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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01

London, Oct. 29.-The city Imperial
volunteers who arrived at Southamp-
ton from south Africa Saturday,
reached here by train yesterday. They
marched through London, alol5
streets packed by thousands, and re-
ceived a tumultuOus greeting. Such q
demonstration was probably never be-
fore evoked for such small body of
volunteers. After an eight hours
march, broken by a sermon at st.
PauPs cathedral and speech by Lord
Mayor Newton in Guild hall, the vol
unteers sat down to a dinner where
Lord Wolseley and many other notable
persons received and addressed them.
After the usual lot Of toasts ord
WolseIey read a telegram of cons atu-
lation from Queen Victoria. The
members OF the corps then separated.
They had muflled themselves
in overcoats and ether DISCUSSES in or
der to avoid recognition By the
crowds Even then several were near
ly pulled to pieces in rough e-nbrac-
ings and hand shakings of drunken
men. The list Of casualties among the
welcoming multitude IS longer than
that CT the whole corps IN its twenty
six engG ~oments in south Africa. Par
tlal returns from hospitals and police
stations indicate that lore than 200
were badly hurt and . dozen killed
outright. The 5000 police and $4,000
troops along the line Of march were
unable to manage the crowds. Women
and girls tainted and were trampled
under foot AMI stands overloaded with
sightseers fell in. A man leaning over
the parapet of a four-stOry building
lost his balance and fell upon a group
of women, killing one and hurting two
others, but walked away himself ap-
parently uninjured.
Many soldiers on the line or march
were hurt in combats with the crowd.
Altogether London had a wild day
with much fun, and unfortunately
deal of grief in many households.
When night fell the streets of Lon
don would have done credit to the
commune 1t was q scene o. uncheck-
ed saturnalia that met the eye with
me throngs fighting and swearing for
| the right Of way. The few policemen
in evidence were borne helplessly upon
the tide of patriotic enthusiasm whose
invariable characteristic was drunken
ness. The night was repetition OF
| .AIafeking night without the re-
deeemfng excuses OF that celebrated
orgy. London was turned over to the
worst elements Of it's population. Wo-
men were insulted, kissed or thrown
down with impunity in the street
fights. Pursued at sweet will by in
ebriate brawlers, they streamed along
| the historic thOrOughfares, shouting,
sobbing and brandishing feathers in in
| sane depravity. Many of them offered
no exception to the rule Of drunken
ness Babes in arms were frequently
seen. Countless different uniforms Of
soldiers of the empire, regulars, volun-
teers and cOlonials, added vivid color
to the extraordinary spectacle, the like
| of which was never witnessed in any
| American city The heroes took little
part in the celebration. Indeed they
seemed to be forgotten in the general
desire to take advantage OF the Oppor-
tunity of unbridled debauch and de-
fance of all law, order and decency.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
Wreck at Port Washinqton.

Port Washington, Oct. 30.-YesteT-
day morning a double-header came
from the south, leaving its train one
half mile south of the depot, and Went
to the station to get water. Another
dOuble-header came from the south
and it being very foggy, they did not
see the first train left standing on the
track and a collision resulted. The
crew of the second train jumped just
in time to save their lives. One fire
man broke his arm and another
sprained his ankle, these being all the
injuries done to any of the crews.
Both engines are 2 complete wreck
Seven cars loaded with corn were
smashed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01

New York, Oct. 30.-Yesterday oc-
Cured a fire explosion that shook the
lower end Of Manhattan like an earth
quake, hurled a seVen-stOry building
into the air anu set fire to two blocks
of buildings with loss OF life that only
the efforts OF hundreds Of men IN dig
ging away the ruins will reveal. Scores
Of persons were injured by falling
glass and other debris. Fire broke out
in the big building Of Tarrant q Co.,
makers Of medicinal speclaItIeS, corner
of Greenwich and Warren streets,
filled with chemicals. One fire company
had just arrived when the first terrible
explosion occurred and threw the
entire engine company down the stairs.
The second explosion occurred five
minutes after the first. The building
seemed to leap into the air and in
moment masses of brick, timbers and
stone were falling into the street The
force Of the explosion tore away the
walls of the big commission store
houses fronting on Washington street
and caused them to collapse. Flames
DuI9JIuS
found an easy prey. Across Warren
street the flames leaped and in an al
most incredible space of time Warren
street was choked up with a mass OF
flaming ruins. The great explosion
was followed by half a dozen others
scarcely less intense and by count
less number Of smaller ones. The
scene had now assumed the proper
tions OF d great catastrophe, and it
was thought hundreds of lives had
been lost.
Throngs of people were rushing
panic stricken. fleeing from the ire.
Five alarms had already been turned
in, augmented by a general call for
ambulances. The heads OF the city
departments hurried to the scene.
Half an hour after the explosion the
streets for blocks around the fire were
crowded with fire apparatus and am
balances, while hundreds of police
were being rushed from all the lower
precincts OF the city and many priests
from nearby parishes were going here
and there in the Smoke-ObScured thor
oughfares, seeking the injured who
might need their aid. The second eX
ploSion carried destruction in every
direction. That it did not cause whole
sale loss of life was due to the fac
that almost ten minutes warning came
after the first cry Of fire, and fully fly,
minutes occurred between the first eX
plosion which warned every one with
in hearing, and the second one.
The second explosion completely car
ried away the station and the mass o
masonry that fell with it brok
through the flooring and almost de
molished the structure just below thu
building. The station employees ha(
previously escaped in safety. The eX
plosion completely demolished the win
COWS along Greenwich street on boil
sides Tor three blocks in both direc
lions. The first reports were that tn
Tarrant building III its fall mad crush
ed down upon two crowded restaurant
and buried q hundred or more in each
Subsequent examinations showed i
any persons were caught in uhes'
places it was the kitchen help and bu
very few outsiders, if anybody. Tn,
only person KNOWN to have been killeC
up to s o'clocn was an unknown MAJ
who died in a hospital from injuries
received in the street
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
MINERS ARE INSISTENT,
Demand Coal Companies Shall Com,
to Terms.

Demand Coal Companies Shall Come
to Terms.
Scranton Pa. Oct. 30.-Over 5000
mine employees in the Lackawanna val
ley refused to return to work yester-
day morning because the companies
for which they had mined coal failed
to comply with the terms of the Scran,
ton miners convention.
The companies affected are the On
tario & Western Railroad company's
ten mines employing 1000 men, the
Forest Mining company at Archibald
employing 500 men, who have been on
strike since last July, Green Ridge
Coal company employing 400 and the
Clark Tunnel Coal company employing
100. At all the other mines there was a
complete resumption, even at those of
Jermyn & Co. in Old Forge. where It
was believed the men would not so
back until they were assured that the
grievances because of which they
struck last March, will be adjusted.
Several thousands of men who
struck have either gone to the western
soft coal fields or returned to their
homes in Europe. This naturally di-
minishes the supply of competent help
as the mines all want to work to their
fullest capacity in order to replenish
exhausted stocks of coal. For this
reason it is believed the union can tie
up mines that show a disposition not
to comply with the demands.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

Industry and commerce wait upon
the election.
An American soldier was tortured to
death by F'ilipinos.
Telegraph lines around Pretoria
were cut nightly by burghers.
Premier Waldeck- Rousseau outlined
the program Of the French govern
ment
Baron F. Di Renzis di Montanaro,
the Italian ambassador to Great Brit
ain, is dead.
At Trenton, N. j., William S.
Strayker, adjutant general since 1867,
died, aged 62.
John S. Moore, a farmer, was killed
and his brother seriously injured by
cyclone near Wichita
The manufacturers of the United
States are rapidly increasing their
share in the foreign commerce of the
country.
Comte Cahen d'Anhers, a well
known figure in Partisan society, was
killed in an automobile accident near
Mezziers.
Col. John M. Fleming, aged GO years.
and for many years editor of the old
Knoxville Tribune, and later of the
Sentinel, died in Knoxville, Tenn.
William H. Cunningham, for many
years manager of the Western depart
ment of the Fire Association OF Phila-
delphia, died in Chica go aged 81 years.
1t is rumored that Venezuela is con-
sidering the advisability of leasing the
island of Margarita to Germany for
ninety-nine years as a coaling sta
ton.
w. S. Reed Of Toledo, formerly
freight traffic manager of the Glover
Leaf, has been selected traffic man
ager for the Chicago Junction railway
and Vii take charge Nov. /:
Terry Carr, son OF B. o. Carr of
Seattle, and Clark G. Carr, son of Gen.
Clark Carr of Galesburg, ILL.,, were
drowned in Lake Washington, near
Seattle, while duck hunting.
Rev. Henry Russell Prithard, the
oldest Christian minister in the Unit
ed States, died suddenly at Chester
field, Ind. He had lived in Indiana
since 1854 He was the intimate asso-
ciate OF Alexander Campbell
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01

peaceable solution OF our difficulty
with Spain, the most righteous foreign
war in modern history was fought to
a brilliant and triumphant finish under
President Mckinley. Like all great
triumphs this war has left in its train
a burden Of responsibilities. n these
responsibilities the president has pro
ceeded with his usual sobriety OF
spirit, deep appreciation of the ire
me-dous issues involved and resolute
purpose 10 DO justice alike to our
selves and The natives OF countries
which have come under our care. Our
word has been kept 10 the letter. The
-ubans. who are enf1nitely more adj
vanced than the Filipinos, have been
helped along to self-government under
as able and keen sighted an admins
traitor as any government ever sent
to do SUI task, General leonard
Wood"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
Census Figures Ready.

Washington, Oct. 27.-The work Of
counting the inhabitants of the United
States is practically completed by the
census bureau and this week Director
Merriam will announce the population
Of the country. His statement, how
ever, will be subject to some slight re-
vision. All the returns from Alaska
are not yet in and the returns from
American soldiers and sailors serving
in the Philippines and elsewhere
abroad are not complete. These fig
ures will be estimated. The figures
for the states and territories will be
official.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
THANKSGIVING PROCLAIMED.
President Asks the American People
to Express Their Gratitude.

TO Express ! HEIR All UNSs
Washington, Oct. 30.-The president
thus proclaims Thanksgiving day: 1T
has pleased almighty God to bring our
nation in safety and honor through
another year. Works Of religion and
charity have everywhere been mani
fest. Our country through all its
extent has been blessed with abundant
harvests. Labor and the great in
dustries Of the people have prospered
beyond all precedent. Our commerce
is spread over the world. Our power
and influence in the cause of freedom
and enlightenment have extended over
distant seas and lands. The lives of our
official representatives and many Of
our people in China have been mar
velously preserved. We have been
generally exempt from pestilence and
other great calamities, and even the
tragic visitation which overwhelmed
the city of Galveston made evident the
sentiments Of sympathy and christian
charity by virtue of which we are one
united people. Now, therefore, l.,
William Mckinley, president of the
United States, do hereby appoint and
set apart Thursday, the goth day of
November next, to be observed by all
the people of the United States at
home or abroad as a day Of thanks
giving and praise to Him who holds
nations in the hollow of His hand.
recommend that they gather in their
several places Of worship and devout-
Iy give Him thanks for the prosperity
wherewith He has endowed us for
seed time and harvest, for the yalor,
devotion and humanity of our armies
and navies and for all His benefits tC
us as individuals and as a nation, and
that they humbly pray for a con-
tinuance of His divine favor, for con-
cord and amity with other nations,
and for righteousness and peace in
all our ways"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01

rains raised the streams so as to
cause much damage to bridges and
other property. Many washouts on
railroads are reported
Black River Falls, Wis, Oct. So
There was 1O-foot raise in Black
river and it is expected TO be yet high
er. Among the mill dams swept out
in the vicinity were the Charter Oak,
HGnsons, NarcOnSs, H. B. Mills at Mil
ton, Shamrock, flour mill. Green's and
the Rhoadeton OF this city. Most OF
the small bridges are also gone. In
this city the Rhoades foundry was
badly damaged
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
DESPERATE PRISONERS.
Kill Keeper in Their Attempt to Es-
cape.

New York, Oct. 3O.-Two colored
prisoners, in an attempt to escape
from the prison attached to the
seventh district court, killed the
keeper, Hugh McGovern, aged 81, and
probably fatally injured George Will
son, SO, a ''trusty," who evidently tried
to aid McGovern. One of the prison
ers, Arthur Flanagan, charged with
burglary, escaped. The other, Frank
Emerson, also committed for burglary,
fell into the yard and was instantly
killed. The prisoners were on the
fourth floor. They sawed two bars
off their cell door and got into the
corridor. In trying to cut the bars at
a window it is supposed they en-
countered McGOvern and Wilson.
The latter cannot give an account of
what happened. It is believed the file,
which the prisoners used to cut the
bars, was furnished by woman who
visited Emerson Saturday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01

Peter Doyle, who died Saturday at
Jersey City, where he had been en-
gagged in the practice Of law for three
months, was born in Carlow, Ireland,
in 1914, but came with his parents to
Milwaukee in 1850 and settled at
Franklin, Milwaukee county. After
completing a full collegiate education,
he began the study of law in the Offices
of Butler and CottrilI in 1863. After
teaching school for two years he re-
moved to Prairie du CHEN. Mr.. Doyle
was always a democrat. He was tend
cred the nomination as first mayor of
Prairie du CHEN, but declined. In
1872, however, he was elected assem-
blyman from Crawford county. In
1873 he was elected secretary of state
on the Taylor ticket, and was reflect
ed in 1875. Soon after the expiration
of his second term he moved to Mil
Waukee to engage in the practice Of
law. He continued as a practicing at
torney until he left the city three
months ago. The only surviving mem
Der OF Mr. Doyle's family in Milwaukee
is Mrs. James Foley of Milwaukee. a
sister.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
ALVORD is CAUGHT.
New York DefauIter in Custody in
Boston.

New York DefauIter in Custody in
Boston.
Boston, Oct. 30.-C. L. AIvord, the
New York bank defaulter, is under az
rest here. He took his arrest very
quietly. 1t is learned that ne arrived
in Boston last week and went to the
Hotel Touraine, but did not register.
On Wednesday he engaged a back
room on the second floor Of a lodging
house on Huntington avenue near
West Newton street, where he went
under the name of Mr.. Smith of New
York.
When arrested Alvord stated he was
glad the suspense was ended and was
willing to go back to New York with
out papers. He was driven to police
headquarters and after being measured
and photographed was taken to New
York. He said he had not seen his
wife for two weeks, although prior to
that time he told her his financial cir
cumstances and asked her if he should
kill himself or face it out. She told
him to face it out When asked what
he had done with the money, he said:
well. $4,000 dollars is a whole lot
of money but it goes easy" Referring
to horse races, he said he had backed
horses but never on race tracks and
had owned fast horses himself. He
said he had lived his life and had
taken it to it's full at the rate of $50,
900 a year or more. He said he would
not make any fight, would throw uE
his hands, take his sentence and after
that was over, come out in the WorlC
again He said he would be unable tt
secure bail and that he had nothing
with which to make restitution.
New York, Oct. 30.-The officers o.
| the First National bank have come tt
the conclusion that comparatively
| little Of Alvord's stealings remain il
his possession. He had not stolen an!
! money for several months. The true
story of the detection came out yester
| day. A clerk in the bank saw hin
make a change in the clearing houst
sheet after it had been gone over b.
the bank examiner The clerk though
this an extraordinary proceeding AM
! his first impulse was to tell his super
iors about it. He hesitated, however
being loath to cast suspicion on a feI
low clerk. This was on Monday, Oct
Is. The clerk thought later that h.
had better make mention of it, an(
told assistant Cashier Backus. MI
| Backus, too, was slow to believe tina
there was anything wrong about Al
word and he decided to investigate TO
himself before consulting his super
Tors. Therefore, he left the bank a.
usual on Thursday afternoon. He re
| turned in the evening however, ant
going over Alvord's accounts discover
| ed the defalcation. Alyord went dow
to the bank that evening, too, AM
| learned that Mr. Backus was at worl
! in the teller's cage in the basement
| Then he disappeared.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
De ath'S Bride,

Milwaukee, Oct 3O.-On the eve of
her wedding day Miss Margaret Theil
was decorating her home for the we'd
ding, which was to have occurred
Saturday night, when she was taken
suddenly i'll with heart disease and
died. Johann Kuhn, the bridegroom,
was at her bedside. Miss Theil was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas
Theil, 629 Thirty-frst street, and she
was % years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
Rev, Mr., Wilson Dead.

Waukesha, Oct. 30-Rev Thomas G.
Watson, formerly pastor Of the Pres
byterian church in Waukesha, died
Sunday in Spokane, Wash, where he
will be buried. The deceased was
brother Of Mrs. Edward P. Allis and
father of Mrs. T. T. Terry Of Milwau
kee. He had been a member Of the
ministry nearly forty years, and was
60 years old at his death. He fire.
quently preached in Milwaukee
churches
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
MAX MULLER DEAD.
Distinguished PhioIogist Passes Away
at Oxford

N'SN''' JS'S''~S '''iOiS y . AWAY
at Oxford.
London, Oct. 30.-Friedrich Max
Muller, corpus professor of compare
tive philology at Oxford university,
died Sunday. His disease was an af-
lection of the liver. Prof. Muller was
the only son of the poet Wilhelm
Muller and was born at Dessau, in
Germany, in 1928. Educated at the
public schools of Dessau and Leipsic.
and at the universities of Leipsic and
Berlin, he turned his attention early
in his career to the study of compar-
ative philology. In 1874 he published
his first book, a translation of Sans
krit fables, known collectively as The
Hitopadesa. The collating of the Rig
Veda manuscripts brought him to Eng
land two years later and a further
term of two years found him settled
at Oxford. The first volume of his
edition of the Rig-Veda appeared in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
Grandson of Victoria Dead.

London, Oct. 3O.-A dispatch from
Pretoria announces the death from
enteric fever of Prince Christian Vic
tor of Schleswig-Holstein, eldest son
OF the Princess Helene OF England,
and grandson of Queen Victoria. He
was born in 1857 and was a major in
the Kings Royal rifles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
Beers STILL AGGRESSIVE.
Have 1900 Men in Field and Harass
British.

Have $1,000 Men in Field and Harass
British.
Capetown, Oct. 30.-A force of beers
attacked and surrounded a patrol OF
Cape police with a convoy near Hoop
stad, Orange River Colony, last We'd
nesday, and a sharp fight ensued.
The police were compelled to abandon
two maxims. Ultimately reinforced
by the yeomanry, they succeeded in
getting away with the convoy; but
they lost seven killed, eleven wounded
and fifteen captured. The colonials
were oUtnumbered ten to one. and the
engagement lasted two hours. The
beers have $4,000 men in the field,
nearly half of whom are in Orange
River Colony. These are divided into
commandos of some 300 each, but are
capable of combinations for large op
eratiOnS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
AUTHORIZES AROUSED.
The ExcitabIe Marie CoreIii Is Again
Stirred Up.

London, Oct. 30-Marie Corelli is up
in arms against the project to place in
the church at Standardization, fac
ing Shakespeares bust in the chancel,
another of Helen FAUCET, the renowned
American Shakespearean artist, who
married Sir Theodore Martin. Martin
secured a concession for the bust from
the vicar for a $4,000 subscription to-
ward paying off the $4,000 debt on the
church Marie CorelIi now starts a
fund to defray the whole debt to pre-
vent such a vandal act, as that Helen
FAUCETS features should confront those
of Shakespeare's himself
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
PERSONALITIES,

Henry James, the author, long re
garded as a confirmed anglomaniac,
intends to leave England and make
his home in future in the land of his
birth. He has secured an option on
property near Boston. He has spent
the greater part of his SIS years Of life
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
PARENTS SUSPECTED.
Mysterious Disappearance Cleared U

wy oS~i O0S DiSeaPCPdi eIiSS SlSdTSO Up
at Last.
La Crosse, Wis, Oct. 3O.-The mys-
terry which surrounded the strange
disappearance of Peter Sac Mary, a
cripple, aged 2S, living with his parents
on farm, near Caledonia, Mimi, has
finally been solved.
The body of the young man was
found in badly decomposed condition
mile from the Sac Mary farm. Across
the remains lay two saplings, showing
that the man did not meet death by
his own hands. The parents and three
sons are under arrest charged with
murder.
Sac Mary disappeared one Sunday
in May. He was cripple, both legs
having been frozen of. The parents
have told several conflicting stories.