Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-06

A. NJ. Gilbert a millionaire paper man.
ufacturer and a member of the Gilbert
Paper Company, was found dead in bed
at Neenah Mr.. Gilbert was about 30
years old.
At Waterfowl Junction st. Paul pas
sepcer train struck a handcar on which
were nine laborers and severely injured
each one Several were lrown twenty
feet or more.
+. O. Ambrose, manufacturer and
dealer in engines and boilers, will move
his shop from Jefferson to GAINESVILLE,
having signed a five-year lease for fac
tory and shop building.
The A days old baby of Mrs. Erwin
Giaque. for which the entire police force
of Minneapolis had been searching for
two days. was found in Superior at the
Children's Home 4 Polish nurse girl is
under arrest charged with kidnapping the
child.
A committee of Eau Claire business
men are about to make arrangements to
Law before the interstate commerce COM
mission a plea for an adjustment OF
freight rates so that Eau Claire manu-
facturers and wholesalers can reach the
markets on better terms.
Jack Currier. who was arrested after
a wild chase through the northern Wis
consin woods by United States deputy
marshal. pleaded guilty in Milwaukee to
the charge of selling liquor without Ii
cense. He was fined $1,000 and sem
fenced to sixty days in Jail.
One of the oldest residents in Douglas
county in the person of Charles Smith
was found in his shack by neighbor
suffering from a stroke of paralysis that
has rendered useless his left side. lie
has lain in the one position on the fioor
for two days and was nearly dead when
discovered. He had homesteaded on the
property about seventeen years ago. In
his bedroom was found a splendid co.lec-
ton OF classical works that had been his
sole companions throughout the long sew
enteen years he has voluntarily exIled
himself from his fellows.
The G.. Z. Stout Lumber Company s
saw mill at Westboro was destroyed by
fire. The loss is $1,000, with no insur-
ance.
Lightning destroyed $4,000 worth of
property on the Mcdonald farm, near
GAINESVILLE. including four blooded horses,
forty sheep. barns and farm implements.
Mrs FlCcence Brisco began suit for
divorce against Vincent Brisco at Nil
waukee. He was a railway brakeman
and killed Police Lieutenant Fitzgerald
May 9. 1902. Mrs. Brisco says her hus-
band deserted her on that day and has
never been captured or heard from.
Four deaths have occurred in the fam
lily of Ephraim Grignon of Appleton
within four weeks, the mother and three
children having died The father and
the remaining two children are now lying
at deaths door Pneumonia. following
measles. has been the cause of each
death
Adelbert o, Wilkins, general manager
of the Phoenix Nursery Company, 81
years old, was killed at Delavan while
watching several men who were pulling
stumps. 4 chain broke and the lever Of
the stump puller flew up, striking VIII
kins on the side of his head with terrific
force.
Ida and Olivia Carlson were awarded
81 800 damages in Washburn for an in
voluntary ducking in Lake Superior The
two girls were standing on the gang plank
of the steamer Eastern, owned by the
Booth Packing Company, last fall, when
the wind swung the boat away from the
dock. dropping them into the water. They
sued the company for $4,000 damages,
claiming they were not warned that they
were in danger.
Speeches condemning President Roose-
welt and Senator La Toilette and an in
dorsement of Senator Foraker as cam
didate for the presidency were features
of the national convention of tramps,"
held at Chippewa Falls.