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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
THE PEACH IS NOW KING.
This Years Crop One OF the Largest
in Our History.

The peach is now the king of the
fruit world and will continue an undis-
puted reign for the next three months,
when he will make way for the apple.
All the Southern States are now ship
ping their peaches North in hitherto
unheard-of quantities.
Georgia takes first rank as a peach
growing State This great State has
now 100000 peach trees in bearing.
The crop from these trees will aggre-
gate more than 5000 carloads. Per
haps no better idea may be conveyed
as to the size of this years chop than
by comparing it with the crop of last
year, that was considered a fair aver.
age crop, when the shipments aggre-
gated only 1,6oO cars. as against the
5000 cars this year.
1t is hot alone by the stupendous
size of the crop that the Georgia peach
commands such attention this year. but
also by its excellent quality Not only
has the weather been just right for
their proper growth and ripening, but
the trees are also free from disease.
North Jersey, which for so long held
a front rank as producing region for
peaches, has lost its claim because OF
diseased trees. The South Jersey crop
is always very uncertain, but this year
is much better and bigger than the av.
erage.
Delaware has an unprecedentedly
large crop. Not during the last TWEEN
ty-tive years has there been anything
like it The crop will reach over 2,0OO,-
600 baskets of eighteen quarts, or lit
tie more than half bushel each. This
would make about 5000 carloads.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
HONEYMOON ENDS IN DEATH.
husband shoots Bride and Sell Be-
fore Her Parents.

Grover Willoughby, 81 years old,
wound up a honeymoon of less than
week in Lebanon, Mo-, by numbering his
wife, II years old, before her mothers
eyes Then he shot himself through the
heart and fell by the side of his bride.
The cause of the tragedy was the opposi-
ton which the parents of the bride made
TO the match and which finally resulted in
a suit being fled by Mrs. Willoughby
seeking the annulment of the marriage.
The notice of suit aroused Willoughby's
anger to such a point that he did not ask
a word of explanation, but opened fire
the moment he came into the presence OF
his wife and her mother. The match had
been opposed by the parents of the bride
because Of the extreme youth of the girl.
Her name before marriage was Nora
Loagus. Her father, it is said, was most
seriously opposed to the match and made
his opposition the base of severe censure
of his son-in-law after the young man
took the girl before a justice of the peace,
where they were married upon Willough-
by's representation that she was IL years
of age Willoughby was an employe Of
the ST. Louis and San Francisco railway.
He had been paying court to the young
woman for long time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
TAFT At CINCINNATI
VOICES HIS POLICIES
Republican Candidate Is Notified of
Nomination at House of
His Brother.
OHIO CITY OBSERVES GALA Day,
In Speech of Acceptance ohioan De-
clares He Would Continue Roose-
welt Policies if Elected.

Cincinnati on Tuesday threw itself
headlong into the work Of helping Sen
ator William Warner notify William
Howard Taft that the Republican par
ty had nominated him for the presi-
dency of the United States. And, stand
ing on a fag-draped platform in front
of the old colonial portico of his broth
er's home, William H. Taft accepted
the nomination. The quaint old resi-
dence of Charles P. Taft-once in the
outlying residence section of the city.
but now almost swallowed up by the
big business buildings that have sur
rounded it-was the center of a dem
onstration unequaled in Cincinnati's
history.
The nominee delivered a speech of
acceptance in which he nailed the
Roosevelt colors to his masthead and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
NUBBINS OF NEWS.

There is now S3,O13,274 in the Mime
sofa State strong box, more money than
Minnesota has had on deposit at one time
in some years.
Minnesota insurance statistics for ff-
teen years show the total premiums paid
in the State have amounted TO over S72,-
100000 and the losses over $37 100000.
For two and a half months the county
commissioners of Red Lake county,
Mimi, have been paying bounty of 10
cents each on crows and during that
time 1896 were killed.
George E. Roberts, president Of the
Commercial National bank of Chicago,
and former director of the United States
mint, delivered the address Of the day
wood, S. D. Mr.. Roberts advocated the
central bank idea as safeguard against
financial panics.
The most interested visitors to the
Minnesota State capitol for many moons
were two japanese architects sent by the
imperial government to this country to
get ideas for the new parliament build
ings at Toxic They were shown the de-
tails of the building by one of the assist
ants from Cass Gilbert's Office.
Street car traffic in Washington street,
Chicago. was brought to a standstill for
half an hour when Mrs. John Rulof,
passenger on an Armitage avenue car,
while passing the city hall, gave birth to
a girl baby. The woman was on the way
to hospital, accompanied BY nurse.
As mail train was Speeding through
Montgomery, Mimi, two peaches OF mail
were thrown off by the mail clerk and
both drawn under the cars and cut up
so there was scarcely whole piece of
mail to be found. Both pouches were
torn into shreds and found two miles
north of this place by the section men.
Mail was scattered all the way to New
Prague, the next station.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
MAN SLAIN BY LIGHTNING.
Wife Is Made Unconscious and Five
Children Shocked.

th1luren ShOckeu.
George Burchard, Al years old,
wealthy farmer of Orchard Place, H.,
was instantly killed, his wife, Ureine,
30 years old, was rendered unconscious,
and their FIVE children suffered shocks,
at noon the other day when their home,
a small two-story frame house, was struck
by lightning during a local storm which
covered only an area of about mile.
The storm was remarkable in that there
was but one fash of lightning. The
home was in the center of the area to
which the disturbance was confined. Bur
chard was sitting in a chair with his
back against the wall of the dining room,
and his wife was sitting on low stair
way leading from the dining room to
summer kitchen. The children were play
ing on the floor of the dining room. The
lightning struck a brick chimney and fol-
lowed along a gilded molding of the wall
against which the farmer was leaning.
The bolt knocked Burchard to the floor,
killing him instantly. Mrs. Burchard
also was thrown to the floor, but the chill
dren suffered only a slight shock, de-
spite the fact that they were sitting only
few feet from their father and mother
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06

III Cudl &c VI CIV COL MARSHALL
eminent work in and about New York
harbor. Colonel Marshall was born at
Washington, KY, in 1916. He was
educated at Kenyon College, Ohio. and
West Point. His work since gradual
ton from West Point in 1868 has been
chiefly on river and harbor improve
ments From 1881 to 1884 he had
charge of levee construction along the
Mississippi.
The government of Honduras has be-
gun suit before the new Central Ameri-
can Court of Justice against the govern
ments of Salvador and Guatemala. charg-
ing violation of treaties signed by the
countries of Central America at Wagh-
ington last winter.
While in New York J. J. Hill said he
thought the prospects good for bountiful
crops, and he called attention to the
short supply of grain as indicating that
this years harvest viii produce a good
money crop"
The biblical cubit was nearly TWEEN
ty-two inches.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
MYSTERY sHRoUDs DEATHS.
Bodies of New York Couple Found in
Minnesota Lake.

George A. Raisbeck, president of the
Hake Manufacturing Company of New
York, and his wife met death under
strange circumstances in Lake Sylvia,
near Annandale, Mimi, the other night.
Mystery surrounds the tragic occurrence,
and all sorts of rumors are afoat. Rails
beck and his wife were last seen alive on
the fatal night shortly before leaving the
cottage, where they have been staying at
Lakeside, when they told friends that they
were going out on the lake to fish. Early
the next day the body of Mrs. Raisbeck
was found floating near the shore and
not far away was their boat, which had
not been overturned On the shore near
by were found the hat and coat of Mr..
Raisbeck. The lake was dragged and the
body of Raisbeck was brought to the
surface. There was no storm on the lake
that night and persons in the vicinity
heard no cries for help. The woman's
body was badly bruised, leading to the
belief that drowning was not the sole
cause of death. The coroner and county
attorney will make a thorough investiga-
tion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
Must Promise Not to Wed.

The board of education of Tamaqua,
Pa. has ruled against marriage of women
teachers. When the public schools are
opened for the fall term it will be found
that the women teachers are maidens who
have promised not to wed in the term for
which they have been appointed. 1t is
the latest idea to prevent the confusion
that has been an annual thorn in the side
of the board, because so many pretty
teachers sent in their designations in or
der to marry male teachers. The board
believes it has solved the problem. The
women teachers must have signed anti
marriage contracts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06

Sixty per cent of the crop will be
sold at the orchards. For the first
time in two years the Baltimore can
neries have started up, and they are
buying the peaches from the orchards
Of Delaware and Maryland in enor-
nous quantities. They are making a
specially of buying them only where
they may be shipped into the can
neries by water, as the railroads are
taking advantage of the opportunity
and charging very high rates for such
perishable freight as peaches.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
WHOLE TOWN is MOVED AWAY

Evarts, S. D., Country's Greatest
Cattle Shipping Center, Passes.
The town of Evarts, S. D., until few
months ago the greatest cattle shipping
center in the country, passed into oblivion
Aug. 1. Not even a railroad track will
remain to mark the place where millions
of head of cattle have been cared for on
their way from the great plains to east
ern markets. When the Milwaukee rail-
road engineers settled upon a site sew
eral miles north of Evarts for a bridge
across the Missouri river the town was
doomed and the exodus began. Buildings
were drawn across the prairie to Glen
ham and Mobridge. In a few days the
Milwaukee will tear up its tracks lead
ing into Evarts. That will be the finish.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
Girls Healthier than Boys.

From the examination of children under
the new child labor law in the District
of Columbia since June 30, out of 1000
children so tested as to their physical con-
ditio1, at the age of 16 or less, it appears
that rs boys were rejected and only
girls. At the same time a census bureau
bulletin shows that women and girls gen.
orally live healthier lives. But wherever
the labor of women approximates to that
of men. as in Italy and Ireland, the death
rate of women rises The death rate
for both me-. and women is less per thou
sand than in 1890.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06

So much was said
of Taft's 100000
Brother Charlie" in
connection with the
Chicago convention
that the fact seems
worthy Of record
1t is also worth
while because Chas
w. Bryan is a good
e Y a m pl e of the
wide awake, hus.
til n G Westerner.
and has worked like
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06

Western Federation
of Miners and was
arrested through
the alleged confess
sion of Harry Or
chard, which i'm
plicated him. Ad-
ans also made an
alleged confession,
which he after
ward repudiated.
In November, 1907,
he was tried for
t h e murder of
Fred Tyler, and
the jury disagreed,
Than hn uyoc or
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
Il CEMETERY THIEF A DOG.
Flowers and Flags Taken Away
While Detectives Watched.

The mystery that has surrounded the
continuous thefts of flowers, bouquets and
flags from famous Woodlawn cemetery,
3oston, has been solved. For a month
hree detectives have been working on
The series of thefts that have extended
over a year. After working three weeks
IN unavailing clews, the detectives start
ed a day and night guard over the GENE
terry. Their quest proved successful the
other night when a black spaniel was seen
to sneak over to a grave, grab bunch
of flowers in his mouth and run away. He
came back in ten minutes and stole flag
from a veterans grave. This time the
dog was followed. He is owned by an
Italian, who admitted that the dog had
been bringing home things of this sort
for year, but the owner insisted he
didn't know where they came from.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
HUSBANDS TAR GAY LeT3ARIo.
Three Arrested for Attack on Al
Legged Hypnotio Suifor.

IeSe0 6yphOt1C SuIt0r-
f. E. Bliss Jr.. a member of the con-
tracing firm of Bliss & Albrecht, paper
rulers, is coated from head to foot with
hardened tar and under the treatment of
several physicians in Washington. Henry
G. Cole. Charles Marthison and James
L. White, prominent as brokers and bust
ness men, who admit applying the tar
and regret they did not make a better
job of it, were arrested after news of
the affair came out through Bliss physi-
clans. The three men were released on
$500 bond. Bliss is 35 years of age,
suave, handsome, a fine conversationalist,
and boasts of his powers as a hypnotist.
On several occasions Bliss and Mrs. Mar
thison have been seen together at the the
alter and other public places. Marthison
on Wednesday saw them together and a
quarrel with his wife occurred. Mrs.
Marthison said she had been under Bliss
hypnotic influence for some time and was
unable to control herself when he was
near. She said she got instructions from
him by mental telepathy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
Mrs Gunness Poison Victim

In Laporte, Ind, Coroner Mack an
nounced that DR.. Walter Haines of Chi
cago, who analysed the stomach of An
drew Helgelein of Aberdeen, S. D., last
victim of Mrs. Belle Guinness, finding
strychnine and arsenic in fatal doses, has
also found in the stomachs of Mrs. Gun
ness and two of the children arsenic and
strychnine in quantities sufficient to have
caused death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE,
Hangs Himself to FIagpoIe.

Convinced that he had only a few more
months to live because his health was
failing, Ellsworth Mutt, 90 years old.
ended his life in Atlantic City, n. J.
Climbing the railing at the ocean end of
the steel pier, be knotted the halyards of
a fagpole and, tying a moose about his
neck, jumped. His neck was broken. Mutt
was married.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06

NJ a lie 2 cary
daughter of Robt.
e. Peary, the arctic
explorer. She was
born at Anniver-
sary Lodge. North
Greenland, Sept. u,
1893. The Eski-
mos came for miles
to see the "snow
baby" or Anighito.
They at first re-
fused to believe
that she was a
child of real flesh
and blood. Miss
p5arv has Soput
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
Illusion Leads to Deafh.

Jumping from the cab of his engine on
the Pennsylvania line. to escape what he
thought was certain death in a collision
with an engine which seemed to him to be
on the same track, but which was on an
other track, Frank R. Morris, a fireman
of Westerville, Ohio, received a fracture
of the skull and other injuries which re-
suited in his death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06

A dispatch says that the Labrador coast
has been swept by hurricane which
wrecked seventeen fishing vessels in one
harbor. Grave fears are entertained for
the safety of Sir William MacGregor
Governor of Newfoundland, who is on an
official visit to Labrador.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
POISON IN MRS. GUINNESS BODY.
Also Found in Children, Says Report
of Chemist

Also Found in Children, Says Report
Of Chemist.
Something of sensation was caused
at Laporte, Ind, when Coroner Mack
received from DR. Walter Haines, of
Rush Medical College, Chicago, his re-
port on the examination of the stom-
achs of Mrs. Belle Guinness and two
of the children, which had been sub
mitted to DR.. Haines for analysis. The
expert reports that he found strych~
nine and arsenic in fatal amounts in
each of the three stomachs. The the
DRY that Mrs. Guinness murdered her
children and then committed suicide is
strengthened, in the opinion of many
persons, by the unexpected develop
ments.
Many persons who have been con-
tending that Ray Lamphere, held under
six indictments for the murder of An
drew Helgelein. Mrs. Guinness and the
three children is innocent say the the
DRY is now strengthened.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06

a Trojan for his CHAs. w. BRYAN.
brother. For eleven years he was
W. Us secretary, in which capacity he
handled a correspondence running from
300 to 1000 letters a day. When the
Commoner was established he was
made publisher. w. ]. is editor and
proprietor. c. W. has managed the
business end of the Lincoln publication
-
DR.. Frank Hugh Montgomery, who
was drowned in White Lake, near Mus
kegon, Mich, had been for a nuIs0er
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
Federation Officials Sued.

During the visit of President Gompers
and other officers of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor at Denver last week
they we're served with papers in a suit
brought by the W. r. Thompson Marble
Company for $4,000 damages on account
of strike and boycott against that com
pany. The Colorado State Federation of
Labor and its officials were made code
PENDANTS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
Charlotte Walker Divorced,

Charlotte Walker, an actress, was
granted a divorce from her husband, DIR.
John B. Haden of Galveston, whom she
married about twelve years ago. Char
lotte Walker is the only child of the late
Col James Walker, distinguished Con
federate soldier. and is leading woman for
James K Hackett
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
Shot for His Confession.

Walter Goodwin. farmer who at the
last term of the County Court in Hop
kinsville. KY, gave the names of seven
men who with himself composed a might
Rider" squadron at Center Furnace, was
shot and wounded from ambush while re-
turning home. Until recently he had been
under the protection of the militia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
BANIsHED SON CUT oFFIN WILL
Joel Kinney, Sent to Sea by Rich
Father, to Have Only an Annuity.

Joel sea ny hlch
Father, to Have Only an Annuity.
While his two brothers and a sister
will share most of an estate conservative
ly estimated at $12,OO0,OO0, Joel Kinney,
son of Francis Sherwood Kinney, who
made his fortune by the manufacture of
cigarettes, will receive only the interest
on $4,000, and not even that should he
make any contest or objection. Mr.. Kin
ney died on April 4, in his home, and his
will has just been admitted to probate in
Morristown, n. ]. Joel Kinney has been
missing for fifteen years. As the result
of a disagreement with his father he was
sent on a trip around the world in
specially constructed sailing vessel and
his relatives have known little or nothing
of him since. After his fathers death
it was learned at Los Angeles that he
had been held on the ship practically a
prisoner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
Huge Stables Are Burned.

A fire which started in the stables of
the Oregon Transfer Company at the
corner of Fifth and Hoyt streets, Port
land, Ore, destroyed an area equivalent
to four blocks and caused a loss estimated
at a quarter of million dollars. The
buildings destroyed were mostly frame
stables and small shops.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06

been for many
years one of the
most prominent
members of the
engineer corp s.
He was in charge
of harbor, river
and canal work in
the Chicago dis
trict between 1884
and 1900. Since
1900 he has been
In chorrn Of no-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06

with China. Count Eatsura is IS years
old. He distinguished himself as a
young man fighting for the Emperor
against the Shogunate and was sent to
Prussia to study military science. On
his return TO Japan in 1874, he began a
career in the military and civil service
that has made him considered, at home
and abroad, a military leader and
statesman of high ability.
-
Each +Bilr has brother "Chas."
There's Brother Charlie" too, in the
Bryan campaign for the Presidency.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
Landslide DESTROYS n Town

The village of Mehrn-les-Bains Austria,
has been destroyed by a landslide. Six
teen persons are reported to have been
killed. Mehrn is in the Austrian Tyrol,
one-half mile on the Alpbach from Brix-
legg, which is a favorite summer resort.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
City to Aid OF Babies.

During the recent terrific heat wave the
mortality of babies rose frightfully in all
the larger cities, and in Chicago the
City Council appropriated $4,000 for the
purpose of employing 100 doctors to dis
seminate information about the cause and
prevention OF intestinal diseases among
infants
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06

". X Vanderbilt added another classic
stake to his long list of victories when
his bay colt. Seasick H.. won the Presi-
dent of the Republic cup, valued at $40.
900. at Maisons Lafitte. The race was
at one mile, four and one-half furlongs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
nsxaS Sfxfy Feet md IiyeS

J. d. McDiamond of Chicago would
NOT take a dare and jumped into the Mis-
sissippi river from the spiral bridge at
Hastings. Mimi, at height of sixty feet
and swan to shore unframed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
Football Accident Fatal.

Robert Hayes. who was injured in 8
football game in ST.. Louis last March
is dead. He was struck in the bach
while making tackle. For several weeks
he complained of pains in his back. Acute
peritonitis set in, resulting fatally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-06
Proposed Telephone Merger

President Hubbeil of the Consolidated
Telephone Company at Buffalo has con-
firmed the report that arrangements are
complete for the combination of all the
independent telephone companies in one
800. OOO. 900 concern. 1t is rumored that
the Bell company is the interest behind
tho merger