Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-01-10

weapon exploded. M1rtleSon was
killed and Martenson's hand was shat
tered.
Everete Frazar, consul general in
the United States for Corea, and
senior member of the mercantile firm
of Frazar & Co. Of New York, died at
his residence at Orange, N. j., aged
&c years.
Gov. Roosevelt spoke to a large audi
ence in Carnegie hall. New York, at
the end-of-the-century rally Of the Y.
NJ. c. A. At the time he was speaking
COPIES of his address were being read
in 100 Y. M. G. A. rallies of this coun-
| try.
James Richards, aged 81 years, died
at Duluth. He came from Mas
sachusestts to Cleveland, in 1910 and
| took a prominent part in anti-slavery
matters before the civil war and was
| Unidentified with the underground
railroad.
George L. Magill, of Chicago, the
| ex-banker who was sent to Joliet, re-
turned home and, with his family,
celebrated the new year at his resi-
dence, 1924 Calumet avenue. The
former banker had served nine
months.
Last tributes were paid to the mem
DRY of DR.. George Washington North
DRY of DR.. Geo. Washington Northrup
the late head of the University Of
! Chicago divinity school and the for
mer president of the old university in
Chicago.
Daniel K zeller, aged rs, died at
Richmond, Ind. He founded the first
| steam cracker bakery in the state.
For thirty years he was president of
the Zeller Baking Company, which is
now a part of the United States Bak-
ing company.
Mrs. Carolyn Willard, wife of
Joseph H. Millard, president of the
Omaha National bank, died after an
illness of a few weeks. Her maiden
name was Miss Carolyn Barrows and
she was married to Mr. Willard in
Davenport, Iowa, in 1861. They have
two children.
J. T. Avery of Forrest, for fifteen
years a conductor on the Wabash
railway, fell over in his chair at the
Polk street station, Chicago, and after
a few gasps died. Avery was 81 years
old, and was at one time division
superintendent of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad at ST. Louis.
Anna Held has been in communiCa-
ton with Nine. Adelina Patti looking
to the purchase of the latter's estate,
Crag-y-Nos. Miss Held has offered
100000 for the estate, and says it is
her desire to spend five months OF the
year, when off the stage, at the beauti-
full South Wales castle.
Julius w. Younche, one of the lead
ing jurists of Indiana, died at Crown
Point. He was widely known as a
corporation attorney and among his
clients were the Standard Oil Com
pany, the Michigan Central, Chicago
and Erie and Lake Shore and Eastern
railways. He was SO years old.
The mayor of Chicago is thinking
seriously of having introduced in
council an ordinance forbidding
acknowledges from serving meals
| IOOulS.
These private dining-rooms are re-
isponsible for the downfall of more
young women in one month than the
saloons and dives cause in a year,
said Mayor Harrison.
Mrs. Anna Morris Holstein, widow
of Major William Hayman Holstein
and a famous army nurse, died at
a hn Il
From 1852 until the close of the war
Mrs. Holstein was engaged in the
hospital service. and after the battle
Of Gettysburg she was matron in
chief of hospital where 5000 serious
ly wounded men were looked after
Funeral services were held at the
Press club, Chicago, over the body of
Charles D. Amy, the newspaper man
who died last week at Albuquerque,
N. M. Amy came to Chicago in 1889
after a successful career on the Demo-
crat of Grand Rapids, Mich. He was
Il years old and at one time served in
the United States navy. He con-
tracted cold in the spring of 1899
from which he never recovered. A
widow and a daughter survive.
Rev. W. w. Weiskotten, pastor of
ST. James Lutheran church at Phila-
delphia, died at sea Dec. Is. The
body was buried in the ocean. Rev.
Mr.. Weiskotten went to India with
his eldest daughter, Emile Louise, ut
the request of the foreign missions of
the German Lutheran church. He
sailed Sept. 4, reaching his destination
| Oct. 10. After six weeks inspection
of the mission field he sailed from
Bombay. On Dec, 9 he was taken ill
with fever and never recovered Ha
was So years Of age.
| Pat Grove was seen in the bad
lands of Wyoming. Indians and COW,
boys are on his trail. A suspect ar
rested near Chadron is innocent
Eddie Cudahy failed to identify J. J
Grove. A bill has been introduced in
the Nebraska legislature to punish
abductors by life Imprisonment or
death. The kidnappers of young
Cudahy threaten to kill him if the
offer of reward for their arrest is not
withdrawn. There is widespread indig-
nation in Omaha over the new threat.
City council Of Omaha has offered
$4,000 reward for arrest of the kid.
nappers.
News Of the death recently of
Philip Bartholemae, who for many
iyears was one of Chicago's prominent
German residents and president of the
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