Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-06

uD the stairs to the door of the room III
which was the assassin. The man had
barricaded the door, and when it was
/ beaten down he defended himself with
a revolver, shooting the proprietor of
the house, and then, seeing that re-
/ sistance was useless, he attempted
suicide by placing the pistol to his
head. The ball inflicted painful but
not mortal scalp wound, and he was
overpowered and conveyed to the near
est Police Hospital 1t was with great
| difficulty that the police and military
officers who accompanied the culprit
could keep the crowd from the prisoner.
Shouts and curses greeted his appear
ance on the sidewalk, and a vast throng
ran after the cab into which he was
! hurried. The name of the assassin is
originally from Dresden, but for some
time resident of Berlin, where he has
been acting editor of radical socialis-
tic journal.
OTHER ACCOUNTS.
! Later accounts state that the official
bulletin issued from the Palace at $50
this morning, reports that the Emperor
passed a quiet night. The pain from
his wounds has been alleviated, and his
! physicians consider his condition salts
factory.
! DIR. Modelling cannot recover from the
injuries he inflicted on himself at the
time of his arrest. 1t is said he had an
accomplice in the crime.
ANOTHER OCEAN DISASTER.
A New York special of the End inst,
states that the steamship Idaho from
New York to LIVERPOOL went on a rock
off the coast of Ireland in a fog and sunk
in few minutes. Through the cool
ness of the officers the passengers and
crew are believed to have all been saved
A dispatch from Dublin announces the
arrival there, at , o'clock A. NJ. June
3rd, of 127 passengers of the wrecked
steamer Idaho. They spent the re-
mainder of the night at the railway
terminus. The passengers are expect
ed in Liverpool tonight. together with
the IddhO's crew. The same dispatch
states that the steamer Idaho sunk in II
minutes after she struck rocks, in -
| fathoms of water. She lies midway be-
tween Coming Beg and Brandies Rock.
Her tOpgallant masts are visible. The
passengers speak highly of the conduct
of Capt. Holmes and his crew, and have
drawn up a testimonial to that effect, to
be presented to the owners of the vessel.
OCEAN DISASTER.
London advices under date of May
31st state that the German iron clad
| G10Sser Ka0finSt came in collision with
the iron clad K0nig Wilhelm, at $40
| this morning, three miles off Folk
l.
almost Immediately, and her boilers
exploded as she went down. The wealth
er was bright and sea calm at the
time of the disaster. 1t is reported at
Dover that only Is persons out of the
complement of AGO officers and men on
board the GrOsser KurtttrSt was saved.
Boats went from the shore and were
sent from other vessels of the German
! fleet to the assistance of the drowning
people, and 1t is hoped more lives
were saved A later dispatch says
the German embassy is informed that
$50 persons were drowned by the sink
ing of the ironclad vessel Grosser Kur-
| ftTst The German ambassador
with Crown Prince have gone
| by special train to the scene of
| disaster 1t seems the vessels were un-
der full headway when the Ko1aig WI
| helm ran into the Grosser Kamtttra The
shock was terrific, the latter vessel fal
! ling and sinking within five inmates af-
! ter the collision. To add to the horrors
of the situation, the boilers of the YES
! Sci exploded, scattering death and des.
truction in every direction.
THE LATEST FROM THE DIASTER.
I According to telegram dated London
June 1st, dispatched by Rear Admiral
Batch from Folkestone, 163 men We're
saved. The most reliable estimates
give the Grosser Kutursts crew at about
500. A report, resting upon the au-
says 255 were saved. The coast guard,
! however, state they are informed the
GroSser Kurtitrsts crew was nearer that
number than 500. 1t is reported that
twenty-five of the rescued have since
died from exhaustion. The latest
Lloyd's telegram fixed the total of
saved as % officers and 100 men.
The captain of a fishing boat makes
the following statement: MY boat,
with other fishing vessels, was returning
to Folkstone when we noticed
three iron-clads coming down.
A bark was fishing Off the shore,
The GroSser K,yt,Ta ported her helm to
clear the bark. The K911g Wilhelm
pulled hard aport and struck the
! GTOSser K,vftTst forward of her mizzen
mast. The Kayflrst went over on her
| broadside and sank in five minutes.
! She went down in fifteen fathoms. All
| hands jumped overheard. Our boats
| reached the spot directly afterwards,
and rescued twenty-seven men, includ-
| ing three officers. Other boats res
eued number of the crew, all of
! whom were transferred to tho K05ag
! Wilhelm. Capt. Batach. of the Grosser
| Kauftrst. went down with his ship. The
boiler did not explode, but the escaping
steam must have scalded many persons
| in the water The K01ig Wilhelm had
/ her bows stove but the leak was stopped
with hammocks. The collision was un-
doubtedly caused by the K0nig Wilhelm
( porting her helm too suddenly.
Mr.. Smith, first lord of the admiralty,
/ in his statement in the house of COM
mons to-day, confirmed the report that
the collision occurred while the GTOsSer
Kufura was endeavoring to avoid
merchantman. He said dock was pre-
pairing at Portsmouth for the reception
Of the Kenig Wilhelm. She is now pro-
ceeding thither.
WAR brings out the devil in man,
wakes up the hellish legion within his
fallen nature, and binds his better facul-
ties hand and foot Its natural ten
dency is to hurl nations back into bar