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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26

N'ONN' II z a plOuuCtI,
ard two weeks later to be buttoned to
| the chin in a sealskin, to round the
Horn and travel up the coast of Chill
in borrowed warship, is in part the
task which Elihu Root, Secretary of
State of the United States, has set for
himself. It's only a portion of his
task, for he will visit and be entertain
ed in the capitals of each of the coun-
tries visited. He has had a forward
part in the third international confer
ence of American States held in Rio
Janeiro
Much has been made of the luxury
and grandeur in which Mr.. Root is
travelling. He has pretty nice quarters
and plenty of help" around to meet
his needs-that can not be denied. He
is aboard a boat as big as an ocean
liner and has quarters especially fitted
up for him, his wife and his son and
his daughter. Each has one to three
cabins, each has a private bath aud
each has the service of as many of the
crew of 400 men as they need. Then
they have the range of the ship which
is brand new, recently built for the
navy of the United States and as fast
as any cruiser in the lot of crack ships
which Uncle Sam owns.
But even with these advantages Mr..
Roots task is not easy. To him has
been intrusted the work of bringing
about a better understanding among
the countries of the new hemisphere.
1t is task that has been essayed by
great men of the past and without the
fruitful results hoped and prayed for.
No less a man than James g. Blaine
gave the best years and best thought
of his life to the problem and died with
It uDSOIyed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
The Government as an Employer.

In an address to the economic section
of the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science at Cornell univer-
sity Monday, H. T. Newcomb, the railroad
statistician, challenged the prevalent opin-
ion that the government is the best en-
pioyer. To prove this he quoted statistics
showing that while the cost of living ad
vanced II per cent from 1896 to 1904,
and while the average wages in private
employ had advanced 1916 per cent, there
was not the slightest advance in wages in
public employment. He referred also to
the restrictions placed on federal office
holders, in the curtailment of their polit-
zeal privileges, and reminded his hearers
that all except government employees are
free to petition Congress. Furthermore
Mr.. Newcomb points out that when the
government becomes an employer it has
the power to compel the service of its
employees upon terms of its own choosing
and experience has shown that it will
exercise this power
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26

tanned lavisEly. During a stay in En-
gland Miss Letter met George n. Cur
zon, eldest son of Rev. Alfred Nathan
iel Holden Curzon, fourth Baron Scars
dale. They were married in 1895 after
CurZon had held the offices of assistant
private secretary to the Marquis of Sal
isbury, under secretary of state for
India and under secretary of state for
foreign affairs. In 1898 Curzon was
created first Baron Curzon of KedleS-
ton and in 1899 was appointed viceroy
and governor general of India. which
was succeeded by the Earl of Mimic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 TO S6.40; hogs, prime heavy, $500
TO $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500 to-
1913; wheat, No. 2, 7Sc TO 79c; corn,
No. 2, Ole to 52c; oats, standard, BIC to
CSC; rye, No. 2, Gle to 64c; hay, timo-
thy, $3.50 to $1,000; prairie, $500 to
$500; butter, choice creamery, Ice to-
19c; eggs, fresh, 14c TO. 1Sc; potatoes,
new, soc to Gle.
Indianapolis-C shipping $500
10 1913; hogs, choice heavy, 500 to
$3.50; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, 74c to 75c corn,
No. white, sc to 54c; oats, No. 2
white, BIC to 3Sc.e
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 1925
hogs, $500 to $685.; sheep, $500 to
No. =, SOC to Ole: oats, No. 2, Soc to
36c rye, No. 2, 63c to 64c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $685.; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. =, 7Jc to 77c; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 54c to soc; oats, No. 2
mixed, 39c to 40c; rye, No. ,, &c to
fj4c.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $40: sheep. $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 77c TO 7Sc; corn, No. 3
yellow, 51c to soc; oats, No. 3 white,
39c to 40c; rye, No. 2 G5c TO &C.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. northern,
soc to see; corn, No. 3, 49c to soc;
oats, standard &c to Csc; rye, No. /,
Gle to 62c; barley, standard, 53c to 54c;
pork. mess, $1740.
Bu4alo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
800 to $3.50 hogs. fair to choice. $500
to S7.20; sheep, common to good mixed,
800 to 800 lambs, fair to choice.
$500 to $S.75.
New York-Cattle, 800 to $500:
hogs, $500 to 1925; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. red, SIC to s3c:
corn, No. 2, soc to SIC; oats. natural
white, 42c to 44c; butter creamery, Tic
to PIC; eggs, western, 14c to lie.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, 76c to
sc; corn, No. mixed, SIC TO 54c:
oats, No. mixed, 3Sc to 39c: rye No.
?, 5Sc to 59c; clover seed, prime, $685..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
COTTON TREE Is THE LATEST.
New Rival to American Product Is
Found in India,


A tree which produces cotton reported
to be superior to American cotton has
been discovered in India. The cotton
gathered from the trees is claimed to be
better both in classification and staple,
and surprise is expressed by j. r. Spence,
who for twenty years was a member of
the Liverpool Cotton Brokers Association
and who discovered the tree, that the
value of its product has not attracted the
attention of anyone in the cotton trade.
He has submitted samples to experts who
have graded it as fine and superfne, with
a staple from one and a quarter to one
and half inches in length. The tree is
indigenous to the Bombay and Madras
presidencies, India. Mr.. Spence reports
that he has under cultivation a plantation
Of over 100000 trees from four to five
and half feet in height which are full of
buds and bolls, bearing cotton daily after
being planted only six months. The quail
ity and quantity of the crop, he says
increase as the trees grow. He claims
the trees after the third year yield five
to ten pounds of clean cotton per tree
annually during a known life of twenty
years and over.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
oUAkEs DESTROY A TOWN.
soeorro, n NJ. Has Terrifying Ell
perieuce-Noyv In Rufns

socorro. n. VI. Has Terrifying Ex-
perience-Now in Ruins.
flfty-two earthquake shocks in three
days resulted in the almost complete
destruction of Socorro. \. NJ. a town
south of Santa he Few OF the build
ines IN the town remain standing and
the place is deserted. A majority of
tue residents, terror stricken after the
hrSt succession of shocks, fed. Those
VINO first had the hardibood To remain
and RISK their lives among the crum
bling buildings fed when the shocks
continued.
Retugees who reached FL Paso de-
clare that the destruction of the town
is complete. The court house COLLAPSED
after the first shock, One by one ev
cry substantial building in the town
crashed down. The buildings of the
school of mines withstood the continu-
Gus shocks for two days. then col
lapsed. Some of the buildings were
enIllfed in great assures that opened
in the ground.
Railroad communication with So
zorro was interrupted by DESTROYED
tracks. Bridges along the road have
been damaged and made unsafe The
Santa Fe Railroad sent box cars to
Socorro to take the fugitives away
The entire surrounding country has felt
The shock and much damage has been
done, especially at San Marcia and Mag
dalena, but not so severely as Socorro.
cloudburst occurred near Carlsbad,
\. NJ, and three inches of rain fell
in an hour. All streams and canons
are overlooking and there will be much
damage to crops and fields.
The temperature of the hot water in
the springs around Socorro has in
creased ten degrees in the last few
days. There is an extinct volcano
crater ten miles from Socorro, and
there are evidences of past volcanic
disturbances all around.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
Remarkable Reconciliation C..e

The life-saving service has received a
report of the resuscitation of Robert
Mooney near Wakefield, r. l.. after he
had been under water for twenty-three
minutes. The man had been thrown into
the water on July 4 by the capsizing of
boat. In the operation one gallon of
water was expelled from his lungs. An
artificial respiration was kept up for one
hour and forty-eight minutes before the
first signs of returning consciousness ap-
peared. The patient did not recover COM
plete consciousness until the next day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
jamestown Exposition Plans

The government commission of the
jamestown exposition, consisting of Sec
retaries Shaw, Taft and Bonaparte and
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ed
wards, held meeting to initiate plans
for the governments participation in the
exposition. An official of each of the
executive departments will be appointed
to arrange an exhibit for each DEPART
ment. The commission approved the
plans presented for replica of the Wash
ington monument TO be erected on James
town island. 1t will be of granite. 100
feet high and will have a base 80 feet
square.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
DIVORCE CENSUS TO BE TAKEN.
Government Is After Figures and
Uniform Laws May Follow.

About Aug. 1 the census bureau will
legin collection of marriage and divorce
statistics under the census authorized by
Congress. \ few special agents will go
into the field at once to confer with coun-
ty authorities and others as to scope of
the information available. Early in Au-
gust over 200 clerks will be sent out TO
gather statistics on marriage and divodce
from the records of counties, State courts
end like available sources of information.
1t is the intention to gather data in large
centers like New York and Chicago this
summer and later to obtain it in the rural
districts. The census will cover the last
twenty years. President Roosevelt is
deeply interested in it. Uniform divorce
legislation in the States is expected to
grow out of it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
LADY cURZON DEAD.
Chicago Girl Who Became Wife of
Viceroy of India.

Lady Curzon, wife of the former
viceroy of India and daughter of the
late Levi z. Letter of Chicago, died in
London Wednesday afternoon of heart
disease resulting from general debility
caused by the recent hot weather. She
had never recovered completely from
her illness at Walmer Castle in 1904.
1t was not until noon that Lady Cur
IONS condition gave cause for anxiety.
At about noon she grew worse and two
specialists were called in. The re-
manned in attendance till the end
Lady Kedleston was in her own right
possessor of 100000. From Chicago
the family moved to Washington and
later Travelled extensively and enter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
HITS MAIL ORDER CITIZENS.
Governor Folk Favors Patronfzing
the Home Merchant.

In addressing the retail merchants of
Missouri at their convention at Jefferson
City, Gov. Joseph W. Folk spoke against
the mail-order business, and favored ad-
vertising in the town papers. He said in
part: I'VE are proud of our splendid
cities, and we wish them to increase in
wealth and population. We also wish
our country towns to grow. We wish the
city merchants to build up, but we also
desire the country merchants to prosper.
7 do not believe in the mail-order citizen
If a place is good enough for man to
live in and to make his money in, it is
good enough Tor him to spend his money.
No merchant can succeed without adver-
Using in one way or another. Patronize
your town papers, build them up, and
they will build the town up, and build
you up increased trade and greater oppor-
!unities"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
FREED IN FEUD TRIAL.
Judge Hargis and Sheriff Callahan
Found Not Guilty in Kentucky.

At Beattyville, Ky, the jury in the
Hargis-Callahan trial returned verdict
Of not guilty. The men were charged
with the murder of J. r. Marcum. The
verdict is the elimination of a fight to
convict James Hargis and Ed Callahan,
as chief conspirators, in the killing of
James B. Marcum. Marcum was en-
gagged three years ago as an attorney
against Hargis and Callahan, respectively
county judge AMI sheriff, to GUST them
from their offices on an allegation of cor
rupt election. Much bitterness was
aroused. In May, 1903, Marcum was
shot down from behind in the Jackson
court house. Curt Jet and Tom White
were convicted and given life terms for
the murder. 1t was charged that they
were the tools of Callahan, Hargis and
others
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
Another Sweeping Injunction. -

An injunction forbidding intimidation
and restraining the union from persuad-
ing and cajoling employees to leave work,
was granted to William F. Chatfield, a
contractor and builder of Waterbury,
Conn, against the bricklayers', masons'
and plasterers' union of that city. Chat
field had charged interference which Grip
pied his business and asked $4,000 dam
ages. The injunction, which was issued
by the Superior Court. is the most sweep
ing that has ever been made in Connect
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
Express Companies Divide Up.

In response to pressure, the stockhold-
ers of the United States Express Com
pany, of which Senator Plat of New
York is president, assurances have been
given by the management that dividends
would be doubled at the next period Since
1901 4 per cent has been paid Wells,
Fargo & Co, according TO similar pres
sure, has announced an increase of per
cent in its dividend rate and a semi-an-
nual payment of . per cent July Is. The
indictments still insist that the company
is earning more than 80 per cent, and
has a surplus of $200OO,OOO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
1a bic. 2a Ininred. in wrecL

AT least nineteen persons were killed
and twenty-three others were injured
when a passenger train on the Seaboard
Air Line collided with an extra freight
one mile west of Hamlet. Y. c. Nearly
all of the victims were negroes. The
wreck was caused by misunderstanding
of orders
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
Czar ENDS Rnssinn Parliament.

Emperor Nicholas dissolved the Russian
parliament and ordered new elections for
an assembly to meet next year. A new
reign of violence at once broke out. Hun
dreds of leaders of the opposition to the
government have been arrested in St Pc
tersburg, where there have been clashes
between troops and the crowds The Gar
relies upon the army TO enforce his will
upon the people.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
Relief Cargo Is Missing.

Two cars containing shoes and wearing
apparel for sufferers in San Francisco
have been lost on the way from Chicago.
according TO Col. Poppy, chief of the re-
lief board. Col. Poppy stated that the
consignment was started from Chicago
longer than a month ago, and that no rec
ord of it was obtainable from the rail
road comDany
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
Birds that Eat Boil weevfI.

A bulletin edited by the Agricultural
Department gives. the result of an inves-
tigation of the relation of birds to the
cotton weFVil, begun by the biological sur
yey in 1904. 1t is found that twenty
eight species of birds feed upon the insect
enemy of cotton, including such we'll
known birds as the quail, nighthawk,
phoebe and meadow lark. While fewer
weeyils arc destroyed in winter than in
summer, owing to the fact that the weevils
are more protected by the enfolding plant,
a greater number of species feed upon
them in winter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
TRIES TO SELL a BABE.
Woman Holds Out for 1925 for Her
Dead Sisters Infant

A sign bearing the words "Baby for
Sale" displayed for several days in front
of a cottage IN Waterloo, a suburb of
Salt Lake City, caused the arrest of Mrs.
Mueller by an officer of the juvenile court
An investigation developed the fact that
several persons had offered to buy the
child, one woman offering $50, but Mrs
Mueller would not sell for less than S125.
Mrs. Mueller said that the 7-months-oId
Iaby which she had tried to sell was the
child of her sister, who died recently in
Wyoming. The woman said she had four
children of her own and was unable to
care for them all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
Chicago.

oulbQQU. BUSINESS makes favora-
-- BILE comparison With that
OF year ago. In some respects the
activity is more pronounced, especially
in manufactures, construction and
report indicating current and prospec-
tive cereal yields exceeding all former
aggregates added greatly to trade pros
poets and encourages more freedom in
making heavy commitments for the flu
ture. While the average returns for
oreadStuffs show some decline, agricul-
tural conditions are prosperous, this
materially advancing industrial inter-
estS and financial ease Production re-
meets little change over its recent unpre-
eedented volume, but there is a for
ward tendency in furnace output and
factory lines. Local improvements new
er before were so extensive, this being
also true at other ints drawing sup
pies from this market.
Holidays have caused smaller
movement of raw material and lessened
the movement of other commodities, but
THIS IS temporary condition, which
does not adversely affect values or in
terfere with the distribution of neces-
saries Seasonable quiet in leading re-
tail trade is fully Offset by increasing
activity in the j0bbing branches, per-
sonal buyers of fall merchandise for
the interior having made a good start.
Provisions bring remarkably high
prices, but the demand for grain mod
Grated and shipments declined.
The total movement of grain at this
port, 5,4T3,6S4 bushels, compares with
6,194, 49S bushels last week. Receipts
decreased 1919 per cent and shipments
65.9 per cent, as compared with a year
ago. Lumber receipts aggregated 81
$4,000 feet. against 1861 900 feet last
week. Compared with the closing a
week ago, prices advanced in oats &c
per bushel, corn 1c hogs Zoe, lard 1715c,
cattle zoe and pork SIPS per barrel,
but declined in wheat 11sc and ribs
215c
Failures reported in Chicago district
number Is, against 9 last week and u a
year ago.-Dun's Trade Review.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
New Mexican Town shaken

Fifty-two earthquake shocks at inter
walls from Sunday morning till Tuesday
morning have wrecked the town of So
zorro, in New Mexico. and have sent the
inhabitants fleeing, panic stricken. The
court house is now mass of ruins. and
almost every house in the town made of
adobe structure is cracked and falling
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26

delegated by the Grand Duke Of Baden
TO study malarial germs and mosquitoes
in North and Central America 2 rived
in this country recently, and has gune TO
Mexico to start his investigations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
Minors Win Wage Incre,xe

settlement of the miners strike in
the bituminous field of central Pennsyl-
vania was made in a conference between
the officers of the union and the opera tors
at Philadelphia Tuesday. through which
10000 miners gain an increase OF 5.j3
per cent and application of the check sys-
tenn to miners, but not to laborers This
system is the Withholding of an amount
equal to the union dues, to be turned over
TO the union.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
Higher Wages I'm Cotton Mills,

Notices announcing advances in wages
were posted in several of the cotton mills
in New Hampshire and Maine following
the recent action of the majority of the
New England textile concerns in increas-
ing wages. Several thousand employees
are affected
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
WESTERN LEAGUE.
GIRL FALLS TO DEATH.
Young Woman Steps Into Elevator
Shaft, TumbIing Eleven Stories.

Miss Ella Farmerie, Is years old, fell
eleven stories to her death down the elr-
vator shaft in the McCreery building in
Pittsburg. John Quinn, a spectator.
dropped dead from the shock, and John
Rauenswinner, the elevator conductor.
tainted at his post, allowing his car tO
run away and crash into the roof, imper-
ling the lives of several women passen-
gers. In addition, girl clerks on other
floors of the building saw the victim fall
and heard her screams, and a score Of
young women tainted and had to be taken
10 their homes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
Father Is killed by SON,

Conrad Schirmer died in the Harlem
hospital, New York. He was stabbed by
his 19-year-old son Conrad, Jr.. at the
home of his sons sweetheart, Miss Clara
Lazarus. with piece of broken glass dur
ing a quarrel arising from the sons at
tentions to Miss Lazarus
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
StoesseI Nav BE Execn,ad

A dispatch from st. Petersburg SAYS the
report of the commission appointed to in
luire into the surrender of Port Arthur
recommends that Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel
former commander of the fortress, be SEN
fenced TO death
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
Great Money Maker Dies.

Russell Sage died of old age at his home
ar Lawrence, l.. l., and the rumor that
his vast fortune will go to charity is re-
yiyed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
CLAIRNOYANCE HELD RELIGION
Magistrate Declares Law Imposing
License UncOnsfftutfonaI

Police Magistrate A. P. Toombs of Col
orado Springs may be impeached because
of his disregard for a city ordinance re-
curing palmists, clairvoyants and for
tune tellers to obtain licenses. Mrs.
Sampson was arrested for practicing
without complying with this law, and the
judge decided that clairvoyance was a re-
ligion and that the law was unconstitu-
tional. Chief of Police Adams and other
officials refuse to agree with the decision
and the usual fee will be collected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26

Because he was deaf and dumb and
could not make his desperate condition
known TO those who could have saved
him. Hote Lyle, 14-year-old bow. lost
his life in the Trinity river at Fort
Worth, Texas. The boy was bathing with
some companions and got beyond his
depth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26
simplified spelling for New yo-t

TIE New York public school authorities
have adopted the simplifed form of spell
ing 800 words in common use, as recon-
mended by the committee. 1t will mean
q great boom for the publishers of text
books. as those now in use by half a mill
ion children will have to be discarded and
new ones substituted,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-26

try in South
A N ca but
three, to travel
by water and
rail no less than
10000 miles, to
travel in a lati-
tude where a
linen buster is
incumbrance and
n g a / DTOdI1par