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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13

tain Fl. w. Hogate, one for S11,SOO in
1878 and $2O,76O in 1888. The original
charges of forgery have been dropped.
Residents Of Mandan, n D., includ-
ing a popuIist editor, are taken to
Grand Forks for trial, having been in
dicted for driving United Stats mar
shals out of Mandan during the rail-
road strike.
Carl e. Beardsley Of Elkhart, Ind,
a student in the civil engineering de
.partment of the University of MiChi-
gan, has mysteriously disappeared
after writing his parents that he in
tended to commit suicide.
Cyrus Newkirk, president of the d
funct Sedalia MOI National bank,
has been indicted by the grand jury on
nine counts for forgery and grand
larceny, the same as j. G. Thompson,
the fugitive cashier.
One hundred and fifty men who have
been working on the new eruptive dis
ease hospital at Detroit have spr ad
smallpox to all parts of the city. Two
Of the carpenters have died and four
others are very low.
The entire business and editorial de-
partments of the San Francisco Ex-
aminer's Christmas edition will be
| turned over to society ladies. They
will do all the work on the paper and
devote the proceeds to sustaining a
ward for incurables at the Children's
hospital.
Rev. r. P. Corey, who was assaulted
/ by Joe Ryan at Gregory, Mo-, eight
| days ago, has died. Ryan created a
! disturbance at church and was re-
proved by the minister. Ryan way
+ laid Corey as he came out Of church
! and beat him over the head with an
! iron rod.
Farmer John W. RUBY, who lives
near Assumption, ILL.,, and who paid
! 81 to a young man for putting up
lightning rods, has been called upon
by the Pacific Express company at
Taylorville to meet four 800 notes.
He signed q recommendation for the
! lightning rod agent.
In the United States district court
. DIT Sdu l. EduClSCO DclOIc WuICu MALL
and Cassidy, American railway union
men, are being tried for conspiracy,
their counsel moved to have both the
United States district attorney and
his assistant removed from the case On
the ground Of bases and undue friend
Iiness for the Southern Pacific raj
road. The motion was denied.
Mrs. John 2. Grove, known as Con
gresham Brookshire's fortune teller
died at her home in Charlottesville,
Ind. She was born in Lexington, KY.
seventy-three years ago, but has lived
nearly a half century in Montgomery
county. Her fame as fortune teller
has spread far and wide, and was al
the more interesting because of her
frequently verified ability to locate
lost articles, divine the future and
delve into occultism generally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13
\ MEDICAL JOURNAL ENDORSES
GOLF

Golf is the game for the exhausted
says The London Hospital. No junior
is too young, no senior too old to learn
it: to learn it and to enjoy it. The
proof Of the pudding is in the eating.
On the golf links of st. Andrews the
man Of seventy looks fifty and the
man of fifty has the appearance of
thirty-fve. The chief reasons for this
are that both the old man and the
middle-aged can eat, digest and sleep.
There are scores, perhaps hundreds,
Of educated men of all classes, be-
tween the ages Of forty and ninety.
at st. Andrews at this moment, and
they are, without exception, the
healthiest and handsomest collection
Of middle-aged and old men the writer
has ever seen.
Sleeplessness, so far as the writer
was able to discover, in three weeks
sOjourn at st. Andrews, is absolutely
unknown to the regular golf player
One may almost say it is impossible
Living, as he does, in the open air, and
, taking several hours of daily exercise
without unpleasant fatigue. and with
a mind constantly but not laboriously
interested, he eats we'll, and so the
brain is adequately nOurished. The
blood, too, is thoroughly oXidized, and
by the due exercise of all the muscles
is made to flow evenly throughout the
body without abnormal concentration
upon the brain. These are the indis-
pensable conditions of sound and GER
tain sleep, and these conditions are adj
mirably fulfilled by regular and sys-
! tematic golfing. Golf has the merit
of being a real cure" under reason
able physiological conditions, and with
, the cure Of sleeplessness it brings
many other advantages, such as
strengthened muscles, a tOned-up
heart, a vigorous appetite, and sound
digestion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The senate met
at noon. A large number of bills,
petitions and memorials We're present
ed, mostly of a local character. At
the end of half an hour the senate ad-
jOurned.
In accordance with the decision of
the democrats, the house plunged at
once into routine business. Matters
considered during the first half of the
session We're of no general interest.
Bills appropriating $4,000 for the
dedication of Chickamauga and Chat
tanooga national park and for the ma
tional military park Of the battlefield
of Shiloh, for which $4,000 was ap
propriated, were passed.
Washington, Dec. 5.lmmediately
after the senate convened Mr.. Berry.
of Arkansas, introduced a bill to
create the territory of Indianola out
Of the present Indian territory.
Mr.. Dolph introduced a bill to for
felt unearned lands granted railroads.
The vice president laid before the
senate Lodges resolution calling oil
the secretary of state for information
as to the execution Of two Japanese
students by Chinese authorities while
the students were under the protec-
ton Of the United States. Lodge re-
viewed the hideous cruelties to which
the students were subjected. Mr. PEI
fer secured the floor for a long and
carefully prepared speech which he
read from printed sheets. 1t referred
to his resolution calling for informa-
ton as to the action of the secretary
Of the treasury in issuing bonds and
arranging public officials for perfidy
and uSurpation of authority. At the
close Of the speech the resolution was
adopted without division. 1t asked the
judiciary committee to inquire into the
action of the secretary of the treasury
in issuing bonds. Another r2so ution
by Mr.. PETER. for information from
the president as to the use of Uni ed
States troops at Chicago, during the
Pullman strike. brought out consider
able debate on the question Of is ref
erence to committee. The resolution
finally was referred to the judiciary
committee Mr.. Vest. (dem.) of Mis-
souri,. then addressed the senate on tbs
need of a change in the senate rules.
In the house, Mr.. B air offered a res
olution calling on the president for
all correspondence, Geographic or
otherwise, between this country and
China relative to the war between
China and Japan. 1t went on the CON-
mittee on foreign affairs.
Representative Picker presented a
resolution requesting the secretary Of
the treasury to furnish the house with
the names Of soldiers of the late war
discharged from his department since
the beginning Of his administration
and the cause of the dismissal in each
case.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13
CATHOLICS MAY JOIN.
ALL SECRET ORDERS EXCEPT
THE MASONIC.
Archbishop Ireland so Cecides-Mon-
signor Pavoux Concurs in the
Opinion.

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. S.-The fact
is just published that in the arch di-
Geese Of st. Paul, Catholics may join
any secret society except the Masonic
order. This has been known for some
time, but not generally. Judge Kelly,
of the district court, has just Joined
the Knights of Pythias, although he
is one of the most prominent laymen
in America, and considerable talk
among secret society members has re-
suited, as other prominent Catholics
are also joining. One of them, also
Catholic, said:
Archbishop Ireland has decided that
Catholic may join any secret or
der except the Masonic, SO Catholics
are at liberty to do as they please in
that regard. No pubic announcement
of the fact has been made, but there
is the best authority for the state
ment and it is generally understood
among Catholics. Monsignor PavOux
gives it as a fact. When questioned
about the matter Archbishop Ireland
said: 4 do not care to say anything
about the matter one way or the other,
good, bad, or Indifferent"
LATER.
St Paul, Mimi, Dec. 9.-Later in the
evening Archbishop Ireland in an in
terview with an associated press rep
resentadve said: 'The question
Catholics should belong to
secret societies such as Sons Of Tenn
perance. Odd Fellows and Knights of
Pythias or not. is now being consid-
cred by the authorities at Rome and
4 decision will be given soon. In the
Catholics will do well not
to seek membership In these societies."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13
FOREIGN FLASHES.

Emperor William opened the high
bridge over the North sea canal. DR..
Won Boetticher delivered the address.
Father O'Connor, New York priest,
in a sermon on the Lexow investiga-
ton, attacks Archbishop Corrigan and
defends Archbishop Ireland.
The Italian parliament opened. King
Humberts speech from the throne was
somewhat coldly received.
The Hungarian cabinet was defeated
in the lower house, which rejected the
bill to substitute the new Comedy
theater.
The Baltimore started from Maya
saki to send marines for the protec-
ton of Minister DENLY at Picking.
Japan, it is said, will increase her de-
mands upon China according to the
time hostilities are prolonged.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13
LET US CLEAN OUR OWN DOOR
STEP

Breeders Gazette:-We invite at
tention to the following press dispatch
sent from Washington under recent
date:
''Indications multiply to show that
the German government is pursuing a
repressive policy toward importations
from the United States that in the end
may call for retalia ton. The latest
evidence is contained in a report to
the state department from United
States Consul Robertson at Hamburg.
He says that a movement is being set
on foot by the imperial government
looking to the complete exclusion of
dried and evaporated apples from the
United States which are found to con-
tain more than specified amount of
zinc, supposed to have been taken up
from the zinc frames on which the
fruit is dried. AS a result the trade
would severely suffer. The consul sug-
gestS that fruit-driers change their
methods and use wooden frames, as
it is all-important that articles sent
from the United States to Germany
should be prepared in every direction
so as to offer no grounds for complaint
on the part of either German officials
or competing dealers, such as must be
justly and successfully used to injure
or destroy our trade. Enclosures sent
with the report from our consular
agencies show that attacks made in
the German papers ON American prod
ucts have extended to American seeds
clover, timothy, etc.-which are sup
posed to have been adulterated and
worthless
The singular thing about all this hue
and cry over Germany's 'repressive'
attitude toward American products is
the fact that certain ignorant or lying
people about the capitol insist on mis-
informing the public that it is purely
a political move on the part Of Ger
many in the line Of retaliation for our
differential duty against German
sugar. The general public, which
knows little or nothing of the facts,
accepts as the gospel truth whatever
Is sent out by the Washington cor
or press agencies-more's
the pity, as between sensatiOnalism
and partisanship our daily news is
ordinarily so sadly colored that it's own
mother would not recognize it. There
is no object of more sincere pity than
the man who accepts without question
ing the statements of the daily press
n the present generation. This as
;ertion is made with q full knowledge
IF the gravity of the charge it implies. ;,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13

Chicago, Dec. S.-The dead body of
j. A. Barnes, the janitor of the Hia-
watha building at Twenty-fifth and
Thirty-seventh streets was found
damned into packing case which had
been thrust into a hole beneath the
sidewalk on South Park avenue. The
body. which was naked with the eX-
ception of pair of socks, bore over
a score of ugly wounds. half of them
sufficient to have caused death. The
wounds evidently were inflicted with
both a cutting edge and the blunt
side of an axe and covered the body
from the right temple to the knees.
Two men are III custody charged
with the crime and Inspector Hunt is
confident that he has the man who
murdered Barnes. The men are Ed
ward Jordan, assistant janltOr of the
building, and Lewis Jersey, who hung
around the building. The crime un-
queStionably was committed in the
basement of an apartment house as
the police discovered clothing worn by
Barnes when last seen alive. and
blood Smeared the axe with which the
deed was done. In addition to this
blood was found in several places in
the basement and signs Of a struggle
were plainly visible. No other motive
than robbery is aScribed for the crime,
for Barnes. as far as known, had no
enemies, and watch and $50 in
money, which he had upon his person
when last seen, are missing. The pO-
lice also are looking for Annie Haheny,
with whom Barnes was once intimate.
After killing Barnes in the basement
the murders endeayored to shove the
body face downward into packing
case, three and half feet long, two
feet wide and ten inches deep. In
order to force the body in, the legs
were bent under the trunk and the
right leg was broken above the knee
in order to facilitate the packing op-
Grafton. The left hip was siashed and
pounded with the axe in order to al
low the bending of the body. In adj
dition to these wounds there is a hole
in the left temple dealt with, awful
force and which must have killed the
recipient instantly. There was wick
ed cut across the back Of the head and
half a dozen smaller wounds around
the base Of the skull and the upper
portion of the neck
In the chest were several CHASTITY
wounds and deep gashes in the alb
domen and on the thighs. The back
bone was cut through in two places
and the left jaw and cheek bones
were battered into splinters. The ev-
idence against Jordan is chiefly Of his
own admission. He called at the
mOrgue to see il he could Identify the
body, thinking, he said, that it might
be Barnes who he had not seen since
Tuesday, He at once identified the
body as that of Barnes. 1t was con-
clusively proven that he had been with
Barnes later than Tuesday, they hav-
ing been seen together Wednesday af-
ternoon He was several times in the
basement of the building since
Wednesday night when the murder
was possibly committed and made no
report of the blood stains which are
now plainly visible to casual observ-
ance. These things decided the police
to take him into custody, although he
and Jersey deny having any knowl-
edge of the crime.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13

questions and the encouragement of a
closer study of educational problems
by local school officers must be move
in the right direction.
At the proposed meeting for school
boards the following topics will be
discussed: The Appointment and Dis
missal Of Teachers, The Training of
Teachers, the Selection of Textbooks.
the Relation Of the Board to its Su-
perintendent, School Visitation. the
Relation Of the Board to the Commu-
nifty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13
BOOM CONCERN FAILS.
The Heuver & Glidden Shoe Company
Goes Under.

Decatur, ILL.,, Dec. THE Heuver &
Glidden shoe company made an as
signment to Samuel S. Jack; liabili
ties 5000; assets $4,000, not includ-
ing $4,000 in bad accounts. Four years
ago citizens gave the company $1,000
to come here. Nine thousand in real
estate will revert to the citizens.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13

The Wisconsin Teachers association
will hold its forty-second annual meet
ing at Madison, Dec. 26, -, %. The
following is an outline program:
L. College admission requirements.
Greek, history, mathematics. Each
subject will be presented from two
stand points, the college and the high
school, and will be open for general
discussion.
II. Literature and reading.-Miss
Mae e. Schneider, Milwaukee.
III. Public libraries and the
schools.-Miss L. E. Stearns, Milwau-
kee public library
". The report of the committee of
ten.-Dr. Stearns
V. Correlation of stUdies.-MisS Ar
mold, Minneapolis.
VI. Manual training.-What has
manual training for our girls miss
Coburn, Menomonie. The adaptation
of manual training to lower grades
Prof. Shepherd, Milwaukee.
VII. Report spelling
DR.. J. W. Stearns. chairman Of adj
visory committee.
VIII. Report: Adaptation in courses
IF study and grading of departments
to meet individual needs.-Supt AL
bert Hardy, chairman of special COM
mittee.
TX. Report:-The ethics of the
school as affected by the character OF
penalties.-Supt. G. E. Patzer, chair.
man Of special committee.
x. Report Legislative committee
Pres. L. D. Harvey, chairman.
XI. Round-table conference.-the
mary teachers, grammar teachers, col
lege section, normal section, manual
training section, city superintendent
and principals sections, county super
intendents' section, Greek section.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13
TO FIGHT THE UTES.

Salt Lake, Utah, Dec. 7.-ColoneI e.
w. Tatlock, of the militia, has gone to
San Juan county with 100 carbines
and 1000 rounds of ammunition,
which will be furnished to the citizens
who are threatened by invasion of Ute
Indians, from Colorado.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13
FISHERS PLURALITY.

Milwaukee, Dec. IA canvass OF
the vote for senator in the seventh
senatorial district shows that G. T.
Fisher, republican, received $3.50 votes
and George Winans, democrat, 3,13O,
which makes Fishers plurality $3.50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13

Mr.. McRae, (dem.), of Arkansas,
from the committee on public lands,
called up the bin to prevent the free
use Of timber on public lands and it
passed. Nh. Richardson then called up
the conference report on the printing
b. which was under considera ton the
day before, and it was adopted-136 to
%. Mr.. Cultivate, from the commit
tee on rules, thereupon presented a
special order for the consideration of
the IA lway pooling bill each day after
the morning hour, until disposed Of.
The order was ayr, ed to without di-
vision.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13
CANAL BUILDER DEAD.
Ferdinand de Lesseps Expires at
Paris
Paris, Dec. S.-Count Ferdinand de
Lesseps, the famous engineer, is dead.

Ferdinand de Lesseps was born at
Versailles in 1905, son Of Jean Bap-
fist Barthelemi, Baron de Lesseps.
When 20 years old he was appointed
to the French consulate at
Lisbon. His commission to negotiate
for the construction Of the Suez canal
was given in 1854, but not until 1856
was the Compagnie Internationale
formed for this purpose. 1t was
opened in 1869, the year witnessing
the competitor of perhaps the greatest
piece of engineering of modern times
and the highest triumph of the indie
fatigable man who had constructed it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13

Washington. Dec. TN the house
Mr.. McRae from the committee on
public lands, called up the bill to pro-
tect forest reservations.
Mr. Wells, of Wisconsin, opposed
the bill in every feature. The effort
to drive this bill through under the
whip and spur, smelled. he would say
savored if he did not have such high
respect for the chairman OF public
lands committee, of DOODLE 1t was
said that the forestry association was
behind this bill There was another
association behind it which had it's
origin in Maine fifty years ago and
1t was an association Of timber thieves
and land sharks That association
was behind the bill. If these timber
thieves were allowed to go into public
forests they would bride the agents of
the interior department and destroy
them.
The debate on the pooling bill was
participated in by Mr.. Bartlett and
Mr.. Cochran, of New York, and Mr.
Wise, of Virginia, in support; and by
Mr.. Bryan, of Nebraska, and Mr.
Northway, of Ohio, in opposition. The
bulk Of the opposition to the bill seems
to be directed at the section of the bill
which gives railroads the right to ap-
peal ITO the courts from the decisions
of the commission revOking pooling
orders.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13
MURDER MOST FOUL
MYSTERIOUS CRIME CAUSES J. A
BARNES DEATH.
BODY FOUND TANNED INTO A
PACKING CASE.

Not Unlike the Cronin Affair-A Score
of Ugly Wounds-Two Men in Gus
tody on Suspicion-Edwin Jordan
and Lewis Jersey Arrested-A
Woman in the Case
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13
BADGER TEACHERS
\ GREAT MEETING To BE HELD
THIS MONTH.
THE FORTY SECOND ANNUAL
CONFERENCE.

Outline Of the Many Notable Features
Which Have Been Arranged for the
Occasion-High Schools, Primary
Departments, Colleges and Acad-
emieS to Receive Attention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13

Washington, Dec S.-The pooling
bill was again discussed in the house
and those who participated in the de-
bate were Mr.. Gear, Mr.. Dalzell, Mr..
Grow, and Mr.. Mahon, all in favor of
the bill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-06-07
the THACKERVlLLE THIHKLETs.
A MEWSY LETTER FROM our
CORRESPONDENT.
Tha TomaSo Growors' AssOOa@tAOn
Duly 0rgani.ed-Fine Crops.
Othor News Incidents.

THACKERvILLE, I. T., June T.
Erops are fine here, better prospects
for q large yield of corn and cotton
than for years.
The Thackervillc Tomato Growers
Association is now fixture. 1t has
for its president, Hon. Henry Wells,
aud Prof. A. l. Luckey, secretary.
The tomato rush will begin July g..
and it is prophesied by those in the
business that seventy>five rrfrigera-
tor car lots will be shipped 10 Denver
and other far distant points.
Mrs Cooper will soon take posses
sion of her new purchase, the Cot
tage hotel, and we boys are glad for
it win be an A Eostelry.
Rev. Mr.. Wright, a divine of the
Baptist ministry. held a prOtracted
nesting at the Union church last
week. He was assisted by Rev
Hicks.
Prayer meeting at Methods: church
was well attended on last nigh.
Heavy rain ON 5th inst, here. 1t
was needed aud of course welcomed.
Our VI. DPS are doing a thriving
business here. The sickness of the
cOnInunity Is only OF a trivial nature
such a. chiIls and light fevcrs.
A young man here has wed ON The
quiet aud his parents ale hot. Ran
dolph G-issom hied himself away Il
gainesville, Tex, aud married d Mis-
Waddle. Both parties are tcmpOrar!
sojoHrners in the land of the Rec
man. Luck, health, prosperity is ou
wish, Randolph and may your joys b.
large ones aud troubles little ones.
X. L.