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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-08-11
WHERE IS
CARL MILLER?
Suddenly Disappeared After Sell
ling His Farm, Two Miles
East of City.
WIFE HAS RECEIVED
SHARE OF THE MONEY
Miller Had Often Made Threats
TO Leave His Wife and
EChildren. !

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Miller sold the
old Bill Miller farm, on the Plover road, !,
two miles from the city a few weeks
ago. A few days later Miller disap-
peared and the wife and children since
then have not heard anything from
him.
Last week Mrs. Miller and children
moved to this city. Inquiries have
been made, but nothing definite has
been learned thus far.
The theory of foul play was ad-
vanced by some of Mrs. Miller's
friends. Considering some of Miller's
words and actions before he disap-
peared it is not believed that any
harm has come to him.
The fact is that Miller has often
threatened to leave his wife and
children, but nothing was seriously
thought of it by those who knew him.
When the opportunity was offered
to sell the farm, Mrs. Miller refused to
sign the deed until she first got pos
session of the money. Miller at first
opposed the idea but finally gave in.
Mrs. Miller is therefore fortunate
in having some money with which to
support herself and children in case
Miller should not turn up,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-08-11
THE POPES AND TOBACCO.
Heads of the Catholic Church who
Prescribed the Weed and Those
Who Used 1t.

1t is we'll known that Pope Leo was
for years an inveterate snuff taker.
The times have changed since Urban
VIII. and Innocent v. vigorously pro-
scribed tobacco, the former pope 60
ing SO far as to threaten to excom-
municate anyone who might take a
pinch of snuff within the precincts of
the vatican. The brief issued by In
nocent x. on the 1st of February,
1850, against the use of tobacco was
abrogated on the 18th of January,
It's, by Benedict XIII. for very good
and sufficient reasons. For, like Leo
XIII, Benedict XIII took snuff in
large quantities, and he could not
give his sanction to an act which was
violated daily by his own example.
From that time until the present day
the popes have remained silent on the
subject of tobacco, but their personal
habits seem to favor the use of the
fragrant Virginia weed. In addition
to the snuff-taking popes, it is well
known that Plus TX. used to smoke
In his private study and in the more
secluded parts of the vatican gar
dens
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-08-11
FRACTIONAL FIGHT In
THE COMMON COUNCIL
Aldermen Threaten Each Other at Stevens
Point.

The common council of Stevens
Point has passed resolution instruct
ing the city attorney to proceed to
collect from Patrick Fl. Cashin about
$3.50 paid to him by the city several
years ago for services ostensibly as
purchasing agent, superintendent of
poor and street foreman during a
portion of the time he was mayor of
the city.
Mr.. CaShin is now an alderman and
was the only one of the six aldermen
elected last April who filed sworn
statement of their election expenses.
He threatens now to commence suit
against all the others, alleging that
they are liable to a fine of from 500
to $500 for neglecting to file state
ment within thirty days after the
election, even if they had no expenses.
The trouble is the outgrowth of a
fractional fight that has ragged in the
council for several years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-08-11
A Woman's Complexion.

1t is rank foolishness to attempt to
remove sallowness or greasiness of the
skin by the use of cosmetics, or "local"
treatment, as advocated by the
''beauty doctors" The only safe and
sure way that woman can improve
her complexion is by purifying and
enriching the blood, which can
only be accomplished by keeping the
liver healthy and active. The liver
is the seat of disease and blood pol
luton. Green's August Flower acts
directly on the liver, cleanSes and en-
riches the blood, purities the COM
plexion 1t also cures constipation,
biliouSneSs, nervousness, and induces
refreshing sleep. A single bottle of
August Flower has been known to
cure the most pronounced and dis
tressing cases of dyspepsia and indigest-
ion. New trial SIZE bottle, 25 cents;
regular size, IS cents. Atall druggists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-08-11
FOUND HIGH GRADE
ORE AT RAT PORTAGE
N. Higbee, Well Known Here, Successful
in Ontario.

N. Higbee, manager of the Northern
Light Mines, returned from Eagle
Lake Saturday evening, bringing with
him the results of the mill run made
at the Eldorado mill from ore taken
from the shafts of the Baden-Powell,
now being sunk under contract.
Twenty tons of ore were milled and
the cleanup from the plates was 4S
ounces, valued at about $3.50.
The Northern Light company is to
be congratulated on having ore rich
enough to more than pay the expenses
of developement at the Baden-Powell,
and as the company is pursuing a
course of steady development and in
tend shortly to put in a plant of
mining machinery it is expected that
before long the Baden-Powell will be
in shape to furnish a continuous
supply of high grade ore.-Rat Port
age, (Ontario), Miner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-08-11
WOOD COUNTY KEEPING STEP
WITH THE CITY'S PROSPERITY
Attorney J. W. Cochran Gives an Interesting Ac-
count to Representative Of the
Reporter.

will resemble the muck lands near
Kankakee, Illinois, which are now
worth $3.50 per acre.
Sheep Raising in Saratoga.
"There are many fine sections of
land in the town of Saratoga, especi-
ally in the Ten-mile creek valley.
Here can be found long stretches
which will be valuable for grazing
sheep. believe sheep raising in this
town will pay if the wolves can be
kept away.
The Enterprising Bethel.
Bethel is built on what was once
known as Skunk hill. Here are
located an academy building, church
and stores and a large number of
homes. Bethel has q population of
about 400. Besides these there is a
student population of 200. Very few
Of the people have farms larger than
five acres. Berries, fruits and vege-
tables are chiefly raised. Arpin is the
shipping point; from here the garden
produce is shipped to Marshfeld.
Villages With Future.
Rudolph Station has been taking
great strides lately. There are now
two stores located at this place, one
OF which carries stock of $1,000. A
cheese factory has been erected and
the residences show signs of the general
prosperity pervading the country.
Progress is located in the southern
portion of the town of Rock. 1t has
population Of about one hundred.
The principal industry of the village
is lath saving. Lindsey is located in
the western part of the same town.
Here are found several lathmills and
two large stores. The majority of the
people are progressive and are doing
all in their power to advance the
interests Of their villages.
''In the northern part of the town
of Carey is found Carey Station. 1t is
the voting and trading place of the
town. a great deal Of lumber is now
being sawed in that neighborhood and
this gives employment to a number of
the people.
'Veedum is located in the north
west corner of the town of Dexter. A
large number of lots have recently
been plated and are selling at good
prices. Here is to be found store,
hotel, blacksmith shop, mill and
Lutheran church.
Auburndale and Bakervilie.
''Auburndale is steadily growing.
The Connor company's mill of course
does much for the town. This COM
pany has general store at Auburn
dale the stock Of which is valued at
not less than 100000 The farming
community about Auburndale is rich
and will keep up the village if the
large mill should shut down.
about three miles from -Marshtield,
in the town of Lincoln, is located
Bakerville. One of the main attrac-
tions of this village is Lincoln park,
consisting OF twenty acres. Many OF
the people of Marshfeld and surround
ing country 20 thither to spend their
Sundays. The village is built up
about the store, creamery, hotel and
Cotholic church. Around Baskerville
can be found some of the most beauti-
full scenery in the county,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-08-11
German City Reru1afion.

The Leipzig, Germany, city council
has passed an ordinance compelling
city employees to take up their residence
within the city limits. AS the water
works, lighting plants, storage ware
houses, markets, pawnshops, hospitals,
ETC., are municipal, large number of
people will be affected. 1t Is said that
the action was taken in order to foster
Leipzig's growth, to increase the city's
income and to concentrate the conserv-
atfYa votes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-08-11
GIRLS DEATH
IS AVENGED
Murderer of Little Mabel Rich
ards Taken From Jail And
Hanged.
MOB WAS ORDERLY BUT
VERY DETERMINED
Victim a Granddaughter of Chas.
Rich ards, Former Resident
of This City.

A dispatch from Asotin, Washing
ton, states that William Hamilton,
the murderer of Mabel Richards,
granddaughter of Charles Richards,
a former resident Of Grand Rapids.
was lynched by mob of over 1000
men. Sheriff Richards, father of the
victim had sworn in twenty-five
deputies to guard Hamilton, but they
could not check the determined
avengers.
About 1915 o'clock twenty men,
their faces concealed with handker-
chiefs, marched in an orderly manner
up the street toward the Jail. swept
the guards aside and took the keys
from them. When the cell containing
the guilty man was reached no key
could be found to fit it. 1t was neces-
sary to saw and hack at the bars until
the door could be opened.
After fifteen minutes delay Hamil-
ton was dragged out of the cell and
into the yard. Meanwhile, another
company of masked men, about eighty
in number, had marched up the street
and taken positions opposite the jail.
With these men none attempted to
interfere. They kept the crowd back
which had filed the streets all night
waiting for the lynching.
Soon there came a procession from
the Jail yard. On either side of the
doomed murderer was masked man
clutching the criminals arm and
hauling him around. Beside him
another masked man pressed closely
with his hand over the murderer's
mouth to prevent a possible outcry.
Other members of the Jail storming
party came behind. AS the group
came forward, the masked men who
had been guarding the entrance to
the jail formed guard about the
captive and caEGors. and in this
manner they proceeded, keeping the
crowd at a distance, about three
blocks up the street.
When the lynchers and Hamilton
reached the corner of First and Fill
more streets they halted under a guy
wire connecting electric light poles.
Here one of the lynchers asked
Hamilton if he wanted to confess. He
did SO. Finally he asked that his
iewelry, some trifing trinkets he had
in his possession, and his watch, be
given to his father and mother, and
the promise was kept.
Then there was another short wait.
The manner of Hamilton's death was
under discussion. Some of the mob
wanted to torture him, but it was
decided to hang him. A mask was
put over Hamilton's head. The rope
was then placed about his neck and
then thrown over the guy wire. It was
seized by the men and the body was
lifted off the ground and suspended.
After the lYncherS were certain he
was dead the rope was tied to the
telegraph pole and left tsuspended. The
crowd then dispersed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-08-11
scarecrows on Roofs.

Scarecrows are now placed upon slate
roofs in Victoria, B. c. The crows
which swarm the beach and dig fos
clans fly over the buildings and drop
the clans on the roofs, by this means
breaking the shells and leaving the
meat free to be eaten. In many cases
when the clans were dropped. the slate
would be broken.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-08-11
Action Of POiaOua.

Nature seems to have provided that
no poison which acts externally shall
have any effect internally, and vice
versa. Thus the most deadly snake
venom can be swallowed with impuni.y,
the juice Of the stomach presumably de-
composing 1t and rendering it harm
less.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24

ton anywhere in New York. I know
of no movement looking to depriving
the president of the support of the
New. York delegation In the next ma.
tional convention" ~
Senator Plat talked to J. Martin
Miller, Washington correspondent of
the Newark Evening News, about New
York state politics and the mention
that had been made recently concern
ing a Hanna-Odell boom for the re-
publican presidential and vice presi-
Dental nominations. who is your
personal choice, senator, as well as the
choice of the republican party in the
state, for president next year ?" the
correspondent asked.
81 am unequivocally for President
Roosevelt, and the sentiment in New
York state is overwhelmingly for him.
talked with Governor Odell on Sat-
urday, and he declared to me that he
is in favor of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Senator Hanna Is too wise a man
to run counter to a cyclone, and the
Roosevelt boom is a cyclone and a
tornado combined. It will sweep the
country and there Is not the least ba-
sis for the anxiety that some people
appear to have regarding New York
state. -
New York state will help nomi-
nate Mr.. Roosevelt and he will carry
the state at the polls one year from
now. In the nomination and election
of Mr.. Roosevelt next year the repub-
| lican party will be as a unit. No one
realizes this more than does Senator
| Hanna.
aYou can make it as strong as you
please that New York state repub-
| licans are for Roosevelt, from our
| governor all along the line. You can
say also that this is the first time that
I have expressed my views on the sub
! iect in newspaper interview" said
! the empire states senior senator.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24

police on the floor Of the council,
fringing the seats and guarding the
doors, was the unaccustomed precau-
ton taken as the result Of the latter
sail meeting of street railway strike
sympathizers Sunday, and the an
nouncements of several union labor
organizations and other societies that
mass meetings would be held in the
galleries of the council chamber.
Council Independent.
The precaution having been taken,
the council proceeded to do num-
Der of things which the labor ele-
ment has demanded 1t should not do,
and to leave undone several things
which have been insisted on. A rec
concentration for the extension Of the
Chicago City Railway franchise until
Feb. 20 was reported by the local
transportation committee and will be
called up next week. Resolutions
before the spring election, for
the referendum Of franchise ordi-
nances and petitions for immediate
municipal ownership were disposed
of with scant grace and re-
ferred to committees in spite OF the
demands Of their sponsors for imme-
date action.
Jeercd at Alderman.
The advertised meetings" brought
only a few score additional persons
to the galleries, and they were order
ly except at one time, when Alder
man Hermann was hooted and
1eered at for asserting that the coun-
Gil was honest. The mayor quieted
this outbreak and the policemen were
not needed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24
FLAWS IN oALDERoNE's STORY,

Cadeone that h Bataa third the 0
store Sixth and Hennepn and walked to Cedar
take the to bridge.
The police have A.
that they took the a First S..
Cadone that
The police have learned from Bias friends that he started to
attend meeting of some lodge.
with
he the knife away from him killed him with it.
knife
Cadone that the third the fight but
away. 1922
police Of leading toward Minneapolis
while Calderone' trail leads to i.
that he had trouble with Baaia, and that
they friendly
police have learned that they qured frequently and that
according of their customers Cadone Of
Battaa afraid Of Calderone 2###4 *
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24

st said, you got to fix my head J. 81
replied Calderone.
did you tell him how you got your
injuries? ''
yes, sir S.. ]:
DIR. Turner knew you stabbed this
boy !.
What did the doctor say when you
told him that?'
.'oh, he said, All right, will help
you out. s 81 Z S..
Dr.. Turner explained at the; inquest
this morning that his actions we're
guided by his understanding of med
ical jurisprudence. Coroner williams
disagreed with him in this particular.
McGhee Berates His Client.
Calderone was seen in his cell at
porter for z h 9 10 urn:a and was
in a decidedly bad humor. He was
tired out by the terrible ordeal of nine
hours: in the sweat box, followed by
his fatiguing trip to the Franklin ave.
nue. bridge with the officers, from
which he returned at o clock this
morning.
In addition to this he had just re-
ceived a visit from his attorney. r.
i. xMcGhee, and the greeting which he
received from the scolored lawyer was
far from pleasant. In fact 1t Is said
that McGhee berated him in good
shape because he had talked to the
officers. Just how Calderone replied
to this reproof is not known, but If
his Ill humor half an hour later can
be taken as an Indication Of his feel
ings, the relations between prisoner
and attorney are not of the friend
Hest.
rapidly and DR.. Kistler4 says that it
is only a matter Of two or three days
when they will need no further at
| tention. He thinks Calderone's oom-
| plants of pain and suffering are putt
on and that he is playing 'possunn.' 81
The s"Third Man" Mystery.
While the police are gradually clear
| ing UP the mystery surrounding the
| murder, they have not yet succeeded
in finding the third man in the case.
Some OF the officers do not believal
there. was q third lll man involved. but
both Calderone and the street car con-
ductor, Soucie, say that there was q
third man in the case. The only rea-
| son the officers can assign for disbe-..
lieving this third man story is their
| own methods Of reasoning out the way
! the murder was committed.
| There appears to be no reason to
| believe that there was not third man
| involved. In his confession Calderona
says that there was third man pres
ent and yet he does not try to shoulder
the responsibility for the murder upon
this individual, altho he knows that
the police have not been able to find q
trace Of the third man and may never
do so. What would be his object in
saying that there was third man
present unless it was to shield him
self? IS
| Several officers who have investi-
gated the matter believe that there
was third man in the case and. are
inclined to think that he is Humberto
Calderone. the man who went to Oma-
ha on a freight train.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24
HILL SAYS THE
end IS NOT YET
Big Railroader Believes Hard Times
Are in Store, but Won't
Affect Farmer.
New York Sun Special Service.


New York, Nov. 24.-J. 3. Hill, who
was one of the first Industrial cap
tains to foresee the top of the hill Of
prosperity believes that the end Of
the depression has not yet been
reached.
When I noticed the iron piled on
the docks along the great lakes last
summer and interpreted it as having
a bearing upon the iron industry"
said Mr.. HILL, II was not wrong. We
are in for long pull in the ebb Of
dull business. The burden will not
fall upon those sections of the coun-
try dependent on agriculture. The
manufacturers and men engaged in
commercial enterprises will feel it.,
but 1t should not affect the farmer
to any extent.
Mr.. Hill said nothing would prevent
the Northern Securities case being
tried by the supreme court. The loan
of $7,29O,000 to the Great Northern
railroad, recently announced, he said,
had been negotiated In July.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24
STRANGE TALE OF /
MURDER AT SEA
Three Sailors Are Led to Drink Car
bolic Acid Instead Of
Whisky.
They Are Dead, While Officer Who
Drank Likewise Probably Can
not Recover.

Los Angeles, CAL. Nov. 24.-The
German ship Octavia, 143 days out
from Antwerp, has dropped anchor a
mile off shore. The captain brought
ashore his first officer In dying con-
dition and had him conveyed to a
hospital. The Octavia arrived with
the sailmaker In irons, charged with
murder. The vessels log shows three
sailors buried at sea.
There was an unusual tragedy on
the high seas. Shortly after round
ing the horn the sailmaker who, it is
said was drinking heavily, began
making trouble among the crew and
induced three sailors to join him In a
raid upon the whisky in the cargo.
In a drunken fight the three sailors
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24

front question that Sir Wilfrid
Laurier's government does not wish to
be raised at this time. In the opinion.
of politicians, in order to stampede
the campaign that the manufacturers
are ready to embark on, the govern
nlent will bring on the elections at
once.
Sir sWilfrid will go to the country
not on the revision of the tariff, but
on the Grand Trunk Pacific railway
project. The members of the cabinet
are opposed to any higher tariff. They
land. especially from the yeomen in
the west, whittier the political power
in Canada has shifted by reason of
the great increase in population and
the new redistribution Of the seats
| in the house, by which ten members
have been added to the representa-
ton of the west and ten have been
taken away from the east.
The West for Reciprocity.
The west wants a. wider and nearer
market and aims to buy in the cheap
est. The west is in favor Of reciprocity
with the United States. The east, be-
/ ing largely a manufacturing district,
lis opposed to reciprocity and in ia
lvor of tariff as high as that Of the
United States. Chamberlain's policy
| of interimperial preferential trade is
i ,WEICOIIl0QS Dy Tie manufacturers,
| neither the conservatives nor the lib
erals have taken it UP as a means to
capture votes in Canada. Both fear it.
| Besides, the government sees more
/ In reciprocity with the United States
than in the pictures that Chamberlain
Is painting of something that will
happen when the colonies and the
motherland trade together to the ex-
clusion Of all other countries.
4 (J,o ,,Jfou,S NficSiou
John Charlton, whose opinion in
tariff matters Sir Wilfrid put much
store in, has been sent as a special
i agent of the government to the United
States to warm up reciprocity ideas.
/ Quietly the government has been lay
q ing plans SO that when the elections
are over, as they will be by the mid
die Of January next, the joint high
commission can be called together and
all matters in dispute between the
United States and this country settled.
q "A plan for reciprocity will be drawn
up and submitted to the house when
it meets. Then the hand of the gov
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24
BOTH SIDES THERE
Copper War Generals May Evolve a
Treaty Of Peace in New
York.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
New York, Nov. 24.-William Seal
Ion, president of the Anaconda Cop
per company, the leading subsidiary
company of the Amalgamated Copper
company, is in the city to consult with
officers Of the Amalgamated company.
John MacGinniss, who is director Of
the United Copper company and one
of the chief lieutenants of Heinze, is
also here, and there were Wall street
reports to-day that some deal was on
war.
The representatives, however, of
both the Amalagamted and Heinze in
terests said there were no settlement
negotiations. These denials, however,
are considered diplomatic.
The stock of the United Copper COM
pany on the curb yesterday fell 3H
points to IL, which Is the lowest price
the stock has sold at.