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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
INVESTIGATION
To Be THOROUGH
INSPECTORS TO INQUIRE INTO
PoSTOFFIFCE EMBRoGLIO.
PAYNE ISSUES STATEMENT
Postmaster General Says All Offend
ers Will BE Summary Dealt With,
Should There Be Any-Pending the
Investigations There Will Be no
Change in the Personnel.

Washington, April 14.-Postmaster
General Payne last evening gave out Il
statement in which he announced that
the investigation Of the affairs of the
postofice department. would be con-
tinued, and that any parties found
guilty Of wrongdoing would be dealt
with summarily. The postmaster gen
erals statement cites the fact that the
information he had received induced
him to order an investigation; that
the investigation Will be continued,
and If vrongdoing is disclosed the
guilty persons will be brought to JUS
tice
If the system or method of doing
business in the department is faulty
said the postmaster general, proper
remedies will be applied without fear
or favor | inaugurated the investiga-
ton with the determination that 1t
should be exhaustive. 1t is proper
for me to add that l laid before the
president the information which l had
in my possession and he fully APP
proved of the action proposed by me-
The whole administration of the
postoffice department is made subject
to the investigation under the post
master generals direction and every
division will be probed thoroughly
and the inquiry be made as thorough
as the departments most expert in
spectors can make it.
At the same time the postmaster
generals purpose is to give fair and
Just treatment to all concerned and
not act arbitrarily and with undue
haste For this reason it can be
stated that no immediate changes of
Importance in the personnel of the
service are now contemplated and
the changes Will depend largely on
the report to be made by Fourth AS
sistant Postmaster General BristOw
on the investigation. although devel-
opments in the meantime may necessi-
tate some deviation from this policy.
The office of assistant attorney gen
eral for the postOffice department is
among the bureaus included in the
general inquiry and until an investi-
cation Of affairs generally is cOmplet-
ed it is probable that no successor to
Assistant Attorney General Tyner
will be named.
Postmaster General Payne did not
reach the department until o'clock.
He summoned a number Of officers of
the department and held short consul
tations with them respecting postal
affairs About one hour later he gave
out his statement. Subsequently he
held quite an extended interview with
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow 1t is learned it will be sew
eral weeks before the postofice in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
BRIADL PARTY IN TOOMBS.
Finance Of M:IIoaaire's Son w
Feast Within Grim Walls.

Fira1cee Of MiIIionairc's Son VIII
Feast Within Grim Walls.
New York, April 14--For the first
time i'll the history of the Toombs
prison an ante-nuptial dinner was
given yesterday within its grim
walls. The star figure, instead Of
being a prisoner fighting for liberty,
perhaps for life, was a young girl
about to give up her liberty Willingly
for loves sake.
The bride-eIect was Miss Gertrude
May Sergeant of Brooklyn who viii
be married on Wednesday to Oscar
Pouch, d son OF the late millionaire
Standard oil magnate. She and her
bridesmaids were gwen a dinner yes
terday in the ToOmbs by her aunt
who is the wife of Warden John E.
Van de Carr.
The warden's private dining room
was transformed into a bower of
green and white, cOlors of the fra
ternity of which the girls are mem
bers, and the dinner was served by
the ''trusties''-the inmates OF the
prison who, for good behavior, are
permitted to --ear white uniforms and
serve the warden.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
MANY EXAMINATIONS FOR
CLERKS AND CARRIERS

Washington, April 1.-THE post,
Office department has made arrange
ments with the civil service commits
sion to hold an examination at all sec
ond class postothces the first Wednes-
day and Saturday after the first of
May each year, for clerks and car
riers. The examinations for first
class Offices Will be held in November.
Postmasters have been instructed to
aid in securing persons to take the
examination. They are warned not in
any manner to dissuade appucants or
use any means, direct or indirect, to
secure positions for special persons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

Washington, April 14.-Quick action
critical situation by an American ma
val officer in China recently saved the
foreign residents in KWOngtung, along
the east bank of the. Canton river,
from falling victims to a plot which,
while directed primarily against the
Manchurian dynasty, inevitably would
have eliminated on tho foreign popu
iation. While this attack was averted
by precautionary measures taken by
Commander Drake of the U. S. S.
Monterey, with the assistance Of Eng
Iish gunbOats Sandpiper and Brito-
mart, the French gunbOat Avalanche
and the German tug Shameen, the
coalition known to have fOmented the
trouble extends to several provinces,
and the official advices received both
at the state and navy departments
" that the reactionary measures
were on a scale for larger than is adj
mitted either by the foreign represen-
tatives or Chinese government had
been planned by rebels.
Hearing that a force of rebels I'LL
der Hung Chunk Fuk, native of
Wal Chow, had planned an attack on
the viceroy AMI the Chinese officials
of Canton during the celebrations of
Chinese new year, during the night of
January % and 20, Commander Drake
prepared to defend the foreign resi-
dents. An armed force Of 5000 men
had entered Canton surreptitiOusly
several days before he learned that
news, and were hiding with the sym
pathizers. As most of the foreigners
and official representatives of various
nations resided in Shameen, Com
mander Drake first completed his
plan Of defense for this section and
then to allay the excitement which
prevailed in her, officially informed
the consulates and Chinese officials of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

New York, april 1.-two hundre5
and fifty thousand workmen OF New
York city, through their selected
delegates. at the Central Federated
Union Saturday indorsed the crusade
Of the New York american in favO?
Of 2-cent fares for passengers com
PEELED to stand in street cars, and de
manded in no uncertain terms the
passage Of the bill of Senator Russell
now before the state legislature look
ing to that end. The resolutions were
adopted by a unanimous vote.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Former Slave Elected JUDGE.

La Crosse, Wis, April III. G.
Perkins, who represented the colored
population Of La Crosse county when
President Roosevelt visited this city
April 4, has been elected judge of the
Shelby district of this county. He is
the first colored judge of Wisconsin
and perhaps the only ex-slave in the
United States ever elected judge. He
was born in 1910 and took his name
from Colonel Perkins of the rebel
army. whose servant he was curing
part of the war.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
HILL SAYS SECURITIES
WILL APPEAL DIRECTLY

New York, April 14.-PresidenI
James J. Hill of the Northern Securi-
ties company, said yesterday:
We will have our appeal papers
win. But even though the United
States supreme court should compel
the company to give back the stock
TO the Great Northern AMI Northern
Pacific companies, the control would
still be the same"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
YUNG LII DEAD.
Chinaman, Whose Rise to Power Was
Unprecedented.

Pekin, April 11.-Yung Lu, control
{ Ter of finances and first grand secre>
tary, is dead. Yung Lu was a Man
chu and at the time of the beginning
Of the boxer" outbreak was viceroy
of Pechili and generalissimo Of the
Chinese army. He was then said to
be the most powerful man in China,
his influence being greater even than
that OF Ii Hung Chang. Since the
death Of the latter Yung Lu has more
than once been represented as dictat-
ing the policy of the dowager empress
and emperor The rapid rise of Yung
LII is said to have been unprecedent-
ed. He obtained his post of gener-
alissimo as a reward for crushing the
reform party in China.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING
MilIionaire's Wife Has Much Adven.
ture and is Now in Tolls.

New York, April 14.-Mrs. Amelia
Schaefer, wife of me millionaire
brewer, is under arrest, charged with
kidnapping her two children. She was
caught at Morristown, N. j., after a
chase over six states, from Virginia
north to Connecticut Until found at
Morristown she had always managed
to maintain slight lead over the de-
tectives hired by her husband.
Gorham A. Worth, prominent New
York broker, disappeared about the
time that Mrs. Schaefer kidnapped her
children. He escaped arrest when the
detectives found Mrs. Schaefer by
leaping through the window of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
JUMPS ON GOVERNMENT.
Irish Honorable Says Land Bill is
Confession OF English.

London, April 14.-John MIrelly
speaking at Montrose last night, re-
ferred to the introduction of the Irish
land bill as a new, great chapter in
the Irish revolution, and a confession
by the government that their Wanted
policy of resolute government in Ire
land pursued for seventeen years, was
an abjeCt failure-so abject that they
were to pay millions of pounds to get
on a completely new track. 1t was a
case of the deformed transformed and
an Acknowledgement that the irish
policy of the last century had been
upon entirely wrong lines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
INSURGENTS VICTORIOUS
IN NORTHERN AFRICA

Madrid, April 14.-An official dis
patch from AIeIilla confirms the cap
ture Of Fortress Frajana by insur-
gents The latter exploded a mine
beneath the wall Of the fortress and
delivered an assault through the
breach made by the explosion. The
garrison held out some time and then
fed into the Spanish territory. The
Spaniards took possession of the arms
of the fugitives and tended their
wounded.
Private dispatches state that 80 men
and an officer Of the garrison
persisted in the explosion. Among the
wounded now at Melilla is the pasha
who commanded the fort
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
SCANDAL IN
PORTO RICO

San Juan, Porto Rico, April IA
Governor Hunt yesterday ordered the
insular police to take possession of
Mayaguez and supplant the municipal
police for greater security of inter-
ests and good government. Extensive
frauds in the expenditure of the May
aguez 100000 loan have been dis
covered. The superintendent of pub
lie works, Mr.. Baez, was arrested at
Mayaguez, charged with frauds
amounting to $4,000 to $4,000. In
sular officials are investigating the
municipal frauds and it is believed six
other officials will be arrested when
the insular police nave been installed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Society Looking Newport-Ward

Newport, r. l., April IA special
train from New York bearing those
who will be the guests at the wedding
of Miss Cathleen Nelson and Reg
inald C. Vanderbilt today reached
Newport yesterday. The ceremony
will be performed at Arleigh by Rev.
Father William B. Menan of st. Mary's
Catholic church. The array Of gifts
is considered the most brilliant ana
costly seen here in many years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
For Protection of Miners.

Harrisburg, Pa, April Am the
senate yesterday five bills relating to
coal mines were passed finally. They
now go to the governor. One Of the
most important prohibits the employ
ment at any kind of work of persons
under q years Of age in or about
anthracite coal mines more than eight
hours a day. Another amends the
mining laws so as to make a ton Of
2.240 pounds the basis from which to
calculate the earnings of miners.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
ARCHIE ROOSEVELT
HAS THE MEASLES

Washington, April flowing to
the fact that Master Archie Roosevelt
has the measles, the usual gathering
Of the cabinet children ard other
small friends at the white house for
an egg roll yesterday was omitted.
Miss Alice Roosevelt left last night
for Asheville, N. c., for weeks visit
to Mr.. and Mrs. George Vanderbilt
at Biltmore. She was accompanied by
her aunt, Mrs William S. Cowles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Another One in Indiana.

indianapolis, April 14-Another dis
astrous storm swept Indiana yester-
day. At Bloomfield, the Greenville
tally was carried away with his horse
and there was a sudden rise Of Rich
land creek. At Washington four
inches of water fell. Lightning did
great damage to barns and stock. In
Jay county the damage by lightning
was also heavy. A dozen houses and
barns were burned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Methodists in Merger.

Chicago, April 14.-MethOdists
throughout the land who have put be-
fore them for consideration and dis
cussion the plan to merge into one
corporate institution the Methodist
book concern, New York City, and
the Western Methodist book concerns
Of Cincinnati and Chicago. This will
result in an annual saving of $4,000,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
LudinQton Retires.

Washington, April AN. I. Lud-
ington, quartermaster general of the
army, yesterday was placed on the re-
tired list with the rank of major gen
eral. Colonel Charles F. Humphreys,
who is credited with having told Colo
mel Roosevelt at Santiago to seek a
warmer climate, will become quarter
master general.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Funeral of Blind Chaplain.

Santa Barbara, Cal, April II
Funeral services we're held over the
remains of Rev W. H Milburn, the
the blind chaplain of the United
States senate, yesterday. The body
was temporarily deposited in vault
and vii; c-c5r be shipped to Jackson
Vile Ill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
BIG STRIKE PROBABLE.
Dredgemen May Tie Up Work on
Great Lakes.

Chicago. April IA strike of 600
Chicago dredgemen yesterday brought
out the fact that all the great lakes
dredging firms had banded together in
a protective association. The strike
was declared against the Chicago
contractors because of an effort to cut
the wages of the men on out-of-town
contracts % per cent. below the Chi
cago scale. It now threatens to
spread all over the great lakes, in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
EX-ConGressman TAYLOR Dead.

Washington, April IA - Former
Congressman Abner Taylor of Chicago
died here last night. aged "A. He was
i'll for several weeks with complica-
ton Of diseases. He served several
terms in congress from the first dis
trict in Illinois.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
n. n. Rogers Improving.

New York, April 14.-H. H. Rogers,
the Standard Oil millionaire, whose
race in a special train from Charles
ton S. c., to New York for medical
treatment probably resulted in saving
his life, is said by his physicians to
be on the road to recovery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Injured in 3, and 0, Wreck,

Mansfield, Ohio, April 14-The east
bound limited of the Baltimore and
Ohio was wrecked at billions crossing
north of this city last night Heavy
rains had undermined the tracks near
the culvert. -Four persons were in
jured, none fatally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
BOGUS Mexican Lottery,

Washington, April 1.-THE Mexi-
can ambassador has informed the
state department that tickets are be
ing sold in this country for a lottery
said to be located in San Luis POST,
Mexico. where the ambassador says
no lottery exists
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

volving all big firms comprising the
protective association. The strike
has already tied up nearly s4,000,000
worth of work at many points on Lake
Michigan. Members of the associa-
ton held a conference here yesterday,
but no overtures were made to the
strikers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
ENGINES
PILED UP
IN WRECK

Galesburg, H., April 14-Three
freight engines are piled up in a
wreck between Lynn and Opheim on
the Burlington north Of this city as a
result of the operator at Lynn failing
properly to give his train orders. En-
gineer McGlinsey of GaIesburg was
killed and Engineer John Morris of
Monmouth is thought to be buried in
the wreck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Wisconsin Mormon Talks.

independence, Mo, April Ire
ports of committees were heard in the
Latter Day Saints conference yester
day. Eighteen candidates for mis-
assigned to stations. Elder Robinson
of Wisconsin conducted the services
last night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Another Boodler to Prison.

st. Louis. April 14-John Schuett-
Ter. former member of the house Of
delegates. indicted for bribery in
connection with the suburban street
railway Doodle bill. was sentenced
yesterday to four years in the peni-
Tertiary. The case will be appealed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
No New Witnesses.

Frankfort, KY, April 14.-No new
witnesses were on the stand yester-
day in the trial of Jim Howard. ac-
cused of killing Governor Goebel. All
Oh the ten witnesses had testified at
previous trials
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Receiver for kenosha Bank.

Kenosha, April 14.-Judge BeIden
yesterday afternoon appointed Henry
F. Jordan receiver of the Kenosha
State bank which was recently closed
by state bank examiner
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
ARRIVE AT NEW YORK.
Danish Island Commission Enroute to
Denmark to Report to King.

New York, April 14-Among the
passengers who arrived yesterday by
the steamer Philadelphia from Vene-
zuela and Porto Rico were Aguste
Pulido, Venezuelan charge d'affairs at
Washington and the royal Danish
commission to st. Thomas. The com
missioners will sail on Wednesday
next. The latter said they could make
nothing public until they reported to
the king
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Butter Drops.

Elgin, April 14.-Butter dropped one
cent a pound on the board of trade
yesterday, selling at 271a cents. The
sales for the week in this district
were 508,360 pounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Shot Wild Geese in Field,

John Stormer and Fred Sporting re-
turned Sunday evening from a days
hunting trip across Lake Mendoza.
with five wild geese in their game
bags, having shot the birds in a corn
field.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
An Easter TRAGEDY.

Milwaukee, April 14-John Totry-
kus, butcher on the south side, shot
and killed Martin Jacowicz Sunday.
He was arrested and pleaded guilty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

spectors viii be able to complete
their work. When they have finished
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow will prepare a comprehensive
report on the whole subject.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
TO FIGHT FOR BILL.
Chicaso's Municipal Ownership Com
mittee Starts for Springfield.

Chicago, April 14.-Chicago is ready
to advance upon the legislature to Sc
cure the passage of municipal owner
ship enabling legislation. Preparations
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Cenetarian Dead.

Minneapolis, April 14-Mrs. Mary
Roll died yesterday, aged 102. She is
survived by three daughters, 4S grand
children and 80 great-grand children.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
ESch in Quarantine.

La Crosse, Wis, April 14.-Con-
gresham John J. Esch is quarantined
at his home in this city, owing to a
case of scarlet fever in his family.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
American Commander at Canton Saves
Lives of Many Foreign Residents
Conspiracy Among Rebels to Attack
Chinese Woeroy Discovered in Time
Many Arrests Made and a Large Amount
Of Stores and Ammunition Seized

his preparations and advised the com
manders of the English, German and
French gunboats OF the line of action
to be pursued if Shameen island
should be attacked. The foreign
commanders offered their cooperation
and plans were perfected to meet any
trouble that developed whether on the
island or the water. Instead of visit
ing the holy temple in the inner city
at Misygr:t to offer incense, the vice
roy and officials, contrary to the
long custom, remained in their re-
spective yaement, securely guarded.
Around the VicerOy's yaemen alone
were assembled 1000 armed troops.
By Z O'Clock the gates to the inner
city were closed and streets cleared.
Many arrests were made that night
in which some cOmpradOres were i'm
plicated and large amounts Of stores
seized in houses and shops in Fong
Chun and Fates, opposite Shameen.
Many other indications of the intend
ed attack were found and the rebels
abandoned their plot only because of
brakes discovery and his prompt
action and that of other foreign com
manders in taking ample precaution-
airy measures. The landing of the
armed force from each foreign man of
war had been agreed on by the Ameri-
can. German and French commanders
at the first evidence Of an attack on
the foreign section. Consular advices
received at the state department from
Canton call attention to the feel
ing Of insecurity caused by the short
age of the rice crop, the activity Of
ref0rmers and the rebellion of Kwang.
New Councillor
! Washington, April IA. - United
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
New Councillor.

Washington, April IA. - United
States Minister Conger at Pekin
cables the state department that
Ching has been appointed to the grand
council, vice jung Lu, deceased.