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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21

protest against the appointment of Judge
Robbins as the special judge to sit in
his fourth trial, because this is the judge
who sentenced him to death in the third
trial. This appointment is by Gov. j. G.
W. Beckham.
During his long stay in many jails,
Powers has kept himself constantly en-
ployed, that he might not brood over his
troubles. and has adhered to a rigid sys-
tenn of exercise. AS a result he is ply
sicaIly and mentally in good condition and
hopeful of being indicated some day.
Out in the mountains of Knox county
a devoted mother is clinging to life in the
hope of seeing her son restored to free
DOM As before, his case will be fought
with the funds of people all over the Unit
ed States, who believe him the victim of
partisan hatred.
For Caleb Powers declares he was go
miles from Frankfort when an assassin's
bullet laid low William Goebel, who was
driving the Legislature to name him Gov
ernor. Now, the prosecution for the
fourth time will try to establish that the
fatal shot was fired from the window of
Powers office in the State House by a
hired assassin.
In July, 1900, he got his first trial, was
convicted and sentenced to life. The
Court of Appeals rejected the finding of
the court Again he was tried and given
a life sentence. and saved by the Court
of Appeals. In 1903 he was again con-
victed and sentenced to death, the Court
of Appeals also annulling this trial. For
a while in 1905 he was in the hands of
the United States Court. but the Supreme
Court of the United States sent the case
back to the State courts as having full
iI1ri cdictiOn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Notes of Current Events

The three-stOry wooden grain elevator
of O. B. Tilton in Nashua, n. H., was
burned. The loss is $4,000.
Italian officials have decided that the
excavations at Herculaneum will be car
ried out by the Italian government with
out foreign aid
Prof. Matteucci of the Vesuvius observ-
atory denies that he prophesied the posi-
BILE destruction of the world by a comet.
A dispatch from Tangier asserts that
a French syndicate has erected wireless
telegraph stations at nearly all the Mo-
roccan ports. including Tangier.
The George Washington university has
appointed an alumni committee and citi-
zens' committee TO raise 100000 to pur-
chase a new site for the institution.
1t has become known in Rome that
Spain is ready to indorse the Anglo
American proposition at The Hague con-
ference for the limitation of ornaments.
A report on railroad construction in the
Philippines. given out by the bureau of
insular affairs shows that 300 men are
at work on the different lines under way.
What is said to be the biggest deal in
Columbia river timber land ever made
was completed when the Clark & Wilson
Lumber Company, a Wisconsin firm, pur-
chased 100000 acres near Goble, Ore, for
SS00,0OO
Samuel II. Anthony, A negro, was
hanged in Moyamensing prison for the
murder of his wife on Sept. p, 1904.
Frank Poplis. an Italian convicted of kill
ing a woman, was respited by the Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania.
Francis Godino. convicted of the MUIR
der of Giuseppe Triberi near Coryville,
Pa. last March because he refused de-
mands for money, was hanged at Smith
port.
An appeal to the Methodist Episcopal
church of the United States for 100000
for the current year has been decided on
by the merged freedman's aid, Sunday
school and educational boards of that de-
nomination.
An exploration party headed by DIR.
Donald E. MacDougal, director of the
Carnegie desert laboratory at Tucson, re-
turned and reported that the area of the
Salon sea may be estimated at 100
square miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
NOTED HOTEL THIEF TAKEN.
ely, "Artful DOdger," Captured
After Fight with Guest.

Awakened by the entrance of a thief
to his room at the Hotel Morrison in Chi
ca 90 early the other morning, Alfred Rit-
tenberg a clothing salesman of Avilla,
Ind. grappled with the robber and injured
him so badly in the fierce battle that fol-
lowed that the man was unable TO escape.
Guests of the hotel, hearing the struggle
in the room of the salesman. hurried to
his assistance and the thief tried to es
cape. Owing TO his injury, which retard-
ed his speed. he was captured in the lobby
after an exciting chase through the CORR
doris by Policeman J. J. Murphy. At the
station the thief was said to be \. Kelly,
alias f. W. Curtis. known to the police
as the 'Artful Dodger." Kelly, the po-
lice say, is known throughout the country
as a desperate burglar and hotel sneak
thief. The police say that Rittenberg
was very lucky in his battle with the
thief. as the latter was armed, and If the
salesman had not prevented him from get
ting possession of his revolver ne would
very likely have killed the salesman. The
thief sneaked past the attendants at the
hotel and made his way TO the sixth floor,
where the best rooms of the hotel are
located, gaining an entrance to the room
by duplicate key.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
IeIenra nilic RreYifiea.

The Hardman Rubber Company's plant
at Belleville. y. j., was destroyed by fire,
involving a loss of $4,000.
The Y. NJ. C. 4. building in Utica, n.
Y. was completely destroyed by fire. The
loss will be upward of $4,000.
Crossed electric wires caused a fire at
Cincinnati which destroyed the Ohio Car
riage Company's plant. Loss $4,000,
fully covered by insurance.
The coroner is investigating the death
of Mrs. A. NJ. Darling. who was found
dead with her skull crushed at her home
in Oberlin, Ohio.
Chief of Police George @. Sheets OF
Salt Lake City. charged with conspiracy
to defraud tourists by protecting gam
blers who feeced them, was held for trlai'
While preparations were being made
at Spartauburg. s. c. TO hang John Shell
ron. a negro convicted of killing his faith
er-in-law. Sheriff Nichols received an or
der from Chief Justice Pope of the SUI
preme Court staying the execution until
April 10.
Frank NJ Mabry. well-known banker
of NIcGregor. Texas. was sentenced to five
Years in the Leavenworth penitentiary for
ernbezzlement from national bank.
Major Z. W. McClaughry, warden of
the United States penitentiary at Leav-
enwOrth. Kan. received word of the de-
tention in Portland, Ore, of James Sey
fnour. one of the mutineers who escaped
from the penitentiary Nov. Z. 1861.
The judges Of the Court Of General
Sessions of New York may ask the Legis-
lature to increase the penalty for black
mail accompanied by threats from the
present maximum OF FIVE years imprison-
ment to a maximum of twenty years.
The Iowa standpatters absolutely con-
trolled the making of a federal slate for
the State at Washington. and the Cum
minis faction was not allowed one APP
pointment.
Charles w. McWhorters, formerly as
sistant cashier in the city postoffice,
Washington. indicted for embezzlement of
$4,000. entered a plea of guilty in the
criminal court. He was sentenced to one
year and one day in the penitentiary.
Frank Van Dusen. chief assistant gem
eral passenger agent of the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg, died of pneumo-
MIA at Pittsburg. Two hours later his
wife. Mrs Sarah Van Dusen.r expired In
an adjoining room from the sssIie disease.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
WRIGHT CONFESSION WORTHLESS
Obtained by Physical FOrce-&-Ex-
Chicapoan NAV Never Re Tried.

Obtained by Physical Force-%Ex-
ChicagOan May Never Be Tried.
Unless new and important evidence is
found against Col Benjamin c. Wright,
formerly of Chicago, he probably will
never be tried on the charge of murder
ing his wife and child in Denver. Dis
trict Attorney George A. Stidger admits
that evidence to convict the man is lack
ing, but he has not yet dropped the in
yestigation. The alleged confession made
by Wright to Chief of Police Michael A.
Delaney is said to be worthless as evil
dence, having been obtained by use of
physical force. Three physicians who ex-
amined Wright in Jail after he made the
confession declared that he had recently
been cruelty beaten, as the prisoner assert
ed. No poison was found in the bodies
of Mrs. Wright and her child and it is
alleged by the defense that their deaths
probably were caused by carbon dioxide
from a defective gas heater in which fire
had been burning all night when the
bodies were found. As test of this the
DRY the defense placed dog in the house
with the gas heater burning and after two
hours, it is asserted the animal was taken
out asphyxiated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
MORE POSTOFFICE CLERKS.
Chicago Is Allowed Increase of Fifty
in Working Force.

The Postoffice Department has author
lied the immediate employment of fifty
additional clerks in the Chicago post
office; also one each at Elgin and Rock
Island. These clerks are some of the 600
emergency clerks that were authorized in
the recent postofice appropriation bill.
They were allotted to offices where much
overtime work is performed by the pres
ent employees. Chicago gets more than
any other city except New York, which
gets 70. Each of the new clerks will re-
ceive 5000 per annum to start with.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21

you of the Treasury Department to
stem the tide of decline gave a ray
of hope to the street before the open
ing Thursday. The Secretary an
nounced that owing to the stringency
in the money market the S30,000,00O
of government funds. deposited with
the banks last September, would not
be recalled at once, as had been in
tended.
Panicky conditions of Wednesday in
Wall street were repeated Thursday,
lower points throughout the list were
reached, and two failures were report
ed in London.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21

Naval Messages from New York Har
Dor Caught at Point Iona, Cal.

Commander H. C. Gearing, chief of the
equipment department of the Mare Island
navy yard, has received a wireless mes
sage from San Diego stating that the
wireless station at Point Iona, near San
Diego Cal, had caught message from
the navy yard at Pensacola, Fla. At that
moment Pensacola was sending a wireless
message from Washington. The operator
at Point Iona caught Washington and
also a wireless message from the battle
ship Connecticut, now on the Atlantic
ocean, which was communicating with
Washington from New York harbor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
THOUGHT DEAD; COMES HOME.
I<iOndil<c Gold Seeker Surprises Pa.
rents After Absence of ID Years.

kiOndi<e Gold Seeker Surprises Pa
rents After Absence of 10 Years.
Mourned as dead for fifteen years,
John Marshall, son of William Marshall
of Tuckahoe. y. Y, who was supposed
TO have persisted in the KlOndike, turned
up the other day and surprised his par
ents. The gold seeker is said to have
accumulated a small fortune When IS
years old, in 1892. he became a victim of
the Klondike gold fever. His parents
were then living in Cleveland, Ohio. 4
few weeks after the boys departure the
news reached this country of the terrible
landslide that occurred near Dawson
City, Alaska. in which he was supposed
tn have lost his life. Marshall remained
in the Klondike until 1899, when he went
to San Francisco, married and went into
business. As his parents had moved to
New York, the son lost track of them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
STORMS DO GREAT DAMAGE.
Cincinnati and Vicinity Suffers
Worst Rainfall in Months.

Heavy electrical and rain storms
throughout the Ohio valley did much dam
age Tuesday and Tuesday night. The
Ohio river and tributary streams were
rising steadily. the low lands being COW
cred with water Before midnight an un-
precedented rainstorm burst over Cincin-
natl, flooding the streets and for a time
checking all traffic. Several landslides
covered traction lines in the western sec
ton of the city and laborers worked all
night to clear the tracks. Much scat
tered damage was reported in the Mill
creek valley and other suburban sections.
Truck gardeners along Mill creek lost
heavily. All their early spring vegetables
were washed away.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Jury Acuuits Coal Dealer.

The second of the so-called coal trust
cases in Omaha ended in an acquittal for
James a. Sunderland, who was charged
with conspiracy in restraint of trade In
its instruction the court defined a trust as
"a combination of capital. skill or acts to
fix prices on any article with the intent
to prevent others from carrying on the
same business"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Flag Bin Veto Causes n stir

Gov. IIoch's veto of the bill which re-
quircd the display of an American flag
over each of the $1,000 school houses of
the State, has caused much comment in
Kansas. The provision of the bill which
caused Gov. Iloch to veto the bill was
that requiring each pupil in the public
schools TO salute the flag.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21

The executive committee of the Baptist
Missionary Union has recently issued
circular showing that the donations from
the Baptist churches last year We're S14.-
600 short of the previous year, and only
slightly in excess of what they were ten
years age. The Chicago Standard. one
of the leading Baptist papers, asks what
is the matter, and answers that the sit
uatien is the result of failure on the part
of many Baptists to read their denomina-
tional papers, but adds that the real rea-
son lies in the lack of the life of Christ
in the life of man..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Girl Jumps 13 Stories to Death.

Gertrude Hanish, a Stenographer, aged
20 years, leaped head first from a window
ledge on the thirteenth floor of the Trac-
ton building in Cincinnati. in sight of
hundreds. In falling she struck and broke
an electric feed wire. The suicide took
place near Walnut and Fifth streets, the
busiest corner in the city. No cause is
known for the suicide
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Commits Suicide in Hotel.

Warren Gregory, 60 years old, of
Grand Rapids, Mich. is believed to have
committed suicide in room at the Jack
son Park hotel, 226 63d street, Chicago,
by inhaling illuminating gas. He was
found lying across a bed in his room by
another guest of the hotel who had no
ticed the escaping gas. Gregory's body
was fully dressed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Suicide Due TO stock slump.

Tracing his financial downfall to the
sudden tuctuation of stocks in Wall
street, Charles Abbott, aged 20, commit
ted suicide by shooting in Washington,
ID. {. Rather than face trial for embez-
cling $1,000 from Wade X Hedges. brok-
crS he ended his life
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Leaves Secretary n Fortuue

For kind services in sickness and in
health rendered to her late capitalist
employer, Thomas j. MofIett of st. Louis,
Miss Mary Gardner, his private secretary,
is left a great portion of his estate. in
Guiding one-fourth of the profits of his
big patent medicine business, plantation
and residence in Alabama. and 81 1000 in
cash. Miss Gardner was made eXecutrix.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Plead Guilty of Bribery.

Three of the men indicted on the charge
of accepting and giving brides in connec-
ton with he Broad street paving pleaded
guilty in Columbus, Ohio, when ar
raigned. They are Nelson Cannon, for
mer manager of the Trinidad Paving
Company of Cleveland; Arthur Beck. for
mer assistant city engineer, and Alfred
Shoemaker, former city inspector.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21

Jury Convfcts William n. Cleveland
for Restraint of Trade.

After trial lasting through the entire
week in Lima. Ohio. the jury in the So
called bridge trust case against William
\. Cleveland Saturday afternoon re-
turned a verdict of guilty. The jury was
out five hours. Sentence was not passed,
and counsel for Cleveland reserved their
right to file a motion for a new trial.
The indictment against Cleveland was
similar to others pending there against
bridge companies, agents and officers, and
charged conspiracy and restraint of trade
in violation of the Valentine antitrust
law. Mr.. Cleveland is connected with a
Columbus bridge firm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
HOTEL BURNED; Loss 100000.
New Ransford at Brainerd, Mimi,
Totally Destroyed by Fire.

One of the finest hotels in Minnesota,
the new Ransford, in Brainerd, with its
annex, valued at 100000, and containing
property worth 100000, was burned
down the other day. The fire broke out in
the afternoon and gained such Roadway
before the fire department arrived that
the hotel was doomed. 1t spread to the
annex, where five of the leading stores of
the city are located. All the city officials
and many professional men had their
offices on the second floor of the annex.
The hotel was built two years ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21

f. IL. Hartman, according to reports
current in Wall street. has been deserted
by his financial hackers. and as a result
of the slump in stocks not only may lose
control of his great railway system. but
faces the fight of his life to retain Union
pacilic alone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Pitcher Killed in Saloon,

Patrick J. Hynes, who two seasons ago
pitched for the st. Louis American
League team and who was signed with
Milwaukee for the coming season, was
shot in the head and killed in the saloon
of Harry V. Grover in ST. Louis. Louis
w Richardson. the bartender. was ar
rested and charged with the killing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Killed by IcicIe Mt Niagara.

A huge icicle dropped from the cliffs of
the Niagara Gorge on to a trolley car of
the Gorge road as it was passing the
whirlpool rapids. The motornan was
killed DR.. and Mrs. NJ. B. Nervy of
Sioux City, Iowa, and Miss Merry were
struck on the back and badly bruised. and
S. c. Lindsay and wife of Pittsburg were
in iIred
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
big Law Fees; Heirs Settle,

The threatened contest in the will of
Count John 4. Creighton, the philan-
thropist, was settled in Omaha by the
contesting relatives of Count Creighton
being given $24o,0O0 by those to whom
requests were made. OF this amount the
FIVE lawyers who were engaged to make
the contest will receive 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
ALASKA VOLCANO sPOUTs FIRE.
Eruption on Island of Akutan and
Earthquakes Terrify Natives.

EhrthGuakes TerrIfy NatiVes.
Word has been received from Valdez,
Alaska, that the volcano on the island of
Akutan, off the peninsula of Alaska and
not far from Unalaska, was in active
eruption when the steamer Dora passed
the island at 2 a. m. Feb. %. All the
passengers were aroused to witness the
sight, which is said to have been mag
nifcent one. At about the same hour
severe earthquake occurred at Unalaska,
although it did no serious damage. The
natives of the Aleutian archipelago are
becoming frightened, believing part of the
islands will sink
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
bandits wreck and Loot Bank.

The Union State bank of Hunnewell.
Kan, was wrecked by safe blowers at .
O'Clock Tuesday morning. Five distinct
explosions aroused the residents, who gave
chase to the burglars. The robbers COW
cred their retreat by firing at their pur-
suers from a flying handcar. The amount
secured cannot be estimated at present.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Plot to Murder Tom watSous

Several shots were fired into the bed
room of j. ID. Watson. son of Thomas f.
Watson, former presidential candidate on
the Populist ticket. at their home at
Thomson, Ga. While it was claimed later
that the investigation indicated a plot
against Thomas Watson or his family. no
definite clew was obtained.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
G.. A. r.. Encampment Data S.t

J. Cory Winans, chief of staff of the
National Grand Army of the Republic
has received Geographic notification from
the citizens committee at Saratoga. n
Y. fixing the date of the national G. A.
Il. encampment for the week of Sept g..
Mr. Winans wired acceptance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Spring Fall in Coal Prices.

Anthracite operators have agreed to
make the usual 30 cent reduction in the
price of prepared coal on April /. when
the new spring schedule will go into
effect If there is any decrease in the
price of pea coal it will not be more than
- cents a ton. the operators say.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
President Summons Governors.

In addition to the conference with rail
way presidents at the White House, Pres
ident Roosevelt has summoned Gov. De
neen and the executives of other States
which have passed or contemplate drastic
laws to a meeting. 1t is expected some
policy toward the roads will be framed to
restore confidence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Negro Runs for Mayor.

Joshua Wallace Voohies. a negro, has
filed petition, signed by 67S members of
his race. with the city clerk at Kansas
City, Kan, asking that his name be
placed on the ballot for Mayor on the
independent ticket to be voted at the mu-
nicipal election. Voohies was born
slave at Nashville, Tenn, just before the
close of the Civil War
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
SEVEN YEARS IN JAIL.
Caleb Powers Perhaps Most Noted
Prisoner in the Country.

1t has been seven years since the arrest
of Caleb Powers. charged with conspiracy
in the assassination of William Goebel in
Kentucky. He is probably the most re-
markable prisoner in the United States.
His long confinement in Jail and his
three convictions, his two sentences to
the penitentiary for life, his one sentence
to be hanged by the neck till dead, his
hopes of escape from the State courts
dashed by the Supreme Court of the
United States-all this he has borne with
fortitude.
Powers spirit is unbroken. The noun
taineer, from his cell in the Jail at
Georgetown, KY, has voiced a fervent
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
IiceuSe Wins in Minnesota

In most of the village elections held
throughout Minnesota Tuesday the ques-
ton at issue was license or no IL
cense." License carried in majority Of
the towns In some instances the margin
of victory was extremely close
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21
Mrs. Sa~e'I Great Plans

Mrs. Russell Sage of New York has
announced her intention of making a gift
of 100000 for the formation of the
Sage Foundation, which will attempt to
ameliorate social and living conditions.
conducting research work and aiding and
establishing charitable and philanthropic
institutions