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SLAVES HIGH
IN ST. LOUIS
Californian Has Complaint
Because He Is Charged
81 80 for Barber's Service
ALL RATES GO SKYWARD
Convention Gives Impetus
to the Effort to Get
All the Traffic Will Bear
Special Dispatch to The Call.


ST. LOUIS. July 5.-Prices here
have gone skyward. They are robust
normally. but the convention prices on
top of the exposition prices have pro-
duced lofty result.
A California delegate. whose expe-
rience carried him to the summit,
dropped into barber shop near the
Union station for haircut and shave.
and he got il.
How much ," he asked. Seven
fifty" answered the boss. At first the
victim thought it was joke. 1t be-
gan to look serious, though, when the
BARRIERS locked the. door and repea ted
the demand that he shell out 81 So
So he paid the highest market price
that has ruled this year for tonsorial
work.
Under heavy anger pressure he sail
ed forth to get revenge. He met a po-
liceman and related to him a harrow
ing tale of the outrage. The police
man looked dreamily over the kick
ers head. He said the case would be
investigated. That was the last OF it,
The delegate was assessed 81 for
transportation in a cab to d hotel four
blocks from the depot. The hackman
seized the delegates valise and an
nounced that he would hold it until
S had been paid.
Appeal was made to the hotel pro-
prietor. Oh he said, Il would con-
slider 81 reasonable charge.
In many restaurants the policy is
to lay on all the charges that the traf-
fic Will bear. ProDrietors consider not
how much it is WORTH, but how
much has he got?" Democracy will
be as a shorn lamb when the conven-
ton ends.
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Thanked for Courtesy.

Secretary Scott of the Chamber of
Commerce is in receipt of a letter
from Secretary Niederlein of the Phil
ippine Worlds Fair Commission
thanking Governor Pardee, Mayor
Schmitz and the presidents of the To-
cal commercial bodies for their cour-
tesy in entertaining the fifty prom
inent Filipinos who stopped here en-
route to st. Louis and the East. Me
derlein says that Secretary Taft was
particularly well pleased at the way
the visitors were treated in San Fran
cisco.
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BULL ELK is LASSOED
BY AN OREGON VAQUERO
Cowboy Ropes Animal and Despite
Its Bucking and Plunging Leads
Ii to Mountain Resort.

PENDLETON, Or. July 5.-Tiring
of the prosaic work of lassoing cattle
and bronchos, Billy" Cobb, the well
known vaquero of this city, Thursday
roped and led into Hidaway Springs a
vearIing bull elk. The elk was caught
in the mountains few miles from the
springs, and despite it's bucking and
plunging Billy coolly led the game
into the camp to the CONSERVATION OF
several dozen women, who were en-
joying the quietude of the mountain
resort.
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Involuntary Bankrupts.

Cain, Boyd & Corriea filed their
schedule yesterday in involuntary in
solvency in the United States District
Court. They state their liabilities as
$46O5 and their assets as $33S1. Their
heaviest creditors are Sultan Preserv-
ing Company, $12O4. and Hunt Bros.
Company, $22s9.
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Death Calls Pioneer.

SANTA CRUZ. July 5.-John r.
Stanley died here to-day. He came to
San Francisco in 1916 around Cape
Horn and had resided in Santa Cruz
for thirty-f1ve years. He was a native
of Massachusetts and "A years of age.
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RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT
OF PORTLAND EXPOSITION
Health, Gives Up Management
of Northern Fair.

PORTLAND, Or, July 5.-At the
annual meeting yesterday of the stock
holders of the Lewis and Clark Ex-
position President Harvey w. Scott
rendered his resignation, which was
accepted. The reason assigned is fall
ing health and the necessity for lay
ing'aside all business cares. Scott has
held the Office of president since the
death of Henry w. Corbett about two
years ago. The successor to President
Scott has not yet been selected.
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FIGHTING LAST BATTLE.
General Howard. Hero of Five Wars.
Dying at Washington.

WASHINGTON. July General
Thomas B. Howard of the Confederate
army, hero OF five wars, is dying
here. aged 81 years
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Wefner affirms that typhoid baciln
are liable to remain alive in rats for
a month after typhoid dejecta have
been eaten by the animals. BY their
dejecta in turn they are liable to in
feet articles Of food and drinking
water
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John 5. George Dead.

OAKLAND, July 5.-John S
George. aged so years, died yesterday
at his home in Fruitvale. Deceased
leaves a wife, two sons and one
daughter
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Alaska Excursions season 1904.

Land Of the Midnight Sun. Glaciers
and a thousand islands en- route. Inside
passage. Seasickness unknown The
palatial excursion steamer Spokane will
leave Seattle a. m. July g. 49, Aug 2,
16. For information apply to Pacific
Coast Steamship Co.'S Ticket Offices. 4
New Montgomery st. palace HoteD and
10 Market st c. D. Dunann. Gen. Pas
senger Agent San Francisco.
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sauadron sails for Trieste.

GIBRALTAR, July 5.-The United
States European squadron. the Olym-
pia, Baltimore. Cleveland and May
flower, sailed to-day for Trieste.
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SMALL ESLAI AIE--Carris a. Schrach YES
fercdy peItioned fors letters Of administrs ton
lron the estate of Henry Weydenan. who died
February 10. 1904. in Oregon leaving real
es-ate on Delaware avenue and on Day and
L--1n streets. said 20 be worth only $500.
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ASKS FOR LETTERS.-Rosanna Kallstrom
yesterday petitioned for letters of administra-
tion on the estate of Herman F. Kallstrom.
which is valued at $4,000.
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MOTHERS

anu Wlnout pam. Sold az SI.oo per
bottle by druggists. Our book of priceless
value to all women sent free. Address
aRADFEELD REaULAT0R CO., AAaufa. a.
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pIiable all the parts, and
assists nature in its sublime
work. By its aid thousands
of women have passed this
great crisis in perfect safety
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Bah
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feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood
fear Every should danger pain
of childbirth be entirely avoided Mothers Friend.
scientific nimen for external only which toughen renders
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ADvERTIsEMENTs

- Is the JOY of the household, for without
- it no happiness can be complete. How
~ sweet the picture of mother and babe,
- angels smile at and commend the
thoughts and aspirations of the mother
bending over the cradle. The ordeal through
which the expectant mother must pass, how
ever, is so full of danger and suffering that
she looks forward to the hour when she shall
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-06

Young Train Was TOT MANY years
employed by the New York banking
firm of Kountze Bros, against which
he is now preparing to bring suit. He
is a brother of George Francis Train
of this city, and is making his first
visit to the coast
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-23
RUBBER GROWING IN SIAM.
Thousands Of Plants Recently Set Out
Are Expected to Make
Large Yield.

The cultivation Of rubber in Siam
has only recently been started, some
thousands of plants having been set
out as an experiment These plants OF
the Para variety (Hevea brasiliensis)
are said to be doing exceedingly well.
although I believe they have had no
especial care, but have been planted
indiscriminately in various places and
under varying conditions of moisture.
sun, etc. It is still too soon to tell
what the ultimate result Of this ven
ture will be, but am Of the opinion
that it will prove highly successful.
There is, however, one thing to fear.
namely, the new so-called disease,
which I hear has developed in the Para
rubber plantations of the Malay penin-
sula. can learn nothing definite
about this pest, except that it attacks
the leaves and is very destructive. !
am inclined to the opinion that it is
caused by the larvae OF some insect.
In this connection it may be inter-
esting to note two of the rubber-prO-
ducing plants Indigenous to Siam. The
AAOA AAApOA C0AJ VI IhOoO 40 SAAS = ~S~-~
elastica, SO much used in the United
States for ornamental purposes and
found in large quantities in the
Siamese jungle and throughout India
and Indo-China generally.
Rubber is collected from these trees
by the simple process Of making longi-
tudinal scarifications in the bark, from
which the coagulated milk is taken in
long strips. 1t is said that plant six
years old will yield four pounds OF
rubber annually of quality which
could be sold in London at about SO
cents per pound, but this price ap-
pears TO me to be a trifle exaggerated.
The other rubber-p producing plant OF
known commercial value is q creeper
of great size. probably one Of the
Urceola (either U. esculenta or U.
elastica), although from certain de-
scriptions am sometimes inclined to
believe it to be Willughbeia. 1t Is
most difficult to obtain any reliable
information on the subject, from 9
botanical point of view, and it is quite
possible that both are Indigenous to
Siam. These creepers, whatever they
may be, yield fair quality Of rubber
produced by cutting them into sections
two or three feet long and collecting
the juice, which is subsequently boiled
for moment in water and immediate
ly coagulates into a viscous mass
which has to be dried by smoking
over fire before it can be handled
The bark is also used, and upon being
pounded and boiled gives about ter
per cent. of rather inferior rubber
It is said that these creepers grow
with astonishing rapidity, and that
two or three weeks after being GU!
down they show a growth of six OF
seven feet.
believe that both the F. elastica
and these creepers could be cultivated
with profit in the Philippine islands.
PAUL NASH.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-23
Comparison Invited.

I'VE ask that their promises and
ours be judged by what has been
done In the immediate past. We
ask that sober and sensible men COM
pare the workings of the present
tariff law. and the conditions which
obtain under it, with the workings
Of the preceding tariff law of 1894 and
the conditions which that tariff of
1894 helped to bring about.
1--WE are more fortunate than our
opponents, who now appeal for con-
fdence on the ground. which some
express and some seek to have con-
fidentially understood. that il
triumphant they may be trusted to
prove false to every principle which
In the last eight years they have laid
down as vital, and to leave undis-
turbed those very acts of the admin
istration itself be driven from power. "
President Roosevelt's speech OF
acceptance, July q, 1904.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-23
MODEL HOME

Rev. Roderick J. Mooney, pastor o:
ST. Luke'S Episcopal church of Duluth
is not impressed with Bishop Potter S
reform saloon or it's purpose. He says
there is more of crying necessity
for the 'smodel home," and adds:
tTalk of the ''poor husband" and
the necessity for the model" grog.
gerry, but what Of the poor wives?
There is necessity for the "model"
home Let the ''poor husband re-
main at home, spending the money
which would have been expended on
the ''model saloon" or the luxuries
which will bring sunshine and glad
ness into the home.
Let the effort to be s'good fellow
be reserved to gladden. the hearts Of
wife and children and very soon the
home will be so far more attractive
than the "model saloon," that the
able bodied, full blooded husband will
join in the glad chorus: There's nc
Place Like Home"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-23
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY

We are not sure as to whether
Grand Rapids or Wood county was
represented at the G. A. r. national
encampment at Boston, but the
Is, 900 grizzled veterans of the civil
war who marched to martial music one
day last week, are but a remnant of the
sold guard" who fought for united
country. The ranks are growing
thinner as each national encampment
comes around, and in the ordinary
course OF nature it will not be many
years before the final marShalling of
the soldiers of the union will take
place. Forty years after the great
struggle for national life, ''the
boys in blue" had for their guests at
Boston many of those whom they
had fought as enemies on the battle
field Of the south, and the warm
reception and hospitality extended
to the ex-confederates was one of the
strickine features OF the national
encampment. The "blue and the
gray" were comrades once more.
That the southern gentlemen were
pleased, was shown by the response
made by their leader. Capt. Edward S.
Gay, of Atlanta, who thanked his
northern friends for the opportunity
to come and break bread with them.
The union was never as strong and
compact as it is at present, and the
one flag is now broad enough to cover
the people Of all the states comprising
the nation, so that the dead past with
ali its bitterness and sorrow lis but a
dream. The "blue and the gray'' can
shake hands and be friends without a
! panQ,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-23
CURIOUS PUBLICATIONS
fads and ''lsms" Revealed in
Newspaper Directory.

The 81 ,451 periodicals. published In
the United States and Canada cover
q field just as wide as humanity. The
, progress and backslidings, the strength
and weaknesses, the enlightenment
and illiteracy OF mankind are all
faithfully Swallowed in publications,
Almost as soon as an idea. is born in
this age Of printing, whether it be
good or bad, healthy or diseased, it is
embodied in some sort of periodical,
Clairvoyance, plamist:y and phren-
ology are credited with five peridoi-
Gals.
weather Is subject OF universal
interest and would seem to be en-
titled to more than three journals.
These are all monthly.
1.-THE accident institution of matri-
mony has been transformed by seven
monthly journals with symbolic
names
1.-THE subjects OF undertaking, en-
balming, cemeteries and cremation
are treated In seven monthly journals.
Fifteen fraternal societies are each
credited with from three to several
dozen publications, while many more
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-23

are ranged miscellaneous societies. !"
Some of these organizations have
queer names and queer journals.
"Dogs are well represented. Cats
are treated in single paper. Stamp
collectors have fifteen journals and
coin collectors three. Taxidermy and
ernithology have five journals. The
science OF collecting and preserving
birds eggs has one journal.
"There IS one class of periodicals
whose publishers must have difficulty
in keeping track OF subscribers, even
though they pay in advance. These
are the papers devoted to agents,
street fairs, followers of fairs, ex-
positions and conventions. This
peripatetic public is served by four
papers that give advance information
concerning large meetings and events.
Publications devoted to history,
biography and genealogy are usually
leisurely, appearing every three
months as rule.
Seventeen publications are issued
for detectives, policemen and tiremen.
Among the less conspicuous foreign
language papers are one Arabic, two
Armenia, five Chinese, three Croatian,
eight Finnish, two Gaelic, two modern
Greek, four Hungarian, three Ice
landic, two monthly journals in a
dialect of the Nebraska indians, two
japanese, five Lithuanian, five Portu-
guese, two Russian, one Servian, ten
Slavonic, two Slovenian and four
Welsh. There is also monthly
in Boston printed in classic Latin and
Greek"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-23
CARL ZASTROW IS MARRIED
Well Known Young Business Man
Welded to Miss Isabelle La.
Townd at Grand RAPIDS.

Carl ZastrOw, one Of the best known
young men OF Tomahawk, was married
to Miss Isabelle La Townd Wednesday
afternoon at Grand Rapids, Wis. The
ceremony was performed at the Meth
OdiSt church at o'clock by the Rev.
w. A. Peterson. The bridesmaid was
Miss Elizabeth Bauer of Tomahawk
and the best man was William Miller,
Jr. OF TOmahawk. The ceremony was
followed by wedding dinner at the
home OF Mrs. E. La Townd, neither of
the bride. The bride and groom came
to Tomahawk on the evening train.
A wedding dance was given at the
Maccabee hall Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zastrow will reside in
rooms over the groom S business place,
Mrs. August Zastrow, mother of the
groom, was present at the wedding.
The bride is sister of Mrs. William
Miller Of Observation-Disclosures
Leader.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-23
RIVER SEINE HAS PIRATES.
And the Freebooters Keep the Paris
Gendarmes Busy Hunting
Them Down.

A black and stormy night-the whole
sky tapping with wind--we hunted the
pirate of the Seine. In a slim naphtha
launch we slipped down from the old
bridge OF Sevres, past Billancourt and
under the dark mass of the viaduct,
relates writer in Outing.
There were five of us in the launch
four were men Of the river police. !
was mere guest Of theirs, welcome
for the sake Of my company and cigars.
We were after thieves Of all sorts. ma
RAIDERS, wharf robbers. pickersup OF
cables and casks, pirates and poachers.
Notably, however, we were hunting the
men with the nets.
1t was two o'clock in the morning
when we shot the bridge at Point-du-
Jour and crept on toward Meudon. We
had just passed the Paplars at Billan-
court when the sergeant hushed us
down. We carried no lights and the
launch went almost noiselessly through
the toss and storm Of the night. We
heard clearly enough, however. the fall
OF oars. soft but regular. Over near
cred on the water. At a venture you
might have guessed there were two
skiffs and six or eight men. One of
the boats glided out into midstream
There were two men at the oars A
third fellow was standing.
Suddenly there came swish as the
net was cast, and then-in a track of
light the launch drove down on the
skiff. So sudden and unexpected was
the onflare of our light. so unlocked
for our appearance that the poachers
sQuealed as though they had seen a
ghost. One Of the oarsmen flung him
self overheard and swan for shore.
The sergeant's revolver barked-he
fired in the air-but the swimmer
came not back. The other two poach-
ers were mild-mannered men. We
towed them to the Break-o'-day. It
was the first stage in their journey to
New Caledonia. understand. for they
were old and sinful.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-23
SHOOTING AFFAIR
AT PLOVER

A. G. Clark, commonly known as
"Gerd" Clark, received pistol wound
in his right arm as Plover about I
O'Clock Saturday evening. Clark and
his wife were divorced some time ago,
since which time she has been living
alone. The different stories pertain
ing to the shooting are somewhat
conflicting. Clark claims that he
received letter from her asking him
to come and see her, and in response
to her request, he drove to the house.
Clark claims that the shooting was
done by Chas. Arance, and went to
Stevens Point, where he swore out a
warrant for his arrest. 1t is very
unfortunate for all parties concerned
that a thing of this kind should
happen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-23
OPPORTUNITIES IN BRAzIl
New Lines Of Construction That VIII
Probably Offer Openings for
Skilled Labor.

The construction of the great Rio
de Janeiro harbor works, about which
] have repeatedly reported. and the
demolition and reconstruction OF a
number OF streets in the city, already
commenced. ought to furnish an ex-
ceptional opportunity to American
building contractors-the American
iron and steel industry, the building
hardware trade. plumbing and other
similar trades and industries related
to architectural construction of private
and public buildings.
The new dock works will necessitate
the construction Of large number Of
big warehouses, and along the new
avenues planned hundreds Of modern
four and dve-story houses will take
the place OF the present old. low
slovenly- looking buildings.
The reconstruction viii begin Inn
mediately. Modern architectural
science. modern architectural build
tngs, and the steel and iron construc-
tons are almost unknown here. There
Is no reason why they should not be-
come appropriate and popular. I con-
slider this great chance for American
industries and suggest that competent
agents Of the respective branches of
industry should come down here and
investigate the field. hope to send
details later.
EUGENE sEEGER
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-23
A DOUBLY SAD DEATH

Mrs. Edna Huffstetter died August
10, Of diptheria at the residence of l..
Berard, and was buried Saturday,
August 20. Her home was at Phelps
City, Montana. Mrs. Huffstetter
came to Grand Rapids last week to
attend the funeral of her sister, Miss
Smith, who died at Pierre, S. D. and
was brought here for burial. How or
where Mrs. Huffstetter contracted
diptheria is not known, as she
arrived here in reasonable good health.
After her death she was Immediately
placed in an air tight copper lined
casket- She was twenty-three years,
eight months. and four days old. Her
husband was sent for and reached
here before her death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-23
GRAPE JUICE PREPARATIONS
Products Of Turkey Which May Be
Worthy of Imitation in the
United States.

desire to call the attention of Ameri-
can grape growers to several Turkish
preparations from grape juice which
strike me as worthy of consideration,
possibly Of imitation.
Basduk.-Freshly expressed grape
juice is evaporated down to the consis-
tency of mOlasses. A considerable
amount Of -four or starch is mingled with
1t and the mixture is spread in thin sheets
upon cotton cloth and exposed for two
days to the sunshine. After drying,
these are then removed from the cotton
"a damp cloth being applied to the re-
verse side in order to loosen the sheets),
and for three months they are preserved
In tightly closed jars. After this period
there seems to be no risk of decomposi-
ton in the product, which resembles
heather in pliability and appearance, the
color being that of the grapes employed
at the outset
Kessme.-Thfs preparation differs
from the preceding in that coarse wheat
grlts are employed instead of flour or
starch, and the resultant product Is OBJ
tanned in cakes half an inch thick, after
drying on metal plates. It Is less tough
than the basduk and more savory.
Suzuki (rojik, in Armenian). The
meats OF walnuts are strung closely to-
gether on pieces of stout Irvine a yard
long. These strings are immersed In
the mixture of grape molasses and -four
described above, and after receiving a
coating about one-fourth Of an inch In
thickness are withdrawn and hung up
to dry.
The last two are preserved for a few
months in jars, as in the case of the
basduk.
These three preparations are excel
lent articles Of food, the last two being
especially savory. They offer much
nutriment in a. compact form, and are
exceptionally we'll adapted for the needs
Of the oriental traveller.
In these days Of grape cures" when
unfermented grape juice is prepared on
large scale for the use of invalids and
the anemfc during the months when
fresh grapes are not easily obtained, 1t
might be well to consider whether these
condensed forms of grape Juice might
not be advantageously introduced into
American dietaries.
Personally, have found these grape
preparations attractive and satisfactory
additions to the somewhat limited list
OF comestibles available in this region
and exceedingly convenient when jour
neying.
THOMAS II. NORTON.