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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19

known as ''the bloody hand" There
 in painted window in Aston church was formed a few years ago a society
 for the purification of the baronetage, it being alleged that number of spurious baronets' had assumed the title without proper qualification.
 The origin of the red hand on the shield of the baronets in time came to be forgotten, and people were driven to invent legends to account for it. Thus the Baronets of Aston had their arms accounted for by story that former Sir Thomas Holt had murdered his cook in the cellar by running him through with a spit, and that he was compelled to assume the red hand as his crest on that account. The picture in patined window in Aston church gives the hand minus finger. From this it came to be believed that each generation of the Holts was allowed to take away thus much of the dis graceful symbol until the hand had been entirely radicated.-London Daily News
 SERVICE TO PITCAIRN ISLAND.
 The Pitcairn Islands, for the first time since the mutineers of the Bounty were discovered on the island in 1908, will have regular communication with the outside world, as word comes from Tahiti that Pitcairn Island will have a regular schooner service with Manga and Thiti Philip Coffin, an old man who was shipwrecked on Pitcairn 20 years ago, and who came here three years ago, had hard time getting back o,,J 1ad bo of Pitcairn to buy a good-sized schoon :, CT at Papeete, which vii be used by | the islanders to make voyages to Manga Reva, at which traders from Hahiti call regularly. Manga Riva is | 300 miles north of Pitcairn. Hitherto the islanders have depended on chance l ships that touched at the island-per- | hape one in a year.-New York World.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
SECONDHAND SMOKES.
Selling Cigar Stubs is Lucrative Bus-
 mess in Naples

Selling Cigar Stubs is Lucrative Bus- mess in Naples. Buying and selling cigar stubs is a
 large and lucrative business in the city
 of Naples. and many persons are en-
 gagged in it. Some of them have little stalls or shops near the docks, the arse-
 nals and the manufacturing establish-
 ments where workingmen are in the
 habit of passing to and from their
 tasks. Others, with less capital, have
 little stands at street corners, a board laid across saw horse, upon which their stock in trade is displayed, while the petty dealers in this line of business exhibit their stock in little piles upon the sidewalk, sometimes not even newspaper being under them.
 The supply comes from the cafes, restaurants, hotels and other public places. Men and women pick over the garbage heaps and the dust boxes, and boys run up and down the pavements in front of the hotels early every morn- ing looking for "snipes'' Some of the restaurant and cafe keepers sell the privilege of picking up the cigar stumps in their places to dealers, and the pro- ceeds amount to a considerable sum during the year. In other places 1t is one of the perquisites of the head wat ter.
 Some of the stubs are taken to facto- ries, where they are cut up and manu- factured into cigarettes and smoking tobacco, but the greater part of them are sold to the lower classes of work ingmen, sailors and dock walIopers, who smoke them in their pipes. At the entrance of the navy yard, which Is upon one of the most frequented streets in Naples and in very conspicuous place, half dozen of these secondhand cigar. dealers can be found when the men are coming out of the gates at the close of their days work. The erl- ployes are not allowed to smoke inside, and their wages do not permit them to indulge in the luxury of cigars or even smoking tobacco at first hand, so, for a centissimo, which is the smallest coin agnable-one-fifth of one cent-they buy a cigar stub, crumbe it up in their hands and cram it into their pipes.-4 Chicago Herald.
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NOT EXACTLY A KIND MAN
GENERAL TON WAHL OF RUS.
 SIAN POLAND
Favors Flogging as Punish msnt--He
 ts MercIiess.

Almost incredible stories are told of General Von Wahl, the governor of
 Wilma, in Russian Poland, upon whose
 life an attempt was made the other day.
 He is accused, among other things, of
 great cruelty towards the prisoners ar-
 rested for making a public demonstra
 ton on May day. It is said that thirty
 six of them were stripped and knouted
 or flogged with rods in the presence of
 the governor himself, who, in addition to ordering the laShes, mocked the vic
 tims, wishing them very pleasant hel
 days"-an allusion to May day. It is further declared that the governor ask ed the first prisoner, after he was strip ped, how old he Was and learning that he was fifty, said, Then give him fifty strokes" ordering the next one forty, and so on, one stroke for each year. One prisoner, in his exasperation, replied, T am million years old" Whereupon he received hundred strokes. A pause or five minutes was imposed by the doc tors after fifty the man fainting when the whole sentence had been carried out. It Is also related that General Von Wahl as governor of Witebsk, had sav- eral boys of the grammar school in that town stripped and birched in his pres ence till they were half dead; that at Kursk, during the peasant riots, he caused several of the rioters to be fog ged to death and that, as chief of the St. Petersburg police, he acted towards the female strikers at the tobacco fac tory in much the same way as toward the May day demonstrators of Wilma. There are suggestions that the general is not altogether sane. He has been mo- torious for his severity, however ever since 1863, when he was aide-de- camp of the nefarious Count Berg, governor of Warsaw, and was wounded when an attempt was made to assasnate the lat for
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19

Attorney Carl A. Mears yesterday finished drawing the papers in a suit brought against the borough of Shelton for 5000 on account of an accident to little Emma Mcdonald, who was frightfully burned in d public park on the 24th of March last. On the day in question the park commission of the city were burning leaves in the park. The attendant left the fire and shortly after the little girls dresses caught fire. For weeks her life was despaired of and it is even now believed that she will recover only after the most careful at tendance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
SECRETLY AND QUIETLY.
Coffee Slowly and Steadily PoIsons Some
 Persons,

There is no doubt that coffee secretly of misery to the human race but in the majority of cases the person does not suspect the cause of the trouble.
 A Virginia lady had an interesting experiment with coffee poison. She says, "For about five years l was trou bled with indigestion, weak stomach and palpitation of the heart so bad that at times I would fall and have to be carried into the house Finally I began to have spasms and suffered untold misery I tried all kinds of patent medicines and different doctors, only to get temporary relief.
 I finally gave up all hope of gettinig well. My stomach was in such con dition that everything but stale bread would throw me into spasms. l nearly starved myself but never suspected that coffee was the cause of all the trouble, nor did I have any idea what the cause was.
 One day Father told me he had been reading how Postum Food Coffee helped so many people who were sick from cof- fee drinking and he urged me to leave OH COlLee dllu lly IOStui Setlu, oll, Father, cannot try it and do not be- lieve it would do me any good but he persuaded me to try package.
 The first making tasted so flat that it made me half sick, but l determined to give it fair trial so I read the direc- tions carefully and found that it must be boiled at east fifteen minutes. Well I boiled it 25 minutes then added some good cream and l tell you it was delic- ious. l like it better than the ordinary coffee and, of course, stick to it.
 Well l have been using it since the 18th of July now, quite two months. l have gained about 25 pounds I gained six pounds in 1a weeks and can eat anything I want and all that I want. My stomach never hurts me. I have gained strength until now I can do my own work and go to church every Sun day.
 Peonle say, You are looking SO well. what kind of medicine are you taking tell them I have quit all kinds of medicine and also coffee and am only using Postum Coffee.
 You may be sure l will recommend it and will guarantee a cure where the person will boil it long enough and drink enough of it. I would do without meal for the sake of one cup of Pos tum.
 I could tell a lot more but space will not permit. You are at liberty to print this letter and my name also for the benefit of others. Mrs. A. T. Brown. Central Station, w. Va.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
FUNERAL OF GREGORY
 GREENE.
Naugatuck. June 1S.--The fun,

Naugatuck, June 18.--The funeral of Gregory J. Greene, the nineteen-year- old son of MT. and Mrs. Sarah Greene, took place this morning at the house on Central avenue and services were he'd at 9:30 in St. Francis church, where a requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev Father Tanning. The pallbearers were Edward Healey and James Rich ardson, of New Haven, and Frank F. Nolan, John Deegan and Peter Wood, of Naugatuck, The floral offerings were many and beautiful. The flower bear CTS were William Mccarthy of Nauga- tuck, and John Tatro, of New Haven The remains were taken on the 11:02 train to New Haven for interment
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
TIPPING IN SWITZERLAND.
Tribulations of an American Who
 Ignored the custom.

Tribulations of an American Who
 Ignored the custom.
 The London correspondent of the New York Times recently called atten- ton to the fact that Swiss hotel pro- prietors and commercial travellers had by convention fixed a system of tips This was held at Often by the society of Hotel Proprieters, the society of Com merical Travellers and others interested in the question. The convention drew up "taiff of tips, which consists of fixed maximum sum to be paid by the tourists to hotel servants. The tariff is to be posted up in all hotels, cafes and public places of amusement this season, and it will be curious to note how the system will work. Visitors are request ed to abide by these regulations as far as possible and give only the tariffs fares" A further question as to whether the tourist should himself tip the servants orhand over the necessary sum to the hotel proprietor for distri-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
THE ORDER OF BARoNETAGE.

THE ORDER OF BARONETAGE.
 On May 22, 1911, the Order of the Bar onetage was instituted, and the first baronets created by James l., avowedly for the defense of Ulster, but actually for the sake of the fees. Two hundred patents were issued at the price of
 f 1 900 apiece, and it was promised that the number should not be exceeded. This promise was kept during the reign of James, but the restriction soon be- came obsolete, and the number is now nearly 900, exclusive of Scotch and Irish creations. In 1912 was ordained that baronets might bear on their shields the arms of Ulster, a red left hand
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19

held by the two girls. Ten-Ichi pros duces short stick to the end of which a little teacup is attached. He waves his wand and little streams of water shoot forth from the tea cups, from the torches, from the heads of the assist ants-in fact, the stage is regular sea of fountains. The scene winds up with al the streams palying.-From the Chicago Chronicle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
PRES. HADLEY-cH1EF FANcHER.
Neither Gentleman Will Discuss Fur
 ther the Campus Fire

Neither Gentleman Will Discuss Fur
 ther the Campus Fire.
 President A. T. Hadley of Yale, pos itively refuses to give out any state- ment concerning the interview between himself and Chief Fancher, of the New Haven fire department, the interview being held as the result of the trouble last Saturday evening between the stu dents and the firemen. The matter at Yale. so far as the students are con- cerned, is not taken seriously the stu dents believing that the prOVocation was uniustifed and that the members of the fire department brought the trou- ble upon themselves. The firemen, on the other hand, seem to think that the students were overstepping their bounds. It appears to be the general opinion that the matter is one of those affairs which the sooner dropped the better. Chief Faneher has nothing to say on the matter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
TTrRNED HIS ANKLE.

Frederick Walhofer received a pain full injury last night about il clock at the corner of Church and George streets. He stepped down from a wag- on and turned his ankle in such a man ner that he could not walk on it. He was taken to the hospital
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
WILLIAM F. CHITTENDEN.

The funeral of William F. Chittenden will be attended from his late residence in East River this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The deceased, whose age was seventy-seven years, had been ill for several months and his death was not unexpected. He had been a suffered from a complication of troubles. He was unmarried
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19

Case of fMnnsinughter-Tvvo Civil Suits
 for S5,000 Each-A Receiver Appointed
 The City Court-Other Iteme.
 The second days trial in the Michael Reagan murder case concluded yester- day afternoon with no sensational de- velopments, though during the morn ing session the defense made an an- nouncement that was somewhat sur- prising to those in the court room. One of the defending lawyers, Attorney Ar vine, said that it was expected that Reagan killed his wife. but the point they were trying to show was that the death blow was struck in a moment of passion and that it was not premeditat- ed. If the defense carries out its idea and wins in the end the accused man will get off with a verdict of man slaughter instead of murder in the sec ond degree, which would probably be given if the defense fails.
 Mrs. Ellen Kelly, who formerly lived with the Reagans, was the first witness yesterday to go on the stand. She tes- tified that she saw Mrs. Reagan just before she died and that Mrs. Reagan said to her that Reagan kicked her. Reagan is said to have exclaimed that his wife threw a knife at him.
 The next witness was Dr. John A. Murphy, who attended Mrs. Reagan just before she died. He told of Mrs. Reagans condition when he reached the house and of the way Reagan acted l,a fol rnI on the stand by the Rev. Martin O'Brien, who had known the Reagans for long time. There was nothing of importance in his testimony and after it was concluded State Attorney Will Hams put Dr. William P. Burke on the stand. Dr. Burke was questioned in regard to the testimony which he gave at the coroner's hearing shortly after Mrs. Reagan died.
 Walter Pond End was the next wit ness He told of number of blood spots in the home of the Reagans that he saw when he was called to view the body of Mrs Reagan He was acting coroner at tn tatime in the absence of Coroner Mix. He said that he found a sheet and blanket saturated with
  there was large spot of blood on the carpet of the room in which Mrs. Rea gan died.
 Detective MoGrath identified the shoes that Reagan wore when the al- legged kick was delivered and he said that he got them from Reagan on the Sunday following the day Mrs. Reagan died
 The last witness was Mrs. Josephine | B. O'Neil, who formerly lived with the | Reagans. She testified that during the time she lived in the same house with | the Reagans she heard and was a wit ness to many fights between MT. and | Mrs. Reagan and that she had at one | time last July seen Reagan kick his | wife in the stomach. She was sharply | cross examined by Attorney Fitzgerald | on the dates of the assaults, and was on the stand when court adjourned un- til 10 o'clock this morning.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
A RECEIVER APPOINTED.

Yesterday afternoon Referee Newton appointed Louis H. Strouse receiver for Francis Mulrain, a grocer of Ansonia, who has filed a petition in bankruptcy The bond is placed at 51 .5O0. Liabilities $3 700, assets about $2 250
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
TWO SUITS FOR s5,ooo EACH.

TWO SUITS FOR So,UUO EACft.
 The case of George l.. Ives adminis- trator, against the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company was placed on trial before Judge Gager in the superior court yesterday after noon. Plaintiff claims S5.000 damages as administrator of Harry Ives, who was killed near the Union station on February 12, 1900, while doing some work between two locomotives. Ex- Judge Blydenburgh represents the plaintiff, and Watrous G Day the de- fendant.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
suAn FISHING INTENDED

Middletown, June 1S.-Word was received here to-day that at meeting of the State Fish and Game commissioners in Hartford the time for shad fishing was eX- tended from June 20 to June p. This applies to all rivers In the state.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
MICHAEL REAGAN'S TRLAL WAS
 IN PROGRESS YESTERDAY.

Defenss Endeavoring to Make Out a Case of fMnnsinughter-TVyo Civil Suits for S5 900 Eaoh-A Receiver Appointed The City Court-Other Itemt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
100000 CHANGES HANDS
UPWARDS OF 1000 ACRES ARE SOLD
0ftelie & StondaII, Of Pittsvile Purchase the
Various Tracts OF the Central Trading
Company.

Upwards of 1000 acres in Wood
county have Just been sold and the
price paid, 100000. This is pleasing
news to a great number of people who
have the welfare Of this Community
at heart.
The city and county are certainly
seeing, at present, one of the most
prosperous periods in their history.
In Grand Rapids buildings are going
I'D on every hand, factories arc looking
for good sites and railroads making
extensive improvements. Every
where the energetic hand of industry
is seen.
Wood county is not to be outdone
by her county seat. The forward
movement also here is going on in
every section: settlers are coming in:
land is being bought and real estate is
going up. One of the largest real
estate deals in the history of this
part Of the state has been consum-
mated during the past week, The
Central Trading company, of Milwau-
kee, has sold its large holdings in the
townships of Rock, Cary, Wood, Han-
Sen and Dexter to Oftelie and Ston-
DALI of PittsviIle These lands were
formerly owned by the George Hiles
Llnd and Lumber company. The
deal involves 1000 acres and the price
paid is about 100000.
The people throughout the county
will be glad to know that this valuable
| tract of land has passed into such
good hands as the Oftelie & Stondall
company, They will do all in their
power TO bring new settlers into the
| county.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
MAY PLEAD INSANITY
Wanted.

We would like to ask, through the
columnS of your paper, if there is any
person who has used Green's August
Flower for the cure of Indigestion,
Dyspepsia, and Liver Troubles that
has not been cured-and we also mean
their results, such as sour stomach
fermentation of food, habitual costive-
ness, nervous dyspepsia, headaches,
respondent feelings. sleeplessness-in
fact, any trouble connected with the
stomach or liver? This medicine has
been sold for many years in all civil
zed countries, and we wish to CORE
spond with you and send you one of
our books free of cost. If you never
tried August Flower, try 25 cent
bottle first. We have never known OF
it's failing. If 50. something more
serious is the matter with %you. The
20 cent size has just been introduced
this year. Regular size IS cents. At
all druggists. &C. Green, Woodbury.,
n. j.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
To the Tax Payers of the City of Grand Rapids
Wood County, Wisconsin.

You will please take notice, that the
tax roll and warrant for the said city
of Grand Rapids for the year 1902 has
been delivered TO me and that l will
proceed to collect taxes for the said
city of Grand Rapids. on the 26th day
of December, a. D., 1902, and the
following days, up to and including
the-3lst day of January, A. d., 1903
at my office in the library building in
said city of Grand Rapids, between
the hours of nine o'clock in the fore
noon and four O'Clock in che afternoon
except on Sundays and legal holidays.
You will further take notice, that
all taxes must be paid on or before
The 3lst day of January, A. D., 1903
and that at the expiration of such
time l will proceed to enforce the
collection Of such taxes in the manner
provided by law.
Dated December l3, A. D., 1902.
MILTON w. MOSHER,
City Treasurer,
City of Grand Rapids,
~.~ Wood County, Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24
B|LtPOSTER WOOD ALL IN
WAS ARRESTED AT PlOVER MONDAY
His Surprising Career as BlIposter Suddenly
Brought to Close
Tuesday

Charles Wood. the noted, the much
wanted billpOster Wood, has at last
been grasped by the firm hand of law.
Sheriff Mclaughlin went to PloveI
Monday with a warrant sworn out
by 2. MulrOy, Of the Commercial
House. The charge was nonpayment
of a s45 board bill Wood is now in
the county jail awaiting trial.
HE CAME WITH FLOURISH
Wood struck this city last summer.
No doubt'he thought he would make his
fortune here or leave in the attempt.
He made his coming known both by
mouth and paper. Il am a union
man. said he, mo cheap HarryS for
me-" He claimed to be member of
the National BillpOsterS' Union and
that he had been Sent here TO look
after the unions interests. To the
business men he showed the large
contracts he had made: to everyone he
appealed with strong and eloquent
words. Il represent twenty-One
theatrical panies and ten circuseS, :"
is statement he would often use
with great effect.
MADE AND POSTED BILLS.
To start his enterprise Wood made
contracts with local lumber dealers.
He engaged men to put up his bill
boards. To make the venture more
impressive Wood would hire liverg
teams and ride in state about town.
Then the bills would begin to pile in
upon him and Wood soon became
famous, for the ingenious excuses he
could formulate on short notices.
Finally, however, one fine day in
August, Wood disappeared, leaving a
huge pile of unpaid accounts for his
partner, Henry Carlson, to face.
SOME ACCOUNTS MADE GOOD
The police tried in vain to locate
Wood, but nothing could be learned
until Monday when the report came
that he was at Ployer visiting his
wife. Since Woods disappearance.
Mr.. Carlson has settled many of the
bills made by his partner. He did
not consider, however, that he was
bound to pay Woods board bill of S45
at the Commercial House. 1t was
this bill that brought about the arrest.
Whether he will be made to account
for his many other bills is not yet
known.
MAY PLEAD INSANITY
Billposter Wood does not know how
he came to commit so many wrong
dOingS in one short summer. Indeed,
he argues, he could not have been in
his right state of mind. 1t is said that
he will plead insanity when he comes
face to face with his judge. Certainly
it seems that Wood has been successful
in making and placing bills. But if
he was not in his right mind that is
another question.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-24

The increase in reference work done
by the schools: club women and public
IN general shows a growing appre-
citation OF the value Of our library.
CHANGE IN HOURS.
The change in library hours. making
the afternoon hours longerand closing
the chlldrenS room after six O'Clock
divides the work at the loan desk
more evenly and more time can be
given both children and adults.
As whole the outlook is very salts
factory-the people both old and
yoang, seem TO be taking a greater
interest in the library,