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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Woman Takes Balloon Trim.

After a successful balloon trip, during
which they covered the fifty miles between
Pittsfeld, Mass, and Somers, Conn.,, in
three hours, DR.. Julian z. Thomas of New
York and his wife and Charles Levee, a
professional aeronaut, have returned in
safety. 1t was Mrs. Thomas first trip
of the kind and she declared she enjoyed
it thoroughly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Toledo Employers for open shop.

The metal manufacturers of Toledo
including seventeen of the twenty plants
in the city. have organized a branch of
the National Metal Trades Association.
and declare they will make no distinction
between union and non-union workers in
EMPLOYING men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Horace Duncan and James Copeland
negroes, accused of an attack on a young
white woman. were taken from the Jail
in Springfield. Mo, and hanged to a
statute of the Goddess Of Liberty in the
public square by a mob, which then built
a fire under its victims and roasted them
10 death
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Perfshes i'm Open Boat at Sea.

Five survivors of the coasting schooner
W. Z. and w. l.. Tuck, which they aban-
doned off Cape Sable, were landed at Var
mouth, n. s. by the American steam
trawler Spray, together with the body of
Charles Wilstead, the steward of the yes
sci, who persisted in the ships long boat
after many hours of exposure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Fire Kills Men and Horses.

The large stock yards, including barns
and stables, of A. c.. Ruby & Co., breeders
of thoroughbred horses, were practically
destroyed by fire in Pendleton, Ore. More
than 100 high-bred animals were stabbed
within the Enclosure and it is feared many
have been burned to death. Two men
known to have been asleep in one of the
barns are missing. The monetary loss is
not known
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Texas Tornado Kills six.

Six persons were reported killed and
several injured in the tornado which
swept over Briggs. Tex. a number Of
buildings in the district were destroyed.
AT Cle5urn. Texas, the storm blew down
the grand stand in the ball park during
the progress of Il game. Several persons
were injured, but none was killed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Fast of Weeks Kills Woman,

Weakened by fast which had lasted
since her son ran away to sea some weeks
ago, Mrs. Mary Cannon, % years old
Camden, \. j., died of heart failure The
woman was convinced that her son was
dead and said she wanted TO join him
soon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
TORRENTS OF FIRE.
vESUVIUS CONTINUES TO BE A
SETTING FURNACE.
Hundreds Are Dead and Thousands
of Homeless Persons Forced to
Flee for Their Lives-Towns and
Country Buried Under Ashes.

Mount Vesuyius, the most notable Of
all the $50 volcanoes in the world, is
once more a seething furnace spouting
death and destruction on every side.
Not in years has there been such an out
break from this chimney of the neither
world, which continues to pour forth
streams of molten lava and belch forth
great clouds of hot ashes that are lay
ing waste the surrounding country. SO
far the damage TO property is enormous
and It is reported that hundreds, per-
haps thousands of lives have been lost.
1t is estimated by the government
agents now that 100000 persons have
been driven from their homes, and that
in the event Of the volcano subsiding
without further eruptiOns the great
majority Of this total still will be pen
niIess. Besides the wiping out of sew
eral villages and two cities, in them
selves numbering 10000 souls, whole
countrysides that have been covered
with vineyards now lie under several
feet of ashes In Naples, fourteen miles
from the crest of the mountain, several
feet of ashes have fallen, and it is al
most impossible TO breathe.
Torrents Of liquid fire, resembling
in the distance serpents with glitterinS
yellow and black scales, are coursing in
all directions, amid rumblings, detona-
tons and earth tremblings. In all the
towns and cities lying close around the
base of Eesuvius the utmost terror pre-
Walls. Scores of persons have been
buried in the ruins of their homes,
borne down Ivy the weight of ashes.
Even more devastation has been
wrought by the ashes than by the lava.
Yet the streams of lava are resistless.
They snap like pipestems the trunks of
chestnut trees hundreds of years old,
and blight with their tOrrid breath the
bloom on the peach trees before the
trees themselves have been reached.
The molten streams do not spare the
homes of the peasants, and when these
have been raZed they continue their
course down the mountainSide, sweep
ing all before them.
Both cinderS and ashes in incredible
quantities have been carried great dis
tances. This has caused the destruction
of San Giuseppe, village of 5000 in
habitants. All but 200 of the people had
fled from the village, and these assem-
bled in a church TO attend mass. While
the priest was performing his sacred
office the roof fell in and seventy-nine
persons were fatally injured, lying for
hours without surgical or medical as
Sistance. The only thing left standing
in the church was Il statue of st.
Anne, the preservation of which the
poor, homeless people accepted as
miracle and promise of deliyerance
from their peril.
Buildings Crushed by Ashes.
About 200 persons were buried Tues
day morning in the ruins of the Mar
ket Monte Oliveto, Naples, when the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Easier Panic In Church.

-Four persons were tramped to death
and many others were injured III a panic
in St. Ludmlla's Roman Catholic Church
in Chicago ut Easter eve services. The
stampede started with the crashing of
floor supports in the overcrowded struc-
furp
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

President Roosevelt, in an address at
the laying of the corner stone of the new
addition to the capitol in Washington,
branded misuse of the muck rake as an
obstacle to real reform and a danger to
the nation. lie said a law to proven; the
bequeathing of vast fortunes may be nee
essarN
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
James 4. Bailey Passes AWAY

After an illness of little more than
eight days, James A. Bailey, proprietor
of the Barnum X Bailey circus, former
partner of z. I. Barnum, and one of the
best known showmen in the world, died
at his home in Mount Vernon, " Y, at
the ace of 80 wears.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
FIREBUG BLOWS HIS HEAD OFF.
| Ohio Man Uses Shotgun as Offcers
Are About to Arrest Him,

Clarence Frank, self-confessed frebug,
frustrated the plans of officers TO place
him under arrest at Leipsic junction,
Ohio, by blowing off the top of his head
with shotgun when officers We're about
to arrest him. Death was almost instan-
taneous. Frank acknowledged that he
was responsible for the blaze which
threatened to destroy his home at Leip-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
GEN. SickIes Under Knife,

Gen. Daniel Z. Sickles has had to sub
nit to an operation on his eyes for the
removal of cataract and for several DAYS
has been confined to his New York home.
Gen Sickles was reported to be resting
comfortably, the operation having been en-
tirelv successful,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

President Roosevelt's repeated declara-
tons that he will not run for the presi-
dency again have little effect on those
who insist that he must be candidate
in 1908, and the many aspirants are puz-
lied over the situation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Children Plant Seeds.

Pupils of the Louisville public schools
were dismissed the other day and sent
home to plant flower seeds. 100000 pack
ages being given out for this purpose,
The day was set aside for identifying
lawns and back yards.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Woman Drowned Canoeing.

Elsie Wood. - years of age was
drowned in the Potomac river while ca
noeing with G. r. Frey. an 1S-year-old
student at Georgetown university, their
boat having been overturned by the swell
of a passing tugboat. The woman sank
before aid could reach her. Frey was
rpSrunn-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Cures Lncnmntnr Atarin.

The London Express says that lie
Grand Norton Denslow. an American doc
tor residing in London, has discovered Il
cure for locomotor ataxia. He already.
says the Express. has effected a number
of wonderful recoveries DIR. Denslow is
not ready TO make public the details of his
discovery
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
BOY SLAIN BY TRAMPS.
Youth Is Shot and His Body Thrown
on Railroad Track.

Police are in pursuit of three tramps
who are supposed TO have killed Thomas
Dye, aged II, son of farmer living near
Orrville, Ohio. The youth was undoubt-
eddy murdered. for bullet wound was
found below his heart The body was
found twenty feet from railroad track
and the theory is that the tramps killed
the youth, and placed the body on the
track. His watch and a ring are missing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Heaven stands "A Poor show,

1t was decided at meeting of Logans-
port Presbyterians at Valparaiso. Ind,
that unless something was done to get
men 10 go TO church there wouldn't be
enough Of them in heaven. to sing bass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

property assessments of the wealthy gen
orally. He began when the confidential
agent of Col. ED" Butler appeared to
swear to the colonels return. Mr.. O'Brien
:old him the only way Col. Butler could
GET his personal property return on the
books was by making his own affidavit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
NJ skyxcrapers for Him.

The ST. Louis building commissioner
has put a ban on skyscrapers, refusing to
issue permit for a $1,000.0o0 depart
ment store building unless the height were
reduced from sixteen to twelve stories.
The promoters will take the matter into
the courts
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Ashes from Mount Vesuvius crushed a
crowded market place in Naples, killing
or injuring more than 200 persons. The
eruption, after a hull, broke forth again
and there are no signs of relief for the
devastated region.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
ShoofS Three and Is KiI1ad

A L. McNneely of Brooks. Ga. shot
and killed his nephew, Robert Morrow,
seriously wounded s. A. Putnam, a neigh
Dor, and a 12-year-old boy and was killed
by ]. T. Hinson while in the act of aim
in. a gun at Mrs. Hinson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Boys found the bodies of a woman,
man and child in the mountains south of
Richards. W. Va. 1t is thought the par
ties had been dead at least a month. 4
bullet hole in the mans forehead and
crushed skulls of the woman and child
tell story Of foul play. The parties
have not been identified.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
STEEL INDUSTRY GOES WEST.
SJ,0OO,OOO Plant, to Employ 5000
Men, VIII BE Built at Tacoma.

steel plant costing S5,OOO,OOO and to
give employment to 5000 men will be
built at Tacoma, Wash. Alfred II. Mer-
rift of Duluth, Mimi, founder of the
Duluth iron works. and ]. VIII Smith of
Los Angeles. owner of mines in the Lake
Superior region, will contribute one-fourth
of the amount needed TO construct the
Tacoma plant. Henry Hewitt and other
Tacoma capitalists are also heavily in
terested. \ railroad will be built by the
steel company to coal lands owned by the
company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Notes of the national Capita,


Canal legislation at the present session
of Congress is regarded as extremely i'm
probable.
The Senate confirmed the nomination
Of Charles S. Francis of New York rs
ambs ssador to Austria Hungary.
Gen. Wood cables Secretary Taft that
reports regarding the Mount Dajo battle
sent from Manila were unfounded.
United States delegates to pan-Ameri-
can congress favor Drago doctrine, which
forbids forcible collection of private debts
by nation.
President Roosevelt announces himself
as heartily favoring the idea advanced by
Prof Edmund j. James to invite Chinese
students to study in American institu-
tons.
Otto C. Heggen of Des Moines, Iowa,
has asked the President to annul his nat
uraIjzation as an American citizen. He
writes that he is impelled to do this be-
cause the constitution which he swore
to support when he took out his papers of
naturalization is not now interpreted IN
the light in which he read it,
In submitting to the Senate and the
House of Representatives the report Of
wavs commission regarding tie preserya-
ton Of Niagara Falls, Pres dent Roose-
welt sent recommendation that a law
be enacted along the lines Of the recon-
mendations of the report. The report
of the commission has been published.
President Roosevelt has decided to re-
appoint w. G. Bristol as United States
district attorney for Oregon. While the
nomination was pending before the Senate
some charges bearing ON Mr.. Bristol's pro-
fessional integrity were brought to the
attention of the President and the Depart
ment of Justice.
A lengthy conference was held at the
White House between The President, Sec
retaries Root, Taft, Bonaparte and Met
calf. Senator Knox, Solicitor General
Hoys and United States Attorney Heney,
special counsel in land fraud cases. 1t
is understood to have related to the case
of W, c. Bristol, United States attorney,
fo- fully accepting fees.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

The Ohio Wholesale Grocers' Associa-
tons Company was ousted from its char
ter by the Circuit Court of Franklin
county, Ohio, for violating the State anti
trust law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Loses Nickel and Kills Wtuuar

Angered because he had lost ) cents IN
a game of craps. John Waters, Jr.. ne
gro. % years old, shot and killed Stephen
Green, also a negro, 30 years old. the
killing occurring in a barn ON North
Prince street, Lancaster. Pa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
More In.urance Bills Tbrou-b.

Without opposition FIVE more of the in
surance reform bills have passed the New
York Assembly. The principal points COW
cred by them are to prohibit rebating by
agents, to prevent Justification of books
and records and TO limit the acquisition
of real property by insurance corpora
tiOnS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Seven Killed in Gun rurret,

Two officers aud FIVE men were killed
and fourteen men injured, eight seriously
when charge of powder exploded in a
gun turret of the bat,leShip kearsarge, in
Cuban waters
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Get a Long Gas Lease,

The lease of the business and plant Of
the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Com
pany for ninety-nine years to A. S. White
and associates of New York was ratified
by the board of directors of the Cincin-
,nafi cnnnarn-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Russian ship Abandoned

Dismasted and helpless, with the second
mate dead, the Russian schooner Nara of
Riga, Captain krentzberg, was abandoned
about sixty miles southwest of Cape Hat
teras by the British steamer Exmouth
The Russian crew stayed with their ship
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
TO BUILD ISLAND ROADS SOON.
Syndicate Preparing for COnstruc-
ticn of Philippine Railways.

SynNIcIte preparing TOT VOnstruc-
item of Philippine Railways.
Preparations are being made for the
early beginning of work on the railroads
to be built in the islands of Panay, Ne
gros and Cebu in the Philippines. Engi-
neers and a force of men will be sent to
the Philippines on one of the vessels
leaving the Pacific coast for the Philip
pines at an early date. The concession
provides for about 100 miles of railroad
on each of the three islands named. 1t
is expected that native labor will be util-
lied to the greatest possible extent in the
building of the roads.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Cattlemen have appealed TO the Seere-
tary of Agriculture TO keep the Wichita
game preserve fence intact. twenty-five
thousand cattle about to be released, it is
said, would damage the crops 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Ecuador Drops Dutses

News has been received that the govern
ment of Ecuador has made foods from the
United States into Ecuador duty free for
three months, the period beginning about
the first of the present month.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS HEAVY
Increase af S132, 900, 900 Over SINH
lar Eight Months Last Year.

According to a bulletin issued by the
Department of Commerce and Labor, the
total value of agricultural products ex-
ported from the United States for the
eight months ended with February, 1906,
was $100,00O,000, as against $570,O0000O
in tlie same period of 1900, 1904, 100000
in 1902 and S56S, 100000 in 1905. The
growth in the exports of agricultural pro-
ducts, says the bulletin, is in all of the
three great groups which form the bulk
of agricultural exports, viz, breadstuffs,
cotton and provisions, the latter term in
Guiding meat and dairy products.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Three French doctors have recently con-
Quoted experiments tending TO show that
the stimulation of the nerves of the ear
by means of musical tones constitutes the
true remedy for deafness. For this pur-
pose one of them, DR.. KONG. has invented
an instrument called the tonometer. 1t
is a grouping of tuning forks. some of
which are found TO vibrate in unison
with the patients ear nerves. While thus
strengthening the nerves which are still
slightly active, it is found that the dor
mant ones are awakened.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Scientific Rheumatism Cure.

DR.. Ballabone, formerly of the Italian
army medical corps, announced to the
London Therapeutical Society a cure for
rheumatism, consisting Of an injection
containing amylic and benzoic elements.
1t is based upon the assumption that the
disease is caused by an infectious poison
in the blood produced by an organism or
microbe. Ballabone's serum is called ar
thra .gonicon and it operates by combining
with the uric acid, rendering il soluble
and more easily eliminated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
prnmressire EIement I'm cnntra

Only FIVE of the 10 members of the
lower house of the Russian parliament
are reactionaries, the progressive and lib
eral parties winning other contests.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Wheat Trade Healthy.

The latest government crop report de-
velops the more healthy sentiment pre-
yailing in the wheat trade. Lake navi-
CATION now is open and grain movement
is free toward the East but farm deliver
les are small
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Priests Afraid of Churches.

At many places the people were suf-
confusion existed. Some of the parish
priests refused TO open their churches
to people who tried to obtain admit
lance. fearing that an earthquake
would destroy the buildings and kill
many Of them. Crowds of women there
upon attacked The churches. pulled
down the doors and took possession of
the pictures and statues of the saints
which they carried about as protection
against death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Bis H.u Burns in Chicago.

Fire destroyed Wicker Park Hall, 501
West North avenue. Chicago. Four per-
sons We're injured during is progress. and
one Of them, a fireman. may die. 1t is
believed the fire was of ineeadiary origin
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Two aged women who were entombed
under the ruins of their home in Ottajano,
Italy. which was wrecked by the eruption
of Mount Nesuvius, were found alive
though nearly at the point of death from
starvation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Fakes Leonard Woods Post.

The Philippine commission has appoint
ed Brig. Gen. Tasker II. Bliss Governor
of Mindanao in succession to Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
NAB CROOK WITH NEW SCHEME.

Planned Novel Bank Robbery.
Joseph G. Knorr, formerly bookkeep-
CT of the Columbia Savings bank in
Pittsburg, was arrested in the bank as he
was in the act of getting at the books.
He is said to have confessed he intended
to copy the signatures of small depositors
whose bank books were balanced seldom,
and then issue checks on their names
through smaller banks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Weekly trade reviews report increased
activity in general lines. the only draw
back being the coal strike.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
pITrsBUBG SPREADS FEVER.
Ohio River Carries Typhoid Germs
to Downstream Towns.

Pittsburg's epidemic of typhoid, while
apparently decreasing in the daily number
of cases reported, appears 10 be spreading
10 the surrounding municipalities. Towns
along the Ohio river below Pittsburg are
beginning to report typhoid cases in
alarming numbers and instructions have
been issued by the various local boards
of health III these places 10 use no water
out Of the OHIO river for drinking pur-
poses unless Il has been boiled.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Lifting Personality ASSESSING,

Pres. dent O'Brien Of the st. Louis
board Of assessors has started war on
tax dodgers and TO raise the personal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Judge Grosscup of Chicago in Bos:on
speech advocated federal charters for COR
porations doing interstate business.