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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
Eugene.

Eugene
Sowing wheat is stopped by the rain we
had the first OF the week.
Clat CLARK has gone TO PitIsburg to
work i'm hotel
Miss Kite Brown of Nj. Pleasant is
visiting relatives in this vicinity.
The fires which have been causing some
alarm. are now all ont thanks To the ram.
WIN Price has sold his farm 10 party
from Clinton.
The county fair at ithaca next week s
engaging the attention Of our people.
Myrtle Densmore o. Iona is visiting
cousins in this neighborhood.
Potatoes are being dug but are light
crop.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29

master Which was it, Cant say
which was To blame However, the: Of
flee tries To he careful and If any failure
is made we would like To be notified
Ed
Wallace Milligan has been very much
worse since our last writing, but j, better
now.
The latest excitement here is n dirty
ragged set of people, calling themselves
Gipsies with IA couple of bears, balloons
monkeys and fifteen or twenty ragged,
dirty children running around begglng
They advertise a bear and dog fight; Il
wrestling match between n man and bear
and few more wonders and Charge IL
and 30 cents to see the same.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
w heller

w 0eeleT.-
Waiter Swope. who has been on the
sick list is speedily gaining
Mr.. Wheelock is having new brick
wall put under his house.
Mrs. DR.. Ervey entertained relatives
last week.
Chas Bradford is on the sick list.
Con Carol has returned from Pennsy-
vania, where he has been cutting stages.
Bertha Bradford is visiting her aunt in
Jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Allen have come TO
Wheeler to reside.
Mr.. A. +. Roland was taken to the
asylum at Traverse City Thursday.
Mrs. f. NJ. Thomas is visiting relatives
in Ionia this week.
George Poland was home over Sunday.
returning to Mt. Pleasant Monday morn
ing.
William Kipp was in st. Louis last
Friday.
School is progressing finely with a
larger attendance than last year at this
time.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
nerriII.

The Ladies Aid society meets at the
chapel this Wednesday.
We had another rain Sunday which was
much appreciated.
Will Pickard has been taken 20 the hos
pital at Saginaw and has had an operation
performed on his skull to relieve the pres
sure on his brain. 1t is hoped that he will
pull through.
Mrs. Rutis Perry aud baby have re-
turned from visit TO Ithaca.
Ed. Becker has moved TO ST. Louis to
be treated for consumption.
Hugh Dillon has added an immense
stock of goods for fall trade.
How do you like the efforts OF our vii
lage dads to improve our village streets
and walks? Effective aren't they?
Hazel White is working in Saginaw
/ John Kirkland left MONDAY for Colora-
do for his health. He will stop in Detroit
/ for few days visit will relatives.
Miss Gladys Dutton Of Brooklyn, Mich
is visiting friends III the village for a few
days.
The coal question is dead chicory same
pickle factory same, yet II little push
would give us one or more of these disir
able additions to our industries.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
Murdered for Their Money.

Cumberland. Nj" September Il
Tie residence Of Absalom kesler, Il
mlserly farmer, AGED 80. living on the
West Virginia SIDE of the river, near
Paw Paw. was discovered on fire Fri
day morning. Neighbors hurried TO the
scene and were Mortified 10 find keS-
Ter and Albert Gross. his hired man.
lifeless i'm the yard. The housekeeper,
Auna Demon, was also murdered. but
her body was consumed in the fiames.
The object of the crime evidently was
robbery.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
Porter.

Porter
Everything is very quiet at this writing.
Mrs Jas. Barrys daughter returned to
her home in Jackson last week.
Mrs. Benz. Briner, who was called to
Sherwood a short time ago at the death
Of her sister, returned last Thursday.
Mr.. Kane of Lansing was through this
vicinity last Wednesday selling maps.
VIM. Bartrem accompanied him.
School opened in district No. 4 last
Monday with Miss Grace Vincent as
teacher.
The show at North Wheeler Wednesday
night was a fake.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
Elwell.

EIWe ELL
Mrs. Ross Lathrop has been on the sick
list bul is now somewhat better.
Just watch for the date Of the Naccabee
ladies quilt drawing. 1t will be an
nouuced soon.
Mr.. French has decided after looking
over several towns, to move to ST Louis
and send his boy to Yerington's college
lie expects to remain there three years
Charley Phelps talks Of taking a trip to
Kansas this fail and if he likes it may pos
siby locate.
l.. Tlnkham is shipping poultry by the
car.
The rain has helped the fall seeding but
not AS much wheat vii be sown this year
as usual.
Several Of our well TODD farmers are
talking of going West among them being
Chris Porter who has definitely decided to
20 and has bought half section of land
IN southern Missouri We hate TO lose
our good citizens and fear that they may
not be benefited by the change.
We hear that Perk Abbott who is al
Braniard's Hospital with broken jaw is
rapidly improving.
The Chestnut farm has been bought by
w II. Hilsinger.
We understand that William Orr and
wife have returned from southern Mich
igan where they have been visiting friends
for the past few weeks.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
gonI Famine Predicted.

Chicago. September 23.-AccordIng
To present Indications the central west,
this w.dter. will experience Il coal fam.
inc the like of which has never before
been known. Prosperity wiki be the
prime cause of the famine. Under
present conditions Tie railroads are I'M
able 10 provide cars for hauling fuel
owing 10 the unprecedented handling
Of other and more profitable commOd-
tiles.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
Shepherd

Shepherd
James Moore is at the Agricultural col
lege
by Rivett is attending the State Normal
at Mt. Pleasant and Mrs. s. r. Eaton has
gone to Ann Arbor to study music.
Mrs +, NJ. Hubbard is recovering from
an attack Of asthma.
Fine rain we had Sunday
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
nu.t of Late Gov. Seymour Unveiled

Utica. y. Y. September pa
bronze bust of the late Gov. Horace
Seymour, presented to the ONEIDA His
torical Society ~ DR.. George l.. MIL
le:. OF Omaha. was unveiled with ap'
propriat, exercises in this city Friday
Afternoon. Gov. Roosevelt delivered
On !Siduss-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
EX-SENATOR WHITE ILL.
His Condition Greatly Alarming His
Friends.

san Francisco. September Eek
Senator White is lying dangerously Ill
at the Palace Hotel and suffered Sc
we're hrmorrhage of the lungs. Sen
atOr White returned but few days
ago from trip TO the country. out ne
Was 80 feeble that he was compelled
to take to his bed. His condition Fri
day was such as to greatly alarm his
friC"ds.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
A Strange Will.

Was that of DR.. A. w. Chase. by which
he set the price Of DR.. A w. Ch4se's Kid
ney-Liver pills at % cents a box thus max
ing ii possible for suffering men and WON
en- 10 obtain the worlds greatest kidney
cure al a price Within reach Of all. Prove
their wonderful efficiency if you have
backache, kidney disease, liver OF bladder
troubles.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29

service. II is
the challenge
of church and
state and
rarely is an
swerod. But
If that chal-
lcngc were
O ncred to
Science how
often would
sic lOIllO lIc
banns, in the
interest Of
wOnlan's
alth and
happiness.
Thousands
of happy
nlaidens who
have looked
10 marriage as
the COnsun-
III alton of
their earthly
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29

One ofnature's remedies cannot harm
the weakest constitution; never fails TO
cure summer complaints of young or old.
Ur. Fowler's Extract OF Wild Strawberry.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
North Wheeler

Clyde Wilkins and wife visited her par
ents of this place Sunday.
Mrs. Will White is on the sick list.
Ethel St. Johns is working for her.
l.. c. Foyt did business in Saginaw
Thursday.
We had go:d rain Sunday and the
ground is well soaked now.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29

"If any one present knows of any jest
cause or impeachment, why these two per
sons should not be joined together in holy
natrimouy, let him now speak.
That i the challenge of the old marriage
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29

Takes the burn ogt; heals the wound
cures the pain. DIR. Thomas Eclectric
Oil, the household remedy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
TOLEDO. SAGINAW 6 MUsKEG ONLY

6 MUSKkG On hl
Lv ASH, Y for Detroii
at 1910 p. m.
CT, So connections ara
made at Owosso Junct'D
with all trains OF D.. q.
II. q NJ. R'y.
BEN. FLETCHER, II. +. A.
y Detroit, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
nETpOJT JUNE. ~. 1859.
GRAND RAPIDS IL WESTERN K X

GRO DEHAvEN, Gen'l Pass't AGENT,
Grand Ra ids Mich.
~ J. WGNCHE 1t. Agent, Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29

Leave Ashley.
$50 a m. for Muskegon
1850 p. IN. for Muskegon
JNo. W. LORD.
Traffic Manager,
Detroit a..
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-14

hand that pencils even now with the
facile cunning of the real artist has lost
its swiftness, and the eyes. grown dim
and tired from peering into the dark
ness of the night from his motorman's
seat, soon weary of the close applica-
ton required by portrait drawing; but
as one looks at the simple motorman's
art works, one marvels what would
have become of him had he been al
lowed to grow up in a profession for
which he seemed eminently fitted.
George Wetring was born in Wuerz-
burg, Vavaria- His father was a high
government official, and his uncle oc-
cupied the post of quartermaster gen.
eral in the Bavarian army. After
graduating from the public schools of
WuerZburg, young Wetring entered
the manual training school. and made
his first mark in the art department of
this school. Franz Won Kaulbach, the
brother of the immortal Wilhelm, dis
covered the rare talent for portrait
painting and drawing possessed by
Wetring. He gave him his personal
attention and finally, when he could
teach him no more, he sent him to his
brothers studio in Munich and helped
him to enter the are academy there. In
this great art school Wetring spent four
years with remarkable success. His
Italian Flower Girl, which was crowned
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-14
A TALENTED MOTORMAN.
One of George Wetring's Pictures
Took First Prize.
(St. Louis RepubIic.)

George Wetring, 81 years old, has
been driver and motorman on the
Market street line for twenty years.
That in itself is a long record of ac-
tivity under one employer, yet it would
not be noteworthy but for the fact that
Mr.. Wetring combines with his some
what obscure occupation the talent of
a great artist The story which Mr..
Wetring tells of the fate that made
of him a man of lowly career instead of
a painter of note is as peculiar as il is
sad.
AT the age of IS this man, whose
hands have grown callous from WELD
ing the reins and the big brass handle
of an electric storage battery, was a
pupil of Wilhelm Kaulbach. the great
est historical painter of the age In
1853 an oil painting by him of an italian
flower girl received the first prize at the
Paris exposition in the art pupils sec
ton of the world. A free hand drawing
of the Venus of Milo" hangs in the
it is unpurchasable for love or money
A wealthy Englishman was willing to
give s.. 200 for il wher he saw ii on the
easel of young Wetring. Even now his
correct eye and great artistic instinct
have not been suppressed or eradicated
by his mental labor. In the home of
Mr.. Rolla Wells hangs a free hand
pencil portrait of Mr.. Erastus Wells,
the founder of the Market street line,
and once it's sole owner In Mr.. Wells
estimation it is the best portrait ever
made of his father. OF course. the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-14

Apple river was blown into fragments,
and the parts distributed along the
banks half a mile away. Two large
iron safes were caught up and carried
a distance of about a block. One of
these weighed 300 pounds.
Within a space of five blocks 100
bodies were counted. Legs and arms
were missing in many cases. One body
was found with the head clipped off.
Not all who sought refuge in cellars
escaped. In some cases houses col
lapsed and those in the cellars were
entombed. To add to the horror of the
situation, fires started by overturned
stoves and many wounded, unable to
drag themselves out of danger, suf-
fered death by burning.
At the Nicolet Hotel guests were at
dinner. All sought the cellar. So far
as known most of those in the house
were saved.
As nearly as can be ascertained the
storm first struck at a place called
Catfish bar, a short distance below
Saltwater, and laid waste the entire
country from that point to New Rich
mond.
New Richmond is on the Wisconsin
Central railway and the Duluth t& Su-
perior branch Of the Omaha road. 1t
is thirty-siX miles east of St. Paul and
in the heart of the rich farming section
of st. CroiX county. 1t is near Willow
river, on which are several large saw
mills and gristmills and is quite a
business center
1t is one of the oldest towns in West
ern Wisconsin and had many handsome
residences. 1t was through the princi-
pal street that the storm passed. The
thoroughfare was three miles long lined
with trees and made a fine driveway
Damage to railroads, telegraph and
telephone lines and crops is widespread.
Next to Richmond the most severe
damage done by the storm was at Hud-
son, Wis, and also at Lacrosse, Wis.
In the vicinity of the first-named town
a tornado and cloudburst destroyed
wires, unroofed residences, barns and
outbuildings all along its path.
Over 100 head of livestock were
drowned. Nearly every bridge in the
Lacrosse valley is gone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-14

New York. June 13-The Old Domin-
ion steamship Hamilton, which sailed
from New York today for Norfolk and
Newport News, ran into the German
steamship Macedonia off Long Branch,
and it is supposed that the Macedonia
subsequently sunk.
Three passengers and nineteen of the
crew of the Macedonia were saved and
brought to this port. A dense fog pre-
vailed over the lower bay and along the
coast.
The Hamilton had on board large
number of passengers. At $3.50 this
evening, while proceeding at reduced
speed and sounding her whistle, the
Hamilton suddenly ran into steamer
which proved to be the German steam
ship Macedonia, striking her on the
starboard side about after the engine
and cutting into her hull twelve feet.
The shock was terrific and indeScrib-
able confusion prevailed for time. Or
der was finally restored on the Hamil-
ton and the crew were sent to their
quarters
The Macedonia's crew got out their
boats as the disabled vessel drifted
away from the Hamilton. Those taken
on board the Old Dominion liner were
three passengers, Captain Moses Wal
ton, Z. S. V, quartermaster; Bernard
7. Hansen and A. L. Ebberty and SIX
teen of the German steamers crew, in
Guiding H. Mas the mate and H. Arm
hardt and II. Leon, chief engineer and
second engineer respectively.
One boat was missing which was
lost in the fog. This boat contained
Captain Kuffahl, Second Officer Gud-
ekenecht, three passengers, Charles w.
Mors, F. W. Wright and Herman
Brandt and eight seamen. After
sounding her whistle for long time
and the boat not appearing, Captain
Dole decided to return to port as his
vessel was seriously damaged. The last
seen of the Macedonia she was rolling
and surging in the water and was evil
IDENTIFY in a sinking condition
The water was smooth and as the
collision occurred but a short distance
off Long Branch it is supposed that the
missing boat attempted to make the
land on the New Jersey coast. The
Hamilton proceeded to quarantine.
The Hamilton's bow was bent to port
and torn for a distance of twenty feet
on the port side, while the plates on
the starboard side were curled and
twisted out of shape. The hole on the
port bow was about twenty feet in
length and fifteen feet across.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-14
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BOARD
MUCH BUSINESS DONE AT MEET
ING HELD AT LOGAN.
Salaries For Next Year Fixed and
Appropriations Made For Improve
ments Needed-Leaves Granted.
Especial to The Herald.D

Logan. June l3.-At the meeting of the
Agricultural college board OF trustees
this afternoon, ID. c. Adams was chair
man pro TEN. 1t was decided to purchase
two lots adjoining the college grounds
from S. A Langton. for $1,000. The salary
OF Professor L. w. Robinson, instructor
in geography, German ana drawing, was
raised from $3.50 per year to $3.50. Direc
tor Foster reported on the condition of
the experiment station. The publication
was authorized OF a bulletin on irrigation
which Professor Fortier nearly completed
before leaving the college. Professor
George Thomas. instructor IN general his
tory and chemistry. had his salary raised
from $40 per month for the school season
To 81 400 per year. The salary of the sec
retary OF the college was increased from
$3.50 TO $1,000 per year, and he was author
lied to employ an assistant at W. per
year.
Various improvements on college and
station buildings were ordered. a team
was ordered purchased, for use in con-
Quoting farmers institute work. y new
transit was ordered bought for the civil
engineering department. The boiler house
was ordered enlarged, so that heat can
be furnished to the conservatory now be-
ing built. improvements were ordered
made in the uairy and a new separator
ordered. President Tanner was granted
to attend the National Educational meet
ing at Los Angeles in July. and he was
granted 4 further leave of absence OF
three weeks to visit the city of Mexico
after going to Los Angeles. Five hun
dred dollars was appropriated for period
icals and books for the library. 1t was
decided TO enlarge the quarters of the
commercial department by removing IL
to the third floor. After July l. farm
laborers living in farm cottages will do
so rent free. President Tanner was au-
thorized to employ an assistant stenog-
rapher at $50 per month. William Peter
son, one of this years graduates was
employed at $500 per year as instructor in
arithmetic in a special winter course.
Employment of another man for that de-
partment was left with the executive
committee. One hundred dollars was aD-
propriated for repairing the boarding
house. Miss Annie Beers, a last years
graduate, was employed as assistant in
the domestic art department, at $50 per
month.
Member Merrill was selected to do audit
ing provided by law. his compensation
being fixed at 81 per month. Professor
Swendsen. in charge of the civil engineer
ing department. was authorized TO en-
ploy Bert Fleming as his assistant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-14

with the first prize at the Paris exposi-
ton, was the fruit of his academical
labor
Shortly before the breaking out of the
war between Prussia and Austria in
1866 the Wetrings. who were weil-to-do
people, contemplated a trip to America
10 visit their relatives in Berry county,
Mo. The war prevented the elder Wet
rings journey. but he sent his two
sons and daughter to make the trip
and see a good bit of the nnew world.
George Wetring, the elder Of the two
boys, was made sponsor of his younger
companions, and together they came
to this country and made their way to
Berry county, where they found their
relations engaged in the brewery bust
ness Being young and inexperienced,
the young German visitors intrusted
their means to the relatives, whom they
found in somewhat ,straitened circun-
stances and very much in need Of will
ing hands to work in their brewery. So
the two young Wetrings went to work,
and when the time came for their re-
turn home they had not the means
to pay for their passage across the
water By that time the boys had made
themselves nightly useful in the bust
ness of their relatives. and the latter
were 10th to let them go. A letter
which George wrote to his father was
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been certified. He was coming down
the street with a kodak in his hand
when the cyclone swept through the
city, and later his dead body was found
several rods from where he had been
last seen. His kodak was still in his
hand, not a mark on it, but the head
OF the little fellow was shockingly
crushed.
The supply of collins ran out early in
the morning, and at present there are
not enough in the city to bury the
dead. A sufficient number are on the
way from St Paul, Chippewa Falls,
Eau Claire and other places, and it is
believed thu supply Will be ample by
tomorrow noon.
In the CongTeg ational church fifteen
bodies were laid out today on the seats,
and through the aisies a throng surged
in search of their dead. The young
women of the CHURCH rendered ready
assistance in caring for the dead and
relieving the sufferings OF the wounded.
At the Catholic church a similar
scene was enacted. Here a dozen boSfes
were laid out, and some of them were
awaiting identification. At noon several
other corpses were added to those al
ready there.
AS usual in cases of such disasters,
there has been large influx of disrep-
utable characters, and there have been
several cases of petty pilfering but
they have not amounted TO much. AL
though it is out of their own state. the
St Paul police officers have done most
excellent work in checking general
thieving. \ large number of detectives
in plain clothes are on duty tonight
watching the ruins, and it is expected
by tomorrow morning thar the militia
viii have things so well in hand that
the police officers viii be withdrawn to
their own state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-14
LOSS OF LIFE APPALLING.
Hundred Bodies Counted Within
Space OF Five Blocks.

st. Paul, Mimi, June 13.-A reporter
of the Dispatch. who went to New
Richmond, Wis, last night on the first
relief train, returned this morning, and
fully confirms the reports of the dread
full calamity which visited the place
about O'Clock last night. The pretty
little town is almost wiped off the map
and OF the 200 inhabitants, 200 lie dead
amongst the ruins of their homes, and
about 1000 are injured, many fatally.
Scarcely two score escaped without in
jury OF some nature.
Inhabitants of the village felt no
alarm until about $50, when heavy,
dark-colored clouds gathered on the
western horizon and soon spread over
the sky, gradually growing denser aud
darker. and preSaging tornado.
Great alarm prevailed shortly before
the storm broke. and refuge was sought
in cellars, wells, caves or other under
ground structures that promised safety
The wind was blowing with terrible
force. Trees were broken off short by
the force of the gale which struck the
town full in the center. and in ten min
utes awful destruction had been
wrought. The largest brick buildings
crumbled like eggshells. The lighter
frame structures were whisked away
like so much straw, ana many houses
were carried for blocks and then dashed
10 the earth. Five hundred buildings,
the finest in the town, We're wrecked,
and when the storm had passed, about
the only structures OF. any note left
standing were the Catholic and Baptist
churches Not a residence was left
uninjured-
Lumber yards went up in the clouds.
the huge planks being sliced into
shingles. A large iron bridge over