Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-09-27
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THE HAZERS MUST GO


WASHINGTON, Sept 20.-Naval Ca
Diet Hawkes. has been dismissed from
service for hazing
THE COLORED CONVENTION.
Delegates to the colored convention
to meet at Louisville on Monday, will
leave here Saturday. They will be
ATTENDED by quite party from this
city, who intend to work for Douglas
as chairman of the convention, and
for Prof. Gregory as secretary. The
Maryland delegates will. it is stated,
vote for [. l. Fortune, of New York,
editor of the Globe, as chairman, and
Fortune will have considerable sup
port from other delegates The TWEEN
| ty-five delegates from South Carolina
reported to favor Douglas, and it is
thought here that he Will be elected
chairman.
The Republican will publish to-mor-
row an interview with Fred Douglass
in which he says that he regards the
mission Of the convention as chiefly
moral, and so far as it's utterances are
| concerned, as a means towards secur-
ing a better understanding between
the colored people and their fellow
citizens generally. He thinks the
convention will be thoroughly rep
resentative body.
/ It's objects, he is quoted as saying,
are to take into consideration the gen
eral condition of the colored people
of the country, especially the cOndi-
! ton of labor in the south and the
compensation it receives; the educa-
| tiOna1 interests of the colored race :;
their civil rights, and last, but not
least Important, the security of their
political rights, which are now con
sidered as stricken down.
AFTER MALONE.
/ The civil service commission to-day
received a letter from ex-Representa-
tive Desendorf, stating that c. Clark
MahOne's political assessment agent
had made IN assessment last week of
five per cent on the salaries received
| by all the employees at the Norfolk
navy gard, and that this was the
third assessment levied upon the same
employees by the same man inside of
year Mr.. Lyman, chief examiner,
says If Clark is government en-
ploye, and has violated the civil SER
vice act, the matter will be laid be-
fore the executive authorities.
THE SUPERVISING ARCHITECTS OFFICE
The Critic says there was a report
at the treasury department., to-day,
that there would be a number of
changes IN the office of the supervis-
ing architect at an early date. The
report mentioned, named Chief Clerk
Jacobs and four or five others who
would have to 90. A reporter made
inquiry of Secretary Folger concern
ing this report. The secretary replied
he had not yet given the matter the
full consideration which he thought
necessary before taking action. There
IS no doubt, however, there will be a
thorough overhauling of the supervis-
ing architects office.
MORE BONDS TO BE CALLED.
Another bond call may be made be-
fore the SIS, 100000 call just issued
natures, which will be December 1st
The next nearest estimate that can
be made fixes the further amount of
bonds to be redeemed during the fiscal
year at S45, 00O,OO This would make
the total amount of the debt retired
during that period about 800, 600, 900,
as SAC, OO0,0 900 have already been
called IN since July 3Oth last.
THE RAVENOUS DEMAND FOR TWO CENT
STAMPS.
The acquisitions on the postoffice
| department by postmasters for new
two-cent stamps are so large that the
contractors are unable to supply the
| demand and the deDarfment is con-