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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
PERIL LIVES FOR FUN.
Bad Boys Hurl Stones Through Passen
ger Train Windows-Inspired
by Mischief.

CHICAGO. Ill, Dec. 9.-Railway Off
Gals, who for years have tried to sup
press the small boy who throws stones at
passing trains, are saying 4 told you
SOL This because investigation in
Philadelphia has shown that the lead
weight which crashed through a window
of President Rooseyelt's train last Sat
urday was thrown, not by an anarchist,
but by.a boy.
No Man Threw the Weight.
Why, declared r. c.. Richards, gen
eral claim agent for the Chicago q
Northwestern railroad, lit is nonsense
TO believe a man threw that lead weight.
1t was only some miscellaneous boy who
may net have known the United States
has a President, and who, anyhow, had
no idea that. he was on that train"
Passengers, especially on suburban
trains, complain that frequently stones
are thrown through car windows. Mar
row escapes from injury from the flying
missile or fragments of glass are fire.
, Quent.
Inspired by Mischief.
Inquiry among the railroad offices .es-
= tablishes the fact that in 90 out of 100
cases it il the small boys between the
ages of and 10 who hurl the missiles.
They do it out of sheer mischief They
are arrested, but their parents or guar
.dians come to the front. shed tears, say
tender words, make innumerable prom
Uses and the court gives a warning. The
youthful prisoners are dismissed and that
is the last heard nof the cases.
Sometimes the mischief results in the
filing eof claims, but, these are few. Gen
orally the stones do only property dam
age, and when shattered glass does
strike a passenger he realizes at once,
unless the injElry iseeNceptionally severe,
that. the railroad is in no wise to blame.
If an eye is lost or beauty married he oc-
.cationally refuses to realize the nom
,culpabitty of the road and files a claim.
Many of the mysterious attacks" on
rtrsins in Wisconsin and northern Mich
agan rees ntly are said by railroad of
.ficiaIs to be due To small boys who are
shaving & M
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
SPORTING NEWS

W. J. Barbeau the clever little third
baseman of the Columbus club, who has
been purchased by the Cleveland club, is
still i'll Milwaukee and will probably re-
main there until March, when he will 60
south with the Lajoie team. The report
that Barbeau was married recently Is
not true. 1T is true that / am engaged
to be married" said Barbeau last week.
but the report about my being married
was groundless. | will wed a Milwau-
kee girl. but not for another year.
expect to be with the Cleveland club in
the spring, but whether 1 remain there
or not is a question. / will try to make
good If l fail, why l will go back to
Columbus. and there is no town | would
rather go to than the home of Mr..
Bryce"
The official batting averages issued By
President Powers of the Wisconsin State
lea que show only one player in the state
league batted over 300 per cent. during
the season of 1905. This was Duchen.
Il member of the Oshkosh team, whose
standing was 1903.
Los Angeles probably will have a
strong winter baseball league if present
indications count for anything. In the
course of a few weeks several players
from the DIG ledSueS VIII De there.
Frank Chance and Fielder Jones, the
latter 800 hitter. already are in that
city. and others are expected soon. Ne
gotiations are pending for a lease of
Chutes park grounds for three months.
The latest addition to the Pirates box
staff is w. Z. MoSkimer of Oakland
Cal This makes thirty-four men on the
pay roll and Barney Dreyfuss thinks he
has sufficient material of fine quality TO
return to pennant next season.
Texas is now the favorite spot for the
Cincinnati teams training quarters. and
President Hermann has begun negotia-
tons for grounds there, though he de-
cllnes as yet to name the exact site for
fear some one else will gobble it up
Charles McCafferty. who was one of
Evansville's pitchers the past season. has
signed with Detroit of the American
league, for 1906.
Albert Corey's race from Chicago to
Milwaukee has stirred some Waukegan
Gid residents with desire to emulate
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
ROOSEVELT IN LITERATURE.
He May Divide Nobel Prize with Noted
Polish Author

PARIS, Dec. 1.-THE Matin in an
President Roosevelt and Henryb Sienkie-
wicz the Polish novelist, will divide the
Nobel literature prize The paper says
that the prize for the greatest medical
service to humanity Wilt be awarded to
Psof. Koch of Berlin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
TWO YEARS FOR CAHILL.
Former New York Assemblyman Was
Convicted of Fraud at Gotham
Election Last Month.

NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Former As
semblyman Joseph J. Cahill of Brooklyn.
who was convicted of perjury in connec-
ton with violations at the city election
last month, today was sentenced to two
years in Sing Sing prison. A stay of
sentence for one week to allow Cahilrs
counsel to appeal, was granted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
FORMS AN AIRSHIP TRUST,
Toledo Mes Adds lincoln Beechy as
Mate tg Knabenshue in Aerial
Operations

TOLEDO, o., Dec. 9.-By securing a
three ears contract with Lincoln
Beechy, the Los 1gelcs .aeronaut,
Charles sStroebel has practically secured
an ARISING trust and viii next season
gun two SHIPS, ene in change of Deechy
and the other in the hands of Knaben-
shue. Who he said, has discovered a
new princiPie of sewerage in his balloon
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
Mime. Humbert Insane.

PARIS. Dee. 1.-THE Figaro prints
an interview with Nine. Humbert now
in Rennes prison, in which she claims
10 be worth millions. The interviewer
expresses the opinion that she is insane.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
MILWAUKEE, Hay MARKET.

timothy hay, 9.5O01O.O0; No. > timothy hay,
S.0009.O0; clover and mixed, 7.50Q800;
choice Kansas and Nebraska prairie, 10000
1925; No. prairie, 9.0OQ9.50; No. . prairie,
7.j00S.O0; Wisconsin prairie. 7.0007 so;
packing hay, Csc: rye straw, 7.2517 so;
oats straw, 5.0OQ5 %; wheat straw, 4.5oGD
800.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
Finds Sack of Diamonds,

Peru. Ind, fou@d $4,000 worth Of dia-
monds in cbaRaois sack and returned
them to J. E. Hallett of Indianapolis.
who left them in a sih- case in q car
rack
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
BANK STATEMENT
SHOWS A DEFICIT.
Reserve Is S1,246,525 Below the IS Per
Cent. Requiremeni7-Will Score
tary Shaw Act?

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Today's bank
statement shows q deficit of Sl,246,52J
below the % per cent. requirements OF
the reserve rule
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
ALL Is QUIET IN BRAZIL
Capture of Deserter by German Tars
Will Be Amicably and Speed
lily Settled.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. IA
eablegram from Mr.. Richardson, secre-
tary of the American embassy to Brazil.
dated at Petropolis yesterday, relative to
the incident at ltajahy, says that a mis-
take appears to have been made and that
a speedy settlement will be reached.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
Noted Economist No More.

BOSTON. Mass, Dee. M-Edward
Atkinson, the economist. died suddenly
today after an attack of acute indiges-
t!ons Ho was IS years of age.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
PLANT LINER OVERDUE.
AranmoTs Has Not Yet Been Sighted
at Halifax and Anxiety Is
Felt

HALIFAX. Dec. 11.-The Plant line
steamer Aranmore due here from Boston
last night has not yet been sighted. and
some anxiety is felt by the local agents
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14

The substitution of manufa ctured
and cut tobacco for the time-honoPed
plug has not met with univevxal approval
in the British navy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14

In Scotland the subject of a practic-,
al joke on the list of April is called a
"gowk'' while in France he is termed,
poisson d'April," or april fish"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14

1t is said that 100000 domestic ami
mails. valued at S6.000.000. are slain by
wolves every year in the Russian en-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14
RAIL WAY men TO QUIT
Final Test Of Power to Follow
Governments Challenge.
FRACTION HAS COME. ?"
Liberals Say That Witte Has Turned and
VIII Use Oppression to Settle
Civil Strife

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 1t. 80
p. m-)-The telegraph lines with Mos
cow, Reval, Kieff, Novgorod, Archangle
and Narva are working today. 1t is be-
lieyed that the strike is collapsing. The
mails have not arrived from the south
owing to the railway strike.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14

WARSAW, Dee. 1.-THE central
committee of the union of railroad men
now in session at Moscow will probably
order a general railroad strike to begin at
midnight il consequence of the arrest of
NJ. Krustaleff, president of the executive
committee of the workmens council at
st. Petersburg. The local committee of
the railroad union has received u Motif
cation from the committee at St Peters
burg to that effect
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14

Charles McCafferty. who was one of
Evansville's pitchers the past season. has
signed with Detroit of the American
league, for 1906,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14

Albert Corey's race from Chicago to
Milwaukee has stirred some Waukegan
Gid residents with a desire to emulate
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14

Texas. is now the fayorite spot for the
Cincinnati teams training quarters. and
President Hermann has begun negotia-
tons for grounds there, though he de-
clines as yet to name the exact site fol-.
fear some one else will gobble it up.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14

The latest addition to the Pirates box
staff is w. Z. MoSkimer of Oakland
Cal This makes thirty-four men on the
pay roll and Barney Dreyfuss thinks he
has sufficient material of fine quality TO
return to pennant next season
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-12-14

Emperor Nicholas has issued an order
today, thanking all the Cossack troops
for their 'self-sa crifcing, untiring and
loyal services to the throne and father
land both at the seat of war and in the
preservation of order within the empire. "
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-31
Merit Everywhere.

Frederick Law Olmstead, who
holds the chair of landscape architec-
ture at Harvard, visited Philadelphia
recently to make an address on the
subject Of city parks, says the San
Antonio Express.
During his visit Mr.. Olmstead din
ed at a Walnut street club, and he cit
ed, during dinner, a certain elevated
tract on the Biitmore estate, Of which
he is landscape gardener.
THAT tract" he said, would be
beautiful for some purposes, hideous
for others. Everything is like that
good for some things, bad for some
things. Thus, if we use our minds
we can utilize nearly everything-can
put nearly everything to some good
use.
Someone had asked this colored
man what breed of chickens was the
".All kinds has their merits as an
old Georgia colored mar once said.
best.
All kinds has their merits he
replied. De white ones is de easiest
found and de dark one is the easiest
hid after you gifts 'eE.'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-31
u CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of More OF Less Interest Con-
densed Throughout: the State.

The G"3zalts monument in Column
bia is to be located on Sumter street.
at the cas-, OF Sumter. and near Trini-
ty church.
Deputy Sheriff Lee Hilton, Of Polk
county, \. C.. was shot and instantly
killed by Frail Durham. in Tryon, on
Saturday night. The officer had just
placed the prisoner in jail.
Surgeon General R:xey and Theo-
dorc Roosevelt. IT.. O OF the presi-
dent, have been in the lower part Of
the state this week on an outing
They lett on Wednesday for Pensa-
cola, Fla.
Six negroes confined in the Green
Vile county jail made a desperate at
tempt 10 escape On Monday evening.
Only two prisoners succeeded in pas
sing the %jailer. II Of whom was soon
afterwards captured. For several
minutes the jailer fought the desper-
ale criminals. who vainly ~endeavored
to secure his pistol.
There was a personal difficulty in
Columbia on Tuesday night between
". Boyd Evans and G. w. Persons,
in front OF the Columbia hotel. The
row started over a personal matter.
The two men were quickly separated.
Two murder trials were postponed
in Saluda this week on account of the
kinship OF county officials who drew
the juries to the deceased. Judge
Prince presided over the court.
The United States cviors. which
floated over Folt Srr1e, at tic time
RI its surrender in 1871, AMI which
afterwards were raised over that fort
al the time OF its recapture i'll April.
1864, were recently turned over to the
wal department under the provision
II the will Of the widow of General
Anderson. in the possession Of whose
+: mily the standards have been since
the war. and Secretary Taft has dl-
rected that they be placed in a glass
case in the reception room OF the de-
partment.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-31
From the best tested seeds. Now

~
From the best tested seeds. Now
ready for shipment, large, strong,
healthy, these plants are grown in
the open air and will stand severe
freeze without injury. Early Jersey
Wakefield. Large Type or Charleston
Wakefield. which are the best known
varieties If early cabbages, also Hen
derson'S Succession, the best large,
late and sure header, Augusta Early
Trucker, also a fine type of late va
riety. Neatly packed in light
baskets. $3.50 per 1000; for five
thousand OF over S1.25 per 1000 F. 0.
B. express Office. Special prices
made on large lots.
Chas. M. Gibson.
Young's Island, S. G.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-31
SHOT OUT OF RIVER.
Workman Hurled From Tunnel I'm
der East River Through
River Into Air.

New York Sun, Tuesday.
. The early morning ferryboats were
plying yesterday past the foot Of
.Joralemon street, Brooklyn, with
their loads of c~ity-faring clerks. The
days traffic was beginning to lven
up the river; the workmen along the
wharves were beating the early
morning stiffness out of their limbs.
The river was as quiet as a busy river
may be.
Suddenly. some n leaning over
the rail OF a ferryboat noticed a boil
ing and bubbling on the surface of
the water just off the shore. The
workmen along the shore saw it, too,
and stopped to watch. The bubbling
subsidized. seemed about to stop alto
gether. Then a straight geyser OF
water shot UP thirty feet high. On
the crest Of the geyser was the whirl-
ing body OF a man. The geyser sub
sided. The mar turned over in the
water and struck out feebly as a boat
shot out from shore and hauled him
in.
Those early morning ferry passen-
gers had seer the finish of the queer
est accident that has happened since
man began to dig in the earth. Rich
ard Creegan, a tunne1ler, had been
blown. by the force OF compressed
air, from a water tight compartment
of the new East River tunnel, clear
through the bed Of the river, through
the river itself and through thirty
feet of the upper air. Ard he lived
to take a drink of whiskey and ride
home on a trolley cal.
The East River tunnel, which is to
connect the Brooklyn and Manhattan
subway systems. is being bored from
both sides Of the river. On the Brook
lyn end the men have worked to a
point about 200 feet from the shat
and we'll under the water. They are
boring through the mud with an inn
mense tube, keeping the mud and
water back with a pressure of COM
pressed air of I6 pounds to the square
inch.
There are two sets Of locks. In the
rear compartment. formed by these
locks, men are shoveling back the
mud and dirt. In the forward COM
partment, where the pressure is so
great that a green man bleeds at the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-31
NEWS NOTES.
More Of Less Interest Con-
hsed Outside the State.

More of Less Interest Con-
hsed Outside the State.
Admiral Robley D: Evans will
e conn ".,I OF tn, \rr:ll .\.i.r-
FEET today.
hree men wer: killed putrigh ana
Pther fatally injured by an e<i.lo
bn in a powder mill near Troy, N.
=, on Tuc~uc!.
The business portion oi FaunSdale,
ALA, was practically wiped GU; by fire
on Monday. The approximate loss is
given at $4,000.
Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick has been
sentenced to ten years in the Ohio
state penitentiary. An appeal has
been taken in her case.
-Four men were killed near Clarks-
vile, Tenn, Oh Monday, when a
string Of freight cars running wild
crashed into a freight train.
II is stated on authority that it is
probable the Southern railway will
begin the use OF motor cars On sever
al OF lis small branch lines within
the near future.
Thomas Blackburn, a we'll known
farmer Of Warrior, Ala, was burned
to death in a cell in the town lookup,
by a fire OF his own making, in an at
Tempt to escape from jail.
John Parks Black. a ~5-year-old boy
of Charlotte, died on Tuesday as the
result of burns received a few days
before. The boy, with several play
mates, was striking matches for sport,
when his clothing caught fire, and be-
fore assistance could reach him he
was fatally aurned.
Thomas V. Connors, general ST.
perintendent for Armour & Co., was
arrested in Chicago 0 Tuesday night
on the charge of interfering with q
witness summoned to appear before
the grand jury, which is investigating
the alleged beef trust. The prisoner
was released on a $1,000 bond. At
forwards he refused to discuss the
matter at all.
Efforts are being made by parties
in Texas to bring about a meeting
between President Roosevelt and
President Diaz, when the former
comes to the southwest next month.
1t would be customary for President
Diaz to secure leave OF absence from
congress to depart from Mexico, but
no such Formally would be necessary
if a meeting could DC brought about
In the event Of a meeting being ar
ranged the two presidents would
grasp NdlQS OI luC llllCIildllO1Id1
bridge over the Rio Grande river,
each remaining on his respective side
Of the boundary line.
Henry L. Woodward, an attorney
of New York, and Charles A. Brouz,
a travelling salesman for the National
Supply Co., OF Toledo, Ohio, COM
nitted suicide in their rooms at the
Hollenden hotel, in Cleveland, O.,
some time during Monday night and
Tuesday. Both men had used a pistol
and had sem a bullet into their heads
in almost the same spot,
death in each case being in
Simultaneous. So far as is
known there was no agreement be-
tween the two men to and their lives.
The coroner's verdict in each ase
gives dependency " domestic and
business troubles as the cause Of the
suicide.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-31
Early Gardens.

Can be had by purchasing your Cab
bage plants from us. They are grown
in the open air and not in a hot house.;
they can, therefore, stand extremely
cold weather without injury.
Our seed was selected from the best
seed houses in the business, and we
are prepared to furnish the best
plants. to be had.
Prices S1.5o per thousand in lots
less than 5000; S1.25 in lots over 5000
and less than 10000, and special prices
on larger orders.
Plants shipped by express c. O. D.,
unless cash accompanies order. Or
ders promptly filled.
SANDERS & LEMACKS,
RITTER. S. c.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-31

- NlSIl NNNp N1Adl "
big blades which are biting into the
river mud. \ s~cafolding, or apron,
divides this compartment horizontal
w. Four men work above it and Jour
below.
1t is a position OF honor, OF extra
pay and OF some danger. Only that
air pressure keeps back the mud and
water. Let there be a leak, let the
retaining air begin to bubble out, and
the river is likely to come in On them
and thai is all until the bodies are
taken out. The tunnellers keep bags
oi hay and sand in the compartment
to use as corks in just such an emer-
gency.
The squad had just begun work
when Creegan caught an unusual
sound above the grind of the ma
chinery-a cracking and crumpling,
intensified by the heavy, painful air.
He began to search the walls. Above
his head the ooze was seething and
shifting and water was beginning to
trickle in big drops.
The bags, boys!" yelled Creegan.
Hays jammed a bag against the
weakened spot, and held hard. Cree
gan started for another bag-and lust
then it all happened.
\ Jump Of air like the breath of an
explosion slung Hays, Egan and
Pridey against the wall; but Creegan,
with his arms above his head. shot
straight up into the air. His COM
panions, recovering from the shock,
saw Creegan's feet and calves kick
ing vehemently, hanging from a hole
in the roof.
His Body Plugged the Hole.
For perhaps a quarter of a minute
the three workmen hesitated. Cree
gan was plugging that hole. If they
drew out the plug, in would come the
river. All OF a sudden, fate decided
it. There was a rush and roar; Cree
gan's feet went on up, and the river
began to flood the compartment. The
rush stopped as suddenly as it had
begun. and their ears sang with the
return of normal air pressure in the
chamber. Just then their comrades
rushed in through the lock and res
cued them.
This is what had happened to Cree
gan. The leak had burst in an e
pected spot. The compressed air had
rushed up to find an outlet through
the river. and carried him with it.
But his body plugged the hole, and
there he stuck, unable to breathe,
with the mud and pebbles of the river
bed choking him and the air pressing
him from below.
Helped to Free Himself.
An eternal minute he hung there,
and did some awfully quick thinking.
He knew that he couldn't get back
the air pressure was too strong. His
only hope was to butt his way
Through The river bed. He had gone
up with his hands above his head.
Frantically he jabbed and swung at
the mud. And just as he felt the last
air in his lung, ::o1n:, he got free.
With all awful rush he went up. He
saw the light; he caught one glimpse
Of the Brooklyn shore; and he vas
flattened out on the river, -. :rg
feebly to get his breath and to swim
at the same time.
A lot Of longshoremen of the
Woodruff warehouses, at the foot Of
Joralemon street, saw the geyser rise
in the air, carrying mud, boards, rocks
hay-and a man. They saw him
splash back into the water and try to
swim. In two seconds they had un-
tied a boat and were rowing out to
him. Creegan had strength to catch
: line and draw himself into the boat.
When the Bundle Comes Back