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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
LADRONES RAID ARSENAL.
Filipino BriGands Make Daring At
tack at MaIoIOs. Luzon.


Forty ladrones raided the headquarters
of the Philippine constabulary in Malolos,
capital of the province of Bulacan, Island
of Luzon. They captured twenty rifles
and escaped after killing three men and
losing one of their own number. The
exploit was one of the boldest the ladrones
have made since American occupation.
Malolos is only about twenty miles from
Manila, and the raid caused considerable
surprise among the Americans there. En-
tering the city early the brigands were
not discovered until they reached the con-
stabulary headquarters in a building in
the center of the town and fronting on
the residence of Gov. Sandco. A sentry
challenged them and was promptly killed,
following which the ladrones rushed up
the stairs of the building. In addition to
the offices of the cOnstabulary there is an
arsenal in the building, where rifles and
ammunition are stored. A few of the con-
stabulary defended the quarters but they
were outnumbered in the fighting. Two of
the defenders were killed and the brigands
then proceeded to raid the arsenal. They
had secured about twenty rifles when the
noise caused by the fight frightened them
away. They fed. leaving one of their
number dead in the building.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
E BY FIRE, NOT EXPLOSION.
Victims of Kearsarge Disaster Per-
ish In Flames and Smoke.

Victims of Kearsarge Disaster Per-
ish In Flames and Smoke.
The disaster on the Kearsarge, By
which several men lost their lives, was not
caused by an explosion, as first reported.
Three sections of the charge, it is now
understood, had been withdrawn by metal
hooks and placed on the turret floor, when
the man handling the hooks accidentally
short-circuited the switch to the electric
ammunition hoist behind him, causing an
arc which fused the metal of the switch
and the molten particles dropped into the
powder on the floor. Seeing the danger,
this man jumped headlong down through
the turret and was but slightly injured.
Lieutenants Hudgings and Graeme and
eleven seamen were seriously burned. No
explosion took place and no sound was
heard by the officers on the bridge, but
smoke and flames burst from the turret.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
SOUTH WANTS IMMIGRANTS.
Efforts TO Be Made to Divert the In
flow from New York to Galveston.

Efforts TO Be Made to Divert the In
flow from New York To Galveston.
Commissioner General Sargent of the
Bureau of Immigration viii go to Gal
weston. Texas, within the next few weeks
TO endeavor to facilitate the landing of
immigrants at that Southern port. \
permanent inspection office will be es-
tablished and every effort put forth to
divert from New V !. to Galveston the
heavy tide of immigration now reaching
the metropolis. The people of the South
are clamoring for immigrants and bust
ness organizations are petitioning the bu-
reau TO aid in securing them.
Galveston is held to be the natural
port for all the Southern. Central and
Western States. This section is the
most sparsely settled Of any in the coun-
try. and is agriculturally and industrially
undeveloped. Commissioner Sargent
states that he believes the immiS,znt
would be surrounded with more favor
able circumstances when landed in Gal
weston than in New York In New York.
no matter where he is from, he will find
some little section of the great city
where his people congregate and his own
language is spoken. Afraid of the big
city and homesick, he will naturally go
among his own people and stay there. He
will continue to speak his own language
and remain a foreigner.
Were this same foreigner placed in the
broad and productive areas of the South
and West he would be thrown out among
an almost purely American population,
would find plenty of wholesome labor in
the open, an opportunity to make a home
for himself, and the positive necessity of
learning the English language. He would
be forced to abandon old ties and would
Immediately be absorbed into the citizen
ship of the land of his adoption
1t is held that the Southern country
would be greatly benefited because of the
fact that trade follows immigration, and
the needs of the people coming from
abroad would be supplied at the port
through which they came.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
VOLCANO WAKENS Up.
EARTHQUAKE CAUSES MT. CAP
1LIN 10 BECOME ACTIVE.

Smoke and Feat Emitted from Gre
vases Ia sfdeS-Novice in Con-
vent WieIds Knife Among Com
panfon~ win Serious Effect.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26

In the Senate Saturday Mr.. Perkins
of California made acknowledgment of the
cablegram from the Vice President of the
Brazilian Senate, expressing the sympa-
thy of that body for the sufferers in Cal
ifornia. He also acknowledged the debt
of gratitude due the government of the
United States, the people of the different
States and cities and the railroads for the
generous aid granted. On his motion the
Vice President was instructed to express
the Senate's appreciation. The remand
er of the day was devoted to eulogies on
the life of the late Senator Orville III.
Plat of Connecticut. In the House Joint
resolution making an additional appropri-
alton of $1,OOO000 for the relief of the
California sufferers was adopted The
District of Columbia appropriation bill
was passed. as was another measure pro-
viding for the transportation of dutiable
merchandise without appraisement. The
message of the President citing the neces-
sity for an additional appropriation for
the California quake victims MS laid
before the House.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Business conditions gen.
CHICAGO.


rounded activity. the only
drawback being the inability to reach
4 solution of the coal mining troubles.
With ideal weather there has been fur
Their extension of activity, particularly
Widespread assumptions of farm work
and lake navigation. Retail trade makes
an exceptionally good showing in the
sales of Easter wares, millinery and
fashionable apparel having been liber
ally bought.
Wholesale dealings in staple lines re
main satisfactory for this period and
heavy shipments are yet made to the
interior of country store and agricu-
tural needs. Manufacturing branches
are under The pressure of increasing
demands adding to the assured activity
OF future months, this being Il conspic-
uous feature of the iron and steel lines,
While more effort is made toward larger
output OF the FORCES, fOundrieS. car and
machine shops New building work has
become much extended, ana this togeth-
err with heavy construction about to be
started furnishes employment TOR larger
forces of labor and involves the con-
sumption of materials in enormous
quantities.
Mercantile collections throughout the
western territory remain reasonably
prompt and the final distribution of
general merchandise makes Seasonable
hp11waV Raw material noorl.ntS 20
fleet easier supplies, but the demand IS
strongly sustained.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 20, against % last week
and p a. year ago.-Dun's Review of
Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Short News Notes.

In his ArbOr Day proclamation. Gov
johnson of Minnesota pleads for the pras
ervation of the State flower, the mecca
sin.
The De Forest wireless telegraph sys-
tenn succeeded in sending 5T2 words out of
900 from Coney Island to Ireland, a dis
lance of 1920 miles.
!, the great Methodist missionary conven-
ton at Huron, $. D., closed with ad-
dresses by Bishop Hartzell, Bishop Vim
cen5 and many other prominent workers
in mission fields.
Two daughters Of Alex NJ. Henry. a
ranckman, were killed by a jealous Next
can named Ramon, near Co1chee, Texas.
Ramon escaped.
Attorney General Hadley of Missouri
is said to be planning a campaign against
railroad companies operating parallel lines
when his Standard Oil case is finished.
John Stead. colored laborer. was kill
cd and two other negroes were injured NJ
shc collapse of bathhouse on the beach
front in Atlantic City, y. j.
r. d. Overton, aged % was shot and
killed at the Beaumont, Texas. rice mill
bv A. Mold, night Waterman. aged 10
Mod alleges that Overton had grossly
insulted him and attempted to shoot him.
Andrew Carnegie visited Joel Chandler
Harris at Atlanta, Ga, and showed his
liking for the author of .'Rr'er RabbitD
by hugging him when they met
The grand jury at Charleston, w. Va.
refused to return indictments against
Mine Superintendent Miner and Mine
Ross Townsend, whom the coroner's iury
held guilty of manslaughter in the Detroit
mine disaster.
4 bulletin issued by the census bureau
irving the statistics for the manufacture
irg industries of Kentucky for the calen-
dar year 1904 shows the number Of estab-
iishments az 3.737 /; capital, SAT $50, AIS;
wages paid, S24.43S6Si value of pro-
ducts. S15e.F53. 96S.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26

The Kansas Supreme Court has held
that the live stock exchange of Kansas
City is trust, and that all mortgages
mode through members of the exchange
are invalid. The decision affects millions
of dollars worth of cattle paper. The
fact that in all of the mortgages COM
mission of at least 30 cents head is re-
quired was thought sufficient to prove the
existence of a trust. President Robinson
of the exchange says that the exchange
is no more a trust than are the labor
unions, as the former charge a certain
price for their labor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Trust Idea I'm Charity.

The movement toward the nationalist
ton of charity and philanthropy on unsec-
tartan lines is illustrated again in the
merging of the prominent New York He
brew journal, Jewish Charity, with Char
tiles and the Commons. In making this
announcement, L. Il. Frankel, the retir-
ing editor of Jewish Charity, says that
charity workers are learning that there
is not much difference between the Slav
and the Puritan, the Mohammedan and
the orthodox Greek. He says that the
purpose is to combine the trust idea of
economy in connection with the idea of
preventing overlapping and duplication of
che rifles
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26

n. o. Nelson. the wealthy St. Louis
manufacturer, who has Instituted profit
sharing with employees and customers
writing of Business Pure and Tainted
in the Independent. says that our iudg-
ment is blurred by the various current ex-
posures of rascality which purport to be
exceptional, and that we overlook the
patent fact that all endowment income
is drawn from the slavish labor of I'M
derpaid men and women, who are taxed
without their consent, or from the mo-
nopoly of land or franchises" Thos f.
Ryan, in a brief comment on Nelson's
article, frankly sidesteps the whole ques-
ton of social reform by saying that the
subject of eliminating competitive effort
10 acquire money is too large for him !;
nevertheless, even Mr.. Ryan thinks it
right that Competition between men
should be brought between constantly
narrower and narrower rules of justice"
He thinks this is the direction in which
humanity is tending.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Trade displays more ami
|! New York.

Ill.,. -
NUN lUlk nation, weather condi-
tons, retail business and
to some extent collections improving
i'll unison. Easter season influences
have been stimulus even where low
temperatures, heavy rains or bad roads
have occurred and few complaints as
TO retail trade are noted. These latter,
by the way, are most in the East. Gen
orally speaking, the weather west and
south has been good and some lost
ground has been regaiued in planting,
though the crop planting season is still
fully ten days late. The spring job
bling trade is nearly over, but some re-
orders are noted and there is free buy
ing of fall goods. Business failures in
the United States for the week ending
April II number 161, against 151 last
week, 1876 in the like week of 1905. 1913
in 1904, 100 in 1903 ana 1913 in 1902
In Canada failures for the week num-
Der fifteen, as against seventeen last
week and twenty-one in this week
year -Bradstreet's Commercial Re
port.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NOVICE, INSANE, STARS FIVE.
Inmate of Convent at ManitowOc,
Wiz. MieIds KNIFE in FURY.
NATIONAL LEA.

Inmate OF convent AT haHh5o"Oc,
Wis. WieIds Knife in Fury.
Fila Mccarthy, Il novice at St. Fran
els convent, Manitowoc. Wis. became in
sane. and before she could be secured had
severely wounded five novices with n
butcher knife Miss Mccarthy is 81 years
Did and came from Quincy. III. One day
it was suggested to her that she would
better give up her aspirations for a con
vent life, as she was not fitted for it.
The next day she suddenly appeared with
the knife and cried that she had served
God for twenty years and now would
serve another master, following this with
an attack on the other novices in the
ROOM Those whom she wounded are ex,
pected to recover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Russia Saved by Loan.

The successful negotiation of a foreign
loan of S4400OO,000. ruinous as are the
rates which Russia is obliged to pay for
the money, extricates the government
from much of it's embarrassment and en-
abes it to clear the decks of the accumu-
lation of debts and furnish the cash nee
essary TO keep the treasury above water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Trouble Continues Mt Springfield, Mo.

The race war at Springfield, Mo-, has
been renewed, the city being thrown into
a frenzy of excitement by the killing of a
negro who attempted to hold up a white
youth and his girl companion. Warrants
have been issued for the arrest of 100
members of the lynch mob, who will be
charged with murder. Gov. Folk says
those convicted should be hanged.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26

In the Senate Tuesday Mr.. Tillman
called up his resolution directing the Sen
ate committee on finance to enter upon
an investigation of the question of cam
palgn contributions by the national banks
Mr.. Tillman said he wished the inquiry
to extend to the Democratic as well as
the Republican campaign committees. and
engaged in sharp controversy with Mr..
Hopkins concerning the Walsh banks in
Chicago. Mr.. Foster spoke for almost
three hours in support of the House rail-
road rate bill. The House bill providing
for the coinage of minor coins w&s pass
ed. The House cleared the decks Ly pass
ing under suspension of the rules 4 mum
Der of bills of general interest Among
them, were the following: Establishing a
national quarantine against epidemics :;
regulating appeals in criminal cases by
permitting the government to have de-
cision reviewed When a demurrer to an
indictment has been sustained: creating a
bureau of the reclamation service in the
Interior Department; providing for the
entry of agricultural lands within forest
reserves. In addition 5I2 private pension
bills were passed. The measure extending
the national irrigation act to the State
of Texas was taken up as unfinished bust
ness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
UEEz lsLAsla1ERS
SsslSS ,3szlE 9sl>-M
=
cog, -g9QG~


Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 1913; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to SGT; sheep, fair to choice, $500 to
$3.50; wheat No. >, $50 to SOC: corn,
No. ,, 47c to 49c; oats. standard SOC to
32c rye, No. ,. 63c TO 6Jc: hay, timo-
thy, $50 to $3.50; prairie, $500 to
S11.00; butter, choice creamery, 1Sc to
zoe: eggs, fresh, 1Jc to 1Sc; potatoes,
5Jc to 63c.
indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.O1
to $5.7j; hogs, choice heavy. S4.00 to
SG.15; sheep, common to prime. $3.50 to
$500; wheat, No. >, 81 to SSc; corn,
No. , white, 47c to 49c: oats, No. 2
white, Bic to 33c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 10 5000;
hogs, $500 to S6.7j; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. >, SIC to 95c; corn,
No. =, 43c to 45c; oats, No. >, zoe to
32c; rye, No. 2, 63c TO 64c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, S4.O0 to 1925;
hogs. S4.00 to 500; sheep, $500 to
$50; wheat. No. >, 90c TO Ole: corn,
No mixed. 4Sc to zoe: oats. No. 2
mixed, SAC to 3Jc rye. No. ,. 66c to Csc.
Detroit-Cattle. 500 to $500: hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep $50 TO $500;
wheat, No. ,, SIC to Sc corn, No. 3
yellow, SOC to sic; oats. No. 3 white,
:}3c to 3Jc; rye. No. ,, Gle to GJc.
Mlwaukee-W No. northern,
1Sc to SIC; corn. No. ,. 45c to 47c;
oats, standard. Gle to 3:c: rye, No l,
G3c to 6Jc barley. standard. 53c to dc;
pork mess, S1G.30.
Toledo-Wheat. No. , mixed. S3c to
Sjc; corn. No. mixed, 44c to 46c;
oats. No. mixed, Bic to 33c; rye. No.
., &c to &c; clover seed. prime, $6.2J.
BuffalO-Cattle choice shipping steers,
800 to $3.50: hogs, fair TO choice, $500
to $500; sheep, common to good mixed,
500 to 5000; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $7.20.
New York-CattIe. $500 TO $3.50:
hogs. $500 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to
$500; wheat, No , red, SSc to Doc;
corn, No. 2, SIC TO J4c; oats. natural
white, &c to CSC: butter, creamery. 2Oc
to pic: eggs, western, 1Jc to 1Sc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Negro Kills White Woman.

In Huntingdon, w. Va, Mrs. Martha
]. Bass, white woman, was shot and
killed by Charles Morrow. a negro hotel
porter. Morrow attempted to escape and
was followed by a mob of several hundred
angry men. The police, however, captured
him and took him off to the county Jail
in fear of mob violence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Death In Mine Explosion.

Seven men were injured, two fatally,
by an explosion of powder in the Hazel
coal mine of the Pittsburg Buffalo Com
pany in Cannonsburg. Pa. On their trip
into the mine one of the men carried a
quantity of blasting powder wrapped in
a paper. The fame of his lamp came in
contact with the powder and an explo-
sion resulted. The injured were all for
eigners
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Names Son aS Church Leader.

Joseph Smith. president Of the Reorgan-
lied Church of Latter Day Saints. re-
warded his followers at Independence,
Mo-, for their fasting and prayer by Civ
ing TO the conference of the church a reve-
Iation which appoints his son, Frederick
NJ Smith to be his successor in the event
of his death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
81. Louis Fire Panic Fatal.

In fight TO escape from a burning res
taurant in st. Louis Erin Thomas. A.
years old. was killed and Mack Demum-
brin, William Durby, Al Jones and David
Preston, all colored, were seriously burn
I'd. The fire was caused by an explosion
of gasoline. The fremen rescued the inn
prisoned inmates by cutting hole through
the back wall
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Servian Ministry ouits

King Peter has accepted the resigna-
ton of the Servian cabinet, but has re-
quested the ministers to retain Office until
a new ministry can be formed. The rea-
son for the resignation of the cabinet is
the refusal of the king to sanction the
retirement of regicide army officers until
a commercial treaty with Austria is con-
cluded
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
vitrioI Thrower Reapnear.

The vitriol thrower who operated in
Baltimore last November has reappeared
and added two more victims TO his list.
They are Hattie Blumenthal. Is years
old, burned on the left leg. and Bessie
Berman, Il years old, dress, coat and
shoes burned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Railway Gang in Fierce Battle.

Nine men have been killed in riot in
the southern part of Phillips county, Ark
The scene of the trouble is along the line
of the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana
railroad, near a small station called Cur
ley. A number of Greeks, Roumanians,
Poles and Slavs got drunk and engaged in
furious and deadly fights.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26

A daring diamond robbery was commit.
ted in the Chronicle building San Fran
cisco. Two thieves entered the store of
]. Q. Hatch. struck the clerk blow over
the head with the butt of a revolver. and
rendered him unconscious. A tray of dia-
monds valued at several thousand dollars
was taken from the showcase
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Insane Army officer "A Suicide

Capt Martin of the light artillery. en-
route home on board the transport Sher-
man, under guard as insane, jumped over
board during a storm three days after the
steamer left Nagasaki. His body was not,
recovered. Capt. Martin went to the
Philippines about three months ago
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26

Councilman Patrick Finn of Potts.
town, Pa. known as the Orator of the
Educational Seventh Ward,'' is for sec
ond time the father of twins The Firms
now have seven children, the eldest q
years of age. The father and provider of
the family is a one-armed man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Cash Ruyerx, Union InsoIrent,

The Cash Buyers Union First National
Cooperative Society was adjudged insoi-
vent by Judge Bethea in Chicago. after
conference with the lawyers in the case.
The property will be sold. After the court
proceedings it was stated by s. c. Levin
son, the attorney for the company that it
would be recognized and 100000 in
vested in IT,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Roosevelt Jr., Operated Upon

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. was operated
upon for q serious affection of the eye.
He has long suffered with his eyes, and
after a thorough examination DIR. Will
mer, Washington oculist, said an opera
ton must be performed. 1t is given out
that he is improving steadily
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26

In the Senate Friday Mr.. La Toilette
continued, but did not conclude his speech
on the rate bill The appropriation for
the San Francisco sufferers was made
available for the purchase of medical sup
plies and steps were taken toward replac-
ing the public buildings by calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury to prepare an
estimate of the cost of new structures. A
serious alteration between Gen. Gros-
venor of Ohio and Frank Clark of Florida
was narrowly averted in the House
through the diplomacy of Mr.. Williams,
who had their language stricken from the
record Before the trouble had been
smoothed over, however, Mr.. Clark made
a threat Of personal violence against Mr..
GrosvenOr. Sixty-fve pages of the Dis
trict of Columbis appropriation bill were
considered, and the national quarantine
bill was sent to conference.