Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-22

At Fort Scott, Kan, Birdie McCarth, |
convicted of horse stealing, goes to
prison for five years instead OF four. |
because she was unable to repeat the
Lords prayer for the judge.
Mahlon D. Miller, describing him.
self as a manufacturer of linen and
fax goods in st. Paul filed petition
of bankruptcy with liabilities of ST.
226,72Q and assets of only $4,000.
The Presbyterian assembly elected
the liberal section, Moderator by a
vote of 293 to 276, but the liberals
predict they will control The re-
suit is important for creed revision.
At. Beatrice. Neb., Arthur Shelter
barber, 1O-year-old son of a prominent
year-old son Of Frank Salts, president
OF the City Ice company, while play
ing.
The cornerstone of the Mckinley
Memorial Ohio College of Govern
ment Of the American University was
laid by President Roosevelt. The lat
ter and Senator Hanna made ad-
dresses.
Charges Of cruelty are made
against the management of the
Illinois Insane asylum at Jacksonville
by Mrs. Martin McHugh of Blooming
ton, whose husband was an inmate of
the institution.
Mrs. Abby Perkins Cheney of Chi
cago has filed suit for divorce in the
circuit court from her husband, John
Vance Cheney, on the grounds of de
sertioD. Incompatibility of tempera
menC is the cause.
Near Beaumont, Texas, in a fight be-
tween whites and blacks injured and
number of others hurt by jumping
from the train. All the lights in the
coach occupied by negroes in which
the trouble started were shot out.
The sailors and marines of the
Brooklyn navy yard dedicated a
100000 Y. M. C. A. building erected
by Miss Helen Gould. Ex-Secretary
of the Navy John D. Long made an ad-
dress. Miss Gould also spoke.
Harvard defeated Yale in the an.
nual intercollegiate debate Harvard
took the affirmative of the question,
Resolved. That the immigration of
Chinese laborers to our insular pos
sessions should be prohibited by law
At Emporia, Kan, Rev. w. H. Pol
lett, colored preacher, who last
month shot and killed Isaiah Edmund
son, was given three years in the pen
hi Do1 al
has converted four of his fellow pris-
Oners.
Articles Of incorporation were filed
Tor the Minneapolis, Superior, Winni-
peg and st. Paul Railway company to
build line from St. Paul north to
the Canadian boundary, to connect
with the Canadian Northern railway.
The capital stock is $1O,OOO,OOO.
William w. Thomas, United States
minister Of Sweden and Norway,
called on the president and presented
t. him, at the instance of King Oscar
OF Sweden, a photograph of the latter
representing him clad in the full uni
from of high admiral of the Swedish
navy.
At Austin, Texas, in the oil fields
the drill in we'll at depth of 142
feet dropped into a lake of LIQUID
asphalt which is so thick and heavy
that further drilling is almost impos-
slble. 1t is said that liquid asphalt
has been found heretofore only in
Trinidad.
A duel was fought with pistols by
Miss Minnie Russell and Miss A. W.
Arthur, of Poinsett, Ark, over the
affections of Henry Ward. Three
shots were fired by each. Neither
principal was injured, but Miss Fife
Hillsler, second, was wounded in the
shoulder.
At the suggestion Of Fish Commits
sioner Bowers, Representative Nc
Cleary has modified his bill relating
to the establishment of a fish
hatchery at Fairmont, Mimi. Mr..
Bowers suggested that such bills shall
designate the state and not any par
ticular point.
Colonel John F. Gaynor and Captain
w. D. Green. wanted by the
United States government for
frauds, were seized in Quebec,
put On a fast-tug, and started
for Montreal. Friends gave chase nv
boat and then by train, but failed to
catch them. Extradition is now
likely.
'Unalaska, Aleutian Islands has
been shaken up by earthquakes lately
and on several occasions the ground
was covered with fine ashes from
some volcano. Reports from Unamik
say that with every westerly wind
their village is covered with some
kind of ashes, indicating that some
western volcano is in action.
Rev. Alex Walters, D., D., bishop
of the African NJ. E. church for New
Jersey Missouri, Virginia, Michigan
and Canada was arrested and placed
under $500 bail on a charge of assault.
The warrant was issued on affidavit BY
Miss Sadie Billings, aged %. The al
legation is that Bishop Walters made
improper advances. He denies it.
Attorney General Knox stated that
there was no truth in current reports
OF proceedings against the hard coal
trust. Prices are controlled and the
output and distribution regulated, but
at the same time these matters are
not administered by an incorporated |
company. 1t is said to be a. COM
munity of interest, pure and simple,