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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
GUILTY OF KILLING MAID.
Mrs. kaufmann, of Sioux Fall, Con-
yieted of MansIaughter.

Mrs. Emma Kaufman, wife Of a
prominent citizen Of Sioux Falls. S. D.,
was convicted Of manslaughter in the
first degree. She has been on trial
charged with causing the death, from
brutal treatment, of her maid, Miss
Agnes Polreis. The minimum term of
Imprisonment fixed by the statutes for
the crime is twenty years imprison-
ment in the penitentiary.
The conviction of Mrs. Kaufman
was a great shock to the defendant,
her husband, her son, and her counsel,
all of whom had confidently expected
acquittal. When the fatal words fell
from the lips Of the foreman of the
jury, Mrs. Kaufmann's head sank upon
her hands. Throughout the proceed
ings she sat in an attitude of extreme
detection.
The Kaufmanns have resided in
Sioux Falls for about a quarter of a
century and are known to practically
every man, woman, and child IN the
city. Mr.. Kaufman for years has
been prominently Identified with state
politics and > generally known
throughout South Dakota and adjoin-
ing states.
Agnes Polreis, the domestic whom
Mrs Kaufman has been convicted of
killing, entered the employ of Mrs.
Kaufman on Feb. IS, and only a little
over three months before she died at a
Sioux Falls hospital from numerous
wounds, bruises, and cuts.
After her death in local hospital on
June l her remains were prepared for
burial and shipped to the parents of
the girl at Parkston. Wounds upon the
head of the dead girl were discovered
by young daughter of William Noel
Ter, business man of Parkston, who
was an intimate friend of Miss Pol
reis. 1t was from Miss Moeller that
the first disclosures came The body
was twice disinterred and examined for
wounds and bruises.
The evidence secured as the result of
the second examination resulted in the
arrest of Mrs. Kaufman on the charge
of having been responsible for the
wounds, gashes, cuts, and bruises which
caused the death of the girl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27

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There seems no doubt that, with re-
spect to small grain at least, 1907 will
be recorded in the annals of the United
States as comparatively lean" year.
There are, of course, no signs of any
thing even remotely resembling famine"
conditions. Real ''famines'' do not occur
in nations which have reached the Ameri-
can level of popular intelligence. There
will be enough bread for everybody, but
it will cost a little more labor to get it.
The winter wheat crop, which is much
more important and larger than the
spring wheat yield, though attracting less
general attention because its area of pro-
duction is not so compact, appears to
have suffered most from an unusually cold
and backward spring and the attacks of
insect pests. The following figures, Sc
lected from the government report for
June, are eloquent:
Kansas, the leading winter wheat
State, expected this year on the basis of
acreage to increase its crop 100000
bushels over last years S2,00O,000. The
most expected from Kansas now is 64,-
100000 bushels. Nebraska expects a de-
cline from 100000 bushels to 34,500,-
600; Ohio, from 100000 to 10000
600; Indiana, from 100000 to
30,00O,000; Illinois, from 3S,500,000 to
33,0O0000; California, from 100000
to 100000; Oklahoma, from 1S,500,-
600 to 100000, and Texas from 14,000,-
600 to 100000 bushels. Pennsylvania,
Michigan and Missouri expect yields ap-
proximately equal to last years, but the
whole country's winter wheat crop will
probably be only 369,O0O,OO0 bushels, as
compared with nearly 493,0O0,O00 last
year.
Bad weather has delayed spring wheat
planting and slightly reduced acreage.
The most favorable estimators do not look
for a larger crop than last years, which
was 242 100000 bushels. Thus it is
practically impossible that, however good
the conditions from now on, the spring
wheat yield should make up for the def
cheney, as compared with last year, of
more than 12O,OOO,OOO bushels in the
winter wheat crops.
Other small grains show similar con-
ditions. Of barley, 1GS,000,0O0 bushels.
or 100000 less than last year, is ex-
pected now. The oat crop, greater in
Dulh IldA dII OtiltI SiIldli gram put
together, with 100000 acres more plant
ed, promises a yield 20,O00O0O bushels
smaller than last years, which was 964,-
100000 bushels. 1t is just possible, how
ever, that the corn crop, the surest of
food grains and the cereal foundation on
which this republic was built, will make
up for some of these shortages go
Inter Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27

Companion with Clothing Wet, Is
Questioned by the Police.

Miss Mary Vennell of Bridgeton, n. j.,
lost her life in Sunset lake the other night
under such peculiar circumstances as TO
cause the police to start a thorough in
vestigation. Shortly before 10 p. N. the
girl started with George Evans for row
on the lake in a steel non-sinkable boat.
Shortly afterward the boat was found
filed with water, while near by was float
ing a hat. The boat was towed ashore
and the police. notified. A policeman was
sent TO Evans home, where he was found
in bed. His wet clothing was hanging
over a chair. He was taken to the lake
and when asked for an explanation OF the
affair said that he hired boat and start
ed for row with Miss Vennell. When
near place called Piney Point the girl
wanted to row and in changing their
positions the boat sank under them.
Evans said he had great difficulty in free
ing himself from his companion, who, he
said, screamed for help. He ran all the
way home and did not tell anyone OF the
drowning of the girl. Her body was
found the next day in four feet Of water.
The body showed several bruises and
there are cuts on the face.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
$500 to 500; hogs, prime heavy, S4.OO
to S6.17 sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, soc to 91c5
corn, No. 2, sic to 53c; oats, standard,
44c to 45c; rye, No. 2, SEC to SIC; hay.
timothy, $14O0 to 5000; prairie, 5000
to $3.50; butter, choice creamery, 1Sc-
to 23c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 14c; potatoes,
new, per bushel, S1.00 to $1.15.
Indianapolis shipping, $500
to $3.50; hogs, choice heavy, S4.OO to"
SG.10; sheep, common to prime, $500 to-
1925; wheat, No. 2, SOC to 90c; corn,
No. 2 white, SIC to 53c; oats, No. 2
white, 45c to 47c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 1913;
hogs, S4.OO to $500; sheep, $500 to-
1913; wheat, No. 2, Ole to 92c; corn,
No. 2, SOC to SIC; oats, No. 2, 43c to-
45c rye, No. 2, Sic to S3c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, S4.OO to 5000;
hogs. $500 to $6.2z; sheep, $500 to-
$500; wheat, No. 2, 93c to 95c; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 53c to 54c; oats, No. 2
mixed, Acc to 47c rye, No. 2, Sic to Sic
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 5000; hogs,
S1.D to Sb.oU, SHeep, gov 10 pf.oOr
wheat, No. 2, 90c to 92c; corn, No. 3.
yellow, soc to SIC; oats, No. white
46c to 4Sc; rye, No. 2, SEC to SIC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern
99c to S1O0; corn, No. 8, 53c to 54cS
oats. standard, 45c to 47c; rye, No. l.
Sc to SIC; barley, standard, 75c to 76c :
pork, mess, $3.50.
Bufalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $685.; sheep, common to good mixed,
S4.oO to 5000; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $780,
hogs. $500 to $500; sheep, $500 to.
$500; wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to Ole ;;
corn. No. 2, 6Oc to &c; oats, natural
white. sic to SIC; butter, creamery, pc
to 24c; eggs, western, 13c to 1Gc-
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Ole to
93c; corn, No. 2 mixed, SOC to SIC;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 45c to 47c; rye, No
9, 7Sc to SOC; clover seed, prime, $3.50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Secretary Wilson on Stand

The principal witness in the case OF
Edwin S. Holmes, on trial with Fred
erick Peckham and Moses Haas of New
York on the charge of conspiracy in con-
nection with the advance cotton reports,
was Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, who
identified letter he had addressed to the
President after the alleged leak in the
cotton reports. declaring the charge false.
He admitted that Holmes had written a
part of this letter, but said he had made
an addition to it. The attorney for the
defense called Wilson's attention to the
fact that at the time of the exposure
charges were circulated in the press
against the Secretary as being personally
responsible for the leak.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
DYNAMITERS WRECK BANK.
CracI<smen at Bingham Lake, Mimi,
Garry Off Rich Booty

Cracksmen made a raid on the State
bank of Bingham Lake, near st. James,
Mimi, the other night, and robbed it Of
$1,000 in cash. The robbers exploded
nitroglycerin in the vault, and the force
of the explosion was so great that the
bank building was blown to pieces. The
robbers quickly grabbed their booty and
boarded a train The telegraph operator
at Bingham Lake notified officers at st.
James to meet the train, and at 3 O'Clock
in the morning two men, heavily armed,
were taken off and lodged in jail. They
give the names of George Chester and w.
R. White. Little money was found upon
them, and it was later discovered that
part Of the booty was in grip that had
been left on the train. The grip was
recovered at Lake Crystal and sent to
st. James. 1t was found to contain $500
in cash and quantity of nitroglycerin
and cartridges, and other things which
go to make up the kit of bank burglar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
BLAME Is LAID ON SOCIETY.
Reformatory Superintendent Says the
Criminal Is Not Properly Treated.

Before the national conference of
charities and correction in Minneapolis
Joseph f. Scott, superintendent of the
New York State reformatory at Elmira,
arraigned society for its lack of intelli-
gence in dealing with crime and Grim
inals. The sick, the insane and the de-
fective are treated nationally and sympa-
thetically with the object of curing them
of their disorders. 1t is not so, he said
with the criminals. Mr.. Scott presented
the report of the committee on prisons
and police, of which he is chairman. The
report emphasizes the proposition that
punishment should not be the basic prin-
ciple in dealing with the criminal, but
that in all cases the principle should be
corrective.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27

these counties great tracts of land have
been turned into grazing farms, and
landlords have refused to sell, and N
some cases to rent to small tenants
Farmers declare they are unable to
support themselves and their children,
and must fight for the bare necessities
of life.
The Archbishop of Cashel, at Moy-
carkey, Tipperary County, declared !:
1T was never more difficult to live on
the soil Of Ireland than it is to-day.
We are holding on by grit and indus
try, but We are rapidly finding even
This impossible. Many of our best
farmers have been obliged to leave
their native land. This condition must
prevail as long as the best land in Ire
land is kept from the people. The only
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27

Gotham's Mayor Spades First Sod
for Huge CatskfII Aqueduct.

With a small silver trowel Mayor Nc
Clellan of New York turned sod of
earth among the hills two miles back
of Peekskill-on-the-H Hudson and by this
act began the great engineering under
taking which will cost $162, 100000 and
will eventually furnish Greater New York
with 100000 gallons of water daily,
besides the quantity available from the
Croton and other present sources of sup
ply. From the small and simple begin
ming by the Mayor will in time be con-
structed the Catskill aqueduct, 80 miles
long, which will connect the Ashokan res
ervoir in the Esopus valley with every
borough of New York City, including
even Staten Island. The year 1880 is
generally fixed upon as the date, but it
is probable some part of the supply will
be available before that. The city au-
thorities view this question largely from
the side of New York's growth in popula-
ton, and they estimate that by 1880 the
city will number 100000 souls, using
daily 1.00O,OO0,0OO gallons of water, part
of which will be supplied by the Croton
system.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Site for Y. w. G. A. Home

ID. S. II. Johnston has bought the boy
hood home of Archbishop Ireland, and an
adjoining piece of property on Fifth
street, st. Paul, opposite the st. Paul
Auditorium, and given the ground to the
st. Paul Young Women's Christian As
ISOLATION, with the provision that a fund
be raised to erect a suitable building for
the work of the association.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
BELIEVES PRESIDENT MISTAKEN.
Animal Keeper Says Gagged Beasts
Won't Attack Human Being.

Tom Dean, an animal keeper at the
zoo in Olentangy park, Columbus, Ohio,
took the DR.. Long end Of the animal fakir
controversy mad is now under nurses
charge at a hospital. Dean considers
himself an authority on animals, or he
did SO until the other day. Since then
he may have changed his mind. The
other day, with hundreds of people look
ing on, Dean entered the cage of a wolf
to prove that the animal would not at
tack human being, even upon provoca-
ton, as Long had contended in his maya
zine fight with President Roosevelt. He
tainted the wolf, which sprang at him
finally and lacerated him so badly he had
to be taken to a hospital. Il agreed with
DR.. Long wheI he said wolves wouldn't
attack human beings" said Dean at the
hospital. Even now he may be right.
Maybe I'm not human being"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE
WITH GUNS TO GET A DEPOT.
Farmer, His Wife and Daughter Hold
Up Trolley Car.

Armed with shotguns and an AK, Will
lam j. Poffe, his wife and daughter held
up a Pittsburg and Butler trolley car
with fOrty-seven passengers at Wildwood,
Pa, and prevented the crew from pro-
ceeding until a special car with company
officers arrived on the scene Poffe had
placed a barricade across the track and
threatened to shoot any of the crew or
passengers who would dare to try to re-
move it. He had been promised a depot
when the company crossed his farm, and
got tired of the delay. With the guns
Poffe talked business and had the Off
cials sign the much wanted papers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Brewers ou.ted from Kansas.

The Kansas Supreme Court has grant
ed judgment ousting from the State the
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association per-
manently. The receivers are continued in
office and in possession of the property to
execute the judgment OF the court. The
order does not contemplate the confsca-
ton of the company's property. except
enough to pay the cost of the proceedings
As this was a test case, the judgment is
expected to apply to all the brewing COM
panies having agencies and warehouses in
the State. and against these proceedings
have been begun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Strike Begins in San Francisco.

San Francisco and Oakland disappear
ed from the Geographic map Friday after
noon when at 80 o'clock 800 CONNER
cial telegraphers in the employ of the
Western Union and Postal companies
walked out of their offices and inaug-
urated a strike which may involve. every
city in the United States and Canada.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Reloaded Man Believed Murdered.

The beheaded body of a well dressed
man, apparently 80 years old, was found
alongside the Norfolk and Western Rail
road track, near Clifford, Ohio. The
pockets were turned inside out, and it is
believed he may have been murdered for
his money, and his body placed across
the track. He is believed to have come
from Columbus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Pnssengers i'm Grnve nnnger.

Two hundred passengers on board the
Continental limited, east bound, on the
Wabash railroad, had miraculous es-
cape from instant death when the train,
running sixty miles an hour, dashed off
the rails at Magee, Ind. The only seri-
ously injured persons were the fireman
and head brakeman and one woman pas
Senger
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
URGE IRISH REVOLT.
STARVING PEOPLE ATTACK
LANDLORDS.
Riots Have Already Occurred
Farmers Unable to Support Fami-
ies-ConstabularyB Being Increased
Strife Is Feared by English.

Since the Nationalist convention in
Dublin rejected the partial home-rule
scheme Of the English Liberal govern
ment, affairs in Ireland have been rap
idly drifting into an acute phase Ma
tionalist Ireland has repudiated all
forms of compromise, and the extren-
lists have secured a greater following
than they had had since the days Of
the old Land League A new organiza-
ton, the Sim Fein, composed of young
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Scbmitx Is Mayor No Longer.

Eugene E. Schmitz, prisoner in the
county Jail at San Francisco, after be-
ing found guilty of extortion, has been
deposed from the office of Mayor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
New York Car Barns Burn.

Fire destroyed the car barns of the
New York City Railway Company in
Madison avenue, between Eighty-6fth
and Eighty-sixth streets. A number of
residences were damaged. The loss will
exceed 100000. Several fremen were
badly bruised by the falling walls
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Drown Trying to Save Boy.

In a vain attempt to save the lie of
Antoine Myer, Is years old, the boys
mother, two sisters and aunt were drown
ed The boy fell off pier into the waters
of Lake Sammamish at Monohan, Wash.
Immediately the four women leaped into
the lake to rescue him. All FIVE sank in
the eddying waters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Il. ~ l.. L. Train DeraiIed.

At least one man was killed and ten
passengers were injured, three fatally,
shortly after ) o'clock Saturday night,
when the New Haven accommodation
train on the Monongahela and Youghio-
gheny division of the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie railroad was badly wrecked in the
yards at Pittshurg. \ defective switch
is thought TO have caused the accident.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27

st. Petersburg is TO have a school of
agriculture for women only.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Bankhead Named for Senate.

Governor Conner of Alabama has ap-
pointed former Congressman John H.
Bankhead to the vacancy in the United
States Senate caused by the death of
Senator John T. Morgan, the appoint
ment to hold until the Legislature meets
July 49, Colonel Bankhead ran first in
the Democratic primaries for alternate
Senator last August.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27

Families In County Where Six Is
Low Limit Froyyn on Indianian.

Because he had only one child an In
diana man named John Namm, who
moved to Charlotte, Tenn, recently from
Mount Vernon, Ind, was ostracized by
residents of Charlotte who pointed him
out as a horrible example of race suicide.
Things were made so unpleasant for Nabb
that he and his wife and child left town
after a stay of three weeks, going to
Milan, Tenn. Each family in Dickson
county has at least six children in it.
Sixteen boys and two girls call J. n.
Parrotte papa; Alexander Cunningham
has twelve children and Pitts Powers ac
cording to the latest local census, has
thirteen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
DYNAMITE BOMB IN COAL.
Effort to Wreck Mine from Which
Fuel Was Shipped.

A bomb made of dynamite, big enough
to wreck a building, was found in load
of coal being delivered to an East End
knitting mill in Cleveland The police
are investigating whether an attempt was
made to blow up the mill or whether an
effort had been made to wreck mine
from which the coal came. There are
800 girls employed at the knitting plant.
Police were rushed to the scene, and there
was so much excitement that work was
suspended for the afternoon. There has
been no labor trouble at the factory, and
the police believe the bomb came from
the mine, and no attempt was made to
wreck the factory building
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27

Thomas Trever and his brother Alfred
were killed in an automobile accident in
Cincinnati. The chauffeur, William
Schulze. was injured badly. The men
were going at high speed when. in try
ing to avoid running down pedestrian,
the machine struck a telegraph pole,
throwing the three TO the pavement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Jamestown Fair Governor Resigns.

The directors of the jamestown Expo
sition Company have accepted the resigna-
ton of Gov W. E. Cottrell. Then they
practically made James NJ. Barr director
general with full powers, to succeed
Gov. Cottrell. A second bond Issue for
100000 to cover all the exposition com
pany's liabilities was decided upon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Montana Village Destroyed.

Fire, which broke out In Marshalrs
general store. Harlowton, Mont. from a
gasoline explosion, practically destroyed
the village. Before the fire could be con-
trolled everything in the business streets
railorad station. The loss is S12S,OOO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Teyerraph Strike Is OFF

As the result of the visit of Charles
P. Neill, commissioner of labor, and fol-
lowing suggestions made by him, an ad-
justment of the difficulties between the
Western Union Telegraph Company and
its operators has been reached in New
York and there will be no strike.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Ward Kills Bank Cashier

George w. Berrill, cashier of the Kins-
man National bank and one of the most
prominent citizens of Kinsman. Ohio, was
shot and killed by Alfred Kinsman, a
brother of State Senator Thomas Kins-
man. For some time Berrill has been
Kinsman's guardian in some land matters
and it is supposed they had trouble over
this
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Three Perish When Boat Burns.

The steamer Crystal Stream was burn
ed to the waters edge in Washademoak
lake, near st. John, \. B., and three
members of the crew were burned to
death. The men were in their hunks and
were unable to make their escape after
the flames broke out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
shoots Girl and Kills self.

Thomas Johnson, negro, % years old,
employed as a clerk in the Department
of Agriculture in Washington, shot and
fatally wounded Jennie Washington, a
17-year-old negro girl, and then commit
ted suicide by shooting himself through
the head. Johnson's act is attributed to
jealousy