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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-05-19

Washington, May 12.-With the ex-
ception Of a few administrative feat
ures, the war revenue bill is ready for
report to the senate. The report will
probably be made today, though con-
sideration of the measure will not be
begun before Monday. With the as
sistance Of Mr.. Jones Of Nevada the
democrats had control of the finance
committee and adopted their amend
ments which include a corporation tax
Of one-quarter of one per cent, a
provision for the coinage of the
seigniOrage and the issuance Of $780,
100000 in greenbacks. The bond pro-
vision was eliminated. The amend
ments were carried six to five. The
provision for the taxing of corpora
tions is a very comprehensive one. 1t
covers all corporations, with a few ex-
ceptiOns, imposing a tax of Il of one
per cent. upon their gross receipts.
The exceptions are charitable, educa-
tional, religious and elemosynary in
stitutiors, and strictly mutual bene-
fit associations, such only as loan
money to their own members. The
beer tax was left as it passed the house
with an increase of the rebate from 5
to ~ per cent. The provisions
in regard to the taxation of bankers
and brokers, bills of lading. inherit
ances, futures, proprietary medicinal
articles, etc. are left as previously
fixed. The house provision for a tax
on mineral waters was stricken out
entirely. The committee decided to
increase the tax on manufactured to-
baccO from y cents, the house rate,
to Is cents per pound, and to exempt
the stock on hand from the operations
Of the act. There was some general
discussion on the amount of revenue
the bill would produce. 1t was esti-
mated by the democratic members that
the amount would be $500 900 for
the revenue portion; the coinage Of
the seigniorage would increase the
amount $42, 100000, and the green
backs would make the total $342, 000,-
900, or $42,00O,0OO in excess of Cages
estimate requirements of extra reve-
nue. to meet the first years expenses
of the war.
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States she necessarily importuned
this government to sign the treaty of
Geneva and become a party to the
grand work of robbing war of some
of it's needless horrors. In March,
1881, her efforts were crowned with
success. The treaty was signed and
the national Red Cross society organ
lied, with Miss Barton as president.
Since then in Louisiana, Ohio, Texas,
at Charleston, JOhnstown, st. Louis,
wherever there had been a national
catastrophy, this noble organization
has proved it's efficiency, and demon
strated the wonderful ability and
broad sympathies of the noble woman
at it's head.
Such, briefly told, has been the life
and work o. the great and good wo-
man, who now, in her old age, may
again be called upon to lead the forces
of philanthropy against the cruelties
of war.
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A VISIONARY VIEW

London, May 3-The Daily News
Madrid special says there are signs of
anxiety at the government offices.
One high parsonage is convinced that
the hostile squadrons are in sight of
each other and an encounter is prob
able within a few hours.
Madrid, May ia dispatch from
Martinique to Ell Heraldo confirms the
report of the arrival of the Cape
Verde squadron at Fort de France.
Madrid, May 13.-The government
has received information that Admiral
Cervera's voyage to Martinique was
uneyentful. The route to be taken
to Porto Rico is not known here, but
it was embodied in Ceryera's secret
instructions. He was ordered to coal
at neutral port and probably select
ed Fort de France for that purpose.
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in nearby cotton mill This was
when she was between Is and 20
years old; but her remarkable abil-
1ty made her the leading spirit in the
village.
But it was not until 1861 that she
found her true mission. All her work
before that date was but an uncon-
scious preparation, a fitting of the
mind and body for great and noble
life work. When the news came
that troops On their way to the capital
had been fired on and some Of them
wounded and left without proper care
in Baltimore, Clara Barton and a few
of her friends volunteered to go to
that city and care for the
wounded men. This was the
beginning of what proved to be her life
work. Henceforth throughout the
long years of the civil war, wherever
stricken men had need of woman's
help and sympathy, there Clara Barton
was to be found. On the battleields
Of Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run,
Antietam and Fredericksburg, she
solaced the dying, nursed the wound
ed and did all that woman's heart and
brain could suggest to ease the pain
of the brave men who shed their
blood, who gave their lives, for the
honor Of their country. She was with
the army at the siege Of Charlestown,
at Fort Wagner, in front of Peters
burg and at the Wilderness. In the
hospitals near Richmond and on Nor
ris island she cared for the sick and
wounded with the tenderest devotion.
Even after the war was over she re-
NAMED at Andersonville six weeks II
mark as many as possible of the thir.
teen thousand graves of the federal
prisoners who ha>- died there. This
is but bald outline of her work It
takes the tongue of an soldier whom
she had nursed, to tell you what she
did. Her splendid work during the
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SENATOR SEWELL DECLINES.

Washington, May 15.-Senator
Sewell Of New Jersey, who was nom
mated to be major general in the
volunteer army, has informed the sec
rotary Of war that he will decline the
honor. This action presumably is due
to the belief that in accepting a COM
mission in the army he would be
compelled to resign his position in the
United States senate. The senator
troops to be concentrated at Washing
ton and his retirement will necessi-
tate a new selection for that command.
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CRISIS IN SPAIN.
AT LAST GOES TO
PIECES.
Sagasta Pleads in Vain for His AS.
sOciates to Stick TO Their
Posts.

Madrid, May 13.-It is said that
Senior MOret, secretary for the colon
les, and Senior Gullon, foreign minis
ter, have resigned. Admiral Bermejo,
minister of marine, and Count XiQue-
ma, minister OF public works, are also
said to have resigned. The retiring
ministers offered various excuses,
such as illness and WEAKNESS, for their
withdrawal. Senior Sagasta begged
them to remain until the indemnity
bill had been passed, but it is be-
lieved that at last nights cabinet
council the designations became defin-
tie, though it is impossible to verify
the exact situation at this hour.
At a cabinet council yesterday after
gasta reviewed the situation and the
latest war news. A second council
was held at night. 1t turns out that
Admiral Bermejo, on learning Of the
Cavite disaster, told Sagasta that he
must resign, owing to the delicacy Of
his position, though he felt that he was
not responsible for the state Of the
defense al Manila. According to the
last forecast the new ministry will
consist Of Sagasta as president;
Groissard, minister Of justice Of dis
solving cabinet, as minister of for
eign affairs; Aunon, minister of
marine; Romero Giron, minister Of
justice, and the duke of Veragua, de-
scendant of Columbus, as minister OF
public works, agriculture and COM
merce. The new cabinet will probably
be constituted tomorrow. The general
opinion is that IL will endure until the
budget is passed, and collapse at the
first opportunity afterwards.
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three or four companies in the state
already armed and ready to be mus
tered in, and if another call for troops
should come they could be added TO
the four remaining companies of the
fourth regiment and enough more OBJ
tanned in short order to make full
regiment.
From Chicago the third and second
regiments will go over the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois railway to Terre
Haute to Evansville, thence over the
Louisville & Nashville, thence over
the Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis
to Chattanooga and thence over the
Chattanooga, Rome & Southern to
Chickamauga. 1t will take about 36
hours to make the run from Camp
Harvey to Chickamauga, where the
first troops will arrive tomorrow morn
ing.
Each train will consist of three Pull
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civil war won the admiration of
Europe, and when the Franco Russian
war began she was asked to join the
relief corps. Her past experiences
gave her invaluable knowledge; and
on many foreign battlefield she
proved her right to the title of the
American Florence Nightingale. But
the strain was more than her fraiI
body could stand; and when she re-
turned home she was an invalid For
years she lay upon the bed of sickness;
again took up the cause of the suffer
ing
While abroad she had become &C
quainted with the Red Cross move
ment, and on her return to the United
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of choosing from the numerous COM
panies already offered to the state will
be a difficult one, as not more than
thirty-siX companies will be taken
only thirty-two in addition to the
the four Milwaukee companies that
were left on the first call.
Major Joachim Of the first regiment
has been acting as provost marshal
at camp for some time, and fine ap-
pearance he makes about the grounds
besides being a capable officer. Maj.
Joachim was in the saddle again yes
terday. The other officers were:
First Regiment-Officer of the day,
Capt. T. Wild, Co. K, Milwaukee;
commander Of the guard, Lieut.. ) i.
Hayes, Co L, Milwaukee.
Second-Ofdcer of the day, Capt
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TO EXCHANGE PRISONERS.
Urcas to Rescue Two Americans Con-
fined IN Cuban Prison

Key West, May 15.-The United
States warship Uncas, Captain Brain
ard, left soon after midnight Saturday
for Cuba to rescue two Americans cap
tured by the Spaniards Friday. Cor
respondent Knight of the London
Times is aboard the Uncas, and tie
plan is to send him ashore under a
flag Of truce to negotiate for the sur
render Of the prisoners in exchange
for two Spanish captives taken on one
of the prizes. The Americans were
carried over by a despatch boat Fri
day and sent ashore in a small boat,
a landing near Mariel. They
were imprisoned in Fort Cabanas as
spies. Negotiations with Washington
were promptly begun and the Uncas
was ordered on the mission of rescue.
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Clara Barton
! AND Her Work
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War finds that splendid organization,
the Red Cross Society of America,
ready for work. Wherever the need
and the suffering of the soldiers are
greatest, there, regardless of personal
danger and discomforts, will be found
the wearers Of the Red Cross. For
hirty-four years the Red Cross, the
one universal sign on the face Of the
earth sacred to humanity alone,' has
brought succor to the suffering on the
hattlefields Of every important con-
flict in Europe; and, since 1881, it has
fastened to the scene of every great
catastrophe to mankind in America.
A woman of great ability, wide ex-
perience and the tenderest heart in
the world, Miss Clara Barton, is at the
head Of the organization in America.
No greater praise can be given her
than to write that she is worthy of
her position.
Miss Barton was born near the vii
lage Of Oxford, Mass, on December 25,
1921. The date Of her birth is some
times given as 1880; but according to
her cousin, Miss Elvira Stone, 1921 is
correct. This would make her one
year younger than Florence Nightin-
gale, her great English prototype. She
was named Clarissa Harlowe Barton:
but the world knows her only as
Clara Barton. The simple villagers
of her native town had still another
A IJo,, oo,,c;,,
Miss Stone, gives rather an amusing
account of how she came by this pc
culiar appellation. "Well this is how
it came about" she says. "One Of her
brothers was going home from school
on December 25, 1921, and someone on
the road said to him, You better hur-
ry up; there's a little tot at your
house. So after that she was always
called Tot as child, and as she grew
up and had such a care over every
body's children she was called Aunt
Tot, and her nephews and nieces call
her that today" Even in childhood
she had an exceedingly tender and
motherly heart. When she saw suf-
fering she tried to do something to
relieve it; and she was so fond of
children that she loved to care for
them.
Her father was a well-to-do farmer,
able to keep his children in comfort;
but Miss Barton was independent,
and anxious to earn her own living.
At first she taught school in her ma
tive village and worked a short time
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ton at o'clock yesterday morning.
The fleet will join Sampson's squad
ron. This statement came from a re-
liatle source. A o'c,ock last night
the Minneapolis hauled up her anchors
and steamed out at full speed to over
take tie squadron. It has been re-
ported that the St. Paul. Captain Sigs-
bee, command .ng. and the New Or
leans would not leave before today, but
last night Sigsbee received orders
and sailed away at midnight. She will
join the New Orleans at Old Point
and both the vessels will then put to
sea. They are expected to overtake
Schley's squadron some time this
evening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-05-19
DEWEY A REAR ADMIRAL.

Washington, May 12.-The presi-
dent sent these nominations to the
senate: Commodore George Dewey
to be a rear admiral in the navy; Ed
Ohed Huntington of Minnesota to be
an assistant surgeon inthe navy. Com
modore Dewey was appointed under
provisions Of section 1903 of the re-
vised statutes, ne having, upon the
recommendation of the president, re-
ceived thanks of congress by joint
resolution, approved May s.
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NEW RECORD FOR HAMMER

Chicago, May 15.-Von Oven of the
university of Illinois established a new
western intercollegiate record by
throwing the hammer in the dual
track meet on Marshall field Saturday
128 feet. His throw surpasses that of
R. W. Edgren Of the university OF
California by more than four feet.
The record of 123 feet and 9t5 inches
has stood since the western intercol-
legiate meet in 1895.
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HARVARD WINS.

Cambridge Mass, May 12.-The de-
bate between Harvard and Princeton,
on the resolution that the present re-
strictions en- immigration into the
United States are insufficient, was won
by Harvard, whose representatives ar
gued on the affirmative side Of the
question.
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man sleepers, twenty tourist sleepers,
three baggage cars, three box cars
one horse car and one fat car, and is
divided into three sections.
Maj. Smith of the commissary de-
partment issued orders for furnishing
ten days field rations to the several
commands.
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DEATH AT GAINESVILLE.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, May 14.-Mrs.
Margaret Miltimore, well known in
Woman's Relief corps circles, is dead
aged 70. She was the wife of the late
Capt. Ira Miltimore of the 33d Wis
cOnsin regiment.
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GLADSTONE'S END NEAR.

London, May 14-Gladstone was de-
lirious Wednesday evening, but recov-
cred Thursday. His weakness is in
creasing. Failure of heart action may
cause death at any moment
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PENSIONS FOR BADGERS.

Washington May 14.-Pensions
have been granted as follows: Orig
inal, William H. Jacobs, Madison, Sc;
reissue, Allen B. Carpenter, Arthur
$40; widows, Minnie Cox, Manning, So;
Matte E. Burnett, Stoughton. IS.
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Charles Coghlan closed his season
May a. He will spend the summer
in Prince. Edwards island, where he
will put the finishing touches on
new play, which he proposes produc-
ing next season
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A FAKE REFUTED.

Washington, May 1.-THE state de-
partment has issued a formal denial
Of the report that the French steamer
La Fayette landed gunners and sup
plies at Havana
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DEATH RECORD.
Sorrow for the Venerable Vermont
Senator.

Washington, May 14.-Mrs. Ruth
Morrill,, wife Ct the venerab' e senator
from Vermont, died yesterday
New York, May Thames w. Col
lier, an old time actor and manager, is
dead
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Richard Goldschmidt, Co. c, Sheboy-
gan; commander of the guard, Lieut.
E. e. Tenant, Co. L, Ashland.
Third-OfIfcer Of the day, Capt. J.
C. Ohnstad, Co. H, Menominee; COM
mander of the guard, Lieut.. John
Strehl, Co. B. La Crosse.
Capt. Charles King has returned
from Washington. While in that city
he called on the secretary of war,
paid his respects to the commanding
general Of the army, and visited his
old army friends. CAS- to my own
appointment" said he, Il was a little
surprised at the apparent consterna-
ton on the part of my friends here
because my name did not appear in
the list of brigadier generals composed
of colonies and lieutenant colonies of
the active list of the regular army.
Just as soon as the mastering
in of the troops is completed
in all the states, and possibly
little before, the president
will send to the senate for conffrma-
ton the list of those selected to com
mand the brigades of volunteers.
Milwaukee, Wis, May 1.-THE first
section of the train carrying the third
regiment of Wisconsin volunteers left
Camp Harvey at o'clock SATURDAY.
afternoon for Chickamauga. The reg
iment moved in three sections. which
left 20 minutes apart The second
is slated to leave in the same number
OF sections, the first pulling out from
Camp Harvey at 8 a. m, today. The
departing troops were given a rousing
sendoff by their brothers in camp
who lined up on the two sides of the
route to the trains and sent up cheer
upon cheer for their comrades.
Col. Moore moved his regiment from
their quarters a few minutes before
neon and as the long line marched
past headquarters, it was reviewed by
Gov. Scofeld and Gen BOardman. The
men of the first regiment lined both
sides of the road and received their
departing comrades Of the third with
cheers. Col. Moore halted in front
Of the governor and saluting, rendered
bis parting compliments Gov. SEQ
field cOmplimented the colonel On the
fine appearance of the regiment and
said that he knew it would have
career creditabIe to the state.
The regiment was massed for a short
interval on the drill ground of the sec
Ond regiment in front of Col. Born's
headquarters, but before reaching that
point, it had passed through the as
sembled members of that regiment,
who had gathered to greet them as the
first had done just before.
It is expected that the first regiment
will have orders within a few days,
and will have the satisfaction Of
knowing that it is not to be left in
camp alone. 1t is intimated that the
regiment will be ordered out soon and
that it will go in a different direction
from that taken by the other regi-
ments, to Washington or to San Fran
cisco for duty in the Philippines.
Gov. Scofeld and Gen. Boardman re-
turned to Madison last night, leaving
the camp in charge of Col. SchadeI of
the first Wisconsin volunteers, now
mustered into the United States
service Gov. ScofieId says that he
will take few days rest and then the
matter or reorganizing the national
guard will be taken up. There are
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CAMP Is THRILLED
ORDERS COME TO MOVE AT
ONCE.
WIscoNsIoN TROOPS ASTlR

Chickamauga the Destination-Re-
veille at 4 O'clock in the Morning
First Regiment Not Yet Got It's
Command to March-NeW National
Guard in Prospect.
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A CORPORATION TAX
NOVEL FEATURE INJECTED INTO
REVENUE MEASURE.
A DEUCE OF GREENBACKS

Seigniorage to Be Coined and a Grand
Scheme Proposed That May Raise
More Than Enough to Meet War
Demands-Nearly Everything Is
Taxed.
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WOMEN WILL TALK
ON THE SECOND DAY OF TIE
EMI-CENTENNIAL.
BIC MEETING TO BE HELD

A Large Number Is Expected % Be
DISQUALIFICATION to the Visitors
in the fternoon-Elaborate lrcp-
arations Made-It Will Doubtless
Be a Grand Success.
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Camp Harvey, Wis, May 14.-Or-
ders have been received to start the
third regiment to Chickamauga at
1880 this morning. Pullman sleepers
will be used. The second will go be-
fore noon. The Milwaukee battalion
loses part Of its equipment to the
second regiment. The first is expect
ing orders. The camp is excited and
the commissary is preparing to sound
the reyeille at f.
Earlier News.
Camp Harvey, Wis, May 1.-THE
second regiment went wild with joy
when Col Born received orders yes
terday from Washington to take his
regiment to Chickamauga and so did
the third regiment little later. Capt.
Buck said that his connection with the
regiments in the matter of orders end
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Old FONT Cent 5rt, Va, May IA
The flying squadron under Commodore
Schley put to sea at 3:45 under sealed
orders. The squadron consists of the
flagship Brooklyn, the frst-cIass bat
tleship Massachuset the second
class bat.leship Texas, the protected
yacht Scorpion and the collier Sterling.
Schley received orders from Washing
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