Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-08-21

abruptly ended by the state board Of
charities and report was made TO
the governor that after a full and
thorough investigation it was found
that no cruelties have beeii inflicted
upon patients and that the food is the
best.
Professor Winchell of Minneapolis
and Warren Upham of st. Paul, with
others visited Lansing, Kan, and on
inspection of the human skull recently
found there pronounced it OF the
Iowan stage of the glacial period and
the most ancient found on this con-
tinent.
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt has
bought the entire house for one per-
Torrance of the Wild Rose company,
at the Knickerbocker theater, New
York, and will take the company to
Newport for private theatricals at
dinner she is to give in the near
future.
Prince Chen, accompanied by
Chinese notables, was welcomed by
President Fornes, of the New York
board of aldermen, after which the
postoffice, subtreasury and Brooklyn
bridge were inspected, followed by
visit to Chinatown, where a reception
took place.
The postoffice at Highland Falls,
n. Y, was entered by burglars. The
safe was blown open with dynamite,
and stamps to the value Of $1,000,
$500 in currency, three diamond rings,
a valuable bracelet and all the records
of the office were stolen. There is no
clew to the robbers.
Lance Harwood, an S-year-old boy of
Grand Rapids, Mich, returned to
Swift & Co., Chicago, a package con-
tanning $4,000 worth Of negotiable Sc
curities which had been lost at the
stock yards by messenger boy en-
ployed by the firm. Young Harwood
received a reward of $25.
At Echo, Utah, a body identified by
papers as that Of John Mcdonald of
Sandstone, Mimi, was discovered
alongside the Union Pacific tracks. An
ugly hole, apparently inflicted by some
dull instrument, appears on the back
of the head. The authorities believe
Mcdonald was killed by tramps.
The governor of the island of
Guam reports through the navy de-
partment at Washington that the peo-
pie of Guam desire to make good
showing at the st. Louis worlds fair.
The governor is with them and will
do all he can to have the island
creditably represented at the fair.
Attorneys for the American Book
company have filed writ of error be-
fore the supreme court at Washington
against the state of Kansas. The
fight will be upon the right of the
Kansas supreme court to bar the COM
pany from doing business in Kansas
under the interstate commerce laws.
The body of Harry Tracey was re-
ceived at the Oregon penitentiary, just
two months after his sensational
escape. The corpse was identified
by prison officials and convicts. Wit
riol was placed on the face to destroy
the features, for fear some one might
steal the body to place it on exit
bition.
Jacob Mumma, an aged farmer, who
lives alone north of Dayton, O., was
tortured by masked robbers, who
broke into his house. The robbers
poured coal oil on his feet, and
started blaze to compel him to re-
veal the hiding place of money he was
supposed to have, but they secured
only small sum.
The will of Rebecca T. Mccullough
Of Allegheny, widow of J. N. McCul.
Tough, has been filed for PROBATE at
Lisbon, o. 1t disposes of an estate
of $15,000,000. Mrs McCullough's
husband was formerly president of the
Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad. The
estate is divided among a daughter,
granddaughter and grandson.
M. B. Davis Of the Wells-Fargo ex-
press company at Ell Paso, Tex, has
received a telegram from the COM
pany's detective at Zaraguessa, Mex,
announcing the capture of James Par
IRISH, the third of the alleged Mexican
Central robbers. Some money was
recovered when Parrish was cap
Passenger train No. on the Chi
cago Great Western, west-bound, was
wrecked near Elizabeth, Ill. The
truck under the tender gave way,
throwing the coaches on their sides.
Wells-Fargo Express Messenger
Guyon was seriously injured. Flor
ence Wilgus, daughter of DR.. J. L.
Wilgus of Chicago, was slightly in
jured.
A mysterious ailment, supposed to
be due to noXious gases from a big
excavation for a sewer, has decimated
the family Of Professor Edward E.
Howe, who came to New York with
his wife and three children from their
home in Hazleton, Pa, four weeks
ago, to spend the summer vacation
with relatives. The three children
are dead and Mrs. Howe is ill with
the same sickness which killed them,
dysentery and malaria.