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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
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Ulll6dQU. hand when business gen
I orally attains more i'm
petus in anticipation of fall and win
ter needs. and it is notable that he
basic conditions are of the most favor
able nature. While new demands are
not conspicuous in any particular
branch of trade, other developments
furnish much encouragement The eX-
cellent crops strengthen confidence in
a continued period of material prosper
ity, and this creates more disposition to
enter upon heavy commitments in man
ufacturing. railroad extensions and
construction.
a fall in values of grain and pro-
visions is entirely seasonabe. put quo
tauons for raw materials maintain
their remarkable strength and the de-
mands carry no sign of exhaustion.
consumers needs require increasing
shipments Of iron ore. Building ma
lerlalS remain in strong request and
new undertakings in future construc-
tlon nave not diminished. The market
Tor lumber is more active and prices
nave an upward tendency.
Movements of commodities show ex-
panslon, and the earnings of the West
ern roads and lake carriers steadily
exceed those of last year. The total
quantity of grain handled at this port
aggregated 7,1S0,00O bushels, against
I,O3O,232 bushels last week. Live stock
receipts were 297,542 head. against
26S,666 head last week Lumber re-
ceipts, 52,S12,000 feet, exceed both the
46,0S2,000 feet last week and the OIL
lo6,oO0 feet of a year ago.
Bank clearings, $212, $50, $50, exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1908 by 10.4 per cent
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trlct number 20, against "a last week
and "A year ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
IIarooued mt Convey Island

One hundred and fifty thousand persons
were marooned at Coney Island, New
York, Sunday, by the refusal of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company to run
ears without the payment of two fares,
which the courts held was illegal, and Sc
we're rioting resulted, in which many pas
sengers were beaten by thugs hired by the
trolley company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Light on Cancer Mystery.

DIR. Bashford of the imperial cancer
research fund laboratory of London, re-
ports notable progress from recent ex-
periments on mice. He says he is now
able to reproduce at viii all the features
of spontaneous cancer in mice, and to
protect healthy mice from all conse-
quences of incubation with experimental
cancer DIR. Bashford Warner, however.
says that nothing but harm could come
from leaping to rash conclusions as to
the treatment of cancer in human beings.
1t was not yet even possible to arrest nat
ural cancer occurring in mice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16

ing. cashier, is a
fugitive from jus
tice and Paul O.
Stensland. presi-
dent of f she inStitu-
ton and prominent
in Chicago, has alb
sented himself IN
der circumstances
deemed strange.
This tells but a
part of the story
of one of the most
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
SAVES SON AND FALLS DEAD.
Father of Condemned Murderer Wins
Reprieye, but Dies of Excitement.


Hartman Wenzel 60 years old, over
come by heat and excitement, fell fainting
from stoop in New York and was killed.
Wenzel had one son, a convicted murderer,
condemned to be executed. The father
had been striving to get the death SEN
tence committed. After great efforts he
succeeded so far as to obtain a stay of
execution. With this news he hurried to
the house of his pastor, Rev. Herman A.
Schnatz. The old man hurried along for
over mile regardless Of the heat. The
pastor had helped him to get the reprieve
and he was anxious to bear him the news.
As he stood at the clergyman's door, wait
ing to be admitted, he tainted and fell
backward down the steps. The son whom
he had been trying to save is John Wen
eel, % years old, an only child. After
serving sentence in the penitentiary for
burglary he killed George Spatz, hotel
keeper, in revenge for having him arrest
ed. The murder was committed May 6,
and but for his fathers efforts Wenzel
would have been executed this week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Clerk Missing with $4,000.

Mathew Brandon, 80 years old, conf
dental clerk and messenger, employed by
Thomas Faulkner, agent for the combined
railroad lines of the United States at
Ellis Island, New York, has not been seen
since Thursday, when he left Ellis Island
to deposit $1,000 in checks and S1,1OO in
cash in New York bank
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
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Strike Leaders Indicted

President Shea of the International
Brotherhood OF Teamsters, at Chicago,
was indicted with forty-two other leaders
of the union, some of whom were indict
ed last year. Among the twenty-seven
counts are conspiracy TO injure the bust
ness of Marshall Field & Co.. SfegeI.
Cooper & Co., the Fair and others, in
Guiding the express companies
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
FORTUNE in PHONE Rooth.

George ]. Mitchell, a travelling man
from Newark n. j., and who stops at the
Gibson House when in Cincinnati. drop
ped into a telephone booth in that hotel.
He found lying in the booth pocketbook
containing ten $4,000 bills-S100,000 sll
told-and valuable papers. He returned
the property TO its owner. who gave him
$4,000 worth of good mining stock.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Rainstorm Visits WISCONSIN CITY.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, was visited by a ter
rife rainstorm. causing several thousand
dollars damage by the washing out of
streets. In one place POO feet on Wash
ington street was washed away for a
depth of thirty feet and a width of sew
enty-fve feet. The business streets were
flooded
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Bank of America PAYS Ont

Daniel d. Healy, receiver for the Bank
Of America in Chicago, wrecked in Feb
ruary, reported to the court his work
nearly was completed, with the result that
all depositors had been paid in full. He
has arranged to settle with the stockhold-
ers on a basis of % per cent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16

Canyon City, Texas, Reported CoIu-
p1eteIy DESTROYED by Tornado.


Canyon City, in the Texas Panhandle,
is reported to have been completely de-
stroyed by a tornado, in which several
persons were killed. At Amarillo the
family of a farmer named Riggs were kill
ed by lightning. The severe rains of two
days, during which twelve inches of rain
has fallen, have caused a rise of thirty-one
inches in the Colorado and other rivers
in south Texas, flooding thousands of
acres and causing many deaths. The
property damage will reach more than
half million dollars. \ strip of coun-
try thirty miles long and three to six
miles wide is covered with water, twenty
railroad bridges have been carried away,
and III is estimated that 200 miles of rail
road track have been washed out. The
Santa Fe is the worst sufferer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
FIND VOLCANO IN NORTH.
Photograph of New Island Made by
Revenue officer.

Captain Truebridge of the steamship
Northwestern brings from Alaska a photo
graph taken by an officer of the revenue
cutter Perry of the newly formed island
lying fifty miles west of Dutch harbor,
directly between the Bogoslof islands.
commonly known as Castle and Fire ISL
ands. The new island made its first APP
pearance during June and is now 900
feet high. The length could not be as
certained. as the Perry could not get
close enough to make an accurate meas
urement. Clouds of steam arise from its
summit and it is surrounded by boiling
water
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16

of the golden rule. He is 10 preach the
brotherhood of man and the sanctity of
individual rights. His duty will it be-,
after years of preparation, to spread
throughout the world that which the sages
of the centuries have sought in their time
to teach. 1t is the dream of the father
that when the infant shall arrive at mans
estate he will be all of this and more.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Fugitive Banker Is Caught.

7. Haggerty, 40 years old, president of
the Elkhorn Valley bank, which failed
two years ago, has been captured in
southern Texas, where he is in the hands
of officers awaiting the action of the Ne
braska authorities. After the failure ex-
aminers found the assets left after the
flight of the officers were only cents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
JUMPS FROM FIRE To DEATH.
One Man Killed in Burning Saliva
ton Army Building

One person is dead as result of the
burning of the Salvation army headquar-
ters in st. Louis. A meeting of the
Young Peoples League had closed just
as the alarm was given and fifty of the
members had narrow escapes from death
in the fire. Joe Matthews fell or jumped
from the fire escape at the third floor and
was dashed to death on the pavement.
About twenty men Wee asleep in the
rooming department, bur it is believed all
escaped. The building a five-story brick
structure, was occupied as the southwest
ern headquarters of the Salvation army,
with jurisdiction over eighty institutions
throughout Missouri, southern Illinois,
Arkansas. Texas and Louisiana. The loss
is estimated at 100000, partially insured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16

the Elkins law was won by the govern
ment when the federal grand jury in Chi
cago returned an indictment of nineteen
counts against the oil trust on the
charges of receiving rebates in the form
Of non-payment of storage charges from
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railway Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
woman In Night Afrship Trim.

Mrs. Mary Prentiss Miller of Frank
lin, Pa, had an exciting trip in an air
ship. in company with Leo Stevens. the
inventor. The start was made after dark
and when the ship was GOO feet in midair
The engines gave out. The craft descend
ed on hin overlooking the town. only
300 feet from the edge of high precipice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Porter Nominated i'm Iowa.

Claude Porter was nominated for Gov
ernor of Iowa by the Democratic Thar
mony" State convention at Waterloo.
which adjusted all differences, hopes to
profit by the factional fight among the
Republicans and Endorsed W. j. Bryan
for President.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Night Bank In Pitfshurr

4 national bank that will do business
all of the twenty-four hours is a project
announced in Pittsburg The treasurer of
the new bank is to be David J. Atcbard-
son. now cashier of the Cosmopolitan Ma
tional
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16

The season now is at
hand when business gen
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
short 1892. 900 and Resigns.

County Treasurer f. f. Smith, who
was found nearly $4,000 short in his
accounts by examiners appointed by the
Probate Court recently, has resigned the
office of treasurer of the county in Akron.
Ohio. He remains treasurer of the city
and school funds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Exodus of sebasto,oI paon,.

Steamer advices from Sebastopol report
that 10000 persons have fed from the
city, expecting an uprising of the troops,
and the exodus continues. Admiral Skrvd-
loft fears to take decisive action and dou-
BILE stats of officers are keeping watch on
the warshipS and in the fortress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Transfers Re-elect Sheu.

Cornelius T. Shea was reelected presi-
dent of the International Brotherhood of
Transfers by a vote of 169 TO - in Chi
cage. The vote demonstrated that num-
Der of delegates who had joined the al
legged secession movement had returned TO
the fold.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Girl saves Drowninm Ch,Id

Mamie Richards, the 15-year-old daugh-
fer of Jacob Richards, who has charge of
the locks at the canal in Norristown.
Ohio. saved the life of Joseph Williams.
boy of 6 years. The girl jumped into
the water and grabbed him by tie hair as
he was sinking for the third time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16

Grand Duke Nicholas, uncle of the
Car and president of the council of de-
Tense. narrowly escaped assassination,
when sharpshooters of the imperial guard
fired u On him with ball cartridges during
army manouverS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Cashier Herring in Tolls.

Cashier Herring of the wrecked Milwau-
kee Avenue State bank in Chicago has
been arrested. and with his assistance the
authorities have unearthed startling evil
dence of fraud IN the management of the
institution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
sheds His skin Annually,

John III. Price, superintendent of the
Gold Reef mines, Philipsburg. Mont, has
just finished shedding his skin. 1t is a
peculiar piece of natures work. the cause
of which the medical profession has SO far
been unable to explain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Deaths from Excessive Hs,.

Twenty persons died and 10 were
Frustrated by the recent heat in New
York City. The recreation piers and
downtown paris were thrown open to the
poor who wished TO sleep in the open air.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Plans Church for CbfIdra,

\ church for children, with children
constituting the official board, a child or
ganist, children as officers, deacons, ush-
ers and congregation, is the plan of Rev.
Harry \. King pastor of the Oakley
Methodist Episcopal church in Kansas
City.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Crops Finer thnn Usual,

The government crop report for August
estimates the yield of wheat in this coun-
Try at 759,03o,00o bushels, the greatest
total ever known in this or any other
country. Corn promises to set a new
mark, and oats are above the average.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Twenty Picnickers Hur,

While driving over a country road at
Evergreen, Pa, wagon containing TWEEN
ty persons of a picnic party plunged over
a 30-foot precipice and all sus aimed more
or less serious injuries. None was fatally
/ hurt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
CONVICTED AS HORSE THIEF.
North Dakota Financier Found
Guilty as Head of ssRusfIerS

NUFtH DHfAUIH InHnc1ef Found
Guilty as Head of '.RustIers',
W. Y. Denny, Mayor of Williston. n.
D., and prominent banker, has. it is
said. been found guilty on a charge of
receiving stolen property. The case has
been before the public for about year. 1t
was charged by the authorities of Valley
county. Mont, that Denny was the head
of a band of horse and cattle rustic IS
and that he disposed of the booty surrep-
titiously acquired by the gang.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
suicide of Bank Teller.

Frank ]. Kowalski, receiving teller for
the Milwaukee Avenue State bank in
Chicago, committed suicide at his home,
making third death due to Stenslands
looting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Leaps from Fast Train.

Estela Boomingdale of Marietta, Ohio,
leaped from the window of Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern train lear East
Madisonville, Ohio, and received injuries
which may prove fatal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
Mob Leader Gets Fifteen Years.

Leader of Salisbury. \. c.. mob, which
iyuched three negroes has been convicted
of conspiracy and sentenced to fifteen
years in the penitentiary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
MINES nnton nnd FnIIs nend.

When leading his military band in For
est Park. st. Louis. Robert Bohemen was
stricken with heart disease and died in a
few minutes. The incident was witnessed
by large crowd
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
- Hurt. in Train. Crash.

A north-hound Fort Worth and Denver
passenger train was wrecked at Fritland.
Texas. The sleeper and parlor cars left
the track and turned over. Seyenty-fye
persons were injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16

After spending most of his life in
spreading his theories on proper food.
Professor h. W. Hart of New York, an
authority on dieteties, died in Atlantic
City, \. J., from indigestion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
FIGHT FIRE; KILL A WOMAN.
Dynamite Blasts Stay Flames, but
Causes Death of Invalid.

Fire broke out shortly before midnight
in the village of West Elkton, Ohio, and
for time it looked as if the entire place
was doomed. The village is without fire
protection and to prevent the spread of
the flames, the Stone shoe store was dyna-
mited and the fire confined to three bust
ness places. One fatality was the direct
result of the fire. Mrs. Maurice Reed was
so shocked by the dynamiting that she
died
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16

storms Jail and Lynches Negroes,
A mob of 5000 stormed the Jail at
Salisbury, n. c., and after an encounter
with militia armed with blank cartridges
lynched three negroes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16

Fire destroyed the Crystal Ridge break
er of A. Pardee & Co. at Hazleton, Pa.
The loss is about 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
BANK CLOSES IN CHICAGO.

in Charge of Examiner.
The doors of the Milwaukee Avenue
State Bank in Chicago were closed
Monday morning, while Henry W. Her
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
ARE MID-AIR ACROBATs.
Clever Circus Artists Who Perform Novel Feats on an Aerial Tremplin.

Clever Circus Artists Who Perform Novel Feats on an Aerial Tremplin. l An unusually large number of nov
 elty-acts are promised for the delec-
 tation of the local public when the | Barnum & Bailey circus exhibits in
 Montgomery Monday. October 29. One
 of the latest, which will be presented
 here for the first time. is called .rhe 1 Aerial Tremplin." It is introduced by
 a company of seven imported artists | four men and three young women From a published description of the
 act. the following interesting facts are | taken:
 "The aerial tremplin Is an elaborated | acrobatic act, performed in mid-air. Thirty feet above the ground plat l form, in three sections, Is suspended. | The end sections are solid, but in the
 center of the middle one there is an | elastic canvas. Above the entire ap-
 paratus are two great wheels. ana
 nearby is suspended mammoth ball.
 act. begins the display by very
 clever series of acrobatic feats. turn | ing single and double somersaults from l shoulder to shoulder with the same agility as upon the ground, notwith-
 standing that the platforms are only | twelve feet long and six feet in width. | The tremplin is then utilized to per- form some astonishing feats. The art
 ists spring upon the elastic canvas.
 and being thrown high into the air. Accomplish the most difficult somer- tsaults, and finally land upon the shoui- | ders of their companions on the end | platforms. At the climax of the act two of the girls whirl around on the | great wheels at railroad speed, ana | the globe. opening. unexpectedly dis | closes the figure of pretty young l girl. The act is not only clever, oner- ing opportunities for the display Of
 rare skill and daring. but 1t Is also new-and that Is always worth while in these days when amusement pur- yeyors are too apt to be contented
 with the things that are moro or less
 conventional"
 l Among the other odd and curious I acts that are announced for the big | show are the Biseras tho famous Car | men Troupe, who turn somersaults and perform other difficult feats on high wire: several troupes ~of trained | animals, including sea-lions, sheep,
 dogs, ponies and elephants: Thomp-
 sons horses, which give most unique l display of trained intelligence. Tn
 harness; an acrobatlc act in. over ana
 around an automobile moving rapidly
 around the hippodrome track; the
 French Rowlands. who gives a gym
 nastic performance In a tally-ho coacn ] and upon the backs of four swlftiy- I running horses; Josie DeMott' the only lsomersault eouestrienne: John Rooney.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
KILLED BY
 CONSTABLE
NEGRO RESISTED ARREST AND WAS
 SHOT.
william Norman slays Henry BfhA in the Country, Drives to the County
 Jail anA Sufren. defn.

Henry Bibb. a negro, was shot and killed by Constable William Norman at noon yesterday on the Hobbie place.. ten miles from Montgomery. on the Hayneville Road, while resisting ar- rest.
 The constable gave himself up at tho county jail early yesterday afternoon as quick as he could drive to the city, and a warrant was sworn out before Justice B. c. Young charging him with murder. His preliminary hearing has not been set.
 Constable Norman is connected with the court of Justice Leroy Skinner of . country precinct, and he was depu- tized to serve a warrant sworn out by Alfred Guy against Bibb. Not know ing where to locate Bibb, Jesse Bibb, . brother of the dead negro, volun- teered to serve as guide to show the constable where his brother was. The constable and the brother drove in g. buggy to the Hobbie place and found the wanted negro.
 "Mr Norman told my brother to put his hands in the handcuffs and Henry wouldn't do it," said Jesse Bibb after the killing. MT. Norman kept on tell ing him to be cuffed. but my brother said he could go along without the cuffs. Mir. Norman pulled out his pis- tol but didn't shoot Henry grabbed the gun and 1t went of. I don't know whore 1t struck Henry. but he fell to the ground and we drove o6 and left Henry there. don't know whether hc died, but some of the folks told ma lathr that he did. That's all I know about it."
 Constable Norman Is well-known in Montgomery County. He is detained at the county jail.