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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-27
TUITION PUPILS,
Pupils from Outside Attending Grand Rapids
Schools.


Anderson Martin, High School, New
Rome.
Conway Grace, High School, Orient.
S. d.
Conway Mollie, High School, Orient.
S. d.
Davis John, High School, New
Rome,
Evans Carrie, Seventh Grade, town
of Grand Rapids.
French Nina, High School. Nekoosa.
Gannell Howard, Fifth Grade, Chic
ago.
Giese Johnnie, Third Grade, town of
Grand Rapids.
Griffith Amos, High School, Bab-
cock.
Hall Florence, Seventh Grade, town
of Grand Rapids.
Hanson Amelie, High School, Sara
tOga.
Hanson Herman, High School, Sara
tOga.
HeiSer Bertha, High School, Sigel.
Heiser Frances, High School, Sigel.
Henderson Jessie, High School, Ne
kOOSa.
Herrick Clyde, High School, Ne
kOOSa.
Henderson Louisa. High School, Ne
kOOSa.
Herschleb Charles, High School,
town of Grand Rapids.
Johnson Anna, High School, Sigel
Johnson Emma, High School, Sara
tOga.
jacobson Hannah, High School,
Rudolph.
Keenan, Agnes, High School, Dex-
terville.
Lapham Elah, High School, Nekoosa
Luitz William, High School, town
of Grand Rapids.
Lipke Fred, High School, Scotts-
vile, Kans.
Muller Arthur, High School,
Saratoga.
Olson Hans, High School, Port
Edwards.
Rasmussen Hannah, High School,
Saratoga.
Renne Lynn, High School, town OF
Grand Rapids.
Saylor Oliver, High School, Nece-
dab.
Schultz Clara, High School, Bab-
cock.
Shellhammer Ray. High School,,
Port Edwards.
Smith Eddie, Fifth Grade,
Sweat Louisa, High School, New
Rome.
Styles Irene, High School, Babcock.
Teller Will, High School, Elroy.
Taylor Eugene, High School,
Monroe Center.
Trickey Clarence, High School,
Armenia.
Whitman Cassie, High School,
Rudolph.
Whitrock Charles, High School,
town of Grand Rapids.
Ward Esther, Third Grade, town of
Grand Rapids.
Wood Earl, High School, town of
Grand Rapids.
Yoskow Clara, High School, Sigel.
This is the largest number of tuition
scholars that have ever attended the
combined schools of the two cities,
now Grand Rapids. which indicates
that the fame of the school is high in
character and widely extended.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-27
SLICK GROCERY MEN.
A Gang OF Them Working People in This
Section OF The Country.
Marshfield Times, Sept. 81.

Marshfield Times, Sept. 81.
P.T. Barnum once said "that the
American people liked to be hum
bugged," and we believe Barnum was
right. Three years ago gang of steel
range men operated in and around
Marshfeld. At that time this paper
warned the people against patronizing
them but developments later proved
that our efforts were useless for people
bought, and bought to their sorrow.
They were gang of swindlerS. For
this exposure they threatened to bring
suit against The Times but they never
found opportunity to issue summons.
Like the steel range men come
these grocery men. Theyarr hele to
the injury of your home merchant and
with oily words, we are sorry to say.
have taken orders amounting to many
thousands of dollars. AS citizens OF a
community you cannot afford to be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-27
In Probate Court.

In the matter of the estate of Ole
Lewis Kindem. deceased. the petition
of Charles Briere asking for admins
traitor of the estate filed, and notice
of hearing issued.
In the matter of the estate Of JOst
Bessig. deceased, administrator filed
his accounts and notice issued of final
settlement.
In the matter of tue estate OF Louis
Pschorr. deceased. claim of DR..
Simonson rcreived and filed
In the matter of the last will of
Heinrich Ste:mptZ. deceased, order
made appointing VIM. Bartells, Fred
Dahl and Henry Webber appraisers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-27
OF To The University.

Among the Wood county boys and
girls who have left Us to resume and
begin their studies at the State Uni
versity at Madison during the past
week are E. c. Kellogg. Paul c. Love,
Guy r. Wood, Mayme Conway. James
Nash. John J. Jeffrey, Edw. Wheelan.
Jr., Oscar Bandelin, Archie Bulls,
Burton Mclaughlin, Carl T. Madsen.
Harry Miller and John Belanger
Messrs. Wheelan, Jeffrey and Bandelin
are in the law department. James
Nash. who is taking the classical
course. is ID the graduating class for
next June.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-27
Jackson Milling Co. Branches Out.
Tomah journal.

The Jackson Milling Co., of Grand
Rapids, has leased M. SyverSOn's grain
elevator in this city, for one year with
the privilege of three. Frank Kern,
formerly of the town of Adrian, who
is we'll known here, will have charge
of the elevator.
Mr.. Kern, who has been in the
office of the Milling Co. here for some
time, left Tuesday to take charge Of
the company'S business at TOmah.
Leroy Taft of Tunnel City takes Mr..
Kern'S position here.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-27

THE NEWSPAPER which is most
valuable to the publicity adver-
tiser is the one whose readers
subscribe for it because they want it
and are willing to pay the full sub
scription price for it. Such publica-
tion is the one for the advertiser to
use, for through it he can cover all of
his best possible customers. ."-Adver-
tising Experience.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-27
Why the Germans Are Shy.

W. J. Bryan, at Knoxville, Sept. l6,
1896:
If there is any one who believes
the gold standard is a good thing, or
that it must be maintained, | warn
him not to cast his vote for me, be-
cause | promise him it will not be
in this country longer
than | am able to get rid OF it"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-27
Winter Underwear
FOR EVERYBODY

in all the latest designs, from the
cheapest to the highest priced and
finest goods made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-27
REWARD FOR KINDNESS.
Legacy OF 1000 Is Left to Veterans Home
at Waupaca.
Oshkosh Times

Oshkosh Times.
The Veterans home at Waupaca has
been enriched by legacy of $4,000,
left by Walter Houston, an aged SOL
dier who lived many years at Utica,
and died there Mr. Houston bequeath :
ed a farm of 200 acres to the home,
possession TO be given at the death of
his widow, who is very old. Mr..
Houston visited the home some time
ago disguised as tramp soldier and
he was SO kindly treated that he de-
termined to aid the institution.
, 1900-05-07

One of the curiosities of nature Is
known'as a plant atol. There are but
two or three of these known to sciel-
fists. This atol is made up of a circle
Of growing plants. They are found
floating on the top of ponds or lakes.
They form a hoop-shaped figure and
are closely matted together at the
roots, which make a sort Of cup or
basin, to which more or less vegetable
matter falls or floats. There is a suf-
flcient amount Of nutriment in this to
keep the plant growing. AS 1t in
creases, the roots become longer and
larger, and in time the plant may an
Choir itself in the soil at the bottom of
the pond. These rings, after many
years of accumulation and growth,
make what appear to be small islands.
1t is the opinion Of certain scientists
that islands may have been formed in
this manner The roots catch all float
ing vegetable or animal matter. Leaves
collect and form mold, and after a
while birds may drop plant or tree
seeds on the little pod that floats on
the top of the water. These taxi root
and further assist in the growth Of the
little island. 1t may take centuries for
the plant to come to any size, but with
nature a thousand years are but as
Yesterday.
, 1900-05-07
CREEK
ELECTRIC ROAD.

Though Jane French and Susan
Lathrop we're twin sisters. and though
they lived only fifteen miles apart. vet
they had not seen each other for three
years.
1t was not because they were had
friends-no. mol Jane invariably smoke
of Susan with emotion and gave IT as
her o%pInicn that whatever might no
said to the contrary, no one, to her
mind. ever seasoned tomato pickles
the way hat Susan did. As for Susan.
she was given to remarking that Jane
made a bed with more celebrity and
neatness than any woman of her ac-
Quaintance. BY this it will be seen
that a feeling of most a]ffectionate
cordiality existed between the two.
Rut neither of them found II easy
IN TAKE the horses away from rneir
work for two DAYS and avon n sucb a
thing could ba o~ccomnIiobod M, o,l
then If was impossibIe for either wo-
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, 1900-05-07
OUR PREMIUMS.

The Republican is new Offering a ine
Rand-McNally double map tthe world
on one side and the United States on
the other) as a premium for each year
~ subscription to the Daily Repub-
lican which is paid in advance; and a
copy OF the Standard War Atlas for si1
months subscription.
These valuable works may be seen
at u office; and to those who do not
care to pay a year or six months in ad-
vance, we will sell the map for 81, or
the atlas for so cents.
, 1900-05-07
YOUTHFUL WHITECAPS.
Organized to Punish Those Who Inter-
fere In Love Affairs


What appears to be an organization
Of whitecaps is operating in this city.
The peculiar thing about the organiza-
ton is the motive behind it for the
protection of its members against the
intrusion of outsiders in affairs of love.
The band, so far as can be learned, is
composed of young men ranging in age
from Is to 20 years, who are sworn to
protect each other, even unto death II
necessary, in order to keep young men
who are not members of the band from
infringing upon their rights and pay
ing attention to the girl friends of any
OF the members. The violation of the
rules laid down in the bylaws CT the
organization means severe punishment
to the offender. and swift justice is
meted out to the young man who dares
to mingle in the love affairs of n
member of the band. Not long ago a
young man from the outside called
upon one of the young women friends
of a member of the band and was pass
ing the evening in her company. A
knock at the door brought the hostess,
and the leader of the band. who had
approached. asked in a pleasant man
ner If the young man were present.
Receiving an answer in the affirmative,
he requested to see the gentleman on
business. AS the young man stepped
out into the darkness he was seized
by the whitecaps and given a sound
whipping and told to leave the place
at once, which he did. Another case
has just developed, in which the pun
man, who was called from the pres
ence of the girl on the second occasion,
was subjected to the most brutal treat
ment possible. A coffee sack was
thrown owe his head, his hands we're
tied behind him and he was marched
city, at the point of revolvers, while
the members followed with threats Of
violence in case he uttered an outcry.
AT the cemetery a rope was tied about
his neck and the end thrown over a
limb of a tree. AT this juncture the
COltt SdCh WAS IellONeur anu Il Shool
bearing a large knife in It's hanas
sprang out of tn, darkness and came
toward the crowd. The masked mem
bers of the band, at sight of he ghast-
ly specter, broke and ran, and the
young man became so frightened that
he swooned and fell to the ground.
The ghost. who was one of the white
caps, disrobed, and calling to the
crowd, told them the young man had
tainted. The limp form of the boy
was carried back to the city and laid
out upon the sidewalk, where he re-
manned until passers-by CHANGED to
find him, still in an unconscious con-
uition, some hours afterward. So far
the identity Of the members has been
kept a secret, and, though an effort has
been put forth to locate the leaders,
it has Ieen to no avail. The last oc-
currence has created considerable OK
citement.-Arcola 0ll.) Correspond
ence Chicago Record.
, 1900-05-07

pour, and all in the deluge Jane
climbed the hill to Susan's house. and
Susan plodded along the common to
James.
Never mind, Jane" said John Lath-
rop to his sister-in-law. You just
make yourself to home. Susan'n be
back in no time. Don't you move out
She's beer frettin' and stewin' fur ye
till l up and said t her | guess n
made a mistake in Twin with me. 1t
was you she ought t. have had"
So Jane staid and looked after Su-
sans children and cooked for Susan's
husband. and watched every car for
the appearance of her sister.
As for Susan, she broke down for a
moment when she found that her jour
ney had been in vain.
mo. see here. SUSIE" argued her
brother-in-law, Hank French, what
use is it to cry? Janell come racin'
home like Maud S. when she finds
you're here. You stay right where you
be-"
So Susan did as she was pa n
visited with James husband and
hemmed James napkins and made a
new kind of pickle for Jane out OF
some overripe string beans.
But on the third day Jane concluded
10 go home. And IN the third day
Susan concluded to go home. And
so-but that's really the end of he
story.
They're a fool invention to my
mind, them 'lectric cars" said Jane to
her husband.
Susan dropped tears in the bath as
she bathed the children.
There's too many new tangled
things in these parts" she said to the
children. Next time your ma goes
anywhere she's goin' to drive the
horses, and then maybe she git some
thing that she wants"
, 1900-05-07
DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.

The Philadelphia Record has this
item:
Senator Hanna, in his Saturday
night Pittsburg Grafton, declared that
we are paying 5000, OOO, 900 per year in
to the pockets of foreign shipowners.'
This is an exaggeration; but if it were
true, what then? Do not the foreign
shipowners render us 5000, 0OO, 900 worth
of service in carrying IL farm, mine
and manufactured produce To foreign
buyers more cheaply than We can afford
to do it ourselves?
MIR. Hanna would tax the farme 5
and miners and manufacturers of the
country in order to establish a subsi-
died shipping trust, the government
making good the losses and insuring
comfortable profit on an otherwise los
ing business"
That is genuine democratic doctrine.
The fatal feature of it is that the Rec
ord leaves out of the count the fact that
could the 5000, 600, 900 be paid to Amer
lean ship-owners. the money would be
put in circulation and used in this
country and the prices to the farmers
and miners an manufacturers of their
products would be vastly more enhanc-
ed than to make up the little they
would pay for a proposed subsidy. That
is not all. With our money paid to for
eign ships, outside nations, especially
TIE semi civilized, would know nothing
Of America or American products. CO.
ing to them in foreign ships, the for
eign power would have the credit, and
II they had orders to make, they would
be made to the foreign power. In the
last three years the mone of this coun-
try has been increased $500, 900, 900.
The result is that almost all forms of
property have advanced so per cent.
The palpable fact can be seen by any
one, and yet the Record thinks it would
not affect things in this country at all
II S2oO, zoo, 900 were shipped away, pro-
vided by doing that the freight Of a for
eign ship would be a little cheaper
thar to send it by an American ship.
Inc Record apparently has no concep-
uon Of the effect that an increased or
decreased volume of money has upon
a great nations business.-Salt Lake
Tribune.
, 1900-05-07
LOCOMOTIVES RUN WITH OIL.

One of the largest railroads on the
Pacific coast has decided to substitute
oil in place of coal as fuel on its en-
sines. But whether the experiment will
prove a success remains to be seen. In
this respect it differs from the famous
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which has
made a decided success in its fifty years
of cures of stomach ills, such as dyspep-
STA, Indigestion and biliousness. Do
not experiment with unknown reme-
dies when this safe and reliable medi-
cine can be had of any druggist. Try
a bottle and be convinced. 1t will build
up your debililated system strengthen
your weak stomach and MAKE it capable
of digesting the food taken into it, and
when this is done health must natur-
ally follow.
, 1900-05-07
CAUGHT
Il the Extraordinary Act of Cutting
His Own Hair

Il saw a barber do a nos extraor-
a gentleman in the Grunewald lobby
last evening. What was it?" in
CURED a friend; did he shave some
body without telling him his thatch
needed trimming Stranger than
that" replied the other; 81 saw him
cutting his own hair. 1t was the first
time l ever witnessed anything of the
kind in my life, and l would have
sworn that it couldn't be done, but this
chap seemed to experience no trouble
whatever with the job. He was sitting
down before a mirror on a small table
and had another looking-glass propped
up on a shelf behind him. That gave
him a pretty fair view of the back of
his head, and when my attention was
attracted to the performance he was
working away with comb and scissors
as If it was the most ordinary thing in
the world. | noticed that he was ambi-
dextrous, and used both hands with
apparently equal ease, something that
must have helped him materially, out
h'N Sl . II was Il III hupLC lSal-
He got through before l escaped the
chair, and afterward | took a close
look at his head. 1t was as neat and
even a piece of hair trimming as any
body would care to see, and had been
graduated down the back in the best
style of tonsorial art. The man told
me when | questioned him that he had
cut his own hair for years, and
wouldn't trust a barber on it He
said he had just picked 1t up, and that
it came sort of natural. I'll bet, all
the same, that he looked like a singed
cat while he was learning. It's not an
uncommon thing for Cinnamon to
shave their own heads, but we expect
all sorts of extraordinary things from
the Chinese, and this hair-cutting act
struck me as a prize exploit for a plain,
everyday white man."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
, 1900-05-07
HIS DEADLY PRACTICAL JOKE.


Humorous Man Poked His Umbrella
Into a Friends Back and He Died.
1t was a joke; a duet sung in cele-
bration of Cuba's dawning era of prog
ress; a slap on the back and a play
full retaliation with the prod Of an UNI
brella, that together formed the merry
preface to a fatal tragedy. The actors
were Cubans. One, who died the other
day, was George Alamillo, a cigar
maker, whose home was in 1872 Ham,
burg avenue, Brooklyn. He was drink
ing and singing with his friend, Sam
uel G. Bagley, an insurance adjuster
at so Howard avenue, in q saloon on
Jan. 20. They cracked many jokes
about the ejsctment of the Spaniards
from Cuba, and about the relative
merits of the cigar trade and the in
surance business. Suddenly Bagley,
by way of emphasizing his sense Of
humor, jabbed his Cuban friend in the
back with an umbrella. It's sharp
point pierced Alamillo's flesh. He
cried out in pain, but did not realize at
the time the serious nature Of his
wound. His death was caused by
blood poisoning. Before he died the
Cuban declared that his friend was
blameless. But the police said they
would arrest Bagley, If only to cure
him of mis- dangerously playful use of
an umbrella as a ean to impress
upon a victim the point of a joke
New York Press.
, 1900-05-07

her husband, it'll be real economy to
put of visitin' till that there road is
done"
Yes" acquiesced Hank French,
when we git the 'lectric it'll be
quicker to go anywhere than to stay
at home"
"Eh?" said Jane, looking per-
picked.
Yep" growled Hank; and, vexed at
his wife's lack of appreciation of his
humor. relapsed into silence.
But three years is a long time going
by. The sisters stood it with what
fortitude they could. But a thousand
things had happened of which they
desired to speak. People had died
people they both knew-and Jane and
Susan had 10 opportunity to discuss
deathbed speeches, Likelihood CT
frances, details of funerals, or the
situation of the bereaved families.
Beula Jones had used shaker flannel
instead of al%l-ilannel pinning blankets
for her baby, and Susan had nc chance
to tell Jane. Lila Gibbs had beer mar
ried in green ~poplin-the idea!-and
Jane had lacked an opportunity to tell
susan pete Hines was converted and
was almost exploding with his pent-
up oaths; 81 Lewis had taken to drink
since he married his second wife. Was
it not pitiful that these events had re-
manned undiscussed? Moreover, there
were domestic matters OF stll greater
-. -
lmportance-put these IL would be n
breach OF confidence TO mention.
The twins got so that h first news
they read in the Weekly Herald was
that which related to the construction
of the electric road. When the teams
were put at work upon the roadbed
Susan and Jane were as happy as birds
When the first rails were laid they ex
, 1900-05-07
STEAMERS FOR CRUSHING ICE
Powerful Vessels Are Required to Keep
River Channels Clear.

Powerful Vessels Are Required to Keep
River Channels Clear.
The great and powerful ~ice-crushins
steamers of the lakes are without ex-
ception car ferries-that is, they trans
port whole trains of passenger and
freight cars from one terminal of a
railway line to the other, thus con-
trolling an important link where
bridges would be impracticable. The
ice-challenging ferries ply the straits
of Mackinac, the Detroit river, and
across Lake Erie from the American to
the Canadian shore. They are huge
steel-shod craft weighing several thou
sand tons, and some of them have cost
more thar $3.50, 900 each. Fitted with
propeller at either end, they crumble
the ice by the pressure of their bulk
as though its three or four feet were
but the thickness of a cardboard.
Whatever else is wanting, adventure is
not lacking in the lives Of the men who
spend the months of snow aboard the
majestic monsters which are to the
lake tracks what the snowplows are to
the railroad lines. A few winters since,
with a thermometer ranging from is to
80 degrees below zero, one of the car
ferries was caught in an immense Ice
field on Lake Erie and floated around
for a few months with a great mass OF
ice piled mountains high around her.
A portion of the crew was, of course,
Obliged to remain aboard, and each day
, 1900-05-07
MONDAY, MAY I, 1900.

United States District Judge Loeb
rem OF the district of Minnesota has de-
cided that the constitution follows the
flag. He considered Porto Rico terri
tory of the United States and subject to
the constitution the minute it came I'M
der the control of this government. In
less the constitution extended to Porto
Rice in advance of action by congress,
congress would have no power to legis-
late for the islands at all, because it has
no authority to legislatc for any except
extended.
, 1900-05-07
$4,000

S25 900
Crook county received Sob. Crook
county's levy for state purposes in the
year 1899 was 49, 16.OS. If that county
had received 50. 7O3 .OS more on account
OF wolf bounty, its Ia account would
have been balanced without the pay
ment of a cent. OF curse the money
went into other pockets. but 1t went in
to the county at large nevertheless. 1t
Is suspected with reason that a large
number Of the wolves claimed % have
been killed in Crook county came from
Montana and South Dakota. The Black
Hills forest reserve is near at hand and
furnishes plenty of cover and breeding
ground for wolves. Almost half the
gray wolves killed in the state were in
that county.
Albany county, with one-eighth of the
taxable wealth of the state, got about
one-twenty-ffth of the bounty. Big
Horn county got the least, with Ere
mont, Sweetwater and Uinta counties
close seconds.