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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
To Use Furnace waste Heat.

ITO pick 100000 horsepower off the
tops of eight roaring blast furnaces and
use it in performing hundred giant
tasks is the purpose of the colossal ap-
paratus now being installed in the Won
derful steel plant building at Gary, Ind.,"
writes H. G. Hunting in the March Tech
nical World Magazine. By heretofore
unthought of device this power will en-
tirely displace steam in the great mills.
Thirty-three huge gas engines are being
installed, each of 5000 horsepower to
use the gas produced by the iron smelt-
ers and convert it into electric power.
At the top of each of the blast furnaces
an outlet for the heated gas is provided
leading into a cleansing tube where the
dust is removed by means of a series of
tanks or washers" About 80 per cent
of the product is diverted to the blast
stoves to heat up in preparation for the
air blast.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
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The latest spring hats are almost as
high as their price.
The demonstrating days have gone.
the saddest of the year.
Even Canada is banging the door in the
face of japanese immigrants.
After the marriages of the Dues and
Dukes come the tailors' bills.
Time for "spring opening of the MILL
merry stores and papa's pocketbook.
Anarchy is one imported plant that
ought to be pulled up by the roots
Only immensely rich people can afford
more than one nobleman in the family.
A western bishop advises old maids to
pray for husbands" Whose husbands
Other people can be just as unhappy
as Mrs. Hetty Green on much less money.
Science has made the discovery that
Pharaoh had toothache and govt. 1t will
be possible to think more kindly of him
now.
A Michigan man ate three electric
lights in an attempt to commit suicide.
Some people attempt to make light of
death.
New York families of wealth appear
to be able to buy everything but domestic
happiness.
If Uncle Sam has a billion dollars in
gold in his pocket he ought to get over
his nervousness.
The United States will have the first
armored feet that ever 'looped the loop
around the world.
China wants to see the American feet.
so if anything happens she will know
what struck her.
Nine. Anna Gould must be believer in
the old adage, ''If you don't at first sue
coed, try, try again.
New York likes the pay-as-you-enter
cars because the system gives you that
as-you-please feeling.
The new Senator from Vermont is IS.
which shows that there is no keeping
the young fellows down.
These ducal marriages cause considera-
BILE worry to people who enjoy meddling
in somebody else's affairs.
Fifty of the largest yachts in the coun-
try are for sale. Likely the owners want
to get some bigger still.
1t cost Count de Castellane 5000 to
pummel the Prince de Sagan, which is
pretty tough when you haven't got the 20
cents.
Hetty Green's daughter is to wed a
man without a title. Hetty always was
lucky in financial matters.
The buildings are getting so high in
New York that they will have to carry
the fire engines up on elevators.
Woman suffrage would progress rapidly
if they could in some way combine it
with the new patterns or bridge whist
When the Thaws are separated there
will be two of them, and then we shall
probably get twice as much of it as now
This year the circus is to have no side
show of freaks" Probably the proprie-
tors feel it useless to attempt to compete
with the politicians.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.

The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was approved by the
| Senate.
| The Senate passed Senator Hepburn
resolution calling ON the names of enl-
ployes of the forestry division who have
attended forestry conventions and wheth-
er any expense has been incurred by the
government thereby.
Figuring on the basis furnished by the
| returns for the first two quarters, the def
cheney in the Postoffice Department for
| the current fiscal year will exceed S10,-
| 100000.
William r. Wheeler of California mott
fed the president of his acceptance of the
assistant secretaryship of the Department
of Commerce and Labor in succession to
Lawrence o. Murray.
A modification of the naval regulations
provides that hereafter chaplains appoint
ed to the navy shall undergo mental as
well as physical examination, the same
as line officers in the navy.
A bill designed to bring about the ac-
auisition by the government of watershed
lands of the Appalachian and White
Mountain chains was introduced by Rep
reseptative Pollard of Nebraska.
The Senate passed bill pensicning the
survivors and the widows of Texas volun-
teers who defended the frontier. Of Texas
against Mexican marauders and Indian
depredations from 1855 to 1860, inclusive.
A bill passed by the House is intended
to promote the safety of life ON naviga-
Bile waters during regattas or marine pa
rades. 1t invests the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor with authority to frame
suitable regulations.
The Senate passed a House resolution
authorizing the Secretary of War to fur
nish relief for persons in the South who
suffered from the recent cyclones.
Representative Leake of New Jersey,
in a speech i'm the House, criticised Pres
ident Roosevelt as desiring to perpetuate
himself in office by procuring the election
of a proxy.
A delegation of Fort Wayne. Ind, citi-
zens appeared before the House commit
fee on railways and canals and presented
arguments in support of resolution au-
thorizing the Secretary OF War to cause
and complete surveys for a ship canal
from Toledo, Ohio, to Chicago, by way
of Fort Wayne.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
$500 to $7.15; hogs, prime heavy, S4.O0
to $50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 5000 wheat, No. 2, DC to Csc;
corn, No. 2, Coo to &c; oats, standard,
Sic to SIC; rye. No. 2, SOC to Sic; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $1,000; prairie, $500
to $3.50; butter. choice creamery. &c
to 25c; eggs, fresh, lie to 15c; potatoes,
per bushel, Coo to 7Sc.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to $3.50; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 96c to
81; corn, No. white, CSC to Coo; oats,
No. white, sic to SIC.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $715; hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to S6.1J !;
wheat, No. 2, $1.OO to $1O1 corn, No. ,,
Coo to &c; oats, No. 2, 4Sc to 49c; rye,
10. 2, 76c to Tic.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $685.; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, SIC to 99c; corn,
No. 2 mixed, &c to Csc; oats, No. 2
mixed, Sic to &c; rye, No. 2, SIC to SAC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
800 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to 1925
wheat, No 2, 97c to 99c; corr, No 3
yellow, 69c to Zoe; oats, No. 3 white,
54c to soc; rye, No. 2, Sic to sc.
Mlwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
SLOT to $1.O9; corn, No. 3, 65c to 67c;
oats, standard, 52c TO 53c; rye, No. /,
roc to Soc; barley, No. 2, soc TO Sic;
pork, mess, $13.35.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $685. hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $500; sheep, common to cool mixed,
$500 to S6.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $50
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 97c to
99c; corn, No. 2 mixed, &c to CSC;
oats, No. 2 mixed SIC to 54c; rye, No.
2, SOC to Sic; clover seed, prime, $500.
New Yerk--Ca tile, $500 to $40:
hogs, $3.50 to $500; sheep, $500 to
5000 wheat No. 2 red, $1O5 to S1O6;
corn, No. 2, lac to Toe; oats, natural
white. 56c to 5Sc; butter, creamery, 2Jc
to &c; eggs, western, 13c to lie.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
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Candidates of six political parties re-
ceived votes in the presidential election
OF 1904. Only two of the parties We're
represented in the electoral vote. Eight
parties polled vote in 1900 large
enough to be recorded: six of them
failed to choose a single presidential
elector
In national elections the great major
ity of the voters remain loyal to one or
the other of the old political parties.
Other parties are sometimes strong
enough to carry State elections in the
balance of power to decide elections in
the East
Presidential electors have cast their
votes for a third party candidate only
twice since the Civil War. The first
time was in 1892, when Mr.. Weaver,
the Peoples party candidate, carried
Colorado, Idaho, Kansas and Nevada,
and won an elector in North Dakota
and in Oregon. Four years later Thomas
E. Watson. who was a candidate for
lIle ICE l. Will MI. yam
on the Peoples party ticket, by means
of coalition with the Democrats, di-
vided with the Democratic Vice Pvesi-
dential> candidate the electoral votes of
ten States. AS Horace Greeley died
between the time of the popular vote
in November. 1872, and the meeting Of
the electors, the Democratic vote of that
wear was distributed among other can
didates.
In the transition period election Of
1860 the electoral vote was divided
among one Republican. one Union and
two Democratic candidates; but in 1856
Willard Fillmore, as american" and
Wing candidate carried Maryland, and
received its electoral votes.
This year the number of independ-
ent, or extra party, candidates is likely
to be large, but it is probable that all
the electoral votes will go either to the
Democratic or to the Republican can
1idates as usual.-Youth's Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
STORM VICTIMS CARED FOR.
Work of Relief Covers All Districts
nv

Affected by Recent Tornado.
The work of relief for tornado sufferers
in Louisiana and Mississippi is now so
thoroughly organized that it covers every
part of the wide territory affected by the
storm. At Hattiesburg, Miss, Red Cross
officials took active charge of the care of
the 100 or more severely injured in Hat
tiesburg hospitals. The injured have suffi-
cient medical care, but the number of
nurses had not been sufficient up to date
Many of the women of Hattiesburg and
vicinity who have volunteered are now
nearly worn out. The State has called on
the federal government for tents, which
are one of the most urgent needs every
where
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
WIND LIFTS BOAT; TWELVE DIE.
Tornado Carries Steamer Down River
and Deposits 1t Bottom Upward.

and Deposits 1t Bottom Upward.
Picking up 62-ton river steamboat as
if it had been a chicken coop, a tornado
Sunday Afternoon turned the vessel upside
down in the ST Francis river, twelve per-
sons being drowned and seven injured.
The steamboat was the Marion, in charge
of Captain W. A. Joyce Of Newport. Sew
enty-two persons were aboard when the
vessel left Helena Sunday morning for
Charlottesville, Mo. Among the passen-
gers were the members of the Wright Ex-
position Company, a carnival amusement
troupe. Suddenly sweeping down the riv-
er about 3 80 in the afternoon, when the
steamer was eight miles above the mouth
and twenty miles north of Helena, Ark,
the tornado lifted up the Marion Win
ease, carried it some distance down stream
and returned it to the water bottom up
ward. Terror stricken, the passengers
and crew chung to the hull of the capsized
steamer. Eight miles they drifted down
the river. Waves ten feet high dashed
around them. One by one ten persons
We're washed from their hold and sank be-
fore the eyes of the survivors, who had
all they could do to retain their positions
On the lurching wreck. After the Marion
had drifted for two miles the engineer and
a deck hand managed to launch skiff,
the only one not irretrievably damaged
by the onrush of the storm. In this frail
craft the two brave men tried to go
through the heaving river and reach the
shore to summon help. They scarcely had
left the upturned steamer when big
wave filed their boat and they disappear
ed. After remaining many hours on the
exposed hull. of the Marion the survivors
were sighted by gasoline launch. They
were removed to the swamp banks, where
they remained until relief boat, twenty
four hours after the catastrophe, could re-
move them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
CHICAGO.

II. u. Dun & Co.'S weekly review or
trade IN the Chicago district says:
BUSINESS activity, while recovering
slowly, is seen to be upon steadier basis.
Liquidation remains but causes less APP
prehension as to results, and the CONNER
ciai aeIaults. although yet seemingly pu-
merous' include none of conspicuous in
huehce upon credits Lower cost of ac-
coilIhodatlon is accompanied by a heavier
movement OF money and preparations in
dlcate prompt settlements of the May in
terest payments, a considerable portion
OF which will rest here A very satisfac-
tory volume appears in the distribution
OF general merchandise and interior buy
ers not only make frequent calls for re-
aSsortmentS. but also place liberal I'd
vance orders for fall and winter lines.
railroad traffic returns suffer from
limited marketing of crops and restricted
shipments from the factories. Weakness
IN pig iron discourages large buyers, and
ore supplies carried over show an unusual
surplus, which may be slow of reduction,
unless additional furnaces resume. Fac
tory work in the iron branches runs more
steadily, especially in machinery. heavy
anu idIIl pul Nhc
1orges and foundries have little forward
work and resumption of normal opera
tions is not yet discerned
restriction yet appears in wood work
ing branches, but not so severe as a
month ago, there being more activity in
furniture and boxmaking, while planning
mills OBTAIN increasing orders from the
extension of building enterprises.
Mercantile collections throughout the
near by States exhibit more promptness
with the growing ease in money Farm
advlces are uniformly good as to pro-
gress In spring work and condition of win
ter wheat.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number "a, against q last week and
~ year ago. Those with liabilities
over $1,000 number 10, against last
week and in 1907"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07

An organization has been formed for
the purpose of effecting practically con-
troll of the dramatic material needed by
the hundreds of play companies in Amer
ica Miss Marbury, the play broker, is
president, and the company will have of
fees in New York with branches in
Chicago, London, Paris, Berlin and Vi
emma. 1t is said that the trust" already
controls ABOUT nine-tenths of the fore
most playwrights of England, France,
Germany, Austria and Italy. and the
number of authors enrolled on the books
runs into the hundreds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
NINE DEAD, THIRTY HURT.
Coaches Under High Speed Come To-
Gether on Interurban Line.

Coaches Under High Speed Come To-
gether on Interurban Line.
Two large interurban trolley cars on
the Detroit, Jackson and Chicago railway,
a part Of the Detroit United Railways
system, running from Detroit to Jackson,
collided head on Tuesday afternoon while
running about forty-fve miles an hour,
near Ypsilanti. Nine men were killed and
about thirty men and women injured,
some of them seriously. All of the Sc
verely wounded were taken to the uni
versity hospital at Ann Arbor. A mistake
in orders on the part Of Motorman lisa
Fay of the limited car, who was crushed
to death beneath his vestibule, is alleged
to have caused the collision. 1t is charg-
ed that he overran his orders.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
SON TO PAY FOR KINGS LOOT.
New Portuguese Ruler to Make Good
Plumber of Treasury.


Plumber of Treasury.
When King Miguel of Portugal was de-
posed in 1884 the crown jewels, valued at
$1,000. 900, were confiscated and deposited
in the Bank of Portugal as the property
of the state. Recently the republican
press has charged that absolute proof ex-
listed that large portion of these jewels
had been sold without the consent of par
lament to meet the expenses of the royal
house. King Manuel thereupon ordered
an inventory, and this proved that jewels
to the value of $4,000 were missing.
The governor of the Bank of Portugal
admitted the removal, but declared the
sale had been made upon the urgent de-
mand of King Carlos. King Manuel has
announced his intention of personally re-
funding the value of the missing jewels.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
RaiSuIi Fired Upon.

Raisul. the Moroccan bandit, is not
dead. as reported. \ band of Elkmes fired
a rolley at him from behind the bush, but
Raisuli was not hit. The tribe had sworn
vengeance against the bandit chief be-
cause. although they had been ravaged by
the imperial troops for sheltering RaiSuli
after the capture of Caid MacLean, he
refused them any share Of the ransom.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
Dynamiter Found Guilty.

The second trial of f. E. Kiser for
murder growing out of the destruction
of the Colorado and Southern station in
Boulder, Colo, by fire and dynamite dur
ing the switchmen's strike, in which sew
eral people were killed, ended when the
jury returned a verdict of seconddegree
murder. The minimum penalty is ten
years in the penitentiary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
Family Perishes in Fire.

Mrs Belle Gunnerson and her three
children persisted in an incendiary fire
which destroyed their home in the coun-
try, north of Laporte, Ind. Joseph Max
son, hired man, escaped. Mrs. Gunner
son had trouble for several months with
a young man who was annoying her. He
cannot be found The children were two
girls and a boy, the youngest years and
the oldest II years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07

United States land officers are trying
to run down the gangs of swindlers who
locate new settlers in the Dakotas on poor
lands and charge them SO each for the
service. The officials have issued circu-
lars advising land seekers to get their
information from the land Offices or to
visit the lands themselves before making
selections.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Man Hurled Fifty Feet BY Explosion
Three Narrowly Escuue Death
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

MAN Hurled Etffy rect BY Explosion
Three Narrowly Escape Death.
From their home. blown to atoms by
dynamite, f. \. Carlson and wife have
reached Kingston, eight miles below
Wardner. Idaho. The Carlsons had just
completed a big house on their ranch on
the North Fork river. The other even
ing just after retiring a terrific explo-
sion took place, completely demolishing
the house and furniture and throwing the
inmates many feet through the air. in
juring and stunning them. The hired
man was found fifty feet from the house
in IA dazed condition. All the animals in
the barn We're killed or injured and the
barn torn down. Who set the blast off
has not been learned. 1t is stated that
some Firms in the woods nearby have
been making threats against the settlers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07

The overturning of a lantern by a
horses kick in the Gallagher livery in
PEBBLES. Ohio, caused fire loss of $50
600. Fifteen buildings were destroyed
and half dozen men who aided the local
fire brigade in fighting the flames were
overcome
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
Youthful Pair End Lives.

In Salem, Mass, Harry H. Lebaron
II years old, shot and killed his wife
also II, to whom he was married in Feb
ruary, and then committed suicide. A
note left by the couple showed that they
had agreed to die together. Dependency
because the young husband could not OBJ
tain employment is ascribed as the cause
of the tragedy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
Fire on jamestown Site.

Fire of unknown origin on the James
town exposition grounds destroyed the
colonial buildings making up the arts and
crafts village. ''Ye Olde Tyne Tavern
and the Philippine reservation, and was
checked within fifty feet of the large
States exhibit palace. The Michigan
building was scorched.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
Die on Runaway Train.

Four Italian laborers were killed. two
were fatally injured and eight others were
less seriously hurt by the wrecking of
runaway train on the LaQuin Lumber
Company's log road near Williamsport
Pa. Twenty-Five Italians were on the
train when it ran away.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
NO TOBACCO FOR PUPILS.
Village Prohibits Sale or Use OF
Pipes or Cigarettes.

Pipes or Cigarettes.
The lid has been put on the pipe and
cigarette, in Echo, Mimi, so far as school
children and boys under IS years of age
are concerned. At their last meeting the
school board appointed the chief of police
as truant officer with instructions to
round up scholars who stay out of school,
and to strictly enforce the law regulat-
ing the sale of tobacco and its use by
scholars. The police have already been
busy. All dealers in tobacco have been
warned and business men instructed to
allow no smoking by young men attend
ing school, or under IS years of age, in
stores. Not a pipe in sight to-day, and
a general exodus of boys to the country
for a smoke is looked for.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
Blow Opn Bank Safe; Get SIS.

Robbers blew open the outer safe of the
Farmers State bank of Lenexa, Kan, but
got only So The safe was blown through
the front of the building into the street.
The inner safe, containing much of the
banks funds, was untouched, the robbers
apparently being frightened away.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
Minnesota Brokers Fined.

The maximum penalty, two years in the
penitentiary and nne 5000 each, was
imposed upon Frank E. Holiday, Herbert
Robinson and John l.. Layne, formerly
associated with Edward Vaughan in the
commission and brokerage business in
Minneapolis The men were charged with
conspiracy to defraud.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
Mine Eoreman's Home Blown In

The home of ]. C. Wicklund. foreman
of the quarries of the WaShoe Smelling
Company near Anaconda. Mont, was de-
molshed by a charge of giant powder at
midnight. Wicklund was injured. Sew
eral hundred Austrians and Italians who
had been employed at the quarries before
the panic were not employed when the
Amagamated properties resumed last
winter. and Wicklund has frequently re-
ceived letters threatening his life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07

A bill prohibiting farmers of the new
State of Oklahoma from sowing johnson
grass has been approved by the Governor.
1t also makes it misdemeanor for any
person to sell hay or grain from johnson
grass land without informing the pur-
aIaSap
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
Divorce in Grosveuor Family.

A divorce was granted in Ironton, Ohio,
in the case of Phelps c. Leete against
Louise Leete on grounds of willful alb
sence for more than three years. The
defendant is a daughter of Gen. Charles
II. Grosvenor of Athens. Ohio.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-07
SjIyerStein. Anarchist, Is Dead.

Selig Silverstein. the anarchist who at
tempted to throw bomb into a group of
policemen in Union Square, New York,
weeks ago and was injured by the prema-
ture explosion of the bomb, died Tuesday.
Silversteins companion was killed by the
bomb.