St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 19, 1906

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a A a Se et SN ek. Se peas ; Pee See RL se ny cS es Be eter es eciet ct) gee a. ie : pe bia, Pears , oe Pie es, ates a Wf ; ; -- ST ee ae. ee © an ¥ bee SPS have already arrived in Escanaba. Tens of thousands of others are believed to be homeless and suffering from want of food, clothing and other necessities. Ar- rangements for aid and offers of assis- tance are reaching this city from lower Michi@n and Wisconsin, which must bear a large share of fire losses, directly er indirectly the result of the forest fires. The forest fires compelled the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad to can- cel its Duluth trains last night. The joss by the fires is broadly estt- mated at $1,000,000. | Wausnokee Hemmed In. WATTSAUKEE, Marinette County, is hemmed in by forest fires which are slowly creeping up to the city on the north and south. Millions of feet of lumber are burned. The loss is esti- mated at $100,000. At Cedarville, a town four miles south of Wausaukee, forest fires have de- stroyed many cars of lumber and big kilns filled with cedar. A fierce wind is blowing sparks and burning embers for miles. All trains are betng Held here, as the rails are twisted from the intense heat. The Bird & Wells Lumber Co. has suf- fered an enormous loss. Several of their One man declared thet tne | fi nes were advancing in the vicinity Cor nell at the rate of 20 miles an hour whe he and the residents of that ; taken out on a train. F carrying packs of a few who also had been @ homes. were found by t at all points along the iene as way a were picked up and brought | this city or left at stations not th “ ie small words.’ Josephine'’s father died four years be- fore the child was sent to America. e was a man who would drink very much," said the mother. “After he had drunk too much wine he would come home and smash furniture and dishes and once in a while give me a slap in the face.”’ “Was he drunk or crazy then?’ asked the lawyer. “Ile was both.’ anewered the woman. ‘‘He did these thgngs every day—before Josephine was born and afterward.” ‘What was the name of your father?’ ‘‘Nicola. His character was not very bad, except that he would drink every day and get drunk.’ ‘Did you ever have a fit?’’ “Yes,”' replied Mrs. Polarro. ‘Tl have terrible attacks. Three days ago I had one, and I have been in bed ever since. I have had them ever since I was born to this day —sometimes three or four times in a month.’ The Defense. In opening the case for the defense Mr. Palmieri declared that Aunt Con- cetta Riggio, for killing whom Jose- phine is now on trial, was guiltier than her brutal husband. “We want you,” said the lawyer. “to know the dying words of Josephine’'s uncle as he was struck down, for I say to you he was not stricken by the hand of this girl, but by the hand of God—yes, by the hand of Almighty God,’ The speaker told of Josephine’s de- seent from a family of drunkards and Other members of the majority hinted ee qeaenne ae oe ard at the City Hospital], has. resigned to accept a position with a railroad. He is succeeded temporarily by James Thomas, for some time assistant steward at the Emergency and City Hospitals.

der it the girl may be sent to the House of Refuge. Mrs. Kaster says if she is unwilling to give Kraus up after the marriage is annulled she will send the girl to a convent. “Happy Hollow,”’ helped her in many ways, and this is the way she repays me. “She says that I went to St. Louis with her and registered at the Planters Hotel. That is untrue. I never went anywhere with her.. All of her charges are faise. It is true that I have given The first shock lasted about six sec-| her money and helped to support her, but that was from motives of pure char- onds and the second about three sec- ee. onds. Residents of Holland rushed out of their houses in night attire, the quake having thrown open many doors. Rumblings like thunder were heard around the shores of Black Lake. No seriows damage is reported. COOL SUNDAY, MAN SAYS SO Tne showers are over for a while and cooler weather has has come to tarry “in our midst’’ at least for a day or two, according to The Man Who Ought To Know. It's going to. stay cool Sunday, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 19.—T wo earthquake shocks were felt in Western Michigan at 3:20 o'clock this morning. Distinct shocks are reported from Hol- land, Grand Haven, Fennville and Ban-

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Mrs. McCormick, who is 26 years old. was Miss Edith Gascogne before sho married Willlam E. McCormick, the ‘*Riverside Whistler,’ in 1897. She came to Chieago. from Plainfield, IL, ten years ago. She obtained a divorce from MeCormick last July on charges of eru- elty. Her ogg she declares, was brought about by Greenlee in order that he might escape the consequences of a trip to St. Louts. “After coming from Plainfield.” Mrs. McCormick, “I met Mrs. Greenlee in a mewspaper office, and through her I met Mr. Greenlee, who later gave me a position in his -office, I went to live on the West Side and here Mr. Greetlee came to see me eyv- ery Sunday. This caused much talk and I was compelled to move to an- other place. His visits continued. “About this time I went to Califor- nia with my parents and stayed there a year. When they returned to their home I went back to Chicago. My home life was unpleasant. Mr. Green- lee learned that [ was in the city and soon our fermer relations were re- sumed. In the first week of August, 1897, I went to St. Louts with him’ We stopped at the Planters Hotel and by fire. It is known that two camps of phenson company have been ¢ wiped out, and large crews of at work in the heart of t wooded country and with —s are b sree t da ae e crew of one lum ne camp, te fled before the — ————— Paid Advertising ~~~ Thursday and Friday, May 17 and 18 Post-Dispatch, 221 Columns Same days the Globe- Democrat, Republic and Star-Chronicle gether with 5° horses, fire for a distance of 12 miles and

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—— on both the Northwestern & and Lake Bu or roads was susp early yesterday afternoon. and thi tire attention of the train crews is to relief traine sent out to move dents of burned towns to ones "Owing to the fact _ the rails } pe aknng by the fie any pla ae — — slow, and some yet been heard “TED" WALKERS I tll i es

214 Columns and fair as well unless the oracle is sadly mistak- oe as ‘R, Stebbins and daugh- er “Some time after we returned to Chi- cago Mr. Greenlee urged me to marry McCormick. who, he knew, had asked Busy Times in the Great South- west (in colors) FICTION LIBRARY SECTION: epileptics,.of her being sent from Si- cily to New York to live with her un- cle. and of her uncle's long continued | combined carried .

(of the Bird, H. H. Chrtst, camps are totally destroyed. The losses Mose Hollow and many other logging compenies are steadily growing. Lambert Residence te ’ ssugserine ig Thaeeseect il Post-Dispatch ages * hen ~draagy EE school, made a EXCESS 1 over a other English dailies drudge of-her, he said, and frightfully * combined .. ‘ TS ce nae er, the wealthy young 81. Louisan, 1 a died near Clarksville, hype rrine r | burns caused by an explosie Ron | ee tet Wien" tn tee interment was en. The mercury | 28 The funeral of James Theodore 1 | ral In the thermom- eter is going to me to marry him, but I had refused. | did marry McCormick, after Mr. Green- lee wae ce pagel me, that “we child . never shou wan en r. McCor- ape how it feels mick learned the facts he threatened to) «6stay)§ «6downito bring suit against Mr. Greenlee for | around the & $00, Neiiimeng aiuias ‘be ; « Hua oney Paid. “oe ones tar “The matter was settled out of court. night, and will jas Mr. Greenlee paid McCormick $4000 as probably not wenewel money. A rye McCormick was peep above the | cruel to me, an obtained a divorce 70 digit Sunda from him on the ground of cruelty. y. “Mr. Greenlee repeated his promises The forecast: to provide for the boy, but he never “Fair and cool- | kept them. Only last week he offered fer Saterday | ™e stock tn his company, but the night. S8un-. a stock was so tied up that I declined ; _ fair and qouttnped cool, northerly “A Rock in the Baltic” by Rob- ert Barr (in colors) “4 Rock in the Baltic” by Rob- ert Barr “4 Rock in the Baltic” by Rob- ert Barr “A Rock in the Baltic” by Rob- ert Barr (in colors) THE FUNNYSIDE. Nibsy, the Newsboy, in Funny Fairyland il Geta Another Job Father Avenges a Slight Mother The Kid; See What He Did to the Cake! Trickee Trixie’s Tricks The Rad Dream That Made Bill a Netter Boy + The Laughing Loskoes.~\ +. Three miles south of ‘Wansaukee an- other fire is raging. The flames are sweeping through slashing and forest. The flames are in some cases ®) feet high. The dry conditions are responsible for the great lows and the fire sweeps everything clean. A score of farmers in Chocolay Township have been burned out, tos- and to the n i . = Aaa Ee, St sectnane have been destroyed by the fire. Reach Safety, As far as known no lives have been lost, although families of several homesteaders living in the burned district are missing, and it is feared} — — ag im death. efugees mh Mige | n e city tell [sseciis tales. of ir nees ee fo ran) a abused her. They tried to keep her from being married, but Giuseppe Tarranova loved the_ girl, himseif ‘bought the wedding finery and mar. ried her in spite of them. Then the uncle and aunt brutai!-» and sneeringly told Terranova of the, girl's shame and the young husband left her. The girl, driven insane by the succession of horrors, Killed the uncle and aunt. Josephine wept softly for a minutes while Mr. Palmieri speaking. Caught by an Elevator. Allen Doty. 17 years old, of 34603 Man chester avenue, i# at the City Hospital suffering from injuries caus by being caught between the elevator cage and the wall at the fifth floor of the building Chartes | ——— One” dence of Sane Seas te: ie; if “Sar ae 2 tn eG + oo 13 Columns

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t it and decided to refuse unless it was laced in truest for the boy in reliable ands. I have brought. this suit for my boy so he can have protection. I want nothing for myself.” Greenlee is a trustee of the North Shore Congregational Church and has eontribu largely to the fund out of bul hich, the new atrectute is now r being ww cool wave which began to be din the extreme Northwest Friday to ihe lake region sd

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