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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-10
BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW.

More than q thousand years ago.
Shadows 81 time. how tho days 20 by
There vas man ! used to know
May seem strange. but yoa.n see its 50
After I tell you the reason wsiy-
Worked ia 4 hrGsyafd, same y0u
And al Of us have to do,
Mixed il the trouble and werrv and strife,
The nirth and tie other ghtngs ~ .iici
Stirred II the h0pss and the pains and faars,
KncaaeJ tae mad #itb b sweat and his tears
H0maHest mass that ever you saw.
Poor brick" said tie nan, "bat / have no
straw"
Up 70 his knees in tie miry pit
pJeT8ys way Iat giants 4rts
His back was chain q throbbiug aches,
Lifting the mold With its eartben cakes;
Elbows rasty as hinges q steel.
Knees 30 lame e could hardly sneei,
Md 50 stiff It would cog q pillow
And couldn't 81 stirred with a wheel nohow;
Nights as Short the days were long;
Nothing seemed right. but everything wrong
"Best / can do" said tie man; but. pshaw,
You can't MAKO brick when you have strawi"
Tas.masters pitiless lashed the man
Can't" sobbed Weakness, but Courage cried,
Can"
.Don'ta' said Despair. but Duty cried 'Do,"
"An right" said the man. 'I'u worry her
tbrough
Can't a. much. and reckon your see
Brick won't he JUST what they oushf Il be
Amt nigh So good as / know J could make
II just bad straw bpt you'n haye to take
The best ! can Go for the works own sake
He finished his tale Of brick and then
Went home Is rest. and .le sons II men
Looked on has perfect work and saw
He'd have spotted tie brick had he put In sire
Robert J. Burdets
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-10
20 Preserve srent.

Meat Of any kind may be preserved
in a temperature Of - 10 loo degrees
Ter 4 period Of ten days after ii has
been soaked in a solution of one pint Of
salt dissolved in four gallons Of cold
water and one-hah gallon Of n solution
of bisulphGte Of calcium. BY repeating
this process the preservation may be
extended by the addition Of a solution
Of gelatin or the white OF an egg 10
the salt and water.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-10

"honing for home" and his hatred for
/ the army rose IN proportion.
The whole town was at the station
when Tom saung off the train steps at
Sugar Creek. The Silver Corner band.
i with old Bill Tomllnson, shako and all,
/ at it's head. was standing on the plat
! form playing 'See. the Conauering
! Hero Comes" Great flags waved above
+ the depot, and yards Of bunting stretch
+ ed clear across the street from Crow
+ der's grocery store to the town hall.
Tom almost fell into the arms Of his
mother. Even his brother Jim seemed
TO have forgotten all differences and
! Rugged him. But. best of ell. there
was Title. quite woman now. pref
tier than ever. blushing furiouslc and
/ holding his hand as she had never held
it before and holding UP her radiant
face to be kissed as often as he liked
The small boys yelled ''Hooray for Tom
Crowder." old man Crowder shed tears
Of joy. prominent citizens wearing
badges marked reception" ushered
the hero into a carriage, and as Tom
was whisked away to the mayors resi-
dence for a brief carnival of speech
making and handshaking the band
played "Therell BE a Hot Time In the
Old Town Tonight"
But it all seemed too long to the re-
turned hero. He felt very proud and
happy of course He bowed 10 the
Judge and shook hands with everybody
and tried to make a speech, but all the
time his eyes We're seeking Title, and
his heart was aching for another
chance TO greet her. At last the guests
withdrew. and Tom and jim and Mr..
and Mrs. Crowder wondrous luck
Title all piled into the big carriage
and We're driven up to the Crowder
home.
And now, my son." said the proud
old father, NOW comes the greatest
surprise of all. Tillie. bring him out"
And Title. all bushes, ran into the
bedroom only TO reappear in moment
with bundle Of muslin and lace that
looked like a small bolster.
"Allow me. Tom, to introduce you to
your nephew. Tom Crowder, the sec
ond."
Then they all laughed and clapped
their hands, except poor Tom and the
baby.
Whose kid is it," asked Tom family
as his white face turned from tie
child's to Titles.
why, its Titles" laughed the
mother, TITLES and Jim's. They were
married a year ago, but we thought
we'd keep the secret awhile"
I'VE thought it'd make you home
sick. mebbe," said Jim.
DO you want 10 hold him, Tom?"
whispered Tillie. holding out the baby.
You're his godfather you know"
Tom held his little namesake for
awhile. but he didn't seem to know just
what to say. They laughed at him,
leased him and praised him till his
mother suggested that he looked worn
out and should 60 to bed.
Tom re-enlisted last week in spite of
the combined objections of Jim, Tillie
and the old folks.
NO use kickin about it. dad" he
said Il got the fever. and l can't
shake it. You don't need me in the
store. an guess they amt more than
enough to split tween two families.
III get along all right; but honest, dad,
just couldn't live here in Sugar Greek
another week. Tell Tillie to write to
rae about the kid. Chicago Record
Herald
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-10

Mrs Kleener What is the matter
with you this evening. John. that You
aiu't smoking
Mr. Kleruer-The doctor says
mustn't He saws must stop smoking
or die
Mrs Kleener-oh I'm 50 glad. You
Won't hc seeming Up my curtains any
more. viii you Boston Transcript.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28
Short Line Takes Possession of
More Disputed Grade.

and the dead line. the scene of yester-
days niix-up. without further resist
ance. Captain Paul was 70 remain and
protest when the Short Line men at
tempted to take possession
At O'Clock Superintendents Calvin
and Young, with p. 3. McKeon, Coun-
ty Attorney Nc Nance, Sheriff johnson,
Justice Bennett and Constable CHS
holm of Fay precinct, arrived or the
ground. and upon Superintendent
Young's orders the teams began pulling
up on the grade and scattering ties
over the battle ground of the day
previous The Clark mems tents, tics
and a short piece ola track that stood
SOLITARY and alone upon the high en-
bankment all went down. in spite Of
Captain PauIss protests, and the rail-
readers and Bridge men OF the Short
Line had everything their own way.
2 he array of short Line Officials and
string Of spectators, Who had come
from Phoebe. Fay and other near and
far points TO witness the anticipated
conflict, that came .oar q day ahead OF
FINE, then went down the line TO the
.desenses5 held by Kelly and his men,
but nothing Further was done, and
probably VIII not be until legal pros
Gee dings are Instituted FORMAL posses
sion Of the balance OF the grade to
sstee dew VALLEY Junction. Both sides,
however. tonight declare their pu7 pose,
.Ol.e 70 build the railroad and the other
20 hold the grade until dispossessed By
the. courts -
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READY
FOR WESTERN TRIP
All Arrangements Made for the
Start Tomorrow.
MEMBERS OF THE PARTY
SECRETARY GAGE AND ATToR-
NEY GENERAL NOT INCLUDED.

washington. April 27-There was a
constant stream Of callers at the White
House today Most of them called
simply to say good-by to the president,
who will leave here Monday for his long
trip to the Pacific coast. Secretary Cor
telyou has sent TO each member of the
presidents party a handsomely pre-
pared itinerary OF the trip. It is in the
form Of a booklet with handsomely
embossed cover, and contains. in adj
dition to a map showing the route to
be taken by the party, the names of the
members Of the party, the day and hour
of arrival and departure at each point.
the population and. elevation above the
sea level Of cities at which stops win be
made and many other interesting facts,
including the names of the railroads
over which the train win travel, the
distance between points, etc. The
longest distance to be Travelled. without
q stop is from SansAntonio to fEl. Paso.
Tex, a distance of 624 miles.
s The members Of the party viii be:
The presidentsand Mrs. Mckinley. Miss
Barber, Secretary Hay Mrs. Hay. Post
master General Smith. Mrs Smith. Sec
retary Long, who viii join the party
en- route; Mrs Long, Secretary. Hitch
cock, Miss Hitchcock. Secretary Wilson.
Miss Wilson, Rear Admiral George Mel
vile, Secretary Cortelyou, Mrs. Cortel-
you. Assistant Secretary Barnes, DR. p
Al. Islxey, Airs. Rixey, Henry. Scott of
the Union Iron Works, san Francisco:
Lawrence I. Scott, Charles A. Moore,
Mrs Moore, NJ. A. Dignan, J.. krutt-
schnitt, fourth vice president of the
Southern Pacific; i. S, Brown. general
agent of the Southern railway; six
newspaper men, three representatives
OF three illustrated weeklies. and sew
eral White House stenographers. and
attaches
Nearly all the foreign ambassadors
called upon Secretary Hay today to bid
him farewell before he left on the presi-
dents trip. Practically all OF them
have signified their intention to visit
Europe during the secretary's absence;
LORD. Pauncefote. the British ambassa-
dor. announced that he had changed his
plans, and woald leave. shortly for Eng
land.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28
(speeial to ~ LES

ogden. April 27,-A deal is being
negotiated whereby all the litigation
over the waterworks system of Ogden
is to end, and the system is to pass
into the handss.of the city. providing
there is no hitch in the deal. at a prob
able outlay of SIZE. 600.
Positive and definite information was
secured today from both parties to the
deal that Y proposition looking toward
arnicabIei settlement has been about
concluded.
Seven .eouneilnen out OF ten are
known osfavor 1t, and the matter is TO
come up at the meeting of the city
council Monday night It viii come
up in the form of a report from the
special conrnf tee APPOINTED two weeks
ago. This committee was composed Of
Mayor Browning. CouneilTnea Thomas.
Abbott and Parry.
1t IS said that the present company
made the proposition. Several confer
enees have been held in the rooms Of
the Weber club, and the matter has
been discussed by the council in execu-
tive session Exact details of the COM
promise could not be secured, but from
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28
WaTERW0RkS TROUBLE At
OGDEN May Be SETT LED
Reported Deal Whereby tie City Will Secure
Them at an Outlay Of S225,OO

the results which are to &c achieved
il is entirely feasible that the settle
naent viii be along the following lines:
The city assumes the $500 geo in bonds
Issued by the present company when it
acquired the system from the former
owners. The city is also to pay about
$780, eco OF a bonus to the present COM
pany and is also to pay without Eur
Their litigation such other accounts for
hydraRt rentals as may have accrued
since the present company took charge
Then there is the. old company to be
settled with. The city owes this COM
pany about $50, 600 hydrant rental. and
on the other hand the city has judg-
ment lien granted by the third district
court against the old company for S266. :
600 1t is understood the ole. company
viii either release q portion OF the
100000 bonds or make some other ar
rangement whereby the effect would
be that this $3.50 600 Judgment would be
deducted from the city's entire out
lay. A great many technical Questions
have TO be considered and The method
Iof procedure cannot be stated posi-
lively at this time; but that such re-
suits are contemplated by both par
ues to the controversy is a fact well
authenticated.
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lsnacial Il - EIeraIdl

tcpsClll 10 me ftCfAlu-l
Uvada. April 27.-When the sun went
down last night the situation on the
disputed grade was one OF uncertainty
as to what the morrow would bring.
Although there were runors OF. peace
IN the ar. both sides were il post
ton TO renew the struggle If neees-
sary at noon today. when the truce was
70 expire - Imitation y terence
took plaee here last night bet 9een
Colonel Mason and attorney sam
King OF the Clark people and sUpet.n-
teldent Young and p 3. McKeon for
the shot Line. but neither side waS<
disposed TO yield a point or make a
conce sslon-
4 The men at the front spent The early
hours Of the nig6t BY their camp Tres
recouaung their deeds Of va5or in the
Unequal contest OF the day III block
Ing the repeated assaults OF horses.
mules and loaded tie wagons. This
morning when the news was out that
the decision or the generaI land once
was sustained, the Clark Representa-
tives here were ready to eOncede that
everything seemed off with them, for
the present. at least.
Captain Adam Paul was dispatched
to the front with orders to Sifperin-
teT1ent Kelly. in command OK the
Ozark camp. 10 fall back with his men
TO TIRE barbed wire trOcha and yield
the two miles between that stronghold
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28
PAY TRIBUTE TO
GENERAL GRANT
Anniversary of His Birthday Is
Celebrated in New York.
PROMINENT MEN THERE
SPEECHES BY GEN. wHEEIER,
CLERK HOWELL AND OTHERS.
PROMINENT MEN THERE

New York. April 27.-The anniversary
of the bftthsof General U. S. Grant was
celebrated by a banquet given by the
trustees Of the Grant Monument assoc
citation tonight at the W aldorf-Astoria.
The banquet hall was handsomely dec
GRATED. Many women sat in the gal
Ieries.
The guests of honor were Ulysses S.
Grant. jr., Major General. Joseph
Wheeler, Kfajor. General o. o. Howard,
Clark Howell of Atlanta, n ajor General
John R.Rroolxe. Major General Gren-
vile M. Dodge CONGRESSMAN c. b. Ian
dis of 1ndiana, Rear admiral A H.
Barker, William e. Chandler, Cornelius
N. Bliss, General stewart L. Woodford
and Evan P. Howell
General Dodge presided He read a
letter of regret from President McKin-
ley and another from Mrs. Julia, ID.
Grant, the latter expressing regret that
her health would not permit her TO be
present. All the guests sang national
songs, filing the banquet hail with the
volume Of sound.
The menu card contained copies Of a
letter written in the excitement Of a
battle on the field by General Grant to
his wife The souventrs were-a pyramid
of Imitation cannon balls, surmounted
by q cross OF gun swabs, on which were
tiny flags. The letters IN the menu
booklet were c6pies-Of letters loaned by
Mrs Grant, and never before published.
In g. letter dated at Savannah. Ga.
March %. 1852 General Grant wrote:
s-All the slasders you have seen
against me originated away. from where
i vas. The only foundation was from
the fact that / was. ordered to remain
at Fort Henry and send the expedition
under Major General Smith. This was
ordered because General HalIoek re-
ceiyed no report from me for near two
weeks after the fail of Fort Donelson.
The same occurred with me. I received
nothing from him. The consequence
was apparently totally disregarded his
orders. ts.
The fact was he was ordering me
every day 10 report the EQUATION of my
command.s Il WAS not rece wing the Or
ders, but knowing my duties and re-
porting daily. and, when anything &C.
CURED tos< make it. necessaryl Two or
three times a day. When was ordered
TO remain behind, Il was the, cause OF
much Astonishraert among the troops
Of r7y comma nd, and also disappoint-
ment. / never all7wed q word Of con-
tra6ictioa to GO out from my headQuar-
tiers. ] am pulling 40 wires as poll tfcal
generals dQ, to advance myself Ihave
no future ambition. nv object is TO
lCcntinued on Page 30
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Judge. T. F. Hawley Of the Emitted
States circuit court at Carson City
New. yesterday ISSUED a temporary in
junction against the San Pedro, Los
angeles y Salt LAKE company, which
restraints IL from interfering with the
SFect<iaying of the oregon Short Line
IN Nevada Thus the Short Line wins
another big point in the gre5ta dispute.
and the fight IS eff fer the time being
ne Injunction was procured by At
t9fRey G. 5. Narian. who left for carson
EIlday- In his retilion tefoTe the United
states court at that place. he set forth
the tact that the score tary OF the in
terror had rendered a decision giving
the oregon Short Line company the
title to the old grade extending from
OVada TO Clover Valley Junction in
Lincoln county. and &c Phoebe. The
petition also cited thai the San Pedro.
Los fngeles & Salt Lake company had
threatened 10 Interfere with the work
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men of the Oregon Short Line to pre-
vent them from laying track on certain
portions of the grade.
Judge Hawley granted the temporary
restraining order, and the final hearing
viii come up at later date.
The United States marshal at Carson
VIII leave Monday Tor -Uvada to serve
the restraining order. The Clark people
viii have to5rerire Immediately upon
its service, or, il in any way they are
notified of its issue, they are, under the
law. suppoSed to heed its contents.
Future action ct Crsst]ine, the new
carp of the Short Line, is not hard to
foresee. j. As, soon as the Clark forces
have Withdrawn the short Line will go
ahead Gnrliolested With their extension,
unless the Clark side secures an injunc-
ton against their opponents pending a
anal hearing on the order from Carson.
Atsali events the grade war. is settled
for the present
C. o. MhitteIncre is still in the east.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28
OFFICER RESORTS TO ROSE TO
SkCURk SERVICE ON GENERAL CLAY

Despairing of obtaining the goods
without serious trouble. attorney clay
decided 70 let him keep shen. but sued
out an attachment for s8,1ea. the value
OF the goods and levied on tile generals
bank account S 49,
Scn5taple Anderson was commits
Stoned to serve the notice. and after
several hours Of patient watching, he
steaithily =crept up to the generals
guarded castle and slipped the import
ant document under his door. The Of
ficsr did not tarry to note what trans
pireds but rs he.fled from the premises
he heard the generals alarm bell CALI
ing tt'S his armed retaiuers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28
Short Line Has Trackage Fran
Cllise Over Santa Fe.

.
The Short Line's inteHtion to con
meet with the santa Fe at some point
near Barstow, in order 70 reach the
coast with al possible dispatch is ex-'
planned. 1T develops thet the conpa ny
has a tracl<age agreement with tae
santa Re of hong standing. At least
the Southern Pacinc has such ga agffeF
rnent and ii amourfs virtually to the
Same thing. sihcc tlfe Orion facific now
cortrols the Southern Pacific.
Years ago. SFheil the present Santa Fe
fraascoatinental systeHs WAS. called the
Atlantic s. pAcifc, the Southern Pa
cine entered into an. agreement with
TIE other company, whereby it could
run it's tratas or any part OF the At
jartic e Pacific system. Although the
Atlantic & Pacific has char ged its
name thu agreement is understood to
hold good still. Now that the Southern
Pacific and Oregon Short Line are
owned By The ZANE interests. the short
Line can very appropriately be called
= part OF the CORNER, and when its ex-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28
MRS. NATION A HARD
PRISONER TO HANDLE

Wichita. Kas., April 27.--t'harles
Moore, brother Of. Mrs. Carrie NATION.
who is confined in The county Jail here
awaiting trial for joint smashing. died
today at Lew isbtrgs Kan. When Mrs.
Nation received. q telegram todag stat
ing that her brother was dying and
asking her TO come to his ebedside. her
attorney and former bondmen went TO
the jail, with the consent OF the county
attorney to arrange for her temporary
release She quarrelled with them and
they returned and had a conference
with the county attorney. at which il
was decided that she would not be re-
leased. ~
Mrs. Nation and her fellow crusaders
had been confined in a cell together,
but yesterday the sheriff removed her
to a cen, in The steel rotary, owing to
her inability to agree with the other
nnaShers r.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28
ADMINISTRATIVE OF
CHAMBERS ESTATE

San Francisco, April 27.-AIrs. Ada c.
Martin, formerly Of Kansas City. Mo,
was. today appointed Administrative of
the estate of her brother, Robert c.
Chambers Of Salt Lake City, who died
recently in this city, leaving an estate
valued t.about three quarters of a
million.
opposed BY the public administrator on
the ground that she was not a resident
of this state. Mrs Martin swore that
she intended making this city her resi-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28

paris Apri ( "a. A-c,SoRt ,Cofnuier af-
ter two days trials for the murder Of
his wife. Nov Il, by shooting her three
4tuies as she WIS iestving the house of
"a lawyer, NJ Ier0usc an admireT OF
s,e countess before her marriage. was
-acouftted today amidst the applause Of
those in court. The count made a
sueech 80 which he thanked tie jurors
in the name Of bis three chudren.
The Countess C0Tnulier wasea woman
II unusual beauky and II years of age.
ct.s-,+as "a DAUGHTER of Count Vianney
e,fs married cant charles -Coru0lieT,
who is - sesss 81 age; f2urteen m Yea; years
- ~ wears old. TIE marriage proved
~, ,s.spy and on the advice OF her IA
.sfer the counte-5s separated from her
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28

richmond. Ky. April 2z.-By a skill
fniiv planned ruse Constable. Neale
= rderson succeeded yesterday after
~, II, serving wit on General Cas-
.s9,s AZ clay. notifying him that his
Xxx account az the Stsfe Bank &
- company Of this ci,y had been
1t-.1si,e5 BY nfs daughter Mrs. Mary
= clay. ard Der son, Attorney Green
the attachment grew out OF the
...s51f94,s 8 few weeks SO, when General
clay, a. tae nuzzls o. re aisRtssea
a--ti to secure some household goods
belonging TO Mrs. Stay.
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t5nsion reaches Bagdad, BaTstOw or any
other POINT on the Santa Fe, the CON-
pany Nil have the right 20 exercise all
the powers of thelSouthern Pacific. BY
this means it viii be possible for the
Short Line to run its trains right into
Los Angeles, although 1siag santa Re
tracks a good part OF the way This is
equal to the Short Line having its own
line 90 Los Angeles. rather than "di-
rect connection'' With the coast, as the
term usually implies.
The distance between Salt Lake and
i Angeles, should the Short Line
strike the Santa re at BageIsld. would
be approximately 500 miles, and only
ice miles OF this. the distance between
Glover valley and Bagdad. would have
70 ~ Constructed b. the Short Line.
ShoiHd Barstow be made the point of
cOnnectingr the two roads, the Short
Line would have some distance further
TO build, but the distance Between Salt
Lake and Los Angeles would De less
than by the other route.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28
FRENCH JU2f SAYS MAN DID RIGHT
IN KILLING HIS FAITALESS WIFE

Husband four years ago. Last year
sll,- was given a decree by which she
Cb,ained possession Of her children.
The count discovered that the count
ess~ frequently visited NJ IerouSC who
is said to have acted as the legal. ad-
wiser OF TIE countess. The count, Nov.
Il, secreted himself on the stairway of
NJ. Leroux's home, after having as
.certsined that his wife mad entered
the house. and when she descended
'tt-e stairs, Without a, word he fired at
her three times with. revolver, each
shot taking effect. She died in an
ambulance without regaining con-
'soiousnes.s The count surrendered nirn-
self Il the. police, saying Il did IL
am her husbend."
he was the FIRST to give aid to his
wife after she fen and. asked that a
priest be sent for. ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28
Raids by robbers.

: Colon, Colombia, April 2gs--( Via Gel
weston, x..3-Bands of robbsrs have
for the past fortnight been railing STA
tons along the railroad anes during the
night time. and have alsOs been looting
shops. wounding severe KicFsons dur
ing their depresjations. Chinese have
been the principal snfEereliS. The gov
eminent has increased The force al the
railroad stations and is dnfag its Ut
most to suppress the robbefIes.