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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
College of Socialism Ready.

Announcement has been made of the
opening, Oct. ], of the new college of
Socialism at New York, endowed by the
late Elizabeth d. Rand, mother of Mrs.
George d. Heron Algernon Lee, who
was the Socialist candidate for Mayor of
New York last year and editor of the
leading Socialist organ, the Worker, is to
be president of the new college. It's home
is a four-story, brown-stone building at
112 East Nineteenth street. The course
is to be divided into three groups-frst in
which the lighter foundation subjects Of
political economy, history and sociology
will be taught by lecture and textbooks
second, the lecture conference course in
which the free discussion of theories and
principles of social reform and ethics will
Be encouraged, and third what might be
called applied Socialism Or lecture courses
on labor unions, child labor, woman suf-
frage, age pensions, immigration and 9TH
err practical subjects. President Lee says
that the object is to furnish scientific
basis for socialistic thought rather than
to run propaganda. There will be moth
ing but evening classes at the beginning
The other officers are Morris Hilduitt,
treasurer, and w. J. Client, secretary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07

Guided to carry it all to his uncle's and
well satisfied with his success he has
tened home
80 Tom," cried Harry, mother has
just got a telegram from Aunt Eliza.
Uncle John is very sick, and she wants
her to come right on
Tom" said his uncle, as he took
him to one side, Il am going with your
aunt, and there are FIVE hundred dol
lars in my chamber that l want you to
take care of. Carrie has gone to DR..
Halls house to stay for a few days,
and there will be only Harry and tie
servant in the house. l drew the mon
ey yesterday for Mr.. Wilson, and you
can give it to him if he gets home.
need not tell you to be very careful
Il will do the very best 1 can, IN
cle," replied Tom; will you lend ME
your revOlver|
Certainly, Tom, If you wish it," re-
piled his uncle smiling; who knows
but you will catch the burglar? Don't
shoot the ghost, though" he called, as
the cuEEldSe uIONe away.
Tom laid his treasure carefully away,
and Just at dark strolled over to the
village store.
"Uncle left me five hundred dollars
to take care Of" he said, carelessly.
you wouldn't have it long to care
for, if the burglar heard of it," laugh
ed the stOrekeeper.
isn't there a weapon in the house?"
asked Fenton, stranger in the place.
Not that l know Of" replied Tom,
touching the revolver in his pocket, as
he spoke.
You'll have a visit before morning,
l dare say"
well, | don't suppose ghosts hurt
people," replied Tom, quietly.
Il never heerd ont" spoke up a tall
man, "if they wasn't touched. 1 amt
afeerd of any creetur of my weight,
but when it comes to ghosts and SIGH
like, l amt ashamed to own I'm willin'
to do without their company"
$50 am l." said Fenton, land though
think l have as much courage as
common men. if I should see a ghost
should run like blazes''
Toms heart beat audibly as he seat
ed himself in the parlor on his return
home. He was playing a dangerous
game, but he was reserved to win.
AS the clock struck twelve he heard
a slight noise, and peeping from the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
A Poser,


"There, my son; that will do for this
time" sternly interrupted the long suf-
fering parent. Il don't know who was
the first man to invent wrestling nor
how many mickles make a muckle nor
how many is many nor how few is few
nor how a sailor smokes his hornpipe
nor why Good Friday never comes on
a Tuesday nor why rabbits can't add.
subtract and divide as we'll as multiply.
nor why an owl should boot and not
howl nor the answer to any one of the
many other foolish questions that your
abnormally developed bump of inquisi-
tiveness incites you to PROFOUND"
Yes, but, father, l don't want to
ask any silly questions. This is a most
important one. Please, do you think
when a stout man is self-contained he
has more room inside of himself TO
contain himself in than a thin man has
or is himself so big that he is lust as
tightly crowded inside of himself as the
thin man is and how much of himself
is it that is self-contained and how
much is ON the outside doing the con-
tanning, and"
Clarence, go to bed this instant :"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
State News in Brief.

While returning from work John Even
son was struck by a passenger train in
Oconomowoc. Two ribs were broken.
Max Thurmanson, aged 80 years, ex-
Alderman and city official and one of
the best known Masons in the Fox River
valley, died in Neenah.
While crossing the Milwaukee tracks in
La Crosse a passenger engine crashed into
street car, owing to the fact that the
engineer did not see the approaching car,
One passenger was slightly hurt and the
car badly damaged.
An investigation is being made to de-
termine the circumstances under which
many Italian boys are being sent to Ke-
nosha to work in the factories.
Word has been received that the muir
derer of Mrs. John Frankie and son Ed
ward, La Crosse people killed near Guy
man, Okla, has been arrested and has
confessed.
The State Sunday school convention in
Eau Claire elected Charles ". Treat, APP
pleton. president: Luther Davies, Osh-
kosh. first vice president, and z. J.
Hughes, Milwaukee, secretary and treas
urer.
Thermometers registered 30 degrees in
Eau Claire The other night and ice form
ed in many places. Reports from farm
erS and market gardeners show large
damage to garden truck.
Ole Jensen, baggage agent at the St.
Paul depot in 0conomowoc. was severely
injured. A train struck the tongue of a
truck which in turn struck Mr.. Jensen,
breaking several ribs and causing inter-
nal injuries.
The most valuable pearl of the season
was found at the mouth of the Black
river by N. Seivert, known as "the Lone
Fisherman" The pearl was found in a
small clam, weighed 1872 grains and is
worth $500.
John Hanson, a farm hand from Mil
waukee county, was hurt while driving
three miles from Racine. One leg was
broken and he also received internal in
juries from which he cannot recover.
James Wilson and John Ward serving
sentences at the county workhouse in
Fond du Lac. escaped and were not cap
tured until the superintendent lad fired
five shots at them.
Unconscious of its danger, 3-year-old
baby sat down between the rails of the
Northwestern railroad tracks near Col
lege avenue, Appleton, while a passenger
train was not more than 100 yards away.
The train was stopped several feet from
the infant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07

helped to introduce ideas IN this in other matters
the farm residence of to-day shows architec-
tural taste in its design
Barn building has also undergone change. When
timber was plentiful the framework Of barn stable
contained an unnecessary number of posts beams and
braces Rising prices demanded economy in the
of wood and lighter structures the rule, the
plank frame being the extreme development of this idea
In concrete the found serves
many useful purposes. For foundations for walls of
bank barns stable floors and for minor structures,
such as cserns watering roughs and even fence posts
material
In the utilization of water for irrigation purposes and
the Harvesting of water falls for power many prob
lens will be presented to the farmer Though compar
atiyely few situated in parts of the country where
operations carried yet the prospects
that these agencies will play part in the agriculture of
the future.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
THE "SUNSET LIMITED"

Oh, Hush-a-bye Land is a beautiful place
For sleepy small people to go,
And the Rock-a-bye Route is the favorite
one
With certain wee laddie 1 know.
The track lies on sleepers of feathers
and down,
No accidents ever take place;
Though there's only one track, and
there's only one train,
But it runs at a wonderful pace.
There are beautiful things 10 be seen on
this route
If you're good you may take just a
peep;
But strange as it seems, they are seen
best in dreams:
Be sure that you soon go to sleep.
Say goodnight to the Sun, for he's off
to bed, too
He can't hear you, SO just wave your
hand
The Moon and the Stars they will light
up the cars
As you travel to Hush-a-bye Land.
So, quick, jump aboard, it is time to be
You have nothing to pay, you young
elf;
Just think of the luxury, laddic, you'll
have
A whole sleeping car to yourself!
-Booklovers' Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07

window he saw the terror of the vii
lage at the door.
Little thinking the window Tom had
left unfastened was a trap, the unsus-
pecting ghost was soon in the silent
house.
Sparks of fire issued from It's mouth,
a stream of blood flowed from its
breast and Tom shuddered as he crept
noiselessly up the stairs. The burglar
had scarcely entered the chamber
when there was a loud report, and a
voice said authoritatively as he fell to
the floor with a shrek of dismay:
Il have six bullets left, sir ghost If
you make any resistance l shall use
them"
20, you young villain, you said there
ed the man, tearing off his ghostly at
tire
Very true" The only one knew
of was in my own pocket"
"My leg is broken. Help me up"
''You are quite comfortable"
A savage oath broke from the mans
lips, and he coaxed and threatened al
ternately. Finding neither availed, he
raised himself and dashed for the
door. There was flash, a quick re-
port, and the man fell down the stairs
where he lay senseless.
The housekeeper now made her APP
pearance, and after binding him Sc
curely, they watched him until morn
ing.
You have done 1t now said the
burglar, on recovering, Il wasn't hurt
at ali before"
Such a time as there was the next
day. Men, women and children gath
cred about the house A good deal of
laughter was heard when they saw the
red paint they had taken for blood.
When the excitement was at its
height Toms uncle appeared.
well, you have done bravely," he
said. on hearing the story. Il guess
that paper has something to do with
your fine gentleman"
Tom took the paper. A thousand dol
lars reward was offered for a notori-
Gus burglar He had left the city and
the officers were after him.
The joy of the people was complete
when Tom brought out the treasure of
the hollow tree. He received many
gifts beside the reward.
Bellville has never had ghost since.
-Waverley Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Expression "Fired OUT in Classics

Expression s'Fired Out" in Classics.
Is fired out" an Americanism? This
question is put by London paper in
discussing the use of the expression by
the nlen ma correspondent Of the Times
in connection with the dismissal of tic
American ambassador to Austria-IIun-
gary. Anything that seems slangy IS
generally stamped as an Americanisn.
but in this case, as in so many others
of a similar nature, it is shown that
the phrase can be found embedded in
the classics of the English language
Fired out" an Americanism? Well,
in one of Shakspeare's sonnets, as one
of the London papers says, you may
read: ---.--..,-,-.,....-~,
Yet this shall 1 ne'er know, but live II,
doubt,
Till my bad angel fire my good one out.
An American school teacher, and
this is another illustration that comes
to mind-decided that his pupils should
drop the word SAY" because it was in
elegant. The tendency to begin a re-
mark or question with SAY" may
certainly be overdone, but, as a bright
pupil pointed out, If say is vulgar
how shall we regard the use of it in
the first line of ''The Star Spangled
say, can you see?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN wIsCoSIN.
COmmi ssiOner Beck Says Trade Is as
Extensive as Elsewhere.

In concluding his comment on the
liquor traffic in Wisconsin and the United
States, J. D. Beck, State commissioner of
labor and industrial statistics, in part
third of the twelfth biennial report of the
department for 1905-'O6, says 1T is evil
dent that the liquor traffic is about as
deeply rooted and important a business
in Wisconsin as it is elsewhere in the
United States. Out of 11S cities in Wis
consin 113 have licenses, of 204 villages
1873 have licenses, and of the 1909 towns
500 have licenses. Five cities, is villages
and 376 towns voted mo license The
remaining towns and villages have mo Ii
cense' because no application for license
was made. 1t would appear from the re-
port that majority of about II per cent
of the population of the State are against
license"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07

946-EdmuDd l., King of the Anglo
SaxonS, assasSinated.
1315-Edward Bruce invaded Ireland
with 5000 men.
l49S-Geronimo Savanarola burnt at the
stake for exposition the conduct of
Pope Alexander VI.
15533-Cranmer pronounced sentence Of
divorce between. Henry VIII. and
Catherine of Arragon.
15I6-F'irst issue of Liverpool Times,
England's first regular newspaper.
1606-Massacre of false Demetrius and
his adherents at Moscow.
16S1-Messaere of Indians at Fort Mys-
tic by Mason.
1659-Retirement of Richard Cromwell.
1T34-Imperial forces defeated at the
battle of Bitonto.
1743-American Philosophical Society
founded by Benjamin Franklin.
1765 = Patrick Henry's resolutions
against stamp act passed Virginia
Assembly.
1775-Howe, Clinton and Burgoyne,
DAAtASh 5CllCidlS, dALAfCu db A'OotOhs
1TS3-James Otis, American patriot and
statesman, killed by Lightning.
17SS-South Carolina adopted the fed
eral constitution.
1194-Habeas corpus act suspended in
England.
179S-Battle of Tarah and defeat of the
United Irishmen.
1S05-Napoleon crowned King of Italy.
1S10-Crown Prince of Sweden killed by
fall from his horse.
1S1S-First steamboat on Lake Erie
launched.
1S45-Louis Napoleon made his escape
from the fortress of Ham. Que
bees first great fire. Last Arctic
expedition under Sir John Franklin
sailed.
1S4S-Decree forever excluding Louis
Philippe and family from France.
1853 French Legislature restored CAPT
tai punishment.
1S54-French army left Malta to occupy
Athena. !. Riot in Boston over ar
rest of Anthony Burns, a fugitive
slave.
1S64-Ionian Islands coded to Greece.
Surrender of Gen. E. Kirby Smith
and his army.
1S6S-Acquitta of President Johnson by
the y. S. Senate.
1S70-N. P. r. r. Gland grab) bill pass
ed by both houses of Congress.
1S74-National Civil Rights bill passed
by U. S. Senate.
1S75-Erie Railroad Company adjudged
bankrupt.
war proclaimed against Rus
STA by Sheik-ul-Islam.
1SS1-Great Britain paid United States
$4,000 in settlement of Fortune
Bay fishery dispute.
1SS3-Michael Fagin, Phoenix Park muir
derer, hanged in Dublin.
1SSS-Boston Corbett, slayer of J.
Wilkes Booth, escaped from asylum
at Topeka, Kan.
1S91-Commercia congress in session at
Denver resolved in favor Of unlimited
coinage of silver.
Earthquake shock felt in southern
California.
1S95-Valkyrie Ill, America Cup chal-
lenger, launched at Glasgow.
190J-C. Q. Magoon inaugurated Gov
ernor of Panama canal zone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
why He Didn't Join Them,

1t was at down East church socia-
bic, says the Lewiston Journal. that
one of the young men of the society
was seated at table enjoying ice
cream and cake with his best girl.
who was member of the church choir.
There was vacant seat at their ia
BILE, and, as the minister passed near.
the young man beckoned to him and
said with a smile, Wont you join US?
The pastor was taken by surprise,
but reaching into his pocket, brought
forth his good book" and began read
ing in a loud voice the marriage cere-
mony. 1t was some minutes later be-
fore the affair was satisfactorily ex-
planned, and the wedding did not take
place that evening, but the young man
will be more careful what he says in
the future
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
HID MONEY IN AN ORGAN.
Robbers Forced GiImanton Man.


Robbers Forced Gilmanton Mans
SON to Give Secret.
The sheriff and under sheriff of Alma
have been at Gilmanton to investigate
the attempted murder of Ole Skaharum
Skaharum. who is 50 years old, was shot
through the right lung when he went to
the door in response to the pounding of
robbers. The robbers then asked his de-
mented son where the money was and OBJ
tanned nearly $1,000 by breaking open the
cover of the parlor organ. Skaharum in
herited $1,000 from son who died in
Colorado, and it is thought that the rob-
bers expected to ger this. They got only
what the old man had saved before.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Wisconsin
State News
DRIVES CHILDREN TO PLoW.
Wisconsin Farmer Charged with
Using Offspring as Horses

Using Offspring as Horses.
Complaint has been made against a
farmer living about FIVE miles southwest
of Neenah on the line of the Oshkosh and
Neenah Interurban that he has been
hitching four of his seven children to a
corn pillow or cultivator and compelling
them to drag the implement through a
ten-acre truck garden, while he guided it
and drove as he would drive horses. The
attention of the authorities has been call
ed to the matter and after securing sub
sanitation of the facts of the case Dr.
Wilkie of Oshkosh. agent OF the Fox River
Valley Humane Society, went TO the farm
er and compelled him to send five of the
children TO school. OF the seven children
five are of school age. None of them, it
is reported, is able to read or write. The
majority are girls. The oldest one who
was hitched to the pillow is not over II
years of age. DIR. Wilkie states that the
plow has harnesses attached to it which
were put about the shoulders of the chill
dren. The farmer says the csrn plOw or
cultivator is very light and was used
merely to stir up the top soil.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
The Germ of Inflammation.

DR.. Lewis Frissell, attending physician
to the Seton hospital at New York, claims
to have isolated the germ Of rheumatism.
He says it looks a good deal like other
disease microbes, bat has p special affinity
for the joints. DR.. Fris5ell thinks this
is the real cause Of the disease, which,
however, may be brought on by exposure
to dampness. He classes rheumatism as
an infectious disease which occurs in cpl
demic form. He attributes both pleurisy
and rheumatism of the heart to the newly
discovered germ.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Tries Suicide Four Times.

Four attempts at suicide all unsuccess-
full, were made by John Dwyer, a Maple
Grove man, and he now lies in the Holy
Family hospital in Manitowoc in a pre-
carious condition, but there is little
chance for his recovery. Dwyer, whose
acts are due, it is said, to social ostra-
cism, is respondent because of the fact
that he has been an outcast in the town
since he returned from Waupun, where he
served one year of time for a crime.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
San Francisco Bnnks Omen

Secretary Shaw said at New York
Tuesday that he had word from San
Francisco to the effect that the situation
there had become so well settled and con-
fidence was so thoroughly restored that
the banks did not consider it necessary
to avail themselves of his offer to in
crease government deposits A run, he
thought, was unlikely, but if it should
occur the government would lend immedi-
ate aid. When the banks resumed bust
ness Wednesday they had in their vaults
S45.O00,OO0 more than at the time of the
earthquake, this being the amount trans
serred from other fssnciaI ceaters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
LIGHTNING KILLS TWO.
Storm of Saturday Proves Fatal to.
Farmers Near Rice Lake.

Joseph Archie Smothers was killed by
lightning. He, with seven other persons,
was sitting in the kitchen of the dwelling
on the Charron farm, near Rice Lake.
when there came binding flash and he
fel1 over. The lightning had struck him
in the chest and along one arm. Joseph
Harvel, Bohemian who lives on a farm
half a mile east of Tuscobia, was also
killed. The bolt struck the chimney on
his residence. Havel was struck on the
head. One little daughter, who was sit
ting near him, had a shoe torn from her
foot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
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India Suffers from pIugua

India IS being ravaged by a plague that
5 assuming enormous proportions. In
Bengal alone, it is reported that there are
now about 5000 deaths a week from it.
In Bombay 80 deaths occur every day,
while about 800 is the daily average Of
the central provinces.
The spread Of the dreadful disease is
attributed by the local health authorities
to the facility Of travel by railroads,
which are much used by the natives, thus
causing a larger area to become infected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07

the sp.re of which was 1SS feet high.
On the exterior the tower was fanked
by corner turrets. 1t was engirdled Mt
the base by an outside gallery, and
strengthened by flying buttresses. In
the tower was clock with a peal of
four bells tuned to the Westminster
chimes. The building was the special
care of Mrs. Leland Stanford, who
spent enormous sums upon its decora-
ton. She never told what the build
ing had cost her, but the price was
fabulous.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
INCENDIARIES AT WORK.
PardeeviIIe Has Its Second Disas-
trous Blaze in Six Weeks.

Fire was discovered in e. j. Smiths
blacksmith shop in Pardeeville at 2
O'Clock the other morning. Before any
thing could be done the fire had made its
way into the wagon works owned by Otto
Gutenberg, and was threatening the
whole Of the northern business section.
The stone addition to Scott & Dunean's
meat market is all that saved the flames
from spreading further. 2. G. Lawsons
hotel, e. Zerbels bakery and the meat
market were damaged by fire and water,
The loss will reach $4,000. 1t is firmly
believed that the fire was caused by in
cendiarieS. This is the second disastrous
fire in six weeks. The first destroyed the
entire business section.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
400 LUAIBERMEN STRIKE.
Employees of North Wisconsin Conn
pany Quit Work on Wage Issue.

pany Quit Work on wage Issue.
About 400 employees of the North Wis
consin Lumber and Manufacturing Com
pany in Hayward are on a strike. Ed
ward Hines of Chicago is president of
the company. The mill always has been
operated as an eleven-hour mill, running
a day and night shift. The men went to
work as usual at the beginning of the sea-
son, and wages were fixed to suit the ma
jority o. the men. A labor organizer ad-
dressed the men one Sunday afternoon,
when it was voted to demand a ten-hour
day with the same wages as they were re-
ceiving for the eleven-hour run. Thomas
S. Whetten, the manager of the company,
agreed to the ten-hour plan, but to pay
only for ten hours, or to work until an
arrangement for ten hours at an agreed
scale of wages could be made. The men
refused to go to work. Several arrests
have been made for assaults on non-strik
ers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-07
Has Sailed 100000 Miles.

Capt Alexander Simpson, an English
master mariner, recently completed his
seventy-first voyage from London to
Australia and back. having been in that
trade for over forty years. Altogether
he has covered 100000 miles without
serious mishap.