Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-07-10

speculation, appears as large holder
of United States steel stock under the
name of Bertram Cutler.
Mrs. Martha COLI and daughter were
killed at ST. Louis when Robert COLI
tried to find a gas leak with lighted
match. He also may die.
Joseph Hart, who claims " be a
nephew Of the late Henry Hart, began
suit to reopen the probate of the will
The estate is worth s8,O00,O00.
Vincenze Luigi, a striking miner
was killed by guards at Lehigh valley
colliery, Councillor, Pa. The latter
are accused of hasty action.
A seventeen-year-old girl at Oneida
n. Y, killed a married man who en-
noyed her by his unwelcome atten
tions and threatened her family.
Under the presidents direction the
war department has rented for Gel.
Wood the house next door to Nj
Roosevelts temporary residence.
The keel of the new battleship Ne
braska was laid at Seattle. Gov. Say
age of Nebraska AMI Gov. Mcbride of
Washington drove the first rivet.
Mrs. Katherine Mills, of Toledo, O..
is seeking to trace her parents, VIII
placed her in the Home for +hc
F'riendless in New York city in 1S4S.
In the interest of Sunday-schoo
work the international Sunday-schoo.
convention at Denver decided to send
a commission on a tour of the world
Louis Disbrow, who is under aus
picion in connection with the deaths
of Miss Sarah Lawrence and Clarence
Foster, was arrested at RiYerhead, l.
I.
Bertram Cutler, who holds $4,000,
600 of steel trust stock, believed e
belong to John D. Rockefeller, is g
clerk at $1S a week in the STANDARD
oil office.
Hatty Tracy, the Oregon convict
who killed two men and wounded four
of posse, is still at large. The mill
tia and armed hunters are securing
Seattle.
Mourners at the funeral of Mrs
John Seibert of Mount Morris, Ill.
tarred and feathered the widower
who was kissing the sister of the
deceased.
Frank Young and J. Reynolds, age(
IA, while fishing in Pickerel lake
Mich, were drowned by the capsizin&
of their boat. Both bodies were re
covered.
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United States is shown by a censu!
bulletin to have a capital of 1892, 51I,
O72. The value of the product is pu
at $347 ,O55,05O.
The fact has developed that William
S. Waterman, recently deceased, foh
merly disbursing clerk of the war de
partment, was a defaulter to the ex
tent of $4,000.
At Annapolis, after the last rite
over the body of Lord Pauncefot'
were held, the remains were conveyed
aboard the Brooklyn, which startet
on her trip to England.
Anna Hildebrandt, a graduate of tn,
New York postgraduate school TO
nurses, shot J. B. McCallum, a clerk
for refusing to marry her. She sur
rendered anu he may die.
The government crop report show
great damage by storms in centra
Indiana and southern Ohio. Growth
is checked by cold in the corn belt
Wheat harvesting is delayed.
Hamlin Garland declared Shakes
~ 81 l. -.
development and classified himself a.
depicter of western life, in uni
versity of Chicago lecture
Mrs. Eva Wielinski died at the ad
vanced age of 103 years, at her daugh
ter's home, 744 West Seventeenth
street, Chicago. She was born il
Cluchow, Prussia, in 1899.
Banks in Wall street paid out 500,
100000 in dividends and the Unitet
States steel corporation announced
quarterly earnings of s37,691, 696 ant
undivided profits of $2O,463,623.
At Clevelnd Eugene Howard, 4!
years old, shot and instantly killed
his wife, Catherine, and then with /:
razor cut his own throat from ear tt
ear. He died within few moments
The Minnesota republican state Goa
vention renominated the governor ant
chose all candidates but auditor anc
clerk by acclamation; President
Roosevelt was Endorsed for reelectio On
Mrs. Ailene O'Malley, wife of {
South Bend, Ind, professor, and Will
lam Hearin, New York stock broker
were arrested at Philadelphia c.
charge of stealing jewelry and clipping
By unanimous opinion of the state
supreme court the city of Denver is
declared to be entitled to the $4,000,
600 willed it by George w. Clayton 70,
the founding of the Clayton College
for Boys.
Dun's weekly trade review reported
trade quiet in most branches. Rail
road gross earnings for six months
exceeded those of 1901 by ST. and 1900
by 1877 per cent. All records were
broken.
Ex-President Cleveland may consent
to take an active part in the New
York democratic state campaign
The party leaders have decided t.
keep hands off in the selection Oh
candidates.
Heavy rains over the entire middle
west have caused millions of dollars
damage to the grain crop. In Chicago
there was great excitement on he
up to Y.
The Chicago grand jury refused to
indict E. Wesley Johnson, beauty