Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-11-27
causing a loss of 12,-

dG AInneTstOurg, causing q loss OF H.
600, fully insured.
THREE blocks of business houses at
Millhank, d. t., burned Monday morn
ing, resulted ia $3.50, 900 loss, with
about $75, 900 insurance.
FIRE ia the basement of the High
School at Oshkosh, Wis, Monday
caused panic and stampede among the
pupils. but al escaped without injury.
The structure suffered no material
damage.
, A COMPARATIVE statement of the re-
ceipts for the fiscal years 1888 and 1884.
shows a decrease of SIC, 041, $50 from
tobacco, sn increase of 81, ,5S7, ,610 from
spirits, al increase of $1,1S4, ,33S from
fermented liquors, an6 decrease of
O,642, ,464 from taxes under repealed
laws and penalties, making a total de-
crease of $22, 1868, SO5.
The President appointed Otis P. G.
Clarke Commissioner of Pensions, vice
Colenel Dudley, resigned, and Calvin b.
Walker, OF Indiana, at presen1 Second
Deputy Commissioner, to be First
Deputy Commissio ioner, vice Clarke, pro-
NOTED. The Presidenta ppointed De Witt
Clinton Wheeler, of New York; r. B.
Langdon, OF Minneapolis, and Alex. Nc
Donald, of New York, commission to
examine and report upon thirty-seven
miles of the Northern Pacific Railroad
in Washington Territory.
CHIEF BROOKS, of the secret-service
division of the treasury department, in
his annual report says: "The events of the
past year give evidence of a revival of
he manufacture of counterfeit paper
money, which was practically suspend
ed during the years 1882 and 1885," He
also says that although the reports for
| the past year the smallest percentage
of circulation of counterfeit paper
moaey since the first issue of such
money, be is of the opinion that there
is to-day in the hands of counterfeiters
nearly 800 900 new spurious notes of
| the denominations of SO and 90, which
have been produced since Jan. 1, 1884.
Mr.. Brooks notes with pleasure that
bankers are recognizing more fully the
Importance of branding as spurious!all
counterfeit money presented in the
| course of business.
THE u. S., Supreme Court decided
the case brought by citizens of Rich
mond, Virginia to recover the amount
of certain fire insurance policies issued
by said company upon property ia
Richmond, Va. which was burned at
the time that city was captured by fed
| eral troops in 1866. The insurance COM
pany refused to pay on the ground that
| by the express terms of it's polici.s it
was not liable for damages from fires
caused by ''civil war, commotion, insur-
rection, or invasion of foreign enemy" :"
and ths the fire in this case was due to
one or all of these causes. The supreme
coart Of appeals of Virginia rendered
decision in favor of the company, on
the ground that the fire was the result
of the invasion of a foreign enemy."
When the cases were appealed to this
court the question of jurisdiction was
| raised, the company maintaining that
the cases were not decided by the court
below on q federal question, and that
consequently this court was without
jurisdiction to review the decision. At
the conclusion Of argument Thursday,
Chief Justice Waite announced as the
opinion of the court that it had no
Jurisdiction in the cases, and must there
fore dismiss them, and it was SO ordered.
The decision rendered in favor of the
insurance company by the supreme
court of appeals of Virginia, now stands
as final settlement of the question,
and relieves the underwriters la Vir-
ginia and elsewhere from liability for
a great quantity of property destroyed
by fire in Richmond when that city was
evacuated by confederate troops