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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
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In a basket ball game the University
of Chicago won from the Iowa Univer-
sity by score of % to 10.
At Glasgow the Canadian curriers' de-
feated the Glasgow province players in
a twelve-rink match at Cress Myloff The
score was 219 to 152.
Mason City, Iowa, will have horse rae
ing next season. A number of the lovers
of harness horses got together and guar
anteed a purse of $1,000 for races.
The Milwaukee club is negotiating with
ST. Paul, and it is practically settled that
Jack Flynn. who played field and first
base for the Brewers last year, will come
to st. Paul.
Once again is George Slosson the cham
pion 1871 billiardist of the world. The
old master defeated George Sutton 500 to
holds worlds title.
Jimmie Potts, of Minneapolis, defeated
Percy billiard. of Grand Forks, in a
wrestling match at the latter place. He
took the first and last falls in 23 and II
minutes. Ballard got the second fall in
liz minutes.
Oscar Gunderson, of Chippewa Falls
established a new American ski jumping
record by making 125 feet, which is threa
feet better than the previous record. Gun
derson also made one jump of I26 feet
but failed to stand up when he landed
Jack Barry outfielder, with New York
and ST. Louis National League base ball
teams last year, has been purchased bv
the Milwaukee American Association
team.
W. H. Lyon, with Mccarthy up, made
a new track record for ive-eighths of a
nile at the Thunderbolt track, Savan-
rah. Ga He did the distance in
:03 > >.
At Grand Junction, Tenn. Manitoba
Rap. a pointer, the property of Thomas
Johnson, of Winnipeg, Man, was de-
clared the winner of the championships
stakes of the United States field trials.
the national championship of the year.
1t is now practically assured that s..
Paul is to witness the only Marathon
race run in the Middle West The Roose
Welt Club has secured an option on the
services of Dorando Pietri, the lannon's
Italian runner, and he will appear in ST
Paul in a race against Corey, Longboat
or Shrubb.
High-class light harness horses for rae
ing purposes and development are a
scarce article this winter. 4 visit to he
Kentucky Horse Breeders Association
track will show that there are not as
many horses in training there now as
there usually are at this season, and the
trainers, as a unit, complain thai good
horses are scarce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
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Cnicag0-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 800; hogs, prime heavy. $50
to $3.50; sheep. fair to choice. $500
to 1913; wheat, No. 2, Sill to S116;
corn No 2, zoe to 62c; oats. standard,
51c to 53c; rye, No 2, Toe to 76c: hay,
timothy. $500 to $500; prairie, $500
TO S11.5O; butter. choice creamery. &c
to 3Oc; eggs FRESH 29c to 32c: potatoes.
per bushel, soc to 92c.
Indianapolis-Ca Cattle, shipping. $500
to 800; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $500: sheep, good to choice,
500 to $500; wheat, No. >. S1.15 TO
S1.16; corn, No. ,, white, G0c to Gle;
oats, No. 2 white, 49c to ole.
st, Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to 1925; hogs.
$500 to 500; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, $1.21 to S1.25; corn. No. .,
Gle to 62c; oats, No. 2, SOC to 52c; rye,
No. 2, 76c to TIC.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to 1925;
hogs, $500 to $685.; sheep. $500 to
$5.25; wheat, No. =, $1.16 to Silt; corn,
No. 2 mixed. &c to G3c; oats. No. .
mixed, sic to 53c; rye No. 2. SOC 10 Sic.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50: hogs,
wheat, No. 2, Sill to $1.13; corn, No. ,
yellow, 63c to 64c; oats. No. 3 white,
53c to soc; rye, No. 2, 7Sc to 79c.
Milwaukee-Wheat No. 2 northern,
$1.13 to S1.15; corn. No. 3, &c to G4c;
oats, standard ole to 53c; rye, No. l.
TIC to Zoe; barley, No. 1, 64c to 6Jc;
pork, mess, $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$500 to $G.7O hogs, fair to choice. S4.OO
to $40; sheep. common to good mixed,
$500 to $40; lambs, fair to choice.
$500 to $500.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50;
hogs. $3.50 to 500; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat. No. . red, $11G to S1.1S:
corn, No. 2, Tic to re; oats. natural
whate, DOC to 5Sc; butter. creamery. 27c
to 32c: eggs. western, Sic to 32c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed Sill to
Glib; corn, No. 2 mixed, 62c to 63c
oats. No. = mixed, sic to :I3c; rye. No.
Z, TIC to 79c: clover seed, sop.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
100000 RAILWAY FIRE.
Disastrous Blaze Sweeps the Wabash
Yards in Chicago.

arCS In SQ1caSO.
Fire which for more than two hours
baffied the efforts of the firemen de-
stroyed the ''in'' freight-house of the
Wabash Railroad Company, 10Th and
Clark streets, Chicago, and for a time
threatened to spread to other freight
houses and buildings in the immediate
vicinity The loss is estimated at
100000.
Vincent Karas, employed as janitor
in the Wabash freighthouse, is miss
ing and it is believed he may have
lost his life in the burning building.
Miss May Donnelly, 20 years old, en-
plOyed as night telephone operator,
proved herself a heroine. She remain
ed at the switchboard notifying the
different employees in the yards of the
fire until overcome by smoke. Frank
and Dan Carlos, brothers, employed as
clerks in the office, found Miss Don
nelly unconscious in front of the
switchboard and carried her to the of
fees of the Chicago and Eastern Hi
nois Railroad, where she was revived.
The fire was discovered shortly after
II o'clock in the Office portion of the
building and as soon as possible an
alarm was given. Famed by a high
wind blowing from the west, the
flames spread 50 rapidly that by the
time the first companies arrived the
entire structure was doomed. The
Wabash freighthouse was a one-story
brick structure extending from 10Th to
18th street. 1t was erected many
years ago at a cost of 100000. Chief
Clerk De Grote was perhaps the first
to discover the fire. He was unable
to offer any explanation as to the
cause, but said he first saw flames
bursting through the floor in the two
story part used as an Office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
ASKS s3,7oo,ooo; GETS $4,000.

state of Texas. Compromises Cases
Against American Book Co.
When the cases of the State of Texas
against the American Book Company of
New Jersey and the same company of
New York. which charged an infraction
of the antitrust laws of the State and
asked an custer order. as we'll as penal
ties aggregating $3,7O0,O00, was called
for trial in Austin, Texas, it was an
nounced that an agreement satisfactory
to all parties to the suit had been reached
and an order dismissing the litigation
was entered. The State gets $4,000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
% DIE IN SOUTHERN STORM.
Parts of Six States Swept by Wind,
with Great Ioss tn Prnnerfx

Parts of Six States Swept by Wind,
with Great Loss to Property.
At least twenty-three persons were
killed and dozens injured in a storm of
cyclonic proportions that swept portions
of Northern Texas. Southern Oklahoma.
Arkansas. Mississippi, Alabama and
Louisiana Friday. Many buildings were
demolished or damaged seriously and the
properly loss will be enormous. Several
persons are reported killed at Cullman
Ala. Other towns suffering from the
storm. in addition to those where there
was loss of life, include Ennis and Wax
ahachie. Texas: Boscoe and Monroe, La ::
Muskogee, Okla. and Parrish, Ala. all
reporting serious damage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
WRECKS HOUSE TO SAVE TREE.

Mrs. Russell Sage Heeds Request of
women's Improvement Society.
In order to save one large shade tree
Mrs. Russell Sage is sacrificing a large
fine house in Sag Harbor, L. L.. much
to the qualification of the residents. Mrs.
Sage bought the old Seaman property for
$4,000 in order to build a public Ii
brary upon the site in honor of her
grandparents. Colonel and Mrs. John Jer-
main. The house was to be removed, but
a few days ago it was discovered that it
could not pass between the two hand
some trees The Woman's Village I'm
provement Society called Mrs. Sages at
tention to the fact that one tree would
have to be cut down if the house were
moved. Her response was prompt and
characteristic: Tear down the house
and move it in pieces"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
STAYS MINISTER AND HIMSELF.
Public Assassination for Clergyman
Lawyer in DivAce Suit.

Public Assassination for Clergyman
Lawyer in Divokce Suit.
Rev. s. 2. Kellum, 4S years old, a
Methodist minister, a lawyer and editor
of the College Corner News, was assassi-
mated in the main street of College Cor
ner, Ind, at Z o'clock the other night
by Clyde Handley, % years old, of the
same village, who then committed sui
eide Handley met Kellum in front of
Clark Barkley's drug store, and, draw
ing a revolver, fired three shots. The
third shot struck Kellum in the left tenn
pie, killing him instantly. Immediately
after the murder Handley ran to his
mothers home, where he killed himself
with the same revolver with which he
had, committed the crime. 1t develops
that Handley's wife recently sued him
for divorce and that Kellum acted as
her attorney. Kellum leaves a widow
and seven children.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
GAS TURNED ON, SENATOR DEAD.

Second Oklahoma Lawmaker Cannot
Survive InhaIing IlIuminant.
State Senator G. 0. johnson of Fort
Cobb is dead and Senator 2. J. Yeager
OF Tulsa is dying in Guthrie, Okla, as a
result of inhaling natural gas from jet
believed to have been accidentally left
open. When johnson and Yeager were
called the other morning and made no
response their door was broken in and
the men were found unconscious. John
son died before aid could be called. Yea
ger was only able to make a partial
statement to the effect that he arose dur
ing the night and lighted the gas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
WHOLE CITY GOES ON STRIKE.

Laborers, Bankers and Merchants
Quit as Protest Against Taxes.
A strike of uuheard proportions began
the other day at Rosario, Argentina. Not
only workmen but merchants and shop
keepers and even bankers suspended work
as a protest against the increase in the
municipal taxes. The city is without
bread. meat or milk The dock laborers,
numbering 5000, resolved to join the
strike the next day. This is most critical,
as the harbor is full of vessels loading
grain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
KANSAS IN MACHINE TRADE.


Decree Entered Makes State Partner
of International Harvester Co.
In the decree 70 be entered by the Kan
sas Supreme Court against the Interna-
tional Harvester Company, Kansas will
be a partner in the harvester companys
business in Kansas. The company has
agreed with the Attorney General and the
Supreme Court that in addition tc the
100000 fine and the limited custer to be
issued against it, the company will agree
to the public control of its business in
Kansas and regulation of prices by the
Supreme Court or a utilities commission.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Probe Land Fraud Charges

At the request of James r. Garfield.
Secretary of the Interior. the Seminole
County grand jury. directed by Charles
Moore. assistant States attorney general,
began inquiry at Wewoka. Okla, into an
alleged violation of law whereby 200 or
more citizens of the Seminole nation have
been deprived of their lands in an alleged
fraudulent manner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Wants Trees as Monuments

Living trees are proposed by City For
ester Boldly of Cleveland as monuments
to great men. His scheme is to ser out
a young tree for the man TO De honored,
and to place silver tubes, containing the
name and other records, in holes IN the
trunk, where they will remain for 100
years or more.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Maker OF Pears Soap Dead.

Andrew Pears, managing director and
head of the well-known firm of A. & f.
Pears limited, died at Isleworth. Eng
land. of heart disease. He was born in
1916, and was the last member of the
Pears family to be connected with this
firm. He was a grandson of the found
er of the establishment and was worth
many millions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Claims Mind Was Blank 65 Days.

J. Il. Freeman. proprietor of an art
store. who had been missing since Dec. 6,
returned to Cleveland the other day.
Freeman said his mind had been COM
plete blank from the time of his disap-
pearance until he found himself in St.
lOniS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Move to Buy Harrison Homestead

A movement has been started again in
the Indiana Legislature for the purchase
by the State of the old Harrison home
stead at Tincennes. The house was built
in 1904 and was used by William Henry
Harrison while he was Governor of the
Northwest Territory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
fractional Row Causes Suicide

Captain Samuel 2. LETTER, aged 40
president of the Board of Education,
committed suicide at his home in Hano-
yer, Ohio, by shooting himself in the
heart with a shotgun. A bitter factional
row in the board in which LETTER consid-
cred that his integrity had been attacked
SO preyed on his mind that he became
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Platform CoIIapses; Three Die.

BY the collapse of a platform upon
which gang of men were at work on
vessel at the plant of the American Ship
building Company at Lorraine, Ohio, John
Totah, John Burchik and Stephen Ko-
watch were killed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Has Serum Cure for Paresis.

In his address before the Union Medi-
cal Society in Massillon. Ohio DIR. J. D.
O'Brien exhibited four patients who are
suffering from paresis and who have
been treated with a recently discovered
serum. His theory is that paresis is a
germ disease and he says he has found a
serum that will cause the disease to yield
to treatment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
INVENTOR FALLS DEAD.

Thomas oliver Stricken with Heart
Disease in Chicago.
Thomas Oliver, inventor of the Oliver
T. pewriter and president of the Oliver
Cotton Harvester Company. died from
heart disease in the Argyle depot of the
Northwestern Elevated Railroad in Chi
cago. In company with his wife. Mr.
Oliver was waiting for a Chicago bound
train and intended leaving later for Tex
rs to sell his latest invention, cotton
picking machine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Progress Due 20 Weather.

Willis L. Moore. chief of the United
States weather bureau. says Americans
owe their spirit and enterprise largely to
ever changing weather conditions in this
country. He made the assertion while
lecturing at Columbia University, in New
York. on storms and weather forecast
inc:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
YOUTH FREEZES TO DEATH.
Nude Body of Man Found Near Mat
toon After Strange Experience.

Il am living as Jesus lived" said a
young man who walked through the Big
Four depot in Bellefontaine, Ohio, of
fering figs and dates to the crowd. At
terward he purchased ticket to Mat
toon. H. The next day he was found
near Tower Hill. town outside of Mat
toon. The body was nude and frozen.
Before leaving Bellefontaine the youth
sent a telegram TO Mrs. I. ii. Fitzger-
aid. Vallejo, Cal. signing himself ''R. A
Graham"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Mother of TripIetS at 10.

Mrs. Richard Shuttleworth. 10 years
old has become the mother OF triplets,.
two girls and a boy. The young mother
lives in Brooklyn, \. y. She will name
the boy William Taft Shuttleworth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
SIays Society Man nm Straa+

Walter Hubbard, prominent society
man of Ell Reno, was shot and killed in
the street in Oklahoma City, by Charles
Steinard. STEWARDS daughter is men
toned in connection with the tragedy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Boy killed Playing .'wiId West"

While playing wild West" Hugh Ma
her. 9-year-old boy of Po~ghkeepsie
n. Y. was shot through the heart by a
14-year-old negro boy. Richard Deyo. Ma
her was instantly killed. Deyo was not
held. as the coroner believed the shoot
ing to be accidental.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
ELECTRoCUTED ON A CAR.
Passenger Is LifeIess Half an Hour
Before Accident Is Discovered

Passenger Is LifeIess Half an Hour
Before Accident Is Discovered
After he had been electrocuted, Joseph
Rotajczak stood lifeless on the rear pla.-
form of a Broadway car in Cleveland for
thirty minutes before Others IN the car
realized he was dead. Rotajczak heard
something scraping against the car at
East 32d street. He reached out and
grasped a wire. A blue flash followed
and he was dead. The car vas brought
to a standstiIl, but no one noted Rotate
zak's condition. Later he was taken to
St Alexis Hospital. where physicians
said he had died instantly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Cbiaad nv Wife Ends Life.

Because his wife chided him for run
ming away after being in a fight, II. H.
Schleuder. young business man of Flor
ence. s. d.. aged % years, drank car
hnlic acid and died.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Want Sl,25 Wheat,

Declaring that the minimum price of
wheat on the farm should be S1.25 a
bushel. the American Society of Equity
has transmitted a paper to Congress
showing the cost of producing bushel
of wheat is S119 $40
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Opera Managers Wife Hurt.

Mrs. c. L. Williams, wife of the bust
ness manager of the Grand Opera House,
Philadelphia, was probably fatally injured
in an automobile accident near Egg Har-
bOr
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
sings Song Before He Is Hanged

P. G. Nichol. convicted of the murder
of Ed Smith, a 15-year-old boy, while
shooting at his father. was hanged in
Marion. Ark. Nichols sang a song and
offered prayer for his enemies on the
oalloWS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
One Killed in Train Wreck.

One man was killed, FIVE others were
perhaps fatally injured, and eleven were
slightly hurt when train No. 2, the Chi
cago flyer, of the Illinois Central Rail-
road, was derailss at Coldwater, Mia
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
TRIES TO KILL SELF.
Young Girl Leaps from Window on
Sixth Floor in Denver.

sixth Floor in Denver.
In an effort to kill herself Miss Violet
Briefly, aged %, stepdaughter of r. A
Powell. leaped from a window on the
sixth floor of the Mining Exchange
Building, in Denver, to the stone pave
ment. In the pocket of her coat was
note directing that communication
should be had with sc. NJ. W., a civil en-
gineer." in case of her death. 1t is
thought the girl cannot live.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Falls from Crane to Death.

n ]. Miller of Detroit, Mich, an
erecting engineer. fell forty feet from a
crane at Oakmount, near Pittsburg, and
was killed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-18
Friday.

The moving picture business is in the
grip of the big combine; Independent
plan TO fight merger as violation of law.
Strange maze of politics surrounds the
trial of the slayers of former Senator
Carmack at Nashvilleti Tenn, and the
feuds being ai.ed promise to affect great
issues in the State.
While leading papers in Toxic express
friendly sentiments toward the United
Staes, it is feared in commercial circles
that anti-Japanese agitation on the Pa
cifc coast may seriously affect trade with
America
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-12-22

replied Moran; .'it's the only water
John J. gives u.s.
'.Haggleton? What has he to do
with it,
Just a little-he owns the property
They stopped before six story tene-
ment on Market street.
Careful. now cautioned Moran.
..Hold on to the railing. It's steep"
He led the way down into deep
hole under the street, the iron steps
slanting like ladder and slippery
with mud and ice. Haggleton fol-
lowed cautiously and found himself in
a long. low basement lighted here and
there by f1aring gas jets. AS the door
opened he felt hot. foul breath as
from a sour and moldy cavern. The
air was full of white dust, the walls
were damp and greenish white, bare
bricks showing in places where the
plaster had fallen off. and the wooden
floor was sifted over with mealy mix
ture of -four and dirt.
tTO BE Continued
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-12-22

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