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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-09
SEASON OF THE SONG BIRDS.
Notes Now to be Heard in the Music
of the Woodland Orchestra.

1t is full orchestra with the birds
the trees and shrubs. Everybody who
knows Central Park must associate the
delicious whistle of the oriole with the
fresh verdure and almost intolerably
brilliant sunshine of mid-May, says the
New York Sun. By the time the oriole
begins to whistle all the song
birds are here and singing their whole
repertoire. The orioles note, however,
is the musical epitome of the season,
an airy, cheerful call, that seems to
speak the delight of the bird in his
own splendor in the mild delicious air,
in the inexpressible freshness of the
new greenery.
The whole thrush tribe is there sing
ing. The robins have by that time for
some days been busy with household
cares. The catbird, in his sad-colored
coat with it's lining of dun rose, is
pouring forth his capricious song in
length and irregularity nearer akin to
the ode than to aught else in human
poetry. 1t is, indeed, the longest song
of the summer, save that of the brown
thrasher, the great thrush, lover of
the orchard, of country hedgerows and
of dusty highways You may hear and
see the brownthrasher on any morning
these days up in the northern suburbs.
He looks for all the world like the
wood thrush masquerading in long
tailed coat. There is nearly the same
cinnamon back, much the same spec
killed. breast, the same speed on the wing
but more sauciness, not the same de-
light in retirement, not the same in
stinct for singing solitary at sunset.
Now, while yet the sunshine falls
freely through the thick foliage of the
suburban woodlands, and while the
woodland ways are enriched with the
rags and tatters of the building season
the saImon-red bracta of the hickory
! leaf buds and other such mimicry of
autumn, the wood thush goes through
| his whole vocal repertoire. You may
hear his keen yet liquid call to his
mate, a succession of short, sharp
whistled notes, like the dropping of
hard pure water upon naked rocks.
This is alternated at the approach of
| human footsteps with the warning
note of the bird, throaty call, rich in
! the suggestion of musical possibilities.
| The same cry, with more uneasiness,
is employed by the mother bird to her
young.
Bird activity, whether of voice or of
| wing, is at its highest from mid-May
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-09

Judge MCCLELLAN of Marinette, on his
trip to the Canadian border, met Col
Charles DENLY and Dean Worcester
the Philippine commissioners who were
returning home. In conversation Mr.
DENLY expressed himself strongly in
favor Of the retention Of the Philip
pines, but refused to say what form OF
government he deemed best. Col
DENLY is a democrat and was minister
to China under President Cleveland
but he expressed himself as strongly
opposed to the position taken by
| Bryan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-09

TO the season of the full leaf, which
comes early in June Later the birds
settle down to domestic cares. By
mld-June the suburban woodlands are
taking on their midsummer aspect,
and the city seems to have withdrawn
for miles from within its own bounds.
Familiar landmarks have been swal-
lowed up in greenery. Certain far
away gables and chimney tops, mark
ing all winter long the lines of citv
streets, have melted into the green
horizon. Cat birds are then busy in
suburban orchards. Robins are on the
lookout for worms on the suburban
lawns. Out Of the depths of seemingly
lnterminable woodlands comes the tan
talizing, lonely cry of the veeyy, lust
such cry as, heard in the North
woods, might well seem to embody the
very spirit of the wilderness. Less sat
saturated with the aloofness of the
woodland, because less abusive and
more familiar, is the sonnet-like song,
OF the wood thrush, like the sonnet. 4
triumph of variety in uniformity.
Heard on a hot noon as coming from
the unseen perch of the bird Just with
in the edge of the woodland, it seems
the characteristic note of the suburban
acquaintance with the wood thruAE to
midsummer.
One must have long and intimate
realize IN what variety of ways the
same song can be sung. The skill of
different birds varies greatly. some
seem really to have studied true musi-
cal variations, for they interpolate
trlllS and minor tones in a fashion TO
give new character to a familiar song.
A suburban listener has heard within
a few days song by which he takes
to be young wood thrush, perhaps a
nesting of two years ago. 1t is sweet
and true, but little wear and lacking
the supreme glory and maturity of the
vespers that he heard year after year
from the top of now fallen oak tree.
The mature song of the perfect must
cian that is of the wood thrush at mis-
best, is we'll worth long journey and
hours of patient listening Nothing
else quite so we'll interprets the semi
tropical richness of the suburban mid
Heard anywhere, it brings
to the accustomed listener a vision of
dense, grassy woodlands browsing in
foods of sunshine that rarely pene-
rates the thickly matched roof or dis
turbs the odorous glooms and damps
IF vine-embowered thickets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-09
A WRINKLE IN RIDING HABITS.

Many women in this country who
are given to horseback riding are
adopting the English practice of hav-
ing their habits made with the SEW
edge Of the cloth as a skirt finish. II
was found that in case of an accident
the skirt would tear easily to the hem
with it's rows of stitching, but that
more than once proved strong enough
to hold the unseated rider in a peril
Gus position. New habits are made
perfectly plain, and those who own
skirts finished with stitching are hav,
ing the latter taken out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-09
GROWTH OF FOREIGN MAILS.

In 1910 the foreign mail from Eng
land for the United States, carried on
the Great Western, consisted of two
sacks Of mail. AS late as 1873 a
steamer from Europe with 10000 let
tiers on board was considered a record
breaker. Today the Cunard steamers
and other transatlantic ships carry
ing what is called a full European
mali usually bring some 100000 let
ters and an average Of 300 sacks OF
newspapers and printed matter for
New York City, not to mention the
500 and odd sacks for Canada, Mexico
and transpacific countries and few
United States exchange offices, which
are now taken direct to the trains and
not handled at the New York Office
Scribner's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-09

Mrs Nelson A. Miles denies with
vigor the report published in Chi
cago paper that she told an interviewer
Admiral Dewey would accept a presi-
Dental nomination. There is a dispo-
sition in certain quarters to make
much Of Mrs. Miles denial, and yet
,ghen you come to think of it it proves
nothing concerning the admirars atti-
tude and affects the main question not
at all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-09

the dangers to the landsman so appar-
emily great, the passengers on an ocean
liner can always feel assured that his
chances of safety are greater than if he
was travelling a like distance upon
land. 1t is the unknown that insnires
fear, and the sea never admits even
familiars to compete confidence. To
those who are most familiar the
moods and lenses of the wind and
water are disconcertingly capricious.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-09
BIG KANSAS CITY FIRE.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 5.-tire this
morning destroyed the department
store of the Jones Dry Goods company:
loss 100000. The Humboldt building
occupied W the Enrich House Fur
nishing company, was struck by fall
ing walls and collapsed; damage
S25, 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-09
MANY WENT OVER
LAST SUMMERS OCEAN TRAVEL A
RECORD BREAKER.
LINERS ALWAYS CROWDED

Over Seventy-fve Million Dollars Said
to Have Been Carried Across the
Sea and Left by the 100000 Ameri-
cans Who Made the Charming Voy-
age
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-09

Rev. Edward Lyon Berther, inventor
of collapsible boats, is dead in Lon
don.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04
Teachers Quarterly Examina-
tlon, at Condor, Oregon.

Nalice is hereby given, that for the
pnrpnse of making an examination of
all persons who NAV offer thrmselves
aa candidates for teachers Of the public
schnols 0i this county, the county sch,ml
superintendent thereof will hold pnh.
lie examination Rt Cnndon, Oregon,
beginning NJ o'clock p. IN. On MAY 10,
1900, second "Wednesday In the month.
Candidates fur state papers may present
themselves on Friday, May 18th at 10
o'clnck. q. %.
The following program will be follow
ed during the examination "Wednesday
-penmanship, History, Spelling.
Thursday Written Arithmetic, Theory
OF Teachlng Grammar. Friday--Geog-
raphy; Mental Arithmetic, Reading,
Physiology, Composition, Physical &c.
ogra phy, bookkeeping, Oregon School
Law, General History, English Iitera.
ture. Algebra. II. w. DAdGETr,
School Snpt Of Gillian County.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04
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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04
PUBLIC SALE OF HORSES

The undersigned will offer for sale, at
public auction, ut 7, u. Johnson's corral,
Condor Oregon, on
Saturday May goth. 1890,
at 10 o'clock, a. N. sharp, tho following
gdeecribed property to wit;
Twenty fee bead Of good young mares
suitable Tor work, saddle or driving ami
mala.
Terms Of sale; A credit Of ak
months viii be given on al approved ac.
counts over $40. or per cent discount
i1r cash. ". b. SMTn.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04

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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04

vAIANTED- SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY PER.
w sons In this state to manage our business
IN their own aud nearby counties. II Is mainly
office work conducted ut homo, Salary straight
5000 year and expenses definite b0natlde, no
mora, no less salary. Monthly SIS. References,
hnrt f Hess, prest, Dent NJ Chicago, N,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04

sEMl-ANNuAL SUMMARY STATEMENT
OF the of county Gillian,
A. . 9l-t dNy " March, A. u 1879
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04
sRMI-ANNuAL REPORT

" INC County Ck Gillian County amount
allowed
TOE ist day OF October 8g8 the 3Ist
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04

SrATR os
County of Gillian, ~
w. L. Wilcox. that the
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W. L. WILCOX, Sheriff " Gillian
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04
THE CONDOA GLOBE.
THURSDAY. MAY =, lsee.
NOTICE.

The yearly subscription % the gtoas IL 81 so,
II paid 10 advance, ilnot paid ia advance 80
viii be charged. A pencil mark around this
notice indicates thAt your subscription han sx.
plfed. Please renew pronptly.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04
Price List OF Lumber.
tAdopted September /, ls9s.l

R"ngh lumber, pine, 1900 per NJ
Rough lnmher,fir, 1900 :"
Shiplap, stcond class fonr-
ing, rustic, ceiling and
surfaced, 1900 :"
First class hooring, ceiling,
rustic and finishing, % 90 " !"
Slab weed. per cord, .75
All bills discounted 10 per cent for
spot cash. Same price and same dis
count to all. HARRY HALsTEAD,
Lost Valley. Or.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04


County Of Gillian,
~ n Frazer Conny Clerk Of the Cmnty Of Gillian State Of Oregon
and anon ,im ased by the County Court of said
mouths ending
aowe and he anonn Of drawn
and
Witness hani and the Seal Of County said
10Th day OF April, A. d. lSp0 d. N FRAZER Clerk
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04

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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04

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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04
sHERiFr.s sEMl-ANNuAL STATEMENT

sHERFF's sEMi-ANNuAL STATEMENT
OF
Sheriff Gillian
ending on the 3lst day Of March, A. d. 1879.
AMOUNT
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-04
sEMi-ANNuAL STATEMENT

sEMi-ANNUAL STATEMENT
az Comfy iiam
the 3 day Of Marh "a d. 1870 Il reei and paid hou
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-17
P|GGOTT AND
CH|LDS ARE
NOW INDICTED
The Grand Jury axes
Them in Hand.
THEY ROASTED THEIR PULL
FORMER SCHOOL DIRECTORS
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
Expert Fitzpatrick Presents a Long
List of Misdeeds to Be Fully
Considered-Straw Bond
Frauds.
FORMER SCHOOL DIRECTORS
UNDER INVESTIGATION.

The Grand Jury held a protracted ses-
sion yesterday and found two indict-
ments against pickpockets as the net re-
suit of its afternoons deliberations. The
men involved are the notorious John Pig
gott and Cal Childs, who in the past have
boasted of their pull with officials. when
under arrest: for crime. The men are
now behind the bars for the robbing of
Gregoire Henriouelle of $3.50 on the
18th inst.
officer P. j. FARRELL and Special officer
Henry Newman were among the wit
nessss examined by the Grand Jury ana no
dictments were found against the two
crooks; The jury then appeared before
filed the indictments. Bail was fixed in
the sum of $4,000 each During the inves-
tigation the jurors dwelt particularly on
the unnecessary continuances in the
Police Courts, particularly where pick
pockets are concerned.
The efforts to put stop to, the, straw
bond evil are being continued and with
the cooperation of the Judges it is hoped
to wipe out the practice. Clerk Kelly, of
Judge Graham's court was before the
$1,000 bonds with ex-Policeman Hayes and
J. McAran as sureties.. These men are
sid to Be profess d9 and
said to have so informed Mr. Kelly. Mr..
Newman denied having said so when on
the witness stand YESTERDAY; Captain Of
made the statement to him in the pres
ence of Charles Morrison, a reporter Mr..
Morrison substantiated Captain Sey-
a juryman that Mr.. Newman would be
asked to reconcile his two statements.
Expert fitzpatrick presented a long re-
port on the condition of affairs in the
School Department. 1t went into detail
as to the maladminstration of the de-
partment under the former board, show
ing where money had been spent reck-
lessly. The school committee of the jury
will dissect the report in an endeavor to
find something tangible upon which it
can proceed in order to bring the Offend
ers to justice
A. w Foster, the railroad magnate,
appeared before the jury seeking in
dictment of some one who had wronged
him He was not successful in his first
effort, but will appear before the inquisi
torial body at its next meeting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-17
DECIDED ON
TWO WAYS To
KILL HIMSELF
BY a Bullet and Then
the Gas Route.
FINALLY CHOSE THE LATTER
WAS FRUSTRATED BY A NIGHT
CLERKS VIGILANCE.
Police Are Puzzled to Know What to
Do With the Man, Who Re-
fuses to Give His True
Name.
FINALLY CHOSE THE LATTER
WAS FRUSTRATED BY A NIGHT
CLERKS VIGILANCE.

A most deliberate attempt at suicide
was made in the Del Mono lodging house,
q Turk street, by man who gave the
name of George. Newton, and if 1t had
not been for the vigilance. of Night Clerk
Isaac Wolfe he would have accomplished
his purpose.
Newton, as he prefers to be called, went
to the lodging house Wednesday night and
engaged a room. Wolfe. noticed that his
face was swollen with some. disease and
he complained of his eyes bothering him.
The butt end of a revolver was signifi-
cantly sticking out of his overcoat
pocket.
About 8 o'clock yesterday morning
Wolfe's attention was attracted to New
toms room by a smell of gas. The door
was locked and he had to force it open.
room was full of gas. Newton had made
careful preparations for Self-deStructfon
He had pulled the. bed to the middle of
the room so that the gas jet was imme-
diately over his head. He had wet the
towel in the room and stuffed 1t under the
door so that none of the gas would escape,
twisted the bed cover round his body and
made a sort of funnel, which he fixed to
the gas jet after he had unscrewed the
tip and thrown it on the floor. Then he
Wolfe worked on the man several hours,
and after getting him back to conscious
ness. notified Policeman .O'Connor. The
revolver, had been placed under his pill
low and he admitted to Wolfe and the
policeman that his original intention was
to shoot himself, and he bought the re-
volver on Kearny street, for that pur-
pose. He said he engaged the room, not
wanting his friends to know of his inten-
ton to kill himself, but when he thought
of bespattering walls and bed with his
blood he made UP his mind to take the
gas route. OConnor emptied the car
tridges from the revolver and took pos
session of it, and sent Newton to the in
sane ward in the Receiving Hospital
Newton positively declined to give his
true name He said he was an English
man by birth, but had been in this coun-
try for eleven years. He brought his wife
with him. Three months ago he got a.
divorce from her in Sacramento on the
ground of desertion. He came to this
city about two weeks ago and had been
working, but this week he was unable to
labor, as he suffered so much from in
somnia, which had driven him crazy. He
worried so much about his wife that he
began to think life was not worth any-
thing without her. He had also been
bothered with skin disease, which af-
fected his eyes and face.
The police are puzzled to know what to
do with him. He promises not to attempf
suicide again. but after his deliberate at
tempt not much reliance is placed on
what he says.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-17

as 1t were, by default. he would make
would be but the beginning of the end.
The cranks who spend hours at a time
at the race are commencing to develop
the bicycle eye" The strain of watch
ing the riders as they circle about, coup
led with the dust they disturb, brings on
the fashionable complaint. 1t has become
the fad to drop in at the Pavilion at odd
hours of the day to watch the men, as
there is always something of interest.
Nawn, the sturdy young Irishman, had
with difficulty he could be kept on his
wheel He dismounted once and shouted
to his friend Fredericks, whom he
thought was concealed in the gallery. His
talk was incoherent, rambling off on all
sorts of odd fancies.
Lawson, the terrible Swede. won the
sympathy of the spectators by his forlorn
appearance and gameness. In the early
hours of the morning his trainers pro-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-17

wheels slip down and rack every bone in
the tired bodies of the men.
For seYenty-two hours riding, being the
halfway mark, Gimm has ridden 10S
miles farther than the previous record.
He has covered 127514 miles, as against
Miller's record of 1859 miles $50 yards
made at Madison Square Garden, New
York
To appreciate the race one must attend
sufficiently long to get interested in
rider and note the generalship used on
the track 1t is this fine work which the
casual spectator misses. The struggle be-
tween Gimm and Miller is the. most in
teresting feature at this stage of the race.
Both are comparatively fresh, yet all the
speculation hinges on the question as to
which Will break down first under the I'M
natural strain. Neither one will permit
the other to gain a lap on him while he is
on the track. Should he let one lap go,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-17

TIME. sfx-day bicycle race now in prog
,.'ress in. Mechanics. Pavilion has re-
-: solved itself into:a desperate duel be-
=. tween Cimm. and. Champion Miller.
-. : - The. former Heads by twenty miles.
but a half hour would wipe out much
Of .this:. Advantage and, place him in the
power of. his determined antagonist
-. The men ~feached half distance last
night. and those, who weathered the
storms: up. to. the present time are ex-
Pected to finish. the journey in fair shape.
They. have. wiped all: previous records
from the slate and bid fair to roll up a
total mileage that will astonish the world.
The track is: given chief credit for this.
Its PERCEPTIONS: banks. prevent: the men.
from: getting about at an average pace,
as. they have been. accustomed to. doing
in::==.t1he.. past. If. they ride slowly the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-17
Won TIEDEMANN ON TRIAL.
Accused of Committing Perjury in q
Former Case.

Karl Won Tiedemann is again on trial
before Judge Dunno and jury on a
charge of perjury. During the trial of a
photograph as the picture of a woman
who impersonated Mrs. Harriet P. Cristy
in a fraudulent land transaction The pic
ture resembles that of Mrs. Spencer. and
Won Tiedemann was arrested for perjury.
He will admit identifying the photograph.
but will deny that he ever said or thought
that Mrs. Spencer, who is the prosecut-
ing witness. was the woman. Won Tfede-
mann has often been convicted on the
charge of having caused a forged deed to
be filed for record, but his attorney.
George Collins. has always succeeded in
beating the cases in the higher court.
The prisoner will remain in the custody of
the Sheriff until the conclusion of the
trial.