Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-10-28
THE NEWS.

garay and several Of his chieftains
A MUNICH telegram Of the 10Th says the
Bavarian Ministry had been forced to re-
sign in consequence of Ultramontane
complications.
IN consequence Of the Pope's interces-
sion the Emperor of Germany has remit
ted one year Of Cardinal Ledochowski's
term of imprisonment for resisting the
Prussian Ecclesiastical laws. The dis
patch says a full pardon would probably
follow.
A LONDON telegram of the 18th an
nounces the arrival of the steamer Pan
dora from the Arctic region. The graves
of Sir John Franklin's men were discoy-
cred with the head-bOards and inscriptions
thereon intact. A glimpse was had Of
King Williams Land.
A SPECIAL from Ragusa of the morning
of the 18th announced that the Turks had
crossed the Austrian border and were
menacing the village of Erzeg. Troops
had been sent to oppose them.
A BERLIN telegram of the 18th says
Russia had commanded the nobility in
the Polish provinces to sell their farms to
Russian tenantry, the Government fixing
the price.
ARTHUR DAVIS and wife, of Toronto,
Canada, have been sentenced to be hanged
in December next for the murder of a
Miss Gilman.
A WASHINGTON dispatch Of the 18th
states that the President had said he was
much gratifed that the two political par
ties in Mississippi had effected an amicable
adjustment by which fair election would
be held and peace maintained. He further
stated that no removals would be made in
that State for mere partisan reasons.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 18th says
information had been recently received
that Russia would be represented at the
American Centennial next year.
A REARRANGEMENT of the fast-mail
service between New York, St. Louis and
the Southwest has been directed by the
Postmaster General to be shortly made so
that all matter which naturally belongs to
the Pennsylvania Railroad shall be sent
by that line instead OF the New York Cen
trail route.
COUNTERFEIT fiye-dOllar notes on the
First National Bank Of Aurora, ILL.,, are
in circulation in some sections. They are
the same as those Of the Traders National
Bank of Chicago and of Paxton, H.,
with the exception Of the change in the
name.
A LONDON telegram of the 18th says it
had recently been discovered that large
amount of guns and ammunition had been
shipped to the Chinese as merchandise by
London merchants.
A BATTLE between the Dalmatians and
Turks occurred on the 18th in which the
former were badly defeated.
THE special commission appointed to
investigate the charges made by Prof.
Marsh made public their report on the
18th. The commission found no fraud
in connection with the beef contracts at
the Red Cloud Agency but discovered that
the Government and Indians had been
swindled by flour and pork contractors.
The charges of ircompetency against
Agent Sayille were sustained. EX-Sec-
rotary Delano and Commissioner Smith
were exOnerated from completely in the
frauds, though the latter was alleged to
have been neglectful in some instances.
Several changes were recommended IN
the management Of Indian affairs.
THE receipts of the Postoffice Depart
mont fpp tho ficoo1 1raoI,
1875, were $27, 561, 502.6 IS; expenditures,
So, 611 ,309.45; deficiency, $G,O49, 0O6.T.
AT Canon City, Col, few nights ago,
Carrie Buckingham, who was visiting
her sister, Mrs. Evans, undertook to start
fire with coal-oil. The can exploded,
her dress caught fire, and the flames COM
municated to Mrs. Evans and her infant.
The three were fatally burned.
w PERKINS, an English pedestrian, re-
Gently accomplished the feat of walking
eight miles in an hoU-the quickest time
on record.
THE vote polled in Cincinnati at the
late election was 80 $50. The vote in the
county was about A 900.
" 14EAh1, IL 1IlCttSO pGuttSlIltl, It.
Gently walked 90 miles in the unprece-
dented time of eighteen hours and fifty
eight seconds.
A BERLIN dispatch to the London
Morning Post Of the Goth says it had been
decided to send Prince Frederick of
Prussia to the Philadelphia Centennial,
and that a German feet would accompany
him.
EX-SENATOR ZACHARIAH CHANDLER, of
Michigan, has been appointed Secretary
of the Interior, uice Delano, resigned. Mr..
Chandler entered on the duties of the DO
sition on the 18th.
A WASHINGTON special of the 10Th saws
the receipts from internal revenue for the
three months ending Sept. 30 had shown
an increase of 81, 7S0, 1916 over those of fbe
corresponding period last year
THE first building III the United States
erected for the Order of the Sovereigns of
Industry was dedicated at Springfield,
Mass, on the 10Th.