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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12

hind that of the head of the ticket,
owing chiefly to the fact that he was
not Endorsed by Senator La Toilette.
Eight Republican Congressman have
been elected. two are in doubt, and one
Democrat is elected. The Legislature
is Republican.
In Minnesota, where there was Bit
ter fight for Governor, johnson appear
ed to have won by a small majority,
although Bryan was beaten in the
state by considerably over 10000 votes
This fact is thought to put Johnson in
the forefront of the Democratic candi-
dates for the nomination four years
from now.
Missouri went for Bryan, and Had
ley the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, according to the first re-
ports, did not overcome the normal
Democratic majority. The indications
were that Senator Stone had succeeded
in the primary election, thus defeat
ing the ambition of Governor Folk to
become United States Senator.
Cummfns Wins in Iowa.
Iowa has gone for Taft but by ma
iority much reduced from that given
to Roosevelt four years ago. The early
returns indicated that Governor Cum
Minis had received a majority of the
Republican vote, and will therefore be
indicated as the choice of the Legisla-
ture United States Senator to succeed
the late William B. Allison.
In Illinois incomplete returns indi-
Gated that Taft's plurality in the State
will be more than $4,000, and that
Governor Deneen has returned to the
Statehouse for a second term by mar
gin of between $4,000 and 5000. In
Chicago a terrific slashing of the ticket
on the part of the '.irreconcilable'' ele-
ment in the Republican party, which
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
NEW YORK.

Unsettled weather and prediction
quiet are in evidence this week, as affect
ing trade at a great many cities. Elk
cept at Chicago and New York, where
some good business has been done in
wholesale lines for spring, first and sec
ond hand distribution has been confined
to filling-in and immediate shipment pro-
portions.
Current distribution as a whole is still
reported below last year at the CORE
spending date, except at a few points in
the Northwest. Perhaps the most active
line at wholesale is that of cotton goods
for spring.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Oct. 20 number 239,
against 231 last week, 223 in the like
week of 1907, 1853 in 1906, 160 in 1905
and 200 in 1904. Business failures in
Canada for the week number 81, against
81 last week and % in this week last
year.-Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12

lined up with the Stevenson managers
ON a vote-trading proposition, made
Deneen run behind the head of his
ticket Stevenson captured the city by
margin of 6,721 votes. The majority
against Deneen in Cook County. how
ever, was made I'D in the country dis
tricts in the State.
New York City affords one of the
greatest surprises of the election. In
stead of giving Bryan the 100000 SC
confidently claimed by Democratic man
ayers, Taft actually carried the me-
tropolis, This is the second time Re-
publican candidate for President has
carried New York City, Mckinley hav-
ing a plurality of $1,000 in 1896. Four
years later Bryan carried the city by
$4,000, and in 1904 Parker carried it by
$4,000. Two years ago Chanler carried
it for Lieutenant Governor by 10000,
and this year the Democratic leaders
felt sure of from $1,000 to 10000 for
Bryan. Even the Republicans concel-
ed tue city to Bryan b. 65,0OO.
Hearst's Independence party did not
change the result in New York State
but it did contribute materially to keep
ing down the Bryan vote. Hisgen poll
ed upward of 10000 votes in New York
City. most Of which would likely have
gone to Bryan. The Hearst candidate
for Governor of New York, Shearn. did
not get enough votes to have saved
ChanIer if all had been cast for him.
The much-talked-of Bryan landslide
in the West did not materialize. Taft's
pluralities in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa.
Minnesota, Michigan and other States
of this region are much reduced
from the Roosevelt figures of 1904,
but are still comfortably large
Nebraska alone seems "a sort of
Democratic island in the Western Re-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12

! publican sea, Bryan's plurality in his
home State being estimated at 5000.
There are no breaks in the Solid
| South Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee
North Carolina and other States in
which some thought Taft had a chance,
returning about the normal Democratic
| pluralitieS.
The New Congress.
The Republicans have a majority in
the House of Representatives, and all
the prominent members of the House
who were candidates for reelection
were returned. Joseph G.. Cannon was
elected in his Illinois district, and he
will undoubtedly be chosen Speaker in
the organization of the new House.
The Senate will show a slight fall
ing off on the Republicans, there be-
ing indicated a Republican member
ship of 80, with SO Democrats, which
means a Republican majority in the
upper house of Congress of 26.
Twenty-nine States will cast their
electoral votes for Taft, leaving but
II.
the same time the Republicans have
increased their supremacy in the ma
tional House of Representatives, while
in the United States Senate they have
retained their present majority.
Speaker Cannon and Representatives
Payne of New York and Dalzell of
Pennsylvania have all been reelected,
so that the lower House will continue
under its former regime.
While in the end the results bore
out the predictions which had been
made by the Republican managers,
there were a host Of surprises. In New
York the most hopeful expectations of
the Republican campaign managers
were surpassed. In Massa chusetts the
Democrats were defeated by a plural
ity of 10000, while in New Jersey
they had a margin of $1,000, a gain Of
more than 5000 in excess of the vote
for President Roosevelt four years
ago.
But after this has been said the re-
turns reveal a merciless slaughter Of
the vote piled up by Roosevelt and
Fairbanks in the last campaign. Penn
sylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Kansas,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, and In
diana each contributed its share to the
onslaught on the Republican total Of
four years ago, SO that while the party
has succeeded in giving its candidate a
comfortable majority in the electoral
college, the popular vote has been
whitfield down in amazing proportions
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
ILLINOIS THIRD IN MINERALS.
Surpassed in Value OF Products by
PennsyIyanis and Ohio,

Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Illinois ranks third among the States
in the production of minerals, being sur
passed as a mining State only by Penn
syivania and Ohio. According to a report
made public by the geological survey in
Washington the value of the mineral pro-
ducts of the United States in 1907 was
S2OG9, 2S9, 1876. Two minerals-coal and
iron-are credited with approximately 50
per cent of the total mineral value, and
threC more-copper, clay and petroleum
furnish % per cent. The value of the
output of Illinois is given at S145, 76S,
464. Pennsylvania, at the head of the
list, having $657 (7S3,345, and Ohio next
with $207 ,657 ,339. Michigan ranks sixth
with $70,073,920, more than 60 per cent
of the value being in copper. The value
of the more important minerals produced
in the United States in 1907 is placed as
follows: Coal, S614,79S, 1913; iron, $685.
95S,0O0; copper, $173, 799, 300; clay pro-
ducts, $15S,942, 1863; petroleum, $780,
106,749; gold, $90,435, 700; stone, ST.
105,S05; cement, $55,9O3,S51; natural
gas, So, S66, S35; lead, $3S, 707,576; sill
yer, $37 ,299, 700; zinc, $26, 401, $40; sand
and gravel ETC., $13,242,O02; lime, $12,-
G40,512; phosphate rock, $1O,653, 55S !;
salt, S1,439, 551; mineral waters, $7,331,-
SOB; zinc, white, $6,49O,66O; slate, &c.
019,220 sulphur, $5,142, $50.
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Chicago-Cattle common to prime,
$500 to $3.50 hogs prime heavy, $500
to $6.40; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $780, wheat, No. 2, 99c to $1.01;
corn, No. 2, 64c to 65c; oats, standard,
47c 20 49c; rye, No. 2, lac to 75c; hay,
timothy, $500 to $14!O0; prairie, $500
to $3.50 butter, choice creamery 2oc
to Csc; eggs, fresh, 23c to 27c; potatoes,
per bushel, SIC to &c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $500
to 500; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime,
$3.50 to 1913; wheat, No. 2, 99c to
$1.O0; corn, No. white, 64c to Coo; oats,
No. white, 47c to 4Sc.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $7.45; hogs.
s4.OO to 1925 sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat No. 2, S1.O3 to s1.04; corn, No. 2,
&c to 63c; oats, No. 2, 45c to 47c; rye,
No. 2, 73c to 75c.
Cincinnati-Cattle $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $685.; sheep, $500 to
1915: wheat, No. 2, $102 to S1.04; corn.
No. 2 mixed, &c to Csc; oats, No. 2
mixed, 47c to 49c; rye, No. 2, soc TO SIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, $1.O0 to S1.02; corn, no. 3
yellow, Toe to 76c; oats, No. white,
Acc to sic; rye, No. 2, 75c to TIC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
81 OF to S104; corn, No. 3, 64c to &c;
oats. standard, Acc to 51c; rye, No. l,
73c to 75c; barley, No. 1, 63c to Gle;
pork, mess, $14S7.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs. $3.50 to 5000; sheep $500 to
s425: wheat, No. red, SLOT to $1.09;
corn. No. 2, 76c to lie; oats, natural
white. SOC to sic; butter, creamery, 25c
to 29c; eggs, western, 25c to 30c.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, 800
to $500; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $40; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50.
Wheat, No. mixed, S1.01 to
s1O3: corn, No. 2 mixed, &c to &c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 49c to soc; rye No.
9. TIC to 7Sc; clover seed, $3.50.
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CHICAGO.

S4AASAOo.
The weekly review of Chicago trade
published by r. G. Dun & Co. says:
Successful bond fotations this week,
particularly city loan at a premium, and
a lower average discount on commercial
paper testify to further monetary ease.
Trading defaults furnish disappointing
feature, but prediction interest inter-
fereS but slightly with business activi-
ties, and trade conditions gather strength.
More seasonable weather gives the nee
essary stimulus to an adequate distribu-
uon of neceSsarieS, and there is larger
buying in the leading retail lines here
and at interior points. Food products,
apparel and footwear move freely, while
recovery appears in furniture, carpets,
jewelry and art wares.
Buyers attend the wholesale merchan-
disc districts in numbers comparing IA
vorably with this time last near, mail or
ders come forward steadily from the west
ern territory and dealings advance in
spring goods
a sharp gain is seen in demand for
christmas novelties. this business having
an encouraging outlook in contrast With
year ago. Dry goods departments re
port more acute scarcity of some mate
fials now urgently called for to replen-
ISL stocks and much of the personal buy
ing reflects disposition to secure fuller
needs for the winter.
shipments reach good aggregate in
woolens, linens knit goods, clothing and
horse furnishings, while groceries, canned
and wet goods and smokers supplies bulk
better than at this time last year, when
these latter lines were severely checked.
Reports from the agricultural sections
continue to be reassuring for future
trade, corn husking well and winter wheat
showing good growth Crop marketings
thus far have been exceptionally heavy
at prices averaging a high level.
Country bank deposits exceed all pre-
vious records, and less currency is with
drawn from this center, indicating in
creased purchasing power, which must
soon influence manufactures. Mercantile
collections show slowneSs on local bills,
but country settlements mainly run
prompt.
Bank clearings, $230036,515, are 2.S
per cent under those of corresponding
week in 1907 and compare with $21S,-
e11,650 in 1906.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 4S, against Is last week,
- year ago and % in 1906. Those
with liabilities over $1,000 number 13,
against last week, s year ago and in
1906.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
MURDER MYSTERY FOUND.
Mount Vernon Gate Keeper Finds
Skeleton Hidden.

Through the finding of the skeleton
of man on the historic Mount Vernon
estate, at one time the home of George
Washington, the authorities of Fairfax
county, Virginia, have to solve what APP
pears to be murder mystery. Gate
Keeper Vickers discovered the skeleton, to-
gether with the dead mans clothes, a
gold watch, bottle of WHISKY, and a cal
endar, in a patch of woods near the en-
trance to the grounds. Upon the calendar
the name Antonio" was written, and a
bullet was discovered among the bones.
The theory of the police is that an Ital
ian workman, employed two years ago in
the construction of road near the point
where the skeleton was found, was shot
by one of his fellow workmen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
RIVER UNDERMINEs TOWN.
Entire Village of Pine Bluff, Ark,
Is Threatened with Destruction.

Two large brick cotton warehouses,
owned by R. NJ. Knox and D. S. Blu
menthal tumbled into the Arkansas river
at Pine Bluff, Ark, following the con-
tinuous caving in of the banks of the
river. Hotel Jefferson and the Jefferson
county court house are in danger of fall
ing into the river within forty-eight hours.
The river continues to eat its way into
the heart of the business district and
thousands of dollars worth of property
is endangered. Hundreds of trees are be-
ing tied at the waters edge without eff
feet. Several small cottages have been
carried down stream, and a large planta-
ton on the north side of the river is grad
ually disappearing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
SOUTH DAKOTA KEEPS DIVORCE.
Proposed Change of the Short Term
Law Believed Defeated.

Opponents of the proposed new divorce
law, raising the period from six months
to a year ard requiring that hearings be
held at regular terms of court instead of
lin chamber" confidently claim the pro
posed measure is defeated in South Da-
kota. Those favoring the law dispute
this. Leading politicians who are in close
touch with conditions throughout the
State express the opinion that the pro-
posed divorce law has been defeated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
RnH Aeronauf Falls

Before 10000 people at Morris Park,
New York, where the Aeronautic Society
held its first exhibition and tournament,
Laurence ]. Lesh, the only one of the
dozen entries who was able to get above
the ground. fell fifty feet from his chanute
glider" Lesh, who is IS years of age
and boasts that he has ''glided' six miles
above the st. Lawrence river, is in the
Fordham hospital with both legs broken.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
200 FLEE FIRE IN SCHOOL.
Students Believed to BE Safe, but
Building Is Burned.

Fire which started IL the kitchen Of
the Bliss electrical school at Tacoma
Park, a Washington suburb, compelled
nearly 200 students to flee for their lives
in their night clothing The building,
thrce-story frame, was destroyed. All the
students escaped, but lost all of their eff
fects. The loss is upward of 100000. The
fire caught from a defective insulated
wire All the students were asleep in
their rooms almost half an hour after the
nre started. Many were forced to jump
out of second-story windows to save their
lives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
Crowd Sees Man Burn to Death.

The Alberta Hotel was burned in Gran
mis-, Ark. The fire was caused by the ex-
plosion of a kerosene lamp. George Tram
mel of Greenwood was burned to death.
All the other guests escaped by jumping
from windows. Trammel's window was
too small for him to crawl through He
was slowly roasted to death in sight of
the onlookerS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
Ethel ROoseveIt Near Injury.

Ethel Roosevelt was riding behind the
hounds in the Genesee Valley Clubs fox
hunt at Geneseo n. Y, when her saddle
horn slipped as her mount was taking the
fence. The thoroughbred became frac-
tious and it looked for a moment as
though Miss Ethel was in for bad tum-
bic. Harry Wilson of Geneseo dashed
up in time to put Miss Roosevelt's horse
under control.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
PREPARE FOR BALKAN WAR.
Reports PrOphesy Trouble Between
Nations Over Frontier.

Reports Prophesy Trouble Between
Nations Over Frontier.
The Balkan situation has taken on an
alarming aspect, owing to renewed rumors
that hostilities are imminent between SER
via and Austria-Hungary. The Austrian
troops are said to have been intrenching
on the Servian frontier, while Servia has
been making hasty preparations for war
and the removal of the seat of government
from Belgrade to 81 less exposed city. 1t
is difficult to ascertain the extent of the
truth of these reports, which are believed
to be greatly exaggerated although doubt
less both countries are preparing for pos
sibilities. At the Servian legation it is
asserted that the rumors are unfounded
and that Servia is maintaining a correct
attitude, pending the proposed interna-
tional congress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
kissing Dead spreads Disease.

tuberculosis is said to be thinning the
population of the Aleutian islands at an
alarming rate. DR.. Robert Oleson of the
revenue cutter McCulloch. who arrived in
San Francisco from Alaska, says that 40
per cent of the natives are afflicted with
consumption. He expressed a belief that
the ceremony of kissing the dead is in
part responsible for the spread of the dis
ease
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
Teacher Slain by Assassip

Albert Albright. school teacher. aged
80, was found dead with bullet hole
through his head in the public road near
Lawson, Mo. He had evidently been
thrown out of his buggy when he was
shot and the horses ran away. 1t is sid
he always went armed, because he feared
assassination.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
GIRL WALKS 5000 MILES.
Views Life of the Farmers and Con-
ditfons that Surround Them.


dftfons that Surround Them.
Miss Eva Cornwell of Wakeman has
just completed a remarkable tour over
Ohio. In ten months she has walked
$500 miles, all within the State, and
made a study of the conditions in rural
communities which would be invaluable
to President Roosevelt in his effort to bet
ter the condition of the farmers. The
walk, which began on a wager, covered
thirty-seven counties, hundreds of towns
and villages and carried Miss Cornwell
into almost every type of home within
the State. Her average days journey
was twenty-five miles on many days she
walked as many as forty miles. Il found
the trip a great benefit" she declares. 1T
strengthened me mentally as well as ply
sically. 1t showed me that the one thing
the farmer most needs is intellectual de-
velopment-that has not kept pace with
his material well being. Farmers take
things too specifically, avoiding discus
sions and studies that require concentra-
ton and deep thought"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
Road Pays Up Back Taxes

The Southern Indiana railroad has paid
IN several Indiana counties the delinquent
taxes which We're the cause of suits in
the State courts for receiver. Follow
ing this attempt in the State courts the
proceedings under which receiver was
appointed by the federal court was
started.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
Murdered in New York Tunnel.

In one of the galleries connecting the
tubes of the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel
in East Thirty-second and Thirty-third
streets, New York, has been found the
half nude body of an Italian workman,
who, police investigation shows, was MUIR
dered after a desperate resistance. The
man was known as Jim and had been
saving money with which to return to
Italy. The motive for the crime was rob-
how
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
Kills Himself During Trim.

George Whitman Updyke, shortly after
his arrival in Bay City. Texas. from St.
Louis, en- route to Mercedes, Texas, died
from an overdose of choral. A letter
was found requesting that Victor Kauf-
man of Washington be notified of his
death
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
Independence Day at Panama.

The anniversary of the independence of
Panama was celebrated in fitting and
enthusiastic manner in Colon. A public
holiday had been proclaimed and elabo-
rate festivities arranged, in which many
of the American employees of the canal
commission and Panama railroad took
part
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
MONUMENT AS WIRELESS POST.
Washington Shaft at Capital to Be
Used nv Telegraph Station.

Used Telegraph Station.
Commander Cleland Davis, Z. S. N,
writing in the Army and Navy Journal,
says: 1T is not unlikely that within a
few weeks, after careful consideration
of the scientific advantages to result from
its use as wireless station, an order
will be obtained for the installation of
wireless station in the top of the Wash
ington monument in Washington. The
outfit would consist of slender wires ex-
tended from the top of the monumei.t
down to standards somewhere in the
neighborhood and nowise marring the
beauty of the monument. The station for
receiving and sending would be in an
Office underground"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
Nation Acts on Riders Threats.

4 special representative of the Post
office Department reached Union City,
Tenn, to investigate the matter of the
anonymous threatening letters recently
sent Gov. Patterson and the men connect
ed with the ownership of Reelfoot Lake
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
s75o,ooO Fire Is Spectacular.

A spectacular fire that was marked by
many thrilling incidents destroyed the
lumber yards of r. A. & J. J. Williams.
in the northwestern section of Philadel-
phia, entailing a loss estimated at $780,
600.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
Last of Famous Family Gone,

John W. Hutchinson, the last of the
famous Hutchinson family" whose tenn
perance and abolition songs before the
Civil War made their names known
throughout the country, died at his home
in Lynn, Mass. He was 81 years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
z. BENJAMIN Andrews Resigns.

The resignation of Z. Benjamin An
drews as chancellor of the University of
Nebraska has been rendered to the re-
gents and accepted. Chancellor Andrews
will retire Jan. l. The question of his
successor was left open.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-12
Stays Business Partner.

S. c. Moore, furniture dealer. was
shot and instantly killed by his partner,
Frank Hockensmith. at their place of
business on Market street, Louisville. The
men quarreled over business.