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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
VOLUNTEERS JOIN CRUSADERS.
Ten Thousand Follow CIeveIanders
I'm Irving TO Live Like Christ

Ten Thousand Follow CIeveIanders
I'm Trying to Live Like Christ.
The movement begun on a recent Sun
day by 1880 young people of Cleveland
to live for two weeks as Jesus would
has assumed scope far beyond the expec-
tations of its promoters. 1t is citywide
and is spreading to nearby towns Fully
10000 volunteers have unoficially Joined
the movement by attempting the test and
pledging themselves to walk in His steps.
Even the city officials are taking an in
terest in the question of what Jesus
would do if He were a city official. MANY
interesting experiences have been related
by those who have completed the first
weeks test. Some claim they cannot carry
the practice into business. Others say
they can. The test also has brought out
host of critics. some praising, Others
condemning the idea. Church people are
encouraging the trial and pleading for its
continuance. The scoffers say the effort.
which is being made mostly by church
members should be unnecessary, as it i'm
plies a past hypocrisy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
TRADE AND INDUSTRY

The estate left by Claus SpreckeIs. the
sugar magn&te, who died recently, is val
ued at $300OO,0OO.
A movement has been launched at
| Cleveland for an amalgamation of all la
Dor unions on the great lakes.
The estate of the late William Il.
Leeds, of tin plate fame, has been ap-
praised at S14S54201, against which
there is a debt of $5,201 80.
4 movement to incorporate what will
be known as the Employers Association
of Minnesota was started at the annual
meeting Of the Minnesota State Associa-
ton of Builders exchanges held in St.
Paul.
Iowa received first in the awards on
State exhibits at the National Horticul-
tural Association. Second place was Civ
en- to Idaho. third to Washington. fourth
TO Utah and fifth to Maryland Awards
on county displays were as follows: Can
yon county, Idaho, first Chelan county,
Washington, second; Iowa county, Iowa,
third; Polk county, Iowa, fourth.
Dividends, interest, disbursements on
stock and bonds of the banks, trust COM
panies, railroads, industrial and other
corporations of New York City for the
month Of January, 1909, will exceed
S21O,C0OO0O. an increase of approximate
" S17,000,O00 over the disbursements of
January last year.
The commissioner Of immigration is of
the opinion that the tide of immigration
to this country has not yet turned in our
favor to any extent. The total number
of newcomers during 1903 was about
100000, as against 1,170,2S5 in 1907.
The commissioner does not look for the
big thrush until next April
That American -four is welcome in the
Netherlands because of its peculiar value
for bread making in the home milled soft
wheat fours, with which it is blended by
the bakers in the break-making process,
is the report made by NJ II. Davis, spe-
cial agent of the bureau of Manufacture
ers
One of the most important mining
deals consummated by Lake Superior min
ing men and capitalists recently IS the
organization of the Calumet and Cerbin
Mining Company to take over the Min-
nesota mine between Butte and Helena,
Mont. The mine has produced $1,000
coo. The new company has already be-
gun operations
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
ORDERS SIX TO GALLONS.
Night Riders Sentenced to Pay Ex-
treme Penalty for Murder.

IRENE Penalty for Murder.
Without a tremor six men of Reel
foot Lake heard judgment passed in
Union City, Tenn, condemning them to
pay with their lives the penalty for the
part they had in the putting to death
of Captain Quentin Ranken at Walnut
Log, the deed of a band of so-called
night riders of which the six men
were declared to be the leaders. What
ever may have been their emotion, they
faced the court to receive sentence with
the same stoical expression tina, has
been their marked characteristic during
the sensational trial of which this ac-
ton was the climax.
When court convened the room was
crowded with people from Reelfoot
Lake. The motion of the defense for
new trial was promptly overruIed by
Judge Jones. Then amid a death-like
quiet, the six men, Carrot Johnson.
Sam Applewhite, It'd Burton, Roy Ran
som, Arthur Cloar and Fred Pinion,
convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, each in his turn, faced Judge
Jones TO hear the sentence of the court
setting Friday, Feb. 10, as the day of
their execution
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
CUBANS TO MAKE LAWS.
New Congress Takes First Steps
Toward Restored Independence.

Although the reins of self-government
will not be officially turned over to the
Cuban authorities until Jan. %, when
the Inauguration of President Jose
Miguel Gomez and Vice President AL
fredo Zayas will take place, the meet
ing Wednesday of the new Cuban Con
gress in initial session marked the be-
ginning of the end of the second period
of American Intervention in the island,
which began with the breaking out
of the revolution in August, 1906.
Little or no public interest was man
ifested in the gathering of the legis-
lators, the purpose of the meeting be-
ing merely to pass upon the credentials
of members. At the Senate building
the twenty-four Senators met shortly
after noon and submitted their creden-
tials. The eighty-two members of the
House gathered in the new House of
Representatives building, formerly the
Admiralty Palace, which has been ell
tirely reconstructed.
For the first time in the history of
the republic the House enjoyed the dlS-
nifty of occupying its own home, hav-
ing met during the former period of
independence in an old tobacco ware
house.
The decree issued by Provisional Gov
ernor Magoon convoking the Congress
makes a very strict requirement for
the attendance of members. Neither
Senators nor Representatives will re-
ceive pay when absent from roll calls
without leave and neither house will
be permitted to grant leaves Of absence
to more than one-sixth Of their mem
berships at one time.
Bills establishing cockfghting and a
national lottery will be among the first
to be introduced.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
SIX DEATHS IN ONE FAMILY.
Bodies of Children of Eastern wom-
an Exhumed for Investigations

The bodies of two persons, who died at
the home of Mary Kelleher under condi-
tions believed by the police to be suspi-
cious, were exhumed at Somerville. An
official connected with the investigation
said that examination of the viscera of
Katherine Kelleher, the 12-year-old daugh-
ter of Mrs. Kelleher, disclosed a quantity
of arsenic sufficient TO cause death. Six
members of the Kelleher household have
died within three years. The bodies ex-
humed were those of William and Mary
Kelleher. other children of the woman. At
present Mrs. kelleher is awaiting trial on
two charges of arson. The arrest of Mrs.
Kelleher shortly after fire in the home
of her employer on Dec. II first attract
ed attention to an earlier blaze in the
same dwelling and the deaths in her
household
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21


actions. The tines of the "pitchfork"
had been sharpened anew and the re-
cent onslaught of the "big stick" was
returned with the South Carolina Sen
ator's old-time skill.
Mr.. Tillman accused the President of
personal malice, misrepresenta ton, ft.l-
sifcation, contempt Of the Senate, and
violation of the law in the use Of the
secret service.
incidentally, he gave official utter
ance to the charge he made inform
ally Saturday that important papers
bearing on the case had been stolen
from his desk in his room at the capt.
tol, probably by some of the secret
service sleuths.''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
DEATH TAKES RUSSIAN ADMIRAL
Rojestvensky succumbs to Heart
Trouble in st. Petersburg.

The death is announced of Vice Adj
miral Rojestvensky, who was in COM
mand Of the Russian fleet in May,
1905, when it was practically annihi-
lated by the japanese in the battle of
the Sea of Japan. The death of Adj
miral Rojestvensky, which occurred in
st. Petersburg Thursday, was due to
neuralgia of the heart
Sinovi PetrOvitch Rojestvensky was
about 60 years old and for years bore
the reputation of being the most cool
headed and scientific officer in the Rus
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
RICH WOMAN DIES IN FIRE.
Mother of millionaire Killed and
Mother-in-Law Fatally Hurt


Mother-in-Law Fatally Hurt.
In fire that destroyed his residence
in New Haven, Conn, the mother of
Samuel Higgins, millionaire general man
sger of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad, lost her rfe and his
mother-in-law, Mrs. NJ. f. Corbin. was
probably fatally hurt. His wife. his
daughter Isabel, his young son, and Mr..
Higgins himself barely escaped death by
jumping out of second-story window.
1t was a result of this jump that Mrs.
Corbin was fatally hurt. Mrs and Miss
Higgins suffered broken legs and Mr.. Hig-
gins was badly bruised. The young son.
Harold, escaped injury. A negro cook
jumped out of a third-story window and
probably escaped serious injury by rea-
son of two police officers interposing their
bodies and breaking the fall. The cause
of the fire, it is said, was an overheated
furnace
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21

against an attack
by the President
was presented in
Washington Mon
day.
Senator Benja-
min X. Tillman of
South Carolina de-
MED Pre- S / d e II t
Roosevelt's charge
that he had used
his official position
fol- his private ben
eft, or that he had
made a false state
ment to his fellow
members regarding
western land trans
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
r..cber shoots Self TO Death

Clark H. Tanby of Hopkinsville, KY,
professor of Greek and Latin at the
Iawrenceville Preparatory School. John
c. Green Foundation. Presbyterian in
stitution near Trenton, n. J., shot him
self to death No reason is known for
the suicide
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Prison for Father and Son.

A fine of $1,000, the return of the prop
erty embezzled. or the value thereof, and
Imprisonment in the penitentiary for one
year was the penalty imposed upon Will
liam A. Ensign and Charles Ensign, faith
err and son, who conducted a bank at
Northeast, Pa, and were convicted of re-
ceiving deposits, knowing the bank was
about to fail. The elder Ensign is about
so years of age.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Convict Dies While Wrestling

Arthur Strang, negro awaiting re-
moyal to the Kansas penientiary to serve
a term for the murder of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis 3. Sternberg, dropped dead from
heart disease while wrestling with an
other prisoner in the county Jail in Kan
sas CITY. Kan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Writes to Wife. Seeks Death

A man believed to be c. D. Swick of
Marshaltown, Iowa, shot and probably
Satally wounded himself in a restaurant
IN Louisville. He wrote d letter to his
wife, who is in Iowa, and note to the
chief Of police of Louisville, giving his
name as Swick
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Negro Attacks and Beats Girl.

In the heart of the most fashionable
district Of Richmond, Va, Miss Marie
Louise Stumpf, 10 years old, daughter Of
T. a. Stumpf, a business nan, was
attacked and severely beaten by Charles
Gillespie, a negro, % years old, who is
now under arrest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Acquitted Banker Opens Office

Alfred II. Curtis, formerly vice presi-
dent of the Bank of North America. who
stood trial with Charles w. Morse for
bank wrecking, has opened an office at 80
Broadway, New York, for the transaction
of a stock and bond commission business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Kills Wife, FIees, Dead.

After killing his wife with revolver
Frank DonneIIy, SO years old, Oxford,
Ohio, shot himself FIVE times, slashed his
throat and wrists with razor and walked
from Oxford to Hamilton sixteen miles.
Re died in Mercy hospital u hamilton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Quake Jars Pacific Coast.

Bellingham, Wash, was shaken by an
earthquake at 3 40 o'clock Monday after
noon Buildings in all parts of town
were Jared. but no damage was done
Hundreds of persons rushed into the
streets in panic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Kills Husband, shoots Woman

In Muskogee, Okla, Mrs. Flora Jack
son shot and killed her husband, Samuel
Jackson. and then going to the home of
Rose Simmons, shot and fatally wounded
the latter. Mrs. Jackson, who appears TO
have been prompted by jealousy, was
bound over on a charge of murder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Finds 400 In Bills Burned.

When Captain c. A. Carpenter Of
Findlay, Ohio, went to get $1,000 which
he had secreted in some boxes containing
old papers he found the papers had been
burned and with them the greenbacks.
Nothing remained to identify the money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
BIND, GAG AND ROB AGED TRIO.

Thieves Attack Man and Two Women
on Lonely Farm-Get $500.
After binding, gagging and assaulting
Solomon Loughner, so years old, and his
two sisters, both of whom are between
90 and so years old, six masked robbers
ransacked the house, secured about ST.
200 in cash, ate their supper and then
disappeared. The Loughners live on an
isolated farm midway between Jeanette
and Harrison City, Pa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
s2,OoO,OOO Furnaces Planned

The River Furnace and Dock Company
of Cleveland, new corporation organized
by Corrigan, Mckinney & Co, will begin
the erection of two big furnaces, to cost
100000 as soon as the weather will
permit The plant will be located in the
INNER river section.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Mother AbIaze Leaps on Bed.

Mrs. A. Fitzgibbons, her clothins
afame from an explosion of gasoline
threw herself on a bed beside her sleep.
ing husband and 3-year-old daughter. Their
rushed from the house and fell dead in
the dooryard of her home at 900 Benton
street. st. Louis. Fitzgibbons and his
daughter were severely burned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Bodx of st. Louis Man Foupd

The body of man believed, from let
tiers found in the clothes, TO be II. 81.
Collins of ST. Louis, was found near
Pittsburg, Kan. There were no signs of
violence about the body, which was in
an advanced state of decomposition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Severe Punishment for Soldier

Confinement within the limits of the
army past at Fort du Pont, Delaware,
for six months. the forfeiture of $50 a
month of his pay for the same period and
a reprimand is the sentence on Lieut..
James Il. Fulton for neglect of duty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Ohio soIons Name It. e. Burton.

The Ohio House and Senate held sep
arate sessions Tuesday and voted their
choice for United States Senator. Con-
gresham Theodore E. Burton of CIeve-
land was named by each house and was
elected at the joint session held Wednes-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
FORTY SLAIN AT WORSHIP.
Ancient Church In Switzerland Col
lapses, Injuring Scores.

lapses, Injuring Scores.
During divine service Sunday an an.
cient church near Sion, Switzerland. sud
denly collapsed, burying the worshipers
in the ruins. Practically all the mem
bers of the congregation were killed OF
injured. Those who escaped were thrown
into a wild panic, rushing through the
fields shouting that an earthquake had
overtaken the village. Other villagers
joined in the outcry and were with diff.
Guilty Gained. After an hours exertions
the fire company extricated forty corpses
but it is believed that there are still
more under the timbers. Sixty persons
were badly injured. The collapse of the
church was caused by the time-worn Pill.
lars in the underground crypt giving way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
c.. oyercomes All i'm schooI

Thirty-fve pupils of the Mount Carbon
school, south of Pottsville, Pa, and their
teacher. Miss Laura Diesher, were over
come by coal gas caused by a leaky stove
pipe. and were rescued unconscious By
neighbors who discovered their condition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
New Blow to the Nude in Art.

Directors of the National Bill Posters
Association, in session in Oklahoma City,
issued an order forbidding members of the
association to post nude pictures such as
are used to advertise union suits and cor
sets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Prison Term for Ballot Fraud

The twelfth conviction for fraudulent
registration in st. Louis was secured
when jury found Thomas O'Brien guilty
and sentenced him to three years in the
nenitentiarv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Five Men Frozen to Death

A report has been received at Edmon.
ton. Alberta, of five men being frozen to
death $50 miles west of there, beyond
Pembina River. The victims were all
Frenchmen who left Stony Plain a few
days ago, intending to travel to Nc
cod
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
CRIME ONLY BAD TooTHACHE

Cleveland Man Says Insanity Also
often Result of Defective Molars
Prominent criminologists and alienists
are interested in the experimental work
of DR.. Henry Epson of Cleveland who
believes that criminal instincts as well as
nervous disorders and even insanity are
caused in numerous instances by defective
teeth. DR.. Epson has produced marked
effects upon patients at the Newburg
insane asylum by simple dental opera
tions. Arrangements have been made BY
which Dr. Epson will soon begin expert
sents upon prisoners at the workhouse
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Two Jail Breakers Die in Fire.

In an attempt to escape from Jail pris-
oners at TiIlar, Ark, set fire to the struc-
ture George Lacey and Lassie Collins
were incinerated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
rhree Children Rurn with Home

While their parents were at a frolic at
a neighbours home three negro children
persisted in a fire that destroyed their
house in Williamsburg county. s. C.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
T. J. HAMS HELD NOT GUILTY.
Acquitted of Murder in Annis Case
Jury Ont TWENTY-FIVE Hours.

Jury Out twenty-five Hours.
At Flushing, y. Y, Thornton Jen
kins Hafnes, the writer, was declared
not guilty rs 2 principal with his broth
er. Capt. Peter c. Hams. Jr. in the
killing Of William E. Apnis. The jury
was out twenty-five hours and took
fifteen ballots. Judging from the gen
eral opinion at the district attorneys
office, Capt. Haines will never be
brought to trial.
This is the second time I. Jenkins
Hams has been acquitted Of the charge
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
J.r I,ou;rx Into wonan,. heath

Orders Inquiry Into Woman's Death.
In Mount Vernon. \. Y, Miss Lydia
Westlund, a nurse, died from the effects
of some subtle poison self-administered
Her death was surrounded by mystery
and the coroner has ordered an autopsy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
SATURDAY..

Iowa progressives won the fight for
organization Of both houses of Legisla-
ture.
Rev. John II. Carmichael, suspect in
the Michigan church murder mystery, was
traced to Chicago.
Fred Richardson of Elmira, y. Y, was
arrested in Chicago for alleged defalca-
tons aggregating $250,000
Six Tennessee night riders were sem
fenced to be hanged Feb. 10 for the muir
der of Captain Ranken in Tennessee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Sunday.

Four United States battleships under
command of Rear Admiral Seprry ar
rived at Naples and Messina 10 aid in re-
lief work for Italian earthquake sur
viyors.
An explosion in the Letter coal mine
at Zeigler, H., killed all but two men
in the workings, the dead numbering
twenty-four Digging had just been re-
sumed after a six weeks fight with fire
in the shaft
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
PITCHFORK VS.. BIG STICK.
Tillman in Defense Says He Did
Nothing Wrong in Land Deal.

The unprecedented spectacle of
Senator of the United States defend
ing his honor before his colleagues
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21

The House Committee on Naval Affairs
agreed to recommend to Congress the con-
struction of two battle ships that will
make the famous Dreadnought insignif-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-30
ACTOR PLAYS Ar TWO THEATERs
Albert Ferguson Appears at Novelty as
Well as Majestic.

There have been several changes in
the vaudeville program at the Novelty
this week. Due to a misunderstanding
and the inability of the performer to
the theater, the magician who played
the theater, the majcian who played
one night, was supplapted last night by
Mr.. Albert Ferguson of the North
Brothers Co., who are playing a sea-
sons ef gagement at the Majestic
Mr.. Ferguson was loaned" to the
Novelty management through the cour-
tesy of Mr.. North, and while playing
in a small part in the stock play this
week is also able to handle a vaudeville
act at the other house. Mr.. Ferguson
appears in a character sketch which
embodies limitations singing and dane
ing. Much of it is out of the ordinary.
Before entering stock, Ferguson. with
lis father who died last month in IL
lipois, and his brother. Edward. who
is also with North Brothers, were one
of the best known sketch teams in the
west.
Carl Fletcher, the boy tenor. will ar
rive here today. and will sing with
Miss BroJes. the soprano. who started
singing the Illustrated songs yesterday.
Miss Viva A. Brown. the Topeka girl.
who has been singing. having left for
Maryland where she Will remain for
sometime.
Friday night, which is New Years,
the management announces there will
be four shows, which will continue I'M
til after the new year has made its
advent.