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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-17

Richmond. March 10 There are a
great many cases OF smallpox scattered
throughout the eastern portion OF the
state: but the disease Is Of mild type.
In a few counties IL has not been deemed
wise 20 hold the courts this month.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-17
Two Mine. ne.nme Work.

Fort Smith. Ark, March i5-The
striking miners at Hobart have returned
to work. The Rabbit mines AZ Howe
have made terms with the operators and
are returning 10 work. The operators
agreed TO reinstate all the strikers
Elsewhere the condition il unchanged.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-17
SMALLPOX SPREADING.
In north Carolina the Disease Has AP-
peared Ia Twenty Counties.

Raleigh. March 10 Smallpox CON
tinues 10 spread in this state Up TO nov
it, presence has been reported In 20
counties of the state. SO rapidly is the
disease assuming the proportions Of an
epidemic that the state board Of health
has appointed a smallpox Inspector
re disease is especially had among
the mill operatives at Burlington.
At Greensboro the authorities have
given the people three days notice 20 be-
vaccinaied and failure TO comply with
the ordinance viii subject the offender
10 a SEQ fine
Unless the epidemic is speedily checked
compulsory vaccination Will be ordered
over the entire state.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-17

Washington, March l5 90 Senator
Jones Of Arkansas, is improving
Ex-Governor Fletcher Of Missouri. is
still in a critical condition with no
change.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-17

Albany. March TO- Governor Roose-
welt has refused 10 commute the SEN
tonce Of Mrs Martha Place, the Brooklyn
murderess. and she will be electrocuted
some day during next weekat Sing Sing
prison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13
GOLD IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Up to the present time most of the
gold has been found in the easily &C
cessible districts near the coasts,
though the natives of the interior Of
Luzon, a region but little explored,
traffic in the precious metal, which
they evidently obtain from some Of
the inland streams. AS yet placer
deposits are the chief source Of the
metal, which has been worn by the
rains from the mountain ranges and
borne down by rivulets and creeks
to their lower channels. In certain
regions there is not a stream, large
or small, whose sands do not show
the yellow trace of gold, while now
and then natives of the interior offer
heavy nuggets for sale. The gold
thus buried in the river sands and
gravels undoubtedly had its source
in the mountain ranges, whose quartz
veins await the hand and eye Of the
cunning miner They may be rich;
they may be poor: only scientific
study and exploration can tell. The
principal gold-yielding region of Lu-
zon is the district Of Mambulao. The
metal has been found also in Min
danao, Mindoro, Panay, Cebu, and the
smaller islands of Samar, Catanduanes,
Sibuyan, Bohol and Panaon. One Of
the larger islands Mindoro, gains its
name from it's gold deposits, it's name
signifying nina de ora gold mine). The
natives speak Of places in its interior
gold is 50 plentiful that the natives
carry it about in bags for use in their
ordinary buying and selling. Here are
the Misamis placers, the richest in the
archipelago, their yield to the native
miners being about $50 ounces
month. Rich quartz veins are said to
be known in this island, and there is
one such vein in the small island of
Panaon, lying north of MindanaO; but
hitherto gold has been mined princi-
pally in placer beds, and these not
very rich as compared with those of
California Personally | know little
about these gold gravels, as I have
seen only some of their results. They
are so widely distributed and are
worked in so desultory a manner that
their actual richness is largely mat
ter of guesswork. AS regards the
mother veins, I have made no search
for them, and I am quite sure that the
Sraniards have not troubled them
selves in this direction. They rest in
virgin wealth, waiting in their pristine
state the coming of the American min
ing prospector They will have to be
deeply hidden indeed if they escape his
penetrating eyes.-Ramon Reyes Lala
in American Monthly Review Of Re-
views.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13

justment, trouble would break out
anew The fact that the Central Car
company, an inside organization which
furnished a lot Of rolling stock to the
railroad company, was dominated by
men high in the railroad company,
caused numerous hearings in the course
Of which Mark T. Cox appeared as a
persistent objector to the application
Of the squeezing proc ass, which he
claimed his fellow members applied TO
him. Thousands Of papers have been
filed in the courts in connection with
the receivership and many scores OF
hearings have been had. All kinds OF
fraud has been alleged and denied by
the respective parties. But all these
troubles are over now.
The reorganization committee is
composed Of George Coppell, John
Crosby Brown, William L. Bull, Gerald
L. Hoyt, Fred T. Gates and James c.
Colgate. The reorganization managers
are Maitland, Coppell & Co., Brown
Brothers & Co. and Edward Sweet &
Co., all OF New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13
MIR. HOWELLS CHOICE.

Mr.. William Dean Howells' is a fun
ny man. This is what he says, in Lit
erature, about three Spanish novelists:
II by any effect of advancing civility
we could have treated with Spain for
the cession of her three novelists,
Perez Galdos, Emilia Pardo-Bazan. and
Armando Palacio Valdes, I, for one
American, should have been much
more content than I am with Cuba,
Porto Rico, and the Philippines; and
should have thought our Peace Com
missioners at Paris had made a better
use of money if they had paid Spain
S20,000,000 for the last novelist alone
thar they have made in buying us the
right to crush out a barbarous aspira-
ton for freedom in the far east" It
may be true, as Mr.. Howells says, that
in fiction the dons "shine our masters"
But they would have been much more
willing to sell Don Armando for 500
100000 than the islands.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13
NEW THEORY CT THOUGHT.
1t Is Vibrations of Ether-Telepathy
Is Wireless Telegraphy.

In his new work. entitled The Drones
Must Die Max Nordau gives the fol-
lowing as the opinion Of one of his
characters regarding the properties of
ether" that subtle force which is be-
lieved to convey the vibrations set up
by wireless telegraphy from one point
10 another:
He held that thoughts are vibra-
ton of ether exactly like warmth, cleo
tricity and light. Their sum in the
universe is unvarying, like that of all
other forces. They are diffused in
space like rays Of light or electric
currents. Millions and billions Of vari-
Gus vibrations strike necessarily upon
the human brain, constituting the in
Vulnerable thoughts that have been
depths of space, now or in aeons of in
conceivable remoteness. If brain be
prepared for a vibration of a certain
duration and wave-length, an equal vi
bration is aroused within it, and the
thought which this vibration repre-
sents becomes conscious. In the
ascending portion of the circular
course, which we call development, the
brain becomes capable Of ever shorter
and more rapid vibrations; in the de-
scending portion it becomes coarser
and more sluggish. Every invention,
every discovery, every enlargement Oh
the bounds Of knowledge is due to the
Oh TO, Il !
gree Of vibratory capacity which en-
ables it to receive the corresponding
vibration Of thought flashed upon it
from space, and to convert it into con-
sciousness. Hence it follows that no
thought originates in the brain that
thinks it; for every thought has been
thought before, and will be thought
again and again to all eternity; every
brain acts like a relay in an electric
system; it receives an impulse from
eternity, and retransmits it to eternity |
after its passage. The whole ocean Of
we are only conscious of those 10 !
which our brains are sensitive The |
differences in wisdom are differences
in the vibra tory capacity Of the |
molecular mass Of the brain. Charac-
ter, temperament, a talent, are the ex-
preston Of wave lengths and periods
OF vibration. Every Individual is a
rhythm. Attraction and repulsion be-
tween individuals are caused by the
harmony or dissonance Of their
rhythms, their reinforcing or disturb
ing effect upon each other"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
SPANISH-AMERICAN ISLANDS.

x-President Harrison said America,
while reprobating cruelty, has not felt
that she has a commission to police
the world
Col. Ames Of the thirteenth Mimi
esota reached San Francisco.
Professor Schurman of the Philip
pine commission has left Manila for
HongkOng on his way home.
Between June and July 2, Lila
men, enlisted at Chicago, were sent to
the Philippines, breaking all records
in securing recruits.
It is reported in Manila that the
Filipinos will release all Spanish
prisoners except the friars, who will be
kept for ransom.
The army will probably be supplied
with machine guns for use in the
Philippines. The Maxim automatic
gun may be adopted.
There will be no change in the num-
Der of major-generals or brigadier-
generals on account of the return Of
volunteers from the Philippines.
Thirty-two district clubs Of the
Cuban national party oppose even the
temporary withdrawal of General
Gomez from the island A fund is be-
ing collected to build him home.
Company F of the engineer corps
left Willets Point for Manila via San
Francisco. The company is one of the
best in the service and has in it
many men who have served 20 or 80
years.
u. S. Consul Pratt, at Singapore,
has secured an injunction against
publishers of a book in which it is
stated that he promised the FilipinOs
independence in return for their aid
against Spain.
At the Fourth of July banquet in
Havana a cable dispatch from Presi-
dent Mckinley was read, wishing the
island happiness, success and pros
perity, and was received with enthu-
siasm and applause.
There was big 4th Of July celebra,
ton in Manila, including speeches
parades, fireworks and music. A ban
quet attended by American officers
was held in Havana and patriotic
tOastS were responded to.
The Olympia, with Admiral Dewey
on board, will probably soon arrive a
Suez and proceed to the Dardanelles
the United States minister having in
vited the admiral to spend a shor
time with i'm on the BosphOrus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13

Chippewa Falls, Wis, July S.-A des-
perate attempt was made last night 20
hold up passenger train on the ST.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railway.
The train was fired into three times.
Two bullets went through the windows
of one of the cars and lodged in the
roof Of the car. Two women were
struck in the face by broken glass and
one, Mrs. ]. Shonp, resident Of Ca
dott, Wis, had an eye badly cut An
other bullet fired by a third member Of
the holdup gang went through the cab
and barely missed striking the engi-
neer. The engineer opened the throt-
tie wide and although several more
shots were fired none were effective.
The passengers became panic stricken
and the conductor with difficulty re-
stored order. The sheriff was notified
and posse is in pursuit of the bandits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13
THE ECONOMY OF FLIRTING.
Up-to-Date Girl Has Long String of
Admirers for Financial Purposes.

The girl of the smart set is con-
tinually a surprise. One of the bright
est in that set in this city is a girl who
is a disciple Of everything: in touch
with all isms and entangled in none;
a marvel in her list Of requirements.
She is musical, she dances, she is pres
ident Of a reading club and a mem
Der of a Delsarte and sketching club;
she rides well, pulls good stroke and
plays tennis and golf, of course. She
has had a training in mechanical
drawing and could earn her living as
stenographer. She has the walls
of her room hung about with prizes
she has won for every known thing
under the sun except that in which
she is the most profcient-fiirting It
came to pass recently that her stately
mamma demonstrated with the young
woman, citing the number of her ad-
mirers and the enormity of encourage
ing all. why all these young men,"
demanded the mother. TITS simply a
matter of economy, mamma l select
a young man who does any one thing
we'll and encourage him family. There
| is Jack good natured fellow, keeps
my mandolin in strings and in tune
and sends me the latest music. He's
worth a small fortune to me- On the
same principle I cultivate Harry. He
keeps boat. I should forget my row.
ing if it were not for Harry. And
Ned, he's such a student-as good as
tutor. Bert is splendid for tennis,
and I'm becoming a golf expert under
his training"
and young de Vigne?" asked mann
ma. "Oh, he serves to keep up my
French. L am afraid she added re-
| fiectively, Il shall have to give up lit
tie Sammy, the artist, he's no end of
help to me in sketching, but he's get
ting too fond Of me and growing
troublesome. Benson is splendid in
| stenography, and I'm training him to
write instead Of coming to see me;
it's good practice. Howard keeps
horses; it's not flirting you see but
economy But of what USE said
mamma severely, lis that poor young
man with the flaxen hair and meek
air?" oh" answered the daughter,
that's young Knickerbocker. He
knows the bark Of every family tree.
He is good for placing people and for
caramels. New York Mail and Ex-
DreSS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13
BUSY TINE IN NEW YORK POST
OFFICE.

Steamers mail. :" This loud
call, echoing throughout the foreign
room in the postoffice building, is the
equivalent of the Clear ship for &C
ton" on the man-of-war Instantly
distributors leave their separating
cases, stampers abandon their
blocks" the electric stamp-cancell-
ing machine temporarily ceases it's
cumming, buZzing rattle, every avail
able clerk or porter gets ready for the
fray, and the whole force charges
with alacrity ON the fast accommodating
pile, as sack after sack is dumped on
a low, large table, at times entirely hid
from sight by bags with labels indi-
eating their origin; thousands of
miles away, whether from the con-
fines of Siberia, or the shores of the
Indian ocean. The sight, even to men
familiar with the work, is inspiring,
when at times two, and on
Ger. ain occasions three, steamers land
their cargo of sacks at the same hour.
Not iDfrequently this happens when
come enc thousand and odd sacks have
to be made ready for an outgoing
steamer, and then the foreign force is
fairly on it's mettle, and may well be
again to the crew of a
when it has to fight fire in
side and fire from the enemy outside
Here again, as on the battIeship, or
5aniZation and years training tell.
The wagon-loads of sacks melt be-
ore the vigorous and steady on
Taught, as did the Spanish feet be-
ore Dewey's guns, and in a short
yhilr tie room is cleared and the
feld-day" over.-From The For
ign Mail Service at New York, by
:. G. Chat in Scribner's
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13

Sir Alexander Armstrong, X. c. B.,
cal department Of the British navy, is
dead
Captain Dreyfus' brother, Matthew,
visited him at Rennes for the first
time since his return from DEVILS is
land.
Mrs. May Wright SewaIl was elected
president of the International Council
Of Women, which closed its sessions
at London.
1t is believed the franchise pro-
posals of Great Britain to the Trans
vaal have been accepted and that
peace will be preserved.
EX-President Harrison delivered the
principal address at the fourth Of July
reception at the American embassy in
| Paris. There were 600 guests.
Germany has refused to submit tC
| obligatory arbitration. In view of this
the peace congress declared arbitra-
| ton should be optional except in cases
| of conventions between the powers.
Opponents Of the Belgian govern
| neuL agreed III Ll6 CQamDeF OF Qepu
ties to submit the electoral reform
question to committee, which vii
comprise representatives of all tn,
| parties.
M. Bertillon has been discharged
from his place as head of the French
anthropometrical department becaus
his testimony as a handwriting exper
in the Dreyfus case has proved to b
| erroneous.
1t is announced in Montreal tina
the newly formed Dominion Steel an
Iron company will take over tn
Dominion Coal company and vii
guarantee to pay at least per cent
on the stock of the Dominion Goa
company which amounts to ST., 900 ,OO(
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13

means OF the new diamond saw of
Felix Fromholt, Partisan engineer. A
steam-driven steel disk six feet or
more in diameter has for cutting hard
stone about 200 ordinary diamond cry.
stalls in its cutting edge, and for soft
stones diamonds are placed at inter-
walls OF five teeth, the saw being made
with ordinary steel teeth. At 200 revo-
lutions the saw advances in hard stone
about foot in minute, while sot
stone is penetrated about a yard b,
twelve turns Of the saw in the same
time. The cost is an eighth or a
tenth Of that Of hand cutting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13
DOMESTIC.

Chicago July wheat, 721sc.
Two Tennessee whitecaps were
hanged
July Fourth was celebrated the
world over.
The National Editorial association
met at Portland, Ore.
Captain Benton Pratt, aged 65, died
suddenly at Washington.
John Wanamaker has sailed for
Norway with his daughter.
Dynamiters wrecked the home of
Rev. Sims at Terre Haute.
Actor William Barton Arnold, aged
81, is dead at New York.
negro is said to have been cured
of leprosy by an East Indian remedy.
Three or four hundred lives may
have been lost in the Texas foods.
William J. Bryan made speeches at
Atlanta and GAINESVILLE, Ga, on the
9TH
Dowager Queen Kapiolani died at
Honolulu June "A. She was So years
old
Admiral Schley made a speech at
Chester, Pa, and was given an ova-
zion.
Fourteen persons We're injured by
COLLISION of trolley cars near Whining
ton, Del.
Five tons of dynamite were exploded
in Colorado to cause an artificial
earthquake.
A big deal in coal land is reported
along the Monongahela river by an
eastern syndicate.
The tin plate mills may resume as a
settlement of the wage question is
apparently in sight.
The Association of American Agri-
cultural Chemists, met in joint conyen-
zion in San Francisco.
J. Fred Powers of Worcester, Mass,
won the amateur all-around athletic
championship of America.
A woman is said to have confessed
that she murdered her stepson at
Ninona, Mimi, in 1891.
Georgia began war on the oil trust
and will seize three-fourths OF the
Illuminating oil in the state.
The steamer Catania made record
-
in four months and IS days
Postmaster Joseph D. Johnston. who
had served under thirteen presidents
died at Terra Haute, aged IS.
The Samoan commission expects to
sail for home July IA, and will reach
San Francisco about Aug. IA.
The historic Gayoso hotel, with
other buildings, was burned at Mem
phis, causing a loss of $450000
Great applause greeted William J.
Bryan's name at a patriotic celebra-
tiOR held in the Tammany wigwam.
Lieut.. Col Henry Wagner, fourth
cavalry, having reached the age of So
years has been placed on the retired
list.
Mr. MeIklejohn, assistant secre-
tary Of war. will be a candidate for SEN
ator from Nebraska to succeed Thurs
ton.
DR.. James I. Brownson, the vener-
able pastor of the First Presbyterian |
church of Washington and one of the |
most noted divines and prominent |
educators in the United States, died, |
aged 80 years.
Many delegates are arriving for the |
International Christian Endeavor |
Convention, which commenced at De-
troit.
Humphrey Lynch, young man on
his way from Melrose, Iowa, to New
York, became insane on a Nickel Plate
train.
Poison from the bite of a kissing
bug" is reported to have caused the !!
death of 6-year-old boy at Philadel-
phia.
A ST. Louis grocer's clerk infatuat-
ed with his employers young wife,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13
WHY HE HAD HOPES.

you think you will win herr" asked
his friend
Il am sure Of it if only her father
keeps his word with me-" replied the
sutton
What do you expect him to do?'
L expect him to live up to his
threat to kick me out of the house the
next time I call, and if he does"
"Well?"
We'll, you know something about
girls, don't you?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13

Mamma, what would you do if that
big vase in the parlor should get brok-
en." said Tommy.
I should spank whoever did it." said
Mrs. Banks, gazing severely at her lit
tie son.
We'll, then, you'd better begin to get
up your muscle" said Tommy, gleeful-
ly, coz papa's broken it.''-Harper's
Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13
FOREIGN.

Followers of Jiminez have started
another revolt in San Domingo.
Anna Gould's husband wrote an in
sulting letter to the prince of Monaco
Delegates to the peace conference
Joined Americans in honoring
Grotius's memory
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13

Its too bad" said little Bessie.
that there isn't another little Peters
boy"
They have Six" said the mother.
Il should consider that about enough. y
Well said the little girl, they can
all take each others clothes as they
grow up, but there isn't any one to take
little Johnnie's, and it seems kind Of
waSteful. Harper Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13

Tie forest area of all the British
possessions in America is estimated at
about 500 100000 acres The settler
has cut his way into the fringe of the
vast woodland, but his depredations
are nothing as compared with the
terrific scourge Of fire which has
through it at different times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13

The United States has about 49,
900 acres OF forest, but this is be-
ing rapidly depleted by the axe and by
destructive fires. The government is
now Investigating means to prevent or
control the latter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13
SHOOT INTO TRAIN
ROBBERS UNSUCCESSFULLY TRY
TO HOLD UP PASSENGER.
CLOSE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS

Engineer Pulls Throttle Wide Open
ger-Frustrated Bandits Shoot Into
Cab Of Engine and Into One Of the
Coaches-TWo Women Injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-13
CENTRAL ROAD SOLD
BID IN BY THE REORGANIZATION
COMMITTEE.
S7,3OO,OOO PAID FOR 1T

Purchase Price Only a Small Portion
OF the Money That Has Been Put
Into the Road-But One Bidder
Present-Property Sold Under Fore
closure Proceedings.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-10-26
The Gelding Emmett Not Sold.

@. O. VOORHEES, has returned from
St. Louis and reports that OR. Drum
mond, OF that city, who contracted to
take the bay gelding, Emmett, for
$1,000, and to whom the horse was de-
livered, refused to accept him on ac-
count of alleged blemiah. Mr.. voor-
hies has shipped Emmett back to this
city.
Mr.. voorhies says he was told while
In st. Louis that Carter Neagle, OF
Lexington, KY, had sold The French-
man, the noted gelding, to DR.. o. w.
Crowley, of that city, for about 81, 900.
1t ls understood that the horse was
bought by DR.. Crowley for young Mr..
Bush, the brewer.