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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01
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At the comparative isolation OF the
Caroline archipelago has kept the
characteristics Of the islands a sealed
book to the general reading public,
the statements made by F. W. Chris
tan Of the PClynesian society of
yelling. on, New Zealand, are in
tereSting and important.
Spanish Micronesia, according to
the treaty made with Germany in
1885, lies between the equatorial line
to the south and the eleventh north
ern parallel and the meridians 139
degrees II minutes and "a seconds
and 40 degrees u minutes and "a
seconds eastern longitude. Six hun
dred and fifty-two islands lie scat
tered over this wide stretch Of sea.
The Spanish do not place the Marian
mes (Ladrone islands) in Micronesia.
The large southernmost island, Guam
or Guajan, lies some $50 miles to the
ncrth Of LamOtrek. The Caroline
archipelago consists of SO minor
groups, of which the nine following
are the principal: The Palaos or
OAS"Ss lay OuluIAA, C4Sdly NdHOu-
uito, Hogolen or Ruk, the East and
West Mortlocks, Banobe or Ponape,
and Kusaie, otherwise called Ualan or
Strong's island.
The Pelew group contains some 200
islands and isIets. The principal ISL
and is Bab-el-Thaob, which in area
is equal to all the others put to-
gether. The most important of the
rest are Korror, Uruk-Tapel, Malk,
Pelelu and Angaur. The population
of the Pelews is estimated at 5000,
but is probably much more. The
language is peculiar and bizarre
Malayan dialect. The principal
products are turtIe-sheIl, copra and
Beeche de mer (Holothuria), which in
the Chinese markets brings as
much as $500 ton. There is always
civil war going on in the group be
tween the various tribes. Captain
Butran Of the Velasco Qately sunk at
Manila), who visited the group in
1885, gives these natives a good
name. Captain O'Keefe, however, a
wealthy trader of Yap, gives them
a doubtful reputation, putting them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

down as a folk of piratical and
| turbulent character.
In olden time there was great COM
mercial activity here. Bab-el-Tha0b
is rich in good timber. Great quaint
! ties of vans breadfruit and cocoa
nuts are grown. Alligators are found
in some Of the creeks and peculiar
kind of horned frog. There is
abundance of good pasture for horses
and cattle. Goats are plentiful. The
! Spanish have done next to nothing
to shcw their occupation, and every
thing goes On much as before. There
is no Spanish garrison The country
is well worth opening up to honest
and energetic trade All that is
needed here is a little firmness with
/ the petty local rajahs. A fringing
reef ifty-three miles long from north
to south surrounds the Pellews-a
menace to naYigatOrs which has
destroyed many a Macao bound YES
sci.
Some 300 miles northeast or Pelew8
are zap and the other islets CT the
group. zap is surrounded by a coral
reef thirty-five miles long by five
broad. There are hardly any rivuiets,
but inland are extensive swamps,
carefully planted with the watertaro
(c0locasia) The island is full Of
relics Of q vanished civilization-old
embankments and terraces, sites Of
ancient cultivation, stOne-paved
roads; paes or ancient platforms If
stone, faced with hugh circular
quartz wheels, set up at their sides;
enormous council lodges CT quaint de-
sign, with bold, high and projecting
gables, and lofty carven pillars.
Walls of ancient fish ponds and
stone weirs fill the lagoon between
the reef and the shore. making nayi-
cation a difficult prop sition.
There are soma 5000 natives on
Yap-kindly, industrious and goner-
ally speaking, a quaint and peaceable
folk, dark in color, and speaking a
barbarous dialect. The fruits Of
the soil are sweet potatoes, yams. Of
which there is a great variety. taro
Qak), mammee apples or pawpaws.
pineapples, bananas (paO), sugar cane
(maquiD. breadfruit (thau), and the
tropical almond
The LadrCnes are q chain Of vol
canic islands extending north and
south from latitude 13 degrees u
minutes north to latitude 20 degrees
81 minutes south and in longitude
about 146 east. They were discovered /
by Magellan March 6, 1921, and
named Ladrones from the supposed
stealing prcpensities Of the natives.
Later. in 1868, the islands were named
Mariana. in honor Of Maria Anne of
Austria, the widow Of Philip ",
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

one-horse township would be incon-
ceivable in a country where each vii
lage, almost, has its race meeting.
With population scarcely over 1885,
900, the colony owns more than $780,
900 horses. And she now exports
horses on a rapidly increasing scale.
In 1895 the colony exported 1903 kor-
ses, Of the estimated value of f12, 745;
in 1896 the number was 8,138, value
f123,500, and last year there was a
further increase, India being the Lead
ing customer, Australian horses being
found admirably adapted for military
purposes in that part of the British
empire. Horses are exported also
from New South Wales to Victoria,
New Zealand, Western Australia, Fiji,
the Straits Settlements, Java and the
Philippine Islands.-Household Words.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

now practically extinct. But his judg-
ment of men was ever keen, and his
style a model of controversial writ
ing. For brief period, later, Col.
Hay was the Tribune's editOr-in-chief
during Whitelaw Reds absence from
the country as United States minister
in Paris. Sentiment and old assOcia-
ton must have been the moving
causes prompting him to accept this
trust-a curious one, as things have
since turned out.
Col. Hays diplomatic experience
really extends over thirty-six years.
Even a private secretary gets much
insight into STATE matters. After tn :
war he became secretary of legation
in Paris-he speaks French perfectly
for two years during the troubles
with Macmillan, and for a like
eriod was charge d'affaires in
Vienna. He then became secretary
under Minister Sickles in Spain, dur
ing the expulsion of Isabella, the re-
gency of Senano and the accession OF
Amadeo. These six years supplied
plSuIg I'll pLOOlCAuS AO4 49,
training of the young man. After a
break of eight years from III to '79,
Col. Hay re-entered the service "a
Hayes assistant secretary Of state.
He held no further public Office until
his best to queer him and Secretary
min: ster to the court Of St. James.
Col Hay has been extremely success
full in London. Some kind friend did
his appointment by Mr.. Mckinley as
Sherman at the same time by giVin g
out the ill-advised letter of Sherman
to Hay on the sealing question; but
sensible men in b?th countries soon
concluded that the incident was not
to be considered too seriously. Col q.
Hay was in London at the time of
the queens jubilee, when he wore
little breeches of the bicycle cut him
self at Windsor. He skilIfully used
the era Ct good feeling which the jul
bilee inspired, and the wave Of sym
highland on account Cf the Spanish
war, to advance pending diplomatic
questions. 1t is not Co. Hays doing
that Britain and the United States
are nearer together now than they
have bsen since the days of Prnsi-
dent Monroe, but he is entitled to
some credit for the fact that all
diplomatic questions between the
two c-untries-and they were neither
few nor easily settled-are now we'll
on their way toward final adjus .ment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01
WORLDS FUEL SUPPLY.

Lord Kelvin, in his recent address
before the British Association at
Toronto, gave some estimates on the
available fuel supply Of the world
and made some suggestions which
attracted wide attention. He thinks
that the utilization of water powers to
the greatest extent will diminish
only insignifcantly the tax on the
worlds supply Of fuel, and believes
that the cultivation of vegetation,
which adds to the store of oxygen. is
Of more importance than anything
else man can do to proIong human
life on the earth. He estimates
that there exists 510,000.00O tons Of
oxygen that will burn 100000, 00O tons
Of fuel, but the diminution of the
oxygen will destroy human life long
before its supply gives out, so that
the fuel that may be left after the
race dies is Of no avail. There are
100000 tons of fuel for each person
living today, which. he says, will
limit the life Of the race to COM
paratively small span. But the
growth of vegetation will be neces-
sary to sustain life to this limit.
Lord Kelvin calculates that the power
now developed from the turbines ct
Niagara is only equivalent 70 the re-
quirements Of about ten ocean liners,
and if the entire force Of the mighty
stream should be utilized it would
only be equal to the power of 100 Of
these ships-Scientifc American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

king Of Spain. The inhabited IS
lands are Agrigan, Saipan, Tinisn,
Rota and Guam. On the other is
lands are volcanoes spcuting fire one
thousand or three thousand feet high,
about the altitude of the biggest of
the Catskills. The Spaniards have
controlled the islands without inter
ference or serious trouble from the
natives. There is small garrison at
Agana, the capital, where the COVER
nor general has resided. Many ma
tiyes of the Caroline islands have
been imported into the Ladrones and
the races are interestingly mixed.
The blending Of the tall. copper
colored, curly haired, long bearded
and mustached Car2linians with the
Philippian looking Ladrones with
their dark Malay skin, has given
new tint to large number of the
young men and women. The chief
products for sustaining life are
cocoanuts and bread fruit. They grow
spontaneously everywhere. 1t is said
that one cocoanut tree will feed a
man. A grove Of the fruit trees to
the Islander is what a herd of cows
is to the Pennsylvania farmer. These
viii the tons Of fish in the lagoons,
which are natural fish ponds, are
responsible for the profound indo-
lence of the natives They can sup
port life without laboring. Some of
the bread fruit trses are ten or
twelve feet in diameter. A single
tree is considered equal in life sup
porting capacity to two acres of
wheat. Then there are other pro-
Gucts-guava, corn, ordinary wheat,
bananas, figs and arrowroot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

against the Il feet 3 inches of the Kear-
sarge. The turretS Of the Wisconsin are
oval. with the front plates slightly in
clined, and the rear plates vertical. This
gives more room for the handling of the
guns and for their loading appliances. and
is much lighter.
The main battery of the Wisconsin will
consist. of tour 13-inch breech-ioading
rifles, but the removal of the S-inch guns
and the upper turrptS permits of the use
of a secondary battery of fourteen 6-inch
rifles instead of the fourteen 5-inch rifles
in the batteries of the Kearsarge and
Kentucky. In addition to the increase in
weight. the battery Will be more widely
separated, with more complete protection
for the gunnerS
The Wisconsin will be launched on the
10Th of November, and will go into COM
mission some time next year. In obedi-
ence to a law enacted by the Legislature
of 1897. Gov. Scoheld has appointed
committee consisting of Senator De
Wayne Stebbins of Algoma, Dr.. J. c..
Reynolds of Lake Geneva and julius
Bleyer of Milwaukee, to raise fund for
the purchase of gift for the ship in be-
half of the state. This committee is now
soliciting subscriptions to the battleShip
fund, and it respectfully requests all con-
tributorS to send their money to the First
National bank. Milwaukee, subject to it's
order. The committee expects that the
people of Wisconsin will contribute at
least $4,000, as that amount will be re-
quired to do as handsomely for the Wis
consin as other states have done for the
ships which have been named for them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01
THE CONVENTIONS HARD TASK

It is related that in the later '40's,
on the eve Of a democratic state con
vention in Albany, N. Y, Dean Rich
mond and Peter Cagger were in con.
sultatiOn. Something like this was
the dialogue between the two bosses:
Whom shall we put up for COVER
nor?" asked Richmond.
Seymour will do. He is able, re
spectacle, popular, and will render
the ticket invincibIe," answered Gag
And SeymOur's name went down.
Who for encouragement" Queried
Richmond.
"Oh, Tremaine. He is by far the
best Of the lot. Besides, we want the
Van Buren, influence" and down wen
Tremaine.
Who for secretary Of state?" Quoth
Richmond.
Van Ness. He is capable and re-
spectacle, and we want the influence
Of the Knickerbockers anyhow" and
down went Van Ness. And so it was
until the ticket was completed with
the exception Of superintendent Of ed
ucatton.
Peter, whom shall we name for
that? There are three or four candi-
dates. I never heard Of either Of
them before" said Richmond.
"Oh, d-n it" returned Cagger. "Iet
the convention nominate the candidate
for superintendent Of public educa-
ton" and down that went, too.
The following day the convention
put through the slate 50 constructed in
less than two hours to nominate the
candidate for superintendent Of edu-
cation Louisville Courier Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01
FOREIGN.

neXatiOn an autOcrat is likely to take
the reins of power.
Business is booming at Manila and
the city continues quiet.
Cecil Rhodes has been elected to
the Cape C.lony Assembly from Lit
tie NamaQualand.
Leading Spanish residents Of Cuba
have recently bsen receiving threa-
tening letters from insurgents.
The steamer which was sunk at
the entrance to San Juan harbor has
been partly removed and vessels may
now enter.
! General Merritt has assumed the
governors duties at Manila and has
turned over the military command to
General Otis
Sir Thomas Upton, challenger for
Americas cup has been elected a
member of the Royal Clyde Yacht
club of L ndcn.
! The London Lancet, referring to
the Prince Of Wales injured knee,
disc urages the far that he will be
permanently lame.
Members of the Phi lippine iunta in
LLnd say there will be no trouble
from the insurgents if the Americans
decide to retain the islands.
Lieutenant Richmond P Hobson
has sailed from New FORK for San
tiago, where he goes to attempt to
raise two of the sunken vessels of
Cervera's feet.
Henry Labouchere, in London
Truth, says that if the United States
embarks On a spirited policy of an
The international commission which
is to consider questions at issue be-
tween the United States and Canada
met at Quebec and organized by
electing Lord Herschell president.
General Pando's recent visit to
Mexico is said to have been in the
interest of a scheme to colCnize Span
ISL soldiers from Cuba on land be-
l0rg ng to Spanish residents of
Mexico.
Uneasiness is felt in Russia over
the reputati of last years failure
of the harvest. IN seven districts of
the province Of Kazan and largely in
the provinces Of Samara, Saratoff,
Simbirsk, V,ataka and Perm the crops
are almost worthless.
1t is repOT ed at Copenhagen that a
compromise has been arrived at be-
tween England and Russia, the lat
ter getting her way in the railway
question in China and England Sc
curing concessions in other direC-
tions. I'm any case" says a cor
respondent China must pay for al"
A cable9ram from Kingston.
Jamaica. says that the American an
nexation movement is rapidly spread
ing and finding general acceptance as
the only visible alternative to ruin.
The promoters of the movement are
pushing it vigorously. The sole OBJ
stacle encountered is the color ques-
tiCQ.
Passengers On a train near Paris
had an exciting experience. A large
pine forest through which they had
tc pass was afre. The engineer pulled
the throttle and made a squirt through
the burning wood. No serious acct
dent occurred though many tainted
from the smoke. The cars were badly
scared by the heat
The whole Anglo-Egyptian expedi-
ton, 10000 strong, has arrived at
Wadhamid 55 miles from KharlOwm,
and the advance it now commencing
to FL Hajier. Khalifa is at Omdur-
man, 40 miles distant, with 10000
men, The refugees arriving in the
English camp say that Khalifa means
to fight. The attack is expected to
occur September 4.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01
THE LAND OF HORSES.

The land of the kangaroo and the
wombat, whore the mammal was
nothing unless marsupial, till the Eu-
ropean arrived on the scene, may now
be called the land of horses. In New
South Wales the sight Of beggar on
horseback excites no surprise. The
poorest settler has a nag or two Of
his own, and his children may be seen
riding to school like little lords. A
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

Pianist Siveking has been arrested
at Vienna fer threatening to shoot at
a NIB on the street who insulted him
because he declined to salute priest
with crucifx, whereat the priest
reprimanded him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

According to unofficial returns the
Choctaws have by their vote ratified
the agreement made between the
Oh ctaw and Dawes commissioners.
Mrs. Botkin was arrested in Stock
ton. Cal, on suspicion Of sending the
poisoned candy that killed Mrs. Dun
ming and her sister il New York
city.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-30
RUPERT MANUEL
DIES IN THE
COUNTY JAIL
Left His Property to
Mrs. Head.
He WAS IN THE FIGEL CASE
EXPIRED WHILE SERVING SEN
TENCE FOR CONTEMPT.
Gratitude of the Octogenarian for
Kind Treatment Received
Substantially Ex-
pressed.

Rupert Manuel, So years old, died In the
County jail shortly before 1 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. He had been attended
by City Physician Hereford for COM
plication of diseases.
Manuel was formerly in the service Oh
Eugene Deuprey, his duty being to serve
papers for Mr.. Deuprey's law office. He
came into prominence in the Figel-Hon-
man murder trial On October IA of this
wear he was committed for contempt by
Superior Judge Trout, his sentence being
for five days. The contempt consisted In
his refusal to deliver certain papers In
the case of the estate of his deceased
wife. He was again taken from the
courtroom to the County Jail last Thurs
day.
On Friday night he wrote a statemen.
In lead pencil, purporting to be his last
will and testament in the guise or let
ter addressed to Mrs. Bertha Head, Wlte
of School Director Z. l.. Head. Inc let,
ter is written in a remarkably nrm hand
for an oCtogenarian on the point OF
death He requests Mrs. Head TO nave
him cremated, and leaves her all ms
property. consisting of $500 of his own
money and $1,000 belonging to the estate
of his dead wife, together with MS reai
estate, the value of which is not stated.
Mike H Smith is made trustee for her
for $4,000 or whereabouts on his panK ac,
count. He also bequeaths TO MIS-. deao
$50 cash in his pocket
In his statement he says tnat ne makes
the bequest to Mrs. Head out Oh gratl-
tude because she was kind TO MIN Wnen
he made her house his home.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-30
MILLIONS IN A STRONG BOX.
Personal Property of the Estate of
Charles F. Croker Deposited.

An order was made yesterday by Judge
Coffey directing Henry T. Scott and
Charles E. Green, guardians of the es-
tates of Mary, Charles Templeton and
Jennie Adeline Crocker, children and
heirs of the late Charles +. Croker, to
deposit all personal property belonging
to the estates OF their wards in the vaults
of the Croker Woolworth National Bank.
This was done in order TO obYlate the
necessity of the guardians securing bonds
sufficient to cover the great value OF the
property, and was made under the pro-
visions of the code.
The property was all placed in strong
box and carried into court, sealed and
delivered to G. W. Kline, cashier of the
Croker w oolworth Bank Following IS
n list of the property which has passed
from the hands of the guardians into
the vaults Of the bank under the order
Of court:
Six hundred and forty-nine and one-twentieth
shares of the capital stock Of the southern "a.
cific Company valued at s16,226 25; 4S7 shares of
the capital stock of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company, valued at $500; 100 shares OF
the capital stock of the Central PACING Kali
road Company. valued at SlVoO, =2g snLr 80 u
the capital stock of the Oakland Water Front
Company, valued at $1,000; 81 shares OF the
capital stock of the Rocky Mountain Coal and
Iron Company, valued at S26,550; 100 shares or
90 $40 shares of the Market-street Railway Com
pany valued at s., 057, $50; 1886 shares OF the
Crocker-W oolworth National Bank OF san
Francisco, valued at 1921, $50; 1889 shares OF
500: 100 shares of the Union Iron works, Vaiued
al SO 600; $50 shares of the capital stock Of
the Promontory Ranch Company. valued at
SIS 600; 100 shares of the Curlew Ranch Com
nany' valued at $40 900; s275. 900 United States
Government per cent registered bonds, all
assets amounting to S5659.S36 %.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-30
EXAMINATION OF MEN
STILL PROGRESSES
THE RESULTS THUS FAR ARE
FAVORABLE.
Work Laid Out for the Military Com
mittee of the Next Legisla-
ture-A Naval Boat
Drill.

The work of physical examination in
the National Guard is still progressing.
All those who petitioned to become mem
bers of the companies named have under
gone physical examination. The last for
the week to pass before the surgeons We're
those who want to become members Of
Company B of the First Infantry. They
had their examination on Saturday night
and like all the other bodies that have
passed, they made a good showing.
The examinations thus far encourage
the officers In the hope that the new
National Guard of California will be the
equal of the best volunteer organizations
accepted during the recent war. Physi-
cally, the men. will come up to the re-
quired standard Of the United States
army for volunteers, and it is the judg-
ment of the examination board that there
are but few who have been examined who
would not be accepted in the regular
army.
Major General Dickinson has issued an
order to the effect that as the board OF
commander in chief, has decided that all
applicants for admission into the service
of the State must pass physical exam
ination in conformity with the United
States army standard. he directs Colonel
John Galway, surgeon general N u e.,
to make the necessary details of sur
geons and take such other steps as may
be necessary, from time to time, TO have
such examinations made.
The examination Of the men who are to
become members of Company NJ of the