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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
MISSOURI BANK ROBBED.
Five Bandits Wreck Building and
3errorize Town of Rich Hill.

Five Bandits Wreck Building and
3errorize Town of Rich Hill.
Taking $4,000 after dynamiting and
wrecking the building of the Farmers
and Manufacturers Bank in Rich Hill.
Mo-, five bandits, heavily armed, ter
rorized citizens early the other morn
ing and after exchanging shots with
the sheriff's posse escaped to the rough
country south. No one was injured
A terrific explosion caused by the
dynamiting of the vault of the bank
awakened the town half an hour after
midnight and the population hurried to
the two-story brick bank in the center
of the city. Many arrived in time to
see the robbers riding away. Some of
the citizens opened fire on the fleeing
bandits and the latter returned the fire.
Cashier J. W. Jamison said that all
the available cash in the bank was
taken by the robbers. The building
was ruined and several other buildings
were damaged by the explosion. The
sheriff organized a posse, but the rob-
bers had a good start.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
SHORT NEWS NOTES.

The Pennsylvania Railway Companys
summer freight house at Cleveland and
about twenty freight cars were burned.
Loss $4,000.
Fire destroyed a part of the Nelson
warehouse, occupied by the Canadian Pa
cifc railway at Montreal. Loss 100000,
covered by insurance.
The Ohio Supreme Court set aside the
indictments which had been found against
the so-called bridge trust, holding that
the charges were not sufficiently definite.
An Office building at Portsmouth. Va,
containing valuable records belonging to
the Seaboard Air Line railway, was
wrecked by fire and water.
Six Italians supposed TO be members
of Black Hand society are under arrest
at Canton, Ohio, upon charges of having
threatened to kill Mike Attire a saloon
keeper, if he did not give them $50 and
join their society.
Chancellor Heiskell at Memphis. Tenn,
made permanent an injunction prohibiting
an organization of negroes styling them
selves the Improved Benevolent Order of
Elks, with grand lodge headquarters in
Chicago. from using the name '.Elks."
All the passengers and crew of the
steamer Anselm, wrecked ON the Cuban
coast, were saved. The ship and cargo
probably will be a total loss.
At Grand Cascapedia, Quebec, Andrew
Campbell returned from work to discover
the ruins of his home, in which were the
dead bodies of his father, wife and two
children.
W. K. Vanderbilt has planned unique
apartment house for New York. The
building of two apartments will cost
$4,000. Each apartment viii nave three
floors. An elevator will take motor cars
to the garage in the basement. The
building will be in Madison avenue near
Fifty-second street.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

The Merchants and Shippers ware
house in Buffalo was burned. Loss $780,
600.
university has announced a course in
practical advertising.
Fire destroyed every building in Twin
Lakes, Mimi, the population of over two
hundred being made homeless.
1.-THE Toilers" is the name of club
launched in New York at a meeting of
eighty of the city's hotel clerks.
Two fires did 100000 damage in Ber-
lin. y. III. The Greene block, the Berlin
National bank and six wooden buildings
were destroyed.
The saltpeter warehouse and chemical
laboratory of Smith, Kline & French
Company. druggists in Philadelphia, was.
burned Loss $4,000.
New York railroad officials estimate
that the loss to 153 railroads owning idle
cars represents a loss of 100000 a
month in interest on investments.
Cracks were left in the earth by n
earthquake in the Housatonic river val
ley, near New Milford, Conn. Houses were.
shaken, but no one was reported injured.
Emperor William has personally ex-
pressed his thanks to the Carnegie insti-
tute trustees for book sent him entitled
Memorial devoted to the dedication at
Pittsburg year ago.
Representatives of several steel rail
manufacturers and railroads have held
conference in New York and agreed upon
heavier rail with an improved section
designed to minimize accidents.
Knoxville (Tenn) police believe that
robbers attacked James Johnson and
James Jackson of that city. killing the
latter after robbing him of $1,000. john
son was found unconscious, but there is
no trace of Jackson, who had intended.
going to Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
LAKE CRAFT AROUND HORN.
Steamer from Detroit Is Getting
Record with Cargo of Lumber.

Steamer from Detroit Is Getting
Record with Cargo of Lumber.
On the way from Detroit to San Fran
cisco, by water, the 7O0-ton freight steam
ship Lucy Neff has arrived at New York.
After coaling and provisioning for the
next leg of its ocean journey it will pro-
coed. To reach the Pacific coast city
from Detroit, a land distance of not
much over 1000 miles, the Neff is travel
ing 1900 miles by the all-water route
through the great lakes, the Welland
canal, the st. Lawrence river, down the
Atlantic coast and up the Pacific. From
now on it will follow the route taken by
the battleship feet. Although there may
have been other trips of the sort, mari
time men say they cannot remember
steamship ever having taken a similar
voyage. The steamer left Detroit June
20. The trip was heightened by stop
at Bath. Me-, for extensive repairs. The
vessel carries crew of twenty men and
is loaded with lumber.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
DE[z lxIAl2s2E<[5RS
..,asszasIlss IN, L 6s&AcN
sS9 W. &

Chicago-Cattle, common to primo
$500 to 5000; hogs, prime heavy, S4.to
to $40; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $5.15; wheat, No 2, 94c to 96c;
corn, No 2, SIC to 5sc; oats, standard,
5Oc to sic; rye, No. 2, Sic to See hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $500; prairie, $500
to $3.50; butter, choice creamery, &c
to 33c; eggs, fresh, zoe to 23c; potatoes,
per bushel, &c to 73c.
polis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to 1919; hogs, good TO choice heavy,
$3.50 to S4.65; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, &c TO Csc:
corn, No . white, 53c to 54c; oats, No. 2
white, sic to 52c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000; hogs.
$500 to $4.40; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 9, CSC to S1.O0; corn, No. :,
SOC to SIC: oats, No. ., 4Sc to zoe; rye,
No. 2, Sic to SIC.
ncinnati-Cattle, S4.O0 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to S4.60; sheep, $500 TO
$500; wheat, No 2, 97c to 99c; corn,
No. 2 mixed 54c to 55c; oats, No. 2
mixed, SOC to sic: rye, No. 2, Soc to SIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 1925; hogs,
$500 to $4.65; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 97c to 9Sc; corn, No. 3
yellow. SIC to CSC; oats, No. 2 white,
sc to 54c; rye, No. 2, Sic to o3c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. northern,
S1.05 to S1.O7; corn, No. 3, soc to 5Sc;
oats. standard, sc to 53c; rye, No. !,
Sic to S3c; barley, No. 2, 99c to $1.01;
pork, mess, $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $500; hogs, fair to choice, $3.50
to S4.70 sheep, common to good mixed,
S4OO to 1925; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to S775.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $3.50 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2 red, 99c to S1.O0;
corn. No 2, &c to 63c; oats, natural
white, SIC to 60c; butter, creamery, 2Sc
to 34c; eggs, western, 20c to 23c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 96c to
97c: corn No. mixed, &c to SIC;
oats, No. mixed, sic to 53c; rye. No.
2, 7Sc to Soc: clover seed, prime, $11.47.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
ARMY DISCOURAGED
IF PAY IS NOT RAISED
Officers Deeply Concerned Over
Future if Men Are Not Given
Adequate Compensation.
MORE INFANTRY IS NEEDED.
Half-Filled Regiments Result of Low
Wages for Work-Enlighten
Article by General Carter.

Washington correspondence
One could not exaggerate if he would
the spirit of actual hopelessness with
which the officers of the American
army will view the future if Congress
fails at tie present 81 sion to pass the
bill granting an increase of pay to the
rank and file. At some of the posts
there are barely enough soldiers to do
guard duty as it ought to be done
1t is a present condition with which
the army officers are concerned first,
and it is a future condition over which
they are concerned second. The fu-
ture condition is the more serious. be-
cause it means that if things go on as
they have been doing the country and
its island possessions viii be defense
less
Men who have worn shoulder knots
since the days of the civil war say
in all seriousness that unless the peo-
pie bring pressure to bear upon Con
gress to provide adequate pay for the
soldiers the people will find them
selves, as far as the regular army en-
tiers into the matter, practically with
out defense, and reduced almost to the
stage of having no seasoned force as
nucleus of efficiency for unframed
national guardsmen and green volun-
field athletics, comfortable quarters,
good food, good clothing, free medical
attendance and plunge and shower
baths all avail nothing to attract men
to life which would draw them by
the thousands if decent allowance
of pay for the service they render in
peace, and always have been willing to
render in war, were added to the in
ducementS.
Joint encampments of the regulars
and the national guardsmen will be
held next summer. The regulars en-
joy camp as well as garrison service,
though the duties are harder. 1t is
the belief of officers of the army that
these encampments, into whose mill
tary life the national state soldiers en-
ter, would induce enlistments from
the national guard by the hundreds if
the men knew that their pay would be
commensurate with the work they are
willing to do for their country.
In a recent number of the North
American Review General William H.
Carter, commanding the Department
of the Lakes, has an enlightening arti-
Gle under the strongly suggestive title,
when Diplomacy Fails" 1t is writ
ten by an officer not given to sounding
trumpet alarm notes and who for the
worth of his service was made a Brig
adler General years before the time
when under the ordinary rule of pro-
motion he would have been entitled to
wear his star.
Army officials believe that if the es-
tablishment were enlarged post life
would be far more attractive because
of the greater number of soldiers in
the garrison. If the proposed advance
in pay is passed by Congress the Off
GERS also believe that there will be no
trouble in keeping the ranks filled, and
that re-enlistments will be tie rule
rather than the exception, as they are
to-day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
NEW YORK.

While retail trade in some lines of
wearing apparel has been helped by the
coolest or stormest weather of the win
ter, other branches of trade and indus
try and transportation have been inter-
fered with sufficiently to make the week
as a whole a rather quiet one the country
over. Wholesale and jobbing trade has
been rather quiet, and, while there are
signs that improvement along conserva-
tive lines is making progress the caution
as regards spring buying is as marked
as ever. From the Southwest come re-
ports that some Cancelled orders are be-
ing reinstated From the South come
advices of slow trade and collections, but
some lumber mills are reported resuming
with stocks reduced by the recent shut
down. Eastern trade reports are of quiet.
except where helped by special weather
born demand. Business failures in the.
United States for the week ending Feb.
6 number 272, against $50 last week, 1913
in the like week of 1907, 20f in 1906, 20T
in 1905 and 2O2 in 1904. Canadian fail
ures for this week number 30. as against
Al last week and Is in this week a year
ago.-Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
BOMB INJURIES Fifteen.
Mexfcans Held for Attempt to Kill
American Miners.

American Miners.
An attempt TO kill every American at
the Santa Rosa mine in Sonora, Mexico,
twenty miles south of Douglas, Ariz..
was made when Mexican employees placed
dynamite bombs under a boarding house,
the company store, and the foreman s
and superintendent's residences The
fuses attached to. the dynamite were
timed for the explosions to follow each
other in quick succession. The hour Sc
lected was during the evening meal. when
all the American miners were in the
boarding house and the foreman and the
superintendent in their respective resi-
dences. The first explosion was at the
boarding house. 1t was demolished, and
fifteen men at the dinner table were
blown through the roof, sustaining broken
legs and arms, but there were no fatali-
ties. The company store was complete
~ demolished Tom Fagin, the foreman,
and his wife were in their home. but the
dynamite failed to ignite. The superin-
tendent's Office was demolished, but he
was out of the building and escaped.
Gov. Torres has been notified and rurales
under commander Kosterlisky are already
on the scene Eighteen Mexicans are un-
der arrest at the mine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
THOUSANDS GOING TO WORK.
Several Big Plants in Cleveland and

several Big Plants in cleveland anu
Northern Ohio start.
Between $500 and 5000 men returned
to work at the Lorain CO.. plant of the
National Tube Company Monday MORN
ing The plant has been closed down for
several months. Under normal condi-
tons about $500 men are employed 1t
is understood to be the present intention
of the company to re-employ full quota
of men within very short time. Inter
views with leading manufacturers of
Cleveland and Northern Ohio show an
optimistic feeling as to business condl-
tions ON all sides. General Manager X.
W. Ney of the American Steel and Wire
Company said that his company was now
employing in its various plants in Cleve-
land between 1000 and 5000 men. A
large number of these workmen have been
on half time since the beginning of the
late financial depression, but it is prob
able that the entire force of the company
will be put back on full time shortly II
the present increase in orders is main
tanned The plant of the American Steel
and Wire Company at Salem, o., re-
sumed double-turn operations Monday
morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
Against Lone Women Diners

A jury has decided that Mrs. Harriet
Stanton Blatch cannot compel the Hoff-
man House of New York to serve meals
to her after 6 in the evening. when she
is unaccompanied by a man. Mrs Batch
at once appealed the case, and she will be
supported in carrying the matter to the
highest court by the Consumers League
and the Federation of Women's Clubs. A
bill to prevent the discrimination against
women by hotels in this way has been
introduced in the Legislature.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
MILLINERY FAR ABOVE MISSIONS
Bill for Headgear, sso,ooo,ooo, to

Bill for HeadEear, $SO,OOO,OOo; to
Carry Gospel Abroad $7,5OO,OOO.
Exhibits pertaining to missionary work
were shown as feature of the Presby-
terrain Mems Foreign Missionary conven-
ton in Philadelphia. A map showing the
comparative number of the followers of
the various religions of the world was
among the exhibits The figures are as
follows: Jews, 11,222,O0O; Greeks, 120,-
$4,000; Protestants, 166,666,500; Mo-
hammedans, 21663O,O0O; Roman Catho-
lies, 272, 63S, 500; heather, S36, 1872, 900.
Another exhibit gave the following figures
to show how money in America is spent :
Foreign missions, $7,50OOOO; chewing
gum, 81 100000; millinery, $S0,000,O00;
confectionery, S17S,O0O,OOO; church work,
$25O,O00,O00 jewelry, $7O0,000,000;
liquors, 81 ,243, 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
BOMB WRECKS BANK FRONT.
Explosion Exposes 100000 Dis
played in Window.

Explosion Exposes 100000 Dis
played in Window.
The front of an Italian bank building
on Elizabeth street, New York, was
wrecked by bomb, briefly exposing S40,
600 in silver and gold which the bankers.
Pasquale A. Patti & Son. had piled in the
windows as ocular proof of their ability
to pay depositors on demand. The Junior
partner, Salvatore Patti. who was on
guard inside, was cut by the glass that
crashed in upon him. but stuck by his
charge and soon had the money stored
away in the vaults. The score of clerks
had left the place some hours before and
the explosion injured none but the young
er Patti. The bomb throwers, who were
not seen by the banker. were quickly lost
in the crowd of several thousand excited
Italians who gathered about the wreck,
and their motive is a mystery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
SAVES CATTLE AS SON BURNS.
keystone Farmer, After Fighting
Blaze, Makes Awful Discovery.

Keystone Farmer, After Fighting
Blaze, Makes Awful Discovery.
While his son was being cremated in
a burning barn at Pleasant Grove, Pa,
the father and a number of neighbors
were risking their lives to save horses
and cows which could not get out. The
boy, Joel L. Pussy, s years old, had taken
matches from the house and kindled a fire
with them in the barn. Almost imme-
diately the hay caught fire and before
the lad knew it he was surrounded by
flames. 1t was some time before the fire
was noticed, and the father and several
neighbors hurried to rescue the cattle,
never realizing that the boy was in
side. The barn. with its contents. was
destroyed Not until the flames had been
extinguished was the boy missed. After
a search his charred body was found.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

Fire at Rochester, Pa, caused a loss
of 5000.
Fire did S25O,00O damage in the bust
ness section of Rome. \. Y.
The London Tribune. a liberal morn
ing newspaper, founded two years ago,
has suspended publication.
The House committee on claims has be-
gun an investigation of the S11S,0O3 sub
treasury robbery in Chicago.
More than S230.0O0 in the treasury of
New York City. owing to former en-
ployes, has not been called for.
Two thousand Italian citizens held a
mass meeting in New York to devise
means to fight the BLACK hand"
The New York health authorities adj
NIT that there are at least fifty cases of
hydrophobia being treated in New York.
Gen. Bampiani and Baron Yincenzo
Negi foug a duel with swords at Reggie
de Calabria. Italy. Bompiani was seri-
ously wounded.
Louisiana had four hangings the other
day, the largest number in one day for
several years Two of the murderers
executed are negroes.
Notices have been posted at the Globe
smelter in Denver announcing a reduction
in wages of from 10 to p cents day.
About 700 men are affected.
Raisuli, the Morocco bandit, has releas-
ed Kaid MacLean. the Sultan's body
guard, the British government paying
the bandit his price, 100000.
An investigation of rebating by rail-
roads in California will be begun by the
State railroad commission. which is said
to have perfected 1000 cases against the
Southern Pacific company.
A new steel twin screw pleasure yacht
for Morton F. Plant of the New York
Yacht Club is being built at Leith, Scot
land. The yacht, named the Iolanda, is
3O5 feet long and of 6.4O0 Horse power.
DIR. Albert Harrison Mixer, professor
emeritus of modern languages at the Uni
versity of Rochester, died in Rochester,
aged IS years. He was member of the
original faculty of the university in 1850.
For ten years he was a professor in the
University of Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
TEXAS TORNADO DEALS DEATH.
Many Buildings in Tyler Are De-
stroyed by Storm.

stroyed by Storm.
Tyler. Texas, was swept by the most
disastrous tornado in it's history about 4
o'clock Friday morning. Coming up from
the southwest the storm swept over the
main residence section of the city, leav-
ing a trail of death and devastation. The
dead are: c. A. Francis, Mrs. Willie
Francis, his wife; Francis, infant; Nose
Lee, an aged negro. Irwin Franklin, Mrs.
Franklin and their four children were
seriously injured. One Of the children is
expected to die. They were caught in the
wreckage of their home. Wires are down
in all directions from Tyler, and while
reports from farmers who are Fastening
in to ascertain the extent of the damage
are to the effect that farm houses all
around Tyler were blown down, it is i'm
possible to ascertain the loss of life or TO
approximate the extent of the disaster. 1t
is known. however, that the tornado
swept everything clean for a distance of
five miles At least three towns in Mis-
sissippi have been destroyed. Only one
building is standing in the town of Moss
vile. Miss. and that is the depot of the
Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City rail
road The town had a population of 800,
many of whom, it is feared, are dead or
injured
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
Repudiates ..Christian Psychology.

Bishop Fallows, who is heading the
movement Of Christian psychology in
Chicago, has made it very clear that this
movement is not to be mistaken as a
phase of Christian Science Now Mr..
Archibald Mcclellan, speaking for Mrs.
Eddy through the Christian Science SEN
tinel, utterly repudiates any recognition
of Christian psychology, saying: Her
teachings show that she cannot indorse as
Christianity the two distinctly contradic-
tory statements and points of view con-
tanned in the term Christian psychol-
ogy-otherwise Christian materialism'
Speaking of the teaching of Jesus, he
says: He never complicated spirit with
matter, never taught the finite opposite
of God, spirit, infinity, all. AS revealed
in Christian Science, God is unconscious
of matter, for if he is spirit and all, he
cannot know aught that would be the
very unlikeness of himself in quantity,
quality and divinity"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
Railway i'm Receivers Hands.

On complaint of George A. Fernald &
Company of Boston the Chicago, Cincin-
natl and Louisville railroad was placed in
the hands of a receiver by the federal
court in indianapolis. James P. Good
rich was appointed and he went to Gin
cinnati to take charge of the company's
office and property. The road is known
as the short line between Chicago and
Cincinnati and has been in operation
about five years. 1t is 2S5 miles long.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20

Judge Thompson. in the United States
Court at Cincinnati. has handed down a
decision adverse to the United Typothetse
in its case against the international
Printing Pressmen's and Assistants
Union of North America, asking for an
injunction to prevent the officers of the
union from calling a strike. The Typoth-
eta set up an agreement for a nine
hour day until Jan. l, 1909. This, while
signed by some of the officers, had not
been ratified by the union. therefore the
court holds that it was not binding upon
no
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
Mills ResumfnC Work,

Signs of returning prosperity are given
by the resumption of work in various in
dustrial establishments throughout the
country. During the past week the Her
reschoff works at Bristol, R. l., put near
ly 200 employees back on full time, after
working for several months on a four and
one-half hour basis. The American Car
and Foundry Company of Detroit re-
opened, giving employment to 5000 men.
The Cadillac Motor Car Company of the
same place resumed with a full force of
1000. and several furnaces and other in
dustrial plants in the Pottsville and Pitts
burg districts are reported as resuming
operations on full or part time.