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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13

Carrollton, Ga, June S.-The nerve
of Sheriff Joseph Merrill yesterday up
held the law Of the state to save the
life of negro. from mob. In pro-
tectlng the negro who was saved from
the gallows only few hours before
through the efforts of his lawyers, one
life was lost and two men wounded.
The arrival of the state militia avert
ed the threatened trouble last night
and at 9 O'Clock special train bear
ing the negro, whose crime was mur-
der Of little white boy whom he
found fishing alone, was speeding to.
wards Atlanta. The man killed in 1T
lacking the Jail was George Bennett of
Carrollton; the wounded men are
Thomas S. Word, father of the muir
dered boy, and an unknown man, pre-
sumably farmer.
Williams, the negro who caused the
trouble, was tried and found guilty Of
numbering Otis Word, and sentenced
to be hanged yesterday He was only
yesterday morning refused new trial
by Judge Harris but his attorneys
filed a bill of exceptions and carried
the case to the supreme court A
large crowd which had come to town
to witness the hanging, on learning
that the execution had been delayed,
formed mob and made an assault on
the Jail at noon. They battered down
the outside door despite the warning
Of the sheriff and entered the building.
Their demand on the sheriff for the
key to the negro's cell met with a re-
fusal and warning to halt or they
would be fired on. AS they advanced
down the corridor towards the sheriff
the order was given to fire. Bennett
fell dying instantly. Thomas Word,
father of Williams victim, who was n
front of the mob was badly shot, as
was also an unknown country man.
The unexpected fight of the sheriff
and his little posse frightened the mob
and they retreated outside the Jail,
where they divided into little groups
and discussed the event. Sheriff Mer
rill consulted with Judge Harris of
county court and Governor Gambler
was asked for aid. During the after
noon the mob telephoned the situation
to friends in adjoining towns of Villa
RIGA and Temple and made an appeal
for more men to get possession of the
negro. The governor soon wired a
/ proclamation to the people of the
county which was read from the steps
| of the court house by the mayor. The
governor commanded the people to dis
perse and said the entire military and
civil forces of the state would be used
to enforce order if necessary This
apparently had a good effect as many
| persons were seen to mount the horses
and leave the town. The Atlanta
militia arrived about 6 and an hour
later escorted the negro and Sheriff
Merrill to the train which was soon
| speeding to Atlanta
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13
RETAIN ED.

(The items have not been changed).
Bankers capital and surplus, $50 fo1
5000, and 81 for each additional
$1,000.
Bonds, debentures, certificates of in
debtedness, ETC., 5 cents for each 500
Bond for indemnity or for due exc
cution or performance of duties Of any
Office or position, so cents.
Broker, $50.
Brokers' contract, 10 cents.
Certificates of profits, cents for
each 500.
Certificates of stock transfers,
cents for each 800
shops.)
Cigarettes weighing more than 3
pounds per 1000, $500 per 1000.
Custom-house brokers, $40.
Dealers in leaf tobacco, IS to s24,
according to sales.
Dealers in tobacco, s12, when sales
exceed $4,000 pounds.
Drafts, time, or bills of exchange,
inland, 2 cents for each 500.
Entry of goods at custom-house for
consumption, 25 cents to 81.
Entry for withdrawal, so cents.
Freight receipts or domestic bills
of lading, 1 cent.
Manufacturers of cigars, SIS to S24.
Manufacturers of mixed -four, S12
per annum.
Manufacturers Of tobacco, IS to s24.
Mixed -four, 4 cents per barrel.
Pawnbrokers, 800.
Petroleum and sugar reineries, one
fourth per cent. gross receipts in ex-
cess of $250,000.
Proprietors Of bowling alleys or
billiard-rooms, S. for each alley or
table.
Proprietors of circuses, $780,
Proprietors Of other public exhibi-
tions, SO.
Proprietcrs of theaters, museums
and concert halls, 800.
Sleeping and parlor car tickets, 1
cent.
Sparkling and other wines, 1 pint
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13
FOR EGYPT's EVACUATION.
Reported Sultan Is Urging British tc
Move.

Constantinople, June 8.-A vigorous
agitation is on in Turkey to induce
the sultan to press the evacuation of
Egypt by the British. Abdul Hamid is
urged to declare to the powers that
he will be unable to apply the much
needed reforms in Macedonia until
this is done.
The reform party is opposing the
agitation, knowing Turkeys inability
to gain anything by such procedure.
The fact that the khedive of Egypt
has submitted the postal convention
between England and America for the
approval of the Porte has disheart-
ened the reformers, as they consider
it fresh recognition of English suzer-
ainty over Turkey. France and Rus
STA are reported to be encouraging the
agitation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13
AUTOS IN WAR.
How They Compare With Horse
TRANSPORTATION.

"The automobile affords the most
comfortable means, as yet devised,
for following army manoeuvers.
In France experiments have
been carried on for the last three
years with the ScOtte automobile, a
steam wagon of twenty-seven horse
power, weighing only six thousand
pounds, which can carry four thou
sand pounds and draw another load of
twelve thousand pounds at a rate of
five miles an hour One of these
wagons has gone thirty miles an hour
under a full load without putting on
water Or coal Twenty-four of these
wagons can supply an army corps Of
thirty thousand men with two hun
dred rounds Of ammunition per man,
over a distance of eighty miles in inch
distance of ten miles; or transport
twenty-four six-inch guns over dis
lance of seventy miles in the same
time. Take the case of an entrenched
camp for an army of hundred and
fifty thousand men, assuming that the
stores have to be transported is five
miles, and that thirty days are avail
able for the work. With wagon
transportation the round trip could
be made twice day. Consequently
over thirty hundred horses would be
required to transport in the given
time the necessary artillery material
and supplies of provisions-say about
four million pounds. In the mean
time, these horses would require for
their support an immense amount Of
forage, which would otherwise be
stored for possible siege use. To re-
place these horses by automobiles
would require some thirty-four ma
chimes of twenty-five horsepower. An
important factor is that the automo-
bile can transport each load twice as
FAST as horses can, and could also be
utilized more hours of the day for
work. Moreover, with two reliefs,
the thirty-four automobiles would re-
quire only sixty-eight drivers, where
as the wagons must be manned by six
hundred and fifty men.
Running on a temporary track OF
rails, such high horsepower automo-
biles could carry the heaviest siege
guns on a grade Of one and thirty at
the rate Of seven miles an hour. By
means Of twenty such automobiles,
three hundred guns could be brought
IN position around an entrenched
camp in twenty hours "-Edward En-
erson, Jr., in Ainslee's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13
NEW TAXES IMPOSED.
(In force April l, 1901.)


(In force April 1, 1901
Broker, class 2, special tax n adj
dition to all other special taxes, $50.
Bucket shop transactions, cents
for each 800.
Under the new revenue law a
special tax of $50. in addition to all
other taxes, is imposed upon brokers
Of what is known as the second-class.
The following questions and answers
embodied in letter from Commits
sioner Yerkes to Revenue Agent
Thompson at New York, will be of
interest to all brokers:
First-Is a person liable TO special
tax as broker No. 2, whose business it
is to deal in puts" and calls" on
stock Or grain outside of an exchange
board of trade or similar place?
He is, in view of the fact that
neither puts" nor "calls" can be ex-
ecuted on any exchange, board of
trade, or similar place, and of the
further fact, to which you also refer,
that the supreme court has decided
that cali is an agreement to sell.
Seconds it necessary that the
memorandum Of sale given to A, a
customer, by B, broker, not mem
Der of any exchange, who transmits
the order to c, a member of an ex-
change, for execution, be stamped in
addition to the stamped memorandum
given by the parity with whom C ex-
ecutes the order?
The reply to this is in the affirma-
tive. See ruling 345 in treasury deci-
sions of May %, 1901, page II.
Thirds it necessary for the man
ager Of a branch Office or member
of stock exchange to qualify as
broker No. 2 when the manager of
this branch Office pays practically all
of the expenses incurred in running
the same and receives a division of
the commissions on the business
transacted there?
If, as appears to be the fact, he is
either an agent or a partner of a firm
that is member of a stock exchange
and the transactions are carried to the
exchange and there completed, he is
not required to pay special tax under
the third paragraph of section 8 of the
act of March 2, 1901.
Fourth-Is it necessary for broker
not operating a branch Office, to quail
ify as broker No. 2, who transmits his
orders to a broker on an exchange
board of trade or similar place, for
execution?
1t is, if he is not an agent of the
member of the exchange to whom he
transmits his orders, but is acting in,
! dependently.
| Fifth--Is it necessary for a broker
| who is member of, and transacts al
| of his business on, an exchange, board
Of trade or similar place to qualify as
a broker No. 2, when the majority OF
his business transacted upon the ex
| change does not consist of the actual
delivery of the certificates of stock OF
| commodities dealt in?
1t is not, if all this business is car
ried to the board of trade or exchange
and there completed, even without
actual delivery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13
Foreign.

Viscount Katsura has formed a new
cabinet in Japan.
A tariff conference Of German states
began in Berlin.
Japan is prepares for any move Rus
STA may make toward control in
Korea
DR.. Thomas Bond, who was Glad
stones physician, committed suicide
in London.
United States Senator Albert J.
Beverage of Indiana arrived in St.
Petersburg.
English capitalists are reported to
be about to get control of the Missouri
zine and lead fields.
Over 20 persons are reported to
have been burned to death in a forest
fire on the isthmus of Tehuantepec.
The Vatican is about to reopen ne
gotiations for the establishment of a
papal nunciature at st. Petersburg.
Contractor Reid has offered terms
for a settlement with the Newfound-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13
In South Afric a.

jamestown was captured by Kritz-
inger's commando after four hours
fighting.
Lord Kitchener, in dispatch, states
chat the British lost 81 killed, 121
wounded and missing in the fight 1t
Vlakfontein.
Seven hundred beers attacked
Willowmore, Cape Colony, and, accord,
ing to British reports, were beaten
off after nine hours fighting.
After a desperate all-day fight, a
hundred men belonging to the
Molteno district guard, forced ESQ
beers to retire near Bushman's hook.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13

Lord Overtoun, the millionaire peer
OF Glasgow, has conducted bible class
of about 500 young men in Glasgow
for more than thirty years, and as a
preacher and evangelist he is much in
demand. He is especially interested
in everything that has to do with the
wellbeing of young men, and among
other things he pays a well known
Scotch minister $4,000 a year to de-
vote himself to the work of an evan
gelist. But he is no nam by-pamby."
He is a keen fisherman, is more than
a fair shot and is not to be despised
at golf.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13
The Joke of the pap-American exn

The joke of the pan-American expo
sition is on the capitalists who built
the mammoth Slater hotel, with nine
acres Of sleeping rooms, three miles of
halls, and a dining room to feed 5000
persons. OF a recent day 286 en-
Dloyes wer on duty at the hotel. There
was one guest, Mr. Wilson of New
York, who humorously complained to
the officers Of inattention on the part
Of the servants Mr. Wilson threatens
to leave. The management is look
ing for someone to take his place.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13
Bank CLEARING Increase.

New York, June 8.-The statement
compiled by Bradstreets show the to-
tai bank clearings Of the principal
cities of the United States for the
week to be s2,666, DOL, 1872, an increase
Of 81. per cent. compared with the
corresponding week last year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13
SAD HONEYMOON END.
Former Denver Beauty Loses Husband
in Japan

in Japan.
Denver, Col, June 8.-Former Gov.
Baxter Of Wyoming received dis
patch yesterday from his daughter,
Mrs. Hugh Tevis, now at Yokohama,
announcing that her husband is dead.
The message gave no particulars.
Miss. Cornelia Baxter was married to
Hugh Tevis of San Francisco few
weeks ago in California. She was
considered the most beautiful woman
in Colorado and Teyis was a million
aire. Miss Baxter was to have married
young Denver clubman, but while
visiting in California she met Mr..
Tevis and married him near the date
set for her wedding with the Colo
radoan. The announcement created
sensation in Denver society. Mr..
and Mrs. Tevis sailed for Japan on
their honeymoon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13
NEGROES LIFE SAVED
NERVE OF GEORGIA SHERIFF
PREVENTS LYNCHING.
GOVERNOR TO RESCUE

Mob Bent on Hanging Murderer of Bow
Fooled Though One Life is Lost
and Two Men Wounded-BIack OF.
fender Escapes Rope Twice During
the Day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-13

cent; more than 1 pint cents.
Tea, customs duty of 10 cents per
pound.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-20
NOT MOMENT OF WARNING
Tug christian Of Toledo Goes TO Bot
tom Of ssFver.

Detroit, oct. 19.-Without a moment S
warning the tug Samuel j. Christian of
Toledo was struck by the big Gilchrist
freighter. John J. Albright tonight in
the Detroit river at the head OF Crosse
Isle and cut in two. She sank immed-
lately Captain William r. Harlow, the
cook and a fireman, whose names are
unknown, all of Toledo. were drowned.
Engineer John Fletcher was saved by
the tug Home Rule, and a fireman.
whose name is not known. was also saw
ed. He foated down stream on a piece
OF wrockage and clambered aboard the
schooner Senator which was in tow Of
the Christian The accident was the
result Of cross signals.
The Albert was bound up. going about
fourteen miles an hour and the Christian
was bound down towing the Senator The
accident occurred so suddenly that the
three men drowned who were at supper.
were unable TO get on deck in time TO
save themselves. The tug is valued at
SLo9 with no insurance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-20

flesh, ana feel IS well az ever did.
took only four bottles of Peruna- am
truly thankful that can live without
being sick hair ct the time. I never fan
70 speak a good word fer Peruna.n-
Phobs J. Smith.
Mrs. Bertha MOhr, lss Gilbert Street.
Iowa City, writes:
q was very nervous aud weak, hac
frontal headache and catarrh OF The
stomach, bowels and intestincs (sys-
teuic catsrrh). had female weakness
very bad. I cannot express ny thanks
for the wonderful benefit obtained
through Dr.. Hartman's medicine, Peru-
ns. could no. work. ny uzubs trcra-
bled 50. I an restored and can do my
own work. I an certain thst whoever
tries Peruna vii be satisfied with it,
Mrs. Bertha Nohr.
Mrs. 4. E. StoGfTer, Ssbetha, Kansas.
writes Il . recent letter 10 Dr.. Hartman.
"Peruna - TIE best medicine for ca
tsrrh Of any organ, Twas troubled with
headache, palpitStion OF the heart, pain
in the side, and suffered very much
every month. II I did any hard work 7
would have cramps. vas treated for
Inflammation Of the right ovary, but I
was not cured. I also had catarrh OF the
head, and offensive breath and had 10
spit great deal. After I had taken
about half bottle OF Peruna could do
work which had not been able TO do IN
three years. Ny friends say they never
saw such q change in 4 woman. work
hard every day now and it doesn't seem
TO hurt me, either. Peruna did it all. ]
talk 10 everyone about Peruna. / can
not say too much for il. Wher Z wro1e
you Ihad given gp sH hope Of ever be.
ing strong sgain. Peruas has given
me heslfh and strength fhsf no docfos
ever did for me. Pernns Is Ehe 5esi
medicine that uss ever n146e for
women. Ny husband says It Is the
cheapestdoctor he can get."-Mrs. Az
Stouffer.
This is the same old story told BY
thousand women in thousand different
ways. Female trouble; doctors fail 20
cure; Peruna, as a last resort, a happy
relief from a dreary servitude TO aches,
pains and s complication Of physical
anguish that can never be described.
These women all tell the same story,
Pains al gone. Dragging sensations
gone. Quivers and throbbings and
tremhhngs and dizziness and nausea and
the irregularities and painful periods
all gone. In their place has come :
vigor and vivacity, health and hope.
peace and patience, grace and gratitude
Peruna Is wonder-workcr in female
and yet the explanation OF It is
simple. Catarrh IS the cause Of these
troubles. Peruna cures the catarrh. The
cause being removed the symptoms dis
appear.
Ifyou do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of PerunA
write ut once to Or. Hartman, giving
full statement OF your case, and he VIII
be pleased 70 give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address DR.. IIartTnan, President %
The Hartman Sanitarfpm, Columbus
Ohio.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-20
WAS AWFUL EXPERIENCE.
Kineman Man is Caught BY Quicksano
While CROSSING River.

While Crossing River.
Fingman. Kan, Oct. l9-JohI. F. Sal
mans, tho stock nan. had q chilling ex-
pelierce The other day he viii not soon
foTset He was horseback in his pas
ture eas5 ot this city and wishing 10
make a cau at the county farm attempt
"a 10 rice across the Niunescah near tho
lower min and thus save the long trir
required To- come to Main street To cross.
About The time his hcrse had reached
The center of the stream IL struck 4
lively bed OF lOiCksand and commenced
TO haunCer and finally fell with one OF
SIR salmon lers under it. Being ac-
custome1 10 Qllckesn3 the horse knew
what To do and lay perfectly Quiet on its
side Cntn the sand would pack The
water ar this point wes about eighteen
inches deep ana 1-r. Salmons had hard
work To keep his bead above the waves
Tor when he would place his hand on
the hartcm 0t the stream 1cr support
lt Wocld ~ once commence to sink III the
sand aad thus lee his head uu6ar-and
the water was nearly ice cold.
All the time hs WAS living there he
Uas rslnE his lGrEs IL their fullest CO.
uacir2 calling t1r ecln Finally his cries
attracted the attcntion of Superiaterd-
eDt Eeasout ~ she county farm who
came 20 bis -e'iel and liberated him. the
most thcrouEhlr Wate rsc1ktd man that
has ever resided l1 kirsman.
Whom spe1 king oL his chilly stav of
Dc-rly cl lo-r orucng the fishes and
things ~ tle bottom oi th- Niruescah
on ll1t memorable oeCss5cn his teeth
inFoiu-t1rily chatter rs Il he was hav-
inr chin. era ID the f1taro whea ne
nre.iet he Vil hurt q bsiise or Waee it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-20
UNION MAN FINED
Besette. Chicago typographical Tn
iOn No. / g Loses Out

Indianapolis. md, oct. Eater a
trial lasting more than three days, Ed
ward f. Besette. Of Chicago Typograph-
ical Union No. 2l6, was fined $3.50 and
costs in the United States court today
for violating The injunction issued by
Judge Baker against the strikers Of the
w. 3 Ccnkey company of Hammond
The court declined to receive bond. In
giving his ruling, Judge Baker said
Judge Baker was tried on the theory
that he was n conspirator with the st1ik-
ers VINO violated the injunction.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-20
DOMESTIC TROUBLE CAUSED 1T.
Kansas Farmer Commits Suicide BY
HancinG Himself.

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. 19.-Coroner
KOohler has received a telegram from
Tonganoxie, stating that J. B. Freeman
had committed suicide. Mr. Koohler
Went out or the Union Pacific at 50:15
and was taken TO farm four and a
half miles west OF Tonganoxie, owned by
the late Martin Donovan. IN telling of
the occurrence Mr.. Ko0hler SAID:
Mr. Freeman had q wife and six chill
dren, and the two eldest are boys There
was q general upheaval Of the domestic
relations of the family on Monday. The
two bows left home and began 10 hunt
work in the neighborhood Of an uncle,
living two mile sdistant. Mr.. Freeman
left about noon of the same day saying
he had money enough 10 go where the
family could not find him.
Yesterday morning the boys were
cutting sugar cane on their uncle's farm
ana one of them walked to the edge Of
the farm saving that probably the
father had killed himself. He was found
there hanging BY a rope to a tree
Mr.. Freeman had probably been there
since Monday as there were such indi-
cations
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-20
HIS LIES In PERIL

Il just seemed to have gone all to
pieces writes Alfred Bee. of Welfare.
Tex, "bDiousness and lame back had
made life a burden. I couldn't eat or
sleep and felt almost too worn out to
work when I began to use Electric Bit
ters, but they worked wonders. Now
sleep like q top, can eat anything. have
gained in strength and enjoy hard work"
They give vigorous health and new life
TO weak, sickly, rundown people. Try
them. Only SOC at Gehring's pharmacy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-20
GOVERNOR
JENKINS ON
STATEHOOD
SAYS Peoples Should Come
Together to Discuss 1t.
WHAT CONGRESS MEANS
PreSumes 1t Is in Favor of
Double Statehood,
WHAT CONGRESS MEANS

Guthrie o. T., oct. 1s.-"I think the
time has fully come" said Governor W.
}: Jenkins. today. in speaking OF the
single statehood convention. when the
people Of the two territories Should get
together and exchange views on the
statehood question. have never advo-
Gated any particular form Of statehood,
has All Of the qualifications that con
eress would think Of exacting from a
state. but we are not admitted. Why?
] presume that it is because congress
has reserved the right to make one state
down here out of the Indian territory
ana Oklahoma if this estimate is true
The conditions Of the Indian territory
at the present time win interest Okla
Loma people more than they have in
the past And if CONGRESS has one state
in mind it is right that the people Of
Oklahoma should get together and dis
ouss the matter at length. do not see
that it can do any harm and believe
that it viii result in good.
The holding OF the single statehood
convention in 1luscogee, win give the
people Of Oklahoma an opportunity to
see the Indian territory and learn what
an advantage 1t would be to be joined
with the territory in one state"
Governor jenkins has quite an eXhaus-
tive treatise IN his annual report con-
cerning statehood for Oklahoma. He has
presented the claims of Oklahoma for
statehood in a manner that cannot help
bur attract the attention Of the people in
the east
The question Of single statehood has
started many people to asking what the
Indian territory la sto give in exchange
Tor the advantages offered by being at
plenty OF school land and this in itself is
no small feature.