Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-02-05

giant icicle, which fell from the roof
of building.
Pillar NORM, an actress, began suit
for separate maintenance against her
husband, Anne La Chaume, pianist, be-
cause he notified her he would bury
himself in a village" and try to be
come virtuoso.
Mrs. Annie Ford Eastman, an Ell
mira On. " pastor, told the Brooklyn
Congregational society that old min
listers should be shot, and that buff
foonery is depended on to attract
church congregations.
1t is rumored in the University of
Chicago circles that the founder Of the
university, John D. Rockefeller is to
provide for an experimental hospital
on the campus, the cost Of which will
amount to several million dollars.
An effort will be made, according to
conservative ministers, at a meeting
Of theologians of the higher criticism
school, soon to be held at Chicago, to
change the International Sunday
school lessons and also the study of
the Bible.
William McKinley's birthday ami
versary was celebrated at Canton co.
with a banquet, at which President
Roosevelt was the chief guest and
speaker. The latter and his party first
visited Mrs. Mckinley and WestlaWn
cemetery.
The amazing sight Of a pretty girl,
dressed in handsome raglan coat
and picture hat, backing mes
senger boys shoes, attracted a big
crowd to the telegraph office at Thirty
first street and Broadway. She did it
on wager.
The Chica go Milwaukee electric rail
road connection in the city of Kenosha
was prevented after ten years efforts
by fire in the Kenosha power house.
TIE generators were destroyed and
conditions.
Contributions amounting to $1,000
for the relief Of the starving inhabi-
taints of northern Sweden were for
warded from Chicago. Previous re-
mittances make the total thus far col
lected by the local Swedish Relief AS
sociation $4,000.
The murder of Harry Ferris, a Chi
cago nonunion foreman, in 1900, was
practically fastened on James Kilroy,
striker, by DR.. NJ. A. Weisskopf,
who identified a scar on Kilroy's neck
as the wound dressed by him after
Ferris was shot.
Twenty persons were crushed or
burned to death in a collision between
a westbound Sunset limited and an
eastbound Crescent City express trains
on the Southern Pacific railroad near
Tucson. Eleven cars were burned.
The telegrapher is blamed.
Acknowledgement Cunneen Of New
York gave a hearing at Albany on the
application of w. R. Hearst that &C
ton be begun before the supreme
court under the antitrust law against
u coal-carrying railroads and the
Temple Iron company.
Independent telephone exchanges in
Iowa and northern Illinois are being
bought by the Central Telephone Con
struction company. An automatic
service will be installed and connec-
ton will be made with the Illinois
Telephone and Telegraph plant in Chi
cago.
A singular case of loss of memory is
exciting interest at St. Stephens
theological college, at Annandale, N.
Y, where Samuel A. Chapman, a stu
dent of Boston, has lain in a semi
conscious condition for over a week
He fell on an icy sidewalk and in
jured his spine.
1t is reported from Stanton, Mo-,
that securities to the amount of $780,
600 were recovered yesterday from
the house of Frank Rudolph by party
of detectives. These securities are part
Of the loot of the bank of Union, Mo-,
which was robbed December 27. Money
and valuable papers amounting to
nearly 100000 were taken.
Philip Baer, city librarian, and
Walter F. Sawyer Nathan Springer
and Moses Springer were arrested in
New York by detectives from the dis
trict attorneys Office on charges Of
attempted subornation of perjury in
connection with an alleged swindling
scheme through which enormous sums
are believed to have been lost by the
department of taxes.
Additional evidence that a band of
Italian sWindlers has Systematically
defrauded New York Life insurance
companies out of snug sums by sub
stituting bodies was discovered when
representatives of several insurance
companies opened a grave in Calvary
cemetery, in Ong Island City, sup
posed to contain the body of a young
italian, and found that Of an elderly,
emaciated man.
Investigation of the alleged bribery
charges by Representative LESSER IN.
W was concluded by the house naval
committee. Representative Roberts
testified that LESSER promised to sign
a statement generating the Holland
company, and then refused. ''Dr."
William Kerr of Chicago denied that
he authorized ex-Congressman Quigg
to offer a $4,000 bride for the Holland
vote. Quigg was only requested to
endeavor to tone down Lessler's op-
position" Philip DobIfn withdrew
his charge of bribery involving Quigg,
declared the accusation false and
said he had made it merely to help out
Representative LESSER.
At Springfield, H., members Of the
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