Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-09-06

ton in 1896 and wound not accept it
unless it were practically unanimous.
D. F. Thompson was nominated for
congress by the democrats Of the ninth
Illinois district, and W. A. Smith by
the republicans of the fifth Michigan.
The trotting stallion Pamlico, consid-
cred the best free-for-all performer Of
the year. barring Alix, died at Hart
ford, Conn. from lung fever.
Frank Barry was shot and probably
mOrtally wounded by John Parker as
the result of a row over a card game
in Chicago.
, In the ladies regatta on Fox Lake
the Hornet finished first but the Joker,
sailed by Misses Cregier and TOoker,
! Won on time allowance.
/ John C. Gault. the veteran railroad
man. who brought the st. Paul line
into Chicago, died from paralysis,
which followed a stroke of apopleXy.
Railroad men from all parts Of the
country attended the services over the
remains of John Newell, president of
the Lake Shore.
President Choate made a speech in
/ the New York constitutional conven-
ton urging the separation of municipal
and national and state elections.
An Italian stabbed a fellow work
man near Port Jefferson, L. L., and
was almost lynched by his cOmpan-
Ions.
/ Forest fires continue to rage in north
ern Wisconsin and Michigan and in
the former state several towns are en-
dangered
Murderer French at Ashland, Wis,
broke loose in court, assaulted an at
torney and attempted to attack the
judge.
Secretary Carlisle decides that goods
in bond under the Mckinley law need
not be reimported to come in free of
duty under the new law.
Favored individuals connected with
the whisky trust made a million in
specializing, OF the eve of the new
rates.
Joe Harris, recently released from
the saltwater penitentiary for Min
neapolis bank robbery, was arrested in
Chicago.
In accepting a denomination from the
democrats of the second West Vir-
GINA district Congressman Wilson de-
nounced the senators who had blocked
the path of tariff reform.
The steamer Northwest ran on Bar
Point, Lake Erie, while going at full
speed and a panic was created among
her $50 passengers. She is in no dan
ger.
! The Chicago and Evansville express
on the Eastern Illinois road cOllided
with a freight train near Hillsdale.
r The passengers were shaken up, but
none was injured.
Mississippi state officials and several
bank note companies will be prose
, cuted by the government for issuing
special warrants resembling United
States notes.
: President Cleveland, in a letter to
Congressman Catchings Of Mississippi,
; criticised the tariff bill which he al
lowed to become a law without his sig
nature.
, Rabbi LoWenheim and wife were
i elected superintendent and matron, re
t spectively, of the Home for Jewish
Orphans, which is shortly to be opened
, in Chicago.
e President Cleveland reviewed the
, parade of Knights of Pythias, $4,000
of whom were in line. In his biennial
: report Supreme Chancellor Blackwell
q scored the rebellous German lodges.
: In the democratic primaries in South
Carolina Tillman was victorious over
y Butler in nearly every county, inSur.
q ing his election as United States sen
ator.
). The high tariff placed on precious
stones has induced one of the largest
t Dutch and Belgian firms to remove its
+ cutting and polishing factory to Brook
e Ign.
Chicago merchants report great i'm
\ prOvement in business now that the
. tariff question has been settled. Sales
;. show an increase of 80 per cent over
those for the same period in 1892.
o Attorney General Moloney refuses t
prosecute the Illinois Building anC
. Loan association of Bloomington, hold
ing it has a right to levy an assessment
on stock for an expense fund.
: Fire believed to have been set by
: persons opposed to Sunday games de
) stroyed the grand stand and office
building at the west side ball park
: Chicago.
g The commission house of Jones, Lee
: & Co., of Norfolk, Va, and three ad
joining buildings, stored with cottor
and peanuts, were burned. Loss $50,
! 600; we'll covered by insurance.
, a. D. Provand, member of the Brit
ish parliament from Glasgow, has be
come associated with the Atchison pro
, tective committee and will cooperate
= in securing foreign bond and stock.
holders assistance.
The Hume milling company's plant
{ at Bowling Green, Mo, with 5000
l bushels of wheat and corn and 10000
{ pounds of -four, was destroyed by fire
The loss is $4,000 and insurance S14,-
: 900.
Fifty persons were precipitated to
the ground, a distance Of 10 or 20 feet
and 20 Of them were more or less
: severely injured by the collapsing of