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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-23

the service from river passenger steam
ers, the same as the Federal boats Ty-
Ter and her consorts.
Lincoln and the Mortar Boats.
Additions had been made in Febru-
airy to the ironclads I'm Commodore
Foote'S hotilla and. what was equally
important, a feet of mortar boats.
These were especially adapted to siege
operations. 1t was said that their ar
rival in time to play part in the siege
of island No. 10 was due 10 the impa-
tience and energy of President Lincoln
in person. The boats which would car
ry the mOrtars were built at st. Louis
under the eyes of Commodore Foote.
but the iron beds upon which the NOR
tars would rest were cast at Pitts
burgh. The getting Of these mortar
beds to the boats was the problem
which troubled Lincoln. Foote finally
sent a representative armed with due
authority to the Pittsburgh plant to
hurry the matter up In spite of all.
the boats had not been ready for use
at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, but
twenty of them reached Mississippi i'm
time to strengthen the guns of Foote's
feet at island No. 10.
The impending clash all along the
front from tidewater Virginia to the
mountains of Arkansas called troops
from the various state camps to the
nearest seat of war Recruiting had
been brisk all the fall and early winter,
and so free was the response for men
that the contending governments be-
came embarrassed in supplying equip
ments for the various arms Of service
and moving troops, equipments and
supplies to distant points where they
would be needed.
The pressure for weapons TO fight
with was very great on both sides.
As the FIRST year Of war drew to its
close the shortage was felt on both
sides Of the line, In the north the ar
senals worked day and night, and pri-
vate manufacturing plants were i'm
pressed to turn out muskets, pistols.
cannon and sabers The same thing
was going on in the south. but to a
limited degree. In its dilemma 1t Inn
ported many rifles and cannon from
Europe.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-23

ceased to hArbOr any deaigns against
his government and considered their
Chinese commissions cancelled. he
agreed 10 consider them refugees,
True TO his word. he put them on
board the frst Japanese-bound trans
port that came along.
The day before they left. the Jap
anese commander took the gunboat
close enough In shore to get a good
look at the remains Of the sham craft,
high and dry, a tangled wreck o.
steel ribs and broken pottery.
by the way" said the Japanese Of
ficer. taking notes for a report to his
government, what was the name OF
your torpedo boatf"
"The Ying Chuen," answered Brock.
The Japanese burst out laughing.
Truly" he chucklsd. your viOoroy
was a humorist as wen - a shrowd
swindler. In the Chinese vernAcular.
'Ying Chuen' means 'earthen Jarl'"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-23
THE WORLD In
CINCINNATI"
Great Missionary Exposition
Planned for Queen City will
be a Memorable Event.
SCENES FROM HEATHEN LANDS
VIII Be Erected at Music Hall From
March 9th to April 9th, To Be
Conducted on Mammoth Scale
BY Experienced People.

One can not realize until he has
seen it the tremendous scope OF an
Exposition such as THE World in Gin
cinnati" will be. 1t will be construct
ed on a mammoth scale, like the Ohio
Valley Exposition, and will be entirely
devoted to missions. 1t will be indeed
a Worlds Exposition. for the ends OF
inc earth will be represented in most
striking way. No ordinary exposition
ever held in America win present SO
many unique and attractive features
as are planned for this one. There is
no finer building in America for such
an enterprise than Music Hall The
whole Of this great building will be
Utilized, including the splendid audi
torium, the annexes and all subsidiary
halls and spaces. Something is being
planned for every nook and corner OF
me great building, The hundreds OF
thousands who attend will be aston
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-23
GIVE HIM The HAT.
Summer Lying Opens with = Bang
Out In Kansas.

Kansas opens the season for hunt
ing and fishing stories with a crash
that makes other people sit up and
take notice. Comrade Thomas B.
| Murdoch. Ninth Kansas cavalry, who
has been publishing the Eldorado
(Kan.) Republican for 40 years. makes
a long-distance and successful leap
for the center of the stage by his
story in reply to one by Owen Wis
tar. Comrade Murdock turns to his
war diary, and finds that in October,
1862, his company was at Fort Haueck,
near Medicine Bow river. A mile or
so northeast Of the fort was a lake,
which was nightly covered with wild
fowls. Every night there would be
an acre or so Of them punched to-
gether in the middle Of the lake. Muir
dock and some of his comrades put
in their time for days preparing for a
hunting excursion. They had a
mountain howitzer that held an even
bushel. They swiped four boxes Of
ammunition from the quartermaster
and took from each cartridge the lead
slug and six buckshot 1t contained.
They put the powder into -four sack,
and estimated that they had 700 Mis-
sissippi wager slugs and 4,200 buck
shot. They pulled the howitzer out
to the lake, and planted it so as to
sweep the center, the muzzle being
on a level with the water. A hurried
survey showed them that there were
about 1900 ducks feeding in the
moonlight, sweetly enjoying them
selves and dreaming Of no danger
When the lanyard was pulled the foun-
dations of Medicine Bow mountain
trembled. The boat was manned to
gather up the booty. while two Of the
boys rushed back to the fort for a
six-mule team to haul in the game.
AS a good soldier, Comrade Murdoch
had to make a careful count Of the
matter turned into the commissary,
and he gives this as the result:
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-23
Dispensary Scene, Medical Mission
Section, "The World in Cincinnati"

Perhaps you have been in China
town, in New York or San Francisco
and you have wondered what a street
in a real Chinese city would look like
Here you will have it, A Chinese
street will be reproduced, with its joss
house, its apothecary shop, its Chinese
houses, and its variegated street life.
In the midst of it will be Chinese
pagoda In this street you will see
men, women, and children dressed in
Chinese costume and so trained that
you will almost imagine you have been
transported to Pekin or Canton
You have perhaps heard of an East
India bazaar" and have wondered
what it was like. Come to the Expo
sition and you will see one in opera
ton, with all the things which make
such a place of such vital interest in
the Far East. You have heard much
of the Zenanas of India. They are
the secluded homes of India, where
the women live the lives Of prisoners
If you were in India and man you
could never hope to see the inside of
one. In the Exposition you can see
one as it is and study it at your
leisure.
The Korean houses will be con-
stant source of interest to you. You
will visit Japanese home and will
witness native tea parties and the odd
customs Of the people as they greet
each other and go through their cour.
teous genufections. You will see
scenes enacted from Burma and the
Philippines. An African village will
be reproduced, and you will see real
idols from India and other lands Med.
ical missions will be reproduced in a
model hospital and you will see the
illustrating his work OF
healing with living objects, Much
space will be given to the North Amer.
lean Indians. A delegation Of real In
dians may be present from the Gov.
ernment school and will have a part In
the daily program
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-23
EXPOSITION RESTAURANT.

There win be a well-equipped res.
taurant at "The World in Cincinnati
exposition, to be given at Music Hall
March 9 to April 6. 1t will be
under the direction and management
of those who have had experience in
providing for large numbers of people.
1t will probably be located at one end
of the Hall of the Home Land" Wis.
itors from out of town win find it to
their advantage, especially, to remem
Der that they may obtain their lunch
con or dinner at a first-clasg restau
rant, paying moderate prices, without
leaving the exposition.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-23
HANDLE
TXXHTKF CAD
WITH LAX
Continued from page one

the involuntary jump natural under
such circumstances, he stopped and
carefully picked up the supposed mis-
sile, and was barely able to repress a
second start of surprise and horror at
what he saw What should have been
a projectile of hardened steel. capable
of making its mark on the thickest
battleship armor, had broken into a
dozen pieces.
As Breck examined the fragments,
he saw that they were not steel, but
porcelain, skillfully nodded and glazed
to represent a projectile. The brass
case was genuine, but instead of pow
der it was filled with a black sand
that brought the whole up to about
the proper weight He called the en-
gineer and showed him the imitation
shell, and together they overhauled
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-23

And it should be recalled that the
shot brought a sea of speckled trout
to the surface of the water which
were gathered up and taken to the
fort. The Ben Holiday stage line, as
far east as Virginia Dale and as far
west as the North Platte river, was
bountifully supplied with ducks, geese
and mountain trout the next day, to
the delight of the overland travel.
AS the Eagle man knows nothing
about war, we will inform him that
when the geese ard ducks had all
been picked, each soldier in the Kan
sas cavalry company had a pillow.
We have ours yet
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-23
ooInu HIm one Retter.

Yeast-Did you ever see abundance
on the table?
rimsonbeak-SlTe and I've seen a
man with abundance under the table!
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-23

ished at the scale on which missions,
both home and foreign, will be pre-
scented.
Things You Will See.
Will people in large numbers attend
such an Exposition? Most assuredly.
The attendance in Boston last spring
.otaled close to 375,OOO, and went as
high as $4,000 on a single day. There
will be far more to draw and interest
the people than has ever been present
ed in an Exposition in Cincinnati, The
Ohio Valley Exposition drew great
crowds. It's interest was almost en-
tirely local. 1.-THE World in Cincin-
natl" will converge in Music Hall the
life and problems of the world. 1t will
not simply appeal to those interested
in missions, but to all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-18
BAD FIRE
At MEEHAN

Meehan, Wis, Jan. 12-At about 8
o'clock this morning, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Blood, and six children, the
youngest of whom is six months old,
were forced to leave their home, as
the result of a fire which destroyed
the house on the farm of Elijah War
ner, about a mile south of the sta
ton
The fire broke out in the roof and
the house was soon in flames, the
family being compelled to make
hasty exit, with only the scant cloth
ing they had on to protect them from
the cold, and go to a neighbors about
a half mile distant. All of the house
hold effects and clothing of the en-
tire family were destroyed. On the
way to the neighbors, Mrs Blood
suffered from frozen feet, both of
them being affected All of the chill
dren suffered from frost bitten fin
gers, feet, noses or cheeks.-Steyens
Point Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-18
TREASURER
WILL NOT COL.
LECT FEES

The readers of this paper will re-
member that last week the Daily Re
porter took up the proposition that
the city treasurer had no right to
collect any fees for taxes paid prior
to February LIST, and this position
was assailed in many quarters and
especially by the Wisconsin Valley
Leader of this city. Now, under ad-
vice of the city attorney, the city
treasurer is not only not collecting
fees, but is refunding to all persons
who have already paid the tax, the
fees collected. There was no inten-
ton last week to charge that our
city treasurer was receiving these
fees himself; he being on a salary.
The fault lay with the city officers
in not notifying the treasurer as to
the law governing the collection of
these fees. This is another case in
which the Wisconsin Valley Leader
will have to admit that the stand
taken by the Daily R.apoaser 1ass
right
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-18
MOTHER AND SEVEN Chill
DREN BADLY FROZEN

Mrs. Chas. Volt of this city re
ceiyed a letter Monday from Mrs.
James Seely an old friend, in Min
nesota, giving an account of how they
lost their home and were badly froz-
en- last week Friday, when the wea-
ther was fifty-two degrees below zero.
The husband and oldest son were a.
way from home which left the moth
er and seven children alone The
house caught fire from the chimney
early in the morning and got such
a start that the family were obliged
to crawl out through the window to
save themselves from burning as
a consequence they were only part
ly clad. The nearest neighbor was
three miles away and they had to
make their way through snow and
cold as best they could. Their hands
and feet were badly frozen. What
the outcome will be is hard to tell.
Mrs. Seely is a sister of Mrs. Flora
Hall of this city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-18
FEDERATION MEETING
LARGELY ATTENDED

About fifty ladies were present at
the Federation meeting held at the
residence of Mrs. Chas. F. Kellogg,
on Friday afternoon. The program
was carried out as published.
Miss Edith Mccullough of the State
Library Commission Of Madison, gave
very interesting talk on the rela-
tion of the library to the average com
munity. Vocal solos by Mrs. Guy
Nash and Mrs. James Wright were
rendered and heartily encored.
The report on the hospital by Mrs.
L P Witter was to the effect that
the institution has been re-opened and
will be kept so from now on, plans
having been made for its mainten-
ance
Mrs. o. T. Hougen reported for
the Relief Committee that a number
Of needy families have been proVid-
ed with warm clothing and food
during the cold weather
Mrs. w F. Kellogg, chairman of
the library committee reported that
everything had been done to secure
a Carnegie library for Grand Rap
ids but owing to the bequests made
in the past to the public library the
prospects for a Carnegie library are
not very good. Mr. Carnegie thinks
Grand Rapids is already well proVid-
ed for.
Miss Helen GiIkey chairman of the
Consumers League reported that a
little over two hundred dollars had
been taken in for the sales of red
cross seals. One half of this a
mount will be kept in the city for
local work.
The home economics reports were
very interesting as well as instruc-
tive. 1t is hoped that the club can
devote whole meeting to Home E.
| economies next year.
The next meeting will be held at
the Lincoln school in March
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-18
GOOD ROADS
MEETING HAS
GOOD AT TENDANCE

Perhaps if the weather had not
been so piercing cold the attendance
at the good roads meeting at the
city hall Tuesday would have been
much larger. As it was, a goodly
number turned out and what was
done, like early planting on good
soil, will bear fruit. The object of
the meeting was a plan of the spe-
cial good roads committee to place
before the different town chairmen
a diagram or a map of Wood coun-
ty illustrating the main travelled
roads and with the assistance of
State Engineer Hirst, talk over in
general the necessary steps to be
taken under the new state highway
laws. Mr.. Hirst made a short ad-
dress giving his impressions on road
building as did also B. F. Mcmillan
whose views were quite contrary to
those of Mr.. Hirst Wood county
like all of the upper Wisconsin coun-
ties has many years of hard work
TO perform before reaching perfection
with her roads. But the agitation
thus begun, with the aid to be re-
ceived from the state, is bound to
result in great good. Improvement
of highways is the most neglected of
all important questions tending to
build up a country and bring riches
to the community through which they
pass. They are the railroads of ru-
raj life and in their building and re
pair should be as Systematically dealt
with as would be a street car line
or a modern railway Too much
should not be attempted in the be-
ginning. One mile Of we'll built road
is worth more than five times that
only half built. If the best road is
macadam, build as much of that kind
as the money in sight will build
and it will only be a few years be
fore Wisconsin has the good roads
enjoyed by other states.
Louis Amidson of the town of
Hiles was recommended by the
committee for the office of county
road foreman. His name will be
sent to the state highway commits
sion for appointment.
Amos Hasbrouck, Simon WorIund,
D. j. Kilday and Adolph Pankow,
members of the special roads com
mittee, were present at Mondays
meeting. -MarshfieId Hersid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-18
ANNUAL MEETING WOOD
COUNTY NATIONAL BANK

The annual meeting of the Wood
County National Bank was held Tues
day evening at their banking rooms.
The usual reports by the officers
were presented which reviewed the
business for the past year and show
ed the present financial condition
of this growing institution. The stock
was well represented and all stock
holders present seemed pleased and
well satisfied with the result for
the year.
The old officers and directors were
reelected as follows: Directors,
L. NJ. Alexander, G.. F. Steele, T.
E. Nash, F. J. Wood, E. Roenius, T.
E. Mullen, Judson G. Rosebush, L.
E. Nash, Guy o. Babcock. Officers,
F. J. Wood, President, L. NJ. Alex
ander, Vice President, Guy o. Bah
cock, Cashier, Warren G. Fisher, AS
sistent Cashier
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-18
R|VERVIEW HOS.
PITAL Cd. Re.
ORGANIZED
January 8, 1912.

January 8, 1912.
Tor some weeks past our local
hospital has been closed. Now a new
corporation without capital stock has
been formed to take over the prop
erty and to reopen the doors of
the institution This corporation
was started by a few, but anyone
may join, in fact everyone is asked
to join by paying a membership fee
Of five dollars or as much more as
they feel able.
The hospital will be managed by
the matron, and the following board
of directors elected at the meeting
held Jan. 2, 1912:
Geo. w. Mead-President.
Mrs. Isaac P. Witter-Vice Pres.
Mrs. E. w Elis-Treasurer
Mrs. James Wright-Secretary.
DR.. o. T. Hougen.
The membership list has been
started with some generous subscrip-
tions and it is to be hoped that
there will be a ready response when
it is generally circulated. Don't wait
for it--your subscription will be re-
ceiVed gladly by any of the board.
Put your hand in your pocket and
help boost.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-18
MANUFACTURING CON-
GERMS WILL HELP
SUPPORT HOSPITAL

A meeting was held Friday of the
owners and managers of the manufac
turing concerns in Grand Rapids and
vicinity to discuss the value of the
hospital as a business proposition
and to decide upon giving it support
on that basis. 1t was found that
l, ,427 employees are engaged in the
manufacturing plants, including the
paper mills. 1t was decided that the
maintenance of a good hospital in
the city is matter Of special i'm
portance and interest to our manufac
turing plants, all of which employ
men upon machinery or in hazard
Gus places, and the sentiment was
strongly in favor of supporting the
hospital both by payment of money
and by sending the injured or sick
to it for treatment.
1t was suggested that each of the
companies make a contribution of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-18

shall keep an accurate record OF
the proceedings of the board. He
must also take full minutes of all
evidence given before the board. 1t
is provided however, that the
board, with the approval of the as
SCISSOR of incomes, may employ a
stenographer, but the county clerk
must keep in his office a complete
record Of the proceedings of the
board.
No one connected with the assess
ment of incomes can divuIge or make
known in any manner whatever any
information coming to him in the
course of his official duties or permit
any book or paper obtained in pur-
suit of his duties to be seen, except
as provided by law. The penalty for
violation of this provision will be
punished by a fine of not less than
$100 or more than $500, or by i'm
prisonmont in the county Jail for
not less than one month or more thar
six months, or Imprisonment in the
state prison for more than two years
at the discretion Of the court. Such
convicted official shall also forfeit
his office and not be capable for
holding any public office in the state
for three years.-Stevens Point Jour
nal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-18
WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT THIS /?

A good one on the Cigar Manufac-
turers of Grand Rapids. 1t will be
remembered that they have been urg-
ing the smokers of this city to buy
home made cigars. Urging the
OUT TO VIM and Booster Spir-
it, towards that end. In this they
were wholly right and the smokers
have complied and their trade has
grown and increased and everybody is
glad. The cigar manufacturers are
all good fellows and We all enjoy
their success with them. They fall
down however, when they order cal
endars from a Minneapolis firm, that
could easily be printed here at home
by any of the local printing offices
It's thoughtlessness, that's all. Pret-
ty good one-on them just the same.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-18
DEATH AT ASYLUM
los. Prockpetz Bruised and Bat
tered Body Buried,

The sudden death Of JOS. Prockpetz
at the Wood County Insane asylum
and the battered condition of the
head and body, despite all the ef-
forts of the undertaken 10 give the
corpse a good appearance, has arous-
ed suspicion in the minds Of his
relatives that the death of Prockpetz
was not the result Of natural caus-
es, and they fear that his attend
ants know more about his bruises
and his sudden taking off than they
are willing to admit. They are
reported to account for the disfigure-
ment of his face by the statement
that he got these bruises by falling
out Of bed. 1t might be possible for
man to injure himself that badly
falling out of bed, but we must con-
fess that the story sounds unrea-
sonable. Can it be possible that we
are having a repetition in this coun-
ty asylum, and at this aerly stage
of its existence, Of the many brutal
tiles and horrors that are known to
have taken place in other institutions
of this character? Not long ago an
inmate from Vesper was said to
have fallen into or jumped into the
furnace and was burned alive. We
think this a sufficient cause to in
vestigate.- Valley Leader.
The above is another slam at the
Wood County Asylum and its man
agement. 1t is wholly without foun-
dation as anyone can learn by call
ing up the asylum by phone. 1t looks
as if it was purposely done for SEN
sationaI purposes. Mr.. Prockpetz
fell out of bed upon the floor
bout days before he died which dis
colored his forehead a little. He fell
out of his chair several times while
confined in said asylum. The Leader
is always looking for trouble and
generally finds it. No foundation
for such an article and it was Who'll
ly uncalled for.
The Trustees and Superintendent
court an investigation and this pa
tient was in a helpless condition be-
fore he was brought to the Wood
County Asylum.