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The evening times., 1900-09-25

BERLIN, Sept. 25-TheFe is no abate-
ment of the disgust in official circles
created by the shabby attitude of Ameri-
ca regarding the Chinese problem. The
press and public continue to discuss the
vacillating policy of the Mckinley Ad-
ministration in terms that are, to say
the least uncomplimentary to the lofty
pretensions of the United States as
world power and an influential factor in
the settlement of the Far Eastern sprob-
lem.
It was expected here that the Ameri-
can Administration would have sufH
cient backbone to stand by the powers
in demanding reparations for the whole
sale slaughter of foreigners and the de-
treacherous Chinese.
While the attitude of America can have
no ruling influence upon the policy to be
pursued by the civilized powers. according
TO the opinion in German diplomatic cir
cIes, it is believed that it will lend a GER
tain amount of encouragement to the EN-
| press Dowager, Prince Tuan, and the gal
axy of bloodthirsty anti-foreigners who
have so grossly outraged international JUS
tice and attempted to escape the penalty of
their treacherous enterprises by trickery
! and a false show of innocence
The Chinese are ready to grasp at any
straw that will afford delay and complicate
! the diplomatic situation. The retreat OF
| America at such a critical period in the
negotiations for refusal and punishment is
an exhibition OF weakness calculated TO
destroy the good opinions that the United
States had begun to win from officials OF
European nations.
Officials here stated this morning that
,he American note falls short of being g
reply to the German proposal concerning
| the ministers at Pekin selecting those
guilty OF the frightful outrages against
| foreigners.
1t is also said without reservation thai
President Mckinley will not trust Minis.
ter Conger as his negotiator in China he
cause the latter is politically the Presi-
dents opponent.
In the opinion OF high German officials
the United States will hereafter be isoIat-
ed so far as action in China is concerned
1t is stated that the replies CT both Great
Britain and Japan will be favorable 10 the
German proposal looking to the righteous
| punishment of Chinese offenders and thai
the powers viii proceed with the pro-
gramme without regard to American opin-
! ion. since Mr. Mckinley has elected to re-
tire from the position which should have
been taken.
It is believed here that the American
| troops will be obliged to return to Pekir
very soon after leaving there.
Several newspapers state that the re-
pies of Russia and Japan to the German
proposals in regard to the punishment o
| the culprits in China before peace nego-
tiations are opened were received yester,
| day. 1t is said that Russia assents to the
| German proposals in principle. Japan:
answer is still more emphatic in express.
| ing approval of the German plan.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
MR.. BRYAN's NEW YORK TOUR.
Nebraskan 10 Arrive in the Metropo-
lis October 1S.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-Mr. Bryan is to
arrive in this city on the morning of Ceto-
Der 16 at 12 o'clock and is to address the
Democratic Commercial Travellers League
He will then rest until o'clock when he
is to speak in Madison Square Garden.
The four days following he will travel
through the State, speaking at every town
where stop is made.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
THE MILITIA UNNECESSARY.
False Reports of an Outbreak in the
Shenandoah Re2ion.

ASHLAND. Pa, Sept. 25e-General Co
bins military force at Shenandoah were
not needed at Lost Greek. GirardviIle, or
Ashland. this morning whefe strike trou-
bles were said to be brewing yesterday.
Bast colliery, where the breaker boys
had struck, resumed with q full compile
ment of men. Locust Gap and Locust
Springs resumed short handed, the Cen
tralia strikers having failed to get them
out. Preston No 3 at GiraTdFille is closed.
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Frar,o-German Military Attaches

PARIS, Sept 25.-A Berlin despatch
states that the negotiations between
France and Germany regarding their
military attaches in Paris and Berlin
are still proceeding
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MR.. ROOT VERY ILL.

The Condition of the War Secretary
Said to Be Serious.
Word was received at the War Depart
ment today that Secretary Root was very
seriously i'll at his summer home at
Southampton, L. 1.
The officials are endeayoring to keep the
actual condition of Mr.. Root secret, but it
was stated this morning that grave fears
are entertained for his recovery.
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surpr1sed by n snutdoyyu

FRACKvILLE. Pa, Sept. 25.-The shut
down of the Lawrence colliery here was a
surprise. as it was thought all of the men
were satisfied. The report is that it will
never again be opened, as the seolliery
has not paid expenses for several years.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
paris Fund for Texas sufYerers.

PARIS. Sept 25.-The sund being
raised here for the relief of the storm
sufferers in Texas amounts to over 103.-
GOO francs
The evening times., 1900-09-25

Az But One Regiment OF Infantry,
Four Troops of Cavalry, and a
Light Battery, Which VIII BE Left
An FeLin as Legation Guard. VIII
BE Sent at Once to Re-eHforce
GenernI Macarthur at Nanila-An
lister Conger VIII Not BE Selected
as a Peace Envoy by the President
for Political and other Reasons.
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AMERICA TO Be IGNORED
German officials Disguised With
MeKinley's Chinese Policy.

The Powers Likely to Proceed With
the work of Reprisal, oblivious to
the Attitude of the Republican Adj
the United States Is Now Isolated
So Far as the Celestial Problem Is
ceFHed-DfpGomats Express the
Opinion That Our Troops VIII BE
Forced to Return to Pekin Soon
After They Have Been Withdrawn. N.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
s1.6o Rappahannock valley S1.8O
Fair, Frederickshurg,

For the Rappahannoek Valley Fair, TO be held
at Fredericksburg, Va, the Pennsylvania Rail
road will sell tickets September "a to 27 inclu-
sive. valid for return passage until September
2s, inclusive, at rate of Ss.6e.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
n. G O, yveek-End Country Ex-
CurstOna.

Tickets sold Saturdays and Sundays. for return
until Monday following, at reduced rates from
Washington to Charlestown, Frederick, Annapolis
Junction, and Intermediate points
The evening times., 1900-09-25

New Cargo, kiIn-dried, 4x12-I6, best
boards bright yellow eolor, SI.7a per 400 it., at
9th and n Y. ave.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
Trains for Chesapeake Beach

Leave week days 1870 a. m and p m. Sun
DAYS, 10 a. M, II a. M, and D. H.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
FIynn's Business. College, ssa and X.
business, Shorthand, Typewriting-so5 year.

No use to put off building that SUI
urban house now; lumber is down by Frank Lib
bey & Co.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
THE FLOOD IN TEXAS.
Warning Issued for People in tn,
Braxos Valley.

braAOs NaEItN.
GALVESTON, Texas. Sept. 25.-The
United States weather observer at this
point has sent out river warnings to the
people of the Brazos Valley.
The water will rise twenty-five feet at
Waco tonight or Wednesday morning.
Twenty-Five feet is the danger line
The evening times., 1900-09-25

" e deliver Lumber to the country.
Call aud get lowest bids always at 9Th & \. Y. av
The evening times., 1900-09-25
THO population of SCHENECTADY.

The official count of the Twelfth Census
gives Schenectady a population OF 81 $50,
against 19. .9o2 in 1890 The increase is H.
7SO. or 59,19 per cent.
The evening times., 1900-09-25

Common Boards now only $I.15 per
100 So #. Bring your lists for bid to Frank
Libbey & Co.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
$500 To Cumberland and Return.

From B. & o. R. r. station s a. m Sunday.
September 80. Returning, leave Cumberland 6
p. M same day. Ample accommodations for al
The evening times., 1900-09-25

Sound Flooring, all one width, 81 $50
per 100 "a. it,, at the Friendly Corner, 9Th and
v ave-
The evening times., 1900-09-25

Careful Buyers of Lumber always get
Co.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
xcrfoIrs & WASHINGTON steamboat Co.

Delightful tIips daily at $50 p. m. to Old Point
Comfort Newport News, Norfolk, Virginia Beach.
and ocean view, For schedule page :.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
The elephants

At Chase's New Grand certainly present The
greatest act ever seen upon the American stage.
The evening times., 1900-09-25

North Carolina Lumber Is down,
Prices reduced So to s. per 1000 by Frank Libbey
Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-27
TO DEEPEN HARBORS
SCHEDULE OF NEW APPRoPRlA.
TON MEASURE DRAWN.
MAY BE THE LARGEST
In Present Form it Carries Total of
Sixty Millions but Senate Nav
Raise These Figures Materially
Milwaukee Gets Over $4,000
Other Appropriations,

Washington, Dec. 21.-The river
and harbor bill was completed last
night and Chairman Burton gave out
a statement showing the amounts ap-
propriated The total is approximate.
ly s60,000,000 of which about S23, 000,.
900 is in direct appropriations and
about s57,000,00O authorization of con
tracts for continuous work. Com.
pared with the former river and har.
Dor bills, the present one is the second
largest on record and after the senate
has added its amendments it is ex,
pected it will be we'll up is not ahead
Of all previous records. The bill of
1900 carried S39,95S,165, and that of
1897, which was the largest on record
carried S72,275,954. Among appropria.
tions and contracts are the following:
Texas-Galveston harbor, 81, SOC, 900
Observation-Disclosures, S345,OO0.
Observation-Disclosures harbor OF
refuge, $4,000, harbor, $1,000; She.
boygan harbor, $4S,100; Ashland, $40,
900; Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan
ship canal, cash, $4,000, contract
s17S,000 Manitowoc breakwater, $37,
600; Port Wing, $4,000; Fox River
100000.
Illinois-Calumet river in Illinois
and Indiana, $4,000; Illinois river
$4,000; survey for deep waterway
100000.
Mississippi river-Reservoir at head
waters, 100000; from head passes tc
the mouth of the Ohio, S2,5OO,000, con
tract, $5,000,000; between the Missouri
river and st. Pau s1,300,000, contract
50 800, 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-27
A Laconic Idyl.

He was poet She was a widow.
He was shallow. She was deep. He
was poor-a poets prerogative. She
had more than a WIDOWS mite. He
was susceptible, but shy. She won
dered when he was coming to the
point. He believed i'm Plato. She
didn't.
The end came at picnic in New
Jersey. They somehow found them
selves separated from the rest of the
company. Such things will happen.
They reclined on messy bank.
So" she said, you always take the
comic side of life?"
He nodded.
'Ridicule everyone you can-even-
eVen,' she added, mothers-in-law."
He smiled, and asked: Why"
''Ah, WELL" said she, with PARKWAY
look, mo matter, but shall never have
another mother-in-law One was
enough"
There was a pause, and then he said
dreamily: 'My mother died when 1
was a youth"
She laughed outright He saw his ad-
vantage, and with blush looked her
straight in the face and blurted out:
Am l eligible?"
She looked at him slyly and put her
hand in his, and answered: why,
certainly
Then he kissed er-Metropolitan
Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-27
insuIar Affairs.

Fifty American soldiers defeated
several hundred Filipino Insurgents.
A bill to give suffrage to women
was introduced in the Porto Rican
legislature.
The first political party under the
American regime of Luzon is being
formed by Filipinos.
Gen. Macarthur issued proclama-
ton notifying insurgents that they
will hereafter be treated at traitors.
More than l 1000 sick soldiers are eX-
pected at Frisco soon. The volunteer
regiments in the Philippines will be-
gin to come home on new years day.
In arguing the tariff cases which
will decide whether the constitution
goes with the flag Attorney-General
Griggs said it was not the intention Of
the treaty Of Paris to make citizens OF
the inhabitants of our insular posses
sions.
Advices received from Iloilo. is
land of Panay, say that the insurgents
burned large part of the village OF
Cabatuan. Assistant Surgeon Freder'
lex A. Washburn, Jr., Of the twenty.
sixth volunteer infantry, with eight
cen men, held the p incipal buildings
A strong wind was blowing at the
time. The Americans sustained nc
casualties.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-27
Automobile to Horse.

20 to, thou equine dotard,
Soon wilt thou find thy place
With other relics of an ancient time:
The DodO, the Pelicosaurus,
The Thingumbob and the Whatits
name,
An infant am I, it's true.
But what hearty, lusty fellow,
with constitution of steel, not mere
iron.
Thou would'st point with scorn at my
lack Of ancestry.
l would have you know
am the fruit of generations and gen
erations of giant brains,
The concentration of years of thought
and toll have conceived me.
AS the swift-moving railway train has
displaced the numbering stage
coach,
So | will displace you.
[ have my faults, but my virtues DER
tower them.
What if | bust a f1ue,
Or If my ignfter fails to spark,
Or even do short circuit occasionally?
II L We're horse I'd have the CHAMBERS,
or a SPAWN,
Or the unromantic collie.
Without a cause I'd shy and throw my
rider
Dost thou know, foolish horse,
Thy days are numbered?
For be it known
When man has once began to feel
The thrill of life along the keel
OF an automobile
He turns his plying eyes upon thee
And murmurs gently,
Thou were a good makeshift
In times gone by;
l thank thee kindly.
But with the Alsorans
Thou must stand aside.
G1ang there,
You won't Do
Now"
w. H. Stemmermann in n. Y. Sun
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-27

ton, one Of the easiest on the whole
route OF the subway, the material be-
ing loose, sandy soil, easily removable
by pick and shovel. Over a great por-
ton OF the line, however, the eycaya-
ton will be through solid rock. and
blasting will be necessary. Drilling
will be carried out almost exclusively
by Pneumatic drills, and to provide the
power for operating these, two out of
several power stations have already
been erected, one in Union square,
and the other at One Hundred and
Sixty-fifth street and the Hudson river.
The compressed air is led from the
station by and 10-inch mains of steel
pipe, the mains being laid parallel to
the route of the tunnel throughout tie
sections which they are intended to
serve. The air is led from the mains
to the drills by flexible piping.
Although not much of the RAPID tran
sit road viii lie in tunnel proper,
| where it does pass beneath the sur
| face it will, in places, lie at a very
considerable depth, particularly be-
meath Washington Heights. In the
stretch of about "a miles, from One
Hundred and Fiftieth street to One
Hundred and Ninety-fifth street, the
road will be at an average depth of
about 120 feet below the surface of
Broadway, and in that distance there
will be two subterranean stations, one
at One Hundred and Sixty-ninth street,
| 100 feet below the street, and another
! at One Hundred and Eighty-first
street, at depth of 100 feet. The YER
| teal excavation for the shaft will con-
tain two large elevators and a stair
way, the stairway being provided in
case of a breakdown at any time in
the elevator service. The station will
consist of a large chamber eXcavated
in the solid rock, the roof being in
the form of an elliptical arch. There
will be two elevator landings at the
bottom of the shaft, the upper one of
which will discharge its passengers at
/ the level of bridge, which will eX-
| tend across the tracks and enable the
| passengers to reach the downtown
tracks. During the morning hours the
( elevators will stop at this level, for
the reason that almost all Of the
travel at that time will be in the
downtown direction. During the even
ing hours, when business men are re-
turning from the city, the elevators
will run to the lower level so as to
save passengers the necessity for
climbing any stairways. The eleva-
tor cars will be unusually large, with
sufficient capacity to remove all the
passengers unloaded from one train
before The next train enters the sta
ton. The excavation for the One Hun
dred and Sixty ninth-street station is
so far advanced that the vertical
shaft and the transverse tunnel lead
ing from the shaft to beneath Broad
way are completed, and about rs feet
of drifting has already been completed
north and south beneath Broadway on
the line of the tunnel itself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-27

At Cleveland. fire almost destroyed
the big plant of the Brown Hosting
and Conveying Machine company.
Property estimated to be worth over
100000 was consumed, and LOO
orkmen thrown out of employment.
The Elwell-Parker company, also in
tie building, had a loss of 100000,
corered by insurance.
1T Akron, Ohio, the natural gas sup
r'y failed on a recent day and for a
considerable time there was great
suffering. The day was the coolest
Of the winter. Later the supply
4"ain failed and then came back. In
{ number OF houses the valves had
been left open and several families
were partially asphyXiated.
y special from Bonneville, Ind,
US: John Rollo, the third of the col
ored men implicated in the murder OF
Hollie Simons, was hanged to tree
in the courthouse yard by mob OF
about 1000 men from Rockport. Not
shot was fired, and everything was
conducted as quietly as if the eXecu
ton had been one under the sanction
of the law.
At Philadelphia. Judge Mcpherson
| filed an opinion in the United State:
| circuit court in favor of the Isaiah Y
| Williamson estate, for a large sun
representing legacy tax under the
War Revenue act. He ordered judg
ment against the government fo1
| $193 ,927.40, the amount of war ta2
paid, with interest. Mr.. Williamson
left an estate worth 100000.
The citizens of Sing Sing turned on
in the largest number ever assembled
at public meeting in the village AM
with but one dissenting voice directed
the officers of the meeting to petition
the legislature to change the name o
the village from Sing Sing to Ossin
ing. Water Commissioner John Z
Johnson declared the name Sing Sin;
was synonymous with prison
The National Live Stock association
will make an effort to defeat the Grou
oleomargarine bill, which has recentI
passed the house and is now pendin
in the senate. 1t is claimed that
it should become a law the stockmel
of the west will lose from So to 81 O
every steer they market. They ais
claim that the only people intereste
directly in this law is the butter trus1
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-27

| Thirty thousand dock laborers al
Antwerp struck.
Chilean political leaders are unable
to form a new cabinet.
The French chamber of deputies
adopted the amnesty bill.
Colombian government troops de-
feated the rebels in a decisive en-.
gagement.
The pope, in an allocution at Rome
lamented the conflict between Italy
and the church.
England and the United States are
said to be in complete accord as to the
negotiations in China.
The powers are trying to agree as
to whether the demands on China are
to be made irrevocable or not.
The French government has refused
to exempt the Passionist fathers in
Paris from a burdensome tax.
The engagement of the princess of
the Asturias to Prince Charles, son of
the count of Caserta, is announced
Lord Salisbury, speaking in London,
said the housing of England's poor
was one of the empires most serious
problems.
One hundred and thirty-six persons
are still missing from the German
fr1gate Gneisenau, wrecked Off
Malaga, Spain.
1t is asserted that Great Britain will
reject the amended Hay-Pauncefote
treaty and fall back on the Clayton
Bulwer convention.
A Turkish officer says a revolution
against Turkey is brewing in Kurdis-
tan and Armenia. He says he will
have an army of 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-27
ROYAL LOVE.
Pretty Story of Italy's Queen and Her
Husband.

1uSDanu.
Our Rome correspondent writes:
The king and queen are now back in
Rome, leaving a most affeCtionate and
kindly remembrance behind them in
Naples. When one sees what love and
gratitude result from a little kindness
enc wonders that royalties do not
oftener take the trouble to reach the
hearts of individuals. Queen Helena,
it seems, is devoted to children, so
when she found a group of them in the
garden at the palace of CapOdimOnte
she instinctively stopped. They, all
unconscious, went on with their play
One was impersonating the king deliv
ering sentence on a prisoner, and a
third was the queen begging for mercy
and leading the prisoner triumphantly
off, while the others criticised the just
ice of the case This so amused the
queen that she began to laugh aloud,
which caused the mites to spread in
all directions. However, she soon
gathered them together again, patted
the dirtiest, kissed the tleanest, took
the smallest in her arms, and invited
all into her private sitting room,
where she RECALLED them with cakes and
sweets. The youngsters, with tongues
cnce loosened, answered all her ques
tions, some so quantity that she
laughed over and over again, and at
last she dismissed them with hands
and pockets full. The consequence is
that several parents are now ready to
lay down their lives for their sover-
eigns, and like all warm-hearted Nea-
politans, go about taking the world
into their confidence over their males
ties erfections.--London Telegraph
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-27

Revelations made recently regarding
Bombay municipal elections show that
Hindoo election agents can excel the
widest achievements in Europe or
America. It is discovered to be a COM
mon practice to dress lads to imperson-
ate female ratepayers, who are either
dead or are reluctant to vote. In many
other cases women are hired to repre-
sent sIlch voters. PRESERVATION by men
Of male voters who are dead or travel
ing is too common to excite remark.
The most amazing discovery is that
there is now a class Of men who call
themselves professional vote brok-
ers" and openly undertake TO secure
votes at fixed price head.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-27
HOUSE DISCOVERED.
Reporters Find Place Where Young
Cudahy Was Kept.

Omaha, Dec. 21.-Two World Herald
reporters yesterday afternoon located
the house in which Eddy Cudahy was
held a prisoner on Grover street, a
point about four miles southeast of the
city. Absolute evidence as to the
identity OF the house was corroborated
by Eddie Cudahy. The house is an
fsloated structure situated on a pro[Lo-
tory commanding a full view of the
country for miles about.
1t is a two-story concern and has the
rickety stairway and other features
described by the kidnapped boy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-27
South Africa.

1000 Beers have crossed the Orange
river and made dash into Cape
Colony.
Lord Salisbury made a speech, TAX
ing a gloomy view of the situation in
south Africa
Beers raiding in Cape Colony de-
feated the colonial troops. Gen.
Clements command narrowly escap-
ed at Nooitgedacht.
The thanksgiving service which it
was proposed to hold in London to
celebrate Lord Roberts return and
the end of the south African war has
been postponed.
Rumors of the continued invasion of
Cape Colony and the danger of a Sc
rious rebellion there caused great I'M
easiness in London. Kitchener CON
firmed the reported invasion and is
said to have asked for more mounted
men.