
capital for the needs OF the company
ha We progressed very favorably up TO
the present point and neither the mem
berS Of the syndicate nor the officials
OF the company see any reason why
isfactory basis.
Tne rtimors regarding Mr.. Little's re-
port are unfounded. as Mr.. Little mere
~ confirms the statements made In the
report OF the company's accounting Of
ficers as OF February I. 1895. Mr. Lit.
ties examination confirms that report
both as TO the amount OF indebtedness
and as 20 the condition OF the prop
erty. The alarming atatements as to
this report are untrue as they show
nothing as to the floating debt ana net
and gross income beyond what has al
ready been shown by the coTnpany's
accounting officers. Mr.. Lfttle's exami-
nation was intended for the purpose
q satisfying the syndicate as TO the
correctness OF the accounts OF Febru-
airy !, 1896"
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ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. H.
Michael Thomas shot his wife. Mary,
three times Mt their home here to-day
and then crushed her head In by blow
with an axe. Thomas then fed the
house, pursued by the police. who lost
sight OF him. Subsequently he was
found in ditch with his throat cut.
He may live. but the wife will die.
Jealousy caused the deed.
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cRIsF1ELD. Md. Feb. 27-Three
young children OF Nelson Parker were
burned to death here to-day. They
vsere left In q locked room while their
mother went to a neighbours on nm or
rnnd. The father. who was cutting
wood in a nearby grove. saw smoke
Issuing from the windows but by the
tIme he rcached the house 1t was n
mass OF flames and escape was lmpos-
gible. The Oldest OF the children was
four years old. the Fecond two years and
thn nihAr four mOnthA.
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WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. 27.-M.
R. shanklin. who has been In the en-
ploy OF the senate since 1861. died at his
home In Virginia last night, after q
lingering illness. He was at the time
OF his death one Of the executive clerks
OF the senate. His death was the cause
OF the circulation OF unfounded reports.
first that Senator voorhees,. OF Indiana,
was dead and next that Gil Shanklin.
the the veteran Indiana politician and
newspaper man. had died at the sena-
tors house.
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NEW YORK, Feb. GA special from
st. Petersburg says: Repeated tele-
grams have been sent to 1rkutsk to the
agent OF the Russian telegraphic news
agency, which first sent out the reports
respecting DR.. Nansen. to obtain the
exact wording OF the letter supposed to
have been received from the explorer.
of which the agent telegraphed only a
vngue summary. The messages, how
ever, remained unanswered.
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CHICAGO, Feb. ga special dis
patch from San Francisco. Cal. says
Rudolph spreckels. youngest son Of
Claus Spreckels. sugar king, has sailed
for Honolulu on the steamer City Of
Peking. His mission, II Is said, is &c
face President Dole and his cabinet. by
which he is charged with treason
against the Hakwailan government
The charge OF treason was preferred
against Spreckles by Dole after the Ha'
wnilan uprising year ago.
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SOUTH BEND. Ind. Feb. T.-six
prisoners awaiting trial for burglary
and similar offenses. escaped from jail
here last night. They sawed through
the top OF the cell and then let them.
selves down from the roof with ropes
made from blankets. The escaped pris-
onets are Bert and VIII Anderson,
Thomas Clark. John Hempen1tall, WILL
lam CahiIl and Thomas McHenry.
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county or asp.sk na.le..r

wILKEsBARRE. Pa, Feb. 81
Agents OF the State Liquor League have
caused the arrest OF over fifty persons
In Luzerne county. for selling liquor
without license. Most OF the defend
ants were bound over for trial ut court
The arrests were made by detectives
Day and Dingman, OF Philadelphia,
They have been Mt work In Luzerne
county for a month past. They esti-
mate that there are over 1900 speak
castles" in the county.
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n0ti, DToVyn,Ii,

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. q. AT
amithton, Pa, last night John A. Wolf,
n farmer, attempted TO drive across the
Yougfiogheny river In a buggy with his
aix.year. old daughter. When In the
middle OF the stream the horse was
swept from his feet and the buggy cap
si1ed drowning the occupants.
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NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j.. Feb. 27.-
Late last night n carriage containing
four young people returning from n
part:., was struck by fast freight train
and totally demolished. Laura Childs
was instantly killed and the three
others, Bertha childS. and two brothers
fatally hurt