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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

AID FOR GALVESTON SUFFERERs-A meet
ing Of Americans has been held at the United
States Embassy here in aid of the Texas sufferers
Resolutions of sympathy were passed and 1900
marks subscribed a committee consisting
OF Secretary jackson. the Rev DR.. Dickie and
Deputy Consul General Frederick Won Versen was
appointed to solicit further subscriptions.
The American colonies of Ielpsc Dresden and
Stuttgart have also called meetings to raise funds
for the Texas sufferers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

SOUTH AFRICA.-Great Britain has returned TO
the consideration OF the war in South Africa, and
the newspapers are eagerly scanned for signs of
the real end of the campaign, the empire Is
tired OF carnage. President KruRer's dramatic re-
treat has led the commentators to reannounce the
close Of the war but the long lists OF casualties
and deaths in hospital, aggregat!ng two hundred n
week which continue to III up the bulletin boards
at the War Office belle their statements The
claims hitherto made that the British losses in
South Africa have been small compared with
those of other campaigns appear to need revision.
Judging from recent calculations made by n well
known actuary. who finds that of the officers in
South Africa 72i per thousand have been killed or
have died from wounds. 306 per thousand the Of
per thousand have been killed or died from wounds
and BIS have died from disease These startling
and men have suffered approximately equally from
disease the risks OF the 9tiicers IN action have
rate OF mortality in South Africn is much greater
than it in the Franco-German War. Krdger's
millions the subject of disrespectful paragraphs
and narratives The lowest estimate of his wealth
Is 100000 invested abroad while some calcuators
figure his wealth at Is coo COO The Transvaal Gov
in Continental banks which will be boarded by the
Managing COMMITTEE 1T Leyds SAYS: TOT future
LONDON PRoBLEds-An kinds of rumors are
current regarding the coming of American enter
prise and capital relieve London's congested
traffic. That the metropolis is far behind every
provincial centre in many things that go make
up modern city is beginning to be realized by
Engllshmen, as we'll as by Americans; and de-
mand is arising for new bood-American or other
wise-capabe OF solving transit problems One had
only 70 attempt journey to the city this week IN
realize the costly delays and vexations to which
business is subjected under present conditions The
main artery, Trafalgar Square. to the Bank Is So
torn up that II takes cabs and buses thirty or
forty minutes to cover journey Of less than two
miles.
Connected with AL this congestion is the great
problem OF housing the working classes at which
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22
Rich Lose Ability to Enjoy.

The wealthy soon become satiated
and fall victims to ennui, which is
worse than WEAKNESS. See those in
their boxes at the opera. Below them
enthusiasm runs riot when De Reszlze
or Sembrich sings. They applaud
languidly with dainty fan upon the
gloved hand. They do it because they
think it is expected of them; but their
eyes do not light up, the color does not
come into their cheeks, their bosoms
do not swell with emotion. No; they
are tired hey are worn out, they have
gone through too much, and even
music cannot move them. They really
are to be pitied. In the highest
gallery sit men and women who get
much more out of the music than these
people. They get delight; and of de-
light those who have too much are
soon incapabie.-John Gilmer Speed in
Home Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22
For the Thanksgiving Dinner.

[ think Thanksgiving dinner-table
should be differently decorated from
one for any other occasion. 1t should
look loaded. My centerpiece will be a
big scooped-out pumpkin, with the
edges scalloped, filled with fruit ar
ranged prettily on leaves-bananas
oranges, lady-apples and grapes.
At one end Of the table will be a
representation of mammoth pumpkin
pie (this for the benefit of the chill
dren), made from bread-pan, with
crinkled yellow tissue-paper around
the edges and filled with sawdust, in
which is concealed trif1es, one for each
person present, done up in yellow
paper tied with yellow ribbon. The
ribbon bows and ends will make the
top of the pie. At the close of dinner
1t will be passed, and every one will
get pull and package. At the other
end of the table l will have a bowl of
yellow chrysanthemums-the flower of
the Thanksgiving season. At the four
corners | will put horns of plenty made
of cardboard covered with yellow
crinkled tissue-paper Out of one of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22

on an automobile carriage, and
pump, provided with a hoze and noZ
zle The same electric motor which
propels the carriage drives the pump
as soon as the vehicle comes to
standstill at a fire. This end is &C
complished by a very ingenious sys-
tenn of gearing, which transmits the
power of the motor to the propelling
mechanism of the pump. This sys-
TEN, therefore, constitutes a complete
combination for immediate operation.
= offers the advantage of permitting
ne vehicle to start without any de-
lay as soon as an alarm is given, and
of allowing the engine to be set i'm
mediately in operation as soon as the
vehicle reaches the fire. Again, it is
with the same object of rapidity of
action in view that the hose of the
engine reel consists of a rubber tube
provided internally with a spiral of
metal, which preserves its cylindrical
form and permits it to be kept full Of
water, even when it is wound up.
The engine starts Off at the first
alarm, and, as soon as it reaches the
fire, commences to act in utilizing the
100 gallons of water in it's tank, which,
under ordinary circumstances, suf-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22
UNSANiTARY SLEEPING CARS.
New York Man Finds Reasons for
Complaint.

New York Man Finds Reasons for
Complaint.
A correspondent in the New York
Herald says: Permit me to make a
strong plea to your paper for an agita.
ton which may end in complete re.
form OF the present furnishings Of q
sleeping car. Of the comforts of the
present system of American sleeping
cars I shall say nothing. All know
that the comforts are greater than the
discomforts, and that we are all glad
to avail ourselves Of the sleeping car,
but there are many furnishings in a
sleeping car which are Simply horrible,
obsolete, and not in keeping with the
advance OF the times. 1 refer to the
heavy stuff curtains which surround
the berths, and to the heavy wooden
blankets which are used for covering.
am strongly of the opinion that these
should be of cotton, so that at the end
of each trip they might be washed and
sterilized and issued fresh for an ensu-
ing trip.
The heavy wooden coverings at pres
ent one night cover a consumptive,
whose exhalations infect them; an
other night catarrh infected person,
and other nights they cover and in
close all sorts of contagious and infec-
tious diseases, so that the physically
sound occupants of these berths often
contract diseases from their prece-
dents.
A necessary reform is in the cover
ings of the seats and lounges. These,
instead of being covered with heavy
plush velvet and such like rough stuff,
to which microbes and germs are pecu-
liarly liabale to cling, should be COW
cred with material which could be
sterilized or disinfected daily. The
floors also should be of a fiber which
would allow of disinfection and cleans
ing. At present such carpets are a
horror.
One of the gravest nuisances con-
nected with sleeping cars is that of the
car porter, who every morning, with a
clothes broom, brushes off from each
individual the germ laden dust accum-
ulated on the journey. Inns dust fills
the car in clouds and is inhaled by the
occupants, to their great discomfort
AMI extreme physical danger. Often,
too, passengers come aboard who have
been recently in houses containing
sick or whose clothes are infected by
sickness, and these people have any
germs which they may carry on their
clothes brushed off into the air of the
car for their fellow passengers to in
hale.
l must strongly refer to the made
quate toilet facilities. l have aften
Travelled in sleepers containing TWO
wash basins, in which fifteen to twenty
men have tried to battle in thirty min
utes. Instead of two basins there
should be more and of more modern
and common sense type. In word,
sleeping cars should be, more than any
other cars, thoroughly hygienic, in
stead of the horrible begilded, te-
pushed, bemirrored, ostentatious vuI-
garity on wheels that they now are.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22
Chicago to Europe for Pleasure.

Chicago is beginning to build steam
ers for direct voyage to European
ports. The Counselman quartet of
ships, 265 feet long, AZ feet wide, are
not primarily intended for passenger
service. Their size is dictated by the
width of the Welland canal and st.
Lawrence river. Smaller ships and
slower have made the ocean crossing
successful. Ocean travel for pleasure
ought to be slow travel. The crowded,
numbering big ships are too thronged
and too speedy. The pressure and
hustle of one side of the world is
scarcely forgotten on them before that
of the other side begins. Chicago has
done wonderful things in her time.
Odessa was once the great grain center
of the world Chicago took away her
title. When the sanitary canal shall
become a ship canal Chicago will have
learned Low to build great ocean
steamships. Meanwhile it is no rash
prophecy to predict that from this
port passengers will be setting out in
year or two for pleasure ard health
trip to Europe.-Chicag Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22
Married on a Dare.

Harry Grow is soldier bold just
home from the Philippines. Incident
ally he is a blacksmith by trade, six
feet tall and as handsome as such a
man ought to be.
The other day he took luncheon
with Miss Julia Schneider, a dashing
artists model, and a couple of friends
at a summer resort just outside of
San Francisco. They talked about
the joys of soldiers life and pretty
Miss Schneider said it would be SO
romantic to be a warriors wife.
The other girl in the party dared
her marry Harry Crow. She con-
scented because she wouldn't be
dared" and the knot was tied.
Then she went straight home to her
mother and has since refused to even
see her handsome husband, who is
now suing for a divorce. Both will
be glad when it is granted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22
Cotton Mills ard the Exposition

South Carolina is the largest cotton
manufacturing state in the south and
the second largest cotton manufacture
ing state in the union, ranking next to
Massachusetts. One OF the features Of
the exposition to be held in Charleston
next year will be a great textile dis
play OF the output of the southern
mills, and, as South Carolina leads the
south in cotton manufacturing the
South Carolina mills ought to fill the
largest place in the exhibit. The cot
ton manufacturers in this state should
esteem it privilege to assist the
people of Charleston in the great work
they have undertaken, and for the one
practical reason, if no other, that but
for the amount CT Charleston capital
invested in the mills of this state the
present development of this industry
would not have been possible. 1t was
stated some time ago upon the author
ity Of a manufacturer in the Piedmont
country that from two-thirds to three
fourths of the entire amount of the
capital invested in the cotton mills in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22
Fig. 2. Electric Hook and Ladder.

What are ye doin' out there,
Barney" she asked.
''Practicin' wild me gun, answered
Barney.
Ohio" exclaimed Mrs. Flynn.
"Practicin' wild yer gun is it? Ye're
new man on the foorce, an We think
we've got to be blazin' away at livery
barn door in the wa'ard. Tell me, now,
isn't there an ordnance feminist
shootin In the city limits?''
At this Patrolman Flynn thought
fully scratched his head
Right ye are he said at last; but
tbs for the gazabzoo widout the shtar
that the ordnance was made"
Does yer book tell ye that?' de-
manded Mrs. Flynn.
Patrolman Flynn pulled a summary
Of the principal ordinances and the
rules and regulations of the depart
ment from his pocket, and looked
through it slowly and carefully.
Does it tell ye," demanded Mrs.
Flynn, again, ::tthat an officer of the
la-aw kin make a shootin'- gallery of
the alley bechune his house an the
next behind it?''
1T does not admitted the patrol
! man, respectfully.
Does it tell ye to pinch the man
that shoots in the city limits?"
Mary, I'll not lie to ye,' answered
Patrolman Flynn, after moment of
reflection; 1T says that same.
Then it's for We, Barney Flynn, .
asserted his better half, decisively
t'to take yerself to the station an
cha-arge yerself wild disorderly con-
duct"
Patrolman Flynn winched. The
reasoning was clear, but he objected te
the conclusion.
q rayfuse," he said at length, ''tc
go wild meself.''
Ohio" cried Mrs. Flynn. "Rayfuse
to go, is it? Here We are caught By
yeTself vi'Iatin' an ordnance, an "
rayfuse to be arrested. Barney, We Il
be after havin' the cha-arge Of ray
sistin' an officer put feminist yer name
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22
HOW A STRIKE is ORGANIZED.
Some of the Difficulties When Many
NationaIities are involved.

al fHVOlSCOs
AS may readily be imagined, it is
40 easy task to organize the discord-
ant elements representing a dozen diff
ferent nationalities into labor union.
IN practice it has been found necessary
to form the unions on the lines of Ian
guage. Among the employees of a
Jingle company there will be found an
English-speaking union, an Italian
union, a Magyar union, and perhaps
half dozen others. Their meetings
are separate, unless the proposal for
a strike calls for united action, and
0bliges them to meet together.
1t is difficult to imagine any scene
more picturesque and dramatic than
one of these union meetings, where diff
ferent and ordinarily discordant races
are gathered under a single roof and
for a single purpose. The day before
the big strike was ordered I attended
such a meeting few miles outside of
Hazleton. Six different organizations
were represented, and all the proceed
ings were carried on in six different
ongues-English, Magyar, Bohemian,
Polish, Lithuanian and Italian. The
district president Of the united mine
workers-an Irishman, by the way
was present, and the controlling spirit
Of the assembly. His active part in
the proceedings, however, was confined
to giving his instructions to the heads
Of the different unions, all Of whom
spoke English.
When the meeting had been called
to order, the proposal to join the strike
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22

fees for an operation of five or six
minutes. During this period, the
electric hose wagon, which immedi-
ately follows it, has had time to ar
rive in it's turn and allow the hose
that it carries to be coupled to n.y.
drant in order to supply the engine
Then, if the extent of the fire requires
it, the attack is pursued as usual
with steam and hand engines; but, in
all cases, valuable time has been
gained by the preliminary and imme-
date action of the electric fire-englne.
The fire engine, in running order,
weighs, inclusive of the crew and 100
gallons Of water, $3.50 pounds.
The engine, as well as the nose
wagon, is arranged in such Way as
to permit the utilization of part Of
| the energy of the accumulators for the
! illumination, through arc or incandes-
cent lamps, of fires that occur at
night This latter system will prove
particularly valuable in cases where
it is necessary to throw light into
places in which the existence of ex-
plosive mixture may be suspected.
! Fig. 2 shows an electrically operat-
ed ladder wagon consisting Of low
| truck, upon which the large ladder in
use in the department is hoisted al
most horizontally by means of an in
clined plane and windlass. The
total weight Of this apparatus, inclu-
sive Of its crew, is $3.50 pounds. 1t
is the heaviest Of the pieces of fire
material to which mechanical pTopul-
sion has been applied. So by reason
of the peculiar difficulties presented by
the maneuvering Of it, it became
necessary to assure the perfect sta
bility of the vehicle, especially in
turning corners while running at con
siderable speed. This has been done
so successfully that the electric ladder
truck is more stable than horse
drawn ones.
The storage batteries of the three
types Of apparatus were furnished by
the Societe Bouquet-Garcin-Sch OF
Neuilly, France They are enclosed
in a case suspended beneath the We
shicle and are so calculated as to per
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22

the upper part of this state and en-
ployed by these mills in the conduct of
their business was Charleston capital.
1t is not unreasonable to expect that
the cotton mill industry, which has
been so greatly promoted by Charles
ton capital, should take an active part
in helping to promote the success of
the exposition at Charleston. If the
presidents and managers and directors
of the mills in this state would agree
to a very small assessment on the num-
Der Of spindles operated in their factor
les it would be practicable to make a
textile exhibit at Charleston of home
made goods from homegrown cotton
that would impress the commercial
world with the strength Of our posi-
tion.-Charlesto News and Courier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22

too. It is for We to bat yerself on the
head wild a club an jerk yerself off tc
the station whether We will or no.
T would be a shame, Mary" pro
tested Patrolman Flynn, "for me, bein
the fri'nd to meself that I am, to be
that rough wild meself Ye'd not have
me be too hazard on fri'nd, would
ye?"
Ohio" exclaimed -drs Flynn, again
by way Of answer. ''Derrylickshun av
july it Isl kin see We, Barney,
walkin' the ca-arpet in the capt'in's
Office, an tellin' We something av July
an fri'ndship, an that We re laid off
four days widout pay
Anyhow" persisted the patrolman,
I'm not shtrong enough to artist me-
self. 'Tis too tough a job. I'm a des-
pirate man when I'm reused, Mary, an
t is not the likes Of me nor amy one
else that kin lay the hand av the la-aw
on meself widout havin' to go to a
doctor"
1 see We now, oh, see We now,
Barney" went on Mrs. Flynn-"I see
We readin' a notice on the board at the
station, an it says that Barney Flynn
is discharged from the foorce for
coEardice That's what it says, Barney,
an it says more. 1t says that Barney
Flynn is charged wild disorderly con-
duct, an shootin' in the city MMits, an
raysistin' an officer, an corruptin' the
force by wo-orkin' the fri'ndship
racket, an that amy officer meetin'
him will call the wagon an run him
in
Patrolman Flynn heaved deep sigh.
Mary" he said, I'VE wanted me to
do little wo-ork in the house the
while I'm off july"
II did, Barney" she answered.
I'll do it," asserted Patrolman
Flynn, with another sigh. ''Tis
tight hole I got meself in, Mary, an me
heads swimmin' wild all the troubles
an the rules. IT'S likely little wo-ork
II make things easier for me-"
"'Tis likely it will retorted Mary
grimly; and Patrolman Flynn put his
official book and his revolver in his
pocket, and tackled the plebeian task
Of mending a wash-tub, meanwhile
muttering to himself something about
a woman who had "a regular la-awyer's
head On er.''-Elliott Flower in the
Century
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22

The fire department of Paris has re-
Gently added to its apparatus three
types of fire automobiles driven by
electricity, which are said to have in
creased considerably the efficiency Of
the departments service. One of
these vehicles is a hose wagon, and
has been in operation for some time
1t is essentially an electric wagon.
capable Of seating six men and pro
vided with a supply of hose, nozzles,
ladders and life-saving apparatus.
The electric fire pump, shown in
Fig. /, is of an entirely new type. It
consists in principle OF a metallic tank
of 100 gallons capacity, mounted up
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-22

came up for discussion. First of all
few of the English-speaking men
gave their opinions pro and con in
awkward and ungrammatical, but terse
ard common-sense speeches. When
they had finished and before the ques-
ton was put to vote, the Magyar and
Bohemian leaders rose and explained.
each in his own tongue, the object of
the meeting. Workmen l. ON the ma
tionalities which they represented then
addressed the meeting, some advocat-
ing and some opposing the strike. They
were in strong contrast to the pre-
vious speakers. Heavily built and
slow Of utterance, they spoke deliber-
ately, in the harsh, consonant accents
of their native tongue, punctuating
their remarks with heavy-handed
gestures, while their compatriots lean
ed forward listening intently. but with
unmoved expressions.
The same process was followed with
the Poles and Lithuanians. stalwart,
coarsehaired men, who spoke rapidly
with jangle of accents that sounded
unintelligiEle to the spectator, but
which had the effect of causing an
eager. though subdued, buzz of COM
ment among their fellow countrymen.
Then came the turn of the Italians,
and before their chairman had finished
his explanatory remarks a dozen ardent
and gestulating men were on their feet
all talking at once in the swift-foM
ing speech of the sunny fatherland,
pouring out torrent of words which
the chairman was utterly unable to
stem.
Into the circle of space left in the
center of the room suddenly bounded
man who quickly silenced the others
and claimed the attention of the whole
assemblage by his impassioned har-
angue. He was man of 80, dressed in
the rough jeans of the miner and wear
ing pair of dark-colored glasses over
his eyes, but with face that showed
intelligence and education. 1t was i'm
possible even for those of us who
could not understand his words not to
feel the force of the firery stream of
incentive and appeal which poured
faster and ever faster from his lips.
Whatever one might think of his senti-
ments, it could not be denied that he
was an orator of no mean ability. I
learned afterward that he was a man
of university education, and that he
was telling his fellows of the glorious
days when their forefathers were the
strongest nation in the world, urging
them to be worthy of the grand tradi-
lions of their race. AS he went on he
threw his hat upon the floor and I'M
consciously reached toward his boot,
where the Italian carries his ever
ready weapon. Not for an instant
did he falter in his speech, which flow
ed like the rushing of a mountain tor
rent and L have never seen a finer
example of frenzied eloquence.
The effect of his Grafton was remark
able. Not only did it bring the audi
ence to their feet with cries Of approval
and excited gestures, but it held every
man in the room spellbound, SO evident
was the tenor. if not the exact wording
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