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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20
KALAKU'S CHIEF ATTORNEY DIES.
w. N. Armstrong Served Sandwich Is
lands King During Grants Term.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 16.-
William n. Armstrong, who was attor-
ney general of the Sandwich islands
under King Kalakua, during the admin
istration of President Grant died here
Sunday. He published a newspaper in
the islands for a few years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20
KABAT MAY WRITE BIOGRAPHY.
Prisoner Held in Mccarthy Case Still Has
Sweet Tooth, but Cash Is Low.

APPLETON, Wis, Oct. 14.-W. e,
Kabat, held on the charge of murder of
Michael Mccarthy, has offered to sell
his biography. The prisoner has sweet
tooth and has frequently given Sheriff
Koch money with which to purchase
candy and apple pie. The money he had
when arrested has been exhausted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20
MAY SELL BIG PLANT.
Eau Claire Capital to Take Over Chippe
wa Falls Property.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Oct. 14-[Spe-
cial. IA meeting Of the Chippewa Val.
ley Electric railroad and a local firm Of
lawyers is being held and the transfer
of the electric railroad, light and power
plant to Eau Claire capitalists is in prog
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20
DEN YER FLYER WRECKED.

PUEBLO, Colo, Oct. 16.-Fourteen
passengers. one of whom may die, were
injured today by the wrecking of the
westbound st. Louis-Denver Flyer on
the Missouri Pacific road, near Sugar
City. sixty miles east of Pueblo The
accident was caused by spreading rails
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20
WOMAN'S VOTE IS TESTED.
Judge Fowler Hears Arguments in Mad
ison High School Case.
NJ AnTSON

MADISON. Wis, Oct 14.-[Spe-
cial. Judge Fowler of Portage is to-
day hearing arguments on the injunc-
ton to restrain the city from building a
new S25O,OOO high school, Ringing on the
right of women to vote at the recent
special election.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20
Send Full Carload of Sweetness.

TURTLE LAKE, Wis, Oct. IA
Especial. IA carload of honey has been
shipped to Cincinnati, valued at $1,000,
by farmers here. This is the second
shipment of this size.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20

A bill has been passed by the Bel
gian Parliament ordering seats to be
placed at the disposal of shop girls when
they are disengaged during business
hours
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20
MADISON HIGH TO
CRUSH OUT FRATS
School Board Decides That Secret Society
Members Can't Go Into Athletic or
Literary Organizations

MADISON, Wis, Oct. 14-[Special.l
TO crush fraterniiies, the Madison
high school board has barred any pupi
belonging to fraternity from partici
pating in any athletic event or belonging
to any literary society. As a result
Faraday Bernhard, prominent pupil
has resigned from the Literary society
University regents have decided to here
after admit to Chadbourne hall only
freshmen, sopohomore and Junior girls
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20
Neenah Church Plans Baby Show.

NEENAH, Wis, Oct. 14.-[Special.l
-Neenah will have its first baby show
October u. under the auspices of the
Methodist church people.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20
Dane Editors Associate.

MADISON, Wis, Oct. 14.-[Special.
Editors of Dane county formed an as
socia ton today with Nels Holplan of
the Deerfeld News as president.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20

Chicago Traction Case Set for Hearing
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. f6.-The Chi
eago traction case, Involving the franchises
Of the Chicago street car companies, were
todGs announced on the dockets Of the su-
premc court of the United States. and the
hcarjns set for January ?. next.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20
Yellow Fever Report.

NEW ORLEANS, La. Oct. 16.-New ca ses
of yellow fever since D. u. Sunday, none:
total cases TO date, $500; deaths today, .;
total deaths. 433.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20

This view of the famous Stand rock
at the Dells of the Wisconsin, taken at
the moment of Jump" from the high
rocks on the bluffs to the stand rock it
self, has been pronounced by profession
al photographers and experts to be the
best picture of an actual jump yet taken
The picture shows that the man who
is making the jump, ninety feet above
the natural ground in the vicinity, was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20

in the exact center of his jump when he
was snapped by an amateur photograph
have been made, in the United States
and Europe, of the Jump at Stand
Rock" but it is said that none has ever
shown the jumper as he appears in this
picture. 1t was taken by G. S. Clark
of Milwaukee, who says it was purely
an accidental accomplishment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20
Use Roads for Commerce Ouly

Article Z. Japan and Russia engage to
exploit their respective railroads in Man
churia exclusively for commercial and in
dustrial purposes and no wise for strategic
purposes. 1t is understood that this res
ervation does not apply to the railway In
the territory affected by the lease of the
Lao Tung peninsula.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20
For Future Treaty.

Article s. The imperial governments of
Japan and Russia with the view to pro-
mote and facilitate intercourse and traffic
will, as soon as possible, conclude a sep
ara1e convention for the regulation OF their
connecting railway services in Manchuria.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-30
Thomas F. Ryan,
Napoleon of Finance
Career of the New Head of the Equitas
Bile Life-A Man of Deeds, Not
WOrds-BOrn Poor, Is Now
a MuItimilIiOnaire.
THAT the name of Thomas Fortune

"HAT the name of Thomas Fortune
Ryan is one to conjure with was
L amply proved in connection with
the recent settlement of the
much discussed Equitable Life Assur-
ance society controversy. The out
come showed that Il new Napoleon of
finance had arisen and that the power
of Thomas f. Ryan among money
kings was greater than even the best
posted men of Wall street had be-
lieved. His purchase of the Hyde in
terest in the Equitable stock gave him
a powerful voice in the affairs of that
big institution. That he is worth $780,
100000 is generally admitted, but the
bald statement of such fact affords
no adequate idea of his potency in the
world of business, for his genius for
organization and his influence in
large number of leading corporations
give him ii power that some men who
may be his equals In wealth do not
possess.
Mr. Ryan is man of deeds rather
than words and it is his policy as
well as his nature to avoid publicity.
His career is a typical one. He is
descended from Scotch-Irish ancestors
who came to this country before the
Revolution. Mr.. Ryan was born
fifty-three years ago on a farm in Vir-
gina. His mother died when he was
five, and he went to live with his
grandmother at the old homestead.
The family had been impoverished by
the civil war. and young Ryan as
boy of fifteen sought to straighten out
the entanglements of the estate, but
the task was too much for the future
wizard of finance. He got his first
business training as a clerk in Bal
timore dry goods house. Two years
after entering its employ the propri-
etor decided to establish bank in
New York and thought so well of Ryan
that he gave him position in it, This
was fortunate move, for it put him in
touch with the great financial inter
ests of the country and awakened his
ambition to attain power in Wall street
affairs Two years later he became
a member of brokerage firm and
about the same time married Miss Ida
NJ. Barry of Baltimore, daughter of
his former employer. The first big
transaction in which he figured was
the formation of the Richmond Ter
minal company, by which the southern
railroad lines were brought into close
working arrangements. His genius
for organization and consolidation of
capital began to attract notice when
In 1886 he associated himself with the
late William c. Whitney and brought
about the consolidation of numerous
small traction lines in New York city
into one system, known as the Met
ropolitan Street Railway company.
After that achievement he gradually
extended his operations until he
brought gas and electric lighting com
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-30
A oaoTa1ion wen Uned.

Few have ever forgotten the cyclone
OF cheers that burst over the Repub-
hcan, convention of 1880 as Conkling,
tall, majestic, imperious in his bearing,
strobe upon the platform and faced
that great audience of 10000 souls.
Conkling was there determined to Sc
cure the nomination of Ulysses S.
Grant as president for third term. 1t
was fifteen minutes before he could be
heard. The mighty thunder of those
10000 threats, from friend and foe,
rolled and crashed and rumbled on. At
length Conkling, swinging his arms
above him, brought them down, down,
down, by graceful moves as If to soothe
the tempest. He did this q dozen
times. There was silence at last. In
a voice broken by four days of battle
in committee rooms and on the floor of
the convention, yet sonorous in its very
hoarseness. he began his speech by de-
claiming:
And when asked what state he halls from
ou@ sole reply shall be,
He halls from Appomattox and its famous
apple tree.
No scene in any national convention
Of either party since has rivaled that
which greeted Conkling's use of Miles
O'Rellly's famous lines. 1t was half
an hour before he could proceed, and
through 1t all the multitude cheered
and roared its interruptions.-E Every.
bOdy's Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-30
Music Under Difficulties.
Ito be continued.

The first conductor who played with
large orchestra in New York was
Louis A. Julien. One of his pieces was
a 'Fireman's Quadrille," during the
performance of which an alarm of fire
was regularly sounded and a brigade
OF firemen appeared in the hall! Theo-
dore Thomas was one of Jullien's VIC
linists for time, and this may help to
explain why he himself in 1867, when
he gave his New York Terrace Garden
concerts, once created a sensation by
making the piccolo players climb up
into the trees before the piece began.
On another occasion the tuba player
had been sent behind the audience into
the shrubbery. When he began to
play the police mistook him for a
practical joker who was disturbing the
music and tried to arrest him. 81
shall never forget the comical scene"
Thomas writes in his Autobiography. 8"
las the poor man fled toward the stage,
pursued by the lrate policeman, and
trying to get in a note here and there
as he ran"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-30
A Publishers Little Joke.

In Twenty Years Ago it is related
that when one of Dowling's Christmas
tales had sold very well Tinsley, the
publisher, thought he might be par
doned for taking rise" out of the
author He introduced Bowling to a
stranger at the Gayety and then whis-
pered to him: "Dick, my boy, do your
best to make yourself agreeable to our
friend. He is the largest buyer of
those Christmas stories of yours. l
must be off,
Bowling spoke for awhile on gen
eral topics to the stranger, and at last
he ventured on the subject of books.
Il suppose you know" he said, that
| am the unfortunate man who wro e
Tinsley's last annual?" yes. recoi-
nize your name, Mr.. Bowling" said
the stranger. "Mr. Tinsley tells me
you are a large buyer of books" said
Bowling. Yes, buy lot of stuff of
one kind or another. am waste pa
per merchant"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-30

course. At this particular place.
the rise of the first tOttom did
not exceed an angle of three de
grees. Above it rose a second
bottom of the same width, and
about fifty feet higher than the
first, and gradually ascending
until its further edge rested upon
the bold, rocky face of the noun
tain line, climbing at once some
two hundred feet to the usual
level of the region around. This
second bottom was more heavily
and densely Wooded than the
first. and the underground began
TO appear more plentiful where
the ground was less exposed to
the action of the spring floods.
In the bosom of the hill, several
springs united their sources to
give birth to a petty rivulet that
hurried down to be lost in the
river.
Its cradle laid in the bed of
broad ravine, forty or fifty feet
deep, that rose ill the hillside,
and crossing the whole of the
second bottom, debouched on the
first, where the waters trickled
oOzily down through swampy
bed. Large trees grew within
and alongside this chasm, and
the usual smaller growth peculiar
to such situation, and prodig-
ious growth of wild grape vines
shrouded its termination upon
the first bottom and Swallowed
the birth of the infant rock.
About two hundred yards from
the line of hills, and three hun
dred south of the ravine just de-
scribed, commences anOl her of
more singular nature; with its
steep sides almost perpendicular,
1t reSemb led direct cut for the
purposes Of defence. Rising near
the middle of the second bottom
it ran westwardly to the upper
edge of the first, with a depth at
the head of four or five feet, in
creasing as it descended, and
with width of eight or ten feet.
One hundred aud fifty years
ago, Its channel was completely
o,erhung and concealed by
lnXurlant growth of pea vines
and ira ders, of bramble bushes
and the Indian plum; it's edges
closely fringed with the tall wood
grass of midsummer. Parallel
with il, and about one hundred
and fifty yards north of this sec.
Ond gully was third; dry. open
hollow, and rather thinly wooded,
but which afforded ample protec-
ton to the enemy from he English
fire. Either of these ravineS
would have sheltered an army,
the second-the most important,
though not the longeSt-would
have afforded concealment for
/, 200 men
Ito be continued.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-30
THOMAS F. RYAN.


panies in New York under his contra
as well as traction lines. He crossed
the Hudson river into New jersey and
with his associates and allies, accom-,
plished the consolidation of the strao.
railway lines of Jersey City and III
entity under the name of the CouSoBl
dated Traction company. Public serr.
ice corporations in Staten Island nv
and along the New Jersey coast also
fell under his sway. He was lie nm
moter and builder of the Union ola.
waited road of Chicago and deyeOpel
the present system of electric railwar
and lighting plants in Milwaukee. Con.
solidation has been his watchwor5
and his operations have touched var.
GUS branches of industry and finance
He brought together and organized in.
terests representing assets of $1.0OO.
of New York. is the vice president al
the Morton Trust company and organ.
izer and financial master of the Con.
solidated Tobacco company. lie Is h
director and important stakeholder M
several western railway lines.
In personal appearance Mr.. Ryan /,
tall broad shouldercd and good look
ing, has courtly manners and an eaa
gaging smile William c. Whitney
used to describe him as 1.-THE most
adroit, suave and noiseless man" bel
ever met One of his diversions n
raising Holstein cattle, and he hal
kennels containing some of the fines
dogs in the world. Mr. Ryan was d
leading figure ut the last Democratid
national convention. and it was duo
in part to his influence that his fre1
Henry GasSaway Davis of West Win
ginia, was nominated for vice pres,
lent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-30
Irish EXPERIMENTATION.

When an Irishman pronounces Sc
SAY" and clean "clane," he does so o.
the highest and most umimpeachabl
authority, for Chaucer. Spenser, Miltq
and Dryden all pronounced these word
exactly as he does AS matter of fac
most of these so called Irish pronuncia
tons are merely old time importation
from England and are thus more En-!
fish than Irish For instance, tire
centuries ago and more the educate
Englishman always said harde heard
goolde (gol0, afeard (afraid), Child
tchiidreG). swoorde Sword. hoo
(home). and so on, and when the Irist
man Uses these and similar pronuncl
tons he is simply reproducing the GU
tured Englishman of the days of Quee
Bess. London Chronicle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-30
FIELD

Two or three hundred yards
above the spot where Frazier's
cabin stood, was the mouth of
Turtle Creek, which flowing in
southwesterly course towards the
Monongahela, that here has a
nOrthwesterly direction, EN-
braces, in an obtuse angle of
about 100 degrees, the very spot
where the brunt of battle was to
be borne. The scene is familiar,
being as the crow flies, but eight
miles from Pittsburg, and scarce
twelve by the course of the river.
For three quarters of mile
below the entrance OF the creek,
the Monangahela was unusually
shallow, forming a gentle rapid
or ripple, and easily forded at
every point. Its common level
was between three to four hun
dred feet below that of the sur
rounding country, and along it's
upper bank at the second cross
ing, stretches a fertile bottom of
a rich pebbled mould, about a
fourth of a mile in width, and
twenty feet above low water
mark. At that time it was GOV.
cred with a fair, open walnut
wood, unincum bered with brush
or underground.
The ascent from the river, how
ever, was rarely abrupt, but by
a succession of gentle slopes or
bottoms, the steep hillsides were
appro ached as though the waters
had gradually subsidized from their
original channel to a narrow bed
at the very bottom of the ancient
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-30
g. - arrived At last
Unto the wished haven

They saw their labors crowned
with glory, their wsnderings
rounded out with we'll earned
repOse. But through the narrow
passage that Law between them
and their promised land rolled
deep and dark the waters of an
unseen stream, blacker h a n
night, deeper than the grave; Tor
its shore, not death alone, but
diShonOr, disgrace aud defeat.
with welcoming hands. awaited
their approach. Behind the west
ern hills their sun had sunk for
ever, his last rays crimsOning the
bright current of the Mononga.
hela, Overhung by stately groves
bending to the waters their waver
ing boughs.
Only one man in the camp that
night did not sleep; this was Sir
Peter Halkett. Oppressed by the
feeling of impending danger, he
lett his tent and wandered
through the encampment Moth
ing broke the stiffness of the
sultry night but the melancholy
boot of the owl, or the more
plaintive call of the whip-poor
will. Wandering to the edge OF
the encampment, Sir Peter cast
his gaze towards the point where
rolled the gloomy waters of the
Monongahela, musiug on the fate
of tomorrow, until the early
streaks of dawn warned him that
the break of another day-and
what fateful day-was at hand,
when he retired to his tent.
"To,the prophetic vision of a
Highland seer these waters would
have curdled with the clotted
gore of the morrow sere; the
warning trees would have sighed
responsive to the sad wailings of
the winds of night; the dismal
boot of the owl, would have been
dire forebodings of disaster, and
along the guilty shores would
have fitted in phantom bands
the bloody ghosts of the unburied
Slain.n
1t was night never to be for.
gotten by those who escaped the
bloody defeat of the ensuing
twenty. four hours.
THE MARCH RESUMED.
In the meantime, with discre,
ton, Braddock had concluded his
arrangements for passing what he
regarded as the only perilous
place between his army and the
fort, which he designed to reach
early on the 10th. Had the prop
osiLiOn started and abandoned by
= a
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-30
OUT WITH BRADDOCK
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
YEARS AGO-.THE TRAGIC
EXPEDITION OF 1855.

The Advance From Fort Cum
berland - A Long March
The Shades Of Dea th-A
Gloomy Scene Change in
the Route Of March-A Fatal
Blunder - Nearing Fort Du-
Quesne-The Night Before
the Battle-The March Re-
sumed = A Brilliant Spec
tacle = Topography of the
Battlefield.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-30

out of all patience at the manner
in which the expedition had been
conducted and had determined to
return to England the moment
the campaign was concluded, the
success of which he was more
than doubtful. Colonel Wash
ington. also during the march
had witnessed enough to shake
his confidence in British regulars,
and had on the day before the
battle suggested, the placing in
the van the Virginia Rangers.
who were accustomed to Indian
warfare. and for the purpose of
guarding against a possible sur
prise. He received only an angry
reply for his timely suggestion.
The second in command was
not free from similar fOrbodings.
AS though gifted with that mys-
FERROUS power, "second sight"
Sir Peter Halkett, whose sands
oil life had but twelve hours more
to run, with a melancholy ear
nestness pressed that night upon
BraddOck the propriety of exam
lining every foot of ground be
tween his present position and
the fort, lest through this neglect
he should imperil the army's
existence
This advice. as will be seen,
was not altogether neglected, but
its most important feature of
beating up the forest was set
aside by BraddOck "as unsuita BILE
to the exigencies of his position"
With "a sad preSentiment of I'M
defined evil. Halkett withdrew.
"Did he i'll sooth possess he
fatal power of peering into the
future, and exploring the secrets
of unborn time, what awful Wis
ions would have pressed upon his
soulw
ooh God of Battles, steel my soldiers
hearts;
i Strike then not with fear, Oh Lord;
Not today not today
1t was night in the encamp-
ment-a sultry night, a night of
dreadful anticipations, few
hours respite from mad and
laundering sounds of war, that
tells the story Of death and desc
lation. Unconscious Of theiS i'm
pending doom, around Slumbered
hundreds of gallant men. sleep
ing their last sleep upon a blood
less couch, nor needing the tenn
pest gathering fast above, which
oncOming like summers cloud,
would pour destruction on their
devoted heads. Through the long
summers day the wearied and
devoted army, anticipating any
thing rather than defeat, had
marched steadily onward. The
encircling woods shut out all sight
of the heavens above, save the
serene blue sky directly overhead,
bright with monday splendOr,
but all around, beyond their mar
row vision, dark curtain hung
like a pail upon the horizon, and
driving clouds and the circling
flight of eagles high in the air.
denoted the approaching storm.
FoOtsore and.g toll worn, the
troops were now stepped in slum
Der, and in dreams that came
from heaven through the ivory
gates, they beheld themselves
e. - arrived At last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-07

ed and the petit juries being sworn in. Judge Jackson delivered a strong charge tc the grand jury who at once organized and got down to work.
 The grand jury is as follows:
 W. D. Eastis. D B. Barnett, Sam Erlick, Taylor Johnson, H. N. Huey, j.. B. Glenn, J. Quailes, J. K Pemberton. M. ". Jones. Columbus Blankenship, P. F. Reeves, J. II. Owens, J. K P Laird D. F. Staggs, w L Rusl John Moore, J H. Farr, H. D. Graham, J. H. Min yard. Jacob Smith, Jr, E. M. Owens.
 The petit juries sworn in to hear the jury civil docket this week Is as fol- lows:
 Joe Williams. E. J. Ray. E. N. Parnel Alonzo Ward, J. c. Huey, Thomas Sad dler H. D. Roberts. J. H. Baxley. R. L. Payne, J. H. Gest. D. r Stagg,Jr, G. W. Graham. Marion Wesson, William Huff meyer, J. R. Salter, Lock Pitts. l.. E. Bruns T. D. Howton. j. J. Sellers, N B. Vines, J. A. Burke, Jack Fleming. E.. B. Knight, James Hoyden. w. F. Parsons W. c. McTyeire. N. Holsenback. T. R. Crittenden, William D. Burlington, J. l. Crotwell. T. J. Nichols, W. E. Willis. Willis Hammond, George E. Martin. R. A. Hardin, J. A. Dabbs.