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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
BAD FAMILY TO TACKLE.

A client of mine had a mortgage
on a small farm out in Kansas" said
a lawyer as he finished his cigar, "and
| went out there to collect the overdue
interest Or foreclose. | sought out
the county sheriff to make certain in
quiries, but l hadn't asked more than
two questions before he said:
Stranger, don't think you've got
any show for your money
But [ must have the interest or
foreclose," replied.
Yes, you think so, but I'd go back
home and letter slide. In the first
place Tod Taylor couldn't raise 81 to
save his neck, sayin' nothin' about
$500. In the next place he's a bad
man to fool with"
But I'm going to proceed according
to law"
Yes, of course, but Tod has got
three big boys, and they are all bad
men Then he's got two strapping big
gals, and they amt afraid of anything
Lastly, he's got a wife who broke a
tramp's neck last summer with one
blow Of her fist"
We'll there's law out here, isn't
there?" | asked.
Dead loads of it, stranger, and I'm
representa- most of it,
And you'll represent it in this case.
of course?"
Il don't think so. l shall take a
four weeks vacation. I've got four
deputies, but they'll be took sick.
I've got eight or ten constables, but
they'll be off huntin'. You'll want TO
see a judge, but he'll be off on visit
The register CT deeds may possibly be
home. but his wife'll tell you that he's
in a dyin condition. AS [ was sayin
there's bad old man, bad oil
woman. three bad boys and two
strappin' big gals
And the law is afraid Of them?"
mo, not exactly. No, the law amt
afraid of 'em, but the pint is that
there is only about $50 barrels 81
blood in this county, and if we get the
Taylor family aroused they'll want
every drop of it and even slop over
into the next county for more"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

suburban roads about Washington.
though not so frequently as she was n
Albany She often rides with Miss
Alice.
In her other gowns Mrs. Roosevelt
tastes are simple. She is most foad
of white. and her afternoon and TCcCp-
ton and dinner and evening gowns
are seldom anything but that color.
Usually the material is some shee"
silk muslin. made over white silk slip5
She prefers them white but la 81
winter she had an imported gown &c
ivory white satin. with a simple
corsage decoration of seed pearls
which was very much admired.
The only color she has at all allowed
in her gowns for the last few years ,s
very pale green, for which she has
fondness. She has one pale-green
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
Mrs. Roosevelt,
Her Characteristics,
and Her Children.

sible of the people with whom they
have come in contact. They are ve4Y
affectionate children, all of them, so
this teaching has not been difficult 10
inculcate. This same teaching may
partly account for the children's fond
ness for pets.
The Roosevelt Menagerie.
They have guinea pigs and rabbits
and chickens and cats at Oyster Bay.
but in town the chief pets they are
permitted are their dogs. The ROose-
velts have fully a dozen beautiful
dogs, one of which is Mrs. Roosevelt :
especial possession. This is Jesse, a
valuable and highly bred Aberdeen
setter, and this is the dog that usually
accompanies Mrs. Roosevelt when she
walks in the woods at Oyster Bay Or
drives in town.
The animal Mrs Roosevelt really
cares most about, however, is her
horse Yagepka. The mare is a
Kentucky thoroughbred, named for (.
character in one of the books Of
SienkieWicZ of whose works MIS-.
Roosevelt is very fond. Every morn
ing when she is at Oyster Bay her
horse is at the door after an early
breakfast and she gallops down the
mile of winding road, under great
trees, that leads to the two miles Of
hard, firm road skirting the bay.
When she has reached this road she
has come to the confines of her hu5-
bands estate but there is NO stately
iron gate, and, in fact, no gate at all
to mark the entrance.
Incidentally, it may be noted that
there is not a mo trespassing" sign
about the whole place. Any horseman
is just as free to canter up the drive
way as the mistress Of the beautiful
place is herself
For riding Mrs Roosevelt wears usu-
ally a black habit and white stock aIJ
tie, with little low, stiff hat and tan
riding gloves She rides exceptionally
we'll, and she has been seen on the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
NEWS NOTES

The commonwealth closed it's case
in the trial of Caleb Powers, charged
with being accessory to the murder of
Governor Goebel. Powers was the
first witness for the defense He tes-
titled that he once found Henry E.
Youtsey in his private Office sitting by
a raised window with rife in his
hands and that he got Mckenzie Todd
to persuade him to go away.
At Omaha fire caused loss OF
100000, divided among w. l.. MAY
& Co.'S wholesale grocery, the Great
Western Type Foundry, Carpenter Pa
per company, Mercer Chemical com
pany, Coegel & Dining, wholesale
cOnfectioners.
At Copenhagen Tietjen, the noted
financier, is dead He started many
banks, railroads and industrial com
panies, among them being the United
Steamship company and Northern
Telegraph company, whose lines eX-
tend across Asia.
Mail advices from Barbados give
particulars of a landslide covering
over 100 acres of land in the district
Of Coscobel. Nearly hundred houses
were destroyed and the islands best
plantation ruined
Charlemagne Tower, United States
ambassador to Russia, returned here
from Berlin and is continuing his ex-
ertions in behalf of Miss Stone, the
kidnapped American missionary. The
Russian foreign office is showing sym
pathy and willingness to assist
Tower.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

The woman whose hand will direct
all this gayety OF young people and
will manage every formal social affair
and state function given at the Whit
house in the next four years is dis
tinctly qualified to play her part.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt has played
many parts-those of favorite IN
New York society, Of wife with
several establishments to direct and Of
a mother with several children being
the most conspicuous and successful.
But with her adaptahility to all these
she has one accomplishment which 5
co stand her now in good stead-shc
has the 5o"tM experience and social
grace which Mould make the mistress
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

for which she cares. She is especially
fond of such masters as Stevenso1
and Walter Pater, and frequently re-
reads them. She cares greatly for
poetry, and, after Shakespeare, Is
found most often perhaps with George
Meredith and Browning.
Books in natural history have been
the especial delight of Teddy
Roosevelt, jr. and in the vety
large and varied collection of speci-
mems which he has made his mothers
suggestions have been his guide con-
tinually Those who know their hone
life intimately say that the most
charming little games have been de-
vised by Mrs. Roosevelt for the chill
dren, built about that really valuable
collection.
Still another of Mrs. ROosevelt,s in
terests is flower raising. This she
does not indulge to the extent of car
ing for the flowers herself, but the
great f1owerbeds at Oyster Bay are
laid out and filled at her suggestion.
New York World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

OF the white house social arbiter for
the whole country.
Mrs. Roosevelt is literary and do
nestle and devoted to her children,
but she is also the grande dame, aud
she will rule right royalty when the
time comes for the white house door
to open to the great world.
The wife of the new president is in
the prime of life. She is erect of car
riage; she has a girlish figure, and a
clear. warm complexion. She is feet
and inches in height, and her head IS
superbly set and crowned with braids
of brown hair. Her features are
classic-broad forehead, eyes set far
apart with straight brows, a de-
termined chin and mouth not small.
She is remarkably young looking, AMI
the little lines about her eyes are due
to her ready smile, and do not even
hint at advancing years.
Grace of Form.
She has always had claim to good
looks and to distinction of manner
and among her friends has been noted
for peculiar grace in the line of her
shoulders. From her head to he:
shoulder tip the outline is quite pes
feet. and while she was abroad she re
fused many times to have her portrait
painted so that this line might be
shown.
There is in existence single photo
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
Matching Contest.

Mr. Boyer of Hammonton, n. J., has
closed a Matching contest. Out of %
settings sent him from all over the
United States, those that came from
Iowa, Ohio and Connecticut did the
best, showing that being sent long
distances will not interfere with the
eggs Matching. 1t also shows that
many conditions surround the in
cubating of eggs, whether under hens
or in the machine. The 81 settings of
eggs under hens in the test gave about
33 per cent. living chicks, which is
fully as much as could be expected on
the average Of eggs sent so far, and
quite as good as many have had at
home This contest should contain
lessons for us all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
INTERN ego.

Mid crowded ways and hurrying feet
OF strangers thronging down thestreet
Within c1oud-rift we decry
A quiet space of evening sky;
Then from the jostle and the din
Our soul retires awhile within,
And haply for a moment knows
Of the wide heavens serene repose.
So, dearest, in the busy day
My thoughts to you will take their
way,
Yielding at once the foremost place,
To the known vision of your face:
Then hopes as calm as evenings light,
AS fresh as dawn's awakening might.
And consultations in me rise
Like stars amid the twilit skies.
C. Leveson- Cover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

most enviable moment of her girlhood
For in February Miss Alice Roosevelt.
VIII be Is years of age, and a day had
eeeh set month before her birthday
Eor her debut in Washington.
now that debut will take place It
the white house toward spring. if thai
seems advisable. ar next fall if he
period OF mourning be longer.
In any case the white house will be
what 1t has never been-the home 0f a
debutante and a centre for her friends
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

When the white house energies
from its period of mourning it will
enter upon an era such as it has never
known since Dolly Madison days.
For the first time in years, excepting
only during Mrs. Grover Cleyelani',:
regime, the first lady in the land" is
a woman whose youth and health will
permit her TO undertake the social du-
ties Of her position. For the first time
In fifty years the white house will have
a daughter, and a daughter just at the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
CHRISTIAN VAIL
DROPS DEAD

Milwaukee, Oct. 20.-Christian Wahl,
one of the wealthiest citizens of Mil
waukee, and well known throughout
the west, dropped dead last night
aged 72.Wahl was Vice consul of the
United States at Berlin during the
Franco-Prussian war He was for
many years a member of the park board
and held numerous othel. local offices
One daughter is the wife of Lutte Me
man, editor of the Milwaukee Journal
and another was married to Arthur
Weld.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

graph made of her about eight years
ago in which a classically disposed
drapery of tulle about the shoulders
gives both the lines which make Mrs
Roosevelt SO notable in evening gowns
Her arms and hands are shapely and
are seldom jewelled. The rings she
usually wears are her wedding ring
and her diamond betrothal ring.
Her manner harmonizes with the
way she looks. She has a soft voice,
with distinct enunciation, and her face
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

pecially desired, TO be placed upon the
list of honorary members. She has
therefore refused membership of the
New York state federation Of women's
clubs, though she sympathizes warmly
with its work and has often indirectly
contributed TO IL
Shuns New Fads.
Mrs. Roosevelt her friends say, has
remained singularly untouched By
new" things All the fads of the day
like Occultism. hypaOtism and the
rest-she has given no consideration
though she has the greatest tolerance
for those whose interests point therI
to these studies. She herself believes
''old things are best. and she has con-
fined her reading to what in her own
language has the purest literary value
She is rather severe critic in
literature, ard she will read only that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

Chicago, Oct. 20.-The snappy foot
ball team of the University of ILL
nois tore through the Chicago line as
though it had been paper today, and
at the end of two strenuous halves the
score stood: nlionis "a, Chicago 0.
Neither side scored during the first
half, Chicago saving her goal by punt.
ing with a fayoring wind In the sec.
end half the Maroons were crushed
back four times for touchdowns and
each time goals were kicked.
Harvard's Close Victory.
West Point, Oct. 20.-Yesterday S
battle between Harvard and West
Point was one of the most hotly con.
tested and evenly matched games of
football ever played on West Point
oval. By mere scratch Harvard
scored against West Point, it's only
touchdown being made 40 seconds be
fore time was called. The score was
to 0.
Yale Has Tussle
football eleven met it's strongest ad-
versary of the season thus far in the
game with the Pennsylvania state col
lege on the Yale field yesterday after
noon. Yale won by a score of 90 to @.
Minneapolis Game Postponed
Minneapolis, Oct. 20.-The Mime
sota-Grinnell game was called off
owing to the death of Ex-Governor
Pillsbury.
Northwestern Goose-Eeged
Ann Arbor, Oct. 20.-Michigan de-
yesterday afternoon by a score of 20
to 0. Michigan kept the ball in North
Westerns territory throughout almost
the entire game and frequently held
the Chicago men for downs. North
western was also out-punted by many
yards on each exchange of kicks. The
ends of both teams played splendidly.
Princeton Defeats Brown.
Princeton, Oct. 20.-Princeton de-
feated Brown here yesterday by a
score of 35 to 0. Twenty-three points
were made in the first half and twelve
in the second. Brown was unable to
stop Princeton's banks, who repeat
eddy went through her line for big
gains.
Indians Beaten at Buffalo.
Buffalo, Oct. 20.-Fully $1,000 peo-
pie thronged the pan-American sta
dunn yesterday afternoon TO see the
football game between the Carlisle In
dams and Cornell University. Cornell
won by II to 0, but it was a game that
taxed all the resources of the Grim
son and white, for the Indian ends got
over the ground fast and showed the
Ithacans a few things in the way Of
playing low.
Other Scores.
Naval cadets IS, Lehigh O.
Columbia u, Hamilton 0.
Pennsylvania 6, Bucknell o.
Purdue 10 DepauW O
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
EmhezzIer Taken After Years.

Philadelphia, Oct. 20.-Henry j.
Smith, former president of the Lans-
dale Paper Trust Safe Deposit com
pany was arrested here last night
after having been fugitive from jus
tice for five years. He is charged
with embezzling $4,000 from the com
pany.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
BIG FIRE AT EXPO.

New England Building and Contents
Go Up in Smoke.
Buffalo Oct. 20.-The New England
building at the pan-American exposi-
ton was destroyed by fire last night,
with it's valuable contents; loss, $780,
900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
BACK IN THE CAPITOL.
Gov. la Toilette Appears for First
Time in Four Months.


Time in Four Months.
Madison, Oct %
Gov La Toilette rode up yesterday
from Oregon where he has been for a
week rusticating and shooting small
game. At O'Clock he appeared at
the executive chamber for the first
time in some months. He looks
well although not up to his usual
weight.
He will be at his office regularly
every day now for part of each day.
Executive business has not been al
lowed to drag during the governors
enforced absence. Private Secretary
Murphy was in daily communication
with Mr.. La Toilette and only such
matters as absolutely required person
al interviews were made to wait.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

ed before relieved Civil government
has~not been established on the ISL
and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
WILL NOT SEND DELEGATE.

Secretary Hay Declines invitation of
Keepers of Czolgosz.
Albany, Oct. 20.-Secretary of State
Hay in a letter to the state superin-
tendent of prisons, Collins, declines
the invitation of the later to designate
an official representative of the gov
eminent to be present at the electrocu-
ton Of Czolgosz, the murderer of Pres
ident Mckinley.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
MAROONS GET
WHITEWASHING
DEFEATED BY ILLINOIS TO TUNE
OF "a TO o.
NO SCORE IN FIRST HALF

Harvard Snatches a Narrow Victory
at Very Close of Game With West
Pointers-Michigan Defeats North
western With Big Score-Other
Gridiron Results.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
Author Half Caine is After Office

London, Oct. 20.-Hall Game has
consented to become candidate for
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24
GREAT VESSEL LAUNCHED.
Largest Ever Constructed in America
Given to the Waves.

Newport News, Oct. 20.-The Pa
cific mail steamship Siberia, the larg-
est vessel ever constructed in Amer
lea, was successfully launched here
yesterday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

Naval cadets IS, Lehigh 0.
Columbia II, Hamilton 0.
Pennsylvania 6, Bucknell Q.
Purdue 10, Depauw 0.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-03-21
OF A PERSONAL CHARACTER.

Mr.. z. P. Coleman has served the
Missionary union as treasurer for 80
years.
For the first time since the civil
war there IS not a negro in the North
Carolina legislature.
The editor of Burke's Peerage, Lon
don. says that ne receives more in
quiries about questions of precedence
from the United States than he does
from England.
An appropriation is asked of the
Connecticut legislature for n memo
rial to Joseph Spencer, one of the
two major generals from that state
in the revolution.
Prof. Michael /. Pupin, of Columbia
university, has beer selected by Pres
ident Low as the ~university's repre-
sentative at the celebration of the
four hundred and iftieth anniversary
of the University of Glasgow in June.
The Cornell Brain association, OF
| which Prof. Burt G. Wilder is presi.
| dent, has received more than 100 be-
| quests of the brains of highly edu.
| Gated people as the result of the cir
| culation of a unique form of twill
and testament which he drew up and
asked them to sign.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-03-21
Murdered for HIS Money
FIELD AND A NOTES.

Lady Roberts has been invited by Sir
Thomas Upton TO G. ten the Sham
rock III. at h launc-. & April 20.
Plans have been drawn for a Chicago
riding academy, to cost 100000. Work
of the building will begin shortly.
Henry M. Schusler, a University of
California student, was fatally Injured
while pole va%ulting. The pole broke
while he was in midair.
Bob Fitzsimmons now denies that
his wife V told him at Carson Citv
to hit Corbett sin the slats.' Bob saws
that the expression originated with n
reporter,
Marksmen of Illinois are willing to
pay a icense on guns if the state will
give the money to the game warden
and authorize him to use il IN enforce
ing b game laws. Indiana and Iowa
will receive the same proposition.
The Trotting club OF Great Britain
and ireland has been dissolved. This
meeting held under the auspices OF
the club last season was a failure.
The English have no conception Of the
speed of the harness horse, n do not
take kindly to anything but nun
ners
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-03-21
TALK OF PULPIT AND PEW.

Bishop Moore, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, states that the lum-
Der for the rebuilding of Picking must
come from Oregon.
A striking feature of the new
Church of st. John the Baptist, Pitts
burgh, viii be the bell tower or cam
panile, six stories high. The tower
will be 135 feet high to the caves,
to which should be added Is feet to
the top of the cross.
A memorial winaow has been placed
in st. Paul's Episcopal church, Peters
burg, Va, in memory of the late
Bishop Wingield, of northern Cali
%fornia, whose first rectorship was at
Petersburg. The subject of the win
dow is the conversion of Saul.
Minister WI Ting Fang, Chinese
representative in Washington, de-
clines again to deliver his notable ad-
dress on Confucius. He was asked to
do so for the benefit of a Kansas
Chautauqua assembly, but refused,
saying: when 1 talk of Confucius
people seem to think I am attack
ing Christianity, and / do not care to
be thus misunderstood"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-03-21
SENATORIAL APPoRTfoNMENT.
House Bill Adopted by the senate by
q Strict Party Vote.

a Strict Party Vote.
jefferson City, Mo-. March 11.-By a
strict party vote-22 to THE sena-
torial reapportionment bill was
passed by the senate as follows:
Ffrst-Atchison, Gentry. Holt, Nodaway
and Worth.
Second-Buchanan.
and Platte.
Fourth-Grundy. Harrison. Livingston
and Mercer.
Fifth and STANDARDIZATION.
Sixth-Chariton, Lin and Sullivan.
Eighth-Caldwel, Carroll, Daviess and
Ray.
Tenth-Roone, Galloway, Montgomery,
st. Charles and Warren.
Decentralization, Lincoln and Pike.
T~welfth-Clark, Knox, Lewis, Putnam,
Scotland and Schuyler.
,Thirteenth-Marion, Monroe. Rails ana
Randolph.
F'ourteenth-camden, Cooper, Howard,
MoniteaU and Morgan.
Fifteerth-Benton, Hickory, Pettis N
Saline.
Sixteenth-Bates, Barton, Henry, st.
Clair and Vernon.
Seventeenth-Cass, johnson and Lafay-
cite.
Eiehteenth-Barry, Lawrence, McDon-
aid and Newton.
Observation-Disclosures, Douglas, Ozark,
Stone, fancy, Webster ana Wright.
Twentjeth-Dade, Dallas, Greene, Polk
Twenty~ hrst-Bollinger, Butler, Cape
Girardeat, Carter. Dunklin, Ripley and
Wayne.
,Tweuty-seeond-Eowel!, Laclede, Ore
gon, Shannon and Texas.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, New Madrid.
Pemiscot, Scott and Stoddard.
Twenty-fourth Crawford, Dent, Iron.
Madison. Reynolds and Washington.
Observation-Disclosures. G~asconade ana
st. Louis
Observation-Disclosures, Perry, st. Fran
co.'s and Ste. Genevieve.
Twenty-seventh-Cole. Maries, Miller.
Usage, Phelps and Pulaski.
Observation-Disclosures.
Twepty-ninth Thirtieth, Thirty-first,
Thirty-second, Thirty-third and Thirty.
fourth-St. Louis city.