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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
BIG MILITARY PRISON BURNS.
800 of the Army's Convicts Rescued
at Fort Leavenworth.

The military prison at Fort Leaven-
worth. Kan, was partially destroyed
by fire at midnight Wednesday night.
The 500 prisoners all were taken from
the main building as soon as the fire
reached it and none was injured.
The convicts were confined in a
stockade under the guard of United
States troops. None Of them, so far
as is known. succeeded in gaining his
liberty during the transfer to the
stockade. At > o'clock some of the cell
houses had cooled sufficiently to allow
half of the prisoners to return. The
others will be taken to the Federal
prison, two miles away, at daylight.
Two of the Federal soldiers who were
fighting the fire were injured. The
property loss on the building is esti-
mated at 100000.
The fire was first discovered at 10
o'clock in the tailor shop. 1t soon
spread to the shoe shop and the black
smith establishment. Lack of water
pressure prevented all hope of saving
wen bLS lIi'tlil buIiillIIS. stlltl 1t was III
cided to move the inmates. Long before
this, however. the convicts had seen the
flames and. fearing they would be
burned to death. they battered on the
bars of their cells and screamed in
terror.
AS soon as several companies of sol
diers. including cavalrymen, had gotten
under arms, a strong Gordon was
thrown about the prison and the deliv-
cry of the prisoners began. The sick
were removed first, placed in ambu-
lances, and taken to the Fort Leaven-
worth hospital under guard Of cavalry.
The records were removed from the
administration building. If everything
had not been done in perfect order lives
doubtless would have been lost. As it
was, strict military discipline prevailed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
THINKS HE IS CHARLIE ROSS.
Brakeman Believes Self and Famous
Kidnapped Boy Are Identical.

William Grant Eyester of Mckee's
Rocks, a Pittsburg suburb, formerly a
coal miner at Shamokin, now a brakeman
on the Pittsburg anu Lake Erie Rail
road. stated that he believes he is the
Charlie Ross kidnapped from Germantown,
Pa, thirty-fve years ago and never re-
covered. He said he learned early in
life that he was not the child of his sup
posed parents, and that many things
they did led him to believe that he was
Charlie Ross. He said he tallies in every
respect with the description of Charlie.
even to moles on his body. Memories of
his early home, he said, agree with de-
scriptions of the Ross home. His foster
parents, who lived at Shamokin, are dead
and he has no evidence of his identity
and is not making any effort to prove
his claim with the families in the case
because of the notoriety it would give
him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
STAY U. S. SCIENTIST.
DR.. William Jones Is Victim of
IIongOts in Philippines.

Troops have been ordered out to inves
tigate the murder of Dr. William Jones
of Chicago, a noted ethnologist of the
Field Museum, who was killed by savage
head hunters in the mountainous district
of the Island of Luzon, =. |. A force
of Philippine constabulary, under Ameri-
can officers, has been sent to the spot to
recover fhe body and learn, if possible
what tribe killed the scientist. The
scene of the murder is the town of Dunno
bato, at the headquarters of the Cagayan
River in Isabella Province, in the ex-
IRENE north of the island. DR.. Jones
had been in Luzon two years studying
the customs and religions of the wild
tribes for the Field Museum of Chicago.
He had been living or several months
among the Ilongots. friendly tribe. but
planned to leave them to investigate an
other tribe of head hunters in the noun
tains 1t is believed he was killed while
making this journey.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
CHIEF CRAZY SNAKE YIELDS.
Greek Chieftain, Badly Wounded, in
Hands of Militia.

Hands of Militia.
A dispatch from Henryetta, Okla,
reported that Crazy Snake. the outlaw
Creek chieftain, had been captured,
badly wounded, in the Concharta
mountains, southwest of Henryetta, by
the militia under Col. Hoffman. A
later bulletin from Muskogee states
that Crazy Snake, the leader of the
band of Indian and negro outlaws. has
been taken into custody. and is being
held at Thompson. Il few miles from
Checotah.
The old Indian is said to have sur
rendered without a fight and is badly
wounded, suffering from 4 gunshot
wound in the hip sustained in an en-
counter with an officers posse. 1t is
said official statements as 10 Crazy
Snakes capture are being withheld be-
cause Of the intense feeling prevalent.
The Indian will be taken to the Fed
eral prison at Muskogee.
Great excitement prevails among the
Seminole freedmen in the vicinity of
Holdenville because of the arrest of one
of their number. Frank Coker. charged
with killing Marshal Baum and Deputy
Odom during the fight at Crazy Snake $
house Saturday. Reports reached Okla
homa City that the Seminoes are arm
ing to join Crazy Snakes band. Negro
agitators worked among the Indians
throughout the evening in an effort to
incite them TO an uprising.
1t is charged that efforts are being
made to belittle the Indian trouble on
account of the supposed unpleasant no.
toriety to the State For this reason
it is hard to get at the real facts re-
garding the number of dead and in
jured since fighting began Thursday
\ dispatch from Henryetta said mill
taly officers had reported unofficially
that three negroes and Indians had
been killed since Thursday. \ promf-
nent citizen of Sapulpa declares en-
phatically that the bodies of nearly
thirty negroes had been found near the
scene of the original disturbance near
Crazy Snakes home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
PIANIST'S CAREER ENDS.
players Cramp" Stops Paderewski
for Years and Perhaps Forever.

lOF ears ana PefhapS Forever.
Ignace Jan Paderewski, the magician
of the piano, may never charm again
in America. possibly never again any
where. He will devote the principal
part of life remaining to him to com
position. if his fears prove true.
The reason for this resolve, the IA
nous pianist virtually admitted, was
piano players cramp," the insidious,
creeping malady that often follows
years of brilliant and nerve-wearing ex-
ecution on the keyboard, blighting the
career of an artist before his time.
When Paderewski, who was accompa-
MED by his wife, sailed from New
York on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
Tuesday, he held his left hand in the
right as if it needed the most tender
Nursing. He seemed apprehensive that
his rheumatism might be permanent. I
may never return to America said the
great Polish artist somewhat sadly. L
still have pains-shOoting pains-in my
left arm and hand. I have them now"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
TO TURN IMMIGRANTS WEST.
Moving Pictures on Liners Contrast
Tenement and Farm Life.

Moving Pictures on Liners Contrast
Tenement and Farm Life.
As a means of inducing immigrants to
go West and engage in agricultural pur-
suits rather than settle in the congested
cities of the East the Hebrew Sheltering
and Immigrant Aid Society will provide
lecturers with stereopticon views and
moving pictures on the big liners plying
between New York and European ports.
Thus the foreigners on their way to
America will be shown the advantages
of the West over city life before they
land and will have this in mind before
being swallowed up in the tenement dis
tricts of New York. This plan is an
addition to the work which has been car
ried on for some time. largely financed
by Jacob H. Schiff. who has devoted q
great deal of money to turning the tides
of immigration westward.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
CHARGED WITH BIG FORGERY
Roy Horton Arrested in Kansas City.
Accused of $4,000 SwindIe.

Roy Horton Arrested in Kansas City,
Accused of $4,000 SvindIe.
Roy Horton was arrested in Kansas
City on a charge of forgery for an
amount placed at $4,000 and will be
taken back to East st. Louis, III. H2
is charged with perpetrating a confidence
game upon the Stock Yards Company of
East st. Louis. Horton had been trad
ing in horses for several weeks in Kan
sas City under the name of William Ry-
an. John L. Horton, Rays brother. was
arrested at the home of his wife's moth
er in Upper Alton, ILL.,. March 10, and
is now out under $4,000 bail. In 1898
the Horizons established in East St
Louis the commission firm of Horton
Brothers & Hess. A part of the firms
business consisted in financing feeders in
Texas. In 1902 the brothers disappear.
ed, and it was then discovered that they
had questionable paper out to an amount
approaching 100000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
WOMAN DIES FOR MURDER.
Mrs. Mary Farmer Goes to Electric
Chair and Exonerates Husband.

Chair and Exonerates Husband.
Mrs. Mary Farmer was led to the
electric chair in Auburn IN. " prison
shortly after o'clock Monday morn
ing and paid the penalty for the muir
der of Mrs. Sarah Brennan at Brown
vile last April. The execution of Mrs.
Farmer-the second infection of the
sentence by electrOcution ON woman
il New York State-was effected with
out sensational incident. Five women,
two Of whom We're prison attendants
We're witnesses Father Hickey, Spir-
itual adviser of the condemned woman.
afterward gave out statement signed
by Mrs. Farmer in which she declared
that her husband. under conviction for
the same crime. was innocent and knew
nothing Of murder until after it had
been committed.
Mrs Sarah Brennan. a neighbOr Of
the Farmers in the village of Brown
vile, Jefferson County, was murdered
April %. 1908. The body Of Mrs. Bren-
nan was found in a trunk owned by
Mrs. Farmer. Mrs. Farmer and her
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Friday.
Saturday.

Resignation of Prince George as heir
ia the Seryian throne was accepted by
the cabinet at Belgrade.
The Ailippines assembly adopted a
memorial to Congress opposing the Payne
tariff bill anu declaring it prejudicial to
future independence.
Illinois railroads increased their pas-
senger revenue S3.079.232 in the year
1905 under a 2-cent a mile law, accord
ing 10 the report of the State commits
sion.
Friends of Mrs Mary A. Lavender an
grily talk of tar and fea, aers and rail
rides when a Methodist Church jury in
Chicago failed TO acquit her on improved
charges.
The woman accused in Whitla kidnap-
ing case made an attempt to escape from
the train taking her to Butler. Pa. She
denies she was Miss McDermott of Chi
cago and denies part in abduction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
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The national assembly of Servia ae-
cepted the renunciarion Of Crown Prince
George and recognized Alexander as heir
TO the throne.
Anthracite coal operators gave their
reasons for refusing TO recognize the Uni
fed Mine Workers. declaring the union
n now constituted is a peril.
Snake band Of Creek Indians were in
trenched in the hills near Pierce, Okla,
and State soldiers and citizens moved on
them In war Of determination.
Society Of New York has turned to
Reno New as the Mecca for would-be
Divorces. it being the easiest place TO Sc
cure freedom since Sioux Falls turned the
trade down
Haste in passage Of the tariff bill is
urged BY President Taft but Speaker
Cannon finds himself in an embarrassing
position because Of the "iokers" in the
Payne measure, and it is feared the pres
ent proposals cannot secure support of
the ma iOritv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Twelve Die in Boat ExDIOsIoa

The French tan bark Jules Hcnery,
Capt. Escoff1er, in the oil trade between
Philadelphia and Cette. blew up near
MarseiIles, France, and was wrecked.
Twelve members of ner crew were kill
ed and many others wounded. The bark
arrived at Cette March - from Phila-
delphia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Famous Chicago Tenor Is Dead

William Castle, for more than twenty
years director of the Chicago Musical
College School of Opera and noted for
his interpretations of tenor roles during
the early history of the opera in Chica
go, died at his home in that city. He
was the head of the Castle & Campbell
Opera Company, which was one of the
first pretentious organizations to sing En-
glish opera in America.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
PRIEST BIG BANKRUPT.
Liabilities of S1,594, 140 Scheduled
by Rev. w. Mcmahon.

Rev William Mc-Iahon, pastor of st.
Bridget;s Roman Catholic Church, Cleve-
land, and editor of the Catholic Universe,
filed voluntary petition in bankruptcy
in the United States Court there We'd
nesday. In the petition his total liabili-
ties are stated to be 1854, 141.64, with
assets aggregating $75,2vGOS, of which
ST. 300 is real estate. The secured claims
amount to S946 925.73; unsecured claims,
1911 ,207.91, and commercial paper, $780,
91S Father McMahon was a director of
the Fidelity Funding Company of New
York, founded by p. J. Kieran and which
now is in the hands of receivers. Thus
it came about that his name was signed
to many of the papers issued by the COM
pany, and for which he now is held liable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Finds Wife Dead in Wagon

Theodore Maynard, wealthy farmer,
drove into Bellingham, Wash. with his
wife. and as he a tempted TO help her
ont of the carriage founu she had died
The husband explained that shortly after
leaving home she had swayed in the seat
and he put his arm around her, keeping
it there until he reached the city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
LAST TROOPS LEAVE CUBA.
Two BattaIions Take Departure from
Island Wednesday.

Courtesies preliminary TO the departure
of the last American troops from Cuba
were exchanged Tuesday. when Major
General Barry and his staff. accompanied
by the American minister, Edwin V. Nor
gan, called at the palace III Havana and
babe farewell to President Gomez. The
following day two battalions of the
Twenty-seventh Infantry and two com
panies of engineers, constituting the gar
rison at Columbia, left the camp by troll
ley cars, without ceremony, and proceeded
to the arsenal at Havana. later going
aboard the transports Sumner and -Ic-
Clellan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
ADMIRAL CONVERSE DEAD AT rs
Chief Who Assembled G1obe-Gir-
ding Ships Succumbs at Home.

Rear Admiral George A. Converse, 20
years old, died at his home in Washing
ton, d. c., f'uraemic poisoning. AL
though placed on the retired list several
years ago, he was in active service at
the time of his death, being president of
the board of construction of the navy.
1t was under him, as chief of the bureau
of navigation, that the battleship feet of
sixteen vessels which recently circled the
globe was assembled. His widow, who
was a Miss Blood of New York, and his
two unmarried daughters, Maud and Olga
were with him when he died. Two other
daughters survive-Mrs. Colt of Bristol
r. l., and Mrs. Jackson of Baltimore
Md. Admiral Converse was born in Nor
witch, Vt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
RIDE sTEALER GETS DAMAGES
Federal Court UphoIds Verdict for
Man Hurt Jumping from Train.

The Federal Court of Appeals III St.
Louis, in an opinion written by Circuit
Judge Hook, upheld the lower courts
decision awarding Roy Anderson $3.50
damages against the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul Railway for personal in
iuries sustained by being compelled by
the conductors threats of violence to get
off its moving freight train. Anderson
admitted he was stealing a ride or tech
nicaliy trespassing. The Appellate Court
admits the conductors right to protect
the railroad from trespassers, but holds
misuse of such authority renders the
company liable for compensatory dam
ages.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Not Guilty. Plea of Mrs. Boyle

Mrs. Helen Boyle, wife OF James II.
Boyle, kidnaper of Willie Whitla, was
arraigned before Justice of the Peace
Thomas McClain, in Mercer, Pa. charg-
ed with kidnapping. She entered plea OF
not guilty and was held for the action OF
the grand jury in $4,000 bail Her
husband waived hearing in sharon and
is held under a similar bond.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
SIaou sinks: Twenty Peris n i.

A SPECIAL from BIZ efelds, -'lcaragua,
gives details of the loss of the sloop
Kearsarge. ON the night If March ID,
between Monkey Point and Greytown,
Nicaragua The reports state that TWEEN
ty people persisted when the boat went
down The captain, cook. two sailors
and Eve passengers succeeded in reach
ing shore IN a small boat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
BOSTON CROWD SEES TRAGEDY.
Well-knOwn Newspaper Man Shoots
Wife and Himself.

In the public garden near the entrance
of the Boylston street subway in Boston.
while the early evening suburban rush
was at its height, Lawrence r. Boyle, a
well-known newspaper man, shot and
killed his wife and then ended his own
life by the same means. He had been
suffering from nervous trouble for years.
Mrs. Boyle was shot through the mouth
and her husband through the left breast
Both died almost instantly. Boyle was
about 40 years old and for twenty years
he had been on the staff of t. Boston
Globe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
BABY'S BODY IN BASKET.
Cleveland Man Unknowingly Carries
Girls Corpse to His Home.

For several hours Walter Johnson, Jr.,
carried the body o. a baby girl about
Cleveland in a basket, thinking it con-
tanned groceries. johnson bought gro
ceries at several markets. He started
home, but, meeting friends on the way,
was delayed until morning. He then
went to bed without opening the basket,
leaving it in the center of a dining ia
be. His father opened the basket to
lift out the groceries. The police believe
the body was left in a basket in one of
the markets visited by johnson. Death
is said to nave been due to exposure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08

The State Bank of Baldwin, Wis, is in
the hands of the State banking commits
sioner The capital stock and the sur
rIus of the depositors have been impair
ed. it is said. by unfortunate speculations
in land in the West and South. The lat
est report of the bank shows liabilities Of
100000. of which $4,000 is deposits
The capital stock is $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Thousands Hunting a kidnaper

Twenty thousand American boys, all
members of a social ana athletic organi-
cation known as the Sons of Daniel
Boone, have enlisted in the task of run
ming down the kidnaper of one of their
number, Harold Noon, a member of the
Flint (AIicn.) chapter of the organiza-
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08

For the first time in fifteen years the
Hamburg American Steamship line has
failed to declare an annual dividend The
depreciation in the company's earnings
it is stated, is due to the depression in the
ocean-carrying trade felt in all parts of
the world. but in addition the directors
refer to the deadly competition forced on
the German line by the two giant floating
palaces of the English line, the Lusitania
and Mauritania. They say that the con-
struction of these boats has precipitated
an era of the most overburdensome ex-
pense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Try to Wreck Chicago Flyer.

A short time before the arrival of the
Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake
Shore Railroad at Elyria, Ohio, Max
Huntington found a pile of ties laid
across the tracks. 1t is believed that
tramps driven out of town during the
day had planned TO wreck the train.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
THREE-cENT FARE FOR MISSOURI
Railway Lines Announce Increase to
BE Effective April 10.

Executive officers of the railway lines
in Missouri have announced a basis of
passenger rates, in part different from
those announced recently, which are to be
effective April 10. The rates are as fol-
lows Two thousand mile interchangeable
book on certificate plan at cents mile :;
J00-mile book, good for bearer on all
lines in Missouri, at 21a cents a mile ;
5O0-miIe books, good for the individual
only on the line of railroad issuing, at
"a cents a mile, and the 3-cent basis for
single trips. with a 10 per cent reduction
on round trip tickets. The mileage books
will be limited to one year from date of
50 lie
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Deaf Ex-Convict Again Found Guilty

Albert Frazer, aged ., who admitted
that he has spent eve Christmas and
Fourth of July in the past eight years in
prison, was convicted of burglary in
Judge Chittenden's court in Toledo. Ohio
Frazer is deaf and on account of this in
trinity the jury recommended mercy
Sentence was deferred.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Guilty of Fraud, Pays 100000.

The Utah Fuel Company pleaded gull
ty in the United States Court in Salt
Lake City to the fraudulent acquisition
of 14.040 acres of coal land and paid a
fine of $1,000, also S192.J00 for the coal
extracted. and relinquished the land The
land was acquired through dummy en-
try men as agricultural land
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Teeth of PUPILS Examined,

Believing hat good teeth will conserve
their health and make better scholars OF
children the board of education has or
dered that examinations be made of the
teeth of all children attending school in
Cincinnati.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08

The body of Salvatore Melar, aged p,
was found in a vacant lot in Brooklyn,
y. y. He had been stabbed and shot
several times. Ii is believed he was a
BLACK Hand" victim.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
MINE AGREEMENT OR WAGE CUT
President Baer Wants Contract
signed or Conditions of 1900.

SlRncU OF tUHUIFTUHS Oh IUVV.
From local operators in close touch
with President Baer of the Reading Rail
way and Morris Williams of hte Penn
sylvania Coal Company. it was learned
in Shamokin. Pa. that unless officials
of the United Mine workers of the three
anthracite districts signed another three
years agreement the same as the one
row in force the coal companies would
insist on all conditions reverting back to
1900. This would mean the abolition OF
the sliding scale and a reduction of q
per cent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Engine Kills Engine Inventor,

Noble NJ. Davidson, inventor of the
traction engine, was killeu in Ada, Ohio.
by being struck by a Pennsylvania pas
senger engine. Davidson invented the
traction engine in 1877 and in that year
the first engine was put on the market
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Se.snn Opeus on Lake Erie

The passenger traffic season for 1905
on Lake Erie opened Monday when the
Detroit and Cleveland Line steamer City
of Detroit left Detroit for Cleveland
Less ice in Lake Erie than for many
years and spltn,.-u weather made it an
ideal day for the opening.