Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

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cut. How he came to his death is a
mystery, out it is believed he was
murdered. Fifty dollars in money
and a quantity of jewelry were found
in his pocket.
| H. C. Henderson. who has been in
! iail at Dallas, Tex, for a year and a
| half and who says that he assisted ia
the kidnapping of Eddie" Cudahv of
| Omaha, was sentenced at Dallas to the
penitentiary. A year ago he was coG-
victed of swindling and now goes TO
serve a 13-years' sentence.
The Citizens Bank and Trust COM
pany of Franklin, Tenn, has closed its
doors. No reason is assigned for the
suspension and the status of it's
| financial condition has not been given
out The last statement Of the bank
shows its liabilities to be over $4,000
and they were fully covered by re-
sources.
The Episcopal convention at San
Francisco ended with the creation Of
new missionary dioceses and the read
ing of a pastoral letter from the
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commission of bishops and deputies 10
consider change in the name of the
denomination. The divorce canon
was rejected.
AT Cleveland George w. Howe, a
well-known business man and army
officer and former secretary Of the
Cleveland National League baseball
oFI III
years. He was son of George Howe,
inventor Of the truss bridge, and a
cousin of Elias Howe, inventor of the
sewing machine.
The most disastrous fire in point Of
property loss known at Bangor, Me,
in many years, occurred when the
frame building occupied by the Bangor
beef company, agents for the Swift
dressed beef company of Chicago the
c. NJ. Conant company and others
were burned with a loss of $8O,700
and insurance Of $22,S00.
At Scranton, Pa, crowd of street
car strike sympathizers assembled at
the lower end of the south side line
and piled distractions on the track
AS cars came along they were greeted
with fusillade of stones. A pas.
senger, Mrs. Samuel Jones. and an
Italian trackman employed by the COM
pany We're cut by flying glass
Marquis Ito, accompanied by Consul
Frijita and Senator Tsudutki, was the
guest of the university of Chicago
He was escorted to the university
campus by Prof Edmund J. James.
where he was met by President
Harper, who conducted him about the
grounds and through the various
buildings. He was dined by President
Harper.
At Leadville, Ed. Darlington, 16
years Of age, was shot and killed in
stantly; Earl King, 10, was fatally
wounded, and James Considine. IA,
was shot through the back and hips by
Jesse Sherman, who caught the boys
, PACKING on his rabbit preserves.
Sherman asserts that the gun was
accidentally discharged while he was
running.
The Wisconsin supreme court
granted a new trial to Amos Loner-
| gan, convicted of the murder of Police
man Prinslow at Fond du Lac Nov. IS,
1898, and now serving a life term.
The court also held that the state
medical law which requires all per-
sons, whether graduates of a medical
college or not, to take the examina-
ton by the state board to be constitr-
tional.
The bankruptcy proceedings against
Frank Siegel, late president of the
Siegel-S Saunders live stock commission
company, were formally dismissed in
the federal court at Kansas City, Mo
!, on the ground that Siegel has no
assets. Frank Rockefeller is said to
have lost 100000 in the Siegel
Saunders failure The criminal pro-
ceedings against Siegel have not been
e dropped.
Buck Wheeler Of Evansville, Ind,
was sentenced to be hanged at Boon
Vile for murder. He killed his son-in-
law, Elias Burns, a few weeks ago by
r cutting off his head with an AK. His
= plea was insanity. Wheeler is the sec
Ond Warrick county man sentenced to
be hanged in the last six months. Joe
.. Keith, the murderer of Nora Kifer,
who is at Michigan City prison await
) ing execution, being the first.
The coast and geodetic survey has
established a magnetic observatory at
} Sitka, Alaska, and is constructing al
other at Honolulu. H. l., to cooperate
with the British and German govern
ments in Investigating problems of
: the magnetic forces and needle varia-
tions throughout the world. This is
. in connection with two British and
one German expedition for the south
pole, on plans long ago formulated.
Three prisoners giving their names
] as Herbert Sumner Dudley, Annie
Z Dudley, his wife, and Albert Rey-
nolds, are under arrest in Boston, with
f nearly so charges of breaking and
: entering against the men, and that Of
disposing of stolen property against
the young woman. It is estimated
that the amount of stolen property re-
covered will reach $4,000, and that the
amount stolen in all will reach about
$4,000
Colonel William NJ. Van Horne,
, commanding the 2Sth infantry, with
headquarters at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,.
: has been recommended for retire
ment. Physical disability is the cause
of the boards recommendation, but
Colonel Van Horne insists that there
is nothing the matter with him Dis
, satisfaction is said to have been ex-
| messed nv Gennral OtiC with Tho oba,