Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-12-03
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on board drowned
A Hendaye dispatch of the 10Th says
the vigorous cannonading from one of
the outlying forts of Irun had again
compelled the Carlists to abandon their
position in front of that city.
King Coffee, of the Ashantees, has been
compelled to abdicate, and his nephew
has been installed King in his stead.
Three workmen were killed and fifteen
seriously injured, in Paris, on the 10Th,
in consequence of an explosion in a
chemical mandatory The building
and railroad station hard by were de-
stroyed.
A Constantinople dispatch of the 10Th
says an Egyptian army had captured
Darfour and killed the reigning Sultan.
The Anti-Secret Association of Illinois,
recently in session at Chicago, adjourned
on the evening of the 18th. Resolutions
were adopted severely cOndemning all
secret organizations.
The Nevada Legislature stands. politi-
cally as follows: Senate-Republicans,
10; Democrats, T. Assembly-Demo-
Gratis, 10; Republicans, 81; Independ-
ents, g.
Charlie Ross has turned up again, this
time in the possession of f. w. Peyton,
of Huntington, W. Va, who offers to
hand him over for $4,000.
A Little Rock special of the 10Th says
that all the State officers of Arkansas
elected on the ticket with Lieut.. Gov.
Smith, except the Secretary of State and
Attorney General, had Endorsed Smiths
application for recognition as Governor
Chamberlain's majority for Governor
of South Carolina is 10,667.
An explosion occurred in the Warren
vale coal mine in Yorkshire, England,
on the Goth, which caused the loss of
tWenty-four lives.
A Washington dispatch of the Goth says
the Cabinet had unanimously decided
that no present recognition of Smiths
claim to be Governor of Arkansas should
be made.
The libel suit of Henry c. Bowen
against the Brooklyn argus resulted in
the acquittal of the defendant on the
Goth, the jurors holding, however, that,
while the defendant was legally exempt
from conviction, the printed matter in the
argus relating to the deceased Mrs.
Bowen was atrocious and cruel.
The Kansas State Central Relief Com
mittee have issued an address appealing
for aid for the sufferers in their State and
cautioning the public against placing
their benefactions in the hands of IN
authorized and irresponsible parties.
Parties soliciting aid by authority will
have the Endorsement of the Governor of
the State, and such Endorsement will be
a guaranty of their responsibility. The
appeal closes as follows:
individuals or local committees desiring more
specific information concerning matters con
nected with the relief of our people should adj
dress directly the Secretary of the committee,
and all remittanCes of funds should be made to
the Treasurer at Topeka. With emphasis we as
sert that our suffering people are not wanting in
enterprise, nor courage, nor any of the elements
OF true manhood The accomplishing patience
with which even women and children endur-
ing the misfortunes that have fallen upon them
is nothing short of heroic. Our people have not
lost faith in themselves nor in the resources of
the State in which they live In their behalf we
confidently appeal to the liberality of those who
t6e s3eTpe sgne e shs T wants
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Kan
sas Central Relief Commission.
A motion to release certain Democratic
Deputies was made by an Ultramontane
member in the German Reichstag on the
21st, and defeated after a speech by Bis
marck in opposition.
The Argentine gunboat Panama has
been surrendered to the Brazilian author
tiles. Correspondence with Europe from
Buenos Ayres has been forbidden.
According to London telegram of the
21st Germany has secured a port on the
Mediterranean from the Emperor of
Morocco.
The Spanish gunboat Prosperidas is
missing and supposed to be lost She had
200 men on board.
The Pope has written to Cardinal Gull
len and the Irish Bishops thanking them
for their recent condemnation of Prof.
Tyndall's address at Belfast.
Representatives Wiltshire and Lowe,
of Arkansas, have notified the Attorney
General that they intend to file an argu-
ment in opposition to the claim of Smith
to be Governor of Arkansas.
Mrs. Fred. Grant made her debut in
Washington society at party given by
the wife of the President. About 800
invited guests were present, and the
bride was heartily received.
The attempted kindling of fire with
kerosene at Trenton, n. J., on the 21st
was the cause of the death of Mrs Riley
and her infant.
The editor of the Chicago Times has
been held to bail in the sum of 81 500 for
hbeling n. K Fairbank, of Chicago.
In San Francisco, on the 21st, Fuller
ton" trotted three heats in ? :20t, :20s
and 2:204-the three fastest consecutive
heats on record