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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
BOYS SENT INTO SLAVERY.
Employment Agent Declared to
Have Misrepresented Facts.

Employment Agent Declared TO
Have Iisrepresented Facts.
John n. Bogert, commissioner of IL
censes in New York. has heard harrow
ing tales of brutality on an island camp
n hundred miles from the mainland OF
Florida. They came out at the hearing
in the case of Francisco Sabbia, proprie-
tor of al employment bureau, who IS
charged with giving false information to
applicants for work. According to the
testimony, Sabbia sent a gang of labor
ers, several of them being boys TO years
old, to work for the Florida East Coast
Railway Company. They were told they
were to get $1.75 a day, railway fares
both ways and board. Instead, they were
put to work hewing trees on an island at
S1.25 a day, out of which they had to
pay their board. Five who returned told
the commissioner that when they left the
camp, after brutal treatment, the COM
pany took their return tickets, and they
walked seventy miles to Miami. and were
arrested and sentenced to thirty days at
hard labor with the chain gang.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
CHICAGO.

3SstjISt al III. llu,ntCT
| UlGQlU. of failures ana the short
interference to business
due to storms this week. il is to be
noted that raw material markets CON
time strong, indicating that manufac-
turing holds steady. and that together
with increasing arrivals of hu: ers
there is further distinct ease in money
Transportation and outdoor work re-
covered quickly from weather interior
ence and the lower temperature slim
ulated demand for fuel, retail trade
also doing better in seaSonable lines,
especially warm apparel Wholesale
operations assumed more extended pro-
portions, both house and mail orders
rejecting substantial buying of spring
wares for early delivery
Selections were large in dry goods,
footwear, hardware and furniture for
the interior; new business also appear
ing in staples from south and south
western points. Agricultural reports
are favorable, winter grains being we'll
protected against frost, and there are
extensive preparations for the early
resumption of activity on the farms.
This adds to the confidence of country
merchants in making present commit
ments for merchandise.
Conditions in the markets for pri-
mary foodstuffs reflect sustained ac-
tivity in provisions, with poorer cash
dealings in the grains and flour. Price
changes, as compared with the closings
a week ago, are mainly lower-corn,
q cent n bushel; wheat, IA cents;
pork, lard, ribs and cattle, each 10
cents.
Bank clearings, $201 $50, 1888. exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1905 by 1873 per cent. Commercial
paper is in improving supply. but there
is more bidding for choice names and
the discount fell to per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number thirty-siX. against twenty
five last week and twentyfour Il year
ago.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
LOST IN TRANSPORT FIRE.
Flames Rage in Hold of U. s.
Meade at San Francisco.

Fire broke out in the hold of the trans
port Meade, lying at the FOLSOM street
wharf, at San Francisco. The fire ragged
for hours, despite the efforts of the fire
department. Fully twenty men were
overcome by the deadly fumes, and at
least three were injured internally, dy-
Ing in short time. Four others are
missing and may be dead. At 3 a. m.
the fire was we'll under control and the
ship was flooded with water, dozen
engines pumping water into the hold.
The Meade was to have sailed Thursday
Tor Manila with 1000 men on board of
the Second Infantry and the Eighth and
Thirteenth batteries of light artillery.
The fcrepart of the ship, whe"e the IRE
broke out, contained the personal eff
fects of the officers and men of the regi-
n:ents en- route to Manila. The vessel
also had on board cargo of 5000 tons
of commissary and quartermaster's sup
plies consigned to the Philippines. 1t
is impossible to estimate the extent Of
damage to the ship and cargo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
WILD RIDE ON RUNAWAY.
Miss Shelby Converse of Washing
ton Ciings to Animal for 3 Miles.

Miss Shelby Converse of Washing
ton Ciings to Animal for Miles.
After clinging to the back of run
away horse for three miles, Miss Shelby
Converse, the daughter of Rear Admiral
Converse of the navy, chief of the bureau
of navigation, was thrown and seriously
injured in Washington, D. G. Miss Con-
verse was riding with Lieut.. Stephen
G. Rowan, [. S. N, along the Cabin
John bridge road, when the young wom-
ans horse took fright, and in her efforts
to manage the animal the curb chain
broke. Before her escort could assist her
the horse dashed forward toward the city
at mad pace, and ran for three miles
until he turned at Twentieth and NJ
streets and collided with a truck team,
and all the horses went down in a mass.
Miss Converse was thrown over one of the
horses, and, falling, was pinioned under
one of them. She was unconscious when
removed to a nearby drug store, but re-
vived when taken to her home. She may
be hurt internally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08


mate}ia white
especially THE White House bride Fa
designed ROsevelts
in
O
Edward VII The will
bill
lowy chiffon beneath
the
in
will embroidered
of
of the the maternal ancestors the BRIDE
\
which she became the bride
oft built
sand a
In the O
enbOd stitching girls
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small picture
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Marriage Not a safeguard.

Within the limits of Greater New York
during the past year there were $40
suicides More than one person in every
1000 of the city's population committed
self-murder.
Disease, poverty, alcoholism. passion,
pain, disappointed love and dependency
each contributed a quota to the horrify-
ing total.
1t is proved by the suicide statistic of
the past year that to a certain extent
marriage is by 10 means a safeguard
against self-killing and that divorce is
especially productive of it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
n1nun Costs S1.aOO.OOO.

The Union elevator i'll East ST. Louis,
H., containing 100000 bushels OF
wheat was entirely destroyed by fire, en-
failing a loss estimated at S1.5OO,OO0. The
fire spread to the stables of the st. Louis
Transfer Company and POO horses and as
many wagons We're burned in addition TO
the destruction Of the building. Seven
dwelling houses were covered with burn
ing oil by the explosion of four tank cars
and entirely destroyed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Indeterminate Sentence for Murder

superintendent of Prisons C. W. Col
Inns of New York now recommends that
life prisoners, which includes those con-
victed of murder in the second degree,
be placed under the indeterminate SEN
tence and become eligible to parole at the
expiration of nineteen years and eleven
months. This in fact is found to be
equivalent to a life sentence in eighty
eight cases out of a hundred. Superin-
tendent Collins reasons are that there
will be fewer prisoners pardoned. fewer
will die or 90 insane and each will have
the same opportunity to earn release BY
good behavior.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
DIE AS LAWYERS WAIT.
Two Chicago Men XIII Themselves
Under Conditions that Coincide.

Two Chicago Men XIII Themselves
Under Conditions that Coincide.
In less than a twenty -four-hour span In
Chicago two prominent men telephoned
to their attorneys, met them for counsel,
and then, while the attention of their
companions was diverted, committed sui
eide. Henry w. Howe, head of the mort
gage brokerage house of II. W. Howe
& Co.. shot himself while in the office of
Attorney Rowland T. Rogers. James
Hedges, a wealthy Chicago pioneer and
manufacturer, did the same thing at his
home, while his attorney, Charles r..
Hamil. was waiting in an adjoining
room. Financial troubles and worry over
his business affairs are believed to have
been the cause of Mr.. Howe's suicide
Grief over the death in the Iroquois the
ater fire of his daughter, Mrs. katherine
Bergh, and her 3-year-old son drove Mr..
Hedges to his death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
SEEKS ASToR FORTUNE.
Descendant of Partner of John ia
cob Laws Claim to Millions.

Descendant of Partner of John ia
cob Lays Claim to Millions.
Declaring it his intention to get pos
session of 1SO,OOO,O00, half of the for
tune of the Astors, a man introducing
himself as Abner Emery of Lewiston,
Oklahoma, is in Pittsburg trying to find
the heirs of John Emery. John Emery,
according to the story told by Abner,
was partner of Joh& Jacob Astor, and
they were in business together when AS
tor started in the fur trade at Astoria,
Wash. 1t is asserted that John Emery
left a will bequeathing his share of the
business to his heirs, but that this will
was not discovered for seventy-five years.
Emery says that the will was opened
several years ago and that since then he
has been seeking the other heirs, of whom
he has found 400
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
PRECEDENT IN BANK SUIT.
Court Holds Directors Not Liable
Reyond Interest as Stockholders.

Court Holds Directors Not LiabIs
beyond Interest as stockholders.
The Ohio Supreme Court established
precedent in affirming a decision from Co
lumbiana county in the case OF Charles
III. Mason against John McNicker, James
X. Frew and DR.. William Moore, directors
of the defunct First National bank OF
Lisbon. The Supreme Court holds that
bank directors are not liable beyond their
liability as stockholders for not knowing
the condition of bank which is wrecked
few months after the publication OF the
annual statement by a defaulting cashier
Mason alleged that ne bought stock short
ly before the failure on the strength OF
the directors report. In the only similar
case yet passed upon the Nebraska SUI
preme Court held against the directors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Lamp Bursts. Burning Woman.

Mrs. Samuel Brainer was fatally burn
cd by the explosion of lamp in her
home in Eaton, Ind. She had attempted
to remove the lamp from bracket on
the wall, when it exploded and her cloth
ing was ignited. When help, attracted by
her screams arrived she was badly burn
ed about the head, face and lower limbs,
and she died.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
GIRL SAVES TWO OTHERS.
Normal school Student DraEs Vic
Tins OF Coal Gas from Room.

Normal School Student DraEs VIC
Tins of Coal Gas from Room.
Miss Maude Cooper of Amboy, Mimi,
a student at the State normal school in
Mankato, Mimi, saved the lives of Miss
Cove of Hutchinson, another student,
and Miss McCabe, milliner. The three
girls roomed together in a boarding
house. Miss Howe and Miss McCa5e
were overcome by fumes from a coal
stove during the night. Miss Cooper
was awakened at o'clock and al
though nearly unconscious, managed to
drag the other girls into a hall way,
where she fell unconscious. Her strug-
giles aroused Mrs. Van Wrinkle, proprie-
tor of the clearinghouse. The young
women will recover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Srread of the Gypsy Moth,

The first annual report rendered to the
Massachusetts, Legislature by Supt. Kirk
land mentions the automobile as a new
factor in the spread of the gypsy and
brown-tail moth which have now invaded
:, 224 square miles of land in that State.
1t is found that in the places where the
actoiliobilists are accustomed to stop for
meals or supplies, there the moths are
most prevalent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Thick SIxuU SfOps RuIIefs.

After firing three shots at his head,
man who registered at a Bowery hotel in
New York as Hegger Leaser was taken
to a hospital suffering from three superb
cial scalp wounds. The mans skull is so
thick that though the three bullets struck
him there, they were DETECTED and did
little HARM
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Reject Demands of Miners.

Coal mine operators of the central
competitive field voted down every de-
mand of the miners except the one that
boys under a certain age shall not be en-
ployed at the mines. The miners princi-
pal demands were for an increase of 1917
per cent in wages and for mine run
basis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
BARS CHILDREN FROM MINES.
Chief Orders a General Crusade
Agaist Young Laborers.

Chief Orders General Crusade
Agaist Young Laborers.
Chief Mine Inspector James E. Rod
erick of Pennsylvania has notified the in
spectors of each of the anthracite dis
tricts to make a careful investigation at
each colliery and dismiss any boys found
to be below the legal age for employment
The chief calls the inspectors attention
to the fact that, owing to the greed of
some parents for the youngsters small
earnings, they are furnished with false
certificates, declaring they are over the
required age, when they are not. Mr.
Roderick suggests that the inspectors
take particular pains to ascertain the real
age of boys who do not appear to be as
cid as their certificates declare. He says
the work will be hard and trying, but
that it must be continued until there is
not boy under 16 in the mines or under
IA in the breakers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08

Adolph Fourte. Frenchman who was
employed as mechanician and chauffeur
by W. Gould Brokaw Of Great Neck, l..
l.. went To New Rochelle, \. y, and shot
and killed his wife in her apartments
there and then killed himself. The po-
lice believe the act was due to jealousy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
chinese striI,e Rnck.

Augered by the failure of the Congress
of the United States 10 remove rcstric-
tionS Oh Cinnamon desiring to enter
America. the Chinese, according to adj
vices from pclin. have renewed the com
mercial boycott and begun to take per
sonal vengeance on American mission
aries and educators.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
neI,x A,fonso,s Marriage.

The Madrid correspondent of the Echo
de Paris says that owing to the British
court being in mourning for King Chris
tian of Denmark King Edwards official
visit to Madrid will not take place IN
the spring and that for the same reason
King Mfonso's marriage to Princess Ena
of Battenberg has been postponed un'li
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08

The Ohio Senate and House have
adopted joint resolution favoring the
election of United States Senators by
popuIar vote. The resolution merely cN-
presses the sentiments of the Ohio law
makers and docs not go into details as TO
how the necessary changes in the con-
stitution are to be made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Blow to Municipal Ownership.

An order providing that the question
of the purchase and operation of an in
depcndent gas ana electric light plant by
the city OF Boston should be submitted to
the people ut the next election for ratif-
cation. failed to pass the Common Coun-
ell 1t received forty-rwo votes, but fifty
were peceSSa nv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Found Guilty ms pirates.

William T. WoodSide and II. f. s. Des-
midi. charged with violating a federal
law in fitting out the ship Carmencita on
an Illegal sealing expedition. have been
found guilty in San Francisco. The jury
disagreed regarding Robert Tyson, Il co.
dnfpnlant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Robh,.- KILLED by officer.

4 man who gave his name as Patrick
Say of Peoria. H.. died in hospital
in phHadelphia from the effects of a bull,
let wound received while endeayorIng
escape from a policeman. Say was de,
tcctcd in the act of robhing grocery
store and sought safety in flight
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
sixty Hurt in Collision.

\ Delaware and Hudson local passen-
ger train collided head-on with a work
train four miles west of Schenectady, n.
y. One Italian laborer was killed and
two passengers suffered probably fatal in
juries. All of the sixty passengers suf-
feyed slight injuries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Lives Saved by Engineer.

The United States lighter Hudson,
laden with dynamite and moored in the
Harlem River at New York burned and
great loss of life was prevented by the
bravery of the engineer, who threw most
of the explosive overheard before the
vessel was sunk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Policeman a highway Robber:

Patrolmau Reynolds of Baltimore, now
n fugitive from Justice under charge of
larceny. was q highway robber while on
his beat, according to charges made. In
his rooms number of articles were found
which were identified rs belonging to Pat
rick Lyons, who reported that he had
been held mp on Reynolds beat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
New Mint Coming s3O,OOO,OOO.

With $3OOOO,O0O worth of gold bars
on hand waiting coinage, the new Den.
yer mint began operations Thursday
About 100 persons are employed. The
first work undertaken was the recon,
ing of 100000 silver in dimes, quarters
and half dollars
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08

Lord" Darlington, or George Barton,
who. posing as an English nobleman,
married several wealthy American wom-
en- to obtain their fortunes. and finally
murdered his benefactor, James z. Me
Cam. in st. Louis, is doomed to die
March 10 by the Supreme Court.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Death Due to snowbaIling.

Edna, the 10-year-old daughter of Po-
liceman Edward Johnson, died in Ham.
llton, Ohio, as the result of injuries in
ficted by schoolboys who had pelted her
with snowballs two weeks ago. She was
struck in the neck and meningitis speed.
ilv followed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Monster Mill Opened.

One of the new steel mills of the S10,-
100000 group recently authorized by the
United States Corporation began opera
tions at McKeesport, Pa, Tuesday in the
presence of many officials of the company
and visitors. The mill is said to be the
largest and best in the world.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Nrodjesl<a to Quit the Stage.

Nine. Helena Modjeska, after a recep-
ton in her honor at Santa Ana, Cal.
announced in a little speech to the assem-
bied guests that she intended to retire
from the stage forever when her present
tour ends in April.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Notes or Current Events.

Two children of Thomas Feeley were
burned to death in a fire which destroy
ed Feeley's home at Maple Hill. near
Mahonoy City, Pa.
One miner, Henry Akers. was proba-
biy fatally injured in the wreck of a
miners train near Wellston, Ohio. on a
branch of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
DAYTON railroad, at Dinersville.
Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi. who
recently asked the Legislature for rigid
prison investigation, will be the first sub
ject Of the inquiry, he having admitted
that he thrashed a convict who was inn
pudent to him.
William E. Corey, president of the
United States Steel Corporation. has
given $4,000 to the Eraddock. Pa. gen
eraI hospital, which viii be ready for
opening Feb. Is.
Cassie Chadwick has been set to work
with the needle at the Columbus, Ohio.
penitentiary, making button holes. and
will continue at this work until she he
comes well enough to run a sewing ma
chine.
Max 4. Roth. manager of the Cana
dian Finance Company, money-lending
concern, forfeited his bail at Montreal.
He was under INDICTMENT charged with
obtaining money under false pretenses
by bogus kilograms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
King of Denmark Dies Poor

1t is stated that King Christian Of
Denmark left only a small fortune.
amounting probably to less than $780,.
600. He was always charitable, and
most of his revenue, aside from that alb
solutely needed for household expenses.
went as gifts to the poor and to deserv-
ing institutions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08

ner Of John d. Rockefeller in the oil
business, apparently is worth about $780,
100000 instead of the paltry 100000
valuation put on the personal property
| by the executors. A strict investigation
is to be made with a view to securing
! proper taxation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Presbyterian Editor Is Dead

The Rev. DR.. Joseph G. Montfort, for
many years editor of the Herald and
Presbyter, an organ of the Presbyterian
Church, and prominent as a preacher
and educator, died at his home on Wal
nut Hill in Cincinnati, aged 81 years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Caye-In Buries Workers,

Several workmen were buried under
the Erie Railroad tunnel which is
being constructed near Otisville, \. Y.
Three dead have been taken from the
cave-in and two injured. The accident
was caused by an explosion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
Mrs. Yerkes Remnrries.

Mrs. Charles I. Yerkes, widow of the
traction magnate who died a month ago.
leaving her a life interest in a fortune of
S7.5OO,O0O. has been married in secret to
Wilson Miner of San Francisco, a man
twenty wears her Junior.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
pcener Mt Girls College.

Girls Of the Western College for Wom-
en- in Hamilton. Ohio. are terrorized by
Jack the Pepper. Officers guard the
school and the girls are not allowed TO
walk alone
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
state Examiners Are Critical.

Examiners from Wisconsin, Kentucky,
Minnesota, Tennessee and Nebraska have
finished a joint investigation of the af.
fairs of the New York Life Insurance
Company and prepared a report said to
contain some severe criticism, especially
of George w. Perkins.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-08
EIG FIRE LOSS AT BUTTE.
Part of Senator CIark's Reduction
Works Is Destroyed.

"UTNs is DVstTUSeU '
Fire of unknown origin partly destroy
ed Senator W. A. Clark's reduction
works in Putte, Mont. The fire broke
out about midnight and enveloped the
concentration building, in which it start
ed, and the large elevator used for con-
veying concentrates. The fremen saved
the engine house, with valuable machin-
erv and the smelter plant. A. H. Wethy,
local manager for Senator Clark, esti-
mates the loss at 100000. The plant
will be rebuilt as soon as possible.