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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07

Senator's Widow Paid NobIeman
100000 to Wed Daughter.

The story got out the other day that
Baron Reid Won Reidenau, a member of
the Austrian embassy at Rome, who on
June will marry Miss Margaret Louise
Magee of Pittsburg, has demanded that
ne be paid in cold cash for the transfer
of his title into the Pittsburg family, and
that he has been paid 100000. The sum
at trst demanded by the nobLemaI was
S2oO,OOO, or one-fourth the amount de-
manded by the Earl of Yarmouth before
he would go on with his wedding to Miss
1haw. The baron, however, was shown
quickly that he could obtain nothing like
S2JO,OO0, and he at last consented to ac-
cept 100000. This, at least, is the story
which Pittsburgers are discussing, and the
baron is being kept carefully out of the
way of inquisitive persons by friends of
the Magee family. The 100000 is said
% come almost entirely from Mrs. c. L.
s1agee, widow of Senator Magee, who for
some years has made her home in Rome
and who has been very DESTROYS of appear
ing IN the court circle at the Italian cap
ital. 1t was Mrs. Magee who made the
match after she had hurried the girl away
from Pittsburg, when she had been en-
gagged to Richard Jennings. The story of
this deal has chilled the moneyed people
ot Plttsburg, who had been led to believe
that real love story had been told.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07

J 1
position of trade generally
are the resumption of the banks in San
Francisco, this releasing considerable
funds in business channels, and, local
~, the sale of the Calumet Electric
railway, and further ease in the money
market.
Aside from the continued strike of
molderS and hindrance TO foundry OPP
erations, industrial conditions reflect q
sustained high volume of production
and new demands. \ slight weakness
III prices Of pig iron does not interfere
with furnace activity, the capacity be-
ing drawn upon close to the limit. Ad-
ditional heavy orders for rails, wire and
structural shapes inject more firmness
IN steel branches. No diminution is
seen in the unprecedented expansion of
new buildings and other construction.
Fresh supplies are gaining in iron
ore and fuel, but fall below those of a
year ago in lumber, hides and wool.
Raw material markets exhibit Steadi-
ness in demand and values, with a
slight advance in copper and tin plate
The primary foodstuffs made larger
shipments, but the advance in prices is.
mainly due to manipulation in the set
tlenent of May options The market
ing of crops shows further gain and
this swells the circulation of money
throughout the interior. Warm rains
over the wheat belt and satisfactory
termination of late sowings make agri-
cultural advices more reassuring. Mer-
camille collections show Improvement
and defaults have returned 10 normal
numbers
Distributive dealings derive benefit
from seasonable weather. The sales of
necessaries have advanced to an en-
larged aggegate and this provides TN
usual activity in both retail and job
bling lines, the latter being frequently
required to forward hurriedly upon re-
orders. In lightweight apparel, foot
wear, odproducts, art wares and sport
ing goods the sales compare quite fav-
orably with those of year ago. Move
ments of leading commodities indicate
that consumption has expanded to its
greatest volume. although it appears
that some difficulty is felt in getting
adequate raw supplies readily. Western
railroad traffic has become exceptional
ly heavy with the increased marketings
of products.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number "a, against % last week
and 26 year ago.-Dun's Review OF
Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Short News Notes.

Very Rev. Patrick ]. McHale has been
appointed bishop of Porto Rico to succeed
Archbishop Blenk.
Samuel Geller, alleged leader of a gang
that has poisoned 1000 horses, was SEN
fenced to a year in prison in New York.
Thomas Allen, brother-in-law, says
William J. Bryan will not accept the
United States senatorship from Nebraska.
The American Birth Insurance Com
pany. organized to pay cash benefits upon
the birth of living children, went into
the bands of a receiver in Boston.
Ruth Cole, daughter of d. n. Cole of
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, was kicked over
the heart by baby colt and died while
her father was carrying her into the
house.
The Mexican government is planning to
rid the rich Son IA mining district of
hostile Indians by running down the Va
quis with bloodhounds and deporfing all
captiyes to Yucatan.
Secretary of War Taft and Charles T.
Cattlin of Brooklyn, n. Y, have been
named by graduate electors as candidates
to fill the vacancy in the Yale corpora
ton caused by the expiration of the term
OF Chauncey NJ. Depew. The election will
be held on June 20.
At NormaRille, Pa, the postofice and
its contents, the plant of the Springfield
Mountaineer, George w. Campbell's gen
eral store and double dwelling house
were burned, the loss being $4,000.
Representative Bartholdt spoke at the
seventy-eighfh meeting of the American
Peace Society at Boston, outlining the
aims Of the Interparliamentary Union,
and the report-of Secretary Trueblood was
read.
Elaborate preparations have been made
by the local committee at Louisville, KY,
for the entertainment of the delegates to
the convention of the national association
of managers of newspaper circulation,
which meetl there June 5, 6 and z.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
CURLING TIE CORPORATIONS.
How the Railway Rate Bill supple
ments Previous LcgisIaffon

How the Railway Rate Bill SuppIe-
ments Previous Legislation.
The passage of the railway rate bin
puts The capstone upon structure of
laws designed to check corporate ruth
lessness. The first of the series OF bills
with this end in view was the interstate
commerce law, enacted in 1887. 1t was
al best feeble measure because it was
shcrn OF its effect in large part by design
ing men acting in the interest OF corpora
tons. The commission was given the
power TO declare but not the authority 10
enforce its full decree. The commission
could upset a rate fixed by a railroad but
could not supply another The commits
sion was houted openly by the railroads,
dehed in the courts and its decisions were
often upset. Yet all the time it was do
ing good work for the people and was
calling attention to evils that existed and
that could be cured by adequate legisla-
ticn.
The next great enactment in the same
line was the Sherman antitrust law of
1890. For a long time it remained a
dead letter, practically, on the statute
books. The corporations laughed at it.
Gigantic trusts were formed and carried
on their operations openly and boldly.
The people complained from time to time
but the trusts paid no attention TO their
mutterings and went gayly along with the
Dig game. Finally, the boldest stroke of
all IS tempted. The great Northern
Securities merger was floated. 1t had for
object the controlling by two or three
men of the entire system of railway trans
portation between the Mississippi river
and the Pacific coast from the Canadian
border to the Gulf. About that time At
torney General Knox, in the Department
of Justice, tumbled over the revised stat
uteS and picked out the Sherman act I'M
der authority of which he went after that
merger, hammer and tongs. The Supreme
Court upheld his contention and demoI-
ished the merger. Since then other trusts
have been attacked and to-day half a doz-
en- Of the great combinations are on the
rack.
The next legislative act in the same
direction was the Elkins anti-rate law of
1903. The Elkins act is supposed to have
many of the evils of rebating,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07

although the Department of Justice has
recently declared that the sugar trust and
several railroads are still engaging in the
practice, and the department is going af-
ter them. The Elkins law, however, is
an important feature of this consecutive
plan of regulation of corporations.
The rate bill in some respects is the
most radical example of governmental
control of business and industrial affairs
ever attempted in this country. The most
important provision of the bill is the au-
thority given the Interstate Commerce
Commission to declare that a rate. fixed
by a railroad is not just and reasonable,
and to state in terms what is a Just and
reasonable rate. That rate is to stand
and be enforced unless it is enjoined,
suspended or set aside by the court. The
railroad company will have to go into
court and spend its money to contest the
rate, the government defending in behalf
of the shipper, the latter not putting up
a cent. The railroads are content that
they have the fullest right of appeal to the
courts. That they have insisted upon all
the time, and they finally secured it, many
of the ablest men in the Senate holding
that it could not and should not be with
held.
The authority of the Interstate Com
merce Commission is broadened to cover
pipe lines, express companies, switches,
terminals, storage facilities, icing charges
and all the side issues of railway trans
portation which in the past have lent
themselves to determinations against
small shippers in favor of great corpora
lions. These special privileges made most
of the trouble, and under the old laws
the commission could not reach them.
The commission can in the future compel
railroads to connect with short private
lines and give facilities to shippers off
the main line. There is also regulation
of through freight routes over connecting
but different lines. This will remove an
other source of discrimination. The pro-
vision, prohibiting after May /, 1903, rail-
roads from owning coal, lumber or other
properties will give private owners of
mines equal transportation facilities
These are the main, broad features of the
prospective new law that interest the gen.
eral public.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
A FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY MARS
WEDDING OF SPANISH RULER.
Bridal Pair Escape Unhurt hut
twenty Persons Are Killed and
Nearly 100 Wounded-Crime Is
Laid to Anarchists.

King Alfonso of Spain and his bride
queen Victoria, escaped a horrible
death from the explosion of an an.
archist bomb at the steps of their pal.
ace IN Madrid Thursday afternoon, on
their return from the church where
they had just been married.
While their carriage was proceeding
slowly between dense lines of cheering.
shouting people and while the Young
king and his bride were smiling and
bowling their Acknowledgements, a bomb,
concealed in a bouquet, was thrown
from a balcony of house.
Twenty Killed, 100 Wounded.
A frightful explosion followed. The
carriage in which the King and Queen
were riding was shattered and the six
white horses drawing it were blown to
pieces. Twenty persons were killed
and one hundred others seriously
wounded. Among the injured was the
Duke of Satomayor, the Kings equer-
ry, who was riding at the right of the
royal carriage
Three officers and six soldiers guard
ing the royal coach were killed. ard
nearly every one in immediate attend
ance was injured. Even in the agonies
of death they were loyal to their trust,
and the bleeding and wounded soldiers
threw themselves around the wreckage
of the carriage. One officer lay dead
with his hand at salute
Royal Couple Take Another Carriage
The young King and Queen, however.
escaped without even a scratch. The
King Immediately aIighted and assist
ed his wife TO the ground and into an
other carriage, which drove them hur-
riedly TO the palace.
The Queen was composed, but upon
reaching the palace she broke down
completely. AS she alighted a number
of gentlemen pressed forward, but the
King waved them back and tenderly
supported his weeping wife. An hour
later they appeared hand in hand on
a balcony of the palace to assure the
that they were uninjured.
During the afternoon King Alfonso
went with his bride to the palace chap
ell, where they offered up lengthy
prayers.
The people almost universally exc
crate the deed and would tear the an
archists to pieces if they could get at
them.
Assassin Commits Suicide.
Several men have been arrested for
IN the outrage. 1t is not
certain that the man who actually
threw the bomb is among them. One
report declares that he shot himself i'm
mediately after the explosion
Manuel Duran, Catalonian, is sus-
pected of being the moving spirit in
the outrage. May % he hired the
apartment from which the bomb was
thrown. Mateo Moral, another red
is suspected of completely, but he es-
capped. The former is under arrest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07

The feature which most struck me was
the mutual good will and fraternaI inter-
course between American and Anglican
congregations, which have been more in
innate than they used to be, and are be-
coming more so.
1.-THE sects and the hostilities of relig
ions which were to be noted around the
world a century ago have been gradually
softened. / was most struck with this in
Egypt. I Travelled on the Nile thirty
years ago, and nothing impressed me
more on my recent trip than the changed
attitude of the Arabs toward the Chris
tians. The oriental changes more slowly
than we, but their attitude is now more
tolerant and more kindly. A century ago,
when the Christian was to the Moham-
medan a Christian dog, the present feel
ing would have been inconceivable''
The bishop says he noted that as
result of Christian influence the whole
brute creation in Egypt is now much bet
ter treated than ever before.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
SCHOONER GOES DOWN.
Vessel Sinks I'm Lake Erie just Out
side Cleveland BreaIyvater.

Buffeted by the fierce storm that swept
Lake Erie Monday the schooner Mabel
Wilson sprang a leak and sank just out
side the Cleveland breakwater. One sail
or was drowned. Seven other members of
the crew were rescued after hard fight,
three Of them being taken off by the tug
Lutz and four by the lfe-saving crew.
The Mabel Wilson arrived off the harbor
shortly before daylight and in response to
her signals the tug Lutz went out and
tried to bring her inside the harbor. Be-
cause of the heavy sea the tug was unable
to handle the vessel. Capt. Gotham and
Mate Gunnison. severely injured, were
taken to a hospital. The Mabel Wilson
was loaded with ore from Escanaba.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Living okapi cantnred.

The Alexander-Gosling expedition in
Africa reports having captured a living
specimen of The okapi. the first ever pos
sessed or seen by white man. In 1901
the first skin of the okapi was exhibited
in the British museum. The animal is of
the giraffe family, but with short and
thick neck. The coloring is most remark
able. Cheeks and jaws are yellowish
white, but the forehead and a line down
the muzzle are deep red chestnut. The
body varies from black to red, while the
legs and hind quarters are white and
cream color, marked with purple black
stripes and blotches.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Largest Auxiliary Vessel Here

The fve-masted, bark-rigged German
vessel r. G. Rickners, which is the largest
of her kind in the world, has arrived at
New York on her maiden voyage from
Bremen, Germany. She is $50 feet long,
built entirely of steel, and has a gross
tonnage of $3.50. With all sails set, her
estimated speed is II knots. Her auxil-
larry engines are able to give her 5-knot
gait without the aid of sails
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
High Fee Closes SaIooos

According to computations made by
agents of the brewing companies, about
20 per cent of the saloons in Cleveland
have closed their doors through inability
to pay the $1,000 tax provided under the
recently enacted Aiken law. Pully 600
saloons closed Monday, most of them be-
ing in the outlying districts of the city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
saIvationist's Body STOLEN

Mrs. Myrtle Boggs, head of the Saliva
tion army in Portsmouth, Ohio, succeed
ing her late husband, Captain II. G.
Boggs received a message from Kinder
hook, Fairfield county, advising her that
the body of her husband had been stolen
from the cemetery. 1t is believed that
Captain Roggs may have been poisoned,
and il his body is recovered the stomach
will be analyZed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Wreck Work of VandaIs.

New York Central express train No. 81
eastbound was wrecked near Hoffmans,
y. Y, while running at a high rate of
speed. No human lives were lost, but nine
horses were killed and an express agent
was lacerated and bruised. The wreck
undoubtedly was caused by the fish plates
having been tempered with.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Held for Relatives Death.

Charles Rereher was arrested at Mount
Gilead, Ohio, by Deputy Sheriff Budd
Baker and placed in Jail pending an IN
vestigation into the death of his father-n-
law, He2ekiah Hollingsworth. The latter
was found in a stall in his stable and
marks on his head indicated that he had
been hit with a blunt instrument rather
than that he had been killed by the horses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Stab i'm Neck Kills wo,uan

Mrs. John Campbell was killed in the
Barnes hotel, theatrical boarding house
in Buffalo, \. Y. Her husband is under
arrest, charged with numbering her. They
had quarreled and the man, it is alleged.
slipped a knife into the woman's neck
back of the ear when she Law in he'd
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
BIoodhounds Trail bandits

When employees Of The Republic Oil
Company in Dayton, Ohio, now a branch
of the Standard, arrived at their Office
the other day they found the sides of the
building splintered and the safe blown
open. Every chair and desk was torn to
pieces. Bloodhounds are now at work on
the case. The safe contained only SIC in
posb
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
ID. r.. Francis Again Warned.

Former Gov. David R. Francis of Mis-
souri, is still getting letters from the mys-
ferrous correspondent who demanded So
600 or his life. Notwithstanding the vigi-
lance of Chief of Detectives Desmond and
his men and the postal authorities. two
other communications have reached the
worlds fair president.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Gaynor and Greene Escooe

The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals in Macon, Ga, has granted
supersedeas in the case of Messrs. Gay
nor and Greene, convicted in Savannah
of conspiracy to defraud the government,
IN connection with harbor improvement
work. This has the effect of staying the
execution of the sentence imposed on
them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07

that he found a
marked advance in
liberation on the
part of the observ-
ers of all religions,
one to the other.
"After visiting
southern Italy," he
says, Il spent most
of the winter in
Egypt, and have
since been visiting
American congrega-
tons s "a t [ ere d
throughout Europe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Army officer slain by Sergeant

Lieut.. Ferdinand Williams of the Engi-
neer Corps, United States army. was shot
accidentally by a sergeant of his detach-
ment, while at target practice at Fort
Madison opposite the Annapolis naval
academy. He died few hours later The
sergeant was inStrucung some recruits in
he use of revolvers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Western Powder Mill BIoxys lin

terrific explosion occurred at the
California powder works three miles north
of Santa Cruz, Cal, short time before
the employees quit work for the day. Mi
chael Michaelson was instantly killed and
Patrick Ryan was so badly burned that
he is expected TO die. The cause of the
explosion is unknown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Drought in Southwest.

No rain of consequence has fallen in
northwestern Missouri, eastern Kansas
and southeastern Nebraska for more than
a month, and crop conditions are serious.
The strawberry crop has been ruined and
oats are a failure. Corn that has been
planted is not sprouting because of lack
of moisture and gardens are drying up.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Record-BreaI.ing Crowds Expected.

Arrangements are complete for the reg
istration for the opening of the Crow
agency at Sheridan and Billings, June II
to ~, and the largest crowds in the his
tory OF government openings are expect
ed. The Mayor of Billings has wired
General Passenger Agent Wakely of the
Burlington that everything will be done
TO take care of the registration crowds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Broker PAYS Debt of uo

e. S. Hooley of the stock exchange firm,
of Hooley, Learned & Co., in New Yor,-
pleasantly surprised number of old cred.
itors by sending them checks wiping out
in full claims that had been compromised
on 90 per cent basis. In 1908 Mr..
Hooley failed for over S1,00o,OOO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
SCIENTIST VICTIM OF x-RAYS.
First American to Take Up Dfscov-
cry Killed by His Work

FIRST American to Take Up Dfscov-
cry Killed by His Work.
DR.. Louis A. Weigel, the first Ameri-
can authority on the Roentsen ray, died
at his home in Rochester, n. Y, as the
direct result of his experimental work in
that connection. DR.. Weigel was presi-
dent of the American Orthopadic Society
and president of the Rochester Academy
of Medicine. He was among the first to
realize the possibilities of the Roentgen
ray, and did much experimental work
with it. In October, 1904, it became nee
2ssary to remove his right hand and three
fingers of his left hand which had become
covered with cancerous growth. A few
months later he was again put under the
knife and his left chest muscles were re-
moved. -Four more operations were per-
formed before he finally succumbed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Ohio Bridge Concerns Guf,tx

A jury in the criminal court in Nor
walk, Ohio, returned verdict of guilty
against seven bridge companies for re-
straint of trade. The seven bridge agents
indicted for conspiracy against trade were
also found guilty. The companies were
fined $500 and costs each, and five agents
$3.50 and costs each.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Fifteen shot i'm striI,e Riot

AT Steubenviile, Ohio. in a fight be-
tween 400 striking coal miners and forty
guards. fifteen of the latter were shot. 1t
is not known how many were killed.