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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
HURRICANES AWFUL WORK.

Washington, Sept. 26.-Consul Ayme
reports from Gaudaloupe that the loss
of property from the recent hurricane
amounts to at least $5,OOO,000. Forty
deaths and over 200 seriously wounded
are reported from various parts of the
island. The fruit crop is a total loss
AID famine threatens the island. The
colony will probably appeal to the out
side world for assistance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
GOODS MAY BE TAXED.
Decision of Sweeping Effect Handed
Down in Iowa.

Council Bluffs, Ia, Sept. 26.-Judge
Macy in the district court Monday de-
cided that the property of an imple-
ment dealer here is not Goods in
transit hence it is subject to local tax
alton" Suit was brought by the Rock
Island Plow company to restrain the
county treasurer from levying taxes on
its stock.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
SENATOR WELLINGTON IS OUT.

Baltimore, Sept. 26.-United States
Senator George L. Wellington resigned
the craftsmanship Of the republican
centrai committee in accordance with
recent written request Of Gov. Lown-
des, who is a candidate for reelection
on the republican ticket. Gen. Thomas
H. Shryock was elected to succeed him.
Shryock is state treasurer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
FOUR VICTIMS OF FLAMES.

Norfolk, Va, Sept. 22.-Five lives
were lost in fire which destroyed St.
Vincent De Paul hospital Thursday
Four fireuen were injured. The dead
are: Mrs. Margaret McEween, 20
wears old; Mrs. Elizabeth White; Carey
Boswell; Miss Hippin. Fireman Bar
rett will probably die.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
CUBA MUST PAY INTEREST.

Madrid, Sept. 21.-The cabinet met
in council Wednesday and discussed al
great length the necessity Of making
all possible economies in order to salts.
fy public opinion and meet the needs OF
the country. 1t was decided that the
interest on Cuban bonds should be paid
by the government Of that island and
not by Spain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
ACTRESS KILLS LEADING MAN.
Julia Morrison Couldn't Stand to Be
Called an Amateur.

Chattanooga, Sept. 23.-Julia Nor
rison, leading lady of tde"Mr. Plaster
Of Paris" farce comedy company, shot
and killed Frank Leiden, stage mana
ger and leading man of the company
last evening at the city opera house on
the stage just before the curtain rose
for the performance to begin. The
woman was arrested. Al the coroner's
inquest it developed that they had
quarreled over the woman's acting,
Leiden accusing her of being an ANA
teur. The coroner's jury rendered
verdice of premeditated murder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
MANY LIVES LOST IN INDIA.
Earthquakes, Floods and Landslides
Spread Death and Desolation.

Calcutta, Sept Carbohydrates,
floods and terrible landslides occurred
near Darjeeling in lower Himalaya
Sunday night Great damage was
done and no fewer than so natives
were drowned. There was rainfall
of % inches in SO hours. Nine Euro
pean children were lost.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28

morning and go by daylight by either
of the routes and in that way give the
people of the interior towns a chance TO
see him for a few moments. He will
probably not pass through Madison on
his way to the twin cities, but may,
however, on his return.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
COULDN'T CHEER KAISER.
Military Cadets Forbidden to Yell FOL
Emperor.

Berlin, Sept. 23.-Colonel Won Ian
genmantel, commander of the Munich
military academy, has been removed
from his post on the charge OF having
forbidden the cadets to cheer for En-
peror William. 1t is officially admitted
that the army mobilization plans sto-
len by Sergeant Schlosser in Wuerz-
burg, Bavaria, have been sold to
France. Schlosser is a fugitive from
justice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
WAS THANKED BY CONGRESS.
Capt. F. S. Haggery, Famous Naval
Commander, Dies in New York.

New York, Sept. 26.-Captain Francis
S. Haggerty, United States navy,
retired, died Monday, aged 80. He
commanded the sloop of war Vandalia
in the attack on Port Royal, Nov. Z,
1861, taking an active part in silencing
the enemy's fire and subsequently in
blockading the mouth of the Savannah
river. Commander Haggerty received
the thanks Of congress for meritorious
service and conduct.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
BUSINESS BRISK IN SAMOA
Ex-Vice King Tamasese Takes a
Dusky Bride.

San Francisco, Sept. 23.-The steam
er Mariposa brings the following news
from Apia, Samoa, dated Sept, 8:
Another month has passed quietly in
Samoa. All sorts of business is
brisk. Ex-Vice King Tamasese has
been married to the reputed daughter
Of All, one of Malietoa's right hand
men. The bride is really the daughter
of Laulu Axis brother. w. Cooper,
who has just returned from a visit to
Mataafa, reports that he has almost
recovered from his recent Illness"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28

To Judge from the numerous an
nouncements, the dramatized novel is
to have and hold the stage in sway al
most undisputed this season. Even
Dooley, it is said, has yielded to
Charles Frohman's persuasive elo-
quence, and his sketches are to be put
in form of stage story. And that is
not impossible when you recall that
the Fadden skits were regarded utterly
unsuited to the footlights. Richard
Carvel is to be handed over to actors
in the next few months, and Mr.. Froh-
man is to put Mr.. Cdurchill's book into
drama before the extraordinary inter
est in the work dies. The Choir In
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
STAGE NOTES.

Rev. Dr. Gunsaulus has been recon-
mending the dramatizating Of the BIZ
BILE, or, at least, such portions as lend
themselves to tragic and pictorial
treatment, says the Dramatic Mirror,
and of course this suggestion has set
other clergymen a-talking, and the
Sunday supplements have helped to fill
their slushy columns thereby.
Bible stories have been used by the
dramatst time out of mind. There is
nothing either novel or startling in DR..
Gunsaulus's idea. Samson, Cain, Jo-
seph, Saul, and many other scriptural
characters have furnished material
for the stage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
NOW IN GALA AT TIRE
NEW YORK HANDSOMELY AR
RAYED TO GREET DEWEY.
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS MADE

Hotels Already Filled With Guests
and Furnished Rooms Pretty Well
Taken Up-Order of Land Parade
Fixed-More United States Vessels
Arrive for Naval Demonstrations
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28

Manila, Sept. 26.-Insurgents nave
captured and destroyed the United
States gunboat Urdaneta in the Oranl
river, on the northwest side OF Manila
bay where she was patroll-
ing. One officer and nine Oh
her crew are missing. Ma
tiyes WHO were Intercepted by Lieut.
Franklin, in command of the gunboat
Laguna de Bay, cold that officer that
the Urdaneta bombarded the town OF
Orani Sunday. The crew landed TO
take possession, whereupon they were
seized by a large body of natives, who
had set a trap for them.
The United States gunboat Petrol,
sent TO investigate the matter, re-
turned and reported that the Urdaneta
was beached opposite the town OF
Orani, on the Orani river. She was
riddled with bullets and burned, and
the following guns, with their ammu-
milton, were captured: A one FOUNDER;
one Colt automatic gun, and one Nor
denfeldt % milliGmeter gun. The crew
of the Urdaneta are prisoners or have
been killed. Further details are lack
ing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28

New York, Sept 26.-Captain Charles
D. Sigsbee Monday hurriedly left his
vessel, the battleship Texas, and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
YOUNG VANDERBILT A PAPA.

New York. Sept. pa daughter was
born at midnight Monday to the wife
Of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
CHICAGO MARKETS.

The following table shows the open
ing, highest, lowest and closing prices
Of produce Monday at Chicago:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28

In Clyde Fitch's play of Sappho, for
Miss Olga Nethersole. the author has
completely bow1derized Daudet's ia
nous novel, and in the play Sappho be-
comes quite a heroic fgure-her life
after her first meeting with Jean Gaus-
sin being the struggle between all that
is ideal against all that is base in her
nature. It is sentiment versus sensu-
atty The play is divided into four
acts. The first is the historic ball
room scene, the second takes us to
Jean Gaussin's rooms in Paris, the
and the fourth is the exterior Of a
country house Miss Olga Nethersole
opens Oct IA in Chicago.
Jessie Bartlett Davis, whose with
drawal from the Bostonians was an
nounced recently, will head her own
company this season, says The Dram
attic Mirror. She will be heard in a
repertoire comprising new opera
now being written and several stand
ard works, such as Carmen and II
Trovatore. Miss Davis, it is said, has
had tour in contemplation for the
past three years. She left the Bosto-
mans, not because of any disagree
ment, but because her plans had ma
tured. She has been supervising the
vocal training of her niece, Belle Bart
lett, who is said to possess a fine So
prano voice and, it IS said, deferred
her tour until Miss Bartlett's education
was completed. Miss Bartlett is a pu-
pill of Mrs. Ruff Of Paris and Freder-
lex W. Root of Chicago. She will sing
the leading soprano roles Of the com
pany. Among the other principals will
be William Broderick, William Philip,
William Pruette and Henry Brown.
While definite announcement has not
been made, it is understood that the
company will be under the manage
ment of Frank L. Perley.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
TRAPPED BY REBELS
FILIPINOS CAPTURE AND DE-
STROY U. S. GUNBOAT.
CREW OF TEN MISSING

II Is Feared i lat u4lcer and Nine Sea-
men Have Been Killed-untortu-
nate Affair Happens Short distance
From Manila-Some Of Insurgents
Sue for Peace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28

started for Rehoboth Beach, Delaware,
having received a telegram announcing
that his daughter, Ethel, had died
there suddenly of heart disease.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
CAPTAIN SIGBEE's SORROW.

His Daughter, Ethel, Dies Suddenly OF
Heart Trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
Beers MUST SUBMIT
GREAT BRITAIN SENDS ANOTHER
NOTE TO TRANSVAAL.
INSISTS ON ITS CLAIMS

of Imperial Government
Must Be Recognized by South At
rican Dutch-Large Number Of
Americans and Other Foreigners
Offer Services co Transvaal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
TWenty-SiXth Sails.

San Francisco, Sept. 26.-The Goth
regiment, United States volunteers,
sailed Monday for Manila on the trans
port Grant. In addition the Grant car
ried $50 recruits for the various regi-
mentS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-28
Kruger Is Hopeful.

Cape Town, Sept. 23.-Writing to an
intimate friend here, President Kruger
says: Things are serious and will
become graver, but peaceful settle
ment may be attained"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-10

fiict with the ordinances passed and
franchise contracts mutually entered
into by the city and gas companies.
which latter gained valuable rights
and privileges thereby. and whose du.
ties and obligations. as well as the
rights Of the city and Of Its citizens, are
therein specified, reserved and pre-
scribed.
CAN RAISE THE PRICE. The IN
FAMOUS GAS CONSOLIDATION"
ACT provides that after one year the
GAS TRUST may charge my rate
charged by any company with which
merger or consolidation Is made, as.
for instance, with the PEOPLES GAS
LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY,
which has a perpetual franchise from
the State and may charge as much MS
S2.I5 per 1000 cubic feet to the city
and 80 per 1000 feet to general con.
sumers, thenceforth and forever.
SUPRE NJ Il COURT AGAINST
THEM. The Illinois Supreme Court
has held and decided that an ordinance
granting franchise privileges Ia con.
tract by mutual consent. and the rights
and privileges so granted IRE consider
atoms In the same, and evasion or re
pudiation Of the spirit and letter of the
contract or any change therefrom un
less by consent constitutes forfeiture
Of rights, and. as It has always beer
held proposition In both English ant
American law that "ACTS conferrinf
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-10

OGDEN GAS COMPANY.-An or.
dlnance passed Feb. %, 1895, granting
flfty.year franchise, subject to oil
general ordinances regarding gas com.
panies then In force, the company
agreeing to charge fixed maximum
price Of 90 cents per 1000 cubic feet
to general consumers and IS cents to
the city, or SIC per annum for each
street lamp consuming four cubic feet
per hour. including the labor Of light.
ing and extlnguishing the same, the
city expressly reserving Its require
ments Of this labor ms part Of the con-
sideration for the ordinance; also that
the company shall pay the city not less
than 81 per cent. Of its gross receipts;
make statement annually under oath
of its gross receipts to the Comptroller,
who shall have free access to Its books
ut all times; submit its meters to In.
spection and quality Of gas to test, ms
prescribed; expend on Its works Mt least
100000 within twenty.four months
from acceptance Of ordinance; manu-
facture and distribute five million feet
Of gas every thirty days within three
years from date of acceptance; and the
ordinance prescribes rs accepted that
the price to consumers shall never ex
coed the rate prescribed by the ordin
ance; that the company shall no
charge any person for service pipe, bu
shall lay the same mt It's own expense
and the company agrees and did Civ,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-10

bond Of SlOO,O 900 as surety that oil the
provisions Of the ordinance shall be
faithfully carried out, under unlimited
liability for damages, and that ut the
expiration Of the life Of the ordinance
the city shall have the right Of fran.
chise Mt an agreed appraised value.
CHICAGO ECONOMIC FUEL GAS
COMPANY.-An ordinance passed
July 81, 1901. conveying franchise for
fifty years for the supply Of both man.
ufactured and natural gas, upon the
same general provisions and require
ments governing the other companies,
especially the provision Of Section II,
which provides that In case the said
company should at any time In any
manner enter into a combination d.
rectly or indirectly with any other gas
company, its ordinance and privileges
should become null and void and all
rights revert to the city without REFER
ence to any court or legal appeal. The
company agreed to charge for illumi'
mating gas $1.10 per 1000 cubic feet,
with 10 cents reduction per 1000 feet
for prompt payment, and 90 cents per
1000 for natural and fuel gas. with
10 cents reduction for prompt payment;
agreeing and contracting also to pay
the city 3 per cent. on gross receipts
from Illuminating gas and D per cent.
on gross receipts from sale Of natural
or manufactured fuel gas, and to fur
nish gas to the city for $3.50 per street
lamp post per year.
ON THE 10TH DAY OF FEBRU.
AIRY, 1902, a preamble and resolution
was passed by the City Council, re-
healing the above Chicago Economic
Fuel Gas Company ordinance, and
declaring all pipes and connections IN
the streets Of the city to be city proper
ty, in accordance with the provisions
OF the ordinance regarding forfeiture,
and upon the ground that majority OF
the stock of said company had passed
into the hands Of the Gas Trust.
THE OGDEN. 1t is now currently
reported, and there are grounds for be-
lief, that the Ogden Gas Company has
entered upon contract with the Gas
Trust agreeing not to extend Its plant
or pipes any further for period OF
three years.
ALL EVADE THE LAW. All Of the
above companies and corporations
have evaded the plain letter and legal
requirements of their franchises and
by the terms OF said franchises have
forfeited every right and privilege con-
tracted for with the city and conveyed
Professionally by ordinance.
VIOLATE FRANCHISES. 1t Is pro-
vided In an ACT regulating the cOndi-
tons for the granting Of rights and
privileges for lighting ana heating pur-
poses by cities, also passed by the late
4OTH ASSEMBLY, mat no gas COM
pany In future shall be granted privi-
leges of building or extension OF mains
and pipes, except they secure petitions
signed by owners of more than one
half the frontage Of each mile and frac-
ton of a mile Of any street or alley.
which requirement Ia designed to pro-
tect the merge companies In their ille-
gal evasion of contract obligations,
and prevents any competition, through
the organization and operation Of new
companies. now and forever In the fu.
ture, aud kaA ACT 10 directly In con.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-10

special privileges upon or granting pub.
lie property to private individuals or
corporations are construed strictly
against the grantees and in favor Of
the State" or the municipality.
MENACE TO. ALL. Section o Of
the GAS CONSOLIDATION ACT
IL retroactive, and provides that
amy corporation purchasing or leas.
Ing the property Of any other com.
pany shall be subject to and perform
for each Of the companies 80 entering
into said agreement the legal OBLIGA.
TIONS now resting upon each Of them
respectively under their charters and
ordinances" "in tho same man.
ner and to the same extent as II the
companies had remained individual and
distinct" and. providing, however.
"that nothing In this act shall be con.
strued an extinguishing said companies
entering Into the agreement or agree
ments mentioned, or annulling or i'm.
pairing any Of their respective fran
chises. licenses or privileges, but that
they shall severally be regarded as still
subsisting, 80 far Be their continuance
for the purpose Of upholding any right,
title or interest. power, privilege or i'm.
munity ever exercised or enjoyed by
any Of them, may be necessary for the
protection Of their. respective creditors
or mortgages, or any of them''-and
SECTION 10, Of the ACT, which Is a
violation Of the letter Of the Constitu-
ton, In that Is attempts to supersede
the rights expressly vested In the City
Council by the Constitution, In relation
to grant privileges in the streets Of the
city, and would destroy the vested
rights and property interests Of the
city and liabilities and obligations to
the city and its citizens assumed by
the gas companies, under their 0rdi-
nances and franchise contracts, by pro.
viding that "the purchase and sale or
lease, or consolidation and merger,
shall not be held or construed as vio-
lation Of the provision Of any ordinance
or bond given Hereunder" thereby en-
deavOring to protect the evasive and
dishonest gas companies Mt the ex-
pense Of the legal and equitable rights
of the city and Its citizens.
READ AND PONDER. This same
CONSOLIDATION ACT, In SECTION
10, provides that "iI lase the property
sold, or leased, or acquired through
consolidation or merger, is subject to
mortgage OR OTHER LIEN, such
mortgage or other lien shall be and re-
main a lien upon ALL PROPERTY
so sold. purchased, leased or AC-
QUIRED, SO that the same shall be
liable for and respond Ito the payment
of such mortgage or other lien exist
Ing at the time of such sale or lease"
and "Any corporation purchasing or
leasing the real estate and personal
property Of any other company or COM
panies - shall PAY AND DIS
CHARGE oil debts and LIABILITIES
of each Of the companies, 80 and
actions may be brought and maintain
ed and recovery had therefore against
the company SO purchasing or leasing,
or against such consolidated corpora
tiOn," andin SECTION II 1t IL provided
that the consolidated corporation, or
GAS TRUST, "shall furnish gas to con-
sumers as good In quality 40 It fur
nished previous to such purchase or
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-10
VALUABLE INFORMATION.
Location Of Chicago 0spots and III
Various Roads which lssve
Each Station.

DEARBORN srAII0N-pssslsss 4 Ps,k So.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Ee.
Chicago aud Eastern Illinois.
Chicago aud Grand Trunk.
Chicago and Erie.
Mon0n Route.
Wabash.
GRAND cENraAL-hassissa g. arm Ave
Chicago and Northern Pacific.
Chicago and Great Western.
Wisconsin Central.
Baltimore and Ohio.
UNION DEp0r-cssal Z Alsas llsssls
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul.
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy.
Pennsylvania Lines.
Chicago and Alton.
Pan Handle.
CENTRAL SyAIi0N-l1th Psst IN.
c.. O., @. and st. Louis Chg 4 Routs).
Chicago and West Michigan.
Michigan Central.
Illinois Central. eN
rock ISLAND Depoy-vss Dssss T. paslns An
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific.
N. Y, @. 4 81. L. Nickel Plats).
enleIee . Moo5nWo9Ioat-x issls . M ~
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-10

A transport was ready to sail for
Guam from New York the other day,
when 1t was discovered that there
were no extra collar buttons aboard,
and the steamer was held till the de-
hclency was made good. The United
States navy IL good stuff. but It Is
doubtful II even Its discipline could
endure the strain of collar riding
up In the back.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-10

lease, and shall not increase the price
charged by It for gas Of the quality
furnished to consumers during ANY
PART OF THE YEAR IMMEDIATE
LY PRECEDING such purchase or
lease, or such CONSOLIDATION" un.
der penalty (section 12) Of Liability IN
DAMAGES THEREFOR to the PER-
SON AGGR1EvED. and shalt. for each
oifense, forfeit two hundred dollars. In
IN action for debt, in the name Of the
people Of the State Of Illinois, or by
any person who may sue for the same,
and such company shnll also be liable
to proceedings QUO WARRANTO for
violation Of either Of said provisions,
and II adjudgcd guilty the court may
give judgment Of custer from its fran.
chise, UNLESS THE COMPANY
SHALL CEASE AND DISCONTINUE
such violation. as and when determined
by the court" thereby attempting In
the last paragraph to destroy any re.
course by the city or by the people az
to continuous intermittent viola lions Of
franchise restrictions and requirement.
as to price, quality and inspection Of
gas.