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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29
TO FREE CARTER
HA8EAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS
ARE OPENED.
STATEMENT BY PRISONER
So-called American Dreyfus Says He
is Subject of q Military Inquisitioa
and That His Vindication Is Sure to
Come-Case Taken Under Advise
ment by Judge.

Leavenworth. Kan, Nov. 24.-Ha- |
beas corpus proceedings brought by
the attorneys OF Cberlin NJ Carter, |
late captain of engineers, U. S. A, to
show cause why Warden McClaughery
of the federal prison should release
prisoner, were opened in the United
States district court here yesterday
Judge Amos Taylor of st. Louis sat
with Judge Hook of this city in the
case Frank P. Blair Of Chicago and
Congressman Grosvenor of Ohio ap-
peared for Carter, while Col. J. w.
Clous, deputy Judge advocate general
Of the army, District Attorney I. E.
Lambert and his assistant, H. E.
Hone, represented the government.
D. S. Carter Of Illinois, an uncle of the
prisoner, was in the audience. Judge
Thayer limited Carter's attorneys to
three hours, the governments to two
and one-half. Judge Thayer announced
that the case would be taken under
advisement. A decision is looked for
in about a month. While Carter was
proceeding during the noon recess,
accompanied by his attorneys and the
warden of the penitentiary, to the
hotel for lunch, he was accosted by
newspaper reporters. Since my ar
rest" he said, Il have never given out
a statement for publication. but have
one today" With these words he
handed reporter a lengthy document
The statement is in part:
Il am entirely innocent and | shall
not rest until my innocence is proved
and my military inquisition proclaimed.
1t was proven not one dollar ever came
into my hands improperly, and not one
| dollar Of public funds was ever misap-
propriated or misplaced by me, that
| the government was never defrauded
| through me in any manner whatever"
Carter then quotes General Craighill
and other engineers to prove his duties
were performed faithfully and intelli-
gently" and adds that the only ground
assigned by the attorney general for
his condemnation was admittedly that
OF pure suspicion, not only unsupport-
ed by any evidence whatever, but in
conflict Herewith, I'm institutinG
habeas corpus, therefore" he goes on
L have an infinitely higher motive
than to secure mere liberty. What is
mere liberty or even life to man OF
my aims, associations and ambitions
to man whose life has been devoted
to the faithful service Of his country
and whose good name is beyond prize?
l have sought liberty because I am in
nocent and that l may have an oppor
tunity before health and strength are
gone to compel a legal vindication q
nay character. My innocence, estab
lished even during my military inquisi-
ton, could have been proved again
! publicly and with absolute certainty
long ere this had not the means Of do
ing so been suppressed; but sooner Or
later my vindication is bound to come
In case the application for writ is lie
MED, Carriers attorney will appeal to
the United States supreme court.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29
OUR ISLANDS.

It is decided to reduce the war
revenue $3O,000,000 a year.
The Cuban constitutional convention
voted to hold public sessions.
American soldiers serving in Cebu,
P.I., send appeal for books and papers.
The Taft commission is at work on
a plan of government for the Philip
pines.
The Filipino junta will brave the
chances of deportation rather than
quit Hongkong.
One hundred picked natives, sup
ported by American troops, will start
out to capture Aguinaldo.
1t is intimated that the program for
returning the volunteers from the
Philippines has been abandoned.
The president may relieve the Gen
erals serving in the Philippines by
ordering the bureau chiefs at Wash,
ington into active service.
General Macarthur says the presi
Dental election is only coincident with
other circumstances in bringing about
renewed activity in the campaign
again the Filipinos.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29
LONG ON POTATOES
WASHINGTON REPORTS WISDOM
SIN SECOND.
MAINE ONLY CAN BEAT US
Starch Factories Becoming Familiar
Institutions in the Potato Belt of
the Badger State-GIaciaI Drift
Land Right Kind for the Tubers
to Thrive in.

According to bulletin recently
issued by the United States depart
ment of agriculture the total annual
production of starch from potatoes in
the United States is about $1,000 tons,
of which 5000 tons are produced in
the county of Aroostook in Maine.
Wisconsin is one of the most i'm
portant potato-producing states and
stands next to Maine in the production
of potato starch. In the immediate
neighborhood of Stevens Point, in
triangular area of which each side is
about thirty miles, there are over co.
coo acres of potatoes grown.
This belt is composed of glacial
drift. The land adjacent to the Wis
consin river is made up of level de-
posits Of sand and gravel covered with
light loan. The sand is usually
found underdrained by bed of coarse
gravel. Back from the river are up
lands, a rolling surface covered with
drift composed Of clay sand, gravel
and powders, variously intermixed.
Sandy loan prevails. Clayey loans
occupy some acres, but are not preva-
lent.
The three great potato producing
counties are Portage, Waushara and
Waupaca, the acreage planted In 1899
being 25,o26, 1880, 1902, respective
ly. AS further indication Of the size
of the industry, it is only necessary to
state that P1ainfeld, in Waushara
county, has shipped as high as 1866
carloads in one season; Hancock,
within eight miles, 1000 car loads.
Waupaca in Waupaca county is sec
ond only to Plainield in shipments.
The average yield to potatoes is 100
bushels per acre.
Factories are operated at Stevens
Point, Waupaca, Black River Falls
and Grantsburg. The industry is 5ech-
nically more developed in the west
han in the east. The factories must
content themselves with the small, I'M
'ipe, rotten, scabby stock, unfit for ed
bic purposes. The starch content is
oW, and with good factories eight
pounds of starch a bushel is big
7Ield; the average yield is from six to
seven pounds. The quality Of the
starch produced is not uniform. Even
n the same factory the quality varies
rom day to day. Mechanical impuri-
les abound.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29

machine. Instead Of the records"
being taken on wax in the usual man
ner, sapphire needle is made to cut
the dots representing the sound vibra-
lions on silver cylinder, and when
the needle travels over the metal
second time the vibrations cause the
waves, and the machine thus becomes
a talking siren, which transforms the
human voice into deafening roar.
The experiments were made near
the Devils Dyke. Brighton, where the
inventor had his workshop. The in
strument was placed on the roof of the
laboratory and was made to repeat a
number of sentences. At distance
of 10 miles it was heard by
a large number of people, every
word being perfectly distinct, and at
second trial, with a favorable wind, it
was found that an unknown message
could be taken down in shorthand at a
distance of II miles. Over the water
the sounds will carry still further, and
under favorable circumstances they
| might easily be heard by persons on a
vessel Is miles out at sea. Placed on
lighthouse or lightship, the phono-
| graph would give a verbal warning
that would be infinitely more effective
than the foghorns and detonators at
present in use. The possibilities of
the machine are practically endless.
1t will render loud selections in the
open air and can be listened to by
thousands of people, or it will shout
news messages that could be heard
high above the roar of the traffic and
the thousand noises Of big city
! Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29
kinq James and the Bible.

S. Brainard Pratt, who had, a short
time since, an exhibition of Bibles, has
had photographs taken of many of the
most important Bibles in his exhibit
ton. He is now having a set of about
so stereopticon slides of Bibles and
Bible manuscripts. 1t will begin with
Jewish rolls and end with the I'M
finished Poylchrome. 1t will take in
the Bibles of Spudgeon, Moody,
Beecher, E. E. Hale, Philips Brooks
and many others.
Mr.. Pratt, who has made a thorough
examination, says James l did not
originate the idea of the version which
bears his name. 1t was suggested by
DR.. John Rainolds, president Of
Corpus Christi college, one of the
Puritans whom King James hated.
The king encouraged the work because
it ministered to his vanity on the one
hand, and his hate toward the Genevan
Bible on the other. There is no proof
that it was ever authorized" by Par
lament, privy council or king. 1t was
no more appointed to be read in the
churches" that his Book of sports, !"
which licensed all kinds of Sunday
games, from dancing to bear fights.
The King could spend 100000 year
in household expenses, but he was too
poor, and far too mean, to have King
James's version cost King James a
farthing. Bancroft says of him: ''He
ate and drank and dressed like boor."
Dickens: "He was idle, drunken,
greedy, great swearer and the most
conceited man on earth Sully's
testimony was: HE was the wisest
fool in Europe" Yet our English
Bibles are all, or nearly all, dedicated
to this same idle, drunken, dirty fool"
under the title of "The most high and
mighty prince, James, by the grace Of
God king of Great Britain" etc.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29
LOVELIEST WOMAN IN AMERICA
Margaret Fuller Would Exchange Her
Intellect for Emily MARSHALL Beauty.

Margaret Fuller once expressed the
willingness to exchange her fine in
tellect and all her accomplishments for
the beauty and attractiveness of Emily
Marshall" (who had been her school
mate), writes William Perrine in the
Ladies' Home Journal. Miss Mar
shall stood before us the re-
version to that faultless type
of structure which artists have
imagined in the past and to which
poets have fancied in the golden age
was the verdict of a Boston gallant,
one of the fair beauty's neighbors, re-
corded in after life, when his judgment
was unprecedented. Such was the
homage which the people of Boston
would sometimes bestow upon Miss
Marshall that one night when Daniel
Webster, then beginning his career in
the United States Senate, visited the
Federal Street Theater the applause
which the audience showered upon him
was not greater thai the cheers with
which it welcomed the divine Emily
In New York she caused such a sensa-
ton that one morning ten gentlemen
at one time were seen in her escort
and sixty left their cards for her.
When she went to such summer re-
sorts as Saratoga the crowds at the
hotel would form lane through which
she might pass as they waited to view
her going to and from her coach, and it
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29
Siberia CoIonized RAPIDLY.

The rapidity with which colonization
of every kind was spread over the mil
lions OF kilometers which the immens-
ity of Siberia measures is shown by
the dates of the founding of the princi-
pal towns: Tobolsk on the Tobol, in
1887; Tomsk on the Toms, branch Of
the Obi, in 1904; Yeniseisk on the
Yenisei, in 1919; Yakoutsk in 1882;
Atchinsk in 1912, Nertchinsk on the
Shilka, branch of the Amur, in 1854;
Okhotsk on the sea of the same name
in 638.-International Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29

The function at Oweasboro, KY.
Wednesday was the first time in Ken
tuky that a governor has been married
while in Office Miss Fuqua, who then
became the bride of Gov. Beckham, is
the eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
A. F'uqua Of that city. She is a beautiful
and attractive young woman and has
always been a great favorite. She has just
reached her twenty-frst year. Gov
ernor Beckham, besides being so well
known politically, comes from one of
the oldest southern families of Ken
lucky He is a son of Mrs. Julia Beck
ham, who has a beautiful country seat
at Bardstown, KY, and is nephew Of
Wickliffe of Louisiana
and of ex-senator Yulee of Florida.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29

is a Philadelphia tradition that when
she visited that city one of the schools
was closed earlier than the usual houl
to give the young girls a chance to see
the famous belle Indeed, women
looked upon her with an admiration
which they seldom accord to beauties"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29
Blessed Spot.

( you kiss the bald spot on top of
your husbands head? How funnyI"
Not funny at all. He got that bald
spot scratching to make living for
me and the children"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29

The Congo Free State boundary dis
pute was settled in favor Of Germany.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26
Hello! Going East I?

The Burlington Route, TO meet the
popular demand, will on dates given
below, offer tickets to the public at one
half OF the regular rates. From Denver
to Chicago, st. Louis, Peoria. st. Paul.
Duluth, Omaha, st. Joseph, Atchison.
Kansas City, apd to all intermediate
points on the main lines and branches
in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and
Illinois. Tickets will be on sale June
l1th. 18th. and 2srd; July 18th and Goth,
and August 4th. Good for return until
October 3lst. The rate will be one fare
for round trip plus 81.
The Burlington will also sell on June
18th. l4th and 18th, tickets to the Re-
publican national convention at Phila-
delphia. to meet June 10th. for $3.50.
Just half rate for round trip.
Burlington trains for Chicago and st.
Louis leave Denver at 400 O'Clock and
1000 O'Clock p. b. .mi,a..
See your local agent or address,
G. W: vALLERY, Gen. Agt.
1889 nth street, Denver.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26
MEEKER, COLO. SATURDAY. MAY 26. 1900.

Get Ready for the 'NumeratOr.
/ Beginning the latter part OF next
week the census enumefators will begin
heir apparently easy but in truth rather
1Ddious task. And it viii be task for
= good many to have all the answers to
tie questions at their tongues end when
he enumerator propounds them. Fol-
lewing are the questions:
Surname. Christian name. initial.
2 Residence, street. house humber.
,s8 Relationship of each member TO
~ head Of the family.
~ Color or race.
s5 Sex.
IS Age at last birthday.
"a Day, month and year when born:
IS Arc you single. married, widoWer,
widow or divorcedP
sae Number OF years married.
no How many children?
III Number Of children living.
sl4 expf the children.
;18 Where were you born? II In the
United States. give state or territory; II
q foreign birth, give name of the coun-
N only.
s1& Where was your father born?
Yo1s motherY tSame rs preceding.)
n II Of foreign birth. when did You
cd to the United Statesp
n How many years have you resided
ilstts United Statesp
W Have you been naturalized3 How
many years since you became q citizen?
10 What is your occupation, trade or
psatsssion? tApplies to those over 10
ys1 Of age)
- How many months during the
yeE are YOU employed?
~ How many months have you at
tsaaed schoolp
n Can you read?
4 Can you writep
Il Give the main facts concerning
ye sducation.
~ Do you own the house in which
vslatyep
~ Do vou rent the house in which
ys93res
RI "a GySaDvn the house, 10 It free Or
DSeets ~ TN farms the same aues-
lions spply.,
So, post yourselves on these seemingly
trlnlng questions. It costs Uncle Sam
. lot Of money to take the census. and
he wants 1t an correct and as complete
Is possible.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26
Clover Ward Drowned.


Word reached here yesterday mornink
that Clover Ward, q young man about
60 years of age and well known in this
section. was drowned in Yampa rive<
at the bridge Wednesday evening IN .
rather peculiar manner.
With the l4-year old son OF Tom Gill
heny, who was temporarily stopping at
the Ward road house, he took q bicycle
ride after supper. When they reached
the bridge Young Gilheny dismounted.
while Ward rode across. or rather In
tended to. 1t seems some planks were
misplaced and the young mans bicycle
veered to one side and off the bridge In
y twinkling. carrying rider with 1t.
Join and Ernest 9oiss. who reside
near Rifle, were near the bridge at the
time, but neither noticed Ward run Dfl
the bridge but one of them suspected
something wrong when he saw only ons
person with bicycle when but a mo-
ment previous he saw two coming to-
wards the bridge. However, the hoy
gave the alarm, but Ward went under
the last time before anything could he
done for him. The Toles passed thro'
town Yesterday morning and reported
the accident.
Mrs. Ward was at once at the scene
and wanted young Gilheny to jump in
and rescue her son. The lad pleaded
that he couldn't swim, and then the old
hag threatened to kill him II he didn't
go in. The boy got frightened. left his
bicycle at the bridge, and started down
the north side of the river. Several
miles below he crossed over, and struck
out for Axisl, where the stage driver.
Johnny Lloyd. picked him up and bro't
him to Meeker last night.
The body had not been recovered up
to last accounts. and 1t may be some
time before it is owing to high water. {
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26

60. f.yl.s whi.Li.. used BY critical iads.,.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26

The administration is trying to bunco
the Beers with suggestions that 1T may
do all sorts Of things for them If they
will only keep quiet. But the Beers
should insist on specific itemized
promises. Else when it is too late to
make their objections available. Mac
will turn them off with some Is per cent
proposition.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26
Railroad Topics.

From San Francisco comes the report
that q. 2. Huntington, In connection
with eastern and London parties, pro
poses to build road beween Salt Lake
and Denver. This will havc = adjuncts
q coar mining compAny and . st6sf Mans
ufacturinR plant. The latter will b.
located In the Yampa anthracite coal
region. The proposed route In Colorado
is from Denver, by way Of Golden, Boul-
der. Middle Park and the Yampa valley
to the state line. The project contem-
plates the resuscitation Of the charter
and franchise Of the Denver, San Fran
cisco Railroad company which was in
corporated eight years ago.
="
Denver advices state that the Illinois
Central company has purchased the
Denver. Lakewood & Golden. and, be-
sides making connections with its east
ern lines. will also extend west through
northwestern Colorado to the Pacific.
-
THE HERALD has it from very good
authority that in few weeks some Of
the head men of an old established Col
orado road will make quiet tour of in
vestigation into Rio Blanco and Bout
with view to building line into these
counties next year. ...a
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26
The Miller House.

Having leased the above well known
and popular hostsIry, it is my purpose
to maintain Its reputation as one AZ the
most attractive and home-like hotels in
the state and give the best service for
the money OF any. like establishment in
Colorado.
z The travelling public is respectfully
requested to give the Miller trial.
Fine Sunday dinners will be feature.
and the patronage of the people OF
Meeker and vicinity is solicited.
c. p. BOWMAN.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26

The number of Frenchmen, Germans
and Americans who are captured in the
Transvaal by the British, is startling.
1t would seem that Britain is pretty
nearly fighting the world down there.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26

Nathaniel p. Hill, principal owner of
tue Denver Republican and former
United States senator, died at noon
Tuesday. after an illness of several
weeks. He was few months over es
years of age.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26

Francis Schlatter, the alleged divine
healer" had a bout with the Parkers-
burg, W. Va, police, and came of
second best.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26

1t was about time that some railroad
was heading for northwestern Colorado,
otherwise we would have been COM
PEELED to build one on paper or manu-
facture one with the little types.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26

It cannot be possible that the popu-
lists think they can elect two preaiden-
tial tickets.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26

So, post yourselves on these seemingly
tllllng questions. 1t costs Uncle Sam
a lot Of money to take the census. and
he wants 1t az correct and as complete
Is possible.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-26
g. o. Taylor EA.kse.. reliable ers~d.


Fourteen mile ranch on Government
road. For price and particulars apply
to F. II. Cripps, Meeker. or this office.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-20
PERSONAL.

Hon. +. w Pou went TO Smithfield
yesterday.
Rev. W. {. 'lyree. of Durham. was
here yesterday.
Mr.. A. Z. Holton went to Green's
boro yesterday.
Mr.. Claude Dockery went TO Car
thage yesterday.
Collector Duncan returned yester-
day from Beaufort.
Mrs. II. l.. Burkhead is visiting her
mother in Lexington.
Maj. J. c. Davis left yesterday for
his home in Beaufort.
Prof. NJ. {. S. Noble was here yes
terday the guest of Prof Moses.
Mr.. X. H. Battle returned yester-
day from the Episcopal Convention at
Salisbury.
Rev. O. l.. Struggled went to Chapel
Hill yesterday. where he will preach
today and deliver an address.
Mr.. j. NJ. Merritt. conductor on the
Seaboard's new line from Hamlet to
Columbia, spent yesterday in the city
Miss Susan Clark went TO Char
lotte yesterday, where she Wilt be
the guest of her uncle. Mr.. j. p. era
ham.
Misses Willie and Bessie Poe Law
left yesterday afternoon for Char
lotte. where they will spend Gala
Week.
Mrs. Hector Mclean and Mr. A. L.
James, of Laurinurg. who have been
here some time, returned home yes
terday.
DR.. r. IT, Whitehead. of Chapel
HILL was here yesterday. He was
returning from the meeting of the
Board of State Medical Examiners.
Mrs. Claude Smith has returned
from ThomasviIle. y. c.. pleasant
summer resort near Greensboro She
will will probably sing at the Catho-
lie Church today
Miss Zelda Smith who has been
spending several weeks in Washing
ton. ID. C., at the beautiful new home
of her aunt, Mrs. W. II. Green, has
just returned to Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

MRS. JOE PERSONS REMEDY.
CAROLINA INSURANCE CO.-Statement.
WOOLLCOTT & SON-Three Big Bar
gains.
l. ROSENTHAL.-Excep Good
Values.
EDWARDS & BRoUGHTON-summ
Printing.
OCEAN VIEW HOTEL, VA,-Opens
June 1st.
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Statement
DOBBIN G. FERRALI.-Best Offer OF
Their Cottons.
A FAMOUS SEASIDE RESORT-Scoville
Bros. Managers.
SHERWOOD HIGGS e CO.-Proved by
Printed Promises.
BOYLAN, PEARCE C CO.-Tailored
Dresses at $3.50.
A. B. STRONACH-Special Price on Lace
and Muslin Curtains.
THE FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE INSUR-
ANCE CO.-Statement.
JULIUS LEWIS G. CO.-Ice Cream Freez-
ers, Stoves, Netting, Etc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-20
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Prove This Store by Its Printed Promises

I his is what might be called taking high
ground, but it's safe ground solid ground.
It wins business friendship, and 2Tld9 business
munity swears by a store, and that store
strains every effort to sustain the good opin
ion of it's public, there is bound to be firm
business friendship between them.
Items from the different departments rep
resentative of the values throughout the
whole house, lower priced goods, too, of un-
acCeptiOnable values.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-20
THE WEATHER TODAY.

North Carolina. cooler Sunday and
partly cloudy. with showers in East
ern portion. Monday fair and cool;
fresh northerly winds.
Local forecast for Raleigh and VI
cinity to s p. M: Sunday far ana
cooler: period of fair weather with
cool nights will occur.
Local data for Raleigh yesterday:
Maximum temperature. 50; minimum
temperature. CD: mean temperature.
~: total rainfall. trace.