Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-05
THE LATEST NEWS.
GENERAL NOTES.


the fumes of gasoline.
The amount of AZ per cent. bonds re
deemed Tuesday was 567, 300.
The first blizzard Of the season occurred
at Bismarck, n. D.
THE report that two Americans were
executed in Mexico was erroneous.
ENos FRIsBEE died at Harwintou, Ct,
aged 100 years and months.
SOUTH CAROLINA was shaken 5y an
earthquake Tuesday.
The American ship Hecla, before re-
ported lost, has arrived at Vancouver.
KATIE COLE, Of Pottstown, Pa, drop
ped dead Sunday, victim Of tight lac
ing.
SECRETARY FOSTER has named the new
2O00-ton cruiser soon TO be launched the
| Detroit.
The United States has formally demand.
| ed that Chill make reparation for the in
suits offered to this country.
BUSHNELL & BUSHNELL, Of st. Paul
have made an assignment to 0. C. Gull
len.
The United States warships Philadel
phia, Atlanta and Newark, have been or
dered to Gillian waters.
ELLIOTT KING, leader in the green
back movement in Maine. was found dead
In bed in his home at Portland Wednes
day morning.
| The director of the New York Pasteul
institute reports that but one hydrophobis
patient has died out of 255 treated at that
institution.
| THE report that Stephen B. Elkins OF
West Virginia, is to succeed Senator elect
Proctor III the cabinet, is generally credit.
ed in Washington.
WALT WHITMAN is completely para
lyzed, and while he may live for years, is
IN danger ct dying at any moment.
CAPT. RICHARD N. Comfy, one of the
proprletors Of the Dayton (Ohio) Journal
died at Richmond, Ind, Sunday.
DIR. Won HoLLEBEN, at present German
minister to Japan, will succeed the late
Count Arco-Valley as minister to the Unit
i ed States.
| J. A. CHAPLEAU, the Canadian secre,
tary of state resigns and heads political
work revolt which may destroy the con,
| federation.
THE amount of bullion withdrawn from
the Bank of England on balance Tuesday
was e250,000, and is for shipment to
| America.
THE will of the late Samuel t. Tilden
is declared void by the New York court OF
appeals, and $4,000, 900 will now be Ovid,
ed among the heirs, Mrs. William B. Haz-
zard, neice, getting one-half.
OBITUARY: At Logansport, Ind, ex,
Mayor Samuel Jacobs, aged seventy; at
Racine, Wis, DR.. William H. Lockwood,
aged twenty mine; at Harvard, H., W. L.
| Hamilton, aged forty-three.
| MUCH excitement was caused in the pen
| sion building Monday morning by a fire
In the basement among waste paper. 1t
was extinguished, however, before any
| damage was done.
| The New York bank statement of Sat.
| urday shows decrease in reserves Of $50,
| 625, as compared with their condition one
week previous.
HENRY WUERDER, patient at the Bar
more city hospital, leaped from a fourth
story window and landed On the head OF
Neal Cook, colored. Cook was Temporal
riy stunned. Wuerder bounded OF I'M
han med and ran away.
! HE Henry G. Allen company, dealers
in subscription books, New York, is ask
ing extension of time Of its obligations,
which are about $4,000 The nominal
assets are more. Extensions for settle
ments in four, eight and twelve months
will be made.
The court of claims met Monday after
The regular summer vacation. Chief
Justice Richardson and Justices Mott,
Weldon and Davis were in attendance.
Owing to large amount of work before
this body it is believed the president will
soon appoint a successor to the late Judge
Scofeld.
The bureau of American republics is
informed that the governor general OF
Dutch Guinea has appointed commits
sion to look after the representation OF
that colony at the worlds fair, with M
Schimmelpennick as chairman. The COM
mission includes three ladies, who will
have special charge Of woman's work and
act in conjunction with the board of lady
managers of Chicago.