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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02

These figures do not include the work
on the Ambrose channel in the harbOr.
which is a S4000000 job. nor do they
take into account the engineering work
done on great buildings. There was
about S400O0,O00 worth of building done
in New York last year for office and fac
tory buildings alone. 1t is safe to say
that from S10000.000 to S15.O00.O0O of
that work required the services of expert
engineers. There is probably more work
of that kind going on this year than last.
SO it may be said that besides the SOIL,
100000 already mentioned there is fully
S14,0OO,00O more of engineering work
going on, making a grand total OF 500
100000 worth of construction in connec-
ton with transportation and building al
ready under way or provided for in and
around New York which may be describ-
ed properly as great engineering projects.
This sum of $625,000,O00 may be term
ed a fact established, but there are other
vast projects still in the stage of con-
templation-more tunnels and bridges
and buildings. some of which undoubted-
ly will be constructed in the not distant
future, which will amount to from $780,,
100000 to S3Q0,000,000 more.
The above outline of large operations
in progress does not refer to the new
buildings which will be erected, except
the tunnel and railway terminals. Nam
moth hotels, apartment houses, stores,
theaters. etc. must be added to the list
if anything like a complete idea of the
construction work in New York is to be
obtained.
New York City's great project for Sc
curing water supply from the Catskills
will cost about $162 100000. That pro-
ject means the construction of enormous
dams in half dozen different valleys.
the wiping out of many settlements, the
construction of a long system of tunnels
and pumping stations, including the tun-
mel under the Hudson river, the erection
of gates and the distribution of the water
in the city. 1t is the largest undertake
ing of the kind the world has ever known.
This water supply for New York is
far greater enterprise than the Panama
canal in the engineering problems and
even in the money outlay. There are
also private engineering problems going
on in New York which reach into the
millions. Many of these have to do with
the construction of great buildings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
CHICAGO FAMILY PoIs&NED.
Father and Mother Die and Others
Are Made III.

Deadly IOison administered by per-
son with intent to annihilate an entire
family has already filed two Chicago
graves. Three attempts within three
weeks were made. TWO of them while
police We're on the case This is the ter
rible fate of the Mette family, bounded
by Il mysterious. daring twentieth cen
fury adept, who baffied the police and
C0rOner's forces Food-the home pre-
pared food of the Mette family-eaten
unsuspectingly and with all confidence,
has been the medium of the murders
and attempted murders.
Last March 80 the entire family.
consisting OF Frank Mette, his wife,
daughter and three sons. was stricken
after eating fruit cake made by Mrs.
Mette. Mrs Mette died 1t looked sus-
picious to the attending physician, and
the police were called in. Arsenic was
found in the -four The only other wom-
an in the1household. the daughter, Mrs
Mary Sladek. whose husband had just
left her after Il quarrel. and who was
said TO have twice attempted suicide
recently, was closely questioned, but
nothing developed.
Two weeks after the first illness and
after all the survivors had recovered,
one of them. the father. was again TAX
en- i'll and died the next day. On the
day following Mary Sladek became i'll
ana was taken to the hospital, when the
police again questioned her repeatedly
without developing clew. This time
poison was found in the -four bin. And
two days after that. with the father
dead and sister in the hospital, the
boys Joseph, Rudolph and Charles,
were again poisoned by eating oatmeal
in which poison had been placed. The
persistence of the poisoner made the
police frautic and terrorized the Mette
family
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
RANK HEAD RUNS DOWN THIEF.
Trust Company Clerk Confesses
Stealing $4,000 in Bonds.

Organizing his bank staff into detec-
tive force, with himself as the directing
head, Oakleigh Thorne president of the
Trust Company OF America, in New York,
brought about the arrest Of W. o. Doug
lass, an employe, on a charge of stealing
railroad bonds valued at $4,000 from the
comIsany's vaults. To a remarkable case
which combined all the elements of a de-
tectiye story of fiction, was added a sen
sational arrest of Douglass at 2 80 in
the morning, in a West Forty-seventh
street hotel where Douglass with his
wife were dodgers for the night. In a
signed confession made soon after his ar
rets, Douglass injected mystery into the
case by saying he had in the last few
weeks. taken S250,OOO instead of $4,000.
and that he had lost a large part of it
IN stock speculation and on the races.
Mr.. Thorne denied this He declared
thorough examination of all the securities
TO which Douglass had access showed that
he had got away with only $4,000 in
bonds of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific railroad. In his confession Doug
less said the $4,000 in bonds which he
took on Friday had been left as security
for credit with A. NJ. bennett & Co. of
40 Wall street. He declared he had
bought stock through that firm. and that
he expected to get back the bonds and
restore them to the vaults.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Sharks from the Wires,

The story that President Roosevelt is
in failing health has been denied at the
White House.
Fire in the furniture mad carpet store
of ii. Felheimer. Hot Springs. Ark, de-
stroyed the stock. valued at $4,000, and
damaged the building to the extent of
$4,000.
Michael Latros. until recently Greek
consul at Lowell. Mass was held for the
federal grand jury by United States Com
missioner Hayes on a charge Of conspir-
acy against the United States govern
ment in smuggling aliens into the coun-
try.
The new Ontario town of Latchford,
on the Temiskaming and Northern Onta-
rio railway. nine miles south of the fam
Gus cobalt silver mining camp. was prac-
ticalIy destroyed by fire. The loss is es-
timated at $1J0.O)O. Several explosions
OF dynamite occurred. but there were no
fatalities.
Six miles is the length of a petition
promoted by the British National Canine
Defense League in support of the bill for
the prohibition Of the vivisection of dogs
The five-story building of Rochrbacher
& Allen at Akron, Ohio, was practically
destroyed by fire and the wholesale and
retail hardware store of the same firm
was totally destroyed. The total loss is
$4,000.
The plants of the Commonwealth Oil
Company. the Borne Schrymser Company,
oil refners, and Howe. French & Co,
oil refners. near the central wharf ware
house at Boston, were burned out Loss
100000.
President Hunter of the Rough Rider
Association stated that the rough rider
reunion would NOT be held in Arizona this
year as planned. owing to the inability of
President Roosevelt to attend.
NewsbOys' day at the jamestown expo
sition has been set for Aug. "a next. 1t
is expected that 10000 newsboys from
all parts of the United States will be
present. Special exercises are being ar
ranged for them.
The Usage Indian Boarding School for
Boys, across the line from Arkansas City.
Kan. in Oklahoma. was destroyed by fire.
the loss being $4,000. 1t was built in
1870 and was one of the landmarks on
the Usage reservation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Told in a Few Lines.

Fire destroyed the principal business
section of Hastings, Ont. Loss $4,000.
Elijah Smith. defaulting cashier of the
Bank of Malta, Helena, Mont, was ar
rested in Seattle.
First Lieut.. Louis T. Buck, artillery
corps, was dropped from the rolls of
the army on account OF desertion.
The American National Red Cross ca
bled through the State Department 3d.
600 to the Russian Red Cross for the re-
lief of the famine sufferers of that coun-
try.
Hump Jarningan, 60 years old. a bust
ness man of Morristown, Tenn. commit
ted suicide by shooting himself in the
temple. III health and insomnia are Civ
en- as the cause.
The Chemung Copper Company fled
articles of Incorporation with the Min
nesota Secretary of State. The capital
stock is 100000. The company will
have its head Offices in Duluth.
New York dealers in platinum predict
a decline in the metal, which already has
fallen 81 10 S34 in two weeks. European
holders OF platinum are said to have
pledged it for loans and to hare had the
loans called on them.
That the Zortman stage was robbed
of $4,000, the payroll of a Montana
mine, by a lone hfghwayman is denied
by B. D. Phillips of Helena, who is the
largest owner in the mine in question.
In consequence of the attitude of the
authorities of the Jassy district, Rou-
presented to the Jewish assistance COM
mittee asking for means to enable them
to emigrate to America.
John J. O'Hara, head Of the Modern
Securities and Investment Company and
the Gold Bond Investment Company of
Denver, indicted on charges of using the
mails TO defraud, was surrendered by
his bondsmen and is in Jail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
NEW YORK

Weather conditions this week, as for
nearly a month past, have been Il bar to
retail trade activity and to seasonable
crop development throughout wide area
In jobbing and wholesale trade lines fill
ing in orders are in smaller volume than
expected. but business as a whole is good
for between seasons period. There is
still a marked scarcity of goods needed
for prompt delivery and much cross buy
ing between different jobbers and sections
of country. In manufacturing lines the
story is one of filed order books and of
backward deliveries. Collections improv-
ed in spots and this tendency is apt to
gain with favorable weather.
The labor situation is one of great
strength. Strikes are notably few for Il
May 1 period, and while railroad re-
trenchment makes Tor larger supply of
unskilled labor the skilled branches are
very well employed.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending April - number 157,
ssainst 16I last week and III in the like
week of 1906. Canadian failures for the
week number %, against Is last week and
% in this week year ago.
Wheat, including flour, exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending April %. aggregated 1850
242 bushels, against 3, 1922 6T last week
and >, 149,6Si this week last year: for
the last forty-three weeks of the fiscal
year, III go. 131 bushels, against ILL.,
sol ,401 in 1906. Corn exports for the
week are l GIL ,041 bushels, against $50
CD last week and ,42S,921 a year ago E:
for the fiscal year to date, J9,610242
bushels, against 102. 1920 in 190J-6.-
Bradstreet's Report
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
CHICAGO.

Spring activity exhibits proportions
hitherto not exceeded in production, trans
2ortation of products and new demands
The leadinr industries maintain their I'M
precedented outputs and improving money
conditions are a favorable factor in the
sutlook.
Mercantile collections throughout the
West remain remarkably prompt and,
despite the dearness of discounts which
mas prevailed. trading defaults still com
pare quite favorably with those of
year ago. Retail trade here and in the.
country is steady. but requires rising tenn
perature TO stimulate the movement OF
seaSonable goods. Wholesale dealings in
staple merchandise reflect confident buy
Ing for fall shipment, the conSignments
making a gratifying aggregate in textiles,
boots and shoes, clothing and food pro
ducts.
Bank clearings. $3.50. 42S, $50. exceed
those of corresponding week in 1906 by
IA per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
Srict number 10, against Il last week and
20 year ago.-Dun'S Review of Trade
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
MANY CLAIM MAN AS HUSBAND.
Seventeen Marriages and Frauds Are
Charged Against Prisoner.

DR.. John Carver. who is believed to
have married at least seventeen times,
was captured at Fort Smith, Ark. Car
yer is alleged to have defrauded the wom-
en- out of $4,000. The specific charge
on which he was arrested was that of
defrauding Mrs. Lola Davis of Battle
Creek. Mich, out of $4,000. He mar
ried her in October, 1906, at Battle
Greek. He went with her to New York,
where they decided to buy boarding
house. He told her to go home, raise
all the money she could on her property
and forward him a draft. and he would
make arrangements to have her come on
in two weeks. Carver, she charges, re-
ceived the money and disappeared. He
is wanted in Cincinnati. Pittsburg, Buff
falo, Grand Rapids, Norfolk and Sagi-
nav, and officers have been after him for
three years. Carver. it is said, has been
representing himself as travelling secre-
tary of the New York Jockey Club, and.
according to the police, passed forged
checks. He is graduate of Pittsburg
Dental College and is 40 years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
EXPOSES THEFT OF 100000.
wOonsocl<et Electric Machine Com
pany Suffers Heavy Loss.

Woonsoci<et Electric Machine Conn
pany Suffers Heavy Loss.
\ shortage of about $4,000 in the ac-
counts of the WOonsocket Electric Ma
chine and Power Company, Woonsocket,
r. l., was revealed by the issuance to
the stockholders of a circular letter an
nouncing that a heavy defalcation had
been discovered The letter. which was
issued by order of the directors, further
stated that the resignation of Levi Cook
Lincoln, secretary-treasurer and general
manager of the company, had been ac-
cepted. Negotiations have been under
way for the sale of the business to the
firm of Estabrook & Co. and the circular
says the embezzlement will not interfere
with this sale, although the stockholders
may be called on to make good any de-
ficiencN
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
WILL START PEARL FARM.
Westerner Leases MusseI Bed to
Work Out Old Theory

Following the supposed discovery that
the pearl is the result of a microbe that
finds its way into an oyster or mussel,
Harry Marks of Omaha has determined
to go into the business of raising jewels
on large scale. He has leased a large
mussel bed, and during the summer he in
tends to inoculate several hundred bushels
of the bivalves with the choicest microbes
from the Gulf of Alden The difficulty
has been to determine the characteristics
of the germs, and much time was spent
in this work. Now he is convinced that
he has the real thing. 1t will take three
years to develop the pearls, but when
they do reach marketable size the owner
of the pearl farm declares they will bring
him in millions
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
LAKE MICHIGAN WRECK.
barge Arcadia and Crew Supposed
to Have Gone Down.

The wooden lumber barge Arcadia.
which left Manistee, Mich, on April u
for Two Rivers, undoubtedly has been
lost in Lake Michigan, with its captain
and owner. Harry May, and his wife and
twelve other persons. Marine men have
given the vessel up as lost and would not
be surprised to hear that the wreck was
caused by boiler explosion. Some hold
the theory that it went down as the re-
suit of the big storm of April IA. The
boat has not been heard from since it
left Manistee. WreckaGe has been found
along the beach from Pentwater north to
Little Point Sauble, and part of it has
been identified as the cargo of the lost
craft. Portions of its cabins and bull
warks also have been found. The Area
dia was a wooden steamer 10 feet in
length, 26 feet beam, and 9 feet draft,
registering $50 tons, and was built in
Milwaukee in 1888.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
DREAM SAVES HIM S1,O27.
Fortune Seeker Recalls Deposit Slips
He Had Given Swindler.

As the result of a dream Frank Dimes,
rural mail carrier from Marlin, Ohio,
saved his $1,02723, while Il. E. L. Mans
field of Los Angeles, alias Prof. Eugene
Lenox. psychist, occupies cell at the
Central police station in Toledo, and
probably will be arraigned on charge of
practicing a trick to defraud Dimes
who expected Mansfield could find him
fortune turned over to the professor three
certificates of deposit, aggregating ST.
OPT, which he agreed to indorse. He
says he dreamed during the night that
he was about to be swindled. He con-
ided in the police and Mansfeld's arrest
followed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
a Christian science decision.

A novel and interesting decision was
recently handed down by the Supreme
Court of the State of Texas. The case
Fort Worth and Denver City Railway
Company for damages on account of
physical and mental suffering in being ex-
PEELED from one OF the defendants passen-
ger trains. The lady in question was
member of the Christian Science cult
and the attorney for the defendant en-
deavored to establish this fact during the
trial, explaining that the plaintiff would
not take medicine, and that it was her
belief that she suffered only when she
thought she suffered and it was only a
question with her whether she suffered or
did not, and that as a Christian Scientist
''she lived in a spiritual plane above men
tai and physical suferings; that it was
an article of her faith that there was no
such thing as mental or physical suffer-
ing. and that she did not actually suf-
fer" The court would not permit the
attorney to bring out this point. and
verdict was given for the plaintiff On
appeal the Supreme Court reversed the
decision, holding that it was an error not
to allow the desired testimony to be in
troduced, since it was pertinent to the
main and essential issue in the case, to
wit, the mental and physical suffering OF
the plaintiff. This decision suggests
new line of cross-examination in dana ge
suits where the plaintiff is believer in
Christian Science
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
TO TRY "a .BLACk HAND" CASES.
Over N Score Arraigned in Wilkes
barre, Pa, for Bands Crimes.

More than a score of foreigners charg
ed with being members of the BLACK
Hand" and responsible for a large num-
Der of crimes in that vicinity were placed
on trial in Wikesbarre, Pa. Thirteen
cases of shooting with attempt to kill,
thirteen of conspiracy, six of dynamiting
and two of robbery by threats and men
aces are charged against the men, who
are alleged to be the leaders of the BLACK
Hand" Hundreds of foreign families in
that section have for several years lived
in a state bordering on terror as result
Of threats made by this mysterious or
ganization, which in many cases have
been followed up with murder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Wall of Water Loosed.

Just five minutes after the first annual
Sportsmen's Show opened in Pittsburg
Wednesday night at the Duquesne Gar
den. a huge tank. which was to be used
for the water sports, suddenly burst and
100000 gallons of water rushed out over
the large hall. There were several hun
bred visitors present and these. panic
stricken. succeeded in reaching the prom
enade of the garden. which is about ten
feet higher than the floor space being
used for the show, before any of them
were injured
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02

United States Supreme Court De-
cides Three Iowa Cases.
The United States Supreme Court in
a decision in three cases coming from
Iowa, held that no State can tax United
States bonds. and that banks cannot be
required to pay a tax upon the govern
ment bonds which they hold. In all
three cases the Des Moines authorities
levied a tax on stocks and bonds. includ-
ing United States bonds. held by banks
under the State law, which provides that
shares of stock of State banks and loan
and trust companies shall be assessed to
such banks, and not to the individual
shareholders
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Four Killed in Explosion

-Four miners were killed and nine Sc
verely injured in an explosion on the
sixth level Of the Morgan slope at the
Black Diamond mine of the Pacific Coast
Company. twenty-five miles from Seattle
Sash. ON the Columbia and Puget Sound
railway. Forty men were waiting to be
dropped into the mine when the explo-
sion occurred.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
STORM WIPES OUT VILLAGE.
Eight Lives known to Have Beer

Eight Lives Known to Have Been
Lost in Texas Tornado.
One village was totally destroyed. ex-
tensive damage was done to property and
crops ut other points and eight lives are
known to have been lost as a result of
n storm that was general over Texas
late Saturday and which at several
points assumed the proportions of 4 tor
nado. The little village of Hcmming, in
Cook County, was practically wiped out
and five persons are known to have been
killed there. At Sulphur Springs hail
banked in drifts from a foot and a half
TO two feet deep and stalled all trains.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
LETTER IS CLEARED BY JURY.
of AcGuittnI in Last of Coal
Cases at Benton.

The jury in Benton, ILL.,, returned a
verdict of acquittal in the case of the
people against the Xeigler Coal Company,
charged with employing mine examiners
without certificates of competency. The
case grew out of the explosion in the
Zeigler mines two years ago. The motion
of Joseph Letter for a new trial in the
case of similar character, in which he
was convicted in February, was over
ruled and the case taken to the Appel
late Court on appeal This is the last of
prosecutions instituted against Mr.. Lei
ter and his company as a result of the
eXnlOSion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Steamer and Crew Are Lost.

All hope for the safety of the fishing
steamer Searchlight. which was struck by
the furious northwest gale off Harbor
Beach. Mich. Tuesday night, was aban-
doned when the life savers who have
been searching for the missing craft re-
turned to port with pieces of wreckage
they had picked up in Lake Huron. The
Searchight's crew of six members went
down with the craft.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
stems in Engines Path

Lindsay r. Hicks, the miner who for
seventeen days was buried in the Edison
mine at Bakersfield. Cal. attempted sui
eide at Reno. New, by leaping in front of
a switch engine. 4 bystander saved his
life by hurting him from the track. He
is not drawing we'll as a theatrical at
traction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Daily Flow 100, 900 Feet.

A telephone message from Caney, Kan.
announces that the latest gas well ever
drilled in the western country was
brought in there late the other afternoon.
As near as it could be gagged, the we'll
has a capacity of SO,000.0O0 to 100000
600 feet a day. Only one other we'll ever
drilled the big Moses. in West Virginia,
can approach this record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Flood Mine ia Ston Fire

The flooding of the Homestake mine ait
Lead, S. D., has been begun for the pur-
pose of extinguishing the fire which broke
cut in the 500-foot level four weeks ago.
During this time the company has fought
the fire by every means known. The
flames have, gained steadily and the fire
has now spread into the upper levels.