Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-02-19

chine nor an iceboat, yet partakes
somewhat of the nature of all, has
been invented by a Brooklyn man. He
calls is a pneumoslito. 1t is designed
especially for travelling over ice.
At Fayette, Mo, race war is
threatened as the result of the public
whipping of three negroes by a COM
mittee of the Law and Order League,
for alleged misconduct. Two Of them
were women. Since then the negroes
and white people have been at swords
point.
Senator Morgan of Alabama says the
trust bills will be kept back until it is
too late for discussion regarding them.
The time of the senate was being vast
ed on account of what he termed "a
peaceful blockade" on the statehood
bill when more important measures
were awaiting consideration.
The cruiser Atlanta, which arrived
at Havana is about leaving for the
Mississippi river, where she will as
cend as far as Natchez, Miss, to be
present at the mardi gras festivities
there. 1t is believed that the Atlanta
is the largest vessel of the modern
navy to undertake the navigation of
the river beyond New Orleans.
In New York Solomon Mokeleison.
an educated Russian who had served
ave years in Siberia after getting into
trouble through his socialistic ideas,
committed suicide. He was teacher
/, II Russia, but his lack of familiarity
with English handicapped him here,
and after a struggle to earn a living in
a sweatshop he decided to die.
Luke Wheeler. convicted of con-
spiracy to Elk" the Masonic Temple
taxes, was allowed to go free by Judge
Chetlain in Chicago. He was placed
under $4,000 bonds and was warned
to conduct himself properly. Wheeler
original punishment was placed at i'm
prisonment for two years and a fine of
$500.
The Barnes chocolate works at
Paterson, N. J., were partly destroyed
by fire. There were many explosions
OF chemicals, which greatly retarded
the fremen. The fire is attributed to
the explosion Of some chemical. The
main storage house was destroyed, as
were several smaller buildings. The
loss was about $4,000, fully covered
by insurance.
At New York the Pilgrims of the
United States, founded for the pr
motion of friendship between the
United States and Great Britain and
| colonies" was formally organized by
| the election of Bishop Henry G. Potter,
president; General H. G. Corbin, Nor
ris X. Jesup and Lord Charles Beres-
| ford, yice-presidents; Benjamin D.
| Woodward, secretary, and R. A G.
Smith treasurer.
The gift Of $4,000 which Henry
Phipps, director of the Carnegie steel
| company, handed to Lord Curzon for
some practical object or scientific re-
| search Of enduring benefit, to India
will be devoted to the establishment
of an agricultural laboratory in Cash.
mere and a Pasteur institute in
| southern India. The government
will give the sites for and will assist
| ing maintaining the first and wholly
maintain the second institution.
William Morgan, a veteran Of the
civil war, committed suicide by turn
! ing on the gas in Washington Nor
gan was born in La Crosse Wis, and
| served in the civil war as a soldier
! from that state. After the war he en-
| listed in Company d, Eighth infantry
where he served for ten years. He
! then served five more years in Com
! pany K Twenty-frst infantry He
was given discharge in 1895. Morgan
often spoke of having brother in
| Wisconsin or Philadelphia, but where
| he was located he did not know
James A. Lyon Garfield, aged %
years, claiming to be a granddaughter
| Of President Garfield, has been brought
| 10 New York from New Orleans and
placed in the TOmbs on a charge OF
grand larceny. Young Garfield inherit
! ed $4,000. He went into business
with Vermilye 6 Co., and when the
! firm went out Of business lost nearly
all Of his money. Garfield joined in
hucket-shop enterprise, and when
complaints came in from customers
at not receiving returns he and his
partner fed.