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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
God the eternaIt

God the eternali
He begetteth not. and he is NOT be-
gotten,
And there is none like unto him.
stand out against the clear sky in
a solitary and eloquent way.
The Jews have their shrine on the
Tigris. A few hours above the great
palm groves where the Euphrates
pours its clear stream into the brown
Tlgris. there is a great blue domed
tomb where Ezra, the Hebrew prophet
and leader, is said to be buried A
deCrepit caravan-serai surrounds it on
the landward sides, and the Jews from
Bagdad come down at certain seasons
in memory of this great constructive
hero, and lodge here and worship
Jehovah. The whole land is full of
the memories of patriarchs and of
prophets. These same broad plains
run up to Ur of the Chaldees, where
Abraham heard the call Of God and
caught the divine restlessness and
" vent out not knowing whittier he
vent, only knowing that he must so
goodness of God has given us few
better gifts than he gave to Abraham.
The divine discomfort is our chief
differentiation from these old,
stereQtyped people, who are tied for
ever to what their fathers did and to
whom no present voice from a living
God ever comes. Still, cold and dead
over these Mesopotamian plains lies
the life of the multitudes who have
never gone out under the starred sky
to hear the voice which Abraham
heard
The sailors declare that the garden
of Eden lay at the junction of the
Tigris and the Euphrates, and say that
there can be no mistake, as several
original apples have been carried away
from the spot. The people who live
near Ararat far to the north, how
ever, are as sure that Adam and Eve
walked about over their country be-
meath the cool white SHOWS of the
great mountain Groves of date palms
stretch tr miles along these rivers.
The bed of the Euphrates is rocky and
the water is beautifully clear. The
river which the two streams form Is
called the Shat ell Arab, and is a noble
stream, navigable by large ships, and
| affording good anchorage at Basra,
where our river boats brought it's
Journey to an end one Sunday after
noon.-New York Evangelist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

Columbus, Sept 4.-The end OF the
great miners strike is in sight. Yes
terday afternoon the national eXecu-
tive board of united mine workers
agreed to recommend to the miners
the proposition fl ON the Pittsburg OPP
orators for a straight price OF % cents
ten 10 continue in force until tbs
end Of the year. Delegates to I
convention or all miners who suspend
ed work has been called to meet Ill
Columbus, Sept. 8, to act upon the
recommendation.
President Ratchford and other mem
bers Of the board say that there is not
the slightest doubt but that the miners
will approve the recommendation. The
proposition does not involve arbitra-
ton, and in effect provides for the
immediate settlement of the strike.
President Ratchford said last night
that there were special reasons for the
board recommending the proposition.
In the first place it comedies to the
miners a material advance. Had the
69-cent rate been secured he is con-
fident it could rot have been main
tanned for more than seventy days
The proposition does away with all
the uncertainties of arbitration and
will bring the strike to speedy ter
mination. AS soon as the miners rati-
fy the proposition work will be re-
sumed in all the mines.
In the second place, the proposition
provides for a revival of the joint con-
ference for the adjustment of prices.
The operators are pledged to meet with
the miners prior to the termination of
the agreement to determine the rate
OF mining for the next year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

Vice Admiral Makaroff of the Rus
sian navy has started for the Arctic
ocean, north of Siberia, to try the ex-
pertinent of keeping the sea open to
navigation by means of ice breakers.
which have been used with success on
the Siberian rivers The attempt is
one result of Captain Virgins en-
beavers to establish a commercial
route by sea from western Europe to
tie Obi and Yenisei.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
FACTS ABOUT ALASKA.
Some of the Many Curious Things in
That Land of Ice and Snow.

In superficial area the country il
larger than the rest of the United
States or the continent of Australia.
Every stream in it is stocked with
fish-the salmon, the trout and the
salmon trout.
The thermometer frequently goes to
so degrees below zero. At this temper
allure whisky freezes. The 65-degree
record made by the Peary expedition
isn't in it.
A tent is not necessary except when
the wind blows. In calm weather
sleeping bag is all that is wanted.
Many men born in southern ATTITUDES
have gone insane from the long dark
In winter twilight lasts six hours
any kind of work.
Despite contrary reports, game Is
plentiful. Moose, elk and the caribou,
or American reindeer, abound. Game
has been KILLED OUT near Dawson
City, but it is not too far away to
be reached by enterprising men. Any
active party of four need not be with
Out fresh meat DIT tuG lulHF'S- ods
may hunt while three dig.
Gold filling in teeth contracts from
cold and falls out Intending miners
should have amalgam filings.
Snow and ice must be melted before
taken. Otherwise they produce quinsy.
In Alaskan low temperatures the in
terror of the throat sometimes freezes
This is known locally as frost burn
ing"
Any exposed portion Of the body
will freeze in three minutes.
When fingers or toes are frozen they
should be thrust into cold water. 1t
is better than snow.
No bath tubs should be taken.
Bathing the feet and face is the most
any man can accomplish in winter.
1t is necessary to sleep under blan-
kets in the summer time, though the
sufferer sweats Else he gets rheuma-
tism.
In summer all land in Alaska not a
mountain is swamp.
The ground is thawed to a depth OF
not more than two feet. Under it ID
an ice cake. Overhead is twenty-five
hours Of sun.
Mosquitoes are numbered by the bill
lion and are unusually poisonous.
Everybody in winter time gets body
lice. 1t matters not whether the miner
is alone or meets others. He cannot
escape. To get rid of them the under
clothing must be boiled and the sleep
ing bag hung out of doors at night.
Fifty degrees below zero will fetch
them even then.
On still days on the ice pack or
binary conversation may be heard a
mile.
In the extreme low temperature
there is no wind.
The best part of any outfit is chess
board and set of men. They stave of
dementia.
Contents of medicine chest:
ouinine Hartshorn. Pills! Pills!
Pills!
Dangers of the trip have been much
Chilkoot pass itself is
,nly 5000 feet high. Western noun
,aineers laugh at such height.
COLD in the African Rand" has been
estimated by governmental experts OF
kree nations at s3,500,000,000. The
Alaskan deposit is estimated at $1,000
0u 900.
To an expert placer miner water is
lot a necessity. He pans dry.
The Alaskan "dust" is very coarse.
veraging a wheat grain in size. This
makes easy panning.
The hand should be covered with
ilk glove, then a wooden mitten and
hen fur mitten.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
PHOTOGRAPHIC.

The photogravure is not printed from
plates or blocks as in the case with all
other forms, but from films. This
process is expensive, but it produces a
picture equal Or superior to the plat
inum-fnished photograph, and of
about the same character. In this case
the printing must be done by the
company making the photogravure.
Advertising Experience, Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

An American named Cyrus Thorpe
has been killed by Turks near HER
apetrase
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09
DRAWING TO AClOSE
IND OF THE MINERS STRIKE II
SIGHT.
MATERIAL ADVANCES SECURE

Executive Board TO Urge the Propose
ton for d Straight Price OF DO Gents
a Ton, and a convention Will Be
Held to Act Upon the Recommend
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

Ogden Goelets death caused uniTer-
al mourning in London society.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
TRUSTS ARE INJURIOUS.
MODERN METHOD OF DOING
BUSINESS IS ALL WRONG.
Centralized Capital Throws People
Out of Employment, and Produces
Distress on Every Hand, Says
Warner Miller.

Chicago, Feb. 1S-Ex-Senator Warner
Miller, who has just come from Canton,
and who is stopping at the Auditorium
hotel, declined to give his theories and
impressions of the political situation in
New York, but when asked his opinion
in regard to the LeXow investigation,
he sid:
Il have no impressions in regard to
the LeXow investigation, but l have
decided views in regard to trusts and
mono3olies. I. know from what has
been told me by interested parties that
it is beginning to be understood that
the modern custom of doing business
on a colossal scale is not good policy.
The fact is, centralized capital is
throwing people out of employment and
producing distress on every side. The
main cause of it is the putting down
of prices and the resulting falling mar
ket. If it were not that I am expect
ing the present policy to be abandoned,
I should be absolutely hopeless as to
the future.
In regard to the Nicaragua canal, I
can assure you it will certainly be a
success. The bill laid aside by the
present congress will assuredly be
taken up by the new congress and
passed. The world needs the canal,
and the world will have it. The Rodri-
guez letter has made the impression
that we have forfeited our concession;
but there is not grain of truth in that
statement
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

Fred ]. Kiesel & Co., whose business
premises at Ogden were almost totally
destroyed by fire on Sept. IS, 1896. have
entered six suits in the United States
circuit court against insurance COM
panies which had lines of insurance on
the premises and which have not paid
the loss. 1t is understood the COM
panies refuse to pay for the reason
that, as they allege, the building was
blown down by the high wind which
prevailed on the night of the fire, be-
fore it caught on fire, and they have
are not liable under their policies in
such cases.
The companies sued by Kiesel & Co.
and the amounts are as follows: Sun
Insurance office of London, 81, 500; Con-
necticut Fire Insurance company, of
Hartford, $500: Prussian National In
surance company, $4,000; the Franklin
Fire Insurance company of Philadel
phia, 1880: the Lancashire Insurance
company $4,000; Union Assurance So
ciety of England, S4,5OO Total, S25, 900.
The last named suit is brought in
the name of Fred ]. Kiesel and is for
loss to the building; the other suits are
TO recover for loss on stock and are
brought in the name of Fred ]. Kiesel
q Co.
The total stock loss is placed at
S4o,14316 and loss on the building at
$4,000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
BURNS ATTACKS AST0R.
QUITE A SCENE IN THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS.
Labor Leader Says He Can Stand
Decent Duke or = Militant Mar
quis, But He Cannot Endure the
Miserable and Ungentlemanly
Conduct of New World Million
aire.

London, Feb. 1S-Quite scene was
created in the house of commons today
by John Burns, socialist member for the
Battersea division of Battersea and Clap
ham.
The occasion was the debate of a pro-
posal to erect a new city hall for the use
of the London county council In the
course of the discussion. Mr.. Burns him.
self a member of the county council,
made an attack upon the Pail Mall
Gazette, which newspaper is owned by
William Waldorf Aston. because of its
opposition TO the proposal. The opDo-
sition of the paper to the erection of a
new building on the site of the present
one was purely in the interest of Mr..
Astor. whose house adjoined the council
building In concluding his remarks, Mr..
Burns said he could stand a decent duke
or a militant marquis. but he could not
endure the miserable and ungentiemanly
conduct of a new world millionaire
After further discussion. the proposal
TO erect a new county council hall was
rejected by a vote of 227 to 146-
Rt Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary
of state for the colonies in the course of
discussion of the claim made by the South
African republic for indemnity for dam
age sustained by the raid of DR.. Jameson
and his followers into the Transvaal, said
that the Boer government claimed Tor
moral damage f677, 1888 and for moral and
intellectual damage Fl, 900. 600. This remark
of the colonial secretary provoked great
laughter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19

pearance there in her greatest role At
all events, she received on Feb. IS the
first letter, quickly followed by others,
all expressing ardent admiration, but
evidently the work of an insane per-
son. On Friday, the singer was some
what alarmed at receiving another let
ter Mime. Calve threw this Letter down
with the others, telling her companion
TO keep them in case an appeal to the
police became necessary. That neces-
sity arose last evening.
A tall, well-dressed man, about 40
years old, with large. flowing mus
tache. and wearing a long gray ulster.
entered the Plaza hotel last evening
at O'Clock and asked that his card be
sent up to Nine. Calve, adding that he
had an appointment with her. and that
she would see him. The card was re-
turned with a message TO the effect
that Nine. Calve was engaged and that
she did not know him.
Very WE'LL" he said. then I will go
to the opera house and if she does not
accord me an interview after the per-
formance-and a kindly one-I will
shoot her.
Then he strobe away and had turned
into Forty-eighth street before the as
tonished waiter and Nine. Walewska
could decide what to do about it.
Nine. Calve promptly sought out Mr..
Grau and reported the matter TO him.
Once in the opera house she speedily
recovered her composure. and made
light Of the after. Mr. Grau took the
letters, which she had brought with her.
and soon afterward handed them TO
detectives, whom he summoned from
police headquarters.
a most determined effort will be
made to arrest the man of threats and
mystery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
ALLEGED ILLEGAL TAX LEVY.
Mercur Mining Company vs.. Col
lector Spry of Tooele County.

Mercur Mining Company VS.. Col
lector Spry of Tooele County.
The defendants demurrer in the case
of the Mercur Gold Mining and Mill
ing company against William Spry. tax
collector of Tooele county, was yester-
day argued before Judge Cherry by
Attorney Frank Pierce for the plaintiff
and Attorney Benner X. Smith for the
defendant.
The plaintiff sued for the refund Of
81 $50 taxes alleged to nave been
wrongfully levied and paid under pro-
test, and for an injunction restraining
the defendant from collecting the bal
ance alleged to have been wrongfully
levied.
The plaintiff alleges that the net pro-
ceeds from its mine from Jan. l, 1886,
was 500. O00 which was paid to stock
holders in dividends, and that the as
SCISSOR for Tooele county wrongfully
assessed the net proceeds of the mines
for the year 1896 at $3.50, 900 and that
on or before the first Monday in June,
1896 the assessor returned said wrong
full assessment and a total tax levy of
271b mills was made thereon amount
ing to $685.. and that plaintiff had no
notice of same in time to appear be-
fore the board of equalization; plaintiff
then alleges, upon information and be-
lief that the stockholders of the COM
p2ny have pad the regular taxes on
their dividends and further that
10 mills of the 1919 mills tax
for the district of Mercur is unlawful
and void because the 10 mills thereof
was not levied by the resident taxpay-
ers of the district at any public meet
ing. but that the same was attempted
TO be levied by the trustees of the dis
1rict-
Plaintiff further sets up that to pre-
vent the sale of its property it paid
under protest S1,750. being 171a mills
on 100000.
Plaintiff prays for an injunction re-
straining the defendant from collecting
the balance of the assessment, S7,S75,
and for judgment for the s1,750 paid
under protest.
The defendants demurrer set up that
the complaint did not state facts suf-
ficient to constitute a cause of action
or TO entitle the plaintiff to the relief
prayed for.
After the arguments his honor took
it under adVisement.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
COAL DUTIES.
COMMITTEE RESTORES THE
M'KINLEY SCHEDULE.
1t Is Understood, Also, That the
Several Grades of Tobacco Have
Been Restored to the Former
Rates-Sundries Schedule.

Washington, Feb. 1S-The Mckinley
rate of duty on coal was restored at
this mornings meeting of the Repub-
lican members of the ways and means
committee Under the present law the
duty is 40 cents a ton for bituminous
and shale. The former rate of duty
was IS cents for ton of % bushels,
with so pounds to the bushel. Coke,
on which the present duty is Is per
the former rate of 20 per cent ad
valorem.
The remainder of the session was
devoted TO a consideration of the sun
dries schedule, which also remains as
the unfinished business for tomorrow
The committee this morning gave the
finishing touches to the tobacco sched
ule. Although this schedule, like others
in the bill, is liable to change before
the measure is reported to the house,
it may be said in a general way that
the several grades of tobacco have
been restored TO the former rates.
duty on filters, which is now So cents
a pound. From data furnished the
committee at hearings in December
last and from other sources they are
convinced that under the present con-
ditions the cigarmakers of Florida en-
joy a great advantage over their north
ern and western rivals. 1t is con-
tended that tobacco so imported is
used not only for filling, but also for
wrapper purposes, and it was decided,
therefore. to double the duty on filters
and make it at least 20 cents a pound.
The growers generally desire a higher
rate of duty, but the committee is
not likely to exceed this rate much,
if anV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
CALvE is ORIGINAL.
Has a Well-Dresse1 and Mysterious
Stranger Follow Her About and
Threaten to Shoot Her-Nexti

New York. Feb. 1S.-While Nine.
Faust last evening, at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House, detectives were
guarding the entrance, waiting to arrest
a mysterious man, who, an hour
earlier, had told the sopranos COM
panion, Nine Walewska, that if Nine.
Calve did not accord him an interview
after the performance he would shoot
her.
The singer on several occasions re-
Gently had received incoherent letters
in terms of endearment and begging for
an interview. 1t was not until last eve
ming that the author began to threaten.
He attempted to obtain an interview
with Nine. Calve at the Plaza hotel, at
o'clock, and failing, left, after making
the threat referred to.
Nine Calve was extremely nervous
when she learned of the mans insane
talk from her companion, but she drove
to the opera house as usual, only to
find that he had preceded her. The
man fitted away before he could be
pointed out to an officer. and to make
sure that he should have no chance to
carry out his threat, a special force of
detectives were summoned from police
headquarters and every entrance was
guarded.
1t is not certain that the man whom
Nine. Calve saw when she reached the
opera house was the one with whom
her companion talked at the Plaza, but
the singer was convinced from the
description that it was the same, and
fearing an attempt to kill her. she
could not be persuaded to leave her
carriage until the pavement at the
stage door had been cleared and a
strong body guard had surrounded her.
1t is supposed from the letters Nine.
Calve received that this threatening
admirer saw her when Carmen" was
sung in New Haven, two weeks ago,
and that his mania dated from her APP
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
Suits Filed and Notes.

Andrew Gebhart has entered suit
against Delos Robinson ct al, to quiet
title to certain real estate, described
as part of lot 2, block 20, plat A, Salt
Lake City survey
The Midland company has entered
suit against Walter Galloway, to quiet
title to the Bonanza mining claim, in
the West Mountain mining district.
The Columbia Building and Loan as
ISOLATION is suing Johannes Halvorsen
ct al, to recover S230.90 and interest due
on a promissory note, secured by a
trust deed.
In the case of Alfred Thompson VS..
Albert Uebel, judgment was entered
for the plaintiff by default.
Thomas Robinson had hearing yes
terday afternoon before Judge Sommer
on the charge of stealing 1900 pounds
of coal from William Marihugh. The
charge, on a full hearing, appeared to
be entirely devoid of merit and the de-
PENDANT was discharged.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
CALLED HOnE.
Thomas RAYMOND.

Santa Ana. Cal. Feb. 1S.-Thomas
Raymond. owner the famous trotter
klamath and one of the best known
horsemen of the country. died at Los
Angeles yesterday morning from heart
disease. Friends here attribute Ray
mond's death chiefly to grief over the
loss of his wife, who died in Michigan
six months ago, while the couple were
following the eastern circuit with Kla-
math. His death had been expected
for some time.
A false statement that he was in
sane, published a few weeks ago, wor-
ried Mr.. Raymond greatly and prob
ably FASTENED the end. The remains
will be brought here for interment be-
side his wife.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
Sankey In Los Angeles.

Los Angeles. Feb. 1S.-The noted
evangelist, Ira w. Sankey, accompan-
led by his wife, son and daughter-in-
law, reached this city yesterday. The
party is here to enjoy the climate.
Mr.. Sankey expects to leave for Port
land, Ore. in April, en- route to his
home in New York, where he will ar
rive by May 1. Mr.. Sankey is not i'll.
but caught cold on the trip, which
caused hoarseness that will prevent
him from holding any meetings during
his visit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
PERSONAL r1ENTlON.
Yesterdays hotel arrivals were:

Yesterdays hotel arrivals were:
The Knutsford-Charles Buffers, Johan-
nesburg, South Africa; ]. ]. Harris and
wife, Butte; ]. G. Edwards. wyoming;
G. T. Wood, Denver; NJ. NJ Wheeler
Butte; Plato Mountjoy, Washington;
Louis Cunningham and wife. Buffalo
James A. Herne, New York; Ward Ames
and wife. Duluth. Mimi: II. J. Hoyt
Muskegon, Mich: ]. r. De Lamar Lon
oon: John L. Webster and wife. G. W.
Wattey and wife. H. e. Palmer and wife,
Clement Chase and wife. W. S. Popple-
ton and wife. G.. NJ. Hitchcock and wife,
Charles L. Dundey. Omaha: II. NJ. Con-
ger, Milwaukee: p. J. Queale Rock
Springs; W. L. NJ. Witter, Denver: V NJ.
Clement Mercur: T. b. Irwin, F. W. Kin
caid. Utica, n. Y; w. G. Reimer. Phila-
delphia: William Lawrence. Denver;
Charles f. Grasche, Ogden: w. II. Win
ton, Scranton; S. A. Van Wagner, New
York; I. w. Fairbanks, Boston; Elias
Horton. Michigan, n. Y; Joseph w. DON
aidson and wife, Ellenville, n. Y.
The Cullen-S. j. Dunsmore. Omaha: ].
P. Spaulding. N J. Sharp. Challis, Ida
n. a Robertson, Leadville; G. ]. Yard
and wife, Springville; n. r. White. Og-
den; Ben A Frye. Napa, Cal; Julius SUIT
ton, San Francisco; p. j. GooDe and wife,
Leadville; F. W. bennington and wife,
Ogden; H. Franklin, San Francisco.
The Templeton-E. ]. Allen and wife,
Denver; Robert Fitzsimmons, New York.
With Fitzsimmons-J- II. Shoemaker,
Philadelphia; Dan Hickey, Ernest Roeber.