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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

John McCausland is at a hospital in a
critical condition, his wife, brother and
two children are dead, accidentally as
phyxiated by gas. They were found at
their home in Dayton, Ohio, by a physi-
clan who came to attend one of the chill
dren. who had been i'll.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Two Dead In Plunge.

Two engines upon which were riding a
large number of men who had been en-
gagged in breaking the snow blockade near
fSaltez Mont, plunged over an embank-
ment two miles west of De Borgia, killing
two men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Grand Army Chief Injured.

II. b. Brown, commander in chief of
the Il. A. r., one other passenger and
the engineer of Baltimore anu Ohio
Southwestern train No. 1o4, east bound
were injured in collision at Norwood,
Ohio
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Judre Cannot BE Brtbed.

Federal Judge Sulzbacher at Sapulpa,
1. T.. scented a bride in a wedding gift
of a $1,000 silver set to his daughter, and
besides reprimanding the giver decided
an important law suit against him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

Man Sues Firm for Influencing His

Man Sues Firm for Influencing His
Employers and Gets Verdict.
Because it influenced the discharge of
Robert Summers from the employ of the
Meahan Boiler and Construction Com
pany of Youngstown, Ohio, the Columbus
Iron and Steel Company has been held
liable by a jury for $1,000 damages to
Summers, who had been employed by the
Columbus company previous to his en-
ployment by the Meahan company and
was alleged to have been concerned in a
strike at the formers plant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Tbeater Combine n Trust

in New York as a trust, conspiracy and
restraint of trade being alleged, and ex-
tortionate methods employed were re-
cited
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Kills Father When Reproached,

In a dispute at the breakfast table in
Steubenville, Ohio. between John Geb-
hardt and his son Charles the father was
shot and killed. The elder Gebhardt took
his son to task for drinking and it is al
legged the latter procured gun and shot
hi
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

n. C. Collins and ]. T. Barrett, recent
" convicted of using the mails to defraud
in connection with the Cooperative Turf
Association were denied Few trials end
sentenced to one year in jail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
DIES WITH MILLION IN POCKET


Rich Man Succumbs Suddenly and
Standard Oil Stock Is Found.
George II. Meyers, said to be a multi
millionaire of New Orleans. died sudden
ly in Yankton, S. D. On his person was
found Standard Oil stocks valued at ST.
100000. Mr.. Meyers came there nearly
six months ago with the intention of Sc
curing a divorce from his wife. In one
week he would have become a citizen of
the State, and his divorce petition would
have been filed. Arrangements had al
ready been made to have the case tried
at once
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
EIectric C,rx Oex,rnx.d

Fire in the North Clark street barns
in Chicago destroyed 105 electric cars and
caused a loss of $500. 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

The Rev. w P McClauin of Mime
apolis has been elected general superin-
te..dent of the Universalist church. the
highest position in the denomination.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

In Wilkesbarre. Pa. the grand jury in
vestigating alleged tax fraud, recommend
ed that the valuation of property in the
county, mostly coal lands, be increa sed
$40, 100000 and that three assessors be
arrested for misconduct in office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Mrs. Sage Gives Up $1,000, 900.

Mrs Russell Sage has given $1,000
600 to Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute
of Troy, n. Y, this being her first large
donation since the death of her husband.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

lecting evidence against the alleged
grafters of San Francisco
-.
James McCrea, who has been elected
president of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. is one of the noted railway men
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
rake. Headache Powder: Dies.

Ebert L. Harrison. 80 years old. died
in Hamilton, Ohio, after taking three
headache powders. An autopsy showed
that they contained eight grains Of acct
auelid. which caused death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

Albert Houck found the body of his
wife lying on a table of her room, burned
to crisp, when he returned home from
work in Pittsburg. The police depart
ment and coroner are making a rigid in
vestigation. Nothing in the room was
burned, not even the table on which the
woman was found.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

Captain "Bill' Mcdonald. who will
figure as an important witness in the
expected congressional investigation of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
steal $4,000 Worth of Jewelry.

The biggest diamond robbery in the
history of Niagara Falls, n. Y, occurred
Sunday, but the fact has only now leaked
out Mrs. Kate Krakoski McKenna is
the victim. At lea It $4,000 worth of jew
elry was taken.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
into proni.

moved by the administration forces the
courts decided that the action was il
legal.
-
Capt. Thomas Peabody, who command
ed the transport Sheridan when it ran on
a reef off Hawaii last summer, has been
suspended for six months.
-.
John w. Riddle, the new ambassador
to Russia, is a native Of Philadelphia
and graduated from Harvard. Mr..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

John III. Quirk, convicted of man
slaughter for killing W. A. Dowell.
Minneapolis newspaper man, was SEN
fenced to fifteen years in States prison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

Old papers for sale at this Office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
The Negro and the Primary.

Chattanooga Times.
 The Montgomery Advertiser by way of combating the idea advanced by many that owing to the fact that the negroes in the South are out of sym pathy with MT. Roosevelt 1t will be hard to prevent their control of dele- gatlons to the national convention, says:
 Here in Alabama there are only about 5000 registered negro voters, while Roosevelt received about 23OOO votes in 1904. If the white Republi- cans in Alabama are against Roosevelt domination they con easily make u known. They are in the majority as compared with the negroes of about
 This hardly answers the contention. since the Republican party has not yet made the registration certificate pre- primary. As we understand 1t the so- called "lily-white' Republicans have sought to do this but so far they have not succeeded, such movement hay ing generally been disapproved by the national committee. While southern delegations are necessary in making nominations, votes are needed Tn Ohio. Indiana. Illinois, New York ana other northern states to carry elec- lions. The negro vote being very near ly t. balance of power in those states the enterprise for disfranchlslng the 'hrother-in in black" at the party prl- mary in the South is attended with more or less hazard and to be under taken with great decorum and caution. Negroes In Tennessee have very much less to do with party primaries than formerly, due more largely. we believe. to choice than to procurement. Party fidelity has not been rewarded with that generous promptness he mad been led to expect. and as a consequence his partisan zeal and ardor have been cool cd He is not the reliable asset ne once was either at primary or cleo ton and so the former herding process has fallen greatly into disuso.
 The gratifying feature of tnIs situa- tton Is that the negro has become in different to politics and is turning his attention to Other ways-educatlon, the trades and the requirement Of prop rcspectabie Both sides of the pend~ ing controversy among Republicans will therefore find it difficult hereat- ter to mass the negroes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
Alcohol and Life Insurance
Toronto Globe.


 According to the statistics of Brit ish life insurance companv the deaths of abstainers from alcoholic beverages are to the deaths of those who habit ually use them in the ratio of 53.79 per cent to S1.62 per cent. That Is to say. out of about 15.000 deaths of in- sured persons in societies that put ab- stainers in a class by themselves S.400 will be those of habitual users while only 6.600 will be those of abstainers. These proportions are strongly corro- borated by the experience of other companies and of actuarial experts.
 The moral is obvious: While 1t is a good thing to abstain for physiological and pathological reasons from the ha- bitual use of alcoholic beverages. 1t is also a good thing to do for economic reasons. An insurance company can af- ford to give an applicant for life tn- surance who is a total abstainer better terms than 1t can afford to give an ap- plicant who drinks habitually even in ing in moderation Is far less injurious than drinking to excess. there is eyer present the tendency of the one to pass over into the other. From the life in surance standpoint, the increasingly strong hold which alcohol secures on those who constantly use it is an ele- ment to be taken into account, for no one can ever know the precise point In his evolution at which the mere de- votee becomes the confirmed victim. Life insurance companies would rem der a great service to the community by acting on the truth that the use of alcohol Is not merely dangerous to hu- man life, but increasingly so.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
ANOTHER CANDIDATE.

It strikes us that President Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard. has nominated himself for membership in that famous CD White House Club which already numbers men who are better than the organizer of the club himself. It Is, or should be, well known that Dr. Eliot is conscientiouslv opposed to all brutal and dangerous sport" among college boys, and has impressed his views on the subject time and again to the Harvard students. There can be no doubt of his position on the subject nor of his firm stand against all so- called sports which are not only dan gerous but which tend to brutalize those who engage in them.
 short while ago, as will be remem- bered. the President delivered an ad- dress to the Harvard students and in his usual positive and iI-con sidered style he advised the young men to go In for all rough sports like football and boxing, and In the plainest of terms advised them to disregard the teach ings of the President of their college; all this, remember, in the presence and hearing of pr. Eliot himself. It is needless perhaps. to comment on such a palpable evidence of ill-breeding and disregard of all the proprieties as thus displayed by Mir. Roosevelt. and if DF Eliot had been the kind of man to promptly call him down before the as- hau him right, as we think will be admit ted by all who tako a correct view of It.
 President Eliot however. Is too well bred to thus publicly insult an invited guest, and that guest the man holding the exalted position of President of the United States. but at the same time he did not propose to ignore the matter entirely. He attended the meeting of the New York State Colleges and Uni versailles at Ithaca and there delivered an address on Athletics. Intercolle- giate Athletics and Athleticism," where he expressed himself in way not to be misunderstood. Among other things he said "The prosperity Nof Harvard would be better promoted if Harvard absolutely withdrew from all intercol- legiate athletics" Commenting furth- CT on the tendency towards profession alism in college sports, he said: "The evil is in the exaggeratton of athlet- ics. What we want to train at our colleges is men of mental power and mental interest and not mere physical
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
THURSDAY. JUNE 6, 1907.


 Every argument that was used by President Roosevelt at Indianapolis in favor of the extension of Federal au- thority over railroads has been com pletely negatived so far as the State of New York is concerned by the passage of the public utilities law, forced through the Legislature by Governor Hughes. says The Hartford Times. MT Roosevelt himself admits that Massa- chusetts long ago provided all needfm control for her railroads. It is only necessary for the other States of the Union to perform their proper func- xions to make the Presidents pleas for standardization as fruitless as they are depiorable.
 If the United States government is not going into the railroad business, why should it undertake an official valuation of the railroads of the coun- try? MT. Roosevelt says the Inter state Commerce Commission needs such a valuation to guide it in fixing rates. While denying the intent to assume possession of the railroads the Presi- dents suggestions plainly portend com plete control of all railroad business by Federal officials"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06


 beings. No game is fit for playing where one has to wear padding, masks and other defensive articles to prevent injury"
 All this was not only plain repudi- ation of Roosevelts position but was . direct rebuke to him for his speech at Harvard \and that is why we say that President Eliot has nominated himself for a place In the Ananias Club. He will have the satisfaction of finding some good company to welcome him. As to that matter. we do not feel that 1t is going too far to say that 1t is a credit to any good citizen to be called liar by Roosevelt. It is really a badge of responsibility to fall sunder his displeasure and to be denounced by him. It has reached that point and MT. Roosevelt is himself responsible for 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06

Those Paris people have some queer ideas about American affairs. A Paris newspaper, referring to the large quan-
 titles of corn and corn meal exported from the United States to Europe says: Tt is now, acknowledged that pellagra' a disease often mortal, rages particu- larly. and perhaps solely, in countries where the people use maize as food" Now isn't that just too bad? Here we have been feasting on all sorts of corn preparations for many good years and never saw or heard of 'pellagra" in all our life. Wonder if 1t is a new brand of microbe? ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06

Commenting on the never-eDding , tyaddle to the effect that the tariff must be revised by its friends" The Pittsburg Post declares that we might "as well trust Satan to edit the Ser mon on the Mount, or to revise tho Decalogue as Joe Cannon and his fel- low servants of monopoly and privi- leges to revise the tariff they have so long extolled." That Is putting 1t in pretty plain English, but is 1t not correct? All the rot about not allow ing anybody but the friends of the tariff to revise it is getting mouldy with age and worn with constant use, Suppose a man under indictment for trail. robbery should insist that he should be tried by his friends, would 1t not be regarded as the limit of ah- snrdity and audacity? That is just about what the other plea amounts to. The present tariff is a robber of thS people and nursing bottle to its friends and when the latter revises 1t as 1t should be done we may expect khe end of all things.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
Seeking to Re-assure the Public.

New York Times.
 It is appropriate, and 1t Is time, that MT. Roosevelt should do what he may to quench the flames he has kin dled: If the people have lost their neads. It IS through incessant shouting for him. If "demagogues' and wis nate and minimizing sresentment" against corporate interest has been stirred up, he more than any other living man is chiefly responsible for it. MT. Bryan, now depleted of his issues, outclassed in the race of radicalism, could win but a minority of a minority to his support. The very great ability. the originality. and the inspiring ap- peals of MT. Roosevelt have brought about him in unquestioning loyalty pre- vailing leEions of his countrymen. For thing.
 It is not so much the mere conscious ness of this great power, we judge, as a tardy perception. of the. conss- quences of its misuse that has brought to MT. Roosevelt the new sense of responsibility and the prudent temper reflected in his speech of yesterday has become such a controlling force over business and over the fortunes of men that his words affect market quo seeks by trick and device to obtain H. legitimate access to advance reports of his utterances, it Is, evident that an influence so potent cannot be heed
 The feeling that damage has been done and the feaE that worse damage impends if cautionNis not observed has apparently impressed the Executive of moderation. The old indictments against the corporations are rather perfunctorily pressed in the Indianap- oils speech. Vice is denounced. but tn nA one will read the Presidents words with a sense of personal insult. and over and over again the possessors of wealth not predatory are assured that ing vividly the formula Mir. Bourke Cochran is accustomed to employ in his speeches to the Tammany faithful: The spectre of a physical valuation of in the same breath. At the outset, says MT. Roosevelt, let it be under stood that physical valuation is no panacea; 1t Is no sufficient measure or der the Presidents orders, the Inter- state Commerce Commission would at- tempt to base rates upon the cost of service-an unsound,, unworkable and tial instrument ia administrative su- perviison' an appraisal sheet may without misgiving be countersigned and surrendered by any railroad presi- Moreover, the President believes that "existing securities should pc tested by laws in existence at the time Of the!r improvements of recent years have brought the total investment "to al point where the opinion that the real nsdby TslSs is srsstse than Sss therefore, becomes a matter of indi- vidual instance, and the fear of com pulsory scaling down" is dissipated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
THEY ARE LEARNING.
In a recent issue of The Chicas Tribune we find the following:


 Tribune we find the following:
 According to report from a North Carolina town twelve girls of the Chickasaw nation have written to a college president soliciting his aid in bands. They have described their pos sessions with minuteness that would charm a fortune hunter. and have made 1t clear that they are fully aware cial attractions before presuming to make other claims.
 Who will dare to say the Indians are not treading very closely in the foot steps of the whites in understanding things? These Chicasa girls had seen that those of their white sisters who had the largest bank accounts stood the best show in the matrimonial mar ket. and so they adopt the mode of the heiresses of the white race and let prospective wooers know just how well they are fixed in the way of support ing a husband. In their native condi- tion the young women would never have thought of advertising them SSAFSS HI LhtS way AhC youhS Wdi riors might exploit their wealth in. the way cf ponies. blankets ana ether evt- dences of savage we'll doing, but the girls never did. The extract we have quoted shows that they are rapidly ad- vaneing in the ways and methods of civilization.
 And this reminds us of another pecu- liarity connected with Indians and ed- ucation. Many young men of various tribes, before good schools were es- tablished among them. were sent East to the schools and colleges and num- bers of them received a good educa- ton, but it has been noted that in nu- merous instances the young warrior on returning to his own people would soon put off the dress and habits of civili- zation and go back to the ways of his fathers. The call of the wild was too strong for the veneer of civilization that they had acquired and they yield ed to its charms.
 This Is far less true of the Indian maidens, as our information goes. Most of them when they are educated at the white schools acquire not only the habits but the tastes and ambitions of their white sisters and wish to be as they are in all things, This is why we see the Chieasa girls letting the youths of the pale faces know that they are not without financial as well as personal attractions. The Indian Is acquiring knowledge right along.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
Fetched Him.
Harner's weekly.

HarperS weekly.
 A young New Yorker of means, who maintains a residence at certain see- sons near Greenwich. Conn, recently nursed a grievance against his iIhme- diate neighbor. The latter. 1t appears, had been appealed to in vain to put a stop to the foraging of his hens in the New Workers garden.
 Finally the New York man decided to use a little strategy when appeal and persuasion had failed.
 One day a friend, who knew of the trouble between the neighbors. asked {:
 still troubled by Blanks hens?"
 Not a bit of it," answered the New Yorker. with a chuckle. "Theyre shut up now"
 How did you manage to accomplish it?"
 Well" explained the New Yorker, every night for a week I put a lot of eggs in the garden hnder the grape sure that Blank was looking. went out and hrouGhk tha a&aA La"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
New nrsadmakIng Cereal.

Italy has produced new cereal for bread making purposes that is attract ing a good deal of popular attention. 4 public test was made the other day al Mesbrino of baking bread from flour of the new grain, which is named olco Cafro and mas heen developed by a nriest of the name of Candeo. The bread was pronounced to be palatable, light. and, mixed with one-third of wheaton flour, is declared to make a sustaining food at a very low price. Besides this, the inventor" says that its general use would do away with the peIlagra In Italy,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
"This is My 35th Birthday"
Empress of Russia.

Alexandra Feodorovna. the present Empress of Russia. was born June 6. 1872, the daughter of Ludwig IV., Grand Duke of Hesse. Before her mar riage she was known as Princess Alix, a name given her by her royal grand mother, Queen Victoria of England, who called her Alix instead of Alice. that the relatives of the child might avoid the difficulties which Germans often find in pronouncing the latter name The Empress Is beautiful wo- man of the refined blonde type. She has a thorough education and is wholly English in taste, accomplishments and sentiment. The arrangements for her union with the present Czar. then czar- owitz, were made under the direction of the late Czar. Alexander III. Nhe marriage took place November 24. 1894 at the winter palace. St. Petersburg, a few weeks following the death of AL exander III. The imperial couple have been blessed with five children. four daughters and a son. The latter. who is heir to the throne of Russia. is named the Grand Duke Alexis, and was born August 12. 1904.