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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

Cases have been many in which the
real murderer has confessed after an
innocent person has been hanged, and
there have been several in which the
supposed victim of the murder has ap-
reared living after his supposed MUIR
derer's execution.
Lord Chief Justice Hale cites a case
in which a niece was heard to plead
with her uncle for her life. She dis
appeared and the uncle was held for
murder. His own subsequent conduct
in attempting to produce a substitute
added to the presumption of guilt, and
he was hanged When the niece came
OF age, she returned, claimed her prop
erty, and established her identity
The case of the Obstinate Juryman is:
cited by S. M. Phillips, in his signifi-
cant work ON circumstantial evidence
Two men fought in a field. One was
afterward found dead with the others
pitchfork, plainly the instrument of
death, beside him. The other was
tried and would have been convicted
and hanged had it not been for the OBJ
stinacy of one of the jurymen, who, it
later appeared, was the real murderer,
and had gotten himself on the jury to-
save innocent life.
Still more remarkable is the case of
Soeren Qvist, to be found in an old
Danish report. Qvist was a clergy
manfarmer, who had an alteration
with his hired man, and struck him
with a spade The man fell, but got
up and staggered into the woods A
body, dressed in the hired mans
clothes and wearing in one ear lead
en- earring which the hired man had
worn, was afterward disinterred on the
pastors land. Witnesses testified to
the alteration and to the blow, and
swore they had seen the pastor, recog-
nizable by mis- dressing gown, burying
the body.
The testimony convinced the accused
himself, and he confessed to striking
the man, and said he must have arisen
in his sleep and buried his victim. He
was beheaded, believing himself a
murderer Years later the supposed
victim Of the supposed murderer ap-
peared. The case has been made the
foundation of one of Mark Twain's
most dramatic stories, and may read
lily be recognized in Tom Sawyer, De-
tective
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13

and incandescent lamps are used I'M
til daylight The station also lights
the town hall. lights and heats the
public baths and the technical school.
and supplies electric motor-power to
cabinet-makers. The workmen's
dwellings are being fitted with penny
in-the-slot meters, by which an eight
candle-power light can be obtained for
six hours at cost Of one penny.
The waste product of the garbage.
which is reduced to about thirty per
cent. of its original bulk, is given
away at present, but it can be ground
down to make good sand for arti-
fetal paving-stone, concrete, or NOR
tar.
From the financial point of view, the
system is eminently successful. For
merly the garbage was removed to the
sea by barges at cost of seventy-six
cents ton, or about forty dollars a
day. This expense has been complete
ly eliminated, and there is an annual
saving CT five thousand dollars for
heating the baths and a further saw
ing OF the same amount for ventilat-
ing the sewers. The price of the cleo
trio current has been fixed at four
cents per unit during the day and
eight cents at night, and at these
ngureS the profits will be so large
that public library, museum, and
technical institute are to be erected.
or
at a cost OF half million dollars, out
OF the receipts of the first two years.
Why cannot Cleveland try something
OF this nature?-Cleveland Voice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13
VICLSSITUDES OF WHIST.
Popular Card Game Considered at One
Time Fit Amusement for Rogues.

1t is not generally known by the
devotees of whist that there was p
time when it was not considered fit
diversion for respectable people.
Whist is now regarded as essentially
the intellectual game of cards. Be-
fore the advent of Hoyle it was diff
ferently estimated. To employ the
language of an authority of that pc
riod, it was "a verie alehouse game"
played exclusively in the servants hall
and the stable, and was the special
delight of the gamblers and tricksters.
To quote again, it was game in
which che was always studying new
inventions to deceive the ignorant. D."
It's first step into the countenance of
the better class was it's admission to
the parlors OF the country sQuires in
England, who played whist, smoked
tobacco and drank fat ale" But for a
long time after this period it was re-
garded as vulgar by the quality, and
until the end of the first quarter of the
eighteenth century was excluded from
all favor by the upper crust.
About 1928 some gentlemen habitues
of the Crown coffee-house, Bedford
row, London, began the scientific
study of the game, and in 1742, when
Hoyle's publication appeared, whist
became a sort of craze and such games
as quadrille, ombre, piquet and basset,
then in high popular favor, were OBJ
scured by this new star in the card
armament. Schools were established
for teaching the game and Hoyle him
self offered to give private instructions
to members of the nobility at S. les
son. Lord Stun wrote to friend
about this time:
81 have joined twelve companies in
the Mall and eleven of them were talk
ing of it. and Hoyle remarked, ''at this
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13
WHEN MEN COMMIT CRIMES.
More Criminals % Years Old Than at
Amy Other Age.

1t is singular fact, yet one sub
stantiated by statistics, that most
committed in New York state by
men 20 years old. This is not only
true OF the lesser, but also of the
greater crimes, although a man is
presumed to be at that period of his
life not only in the zenith of his
physical, but also in full and complete
appreciation of right and wrong and
their respective consequences. This
condition is a problem which has not
been solved by the student of GRIMM
ology, and one which is made the
more complex by the fact that TIL
ages of p, q and 45 years nearly
equal it, with the intervening years
showing far less percentage of
crime.
1t is indeed peculiar that the crime
tendency should be so strong at 90.
with no such inclination, so far as
criminal statistics show, in as great a
degree for the succeeding sixteen
years. and then another outburst of
the animal in man. This condition is
found to be true by actual figures, and
as all statistical computations at
which average conditions are sought
to be determined are arrived at by
this method, so may the student of
this subject, as well as the insurance
magnate who bases his rates on the
general average of losses in proportion
to the risks taken, and does so with
full safety, employ it in solving the
problem before him.
Charles K. Baker, chief clerk to SD
perintendent Lathrop, has made this
subject one of close study and will
soon have completed a table showing
this to be true. He has already COM
pleted one relative to murderers serv-
ing life sentences in the penal insti-
buttons and its figures bear out the
general conclusion. He offers at this
time no explanation for this, but
hopes after the presentation of figures
are concerned, to be able to set forth
reasons why these years should be
productive of the most crime.
The following figures show how old
the various murderers who are serv-
ing life sentences were when they
the act for which they are
serving time, together with how many
like crimes were committed at such
specific year of age: Fifteen, 1; six
teen, 1; seventeen, 2; eighteen, 2;
nineteen, 1; twenty, q; twenty-one, s;
9; twenty three, g. TWEEN
ty-four, 5; twenty-five, 8; twenty-siX, |
10; twenty-seven, H. twenty-eight Z; |
twenty mine, II; thirty-one, 6; thir-
tytwo, Z; thirty-three, 6; thirty-four,
s; thiry-fve, Z; thirty-six, 6; thirty
seven g. thirty-eight, 5; thirty-nine,
4; forty, 5; forty-one, 3; forty-two, 8;
forty three, 6; fortyfour, 3; fortyfive,
Z; forty-six, 1; forty-six, L; forty
seven, 1; forty-eight, 3; forty-nine, 2;
fifty, L; fifty-one, 0; fifty-two, 2; fifty
three, 2; fifty-four, O; fifty-five, 2;
0; fifty-seven, 1; fifty-eight,
}; fifty-nine, 1; sixty, 0; sixty-one, 1;
o. sixty three, 1; fixty-
Jour- 1; siXty-fve, 0; siXty-six, O; six
ty-seven, L; sixty-eight, 1; siXty-eight,
l. sixty-nine, O; seventy, /.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13
LOVE OUTWITS A SPY.
Long Island Couple Resort to Strategy
to Get Married

Long Island Couple Resort to Strategy
to Get Married.
The adage of love is blind" could
scarcely be applied to the romance of
William e. Claudio of Greenport, l.. T.,
and Miss E. l.. Worth of Southold, L.
l., although both fell desperately in
love with each other after a short ac-
auaintance. In their case love was
strategic, as the story of how they out
witted a spying brother will prove
Claudio's father was anxious that his
son should complete his studies at col
lege before he got married and so a
watch was put on the young man to
see that he paid no surreptitious visits
to SOuthold. That young Claudio was
equal to- the emergency was later
demonstrated. One day he asked his
father for funds to make a trip TO New
London, Conn, on business With the
money in his pocket and under the
surveillance of his elder brother Clau-
dio started for the steamboat Manhas-
set. that was to take him to his pre-
tended destination. He was seen safe
ly aboard the boat and then the elder
brother sat down on the pier to see
that the boat with his brother aboard
got safely away. This is where the
younger Claudio displayed a little
strategy.
By prearran cement a small boat
known as a sharpe cautiously drew
under the overhang of the steamboat
out of sight of the wharf. A
form dangled over the side of the
steamboat and dropped into the shar-
pie. 1t was young Claudio. He was
quickly rowed away unnoticed and,
finding his way to livery stable, hired
closed hack to drive to Southold while
from his point of observation on the
dock the elder brother waved the de-
parting steamer farewell. At South
old Claudio was joined by his sweet
heart and they drove to Cutchogue,
where Rev. F. G. Beebe of the Presby-
terrain church tied the knot They left
the next day for Brooklyn. By this
time the Claudio family learned that
they were outwitted. The bridegroom
is a medical student. He met Miss
Worth at a firemen's tournament a
few months ago. 1t was case of love
at first sight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13
GERMAN WOMAN'S THEATER.

A strictly up-to-date enterprise in
Berlin is theater entirely under con
troll Of the fair sex. Frau Nascha
Butte has rented the Neue theater for
ten years and proposes to conduct it
by herself The subtle distinction be-
tween Frau Direktor and Frau Direk-
term has never been marked before.
It is said that family comedies will
form the staple repertory of the new
management, but of such Kind that
every school girl can enjoy them with
cut a blush. Frau Butte will herself
take part in the performance. The
theater will be opened under the new
management next September.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13
QUEER BAROMETER.

One of the most curious stones in the
world is found in England. 1t is a
natural barometer, and actually fore
tells probable changes in the weather.
It turns black shortly before an p
preaching rain, while in fine weather
it is notified with spots of white.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13
MOTOR TRADE BOOMING

An English firm which boasts OF
diplomas and medals won at Paris,
Antwerp, Strasburg, Brussels and
Berlin backs up the practicability
of it's motor cars with the statement
tt at over 800 of them have been sold
They are petroleum motors, and the
cost Of running is stated, in the cas-
of the smallest, to be as low as one
half cent per mile. The firm car
ries a regular line OF stock.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13
CHAPTER XXXII.

"Tout lie monde Went celui qui
salt attendre.' So wrote the great Ma
poleon. The virtue of the aphorism
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13
EARTHQUAKE In NEW YORK

Malone, N Y, Jan. 8.-Quite a
severe earthquake shock was felt at
1:20 70. m Friday. Buildings trem-
bled. Little damage was done.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13

Gov. Lowndes Of Maryland pulled
out Of the senatorial contest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13


why are you so fond OF talking
about my late husband, Cesare?" she
asked, peevishly; 81 am SO tired Of his
name, Besides, one does not always
care to be reminded of dead people
and he died SO horribly too! ] have
often told you that did not love him
at all. liked him a little, and l was
quite i'll when the dreadful monk, who
looked like a CHEST himself, came
and told me he was dead. Fancy hear
ing such a piece Of news suddenly
while l was actually at luncheon will
Gui-Signor Ferrari! We were both
shocked, of course, but l did not breal
my heart over it. Now l really d.
| love you"
| drew nearer to her on the coucl
! where she sat, and put one arm
around her.
you really do?" I asked, in half
incredulous tone; you are quite
sure?''
She laughed and nestled her head on
my shoulder.
81 am quite sure! How many time'
| have you asked me that absurd Ques
ton? What can l say, what can l Ok
to make you believe me?"
Nothing answered, and answered
truly, for certainly nothing she coult
say or do would make me believe hel
for a moment. But how do you love
| me-for myself or for my wealth.
She raised her head with proud
graceful gesture.
For yourself, of course! Do you
think mere wealth could ever win my
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29
A Warning to the Gents.

The annual ball of the Occidental Ly-
ceum and Sporting society was at its
height, when the master of ceremonies, a
gentleman In fuel dress vest and trousers
and sack coat and four breastpins in his
shirt front, vaulted airiIy into the middle
of the ballroom floor and said, with an
ominous glitter In his eye:
II am informed by some Of the ladies
present that some OF the gents from over
Dead Mans Gulch way air Jest little bit
too exuberant in carrying out the figgers
OF the dances, and that when sing out,
Swing yer ducksy daddles!' these gents
swing their ladies clear off'n their feet.
Now we want things to go off happy and
harmonious here tonight, but IL any moro
complaint o. this sort are made some o.
the Dead Mans Gulch gents'll be likely to
go home on shutter, ye hear me? Choose
yer pardners fer the next kadrille an ali
set a'standinW and they all "set'' TO the
tune Of Granny, will Yer Dog BiteY''-
Detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29
His Answer.

A good hotel clerk must know every.
thing. He must be able to read the inner.
most thoughts Of every guest that comes
to his house. He must be ready to answer
every question that is asked, whether con-
corning railroad trains, predestinarianism
politics, law, science, geography, astron-
omy or theology.
Houston has one of the brightest hotel
clerks In the world. He is always affable,
ready with any kind of information what.
ever, and never has to be asked twice foi
anything.
Two drummers were sitting in the lobby
OF this hotel few nights ago, and ono of
them was telling the other about the clerk s
readiness and said:
'lll bet you the drinks that IL you open
that newspaper that you have in your
hand, select the first phrase that meets
your eye, and then walk over to the clerk
and say 1t over to him he will respond in
some way without a moments hesitation >"
The drummer opened the paper by
chance at political article, and the first
words he saw were, "The greatest good to
the greatest number" He walked over
to the clerks desk, leaned his elbow on il
and said seriously, @'The greatest good to
the greatest number
The clerk smiled pleasantly, tapped a
bell and said to the bellboy:
Take bottle of whisky up to room O."
Houston Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29
Administered His Own Estate.

Mr.. and Mrs. Cotterell never had any
children of their own, but they adopted
and educated several orphans and start
ed them in life. Uncle Matthew, as all
who knew him loved to call him, had a
religion of his own. 1t was to do good.
and he was always looking for opportu-
mites for practicing his religion. Char
liable to fault, he often gave to the
undeserving, but he said it was because
he did not care to risk refusing one who
might be worthy.
iii spend what l have," said Mr..
Cotterell, land that will prevent any
fighting over my estate. Upon this
suggestion he acted, and the result was
that he spent the declining years of his
life in doing good. He was the executor
OF his own estate.
When Matthew Cotterell died, North
Bend lost a citizen who had been iden-
titled with its growth and prosperity,
who had given of his means to promote
the city's welfare and who was ready at
all times to do something more than
talk. But more than this the Door lost
a friend and the state lost splendid
citizen. Omaha World Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29
ssoris. Of Sir Frank lockwood.

or HE early dramatic days the late
SIR Frank Lockwood once said: IT
made my first appearance on any stage
in the old ,theatsr at Bath. This theater
was the cradle of many a great reputa-
ton, as surely as it was the coffin of
mine. l was cast for the part of a serv-
ant-one of those faithful creatures to
whom wages are not so much an object
as a comfortable home. Through five
acts tracked mysterious child, until
that mysterious child must have been
heartily sick of me. 1t was an Irish
part, and for its delineation / had
studied and thought | had acquired q
real brogue, racy of the Emerald Isle.
We have been wondering subsequent
ly said the manager, what dialect you
have been playing the part in. Some
say it is Scotch, some say il is Irish,
but the gasman, who tells me he has
often played the part, says it is Zumer-
set. >"
Some time ago Sir Frank received an
invitation to stay at a friends country
house in remote district. But he
thought OF taking short holiday, and
as the invitation mentioned no length of
stay he telegraphed, May / stay six
days?" The message was duly delivered
to his friend, who had to pay shillings
to the messenger, and his reply was,
Yes, of course, but don't telegraph.
Here was an excellent opportunity for a
joke, and Sir Frank was not slow to
seize it, AS evening was falling another |
mounted messenger arrived at the coun-
try house and delivering a telegram de-
manded further shillings The tele- |
gram ran, why not?-Lockwood. -
London News.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29
BORN ~ PISCES.
What the signs of the Zodiac Say To Such
Lucky Persons.


| Lucky Persons.
| 1t Is strange that people should worry
about the future at ALL inasmuch as the
ancient sages settled all such little matters
as success or failure, health or illness, in
| tellect or drllness and shortness or length
of life by simple reference to the picture
on the front page of the almanac depict
| ing young man in the altogether, sur
rounded by n lot of rams, bulls, twins,
crabs, lions, seals and other devices known
as the signs of the zodiac.
Should your birthday occur after Feb.
81 and before March 81 you are, according
TO the astrologer, "born in Pisces" The
"Pisces" are the two little fish crossed at
the feet of the young man in the almanac,
Eat the foot of the serving department"
20 be technical
In that case you will be interested in all
that relates to physical nature.
Men born in this sign are sometimes
called walking encyclopedias. They are
cautious and require reason for every
thing. They are very conscientious and
lacking self confidence from the fact that
they cannot bear to be under obligations
for anything and are afraid of failing, for
fear they will not give satisfaction and an
equivalent for what they get; especially
fond of history; have mechanical ability;
make good engineers liable to DO troubled
with headache and stomach troubles.
To marry happily man born between
Feb. 81 and March 81 should marry a
woman born between Aug. 20 and Sept.
22. BY this means he will secure a mate
OF "fine intuitions. She will have great
power of sight, taking In everything at a
glance on entering room or on opening
page In book. She will show fine dis |
elimination in all departments of life, par
ticularly of foods, and can be safely in
trusted to do the family marketing"
She will, however, be very selfish and |
desirous of being the controlling influence
in the home or in anything else that she
may be engaged in. In this respect the
woman of Aug. 22 to Sept 22 is the typ
ical new woman, but she will also be found |
to be domestic and keenly interested in the
little details Of home life.-San Francisco
Examiner
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29
BOYS ODD PUNISHMENT.
Justice Dooleys Method with Two Very
Young Thieves In Chicago.

houns ihieNes In thicago.
Justice Dooley of Chicago used a
unique method in his court recently TO
impress on the minds of two youthful
offenders the shame they bad brought
upon themselves The boys were Joseph
Kuozewski and Frank Kalicesky, 10
and l2 years old respectively. They
were arrested the other evening on
charges Of stealing from freight cars.
They admitted the allegations In
court, but considering their extreme
youth the magistrate was not disposed
20 send them away. He compelled them
10 walk up and down the courtroom
with their hands over their heads for
several minutes Court proceedings
were suspended, and when the lads
We're again summohd before his honor
they appeared to have been sufficiently
punished.
Next time You appear before me-"
said his honor, II shall make You walk
through the streets with your hands
much higher than you held them to-
day. d"
The boys very earnestly assured the |
court that never again would they do |
anything which would bring them into |
the clutches of the police. Chicago
Post
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29
Moscow From the Kremlin.

The journal of Miss Mary Grace Thorn.
ton, daughter Of the British ambassador.
describing the coronation of the late car
OF Russia, is printed in The Century. Miss
Thornton writes: We saw beautiful
stretch of this picturesque town yesterday
from the terrace of the Krenlin, the river
below running between its white quays
and beyond lines and lines of green rooted
houses, broken continually by the darker
clumps OF trees in some charming Moscow
garden or by the shining cupolas and
spires of the famous Moscow churches.
And yet, with its charm of an existence
of centuries, Moscow seems to me to pos
sess very little of the quiet of age. In the
churches, for instance some of the art is
SO barbaric as to carry ono straight book
TO dark days. 1t is impossible to escape
from historical associations of Ignorance
and cruelty as one might in some western
town, and begin to think that it Is be-
cause the Russians themselves are not en-
tirely removed from the superstition and
despotism of that time. The contrast is
less, the association easier to call up. till
every bit OF the Moscow of today Is strik-
ing by what 1t suggests. Even from the
beautiful kremlin terrace one sees the rush
OF wild Tartars up the slopes, the quiet
summer day is full of noise, and where
ones foot now presses the soft green grass
the ground Is red with blood.