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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-15
YANKEE REPUBLICANS
START CAMPAIGN

BOSTON, Sept. 15.--Thousands
of republicans from six New Eng
land states gathered at Point of
Pines today to attend the ratifica-
ton of the national ticket and
opening of the campaign. Cover
nors Woodruff, Connecticut; Proc
tor Vermont, and McLane. New
Hampshire, delivered addresses.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-15

whose forefinger was cut off at the
first joint. He was so impressed
that he wrote out the dream and
mailed 1t to cousin, James Barry.
Four days later he became in
voIved in quarrel with Raymond
Newton, negro. Buchtern was
mounted on a horse and was shot
In the back and killed. NeWton's
brother was iynched. The assas-
sin is closely guarded to save him
from a similar fate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
ELECTRIC CAR KILLS FIVE.
Crashes Into Funeral Carriage Occu-
pied by Women.

Crashes Into Funeral Carriage Occu-
pied by Women.
Four women and the driver of the
funeral carriage in which they We're
returning to Chicago from Oak Ridge
cemetery were killed Wednesday after
noon at West Madison street and the
Butterfield road, near BeIlwoOd, when
train of the Aurora, Elgin & Chi
cago Electric Railroad crashed into the
vehicle at speed estimated at fifty
miles an hour. The carriage was cut
in twain and the rear half, with two
of its victims, was carried 500 feet
along the track The forward portion
was hurled to the side of the track,
the driver leaping from the box, but
receiving fatal injuries. The two wom-
Ell who had occupied the forward seat
were killed instantly. The others were
dead when found under the wreckage,
with which their bodies had been car
ried by the motor car of the train.
Several carriages were in line on the
return trip from Oak Ridge cemetery,
that which was wrecked being the sec
ond. The one preceding it passed the
tracks in safety at the crossing. The
driver, Newman. evidently had no real
iZation Of the speed of the train which
he saw approaching west-bOund. He
whipped his horses and they plunged
across the track To the onlOokers in
carriages following the car seemed to
leap forward as the horses reached the
track.
There was q crash and shrieks from
the occupants and an cutlery from New
man. The train, with half the carriage
propelled in front of the motor car,
appeared to pass in a flash, as New
man and two of the victims were hurled
In the air.
AS the train sped by, mourners
poured from the other carriages and
congregated at the scene. AS the train
was stopped, the wreckage of the car
riage was seen to be in flames, due, it
is believed, TO ignition from the third
rail.
Newman, when found thirty feet from
where the carriage had been struck,
was unconscious, and remained so I'll
til he died
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
PERIL HOME WITH BOMB.
Black Hand Plotters HurI Deadly
Missile Into Rich Italians House.

Murder of the family of Anton Lumia.
a wealthy Italian real estate dealer and
jeweler living at - Gault court, in Chi
cago. was attempted by members of the
BLACK Hand" when a bomb was hurled
into his home and the windows shattered
with shotgun. Lumia, who was asleep
in the room into which the bomb was
thrown. narrowly escaped death. His
wife, son and daughter, asleep in rear
rooms. were thrown from their beds The
interior of the parlor was partly wreck
ed. Detectives Harrison and Wells en-
gagged in a pistol fight with the bomb
throwers. but they escaped. The outrage
followed a letter received several days ago
by Lumia. in which the lives of himself
and family were threatened unless $500
was forthcoming. Come up with the
money or you and yours will be killed or
kidnapped. We mean what we say, as you
will find out to your sorrow if you do
not comply with our demand" said the
letter. Fearing that it was no idle threat,
Lumia had been accompanying his 10
year-old son Luigi to and from school
and sleeping on guard IN the parlor Of
his home just off his jewelry store. When
he heard the crash of breaking glass he
jumped out of bed. Then the explosion
which shook the entire building occurred.
Lumia fred several shots, which attracted
the attention of the detectives. They
saw two men running, and, drawing their
revolrers. ordered them TO halt. The men
darted into an areaway and many shots
were exchanged A call was sent in and
soon half a dozen Policemen surrounded
the block. A search for the Black Hand
members was instituted. but it is sup
posed they were securely hidden by
friends in the neighborhood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 TO 1928; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to 1913; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $G.75; wheat, No. 2, 92c to Ole;
corn, No. 9. 65c to 67c: oats, standard,
sic to 52c; rye. No. =, 76c to 7Sc; hay,
timothy. $3.50 TO $1,000; prairie $500
to $500: butter. choice creamery, &c
to 30c; eggs fresh. 12c to 15c; potatoes,
per bushel, 63c to tic.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to 500 hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to S6.40; sheep, common to prime,
$? 90 to $3.50; wheat, No. ., 92c to
93c; corn, No white, 63c to 65c; oats,
No. white, Jlc to 52c
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 1925; hogs,
$500 to $6.15; sheep, $500 to S6.75;
wheat, No. ., 96c 10 &c; corn, No. 2,
&c to 65c; oats. No. ., 49c to soc; rye,
No. =, TIC to Toe.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to 1913;
hogs. 800 to $500; sheep, $500 to
S5.25; wheat. No. 2, 96c to 97c; corn,
No 2 mixed. 64c to 65c; oats, No. 2
mixed, sic to 52c: rye, No. 2, sc to SAC.
Detroit-Cattle, S4OO to 5000; hogs,
StUD 10 SO.lOi Sueep. H-.oO W 9U.oo,
wheat, No. 2, 93c to 95c; corn, No. 3
yellow, 66c to &c. oats, No. 3 white,
soc to SIC; rye, No. ., Sic to sc.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
S1O1 to S1O2; corn, No. g. CSC to 64c;
oats. standard, sc to 53c; rye, No ],
7Sc to roc; barley, No. 2, SIC to SIC;
pork, mess, S13.15.
New York-Cattle 500 to S710;
hogs. $3.50 to $500; sheep, $500 to
5000 wheat, No. 2 red, 97c to Csc;
corn. No. 2, CSC to zoe; oats, natural
white. SIC to 5Sc; butter, creamery, 2jc
to zoe; eggs, western, 13c to 15c.
Toledo-Wheat No. mixed, 92c to
93c: corn. No. 2 mixed, Goo to 66c;
oats. No mixed, 52c to 53c; rye, No.
., re to 7Sc; clover seed, prime, S134O.
BuffaIo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50 hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $500; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to 1913; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to IS 40.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
SETBACK FOR SUNDAY CLOSING.

Kansas city Judge Admits fndict-
ments of Actors are Void.
There was an unexpected turn in the
Sunday observance theater cases in Kan
sas City when Judge William II. Wallace
of the Criminal Court admitted that
there was no evidence to convict the
1000 actors indicted within the last six
months. 1t appears that the grand jury
that returned most of the early indict-
ments neglected to obtain witnesses to the
alleged infranction of the Sunday closing
law
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16

Rear Admiral Charles Mitchell
Thomas, who has succeeded to the
command of the United States feet at
Magdalena Bay because of Rear Ad-
miral Evans illness, has been in the
navy since 1865, when he was gradu-
ated from Annapolis. He is a native
of Philadelphia and is 81 years old.
Rear Admiral Thomas has been mostly
in active service, but has served at the
Naval Academy and the Naval War
College and in the coast survey work
at different times. In 1899 he COM
manded the Lancaster. in 199O-19O1 the
Brooklyn, in 1901-1902 the Oregon. and
in 19O4-19O5 was commandant of the
naval training station at Newport. He
became commander of the second divi-
sion of the Atlantic feet in 1907 and
has since been commander of the sec
Ond SOuadrOn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
NEWS OF MINOR NOTE

The United States consul at Victoria
South Africa, reports the. gold production
for the Transvaal in 1907 as $136. 7jO,-
600
In an address in New York Jacob
Riis said there were 361 900 rooms in
tenements to which no light or fresh air
penetrates.
Delegates from dozen States will at
tend committee meeting in Washington,
d. c., where federal registration bill
will be thrashed out.
What is said to be the first translation
of the "Iti-Vuttaka," o. Sayings of
Ruddha." into English has been made
by Justin III. Moore, student in the ORR
entail languages department at Columbia
university.
Herr Groeber, centrist leader in the
rejchstag, has apologized to the members
of the press gallery for his action in re-
ferring to them as swine" and they
have resumed publication of their parlia-
mentary reports.
Attorney for the Due de Chaulnes, sued
at New York for 81 ,345 by tailor, con-
tends that the summons was served on
Baron de Condo by mistake.
Navy archives in Washington show a
letter from Admiral Evans in which be
reports the armor belt of American bat
tleships as too low, thus bearing out the
criticisms of Henry Reuterdahl, writer
on naval subjects.
With the completion of seventy-fve
pair cable between Omaha and Council
Bluffs, the Omaha Independent Telephone
Company was given connection the other
day with half a million telephones in
Iowa. South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois
and Missouri
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
LEAVES JAIL; KILLS MOTHER.
Youth Sends Five Bullets Into
Woman,s Head.

Bernard Carlin shot and instantly kill
ed his mother because she had sent him
to various institutions in trying to reform
him. The tragedy occurred at the home
of the Carlins in Quincy street, Brook
lyn, y. Y. Young Carlin had just been
released from the reformatory at Napa-
noch. where he served a sentence for
stealing a horse and wagon. When Car
lin was freed from the reformatory the
superintendent gave him $40 for new
start in life. He arrived in Brooklyn,
bought revolver, and went to the apart
ments where his mother lived with his
sister Mary. When his mother opened
the door he thrust the revolver in her
face and fired five bullets into her head
before she sank TO the floor. He then
tried to shoot his sister. but the revolver
was empty. Her scream brought neigh
Dor, who wrested the revolver from Car
lin. but the latter escaped to the street
and fed. He was pursued and captured
after desperate struggle, in which he Sc
verely wounded one of his captors. He
told the police he killed his mother be
cause she was making me do bits all my
life" He said she sent him to an or
phan asylum when he was 16 months old,
and had kept him in some kind of an in
stitution most of his life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
MORMONS ACTIVE.
Sect Is Carrying on Directed
Campaign in New York.

Sect Is Carrying on Well-Directed
Campaign in New York.
Mormon missionaries are carrying on
an active propaganda in New York City
and are openly attempting to proselyte
members of other religious denomina-
tons. Eight of these missionaries are
now in the greater city, half being on
Manhattan Island and half in Brook
Ign. Many of them are young men Of
engaging manners and impressive adj
dress and are making a house-to-house
canvass in some quarters. Especially
is this so on the upper West Side. They
do not content themselves with trying
to induce persons of little education to
take up the Mormon faith but are go
ing to the homes of influential citizens.
The fact that many of the Protestant
churches send canvasSerS from house
to house gives these missionaries a
chance of beingsheard, and they do not
at first dwell upon the peculiar tenets
of their faith. These jealous disciples
are well educated and able to converse
intelligently on a wide range of topics
After they have obtained permission TO
leave one of the books they say they
will call later after there has been IN
opportunity of reading it, In addition
to these regular Mormon missionaries
there are many Mormons from Utah in
New York. who came here to educate
their children.
AS the result of all this effort there
is a perceptible increase in the Mormon
membership in the metropolis. For
merly the church had mere handful
has q membership of over 200
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.

Secretary of the Navy Metcalf, in a
communication to the House of Repre-
sentatives recommends that an appropria-
ton of 100000 be made Immediately
available in order that bills for armor
and armament may be paid
The bill introduced by Mr.. Hull of
Iowa. chairman of the House committee
on military affairs. to establish the status
of the Porto Rican regiment as part of
the regular army of the United States
was voted on favorably by that commit
tee.
A bill was passed by the House author
izing the donation of obsolete Springfield
rifles. bayonets and bayonet scabbards to
independent military companies composed
of veterans of the war of the rebellion.
A House bill increasing the pay of
persons engaged in the life-saving service
of the United States was passed by the
Senate with an amendment giving to a
dependent mother the same pension al
lowances as the bill gives to the widow.
A resolution was passed by the House
authorizing the loan of 200 army tents
for use at the national convention of the
Elks TO be held at Dallas, Texas, III July
next.
The system of legislative procedure in
the House of Representatives was severe
~ criticized in that chamber by Mr.. Muir
dock of Kansas He declared it to be all
wrong and asserted that under it the VI
tally of initiative in the individual in his
representative capacity was beng Slapped.
The bills to increase the efficiency OF
the navy and the hospital corps by fixing
the status of pay clerks as warrant Off
Ger and making chief pharmacists war
rant officers have been agreed to by the
House committee on naval affairs.
The House laid on the table resolu-
ton calling upon the President to supply
the information ON corporations gathered
by the bureau of corporations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
NEW YORK.

Trade is quiet the country over, indus
try is still curtailed, stoppage of work
by coal miners swells the number of idle
workmen, collections are slow, and, al
though money is easy. bankers complain
that borrowing demand is light, this lat
ter being a reflection of the lack of new
business and the absence of new enter
prises. The movement of crops to market
has been checked by farmers turning their
attention to the work of the approaching
season. Retail buying. which opened well
last week. has not held the gain through
out the week, owing to the cold wave
visitation and the widespread effect of the
coal miners stoppage of work in the CEN
trail West. Jobbing trade the country
over is quiet, filling-in orders being of
rather light volume. Business failures in
the United States for the week ending
April 2 number 247, against $50 last
week, 1871 in the like week of 1907, 15l
in 1906, 10 in 1905. and POI in 1904.
Canadian failures for the first three
months exceed the same period of 1907 by
so per cent. while liabilities have doubled.
-Bradstreet' Commercial Report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
F9aNlYAE1R'7CLAL
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'zFNANCAL
CHICAGO.

H. u. Dun & Co.'S weekly review OF
trace IN the Chicago district says:
ne recent improving tone in CONNER
clal affairs is sustained. although the de-
velopmentS this week were not entirely
harmonious. Judged bv the volume of
payments through the banks running
slightly over those at this time last year
and gratifying decline in the failures
reported there is evidence of recovery, but
conditions in iron and steel remain back
ward. and the suspension of coal mining
and the discouraging trend of currency
legislation at Washington rather interfere
with important undertakings.
Unsettled weather halted the expand
ing demand in leading retail lines, and,
while sales were good of housewares and
food products. rising temperature is need
ed TO stimulate the demand for mems
and women's wear and millinery.
Forwarding of general merchandise
from the wholesale district exhibits sea-
sonable volume, and mail orders for dry
goods, clothing, footwear and furniture
reach satisfactory aggregate, western
purchases of summer and fall staples be-
ing stronger. Country storekeepers where
warm weather prevailed have done good
business. and this will likely bring early
orders from those who stocked sparingly.
Manufacturing conditions disclose
some irregularity While agriculture and
the starting up of the stone and brick
industries afford increasing employment,
the supply of workers is excessive and the
idleness of miners complexities matters.
Building operations make progress and
add to resumption of machinery in wood
working branches. Lumber and building
materials reflect improved absorption,
prices have steadied for forest and quarry
products and there is more general de-
mand for hardware. wire and plumbing
supplies, but receipts of the principal raw
materials fall under those at this time
last year, and iron ore has not had the
usual winter depletion.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 16, against 80 last week and
Is year ago. Those with liabilities over
$1,000 number 3, against u last week and
3 in 1907"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
DEATH AND INJURY IN FIRE.
Woman Loses Life and Many Others
Are Hurt in Jumping.

One woman lost her life, nearly score
of men and women were injured and as
many others were rescued from death in
the flames in fire which destroyed the
four-story tenement house at 40 Pearl
street, New York. The dead woman was
Julia Isola, % years old, who lived with
her father, brother and two sisters on the
fourth floor of the building. She jumped
from a window after her night clothing
had taken fire. Michael Conway, young
fireman appointed to the department only
a few weeks ago, made valiant and sue
cessful effort to save his own family. Con
ways father, mother and six brothers
and sisters lived on the top floor of the
burning building. When he reached the
house they were standing at open win
dows shouting for help, while behind
them the flames poured up the stalrways
and encircled the fire escapes at the rear.
Ladders were run up to the windows, and
a moment later Conway carried his moth
er to the street. Then he brought his
sisters to safety and the father and
brothers followed The fire started IN
the lower hallway of the building.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

One man was stabbed and probably
fatally wounded and panic narrowly
averted in Havlin's theater in st. Louis.
New York postoffice officials are holding
a letter just received from abroad. Any
Fifth avenue resident identifying himself
as '.Sir Abraham Lincoln" can have it.
Edward l.. Loyett. a st. Louis florist,
received a second '.black-hand'' letter de-
handing $500 ON pain of death In note
to his sister inclosed was drawing of a
coffin with the words ''He will need this
if he does not bring the money"
In giving the recipe for making a
statesman Speaker Cannon told delega-
ton from the - Intercollegiate Civic
League: above All, be practical; don't
attempt TO roost by yourselves
Only one-third as many automobiles
were imported into the United States by
way of New York last month as were re-
ceived during March of last year. jew
els showed still greater falling off.
Arthur F. Williams, 81. NJ. Ralston
and S. K. Ford of Chicago, with other
officials of the defunct Standard Title
and Trust Company at Philadelphia. have
been held for trial on charges of conspir-
acy to defraud.
Seats on the New York Stock Exchange
are again going up. 1t is said $4,000
has been offered for one in the last few
days.
Two men have confessed perjury in
connection with the Schooley-Crawford
will contest at Scranton, Pa. They de-
clared the Schooley will, aiming to inherit
the 81 100000 estate of James L. Craw-
ford, was forgery.
Forty-one students at Stanford uni
versity, California, have been dismissed
because they made a demonstration
against prohibition on the campus. 1t is
said the order will result in 100 stu
dents quitting the university. A general
walk-out of students is threatened.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-16
~~N~O~NNN

The Chinese government has released
the japanese steamer Tastu Maru under
an agreement with Japan which will pre-
vent the shipment of contraband arms
into China in future.
Joachim Albrecht of Prussia. son of
the late regent of Bril- .swick and sec
ond cousin of Emperor William has re-
signed from the German army. where he
held the rank of major, and will not again
be permitted to wear the German uniform.
The resignation of the prince it is de-
clared, was requested by Emperor Will
liam, because of the princes attentions
to the Baroness Liebenberg. former
actress.
4 total of a. arrests was made in
Berlin in connection with the suffrage
injuries in the encounters with the peo-
pie. 1t is estimated that 80 of the mani
festants were wounded. but it is probable
that many others were hurt.
Machine guns operated by the govern
ment forces of Chile in great conflict
with strikers at the nitrate beds and in
the city of Iquique laid 300 men low.
most of these being killed. according to
advices received by the Norwegian steam
er Christian Bors, arriving at San Fran
cisco from Chile.
In st. Petersburg it is reported that
Mile. Maria Spiridonovo, who was exiled
to Siberia two years ago for the murder
of the chief of police of Tambov. has es-
capped and is now in either Australia or
New Zealand
The suit brought by Duke Francis Jo-
seph of Bavaria against peasants who re
Gently succeeded in extorting money from
him was concluded in a verdict for the
duke The court decided that a black
mailing plot had been proved. and SEN
teneed the peasant Hofmaier TO two
months imprisonment. Seidal to four
months Imprisonment and two others to
three months and six weeks respectively.
The law recently passed by the Mexi-
can Congress to merge the Mexican Cen
trail railroad with the national lines au-
thorizes capital stock of S460,000000
for the amalgamated company, to he
known as the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de
Mexico The amount of first mortgage
bonds is not to exceed S462. 100000 and
the general mortgage bonds not to exceed
S372. 100000, interest at 4 per cent. The
board will consist of twenty-one members,
not more than nine of whom may reside
abroad.