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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
KILLS GIRL AND HIMSELF.
Dora HeImer Shot Dead by Lewis
Turner After Quarrel.

In a fit OF jealousy caused by his
iancee accepting the attentions OF an
other man. Lewis Turner, p years Old,
wealthy and one of tie best known young
men in La Grange H.. shot and Instantly
killed Dora Helmer, n years ola. proml-
nent socially. in the Chicago suburb. Then
he turned the weapon upon himself and
fred a bullet into his own brain. He
fell on the body of his slain sweetheart,
and taking her in his arms, died while
inpressing a farewell kiss on her lips.
The couple, according TO their friends,
had been sweethearts for more than a
year and were engaged to be married. Re
Gently they quarreled, it is said, because
the girl went 10 the Wheaton horse show
with another young man of the village.
Village gossips made the affair topic OF
conversation and this only widened the
breach between the young woman and her
fance. Monday they met unexpectedly
and after bitter alteration Turner drew
a revolver from his pocket and shot the
girl through the heart. Then he fired
into his own brain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01

CUR GREAT AMERICAN CROPS.

The Here's what the United States
does:
Annually all other countries OF the world
bined-2927,Oo0 o 3.sSS000OtO bushels
produces world
634,000OC0 out OF
Annually all other countries in the
world combined-15,OO0OO0 o. 100000 barrels
Annually than other
try in the wOrd-146000OO0 G60o00O0 bushels.
wod54
100000 of 3jS2,o00OO0
bushels
only 100000 bushels Russia leading
Annually the world
100000 100000
690C00.000 pounds
Annually world
25OOOOO0 OF 100000
Annually produces hops wod57
100000 2110OOOOO pounds.
annually
in the word-2063 100000 4913OO0OOO pounds
Annually
100000 out of S6400OO0O pounds.
Annually exports spirits all the other
of the world-16OO0OOO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01

log train of a lumber company was
wrecked near Samson, Ala and three
persons were killed and twenty injured.
Magistrate A. G.. Marsh at Washing
ton, Pa, discharged four boys accused of
turning in false fire alarms on the con-
dition that their parents give them sound
thrashings.
In an interview Mrs. William Aston.
who recently, owing to her years, abdi-
Gated her position as social leader of New
York, scores the so-called society WON
en-, whom she brands as notoriety seekers
who give entertainments that belong in a
circus tent.
\ bear weighing 40 pounds, which was
fleeing from the forest fires, was killed in
the streets of South St Paul, Mimi, the
other day.
Lack of water to flush the sewers is
given as the cause of an epidemic of
diphtheria at Greensburg, Pa, which has
resulted so far in the closing of part of
a school.
The United States army signal corps
has established six wireless telegraph sta
tons in Alaska at a cost of more than
10000 and it is expected direct connec-
ton between Washington, D. c.. and
Alaska can now be maintained the year
around.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

Jersey twice. He has also been a judge
and president of the state senate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
REPORTS FINE OYSTER CROP.
New York Health Board Also Guar
antees Their Purity.

BEST in several years. is what the
dealers say of this falls oyster crop in
the Long Island waters. The future, too,
is provided for in an excellent set of baby
oysters In the summer officials of the
health department have inspected all the
oyster beds from New York City to New
Haven and down the New Jersey coast
as far as Manasquan. Certain waters
are under the bar, and Health Commits
sioner Darlington says New Workers may
eat the city's supply without Gear. The
new law requires that every person who
sells oysters in that city shall have
written permit from the board Of health.
Applicants are required TO give the
names of the growers from whom they
buy their stock and the location of the
beds. Such permits are revocable on
proof that a dealer is selling "drin4aed
oysters, as the oystermen call them-that
is, oysters that have been "fattened' in
polluted waters Mr.. Darlington said all
leading oyster dealers are heartily CO
operating with the health department Off
Gals in enforcing the new law. The
New York State oyster is recognized
patrician and is sought eagerly. Blue
points, Rockaways, East rivers, etc, are
shipped 20 all parts of the United States
and FurODe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01

@'(E0C]E7!5I>1]5T5* ;
o~0~@ONO~

Forest fires are not periodic visitations,
as 1t has been argued by many sensible
persons this year who have brought out
statistical almanacs to prove their con-
tention. Forest fires are dependent upon
two things; one is the weather and the
other is the white mans carelessness.
When the Indians roamed about at will
they always saw that every spark was
out before they moved their camps. They
guarded the woods against the chance
blaze as a city man now guards his in
vestments. But the white man, whether
in his own timber, or that of the govern
ment, gives little thought TO the dangers
of fire. He does not compel railroads to
take steps to prevent sparks from locomo-
tives falling in dry grass. He let's the
logs of his camp shoulder away though
knowing that a breeze might scatter the
embers. He strikes matches and throws
the lighted ends away without glance
as to where they drop. When a long
dry spell has taken the moisture from
leaves and bark, when the grass is shriv-
eled to whisps of finder, then the white
mans carelessness becomes a threat to
property and life 1t is a menace to every
noble tree which has taken a century or
two in growing, to the farmer whose fields
border the forests. to the towns built in
the woods and dependent upon them for
their living y
The forest fires cease when rains come.
But behind them they have left monu-
ments to the criminal carelessness of men
who cannot be taught anything, who will
not try to learn. The Indians had much
the advantage of them in intelligence
Toledo Blade
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
Farman's Views of AeropIanes.

Henrik Farman, the French aviator,
who has just arrived at New York with
his prize-winning flying machine for the
purpose of giving an exhibition fight, in
a published interview says that it will
take another decade to perfect the flying
machine for practical and safe use. Half
the solution of the problem rested on the
perfection of a motor which would give
greater power without increasing the
weight The other half lies in developing
a machine with an automatic balancing
device. In his opinion a machine of the
monoplane type will be the successful
flyer of the future. He does not believe
that any flying machine will ever rival
the railroads for commercial work. Mrs.
Farman, who is with him, expects to be
passenger in one of his flights.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
LIVES Of no LOST IN
ALASKAN SH|PWRECk
Star OF Bengal Is Broken to Pieces
On the Shore of Coronation
Island.
RESCUERS SAVE q PEuPLE.
Two OF Crew Reach Land and Make
Vain Effort to Operate
Life Line.

One hundred and ten out Of . TOTO,
OF 13I persons aboard the cannery shin
Star OF Bengal We're drowned last SIM
day afternoon when the vesse Twas form
from the hold of protecting tugs and
dashed ashore at Helm Point, off tba
Alaskan coast. at the southeast end of
Coronation Island.
The news was brought to Wr;mcel
by the tug Hattie Gage, Captain Farrer.
which carried the survivors, twenty
seven in all. The survivors before leav-
Ing Coronation Island buried the
bodies of fifteen white men on the
beach.
The cable ship Burnside, which left
for the scene of the wreck at midnight
Monday, as soon as the news of the
week was received. returned the fol-
lowing evening with the information
that the Star of Bengal was a total
loss, only the ends of the masts show
ing above water.
Cast Ashore in Driving Rain.
The ship was being lowed to sea from
the Wrangel cannery by the tugs Hattie
Gage and Kayak. Captain Farrer of
the Hattie Gage gives the following ac-
count of the disaster:
las we came within reach of the
gale we could see we were making lee
way and drifting toward Coronation
Island. The Kayak was light and could
do nothing. The Hattie Gage could not
handle the ship alone. At o'clock the
Star of Bengal drifted into a narrow
blight and we could see land on both
sides abreast. We sounded and found
eight fathoms.
I'VE could see the vessel dimly by
the PHOSPHORUS dark rocks that were
all around. We cut the towline and
steamed out into open water. but could
not see anything in the driving rain
except one blue light burning on the
ship. The storm increased and the
tugs steamed to Shipley Bay, twenty
six miles away"
Survivors Tell of Struggle.
Survivors Muir and Olson said the
ship sank about o'clock after break
ing into three pieces. The surf was
full of salmon cases and gasoline
drums.
Muir says he and Olson got a boat
off and went ashore through the wreck
age. They helped several ashore and
pulled Captain Wagner out of the
wreckage. He could not speak The
breeches buoy was rugged to a tree, but
the ship was swaying so that the line
was alternately loose and tight, making
its use impossible.
The ships books and papers were
found on the beach. One man had
matches and a fire was built with kero-
sene from the wreck. The fire saved
the lives of the survivors, as it kept
them from freezing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01

was caught red-handed," he said, 80
there is 10 use denying anything. l
am the so-called Mr.. Rafies,' to cap
ture whom the municipality employed
an extra force of detectives at a cost
of $4,000"
-
Victor ROsewater, editor of the
Omaha Bee and member of the execu-
tive committee of the Republican III.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
CHICAGO.

business activity reflects further re-
coFery. although the failure record is dis
torted by one unusually heavy default.
Steadler conditions are seen in produc-
ton and distribution and the outlook is
gradually clearing, Notwithstanding that
| new demands in the eading industries in
clude none of special influence.
Meters of pig iron bought more freely
against future needs, prices being made
inviting, and there is increasing work at
foundries, FORCES and steel car shops.
Building operations make seasonable
progress, while the new permits indicate
that an unusual quantity of materials is
to be consumed. More hands find en-
ployment in quarrying, and prices for
stone, brick and cement become frmer,
Seasonable weather stimulated the con-
struction and outdoor activities
Retail trade opens up encouragingly in
the principal lines. Visiting merchants
have increased in numbers from the
Northwest, and there is much buying of
general merchandise throughout the
wholesale district. Staple goods are sold
10 an extent comparing favorably with
this time last year. and the absorption
IS YET notable in the textiles, millinery and
footwear
Inc markets for grain. provisions and
I'VE stock denote improving consumption,
Notwithstanding the average cost again
Is high and wheat around 81 a bushel.
Bank clearings, 1924, 496, 1913, make the
best showing in eight weeks, and exceed
those of the corresponding week of 1907,
which included only five business days,
by 10 per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 81, against q last week
and II a year ago. Those with liabili-
ties over $1,000 number 8, against 6 last
week and ) in 1907.-Dun's Review of
Trade
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
DE4z lZAEs[Rs2Es[;[57S
@E. $1,000


Chicago-Cattle, common TO prime,
$500 to 1913; hogs, prime heavy $500
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choiSe, $500
to $4.35; wheat No. 2, 99c to $1.00;
corn, No. 2, TIC to 79c; oats, standard,
47c to 4Sc: rye, No. 2, Toe to 7Gc; hay,
timothy, $500 to $500; prairie, $500
to S11O0; butter choice creamery, 100
to 24c; eggs, fresh, 19c to 23c; potatoes,
per bushel, SIC to 69c.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to S7.0O; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime,
$3.50 to 1915; wheat No. 2, Csc TO
500; corn, No. 2 white, 7Sc to Zoe; oats,
No. white, SOC to sic.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $40; sheep, $500 to $4.15;
wheat, No 2, $1.O4 to $105; corn, No. 2,
76c to nc; oats, No. 2, 4Sc to 49c;
rye, No. 2, TIC to 7Sc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $5.25 :;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
S3.75; wheat, No. 2, $1.04 to S1.O5 corn,
No. 2 mixed SIC to S3c; oats, No. 2
mixed, SOC to sic; rye, No. 2, 7Sc to 79c.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$4.OO to 500; sheep, $3.50 to $685.;
wheat, No. 2, 99c to 500; corn, No. 3
yellow, SIC to S3c; oats, No.~3 white,
SOC to J1c; rye, No. 2, 73c to Toe.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
S1.O4 to $1.06; corn, No. 3, TIC to 7Sc;
oats, standard, 49c to SOC; rye, No. /,
Toe to 76c; barley, No. 1, 65c to 6Gc;
pork, mess, $14.95.
Buffalo-Cattle choice shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50 hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $40; sheep, common to good mixed,
S4.OO to S4.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Doc to
S1.O1; corn, No. 2 mixed, TIC to 7Sc;
oats. No 2 mixed, 49c to soc; rye, No.
2, 75c to Tie; clover seed, October, $5.J5.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $500;
hogs, $3.50 to $72O; sheep, $500 to
$40; wheat, No. 2 red, $1O7 to $1.0S;
corn, No. 2, SIC to Soc; oats, natural
white, 53c to soc; butter, creamery, 21c
to 25c; eggs, western, 19c to 23c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
LIQUOR SALE UNLAWFUL.
Prohibifory Law Has Been Violated
for Quarter Century.

According to a decision rendered by
Judge Smith Mcpherson of the United
States Circuit Court in Davenport. the
Iowa mulct law system, under which sa-
looms are row operating, is illegal. Judge
Mcpherson further declares the Iowa
mulct law is no license system and that
there has been no license system in Iowa
for the last quarter Of century, and for
that length of time there has never been
a lawful sale of liquor as a beverage with
in the State of Iowa. He further holds
that no person to-day under any circum-
stances can lawfully sell liquor as bev-
erage in Iowa. The decision was made
in a suit of the United BreweTies Com
pany of Chicago versus the Civic Fedora
ton Of Davenport. The compliments
charged the federation with a conspiracy
and sought to enjoin them from abatlng
property on which a saloon had been
closed. Judge Mcpherson denied the ap-
plication for writ of injunction. Under
the mulct law Iowa saloonkeepers have
been paying $500 annually as tax with
the understanding that it legalized their
sale of Intoxicating liquors and gave them
relief from the old prohibitory law, which
is still on the statute books. The decls-
ion is the most sweeping ever made IN
Iowa affecting the liquor question.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The negro population of New York
City is estimated at 10000, one-tenth OF
The number being West Indians.
The German Emperor has given $24,
900 to the Robert Koch foundation for
resisting the spread of tuberculosis.
Frank B. Kleinhaus, well-knOwn me-
chanical engineer, was killed at Pitts5urg
when his buggy was struck by an electric
car.
4 middle-aged woman appeared at Oy-
ster Bav with the object of seeing the
President. claiming that the President.
T p. Morgan and Leslie NJ. Shaw. for
mer Secretary of the Treasury owed her
S10,O00,OOO.
More than 800 of the 900 organizations
affiliated with the federation of Jewish
organizations in New York City met and
discussed ways and means to improve
the condition of juvenile Jewish Grim
inals and delinquents.
A woman who attempted suicide in
Paris the other day has been identified
as the daughter of Judge William w.
Wiltbank of the common pleas court OF
Philadelphia She is the wife of James
w. Colfelt, son of the Rev. DIR. Coitelt,
pastor of the First Presbyterian church
of Philadelphia Some time ago she mar
ried Gustave Heckscher, but there was a
divorce. and she later became the wife of
Colfelt.
hudson NJ. Thompson, frugal million
aire of St. Louis, is dead at Old Or
cbard. 1t was his custom to buy cheap
clothing and make it last as long as pos
sible.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
Social Reconstruction.

In the leading article for the current
Atlantic Monthly, John Martin reviews
the abandonment of the laissez-faire pol
icy in America in recent years and the
new feeling of public responsibility. The
idea which prevailed not long ago was
that everything American was about per-
feet. Now every one is finding some fsult,
and the necessity for social reconstruction
is apparent. Various associations like the
Civic Federation, associations for health,
against child labor, immigration, ETC., and
executive interference in industrial wars
are mentioned to show the trend. While
not accepting any particular brand of So
cialism, Mr.. Martin thinks that the agita-
ton of these social questions is healthy.
1t means that order and peace must take
the place of the fierce commercial warfare.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01

S p e Il ce T, w e IL
known citizen and
Sunday S c h 0 0 l
teacher. Only re-
Gently he was given
prize of $500 as
most respected cit
izen." Had Lot
Spencer been ar
rested while in the
act of burglarizing
few would have be-
lieved the charges
against him. He
has made a COM
x11ar1 T.o. AZ
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
sLAYER's HOUSE BURNS.
Following Killing Blaze Starts, but
Water Is Turned Of.

A fire of incendiary origin following
feud with students of the Kansas State
Agricultural College destroyed the resi-
dence of NJ. A. Creviston in Manhattan,
Kan. The fire department responded
promptly when the alarm was turned in,
but they had no sooner turned a stream
of water on the budding than the water
supply was shut off The previous Tues
day evening Creviston shot and killed
John Rooms and seriously wounded Aldo
Immenschuh, students, as they were pass
ing his house. Creviston's excuse for the
shooting was that the boys knocked on the
side Of his house while passing down the
street. Creviston was removed from po-
lice headquarters to the county jail to es-
cape violence at the hands of enraged
students
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
CALLS SOCIETY BOY CRIMINAL.
Sheriff Says MiIIionaire's Son Adj
mits Holding Up Fifteen Men.

Charles Boyle, a former student OF
Stanford university, son of Henry Boyle,
a millionaire property holder of Seattle
and Oakland, and a member of a family
conspicuous in the most exclusive society
circles of San Raphael, Cal, is alleged
to have made confession of a number OF
crimes committed in Marion county last
spring. According to Sheriff Taylor, who
questioned young Boyle in Jail at Salinas,
the prisoner admitted that he had held up
fifteen men in the National hotel bar at
San Raphael and seriously wounded a
constable; that he had attacked a young
woman with a club and pursued another
and was guilty of other offenses which
for a time terrified quiet community.
The sheriff is at a loss to supply motive
for the young mans supposed participa-
ton in the crimes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Progress of Pennnnt Race in Base
Ball Leagues.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Rcast IN Deofh Refore Crowd.

Slowly roasting to death under tons of
rcd-hot bricks in plain view of their COM
rades, who were unable to assist them,
E. w. Drake, ST., and Clarence Bailey
met death at Kenmare, n. d. The big
kiln of the Kenmare Brick and Coal Com
pany burst. Drake, manager of the plant,
was burned up to his arms in the red-hot
pile. Bailey, II years old, was completely
antnmhed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
Railroad Must obey Car Rule.

The application of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad for preliminary injunction
to restrain the interstate commerce COM
mission from enforcing an order relative
to coal car distribution was denied by
the United States Circuit Court in Balti-
more. The order to which the railroad
company objected was one requiring it to
include so-called private" and foreign
railway fuel cars in making up its per-
centage of allotments of cars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
FORTUNE FOR DEPENDENTS
Man Who Killed Brother Remembers
Those Widowed and Orphaned.

Dying in the Ohio State penitentiary,
where he was received two years ago to
serve twenty-five years for the Staying OF
his brother, George Wagar, a member
OF a wealthy family of Lakewood, a
Cleveland suburb, has written will in
which his fortune of $4,000 is left to the
widow and daughter of his victim. The
form of his brother, riddled with bullets,
is said to haunt Wagar through the
nights. In the delirium of the fever
which sent him to the prison hospital
several weeks ago he calls aloud that he
did not mean to kill him. Prison officials
say Wagar had them witness will in
which all his share of the big Wagar for
tu;e is bequeathed without condition to
the family of his victim.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01

Living for years within a distance of
less than 100 miles from each other, a
father and two daughters have just been
reunited. The daughters supposed the
father dead and the father knew nothing
regarding his children's whereabouts. The
children are Mrs. Charles Kunow and
Miss Ruby Petersen of Marietta, Mimi
The father is Charles Petersen of Es-
therville, Iowa. The latter sent his pho
tograph to his father. The grandfather
at once notified his grandchildren of their
fathers whereabouts, and the reunion of
father and children speedily followed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
Work for 100000 Men Soon,

Orders have been issued at the large
iron and steel plants of the country to
prepare for resumption by Oct. l. A plan
has been evolved at a series of meetings
in New York to get the jobbers and deal
ers to stock up and not wait until after
election. AS a result fully 100000 idle
iron and steel workers in the country will
find immediate employment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01
PLOT TO KILL KING FOILET.
Police Prevent Attempt Life of
Alfonso OF Spain.

Alfonso OF Spain.
Details of a carefully paid plan to as
sassinate King Alfonso of Spain when
he passed through Biarritz on his way
to Paris came to light with the arrest
of the chief plotters. The anarchists had
timed every move Of the King, and had
arranged to explode several bombs under
the railway coach occupied by his majesty
upon his arrival. When the anarchists
were arrested a number of Internal ma
chimes containing enough explosive to de-
stroy dozen trains were found and con-
fscated The anarchists were captured
through the close surveillance kept by the
French secret police on strangers and sus-
picious persons. The whole plot was dis
covered and the police acted promptly,
arresting five men, declared to be among
the most dangerous anarchists in Europe.