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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Sparks from the Wires.

Albert Lewis, aged %, of Springfield,
Ohio, was caught under a circus train at
Peru, Ind, and killed
Atlantic City was chosen as the next
place of meeting of the American Or
der of Steam Engineers.
A. Gross & Co.'S candle factory at Pro-
vost and First streets, Jersey City, was
burned. Damage, S125,000.
w. FL. Imbler, 50 years old, farmer
Of Celwick, Kan, was struck and killed
by switch engine in Oakland, Cal.
"Dr." Theodore White, who conducted
a correspondence school of science" and
gave diplomas in spiritualism, hypnotism
and sorcery, was convicted at Baltimore
of using the mails to defraud.
A. e. Ireland, formerly a national vice
president of the American Federation of
Labor, was released from the county
Jail in Winfield, Kan, having served six
months for assaulting a non-union ma
chinist.
The committee on rules of the Massa-
chusetts House of Representatives RECON-
mended the expulsion of Frank G. Gethro
of Boston. who is accused of trying to
bride fellow members to vote against the
so-called bucket shop bill.
The grand jury at Cleveland indicted
ten of the most prominent coal dealers in
the city, charging them with being in a
conspiracy in restraint of trade.
Fflc at the plant of the Union Wad-
ding Company, manufacturers of cotton
batting, at Pawtucket. r. l., destroyed
stock valued at $4,000 and damaged the
building to the extent of $4,000.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon of Topeka,
Kan. author of ''In His Steps, is urging
a new plan for the celebration of Fourth
of July, recommending that instead of
spending money for fireworks and other
useless things fund be collected in each
of the various towns and cities with
which TO build pnhlic hall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Women Critics of Women.

"Woman's at best a contradiction
still" Such was the opinion of poet
whose crooked back and sharp tongue
made him no favorite with the ladies.
But the sex sometimes justitieS Pope
by the way it blazonS its own faillngs.
Women writer's short of copy turn i'll
stinctively to the weaknesses of wo-
men.
Recent months have been especially
prolific of sermons by women for wonl'
en-. The would-be reformers cover a
wide field with their structures. To-day
they accuse woman of lacking interest
in public affairs. and tomorrow of TAX
ing interest in public affairs to the neg
lect of her home. One critic finds her
stingy of tips" another deplores her
extravaganza in gifts. She does not
put on her clothes to good advantage, or
she spends too much time, thought and
money on her clothes. On the one
hand she sweeps the streets with her
skirts. on the other she wears her golf
gown too short for modesty. Some
times she Is aCCuSeu oI udNlhS Ho "a
pacity for being IA good fellow with
husband or brother, and again she is
developing Il taste for gambling and
smoking.
Evidently these conclusions cannot
all be correct Euripides said. Woman
is woman's natural ally" but modern
conditions have made her woman's nat
ural critic. If men believed all that
women say about one another, the mar
riage rate would decline. Fortunately.
they take these feminine structures with
grain of salt: and, moreover, the man
masculine definitely prefers
A creature not too bright or good
For human natures daily food.
NnnthS' Comma MON
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Woman Cook. Organize

Women cooks to the number Of 15(
have organized ''the cooks union" of New
York All its members so far are work
ing in Yiddish restaurants on the east
side, but the leaders are hopeful that be
fore long all the women restaurant work
ers of the city, and eventually Of the
country, will be organized. A careful in
quiry is made into the character Of the
applicants, and none but ladies" are ad
mitted The good 50 far accomplished
has been to reduce hours from sixteen tc
twelve and TO ''unionize' in every way
the restaurants in which the union cooks
nnprate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

Dressy effects are attained by the use
of soutache braid, combined with hand
embroidery, as trimming for the taf-
feta suits in solid colors. This taffeta
has the little bolero cut in battlements
and outlined with several rows of SOU
tache braid, and broadening out on the
shoulder so that the line of embroidery
covers the sleeve top. This skirt is cut
in battlements at knee height and COM
pleted with a founce laid in clusters of
plaits. The front panel and skirt edge
are outlined with the braid and en-
broidery, and both jacket and skirt
panel have a decoration of soutache ar
ranged in frogs held by small silk-coy
cred buttons
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
All Over the State.

A severe storm swept over Racine and
Walworth counties. doing considerable
damage. Many wires are down.
The State encampment of the United
Spanish War Veterans was held at Ra
cine.
In Sheboygan Vernon Green, 13 years
old. shot off a toy cannon with the re-
suit that he will lose one eye.
The Pondlily roller mills. owned by
Dahlke Brothers, burned in Neshkoro.
The loss is about $4,000, partly covered
by insurance.
Rierzo Lama, an S-year-old boy, died
at Kenosha, as result of lockjaw re-
sulting from being shot in the hand with
blank cartridge while celebrating the
Fourth of July.
In Neenah Marie Draheim. years old,
received a charge of shot in the back from
a cannon with which boys were celebrat-
ing.
The Racine Common Council has de-
cided TO reject the offer of r. T. Robinson
of site for new central fire and po-
lice station.
James Demens fatally shot himself
while examining a revolver with which
he was firing a Fourth of July fusillade
in Fond du Lac.
Ralph Flynn. former Wisconsin and
Notre Dame football player, has entered
the field for the Democratic nomination
for sheriff of Brown county.
Prof Paul S. Reinsch of Madison has
left for New York, whence he will sail
for South America as one of the delegates
TO the Pan-American conference at Rio
Janeiro
All assets of the Wisconsin Graphite
Company. in Stevens Point, in the State
were sold by the receiver at auction to
S. S. Crump, one of its heaviest eastern
stockholders, for So. 800 Liens against
the property total $4,000.
The trial of Secretary of State Houser
on the charge of having attempted to bride
Insurance Commissioner Host to render
a decision in favor of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society was begun IN Madi-
son. Mr.. Host reiterated his charges.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Hanging Pictures

Often in putting up heavy pictures
that are hung from screw in the wall
rather than from picture molding the
greatest difficulty is experienced in get
ting the screw to fasten securely in the
plaster Here is a simple remedy which
many professional picture hangers fol-
low in the course of days work. The
hole made by the screw is enlarged
and the edges of the plaster are thor
oughly moistened with water. Then the
space is filed with plaster of paris
and The screw pressed into the soft plas-
ter. When the plaster becomes hard
ened the screw will be found to hold
very firmly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
GIRL OF FIVE REscUEs SISTER.
Little Heroine Puts Out Fire, Saw
ing Chili's Life and Her Home.

Violet Peterson, ) years of age, proved
herself a heroine by saving the life of her
sister and eXtinguishi-Sy fire that would
have destroyed her home in Carney. The
sister is 6 years old. The two were alone
in the house. The older girl tried to
freshen the fire with kerosene and started
the blaze. Her dress afire, she attempted
vainly to smother the flames in a blau-
ket. Then she told Violet TO throw water
over her. The child kept her head and
obeyed her sisters commands and then
drawing water from the we'll extinguished
the fire in the kitchen, which was burning
briSkly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

1644-Batle of Marston.
16S5-Archibald Campbell. Earl OF Ar
gyle, beheaded at Edinburgh.
172O-The mississippi bubble" burst.
1745-Capture Of Cape Breton by the
English.
1I76-Battle of Fort Moultrie. Charles
ton, S. c. battle of Long Island.
1777-Dr William Todd executed at Ty-
burn.
1ITS-Battle of Monmouth. -. Turkish
feet defeated and destroyed.
1797--Richard Parker, head of the naval
mutiny at the More, hanged.
1S00-Act passed for legislative union of
Great Britain and Ireland.
1S15-U. S. brig Peacock captured Brit
iSh cruiser Nautilus in Straits of
Sunda.
1S17-Pius VII. condemned Bible socie-
ties by bull.
1S31-United States treaty with Black
Hawk, chief of Sacs and Foxes.
1S32-Cholera appeared in New York.
1S3T-Act of British Parliament to dis
continue use of pillory for punish
ment.
1S3S-Coronation of Queen Victoria.
1S40-Blockade of Canton by the English.
1S44-Joseph Smith, founder of Mormon
ISM killed by mob at Carthage, Ill.
1S46-Repeal of English corn laws.
1S4S-Archbishop of Paris shot while
acting as mediator.
1S5I-Ship Montreal lost near Quebec;
2j0 persons persisted.
1S61-Battle of Failing Waters, Va.
1S62-Lee defeated Mcclellan at battle
of Gaines Mill. Va.
1S63-Gen. Meade succeeded Gen. Hooker
in command of Army of the Potomac.
1S64-Confederate victo, vs. at battle
of Kenesaw mountain, Ga. Presi-
dent Lincoln signed repeal of fugi
tive slave law. =. Invasion of Den
mark by the Prussians.
1S73-First reception of foreign minis
ters by Emperor of China at Pekin.
1S74-Henry Ward Beecher requested
Plymouth church to appoint COM
mittee to investigate the Tilton
charges.
1S76-Democratic convention nominated
Samuel J. Tilden for President
1S79-Great tornado in Iowa, Minnesota
and Wisconsin.
1SS1-Assassination of President Gar
field
1SS2-Charles Guteau hanged at Wash
ington for murder Of President Gar
field
1SSJ-James d. Fish, bank defaulter,
sentenced to prison for ten years in
New York.
1S91-Pike's Peak, Colo, reached by first
railroad passenger train. Nineteen
victims OF the Samoan disaster buried
at Mare Island.
1S93-Gov. Altgeld of Illinois pardoned
the Chicago anarchists . . Peary's
vessel Falcon sailed from New York
for the Arctic regions.
1S94-The Tower Bridge, London, for
mally opened by Prince of Wales
1S97-Coal miners in Ohio, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia went on strike.
189S-No newspapers published in Chi
cago owing to strike of printers.
19O0-Great Hoboken dock fire.
1902 Roosevelt signed Isth1an canal
bill.
Observation-Disclosures nominated DR.. 81
las G. Swallow for President. -.
Steamer Norge lost off Scottish coast
and GAG persons persisted.
1905-Mutiny broke out on board Rus
sian battleship Kniaz Potemkine at
Odessa. =. John ID. Rockefeller gave
S1,0O0,000 to permanent endowment
fund of Yale University. :. F.. Warsaw
besieged by revolutionists 200 per
sons arrested.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

The beef trust has raised prices of beef
lamb and other meats and meat products
to Offset the losses sustained through the
recent exposures. These increases have
been made gradually during the past two
or three weeks to the wholesale trade
until the dealer is now paying from three
fourths to one cent more per pound than
before the agitation began, while the
prices TO the consumer have advanced
from 10 cents per pound. One of the
excuses given for the retail trade advance
is the higher price charged for years by
the various ice combines in different
cities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
GETS HIS MONEY BACK.
ROsecrans Farmer, Robbed, Refuses
TO Say Who Returned Property.

Charles Leubke, a, Rosecrans farmer
who was robbed of SIG and a $1,000
note two weeks ago, has had the money
and paper returned to him. Leubke re-
fused to talk of the case further than to
say that the money and note were brought
to his home a few days ago after he had
given up all hope of recovering it. Leub-
Ike is a cattle buyer and wealthy and it
is believed that the thief feared to attempt
to negotiate the paper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Feminine View.

Man is. when all is said, a vastly
lovable being. and even his faults
indeed. chiefly his faults-have a most
unholy attraction for us. But man the
conquered is a very different creature
from man the conqueror. The first is
always ready, and longing, to afford us
everything in the world we desire
ready to sell his immortal soul for our
Measure. The second grudges us kind
word
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
COMPLETE HEYL SETTLEMENT.
PaDst brewing Company to Civ.
Trust Mnrfya.e on Plant

aus brewing TOM pony TO GIVE
Trust Mortgage on Plant.
The settlement of the sensational
Sehandein viii contest has been complet-
ed in Milwaukee. Mrs. Clara Heyl wife
OF Jacob Heyl and daughter of Mrs.
Schandein. has sold all her stock in the
Pabst Brewing Company. She elected to
take S600.000 worth OF real estate in part
settlement. including valuable downtown
property. AT the time of the announce
ment that an agreement had been reached
II was learned that Mrs. Clara Heyl held
over $500 shares of the stock of the Pabst
Brewing Company. which the company
agreed 10 take off her hands at a pre-
mlum- To do this it would be necessary
for the company to issue S3.500.000 in
bonds. Approximately this amount win
be issued. When that is done it will be
necessary TO give a trust mortgage cover
ing the brewing plant. and this mortgage
VIII have 10 be filed wherever in this cOun-
try that the company may have property.
The stock which the Pabst Brewing Com
pany buys from Mrs. Heyl will be held
by the company for the present and may
later be sold.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
womau's Rights.

While it is impracticable to consider
the law in detail, generaliZing it may
be said that woman now possesses a.
complete control of her person and of
her property, real and personal: &
freedom to enter into contracts; CD
the right to sue for injuries to her
character, person or property ca the
joint custody of her children. though
this is recent development and it
must be admitted that the excepted
States far outnumber those where the
rule is in force; 90 In four States the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Bricks i'm His Bed.

In the recent storm lightning struck
and nearly ruined George Vandenheiden's
house at Kimberly. 4 boarder who was
nearly covered with the brick of a Chin
ney and falling plaster, was not awak-
ened by the noise, and two hours later
was astonished at the amount of debris
on his bed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
An AntisocfoIogieaI Society.

Residents of the crowded east side sec
ton of New York City have organized a
society for the purpose of restricting or
regulating the investigation of their
homes by sociological students or curl
osity seekers. They particularly object
to the visitors who come out of idle Curl
osity to examine what they regard as the
slums of the great city. 1t is proposed to
put up signs in the Railways of the apart
ment houses, warning that "Peddlers,
summers and sociologists are not admit
ted into private apartments"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
DIVIDE Up WISCONSIN OFFICES
Senators Spooner and La Toilette
Reach Agreement on Patronage.

senhtors SpoOner and La FoIietfe
Reach Agreement on Patronage.
The announcement comes from Wash
ingtOn that Senator's Spooner and La
Toilette have come to an understanding
regarding the official patronage in the
State, whereby Senator Spooner takes the
western district and Senator La Toilette
takes the eastern. Under this division it
is admitted that Marshal t. b. Reid and
Pension Agent Ed. ID. Coe. and probably
Collector of Internal Revenue Henry
Fink will have to walk the plank. Mr.
Goes term expired some months ago and
he has been waiting for his successor to
be appointed. Marshal Reds term ex-
pired last month, and it was thought he
would be appointed for a third term. This
is impossible now, for Mr.. Reid has been
with the Stalwart wing of the party in the
recent struggle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Don't Boil Mill. for c.b;,a

Many children suffer from the effects
of boiled milk; therefore. careful moth
ers have learned to make cocoa without
if. Cocoa should be boiled slowly in
water for half an hour and then put
away in the ice box in an earthen YES
sci and heated when it is wanted to
use. Milk that has been carefully
warmed (not boiled) in the double
boiler may then be added to it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Ruskin on n Cook.

ITO be good cook means the knowl-
edge of all fruits, herbs, balms and
spices, and of all that is healing and
sweet in fields and groves, and savory
in meats; means carefulness and in
ventiveness, watchfulness and readi-
ness of appliance. 1t means the econ
Omy of your Observation-Disclosures. and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Crochet Needle Darninr.

An unusually thrifty mother suggests
that when holes in the heels or toes of
the children's stockings are too big to
darn, good plan is to cut out the
worn parts entirely, then with a
crochet needle and some Saxony wool
or darning cotton to go round and
round the hole, gradually diminishing
the number of stitches until the hole
is completely filed up. This. no doubt.
takes less time than if an attempt were
made to darn the hole. to say nothing
of its being more lasting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
the science of modern chemists.

the science of modern chemists. Ii
means much tasting and no wasting. Ii
means English thoroughness. French
art, and Arabian hospitality. 1t means
in fine. that you are to be perfectly ano
always ladies (loaf-givers). and are tC
see that every one has something nice
to eat"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
TRAGEDY DRIVES TO DEATH.
Engineer Responsible for Fatal Rail-
road Accident Kills Himself.

e. \. Peck, an engineer on the Chi
cago and Northwestern railroad, commit
ted suicide at his home in Baraboo by
jumping in front of passenger train,
which severed his head Engineer Peck
was declared directly responsible for a
terrible wreck on the Northwestern in
GAINESVILLE last January. when three men
we're killed and several injured. Peck
himself was injured and for weeks was
in the hospital. The terrible calamity has
ever since preyed upon his mind and final
ly drove him to suicide. He leaves a
widow and two children.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Clerks Ak Wage Inxestigation.

The State association of postoffice
clerks, twelve cities being represented. has
adopted resolutions for the Investigation
Of clerks, wages of clerks and the publ
cation of same by the Department of
Commerce that the work of the national
association may be conferred on the classi-
fication of the positions. The resolutions
thank Congressman Mann, Wilson, Hayes
and Davidson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Religious Novel Prohibited

I'll Santo. or the Saint" is the title
Of a uch-discussad novel by Senator Fo-
gazzoro of Italy, which has just been
added to the list of prohibited books
Index Liborum Prohibtorum by the
Vatican authorities. The author is q
devout Catholic, but stan1s for liberal re.
forms. The theme of the book is the fats
of devout and jealous Catholic. modelled
after ST. Francis of Assist, who under.
takes reform within the church and en-.
counters the opposition of the hierarchy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

Judge Lacombe of New York has de
cided that no immunity would be posi-
bic to the official Of a corporation who
produced its books in response to a sub
pena. The two trust officials who were
held for contempt in not having produced
certain books the judge decided not to
punish. because the books in question had
been placed in the hands of other off
oiaIs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
BIG ROCK ON TRACK.
Attempt Made at Racine to Wreck
ST. Paul Train.

Detectives on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railway Company, with the
aid of the Racine police, are making eff
forts to find persons who made an at
tempt to wreck trains and partly sue
ceeded. early Sunday morning A freight
train was considerably damaged. A 300
pound rock was rolled on the main track
directly under the viaduct of the State
street bridge. The freight struck the OBJ
-aI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Lightning Strikes n House

In La Crosse the house of Casper Pa
valak was struck by lightning during a
severe storm. A peculiar freak of the
lightning was that the house was partly
torn, as though cut with an ak. yet with
out catching fire in that part of the build
mo
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

the country. She is
II years old, hand
some and healthy,
and fills the oner-
Gus position Of arbi-
ter on the diamond
with a grace and
dignity that renders
her decisions salts
factory to all con-
testants. Her sight
is of the keenest,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
NEAR DEATH ON LOOP-THE-LOOP
Performer Dashed to the Ground
Before 5000 Persons.

Arthur Holden, a loop-the-loop perform
err connected with a carnival company at
Kenosha. had a narrow escape from death
in the presence of 5000 persons. Holden
started to loop the loop on bicycle when
the mechanism failed to work properly
and he was dashed against the lower part
OF the loop with such force that he re-
manned unconscious for fifteen minutes.
No bones were broken, but he was badly
bruised and suffered from internal hem
@ .rhageS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
HIS FAMILY Is GONE.

ReinhoId Weidner Says Wife and
Two Children Have Disappeared.
ReinhOld Weidner, trunkmaker, re-
ported to the Racine police that his wife
and two children had disappeared from
their home, and also that 5000 is miss
ing. There has been no trouble in the
family and her sudden leaving is a mys-
terry. Later it was discovered that Mrs.
Weidner's mother had also disappeared.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Farmer Hangs Himself

Peter Hader of the village of st. Law
renee was found dead in the barn on the
farm of Henry Coll, south of st. Law
renee. Hader's body was hanging from
the rafters. No cause is assigned for the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
AIDS RAILWAY COMPANY.
Judge Belden Issues Writ of Assist
ance at kenOsha.


Judge e. b. Belden has made an or
der for the issue of a writ of assistance
to aid the Chicago and Milwaukee rail
way in getting through the property of
the Thomas 3. Jeffrey Company in ke-
nosha. Before the writ is issued the com
pany must file bond for $4,000 to in
sure the payment of damages in excess
of the $4,000 allowed for the right of
way. The hearing of the appeal of the
company from the decision of the COM
mission will be taken up in September.