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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
BLOODY BATTLES
AT PORT ARTHUR.
The japanese Keep Up an Almost I'm
ceasing Bombardment of Be-
leaguered City.

Chefoo, Aug. 29.-7 p. m.--Severe
fighting was resumed at Port Arthur on
August p, according to Chinese who left
there on the evening of the 9th. Be
tween August % and IS there was some
fighting, but it was less severe than that
on the 9th. One of the Chinese was
arrested and compelled to carry the dead
from the battlefield of Palichuang, which
the japanese attempted to capture on
August 20. Thirty carts were used to
carry the dead, numbering 400, from the
trenches and outskirts to the city. A
policeman told the Chinese that the eff
hcient soldiers in the garrison at Port
Arthur numbered over 10000.
Forts Change Hands.
A Chinese who lived near Rihlusshan
declares that he saw the Russians occu-
plying this fort. from which previous re-
ports stated that they had been driven.
Probably both reports We're correct at
the time they were current, as semi
official advices state that many positions
about the fortress change hands repeat
eddy. The fighting, which began on the
9th, soon became general. While the
Chinese were at sea August 2S, the
heavy firing was resumed. Two iunks
containing contraband of war were sunk
by japanese torpedo boat ten miles off
Liaoti prOmontory.
1t is said that Fort No. has changed
hands four times and is now occupied.
The japanese filled the moat in front of
this moat with sandbags. The japanese
are using thousands of Chinese coolies to
dig trenches, build earthworks and drag
cannon about. The report that heavy
firing was resumed on August ,. agrees
with a previous rumor from a credible
source that the japanese had planned to
resume the general attack on that date.
Attacks Unsuccessful.
The information received here during
the past week would seem to confirm
the belief that the great Japanese assault
upon Port Arthur, which was begun Au-
gust %, was by no means as successful
as anticipated. Although the Japanese
succeeded in pushing their lines forward,
they were unable in any instance to occu-
Ply the important positions from which
they drove the Russians. They succeed
ed only in weakening the Russian lines
without making important advances in
their own.
The report that the Japanese forces
before Port Arthur have received heavy
reinforcements via Dalny has been con-
frmed This bears out the statement
from Chinese sources thai heavy fighting
commenced August u.
Like a Game of Chess
The arrangement of the Qualifications at
Port Arthur is described by a Russian as
very similar to a chess board on which
every zone with respect to the part COW
cred by it's artillery has the position Of
queen in a game Of chess. Up to this
time the japanese have male no attempt
to occupy any one important fort with
out being subjected to resistless fire
from various directions from the other
forts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
MURDERER PERISHES
IN A SEA OF SALT.
He Is Pursued by Mob and Dashes Into
Quicksand and Is Swal-
lowed,

Newark, n. J., Aug. 29.-Nunzio Mo
rani, % years old, was shot and killed by
bis brother-in-law, Giuseppe Marianne,
who also shot Mrs. Morano perhaps fatal
ly. Marmanno in his efforts to elude a
crowd of pursuers ran into the salt
meadow at the south end Of the city,
where the salt, covered by four feet of
water is in many places ten feet deep
and more yielding than quicksand. The
boats, but no trace of Marianne has
been found and it is believed he persisted.
The quarrel that led to the shooting
was over sum of money sent to Morano
to Marmanno in Italy to enable the latter
to come to America.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
RAILROADS IN AFRICA
TOOT OF THE LOCOMOTIVE is
HEARD IN THE JUNGLE.
Iron Horse Now Goes Where a Few
Years Ago Frightfu1 Human Sacri-
fees Were Observation-Disclosures Be

One of the greatest works which civ
dlization to-day is accomplishing is the
opening up of blacklist Africa by the
railroad. Five years ago there were
less than 5000 miles of completed rail
road in that continent To-day there
are over 1900 miles. Very little Of
this railroad development in the past
few years has been In the civilized
lands like Algeria and Tunis, Egypt,
Cape Colony, and Natal, which are
fairly well supplied. but the tracks
have been extended through the jun
giles, forests and deserts of the tropical
colonies. In 1899 the length of these
colonial railroads was only 1926; to-
day there are 4,475 miles of colonial
railroads in operation, and thousands
of native laborers are at work on over
LOO miles, which will probably be
added to the completed mileage with
in another year. The prospects are
that within the next six years there
will be $4,000 miles of railroads in At
RIGA.
The brain Of the whites and the
Drawn of the blacks are carrying on
this wonderful work. The barbarous
African has been enlisted in it. He
has everywhere supplied the rough la
Dor except on the Uganda Railroad,
where sufficient hands could not be
secured among the scattered herder
folk Of the interior, and so some thou
sands Of men were imported from In
dia. Not only in railroad building but
also in all other industrial enterprises
throughout Africa the barbarous Afri-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
POINTS WHEREIN THEY DIFFER
One of the Sex Contrasts American
Women Unfavorably with English.

One of the Sex Contrasts American
Women Unfavorably with English.
Despite all the loudly expressed
opinions to the contrary, nothing can
touch the really smart English woman
as one sees her at the Carlton or at
Princes at the luncheon hour. There
is a bewitching, graceful femininity
about her that is in evidence in every
detail Of her costume and a certain
something that, for lack Of a better
word, we must call refinement.
Our most charmingly gowned women
in America have all tendency to eX-
travagance in dress and ornament.
The well-dressed English woman is
simple in her style, despite her frills,
and it is only in the evening, when she
puts on her low-necked gown, that she
allows any Of the daring extravaganza
that one sees so freely displayed at
our fashionable hotels ON Fifth avenue
where women meet for luncheon.
Then, the English woman's face is
patrician even when she is far from
beautiful. The finely modelled noses
and chins, the long, slender necks are
the rule, and, although good eyes and
mouths are not so plentiful, the clear
lines of the faces under the frilly hats
are very satisfying from an artistic
standpoint.
Our bifurcated girl and our gentle
manly young business woman. in her
stiff collar. nd bor fourth, ho nd Sos,,p
have, of course, stood for something
fine, vigorous and gloriously independ-
ent
We have chummed with our mascu-
line kind to an extent that has made
the most popular type of society girl,
the racy, washing woman who above
all scorns any suspicion of being an
ingenue.
Many Of our younger matrons have
astonished restaurant groups by affect
ing the style of the most popular ac-
tress or opera singer in the manner of
couture or of corsage. 1t has been
absolutely impossible to detect the diff
ference between the successful demi.
monde and the society leader, 50 far as
either dress or manner is concerned.
And, at the same time. the English
woman of society is inclined to be fast
but she is never unfeminine. For that
reason she never suggests that under
her baby lace hat and its chin ties
turks the same deviltry. coquetry and
desire for the subjugation Of man that
first possessed Mother Eve and broke
up the light housekeeping in Eden
Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02

can is the instrument that Is being en-
ployed under white guidance, in the
colossal task of transforming the con-
tinent He is a powerful and neces-
sary factor In the work, and on the
whole he Is doing his part we'll.
Mani Eating Lions a Hardship.
All kinds of strange and unexpected
experiences have marked the progress
of this tropical railroad building. One
day, as the Indian laborers were load
ing dirt on a train of fiat cars on the
Uganda Railroad, lion sprang among
them, seized man by the middle, and
plunged away with him into the jun
gle. His skeleton, stripped clean, and
fragments Of his clothing were found
a day later Lions seldom make these
bold forays. AS rule, they flee the
presence Of man unless they are
brought to bay or enraged by wound
or an attack on their young. But if it
ever happens that they eat human
flesh they are likely to crave for more
and include the human race among
their prey.
The man-eating lion, as he is called,
is not numerous, but he creates the ut
most consternati ton whenever he ap-
pears. In the course of three or four
days three other Indian coolies were
dragged off into the jungle, and the
whole force of laborers quit work, went
into camp and prepared to defend their
lives. 1t was nearly three weeks be-
fore another spadeful of earth was
lifted. A large area of jungle was sur
rounded and grand hunt organized,
with the result that several lions were
killed; there was no more trouble with
the man-eating variety.
1t is somewhat novel experience
for traveller to find his train brought
to a sudden standstill, and to see on
the track in the rear the mangled re-
mains of half-grown cub which had
stood on the track fascinated by the
spectacle of the approaching train. and
did not know enough to get out Of the
way. This has occurred on several
occasions.
1t is almost impossible in the jungle
and forests to keep the rank growth
of tropical vegetation from choking
the track. 1t is continually being cut
away from the sides of the roadbed
and from underneath and overhead ;
but as the train joys along at ten or
fifteen miles an hour the traveller often
hears the swish Of the leaves and
twigs brushing against the roof or Of
the grass sweeping the sides of the
car. Sometimes the view of undulat-
ing savannahs, as the panorama un-
rolls itself from the car window. Is
very beautiful; again the journey lies,
for scores Of miles. amid vast ex-
panses of high jungle grass or amid
the gloom of dense forests, and the
journey is then inexpressibly depress-
ing and monotonouS
No Night Travel.
But one may see the whole country
as far as it is revealed from the cars.
There is no such thing as night travel
on these roads. They are too new, the
unexpected is likely to occur, and the
stations are too far apart to run any
risk of getting into trouble in the hours
of darkness; SO all ira ms spend the
might at one or another of the stations.
You see no wood. except in the car
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
OVERHAULED BY BRITISH.
One of the Russian Volunteer Fleet
Steamers Has Been Stopped by
English Cruiser.

London, Aug. 29.-7:1O p. NIT is
stated on good authority that the British
cruisers sent to search for the Russian
volunteer feet cruisers Smolensk and st.
Petersburg have overhauled at least one
of these vessels. The utmost reticence
is maintained at the admiralty and at
this hour no official confirmation Of the
statement has been given out.
The Russian government has given as
surances 70 Great Britain that there is
absolutely no ground for the charge that
the Russian warships are discriminating
against British shipping in favor of Ger
man or other shipping in connection with
their operations to search for contraband.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Short Meter Sermons.

The cruel are always cowardly.
Humility is never seen in the mir
ror.
Where clothes reign character abdi-
Gates.
It's but a slippery step from smart
ness to sin.
Nurse misery and you cultivate a
monster.
Greed turns aspiration into ambi-
ton.
Cheer instead of complaint is the
mark Of the saint.
God will not fill your heart because
you empty your head.
Turn your back on the sun and you
must live in the shadow.
A man gets fame in heaven by a
good deal done in secret.
A man shows his dependence on God
by his diligence for God.
Faith is the only eye with which it
is safe to look at the future.
The man who lives by tricks finds
them to be back-handed traps.
The trees we raise and not the ones
we drop from determine our worth.
People who calculate on an eleventh
hour repentance always die at 1870.
It's no use praying for three-foot
stream when you have only one-inch
pipe.
God can make more out of weak
man that He can out of a wobbly
one
Everybody says amen TO the man
who prays to be taken out of this
wicked world.
Some men are never happy except
when they think how much worse the
other fellow has it.
When a man puts out his Shingle on
the roof the Lord is likely to let him
sit down in the basement awhile and
think.
It's mighty foolish to get so
anxious saving the whole world that
you haven't time to do thing for your
own ward.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02

equipment, about the construction and
fittings of these tropical railroads.
White ants and other ravenous insects
would make short work of wooden
bridges and timber ties. All such
things are made of steel. There are
some stone bridges and they are ex-
cellent specimens of masonry; but
most Of the bridges are of steel that
were cast in parts in European and
American shops, giving skilled work
men a chance to see bit Of Africa
while spending a few months at this
or that stream where bridges are
erected.
The locomotive, however, triumphs
over one insect pest, and that is the
tsetse fly. whose bite is fatal to horses
and cattle. A stage coach company,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
MANY VESSELS ARE
PRESSED INTO LINE.
Russian Fleet Sailing from Cronstads
Large and Strong-More Mer-
chantmen Taken.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 2T.-6:06 p. NJ
The official list of the Russian warships
which sailed from Cronstadt August ID
is as follows:
BattleshipS: Scuvaroff, Admiral Rojest,
vensky's flagship; the Navarin, Sissci velky,
Borodlno, Alexander III. and the Osliaba.
Admiral NoelkerSam's flagship.
Cruisers: Admiral Nakhimoff, Dmitert
Donskol, Aurora and Almaz, Adj. Enquists'
flagship.
Torpedo boat destroyers Bunny, Bystry,
Bcedovy, Bezuprotshny, Bodry and Blesti-
ashly.
An imperial order just issued enrolls in
the navy for transport service four
merchantmen now at Vladivostok, under
the names of Oussouri. Sangari Selonga
and Mongougay. Some of them were
purchased and some were confiscated by
the prize court.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
DEAN HOLE DIES IN SLEEP.
Famous British Churchman, Once Visitor
to Chicago, Passes Away.

London, Aug. 29.-Very Rev. s. Reyn-
Odds Hole, dean of Rochester since 1897,
died Saturday at Rochester of heart
trouble, passing away while asleep. He
was better known in America than any
other English churchman, having visited
the United States several times, lectur-
ing and being feted at Chicago and other
cities. He was prominent among clubs
and always dined by such organizations
wherever he went.
Dean Hole was born in 1919, became
chaplain to the archbishop Of Canter-
bury and wrote numerous books. He
was devoted to horticulture and fori-
culture.
In recent years he made $1,000 annual
ly by the cultivation of roses alone
Among his books are Hints to Preach
ers,'' ''The Memories of Dean Hole and
"a Little Tour of America
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
OREL GOES AT ONCE.
Russian Vessel Did Not Sail with Baltic
Fleet at Opening of
Cruise.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 27.-It turns cut
that the new battleship Orel did not saia
with the Baltic fleet on its ten days trial
cruise, a fact which led to report that
the Orel had broken down and returned
to Cronstadt. The battleship will be-
ready to join Vice Admiral Rjoestven-
skys fleet in a few days.
Nyborg, Denmark, Aug. ga RUS
sian cruiser and two torpedo boats
passed here this morning, going north
ward.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
END OF NATIONAL GUN MATCH.
Sergt Maybe, Marine Corps, Wins Rapid
Fire with 4Io.

Fort Riley, Kan, Aug. 27-In the ma
tional individual shooting match Sergt.
Maybe, marine corps, with a score of
40 ont of a possible 500, leads in the
rapid fire, and Private X. r. Pile. Dis
trict of Columbia, with score of IT'S
The rapid firing was finished and
skirmish fire, with two runs by each
competitor, followed, completing the
match
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02

on the walls. 1t is the Pompeiian way
Of announcing: For mayor, Michael
j. Gracious, the friend of labor"
Some Of these placards are rudely
done. Some are set forth with skill
and with embellishments. One Of them
contains a bit of street car health
food verse-all painted in red. No less
than our own candidates of to-day,
those Of the year 70 were put forward
by parties of supporters. There were
the trades interests. There was the
money power to be vituperated on the
stump. The spellbinder addressed as
Friends and fellow-citizens of Pom
peii," the woodcutters' union, the fish
ers, the performers and dyers, the
BARRIERS and porters. He explained to
them what were the mere rights Of
man and what were their more glori-
Gus privileges as free and united adj
yocates of the six-hour day.
And there were faddists in those
days-persons to whom South Boston
would apply the epithet "bughouse."
These were the long sleepers, the deep
drinkers. They ran a candidate in
common who was solemnly pledged
to the suppression Of street noises and
the chief plank in their platform was
a club sandwich.
The heterogeneous religion of the
city crept into politics. Venus was
principally worshiped We know, but
by the side of her temples were shrines
to Isis and Horus and Anubis. And
at this last election we hear of a
minority party who in caucus assem-
bled decided to call themselves the Isis
passive registers. They seemed to de-
sire most of all representation on the
police force-Boston Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
RECUMBENT STATUES OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND
PRINCE ALBERT IN MAUSOLEUM AT FROGMORE.


died
placed the tomb At the statue of the made
a holding a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
LOUISIANA IS FLOATED.
Sister Ship of Connecticut Meets Waves
as New Orleans Girl Breaks -
Bottle on Prov. !.

Newport News, Va. Aug. 27.-Ths
battleship Louisiana, sister ship to the
Connecticut, being built at the Brooklyn
navy yard, was successfully launched at
the Newport News shipbuilding yards to-
day. Miss Juniata La Lande of New
Orleans was the sponsor. Louisiana was
represented by Lieut.-Gov. j. Y. Sand
ers, Gov. Blanchard being unable to at
tend. Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Darling represented the navy depart-
ment. Gov. Montague also was present.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
A GREAT ARMY
FOR MANCHURIA.
Russia Is Preparing to Send Large Fo1es
to the Far East-Hope to
Crush Japs.

Berlin, Aug. PA dispatch to the
Tageblatt from ST. Petersburg says the
Russian government is determined to as
semble second great army in Manchu-
ria, consisting Of three or four corps un-
der the command of Gen. Baron KauI-
bars or Gen. Soukhomlinoff Its head
quarters will be at Mukden
The object Of this step is to meet the
situation that will arise should Port Ar
thur fall, thus releasing the besieging
army for operations northwards.
The Tageblatt's correspondent names
the various commands ont OF which ths
new army will be formed and says hs
believes that more rapid transportation
of troops will be possible owing to the
approaching completion of the railroad
around Lake Baikal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
TWELVE ARE INJURED.
Into Telegraph Pole Sixty
Feet AWAY.

st. Louis, Mo, Aug. 27.-Twelve per-
sons were injured, two of them seriously.
in street car which leaped from the
track and crash | into telegraph pole
sixty feet away. Miss Florence Ham
mich of Ladrid, Ind received painful
body bruises. The other injured are
residents of ST. Louis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
JAMES GOES TO ILLINOIS.
President of Northwestern University
Accepts Offer.

Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 27.-Edmund j.
James, for two years president Of North.
western university, has accepted the press
hency of the University Of Illinois and
will take charge Of the state institutions
Nnremhpr
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
DAMAGE IS 100000.
Louisiana Oil Well Blaze Is Now Be-
lieved to Be Under Con-

Crowley, La, Aug. 27-Two of the
four burning oil wells have been smoth-
cred by steam and water and the two re-
naming wells will probably be controlled
today. The damage is estimated att
100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
IN JOY AND IN SORROW.
BY Rev H. NJ Rarl

Is any among you afflicted, let him
pray; is any merry. let him sing
psalms-St. James 5:13.
We have here a panacea, recipe,
for all distempers of mind and spirit,
maxim of universal application, a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
TOO LITTLE KNOWN OF CHRIST
Nv pay " =. Aaefon.

A very small part Of the life Of Jesus
is recorded in the gospel. A few frag-
ments have been discovered purport-
ing to be the words Of Jesus. There
is no presumption against their genu-
ineness, but they add little if anything
to our knowledge of him.
There are many things we could
wish the gospels had contained. We
could wish that Jesus had told us more
about Himself; that He had laid down
more specific rules Of duty; that He
had given us more definite informa-
ton about heaven.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
MASSACRE IS URGED
IN FLARING POSTERS.
Chinese Exhorted to Kill Foreign DEVILS
-Shantung May Now Be in
ThroeS of Butchery.

London, Aug. 27.-The Tien Tsin cor.
respondent of The Standard says that
placards have been discovered at Tsinan-
flu, i'll the province of Shantung, urging
the massacre of foreign devils after the
seventh moon," and that the native Chris
tians are fleeing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Veterans Will Go to Thorp Next.

of the Veterans association closed Fri
day. The next meeting will be held at
Thorp in June. The following officers
were elected: President, c. III. Sheldon;
vice president, Fred Rossmann; treas
urer, Christ Tiedeman; secretary, B. j.
Brown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
TWO DIE IN ELEVATOR.
Soap Factory Lift Crashes Down and
Acid Burns Victims Caught
Inside

killed and two fatally injured today by
the fall of an elevator at Rabbits soap
factory. A carboy of muriatic acid on
the elevator broke open and all four men
were badly burned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
JEFFRIES GETS $9155.
Victim Munroe, in Bout at San Fran
cisco Friday Night, Receives
Over $1,000.

San Francisco, Aug. 27.-The gross re-
ceipts Of the Jeffries- Munroe fight were
$21 300, Of which Jeffries received 1886
and Munroe $6104, the remainder going
to the promoters Of the contest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Sells Condition Unchanged.

Columbus, o., Aug. 27.-Peter Sells,
the veteran Snowman who was stricken
with partial paralysis yesterday, is about
the same today. He is barely able to.
recognize the family. !