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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Johnson Studies Iron Strike.

Members of the Western Federation Of
Miners in the iron ranges Of Minnesota
near Duluth have begun a strike to en-
force demands for higher wages, no dis
elimination and the eight-hour day. Of
the 10000 miners in the State 1900 OF
more are in the federation, led by Teonile
Petriellu. Many OF the strikers began
marches and other forms Of persuasion"
and Gov. johnson was asked to send State
troops. This he refused to do, at least
until ne had made a personal inVestga-
ton of the mining district. Merchants
have decided to refuse the strikers further
credit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Children Die in Hiding Place.

Suffocated in their hiding place in the
grain bin of their grandfather's barn in
South Windsor, Conn, the bodies of
Eta arc Frank Prior were found after
six hours search. Eta was 10 years
old and Frank 5. The boy was staying
on the farm of Heary Pease and his sis
ter came to see him. She was told that
she must go home at 8 O'Clock. The
children hid in the bin so that Eta
would not be obliged to go ~ho1pe and
were unable 10 get out
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

the Standard Oil cases fined by Judge
Lands, The individuals will be prose
cuted under the conspiracy act under
which, after conviction, there is pre-
scribed a penitentiary sentence.
Thus John d. Rockefeller, William
Rockefeller, John D. Archbold, H. H.
Rogers, ]. A. MOffett and other officers
of the Standard Oil Company, together
with the contracting freight officers,
auditors and other executives of the
offending railroad companies are to be
indicted with the end IN view of Lplac
ing them in prison.
Epoch-Making Session.
The session was declared by many
of the lawyers to be an epOch-making
one in national history. From the
Federal bench and with the co-opera-
ton of the United States Government
prosecutors the Standard Oil Company
had received a penalty commensurate
with the vastness of its holdings. If
the parent body of New Jersey does not
come to the assistance of it's subsidiary
branch it is considered likely the Indi-
ana company will succumb.
From the bench it has been de
nounced as Iawless, insolent and menac-
ing to the nation. The accepting and
granting of rebates has been declared
to be the chief cause of its wealth and
the reason for the death of its rivals.
The inhiction of the maximum fines
has established a precedent that is
taken to mean the elimination of rebat-
ing and the probable prosecution of
railroad officials on charges of conspir-
lacy to violate the interstate commerce
law, punishable by penal Imprisonment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
CONFEssES OLD FORGERY.
Former Mayor of Kenton, o., Admits
He Defrauded Es<nte.

Confessing that by forgery he had
embezzled $4,000 of an estate managed
by him, Attorney Thomas B. Black, aged
Al, former Mayor and present chairman
of the Hardin corporation executive com
mittee, gave himself up to Sheriff Scott
in Kentou, Ohio, and is in Jail. The con-
fession followed an investigation by the
heirs of the estate, Miss Harriet Stanley,
school teacher, and DIR. f. S. Sapp of
Columbus, her brother-in-law. The al
legged forgerfes were committed eight years
ago. Blacks wife, Effie Squire Fuer,
who died year ago, was a welfd1nown
Ohio poet. Black is prominent in the
First Presbyterian church in Kenton and
leader in temperance work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Would Keep Children Nude.

Prof. Frederick Starr of the Univer-
sity of Chicago has openly taken the stand
that children would be better off if they
wore no clothing until they were 10 years
old. and several other members of the
faculty, together with a few wealthy
neighbors in the exclusive South Side
section of Chicago, have joined in a move
ment TO establish a residential Utopia, at
a cost of $4,000 or more, for the pur-
pose Of putting this theory into practice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
E1ltpinos Cast Xeses.

The Independence factions which
united in the campaign under the name
of the Nationalist appear to have won
the first general election, held throughout
the Philippine Islands. Incomplete re
turns from sffty oct of eighty districts
show that thirty-one Natiopalists were
elected to the Congress, ten Progressives.
eight Independent candidates ard one
Catholic. In Manila the Nationalist
won by a large majority in both dis
trictS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Factory Girls Seek Suffrage,

For the first time in America a con-
vention of organized working women, ex-
clusively, has met and gone on record for
equal suffrage. This occurred at New
York, when the women factory workers
of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York
and Connecticut met, under the auspices
of the Women's Trade Union League. The
meeting was addressed by Mrs. Harriet
Stanton Batch and Mrs. Rose Pastor
Stokes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
WOMAN TOLLS AS A MAN.
TrifiinG Accident to Supposed Male
Worker DiscIoses Sex.

disappearing as a man and working
side by side with her husband in Wash
mgton county (Pa.) coal mines, Joe"
Provle was discovered to be Mrs. Susie
Provle when she was taken to a hospital
suffering from injuries sustained in a
mine accident at Cecil. The woman, ac-
cording to her husband, Steve Provle, had
been working with him three years. Her
deep voice and close-cropped hair deceiv-
ed all as to her sex, while her strength
equaled that of any of her male Slav
companions. The woman's injuries were
discovered to be not serious and her hus-
band was lodged in the county Jail charg-
ed with violating the law in employing
female help in a mine. The woman act
ed as PROXIES ''hel9er" and was paid by
him
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Col Axre. Ont of AIRY.

Lieut. Col Charles G. Ayres OF the
Tenth United States cavalry has been
retired from active duty as the result OF
a special physical examination before the
Board of Retirement Col. Ayres insists
that the whole procedure was part OF
conspiracy to force him out, IN conse-
quence of personal arguments IN connec-
ton with the svercoat incident, IN which
his wife and daughter figured at West
Point last spring.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Connie Killed in A1fo Crash,

y. c. Brewer, wealthy and aged citi-
zen, and his wife were instantly killed
by lake Shore electric car at the Cliff
ton boulevard crossing in Cleveland
They were riding in an electric automo-
bile and failed to notice the approach
Of the traction car. with which their
machine came in collision
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
MAN SLAIN AND MUTILATED.
Body of William Gunreth, Hit by
-Four Bullets, Found in Oklahoma.

With ears hacked from the head, the
trunk and one arm pierced with four bull
let's, teeth knocked out, the mouth bruised
and clotted blood formed upon the lips,
the body of Wilbur Gunreth, formerly of
South Bend, Ind, a barber, who is sup
posed to have come to Oklahoma City a
short time ago from Seminole, l. T., was
found three miles west OF the city by
farmer. This is the second body that has
been found near Oklahoma City within
the last week with the ears cut off and
the police are working on the theory that
a secret society, formed to wreak horri-
BILE vengeance on its enemies, is operating
in and near Oklahoma City.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

James B. DukS Pumps Stream Dry
and Stops Mill Wheels

In an effort to make his 2,0G0-acre
park look like a fairyiand for his bride
James +. Duke pumped the Raritan river
dry at Somerville, n. j., and stopped the
operation of the Raritan WOODEN mills
Mr.. Duke has on his estate artificial lakes
covering sevecal hundred acres and in
Vulnerable fountains and waterfalls, sup
piled 'fhom the 'RaFitan river by a great
pumping plant. The mhls employ more
than 1000 hands.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Chicago Special Is in a WreS1s.

The Dies Moines-Kansas City limited
and the TwinxG City Chicago special ON the
Chicago Great Western railway crashed
head on near Marshs3ltown, Iowa. For
tunat.ly the trains were running slowly
and the passengers escaped with a seSepe
shaking up, several being bruised
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Labor Famine HaIts Work.

Interruption in important work, for
which provision had been made in the
allotment of funds, has resulted in
the Portsmouth (N. H. apd Puget
Sound navy yards because of the great
difficulty in obtaining competent working
men. Such a state of affairs has not been
known before
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Lone Bandit Robs Two Sf-o>es

The stage leaving Ukiah, Cal, for Wit
ter Springs was held up by lone bandit.
Eighteen passengers were Lined beside the
conveyance and robbed of their jewelry
and money. A few minutes later a sec
ond stage from Ukiah came into view
and the robber proceeded to line its ten
passengers with the occupants of the first
stage
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

Friday was the coolest August day IN
the history of the Chicago weather bu-
reau. covering a period of thirty-seven
years, with a minimum temperature of
81. 1t was the coolest day in August
since 1878. when the Thermometer showed
q minimum temperature of % on Aug. IS.
The normal temperature for Aug q
about GO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Strikes Fewer In 1908.

The twenty-irst annual report of the
Bureau OF Labor of the Department of
Commerce and Labor shows that Ameri-
can industries suffered from fewer strikes
during 1905 than in any year since 1892.
the criterion being the number of EN-
ployes thrown out of work and The dura-
ton of strikes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Acted Under Coercion.

Railroads fled petition in Judge
Pritckard's court saying they were
clubbed into submission by North Caro-
lima authorities and that they signed the
peace agreement under dureSs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
TOURED $500 MILES IN AUTO.
Chicagoan's Experiences Abroad,
Where Gasoline Is SIPS Gallon.

Calvin S. Smith. a Chicago motorists
who recently returned from foreign
automobile tour, gives some interesting
data on the expense of the trip. He
says he used UP $500 worth of tires on
the trip Gasoline. however, proved the
most expensive item. 1t is 40 cents
gallon throughout France, and in Italy
and Spain ran as high as S1.25. I'm vii
lagos where we stopped for the night"
said Mr.. Smith, I'VE often paid more for
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Alleged Slayer Is Insane,

Henry Becker, the youth who was
charged by the New York police with
numbering Amelia Stafeldt, who was
stabbed while picking dandelions near her
home in Corona, L. l., has been formally
committed TO a State hospital for the
insane.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Alarm, for Mansfield.

Alarm is felt for Richard Mansfield,
whose recovery from a nervous break
down is slow. The actor, who is in the
Adirondacks. has lost flesh, is pale and
weak and suffers pain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Blow ut Christian Science.

4 New York court holds it duty OF
guardians to call medical attendance for
minors in case of illness and their diSbe-
lief in the efficacy Of medicine is not
legal excuse for emitting this duty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Delegates to Trust Conference.

Delegates from forty-one States have
been named by Governors to take part
in the National Civic Federation confer
cnce on trusts and combinations to be
held in Chicago in October
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
WORKS ON SUNDAYS.
District of Columbia Driver Charged
with Violating Blue Law of 1928

with Violating Blue Law of 1928.
Charles Robinson. colored, driver for
j. H Heuser. District contractor, in
Washington, was arraigned in the police
court on a charge of working on Sunday
in vielastion Of the old Maryland blue law
of 1923. He pleaded not guilty and asked
for jury trial. Bond in the sum of 500
was furnished by his employer. The an
nouncement was made that the case would
be set for trial early in October, and that
at that time the question as to whether
this Sunday law will be upheld will be
decided. The penahy provided for work
ing ON Sunday is 200 pounds Of tobacco.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
To Meet Crisis In China.

That the trip of United States war
ships to the Pacific is to be on hand in
case of a threatened internal crisis in
China and has no connection with Jap
aneSe affairs is the opinion of well-in-
formed circles in Washington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Lawson Buys Smelling PLANT

sit is asserted that Thomas w. Lawson
df Boston has purchased the plant of the
Arizopa Smelling Company near Pres
colt. Ariz. The deal which has Just
been consummated involves S1I.OOQOOO
and carries control of many mines in
that section.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Lamp ExpEodes; Two Dead.

Two young sons of David McGlashan
we're burned to death, and McGlashan
and his 7-year-old daughter were burned
so seriously that they will probably die.
in fire in a tenement block at Is PAe
street, Cambridge, Mass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

Flames Sweep Washington Forests
Rains Would Save Timber.

TsIAHs "OUEu SaNe IIHIotr.
A special fren Bellingham, Wash,
says: A fire which threatens to do thou
sands of dollars of damage is raging in
the timber north of Birdview, Skagit
county, and unless a Soaking rain comes
soon millions of feet of standing timber
will be destroyed. This fire has been
burning for. some days and now presents
a front of fire four miles wide and is
rapidly sweeping up from the valley of
the Skagft river northward. A big fire
is also raging in Snohorish county near
the town OF Index. Settlers and camp
ers are in flight
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
DIPLOMA LOST; ASKS $4,000.
Omaha Physician Sues Adams Ex-
press Company Cor That Amount.

DR.. George II. Whitesde of Omaha
filed in the District Court a suit fox
$4,000 against the Adams Express Com
pany for the loss Of his diploma from
Harvard University, alleging that it is
impossible for him to procure a duplicate.
In August. 1908, DIR. Whiteside submit
ted his diploma to the State board of med
zeal examiners at Lincoln. Later it was
expressed to him by the board, but was
lost in transit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
worIsmen Dig I'd old Coin,

Workmen excavating in Marysville.
near Fredericton, \. b.. have uncovered
1o2 Spanish gold coins of the eighteenth
century. The money is worth about g.,
600
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
missionaries Drown in China

Secretary Arson P. Stokes, Jr., of
Yale University has received /. cable from
Killing, China, stating that Rev. Waven
b. Seabury, Yale, 1900, and Rev. Arthur
s. Mann. 1899, have been drowned. The
latter met his death in attempting to
rescue Mr.. Seabury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
TsLe Pictures Over wtr~

Successful experiments in long dis
tance photo-telegnf'hy, from Munich to
Berlin, were carried out by Prof Stern.
For the purpose the government loaned
a direct wire apparatus, which was OBJ
Grated without q hitch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
T,sse KILLS Negro Wife SIsvar

George Thomas negro, who shot his
wife in West Chester, Pa, and then fed.
was traced to barn by posse and shots
were exchanged. At daylight Thomas
was found dead in the haymow with a
bullet hole N the temple.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
schmttz Appoints Supervisors.

Eugene E. Schmitz, convicted Mayor
OF San Francisco, has appointed thirteen
supervisors to fill vacancies and express
es regret at the official tangle."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
nartItS Plead Not Guilty.

Fred H. Magill and wife, arraigned
in court at Clinton, H., charged with the
murder of the first Mrs. Magill, pleaded
not guilt1 and demanded immediate trial
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

New York judge refuses to allow a
woman voluntarily to incur charge of
bigamy in order to annul second marriage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
HAIL RUINS MILES OF WHEAT.
Destructive Stern sweeps Wide Strip
in North DaIxo<-


One of the most destructive hailstorms
of recent years swept over the country
from Edmore, \. D., on the LakOta
branch of the Great Northern, to a point
several miles below Niagara. Thousands
of acres of WHEAT and other grain were
pounded into the ground and the loss is
enormous. The strip ruined is from eight
to fifteen miles in width.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

Judge Kenesaw VI. lands of the
Federal District Court in Chicago on
Saturday fined the Standard Oil Com
pany $40, 240. 600 for having violated
the Elkins law pertaining to rebates,
on 1,462 counts. 1t was the maximum
penalty permitted by the statutes. And
it is the largest assessment for an in
fraction of law that is recorded in all
history, for all governments. This vast
sum of money is not to be paid without
protest, however. Attorneys for the oil
corporation announced their intention
Of perfecting an appeal to the United
States Court of Appeals. From there
it is announced the case will go to the
Federal Supreme Court.
Judge KeneSaw NJ. Lands of the
United States District Court, who in
f1icted the unprecedented penalty, did
not stop with the imposition of the fine.
He directed attention to the studied
insolence' of the legal representatives
of the corporation to the court of which
he was the representative and com
AleAteu AolCSluIly upon H. After ue-
nslnSng the methods Of the oil COM
pany, which he declared imposed bur-
dens upon every class of citizens and
wounded society more deeply than open
depredations of criminals, the jurist
expressed regret that only a fine could
be imposed for violations of the law
under which the company was indicted.
While this regret was being voiced it
was recalled that there still are pend
ing against the oil corporations seven
indictments like the one just disposed
Of, containing 4,422 counts. Should
there be convictions on all these counts
there would be possible additional fines
of SSS,44O,O0O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
To Send warshfps and Troops.

"A well-known diplomat In az inter
view stated that Italy and Spain would
send warships to Spanish Morocco,
and that q composite force OF French,
Italian and Spanish troops would be
landed at Casablanca TO restore order
in cooperation with the Sultans
forces. All the stgnatories Of the Al
geciras convention will be informed as
to the steps which it is deemed rec
essary to take to exact satisfaction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08

Fire destroyed three business blocks in
the village of Moravia, \. u, entailing
Joss of $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-08
Details of the Massacre

W ohS AASHSA u uIScI UdIIIeSJ WHICH
was rushed to the port to asenge the
murder of citizens by tie fanatics.
Details of the Massacre.
From DR.. Merle's report it appears
that on Monday chiefs of the Kabele
tribesmen entered the town and de
manded OF the pasha (governor) the
immediate stOppage of the harbor
works, to which the tribeslnen are OBJ
posed because they are the enterprise
of Christians, and because they say the
works e1rcreach on tribal lands.
The governor replied that he could
not stop the work, as it was being car
ried on with the consenr of the Sultan.
The chiefs then declared the Sultan no
longer existed, as he had obeyed the
Christians The governor, in order to
gain time, asked the chiefs to return
Tuesday morning. AS they did not re-
turn at the appointed hour, it was
thought their threats had been exag-
gerated. In the course of the morn
ing, however, several mounted tribes
men appeared and rode about the
streets preaching a holy war and bid
ding all Mussulmans to leave the town,
as all the tribes We're coming to exter-
inmate the Jews and Christians.
At 1 p. M. a locomotive, used in the
harbor works. left the harbor for a
quarry 1000 yards away After it
passed the Arabs broke up the track
q short distance from the hnrbor A
European who CAME up was attacked
and stoned and his body was tften
hacked to pieces. Another European
who happened 10 be passing met the
same fate. When the locomotive re-
turned, the driver found the passage
blocked by obstacles on the track. A
crowd surrounded him and he was
killed and his body cut to pieces.
The French CONSUL went to the pasha
and demanded the assistance of sol
diers to recover the bodies. The pasta
replied he had no cartridges, but when
the consul insisted he furnished an
other Frenchmen, who left town. At
sight of the bodies of six Europeans
lying in a heap the Frenchmen could
not restrain their anger. Whererpon
the Moorish soldiers who formed their
escort threatened to shoot them. The
Frenchmen fed, pursued by u crowd,
but succeeded in escaping.
the consul then assembled all the
French residents at the consulate and
begged DR.. Merle to go to Tangier and
ask that the French cruiser Galilee be
sent Immediately.
A workman at the harbor who tried
to escape the mob by swimming was
followed into the water by hOrsemen
and killed. Two Europeans on horse
back were attacked and one shot The
harbor works were set on fire and the
bodies of those murdered were burned