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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
MURDERS AROUND CHICAGO,
Brutal killing of Women Has
Stirred Up Whole City.


Stirred Up Whole City.
Chicago citizens are discussing WAYS
and means to check murders and rob-
berries throughout the city. The fiend-
fsh killing of Mrs. T. C. Hollister on
Friday night has thoroughly aroused
the authorities and citizens generally.
A movement by all interests in the CITY
toward safety and more adequate pro-
lection to the individual, especially
women, is the result. One thousand
more policemen are demanded.
In a revolving murder, the circum-
stances of which are unparalleled in
the criminal annals of Chicago, Mrs
Franklin c. HOLSTER, a woman of re-
fnement, choir singer and philan-
thrOpic worker, met her death in a
dark alley on the North Side Friday
night at the hands of Richard G. Ivens
degenerate son of a carpenter While
Mrs. HOLSTER was undergoing the fear
full experience which resulted in her
death several women friends and fell
low choir singers were expressing deep
establishment at her absence from the
rehearsal and from the funeral of the
morning.
Following is a list of the very recent
wanton and atrocious murders of wom-
en- in Chicago:
Mrs. E. F. Mize, murdered at Fifty
eighth street and Washington avenue by
a man whose identity is not known,
Aug. %, 1903.
Miss Maude Reese, murdered in her
fat, 200 Evanston avenue, by a man
whose identity is not known, Nov. p,
1905.
Mrs. Carl O. Almberg, murdered by
J. E. Moeller in an alley off North Clark
street and Buckingham place, Jan. 3,
1906.
Mrs. A. w. Gentry, murdered in her
apartments, 5S2 La Sale avenue, by a
man known as F. ]. Constantine, Jan.
6, 1906.
Mrs. Franklin G. HOLSTER, murdered
in the rear of 36S Belden avenue by
Richard Iyens, Jan. II.
From the pulpit the cry of alarm
was given Sunday. A mass meeting of
citizens was announced. Resolutions
were adopted on the subject at the
ministers weekly meetings. Laymen
generally expressed their approval of
the stand of the clergymen.
The Rev. ]. n. Hall, pastor of her
church, referred to the crime and to
their loss. He said:
when we think of the atrOcious
crime which has taken from US one of
our members it is evident that only the
power of the gospel makes possible our
marvellous restraint at this time. While
we do not cry for revenge, we do de-
mand justice, and it is our hope that
out of this wantOn murder will come
a greater protection for the women of
Chicago and the greater safety of the
home"
The Daily News says: Where muir
der is so frequent as it is in Chicago,
and where the murderers so often Sc
lect women as their victims, these
crimes cannot be regarded as mere
sporadic outbreaks. They indicate a
widespread and dangerous contempt
for law and defiance of organized so
ciety. Furthermore, they show that
Chicago has within its borders a spirit
of animalism which causes men to kill
for the mere pleasure Of killing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Brief News Items.

The property loss caused by the tor
nado which struck Albany, Ga. and sec.
ton is conservatively estimated at $50. -
900.
The Bennett & Morgan rectifyinp
plant at Marion, \. c., the largest in the
State if not in the South, was burned at
a loss of from 100000 to $25O,OOO.
In the presence Of her husband who
sought to induce her to abandon bar
mode Of living, Mrs. Eva Toy committed
suicide at Portland, Ore, by taking COR
bolic acid. Mrs. Toy left her home in
St. Paul two years ago to become \
moral outcast.
4 verdict Of murder for the killing of
Henry Love at Middlesboro last Febrr-
airy against Clarence Gray and .Jesse
Bull was returned at Pineyille. XIV. The
sentence was fixed at life imprisonment
Former Attorney General Frank p
Monnett has filed another suit in the
Stark county, Ohio, courts against the
Canton Bridge Company for the recovery
Of SOS, 422 under the Valentine anti
trust law.
Vice Chancellor Emery, on application
of John Shields, appointed Halsey NJ.
Barrett receiver for the John Shields.
Construction Company al Trenton, n.
J. The assets are given as S232, 600 and
the liabilities 1851 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
TeIegraphic Brevities.

At Newark, Ohio, the wife of former
Cashier Lingafelter has been indicted
for alleged forgery.
Feb. - has been fixed by the House
committee on judiciary as the date for a
hearing on the proposed constitutional
amendment providing for woman's suf-
frage.
The coarse freight steamer E. d. Car
ter, building for E. d. Carter of Erie,
Pa, was successfully launched at the
Wyandotte yards of the American Ship
Building Company.
A bulletin issued By the census office
presenting statistics on the manufacture
ing industries of Idaho shows that there
were 362 establishments in 1905, with
an aggregate capital Of S9,4390SS.
Operations have been begun in Home
stead borough. Pa, for the erection of
the large steel mills recently authorized
by the United States Steel Corporation.
An expenditure of S7,0O0,0O0 viii be
made.
Cassimer Chodzilski, the Chicago
sculptor. will be allowed to submit an
other design for the monument to Count
Pulaski. TO be erected in Washington by
means of Il $4,000 appropriation by
Congress.
The International Stone Masons'
Union in convention at St. Paul elected
Malcolm Geddes of that city president
and decided to meet next year in st.
Louis.
Although he confessed to having kill
ed HaIvord Nyman, farmer OF Fergus
Falls. Mimi. by putting poison into q
glass of whisky, John Grenberg was ac-
quilted by jury on account of a plea
of insanity.
The heaviest fall Of snow in thirty
years in Nevada, according to dispatches
from Reno. broke down show sheds on
the railroad, isolated several cities and
did great damage to telegraph and tele-
phone wires.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Is OVERSEER OUSTED
Such n Report Has Gained Circula-
tiOn-Dowie Said to Be in Rage.


fion-Dowie Said to Be in Rage.
John G. Speicher, general overseer at
Zion City, H., is reported to have been
ousted as a member of the governing tri
umvirate and a serious conflict between
John Alexander Dowie and officials of
Zion is said to be impending. A dispute
developed following an announcement that
Spe;cher, Deacon V. V. Barnes and Dea-
con Alexander Granger, members of the
trlumvirate, had assumed absolute control
of zion City affairs and that Dowie had
been Invested of all authority except that
of spiritual head. In a fit of rage Dowie,
resting for the winter at Port Antonio,
Jamaica, is said to have sent a cablegram
sulnmarily dismissing Speicher. Word of
the triumvirate's alleged assumption of
authority is said to have been tipped
of to Dowie less than an hour after the
announcement was made. Then the wires
we've kept hot in the sending of explana-
tl''ns and threats. 1t is asserted Dowie
made it clear to Speicher and other Off
Gals that he did not intend to lose con-
troll OF any authority. From other sources
1t was learned the tendency is growing
among Zion City followers to break away
FROM old methods and operate upon a
more liberal business system. 1t was said
outside factories would be invited to To-
cate at Zion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
EScaDed in PefficOafs.

Little Bill'' Howard is once more in
jail at Asheville, n. c. Seven years ago
Ben Ross, a neighbor of Howard, was
found shot to death in his home. How
ard was arrested on suspicion, tried and
sentenced to be hanged. One day his
wife, carrying her pdby in her arms,
visited him in his cell. When the visit
Ing time was over the guards opened the
doors and permitted what they supposed
to be the woman to walk out. Later it
was discovered that Howard and his
wife had exchanged clothes and the
murderer had walked out, carrying the
baby. Since then, though there has been
a reward standing for his capture, he
has never been seen by the authorities,
until this week, when he was found at
home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
CHICAGO.

l ly more numerous, it is
notable that those in this district fell
one-third under those of year ago.
Bank exchanges again present heavy
aggregate, indicating that the January
settlements have made good progress
and suggest rising deposits.
Commercial operations generally eX-
hibit sustained activity. New demands
make satisfactory showing in the
productive branches Iron and steel
capacity is more largely drawn upon
and there is further call for foundry,
forge and carshop output Outside
construction continues to be pushed
ahead without difficulty from tle
weather and this furnishes an unusual
demand for all kinds of building ma
terial
Wholesale dealings in staple mer-
chandise have advanced to a crafty
ing volume, there being improvement
III both house sales and mail orders for
early delivery of spring goods. All in
dlcatons strongly favor exceptional
absorption of necessaries and bookings
Tor the interior are we'll distributed in
the leading branches. Retail trade
moves steadily, the recent colder
weather having stimulated sharp buy
ing of winter apparel. The markets
for raw material reflect liberal buying
in hides, leather and lumber. while
prices remain very firm. \ declining
tendency in raw cotton is more APP
parent, but this has not affected quo
tations for finished goods, the demand
for the latter having extended.
Bank clearings, $3.50 26S,T32 exceed
those Of the corresponding week last
year by 23.6 per cent Financial oper-
atoms have resulted in some gain to
deposits, but reserves are being
strengthened in view of the next call
for statements, and the discount rate
for choice commercial paper remained
at 6 per cent, and collateral loans We're
easier at 81 per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis-I
trict number thirty-two, against TWEEN
ty-tive last week and forty eight year
ago.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
- -, 7 h ugh unfavorable
New York. weather conditions have

- - 7 h ugh unfavorable
NBW IUlK weather conditions have
deferred diStribu ion of
heavy wearing apparel, autumn-like
temperatures continue to favor out
door operations, to prolong the de-
mand for building materials, and to
prevent cessation of labor at a period
when there is always more or less en-
forced idleneSs. Mining lines, partic-
ularly iron and steel, machinery and
inter-related industries, are active as
heretofore, and the outlook for 1906
grows even more promising, while the
general tendency is for prices of fin
ished products to advance. Clearance
sales rule the retail lines, but it is
especially noteworthy that orders on
spring account are of large proper
tons; that prompt shipments are being
demanded, and that the season has
opened three weeks to a month in ad-
vance of the usual date.
Business failures in the United
States in the week ending Jan. II
number $50, against 800 last week, 295
in the like week of 1905, 315 in 1904,
234 in 1903 and POI in 1902-Brad-
streets Commercial Report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
STAYS FAMILY AND ENDS LIFE.
New Hampshire Farmer Kills Wife,
Children and Mother-in-LaN.

After numbering seven of his household
and burning the home containing their
bodies, Charles H. Ayers, farmer of
North Pembroke, n. H., shot and killed
himself. What caused the wholesale ira
gedy is unknown. Early the other morn
ing he killed his wife, his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Laura X. Lakeman, and his FIVE
children, Flossie, II years old; Albert,
10; Bernice, 6; Andrew, 4, and baby
girl , years old. After setting fire to
the house he drove to the home of his
sister, Mrs. George Bailey, at Chichester,
six miles distant. Later a neighbor ar
rived at the Bailey home and informed
Ayers that his house had burned. AS
soon as Ayers heard this he drew a
revolver and shot himself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
FACTS ON CITIES, MILK SUPPLY.
Consumption of Fluid in Boston,
Gotham and Philadelphia.

An interesting report on the milk
supply of Boston, New York and Phila-
delphia has been published by the De-
partment of Agriculture in Washington.
Greater Boston," with a population of
$4,000, consumes 100000 eight and
one-half quart cans monthly, or four
tenths of a pint per capita per day.
Greater New York's milk consumption
is $4,000 quarts daily, not including
cream. This requires 100000 cows
Philadelphia consumes about 100000
quarts of milk daily.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Lindsay Cooper. an aeronaut of Clar-
linda, Ohio. travelling with a carnival
show exhibiting at Wolfe City, Texas.
fell from his balloon at that place, a
distance Of 1000 feet and was instantly
killed. Cooper was ascending when he
lost his hold on the trapeze and fell.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Bitter Speech by TiIIman.

Senator Tillman, in a speech in the
Senate Wednesday made the ejectment
of Mrs Minor Morris from the White
House the text for a bitter attack on
Roosevelt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
APPLAUD TRUST FOE.
HadIey of Missouri Creates Unusual
Scene in New York.


Herbert S. Hadley, Attorney Gen
eral of Missouri, was applauded and
cheered by the crowd in the courtroom
in New York when he arraigned Hen
~ II. Rogers for the position the
magnate has taken in the hearing of
the case of the State of Missouri
against the Standard and other oil
companies The scene was an IN
usual one in the Supreme Court of the
State of New York and Justice Glider
sleeve, before whom attorneys were
arguing on the rule to compel Mr..
Rogers to answer certain questions
asked him, was compelled to rap loud
ly before order was restored.
In referring to Mr.. Rogers COM
plant that the proceedings il the oil
inquiry were sensational and taken
for the purpose of advertising the at
torney general, Mr. Hadley said: IF
there have been any sensational re-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
BANKER MYsTERIoUsLY SLAIN.
Body of II. Il. Lewis of West Farm
InGton. Ohio, EOnnd In Home.

Body of II. Il. Lewis of West Farm
ington, Ohio, Found in Home.
The people of West Pennington
Ohio, are greatly excited as a result of
the mysterious murder of K. K Lewis,
wealthy banker and farmer. A
stranger came to the home of Lewis in
carriage Lewis and this man, it is
said, were in conference for an hour
At the end of that time hired man
in another part of the house smelled
smoke and rushed into the room. He
found Lewis lying dead with his head
crushed and his hands and feet tightly
bound. The body was covered with
burning straw which had been saturated
with coal oil. The stranger was missing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Death Prevents Disgrnce.

Town Clerk William S. Schrieber was
found dead in a room filled with gas at
the Union Hotel in Bridgeport, Conn.
lie had been missing for three days
Shrieber figured in the ballot-box stufIing
investigation now being conducted He
was 40 years of age and left family.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Chicagoan Slain i'm Mexico.

Col L. H. Whitney, Chicago lawyer
who has a winter home at Ocean
Springs, Miss, received a telegram an
nouncing that his son-in-law, Albert W.
Sayles of Chicago, had been murdered
by robbers in Mexico. Sayles for a
year has been superintendent of the
GirouX Consolidated Mining Company of
CarbO. Sonora, Mexico.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Deports % Havana Agftators.

Twenty-Five labor agitators from Ha-
vana who had given offense by inter
ference in the local cigarmakers' strike
and by criticism of American workmen
were corraled by a citizens committee
of seventy-fve armed men in Key West.
Fla, put on board a ship by force and
started for Cnhn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Five Years for Banker.

Henry Lear. former president of the
noylestown (Pa.) National bank. which
failed several years ago, was sentenced
by Judge Mcpherson in the United States
District Court in Philadelphia to five
years imprisonment in the eastern peni-
Tertiary for embezzling the funds of the
bank
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
WRECK BANK AND PosToFFICE
CrackSEnen Blow Up Vaults in Two
Towns Near Chicago and Escape.

WRECK BANK AND POsToFFICE.
Craclsnen Blow Up Vaults in Two
Towns Near Chicago and Escape.
Two safe robberies in which thousands
of dollars were stolen, both within a few
miles of Chicago, were reported to the
police the other day. They are laid to an
organized band of bank robbers believed
to be hiding in that city. The boldest of
the robberies was at Elwood ILL.,, where
the safe of J. c. Beattie's private bank
was shattered with dynamite and the rob-
| bers, carrying away a sum given officially
as $4,000, fed northward on a handcar
over the Chicago and Alton railroad. This
robbery was reported on the heels of
news from Dunning, just outside the city
| limits, that three burglars had entered
the branch pOstOffice there and blown open
the safe, getting stamps and money, the
value of which is unknown. The police
are convinced that an organized band of
young outlaws is responsible for the out
break, and that they make their headquar-
ters in Chicago, leaving the city to prey
on unprotected banks and postoffices and
seeking safety in the crowds of the city
after the crimes. 1t is believed the sum
stolen at Elwood exceeds $1,000 at which
it is placed by the bank officials The
one-story bank building was shattered by
the dynamite. The explosion was heard
throughout the town, but residents
thought it was blast in one of the near
by quarries. The robbery of the Dunning
postoffice is believed to have been done by
confederates of the Elwood bank. Law
renee E. Taylor, postmaster, was mott
fed of the robbery by a policeman, and
together they searched for and found two
of the men, but being unarmed were IN
able to arrest them, and the robbers es-
caped
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Depew Not Asked to Resign.

After a savage attack upon United
States Senator Depew, who was declar-
ed to be "a prominent figure in the sys-
tenn Of public debauchery," the New
York State Senate defeated the resolu-
ton of Senator Bracket calling on De-
pew to resign.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Killed in n Prize Fight

kid" Goog, a boxer, was killed in the
second round of a three-round bout in
place known as George McFadden's club
in Third avenue, New York. The man
with whom he was fighting escaped and
the police are looking for him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
100000 Starving in Japan.

Conservatory compiled statistics pub
lished in the newspapers show there are
100000 persons in northern Japan. who
are famine stricken. Undoubtedly the
suffering is far greater than the govern
ment is willing to admit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Philip and Louise Divorced

The suit for divorce brought by
Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
against Princess Louise was concluded
the other day when the divorce court
rendered a decision providing for an abb
solute divorce. The question of which
party was guilty was not raised.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Proposition to Go Before Voters.

The Chicago City Council passed May
or DUNES ordinance under the Mueller
law, the leaders of the gray WOLF ele-
ment Unexpectedly aiding the Mayors
measure. The proposition will go on the
ballot for the public next April. Bad
faith is charged by the anti-Dunne men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

William English Walling of Chicago,
sociological student, is reported to have
been thrown into a prison at st. Peters
burg, where he has been recently investi-
eating the revolutionary and social move
ments. His family has no information.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

The House discussed the urgent def
cheney appropriation bill Friday, much
of the debate relating to the necessity
for curbing the department heads in
their demands for additional money.
Mr.. Perkins On. " made a short speech
favoring free hides. There was no SEES
sion of the Senate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Aunt Lizzie" Aiken, for decades a
prominent figure in Baptist church cir
cles in Chicago, and who achieved dis
tinction as nurse during the Civil War,
died at her home, after a brief illness
She was in her S9th year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Drown OFF HatteraS.

Twelve persons, eight men and four
women, may have been drowned by the
wreck Ct the schooner Robert L. Steven
sor, of Hatteras. A sailor who was
picked up clinging to plank told the
story. The twelve missing persons left the
wreck il a raft
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Foreigners, Accused of Cruelty to a
HOrNe. Can't Mike Tale KNOWN.

Because they drove their horse at top
speed to escape from highwaymen who
held them up near Gallatin, Pa, Domi-
nick Moracina and his son Sabatino
were fined $40 each for cruelty to the
horse by Justice of the Peace Rath of
Gallatin. The foreigners can speak no
English and tried in vain to tell the
judge why they had driven at such
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Many Cattle Are Stricken.

Hundreds of cattle are dropping dead
in southeast Missouri from an unknown
cause. In one herd alone 1873 cattle died
instantly and in another forty, and it
is feared that if the cause is not ascer-
tanned the cattle in the affected section
will be entirely exterminated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
PROHIBITS cRowDING OF CARS.
Cleveland Company Decides TO Obey
New City Ordinance


Take next ear" soon Will be a famil-
lar sign on Cleveland street cars, for the
company has decided to aid in enforcing
the new health ordinance against over
crowding When all the seats are filed
and the permitted number of strap hang
ers have crowded into the cars no more
passengers will be allowed to enter. 1t
Is thought by the company officials that
the public cutlery will force the revoca-
ton of the ordinance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Kills Man to Wed widow.

Frank Banasik, an employee Of the
Edison works at West Orange. was ar
rested the other night, and the police
say he confessed having murdered
Thomas Hoff, with whom he boarded,
that he might marry Hoff's widow,
with whom he was in love.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

John Burns, the champion of the Brit
ish workman, has been reelected to the
British Parliament by 1900 majority.
and thousands of men thronged the
streets celebrating his victory. The Lib
eral victory grows.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

The Philadelphia police department
has asked Gov. Pennypacker to request
the State Department at Washington to
make requisition on the Dominiq1 of
Canada for the extradition of Harry Lat
timer, alias Handsome Harry" wanted
for embezzlement and swindling at Phil
adelplia.