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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
D. o. MILLS STRICKEN DEAD.
Famous New York Philanthropist
Succumbs to Angina Pectoris.

SCccun DS to Angina P6cCOTlS.
D. O. Mills, the famous banker and
philanthropist, died suddenly at his
winter home at Millbrae, in San Mateo
County, about twenty-five miles south
of San Francisco. Death was due to
angina pectoris and was not expected
Mr. Mills was born Sept. 25, 1926, in
Salem, N Y, of English descent, but
his ancestors have been Americans
fury His first business venture was
as a clerk when he was II years old.
After he became Of age he went to
Buffalo. where he served as cashier Of
the Merchants Bank and formed other
business connections. In 1S4S Mr.. Mills
went TO California, but soon abandoned
gold digging for business in the new
country. In less than six months he
made 1000 and decided to make that
section of the country his home
He organized the bank of D. O..
Mills & Co. in 1850, and was active in
the Bank of California, retiring from
its presidency in 1873. Two years
later, however, when the bank was IN
danger, Mr.. Mills returned as its head,
reopened it and soon put it on sound
basis He again retired in 1878, and
moved to New York two years later,
where he at once assumed command
ing figure in the financial world. The
famous Mills Building at Broad and
Wall streets was erected by him. He
was director in several large corpora
tions, and gave much to charity.
Apart from his business career, Mr..
Mills enjoyed a worldwide reputation
as the founder of the Mills hotels for
men. These hotels are supported by
very low charges. He was married in
1854 in New York to Jane Templeton.
Besides Mrs Whitelaw Reid, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mills had a son, Ogden Mills, who
is a well-known social and business
figure
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13

! of Representatives despite the remote
ness of any war of Importance and r
lack of representation Of the regular
army.
The frock coat sits we'll upon lie
Congressman, and he does not look out
of place in cutaway, no matter how
greatly out of style. He prefers it
somewhat shiny and not too well press
ed. The folks back home must not
think he is a dude" His shoes are
stout, and his garments ample The
soft hat is still largely in evidence, de-
spite the trend of fashion toward the
villages. There are more soft hats in
Congress than stiff hats, and they are
more likely to stay there. Many Con
gressmen have never found it neces-
sary to have a hat conformed to their
heads, for those made of felt adapt
themselves.
The fact is that members of Con-
gress have big heads; that they are
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13

brushing me. Then a head appeared
over my shoulder. I do not want ever
to witness such an exhibition again"
During all of these strange demon
STATIONS Nine. Paladino was, appar
entity, in a trance her body stiffened
and her eyes closed. Each of her
hands were held and her feet were &C
counted for by the persons who sat on
either side of her. Many, in fact, most,
of those who crossed with the medium
are still skeptical in regard to spirit
ualism and spirits, but each one, upon
being questioned, has said that he, or
she would not for any consideration
go through with such an ordeal again.
According to Lombroso, from the
time Eusapia Paladino was a little
girl she had manifestations, either
lmediumistic or hallucinatory, which
ever they were, without being at all
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
TO BARE FOOD GRAFT.
Wilson Promises to Expose Those
Responsible for High Prices.

Wilson Promises to Expose Those
Responsible for High Prices.
I'VE have already discovered that
the farmer is not getting the exorbitant
profits out of the beef he raises" said
Secretary Wilson of the Department
of Agriculture, discussing the high
prices of food supplied. Il have no
doubt in the world" he continued,
that the same conditions will be
found to prevail in most of the other
lines of food products. The Depart
ment of Agriculture has agents in ev-
cry State and every county in the
country, and they have been ordered
to report eXhaustively on the cost of
production and the returns of sales of
all sorts of food products. AS fast as
we receive these figures we will COM
pare them with the prices the same
products bring in the cities where they
are consumed. We will then give the
facts to the public. We intend to
bring out the truth, irrespective of
whom it hurts or whom it benefits. |
am convinced that the public is COM
PEELED to pay a great deal more for
nearly everything it eats than it
should, and l believe the figures will
bear me out
There is ample excuse for some of
the increase in the cost of living over
what it was years ago. The farm area
is not keeping pace with the demands
for foodstuff The cities seem to have
more attractions for the laboring man
than do the rural communities The
horde of immigration, as well as the
ever-increasing native population, must
be fed and the farm is expected to fur
nish the food"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13

big men physically; that they wear
frock coats and are prone to assume
that air of mental abstraction.
The composite Congressman is pro-
portionate to his Uranium He is
big, full, well-rounded, masterful man.
He would not long be a Congressman
were he not. He congregates en- masse
at Washington and legislates for
the 90000,000. He is their sort
of man, and his mistakes are their
mistakes He is the best product that
the 1872 districts can turn out. The
only way to improve upon him is to
improve the ideals of the constituents.
Then if there are better men in their
districts they will be elected. But to-
day the people are getting what they
want. The men in the present Con-
gress are more than representative
they are in a general sense the ideals
of the people.
WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY.
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the House, so far as it is possible to
ascertain callings:
Lawyers, 255; merchants, "a; politi-
clans, %; newspaper men, 20; farmers,
10; manufacturers, g; bankers, IA; in
surance men, 4; engineers, 3; doctors,
4; cowboys, 4; authors, 2; labor lead
ers, 2, and one each of actors, naval
officers, teamsters, horse traders, auc-
tioneers, hotel men, preachers, and
princes.
The most remarkable predominance
of any given line of activity that en-
tered into the lives of great numbers
of embryonic Congressman was that
of teacher Two-thirds of the men who
sit on the House side have at some
time or other taught school, and men
tion the fact in their biographies. The
stamp Of the pedagogue is strong up
on Congress. There seems to be some
subtle influence welded by the school
room which leads to public life, or
there are traits of character which lead
man to teach school and then lead
him further to essay politics.
Another character who finds the gate
wide open that leads to political pas
lures green is the old soldier There
are forty-eight soldiers in the House
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13

above the ears. Representative Pearre,
of Maryland, has the head which con-
trasts most strongly with this, for it
is long and narrow. The Hitchcock
head is so per cent wider than the
/ Pearre head.
Speaker Cannon has just an average,
/ full IL head. The babys foot, repre-
scented by the head of Senator Cullom,
would appear to be affected with bun
ions, for it widens out greatly and
knottiIy toward the back Sena-
| tor Hale has one of the longest
heads in Congress. 1t is rs, a size
larger than that of Senator Frye The
head of Senator La Toilette is only l.
The others are like or intermediate
between these types.
The representative is heavier than
the Senator, more pugnacious, blocker,
nearer the mass of the people. He
fights more and differently for his
place, and the differing conditions re-
quire different man to survive. There
is, aside from the type, a considerable
sprinkling of the slim, wiry man who
depends upon his very wit or upon
cunning to hold his place instead of
the geniality and physical force of the
majority. A head of large circumfer-
ence is naturally proportiOnate to a
large body, and it is likely that the
great physique Of the successful Con-
gresham is responsible for the size
| of his head rather than any special
mental qualification.
Congress prints a directory of its
members in which each man writes his
own biography. From this the man
with a weakness for figures can read
| lily work out a great many of the ele-
ments that go to make up the average
| Congressman. 1t is almost possible to
put all these contributing, elements in
to a kettle, boil them together, and dip
out sufficient to make one man, the
composite Congressman.
According to this system, the mem
| Der of the Sixty-first is: Lawyer, two
thirds; merchant, one-tenth; soldier,
one-eighth; professional politician, one
/ fifteenth; newspaper man, One-siX-
/ tenth; farmer, one-thirtieth; banker,
| One-thirtieth Then there is a bare
trace of numberless callings running
all the way from cowboy to college
| president. Here are the figures for
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
PROVERBS OF PEOPLE.

One learns by sufering.-French.
Each person for his own skin
Turkish.
Oil and truth will get uppermost, al
last.-Italian.
He that wants hope is the poorest
man alive-Irish.
The corruption of the best becomes
the worst.-Latin.
He that will not be counseled can
not be helped-French.
Debt hangs like a paddock about the
mouth of labor-Dutch
He that would have the fruit must
climb the tree.-Portugues
He that shows his passion tells his
enemy where to hit him.-Spanish.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
MONEY INSTITUTIONS COMBINE.
Morgan Engineers Record Merger of
Three Trust Companies.

Morgan Engineers Record Merger of
Three Trust Companies.
J. Pierpont Morgan, head of the
money trust, accomplished another of
his tremendous coups the other day,
merging three New York trust com
pan1es into one of the greatest bank
ing institutions in the country, a
5000, 100000 assets concern, to be
known as the Guaranty Trust Com
pany. The companies concerned are
the Morton Trust Company, the Fifth
Avenue Trust Company and the Guar
anty Trust Company.
While not so officially announced,
this merger is currently reported to
have been brought about by Mr.. Nor
gan purchasing the stock inter-
ests of Thomas F. Ryan and the Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company. Two
months ago he purchased the holdings
of the late E. H. Hartman in the
Guaranty Trust Company, so that he
already had control of the central in
stttution in this new consolidation
The merger marks the following out
of a policy outlined some time ago
for the consolidation of many of the
large financial institutions of New
York City and calls attention in the
most forcible way to the dominant in
f1uence of the Morgan interests in the
financial world. 1t marks the acqui-
sition by Mr.. Morgan and his associ-
ates Of two financial institutions at
one time controlled by other powerful
interests, for the Guaranty Trust Com
pany was dominated by the late E. H.
Hartman and the Morton Trust Com
pany was the headquarters of Thomas
F. Ryan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
EVSAAPE ILAEzRAAk1I;a ADi NO
SPIRITUAL !: T. z==.=zl

Commonplace to the point of down
right stupidity, uncultured, illiterate
and ill-tempered, Nine Eusapia Pala-
dino is the last person on earth with
whom one would associate spiritual or
supernormaI powers. Yet this Italian
peasant woman is known the world
over as the despair of science" Men
like TO be deceived but not learned
men Oddly enough, it is just this
class of thinkers whom Nine Paladino
has completely puzzled and in many
cases convinced. Princess of Dark
ness" is but one of the many terms
applied to the famous medium. and
those who were her fellow passengers
on an Atlantic liner solemnly and inn
pressiyely swear, singly and collect
lively, that no human being ever bore
that title more deservedIy.
The story of that trip across the
Atlantic is no fairy tale, no collection
of airy imaginings, but the honest
statement made by every passenger
of as narrowing an experience as ever
fell to the lot of human beings. At
first it was not known to any one on
the boat, best as the members of her
family, who accompanied her, that
Nine Paladino was a passenger. 1t
wasn't long, however, before Dr. Edu
ardo Oreti, the ships italian doctor.
suspected the truth, and the woman
was questioned as to her identity. Of
course, when the news spread a Sc
ance was at once demanded Seance
followed seance, and at each her pow
ers were displayed to such an extent
hat many Of the more nervous pas
engers were literally overcome with
horror If ghostly arms appearing
from tenantless berths, a CHASTITY hand
drifting across a ships state-room,
and spirit kisses brushing the cheeks
lightly but with startling certainty,
were quite sufficient to chill the blood
of the most ardent scoffers on the
ship. can it be wondered at that the
women were reduced to a state of
nervous collapse?
Il called for my mother" said one
man upon his arrival in New York,
and felt a light embrace I felt dis
tinctly the sign of the cross placed
upon me-tapping, you know, at my
forehead, breast, and right and left
shoulders. This was repeated. Then
felt a kiss. and two slight pressures
on my cheeks as of a pair of lips
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13

The heads that gather under the
dome of the Capitol to wrestle with
the problem Of Iawnaking for the
greatest nation in the world are big
heads long heads, square heads, knot
ty heads, says the Washington Post.
He who applies the doggerel Little
head, little wit; big head, not a bit, "
TO the highest representative body of
the nation goes wrong, for these heads
are monstrous large and their owners
are here because they had the wit to
get elected over a thousand aspirants
to the places they occupy.
These men get fitted with hats in
Washington. From the shops they fire.
quent have been selected at random
the registers of their craniums. Prac-
tically all of them have big heads
heads quarter larger than the gen
eral run among the men of the ma
tion. The average for congressman
would be as high as IA, and as mat
ter for common knowledge a number
head is bigger than most. There is
the exceptional small head that gets
to Congress and succeeds there, but
the hatband burster is the general
rule.
For that matter the beetling brow
is lodged in other high places even
overlapping Congress The present oc-
cupant of the White House wears a
hat registering to the unusual notch of
~. His strenuous Immediate prede-
cessor fell below this record in ex-
panse of chronological circumference
by only a single point, and wore sky
piece that was designated 73s
The head of the Hon. Nicholas Long
worth. for instance, is as wide in front
as behind, and were it unadorned it
would be difficult to tell whether it
was coming or going. 1t is the most
regular head in Congress, a complete
oval twice as long as wide. 1t is a
IA as is the head of Senator Perkins,
of California The greatest contrast
in heads in Congress is this year re
moved 1t existed between John Yves
ley Gaines, of Tennessee, and John
Dalzell, of Pennsylvania The former
had the largest head in Congress, and
the latter one of the smallest.
The widest head in Congress is that
of Representative Hitchcock, of Ne
braska 1t is a rs and broadens out
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
ATCHISoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

1t is easy to show another man his
painful duty.
1t is fortunate that not all people
guilty of contempt of court show it.
Every man is a reformer until re-
form tramps on his toes. Then how
he yells.
A good many important events oc-
cur in the course of year, but very
few of them originate in a mass meet
ing.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned woman who called them bat
ter cakes?"
When man talks five minutes over
the telephone, he says, All right" ten
times. A woman will say, Well that
often.
1t is a good thing to have large
number in a church choir; it makes
it SO much easier when they divide
the blame
When guests are asked to register
at little hotel, they always feel that
the proprietor insists upon it largely
out Of curiosity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13

Everybody works poor father.
He sits round all day.
Eyebrows blue with bother
Over the bills to pay.
Works without cessation
Trying to save his vest
a swell vacation,
they get the titivation,
the education,
Father gets the rest"
Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
SPLINTERS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

rd-headed-Goats
Leads a fast life-The convict.
The cheap kind of talk is cheap.
The gardener always does consider
able patchwork
All the world is stage and every
man wants to be in the limelight.
Boyce-Did Smith build his house
on rocks? Joyce-No; on credit.
Man never sees any clouds in the
sky when he is looking into the future.
Any one can put up a swell bluff if
they have an easy groceryman and
butcher.
Benners-Do you mean to say that
cars are somnambulistic? Jenners-
Yes; sleeping cars.
Boyce-You never see Smith cut
ting very wide swath. Joyce-You
can't do it very well when you are in
the straight and narrow path
Bowers-Why is it that one man al
ways plays piano while another man
sings? Powers don't know, but I
suppose it is done SO that each can
blame It on the other.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13

able to- explain them to herself-such
as hearing raps on pieces of furniture
on which she was leaving, having her
clothes or the bed covers stripped
from her in the night, and seeing
ghosts or epparitions. AS she grew
a medium and for years that 'busf
ness" has been her sole occupation.
Men have called her tricksteT of the
deepest dye, but that some of her
tricks" are beyond all human expla-
nation every one who has witnessed
them admits.
The American visit of the medium
is to be in no sense a moneymaking
scheme for any one but Nine. Pala-
dino. The funds necessary to REIN
burse her for her services have been
raised by subscription.
The list of American scientists who,
it is stated, will form a committee of
investigation include President Stan
ley Hall, of Clark University; Prof.
Hugo Won Meunsterberg, of Harvard;
Dr. Morton Prince, of Boston, editor
of the Journal of Abnormal Psycholo-
gy; DR.. Charles L. Dana, the alienist;
Prof William James, DR.. Edward S.
Pickering, professor of astronomy at
Harvard; DR.. Charles F. Minot, of the
Harvard Medical School; Dean Will
lam R. Newbold, of the University of
Pennsylvania DR.. R. w. Wood, pro-
lessor Of physics of Johns. Hopkins !;
Dr. Joseph Jastrow, professor of psy-
chology of the University of Wiscon-
sin; DR.. Robert Kennedy Duncan, pro
lessor of physics and chemistry in
the University of Kansas; Prof. Trow-
bridge, of Princeton, and DR.. D. S.
Miller, professor of philosophy at Co
lumbia
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13

Spencer Trask, the New York bank
er who lost his life in a recent rail-
way collision, was a prominent figure
in Wall street from the day of his
graduation in 1866 at Princeton. He
was one of the first financiers to APP
preciate the commercial Importance of
the inventions of Edison and had been
a director in many Of these enterprises
from their inception. Mr.. Trask as
born in New York in 1914. In 1874 he
was married to Kate Nichols
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
FILE A VOTE PETITION.

Women Suffragists of Oklahoma
Want to Be Allowed to Vote.
The woman suffragists of Oklahoma
have filed their petitions to initiate a
proposed amendment to the constitu-
ton allowing women to vote, and the
signatures were detached in the pres
ence of the Governor and Secretary
of State. There were 38,543 signers
to the petition, about 500 more than
required
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
The Retort Courteous.

ooh, husband, wake up" cried the wife
in alright,
s1 am sure there's a burglar down.
stairs"
go down. then" said hubby; you
told me last night
Not to NEEDLE in household affairs"
The Sphinx
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
Touching Verse.

At first she touches up her hair
To see if it's in place
And then with manner debonnair
She touches up her face.
A touch to curls behind her ear,
A touch to silken collar,
And then she's off to hubby dear
To touch him for dollar
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
Man Kills Young Woman.

Annie Shuenemann, 20 years old,
was shot and killed while in her home
in Philadelphia by Stephen Blanche,
% years old, oiler on West Indian
steamship. Blanche then shot himself
and is expected to die. He had in
vited the girl to go to a theater and
she refused.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
With Others.

There was young person named Ted;
Automobiles had gone to his head;
Wreathed in gasoline smiles,
He sped thousands of miles.
And he'll probably scorch when he's
dead.
Lillian Russell
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
Brewer Com mits Suicide

Prohibition having deprived him of
a livelihood and death of his wife of
many years, Frank Pabst, head brewer
for the Capitol City Brewing Company
in Montgomery, Ala, until put out Of
business by the law, placed a shotgun
against his breast and killed himself
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
GOOd-.By, John.

fOld Moneybags says that if I will
marry him he will make me a present
of lovely automobile"
But what will become of Jack?'
81 will give Jack up for the present -
Houston Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
A Sign.

Whenever you hear people referring
to any one as IAN original genius"
you may be sure that they are pre-
pared to make excuses for him.-Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13
The Moisture.

Does your wife cry when she gets
angry?"
Yes" answered Mr.. Meekton cit
isn't the heat of her temper that dis
tresses me so much as the humidity"
Washington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13

A series of meetings to acquaint the
people with public health matters has
been arranged by public spirited citi-
zens of Winona, Mimi. DR.. II. NJ.
Bracken, secretary of the State board
of health, gave an address at the first
meeting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13

The act regulating the racing of run
ming horses and the establishment of
the State racing commission of Ken
lucky was held constitutional by the
court of appeals, whose opinion l.
sweeping in character. 1t sustains tine
racing commission in every contention
in its efforts to regulate betting. Horse
men declare that this means new
and better era for racing in the Blue
Grass State.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-13

With the height OF the skating sea-
son at hand, the United States volun
teer life saving corps has issued a
statement in New York setting forth
dangers to be avoided, censuring reck-
Iessness and giving suggestions for res
cue work and resuscitation.