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Per Reciprocal Trad. Relations.

Wellington. New Zealand. Nov. IA
bill has been introduced In the parliament
Of New Zealand providing for reciprocal
trade relations with Great Britain.
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A HEAVY HITTING GAME.
lsaltimores and All Americas Play IN
Exhibition lsame.

San Francisco. Nov. 1.-THE Baltimore
and All-Americas base ball teams play
an exhibition game this afternoon NJ Rec
reation park. II was "a heavy hitting
game throughout. Lan.c Knocked a
home-run in the third inning. The game
was called after the seventh inning on
account Of darkness. The score:
n. n. T..
Au-Anntti'dS +iV 4" y
Batteries-iIorton and Donahue: Hast
ings Powell and Smith.
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nation indicate decided change Of SEM
timent OF Baptists on the subject OF close
communion. They and large majority
Of the other speakers took the negative
side,
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n.,,, Of General Ho,.,.

Washington. NoH T.-Generat rhafi's
= Iioy., d prominent wash nriBu ftw-
y,.r di.d bet, tu-jay. ag,d ~ y.sts Wh,u
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Why They taiied.

rhicaso Nov. l7-ReEarding the suit
against the Arizona Improvement com-
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claimed: AT last justice has been
done" and fell back, stone dead, over
come with joy. The relative had been
sentenced to a term of Imprisonment
for having accused Courteois Of being
in plicated in the theft of the countess
OF Flanders jewels.
Among the misdeed, the leadership
in which, rightly or wrongly, is now
aScribed to Courteous and consOrts, is
the famous theft of the countess of
Flanders jewels, committed during d
court ball in 1893. Courteous was
then in active service, and as he bad
married a lady's maid of the countess,
he had consequently every opportunity
Of knowing how anG when to put his
design into execution. He has, in
deed, been formally accused of insti-
eating the robbery by two men, one of
whom refused to participate in it.
According to this mans story, he was
awakened one night at II o'clock by
his uncle, who asked him if he wished
to do "a good and safe bit of business"
He answered in the affirmative, and
was then told: 1--WE are going to steal
the countess of Flanders jewels.
Don't be afraid. Courteous is with us.
He will keep watch and send away any
police patrols which come along All
you have to do is to enter the palace
by the Rue Namur, and in the corridor
the jewels will be given you by a
friend. Then come out by the second
door opening on the Rue de PArsenal."
Putterie the mans nance refused, and
the next day was reproached by his
uncle, who said: you see. idiot, some
body else did the job" at the same
time showing him a newspaper con-
tanning an account Of the robbery.
Courteous was seen and recognized
while keeping watch outside the palace,
and it was this which led to his be-
ing accused of completely afterward,
Nth the result, however, that that as
tute gentleman got his accusers SEN
fenced for SANDER.
A man named Restiaux, who has
been arrested in connection with this
robbery. is said to have gone to a deal
er named Thienpont, and shown him
some of the countess of Flanders jew
els, notably tiara, which he put on
his head, grinning the while, and Of
fered to sell the lot for $4,000. Then
pont, who recognized the articles, was
afraid to buy them, and Restiaux at
terward told him that an Englishman
had gone to sell them in London.
Thienpont was subsequently sentenced
to three years imprisonment for re-
ceiving property stolen from the Baron
de WOelmont, and some months ago he
hanged himself in the prison Of St.
GILES.
The murder OF Mrs. Bockel and her
two children, an English family of
tourists, is attributed to Courteous and
his gang. The lady was known to
have a considerable sum of money and
quantity of valuable Jewels with her
but nothing was found on the bodies
The magistrate who conducted the in
quest has since told how every effort
to apprehend the guilty persons was
thwarted by Courteous in his official
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OF their obnoxious presence than all the
rest Of the police combined. But he
drove these out that his own criminals
might have the field clear to them
selves, and the gang that worked I'M
der him covered every department OF
crime from petty sneak thievery and
counterfeiting TO murder.
The depths OF deprayity reached by
this monster will never be known I'm
less he should make complete confess
sion before his execution, and the
probability of this is exceedingly small
The approach of death seems to have
no effect upon his iron nerves or his
resolute will. He is something of a
stole in his Indifference, but, never
theless, he is leaving no legal stone
unturned to avert the sentence of the
court.
Courteous is a man of prodigious
strength, and, queerly enough, many of
his criminal subordinates were men of
unusual muscular power. Two of
them, it is believed, were professional
wrestlers, who have since fed the coun-
try. Many of his crimes showed that
the perpetrators were giants. In one
case, where a house safe was to be
robbed, the thieves we're unable to
break into it without making a great
noise, so they lifted it UP and carried
it away to their headquarters, where
it was demolished. Strangling was the
favorite method employed where vio-
lence was necessary, and it takes a
strong man to successfully strangle a
person, even if the other be a woman.
The crime for which COurteois was
convicted was the murder Of the Bar
oness Henry Van Scherfenberg at *
Giles, a place near Brussels, in April Of
last year. This was only one of scores
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-22

hcials received numerous cOmmunica-
tons. all anonymous, accusing Court
ecis Of many crimes. These were ig-
ncred and were regarded simply as acts
OF spite against an official of unusual
vigilance. One man in the depart
ment, however, gave them careful at
tention unknown to his comrades
When the sale OF the stolen bonds
was made this official called on the
money changer, NJ. Raes. He secured
full description Of the supposed ar
tillery officer and then he produced a
photograph OF a group Of police officials
in their uniforms. He asked NJ. Raes
if he could identify the artillery officer
in the picture, and the money changer
at once picked out the figure of Court
eois.
Subsequently these facts were laid
before the high officials, but a good
deal of official incredulity had t. be
overcome before before ii was re-
solved upon 10 arrest the former police
chief. Then four officers OF high
standing went to Courteous house and
waited for him He came home drunk
late at night, but haughtily protested
indignation when informed that he was
a prisoner. The arrest was made or
May last, and information at once be
gan to pour in from all sides, which
resulted in scores OF arrests in uneX,
pected quarters, all going to show the
extensive proportions of the gang op-
| Grating under Courteous direction.
It soon became apparent that during
the time that Courteois occupied the
| position of superintendent o. police ht
was actually arranging fer robberies OF
cident is associated with Courteous ar
rest. During the first inquiries hi
/ police called on a woman living in tn
Rue de Philanthropie, one of whose
relatives is now in prison through
conviction obtained by Courteous. OF
/ hearing of his arrest the woman eX
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DUNLOP'S LAST HOPE.

Washington, April 14.-No applica-
ton for a pardon has been made in
the case of Editor Dunlop of Chicago.
The president has been asked to COM
mute the sentence to a fine only, and
the petition and papers are now await
ing consideration. The argument was
prepared by Gen. Grosvenor who is in
the case simply as a lawyer. The ap-
plication for a communication of sentence
is made not upon the claim that the
conviction was unjustifed or the SEN
tence severe, but solely upon the ground
that Dunlop's health is in such a state
that confinement in prison will xii
him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-22
A CRUEL PAPA.
Daisy Letter is Ruthlessly Torn From
Her Lover.

Washington, D. c., April 18.-"Bob"
Wallace has been outdone. His sweet
heart, Daisy Leither, youngest daugh-
ter of L. z. Letter, has been torn
rudely from him, and under the watch
full care Of her parents, she is being
carried far out on the briny deep to-
ward England's shores. Her heart was
torn and bleeding at the separation and
she vowed constancy to her dying day.
Bob too is haggard and painracked.
Papa Letter, knowing the persistency
of Bob" contrived, after frustrating
an elopement, to cool the hearts de-
sire and spoil the match by separating
the lovers. He planned a trip, osten-
sibly to attend the queens diamond
jubilee and May drawing room. Daisy
was kept out Of the secret. The de-
parture was taken Friday and Bob
got tip just in time to enable him 10
get to the depot. Daisy saw him and
broke away from her parents and ran
to her lovers arms. He murmured:
Daisy, I hear you are going abroad.
came to say God bless you and good
by"
If Bob had any more lines he did
not find opportunity to deliver them.
There was a family interference of a
football order The game was brief, but
decisive, and in precisely thirteen sec
onds the fond leave-taking was inter-
rupted. Daisy was torn from the youth
who held her hand. Papa Letter emp
tied the walls of his wrath upon the
Young man, who made a spirited retort,
and the train bore the rebellious daugh-
ter away.
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YOUNG SHEPARD'S MARRIAGE
New York Society People Still Gossip
ing About It.

New York, April 18.-When people
in society heard about the marriage OF
young Elliott Fitch Shepard and Mrs.
Esther Potter, which took place last
Saturday evening, they had something
new to talk about. Ever since they
have been discussing the latest Wander
bilt hymeneal sensation. They haven't
found out very much about the circum-
stances, for all concerned, directly or
indirectly, are reticent, and they are
compelled to do a great deal Of guess
ing. Still, they know good many
things. The young couple are at the
Plaza hotel, and add to the mystery Of
the situation by keeping tn cir mouths
cIC sed.
Elliott Fitch Shepard is the only son
of the widowed sister of Cornelius Van
derbilt. His father was the late Ell
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| OF crimes attributed to the man, but it
was about the only one for which there
was a chance Of convicting him.
The Baroness Henry was found
strangled in her bed. The murderers
secured quantity of jewelry and plate
and bonds to the value of $1,000. For
a time the murder promised to pass
into the ranks of other unsolved mys-
teries, and for more than a month not
the slightest clew was unearthed.
Then, when public interest and official
vigilance were dying out, six Of the
stolen bonds were offered for sale to a
Brussels money changer by a man who
save the name of Lefebvre, and who
described himself as an artillery Of
fcer. He was elegantly dressed and
appeared to be a man of considerable
cn1inence socially, and the money
changer purchased the bonds, but did
not identify them as part of the stolen
property Of the murdered baroness
until several days later. Then he COM
scunicated with the police, giving
full description of the supposed artillery
officer.
Just prior to the murder Courteous
had been retired from the police force
on pension. He was really dis
missed, but in view CT his apparent
energy and success in hunting down
crime, the dismissal was CLOSED over
and made to appear as honorable re-
urement. Overzealousness was the
cause Of his return to private life. The
exact reason was that he was proven
guilty Of ''doctoring' the report of an
inferior officer, so that the case against
certain criminal would be doubly
strong. When accused Of this Court
eois freely acknowledged it, saying that
his sole motive was to insure convic-
ton. as the criminal was a dangerous
rascal and was better off in Jail than
free. Later it was discovered that this
criminal had been poaching on the
special preserves of Courteous and was
consequently disposed Of.
After his retirement the police Of
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lott F. Shepard. His wife was
widow, and it is IS to her family ard
antecedents that society has been par
tiCu.arly interesting itself.
The bride was The daughter of
nan named Virgins, who kept a gen.
eTal store al Greenpoint, L. I. Yachts
men used to call al the store to get
ice, and in this way Miss Virgins met
Alonzo Potter, who wooed, won and
married her. She was then 16; he was
%. After living together for two years
they separated by mutual consent.
When Mrs. Potter met young Shep-
ard he had just returned from Europe,
and was then taking a special course at
Harvard, so was not in the city for
! very long at any time. But after he
! left Harvard he was a frequent visitor
at the fat on Fifty-second street. His
/ sleighs, and, later in the season, his
/ carriages were frequently before her
door, although. to be sure, Mrs. Potter
had vey swagger turnout Of her own.
Almost nightly, until week ago, Mrs.
Potter and Mr.. Shepard dined, either
before Or after the theater, at the
palm garden Of the Imperial hotel.
On March "a Mrs. Potter suddenly
left the Fifty-seconG street home and
registered ct the Hotel Savoy with her
maid. She occupied the handsome suite
known at 1923" but only remained
there three days.
1t was April that she suddenly
disappeared from the place. No one
appeared to know where she had gone
and Mr.. Shepard did not tell even his
close friends. 1t seems, however, that
she went to Greenport to visit hel
mother and her brother, Augustus, who
is clerk in a grocery store at that place
Mrs. Potter returned to New YOrf
Thursday evening, April 8, and the fol
loving day the town heard a rumol
that Mrs. Potter was to marry Mr.
Shepard This rUmor was strenuousll
denied at the Shepard mansion Satur
day afternoon, while as for the in
tended bride and bridegroom they
could rot be heated
Then came the marriage. Ii was a
8 o'clock precisely that q carriage
drove up to the brown stone rectory
adjoining the Fifth Avenue Presby
terrain church and a party Of foul
alighted. The women, for there Were
two, were young and fair. One of the
men was also young, with a very boy
ish face. The other man was quite biz
opposite.
The two young women were Mrs
Potter and her friend, Miss julia
Brand, while the young man was Ell
liot Fitch Shepard, and the otheI
William Irwin, confidential attorney
Tor Mrs. Shepard, step-son of Rev. DR.
John Hall, and deacon of the Fifti
Avenue Presbyterian church.
The four were at once admitted K
the house and were soon in the pres
ence of the doctor Of divinity, who per
formed the wedding ceremony. The
party drove away in the same public
hack which had brought them.
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Brussels. April lin a few days
one of the most remarkable criminals
Of the century, will pay the death pen
atty, and Belgium will be rid Of the
most thorough scoundrel in its history.
This criminal is Alexander Courteous,
formerly assistant chief of police of
Brussels. man who for many years
was looked up to as one Of the most
expert criminal catchers in urope. He
was the terror of all the blacklegs of
the continent, and in way he undoubt-
eddy did more to free Belgium's capital
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MRS. HANNA DEAD.

Asheville, N. c., April 17.-Mrs. S.
NJ. Hanna, mother of United States
Senator Mark Hanna Of Ohio died at
the Kenilworth inn, Biltmore, yester-
day of pneumonia. She had been in
Asheville only few days, visiting the
kindergarten, in which she was much
interested, and her death was totally
unexpected here. She was accompan-
led by Miss Hanna. Senator Hanna
has been summoned from Washington.
The body of Mrs. Hanna will be taken
to Cleveland, o., this afternoon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-22
GETS A GOOD OFFICE.
Milwaukee Man for Consul-General to
Berlin.

Washington, April Pot is an
nounced that julius Goldschmidt Of
Milwaukee will be appointed consul
general to Berlin. Goldschmidt is a
native of Osterode, in the Hart noun
tains, in Hanover, Germany. He was
educated in Germany. He came to
America in 1886 and settled in Milwau-
kee year later. He has resided in that
city since that time. He was United
States consul to Vienna during the
Harrison administration. During the
last presidential campaign he had
charge of the German bureau estab-
lished in Chicago by the republican ma
tional committee. The salary of the
consul general to Berlin is $4,000 a
year; for the year ended June 80, 1895,
the official fees were s14,549 and the
unofficial fees were said to be $3.743.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-22
SEEDS FOR ALL.

Washington, April 1S.-"Tama jim"
Wilson, of the department Of agIicul-
ture, has concluded to re-establish the
seed division Of his department and
have seeds arranged in packages here,
instead of by private corporations. Sec
rotary Morton abolished the seed di-
vision, although the congressman and
senator's vigorously opposed his action
Secretary Wilson proposes to establish
the division again. This procedure will
result in giving employment to fifty or
more people in this city. The places
to be filled will be outside of the civil
service classification.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-22
WHEAT IS FEVERISH
New York Market Advances 8 and Chi
cago Over Cents.

New York, April 20.-The wheat
market Monday was in a state OF fever
ish excitement. The curb price for
May, S25s, advanced cents since Sat-
urday. In regular trading, the ex,
change opened amid tremendous tu-
multi at S214 and jumped to S314. react
ed, bounding slightly to S37s,
all within five minutes and
then pursued an irregular and erratic
course.
Chicago, April 20.-War news sent
wheat skyward. May sold high at rs
at the opening of the board of trade, an
advance of Az cents over the closing
figures Of Saturday and SIS over the
lowest price Of that day. The trading
at the start Monday was all the way
from n to rs. 1t steadied around 771a
then suddenly plunged down without a
stop to 751a. An equally quick rally
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-22
SOME LUCKY ONES.

Washington, D. c., April 18.-Pen-
sions have been granted persons resid-
ing in Wisconsin as follows: Original
Foster l. Gilbert, Blair; Augustus
VilIandre, Gresham; Charles E. Oar
ling, Hudson. Additional-Ole Ander-
son, Towerville. Increase Charles
Trailing, Caroline Original widows,
etc.-Mary Villandre, Gresham; Fred
rika Crosse, New London; Samantha
Robbins, mother, Marshall; Barbara
Ostermeier, New London. Reissue
Special, April 9-Mary Snyder. Avoca.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-22
VICTIMS OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Menominee Citizens Alarmed Over
Contaminated Milk Supply.

Menominee, Mich, April 17.-The
pleUro-pneumonia scare continues and
citizens are becoming more alarmed
every day over the milk supply Out
Ct 200 cans examined twenty We're
found to be afflicted with tuberculosis.
Two children have died this month of
tuberculosis attributed to drinking
milk from afflicted COWS. The health
department is taxing the greatest pre-
cautions and is examining and testing
COWS owned by private individuals as
well as the dairy herds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-22
DEATH RECORD.
CLARK STEWART PASSES AWAY
IN NEBRASKA.

Madison, April 20
Clark Stewart, youngest brother of
the late F. NJ. and Judge Alva Stew
art, died at Grand Island, Neb., Thurs
day and was buried there. He had
long been in i'll health, but heart dis
ease fastened the end which came
suddenly Mr. Stewart was about Sc
years old and unmarried. Many years
ago he passed part of summer in
Madison and went hence to Omaha,
where he was in the office of the Bur-
lingtan & Missouri Valley railway for
some time. One brother and three
sisters survive
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-22

On one occasion General Gordon told
Cecil Rhodes the story Of the offer Of
roomful Of gold which had been made
to him by the Chinese government
after he had sublued the Tai-Ping re-
bellion. What did you do?" said
Rhodes. Refused it, of course" said
Gordon what would you have
done?" 81 would have taken it." said
Rhodes, "and as many more roOmfuls
as they would give me. 1t is no use
for us to have big ideas if we have not
got the money to carry them out"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-22
WOMAN VS.. SCIENCE.

Washington, April 18.-Stella Golden
says she swallowed a false tooth and
its plate. Surgeons have turned the X
rays loose and after a careful examina-
ton say there is not the slightest evil
dence that the tooth has been swal-
lowed. The photograph shows the
bones Of the chest and neck very
clearly, but no tooth. Thus science is
in dispute with a sore throat and a
pain in the stomach.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-22
A PREMATURE DISCHARGE.
Porter Adler's Narrow Escape While
Taking Out a Blast.

Johnsons Creek, Wis, April IL
Porter Adler had a narrow escape
while trying to drill a charge from a
stone. The charge had been put in
and had to be removed. In taking it
out with a chisel, spark was struck,
touching off the charge and blowing the
chisel from lis hand. His hand was
quite badly injured and his face filled
with powder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-22

New York, April 7.-Bradstreets'
weekly trade report says that the most
conspicuous improvement made in
conditions this week is in the weather
throughout the central and western and
northwestern states, where the country
roadWays are more passable. There is
better demand for building materials,
particularly lumber. In staple lines
there is more active request at Port
land, Ore, Minneapolis and St. Paul,
Kansas City and Atlanta, pointing to
irregularity Of the tendency to recover
Jobbers at Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha,
Cincinnati and Chattanooga report
trade as slow. There is no sign of re-
Vical in the flooded regions where the
danger point has moved southwark.
The demand for dry goods Is slow. The
demand for wool checked as stocks is
badly cut, but makers of woolens are
active. Shoe manufacturers are work
ing full time. Iron and steel continue
to be disappointing with lower prices
for bessemer pig and for billets, and
with few, if any, new orders, and
tendency to weakness rather than the
reverse. A reverse movement is noted
in the prices for staples, those for
wheat, -four, Indian corn, pork, lard,
coffee, cotton and woolens having adj
vanced. Lower quotations are report
ed for sugar, petroleum and naval
stores, in addition to iron and steel.
The exports of wheat, -four included,
from both the coasts and St. Johns, n.
B., are 1,344,OOO bushels for five days,
compared with 2,O17 900 the same week
a year ago. The total shipments of
Indian corn this week were 2,238,000
bushels. The same week year ago
[ ,074 900 bushels were sent out.