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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Cleveland Cathedral Dedicated.

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, one of the
most magnificent church structures in
America. was dedicated in Cleveland in
the presence of many ecclesiastical digni-
taries. The edifice cost S1,000000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
LAW COSTS s1,5OO,OOO.
Missouri Lines Contend Two-Cent
Fares Cause Heavy Loss.

Fares Cnuse Heavy LOSS.
According to statements made by Off
Gals of the various Missouri railroads,
the operation of the 2-cent passenger fare
law has cost the roads $1,500,000 during
the past three months. The law became
effective in Missouri on June II, aud by
agreement the railroads Cecided to reduce
their fares and test the law until Oct. l.
1t is announced that the Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fe, Wabash, Missouri
Pacific, Burlington, Chicago and Alton,
and other trunk lines have Joined to fight
the further enforcement of the law, and
will submit statements showing the effect
of the 2-cent fare law to Federal Judge
Mcpherson at Kansas City about Oct. 10.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03

Pennsylvania Murderer Confesses
Old Crime Committed in Italy.

Old Crime Committed in Italy.
After admitting in Reading, Pa, the
part he took in the murder of
Trooper Timothy Kelleher, a mem
Der of the State constabulary, Sal
vatore Carrie confessed that seven years
ago he murdered his rival in love in Italy,
for which his brother is now serving a
twenty-one year sentence. Garlic noti-
fed a firm of Italian bankers in Read
ing to draw what money he had coming
to him from the Reading Railway Com
pany and send it to his father in Italy,
as he would surely have to die. Carrie
and Stefano Lesenicchia, the slayers of
Kelleher, were brought from Allentown,
in charge of a heavily armed guard of
State police, and lodged in separate cells
in the Berks County Jail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Enur Inst from Nachf

While out on the Ohio river at CALI
polls, Ohio, with a party of twenty-five
men the gasoline tank on the yacht
Blanche NJ. exploded. All on board were
thrown into the water and four were
drowned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Oldest L. y. Soldier Is 104,

Bill Macabee, the oldest sailor in
the United States navy, celebrated his
one hundred and fourth birthday Sun
day at the United States Naval Home in
PHILADELPHIA
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
bandits SteaI Gold Bullion.

Bandits at Cortman, in the northern
part of Montana. looted the cyanide plant
of the Ruby Gulch Mining Company of
gold bullion worth $4,000 and escaped.
The robbers crawled through a drain
pipe half an hour after the Waterman
had made his rounds
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Ohio Bars All Cane RuShes.

President Thompson of the Ohio State
university has issued a formal notice to
tie students that hereafter ali cane
rushes at the university are abolished.
The reason given is that they are con-
trarv to the hazing laws of the State.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Banker Dies i'm Auto Crash.

Fred Ware, president of a Clarksdale
bank, was instantly killed in st. Cloud.
Mimi, in an auto accident. The auto
mobile went into a ditch and Mr. Ware
had his neck broken.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
War Hero Kills Himself.

C. Parish of Wabash, Ind, who was
coloael of the 103d Indiana volunteers in
the Civil War, and who was brevetted
brigadier general for valiant service at
the battle of Nashville, committed sui
eide in Cleveland by taking morphine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Eourteen Drown in Tombigbee

One white boy. Leslie Vernuille, 16, of
Oaksdale. and thirteen negroes were
drowned by a ferryboat going down in
the Tombigbee river, neac Jackson. Ala.
where the current is rapid and treaeher-
GUS and the stream fun of rocky shoals.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Walton Is Captured.

Richard f. Walton, colored, who is
charged by the Chicago police with the
murder of Mrs Lillian White Grant, has
made confession to many circumstances
surrounding the crime following his ar
rest at Springfield, Ill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Eight Hurt in Louisville Fire.

Eight persons were injured in fire in
louisville which damaged the establish
mentS OF the McElroy- Shannon Spring
Bed Company, the Mayer Shirt Manufac-
turing Company. the Paris Laundry and
ID. W. Holmes livery stable $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Hotel Burns; Loss Is S2-O.OOo.

The Hotel Ampersand, at Saranac
Lake. n. Y, was burned to the ground.
entailing loss of about S270,OOO The
hotel was closed for the season last Sat
urday
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
PIarue Continncs nr Frisco.

The totals in the bubonic plague situa-
ton in San Francisco to date are: Cases
verified. AZ deaths, %; death percent
age, GOA per cent; suspects under OBJ
servation %.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Frost Damage In Iowa.

A killing frost did considerable damage
in Iowa to corn still in the milk. Op.n-
ions vary as to the extent of the damage,
but much corn is out of the way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03

Agents which minister to the public
must be the servants and not the masters
of the public, declared Vice President
Fairbanks in a speech at the Berrien
County Republican Clubs supper in st.
Joseph. Mich Mr.. Fairbanks guardedly
Endorsed President Rooseveh's policy in
regard to corporations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
NotabIes Lay Corner stone.

President Roosevelt and the lord bishop
of London assisted in the ceremony of
laying the corner stone of the great Epis-
copal cathedral at Washington Sunday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Tennis Between NotabIes.

President Roosevelt and the lord bishop
of London had an international tennis
match on the White House grounds, the
President obtaining the advantage in
hard contest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Nash for Freedom Ends in Death.

William e. Burch of Glendale, Ohio,
was killed while attempting to escape
from the train on which he was travel
ing to Cincinnati in custody of Deputy
Marshal Sanderson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03

The public service commissioners for
New York City have adopted series of
orders for improvements in the railroad
service in the Metropolitan
and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit systems
which, when enforced, will increase the
travelling facilities of all the roads in
Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Murders Father. Then Kills Himself.

In Medina, n. Y, Bert Lewis shot and
killed his father, Jerome Lewis, and then
fired a bullet through his own heart
Father and son had been quarreling all
day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Accidentally shot NV Brotber

Near Slayton, Mimi, Bert Towser.
aged i, son of farmer, was accident
ally shot by his brother, aged IA, and
died in a short time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03

BENJAMIN Spence of the Dominion
Temperance Alliance of Canada at the
Anti Saloon League convention at Nor
folk, Va, suggested a rivalry between
the United States and Canada TO see
which can first suppress the liquor busi-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Fatal Wreck on b. & O,

Fifteen men were killed and twenty
injured in a wreck of fast Chicago
train on the b. & O. at Bellaire, Ohio.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Cost % ChicaH0's Streets

: An expert engineer figures it will take
twenty-seven years to pave Chicago
streets, ia total cost of 100000
and to keep them in condition will cost
$4,000, 600 annually.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Money for Politicians.

A yellow dog fund of S1,000000 or
more is discovered to have been used by
the insolvent New York City railway,
many lawyers, politicians and legislators
having been paid money. IT,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
LABOR TROUBLES.
What Secretary Straus Has to Say
On Important Subject.

Oscar s. Straus, Secretary of Com
merce and Labor, has nothing to say con-
corning the status of the telegraphers'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
Chfcawonn Killed by Train.

Erank Doyle of South Chicago was
killed under the wheels of Great North
ern train at Grand Forks, n. d.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03

Justice Longworth of the Supreme
Court of Nova Scotia awarded the Do
minion Steel and Iron Company verdict
Of S15,OOO,0O0 against the Dominion Coal
Company as damages for breach OF con-
tract in not supplying sufficient coal TO
enable the former concern to conduct its
metallurgical work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03
New Battle ship to Be North Dakot,

North Dakota will be the name of bat
tleship No. %, one of the new 20,0o0-ton
vessels. Utah now is the only one of the
States after which no war vessel has been
named
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03

Harold McGratn, who arrived in New
York recently, said he had met Maxim
Gorky while on his travels and found that
Gorky's views of the marriage relation
had materially changed and that he had
decided to wed Nine. Adrieva in the con-
ventional way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-03

Candy and Alcohol.
DR.. A. c. Abbott, health commissioner
of Pennsylvania. has advanced the theory
that 1.-THE appetite for alcohol and the ap-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-01
BROKEN BLADE
LEADS TO ARREST
Detectives Do a Bit of Clever Work
and Apprehend Boys Whom
They Believe Stole
Tools

A bit of detective stratagem that is
worthy of a Sherlock Holmes was ex-
hibited by two local detectives, Chap
man and Home, in apprehending the
burglars guilty of entering bicycle
store at 2027 West Seventh street on
last Saturday night
AT that time $35 worth of bicycle tools
were taken from the shop. Entrance
had been gained through a rear window
which showed signs of having been
opened by knife, as an indenture was
left in the casing where the knife had
been inserted. The blade of the knife
was snapped off and lay on the window
sill.
The knife blade was the only clew
the detectives had to work on, but they
grasped 1t with eagerness and worked
on it until last night they caught two
boys, Charlie Mackie, aged 10, living
at 427 Grand View avenue, and Archie
McGinnis, living at 1918 Miramar street,
aged 16, who they say are the bur-
glars.
The detectives induced boy living
In the neighborhood of the burglarized
bicycle shop to borrow the knives OF
ali their friends and directed them that
when they found one with broken
blade to bring it to them. This the
boy did and the knife he carried to
the detectives had a broken blade that
exactly fitted the clipped off piece
they held as evidence.
The detectives went to the home OF
the boy who owns the knife and after
much questioning he is said to have
confessed to robbing the bicycle shop
and also implicated his friend in his
testimony.
The boys We're arrested late last
night. Charles Mackie was sent to the
detention home, while McGinnis was
placed in the city jail.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-01
Of NOISE
GREETS NEW YEAR
STREETS ARE CnOWDED WITH
MERR YMAKERS
Throngs Parade Through Business
Thoroushfares, footing Horns,
Ringing Bells and Shout
ing Merry Greeting

Nineteen hundred and seven came in
amidst a jangle of bells and footing
of horns in Los Angeles and was well
coined by thousands of men and women
who had remained up for the purpose
of welcoming the baby year and ex-
tending their greetings to it. Those
who did not stay up were compelled to
participate in the fun anyway, as the
noise which was made by the ones who
had remained up was of such a nature
as to drive sleep from any eyes and
compel person who has not responded
to even a college yell for years to sit
up and take notice.
All during the early part of the night
the streets were thronged with people
who paraded up and down with tin
horns, bells and noise making appara-
tus of all description. Through all the
business section of the city they pa
raded and their yells mingled with the
notes of strange sounding whistles and
nerve racking jim-ricks.
BY the crowds the worries and trou-
bles of 1906 were forgotten and all gave
their time to welcoming the new year
and wishing it would be as happy and
prosperous as the one just past.
Happy New Year" sounded from lip
to lip and in each case it was answered
back i'm as merry manner and each
person SSeIIleu 10 reel lIltil all lllIOuuC-
ton was the last thing necessary at the
moment and good fellowship carried
the day.
When the whistles sounded that an
nounced the departure of the old year
and the arrival of the new, they were
at once answered back with cheers,
laughter and joyous cries. Each per-
son tried to outdo the others in pro-
ducing noise and the result was great
success. Merchants who had kept
their stores open rushed out of doors in
order to greet the new arrival in be-
fitting manner, while windows in the
office buildings flew open with crash.
In many OF the homes in the city
socials had been arranged for the even
ing and games were played and songs
sung wishing every success to the new
year.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-01
BURGLAR NEARLY
KILLS GROCER
SHOOTS WHEN VICTIM is
DEFIANT
Bullet Passes Through His Arm and
Clothes and Comes Near to the
Heart-Intruder Driven
Away

That George u. Adams Is celebrating
New Years day with his family today
instead of lying dead at his home with
bullet through his heart Is due more
to good fortune than to anything else.
The small space of six inches was all
that saved him from death at the hand
OF a daring masked burglar at an early
hour last night.
Adams has little grocery store at
1907 Pasadena avenue, which he has
been conducting for the last twelve
years. Last night niece visited the
family. and owing to her late arrival
they did not get seated at the dinner
table till late hour. At a quarter of
seven Adams prepared to close up the
store and began by drawing the blinds
on the back window. He started for
the front of the store to draw the
blinds when a man entered, white
mask drawn over his face.
With leveled revolver he commanded
the groceryman to throw up his hands,
but instead of complying with his de-
mand Adams rushed upon him and
grappled with the thief. lie brushed
the revolver to one side with his left
hand and just in time, for the robber
fired, and the bullet grazed the shop
keepers wrist and passing up his arm,
tore his shirt and ploughed its way
through the fleshy part of his upper
urn, pdSSlnB out lflTOuBn his Cpdt
again. Had the bullet been fired six
inches further to the right the man
would have been shot through the
heart. AS it happened a slight flesh
wound was the only injury he suffered.
The noise of the shot alarmed the
little group gathered around the din
ner table. and Elmer Eaves, q carpen-
ter boarding with the family, seized a
handful of nails from a nearby barrel.
ha
fire, and when the robber ordered him
to throw up his hands he obeyed.
When Eaves entered the store he
threw the heavy nails squarely at the
marauder striking him in the face.
Covering the little group with his re-
volver the bandit backed out of the
store and ran across an adjacent field,
where he was lost in the darkness.
At the Adams home the little party
were too thankful for their fortunate
escape to worry about the capture of
the robber.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-01
BAROMETER SINKS
LOWEST OF YEAR
LITTLE HAIL IS MIXED WITH
RAIN
Mercury Drops and Mountains Are
Covered with Snow--We ather
Today Is Little
Uncertain

Barometer reading yesterday 2o.5a
lowest of yenr.
Hail yesterday morning and after.
noon.
Rainfall for yesterdays storm, 40 o
nm inch.
Rainfall December 81, 1905, .15 of al
inch.
Total rainfall for season, 8.02.
Total up to january 1 last year, 3.28.
Forecast for today, cloudy and pOssi
bly, shOwery weather.
Los Angeles was disagreeably sur.
prised yesterday afternoon when the
weather under which this section has
been suffering for the past thirty-siX
hours found vent in hail. Early in the
morning reports of hail in the outlying
districts found their way to the weather
mans office, and in the afternoon al
$3.50 hail in the down town district made
its appearance.
Rain began falling yesterday at 7.1E
a. m. and continued until 11:34 a. m
during which time 40 of an inch fell.
The heaviest precipitation was be-
tween 1857 a. m. and 9:15 a. m. when
.15 of an inch fell, as much as fell for
the entire day last year.
The storm which is causing all the
trouble is widespread, being central
over the entire western part of the
country. Rain fell from British Column
bia to the southern borders of the coun-
try yesterday. In the Rocky mountain
districts snow is falling, and the re-
gion west of the Rockies is receiving the
full benefits of the storm. The uni
versal character of the storm has
created drop in the barometer, the
lowest of the year. The lowest record
yesterday was 29.53.
For today little hope is promised the
tournament managers. Mr.. Wollabel
said yesterday: II regret to predict
rain for tomorrow on account of the
tournament; but am sorry to say that
the Indications point to unsettled
weather. with showers. There is g
slight ray of hope in the fact that the
winds shifted to the northwest thi:
afternoon, but the weather is so unset
tied these days that would not empha
size even that slight chance"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-01
STENCIL CASE GOES
TO NEW COUNCIL
PROPERTY OWNERS SUCCEED
IN DELAY
Proposed Fertilizer District Is at City's
Edge, but Opposition Arises,
Nevertheless, from Near
by Residents

The proposed ordinance to permit of
the establishment of fertilizer works
district along the Los Angeles river
within three hundred feet of the south
ern city limits which was reconsidered
after being passed as soon as Attorney
/. Dockweiler left the council chamber
came up again yesterday and after a
long discussion was finally laid over q
week, which will bring it before the in
coming council.
Some weeks ago proposition was
brought up to establish a fertilizer
area near Tenth street and the Los An
geles river. So much opposition arose
because the winds might watt odors
over the Hollenbeck home and in Sec
tions of Boyle Heights that the bill
was withdrawn.
In the new ordinance the district is
moved over q mile farther south near
the city dump and oil refineries. 1t is
claimed by the promoters that they
want to stay inside the city limits as
eventually they will get sewer facili-
ties which will not be the case If they
move into Vernon just beyond the
limits.
Attorney Dockweiler again took the
floor in defense Of the enterprise and
brought Chemist Merrill with him to
say that the odors would all be kept
DOXeQ ana consumed III Sleel ldllhS.
A number of property owners also
spoke, saying that they regarded the
present movement as unexpected. They
hoped to have 100 protesting property
owners on hand next time.
The claim was made that all COM
panies with smell-producing apparatus
make solemn assurances of how with
scientific appliances they would control
their various thirty-nine odors in the
cologne list and in most cases the
promises are never carried out.
Councilman Blanchard said that
many cottages were going up in that
vicinity
Councilman Houghton said that it
was we'll to encourage industries Some
of them were a necessary evil and ii
was more desirable to have them with
in the city line, where they could be
Regulated, than outside.
81 own fifteen lots in that district ant
am as much interested as any one,
he said. eff the companys officials say
they will do what is right in doing
away with odors we'll and good. want
to do what is best for the city"
The bill was finally laid over.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-01
JIMMY WALSH WILL
GO TO T0N0PAH

Jimmy Walsh and his manager, Ed
die Keevin, yesterday received trans
portation from Mike Riley, manager
club OF Tonopah, New, and will leave
for that place the latter part of the
week.
The transportation was wired to
Walsh some days ago but because OF
some delay, due to the railroad officials.
they did not receive their tickets until
Yesterday, too late for them to reach
Tonopah In time for the Gans-Herman
fight today.
Keevin said last night that they
would probably leave for the Nevada
town either Saturday or Sunday, and al
the latest the middle of next week.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-01
ALLEGE OFFICIALS
EMBEZZLED FUNDS
~ Associated Pre- ss.

SEARCHLIGHT. New. Dec. 91.-In-
vestigations conducted in Searchlight
during the past few days by an ennis
sary of the district attorneys office is
alleged to have shown much evidence
of grating.
In Nevada all gambling is licensed,
games paying $76 per month. 1t is
alleged that certain officials have coll
lected $45OO, for which no account has
been made to Lincoln county.
1t is further alleged that no draft
was too small to be overlooked, as in
one instance the evidence shows that
the loot amounted to So cents.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-01
TOPEKA MAN ARRESTED
FOR DISTURBING PEACE

Guy II. Douglas who claims Topeka,
Kansas, as his home, was arrested for
disturbing the peace in front of the
Grand opera house last night. Douglas
was told to move on by an officer in
front of the theater but he refused to
do so, declaring that las an american
citizen he had a right to stand any
where he chose" The boy says he Vas
then showed off the walk and when he
resumed his former position another
policeman kicked him into the street.
Douglas alleges that he was watching
In front of the theater for some man at
the request of private detective.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-01
ASKS POLICEMAN
FOR ASSISTANCE

Patrolman Green was approached in
q saloon at San Fernando and Sunset
boulevard last night by Harvey Har-
rington who the officer declares, tried
drunk.
The patrolman. in plain clothes. al
lowed Harrison to talk until he had
proved his intention of drunk rolling "
when the policeman arrested him and
took him to the central police station,
charged with suspicion. aHrrison's
proposition to Green was to get one of
the men in the saloon helplessly drunk,
when they would get him in the street
and fleece him.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-01
Fire In JeweIry Store

A small jewelry store at ia West
Third street, owned by ii. ii. Gardner
and occupied by q. Il. King, caught fire
early this morning, but the flames were
extinguished by the fire department be-
fore more than 800 damage had been
one. The fire is supposed to have orig
mated by the ignition of some clothes
hanging on chair near the fire I'm a
rear room where the jeweler and his
family lived.