Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-30

thieves afterward set fire to Mark s
house, and the body was burned almost
TO Il cinder.
The steamer NJ. B. Grover, will
the whaIeback barge One Hundred and
Two III tow, is more than six days
overdue at Duluth and it is feared they
have foundered.
Sacretary-treasrer Hayes, of the
Knights of Labor general assembly, has
withdrawn his charges Of malfeasance
against Powderly and some other Off
GERS Of the general assembly.
The grand jury at Minneapolis has
Indicted Willis A. James, G. L. Match
en-, M Z. Scofield, r. T. Lang, E. A.
Flint and Frank Scofield, directors of
the collapsed State Farmers and Mer-
chants bank.
Clarence NJ. Overman. late president
Of the Citizens National bank of Hills
boro. Ohio, pleaded guilty of charges
Of embezzlement. and was sentenced to
a term Of ten years.
The duke of Edinburg Che duke of
SaXe-Coburg and Gotha) is spending a
few weeks in London, and is lavishly
bestowing Coburg orders and decora-
tons upon officers and musicians.
The condition Of the Right Hon. John
Morley, chief secretary for Ireland.
who is suffering with a chill, is worse.
His physicians say, however, that his
sickness is not serious.
The body Of Sir Robert Morier, late
British ambassador to Russia, who
died on the Lake of Geneva, was inter
red at Northwood, a suburb of Lon
don.
Williams, the crank who wanted to
kill Major McClaughry, former warden
of Joliet penitentiary, has been sent
to the asylum for the insane at Mount
Pleasant, Iowa.
Canadian officials seized a Sandusky
tug and about four miles Of gill net
for fishing in waters Of the dominion
More seizures may follow, and diplo-
matte correspondence is expected.
1t was discovered after 4 Christian
Endeayor mass meeting at Emmanuel
church, Milwaukee, that the gallery
into which nearly 800 people Were
, packed, had settled three or four inch
eS.
Kansas people have paid off over
$5,OOO,0OO Of loans and $3SS,OOO OF over.
drafts during the last nine months
while the total state and private bank
ind ebtedness has been decreased
$629,917 during the same period.
! A decision affecting the rights OF
Indian half-breeds and involving the
legality of the recent cession of South
Dakota Indian lands to the government
will soon be promulgated by the
secretary of the interior.
| A. E. Rosenberger, a professional
horse thief, was arrested ct Cairo, Ill
He is wanted at various places i'll
Indiana and Ohio as indicated by news
PAPER clippings found in his trunk
! which he had 4 mania for collecting.
{ j. NJ. Fuller, the bank sNindler held
at Richmond, Ind, for attempting tC
realize Oh a $1,000 draft, is a noted
crook. Letters from points in Ohio
New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania
Texas, New York, and Indiana show
the scope of his work
! Theodore z. Haughey, the Indiana
polls bank wrecker, was for thirty
years treasurer of the Indiana grand
lodge If Odd Fellows, and the order
! loses $4,000 by him.
Boys at Springfield, ILL.,. who had
organized 4 secret society after the
manner Of dime novel heroes, caused
the death Of Charlie Willis, aged 49,
whom they were initiating.
Lucius s. Merriam, an instructor in
Cornell university, at Ithaca, \. u,
and Miss Mary L. Yeargin, a student,
went out in Il rowbOat on Cayuga lake
and are now missing. They may have
been drowned.
AT 4 grade crossing in Nenia, Ohio,
4 train struck the carriage containing
Sallle and Sophia Kelso, daughters of
DR.. S. NJ. KelSO, and Leila McDill,
daughter Of Professor David McDill
instantly killing the three young ladies.
A dispatch to the Central News
from Madrid says: "Advices from Me
lila say that Spanish conveys nov
pass the Melilla forts rmmolested by
the Noors. They report seeing large
bodies Of the sulton's cavalry carrying
white flags
Miss May Arehart, who shot herself
because OF the desertion of her lover,
Fred Widner, died at Goshen, Ind, and
on her death-bed she was married to
Widner, who returned when he heard
of her despairing action.
! The cordage trust as reorganized will
have capital of 100000 in cash and
$5,00O,0OO in collaterals secured by
New York and New England banks.
Creditors Of the old trust have been
offered 10 per cent. i'll cash, 80 per
cent. in ninety days, and the remainder
! in bonds of the new company.
A 1G,OO0-mile race between four Brit
ish ships has just been ended by the
arrival of the ship Glencaird at Calcut-
ia. The racers started from Philadel-
phia last July and the prize was a bag
containing 5000 gold dollars
DR.. c. e. Boynton writes from Buena
Vista, Oregon, denying the story that
he was arrested at Rio JaneirO while
trying to blow up Brazilian gunboat.
He SAWS hA has not bapT O11tSi6a tho