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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Real spring weather,
which has stimulated re-
/ New York.

- - Real spring weather,
NUN lUlk. which has stimulated re-
tail trade except in a few
sections still affected by heavy rains
and bad country roads, an excellent, in
fact almost ideal, winter wheat situa-
ton, q little more animation in the iron
market, continued activity in nearly all
lines of inquiry, heavy railway earn
ings, increased bank clearings and the
surprisingly little adverse effect of the
coal miners partial shutdown are the
significant features presenting them
selves this week. Business failures in
the United States for the week ending
April number 151, against 10 in the
like week of 1905. In Canada failures
were II, as against % year ago
Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
ACRES OF BoG ARE AFLeAT.
Bridges of Oshkosh Are Endangered
by Marsh Flowing Iato Fox

About 300 acres of the Butte des Morris
marsh opposite the village of Butte des
Morris IS afioat and it is feared that the
leg VIII be carried into the Fox river
through Oshkosh into Lake Winnebago,
causing much damage to the bridges. Eff
forts nave been made to anchor the bog
by plling- The rising river is responsible
Tor the unusual and dangerous state of
anairs- The marsh is owned by Bene-
dies Brothers of Butte DIES Morris and the
Bayou Hunting Club of Oshkosh.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
ENTIRE TOWN UNDER WATER.
lee Gorge Causes Disastrous Flood
Chippewa River.

The little village of Cobban on the Chip
pewa river has been entirely under water.
An ice gorge which formed below the vii
lage backed the wafer up until the houses
were submerged. The people of the VII
lage camped on high piece of ground
waiting for the food to subside.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
HERMIT ENDS SOLITARY LIFE.
1rlf1tz Man Discharges Rifle with
Ram rod-Dead a Week

Thomas McNish. a homesteader, was
found dead in his little cabin near Crivitz
lie had been dead for over a week and
shot himself with a rife. From appear
ances he had seated himself on the floor,
placed the rifle at his heart and then fired
1t with the ramrod. The cause is I'M
known. He was formerly a resident of
Marion, and came to Criyitz several years
ago. living like a hermit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

The first passenger train to go over the
new Owen and Northern railroad was the
Irish Express" which arrived in Lady
smith with a party of excursionists from
Fem. The~trip was made in two hours.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
SON Fails to Rescue Mother.

While Mrs. Anne Harding. aged 90. was
gathering driftwood from the lake at RAJ
cine. she drowned. Her son made an eff
fort to save his mother. but was himself
pulled from the water unconscious by his
father.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

A. Reynolds asks to be examined as to
his sanity. He imagines that the build
ngs lining the street are falling over on
to him as he walks along. He lives at
Ingram.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Tries 20 Cremate SELF

Mrs. Kate Miller of Oshkosh has been
adjudged insane. She is said TO be -
ligious fanatic and the other evening she
saturated her clothing with kerosene and
attempted TO cremate herself Other oc-
cupants of the residence saved her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

The kenosha chapter of the w. r. c. is
making an effort to secure a home in Ke
nosha. They will purchase the old Unita
rian church. Y. G.. Simmons has made a
gift of $500 10 the fund.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Population Nearly 10000, Increase
of 2,5O0 In One Year.

of $500 In One Year.
That Kenosha is growing fast is shown
by the new directory of the city which
has just been issued by A. G. Wright of
Milwaukee. The 1900 names in the di-
rectory show that Kenosha has popula-
ton of 1880. The increase since 1905
is over $500. AT the present rate Ke-
nosha will pass the $4,000 mark before
1908, and the city will be the second in
the State when the national census is
taken
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
wreck at sheboygan Costly.

y costly wreck occurred on the North
western road in Sheboygan. \ freight
car loaded with coal was demolished. a
refrigerator car derailed. twenty rods of
track cut up. a switch destroyed and sew
eral hundred ties broken. The wreck was
caused by a broken brake rod on the early
FREIGHT going west.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

La ioN' companies until his
fathers death in December. 1899. I'm
mediately upon his arrival at Manila
and before his father was given
command this boy went with General
Macarthur to the front Soon after the
death of his father young Lawton re-
turned TO this country with his mother
and sisters and they have since made
their home at Pewee Valley, Ky. After
his return here he enlisted in the First
Battalion artillery, Kentucky State
Guards.
-
Joseph Joachim, who predicts that in
q short time the United States will lead
the world in music. is renowned vio-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Kaul1auna Gets Big Lighting G.

The Kaukauna Gas, Electric Light and
Power Company was formed in Milwau-
kee and the organization will absorb the
Kaukauna Electric Light Company. 1t
will be capitalized at 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Women Greatest Behind the Throne

Some sage once said that he was al
ways glad when a woman ruled his
country, for he knew then that men
would have something to say in its
government. But when a king sat on
the throne woman's finger directed
the affairs of state
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Alderman Galloway of ShebOygan is un
der arrest on the charge of assauIting
Lewis Levine, street car conductor and
cripple.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Manly Lawton, eldest son of the late
Major General Henry NJ Lawton, has
been appointed to cadetship in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Kenosha Girl is Kidnaped.

Carrie SLIDER, 15-year-old girl. has
been kidnapped and taken from Kenosha
There is no clew to her whereabouts
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
MRS. PAULY NOT INCENDIARY.
Eau Claire Woman Acquitted of Ar
Charge.

Elizabeth Pauly. charged with arson,
has been acquitted in Eau Claire. The
trial lasted nearly two weeks nad includ-
ed sensational testimony. Her son and
daughter were in constant attendance at
the trial and kissed their mother after the
verdict. She was accused of setting fire
to rented house and the circumstantial
evidence was adduced by the State. The
woman is GA years old and was i'll during
the trial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
KEEPS COIN 1O1 YEARS.

Aged Man Receives Piece of Money
When Born and Dies CentcnariaD.
Daniel Burdck of Reloit died Sunday
aged 101 years. He was born in the
State of New York and lived in Illinois
and Wisconsin for half a century He
has been very feeble for several years
Among the things he has treasured is
coin given him by a family friend when
he was baby. The coin. which bears
the date of his birth, 1905, has never left
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

There is no dimnution of the popu-
larity of satin-faced cloths, for, though
they are not destined to be used so
universally for spring gowns for gen
eral wear, they are in great demand
for the smart tailored coats. The de
sign sketched here is one of the newest
ideas from Paris, showing the way in
which strapping is employed for a
front trimming. Braids of all kinds
figure prominently in the decoration of
spring wraps, most of which are short,
or hip length. This coat is built of
finely striped face cloth, with collar
and cuff trimmings Of heavy silk MORE,
which in turn is bound with elegant
silk braid. Accompanying it is a hat
of dark brown satin chip draped around
the crown with a fold of satin, and
trimmed with a shaded brown coque's
plume
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
sympathy and Marriage.

Does love follow sympathy? Summed
I'D in these words is a troublesome
problem which recently confronted q
girl whose charms had made her popu-
lar with both male and female friends.
A man asked her to be his wife. She
liked him very much, more than any
other man she knew, in fact, and there
was great bond of sympathtic feeling
between them. For they had much In
common. But Of real. true love, such
as she understood should exist between
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

WonewOc Creamery Destroyed.
Fire destroyed the Wonewoc creamery.
The loss is $4,000. with $1,000 insurance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19
Longworth family

of Ohio, and is an aunt of Nicholas
Longworth, the Presidents son-in-law.
-
The late Henry Harland is said to
have received $4,000 from one OF his
novels, but his manner of working killed
him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

Herbert S. Hadley, Attorney General
OF Missouri, who has been conducting
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-19

NJ. Coquelin, the noted French actor
refused The red ribbon Of the Legion OF
Homo when il was offered a short time
ago. His answer was: You have waited
too long"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
DELAYS BY ILLNESS
SICKNESS INTERRUPTS THE BUSH
 NESS OF THE COURT.
Three Cases Had tos<Be Postponed fin the City Court--Judgment for
 Mary T. Newman.

Sickness on the part of counsel or relatives of counsel blocked both the civil and scriminal divisions of the City Court in It's sessions yesterday.
 In the criminal division, o. c. Ma ner counsel for the defense in the case of Jim Williams. charged with assault, was unable to be present, owing to the illness of a relative In Allendale, South Carolina. The case was postponed un- til April 12.
 The case of Thomas Benjamin. charg- ed with the murder of Will Wingate. concerning which an application from the State is now pending in the Su- preme Court Alabama for a re-hear- ing, was continued until the next term of the criminal division. At a previous trial. Benjamin was convicted and sen- tenced to be hanged. This action was reversed by the State Supreme Court whereupon the State made an applica- tion for a re-hearing Pending action on this application, the case Is held over.
 Tn the civil division, the case of w. H. Rowe against the Western Union Telegraph Company. suing for damages for an alleged failure to deliver tele- gram, the illness of W. W. Pearson, counsel for the defense. was the cause of a postponement of the trial until tomorrow. This case, on a previous he ring resulted In a mistrial.
 Judgment was rendered by Judge A D. Sayre yesterday in the suit of Mary T. Newman against the Alabama Lumber Company, for damages to the amount of $7Qb. the final verdict being in favor of the defendant, This suit was tried last week. judghent being reserved at the time.
 The following juries were swSrn Tn in the civil division:
 Jury No. NV R.. Nickles, H. l.. vickers, B. C. Foster. J. M. Schiel, H. P Candler. W. M. Weaver, J. c. Schaffer, Joe Hearsch, J T. Shaver. s. Abraham, l. A. Doctner and w. s. Smith.
 Jury No. 2--M. s. Perry, L. G. May, J. H. Burton. H. M. Jordan, J. l.. Rawls, H. NJ. Chisholm. and H. O. Cantey.> Five jurors still remain to be drawn.
 In the Equity Division.
 In decree in the Equity division of the City Court yesterday, Judge A. D. Sayre dismissed the bill of Rutledge ct al. against F. J. Cramton of the Mont gomery Contracting Company. for want of equity. The bill had reference to piece of hand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
Pronrietnrx Medicine.

Mobile Medical and Surgical Journal.
 Every physician. in fact every well Informed man. will endorse the fight now being waged against nostrums, and will gladly welcome it's successful issuance. At the same time many con- scientious members of the profession cannot fully sympathize with. or en- dorse. the effort now being made by The Journal of the American Medical Association to read out of the field as unethical all proprietary preparations unless the manufacturer conforms to an arbitrary rule made by those who dominate the, present policy of said journal. If the object of medicine be to alleviate or cure disease, then the practitioner should be an eclecic in the broad sense of the word, and utilize every available means, regardless of where 1t may have originated. likely to be of benefit to his patient. While we believe In being guided in such matters by a high sense of ethics. still we feel that advice from others as to what we should under given circum- stances do is entirely gratuitous. The writer remembers that not great many years ago we were largely re- stricted in our choice of medicinal agents to nauseous drugs which made the remedies employed almost worse than the disease itself. The manufac- turing pharmacist came to the rescue and gave us many preparations equally as effective as pharmacopoeial prepara- tions and certainly more palatable.
 There are ethical and unethical pre- parations and 1t rests with the prac- titioner to decide between them. All the moralizing and preaching that can be done will not, in our opinion, in- gfluence him one whit. If he has found "a remedy reliable he will continue to use it regardless of all the diatribes that may have been illuminated against 1t. In this matter as In others we should be conservative and net permit ourselves to be swayed by a radical ism likely in the end to defeat our legitimate efforts to promote ethical correctness
 A recent article on Proprietary Remedies from the Physicians Stand point" by William U. Robinson. (Critic and Guide, March. 1906,) deals with this whole subject in such a philosophical way that we are induced to print the authors summary, which meets with our endorsement:
 1. The agitation against the nos rum traffic Is to be welcomed by all intelligent and honest physicians.
 2. A physician has no right to pre- scribe a preparation of the compost ton of which he is ignorant. He is degrading himself, he is blocking the progress of the therapeutics, he may injure his patient.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
BRITISH SINNERS.
Need Several Months In Which to
 Complete Their Orders.

Need Several Months In Which to
 Complete Their Orders.
 London Cable to New Orleans Times
 Democrat.
 The cotton trade continues to be very busy, most producers of cloth and yarn being strongly fortified with con, months to complete. New looms are starting out in most towns, and ad- ditional spindles are being brought in to servic--S1 many directions. There would be more weaving sheds erected if only loom makers could deliver the machinery, but they are full up for the whole of the year with orders.
 The most striking thing perhaps in the development of the yarn section Is the continued demand from abroad; The total weight of the yarn exported in round numbers. to S6.oOO.Ooo pounds; while in the corresponding period Of last year the weight was only SO,- 600000, and in the first two months or 1904 2S,S72.000 pounds. II will be seen that an enormous increase has taken place in the takings of foreign custo- mers. The countries which are lm- porting most freely are India Japan and Roumania. The activity of the export department is a great strength to the home crops department. In re- gard to home numbers a distinct tm- provement in the point of margin has been experienced during the last three or four weeks. The consumption of yarn seems to have kept pace with the
 
 spinners being able to maintain old prices during fall in the raw mate rial. A feature has been the demand for better yarn qualities. Manufac- turers finding that there Is a scarcity of labor have put stronger yarn in the looms in order to avoid complaints from the work people and in order to retain them; there is competition for opera : tives in various parts of North and Northeast Lancashire. Bolton counts remain strong and profitable. The re- cent rise in Egyptian cotton has ham pered employers somewhat but for" tunately producers are deeply under contract for several months to come and though they are not selling much af the moment, spinners are not con Ccrned at the momentarY stacking of the demand.
 Piece goods have been shipped to a rather smaller extent India continues to take large quantities; her percent age of the aggregate exports of calico figures for China are rather less than they were last year. IL Is noticeable more. their imports this year showing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10

sufferings and privations of those with whom he had been so closely and low ingly associated. and chose for his home albeautiful spot near Alexandria, Va, where he resided until his death, which occurred in December. 1878. President Davis states that Gen. Coop CT was the first United States officer to resign and enlist for the South. The next to enlist were Albert Sidney Johnston and Robert E. Lee. Gen. Cooper was invited by President Davis to accept the position of Adjutant Gen. eral, which he did. without question as to relation, rank or anything else. He was given the highest grade then authorized by law. that of Brigadier General, but in the Message and Pa- pers of the Confederacy," recently com piled by the Hon. James D. Richara- son, late Representative from the State of Tennessee, it is recorded that on August 31, 1861, he was promoted 10 the rank of General, his commission being dated May 16, 1861, and that he was, therefore, the ranking General of the armies of the Confederate States
 This set of books can be obtained in connection with a subscription to The Daily and Sunday Advertiser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
The south. Ranking General.

If the question, "~Who was the rank ing General of the armies of the Con- federate States?"f were asked Of thousand people, the probable answer yet, such is not the case. The high est ranking officer in the service of the Confederate States was Samuel Cooper. And, strange to say, he is probably the least known of all the officials in the Southern States, his rank and efficiency considered. Gen. Samuel Cooper was born in the State of New York. June 12, 1798. At the age of 15 hes entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. graduating In 1S17. the pe- riod of study not being so long then as now7-four years. He obtained the full rank of Lieutenant at the age of IT, He was Aid-de- Camp to Gen. Ma comb. the General-in-Chie of the army, 1S2S-1S36. He was Assistant Adjutant General at army headquarters during the Florida war. For meritorious con- duct relating to the Mexican war he was breveted Colonel on the staff, and in 1852 became the Adjutant General of the United States Army. He held this rank until 1861, except while serving temporarily as Secretary of War. In March, 1861, he resigned his commis- sion and went at once to Montgomery, Ala, reporting to President Davis on March IS, and the next day was ap- pointed by President Davis Adjutant General of the Confederate States, standing at the head of the list of Confederate Generals. That master mind for the skilled organization of an army arrived in Montgomery at the very moment of the demand and he was one of the best prepared men in the country for that particular work. Association between Gen. Cooper and Mir. Davis while the latter was Sec retary of War doubtless caused them to know each other fully. Gen. Coop CT, though a Northern man by birth agreed with the Southern statesmen in their views of the rights of the several States. and being man of firm conviction and resolute purpose, re- signed from the United States Army and cast his fortunes with the young Confederacy. Throughout that strenu-
 ous period there was not even the slightest manifestation of lukewarm- ness in his service, and even after the close of the war, he still shared the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
MEET TODAY
RAILROAD COMMISSION WILL TAKE
 UP THE DOCKET.
ME. Conner Has Filed Complaint Against l., and N. for Alleged Un- sanitary Condition
 Of AuuistOn.

The Alabama Railroad Commission holds it's regular monthly meeting at noon today.
 No general interest is attached to the meeting, a1th ough there are several matters of importance to localities to be taken up, and 1t is probable that President B. B. Conner will submit his dissenting opinion of the Associate Commissioners on the matter of reduc- ing rates to cotton mill points in Als- bama.
 President Conner has caused to be placed on the docket case against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to show cause why the sanitary con- dition of the depot at Anniston should not be improved. There are also cases against the Central of Georgia Rail- way complaining against the passen- ger service from Opelika to Roanoke. the condition of the track on the East Alabama Division of the same road and the condition of the track between Ope- lika to Sylacauga on the c. and w. Division.
 On April 17 the Commissioners will leave for Birmingham to inspect the Southern Railway.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10
IN SUPREME COURT
CASES OF IMpORTANCE PLACED ON
 THE DOCKET.
Road Tax Law of Chiffon County Is Attack&H--Genie Lewis Escapes And His Appeal Is Dis-
 missed.

The Supreme Court. at its meeting today will take up the call of cases from the Fifth Judicial Division, com prfsing the counties of Chiffon. Coosa, Fillmore. Lee. Macon. Russell and Talla- poosa.
 Two cases were yesterday placed on the docket of the court.
 The first was the Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railway vs the County of Chiffon. The case involves the consti- nationality of the road tax law of Chil- ton county. The railroads paid the tax under protest. The matter was brought to the attention of the Court of County Commissioners. but no action was taken. A mandamus was secured to compel the Commissioners to act. Tho Commissioners decided. however. for the purpose of saving time to pass it on to the Supreme Court
 In the case of John Hanby vs. J. A. Folsam. the Supreme Court established a bill of exceptions. In this case Judge Brewer had refused to grant bill of exceptions, claiming an insuficiency of proof The Supreme Court overruled this decision and the case goes on the docket.
 The Attorney General was notified that Genie Lewis, convicted of the mur- der of Tom Harwell and sentenced to life imprisonment, had escaped, by J. H. Hartley, Sheriff of Butler county. Lewis's case was on the Supreme Court docket, and on motion of the Attorney General, 1t was stricken therefrom.