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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10

Hudson, Wis, June S.-The most
disastrous wreck that ever occurred on
this division OF the Chicago, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha occurred Mon
day afternoon on the double track go
ing west from the junction.
Way freight No. II, going west, was
ordered to take the right hand track.
but for some unaccountabIe reason
took the left track and was running at
the rate OF Is miles an hour when, upon
turning curve on a downgrade, it
came upon work train backing east
and toward 1t at a speed OF 80 miles
an hour. The collision was something
terrific. On the rear of the work train.
struck by the engine of No. Al, was the
boarding car in which were four men
belonging to the work crew. Their
names were Thomas Riley, E. S.
Hurd, Milton Swain and Joseph
Leightheiser, all OF Eau Claire. They
were not aware OF their danger and
were undoubtedly instantly killed.
The car Immediately took fire and the
| bodies were burned in the wreck be-
IOI Z luSy COulu DS rescued. herman
| Reby, fireman OF the pile driver on the
work train, was also killed, but MS
body was rescued. Frank Thayer of
Altoona, fireman, was fatally injured.
A. Seittleman of MenomOnie, engineer
OF the pile driver, had both of his legs
badly bruised, his nose broken and
was internally injured. He will prob
ably die. James Owen, conductor, was
slightly injured. Engineer Brogan had
his head and face injured. All mem
bers Of the crew on No. Al escaped in
jury. Both engines were tOally
wrecked and were in the fire with the
boarding car, pile driver and furniture
car. Another account Of the wreck
says that it was caused by Gisobedience
of orders by Engineer Owens Of the
work train, and his conductor They
forgot their orders and took the wrong
track and did not discover their error
until too late. Owens is nearly crazed
and guard had to be placed over him.
Both have gone to headquarters. The
damage is estimated at $50 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
SPARTA'S HEAVY LOSS.
Late Frosts Mean d Damage There
OF $50, 600.

Sparta, Wis, June 6.-The frosts
have nearly wiped out the berry crop
of this vicinity. The mercury fell to
about % degrees above zero, and
water was frozen over in exposed
places, and tomato plants, potatoes
and nearly all early plants were killed
c. e. Tobey, superintendent oi the
Thayer fruit farms, estimates that
one-third Of the strawberry crop is
destroy ed, one-half OF the raspberries,
fOur-ffths of the blackberries, and one
fifth OF currants and gCosberries. ]. J.
French opened fifty blackberry buds
from his field, and not one was alive.
Estimates, based upon reports from
dozen or more growers from different
localities, show that the blackberry
crop is four-ffths damaged, and the
strawberry crop one-half killed. The
loss to Sparta is between $50, 900 and
900 The freeze was general in
this part of the state; Vernon county
crops were greatly damaged; what
early tobacco had been set out was
destroyed, but as only about one
quarter of the acreage had yet been
transplanted, they did not suffer as
much as they would one week later.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10

other four crews declined to do this,
insisting that Yale should make ap-
plication. Last winter the affair vas
patched up and bygones have been
buried Last year Cornell won with
such evident mastery that her friends
believe that she will defeat everything
this year. The last half of the race
she had everything her own way and
showed a stroke that was said to be
the finest ever used by an American
crew. Here is the way three Of lie
crews will sit at the start:
Yale-Bow. Rogers; No. ?. Whitney;
No. 8, Campbell; No. 4, Greenway; No.
5, Captain Bailey; No. 6, Allen; No. z,
GriswOld; stroke, Langford.
Cornell-Captain Spillman, Tatum,
Chriswen, Moore, Ludlaw, Savage,
Johnson, Crawford, Briggs, Freedom,
Bentley, letters, Roe.
Stroke, Pierrepont; No.
7, Longacre; No. 6, Carter; No. 5,
Shattuck; No. 4, Mackay; No. 8,
Lewis; No 2, Captain Prerspaich;
Bow, Putnam.
The Harvard and Pennsylvania
crews have not yet been placed, an
unusual amount Of shifting having oc-
Cured the last few days. AS to pre-
dictions of victory the best of experts
hold to Cornell as she has been trying
nothing new and has simply striven
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
ALL FOR A WOMAN.
Vernon County Has a Sensational
Murder Trial in Progress.

ViroQua, Wis, June 8.-Vernon
county has a sensational murder trial,
the first one for a number of years,
which will come up at the term of
court which opens this week. 1t lacks
none The elements Of interest usu-
ally found in such cases and will be
fought stubbornly. There is q woman
in the case and one man lest his life.
Up to the 18th of last January, two
farmers, George Sullivan and Asa
GoT}1am, lived on adjoining farms in
the town Of HillsbOro, in the eastern
part of this county. Gorham was q
middle aged man of family and Sulli-
van some Years younger and bache-
lor. Sullivan, it was charged by Cor
ham. had been rather attentive to
Mrs. Gorham for some time and gossip
had been active in helping to make
trouble. GOTham became jealous Of
his wife and left home for a while. On
the date mentioned GOrham went over
to SulIIvan's farm ard asked the latter
if he would keep away from his house
and stop paying visits to his wife.
Sullivan was saving wood at the time
and the evidence is conflicting as to
what occurred between the fnen, Sull1-
van claiming that GOTham said one Of
them would have to die, and came at
him with a stick Of wood and that he
drew his revolver tc defend himself.
GorEam said when he told Sullivan to
keep away from his house that the lat
ter drew his revolver and that he Crap
pleG with him to defend himself and
succeeded in wrestling the revolver
from him. The men fought for some
time until Gorham secured the reyOl-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10

having been born i'll Rome, July Is,
1876. He bears the title of duke OF
Calabria. Princess Maria Theresa,
second daughter Of Prince Louisa and
granddaughter of the Regent Luitpold,
was born in 1872. Prince Ferdinand
of Bourbon is a nephew Of the late
king of the two Sicilies, the famous
''Bombo.'' His father is the Comtc de
Caserta, but he bears the title pro
yisionally and without abandoning his
claims to the kingdoms Of the two
Sicilies and Jerusalem, one Of which
his elder brother enjoyed, while the
other has long been only a piou3 as
piTation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
WASHINGTON WAITS.

Senator Aldrich, who has charge of
the tariff bill, is confined to his room
by an attack of indigestion.
A cablegram received st the war de-
partment from General Miles, at
Athens, states that he expects to be in
Vienna on the 7th.
The department of state has been Of
ficially informed that after September
Is. 1897 no dog will be allowed to be
landed in Great Britain without a Ii
cense from the board of agriculture
The senate committee on foreign re-
lations has agreed to report favOrably
a convention between this country and
Chill for the revival of the treaty of
1898 for the adjustment of claims
against each of the two governments
by citizens of the other.
The cases of Messrs John S. Shriver
of Washington, and E. J. Edwards, of
New York. the two newspaper men
who figured in the sugar trust invest
igating committees prosecution Of con-
tumaciOus witnesses, will be called for
trial Monday morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
ROYAL NUPTIALS.
Belgian Princess to Wed Prince Albert
of Flanders.

London, June 6.-The engagement
is announced of Princess Clementine,
third daughter of King Leopold of
Count Philippe of Flanders. Prince
Albert is the only surviving son Of
Comte de Flandre, brother of the king.
King Leopold lost his only son some
years ago, and since the death OF his
elder brother, Prince Baldwin, in 1891
Prince Albert has been CATER his
father) heir presumptive Of the Bel
gian throne He is now in his 22nd
year 1t was thought at one time
that he was betrothed to the Princess
Isabel, third sister of the Due dor
leans. Princess Clementine was born
or July 80, 1872, and has two elder
sisters One, born in 1858, is married
to Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg; the
other, who is eight years older than
Princess Clementine, is the widowed
Crown Princess Stephanie of Austria.
Their mother, Queen Marie Henriette,
is the daughter of the late Archduke
Joseph of Austria Princess Clemen-
tine is we'll educated, draws and
paints, speaks German, Italian and
English, and is an accomplished must
clan and a patron of the arts. Prin-
cess Clementine. like all the children
of Belgium's king, seemed at one time
fated to unhappiness, for Prince Bau-
douin, of Flanders, to whom she was
to have been officially betrothed, died
a few days before the declaration
could be made. Should Prince Albert
die before King Leopold the Belgian
throne will escape her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
INDIAN MURDERER IN IRONS.
Clash Between County and Federc, Of
ficers in Montana.

Miles City, Mont, June 6.-Stock In
spectOr Smith, having in charge
Badger, the Indian who killed Sheep
Herder Hoover, arrived here Saturday.
Special police deputy sheriffs were on
hand to protect the prisoner should
citizens resort to violence. On the de-
pot platform Badger stood erect, with
arms folded, exhibiting little sign of
nervousness. His neck was streaked
with red paint and a blanket was
drawn tightly over his shoulders.
County Attorney Porter has just
learned that there are ten Indians i'm
plicated in the murder of Hoover.
The names of six are known to the Of
ficers. Warrants will be placed in the
sheriff's hands and all who interfere
with the officers in the discharge of
their duty will be arrested as long as
the sheriff and a posse are able to do
it. Agent Stoucn will not allow
sheriffs on the reservation. It is just
learned that Matt. Winter, the deputy
sheriff who was left at the reservation
to watch the suspects, had been forci-
bly, elected from the reservation by the
Indian police by the orders of Agent
Stouch. County Attorney Porter will
go to Helena to consult the governor
regarding the Indian trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
CONFESSES HER CRIME.
Mrs. Pleva Says She Put Rat Poison
in Her Husbands Coffee.

kenOsha, Wis, June S-Mrs Marie
Pleva, accused of the murder of her
husband, Michael Pleva, week ago,
called Justice John G. Slater to the
Jail and confessed to him the whole
story of the crime. She said that dur
ing the evening Of May y she and
her husband had a quarrel over the al
legged attentions paid her by John
Devechk and Peter Trenowski, both of
whom are now in jail, held on a charge
of being accessories before the act
She says that during the quarrel her
husband accused her of being q person
Of improper character. This she said
made her SO Wrathy that when she
got up in the morning she dumped a
| box of rat poison into the coffee pot
containing q small amount of coffee,
which she handed him for breakfast
During the confession she made a
strong plea for the release of the two
men, Devechk and 1renowski, who are
in Jail as her accomplices, and took
the whole blame Of the crime upon
her own shoulders. Devechk and
| TrenOwski are keeping still, though
acquainted with the fact that Mrs.
! PIeva has confessed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
DELAYED THE TRIAL.
Indian Witness Taken to Madison for
a Hearing.

West Superior, Wis, June 5.-The:e
is a delay in the proceeding with the
trial of Mike Nagonup, charged with
murder in the first degree. owing 70
the fact that just as the officers were
going to subpoena a witness for the
defense down on the Cdanah reserva-
ton, Deputy United States Marshal
Meehan arrested the man. Byzlon Cor
don. and carried him away to Madison
to answer to the charge of selling =:
quOr to Indians. Negotiations are
now on with the United States author
titles with view to getting Gordon
here. The trial is expected to be shcrt
once ii is commenced. Nagonup IS
alleged to have, during d drunken row
on February Is. last, a. Gordon. Wiz
stabbed to the heart with a hunti',"
knife his brother John.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
OUR GOLD PRODUCTION.

Washington, June 6.-Mr. Preston,
director of the mint. has completed his
estimate of e gold production in
South Dakota during the calendar year
1896 and finds it to have been 235, 415
fine ounces. This is a gain over 1895
Of ,226 ounces, and places South Da-
koJa third in the list Of go produc-
ing states. Director Preston expresses
the belief that if the present rate Of
gold production continues through the
year the total output for 1897 viii
reach sec, 600, 90, which would be a
gain over last year of s7,000,000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10

This is a list Of possible candidates
for United States senator to succeed
John /. Mitchell: Congressman Jo-
seph W. Babcock, Lieut.. Gov. Baensch,
Congressman II. A. Cooper, Congress-
man Michael Griffin, ex-Gov w. D.
Hoard, ex-Congressman Nils P Hat
gen. ex-CCngressman Robert NJ. La
Toilette. Henry C. Payne, Joseph V.
Quarles. State Senator James H. Stout,
and eX-COngressman Isaac Stephenson.
Miss Gertrude Mellen, daughter Of
the late w. S. Mellen, at one time
general manager of Wisconsin Central,
and granddaughter Of n. D Fratt,
IF Racine, was married at St. Chrysos-
tom church, Chicago, Thursday, to
Henry f. Fuller Of Racine. Mr.. Frat
gave the bride away. She was unat-
tended and wore a gown of white cloth
with a hat to match. a small recep-
ton followed the ceremony at the res
idence Of DR.. Kales, Dearborn avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Fuller have gone for
months trir. They will be at home
August and at their home in Racine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
NEWSPAPER MAN TESTiFIES.
He Says That Won Tausch Furnished
Him Secret Information.

Berlin, June SIN the Won Tausch
trial yesterday a newspaper ma"
ramed Kraemer testified that Won
Tai sch furnished him most defni g
information representing Emperll
William to be very i'll. According o
the witness Won Tausch said that IL
heard, through spies, every Wo"a
spoken in the palace. Continuing,
Kraemer said that after the emperor
returned from Abbazia, Won TauscI il
informed the witness that the expected
operation upon his majesty was n"i
performed, owing to the opposition Cr
the empress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10

yer from Sullivan and the latter got
away and went into the house He
AIMED himself with rifle, returned to
the door and shot Gorham through the
BODY. GOrham said he had started
home and was on his own land when
he was shot. Sullivan claims that
GOrham was still there in the yard with
the revolver in his hand. Sullivan
gave himself up after the shooting.
Gorham died the next day from the eff
feet Of his wound. Before he died he
made a statement Mrs. Gorham saw
a part of the affray and so far as she
saw the affair she corroborates Sui
hvan's story.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10

tried to GUST Cook but Captain Bailey
stood by him and he decided to stick.
Now, it is said, Bailey is the worst
man in the boat, but Cook won't part
with him for fear of losing a hacker.
Harvard's plans have gone awry. the
new English shell proving unsatis-
factory and other bitches occurring in
the training.
Probably Pennsylvania is in as good
shape as am other crew. Last year
it did commemorate work. though
having a coach half the season. This
year Ellis Ward has been working
steadily with the men and with a new
kind of rowIock and a fine new shell
the boys hope to surprise their friends.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
EIARTlNELLI ENTERTAINED.
Papal Delegate Confirms Six Hundred
Children in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, June Ga reception
was given to Monsignor MartinelIi, the
papal delegate, at the Roman Catholic
church Of st. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi,
yesterday. In the morning 500 children
were confirmed and at the conclusion
of this service Father Martinelli took
dinner in the parish house with Rev.
Antonio Isoleri, pastor of the
church. In the afternoon there was
an entertainment given by the sisters
and children Of the parish school, at
which Father Martinelli. Bishop Prem
dergast and other well-known clergy
men were present.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
WISCONSIN MAN HONORED
A Pradt of Wausau Named for AS
sistant Attorney General.

Washington, June 6.-The president
has sent tie following nominations to
the senate: Consul generals-Andrew
D. Barlow, Missouri, City of Mexico;
Harold s. Van Buren,. New Jersey,
Nice. France; Carl Bailey Hurst,
Washington, to Vienna; A. Pradt, Wis
consin. assistant attorney general; Ste
phen ]. Weeks. Nebraska. register of
the land office, O'Neill, Nebraska.
A Pradt is an attorney of Wausau, of
the firm of Brown & Pradt He gradu-
ated at the Wisconsin university. with
the law class of 1881. He married
Miss Atwater of Milwaukee. He has
been alderman of Wausau and chair
man of the county committee for many
years; also delegate to state and other
conventions. He is a nephew of J. B.
Pradt, for many years assistant state
superintendent and an Episcopalian
preacher.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
STUBBORN FIGHT FOR DURRANr
His Attorneys Are Exhausting Every
Device to Save Him.

San Francisco. June 3.-Murder-!
Dugrant's first effort to gain a respite
by appealing to the federal courts has
failed. the United States circuit judg
Gii"nrt, having refused Wednesday :
issue a writ of habeas corpus f..
which Durrant's ttorneys applied. M
tice of intention to appeal to the Unitel
States supreme court has been f1le'!-
and today an application for leave
appeal will be made formally. This.
however, may be refused, as in tie
Butler case, although Durrant's az
torneys are confident the leave will -
given.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
HELD FOR MURDER.

Kenosha, Wis, June 1.-Two arres:s
have been made as result of the pc
culiar death Of Michael Pleva, who was
at first supposed to have committed
suicide, the claim being now that PleVa
was murdered. John Deverkh aDu
Peter Trenowski, acquaintances of tte
family, have leen taken into custoCy
OF a charge Of being accessories to TIL"
alleged murder The police say there
is every indication that Pleva We
poisoned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10

On the other hand Harvard will be
locked upon. as a representative OF
English ideas. 1t imported r. c.
Lehman from London some months
ago as coach, and it's men have been
trained on the lines he used in his de-
velopment of English crews. So,
while Yale, like the man in Rob Roy,
is trying to un-English itself, Har-
vaSd is taking in British ideas in the
biggest doses possible. Cornell, Penn
sylvania and Columbia will go along
in the old way, although a strong Eng
lish flavor is said to be noticed in
Coach Courtney's work since his trip
to Henley in 1895.
Last year Yale was not in the races,
declining to row unless invited. The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
HEKLA IS SAFE.

New York, June Ga dispatch has
been received from London stating that
the steamer Hekla, which was in col
lisicn with the Atlanta transport line
steamer Mississippi, passed the Butt
of Lewis, Hebrides islands, apparently
unframed. Among the steerage pass
engers are over 400 Scandinavians for
Chicago and points west.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
DUKE" COLVIN DEAD.

Oshkosh, Wis. June 6.-Wellington
Colvin, better known as Duke" Colvin
an old and well-known resident, died
Of Bright's disease, aged II years. He
came here from New York state forty
years ago and for thirty-nine years
served as local agent for the American
Express company. He leaves wife
but no children
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10

Prof. Rasmus B. Anderson delivered
the memorial day address in Kewaunee,
and that it was unusually eloquent is
apparent from the following very COM
plimentary notice in Lista, the local
Bohemian paper at Kewaunee.
80 slavnosti zdobeni hrobu recnil V
Kewaunee professor Anderson Madi-
son. Pan ten Sc vyzna take ponekud V
ceskem jazyku a velice jest potesen
muzeli nekym pc cesku ST pOhovorit.
Jak patrno nestydi Sc "a to, re uni
cesky, tax jak mnozi 2 ceskoamericke
omladiny cini, jimz Sc ida byt ceska
rec sprosta. Co by "a to mnohy amer
icky ucenec dial, kdyby jen ponekud
znal nektery neanglicky jazyk."
During the Higgins-Harringto nup-
tails at st. Raphaels church, Wednes-
day, a suggestive scene took place in
about the middle of that sanctuary.
Two children, one a boy wearing a
sailor hat, and the other a miss with
a white hood, about the ages of 4 and
years-one leaning back of the pew,
and the other pressing forward on the
other side-reminded the numerous OBJ
servers of the mythical antics Of little
cupid. There the children were. face to
face, with their tiny hands at the sides
of each others faces, apparently richly
enjoying the loud smacking Of each
others lips while in the act of genuine
OSCILLATION. A few moments before
they must have been impressed by the
father, on parting with his daughter at
the altar, kissing Miss Phoebe before
she became the wife Of Carrier Higgins.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10

Chicago, June S.-The provisional
national committee Of silver republic
ans will meet here today. Presumably
delegates will be present from ncarIy
all the states. It will be enc Of the
most important political gatherings of
the year, as it will probably clinch and
make permanent the bolt of the silver
men from the republican party.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
CHICAGO REPUBLICANS WIN
LITTLE INTEREST SHOWN IN ILL
NOIS ELECTION.

Chicago, June 8.-The judicial cleo
ton yesterday was carried by the re-
publicans who elected all of their can
didates by pluralities of about II, 900 in
the city and 4,000 in the county out
side of the city. Although the ticket
was called republican" it includGd all
of the fourteen judges now on the
bench of the circuit court, eight re-
publicans and six democrats. IN ad-
ditiOn to the judges of the circuit court,
one judge OF the superior court ana one
justice Of the supreme bench we're yOt-
ed for, but MagTuder, for the ilJ1er pc
SiCOn, and BrentanO for The former,
Were endorsed by both the r23ubljc-
ans and democrats. The silver panty
had five candidates in the field To- the
circuit bench, but its candidates Sc
cured but about Cne-1ifth as many votes
as the republicans. Interest IN the
election was small, scarcely half { the
regular vote being polled The amend
ed Torrens land title law was over
whelmingly adopted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-06-10
TAKEN TO THE POOR FARM

Mrs Ann McHaIe was last Saturday
committed to the county poor farm.
She is 81 years old and came to this
country from York, England, about
four years ago. She has a number Of
sisters, daughters and two sons in the
CITY.