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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
HUNGER FOR CUBAN SPOIL.


Liberals More Restless over Failure
to Get Offices.
The Liberals in Cuba are hungry for
Office. and getting uneasy. They keep
telling Gov. Maeoon they want nothing
themselves, but that he must save the
country from the unspeakable moderates
he 50 far has refused to turn out OF Of
fee. La Lucia, now a Liberal organ, is
outspOken. 1t says: Sometimes when
one great political party Of a nation is
elected TO the administrative power the
chief personnel Of the offices Of the vari-
JUS departments are allowed to remain for
4 time, and in some cases, which are rare,
IRE continued permanently. History never
has recorded an instance in which an IN
popular and corrupt government. after
having been overthrow by a revolution,
las been allowed 10 have its chios captains
and lieutenants remain in the admlnlstra-
ton Of the succeeding government. Such
a liberation would be suicidal to those
who had fought to Iiberate the country.
1t would render all Of their efforts futile
and even worse, for with the same minds
directing the different departments Of adj
illustrative service the hand OF vengeance
would have a continual clutch upon their
threats. The same animosity would exist
even to an exaggerated degree, and IN
short time the country again would be
dragged to perdition. When one sees IN
the DEGREES and on every side that the
same men who were the trustees of the
former secretaries are now serving in
like capacity to the provisional Governor
it provokes the profoundest contempt and
the gravest doubts" That these doubts
soon will grow to demands none familiar
with Cuba doubts. The situation is in
teresting because of Secretary Taft's pol
icy, which Governor Magoon has said he
should follow. 1t is to disturb nobody in
office except for cause.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
OIL TRUST is GUILTY
BUCKEYE JURY CONNECTS THE
STANDARD COMPANY.
Charged with Conspiracy Against
TrRde-PenaIty Is Fine and Inn
Recommendations Sing Hymns
Before Reaching Verdict.

The first battle between the Standard
Oil Company and the law is over and
the company is defeated y jury at
Findlay, Ohio, brought in a verdict de-
claring the Standard TO be guilty of VIC
lating the antitrust laws of the State
The penalty is a fine OF from 500 to
$4,000, which may be repeated for each
day of the offense, or imprisonment of
six to twelve months. The oil COM
pany gave notice that it would file a
motion for a new trial. The appeal
from this court is to the Supreme Court
.of Ohio, by which tribunal no doubt
the issue ultimately viii be decided.
To the State the suit, the verdict and
the ultimate appeal are important,
especially because they initiate an en-
tirely new method of procedure against
alleged mOnOpOlieS-that is, by infOr-
nation ana affidavit instead of by
grand jury indictment. The verdict
was rendered at 4 30 o'clock Friday
morning, after deliberation by the jury
for thirty-two hours. The trial occu-
pied seven days.
A touch of the dramatic marked the
two closing hours Of the deliberations
Hymns We're sung during all but ten
minutes of this time. This ten minutes
came at the end and Was occupied by
the remaining juror who had stood out
in explaining his position before sur
rendering to the majority. There was
not the slightest leyity c5out this re-
ligious service. The jurors had been
without sleep many hours. As one ia
miliar hymn after another was sung it
became evident that a spirit of frater-
nalism was making Roadway i'll the
small chamber in which the twelve men
were locked, for the number of voices
increased. Then Home, Sweet Home"
was sung, the national anthem follow
ed and then came more hymns. A few
minutes later the announcement was
made that the jury had reached an
agreement
The result of this trial, so bitterly
contested by the company, will be at
any rate to justify the courts of Ohio
and of other States in severely restrict
ing the operations of organized wealth
against individuals and in compelling
the Standard Oil and all other corpora
tons to manage their affairs in such
way as not to Cypress and iniure their
competitors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
Told in a Few Lines,

The bodies of the thirty-fye miners lost
in the West mine disaster Of Oct. 3 near
Roanoke, Va. have been recovered.
Raymond Billingsley, > years old, died
of hydropbobia at Greenwich, Conn, hay
ing been bitten by dog on Aug. o.
The late Senator German of Maryland
did not die as wealthy as was supposed.
His personal estate was only $612, 406.
William T. Lacey. a New York broker,
disappeared end his family fears he has
met with foul play, as he had a considera-
BILE sum of money with him when last
seen.
New York creditors filed an involun-
tary petition in bankruptcy against
George Freeman & Co. Of Syracuse, cloth
ing manufacturers. The liabilities are
$4,000, with small assets.
The front wall of the Gilmore hotel. in
Ottawa. Ont. which was recently destroy
ed by fire, fell on a passing street car
and completely demolished it. There
were only three passengers in the car
and they were badly injured
The factory of Eddy & Eddy. whole
sale druggists and grocers. in st. Louis,
was partly burned. Loss 100000, covered
by insurance.
An American railroad constructor has
expressed willingness to accept an APP
pointment as assistant chief engineer of
the Hankow railway for $4,000 in gold
per annum.
BY means of bogus police raid on a
poker game Alexander and William Nc
Whittier, recent arrivals from Scotland,
claim to have been robbed of $4,000 in
Salt Lake City, Utah, on Sept. IS, and
have employed counsel to run down the
alleged confidence men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
BOARDING-HoUsE FIRE KILLS 10.
Fatal Blaze in bingham, Ala, at
Early Morning Hour.


Ten men were burned to death, two
seriously and perhaps fatally injured,
and a third slightly hurt as the result of
a fire which destroyed the boarding house
of Mrs. L. e. Watley at 1871 Third ave-
nue., Birmingham, Ala, between = and 3
o'clock the other morning. Most of the
dead and injured were street car en-
plOyes. There were twenty-one boarders
in the house. In addition there were
three other persons. Mrs. Watley and her
two sons. All have been accounted for.
All the dead and injured occupied rooms
on the second story of the house. The
flames enveloped the entire building when
the fire was discovered and it was with
the greatest difficulty that the persons on
the lower floor made their escape. They
saved nothing. Every piece of furniture
in the house was burned. The fire is
thought to have been of incendiary origin.
Burglars have been detected on the prem
Uses twice within the last two months and
Mrs. Watley thinks the house was broken
into and then set on fire. Thieves were
discovered at work during the progress
of the flames and the police were called
to keep guard Ten charred bodies are
at the morgue, where it is impossible to
identify them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime.
$500 to $725 hogs, prime heavy, 800
to $500 sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $5.40; wheat, No 2, Tic to re; corn,
No 2, 44c to 45c; oats, standard, 32c to
33c; rye, No. .. Gle to G5c hay. timo-
thy, $1,000 to $1,000; prairie, 5000 to
$1400; butter, choice creamery. 1Sc TO
26c; eggs, fresh &c to 26c: potatoes.
35c to 4Jc.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping. $500
to $3.50; hogs, choice heavy, 800 TO
1913; sheep, common to prime $3.50 to
$500; wheat, No. ,, Tie to 73c; corn,
No. , white. 4Gc to 47c; oats, No. 2
white, 33c to 35c
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $500;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to
1913; wheat, No. 2, Toe to 7Gc; corn,
No. 2, 43c to 44c; oats, No. ., 32c to
34c; rye, No. ?, 59c to 60c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $3.50:
hogs, $500 to $6.45; sheep, $500 to
$4.T5; wheat, No. =, Toe to Tic: corn.
No 2 mixed, 4Sc to soc; oats. No. 2
mixed, 34c to 36c; rye, No. ., &C to
CSC.
Detroit-Cattle, $4OO to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No 2, Toe to 7Gc; corn, No. 3
yellow, 4Sc to 49c oats, No. 3 white,
34c to 36c; I've, No. 2, 66c to Csc
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. 2 northern,
74c to 7Sc; corn, No. 3, 44c to 45c;
oats, standard, 33c to Soc; rye. No. 1,
G3c to Goo; barley. standard, 53c to 54c;
pork, mess, $14.0O.
BufaIo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.00 to 5000 hogs, fair to choice $500
to 500; sheep, common to good mixed
$500 TO $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50
New Cattle, $500 to 5000;
hogs, $500 to 1913; sheep. $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, nc to 79c;
corn, No. 2, 53c to Doe; oats. natural
white, 3Sc to 40c; butter, creamery, zoe
to 27c; eggs, western, pc to 25c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed. 74c to
76c; corn, No. mixed. 47c to 4Sc;
oats, No. mixed, 34c to 3Gc; rye, No.
2, &c to Gle; clover seed, prime, SSH.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25

An answer filed in Austin, Texas, by
the Waters-Pierce Oil Company in the
suit brought by the State of Texas de-
clares the allegations to be simpertinent.
and scandalous" and calculated to preju-
dice the jury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25

with bank exchanges
ChiGdlO

/ TN Ddnh exchanges
Ullc610 the greatest seen in six
-----l months, commodity move
ments of unprecedented magnitude and
strongly sustained demands for finished
products. business generally progresses
satisfactorily. Seasonable extension
appears in most leading branches of
production and distribution. Weather
conditions continued TO stimulate act
i've demand in both city and country
retail lines. Dealings in the wholesale
branches maintain 4 comparatively
large aggregate and there is added
pressure upon the capacity of furnaces,
steel mills factories and Shipyards.
Few additional advances followed last
weeks changes, but the whole range of
prices for mine and forest products
now stands at the highest level this
year. Some falling off in buying might
have been looked for among conserva-
tive consumers, yet it is remarkable
and teStllies to the strong position upon
which current operations are based that
commitments run further ahead than
at any time heretofore.
The present drawbacks cannot be re-
garded unhealthy and are confined to
unavoidable delays in getting necessary
supplies and acute lack of adequate
transportation facilities. Mercantile
collections maintain average prompt
ness and no heavy defaults enter into
the failure record.
Manufacturing has reached a point
which involves increasing the forces re
quired but labor is not readily obtain
ed and wages rule high.
Chicago roads steadily increase earn
ings, indicating freight movements
much greater than those of last year,
but complaints are frequent as to car
shortage and slow arrivals of mcrchan-
disc at western points.
Failures reported i'll the Chicago dis
trict numbered %. against - laS1 week
and 20 year ago.-Dun's Review of
Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25

the village blacksmith. Among the build
ings of the Krupp works still stands the
humble smithy with the anvil at which
this ancestor worked a century ago. \
bronze bust of the first Krupp stands on
the spot where he toiled as a laborer. 1t
was to this spot that the bride made a
pilgrimage to place a wreath on the
bronze bust of the former blacksmith.
After paying this tribute to the brides
forefather the couple started on their
honeymoon.
In arranging her trousseau, the bride
showed the same devotion to simplicity
as in all the details f The wedding. The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
SAM JONES DIES ON A TRAIN.
WelI-KnOvn Preacher and Lecturer
Found LifeIess in Berth.

Sam Jones, the well-known evangelist
and lecturer, was found dead on an Okla
homa, Choctaw and Gulf train, near Lit
tie Rock, Ark. Mr.. Jones was travelling
from some point west of Little Rock and
his destination was Memphis. The body
was found in his berth in the sleeping
car and was taken off the train at Little
Rock. Samuel Porter Jones, who has
been widely known as preacher and lee
turer for twenty-five years, was horn IN
Chambers county, Alabama, in 1S4l. In
early life he removed to Georgia, studied
law and was admitted to the bar in 1869.
While he was a nervous wreck from
drink in 1872 he professed conversion,
joined the Methodist church and began
wonderful career as a preacher. He held
various charges, but also Travelled widely
as an evangelist. OF late years much of
his time was given to lecturing. Jones
had an original, blunt wit that appealed
to the crowd.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
KILLS HIS WHOLE FAMILY.
oLInhomnn Murders Wife and Thre,

OIIInhoman Murders Wife and Three
Children, Then Commits Suicide.
Q. Il. Heyworth well-to-do farmer
living seventeen miles north of Gage, Ok,
shot and killed his wife, two daughters,
aged - and Is, and son aged 20. He
then turned the weapon on himself, in
fiicting a mortal wound. Family trouble
was responsible for the tragedy Hey
worth returned home drunk from Guthrie
He was sullen and went directly to his
room, where his wife was asleep. The
occupants of the house were suddenly
awaken by shots. Young Heyworth
was the first to investigate. He was shot
down by his father before he had time
to call for help and two girls were killed
rs they rushed from their room.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
FINED UNDER ANTITRUST LAW.
Ohio Eridge Firms Declared Guilty
OF Combining ILLEGALLY.

The case of the State of Ohio versus
the Canton Bridge Company ct al,
charged with violating the Valentine anti
trust law, was heard before Judge Ogan
in Ottawa. Failing to present any evil
dence, the court found the companies
guilty and fined each agent $500 and costs
and the corporations 500 and costs. Those
fined were Harry Hammong, ]. II. Swi-
CART, Simon n. Froizer and Willis Cleve-
land and the Canton Bridge Company,
Mount Vernon Bridge Company, Massil-
Ion Bridge Company, Bellefontaine Bridge
Company and Champion Bridge Com
pany. The fines were paid Immediately.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
AUSTRIA HOLDS AMERICAN.
Man Who Went to Old Home to Bury
Father Is Thrown Into Prison.

Mrs. V. f. Helmer of Independence,
Kan, has received a letter from her hus-
band, who sailed for Europe Sept. f. an
nouncing that he is in an Austrian prison,
charged with desertion from the army.
Mr.. Helmer went to Austria because of
the illness of his father. He took out
naturalization papers at Galesburg, H.,
several years ago, but in moving from
place to place lost them and did not have
time to have them renewed before leaving
for Austria. Although he had served only
three of his five years in the Austrian
army, he expected no trouble. No sooner
was his father buried, however, than he
was arrested.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
Prison Rurton,s Fnte.

The Supreme Court of the United
States has denied the petition of former
United States Senator Burton of Kansas
for a rehearing in the case in which he
is under sentence of Imprisonment and
fine on the charge of accepting an attor-
ney's fee in a case in which the govern
ment was interested while he was serving
as Senator. The effect of the decision
will be the immediate Imprisonment of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
Slayer of Five Hidden Away.

Joda Hamilton, the confessed slayer of
the five members of the Parsons family
near Houston, Mo-, because of the threats
of lynching, has been taken to the Jail at
Carthage. Sheriff Woods of Texas Coun-
ty says Hamilton is raving maniac
and that he made two attempts to kill
himself in the Houston Jail by thrusting
a knitting needle into his breast and neck
and by butting his head against the cell
wall
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
Neu Ha,cn.s Overhead system

The annual report of the New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroad. which
shows net earnings of S3,612,S12, says
that the company is arranging to use the
single phase alternating current system of
Identification. in order to employ the
overhead conductor and avoid the difficult
ties and dangers of the third rail. A con-
tract has been awarded for the equip
ment of a 21-mile section of track.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
Fire Follows Explosion.

Five persons were killed and about 100
injured by a gasoline explosion in the
Meinerding dry goods and hardware store
at Fort Recovery, Ohio. What caused
the explosion is not known. Fire fol
lowed and the entire town on the west
side was soon ablaze. Eight buildings
were DESTROYED.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
Bank Robbers Secure So aoo

Safe.blowers broke into the State bank
of Denbigh, n. D., blew the safe, and Sc
cured S2,400. Citizens were aroused by
the explosion, but the burglars escaped.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
:zAiSS;:,;r SIDE SIDE
The News ~

70 Palma dove of C,,bo ORC oro,.

The Palma days of Cuba are over.
Will the pure food law apply to board
ing house hash?
That story that Sweden mas cut off the
Firms sounds right fshy.
There are already lot of blowholes in
the simplifed spelling list.
The Roosevelt spelling looks like the
English language in short skirts.
Philadelphia has to ask most every
day: ''Is my politics on straight"
The North Pole must have turned the
cold shoulder on Walter Wellman.
Russia has added religious freedom to
its bouquet of unfulflled promises.
A good hard days work now and then
would cure some of the Cuban insur-
gents.
The political rumor factory has started
to work a little earlier than usual this
campaign.
A Russian grand duke has to carry
searchlight in one hand and a bomb-catch-
er in the other.
As soon as the storm signals in the
Gulf coast cities came down the relief
signals went up.
What was the block-system doing when
those Pennsylvania trains crashed to-
gether in New Jersey?
The Pennsylvania politician does not
care who builds the Capitol, so long as he
has the job of furnishing" it.
Now that there is trouble again in
Cuba, it seems time to near more from
our old friend, Mole st. Nicholas.
Oyster Bay may now take off its coat
and high collar and sit out on the front
porch with its ieet up on the banisters.
SO they are going to build the Panama
canal by contract. And the Jamaica ne
groes will have to go to work or go home.
Now is the time when one loves the
sound of coal tumbling into his cellar and
calls the filling of his neighbours bin ''hor-
rid din"
There are still few lawyers and cho-
rus girls in New York who have not been
connected in any way with the Thaw-
White case.
A sailor excluded from a Newport
dance hall sues the proprietor for $500.
Five hundred dollars worth of dance
would last about 20 years.
Mr.. Willis Moore declares that the ART
of weather forecasting has become
gratifying success" We suppose, OF
course, he refers to the goose bone.
That Kansas City man who is enjoying
a honeymoon four months after he was
mourned for dead will be in all right trim
when it comes to telling ghost stories to
his wife.
When the Philadelphia brewer fell IN
love with the beautiful manicurist who
was putting a few fancy touches on his
mitt doubtless the fine italian hand OF
Cupid was also waiting to be manicured.
An answer filed in Austin, Texas, by
the Waters-Pierce Oil Company in the
suit brought by the State of Texas de-
clares the allegations to be 'simpertinent.
and scandalous" and calculated to preju-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
Man SInin nv Aufn.

In Waterbury, Conn, Frederick NJ
Frost was instantly killed by the automo-
bile owned by y. \. Young, president of
the Connecticut Railway and Lighting
Company. Frost was struck by the au-
tomobile just after he alighted from a
trolley car.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25

The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue has issued regulations controlling
the manufacture of denatured alcohol
and its uses, pursuant to an act of Con-
gross which goes into effect June 1,
1907. The Commissioner says there
will be two classes of alcohol, first, that
which is completely denatured, which
will pass into general use and be pur-
chased without limitation, as against
private consumers and, secondly, spe-
cially denatured alcohol, in which the
material demanded by the needs of
manufacturing interests will be regard
ed. Denatured alcohol will supplant a
large consumption of wood alcohol, and
the price, it is believed, will not be
more than % cents per gallon. The de-
maturing process will have to be accom-
plished on the premises where the dis
filling is done, in specially designated
bonded warehouses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
Frank GouIds Are ReconciIed.

That the reconciliation of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank j. Gould has been. accomplished
by Miss Helen Gould and other members
the Gould family was shown in Hot
Springs, Va, when Mrs. Gould. who had
been there for a week, gave a dinner to
her husband on his arrival.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
CASH IN sUBrREAsURY SHORT:
Paying Teller at st. Louis Suspended
Pending Investigation.

Ten millions of dollars in ccjn curren-
cy in the vaults of the United States sub
treasury in st. Louis is being counted by
secret service men in an effort to verify
an alleged shortage of SCI 200. d. P.
Dyer, Jr., paying teller at the sub-treas-
ury and son of District Attorney Pat
Dyer, has been relieved from office pend
ing these inquiries. Sub-treasurer Ad-
kins became suspicious several days ago
that all was not straight in his Office and
requested an inquiry. The Treasury De
partment Immediately sent special agents
along to investigate. The law requires
that there shall be an inspection of sub
treasures every two years. Such inspec
ton is ten months overdue in st. Louis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25

The sudden recalling Of Brig. Gen.
Funston from Havana afti.r it was sup
posed that he would conn and the first
expedition of troops in Caba is now
understood to have been made at the
suggestion of Secretary Taft, because
Funston was distasteful to the former
Cuban rebels Funston was an officer.
of the insurgents before the Spanish
war, and the leaders of the recent
Instruction say he deserted because he
could not stand for the butcheries of
prisoners of war. Brig Gen. Bell will
now have entire charge of the military
occupation of the island under Governor
MagOOn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
Co-onar.tixe Storas E,i,

The attempt to form a chain of coop
erative college stores throughout the coun-
try has failed. \ sheriff attached the
store and stock of the Yale branch of the
chain, which is incorporated under the
title of the intercollegiate Mercantile As
ISOLATION in New Haven, Conn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25

again at the reduction of the number Of
troops in the islands. declaring that the
possibility of war with a foreign nation
as well as the Widespread condition of
lawlessness makes it imperative that
large force be maintained in the Philip
pines. The total garrison now numbers
little more than 10000 men.