Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13
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MIS-. a. e. A. Crofton, wife OF the
commander of Fort Sheridan, died
from apoplexy. She was TO years old.
The king Of Corea calls upon the
United States to assist him in making
his country independent
David Joyce, the Clinton, Iowa, lum-
Der king, died in Minneapolis from !
paralysis. He was 90 years old.
Leon Albeit, four times e.ected gov
ernor Of New Jersey, died at his resi-
dence in Jersey City from diabetes.
Oden Bowie, ex-governor Of Mary
land, and prominent figure in war
zines, died at his home at Bowie.
Martin w. Garrison, dn old cluzen
of Kushyille, ILL.,, dropped dead. Hf
was % years Of age.
Inc Chicago night express on the
Wabash cOilIued with freight at
Nameoki. Both engines were demOI-
iShed.
seer sales for November showed all
increase Of about 10 per cent, and
brewers take more hopeful view Of
the outlook.
Masked men attempted to bow up
Berea college with dynamite bombs,
out were frustrated by student.
a favorable showing is made by the
Dlenuial report of the commissioners
of the northern illinois penitenuary.
Ill. o. Havemeyer issued a statement
In which he attacked the president fof
mis- recommendations regarding sugar.
Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle's
sUimateS OF appropriations required
0r the next fiscal year aggregate
$40, 5000
Chief brennan discharged Omcers
McGrath and Nicholson for falling TO
do their duty Oh election day iii Chi
cagO.
A Delaware and Hudson train Wet
over an embanknenr into Lake Cham
plain. Two Passengers were drowned
and several injured.
Three Chicago scenic artists and
four aSSiS .antS fell from ScanoId III
a Memphis theater and were seriously
injured.
Elk Senator Joseph e. Brown WAS
buried at Atlanta, Ga. Memorial serv-
ices were held i'll the assembly chdm-
Der.
The repub. ican-popuiiSt fuSionists in
North Carolina aim to make their VIC
tory of D. rmanent advantage and keep
The democrats out OF power.
After BORING Tor wafer for eighteen
months the authorities at Princeton,
H., struch sufficient supply for the
city at depth OF 40 1eet.
Expenditures OF The government dur
ing the last fiscal year exceeded the
revenues by $o9,Soo,z oO. Receipts fell
short OF 800, ol4, UO3.
RemainS OF SnerWo ii Dixon, III e
UAIted States district attorne1, We're
taken from Chicago 10 Dixon, ILL.,,
where the intcrmenC took pace.
me president ana directors OF
Georgetown cuueSe have PROMPTED
the paying OF football until the rules
have been changed.
Robert j. notchkiss, right half back,
has been chosen captain OF the UnlVer-
sity Of illinois football team for next
year.
In the Lexow investigation, tes,i-
mony which placed Commissioner ALI
drews i'll very bad light was brought
out.
The city of Valparaiso, Ind, has
brought SUIT against eX-Treasurrr
SchWarzkopf and his bondsmen for the
recovery OF $4,000
While digging 4 sewer at Hunting
ton, Ind, Il workman struck dyna-
mite cartridge. 1t exploded and five
men We're injured, two fatally.
At Hull, Quebec, four men and
boy were killed and several other per-
SONS injured by the explosion of dyna-
mite, which was being thawed.
The Brotherhood of Decorators and
Painters expelled Secretary Mckinney
and declared the proceedings OF the
Buffalo convention void.
Quimby Butte. a young Ohio farmer,
invited his leighborS TO popcorn So
ciat and committed suicide in their
presence.
While returning from a visit to Scot
land Mrs. Hannah Williams, of Chi
cage, jumped into the Atlantic and
was drowned
Coal operators in the Pittsburg dis
trict have asked a reduction in the
mining rate, alleging the scale is being
infringed.
Great damage has been caused by
the prairie fires in northern Indiana.
Nearly 1000 tons of hay We're de-
stroyed near Wilders.
j. S. Zerb, a New York electrician
and inventor, has brought suit for
100000 against the Westinghouse
company for infringement Of patent.
Coal operators in the vicinity Of
Peoria, ILL.,, have formed an association
to combat discrimination by retail
merchants.
Attorney for Banker Koetting, Of
Milwaukee, claims the statues he is
charged, with violating are unconsti-
tutional.
Gov. Waite of Colorado charges that
the Denver clergy were in league with
the worst elements before election to
defeat him because he tried to sup
press gambling.
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