Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-18

| l. OLI O"SuCL " Ills Guilty III LOW
He leaves widow and four sons.
An attempt was made to wreck No.
1 westbound Short Line passenger
train, at Malad bridge, Idaho. A large
number Of ties were piled on The
track. The engine was damaged.
In an explosion at the Santa Cruz
Cal, powder works Chester Shepard,
aged 20 years, was killed and Phil
Curtis severely burned. Shepard was
in a large tank and was burned to
death.
The New Orleans express was
wrecked near Bradley, Cal No one
was injured. Eight cars were burned,
including the mail car, two baggage
cars, two standard sleepers and three
tourist coaches.
James P. Witherow has begun suit
in New York against the Carnegie
Steel company for damages amounting
to between $4O,000,U00 and S50,000,-
GOO for alleged infringement Of a pat
ent held by him.
Minister LOOMS sailed from La
Guayra on the cruiser Scorpion. The
information he is bringing to the state
department is expected to result in
securing better treatment for Ameri-
cans in Venezuela.
Nine of the fourteen commission
ers to represent the presybtery of New
York at the general assembly in Phila-
delphia May 16, are understood
to be opposed to any change whatso-
ever in the creed.
Z. G. Brown, for twenty years a
passenger conductor on the Big Four
railroad, and for the last four years
an employe of the Illinois Central train
as freight conductor, was killed by an
engine at Champaign Ill.
At Ottawa, Ont. fire destroyed the
Russell House, one Of the principal
hotels. There were about 200 guests
in the building. The Russell theater,
one of the finest playhouses in Can
ada, is also total loss.
Charles Benton Flagg, supreme
r secretary of the order of United
Commercial Travellers, died at his
home in Columbus, O., of pneumonia.
He was 46 years old. His father and
mother reside at Waukegan.
The special election in the fourth
Maine congressional district to choose
a successor to Charles A. BoutelIe, re
signed, resulted in a victory for ex-
Governor Llewellyn Powers of Houl-
ton, the republican candidate.
! Mrs. Prudence Smith, Mrs. Jane Nc
Mutt and her daughter were arraigned
in Kansas City, Kan, on the charge
of destroying property in an Armour
dale joint, March II, and the county
attorney dismissed the cases.
A railroad backed by United States
Senator Clark and the Oregon Short
5 Line supported by interests worth a
/ billion, are in fight for right Of way
to southern California. Both are lay
U ing rails and a clash is probable.
The directors of the Cured Fruit as
ISOLATION, San Jose, Cal, have reduced
the prices on all prune sizes to a 2
I cent basis for a term Of fifteen days
They have also decided to submit to
the further life Of the organization.
. The indictments against ten of the
men who were charged with taking
part in the Akron riots were dismiss
. ed. A number of the men have been
convicted for other crimes and are
: now serving time in the penitentiary.
Judge Dixon Of the New Jersey
, court of appeals ruled that a stock
). holder of any big industrial combi
y nation incorporated in that state may
restrain the issue Of stock if it is in
! excess of the real value of the prop
f erty.
: The dry goods store of Julius
Meyers Sons, Richmond, Va, was de
e stroyed by fire. The stock and fix
S lures were insured for $1S0,000 The
0 building, which was owned by e
Raab and E. M. Eisfeld, was insured
: for $4,000.
+ Lawyer Patrick, accused of plotting
t Millionaire Rice's death, made a state
ment in New York in which he de
t clared that Rice died from natura
/ causes and that his prosecution was
= due to a conspiracy to defeat the viii
IN his favor.
At Bridgeport. Conn, Percy l.
Johnson, just returned from Mexico
was arraigned on charge of embezzle
ment from the Pendleton estate and
. Staples free academy fund. He
waived examination and was bound
, over in $4,000.
DR.. Robert Mcintyre has notified
. the trustees of st. James Methodist
= Episcopal church, Chicago, that he
would end his pastorate next October
on account of his health. Rev. Frank
: Bristol of Washington and Rev. S. P.
Cadman of New York have been sug-
gested as his successor.
George Thurber, formerly one of the
the best-known traders in the wheat
pit Of the Chicago Board of Trade. il;
dead. He spent last winter in Florida
and was On his way to Hastings,
Mimi, when he became unconsc'ou
on the train. His widow lives in La
Crosse. Mr.. Thurber was SO years OF
age.
Major George H. Palmer retired,
, died suddenly at his home lear
Durand, Ill. He was veteran of civil
ard Cuban wars. He served in the
regular army twenty-five years AMI
was in the sixteenth infantry at Boise
city at the outbreak of the Cuban
war. Two of his sons are now in Lho
service, and two daughters are mar
ried to army officers. Major Palmer