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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-30
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

Madison, March Pin the senate
at the morning session, a bill was
passed doing away with the word eli
cense' in the bicycle law. The Keene
bill, requiring the polls to be kept open
the same hours at judicial as at gen
eral election, was cOncurred in. -Four
! bills, which came from the committee
on assessment and collection Of taxes
providing for the taxation Of express
sleeping car, freight line and equip
| ment companies, on their property
value, were advanced to engrossment
and third reading without debate.
Two new bills were introduced in the
| senate Tuesday evening. One by SEN
ator Jones defining the crime of for
gerry in the thru degree, and one by
| Senator bennett authorizing cities and
villages to acquire waterworks by con-
demnation proceedings.
One of the first occurrences in the
assembly was the reconsideration of
| the vote of the evening before by
which Senator Welton's bill forbidding
the commitment of tramps to poor
houses was non-concurred in. Mr.
Minch declared that it was an injustice
upon the county's legitimate poor to
be housed with Migrants of the tramp
kind. Mr.. McGrath, who opposes the
measure, secured the postponement of
! action for one week. The railroad
committee reported back for passage,
but with amendments, the senate anti
pass bill No. 16, and it was ordered to
third reading by unanimous aye
anyway vote. The bill as amended is
as follows:
Section l. No person elected or
appointed to an office or position under
the laws of this state or the rules or
regulation of any department thereof
or public institution therein, or the
rules, regulations or ordinance of any
town, city or village therein shall di-
rectly or indirectly ask, demand, ac-
cept, receive or consent to receive for
his own use or benefit, or for the use
or benefit of another, and free pass.
free transportation, franking privilege
or discrimination in passenger, tele-
graph, express, sleeping car or tele-
phone rates, from any person or corpo-
ration, or make use of the same him
self, or in conjunction with another.
Any person who violates any provision
Of this section shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor, and shall be pun
ished by a fine not exceeding $500, nor
less than $500.
Section 2. Any person or officer 0;
agent of any corporation who shall Of
fer or promise to any person men
toned in section one of this act any
such free pass, free transportation,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-30
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

w. II. MlllalS, the artist, is dead at
London.
A delegation of 400 Finlanders was
refused an audience by the car of
Russia.
The remains of Princess and Prince
Bismarck were transferred to the new
mausOleum.
DR.. Hauer, the eminent geologist
and member of the German privy
council, is dead
Explosions of ammunition in gov
eminent factories in France killed
three and injured eight men.
General Kitchener reports that he
demolished the tomb of the mandi to
prevent fanatical pilgrimages.
A convention delimiting the front
eirs of Great Britain and France in
the Nile valley has been signed a,
London.
senate that force would not be used
against China to secure the demands
of Italy.
The British cruiser Talbot arrived
at Portsmouth, England, with the
body of Baron Herschell, who died al
Washington.
The duke and duchess of Marlbor-
ough have taken house in London
and it is said will spend half mil.
lion in entertaining.
The refusal Of the Chinese to agree
has brought negotiations for che ex.
| tension of the cosmopolitan settle.
ment to a deadlock
1t is said that Justin Huntley Nc
| Carthy, the playwright and lecturer
and his wife, Cissie Lotus, the &C
tress, have separated.
| Two daughters of an American
missionary, whose parents were tor.
tured and killed, are said to be hel(
captives by natives of West Africa
Herr Metz and a woman giving hel
name as Briesenick were arrested il
Berlin on the charge of committing
a London murder which has puzzled
the police.
The Rome correspondent of the
London Daily Chronicle says: CAL
though there is no immediate alarm
IL is generally felt that the pOpe'S life
is ebbing away"
Joseph Chamberlain, British secre
tary of state for the colonies, stated
in the house of commons that the sit
uation in the Transvaal was a rea
| danger, but as yet there was nc
| ground for an ultimatum.
The queen regent of Spain has
signed the decree giving Jules Cam
| bon, French ambassador at Washing
ton, full power to represent Spain a.
| the exchange of the notifications o.
the treaty of peace with the United
| States.
| The United States Philippines com
mission has held it's first meeting al
| Manila and decided to issue a pro-
nounciamentO to the inhabitants The
document will explain the spirit in
which the United States intends to
fulfill the trust imposed, and will
call upon the people Of the islands to
lay down their arms and cooperate
in the interests of good government.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-30
KILOGRAMS IN BRIEF.
sPANIsH-AMERICAN SITUATION.

Fighting is reported on the island
of Negros.
The United States took formal pos
session Of Wake island.
Cuba's army is found to have shrunk
from $4,000 to 1929 men.
A British naval officer attempted 20
induce Philippines rebels to submit.
The United States battleship Oregon
arrived at Manila ready for service.
The American force in the Philip
pines has been entirely reOrganized.
Havana police have checked the eff
forts of the Nanigos to wipe out the
force.
Fifty persons were seriously hurt in
a row between police and citizens in
Havana.
Aguinaldo beheaded one of his gen
erals for trying to convince him of the
folly of resisting the Americans.
The female nurses who have been at
the Camp Ship field hospital, Annis-
ton, Ala, have been discharged.
Col. Davis, of the army beef court
of inquiry, is said to have admitted
that Gen Miles charges have been
proved.
M. Cambon, the French ambassador,
will act as the representative Of Spain
in the final exchange OF ratifcations Of
the peace treaty.
The mob violence in Havana has
been checked after the killing of three
policemen and five civilians. Many
were wounded.
CoDmissary-S Sergeant Mason gave
direct testimony before the Wade court
of inquiry that army beef had been
treated chemically.
Rev. Felix CULLEN, an exiled friar
from Manila, tells a story of terrible
atrocities practiced upon the Spanish
priests by the Filipinos under Aguin-
aldo.
The British government will be
urged to make a claim for the family
of Mr.. Simpson, an Englishman who
was accidentally shot by American
soldiers at Manila.
Senator Stewart of Nevada, in an
interview with President Mckinley,
declared that Gen. Otis course in the
IulIlDplutS LIDS Uttu do VI uIdl do w CJ
!er's methods in Cuba.
Gen. Young, in announcing and ap-
proving the sentences of the mutinOus
members of the fifteenth Minnesota
regiment, severely roasted the officers,
whom he holds largely responsible for
the outbreak.
Filipinos who attacked the American
army posts at Taguig, near Pasig, were
routed with heavy loss, and were driV-
en- back eleven miles, the Americans
losing three killed and twenty-five
wounded Over 200 Filipinos were
wounded.
The Cuban assembly will vote on a
motion providing for the disarmament
of the army and the dissolution of the
assembly itself, at the same time au-
thorizing the soldiers to accept any ar
rearages of pay offered to them by the
United States.
Gen. Greeley of the signal corps is
trying to solve the problem of how to
manage the telegraph system of Cuba
and Porto Rico, which is in the hands
of 500 volunteers with 800 regulars who
do not know anything about telegraph
ing, and little about the management
of telegraph lines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-30

Mr.. Dodge offered some amendments
to his bill forbidding the sale of
liquors within one mile of the Milwau-
zee soldiers home. One made the dis
lance q of a mile and exempted brew
cries from the operation of the law.
The bill and amendments were killed
after brief debate. Despite an ad-
verse committee report, Mr.. Hall saved
his bill requiring all poisons to be re-
tailed in 3-cornered bottles. The bill
was ordered to a third reading. The
house voted to adhere to its forfeiture
of-office clause in and its other amend
ments to the senate's proposed anti
pass constitutional amendment, and
the chair appointed as house conferees
Messrs. Orion, Rusk and Sturdevant.
The senate members are Messrs Lam
oreux, Whitehead and Roehr
The committee on railroads reported
for postponemept the Humphrey bill
for two-cent passenger fare on rail-
roads. The committee gives as its
opinion that the enactment Of such a
bill would not be beneficial to the peo-
pie nor justifable to the railroads
holding that it would necessitate a
raise in freight rates and that it woulf
retard the building Of new roads and
improvements on the present.
A joint resolution by Mr.. Wander
cook to have all bills in the hands oil
committees reported by April l was
carried. The bill appropriating $4,000
to the Eau Claire home for .faller
women went back to the claims com
mittee on motion of Mr. Burlington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-30

works, met with strong opposition on
the part of Messrs Eline, Rusk and
Hall on the ground that it was a move
for job for someone Concurrence
was refused by a vote OF 45 to %.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-30

Wisconsin and Michigan met in Chi
cago and planned to form a trust.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-30

Browne-How did that congressman
get his reputation as a brainy man?
Towne-He was once interviewed by
bright reporter-Brooklyn Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-30

8 months. His own circuit judge ia
vored the proposition. Mr.. Hoehle.
in justification of such legislation, said
that 1t had been shown before the COM
mittees that cases had been pigeon
holed by judges L, ?, 8, 4, and even
years. The bills were then all or
dered to third reading, rs to Is.
The bill for sugar beet bounty OF
one cent ton for three years mot 5,
as in original bilD, was reported IA
vorably. The Middleton bill. giving
threshers a lien upon the grail
threshed, went to the Judiciary com.
mittee. The Dresser bill, providing
that where damage is done to high
ways and bridges by threshing-ma-
chine engines that weigh more than
ten tons (the present law makes the
weight fve), the owners shall be re-
| sponsible, was on the calendar for en-
grossment. Mr.. Thomas proposed an
amendment, making the weight seven
tons. 1t was adopted and the bill was
! then engrossed.
Mr.. Trues marriage license bill was
also ordered engrossed.
Assembly bills killed were: Nos.
800 (Fogo), providing that a person
not heard Of for years shall be pre-.
sumed to be dead, and 406 Uogan)
relating to the biennial fixing of sal.
aries in counties OF 100000 population
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-30

Madison, March 27.-Gov. Scofield
sent in his first vetoes for this legis-
lative session. A bill by Senator
Mills providing that the common
council of Superior might fill va
cancy in the municipal judgesnip
under certain eXigencies received ex-
ecutive disapproval because of a
question as to it's constitutionality
and the Rasmussen bill to construe
the statues relative to the third
municipal court of Barron county
was vetoed on the ground that it's
language was defective, and if not
fatal to it as least might cause DOUBTS
as to its constitutionality. The four
big corporation taxation bills were,
however, sent to third reading. The
Welton bill, No. 1895, providing for
the reorganization of the Wisconsin
national guard on the regular army
basis, was passed, after the adoption
of an amendment, striking out the
section requiring regimental and staff
appointees to be under 40 years of
age. Among the assembly bills con-
Cured in was one raising the age of
consent to Is years.
In the assembly Mr.. Baldock intro
duced a resolution permitting Mr..
Dahl to introduce a bill relating to the
sale of drugs by unlicensed persons. |
The resolution was adopted. Sena-
tor DeVos' bill taking the appointment |
Of water register of Milwaukee out of !
a dc Of h.
it in the hands of the board of public /
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16
EUREKA ITEMS.

COrreHpunuence OF the Ledger,
EUREKA, Mo-, Feb. Is, 1sS9.-Miss
Bertha Dye is on the sick list at this
writing.
Mrs. James, who has been sick for
some time, is improving.
Henry Hildebrand, who lived on
the Slime farm last year, moved to
Benton City last week.
The institute will be held at Eureka
next Friday night and Saturday, In
stead of Saturday night, as reported
in last weeks items.
viii T~ratchel, OF near Benton City,
was the guest of Louis Knoebel Satur-
day.
Robert Dye, while helping VIII
Ball move, fell from his wagon and
sprained bis ankle.
The farmers ot this vicinity are
almost through harvesting Ice.
Some of the boys of this vicinity at
tended debate at Rush Hill last Friday
night.
Mr.. Winkler, Of Rush Hill, and Mr.,
, DooEe, of Galloway county, were here
on business one day last week.
Jef Ecton moved TO the WIN Bal
place Tuesday.
win Crews was in Mexico on busi-
ness Tuesday.
MI. Crews bought sixty bushels o.
corn from Robert Dye at IS cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16

Because IL has prolonged the lives of
thousands Of sufferers; 1t has made
their sick patients well.
The best test that can be applied to
Psine's celery compound is to use 1t.
II one lie rundown" feels without
energy, lifeless, useless, f%retful, take
this great remedy and note the
change.
In Its peculiar ability to at once In
vigorate the body, to make new blood
and TO regulate the nerves, lies the
great value of Paine's celery COM
pound In all wasting diseases and dis
orders Of the kidneys, liver and stom-
ach.
A neglected complaint, though
slight at the beginning, may, through
neglect, cause Q lifetime Of misery,
The ringing In the ears, the baokache
or the general debility unless the
body is braced up again, may teach
one by bitter experience that dis
ease can creep through very small
holes.
Paine's celery compound stimulates
the kidneys, improves the appetite
and digestion, drives out any scrofu'
lous tendencyin the blood and actively
encourages the nutrition OF the nerveI
and organs with the result that TIT
whole body takes on flesh and color
the best indication Of improves
health.
1t makes people welli
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16
AUDRAIN's COUNTY CLERK.
Brief Mention Of Mrs. Clara D. Sni-
dow, Taken from the st. Louis
Republic Of Sunday.

The Sunday 81. Louis Republic, in
writing up women who hold political
office in this state, speaks as follows
Of Mrs. CLARA D. snidow, Audrain's
County Clerk:
Mrs. Clara D. Snidow is the widow
Of the late ]. 8. snidow, who was the
popular Clerk and campaign orator Of
the Democratic party in Audrain
County. In 1894 be ran for the office
Of County Clerk and was elected by
the largest majority ever polled In
Audrain County. He made the race
for q second term In 1928, receiving
the nomination by an overwhelming
majority, but died shortly after, leav-
ing a wife and Eve children without
support. Mrs. Hnidow had always
taken q lively interest In her hus-
bands campaigns, siding him az far as
she could. When it was suggested
by her friends that she become q can.
didate for the office made vacant by
her husbands death, she readily COM
piled, seeing in this q way to sustain
her large family. She ct once an
nounced her candidacy in all the
county papers,and sent out over 1000
personal letters to voters Of the
county. In her campaign work che
had no assistance except from her H.
year-old daughter, Bertha. Although
she had two opponents in this race,
Carter and Horton, who each made q
a close personal canvass OF the county
she was elected by q safe majority
and is at present discharging the
duties Of her office,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16
Chicago. Ill. Dec. u, 1898.

llst LUZ LEI Aoeos
Gentlemen: 1t gives me pleasure to
certify to the good effects from Paine's
celery compound for my patients In
general debility and liver complaints.
Andrew L. Lundgren, N. D.
Why do the ablest physicians in
America openly prescribe, use and
recommend Paine's celery compound?
First, because Paine's celery COM
pound IS not a patent medicine. 1t is not
the discovery OF some quack doctor Of
whom his profession never heard; it
is not a connection put up by some
man who first invented g name, and
then adopted a preparation to 1T 1t;
and It is not q secret remedy.
But 1t Is, first, toe result OF the life
long study of the greatest physician
America has produced, a man whose
reputation was world wide years be-
fore he had ever arrived at this
wonderful formula; a man who has
received the highest degrees from the
best colleges, who was at the time OF
his great discovery a professor ct
Dartmouth and a lecturer In other
universities, a scholar and q member
Of a family which has made its mark
in every department of public life in
America Prof. Edward e. Phelps
M. D., LII. D..
why do progressive and intelligent
p~hysicians Of every school prescribe
Paine's celery compound in prefer
enoe to any other remedy
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16
What Shall We Dor

A serious and dangerous disease
prevails IN this country, dangerous
because 60 deceptive. 1t comes on SO
slowly yet surely that 1t is often firmly
seated before we are aware of it.
The name Of this disease, which may
be divided into three distinct stages,
lie: First, kidney trouble, indicated by
pain in the back, rhematism ,lumbago,
frequent desire to urinatc, often with
q burning sensation, the flow of urine
being copious or scant with strong
odor.
II allowed to advance, this reaches
the second stage, or bladder trouble,
with heavy pain in the abdomen low
down between the navel and the water
passage, increasing desire to urinate,
Nth acaldino -aansation In oaasino
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16
County News.
MARTTNSBURG ITEMS.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
MARTNsBURa, Mo-, Feb. 14.-Tom
Romans, who has been quite sick, lie
recovering.
Grandma Halslip, near town, is
quite Ill.
Our creamery is now under the new
management of the gentleman from
Illinois.
George Meyerpeter was called to
Marshall this week as a witness for
the La Crosse Lumber %.
Il. O. Thomas, who has been here
for some time buying hogs, leaves to-
night for his home In Illinois.
James Scott shipped i've car loads
of cattle to St. Louis Sunday morning.
Mr.. Linneman also shipped q .
of cattle Sunday.
Mrs. Khromer Wright returned to
her home In Huntsville this morning
after a visit with friends and relatives
here.
Mrs. Sarah Bishop,near town, gavca
number Of her old friends e nice din
ner Monday in honor Of her 5sth
birthday. All report q good time and
o splendid dinner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16
DULY ITEMS.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
DULY, NO., Feb. 14.-The party at
George Clapper's Saturday night was
highly enjoyed by all.
Prof. Horton, the Dulyschool teach
or, is on the sick list. Mise Donna
Horton lie teaching in his place and Is
giving general satisfaction.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Dorgan gave
their son, Robert, and his charming
bride a reception Thursday.
The Sunday School at Trinity was
poorly attended Sunday, owing to the
cold weather.
Quite a number from here attended
the party at Mr. Pearson's Monday
night and report o fine time.
A number of the boys from Duly
went to the home of O. T. Jesse Friday
to charivari Robert Dorgan and wife.
The Duly literary society is in fine
shape. The paper will be read ct the
next meeting by Theo. selb and B. r.
Orear.
1t lie reported that DennIe Brenton
is going to move to Mexico in the near
future.
Everything iroHe and items are
scarce.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16
THE A FAN I L
A Vigorous Argument in Favor Of the
Measure By Hon. O. r. Clark.

JEFFERSON CITY, NO., Feb. t3.-
There was q lively contest In the
House over Q bill to establish q state
Fair. The Committee on Roads and
Highways, to which It had been re-
ferred, submitted q favorable report
by o majority Of the committee and
an adverse report by three members.
Mr.. Smith, of Saline, moved to adopt
the minority report and this opened
the contest.
Mr.. Clark, of Audrain, made q strong
speech In favor Of the measure, Of
which he lie the author. He said 1t did
not carry an appropriation of 81 from
the Treasury, but sought to convert
funds arising from the breeders law
TO such an enterprise. The fair would
be located by the State Board Of Agri-
culture on a large tract Of land donated
by the city selected. This ground
could also be utilized by the National
Guard Of Missouri for encampment.
He referred to the Worlds Fair exhi-
bition to be held In St. Louis and
urged that the State could do no bet
ter than to encourage agriculture In
the meantime. Nj. Clark pointed to
g number OF states that appropriated
large sums of money for state agri-
/ cultural exhibits.
Mr.. Brown, Of Newton, said the bill
provided an opening for expendlng
large sums of money and he was OPP
posed to it on that account.
Messrs. Thompson, Of Clay Prather,
OF fancy, and McRoberts, OF Lewis,
followed with strong arguments IN
favor Of the bill and it was finally
placed on the engrossment calendar
by a vote which caused the friends of
a State Fair to believe that the House
| will pass IL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16

When DR.. R. v. Pierce, OF Buffalo,
Y published the fret edition Of
his work, the Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, he announced that
after $50, 900 copies had been sold at
the regular price, $3.50 per copy, the
profit on which would repay him for
the great amount Of labor and money
expended In producing it, he would
distribute the next half million free.
As this number of copies has already
been sold, he is now distributing,
absolutely free, 100000 copies Of this
most complete, interesting and valua-
BILE common sense medical work ever
published-the recipient only being
required to mail TO him, at the above
address, (21) cents in one
cent stamps to cover cost of mailing
only, and the book will be sent post
paid. 1t is veritable medical library,
complete in one volume. 1t contains
over 1000 pages and more than 800
Illustrations. The Free Edition is
precisely the same as those sold &C
$3.50 except only that the books are
bound in strong manila paper covers
instead Of cloth. Send NOW before
all are given away.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16

public road, commissioners report
filed February 8; continued to March
court.
B. o. TOrbert ct al, petitioners for
public road, same.
R. W. Powell ct al, petitioners to
widen public road, report of commits
sioner for damages filed Nov. %, 1913;
continued 20 March court,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16

At $3.50 O'Clock Wednesday after
noon, Feb. is, B. NJ. Yates and Miss
Susie J. Berry, both Of near Fulton,
we're wed ct the home Of the BRIDES
father, ]. @. Berry. Mr.. Yates is q
prosperous young farmer and has
many friends. Miss Berry, Who Is .
sister Of Mrs. Alt. Guy and has visited
in Mexico 3 number Of times, lie q
lovely young lady. Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
attended the wedding.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16

Sam Calbreath still has his fingers,
but the doctor says only one thumb
can be saved, II that.
@. W. Petty has been on the sick
list.
Bob Paisley went to st. Louis last
Monday.
R. A. McClintio lost q a45 steer Sum
day.
John Richardson will not 60 west,
but says he will farm north Of town.
We are glad that he Is going to stay
with rs.
Robert oOakley will 60 to CalIao In
March,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-16
Dick She'll am Rirht

Richard Shell, Of Laddonia, one Of
AudrAin's most extensive stock ship
pers, was with Mr., Miller, who lives
on the Caleb Berry farm, who was
badly injured In q railroad collision In
Chicago q few days since. We are
glad TO know that Mr.. Shell escaped
without injury, except 9 severe shak-
ing up. Mr.. Miller is about the same
and bis friends now hope thai be viii
recover.