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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16

1460-Lancastrians victorious at Wake
field. (War of the Roses)
1600-British East India Company char
tered
1T66-James Francis Edward Stuart, pre-
tender to the throne of England. died
in Rome
1775-Gen Montgomery killed before
Quebec.
1IU-Washington surprised and defeat
ed the British at Princeton, \. ].
1IS0-Benedict Arnold appointed briga-
der general in the British army.
11S1-CongresS chartered the Bank of
North America.
1t90-Second session of the first Con-
gress opened in New York
1793-Treaty between Russia and Prus-
STA for the second partition of Po-
land. =. Thomas Jefferson resigned
as Secretary of State.
1S13-British burned Black Rock and
Buffalo
1S25-Parliament buildings in Toronto
burned.
1S51-Louis Kossuth. Hungarian patriot.
spoke before Congress at Washing
ton.
1S53-Gadsden purchase made by treaty.
1S57-Canada adopted the decimal sys-
tenn of public accounts.
1S5S-The Lecompton constitution in
Kansas submitted to the popular
vote and rejected.
1S61-E. G. Spauldng of New York in
troduced in the House the original
legal tender bill.
2-Ericsson's Monitor foundered OFF
Cape Hatteras in a storm, with loss
of sixteen lives.
1S72-Brigham Young, leader of the Nor
mons, surrendered himself for trial
1S77-Cornelius Vanderbilt, American
financier, died &. =. Queen Victoria
instituted the Imperial Order of the
Crown of India, for ladies.
1SS5-Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia
invested with the pallium.
1SS7-Five million dollars in property
destroyed by fire in Rome, Italy.
1SS9-Horatio Allen, who ran the first
TdlEOdu lOcOmDllNe III ultu
in New Jersey.
1S92-Women admitted to diplomas at
the British Royal College of Sur
geOns.
1S93-President Harrison issued a
proclamation of amnesty to Mormons
liable to prosecution for polygamy
who will refrain from polygamous
marriage.
1894-Amelia jerks Bloomer, originator
of the ''bloomer'' costume for wom-
en-, died at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
1S95-Public degradation of Dreyfus at
Paris.
1S97-Gen. Sir Henry Hayelock Allan
killed by Afridis on the Indian from
tier.
1903-Iroquois theater, Chicago, burned,
with loss of 5S7 lives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
GETS HANDS ON MONEY w1LLED

Woman Becoming CT Age Takes
Possession of ManitowOc Property.
AIRS. Elmer Sears of Chicago, nee Mil
dred Williams of Manitowoc, in probate
court claimed an Inheritance of from
$4,000 to $4,000 left her by her foster
mother, Mrs. NJ. Williams, who died sew
eral years ago. At the time of the death
Mrs. Sears was not of age and the es-
tate was placed in trust and in care of
guardian named by the court. Mrs. Sears
became of age the other day and the
court delivered over the title to the prop
erty, which includes a handsome resi-
dence, the Williams block. one of the most
modern and largest business blocks in the
city, and other real estate, in addition
to considerable money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
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Loves Awakening


They were sitting in the summer
house, with a pale moon casting an
eerle light upon the girls shlmmering
white frock, and bringing out In sharp
relief the strong, firm features of the
man.
Neither spoke, until the silence was
suddenly broken by the first soft
strains of music which foated over 20
them, dimmed by the distance, and,
with a weary little sigh, the girl arose
from her seat and scanned her pro
gram in the moonlight.
Let me see," she said slowly, search
ing the tiny piece of scented pastebOard
with tired eyes. NO. Ten, isn't it?
All, yes; have that with your brother.
Come, Mr.. Thorold, l wouldn't miss it
for worlds, and the band has started
quite two minutes ago"
Silently the man arose and offered
her his arm, and a pang of jealosy
gripped him. Cyril had always been
the favored one, and he, the student,
who cared not one whit for the pleas
ures and pastimes Of social life, pre-
ferring rather to bury his head in the
musty volumes of science which cram
med his library shelves. What good
had 1t done him. anyway? Merely con-
verted him into a hard old bachelor
who could not have told a pretty fib
to save his soul.
For John Thorold, let it be said, had
not made of himself what might be
termed "a social success" but the pa
tient years of hard study had gained
for him all the success he desired until
she came Then his interest in his
work began to lag. and his thoughts
kept constantly wandering to a GER
tain pair of brown eyes and a certain
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
RnYal EunntnK.

On their way to Paris recently. King
Haakon and Queen Maud, Of Norway,
passed through Copenhagen. They
were received at the railway station
by King Frederick, King Haakon's
father. A courtier who was present
tells what the monarchs said.
well, Haakon," said King Freder
lex, "how do you like being king?"
It would rather ask you" retorted
Haakon. 1--WE been a king longer
than you
This was quite true. Frederick of
Denmark succeeded to the throne upon
the death of his father, King Christian,
on January %, 1906. but Haakon wa.
elected king of Norway by the Storth-
ing on November 10, 1905.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
AFTER LONG YEARS.

Dear. whom / would not know
If | passed you Oh the street,
So long and long and long ago
Are the days when we used to meet,
You may be glad to hear
That somewhere out of the blue
Come vague sweet dreams that bring you
near,
That | often think OF you:
That now and then I thrill
At a rustic in the dark
That | start as the wind sweeps over the
hill,
AS l see the fre-fy's spark
Somebody stepped on my grave?
Or somebody slipped out of yours!
I cannot tell There are ghosts that crave
A bit of the love that endures.
-Harper's Magazine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
A PerpIexfnc Bulletin.

In 1876 the late John Hay, who died
as secretary OF state, and Alvey A.
Adee were serving together in the le-
CATION at Madrid They were intense
ly interested In the outcome of the Re
publican national convention and spent
days wondering who would be nomi-
mated. One morning they found this
item in a Madrid newspaper: "Rute-
bart 10. Moves of America has been
elected president of the republic of the
north"
That was as near as the Spanish ed
itor could get TO the bulletin, "Ruther-
ford B. Hayes has been nominated for
president by the Republican national
convention" and it took Adee and
Hav week to figure it out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16

squald pickering
trusted
find that
the
ill., dollar There
spendhrt think
things
the 3 a beauti
They work themselves
to
he
al atem to
the things that Solomon sought teach
life
whethe canal a o
Chicago Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
PETTIBONE NOT GUILTY.
Western Federation Mine Official
Tried for Murder Is Acquitted.

Western Federation Mine Official
Tried for Murder Is Acquitted.
George A. Pettibone. an official of the
Western Federation of Miners, was ac-
quilted at Boise, Idaho, of the murder
of Governor Steunenberg.
Petitioners acquittal follows that of
Secretary Haywood, who was tried on
the same charge. Pettibone, as Hay
wood, was tried on confessions of Har-
ry Orchard and Steve ADAMS implicat-
ing them in numerous bloody plots in
which scores of human beings were
killed.
Members of the Western Federation
all over the country have expressed
themselves pleased at the verdict. John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, stated that the
verdict was highly satisfactory to him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
why RoebItng Quft. AsheyiIle.

The decision of John A. Roebling, the
millionaire son of the Brooklyn bridge
builder. to abandon his residence at Ashe-
vile, n. c., and give away his magnif-
cent mansion there nearly complete to the
Home Mission Board of the Presbyterian
church, is admitted frankly by Mr.. Roeb-
ling to be due TO the recent vote of the
place for prohibition. lie has spent ten
years in Asheville and has put half a
million dollars into his estate adjoining
Biltmore, the Vanderbilt establishment,
but now says that he will not live in a
town that abridges personal liberty in
this WAY
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
Hmm. Cured nv Baking.

Baking a patient as cure for burns
is the new method now used in Roosevelt
hospital, New York City. This idea.
which is new one, has proved very sue
cessful, patients having been cured whose
bodies were scared nearly half over, while
heretofore the case has been deemed fatal
when one-third of the body was burned
A sort of oven is formed by introducing
a latticework frame under the bed clothes
over the patients body to prevent the
bedding from coming in contact with the
skin. Into this oven the heat is intro
duced from a common gas stove by means
of au pipe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16

two dimpies which played deliciously
about the corners of a rosy, laughing
mouth.
In silence they strolled up the long,
wooded path which led to the house
and as they reached the terrace steps
d figure looked up out of the darkness
above them.
1t was Cyril Thorold. little impa-
tient and cross at their delay.
"I thought you were never coming.
Miss Matheson y he said. with tinge
of annoyance in his voice. why didn't
you hurry her up, John, instead Of
keeping me waiting for such an eter-
nlty?"
Helen Matheson laughed lightly.
1T was as much my fault as his, so
don't blame him." she replied. That's
the penalty of having a younger
brother-he can say what he likes.
Well, goodnight, Mr.. Thorold. and
thank you so much for being so fright
fully Interestingly"
1t was not kind thing TO say, and
Helen could have bitten her tongue out
Immediately after she had said it. for
she saw the man vince.
But he merely held out his hand.
1T is goodnight and goodbye, Miss
Matheson," he replied tersely, ''but
probably my brother has told you that
l sail for Egypt in few days. to make
certain scientific Investigations. | shall
probably not see you again. Goodbye
and thank you for being so kind to a
dull old bachelor"
In the semi-darkneSs a spaSm of patn
her breath sharply.
Going away! And without having
said anything to her, The whole world
seemed suddenly TO go black. and her
heart beat so loudly she feared the two
men might hear It.
In her efforts to control her voice it
sounded dry and hard.
Going away? You are going away :?
No. had not heard, Mr. Thorold. But
please accept my best wishes for your
journey and the success of your enter
prise What thing it is to have a
hobby! | almost think l shall cult
vate one myself, II seems so interesting.
Good-bye."
She let her hand rest in his for the
fraction of a second. then with whirl
Of her white skirts ran up the terrace
steps and disappeared into the house,
leaving the man gazing up into the
darkness which enveloped him, and
where moment before she had stood
Helen never knew how she got
through the rest of the evening. Her
mind seemed to centre on one point
he was going away. OF course he
didn't care, she knew that now; but
for the last two months she had been
living in a fools paradise, and the
sudden awakening had shocked and un-
nerved her.
AS the band struck up for the last
dance Helen slipped away from the
lights and music, and, throwing a shawl
about her shoulders, stole out into the
garden to the old summer house. and
flung herself down upon the broken
bench. And then the welcoming
tears came
How long she lay there Helen never
knew, but suddenly something glittered
on the dusty floor, and STOPPING, she
picked 1t up curiously.
1t was silver match box, worn
with age, but quantity wrought with a
dragons head and crest, and, peer
ing at 1t with her tear-dimmed eyes,
the girl saw that it belonged to him.
She pressed 1t to her lips with s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
FIRE IN PICTURE SHOW.

Flames Destroy Film in Amigo Thea
ter, but Audience Escapes Unhurt.
The other night while the Palace thea
ter in Amigo was giving performance,
picture film caught fire and in few sec
onds the box in which the machine was
being operated was in flames. The fire
spread over the ceiling of the roof of the
theater but was put out before serious
damage was done. There were about
fifty or sixty people in the building. but
all got out in good order. The loss will
amount to about $500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
New YOrk's Rent Crusade.

The organized movement among the
tenement dwellers of the lower East Side
of New York City to force from land
lords lower scale of rents has taken on
mammoth proportions, the estimated num-
Der of participants varying from 10000
to 10000. Local socialists are prominent
in the leadership and many meetings have
been held, several gatherings in the open
air being broken up by the police. Many
of the landlords already are scared and
some have made reductions
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
Goodrich Admits Naval Defects

In a Chicago interview, Rear Admiral
Goodrich, commander of the New York
navy yard. said that Henry Reuterdahl
knew what he was talking about in the
article pointing out defects in the Amer
lean navy. The admiral added that he
too had expressed similar views to the
Secretary of the Navy. 1t is now under
stood that the President is preparing 70
insist upon a general reorganization OF
the naval bureaus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
AIaSka,s Formulation 81. 900.

Gov. W. 3. Hoggatt of Alaska. in his
annual report. estimates the population
of the territory at $1,000. exclusive of
6,039 or 1000 persons of mixed nationali-
ties employed in mines, canneries and rail-
road construction during the summer. He
reports extensive prospecting in the vari-
Gus mining districts. He considers the
whisky peddler the worst enemy of the
native and recommends legislative restric-
tions of liquor sales within a fve-mile
radius of any railroad or other enterprise
employing 100 or more men, except in an
incorporated town.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
CIeyeiand's Big HiDpodrome

The largest playhouse in the United
States outside of New York is the new
Hippodrome, which was opened at Cleve-
land. 1t seats 1880 persons and cost
100000. The stage floor is in sec
tions, operated by hydraulic lifts. and
under it is a 45J,000-gallon tank for
aquatic exhibitions. The proscenium
arch extends A feet beyond the stage
and acts as a megaphone. The stage is
100 feet wide and 104 feet deep. The
house was built by local capitalists and
will be run as an independent one.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
ALL WILLING TO WED.
Friends of Ridgeland Man Confuse
Bride-to-Be at Train

Bride-tO-Be at Train.
John Lewark of Ridgeland and Miss
Jennie LIE Tandre of Omaha. Net. who
became acquainted through correspond
ence, brought about by a matrimonial bu-
reau, came TO the conclusion that they
would wed. Lewark proposed that they
should meet at the depot at Barron and
that In order to recognize each other they
should wear blue ribbons. Some of the
friends of Lewark heard of this arrange
ment and upon the day set for the arrival
OF the wester nmaiden, they lined up at
the depot. each wearing bit of blue
ribbon. When Miss lie Tandre dismount-
ed from the train she looked confused to
see so many prospective husbands and
was about to board the train again when
Lewark stepped resoluteiy forward and
explained matters. A few hours later
they were married by Judge Meadows,
who first granted them special dispense
ton. They are now at home in Ridge
land-on-the-Bi Burberry river.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16

tnat IlQulu. W men, now
ever, a man floats on
his back IN the water
his mouth will probably
sink beneath the sur
face, unless he use some
strong muscular effort.
By attaching to the
chest some buoyant sub
stance, it becomes an
easy matter to keep
above the surface. Life
preserverS have former
~ been in the form os
cork belts. A Denverite
now hr.inpS oy1t ON o.,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
VIII Use sOO,oOO,ooO Cans.

The California Fruit Gamers Asso-
citation has just given the largest contract
for cans on record to the American Can
Company of Pittsburg, calling for 300,
100000 cans to be delivered at the rate
of 60,OOO,000 year for FIVE years. 1t is
made known that terms on this order
were forced upon the Steel Trust by the
threat of building can works in California
by the fruit growers of that section.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16

tirely new form of life
saving apparatus. 1t consists of a suit
having back and side pockets, the lat
ter being beneath the arms. All the
pockets are connected with a pump,
by which they are inflated. Obviously
when the pockets are filed with air,
the person wearing this saving suit
will be sustained above the water In
definitely. He will also be able to rem
der assistance to other persons without
fear Of endangering his own life. The
apparatus was designed with the fur
Their object of being Of assistance to
persons learning to swim.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
News OF WISCONSIN
CLAYTON CASE BATTLES JURY.
Inquest Fails to Throw Light on the
GAINESVILLE Mystery.

Inquest Fails to Throw Light on the
GAINESVILLE Mystery.
The coroner's jury in GAINESVILLE, after
the inquest over the body of Madelyn
Odell Clayton. brought in verdict that
the woman came 10 her death from causes
unknown to the jury. Her husband, how
ever, declared that he would not give up
his search for a clew until the mystery
had been solved. He engaged an electri-
clan and made a search with electric
lights along the bottom of the river for
the woman's lost metal pocketbook, hop
ing to find in it some clew, but the search
was in vain. J. +. Lanauette, who was
arrested in Fond du Lac. and claimed to
be the woman's husband. broke down
when placed under oath on the witness
stand and admitted that he made the
claim merely to get his name in the pa
pers. He was given an hour to get out
of town. 1t proved to be ample time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
Ei-hty-Cent Gas Killed.

Judge Hough. in the Federal District
Court at New York. decided that the so
cent gas law enacted by the Legislature
two years ago is unconstitutional on the
ground that il is virtually confscatory.
Pending the decision, the companies had
collected 81 n thousand. the difference
being held by the courts, and millions
thus being tied up.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
Die. as His Flock Prays.

Rev. P. B. Morrison. pioneer Episco-
pal clergyman of Wisconsin. died in Eau
Claire. He was IS years of age. Prayer
had Just been offered at Christ church
for his recovery, when the rector announc-
ed his DEATH
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
To ASK Government Aid.

With 125.O00 persons out of employ
ment in New York City, the Central Fed
Grated Union has directed its executive
committee to formulate plan for gov
ernmental relief. The bread lines at the
various institutions where food is given
out are said to be double their usual
length, and in some cases the longest on
record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
Pair Breaks Prison.

Between ) and o'clock Thursday even
ing two men escaped from the county Jail
in Chiffon by saving away the bars of a
indow. They belong to gang which
was committed last October for robbing
a store at Hilbert Junction, a few miles
north of there The men who escaped
are wanted at Manitowoc and West Bend.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
CELLULOID COMB IGNITEs.
Church Crowd in Panic When Stove
Fires WOman,s Hair.

The ignition of a celluloid comb from
the heat of a nearby stove set on fire the
hair of Mrs. William Runzler while she
was in church in Burlington, and she
was severely burned before the fire was
extinguished. Mrs. Runzler was attend
ing services at st. Johns Lutheran
church and sat near the stove. In. an
instant her hair was mass of flames.
The sight created a panic among the
worshipers, but cooler heads restrained
them and put out the fire. 1t is feared
that Mrs Runzler inhaled the flames.
She will be dis6gured for life if she re-
covers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
Big BattIeship Begun

At the yards of the Fore River Ship
building Company, Quincy. Mass, was
laid the keel of what is planned to be
the largest battleship yet added to the
United States navy, the North Dakota, of
10000 tons displacement. 1t is expected
that within a month there will be Loo
men at work on the vessel, and it viii be
completed in thgee years.
In the trial Of Pettibone at Boise Judge
Wood held THAI the testimony Of Harry
Orchard had not been amply corroboratad
70 warrant ajconviction, and then heard
the arguments on the motion for an in
structed verdict of acquittal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
Z Tenntinr Chance.

Jones-That young man who plays
the cornet is i'll. Green-Do you think
he will recover? Jones-I am afraid
not. The doctor who is attending him
lives next door.-London Tit-Bits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
WOMAN KILLED BY BLOW.
Murder Disclosed by Examination of
Remains of kenOsha Spinster.

The post-mortem examination held over
the remains of Miss Mary Stolenwerck
a wealthy spinster found dead in her
home in Paris, showed that the skull of
the woman was fractured by blow from
some blunt instrument. A slight trace
of carbolic acid was found in the stom-
ach but the amount was so small that
the doctors were inclined to believe that
the acid was forced into the woman's
mouth by some one who had already made
an attempt to murder her. 1t is thought
that death resulted from the fracture of
the skull
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16

ner in his wife il he has not, if she does not aid
n saving what is earned, succeed a
good manager in the household is more often the
secret Of a mans success financially than the
world at large suspects.
The who have had the making Of our lava
ought long ago TO have provided a more independ-
ent position for the wife Nothing gives one a
more cheerful, happy feeling than the knowledge
of earning competency. And nothing can SO cut
the heart as to have every dollar one ever sees
doled out reluctantly from man as if the suppl
cant were beggar indeed
Women are themselves largely to blame for this
servile attitude. They assume it themselves, they
allow man In the early days of married life TO
assume the airs of a sultan bestowing gifts upon
some favorte inmate of his harem. In money mat
ters there should be dignity. a formality, OBJ
served lifting the domestic menage above the level