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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-11
POTATOES ROASTED
AND HOUSE BURNED

The house of August Vantaski,
Polander residing in Oasis, near Plain.
field, was entirely destroyed by fire
together with all his household goods
and his large crop Of potatoes. The
loss is 81 200 on the house and $500 on
potatoes and household goods. He
only carried 500 Insurance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-11
Social Meeting Wednesday.

The Woman'S Club will hold
special meeting Wednesday evening,
December l6, to which the gentlemen
are invited. Mrs. T. A. Lipke has
kindly offered the use of her home to
the club on that OCCASION.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-11

Minor, ninth district, chairman ex-
penditures in interior department,
places on merchant, marine and
fisheries and public buildings and
grounds; Brown, tenth district,
chairman mines and mining and
place on Indian affairs; Jenkins,
eleventh district, chairman commit
tee on judiciary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-11
WANTED SALOONKEPER
TO TAKE COAT AND VEST
Geo. ". Guy Drank Much and Pawned
His Overcoat.

''If you want my Overcoat. also take
my coat and vest." Thus spoke Geo.
w. Guy to west side SalOonkeeper
and he suited action to his words.
Guy seems to have been very dispon-
dent on account of drink and had
pawned his overcoat with the saloon
keeper. He returned for the coat and,
as the saloonkeeper would not deliver
it, Guy wanted to give up his coat and
vest also. Later in the day he was
arrested and brought before Justice
Cooper who gave him five days in
Jail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-11

Having leased the Michel building,
which gives seating capacity for $50
more students, the Wisconsin BUSINESS
university is pleased to announce that
it can again accept students, but as
nearly 100 Of the additional seats are
already reserved, 10 students will be
enrolled for later entrance than jan
uary 5, 1904. Those interested should
make arrangements at once, as we
believe that every seat will be re-
served during the month, and we
cannot secure more room until next
fall. For beautiful catalogue contain
ing the portraits of nearly thousand
graduates now employed, and full
information relative to courses of
study, rates of tuition, ETC., address
Wisconsin Business university, La
Crosse, Wis. 4-2w
VIC. Scott has the w. A. Pickard s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-11

Register Of DEEDS e. A. Upham
was at Marshticld yesterday on
business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-11
New Societies Report Larfe In.
crease in Membership Since
0rlanization.

zeau.
Secretary-W. A. Brazeau.
TreaSurer-LsROy Taft.
Conductress-Mrs. Bartholomew.
Associate Conductress-Mrs. J. S.
Thompson.
Rebekah Lodge.
N. G.-MrS. Louise Schumann.
V. G.-Miss Mayme Edwards.
Secretary-Mrs. Hannah Burchell.
Financial Secretary Miss maggie
Granger.
Treasurer-Miss Ella Scott.
woodmen Of the World.
Council Commander-M. e. Pillar.
Clerk. A. Steib.
Adviser-A. Knuteson.
Treasurer. w. Natwick.
EScort-John Giese.
Watchman-M. Lemense.
Sentry-Chas. Klug.
Managers-Chas. Kruger, B. D.
Green, DR.. F. Pomainville.
Catholic knights.
President-Patrick Mulroy.
Secretary-J. r. Ragan.
Financial Secretary-John A. Steib.
= Treasurer. Zimmerman.
Installing Offlcer-Judge ]. A.
Gaynor.
Catholic Fore stsrs.
G. P.-Dr. F. Pomainville.
&C. RI. r. Ragan.
R. Sd. E. Schnabel.
f. S.-Frank Steib.
Treasurer-Nick Reiland.
6. A. r. Post.
Commander-LaFayette Porter.
Senior Vice-T. J. Cooper.
Junior Vice-B. f. HasKins.
Chaplain-Vine Wales.
Officer of the Day-C. c. Packard.
Quarter Master-David Kammeron.
Surgeon-ThOmas Burr.
Officer. OF the Guard-L. Lambert.
Trustee-Geo. w. Baker.
Janitor-Vine Wales.
First Delegate to State Encsmp-
ment-W. II. Gets.
Alternate-A. Abrams.
Second Delegate to State Encamp-
ment-C. C. Packard.
Alternate-B. F. HaskinS.
Installing Oficer-T. J. Cooper
Encamnment.
Chief Patriarch-Geo. W. Davis.
Senior Warden--W. E. Little.
High Priest-Herman Boetcher.
Junior Warden-John Homer.
Treasurer-Jake Lutz.
Financial Secretary-N. Church.
Recording Secretary-G. r. Schu-
manD.
Equitable fraternal Union.
President-Joseph Bogoger.
Vice President-Wm. Burchell.
Secretary-H. J. Giese.
Treasurer--W. n. Barnes.
Adviser-MrS. III. Booth.
Warden-H. Booth.
Inside Guard--Mrs. Emma Allie.
Trustee for Three Years-Burt
Gitchell.
National Hfaternal League.
COuncilOr-V. P. Norton.
Vice Councilor-Joseph Hall.
Secretary-E. A. Stamm.
Treasurer-Elbert King.
Ea1les.
PreSident-W. e. Whcelac.
Vice PreSident-J. r. RaKan.
Chaplain-Burt Brown.
worthy Con.-Els worth Crotteau.
SecretaFy-Gerald Fritzinger.
Past Worthy President-Ge0. La
Breche.
TreaSurer--James Mason.
Inside Guard-Ed. Bassett.
Outside Guard-Will Vaughn.
Trustees Frank x. erode, Arthur
Sickles, Anton p. Hirzy.
| Knights Of Nsecabees.
/ Commander-Elmer Hanna.
Past Commander-Henry umm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-11

W.G. Scott has the w. A. Pickard'S
beautiful line of haud painted china
as nice as can be found.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-11

Get your friend fine umt rella Of
Kruger s. Warner for Xmas.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01
A SAMPSON MEMORIAL.
Trophy of snntiago's Naval Battle to
Mark Admirai's Birthplace.

The navy department at Washington
has issued orders that the birthplace
of the late Rear Admiral Sampson at
Palmyra, \. Y, be marked with one
of the two ) inch guns of the Spanish
war ship Oquendo, says the New York
Times. The guns and other trophies
taken at the battle of Santiago have
been on exhibition at Norfolk for the
past three years. The oquend0's gun
will shortly be shipped TO Palmyra
and placed there In SIMPSONS honor.
The Oquendo was one of the ships
that escaped from the fight at the
mouth of Santiago harbor and got
few miles up the coast before being
sunk. She was one of the four ships
with which the Brooklyn was engaged,
according to Captain Clark, at the
time that the Oregon, making her IA
nous dash, distanced the other ships
and came up just behind and inside
the Brooklyn. The Oquendo was en-
gagged by the Brooklyn, Oregon and
Texas, which hung on the rear of the
chase, and she went ashore after the
Indiana had dropped out of the fight.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01

out from the upper deck over the well.
revealing most of the dining saloon.
which Is decorated in white and blue.
with oil paintings on the ceiling. OF
her mechanical features the most won
derful thing OF all is the absence OF VI
bration. The imperial apartment Is
furnished after Emperor Williams
own suit on boari his yacht The
apartment costs $1,000 for a trip. The
suit consists of three small rooms-a
breakfast room. drawing room and a
bedroom, with bath and toilet room ad-
joining-and the appointments through
out are luxurious enough for queen.
The women's cafe is a large, well
lighted room with walls. columns and
ceiling richly carved and decorated
with paintings Small round tables
and chairs are arranged in manner
TO promote sociability. Here coffee.
chocolate. lemonade and other thirst
quenchers are passed out in tempting
style. There is no smoking allowed.
IL a fair passenger would pun fra
grant cigarette, she must go to the gen.
eral smoking room and cafe on the
hurricane deck.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01

NH Mcbride and His wife VIII
Travel Prom Near Colby, Kan, to
the TenderIoin In New York-west-
erner Figure. the Riders VIII
R.n.h Their Destination Early
Next January.
To show that the American cowboy
is the greatest rider and the most en-
during specimen of humanity In the
world Bill Mcbride. ranchman on the
Oak range, thirty-hve miles west of
Colby, Kan, proposes riding from that
place on a broncho clear through TO the
Tenderloin OF New York city, and to
prove conclusively that the female
product of the western plains is equal
IL as sturdy his wife says she will ac-
company him on another broncho, says
the New York Evening Journal
1--WE will start from Oak Range next
July" writes Bill, land ride straight
through TO New York city. each mount
ed on a broncho. We will not stop Ion
ger than twelve hours at any one place
unless we or the horses are taken sick.
This is not a race for time, but for en-
durance. TO show the public where the
American cowboy ranks with the rid
ers of other countries. My wife rides
a big saddle like ride myself. She Is
five and half feet tall and weighs
145 pounds. and | am nearly six feet,
weighing 100 pounds. We Will ride
lust as we leave the plains"
Out on Oak range there are many
skillful riders, but Bill is credited with
being by long odds the best horseman
for hundreds OF miles around He has
met and vanquished the pride of many
another ranch in tests of horseman-
ship. and when he jumps on the Wild
est mustang with a wild shout it's a
"cinch" that the beast will break to
his will.
Twenty-Five hundred miles across the
continent is the trip proposed. but Bill
was not at all dismayed when this
fact was made clear TO him. II is
fifty ride out and back TO the
ranch when he goes for mail and 300
or 400 miles on a round up is com
monplace incident in his life.
A westerner. basing his figures on
the cowboy race which ended at the
worlds fair in Chicago in 1893, says 1t
will take Rlll and his wife about five
and half months 10 ride 10 the me-
tropois. Starting OH July %. he cal
cuiates Atchison will be passed on
Aug. IS. st. Joe on Sept 6, Chicago on
Oct. 10, Buffalo on Nov. 80, Albany on
Dec. %, reaching New York on Jan. s,
1904
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01
PAlATlAL OCEAN LINER,
Striking Features of the Kaiser
Wilhelm ii.

Striking Features of the Kaiser
Wilhelm IL.
All passengers on the latest marine
phenomenon, the Kaiser Wilhelm H.,
which recently arrived at Hoboken, N.
j., were enthusiastic about the new
steamship, her comfort, the compare
tive freedom from motion and the
beauty Of the furnishings, says the
New York Tribune. The predominant
ing color to the decoration Is q blush
green. Some of the striking features
which attracted casual attention and
gave an impression of the thorough
ness with which everything has been
done were the use of small tables in
the dining saloon instead of long tables
and an open air cafe on the after boat
deck, probably suggested by the open
air cafes of Europe. Another feature
Is the electric hair curriers', which are
automatically prevented from becom-
ing overheated. They are found in all
the rooms.
There could be no doubt that Emper.
or William was the person after whom
the boat was named, for there are por-
traits of him in oil and bas-relief to be
seen in many parts of the ship.
OF her interior features, all Of which
are luxurious, tremendously and rest
fully artistic, spacious, up to date and
beautiful, the most impressive to the
landsman is the great light well ex-
tending from the saloon dining room
on the main deck up through the up
per, the lower promenade, the upper
promenade and the awning decks to
the sunlight Little balconies extend
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01

eontTive how your wish Is 10 come.
Leave that 20 the universal power,
said ARA. Just see Il in your mind
always as yours and never give up.
Ned. wanted money. for money
would give me everything else. IL
would bring you TO me or me TO you.
Il would cure you II there was any
way 20 restore power 20 that crippled
spine. Ned. I willed that had S20.-
COO. willed IL with all my might ARA
said IL we wanted money 10 make a
mental picture OF the exact amount,
Ike the piles Of gold and paper in a
bank window, and hold fast TO ii. We
should imagine 10 see IL In a green
light. That is the light belonging 10
money.
Ned. made a picture OF a pile Of
gold, shining eagles and double eagles,
and I've held TO that as mine for five
years ARA said paper money would
do as well as gold. So IL would, Ned,
for all the result my occult practice
ever brought.
| have kept at that practice, not let
ting 90 the thought day. What goodf
What good is anything: What good Is
life ltselfg How will ii endi VIII 1t
ever end?
throw away this page. Now must
imagine a biography for old Dick
Deadeye.
What's this? That strange writing
again! All. IL Is not mine. | see my
hand write, but my brain has nothing
TO do with II. oh. am | crazy?
Under the window sill. Look under the
window SILL Emily Dalgetty. II is loose.
Lift it up. The log underneath IL Is hol-
lowed out into n hole. canvas bag is
there with $50 600 In gold In II. The gold
Is yours. Your mother was the woman
loved. and your father. Archie Dalgetty.
won her away from me while l was
soldier during the civil war. / cursed
them both and went away. but II is wrong
TO curse anybody. have found that out
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01
GUARDS STOP SAGE.
Made to Show Credentials Before En-
tering New York stock Exchange.

Made to Show Credentials Before En-
tering New York stock Exchange.
Three policemen and three uniformed
attendants stood in line on the top step
guarding the Wall street entrance to
the New York Stock Exchange the 9TH
err morning.
Shortly before IL o'clock Russell
Sage, leaning on the arm of young
man, attempted to enter, says the New
York Herald. There was no break in
the guard line, nothing in the faces of
the men in uniform, that indicated that
they saw any one.
This is Mr.. Sage" said the young
man. The line made no sign of waver-
ing.
Russell Sage could no more pass
those portals than the gaping gamin in
the gutter until he had shown his ere
dentials. The young man got them
out, Mr.. Sage leaning heavily on his
arm meanwhile. The Jealous guards
scanned them carefully and the line
slowly parted to let in the financier
and his attendant.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01

Thomas f. Walsh. the Colorado
CrGsus, has sailed for Europe to pur-
chase million dollars worth of art
treasures for the most unique and one
of the most costly palaces in the world,
just completed in Washington, says a
special dispatch from New York to the
Cincinnati Enquirer 1t will be opened
In the fall and will create a sensation
In the national capital. One of the
novelties Is automatic music for the
living and sleeping rooms in the man
sion. The music can be turned on and
off like heat. BY simply touching a
small lever the occupant of the room
on arising can listen to Good Morn
ing, Carrie" or the latest popular air.
The repertory will be varied and COM
plete.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01
PATHS UNIQUE CONTRACT.
Dogs, Cats and Goat to Accompany
Singer on American Tour.

singer on American Tour.
PATHS contract with her American
manager covers only ninety-six art-
Giles, says the Paris correspondent of
the st. Louis Globe Democrat. She
tried to make it an even 100, but her
inventive spirit gave out. Here are
some of the conditions under which
she will MARBLE in the United States:
She sings in sixty concerts at the
rate of $1,000 per concert and one-half
of the gross receipts if same are above
$500. Fifty thousand dollars was
paid cash in hand, and $250.000 must
be delivered before she goes aboard
ship Oct. 10.
Patti selects steamer and accommo-
dations-namely, seven rooms for her.
self and husband, Baron Cederstrom,
and rooms for seven servants, twenty
one dogs. an Angora goat and some
fifty or sixty birds. The above applies
to travel both on land and sea. For
land travel special trains are to be en-
gagged. The manager may travel on
the same train, but in car not con-
nected with madame's.
Patti must receive at least three
flower pieces or laurel leaves at each
performance. The cheapest seats must
not be below So.
AT the managers cost Patti selects
her own hotel, and her reception room
must not be less than $50 a day Ar
rangements must be made with the ho-
tel kitchen that her two mouth cooks
can prepare meals there-at the man
ayers expense, of course. The manager
must also furnish two two horse car
riages day and night
Patti selects the orchestra leader
and the singers The programmes must
have three numbers only, two songs,
one operate part, with chorus from
"Aida," ''Rigoletto," Lucia" "Travi-
ata," Faust or "Trouvere." Patti
may sing more, but must not be asked
to do so. New Orleans and Cuba must
not be included in the tour. Patti does
not like the climate there.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01
NEW HOkA FOR BROKERS.
Some Figures About New York's
Stock Exchange Building.

Some Figures About New York's
Stock Exchange Building.
The interior of the new Stock Ex-
change building in New York is as i'm
posing as the exterior, says the New
York Herald. The board room is pro-
nounced the finest chamber of its kind
in the world. 1t is IA feet wide, 100
feet long and TN feet high. The win
dows facing Broad and New streets
are so feet high and 90 feet long. They
are constructed with vertical 10 inch
steel beams, inclosed with ornamental
bronze castings, the lower part being
double, to allow for ventilation. The
walls are Of polished marble, and the
ceiling decorations are gold.
Marble is used throughout the halls
and corridors, with fixtures Of bronze.
There Is an abundance of room for
committees and office work.
Some very curious figures about the
construction were furnished by the
building committee. The four large
trusses over the board room, which
carry the entire weight of the upper
stories, bear a load to each pier Of
100 tons. The number Of rivets used
to put the trusses together was $4,000.
The weight Of the ceiling plaster is
230 tons. There were 6,682, 29S bricks
used in the masonry work, 1898 cubic
yards of sand and 1888 barrels Of ce-
ment. There were also 114,645 enam-
eled bricks used and $500 face bricks.
The woodwork included 800, 900 feet,
broad measure. TO put this together
required $50 kegs Of nails, and one
man, working eight hours a day, would
have taken fifty-nine years on this job.
| Five tons of sash weights were re-
quired. The ornamental iron for ele-
vator fronts, ratings, gates, etc,
weighs about $50 pounds. The length
of the steam piping is about 14la miles.
the elevator cables are four miles long.
There are six miles of brass tubes.
The refrigerating plant will produce
the same cooling effect as 1900 cubic
feet Of ice, or block Of forty feet
square and eleven thick. There are
2OS miles Of electric light wire, and
the wires for fire alarms, watchmens
clocks and annunciators measure PAT
miles. -.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01
AN AERIAL DINNER.
Latest Fad In Paris Originated by
Santos-Dumont.

Latest Fad In Paris Originated by
santos-Dumont.
Mrs. Minnie Methot of New York
city, who arrived recently on the Amer
lean liner Philadelphia from Cher
bourg, said that the evening before
leaving Paris she attended with
friends remarkable dinner as the
guest of NJ. Santos-Dumont. Keeping
the affair so close a secret as c. X. q.
Billings did a recent dinner on horse
back at Sherry's, the air ship inventor
ushered his assembled guests into q
banquet hall Of truly aerial make up,
says the New York Herald.
From tables seven feet from floor to
cloth the viands and wines were
served, while the walters attending to
their wants walked about on stills.
The chairs, with their long, thin legs,
were reached by mounting a short
flight Of portable steps.
Adding to the illusion Of aerial din
ing, the inventor had miniature mod
ell of the Santos-Dumont VII. suspend
ed from the center Of the ceiling of the
room. AS the dinner progressed the
air ship circled rapidly over the heads
Of the guests. After the dinner the
guests were taken to an adjoining room,
where they witnessed upon an elevated
billiard table the playing Of a well
contested game, the players and guests
occupying chairs ten feet in height.
'The sensation is novel and exhilirat-
ing" said Mrs. Methot, "and 1t was
told us that evening that Santos-Du-
mont has in his experiments become
so thoroughly imbued with aerostatics
that he could no longer dine in COM
fort at the ordinary altitude, but pre-
ferred the aerial table for daily USE"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01

"oLD MAN, WHY CAN'T YOU START NE
YOURSELF"
down in a football game. In half a
minute the athlete of the university
became cripple for life. the lower
part of his body paralyzed. If you had
money-oh, If ! had money! know
you would take it from me, dear, for
it would be like taking 1t from your
self. Then you could be wheeled in a
rolling chair into the air, the sunshine,
could have home and me to take care
of you. But no, no again!
This demonish picture! Old man,
why can't you start me yourself? Now
| look at you see you've only one eye,
and that glares at me as though it was
a real live orb and not merely the
photographs dead fish eye. Aha!
Here's something at the back Of you.
What is it?
''This is snap shot of old John Wat
kin, the hermit of Smole's mountain
He lived thirty years in a wretched
cabin in the edge of the woods and in
all that time was never known to speak
to woman. 1t was supposed an I'M
happy love affair soured him in his
youth, but nobody knows. Some said,
too, that he had money, but none was
found in the cabin or anywhere around
1t, though gold hunters dug into the
earth all about the hut He used often
to be seen leaning upon the window
sill, just as he is in the photograph.
He actually died at last in that posi-
ton, and his ;,oAy was found thus one
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01
Electric Lights For Famous Church.

The many faithful who congregate
at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris will
soon have no reason to envy congrega-
tons of more modern style places Of
worship. says the Philadelphia North
American. Workmen are now putting
in electric lights between the pillars Of
the old cathedral of Paris, so that the
whole of the church will be lighted
without destroying the fine perspective
of the central nave. Many of the arc
lamps, representing 800 candle power,
are being put up. In October many
more lamps will be added, representing
about COO candle power. These lamps
will be placed between each bay, in
front Of each stall, in the choir and
above several Of the chapels. The d.
rector Of the works says that this i'm
provement will be made without harm
ing the interior ornamentation Of the
cathedral
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01
John d. Rockefeller as a Golfer.

Brown as a berry and carrying HIM
self as sprightly as a schoolboy, John
d. Rockefeller arrived at Lakewood,
N. j., the other evening and was driv-
en- to the home of his son-in-law, Pro
fessor Charles A. Strong, on the Lake
drive, says the New York World.
After hearty breakfast he was driv-
en- to his private links on the Point
Pleasant boulevard, where he INDUCED
his passion for golf all by himself 1t
is nine hole course and is well kept
up during the winter. Occasionally his
son-in-law, Professor Strong, or some
friend plays with him, but usually he
tramps around alone.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-01
ESTATE OF ALDEN BALcH

The undersigned, having been apponttdby
the Hon. Probate Court for the District al
Essex, Commissioners. to receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands OF all
persons against the estate OF Al1en
Batch, late OF Luuenburg in said ni>.rl
deceased and all claims exhibited in set
thereto, hereby give notice that we will Ir,,t
or che purposes aforesaid at town GERS
,tfice, LuueuburE, VI. on the 9th day OF
May and the 3rd day Of OCtot r
next from one O'Clock p. NJ until iye
o'clock =. NJ. each OF said days, and that
six months from the 2Sth day OF March
A. D., 1903. is the time limited Y
said Court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Lunenburg this Sth day of April
\. D. 1908. 5o-52
g - Tem6ie. Commissioner.