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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
BURROWS FOR CHAIRMAN.
Michigan Senator First Presiding
officer of Republican Convention.

Michigan Senator First Presiding
officer of Republican Convention.
Senator Julius c. Burrows, of Mich
igan. has been selected as temporary
chairman of the Republican national
convention, which will assemble in Chi.
"ago June 16.
Temporary Chairman-Senator J. @
Burrows, Michigan.
General Secretary-Jc,n r. Malloy
Columbus, Ohio.
Chief Assistant Observation-Disclosures
B. Gleason. New York. y. Y.
Assistant ecretaries-Charles Brooks
Smith, Parkersburg. w. Va; Ernest
Walker Smith. Hartford. Conn; Philip
NJ. Heofolo, st. Louis. Mo-; NJ. J. Tobin,
Vinton. Iowa; Charles NJ. Harger, Abb
lene, Kan, and Allen Hollis, Concord
y. II.
Reading Clerks-Thomas w. William
son. Edwardsvlle. H., and George A
Wilson, Des Moines, Iowa.
Parliamentarian-As C. Kinds.
Washington, D. c.
Official Reporter-M. W. Blumenberg
Washington, d. c.
Messenger to the Chairman-Empsir.
dell Stone, Indianapolis, Ind.
Messenger to the Secretary-John II.
Jackson. Cincinnati, Ohio.
t-at-Arms-William f. Stone
Baltimore, Nd.
First Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-
P. Thayer, Greenfield, Ind.
Chief of orkeepers-Stephen r. Ma
son, Baltimore, Nd.
julius Caesar Burrows, who is to be
temporary chairman of the Republican
national convention, has represented
States Senate since 1895, when he was
elected to succeed Francis 3. Stock
bridge, who died three years before his
term expired. Mr.. Burrows home is at
Kalamazoo. He was an officer in the
Union army and was appointed super
visor of internal revenue for Michigan
and Wisconsin in 1867. He was elected
a representative to the Forty-third For
ty-SiXth and FOrty-seventh Congresses
and appointed solicitor of the govern
ment Treasury Department by Presi-
dent Arthur in 1884. but declined the
office He was in the Forty-ninth. Fiji
tieth, Fifty-irst. Fifty-second, Fifty
third and Fifty-fourth Congresses and
was twice elected Speaker pro TEN. of
the House of Representatives during
the Fifty-frst Congress. His present
term of service in the Senate will ex-
Dire March 8. 1911.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
FIND WIDOWS BODY; HOLD MAN.
Police Believe Rich HortonvflIe
Woman Was BrufaIIy Slain

Bearing every evidence of the commits
sion OF a brutal murder. the disigured
body of Mrs. Carrie Shaw. a rich young
widow, was found in a mill pond twelve
feet deep at the village of Hortonville
The discovery was preceded by the finding
near the water of part of the woman's
wearing apparel. Charles Abrams. who
was seen with the young woman the pre-
yiouS night, was arrested at New Lon
don The pair are said TO have been
keeping company. and it is asserted that
Abrams called upon the woman to make
up quarrel of some days duration. Alb
rams made statement in which he de-
clared that he was as much surprised as
anyone to learn of the young woman's
death. He is unable to account for the
finding of the body, as he said he left
Mrs. Shaw all right at the depot the pre-
vious night in Hortonville.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Of praise should ascend like a uniyer,
sal holocaust to heaven


"Unknown."
She stood, that immemorial day,
Within the shelter of his arm,
Grief bowed, and heard him rev'rent say !:
God keep my little girl from harm -
And then his column marched away.
He fell with broken blade in hand,
Upon his heart a pictured face,
His generous foes could understand
They left the trife in its place;
They answered thus his eyes command.
He lies within grave unknown
Somewhere beneath the Southern stars !;
She sits with whitened hair, alone,
His wound was death-hers shows no
scars,
And all the burdened years have flown.
The frightening years have gently flown;
God keeps her. in his own right hand,
She says, Fame sometimes finds its
Some men are great-my love was
grand
Can such as he be left unknown"
With happy eyes she sits alone,
This latest of Memorial days;
Outside, the march, the thundertone
% cannon, music, garlands, bays,
She smiles, '.My love comes to his own
Only his grave is left unknown"
Charlotte Whitcomb in Boston Tran
Sarint
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
FEEDING CoNFEDERATES.
Lees Soldiers Drew Tires Day,
Rations from Sheridan.

Lees Soldiers Drew Thrcs Days
Rntions from Sheridan.
There having been some controversy
as to the incidents connected with Cen
eral Grants issue of rations to Lees
troops at Appomattox. General Michael
r. Morgan writes to the Washington
Post as follows:
| was General Grants chief COM
missary and was present in the room
during the interview between him and
General Lee. After the terms of the
surrender had been agreed upon. Gen
sral Lee said TO General Grant:
General, would like my army fed
General Grant turned TO me, as his
chief commissary. and said:
Colonel. feed the Confederate army"
asked: How many men are
there?"
General Grant asked: How many
men have you. General Lee?"
General Lee replied: "Our books are
cost; our organizations are broken up /;
the companies are mostly commanded
by non-commissioned officers; we have
nothing but what we have on our
backs"
Interrupting him in this train of
thought. l suggested, interrogatively j:
'tSay $4,000 men,"
He replied: Yes, say 5000 men,"
l started TO withdraw for the pur-
pose of giving the necessary orders, and
n& Oh, dnnr mot CoIopol EoIIos,r, %bo
chief commissary of General Sheridan's
command asked him if he could feed
the Army Of Northern Virginia. He ex-
pressed his inability, having something
very important to do for General Sheri-
dan.
| then found Colonel NJ P. Small, the
chief commissary of General Ord's
army, and asked him, as / had asked
General Sheridan's chief commissary,
IL he could feed the Army Of Northern
able degree of confidence: II guess so"
| then told him to do it, and directed
him TO give the men three days ra-
ttons Of fresh beef, salt, hard bread,
coffee and sugar. He mounted his horse
Immediately and proceeded to carry out
his order
Both Colonies kellogg and Small are
now dead.
That we had any rations on the spot
to spare may be wondered at when the
swiftness and extent of the pursuit are
considered, but we had, and we soon
found sufficient to supply the furnishing
army.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
BOOK THAT SAVED A LIFE.
Affecting Meeting Between Two Old
Union Soldiers

Affecting Meeting Between Two Old
Union Soldiers.
When Andrew French was a mere
youth he resolved to become a soldier
in the Union army. He thought that
mayhap, as he was only nineteen, the
parental authority might intervene,
and so, in common with thousands Of
others, as it has turned out, he went
in under another name that Of An
drew Page. He enlisted in Company
d, Third Maryland Infantry, and prov
ed himself a gallant soldier, says the
Baltimore American. He was wounded
at Charlottesville on May 3, 1863, and
subsequently received an honorable
discharge Some time after the war he
applied for and secured a pension Of Sc
month. and under, of course, his
army name. The special pension exam
liners found, among other things, that
no one knew Of any Andrew Page at
the address given, but did know An
drew French. The "alias" made an
Identification requisite under the rules
of the department. and French was
identified as Page by Colonel J. NJ.
Ludsburg and two comrades. Here Is
where a story comes in.
Previous to Charlottesville Page, or
French, had given comrade named
George Wannall a diary, and, as it
turned out 1t was lucky gift for
George. At Charlottesville Wannall
had the book in a side pocket, and
stuffed in with it was a towel. A Con-
federate bullet struck him in Ii. ;
breast and penetrated through eight
thicknesses Of the towel and part way
through the diary and then stopped
When French wanted witnesses to the
fact that he was Page in the army, he
hunted up William Fl. Walter, whom
he knew as a comrade, and the latter
brought with him Mr. Wannall also,
whom French had not see since the
war. French didn't recognize Wannall
until the latter called to mind the diary
given him and which had saved his
life. Then the meeting became affect
ing between the two old soldiers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Charles Sumner on War.

Give me the money that has been
spent in war, and l will purchase ev-
cry foot of land on the globe.
1 will clothe every man, woman and
child in an attire of which kings and
queens would be proud.
l will build a schoolhouse 4 every
hillside and in every valley over the
whole earth.
1 will build an academy and endow
1t, and college in every State, and
fill it with able professors.
1 will crown every hillside with a
place of worship consecrated to the
gospel Of peace.
l will support in every pulpit an able
teacher Of righteousness, so that every
Sabbath morning the chime on one hill
will answer to the chime on another
around the earth's wide circumference,
and the voice Of prayer and the song
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
FIFTY KILLED IN A WRECK.
Collision Results in Belgium's Worst
Railway Horror.

The worst railroad catastrophe ever
recorded in Belgium occurred near
COntich, six miles southeast of Ant
werp, when the Antwerp express, strik-
ing a misplaced switch while running
fifty miles an hour, crashed into a
train loaded with pilgrims on a sid
ing.
Every car of the pilgrim train, ex-
cepting the foremost one, was tele-
scoped The coaches were literally
ground to pieces and nearly all the
passengers were killed or severely in
jured About fifty dead were removed
from the wreckage and more than 100
were injured. Surgeons and nurses
arrived early from Antwerp. The sta
ton at Contich was converted into a
temporary morgue and hospital and
filed with the dead and wounded.
1t appears that the locomotive of the
express train left the track and plunged
into the last three passenger coaches
Of the train on the siding. This train
was carrying an excursion of pilgrims
to a local shrine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
BLOW UP A CAR.
Cleveland Strike Sympathizers Use
Dynamite and Stones.

Dynamiting, rioting and other VIC
lence has characterized the Cleveland
street car strike A Detroit avenue
car was dynanHted near tooth street.
The trucks We're badly damaged, but
the single passenger and the crew were
not injured. Bricks wee thrown at
a Woodland car while il was passing
East Fourteenth street and Woodland
avenue. David Benjamin and his wife.
who We're in the car, We're both struck
by missiles. Mrs. Beniamins jaw was
broken. Her husband had his face
lacerated by the brick A mob stoned
a WoodlawnLorain Cir and seriously
injured the only passenger. Mrs. Eliza
beth Meiser. A box which the police
say contained deadly explosives was
found on the tracks at Broadway and
East Fifty-ffth street The box was
discovered when a car was less than
500 feet away.
Strikers cut the trolley wires and
linemen for the Municipal Traction
Company turned out in force to repair
the damage. but were driven back by
mob of 800 men. A Broadway car
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
COLD STORAGE PLANT CLOSED.
ManftOwOc Loses Industry Through
New Policy of Northern Grain Co.

ManitowOc Loses Industry Through
New Policy of Northern Grain Co.
Under orders of the board of directors,
the cold storage plant of the Northern
Grain Company in Manitowoc has been
closed and offered for sale and the thirty
acre sheep farm of the company is also
TO be abandoned as a business of the con-
Germ and will be sold. The two industries
have been in operation about four years
Closing of the plants follows the inau-
guration of new management, under
direction of President Mccormick of Sc
attic. Wash, and General Manager Chas.
Esplin of Chicago. The loss of the plants
is blow to the city and business men
will interest themselves in an effort to
have the cold storage sold to some one
who will operate it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
ELEVATORS SHUT DOWN.
Action of North Grain Co. Causes
conformation Farmers.

Actoh OF North Grain TO. causes
conformation Among Farmers.
CONSERVATION has been spread in Cy-
lon, Emerald. Glenwood and other towns
along the Wisconsin Central by orders
emanating from the headquarters of the
North Grain Company in Chicago, clos
ing all grain elevators owned and operat-
ed by the company. In many towns the
Northern Grain Company was the only
company represented, and the closing of
their elevators will mean considerable
hardship to the farmers who will be COM
PEELED to go to other towns to market
their grain unless the Northern Grain or
some other company reopens the elevators,
and the prospects for that are not encour-
aging. In many of the towns the local
managers of the company are endeavor-
ing to arrange to reopen the houses on
their own hook The local unions of the
American Society of Equity are moving
to that end in some places.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

young fellow suffering intensely and
making an unusual amount of noise
General Williams, in command, when
passing through the hospital quarters
approached the soldier and, in a gruff
voice, asked, whats the matter with
you?"
The soldier, pointing to his foot, re-
piled, I'm wounded"
The general said: "Stop your noise !!
Stop your noise! There are men lying
around with their heads knocked off
and not saying word"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
As Barely Miss Death in Steamer.

The steamer Theresa of Oshkosh was
partly wrecked and barely escaped going
over the upper dam on the Fox river
while returning from Clifton with forty
five members of the Beta Sigma Phi fra
ternity of Lawrence university and their
woman friends. 1t struck a bridge and
was stopped. All aboard We're landed by
means of small boats.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
FLOODS NEAR ASHLAND.
Heavy Rain Storm Sweeps Northern
Wisconsin,.

A violent rainstorm swept over north
ern Wisconsin the other night. the rain
falling in floods. Considerable damage
will doubtless be reported. At Mellen the
dam went out at 4 o'clock in the morning.
Hundreds of residents in the Italian quar-
ter and near the Foster-Latimer mill were
driven from their houses in the darkness
by The advancing floods and cows and
other stock drowned in the barns. Three
bridges were swept out, the power house
was flooded and the dynamo was destroy
ed. Communication between the two parts
of Mellen was cut off. The public schools
and mills were shut down and the city
was in darkness several days on account
of the damage to the lighting plant. Fam
lilies encamped on the surrounding hills.
1t is estimated that the damage done by
the food will amount to $4,000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Neenab business Man Burned.

Charles Jagerson, a business man of
Neenah, is confined to his home IN pre-
carious condition, due to an explosion of
fill the lamp when it exploded, the burn
ing fluid enveloping the upper part Of
his body. burning him to such an extent
that attending physicians fear for his re-
covery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
LAKE EATS PROPERTY.
Pier and Sea Wall Fail to Save
Shore from Action Of Waves.

Pier and Sen Wall Fail to Save
shore from Action Of Waves.
Inroads which the lake has made upon
north lake shore property and the failure
of the pier and sea wall erected in Mani
towoc by the city and private property
owners at a cost of from $4,000 to $40,-
600 to prove effectual, is causing city
officials much worry and heroic steps must
be taken if the north side of the river is
to be protected. Within year more
than fifty feet of land has been carried
into the lake and residents on the east
bank of Fourth street, bordering the lake,
must remove their houses to save them.
The Little Manitowoc roadway. farm
highway. is in danger and the situation is
such as to cause general alarm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
STORY OUT ON BAIL.

BelIviIle Farmers Sign Bond of For
mer Cashier, and Bank Is Opend.
4. c. Story, cashier of the Citizens
bank of Belleville, was released on So
600 bail. signed by himself and several
prominent farmers in the vicinity of Belle
vile. District Attorney Mason filed in
formation against Story. charging him
with embezzling $2S,355.O5 and of send
ing false reports to the State bank de-
partment for examination. The Citizens
State bank of Belleville was reopened the
other morning with Assistant Cashier
Ivan Ruff acting as cashier. The direc-
tors of the bank came forward and made
up the shortage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
BLAZE AT BRENTWOOD.
Several Business Houses Destroyed
by Fire Which Started in Saloon.

by Fire Which Started in Saloon.
A disastrous fire which threatened to
annihilate the entire village of Brentwood,
destroyed several business places and resi-
dences. The fire started in the Spaldng
saloon and spread to the Peterson res
taurant, destroying the restaurant and
also the proprietors residence and con-
fectionery store. The store of A. Wises,
adjoining the Spalding saloon on the other
side, was burned above the cornices. The
citizens worked hard to. save the Starin
residence, occupied by Mrs. Noyes. 1t
was saved from complete ruin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
The Bible on the BattIeaeld

Among the dead Of one Of the battle
fields before Richmond was a young
Confederate soldier who lay unburied
several days after the conflict. Al
ready the flesh had been eaten by
worms from his fingers, but underneath
one skeleton hand lay an open Bible,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Ha, a Producttve Cow.

Maynard Farr, farmer living FIVE
miles east of Chetek. owns a COW which
is now supporting a family of four calves
The calves were all born within the past
eleven months. There are two pairs of
twins. perfectly formed. and all are thirty
inc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
FIRE AT NEW COELN.
Catholic Church and Parish House
DESTROYED,

The Catholic church of New Coen, con-
sidered one of the finest country churches
in the State. and the parish house ad-
joining, were ruined by fire early on a re-
cent morning. The cause is unknown.
The church and parish house. which are
valued at $4,000. were insured. The
flames had gained such Roadway when
discovered that the few inhabitants of
New Coeln could do nothing to save the
buildings from destruction. Nothing re-
mains now of the two edifices except the
partially crumbled walls. 1t is believed
by Rev. J. Oberle. pastor of the church,
that the fire started in the sacristy, where
it found good material in infiammable
materials.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Start q Enrm Colony.

About fifty Sheboygan Jews, headed by
George Morgulis and John Raffieson, have
gone to Hawkins. where they will start a
community to be known as the Colony
of Israel" They will build homes and
90 to farming
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Shot Through Chest; May Live.

The 4-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Flood of Galesville lies at her
home with a bullet hole through her body
The girl was accidentally shot by a -
year-old brother, who was shooting at a
target
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Norwegian Is disappointed.

Burglars blew open the safe of Post
master Baldwin at Mountain and secured
about $500, of which 500 belonged to a
Norwegian who had drawn it from a
bank the day before. He intended to
leave for visit in Norway.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has brought suit
against J. 3. Regain, manager of the
Knickerbocker hotel in New York, for
$4,000, alleging that her feelings were
outraged to that extent when she was
elected from the grill-room of the hotel
March last in company with e. K.
Thomas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Girl Killed by Playmate.

Gertrude. 13-year-old daughter of Ora
mel Knapp of Brunswick. was accident
ally shot and killed by Henry Droege,
playmate, while she was herding her
hther's COWS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
RETURNS HOME INSANE.
ManitowOc Man Back with Parents
After Thfrty-Five Years Absence.

After Thfrty-Five Years Absence.
Anton Elleffson, whose whereabouts We're
unknown to his family until he wrote
home recently, returned to Manitowoc
and was picked up by the police wander
ing about the northern part of town.
Elleffson is believed to be insane. He is
A. years of age and it is said left home
when a boy of 10 years. Nothing is
known of his whereabouts of the last
years. His aged parents reside in that
nirv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Mrs. c. E. Calhoun of New York de-
clares that by studying plants she has
solved the secret of the determination Of
sex and that she used it IN her own fam
lily, causing the birth Of four boys in
succession when she had previously been
the mother Of three girls only.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

lOSt on sea anu lduu
Now a reunited nation joins to bless the
honored dead
Though forgetful of the living who have
likewise fought and bled.
Hats are reverently lifted to the heroes
lying here;
Lift them to the living heroes-hail them
all with cheer on cheer.
Not for long will they be with us; soon
each regiment will be
Tented here beneath the blossoms of the
land it helped to free.
But to-day the drums are muffled and
the flag at half mast waves,
Keeping green dead heroes memories as
the grass above their graves.
Still another weary winter shrouded in
the snow they lay;
Now we bring them crowns and garlandS
of the loveliest blooms of May.
Let them rest in honored slumber. while
their praise, from shore to shore,
Eighty million throats are swelling-we
are free forevermore
Elsie Florence Fay in Success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
MOVE CAMERON DAM LOGS.
FIambeau River Used Instead of the
ThOrnapple.

ThOrnapple.
Most of the logs which John f. Dietz
has been holding up at Cameron dam for
three years will arrive in Chippewa Falls
soon through the Chippewa river The
logs were hauled overland from the
Thornapple river to the Flambeau river
last winter by w. E. Moses of Northfeld.
MINI. There are still about 100000 feet
of logs, belonging to the Mississippi River
Logging Company, above Cameron dam.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
THE GRAND ARMY.

Day by day their ranks are thinning, one
by one they disappear.
And at each succeeding roll call fewer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

General Williams Silent Men.
Among the wounded after fight on
James Island. South Carolina, was