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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Philip Schneider Fatally Injured in
Second ExnIosiou on Land.

Another explosion of dynamite on the
farm of Philip Schneider, just south of
Hammond, Ind, proves to all the inhab-
itants of the neighborhood that the place
is honeycombed with the deadly stuff.
While Farmer Schneider was blowing
during the forenoon he struck a glass jar
filed with the explosive. Mr.. Schneider
was thrown fifty feet and fatally injured
His eyes were blown out and his body
horribly mutilated. Both his horses were
instantly killed. The. unconscious man
was found by his wife when she went look
ing for him when he did not return 10
dinner. He was lying between the bodies
of his horses. This is the second tragedy
that has followed the leasing of the farm
by Schneider. The place formerly had
been rented by John \. Thompson, who,
on being elected by Helen Fritsche, the
owner, for non-payment of rent, swore, II
IS said, that any one who set foot on the
land would be killed. 1t is claimed by
neighbors that Thompson at that time
bought 200 pounds Of dynamite sealed ID
glass jars. Recently six jars of dynamite
were found by Schneider in the burrows OF
field. When Schneider, who leased the
place Gwo months ago, took possession ne
found packages of dynamite in the house
and barn. Neighboring farmers believed
the place haunted. One night not long
ago an explosion occurred in the barn,
which was destroyed by fire. The next
day the remains of Thompson were found
in the debris Thompson, who was con-
sidered eccentric and somewhat of her
nit, is said to have induced his wife to
leave him some time ago by paying her
5000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

= HE story of Mount Vesuvus is one of disaster
The first record of the volcanoes eruption dates
back to 63 A. D., when Nero ruled Rome. Her
i culaneum and Pompei partially destroyed.
The following year Naples threatened with another
eruption but escaped with an earthquake.
1t during the reign of Titus Aug. Fl, 10 A. D.,
that Vesuvus broke loose in all her fury and completely
buried the cities of POmpei Herculaneum and Stabiae
Then the mountain slept and the next eruption recorded
in the reign of Alexander Serverus, 203 A. d.
There another eruption in 413 A. D., during which
ashes carried far ConstantnOple. Between
that date and the year 1900 nine eruptons of
less destructveness occurred
Dec t. 1881 than 5000 persons lost their lives
in earthquake and flow of lava that extended
far Tarentum and destroyed Boscotrcse the
which suffered again i'll the present eruption and other
towns in the vicinity Another eruption in 1907 last for
four months and kept the people of Naples in constant
death Again in 1877. 176O and 1867 Vesuvius
poured forth rivers and ashes cover
ing POrtici and reaching as far as Naples.
In 1873 there was another outbreak. White smoke or
like heaps of cotton four times high
the mountain and stones scoriae and ashes pro-
iected 10000 feet high One scientific observer reported
columns of fire shot forth $4,000 feet high, three
times the height of the mountain. and large
rock thrown out. In 1874 there great dis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Refugees from the threatened or de-
stroyed villages are pouring into Ma
pies by the thousand, arriving i'll every
description of conveyance and on foot.
The roads are crowded with professions
of men and women carrying crosses and
crying piteously. Special railway trains,
warships and steamers are employed in
conveying the homeless people from
their localities to Naples, Rome and
Castellammare. while large numbers of
people are fleeing overland in the di-
rection of Caserta. Not fewer than
$4,000 refugees have reached Castelar,
mare. where the steamer Princess Ma
faIda is anchored This vessel left the
the island of Capri with 1000 passen-
gers, including many foreigners, ON
board but she was unable to reach her
destination owing to the sitting clouds
of ashes and the fumes of gases from
the volcano, which envelOped her a
mile from the coast.
Everywhere in the vicinity of the vol
cano pitiful scenes are Witnessed
women tearing their hair in their grief
and old men crying aloud at the loss
of their beloved homesteadS, while in
the distance, in striking contrast, lie
the sapphre-colored Mediterranean, the
violet hued mountains of the Sorrento
peninsula. and the Island of Capri in
the tranquil sea.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

team of the same description for this
season. Whether the management has
succeeded or not, the coming games will
tell. Trades, sales, drafting and various
dickers have been made until the presi-
dent of the Cubs is about satisfied that
the Giants will not only be given a race
at the finish. The biggest catch of the
season for the Chicago team was Jimmy
Shekard, the Brooklyn outfialder Shekard
is good batsman, an exceptionally fine
base runner and an excellent fielder. Har-
~ Steinfeldt, who replaces Casey at
third, was a great player a few years
ago, being particularly strong at the bat,
and is expected to regain his old form
with Frank Chances aggregation.
Pittsburg has high hopes of taking the
pennant, because OF new timber secured.
The main addition to the Pirate team is
Willis, the tall Boston pitcher. Willis
won only six games for Boston last sea-
son, but is rated as one of the league
star twirlers. With a team like the Pitts
burgs behind him VIC may come to life
and put his club in the front position.
Another newcomer among the Pirates is
NPdlOn, the San Francisco boy. lie
plays first base and if he lives up to half
of the advance notices that preceded him
he will win many games for Fred Clarke's
aggregation. With Wagner. Leach, Clarke,
Beaumont, Ciymer, Philippe, Peitz and
Ritchey in their old form the Pirates will
be high in the race at all times.
In the American League all the teams
are pretty we'll balanced and a great
struggle is anticipated. Cleveland was
crippled last season when it was sailing
along smoothly toward the pennant, but
this year all its stars are in rare form
and its friends cannot figure out how it
can be beaten. The Chicago White Sox
are the dark horses of the pennant race.
The game they have been playing in the
South is declared by good judges to be
about as fast as any ever seen on a ball
| field If the White Sox do not win the
pennant its admirers will be sorely mis-
taken. Nothing can keep them from it
save hard run of luck, is the opinion of
! the Windy City fans.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Secretary Root has been invited by the
CHILEAN minister to visit Valparaiso while
on his South American trip next summer
Charles Z. Richards. alias Lord Ash
burton" an alleged notorious swindler,
was arrested on suspicion of passing bad
checks in Boston.
George G. Easton was hanged at Fol-
som State prison, Sacramento, Cal. for
the murder of Charles HOrigan at Dixon
on Nov. p, 1904
The Knoxville presbytery OF The South
ern Presbyterian church in session at
Knoxville. Tenn, has adopted resolution
fdvoring church union.
Allen w. Murphy. vice consul at Tien-
tsin. said in San Francisco that armed
protection might be needed at any time
for foreigners in China.
Board of directors of the American min
ing congress announced the ninth annual
convention of the congress will be held
in Denver Nov. 10 to II next.
Mrs. John Wilson, also known as Mrs
c. g. Martin and Mrs. c. II. Hammond,
pleaded guilty in Syracuse, y. y. TO pass
ing forged money order and was SEN
fenced to two years in prison.
An exemplifed copy of the win Of Mary
Burton Harrison, who was killed in an
automobile accident on Long Island on
Nov. %, 1905, has been filed il Redwood
City, Cal.
F. Hilbert and j. f. Beckhusen, two
stockmen, have been arrested in Portland,
Ore, on indictments recently returned
by the federal grand jury in connection
with the land frauds.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Bovet of Chisholm, Mimi, was shot dead
as its mother held it in her arms. A
stray bullet fred by boys half a mile away
entered window and penetrated the
child's skull, scattering its brains over
the mother.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
DIAGRAM SHOWS THE FLOW OF LAVA AS REPORTED
STORY OF THE DEMON MOUNTAIN

charge of lava, stream flowing into the in
1200 feet wide and - feet deep. Other eruption3 fol-
lowed in 1904, 1905, 1922 1850 and 1858 In the last
mentioned year the crater sank 195 below its former
height. Tore del Greco destroyed Dee. s, 1861
Becoming active again in 1871, Vesuvus vonited threat
enng lava and hot mud until April of 1876, when the
eruption burst suddenly and buried twenty persons who
watching the spectacle and partially destroyed the
towns of Mass and San SebaStiano
In 1885 signs of unrest noticed about the mouth
of the crater and for number of years slight erptons
occurred. In 1894 new peak was formed by the Stag
thrown the and in 1895 another HILL viO
lent eruption occurred in 1900, since which date the
volcano has been almost constantly active. Only last
February the flow of lava destroyed the railroad that
climbs to the top of the mountain But it repaired
and Sghsees have continued to venture up the side of
the volcano.
Vesuvus has always been puzzle, and theories hav
ing application eruption would the
phenomena of another The eruptions that destroyed
Herculaneum and POmpe simply great outpourings
ashes. AS late 472 the dominant feature of the
eruptions ashes which in that year carried
far ConstantnOpe and in 512 to Tripoli After 1896
the destructive feature of all erupOns lava and hot
water the present eruption lava is play destruc
i've part, but tell what terror will be
added to the list of those that have made Nesuvius the
most notable of all the $50 volcanoes of the world.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

K2 9hse> r. BAsE4z laEAS Essee}x
w g - sas---zz-=s & GsssST

Baseball has come into its own again
and for the next six months or more
will hold its place as the ruling American
sport. 1t is firmly entrenched in the
American heart and cannot be displaced
as our greatest national pastime. Young
and old, rich and poor alike find pleasure
in the civilization of the game and the
number of its devotees is legion.
The National League season officially
opened Thursday, while the initial CON
tests in the American League began Sat
urday. The fight in the National League
promises to be closer this season than
1t has during the past two years. Critics
predict that the New York champions
wiz not have the easy time of it they
have had during 1905 and 1904. The
Chicagos have greatly strengthened their
team and the talent look to see the west
erners give the Giants a hard run. Speak
ing of the chances of the New Yo~ks.
Manager John ]. McGraw expresses great
confidence in the ability of his men to
win out. Says he: Il am sure that the
Giants will win the pennant this year
and equal the records of Chicago, Boston,
Baltimore and Pittsburg, who won the
pennant for three consecutive years.
have weighed up all of our competitors
and cannot see any team that we need
to fear particularly. All of them are
dangerous. but at the end of the season
you will see us at the top. Our pitching
staff is the same as last season, with the
addition of Ferguson. Christy Mathew
son, McCiinnity, Ames, Taylor and Wiltse
will make a strong combination for the
box, and, in fact, | believe they are a
stronger combination than is carried by
any other team. If any team beats us.
John McGraw will be the first man to
take off his hat and congratulate it."
The Giants have a pitching staff of
great ability-one of its members. Ma
thewson, being credited as the finest of
them all-good catchers, felders. bats
men, base runners, and, above all. play
ers who pulled for the team as whole.
the combination being well directed by
McGraw.
The Chicago club, divining the secret
of the Giants success, set about getting
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
ToRxADoEs SWEEP KANSAS.
Buildings Blown Down, Church Is
Wrecked and People Hurt

A tornado struck Stafford, Kan, at )
o'clock Thursday afternoon, injuring sew
eral persons and demolishing several
houses. The storm came from the south
west, passed over the business part of the
town without damage, first striking two
blocks east of Main street. Here the
home Of Fred Tanner and the parsonage
of the Congregational church We're de-
molished. The Quaker church was blown
down, the debris. falling upon the home of
Mrs. Ella Granger. which was also de-
strOyed. Mrs. Granger was injured, but
not seriously. Mrs. Ed. Gleisburg saw the
storm coming and ran INFO the yard 10
rescue her child. which was playing there.
Before she reached him she was picked up
and hurled against a telephone pole across
the street. She was seriously injured. The
child was unhurt. The storm then lifted.
but struck again in the northeast part of
the town. demolishinc several houses and
damaging others -Four miles W st of
Stafford another tornado blew down sew
eral farm buildings and seriously injured
4. +. Silvers. who saw the storm COM
ing and sought shelter in granary filed
with wheat This storm passed two miles
east Of Hudson, where other small dam
age is reported. The sun shone brightly
while these storms were wreaking their
havoc. Another tornado is reported at
Bushton, thirty miles north of Stafford.
Several residences and other buildings
We're blown down. No one was seriously
injured. At least seven tornadoes were
seen east and northeast of Great Bend.
The school house in district 81, vacant at
the time, was demolished.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
ENv1RoNs OF MOUNT vEsUvIUs.

tirely abandoned. The inhabitants of
Tore AnnunZiato prepared to leave
the town on moments warning. Som
ma Vesuviana is another village which
has suffered severely.
Most of the buildings in the villages
are of fiimsy construction and have
fat roofs. They are thus unfit to bear
have fallen upon them. 1t will doubt
less be found that considerable num-
Der of people have persisted by the fall
ing of their homes.
THE scene was one of misery and
terror says one who was present
Smoke and ashes made breathing diff
ficult. Slight tremblings of the earth
were felt. and frequent flashes OF light
ming cut through the smoke. Darkness
came at intervals long before night
fall. In the streets of the deserted
towns the only sounds to be heard were
the thud of Jumps of ashes falling on
the roofs In the towns where people
vet remain the houses are all closed
the inhabitants roaming disconsolately
about the streets and gaining what COM
fort is possible from the carbineerS and
soldiers These are the heroes of the
day
Many people camped along the roads
and in The fields outside of Tore An
nunziata and Ottajano, where they
thought they would be safer than in the
towns, though nearly blinded by ashes.
wet to the skin by the rain and terror
lied by the gigantic flaming mass above,
resembling fiery scimitar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

While experimenting in his laboratory
in East Chester. y. Y. Prof. Wurtenber-
ger. inventor of new explosive said TO
be twenty times NOR powerful than dyna-
mite. WAS probably fatally injured by an
explosion lis face and arms are terri
bly, burned, ard the nair is completely
gone from his head. The physicians at
the hospital TO which he was taken say
that if he survives he will probably lose
his sight The inventor was alone when
the explosion occurred. and he raced up
and down the room sArieking with pain
for fully an hour before medical assistance
could b. obtained. Ila had been fearfully
burned. aud his clothes had been torn off
his waist BY the force of the explosion. 1t
is said that government officials had as
sured him he would be paid $1,0000OO for
his invention f he perfected it so the ex-
plosiye could be touched off with an cleo
trio spark instead of a fuse, and that he
was working on this line when the acct
dent occurred.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
COAL STRIKE Is FELT.
Thousands of Railroad Employees
Forced Into IdIencss.

Forced Into Idiencss.
The coal strike has made itself felt al
ready in hundreds of homes in Chicago
and other cities throughout the West.
Thousands of railroad employees, shop,
yard and train men, have been forced into
idleness by the dropping of coal tonnage
on railroad lines. The blow has fallen
heaviest upon the employees of those roads
which handle large quantities of fuel and
have little new traffic TO develop. While
the strike has caused widespread idleness
it only is the beginning, and more serious
effects on railroad employees are expected
if the trouble in the mining regions con-
tinues thirty days longer. The Chicago
and Northwestern railway has laid off
about 800 trainmen. but has not changed
its passenger service. The Chicago and
Alton, which traverses the Illinois coal
fields, has dropped 40 employees, and
others will be added TO the idle ones if
production of fuel is not resumed soon.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois. another
coal road, also has suffered. Officials of
the company were not prepared to give
exact figures except for shopmen. OF
these mechanics 400 now are idle. Cur
tailments in the yard and train services
have been made to an even greater extent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
IndividuaIism Versus Socialism.

In an article for the April Century, W.
]. Bryan takes the ground that there
should be and need be no unfriendliness
between honest individualists and honest
socialists, as both seek that which they
believe best for society. He believes that
at present private monopoly is putting
upon individualism an undeserveG odium,
and hence the individualist should ad-
dress himself to-this problem in order that
the advantages of competition may be re-
stored to industry. He urges that the
words individualism and socialism define
tendencies rather than concrete systems.
He thinks that much of the strength of So
ctalism is due TO the condemnation of
abuses which, while existing under indi-
vidualism, are not necessary TO il.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

According to a statement by the Rev.
DR.. T. r. Slicer as head of a committee
of the New York State conference of re-
ligionS, the New York jockey club has
agreed to make some radical reforms in
the matter of public betting on horse
races 1t has been conceded all along
that without the necessary news of the
race results the poolrooms could not eX-
list, and to this end the jockey club is
said to have undertaken to bar the wires
of the telegraph from the track, it being
held that a race track is private property.
The club will also attempt to keep early
information secret by stopping admissions
after certain hour. The ultimate object
of the reformers is to make the conditions
so that the very poor, who cannot afford
10 lose. will be prevented from track bet
ting. This report was promptly denied
by one of the jockey clubs stewards. and
DR.. Slicer was criticised by many church
men for thus allying himself with the
jockey club in opposition to a bill provid-
ing a heavy fine and Imprisonment for
gambling on the races.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
secret of Edison's Battery.

The news that representatives of ThOS.
A. Edison had recently purchased a mine
of cobalt ore on the Montreal river. near
Haileyburg. Canada, and was Offering 81
a ton on 10 per cent quality of this ore
delivered in New York, has tended TO
confirm the report that cobalt is the key
to EdiSon's new electric storage battery.
Cobalt is somewhat similar to nickel and
has been used for producing the blue tint
in certain porcelains. 1t is still not
known in what way Edison has employed
This metal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
WILLIAM BORDEN is DEAD.
Owner of Much Downtown Chicago
Realty Succuml,s to kpoplexy.

realty SUccumbS to ApopieAy'
William Borden, one of Chicagos mill
ionaire real estate holders, is dead. Apo
pleXy caused death. Mr.. Borden was
stricken while in bed. Physicians were
called and at first it was thought the
patient was suffering from an embolus,
or stoppage OF an artery. Mr.. Borden
became unconscious and remained in that
condition until his death. His two sons,
John and William, who are students at
Yale university, were summoned. The
widow and two daughters, Mary and
Joyce Borden, were with Mr.. Borden
when death came. The deceased million
aire was the owner of the Borden block,
the Grand Opera House block, the Cisco
building and the Chicago American build
ing. His rise to fortune took place IN
one year. After being trained as a min
ing engineer young Borden got money
from Marshall Field and Levi 4. Letter
to prospect in Leadville mines. In one
year the investments returned S4,00O,oO0
and Mr., Borden returned to Chicago and
put his share into real estate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Public school Candy sellers.

The plan of having an official purveyor
for each public school was adopted by
the elementary schools committee of the
Philadelphia board of education Wednes-
day. The object is to prevent the chill
dren from buying impure candy. The
principal of each school is to appoint one
candy dealer who shall be permitted TO
sell certain goods which the committee
knows to be pure. All other peddlers will
be excluded from the school grounds. The
committee also has recommended the
opening of FIVE portable school houses ON
wheels in certain oyercrowded sections
of the civ
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Kills Son and fries Suicide

Mrs. Kate B. Raymond, wife of clerk
in the Interior Department at Washing
ton, turned on the gas in a room at her
home at Hollywood suburb of Los An
geles, Cal, and asphyxiated her 4-year-
old son Frank, who was sleeping in the
room, and very nearly ended her own
life. She will recover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Earthquake in Formosa.

A violent earthquake occurred in the
southern part of the Island of Formosa.
The casualties and damage are reported
to have been heavier than those of the
earthquake last month. when 1,1O14 per
sons were killed. 691 injured and 1920
houses wer- demolished. The prosperous
towns of Datiyo, Raishiko and Shinke
were destroyed. The damage done was
roughly estimated at $45,000,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

About 200 persons were buried Tues
day morning in the ruins of the Mar
ket Monte Oliveto, Naples, when the
roof collapsed under the weight of Gin
ders and ashes which a change of wind
had carried over the city. The exact
number of persons within the market
at the moment of the appalling dis
aster is not known. The court yard
covers 900 feet square, and was rooted.
The space within was unusually crowd
ed with buyers and their children, the
accident happening at the hour of the
day when trade is most brisk.
At Ottajano five churches and ten
houses fell under the weight of ashes
and cinders, which lie four feet deep
on the ground. In the fall of the build
ings about twelve persons were killed
and many were more or less severely
injured. The village is deserted. After
the evacuation of the place the bar
racks and prisons fell in.
Reports from the coast and inland
towns tell of terrible devastation. San
Giorgio, Cremona. portici, Resina-On
the site of ancient Herculaneum-and
Tore del Greco have been almost Ell