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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
FATHER REscuEs KIDNAPPED SON
Ira L. Raynor of Middleton Ind.
Arrives in Atlanta with Bow

" III -R''t'Ht1E VIII bVS'
After searching ten months for his only
child, who he says was kidnapped from his
home near Middleton, Ind, Ira 1. Raynor
arrived in Atlanta, Ga, with the boy,
having rescued him from turpentine
camp near Savannah. The boy is u
years old and shows the effects of his
hard life in the turpentine camps. Ac-
cording to Raynor his son was kidnapped
by a travelling party. Raynor found no
trace of the boy until two weeks ago.
when he heard that a child resembling
his was at turpentine camp near Sa-
yannah. The boy said he had been kid
mapped, his captors threatening to tie a
rock around his neck and throw him in
the river if he attempted to escape or to
urrita
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
Sees Father as Hero,

The amazing tribute TO her father was
witnessed by Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt,
daughter of William Jennings Bryan.
Mrs Nicholas Longworth was also spec
tator of the scene. Thus both of the
presidential daughters" as Denver term
ed them, were on the spot for the big
spectacle of the convention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
Plan saoo.o 900 Combine.

Planning to merge their lumber inter-
ests into one great holding corporation
capitalized at approximately S300.O0OOO0,
one hundred wealthy lumbermen from the
yellow pine belt of the South and middle
West met in st. Louis at the Mercantile
Club and adopted an organization plan
looking toward that end
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
Fire I'm the Royal Opera.

Fire broke out in the Royal Opera
House in Berlin. having caught from a
plumbers furnace being used in the fourth
gallery The roof of the old structure
was soon blazing, but the firemen extin-
guished the flames before more than part
of the roof had been destroyed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
Kern ns Mate for Rryan,

John w. Kern of Indiana was nomi-
mated for Vice President by the Demo-
Gratis at Denver, and the convention came
To q close
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
whitecaps Murder Child

Whitecaps killed John \. Hays and
his S-year-old daughter at a claim about
ten miles north of Culbertson. Mont. 1t
was alleged Hays had jumped the claim
of Walter Long. a bachelor The little
girl was shot while her mother was trying
TO get her to a place of safety in the
house
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
Crowded. Rlenchers Enu

More than two hundred persons were
injured, one probably fatally, when the
bleachers at the New Bedford. Mass, ball
grounds of the New England League coli
lapsed, carrying down 1000 spectators.
Five were taken to a hospital. including
George 2. Brock, a civil service agent.
who is not expected to recover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16

and above this will rise a square tower
of twenty-eight stories, capped with
cupola. The facades are to be of brick
and granite. with terra Gotta trimmings
in the Renaissance style. There will be
thirty-eight passenger elevators, eight of
which will run to the top of the tower.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
Rockefeller Is 90 Years OLD

John D. Rockefeller quietly celebrated
his sixty-ninth birthday at Forest Hill,
his suburban home. at Cleveland. Mr.
Rockefeller, to the friends who called TO
congratulate him, declared that he was
enjoying splendid health and that he never
felt hetter in his life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
New Cure for Rabies.

An improved prevention of the develop
ment of rabies has just been brought into
use at Paris. Although it acts more
quickly than did the old method, it must
be administered before the germs have
multiplied so as to reach the nerve cen
terS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
BRYAN AND KERN ARE
TO LEAD DEMOCRACY
Indiana Man Is Named for Second
Place on the Denver
Ticket.
MANY CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD
Other Aspirants Withdraw. Nomina-
ton Is Unanimous and the Con-
vention Adjourns.
Denver correspondence

William Jennings Bryan of Nebrss-
ka and John W. Kern of Indiana
that is the ticket named by the Demo-
cratic national convention, which fin
iShed its work and adjourned at 4 %
O'Clock Friday afternoon
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
Shredded Bananas Next.

Two chemists in the University of
Washington at Seattle now claim to have
discovered a method of treating the ripe
banana so that it can be faxed or shred
ded as a breakfast food, and preserved in
definitely in any climate, with a its
flavor and food value preserved.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
BRANDS BOY AS MESSIAH.
Mother Burns Her ChiId's Forehead
with Hed-Hot Iron

Asserting that her 6-year-old son,
Charles was the Messiah, his mother,
Mrs. Grace Goodsall of New York, brand
ed him for life on the forehead and throat
with a red-hot iron. The child was res
cued from the crazed woman and both
We're taken to Bellevue hospital, where
the mother said she had branded the boy
so that he would be marked for life. The
police charge that the woman also tried
TO kill her mother. The little boy, though
terribly burned, will recover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
Record AeropInne Flight

Delagrange, the French aerouaut, con-
tinuing his aeroplane tests at Milan, Italy,
has surpassed all previous records by fly
ing from sixteen to thirty minutes, during
alls which time his machine was between
10 and Is feet high.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
ZeppeIiu,s Twelye-Hour Flight

Twice during the week has Count Yep
pelin demonstrated the power and air
navigating quality of his big airship in
voyages over Lake Constance. The second
time he, with a crew of fourteen men.
sailed continuously for twelve hours at an
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
Rexcuinr soldier Drnxns

Jacob Cohen, an artilleryman stationed
at Fort Sill. Okla. was drowned in Med
icine creek while trying TO rescue a bath
er. Cohen enlisted three months ago and
came to Fort Sill from New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
Professional Rover browns

Edward ]. Roemer. aged 3D. profess
sional oarsman. was drowned in the Mis-
sissippi river at st. Louis whom his Scull
capsized after losing an oar. His com
panion was rescued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
The Latest Hammondport Flight.

The airship known as the June Bug
designed by G. H. Curtis, has had a sue
cessful trial flight at Hammondsport ter
ritory The June Bug went the record
distance of 2175 feet at a speed of thirty
six miles an hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16

tacular dress of their tribes, all moving
under vari-colored ropes of electric lights
and under a canopy of flags and bunting
made the Coney Island carnival look like
a Sunday school picnic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
Chilli Roru To Wealth.

Mrs. John y. Rockefeller Jr., gave
birth to son at the Rockefeller summer
home at Bar Harbor, Me. This is the
third child, the others being a boy and
girl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
lightning Hits Mother and Child

During severe thunderstorm bolt of
lightning which entered the house of Mrs.
John Griffin in Lowell, Mass. knocked
the woman's child from her arms. but,
beyond a severe shock, neither was in
iured
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16

ance of air to moving body decreased
in proportion to the surface going against
the air. Hence bodies of great size must
be made use of. He denied the statement,
frequently made, that his ship would
never be able to alight on the ground, say
ing that landing stages could be construct
ed with little difficulty. He said his work
was only beginning, and proposed to
found an institution to study the subject.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16

Bryan Also Has Brother.
Each "BilP has a brother 'ChaS."
There's a Brother Charlie" too, in the
Bryan campaign for the Presidency
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16

japanese fishermen of Honolulu. Ha-
wall have agreed to sell no fish to Chinese
retailers in retaliation for the Chinese
boycott of japanese goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
PROUD AND STRONG
 SOUL SURRENDERS
WOMAN TIRED OF THE WORLD AND SUFFERING FROM TROUBLE AND ENVIRONMENTS TAKES POISON AND DIES.

New York, February 7.-'I should like you to feel that it is the surrender Of a proud strong soul''
 In these words, penned to a friend to- day, Mrs. Cleo A. Walton of San Fran cisco, explained a suicide, planned with gruesome deliberation.
 Having paid her bill at the hotel La Grange, selected a casket, arranged for the cremation of her body, and summon ed the police, coroner and undertaken, the woman swallowed poison and was dead when those called to her apart ments arrived,
 Mrs. Walton was the widow of MT. Walton whom she married in Denver. She was 43 years of age and possessed of womanly beauty.
 Born in Fayetteville, Tenn, where sister resides, in early life she removed to Denver. Thrown upon her own re- sources by the death of her husband, she set up a dressmaking establishment in San Francisco, and prospered until the earthquake, which she said, impov- erished her. Later she came here and made brave struggle.
 In a letter to her physician she wrote that it was her unalterable conviction of the absolute futility of all things that made the effort useless, even though she should attain the success for which she should start ''It could not she said, "bring a single hope into my life or joy to my heart, so wherefore the struggle. All whom have ever loved have passed on before."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
SNAPS THAT WON'T BITE

$4400-Rental $500, 102x240, two broom houses and two 4-room houses half cash; 10th avenue, north. sS25O-5Ox140; s-room dwelling; coming bus mess propertyi stores on both sides; First avenue.
 s525O-Rental s72o; stone buildings; close to the center, Northsde S4200-Rental $600; stone buildings, South Highlands.
 S1S50-eOx1s0. near 12th avenue; Central Norwood.
 s20oO-6Ox190; fronts car line, near 12th ave- nue. north.
 S10000-A S16O00 home; lot alone worth the price. F'irst-class, attractive, mod ern residence. All the home comforts inside and out. At a sacrifice for quick money sLocation the best. Fronts Highland avenue car line, South High lands.
 s5250-Elegant S-room residence new and modern; 14th avenue, South Highlands; $500 cash, $50 per month 00-Two-story modern, 7-room residence west of 20th street, South Highlands; $500 cash $40 per month. Over half could go five years. It will rent for $40. $10. O0O-5Ox14O. 4th avenue, near 18th street, in few yards of Terminal entrance. $140O-Rental $2O0; two cottages, near Spring street, Avondale; $500 cash, bal ance easy.
 s250O-sOx1SO, Tuscaloosa avenue, 7-room cottage. West End $500 cash and bal ance easy.
 $S00-Half cash, balance one year, will buy valuable corner, .100x140, center of North Birmingham. $4750-Rental $750; two Groom and two Broom dwellings. Avenue c. $5500-Rental S540; modern 7-room resi- dence near Eighth avenue and Seven teenth street, north
 NOTICE!
 Those who have been waiting for the past 50 years for some one with prop erty to sell, that has got to sell to please come in and rub some of that moss off. We have got just what you have been looking for. Yes, Bud" some have got to sell and got it bad; not many; but we have captured those few. Come and see 'em.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
IN THE BIRMINGHAM
 REAL ESTATE MARKET

Deeds of conveyance were filed in the office of the probate court yesterday in the following transactions in real estate in which amounts of 5000 or more were involved
 s2000-Mary A. Bates and George B. Bates to Urma Irene Jackson Holloway, lot 21 of z. A. Parkers addition to Wood lawn.
 $24OO-J A. Simpson to Mary Grady, lot 1, in block 25 H, as shown on the map of the survey of the Ensley Land Company's first addition to Ensley, the said lot fronting 50 feet on Avenue H and extending back 100 feet.
 s15Oo-Mary Grady to J. W. Minor, lot 1, in block E, Ensley, as shown on the map of the survey of the Ensley Land Companys first addition
 s12oO-Samuel Earnshaw and wife to the w. H. Tharpe Realty Company, lot IS, in block I, as shown on the map of the survey of 'Ivanhoe."
 s22OO-James M. Funderberg and wife to Edwards and Cameron, property in the southeast corner of the southwest quar- ter of the northwest quarter of section B, township IS, range west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
FAKE STORY WAS
 GIVEN TO PAPERS
DAUGHTERS OF CoNFEDERACY DENY THAT INSCRIPTION HAS EVER BEEN PREPARED FOR WIRE MONUMENT.

Atlanta, February 7.-After two-days' meeting of thee executive committee of the Georgia division of the Daughters of the Confederacy, called to discuss the pro- posed inscription for the Wirz monument to be erected at .AnderseSville. Miss Alice Baxter, president of the Georgia division, today gave out a statement saying that no inscription has yet been adopted for the monument. Publication in the press of various parts of the country that the monument to the Confederate commander of Andersonville prison was to bear on inscription containing such phrases as illegally tried' and ''judicially mur- dered, brought forth protests from Cor poral Tanner of the Grand Army of the Republic and many others. Miss Baxter in her statement says that at the time of these publications the proposed inscrip- tion had not even been submitted to the executive board and that no inscription has been adopted. The statement fur ther says that the committee has received communications from prominent Confed- crate veterans throughout the south. in- cluding one from Gen. Stephen D. Lee
 commander-in-chief of the Confederate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
GENERAL TRADE
 4 LITTLE BETTER Retail Merchants Go Slowly
 With Their Buying BAD WEATHER HELPS SOME Collections Are Reported Rather Slow, But Lumber and Iron Trades Are
 Showing Up Better condi.
 tlons for the Week.
BAD WEATHER HELPS SOME

New York, Febraury 7.-Bradstreet 6 tomorrow will say:
 While retail trade in some lines of wearing apparel has been helped by the coldest and stormiest weather of the win ter. other branches of trade and industry and the transportation have been inter- l fered with sufficiently to make the week as whole a rather quiet one the coun- try over. Wholesale and jobbing trade has been rather quiet and while there are signs that improvement along con servative lines is making progress, the caution as regards spring buying Is as marked as ever and the country mer- chants policy, even where the most act i've buying is noted. is in the direction of small and frequent rather than large purchases. Commodity prices as a whole are irregular, grain quotations rallying from the depression of last month, but other lines show little strength and this week some metals, provisions and cotton are lower; with most other lines dis playing weak tone. Cotton goods are no lowerl but raw wool sales are largely at concessions.
 Collections show little improvement.
 From the southwest come reports that some cancelled orders are being reinstat- ed. From the south come advices of slow trade collections, but some lumber mills are reported resuming with stocks reduced by the recent shutdown East ern trade reports are quiet, except where helped by special weatAer-created de- mand.
 Buying of pig iron is of the small lot character, but in the aggregate it Is of fair proportions. However the price sit uation Is weaker, especially in the central west. Bar iron was up two dollars per ton. Demand for structural material is fair but certain lines have shaded prices in order to stimulate business Prices on plate are also lower, the concessions be- Ing offered by the less important ma- kers
 Business failures in the United States for the week ending February number 2l2 against S59 Ia-. week, and 1sS in the like week of 1907
 Der 50, against A last week, and IS in this wee-A a year ago.
 Wheat, including flour exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending February 6, aggregate A5O7-- 4ob bushels, against A. 205 last week and 3,3l9,sSO this week last year. For the thir- ty-two weeks of the fiscal year the ex- ports are 144.566, 6S2 bushels, against 113.- 33ol2 in 1906-07
 Corn exports for the week are 1,3S5. .146 bushels, 1,427,S4 last week. and 2O47 039 m l9O7 For the fiscal year to date the exports are Sl,93974 bushels, against 35,- 637 797 in 19O6-07
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
DUN & CO.'S REVIEW.
Encouraging Symptoms Appear In
 Many Lines of Trade.

New York, February 7.-R. c. Dun x Co.'s weekly review of trade tomor- row will say:
 Little change appears in the commer- cial situation but progress is from the rlght direction in so far as any diff ference can be discerned. Recent gains are maintained in almost every in- stance and few further encouraging symptoms appear. notably the smaller decreases in railway earnings and larger forces at work in the leading industries. Wholesale and jobbing houses prepare for the future most conservatively. Mercantile collections are irregular, some districts reporting fairly prompt settlements, but at other points payments are slow.
 The iron and steel industry is in a better position than a week ago, al- though new contracts are placed with much caution and each order is tn e object of extensive negotiations. Busi- ness that appeared several weeks ago is still pending and buyers have been able to secure small quantities of pig iron at four directions. Some moderate demand for prompt shipments of novel, ties or special constructions, the pri- mary market for cotton goods is dull, staple lines being almost wholly neg lected. Purchasers continued to await lower quotations. Variations in the raw material have no effect and the ex- port demand has not improved. All lines of woolens have been opened without arousing much interest or giving any definite impression regard ing the trend of the market. A fair business in certain lines of woolen goods has encouraged more actively at some mills, and fancy worsteds have sold sufficiently to indicate that tho seasons results would equal the suc- cess of recent preceding years, but most clothing manufacturers have made little preparation for the future.
 New England footwear producers are receiving small initial and supplement tary orders by mail from wholesalers, but total results are not satisfactory.
 Leather is dull and weak except for a fairly steady market for heavy sole, of which receipts are light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
BIG LOT OF WINE SEIZED.
Violation of Pure Food Law Is Charged
 In New Orleans.

New Orleans, February 7.-Following the petition filed by the United States district attorney here, charging adultera- tion in violation of the United States pure food law, 22O barrels of wine shipped into Louisiana from Sandusky, O., were today seized by a deputy marshal and will be held, pending the trial of the case in the United States courts. In the petition it Is charged that the wine was shipped to New Orleans from Sandusky by the following firms:
 J. G. Dorn, A Schmidt, Jr. Bros. Co.,, and the Sweet Valley Wine Co., and was consigned to various merchants here. This is the second consignment of wine from these firms which has been seized within the last few weeks, making about 1000 barrels of wine seized altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
SANDERS WINS EASILY.
Majority For Governor Over Opponent Is 13,447 Votes.

Baton Rouge, La.. February 7.-The official count of Louisianas recent dem ocratic primary elections, issued tonight, shows that a second election will be necessary for four offices. These are lieutenant governor, state auditor, state attorney general and register of land of flee. Paul Lambremont and J. J. Bailey will be contestants for the lieutenant governorship.
 The count shows that J. Y. Sanders won the contest for governor by plu- rality of 13, 3,447.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
Stockholders, MeetIna.

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power com pany will be held in the office of the company, 2100 First avenue, Birmingham. Ala, on Monday February 10, 1908, at 12 o'clock, noon. for the purpose of electing a board of directors to serve during the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as the meeting. when assembled, shall deem necessary or proper. BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, LIGHT AND
 POWER co. J. P. ROSS,
 1-3o-12t Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
Weekly Bank clearings.

New York, February 7.-Brandstreets bank clearings report for the week end- ing February shows an aggregate of $2, ,a56 6s5, 600, as against s22S7, ,S35,000 last week and s3,331, 900 in the correspond ing week last year.
 Canadian clearngs for the week total s69 636, ,O00 as against S65,219,000 last week and $S3, ,10S 0OO in the same week last year.
 The following is a list of the cities:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
For Board of Revenue.

I hereby announce myself a candidate for the Board of Revenue of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the dem- ocratic primary. J. ED HAIGLER.
 Steven D. Haley is a candidate for member of the Board of Revenue of Jeff ferson county, subject to the action of the democratic. primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
MONEY TO LEND

HONEY loaned salaried people and others witnourt security; cheapest rates; easiest payments; offices in ss principal cities;
 nave yourself money by getting our terms first D. H. Tolman. room M, Watts building. 2Oos Sd avenue Silly
 HONEY TO LEND-s500 to 5000 on city property, first mortgage, no delay. Will Hams, 4O6 Jefferson bank. 2-2-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
ANNOUNCEMENT.

H. P. Burruss is candidate for county superintendent of education, for Jeffer- son county, subject to the action of the democratic primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08

Hoods Sarsaparilla keeps the blood pure and the whole system in perfect order Taks only Hoods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08

Veterans, urging that no inscription be adopted that would offenu or wound senti- ment either in the north or south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
OPTICAL HEADOUARTER

JAS. H. FINDERS finely finished eye glasses are carefully adjusted to face of wearer. He is the most expert frame adjuster in this section. 306 North Nine teenth street. Bell phone 56S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08

WANTED-Position Wlth good cuHUeI II a0 moderate salary, experienced In onlee work, general merchandise time-keep- ing, pay roll and commissary Work, 1u1,ber business. road salesman and collecting. 30 years old. family; sober, industrious. ample references cheerful ly given. P. o. Box PA. city.
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