Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-20
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

was born in Lincoln county, Virginia,
in ITO, died at Springfield, LII.
Isaac Stein, living near Bowling
Green, Ohio, was held up while on the
way from town and robbed Of 81, 10.
The United Evangelical conference
adopted a rule to limit the terms of
office Of presiding elders TO eight years
Business Of the Chicago and AIiIWau-
kee DreWerieS Tell of per cent last
year, according to the annual report
Miss Mary Stewart Sherman, daugh-
ter Of the Ohio senator, was married
in Washington to James |. MacCallUm.
Gene Kennedy, VINO is to be hanged
at Jasper, Tenn, for murder, was mar
ried III jail to Martha Taylor.
Nathan Barnes Greeley, eldest
brother Of Horace, died at the OLD
home near Erie, Pa, aged 81 years.
Pennsylvania has asked for con-
ference with Cornell in regard TO
sending i crew 10 the Henley regatta.
W. Ii. Price, Cleveland business
man, was killed by burglars whom he
discovered at WORK in his home.
John H. Cater was found guilty at
DEBORAH, Iowa, OF murder and sen
fenced to Imprisonment for life.
Philip Crow, bartender, living III
Kansas City, Kan, Shot ana fatally
wounded his wife, Alice, and then
killed himself
General john Z. Black was appoint
ed United States attorney Tor the
northern district of Illinois.
Gail, the Sioux Chief, second i'll rank
to Sitting Bull, died at Standing DOCK,
y. ID.
The United States is asked by both
Turkey and England to Join i'll an i'll
yesIsdtion Of the Armenian Affair.
Republicans carried the municipal
election III Boston, Mass, elecling Tie
mayor and Il majority OF the alder
men.
The coroners jury at Minneapolis
returned verdict mat Catherine Glng
came TO her death ut the hands OF per
SOILS unknown.
Tomonauk, Ill, citizens distributed
circulars alleging smallpox existed al
Sandwich ana the latter town threat
ems TO sue for libel.
The elements for Il model city char
ter were considered at the closing seS
sion of the national municipal league
1T Minneapolis.
Rev. MI. RobJent Of Saginaw, Mich,
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which but cents is at stake sam
bling.
Bicyclist LEM, who was on i tour
around the world, is believed to have
been killed by brigands i'll AsiatiC
Turkey.
Brads.reets reports u decrease OF
1,2I9,O90 bushels i'll the available sup
ply OF wheat ii the United States and
Canada.
Sixteen persons Wore nurL IN a col
liSion between cable trains i'll Wash
ington street tunnel, Chicago. one OF
the injured died
Samuel q. SeeIy, the New York
fugitive captured III Chicago, admitted
LIS IuGuulg ana COuSCulCu W ICIuID
without awaiting u requiSition.
The Chicago corouers jury found
A. ID. Barnes had been murdered 10y
Ed Jordan and held him with the
four accessories to the grand jury.
Chicago congressman are planning
for Il conference to arrange for Il cam
paign TO secure the new post office
building.
Ex-Governor TiIhuan was elected
United States senator from South
Carolina, receiving ISL out Of 15J
votes east.
\ tornado struck Forsythe, Ga, de
abolished Il church and several stores
and residences, and injured u number
of persons
W. NJ Common, of Indianapolis, and
W. 3. Simpson, Of Holden, Mo, died
from grief at the hayward actions of
their sons.
Iowas supreme court decided that
the Dlulct liquor law had not sue
ceeded the prohibitory law as the gen
eral law Of the state.
The executive council of the Ameri-
can Bankers association decided to
hold the next convention at Atlanta,
Ga, Oct. 10, 16 and II.
A majority of the house banking
and currency committee is said to be
opposed to the administration plan
for currency reform
John Worthy, president of the Met
ropolitan Elevated road, of Chicago,
died in New York, as the result of an
operation.
DR.. Carver, the champion wing shot,
was beaten in the first two matches
by G. L. Grimm, who missed but four
birds in 100.
The impeachment trial of Supervisor
Strange, of Sioux City, Resulted in a
verdict Of guilty on three specifca-
tons.
John Carpenter fatally beat the
town marshal of Roanoke, Ind He
was captured after long chase, only
TO again escape.
Horace Steele, the aged president of
the defunct Pinesville Savings bank,
was placed on trial at Cleveland for
forgery.
Nelson Morris, of Chicago, formerly
a director Of the whisky trust, began
suit against that comDany for $500 600