Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-12
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
DOMESTIC.

Richard Croker returns to New York
from Europe.
Gov Altgeld protested against the
use of federal troops in Illinois. The
president says they stay just the same.
A New York clerk was killed by the
shock from touching an electric fan
motor.
Ohio democratic leaders declare that
their party will not endorse COxey for
congress.
The food and fuel supply of Chicago
is affected by the strike and some
alarm is felt.
Many lake vessels are laid up for
want Of cargoes on account of the
strike.
A cave-in and an explosion in a
mine near Buena Vista, Pa, fatally
injured two men.
The condition of Illinois winter
wheat is officially estimated y per
cent better than last year.
Nearly all the main buildings at the
worlds fair were burned Thursday.
Loss $4,000.
In fire at Prairie du Chen Schu-
mann & Menges' brewery and Gar
vey's block were consumed.
Patrick ID. Duggan, Of Sprague,
Wash, married Miss Anna Farrel at
Valparaiso, Ind.
Tl.a petition for a receiver for the
Cape Cod ship canal company was
denied III che supreme court at Boston
The Chicago gas trust gains vic
tory. the decree diSsOlving it being
modified by Judge Windes.
Smallpox is prevalent on Staten
island, n l., the quarantine is a farce
and wrong diagnosis has been made.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was reported to the senate. Many
changes were made in committee.
Prendergast, the murderer of Carter
H Harrison, was found to be neither
insane nor a lunatic by jury and will
hang July 10.
The annual convention at Philadel-
phia of the national association of
elocutioniStS adjourned to meet next
June at Boston.
AS a result of the increase in the
tax on whisky Cincinnati distillers
have advanced the price of spirits
three cents a gallon.
A 100000 monument to soldiers and
sailors was unveiled at Cleveland, ..
Gov. Mckinley and Gen. Foraker
spoke.
A controlling interest in the Chicago
Lake street elevated road was sold, and
certiorar was also granted removing
the proceedings to the supreme court.
A Jeffersonyilie, Ind, woman, who
became engaged through an advertise
ment, declared the wedding off on see
ing the intended groom.
General Kelsey's commonweal army,
consisting of 115 individuals, has ar
rived at Champaign, Ill, by the
pedestrian route.
Robbers tortured an aged hermit
living near LIE Sourdsville, Ohio, in an
endeavor to find the hiding place of his
supposed wealth.
Two masked men held up Holdredge,
Neb., people. They killed a bicyclist
on his wheel Fifty men are pursuing
them.
The Greensburg Qnd) Limestone
company has closed down all its
quarries, owing to the great falling off
in the demand of building stone.
William Mcintosh, of Boulder, Col,
fell go feet from the second level to
the bottom in the Victor shaft at Grip
pie Greek. He was instantly killed.
State troops at Sacramento, Cal,
turned their backs on the strikers, and
the Garibaldi guard turned the con-
tents Of its armory over to the strikers
Grand Master Wilkinson, of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, has
issued a statement of the reasons why
he cannot sanction the Pullman strike.
An Intellectual fight was made
against the seating of Michael Schwab
vi the labor conference at Springfield.
Mac len advocated formation of new
party.
Fire at Erie, Pa, did $4,000 damage
to the Climax Mower and Reaper fac
tory, Ponds grocery store. Clark's
drug store, the Gerry upholstering
works, and several vacant houses.
The Elgin Qll) school census dis
closes a population of 1913, a falling
off of over 1000 since last year. The
largest decrease is in the watch fac
tory ward.
While on the stand in the French
murder case at Ashland, Wis, DR..
kempSter said the government gave
secret instructions to the experts to
find Garfield's assassin insane.
An invitation to Gladstone to visit
the United States is signed by more
than 100 representative Americans, in
lluding the vice president, the chief /
justice, etc.
The senate committee on commerce !
agrees upon an appropriation of $780, |
900 to build a lock on the Mississippi !
between the twin cities, so as to ex-
tend navigation to Minneapolis
The corner stone of the 100000 ex-
position building at the Illinois state
fair ground at Springfield was laid |
under Masonic auspices. Gov. Altgeld |
made the address.
The use Of postal notes by the gov
eminent has ceased and the new forms
of money orders were put on sale at
the various poStoffices for the first |