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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
viii be given a selection of California

will be given a selection of California
wines and canned fruit, and the col
lection OF minerals exhibited by Cal
-lcrn.a will be given to a suitable
museum. II. Picard, commissioner
general of the exposition; J. c. de
Selves, perfect Of the Seine and NJ.
Lepine, project of police, are also re-
membered, and among the American
officials, F. ". Peck, ambassador Por-
ter and Consul General Gowdy were
given presents
The close of the exposition is just
a little over four weeks away, but
some Of the exhibits or rather side
shows are already taking their leave.
The black and yellow members of vari-
Gus barbarous and seml-civilized
troupes have begun to pack up their
baggage preparatory to departure.
The Trocadero gar lens, which to q
certain extent. resemble the Midway at
the worlds fair of 1898, are now being
emptied of their colony OF DahOmey-
ans. Annamites, Indo-Chinese, ETC., and
that corner Of the exposition grounds
now presents a rather desterted ap-
pearance. The reason for their de-
parture is not so much the end Of the
fair as it is the increasing chilliness
Of the weather which the inhabitants
OF the tropics can not appreciate. A
peculiar collection Of curiosities
has been bought by the various
members of the troupe who
have been tasting of civilization for
the last six months. But they take
home something besides curiosities.
Most of them have made money and
are going home rich, that is to say,
rich according to their own ideas.
Most Of them have at least $40, while
some Of them are taking away 5000,
enough to buy eight frst-grade wives.
The minister of colonies has pre-
sented each one with a silver COM
memorative medal. which they will be
allowed to wear when they reach
/ home.
A boy was born on the Trottoir Rou
liant, or moving sidewalk, a few days
ago. At last reports mother and child
| were doing well. Luther E. Brown
.. W., 1900, is now in Paris for stay
of three months. Since leaving the
university last April he has been max
ing a PEDESTRIAN tour of Europe. He
intends to go around the world, visit
ing India, the Philippines, Japan and
China and will arrive in America next
! summer. j. Q, L.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
OPERATORS ARE SILENT.
Miners Proposition Not Yet Acted
Upon.

Scranton, Oct. 16.-There was no,
conference of the operators yesterday
at the Temple Iron company's Office,
as was reported, or, if there was the
operators declare they knew nothing
of it.
At Hazleton several bands of strik-
ing miners started last night for the
Panther creek valley, where, the col
7eries of the Leigh Coal company at
LLansford and Coaldale have been in
operation all through the strike These
towns are about twenty miles south Of
Hazleton, and the strikers expected 10
reach their destination early today
and prevent the men going into the
mines General Goblin last night
ordered six companies of the fourth.
regiment to the Panther creek valley
to Intercept the body of strikers.
marching on that region to intercept
the miners. A special train took the
troops last night to Tamaqua, a few.
miles from Coaldale, Gen. Goblin was
with the troops in personal command.
He said he was requested by Sheriff
FO0le to send the militia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
Old Aunt Mary's!.

Wasn't it pleasant, oh, brother mine,
In those days of the lost sunshine
Of youth-when the Saturdays chores
were through
And the Sunday wood" in the kitchen,
too,
And we went visiting, "me and you" I
Out to Old Aunt Mary's? i
1t all comes back clear today
Though l am bald as you are gray
Out by the barn-lOt, and down the lane,
We patter along in the dust again,
AS light as the tips Of the drops Of
the rain.
Out to Old Aunt Mary's!
We crossed the pasture, and through
the wood
Where the old gray snag of the poplar
stood.
Where the hammering "red-heads"
hoped aWry,
And the buzzards raised" in the,
clearing" sky
And Iolled and circled as we went by
Out to Old Aunt Mary's
And then in the dust of the road again
And the teams we met, and the
countrymen;
And the long highway, with sunshine
spread
AS thick as butter on country bread,
Our cares behind, our hearts ahead.
Out to Old Aunt Mary's.
Why, | see her now in the open door,
Where the little gourds grew up the
sides and DER
The clapboard roof! And her face
ah me.
Wasn't it good for boy to see
And wasn't it good for boy to be
Out to Old Aunt Mary's?
The jelly-the jam and the marmalade,
And the cherry and ounce preserves
she made!
And the sweet-sour pickles of peach
and pear,
With connamon in 'em. and all things
And the more we ate was, the more to
spare.
Out to Old Aunt Mary's.
And the old spring house in the cool,
green gloom
Of the willow trees-and the cooler
room
Where the swinging shelves and the
crooks were kept
Where the sream in a golden languor
slept,
While the waters gurgled and laughed
and Wept-
Out to Old Aunt Mary's.
And oh, my brother, so far away
This is to tell you she waits today
To welcome us-Aunt Mary fell
Asleep this morning, whispering
Tell
The boys to come" And all is well
Out to Old Aunt Mary's
james Whitcomb Riley
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
many persons crowding around tc
shake his hand.

many persons crowding around to
shake his hand.
At the assembly chamber he said in
part: When the St. Louis conven-
ton nominated William Mckinley for
the presidency in 1896, they promised
the people of this country certain
things if they could succeed in control
ling both branches of congress and
elect chief executive. Every prom
Use made by the republican party in
that convention has been fulfilled to
the uttermost. This campaign is
based simply upon the business propo-
sition whether the administration Of
public affairs is in safe
hands, whether the principles
adopted and carried out by
the republican party are safe prin-
ciples and whether that is the founda-
ton for confidence which makes bust
ness. If that's true, then do we want
a change? The other day Bryan, in
addressing some workingmen said:
You are slaves of a trust. They
They could have told him they were
better paid for being slaves than ever
before in their lives. We have out
grown our home markets and there
fore are in favor of expanding our
market, We are in favor OFF reaching
out in the uttermost parts of the world
and taking hold Of any and every
m9ket which we can enter by COM
petition and maintain our American
wages, That's what l call expansion,
and if they can torture it into imper-
ialism l am willing they should"
The senatorial party left Madison
over the Northwestern road for the
rCrth. at II o'clock,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
Bits of Informa alton.

Some Luther autograph manuscripts
have been discovered in the Vatican
library by Prof. Fiker of StrasbUrg.
There are two commentaries on the
Epistle to the Romans, one on the text
and the other on the sense, and two
commentaries on the Epistle to the
Hebrews. They were written in 1916
and 1917, shortly before the mailing of
the ninety-five theses at Wittenberg.
Dramas played in India generally
require about seven days for their per
Torrance. The curtain goes up at 8
o'clock in the evening and remains
heisted until the next morning. PEG
pie VINO attend the plays take theiI
beds with them and enjoy a good,
long sleep between the acts: The Ia
vorite pieces presented show the ex-
ploits of some god. No price is
charged for admission,
Corks which nave slipped inside
bottles can be easily extracted by a
newly designed implement, which has
two handles pivoted together to con-
troll pair of elongated jaws, which
are made of strong steel and are mar
row enough to pass through the neck
and catch the cork.
Buffalo county, Nebraska, boasts the
largest alfalfa field in the world. 1t
is from one-htlf to two miles wide
and eight miles or such a matter long.
| 1t yields three cuttings a season and
the total yield per acre for the three
cuttings averages close to eight tons
There have been some young gov
errors in Illinois, Ninian Edwards, ex-
ecutive when it was a territory, was
! only "a when appointed; Governor
Coles was SO when installed; Cover
| nor French was SO and Governor
Hamilton was SO.
Senator Eugene Hale Of Maine, with
his own wealth and that which was
added by his marriage with daugh-
ter of the late Senator Chandler of
Michigan, is a multi-millionaire.
Miss Elizabeth Smith of Derby,
Conn, a millionaire in her own right,
has become a stenographer at small
salary believing that it is the duty of
every woman to work.
In the new Hebrides human life has
been made safer by the introduction
Of pigs into the island. The cannibals
are said to prefer roast pork to roast
man.
Only one bank in Kansas failed
last year. Most of the banks in the
state paid large dividends, the aver
age of earnings being over 20 per
cent.
Oil engines are supplanting the
water wheel in Palestine for drawing
water from wells for irrigating the
orange gardens.
The prince of Wales is credited
with the ambition of anonymously
owning and editing a newspaper.
The average working life of Lon
don omnibus horse is five years; that
OF tram horse is only four.
Iceland's Lutheran church has
about 72,000 baptized members, which
is nearly the total population.
Senator Wolcott's law library con-
talns 10000 volumes, and he recently
refused $4,000 for it.
New YOrk's Masonic grand lodge
has Jurisdiction over more than 1922
900 members.
Good farming land in Turkey sells
at 500 to $3.50 per acre, and waste
land brings SIS.
Germany's annual production OF
Jute fabrics amounts to 81 100000 in
value
The United States court of claims
has just settled case 102 years old.
Entertainment OF royalty annually
costs British society fully $4,000, 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
eIegraphic Ticks.

The Elgin butter market was firm
at 2l12 cents. The offerings were Is
tubs all sold. Sales for the week. were
1880 tubs.
King Oscar of Sweden is confined to
MS bed win bronchial catarrh com
plicated by an accretion of phlegm,-,p
the right lung.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
BAD INDIANA FIRE.
Caused by the Overturning of a
Candle.

Candle.
Sullivan, Ind. Oct. 16.-Fire last
night in the large department store of
Burton Brothers, caused by the acct
dental overturning of a candle in the
basement, spread rapidly in spite of
the heroic efforts of the fire depart
ment. 1t soon ignited a shaft and
fired the stage of the Peoples theater,
on the third floor of the building. The
entire structure was soon a mass of
flames, and the entire south side of
the public square seems doomed. At
II the fire was still raging, and help
had been asked for from Evansville
and Terre Haute. Several office
structures are in ruins. and the loss
will reach $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
BED IN COURT ROOM.
Youtsey Trial Pushed Despite Prison
er's Condition.

Georgetown, Ky, Oct. 1.-THE
1outsey trial was resumed yesterday,
although Youtsey was reported to be
in the same condition as last week.
His room door was opened and his
bed pulled up in plain view of the
hearing of the jury, and while the
witnesses were being examined he
could be heard calling his wffe's
name in hollow, moaning voice. The
feature of the day was the testimony
OF Arthur Goebel, brother of the muir
dered man
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
TeIeCraphic Ticks

The laying of the foundation stone
of the imperial museum to be erected
at Saalburg, Germany, on the site Of
the old Roman fortress there, occurred
with considerable ceremony, in the
presence of the emperor and empress
of Germany.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18

NATIONAL CHAIRMAN DiLATES
UPON QUESTION OF TRUSTS.
= FIGURES ON PROSPERITY

Arraigns Mr.. Bryan For Trying, AS
He Says, to Array Class Against
Class-Says Sherman Act Has
Wiped Out All Trusts That Con-
stitution Can Reach.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18

ILL.,, show that through some error
the convicts of the penitentiary,
1867 in number, had been made part
Of the citys population.
The Coconino sun., 1900-09-29

WANTED A case of bad health that RETAINS will not benefit They bansh pain and proloog life. One gives relief Note the word R'IPA'NS on the package and accept no substitute RETAINS, 10 for cents. may be had at drug Ten samples and thousand testimonials will he mailed to address for five cents, forwarded to the Ripans Chemical Co.,. No. Spruce S'r-rt New Work.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-02-22
A Hard Rain.

cit rains a great deal in the Puget
sound country" said the man from
that section, "and heard OF funny
incident not long ago about 1t. Some
chap had come from the Missippi val
ley to take up his residence at What
com, on Bellingham bay, where there
are very high tides. When the boat
landed him at the end of the long pier
extending over the tide fats the water
was low and the new man didn't notice
anything but a wide stretch OF sand
between the boat and the town. 1t
was in the evening about dark and was
raining, and he went to the hotel on
the front street and stayed there, going
to bed without having gone out for a
walk. The next morning when he got
I'D he looked out and the tide was in.
the water coming up close to the hotel.
He gazed at the widespread waters for
an instant, and, throwing up his hands
in establishment, he exclaimed, Gee
whiz, but it must have rained hard
last night Then he hurried dowG
stairs to the office to and out II there
was any danger from the food. and the
clerk smiled four or five times and
gave him some much-needed inform>-
ton. "-Washington Star.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-02-22
The Washington A .onument.

The Washington 1onument.
Oh, pure, white shai qpspringing to
the light
With one grand leap of heavenward-
reaching might,
Calmly against the blue forevermore
Lift thou the changeless type of souls
that soar
Above the common dust OF sordid
strife
Into the radiant ether of life
Shepherded by the vsstness Of eter-
nifty!
A hero's quickening spirit lifteth thee
Unto the skies that claim thee for their
own:
In those vast fields of light, sublime.
alone,
High commune holdest thou with the
young day,
With sunsets glowing heart ere twi-
light gray
Hath stilled it's throbbing fires. and
with dim night
That folds thee softly in the silver
light
OF many a dreaming moon. In mai
esty.
Serene, like the great name enshrined
in thee,
Thou dost defy the all-destroying
years.
Smite with thy still rebuke our craven
fears!
Point us forever to the highest height
And in our nations peril-hours shine
white
With thy mute witness to the undying
power
or the high soul that lives above the
hour!
julia Larned, in the February Scrib-
ner's. ..
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-02-22
WHERE WASHINGTON LIVED.

A wealth of historic recollection how
ers about the worldfamous Mount
Vernon. where Washington, the first
president Of the American republic,
lived and died. The magnificent old
estate on the banks of the Potomac
river, but a short distance from the
capital city, annually attracts thou
sands of visitors from all over the
earth-visitors whose chief aim when
coming to Washington for the first
time is to look upon the spot where
the Father Of His Country" spent his
life. No one could conceive a more
charming spot for the location Of a
mansion at once so grand and so his
torlc. High above the southern bank
OF the river Potomac the estate is To-
Gated. 1t rests on the highest part Of
the billy territory which characterizes
the vicinity. and the mansion with it's
oarns and surrounding buildings Is
half hidden from the gaze of river pill
grims by stately trees which have
stood there scores upon scores OF
years. Closely trimmed lawns and
carefully pruned shrubbsry give an
ADDED touch of beauty to the environ
ments Of the old-time mansion and the
shug-clipped hedges which surround
the court at the rear of the house re-
mind one strongly of the days gone by.
Mount Vernon Is an imposing relic
OF the century past; a reminder of the
Gays when colonial architecture was at
its height Eight tall pillars guard the
broad piazza at the front of the house,
ana picturesque balustrade of lattice
work ornaments the edge of the piazza
TOOL From the front veranda one may
catch glimpse of the silent river as 1t
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-02-22
HIGHPRICE OF PAPER,
TARIFF TAX ON WOOD PULP A
COSTLY ONE.
May Compel Subscribers to Pay More
for Their Country Newspaper - The
Cry for It's Instant Repeal Il Very
Loud-Paper Trust Robbery.

There are very conclusive reasons
why the present tariff tax on wood
pulp and printing paper should be re-
pealed, and there is no reason in the
interest of American industry that
pleads for the continuance of these
taxes. They are now simply an ele-
ment of robbery under color of law,
and they should be effaced fro2 our
statutes.
The paper trust is now taxing the
newspaper and book publishers Of the
country many millions, not because OF
any such actual increase in the cost or
producing paper, but because the trust
has the power to extort from the pur-
chasers of paper up to the extent that
would make tariff-taXed foreign paper
and pulp cheaper than the prices de-
manded here. This trust has played its
scheme of extortion to the uttermost,
and congress should at once remove
the tax that protects no American in
dustry and that has become only an
agent TO rob the consumers.
Two-thirds of the wood pulp used In
the manufacture OF paper for American
consumption should come from Can
ada, but it is excluded by tariff tax,
and we are now rushing headlong in
the destruction of orr forests, while
Canada, with it's almost limitless sup
ply of timber, cannot reach our mar
kets because of the tax imposed by
the tariff.
The two conclusive reasons which
should make congress act promptly are
first that the paper trust should be
at once halted in it's rapid destruction
OF our American forests by the admis-
sion of free wood pulp from Canada;
and, second, that the present extortion
practiced by the paper trust upon pub
fishers Of newspapers and books shall
cease to have the protection of the gov
eminent
The time has come when any trust
that makes arbitrary profits by tariT
duties must cease to be protected by
the government. Where American in
dustry needs protection it is reason
able to permit IL, but where alleged
protection is used only for systematic
robbery, 1t must be overthrown.
We can now manufacture paper as
cheaply as any country in the world.
There is no excuse whatever for tax
upon the manufactured articles, and
the raw material should be free, not
only because the general principle is
correct, but because IL 1t shall not be
done promptly our forests will be prac-
tically destroyed within few years by
tariff taxes excluding the lumber OF
Canada from our markets.
Paper and pulp must be made free
of all taxes, as the paper trust has dem
onstrated that these taxes serve only
single purpose-that Is to invite rob-
berry under color Of law.-Philadelphia
Times.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-02-22
BROST ACQUITTED.
Eden Valley Murder Case Resulting
as Was Expected.

Litchfeld, Mimi, Feb. 1S.-The jury
in the case of Charles Brost, charged
with completely in the murder Of Carl
Miller, returned "a verdict of not guilty.
Carl Miller was arrested some tine
ago. charged with criminal intimacy
with the wife of Caspar Schmidt a
farmer living near Eden Valley. Miller
was lodged in jail at Eden Valley, ana
was found one night dead, hanging
from the wall Of his cell. 1t was at
first supposed that Miller had hung
himself, but later the theory of muir
der gained credence. and Charles
Brost. Philip RCmi, Caspar Schmidt,
William Kickbush and John Dougher-
~ were indicted for the alleged crime
by the grand jury. A separate trial
was demanded and Brost was called
first. The acquittal of Brost will prob
ably mean the dismissal of the cases
against the other defendants.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-02-22
Both In tho Same box.

A parson who occasionally breaches
in South London arrived to take the
place of the vicar. who had been called
away on account of some family be-
reavement, and found an old and rather
asthmatic lady struggling up the steps
which led to the front door, He cour-
teously gave her his arm to assist her
and when they reached the top the
dame asked him il he knew who was
going to preach. '.Mr. So-and-So," re-
piled the parson, giving his own name.
"Oh, dear me-" exclaimed the old lady;
"help me down again, IL you please;
I'd rather listen to the grooming and
creaking of windmill than sit under
him." and she prepared to descend The
parson gently assisted her downstairs
and sighfully remarked as he babe ner
good-by: Il wouldn't go in, eithes. u
weren't the preacher"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-02-22
Followed No Creed.

One of the most characteristic OF
Washington's traits one that stu
dent of his character expects to find, is
the Indifference with which he treat
ed religious controversy. He was the
most tolerant of men. Tom Paine,
bounded to death by priests and peo-
pie. never received anything but real
kindness from him, and although in a
fit of righteous anger" he spurned the
dedication of the deist's famous or
infamous attack on Christianity, going
even so far as to order the public
hangman to burn the book, it is doubt
full if in his heart he cherished any real
disdain. He had been born and bred
in the Established Church; it never
occurred to him to inquire into the
why and wherefore of any religious
dogma. This easy-going tolerance per-
haps contributed as much as anything
to his success; for even as he was not
sufficiently orthodox an Episcopalian
to antagonize the sects, so his broad,
Christianity could for
give even the unbeliever. And 1t is
not indubitable that he had not
thought. Some men have there been
whose greatness has lain in that they
held their tongue.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-02-22
NORTHERN PACIFIC WRECK.
Engine Rolls 200 Feet Down an
Embankment.

Helena Mont, Feb. 1S.-Owing to
the Icy condition of the track train No.
81, On the Northern Pacific became un-
manageable just after crossing the
main divide west of Helena, and soon
after reaching Iron Ridge tunnel
jumped the track. Owing to the i'm
petus Of the train the engine, after
leaving the track, rolled down the
mountain side 200 feet, and the rest Of
the train is piled up in the tunnel. The
engineer, fireman and one brakeman
We're badly bruised and cut. Brake
man Hurenden, who was on top Of the
train trying to stop it, is missing, and
is doubtless in the debris. The wound
ed were all brought to the Helena hos
pital. 1t will take twenty-four hours
to clear the tracks, and through trains
will be run over the Butte stub.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-02-22
THE COURTYARD.

interest nevertheless. Down near the
steamboat landing, where the crowds Of
sightseers are landed from the river
steamers, is the tomb wherein are in
tered the remains of Washington and
his wife, the caskets encased in mar
BILE sarcophagi, and kept from the pub
lie by means Of iron bars over the
doorway of the otherwise open tomb.
The interior of the mansion is filled
with relics of the great man who lived
there, and from papers in his own
handwriting to the bed on which he
died. mementoes of Washington are
everywhere.