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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
HARVESTER TRUST Is NEXT.
Alleged Combine Must Face Trial in
Court.


Attorney General Bonaparte has an
nounced his intention to prosecute the
so-called harvester trust for alleged vio-
lation of the Sherman law charging that
it is a combination in restraint of trade
and commerce. The attention of the At
torney General was first directed to the
harvester trust last December when Sen
ator Hansbrough of North Dakota intro
duced resolution directing the commits
sioner of corporations to make an investi-
cation of the International Harvester
Company and its allied concerns for the
purpose of ascertaining whether the prices
and output of farm machinery were con-
trolled by any combination of individuals
and whether there existed competition be-
tween local dealers. The commissioner
of corporations instituted an investiga-
ton. As a result the Attorney General
has decided that the alleged trust shall
be brought into court. According to Off
cial figures, Illinois has invested 1914 per
cent of the capital for the whole COUNTRY.
The value of farm implements manufac-
tured in Illinois in 1900 was ST. ,424. 900,
as against $19,936, 900 for the rest of the
country. The capital of the International
Harvester Company is $1OO,000,0OO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
One Kitchen for the Town.

The women of Montclair, a New Jersey
suburb of New York, have projected a
domestic service corporation for the pur-
pose of doing away with the drudgery of
the kitchen and substituting for it a cen
trail plant, which shall prepare all the
family's food, bring it to the house three
times a day and take away the soiled
dishes, leaving to the housewife only the
pleasant task of adjoining the table as
may suit her fancy. Some of the advan-
tages claimed for this plan are the solu-
ton of the servant problem, the combi-
nation of a first-class hotel service with
the comforts and privacy of ones own
home, absolute freedom from the care and
worry OF providing for the table and a
cost for the highest grade of food prepared
in the very best manner probably not ex-
ceeding that for the average family table.
The corporation may extend its service
so as to include laundry work, houseclean-
ing, lawn moving and gardening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
MOB ATTACKS MISSIONS.
Fury of Hindu Outbreak Vented on
Christians.

The Hindu outbreak at Rawalpindi,
British India, seems to have been anti
Christian as we'll as anti-European. The
mission buildings were the special objects
of the fury of the rioters. An attack
was made on the American church. and
the mob burned the Young Mems Chris
tan Association hall, looted the houses Of
the missionaries and assaulted native
Christians in the street A riotous out
break under the leadership of Hindu stu
dents has occurred at Amritsar, about
thirty miles from Lahore. Rawalpindi
is station of the United Presbyterian
church and was established in 1856.
Three missionaries and their wives, TWEEN
ty out-stations, Sunday school, a col
lege, an orphanage and a hospital con-
stitute the establishment there. The
place is also a station of the Women's
Missionary Society, having one mission
airy, two native workers, six out-stations,
six places of worship and one Sunday
school,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16

Clarence Abraham Declares His Case
Like That of January.

Holding that his case resembles that of
William January of Kansas City, ST.
Louis friends of Clarence Abraham, alias
Bert Gleason, are circulating a petition
requesting his release from the peniten-
tiary at Lansing, Kan. On May 20, 1899,
Abraham was convicted of burglary and
sentenced to serve seven years in the
Lansing (Kan.) penitentiary On March
4, 1904, he escaped. He went to St.
Louis. married and led the life of a good
citizen under the assumed name of Bert
Gleason. Last December he was recog-
nized and sent back to prison. His wife
has been working in a restaurant to sup
port herself and her child
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16

Chicagoan Whose Wife and Child
Died Suddenly Is Acquitted.

BenJamln z. Wright, FORMERLY OF UhI-
cago, accused of poisoning his wife and
child last March, was acquitted in Den
yer on the testimony of one of the chief
witnesses for the prosecution. Prof. w.
d. Engle of Denver university was called
to give evidence concerning the poison
alleged to have been used. He was I'M
able to find traces of any ordinary poison
and finally declared that he was of the
opinion shat Wright had nothing to do
with the death of his relatives, but that
they had come to their end as the result
of inhaling fumes of carbon monoxide gas,
probably given off by the heater in the
room where the bodies were found.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Train with New Field Gun.

Dispatches from Berlin state that the
German government has ordered 2440GO
men of the army reserve and territorial
army to join the colors for a fortnight
service, TO receive training with the new
field gun and modified rife, with improved
ammunition The number of men sum
moned for duty is $1,000 more than were
called out for training in 1906. The mill
tary authorities are displaying unusual
activity in other directions. Military ma
neuyers on the largest scale, involving for
raara6
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
4 NATIONS WOULD DIVIDE EAST
Japan, Russia, France and Great
Britain Seek to Shut Out Others.


NJ. Kurino, the japanese minister, in
an interview in Paris, is quoted as max
ing the important statement that the Sc
ries of treaties between Great Britain,
France, Russia and Japan, guaranteeing
the territorial status quo in the r." East,
implied an engagement to prevent other
countries from acquiring territory there.
Minister .Kurino denied that the Franco
japanese entente was in any way aimed
at the United States, adding: Japan,
in spite of the San Francisco incident,
has always been most sympathetic to the
United States because she was the first
to treat the japanese people on footing
of equality. If Japan could obtain ad-
vantages from an understanding with the
United States it is entirely probable that
the government at Toxic would not hest
tate to negotiate with Washington" Con-
tinuing, VI. Kurino said that as Germany
had no possessions in the far East, Kiao
Chou being simply leased Chinese ground,
treaty with her similar to the one be-
tween Japan and France would be use
less.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
RIVER IS CHANGING IT'S COURSE.
Stream in Indian Territory Cutting
Channel Two Miles from Old Bed.

Just below the Iron Mountain bridge
across the Grand river at Fort Gibson,
l. T., the Grand river has begun cutting
the bank in such a manner that if ex-
IRENE measures are not taken immediate
ly the course of the river will be changed.
The mouth of the Grand at Hyde Park
will be a thing of the past. The Grand
will empty its waters into the Arkansas
several miles below the Frisco bridge
across the Arkansas river, and that road
will have to build a bridge across the
Grand river. Some work has already
been done to prevent this. 1t would ruin
thousands of acres of excellent farm land,
and would leave the pumping station that
furnishes Muskogee's water supply on
dry ground. The mouth of Grand river
would be two miles below its present con-
fluence with the Arkansas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
President Commutes Sentence.

Attorney General Bonaparte has rec
commended that the sentence of John Will
lam January, alias Charles w. Ander-
son, the modern Jean Vatican. be COM
muted to three months from the date of
his rearrest, and that he be pardoned at
the end of that time. or on July 10, 1907
The President has approved the Attorney
Generals recommendation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
SHAVE MAN THEY KILL.
Robbers Employ Unique Method of
Hiding Identity of Victim.

The body of a dead man, believed to be
Joseph Mangol, reputed to be a wealthy
land owner near st. Louis, was found
in Duquoin, H., lying on the Illinois
Central track. Evidently he had been
murdered and robbed. The throat was
cut and there were other indications of
violence. The pockets were turned in
side out. A note was found which bore
the address, Joe Mangol, 2012 Main
street, Kansas City, Mo-" A razor was
found near the body and it was evident
the robbers had shaved their victim to
prevent Identification.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
RooseyeIt,s Four Maxims

Jacob Riis, in recent address at
Philadelphia, said that President Roose-
Welt had placed his policy in four hither-
to unspoken maxims, as follows:
1. Fit yourself for the work God has
for you to do in this world, and lose no
time about it.
9. Have all the fun that is coming to
you.
8. Go ahead. do something and be will
ing to take the responsibility.
4 Learn bv your mistakes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Women Trapped by Fire.

In Kansas City fire destroyed the five
story University studio building at the
northwest corner of Locust and 9th
streets. causing a property loss estimated
at S25O.000 One life was lost, six per-
sons are missing and may be buried in
the ruins and fifteen were more or less
seriously injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Serum for Meningitis.

Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller
institute, New York City, while declining
to discuss the reported discovery of a
serum for the cure of spinal meningitis
has admitted that experiments have been
conducted very successfully with the
serum in the treatment of monkeys, al
though it has never been tried on a hui
man being.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
SPANISH HEIR is BORN.
Prince of the Asturias Arrives Annie
National Rejoicing.

A son was born Friday to the King
aud Queen Of Spain. The baby will
be named Alfonso and is heir to the
Spanish throne. The arrival of the
royal babe caused demonstrations of
the widest joy throughout the city and
nation. Cannon We're fired, bells were
rung, flags We're flung to the breeze
everywhere, while cheering thousands
gathered about the palace gates and
thronged the streets. Madrid took on
holiday appearance. All business was
suspended and the day was given over
TO feasting, speechmaking. parades,
games, and other joyous amusements
The arrival of the little heir to the
Spanish throne was attended by digni-
fed yet ancient ceremonies which have
been handed down by the custom of
centuries. The christening takes place
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Italians and Poles Riot

Nearly 600 Italians and Poles Joined
in fierce battle in the Italian quarter
near Metropolitan avenue, Williamsburg,
n. Y, as a result of which at least 1875
were hurt. Three Yatrolmen were seri-
ously injured, and when their comrades
had broken up the riot thirty-fve rioters
had been sent to the Williamsburg hos
pital and twelve more locked up in a
police station.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
BETTER Paw for TraInn,ep

Notices have been posted in all of the
Twin City Rapid Transit stations in St.
Paul notifying the trainmen in the ser
vice that on June 1 their wages would
be advanced. The men, after the first
six months of service, now get a fat rate
of % cents an hour. After June l the
first year men will get 81 cents an hour ;
second year % cents, third year % cents,
fourth year "a cents and after FIVE years
Ok cents
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Lottery Man Pleads Guilty

Harry Daponte, well-known New Or
leans real estate man, who was indicted
about year ago for violation of the anti
lottery laws. pleaded guilty when arraign-
ed in the United States Circuit Court
Sentence was deferred Daponte was
charged with aiding in circulating tickets
of the Bluefelds Lottery Company, which
has since gone out of existence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Cigar. Famine Is Likely

"Clear Havana cigar manufacturers of
the United States are confronting the
most serious situation since the Weyler
edict," is the statement made in an ar
ticle in the most recent number of the
Tobacco Leaf by a writer who has con
Quoted an extensive investigation in Cuba
for that publication. Exhausted stocks
and short crop are given as the reasons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Death i'm Harvester Plant.

One man was killed and at least eight,
four of whom are known, were injured at
the International Harvester works in
Chicago when four floors in one of the
buildings caved in. Wrecking crews were
working on the collapsed floors all night
looking for other bodies that might have
been buried under the debris.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Held for MurdePinS Family

Joe Stanley and NJ. C. Smith. two
white men, were arrested, charged with
the murder of the Alderman family in
Santa Rosa county, near Pensacola, Fla,
about a year ago. The family consisted
of father, mother and seven children,
whose charred bodies were found Gre
mated in their burned home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Admit RrenIsing Trust LnyY.

Pleas of guilty by the brick and lum-
Der dealers recently indicted by the grand
jury were offered before Judge Morris in
Toledo. Ohio. Brick dealers pleaded
guilty to subdivision 10 of the Valentine
antitrust act. The lumber dealers plead
ed wholly and unqualifedly guilty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
ChiIdren Find Missing Mother.

Mrs. Robert Garee, who disappeared
from Steubenville, Ohio, ten days ago,
was found by her three children in a
cabin in Z mining settlement. Mrs.
Garee says she went there to be away
from the world and alone for while.
The letter revealing her hiding place was
written by her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Great Trial I'm RoiSe. Idaho

William D. Haywood, secretary and
treasurer of the Western Federation of
Miners, was placed on trial Thursday in
Boise, Idaho, charged with completely in
the murder of former Gov. Frank Steu-
nenberg at Caldwell, Idaho, Dec. 80,
1905
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Thirfy-One Die in Wreck.

Thirty-one persons were killed in the
wreck of the Shriners' special train on
the Southern Pacific coast line at Honda,
Cal. OF the two-score or more injured
many are terribly hurt and probably will
die The train was running sixty miles
an hour when it struck a defective
switch
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Legally Hanged. but Lives.

Reports received from trainmen and
negro passengers state that John Arm
strong, the negro hanged at Columbus,
Texas, Friday, April 10, for wife muir
der, revived after being placed in the
coffin and is now living.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Loans ONT Cab Window

George B. Hart, aged 25, fireman on
the Pennsylvania railroad, was instantly
killed in the suburbs of Philadelphia. He
was leaning out of a window in the cab
of his engine when his head struck a
bridge and was crushed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16

The North Coast limited on the North
ern Pacific road was held up at Welch's
Spur, about fifteen miles east of Butte,
Mont. and the engineer was killed The
robbers obtained no money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Woman Kills Baby and Self

Despondent because of i'll health. Mrs.
Carrie Sigsworth, 81 years old, killed her
1S-months-old child and then shot and
killed herself at her home in Allegheny,
Pa The bodies were found by her hus-
band. Alexander Sigswortk. when he re-
turned from his nights work in a steel
mill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
pnstoffice safe Robbed

The safe of the postoffice and store of
Thomas Van Eaton at Eatonville, Wash,
was robbed of 81 900 IN school warrants,
S115 in cash and $4,000 worth of mort
cages and other valuable papers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
womeu Slain with Razor

Mrs. Maria Vito and her mother, Mrs.
Maria Brignoli. were slashed to pieces
with razors in their East Side home in
New York. Giovanni Vito, husband of
the younger woman. is under arrest. 1t
is alleged that he killed the women after
their refusal to give him money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
$50. 200 for Girls Lost Leg.

A verdict Of $4,000, the largest on
record for such an injury, was given Miss
Margaret Noakes against the New York
Central railroad by a jury in the Su-
preme Court of New York. Miss Noakes,
a girl of 20 years, sued the railroad COM
pany for $4,000 damages for the loss of
her left leg.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16

of Dover, Del, has
been found on his
fathers farm, but
the mystery sur
rounding the death
OF the lad will
never be solved TO
the satisfaction of
the hundreds of
Delaware people
who aided in the
search when it
was thought the
child had been
kidnapped for ran
som.
A physicians eX-
animation Of dhe
body leads 10 the
belief that the boy
died a natural
death. but the
father and hun
dredS of others re-
fuse to believe the
theory, declaring
rho EidnanarS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16

A perpetual injunction was issued by
the federal court at Indianapolis by
agreement prohibiting the so-called drug
trust from conspiring and combining to
fix prices, blacklist dealers who cut
prices, or to refuse to sell to retailers on
ennal terms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Big Texas wiudstorm.

The towns of Birthright and Ridge
way, Texas, are practically annihilated,
as the result of terrific windStorm that
swept the vicinity Monday. Two deaths
are reported from Halesboro, and great
loss of life is believed TO have occurred
at Caney, negro settlement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16

An enterprising American has be-
gun to manufacture cement tombS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Uncovers a s1oo.ooo scana,I

In Syracuse, \. Y, the city treasurer,
it is alleged, has discovered a shortage
in the accounts of the office during the
term of E. f. Allen as treasurer. 1t is
impossible to tell, until experts report,
how large the shortage is. but it is pos
sible that it will exceed 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Bank Clerk Pleads Chilly

". o. Douglass, the New York bank
clerk who stole $4,000 worth of bonds
from the Trust Company of America,
pleaded guilty to the charge and turned
States evidence. On his testimony
Broker bennett was indicted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Youn- Woman Ends Life

Miss Aileen Clemow. aged 26, grand
daughter of the late Senator Clemow.
committed suicide in Ottawa, Ont. She
was found in her room with a bullet hole
through her head
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16

Edward b. Moore OF Michigan has been
appointed by the President to succeed
Frederick l. Allen as commissioner of
patents. Mr.. Moore. who is the present
assistant commissioner, won his appoint
ment through pure grit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Fire Destroys Great Mill

A Port Blakely. Wash, saw mill, which
carried over 100000 of insurance, was
completely destroyed by fire, despite the
fact that the entire plant was equipped
with sprinkler system.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Three Perish In Flames

A mother and her two children were
burned to death in fire which DESTROYED
a block occupied by three families at
Beaver Brook, mining village near
Hazelton, Pa. The dead woman was
Mrs. Joseph Ditcavey, wife of 9 miner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Nine Strikers Wounded.

Armed guards on street cars of the
United Railroads in San Francisco fred
into a mob of strikers, wounding nine
men, several of them fatally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16

Charles Doll. wanted on a charge of
numbering John Partlow in Hamilton.
Ohio, was arrested in a stable. He had
eaten nothing since the murder and was
almost starved. 1t is said he has con-
fessed, claiming he acted in self-defense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
Alaska Faces Big Flood.

The ice in the Yukon and Tanana riv-
ers of Alaska has broken. and the water
is higher than it has been for years at
this season. The Valdez flats are flooded
aud the Tanana river has risen TO within
six inches of the railroad station at
Cinema.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
spanish Prince Is Born

Queen Victoria of Spain gave birth
Friday to a son, who becomes heir to the
throne of Spain. The baby will be
named Alfonso.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
British Cruiser Launched.

The new British armored cruiser In
vincible was launched from the Elswick
shipyard This is one of trio of the
largest cruisers in the world, the first OF
which was the Indomitable The dimen-
sions of these two vessels are alike, name
". 1880 tons, length $50 feet. The
armament includes eight Pinch guns, al
most equaling the main battery of the
great battleship Dreadnought. Under adj
miralty orders. the greatest secrecy was
observed regarding the details of the new
vessel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-16
MARVIN MYSTERY UNsoLvEp.
Father Declares Lad Was kidnapped
and Allowed TO Starve.

Tie BODY OF HORACE Marvln, Jr., tho
4year-old son of DR. Horace Marvin,