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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

The authorities of the Texas expert
| ment station are advocating State seed
| inspection.
In order to insure rice crop for
game birds along the Mississippi river
sportsmen are sowing large quantities of
wild rice seed.
On their bid of $3.50, Spearfish, s. d.,
was awarded ths next annual show of the
Black Hills Poultry Association, which
| will be held in 1905.
Farmers of Shelby county, Iowa, have
found out that seed corn taken from
cribs, however carefully selected, will not
grow nearly as well as where it is taken
from shocks.
Fruit growers in eastern Montana con-
slider that the crop was practically de-
stroyed by the severe cold of April.
f. e. Bone of Alva, H., won all the
hogs at the International. They were all
Chester Whites.
More than twenty-five steam plows
have been at work in Sully county, S. D.,
this spring, turning up more than a
section of land day.
An agricultural expert from South At
RIGA is in Texas studying the dry farm
ing methods employed there for the bene-
fit of his own country.
The Faribault, Mimi, Commercial Club
has accepted the offer Of several Twin
City capitalists to establish an amber
cane syrup and stock food factory in the
city. The company will be capitalized ct
$4,000. Contracts will be made for rails
ing $50 acres of amber cane.
Rival grain men have secured an III
junction from the circuit judges estop-
ping the contractor from building an ele-
vator for a local farmers association on a
site approved by the State railroad COM
mission az Armour, S. d. The site is
within 100 feet Of another grain house
and this is interpreted to be contrary to
law.
The first seeding of spring wheat this
season was done by farmers near Java,
S. D., and it is thought this will be a
favorable season for the crop.
A milk dealer of Caldwell, n. j., owns
a horse which lies down to be shod hold
ing its feet in the air and making itself
comfortable during the operation.
In southern Minnesota and South Da.
kota, it is predicted that harvest will he
much in advance of last season if the
present advance is maintained, and it Is
safe to predict barley, harvest July Is,
wheat harvest July 25, and coarse grain
about the same date, or about one month
in advance of 1907. This is the harvest
prospect at the present time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
MANY STOLEN HORSES TRACED.
Indiana Animals Sold in Chicago
Located in Various Cities.

One Of the detectives who went to Chi
cago to investigate the sale of horses al
legged to be stolen by Banker Robert IL.
Greene of Waynetown, returned to In
dianapolis and reported that Greene dis
posed of a large number of horses to deal
ers in the Windy City. Two horses be-
longing to William Willets of Attica, and
for which he offered reward of 5000,
were shipped to New York. A $4OO team
taken from George Defree of Shadeland,
Ind, had been sold to a Chicago furniture
company, and the other to a Philadelphia
man. \ horse valued at $500, from Geo.
Crawford's farm at Attica, Ind, was sold
to buyer in Lockport, n. Y, while an
other animal owned by John Masterson Of
Linden, Ind, was shipped to the same
place. Two heavy draft horses, one own
ed by NJ. Conover of Covington, Ind,
and the other by a farmer at Cayuga,
Ind, and four other animals were sold
to eastern buyers An effort will be
made to recover all the animals.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
WHO'S TO RULE WHITE HOUSE +?
Washington Society speculates on
the Next Presidents Wife.


the Next Presidents Wife.
Washington correspondence
While the presidential election is agi-
tating the politicians and speculation
is rife as to who will be the Republi-
can and Democratic nominees for the
Presidency and ultimate victor, society
circles in Washington are far more in
terested in trying to guess who will be
the first lady of the land after March
4th
While admitting that Mrs. w. J.
Bryan and Mrs. w. Ii. Taft have the
| best chances, society nevertheless dis
clsses the possibility of the white
house being presided over by Mrs. John
A. Johnson. Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks
or Mrs. Charles e. Hughes.
Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Fairbanks NAV
be said to be equally well known in
Washington society circles. OF Mrs
Hughes and Mrs. Johnson little is
known in the capital.
Mrs. Fairbanks may be said to be
Mrs. Fairbanks was born in Marys-
vile, Ohio, and lived there until she
went to Delaware and to the Ohio Wes-
leyan University. Her maiden name
was Cornelia Cole She was a gen.
eral leader among her friends and grad
uated in 1872 in the same class with
her husband. In 1874 Mr. and Mrs.
Fairbanks were married and went to
live in Indianapolis, where they were
soon identified with the life of the
city.
In appearance Mrs. Fairbanks is IN
usually prepossessing, having that in
defnable stamp of a gracious and re-
fined woman.
Mrs. Taft, unlike Mrs. Fairbanks,
has never been prominent in club af-
fairs. She is home-loving woman, her
husbands chum and confidant. and the
idol of young Charlie ffaft, the Quen-
tin Roosevelt of the Taft family Mrs.
Taft was Helen Heron, of Cincin-
natl.
Mrs. Johnson, all who have met her
declare, is sweet, sympathetic wom-
an, ever ready to lend a hand in the
cause of charity. Her early expert
ences have taught Mrs. Johnson the
uses of adversely and most of her time,
when not helping her husband, is spent
in aiding the poor of st. Paul and
Minneapolis Mrs. Johnsop's maiden
name was Gilmore Preston, and her
home st. Peter, MINI.
Mrs. Bryan is never happier than
when on the family farm near Lincoln,
and boasts that she is a better farmer
than most men. Nevertheless, Mrs.
Bryan is an accomplished woman,
widely read and possesses that indie
Enable art of impressing every one
with her ability as a society leader,
known rs "savoir faire." Mrs Bryan
before her marriage was Miss Mary
Elizabeth Baird, of Perry, III.
Mrs. Charles Z. Hughes, wife of the
governor of New York State. is a bril-
liant and accomplished woman, but has
preferred to devote herself to home life
rather than society. Mrs. Hughes num-
bers a great many New York society
women among her friends Mrs.
Hughes was formerly Miss Antoinette
Carter, of New York. Miss Helen Can
non is Speaker Joseph G.. Cannons
younger daughter and would figure
prominently in white house social af-
fairs should Mr.. Cannon win the presi-
dency.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
ONCE MILLIONAIRE; IN WANT.
Former President of Northwestern
Road Applies for Aid

Applies IoF 1Iu.
G. J. L. Meyer, first president of the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad, for
mer mayor of Fond du Lac, at one time
business partner of the late Senator Saw
yer in the wholesale lumber business, a
former millionaire and prominent politi
clan, and now a resident of Chicago at
80 Aberdeen street, has applied to Agent
Gustave Frellson Of the Associated Chair
ties for admission to the Milwaukee coun-
ty poorhouss. Two daughters, both mar
ried to wealthy men, fail to reply to his
requests for aid, it is said, and son,
who lives in Chicago, is too poor to care
for his father. By his removal to Chi
cago two years ago Mr.. Meyer has for
feited his right to admission to the Mil
waukee county house, but Mr.. Frellson
will make an appeal in his behalf to his
wealthy sons-in-law. Mr.. Meyer refused
money aid. He is x years of age and
was once prominent in the councils of the
Republican party, having twice been a
delegate at large to national conventions.
When at the head of the large factory
which is now the plant of the Winnie
bago Furniture Manufacturing Company,
he owned a palatial home in Fond du
Lac.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
WOMEN TRY TO SLAY JUDGE.
Ambush Paterson, y. j., Jurfst and
Slash Him with Knives.

Two women anarchists leaped from am
bush upon Judge Carroll of the police
headquarters court of Paterson, y. j., as
be was on his way to his home the other
night and tried to stab him to death.
But for the fact that he is an active and
powerful man the Amazons would have
succeeded in their attempt to kill him, but
he overpowered them and they were ar
raigned before him and sentenced to long
terms in Jail Thy gave the names OF
Mary Caminita and Giusseppinni Caro-
sive. Neither would reveal the animus
of the attack, but it was undoubtedly in
spired by the rigor with which the police
and judges of Paterson have been dealing
with the anarchists of the city of late.
Mary Caminita is said to be a sister of
Joseph Caminita, the editor of La Cues
tione Sociale, an anarchistic publication
which was recently suppressed by the
United States government. Caminita dis
appeared and is said to have gone to
Italy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
GENERAL BUTLER.

served through the first period of sue
cessive disasters, when his accounts
usually began II regret to report" Gen.
Butler succeeded in relieving Lady
smith, which was invested for 11S
days. He was succeeded in command
by Gen. Lord Roberts. In 1882 Gen.
Butler married Lady Audrey Jane
Charlotte, a daughte" of the marquis
of Townsend.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
SUES UNDER NEW RATE LAW.
Secretary Metcalf Commences Action
Against Two Express Companies.

The first formal complaint by the
United States under the new rate law
was filed with the interstate commerce
commission the other day. Secretary of
the Navy Metcalf originated the case,
which is brought against the Adams Ex-
press and the Northern Pacific Express
companies. The complaint itself is sim
pie, involving the question of reasonable
ness of rates, and is based on the princi-
pie that a through rate shall not exceed
the totals of local rates. On July 20,
1907, the new department shipped from
Washington to Bremerton, in the State
Of Washington, 3.74S pounds of merchan-
1ise. The rate charged was SLID a hun
1red pounds, whereas the rate from
Washington, d. c., to Seattle is S10.S5
per hundred and from there to Bremen
ton 80 cents a hundred, or a total of
S11.35 hundred pounds, and the COM
mission is asked to enforce that as the
lawful through rate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
wrfrhts Make Record FIipbt

After a series of experimental soarings
in their latest model aeroplane over the
sand dunes near Manteo, \. c., the
Wright brothers broke all records Monday
in a fight exceeding two miles, during
which they turned two corners and at all
times had the machine under complete
control. In their aerodrome on Kill Devil
Hill they are working on a new motor,
with which they now expect to make a
fifty-mile fight but all details of their
plans and improvements are kept closely
guarded from the newspaper men, who
have focked to the place from all over the
world.
During their longest fight the
machine went at a speed of nearly forty
seven miles an hour. 1t gets its start
from rail, on which a wheel runs, and
has TO be carried back from the point
where the flight ends. In a still later
trial this marvellous mechanical bird, car
rying both the inventors, few a distance
of three miles at the speed of sixty miles
an hour,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
MOB OF 500 STORMS OHIO BANK.
Lolita Concern in Cleveland Closes
DOOrs-Dennsifnrs I'm Erenzy

Lolita Concern in Cleveland Closes
Neutrality-suspicious. in Frenzy.
Five hundred Infatuated Italians storm
ed the closed doors of the private banking
house of Gaetano Liotta in Orange street,
Cleveland, Ohio, and had it not been for
police interference would have forced an
entrance. When the doors failed to open
at the accustomed time the bank was sur
rounded by depositors. Rumor flew fast
and men, women and children focked to
he scene. The crowd threatened to break
in the doors and a riot call was turned in.
A squad of policemen soon arrived and
drove back the excited people. Liotta,
it is said, can not be found. The total
deposits do not amount to more than $780,
300.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
ROOSEVELT is SAVED BY JUMP.
Good Horsemanship Averts Disaster
When His Horse Falls.

Good Horsemanship Averts Disaster
When His Horse Falls.
President Roosevelt narrowly escaped
serious injury the other afternoon while
out horseback riding in Washington. Only
his Craftsmanship saved him from being
badly crushed, if not killed, by his horse
when the animal fell backward into a
creek. White House employees denied
rumors concerning the mishap, but the
President confirmed the reports in circu-
lation. Aside from a drenching from a
falling in a creek and little shaking up,
which caused no inconvenience, the Presi-
dent is none the worse for his experience.
The horse, new one, returned thoroughly
broken and the President entered the
White House in high fettle, thoroughly
enjoying the self-imposed task of training
the animal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
Kills Man and Wife; Mystery.

Other than to say his sister had been
wronged, Ben Oliver, a young farmer,
who is locked up in the county Jail at De
witt, Ark, charged with the killing of his
sister and her husband, a man named
Stanley, can give no reason for his crime
Mrs. Stanley was shot and killed while at
work in the garden. Oliver then entered
the house and fired on Stanley, who was
in bed sick, killing the man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
English Derby Winner

Before the greatest crowd that ever
gathered on historic Epson Downs and
with weather conditions glorious enough
% turn out Great Britain's biggest vanity
fair, the Derby was won by a long shot,
E. Ginistrellis FLY Signorinetta, which
sold at 100 to 1 in the betting and was
one of the least considered of the field of
eighteen animals in the classic event.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
T.sin Dispatching by Phone

The Lackawanna railroad is preparing
to replace its Geographic system of train
dispatching with the telephone. Poles
have been set and wires are being strung
on the section between Scranton and
Binghamton and work will be begun on
other parts of the road as rapidly as sup
plies can be got.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
DEATH TAKES BUTLER.
British General Who Lost Fine Mill
tary Reputation in Africa.


tary Reputation in Africa.
General Sir Redvers Henry Butler
died in London after an illness of sew
eral weeks. He was born in 1889. Gen.
Butler, for many years a famous SOL
der, was obliged to retire from the
army with a discreditable record be-
cause of the successive defeats suffer
ed during the Boer war. He was a
veteran soldier and had won the Vic
toria cross for gallant deeds in India,
Egypt, and other parts of the world
where Great Britain had had fighting
to do.
The action which finally led to his
undoing was connected with the siege
of Ladysmith in the autumn of 1899.
Butler was commander in chief of the
forces sent against the Beers and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
Takes Dare; browns in River

Accepting a dare that he could not
swim the Sabine river four times. Will
liam Barnett of Logansport, La, Is
years old, was drowned while half way
across on the last trip. Three compan-
ions in a boat were unable to save him.
He had covered more than two miles when
lie became exhausted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11

Twelve luggers sank and 30 men lost
their lives when a typhoon struck the
pearl fishing fleet just as it left Thursday
Island, off the west coast of Australia. ac-
cording to news brought by the Australia
Canadian liner Manuka. Twenty of those
who went down with the wrecks were
white men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
NEBRASKA TORNADO WRECK.
Several Persons Injured and Houses
Destroyed in Storm.

A score of persons We're injured and
several residences were either destroyed
or badly damaged by a tornado which
struck Kearney, Neb., at > 40 O'Clock
Thursday afternoon. No less than eight
funnel shaped clouds formed during an
hour and passed within sight of Kearney,
but only one struck the town. Among
the houses badly damaged was that of
United States Senator Brown. Across the
Platte river a school house unoccupied
was demolished.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
Once Rich; Ends Life Poor.

Louis Bendorf, aged GA years, once q
wealthy merchant of New Orleans, and
for the last ten years a detail in the
wards of the city hospital of st. Louis,
committed suicide by drinking carbolic
acid. Bendorf, who had been a wanderer
for many years, lost his family and for
tune in yellow fever epidemic at New
Orleans.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11

cratic party. He became a member of
the National Committee in 1856; was
chairman of the Committee ON Reso-
buttons in the convention that nomin-
ated William J. Bryan; named as Ma
tional Committeeman by his State, he
became chairman and managed the
campaign. Senator Jones was chair
man of the Democratic National Com
mittee in the 1900 campaign and gave
way to Tom Taggart in the Parker
campaign of 1904.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
Great Railroad Builder Dead.

Sir Robert Gillespie Reid, railroad
builder and capitalist, died in Montreal,
Que, Tie was a native of Scotland and
went i'll 1865 to Australia, where he en-
gagged in mining and public works. Six
years later he came to America. Mr..
Reds greatest work of construction from
the physical standpoint was on the Cana
dian Pacific railway north of Lake Su
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
TRIES TO STEAL CROWN.
Thief Caught in Attempt to Pry OF
Part of Image in Church.

In the act of trying to break off the
crown of the image of the Infant Jesus
in the Church of the Most Holy Redeem
er, in East Third street, New York, Rene
Baci, who said he had no home, was
caught by Captain Shaw and two detec-
tives summoned by Father Englehart.
The crown at which the man was work
ing is said to be worth about $4,000,
being of gold, with jewel decorations.
Baci said he entered the church the pre-
vious afternoon and hid throughout an
evening service and until almost midnight
in the hollow of the statue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11

Several hogs wallowing in the pand at
the edge of lot on the Guinness farm
near Laporte, Ind. brought up a bone of
human arm. The finding of the bone
has convinced Sheriff Shutter that other
bodies have been buried beneath the mud
at the bottom of the pond.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
WAITER SAVES LIVES IN HOTEL.
Dayton, o., Diners Ordered Under
Tables as Heavy Ceiling Falls.

Tables as Heavy Ceiling Falls.
George Davis, head waiter at the
'Seckel hotel in Dayton, Ohio, saved the
lives of seveEty-ive guests by his presence
of mind at noon the other day, when the
ceiling in the dining room fell, burying
the diners under tons of lathing and plas-
ter. Leon Schiff of New York was the
first to discover the cracking of the cell
ing, and notified Davis. TIE latter, act
ing promptly, shouted to the guests to get
under the tables. The majority obeyed
and the next instant the great mass hold
ing together fell and on striking chairs
and tables, the ten chandeliers formed
arched coverings for the imprisoned guests
beneath.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
Lake Shipping Business Dull.

Unable 10 obtain cargo because of
the dullness of the shipping season. the
new steamer Truesdale sailed for Buffalo
from Superior, Wis. in ballast. This is
most unusual thing, particularly at this
season of the year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
Girl Leans to Death I'm Fire

Fire, which started in the basement of
Mrs Mary Moneys boarding house in
West Thirtieth street, New York, cut off
twenty boarders, and before the fremen
arrived young woman had killed herself
by leaping from the roof to the pavement
Several others were severely burned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
Held on Suspicion.

A man giving the name of Roy c.
Thompson and asserting he is the son OF
a Rochester IN. " capitalist. is held
at Los Angeles on suspicion of attempted
robbery. Two revolvers and a mask were
found on him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
SAYS CIeHe1nnd HAS a Cancer.

Ex-President Cleveland is suffering
from cancer of the gall-bladder or stom-
aeh. This was learned from a personal
friend of DIR. Bryant, who has been at
tending Mr. Cleveland for two months.
1t is the general opinion in Lakewood.
n. j.. that the ex-President will never
leave Lakewood alive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
Boys Lynch Man in Jail.

A mob entered the Webster county Jail
at Dixon, KY, and taking out Jake Nc
Dowell, negro, who had killed a deputy
marshal, shot him to death. 1t is said
that the mob was composed chiefly Of
yofng boys who had been out on lark.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
High Water in Montann.

Flood conditions in Montana are prob
ably the worst in the history of the
Northern Pacific railroad, traffic on that
road being demoralized, with trains tied
up in eastern Montana and at points west
of Butte. Many feet of snow is lying in
the mountains as a result of the recent
storm
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
RoBBER GETS CHURCH CASH.
Thief Writes AdmOnition When He
Makes Away with Funds.

"Ie shalt not make my fathers house
place of merchandise" wrote facetious
thief who for the second time recently
entered the Methodist church at Atus,
Okla, and distracted the collection box
The box had been placed to gather special
funds, each contributor giving a penny for
each year of his age. The first time
about 50 had been given when the box
was seen no more. The second time the
robber allowed only $3.50 to accumulate
before he made away with it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
Low Postage TO Britain.

Postmaster General Meyer announces
that an agreement has been reached with
the British government for letter post
age of , cents an ounce between the
United States and Great Britain and Ire
land, to become effective Oct. 1.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
Mother and Daughters Found Dead

Mrs Elizabeth Dohrman and her three
daughters were asphyxiated in their home
60 Tell street, Chicago, by gas escaping
from broken hose attached to a small
stove Schoolmates of the children. who
called for them to go to school, found the
dead bodies and summoned help.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-11
Explosion on warship Tennessee.

Four men were killed and ten injured,
four probably fatally, on board the ar
mored cruiser Tennessee, at Los Angeles,
when boiler tube exploded. hurting frag-
ments of iron about the engine room and
filling il with scalding steam.