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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
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Chicago-Cattle. common to prime
800 to 1925; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to S6.2J; sheep. fair to choice, $500
to 500; wheat, No. 2, 96c to 99c;
corn, No. ., Gle to 62c; oats, standard,
49c to soc; rye, No. ., SIC to Soc; hay
timothy. $1,000 to 5000; prairie, $500
to $500: butter, choice creamery, PIC
to 2Sc; eggs. fresh, 19c to 24c; potatoes,
per bushel, j5c to 65c.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to $40; hogs, good to choice heavy
$500 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime
$500 to S4.7J; wheat, No. =, S1OO to
$1.03; corn, No. 2 white, 63c to 64c;
oats, No. white, sic to 52c.
st. Louis-Cattle $3.50 to SIZE;
hogs, $500 to S6.4J; sheep, $500 to-
$500; wheat, No. =, $1.O0 to $1.O2; corn,
No. 2, 6Oc to Gle; oats, No. 2, 4Sc to
49c rye, No. 2, SIC to SIC.
incinnati-Cattle, 800 to $500;
hogs, $500 to $6.75; sheep, $500 to-
1925; wheat, No =, $1.O1 to $l.O3; corn,
No. 2 mixed &c to CSC; oats, No.
mixed, J2c to 53c; rye, No. 2, Ole to 93c,
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
Nt|OO W .po.cO- ohCrp. P-'DV " P'"''f
wheat, No. 2, S1.03 to $1.04; corn, No. 3
yellow, &C to Csc oats, No. 3 white,
soc to SIC; rye, No. 2, SOC to 9Oc.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern
S1.05 to S1.0S; corn, No. 3, 60c to 62c;
oats, standard, sic to 52c; rye, No. l.
Soc to SIC; barley, standard, $1.O5 to
$1.06; pork, mess, $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to S6.25; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50 sheep, common to good mixed
$500 to 1926; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $7.75.
New York-Cattle, $500 to S6.55
hogs, $500 to S7.55; sheep, $500 to-
$3.50; wheat, No. > red, S1.OS to $1.09:
corn, No. 2, zoe to lie; oats, natural
white, 57c to soc; butter, creamery, Doc
to 2Sc; eggs, western, 19c to 24c.
Toedo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, S1.O0 to-
S1O2: corn, No. = mixed, 63c TO 64c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 53c to 54c; rye, No
2, SOC to 90c; clover seed, prime, 5000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
UTEs REVOLT; THEN BACK DOWN.
Fiery Indians Threaten to Take
Wsrpath, but Are Quoted.

The tribe of Ute Indians on the Chey-
enne River reservation made lot of trou-
bile the other day and threatened to take
the warpath. The situation got so serious
that orders We're given to send troops
to the reservation from Fort Mead. 100
miles away After some lively tits with
the police on the reservation. who were
powerIesS for time, and much talk to
the chiefs about what the great white
father at Washington would do to them
if they didn't behave, the Indians CON
cluded to stay on the reservation, and
peace reigns. This tribe is the one which
took the warpath last year and marched
100 miles before the Indians were per-
suaded by the soldiers who pursued them
10 90 to the reservation. Then they gave
up on condition that they be not compell-
cd to 90 back to Utah, where they had
been
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
ltion. became known when John 4. Brad

ton, became known when John K. Brad
ley, the wealthy New York sportsman, re-
turned to North Sydney on his schooner
yacht after landing Cooke, with sleds,
dogs and provisions for two years. Mr..
Bradley, who is the financial hacker of
this expedition. says that their intentions
were kept secret for fear that the Peary
expedition would be stirred to greater ac-
tivity. Cooke will leave Smiths Sound
at 70 degrees north latitude. next spring,
and after crossing Ellesmereland. viii try
10 reach the pole by the open polar sea.
Unlike Peary. DIR. Cooke is to be accom-
panied by only two Eskimos and dogs
sufficient for two sleds. The sleds are
built with roofs and warmed with lamps
50 that the occupants may sleep while
progress is being made. Two canvas
boats are also carried
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
Cold Over the Equator.

At the recent congress of German sci
entists Prof Hergesell of the Strassburg
university said that balloon experiments
had proved that the atmosphere at high
attitudes is coolest over the equator and
warmest over the poles. The balloons
used in these experiments had automatic
instruments attached and were unnamed.
At the height of twelve and half miles
the thermometer registered temperature
of 14S degrees below zero over the equa-
tor. while at the same altitude over CEN
trail Europe the balloons registered only
rs to 50 below zero.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
Many Trees in small Space.

In the Garden Magazine r. L. Barnes
advances the opinion that the rapid
spread of the San Jose scale and other
tree enemies will bring about the adoption
of dwarf varieties for the production of
fruits, especially by the amateur fruit
grower. The reasons he gives for this
are the greater ease with which small
trees may be treated with sprays for pro-
lection from enemies that feed upon the
foliage and bark and the possibility of
raising these trees in small yards, the
earliness with which they come into bear
ing and the scantiness of their shade, thus
leaving the ground available for small
fruits and vegetables.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
WHY JAPAN WANTS NO WAR.
Another Struggle Would Impose an
Unbearable Financial Strain.

Unbearable Financial Strain.
Japan's national debt is 81, 100. 0O0, 600,
a sum equaling almost one-seyenth OF her
total national wealth OF this amount
SUI, 1850 represents loans made
abroad for carrying on the wars with
China and with Russia, and the remain
der internal obligations. These loans
bear. on an average, per cent interest,
making her interest item alone some 500
100000 annually. To meet this debt,
principal and interest, and TO provide for
her running expenses, Japan has a reye-
nue., estimated. for the present year. at
S3OS,221 900, derived in large part from
direct taxation on land, incomes, business,
mining, customs, sugar. bourses, etc. The
fact that this estimate exceeds that of
1904 by S144, 494,000 affords striking
illustration of the increasing strain upon
the taxpayer in paying the cost of wars.
Furthermore. there has been an increase
in the annual pension expense of Japan of
from S15,OOO,0OO TO S1S,0O0.0OO during
the past two years. Another war would
mean more interest charges, increased
pensions and heavier taxes upon a people
already overburdened with war debt.
japan could not hope to prosecute
war against the United States with less
expense than that of her struggle against
Russia, even if she were successful in OBJ
tanning the necessary funds for conduct
ing the conflict. 1t will be recalled that
her 40-year per cent bonds for her
S115,O00,0 600 loan in London and Paris
last March brought only 991a, whereas
gilt-edged, 40-year, > per cent investment
securities ought to bring more than par
If it is true that the money markets de-
termine wars in these days it is clear
that war between the United States and
Japan is not among the possibilities of the
immediate future.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
Perkins BInmes Mccall.

In the effort to get indictments for
forgery in connection with the New York
Life Insurance Company fnanciering dis
missed, George w. Perkins and Charles
8. Fairchild, the New York millionaires,
have attributed the fraudulent entries,
showing a fictitious sale of stocks intend
ed to deceive the Prussian government, to
The late president. John A. Mccall. The
la vyers for Perkins charge that the grand
jury was actually coerced by District At
torney Jerome into bringing the indict-
ments after they had once voted not to
do so
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
ARMY HoNoRs GO BEGGING.
Few Apply for Posts as Second
Lfeutenants of Artillery.

There is a short cut to comm iSsion
in the United States army without passing
through the four-year course at West
Point, but young American college men
do not appear disposed to take advantage
of the opportunity. There has always
been the strongest kind of pressure b.
young Americans to get into West Point
yet now that the way opens to secure an
appointment as second lieutenant directly
and without the four-year course at the
military academy, no one seems to be dis
posed to profit by il. Capt. Hagood Of
the coast artillery, who has been desig-
mated to collect information for the War
Department as to the causes and remedies
for this remarkable situation, says: For
the first time in the history of the army,
vacancies in the grade of second lieuten-
ant are going begging. The artillery bill
of last year authorized the appointment
in the coast artillery each year for five
years of sixty second lieutenants over and
above ordinary casualties. Invitations
were sent to the presidents of 125 Of the
principal technical schools and colleges
requesting them to send in the names OF
graduates who desired to be appointed
second lieutenants in the coast artillery.
After waiting six months no names have
been submitted. Eighty-6ve vacancies IN
the grade exist to-day and the only ap-
plications on file are about twenty enlist
ed men and civilians" The enlisted force
is even worse off, and, according to Capt.
Hagood, there is need for 10000 able
bodied men for the coast artillery at $13
a month with board and lodging. Not
only is it impossible to recruit the army
to the authorized strength he says, but
the inadequate force is shrinking day by
day. On Oct. Is there were only 1928
enlisted men in the coast artillery, al
though it's authorized strength is 1921,
so that the service actually has lost 1000
men in the last year, and the non-com-
missioned officers, particularly, are leav-
ing by hundreds for good jobs in civil
life"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31

Now Undisputed Masters of the
Arenic Business i'm America.

NOW tndtsputed Masters or the
Arenic Business i'm America.
The announcement was made at the
Barnum x Bailey offices in New York after
stormy meeting of the stockholders that
it was the Ringing Bros, the western
circus men, who had secured possession of
the Greatest Show on Earth" and that
henceforth it would be run in connection
with their other arenic enterprises. The
sale was made in London. The transfer
of the Barnum & Bailey show to the new
managers places the five Ringing broth
ers at the head of the circus business in
America and leaves them practically with
out a rival in the world, they now having
under contract the original Ringing
Bros circus, the Forepaugh-Sells show
and the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show
on Earth -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31

An auctioneer has been commissioned
to sell the linens, jewels, souvenirs, etc,
belonging to the late Queen of Belgium,
the proceeds to be devoted TO paying the
debts of her daughter, Princess Louise,
who was divorced last year by Prince
Philip of SaxeCoburg and Gotha. Among
the objects thus to be sold is a diadem
presented to the queen by the people of
Belgium on the occasion of her silver we'd
ding anniversary. The diadem cost $780,
600
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31

ship at the rate of thirty-e.ght miles an
hour. In his recent trialA Count Zeppelin
completely circumnavigated the Lake of
Constance remaining in the air for four
hours and seventeen minutes. leaving
astern the steamers that tried to keep up
with him. passing over five different states
and making evolutiOns before the win
dows of the royal castle at Friedrichs-
haven
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
ousts woman, 5000 Nav Omit.

Three thousand employees in the big
mills of the J. x T. Coats Thread Com
pany, in Pawtucket, r. L., threaten to
strike if Mrs. Thomas Tute. an employee
of the mills for thirty-fve years, who was
recently discharged, is not reinstated.
Mrs Tuite was dismissed for alleged in
competency, but because she was presi-
dent of the Carders' Union and active in
union affairs, the employees profess TO be-
lieve that this is really responsible for
her dismissal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
FARMERS HEAD LOSES OFFICE.
National Convention Gusts President
of American Society of Equity.

]. \. Everitt, president of the Ameri-
can Society of Equity, the farmers or
ganization, that extends to every State in
the Union, has been ousted from Office by
the national convention and declined to
be candidate for reelection. The OPP
position was so overwhelming that Everltt
was beaten at every point, and, seeing
certain defeat, announced that he would
not be a candidate for the presidency or
any other office Formal charges of using
the organization to advance his personal
interests and of neglecting its duties were
in the hands of his enemies, but were not
presented to the convention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
Lusitania Again Cuts Time.

Tine Cunard line steamer Lusitania ar
rived at Queenstown Thursday evening.
She has broken the best previous eastern
record. The best previous record from
New York to Queenstown was days
hours and 10 minutes. This the Lusita-
mia made herself on her last run from
New York Her time of passage has been
4 days - hours and As minutes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
Indians Murder Soldiers.

A dispatch from Merida, Mexico, says
that a telegram from the distant village
of Peto is to the effect that a strong
party of Maya Indians attacked the en-
campment of federal troops at Nohvee, in
the Territory Quintana Roo, and killed
seven soldiers and Lieut.. Ramon San
Martin. The troops were taken by sur
prise After routing the soldiers the In
dams looted the camp.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
To Dam the Colorado.

The city Of Austin, Texas, has signed
with a New York contracting company
for the rebuilding Of the great dam across
the Colorado river at that point, which
was washed away by the floods several
years ago The new dam, which is to
cost 100000 will form a lake thirty
miles long and half a mile wide. 1t will
provide power for large electric plant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
Rear ADMIRAL SeIfridge WEEDS.

Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge. L.
S. \. (retired). was married Tuesday to-
Miss Gertrude Wilds of jamestown, X.
l., at the Hotel Abbottsford, ia Boston.
Rev. Edward Fits, former rector of ST.
Stephens church, performed the cere-
mony, and the only witnesses were a few
of the brides relatives and the four sons
of the admiral
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
GRAB TOBACCO; TRUST BLOW.
Government officials Put Burden of
Proof I'm to Owners,


Acting under the provision of the Sher-
man antitrust law. which permits the
confiscation of property of an illegal cor
poration, United States authorities at
Norfolk, Va, seized consignment of to-
bacco and cigarettes valued at $1,000 and
consigned to the British-American Tobac
co Company of Great Britain. This is
the first time that seizure has been made
under this section of the act and consti-
tutes a departure of the department of
justice in it's warfare against the alleged
trusts. 1t is pointed out that the impor-
lance of this new method of procedure
is in the fact that it is directed against
the property and not against owners and
that it puts the burden upon the owners
in court to prove that the property does
not come under the contrabrand provision.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31

lone cannot serve two masters" says
Miss Sarah Truax. who is starring with
the Spiders Web and so, as she has
decided to wed again, she will abandon
The stage Miss Truax has been married
before and knows whereof she speaks.
Only last April she was divorced from
Guy Bates Post. This time Miss Truax
is to marry a lawyer, Charles Albert of
Minnna poliS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31

Four prominent Armenian merchants
who are to be witnesses against the ex-
priest Father Martoogersan. the alleged
leader of the outlaw Hunchekist Society,
have been threatened by letter with death
if they appear at the trial in New York
The letters were written in red characters
and enbellished with daggers and heart.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
New Type of MOTOR Boat.

In France there has recently been
launched motor boat in which the screw
propeller is placed at the bow instead of
at the stern. This is the invention of
Andre Gambin, who claims that the boat
is non-capsizable. The screw is known as
a "typhOnOid." 1t consists of a number
of blades symmetrically distributed
around az axis ternina ting in a cylindri-
cal tube. Each blade is composed of two
surfaces. one of which is spiral-cylindri-
cal, like a loosely rolled sheet of paper,
with its inner edge at the axis and its
outer portion forming part of the envel-
oping tube. The other surface is smaller.
inclined and helicoidaI like the blade of
an ordinary propeller. 1t extends from
the front end of the cylinder to a spiral
line some distance behind the front of the
first surface Or sheet, the front edges of
both blades being riyeted together so as
TO form a cutting edge that slopes back
from the apex TO the circumference. This
motor is expected to develop a speed of
sixty miles an hour with 100 horsepower
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
Roosevelt Jr. Quits Crew.

Theodore Roosevelt. Jr, son of the
President. announced his resignation as
assistant manager of the Harvard varsity
crew on account of his devotion to foot
ball Young Roosevelt was elected as
sistant manager of the crew last year and
would probably have been manager dur
ing his senior year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31

Mrs. Elizabeth c. Thorn, heroine OF
the battle of Gettysburg is dead in Har-
risburg. Pa. She had taken her place
as superintendent of the cemetery at
Cemetery ridge and with her family
stuck to the post under heavy fire during
the battle union council of war was
held in their house after the first days
fighting
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
stop. work on 81. 900. 1000 smeItel

In obedience TO orders received from
Boston. the c. d. Balakala Copper Com
pany at Coram, Cal, stopped construc-
ton work on the big sInelter now near
ing completion at cost of S1,0OO,000.
Every man in the company's employ was
dismissed save enough to care for the ma
chinery yet arriving.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
c,roons I'm Large Cities.

census compilation recently made
nnblic shows that Cleveland and San
Francisco lead all other cities in the num-
her of saloons as compared with the total
population, the number in the former city
being 3,117 and in the latter $3.50. New
York had 1876 licensed saloons, with
1910 grocers and druggists authorized TO
sell liquor OF the 1926 arrests in
New York, 52,316 were for intoxicadon-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
4 SucceSSfuI AirShin

1t would seem that Count Zeppelin, the
German enthusiast who has exhausted
his fortune in aerial accomplishments, has
at last won triumph which bids fair
to delay or perhaps render impossible the
victory of the aeroplane over the dirigible
balloon. He has driven his latest air
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31

The movement for industrial education
is the major theme of the October issue
of Charities and the Commons The i'm
portance of this movement. it claims. is
emphasized by the frequently heard COM
plants: NO chance to learn a trade to-
day." and I'VE can't get skilled workers
in the trades. Henry 5. Pritchett de-
scribes the National Society for the Pro
motion of Industrial Education Susan
NJ. Kingsbury asks. What Is Ahead for
the Unframed Child in Industry" Paul
H. Hanus tells the scope of Industrial
Education in Massachusetts, and Charles
F. Warner writes on industrial Train
ing in the Public Schools
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
Divorces American Wife.

Sir Merrick Burrel of London has
asked for and obtained divorce from his
wife. Wilhelmina, daughter of Walter
winans. formerly of Baltimore Md. Cap
tain Henry King of the Royal Horse
Guards was named by the complainant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31

According to the Iron Age. steel produc-
ton and consumption are still proceeding
at a very high rate, the output of all
works for September being 1.41l,153 tons.
On Oct. . the mills of the United States
Steel Corporation broke all records by
producing 1926 tons of ingots in a sin
gle day. The pig iron markets are dull.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
Enrthauake Causes Great Loss.

The earth shocks felt throughout Gala
bria. Italy. caused considerable DANA ge
destroying two villages, but 50 far as
known only ten lives were lost. To add
to the deSolation. it was raining in tor
rents. which resulted in additional suffer
ing among the homeless people.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
Engine Hits Trolley; One Dead.

Train No. IS on the Cincinnati. Ham
ilton and Dayton Railroad added another
CHAPTER TO Dead Mans Crossing" at
Harrison and State avenues in Clncn
nati by crashing into a crowded John
street car. killing Mrs. ]. W. Storey in
SANITY and injuring three others.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
VIII Lay Of 1000 Men.

BY the end of the month at least 1000
men will be out of work through the par
tial closing down of the Angus shops. the
manufacturing department of the Cana
dian Pacific railway in Montreal. 1t is
the first move in carrying out an order of
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy to cut down ex-
penSeS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31
Furnace Explosion Hurts Seven.

Seven workmen were injured, four prob
ably fatally, in an explosion at one of
the blast furnaces of the Clarion Steel
Company. Clarion, Pa. 1t is said the
accident was the result of premature
discharge of dynamite.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31

4 big prairie fire has been burning
furiously, sweeping everything before it,
for three days on the Sioux Indian reser-
walton. near Valentine, Neb. 1t started
near Rock Greek and has been burning in
q southeasterly direction. 1t has already
done great damage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31

Mail advices from Hayti state that six.
teen men were sentenced TO death there
for conspiring to overthrow the govern
mert of the republic. The country is re-
por1ed quiet, but many persons fear
revolution soon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-31

As a result of quarrel at Carmen,
o. T., between T. E. Towns and James
L.. Dock. two musicians in the band of
Gelmar Bros circus, the latter is per-
haps fatally injured. It is said that
Towns fired two bullets from a thirty
two revolver into Docks body. Towns
is under arrest