Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-06

Refrigerator company Of New York,
fell from a second-story window of a
resort on Monroe avenue, Detroit, Fri
day night, and broke his neck.
The delegates of the Socialistic La
Dor party of New York has placed in
the field full municipal ticket Alex
ander Jones, editor Of the Volks Zelt-
ing, is their candidate for mayor
Ten thousand dollars was received
at Homestead Saturday from the Anal
gamated association to be distributed
among the locked-Out men formerly in
the employ Of the Carnegie company.
Ryder. formerly American consul at
Copenhagen, who is under arrest for
frauds connected with the administra-
ton of estates entrusted to him in his
official capacity, has been he'd to await
trial
The national camp of the Patriotic
Order Sons of America, in annual SEES
sion at Lebanon, Pa. has passed an
amendment to its national constitution
to eliminate the WCrd white" from its
constitution.
The presbytery of Cincinnati has de
cided by a large majority to put on
trial for hereticaI teaching one of its
members, Prof. Henry P. Smith. of
the Lane theological seminary. The
trial will begin Oct. 5.
Four negroes and one white man
,were whipped at New Castle, Del,
Saturday, in the presence of about
800 spectators, including few curious
visitors from Philadelphia, Chester,
| New York and Baltimore.
G. E. Tillinghast of Cleveland has
been elected president and B. II. Stahl
of st. Paul vice-president Of the Life
Underwriters convention which met i'll
New York. The next convention will
be held in Cleveland, Ohio.
| A gambler named J. H. Kelly, re-
siding at Twentieth and Larimer
! streets, Saturday morning shot and in
stantly killed his mistress, and then
blew his brains out. Jealousy is sup
posed to have been the cause.
The Yellow river of China, which
/ caused such terrible devastation to pro-
perty and the loss of thousands upon
! thousands Of lives, has again overflow
ed its banks. Twelve towns have been
inundated and many lives lost.
According to Poultney Bigelow, the
! German emperors yacht Meteor will
not be entered in the race for the
American cup. Mr.. Bigelow states
that the emperor assured him that he
/ had no idea Of entering the Meteor.
Labouchere radicals and Scotch iber-
ais are now in the mood to demand
that Gladstone shelve home rule with
resolutions until other reform measures
are passed, and the Grand Old Man
is inclined to have home rule CT moth
ing.
The liverymen Of Chicago have form
ed a trust, and have put the price of
carriages during the worlds fair de
dicatOIy parade at 500 per day. The
directors have been compelled to &C
cept the price, and the outlay for Oct.
81 will be $4,000.
The application for bail presented
by Hugh O'Donneu, the Homestead
striker, who is in Jail on a charge of
murder in connection with the recent
riots, was refused Saturday morning,
and ODcnneu will have to remain in
Jail until his trial begins.
Albert Luvat was scalded to death
by a jet of steam escaping from the
boiler of the steamboat Lou Cum
mingS, lying near CharlevOiX Mich
He was found under the forward
hatch literally cooked, and when re-
moved the flesh and bones fell to
pieces.
The cholera scare has stopped the
importation of rags for paper manu-
factories, which draw about rs per
cent. of their supply from abroad
The consequence will be a material
advance in nearly all kinds of paper
the main exception being the grade
used for newspapers, which is for the
most part made from wood pulp.