Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-02

cOlleI at l(9ulSFl1Ie.
A portion of the LehigA comeaasS
dock at West Superior gave way and
3 900 toms of coal went to the bottom
of t4e bay.
A San Francisco company has con-
racted with Chinese brokers fer 30
GOO coolies who will be sent to Central
and South America.
ExDeputy Collector Shaw was found
guilty at Louisville of assessing gov
eminent employees for campaign pur-
poses.
Chairman Wright has written Presi-
,den, ~.eyeland, claiming the mail Of
the Iowa prohibition republican COM
mittee is tempered with.
Charles CoOprider was indicted by
the grand jury at Brazil, Ind, for the
murder of Thomas KISS.
When arraigned in Milwaukee ex-
Bank Cashier Koetting pleaded not
guilty to charges of perjury and en-
beZZlement.
A G.. Spalding has resigned as vice
president and governor of the Central
Association Of the A "A. Z.
Four men were killed in Il freight
wreck on the Pennsylvania road near
the depot in Harrisburg.
Alarmed by Chicagos rapid growth
New Workers are again urging the alb
sorption of Brooklyn.
! Heirs of George A. Porter have be-
gun suit to recover possession of 16O
acres Of land within the limits of
Superior, Wis.
Fully a third of the corporations of
Illinois have failed to make the aft
davit required by the antitrust Law.
| The Horton company, manufacturers
! of carriages at IS East Fifth street,
liabilities, $4,000.
The Mingo Steel and Iron Mills at
Mingo Junction, W. Va, have closed
down infinitely. Six hundred men are
thrown out of employment.
| In Montana, the 10rthern portion of
North Dakota and Minnesota the tenn
! perature fell below freezing Sunday
night. Snow fell at several points.
ne cruiser Marblehead, sister ship
of the Montgomery and Detroit, had
her preliminary trial trips on Long
Island sound during the week.
The house committee on territories
for the admission of Utah as a state,
but did not take final action on it.
Chief John P. Brooks, of the United
States secret service in New York city,
died from apopleXy at his home, PAT
| Walnut avenue, Newark, n. J.
Finding that the Minnesota gambling
law is defective, the merchants of St.
Paul have determined to use their pow
erful influence to secure the closing of
the pool rooms.
| The court of claims has appointed O..
l.. Carter, of Fort Worth, Texas, and
Miss Nellie Emerson, of San Francisco,
Cal, commissioners to take testimony
| for court.
United States Real Admiral Stanton
saluted the Brazilian insurgent flag, and
was ,-ereupon retired from the navy
by Secretary Herbert.
A car loaded with powder exploded in
the freight yards on Poydras street,
| New Dreams, and the destruction is
figured at Il loss Of 100000.
Seventeen miners returned to San
Francisco from the Yukon river, Alas
ka, with gold dust valued at $4,000
as a result Of one years work.
The will of the late philanthropist,
Miss Jane Holmes Of Allegheny, Pa,
leaves an estate estimated at 81 800
900 to the charities that were her chief
aim to aid in life.
A baby two OF three months old,
wrapped in a newspaper, was thrown
from a New York Central train at
Buffalo. 1t was dead when found.
Two packs of cards, two testaments
and some lottery tickets were i'll the
pockets of an unknown man found dead
near Charlestown Landing, Ind.
Governor Hogg has raised the quaran-
tine against vessels entering Texas
harbors, though it is maintained against
persons from yellow fever districts.
Governor Markham, Of California
refused to interfere in the case of d.
Vincent of Fresno, Cal, who was exc
Cuted for the murder of his wife Fri
day.
The reported death of General Joseph
GOurko, governor Of Warsaw, was pre-
mature He is lying dangerously ill at
! Warsaw and his demise is likely to oc-
cur at any moment.
Fire at San Francisco DESTROYED the
block bounded by Spear, Stewart, Fol
som anu Howard streets. The princi-
pal losers are Mcdonald & Son. Total
loss about $4,000.
| Indiana foresterS have withdrawn
from the jurisdiction of the Illinois
high court and established an independ-
ent high court with T. p. Jones, of
Valparaiso, as high chief ranger.
George G. Gaskin Il Brooklyn sail
maker, returned home after an absence
of forty years, to find himself a great
! grandfather and his wife the mother
of ten children by another husband.
President Barri0s, of Guatemala, has
decreed that labor shall be henceforth
free all over the country, thus abolish
Ing the system of forced labor. which
was nothing less than form of slavery
thinly disguised.