Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-14
DOM ESTIC.


One hundred thousand dollars and
real estate worth $4,000 were given
by Mary Baker G. Eddy for a Con-
cord IN h Christian Science
church
William Patterson, a wealthy Muncie
Gnd.) citizen, was fatally shot at his
home. The family blames a burglar
but feeble-minded son was hurriedly
sent away.
Frederick Copp, one of the best
known farmers of Lawrence county,
Illinois, was killed at Vincennes, Ind,
in a runaway and Elmer Hutton was
seriously hurt.
At st. Joseph, Mo, Andrew Free
myer, a wealthy stockman, died at the
insane asylum from injuries received
at the hands of attendants one of
whom is under arrest.
At ST. Louis Frank S. Powell arose
from his sick bed went down town
and paid premium due on his $4,000
life insurance policy, returned home
and was dead in six hours.
In New York John J. and Joseph
Prince and John Blackmar who float
ed the British African Finance COM
pany, have been arrested for fraudu-
lent use of the mails.
Senator w. A Clark of Montana has
bought from Col Charles of theROsario
mines the famous Guadalupe Calve
group of mines in Chihuahua, Mexico
The price was $500000
The New York immigration commits
sioners have agreed that the expert
ment of women inspectors is a fail
ure, and have voted against further
Introduction of the plan.
New York building operations are
nearly tied up by strikes. Improve
ments costing $56,0O0,0O0 are in
volved. Fifteen thousand subway la
borers struck for 50 daily pay.
Father Ferdinand Walser was re-
leased at LOrain, O., after the coro-
ner's inquest on Agatha Reichlin The
evidence was declared insufficient to
hold him as a murder suspect
A new name for the Protestant Epis-
copal church was opposed by the
pennsylvania diocese, which was origi-
naiiy adopted the present name. The
clerical vote was 112 to "a; laity, 70
to 81.
A bulletin outlining a successful
method of combating the phylloxera,
the dread grapevine destroyer of Cal
ifornia. has been issued by the Univer-
sity Of California agricultural depart
ment.
Ray Harrington, aged 20, unmar-
ried, was killed in the power-house of
the Michigan Traction company at
Augusta, Mich He stumbled against
hightensiOn wire and received $4,000
volts in his body.
over twenty persons were drowned
off the Virginia coast through the sink,
ing of the Clyde line steamship Sagi-
nav by the Dominion liner Hamilton.
The stern was cut off and the steamer
sank in ten minutes.
The governments weekly crop re-
port shows thirty years cold records
were broken during the first days of
May. Corn was killed in Missouri
Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Winter
wheat is unhurt
David Trombley. fisherman OF
West Bay City, Mich, was shot and
killed and Harry Schindehette was
wounded by Mrs. Alison Roworth OF
Wisner in a drunken quarrel at Ro
worths summer resort.
The rivers and harbors committee
WASHINGTON made tour of the navi
gable w4ters about New York to see
what improvements are needed to i'm
prove shipping facilities.
Forty-three striking negro walters
of H. H. Kohlsaat & Co, restaurants
in Chicago occupied all the seats in
the company's dining room at A.
Dearborn street, for two hours
and crowded out regular patrons.
The Gallatin (Tenn.) rural postot
fee delivery service was stopped b.
the postmaster general because o
threats made by masked men agains
the negro carriers life. Similar case
niS SApS1lSu lHIOuSuOul the SOulu
The Omaha (Neb) teamsters
union was enjoined by the fedora
court from interfering with interstate
commerce during the strike there
An effort to break the strike will b,
made by the Business Mems associa
ton.
A course in love making was II
augurated by Prof. Trueblood of Mich
igan university to stimulate interest i
his classes Oratorical students ar
forced to initiate him, kneel befor
girl classmates, and declare their a
lection.
Two heavily laden freight trains o
the Central Vermont railroad collide
at Milton, fifteen miles north OF Blu
lington One man was killed, thre
others were injured and heavy dan