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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
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Samuel L. Wright, president Of the
Ohio and Pennsylvania Basketball
League, died recently after several
weeks illness.
The formal Inauguration Of the rae
ing season in France took place with
the running of the Prix du President
de La Republique at Anteuil-
The Columbia soccer football team
defeated Harvard by 2 to in a hard
fought match. Yale defeated the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania in the first
game of the season at Yale field 2 to 0.
A horse show with women judges,
women exhibitors and women officers
has been arranged by Miss Ethel Boyd
Powers, and viii be held at Durland's
Riding Academy, New York City, n.
Y, on April 81.
Wireless advices from Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, telling of contests in sports
between the sailors of the battleships
having compliments of over 800 men.
say the Minnesota won in the rowing
contests and the Idaho in sailing.
Big Chief, the 5-year-oId star in the
stable of Thomas Fl. Williams, the
millionaire California turfman, has
been declared out of his Eastern en-
gagements on account of injuries re-
ceived some time ago in a workout
Big Chief, which cost Mr.. Williams
$4,000, was expected to win either the
Brooklyn or the Suburban.
Willie Gibbs. of Philadelphia, was
given decision over Charles White, Of
Chicago, after eight rounds of fighting
v1I1so t.1f
Athletic Club.
Harvey Cornelier recently rolled a
perfect bowling score of 300 points in
a match game at the STANDARD alleys
in Calumet, Mich. His average was
better than 179 for twenty-five games
in one day.
Dorothy Mcdonald a 3-year-old filly
by Go Direct, 2:11A, Startled the ma
tives up at Winnipeg, Man, last month
by pacing half in 1:02H in race on
the ice according to report. She is in
George Spencer's stable.
Batavia, Hamburg, Brockport, Lock-
port. Cuba Fredonia, Warsaw, Perry
Little Valley, Albion and Franklin
Vile will represent the Western New
York fair circuit this year. The purses
at several of the meetings will proba-
bly, be $500, which will attract many
first-class horses.
The Tennessee Fair Circuit, at its
meeting recently, decided to permit
colored men to drive in the races. Many
of the leading breeders in the South
employ colored drivers, and should they
be barred from the circuit it would
mean that such strings would be raced
oISawharo rather than that anV change
in drivers would be made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
Her Hired Helm,

At Cumberland, Md, the colored
servants, as a rule, go to their own
homes at night. The cook in the fam
lily of the EpiscopaIian clergyman not
only does this, but of late has fire.
quently arrived at the rectory too late
to cook breakfast. Hence her mistress
lately told her that for each breakfast
missed there would be a reduction in
her wages. Dinah passively assented
to this, but next day the mistress
heard the maid next door say to her:
Pears to me you get to work
mighty late FL
I get to work when l gets ready"
was the reply.
How do you manage bout the brek-
fus?"
"Oh, I pays the missus to cook de
brekfus. "-Harper's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
BUTCHER ENDS TROUBLES.

Business Difficulties Drive Wealthy
Racine Nan to Commit Suicide.
Albert Turner, prominent and
wealthy butcher, was found in cut:
ter in his barn in Racine with a bull
let wound in his head. A revolver was
clutched in his right hand. Turner
was As years old and leaves a wife
and four children. He left his place
of business on a recent afternoon and
failed to return. When his wife went
into the barn in the morning to feed
the horse she discovered his body. He
had threatened to take his life on va
riCus occasions on account of business
difficulties
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
CHAPTER XXI

Naturally, the tragic end of the
counsel for the defence created a great
sensat ton. The trial was brought to an
abrupt conclusion, the court was
cleared, and the body of the dead man
taken to the residence of Major Jen.
In his rooms at Deanminster was found
the confession signed by him and
which was substantially the same as
that which he had made in court. At
once DR.. Etwald was set at liberty on
the charge of murder.
Whereupon he returned to his house
as though nothing had happened. Mrs
Dallas and Isabella came back to The
Wigwam," but without Dido. On he
day when the trial terminated in 50
tragic manner the negress disappear
ed, and with her the famous Voodoo
Stone.
Z wish I could have caught her."
said Arkel to Major Jen. She com
mitted perjury in order to get Dr. Ell
valid hanged, and she ought to hare
been punished for her wickedness It
has been a terrible affair, Major"
Jen, who was now looking old and
broken down, agreed with a sad shake
of his grey head.
My poor lads" said he, in a voice
full of pathos. First one and then
the other-to lose them both in this
awful fashion"
WHAT cried Arkel, in surprise.
DO you pity Mr.. Sarby?"
why not?" answered the Major,
quietly. To my mind he needs more
pity that poor Maurice. The lad was
driven mad by jealousy and he was
worked on by Dido to commit the
crime The cause of all these troubles.
Mr.. Inspector, is not DR.. Etwald. ut
that black witch wish she could be
caught"
Dido was never caught. She was
too clever to give the police a chance
of laying hands on her. Like a stone
cast into q wide ocean she disappeared
from Deanminster and, possessed {
the Voodoo Stone, possibly took her
way TO her native Ashantee, there TO
become the high priestess In the hor-
rible fetish worship of Africa.
For the next two days Major Jen
stayed in the house and watched over
the corpse of David. The whole scene
was but q repetition of that which had
| taken place when Maurice had died.
| Both young men had persisted from the
effects OF the internal African poison.
Both had persisted in the bloom of
youth; and on the right hand of each
was the fatal wound which had cor
rupted the blood. But the corpse Of
David was here. The corpse of Maui
| rice, where? Only Dr. Etwald could
answer the question, and he, released
| on the charge of murder, was now 1ut
| on bail for the theft of the corpse.
-l,.r -. AT-
would be the outcome of all the terri
BILE events which had filled the last few
weeks, Jaggard entered the library,
| and announced that Mrs. Dallas and
| her daughter wishes to see him. Al
| though he was unwilling to speak 10
| those who had caused these troubles,
| Jen had no reasonable grounds for re-
| fusing an interview. Therefore he gave
| orders that the ladies should be shown
| into the drawing room. When he re-
paired thither, however. he found TO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
TO APPEAL PRIMARY Law CASE
a. b. Van AIstine VIII Probably
Garry Shit Higher

a. B. Van AIstine VIII Probably
Garry Suit Higher.
Although the Wisconsin primary
election law has been declared uneon-
stitutional and the findings of the
lower court in which the case was
tried have been affirmed by the Su-
preme Court, the attack on the law is
not expected to cease. Attorney ]. E
Lehr of Appleton, representing A. B.
Van Alstine of Dale, complainant III
the case, declares that in all probabil-
ity the action viii be appealed to the
United States Supreme Court and eff
fort will be made to get a decision
before the next September primaries.
Inasmuch as the State Supreme Court
in its opinion and decision made a
ruling affecting a federal matter in SO
far as the primary election law ap-
plies to the nominating of candidates
to the United States Senate, Senator
Lehr declares that the case is appeal
able to the nations highest tribunal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21

l6S1-William Penn issued his famous
proclamation to the inhabitants of
Pennsylvania
1692-The Hudson's Bay Company es-
tablished.
17s2-United States mint established
in Philadelphia.
l8O5-@imanuel Lisa founded the first
trading post in Nebraska.
1S14-Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated
the throne of France
1S1S-United States adopted the
"Wendover" flag, designed by Pc
ter H. Wendover of New York
1S5S-National gallery opened in Lon
don -. Pennsylvania Legislature
passed an act for the promotion of
1S46-The Pennsylvania Railroad was
chartered
Indiana militia ordered by Gov.
Morton to prepare for threatened
Confederate uprising.
1S6S-Hon. Thomas Darcy MCGEE as
sassinated at ottawa by a Fenian
fanatic named Patrick Whelan.. =.
N~iidIltS IJIChGHS save MS last ISdu-
ing in Boston, prior to hi. return
to England.
1SS1-RoyaI Society of Canada founded.
1SS5-The 'Grenadiers reached Winni-
peg to suppress the Northwest re-
bellion.
1SSS-A bill for trade reciprocity with
The United States defeated in the
weeks debate.
1S91-The Newfoundland house of as
sembly adopted a petition to Queen
Victoria to ratify their convention
with the United States
1S93-The court of arbitration, respect
ing the seal fisheries in Bering Sea,
began its session.
1S94-United Mine Workers conven-
ton at Columbus ordered a general
strike
1S99-Marriag of William X Wander
bilt Jr., and Miss Virginia Fair at
Newport, r. l.. The New Bruins
wick Legislature rejected a resolu-
ton favoring woman suffrage
19O0-Strathcona's Horse arrived ct
Capetown,
1904-Sir Wilfrid Laurier propounded
the terms of the Grand Trunk Pa
cifc Railway project in the Do
minion House of Commons.
19O5-Final settlement of the Alaskan
boundary agreed upon by Great
Britain and the United States. -.
Arrival of the turbine steamer
Victorian" at Halifax on her
maiden trip across the Atlantic.
1907-H. R. Emerson, minister of rail-
ways and canals, resigned from the
Dominion cabinet. Gov. Johnson
of Minnesota signed the 2-cent pas
senger fare bill. +. The Macdonald
engineering building of McGill
University, Montreal, destroyed l,y
fire Carnegie Institute at Pitts
burg dedicated.
1908-Treaties signed at Washington
between Great Britain and the Uni
ten States for determining the Ca
madam boundary and regulating
the fisheries on the Great Lakes.
The United States made repre-
sensations to Great Britain regard
ing the seizure by Newfoundland of
fishing vessels. An agreement to
check emigration from India to
Canada reached between the Do
minion and British officials.
l909-Anthracit coal operators refused
all the demands of the miners
Fire at Fort Worth, Texas, de-
stroyed property valued at S5,000,-
600. :. United States House of
Representatives passed the Payne
tariff bill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21

his surprise that Mrs. Dallas only was
waiting for him
Il could not get Isabella further than
the door Of your house?" exclaimed
Mrs. Dallas, who was in deep mourn
ing, whether for Maurice or David. or
for the loss of Dido, it is impossible to
say.
Why did she rot come ir?" asked
Jen. colby, for he did not feel very
amiably disposed towards the widow.
I don't know. She is a strange girl.
Major, and the events Of the last few
weeks have shaken her nerves"
They have shaken mine" retorted
Jen. grimly. But we need not discuss
these things, Mrs. Dallas. May I ask
why you have paid me this visit?"
To tell you that we are going away.
Back to Barbados" replied Mrs. Dali
las. with a sigh. Yes, Major, after
what has taken place here. can stay
no longer in America. 1 shall sell my
house and leave for the West Indies
with my daughter within the month.
L think it is the best thing you can
DO" said Jen, brusquely.
Ito be eonrinued.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
Nen Use for Baked beans.

A neatly dressed woman rushed into
a Euclid avenue grocery yesterday and
priced the different sizes of pots OF
baked beans that the grocery keeps
put up hot ready to take home and
serve.
4 guess the small size viii do she
said, hesitating.
How many DO you desire to serve?"
inquired the clerk, ready TO advise.
"Oh, I'm not buying them to serve, .
the customer replied. tOf course /
shall use them, but I'm getting them
to keep my hands warm on the car l
came away from home without either
muff or mittens. cleveland Plain
Dealer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
DOUBLE SLAV MURDER.
Bodies of Two Men Found in Box.
car-Companions Deny Crime

Bodies of Two Men Found in Box.
car-Companions Deny Crime.
What may prove double murder
was the shooting of Andrew Wenig
and his companion in a 500 line box
car in which they were riding between
Ladysmith and Bruce Frank Skebes-
ka and Peter Borch, who with Wenig
are said to have boarded the freight
train in Rhinelander, were arrested at
Weyerhauser, charged with shooting.
Wenig was shot five times and his
companion three times. They have
a slight chance to recover. The men
held FOR the shooting are said to be
Slavonians. When taken by the Off
GERS each had a revolver in his pos
session. They admitted having been
in the box ear, but deny having at
tackled Wenig and the other man. The
interior of the car where the battle
took place was despatched with blood.
The four men were also covered with
blood and their clothes were badly
ripped and torn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
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A union of the wood, wire and metal
fathers is being formed at Bakersfield,
Cal
During February there were 237 in
dustrial accidents in Canada and forty
one work people killed.
International Union of Blacksmiths
will send organizers to Boston to or
ganize thoroughly the craft in that vi
cinity.
Organized labor in Denver, Colo, has
united in a demand for the public
ownership of the water supply for that
city.
The number of national and inter
national unions of laboring people has
grown in nineteen years from twenty
to thirty-five.
The National Pharmaceutical Socie
ty is the name given to a union recent
ly formed by the drug clerks of New
York City
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of North America
will hold their annual convention in
Louisville, KY, May 8.
In England an injured workman
receives during his period of dis
ability one-half the wages be would
have earned if he had not been in
jured.
A recent meeting of the Memphis
(Tenn) trades and labor council took
up and discussed the question of a local
labor temple, and d building commit
tee to go into the question was named.
The Porto Rico unions which are af-
filiated with the American Federation
of Labor are making an appeal to I'M
ions in the United States for funds to
aid the bakers in Mayague, who are on
strike.
The biennial vote of the Information
al Printing Pressmen and Assistants
Union for their annual executive coun-
ell was announced by the board of
electors at Cincinnati recently, showing
a IS per cent vote out of membership
of $4,000.
From 1897 to the close of last year
the American Federation of Labor had
issued 6,821 charters, as follows: Inter
national 107, department 4, state, 80,
central 9S6, trade unions 1856. At this
time it costs $208,702 a year to conduct
the office of the American Federation
of Labor
A recent report from the general Of
fees of the American Federation of
Labor shows that on an average the
office sends out daily LOO letters, cir
culars and packages
Some time ago the painters of Sac
ranento, Cal, made a demand on the
boss painters for wage of S. a day.
This was refused and $3.50 offered.
vote resulted in the acceptance of the
offer by a majority of sixty.
The amount contributed by the Ia
Dor unions of the country for the de-
Tense of Gompers, Morrison and Mitch
ell in their appeal from the decision of
Justice Wright, Of Washington, D. c.,
in the Danbury hat case is s44,297.
The laboring men employed on city
jobs in Spokane, Wash, are making a
fight to receive from the city all that
the city pays to its workers and TO
abolish the practice of a rake down"
for the city boss. An effort is being
made there to increase the pay of la
borers from s2.75 to SO a day.
With record of about fifty years
behind it, the International Molders'
Union stands to-day in the first rank
among the trade unions of this coun-
try. And it has won its place
through many and hard fights by being
one of the first labor organizations to
favor wage agreements with its en-
ployers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
BIG OIL TANKS BURN.
yaIvoline Company Suffers Fire Loss
of $4,000 in Neenah.

VaIvOline Company Suffers Fire Loss
of $4,000 in Neenah.
Fire Of unknown origin starting in
the oil tanks of the Valvoline Oil Com
pany in Neenah destroyed 10000 gal
Ions of gasoline and kerosene valued
at about $4,000. A 5,000-gallon tank
exploded and the cover of the tank,
weighing 500 pounds, ives sent 1000
feet into the air, falling in the midst
of a crowd of spectators, barely miss
ing several firemen. The Neenah and
Menasha fire departments succeeded in
combining the flames to a small area. A
large woodshed and large quantity of
wood belonging to Pride G Hough were
destroyed, at loss Of $4,000 The
Standard Gil tanks near by barely as
capped destruction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
FARMER BOYS EXCEL.
City-Bred Students Physically Are
Less Strong than "Agries,,

City-Bred Students Physically Are
Less Strong than 'Agrics."
That the boy from the farm is phys
ically finer than the city-bred boy is
shown by a comparison of the statistics
Of measurements of $50 students in the
short course in agriculture at Wiscon-
sin this year with similar statistics
of the freshman class at the univer-
sity, and of 5000 college men of all
classes. This may be accounted for
partially by the fact that the agricul-
tural students were two years older
than the freshmen. The short-course
man is nearly six pounds heavier than
the freshman and nine pounds more
than the average student. His lung
capacity is 255 cubic inches, 25 cubic
inches more than the average student
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
WASTE BY FIRE.
City Per Capita Loss Exceeds That
of Rural Districts.


of Rural Districts.
The report of the United States Geo
logical Survey on the waste of struc-
tural materials by fire gives interest
ing figures concerning the fire waste in
this country. In connection with this
investigation the Survey took up the
question of fire losses and the expenses
connected with fires, such as fire de-
partments, waterworks, etc. Details
are given which are accepted as ac-
curate. Elaborate statistics were Sc
cured by sending blanks to the chiefs
of fire departments in more than
5000 incorporated towns and cities and
to the postmasters in rural districts
with no large cities, to determine the
comparisons between urban and strict
ly rural risks.
The per capita fire loss reported
from the cities was S2.54 and from the
country districts S2.49 The absence Of
the confiagration hazard in the COUNTRY
and of the exposure fires which form
so large a proportion of the losses in
the towns and cities is Offset by the
efficiency of the fire departments in the
cities, the proportion of the total
losses being very much larger in the
country. 1t is estimated in the report
that about So per cent of the total
property is insured, a much smaller
proportion than is usually supposed.
Excessive fire waste in the United
States is attributed to the predomi-
nance of frame buildings, over two
thirds of the losses being in such risks.
The report has grouped eleven
States which are practically treeless
and compared them with the eleven
States in which there is still an abun-
dance of timber, showing a per capita
loss of $3.50 in the former States and
$3.50 in the latter.
States have been grouped geograph-
ically to analyze the fire loss, show
ing a per capita of S219 in the South
Atlantic States, S2.37 in the North Cen
trail, $3.50 in the North Atlantic, $265
in the Western and $685. in the South
Central The excess in the latter dis
trict is attributed to an unusually
large number of frame buildings, care
less construction and inferior fire pro-
lection
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
BRIDGE OUT; TRAIN FALLS.

Structure Burned and Freight Goes
ThrouGh-Limfted Is saved.
The Northwestern Limited train
from st. Paul to Milwaukee was by
chance averted from plunging through
burning bridge near Cedarhurst a
freight train went through the bridge
half an hour before the passenger was
due. The locomotive and cars were
ditched and the wreckage burned. The
engineer and fireman escaped by jump
ing and none was hurt. The passenger
was tagged in time and went back.
Forest fires had crept up to the bridge
and burned away the foundations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
Ditch Causes war of spades.

War is on between Marinette and the
township Of Peshtigo over ditch
which the city desires to have filed
III. Permission to fill in the ditch
was granted by the township on con-
dition that another outlet was fur
nished for the water. The city tried to
fill in the ditch before fulfilling the
conditional promise AS a result. as
fast as the city crew would throw
dirt in the ditch representatives of the
township would throw it out. The
matter will be taken to the courts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
PILFER POINTED PENS.
Penetrate Partition Pending Police

Penetrate Partition Pending Police
mans Rounds, and PurlOin.
Burglars entered the Parker Pen
Companys store in GAINESVILLE by
climbing up an awning within 100 feet
lights burning on the corner but a
few feet away, and secured $4,000
worth Of valuable pens. Evidently the
thieves had accurate knowledge of the
building and the interior of the store
because they went directly to the place
where the valuable pens were kept
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
BULLET FLIES IN FEUD.

Postmaster at Mound FRS Shot at
Farmer in Quarrel.
Elmer Williams, postmaster and
merchant at Mound, shot and seriously
wounded John Weiser, a prominent
farmer residing near Mound The bull
let struck Weiser on the side of the
head, just missing his temple, but ne
will recover. The affray was the re-
suit Of an old feud, Williams having
had trouble with the farmers before
Williams was arrested and taken to
the county jail at Balsam Lake to
await trial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
DRIVING DOGS AROUND WORLD.

Caribou Bill, Cooper of La Crosse
His Way to Win Big Wager.
On $4,000 wager that he can drive
his dog team around the world in four
years, Caribou Bill Cooper was in
La Crosse for several days. Cooper
left Nome, Alaska, October 81, 1903,
and the wager Of $4,000 was made
with the All-Alaska Sweepstake Asso-
citation that he would return on Christ
mas day, 1912. Mrs Cooper travels
by rail and makes preliminary prepa-
rations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
ELECTRoCUTED BY FENCE.

Live Wire Charges Fence with Dead
Iy Fluid During Storm.
Edward Reese was electrocuted near
Dodgeville while climbing through a
wire fence against which had fallen
a live electric wire broken down by
the heavy snowfall. Henry Snow, j.
H Chapman and Thomas Davis, who
found Reese's body, were so badly
shocked by coming in contact with the
fence that they had to be carried
home A physician worked over them
more than an hour before they recov-
cred
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-21
Proved HIS Innocence.

HE proved his clients innocence
of burglary by producing an alibi-'
Then the prisoner didn't commit
the theft as charged?
NO. His lawyer established the
fact that the accused was in jail for
highway robbery at the time the af-
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