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The Jewish outlook., 1907-09-06

holds regular court only once a year,
and that he is in need of three books in
which the names of acts Of the three
mentioned classes of people are
fully written down. Else they would
never have made the statement that
man is judged by God every dag, yes,
every hour of his life. (Adam middan
be-kOL jOm-be-kOl ShaahD. But the
sublime lesson that there is God in
history who ultimately judges individ-
uals and nations in righteousness (be-
Zedeh) underlies this old legend. 1t
may take time, long time, before
wrongs are righted, but justice and
truth must and will triumph in the end
The wicked may blossom and bloom, but
only like grass, for a time. The right
eous, however, blossoms like the palm
surely. The same is the case in the his
long without the foundation of justice
and righteousness The moment this
foundation was destroyed the nation, no
matter how mighty, persisted. Baby
lon, Rome, Spain; France, before the
Revolution of 1889; and Russia today,
prove the truth of this statement.
Frederick Schiller's immortal words,
"Die. Weltgeschichte ish das WeHge
richte," only reiterate the old Jewish
idea of "JOm Hddin," Judgment
Day" 1t is for this reason that Rosh
Hdshdna is also DAY of Remem-
brance" (Jom Ha ZikkOrOn). We
should not attempt to drown by pleas
ure and amusement our failures, sor-
rows, sins of commission and omission,
but, on the contrary, remember them on
New Years Day, painful as such tear
ing up of old wounds might be to us.
We must remember them, bring them
before the Judgment seat of our own
conscience, resolve to turn new leaf
and to become better men and women.
EMANUEL SCHREIBER.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-09-06

aQaptatlOn, winch mas always been the
characteristic feature Of Judaism as a
religion, ....-...
The Jewish New Year does not be-
gin with the first month of the year,
Nissan, in the spring, when nature.
awallens from it's winter sleep and
flowers and trees blossom; but with the
seventh month of the year, in the fall,
when the leaves fall from the trees, and
nature goes to sleep This peculiar fact
distinguishes our New Year celebration
from that Of old and modern religions.
While the latter celebrate the end of the
old and the beginning of the new year
amidst jollification, noise, and not sell
dom scenes Of widest revelry, in order
to drown in forgetfulness every serious
thought, Judaism celebrates it's New
Year in the fall to remind us of the
perishability of human life and of the
instability and changeableness Of all
earthly things. "Nichts iSh so best9ndig
ais der Wechsel,' - Nothing is so stable
as is Instability" is the one great mes
sage Of Rosh Hashana. Just because
hours, days. weeks, months and years
are like t1eeting shadows, we should
make the best possible use of time, as
the Psalmist has it: ''Teach us, o, God,
to number our days, in order that we
might bring home heart of wisdom -
Therefore the Sh0far trumpet or cor
net should arouse our conscience and
stir us to be up and doing, to begin not
only a new year. but new and better
life, or as Maimondes puts it: ''The
Shofar admonishes us: 'Shappen Mas
sechem. " 'Beautify your life (allud-
ing to the double meaning Of the root
ShOfm y by noble deeds.''
The rabbis made of our New Year a
Judgment Day Accordingly God
sits on Rosh Hashana on his throne sur
rounded by secretaries who write down
the names Of all the Jews in the world,
weigh on scales their good and evil ac-
tions during the past year. If the good
actions outweigh the bad, Gods judg-
ment is favorable If not, God DEGREES
death or loss of health or fortune for
the wicked. But there is large class
composed Of those who are neither good
nor bad DE n0nin,), the so-called aver
age. TO them God gives eight days
time, between ROsh Hashana. and JOm
KippW. If they repent and amend
their conduct, the evil decree against
them will be changed in their favor. If,
however, they stubbornly persist in
their sinfulness, God will show no mercy
to them. This legend is POLITICALLY en-
bellished in the famous Mussaf prayer,
"U-nessan neh Thohef," by Rabbi AM
mon, the Jewish Martyr of Mayence,
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SEPTEMBER 6, 1907.
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Garner ON Animal Speech.

Prof. r. L. Garner, who for several
years has spent the greater part of his
time in the forests of Africa, studying
the language Of monkeys and other ami
mails, replies in the current Independent
to the published statements of w. II.
Hornaday that wild animals in the jun
gle very rarely communicate with one an
other by vocal sounds, they having learn
ed that "silence promotes peace and long
life" Prof. Garner admits that wild
animals are habitually more taciturn
than domesticated ones, as are also the
wild tribes of human beings. This he
attributes to lack of social intimacies and
nomadic habits. But he points out that
merely going hunting and camping in the
forest will fire and noise gives no oppor-
tunity for the methodic study of its deni-
zens. 1t is necessary to live among them
in a state of nature for an indefinite
time.
Contradicting Hornaday, Garner denies
that silence is an important element Of
safety in wild animal life. The carnivor-
Gus, the only natural enemies to which
other animals have any cause of fear of
betrayal by the sound of their voices, de-
pend almost wholly upon the sense OF
smell in pursuing their game, every spe-
cies having it's peculiar odor. Also the
carnivores generally hunt at night, seiz-
ing the prey while asleep. The animals
which have the fewest reasons to fear ~
trayal by their voices are by nature the
most silent ones. Garner tells of his
personal experience during the three
years residence in the jungle, how the
chimpanzee frequently breaks the silence
of the forest by answering the cries of
various other animals. The gorilla is less
loquacious, but there are times when he
ignores all danger of betrayal and gives
vent ''to deluge of speech" Other mon
key species are persistent takers and can
be heard at most any hour. The trum-
peting of the elephant is common at night
and the believing of the hippopotamus by
day and night. The anteIopes cry at
night when the leopard is on the hunt
for them, the latter also grunting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-15
Interesting News Items.

Several Chinese woman students have
sailed from Shanghai for the United
States on board the steamer Minnesota.
They are graduates of schools in China
and are coming TO America to enter Vas
sar college.
At a conference Of representatives of
more than forty silk mills in Scranton,
Pa. it was unanimously agreed that it
would be impossible to grant shorter
work day to silk workers, 5000 of whom
are now on strike.
Booth Harrington, the Indiana novel
list and playwright, has arrived in New
York after a stay in Europe of two years.
He comes to see the production of his
play. The Man from Home
Pearl Frisby. an aeronaut, and his wife
were nearly burned TO death while their
balloon was being inflated at Fairview,
Cal. Frisby was throwing gasoline on the
fire when his clothing ignited.
Russian editors have been ordered by
the project of police at st. Petersburg
not TO mention the names of the Gar or
any of the royal family except by special
permission. 4 fine OF 1900 rubles
ISL .JOol. or three months Imprisonment.
is the penalty for violation.
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Chicago-Cattle. common to prime,
$500 to $50; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $612; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $685.; wheat, No. 2, SOC to SIC;
corn, No. ., 53c to J5c;' oats, standard,
sic to 52c: rye, No. ,, Tic to Zoe; hay,
timothy. S14.OG to $21.00; prairie $500
to 1890; butter, choice creamery, 21c
to 24c; eggs, fresh, 14c to lie; potatoes,
per bushel roc to S2c.
anapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $7.15 hogs, choice heavy, 800 to
$3.50; sheep, common to prime, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. ,, Sic to S3c; corn,
No. 2 white, J3c to ole; oats, No. 2
white, 47c TO 49c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $40;
hogs. S4.O0 to $640; sheep, $500 to
1913; wheat, No. 2, SAC to Soc; corn,
No. 2, 53c to dc; oats, NJ. 2, 41c to
49c: rye, No. ?, &c to 7Sc.
Cincinnati-Cattlc. 500 to 1928;
hogs, $500 to $500 sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat. No. ., SIC to 83c; corn,
No. . mixed, 55c to sc; oats, No. 2
mixed. 47c to 4Sc; rye, No. 2. S6c to SSc.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$4OO to $6.25; sheep, $3.50 to $475;
wheat, No. ., SIC to S8c; corn, No. 3
yellow. SIC to 59c oats, No. 3 white,
SOC to SIC: rye. No. 2, Toe TO T6c.
Milwaukee-NNhcat, No. 2 northern,
97c to 99c; corn. No. 3, SIC 70 Doc;
oats, standard. 49c to Ole; rye. No. J.
soc to 82c: barley. standard, 70c to re;
pork, mess, $16.4j.
Bufalo-Cattle choice shipping steers,
$500 to $500 hogs, fair to choice 500
to 1913; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $j.2j lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $7.25.
New York-Cattle, $500 to ST00;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red 93c to Ole;
corn. No. ., SOC to G0c; oats, natural
white. Sc to 60c butter, creamery, 22c
to 25c: eggs, western, 16c to zoe.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixed, SIC to
&c. corn, No. 2 mixed, 54c to J6c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 42c to Acc; rye, No.
2, 74c to 75c; clover seed, prime, $40.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-15
Banker AssafIs Trust Makers.

Henry Clews, the millionaire banker OF
New York, in an address on great wealth
and social unrest at Chautauqua, n. Y,
likened to the dark ages the attitude Of
capital toward labor few years ago, and
took the radical ground that officials Of
illegal trusts should be imprisoned for
their crimes. He endeavored to distin-
guish, however, between the social unrest
which springs from an appreciation of the
nations foundation and that misguided
and malicious unrest melted by social
ism" He particularly approved Of those
manifestations Of unrest which come
through organized labor in demands for
adequate compensation or the limitation
of a days work. Mr.. Clews denied en-
phatically that the existing unrest had
been brought on by the Roosevelt admin
istration. This, he said, was both sur
Trisino and Ridiculous
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Pauperism and Crime Costly.

DR.. Charles NJ Bushnell, who is con-
Quoting a model public playground at
Washington, D. c., says that the United
States spends $4,000, 100000 annually on
the criminal, pauper and vicious classes.
This figure is based upon an extensive
study of what he calls the social illness
of this country. He finds that the aver
age factory hand earns $40 year,
whereas the average criminal costs about
$1,000 a year. Disease as a result Of
vicious habits is believed to be increas-
ing; suicides are increasing six times
as fast as the population, and murders
three times as fast, while insanity is also
making gains. In industrial enterprises
we are, it appears, each year manning
and killing from two to nine times as
many persons as are killed in similar pur-
suits in Europe He declares that we
have 100000 paupers and 1O,OOO,OO
persons on the ragged edge Of pauperism.
To-day he finds that over one-third Of our
population live in large cities, as COM
pared with per cent in 1870.
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NEW YORK.

Cross currents in crop and trade devel-
opments render generalization difficult.
Dispatches to Bradstreet's point to fur
Their favorable progress by leading crops,
notably corn, cotton and spring wheat,
but excepting oats, reports from which
are rot favorable. In the Southwest,
Northwest and at Urge eastern centers
sentiment as 10 fall trade has been helped
by these developments. and fall buying is
becoming more noticeable, as country mer-
chants are coming in increasing numbers
In some of the large industries, however,
there is quieter trade in some branches
with prices easing Business failures for
the week in the United States number
15T, against 142 last week, 1871 in the like
week of 1906, 1856 in 1908, 1871 in 1904
and 100 in 1903. Failures in Canada
number IS, against 16 last week and 10
in the week a year ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Commercial Report
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-15
NEWS DISPATCHES ARE MEAeER
Strike CurtaiIs All Messages. Even
Over the Leased Wires

Owing TO the almost complete Interrupt
ton OF Geographic communication be-
tween various parts of the country the
news dispatches in the city dailies, both
those sent out by the Associated Press
and those received over special leased
wires, We're greatly curtailed When the
command. Strike was flashed TO Chi
cago at midnight Thursday every union
operator in the Western Union Office stop
ped right in the middle of his dispatch,
signalled go" closed his key and left his
desk. Postal operators followed Satur-
day, and Chicago was practically isolated
from the rest of the country so far as
telegraphic communication was concerned.
Many portions of the country were en-
tirely cut off from the news centers and
even the messages received from the larg-
er cities were in many cases mea ger,
showing the strain put upon the available
wires. Operators on the leased wires COM
planned of frequent Interruptions and the
service showed the results of general de-
moralization. As a result, there was a
sensible diminution in the bulk of outside
news which reached the news centers.
While the morning papers in all of the
large cities suffered from this cause, the
real acuteness of the situation was best
realized in cities of $4,000 and under.
Most of the newspapers in these towns do
not lease their own wires, but rely on
the Western Union and the Postal Tele-
graph companies for service.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-15

At a banquet given to King Frederick
of Denmark during his visit to Reikiavik,
Iceland, the king announced his policy re-
garding the future relations between the
island and the Danish crown, saying: Il
have established a commission to arrange
for legislation to define the constitutional
position of Iceland in the realm and to
find a form under which the freedom of
Iceland may be built up and protected,
while at the same time the unity of the
realm is preserved and insured
1t is reported from London that the
management of the Daily Mail and Even
ing News, known as the Harmsworth pa
pers, which were recently mulcted to the
extent of S25sOOO on a libel suit brought
by w. II. Lever of Liverpool, has settled
another similar suit by the payment of
S125,000 and the publication of an apol-
ogy. This latter suit was brought by Jo
seph Watson & Sons of Leeds. Both 40
tions grew out of a controversy over the
alleged attempt to bring about a eombi-
nation of the English soap manufacturers.
Not less than 5000 troops have been
summoned to the vicinity of Belfast, Ire
land, in order to control the situation
arising from the strike of the dock labor
ers for increased pay and shorter hours
The calling OF troops was due partly to
the fact that the police had struck to
enforce their demand for more pay be-
cause of the extra work. The strikers
were attacking non-union laborers at sv-
cry opportunity. One feature of the
trouble is the closing of a number of
spinning mills through inability to obtain
coal.
The British Navy Department has re-
Gently launched the Bellerophon. the sec
ond battleShip of the Dreadnought class,
although exceeding the latter vessel by
700 tons. The new ship also embodies a
number of improvements gained as a re-
suit of the Dreadnought trials.
In 1906 Japan produced 1900. 444 tons
of coal. an increase of 100000 tons.
The petroleum output rose from $1,000
600 to 60.400000 gallons. The iron ore
| output was 141. 100000 pounds, and sui
phur reached 60,000,000 pounds, both
showing some increase. Exports of re-
fined copper were of the value of S10.125,-
600, an increase of nearly 100000.
The reports from st. Petersburg indi-
cate that the signing of the treaties OF
commerce. navigation and fishery between
Russia and Japan, which occurred re-
Gently, will be followed shortly by the
| publication of political entente wiping
out the last traces of hostility arising
from the late war. This new agreement
will be along the same general lines as
| the recent agreement between France and
Russia, the two countries mutually guar
anteeing each others rights and terrific
! ries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-15
FAST TRAIN IN A WRECK.
Lake shores Twentieth Century
Limited Meets with Accident.

Lake Shores Twentieth Century
Limited Meets with Accident.
The Twentieth Century Limited, the
1S-hour New York Chicago flyer of the
Lake Shore railroad, was wrecked in col
lision with a freight train while speeding
toward Chicago. Many persons were in
jured. Passengers. hurled from their
berths and chairs, were in panic.
The train, one of the two fastest in the
world, smashed into the wreckage of a
derailed freight just outside of Chester
ton. Ind, at Z 81 a. m. Three forward
cars and the locomotive were hurled from
the track. Many of the passengers, in
Guiding men and women making the flying
trip from New York to Chicago, were
crushed and badly bruised. The Limited's
cars, which were thrown off the track
when the engine struck the freight wreck,
were the buffet and dining cars and the
last sleeper. A number of men were in
the buffet car and several groups of both
men and women had taken seats in the
diner, while others either were still asleep
or dressing in the sleepers when the ter
rife crash came.
The Twentieth Century Limited rum
ming daily on an 1S-hour schedule between
New York and Chicago. is made up of
an eight-stateroom sleeping and observa-
ton car, a twelve-section and a sixteen
section drawing room sleeping car, and
buffet. smoking. library and baggage cars.
The dining car is attached at Elkhart to
Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-15

Allison, James Whitcomb Riley, most of
the Senators, many members of the
House, and political friends all over the
United States.
The new Mrs. Beveridge is the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus n. Eddy of
Chicago, and niece of Mrs. Marshall
Field. Both her father and mother be-
long to families long prominent in Chi
cago. Senator Beveridge was the young
est man in the United States Senate when
he entered it eight years ago at the age
OF Sc. He was a plowboy in Highland
county, Ohio, at u, laborer at IA and
an employee of a logging camp in Illinois
at 16. He borrowed $50 from friend
in 1881 and entered Depauw university.
Here he won all the debates and with his
prize money paid his expenses for the
two years remaining of the college course.
In 1885, after two years of work on a
ranch, he returned to Indianapolis and
commenced the study of law. He became
a campaign speaker in 1884. Mr.. Bever-
idge married Katherine Langsdale at
Greencastle, Ind, in 1887. She died
seven years ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-15
SAD NEWS FOR TRAMPs.
From New On He viii Find 1t More
Difficult TO Move About.

For years and years the mendicity ex-
Perts of all sorts. ranging from the prac-
teal students of the subject. like Josiah
Flynt' and Jack London. up to the more
scientific Investigators who looked ar it
broadly IN its sociological relations. have
been calling attention to the fact that the
solution of the tramp problem lay in the
abolition OF free railway travel for the
wandering brotherhood. The tramp. they
said, if reduced to immobility. or even to
the mobility given by his own legs. would
be almost impossible.
If confined TO one town or limited to
the few the tramp could reach unaided
he would soon become known and be
forced to work or go to Jail The stories
OF temporary lack of money and of en-
ployment waiting a few miles beyond
would not be accepted at kitchen doors
from a sturdy beggar in his own vicinage,
and it is only by making those stories
believed that the tramp can live at all.
As a rule. he applies only once at the
same door, and of necessity, at least, he
puts enough space between his visits to
endure forgetfulnesS of his identity. This
he can do only because he is allowed to
ride free on freight trains, practically
when and where he chooses.
The railway companies have always
recognized the tramp as a nuisance and
danger, and innumerable haE-hearted
efforts have been made to bar him from
the cars and bumpers and trucks, but for
the most part the train crews leave the
unwelcoms passengers alone, partly be-
cause to put them OFF means trouble and
delay. with occasional fights with men
who do not hesitate at murder, and partly
because even the tramps will pay lit
tie something to be ignored, and these
fares go no further than the recipient S
pocket. At last, however, the charity
workers and the railway officials seem
to be getting together for the remedying
of this great abuse.
The National Conference of Charities
and Correction, at Minneapolis, received
assurances from the heads of many rail-
ways and railway systems, including
MesSrs. Hill and Hartman. and Presi-
dents Murray and Delano that it will
receive all possible assistance in putting
an end to this most vicious class of travel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-15
BIG FINE IMPENDS.
RAILROAD AND OIL CORPORA
TIONS INDICTED.
Held I'm New York for Giving and
Receiving Illegal Concessions in
Oil Shipments-Shock Restores
Deaf Mans Hearing.

Four big corporations were indicted
by the federal grand jury for the western
district of New York, whicl reported to
Judge Hazel. The report was only a
partial one, but it included ten indict-
ments Two of these were against the
Standard Oil Company of New York, one
of them containing 1873 counts and the
other forty counts two were against the
Vacuum Oil Company of Rochester and
containing 1SS and forty counts respec-
lively; two were against the New York
Central and the Pennsylvania Railway
companies, jointly, and two more were
against these two companies separately.
In each Of these the counts were similar,
1SS and forty. The indictments against
the oil companies charge receiving and
accepting illegal concessions in the ship
ment of OIL and those against the railway
companies charge illegally giving and
granting such concessions.