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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29
ESTA fitzpatrick Hogan, deceased.

State of Wisconsin, County Court of Grant
County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at the specia
term of the county court to be held in and
for said county, at the Court House. in the
city of Lancaster, in said county, on the 4tf
Tuesday of August, A. D., 1903, being the
25th day of August, 1903, at the hour of one
o'clock in the afternoon. the following mat
ter will be heard and considered:
The application of John Hogan for the
appointment of an administrator on the
estate of Patrick Hogan, late OF the village
of Fairplay, in said county. deceased.
By order of the Court,
E. B. GOODSELL, County Judge.
Dated July 81. 1903
Herman Buchner, ATTORNEY.
First insertion Aug /; last Aug 15.)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29
Her Fingers Stick to Things.

Lapeer, Mich, July 28.--Miss Mary
Martin, who was arrested short time
ago, charged with stealing, and who
waJ released on suspended sentence,
is in trouble again. This time a war
rant is sworn out by Mrs. Sarah Will
Jams, charging her with carrying away
a gold watch and chain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29
Fills a LOnp-Felt Want.

Chautauqua, N. Y, July 28.-A con
ference will be held here on Aug. 10
tons Of the mob spirit in this coun.
ty will be discussed. Men of note will
deliver addresses on feud assassina-
tons, lynching and labor riots, their
cause and the means to stamp them
out
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29
THE WEATHER

The following is the official weather
forecast up to o'clock tonight:
Illinois and Enthusiastically fair;
variable winds.
cept possibly showers in north portion;
warmer in south portion: variable
winds.
Wisconsin-Theatenin with proba-
bly, local thunderstorms; warmer; east
to southeast winds.
Iowa-Generally fair: southerly winds
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29
Hin Denies the Lumber story.

ST. Paul, July 2S.-Jamess j. Hill,
when interviewed in regard to story
saying that he, with e. III. Hartman,
were uniting in a great timber deal
whereby they, with number of asso-
ciates, will control the lumber marker
of the world, said: ''It might Just as
well have said we had bought the
moon. There is no truth in it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29
Costly Storm for Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, July 2S-One of the
worst wind, lightning and rain storms
in the history of the city struck Min
neapolis.. Although no fatalities have
been reported the property damage is
great, particularly in southeast Min
neapolis. Buildings were RACED to the
earth's surface, others were unroofed,
and lightning splintered some.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29
Two More Fined for peonaee.

Montgomery, Ala, July 28.-In the
United States circuit court here James
II. Todd and Anderson Hardy pleaded
guilty to charges of peonage and were
sentenced to pay fine Of $1,000 each.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29

A New York architect, who has put
up many country houses, says that he
has not during the last decade been
called on once to put a lightning rod
on any of these houses. The lightning
rod has disappeared altogether as
means Of protection on new houses
and also the lightning rod man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29
EsTATE-Wm. F. McGonigal, deceased.

E . N"". Mooonis@' ueoeaSeu'
State of Wisconsin, County Court of Grant
Coin Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at the special
term of the County Court, to be held in and
for said county. at the Court House, IN the
city of Lancaster. in said county, on the End
Tuesday of August, A. d.. 1903 being the
18th day of August, A. d.. 1903 at the hour
of ten O'Clock in the forenoon, the following
matter will be heard and considered:
The application of Ed. M. Lowry for the
admission to probate of the last will and
testament of VIM. F. McGonigal, late of the
city of Lancaster, in said county, and for
letters teStamentary thereon and as tesla
mentary guardian.
By order of the Court,
E. B. GOODSELL, County Judge.
Dated July a. 1903.
(First insertion July Is; last Aug. H.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29
Item from Kentucky.

Jackson, KY, July 2S.-Two men
were killed in fight at Long Creek,
and two were fatally injured in an en-
counter at Hunting Creek, twenty miles
from here.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29
Notice.

Hereafter we will positively do no
delivering after 6 p. M, including
Saturdays. L. ALT e Sons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29
THE MARKETS
Chicago Grain.

Chicago Grain.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

many. For 10 years she preserved
her health, strength and even her eye
sight, and was known throughout
the United Kingdom.
The will Of Gustavus H. Swift the
great Chicago packer, was filed for
probate. It disposes Of a s12,200,00O
estate. Some s250,000 is to be dis
tributed by the widow to charities
The balance is left to her and chill
dren.
! DR.. Labordi, one of the most
eminent Paris physicians and mem
Der of the Academy of Medicine, died.
Probably his most notable achieve
ment was the invention of the
method of rythmical traction of the
tongue
! William P. Beldan, aged II years,
for twenty years one of the leading
journalists and republican politicians
Of the Mohawk valley, died suddenly
Of apopleXy at Albany. where he was
deputy senate clerk. He graduated
from Yale and was one Of the found
ers of the Yale News.
! Ole Brauder Olson, aged Al years,
editor Of the Norwegian prohibition
ist newspaper Reform, formerly a
member Of the national committee of
the prOhibitionist party. several times
a nominee for congressman and lieu
tenant governor in Wisconsin and a
lecturer Of note, died at his home in
Eau Claire
J. B. Atherton, one Of the richest
and most influential men in the
/ Hawaiian islands. died at Honolulu
after a long illness. He was sc years
! old and largey interested in the de-
velOpment of the sugar industry. His
son arrived in Honolulu from Boston
The decendent went from Boston to
! Honolulu in 1858.
Henry Van Brunt, well known as an
architect and as the designer of the
+ electricity building at the worlds
| fair in Chicago, IS dead at the resi-
dence Of his brothers widow in Mil
i ton, Mass. He entered Harvard and
was graduated with the class of 1854.
He was a member of the firm Of Ware
| & Van Brunt in Boston and designed
Memorial hall at Harvard university,
the Nudge Memorial church at Lynn
and the First Unitarian church of
Boston. During the civil war he was
secretary to the admiral of the north
Atlantic squadron. In 1883 Mr., Van
Brunt took up his residence in Kan
sas City. He is survived by widow,
five sons and two daughters.
Waldo Abner Western, for many
years resident and prominent bust
ness man Of Chicago, died Monday at
Libertyville, III. Mr.. Weston was
born in Randolph, Vt, Jan. 3, 1880.
In 1855 he removed to Wisconsin,
where he lived until 1864 when he en-
listed in the first Wisconsin heavy
artillery that served in the defense Of
Washington. After the war he came
to Chicago and from 1871 to 1856 he
was in the lumber business. In 1886
| he removed to Libertyville. He leaves
a widow. and four children-Mrs. Will
| liam Martin, Mrs. Charles Galbraith,
Mrs. Homer 4. Squire. and Albro w.
| Weston.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

division of supplies The charges
allege that the hand stamps and ink
pads now being supplied to post
| offices under the present contract are
inferior in quality and not up to the
contract standard.
, States Attorney General Webb Of
| California has rendered an official
opinion declaring the use of the bible
in the public schools as unconstitu-
! tional. Not only may teachers not
use scriptures as a textbook, but
even reading from them, as is The
custom frequently at the opening
exercises, is barred.
! Mrs. Carrot A Hobart is out Of
town, but her son, Garret A. Hobart,
! Jr., was seen at lis summer home,
| McCullOch Castle, Haledon. He de-
MED emphatically the rumors from
Lewiston, Ne, and Washington, 10
the effect that his mother is engaged
! to Senator Frey. Mrs. Hobart's
closest friends also deny the story
Creditors of the New York dry
goods commission firm of Dresser
& Co., representing S1,000,O00 Of the
! $1,178,057 for which that company
failed were told that D. Leroy
! Dresser, president, would provide
within ninety days for the payment
of the $S5O,000 unsecured liabilities.
The bankruptcy proceedings will be
ended at once.
Gross violations Of the law and lax
I'D 1ictr Of 1n fnf- of h.
salary and allowance division
Of the postoffice department has been
! discovered, and as result the
! salaries of many postal clerks
throughout the country may be re
duced 500 year George R
Beavers, who resigned a short time
ago, presided over this bureau
The postoff1ce imbroglio at Alex
andria, La, growing out of the alp
pointment of negro as clerk has
ended by the resignation of the negro
and the filing of the place by a white
man. The negro over whom the
trouble arose, Tom Rankin. passed the
civil service examination and became
eligible for the clerkship. He de
clined to accept it, however, saying he
did not care to cause race antagon
ism.
E. E. Clark, grand chief of the
Order of Railway Conductors and a
member Of the late anthracite coal
strike commission, is likely to be-
come commissioner of labor within
a few months. Commissioner Carroll
D. Wright announces he has no in
tention Of resigning now, or at any
time in the near future, having only
accepted the presidency of Clark uni
versity college, in Worcester. Mass.
with the understanding that his
duties there should not interfere with
his work in the department OF labor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
FOREIGN.

Snow and cold weather are doing
damage throughout Germany
! The high court has seQuestered he
estate of Lady Granville Gordon. who
disobeyed the order that she restore
her child, CeciIie, TO Erin Gordon,
her first husband and the father If
the child.
The German agrarians intend to re
yive the scheme for a continental
union against American goods at the
international agricultural congress
which will be held at Rome from
April 10 to II.
1t is rumOred in La Gauira, Ven
ezuela, says a dispatch, that the revo-
lutionary leader RoIando, has 4,5OO,-
600 cartridges at two hours distance
from Caracas, and a battle is expect
od to be fought by April Is.
Considerable discussion is going on
in the Mexican press concerning the
domination of American capital in
Mexico, It is rapidly assuming the
dimensions of an agitation against
the reelection Of President Diaz.
The greatest secrecy is maintained
at Paris in regard to the divorce
which the Duchess de Dion secured
from her husband. One rumor was
to the effect that the duke has been
gaming recklessly at Monte Carlo.
The Italian ambassador at Washing
ton, Signor Des Planches, has official
ly notified the foreign office at Rome
that he has received $4,000 indemnity
for the families of the Italians who
were lynched or injured at Erwin
! Miss. in July 1901.
Sir William Gordon McGregor, the
pauper nobleman. has been married
to Miss Alice CULVER, aged 40. She
is a sister of the woman who reject
ed Sir William after securing his re.
, lease from the workhOuse, and has
only a small income.
| Within the lats few days several
mysterious acts Of vandalism have
been committed in Windsor castle Y
some unknown person. Historical
portraits of royal persOnages of the
| Georgian period were found in a
mutilated condition, having been
slashed with a knife.
The American embassy at London
! is closely watching the Alaskan
! boundary dispute, but is not taking an
active part in the preparation Of the
| case. 1t does not have access to the
archives Of the foreign office and can
not compete with the Canadian com
mission in making an exhaustive
study of the documentary evidence re
lating to the treaty Of 1925.
The American Bridge company has
completed the erection of twenty
seven viaducts on the Uganda rail
way. Six thousand tons of steel
have been utilized in this huge under
taking, which, Notwithstanding
tremendous difficulties, was carried
out in exactly fifty-one weeks. The
company has disposed of it's ma
chinery and plant rather than convey
them back to the United States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
DOUGLAS Succeeds Fisher.

London, April 11.-Hon. Arthur
Ralph Douglas, liberal unionist mem
her of parliament for Durham, second
son Of the earl OF Mimic, will succeed
William Hayes Fisher, as financial
secretary Of the treasury. Fisher an
nounced his resignation in the COM
mons April 7, as result of his con
nection as director with a financial
syndicate, the affairs of which are
now before court
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

and the uncovered hands continue
their never ending journey.
The center of the face of the floral
clock, 20 feet in diameter, is COM
posed OF alternanthere, foliage plant
which is commonly known as Joseph's
coat, because Of its many colors This
plant grows low and exceedingly
dense and the mottled and brightly
colored foliage completely covers the
sfound, but will never grow tall
enough to be touched by the hands as
they pursue their course. Encircling
this bed Of alternanthere and separat-
ing it from the 15-foot floral numerals
that mark the hour, is a narrow band
OF cantaurea, another foliage plant
popularity known as the dusty miller
This species of plant, a beautiful sill
veg in appearance, grows a trife
higher than the alternanthere. The
band Of dusty miller only eight inches
wide, separates the 70-foot circular
bed Of alternanthere from the II beds
Of the same plant that surmount the
space on the dial allotted to the large
numerals. The hands of the clock
are made of a framework of steel
but wooden troughs filled with soil are
provided, and in these troughs myrtle.
ivy and other creeping green plants
grow luXuriantly and completely con-
ceal from view everything but them
selves
The crowning glory is the group of
y distinct plants that begin unfolding
their petals with the morning glory at
the peep OF day, and as each hour is
registered new plant begins display
ing its charms while the bloom of the
plant Of the hour before falls and dies,
circle surrounding the numerals is
800 feet in circumference and the sec
lions Of hour flowers each occupy a
space 25 feet long and IS feet deep.
The sections are divided by narrow
strips of foliage plants and each sec
ton thus retains its individuality. The
floral clock will be a attractive an
exhibit at night as it is in day. Among
the foliage of the hour numerals are
1000. incandescent electric lamps. not
visible during the day, but after night
fail, when the electric current is turn
ed on, the myriads Of lamps illuminate
the entire exhibit and make it as light
as day, and more beautiful.
The novel clock will be the exhibit
of the Johnson Service company. a
Milwaukee concern
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
MSSTUARY,

At Yonkers, n. Y, Agnes Hyde
Bangs, wife of John Kendrick Bangs,
died suddenly Of heart disease.
At Worcester, Mass, John D.
Washburn, United States minister to
Switzerland under President Harri-
son from 1889 to 1892. is dead.
President Ramsay of the Wabash
railroad left Alexandria, Egypt, with
the remains of his daughter, who died
at Cairo, and will arrive in New York
April %.
Captain George w. Bever, a capt.
talist of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died at
Ocean Beach, Cal, from paralysis. He
was captain of Battery, A, Iowa light
artillery, during the Spanish-American
war.
Margaret Neve, King Edwards old
est subject, died at her home in Ger
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
MAY UNEARTH SCANDAL.
American Officials in Cuba Suspected
of Misdemeanors.

Toledo, April 11.-Congressman
Southland of this city has started an
investigation which may bring to light
a scandal among United States Off
Gals at Havana, Cuba. The charge is
exorbitart charges being made for
disinterment and shipment of bodies
of dead soldiers from Cuba, when it
should be done free of charge. Ac-
cording to Southland Homer Pugh who
enlisted in the navy last August died
at Havana April 2. His mother here
was notified April Z. Two days later
she received a cablegram stating the
body would be eXhumed, embalmed
and shipped to New York for 1925.
The mother brought the matter to the
attention of Southland, who has start
ed an investigation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
PRESIDENT IN MOUNTAINS.
Executive Enjoys Himself Studying
Plant and Animal Life.

Cinnabar, April 11.-Secretary Loeb
received no word from President
Roosevelt yesterday. The president
is in the mountains at camp, forty
miles from his headquarters. When
he started for this place Thursday
morning it was his intention to re-
main there for number Of days and
possibly a week. Snow fell yesterday
in the vicinity in which the president
has gone, but the fall was apparently
net heavy. John Burroughs, the
naturalist, did not accompany the
president Thursday as he was suffer
ing from a slight cold. This has
about disappeared now and it is Bur
roughs' intention to join the president
today. While Burroughs will be with
the president off and on during his
stay in the park he will not accom-
pany him on all his trips. The presi,
dent is studying animal and plant life
in the park and enjoying himself
there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
POLITICAL.

AT Lincoln, Neb., the republicans
elected George A. Adams mayor.
Congressman Champ Clark is out
for Senator CockreII of Missouri for
president.
The st. Louis house of delegates
election was carried by the legisla-
tive ring Citizens staid from the
polls by the belief that the politicians
could not be beaten.
In Chicago Mayor Harrison was
congratulated by friends and office
seekers on his reelection. Flowers
and hints of presidential nomination
in 1904 were given him.
The democratic victory in Cleye-
land is regarded as an embarrass-
ment tor Senator Hanna, and par
ticularly for Myron T. Herrick, who
is Hanna's candidate for governor.
Returns from all the towns in Kan
sas which held elections show thai
the vote in favor Of enforcing the
prohibition law is the most over
Whelming in the history of the state.
Senator Burrows of Michigan re
SdIuS the large republican majority
given in that state as an indication
that President Roosevelt will carry
Michigan by 100000 majority next
year.
David City, West Point, Elmwood
Neigh, Takamah, Oakland, Friend
Orleans, Norfolk, Elm Greek and
other small Nebraska towns will
have high license for two years. The
prohibtionists carried Stanton, Law
renee, York, OsceOla, StromsbeTg
Alma, Nelson, AinsIey, Corean and
Craig.
General Charles Dick, another
Hanna candidate for governor, is
faced by democratic majority in his
home city of Akron. The Foraker
men have the republican municipal
victory to their credit, and it is pre-
dicted that Foraker will name the
republican candidate for governor 81
Ohio next fall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., has pur-
chased The Tarantula, a turbine
steam yacht which is faster than any
Of our feetest bOats.It is built on the
lines of first class torpedo boat, has
a speed of a knots an hour and is 100
f~et long.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
DOMESTIC.

Snow and cold are reported
throughout the east.
AT columbia, S. C., J. H. Tillman,
indicted TOR the murder OF Gonzales,
will be tried at once
A $4,000 fire burned Is and II
West Monroe street, a seven-story
Chicago brick block.
f.. C. Burten,ng is appointed post
master at Kuhn, Lamoure county, n.
d., vice Fl. l.. Kelly, removed.
At Tabor, Iowa, the cottage which
John brown used as the headquarters
of his underground railroad burned.
lnquests on Ar,Dur r. Pencil ald
wife is being held Jointly at Buffalo.
lhe alleged defaIcatons Will not be
considered.
At Stanford Conn, protesting
agains immersion. the First Italian
Baptist church has changed to Con
gregationalism.
Former Vice President Adlai e.
Stevenson was seriously burned while
trying to extinguish fire in his home
at bloomington, H.
The new Christian Endeavor gen
cral secretary is Ogden Van VOgt, of
Wisconsin. He is "A years old and a
graduate Of Beloit
Grover Cleveland has written a
ems, the colored orator, who won the
Ten Eyck prize at Yale.
Mount Vernon, n. Y, police are
after band of desperate Italian brig
ands who eHtort money from their
wealthy fellow countrymen.
The high court has sequestered the
children from his burning dwelling,
William Kicker was overcome by
smoke and persisted in Chicago.
At Penn Yam, n. Y, the evident
author OF the recent series of burglar
les was killed He was a stranger
and apparently about 35 years of age
The Indiana supreme court held un
constitutional the weekly wage Jaw,
enacted by the legislature OF 1899
The law provided for a weekly pay
day
At Kingman, Ariz. news has come
of the killing of Charles Blekeley, the
cowboy pianist" and Roy Winches
ter. young miner, by James McKin
ney.
John z. Wilkie of Chicago, the Sc
cret service chief, is urged for as
sistant secretary Of the treasury tosuc
coed Milton E. Allies, who Will retire
soon.
Two hundred and fifty Madison
(Wis.) high school students struck &C
secure half day session. They
marched through the streets, ant
were dispersed by Ine police.
In the Yosemite valley Presiden
Roosevelt will be given salute by ;
battery of dynamite cartridges. The,
will be thrown over the projectin:
rocks to the valley, 5000 feet below.
The construction Of the new s14
100000 Washington railroad termina
will begin May L The District o
Columbia will provide S3,000000 gu
of $4,000000 cost of the new station.
Ephraim B. Cochrell. son of Unite
States Senator COcllrell and Mis-
Hazel H. Hogan, daughter of Mr. an
Mrs Robert G.. Hogan, of Webste
Grove, Mo, eloped and were married
An old oil we'll at Cadiz, Ohio, ha
been spouting salt water and cycles
fish. The fish are dead when the.
come to the surface and are bein
belched forth at the rate of two ton
a day
Johann Most. the anarchit. afte
serving a little less than ten month
of his years sentence, getting III
rest off for good behavior, was re
leased from the penitentiary in New
York.
Owing to the miry condition O
Chicago streets the engines could no
reach a grain elevator owned by tn
Nickel Plate railway, and it was de
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
INSULAR.

Rt Rev George Montgomery, coad-
jutor archbishop of San Francisco,
has been appointed archbishop of
Manila.
William A. Wilson, formerly DIS
bursting officer Of the bureau Of coast
guard and transportation has been
sentenced to twelve years imprison-
ment for defalcation at Manila.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

Gen. Saussier, ex-military governor
OF Paris, has resigned his position as
a member of the higher council of
war on account of i'll health. The
general is in his seventy-ffth year.
He took part in twenty-four cam
paigns and has the grand cross of the
Legion of Honor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
DISASTROUS
EXPLOSION IN
HONG KONG

Hong Kong, April 11.-An explosion
has occurred at Canton arsenal pow
der factory. Fifteen hundred persons
are reported to have been killed.