Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-08-11
TIE LATEST NEWS.
GENERAL NOTES.

JAY GOULD wants to sell the yacht At
lama. and has named as his lowest figure
s200,00O
The National association of den,ocra-
tic clubs is TO meet October 4 IN New
York.
REV. FRANK T. INGALLS,, of Spring
field Mo-, brother of ex-senator JOHN |.
ingalls,, died Friday.
The last weekly statement of the New
York hanks shows a reserve decrease Of
IS, 932, $50. The banks hold S18, 1873, AS
IN excess OF the % per cent rule.
Ex.UNITED STATES SENATOR VAN
WICK was nominated for governor by the
peoples party convention at Kearney,
Neb.
CANADA seeks to bring Newfoundland
into the dominion and will probably sue
coed.
The president has approved the act
authorizing the appointment of receivers
for national banks.
HE work of closing up wine rooms in
st. Paul makes progress. Several saloon
licenses have been revoked.
HoGBARTH SAHLGAARD, for twenty two
years vice consul of Sweden and Norway
IL st. Paul, is dead.
IT is proposed by the Canadians to sub
NIT the canal toll disagreement with the
United States to arbitration.
FINAL arra1g ements have been made
for forming a wall paper trust. The cap
ital repres ented amounts to 100000.
ALL the Carnegie officials who were
arrested on the charge Of murder have
been released under bonds of $4,000
each.
JOHN KRUTTsCHNITT, who had been for
thirty years German consul at New Or
leans, died in that city Wednesday, aged
so years.
PREMIER ABBOTT, of Canada, faipte d
at his desk In the privy council chamber
Wednesday. The doctors say that he
must refrain from official work for some
time.
RICHARD TENBROECK, a well known
horseman was found dead in bed Monday,
at his home, Hermitage" near San
Mateo.
Gov. BURKE, of North Dakota, has
issued a proclamation declaring absolute
quarantine against Manitoba on account
Of smallpox In that province.
NINETEEN Cinnamon arrived at Hall
fax, N. D., Sunday, in bond, having come
from China via the Pacific and across the
the continent. They are booked for
HAVANA, where they will work on pIanta-
| tons
A. BARTON HEPBURN, who has just
been appointed by the president comp
troller of the currency to succeed E. S.
Lacey, retired, is the present hammer of
national banks in New York city.
REV. THEODORE LAMY, G. S. r.,
superior of the Redemptorist house,
Grand Qapids, Mich, died Friday morn
ing on the Illinois Central train as it was
entering the depot in New Orleans.
SHIPMENTS of watermelons from South
California this year amounted to $50 car
loads, against l, 169 carloads last season
| The price this year averaged SIS load,
whereas the price in 1891 was but $50 a
load.
THE Swiss government has received
from the United States an apology for the
arrest. by mistake, of Dr. Albert Georg,
an attache of the Swiss legation at Wash
ington. The arrest was upon com
plant Of a woman who had missed he1
portmonie and thought Dr.. Georg had
stolen it.
TROUBLE is imminent in The Coal creek
mining district in Tennessee, where the
riots occurred lasJ winter. Additional
| soldiers have been sent to the spot to help
| preserve order.
THE will of the late Cyrus w. Field be-
queaths nothing to Edward M. Field, his
son. The share of the estate that would
have gone to him is left in trust for his
children. The estate had fallen away in
in the few years from several millions to
$780, 900.
The United States government has au
| thorized the Danish government to proceed
criminally against Henry B. Ryder, consul
at Copenhagen, who has been engaged in
| frauds said to amount to 200, 900 kroners,
or nearly 1900.
AT the Indiana state spirituaists' camp
meeting at Chesterfield, Dr. Wester6eld,
of Anderson, was re- elected president of
| the association, Mrs. Colby Luther, OF
Crown Point, vice president, and Flora
Hoarding, of Anderson, secretary.
! AN ,greement between the officials Of
/ the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and
representatives Of the employees OF the
road, by the terms of which a substantial
general raise in the wages OF employees
was granted, went into effect Monday.
The postmaster general has adopted
| the designs for a new series of postage
stamps to be issued Sin commenoration of
the discovery Of America The issue will
include all values aud will bear designs of
a historical character, each representing
some incident in the life of Columbus.
The America bar association has had
struck off at the Philadelphia mint two
gold medals, each containing 500 worth
Of pure gold, which will be presented to
David Dudley Field and Sir ROUNDED
Palmer Earl, of the English bar, for dis
tinguished services in the advancement of
of the science of jurisprudence.
The president has determined upon
the men who will represent this country
at the international monetary conference,
and although the list is not officially an
nounced. 1t is said to include Senator
Jones of Nevada, Fl. W. Cannon Of New
York, Francis A. Walker of Massachu-
! sets, ex-senator Hill of Colorado, and
Senator Carlisle.
FOREIGN.