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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
A YEAR OF DISASTER.
RECORD OF 1906 is A DARK AND
BLOODY ONE.
Nature Causes Terrible and Wide
spread Destruction of Life and
Property Grim Reaper Works
More Peacefully.

A notable characteristic of the year
1906 is the destruction of life and
property which has been caused by the
forces of nature. These forces have
not been so active Of so disastrous in
their results or many years past. The
airy an earthquake killed fourteen per-
sons at GonZano, Italy, and a tidal
wave on the Colombian coast swept
away 900. In February a hurricane
visited the Society Islands, a fayorite
resort for hurricanes, and 1000 per-
ished- In March a cyclone swept
through Mississippi and u were killed,
and an earthquake in Formosa destroy
ed 1908. In April the Vesuvius erup-
ton killed 1000, a second earthquake
earthquake AS, and a cyclone in Texas
%. In July there were two smaller
disasters, a c%loudburst at Oca:npo, Mex
leo, which killed 10 persons, and a
waterspout at Lyons, France, which
killed 81.
The furies broke loose in August and
1000 We're victims of an earthquake
at Valparaiso and 10000 of floods at
Human, China. In September there was
a long series of disasters. A landslide
II storm in the Caucasus cost go
lives. the typhoon at Hongkong 10000,
a flood at Topic, Mexico, 10, a herri-
cane at New Orleans and Mobile 40,
and a cyclone in southern Spain 60. In
October a hurricane off the coast of
Florida, which started from Venezuela,
skirting Honduras, Nicaragua, Saliva
dor, and Cuba. left $50 dead i'll its
path. During November nature took a
little rest, a great lake storm in which
80 sailors persisted, being the principal
disaster. In December came the food
which destroyed the village of Clifton,
Ariz.. and caused the loss of 60 lives.
Including the losses of life by lesser
disasters of this kind the record shows
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
SEES FRAUD OF S95O,OOO.
National ami Files InfOrma'
ton Anninaf CnSbior Of Rank.

National Examiner Files Informa-
ton Against Cashier of Bank.
On the information by National Bank
Examiner John B.. Cunningham against
Cashier j. B. F. Rinehart of the Farm
ers and Drovers' National Bank OF
Waynesburg, Pa, which was closed by
order of the Comptroller of the Currency
discrepancies amounting to S93O.OOO are
alleged. The cashier is charged upon
eight counts with knowingly making
false entries in a report OF the
condition of the bank. Two reports
are appended to the information. One
of these purports to give the conoltlon
of the bank April 6, and was signed
by j. B. f. Rinehart, cashier, and Sam
uel Kervey, James Inghram and d.. 3.
Walton, directors. 1t was sworn to April
IL before a notary public. The other re-
port giving the condition of the bank
June IS was signed and sworn to June
%. Examiner Cunningham alleges that
false entries of overdrafts were made,
that notes and bills rediscounted were
reported at $4,000. when they amounted
to 100000, and that $11S,63S.35 was
charged as coming from approved agents
when in fact only $4,000 was due. 1t
is stated that Cashier Rinehart will sur
render to the government authorities
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
TAFT ON THE PHILIPPINES.
secretary Says Natives Are Getting
Benefits of American Occupation.

Benefits of American
Secretary Taft in his annual report
on the Philippines says conditions show
steady improvement. The Secretary says:
The government is doing the work there
that it has proposed to do. 1t is main
tanning peace and order with a firm hand;
it is teaching the people by practical ex-
p%erience lessons in self-government, and
1t is giving them an opportunity hy the
raising of crops, the proceeds OF which
they may with certainty a to them
selves as their OWE. the means OF making
the islands prosperous. The capture or
surrender of eight or ten of the leaders
OF the ladrone bands in the island OF Luz
zon, comprising all but one of those who
have vexed the peaceful inhabitants o. the
Tagalog provinces. has brought about a
better condition than ever before existed
in the islands," The impetus given TO
agriculture and the growing demand tor
farm implements are declared hopeful
signs. The balance Of trade in favor OF
the island is about 100000. Inc
finance also are in good condition. the
gold surplus being more than Sl,5Oo.Voo.
The controversies between the Roman
Catholic church and the so-called Philip
pine Catholic church. led by Agi.pay,
have been transferred to the courts
where they are reaching a settlement
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
14-Death of Carl Schurz.

ID OF Carl SchurZ.
1S-Railroad rate regulation bill passes
Senate. -. Forest fires destroy towns in
northern Michigan and Wisconsin.
23-Death of Henrik Ibsen.
25-Seven political assassinations in
Russia.
31-Michael Davitt, famous Irish lead
er. dies. -. King Alfonso of Spain weds
Princess Ems of B%attenburg Bomb
thrown at Spanish king and bride kills
20 persons and Injuries 100.
June.
death of Senator Arthur P. Cor
man of Maryland. -. Senator Burton of
Kansas resigns. -. Death of John G..
New.
4-1-Tornadoes in Texas, Kansas, Min
nesota and Wisconsin.
14-Explosion on British boat at Liv-
erpool kills 0 persons and Injuries No..
Massacre of Jews at Bialystok, Russia
...Bill admitting Oklahoma as State
passed by Congress.
1S-Death of Gov. John VI. Pattison
of Ohio. Lieut.. Gov. Andrew L. Harris
sworn in as successor. Republicans
celebrate 5Oth anniversary of foundation
of party.
2O-Death of Chas. E. Tripler of liquid
air fame.
22-Prince Charles of Denmark crown
ed King of Norway as King Haakon....
Richard G.. Ivens hanged in Chicago.
25-Harry Thaw of Pittsburg shoots
Stanford White in Madison Square Gar
den. New York.
27-Earthquake in South Wales.
29-Mrs. James Tanner killed in auto
accident in Helena. Mont.
3O-Adjournment of Congress.
1-23 American tourists lost their
lives in train wreck near Salisbury, Eng
land.
4-Son born to Crown Prince Freder-
isk Wilhelm of Germany.
Capt. Dreyrus restored to full for
mer standing in French army.
1S-Death of Lady Curzon of Kedles-
ton, formerly Mary Letter of Chicago.
2O-Reign of anarchy in central prov
inces of Russia.
21-Czar dissolves the douma and trou-
BILE breaks out.
22-Death of Russell Sage. fnancier.
3O-Death of John l.. Toole. English
COIlFtil Ii lAuSsldH llocpo huLlhg dhd
capture fortress at SveaDorg.
August.
13-Mutinies of Cars troops at prom
inent fortresses put down.
Great strike ordered by Russian rev.
olutionists begins. Death of Rear Ad-
miral Train....3O0 drowned by loss of
steamer Sirio off Spanish coast.
13-Death of Mrs. Pearl Craigie, Eng
lish authoress.
16-Violent earthquake at Valparaiso,
Chile.
17-Death of Rebecca S. Clark (Sophia
May.
1S-Death of Lewis Morrison.
2O-Cuban revolution breaks out.
2S-Reai Estate Trust Company's
bank fails in Philadelphia.
3O-Enthusiastic greeting to VIM. j.
Bryan in New York.
31-Edward Rosewater of Omaha Bee
dies suddenly of heart failure.
September.
Paul o. Stensland, absconding Chi
cago banker, captured in Tangier. Mo
rocco. Naval review on Long Island
Sound.
S-Great massacre of Jews in Siedice,
Poland.
9-Mountain slide buries 30 people
near Tifis. in Caucasia.
13-United States sailors landed in
Havana, but recalled almost immediate
".
14-President sends ultimatum TO
Cuba.
1S-Terrifc typhoon sweeps Hongkong.
21-Jellico. Tenn, wrecked by dyna-
mite explosion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27

22-Fierce race war in Atlanta, Ga.
resumed after ten years.
26--Bank Wrecker Stenslano sentenc-
ed TO Joliet.
2I-Hurricane sweeps States along
Gulf of Mexico.
2S-Cuban government goes to pieces
and United States intervenes.
29-United States establishes provis-
ional government in Cuba.
October.
9-Death of Adelaide Ristori. famous
Italian actress.
12-Fierce hurricane and tidal wave in
Honduras.
14-Chicago White Sox win baseball
championship of the world.
1@Evangelist Sam Jones dies on
train in Arkansas.
16-Death of Mrs. jefferson Davis.
French submarine Lutin lost in harbor
of B~iserta, Tunis.
17-Western Cuba and southern Flor
ida swept by hurricane.
19-Ten lives lost in boarding house
fire in Birmingham, Ala.
21-Blizzard and severe rainstorm hit
Western States.
24-Colorado river turned from Salton
sea into its former channel.
2S-Train plunges from trestle into sea
at Atlantic City, n. j., destroying 20
lives. Two persons killed and 3 build
in Cofeyville. Kan.
31-Judge Joseph E. Gary of Chicago,
who presided over anarchists trial, dies.
November.
death of Congressman lockwood
Hoar of Massachusetts,.
5-Cashier Herring of failed Milwaukee
Avenue bank in Chicago sentenced to
States prison. Bank robbery at Ladd.
Illinois.
ELECTION day. .$1,OOO,OO0 fire in
Hamilton. Ohio.
S-President Roosevelt starts for Pan
anna.
12-49 persons killed in B. & o. col
lision at Woodville, Ind. Death of
Gen. w. R. Shafter.
1S-Bomb exploded in st. Peters
church in Rome.
19-Ecclesiastical court sustains her
esy decision against Rev. A. Crapsey of
Rochester, n. Y.
21-23 lives lost in storm on great
lakes.
22-Collision of liners Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse and Orinoco in English chan
mel causes 13 deaths.
2S-Explosion in Amen, Germany,
kills 300 persons and lays town in ruins.
29-President Samuel Spencer of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27

9-Death of Paul Lawrence Dunbar,
negro poet.
16-Pat Grove acquitted of Cudahy
kidnapping by Omaha jury.
1-Longworth-Roosevel wedding in
Washington.
1S-Peavey elevator burns in Duluth.
with loss of 100000. IN. Faillieres
takes oath as President of France.
l9-Explosion in mine at Maitland,
Colo, causes IS deaths.
23-Johann Hoch. bigamist and wife
murderer. hanged in Chicago.
2-Death of ex-Speaker David B.
Henderson.
21-Marriage of Prince Eitel Frederick
of Prussia and Duchess Sophie Charlotte
of Oldenburg, in Berlin.
Tornado and FIRE destroy large part
of Meridian, Miss.
death of Gen. ]. NJ. Schofeld.
1-Rouvier ministry falls in France.
S-Fifteen Americans and 600 Moros
killed in fierce battle on Island of Jolo.
1011,060 die in mine disaster in Cour-
%rieres, France.
13-Death of Miss Susan B. Anthony.
1876 killed in railway collision near
Florence, Colo.
1l-Death of Johann Most. anarchist.
21-Death of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.
John Alexander Dowie deposed at
Zion City. H., as head of Christian
Catholic church and succeeded by Wilbur
G. Voliva. Henry c. Ide ~inaugurated
Governor General of Philippines.
Great coal strike begins.
S-Vesuvius in eruption destroys towns
at its base.
11-Death of James A. Bailey, great
Snowman.
1.-Two negroes burned to death by
mob in Springfield. Mo....Two officers
and five men killed by explosion on bat
tleship kearsarge... Earthquake in For
mosa.
15-Four trampled TO death Inc many
injured in panic in st. Ludmilla's church.
Chicago.
1S-Earthquake and fires devastate
business district of San Francisco.
19-Prof. Pierre Currie, discoverer of
radium. killed in Paris.
22-Dust explosion IN mine 40 miles
west of Trinidad, Colo, kills % men.
26-Tornado sweeps across Texas.
3O-Tornado strikes parts of Furnas
county, Nebraska.
May.
Mob violence and wild disorder in
Paris. Iron workers strike in Chicago
80. Many minor strikes start in the East.
5-Pennsylvania anthracite miners vote
70 not strike.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27

already that more than $4,000 persons
have persisted this year by earthquake.
hurricane, and other manifestations Of
natures fury. 1t is not strange that
the prophets of evil are already at work
figuring the time when the world shall
pass away as the result of some great
natural cataclysm, and the religious
zealots are certain that the destruction
of the world began in San Francisco
and Valparaiso and will go on to the
end of all things because, rs they af-
firm, it is written 1.-The cities of the
nations shall fall"
Accident has also taken its toll of
human lives in the horrible railway
wrecks at Salisbury, England. Atlantic
City. n. J., and Woodvilla, Ind. and
in the sinking of the Italian emigrant
ship Sirio off the Spanish coast. and
of the Valencia off Vancouver Island,
as we'll as in the mine disaster at Cour-
rieres. France.
Death in more peaceful guise has
been busy among the ~well-known ones
of earth, laying in the grave President
W. r. Harper of Chicago University,
the aged King Christian of Denmark,
Miss Susan B. Anthony, Johann Most,
Carl Schurz. Henrik Ibsen, Russell
Sage. Mrs. jefferson Davis, Gen. W. r.
Shafter, Rev. Sam Jones, Judge Gary,
and many others.
Denmark, Norway and France have
Installed new rulers during the year
Dolitical affairs in Russia have been in
q turmoil and outbreaks of violence and
assassination have been frequent; the
United States has been compelled to in
tervene to save Cuba from revolution
and possible anarchy; the young King
of Spain has taken a wife, and Okla
boma has peer admitted to the Union
of States.
Other prominent happenings of 1906
have beer the prevalence Of dishonest
hank failures, President Roosevelt's
visit to Panama, the restoration of
CAPTAIN Dreyfus, the finishing of the
great Croton dam above New York
CITY. the Longworth-Roosevelt wedding.
the resumption of navigation on the
Missouri River, etc.
The principal events of 1906 are
briefly summarized below:
4-Explosion in mine at C~oaldale, w.
Va. kills 81 miners.
S-Landslide in Haverstraw, n. Y.
kills 10 persons.
1O-Ten lives lost in fire in West hotel,
Minneapolis. Death of President w.
r.. Harper of University of Chicago.
11-New Croton dam in New York
finished.
12-Famine in northern Japan.
16-Death of Marshall Field.
17-Clement Armand Fallieres elected
President of France.
21-Eighteen lives lost in fire panic in
Philadelphia church. -. Brazilian turret
ship Aquidaban sunk by explosion and
212 men perish.
23-Steamer Valencia goes ashore on
Vancouver Island coast 14S lives lost.
25-Death of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, e.
s. House passes joint statehood
bill.
29-Death of King Christian of Den
mark.
3OLFrederick VIII. proclaimed King
of Denmark. Death of Paul Dresser,
Indiana song writer.
February.
COLOMBIAN coast towns destroyed
nv tidal wave following earthquake.
S-Hurricane sweeps Society and Tua-
motu Islands. destroying thousands of
lives....M Mine explosion near Oakhill, w.
Va. kills % men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
Peary VIII Seek Pole Again.

Friends of Commander Robert E.
Peary say he has practically decided to
make another trial in search of the north
pole. In his new attempt, it is said,
Commander Peary will go as the head
of the expedition, but will not be the
leader of the ice dash journey. de will
direct the expedition from the ship or the
winter quarters of the expedition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
Needn't Pay Honi's Debts.

Nine. Gould, the former Countess Bon
de CastcIlane, has been victorious in the
suits brought by creditors and money
lenders against her with the object of
making her jointly responsible with the
count. Thirteen of the fifteen cases were
dismissed by the Paris court with costs
against the plaintiffs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
Patrick to Escape Death.

The case of Albert -. Patrick. con-
victed of the murder of William Marsh
Rice and now under sentence of death,
against the State of New York. was dis
missed in the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States on motion of his counsel, ex-
Senator Lindsey. 1t is understood that
the court took this action in order to
clear the way for Gov. Higgins of New
York to commute Patrick's sentence to
life Imprisonment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
Talks of nenfh Penalty.

President Roosevelt, in reply to the
Senate's request for information, gave
the facts of the discharge of the negro
troops at Brownsville, Texas, in a mes
sage, saying he was justified in his
action, that no race prejudice was in
volved, and that the soldiers guilty of
murder should be put to death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27

Southern railway and three guests killed
in wreck on his own road.
December.
3-Congress meets.
4-Sixty lives lost in flood in Clifton,
Ariz.
Burning of Chi Psi chapter house
at Cornell university. Ithaca, n. Y.
14-Edward Muller elected president
of Swiss confederation 49,. Fuel famine
in North Dakota.
17-Several changes IN President
Roosevelt's cabinet effected.
19-Death of Bishop G.. G. McCabe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27

same time. The offer applies to all chill
dren who are obliged to work to assist
in the support of their families.
Until the women can take some action
on the matter Mr.. Nelson is paying the
salaries of children in all the worthy cases
which come n1er his notice, in the belief
that he will accomplish a greater work for
charity than if he gave the money direct.
For the last two months he has in
v~estigated every application made to the
truant officers for permits under the law
for children under IA years to work IN
factories. He says he has found seven
worthy cases. These children now go to
school and call each week at Mr.. Mel
sons office and receive their pay just as
II they were working for him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
Fiud Bnuy Not HushnuI's

Preparations were made to bury the
supposed body of John Long. a Bryan,
Ohio. druggist. who died in Camden, y.
j.. When his divorced wife looked al the
remains it was found that the body was
not that Of John Long. Or. James Long,
a cousin. believes that the authorities
shipped the wrong body.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
PRISONER SLABS CHICAGO MAN.
c. N. Moore, Postal Inspector, serf-
ousIy ounde at Dubuque

c. N. Moore, Postal Inspector, seri-
Ously Wounded at
c. n. Moore, a government postal IN
spector, whose home is in Chicago, was
seriously wounded by T. G. Cox, a prls-
oner in the county Jail in Dubuque, W
from whom Moore was attempting to get
information regarding an infraction OF
the postal laws. Moore was left in the
prisoners cell by Jailer Norton, who
soon after heard a scufie and cries OF
pain. Rushing to the cell, Jailer Norton
found Moore on the Goor, the prisoner
bending over him and slashing his face
with a knife. The jailer disarmed Cox.
Moore is suffering from a dozen wounds
in the forehead. face and chin. One cut
extends well down toward the jugular
vein. Moore should recover in a few
weeks, though he is likely to be distg-
ured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
Ex-Convict Killed as Bandit.

Herbert Hollingsworth, recently re
leased from the penitentiary, broke into
q hardware store in Mansfield, Ohio, stole
eight revolvers, held up and robbed sew
eral persons on the streets and was final
ly shot and instantly killed by Police
Captain Marks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
SAILORS TURNED OUT TO FREEZE
CanaCa Asked to investigate Act of
Rnn4,a nAinnrS kfAn- XArnn

CRnaCa Asked tn Investigate Act of
Boats Officers After Wreck.
The Sons of England, through Presi-
dent ]. Bates, have asked the Canadian
government for an investigation of the
wreck of the steamer Golspie and the con-
sequent exposure of her English sailors,
who were so badly frozen that five had
to have their feet ~amputated and one his
hands as well. The sailors say they
wandered three nights on a desolate shore
on Lake Superior. They found the off
GERS of the boat in warm quarters. but
claim they were refused admittance or
even permission to warm themselves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
CHILD DIES ON PRAIRIE.
searchers Find Body of Little Girl
Who Had Wandered Away.

The 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Groph, who live eighteen
miles west of Lakin. Kan. was found
dead on the prairie the other day. The
child had persisted from hunger and ex-
posture after hours of wanderings. The
parents went away from home five days
ago, leaving two children TO the care of
a farm hand. The little girl wandered
away and when her parents returned and
she was missed a search was at once be-
gun. For FIVE days until the body was
found more than 100 persons searched far
and near over the prairie. The body was
found only two miles from the house.
where the child had fallen exhausted on
the buffalo grass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
Lords Defeat Education Bill.

The education bill. which aroused all
Great Britain. has been killed in the
House of Lords, the opposition refusing
to agree on a compromise. The govern
ment plans to introduce a more drasti?
measure. which the Lords will be unable
to defeat. at the next session of Parlia-
ment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
Disaster on Missixsippi.

Twelve persons were killed and q num-
Der injured when the steamer w. T. SEQ
vii. plying in the Nicksburg and Davis
Bend trade, was destroyed by an explo-
sion seventeen miles south of Vicksburg,
Miss. Owing to the large number Of
negroes on board. it is impossible to as
certain the exact number of dead and
injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
Tunnel for British CbanneI

A bill empowering an Anglo-French
company to construct 4 tunnel under the
British channel has been deposited with
the British Parliament. 1t is estimated
that the scheme will involve an expendi-
ture of SSO,O00,O00. 1t is proposed to
build two parallel tunnels twenty four
miles long.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
arkansas to Prison,

The Arkansas Supreme Court sustain
ed the sentence of State Senator +. O..
Butt of Eureka Springs. convicted of
bribery in the last Legislature, and sen
fenced him to the penitentiary for two
years. Butt was convicted of giving an
other Senator 500 to vote for the State
capitol appropriation bill. Several other
Senators are awaiting trial on similar
charges.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
Chicago Ffnancier,s viii,

The will of Otto Young. filed IN the
Probate Court in Chicago, provides that
the estate, estimated at S20,0 1000,
will go eventually to his grandchildren.
The widow is to receive one-third Of the
income and the daughters are we'll pro-
vided for. Requests to charity amount
To Acc 600
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-27
Big Saloon Fee Enriches Ohio.

The surplus in the Ohio State treasury
is S4,15o,356, the largest in the history
of the State. This is due to the Aiken
law increasing the saloon tax. 1t is esti-
mated that by the end of January the
surplus will be swelled to nearly $1,000
O00