Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18


died at Spokane, Wash, Of typhoid
fever. He was consulting engineer of
the Boston and Montana smelling
com H.ly.
The appraisers for the Brooklyn
tabernacle and the fire companies
which had risks on the building have
agreed to the following schedule Of
losses: On building, S200,0OO; furni-
ture, $4,000: fixtures, $4,000.
Colonel William Strong has decided
not to accept the republican nomina-
ton for mayor of New York unless
indorsed by the German-Amerjcan re-
form union and other anti-Tammany
organizations.
Captain a. \. Hill, who commanded
company 3, fifth regiment Illinois
national guard, during the railroad
strikes, died at Joliet, ILL.,, from ty-
phoid fever, contracted during that
! period.
President Cleveland has sent u semi
official note to the heads of depart
ments that all subordinates are to be
forbidden the privilege of leaving
Washington for the purpose OF max
ing campaign speeches.
Alexander McEachern and his wife
were found dead at Dartmouth, y. 5.
A piece of paper on the kitchen floor
had written on it: MY wife acct
dentally poisoned. L go to join her"
The family was poor.
Fire destroyed many buildings in
Buchannon, the county seat Of Up
shur county, w. Va. The loss is $780,
900. Shortly after the fire started a
man named Nicely was shot dead by
some one unknown.
During a quarrel over election re-
suits at Atlanta, Ga, James Cham.
bers, a democrat, shot and killed
Thomas Weaver, populist. Cham
bers is in jail, but the populists
threaten to lynch him.
DR.. William f. Giddings, a promi-
nent dentist of Seattle, Wash, com
mitted suicide in his Office in that city
by shooting himself in the head. He
was native Of Portland, Me. Domes-
tic troubles are said to have been the
cause of the act
Bodies of two fire victims were
found yesterday at Hinckley. One
was unidentified; the other was that
of James Parish, a farm hand. The
last time he was seen alive he was
hanging on to the tail of an OK and
running toward lake.
The jury at Newport, R. l., returned
a verdict in the Miles murder case
finding Abner G. Cram guilty of man
slaughter and James Bowe not guilty
Bowe was discharged, and Judge Ty-
Ter sentenced Cram to hard labor in
state-prson during his life.
John Kavell, a farmer near Iron
wood, Mich, undertook to thaw out
dynamite in the oven of his kitchen
stove. An explosion followed, killing
Ravell and his 5-year-old boy. Mrs
Ravell and her 6-yearold daughter
were fatally injured.
The Kings county IN. " democracy
dominates state ticket, headed by
Everett P. Wheeler for governor, md
the independent democrats of the state
are expected to endorse it. 1t is the
regular democratic ticket except the
head.
A street car was returning from the
interstate fair grounds at TOcOma,
Wash, when the axle on the front
truck broke. The car plunged from
the rail and turned over, killing
nj
the Northern Pacific railroad and in
juring several others.
Under the auspices of the fish com
mission within the past year over
100000 fish OF various kinds have been
Matched and loosed. There have been
Matched about 100000 shad, 1OO,-
100000 white fish, 100000 pike and
perch, besides smaller numbers of a
great many other species.
The Oklahoma hotel and contents at
Taylor, Tex, were burned. The fire
men discovered in the debris the body
of Henry MARI, house painter.
Richard Schultze broke an arm and
dislocated shoulder and suffered
other injuries from the inhalation Of
smoke.
Little Ethel Forbes died a few days
ago in great agony at Richmond, Ind,
without medical attention. Neighbors
have since been informed that she was
being treated by a Boston Christian
scientist by the 'absent treatment"
The humane society has taken the
matter up and will prosecute the par
ents for criminal neglect.
| Twelve thousand cloak makers are
out on strike in New York. They de-
/ mand work by the week instead of the
piece, a ten-hour work day, wholesale
dealers to be held responsible if the
contractors fail to live up to their
agreements, abolition of the inside
contracting system, wages from So to
So day, and the recognition of the
union by the Contractors association.
Davis II. Hubbard, the middle aged
merchant from Grafton, who created
a sensation on the night of September
p, by shooting his young wife and
Frank Gorsuch, who were out walk.
| ing on Evanston avenue in Chicago,
is defendant in a divorce suit brought
in the circuit court in that city by
Louise Hubbard. She makes the
shooting the basis of her petition
! The Union foundry and Pullman
car wheel company of Pullman, Ill.,
| by Vice-President Wyckes. filed az
ticleS of surrender of charter with the