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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
INDUSTRIES ARE REVIVING.
Workers of All Kinds Are Reported
in Great Demand.

Business throughout the United
States. both commercial and indus
trial, is reviving,N according to Ter
ence V. Powderly, chief of the divi-
sion Of information. bureau of immi-
grafton. The division of information
was created by Congress as an agency
to divert immigration from the larger
cities, and find places for the unem-
ployed alien. The functions of the
division have been enlarged. inasmuch
as Chief Powderly is endeavoring to
provide work for Americans as well
as aliens.
From July l last until early in Oc-
tober 100000 requests were made upon
Chief POwderly to supply various
forms of labor for factory, railroad,
farm and industrial enterprises of all
descriptions. About the middle of
October. when the financial disturb
ances became acute, many of these
applications were Cancelled. CORE
spondents stating that instead of need
ing labor they Were putting off men,
and that everything pointed to pro-
longed period of depression.
Recently there has been a renewal
of the demand for labor. Chief Pow
derby says that this demand comes
from every section of the country;
that it calls for mechanics, mill oper-
atives, factory hands, railroad buillers.
and farm labOrers. From the agricul-
tural States have come notice that in
the spring hundreds of thousands of
farm hands will be needed, and that
every effort should be made by the gov
eminent at this time TO see to it that
an adequate supply of labor is provided
in the regions where it will be urgently
required.
can investigation has developed"
said Mr.. Powderly, that, while the
unusually large exodus of foreigners
during the past few months was the di-
rect result of disturbed financial con-
ditions. it was not due to the closing
of mills or factories or cessation in the
progress of public works The great
majority of those who returned to Eu-
rope were not turned out of employ
ment. They were alarmed by the out
look and decided to go back. The tide
will begin to turn early in the spring,
and | have no doubt that the increas-
ing demand for labor that our reports
indicate is at hand will be fully met
by the supply in this country amplfied
by an enlarged immigration
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
AN AID TO CUPID.
Mayor of Spokane the Patron Saint
of the Single.

Young man, 60 west, and incident
ally, young woman. go weSt-that is If
you are anxious to take unto yourself
partner for life. This is the invita-
ton which C. Herbert Moore. reform
mayor of Spokane, has issued unto the
fOrlorn of the land and which is being
accepted with surprising alacrity So
far he has been successful in finding
husbands in the Spokane country for
girls in Chicago, indianapolis, Mem
phis and Philadelphia, and he has Sc
cured wives for ranchers. mining oper-
atOrS and fruit growers in various
parts of the inland empire of the Pa
cific northwest.
The mayor has engaged an assistant
secretary whose duty it is to carry out
the chief executives suggestions and
to bring the inQuirers and inquired for
together. Mayor Moore did not seek
the appointment to this peculiar posi-
ton but rather was it thrust upon him
by maids and men. widows and wild
overs who knew his kind heart and be-
lief in the married state as the only
happy one. He receives scores of let
tiers every day. from timid women
looking for men whom they may 'look
up to-" from big. unafraid women who
want quiet, docile husbands who of
certainty will look up to them, from ro-
mantle youths who wish beauty and
from farmers who banker after Drawn.
There is no sort of husband or wife
which his honor does not agree to fur
nish upon application and as a result
he is the most popular man in the
west
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
BOMB EXPLOSION INJURIES TEN.
Tenement House Is Wrecked and
Tenants Thrown Into Panic.

Tenement House Is Wrecked and
Tenants Thrown Into Panic.
Ten persons were injured by an ex-
plosion of three dynamite bombs, which
partially wrecked a six-story tenement
building on East Sixty-fourth street,
New York. The injured were removed to
Flower hospital. The bombs were plant
ed in the cellar of the tenement and ex-
ploded one after another in quick sue
cession. The explosion threw the occu-
pants of the tenement into a panic, and
there was much excitement among the
patients and nurses of Flower hospital,
which is only short distance away.
Scores Of people rushed from the ada
cent houses, and the police had all they
could do to quiet the terror-stricken ten
ants. The first explosion occurred d.
rectly under the front windows of the
tenement; the second in the cellar was d.
rectly under the hall, which wrecked
woodwork for several fights, and the
other directly under the sleeping apart
ments of Andrew Acquario, who lived
with his family on the first floor. The
police would not allow tenants to use
the wrecked stairway, as it was consid-
cred too dangerous to use. An alarm OF
fire had been sent in soon after the ex-
plOsion, and the fremen helped the ten
ants out of the building by means Of lad
ders. There are a number of Italians
among the tenants in the house, and the
police think the bombs were exploded by
members of the Black Hand Society.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
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'zENANCAL
CHICAGO

WINE the curtailment of production in
various industrial branches continues,
there are evidences of favorable nature
for steady Improvement to take place
soon With the banks now virtually back
to specie payment and discount opera
tons extending, it is not surprising that
the volume of business, as reflected by
eank exchanges, makes the best exhibit
III nine weeks, the comparative decline
being the lowest in that period.
Following the extra time taken to make
necessary repairs to plants. resumption
became general and quickly reduced the
number of workers made temporarily idle,
and the indications now turn for the bet
ter at the furnaces, mills and FORCES.
Some substantial bookings appear in
iron, steel and wire. and fair orders come
forward in furniture, boxmaking, foot
wear and vehicles. Little change is ex-
pected in prices of finished products, but
a feeling that costs may be lowered is to
some extent causing hesitation where
much capital is involved.
Weather conditions advanced the Jan
uary clearance sales in retail lines, stocks
undergoing satisfactory reduction, and a
considerable increased number of visiting
buyers attended the wholesale markets
tor staples, textiles, boots and shoes. cloth
ing and food products. Mercantile collec-
lions throughout the West are irregular,
some sections renting promptly. while
at others the defaults indicate weakness.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trlct number Sc. against % last week and
70 year ago. Those with liabilities over
$1,000 number Z. against / last week and
8 in 19O7.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
DE4z lEA{3sN[57S
SR:- &&G~

hicago-Cattle, common TO prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $4.62; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 1925; wheat, No. 2, 07c to 99c;
corn, No. ., 5Sc to 59c: oats, standard,
49c to soc; rye, No. 2, Sac to SOC; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to $11.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c
to 30c; eggs, fresh, 24c to 27c; potatoes,
per bushel, 55c to 65c.
Indanapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to 5000; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $40; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to $500; wheat, No. 2, 97c to Csc;
corn, No. white, 55c to 56c oats, No. 2
white, Acc to sic.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $6.1O; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $5.25
wheat, No. 2, $1.01 to $1.O2 corn, No. .,
55c to SEC; oats, No. ., Acc to soc; rye,
No. 2. 75c to roc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, Si.O0 to 1925;
hogs, $500 to $40; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat No. ., S1.O4 to $1.O6; corn,
No. 2 mixed, soc to SIC; oats, No. 2
mixed, SOC to 52c; rye, No. 2, SIC to SIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 1928 logs,
$4.00 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, S1.O0 to $1.O2; corn, No. 3
yellow, SOC to 60c; oats, No. 3 white,
Sic to 52c; rye, No. 2, Sic to S3c.
Mlwaukee-Wheat, No. northern,
81 .0S to $1.10; corn, No. 3, SIC to 59c;
oats, standard. SOC to 52c; rye, No ],
SIC to Soc; barley, No. 2, $1.01 to $1.O3;
pork, mess, $12.47.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
100. to $5.75; hogs. fair to choice, $3.50
to $4.55 sheep, common to good mixed,
800 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to S7.S5.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $64O;
hogs, $3.50 to $3.50 sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, S1.O4 to S105;
corn, No. 2, &c to &c; oats, natural
white, SIC to &c; butter, creamery, &c
TO Gle; eggs, western, DC to 25c.
Tnledo-Wheat No. 2 mixed, $l.00 to
S102; corn, No. mixed, SIC to Sc;
oats. No. mixed, SIC to 53c; rye, No.
2. Sic to S3c; clover seed, prime, 5000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
BISHOP SAMUEL FALLOWS.

eases will not be attempted, although
patients suffering from them will be
aided as far as possible by suggestion,
faith and persuasion.
The diseases and weaknesses to
which Christian psychology is to be
applied at st. Paul's are functional
nervous disorders, hypochondria, in
somnia, nervous dyspepsia, mean-
cholia, mental depression, hysteria.
neurasthenia. the drug habit, the liquor
habit, want of self-confidence, irrita-
bility, worry, anger, fear and weakness
of will. The class of cases in which
no cure will be attempted are those
like typhoid fever, scarlet fever, small
pox and other disorders of that ma
ture.
Bishop Fallows, who was born in
England in 1885, has led an active and
militant career. He came to this coun-
try in 184S, settling in Wisconsin, and
in 1851 was ordained in the Methodist
Episcopal Church. During the Civil
war he served as a colonel and was
brevetted brigadier general. He served
three terms as State superintendent of
public instruction in Wisconsin and in
1875 united with the Reformed Episco-
pal Church, being consecrated bishop
the following year. Since 1876 he has
been rector of st. Paul's Church, Chi.
cago. The bishop has other theories
besides healing through Christian psy-
chology. He believes that Christianity
food we eat. IF every child was
scientifically fed he says. wed have
no moral baseness, no mental deprav-
ity and no spiritual ignorance" His
system of Christian healing will be
followed with a good deal of interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.

Four new cardinals were created by
Pope Plus.
The Dutch cabinet of nine ministers
resigned.
NJ. GUIDE was appointed minister to the
United States from Norway.
Scandal in Vienna diplomatic circles
caused the recall of an ambassador.
The steamer Austral, carrying a party
of scientists. was wrecked off the coast
of Uruguay, but all persons aboard were
saved.
Prof. Poulsen established and main
tanned for hours wireless telephone con-
nection. and announced plans to talk
across the Atlantic.
Yaaui Indians. in Old Mexico. killed
twelve men, an American. who was among
the number captured, being rescued by a
party of his countrymen.
At St Petersburg 100 members of the
first duma. who signed the Viborg mani
festo against tie government. were placed
on trial for reasonable practices Among
them was Prof Muromtzeff. president of
the duma. and other noted Liberals and
Socialists. Most OF the accused pleaded
that they acted within their rights.
The English turbine torpedo boat de-
stroyer Tartar. in her final trials broke
AL records in fast steaming, attaining a
speed of 31.031 knots. and maintaining
the unprecedented speed of 36.363 knots
on a six-hour test.
Although the Shah of Persia told the
Russian and British ministers recently
that he would not disregard the new con-
stitution and would try TO Jrk IN har-
mony with the Parliament, the infuen-
tial citizens of Teheran refused to be re-
assured and kept their shops closed as
protest al the foreign diplomats assesl-
bled at the French legation and discussed
a plan for joint movement to preserve
order.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

During 1907 the Legal Aid Society of
New York received 26,399 appeals for
aid.
New York board OF education will
probably vote to restore corporal punish
ment in the schools
The factory of the Cummings Leather
Company at Woburn, Mass. was DESTROY
ed by fire. Loss SS0,00O fully insured.
Edward Shea of Montclair. y. J.. has
recovered from trance which lasted
month. He says he saw visions and talk
ed with persons long since dead.
Miss katherine Noble of Baltimore.
Nd, the heroine of the Mohegan disas-
ter. has announced her engagement to
Ernesto Trorio-Semondetti of Mexico.
jeremiah O'Meara, 20 years old, mar
ried Helen Naughton, 60 years old. in
Stamford. Conn, after a wait of 40
years. O'Meara could not find his sweet
heart after he returned from the Civil
War, and she thought he had been killed.
They found each other only a short time
ago. Neither has been married before.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
NEW YORK.

Financial affairs show further and
marked improvement, and money is more
plentiful and easier to obtain, but the
gain in trade and industry proper is still
largely one of sentiment, because bust
ness is quiet, the country over, railway
earnings and bank clearings are below a
year ago, collections are slow, though
better than a month ago, and industry
is as whole on short time, with the
larger centers reporting a great number
Of unemployed.
In trade lines the general report is one
Of backward business. Mild weather lie
rtill bar to the widest activities in sea-
sonable goods North and West, and re-
tailers are stimulating tagging demand by
reduction sales. Southern trade shows
little more life than a week ago. Some
lines report after-holiday collections as
better than those of December, and in
some cases better than anticipated but
they in few cases are better than slow
to fair.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Jan. 8 number 434,
against 345 last week, 2S3 in the like
week of 1907, 2S6 in 1906, 295 in 1905
and 80 in 1904. Failures in Canada
this week numbered g. against p last
week and "A in this week year ago.
Bradstreet's Review.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
which is the largest event of the kind,

which is the largest event of the kind,
and to carry off all the honOrs in the
Chicago event, which is second in i'm
portance
There was a large increase this year
in the number of entries. The cham
pion of all hens, owned by Ernest
Kellerstrass, of Kansas City, and val
ued at $500, was there. as well as nu-
merOus other chickens valued at from
$500 to $1,000. Fighting cocks, wild
turkeys and ducks. homing pigeons
with records as victorious racers over
distances ranging from 100 to 1000
miles, and pheasants such as English
no5lemen shoot, bred on the largest
pheasant farm in the country fifteen
miles from Chicago. were attractions
Baby chicks were hatched out in incu-
bators every day of the show.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
HAS HOST OF WARRANTS.
New York Workhouse Overfiows and
Thousands Are Seeking Labor.

New York Workhouse Overf1ows and
Thousands Are Seeking Labor.
The unprecedented increase in Migrants
in New York has caused congestion at
the city workhouse on Blackwelrs Isl
and and every effort possible is being
made to relieve the overcrowding by
transferring prisoners sentenced to long
terms to the penitentiary and to the Ray
mond street jail in Brooklyn. There are
to-day more than 700 women and more
than 900 men in the workhouse, most of
them serving terms for vagrancy- Thou
sands are out of work and the increase
in the number of strangers looking for
work because of the closing down Of fac
tories in nearby cities have increased the
number of Migrants far beyond the usual
number even in winter and with the ad-
vent of really cold spell all the city in
situations viii be crowded to overhowing.
The difficulty in securing work in New
York just now has effected thousands of
men and women, who by no means belong
to the tramp class, but who have been
forced into the streets because of lack OF
u-ork
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
NEWS OF MINOR NOTE.

A large increase in the national guard
of Hawaii is urged by the War Depart
ment in communication to the terrific
rial officials.
President Roosevelt was the subject Of
considerable criticism at the annual din
ner of the Hotel Association of New York
City at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Stockholders of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company of Washing
ton, d. c., decided to make William
Loeb, Jr., director and ultimately pres
ident of the company.
Three hundred Chinese lost their lives
ia a Canton restaurant during a panic
resulting from fire in a moving picture
machine. The crush caused the building
to collapse.
Concessions granted the union trolley
men by the Rapid Transit company Of
Philadelphia, Pa, were approved at a.
ratification meeting. The men will 20.
back to work
Parents VINO fail to put their children
in proper physical condition to profit by
the work of the schools" should be pun-
ished, is the opinion of Superintendent
Maxwell of the New York schools, as re-
yealed in his annual report
Adolph Ladenburg, senior partner of
the banking house of Laderi5nrg Thai
man & Co., who twelve years ago started
from Nassau ON steamship of the Ward
line and did not arrive in New York, is:
still living in Germany, according to
story printed in New York weekly. 1t
was thought that Ladenburg jumped or
fell overheard in fit of mental aberra-
ton. He had made will. The estate
was valued at from S6,0O0,OO0 to S1O,-
OOc. 900. Mrs. Ladenburg is in London.
BY majority vote of the electorate in
the territory interested the plan for
greater City of Birmingham, Ala, was.
approved. The estimated population of
the new city is $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
HEALING BY FAITH.
Chicago Reformed Episcopal Church
to Treat Body as Well as Soul.

A new and important departure has
been taken by st. Paul's Reformed
Episcopal Church of Chicago. under
the leadership Of Bishop Samuel Fail
lows. The church has added healing
of the body to it's spiritual ministra-
tons, following somewhat along the
lines pursued by Christian Scientists,
although with several fundamental diff
ferences. Christian psychology, as ex-
planned by Bishop Fallows, does not
ignore physicians as does Christian
Science, but works hand in hand with
the medical profession, and the work
of healing undertaken at st. Paul's
will be applied only to such patients
as are suffering from disorders in
which the action of the mind plays an
important part. Cure of organic dis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
GIRLS PERISH IN FLAMES.


awe Dea0 ana seven 1nJured-FaC-
tory Burns at Scranton.
Two girls were killed and seven others
severely injured at a fire in the building
occupied by the Imperial underwear fac
tory in Scranton, Pa. About 200 girls
were employed in the building and there
was panic when the alarm was sounded.
Florence Watrous was caught in the
structure and met death in the flames.
Marie Buckley jumped from the fire es-
cape and broke her neck. The injured
girls were burned on the fire escape be-
fore jumping and are suffering from brok-
en- limbs and internal injuries. The fire
is supposed to have been started by tie
upsetting of glue pot in the warehouse
of the Economy Furniture Company in
the basement of the building, which vas
four stories high. The flames spread
rapidly and most of the girls on the third
md fourth floors fed to the fire escapes.
They descended as far as the second story
and thence jumped to the areaWay. 9th
els fed down the narrow stairway. In
their terror some tainted and there was a
jam on the stairs. bus the fremen were
able to get them all out before the flames
reached that part of the building. The
property loss is $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
HAZING CAUSE OF DEATH.
Edward KEEPER, Who Was Tied to .
Tom bstOne Victim of ExDosure.

Edward KEEPER, Who Was Tied to .
Tombstone, Victim of Exposure.
Edward KEEPER, who died Sunday at
San Antonio, was the son of a prosper
out Louisville merchant. A hazing, which
is alleged to have brought on his fatal
illness, occurred at Rose Polytechnic In
stitute, Terre Haute, Ind, in the autumn
of 1905. KEEPER at the time was a MEM
Der of the freshman class at the insti-
tute. His room was entered by sophie
mores, who -blindfolded him, led him to a
cemetery and tied Him to a tombstone. He
remained in that position from midnight
until morning. An attack of typhoid
fever, which led to. tuberculosis, followed.
He did not tell his parents of the hazing
until after he had been brought home.
Physicians said that the exposure and
shock had caused his illness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
Giant Tank ExpIodes.

Suddenly, in the midst OF the enter
tainment, the acetylene tank which fur
nished light for the moving picture ma
chine exploded. Instantly the whole in
terror of the opera house was filled
with flames
The actors endeavored to quiet the
audience, but in their anxiety to make
themselves heard and to avoid the aw.
full stampede of the women and chill
dren, the coal oil lamps which We're
used at the footlights were overturned,
setting the place on fire.
The flames. fed by oil, shot almost
to the ceiling, and there was a rush
of the several hundred persons to es-
cape from the burning building. Scores
Of women and children were trampled
on and several who escaped being
burned to death died after being
dragged from the opera house.
In some cases, it is said, entire FAM
lilies have been wiped out. The scene
which followed the explosion is indie
Scribable
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-23
Section of the Floor Gives Way.

Following the explosion there was
wild rush of the audience for the stair
way, the one means of exit. A score
of persons reached the stairway stimuli
taneously, and it was jammed so full
of struggling humanity that only few
reached the outer air.
In the mad rush section of the floor
gave way, precipitating scores of per-
sons to the basement. As the floor col.
lapsed the shrieks of the helpless per-
sons who were carried down were
heard for blocks.
The interior of the opera house was
of wood and plaster, and the fiimsy
carpentry that made the stage and it's
fittings furnished excellent material
for the flames. Within two minutes
after the explosion occurred the entire
building was mass of flames.
The jamming of people in the stair
way blocked that means of egress, and
dozens of frantic women and children
leaped from the front window to the
stone pavement below. Not one Of these
escaped broken limbs, and they are
practically all of the injured, inasmuch
as those inside the opera house per-
ished.