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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

10. Davidson Of Soldiers Grove.
nominated for state treasurer, repre-
sented Crawford county for two
successive terms in the assembly and
is one of the most active republicans
in the state. He was born in Norway
in 1854 and has been Il resident OF
Wisconsin for tWenty-fOur years. He
was educated in the common schools
of his native country. For ninteen
wears he has been successfully engaged
in mercantile life in Soldiers Grove,
and he was president of the village
board in 1888 and 1889. In 1892 and
1893 he was treasurer of the village.
He has represented his country IN
several state conventions and has
been a member of party committees
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

The rise of e. r. Hicks, nominated
recently for Encouragement is a
striking Illustration of what man
can do for himself in this ninteenth
century. He was born in OmrO OF
DOOR parents but with an ambition as
IimitlesS as the yaulted skies. AS a
young fellow he simply deyOured books.
His circumstances were such that he
was forced to work hard for the
money with which to pursue his
education. But he had determined to
fit himself for the law and he went
through the university and afterwards
took course in the law school. He
settled in Oshkosh and, after the
inevitable struggle OF the beginner,
began to mount the ladder until today
he stands chosen out of the legal
talent of the state to have charge OF
the law department Of the common
wealth of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Hicks has not been politician
in the usual acceptatiOn of the term
He has been too busy building up his
practice to play at that fascinating
game. He is partner of the y. S
Dist. Atty. NJ. G. Phillips. AS q
speaker he is one of the strongest
campaigners in the state and he
stumped Wisconsin and parts OF
Indiana and Illinois for Mckinley
He is chairman of the Board OF
Supervisors Of Winnebag0 county
Mr.. Hicks is not yet 40 and by hare
work he has accumulated a snue
fortune from his practice. He il
married, has three children and il
one of the most popular men of The
district.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

Graham L. Rice, the nominee for
railroad commissioner, has been in
politics ever since he reached his ma
iority. Up IN West Superior he has
been alderman and postmaster, and
sheriff Of Douglas county, which latter
position he still holds. Mr.. Rice is
within d few days Of 10 years old, He
was born in Pierce county, where he
lived until 1887. when he mOyedrtC
West Superior and started one Of the
most cnterprising daily papers the
town has known, the Morning Journal.
He remained at its head until his
appointment as postmaster under
HarriSOn'S administration. When
informed yesterday Of his nomination
he said nothing at first. His eyes
glistened, his lips were compressed
and finally he said quietly: Boys, I'll
win out or bust" And then one OF
his supporters told an instance illus,
trative of his determination and
ability to accomplish what he started
to do. though the obstacles seemed
inSurmOuntabIe. 1t was while he was
deputy sheriff, during his first term
that Henry Lamont, the noted muir
derer now serving life sentence il
eXDiatiOn Of his crimes, was known
to be in Douglas county. Rice started
after him and after long days anC
danGerOuS nights of persistent trail
ing the criminal was finally decOyeC
to his home near WauSau, where he
was arrested. And the same mar
further said: "YOU can make note OF
the fact that Douglas county will give
an additional 1000 majority on cleo
ton day because Rice is on the ticket
L. d. Harvey, who was nominated
for superintendent of public instruc
| ton, is an educator Of national repu
tatiOn. He was mentioned for the
president of the Z. \. at its recent
meeting, and his support was sutti
GENTLY strong to be most iiattering
He is president of the Milwaukee
Normal school, a position he has helC
since 1892. Previous to that appoint
ment he was for six years on the fac
| ulty of the Normal SChOOlat Oshkosh
He began his career as a teacher il
! 1866, when he took charge Of country
school in order to secure funds witt
which to pursue his collegiate educa
! ton. Later he became principal O.
! the high school at MaZOmanie, anC
! his work was so successful that TX
was asked to take charge of the High
school at ShebOygan, and he was sub
| seQuently chosen as superintendent O
schools of that city. In leisure time
/ between his school duties he fittei
himself for the bar, but he has neve
! practiced.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

Dated August 25, \. D. 1898.
BY order Of Republican County Committee.
/ NN0nD Ehnir1na,,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01
Call for and Notice Of Republican County
Conventions.

Chairman Republican County Committe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

Robbed the Grave.

A. J. FRIES, Agent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20
PARK CITY BURNED.

The fire at Park City yesterday was
a great disaster, involving the loss of
property estimated at half million
dollars. and practically wiping out the
greatest mining town IN the state. Had
the great Marsac mill been burned, an
other hundred thousand dollars would
have been added to the loss.
Park City has met the fate of so
many mining towns, a fate that usu-
ally overtakes them when they have
been practically abandoned. While
Park City has been exceedingly dull
of late and has been quite in contrast
with its former great activity, it has
not been an abandoned camp by any
means. Should there be a material adj
vance in the price of silver, the camp
would soon regain its old-tinle activity.
Aside from the great loss involved in
yesterdays fire. it viii have deDres-
sing effect upon those who suffered
losses and all others interested in the
town directly. With business so slow
as it is now, there will be disinc,ina-
ton to build again, and a burned build
ing always looks like q, monument to
despair. When the mining industry re-
wives, Park City viii be rebuilt, and it
will be partially rebuilt IL any event.
1t has been the center of one of the
greatest mining camps in the world,
and its name has become synonymous
with all that is most conservative AID
advanced in mining. May Park City,
like the Phoenix, arise from it's ashes
with still greater glory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20
OPERATING AGAINST THE
ENEMY.

Secretary Alger has rendered a de-
ing within the limits of the United
States at a time when there is no army
within said limits are not operating
against an enemy" notwithstanding
the existence of war conditions. The
case upon which the decision was based
some officers who had exercised high
er command than their grade and who
contended they were entitled to the
pay of the higher grade. The pay
master general maintained that the
troops were not operating against the
enemy until they had actually left the
shores of the United States, and in this
he is upheld by the secretary.
This decision is probably a correct
one, and at all events, it will have to
be accepted, at least for the present. It
is an anomalous condition that calls it
forth The volunteers were called out
to fight Spaniards, and there are none
in the country. In any event, the SOL
diers in the various camps are willing
and anxious to meet the enemy, and
if they do not, the tault is not theirs.
What would be the ruling in a case
where there was a foreign foe on our
shores and part of the army was five
hundred or a thousand miles away and
never met him, and never expected to?
Would he be technically operating
against the enemy? OF course, as an
actual fact an army cannot operate
against an enemy where there isn't one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20
THE INSURGENTS.

Among the many plausible excuses
offered by the goldbug press for the
dilatory methods of making war with
Spain was that the Cuban insurgents
could not be depended upon, that they
were uncertain and numerically weak.
This has likewise been exploded.
The insurgents in the Philippines
have moved with a. rapidity and GER
tainty that ought to drive Alger in
shame from the cabinet They have
captured one fort after another and
row hold in their hands the land
power of Spain in the orient. Call
them savages, or what not, they have
shown valor not to be despised and
forbearance rare in people so perse-
cuted and tried.
The campaign on Cuban soil was be-
gun with the aid of insurgents who ac
quilted themselves with credit, for
without their substantial assistance it
is more than probable that the little
| band of marines from the Panther
would have been driven back to the
ship.
Poorly clad and armed and fed the
Cuban patriots have struggled against
oppression and odds for years, too we'll
and too effectively TO have their cour-
age or mettle doubted. They have
had the opportunity to prove both.
While the sailors and insurgents were
driving the Spanish army back from
Guantanamo Secretary Alger was hold
ing his 900 regulars and 200, 900 volu1-
teers at the different rendezvous wait
ing to hear whether the remaining
Spanish warship, stationed al CadiZ.
would allow the transports. guarded
by sixteen American cruisers and bat
tleships, to proceed.
The insurgents in Cuba and those in
Luzon have led out. 1t remains to be
seen whether or not the secretary of
war will allow the American army to
keep up with them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20

universally accorded the volunteers
since their sojourn by the sea. Every
letter home has been filed with praise
of the generous people of San Fran
cisco, and every boy has told his moth
er or his sweetheart, or some other
dear one, of the flowers and fruit
showered upon the soldiers daily; of
how the camp had been bombarded
almost every day with great, juicy
oranges, and how the tents had been
nearly obscured by the wealth of fra
grant flowers hauled in by the buggy
load.
Nothing could exceed the thought
fulness of the ladies of the Red Cross
from the time the soldiers left the ferry
boat until the China led the fleet away.
And the boys who remain are treated
with such kindness and consideration,
such overwhelming generosity, that
thousands of Utah people, friends, rela-
tives and well-wishers of the volun-
teers, give deepest thanks to the San
Franciscans who befriended the boys
when they needed friends, who cheered
them when they needed encouragement,
who babe them God-speed as they
sailed away, when relatives and older
friends were not on hand.
If anything has been written or
printed rejecting upon the fair city to
which we feel grateful. it has not ap-
peared in The Herald, and it has not
found a response in the hearts of the
people of Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20
----
Discovered By a Woman,

Another great discovery has been
made, and that, too, by lady in this
country Disease fastened its clutches
upon her, and for seven years she with
stood it's severest tests, but her vital
organs were undermined, and death
seemed immineut. For three months
she coughed necessarily, and could not
sleep. She finally discovered a way to
recovery, by purchasing of us a bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, and was so much relieved on
taking first dose, that she slept all
night; and with two bottles. has been
absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs
Luther Lutz. Thus writes W. c. Ham
nick & Co., of Shelby. N. C. Trial bot
ties free at T. c. NJ. I. drug store. Reg
ular size SOC and 81. Every bottle guar
anteed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20
PASS THE BILL.

A bill has been introduced in con-
gress providing for the enlistment of
professional cooks in the army and
who shall have no other duties to per-
form besides those of cook. Secretary
Alger had the bill prepared and it was
introduced at his instance.
This is a comon sense measure and
should be enacted into law without de-
lay. The bulk of the complaints that
have come from the different camps
have been about the food. Often it has
been that there was not enough, but
as often, if not oftener, the complaint
has been that it was badly prepared
This was inevitable. Men are detailed
as cooks and they knew no more about
cooking than an Indian does about as
tronomy. They can usually make bread
that will keep a man from starving,
but that will surely give him dyspep-
STA within a month, and they can cook
meat about like a savage does, while
they let the beans and potatoes boil
till they think they should be done.
The result of the whole business is
most wretched mess. The camp cooks
have done the best they could and
should not be blamed.
A soldier is man, but he is also an
animal, and it is absolutely necessary
that his animal welfare be looked af-
ter. Nothing is more essential than
that he have plenty of good, nutritious
food and that it be properly prepared.
To properly prepare it there should be
trained cooks.
Pass the bill to provide the soldiers
with professional cooks. 1t is wise
economy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20
TALES OF THE DAY.
The Politeness of Aauinaldo.

Insurgent Aquinaldo is a gentleman of
the old school. He proves this in the let
ter he recently wrote to our consul at
Hongkong. Before opening an attack
upon any town." he writes, Il summon
the Spanish officer in command to sur
render. In one case one of the officers so
: summoned replied by stating that the gar
rison was not quite ready to fight. ana he
asked me if l would defer the attack for
three hours. ! complied.
This naive statement certainly gives us
new impressions regarding the Philippine
struggle. 1t is not a sneaking, blood
thirst series of cruel reDrisalS. 1t is
rather gentemanly contest between two
foes of equal refinement. In what marked
contrast does this little episode of
Aquinaldos stand out when placed along
, side of Admiral Dewev's rude and I'M
seemly before breakfast attack on the
fleet in Manila bay; or of Admiral Samp-
sons unheraIded bcmbardment of surpris-
ed San juan
Wait three hours. please said the
Spanish officer.
And Aquinaldo waited.
Where did he gain this stock of court
eous patience? Mayhap in the little front
parlor of some Philippine beauty, linger-
ing there while the glorious dusky skinned
girl ran a bone through luxuriant topknot,
and hung an extra shark s tooth bracelet
on her rounded arm, and smoothed down
the back breadths of her seaweed ballet
skirt and set oaub of cochineal under
her dexter eye, and put an extra polish on
her coral anklets. and added a hasty man.
icure finish to her chocolate cream toes.
Perhaps he had come over to take her to
the opening of the new co-educational
bathing beach. and as he sat there 1t is
quite likely that the glad voice of the
merry bathers came to him in wild shouts
of delight that rose above the deep boom
ing of the old Pacific. And perhaps her
little brother. clad in a tammyramana,
which, being literally interpreted. is IAN
absence of clothing, came in and chuck
led and said, 20 Jimmy hi hulu Oboroc,"
which is Sister, I'll be down in just a
second" and the second had heightened
ten minutes and the minutes TO quarters,
and the quarters to halls, and the halls
to hours.
For this is your true school of patience,
and if it was in this school Aquinaldo was
educated his admirable Indifference to
time can readily be accounted for.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20
A BALLAD OF SANTIAGO.

We hunted down the willy foe, and there.
at last. at bay.
Behind the cannon-mounted cliffs. the
Spanish squadron lay.
A narrow channel. thick with mines, led
outward TO the sea
Where. stripped and ready for the fray,
our ships were tossing free.
They won't come out to fight us here,
our bluff commanders swore.
But back again to far-off Spain they'll
plough the waves no more.
We've got them bottled sure and fast;
into the bottles. neck,
To hold them close for good and all, I'll
drive a Yankee wreck
There lies the collier Merrimac: now who
will volunteer
It's almost certain death, my men, beyond
the forts to steer
When darkness comes, to slowly creep
Just past the batteries there
And sink her at the channels mouth
Who are there here who dare?'
All up and down the crowded deck he
glanced with piercing eye.
Now answer seven who're not afraid this
very night to die
Then rose shout from all the crew that
ni@ht have reached the foe,
AS every sailor answered back: I'll go!'
.Tll gor' 'I'n gor'
He chose him out seven sturdy tars, with
Hobson to command.
Did ever Drawer leader head so brave lit
tic band?
AS midnight fell. the long black hull
moved softly to the shore.
In hope to pass the Spanish guns; but
harki a deafening roar:
Then batter after battery woke along
the rocky banks.
And riddled her with shot and shell, and
raked her front and tanks;
A storm of death swept down her decks,
but not a voice was heard,
TIL sharp above the cannonade brave
Hohson gave the word:
Now. let her anchors go. my men"' She
quiyered and stood still;
all OH hpr fv-rrf
through all it's fibres thrill.
For deep within her painting breast the
slow match was aglow
To hurl her down a shattered wreck, to
watery depths below.
They lowered quick their little boat,
sprang in. shovel ora shock:
The trembling vessel rose in air, plunged
downward like a rock.
Ribs, keel and decks tangled mass be-
meath the bubbling foam:
Right In the channers very throat the
F.. cork was driven home.
Close round them fell the Kissing shot,
and burst the scattering SHE'LL
Escape with hope of life was barred by
all the fires OF hell:
So HobSon hailed the Spanish fleet, and
pulled amongst them: then,
AS cool and steady as at first, gave up
himself and men.
The Spanish admiral sent a fag-we
cheered him when il came
To tell us all our men were safe, with
never-dying fame.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20
EMPEROR WILLIAM ANNOYED

If Berlin dispatches are to be be-
lieved Emperor William is beginning
to be annoyed at the attitude of the
American and British press towards
him, or rather his government, and its
! assumed sympathy with Spain. That
Germany has maintained the strictest
neutrality in the present war cannot
be denied; her attitude has been per-
/ fectly correct" That which has given
rise to some ill feeling between the
United States and Germany is the fact
that the German press generally has
! been very hostile to the United States,
| bitterly SO, it may be said. Naturally
this has been resented by the Amer
| lean press and people. But why has
so much Importance been attached to
what the German papers have had to
say? Because the German papers are
not so free to say what they choose as
are those of America or England. and
when they go TO extremes and become
vindictive it is generally believed to be
| because they are voicing official senti-
| ments, though such vcicing may be IN
authorized. The American papers have
resented the unjust criticisms of the
German press and they have said
| things about the German emperor, per-
haps, that were calculated TO annoy
him. But it has all been in reply to
what German papers first said. They
have maligned and belittled and mis-
represented this country all the way
throughout the war. American soldiers
have been stigmatized as braggarts
and towards, While every time the
American ships have done anything
against any Cuban cities it has all
been represented as 6. Spanish victory.
Before Admiral Dewey destroyed the
Spanish feet at Manila the German
papers were continually sneering at
and slurring the American navy, de-
ciaring that it was lacking in discipline
and all the other qualifications that
made a navy effective. Dewey's ami
hiiation Of Montejo's fleet put a stop
to all such absurd talk.
The Germans themselves do not
know better than the American peo-
pie that Germany is the first military
power of the day. While the American
people recognize this they think they
also recognize the fact that Emperor
William has a very strong inclination
to trail his coat for some one to step
on. The United States have no desire
to step on it, but if it or any other coat
is continually dragged in the path this
country is pursuing it may get stepped
on.
Another thing that aggravates mat
tiers is the fact that this country and
Germany have been more or less at
loggerheads over tariff questions for
the past 10 years.
One thing is made plain by the an
noyance Emperor William feels at the
course pursued by the press of this
country. which is, that the most alb
solute ruler of today, the one monarch
who still clings to the theory of the
divine right Of kings, feels the power
Of the modern newspaper, which is
nothing more than the representative
of the power of the people. He may
despise this power and hold it to be an
evil. still he feels it But there is no
probability that diplomatic relations
between this country and Germany will
become strained.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20
ENLISTMENT OF MARRIED MEN

Under the second call for volunteers
it is provided that married men shall
not be enlisted without the consent of
| the regimental commander. The rea-
son of the rule is that men shall not
leave their families without support.
An instance of the hardship that may
result from a married man enlisting
occurred in ST. Louis the other day.
The Republic relates it as follows:
A peculiarly sad case of restitution,
an indirect result of the Spanish
American war, was brought to light at
the mayors office yesterday, when Mrs.
Louisa Welcher, wife of volunteer
soldier, asked that her young son. Otto,
be committed to the House of Refuge.
Mrs. Welcher, since the absence of
her husband, has been living in Caron-
delet with friend, supporting herself
and child by her own labor. She told
Sergeant McGrew that her husbands
enlistment in the army had thrown all
the burdens of keeping her little house,
hold upon her shoulders, and she was
no longer able to carry the RESPONSE
bility.
Her boy is a bright, rosy checked
fellow of years, and has curly hair.
HE is the I1andsomest little fellow who
has been In THIS ONCE Tor many a
day." said the g-hearted sergeant,
who. though dulled by numerous ex-
periences of the kind, was visibly af-
fected by the unfortunate family's
predicament.
While the father serves Uncle Sam.
the son, shorn of his pretty locks and
bereft of his smiling features, will
spend his budding boyhood within the
gloomy walls of superintendent Notes
institution, mingling with the common
waits and incorrigibles of big city.
Mrs. Welcher said her husband
worked in a dairy before he joined the
army, and that he regularly turned in
all his earnings. He promised TO send
her money as soon as he got paid, but
the visits of an army paymaster are
few and far between, and when he
does come he brings but little to an
humble private.
Such cases are not common (but one
is too many. and they show the wis
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20

A Helena (Mont.) dispatch announces
that ex-Secretary Sherman was there,
and in an interview he said he would
re-enter politics on his return. The
dispatch brought out the following
comments from the Cleveland Plain
Dealer: Sherman? The name some
how has familiar sound. There was
q John Sherman of Ohio once who had
something to do with politics. but that
was in the long ago, the days of the
pliosaurus, the pterodactyl and other
great creatures that are now but fos-
sis. AS we'll might one of the monster
lizards of the pliocene age think of re-
visiting the terraqueous scene of its
existence as the John Sherman of the
past dream of re-entering the field Of
Ohio politics. But how small some of
the creatures that now crawl about or
cut strange antics in that field would
look Il that great fossil were to sud-
denly reappear with the old-time life
and power"