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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
The British government is inyesti-

The British government is investi-
eating the purchase by NJ. Menier, a
Frenchman, Of Anticosti Island, at the
mouth OF the st. Lawrence river.
The Cunard line steamer Pavonia,
which was disabled at sea, was towed
TO st. Michaels in the Azores, by the
steamer WOlviston, from Baltimore.
= conflict, said 20 have started in
question OF taxes, took place between
russians and Chinese at Ta-lien- Wan,
emma, and 500 Chinese were killed.
Lady Curzon, wife OF the yiceroy OF
lndia and daughter Of l.. Z. Letter OF
Chicago, has been decorated with the
imperial Order Of the Crown Of India.
a conflict has occurred between the
escorts OF the boundary commissions
sent out by France and Brazil to ex-
plore the boundary of French Guiana.
A campaign Of terror has been start
| ed in Paris by the anti-Dreyfusites to
| brighten the new president into follow
ing his predecessors course on revI-
| sion.
Special correspondence from Rome
| states that Archbishop Ireland is still
| being hOnOred in Official circles there,
| but opposition to his policy finds vent
in some quarters.
The duke OF Orleans has uneXpect-
eddy arrived at Brussels, and it is said
he considers the moment opportune
for a monarchist attempt in France.
Three millions of the dukes portraits
are being distributed.
Sir George Ferguson Bowen, privy
councillor, former governor of hong
Kong, Of New Zealand and of Queens
land respectively, and author OF Thirty
Brighton, England
According to the semi-official Ham
burgischer Correspondence, the Ger
man foreign office, complying with {
petition of Germans in Samoa, has re
quested the Washington government
to supersede Chief Justice Chambers.
Koloman oe Sell has been intrusteC
with the ask of forming a new Hun
garian cabinet in succession to tbs
ministry presided over by Baror
Banffy, who announced Saturday tht
ministers intention of resigning at the
close of the parliamentary session.
Max Regis, former mayor of Algier!
and editor Of the Anti-Juit, has beer
sentenced to three years imprison
; ment and to pay fine of 1000 francs
for press Offenses and clarifying
murder and pillage at meetings in AL
giers and Paris" M. Philippe, man
aging director of the same paper, IA
been sentenced to eight years imprls
, onment and to pay a fine Of 100 franc
on the same charge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02

head of Commodore Dewey, with the
following inscription: THE gift of the
people of the United States to the Of
ficers and men of the Asiatic squadron
under the command of Commodore
George Dewey" Upon the reverse,
surrounded by the words, In memory
of the victory of Manila Bay, May /,
1885," is the figure of a young sailor,
stripped to the waist, who sits upon a
gun, with the flag across his knees, and
one foot resting upon a swinging loop
Of rope. In this beautiful figure Mr.
French has admirably embodied the
genius Of the episode in it's highest and
purest aspect-the spirit of the fleet
such as ones imagination may picture
it to have been on that memorable
morning, and also the spirit of the
country on whose behalf it was going
into action. The chief characteristic
of the face is youth-the beauty, conf
dence, and pure intention of youth. In
the pose of the figure are alertness
fearless uprightness, and the uncon-
scious grace and composure Of assured
strength. The very disposition of the
flag is suggestive. The moment repre-
sented is not the one of victory, but Of
preparedness thereto. The flag is not
a menace to the world, nor under the
pretext OF it's name is a policy of ag-
grandizement foresnadowed 1t is safe
in the keeping of Young America, and
when the cause is right it will be up
lifted. It's placing in the circle secures
an admirable balance between the
varied portions and the fat ones very
enjoyable to the eye. The strong hori-
zontal bar formed by the cannon, low
down in the space, lifts up the 1.-THE
figure of the youth, and gives it a dig
nifty and sense of size very difficult tic
obtain in so small a compass. Again
the pOise of that foot upon the rope
brings into the narrow space at the
bottom an interest and distinction
which make it contribute to the deco
ration of the whole. Lastly, the whole
possesses that quality which is such a
charm of low relief-''enveloppe" as
the sculptors call it. Atmosphere is,
perhaps, our nearest English word ;
the pattern of the decoration is not one
merely of light and dark, but of several
degrees of light and several degrees of
dark, as if viewed through varying
planes Of atmosphere. The result is,
though, not hard and gritty, but lu-
minous, rich, and velvety.-Harper' S
Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE,

Madison, Feb. 2l.-TheA, senate re-
fused to adjourn and go on the ex-
cursiOn to Green Bay to view the
refOrmatOry though most Of the sena-
TORS went; but the assembly took
the adjournment, and will meet again
thursday evening. Neither house
did much. Senator Mills bill OBJ
Iigating county officers to file state
ments of all fees received was for
warded to a third reading in the SEN
ate. An invitation was received from
the governor of Ohio asking the
governor and legislature to partic-
ipate in the centenary of Ohio state
hood. 1t was referred to a committee
The North Dakota senate petitioned
for uniform action among the states
for the election of United States SEN
ators by popular vote. The assembly
cOncurred in Senator Welton's reso-
luton thanking Gov. Scofield anu the
Wisconsin troops for the course in
the Spanish war. In both houses
many petitions were received favor
ing a 2-cent passenger rate on rail-
ways and for no change in the game
laws.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02

| Madison, Feb. 24-At the morn
| ing session the assembly passed to a
third reading by a vote of So to 25 the
bill to make the Evening Wisconsin
the official state paper. A memorial
to congress was adopted favoring the
| naming of some cruiser Milwaukee.
No action was taken on the bill Great
ing a board of barber examiners fur
Their than laying it over for a week.
A bill was passed requiring the state
medical board to register all ''repu-
table, doctors in practice prior to July
1, 1897. The board wanted to compel
all doctors to register, but Mr.. Orion
proposed an amendment as above and
it went through The vote on the
amendment was SO to % and on or
dering the bill as thus emasculated to
a third reading IS to Al. Among the
assembly bills killed were the fol-
lowing: providing for a state pur-
chasing agent and for a state road
commissioner, requiring all passenger
trains to stop at county seats and
amending the deyorce laws.
In the senate Senator Baxter, for
the committee on claims, offered a
joint resolution calling for a message
by the retiring governor at the close
of each biennial term, setting forth
the condition Of the states affairs, and
embodying recommendations in reIa-
ton thereto. This is in compliance
with a recommendation in Governor
ScOfield's message. The resolution
went to the committee on state affairs
Senator McGillivray's bill providing
for the distribution of state patron
age according to population of coun-
ties was reported without recommen-
datiOn by the committee on state af-
fairs, of which he is chairman. Bills
adversely reported were: authorizing
county boards to put clerks Of court,
registers and sheriffs on salaries; re-
quiring voters to show receipt for poll
tax; and requiring a residence of
thirty days in the district before vot-
ing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
A CARAVAN OF BIRDS.

In sugar grove not far from the
| Francoria Inn, l found myself all at
once in the midst of one of those
travelling focks that make so delight
full a break in a birdlover's day, says
Bradford TOrrey in the Atlantic. 1
was in the midst of it, say; but the
real fact was that the birds were pass
ing through the grove between me and
the sky. For the time being the
branches were astir with wings, Such
minutes are exciting. Now or never"
man says to himself. Every second
is precious. At the present moment
warbler is above your head, far up in
the topmost Dough perhaps, half hid
den by leaf. If you miss him, he is
gone forever. If you make him out,
well and good; he may be rarity, a
prize long waited for: or, quite as
likely, while you were busy with him
you may have let ten times rarer
one pass along unnoticed In this
game, as in any other, a man must run
his chances; though there is skill as
well as luck in it, without doubt, and
one will take trick or two more than
another, with the same hand. In the
present instance, so far as my canvas
showed, the wave" was made up of
myrtle Warblers, blackpolls, bay
breasts, black-throated greens, a chest
nut-side, a Maryland yeIIow-throat,
red-eyed vireos, solitary vireos, one or
more scarlet tanagers Tin undress, of
course, and pretty late by my reckon
ing), ruby-croWned kinglets, chicka-
dees, winter wrens, goldfinches, song
sparroWs, and flickers The last three
or four species, it is probable enough,
were present only by accident, and are
hardly to be counted as part of the
south-bound caravan. Several Of the
species eluded me altogether. No
man can look all ways at once; and in
autumn the eyes must do not only
their own work, but that of the ears
as we'll All the while the birds has
tened on, fitting from tree to tree,
feeding minute and then away, fol-
lowing the stream. | was especially
glad of the baybreasts, Of which there
we're two at least, both very distinctly
marked, though in nothing like their
spring plUmage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
THE OBSERVER.

Giving away what they cannot use
is some peoples idea of charity.
Men condone so much more in a
pretty woman than in a plain one.
Many men wear out their gloves just
carrying them in their pockets
To be slangy, "any old thing" ap-
parently, is deemed correct in MILL
merry.
The ability to read aloud with out
fatigue is rare joy to the possessor.
To realize how little peoples pro-
testations of friendship mean try to
borrow money from them
Your home may consist of only two
rooms, out if it is the spot where love
abides what more can you desire?
Gaping pockets are the most I'M
lovely sight, but women are very
careless over this portion of their cos
tune.
The sensible woman would rather
have a dozen men friends than one
lover. But how many women are
sensible?
The gown that doesn't show a
buckle or ornament of jeweled design
is dubbed very plain by the up-to-date
woman.
1t is a rash man who says he would
like to see his lady love angry. She
may get so at him and then the charm
is broken.
A bit of braiding on street gowns
and sash on evening ones seem to be
tI,a Itr,+i as -
modes.
A man is never apt to underestimate
his own value excepting when he goes
to have his life insured for his wife's
benefit.
The harsh sound of plain muslin
lining after the frou-frou of silk is
like veritable knell of doom in the
ears of some women.
Bracelets are returning to favor and
we will soon see the big and little
bangles that every lady used to crowd
upon her pretty wrists.
Some people who pride themselves
upon thir frankness would be quite
shocked if they knew that their
hearers called such plain speaking
rudeness.
Dear, dear! Why doesn't some one
try to convince certain well-meaning
men that a white satin bow tie is not
the correst neckwear they appear to
think it is.
We are so much more apt to be care
full in measuring to the exact drop
the nasty medicine we have to take
than when there is a pleasant taste
to it. Extra doses of both are equally
dangerous, However.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
STORIES OF ANIMALS.
Illustrating the Sense Of the Elephant
and the Horse.

From the huge elephant to the tiny
ant the entire animal kingdom offers
stories and facts which would enlist
the sympathies and engage the in
terests of the human being, who has,
in quaint, old-fashioned speech, do
minion over them
In the whole animal creation there
is not to be found a creature more in
telligent, more easily managed or more
likely to become the friend of man
than the elephant. The natives of In
dia, recognizing this, treat him with
ve0eration and respect, but, on the
other hand. the ferocious brutishness
of the African negroes, melted by the
criminal cupidity of Arab and Euro
pean ivory merchants, transforms into
a savage beast an animal best suited
by nature to be mans associate.
The question of the day in Belgium
is the protection of African elephants
in the Congo Free State, for at the
present rate of merciless slaughter the
race will become totally extinct in less
than ten years.
have become so fond of an elephant
which he had caught and tanned that
rather than have his tusks sawed off
for the sake of the ivory he allowed
himself to live in penury
A famous general once said: "The
most piteous thing after a battle is the
sight of wounded horses. The men
are cared for, but the poor horses are
left to die in agony"
The horse enters into the spirit of
a Battle like a human being. He
shows no fear Of death and no sign Of
panic in all the wild tumult of the bat
ties din. A horse in one Of the bat
teries in the Murfreeboro fight had his
skull split by a piece of shell so that
one side was completely loosened. The
driver turned him loose, but he walked
up to the side of the gun and watched
the firing, following the shots with his
gaze as if to note their effect on the
enemy. When he saw the team he had
worked with being driven back for am
munition he ran to his old place and
gallOped back with the rest, and when
an officer pushed him aside to have an
other horse put in he gazed at the new
conner with a most sOrrOwful express
sion in his eyes. Then, seeming toI
realize that the glory of battle was no
more for him, he walked slowly away, |
lay down and died. The officer who
owned him declared that it was not the |
wound but a broken heart that killed |
him.
Some time ago a freman's horse was
sold to a secondhand furniture man,
and one day as he was coming down |
the street with load the signal gong
rang in the engine-house he just hap
pened to be passing. The old horse
had been going at the pace of a nag,
but there was change now, and the
driver picked himself up from the
ground only to see his steed disappear
ing around the corner at breakneck
speed, with bureau drawers and chairs
flying and littering the street. The
animal shot like a meteor ahead of the
flying fire brigade, selected a hydrant
and backed what was left of the wagon
up against it. The driver came pant
ing up to the spot, and as the horse
eyed him its face broke into positive
goes to prove that the
equine species are not without sense
Of humor.-New York Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
DOMESTIC.

Chicago May wheat, 1880.
Half of NebagamOn, Wis, was
burned.
Another railway is to be built across
Wisconsin.
The cruiser Detroit was ordered K
Nicaragua
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Clay, aged 92, is oeai
at Beloit, Wis.
Aunt Polly Patton died in Assump.
ton, ILL.,, aged So
Captain Joseph Bouch, aged 80, i;
dead at. Mont Glare, III.
Boys were born to Harry Payne
Whitney and Edwin Gould.
The New Jersey legislature will pre-
sent sword to Sampson.
Wages of Pennsylvania iron work
ers are advanced voluntarily.
The American-Canadian joint COM
mission adjourned till Aug. 2.
A Hartford doctor raised man from
the dead by burying him in snow.
zita Monaghan, aged So, a sister OF
the Loretto Order, is dead at Joliet.
The pleasure yacht Gazene was
stuck fast in the ice near New Orleans,
The society of Daughters of the
American revolution met in Washing
ton.
Iron and steel bridge manufacturers
practically complete their organiza-
ton.
The railroad from Skaguay to the
summit OF White pass, Alaska. was
opened.
The report that Playwright Charles
Hoyt had been sent to a sanitarium
is denied.
j. Edward AddicIzs gained three
votes at Dover for the Delaware sena-
Lorship.
The purchase of 100000 barrels Of
whisky by the trust has given it the
power to sway prices at will.
A hundred Chesapeake bay oyster
schooners have been carried to sea by
drifting ice.
The North Dakota senate voted down
the bill to create a state temperance
commissioner.
Richard Cookers new autotruck
company proposes to run automobiles
on Fifth avenue.
Chicago contractors have attached
Lincoln park, Milwaukee, for work
done for that city.
BraytOn Ives, the New York banker.
paio S4,S74 for a book which, he says.
is worth only S255.
Samuel H. Ashbridge (rep.) has been
elected mayor of Philadelphia by
10000 plurality.
Robert ]. Burdett, the humorist. is
to marry Mrs. P. c. Baker, a wealthy
widow OF Pasadena, Cal.
Richard Croker said Tammany will
restore Battery Park to the people and
force the Manhattan Company to obey
the law.
The Manufacturing Investment Com
pany of Appleton, Wis, was placed in
the hands of receiver
Marie Obrey, IA years old, of Des
Moines, has confessed attempting to
poison her foster parents.
A Toleuo o., farmer while insane.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
PEACE POINTERS.

Leading advices from Toilo state
that no further fighting has occurred
there, and trade is being resumed.
Senior AgonciIlo, the Filipino dele
gate, arrived in New York, on his way
to Europe. He was not molested.
General Otis is expected soon to
send troops to occupy the islands Of
Cebu and Negroes, in the Philippines.
Contracts for improvements at San
tiago that will employ between 1000
and 5000 men have been awarded.
1t is alleged that 5000 houses in Ha-
vana have been receiving city water
without payment being made in re-
turn.
By vote of 213 to "a the house
passed bill appropriating $20,000,00O
to pay Spain for the Philippine conces-
sion.
The natives of the village of Pace
made an unsuccessful attempt to burn
the quarters Of the LIST Washington
volunteers.
The war department has issued an
order mastering out 5000 volunteers
including all who are now in service
in the United States.
Deputy AnniX caused a sensation in
the Spanish cortes by charging thai
the surrender of Santiago was fixed
up by Mckinley and Sagasta.
The mayor and council Of Sar
yuan, Porto Rico, have resigned OF
account of an order issued by Genera
Henry regarding the killing of beef.
fhe cortes reassembled att. Madrid
and held an exciting debate, in which
the government was denounced TO
it's conduct in the war with the United
States.
Senator CockrelI served nouce upo1
the republicans in the senate that thu
democrats would not permit the pas
sage of the Hull army bill at this ses
sion of congress.
Rebel incendiaries tried to ourI
Manila last night and fired on tn
American soldiers who fought tn
flames Several Americans Wer
wounded and 700 houses were burned
Sharp fighting took place in tn
suburbs of Manila. The California
volunteers fell back from Guadalup
to San Pedro Macati, and efforts t.
drive the Filipinos from the jungle
we're Ruthless
Japan is selling arms to the Philip
QinOs. United States Consul Wild
man has induced the Chinese govern
ment to impound 10000 rifles an
100000 cartridges stored at NankiI
ready for shipment to the islands.
Admiral Schley's statement con
troverting the charges of the navy de
partment has aroused great interest
Senators who are cOnVersant with tn
facts allege that he IS the victim of
conspiracy on the Tart of admins
tratiOn officials.
The taking of testimony by tn
court Of inquiry investigating Genera
Miles charges against the army bee
was continued yesterday. A numbe
of officers who served in Cuba test
fed that the canned roast beef wa
unpalatable and nauseating and tn
men could not eat it. They said III
refrigerated beef presented no evi
dence OF chemical treatment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
ENGLAND'S NEW TERRITORY.
Union Jack Planted Over Fourteen
Islands and a Volcano.

News by the Australian mail tells OF
the arrival at Sidney Of her majesty
steamship Mohawk, after whoIesaie
annexation cruise among the islands of
Melanesia. So successful was the trip
that any decrease Of the empire owing
to the oceans onslaughts on the Kent
ish cliffs in past years will be amply
recouped by our present acquisitions
in the Pacific
In April last the Mohawk left Sydney
under orders to hoist the flag Of Eng
land on the Santa Cruz, the Swallow,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
THE DEWEY MEDAL,

By the courtesy of the sculptor.
Daniel c. French, Harper's Weekly is
able to public the first authentic repro
duction of his completed design for the
Dewey medal. The Tiffany company
will cut the dies and strike the medals
in copper-1635 in all. Upon the OBJ
verse is a lifelike presentment of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02

Madison, Feb. 23.-Both houses
met but did little. The assembly
killed the bill requiring the state to
pay the expense of prosecuting Of
tenders in state institutions. Dodge
county wanted a change so that it
could be relieved, the prison being
located therein. A resolution was
introduced authorizing the state to Sc
cure title to all State Historical prop
erty. The senate killed a bill for
the abatement of fences erected only
to annoy.
Madison, Feb. 23.-At the evening
session of the assembly Mr.. McGrath
won victory by carrying the Gilmore
bill to third reading. 1t provides
that the state shall bear the expenses
Of trials for offenses committed at the
state institutions instead of the coun-
ties in which the institutions are To-
Gated as is now the case.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02

Washington, Feb. 25.-After a ses-
sion of nearly eight hours the senate
passed the river and harbor bill by the
decisive vote of 80 to 3. The sharpest
contest arose over the Nicaragua canal
bill amendment Mr.. SpOOner (rep.,
Wis., offered an amendment to the
Nicaragua canal amendment as fol-
lows: That if the president shall be
unable to secure from the govern
ments Of Nicaragua and Costa Rica
such concessions as will enable the
United States to build and perpetually
own and control the said canal the
president is authorized to negotiate
for the control, right to construct,
maintain and perpetually control some
other canal connecting the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans and the president is
required to negotiate for the abro-
cation or modification of any and all
treaty obligations, if any such exist,
as shall in any wise interfere with the
construction, ownership and perpetual
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02

The courtesy manifested in most Of
the shops in the matter of exchanging
goods is really wonderful, when one
considers how far their leniency is
taxed at times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02

and Baltimore baseball teams has
been completed.