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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
CYCLISTS IN REVOLT.

Webster City, Iowa, May 1.-THE
city council has just passed an ordi-
nance doing away with scorching on
the public streets and compelling BIZ
cycle riders to use a lamp at night.
Last night to show their disapproval
of the ordinance a hundred riders
formed in line, and amid the rafting
of all kinds of bells and the blowing of
tin horns and whistles paraded the
streets until after midnight. There is
strong probability that, as the result
OF last nights demonstration, the coun-
Gil will pass another ordinance keeping
bicycles off the street altogether
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
MORE OR LESS HUMOROUS.

Charlie Youngnoodle: ''Um, ah! Err,
er-er!-r. he! he Jeweler Ito his
clerk: Bring that tray of engage
ment rings here, Jerry."--Detroit Tri-
bune.
New acquaintance with great fam
iliarity): Say, links, what's your
first Nance" links with heavy dig.
nity): 'Mister!'-Philadelp North
American.
Err want some sort of present
for young lady" Sweetheart Or
sister," "Er-why-she hasn't said
which she will be yet "-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Mr. Pussy: 81 don't see why you
wear those ridiculous big sleeves, when
you have nothing to fill them" Mrs.
Pussy: do you fill your silk hat?"-
Harpers Bazaar.
Little boy: The preacher said
there is no marryin' in heaven" Lit
tie girl: "Of course not. There
wouldn't be enough men to go round"
North La Crosse Argus.
A Kansas critic ventures the opinion
that "Shakespeare's style is anti
quated." But it should be remem-
bered that Shakespeare has written
nothing for several years.-New York
Press.
Tommy (surprised): "Why, papa, |
thought that one spoonful of sugar was
always enough for my coffee?"
Tommy's papa: This is a restaurant,
NV +r1z oil , h.
Judge
Teacher: Can any little boy tell
ne which is the longest day in the
year," Billy: Some fellows say the
day before Christmas is, and some the
day before the Fourth of July.'-Har-
per's Round Table.
Theatrical manager: In this scene
you must assume the air OF a man who
has so much money that he is indiffer-
ent to wealth" The star: "All right.
III try to imagine you have paid me my
salary in full. "-Philadelphia North
American.
Servant Grom next door: Herr
Mayer sends his compliments. and
would you please shoot your dog as it
won't let him go to sIeep?" Neighbor:
Give my respects to Herr Mayer, and
tell him | shall be much obliged if he
will poison his daughter and burn her
piano. "-Unternalung
Sometimes" said the merchant, Il
feel like the poet who wanted a lodge
in some vast wilderness. 1 yearn for
solitude and silence. well" replied
his friend, sympathetically, its an ex-
pensive taste to crafty. But you
might start in by taking your adver-
tisement out Of the newspapers. -
Washington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

be good citizens, respected and hon
ored by their neighbors.
Holmes was not good boy He was
always regarded as the scapegrace OF
the family. He worked on his fathers
farm and went to school in the winter
The one thing particularly noticeable
about him was that he was faithful
student. When he got to be 20 years
old he was still studying, though he
had long before left the school. Then
be got married. His bride was Miss
Clara A. Lowering, daughter of a we'll
TODD citizen of Loudon, y. H. She
was Is years old. He had been court
ing her long time. They went away
together on the fourth of July, 1878,
and were married in the town Of Alton
by Squire John w. Currier. Holmes
had some money at the time, and he
was ambitious of studying medicine.
His wife encouraged him, and he start
ed in at the college at Burlington, VT.
The next year he went out to Ann
Arbor, Mich, to study there. His
money was gone. He determined to
work his way through the university
and he did. Then his own story is
that he began his criminal career. 1t
was as a swindler of insurance COM
panies.
Holmes body was placed in a coffin
and at 1890 was conveyed to Mount
Moriah cemetery and placed in vault.
ItC final diSnoCitioD has NOT VET haen
determined. No autopsy will be held.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

Ceeded in borrowing something like
$4,000 Then they fed stealing two
carloads of horses as they went, and
shipping them oSt Louis. 1t was af
ter this incident that Holmes conceived
the idea of having PietzePs life in
sured. He told Pietzel how easy it was
to beat an insurance company with a
substitute body, and Pietze9 fell into
the scheme. A $4,000 policy was Sc
cured in the Washington Life Insur
ance company of New York, but for
some reason or other it was permitted
to lapse. Then the Fidelity policy was
taken out. The application was made
at the Chicago agency. Pietzel was in
fell health, and the risk was considered
first rate. They left Chicago together
to search for a body. Meanwhile Piet-
Eel told his wife, who was living in St.
Louis, that he and Holmes were play
ing game on an insurance company,
and to his eldest daughter. Dessa,
said: IF you ever hear that your papa
is dead, don't worry, and don't let your
mother worry. l will be all right, and
come to you some day, no matter what
they say In August, 1894, Holmes
and PietZel came east, and Holmes
rented the house 1916 Callowhill street,
for Pietzel TO start in the patent rights
business under the name of B. F. Ber-
ry, In the meantime, Holmes had
brought a woman whom he called his
~ Of
Eleventh street. Throughout August
Holmes called on PietZel frequently.
PIetZel was seen up to 10 o'clock on
Saturday night, September l. That
night he drank great deal before he
went to bed. Nothing was again seen
of him until the following Monday,
when Eugene Smith, a carpenter, who
had been employed to do some work in
the house, found the body lying on it's
back on the floor of the second-story
back room. The face was blackened
and blistered, as if from burns, and
near by lay broken bottle which had
contained benzine. BY the side of the
body was a pipe, partly filled with to-
bacco. Appearances indicated that an
explosion had occurred while the man
was lighting his pipe. The police be
lieved the affair was an accident, and
no one for moment entertained the
theory of murder.
Among the effects found in the room
were several letters from "Perry's wife
in St. Louis, the signatures to which
had been torn off. The coroner's ply.
sicans held an autopsy, and, finding
evidences of chloroform and congeSted
lungs, the jury gave a verdict of death
from inhaling the fumes of chloroform
About three weeks after this occur
renee, Jeptha D. Howe, a st. Louis at
torney, after correspondence with Cor
oner Ashbridge, of this city, came here
and asserted that the body was that OF
Benjamin Pietzel. and that he-Howe
was here to collect $4,000 insurance
from the Fidelity company, for which
amount a policy had been made out il
favor of Mrs Pietzel in Chicago a veal
before. Meanwhile Holmes, who haC
introduced PietZel to the insurance
agents, was induced by them to come
to Philadelphia and identify the body
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

was taxing his usual morning constitu-
tional on the west driveway, when the
accident happened At Sixty-sixth
street youth on wheel in front OF
him got into difficulties, and his pedal
broke, and his wheel wobbled all over
the driveway. Mr.. Cochran tried to
get past, but the young man lost his
balance and fell right in front of the
lawyer. Mr.. Cochran had no time to
dismount, and struck the fallen boy,
taking a bad header. The boy, who
was the cause of the accident, is a
deaf mute
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

Washington, May 12.-The statue to
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
will be unveiled at o'clock this
afternoon, and will be made the occa-
sion of an imposing military lemon
stration. The cate selected is the an
n1versarry of the battle OF Spottsylva-
MIA, when Hancock's brigade gained its
brilliant victory in that portion of the
field known as the angle" The cere-
monies will be simple, but impressive
duplicating as nearly as the changed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
M'KINLEY'S PLANS.
He Will Not Desert His Old Home
Among the Canton Folk

Canton, Ohio, May 12.-It is author
itatively announced that Major McKin-
ley will not spend the summer months
at Seabrigiht. n. J., although he has
received many invitations from man
ayers Of summer resorts who have bust
ness in view as we'll as from friends
He has decided to spend the greater
part Of his time in this city. Canton
business men became alarmed at the
numerous reports which said that Ma
jor Mckinley would leave Canton i'm
mediately after the convention, if nom
mated, and spend the campaign months
away from this city, and sent a COM
mittee to inquire as to the truthful
ness of the matter. They were assured
by him that there was no foundation
for the reports and that he has not &C.
cepted any invitation to spend the
summer anywhere, although he admit
ted many invitations had been received.
To the report that Major Mckinley
will, if nominated, remove to Cleve-
l1nd, a denial is also given. a strong
effort has been made for a year to have
him become a resident OF the forest
city. It was argued that Cleveland
would be better place from which 10
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

This he did positively, and so did Alice
PietZel, the 16-year-old daughter of the
dead man. With this equivocal testi-
mony, the insurance company paid the
money. Here the first stage of this ex-
traordinary affair came to a close.
The second opened some time after
wards, when Marion c. Hedspeth, the
notorious train robber, in Jail at St
Louis, declared that Holmes, while in
an adjoining cell, had told him of a
conspiracy with Pietzel and Howe to
swindle a Philadelphia insurance com
pany by the substitution of a body.
Holmes capture followed in Boston.
The one witness whose testimony did
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
KIPLING'S QUARREL.
Author and His Brother-in-law Have
a Falling Out.

Brattleboro, VT, May 12.-Rudyard
kiplmg is in danger of being num-
bered with his ancestors, to the sorrow
of countless readers of his mystic
stories. His life is in danger, and he
seeks the protection Of the laws of
this beastly country" Kipling's wife
was daughter of an old and respected
family. Her elder brother, now dead,
was, in conjunction with Kipling, the
author of several stories. One mem
Der of her family is a younger brother,
Beatty Balestier, whose escapades have
caused her and her noted husband
much trouble. Beatty carries ON a
small farm short distance above this
town. He is bright, capable man.
Some time ago Kipling made brotherly
advances toward him and offered to
straighten his affairs, which had be-
come somewhat tangled, if he would
leave his path of roses and thistles.
To Kipling's entreaties Balestier turned
a deaf ear and was sadly ruffied in
temper, the ruff1es increasing until dec
laration of hate ON the part of Bales
tier resulted. A short time ago Kip
ling was coming from his retreat on
Putney hill to trade in town Bales
tier had business on the same road
and a result of the meeting was the
opening of hosti1ities, Balestier threat
ening to take Kipling's life. There
upon Rudyard came here, related his
grievances and Balestier was brought
before Judge Newton and had a pre-
liminary hearing. Balestier was held
in $500 not to do injury to Kipling be-
fore tomorrow. Though his relatives
are rich none would furnish bail. and
when Kipling himself offered security
Balestier refused it with scorn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
A LUCKY CHILD.

Indianapolis, May 12.-InQuiry is be-
ing pushed here concerning Charles
Smith, who is alleged to have eloped
from Danville, H., nine years ago with
a strange woman, abandoning his wife
and little daughter in that city, and
who recently fell heir to a large es-
tate in England by the death of a sis
ter. There has been no communica-
ton between Smith and his family
since his alleged flight, and during the
last eighteen months it is not known
whether he is living or dead In case
of his death the daughter at Danville
is legal heir.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
DRY AT BLOOMINGTON.

Bloomington, H., May 12.-The new
city administration, with Mayor Eos
ter at the helm, has adopted a policy
of rigid enforcement of the ordinances,
and the police force has been in
structed to see to it that all saloons are
run in accordance with the city ordi-
nance and that gambling be suppressed
Saloons are required to remain closed
from II p. m. to a. N. and On Sunday
AS consequence the saloons were
closed and Sunday was very dry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
COL. HAHN KILLED.

Clifton Springs n. Y, May r.
Colonel Frank K. Hahn, vice president
of the New York and Manhattan rail
read. who has been at the sanitarium
for medical treatment for the last two
months, was run over and killed by a
freight train on he New York Central
railroad
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
CHINCH BUGS IN KANSAS.

Topeka, Kas., May 12.-The wheat
in one-half of Kansas is in a critical
condition. Dry weather, high winds
and chinch bugs combine to threaten
great injury. Under these hard winds
the moisture from local showers evapo-
rates within two hours. The greatest
damage has been done in the upper
Arkansas valley. F. W. Baker Of
Atchison, who has grain stations all
over northern and western Kansas,
says that the wheat prospect in his
territory could not possibly be better
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
Grant-Blakes Prairie Agricultural

Grant-Blakes Prairie Agricultural
Bloomington, Sept. ell; William H.
Glasier.
Grant county-Lancaster Sept. l6-
Is: T. A. Burr.
Grant-Fennimcre Sept. 1925; Viii
liam Rogers, president.
Green county-Monroe, Sept. rs;
Frank Smock.
Iowa Southwestern Wisconsin In
dustrial-Mineral Point, Sept. Sill; ".
H. Bennett.
Iowa county-Dodgeville aug. 1921.
John NJ. Reese.
Jackson Mcmillan Driving Park md
Agricultural-Merr Aug. 25,.S;
A. D. Merrill.
Jackson county-Black River FANS,
Sept. Ii; F. F. Oderboltz.
Jefferson county-Jefferson, Sept. To-
Is; ]. L. Kearney.
Juneau county-Kewaunee, Sept IS
10; Adolph Ebel.
La Crosse county-West Salem.
Sept. 29-Oct. l; o. S. Sisson.
La Crosse Interstate-La Crosse;
date not fixed; c. s. Van Auken
La Fayette county-Darlington Aug.
1928; J. c. Oates.
Langlade cOunty-Antigo, Sept. IA
Is; John McGreer.
Industrial association of Manitowoc
county-Manitowoc, Sept. 9-12: c. H.
Sedgwick.
Marathon county-Wausau, Sept. IT.
10; E. B. Thayer.
Marquette county-Westfield, date
not fixed; Harry Cochrane.
Wisconsin state-Milwaukee Sept.
21-26; T. ]. Fleming, Madison.
Eastern Monroe county-Tomah,
Sept. 22-24; M. L. Hineman
Oneida county-Rhinelande Sept.
10; A. M. Rogers.
Appleton Track and Driving Park
Appleton, Sept. IA; NJ. F. Barteau.
Outagamie county - Hortonville,
Sept 1925; H. T. Buck.
Seymour Fair and Driving Park
Seymour, Sept. 1912, H. ]. Van Warren.
Ozaukec county-Cedarburg Oct. /
3; E. Mckinley.
Pepin county-Durand, Sept 23-l5 {:
J. J. Morgan.
Pierce county-Ellsworth Sept. %
%; ]. c. Denniston.
Polk county-St. Croix Falls. Sent.
15-17 Fred Hudson.
Portage county-Amherst, Sept Is
II; John Fen.
Portage Central Wisconsin Agri-
cultural, Mechanical and Scientific
Stevens Point, Aug 25-Zi; George E.
Oster
Price county-Richland Center,
Sept. 29Oct. 2; j. G. Bunell
Rock county-Janesville, Sept. 1913;
D. w. Watt.
st. Croix county-Hudson, Sept 70
IS; H. F. Dinsmore.
st. Croix Western Wisconsin
Glenwood, Sept. Gil; D. H. Syme.
Sank county-Baraboo, Sept. 29-Oct.
2; J. S. Hall.
Shawano county-Shawano Sept. 2S-
80; Louis c. Bold.
TrempeaIeau county Galesville.
Aug. 1921; F. G. Davis.
Trempealeau County Industrial, Ag-
ricultural and Driving Park-White-
hall, Sept. IA; H. H. Scott.
Arcadia Agricultural and Driving
Arcadia, Aug. 1928; Frank c. Rich
mond.
Vernon county-Viroqua, Sept Is
18; F. w. Alexander.
WalW0rth county-Elkhorn, Sept
29-Oct. 2; Sam Mitchell.
Washington county-West Bend
Sept. $3.50; Joseph OFT.
Waukesha county-Waukesha, Aug.
25-2S; G. F. H. Barber
Waupaca county-Weyauweg Sept.
1925; A. l.. Hutchinson.
Waupaca, New London Fair and
Racing-New London, Sept. 1918:
Geo. Werner.
Waushara county-Wautoma, Sept.
1926; Will Berray.
Winnebago, Oshkosh Fair-Oshkosh,
Sept. 14-18; G. E. Angel.
There are no fair associations in
Door, Florence, Iron, KenOsha, Lin
coin, Oconto, Marinette, Racine, Saw,
yer, Sheboygan, Taylor, Villas, Wash
burn and Wood counties
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

conduct a canvass for nomination and
also after the nomination has been
made. Mr.. Mckinley did not agree
with the proposition in any respect,
and answered that no matter what the
argument might be nothing could in
duce him to make his home in any
place but Canton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
TIE MARKETS.

Chicago, May 12.-H0gs: Receipts,
10000; market sc lower; light 3.3003.-
So; mixed 32O@354; heavy, 3.0O@3.40.
Cattle: Receipts, $4,000; market 1Oc
lower; beeves, 3.30@4.3O; COWS, 1000
385; Texans, 2.7O@3 80; stockers and
feeders, 2.90@3.S5. Sheep: Receipts,
$4,000; market steady to strong. May
wheat 61%, July 631s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
REMOTELY RELATED.

Chelsa, Vt, May 12.-Mrs. Lydia
Hood, a kinswoman of Mrs Grover
Cleveland, died Sunday of old age
She was born in Tunbridge, Vt, Feb
II, 1897, and her uncle was the great
grandfather of Mrs Cleveland, the
lady OF the white house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
BADGER DEMOCRATS.
A Successor to Chairman Wall to Be
Elected.

Milwaukee, May 12.-The democratic
state central committee will meet to-
day to elect q chairman to succeed E.
C. Wall and to fix date fer the state
convention to elect delegates to the ma
tional convention. The state conven-
ton will probably be held late in June
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

Philadelphia, May 8.-Probably the
most remarkable murderer of modern
times paid just penalty for his crimes
when H. H. Holmes Cor Herman Mud
getD was hanged in Moyamensing
prison yesterday. The man died full
of nerve. He modestly asserted his in
nocense, kissed the crucifiX and fell to
his doom. His previous night was one
of sound sleep and his breakfast was
hearty. The execution occurred at
1912. In his last statement he de-
clared that the only wrong doing in
taking human life for which he could
be held responsible consisted in the
death of two women as a result of
criminal operations at his hands. He
did not name the victims.
The particular murder for which he
was hung was that of Benjamin F.
PietzeI, which occurred in Philadelphia
Sept 2, 1894, and was the elimination
of a conspiracy between the men to de-
fraud the Fidelity Mutual Life associa-
tiOn, of this city, of $4,000, and the
bWluuIV w d. successfully
Holmes and Pietzel became acquainted
in Chicago in 1890. Pietzel was mar
Iied and had six children. He was
poor, and was not averse to engaging
in dishonest business if it were lucra-
tive. Holmes had been practising for
gerry, and he induced Pietzel to enter
the same line" In January, 1898,
Pietezl was arrested in Terre Haute,
Ind, for passing forged paper Holmes
went there and gave 81, 800 straw bail
for Pietzel, who thereupon ran away
Holmes sent him to Fort Worth,
Texas, under the name of Benton T.
Lyman. He had with him a deed to
property there valued at $40, 900, which
belonged to Minnie r. Williams, an
other of Holmes victims Holmes and
a woman he called his wife suhse-
quently Joined him there, and, giving
out that they intended to build the fin
est building in the town, the men sue
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

New York, May Heterogeneous
Bourke Cochran, who was severely
hurt in Central park by fall from his
bicycle, is getting along well. He
was taken to the Roosevelt hospital,
suffering from a sprained hip and
other minor contusions. Mr.. Cochran
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
BARBER SHOP LAW BAD.

Quincy, Ill, May 12.-The supreme
court of Illinois has decided that the
Cody law for the Sunday closing Of
barber shops is unconstitutional.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
AT THE HAL TER'S END
MURDERER HOLMES HANGED FOR
HIS MANY CRIMES.
TALKS CALMLY ON SCAFFOLD

Says He Was Innocent of the Taking
Of Human Life Save in the Case Of
Two Women on Whom He Operated
ccessfully-Story of His
Bloody Career
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
FOREST FIRES RAGF
FLAMES DOING MUCH DAMAGE IN
NORTHERN WISCONSIN.
SOME TOWNS THREATENED

Rain Saves Much Timber in Marinette
County-Diamond Match Company
Sustains a Big Loss-Wide Dis
tricts Being Burned Ovec IN Penn
sylyania.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
STRIKE a FAILURE.

Milwaukee, May 12.-The street car
lines are all open and the strike is
admitted even by the men themselves
10 be a failure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

Mr.. and rms. AImeric Hugh Paget
pauline Whitney have taken for the
season the Rocks, Henry Clews' villa
at Newport
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
STATUE CT HANCOCK
UNWILLING CEREMONIES TO BE
SOMEWHAT SIMPLE.
: ENATOR Palmer ORATOR

The Famous Soldier Represented as He
Appeared Before Being Wounded on
the Last Day at Gettysburg
Heroic Figure Sits Firmly in the
Saddle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

Marinette, Wis, May 12.-Forest
fires are burning all over Marinette
county Notwithstanding the very wet
weather this spring. At Middle Inlet,
a small town above Ellis Junction on
the st. Paul railroad, the citizens were
obliged to summon aid from a crew in
the Peshtigo lumber company's camp
to save the place. One hundred Or
more men fought the fire. Rain last
night allayed the fears in this county
for the present. Forest fires are said
to be burning along the right-of-way of
the st. Paul railway. The eating
house belonging to the Diamond Match
company and a million and half feet
of lumber burned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

Dubois, Pa, May 12-Fierce forest
fires are now raging through Clearfield,
Elk and Jefferson counties A saw
mill of the Courtland Lumber COM
pany, one of the largest in the state,
burned yesterday. The Clearfield
Lumber company's tract of nearly six
thousand acres, with one hundred and
twenty-five million feet of timber in
Knox and Boggs townships, are still
burning. A large force of men is
fighting the fire. Half of the town of
Karthaus is reported burned. The
town of Ramsey is surrounded by
flames and it is feared that it will be
burned Many smaller fires are also
raging.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
MORTON SIGNS IT.

Albany, n. Y, May gov. Morton
has signed the greater New York bill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
BOURKE COCHRAN IMPROVES.

The EX-Congressman Took a Header
While Riding His Bicycle.