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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-03

Jnfee times WnaU FuG JOD was WOfUn.
An injunction issued to prevent
this and save the state more than
100000. They even borrowed the
money from the state treasury
through the Doodle book to enable
the contractor to take this corrupt
contract.
3. When the republicans turned
over the state treasury to the dem
Ocrats, January, 1891, the running
expenses of the state government
were paid up to that date and the
general fund in the state treasury
contained several thousand dollars.
During the democratic four years
under Governor Peck the democrats
received through Senator Spooner
S441, 100000 from the United States
government and enough from the
extra railroad license fees and state
treasury judgments to make over
5000, 100000 received from unusual
cO,,rooC Tho donnOcro+C in fO1,r
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
THE STEAMER GATE CITY.
Omc,a!s of the Savannah Line, with the Adj
vices at Hand. Believe the Steamer
IL Safe.

Boston, Dec. There appears to
be little apprehension for the safety
of the steamer Gate City, of the Sa-
vannah line, in spite of the report
which reached here Tuesday night,
that life preserver bearing the name
of the steamer had been picked up on
Cape Cod The steamer Chattahoo-
chez, which arrived here Tuesday,
night, reports having passed the Gate
City off Montauk Point at 1880 Mon
day afternoon, and that there was
nothing amiss with the Savannah
liner, as far as could be observed. The
storm was over at the time the Gate
City was seen by the Chattahoochee,
and in all probability she is safe at
her destination, Savannah, Ca, by
this time.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
ILLINOIS PARDON BOARD.
the Boards Recommendation
Applications Denied.

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec. LIN nc
cordance with recommendations by
the board of pardons Gov. Tanner
has granted combinations as follows:
Michael Condrey, sentenced to Ches-
ter penitentiary for IL years, in No
vember, 1894, for larceny, in Jersey
county, to six years.
Frank Pryor, sentenced for IA years
for murder, to nine years.
Fretz Meir, sentenced to Chester for
IL years from st. Clair county, in 1892,
for larceny. to ten years.
VIM. Vanderburg. sentenced to
Chester for life from Jersey county
for murder, to IS years.
Frank Smith, sentenced for 81 years
from Macon county for burglary, in
1892, to ten years.
Applications for pardons were de-
MED in the following cases:
Confined at Chester-Michael Faber,
Jersey county, murder; John f. Ellis,
Pike county, highway robbery; Andy
Maynard, Williamson county, man
slaughter; Irwin Neal, Sangamon
county, murder; Henry Thomas. Jack
son county, murder; VIM. X. Gala
more, Cumberland county, murder;
Charles Carpenter, Cumberland coun-
ty, manslaughter; Hicks Jordan,
Jackson county, robbery; John w.
Chambers, Washington county, muir
der; Elsea Nentress, White county,
murder; John Fuller. Mason county,
murder; Thomas Foster, Pike county,
burglary; VIM. Klink, Douglass coun-
ty, burglary.
Confined at Joliet-George Price,
murder; Frederick Lynn, Du Page
county, murder; Marshall Smith, Ed
gar county, murder; Ole Oleson,
Knox county. manslaughter; Albert
Schalk, Cook county, robbery; Doris
Benedetto, Cook county, murder;
Lewis Smith, Mercer county, bur-
glary; George Sanders, Knox county,
burglary; Frank Swift, Cook county,
burglary; Jacob III. Unger, Cook coun-
ty, larceny; George Bogart, Cook
county, larceny; Arthur Moore, Cook
county, murder.
Confined at State Reformatory-
Charles w. Durham, Union county,
assault with criminal intent.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
DIFFICULTIES INCREASED.
A Second Storm Following on the Heels Of
tho First, Keeping Things Mixed
About New York.

New York, Dec. 1.-The storm
which began Tuesday night with rain,
followed by hail and snow, blocked
traffic in the suburbs, and delayed it
in the city. While the storm had
none of the severity OF the blow of
Saturday and Sunday, coming SO soon
on the heels of that storm, it increased
the difficulties of the situation. Even
the elevated lines suffered, and many
persons were obliged to walk long dis
tances in order to get down town. In
Brooylyn, in the Bronx and in the
borough of Queens there was a repeti-
ton of the annoyance and discomfort
of Sunday.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Hoods SarsapariI
AN ADMIRER OF WOMEN
4 Matrimonial Repeater WI.
More Enamored with Each
Subsequent Wife,

I was riding along the road le.a.
across Hurricane gap, in the Pine monr..S
range, thinking of the peculiar peopis -
lived in these Businesses, when I a
startled by voice up the hillside c,,as
to me to come up and give somebody ! is
| had no idea who owned the yoics ~
whoever it was was in trouble. and I y
sponded and found q man of 60 or ~
caught by the foot under a fallen tres Ivy y,
unable to get away. He wasn't hurt =;
| soon had him on his feet, and he jns;, =;
On my stopping further down the mopn,.s
and taking dinner with him. He Lived = !.
wel[kept cabin with his daughter ~
after dinner we sat in the shade Of 10y
in the yard and he told me about him..s
"'Air you married?" he asked, after \
told me he was widower.
mo, but l hope to be some day." ..
ywered, quite sincerely.
you ought to be; every man ouob. !.
be; man that amt amt shown q I'm
teelin' lords what the Lords done fer IN
thar amt nothin' on the face NV = ~ ~
green earth that is a patchin' to wom,s
don't keer what kind she is.'
You're hale and hearty vet" ~
"and l don't see why you don't take ,Oss
Of your own advice"
Don't crowd the mourners, mister y N
said, waving his hand as if wardinc al l,
attack. Don't you crowd the mournsT
I'm tiggerin' on sever'l this very mimi.
and l amt quite shore yit which On. \
pick. I've been married four times. nj
every time my notion NV women Ia, III
so much higher that I'll be derned vi
don't kinder look forrerd to losin' 4 M
iist fer the satisfaction NV gittin' anotbr
one"
The idea was SO entirely new that :.
overcome by it.-Washinston Star.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
MISSOURI PACIFIC HOLDUP.
1t 10 Now Believed Only Two Men were En-
gagged In 1t, and They Are Both
Cnder Arrest.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. IA special
TO the Star from Sedalia, Mo-, says,
The latest developments in the at
tempted robbery of the Missouri Pa
cific train, Tuesday night, lead to the
belief that the job was attempted by
two men only. Engineer James West
and Switchman Stubblefield. The pris-
oners refuse to make any kind of
statement beyond the admission of
Stubblefeld that there was no third
man in it.
Stubblefield's arm, rs the result of
the wound received, will have to be
amputated.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
FLAG DISSERTATION.
The Sons of the American Revolution Have
Issued and Distributed y Pamphlet
on the Subject.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-The flag commit
lees of the Sons of the American Rev
olution and Society of Colonial Wars, in
illinois, and the American Flag Asso-
citation of Greater New York, have
mailed 10000 pamphlets. entitled "Des-
ecration of the American Flags and
Prohibitive Legislation" to all parts
of the Unite States. A copy was also
sent to each member of the Fifty-fifth
and to the newly-elected members of
the Fifty-sixth congress.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reua
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be eus
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & CO., Props, Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known 2. !
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe hi1
perfectly honorable in all business tranas
tons and financially able to carry out Y
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Il
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholeai
Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal.
acting directly upon the blood and mueol
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per Id
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimond
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
OFFICIAL VOTE OF IOWA.
Heavy Failing ON In the Vote an Conn
pared with 1so6-The Largest
Plurality was 65,27O.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 1.-The Off
ciai canvass of the votes cast at the
recent election for state officers and
congressman has been completed.
The total vote this year was 421,536
against 43s,517 in 1897 and 521,547 in
1896.
George l.. Dobson, secretary of
state, has the largest vote, or SO, 524
plurality over fusion and 51,512 ma
jority over all. Frank F. NJ. Merriam.
republican nominee for auditor. has
the largest plurality, 65,270. His OPP
ponent was populist and many dem
ocrats would not vote for him.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Found Guilty OF Arson.

Philadelphia, Dec. IA. Lincoln
Lands, a member of the firm of MAYER.
Lands q Co., whose file works at
twentieth street and Allegheny
avenue were burned in September,
1897, has been convicted of arson. the
jury finding him guilty of having set
fire to the establishment. There was
a mortgage on the plant.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
WAITING FOR THE TIDE.
Hne transport Chester, Which Grounded
the Second Time, Waiting for
High Tide to Proceed,

savannah, Ca, Dec. 1.-The trans
port Chester, which left this port
Monday for Cuba with the Fifteenth
United States infantry on board, is
still in the river, four miles below
town. After being pulled out of the
mud yesterday by six tugs she again
went aground in endeavoring to turn
around and was let alone until the fog
cleared. She was pulled off to-day for
the second time and is now safely an
chored waiting for the tide.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
National Naval Keserve.

Washington, Dec. Naval officers
are beginning to agitate the question
of providing for national naval re-
serve. And as these organizations gave
such good account of themselves
during the Spanish war they are more
than anxious to have congress author.
ize an organization of national char
acter.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
A Double Murder Uonfe..ea.

Los Angeles, CAL, Dec. John Ham
cock, who has just been taken to San
Quentin to serve a ten years sentence
for burglary, has confessed that he
and Winfred Myers murdered DIR. En-.
gelke and Pete Edmiston on the des.
ert in southern Nevada over a year
ago.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Heavy Snow In Colorado.

Denver, COL, Dec. 1.-Advices re-
ceived here are to the effect that the
storm south and west of Denver is the
worst known in years. At Como the
snow is between two and three feet
deep, and between Como and Lead
vile as far as Gunnison ten feet of
snow has fallen.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Encountered HEAVY W..,h.,

Muidan, Holland, Dec. 1.-The Brit
ish tank steamer Astrakan, Capt. Da-
vies, from New York, November 10, ar
rived at this port with two boats gone
and bulwarks damaged from heavy
weather encountered on the passage.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 1.-The
sixth conference of the Municipal
league began in the assembly rooms
of the commercial club. This is the
most important meeting of the league
since the organization has been
formed.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

More of Cattle King GilIett's Paper I'm
earthed.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. IA special
to the Star from Abilene, Kas., says
an important addition has been made
to the amount of the Gillett paper by
the compilation of mortgages in Chase
county, there being found there $751;
600 in mortgages given largely by W.
F. Dunlap, who was Gillett's agent in
that county, and some by C. r. Troxel.
About 5000 head OF cattle have been
found there.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Has Outliyed Her U.efu,,e..

Washington, Dec. lit has been
decided by the board of construction
and repair to dispose of the Wyan-
dotte which has been in the navy since
1862, as it has outlived its usefulness
and is now in an unseaworthy condi-
ton at the League Island navy ward.
This ship has been appraised at 81 900.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
VIII Learn the Verdict SATURDAY..

Cleveland, o., Dec. president ].
M. Henderson of the Cleveland Bar as
scciation, has issued call for a meet
ing of that body on Saturday next,
when the verdict in the disbarment
proceedings against State Senator
Vernon Ii. Burke will be made public.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
An Active Alaskan Volcano.

Victoria, b. c., Dec. DIR. w. d.
kinsloe and T. Fl. James, Denver min
ing men, who with Col. Hughes of
Rossland, have just returned from
Alaska, report that a volcano is in
active eruption about fifty miles from
Atlin City. No name has yet been
given to the volcano.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

London. Dec. IA special dis
patch from Lyons, France, says that
a man giving his name as Charles
Walker, and saying he resided At Que
bee, has been arrested at Lyons for at
tempting to snatch a wallet contain
ing 111,600 francs from a bank mes
senger.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Priests Celebrating.

Wichita, Kas., Dec. 1.-Forty
priests of the Wichita diocese are here
celebrating the tenth anniversary of
Bishop Hennessey's conservation and
holding a synodical meeting.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Minneapolis May Get the Conference.

Chicago, Dec. Minneapolis may
secure the next quadrennial Methodist
Episcopal conference. The commit
tee having in charge the location of
the general conference met commit
tees from Chicago and Minneapolis.
and the committees representing Min
neapolis raised the previous offer of
$4,000 made by Chicago to 100000.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
rhe McKln.ls wan Have Anoth.r rrl.l.

Philadelphia, Dec. 1.-The official
trial of the torpedo boat Mackenzie.
which took place over the government
official course at Deepwater Point, be-
low Wilmington, Del, was not a sue
cess. and another trial will be made
about December 10.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
THE TREATY WITH SPAIN.
Contrary to Public Expectation, It
Will Not be the Work of q
Single Session.
THERE ARE CORNERS TO Be ROUNDED OFF
The Joint Session of the Commissions Sat
for Two and - Half Hours In Paris
Passed on the Three First Articles, Dis
cusscd the Others and Then Adjourned
Till Thursday.


Washington, Dec. CONTRARY to
what seems to be the general expecta-
ton, peace treaty will not be signed
in Paris Immediately. The commits
sioners are proceeding with the nego-
tiations with a rapidly that is emf
nently satisfactory to all concerned,
but it is said to be simply a physical
impossibility for all of the subjects
requiring adjustment to be closed up
immediately. Respecting the various
matters that were covered by treaties
with Spain which have been unsettled
by the denunciation of those treaties
at the beginning of the war, it is the
present purpose to adopt the simple
expedient of providing for the re-
newal of those treaties in general ar
ticles.
The Peace Treaty VIII Not be Retarded.
Nothing will be said, perhaps, in
the treaty itself as to the institution
OF negotiations to replace these old
treaties with more moderate conven-
tons, but it is not doubted that at a
convenient time such negotiations
will be had, though it is not desired
that the conclusion of the peace
treaty will be retarded by embarking
at this time upon discussion of these
complex and delicate questions.
May Take Wider Scope Than Contem-
plated.
Therefore, if this view is correct,
the peace treaty will be of wider scope
than was in contemplation a few DAYS
ago, for in this single document pro-
vision is likely to be made for COM
plete resumption of relations,
diplomatic and commercial, between
the two countries lately at war.
Americans Held Preliminary Session.
Paris, Dec. 1.-The United States
peace commission held session for
the purpose of discussing the draft of
the treaty articles made by Score
taries Moore and Ojeda. The final
preparation of these articles was con-
cluded and the revised draft was then
turned over to the typewriters, while
the commissioners hastily lunched
prior 20 the hour fixed for the Joint
session. The typewriting, however,
''Ns' NV hiisAeu dt tWO u ClOCk, tnc
time set.
The Joint Session.
The Spaniards arrived first at the
conference chamber. They were
quickly followed by the American
commissioners, with the exception of
Judge Day and Secretay Moore, who
waited for the prepared copy of the
articles, and who arrived at the con-
ference half an hour later The two
commissions then began the discus
sion of the formulated protocol agree
ments and the subjects for negotia-
ton, all of which were presented to
the joint commission in a form ac-
ceptable to the Americans.
Sat Two and a Half Hours
The joint commission devoted two
hours and a half, from to 4:30 p. M.
to drafting the three first articles of
the peace treaty protocol, dealing
with the cession of Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines, upon which the
commissioners agreed in principle.
A general discussion on the other
articles followed, but no decision was
reached and the joint commission adj
journed until Thursday.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
May be Sir Arthur When the New Year
Comes

Toronto, Ont, Dec. Arthur
Sturgis Hardy, leader of the liberal
party in Ontario, who has been pre-
mier of the province since Sir Oliver
Mowat resigned the position, in June,
1896, has been given to understand
that he can be made knight at the
coming new year.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

Cincinnati, Dec. lit was ex-
pected that the deal whereby an east
ern syndicate, represented by Senator
Foraker, w. f. Hutton and Herman
Cooper, was to secure eight brew
cries here would be closed at noon.
No action was taken and the options
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Washed Up by the Waves.
Were Not on the Portland.

Portland, Me-, Dec. lit is learned
that L. F. Strout, first pilot, and f. B.
Deering, mate, previously reported
aboard the steamer Portland. We're not
with her when she was wrecked.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Wreck on the Mobile q ohio.

Red Bud, Ill, Dec. lin a wreck
on the Mobile q Ohio, 80 miles south
of this city Wednesday afternoon, one
man was killed and two dangerously
injured.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
BIanco Has sailed for spa,n

Havana. Dec. 1.-The Spanish mail
steamer villaverde, with Marshal Blan-
co, the former captain general of Cuba,
and his suite on board, left this port
ut a. N. for Spain.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Her View of II.

well" said the old lady, "the wars ovs
Johns got his pension, the mortgage is dol
paid off the mule; an now, eff we could II
have another war we could git the houI
painted an put new door on the barn.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Cold En- Route from Europe.

New York, Dec. Morton, Bliss &
Co. announce tn ey have 1,5o0. 900 gold
coming from Europe on the steamship
Majestic.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

AuRusta tGa'J cotton NH Closed Again
Augusta, Ca, Dec. 1.-After run
ming two days with skeleton force
to allow the operatives to return to
work, the mills have given up the at
tempt, as the strikers remain firm.
The Sibley, King and Langley mills
are closed again.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
To be Hanged December IA.

Danville, ILL.,, Dec. John John
son, will be hanged December 16 for
murder of Ballard johnson, May Is.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

A good way to cure insomnia is to de-
1t of.-Washington Qa.) Democrat.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
LARGER REGULAR ARMY.
If Congress Provides for an Increased
Regular Force the Volunteers
May be Let Out.
The LATTER ARE GETTING IMPATIENT.
A Great Improvement Has Taken Place In
the General Health of the Army, and
the General Hospitals are Now Able to
Show a Gratifying Array of Empty
Beds.

Washington, Dec. 1.-lf congress,
early in the session, should make pro-
vision for the increase of the regular
army, it is quite probable that none
of the volunteer regiments now in the
service will be sent to do garrison
duty in Cuba. The troops first to be
sent to do garrison duty will be COM
posed largely of regular regiments, so
far as they are available. Plans are
maturing for the muster out of as
many volunteers now in service spos-
sible.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

Very cold, very bad Neuralgia St. j
cobs Oil very sure to cure.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
HOw's ThiSf

OF all the letters in the alphabet, onlyt,
are 0. K.-Golden Days.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

A slip, a sprain, sling Use St. Jsn1
Oil-cured. No sling.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

Laziness and dirt never quarrel.-Ral
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Volunteer. Want to Go Home.

The demand of the enlisted men to
60 home and leave the service is grow
ing greater and greater every day.
This is true in nearly every garrison,
and the arrival of senators and repre-
sentatives with requests for the mus
ter out of regiments or of men in the
regiments has largely increased dur
ing the past three days. 1t is well
known that the volunteers at Manila
desire to come home, and the war de-
partment is considering the question
of sending regular regiments to re-
place these volunteers as soon as ar
engagements can be made.
The Regulars Available.
The regulars who are available for
this service comprise those regiments
on the western coasts which saw serv-
ice at Santiago, and there is DISPOSE
ton to have them recuperated and re-
cruited to their full strength before
sending them to Manila.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

Hard winter, hard aches. Hard rub vS
st. Jacobs Oil. Easy cure.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Many Vacant Beds in the Hospitals.

The general hospital at Fort Nc
Pherson, Ga, has only 200 patients re-
naming, and reports 423 vacant beds.
The Josiah Simpson hospital at Fort
Monroe has 400 vacant beds. The gem
eral hospital at Fort Myer, Va, has
$50 vacant beds, and only 162 patients
remaining. The hospital at Fort
Thomas, KY, which recently received
the sick from Camp Hamilton. reports
al in hospital, and 103 vacant beds.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
HEALTH OF THE ARMY.
Great Improvement Has Taken Place In the
Last Two Months.

Washington, Dec. IA great i'm
provement in the health of the army
has taken place within the last two
months, as shown by the last reports
to the surgeon general from the field
and general hospitals. The hospitals
at Chickamauga park have been emp
tied and abandoned. The same is true
of the division field hospitals at Camp
Hamilton, Lexington, KY, and Jack
sonville, Fla. The hospital train
which has carried nearly 1000 sick
men from the various camps to general
hospitals is now lying idle at Wash
ington.