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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-15

ton in Chicago to-day in all stages and
affecting all ages, sexes and condi-
lions. Some of these afflicted ones
will get well without ever knowing
they have had the disease in any de-
gree. Others will wrestle with the
malady, working on when, they can
work, and nursing, and resting, and
fighting the disease and working still
as they can. Still others, fortunate
enough to have friends, and means,
and opportunities, may go into re-
treats, where, if taken in time, tuber-
culosis is regarded as one of the mild
ly infectious diseases, responding rap
idly to scientific nursing, exercising
and medication
And few others, stitching. cough.
ing, stitching, coughing, and stitching
and stitching still, will go out of life
with the threaded needle lying be-
tween the nerveless fingers.
But in the meantime the young sew
ing girl, stricken with an infectious
disease that may be more relentless
than the tabled fates, works on, a mar
tyr to the grim necessities of a civil
lied life in a Christian land.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-15
DEAD. SHE WAS TOO POOR
AND FRIENDLESS TO LIVE!


rms is the epitaph that will not be
chseled in stone when she is gone, It
will not be trusted to paper, even, in
the death records of the city. But it
Will be grim, uncompromising eter-
nal truth that should strike home
somewhere.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
NAVY HONOR CODE"
ANCIENT CUSTOM MADE PROMI-
 NEWT BY MERIWETHER CASE.
Some Interesting Instances-Praetice Has Been Upheld by the Ser vice Since Days of Duels.
 Jackson FOsfered 1t.
Washington Special to Baltimore Sun

Washington Special to Baltimore Sun.
 The Judge Advocated General of the navy and officers of the Bureau of Navigation are arranging the prelimi- nary details for the court martial which has been ordered in the case of Midshipman Meriwether. of the Naval Academy.
 Meanwhile advocates and opponents of the so-called "code of honor at the Naval Academy are discussing the probable outcome of the affair in its bearing upon this code. The trial of Midshipman Meriwether will have an important bearing on the code system. The system will to a certain extent be actually, if not technically, on trial, and there is interesting speculation over the effect of possible revelations
 Naval officers do not deny that there has been code of honor" at the Naval Academy, and many of them privately declare such code essential. Almost from the beginning of the navy there has been some code of honor among midshipmen, as we'll as among officers. References to "code of honor run through a majority of the books in the literature of the navy dealing with it's customs. In the early half of the last century affairs of honor were settled in many instances by pistol dueling. Since the abolition of the American duello hsticuffs have freqently sup planted the practice of firing point blank at ten paces. Some of the most
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19

because Midshipman Bier suddenly
 ducked his head in such artfui manner as to hit Mfdshipman Cook in the eye with the extremity of his cooked hat. To this Midshipman Cook could not re- taliate, because the Queen Dowager and the commodore had now returned from aft and were passing, so that he was obliged to stand up straight and assume a pleasant expression, which his closed eye made 1t exceedingly diffi- cult to do.
 When the function was over, Mid shipman Bier. with his friends, and Midshipman Cook, with his, occupied opposite ends of the steerage table, the one group carefully concocting . challenge and the other waiting to re- cetve 1t. At the first opportunity the would-be combatants obtained shore leave and departed in the steeraRe cutter, armed with ships pistols. Af- ter reaching the shore, the party pur- chased ramrods and then discovered that there were not sufficient funds in the party to hire two carriages. So again. jointly. they negotiated the hire of single vehicle, into which all hands crowded themselves. A new difficulty arose because nobody spoke Italian. and although their pantomime was vigorous, the cab driver merely extracted therefrom the idea that they wanted to so sightseeing, and for some time drove them to churches and statues despite their protest
 At last they gave up the effort to make it understood that they desired secluded place. and. stopping the carriage in the middle of the street. they began preparations for the duel then and there. At the last moment it was found that the bullets would not fit the pistols. so some time was con- stunned cutting slugs. But at length the preparations were completed, and Bier fell with a badly shattered knee, while Cook returned to the ship to go under arrest"
 Bier Became Germans' Hero.
 Oddly enough. this affair assumed a uasi-international aspect. News of the duel spread, a crowd assembled and Germans who were then in Italy re- garded Midshipman Bier as the cham pion of the Queen Dowager of Prussia and sent him flowers and delicacies as long as he was In the hospital. Some of the duels that have been fought in Inc navy have at times almost assumed he proportion of little war, one of them involving a number of officers of American and British vessels.
 Mir. Benjamin declares that the only systematic attempt to stop dueling in he navy appears to have been the 'duellng pledge which Commodore Tones, commanding the Pacific squadron n 1852, invented after the midshipmen lad developed an irresistible desire to fight at ten paces with pistols
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19

most deeply in debt, and the capital, which bothered them far less. was transferred from New York to the Po- tomac River. and not to the Susoue- hanna, as at first clearly contemplated by Congress.
 Some i've months after the beginning of the second session, the Senate. hav- ing ascertained that 'in a certain con tingency," & majority of the other House would reconsider its action and favor assumption, passed a bill intro duced by Pierce Butler of South Caro- lima. providing that district on the Potomac, at some place between the mouths of the Eastern branch and Con ococheague. be, and the same is here by. accepted for the permanent seat of the Government of the United States"
 There is no record of any debate of this bill, but it included a provision that the Government should be at Phil adelphia until the year 1900. Strong efforts were made to retain it in New York until that date. but they failed. So did the amendment for 1794. and then 1792. This shows there was de- bate, and probably a warm one, over the measure. But 1t passed by a vote of IA to 12.
 Close Shave for Both.
 In the House Roger Sherman of Con- necticut promptly moved to substitute district in Maryland. to include Bal timore. Burke of South Carolina favor ed Baltimore. Messrs Gerry of Con- necticut, Madison of Virginia, Lawrence of New York, Hartley of Pennsylvania and others discussed the bill. All the amendments as to locality failed. how ever. and the bill passed the House July 8, 1790, by a vote of 32 to 29, a close shave in both Houses
 This "deaf' Is evidence in itself that Washington's personal influence and prestige" had failed to locate the capi- tai. Independent of the deal" with Washington's best efforts in behalf of the Potomac location, 1t was voted down by a largo majority in both Houses Supported presumtively by both the "dear and Washington's per sonal efforts, the Potomac finally car ried by a close vote. There is no au- thority for a presumption that he aid ed to engineer tho deal" Jefferson afterward asserted that he was duped by Hamilton in the matter.
 Howbeit, the Potomac location, was at the time called Washington's hob by-horse." He arranged with the land owners between Rock Creek and the Eastern branch to cede their lands on condition that when they were sur Veyed into lots by the Frenchman, Ma jor rEnfant, they should retain every other lot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
DEAL IN SELECTION
NATIONAL CAPITALS SITE N0I
 DICTATED BY WASHINGTON.
Change of Front by Two Virginia Mem. bers of Congress in Favor of Governments Assumption of Revolutionary War Debts and a Switch of Pair
 New England Votes
 Setuled 1t.

Washington Dispatch to N. Y. Tribune.
 Nine-tenths of the American people carelessly believe that 1t was Gen. George washington's personal dictum that located the Capital on the PotoF mac. This Is a mistake.
 But for the curious ''log-rolling" bar gain with which Washington had noth- ing to do so far as known, the Capi- tai. instead of being located 'in the wild swamp on the Potomac, near his home, Mount Vernon" as recently as- serted in an English publication. would now be within the limits of Philadel- phia, or on the Susquehana, near Co., lumbia, or Wrightsville. Washington's s personal activity and unconcealed wishes for the Potomac site had appa- rently no influence whatever in deter mining ultimate action in the matter. Despite them. as the record shows, Congress deliberately voted. in favor of a Pennsylvania location.
 The site of the Capital was settled by the first Congress. in 1T90. Sue cinctly. the history of the measure is as follows The Constitutional Con- vention in 17s7 had adopted a provision for the removal of the capital from New York to a more central location farther south.
 From the outset 1t was generally con- ceded that the ten-mile square dis trict would be either in Virginia, Mary land or Pennsylvania. Each of these States had accordingly. before it met. already formally proffered for the ac- ceptance of Congress the required dis trict" or territory, with exclusive jurfsdiction." at such points as that body should choose.
 The New England and Middle States almost unanimously favored the se- lection of district either near Phila- delphia or on the Susquehanrfa some- where below Harrisburg; those from the Southern States mainly supported Congressman Richard Bland Lees res- olution looking to its location on the Potomac.
 An acrimonious discussion followed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. Few People Know How Useful It is in Preserving Health and Beauty.

Nearly everybody knows that char | coal Is the safest and most efficient disinfectant and purifier in nature, but few realize its value when taken into the human system for the same cleans ing purpose.
 Charcoal is a remedy that the more you take of it the better: it Is not a drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and impurities always present in the stomach and intestines and carries them out of the system.
 Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking or after eating onions and other Odorous vegetables
 Charcoal effectually clears and im- proves the complexion. 1t whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic.
 It absorbs the injurious gases which collect in the stomach and bowels; if disinfects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh.
 All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another. but probably the. best charcoal and the most for the money Is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges: they arc composed of the finest powdered VII low charcoal and other harmless anti septics in tablet form or rather in the form of large, pleasant tasting Io- zenges' the charcoal being mixed with honey.
 The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell in much improved condition of the general health, better oomniaX- ion, sweeter breath and purer bIood and the beauty of it is, that no nnssi' bie harm can result from their contin- ued use but on the contrary, great benefit.
 Buffalo physician in speaking of the benefits of charcoal says: "T aS- wise Stuarts Charcoal Lozenges to nI, patients suffering from gas in stomacn and bowels. and to clear the co,nnIaS ion and purify the breath, mouth and throat; also believe the liver is ~rsa,- ~ iy benefited by the daily use of Inaro. they cost but Twenty-Five cents a bow at drug stores and although in some sense pAsens tent preparation. yet I be- Stuart's Charcoal Lozengcs than in srx of the ordinary charcoal tableta."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
Decrease In Drinking in England. ' -so NNy

WeBkly.
 It Is well known that the climate of the British Isles is more favorable to the consumption of alcoholic stimu lants than our climate. We expect the British to drink more per gullet than we do and they have always lived handsomely up to our expectations. We have liked the statistics of British drinking because they make us seem temperate by contrast. They are fall Ing off little in this particular This years report, like that of several years immediately preceding it, tells of de- creased consumption of wines. spirits and beer. Either our cousins are feebler than they were and cannot carry so much rum. or they are wiser than they were and do not want so much, At any rate, they drink less of most things. There is an increas- ing demand for port wine of a modern sort, considerably lighter than the port that in the last century gave most solvent Englishmen the gout, and, among spirits, brandy Is as much drunk as ever. In that there seems to be evidence of disposition to substi- tute grape products for grain products, which is a gain to sentiment and very likely to health.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
A Significant Word. Springfield Republican.

6pTInBIItIU IttpuUIICdH.
 From the Presidents Thanksgiving proclamation the word appetite" stares at you with alarming signifi- canoe. All the small boys before they eat their Thanksgiving dinners should be made to read this passage: The foes from whom we should pray to be delivered are our own passions, ap- petities and folIies; and against these there is always need that we should war"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
"what Theng"

&AIuVIsUN MILL Caroline or Jean with a gift these times send her a few pounds of H. cent cotton.--charieston News and Courier. But suppose she Is plurrp enough without 1t? What then7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
DRINK K Bars Men from Employment

Every line of business Is beginning to shut its doors absolutely to drinking men.
 Business competition has become so keen that only men of steadfast habits can lind employment.
 Employers do not want men that arc ad- dicted to drink. A drinking man Is not in fit condition to handle responsible work. Continuai drinking diseases the nerve system. No twill power" can cure; treat rnent Is necessary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-25
TO TRAIN MEN FOR PAPER
AND OTHER INDUSTRIES

In direct response TO the frequent
and ever increasing demand by the
management of large industrial enter
priSes for men with special training
in both chemical and engineering
work, the University of Wisconsin is
providing a department Of chemical
engineering which will be open to
students at tie opening Of the next
collegiate year in September. The
new course which will be given by
the college of engineering provides
for thorough training in the several
branches Of chemistry that are of
particular Importance in commercial
work, together with those engineer
ing subjects that are necessary for the
chemical engineer. Hitherto it has
been impossible for the College of
Engineering to meet adequately this
frequent demand for men thus tech
nically trained for positions Of re-
spOnsibilitY in important industries,
such as the manufacture of paper,
fertilizer, beet sugar, gas, and other
products, involving a practical know
ledge of both chemical and engineer
ing subjects.
The great future which this line of
work offers because of the latent
possibilities of development in many
industries together with the as
surance Of lucrative positions to those
who have received the training, will
doubtless attract many students to
the new course.
The paper making industry has
special need of the chemical engineer.
Before many years the paper maker
who has been rapidly cutting down
all the available trees to procure
pulp for his product must look else
where for new material and in his
search chemistry must aid him. The
straw of flax, wheat, and other grains,
the grassy growth of the marshes, all
it is safe TO say can be made to yield
the cellulOSe now obtained from trees
and it will be the special province of
chemical engineers to discover how
this may best be done.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-25
OLD SETTLER HERE

Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin B, Norton, Of
Kansas city, arrived in Grand Rapids
Monday evening the first time since
he left here a young man in 1864,
forty-one years ago. He came here
purposely to visit the old scenes of his
childhood when Grand Rapids was a
small numbering town. He fell into
the good hands of +. j. Wood, who
drove with him about The city, and
pointed out the old points of interest
that he inquired about.
In those early days his father was a
jeweler, and he went to school, when
"Hi-Biddy" Martin was teacher.
This was prior to the building of the
Howe school building. Mr.. Norton
spent today here visiting the
paper mills and visiting other
points interesting to him. His wife
has no particular interest in the city
except in SO far as she become
interested in hearing her husband
speak of Grand Rapids, New Lisbon,
and other cities which he visited in
those early days. They leave here for
Star Lake on fishing trip.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-25
KILLED NEAR AMHERST
Farmer Run Over by Central
Train South of junction.

Einan Schweiing. a farmer who
resides south of Amherst Junction
was run over and killed Sunday by an
excursion train on the Wisconsin
Central railroad. The train was an
excursion between Abbotsford and
Manitowoc and got to Amherst about
eight O'Clock, meeting the Green Bay
& Western excursion train at that
point.
Schweling was a man sixty years
old, and Is said to have been quite
deaf, which may account for the ac-
cident. Reports as TO the manner
of his death were confusing at first.
out the most nearly authentic has it
that the man Was driving COWS across
the track and saw nothing of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-25
The 0nly Way to Cure.

To cure cold when you have no
cough-t0 cure a cough when you
have no cOld-tO cure yourself when
you have both-take Kennedy's
Laxative Honey and Tar. The new
idea, the original Laxative Cough
Syrup. 1t contains no opiateS and is
best for coughs, colds, Group, whoop-
ing cough, etc. Pleasant to the taste
and equally good for child or adult.
Remember the name, "Kennedy's, F."
and see that the red clover blossom
and the honey bee is on the BOTTLE
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar
is the original Laxative Cough Syrup.
Take no other. Sold by j. E. DAILY
Drug Co. or E. L. Steib & Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-25
CONSOLIDATED
CHIMNEY BEGUN

The work of putting in the founda-
ton for the new 1865 foot chimney at
the Consolidated paper mill here has
just been completed by w. e. Ule. of
Stevens Point. The new chimney
will be begun in about week or ten
days, and then rapidly pushed to
completion.
Ever since the mill was constructed,
the smoke stack now used has not
been satisfactory on account of cinders
and smoke being liberated so close to
the ground. For this reason the
company decided to construct a brick
chimney high enough to Carry the
Objectionable cinders and smoke
away from the immediate neighbor-
hood. 1t will be constructed of what
is called radial brick, and will have a
seven foot draft. los feet in height,
Besides being q great improvement
the new chimney will add to the
appearance OF the mill,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-25
LEAVES HER CHILD
WITH STRANGERS
Destitution Compells Mother to
Desert Her Child==WaS in
Grand Rapids.

The TOmahawk, published in the
city Of Tomahawk, Wis, contained
the following item in it's last issue,
which may interest some OF our
readers, from the fact that the mother
was, or claimed to be, at one time
resident of this city. The item runs:
A young woman, we'll dressed and
nice looking, called at the home or
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Durnell in this
city Tuesday, July II, carrying with
her baby boy, and asked Mr.. and
Mrs. Durnell if they wished to adopt
the child. She gave her name as Mrs.
Robarge and stated that she had lived
at Star Lake for some time, but
found it difficult to properly care for
the infant as her husband had left her
and she was compelled to work. Her
husband deserted her while they were
living at Grand Rapids few months
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs Durnell told her that
they did not care to keep the child
but invited the young woman to stay
With them a few days and during this
time she could probably find some one
VINO would keep it.
The young woman remained Win
Mr.. and Mrs. Durnell until the
following day when she asked Mrs.
Durnell to attend to the child while
she went to the ST. Paul depot to get
clothing out of grip for tie little
one. Mrs. Durnell consented to dc
this ,and the young woman started
for the depot and did not return.
She left the house at about 1920 a. N.
and is believed that she took the
11:I0 north bound passenger train
Mrs. RObarge, as she gave hel
name, is about seventeen years OF
age and the baby boy is about three
months old. The child, when 1t
arrived at the Durnell home, did not
look very well, probably on account OF
neglect and poor care, but is now
in perfect health, and is said to be a
smart little fellow. Mr.. and Mrs
DurneIl have since decided to keep
the child.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-25
Camp Cleghorn Assembly Waupaca, Wis.
August 5 to "a, 1905.

For the above occasion a fare of one
and one third has been authorized.
Certificates which show the purchase
of going tickets Aug. 4th to 23nd and
when signed by 81. A. Larson, Sec'v
and executor by agent of the Wiscon-
son Central BY will be honored for
tickets returning at one third fare if
presented not later than August IS,
1905. Tickets on sale from August y
to 10 inclusive. Inquire at Wisconsin
Central depot for further information.
J. w. Hancock, agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-25
$500 PEOPLE HERE
Approximate Population Of Grand
Rapids.

The work of taking the census of
the city has been completed, but due
to the present red tape in the manner
with which the returns are handled.
we are not able to get any authoritive
figures on the exact population. The
nearest figures that the enumerators
can give regarding the population is
approximately 6200, and that the two
sides of the river are almost exactly
equal in numbers.
1t was thought that the work
would be completed by Saturday night
but there we're more people in the
parts last canvaSSed than the census
takers estimated, and the work was
not completed till Monday morning.
The exact figures will not be given
out except through the Office of the
secretary of the state.
The population of the city i've years
ago was given at 4443 people with a
difference of only forty three between
the two sides of the river. This
indicates the equal growth of the two
parts of the city, as well as the
large growth. The figures given us
by the enumerators indicate an in
crease of 1850 persons, or exactly forty
per cent. There are few cities in the
state that can boast of so great an
addition to its population in a
city as old as this.