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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
st. Louis hanks to ConsoIidot.

ions have been completed by which the
National Bank of Commerce will absorb
the Fourth National Bank in st. Louis.
The latter has a capital stock of $1,000
600. a surplus of the same amount and
carries about S15.O00,O0O in deposits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Patrick to Escape Death.

The case Of Albert 7. Patrick. con-
yicted Of the murder of William Marsh
Rice and now under sentence of death,
against the State of New York, was dis
missed in the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States on motion of his counsel, ex-
Senator Lindsey. 1t is understood that
the court tool this action in order to
clear the way for Gov. Higgins of New
York to commute Patrick's sentence to
life imDrisOnment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Ten Years for Counterfeftin-.

Ten years imprisonment and a fine of
$500 was the sentence imposed in the
federal court in Denver by Judge Robert
e. Lewis on DIR. James d. Eggleston.
son of President Eggleston of the Pacific
Express Company. who was convicted of
counterfeiting and making Photographic
negatives of a SO bill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
jeremiah Curtin Expires.

Jeremiah Curtin. a distinguished lin
guist and p%hilologist and well known also
as a translator of Russian and Polish
novels, died in Bristol, Vt, of Bright's
disease. Mr.. Curtin was &c years old.
lie was proficient in sixty languages, ex-
ceiling as a linguist, it is said. any other
man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Flood Victims EOund.

The fate of Charles Headrick and his
4-year-old son, who persisted in the flood
at McCays, Tenn, Nov. Is, was made
certain when their bodies were found
floating in the river below the town. The
boys body was securely strapped to the
fathers back.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Bishop G. C. McCabe stricken.

Bishop c.. C. McCabe of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, one of the b~est-known
prelates in America. was suddenly strick-
en- with ~apoplexy in New York City while
on his way to take a train for Chicago.
The bishop was removed to a hospital,
and late reports We're that he was rest
ing easily and in no immediate danger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
GETS s6O,OOO,OOO A YEAR.
of John ID. Rockefeller Is Es-
timDteH nv Henry H Rogers,

VI JUN" ~
timated by Henry H. Roger
From authority that should be abso-
lutte, John d. Rockefeller's income was
told the other day for the first time au-
chemically. 1t will be SG0,000,000 when
he year 1906 closes. Henry II. Rogers
and John d. Archbold were talking with
a prominent fnancier when the subject
came up of how fast the oil kings mill
ions were piling on one another. Said
Mr.. Rogers Il know for a fact that Mr..
Rockefeller's income this year will be
S60,00O.000." Mr.. Archbold assented.
Mr.. Rockefeller's income every day of
the year is therefore $164.3S3.52. Every
hour of the twenty four John d. Rookie
Teller is sure that S6,S40.98 is accumu-
lating for him. This is $114 a minute.
His fortune accumulates at the rate of
Sl.9O every time the clock ticks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

Iowa, was admitted to the bar the fol-
fession since that time. Mr.. Cousins has
served in the Iowa Legislature and also
has been prosecuting attorney. In 1888
he was elected a presidential e~lector.
His home is at Upton. Mr.. Cousins as
sumes the position made vacant by the
death of Robert Roberts Hit of Illinois.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
LEOPOLD AND HIS LOBBY.
King Said to Have In
HueneeJ Conrrasxion,u .,;ou

Leopold H., King of the Belgians, who
Is alleged to have maintained q lobby at
Washington to prevent congressional ac-
lion touching atrocities in the Congo In
dependent State, is noted alike for his
wealth and his immoral conduct. He has
ruled in Belgium since Dec. 10. 1865. and
is now in his seventy-second year. The
Congo Independent State is the successor
TO the Congo International Association.
which was founded by Leopold in 1882.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Michigan Central Road Sold.

At a conference between Finance Min
lister Limantour for the Mexican govern
ment. and Pablo Martinez del Rio and
Walter Z. Rosen, representing New York
and London capitalists. the deal for the
sale of the Mexican Central road was
concluded in the City of Mexico.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

As a result of a quarrel over a small
amount of money, Julius Smith. q farm
hand. shot Mrs. Barbara En-, mis- EN-
plover. and then shot himself. Smith is
dead, and Mrs. Enz is believed to be
dying. The tragedy occurred on the Enz
Sarm in North Elizabeth, y. j.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Chicago Financier's win.

The will of Otto Young, filed IN the
Probate Court in Chicago, provides that
the estate, estimated at $20,0O0.000,
will go eventually to his grandchildren.
The widow is to receive one-third Of the
income and the daughters are we'll pro-
vided for. Bequests to charity amount
to S1sOO OO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
CONFESSES BANK ROBBERY.
Former C~hicagoan Says He Sent Part
of Loot to Mother.

of Loot to Mother.
Joseph S. Kearns, the former Chicago
dry goods clerk and newspaper man who
was captured at Great Bend, Kan, after
robbing a Great Bend bank in broad day
light, confessed to having robbed the
Midland National bank at Newton, Kan,
on the afternoon of Nov. IS, when he
locked the clerks and customers, six IN
all, in the bank vault and escaped with
$500. Kearns confessed that he sent
part of the money secured in the New
ton robbery to his mother and sisters at
Ann Arbor, Mich. He spent some of it
il living at fashionable hotels in Chi
cago and New York and lost several
hundred dollars in a Chicago gambling
house. He probably will be surrendered
to the Newton officials for prosecution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Scientists Resent Attack,

Christian scientists are greatly exer-
cised over a series of articles begun in
the December Mcclure, which propose to
tell the truth about the origin and rise
of their organization. Alfred Farlow,
head of the committee on publication,
declares that the portrait published is
that of Mrs. Sarah c. Cheyaillier. who
formerly lived in Boston and died in Cali
fornia two years ago, and is not a picture
of Mrs. Eddy, taken in 1880. He gives
out a letter from the son of Mrs. Chevail-
lier, that it is a picture of his mother.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
PRISONER sTABs CHICAGO MAN.
c. N. Moore, Postal Inspector, Serf-
Ousiy at Dubuque.

~ w. tooEt bSttt fhSpCctcfS tas
Ousiy Wounded at Dubuque.
G. n. Moore, a government postal in
spector, whose home is in Chicago, was
seriously wounded by 7. G.. Cox, a pris-
oner in the county Jail in Dubuque, Iowa,
from whom Moore was attempting to get
information regarding an infractiOn of
the postal laws. Moore was left in the
prisoners cell by Jailer Norton, who
soon after heard a scufle and cries of
pain. Rushing to the cell, Jailer Norton
found Moore on the floor, the prisoner
bending over him and slashing his face
with a knife. The jailer disarmed Cox.
Moore is suffering from a dozen wounds
in the forehead. face and chin. One cut
extends well down toward the j~ugular
vein. Moore should recover in a few
weeks, though he is likely to be disfg-
Ured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Debts of American Cities.

The reports Of Census Director North
shows that the aggregate debt of the
cities of the United States above 5000
inhabitants is IN excess of S1,6OO,O OO, or
greater than that of the combined debt
of the national and State government
and of the counties, school districts and
other minor civil divisions" The census
director wants more rigid laws to enable
his officers to secure the information de-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Coal Enough for Centuries

Officers of the geological survey report
that there is an abundance of coal in
this country for many centuries to come.
In fact. they figure that the coal supply
will last for 5000 years, Notwithstanding
that the rate of consumption is increas-
ing by leaps and bounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Prison for Hartje Coachmau.

Clifford Hooe, the negro coschman con-
victed of perjury in connection with the
Hartje divorce case in PittSburg. was sem
fenced to six years in prison and to pay
a fine of $50. IIooe was at once taken TO
the western penitentiary of Pennsylvania.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

and which was recognized by treaties
with most of the European nations and
with the United States. Leopold has
made 9 will bequeathing to Belgium all
his sovereign rights in the State, and
Belgium is given the right of annexing
the State after a certain period of years.
The region is controlled by a governor
general, who represents Leopold, and who
administers the territories OF the State
in accordance with his orders. The bar
baIous treatment of the natives has been
the subject of European omment for
years, and some time ago a commission
of inquiry was appointed. two of its
members being Belgians, but no report
has been made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
FRISCO WORLDS FAIR IN 1913.
City to Pacific's
and Panama Canals Opening.

San Francisco proposes to have a
worlds fair in 1918. The project was
proposed shortly after the fire and is no
longer an uncertainty. Fifteen citizens
have formed a corporation to be known
as the Pacific Ocean Exposition Com
pany, which plans to give a mammoth
fair in 1913 to commemorate the 40Oth
anniversary of the discovery of the Pa
cific ocean by Balboa and the completion
of the Panama canal. The joining of the
two ideas by the promoters seemed espe-
cially appropriate since it was after
crossing the isthmus that the navigator
first looked upon the Pacific. The or
ganization is capitalized at So 1000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Gets Long Prison Term,

Jesse Clyde Rumsey, the Chicago boy
who robbed the Alton-Burlington rain
on Nov. %, and the Rock Island limited
on Nov. s.. both near Glasgow, Mo-,
pleaded guilty to two charges fled
against him. He was given ten Years
Imprisonment on each charge. and was
Immediately sentenced to twenty years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Miners Leader Talks.

John Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, in addressing
the National Civic Federation. attacked
government by injunction and declared
the workingman has lost all confidence
in the Federal judiciary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Unemployed in Boston.

Five hundred men. women and chill
dren clamored for first place before the
doors of the new Massachusetts, employ
ment Office. when it was opened for the
first time Monday. The superintendent
said that there were at least ten candi-
dates for every place.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Loses Christmas Money.

Simon Zubek. a Russian at Butler. Pa,
was taken to the State hospital for the
insane at Dixmont, almost a raving ma
MAE from brooding over the loss in 4 fire
of money he had saved to send to his
family in Russia for Christmas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
WOMAN KILLS RANCIIMAN.
Friends Say She Was by
His Attentions

Miss Merle Clark, 81 years old, was
arrested, charged with killing John Leon
ard, a rancher, twenty-six miles from
North Platt, Neb. Miss Clark is from
the East and has been making her home
on the ranch of her uncle near that of
Leonard. The young woman does not
deny the killing, but refuses to discuss
the affair. She was placed in the county
Jail. Her friends say Leonard was in
love with her and bothered her with his
attentions. 1t is claimed he threatened
to kill her if she did not marry him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Rod Robbery In Chicago.

The young woman cashier of a West
Side candy company was attacked at
noon at EIalsted and West Lake streets,
Chicago, by five men. who robbed her
of Il satchel containing $1.400. Two of
the thieves were arrested after a battle
with AetNCliNcs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Gixps I'm S%neIEinm Fight

President Roosevelt has given up his
efforts to champion the cause of simpli-
fed spelling in his official capacity. on
account of the opposition of the House.
and will rescind his order to the public
printer calling for the adoption Of the
change.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Head of Coal Combine GuiIfx.

f. s. Howell, president of the Omaha
Coal Exchange, charged with the other
seventy-nine members with maintaining
a trust, in violation of the State law. was
convicted after the jury had deli5erated
for two days. The case will be appealed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Nort Thrown Inv Horse.

Gen. Nogi. the Japanese commander
who captured Port Arthur. was thrown
from his horse in Toxic while returning
home from mis- palace. He fell on his
head and became unconscious. His con-
dition arouses apprehension.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Truck Pusher Gets Fortune

David Sharpe, the elderly Omaha man
who has just fallen heir to a 100000
estate by the death of a brother. James
Sharpe, at Lafayette, Ind, is a laboring
man. He pushes a big truck at the
freight depot of the Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha road.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

In Atlanta, Ga, a jury acquitted four
negroes of the charge of numbering Po-
liceman James Heard during the Septem-
Der riots in Atlanta. They were among
about fifty indicted for the murder. and
it is likely that the charges against the
remaining negroes will be dismissed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
SaIxattonists In South Afrfc,

The British South Africa Company is
said to have offered the Salvation Army
1000. 900 acres of land in Rhodesia free
of charge for colonization purposes, all
the land to revert to the company in case
the colony should not succeed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
End OF Long Bridge.

Long Bridge, crossing the Potomac.
and over which the re,rcating Union
army fled into Washington after the bat
tie of Bull Run, has been ordered de-
stroyed by the government.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

ister, at their home in Philadelphia The
shooting followed a quarrel between Rev.
Mr.. McAtee and his wife, in which the
minister, it is asserted, was trying 10
throw Mrs McAtee down the cellar
stairs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Ex-senator Brown Dies.

That letters written by Mrs. Annie
Adams, mother of Maude Adams, the
actress, to former Senator Brown of
Utah, who died at Washington the other
night, led to the fatal shot by Mrs.
Anna Bradley, is conceded and Mrs.
Adams admits the cause of the act.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
obio Railway Increases w,

1t is announced that the Hooking Val
ley company has increased the wages of
its trainmen and switchmen from ! to
10 per cent. About 1000 men are af-
fected by the advance, which will take
effect on Jan. /.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
FlammariOn Rejects Spirituafsm.

Prof. Camille Flammarion, the famous
French astronomer, who for many years
was known to have accepted certain prin-
ciples of s~piritualism and to have ex-
perienced manifestations, has surprised
the public by rejecting the objective i'm
portance of all spirit manifestations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Great Fortunes to Government.

Andrew Carnegie, speaking before the
National Civic Federation in New York,
said the major part of the estates of
enormously wealthy men should 70 to
the State at the death of the owners of
the fortunes. Melville e. ingalls, spoke
in favor of income and inheritance taxes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Heavy Fines for Relating.

Fines a~ggregating $4,000 nave been
imposed upon the American Sugar Re
fning Company and the Brooklyn Coop
erage Company in the United States
Circuit Court at New York for rebating.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Famine sufferers Ask A;s.

The fuel famine in North Dakota is
acute, many towns being in such distress
that schools are closed. \ request has
been sem 10 Washington that the army
be used in obtaining relief.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
L%noI,nnt Mnnntnin Rorc nncn.

Thu tunnel through Lookout Mountain.
driven by the Southern Railway, is fin
iShed, the working parties meeting Satur-
day. The tunnel is 5000 feet long and
in its course penetratcs Il cave filed with
beautiful stalactites.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Kentucky Chi1aren to Marx

Martin Vice, 10 years old. and Annie
Houseman. ii. were licensed to marry in
Owingsville. Ky, with the consent of the
parents of both. The girl is small for
her age, and the boy is in the primary
class at school.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Ms Rirdson- Is GufItx

Mrs. Angie Birdsong was found guilty
in Hazlehurst. Miss, of m~anSlaughter for
the killing of DIR. Thomas Butler. The
Jury made a recommendation of mercy.
The minimum penalty is a fine of $500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
WORK OF
CONGRESS-


In the Senate on Monday more than a
hundred pension bills were placed on the
calendar with favorable reports: a reso-
luton was adopted calling for the record
OF the negro troops dismissed by the
President, prior to the Brownsville, Tex
as, affair: a few private relief bills were
passed and the consideration of a child
labor bill for the District of Columbia
was begun. Consideration of the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bill was begun in the House. Simplihed
spelling held attention for an hour or
more. the paragraph in the bill fixing the
photographic standard in some recognized
authority furnishing Mr.. Clark of Mis-
souri,. Mr.. Gillett of Massachusetts, and
MIR. Livingston of Georgia an opportu-
nifty to express themselves on the PreSi-
dents order to the public printer relative
to the modified spelling of 800 words in
common use. Mr.. Macon of Arkansas
delivered a speech on "bucket-shops" and
in favor of his bill prohibiting gambling
in agricultural commodities, and Mr..
Sheppard of Texas criticised the manner
in which appropriation bills are pre-
pared.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

The San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce has issued a bulletin showing that
the total bank ~clearings of the city for
the year ended Oct. 81 were s1,57G. 49,
760 and the sales of real estate SJ9,-
-1D S5S
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

Mae C. Wood. who came into notoriety
bv threatening Senator Thomas C. Platt
with a lawsuit, arrived in Washington a
few days g She is stopping at the
Arlington hotel under an assumed name.
Senator Platt has apartments at the
Arlington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
HEADS IMPORTANT COMMITTEE.
Iowan Who Assumes Place Made Va
cant by Death of Hit.

Robert G. Cousins, who has been ap>
pointed chairman of the House committee
On foreign affairs, represents the Fifth
Iowa District and has been in Congress
since 1898. He is a native Iowan, hav-
ing been born in Cedar county in 1859.
In 1881 he was graduated at Cornell,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

The report that the Italian minister of
finance would declare a reduction in the
duty on petroleum is officially denied.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

The Consolidated Gas Company of
New York has just completed the first of
six tanks to hold 90,O00,00O feet of gas
at Astoria. n. j.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Girl shoots Pastor Father.

Miss Mary McAtee, aged %. shot and
probably fatally wounded her father, Rev.
John Quincy McAtee, a Lutheran min
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

4 council of the PopuIist party of
Kansas, which twice carried the State,
has been called to disband the organiza-
ton and join the Republican party.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Escape with Rich Booty.
Tries to Kin Woman. Girl and SELF.

Robbers wrecked the safe of the Inter
state bank in DreXel, Mo. and escaped
with close to $1,000 in currency.