davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
GAGE BACK FROM ALASKA.
He Declares the Miners are Sadly in
Want OF Provisions.

Chicago, Nov. 14.-Eli Gage of the
North American Trading and Trans
portation company, who has been up
in the Klondike gold fields. has re-
turned to Chicago. He says that the
reports of suffering in the gold fields
nave not been exaggerated. He de-
clares that the situation in Dawson
city is indeed serious one. A severe
winter confronts the miners and SUD-
plies must be carried by sleds
for a distance of 400 miles in
order to ward off starvation.
The returned traveller adds, however,
that trail can be kept open and II
willing people can be found provisions
can be landed in Dawson. Mr.. Gage
says he left st. Michaels Oct. 16. In
speaking of the Alaska country he
says it is a land only for the seeker
after gold. Millions of gold have been
taken out, but many more millions are
still there, he declares, for the adven-
turous prospector. Mrs. Gage, who
went with her husband to KIondike,
has returned to Chicago with him.
Mr.. Gage asserts that the story that he
was horsewhipped is untrue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18

An interesting example of recen
locomotive construction is furnished
in the compound engine shown here
with. 1t is the only one of it's kind in
the world. 1t was built by Krauss
& Co. of Munich and Linz, for the Ba-
varian State railway. It's builders
aimed at combining the chief advan-
tages of uncoupled wheels with the
greater traction force which four
coupled engines afford in starting and
in mounting gradients, while further
they desired to secure a more perfect
adaptability of the engine to the va
riOus requirements concerning speed
and power that arise during ordinary
working conditions. Very large
cylinders, quite desirable in cases of
great power being required at low
speed, give unfavorable results at
high speeds. If the customary two
cylinders are to be adhered to, it is
hence necessary to keep down their
dimensions. The design adopted by
Krauss & Co. enables them to adapt
the dimensions Of the cylinders to the
conditions obtaining at high speed,
while for low speeds they bring into
use an auxiliary engine; thus they
double their tractive power when
needed, and can exert great pull with
early cutoff. The engine was deliv-
cred in December, 1895, but has been
in actual use less than year, as it
was sent to the exhibition at Nurem-
berg for six months. 1t has
satisfactorily performed the service de-
signed by the builders-Modern Ma
chinery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
BEAN-BAG SONG

Bean-bag, bean-bag, flying through the
sky,
Do not fly too high!
Come and let me catch you
To hear remarks about my feet
Now | send you back again
Do not fly too low.
Fall into my hands, and then
Up again you go
Bean-bag, bean-bag, sailing in the sun,
Why do you come down so soon
When your flights begun?
Spread your wings and fly away!
I'd change you to a bird
Were | a fairy who could say
The secret, magic word!
Bean-bag, bean-bag, wouldn't 1t be
funny
If ] were but a princess,
And you a bag CT money?
But if you fell upon her nose
'Twould make the princess scold!
Beans are safer, | suppose,
Than silver or than gold!
Christopher Valentine in ST. Mich
olas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18

cupies in the industry and commerce
of the country has been attained with
in the last fifty years, and that the To-
connective in any form was not known
one hundred years ago.
1t was only in the year 1904 that
Richard Triyithick constructed and
set in operation the first steam To-
connective in the history of the world.
This was merely an experimental eff
fort, and was commercially unsuccess-
full, but the interest which attended
the experiment, together with the I'M
usual stimulus which was given to
invention in this line by the rapid de-
velopment of the coal trade in certain
localities, and the inadequacy Of the
existing means of transportation, led
to numerous attempts at Improvement.
The result was machine which
proved itself under favorable Circum-
stances a successful competitor Of
horsepower. 1t was not, however,
until 1929 that the superiority of the
locomotive as a means of long distance
transportation was proved by the sue
cess of Stevenson's Rocket, at Rainhill.
This date, therefore, marks the be-
ginning Of the development Of the
railway. The Rainhill trial was re-
markable in the high speed attained
by the Rocket, which was % miles an
hour. This was a great triumph for
its designer, Stevenson, who had been
ridiculed in parliament for his asser-
ton that he would construct a ma
chine capable of travelling at a speed
Of eight miles an hour. His complete
vindication firmly established the To-
connective in public favor, and led with
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18

The Kentucky Master Plumbers as
ISOLATION is distributing among house
holders a pamphlet concerning the
proper management of plumbing ap-
paratus. There is notl ing of an ad-
vertising nature in the pamphlet, but
it is filled with laws, rules and regula-
tons intended to minimize the cost of
plumbing repairs and trouble from
sewer gas. Happy Kentucky, land OF
fair women, fast horses and incompar-
able whiskey! And as il these bles-
sings were not enough, the plumbers
go to some expense to tell the public
how to diminish the profits Of the
plumbing trade.-National Advertiser,
New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
FICT1oN's UNJUST TREATMENT

A grievance that has been treated
very injudiciously in many works of
fiction is the relation of the rich to the
poor Absolutely false ideas as to how
the rich get it, have been persistently
tloated by novelists, for whom Gas for
the journalist) a millionaire is always
fair game. 1t is not worth while to
expend any sympathy upon the mil
lionaires in this matter, as they can
struggle along under considerable
weight of vituperation; but the rest
of us cannot afford to be put continual
ly in a false attitude toward wealth.
Hatred or envy of the rich is not a
pleasant companion for our leisure
hours, and the poorer we are the less
pleasant company it is likely to be.
Il interferes with our working to the
best advantage, and cuts us off from
opportunities of accommodating the
very wealth that might ease our pains.
-'Droch" in Ladies Home Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
NON-CATHOLIC MARRIAGES.

Lima, Peru, Nov. 13.-A bill which
legalizes non-Catholic marriages in
Peru and which makes legal all civil
ceremonies performed by the mayors
witnesses was sanctioned by congress
just before the adjournment Dur
ing scene Of great excitement and
while protests were being made the
measure was sanctioned The pas
sage of this measure is a great tri-
umph for the liberal ideas and for the
government.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
CLAY EVANS TO MOVE.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. 13.-Ihe
announcement is made that Commits
sioner of Pensions H. Clay Evans VIII
ga to Philadelphia. The reason IS
the disagreement between Evans and
his party leaders over federal appoint
ments. His son, H. Clay Evans, Jr.,
will have charge Of his fathers affairs
dispose Of many of his interests here
and invest in iron Industries in Penn
sylvania He will actively engage in
politics in the keystone state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18

alton committee announced by Mr..
Cannon are as follows: Sundry civil,
w. A. Stone, Northway, Sayers, Nc
Rae; legislative, Bingham, Hemen-
way, Moody, Dockery, Livingston;
District of Columbia, Grout, Pitney,
Bingham, Dockery, Allen; pensions,
w. A. Stone, Barney, Belden, Allen,
Bell; Notifications Hemenway, Pit
ney, Pugh, McRae, Bell; deficiencies,
Cannon Northway, barney, Sayers,
Livingston; permanent appropria-
lions, Moody, Grout, Pugh, Allen,
Bell.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
MY PASSION FLOWER.

1t grows in Friendships garden,
And twines about my heart;
l watch each budding tendril
From out it's prison start;
And oft when dry the season,
/ sprinkle it with tears;
Long live my passion flower!
And blossom down the years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
PAINTED WITH ANALINE.

Neenah, Wis, Nov. 16.-Charles
Richmond Of Green Bay went to sleep
in a paper mill in this city and some
one daubed his face with red and blue
analine No quantity Of antidotes
will efface the glazing colors and his
predicament is worse than though
coat OF tar and feathers had been ap-
Piled The perpetrators Of the deed
have not been apprehended.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
A LITTLE BOYS LAMENT.

I'm going back down TO grandpa's,
won't come back no more
To hear the remarks about my feet
A-mudGyin' up the floor.
They's toe much said about my clothes
The scoldin's never done
I'm goin' back down to grandpa's,
Where boy kin hev some fun.
I dug hat his garden
A-gittin worms fer bait;
He said he used to like it
When | laid abed so late;
He said the pie was good fer boys,
An candy made EN- grow.
FL l can't go to grandpa's
I'll turn pirate first you know.
He let me take his shotgun,
An loaded it fer me;
The cats they hid out in the barn,
The hens flew up tee.
/ had a circus in the yard
With twenty other boys
I'm goin' back to grandpa's
Where they amt afraid of noise.
He didn't make me comb my hair
But once or twice a week;
He wasn't watching out fer words
| didn't orter speak;
He told me stories bout the war
And Injuns shot out west;
Oh, I'm goin' down to grandpa's,
Fer he knows wot boys like best.
He even run a race with me,
But had to stop an cough;
He rode my bicycle and laughed
Bec'us' he tumbled off;
He knew the early apple trees
Around within a mile.
oh, grandpa was a dandy,
An was in it" all the while.
/ bet you grandpa's lonesome,
7 don't care what you say;
/ seen him kinder cryin'
When you took me away,
When you talk to me of heaven,
Where all the good folks go,
I guess I'll go to grandpa's,
An We'll have good times, L know
"A. T. WOrden.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
MAN AND WOMAN KILLED.
Special Freight Train Strikes a Rail
way Velocipeie in Iowa.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Nov. ia
special freight train on the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids & Northern struck a
wheeled railway velocipede car
rying man and two women, q nile
east Of New Liberty, Friday Fred.
Lausen, the section boss at Bennett,
and Matte Schulsen, a young lady Nv
ing at Bennett, were instantly killed.
Annie Schulsen, the other woman, was
not seriously hurt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18

is especially interesting. He says:
Many photographs and diagrams exist
OF the engine John Bull, now at Wash
lngton, but no complete official eleva-
ton of the engine as it was when it
left the works Of r. Stevenson &
Co. has yet appeared in print in this
country. I therefore think the dia-
gram sent herewith will be of interest
on both sides of the Atlantic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
BOYS KILLED.

Ashland, Pa, Nov. 13.-While
watching the Pawnee Bill company
load stock at Girardville station
Enoch Davis, aged 10 years and Hen
ry Jones, aged 81 years, Edward DAY.
is, aged %, and Frank Grady, aged
"a, were struck by an engine. Enoch
Davis and Jones were killed. The
others seriously injured
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
NEGRO CONFESSES.

Chicago, Nov. 13.-William Will
Iiams, the negro who is charged with
taking $1,000 worth of diamonds and
jeWelry from the home of Mrs. Frank
confessed his guilt. Two rings
and Mrs. Hooker's watch had already
been found in his possession, and he
promised to find the rest of the Jew
elrY
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
IMPARTIAL.

There's is one thing l admire about
the weather man, after ALL"
Whats that?"
He hands out to the rich the same
kind of weather that he does to the
Door Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
:: Locomotives ;
!: Old and New. )
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


Richard A. Smart, instructor in ex-
detrimental engineering at Purdue uni
versity, in a lecture on the Develop
ment of the Locomotive, calls Stten-
ton to the important part Which the
locomotive has played in the social and
commercial growth Of the country. He
points out the fact that the locomotive
is the creation of the present century;
that the prominent place which it &C.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18
THE STARVING BARBER

He does not grieve because the leaves
Are fluttering through the air;
But, oh, he thinks with deepest woe
Of the college students hair.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-18

in the bunkeri" was the cry, and sure
enough, there was the new Silvertown
ball lying in the middle of the bunker.
If he had tried he could not have driv-
en- it in a nastier place. Every one
knew that it was all up with him, but
still he played it out, and did the hole
in ten. though it should have been
easily done in six. 1t was evident he
was out of it from the very start.
Blake was the next player. The
| champion stalked to the teeing ground
! with the determined air Of a man who
| is bent upon a serious duty and who
means to perform it. He looked
neither to the right hand nor to the
left. Even Cissy Prescott seemed for
| gotten now. He made his tee from
the wet sand and placed his ball on it.
Then assuming the approved position
| he waggled and brandished There
was no uncertainty in his movement
| of his attitude as he swung. Up his
| club went, and down with precision of
machine, and there was a sharp
click followed by a burst of applause.
The ball had flown nearly 200 yards
and settled itself down about twenty
| yards from the hole. Blake walked
| slowly up the course; an approach
shot carried him eighteen yards furth-
er, and then an put and he was down
in three, to the admiration Of the
beholders. Such playing was not often
seen upon the Copalm links. Other
| players followed in their several turns
and with their varying fortunes, until
at last Miss Prescott's name was
called.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-08
JApAN,s BIG FIRE.
IT DESTROYED MANY LIVES AND OVER
5000 HOUSES.

The fire whlch almost swept the town
of Hacbioji, Japan, out OF existence on
April 22nd was far more disastrc Us
than was indicated in the hfst brlei
reports. IL is stated I'd the moil al Vices
received by steamer at Bau francisco
IN Friday that when the fire had been
extInpuished forty three corpses were
founc, Eloslly charrej beyond recog-
milton. Many OF the burned out pc,
pie are starving. A limited ,upply Of
rice 10 being Distributed to the thous.
ande OF homeless at tho Gokuraku-j
temple. The police have taken up thsi
quarters In tho Zeuryu.ii temple, anJ
The district office has been temporarily
opened in another temple.
The fire started, according to
The Asani, in the house OF y
thread trader. A siroug wind
scatteIei the turning embers an
the coniiagration progressed with sucn
rapidity mat iuhabitant, barely es-
capped with their lives, without having
time either TO save their furniture OF u
.ook after the safety OF their kinsmen
The shrieks AMI cries Tor help WIZ
appalling, but every one had TO loOl
alter his own lie auu IND his way a,
best he could among the crowd o
frightened people pushing against on.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-08
DIPS ana spurs.

Five cars OF cfuJc ore and nine care
ni Concentrates were the receipts from
the Hor Silver today.
James A. Pollock returned home
this Afternoon after successful busi'
uess trip IN tho East.
Report has it that Captain DeLamdr
has secured tbfee.m NTH optic aud
oonU on a controlling interest in the
BricSyard al Mercur.
The putting In OF Chiliar mill for
grinding ore and al Ellis oDncaD.
traior, are among the CON emplated
improvements ut the A nchor in Park
City.
The Buckeye at Tiutic was on the
market yesterday with u 12- On ship
M I, who asssyed 81 per cent Leaf,
81 ounces ST. yer anu 81 40 In gold TO
the ton.
News from Beaver Lake Is TO thr
effect that the Beaver L. Ike compauy's
operations there are giving excellent
9 Satisfaction. The miners are taking
out ore ami the company expects
shortly to have shipment on tue
market.
Salmon Recorder: We understand
that rich strike has Jus, been made
in the property owned by 3. FL. Young
near this city. Assays OF the ore art
as follow: Silver, 1,175 ounces; gold
IS per ton, and four per cent copper
The lead Ia from ono to twenty Inches
wide.
Salmon Recorder J. M. Gum.
mings, owner of the Slons group oil
mines In Eureka district, was in tow q
Monday. On being interviewed In
regard to the property he informed III
that the main vein OF the Silona show
seven feet OF ore which will mill S3C
per ton. This property 10 situated
| nine miles north W est Of this city will
wagon road within half mite.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-08
SAN JUAN CONFERENCE.
Relief Society, Sunday School, Mutual
Improvement aud Primary Asso-
Citations join in the stake
Meetings.
MANoos, Colo, May 80, 1897.

MANCos, Colo, May 30, 1897.
The quarterly COL ference o. the San
Juan Stake of Zion convened in the
Mapcos ward meeting house at 10 a.
IN. May 23rj, 1897. There were pres.
ent OF the Stake presidency Elders +.
A. Hammond and William Halls, and
n fair represen tation of High CouD-
cilors, Bishops and visiting Saints from
other wards OF the Stake. The Saints
Of this ward turned out en- masse to
all the meetings.
Prest. Hammond called the meeting
to order.
Elder william Halls, OF the
Stake presidency addressed the
congregation, epeaking OF the
many blessings of the Lord
within reach II the people would live
for them.
President +. A. Hammond occu-
pi ed the remainder Of the forenoon
session, speaking OF the Judgments OF
God that are being poured out upon
the nations Of the earth snd from
which the Saints are comparatively
free; and OF the great oh nge that has
taken place in the feelings OF cur nom
Mormon friends toward US as people;
alec OF the requirements OF the Gospel,
to which all mus. conform who obtain
| eternal life.
At2p. m. Elder Lewis b. Burnham
spoke q short time upon his willing.
ness 10 do his duty.
Elder Franklin ID. Richards of the
council OF Apostles anu his estimable
vile, Jane s., and Elder Charles w.
Psnroes having arrived, they were
made welcome by President Ham,
mont.
President +. A. Hammond then
gave report OF the condition Of The
Stake as follows: Health of the
people coed; financial condition much
better than last year; all kinds OF gram
and fruit prospects, excellentj quite an
improvement In spiritual matters.
Elder F. q. Richards addressed tbs
congregation. He stated that the
cause OF the delay In their journey
from Salt Lake was the change In
| train service since his former visit 10
Mancos. He spoke Of the many bless
iugs Of the Lord attending the Latter.
day Saints In all their efforts. Cited
The building OF the city OF Nsuvoo,
1
| all their undertakings. Counselled
| the Saints to be true to the Priesthood
and to sustain the president Of the
Stake, Elder Hsmmond, and his
| brethren In their iabors, and to see
that all differences among the Saint
be adjusted at once, as 1t Is OF great i'm.
| portsnce to live in peace here Ia order
TO do so In our eternal home.
| Elder Charles w. Pea rose dice nrsed
upon the conditions governing oui
entrance into the world and cur true
relation ship TO our heavenly Father.
He said the trials through which W,
are passing are all designed for ou
benefit. He also ". Ike OF the excel
lency and msjesty Of G0d's power and
wisdom to which man Can aspire II n,
lives for them.
A Priesthood meeting was held a
1880 pm. The following nance
Bishops and brethren reported tn,
condition OF their respective wards
Bishop f. l. Jones OF Monticello
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-08
HAVE A GOOD THING
BlssInssr and Beck Who Have an Op-
lion on the Z bra.
fHE ORE AWAY UP IN SILVER
Two Transfers in the Pit OF the TX
change Todsy-tormosa Mine and
MIIl-Cff for the Park.

That Thomas Biesinger and Hyrum
B.ck have their hanis on good
inipg In their option on the z bra
mine located In Madison county.
Mont, was evidenced today In the en-
rressions on the faces Of both gentle
mon as they quietly and cautiously
whispered to each other the results OF
recent assays Of the samples brought
down by the former from that prog
erty about week ago. When pressed
for information as to the value Of toe
ore. the gentlemen were to an ex.
tent non-communicative, but Mr..
Beck finally yielded a little and said
that some OF the samples went over
10000 ounces in silver to the ton, fol.
lowing up this statement with the
assertion that shipments from the
mine would be on the market In snort
order, Messrs. Bissiuger and Beck
will 60 up TO the Zsora on the ls.h
Inst.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-08
The Greatest Mine.

81 regard the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mine at Wardner as the
greatest mine ON the Pacific coast, g."
said o mining man Just down from
the Occur d'Alones. 1.-THE manage
ment 10 now running q tunnel one
aud = third miles into the mountain.
which will give depth OF $50 feet
under the present workings. This
tunnel was started In from the mill,
and when 1t Is completed, the mine
will be relieved Of the use OF Its tram.
way. The tunnel will also drain the
mine and stop pumping. The mine
has 40-foot ore body, and employs be-
tween 400 and $50 men. l was In
formed that the owners are buying up
adjacent claims, and belief prevails
ut Wnrdner that they will eventually
secure the Lsst Chauoe."-6pokans-
Spokesman R,vlew.