Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-09

ing a shortage of $4,000 in his ac-
counts.
The Phillips CNis) fire burned all
but thirty-nine Of the 100 buildings in
the town. The restitution and misery
were appalling. men and women wan
Cering the streets and crying for food.
The three Gunion children. who dis
appeared from their Hartford. Conn.
home were found suffocated in the
locker of a caboose in one Of the
freight yards of the Consolidated rail
road.
Aoritz Bauer, real estate broker of
New York. is under arrest charged
with grand larceny at Peoria. IN
April, 1892, he induced S. Silverstone
4 Peoria merchant, to cash a worth
less check for $3,700.
The trial of j. w. Harrison, formerly
pastor Of a church Of Hemlock Hol-
low, Pa. will soon be begun. He is ac-
cused of having driven Mrs. Caroline
Paul to suicide BY exercise of hypnotic
power.
Justice Gaynor, of the supreme court,
Brooklyn, declared that he is not a
candidate for the democratic nOmi-
nation for governor. He says the
party can carry the state by lifting
things up"
The main building Of the Northwest
ern Lutheran college at Watertown.
Wis, was struck by lightning and
burned. Part of the library was
burned. The loss is $4,000 and in
Surance small.
The bodies of Cornelius Mees and
his wife were discovered by the Port
land (Or) police. The woman had
been murdered with a Ratchet, and
the husband after committing the deed
! hanged himself. Jealousy caused it.
Two brick buildings at Dallas, Tex,
occupied by the Wells Fargo express
company and L. G. Craddock's grocery,
collapsed. A number of persons are
supposed to be in the ruins. Two
bodies were taken out.
Fire at Eagle Grove, Ia, destroyed
IS business houses and two residences.
! The loss is $4,000 and insurance very
light. The water supply was scant
and the fire department had hard
struggle to save the town.
1t was reported at Ell Reno, Okl.,
that a terrific tornado visited Wat
Onga, seat Of Blaine county, destroying
many buildings and crops, and injur-
ing a great many persons. The town
was badly wrecked.
Secretary Herbert has finally ac-
cepted the 300 tons of barbette armOr
intended for the battle-ship Oregon,
represented by the 17-inch Carnegie
! Harveyized steel plate which has been
tried at Indian Head. 49,
Rev. o. A. Walker, agedL37, one
of the first preachers to enter the
Illinois field and for over fifty years
one OF the leaders Of the Methodist
! Church in that state, died at Prince
ton, ILL.,, after a brief illness.
A band of thieves, led by an Amer
lean, have rounded up 1000 head OF
cattle from the different ranches in
the Big Bend county of west Texas
and driven the stolen animals across
the river into Mexico.
Tremaine Baker, the six-years-old-
son of Peter H. Baker of Newton
Lower Falls, was drowned in Lake
! Anthony. Miss Clothilda Douai of
| New York swan in after his body and
! brought it ashore.
Jake Frost, a negro, attacked John
Otis, white, and knocked him down
twice not far from a rifle range at
! Creedmoor, L. l. Finally Otis drew a
revolver and shot Frost dead. Otis
! gave himself up, claiming that he had
acted in self-defense.
! Congressman Boen will introduce
! bills appropriating a billion dollars
! for the erection Of public buildings
! throughout the country, the building
Of four government railways and the
! purchase by the government of all real
estate owned by aliens.
! The executive committee of the re-
/ Gently organized Association of Manu-
! facturers of Agricultural Implements
and Vehicles met in Chicago and ar
! IduSeu W IOlu the AISt duuudl coll
| yention of the association in that city
on October 8.
Speaker Crisp, in response to a tele-
! gram requesting him to go to Georgia
! to address the democratic state con-
yention, has sent q telegram stating
| that it will be impossible for him to
attend the convention, as ne is needed
! in the house hourly.
| Three men were killed by a prema-
| ture explosion of blasting powder in
( the stone yards of Dolese & Shepard,
! at Hawthorne, Ill. Two were fatally
/ injured. The crash wrecked windows
| for quarter of a mile round The &C
! cident occurred during a test of new
! stone crushing machinery
In reply to a challenge published in
/ the Wine and Spirit Gazette, defying
/ Archbishop Corrigan to enforce the
| recent decision of Mgr. SatoIH against
! liquor dealers being admitted to Cath
! Ollie societies, the archbishop wrote a
letter in favor of the principles aid
! down by the apostolic delegate.
A disastrous fire was reported at
Saranac, a village of 1000 population,
! some distance from Grand Rapids
Mich. The Grand Rapids fire depart
ment was called upon for assistance,
and at once an engine and hose cart