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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
CONVICTED OF CAPITOL GRAFT.
Four Are Found Guilty of Fraud
in Pennsylvania Case.

The jury in the first of the Pennsylva-
MIA capitol conspiracy cases TO be tried
gave. verdict of guilty as to every one
of the four men who have been on trial at
Harrisburg for the last seven weeks. The
men found guilty are John Fl. Sanderson,
contractor; William p. Snyder, former
auditor general; W. J.. Mathues. former
State treasurer; and James VI. Shumaker,
former superintendent of public buildings
and grounds. The State claims that
frauds to the amount of 100000 we're
committed. The four men were convicted
of defrauding the State in furnishing the
new capitol, which cost the State about
S13000,0O0 instead of 100000, the fig
ure at which the contract was estimated.
The prosecution was the outcome of the
political upheaval in Pennsylvania in
1905, which resulted in the election Of
William II. Berry, a Democrat, as State
treasurer in the fall of that year. Berry
threw open the books of the State treas
ury and showed that the cost of building
the capitol was more than three times the
amount of the contract. The case was
laid before the Attorney General and in
dictments were found against fourteen
persons. When the cases now pending
against the four persons who were con-
yicted are concluded the other defendants
will be heard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
KILLED IN SCHOOL TRAGEDY.
Founder of Institution for Girls
Slain by Insane Friend.

Slain by Insane Friend.
Suffering from melancholia. due to over
work, Miss Sarah Chamberlin Weed of
Philadelphia shot and killed Miss Eliza
beth Bailey Hardee OF East Savannah,
Ga, and then committed suicide at the
Laurens school, a fashionable boarding
school for girls in the Fenway district Of
Boston. some time during Tuesday night.
The bodies of the two women we're found
in bed by Mrs. Page, the matron of the
school The Laurens school was estab-
lished last fall by Miss Hardee and Miss
Weed. On Oct. L. the day the school
opened. Miss Weed broke down as a re-
suit of overwork and was committed to
a sanitarium in Newton to be treated for
nervous prostration. Miss Weed escaped
from the sanitarium and made her way
to the school, She appeared to be de-
ranged mentally. A fruitless attempt was
made to communicate with the authori-
ties of the sanitarium and at length Miss
Hardee succeeded in getting Miss Weed
to go to bed in Miss Hardee's chamber
Miss Hardee retired with Miss Weed. In
the morning Mrs Page discovered their
bodies in the bed From the nature of
the wounds Medical Examiner Stedman
decided that Miss Weed had committed
suicide by shooting herself through the
right temple after having shot Miss Har-
dee through the base of the brain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
EVELYN SEEKS DIVORCE.
After Standing by Thaw Since
Tragedy, Wife Would Be Free.

After Standing by Thaw Since
Tragedy, Wife Would Be Free.
Evelyn NeSbit Thaw has instituted
proceedings for the annulment of her
marriage TO Harry X. Thaw. The ac-
ton is based on the allegation that the
defendant was insane when the union
was contracted. Mrs. William Cofley
Thaw is made cO-defendant.
1t is understood the attorneys for
Mrs Thaw will depend practically on
the evidence of insanity introduced at
the last trial of Thaw to prove that he
was mentally incompetent at the time
to legally contract a marriage Alien
lists will probably figure prominently as
witnesses and the men who appeared
rs experts for Jerome in Thaw'S trial
will be summoned as witnesses in Eve
lyns behalf. Mrs. Thaw's lawyer de.
MED the report that it had been agreed
to settle $4,000 on the younger Mrs.
Thaw. He denied also the report OF
an allowance of $4,000 year for life.
He also emphatically denied the report
that Evelyn is contemplating ii return
to the stage. saying: Mrs. Evelyn
Thaw has no plans for the immediate
future"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
NATIONAL CAPITOL NOTES.

Congressman Hamilton of Michigan
has introduced bill providing for Sc
we're penalties for circulating false reports
about national banks.
Senator Culberson's resolution directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to inform
the Senate if any national banks outside
of New York City complained between
Oct. / and Nov. 10. 1907, of the refusal
of national banks of New York to pay IN
cash, New York exchange or to respond
to calls for reserve was adopted by the
Senate.
The President received visit from
Charles G.. Burton, commander-in-chlef
of the G. A. r., and three members of the
pension committee of that organization,
who talked with him about the bill pend
ing in Congress increasing the pension of
widows from So to So per month
Resolutions demanding the restoration
to the army Of the colored troops dismiss
ed as the result of the Brownsville af-
fair were adopted at mass meeting after
addresses by Bishops III. II. Turner of
Atlanta, W. ID. Chappelle Of Nashville.
and other negro leaders. Fifteen States.
having ldISe HeSio popuidtioH "eiS rep
resented.
The first reading of the Fowler cur
rency bill was completed by the House
committee ON banking and currency. The
bill, together with the several amendments,
tentatively agreed to. will now be taken
up and discussed preliminary to final re-
vision and report.
The United States board of food and
drug inspection made public its decision
in the matter of what constitutes an
original unbroken package" The board
decides that in enforcing the law orig
inal unbroken packages will be restrict
ed TO such a package containing the food
and drug product as has been prepa "a
for shipment or transportation as an en-
tirety or unit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS.

The Ohio state Senate has passed a
county option b.ll.
Mrs. Lydia A. White. aged so. real
daughter of the American revolution. is
dead of pneumonia at Lancaster. Pa.
Fire in the mining town of Sewell on
New river. W. Va. destroyed eleven
buildings and caused loss of $4,000.
The Michigan constitutional convention
and the South Carolina LEGISLATURE each
voted down a proposition for. State pro-
hibition.
The collier Casar las arrived at the
New York navy yard to be overhauled to
carry two submarine torpedo boats 70 the
Philippines. They will be part of the
permanent defenses of Manila.
Caleb Powers. tried SO often on the
charge of completely in the murder of
William Goebel. is expected ID be can
didate for the Republican nomination for
Congress in his Kentucky dislrc7.
Fire starting in Lem5ke's dry goods
store at Albert Lea. Nina. caused a loss
to the building and four mercantile firms.
the Northwestern Telephone Exchange
Company and six ether tenants Of $780,
OoC.
j. E. Brady. formerly president of the
Merchants Eefrigerating Company of
Kansas City. which failed last November.
was indicted in that city. charged with
the embezzlement of $4,000.
Henry Bergh. nephew of the founder of
the American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, offers a prize of
$500 for an invention that Will be more
humane than the present method of
slaughtering animals.
Andrew Charlton, Jr.. and Anna L.
REYNOLDS have been married at Stamford.
Conn. for the second time The first
marriage took place in 1892 when Charl-
ton was % years and his bride IA. Eight
years ago they were divorced.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19

SENATOR BRADLEY. for weeks and the
struggle attracted national attention.
Bradley's election was effected by the
detection of four Democrats, who re-
fused to support Beckham.
Senator Bradley is one of the best
known politicians i'll the State and has
gained wide distinction as criminal
lawyer. He was born in Garrard, KY.
In 1S41 and was admitted to the bar
by special act of the Legislature in
1865. being under 21 years of age. In
1870 he was elected prosecuting attor-
ney and in 1888 received JOG votes for
Vice President in the national conven-
ton. In 1896 he was endorsed as Ken
tucky's candidate for the presidency.
His election as Governor in 1895 broke
all political records in Kentucky and
turned a registered Democratic major
ity of 10000 into a Republican plural
ity of 5000.
Senator Bradley has long been pronli-
nent in Republican national politics and
at one time declined the appointment
by President Harrison. of minister to
Corea He is an unrivalled story teller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
Junior Republic Extension.

In view of the success which has at
tended the junior republic system in iso-
lated cases movement is on foot for
the, formation of National Junior Re-
public Association. for the purpose of adj
vancing the idea in the various States.
William r. George. founder of the George
Junior Republic. will be the director of
the enterprise. \ farm for the training
of colonists and head workers for new
republics has been secured at Freeville,
n. y. 1t is also planned to institute a
system for boys and girls below the age
of II years. who will have a community
carrying out the self-governing and eco
nomic ideas to a lesser degree. These
will probably be called the junior colonies,
to distinguish them from the junior re-
publics. which are distinctively for older
boys and girls.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
FIVE YEARS FOR WALSH.
Convicted Chicago Banker Sentenced
to Fort Leavenworth Prison.

John r. Walsh, the Chicago banker,
convicted of the misuse of depoSitors'
funds, was denied new trial by
Judge A. B. Anderson in the Federal
Court and was sentenced to five years
in the government prison ut Fort Leav-
enworth. The sentence was five years
on each count OH which the president
of the old Chicago National Bank was
convicted, but it is to run concurrent
ly. All the points raised by the attor-
neys for the defense in their plea for a
new trial were overruled by the court.
who. III his opinion. reviewed at some
length the events during the trial and
after the return of the verdict
In Overruling the plea for new
trial the court commented on the evil
dence of guilt shown in the hearing
asserted that the trial had been fair
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
LARGE OHIO SCHOOL BURNS.
Structure Is Destroyed Just a
Pupils Are Assembling.

Structure Is Destroyed Just as
Pupils Are Assembling.
The union school at Napoleon, Ohio,
the largest building of the kind in the
State, which was completely remodeled
only last April, had cost the county S110,,
600, and was attended by 800 pupils,
was destroyed by fire Tuesday. posi-
bic repetition of the Collingood horror
was averted by only quarter of an hour
in the time of the starting of the fire,
as the children were on their way to
school and some were playing in the yard
when it was discovered. At 8 o'clock,
when the pupils should have been in their
seats, the main part of the building was
a mass of flames. Before the fire de-
partment could get a stream on the build
ing the flames had gone to the attic,
dropped to the floor below, attacked the
east wing and were roaring up the big
central tower. The bell fell inside OF
fifteen minutes. The building is total
Lose
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19

Cotton as basis for the issuance of
treasury notes in times of money strin-
gency was the chief feature of a speech
in the Senate Tuesday on the pending
currency bill by Senator McLaurin of
Mississippi. Senator Gallinger secured
an agreement to vote on the ocean mail
ship subsidy bill March 20. After pass
ing several bills on the calendar the Sen
ate adjourned. Consideration of the post
office appropriation bill was resumed in
the House. A speech by Mr. Hamilton of
Michigan upholding the right of the fed
eral government to control corporations
and sustaining the President in his atti-
tude toward them, was the feature of the
days proceedings. Small of North Caro-
lima and Finley of South Carolina attack
ed the proposition to increase the pay
for ocean mail service on the ground
that it was a subterfuge for a ship sub
sidy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
BUILDERS ARE BLAMED.
Faulty Construction Cause of C1eve
land school Horror.

Faulty Construction Cause of C1eve-
land school Horror.
Coroner Burke has rendered his decis-
ion in the Collinwood school fire. Exist
ing conditions are blamed, but no specific
fault is charged to any one. Fred Hir-
ter, the janitor, is exonerated. The coro-
ner found that the fire started in closet,
under the front stairway and was caused
by overheated pipes, which ignited the
stairway. The death of the children. he
says was due to faulty construction
whereby a partition projected in front oil
the stairway at the bottom, making the
children turn out of the way in thei1
rush for the door. He holds that the
children became panic-stricken and were
jammed in the doorway because of the
turn in the hall to get to the door.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19

! Senator Bailey of Texas. a member Of
the FINANCE Committee, which reported
the Aldrich currency bill in the Senate
Monday, spoke in opposition TO the meas
ure. The Senate also spent over an hour
in debating the Frye bill providing that
materials and supplies shipped from the
United States for the Panama Canal
shall be transported only in American
vessels. Resolutions of sorrow upon the
announcement of the death of Represen-
tative Adolph Meyer of Louisiana were
adopted. and at 4 80 o'clock the Senate
adjourned as a further mark of respect
to his memory. The House was in SEES
sion but few minutes. adjourning at
1912 upon announcement of Mr.. Mey-
er's death
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
KILLS WIFE WHILE ASLEEP.
New York Man, Dreaming of Burg
lars, Fires on Spouse.

With a brand-new revolver under his
pillow, Hugh Hollis, Jr a private secre-
tary in the service of the Treasury De-
partment in Washington, dreamed of
burglars and, while sound asleep, shot
and killed his wife at an early hour the
other morning. lie was exonerated from
all blame by a coIoner's jury a few hours
after the shooting. Hollis family consist
ed of himself and his 24-year-old wife,
Evelyn; his wife's mother and an IL
months-old baby. Hollis purchased a new
revolver and spent some time after office
hours in target practice. He was soon
to join a local revolver club. The last
conversation he had with his wife before
retiring was about the good score he had
made on the range, as he cleaned his
gun, reloaded it mad placed it under his
pillow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
ICE MEMS JAIL TERM is CUT.
Released After Serving 81 Days of
Six Months, Sentence.

Judge Brough in the common Pleas
Court in Toledo, Ohio, issued an order re-
leasing from Jail R. C. Lennon, r. A.
Beard and Joseph Miller, the ice men
sentenced to six months Imprisonment for
violation of the antitrust laws. The
motion for suspension of sentence was
made several days ago. and there was
also presented to the court petition nu-
merously signed asking that the men be
given their freedom. Counsel for the
prisoners and the prosecuting attorney
agreed that the court had authority to
suspend sentence if it was thought the
ends of justice had been served 1t was
argued that the families and business of
the prisoners need them and that they
had been sufficiently punished.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
Road Is Guilty; Fine Is $4,000.

In the United State District Court in
St Louis General Solicitor Evans for the
st. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad
Company filed written plea of guilty
on thirteen charges of rebating, Judge
Dyer imposed a fine of ST 900 on each of
the thirteen counts in the indictment.
The fine, amounting to $4,000 is the
minimum penalty that may be imposed.
and was promptly paid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
Exams. Elect Mt Frisco May &.

A partial itinerary for the battleship
fleet after finishing target practice at
Magdalena Bay has been announced by
the Navy Department in Washington. 1t
includes visits to San Diego, Santa Bar
bara, San Pedro, Santa Cruz and San
Francisco, arriving at the latter place on
MAY ).
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
Walsh Gets Five Years.

John r. Walsh, the convicted Chicago
banker. was denied new trial by Judge
4. Il. Anderson in the federal court and
was sentenced to five years in the govern
nent prison Mt Fort Leavenworth. Walsh
on Jan. Is was found guilty of misapply-
ing funds of the Chicago National bank.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
TWO SLAIN IN BARRIcADE.
Negro in House Battles with Officers
Found Dead After Fight.


Barricading himself in a small house
on the Gibbons farm, two miles south OF
Rocket, Texas, negro named Willie
Williams desperately resisted arrest on
charge of unlawfully carrying arms. \
double tragedy was the result. Consta-
BILE McAlpin and Deputy Sheriff Hick-
man went to the house to arrest Will
liams. When they walked up to the door
and called for him the negro began shoot
ing at them with a revolver. The off,
GERS exchanged shots with him until their
ammunition was exhausted. When help
arrived the house was riddled with rife
bullets. A charge on the house was then
made and the door was broken open. Will
liams and negro woman were found
lying dead on the floor. The opinion OF
the officers is that Williams killed the
woman and then himself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
Mnrrinre secret seven Years.

BY the filing of his will and the sub
sequent appearance of his widow at the
Philadelphia city hall as administrators
for his estate it was disclosed that VIII
liam Fisher Lewis, society leader. scion
of n noted Quaker City family and known
in two continents as til ideal bachelor"
had been married for seven years without
the knowledge of either his family or fei-
low club members
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
Reject Gift: Retain Football

The trustees of Swarthmore college,
Pennsylvania, voted to reject the bequest
of Miss Anna I. Jeanes, the wealthy
Quakeress, which carried with it the pro
viso that the college must abolish inter
collegiate games, including football. The
committee which has been investigating
the value of the bequest reported that the
lan,s were worth from 100000 to $40
nlI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
Saven Hurf in Trolley Crash

Seven passengers were seriously hurt
and others received minor injuries in a
collision between passenger and freight
car on the Indiana Union Traction Line
two miles from Noblesville, Ind. No one
was killed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19

Mrs. Charlotte L. Moves. wealthy
young widow. was shot and instantly kill
ed at her home in Los Angeles. Cal. by
W. =. McComas, mining engineer. who
has been friendly with her for several
months. McComas alleges the woman
dashed cupful of sulphuric acid in his
face.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
Mayor Sorry He Said 1t.

Mayor Markbreit of Cincinnati, who
said women were not capable of running
autos and that 1.-The only machines women
ought to run are sewing machines" is
now sorry he said it. The women bonn
barded him with protests until he took it
back.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19

John T. Dover, secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association in Worces
ter. Mass. has been notified that he is
heir TO a fortune of $10OO0,O00, left hir
by an uncle. Thomas Wallace. who dice
in Melbourne. Australia Whether be
gets the money or not. Mr.. Dover says
he will retain his position as secretary
of the local branch of the association.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
FORTUNE FALLS TO A. TRAMP.

But Wanderer Vanished Before
News of $4,000 Legacy Came.
A search has begun for James Moran
who came to Greenwich, Conn.,, as q
tramp several weeks ago, obtained employ
ment as a general handy man in the
garage of Allen Asten & Co., and two
weeks later disappeared as silently as he
came The desire to find Moran is oc-
casioned by the fact that New York
lawyer has been in town looking for him
and announcing that the hobo had fallen
heir to $4,000 left him by his father
who had recently died.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
WORK OF
CONGRESS-
~~~~~~~N~~~


The Senate was not in session Satur-
day. A part of the session of the House
vas devoted to the consideration of pri-
vate claims bills. 4 number were passed.
after which the remainder of the day
was given TO eulogies of the late Repre-
sentative Campbell Stemp of Virginia.
As further mark of respect the House
adjourned until Monday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19

Hypodermic injections of a serum SINH
lar to that used in the treatment of diph-
liberia are being successfully employed in
scarlet fever cases in New York. accord
ing TO doctors in hospitals on the east
side. 1t has been employed with graft
flying results in both Germany and
France.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
For Mislabeling of Drugs.

In Washington, u. c.. Robert \. llar-
per. banker and drug manufacturer, was
convicted of violating the federal pure
food and drugs law by the sale and
manufacture of pharmaceutical prepare
ton which was mislabeled. This is the
first conviction under the new law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
TECHNIcALITY FREES SCHMITZ.
Release Ordered on Ground that In
dictment Contained Errors.

KeIehse Ordered on GrOund thht III
dictment Contained Errors.
BY a decision of the State Supreme
Court of California former Mayor Eu-
gene Schmitz of San Francisco will, after
confinement in Jail for eight months on
the charge of extortion from restaurant
keepers, be enabled to regain his liberty.
In ordering the discharge of Schmitz the
court finds that technical errors were
committed in drawing up the indictment
upon which Schmitz was convicted. The
decision practically nullifes Ruef's plea
of guilty and invaidates the remaining
four extortion indictments against the fol-
mer Mayor and Ruef. The decision dem
onstrates." said Schmitz, what | have
always claimed-that was removed from
Office and railroaded to prison"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
ASK $26,ooo,ooo OF HARTMAN.
u. II. Stockholders Demand Action
10 share of stock Profits.

10 share of stock Profits.
Four stockholders of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company have addressed a let
ter to the directors of that company ask
ing that the company institute proceed
ings to recover from Il. ii. Hartman
some of the money which they allege Mr..
Hartman has derived in profits from the
requested that similar action be taken
against any directors who may have real
lied profits by sales to the company. The
shareholders who make the request are
all residents of Connecticut. The amount
sought TO be recovered from Mr.. Harri-
man by the stockholders is placed at
SIG. 100000.