Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-17

murderer Men have been stationed
all along the railway track between
Hurley and Ashland in hopes of cap
turing the murderer.
Sheriff Brown, of Marinette, Mich,
made a strange find. He climbed a
ladder on the Presbyterian church bel
fry and up there discovered a bicycle
and 500 worth of bicycle sundries
which had been stolen. The belfry
was being used as a fence.
James Hughes Taylor, veteran ira
gedian of wide reputation, is dead at
Downington, Pa, victim Of dropsy.
He was leading man for Nine. Janaus-
check seventeen years. He was
member Of the Players and Lambs
clubs. He was 10 years Of age.
John Ryan Of North Milwaukee, the
largest carpenter contractor in Wis
consin, and a heavy dealer in coal and
lumber. assigned to George A. West.
Ryan has at present under contract
the erection Of more than 100 expensive
houses which will be built by the as
signee.
Lewis Klopsch, publisher Of the
Christian Herald of New York, which
had undertaken to procure cargoes of
grain to be sent to the famine sufferers
in India, has notified the navy depart
ment that the grain on hand will be
solo and the money forwarded to India
| instead.
At Princes Ann, Md, William An
| drews, colored was taken from the Of
| fcer at the door of the court house and
| killed by a mob. Andrews had been
| sentenced to death for assaulting Mrs.
Benjamin T. Kelley, near Marion May
| 5. Judge Bage, who passed the death
sentence, endeavored to reason with
the excited crew but in vain
Ten rich men are on trial in New
York charged with 'Funlawfully, wick
eddy, unjustly, oppresively and mali
ciousIy" conspiring, combining, con-
federating and agreeing ito control
and monopolize the making and vend-
ing of paper cigarettes in the city and
county of New York" This is the first
prosecution of the tobacco trust.
Niola Tesla announced that he would
soon be ready to put to a practical
test three of his marvellous inventions
| One is his apparatus to communicate
intelligence from any point on the
! globe to any other point without the
intervention of wires The other in
ventions are designed to produce a
cheap light with glass tubes.
The members of the OttumWa Iowa
bar except three of whom were en-
gagged in the prosecution of Hamilton
the convicted Seldom bank rObber, have
petitiOned the district judge to recon
slider his decision and grant him a new
trial stating in their opinion that he
was wrOngfully convicted under the
evidence. Hamilton will not be taken
to prison pending the result of the
petition.
The American Book company of Des
Moines has begun suit against G. A
Gates, president of the Iowa college al
| Grinnell, for 100000 for malicious
libel. Gates published some time age
pamphlet charging the book COM
pany with bribery and corrupt methods
in getting books adopted by school
boards over the country. He claims
the company does not stop at anything
The company wishes to relieve itself
of the odium cast upon it. Gates is
a prominent man in the school world
in Iowa.
A new sect calling themselves "True
Followers are playing havoc near
| Homestead, Oklahoma. A week ago a
child Of John Geiger, one of the sect
! became very i'll with WhOOping cough
and was allowed to strangle to death
the parents and neighbOrs refusing to
do anything for it's relief, saying that
il the Lord wanted it to live He would
! look out for it. Last week they in
| duced Mrs. J. F. Eubank, who was very
! i'll, to discharge her doctor and join
them. She did so and was baptized.
and nothing more was done but pray
for her. and she has just died. The
people in the vicinity will attempt to
have the leaders Of the sect indicted
for manslaughter.