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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
ROBBERS STAY TO COOK MEAL.
Spend Four Hours in House with
Family Securely Bound.

Two daring robbers took possession of
the home of Irwin Brooks, aged 60 years,
a wealthy farmer living one mile from
Bethel, Kan, for four hours the other
night while the members of the family
were bound and kept prisoners in bed.
When Brooks resisted the entrance of the
robbers he was shot in the hand. The
robbers then tied his hands and feet and
placed him in bed. Mrs Brooks and two
daughters, Emma, aged %, and Eva. aged
II years, were similarly bound and placed
in bed. The robbers ransacked the house,
securing $50. They then prepared a
meal for themselves and leisurely ate it.
The robbers released the oldest Brooks
girl for a time while she quoted her baby,
which had begun to cry. After the rob-
bers left the girls succeeded in releasing
themselves and their parents and notified
the sheriff, but the robbers escaped.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
I3-Year-OId Boy n Murderer.

The youngest prisoner ever locked up
in the Kentucky penitentiary was brought
to Frankfort Wednesday by the sheriff of
Harlan county. He is Thomas Simpson,
13 years old, who was sentenced to serve
two years for the murder of his playmate,
Joe Turner whom he killed by hitting in
the side with q rock
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
wife's Notice Is Sufficient.

The Ohio Supreme Court decided in
favor of Mrs. Machlite in the case of
Harry Bayer VS.. Sarah r. Machlite, thus
holding that any reasonable notice from
a wife to a saloonkeeper to stop selling
liquor to her husband makes the saloon
keeper liable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Loses Place and Kills Self.

Despondent and ashamed over the fact
that he had been discharged from a posi-
ton he had held for twenty-five years,
Ernest Eugene Meier. chief clerk in the
German consulate at Cincinnati, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself at his
bo,,oa tbara
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Ice Trust to BE PrObed

Gov. Hughes of New York has desig-
mated Attorney General Jackson as spe-
cial attorney to take up the prosecution
of the American Ice Company, commonly
known as the lice trust" as a monopoly
in restraint of trade, thus displacing Dis
trict Attorney Jerome who has neglected
to commence the prosecution. 1t is ex-
pected that action will be taken immedi-
ately.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05

As a result of the London conference
of the managers of the transatlantic
steamship lines the passenger rates for
ocean travel have been materially in
crea sed, in some cases the rates being
nearly double those recently in force.
These are to continue for three years,
and that they will cause some reduction
in the volume of traffic is generally believ-
ed in shipping circles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Fall from Horse Kills.

C. n. Anderson, prominent official of
the National Cash Register Company. was
thrown from his horse while out riding
in DAYTON, Ohio. He landed head first on
the pavement, suffering compound frac-
ture of the skull. which resulted an hour
later in his death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
POLICEMAN is FOUND GUILTY.
Verdict Dooms PatrOlman to Prison
as Burglar Who Aided Thieves.

George Dawkins. a policeman under
suspension, who was charged with being
a confederate of thieves, has been found
guilty of burglary and grand larceny, in
the Supreme Court of Brooklyn, n. Y.
He was remanded for sentence. Two con-
fessed thieves accused Dawkins of COM
plicity in robbing a store on his post. 1t
was also charged that he held up and
rnhhnd q man
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
VIII Regulate Liquor Traffic.

Gov. Creel announced at chihuahua,
Mexico. that as soon as more pressing
matters have been disposed of he will
push plans to adopt the Gothenburg sys-
TEN of strict regulation of the liquor
traffic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Couple Killed In Carriage.

George Mauck and his wife were in
stantly killed at Urbana, Ohio, when their
closely curtained carriage was struck by
an Erie passenger train at a grade cross
ing. Their 10-year-old daughter was
probably fatally injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
I>entncL, Chooscs RenuhIicnn.

William .. Bradley, Republican, has
been elected United States Senator from
Kentucky, after a long contest, four Dem
ocrats voting for him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Military Duty Interyenes.

Charles L. Blum, a New York militia
man, was ready to meet his bride at the
altar Tuesday night when a company
guard arrested him and marched him
away to the annual muster and inspec-
ton The wedding took place at 8 o'clock
next morning
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Eat Canned Fruit; so Ill.

Fifty persons at Solomon, Kan, were
made i'll by eating canned fruit. Mrs,
w. L. Olson, George Stephens, Mrs.
Schuyler Gould and Mrs. Dan Carlin are
in a serious condition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Ten Men Killed by Caye-In.

Word has been received that the plant
of the Mexican Light, Heat and Power
Company, few miles outside of the City
of Mexico had suffered from a terrible
cave-in. and that ten poems working on
the plant had been killed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Wholesale Whisky House Burns.

The wholesale whisky house of Ran
dolph Rose & Co. $40 and S21 Chestnut
street. Chattanooga, was destroyed by
fire. Loss S130,000 insurance $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Frost Kills Early Fruit

Early fruits and vegetables have been
damaged by the cold wave. Reports from
southern Mississippi and Louisiana are
that Strawberries. which are in bloom.
have been injured, and that lettuce, rad
ishes and peas have suffered.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Teu-Hour Day for Women.

The Supreme Court has rendered a de-
cision holding valid the law which pre-
vents work day of more than ten hours
for women.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
. Ohio Trust Indictments Void

The Supreme Court of Ohio has declar-
ed void all the indictments brought
against the bridge trust in Ohio. The
decision is based on the ground of indef-
niteness in that the indictments simply
charge the parties with conspiracy in re-
straint of trade. without stating the def
mite times of violation, and because the
law makes each days violation separate
offense. and hence the basis of a separate
IL lictment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Medals for HiShOns.

Representative Foss introduced a bill
to provide gold medals for Bishops Fowler
and Hartzell, who saved lives in 1860 and
1864.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
WOMAN, USED AS SHIELD, SLAIN.
Boy shoots Mother I'm an Attempt to
Kill Burglar.

In his attempt to shoot a burglar who
was trying to get into the house, Charles
Lambert, aged Is years, killed his moth
er, Mrs. NJ. A. Chester, at T'hebes, ILL.,,
According to the boy, his mother was
holding the bedroom door against a man
who had gained entrance to the house,
and who was trying to force his way in
to the room. She was pushed backward
and called to her son to get the gun and
shoot. He did so, but the man used the
woman as a shield, and the entire load
of shot entered the back of her neck.
The coroner's jury returned verdict of
accidental shooting. The woman has
been separated from her husband since
last June, when he deserted her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Shah Escanes Rnmh.

An attempt was made Friday afternoon,
to assassinate the Shah of Persia with a
bomb His majesty was not hurt. Three
of the outriders who were accompanying
him were killed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
British sheIve Suffrage Bill.

The women's REIMBURSEMENT bill pass
cd its first reading in the British House
of Commons, but has been effectually
shelved for the present session.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Supreme Court UphOlds Rate Law.

The United States Supreme Court has
upheld the rate law. and decided that the
Great Northern railway officials must pay
their fines
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Mine Explosion Kills Fourteen,

Fourteen miners lost their lives through
an explosion in the Glebe pit in the viii
lage of Washington, England Fifteen
men were in the mine at the time of the
accident and only one escaped. Shortly
before the explosion 500 miners assembled
from the pit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05

Baron Won Sternburg. German ambas-
Sador to the United States, denies that
Germany is anxious for more colonial
possessions and asserts that Emperor
William is in favor of the open door,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
No Likelihood of War,

A prominent Washington correspond
ent says the United States is preparing
formal protest against the action of
Japan in usurping territory and terrific
rial control in Manchuria. but that there
is no danger of resort to arms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Three Die in Pennsylvania Floods.

Three Die In PennsyIvanfa Floods.
The death of at least three persons
and much property damage was caused
in Eastern Pennsylvania Wednesday by
floods precipitated by heavy rains and
melting snow. j. c. Clauss, a farmer,
was drowned above Easton, frederick
Gurkinsmyer of York was drowned in
the food in Codorus Greek and Michael
Gallagher Jr of Allentown lost his life
by falling into the swollen waters of Jor-
dan Greek.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Result of Rrfdre Inyestir.t;on

The report of the royal commission
that investigated the collapse of the Que
bee bridge that cost four-score lives fn,lS
the disaster was not due to any defect IN
material or construction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
BeImont.s Daughter sufocated

Mrs William T. Burden, daughter Of
o. II. z. Belmont. was found dead in bed
in her New York home, having: been
killed by escaping gas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
RrotherS Killed by Train.

Samuel o. Sheppard of West Day, n.
Y, and his brother, Delbert Sheppard of
Woodbine. Iowa, were struck by Della
ware and Hudson passenger train near
Cbrinth. \. y. Both were instantly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Large Pre-Nuptial Gifts,

After making gifts of n~arly $1,000
600 to relatives md for educational pur-
poses, Mrs. Anna NJ. Walker Weightman
was married in New York to f. c. Pen
field.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
RIOTERS GIVEN PRISON TERMS
Leaders of Unemployed in Philadel-
phia Battle Are Sentenced.

Dominic Donelli, Joseph Troi. Michael
Costello and Francesca Piszicalo, who
were arrested as the leaders of the unem-
ployed foreigners who rioted while parad
ing on Broad street in Philadelphia, were
convicted in court on charges of melting
to riot and assault and battery with in
tent to kill. Donelli was sentenced to five
years in the eastern penitentiary, Troi to
two years, Costello to eighteen months
and Piszicalo to one year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05

In Berlin the jiu jistu, the japanese
method OF wrestling. is to be introduced
into all the military and naval gymnasia
of Germany at the express command of
the Emperor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
VIII Close Sunday Saloons.

The City Council at Stockton, Cal,
has voted to to, close the saloons from
midnight Saturday till 3 a. m. Monday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05

Plans have been made by the Catholic
officials of New York to pay off the debt
at St. Patrick's cathedral April &c, in
connection with the centennial of the do
cese.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05

In an interview at Jackson. Mich. Les
lie NJ. Shaw said he would like to see ].
Pierpont Morgan President of the United
States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
ROAD CUTS PAY OF KEY MEN.

Action of Northern Pacific May
Bring Strike of Te1egraphers.
The Northern Pacific railroad has an
nounced reduction in pay of all teleg-
raphers, to take effect March f. when the
new nine-hour law becomes operative.
This announcement has been made under
cover to the operators, who are now vot
ing on the question of its acceptance, with
the probability of its rejection and a gen.
eral strike on the Northern Pacific sys-
TEN. The reduction is from So to $40
month
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
FALLS IN eo-FooT WELL.

CANNES Antics Lead to Rescue OF q
NimrOd in Peril of Death.
Byron McNeally, after ffty-two hours
in an old well near Louisville, was saved
by the persistence of his dog. While
hunting rabbits McNeally dropped
through the brush covering of a disused
we'll ninety feet deep. The dogs antics
finally attracted attention, after a fruit
less search, and the animal was followed
to the well. A mirrors reflection revealed
the huntsman at the bottom.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
STAYS CHILDREN AND HERSELF.
Woman Kills Three Babes and
MORALLY wounds Fourth.

Mrs. J. c. Spires, wife of a farmer
three miles west of Basil Ohio, killed
three of her children, fatally wounded
fourth and then committed suicide. One
of the children was drowned in a well
and the others were shot and their
throats cut. Mrs. Spires took carbolic
acid, shot herself and cut her throat The
surviving child, which will die, is boy
5 years old, named Alva. The dead chill
dren are Catherine, aged years; Luella,
aged 6, and Jesse, aged l.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Gould Road in Receivers Hands.

4 receiver for the International and
Great Northern Railroad Company. a
Gould line. has been appointed at Fort
Worth, Tex
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Golf Club Building Burns

Fire destroyed the Hartford Golf Club
building located in West Hartford, Conn.
The loss is about $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
American sculptress Passes AWAY.

Miss Harriet Hosmer, whose work as
a sculptress is well known in Europe and
the United States died Friday at her
home in Watertown, Mass. She was
born in Waterfowl Oct. 3, 1880, and
early displayed taste for art.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Fire Destroys Rival. n. ID.

The village of Rival, n. D.. eight miles
west of Flaxton. was completely destroyed
by fire Wednesday night. Loss $50,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
Talk Softly and Carry a Big Cup

tim in the columns of a New York
paper about eight days before it ap-
peared in the Times under heading
showing that that journal had received
it as a special dispatch.
In view of this we are compelled to
believe that our contemporary is being
imposed on by it's New York correspon.
dent, and we merely call its attention
to the fact so that our contemporary
may administer proper disciplining to
this correspondent and may in the
future save itself the expense Of receiv-
ing and paying for, in the form of
special dispatch, matter which it might
as easily obtain by the judicious use of
scissors by it's exchange editor.
We are sure that our contemporary
will fully appreciate the favor which we
are endeavoring to show 1t in this
matter.
Concerning the allusion in the clos
ing sentence of the Times editorial to
an article necessary to the proper sani-
tary equipment of every household, but
which is not usually selected as sub
ject of discussion among refined people.
The Herald being published for and
read by people of that character finds
itself unable to follow the Times in this
particular lead.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
WHEN MISSIoNARIES CROSS
PATH OF STATESMEN THEY
WILL BE QUICKLY REMOVED

Whatever advantage Japan has
gained in its struggle for supremacy
has been the result of war, or of some
other nations aid. But these facts do
not prevent the Japanese diplomats
from pushing forward in their own Pc
culiar way. The story of the strangli-
lation of Korean independence by the
Japanese has been told to the world.
That Japan is determined to use it's
domination of Korea for it's own pur-
poses and as a base for further aggres-
sion on the mainland of Asia is clearly
indicated by the trend of events.
Korea just now Is the most fruitful
field of endeavor for Protestant mis-
sionaries in the world. American mis-
sion boards are sending scores Of men
and women into the country, and they
are meeting with a measure of success
unprecedented in the history of modern
missions. The Japanese attitude toward
these missions is that of suspicion. At
home they welcome the missionaries
for the gifts of education they bring.
But the Japanese know that the Ameri-
can missionary is always partisan of
the people among whom he lives and
works. Thus the missionary in China
is pro- Chinese, in Japan he is pro-
Japanese and in Korea he is pro-
Korean.
Prince Ito, resident general in Ko-
rea, actual head of the Korean govern
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
MILK FOR BABIES SHOULD
BE FURNISHED AT COST

LOS ANGELES, May 6.-[Editor
Herald: While I see nothing wrong in
the principle involved in the free street
car idea, deeming that principle to be
quite logically justified in the quoted
analogies of the free roads where once
people paid toll and municipality lighted
streets in place of the ancient link
practical politics, there are two things
that claim more immediate attention,
in view of their serious bearing on the
general public health. l allude to those
two articles of almost universal neces-
sity milk and ice the latter of which a
large proportion of the people have to
dispense with almost entirely, while in
regard to the former it is a case of one
of two evils with people of small means
they are starved with an insufficiency
of the pure article If they are not
poisoned with suff1ciency of the inn
pure. Both the ice and milk supply
ought to be municipaIized in the inter-
ests of purity and cheapness. Milk of
guaranteed purity should be available
for every baby in the nation at cost. Ice,
too, which was once considered merely
as a luxury for the rich. is now recog-
nized by medical and sanitary science
as a prime necessity of life during the
hot weather, a necessity more urgent
(from a health standpoint) among the
crowded novels, tenements and "stews'
of city than in the well built and
roomy residence of the rich. Municipal
ice and municipal milk-milk, pure
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
FREE PUBLIC UTILITY
SERVICE Is SUPPORTED

SUNNYSIDE, May 5.-[Editor Her
add: Mayor johnson of Cleveland has
very sound principle of economies as
basis for his free street car service
idea, and If the principle were better
understood we would not be long In
realizing not only free street car SER
vice" but free public utility service
In all our cities.
The principle is this. viz:
THAT all public improvements cause
corresponding increase in land values.
That land values belong to the COM
munity by virtue of creation ana tnal
should the community take this IN
crease in value 1t would exactiy onset
the cost of creation. !.
The principle is in common use IN
private transactions.
If you rent a farm or mousse OF
room, the more conveniences and ac-
cessories the landlord furnished you
(other things being equaD the more the
rent If improvements are made or
more accessories added up goes the
rent. So the city, furnishing transpor'
tation or light or heat or water free,
could with all justice recoup itself out
~ tha Increased rental values of land
which such service would create.
So again: AS the free elevator SER
vice IN an Office building is to the
renter Of a room in that building, so Is
free street car service to the owner of
! lot In that city. The user pays for
the service in proportion to the value of
that service to the particular thing he
rents, 2. o. BAILEY.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
A LoGoDRoME

A N ALWAYS amazing and some-
u times amusing contemporary in
n one of its truly rural editorial
verbodromes, or, If we must suit its
precise and scholarly tastes, logo
dromes, says of William Travers Je-
rome of New York. "This modern
Dagon has fallen"
AS Wee MacGreegor would say.
"Daggont, that's over bad "The
scoundrels that go up and down this
earth in our days like veritable lions
roaring about their own virtues and
pointing out the defects that mark the
conduct of better men!" If Jerome is
still epithetized in this explanatory
mixed metaphor, we remind our read
ers that among the men whose defects
were pointed out by him was Squire
Richard Croker. Mr.. Croker is enjoy
ing life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness, but other eminent politicians Of
Tammany- Republican stripe suffered
severely when g race track family sud
denly produced a bright, keen-witted,
igh-principled young man who decid-
ed that il order to be an efficient re-
know what Mr.. Jerome's personal char
acter is. We know what his charac-
teristics are. We know what manner
of man he is, and believe it would be
well for readers of screeds vilifyinS
him to wait until he makes few re-
marks before reaching the conclusion
he is all his malignant enemies paint
him. He has a habit of waiting until
the enemy has fired his last gun, and
then turning loose his batteries.
We are certain Mr.. Jerome cannot be
compared to "scoundrel who goes up
and down the earth like veritable
lion." Mr.. Jerome is neither a scoun-
drel nor an associate of scoundrels, and
an imputation of this kind would be
scoundrell-- if it were not the result
of ignorance.
All good citizens will regret that any
newspaper in California should have
gone out of it's way and wandered
across the continent to attack a man
who has invited attack because he is
Democrat who may be nominated Tor
the presidency and who has good
chance of being Governor of New
York! If this had not been conven-
ton year the New York gang" would
never have bothered Mr.. Jerome. A
newspaper which assails him without
knowing much about New York poll
tics will be apt to remind easterners OF
the title of an aria in an old oratorio,
with Verdure Clad"