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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
An APOSTLE of Honni,ass

Miss Laurence Alma-Tadema, daughter
Of the well-known artist and author of
several successful novels, has come from
her English home to lecture IN America
on Happiness" When asked by a New
York reporter to tell what she meant by
happiness, Miss a-Tadema said it
would take an hour and twenty minutes
to tell that, and it had taken her FIVE
months to write down what had required
years to learn. As to how it could be at
tanned, she is quoted as saying: by man.
aging ones self; by working hard and
developing ones self to the limit. It
never comes except by being sought. It
is not a matter of condition or of wealth.
1t does not depend on marriage" Hap
piness lies in the curtailment of desire.
Do without things.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
A Synthetic Health Creed.

The "back-to-nature" movement, of
which the most prominent leaders are DR..
j. Fl. Kellogg of Battle Greek, Dr. Dewey,
Profs. Fisher and Chittenden of Yale and
Prof. Metchnikoff of Russia, has now
found a synthetizing exposition at the
hands of DR.. Daniel S. Sager in a new
book published by Stokes, entitled, THE
Art of Living in Good Health" This
new apostle of the simpler life, with the
added authority of a successful M d."
commends much of the work of those
pioneers and Pounds his system on a
creed, the vest-pocket edition of which is,
Breathe Deep chew long; drink enough;
eat little" Bathing, exercise, early sleep
and cheerfulness are other articles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
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w. r. Boggs, an American, was slain
by Mexican laborers who demanded their
wages.
Two bombs were found beneath the box
of King Carlos of Portugal in the Royal
Theater of Lisbon.
Brigands tortured Marquis Cito of Ma
Piles and forced his wife to write a check
for $4,000 for his ransom
In the effort to gain the mastery of
the Pacific, Japan forced every foreign
shipping line out of the China trade.
Thousands of native troops who attack
ed the French forces on the Algerian
frontier were driven back into Morocco.
A steamer went on the rocks of the
Nova Scotia shore in binding storm
but the 600 persons aboard were taken
pff
Oscar Erbsloeh was forced by German
authorities to pay duty of $50 on the
James Gordon Bennett Cup he won in
The balloon race.
The death sentence of Prof Karl Hau,
convicted of murder in Germany, was
scmmuted to life Imprisonment
Empress Alexandra of Russia became
so i'll that special consultation of court
physicians was deemed necessary.
Nicholas Tschaikovsky, known as the
founder of the first revolutionary circle
at st. Petersburg, and Nine. Breshkov-
skaya, one of the first aristocratic con-
verts to the terrorist program, both of
whom have many friends in America.
bave been arrested and thrown into the
Of nd Dc, al +bo
Russian capital.
Finance Minister Kokovsoff, in an
nouncing the budget in the Duma Tues
day, said that it would be necessary to
get $93,OO0,0OO on credit to meet the ex-
t1aordinary expenses.
Recent conferences between the Ameri-
can ambassador at Toxic. O'Brien. and
Foreign Minister Hyashi, have resulted in
a satisfactory settlement of the limitation
Of japanese immigration to the United
States. 1t was agreed that only students
and commercial men should be allowed to
come, and that the going of laborers
should be prevented by the japanese au-
thorities. Similar assurances were given
to the representatives of Canada
Recent reports from South Africa were
TO the effect that the Cape Government
was arming in the expectation of another
uprising of the native Zulus, whose lead
er, Dinizulu, was defying arrest in Natal
for certain murders in connection with
the rising last year. Now it appears that
Dinizulu has surrendered to the authori-
ties and has demanded a trial.
Herr LANCE, a well-known translator.
predicted a famine in white paper and
urged America to look to the preserya-
Ton of her forests.
Rio Janeiro received news of Brazil
ias flibuster promoted in New York by
American capital Offenders captured in
Rit may be executed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
THIRD HORROR IN A FORTNIGHT
MOnOngah, w. Va, and YOIande Dis.

MOnOngah,W w. Va, and YOIande Dis
aster Cost Lives of Hundreds.
The Connellsville mine horror is the
third to shock the nation within the
last fortnight An explosion in mines
Nos. and 8 of the Consolidation Coal
Company at MonOngah, w. Va, wreck
ed the interior of the mine and caused
loss of life at first estimated at 500,
but since found to have been less than
400. Not all the bodies of men trapped
in subterranean passages have been re-
moved even yet. At last accounts 1886
had been found
This disaster brought desolation to
the whole city of Monongah and the
surrounding region and restitution and
even disease have resulted. The State
authorities and others have taken
measures to investigate the causes rig
idly and to seek greater safety for the
workers
The other serious accident occurred
In the Yolande coal mine, near Bir-
mingham, Ala. The latest reports from
the scene of this horror, published yes
terday, show fifty-nins bodies found
and twenty-five men listed as still
missing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
czAR's MINISTER DROPS DEAD.

Head of Department of Commerce
Expires Suddenly in Theater.
NJ. Filossofoff, minister of commerce
and eX-comptroller of the empire. died
suddenly at the Marie Theater il St
Petersburg during a gala performance.
He had spent the day at Tsarkoe Seo
and returned home in excellent spirits.
He was accompanied to the theater by
his son and during the rendering of the
national anthem at the beginning of the
program he tainted. Attendants carried
him from the box and hastily summoned
physicians, but NJ. Filossofoff died while
the doctors were examining him. The
cause of death was given as apoplexy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
U. S. ACQUIRES 1900 ISLANDS.
New Survey Doubles Number on
Spanish Charts

When Uncle Sam acquired the Philip
pine Islands he learned from the Spanish
charts that there were about 1900 of
them After few ships had punctured
holes in their bottoms in water which,
according to charts, was deep, the qGes-
tion of making charts was taken up rs
the United States coast and geodetic sur
Vey and the result to date has been to
arouse grave distrust of the Spanish
guides TO navigation. Dr. G. f. 1eagle,
who has been attached as surgeon to the
coast survey steamer Fathomer for the
last two years, arrived in San Francisco
from the Orient on the liner China. DIR.
Yeagle says that the American survey,
which will not be completed for ten years,
already shows there are 1900 islands in
the archipelago. The American surveyors
found the Spanish charts full of remark
able inaccuracies. The United States
steamers Fathomer, Pathfinder, Re
search, Martinique and R6mblon are now
engaged in the work of charting Philip
pine waters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
BUYS FOREST; PAPER TO RISE.

Paper Company Closes Deal for $50
Square Miles of Timber Land.
The international Paper Company, it
is announced, has practically closed the
purchase of 800 square miles of timber
lard in New Brunswick, containing $50,
600 acres of spruce timber. A. n. Bur
bank, president of the paper company,
stated that the problem of securing sprlce
wood for pulp has become a serious one
and that as result the price of print
paper has increased. Spruce wood, it is
said, is now quoted at $40 a cord, while
sales have been made at figures as high
as $14 cord. In some quarters it is pre-
dicted that the price of print paper in
l9oS will be at least 20 per cent above
the price that has prevailed during 1907.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
FORTUNE. FROM IRELAND.
Poor Widow Hears of Plot to Cheat
Her of 100000.

Mrs. Kate Cole, a poor widow in New
York, relying on an only son, who IS
common laborer, for support, received two
letters the other day informing her that
she was one of two heirs to $1,OO0,0OO
left by an aunt, Miss Johanna Seymour,
Cork county, Ireland. The other heir is
Mrs. Graham, supposed to live on
Staten Island. Recently Mrs. Cole was
notified she had been left a small sum, but
the letters say officials in Ireland and
those having hold of the money are at
tempting to keep it from her. Mrs. Cole
has employed a lawyer who has entered
into communication with the public ad-
ministrator of the county and with the
American consul at Dublin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Insurance Comnanies Barred

Three of the largest insurance com
panies doing business in California hav
been denied certificates to continue b.
Commissioner Wolf, namely, the Palatina
OF London, Commercial of London, AMI
the Williamsburg of New York, which
would not submit to suits against then
for losses sustained in the earthquake fire
but insisted upon taking the cases int.
the federal courts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
AUGUSTUS RINGLlNG Is DEAD.
Head of Big Circus Combination
Began Life as Poor Boy.

Augustus Ringing, head of the circus
combination which controls the shows of
Ringing Bros, Barnum & Bailey and
Torepaugh-Sells, died in New Orleans at
a sanitarium Death was due to a com
plication of diseases. Mr.. Ringing came
to New Orleans about two weeks ago
with the hope that the southern climate
would benefit him. Charles and Henry
Ringing, brothers of Augustus Ringing,
took the body to Baraboo, Wis, for
burial. Augustus Ringing was the oldest
of seven brothers. Born a poor boy fifty
five years ago, he educated himself and
accumulated sufficient funds with his
brothers to start in their little home town
OF Baraboo the nucleus of the great
shows he controlled at his death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
POWDER MILL KILLS MAN.
Only the Remnant of n Vest Is
Enuud A iu

Only the Remnant of a Vest Is
Found After Big Explosion.
Remnants of a vest and horse blanket
and fragments of a harness are all that
remain of a supposed craftsman who is
thought to have caused an explosion of
600 quarts of nitroglycerin half an hour
after the Dupont Powder Company's
plant and magazine near Bowling Green,
Ohio, closed down. The explosion wreck
Ell the plant, a power house and pumping
station near by, tore doors and windows
from homes for several miles and did at
least $1,000 damage to buildings in the
city. The plant is two and a half miles
out of Bowling Green. The entire dam
age is estimated at $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
SUICIDES NOTES SHOW PACT.
Two Men Leave Letters Saying They
Agreed to Die Together.

Two Men Leave Letters Saying They
Agreed to Die Together.
1t has developed that Hubert NJ
Schmitt, aged 81, late janitor of Mar
quette university, and Thomas NJ Stan
ton. aged 20, of Chicago, who ended their
lives in suicide compact at the Plankin-
ton house in Milwaukee, lived together in
Chicago for some time prior to October
with Stanton's widowed mother. The
intimacy between the men dated flom
their acquaintance at Sacred Heart
church, Chicago, where for seven years
Schmitt was janitor, while Stanton vas
a student. Notes were found signed by
both men, in which the statement was
made that they had agreed to die together
because of i'll health and persecution" by
relatives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
sHoRTENs BANK FoRGER's TERM
Gov. Hoch Commutes to Five Years
Sentence Against Ex-Cashier.

Gov. Hoch of Kansas has coMmuted to
five years the sentence of j. e. MARCEL,
the Highland, Kan, banker, in prison for
forgery under indeterminate sentence.
This includes the time served in Jail and
time off for good behavior, making the
actual time only four years and one
MONTH MARCEL will go free Feb. %.
For three years MARCEL, as cashier of
the Highland bank, sent. to city banks
forged notes, warehouse receipts and
mortgages, as collateral for cash loans.
The banks accepted nearly 100000 in
this paper and lent MARCEL 100000 on
il. His forgeries wrecked the bank and
took the money not only of the directors
and neighbors, who had trusted him, but
OF his relatives as well.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Meningitis Serum a Success.

A report made to the New York Acad-
envy of Medicine, and which is attracting
much interest among physicians, indicates
that serum, which was discovered by
DIR. Simon Flexner, director of the Rookie
fcller Pathological Institute. for the treat
ment OF meningitis, or spotted fever"
produced the unprecedented record of
cures in 12.3 per cent of the total number
of cases treated. An interesting feature
was the sudden termination of the dis
ease, generally within forty-eight hours
after the injection of the serum. The
cases reported were treated in various
parts of the country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
City to Use Skyscraper.

Architects have begun work on plans
which are to be submitted in competition
for New York's proposed twenty-story
office building, to be erected on the ground
recently bought opposite the Brooklyn
bridge entrance. 1t is estimated that the
building will hold all the offices of the
city's departments. and that it will cost
approximately SS,OoO,O0O Construction
will begin next year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Chicago,s Woman Con.

Chief of Police Shippy of Chicago has
granted special police permit to Miss
Dorothy Stewart, aged % This allows
her to wear the multi-pointed star of the
special police force and invests her with
ali the authority of the male policeman.
She will be detailed in full uniform at
the Auditorium Theater to supervise the
safety and comfort Of the women and
children
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Creator of Fashions Dies.

NJ Paquin, the famous dressmaker, who
since the death of Worth has fashioned
gowns for the aristocracy of Europe and
the wealth of America died at his home
in Paris. lie was known all over the
world as a designer who set the fashions
for the courts of Europe and for Newport
and New York
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Aeronaut and Machine Fall

NJ. Bleriot's aeroplane met with mis-
fortune while the aeronaut was practicing
at Issy DIES Moulineaux. France. While
the aeroplane was in full fight the wings
bent upward and the machine crashed to
the ground and was smashed The aero
naut was pinned underneath, but he was
rescued suffering only from shock.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
HAS A HooDoo ALL RIGHT.
Delaware Farmer Has Unprece-
denied Streak of Ill Luck.

Alexander Argo, a farmer living near
Georgetown, Del, claims to be the cham
pion victim of hard luck in that vicinity.
He has done everything to stop the hoo
doo," from picking up horseshoes to carry
ing rabbits foot which was caught in
the proper manner but all signs fail when
they strike him. In September one of his
valuable horses died, in October he broke
his arm. in November a 2-year-old colt
belonging to him ran into barbed wire
fence and killed itself, and this month
his 17-year-old son accidentally shot him
self with a revolver. Argo is wondering
what the new year is going to bring him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Linton Ont of Gun Chase.

Sir Thomas Upton declares that he has
no intention to race the new Shamrock
for the international cup recently offered
by the Brooklyn Yacht Club for competi-
ton in American, waters in 1908. He
says that next season he will be fully
employed in British waters. for which the
Shamrock was specially built
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
LAND FRAUD CASES HIT BANK.
Indictment Of Directors Forces Insti-
tuition to Close.


tuition to Close.
The Colorado State Bank of Durango,
Colo, has suspended business pending re-
organization. 1t holds deposits of $780,
600 and its capital is $4,000. The eff
Gals of the bank issued a statement in
which they assert that the assets are en-
tirely unimpaired and that the bank will
be able to pay its depostors, as we'll as
its stockholders, in full. The statement
further says that the cause leading to the
suspension in the uneasiness in the minds
of the depositors because of the fact that
Ellis Hampton, B. \. Freeman and Frank
Eldridgc, directors of the bank, have
been indicted for alleged land frauds in
Archuleta County. The statement says
that these indictments are without war
rant
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
MAN WITH sEWED HEART LIVES
Bests Pneumonia, Slit in Pericar-
dunn and Saving of Three Ribs.

After surviving an operation in which
four stitches were taken IN his heart,
William johnson developed pleuro-pneu-
nonia at Roosevelt hospital in New York,
and is now again convalescing. johnson
was taken to the hospital suffering from
an injury which was at once diagnosed
as stab wound of the heart. An in
cision was made in his side, three of his
ribs were cut through, forming a trap
door, with the cartilage attaching the ribs
TO the breastbone acting as a hinge. The
trap was lowered and it was found that
the diagnosis was correct and that there
was a half-inch slit in the pericardium.
This was carefully sewed and the trap
door was replaced. The next morning
johnson complained of pains in the lungs
and pneumonia rapidly developed. he
doctors, proud of the operation on the
heart, fought for the mans life and,
although at one time death seemed GER
tain, it is now announced that johnson
is on the road to recovery and will sGr-
vive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Vessel Sunk I'm a Crash.

The schooner Jesse Barlow of Mystic,
Conn.,, was run down and sunk in Pollock
Rip Slough by the tug Lehigh. Her crew
of six men. who narrowly escaped being
carried down with their vessel, reached
the tug and were brought to Vineyard
Haven Mass
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Student Hangs Himself

Frank w. Miller, aged 20 years. of
Kansas City, student at the University
OF Pennsylvania, was found hanging in
his room in Philadelphia. Life was ex-
tinct when the body was cut down. He
was a son of Rev. John H. Miller, stated
Jerk of the Presbyterian synod of Mis-
scuri.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Seasons Loss on Great Lakes

The total loss TO vessel property on the
great lakes amounted to $4,000 for the
season of 1907, according to figures COM
piled by Cleveland marine men. Thirteen
steamers and one schooner were lost.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Wages Not to Be Cut.

The finance committee of the United
States Steel Corporation has decided to
send out notices recalling the recent or
der to cut wages. These reductions were
in some instances to amount to 80 per
cent. while the average was to be consid-
erably more than 10 per cent. These or
ders were to have taken effect Jan. /,
1908
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
DIvoRcEE REwEDs; is SLAIN.
Former Husband Follows Woman to
New Home and Kills Her.

Temporarily insane from jealousy. Il.
r. Lock followed his recently divorced
wife and her new husband from their for
mer home in Colorado nearly 1000 miles,
to Marietta, S. D., with what their
friends believe was a firm determination
to get her back or kill her. He accom-
pliShed his purpose, numbering his wife
by shooting her through the head. Then
he ended his own life by sending bullet
through his brain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
PLOT TO ROB EXPRESS FoILED.
Man Arrested for Attempt to
Get 100000 in Gold Bullion.

Get 100000 in Gold Bullion.
A daring attempt to rob a car on the
Buffalo express, containing gold bullion,
while the train was standing in the Read
ing terminal in Philadelphia the other
night was foiled and William A. Hewett,
who gives his address as 325 West Fiji
teenth street, New York, was held in So,
600 bail for further hearing. The train
had been made up and was scheduled to
leave at s 40 p. m, via the Reading rail
way and the Lehigh Valley. One of tie
express cars contained 100000 in gold
bullion, which was being shipped by the
government to Buffalo. Hewett was dis
covered saving gaspipe under the ex-
press car. The police are looking for
probable accomplices.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Rescue Women mt a Fire

: Fire in the Tamale block at Eleventh
and Larimer streets, Denver, Colo, en-
dangered the lives of fifty persons living
in the upper stories. Thirty women and
children clad only in night robes were
carried from the building by policemen
and iremen. No lives were lost.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Aldermen Defy Governor

In defiance of Gov. Hughes the New
York board of aldermen reelected John
+. Ahearn president of the Borough of
Manhattan, from which Office he was re-
Gently removed by the Governor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Heavy Fire Loss in Toronto.

In Toronto, Ont, two fires caused loss
es aggregating nearly S1S0,0O0. The FL
lott Paper Box Manufacturing Company
is the chief sufferer. The other property
burned was the Woodbine planning mill
and three dwellings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Surgical Cure for Insanity.

DIR. y. NJ. Owensby of Baltimore, after
experiments, believes he has found in
surgery a cure for a form of insanity
called dementia praecox which heretofore
has been believed to be so per cent in
-nrn bic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Jews Are Told to Leave.

A dispatch from Vladivostok says the
Jews have been ordered to depart within
four days Jewish property holders, how
ever, are given eighteen days in which to
sell ont
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Bind Watchman and Rob.

Three burglars in Smyrna, Del, bound
and gagged a Waterman, robbed three
stores and made an attempt upon the
postofiice, but secured little booty. All
esca ned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Brave Lad Nav Die.

Raymond Balse. II years old, saved the
life of Lita Pertall of the same age, in a
runaway in New York. The boy received
injuries from which he will probably die.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Democratic Leader Expires.

Former Illinois State Treasurer w. H.
(Buck) Hinrickson died at his home in
Alexandria. Ill. He had been failing in
health for the past two years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Shows Larger Grain Shortage.

Government final crop report shows
shortage of several hundred millions of
bushels in the principal cereals, but that
the aggregate value on the farms is much
higher than last year.