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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Three Killed In WrenL.

Three men were killed, two perhaps
fatally injured and six others seriously
hurt when the Iron Mountain fast mail
train for Texas was wrecked near the
city limits of st. Louis. The train,
which carried no passengers, left the
tracks and crashed through the walls
of building of the Miller Manufac-
turing Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
WILL PUSH INTERURBAN LINE.
Contractors Reach JanesviIIe and
Discuss Proposed Railway.

Contractors Reach anesvilIe and
Discuss Proposed Railway.
H. H. Zigler and Engineer Joseph
Ellis of the Cincinnati Construction
Company and ]. J. Hartley of Phila-
delphia and E. NJ. Maxwell of Cincin-
natl, who are under contract to build
an interurban line from GAINESVILLE to
Madison, arrived in GAINESVILLE from
Chicago the other day and were taken
to the capital by automobile over the
proposed route of the road. Mr.. Zigler
declared that the rights of way had
been secured; that bonds would be
filed with the various cities within
thirty days, and that construction work
would commence in July and be COM
pleted in December.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
ROBBERS FIRE STORE.
Blowing of Safe Wrecks Mercantile
Establishment and Causes Blaze.

Robbers blew the safe in the build
ing occupied by the Meredith Mercan-
tile Company in Mellen. The entire
first floor was wrecked by the explo-
sion. Fire broke out and damaged the
structure and stock to the extent of
$4,000, the loss being covered by in
surance. The bandits booty amounted
to less than $40 in silver currency.
They got away during the excitement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
SUICIDE NAMES PAIL BEARERS
Young Druggist Drinks Acid After
Writing Letter to His Father

Young Druggist Drinks Acid After
Writing Letter to His Father.
Frank Ross, son Of Phil Ross, of Osh-
kosh, was found dead in bed at hotel
in Appleton, having committed suicide
by taking carbolic acid when he retired
TO his room. Ross, who was 20 years
old, came to Appleton from Green Bay,
where since last October he had been
employed as a clerk in drug store
He left a letter addressed to his father,
in which he mentions difficulty with
his employer. He also selects as pail
bearers the following from Oshkosh:
John Schneider, Frank Taylor, Ben
GUM, Henry Clug, Herbert NoIte and
Earl Jennette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
A Powerful w eapon.

They were examining an old-fash-
toned shotgun of murderous build. 1t
looked as if it would be an effective
weapon against anything short of an
elephant, and It's owner was boasting
with that scorn of fact which is al
lowed the successful hunter of its
power.
Doesn't it kick like anything?'
asked one.
"0h, yes, it kicks some" said the
proprietor, but that's the beauty of
it. Why, once I shot at a grizzly that
was charging me. l missed him, and
on he came. Ii it had not been that
the gun kicked me so far back thai
l had time to reload I shouldn't have
been here to tell the story."-Youth's
COMPANION.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
FIRE THREATENS BLOCK.

NefghbOrs Form Bucket Brigade and
Save Homes from Burning.
Prompt action in organizing buck
ct brigade saved an entire block of the
residence section of Manitowoc when
fire threatened it. The fire started in
the home of Joseph Hejda and got a
considerable start before Mr.. Hejda
called the assistance of neighbors and
owing to a high wind and delay in
summoning the fire department the
neighboring buildings had close call
The damage is nominal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Professional skill.

4 hear, doctor, thai my friend
Brown, whom you have been treating
so long for liver trouble, has died of
stomach trouble" said one of the ply
sician's patients.
Don't you believe all you hear" re-
piled the doctor. when l treat a
man for liver trouble he dies of liver
trouble. -Everybody's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
DENTIST IS STABBED.
Wife Says Husband Is Wounded


Wife Says Husband Is Wounded by
Accident During ScuffIe.
DR.. James Mackenzie, a dentist, was
found with a knife wound in the abdo-
men late on a recent night in apart
ments in Eau Claire occupied by the
doctor and his wife She had given
the alarm. Mackenzie was removed
to a hospital and is said to be in a
serious condition. Mrs Mackenzie
states that the wounding occurred acct
dentally while she was trying to take
knife away from her husband. DR..
Mackenzie has made no statement
Neighbors had heard sounds indicating
a struggle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Tobacco Crop Outlook Favorable.

Indications point to early June trans
planting of tobacco as the seed beds
are coming forward satisfactorily
There may be small loss of acreage
in Dane County, as some farmers are
going into sugar beet production, hav-
ing had misfortune with tobacco last
year by reason of frost and hail. It is
expected that planting will be in full
rush by the middle of June.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
INSANE FROM ERYSIPELAs.
CraZed Workman Hur1s Himself
Twice Before Engine.

Thomas Hourad, workman employ
ed by the Heyl Patterson Company,
which is erecting the steel work for
a big new coal dock in Superior, twice
tried suicide the other night by throw
ing himself in front of a moving
switch engine Once the footboard
saved him and the next time other
workmen performed the service. 1t is
believed that he was almost blinded
and out of his head as the result OF
suffering from erysipelas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
RiNer Hides LIS Dead

No trace of the body of William
Reynolds, who was drowned at Wau-
sau, has been found Hundreds of men
dragged the river, but returned with
out result. The body will now be await
ed at Bensons Hall below Stevens
Point, as it is believed it was washed
down there
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
ALUMINIUM PLANT SOLD.
Ohio Corporation Acquires Foundry
Which Has Had Great Growth

Which Has Had Great Growth.
Sale Of the Manitowoc Aluminium
Foundry Company plant in Manitowoc
to the Aluminium Casting Company of
Ohio is announced with the filing of
papers by the company to do business
in this State. The company is capt.
talized at 100000 and operates twelve
plants, the largest in the country. Con-
rad Warra, president of the local COM
pany, has been named State represen-
tative of the company and will have
personal charge of the local plant.
The deal is considered of vast import
to the city. The Aluminium Foundry
Company was organized ten years ago
as a small concern and is to-day one
Of the largest industries in the city
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Birth Rate in France Falls.

Vital statistics made public show a
decrease in the birth rate in france.
The births during 1909 were 10000
against 10000 in the preceding year.
Since 1851 the population of the re-
public has been increased by 1900 600
only, while the population of Germany
in the same period has been increased
by 3O,OOO,OOO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Flee Fire in school.

Sixty pupils and their teachers mar
rowly escaped death when the Over
look Military Academy in Norwals,
Conn, was burned. Awakened by bu.
gle calls blown by the student buglers,
the boys scrambled to the street in
their night clothes. The fire spread
rapidly through both wings of the
school building, three-story structure
of wood
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
BURGLARS STEAL HORSES.

After Dynamiting Vault and Wreck
ing Store They Get Little Booty.
Burglars forced an entrance to the
Osceola Mercantile Company's store
and blew open the vault, inside of
which was a safe containing $500. The
door of the vault was blown through
the front of the building and the store
was wrecked. The safe was not open
ed. Afterward the craftsmen went to
another store and rifIed the cash draw
er, getting $3.50. Then they stole a
team and left town.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
FEUD ENDS FATALLY.
Trapper and RaiIroader Exchange
Shots and Former Is Killed.


Shots and Former Is Killed.
A feud was fought in Crescent, and
as a result E. D. Brahmstadt, a trap
per, aged So, is dead with three bullet
holes in his body. Brahmstadt had
purchased revolver in Rhinelander,
and it is said he had shot at William
Barron, a farmer, also living in Cres-
cent. Brahmstadt, missing his man,
was shot. Three buckshot struck
Brahmstadt in the mouth and two in
the body. The police are in search of
Barron, who is an old railroad man
The trouble is said 10 have started
over a fence which Barron was build
ing. Brahmsladt had been living with
an old trapper, and has no relatives in
that section.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Druggist nrons Dead.

Charles w. Behrend, a druggist, died
in Appleton of heart failure. His body
was found on Lawrence campus. He
was a son of Gustave Behrend, of Osh-
kosh, and was SO years of age. Mr..
Behrend has been in the drug business
in Appleton about two years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
EcOnOuny

your husband goes to every base
ball game"
Yes" replied Young Mrs. Torkins.
Charley is economizing. When the
home team loses he's too disappointed
to eat any dinner, and when it wins
he's too enthusiastic. Washington
Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
SONS JOIN VETERANS.
Two Encampments VIII Be Held a
the Same Time

Two Encampments VIII Be Held at
the Same Time.
The annual state encampment of the
Sons of Veterans will be held in Fond
du Lac June to in connection with
the annual meeting of the G. A. r. The
headquarters of the delegates will be
at the Erving Hotel and all business
meetings will be held at Trades and
Labor Hall. The principal speakers
will be Governor Davidson and Ma
tional Commander Samuel Van SAINT
During the encampment an effort will
be made to reorganize the local camp
Of the order, which disbanded several
wears ago
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
WinhfaII for IniXersifv

Princeton University will receive
about s1,150,000 as result of an
nouncement made at special meeting
of the Board of Trustees. The contro-
versy over the graduate college is said
to be at an end.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Chosen Head of Wisconsin Asylum.

The Wisconsin State Board of Con-
troll, which has charge of the eleven
charitable and penal institutions of
the State, has elected DR.. A Sherman
as superintendent of the state asylum
for the insane at Oshkosh at a salary
of $4,000 a year. The present superin-
tendents, matrons and stewards were
reelected
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Paris Green Defes Doctors

J. Garfield, a prominent citizen of
Granton, 43 years Of age, died at St
Joseph's Hospital in Marshfeld. He
took paris green at his home and was
brought there for treatment. He had
become respondent over continued i'll
ness for three years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Small Boy Burns Barn.

The barn on the Louis Frisque farm
near Wausaukee burned to the ground.
The loss will reach about $500. It is
thought the fire caught from matches
in the hands of a 6-year-oId boy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

a double frying pan, hinged in the
center, has been patented by an Iowa
man, so that two articles can be cook
ed at once and to save space by fold
ing it when not in use.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
0hio Cities nOnen shons.

No Ohio city or village can contract
cept union labor in municipal enter
prises, according to an opinion of At
torney General Denman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Five Drop 600 Feet to death

Five miners were dashed to death in
the Richard mine, two miles west Of
Dover, n. J., when hosting bucket in
which they were coming up the shaft
overturned and hurled them to the bot
tom. 600 feet below
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Steamers I'm Crash on Lake Erie.

The steamers A L. Hopkins and Syr-
acuse were in collision on Lake Erie
near Southeast Shoal lightship. The
Syracuse, which was not damaged, took
the Hopkins in tow to the mouth of
the Detroit River, where it was met by
the tug Aldrich
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Badger Killed in Arizona Mine,

Fred Falk, Two Rivers man who
was employed at Globe, Ariz., was kill
ed in an accident in the cupper mines
a brother, Reinhardt, is en- route to
Globe to take charge of the body and
bring back the body for burial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
How Killed by Automobile.

An automobile occupied by Miss
Julia Chouteau Mafht, descendant Of
Pierre Chouteau, ran over and killed
Arthur BruIey, II years old, in st.
Louis The chauffeur was arrested
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Polk County Pioneer Dies.

Ex-County Treasurer Martin Olson
died at his home at Nye after brief
illness, aged about s.. He has been
a resident of Polk County since 1850.
A wife four sons and three daughters
survive him
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

No stream from its source flows sea-
ward, however lonely its course, but
that some land is gladdened No life
can be pure in its purpose and strong
in its strife, and all life noe be purer
and stronger thereby.-Meredith
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
SchOOIhOuSe Is Burned

Fire destroyed the Glidden school
building. The structure burned to the
ground. The total loss is estimated at
100000 There is $4,000 insurance
on the building
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Young Kerens Poison Victim.

Richard c. Kerens, Jr, son OF hi!
ard c. Kerens. United States ambassa-
dor to Austria, is in the St. Louis city
hospital suffering from poison. self-ad.
miDistered.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Desfr0Yed by Fire.

The sulphuric acid plant OF the West
ern Chemical Manufacturing Company
in Denver was destroyed by a fife
which Frank R. Ashley, president Of
the company, attributes to incendiar-
ism connected with labor troubles
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Kitten Has Two Tongues.

John Desmond, in La Crosse, is ex-
hibiting a freak kitten which has two
noisy tongues and two threats, but
only CT lead and one neck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

The Peruvian Indians are credited
with having the greatest range of vi
sicn of all races. cases having been
recorded of them distinguishing hui
man beings eighteen miles away.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Ito be continued.)
TAXES AND LAND IN ENGLAND.
Sums Paid by the Idlers and TOflers
for Country's Support.

Sums Paid by the ldlers and TO1Iers
for Country's Support.
While the industrious middle classes
pay upward of G55,1O0,000 in direct
taxation" G31 ,00O,0 900 of which is a
vexatious Income tax on industry,
and also help to contribute to an Gin
direct tax" of e64, 7OO000-making
G119, 800 ,000-the ground lords of the
country only pay G750,000. While the
workers pay the vast sum of &119,-
100000 the ground lords pay less than
a single million, because they are as
sessed in accordance with a valuation
passed in the year 1892. Though their
property has increased more than 1000
per cent in value, they are paying on
a valuation passed more than 200 years
ago The ground lords extract upward
of $200,000,000 per annum for permit
ting the people to live and work on
their" CD land, both city and coun-
try, and yet the middle-class workers,
in income tax alone, contribute to the
government of the country forty-one
times more than the ground lords. On
the other hand the people in customs
and excise duties alone contribute
e64,7OO,0OO, which is eighty-stven
times more than the ground lords
The entire land of the country is lit.
orally in the control of a handful OF
people Taking England and Wales
and leaving Ireland out for the pres
ent, the total area is 34,524,974 acres,
of which total 1S,546,949 acres, or more
than one-half, are in the hands Of 4,217
people, or less than one one-thousandth
of the population, Of the controllers
Of this vast area 400 peers and peer,
esses Gown" 5,789,O79 acres, while
| 1888 great landlords Gown" 8,497 ,699
acres, or 1858 persons ''own" 14,227,-
678 acres.
The public seems so little aware OF
these vast holdings that the figures
should be presented in various aspects
i'll order to bring them home. Here is
little table that might assist toward
this object:
One-fourth OF the total
acreage of the country is
6 oTned fo,l by nv f2 2S9 persons PERSON,
Remaining half by. .312,15O persons
Entire country Owned
literally by ........... 319,550 persons
This means that out of population
| of a, 100000 practically 43, 680,450 have
no land, no stake in the country
Eight one-thousandths of the popuia
ton Gown" the whole country. Six
hundred peers alone own" nearly one
fourth of the entire area. Twelve
| landlords alone hold 100000 acres
among them.
The laboring classes in England own
| no land whatever, whereas in even so
small a country as Belgium there are
more than 100000 small landowners
each with ~ acres, and in addition
there are 100000 small proprietors
each with Is acres. In Prussia 500, 000
of the Iaboring classes, hold land and
| have a stake in the country"
III England the laboring classes and
the middle classes, or the vast major
| ity of them, are absolutely "disinher
tied" Not foot of soil have they
got, except perhaps SO 7are Yard or
so in some cemetery, even for which a
| gCodly price has to be paid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
veteran Dies During wife's Funeral

veteran Lies During VINES II unerhA
William Schults aged 80, and a mem
Der of the G. A. R., died in Baraboo,
about the time his wife was being
buried. The venerable couple had lived
together many years, and he died of
grief.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
DASHES TO HIS DEATH.

Pennsylvania Killed When Scat
folding Breaks at DOdgeviIle.
John Donahue, of Kane, Pa, was
killed in DodgevilIe and Harry Plat
and Roy Lundy, of Omaha, were seri-
ously injured by the breaking of q
scaffold on top of the new steel water
tank, which is being built there. The
tower Of the tank is sixty feet in height
aid the tank thirty-siX feet high. The
men were working on the inside of the
tank hosting a sheet Of steel when the
accident occurred
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
FoREsEEs CHEESE MONOPOLY.

Oldest Dealer in State Says Packers
Set Low Price.
THE cheese business is coming to
be a monopoly" is the statement Of A.
D. De Land, of Sheboygan, the oldest
established cheese dealer in the State.
Already the cheesemakers are sell
ing their product TO the Chicago pack
ers for less than the wholesalers pay
for it," said Mr.. DeLand, "and l can
foresee that in no great time a few
will control the production of cheese"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
A Rising Profession.

whats your friends business?"
"Oh. he's a discoverer of new Rem
brandts. "-FIiegende Blatter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

Chairman Levi H. Bancroft sent a tele.
gram to President Taft extending
hearty congratulations Of the conven,
ton upon your splendid and loyal eff.
forts to redeem the pledges of the
party made to the people in the ma
tiOnal Republican platform upon which
you were elected and assuring him
continued support
Later Mr.. Bancroft received the fol
lowing reply from the White House;
Il am much gratified to receive the
congratulations and assurances of con.
tidence and support contained in your
telegram, which has just been received
and ask that you will express to Wis,
consin Republicans assembled in con
vention my hearty thanks
civilian H. TAFT"
Vice President Sherman addressed
the convention at its first session and
Headed the cause of regular Repub-
Hcanism and urged the insurgents tC
return to the fold. Throughout his
speech he kept insurgency in mind
now 1COuhIlISo I1lC u Gaming away IL OH
party and then pleading for harmoni
Gus and concerted action within the
lines.
Il believe" said Sherman, when de
ceit and Justification shall have had
their day, when the present tariiI law
is known and understood in detail
when its true effect is realized, there
will follow unstinted commentator OF
our President and those in both
houses Of Congress who have striven
to carry out the pledges of the last ma
tional platform, to comply with the de-
sire on the part Of all to continue the
policies of him who, for seven years,
was indefatigable in his eagerness to
advance the interests of the whole PEG,
pie, and whom in a few days we shall,
with an earnestness and zeal that will
leave him no room to doubt as to his
place In the hearts of the American
people, welcome again to our shores.