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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN.
Ties Placed on Track and Engine
and B.,.~g.a-e Car Leave Rails

Ties Placed on Track and Engine
and Baggage Car Leave Rails.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Clinton line passenger train on the st.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad
While going at the rate of thirty miles
an hour. the engine at point three miles
south of Lowry City, Mo-. struck three
tics which had been placed across the
track. The engine threw off two of the
ties. but the third was carried to Lowry
City. where it struck Il guard rail and
delailed the engine and baggage car. This
is the third attempt that has been made
recently to wreck this train. Frank Sill
yers. the engineer of the train seems to
be the special object of the wreckers'
wrath, - he has been on the engine
each time that an attempt to wreck has
been made
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

In quarters usually we'll informed it is
said good ground exists for the belief
that of the $2S.000,000 Illinois Central
stock turned over to the Union Pacific
since July l last by the Hartman Rookie
Teller Rogers pool at 175 a share at least
100000 was purchased below $50, Civ
ing profit of not less than S2.25O.OOO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Held fnr Powder MIL plat

Charles Whitenback and John Poynter,
charged with attempting to kill George
Mellert and blow up the plant of the
King Powder Company at Lebanon, Ohio.
were bound over to the grand jury in
$4,000 each. Neither could furnish this
ana they were returned to Jail. George
King testified that if the attempt to blow
mp the plant had been successful forty
lives would have been lost.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Million Dollar Merger of shows.

The Wallace Hagenback and Van Am
berg shows were merged at Peru. the COM
bined property being worth S1,00o,000.
The owners of the combined shows are
Benjamin T.. Wallace of Peru, John Tai
bott of Denver. Jere Mugavin and John
ii. Havlin of Cincinnati and Frank X.
Tale of st. Louis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

After five hours debate on the subject
OF limiting the hours of service of railway
employees. The Senate on Thursday passed
a substitute for the pending bill of Sen
ator La Toilette, limiting the time Of
train employees to sixteen consecutive
hours of service. to be followed by ten
hours of rest. Senator Tillman gave no
tice he would address the Senate Satur-
day on the Brownsville ARRAY. and Sena
tor Foraker announced he would endeavor
to get vote on the investigation resolu-
ton on that day The House was the
center of a threatened personal encounter
between Representative Gaines of Tennes-
see and Representative Mahon of Pennsyl-
vania. growing out of Mr.. Gaines bill to
dock members for chronic absence The
army appropriation bill was passed and
consideration of the Notifications bill be-
gun.
The Senate Friday passed general
service pension bill which will give sur
vivors of the Civil and Mexican wars
S12 per month at the age of 81. SO at
70 and $40 at $40. Senator Hopkins of
Illinois defended Reed Smoot. arguing
against the right of the Senate to pass
on the private acts of its members. The
legislative appreciation bin was taken
UP and read, after which the Senate ad-
i3urned The House made a new record
by passing 62S private pension bills in an
hour and thirty-fve minutes. A bill was
passed making the limit of cost of five
lighthouse tenders 100000 instead of
S135, 200, and at 40 p. m. in the abb
sence of a quorum, the House adjourned
until Monday.
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The time of the Senate Saturday was
devoted mainly to The discussion of the
race question, in which Senator TiIlman
attacked the Presidents action in the
Brownsville affair and Senator Patterson
defended the executive. Senator Foraker
gave notice that on Monday he would
endeavor TO secure action on the resolu-
ton for an investigation of the matter
The Senate adjourned until Monday. The
House was not in session.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Irel land in the
Campbell Banner
man cabinet, and
is the distinguish
ed author of THE
American Common
wealth" Since 1885
he has represented
Aberdeen in par
Ii a III e n t, an d
among the offices
that he has held
ara fhoSn nf un6aI.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
JAMS Caught nj BOUNDARY.

Six Japanese. headed W sailor in the
uniform of his own country, were cap
tured at Anapra, n. NJ. by immigration
Inspector Cox. The Japanese had been
under the guidance of a Mexican and had
Struggled themselves across the border by
wading the Rio Grande river
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Held for Stealing Bullion.

Edwin Letchmere, II years old, of
Kansas City. was arrested in Washington
charged with the theft of diamonds. gold
and silver bullion from exhibit cases in
the United States national museum.
Most of the stones were recovered from
him when he was searched.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Girls Perish in Blizzard.

Clasped in each others arms. the
bodies of Gertie and Molytheia Hoffman,
aged and u years. respectively. have
been found in a coulee just across the
Canadian border, where they met death
ia the November blizzard The victims
were the daughters of a Valley county.
Mont, ranchman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Confess Plot to Wreck Train.

Prisoners arrested at Somerset, KY,
for counterfeiting have made startling
confession of plan to wreck a passen-
ger train on the Queen and Crescent
railroad and to rob the passengers. The
prisoners gave full details of how they
would use dynamite to wreck the train
and then rob the passengers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Twenty Die i'm German Fire.

Twenty persons persisted in a fire which
destroyed the bookbindery of Hubert &
Co, an English firm, at Geispolsheim,
near Strassburg. A vat of boiling cellu-
loid explosion and the flaming liquid
caused such instantaneous ignition that
all the exits were cut off in very short
time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

years ago in Boil
ton, of humble pa
rentage, he has by
his own efforts
built up a gigan-
tic business of his
own and secured
wealth and afflu-
ence. His father
was a grocer. At
16 years of age
the son was serv-
ing customers be-
hind bic fatbar's
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
MiIlinnnire's Son Is Shot.

Walter :. Boyle, Ir., son of Walter :.
Boyle. president of the Crescent Coal and
Mining Company, shot and killed him
self accidentally. it is believed. IN the
family residence in Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Earthquakes in Wide Area.

Earthquake shocks were felt Thursday
in widely separated points in the United
States, in Russia, Norway and Sweden,
and in the Hawaiian Islands Dis
patches which told of the shocks said
they were comparatively slight in most
instances and that little or no damage
was done.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
ScoErEed by Endemic.

In Scranton. Pa, twenty-nine new
cases of typhoid fever were reported to
the bureau Of health the other day, bring
ing the total thus far in the epidemic up
to 1.O1O in Scranton, and eighteen in the
adjoining borough of Dunmore Eighty
four persons have died in the past three
weeks
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

alleged violation of the antitrust laws
The men indicted are Frank E. Smith,
Earl NJ. Burroughs, George Fl. Ford.
John Forman. Adelbert ID. Mills. William
Orris. George =. Paine. t. II. Paine and
Herbert Il. Burke. Burke is the city
plumbing inspector.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Leader in Lake Transportation Dies

John II. Graham, founder of the Ora
ham & Morton Transportation Company,
which runs one of the largest lines of
boats plying between Chicago and the
east shore of Lake Michigan, died at his
home in st. Joseph, Mich. He was i'll of
typhoid fever three weeks. Mr.. Graham
was 60 years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Civil War Threatens Persia.

dispatch from Teheran says that the
dead Shah's third son has raised an army
of 10000 men in LuiStan in the hope of
capturing the throne. The dispatch saws
there is little prospect of his success. al
though he may cause a great deal of trou-
HE
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Coroner Exonerates Family.

Coroner Walter L. Kline, after an in
vestigation of the murder of Dona Gill
man near her home Nov. 20, made re-
port in Dayton, Ohio, generating the
mother of the girl, Mrs. Hattie Gilman,
and the brother. Collins Gilman, now be-
fore the grand jury charged with murder
and abetting the crime, respectively.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Chif,lrcn in Eire Perl

The lives of over score OF children
were imperiled by fire that almost to-
tally destroyed st. Johns Academy in
Grand Forks, MINI. There were thirty
Two children in the building when the
fire broke out, but all were rescued. The
Guiding was valued at $4,000 and the
loss is $4,000, with insurance of $500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

About 70 Appointments Open to
Civil Service Candidates.

Examinations will be held throughout
the country on Feb. 3 next for positions
in the Agricultural Department under the
pure food and drugs act. The examina-
items will be for one chief food and drug
inspection chemist at $4,000 year; sew
eral food and drug inspection chemists at
$1,000 year, and a large Number of food
and drug inspectors at $1,000 year. In
all, about seventy-five appointments are
to be made. The list of eligibles will be
certified to the department as soon as the
papers of the applicants can be examined
after the examination.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Japan to Buy Isle st. Pierre.

The French Canadian newspaper La
Presse in Montreal announces that the
islands of st. Pierre and Miquelon will be
sold by France to Japan. The papers
authority for the statement is "a distin-
cuished Italian who is now visiting
Canada -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

The dress o. Mabel Calvert. rs years
old, Il pupil in the Calhoun school in
hicago. became entangled around shaft
it the school basement. and she was
dashed against the floor and killed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
y,ouor Laws Are Violated

Drinks are sold in New York saloons
despite the ruling of the courts that no
liquor must be dispensed unless meal is
ordered in good faith by patrons. Sleuths
aust decide whether the meal consist
ing of sandwich, was ordered before or
after drinks were served
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
GIRL SHOT BY STRANGER.
Enters House Quietly, Fires Four
Times and Leaves.

Times and Leaves.
Wrapped from head to foot in white
sheet and wearing a white mask, an I'M
identified man walked into q farm house
near Gerhard Mimi, the other night,
pulled a rife from under the sheet, and
fired four times at Mollie Thorson, alone
on the farm while her father was at Fer
gus Falls. The stranger then turned and
walked calmly from the place, not utter
ing a word. This is the story told by
Miss Thorson, found several hours later
with two bullet wounds in her body. She
will recover Neither she nor her father
could give the officers any clew to the
identity of the mysterious stranger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
FARMERS VICTIMS OF FRAUD.
Mysterious Firm Offers to Sell Prod
ucts Above Market Price.


Postofice Inspector Ralph Bird has
discovered a concerted attempt to defraud
farmers, the seat of which is either in
Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, st.
Paul or Dubuque, Iowa. and which has
been operated from all the cities named.
II is believed that hundreds of farmers
in the Northwest have been cheated out
of produce shipments whose value aggre
gates S1,000000. Farmers have been
flooded with circulars containing prom
ises to sell products at from l to cents
above the market None of the farmers
who have shipped to the firm have re-
ceived cent from the recipients of their
produce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

her husband, Har-
vey Lille, about
four years ago, was
granted an uncon-
ditional pardon by
Governor Mickey.
1t was his last Off
cial act before re-
firing from Office.
Petitionsfor her re-
lease had been sign
ed by thousands Of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
K,,Is woman: Trie. Suicide

Richard Mccain of Troy, Ohio. shot
and killed Mrs. Sarah Graef. also of Troy.
in Dayton the other night. and then at
tempted suicide. Friends of Mrs. Graef
saw that her husband committed suicide
in Troy three years ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

The most important engineering prob
lem of the present day affecting marine
propulsion is that of the steam turbine.
according to the report of Rear Admiral
c. W. Rae, chief of the bureau of steam
engineering, just made public.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

net office. He was
born in 1850, grad
uated at Columbia
in 1871 and from
the Columbia law
school in 1873. He
is we'll known as a
merchant, diplomat
and author. Twice
he has been minis
ter to Turkey and
in 1902 was made
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

a member of The OSCAR 5. sIkAos.
Hague peace tribunal to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the death of President
Harrison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Rock Isinnd omcinIs i'm wrecl

\ special train carrying Vice PreSidee:
II. L. Nudge and party of Rock Island
officials went into the ditch near Hydro.
OKLA No one was injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Ambassador Thompson has advised the
State Department that President Diaz of
Mexico has taken prompt action towarcs
remedying the damage to property in the
Imperial valley as the result of the over
flow of the Colorado river into Salton
Sink.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
strcct Ronhcry in Now N-nrL.

Miss Margaret Maillard. the Chicago
girl who recently attracted attention in
New York by her sensational search for
her father. was attacked on the street in
that city by four men aand bound. gagged
and robbed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Hours of Railway Employees.

The United States Senate, by vote Of
30 to l. adopted a substitute for the La
Toilette bill providing for the safety of
employees and travellers by limiting the
hours of service of railroad employees
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

c b e m i S IT, For
twenty years b e
has been advocat-
ing the enactment
Of pure food and
drug laws by the
government. 1t was
largely through his
efforts that the peo-
pie of the United
States gained an
insight into the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Eight Held for ID. & O. Wreck

Tie coroner's jury in Washington. D
c.. ordered the arrest of eight trainmen
and officials. whom it holds responsible
for the wreck of the Baltimore and Ohio
at the Terra Gotta station On the night
of Dec 80 last.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Scientist Surprised.

On returning from a scientific expedi-
lion to Australia. on which he was absent
three years. Major William c. Daniels
Of Denver. who landed al New York. saws
he has learned that his wife had obtained
a divorce while he was absent and had
married Chalomer Schley of New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
uoweste,dcrs Flee Cold.

IIomcSteaderS from Indiana and Hi
noiS on the Kinkaid act lands in Ne
traska and South Dakota are fleeing in
iroves by permission of President RooSe-
welt from terrible suffering in their new
homes. They are out Of food and fuel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Tilted. sIays Cir, and s.,s

Miss Irene Miller. teacher in the
public school at Lewisville, Idaho was
shot and killed by Prof l. f. Couch.
principal of the schools. who then com,
mitted suicide. The girl is said to hav.
tilted Couch
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

rotary Hitchcock,
has been Commits
sioner of Corpora
tons since 1908,
and has won atten-
ton by investiga-
tons OF the meat
packers and Stand
ard Oil. He is a son
of the late Presi-
dent James Abram
Garfield, and was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
uiuburn House on Fire

The former residence of John G. Mil
burn on Delaware avenue, Buffalo, to
which President Mckinley was taken
after he was shot at the Pan-American
Exposition. and where he died. has been
damaged BY fire.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Ohio plumbers Are Indicted.

The members of the Ashtabula. Ohio,
Master Plumbers Association. otherwise
known as the plumbers trust, were in
dicted by the grand jury at jefferson for
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Big Trans~anI Gold OUTPUT.

The gold output in the Transvaal for
1906 was f24.579,9ST (St22. 500. $3.50, an
increase of nearly f4,000,000 (S20000.-
n00) over 1903.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
No Relief Is Afforded

Independent coal dealers declare the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad discriminstas
against them just as it did before the
recent inquiry, and that they have not
been afforded any relief by the thousands
of new cars recently bought by the com
pany.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
VIM. Alden smith for senator.

Congressman William Alden Smith of
Grand Rapids was nominated by the Re
publican caucus in Lansing to succeed
Russell 4. Alger in the Senate after
hare fight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

LanGstrat Won Usler. whom the Kaiser
sent to southwest German Africa to dis
cover water with the aid of his divinine
rod. is said to have found ffty-three
springs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

JAS. r. GARFIELD. d o IL III Hiram,
Ohio, in 1865. He was graduated from
Williams College and the University of
Columbia Law School. Mr.. Garfield
was member of the Ohio Senate from
1896 until 1899. and he also has served
on the United States Civil Service
Commission.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

In the Senate Wednesday much time
was devoted to the bill limiting the hours
OF railway employees. The Brownsville
matter was postponed at the suggestion
of Senator Foraker. who gave as the rea-
son that Senator Tiliman. who is indis-
posed, desired to make an address on the
subject. The House began the considera-
ton of the army appropriation bill by
sections under the five-minute rule A
point of order was made against the para
graph abolShing the grade of lieutenant
general. with the retirement of the pres
ent lieutenant general. Arthur Macarthur,
which point was sustained. By vote OF
p to 90, the committee of the whole re-
fused to strike out the appropriation of
S1.000.O00 to defray the expenses of ma
tional guard organizations attending en-
campments in conjunction with regular
troops. although the maneuvers were Sc
verely criticised by Representatives Gros-
venor of Ohio. Hepburn OF Iowa and Hay
Of Virginia. Mr.. Smith of Iowa reported
the Notifications appropriation bill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
111a1fEsPuBn11
RzhSY K


Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bu-
reau or chemistry, department af agri-
culture, Is known as the Pure Food
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
WORK OF
CONGRESS
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The Brownsville affair occg9ied most
of the time IN the Senate Monday. the
principal discussion being on a resolution
offered by Senator Lodge providing for an
investigation and by silence conceding the
authority of the President to take the
action he did in dismissing colored sol
diers. Senator Gearin made an address
On the Japanese question. advocating a
resolution directing negotiations for re-
vision of the treaty with Japan. The
House passed bill providing for a judi
cial review Of orders excluding persons
from the use of United States mail facili
ties. A day in February was set apart
for eulogies on the life and public service
of lockwood Hoar. late member for the
Third Massachusetts District.
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The Senate occupied itself Tuesday in
discussing to a more limited extent the
unusual Brownsville affray. Senator
Daniel of Virginia made a speech in sup
port of the Presidents action. Senator
Foraker said that other speeches were
to be made and indicated that he would
defer closing the argument he began until
a later date. Senator Overman of North
Carolina spoke in opposition to the pro-
posed federal child labor laws. his opposi-
ton being based on the broad ground of
State rights. The bill limiting the hours
of service of railway employees, which is
the unfinished business" was discussed
for an hour. The House began considera-
ton of the military appropriation bill.
Chairman Hull began general debate by
comprehensive statement of the contents
Of the army budget. which carries S.
100000 more than last year. Other
speeches were by Mr.. Slayden of Texas
on his bill TO discontinue the enlistment
of negroes in the army; by Mr.. Zenor of
Indiana, against the ship subsidr bill.
and by Mr.. Gaines of Tennessee who
spoke in commemoration of the ninety
second anniversary of the battle of New
Orleans.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Mrs. Lena Margaret Lille, of David
City, Neb., in the penitentiary at Lin
coin. Neb.. for life for the murder of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

counter. Then he entered Il soap fac
tory, learned the technicalities of the
trade and started in business for him
self To-day Port Sunlight, with its
mode! factories and model villages, is
regarded as one of the sights of Eng
land. Ask Mr.. Lever the secret of his
success and he will at once answer,
Hard work. He is multimillion-
aire, one of the richest in England.
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Oscar Solomon Straus, who has been
appointed Secretary of Commerce and
Labor, is the first Jew to hold cabi-