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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
HELEN GIVES BIG TIPS.
In One Day She Presents $3.50 to Men
Who Helped Her.

Who Helped Her.
New York, June miss Helen
Gould has won many friends at Dur
lands Riding academy, Seth street and
Central Park West. Miss Gould has
gone to her villa at Irvington- on-the-
Hudson for the summer, and no longer
does she give horseback parties in the
mornings for her girl friends.
Miss Gould broke down during the
winter from overwork. Ordered to re-
main absolutely quiet by her physician,
she recovered rapidly and once more
she could go out.
DR.. Mum, the Gould family physician,
prescribed plenty of exercise for his
young patient, and advised horseback
riding as the best form of it. Miss
Gould at once sought out Durland's
academy and brought up string of
horses there for her own use.
Promptly at a. m. every day she
was on hand and Riding Master Carl
Stetzor was delegated to attend her.
When the mornings were raw or rainy
Miss Gould rode in the tanbark ring.
"neH tney were me Sne ana Herr Stet-
zor rode in the park. Each morning
Miss Gould improved in health and rid
ing ability. Her color returned and
she declared she felt more like her old
self.
Now, 25-cent tips are quite common
at Durland's, but suddenly all the en-
ployees realized that there was some
body who came regularly that paid
bigger amounts. 1t was Miss Gould. A
SIS bill was common enough for a morn
ing's ride.
For a week past it has been Miss
Gould's pleasure to give riding parties
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06

alive values of a great many items OF
property before he can establish any
unfairness in his own assessment,
and then may fail merely from the
difficulty Of making the required
proof.
Assessors should not shift the re
sponsibility of difficult valuations up
on the board Of review. This admon-
ition is made because it has been the
practice in some assessment districts
for the assessor to make his valuations
in a perfunctory way, in the expecta-
ton that the board of review will go
over all his work and put the proper
valuations on all items. This should
not be done. The assessor should IN
all cases place what he believes to be
the correct value upon every item be-
fore submitting his roll to the board
of review. The law does not contem-
plate that the members of the board
of review shall convert themselves
into a mere board of assessors to do
over that which the assessor should
have done properly in the first in
stance"
The instructions close with this sig
nificant paragraph:
''The laws enacted by the legisla-
ture of 1901, especially those impos-
ing severe penalties upon assessing
officers for willful violation Of official
duty, plainly indicate that the people
through their representatives insist
that such violations of law as have
heretofore been customary Or occa-
sional, particularly the practice of I'M
LIBERALIZATION, must be abandoned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
MRS. BONINE'S CASE.
Only CrcumstantiaI Evidence to Use
to Break Down Her Defense.

ONLY CircumstantiaI Evidence to Use
to Break Down Her Defense.
WASHINGTON. June 2.-Preparations
are being made by the United States
district attorney and the police for
great legal battle when Mrs. BONNIE
who confesses to having been engaged
in fatal struggle with Census Clerk
Ayres at the time he was shot, is
brought to trial.
Approaching that the case against
her in it's present status is weak, the
district attorney has asked the police
to exert themselves to the utmost and
procure every bit of evidence that
can be found In consequence, the de-
tectives have been quite as active as
they were when endeavoring to solve
the mystery.
1t is realized by the prosecuting Of
ficials that only by circumstanc1al
evidence can the statements made by
Mrs. Bonnie be broken down. The
conviction is strong in the public mind
that she will be acquitted unless
stronger proof be brought against her
than was developed at the inquest.
Mrs. Bonnie has retained Douglas &
Douglas to defend her. One of the
firm called at the Jail accompanied by
Mr.. BONNIE, and had a long talk with
| her about her case. One of the first
things impressed upon the prisoner
was the absolute necessity for silence
on her part.
1t is said efforts will be made to
have excluded the confession made by
Mrs. Bonnie on the ground that it was
obtained from her under duress. II
that be thrown out it will devolve up
on the government to make it's case
wholly one of circumstantial evidence.
The chain of evidence already con-
structed is admittedly weak in many
essential points.
Lawyers who have carefully re-
viewed the case say that at best man
slaughter only could be established, as
| circumstances show that the weapon
from which the fatal shots were fired
was in the room of the deceased when
Mrs. BONNIE entered. This, they say,
eliminates the element of premedita-
ton. The government is endeavoring
to establish a motive for the killing,
and will try to show more conclusively
than was brought out at the inquest
that Ayres and the accused were on
most intimate terms, and that she was
extremely jealous.
| CHI &c +1 ho; Oh
probably go with her two boys into the
country and there await trial. The
boys have not called on her at the Jail
and it is her wish that they shall not
see their mother behind the bars
The detectives are still searching
among the secondhand stores to find
where the revolver with which the
shooting was done was purchased. 1t
transpired that Mrs. Bonnie bought
100 bales of cotton at a brokers' office
in February, closing it out the next
day with a profit of $40.
Mrs. Bonines claim that the shoot
ing was done while she and Ayres
were struggling will make the evi-
dence of the doctors who examined the
! body of material Importance, as it will
show the course of the bullets.
Mr.. Bonnie has called twice a day
at the Jail, and mas been hard at
work preparing his wife's defense.
There is absolutely no evidence
showing that there was third person
in the room when the shooting was
done.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06

truck out in the morning and it will
stay out all day and still have enough
energy left to get home on. The bat
terry undoubtedly can be used to adj
vantage in street car propulsion, and
by it power from the tides can be
used. Ii the Bay of Fundy they have
dfty-foot tides. This vast reservoir
of power could not be used because
the old lead batteries would not charge
quickly enough"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
RECRUITING OFFICE OPENED.
Lieut.. w. =. Hase Getting Enlistments
for Army.

Madison, June 2.
First Lieut.. William F. Hase, U. s..
A, and Private Charles A Norman
arrived in Madison yesterday morn
ing for the purpose of enlisting men
in the regular army. Major Evans
will be the examining physician. All
applicants will call at Simon's hotel
where Private Norman will give any
further information desired. There
is an excellent opportunity afforded
to young men for promotion owing to
the fact that large number of new
regiments are being organized. The
recruiting officer will be at the Simon
hotel until further notice. Lieut.
Hase is a Milwaukee boy recently
graduated from the university. His
wife, who was Miss Daisy Sames of
is also a recent varsity
graduate. They were popular in So
ciety while here
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
EDtSON'S NEW BATTERY.
He AccompIishes What Electricians
Have Worked at for Forty Years.

Have Worked at for Forty Years.
New York, June 2.-As a result Of
experiments continued without inter
ruption for nine months Thomas A.
Edison has perfected what many cleo
trical experts regard as one of his
greatest inventions-a storage bat
terry, for which he has taken out pat
ents in all parts of the world.
One of the chief features of Mr.. Ed
ison's new storage battery is that the
inventor has adopted iron and nickel
as the metals used in the battery, in
stead of the copper-cadmium combina
ton.
Until the announcement of Mr.. Edi
sons invention, the history of the stor-
age cell had been essentially that of
the lead cell, discovered by Plante in
1860. For forty years experts have
been experimenting to improve this
cell.
The obstacle of excessive weight has
been overcome by Mr.. Edison, and
electric traction for carriages, trucks,
cars and even ferry-boats, it is pre-
dicted, will now come into general
use. The Electrical Review will say
in its current issue:
Mr.. Edison has given the world
what promises to be another epoch
making invention. He has produced
no invention of broader utility in the
electrical field since incandescent
lighting was evolved from his busy
brain. The perfected battery means
the solution of many difficult traction
problems, the betterment of electric
lighting and the foundation of the new
art of electrical navigation. Electric
tugboats will give new life to our
canals, and with electric ferry-boats
will revolutionize our harbors.
Mr.. Edison, when he began to solve
the storage battery problem, sought
a cell which would possess these ad-
vantages: an absence of deterioration
by work; large storage capacity per
unit of mass; capability of being rap
idly charged and discharged; capa-
b1llty of outstanding careless treat
ment, and inexpensiveness. In his new
battery the inventor uses iron in the
positive plate and nickel in the mega
tive plate. An alkali fluid is employed |
but it is hydroxide of potash instead of |
caustic soda.
The positive and negative plates in |
he new battery differ only in the
;hemical contents of their pockets.
Zach plate is formed of comparative
Y thin sheet of steel, out of which rec
holes are stamped. Each
opening is filled with a pocket or shall
ow box containing the active material,
Which is made in the form of rectan-
,ular cakes.
Mr.. Edison believes that he can
manufacture the new battery at a
rice not exceeding the present cost
L the old style lead batteries.
Mr.. Edison talked enthusiastically
bout the new battery yesterday. He
aid an automobile thus equipped
ught to travel seventy-five miles with
ut recharging.
This solves the trucking problem |
e continued. "You can send your
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
Attorney Goes Insane.

Appleton, Wis, June 2.-Attorney
Alfred A. Nugent Of Kaukauna was
declared incompetent before the
county court and committed to the
northern insane hospital at Oshkosh
Nugent is suffering from alcoholism
and the morphine habit. He is
veteran Of the civil war, having lost
an arm in the service, and has been
prominent in politics in the Fox river
valley. For the past few years his
habits have been cratic His condi-
ton is very serious, but hopes are en-
tertained for his recovery under
proper restraint
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
BUY MORE TIMBER.
Weyerhaeuser Interests Pick Up
165, 100000 Fl. on North Shore.

Duluth, Mimi, June 1.-THE Weyer-
haeuser interests in pine have bought
105,000,000 feet of standing timber on
the north shore of Lake Superior,
paying $4,000, or 81 a thousand
feet The sellers are Bardon, Pleas &
Culligan. This timber was bought
by them less than two years ago, and
for only 100000 feet did they pay as
much as 81 a thousand; the rest was
bought at from $3.50 up. A railroad
will be built to the timber and it will
be taken to the immense Weyehaeu-
ser mills by train. This tremendous
amount of timber would run all the
Weyerhaeuser mills in the white pine
region 80 days. 1t will run the group
Of mills for which it is destined about
one season.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
Kansas City May Lynch.

Kansas City, June Awhile rock
ing baby in her home on WOODLAND
venue yesterday, Mrs. Mary Schiller 4,
aged 70, was struck down with &.
Ratchet by a negro who then ran
sacked the house for valuables. Mrs.
Schuler's skull was fractured twice
and her condition is critical. The
negro escaped and is being searched
for by large number Of neighbors
and officers. Threats Of lynching are
freely made
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
MERGING INSURANCE CONCERNS
Step Looks to Formation of Gigantic
Combine.

Pittsburg, June 2.-The Armenia
Fire Insurance company of this city
has been merged in the West Ches-
ter Fire Insurance company of New
York. The new company will at once
take charge of the business of the
Armenia company which has been op-
Grating in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and
Colorado. 1t is said that the merger
is the beginning of a combination of
all small insurance companies in the
country into one large concern.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
COMPLAINT CHECKED.
But Mrs. Mckinley Still Remains
Very Weak.

Washington, June 4.-Dr. Rixey,
after remaining in the white house
nearly three hours last night, said
there had been no change in the condi-
ton of Mrs. Mckinley. At II she was
resting comfortably. The complaint
which manifested itself while Mrs.
Mckinley was away from Washington
and which SO seriously sapped her
strength, has been checked, buL its eff
feet has been to leave her in a very
weak condition. There will be an
other consultation of physicians
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
SING BEFORE ROYALTY.
Miss Anna Hickish of La Crosse Most
HiuhIy Honored,

La Crosse, Wis. June A message
from Miss Anna Hickish, now in Lon
don, states that on June II she will
sing before the English royal family.
Miss Hickish is a La Crosse girl and
has been abroad for some years. She
studied in Germany and England, e.
turning to this city last year. During
a slight indisposition of Alice Nelson
in Minneapolis Miss Hickish took her
place and had such great success that
she resolved to enter the opera field.
She went to New York and then to
London where she is now in opera
work, scoring great successes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
Beers BEATEN OFF,
But Commandant Sleeper Fights Nine
Hours First.

Willowmore, Cape Colony, June A.
Commandment Sleeper with 700 men
attacked Willowmore Saturday but
was beaten off after nine hours fight
ing. London, June 4.-The war Office
made the following announcement last
night: "All information received from
Kitchener respecting recent engage
ments in south Africa have been COM
municated to the public"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
SchooIma'ams Are Off

San Francisco, June 2.-The United
States army transport Sheridan sailed
yesterday for Manila, carrying 100
assigned recruits and all available
casuals at the Preside. Z large
number of school teachers for the
Philippines also sailed on the Sheri-
dan
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
Fool Killer Has Another Show.

Cincinnati, June ITO decide a
small wager yesterday Meredith
tanley, while blindfolded, jumped
from the suspension bridge into the
Ohio river so feet below. When
picked up by a rowboat he was none
the worse for ne leap.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
MONTEREY MILLS BURN.
John p. Roth Suffers a Loss of $4,000
on the BUILDINGS.

Oconomowoc, Wis, June 4-Fire
Sunday night destroyed the grist and
saw mills at Monterey. The fire was
discovered about 1920 o'clock and the
origin rs unknown. The property was
owned by John P Roth and was valued
at SIS 1000. There was an insurance of
81, 0Vo on the property.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06

By the will of Miss Marie Sprague
Meeker, a Brooklyn school teacher,
the Brooklyn Home for Consumptives
will receive $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06

Chicago, June 4. - Cattle-Recipts, 1000;
active; good to prime steers, $500 .05; ;
poor to medium, 4. 40@5 40; stockers and feed
ers, S.C0n4 80; COWS and heifers, 9064 80,
calves, 4. 0066 Is; Texas steers, 4. 2505. 40.
Hogs-Receipts yesterday, 1900; today, 25.,
600; left over, 3125; about steady; mixed and
butchers, 5.7085 -72h; good to choice heavy,
S715; bulk of sale, 5 .S0@5. go.
Sheep-,Receipts, $4,000; steady; sheep, 4.35@
t. 60; lambs, 400@5.60.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
Forthwith Mustered Out.

San Francisco, June 4.-The 45th
infantry U. S. V. was mustered out at
Preside yesterday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
MICHIGAN WINS
INTERCOLLEGIATE
BIG FIELD MEET GOES TO VOL
VERlNES.
BADGERS IN SECOND PLACE

Wisconsin Easily OutcIasses Chicago
and Minnesota keachie and
Schulz are Cardinal Stars-Merrill
of BeIoit Breaks Record for Quar-.
ter Mile Run.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
CHICAGO MARKETS.

The following table shows the open
ing, highest, lowest and closing prices
of produce yesterday at Chicago:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
7lLLMAN NOT FAIR
SAYS M'LAURIN IN LETTER TO
GOV. M'SWEENY,
WILL HOLD TO HIS SEAT

Charges Senior Senator With Inter.
fering With His Effort to Enliqhten
People of State-Wishes to be Fair
and Yields to Governors Request
for Peace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-06
REMSEN PRESIDENT.
Professor of Chemistry Made Head of
Johns Hopkins.

Baltimore, June AT a meeting
yesterday of trustees Of Johns Hop
kins university, Ira Remsen. Phi. ID.
LID, professor Of chemistry in Johns
Hopins university since 1876, was
elected president of the university
succeeding DIR. Daniel C. Gilman. re-
signed
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-11
NORTH CAROLINA AT THE HALL OF
FAME,

The Hall of Fame was formally
opened last week, and from the New
York Suns account of the event we
clip the following:
GA striking feature of the occa-
sion was the remarkable demonstra-
ton of enthusiasm manifested by
Americans of the Southern States in
connection with the tablet to Gen.
Robert E. Lee. Apparently it occur
red to no n save the Southern peo-
pie that flowers on Declaration Day
could be made a very proper adjunct
to the unwilling ceremonies. At all
events the Southern people were the
only ones who sent flowers, and,
while their floral contributions nat
urally were for the most part dedi-
Gated to the tablet for Gen. Lee, they
did not forget the generous North
ern soldier to whom Lee laid down
his arms. From the Daughters of
the Confederacy of North Carolina
there came a beautiful bouquet of
pinks to be laid upon the tablet of
Gen. Grant. As for Gen. Lees tab
let, it was literally swamped with
magnolias, 1874 and jesamines."
1t appears from the foregoing, as
the Charlotte Observer remarks, that
even the Grant tablet would have
been bare of flowers had it not been
for the South, and it is gratifying to
note that the North Carolina contri-
button to this tablet is the only one
singled out for special mention. Of
this event The Sun says:
"It was the unwilling of the Grant
tablet that the graceful little Incl
dent of the laying upon it of the
flowers from the North Carolina
Daughters of the ~Confederacy occur
red. Il was Miss Mary F. Meares
who presented the flowers on the part
of the ladies of her native State.
North Carolina figured again on the
occasion in that Mrs. Edwin G. Reade
and Miss Meares unveiled the tablet
to Gen, Lee"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-11
PROF. J. N.

We regret that the Board of Agri-
culture at its session last week did
not examine the work of Prof. J. M.
Johnson, who has been acting as as
sis6ant agriculturist and head of the
animal industry division of the A.
and M. College and the Experiment
Station for about four years. We
believe that Prof. Johnson has done
his work we'll. Two years ago he
was offered a very attractive position
in the A. and NJ. College of Texas,
and, but for the earnest efforts OF
friends our A. and NJ. College, would
have accepted the position then ten
dered him. We shall regret it if
circumstances now compel him to
leave the State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-11
ANTE-FREsHET CROP CONDITIONS.
An Interesting Report From The Agricultural
Department.

An Interesting Report From The Agricultural
Department.
There has been compiled in the
office of the Commissioner of Agri-
culture a summary OF the various
crop conditions throughout the State
as given by the Department S CORES
pendent: just prior to the recent
freshet, as follows
What is the general condition and
progress of farm work this year COM
pared with average? Answered.
per cent.
How much cotton has been planted
or is going to be planted, compared
with last year? Answer-107 per
cent.
How much corn will be planted
compared with lastyear? Answer
1O1 per cent.
What is the condition Of wheat
compared with the average? An
swer-1O1 per cent.
What amount of oats was sown
compared with the average? An
swer-93 per cent.
What is the condition of oats com
pared with the average? Answer
81 per cent.
What Is the condition of trucking
interests and small rrQits compared
with last year? Answer-90 per
cent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-11
strawberry SEASON.
Senator Brown Says it Has Been highly
Profitable.

Senator Brown Says it Has Been Highly
Profitable.
"The strawberry season is over
with u.s." Senator J. A. Brown, of
Chadbourn, Columbus county, told a
Raleigh Post reporter last week,
''and the season has been a very
profitable one. Our people have
made money and they are we'll
pleased with the results obtained.
While the crop was short, good
prices prevailed and this more than
Offset the shortage.
"Some of the berry growers real
lied as high as $500 or $3.50 an acre
for their crop. 1t was a quick and
successful season, lasting about three
weeks. The season has been over
two weeks, the rain having inter
fered with shipments. The rains
cost the berry shippers of my county
at least SIC, 900.
"While strawberry shipments are
at an end other crops are just coming
on. . Large shipments of beans are
being made north, and in a few days
the shipments Of potatoes and dew
berries will begin"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-11

as quiet as I could" And this quiet
on the part of the United States
troops was followed by increased ac-
tivity on the part of the insurrec-
tionists. "In the Province of Pam
panga they killed over a thousand
people because they would not swear
allegiance to the insurrection." This
activity Of the instruction ceased as
soon as the results of the Presiden-
tial election were known. "When
the natives learned at last that we
were there to stay, the real end Of
the instruction came. The work of
ending it was comparatively easy
Everything has now settled down to
a peaceful basis. 1.-THE instruction
is dead and gone. All that we are
now doing is going around and clean
ing up a few ladrones and picking up
guns" In General Grants w dis
trict not only has the instruction
entirely collapsed, but also 'Ethere is
not a robber band in the whole dis
trict, a condition unknown in the
history of the Filipino people. We
have in every town and district a
local government under a local civil
ian governor. We are building roads
and teaching the people" This
confirms previous semi official re-
ports through the press concerning
the work of the Philippine Commits
sion.-New York Outlook.