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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

day in Wausau making the trip IN
the Garrison car.
| Miss Helen MassouIt of Oconomo
voc arrived in the city Thursday for
a few days visit with friends
Matt Kaudy has returned from Vir-
ginia, Mimi, where he has been set
ting up bar equipment manufactured
by the Kaudy Mfg. Co.
Miss Carrie Mason spent Thursday
in Milwaukee.
Buy coal from E. C. Ketchum and
get the best If the coal is not sat
isfactory, it viii be made right. Your
patronage is asked Cor and we give
the best coal to you because we want
your future trade. tfW.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson of Madison
are visiting at the home Of John Nc
Reynolds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Crotteau have
returned from Chicago; they accom-
panied Mrs. Crotteau's mother, Mrs
Moore as far as Chicago. Mrs. Moort
viii go to Cuba, n. Y, to spend the
winter
HOUSES FOR RENT.-See F. G.
Gilkey. 1wd-4tw
H. H. Sydow, who conducted a Flour
and Feed store on First avenue north
has gone into partnership with Mr..
Borgwardt Of Watertown and will O.
pen up a Flour, Feed and general pro
duce store in that city. Mr. Sydow
will move his family to Watertown
within a few days.
L. Ostrander is spending a couple
of weeks in Madison visiting rela-
tives.
L. Kearney representing the Carter
Krumm Co., Of Chicago is bust
ness visitor in the city.
You can buy baled shavings from
r.. C. Ketchum. tfw
BOY WANTED-About 16 years
old to learn shoe-maker's trade. Good
pay to start with. Grand Rapids Shoe
Hospital, 129 First st. n. 1tw-2td.
A number Of the girl friends of
Miss Marie Kruger rendered her
surprise party at her home on Nc
KinIey street Friday evening. A de
HghtfuI time is reported by all those
present.
Rev. and Mrs. Fred Staff have re
turned from Fond du Lac and Mil
waukee where they spent the past
week.
A. P. Hirzy the jeweler, has
very favorable proposition for all
his customers, by which he expects
to sell all his odd pieces of china
Particulars of the sale can be learn
ed by applying at the store or watch
ing the display window. This will
be a great opportunity to secure bar
gains. 2wd-2tw.
HOUSES FOR sALE.-see F. C.
GiIkey. 1wd-4tw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Boles who
were in Milwaukee for a few days
returned to the city Friday evening.
Mrs. John DAILY and Mrs. F. Po-
mainviIle returned from Chicago Fri
day evening.
Special Fur Sale at Weiseps Fri
day and Saturday, October 27 and
rs 1tw.
John Lawrence and Jesse Lepine
shot six wild geese in the Nekoosa
pond Friday evening. The men We're
out in boat after dark on the pond
when a flock of geese aIighted. They
managed to get six of them; the
birds are all of good size and are
the first that have been reported
shot in this vicinity.
FOR RENT-The Heron House
on Second street; is furnace heated
and has twelve rooms; located near
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

Market Square and the best Ioca
ton in the city for a 81 a day house
Inquire of F. W. Kruger. 2td-1tW.
Mrs. F. n. Aich returned Satur
day from weeks visit with rela
tives at Madison.
Miss Louise Mansur, librarian Of
the Stevens Point Normal was a guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W. Paulus over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Tenant left
Saturday, for San Jose, California
where they will spend the winter
with their daughter. They have
closed their home in this city for
the winter.
Special Fur Sale at Weisers Fri
day and Saturday, October 81 and
% 1tw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Brooks of Toma-
hawk were in the city for few days
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Lynch.
Mr. AMI Mrs. Rousseau who were
here to attend the wedding of John
Ernser and Miss DouviIIe, returned
Saturday to their home at Rib Lake
Mr. and Mrs. George Ward left
Saturday for Babcock where they will
spend Sunday with his parents.
Call at The Fair, west end of the
bridge, on Oct. 81, %, 80 and 81 and
interview Madame Cowan an expert
corset filter of u years experience
and let her explain to you your cor
set needs. Stout, medium and slen-
der figures expertly fitted. 1tw
Mrs. Theron Lyon left Saturday for
st. Maries, Idaho, where she will
make an extended visit with her hus-
band, who has been out west for
some time.
Mrs. J. Skeel left Saturday for
her home at Amigo, after spending
a week in the city coming to attend
the Ernser-Douville wedding.
Neil Mccarthy is spending several
days in the city visiting friends.
Roy Thornton spent Sunday in
PIover visiting at the home of his
sister, Mrs Waldo Calkins.
Adolph Winninger of Milwaukee
spent Sunday in the city visiting
friends.
The Philathea Club will be enter
tanned at the home of the Misses Sa-
die and Margaret Dorney on Satur-
day evening, October 21st.
Misses Flossie Hanson and Maude
Mulroy spent Sunday in New London
visiting friends
On Oct. q, %, 80 and 81 Madam
Cowan an expert corset filter of II
years experience will be at The Fair
west end of the bridge to demon
strate the famous Alberta corset. All
figures, stout, medium and slender
guaranteed a perfect fit 1tw.
Misses Anna KIug and Lucille Poi
rier spent Sunday in Merrill visiting
friends.
Mrs. E. P. Lee departed for her
home at Kankakee, Ill, after an ex-
tended visit in the city at the Ed.
Spafford home.
Misses Helen Dickson and Selma
Kruger returned to Babcock Sunday
evening after spending the weekend
in the city.
Mrs. G. Gibson, Mrs. I. P. Witter,
and Mrs. Carolyn Fitch left
Tuesday for Green Bay to attend the
annual meeting OF the Wisconsin State
Federation of Womens' clubs to be
held in that city on the 17-18-19 Mrs.
Pease left Monday to attend the meet
ing.
Misses Selma Johnson and Della
Nelson spent Sunday in Stevens Point
visiting friends.
On account of an oyercroWded CON
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
No RED Tape" Necessary

and without any difficulty whatever.
You have simply to deposit whatever you wish
with teIers window and inform him wheth
you ws savings account drawing interest check
ing account viii him time
prepare bank book with YOUR NAME ON IT.
Some prefer Certificates of Deposit. We will gladly
plain the diference-they are ALL GOOD.
Wood County National Bank
Grand Rapids, Wis.
Resources a million and half
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

Sent 10 raise the blockade Of the ST.
James and Elizabeth rivers, the formidable
ram had destroyed war vessel after war
vessel Of the Union navy, and a terribly
effective career would have been possible
TO her If the new type ironclad of Erics-
sons invention and construction had not
been available to check her
There were only forty-two vessels In
commission AT the outbreak of the Civil
War. and the majority Of them were not
in home waters. but were scattered over
the Clo5c. But even II they We're here
they would not have been sufficient. and
q new navy had TO be ana was constructed
80 maintain the blockade Of the Southern
ports, 10 assist the operations of the land
forces. not only on the coast and in the
Gulf Of Mexico, but also in inland waters.
and last but>not least, to capture or de-
strov priyateers So great was the ship
building activity of the government that
by the end Of the war II had nearly six
hundred vessels equipped, with 4,4i3 guns.
and having a personnel Of thrty-fve thou
sand
The creation Of the Monitor, coupled with
the development Of steam navigation, re-
SulIeu III 'ilt lFNplulltU VI UdNdi dlNilllti-
ture to which reference already has been
made, and seventy-five of the boats OF the
navy built during the war were ironclads,
but after the war. as with the army, the
navy was reduced. and for a long time It
was far down in the scale OF the navies
Of the world.
To-day the navy OF the United States g
second only 70 that of Great Britain, and
this mighty navy that America now has
may be said 10 date from 1882. though the
credit for laying the foundation whereon
it was built is commonly given TO William
c. Whitney. Secretary Of the Navy in
Cleveland's Cabinet from 1885 TO 1889, dur
ing which period that famous aggregation
of war vessels popularity styled the White
Squadron. from having been painted white.
burst upon the gaze of the world and as
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

increased respect for this country, yet
there continued 10 be here as little inclna-
! tiOn as ever before to mix in world poll
tics in the sense Of becoming involved I'm
the complications Of other powers, while
not Sinking the responsibilities belonging
10 Il potential member of the family Uf
nations.
/ However. the war with Spain having dis
closed condition Of unpreparedness that
would have been a big handicap had the
foe been formidable one, the nation was
reused to 4 conviction that it had out
grown 'ue small regular army Of 1900
men which had been d tradition with 1t
30 long, and that its enormous coast lines
with their great cities made big navy an
imperative necessity.
So the authorized peace strength OF the
army was raised to about 10000 which 1t
still is. but though this hgure is four
times larger than that of the old standing
army, yet it IS far from large enough, Of
course, to take the United States out OF
the list Of those countries. which rely for
defence on practically a purely voluntary
army.
The impetus 10 tho navy was even
greater. and every year has seen more and
more ships added. the navy estimates in
some years reaching nearly sl50,60,co, un-
( iii now. as las already been remarked, the
United States navy is second only 10 that
OF England.
Since the war with Spain both army and
navy have had foreign occupation, lighting
alongside of soldiers and ships Of all the
| European powers in China during the
| Boxer rebellion. and the navy has further
/ commanded universal attention by reason
/ OF cruise around tho world Of a fleet OF
/ battleships. which began with distinction
/ and ended brilliantly I'm President Roose-
! velts administration. It's greatest display.
! however. was in the early part OF Novem-
Der. this year. when moro than one hun
dred units-battleships. cruisers. gunboats,
/ torpedo boats. submarines. GOLFERS and so
/ forth-were gathered in tho Hudson River
/ at New York for review by President Taft
/ That was the largest aggregation Of
American ships ever seen. and 1t is to be
/ borne In mind that while these one hun
dred ships or more. all of them practically
/ modern 10 the minute and not d few of
/ them more up 10 date than any In other
navles, they we're by no means the only
ships Of the United States navy. There
were ships operating AT the same time in
Porto Rico. cuba. the Philippines. on the
| Pacific Coast and elsewhere.
! Thus II is seen that the seventy years OF
| this review have constituted a period OF
/ both brilliant achievement and remarkable
progress for the army and navy of the
/ United states, the country now being In a
4 far greater state Of defence or prepared
/ ness than ever before ~ its history .
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

expressions Of sentimental regret when the
building was razed 10 make way for the
present edifice. i'm 1899. The pewholderS
during the years required to erect the new
building took sittings in the uptoWn
churches or accepted the hospitality oil
friends for purposes Of worship.
one of the vestrymen of the church wrote
i'm the fall Of that year: 1T was intended
to repair and remodel the interior only,
leaving the venerable exterior and the no.
BILE dark looking spire in their integrity
but in the progress Of the work the build
ing was found to be in such a state or de-
cay as to be rendered irreparabe, and the
time honored temple Of the Lord found
on my return TO the city a shapeless heap
Of ruins on the spot where my mperfeci
dovotions have been performed for the last
thirty-seven years. it occasions melah'
choly reflections to see the dark mass ol
ruins still overlooking the magnificent tenn
pies Of Mammon i'm Wall street, and tc
think OF the changes which have occurred
there during the time the venerable spire
which is now removed, has thrown 1T
shadow over the place where merchants
most do congregate."
a type of my own decay and speedily APP
preaching removal? When / first went To
Trinity Church I was young. ardent and
full of hopes, capable and industrious, anI
! should now be ungrateful not to ac-
knowledge that in most cases my hopes
were realized and my industry rewarded
but the storms within the last three years
have beaten upon me, the timbers arc de-
cayed. The spire no longer like tall bully
lifts its head. and the yestry has no funds
to rebuild me-"
Philip Home. the writer OF these lines and
Of the description Of the conservation OF the
new Trinity whicn follows, was then fifty
nine wears old and had lost the greater part
OF his fortune In his diary for May q, 1876
Mr.. Home wrote
This being the feast Of the Ascension,
agreeably to the notice given and the
arrangements made, the new Trinity
Church, the pride of Episcopalians and the
glory Of our city, was consecrdtcd 20 tne
service OF Almighty God.
| was one of the committee OF arrange
ments and have been for the last two or
three weeks most scdulOusly employed every
day In tine discharge Of the duties of this
office The clergy, the rectors, wardens
ana Vestrymen of the several Episcopalan
churches, the members of the Theological
Seminary the present and former Mayors;
the scholars of Trinity School and invited
guests assembled at 10 O'Clock at Mr.. Bun
kcr's in Broadway ana marched l pro-
ccssion to tine church.
At II o'clock the grand and solemn as
senblage, preceded 10y the Right Reverend
Bishop McCoskry. who Otticated Us 8slor
OF the diocese during the suspension oi
Bishop OnderdonK, entered during tno i'm
rressive chanting of 80 cergyneu. in
white SUPPLIES and scarts. followed 10y a
most dignified and respectable body Of lay
men.
by the Bishop. assisted by a number o.
prominent ministers. and the splendid vault
ings of this solemn temple resOuuded with
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

tho intolereblo nuisance which the armed
struggle I'm that island was 90 this coun-
try.
Tho extra necessity of guarding the
coasts TO prevent nlibusterinr expeditions
aud thus maintain the treaty obligations of
Ieutral,y was not the only cause of com
plaint A profitable trade with the Cubans
had been destroyed hy tho conditions eA-
leting on The. island preventing agricult-
uro. Industry aud commerce except i'm a
ver, limited sphere, and, moreover. refugees
we're pouring into this country only sooner
or later 10 become a burden on the chari-
table institutions of the people Besides.
sanitary conditions had gone from bad TO
worse m cuba and thcy were believed 10
boz ripe for the breeding Of AN epidemic
which could not but be- serious menace
10 our Southern states
n was then that me nited states battle
ship Maine ON q friendly visit IN the har-
bor Of Havana. was blown w 80 OF more
of lts CROW pcrlfhins. ana he nation Was
apr,II,1 - tne di.n.f.r Thus the Fenti-
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

banks of this city were in the early 40 or
the last century in comparison with their
mighty and numerous successors Of to-day.
the service that they gave TO industry and
commerce was not one whit less important
tnen than the work of business develop
n,ent and promotion and consequent up
building of city, state and nation which the
greater and more numerous institutions OF
t..o. character Of these times are doing.
Not a Pioneer Period.
While that was not pioneer period in
the country's history, there having been
almost as many years back OF that epoch
in the life Of the Republic as have rolled
over IT since. yet II was not time Of
what might be called banking efficiency.
banking; far from reaching development
within even hailing distance of the science
that it is now, had instead become de-
roralized, except i'm spots. and New YORK
was most decidedly one of those spots. IN
deed there was chaos at that time, or
something very much resembling chaos. as
10 banking. Certainly 1t was a parting OF
the ways. with the crippling OF the second
and last United States Bank and the crash
OF the wildcat state banks that sprang up
with mushroor1-like rapidity IN the wake or
the closing of the national institution.
This crash or panic occurred in 1887. but
the country was five or six years I'm re-
covering from its disastrous effects. This
review Of banking in New York city con-
seduently begins with a time Of wretched-
ness and stress I'm the business world That
IS as sharp contrast with the present
time as can be conceived
Then there was financial distress on all
sides. and now there Is prosperity every
where. Then banks were resuming only
to suspend again and go into liquidation
and now there is not one that even eX-
cites the slightest suspicion. Then there
was still gropng for a safe banking sys-
TEN. and now both the experimental and
formative stages have LONG since been
passed. so that with national and state
banks firmly established in favor, not to
mention the trust company, with It's MOD
ern banking features. the country Is reap
ing tho incalculable advantage Of settled
state Of banking affairs.
Moreover. while there is no positive boast
possible as yet as TO a currency system that
will obyiate financial or currency panics.
even as they occurred then and have oc-
Cured as late as 1907, yet there Is no"
practical assurance Of currency remedial
measures. II the favor with which the
work Of the Aldrich Monetary Commis-
sion is being followed may be taken as
criterion. whereas then there was nothing
whatever on which to base even hore Of
currency Improvement that would make
Tor financial stability.
In the iOs. then. 20 recapitulate sum-
marily, the financial world was practically
in the depths of despair, not yet having
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
BUILDING "0LD" TRINITY
Razing of Earlier Edifice and Ded
ication of Present Structure.

Seventy years ago Trinity Church, the
present edifce. was still in building. First
mission of the Established Church Of Eng
land 10 be erected into parish when the
rule OF the island passed from Dutch TO
British hands. Trinity had received grant
OF crown lands, which. in the natural In
crement OF values. has made II the Wealth.
est parochia corporation in tho world to-
day on November 20 the first great parish
carved out of Trnitys territories, St
Georges, celebrated its Tooth anniversary
score of other parishes began as mis-
sions of Trinity. while others, notably 81.
Paul's, now more venerable than Trinity
itself, remained subordinate to the mother
church. under the rule of Wears.
Old Trinity was not the oldest Trinity,
yet it was venerable enough in the eyes
of It's communicates, and there were many
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

emerged from the panic OF 1881, that had
left a trail OF ruined banks. factories and
business houses Of all sorts in its wake,
while now there is not a cloud Of even the
hackneyed size OF mans hand" di-
mensiCns on the financial horizon. II was
far more difficult then, as nigh. be readily
inferred. for bank to conduct its opera
tons In which credit plays such large
part than 1t is now. and It is on record
that New York bankers OF that period lent
the aid OF their credit or resources 10 many
enterprises and on many occasions for the
public good, when Withholding such aid
under what would not have been considered
an unnatural prompting OF caution would
have worked widespread harm.
The beginning of the time with which
this review starts. namely the period
covering the early i0's of the last century.
must not be dismissed without "A reference
TO its notability in the history of finance
for tho reform OF the British currency sys-
tenn by which the danger OF Imitation Was
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

passed out Of existence in the various ways
peculiar TO navies
The White Squadron was merely hand
ful Of ships. and none Of them was larger
than one-quarter the size Of the big battle
ships Of to-day but It is assured last
ing place i'm naval history as the forerun-
nor of the modern navy. BY reason Of the
stimulus il gave to the American navy.
prompting bigger and bigger ships to be
built, the country was fairly we'll sup
Piled with formidable engines Of marine
warfare when the war with spain came, in
1896
Tho United states had been put to no end
OF annoyance. trouble and expense by an
insurrectiou which had been drawing its
bloody way along for three wears in cuba,
when Spain was asked. af,cr many dipio-
uauc hints had been given to her. to end
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
New York's Financial Facilities and Resources
Now Beyond Comparison with
Those of 1841.
THE PROGRESS STEP BY STEP
Period Includes Founding of Clearing House Establishment
of National Banking System and Rise
of Trust Companies.

Banks and banking have so multiplied
and grown in New York i'm the last seventy
years that a comparison Of the city's
financial resources and facilities as shown
by banking statistics now with those OF
seventy years ago would seem like con
trasting a gladiator with a toddling child.
Such a comparison would involve figures
that would be stupendous moreover-iig-
ures that the mathematicians can compute
easily enough but that the mind cannot
grasp. accustomed though all are nowadays
to read. II not talk. OF millions and even
hundreds OF millions. An illustration may
he drawn from the records OF the Clearing
House Association, the institution which
the banks maintain for exchanging the
checks they hold against one another. It's
annual transactions exceed one hundred
billion dollars,
Small and few. however, though the
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

The late Edwin \. Abbey had no sl m
pathy with those American millonaires
who paw 100000 or 100000 for doubtful
Rembrandt or an imputed Fragonard. while
painters Of genius in their own towns are
starving for lack Of orders
Mr.. Abbey. AT a dinner at his London
residence in Tite street, said last year.
apropos OF the purchase by New Yorker
OF doubtful Titan at an inflated price
This type OF man knows nothing about
art \ man of this type. when Whistler
was not yet famous, wanted his Wife's
portrait done.
How much viii you charge me. Mr.
Whistler ho said for life size picture
of the madam
My price said Whistler. viii be g. 500
The millionaire took mp his hat and
stick
"'Why.' he snorted turning to 90. YOU
expect 10 be paid for your work as II YOU
had been dead four or fiyc hundred years ="
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

passed away in 1871. one month AFTER his
inauguration. and was succeeded by wee
President Tyler. April I. the day OF the
funeral i'm Washington. was observed with
great solemnIty I'm New York Business
places were closed and flags were suspend
ed at haf-mast from the public places ana
from the vessels I'm the harbOr.
Brooklyn and New York held a solemn
memorial service on April 10, which in
cluded a civic and military procession, the
greatest seen here up 10 that time. requir-
ing four hours to pass a given point. dur
ing which time minute guns were fred and
church bells tolled.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

In 80 days-historians Of all nationalitics
have agreed in describing the spectacle as
wonderful-the disbanding Of this immense
body Of soldiers was accomplished, and al
these troops, here. there and all through
the country, almost instantly we're trans
formed into citizens engaged in productive
and upbuilding pursuits OF peace, for the
nation, severe though the lesson had been.
had not been converted 10 tie European
idea Of a big standing army, and, peace
having been re-established, it Immediately
proceeded 10 return 70 its traditional non
military status.
The soldiers we're glad 10 get back 10