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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
DEEP WATERWAY TO THE GULF
The Mississippi River Commission
Favors Project.

A deep waterway between Chicago
and the gulf seems to be one of the
possibilities of the near future The
project has been discussed for many
years. but now at length it seems to
be ripening TO head.
The Mississippi River Commission,
in a report now in the hands of the
Secretary Of War, proposes to 90 ahead
with that portion of the lakes-to -the-
gulf deep waterway which lies within
its jurisdiction ON the Mississippi
River. The members believe that it
will be both economical and in the
line of permanency for them to adopt
Immediately a deep waterway project,
and in future work have that big en-
terprise in mind instead of Temporary
bank reyetment, desultory dredging
and sporadic attempts to clear certain
harbors. The report recommends that
the Secretary of War asks Congress
TO give the commission a million of
dollars year for three years, in adj
dition to the sum now at the disposal
OF the commission, and with this
amount permanent work on the deep
waterway can go forward. The commits
sion now has at its disposal the sum
of 100000 a year for three years,
and it holds in the report to the Sec
rotary of War that it cannot expend
the $6,000,00O already authorized by
Congress in an economical way if there
is ever any thought of building deep
waterway.
The real significance of this recon-
mendation from the Mississippi River
Commission lies in the fact that three
members of the commission are also
members of the Board of Survey, which
was authorized at the last session of
Congress to study the whole situation.
1t is believed that the board will be
in readiness to make it's report in
October or November and that it will
recommend a 22-fOot channel from st.
Louis to the sea. With the Mississippi
River Commission already committed
to deep waterway from Cairo to the
gun anu Iue prospect OF an lHIelll-
gent, comprehensive and technical re-
port on the project from ST. Louis to
the gulf, there is every reason for be-
lieving that initiatory legislation for
the deep waterways will be secured at
this session of Congress. AS is gen.
orally known a survey h; already
been made and complete report is
in the possession of the government
for that portion of the deep waterway
from Chicago through the drainage
canal, Des PLANES and Illinois rivers
to St Louis.
With a Board of Survey outlining
the plan for the entire distance, ap-
preparations will be sought for the i'm
mediate starting of the work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
Girls Nerye-Racking Experience.

A midnight battle with three score
Infatuated blood-sucking bats, which as
sailed her from all sides, was an expert
ence which came recently to Miss Alice l..
Earle of South Norwalk, Conn.
Attacked in bed in the middle of the
night, Miss Earle jumped up in alarm
only to be more generally attacked by the
vampires. Her nerves stood her in good
stead, for she wrapped a bed covering
about her head and body, rushed from
the room, slammed the door, and tainted
In the arms of her maid.
Miss Earle was spending the winter
in San Antonio, Texas. Contrary to the
custom of these parts, she threw open
her window. During the night ter
rife thunder storm arose. which drove
the bats into the room. When daylight
came the attendants of the hotel en-
tered the room and killed sixty-one bats
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
PHTICS&2k
@PLITIelANS

The Illinois Republican convention in
dorsed Speaker Cannon for President on
Secretary Taft's platform. Gov. Deneen' S
administration was commended.
Republicans of the First Iowa Dis
trict instructed their delegates for Taft
as presidential candidate and Endorsed
Senator Allison for reelection.
The Republicans of the First Kentucky
District divided between Taft and Fair
banks for President, and will send con-
resting delegations to the national con-
yention.
Nebraska Republicans, in State conven-
ton, unanimously Endorsed Secretary
Taft for President The delegates were
instructed to vote for Taft first, last and
all the time.
At conference in Washington at lead
ing Democrats, including several Sen
ators and Representatives, it was decid-
ed to urge the various States not to tie up
their delegations at once.
The Oklahoma Republican State con-
vention instructed its delegation to Chi
cago to vote for any proposition favor
able to the candidacy of William III.
Taft for the presidency"
The Missouri Republican State con-
ventiOn in st. Louis adopted resolutions
commencing the administration of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. and instructed the four
delegates at large to the national con-
vention to support Taft for the presi-
Dental nomination.
After a sounding of sentiment, which
showed that Minnesota Republicans by
an overwhelming majority favor Taft for
President, the State central committee
passed resolution indorsing his candi-
dacy.
The Indiana Democratic State conven-
ton named a State ticket, adopted a
platform and instructed the thirty dele
gates TO the national convention to vote
for William J, Bryan for President.
Thomas r, Marshall of Columbia City
won the gubernatorial nomination and
Thomas Taggart was reelected natlona'
cQpmitteeman,
William Jennings Bryan will receive
the vote of Iowa's delegates TO the Demo-
cratic national convention. When the
district delegates were Endorsed and the
delegates at large selected by the STATE
convention at Cedar Rapids they were
bound by iron-clad instructions to aid the
Nebraskan's candidacy.
President Roosevelt, BY haAssesting an
active interest In the proposal that Con
gress take some action Booking to tariff
revision, has stirred n a feeling of alarm
in the camp of the rreactionaries" wbe
fear that the PRESIDENTS efforts viii re
suit in tie adoption of the suggestion
fhat early action is desirable.
An afpeal has been issued by the col
| orea campaign vigilance committee tt
| vessfs OF the Southern States TO secure
! he election of delegates re the Republican
national convention at Chicago who al!
cast their votes fer Senator ,JosetA B
Foraker Of OAfo fef the presiderey. II
case of the failure to secure Senate
Foraker's H64sination. they gre urged Il
unite upos Vice President, Fairbanks. o
| Senator Robert NJ Ia 'Fdilette of Wis
| consin.
Charges of wholesale frauds in tn
Louisiana Democratic primaries have re
suited in the murder CT one Sate Sena
tor and a general feeling of bitterness
| theE 'pSumises more trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

l63t4-First settlement in Maryland that
of ST. Mary's, founded. Lord Bal
dimore's first colony landed in Mary
land.
l662-Public Inauguration of omnibuses
in Paris under royal decree of
Louis XIV.
1719-Spanish armada dispersed by a
storm.
1744-France declared war against Eng
land.
1905 Stamp act repealed by the British
Parliament.
1SO4-Louisiana territory divided into
two sections by act of Congress.
180G-France restored the old relations
with the little republic of Andorra,
in the Pyrenees.
1S12-New Spanish constitution promul-
gated by the Cortes.
1S1S-United States Congress granted
pensions to needy veterans of the
Revolutionary war.
1S20-Bank of New Brunswick incorpo-
rated.
1S36-First issue of the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
1S49-Charles Albert of Sardinia abdi-
Gated in favor Of his son, Victor
Emmanuel.
1SJ4-France declared war against Rus
STA.
1S5S-Nicaragua placed herself under
the protection of the United States.
1S6O-Japanese embassy, first to leave
Japan, arrived at San Francisco.
Treaty of Turin, by which France
acquired Savoy and Nice.
1SG3-Prince William George of Den
mark elected King of Greece.
1s6s-Admiral Farragut received by the
Pope at Rome.
1S71-French National assembly met at
Versailles.
1S74-Fiji Islands coded to Great Brit
ain.
1S7S-British warship "Eurydice" foun-
dered
1SS5-Rebels of Northwest Canada de-
feated Major Crozier at Duck Lake.
1SS7-Dakota suffered heavy loss through
floods
1S91-The Canadian Pacific completed
between Montreal and Vancouver.
1S94-Coxey's army" moved from Mas
sillon to Canton, Ohio.
1S95-Sixty miners killed in explosion at
Evanston, Wyo.
1S9S-Port Arthur "leased" to Russia.
1905-William Warner elected United
States Senator from Missouri. -.
Fifty-eight persons killed by boiler
explosion in factory at Brockton,
Mass. ;. United States took charge
of the revenues of Santo Domingo.
1906-Two hundred and fifty men killed
in coal mine at Nagasaki, Japan.
1907-Twenty-six persons killed in
Southern Pacific train wreck near
Cotton, Cal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
WHITE PLAGUE NOW
/. DECLARED ON THE WANE
Census Bureau Figures Show q
Decrease in tuberculosis
Deaths in 1906.
CANCER IS ON THE INCREASE.
Table of Mortalit- Rates Announced
by Officials of Department
at Washington.

Mortality statistics compiled by the
census bureau, according to a report
recently issued by the government,
show a decrease in the death rate
among those afflicted with tuberculosis
and meningitis and an increase in the
mortality from cancer diseases, typhoid
fever, whooping cough and violence
The report covers all mortality Stats
tics il the fifteen registration States
and the District of Columbia and in,
seventy-seven cities in non-registration
States for the years 1905 and 1906.
The causes of death, with their
rates, for 1906, ranked according to the
number of deaths for each 100000, are
as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
A~~~~~-@~~-A~

The Russian duma has adopted unani-
mously an Interpolation asking NJ. Ko-
kovsoff, the finance minister, to explain
his reasons for inducing the emperor to
issue ukaSe about the end of January
authorizing an international loan of $685.
100000 in violation of provision of the
fundamental law requiring the sanction of
the duma in all budget operations.
The Belgian Parliament received from
King Leopold's ministers a new annexa-
ton treaty in which the king agrees to
Free State, provided that Belgium as
sumo obligations amounting to Sol ,00O,,
600, continne the kings use Of the Congo
revenues for life, and Respect the Ameri-
san cohcessiQns of 1906, with which
THOMAS T. Ryan is identified.
> Prince Ludwig Menelik of Abyssinia
has been expelled from Germany as an
undesirable foreigner. The prince is a
near relative of the King of Abyssinia,
and a negro. He was born at Adds
Abeda, and for a long time past he has
been making unsuccessful efforts to or
ganize companies for the exploitation of
mines, rubber and cotton, in the king
dom of his relative. He has been charg-
ed repeatedly with drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct in various parts of Ger
many,
The Yaaui Indians are again killing
miners in Mexico. They have extended
theie operations into districts where
Americans are numerous. Mexican
troops are pursuing them.
The Sweeping concessions made BY King
Leopold in the new treaty watch pro-
vides for the annexation of she Congo In
dependent State to Belgium are attribute
ed to his dread of British intervention.
backed by the United States. The king,
it is declared, would rather run the risk
of facing an International accounting of
his stewardship than the former contin-
gency.
= King Alfonso of Spain was given cor
dial reception when he visited Barcelona,
the hot-bed of anarchy in Europe. The
head of the anarchist organization said
The members had no grievance against The
King, but against Premier Mahrs.
Japan is threatening to use force to
recover the Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru,
which is still retained by China at Huan-
gou, on the Sikiang, or West river. This
vessel was seized ar Macao Feb. by
Chinese customs cruisers on the charge
that the cargo OF arms and ammunition
was intended Cor Chinese revolutionists,
although consigned to merchant of that
place.
Replying TO the resolution of the Radi-
eaIs in the Commons in favor of a broad
measure of naval disarmament, Chaneel-
Tor Asaaith said that while he symps'
thized with the desire to check the growth
of naval expenditures. the natioaS Sea
supremacy must be safeguarded 81 all haz
ards.
A cablegram from MukdeA says thai
Japan has been compelled to vacate OF
buy all of the Russian banks through
out Manchuria seized during the war ami
consequently has lost prestige with TIT
Chinese. At Hardin. -four milled from
Chinese wheat is unaerselling American
-four and the American trade is threat
ened.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

While a part of the decrease in the
shown in 1906 as against 1905 is due
to the inclusion among the registra-
ton States of several with a low NOR
tally rate from this disease, there was
also noticeable a noteworthy decrease
in the old registration area. Of the
total number of deaths 36,032 were
shown to be males and $1,000 females,
the age of greatest mortality among
males ranging from % to % and among
females from 20 to "a years. South
Dakota and Michigan showed the low
est mortality among the States, while
Colorado and California had the high
est. Neither of the latter States show
ed an increase in the disease among
the native population. New York had
the highest mortality rate among the
cities, that rate being 503 in 1906, as
compared with $50 in 1905.
Cancer was the cause of 29,02O
deaths in 1906, of which II, 166 were
males and 1854 females The age of
greatest mortality from this disease is
between the ages of 60 and GA. Cali
fornia showed the highest death rate
and New Jersey the lowest, while Bos-
ton led all the large cities.
Practically all of the increase in the
mortality from typhoid fever comes
with the inclusion of new registration
States. This rate was % in 1905 and
81 in 1906. Pennsylvania and Colorado
showed the highest death rate from
typhoid, while Massachusetts and
Rhode Island had the lowest Pitts
burg and Allegheny, Pa. lead the reg
istration cities in mortality from
typhoid.
The total number of deaths in the
entire registration area for 1906 from
all forms of violence was 1862, cor
responding to death rate of 1903 per
100000 of estimated population. The
death rate from suicide apparently
showed a large increase for each year
of the period from 1902 to 1905 and a
decrease for 1906
Deaths from accidental traumatisms
numbered 20,S42, and the rate was sos
per 100000 of population; the CORE
spending rate for 1905 was 42.1.
Deaths from steam railroad accidents
and injuries for the registration area
numbered 1880. and 1873 were due to
automobile accidents,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
How 1 Cured sweeny and Ff.tu1a.


Il WANT to tell you how / saved
one of our horses that had fistula.
We had the horse doctor out and he
said it was so bad that he did not
think he could cure it, and did not
come again. Then we tried Sloan's
Eminent and it cured ii up nicely.
Zone day last spring l was blowing
for a neighbor who had a horse with
sweeny, and | told him about Sloan's
Liniment and he had me get bottle
for him, and it cured his horse all
right, and he goes off now like colt.
I'VE had horse that had sweeny
awfully bad and we thought it was
never going to be any good, but we
used Sloan's Liniment and it cured it
up nicely. 1 told another ncighbor
about it and he said it was the best
Imminent he ever used.
1--WE are using Sloan's Sure Collie
Cure and we think it is all right"
A. D. BRUCE, Aurelia, Ia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
FICTION AND FACT.
The Message in the Story Book and
in Real Life.

In a magazine:
L don't like you any more"
Harold HOplite looked up at the
quaint tigure-a boy of six, with Il
mouth smeared with huckleberry pie.
Harold was glum.
Il don't like you any more"
"Why?"
Cause you made sister cry"
Ethel cry! l didn't = couldn't -
make her cry
well, she's crying now when you
said nothing when you walked away.
Why didn't you say goodbye and kiss
her when you're going away? 1 al
ways do"
4 will. Right now
And Harold FASTENED back to make
up the lovers quarrel.
In real life:
Say, sister gave me a piece of pie
to come down and see if you'd gone
and if you hadn't to try to get you
back past where she was sitting on the
porch getting ready to be crying
"Oh New York American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
Holding His Job.

Michael Callahan, a section boss for
the Southern railroad, has a keen
Gaelic wit. One warm afternoon while
walking along the railroad tracks he
found a section hand placidly sleeping
beside the rails. Callahan looked dis
gustedly at the delinquent for a full
minute and then remarked:
'Slape on, We lazy spalpeen, Shape
on, fur as long as you Shape you've got
a job, but when you wake up you amt
got none."-Lippincott's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
SLEEP BROKEN BY ITCHING.

Eczema Covered whole Body for
Year-No Relief Until Cuticura
Remedies Prove y Success.
For a year | have had what they
call eczema | had an itching all over
my body, and when I would retire for
the night it would keep me awake half
the night. and the more | would
scratch, the more it would itch. L
tried all kinds of remedies, but could
get no relief.
Il used one cake Cuticura Soap, one
box of Cuticura. and two Walls of Cuti-
cura Resolvent Pills. which cost me a
dollar and twenty-five cents in all, and
am very glad l tried them, for 1 was
completely cured. Walter W. Pag-
lusch, 2O7 \. Robey ST., Chicago, ILL.,.
Oct. 8 and 16, 1906"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
The Modern Turkish Woman.

The modern Turkish woman re-
ceives far better education than many
of her Western sisters When the lat
ter is busy visiting, going to concerts
or even INDUCING in sports the Orient
al within the barred windows of her
harem follows these movements in
spirit. With a knowledge of seven Ian
guages, three Oriental and four Euro
pean, foreign governesses and as many
books as she requires. little escapes her
attention.-London Strand
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

Alexander the Great had just subdued
Bucephalus.
Anybody can bust broncho.' he said
'but it takes a man to put the snaff1es
on a big four-legged devil like this one"
Being shrewd polite fellows, the cow
boys of that age allowed the impression to
go out that they were afraid to try to
ride the savage beast, and the sdbservi-
ent historians FASTENED to confirm that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
Lost the Connection.

Mrs. Chugwater in looking over the
morning paper. had come across a line
that looked like this:
gifeozzwkwlwhyojjjtjjy bssizarxxtbzzuggm
Josiah, she asked, showing it to him,
what does this mean?"
1T means. said Mr. Chugwater, that
the lines out of order Same old story.
Can't you see?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

tell what agony l en-
dured from backache.
My limbs were swoll-
Ell twice natural size
and my sight was
weakening. The kid
ney secretions were
discolored and had a
sediment. When l
wished to eat my
wife had to raise me
I'D in bed. Physicians
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
The Handy Doctor in Your
Vest Pocket
TITS a thin, round-cornered little

TITS a thin, round-cornered little
Enamel Box
When carried in your vest pocket
"A It means Health-lnsurance.
1t contains Six Candy Tablets of pleasant
taste, almost as pleasant as Chocolate.
Each tablet is a working dose Of Cas-
carrots, which acts like Exercise on tho
Bowels and Liver.
1t will not purge, sicken, nor upset the
stomach.
Because it is not "Bile-driver," like
Salts, Sodium, Calomel. Jalap, SIENNA, nor
Aperient Waters.
Neither is it like Castor Oil. Clycerine.
or other Oily Laxatives that simply lubricate
the Intestines for transit of the food stopped
up in them at that particular time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
Worse than Cold Storage Eggs

The bank cashiers had been consider
ing the application of the titled spend
thrift for large loan.
No" they finally announced, ION the
strength of a mere rumor that you are
engaged to plutocrat's daughter we have
decided that we cannot advance more
than cents on every 100000 of his
reputed wealth. Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

LUCAS NUUNT1. J
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of F. ]. Cheney &
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of
Halls Catarrh Cure FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.
1856.
(SEAL.) A. w GLEASON,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testimo-
malls free
+. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists; 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
Getting 1t All In.

The prosecuting witness in the damage
suit against the city was giving in his
testimony.
Now, then, Mr. Bleedem,' said his
lawyer, you will please tell the jury
where you were injured
''On my knee, in my feelings. and right
in front of the city hail. rapidly answer
ed the witness, fearing an objection on
the part of the other attorney.-Chicago
Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
Muxt Gixe In Child.

Judge McGee, at Rapid City, y. D.. has
ordered an Indian in TIE Fine Ridge
reservation to bring ms l>.ttle daughter
into court to be retnIssse,dd to the care II
its grandparents. NE father had lsser-
ed the existence o. the. child for fetTteen
years until he &und she was estti9led to
a land allotGent, Then be Stole her
from her yrsEhdp Arents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

Indigestion is weakness of the Muscles
that contract the lntestines and Bowels.
Cascarets are practically to the Bowel
Muscles what Massage and Cold Bath
are to the Athletic Muscles.
They stimulate the Bowel Muscles to
contract, expand. and squeeze the Diges-
tive Juices out of food eaten.
They don't help the Bowels and Liver in
such way as to make them lean upon
similar assistance for the future.
This is why, with Cascarets, the dose
may be lessened each succeeding time
instead of increased, as II must b. with all
other Cathartics and Laxatives,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

were unable to help me and / was go
ing down fast when 1 began usiag
Doan's Kidney Pills. After a short
time 1 felt a great Improvement and
am now as strong and healthy as a
man could be. l give Doan's Kidney
Pills all the credit for it,
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
SAN Francisco Grating Again.

Schmitz and Ruef, the convicted San
Francisco grafters, a number of the po-
lice officers under the present admins
tration have been caught with marked
money taken to protect divekeepers in
Chin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
Against Jokes on the Rich.

Corporation Counsel Brundage of the
city of Chitago has warned the vaude-
vile thesters of the city that hereafter
they must prevent their actors from GET
ting off jokes offensive to or rejecting
on the character of John d. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie and other men of
wealth