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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
GIRL SEES SAFE CRACKED.
Heggmen Force Telephone Operator
TO Watch Them.


Forcing Miss Frances Kilgore. a tele-
phone operator, to watch them at their
work, and firing fusillades at citizens in
the streets every few minutes. a gang of
yeggmen early the other morning blew
open the safe of the State bank in Lady
smith. The robbers secured $1,000 and
escaped after shooting a policeman in the
arm and terrifying Miss Kilgore into a
case of mysteries. Miss Kilgore was at
the telephone board when two masked
men entered the room and pointed re-
volvers at her head. L didn't know
what to do said the young woman Il
was frightened. One of the men ordered
me TO go with them to the vault room of
the bank. There l found three men at
work on the safe. While the others kept
guard over me l saw the men boring into
the safe. There was no light but their
dark lanterns, but l could see every move
they made. Finally they exploded a
charge of some explosive. 1t did not
break open the vault and the men began
to work again. Two of the men went to
the window of the bank and whenever
any one appeared on the street they would
fire at them. When one of the men shot
Policeman Gordon he turned to his COM
panion and remarked: I've winged a cop.
Fine work; get two of them was the
heartless answer of one of the men at the
safe. l started to tell them that they
were brutes, but a second explosion cut
me short and l tainted When | came to
the men were gone. They had taken about
$1,000 from the bank. | never want to
see real bank robbers at work again. 1t
is awful. | was afraid they would kill
me-" a posse Immediately took up the
pursuit of the men. They are supposed
to be members of a gang that have been
committing frequent depredations in the
vicinity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
CHAPTER NH

1t was still early in the evening when
the young conspirators returned to the
house, and the next two hours passed
very slowly to Alison.
At half past nine Mr.. Merle was shut
safely in his study. Alison went quickly
into her room and made her little prepara-
ton. 4 brown hat she had discarded as
being too shabby would just suit her noe
turnal purpose; her dress was dark, and
a warm jacket was all she needed; and,
carefully turning down her gas and lock
ing her door. she crept quietly downstairs,
to find Roger waiting for her in the dark
entry.
lie nodded and held out his hand to her
without speaking, until they were outside
the gate and were walking rapidly down
the road that would lead them to the
bridge
Il have brought this plaid" he OBJ
served presently, showing it TO her. Il
was so afraid you would find it cold if
we should have to watch many hours.
don't think I ought to have brought you,
Allie"
Il could not have stopped at home"
was Alison'S quick answer. rs this the
bridge where we are to wait, Roger? How
black the canal looks -
Il am afraid we are going to have
rain" he returned, in veNed voice Il
do not mind the moon being absent; the
darkness is in our favor. But what am
/ to do with you. Allie, if we have &
wet night? You will catch your death of
cold"
Nonsense replied Alison stoutly. But
nevertheless she felt an inward twinge of
discomfort. Neither of them had thought
of the weather. How weird and eerie ev-
erything looked in the obscure light, the
dark towing path and the sluggish canal,
the tall factories, and beyond them the
dim woodpiles and sheds stretching away
into the distance. The very barge that
came floating toward them out of the
darkness seemed to hold dark, grisly
shapes upon it.
In a few minutes Roger was helping
her to scramble on shore They were now
at the extreme end of the timber yard,
and had some way to walk.
Long before they had reached their
destination the heavy patter of rain drops
warned them to make haste; but in the
uncertain light and with so rough a path
their speed was greatly retarded.
Here we are at last" whispered
Roger; follow me closely, Allie" And
she obeyed, holding his coat to give hel
courage A pitchy blackness was round
them; Rogers cropping only led them still
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
BLOWN INTO THE RIVER.
Explosion of Gasoline Almost Proves
Fatal To Launching Party

Explosion of Gasoline Almost Proves
Fatal TO Launching Party.
Explosion of a quantity of gasoline
which had escaped from an open valve
into the bottom of the boat endangered
the lives of a launch party of two men
and five girls at ManitowOc and Adolph
Cheney, Misses Mae Fitzgerald and Ger
aldine Cavanaugh were seriously burned
as a result. Miss Cavanaugh held a light
while Cheney attempted to bail out the
boat, and when the heat ignited the gasO-
line the man and two girls were blown
overheard into the river. In aiding in a
rescue, Lillian Taube, another of the par
ty, was also pulled into the river and the
four had a close call from drowning. Miss
Fitzgeralds hair caught fire and she was
badly burned about the face, while Cher
ney's hands are seriously injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
MAN JUMPS UNDER TRAIN.

Section Hand Refused Job on Ac-
count of Age Commits Suicide.
Informed that he was too old to work
for the Wisconsin Central railroad, Geo.
Osborne of Chicago, aged about So years,
committed suicide by leaping under a pas
senger train. He had been sent to Kau-
kauna by an employment agency at Chi
cago as an extra section hand, but on his
arrival was told that he was too old. This
seemed to greatly depress him, as he was
practically without money or friends.
When the crew of sixty men started for
dinner he fell in the rear and at the
rapid approach of the train all but he
left the track
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
ASYLUM FOR BARRON COUNTY.
State Board of Control Acts Favor
ably on Proposition.

L. 3. Dresser, President A. D. Conover
and Herman Grotophorst, members of the
State board of control, met in Barron
with a committee composed of c. S. Tay-
lor, J. H. Johnson, X. E. Rasmussen, G.
E. Scott and J. A. H. Johnson, appointed
by the county board last fall to investi-
gate the feasibility of rebuilding a county
asylum, and as a result of this meeting
the report of the committee to the county
board this fall, when they meet, will be
favorable to the building of an asylum
for Barron county in the near future.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
EIGHT-HoUR LAW KNOCKED OUT.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules on
Regulation OF TeIegraphers.

Regulation OF photographers.
The Supreme Court declared. unconsti-
tutional the Wisconsin eight-hour railroad
telegraphers' law, which was enacted at
the 1907 session of the Legislature The
law is declared unconstitutional on the
theory that it is in conflict with the pro-
visions of the federal constitution, which
clothes Congress with the power to regu-
late interstate commerce and further that
Congress having already provided a law
fixing the hours of railway telegraphers
from nine to thirteen hours, it was not
within the power of the State to enact
law which would in effect change these
hours. Divorced persons in Wisconsin
are prohibited from marrying again with
in one year and that any such marriage
during such period after divorce is ac-
cording to a ruling of the Supreme Court
null and void. The decision was in con-
nection with divorcee who went to Mich
igan before the expiration of year, mar
ried again and returned to Wisconsin,
The court rules that such pretended mar
riage will not be recognized by the courts
of Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
AImena Feels TIL Boom.

The 500 line has decided to stop its
limited trains at the village of Almena
because John Till, the plaster artist, has
located there. The railroad has also be-
gun the erection Of a $1,000 depot at that
point which will be provided with invalid
rooms In one week from 80 to 100 peo-
pie arrived daily at Almena to visit Till
and the residents of Almena and vicinity
will soon become as opulent as did those
of Somerset.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
The Execution,

"A mans occupation has a very great
influence on his character
Think SOP"
Il know it."
"Oh, I don't know: one of the worst
scalawags l ever knew was dealer in
upright pianos. Houston Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
Strength of Mind,

Mrs. Oatcake-Your husband pears
t be pow'rful strong minded man.
Mrs. Hayrix-He shore air. I've
know'd him t read a patent medicine
almanac frum cover t cover without
feelin that he had emmy Nv tn symp-
toms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
Appearances DeceitfuI,

Looks like rather poor soil in this
part of the country" said the stran-
ger.
well. it amt" replied the native
"a man over on the adjoining farm
plowed up Il tin can with fifty dollars
in it one day last week"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
WILL BOOM WISCONSIN TOWNS.
Iowa Liquor Law May Drive Trade
to Badger Wholesalers.

Wholesale liquor houses are being estab-
lished below La Crosse in the small Wis
consin towns along the river and it is
expected that large part of the whole
sale liquor business of Iowa will be done
on this side of the river hereafter as the
result of strict enforcement of the mulct
law in Iowa cities. The liquor man by
crossing the river into Wisconsin may
do business under the interstate commerce
regulations with individuals in Iowa A
large amount of Iowa money will proba
bly, be invested in improvements on the
Wisconsin side.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
To Rebuild Paper Plant.

The directors of the Wolf River PAPER
and Fiber Company held a meeting in
Shawano and decided to rebuild their
mill at once. They will put in two ma
chimes instead of one and will also build
q finishing room. This will give employ
ment to more men than it did before
the fire last May.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
BRUTAL ASSAULT AT sHEBoYGAn
Well Dressed Man Attacks jennie
Waller Near Home.

Well Dressed Man Attacks Jennie
Waller Near Home.
One of the most daring and brutal as
saults ever perpetrated within the city
limits of Sheboygan occurred Thursday
night when Jennie Waller, aged % years,
was attacked by a tall, well-dressed man,
who approached her from behind, throw
ing a shower of red pepper into her eyes,
while a handkerchief believed to have been
saturated with chloroform was placed over
her face. The girl was dragged into
dark alley, where she lost consciousness.
When she awoke her assailant was gone.
The girl staggered to her home less than
a block away. The police have thus far
been unable to trace the man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
FARMHANDS IN FIGHT.
Charles Wood Probably Fatally t2~
jured by Fellow Workman.

Charles Wood, employed at f. a. w
Kieckhefer's Edgewood farm near Pc
waukee lake, lies dying with a fractured
skull. at the county poor farm. His
wounds are said to have been inflicted by
Anton Fielder, another farmland who is
charged with having assaulted Wood.
Fielder was arrested at a Pewaukee sa-
ioo1. by Deputy Sheriff Clancy and Chief
of Police Enders and taken to the county
Jail in Waukesha and locked up. He
made a statement to the officers in which
he said that he was working in the barn
with Wood when the latter called him a
vile name and attempted to strike him
with a fodder scraper. He then struck
Wood with a pitchfork handle, he saids
in Splf-defeDSe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
LID to Her.

The young housewife was engaging
her first cook.
"Of course she said, Il don't want
to have any trouble with you
Thin it do be up t yersilf, ma'am,"
replied the kitchen lady. IF yez make
no complaints Oill make no trouble"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
Apt Comparison.

when l see what Barlow accom-
plishes I am forced to admiration"
said Bunting He has great physical
endurance"
YES" replied GargoyIe. That man
has the constitution of a debutante"-
London Telegraph,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08

Buenos Ayres is said to increase in
population 100000 a year. It's present
population is upward of 100000. 1t
is the largest Spanish-speaking city in
the world, and half again as large az
Madrid
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
Released on Habeas CORPUS.

Alex Zewalski of Berlin, held in Mani
towoc on a charge Of burglary at Reeds
Vile, was ordered released on habeas
corpus writ by Court Commissioner J. S.
Anderson, the court holding that the evil
dence was insufficient to hold the Prison
er. who was committed by municipal
court
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
DEATH STOPS WEDDING.


Miss Berger, Who Was to Have Been
Married in October, Dies.
Deaths call came before the chimes of
the wedding bells for Miss Emma Berger
a well-known young woman of Manito-
voc. Miss Berger died the other day.
aged %, after an illness of many weeks
She was to have been married in October
to James Tegee, a Manitowoc boy now
located at Tacoma, Wash, and plans for
the wedding were well under way when
she was taken i'll.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
NfyIionaire's Widow Injured

Ms. Allan P. Lovejoy. widow II a
millionaire lumberman, and Mrs. F. T..
SteIens were severely injured in a run
away accident in GAINESVILLE by beizg
thrown from buggy. Mrs. Lovejoy liz in
a critical condition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
AuStFians Held for Death.

Anton Krajnc. aged 80 years, was found
in a dying condition just below the veran-
da of his boarding house in Sheboygan.
Two Austrians. who boarded at the same
house. are under arrest. charged with
pushing him off the porch. Krajnc died
at the police station.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
Offers Reward for Murderer.

Gov. Davidson has offered reward OF
$500 for information which will lead to
the arrest of the murderer of Henry
Rankin near Mineral Point. The body
was found in the bushes with a large gun
shot wound in the breast. The sheriff Of
the county has offered 5000 in addition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
Fear Murder and Robbery

Charles Walters, employed near James
vile, who disappeared Sept. 4. is being
sought by the police. Walters had consid-
cradle money, and has not been seen since
Labor day, when he came to town.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
RANcHER WITH $4,000 MISSING.


North Dakota Man, After Selling
Live Stock in Chicago, Disappears.
With nearly $4,000 in his possession
Henry Fischer, a wealthy rancher of
Dickensen, n. D., has disappeared in
Milwaukee, He came from Chicago
where he had disposed of stock He reg
istered at the Schlitz hotel the other night
The next morning he called upon a boy
hood friend, Marcus Mussler, cigarmak-
er. Fischer and Mussler were together
in the afternoon. Mussler reported the
disappearance to the police. He said he
parted with his friend in a saloon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
Rones Thrice Broken in Game.

Guy Mogensen, 10 years old, sustained
a broken collar bone while playing foot
ball in Kenosha. This is the third time
that the boy has sustained a broken bone
in football game.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
GAVE HIS WRONG NAME.
Madison Horse Thief Insists Upon
Being Sentenced Under an Alias.

Insisting upon being sentenced under
the name of Samuel White, a Madison
painter. George Mason. alias George Viii
son. was sentenced to the Green Bay re-
formatory for three and a half years for
horse stealing. Mason stole a horse from
Waunakee and sold it in Madison for
$50. He then took the train for Chicago.
but was caught at GAINESVILLE and brought
h3 TX
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
Fire Panic in Hospital,

Fire originating from candles On the
chapel altar at Mercy hospital "a James
vile caused a scare among the patients.
The chapel was almost destroyed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
se7s WORDS ON POSTAL.
Chippewa FaIIs Girl Claims TO Be
the Champion Microscopic Writer.

INC thIDED IWH LFECFUNCVNfC fttH'
Miss Lou d. Cosgriff of Chippewa
Falls is believed to be the worlds cham
pion microscopic writer. She has just
completed the feat of writing S,679 words
on the back of a United States postal
card. 3Hx5h inches. The writing is
hardly readable with the naked eye, but
is distinct under a microscope. Every let
ter is we'll formed and there is no blur
ring. The writing was done with pen
and ink
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08

French enterprise is gradually over
coming the difficulties Of living on the
Sahara.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08

New York City has nineteen colleges
within its borders.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-02-14

TIE bloodhounds brought to Sui
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-02-14

ferent. Many of the most astute
politicians in congress regard a
change of administration as likely,
and they are looking to the future.
rhey are just as much opposed to
the president and many of his poll
cies as ever, and they see an oppor-
tunity now to make their legislation
effective.
As one result of this feeling, con
gress will enact no general legisla-
tion at this session, except, proba-
bly,, a financial measure, and Il new
employers liability bill. The financial
measure very likely will be built
along the lines of the Aldrich meas,
ure, although that is not entirely
satisfactory TO a considerable majorl-
~ of the members. There IS no pros
pect, however, for the presentation
Of any other measure that will com
mand general support. The house is
wrestling with bill but no general
agreement is In sight. Members OF
the house are anxious to go back to
their constituencies and say that a
financial relief measure has been
passed. Some of them will be defeat
ed If they are unable TO say that.
Consequently, the Aldrich measure
appears to stand a better chance OF
favorable consideration than any 9th.
er bill likely to be offered.
1t Is agreed upon both sides OF
both chambers that an employers
liability bill shall be enacted into
law and it probably will be substan-
TALLY the measure offered by Senator
Knox. Thus far and no further"
declared the congress leaders, and
that is about the situation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-02-14
COMMITTEE MEETING
ONE REPORT OF SUB COMMITTEE
ON TENURE OF OFFICE READ
LAST NIGHT.

The mclemency of the weather last
night prevented a regular meeting Of
m, committee appoipt,d by the com.
morclaI club to inyestis,ts tba ad.
yantores Of the commission form oy
government for the city NJ Ardmoro
The usual quorum was no, nras.pt
and II was Thought best IN wi,hhold
the reports of the subcommittee unu,
a mu meeting Of ,be committa. couId
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-02-14
LITTLE WILL BE DONE IN CON.
oRESS THIS WINTER.
The PRESIDENTS POSITION
With Both Branches Of Congress
Controlled by Large Republican
Majority, President has had
.. TO Fight for Everything.

Wa shingtou ID. c.. Feb. ii-Spcc.
ial notwithstanding the fiery mes.
sage of the president in which ne
deal particularly with the proposed
new employers liability lcgislat ON
and generally with several other i'm.
portant legislative subjects it Is
portant legislative subjects it is wholly
improbable congress will do much
more at TIE present session than
was outlined early in December
Memuy.s Df the house and the sen
lte--the leaders of those bodies
have decided that they will under
take little i'm the way OF general leg
islation this winter, and it is un-
likely they can be prodded, even by
the pres dent. into doing that which
they do not want to do.
President Roosevelt has occupied
peculiar position with reference to
the congress ever since he entered
the White House. His position is
unique, perhaps, in the history OF
American politics. With both branch
os OF the congress controlled by
large republican majority, the presi-
dent has had to fight for everything
in the form of legislation that he de
sired. The reason for this anoma-
lous situation is patent to all who
are cognizant of the facts.
The leaders of congress never at
any time have been thoroughly friend.
ly 10 Mr.. Roosevelt He has had at
all times some enthusiastic support
ers in both the house and the sen
ate, but the republican majority of
both bodies as whole, has been look
ing for years for an opportunity TO
block the carrying into effect OF his
ideas. II has been wholly "A matter
Of resentment, but, for the most
part, genuine difference of opin-
ion. II has become trite TO say that
the president has obtained much OF
the leg station he wanted enacted
by cracking his whip over the heads
OF congress. This does not express
fairly the situation. The president
has imbuod the people with the idea
that he stands for their interest
against aggression from any quar-
ter. The people believe him to be hon
est and sincere and therefore. has
had the body of the people at his
back In the contests he has had with
the congress and the members have
been forced by public opinion to
acquiesce in his views and, do what
he wanted done
Now tho situation is somewhat diff