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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
GOT HIS MONEY FROM DEBTOR
Shrewd Ruse of Philadelphia PhysIr
clan Who Had a Smattering
of Law.

A little legal knowledge is a danger
sus thing-for the fellow who doesn't
have it. In Philadelphia not long ago,
says Business and Bookkeeper's Maya
zine, photographer-beat who had
owed a $500 doctor bill for eight years
or more, established lis studio in
residence district and began to make
money. The physician to whom he
owed the bill became convinced that
the photographer actually owned tan
gible property in the city, and that he
would have no trouble in securing his
money except for the statute of lini-
tations, which had outlawed the bill
several years before But, as it hap
pened, this doctor had studied law a
little, so one day he dropped into the
office Of the picture maker
Brown" he said, you remember
that bill have against your"
why, yes" replied Brown, "but it's
rather an old one, isn't it?'
IT'S true the bill is outIawed," re-
piled the doctor, but l see you're
working up quite a stylish trade, and
perhaps you wouldn't object to taking
my picture and applying the price on
the billy"
Certainly" replied Brown, who saw
he could add to his prestige by display
ing the well-known doctors portrait in
his stands
A few days later he was sued in
court on the bill, and when he put up
as defense the statute of limitations
he learned, to his chagrin, bit of
law he had not known; that any &C
acknowledgement of an outlawed bill
brings it to life again, and that pay
ment on account, whether of money or
goods, constitutes such an acknowledg,
ment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
NEGROES BRING OUT. SOLDIERS
Blacks Gust Election Officials In
OkIahoma-Governor Acts.

Oklahoma City, Okla. = When
armed negroes ousted election
officers at Pussy Creek, in Waggoner
county, and took charge of the cleo.
ton and threats of similar action
were made at Guthrie, Governor Has
kell ordered out two companies of
oklahoma National Guards. The
troops were under arms throughout
the day. The trouble arose over the
enforcement of the Grandfather
clause" The presence Of armed men
at Guthrie stopped further demonstra-
ton there.
At McAlester, R. E. Jaggers, secre-
tary of the county election board, was
arrested on a federal charge of con.
spring to deprive negroes of suf
frages. Similar arrests were made
elsewhere.
Lee Cruce, the Democratic candt
date for governor, is conceded to be
elected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
Railway Valuation s1a,o72,ooo More.

Showing an increase of S13,672, 900
in the assessed valuation of the steam
railroads Of Wisconsin, compared with
the preliminary assessment of a year
ago, and an increase of $2,138, 900 in
the valuation of the street railway
light, heat and power companies, the
state tax commission filed the prelim.
mary assessment of those utilities,
subject to review and correction after
hearing. This assessment, when final.
ly confirmed, will be the basis of taxa,
tion for the year 1911
The most notable increases are:
Chicago & Northwestern. .$4 100000
Chicago, Burlington &
Chicago, Milwaukee &
81. raul Z,0Ou,UUU
Wisconsin Central system. :. 100000
Some Of the roads seem to have
benefited in the adjustment, but none
to a considerable extent.
The total assessment filed is $685..
775000; the assessment a year ago
was $685., $1,000
The total assessment of the street
railway, light, heat and power utilities
for the 1911 tax is SAP, 1888, 900, as COM
pared with $40,470,000 for 1910. The
largest increase is Of the Milwaukee
Electric Railway & Light company,
which is increased from s23,500,000 to
$24,400,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17

Republicans Carry the State by
Safe Majority.
LA F0LLETTE'S SEAT is SAFE
Legislature Is Republican by a Good
Margin, Although Democrats Make
Large Gains-McGovern's Ma
iority Is 1000.
STAT {.


Governor-FRANcIs E. McGoV.
ERN of Milwaukee.
Lieutenant Governor-THoS, NOR.
RIs of La Crosse.
Secretary of State-JAMEs A.
FREAR Of Hudson.
DAHL of Westby.
Attorney GeneraI-LEVI n. BAN.
CROFT of Richland Center.
Commissioner of nsurance-HER-
MAN L. Extern of Trempealeau.
CONGRESSIONAL.
First Distrlct-H. A. COOPER of
Racine, Rep.
Second Dstrict-JoHN M. MEL
SON of Madison, Rep.
Third District-ARTHUR w. KoPP
of PIatteviIIe, Rep.
Fourth Distrct-WM. J. CARY of
Milwaukee, Rep.
Fifth District-VlCTOR L. BERGER
of Milwaukee, Soc. Dem.
Sixth District-M. e. BURKE OF
Beaver Dam, Dem,
Seventh Dlstrict-JoHN j. EscH of
La Crosse, Rep.
Eighth District-JAMES H. DAVID.
SON of Oshkosh, Rep.
Ninth District-GUSTAV KUES-
TERMANN of Green Bay, Rep.
Tenth District-ELMER A. MORSE
Of Amigo, Rep.
EIau0n&h Arf~
ROOT of Superior, Rep.
Madison.-Francis E. McGovern
(Rep.J was elected governor by a ma
jority of about 10000. The other Re
publican candidates for state Offices
were all elected by comfortable ma
jorities
The legislature will be Republican
by good margin, insuring the re-
election Of Senator La Toilette. The
Democrats will have the largest rep
resentation in the legislature Of 1911
which they have hao for 16 years
The division in both branches of the
legislature will be:
Senate, Republicans %, Democrats
3, Social Democrats 2 Assembly, Re-
publicans so, Democrats %, Social
Democrats II. Total Republicans in
legislature, IS; total Democrats, 30;
total Social Democrats, IA.
Even if the eight holdover senators
should vote against the election of
Senator La Toilette he would have on
Joint ballot so votes, or Is more than
enough to elect him.
The gains to the Democrats in
members of the assembly came main
ly in the southern and eastern parts
of the state. In the southern tier of
counties, Green, La Fayette, Iowa and
Crawford, which have for years been
represented by Republicans, this fall
elected Democrats to the assembly.
On the eastern tier, Sheboygan
changes two Republicans to two Dem
ocrats, Manitowoc changes two Repub-
licans to two Democrats, and Kewau-
nee, which was represented by a Re
publican, will have a Democrat in the
next legislature. Brown, Outagamie,
Marathon, Lincoln and TremLeaIeau
counties add one each.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
NO PEACE IN EXPRESS STRIKE.
Jersey City Employees NuIlify Agree

Jersey City Employees NuIIify Agree
ment Made by New York Men.
New York-The striking express
drivers and helpers of Jersey City
nullifed the agreement reached
between the New York strikers and the
five transcontinentaI companies That
agreement was conditioned upon the
consent of the Jersey men to return to
work, and they have refused.
The situation now reverts to pre-.
cisely the position it occupied before
Mayor Gaynor took hand in the ne
gotiatfons-with this exception, that
the mayor is angry and resolved to
temporize no longer.
Some of the New York drivers and
helpers who believed the Jersey men
would also ratify the agreement were
on their wagons, but if the Information
al Brotherhood of Transfers makes
good its word, they will all be called
out again. The chauffeurs are fighting
their own battle, and it promises to be
bitter one. Five hundred cab drivers
went out to aid them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
DIE IN MINE BLAST.
Explosion in shoal Creek company's
Shaft Kills Five.

Hillsboro, Ill-Five men are dead
and eighteen injured as the re.
suit of an explosion in the mine of
the Shoal Creek Coal company of
chicago, at Panama, II miles north
OF here. Four of the men were killed
outright and the fifth died later from
injuries. He was an Italian, who was
so badly mangled as not to be identi-
fed. Rassel Romania, a miner, is still
in the shaft.
Fifty men who were working in
the section of the mine in which the
explosion occurred were rescued. &C
cording TO the mine manager. Alto
gether, $50 men were underground at
the time, but 800 of them were in nc
danger.
The cause of the explosion is not
known. The dead and injured were
burned by the flames of the explosion
The mine was not set on fire.
Doctors from Sorrento and Hills
boro were summoned to treat the In
Jured by c. F. Grabuck, manager of
the mine
Trinidad, Col.-The known death
toll of the Delagua mine disas,
ter of last Tuesday has now reached
the total Of 70. Seventy bodies, in
Guiding that Of Willis Evans, the
young mining engineer who gave up
MS life to save a Slav miner from
sunocaton, have been taken out, &C
cOrdlng to reDOrtS received here
Those known to be still in the mine
include Superintendent Lewis, whose
body is supposed to be deep beneath
a great fall of rock.
Rescue parties are still searching
the mine, but it is believed that all
who lost their lives in the explosion
have been accounted for, and that
with the removal of the rock fall the
nine missing bodies will be recovered i
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
Height of Clouds.
low high are the clouds .,

now uISu are the ClOuuS
\ Many varying answers have been
returned to this question, and, in
fact, it may be added that there is no
fixed height for any kind of cloud.
ISome remarkably interesting meas
lures of the height Of clouds were
Inade at Vienna by an ingenious
lnethod Advantage was taken of the
Extremely brilliant light furnished for
THE great Illuminated fountain erected
mot long ago in that city.
By means of a protector 1t was
Hound that a beam of light could be
sent up to the clouds, producing upon
fhem luminous spot capable of be-
ing observed simultaneously from
points on the earth two or three miles
apart By such observations the height
of certain clouds of the cirrus variety
was found to be as much as 10000
meters, or nearly $4,000 feet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
DAWSON WINS SAVANNAH PRIZE.
Covers 276.8 Miles at Average of
6229 Miles an Hour.

Savannah, Ga.-Joe Dawson in a
Marmon won the Savannah chaI-
lenge trophy N the automobile
speed carnival here. His time for the
276.8 miles was 4:23:39.3S. Washing
ton Roebling's Mercer was a close
second.
Dawson's average time was 1928
miles an hour.
BILLY" Knipper, driving a Lancia
car, won the Tiedeman trophy. His
time for the II laps, 1903 miles, was
3:15:22.67. In addition to the trophy,
Knipper took down one prize of ST 900
and accessories that made his work
well worth while.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
GIRL CARRIES DEADLY NITRO.
Thinks Ii Pail of Water-Father
Saves Her

Washington, Pa.-Totally ignorant
of the danger that surrounded her and
under the impression that she was car
rying water, eleven-year-old Mildred
Anderson tripped along, in each hand
a pail of nitroglycerin which had been
prepared for shooting an oil well on
the Cameron farm near here. AS she
carelessly swung the pals, laborers
stood breathless a hundred yards
away, fearing every moment to see the
child hurled into eternity. At quiet
command from her father the child set
the pals down and was taken out OF
danger. The men, unnerved, suspend
ed work for the day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
HAT BILL REVOLUTION CAUSE
800 Top Pieces Ordered by AmeIie
Started Quarrel in Portugal.

Detroit, Mich.-Three hundred hats
ordered by Dowager Queen Amelie,
mother of King Manuel, which
were brought from Paris at great ex
pense, were the subject for the first
quarrel between the royalists and Re
publicans in Portugal. For over a
year the progressives in parliament re-
fused to pay the bill, and from then on
the breach widened until the revolu.
ton. This fact is vouched for by
Francis P. Jaulus, a Detroit artist,
who has been in Europe seven years.
He also says wives of influential men
were on the government pay rolls for
positions they did not fill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
PATIENT SHOOTS HIS DOCTOR.
Wounds Physician Then Turns Gun
on Himself and Dies,

Chicago. - DR.. ]. Holinger, an
ear, nose and throat specialist, was
shot three times in his office by a
former patient, Louis Martin, Mar
own forehead and pulled the trigger,
dying instantly.
Doctor Holinger's injuries are not
necessarily fatal, although one of the
bullets passed through his nose, an
other lodged in his arm and the third
in his hand.
The cause of the shooting is not
known to the police. Martin under
went an operation at the hands of
Doctor Holinger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
State Capital Deserted.

The statehouse is pretty well desert
ed so far as state officers were con-
cerned, only Attorney General Gilbert
being on guard. The others went to
their homes to vote. Governor David
son went to College Grove, Secretary
of state Frear to Hudson, Treasurer
Dahl to Westby, and Insurance Com
missioner Beedle to Embabrass. Col.
o. G. Munson and Commissioner OF
Banking NJ. C. Bergh went to Viroqua,
and Secretary John M. True of the
sts re board of agriculture to Baraboo
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
Rail Assessments Made by Tax Body.

Rail Assessments Made by Tax Body.
Preliminary assessments of Wiscon-
sin property of steam railway compan-
les and street railway companies and
their light, heat and power plants OPP
Grated in connection with them for
next year were announced by the
state tax commission. Final assess
ments, which will probably not vary
much from the preliminary valuations,
will be announced after hearings are
held on the preliminary assessments.
These hearings will be held from now
until December Is, and the final as
sessment of steam railway property
will be certified to the secretary Of
state before February I. 1911, and that
of the street railway companies before
May 1, 1911. These properties are
taxed on these assessments, which
are made on an advalorem basis, the
rate of taxation being the general av
erage rate paid by all other taxable
property of the state. The rate this
year was s1125323566 per $1,000 Of
valuation, and it is expected to be
about the same next year.
The assessment Of the property of
steam railways for 1911 is $3.50, 1880
or $14,709,00O more than that of this
year. The most notable increases
are: Chicago & Northwestern road,
100000; Chicago, Milwaukee. & St.
Paul, S2,500,000; Chicago, Burlington
&, Quincy. 81, 500 600. and Wisconsin
Central, S1,900,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
Flies Miles With PASSENGER.

Paris.-In an effort to win the
100000 prize offered by the Auto
mobile club, LIE Gagneux, the aviator,
flew from Paris to Brussels carrying
a passenger.
He covered the ITO miles at an
average speed Of more than sixty-fve
miles an hour, his total time for the
distance being three hours and six
teen minutes. He intends to return
to Paris by aeroplane if the weather
permits.
This is the second trip made by LIE
Gagneux from Paris to Brussels in
an attempt to win the Automobile
club prize.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
MINE WIDOWS BEGIN 80 SUITS.
Actions Involving 100000 in Cherry
Disaster Started.

Sterling, Ill.-Suits against the
St. Paul Mine company have been
filed by 80 widows whose husbands
lost their lives in the Cherry mine dis
aster at Cherry in November 10 last.
The 80 suits are for $4,000 each.
On Sunday one year will have
elapsed since the disaster and after
that date the heirs will have no re-
course. About $50 heirs have made
settlements at the rate of $500 each.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
Hazinu Abolished at u. of w.

BY the concerted action Of the stu
dents themselves, all forms of hazing
have been abolished at the University
Of Wisconsin this year. Last year an
agreement was made between the stu
dents and the faculty of the institu-
ton to abolish hazing. SO successful
~ has this agreement been carried out
by the students, that there has not
been a single instance of hazing since
the opening Of the university year
this fall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
Session VIII Be to Short to Do Much


Washington.-Will there be time
at the coming short session of con-
gress for President Taft to push
through his plans of legislation to
perfect existing laws? Republican
leaders are asking this question and
answering in the negative.
The coming session is a short one,
having barely sixty working days.
Congress does nothing before the
Christmas holidays but put machinery
in motion. Re-assembling after the
new year the rush begins and every
thing must be completed by March 4.
Under the new rules of the house
there is unanimous consent Monday,
as it is called; calendar Wednesday
and pension or calendar Friday. With
Monday, Wednesday and Friday given
over to these things there are just
three days a week left for appropria-
ton bills and other legislation. Under
these rules only three days a week
may be given to the twelve great ap-
preparation bills that furnish mainte-
nance for the government.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
TO HANG AS KILLER SLAYER
Negro Identified by Finger Prints Is
Sentenced for Murder

go.-Identification by finger
prints is responsible for verdict in
the criminal court sentencing Thomas
Jennings to hang.
Jennings, who is a negro, was found
guilty of the murder of Clarence Hill
Ter, former chief clerk in the local
freight office of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railway.
The marks by which Jennings was
convicted were found on the porch
railing of Killers home. Jennings was
robGing the house when he was dis
covered by Hitler and in the ensuing
struggle Hitler was shot and killed.
1t is the first murder case on record
in which the finger print system Of
Identification was relied upon for a
conviction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
Blast Bank; Steal $4,000.

Toledo, O.-After blowing a portion
of the vault through the ceiling with
nitroglycerin, cracksmen secured 81
900 from the Southern bank, private
institution of Jerry City, o., 80 miles
from Toledo, Tuesday. The robbers
escaDed in an automobile.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
LOWER PRICES, SAYS ARMOUR.
Head of Kansas City House Asserts
Hiqh Cost Has Passed.

Kansas City, Mo.-Charles W.
Armour, head of the Armour inter-
ests here, said he believed food prices
had reached their climax and are now
on the down grade.
General food prices are working
toward a lower basis" he said. The
cereals are getting down. People are
going to take advantage of lower
prices, and that will have a tendency
to relieve the stringency in meat
prices, especially pork"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
Marcnni in Another Feat.

Pisa.-Wireless communication
was established by William Marconi
between Collano, near here, and
Glaze Bay, n. s., distance of $500
miles, and Erythrea, the italian
colony in northeast Africa, distance
of about $500 miles.
After this new wireless feat, as a
result of which the rates for wireless
messages between Europe and Amerl-
ca probably will be greatly reduced.
Mr.. Marconi went to San Rossore,
where he made an exhaustive report
on his recent experiments TO hlnS
Emanuel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
COLLEGE Business Courses at Home.

In accordance with the policy of the
University of Wisconsin to be Of serY-
Ice to all people Of the state, and not
only to resident students in Madison,
correspondence courses in business
administration are being offered by
the extension division. Business men
throughout the state may thus become
acquainted with the scientific basis of
modern business methods.
Courses covering every phase of
business administration are to be
given.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
Trust to Increase Rates.

New York.-The foreign steamship
trust, which controls 80 per cent of
the foreign commerce of the United
States, has decided to advance freight
rates.
The first branch of American trade
which will be affected is that between
here and the northern districts of
South America. Advices received by
American merchants doing business
with Brazil state that the Brazil
steamship conference" had decided
on new scale of freight rates, which
are 10 to Is per cent higher than
the old figures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
like Teacher Didn't Have.

Little Lizzie said to her teacher,
''Have you got little yelly hen?"
No" replied the teacher, Il
haven't any little yellow hen"
Well" said Lizzie proudly, my
little yelly hen, like you hain't got,
laid an egg this morning. From the
OeIineator
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17

Sc Godfather of the Trusts" Expe CITE d
to Appear in Courts in Interest
of Big Corpor atoms.

New York.-It was reported and
not denied by Gov. John Franklin
Fort of New Jersey that Judge James
Brookes Dill is about to resign from
the court of errors and appeals, to
which he was appointed five years
ago.
The retirement of Judge Dill, IA
miliarly known as "the godfather of
the trusts, to private life is supposed
to forecast his appearance in the near
future in the interests of the great
corporations which have cases pend
ing in the courts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
FIVE SHOT IN CICERO HOLD-UP.
TWO Fatally Wounded in Fight Be-
tween Police and Robbers.

Chicago.-Five persons were shot,
two of them probably fatally, in
an attempt to rob the saloon
of Louis Belmont, in the town of
Cicero, near here. Three bandits
made the attempt at robbery, and
when the saloonkeeper fired on them
a revolver battle began. One of the
burglars was shot through the head
and is not expected to recover.
Policeman John Kane, who ran to
the aid of Belmont, was shot through
the body five times and will probably
die. Miss Mile Collier, a waiter, was
hit by bullet while in an adjoining
room. Her nose was shot off. Bel
mont was hit by two bullets, but his
wounds are not fatal.
Fred Cobb, a customer in the sa-
loon, was shot through the breast and
band
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
No Names.

u was deeply disappointed in this
article about venomous creatures"
why 500"
1t is only about tarantulas and
Acobras / thought maybe it would
mention some women l know"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
Cautious.

The young housekeeper was look
Ding at some live chickens in a coop.
Yes" said the dealer. III kill and
iress a couple of them and send them
lover to your house
We'll" replied the young house.
wife. hesitating, IF you are positive
lthey are fresh you may"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
Dies After Sixty-Foot Fall

Kankakee, In-While working on
the top of the new county courthouse
here Thursday Adam Bishop Of Louis
vile, KY, pitched head foremost 90
feet to the ground, when the coping
fell. He died an hour later.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-17
Girl Dead. Justice Held.

Alva, Okla-The body of Miss
Mary Oates, clerk in the office Of the
county clerk, was found n room
back of the Office Of n. ]. Miller, a
Justice of the peace, Thursday. Mill
Ter is under arrest.