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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
ONE MAN CAN LIFT TT.
! Wonderful Hydraulic Foundation
Under a New Office Structure

Wonderful Hydraulic Foundation
Under a New Office Structure.
A twenty-six-story "sky scraper'' of
fee building is being built in New York
city on q movable foundation.
The building will weigh about 100000
600 pounds, and one man will be able
to lift it with the aid of a very simple
invention.
The feat performed by Samson on
che memorable occasion win be out
done. Even Atlas in his act of balanc-
ing the world upon his head will have
to look to his laurels for this structure,
with its population of several tnous-
ands, viii actually be balanced and
raised or lowered at viii.
The importance OF this undertaking
may be appreciated from the fact that
the building will rise 307 feet above
the Broadway level, and win contain
twenty-five full stories and an addi-
ton roof structure equivalent to
another The foundations, however,
are not carried down as deeply as those
of several of the buildings erected dur
ing the last few years. Instead of be-
ing founded on solid rock, they will
rest on concrete beds and rolled iron
beams planted in the wet sand.
Buildings on such foundations settle,
but never evenly. The proposed ar
rangement will offset that tendency
and keep the structure perfectly level.
1t is this fact which HAS prompted the
introduction of this system of hydraulic
jacks, by means of which an average
man will be able to excel every feat
of strength yet performed or imagined.
Forty-seven steel uprights placed at
regular intervals over an area Of $500
square feet support the entire weight
of the st. Paul building 1t is under
these uprights that the mechanism is
being introduced which will alter the
level of the building at any time dur
ing its construction, or even after the
whole of it's material has been placed
in position.
The person who is fortunate enough
to catch glimpse of the foundations
Of the st. Paul building as they at pres
ent stand will notice at che foot OF
each of these columns support CON
sisting of rolled steel sections, united
at an angle. Between this conical sup
port and the base Of each column are
inserted half a dozen steel plates. 1t
is the removal or insertion Of these
plates which will alter the height of
the building, either raising or lower
ing it.
The ac-uaI work Of raising the build
ing will be done by hydraulic jacks
These are constructed on a welI-knOwn
scientific principle, by which the pres
sure exercised by lever upon the sur
face Of water in steel compartment
is increased to an incredible extent by
being conveyed through a very small
pipe to another wated-flled compart-
ment.
In the case of the St Paul building
the second steel compartment viii be
actually under the supporting columns
Of the structure. The jacks viii be
and while the work of raising
the building will doubtless be done by
a number Of men working together. it
viii still be possible for a single man
to perform the operation alone-New
York Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
SUGAR BOUNTY STANDS.
The Federal Supreme court So Decides
Other Rulings.

Washington, May 26.-The United
States supreme court has rendered a
decision in the sugar bounty cases Of
the United States VS.. the Gay and the
Realty company, brought to test the
cCnstitutionality Of the ruling of Comp
tIoller Bowler denying a bounty to
sugar planters under the act of the
last congress. The supreme court af-
firmed the opinion of the court below
holding the law valid and Oyerruling
the comptroller
The court rendered a decision in the
case against Captain Wiborg of the
Cuban flibustering steamer Horsa, at
firming the judgment of the Pennsyl-
vania court which held that the expo
dition of the Horsa in surreptitiously
carrying arms to the Cuban insurgents
was a violation of the neutrality laws
The court affirmed the opinion OF
the court below in the Omaha bridge
case.
The court decided that under thei1
treaty Bannock Indians could not kill
game on the unsettled lands of then
former reservation in Wyoming in VIC
lation of the game laws of the state
The decision of the United States
court for Wyoming was thereby re
/ yersed and it was ordered that the In.
dian, whose case was brought up az
test, be remanded to the custody of The
state authorities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28

garten association, Mrs. Sarah B.
Cooper, of San Francisco; Mrs. Ruth
McEnery, of New York; Mrs. Helen
Campbell, Of Chicago, and many others
of equal note and ability. The meet
ing will last three days. Tomorrow
evening a reception will be rendered
the general federation by the women 5
club OF Louisville.
There are between 450 and 500
women's clubs enrolled upon yne list
of membership of the general fedora
ton alone. On that list there are also
sixteen state declarations, representing
Maine, Massachusetts, New Ham pshire,
New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois,
Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Utah, Colorado, Kentucky, Michigan
and the District of Columbia. Georgia
and Florida have formed declarations,
but have not yet joined the general
federation. Tennessee, Pennsylvania,
Missouri and Washington have ap-
pionted committees on federation.
Wisconsin is agitating the subject.
The general federation also embraces
the Bombay sorosis, Of India; the
Women's Educational society, OF Cey-
lon, 6angamitta, CeyIon, and the Girls
Literary society, Of Adelaide, Australia.
The president OF the federation IS
Mrs. Ellen NJ. HcnrOtin, Of Chicago
who won considerable fame st the
women's congress at the worlds fair
The other officers are: Vice president,
Mrs Mary e. MUmford, of Philadal-
Dhia; recording secretary, Mrs. c. ?.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
TWO TICKETS.
Gold and Silver Men in an Uncompro
missing Fight.

Chicago, May 26.-Walter Wellman
writes from Washington that the presi-
dent and his followers intend to fight
free silver to the end. It is we'll known
that the administration plans call for
using the power OF the national com
mittee to make the temporary roll CT
the democratic national convention IA
voTable to the SOLD standard Ia case
the strength OF the cOntending forces
is anyW here equal. If the silver men
carry Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana IF
course there will be 10 fight at Chicago,
The silver majority will be SO large
that even the national committee could
not change the result But the admin
istration men still hope to control
Ohio and Kentucky. They have BotL
of the Dakotas. and they say they will
have Florida and Washington. Il tkev
save Kentucky and Ol-.o they wiz still
have hopes of obtaining the mastery
Though the methods used will leces
sarily be such as tn disgust and lngeG
the opposition and drive them to BOLT,
the main object in view is to give the
stamp of regularity to the action o. the
gold part Of the convention.
The leaders on both sides are expect
ing a split at Chicago, and both fac
tions are striving to compel the opP0-
sition to do the boiting. On this &C
count, and in the face Of a great party
emergency, the national committee viii
probably be asked to do things which
would not be suggested to it in normal
times. Though a split is expected in
the convention, the minority party will
net retire until after the platform has
been adopted and al effort has been
made 10 nominate candidate. This
is the plan of both the administration
and silver leaders. Their object is to
prevent the nomination of a candidate
by the two-thirGs rule, as it is imDrob
able that either faction will have Two
thirds Of the convention In order TO
effect nomination the faction which
obtains the mastery will be compelled
either TO unseat q section of the opposf-
ton or to revoke the two-thirds rule by
2 majority vote Either action would
be used by the minority as Justification
for bolt and the setting up of a ticket
Of its own.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
MEMORIAL DAY!

We deck your graves with flowers
today,
0 comrades brave and true!
In token of the love we bear,
Our offerings round we strew.
Upon your country's altar dear,
Your lives were freely paid
in sacrifice to Freedoms cause,
The blessings which your ardor bought
Breathe in the balmy May,
And hallow with a chastened glow
The grandeur of the day.
The halo which around you shines
Shall as the years go by,
Add luster to the deeds, which in
Our memories fondly lie.
We deck your graves with flowers
today,
o comrades brave and true!
In token of the love we bear,
Our offerings round we strew.
Henry A Layely.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
PRODUCTION OF SALT.

Washington, May 26.-The official
statistics Of the production Of salt in
the United Staces during the calendar
year e been compiled. The report
shows that the total production was s.
666,649 barrels Of $50 pounds each. The
valuation Of the product IS f.tz3,0 86
These figures show an increase of $780,
goo barrels in product over the previous
year, but a decline Of 100000 in value
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28

Away from din and the dust of street,
The breath of summer is balmy sweet;
The vine fair weaveth her broad-leaved
shield
OF grace and beauty athwart the field
Here, mark the bee in her busy round
Pausfng where sweetest of bloom is
found;
Far rolling acres Of kingly maize,
a beloved sea, meath the throbbing
haze,
Where wild birds dip in the golden
spray,
Then wing in floodtide Of song away.
On, cloudless sky. and OH, blooming
sod,
Oh, peace and plenty the smile Of God!
A worthless thing, which some man of
Hath rent and cast away to the soil
Nay, a sltlful touch and il shines like
grain;
This ridge! alas, it is clothed stain.
Our national bird of the outspread
wing,
Oh, fearful find, tits a sacred thing.
A shiver runs through the waving
grain,
"Fourfold increase from the many
slainr'
Oh, billowy field, and OH, shining sun,
But where the arms that have fought
and Won!
Our emblem, still it untarnished shines.
But our banner foldeth in sorrowfuI
lines;
This field of beauty, wrought much of
gain,
But drank the crimson of many slain.
Each trench was heaped to the opening
high,
I A fierce sun glowed in an angry sky;
But time hath sped and the years have
brought
The strength of freedom for which they
fought.
Grateful the flag of our country waves
Ger thousands, thousands Of patriot
graves;
But here hath the pIow-share passed
through
And torn the coat of a boy in blue.
II. Campbell Holt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
QUAKER GRAY.
It Is Fast Disappearing in the Garb of
the Friends.

New York, May 26.-This is the week
for the yearly meeting of the Society
of Friends, and many delegates from
other cities are here to attend this, the
2O2d session. The gathering includes
the meeting in al! towns Of eastern
New York and Long Island. y meet
ing OF the First Day School association
opened the session that evening, but
the religious service Sunday was "eally
the formal opening The old meeting
house at Rutherford place and Fiji
teenth street was crowded W the
members Of the society and outsiders,
and about two dozen elders, men and
women, sat at 'front.' of the house in
the facing seats" Among these
elders, most Of them well advanced in
life, was almost the only place where
the old-fashioned gray and drab Of the
order were seen. 4 few in the body of
the meeting wore gray gowns and bon
nets, but, as a rule. the friends were
dressed like the worlds people" The
quaint thee" and thou" however,
still hold their place among the mem
berS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
DECORATION DAY.

Flowers for the graves of those We
loved. Garlands for dead heroes.
Bouquets for departed friends and
roses and heliotropes for those whose
presence once sanctifed our homes. In
their names bid beauty breathe and
live around their tombs. Scatter Gods
brightest blossoms and sweetest buds
over their silent couchea, palhng them
with fragrant offerings whose every
petal snail tell how dear they were to
US and how their memories are yet
fresh and green in our hearts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28

Louisville, KY, May 26.-The third
biennial meeting OF the general feder-
alton OF women's clubs will convene in
this city tomorrow. a large attend
ance is expected and many dlstin-
guished visitors have signifed their in
lentfon OF being present. Among the
speakers will be Miss Agnes Reppliec,
Of Philadelphia; Miss Amelia Hof2r,
president Of the International Kinder
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
STRIKE OFF.
STREET RAILWAY MEN NAY sc
DECLARE IT.
Rioters Heavily Fined-The Compan!
Still Maintains an Uncompromis-
ing Attitude.

Milwaukee, May 26.-There are indi-
cations that The railway strike may be
declared off by the end of the week.
4 number of men who assailed ears
with stones Sunday were arraigned and
fined sums ranging from s. to %.
This sort Of treatment has had dis
couraging effect. The company is still
uncOmpcomising. 1t looks like com
pIete defeat for the men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago, May 2G.-Wheat: May, So
3sc; July, 607sc. Corn: May, 2Sc; 1lv,
2S@4c. Oats: May, 18c; July, 1885
Rye: 3515c. Barley: No. 3, 270?5c
Flax: Sc Timothy; 3.25. Clove,:
725. Pork: May, 700; July, 1917.
Lard: May, 40; July, 4,271a. Ribs:
May, 3.871a; July, 3.S5.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
JACK HOWE FREED.
Jury Quickly Finds the Defendant Not
Guilty.

Ashland, Wis, May 26.-The Jury in
the Jack Howe murder case acquitted
the defendant. Only two ballots were
taken. The defense completed its tes-
imony by calling several Ashland
business men to take the witness
stand. EX-Mayor Conklfn of Madison
testified that Howe had borne a good
character Col. A H HOLSTER of
Madison. said ne had known Howe for
twenty years; that he was a member
Of the city council when Howe was a
policeman in that city, and that Howe
was a good man and had a good repu-
tation. EX-Mayor Afford, of Madison.
testified that he had known Howe for
tWenly-siX years, and that his reputa-
ton was good. Supt. Horn of the Wis
consin Central Railway company testi-
fed that HOwe's reputation was good.
The defendant was put on the stand
and told a story Of self-defense. The
acquittal gives general satisfaction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
Patriotic Poetry.
AFTER ALL.

The apples are ripe in the orchard,
The work of the reaper is done,
And the golden woodlands redden
In the blood OF the dying sun.
At the cottage door the grandsire
Sits pale i'll his easy chair,
While the gentle wind of twilight
Plays with his silver hair.
\ woman is kneeling beside him;
4 fair young head is pressed,
In the first wild passion of sorrow,
Against his aged breast.
And far from over the distance
The falteTing echoes come
OF the flying blast Ct bugIe
And the rafting roll of lrum.
And the grandsire speaks in a whisper:
THE end no man can see;
But we give him TO his country.
And we give our prayers to Thee"
The yiolets star the meadows,
The rosebuds fringe the door,
And over the grassy orchard
The pink-white blossoms pour.
And the grandsire's chair is empty,
The cottage is dark and still;
There's is a nameless grave in the bat
tlefeld,
And q new one under the hill.
And a pallid. fearless woman
By the cold hearth sits alone;
And the old clock in the corner
Ticks on with steady dTone.
William Winter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
IDEAL GOVERNMENT
NOVEL PLAN PROPOSED BY THE
WOMEN'S CLUBS.
TO ENACT ONLY MORAL LAWS

And Then if Possible TO Bring Pressure
to Bear in Congress and on the Var
ious State Legislatures to Pass
These Laws" and Render Them
Actually Effective.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28

TO appeal to d hypnotic defense is
equivalent to eonfessing to his crime.
These Iurid stries Of unconscious Grim
inal acts have no existence outside IF
yellow covered novels.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28

The sale Of the Northern Pacific will
take place in West Superior July %.
From that point Master Carey win
proceed TO the several states along the
line and sell the land in each state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
CYCLONE AND FLOOD
TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION ID
WROUGHT IN MANY PLACID.
AT LEAST ~ PEOPLE KILLED

The Greatest Havoc Occurs in Iowa,
but Illinois and Kansas Also Suffer
Seyerely-A Family Near Monroe.
This State, Is Nearly Wiped
Out
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28

What is it you say, old comrade dear
No luminosity harbored here;
No sectional feeling or party spite
In Libby PRISON. That's right, that
right
We've lit the fires Of love and peace;
IT'S time the blasts OF war SHOULD
cease.
Eyes, lead me in. IT'S the same low
That open swung for rs both before;
On a day like this, when the frost Gu
leaves,
Drifting low on the smoky breeze,
Fell, new-dyed, on the crimson breas
Of many a lad that lay at rest.
and many gallant fellow lay
White and cold in his suit Of gray
Ere we set out for this prison pen,
Jeered and driven by Forests men,
AS the settling smoke at evenfau
Covered the dead-a fiame-fringed pail
We'll, how does it look? l plainly see
With inner sight, how it used to be-
Here was the door, and the post abou
there,
Where I cut my name with painful
care,
When, as weak as any child, I lay,
After my fever'd burned away.
"Just let me grope; can surely find
The spots I have so we'll in mind.
Here are the stairs-but turned around
They ran up this way from the ground
When Ross, the traitor, there would
stand
To call the roll of our gaunt band.
How queer it seems to be here alone
I almost fancy I hear the tone
Of a voice long drowned in minnie's
scream,
Now out Of my darkness faces CLEAN,
Hinged and aglow with the camp fires
light
Or starved and dead in here at night.
''What wan, set looks. Not soldier fare,
Not open fields marked such despair.
Why do those eyes from out the gloom
Gaze sadly into this prison room?
Look, look, they come from far and
near
Assembly call! The boys are here,
THE court yard fills, they're trooping
in
Dungeon and raj hell, foul and dim;
Forward advance. Old Libby feel
The clash Of spectral arm and steel;
While Ia Samson bind-o'erthrow
This cursed wailing place Of woe,
All, yes. ali, yes! raved, I know.
The war was over long ago.
But lead me out where can feel
The airs Of freedom round me steal.
Yes, lead me out where brothers stand.
Who've dropped the gun to clasp the
handw
Grace Duffe BoyIan.
BROKE OFF THE FRIENDSHIP.
Oh, no; she doesn't speak to me any
more.
What is the matter?
I made some amateur photographs Of
her last summer!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
FOR Ny COUNTRY.
By Juanita Stafford.

I ought to love my country,
The land in which l live;
Yes, 1 am very sure my heart
It's truest love should give.
7 must be good and honest,
l must be kind and true,
I never should be lazy;
I must be gentle, too.
For, if I love my country,
I'll try TO be a man
My country may be proud Of;
And If I try, / can.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28

She wants men brave and noble,
She needs men brave and kind,
Ny country needs that | should be
The best man she can find.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28

Some years ago a Chicago capitalist
purchased and removed to that city
Libby prison Of Richmond, Va, the old
brick warehouse where so many union
prisoners were incarcerated during the
civil war 1t is used as a war museum,
and contains a large collection of in
teresting relics.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
BURIED ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

In the place where a battle was
fought, we found epaulets, buttons and
other memorials which had been turned
up by the plow."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28

Boston, May EFF present negotia-
tons end satisfactorily, Elmwood the
home Of the Cambridge poet, James
Russell Lowell, will be preserved, and
like the beautiful park extending from
LCngfellow's house to the river, set out
IL memory Of mat great rcet, viii be
4 lasting adornment to the city. a
number of public-spirited women have
inauguTated a movement to secure
about four acres of the Lowell e.5j;i,s
between Mount Auburn and Bratrle
streets for a park. The idea advanced
IS to raise the Necessary sum FOR the
purchase Of the land by popular sub
scriptjon. BY the proposed PLAN
which appears to meet with general
favor, the Lowell mansion Will be
saved. The women are endeavorlng. IL
secure the cooperation OF the 7IcCr0-
Dolitan park commission and the PARK
commissioners Of Cambridge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
FUTURE DECORATION DAYS.

When from this earth we've passed
away,
May others keep this holy day
And children's children still proclaim
Their noble deeds, their deathless fame.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28
20 PRESERVE LOWELL's HOUSE.

PGblic-Spirited Women of Boston Are
Pushing a Plan That Is Favored
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28

BLIND VETERAN IN LIBBY PRISON
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28

Victims Of the storm as far as
known are: Jasper county, Iowa, ten;
Polk county. Iowa, nine; Rockford, III
four; Elgin H., one; Durango. Iowa,
five: North McC"egor. Iowa, twelve; Fl,
Scott, Mans. two.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-01
Grantsyilic.

EX-postmaster John Schiller and
wife, of Cumberland, visited relatives
and friends in this vicinity the latter
part Of last week and fore part OF this
week.
n. Il. Hershberger is i'll with an at
tack of typhoid fever. Prospects, we
are happy to state, indicate a speedy
arrest of the course of the malady.
Mr.. Kolb, wife and several children
of Mt. Pleasant, Pa, are visiting Mr.
Kolb's brother-in-lawC c. NJ. Livengood
of the National House.
Born, unto j. 3. Miller and wife, a
son.
The Popocratic mass meeting was
held here last Wednesday evening, as
appointed. A large crowd was pres
ent. The Salisbury Pa.) cornet
band furnished music for the occasion
A panacea for all ills, financial and
industrial, was held out to the people
and it's virtues extolled and dilated
upon but the formula for its compost
ton was greatly at variance with that
prescribed four years ago for the ills
that vex Miss Columbia.
Some of the humber devotees of
the Democracy, the Clevelandic fac
ton included, among our denizens
proved their politically athletic capa-
bilities in duplicating the sOmersaultS
of the brilliant galaxy of star tum-
blers, when once Bryan, Bland, Alt
geld and Tillman gave the cue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-01
FOR SALE.

The farm belonging to Elizabeth Maley,
situated two miles north of Deer Park, adjCl-
ming the lands of Jack Cooper. Fundenberg
about 6S acres cleared, and is improved by
good house and outbuildtngs. Apply on the
premises. 52-lm.#