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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-13

A French physician, Dr. Gautier, has
fallen martyr to his zeal in investi-
eating the subject of infection by
tuberculosis germs. While pulveriz-
ing pulmonary discharges for the pur-
pose of making experiments he be-
came himself infected, and died early
in November. Dr. Gautier treated the
wound which Boulanger received in
his duel with Floquet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-17
THE FATAL BLIZZARD.
An Unprecedented Number of Deaths
from the Cold
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. l6.

MISSEAPoLIs. Jan. To-
The Journals revised list of the blizzard
fatalities shows 81 deaths in Dakota, l2 in
Minnesota, 6 in Iowa, II in Nebraska, 2 in
Montana total 1926. Fifty-ive are reported
missing.
In Dakota the list foots up as follows ::
Yankton. Jacob Schaef. Joseph kecker, An
ME Schufeldt and sister man named Cole
man and two unknown persons. Vigil, Per-
son brothers and an unknown man Went
worth, Mrs o. T. Owen. Lenno1. -Four
children Of Peter Weigner. Chamberlain,
Annie Anderson. Corning, an unknown wo-
man and child. Ashton, Chas. Osman. Les
Stansfeld, teacher. st. Lawrence, A.
Grosley VIM. Bowman. Mellette, school
teacher and four pupils. Claremont, Miss
Stubienne. teacher. Aberdeen. VIM. Nor
rell, farm hand. Worthwhile Fl. S. Capen,
collector from Minneapolis Hamlin coun-
ty, Palmer Sarah Dolan. Castlewood. young
1ittleroff Sioux Falls, Mrs. James kenne
dy and son. Faulker, Joseph Metz,
farmer Clamp, boy named May,
an unknown woman Watertown, stage
driver to Webster. Mandan, mail
driver between Salem and Danton, Par
ker, four children of Peter Wergna- Miller,
Jerry and Sam Bowman. Bristol, Harrison
Smoots Hurley, Lizzie ID. Wier- lnwood,
Iowa, old man Serry.
The list of missing includes Liveryman
Smith, Norville, Oak. John o'Connor, Ellis
worth, Mimi Flandreau, Oak, two young
men. Mitchell, OAK, Messrs Bergman and
Deyce. Nichols and Lawrence, near Huron,
nah and four children.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-17
GRIMES and ACCIDENTS.
KEEPS BODY WANTED
BY His Wife to Prove Her Claims and
Assist in Recovering his Property,
NEW YORK, Jan.

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.
Mrs Mary r. Keep. the divorced wife of
the late Chas. ID. Keep of the Wall Street
News, has petitioncd the Queens county
court to open the grave in Cavalry cemetery,
where Keep is supposed to be buried, to fur
nish evidence of death or to support her
claim that Keep is alive, or if dead, muir
dered.
Mrs Keeps story is; married Keep in
1872. and owing to Vaccinations by Cuthbert
Mills and Bridget Mcmahon was led to OBJ
tain divorce in 1884. Bridget McMahon
then married Keep, who apparently died in
June, 1887, at Long Branch. His will was
in Bridget McMahon's favor. and was dated
1881 aud probated
Mrs Keep claims that this ia null and
void, and that in 1873 Keep made will in
her favor She says she furnished the mon
ev to start the Wall Street News. She was
about to sue Keep to recover the money and
also about to apply for an annulment of the
divorce when Keep was reported to have died
at Long Branch.
She was prevented from seeing the body
or attending the funeral, and has affidavit of
the jantor of the building in which Keeps
office was situated stating that Keep was seen
there the day before the alleged death. The
certificates of the death and burial misstatc
his age. and nativity of the deceased. Keep
often told her if he were cornered in trouble
he would feign death, and escape by the aid
of friends who would report him dead. Also
declared that after the arrangement from
her began, he would prevent her in some way
of recovering the property. and his busi-
ness is still carried on as if be lived. Mrs.
Keep alleges that he is alive in a conspiracy
with Mills and Keeps second wife TO de-
fraud her, or else he was murdered by the
two to get control of property valued at
$500 900. An order to exhume the body
will be used tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-17
GARDINER.

By an oversight, the name of J. Thomas
as secretary of the Reform Club, was omit
ted from the list of officers.
Two men decided to have few rounds on
the sidewalk in front of Wilbur Searl's store
in Randolph, and the result was that one
knocked the other through large pane Of
glass in the door
Capt. James, wife and son of Exeter, N.
H., formerly of Randolph, are in this place
for short time.
A. L. Berry is adjusting some insurance on
the life of the late Gov Bodwcll for the
heirs.
The Gardiner Loan and Building Associa-
ton is in very prosperous condition, hav-
ing just declared dividend on all shares up
to Jan. |, 1887, of 6 per cent. per annum, and
have loans TO the amount of S4l0O. II 10
ton in the State considering its age.
Z. +. Ilanly, clerk at the johnson House.
was called to Thomaston ON account of the
illness of his father. Steve Marson takes
his place
yesterday.
City Marshal Norton went to Boston yes
terday afternoon, on business come cted with
the Charley Sborey case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-17
BOwDOINHAM.

Ice operations are in progress. Clark 4
Chaplin on the kennebcc are filling their
house with good, thick ice. On the Csthance
this Spring Cove Ice Co is nearly ready for
commencing operations. VIM. A. Wood 10
filling his new ice house with the frosen
product for local consumption. Private ice
houses are being filed from the same source.
S. b. Glazicr, Esq, Of Kansas was in town
yesterday looking after his ice interests.
W. =. Carr of the firm of s. W. Carr :
Son royalty entertained and feasted party
of gentlemen friends one evening last week.
Two were present from Brunswick.
The concert given in the high school
room on Saturday evening was a success.
The Knights of Pythas give a public in
stallation in Town hall one night this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-17
LAST EVENINGS NEWS.
Blaine Arrives at Venice.-Two Skele-
tons Found on Plum Island. Col F. D
Grant to be Quar- antine Commissioner
of N. "a Chattanooga Man Poisons
Six Persons-Ice Cutting on the Hud-
son Begun.

Mr. Blaine has arrived in Venice, where
he will remain for some time.
Rumors of the socialistic designs upon the
life of the Crown Prince are unfounded.
Michael O'Bren of Fall River, Mass, was
fatally kicked by his wife, Monday after
noon. The woman was arrested.
Two bands organized to cause rising in
Bulgaria, were defeated by Turkish soldiers
before they crossed the frontier.
A postoffice has been established at Forest
Station Washington county, and Albion
Heaton appointed postmaster.
The motion for a new trial in the Driscoll
case at New York, has been denied and
Driscoll will be hanged next Fridav.
The last coal shipped down the Reading
road from the Schuylkill ncgions was on Sat
urday. Since then not pound has come
down.
Mr. Frank Lghtfoot of Chattanooga, Tenn,
put poison into the food and poisoned
six persons one of whom, Mr.. Henry Vaughn
died soon after eating.
The Porte has advices from ST. Peters
burg denying the rumors of actual or intend
ed Russian disarmament in connection with
the Bulgarian question.
The Tageblott reports that there is seri-
ous difference of opinion between DIR. Nc
Kenzie and the German doctors in regard to
the Crown Princes case.
Frank Colman of Brooklyn, while intoxi-
Gated attempted to enter house not his own,
and was fatally shot by its occupant. He
was mistaken for a burglar.
The farm house of Mrs S mith Colboth OF
New Durham, \ H, was burned Sunday
She was sick IN bed and narrowly escaped
perishing in the flames; loss sl,2o0 small
insurance.
Rev. Henry f. O'Reilly of the Annun-
cation RomAt Catholic church at Shenan-
doah, Penn, preached on Sunday against
strikes He urged the miners TO return to
work rega-le-s II the railroads.
4 dispatch from Massovah says: The
king OF Abyssiu.a has summoned Rasaluls
and other chief to a council at Adowah, t.
arrange for forward movement when th'
main body joins Rasalula's force at Asmara
Monday morning the cutting and housing
of ice on the Hudson was begun at all point
| from Rhinebeck north to Albany. The croI
/ is little over 5000 900 tons and II 900 meI
and boys, 4 900 horses and 100 steam, ,enginet
Z will gather it. The ice is excellent.
/ The administration at Mexico has deter
mined 10 strictly enforce in Lower Californi;
/ the Law which prohibits foreigners acquiring
/ title 10 real estate in Mexico within twentl
| leagues of the boundary line, while encour-
aging immigration into Lower California.
| The following Maine pensions were grant
ed, Monday Huldah, widow of Jos. Ab
bott, Caribou Geo. W, father of Geo.
Strout, Lewiston; original-Geo. E. Clark
National Military Home; Jno W. Elsinore
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-17
At the State House.

"The Free High School has come to stay"
remarked Mr.. Wardsworth, of the State Su-
perintcndent of Schools office, to "A
Journal reporter yesterday. "This fact is
shown" he added "by the small number of
schools which now have to depend for the
local fund upon private donation. The
towns are becoming more and more willing
to vote money for these schools and the sys-
TEN has become permanent and a success
one"
coming IMP
VERY well indeed. We have already
heard from ninety -four towns which should
say was about half the number to be heard
from Many towns do not draw their money
sem-annually but prefer to wait and draw
the whole amount at the end of the year"
The experiments recently made in the
State Board of Health Department on the
action of disinfectants upon textile fabrics
and colors show some very curious results.
The little strips of cloth-both cotton and
woolen-thus treated are neatly pinned upon
long pieces of brown paper and labeled with
the name of the disinfectant used upon them
Some of them are completely ruined, only
two or three pieces of the whole series re-
eaten up. Other series are badly bleached,
still others are considerably stained, while
some do not appear to have been affected in
the least. The disinfectants used on these
latter will oubtless be the ones which will
be for practical home use. The value of
these experiments will not need to be demon
strated. The vast good which has been ac-
complisbed in the State by the circular on
"disnfectants" with directions for preparing
and using them issued and scattered quite
broadcast among the people Of the State
can never be estimated. An interesting eX-
pertinent in progress at the health department
yesterday was the colorng of solutions of
corrosive sublimate with permanganate of
potassium, for the purpose Of determining
the smallest quantity which could be used
and yet be sufficient to overcome the organic
matter in the water and give the solution a
distinct color. As solution of corrosive
sublimate is perfectly coloring matter, it is
quite important to indicate its deadly char
acter and guard against mistakes in using
it.
Labor Commissioner Matthews has sent
the last batch of copy for his report to the
printer and it is expected that this volume will
be out this week. We can assure our read
ers that they will find it intensely interesting
as well as instructive reading The indez
which Mr.. Matthews was arranging yester-
day shows wide and comprehensive range OF
topics. The volume will also embrace the
report of Deputy Commissioner Campbell
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-17
MAINE DISPATCHES.
FATAL RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.
Deputy Collector ". A. Cromwell Killed.
James Gibbons Has an Arm Broken and
is Otherwise Injured
LEwIsroS, Jan. Is

LEwIsToS, Jan. Is.
This evening, W. 4. Cromwell, deputy col
lector Of internal revenue, and James Glib
bons, who recently moved to Lewiston from
Boston, borrowed A. T. Meals team to
90 TO Auburn. In turning the corner, the
mare hit her foot which frightened her into
run, coming down the steep hill into Maine
street, Auburn. Attempting to turn, Glib
bons was thrown out and Cromwell went
completely over him, striking either an elec
trick light pole or the curbing, on his head.
There was blow across the right side and
his skull was fractured.
Gibbons had AN arm broken and his head
Was badly cut, but he pluckily picked up
Cromwell, placed him in another team and
brought him to the Elm House, where he
died in half an hour. Cromwell did not re-
cover consciousness and his body was taken
to Cranes undertaking rooms, where it will
BE- prepared for burial
The horse was regarded very gentle,
children having driven her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-17
THE COMMISSIONERS
the Bradford Accident

HAVERHILL, Jan. 10.
The investigation by the Iaverhill
police commission of the Bradford
accident was resumed Monday morning
Several railroad employees were examined
who expressed it as their opinion that the
tfange of the car wheel was broken by the
switch-rod. After an intermisson, the COM
mission again assembled at p. NJ. Eng-
neer Warren French gave the same testi-
mony as before the railroad commissioners
and was corroborated by the fireman, Henry
Wilson. Geo. X. Neatly of Bradford always
considered that the rate of speed past Brad
ford station was excessive, and had laid the
matter before the seectmen, asking them to
petition the railroad commissioners to forbid
the trains running faster than l2 miles
per hour between Bradford station and IIa-
verhi,.
l.. z. Prescott corroborated the last wit
ness.
General Manager Furber gave his views
and told Judge Carter that he would visit the
place and convince him that the cause of the
accident was broken wheel
The investigation closed and the decision
was reserved
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-17
WEST PITTsToN.

Mr.. Eben Richardson, formerly of this
place, but who lately has been stopping in
Boston, occupying the position of watchman
IN large building there, one night recently,
as he was going down into the basement Of
the building after some coal, slipped and fell
down the stairs on to a stone floor, receiving
injuries which caused his death few days
afterward His remains were brought to
this place on Monday of last week and the
funeral was held on Wednesday at the resi-
dence of his son-in-law, Mr.. Emery welch.
The remains were placed in the cemetery
near the Colburn school house. The de-
ceased was about 60 years of age and leaves
two sons and three daughters to mourn his
death The two sons live somewhere out
West, consequently they could not attend
the funeral. One daughter lives in Massa-
chusetts, one in Dresden, and one in West
fittston, and were all present at the funeral.
The knickerbocker Ice Co. opened their
canal last Thursday afternoon and got ready
for running and started up in good earnest
Friday morning.-Clark and Chaplin at
Goodwin's Point, also began housing last
Friday Consumers Ice Co. (Wceks) began
scraping last Friday. We understand that
they intend TO fill all Of their houses at this
place.-The Independent and Great Falls
ice companies have been scraping their ice
and have grooved some of it. They intend
TO begin housing on Monday of this week.
The ice all along the river never was in bet
ter condition than at the present time. II
will average about IL inches in thickness
and has cost but very little for scraping.--
Mr.. Alonzo Mcdonald and wife have moved
into Mr. Basford's new tcncmcnt.-Mr. X.
ii. Lapham our veteran farmer, lost a very
valuable pair of two year old steers q short
time ago. They were tied up in the barn
side by side and one got over the other in
the night which crossed their nccks, choking
them both; one neck was broken. Both
were dead when found in the morning, al
though one Of them was warm This was
the most promising pair of steers that Mr.. Lap
ham ever raised, (and he has raised . good
many and it is quite loss for him.-Ths
officers of Pittston grange, No. PA, p. Of II.
were installed last Wednesday evening. Jan.
llth, by Past Master J. b. Ripley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-17
MARKET REPORTS.
Now York Produce Market.

NEW YORK Jan. 10.
fLOUR-.Receipts, s9i0; exports. 3,2i6. sales. 10.
ooo City mill extra, - 5Oa4 70, fine, Z l0a7 70;
superfne. toa3 %; extra MOI, 9ss3 ~. Ainne
sofa extra, 45ai 70; winter wheat extra, 96a3 "
southern. steady; Rye -four, In moderate request.
WHEAT Receipts,6 go; exports. ,so2; sAles ~
90, spot, firm but quiet. No. Chicago, yib; defsd
No cred, s3las3i; elevator, s5assl dofvd 10 red,
nominal, ~; No. white, nominal, 93a.
RYR--dull.
BAILEY firm
CoRS..Receipts, $3.50; exports, 2.ssI; sales, ~
900; spot and arrive No. 2, OIL store, 6s1aSi: e.
livered, IS; No. white. S.
.Receipts 81. 900; exports zsoe: sales, lJS-
oo0 spot No g. &c; do white 4is4il No. q a. la33&;
do white, Is; No. l, nominal; do white, ;4gl mixed
Western, ;oa40; white do; +0af6.
CoFFEE--.fair, Rio, dull, Is1.
sUGAR--quiet and frm refined. quiet; standard.
i3 iooa6i, cut loaf and crushed. 7s7I; powered.
6ta6I; cubers, 6ia6i.
PETRoLEUN..-steady, united, ~.
PoRK---duil
REEP-dull.
LARD.-.lower, rather dull, western steam. spot.
81 IL. city steam rs; refined 10; continent' %.
BrrTER-firm.
CHEEsE-very steady.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

CAMS variety theatre at Steubenville, o.,
was burned Monday. Annie Hyndman, an
actress was burned to death.
Ejectment notices have been posted on the
Countess of kingstons estate at Mitchells-
town, Ire, against 42o tenants who adopted
the plan of the campaign. The latter cleared
their farms of all seizablc stock.
The cold held with remarkable persistence
at Helena, Mont, on Monday. The sun
shone brightly while the mercury fingered
around thirty degrees below zero. Tonight
it i, thirty-fve below. Reports from the
ranges indicate that there is no great suffer
ing. The cattle are weathering the storm
we'll.
Wilson Barrett, an actor, was victimlzed
in London Oh Monday while moving. by
a swndler. nan with furniture in van
called and stated ;aat he had been directed
TO remove the contents of the drawing room.
The servants assisted him and loaded the
van with pictures and the whole of the val
liable furniture. The sharper drove away
and the police have been unable to find any
trace of him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-17

Der was made and failed; yeas, "a. nays Isl.
A resolution was reported by the COM
mittee on accounts, assigning clerks to all
committees. agreed TO by l24 to So.
The house then adjourned.
The National Convention of the American
Shipping and Industrial League, which con-
vened here today. is largely attended. Re
representatives. from the Chambers of Com
merce and Boards of Trade of New York,
Boston. San Francisco. New Orleans, Sayan-
nah, Mobile, and other large commercial
centers are in attendance. Discussions will
be read governing all the phases of American
shipping, and measures will be suggested for
its relief and the encouragement OF our mer-
chant marine. Members of the Maine
delegation in Congress will take an active
part in the proceedings of the convention,
representing the New England shipping in
terests. Among the delegates from Maine
are Arthur Sewall and \. J. Fuller of Bath,
j. S. Winslow and Capt. W. f. Dennison
of Portland and Richard E. Goodwin of
Rockland
The first meeting of the league was held
Monday morning at Willards hall, Seventy
five delegates were present. A letter was
read from Admiral Porter. Ii says that the
motto of the league, "don't give up the ship
opened an issue more important than the
tariff or the surplus. You come" the let
ter continues, "for the purpose of taking
measures to revive our once magnificent
ocean commerce and to retain the enormous
sum of one hundred and sixty million year
which passed out of the country in gold,
taken from the circulating medium, and gone
into the pockets of foreigners. The restora-
ton of our mercantile marine is inseparable
from the rehabilitation of the navy"
Col Switzler, chief of the bureau of sta
tistics, read a paper on 1.-The impotency of
our merchant marine"
Hon. Geo. b. Loring delivered an address
on the relations of the farmer to American
shipping.
VIM. II. Bigelow of Augusta, formerly
superintendent of Railway Mail service in
Maine, was today appointed Postmaster of L.
). Senate 10 succeed j. W. Allen of New
Jersey. Mr.. Bigelow who has been absent
some weeks on sick leave has returned great
ly improved in health.
Speaker Carlisle was taken suddenly with
a congestve chill this evening while at din
ner, and had to be assisted to his room by
Mrs. Carlisle. The chill was followed by a
high fever and for an hour the Speaker was
slightly delirous. At late hour his condi-
ton was somewhat improved. The doctor
attributes his illness to a low state of the
nervous system, due to overwork 1t is
preside over the House for several days.
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The Latest from the Ring

About 2500 people attended Jack McAu-
litf s benefit at Music Hall, Boston. Monday
evening.
There was a ten round sparring match at
Cleveland, O., Monday night between Mer-
vine Thompson, alias "Thuuderbolt," of this
city, and George Peters, colored of Detroit,
with ounce gloves, for S75 aud % per cent of
the gate receipts. Thompson weighed s20
pounds and Peters los pounds. Thompson
was knocked down repeatedly and received a
Quietus in the 9th round.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
ANNEXATION
Advocated BY Jeffrey Mccall OF Nova
Scotia.


HALIFAx, Jan. l6.
Jeffrey Mccall, member of the provin-
cial Legislature for Picton in speech to his
constituents today, advocated the immediate
abolition of local legislatures and the annex
alton of Nova Scotia to the United States
His idea is that with the North American
continent and the West Indies under one
government on this side of the Atlantic, and
the British government over the United
Kingdom, India. Australia and Africa the
Anglo-Saxon race will maintain the peace of
the whole world.
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MORE DEATHS
Reported From the Blizzard Stricken
Regions OF the West

ST. PAUL, Jan. l6.
Scattering reports continue to come in
of the loss of life by the great storm. Tyn-
dali six persons were known to have perish
ed there. Appleton reports that Ole Wig sat
frozen stiff in his sleigh when he got home.
Mr. Joseph keff of North Yankton, OAK,
started for short distance to get her child
home from school, got bewildered and froze
to death near home. The dead body of a
man was found at Utica, miles north of
Yankton. A man named Bruce left in a
team and wandered 30 miles when found he
was brought to Yankton badly frozen and is
in a critical condition.
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Meeting of the Governor and Council.

The Council came together at o'clock
last evening. The nomination of Hon J. o.
Smith Of Skowhegan as insurance commits
sioner was confirmed. Commissions Smith
presented his bonds to the Governor
and Council. The bonds were accepted and
placed on file. His sureties are Gen. X. B.
Shepherd and Hon. A. r. Bixby of Skow-
hogan. The remainder Of the evening was
occupied with business Of routine nature.
The Council adjourned to Feb. IA.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
SIGNAL SERVICE.
Weather Indications for the Next "a
Hours.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Office Of the Chief Signal Officer,
WAsHIsGros, Jan II, A. NJ.
For Maine Warmer fair weather, fol-
loved by snow. Ligh, to fresh winds, in
ereasing in force, becoming easterly.
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AN ADDRESS FORMULATED
BY the Reading Board CT Trade and City
Government

READINH. Pa, Jan. I6.
The joint committee of the board of trade
and the city council appointed to pre-
sent a memorial to Mr.. Corbin indicative of
the feeling of business men and manufactur
ing concerns of the Schuylkill valley met to
night and formulated an address to be trans
mitted to Corbin tomorrow evening.