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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
NUBBINs OF FARM NEWS.

Bots has broken out among the horses
around GAINESVILLE Mimi, and several
farmers are heavy losers.
White Earth Indian reservation in Min
nesota. heads the list of all other reser-
vations in point of wealth and prosperity.
The Minnesota Horticultural Society,
at it's annual meeting. went on record as
opposed to the free distribution of seed
by Congressman.
At the stock show at Chicago the Min
nesota Agricultural college won first in
the Aberdeen Angus fat class for the
champion steer, Eclipser and also a first
on yearling steer with Eclipser, and a
second on a three-head lot. Iowa led on
hogs. except Durac Jerseys, in which class
Wisconsin was first
The slaughter of sheep by wolves in
western South Dakota this year has been
so heavy that one rancher has imported
seven large Siberian wolf hounds and has
invited his neighbors to take part in big
wolf hunt.
In the student stock judging contest at
Chicago. prizes were taken as follows ::
First. Fl. II. Kildee, Iowa State college,
$40: second, C.. w. McCampbell, Kansas
Agricultural college, 917; third, j. III.
Gramlich. Nebraska university. 800;
fourth. J. II. Couke, Nebraska university
1913: fifth, r. F. Miller, Texas Agricul-
tural college, S79.
An epidemic of aphthous fever, or foot
and mouth disease, which has developed
among cattle in Montour and Columbia
counties. Pa. has caused the State and
federal authorities to quarantine four
farms and one large cattle pen in the af-
fected district.
J. A. wye of the Minnesota college of
agriculture told the Minnesota Butter
and Cheese Association that poor ac-
counting and business methods caused the
failure of more creameries than any
thing else. He advised the appointment
of two State auditors to supervise ac-
counts of creameries, and for the prctec-
ton of farmer patrons.
The Minnesota swamp land case, in
voiving an injunction to restrain the Sec
rotary of the Interior from issuing pat
ents to the State, has been argued in the
court of appeals of the District of Co
Iumbia. The injunction is asked by the
Indians. who claim title to the land. 1t
is asserted by both sides that no matter
what the decision Of the court shall bs
the case Is practically certain to be ap-
pealed to the United States Supreme
Court.
Canadian officials stopped three light
harness horses at the boundary on ac-
count of the recent quarantine regulations
enforced on account of the outbreak Of
disease in New York State.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
NEW YORK.

Holiday trade shows further expan-
sion and most cities report buying of
this character equal TO or slightly in
excess of last years. In some sections.
particularly in the South. holiday trade
rs not so good as in 1907 The larger
centers are doing well and armies of
shoppers are in evidence but many
small cities report a relatively light
business and demand shifting to cheap
er lines.
In regular retail lines unscaSonably
warm weather has been drawback.
particularly Southwest and South.
Wholesale trade is Quieter. except for
some hurry orders TO sort up depleted
stocks.
Inventories and stock takingS nat
urally predispose to less activity from
now till after Jan. l. Reports from
leading industries are of gradual gains
and slow progress back to normal.
There are some orders for steel rails
from railroads. and the tin plate mills
are buster: there is Il better supply OF
water in New England and paper mills
are running more freely: Eastern shoe
manufacturers report three months or
ders ahead. and there is more demand
for lumber, some of this on account of
railroad buying. with tirmer prices for
yellow pine.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Dec. II
number 80, against 29S last week. 300
in the like week of 1907. 227 in 1906.
30 in 1905 and 249 in 1904. Business
failures in Canada for the week num-
Der 81, against 60 last week and 40 in
this week of 1907.-Bradstreet' Com
nlercial Report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
10000 WORKERS KILLED IN YEAR
Government Report Shows Protec-
ton of Employees Neglected.


Between 5000 and $4,000 deaths
among workingmen and 100000 in
juries is the accident record in the
United States for last year, according
to a bulletin issued by the bureau of
labor. OF those employed in factories
and workshops. it is declared that prob
amy the most exposed class are the
workers in iron and steel. Fatal ACCT
dents among electricians and electric
lnemen and coal miners are declared TO
be excessive. while railway trainmen
were killed in the proportion of 7.46
deaths for LOCO employees.
The bulletin declares that much could
be done for the protection of the work
ingman that is neglected. though many
and far-reaching improvements have
been introduced in factory practice in
the last decade. 1t is pointed out that
the possibilities for successful accident
prevention have been clearly demon
strated in the experience of foreign
countries.
Granting the bulletin states. that
the underlying conditions in European
countries are often quite different and
that many of our industrial accidents
may be the result of ignorance, reckless
Indifference or carelesSness, the fact re-
mains that an immense amount of hui
man life is wasted and a vast amount
of injury is done to health and
strength. with resulting physical inn
pairment. which has Il very considera-
bic economic value to the nation as a
whole
1t is insisted that it should not be
and perhaps one-half by intelligent and
rational methods of factory inspection,
legislation and control
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
DUTCH GET NEW PRIZE.
Battle Ship Jacob Van Heemskerk
Captures "23 de Mayo"

The Dutch battleship Jacob van
Heemskerk arrived at Willemstad, D.
W. l., towing as a prize the Venezue-
Ian coastguard vessel, % de Mayo. The
flag Of the Netherlands had been hoist
ed to the peak Of the captured Vene-
zuelan ship, and astern of the Dutch
flag fioated the Venezuelan colors.
Capture of the % de Mayo was eff
fected at a point a little north of
Cumana on the Gulf of Caraico. The
battleship Jacob van Heemskerk OBJ
served thee raft in the offing, took pos
session of her and sent a prize crew
aboard The Venezuelan crew, which
had been in charge was sent ashore
in the small boats of the captured ship.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
WILL FOUND NAILED IN TUB.

Bachelor Grocer of CharlestoSvn,
Mass. ConcenIs Instrument.
Enclosed in an envelope and nailed to
the bottom of a tub the will of the late
Patrick NIonahan of Charestown, Mass.
disposing to relative of property valued
at S25O,O00. was found in a cellar and
offered for probate. Monahan was a
grocer and unmarried. When he died last
September no will could be found and
John Monsha of Chicago, bro her, was
made administrators. OF the estate SGO,-
600 is left to the Chicagoan; 100000 to
a sister-in-law, Margaret Mullen of Bos-
ton; $4,000 each to three sisters in Ire
land, and smaller amounts to nephews and
niacpS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
HELD UP BY FOUR ROBBERS.
Express Car Bynamited, but Npssen-
ger Says Highwaymen Got Little.

ger Says Hfghwaymen Got Little.
Oregon Railroad and Navigation train
No /, known as the Chicago-Portland
special. was held up and the express ca"
dynamited by four unmasked robbers
shortly after 9 o'clock on a recent night.
nine miles east of Portland. Ore. FIX
press Messenger o. II. Huff said the rob-
bers secured little of value. The robbers
did not modest the passengers. but I'M
coupled the express car and ordered the
engineer to take it down the track to-
ward Portland. About a mile beyond the
point where the train was held up the
doors of the express car were shattered
by nitroglycerine. The train did not
carry through SAFE a small local safe
and a strong box being the only recep-
tacles for valuables. The robbers com
PEELED Express Messenger Huff to open
the small safe. 1t contained but three
or sour small packages, believed to have
been of small value. The strong box
was not touched. The robbers escaped.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24

Senate. 1t is said that Mr. Knox's resig-
nation from the Senate is ready to be
submitted to Gov Stuart.
Senator Knox was appointed Attor-
ney General by President Mckinley
and remained in that position under
Roosevelt until 1904, when, upon the
death of Matt Quay he became Senator
for PENNSYLVANIA
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24

dition of the world supply of timber
makes us dependent wholly on what we
produce. Our forests now cover 800
100000 acres.
1--WE must plant up the lands, now
treeleSS, which will be most useful I'M
der forest. and must continue and per-
feet, by State and nation, the preserva-
ton by use of forests already publicly
owned; and we must extend it to other
mountain forests more valuable for the
permanent benefit of the many than for
the temporary profit of a few"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
Two Die in Burglar Battle.

In a running midnight encounter be-
tween a gang of safe robbers and the DO
lice of Greenwich, Ohio, Night Marshal
Wood and one of the burglars are report
ed killed. The other burglars escaped.
carrying one of their number, who is be-
lieyed to have been shot dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
Fifteen Die in French Wreck

A collision between a freight and a
passenger train near Limoges, France, re-
suited in the death of fifteen persons and
the injury of thirty others. Fire broke
out after the collision, and most of the
victims, including the engineer of the pas
senger train, were burned to death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
COUPLE MURDERED IN SLEEP.
Assassin Hacks Faces of Man and
Wife with Hatchet.

Wicentz Florczik and his wife were
murdered by an assassin at their resi-
dence. 132 Bird street, Wilmington, Del.
Their bodies were found by Alexander
Florczik. brother of the murdered man,
and a ledger at the house. who is detain-
ed at police headquarters. Alexander
told the police that when he went home
about II o'clock at night he was unable
to gain admittance, and spent the night
with an uncle. He went to the house
about Q o'clock in the morning and found
the bodies. He said the two children.
girl years old and a 2-months- baby,
had not been molested. The BABY lay in
a crib between the beds occupied b. the
parents. Both of the victims had been
hacked in the face with a hatchet which
was found on the mans bed. The murder
is thought to have been committed for
revenge. FlOrczik was IS, and his wife
"A years old The prisoner is Is.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
woULD-BE LYNcHERs Fooled.
Mob Breaks Jail Door, but Sheriff
Hides Prisoner,

A mob gathered at Jamestown, KY,
with the intention of lynching James
Hill, white man charged with the muir
der of 13-year-old Mamie Womack. The
sheriff had had warning and had taken
Hill into the woods about town, where
he kept him all night under guard The
mob was not satisfied with the statements
of the jailer that Hill was not there but
broke down the Jail door, searched the
prison and then searched every residence
in jamestown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
American Girl to Wed Earl.

1t is officially announced that a mar
rage engagement has been arranged be-
tween the Earl of Granard and Miss Bea-
trice Mills, the daughter of Ogden Mills
of New York. Bernard Arthur Forbes,
the eighth Earl of Granard, is lord-n-
waiting to the King and Master of the
HorSa
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
Canada Would Bar Japanexe

A resolution adopted at a mass meeting
presided over by the Mayor and addressed
nv G. H. Barnard. Dominion member
elect, was telegraphed to Ottawa urging
the abrogation of the treaty arrange
ment with Japan and legislation of the
exclusion of ASiaticS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24

State in the Taft
cabinet, according
to a report in
Washington that
appears to be au-
thentic. Mr.. Knox,
it is said. has con-
scented to serve in
the cabinet, at a
sacrifice of his per-
sonal inclinations,
as he would prefer
TO remain in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
yIooushiners Work in City,

While internal revenue officers in the
South were battling with 'moonshiners, -
fire in Hopkins avenue, Williamsburg,
New York, uncovered what is believed to
be an illicit distillery in a two-story frame
building. Government officers have begun
Investigation to break up the traffic in
New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
whitney's Wife Gets Divorce.

Mrs. Cora Whitney. wife of Caspar
William Whitney of New York, editor
of the Outing Magazine and one of the
best known sporting writers in the couL
try, was granted a divorce. with $500 a
month alimony. in Judge Estelle's division
of the District Court in Omaha. The
charges were cruelty and non-support.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24

Of right, whenever
q conviction is re-
versed on appeal by
the defendant to a
Circuit Court of
Appeals, is the
opinion expressed
by Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte in
his annual report
for the fiscal year
ending June 80,
1908 submitted TO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
Woman seized for Pension Fraud.

Mrs. Josephine Kendall, aged 65. of
Fosteria. Ohio, has been arrested on a
charge of swearing falsely in order to
secure pension. In 1898 she applied for
\ pension. declaring that she had not re-
married after the death of Emanuel Ken
dali. a Civil War veteran. Affidavits
show that she had.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
c;-,s Poisoned: Father Held.

That death was due to poison is the
report of DIR. William f. Krauss, who
analyzed the stomachs of Ona and Edith
McBroom. daughters of William Nc
Broom of Marked Tree Ark The father
of the girls is being held at Jonesboro,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
Hold Eanatics for Murder

In Kansas City, Justice Remley, after
a formal hearing, ordered James and Me-
LISA Sharp. the religious fanatics, held
without bail for the murder of Policeman
A. o. Dalbow, who was killed during the
battle between police and street preachers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24

yer $4,000, 900.
This includes loss
from fire. Fifty
lives also are lost
each year by forest
fires, he said.
I'VE take from
our forests each
year" he said,
"twenty-three bill
ion cubic feet, or
two and one-half
times their yearly
growth. The con-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
House Loted; owner Away.

The residence of Miss Elizabeth B.
Estes in Brooklyn. n Y. has been ran
sacked by leisurely burglars during the
absence of the owner in Europe. Even
carpets ard furniture were carried away
by the thieves. The booty obtained is
valued at $1,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
Admiral Ceryera i. Retired

Vice Admiral Cervera, who commanded
the Spanish feet in the battle at Santiago,
was retired from the active list of the
Spanish navy Monday at his own request
on account of failing health.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
Child Is Burned to Death.

While his mother was absent at a store
Andrew Salatus of Chicago, 3 years old,
played with matches and set his clothing
on FIRE His mother found him fatally
burned when she returned home. He died
in the county hospital.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24

John Kelly was fatally hurt and four
others were seriously injured at an explo-
sion at the Ohio works of the Carnegie
Steel Company in Youngstown
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
Odd Fellow Leader Dies

Judge John L. Nolen, grand sire of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge, Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows, died of heart failure
following surgical operation in Nash
vile, Tenn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
shot by His Communion.

While out hunting quail with four or
FIVE others. Ed. Newcomer. a prominent
Young man of Wauseon, Ohio, was acct
dentally shot in the lungs by one of his
companions. He died few minutes later
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
nuabec Judge Blows Ont BraDfS

Jean Gervais Protais Blanchet. judge
of the queens bench in Quebec, blew his
brains out while suffering from a fit of
insanity superinduced by i'll health. Judge
Blanchet was 90 years old and a descend
ant of one of the old French families.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
LIFE TERMS FOR MURDERERs.
Supreme Court Dooms Convicted Men
IN JulnriSOn

Supreme Court DOoms Convicted Men
to imprisonment.
The Supreme Court of Missouri al
frmed the sentences of John Wooley and
Robert Sassman TO life terms in the State
penSontiary for murder. Wooley killed
his stepdaughter, Pearl Smith, aged 3
years, and Sassman killed a travelling
companion, Carl Miller, taking his wagon
and horses, The latter crime was not dis
covered for several years, when it was
revealed by a woman accomplice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
bONAPARTE ASKS fDR
MORE LEGAL POWER
Says 1t Is Needed
in Prosecution of Rich
Defendants.
CITES THE STANDARD FINE.
That Case, He Thinks, Shows the
Necessity of a Change in the
Present Statutes.

That the United States should have
the right of appeal TO the Supreme
Court Of the United States as a matter,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
Jother and Child Die in Flames

In fire which destroyed their home at
Havana. Kan. Mrs. Frank Himmelwright,
wife of a section foreman, and her g.
months-old child were burned to death.
Himmelwright was away at work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
100000 FOREST WASTE.
Senator Smoot Tells of Great Yearly
Loss in Nations Woods.

The annual waste in the forests of
the country, as told by Senator Reed
Smoot to the conservation congress. is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
KNOX WILL HEAD THE CABINET.
Senator Accepts Position of Secre-
tary of State Offered b yTaft.

Senator Philander C. Knox of Penn
sylvania has been offered and has ac-
cepted the position of Secretary of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-24
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Sunday.
o~~@~0~0o0

Murder trial of Z. jenkins Hams began
in New York.
The American battleship feet was given
a cordial reception al Colombo.
Walter Wellman writing from Wash
ington, reports that the japanese govern
ment has decided to bar all japanese EN-
igration to the United States. thus remoV-
ing the last remaining difference between
the two nations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-05

right, but do not believe that equali- ty of right means identity of function: and am more and more convinced that the great field, the indispensable field, for the. usefulness of woman is as the mother of the family. It is her work in the household. In the home, her work in bearing and rearing the chill dren, which is more important than any mans work, and 1t Is that work which should be normally the woman's special work. just as normally the mans work should be that of the breadwinner, the supporter of the home, and if necessary the soldier who will light for the home.
 ''There are exceptions as regards both man and woman; but the full and perfect life, the life of highest happi- ness and of highest usefulness to the State, Is the life of the man and wo- man who are husband and wife. who live in the partnership of love and duty. the one earning enough to keep the home, the other managing the home and the children.
 Sincerely yours,
 Theodore Roosevelt"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-05
CLAIMS MORE OF TOLL Seven Dwelling Houses and Store Destroyed. SITUATION AT PINE BLUFF River Rising and Gradually Under
 mining Another Dyke. shourd tAs Anticipated occur the Ez- treme Eaasern Section of the
 City wrn Be Greatly
 Endangered.
SITUATION AT PINE BLUFF

Pine BIufF. Ark. Dec. 4.-seven frame dwelling houses and a two story business building was the toll claimed today by the encroaching waters of the swollen Arkansas river. eating their way across Barraque street, near Georgia street. two blocks east of the county court house, the former danger scene. which was rec lieved when the current was deflected, through the dynamiting of the bank of the river opposite Pine Bluff. and thrown. against the government dyke at this point which was swept away last night.
 Tonight the rivef is continuing to slowly. rise and the water is gradually undermining another dyke. further east, which will probably crumbie be- fore tomorrow. Should the antlcipat- ed occur. the extreme eastern section of the city. which has but recently been rebuilt, following the destruc- tive fire of two years ago. will be en- dangered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-05
DAVE ON THE SCENE
TALKS or SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL
 CONGRESS-.
Display of MaRs and Diagrams VIII Cover several Hundreds of Square Feet--iSoosevelt
 VIII Speak.

Washington, Dec. 4.-G. GrosvenOr Dave of Montgomery. Ala. chairman of the Committee of Arrangements of the Southern Commercial Congress, which meets here Dec. and 8. arrived in Washington today.
 This Congress. to interpret the re- sources of the South. Is shaping up finely said Mr.. Dave. The display of maps and diagrams of special South ern features will cover many hum dreds of square feet Indications by telegraph are that the attendance from Southern States will run over 2,O00.
 ''The Congress merges with the Ma tional Rivers and Harbors Congress on the 9th. President Roosevelt and President -eIect Taft will address the members of the Congress at the con- servation mass meeting Tuesday af- ternoon."