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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
The Victor,

Cassidy-Harrigan was around tn
day braggin' about tn b'atin' he gev
Finnegan last Monda'.
Casey-Last Monda'? Sure, that's
near a week ago. Tis a wonder he
wasn't around sooner.
Cassidy-Ayei but, it seems he only
recovered from it this mornin'.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
NO INDICTMENT FOR LYNcHERs.
Men Who Burned Mexican at Stake
Go "scott" Free.

Rock Springs, Tex. = The fed
eraI grand jury here adjourned
without returning an indictment
against any of the men who participa-
ted in the recent lynching of Antonio
Rodriguez, the Mexican who murdered
Mrs. Lem Henderson. No testimony
was given which the jury considered
would justify it in bringing in an in
dictment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Carl Hagenbeck Not Dead.

CiHcinnati-Carl Hagenbeck of
nenagerie fame, is not dead at his
home near Hamburg, Germany, as re-
ported in dispatches from Berlin. A
cablegram received here by Alfred
Bode Monday said William, a brother
Of Carl, had died.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
BIG CANADIAN BANK is CLOSED
Farmers institution, With 81 Branch
es, Suspends Payment.

Toronto, Ont-The Farmers bank
with head offices in Toronto and 81
branches in various towns and vii
lagos throughout Ontario, has sus-
pended payment. The capital stock
of the bank is $1,OOO,OOO, with about
100000 paid up, the shareholders
numbering over 1000, principally in
small amounts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29

Neighbor-Hi! Come quick; your
Mary's fell in t pond!
Farmer (excitedly)-What has?
Neighbor-Mary, your wife!
Farmer (reheved) Mary! Lor', you
did give me a turn; thought you said
maret-The Taller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Taft AnnuIs Death necree.

ngton.-President Taft Tues
fay committed to life imprisonment
he death sentence passed upon John
Wynne, an oiler on the steamer Rosen-
Grams at Honolulu, Hawaii, for the
murder of a man named McKinnon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Modesty Costs Girls Life.

New York.-Because she would not
allow her fellow employees to fasten
tourniquet about her leg, Miss Helen
Gerschen died at st. Vincent's hospital
Wednesday, Miss Gerschen accident
ally stabbed herself in the leg with q
pair of scissors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Ninety Prisoners Join Rebels.

hington.-Priyate telegrams re
ceived here Monday stated that 90
prisoners t-ken by the Mexican revo-
Iutionists at Ojinaga, have joined the
insurrectos.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29

| squad Of hremen VINO were directing
| their operations from a loading plat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Woman Makes Iona FIiOht

Etampes, France.-The longest sus-
tanned flight ever made by a woman
was negotiated here Wednesday by
Mile. Helene Dutrieu, who covered 103
miles IN two hours and thirty-three
minutes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Texas to Cost $3.50, 900.

Washington.-Th contract for build
ing the 27000-ton battleship Texas
was awarded Tuesday to the Newport
News Shipbuilding company, the low
est bidder. at S5,S30,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Private Bank is Closed.

Watkins, n. Y.-The Farmers and
Merchants bank, a private institution,
failed to open its doors McnGa! a
general assignment for the benSit of
creditors has been made
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Tea CONSUMPTION Estimated,

New York-The worlds annual
consumption Of tea is 1850 600, 900
pounds, according to figures given out
by & market statistician here Satur-
day. China produces so per cent of
this total
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29

Were you nervous when you pro
posed to your wife," asked the senti-
mental person.
NO" replied Mr.. Meekton; but If I
could have foreseen the next ten
years would have been"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
TWO BIG PACKERS GIVE BONDS.
Morris and TiIden Furnish Ball in
Sum of $4,000 Each.

MOTIFS ana TIUEn + UTnTSh BAH IT
Sum of $4,000 Each.
Chicago. - Edward Morris, presi.
dent of Morris & Co.; Louis H
Heyman, also of Morris & Co., and
Edward Tilden of Swift & Co., three
of the packers recently reindicted by
the federal grand jury on the charge
of conspiracy in restraint of trade, ap.
peared in the United States district
court clerks office and furnished bail
of $4,000 each. The bonds were fur
nished by the same sureties who fur
nfshed bail on the original indict-
ments
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Chile Minister to U. s. Dies.

Washington.-Sen Anibal Cruz, en-
vcy extraordinary ana minister pleni-
potentiary from Chile to the United
States, was stricken with heart failure
Monday and died ten minutes later.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29

Il have come to the conclusion that
we alI really like to be bossed," OBJ
served the Wise Guy.
= suppose that is why men have
wives and wives have cooks" aided
the simple Mug.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Eez Postal Station PiIIaoed.

Paris.-A dispatch from Tangfer.
Morocco. save courier arriving from
brez Saturday reports that the German
postal station at Fee was pillaged or
December and $4,000 stolen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
STOLEN VAN DYck IS FOUND;
Customs Officers Hold Supposed Mas
terpiece Sold for $40.

terPlGce SOLO Tor S1U.
Boston.-The customs officials re-
used to deliver to a local art
iealer an oil painting which is said
to have been purchased abroad for
80, which is thought to be a famous
Van Dyck stolen from private gal
cry in Germany. The painting was
withheld at the request of the Ger
nan authorities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Confirm Mcchord and Meyers.

Washington.-The senate in execu-
tive session Wednesday confirmed the
nominations of C. c. McChord and B.
H Meyers as members of the inter
state commerce commission.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Unusual Character.

"Brownsby is a very remarkable
man
How so?"
He never makes any facetious re-
marks when he starts to carve a
fowl"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Women Nav Smoke in Ho+ar

New York-One Of the new fash
ionable hotels in New York, under in
ternational management, has lifted the
ban and now permits women to smoke
in any part Of the house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Cool.

Pater-Sir, after the investigation I
have made into your character, l can
not give you my daughter Ethel
Suitor-All right, then how about
one of the others?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
IandsIide in italy Kills Four

Naples.-A landslide at Pisciotta, in
the province Of Salerno. Saturday,
caused the death of four persons and
the serious injury Of several others
One house collapsed and nine were
daxsaged
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
ELKINs is VERY MUCH BETTER

Senator Scott Makes the Announce
ment In the Senate Chamber.
Washington.-In announcing in the
senate that Senator Elkins was
detained at home by serious illness,
Senator Scott of West Virginia added:
Il am glad to say he is much better"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
The Main Point

"Mr Subbubs, your cook has broken
her leg. However. in about two
weeks she'll be able to sit up and take
notice"
And how long before she'll be able
to give notice, doc?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Very EIat.

"The ancients thought the world
was fiat"
We'll, they had no automobiles, no
musical comedy, no bridge whist 1t
7ust have been in those days"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Two If ife-savlno Crew Drown

New York-A Iifeboat of new de-
sign capsized Tuesday while being
tested in the surf at Rockaway Beach
and two members of the crew were
drowned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Rinen SInWlN.

City Girl-Oh, the. darling little
chickens, Just out of their shells!
At what age are they ready for mar
ket?
Farmer-Anywhere up to eight
years, lady.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29

Apollo was weeping bitterly.
mo use" he sobbed. 4 can never
look as handsome as the young mvS
in the ready-made clothing ads"
AngriIy he tore up the pages
Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
4 Costly Painfinn

Bill-How long was your friend, the
artist, working on that canvas?
Will-Eight years. Took him about
six months to paint it, and seven and
a half years trying to sell it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
NORTH ADAMS VOTES DRY BY T.
Massachusetts City, Long in License

FIassaNTIUscINs OTIy, LUHY III LICenSe
Column, Bars Saloons.
North Adams, Mass.-After many
ears in the license column, with
.wenty-one saloons and several
clubs enjoying the privilege of liquor
selling, North Adams swung into the
lo-license ranks by a majority of one
VOte.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
END MISSOURI PACIFIC STRIKE.
Agreement is Signed Between Shop
men and Road Officials.

men and Road Officials.
ST. Louis = The strike of the
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain
Railway system machinists, black
smiths, boilermakers, coppersmiths
and their helpers was ended here by
agreement signed by head officials of
the railroads and union involved, the
agreement becoming effective We'd
nesday. Both sides claim victory
General Manager A w. Sullivan of
the railroad system states that the
terms Of the agreement are the same
as those the railroad offered May 1
last, which the strikers rejected. The
union chiefs deny this, and state that
they consider that the unions had
whipped the railroads into line.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
The Usual Kind.

Maud you were alarmed whep
Jack kissed you. I sappose you
screamed.
Ethel-No, it was a still alarm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29

When the virtues are only on the
surface they easily find vociferous
evaporation
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-11
MEDALS PRESENTED
TO WRIGHT BROTHERS

Washington, February 1O.-Orville
and Wilbur Wright, the two aero
nauts. were today presented with the
Langley medal of the Smithsonian in
stitute by Chief Justice Fuller of the
United States supreme court, who is
also chancellor of the Smithsonian in
stitution. The medal was created In
1908 in eommemoration of Professor
Langley and his work in aerodromics
Wilbur Wright, in accepting the
medal, declares that when the Wright
brothers had perfected their CONNER
cial flying machine organization they
intended to go back to reserach work
and announce some startling discov-
cries. He declared there was research
work awaiting which could keep six
men busy a lifetime.
The medal was struck in the mint at
Paris. 1t was designed by ]. C. Cham
plain, q member of the French acade-
my. The reverse Is from the seal of the
institution designed by st. Gaudens.
Duplicates in bronze also were pre-
scented to the Wright brothers and one
replica was kept for the institution.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-11
.coRNCoBs FOR PIPES

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Probably not one smoker in hundred
whs. likes the real American pipe
the corncoD--is aware Of the fact that
many acres in Ohio and Illinois, Missouri
and Nebraska are devoted to raising corn
for the especial purpose of producing
cobs suitable for fashioning into pipe
bowls. The grain itself lie marketed, of
course, but tho cob on which 1t grows Is
thu real harvest. and is cut carefully
into prope' lengths. smoothed and pol
ished. the soft inner pulp being gouged
out by spec tally constructed machinery.
1t is possible to buy a set of corncob
pipes. in nest Of six, with an amber
mouthpiece, mounted In silver. that>will
cost as much as $3.50. The growing of
the corn for cobpipe purposes and the
manufacture Of the pipes by machinery
are the conception Of one of the tobacco
trusts experts.
The corncob pipe now goes to every
country in the world whore men smoke,
and is especially in favor in Australia
and New Zealand. where it Is regarded
as Enthusiastically American because il
suge ests the idea of Yankee ingenuity
The brisr II the favorite with English
men, who are probably the greatest pipe
| smokers In the world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-11
CAPTAIN BUTT POPULAR

Washington Correspondence Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The man whom aspiring hostesses con-
slider the 81 eatest social prize these days
for whom there is the greatest clamor-
ing and elambering for his presence at
any smart affair, is that southern gem
tleman and courtly cavalier, Capt Archi-
bald Willngham de Graffenried Butt A
wag said, ybu remember. his name
sounded like a trunk being dragged down
stairs and landed at the bottom with a
big bump. Captain Butt, bachelor,
boniy, brainy and brawny. with his grace
of personality and prestige, his reputa-
ton of being the best-looking man in
Washington, is the delight of all dance
and dinner-givers. To secure him at a
function is triumph. But the trouble is
that the time of the mNch-made-over
military gentleman is not his own. He is
gentleman in waiting to President Taft,
and all his personal acceptances have
stri, es to them. He will come provided
he is not in requisition by the President
tina: evening. $50 one can never count
on Archie" said court hostess who had
known him all his life, but one makes
every allowance, because he Is so de-
ligntful whenever he does come
A fashionable chatelaine gave din
ne, the other night to a dozen debutantes,
the only two men in the company being
CAPTAIN Butt at one end of the table and
a -,o,lng diplomat at the other.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-11
AMERICAN COMIC OPERAS
e ST. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From the st. Louis FOSt-I)iepttch.
Olympic audiences last week must have
heard the note of jubilation in the pro-
gram announcement Of The Prima
Donna" that it was made in America"
1t was a prideful suggestion that In this
country, too, we can make comic opera
liberettos and produce musical compo-
sitions of merit.
Possibly there is nothing in the idea.
Some successful and even creditable per-
formances of this kind are among the
ACHIEVEMENTS of Americans. But it is to
be noted that the characters and scenes
in them are not American. In this
respect 'Fhe Prima Donna" Is no excep-
ton. The scenes are laid in Paris. The
color is supplied by the gay uniforms of
French soldiers. 1t Is a foreign piece.
Are not American soldiers as pictur-
esoue as French? Can't we show DISPOSE
tions as riotous as any declared in Paris
ian music halls? Is 1t unpatriotic to bur-
lesque American officers or grande
DANES without titles? Or. are we a peo-
pie who can see the humor of such
things only In others, not in ourselves.
CustomaIfly We fancy we are not given
| to seriousness. Humor we consider our
most useful and most pronounced charac-
teristic. 1t saves us many a pang and
offsets many a pain But do we not, as
a matter of fact, fake ourselves seriously
Would we not be shocked and grieved
and scandallzed II some German Weber
fields would retaliate in kind for our bur-
| lesquing, or some French writer parade
an American through farce as the
symbol and epitome of effeteness and
asininity?
And yet things American lend them
selves readily to comic opera treatment
In failing to take advantage Of this me-
dunn to reflect our whims, foibles and
weaknesses. are we not missing great
opportunity to utilize the stage in a
legitimate and valuable way? Imagine
a chorus of insurgents and standpatterf
as background to Joe Cannon, low
comedian! What could be more superbly
rfdiculOus?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-11

for AR. Bankheads resolution. oui
senior senator's work was so .neatis
and tactfuny done that congratulations
followed freely.
In this connection it should be noted
that Senator Hepburn was only 9 years
old when the civil war came on,
whereas Senator Bankhead was old
enough and patriotic enough to serve
from one end of the war to the 9th
er. receiving in the course of the great
struggle three wounds. That's the diff
ference in experience of the TWO sen
ators.
i And vet Senator Bankhead is as
loyal to the union as Senator Hey
burn is our senior senator holds
treasured in his memory the great eff
fort of the south in the sixties. and
this renders him no less a good cit
izen when nearly so years have elapsed
since the southern cause was lost. The
cherish ed memories of the war between
the states are in nowise inconsistent
with good citizenship in the union to-
day. All fair minded men in both Sec
lions of the country understand this
and the Senate lent its sanction to this
view when it almost unanimously sup
ported Mr.. Bankheads resolution to
who will soon hold an
annual reunion in Mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-11
Anybody TO Defeat Governor Harmon

The White House and the Ohio re-
publican politicians are even more
troubled in finding a man who can lead
them TO victory than are the New York
republicans. Governor Harmon was
easily elected in 1908 and he has ad-
mittedly been an. excellent governor
He is a candidate. for reelection and
Mr.. Taft and all the rest of Ohio are
distressed over the outlook.
The White House conferences have
however resulted in the resignation by
Wade II. Ellis of a $4,000 place in
the department of Justice and he is
to be installed as chairman of the re-
publican state executive committee of
Ohio. It is believed that he will be pit
ted ganst Judson Harmon for gov
ernor
Mr.. Ellis will first attempt to bring
the factions Oh IN republicans TO-
gether. This Will not be an easy task.
1t will lie difficult to make Senator
Dick, for example. Agree that Charlie
Taft shall be his own successor as a
reward and return for campaign sub
scriptions. The republican party is
rent and torn as it never has been
before, and there are plenty of insur-
gents in the party. And even If they
hou1d come together it is doubtful
whether there are enough of them to
defeat Judson Harmon next Novem-
Der when he seeks second term as
stepping stone to the White House
Ohio likes to furnish candidates for
president. She really claims to be
the new mother of presidents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Postal Company omciaIs Depart

i, Postal Company OfiiciaIs Depart
Clarence Il. Mackay, president of the
Postal Telegraph company, and his party
We're taken out to the steel plant at
Ensley before their departure for the
east yesterday morning The other were
c. {. Adams, vice president of the Postal
company; Col. George Harvey, editor OF
IIarpers Weekly of New York; and
George II. Usher, general superintendent
of the Postal with headquarters In At
lanta. They were taken TO Enslcy IN an
automobile by j. Hargrove, district sh-
perintendent of the Postal, and I. ID.
jackson. the local manager.
Mr.. Mackay expressed himself as as
tonished at the change in Birmingham
since his last. visit, eight years ago,
and he was especially complimentary
about the handsome quarters of the
Postal company in the Brown Marx
building, and the manner in which the
company's business is conducted
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-11
Music and Pictures Come High

All cities must have hospitals and all
can or should have free public lbraries
and like institutions, but only large cities
can afford to have fine art galleries and
large orchestras No city of less than
half million people can reasonably be
expected to spend million dollars for
art objects, or to endow an orchestra
with like sum- Cities below half a
million must. therefore. struggle along
without large collections of pictures Or
large concert orchestras.
The Pittsburg orchestra has had an
up-and-down time of it, every year bring
ing deficits which had 10 be met by
uncertain subscriptions, but this year it
is to be endowed to the extent of, a
million dollars, which will give it an in
come of $4,000, a sum large enough to
meet all probable deficits.
Occasionally a small American city Sc
cures through the will of generous cit
izen a pictures gallery or an orchestra,
but as a rule the small cites must be
content with humber things, with less
expensive institutions. Music and pic
lures are desirable in small towns as
well as in large ones, but all must creep
before they can walk and especially is
and music
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-11
THE OCEAN

BY Lord Byron.
There is pleasure in the painless woods.
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
BY the deep sea, and music in its roar;
/ love not man the less, but nature
more,
For these our interviews, in which 1 steal
From all may be, or have been before,
To mingle with the universe, and feel
What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all
conceal
Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean.
roll!
Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee IN
vain,
Man marks the earth with ruin-his con-
troll
Stops with the shore-upon the watery
The wrecks are all thy dead, nor doth
remain -
A shadow of mans ravage. save his own,
When, for a moment, like a drop OF
rain, r
He sinks into thy depths with bubbliSg
groan,
without grave, unknelld uncofind, and
unknown.
His steps are not upon thy paths-5thy
Are not spoil for him-thou doth arise
And shake him from thee; the vile
strength he Yields
For earth's destruction thou, dost all
despise.
spurning him from thy bosom to the
skies,
And send'st him, shiverlng in thy playful
spray
And bowling. to his gods, where haply
lies
His petty hope in some near port or bay.
And\dashest him again to earth-there lot
him lay.
The ornaments which thunder-strike ~
| walls
OF rock built cities. bidding nations
quake,
And monarchs tremble in their capitals.
The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs
! make
| Their clay creator the vain title take
OF lord of thee and arbiter of war;
These are thy toys, and as the SHOWS
flake, ~
They melt into the yeast of waves, which
mar
Alike the Armadas pride, of spells Of
Trafalgar.