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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04

The Royal British Radium Institute is
soon to be realized, made possible by a
handsome donation from Ernest Casseii,
an intimate friend of King Edward.
Canadian parliament members are pro-
testing against the signing and publica-
ton in Washington of treaties affecting
Canada before the Canadian parliament
has seen them.
Trouble over boundary lines on ada
cent ranches resulted in the killing Of
two men by Francisco Martinez. The
trouble occurred near the town of Cuen-
ca mo in the Velardena mining district.
The bureau of insular affairs of the
War Department has received advices
from Manila that in the near future sew
eral medical inspectors will be required
in the Philippines bureau of health. These
positions will carry salaries of $1,SO or
$1,000, and it is requisite that the ap-
pointees have a thorough knowledge OF
medicine. 1t is preferred that they also
have a knowledge of sanitation and of
Spanish.
Baroness Tiesenhausen, wife of a Rus
sian court official, made an attempt to
commit SUICIDE at Lut hluLcI pdldCe ny
taking poison. She was removed to
hospital dying.
Frank Law, the mining broker, con-
victed of swinging the public through
selling worthless Cobalt mining shares,
was sentenced to FIVE years in Kingston,
Ontario. penitentiary.
Carrie Nation became acquainted with
the London police courts when she was
fined $50 for thrusting her umbrella
through a window of car in the under
ground railway upon which a cigarette
advertisement was pasted
The volcano near the City of Colmina
Mex, is in eruption. 1t is throwing out
great quantity of ashes and pumice
stone. There is no lava flowing and the
people are not alarmed. Several slight
earthquake shocks have been reported
from that vicinity.
The annual conference of the Labor
PARTY of Great Britain, which met at
Portland recently, adopted a resolution
declaring in favor of the specialization Of
the means of production. distribution and
exchange and of the complete emancipa-
ton of labor from the domination of cap
italism and landlordism, with the estab-
lishment of social and economic equality
for the sexes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
MAY WHEAT AT S1.18.
Sells at Unprecedented Figure and Il
Expected to Reach SF.25.

May wheat sold Friday on the Chi
cago Board of Trade for S1.1Sk a
bushel. 1t was a record price for the
cereal. Predictions are freely made by
men in close touch with the situation
that May wheat eventually will go as
high as S1.25.
Fortunes are being made and lost
daily in the Chicago wheat pit. James
A. Patten and the firm of Patten,
Bartlett & Co. are the men who have,
by the biggest wheat deal in the his
tory of the Chicago Board of Trade
and this means the biggest in the his
tory of the country-put May wheat
at a figure higher than it ever has
sold before.
The men who sold May wheat
'.shOrt" are the losers. One man grace
fully took his medicine Friday. He
was short 100000 bushels He Cow
cred his line In other words. he
bought 100000 bushels of wheat at an
advanced price to cover that which he
was short His loss after he had set
tea was was S12D,DOD.
1t is an open secret on the Board
of Trade that there is a clique of Wall
street millonaires which is short Il
long line of wheat. Conservative esti-
mates Of the amount are 100000
bushels.
Reginald c. Vanderbilt is one man
who is facing big loss. according to
all reports. Vanderbilt was brought
into the deal through his friendship
with Sidney c. Love, young Chicago
broker. who cut such a wide swath in
business and social circles before he
was summarily removed froh both
through the action of William II.
Moore. millionaire and head of the
Rock Island-Frisco system syndicate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
CHICAGO.

Money conditions reflect an easier
tone and discount operations extend
slowly, but the improving trade ac-
tivity is seen in larger volume of
payments through the banks and less
difficulty in handling credits. Price
readjustments take the course expected
in iron and steel. but other raw mate
rlais undergo no special Change
Freight movements recover from eff
feet of recent storms, larger forward
ing being noted in heavy materials.
foodstuffs and general merchandise.
Crop marketings gain in wheat and
corn, but stocks here steadily decrease
and give firmness TO quotations for spot
demands. Very profitable .reitirGs To
growers induce liberal shipments. de
spite bad state of country roads.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number "a. against - last week.
- in 1908 and IL in 1907. Those with
liabilities Of more than 5000 num-
Der -. against q last week. II in 1903
and in 1907.-Duns Weekly Review
of Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04

crowd of onlookers. These latter were
unsympathetic and refused. to let the
women through. pushing them back
into the police ranks.
The situation has taken on an en-
barrassing aspect for the Government,
owing to the high social position of
many among some thirty or more wom-
en- arrested. these including Mrs.
Pethick Lawrence, Lady Constance
Lytton. sister of Lord Lytton and
daughter of the former vicerOy of n
dia: Miss StratfOrd Dugdale, daughter
Of Commander Dugdale and cousin OF
Hon. William Il. W. Peel. who was
elected in by-election as member of
the House of Commons for Taunton :;
Miss Daisy Solomon, daughter of the
ex-Premier of Cape Colony, and Mrs.
Catherine Elizabeth Corbett. an aristo-
cratic supporter of the suffragette
movement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Chicago Examiner.
VICTORY FOR STANDARD OIL.
Judge Anderson Intimates He Will
Limit Persecution to SO Offenses.

Before the battle of Chicago has
fairly begun, two successive victories
over the government have been won by
the Standard Oil Company. Judge An
dersOn's statement that he would con-
strue the Court of Appeals decision
TO mean that the company could be
tried for only thirty-siX offenses. in
stead of the 500 which the government
expected to prosecute, was decisive
triumph for the corporation.
Attorneys point out that if the high
er courts affirm Judge Anderson's de-
cision it Will open a way by which ev-
cry shipper in the country can resume
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
CRAZY INDIAN WOUNDS THREE.
Red Returning from visit to Wash
imgtOn Runs ANNEX

Red Returning from visit to Wash
ingtOn Runs Amuck.
An unidentified Wyoming Indian ran
amuck in the Union station in Cincinnati
and before he could be 'overpowered had
fatally stabbed and cut Mrs Anna De
word of Huntington, W. Va, and Max
Meyers of Cincinnati and seriously
wounded Joseph w. Gordon of Cam
bridge. ILL.,, in an effort to scalp them.
The Indian, with three Sioux chiefs of
Kansas. had alighted from a train. They
were going home from a visit to Wash
ington to see 1.-The great father" AS the
passengers alighted from the train the
Indian. with warwhoop, drew a long
dagger and started through the crowd,
slashing right and left. Mrs. Devord
was walking up the platform with a child
in her arms. The Indian had buried the
dagger in her back and then slashed her
across the head, body and arms. The
Indian next attacked Meyers and plunged
the dagger into his abdomen, and as Mey-
ers raised his arms to defend himself the
Indian renewed the attack. AS Meyers
fell to the station platform the Indian
ran towards Gordon, stabbing him. The
Sioux Indians did not interfere.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

The Minnesota Senate has passed
resolution forbidding the State live stock
sanitary board TO iVcur further ObIiga-
tons without the consent of the Legisla-
tUre. and the board has ceased to con-
denim live stock on account of tuberculo-
sis or CHAMBERS or to furnish tuberculin or
maiiein.
At Superior. Wis. the contract is to be
soon let for the preliminary construction
work on the big steel plant to be built at
the head of the lake by the steel trust.
and the appropriation for that purpose
will be raised to S27,OOO,00O.
Governor Davidson, of Wisconsin. rec
ommendS that the State reserve TO itself
all rights in its undeveloped resources
and that legislation be enacted forbidding
the granting to private corporations OF
dam franchises except under special speci-
fications approved by State experts. He
estimates that the State has 100000
horse power in its streams.
The convention of the United Mine
Workers finished its three weeks sessions
al indianapolis with the adoption Of the
new wage scale demands, including the
eight-hour day without decreased wages
and complete recognition OF the union.
Lewis. the reelected president. and his
rival. Walker. exchanged felicities. and it
was voted that in future majority
should determine the choice of officers.
In Colorado company has been form
ed to utilize the power of coal at the
mines by installing a long-distance cleo
trio plant there. The coal is to be con-
verted into electric power and sent out
on feed wires to 1J0-mile circuit.
Fred bennett. commissioner of the
general land office. has announced that
the Spokane reservation. $4,000 acres,
and the Yakima reservation. 1.145.0O0
acres both in the State of Washington
and the Occur d'Alene reservation. 321,-
600. in Northern Idaho. will probably be
opened to settlement this year. also that
the Lemhi reservation, 64,0G0 acres. In
Idaho. may be ready in time to be inciud-
ed in the 1869 drawings
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor now asserts that
since October. 1907. more than 100000
Amc rican wage Farmers have bec2 walk
ing the streets who were employed before
that time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
GANGWAY OF LINER FALLS.
Crew of kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Among Victims of Accident.

Ten persons were killed and seventeen
injured in Hamburg through the slipping
of a gangway between the wharf and the
steamer Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, which
was being loaded preparatory to sailing
for New York. No passengers were
among the victims. Those on the gang
way when the accident occurred included
members of the crew. stevedores and stew
ardesses. They were dashed into the
water. which was covered with thick drift
ice. The majority of them sustained
broken bones and several were badly
crushed. Only seventeen of them were
rescued. and the officials estimate the
dead, some of whose bodies have not yet
been recovered. as ten or more.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
sserc,iae Begins Sentence in West

Frank Shercliffe. who was recently &C
Quilted in Minneapolis of the charge of
robbing a Northern Pacific train in Mon
tana. has arrived at Canon City, Col.
in the custody of Colorado officers and
was placed in the penitentiary to begin
his sentence of twenty-five years for
murder at Leadville.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Robber Kills Police Captatn.

In hand to-haRd pistol duel with Nell
son Dessler, of Berlin, Ont, whom he
caught in the act of robbing the Office of
the Drony Lumber Company in Olean, n.
Y, Police Captain Timothy Hassett was
killed by shot through the head. Das-
Ter was shot four times. He escaped,
but was captured later.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Seven Die in Accident

Seven men were killed or burned to
death and famous performing horse lost
its life in a head-on collision of an ex-
press train and two locomotives on the
Delaware division of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad at Delmar, Del. Two passen-
gers were injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Cholera Kills s.s2s of 10000

The cholera which has now been epi-
demic in st. Petersburg for $50 days, has
reached the 10000 mark. There have been
1928 deaths from this disease in st. Pc
tersburg. the highest number of new cases
in one day being Al and the lowest 9.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
q. s. MAY GET REBEL PRISON.
Bill for Acceptance of AndersonviIIe
Ground-Now Park.

!" III n
If Congress finally passes the bill now
before it authorizing the acceptance of
the land around the old Andersonville
prison, the government will find itself in
possession of fairly we'll established
mark. 1t is hoped this will remain forever
a memorial of experiences in the most
notable Southern prison of the Civil War.
The property consists of eighty-seven
acres of ground and is now owned by the
Woman's Relief Corps, which is an aux
iliary of the National Grand Army.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Held as Fake Race SwiDdIers

Three men. giving the names of J. G.
Mabry, F. NJ. Clarke and l. J. Warner,
arrested in Little Rock, Ark. are al
legged to be leaders of swindling gang
which operated in Council Bluffs, New
Orleans and other cities, with fake foot
races. wrestling matches and horse races.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
wireless i'm Touch with Hawaii.

Los Angeles was in wireless communi-
cation with the Hawaiian Islands the
other night for the frs time. Operator
Blakeney reported that his station was in
touch with the station at Kahua, Hawaii.
The distance between the two points is
about 300 miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Enemies Wreck Editors Home.

A band of fifty masked men invaded
the residence and office of A. C. McClung.
editor of the Warren County Appeal, at
Mason. Ohio, broke in windows and doors,
destroyed furniture, and escaped. Nc
Chung has been receiving threatening let
tiers for the stand he has taken on tenn
perance issues.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Roy Admits Killing Express Clerk.

O"villc Poland. 10 years old. confessed
that he murdered Jesse Haymaker. the
Wells Fargo clerk who was found dead
in the comrany's Office at the depot in
Hutchinson. Kan. Poland said the clerk
allowed him TO sleep in the Office for the
night Haymaker was asleep at the time
he shot him. He took $7.25 and escaped.
hut No.. nrrnsfnh La TOR
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04

Mrs. J. W. Harrison, famous as an
evangelist with her husband, died at her
home in Plainfield, n. J.. aged 30 years.
Prior to making their home in Plain
field three years ago, the Harrisons tray
eled more than eight thousand miles in
this country in a prairie schooler, preach
ing the gospel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
New York Grows 1890 I'm Year.

The estimated population of the great
er city of New York is 4.422, 6S5, accord
ing to Health Commissioner Thomas Oar
lington's annual report. The increase
during 1908 aggregated 137, go persons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Fatal Cyclone in Texas

4 cyclone struck Liberty. Texas, in two
places. resulting in the death of Mrs.
Mollie Thompson. the injury of a number
of others and the destruction of several
dwellings. The negro Methodist church
was blown TO fragments.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Arrest Saves Man from Suicide.

Arrested in lonely spot where he had
gone to shoot himself, Sam Gillian of
Oakland. Cal. owes his life 10 Sheriff
Rurnet. who suspected him of being one
of the burglars implicated in the robbery
of the Niles postofice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Kiduap Shah's Brother

The Shah's brother. Shua Els Saltaneh,
who arrived at Resht, Persia. from Eu-
rope on Tuesday, has been kidnapped by
the revolutionists and is held for ram
som
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
GERMAN VILLAGES IN DANGER
Ice Imperils Agricultural Lands
Damage to Date S2,5OO,O00.

The peril to the villages surrounding
Magderburg. Germany. has been increased
through further frosts, although the floods
have slightly abated. The ice is now
three feet thick over the agricultural lands
and the River Elbe is is still kept from
returning to its original bed by the ice
blocks. Mill forces are engaged in build
ing dams to prevent further inroads of the
water. A semi-official estimate of the
damage done in that vicinity is $500
600.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Wreck Bank but Get Nothing.

The First National Bank Building at
Califon. \. J., was wrecked and the entire
town aroused by an explosion of nitro
glycerin set of by burglars, who got
nothing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
FAST TRAIN NEARLY BLOWN UP.

1000 NitrOGIycerin Caps.
The mail car on Norfolk and West
ern train, while running at forty miles
an hour by Roderfeld, w. Va, snatched a
mail pouch from a stationary crane. and
on opening it in the car the five clerks
were astounded to find that an unad-
dressed package in the pouch contained
1000 nitroglycerin caps. The train car
ried more than 100 passengers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Many Die ms Steamer Burns.

Many lives were lost N the burning of
the Argentine steamer Presidente Roca,
from southern ports. between Puerto de
San Antonio and Puerto Madrin, on the
east coast.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04

While working in sewer line on the
Alaska Yukon-Pacifc exposition grounds
in Seattle. Daniel Roberts was killed and
nine of his companions buried under
thirty-four feet of debris by a cavern.
The men were not seriously hurt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
.N%RD1f%'jQ{5v/

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
S4.OO to $500; hogs. prime heavy $3.50
to 500; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 1913; wheat, No. ., S1.19 TO S1.21;
corn No. >, 63c to Gle: oats, standard,
SIC to 33c; rye, No. ,. 76c to 7Sc; hay,
timothy. $500 to $500; prairie. $500
to S11.J0: butter, choice creamery. DC
to 2Sc; eggs, fresh, 20c to dc; potatoes.
per bushel, SIC to DC.
dianapolis-Cattle, shipping. $500
to $3.50; hogs, good to choice heavy.
$50 to $500; Sheep good 20 choice,
$3.50 to 800; wheat. No. .. $1.20 to
S1.22; corn, No. =, white, Gle to 63c;
oats, No. white, 49c to sic
st. Louis-Cattle $3.50 TO $40; hogs.
$500 to $3.50 sheep, $500 to 500:
wheat, No. ,. $1.2S to S1.3O; corn. No. ..
CSC to Gle; oats, No. =, 53c to 54c; rye,
No. >, 76c to nc.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 TO $G.2J;
hogs. $500 to 500: sheep. $500 to
1923; wheat. No. .. $125 to $12G: corn.
No. 2 mixed. 6Jc to SIC; oats. No.
mixed. 53c to 54c; rye, No. 2 soc to Sic.
Detroit-Cattle. $500 to 5000: hogs,
$500 to $500 sheep, $3.50 to S4.75:
wheat. No. ., $1.21 to S122 corn. No. 3
yellow. Csc to 67c oats. No 3 white,
54c to 55c; rye. No. >, 7Sc to soc
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. northern,
$1.13 to S1.1J; corn. No. 3. Gjc to G6c
oats. standard. 53c to Jjc: rye. No. l.
TIC to 79c; barley, No. 1, G5c to G6c
pork mess. $3.50.
Ruffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$500 to $500; hogs, fair to choice. 800
to $3.50: sheep common to good mixed
500 to S4.75; lambs. fair to choice.
$500 to $3.50
New York-Cattle 800 to $500;
hogs. $3.50 to $500: sheep. $500 TO
$50; wheat, No. 2 red 81 % to 1924:
corn. No. 2. tic to re; oats, natural
white. SIC TO 60c: butter. creamery, &c
to Bic: eggs. western, 20c to BE
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed. S1.21 to
s1.23 corn. No. mixed. Coo to SIC
oats. No. mixed. SIC TO 55c: rye No.
2 Sic to S2c: clover seed S535
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
NATION Halls FLEET
THAT G|RDLES GLOBE
Roosevelt, as Commander in Chief
of Navy. Welcomes Admiral
Sperry's Squadron.
PANDEMoNIUM REIGNs ON SEA.
Nearly Ten Miles of Formidable War
Craft steams Majestically Past
the Presidents Yacht.

With pennants streaming, twenty
eight bands playing the "Star-Spangled
Banner and saluting cannon roaring
a tribute to the President the battle
ship fleet Of the American navy ended
its world cruise at Old Point Comfort.
Va. Monday. After steaming in review
before the President. whose eagle-crest-
ed flag of blue was at the main of the
cruiser yacht Mayfiower, the sixteen
White battle ships cast anchor in the
fairway of Hampton Roads. from
which they started fourteen months
ago on their voyage of $4,000 miles.
The joy of homecoming was written
upon the face of every blue jacket and
officer on the vessels. The long cruise,
the visits to many of the most famous
ports of the world and the homage paid
to the fleet by every nation have been
sources of pleasure to everyone aboard.
but there was no scene in all the world
TO compare in beauty with the familiar
landmarks passed by the feet as it
steamed triumphant. self-reIiant and
efficient force through the Virginia
capes and entered the hospitable waters
of Chesapeake Bay and Hampton
Roads. The flagship Connecticut steam
ed at the head of the returning squad
rons. In the wake of the white ships
was Il welcoming host in gray-four
battle ships and five powerful cruisers
being in this escorting column sent a
Thousand miles to sea to convey the
first word of welcome
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Gala Day on Historic Waters.

The boom of the sunrise gun echoing
over the moat of picturesque old Fort
ress Monroe marked the beginning of a
gala day on the waters of Hampton
Roads, first made famous by the battle
of the Monitor and the Merrimac. 1t
required a vivid imagination to look
back over a span of forty-odd years to
picture the fury of that conflict and
compare the combatants with a modern
battle ship of the class of the Connect
icut. In the battle ship and cruiser
squadrons which filed past the May
flower and saluted the Presidents flag
were represented 420,490 tons of water
displacement. Every battle ship in
commission in the navy had a place in
the long line. There were twenty of
the heavily belted vessels
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-04
Friday.
Saturday.

Carroll d. Wright, president of Clark
College and former Commissioner of La
Dor died at the age of 90 years.
Boxing bouts at the Algonquin Club in
Chicago resulted in a sensational raid in
which one of the spectators of the bouts
was injured. probably fatally.
Mrs. Ida Cooper, bride of three days
and in terror of death since the wedding
ceremony, was murdered in Chicago the
police declare, by discarded sutton.