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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
NEW YORK.

Trade is quiet as whole, unfavor-
able weather the indefinite crop out
look and uncertainty as to prices of
merchandise all tending to retard dis
tributive demand, both wholesale and
retail. Trade reports from the West
note quiet to fair retail trade. while
jobbing business has been largely con-
fined to fill-in orders, and fall trade is
reported backward, though perhaps
equal to year ago. Retail trade in
the East is only fair, and wholesale
trade is Disappointing. Collections re
fleet the influences of retarded spring
trade in reports of only fair to slow
payments.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending May IL
were PIG, as against 191 last week, 224
in the like week of 1909, Psi in 1908,
1874 in 1907 and ISL in 1906. Business
failures in Canada for the week num-
bered 27, which compares with IS last
week and 80 in the same week a year
ago.-Bradstreet's
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
IS KILLED IN DYNAMITE BLAST,
Baseball Spectators, Viewing Fire
in Explosive Factory, Victims.

Fifteen persons were killed and fifty
were injured by an explosion which
wrecked the plant of the General Elk
plosives Company of Canada, four
miles from Ottawa and one mile from
Hull, Quebec.
Just as a baseball game was near
ing its end a fire was seen in one of
the small buildings of the powder
plant The crowd deserted the game
and began to swarm up the hill to get
a better view of the blaze. Warning
of the danger came to the onlookers
in two minor explosions soon after the
fire got well under way. A shower
of sparks and fragments of the wreck.
ed building fell among the spectators,
and there was a scurrying out of what
was considered the danger zone Then
the main magazines exploded. There
were two stunning detonations. Ev-
erything within a radius of mile and
a half was torn and shattered. Even
in Ottawa, four miles away, hundreds
of plate glass windows were shattered
The scene where the crowd from the
pail held stood reSemDled battlefield
with mangled forms strewn on the
ground. At Hull forty small frame
dwellings were shattered, and many in
jured persons were imprisoned in the
wreckage.
Rideau Hall, the official home of
Earl Grey, and the buildings on Par
lament Hill caught the full force of
the explosion. Every window on one
side of Rideau Hall was blown out and
two great stone chimneys toppled over
The Parliament buildings were badly
damaged. The building in which the
main explosion occurred was built of
solid stone, the walls being two feet
thick. Fragments of stone weighing
up to half ton were shot through the
air for quarter of a mile, shattering
the frame dwellings of workingmen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
CHINESE SLAVES ARE FREED.
Compromise Measure Ultimately
Will Liberate Millions.


The Chinese government by impe-
rial rescript has abolished slavery
throughout the empire and has pro
hibited henceforth the purchase and
sale Of human beings under any pre-
text. The reform, however, is not alto
gether complete, as by the re-
script certain forms of slavery will
still be tolerated. In a report made
to the State Department in Washing
ton it is said that the retainers of the
Manchu princes are not emancipated,
but it is forbidden to call them slaves.
They have long enjoyed educational
and other privileges, although still
bound to their hereditary masters.
The household slaves of the Man
chus are also refused emancipation,
but their status under the law is i'm
proved. They are to be regarded as
hired servants, but their services are
due for an unlimited term of years, so
that they are in reality perpetual
slaves. Under this rescript the prac-
tice of selling children in China in
times of famine is abolished, although
they may be bound for a specific term.
but never beyond the age of % years.
Concubinage is still to be permitted,
but there is to be no bargain and sale.
Such concubines are to be married
with proper legal formalities, and they
will enjoy the protection of the law,
but in reality they will be no better
than perpetual slaves to the principal
wife.
The rescript is said to be COM
promise measure, but it will eventu-
ally give freedom to millions of human
beings, and is declared to mark a dis
tince advance in civilization.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
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CHICAGO.

K. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of
Chicago trade says:
While improvement appears in some
directions, the general state of trade
is still marked by cross currents. A
relatively better exhibit appears in the
volume of solvent payments through
the banks, but money does not loosen.
and another high record of trading de-
faults distorts the opposition in cred
its. Movements of grain, flour, live
stock, hides and wool have decreased,
and new demands in leading indus
tries add little to the period of as
sured forward activity.
More satisfactory features are noted
in transportation of iron and steel out
puts, finished products and general
merchandise. The weather conditions
turned more encouraging for agricul-
ture and impaired stimulus to outdoor
construction and seasonable retail
lines. Higher temperatures are neces-
sary to effect adequate distribution of
lightweight apparel, the stocks here
and at the interior being large, al
though not causing anxiety
New contracts entered testify to
sustained demand in electric appIi-
ances, heavy hardware, machinery, fur
niture, automobiles and brass work.
Planning mills have much work for To-
cal and outside needs, and the ABSORB
ton is still remarkably extended in
building materials of all kinds. OPP
erations in wholesale dry goods, mil
linery, footwear, sporting goods ana
food products compare favorably with
the business at this time last year
Bank clearings, $276,9S5, 59S, exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1909 by 40 per cent and compare with
1924, ,342 in 1908. Failures report
ed in the Chicago district number So,
against IS last week, SO in 1909 and
"a in 1908. Those with liabilities over
$4,000 number 16, as against last
week, in 1909 and 7 in 1905"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
RIVER STEAMER GOES DOWN.
Thirteen Persons Dead in Wreck of
SaltiI1o Below st. Louis.

1n1fIeen PERSONS beau IN WRECK OF
Sa1tiI1o Below st. Louis.
Thirteen persons were drowned in
the Mississippi River when the packet
City of Saltillo struck rock and foun-
dered in reach of shore at Glen Park,
twenty-four miles south of St. Louis,
in the night. With the sound of rend-
ing timbers and the shrieks of women
and children, the cries of the crew and
the believing of the cattle, the vessel
sank almost in reach OF land, at point
where the water was twenty feet deep.
Passengers and members of the crew
chung to the timbers, while those more
fortunate lent their aid Immediately
to the rescue of the helpless The ma
jority of the passengers were in the
cabins and the collision came so sud-
denly that they were plunged into the
water before they knew what had hap
pened. The City of Saltillo is owned
by the ST. Louis and Tennessee River
Packet Company. The boat was built
at Jacksonville, Ind, in 1892, and is
200 feet long and 81 feet wide, and
drew Sc feet The vessel was bound
for Waterloo, Ala, in the Tennessee
River, with stops scheduled at the lead
ing river cities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
THREE LEGISLATORS INDICTED
Browne, Wilson and Link Hit by
Bribery Probe in Illinois.

Indictments against three members
of the Illinois General Assembly-one
charging bribery and two charging
perjury-were voted the other day, by
the special grand jury, in Chicago,
which has been delving into the legis-
lative bribery scandal.
The three true bills, which cover
both phases of the confessions Of Rep
resentative Charles A White Of OFal-
Ion, and H. ]. C. Beckemeyer of Car
lyle, that they received $1,000 each for
voting for William Lorimer for United
States Senator and that later they
shared in legislative Jackpot" that
was split up in st. Louis, were return
ed against the following:
Representative Lee O'Neil Browne
of Ottawa, minority leader Of the
House, indicted for bribery on fifteen
counts setting up that he paid to Rep
resentat tive Charles A. White $3.50 in
Chicago as part Of a $1,000 bride for
voting for Senator Lorimer. Bond fixed
at $4,000.
Representative Robert z. Wilson OF
Chicago indicted for willful and cor
rupt perjury for swearing before the
grand jury that he did not hand any
money to anybody in St Louis July
Is, 1909, the day it is alleged the Jack
pot" was divided. Bail fixed at 49,
900.
Representative Michael S. Link Of
Mitchell, indicted for perjury for
swearing before the grand jury that he
was not in st. Louis July Is, 1909, and
did not meet Robert z. Wilson in that
city on that day. Bail fixed at $4,000.
The true bills were returned to Judge
Kersten by the grand jurors and ca
phases were at once issued for the
three legislators.
A fourth indictment, having no con-
nection with the charges concerning
Senator Lorimers election and the
Jackpot distribution, was returned
against William ]. Henley, former
president, and at one time vice presi-
dent and general manager of the Chi
cago and Western Indiana Railroad,
charging him with embezzling and
converting to his own use $4,000 Of
the roads money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

While playing Indians" with his
companion, George Webb. in Lafave+ta
La, Camille Gilbert discharged a shot
sun. resulting in the instant death of
young Webb.
An American, whom the police iden-
tify as Eugene Touwels, a jeweler Of
Chicago committed suicide on a train
at Bourgle- Refine. five miles south of
Paris, France.
Investigation of the packing com
panies in St. Louis has ended and At
torney General Major announced that
he had enough evidence to Dust the
packers from Missouri
E II. r. Green, of Terrell. Tex. son
of Mrs Hetty Green, who announced
recently that he had not married be-
cause he could find no woman who
would accept him, except for his mon
ey, admits receiving $50 letters from
women, asking his hand, within two
weeks.
Archbishop Ireland has announced
the appointment of two bishops for the
newly elected dioceses of Crookston.
Mimi, and Bismarck, n. D. Rev. Tim
othy J. Corbett is made bishop of
Crookston and Rev Vincent WehrIe,
abbot of the Benedictine monastery at
Richardton, n. D., is named as bishop
of Bismarck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
BOYS HOLD UP A TRAIN.
Taken by Posse When They Halt n
Auto and Demand Water.

Taken by Posse When They Halt an
Auto and Demand Water.
1t was two boys, still in their teens
who held up train a mile from Phoe
nix, Ariz., the other evening, and who
after a chase across the desert, were
captured. The boys gave their names
as Ernest Woodson, IS years old, an6
Oscar Woodson, II, and say they were
raised in Oklahoma City, Okla, and
have been in Arizona only a short
time. The capture of the boys was &C.
complished without any shooting, prob
ably due to the fact that part of the
pursuing posse used an automobile
The boys were preparing to make
camp five miles south of Casa Grande
when the automobile came along. The
younger boy, thinking the car con
tanned tourists, stepped out and, halt
ing the machine, asked for water The
arrest of both boys followed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE,
WOMAN sTRANGLED IN HOME.
Victims Hair Was Used as Instru-
ment of Death.

Victims Hair Was Used Instru-
ment of Death.
Mrs. Ridgeway Wilson, wife of a
wealthy real estate dealer in Denver,
Colo, was found dead in coal bin
in her home. She had been choked
with her own hair. A mystery has
been added to the crime by the fact that
there was a large triangle of skin cut
from the woman's forehead. Running
from the top of this triangle there
were deep cuts extending to the tenn
Piles. This strange feature was pointed
out by the Japanese consul, who was
called into the case because a japanese
servant was suspected of knowing
something of the crime Several thou
sands of dollars which had been left
in the house by Mr.. Wilson when he
went away for a few days visit were
not touched, nor we're there any other
signs of robbery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
1876 MINERS ARE ENTOMBED.
Explosion in British Shaft Cuts Off
Means of Escape.

Explosion in British Shaft Cuts Off
Means of Escape.
An explosion in the Wellington coal
mine at Whitehaven, England, cut off
the exit from the 1875 miners who were
working below the surface. Rescue
parties succeeded in saving four men
who had been working at the bottom
of the shaft. They were prevented by
the gas from penetrating to a point
where the main body of men is i'm
prisoned. Every indication was that
the inner workings of the mine were
afire and there was the gravest appre-
hension regarding the entombed men.
The colliery is owned by the Earl of
Lonsdale and its workings extend four
or five miles beneath the sea. The
spot where the eighty-five hewers and
some fifty-odd shiftmen, still imprison-
ed, were working at the time of the ex-
plosion is about three miles from the
shaft exit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
LIFE TERM FOR BOY BANDIT.

Thomas j. Hoa1, Indiana Bank Ter
ror, Convicted of Murder.
Thomas Jefferson Hoal, the boy ban.
dit, was found guilty of murder in
Corydon, Ind, and sentenced to life
imprisonment. Hoal is the 17-year-oId
Louisville boy who last November exc
cuted an amazing single-handed at
tack on the Merchants National Bank
of New Albany Ind, with the motive
of robbery. He shot and killed Cash
Ter ]. Hungary Fawcett, wounded Pres
ident J. K. Woodward and also a ne
gro chauffeur.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
ALASKA GOLD STAMPEDE ON.

Ice Breaks Up in Rivers and Rush
Is Starting for New Fields.
The ice on the Cinema River is break
ing up at Fairbanks, Alaska, and nav
igation will begin at once on the Tan
ana and the lower Yukon. The first
boats were scheduled to leave Fair
banks the other day and with their
departure will begin the big stampede
to the Iditarod gold fields discovered
late last fall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19

That the men employed in the Beth
lehem Steel Works, who have been on
strike for better pay and shorter hours.
had to work twelve hours a day and
seven days a week, at least 2,322 of
them, and that a large percentage of
these earned only 1919 cents an hour,
is the gist of the report made by the
Federal Bureau of Labor to the Senate
Wednesday. A large number suppos-
ed to be working ten and a half hours
a day were compelled to work over
time on week days and Sundays, and
it was the protest against this that led
to the strike
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
BIG FRUIT CROP.

Yield in Four Western States Ex-
pected to Break Records.
Officers Of state horticultural organi-
cations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana say in reports to the Spo-
kane Chamber of Commerce there is
every indication that the fruit crop
this year will be the largest and most
profitable in the history of the four
States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19

Pennsylvania passenger train No.
307, leaving Pittsburg at $50 and due
in Cleveland at II a. M, jumped the
track at Kensington, fifteen miles
south of Alliance, Ohio, and some of
the coaches rolled down a twenty-foot
embankment Eight persons are re-
ported injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
HEINZE GETS AN OVATION.
Copper Magnate Acquitted on Charge
of Conspiracy in Banking Affairs.

of Conspiracy in Banking Affairs.
Fritz Augustus Heinze walked out
OF the criminal branch of the United
States Circuit Court in New York the
other night a free man. Twenty min
utes before the jury had declared that
he had not, as president of the Mer-
camille National Bank, over-certified
100000 in checks for his brothers
brokerage firm, nor had he misapplied
the money to further any conspiracy
to exploit United States Copper
Heinze could not have gotten out of
the courtroom before had he used all
his powerful strength. He had been
kissed and embraced by weeping wom-
en- relatives and the friends of those
relatives, he had been Rugged by men
and hauled to the accompaniment of
cheering that court officials could not
subdue, until with tears running down
his cheeks and his lips Quivering he
could only murmur brokenly: Thank
you-thank you"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
ROCK THE BOAT; EIGHT DROWN

School Children Die in Mill Pond
Boys Try to Save Girls.
Rocking boat caused the drowning
of six girls and two boys out of a
party of twelve on an old mill pond
at Huntington Mills, Pa. The four
boys who escaped made vain efforts
to save the girls. All of the party
were members of the graduating or
Junior classes of the high school. The
dead are: Maud Sutlif. II; Caroline
Rooms, IS; Ruth Bonham, II; Iris
Davenport, II; Kathleen Good, 16; Ra.
chel Thompson, II; Robert Minnick,
Is, and Ray Dodson. II.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Deny Women Church Rights,

At meeting of the committee on
revisals of the general conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
the question of equal rights for the
women with those of the laity was
thoroughly debated. Finally, by vote
of seventeen to six, the committee
voted against a memorial for equal
representation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Sell. His Wife and Sons.

John w. Wotoski, % years old, re.
siding in Rome, n. Y, sold his wife
and sons, and 8 years, respectively
to a fellow Iaborer for s25. He told
the authorities he could easily get an
other wife, but he refused to part with
his daughter, for whom he was Of
fored S95
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Five Hurt I'm s25o.ooo Fire.

Fire which destroyed the furniture
store of Koch Henke, in Cleveland,
caused loss of s250,000 and injuries
to five persons. The injured are
Charles Spaden and Robert Behlke,
who jumped from the third floor; Lieu
tenant Herman Schlee, fireman; Will
lam Dempsy, engineer Of a fire tug and
Frank HILL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Woman Is Lightning Proof

Lightning struck Mrs. Mussella Shus-
tick while she was walking in High
land Park, Pittsburg. Although the
electricity burned off half her hair and
stripped her clothing on one side, the
woman regained consciousness soon
after the shock and will recover
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
New Court Omen .Lune z.

The Court of Customs Appeals in
Washington has set June 7 as the day
for beginning the hearing Of cases on
it's docket, of which there are already
between forty and fifty. The jurisdic-
ton of the tribunal covers appeals
from the board of general appraisers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Shell Almost Sinks Steamer

In target practice an eighteen-pound
projectile fired from a mortar battery
at Fort Case struck the steamer Evans
Thomas, which was towing a target,
and, going through the steamers deck,
penetrated the steam drum and dented
the boiler. Several men on the Thorn
as narrowly escaped death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Children Favor "auiet Fourth. /,

The school children of MontcIair, N.
J., voted decisively in favor OF a quiet
Fourth" The announcement was made
that the pupils of the six schools in
the city had voted 663 against and 287
in favor of the use of explosives on
Independence Day. The vote was a
surprise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Forest Fires Spreading.

Forest fires, which have been burn.
ing in the vicinity of Rosebush, Mimi,
are rapidly becoming uncomfortable.
made conditions propitious for great
confagration. Farmers for miles
around are fighting the flames.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Wheat Condition Is Fair.

The average condition of winter
wheat on May 1, according to the crop
reporting board of the Department OF
Agriculture, was S2.1, compared with
sos on April 1; 83.5 on May 1, 1909
and S67, the average for the past ten
years on May 1.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19

Heralds proclaimed George V. rul-
ing sovereign of Great Britain.
Two of three indictments against F.
Augustus Heinze were removed.
Herbert Booth, youngest son of Gen.
Booth, quilted the Salvation army.
President Taft, in a speech, express
ed his confidence that the rail and 9th
er administration measures will pass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19

County Treasurer Matt H GormIey
forced the Seattle Electric Company te
pay 1000 delinquent taxes By seiz
ing 125 of the company's cars in Seat
tie, Wash.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Blow safe and FIRE Hall

Three masked Non blew the safe of
the First State Bank at Dumont, Mimi,
set the building on fire and fed with
out securing $1,000 inside the vault.
No clew to their identity or where
abouts has been occurred.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
BABY CARRIED AWAY BY LION.
Crowd Sees Child Nearly Killed by
King of the Jungle.

King of the Jungle.
A trained lion that was being exhib-
tied in Cleveland, Tenn, suddenly
snatched baby from the arms of it's
mother, carried it to the back of the
stage, dashed it to the floor and plant.
ed both his fore paws on the little
ones body. Witnesses Selling any.
thing available as weapons advanced
on the lion and diverted its attention,
while a man snatched the baby from
the stage. The child may die.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Kills BurEIar In His Store.

]. M. Lathim, merchant of Maca.
lester, Okla, shot and killed a burglar
who was in the act of entering the
store,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
FARMERS IN BIG FOOD POOL.
Body Formed at ST. Louis to Combat
High Prices.

The American Cooperative Union,
the purpose of which is to aid in the
movement against high food prices, has
been organized by farmers who at
tended the national rally in St. Louis
The organization was formed secretly
and was announced few days later.
Thomas G. Nelson, of Indianapolis,
Ind, is president; the Rev. J. T. Tue
by, of st. Louis, secretary, and Thomas
Emmerton, of Bloomer, Wis, treasurer.
The union is to be incorporated for
81, 900 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Man Is Blown to Atoms.

The explosion of large quantity Of
nitroglycerin stored in a magazine at
Burgettstown, caused the death of an
oil well shooter, Frank Mccullough.
who was literally blown to atoms A
team of horses driven by Mccullough
also was blown TO bits.