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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19

Charles Cunningham, 40 years old. shot
and killed his wife, Minnie, aged % years.
at Philadelphia.
An encounter between three men sun-
posed to be robbers and four policemen,
took place at Elyria, Ohio
An increase in wages which will affect-
a majority of the cotton mill operatives,
in Rhode Island will be announced soon
The grand larceny case Of the State.
against Judge William A. Kerr was die.
missed in Minneap polls for lack of evil.
dence.
Camille Won Klenze, professor of Ger
man literature, University of Chicago has.
been chosen a member of the facnItv of
Brown university.
Luther Burbank has planted 1000 diff
ferent varieties of potatoes on his farm
near Santa Rosa, Cal, in an effort to.
secure an ideal tuber.
John L. Baldwin, the S-year-old SON of
c. A. Baldwin, a millionaire was killed
in North Cheyenne canyon, Colorado. bv
being thrown from a burro.
Over 1000 delegates are in attendance
at the twenty fourth annual convention
of the National Association of Master
Plumbers at Atlantic City, y. J.
The Shenango Tin plant at New Cas-
tie, Pa, said to be the largest in the.
country, closed down indefinitely. throw
ing about 1000 men out of employment.
Three murders in which robbery was
the probable motive were reported to the
authorities Of Washington county. Penn
sylvania. The victims were Michael Pre-
bika and Joseph Simpson, miners, and an
unknown man.
The reorganization committee of the
Cincinnati Bluffton and Chicago railroad
secured the release of lightweight mechan-
les liens, aggresating nearly $1,00OO0O,
in the County Court at Richmond, Ind.
The action is step toward extending the
road.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Hitchcock Plies MucL-RaEo

At the dinner following the twenty
seventh commencement exercises of Har-
ward university, Secretary Hitchcock,
who made the principal speech, said that
while this country was historically the
nome of the physically brave, it had come
TO be question as to whether it was not
too much the land of the free and too lit
tie the home of the morally brave. He
said that the license had taken the place
of liberty and that corruption had run
riot at the expense of patriotism. He laid
the responsibility for existing bad condi-
tons upon the smooth and machine-rid-
den legislators
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
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ILLEGAL Trnsf Can't CoIIecf

The unusual contention that trust has
no standing in court and cannot collect
for goods sold to voluntary customer
was sustained by Judge Ryan in the Cir
cult Court at st. Louis. This contention
was made by Joseph z. Walsh, plumber,
who admitted that he had bought volun-
tarily $240 worth of goods from the Ca
hill & Swift manufacturing Company.
Walsh alleged that this company was a
trust and that he did not have to pay any
more than he would have to pay gam
bling debt. The courts decision was in
his favor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
I~norapce OF Charity wour.

One of the chief topics of interest dur
ing the national conference of charities
and corrections at Philadelphia was the
address of DIR. Edward I. Devine on THE
Dominant Note of Modern Philanthropy
Although Devine was unavoidably absent,
being in charge of the Red Cross work
at San Francisco, his address was read
He charged that the temperance reform
ers are completely ignorant of the rea-
sons for the existence of inebriates: that
the managers of the institutions fer the
care of children are ignorant of the
causes which have led to the orphanage
or neglect of their wards
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
MAY KEEP OFT CRITICS.
New York Supreme Court Holds Nhe-
alters Are Private Places,

Playhouses are private places, accord
ing to Il decision of the appellate division
OF the New York Supreme Court, and
the manager or proprietor has right to
say who shall and who shall not enter
The decision dismisses the complaint of
James $. Metcalf, the dramatic critic.
against Charles Burnham, a member of
the Theater Managers Association. for
excluding Metcalf from Burnham's thea
ter. Metcalf charged that Burnham and
other theatrical managers had entered into
n conspiracy to prevent him from exer-
cising his lawful calling.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
ASDhalt Damage Suif-

Charging that his reputation has been
injured by attacks upon his management
of the asphalt trust prior TO its reor-
ganization, AMI L. Barber has brought
suit for 100000 for damages against J.
NJ. Mack, head of the recognized trust,
and has named the voting trustees as CO.
defendants. The action is based upon
statements in the last annual report, in
which it was said that Barber had con-
spired to ruin the New York and Ber-
mudeZ ComDauy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
MANY ARE AFTER HoMEsTEADs
Thousands Register in Shoshone
Reservation.

The registration of homeseekers in the
Shoshone reservation, in Wyoming, to be
opened for settlement Aug. Is, is on. The
places of registration are Lander. Sho-
shone and Worland. The influx of
would-be settlers commenced some time
ago and a crowd at each place has in
creased daily. Several thousand people
will undoubtedly put their names on the
government books. The reservation is in
Fremont county and embraces approx
mately 100000 acres, of which about
100000 acres are susceptible of irriga-
ton. The land is in the heart of the big
game country and is but a short distance
from the Yellowstone National Park.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
163,176 FOUND IN ALMsHoUsEs.
Census Bureau Report Gives Pauper
Statistics for 1904.


According to a report issued by the
Census Bureau, there were in the United
States in 1904 1916 persons in aims
houses, and of these Ill ,1S7 were males
Although the number of almshouse pau
pers is increasing the increase has not
kept pace with the growth of the popula-
ton. In 1880 the ratio was 49, per
100000 of population it decreased to III
in 1890 and to 101 in 1903. While pau
PERISH is less prevalent among females
than among males, the chief distinction
between the two sexes seems to be that
females having once entered an aims
house are there permanently. while men
are to a large extent only winter board
ers. The foreign-born whites, whose eco
nomic position is not so high, show
greater tendency toward pauperism than
the native whites of native parentage and
the native whites of foreign parentage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
BOY SLAIN FOR JULY 4 PRANK.
Alleged to Have Been Murdered for
Searching Mans Clothes.

The body of Willie Barkovitch, 10
years old, son of John Barkovitch, for
mer alderman and policeman of Anacon-
da, Mont, missing since July 4, was
found in a warehouse at the rear of a
saloon and grocery and the proprietor
and one of his clerks are held on the
charge of murder. Young Barkovitch on
his last night alive, with companion,
Bert Bailey, shot off a roman candle
which slightly burned the bartender's
clothes. According to the Bailey boys
story the men dragged Willie Barkovitch
into the warehouse and beat him to death.
The boys skull was crushed, his jaw bone
broken and one eye was gouged out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
nearing harvest with a yield of record.

nearing harvest with a yield of record
breaking proportions.
The average condition of the grow
ing corn crop on July l was S7.5, as
con- Jared with S7.3 on July /, 1905.
o6.4 at the corresponding date in 1904.
and ten-year average of S6.4
Story Told in Figures.
The following table shows for each
of the States having 100000 acres or
upward in corn the acreage compared
with that of last year, on percentage
basis, and the condition on July / of
this year, with the respective ten-year
July averages:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
To Reject s5,ooo,ooo oner

Rather than face the active condemna-
tion of the leading charity workers of the
country and dispense with their co-opera-
ton, Judge Lindsey of the Denver juve-
nile court has promised Jane Adams of
Chicago that he viii refuse the $1,000
900 promised by John d. Rockefeller,
with which to finance a juvenile improve
ment association,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Woman Slain and Robbed.

Robbery was the motive for the MUIR
der of Mile Ellison, who was found dy-
ing amid the flames of blazing alcohol at
the National Hotel in Minneapolis. Miss
Ellison had sold her millinery business
at Ellsworth, Wis, and carried $4,000
No such sum was found in her room at
the hotel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Mining Camp Is Fortress,

AS the result of the labor riot last
month at Cananea, Mexico, the mining
camp of W. c. Greene has been converted
into a military stronghold, and hereafter
1000 Mexican rurales will be quartereG
there. This action was taken by the
military governor of Sonora to serve as
precaution against further outbreaks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Latin War Ends.

The Salvadorean army attacked and de-
feated a Guatemalan force near Platanar,
Sunday, 1900 Guatemalans being killed.
wounded or captured. Another Guate-
malan army was defeated in Honduras.
Guatemala and Salvador accept Roose-
velt's peace plan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19

At Atlantic City the rising tide picked
up the perambulator in which lay Bette
Davis, S months old, and started to carry
carriage and baby out to sea. An unusu-
ally high wave caught the carriage and
carried il seward. \ bather saw the
occurrence and rescued The child.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Found Under Bed; Is Lynched.

A hundred armed men took Ed Pearson,
a negro. from Deputy Sheriff Fields.
about three miles from Swainsboro. Ga.
carried him to the Canochen swamp and
lynched him. The night before Pearson
was found by Misses Maud and Ida Dur
den hiding under their bed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Gun Cotton supply Condemned

The supply of gun cotton stored in
naval magazines and on warships along
the Atlantic coast is said to have shown
such evidence of deterioration when ex-
amined by experts that orders have been
issued for its return to the torpedo sta
tions, and the issuance of a new supply
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Taft Will Visit Islands

Secretary Taft will go to the Philip
pines next spring to be present at the
ceremonies incident to the converting of
the native assembly in the islands. if his
present intentions mature into action.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Fig Extra Filing Fee,

creased from $65.000,00o 10 S100,0o0.0OO
the American Smelling and Refining Com
pany has been called upon to pay an
extra filing fee of S3,6S5 by the Secretary
of State of Montana, and legal fight is
promised
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Acreage com
Wheat Condition High.

The average condition of winter
wheat on July l was $50, as compared
with So last month, ST. on July L.
1905, 1871 at the corresponding date in
1914, and a ten-year average of 79.4.
The following table shows for each
of the States having 100000 acres or
upward in winter wheat the condition
on July / of this year, with the respect
i've ten-year July averages:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Dreyfus Is Vindicated,

The French Supreme Court announced
its decision, annulling the condemnation
of Dreyfus without retrial. The effect
of the decision is a complete vindicatior
of Dreyfus, emitting him to restoration
to his rank in the army as though he had
never been accused.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Penalty of 100000.

Judge Lands at Chicago passed SEN
tence on the Chicago & Alton Railroad
and two former officials of the road in
the case charging the granting of rebates.
A total of 100000 in fines was imposed.
The defendants were found guilty under
the Elkins law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Hunt for IN Wild Man

A wild man is roaming through the
woods in the vicinity of Kenyon, Mimi,
and a large number of men are securing
the country for him. When last seen he
was only half clad. his head and face
were badly cut and he carried a big knife.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Dies in the Harvest Field

Thomas J. Goodwin, who is believed tc
be a member of a prominent family of
Washington, D. c., died at Clay Center
Kan, having been overcome by heat and
overexertion while working as a harvest
hand in wheat field near there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Saws He's Not 1nS,ne

Harry Thaw has given out statement
in the Tombs prison, New York, denying
the reports that he is insane, and that
commission is to be appointed to inquire
into his mental condition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19

wheat on July / was ola. as compared
with 50 last month, 81 on July 1, 1905,
93.l at the corresponding date in 1904.
and a ten-year average of So.
Spring Wheat Figures.
The following table shows for each
OF the five principal spring wheat
States the condition on July / of this
year, with the respective ten-year aver
ages:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Negroes Mob Dog Catcbers

An Infatuated mob of 100 negroes at.
tackled a crew of city dog catchers in St
Louis, Mo-, brandishing clubs and knives
and Andrew Behold, dog catcher, was
stabbed and slashed in the back, suffer.
ing dangerous wounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Burn Crop to XIII Pest,

The burning of the entire wheat crop
of the State of Washington this year as
a means of exteminating the Hessian fiy.
which has made its appearance. is recon-
mended by Entomologist Melander of the
State Agricultural college,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
GANAMMEERCLAL
l.. -: HIN
8as4I AND sssksal1a
HI --lSazilsE sfSsE
1ENANCAL
.- Less than the usual
hnlb110 shutting down for renew

UllibQQU. shullihS uo"u ior renew
-Ials is seen in the indus
trial branches, this affecting but slight
~ the aggregate of production. Never
before has the accumulation of for
ward demands been greater, particu-
larry in steel, rail equipment and ship
building. and With further additions to
bridge, track and other construction
the outlook makes a gratifying impress
sion throughout business and financial
circles. Much of the healthy tone Is
based upon the crop conditions, these
having thus far fully equaled eXpecta-
mons. Holiday dealings in the leading
retail lines rose to a new high record
Tor this city, and preparations in the
wholesale district are well advanced
Tor the visiting buyers due next week
Mercantile collections are seasonably
prompt and defaults this week below
the normal.
outdoor work has suffered no inter-
ruption, building operations being
pressed forward and considerably heav-
Ter than those of a year ago. No.
change affects prices in the raw ma
terlal markets, but pig iron and hides
are firmer. Receipts of hides, live,
stock and lumber were lighter, but iron
ore, fuel, wool and grain gained. The.
total quantity of grain handled at this
port, 6,194,09S bushels, compares with
1920, I9S bushels last week. Receipts
increased 29.3 per cent but the ship
ments dropped 33.7 per cent under,
those of last year. Lumber receipts.
were 1861 900 feet, against 45,72O,000
feet last week.
Bank clearings, S203, 932, 945, exceed
those of the corresponding week in 1905
by Ia per cent. The large expansion
is due mainly to heavy dividend pay
ments. Offerings of commercial paper
have been of moderate extent and mon
ey ranged from to per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trlct number 9, against 10 last week and
10 year ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Loot Union Safe.

Burglars entered the Office of the Brick
layers and Stonemasons' Union in Brick
layers Hall, Chicago, shortly after 4
O'Clock Wednesday morning, wrecked the
safe with a charge of nitroglycerin and
escaped with $1,000 of the funds of the
union.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Britain,s Factory Conaftions.

The annual report of the inspector of
factories and workshops in Great Britain
shows that the conditions surrounding the
preparation of food are quite as revolving
as anything alleged of American packing
houses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19

Electricity Stimulated Vegetables.
That it is practicable for any farmer
or gardener TO advance the growth and
quality of table vegetables through the
direct application of electric current, and
with very little expense, is in process of
demonstration by Warren Fl. Rawson of
Boston. Heretofore this has been done
by the use of electric lights. Mr. Raw
son found that if a copper plate was sunk
in the loan at one end of the bed and
connected by an overhead wire, with a
zinc plate in the soil at the other end
of the bed, measurable current of cleo
tricity was set up from chemical action
Of the ammonia and other salts upon the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Farmers E'iyht Fatal nuaI

Otto Amerus and II. d. Kent. farmers
and brothers-in-law, living near Noble,
Okla, fought a duel with revolvers.
Amerus was killed and Kent was NOR
tally wounded
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19

camps, administer
order and provide
sanitation for those
quartered on pri-
vate grounds or city
property will keep
a small army of I'M
employed busy. The
Red Cross, which is
abundantly supplied
with funds, some
thing like $6,000,-
600, will pay the
wages of the care
takers. The execu-
tive work will be
done by three men,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
sees Evil in CapitaI

J. G. Phelps Stokes, the young New
York millionaire, in a letter formally
joining the Socialist party, declares that
the capitalist system is indefensible an6
disastrous through leading to wage slav.
O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19

A dispatch from Guatemala, signed by
Minister of Foreign Affairs Barrios. told
of the repulse of the revolutionary forces
advancing from Salvador and Honduras,
but other dispatches claim sweeping VIC
tories for the rebels.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19

American farmers will harvest the larg-
est grain crops this year on record, ac-
cording TO the estimate of condition as of
July L issued in Washington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Consumption Cause of Divorce

In the Superior Court at Los Angeles
Tuesday decree of divorce was granted
to Mrs. Charles t. Scammen on the
ground that her husband was afflicted
with the disease of tuberculosis. Before
their marriage, she said, he had repeat
edly assured her that he was sound in
body and free from all disease.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19

A suburban canal twenty-six miles long
is the latest possession of the city of
Berlin, having been formally opened by
the Emperor. 1t connects the River
Havel on the west with the River Spree
on the east. 1t will be operated as well
as owned by the fellow City Council.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19

The trans-Paci6c liner America was
threatened with. partial destruction by a
fire that broke out in its coal bunkers in
San Francisco harbor. The flames were
extinguished after hard fight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19

A Los Angeles dental company must
pay to Miss Alice c. McGehee 50, 400 be.
cause one of its employees dropped tooth
into her mouth. The tooth fell into the
patients lung, and she sued for damages
winning the case.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19

Alarm and Gets Bad Fall.
At Greensboro, Ky, Chief o. L. John
son of the fire department fell asleep in
the engine house and dreamed that ire
mendous fire was sweeping over the town.
Just as he jumped up to answer the
dream summons" there came real fire
alarm and the chief made dash for the
pole to slide down to the floor below. In
his confusion he missed the rod and fell,
sustaining injuries that may prove fatal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
RAPs BOTH CAPITAL AND LABOR.

Justice Brewer Sees Menace in the
Combination of Each.
In an address before the joint session
of the Arkansas and Texas Bar Associa-
ton at Texarkana. Ark, Associate JUS
tice Brewer of the United States Supreme
Court took for his subject the part played
by the Supreme Court in the development
of the country as nation. In the course
of his remarks he sharply criticised both
capital and labor combines as being a
menace to the best interests of all the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
CONTRACTS FOR BATTLE SHIPS.
Cramps and New York Company Are
to build New Vessels.

to Build New Vessels.
Secretary Bonaparte has awarded con-
tracts for the two 16,00O-ton battleships.
South Carolina and Mihcigan, one to the
Cramps of Philadelphia and the other TO
the New York Shipbuilding Company of
Camden, y. j. The Cramps bid was So
100000, and that of the New York Ship
building Company S3,5S5,0OO. The Sec
rotary of the Navy was obliged TO dis
tribute the contracts in this way because
Congress had provided that not more than
one ship should be built by any one CON
Germ.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
BIG FRISCO Loss is ADJUSTED.

100000 Fire Damage to the
S1,oOO,OOO Merchants Exchange.
Insurance adjusters have completed the
work of adjusting the losses Oh the Mer-
chants Exchange building, San Fran
cisco. The sound value of the structure
was placed at 81 100000, while the fire
damage was appraised at $705,000. More
than three-score companies were interest
ed, and under the circumstances the ad-
justment is considered very prompt. Some
of the companies will scale the loss so the
total payment will be about SO per cent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19

zinc plate. He found that lettuce thus
treated was ready for market a week
ahead of that in the ordinary, and the
heads were also larger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-19
Loco Weed Kills stock.

Loco weed is causing heavy losses to
sheep men ranging the focks in the vi
cinity of Mccarthy mountain, Mont.