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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Fines Father. NInNor and Self.

New Britain. Conn, boasts Spartan
prosecuting attorney in Charles II.
Mitchell. The other day he fined his
own father for not keeping his sidewalk
clean. He fined the Mayor. too. AS the
supreme exhibition of his civic courage
Prosecutor Mitchell issued a warrant for
himself The fines were for 81 each.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Strikes Mt oil Pine Lines.

The Attorney General of Ohio has filed
mandamus proceedings against the Buck
eye Pipe Line Company. This is con
sidered the hardest blow against the
Standard Oil Company. 1t is said that
it might pay fines forever in criminal
proceedings, but if this action is success
full its greatest weapon of defense is
tnkpn AWAY
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
No Laborers; Corn in Ruin

A scarcity of farm hands VII cost the
farmers of Iowa and Nebraska thousands
of dollars this year. Corn is ripe in the
field waiting gathering, but corn huskers
are not to be obtained at any price
Farmers have offered double wages. They
will suffer the heavy loss through the
vast quantity of corn that is going to
ruin in the fields.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29

seized upon them and with one impulse
they surged toward the great doors.
screaming and fighting their way out,
regardless of the efforts of the canon
of the cathedral to- calm their fears. He
shouted to them again and again that
there was nothing to fear, but his voice
was lost in the tumult. Only those near
him could distinguish a word that he
said.
A few who were close to the altar
stopped, but the rest continued the"
headlong fight Men, women and chill
dren in a struggling mass crowded the
aisles shrieking in terror, and a num-
Der were seriously bruised and injured.
Largest Church in World.
ST Peters Cathedral is the largest in
the world, though for magnlhcence 1t is
far outstripped by st. Paufs in London.
and from an architectural viewpoint, not
vithstanding the great array of distin-
puish,d men who have from time TO time
sunerintended its construction, it is de-
clared to be a lamentable failure.
It's building was begun III 1850, but
If was not until 1926 that the completed
structure was consecrated by Pope Urban
VIII The cathedral occupies the site
of the old basilica of st. Peters. which
was founded by Constantine in the year
3O6 A. D.. and according TO church his
tory marks the spot of st. Peters grave
and is close to the scene of his martyr
dom.
The cathedral, in the form OF Latin
cross, is 613 feet long and 450 feet across
the transepts, 1t is surmounted by a
dome which rises to the top of the great
cross. which surmounts it, 424& feet
above the pavement. The diameter of
the dome is 1851 feet. The facade of
the cathedral is 66S feet long and 145
feet high. Five open arches lead to a
magnificent Vestibule 439 feet long, Al
feet wide ad65 feet high. The church
will hold $1,000 people.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29

Two masked men shot and killed VIII
liam Golf, the night clerk, in an attempt
10 hold up the st. Charles hotel in Ar
kansas City. Kan. and wounded $. 4.
Halpin. an actor. 50 badly that he died a
few hours later. The men were sitting
il. the hotel office when the robbers en-
Yprnd
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Mormon Head Pleads Guilty.

Joseph +. Smith. president of the Nor
mon church. appeared in the District
Court in Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty
TO statutory charge and was fined $500.
The charge under which the Mormon
prophet was arrested and fined was
based on the recent birth of President
Smiths forty-third child, born to his fifth
INifp
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Blows Home to Pieces.

In Latrobe, Pa, the home of James
Menselle was blown to pieces and a
boarder named Almeda DioEesi was ia
tally injured when key o. giant powder
exploded The boarder went TO the Gel
lar to fill powder flask from the key
and accidentally ignited the powder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Floor Drops. killing One.

Mrs. Rehccca Schwartz was killed and
score of other persons injured when the
floor of the lobby of hall. used on Sun
day nights us Jewish theater. collapsed
in Newark, y. ]. Some of the injured
MAY die.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29

of st. Petronilla. There was a deafen-
ing roar which shook the great edifice
and rang through it's lofty arches as
never a sound has before.
Congregation Stunned.
For a moment the great congregation
remained as if stunned. Then PAM
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
viii Spread His Views.

Rev. DIR. Algernon s. Crapsey of Roch-
ester, \. Y, who was convicted of hereSy,
has renowned the ministry of the Pro
1estant Episcopal church and dedicated
the remainder of his life to struggle to
further acceptance of his views.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Husband Kills Bride and SaIf

After a trivial quarrel with his bride
of three months over the 2ur, base of fur
niture. ReloS Highland. a farmer living
near Casnovia. Mich, shot and killed
her. He then turned the revolver upon
himself, killing himself instantly. High
land was % years old and his wife 30.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
st. Louis Teller Indicted

An Indictment charging embezzIement
was returned by the October grand jury
against Charles H. EVERY, former teller
of the St. Louis Union Trust Company.
The Indictment contains but one count
and names the amount as $1,000. Ever
ly has been missing for several months.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Five Rows Drown i'm River

Information received by mail at Mon
treal, Que, states that five boys were
drowned ut Narennes, ten miles below
there. on the south shore of the river.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Labor ShunS Socialism

The American Federation of Labor,
after spirited debate, decided to con-
tue political activity on the lines laid
down by President Gompers. and voted
down plan to indorse Socialism.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29

The State Department at Washington
has received from American Minister
Merry at San Jose, Costa Rica, an alb
stract of the treaty between Guatemala.
Salvador, Honduras and Costa RIGA re-
Gently negotiated, which provides for the
compulsory arbitration of all future diff
ferences by the Washington and Mexican
governments.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
noy KiIIs Bon MhiIe Hnnting.

While hunting birds near Alexandria.
Ohio. Fred Neehal. aged 9 years, was
shot and killed accidentally by Clayton
Mount, Is years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Would Build I'm Trada

Secretary Of State Root in an address
before the Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress at Kansas City told the nation
that it should cultivate closer relations
with all the republics of the western
hemisphere. He urged a ship subsidy as
means of building up trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Hanging that Breaks Reco-s

Indicted, tried, convicted and hanged
in due process of law in less than four
hours. is possibly the worlds record
Dick Garrett, a negro, who murdered DIR.
NJ NJ. Paul, was the subject and the
scene was at Center, Texas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Calls Idle Rich Paupers.

Idle rich are moral paupers and shams.
and the injustice of the economic system
which allows some persons to spend
wealth produced by others may have
grave results. says Mrs. Rose Pastor
Stokes of New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29

The mutilated body of an expressman
was found in an empty lot at Thirty
first street and Shields avenue. Chicago.
The police attribute the murder to a gang
of robbers, and three arrests have been
made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Cashier Held: Sal. 900 Cone

3. G. Cavagna, receiving teller of the
First National bank in Cincinnati. was
arrested by United States Marshal Lewis.
1t is alleged Cavagna is short S31 600 in
ms accounts
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Sees FLYING Machine Success.

At session of the National Academy
of Sciences in Boston. DIR. Alexander
Graham Bell of Washington expressed
the opinion that the problem of flight had
been solved by Langley and his flying ma
chine The academy will reassemble in
Washington next April.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29

A lone bandit robbed fifteen passengers
on a train near Glasgow, Mo-, but was
seen at work by station agent who tele-
graphed ahead and arranged the capture
of the man, who was placed in jail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29

Seven trackmen on the Norfolk and
Western railroad were killed rs the result
Of big slip of land near Bluefeld. w.
Va. The men were swept down the
mountain side and into the river. Twelve
escaped.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Property and lives

Twenty-three persons are dead in q
storm on three of the great lakes; fifteen
persons on two missing vessels may have
persisted also property loss estimated at
S5O0,000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Great Dockyards Burn

The main part of the dock yards of the
Societe Des FORCES Eft Chantiers at Tou-
lon. France, was destroyed b. Ere. For
elgn warships in course of construction
were saved with difficulty. The loss will
amount to several million francs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
WIFE HEARS HUSBAND SHOT.

Aged Farmer Is Killed Near His
Home by Unknown Man.
Eugene Vohs. a wealthy farmer 62
years old, who lived near Louisburg,
Kan. was shot to death within short
distance of his home as he was returning
from Louisburg. Ills wife heard the
shot and found the body of her husband
lying in the bottom of his wagon. There
was a bullet hole behind his ear. Carl
Baker, 20 years old, was arrested and
held on suspicion. No motive for the
murder is known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
S.So51-c-1cz>

Unreasonable weather
u interrupted retail dealings
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Commission,s Authoritx auestinnea.

The Monon railroad will contest the
right of the interstate commerce commits
sion to decide what manner of compen-
sation it may receive in return for SER
vice, and a battle in the courts over the
recent decision of the commission is ex-
pected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29

The American Sugar Refining Com
pany was found guilty by a New Yorl
jury of having accepted rebates amount
ing to $4,000 from the New York Cen
trail Railroad
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29

The twenty-sixth annual convention of
the Old Time Telegraphers' AM Histori-
cal Association and the Society of the
United States Military Telegraphers met
in Washington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29

President John f. Tobin OF the Boot
and Shoe Workers Union announced al
Boston the new election called by the
executive council of the union because
the constitution was violated in the re.
cent election would be held Dec. 6.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29

Robert G. Fleming of Philadelphia
committed suicide, supposedly because of
a shortage in his accounts of $4,000. He
was local manager of the Southern Cot
ton Seed Oil Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Three Killed by Falling ScaffoId.

Three men were killed AMI several in.
Jured by a falling scafolding at the new
railroad bridge at Naugatuck Junction
Conn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
EXPECT BRIDGE DISASTER.

wee Iresfdent voices views OF
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.
Recommendation made by the New
York railroad commission designed to re-
lieve somewhat the Broo1lyn bridge
crush found a startling echo when Vice
President Calderwood of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company declared that
the bridge was being worked to its limit
and that his company lived in expecta-
ton of a great calamity there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29
Dakota Coal Famine seriouS

The coal famine in the Dakotas is
serious and the railroads are confiscatng
coal,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-09
Mobiles Double lynchino.

Mobile got in the Balaklava class among the places, in other words, in which some one had blundered. The lawless gained an opportunity because lne men entrusted with the execution of the law and the preservation of order were unequal to the tasks en- trusted to them.
 Sheriff Powers was ordered to pro- duce the two negro prisoners in court on Saturday last for final arraignment. He was ordered to do this by Judge J. o. Semmes of the city court of Mo- bile Judge Semmes, Sheriff Powers and Governor Jelks each and all had reasons for believing that a lynching could be avoided by military protec- tion only. The troops were at hand, or could readily have been procured.
 Judge Semmes declined to call for troops, because he considered that a uutV QeNOlNlnS upon tHc CAcCueiNC branch of the government. Sheriff Powers did not call for troops for req sons known only to himself. Governor .Jelks declined to cal out the military because the civil authorities had not requested him to do so.
 The negroes were therefore taken to certain death by lynching, and the state stands disgraced by a double lynching that Judge Semmes or Sheriff Powers could have prevented if either one of them had acted up to the situa- tion which each knew to be highly critical.
 The blame rssts on the off cials, and no amount of technical pleading can remove it. It was not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-09
Savannah's Deadlock.

When accident took away the life of Congressman Lester of Savannah, trouble began at once to hover over that city and congressional district. The primary system is charily ac- cepted by Georgia politicians, and the succession of congressional suc- cessor was therefore referred to a convention instead of to the demo- cratic voters as it should have been,
 The congressional convention in question first met on August 30, and 1t has been meeting pretty steadily ever since. It has scored about 700 ballots, but 1t does not ballot so much as it works its thirty-six jaws It is chiefly engaged in hurling epithets. Whenever it does take a ballot MT. Sheppard, who is Savannah's choice, polls eighteen votes, and MT. Brannen, who is the choice of the ruralists, polls just eighteen votes also Some times dark horse appears, but he, too, polls eighteen votes, and MT. Shep- pard gets his accustomed number.
 he convention will meet again to- morrow, but the Savannah News Is confident no nomination can be ef- fected by the convention route. It be- lieves there will be an open field on November 6. This would after all be but referendum, in which the people would come into their clear and un- doubted right of direct action. No harm has ever come from referendum in this country or in Switzerland, and probably none ever will come. The people are to be trusted far beyond any convention and the Savannah congressional district begins to see daylight in an appeal to the people directly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-09

From the New York Press.
 Collector Stranahan ended yesterday a three days sale of unclaimed and aban- doned merchandist at the United States appraisers stores. and as a result the public treasurer was enriched by nearly $13,00O.
 There were unusually large lots of to- bacco and splrituous beverages, and these. with jewelry of various kinds, found buyers at high prices. Several con- signments of hats from Paris and other articles of feminine attire attracted many women to the sale. One woman. who had bid to the full limit of her pocketbook on a hat, stamped her foot and sobbed In evaporation when more fortunate sister got the coveted article. An out break of mirth at the incident on the part of some of the men present was sternly suppressed by the auctioneer.
 Not all the articles listed in the of ficial catalogue were for sale Several items were put down as of mo value, including many dead plants. Some of the women insisted that they could coax the plants to life if they had the opportunity The deputy collector made a general dis tribution of the plants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-09
Fighting Crime on Race Lines.

The New Orleans Times-Democrat finds much comfort in the organiza- tion of an association in this city by prominent negroes for the purpose of ferreting out crime by negroes and of assisting in bringing the perpetrators to justice. Such a society" says the Times-Democrat, "as that organized at Birmingham can do much to allay race feeling, and should and doubtless will have the hearty sympathy and support of the white people of the community. Such an organization, if it goes to work earnestly, can materially de- crease the crimes committed by ne- groes, and 1t can do more perhaps than the police force of the town to bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice. The weakness of the move ment is perhaps in the fact that an effort will doubtless be made to con me the operations or the aSSOclallOn to the society negroes instead of taking in every negro of good charac- ter in the community who wishes to join. Negro laborers of the better class can do more in that direction than those who are engaged in the professions and other callings which isolate them from their race. These professional men should lend to the association their aid and influence, o
 course, but the practical work to be accomplished must be done by tht negro who is continually in touch witt
 those classes of the race from whicl the criminals are principally drawn
 "The Birmingham movement prom ises much and should meet with every announcement from the authorities and from the community at large"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-09

uniform decisions of the supreme court for a hundred years. Grover Cleye- land was President in 1894 The jus tices who repealed the income tax were Fuller, Field Gray, Brewer and Shiras. Fuller and Brewer out of the five remain on the bench. The sup porters of the tax were Brown, White Harlan and Jackson. Jackson died and Brown has gone on to the retired list. The new members of the court are Peckham of New York, McKenna of California, Holmes of Massachu- setts, and Day of Ohio. Justice Brown s seat has not yet been filled.
 The correspondent of the Chicago Tribune thinks the President will favor a combined income and inherit ance tax drawn on lines that will com- mand the votes of a majority of the supreme court. The project is vast and bold. It is particularly and de- cidedly Rooseveltian. It would natur- ally appeal to his aggressive and icon oclastic spirit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-09
Hiuh Royalties for Ore.

The Hill interests sold their ore in Minnesota on a royalty basis. The steel trust is to pay $f.65 ton deliv- cred at Duluth or other ports on Lake Superior, and each year the royalty is to be increased three and four-tenths cents a ton. Not less than 750,000 tons Is to be mined year, and 750,000 tons Is to be added each year until the an- nual output reaches S,250,000 tons, and thereafter 1t is to continue on that basis.
 The mines are about sixty miles from Duluth, and the cost of picking up the ore with steam shovels and carting it to Duluth will probably not exceed a dollar ton. The royalty at the outset is therefore about 65 cents a ton.
 This establishes high royalty on iron ore, making an iron-mine more valuable than a gold mine in the Rand or elsewhere. It doubles at least the value of the deposits in Red mountain, and 1t may serve to drive thither northern capitalists who have been frozen out by the steel corporation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-09
Ready for Visitors.

"There is no doubt but that Blrmng- ham will have all the visitors during the fair that can possibly be taken care of," said a hotel man last night. Already we are getting applications for rooms, and it would seem, figuring on present pros- poets, that we are going to have over flow, but then hotels, you know, have a way of expanding in time of pressure that Is surprising.
 "There are so many spare spaces that can be utilized without discomfort to any one For that matter all the hotels in town are practically full all the time. but I never knew of guest to go begging yet on any of the numerous occasions of big crowds.
 50 you can tell your country friends to come ahead. We guarantee to put them away all right at night, besides giving them the best the market affords