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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
ANARCHIST BAND BROKEN UP.
Leaders of Gang Which Plotted
Assassination Are Arrested.

Leaders of Gang Which Plotted
Assassination Are Arrested.
Not since the hanging of the Molly
Maguires in Central Pennsylvania has
a more dangerous gang been broken up
than that which has terrorized resi-
dents of Washington County, PennSyl-
vania, for some time. Two ringleaders
are now under arrest, warrants are out
for three more and warrants will be
sworn out against thirty three others
by District Attorney Owen Underwood.
Revelations following the raid on
anarchistic headquarters at Baird, Pa,
are Of Il character to shock the Ameri
murders were planned by the anarch-
istic group at Baird and at Paterson,
n. J. In two cases the men marked
for assassination have been assassina-
ted. In other cases the plans to kill
the Governors of Pennsylvania and
Ohio and other public men had been
completed when the police authorities
took action.
The anarchists in this case are Ital
ians, but they plot against men Of their
own nationality as well as against ma
tive Americans. They strike at the
Republican Governor of Pennsylvania
and at the same time lay plans to as
sassinate the newly elected Democatic
Governor of Ohio.
In some cases they demand money :;
in others they plan assassination with
out reference to the character or poll
tics of the public officials to be assassi-
mated. Operating on one line they in
timidate or rob men of means, and op-
Grating on another line they seek to
terrorize Il nation of S0,000,000 people
by assassination of State and National
officers.
In other words, Il few hundred men
driven from the country of their birth
or coming to the United States to ell
joy greater freedom or to secure more
lucrative employment assume the right
to rob and the power to rule, through
intimidation and murder, the people
of the country that gives them shelter
and employment. The declared pur-
pose of the Baird and Paterson anarch-
lists is to abolish republican form of
government and exterminate public of
fcials from President down.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
PASTOR A SWINDLER.
CONVICTED OF LAND FRAUD
AGAINST GOVERNMENT

Rector of Church in Lead, ;. d.,
Found Guilty of ConspirinS He
gaIIy to Obtain 10000 Acres of
Nebraska Land.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
DE5 lslA[;2EERS
.,:sS.:S9sIfS2 sXs 1IHS&@- N0 .
SH. -gGCr

Chicago-Cattle, common TO prime,
$500 to $6.25; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $5.52; sheep, fair to choice, $500 to
$3.50; wheat No. 2, Soc to SIC; corn,
No. 2, Ale to 42c; oats, standard, 29c to
30c: rye, No. 2, &c to 67c; hay, timo-
thy, $3.50 to $500; prairie, 5000 to
S11.50; butter, choice creamery, DC to
25c: eggs, fresh, l.. to 19c; potatoes,
53c to 60c.
Indanapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to S5.75 hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
1851; sheep, common TO prime, $3.50 to
$500; wheat No. 2, SSc to SOC; corn,
No. 2 white, 43c to 44c; oats, No.
white, Bic to &c.
St. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $500;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
1925; wheat, No. ,, Ole to 93c; corn.
No. 2, 4Oc to 41c; oats, No. 2, 30c tc
Bic; rye, No. 2, &c to CSC.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $4S5;
hogs, $500 to 1912; sheep, $500 to
1925; wheat, No. 2, Ole to 92c; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 44c to 4jc: oats, No.
mixed, 32c to 33c; rye, No. 2, CSC to
roc.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, SIC to
SIC; corn, No. 2 mixed, 44c to 45c;
oats, No. = mixed, BIC to 33c; rye. No.
z, &C to &c; clover seed, prime, $500.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to 1913; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to S7.S5.
New York-Catfle, $500 to $5.55;
hogs, $500 to 5000; sheep. $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. red, SIC to 90c
corn, No. =, soc to sic; oats, natural,
white, 36c to BIC; butter, creamery, pic
to &c; eggs, western, 18c to 2Oc.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to S4.75; hogs,
S4.OO to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to 1925;
wheat No. =, Sc to Sc corn, No. 3
yellow, 44c to 4Gc; oats, No. 3 white,
32c to 33c: rye. No. ., &c to CSC.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. northern.
see to SIC; corn, 10. 3, 4Oc to 41c;
cats, standard, 30c to 32c; rye. No. /.
&c to Csc; barley, No. 2, 53c to J4c;
pork. mess, $3.50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
BATTLE ON STATEHOOD BILL.
House Passes Measure by Vote OF
1914 to $50.


1914 to $50.
BY a vote of 1914 to 15C the State
hood bill passed the House, and the
fight was at once transferred to the
Senate. The end of the instruction
against President Roosevelt, Speaker
Cannon and the House organization
was peaceful. The vote upon the
passage of the bill was perfunctory,
there being no excitement whatever.
The galleries were crowded, but the
attendance upon the floor was not as
large as the preceding day, when the
opposition attempted to prevent the
adoption of the rule for the considera
ton of the bill.
Philippine tariff reform, Statehood
for the remaining Territories of the
mainland and railroad rate legislation
the three subjects Of greatest con-
Germ at the beginning of the Fifty
ninth Congress-have now been put up
to the uncertain Senate.
The Statehood bill, which in its
present form proposes to erect Okla
hOma and Indian Territory Tito one
State and Arizona and New Mexico
into another, has been thrashed over
in all its aspects for several years.
The desirability of admitting the two
first-named Territories to joint State
hood is nowhere questioned. Oklahoma
has advanced rapidly and promises to
bocopoa n yvaoItbv influential and prO-
gressive State. Whatever may be said
against the joint admission of Arizona
and New Mexico, many think that they
should come in together, if at all.
Neither is sufficiently developed to
merit Statehood alone, and the idea of
giving such sparsely settled common
wealths a senatorial representation OF
four in Congress is declared to be sre-
DOSterOuS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
WRECK OF THE VALENCIA.
Disaster Adds Another Tragedy to
the Annals of the Sea.

the Annals OF the Sea.
The wreck of the steamer Valencia
off the west coast of Vancouver island
adds to the annals of the sea a tragedy
that will long be remembered. All
but fifteen of the 80 persons on board
were drowned. The loss of life was
not so great as that in a number of
wrecks of similar character, but the
peculiarly dramatic and cruel circum-
stances of the disaster heighten its
horrors. AS in the case of many i'll
fated vessels wrecked in that vicinity,
the Valencia, steering by dead reckon
ing in a fog, got off its course and
struck a reef. Threatened with sink
ing, the captain chose to huri his ship
against the coast, which at this point
is precipitous wall of rock.
From an early hour Tuesday morn
ing until sometime Wednesday the
men and women huddled on the deck
of the Valencia confronted the pros
pect of almost certain death with dry
land and safely lying apparently al
most within a stones throw. The
heavy sea which kept pounding the
vessel against the rocks prevented the
use of lifeboats, those lowered being
beaten to pieces against the side of
the ship. Two sailors managed to
gain the shore and climbed up the
cliff for some distance, only to reach
a point wrere they could neither pro-
coed nor retreat As they were below
high-water mark, this added horror,
enacted before the eyes of the passen-
gers, showed the hopelessneSs of es-
cape in that direction. Even the YES
sells which were sent to make a be-
lated attempt at rescue succeeded only
in raising false hopes.
Various reasons are advanced for
the fact that the Valencia was out of
its course. The fog, the difficulties of
navigating the channel leading into
Juan de Fuca strait, and the powerful
ocean currents doubtless combined to
deceive the navigatOrS and bring the
ship into danger. 1t remains to be
seen whether measure of RESPONSE
bility does not also rest upon the Can
adam government for its failure to
maintain lights and bell buoys and
other protective devices on a treacher-
Gus shore which has caused the de-
Struction of fifty-SiX vessels and the
loss of III lives within forty years.
At least the absence of coast guards
and lines of communication seems to
have been responsible for the long in
terval that elapsed before news of the
vessels predicament reached the near
est port and an attempt at rescue was
made possible.
The deadly ''west coast" of Van
couver island is one of the worlds
most famous marine graveyards. In
forty years fifty-six vessels and I'll
lives have been lost, all within a few
miles of the scene of the wreck of the
Valencia. In addition to the Valencia
the King David and Pass of Melford
have been wrecked in the past month
With the King David seven lives were
lost, while twenty-six persisted on the
Pass of Milford. In the last forty
years the following wrecks, in which
more than ten lives were lost. have
occurred on the same coast:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
!. New York.

~ ,r MILO weather cOnlln-
NPW lOlk. ues a source of complaint
by affecting retail trade,
collections and some recorder business
from wholesalers, but compensationS
are found in continued activity
in outdoor inquiry, practically I'M
checked building operations, better
than ordinary midwinter trans
portatiOn conditions and uninter-
rupted progress in all manufacturing
lines, particularly iron and steel.
Spring trade prospects continue as ia
vorable as heretofore, there is cOnsid-
cradle looking around, shipments on
earlier orders are heavy and the feel
ing favors an earlier than ordinary
opening of wholesale operations in dry
goods, millinery, shoes and kindred
lines Building materials were ap
parently never so active before at this
stage of the season.
Bank clearings again break all rec
ords for the week. Money is easier at
nearly all markets. Summed up,
there is undiminished confidence in
an immense if not, indeed, record bust
ness for six months at least.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ended Jan 18
number 274, against 2S6 last week,
304 in the like week of 1905, 266 in
1904, 253 in 1903, and 292 in 1902. In
Canada failures for the week number
ttairty-six, as against forty-six last
week and thirty-seven in this week a
year ago.-Bradstreet' Commercial
Report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Brief News Items.

The second national conference for
the reform of primary and election laws
will be held in New York March ) to I.
Many civic bodies and public officials
will be represented.
A reward OF $1,000 is offered for the
arrest of Jacob r. Weaver He is ac-
cused of securing a $500 loan from
Dr. George E. Washer of Laporte. Ind.
by forged deed to a farm.
The d. J. Hennessy Mercantile Com
pany of Butte, Mont, whose store was
robbed of $1,000 by two robbers. has
authorized an offer of reward of So
600 for the capture of the bandits.
Financial embarrassment, said to have
resulted from the failure of the John r.
Walsh banks of Chicago, caused @. Cen
edella, a contractor Of Milford. Mass,
to make an assignment. Cenedella had
large contracts in connection with the
construction of Indiana railroads.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

conflict. He lived to again wear the
blue and fight for the stars and stripes
in the war with Spain. He was born
at Augusta, Ga, in 1886 and graduated
from West Point in 1859. When the
Civil War broke out he resigned his
commission in the army to fight for the
South. He entered as lieutenant and
in two years was major-general.
At the close of the war Gen. Wheeler
practiced law in Alabama and served
eight terms in Congress, until he re-
signed to accept a commission in the
army for the Spanish war. At the
close of that war he was made a briga-
dier-general in the regular army, re-
firing in 1900 upon reaching tie, age
limit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

The Republican insurrection went to
smash when the House in Washington,
by a vote of 1877 to 157, adopted rule
which insures the passage of the joint
statehood bill. Action also has been
taken which indicates the end of all OPP
position in the lower body to the rate
regulation measure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Confederate Commander Dies,

won fame as a dashing Confederate cav
airy leader during the war of the re-
bellion, but fought on the side of the
Union in the clash with Spain, died of
pneumonia at the home of his sister in
BROOKLYN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
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HE.: ssEsl.lNs'ss sS
'zENKNCLAL

The commercial posi-
| UlllbdUU. ton maintains exception
------- al strength More sea.
sonable weather brought a good de-
mand rwinterapparel and HOUSEHOLDS
needs and retail trade generally eXpe.
rienced a sharp reduction of stocks
which hitherto moved slowly owing to
comparatively mild temperature. Con-
struction work is impeded but slight
~, nor has there been interruption to
unprecedented consumption of all
kinds of building material. Manufac-
turing moves forward very steadily,
with the outlook for the year most en-
couraging.
Rail capacity is now engaged ahead
for fifteen months. while new commit
nlents draw more extensively on struc-
tural shapes, plates and rolling stock.
Pig iron exhibits a firmer tone in quo
tations, bookings being equally plenti
full for both current wants and for
ward delivery, indicating that melt
ers are well provided with work.
Factory operations disclose more ac-
tivity in implements, heavy hardware
and electric output, and there is fair
request for heavy machinery, automo-
biles and vehicles. In the leather
working lines most activity appears in
shoe and betting factories, but orders
increase for saddlery, trunks and spe-
cialties.
Distributive branches of general
merchandise report satisfactory con-
ditions. Mail orders for spring deliv-
cry come forward in good volume for
the principal staples. Interior mer-
chants are buying confidently, many
requiring early shipments, and house
sales are stimulated by increasing
numbers Of visiting buyers. Move
ments of commodities, as reflected by
railroad returns, show no diminution.
Bank clearings, 5000, 926,507 exceed
those of corresponding week in 1905
by 12.4 per cent. Deposits are recov-
ering, money is easier in tone, and
on more bidding for commercial pa
per the discount rate ruled at 81 per
cent.
Failures reported in Chicago district
number twenty-five, against thirty
two last week and thirty-one a year
ago.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Big Gain in Building.

According to the statistics gathered by
the Construction News, the building op-
erations for which permits were issued in
twenty-six of the largest cities in the
United States in 1905 show a gain over
the previous year of 40 per cent, or S152,-
615,2 S2. The showing made by St. Louis
is particularly worthy of notice, because it
is unusual for a city in which an inter
national exposition has been held to have
such gains in building in the year FOLLOW
ing the close of the fair
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
CnutnIoupe King Is KILLED

merchant Of pittsburg was killed by a
runaway horse which he had tried to ride.
The horse had but lately been purchased
from Vice President Fairbanks. About
ten years ago Ar. Coggins cornered the
Rocky Ford melon market. He put $425,-
600 into the deal and cleared about ST.
600 600
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Another Graft Case Tragedy

The second suicide since the investiga-
tion of alleged graft in the St. Louis po-
lice department began came the other day,
when Patrolman John A. Scollard shot
himself The deed was committed fifteen
minutes before Scotland was to have ap-
peared before the police board to aas.;er
to charges of immortality. He declared
that he was innocent of any wrongdoing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Kills Dentist for AZ Cents.

In quarrel over a bill of 45 cents
claimed to be due him, Henry f. Falkin-
son, a plasterer, shot DR.. Drake, a dent
list of Ashley, n. D. Drake died in ten
minutes. Falkinson walked out of the
Office where the crime was committed and
has not been seen since. DR.. Drake was
married and had one child.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
SIX WOMEN DIE IN FIRE.

All Bodies Recovered Were on Top
Floor Of Lowell, Mass, Hotel.
At least six persons lost their lives in
n fire which partly destroyed the Richard
nrdson hotel. one of the leading public
houses in Lowell, Mass. The fire started
few minutes before ? o'clock and the
flames rapidly communicated to various
parts of the structure. A large number
of guests were in the hotel and those who
were in the upper part of the building
had little chance TO escape by the stair
ways. Ting firemen found the dead bodies
of six women in the top floor of the hotel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
BANDITS TERRORIZE CITY.

Two Men Are Shot Down and An
other Terribly Beaten Up.
Five armed men terrorized the village
Of East Youngstown, Ohio, early the
other morning, shooting two men and ter
ribly beating a third. The robbers made
a raid on a saloon operated by Michael
and Alexander Dyokivic, brothers, and,
with revolvers drawn, ordered them to
give up their money. They showed re-
sistance and each robber shot at them,
all five bullets taking effect. The rob-
bers then escaped, taking $500 with them.
The two victims may die Jacob D. Eidel
man, a butcher, was beaten into insensi-
bility on the doorstep at his shop and
robbed Of about 5000 by the same men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Passengers on steamer Face Death.

Battered by high waves, the steamer
Valencia, with 100 persons remaining on
on board, was fast on the rocks at the
base of a cliff on Vancouver Island,
while the few persons who reached the
shore told of a panic and many deaths
attending the launching of the lifeboats
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
LOSE LIVES IN sNOwSLtDE.
Five Miners Are Killed and Rail-
roads i'm Colorado Blocked.


Five Italian miners employed at the
Sunnyside mine lost their lives in an
immense snowslide at Silyerton, Colo.
The mine blacksmith shop and several
tram cars were swept away. No trains
from Durango and Denver had arrived
there for five days, slides and immense
drifts of snow having blocked the tracks.
There are eleven slides between Silver
ton and Elk Park. An immense one
went into the Animas river, forming a
dam of snow and ice which caused the
stream to back up and overflow the Rio
Grande tracks to a depth of four feet
1t will be several days before traffic can
be resumed between Silvertone and Du-
range. The Iowa mill in Arastra Gulch
has been crushed by snowslides which
came down Little Giant mountain. The
storm has been one of the worst ever
known in that section.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

Chicago. ton maintains Ial exception ton
nj strength. More sea.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
TRADING STAMPS IN CHURCH.
Pupils Lured to Sunday School by
Modern Mercantile Plan.

Trading stamps have invaded the
churches, and the st. Louis pastor who
has introduced them thinks their value
will soon be noted by other ministers.
Rev. Luther e. Todd of the First Nj. E.
church is the originator of the idea, and
his first experience has been so successful
that the plan will be extended to the en-
tire congregation. A regular book has
been issued to each child attending Sun
day school. A 2-cent stamp is given for
attendance, one blue 5-cent stamp is the
reward for each new scholar brought to
the school, and in addition to these
1-cent stamp is given for every penny
given as an offering on Sunday. When
the stamps in the book amount to 81 or
more they are turned in to the premium
committee, and the scholar is permitted
to select from a long list of prizes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
..Fitz" Buys a Jersey Farm.

Bob Fitzsimmons and his wife have
bought a farm at West Dunellen. n. j.,
and paid cash for it. The farm was for
merly the truly rural home of United
States Senator Dryden of New Jersey.
who spent more than 100000 in improve.
inc il
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Now the Drug Store Trust.

The United Chemists Company has
been incorporated in New Jersey, with
capital of $10,0O0,000, to do in the re-
tail drug trade what the United Cigar
Stores Company has done in the tobacco
line. Western capital is said to be be-
hind the enterprise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
steamer Lost and Crew Saved.

The loss of the steamer Trojan of the
Boston and Philadelphia line in collision
with the steamer Nacoochee of the Sa-
vanaah line in Vineyard Sound was re-
ported at Boston by the Nacoochee,
which arrived having on board TIE cap
tain and crew of the Trojan. Tie acct
dent was a result of the fog.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
George Ade for Conpressuap.

Humorist George AIDE is to be doomed
for Congress by his admirers in the
Tenth District of Indiana. AIDES home
is ut Kentland, although he does not
spend much time there, except to run
down from Chicago occasionally to stock
up his farms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Held for Iroquois Deaths.

Will j. Davis, manager, will have to
stand trial on the charge of manslaugh-
ter in connection with the Iroquois the
alter fire in Chicago unless the opinion of
Judge Kavanagh refusing to quash the
indictments against Davis, is set aside
by a higher tribunal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
FACES MOOSE TO SAVE MOTHER.
Ohio Youths SeIf-Sacrificing Devo-
ton Related in Murder Trial.


ton Related in Murder Trial.
The story of a sons loyalty to his
mother, which led him to face death for
the murder of his father although he
knew that she had fired the fatal shot,
was toldi n court in Marietta, Ohio, by
attorneys for the boy. Eddie Uhl is on
trial charged with the murder of his
father, Edgar Uhl, last June. His moth
er, Ida Uhl was indicted with him, as
circumstances indicated that both had
committed the crime. Mrs. Uhl after
ward became insane and died in an asy-
lum few days ago. With the death
of his mother Eddie Uhl evidently con-
sidered that his devotion had been car
ried far enough, and his lawyers declared
in court that they expected to show that
MRS. Uhl alone was guilty and that every
act and utterance of the son up to the
present time had been planned to shield
his mother.