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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06
a VACILLATiNG SUICIDE.
Like Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. AIeshine,
He Was Afraid of Sharks.

Cries of help attracted the attention
Of passengers on the Houston street
ferry boat James M. Waterbury while
it was on it's way from the foot OF
Houston street to williamsburg The
pilot discovered a man struggling in
the river about 200 feet ahead, and
steered his boat so that it began to
| bear down on the drowning man
While the deckhands were getting
ready to throw out. lifeline, the
body disappeared, and when it came
to the surface again it was some ten
feet away. Three lines and life-pre-
server were thrown to the man. He
failed to take hold Of any one of them
but instead called loudly for help. The
deckhands tried to get a grip on the
mans arms with boat hooks, but he
managed to keep out of their way In
fact, he fought desperately against
being rescued.
The deckhands finally swung a
ladder out from the bow OF the boat
One of the men climbed down. the
l"oOCI, anu III ILLS way Tie uIOW uiuS
man was finally caught and dragged
into the boat
The man declared that he was tired
of life, and that he had made up his
mind to die, but that whenever he
went under the water his courage
failed him, and he rose to the surface,
and determined to live a little longer.
The reason he continually cried for
help was that he felt nibbling at his
feet, and thought it was a shark.
At the Bedford avenue police sta
ton the man said that he was Max
Herdtman, a chef, Of 81 First avenue.
The man acted as if he were dement,
ed, and he was held on a technical
charge of vagrancy. The prisoner
said he jumped into the river from
the foot Of East Third street, and that
his clothes would be found on the
dock. The police of the East Fifth
street station were communicated
with, and they found Herdtman's
clothes on a raft. In the pockets were
found letters to Police Commissioner
Partridge, the Rev. Dr. Parkhurst.
and Recorder Golf, telling them why
he had attempted to take his life.
In the Lee avenue court he was held
to have his mental conditions inquired
lnto.-New York Evening Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06

services nor of a helping hand SO long
as you remain in the Arctic. If | am
not to remain at your headquarters
YOU can depend upon my being at the
nearest possible point that l can effect
a landing and maintain life. My sal
airy, of course, ceases from date. My
full salary, $500 being due me, you
will please give me an order on the
Peary Arctic club. | shall refrain
from making any public comment and
any private comment on the chain of
circumstances leading to the rupture
in our relations until we return to the
states, when | shall Justify my course
for the sake of my family and my hon
or if | deem it necessary.
within a few hours of reaching
Etah | requested an answer, which
was as follows:
Your resignation of the 21st is at
hand and is accepted, to take effect on
your arrival in New York, whittier
you will proceed on the returning
Erik. On the receipt of your diaries
and game lists, etc, and the medical
stores now in your possession l will
authorize the club to pay you the bo-
nus of $50 per month provided in our
contract for faithful service
This ended the incident. I asked
Mr.. Peary how long we would anchor
at Etah. He replied: In a couple of
hours | asked how long it would
take to cross the Sabine. He replied:
-Four hours if there is no ice owe
had crossed twice during the summer
free from iec)
1--WE were within a couple of hours
of Etah. This was the only opportu-
nifty for the landing. Supper was eat
en- and | had time to collect my dia-
ries and game lists. write an order to
Mr.. Bridgman to pay the s. 800 to my
wife, hastily close my mail to the
states. collect my wife's letters and
photographs, a sealskin coat and a
few things into a small bag. exchange
my coat for heavier one, ask permits
sion of Mr.. PGary to go ashore for
hare seen on the beach and get in
the boat which was landing an Eskimo
and his effects.
Writes Back After Landing. :.
"From shore l changed my mind
i and allowed the Eskimo to shoot a
Ihare and kept him waiting but a min
ute to send the following to the ship
along with the hare and the shotgun
Il stated in my resignation that ]
would remain at the nearest point pos
sible to your headquarters SO as to
be within your reach in case my medi
cal services are needed I would
willingly stay at Sabine, but if l were
not allowed to do so the ship might
Illustrate my plan of landing in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06
"A MAMMOTH'S BIG
GRINDER is FOUND
TOOTH OF EXTINCT SPECIES A
VALUABLE CURIOSITY.
WEIGHS FIFTEEN POUNDS
Was for While in Possession of Prof.
Weidmann of the University at
Geological Museum, but Returned
an Account of High Price Asked
for it-Mammoths and Mastodons.

A large tooth found last summer
near Eastwood, Richland county. is
that of the mammoth, the extinct rep
resentative of the present day eIe-
plant. The tooth is a back molar
having IS or 20 ridges and very likely
its pOssessOr belonged to the species
elephes primigeniem, a genus which
had a very widespread distribution
over the northern portion of both the
old and new world during the period
of the great ice age and for some
time previous. The tooth weights Is
pounds and has a diameter of 8
inches. Professor Samuel Weidman
of the state geological survey, who has
had possession of the tooth until re-
Gently, gave some very interesting
facts concerning the family of this
animal in the old and new world.
The masticator has been returned to
the finder because of the high price
he demanded for it. A crusher OF
the same species discovered about 20
years ago in Iowa county is the only
relic of the animal now in the mu-
scum.
The teeth and bones of a masto-
don, the nearest relation to the NAM
moth, were discovered a few years
ago in Richland and Grant county.
These remains are in possession of the
university, being on exhibition in the
geological museum. All the remains
of these extinct Wisconsin elephants
thus far found have been in low
marshy places, imbedded in the blacl
muck. They were probably mired in
the place where they were found and
were preserved in the mud, whereas
those that died upon the dry land fur
nished fresh food for vuItures and
other animals and their bones were
later destroyed by rodents; thus all
trace of them was soon removed.
The mammoth and mastodon were
contemporaries in Wisconsin as else
where in the northern hemisphere
and were very likely masters of the
forests in which they roamed. Both
species were Of enormous bulk and
both had a proboscis or trunk and
long tusks. They may be said to be
second in the old world, while the
existing elephant is much nearer
relative of the mammoth certainly
as near as a first cousin and pos
sibly a great great grandson.
Both the mammoth and mastodOn
are greater in size than the present
day elephant, ranging from to II feet
in height and having trunks from s
to 10 feet, in length. The size of
both animals have been generally over
estimated. Representatives of the
mastedon appear to have been more
numerous in America than the mann
moth. The former abounded in such
numbers that though extinct for thou
sands Of years their tusks are articles
Of commerce and fossil ivory has it's
current price.
A book by Frederick A. Tucan, Con-
corning Animals of the Past, has re-
Gently been written. From it num-
Der Of interesting facts about the
mammoth and mastodon may be
learned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06
AN ARCTIC QUARREL
DR.. DEDRICK TELLS OF TROUBLE
WITH PEARY.
LATTER CALLED CRUEL
Surgeons Services Rejected, Al
though Offered Time and Again
Men of Polar Expedition Die for
Lack of ment-Doctor Faith
full While Being Spurned.

DR.. T. S. Dedrick in statement just
issued clears up much Of the mystery
attaching to his quarrel in the arctic
regions with Lieutenant Robert E.
Peary. DERRICK was surgeon OF the
Peary expedition that left New York
in the summer Of 1898 to search for
the north pole. He left the eXped1-
ton, going ashore alone and without
food in the far north in the summer OF
1900 but remaining within call in
case his services were needed by the
expedition Though suffering severe
ly, he says he refused to come home
until the Peary expedition came south,
as it did last summer.
In his statement DR.. DERRICK says
Lieutenant Peary treated him in an
inhuman manner and that the lieuten-
ants refusal to accept his voluntary
professional services after he had re-
signed his place in the expedition cost
the lives Of many of Peary's Eskimo
assistants.
Dr.. Dedrick's first statement on the
quarrel with Lieutenant Peary fol
lows:
let me review: On Aug. 81 at the
rendezvous of the two ships at OIriks
bay | gave my verbal resignation and
prefer of voluntary services. Mr..
Peary accepted the former, but want
ed to deliberate over the latter. AS
in both instances of previous engage
ments (Which were dropped at his re-
quest) he had accepted my voluntary
services, | supposed he would now.
The ships separated to meet up
the shore toward Etah. At NelIre
was directed to continue on the Wind
ward in charge of the Eskimos, he
being on the Erik. On the oath the
ships met, stores were transferred
and, the Windward remaining, all of
us proceeded on the Erik toward Cape
Sabine, supposed to be reached by
evening, after making a call at Etah
before crossing the channel.
Written Resignation.
MY written resignation now given
Mr.. Peary embodied the following:
"'YOu will never by any voluntary
act of mine be deprived of my medical
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06

hypocrite er snubbin' his neighbor
the devils got him in a basin for
morn four walls. How'll he ever git
out?
Whenever l see a man hangin' on
ter whisky bottle with one hand an
tryin' ter balance himself between
God an the world with the other, he's
jumped the horse off the end of the
trail, an if he don't git help pretty
soon he's lost and there's MORN one
man goin' down in this same bog
every day. Are you one of them ?
Are you in the devils badlands at all?
Have yer lost the straight trail? Are
yer lookin' fer it? Are yer calm,
I'm lost! I'm lost?" If yer are. jest
stop where yer are till we point yer
out.
1t don't matter how many rocky
canyons yer've fallen over, er how
many times the devil has corraled
yer in a basin of morn four walls, err
how many times you've been
swamped in alkali boys, if you're still
lookin' fer er way out, an cryin', I'm
lost, I'm LOST" heaven must fall hut
we will show yer the straight trail.
1t don't matter if yer in such a
tumble of trails as a man in the
Devils Blowouts, there is one that II
take yer straight out, an it is the
only tnat'll cross the rocky canyons,
avoid alkali boys, an take yer
out.
1t is a landmark, a light, a way
Will yer take it? Christ says, Look
unto me, and be ye saved; l am the
light Of life, I am the way" See!
Out you come!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06
SENTIMENTS OF AUTHORS.

The rarest of flowers is candor.
Racine.
One golden day redeems a weary
year.-Celia 4naxter
The highest exercise of charity is
charity toward the uncharitablS
-Buckminister
Self-laudation abounds among tt
unpublished; but nothing can stamp q
man more sharply as ill-bred.-Bux-
ton.
Cheerfulness is like money well ex-
pended in charity; the more we dis
pense Of it, the greater our posses
sion.-Victor Hugo.
Superiority to circumstances is one
OF the most prominent characteristics
OF great men.-Horace Mann.
He who believes in nobody knows
that he himself is not to be trusted.
-Auerbach
Common sense is instinct, and
enough of it is genius.-H. w. Shaw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06

At Chattanooga the Iowa monument
commission has located the third
monument to be erected by Iowa to
the memory of her troops
Julia Marlew's plans for the season
include the production of a dramatiza-
ton of George W. Cables novel "The
Cavalier
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06

ters side of the channel when the
ship arrived makes reasons for my
mating public can imagine that they
would exist. They would entail a
long and to me shameful story, and l
shall never undergo the modification
of repeating them if l can avoid it.
''T. S. Dedrick."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06

Indianapolis, Nov. 1.-THE Senti-
mel says a party of Indiana capital
lists in New York is completing the
organization of a trust to include the
coal mines of Indiana"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06

Mrs. NJ. P. Berry, wife of the
mayor of Carthage, Ill, died of ap-
pendicitis.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-12-20

bottom Of the state treasury
\ painfully staring the Off
ena auditor Cole is requesting
R'llls 70 hurry forward their
'le'tlOns' There is but little
|0an 100000 in the treasury
Y demands for three times that
|etald,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-12-20
Greetings!
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Look at tie marvellous tailor mule SUITS Never have
You opportunity Of securing nch values have en- Inc
price which must oil buyers that they ase
obtaining remarkable values
Ionk the Of Monte Carlos We have
price such extent make It an object for BUYERS "
exanns the STYLES and values offer Silk Monte Carlos worth
twenty dollars for thirteen alf Psan De Sole silk Monte
Carries worth fifteen and half dollars Twelve
and half dollar Monte Carlos Fifteen dollar MmtA arl
for eleven Thirteen and half lonr Minnie Carlos f,s tn wv
teen and dollar Monte Carlos fr Twelve nd nat 2Ulhr
Monte Carlos for $4O0 22- liar Mort" Ctros f1r Tl3'o 3'N
dollar mite Carlos fur S16 90.
Look at the wonderful values offer in le linen and towels
SOC table linen 3c table linen for 45c 5c table linen o 5Oe
O table linen for 5c 81 % and 81 so table linen for dla In
yards vide table wdestnen offered fog sale in his
markeworth s75fr dollar and Sc u cent towels I'r sc
towels for lSc.
porters for dollars half dollar Porers for toa
dollar Pore dollars dollar Porters for dollars ~ dollar
Portes for7 dollars
Look 1T the great bargains lace curtains dalar md c
lace curtains doar dollar lace curtains for nifty; dn
lace curtains dollar and l5c dollar lace curtains Io aof
dollars.
Look al he special cut ,nce frs Never have you feenfs
% cheap. We ii selling fprs al actual house cost
o " he spec cut trfcc 81 ladies' and chdrens underwear
Never have soa gh cheap 5o shirts and pants
a7c rs shirts an pants sos dollar shirts and pants 75c dollar
and 25c shirts pants union suits ooc doaI union is
7 dollar union suits dollars dollar and 9oc union SUITS
/ dollar and 50c
White bed spreads oIa atd 5ec frnge bed spreads for
[ ) n o Trnged he,t spreads dollar and 1Oe dollar ffing
~ he'd sa for and ~; dollar Maseerr cut corner
bed spreads for 3 dplas and oot
Look M The greatest comforts and bed blankets ever
bovn y ny house Mississippi and cheaper than ever offered
comfort for III ~
~ Llars: dollar comfort for dollar and 90 BED
blankets al actual whoes le ptlces
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-12-20

Al each day slips BY we Zip n iil
lie nearer tho end Of tIiA eais aaA
tile wood ana coal Are slipping psgay
and more of the fu;z IL slipphsx IA
our tllreadbare clothes, and VA Nsx
slipping bs our creditors. ald NhsR
are slipping up close ~ u exen Az
whispering distance; but ktill w ass
happy. Water SHiIley Iteniixaf
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-12-20
Christmas!

We have give the people more for their money
than thew ever obtained Sometimes they tell us we are onv %
considerable buyer and while may not gam the n m
onage we can feel assured that are offering he SUI
6cienf inducements to obtain the same.
IA vo want to bny Christmas g9 Look at the price on UNI
helas Never by any house in the United states ~ lower
r, than S2 90 to $3.50 viii be sold at this se Tor foo 90
Sevenfftv and dollar umbrellas will be sold Y nve fs
Ten and twelve and dollar umbrellas will BE- sold SIX NV
Fifteen and eighteen dollar umbrellas will be sold a egh ah M
We want q give you something to talk about
Do YOU want ID buy Gloves7 Look at the servceabe ~
Gloves dollar Look at the best La FRANCE Ma
Gloves ut Sl.5o.
ID you want 10 buy Hankrcbiefss Pure linen harkersnh
in lan and embroidery only SC. Look at the extra he %
hefs al Look at the bargains N pure lheh
an worth ~ cts Look at the fgans
pnre linen embroidered hankerchefs worth oc Tor o k a.
buaoans embroidered hankerchlefs worm -
Look AL HE bargains linen embroidered
AT q and S1 90 for Look the high art novelty
81 0O 1925 81 so, $l75, s2c0 - ~ 90 and S5oo
~ Won want IL 3uv anything black silk Read whal Hat
\; n - tbe wnv If Offering bargains An oil silk batK Nt
Dnchese SIC actually worth roc; all six hack sau' IA
extra wide actually Worth dollar Sll2 yap W. III - this
fe slk this ST. 25 yard wide black anea sun a.
saa II az 1t IS ward WIDE black Iaea silk at ms s.e p q
ST 80 ward vide guaranteed afets silk At s sae 3D. S
black Pan De Lace silk IT this sale Sc q y a 4 mi, ae
as & bsPla Cream Coore Pink, Blue Yellow Ross Grey ~
nary Turquoise Ryseda and White Crepe De came worm ~
lar Mii be sold ut Zoe
Do Won want 10 buy any thing in black dress gooas HE
what Offering at bargain Never have you p9ne %
rass goolst snch low price 75c black dress goods l ~
One dollar ack dress goods for 5 81 % black ores: FIR
dollar Double width Crepe De Chimes WASH 90 fnrr Hack
erena AeoIan cloth for one fifty 1926 plain black Aoan @ 80
dol ar and fifty cents
Hosiery cheaper and better than ever before snoWn 20 -
money. Here is your chance to secure eA'la So
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-12-20

Tile Congressional Reep ht IVA
tile American Of ~ elsiseliKs ii*
since John ALLEN left ita f;lN ~.
Record III dull and uni testlNE aliyS
way, 10 We haven't lpEt qaFs
vicksburg American
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-12-20

Read and Rnw
exhibited this section this great State Look thu remarkable Values he offers thus
Eatrgcr
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affections hpreeno
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-12-20

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efs,. wv l'soai0A ni HFm n M M 'AHN \
in he pniied n lss fofHi'a a
tic STATISTICS NJ NaAlefF NAfs6'HE
3lere are now s. Great y ''t''N
municipalities owning N1IAf >EoA|
% owning tlc iraanwaSA sQp tssA'AF
the gAs works and "a Aapl iXii,x nv
tricity. Most * theAe are N hn&
land Municipalities We're uot N
lowed to work the tiamMA2H N.NIt
1886. Ii ii estimated tli.Il hsli ~
The Ras users IA England nRe '1'.i''s
lipal gas, III u number ~ AaclN
Liverpool among them il'e mnniei
paiitiea supply electriclty fpF IiRAf
INK una power while thd Nes sApIA4
HIS still iii tie hands " pfiNaie .pz
porations. III the casa M EiYefHpa
the gas company Ii unsl N illlllk M
Vel ii the mnnicipalit bti flit AitssH
viii not buy tIfSt beetAs nsi6sF slis
charter uf the Eas eontal'y lile iaNpA7
cipality would be compelled la Rlf
perpetual dividend of N per f'Iili. IN
tile stockholders. ind nld'ys
cause II II believed Tint VA fha iie@s
future electricity win pEiseflRJl IN
persede n all illpnliniIiAl 1f
leansLs tates
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-12-20
Mention the Times.
7ooTHsOME TlDBiTS.

TOOTHSOME llDbIio'
Our shelves are laden with pal.
ate pleasing delicacies at pocke'
pleasing pnces--crackers, waters
biscuit, canned and bottled g00'ls
imported and Of American manu-
facture, vie with each other N AZ
ractingyour attention and trial
The list would ill a catalogne-
MONTGOMERY. norm AND (0hpANI
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-23
SPEECH IN THE MORNING.
The Presidents Address to the Con-
yentiOn Of Veterans.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 22.-The second
day of the Presidents visit here dawned
warm and pleasant. President Roosevelt
arose at a quarter to o'clock this morn
ing, after a refreshing nights sleep, which
was interrupted only once about 2 o'clock
this morning by enthusiastic delegation
of veterans, who arrived from Saginaw
and Bay City. Headed by band they
marched to the Hotel Cadillac and sere-
naded the President. He did not arise,
however. The President was joined by
small party of friends for breakfast, which
was eaten in the Flemish room at the Cad
lilac.
The delegates began gathering in the
Light Guard Armory, the convention hall,
soon after o'clock. When Acting Com
mander-in-chief Urell called them to order,
the floor of the armory was crowded with
uniformed, soldierly-looking men. The gall
leres were packed with men and women
who had come TO hear President Roose-
velt's address to the veterans. The armory
was beautifully decorated. A background
of maple trees formed canopy over the
platform from which the speaker addressed
the assemblaee. Hung from the center of
the green canopy was large flag draped
with the picture of President Roosevelt.
The front of the platform was entirely
hiden by great masses of golden rod. Fes-
toons of greenery hung from the trusses of
the big hall, and suspended from the CEN
ter truss great eagle with Outspread
wings made OF greenery. Large white cur
tains hung from the gallery edge to the
main floor. and these were covered with
small maple branches, giving a very pref
ty effect from the convention floor Presi-
dent Roosevelt was given a tremendous
ovation when he stepped into his carriage,
TO begin the drive to the armory. Wash
ington and Michigan avenues were jammed
with people. who made the air ring with
their cheers as the President drove brisk
ly away from the hotel in the same carriage
he used on his drive yesterday afternoon.
A squad of mounted police rode before his
carriage, and a squad of officers on bl-
cycles circled about II. 1t was a continu-
Gus cheer that greeted the President on his
drive which took about five minutes.
stir at the door announced to those in
the armory that the President had arrived.
All stood upon their feet, and as the presi-
Dental party entered and walked down
great shout went up that made the armory
ring. Again and again the veterans
cheered the President, and he bowed his
thanks repeatedly. Nor were the people
In the galleries behind in their applause.
THE PRESIDENT INTRODUCED.
When quiet had been restored and the
presidential party had found seats on the
platform, General Urell. acting commander
in-chief. introduced Mayor William c. May
bury. who eloquently welcomed the Spanish
toned President Roosevelt's name it
brought every soldier to his feet. and a
CONTINUED ON PAGE I. COL u
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-23
BANQUET IN THE ARMoRY.


DETROIT Sept. 2.-President Roosevelt
was rendered banquet in Light Guard
Armory by the Spanish War Veterans to-
night. Nearly 500 men sat at tables the
floor OF the big armory. and the galleries
were crowded 10 their utmost capacity by
brilliantly gowned women and their es-
corts. The armory was decorated i'm green
and white. Maple branches and electric
lights were everywhere.
The President drove TO the armory over
the less traversed streets and arrived there
at o'clock. His appearance was the signal
for great outburst of enthusiasm He
was given three rousing cheers as. escorted
by Mayor Maybury, he led the presidential
party TO their table on the platform. Seat
ed at the Presidents left were Mayor Will
liam c. Maybury. Secretary Cortelyou. Gem
eral Urell. OF Washington. and Col. F. j.
Hecker. OF this city On his right were
Gen. r. A Alger, Miss Clara Barton Gov
A. T. Bliss and Gen II. NJ. Duffield. Among
others at the table were Assistant secre-
taries Loeb and Barnes and CONGRESSMAN
John B. Corliss. Soon after the party was
seated. Commander Richmond p. Hobson
L. 8. N, arrived and took his seat at the
Presidents table.
The table was decorated with asters and
sod carnations The platform was cano-