Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-01-24
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
AT HOME.


Governor Pattison for mayor.
One man was killed and three others
injured, two fatally, in saloon row
at Michael, Ill.
Nearly LOCO children are born yearly
in London warehouses.
During a family quarrel at CoWden,
ILL.,, Jesse Severe shot and killed his
father-in-laW, Joseph Nantz.
Striking miners in the MaSsIllon,
Ohio, district are said to be destitute
and have appealed for state aid.
Charlie Mitchell has challenged Peter
Jackson to fight for $4,000 a side, the
battle to take place i'll May or June.
In the international curling contest
at Milwaukee the American Kinks de-
feated the Canadians by one stone.
Pittsburg Baseball club has given
Pitcher Ehret and $1,000 for Pitcher
Hawley, Of the st. Louis aggregation.
Daniel w. SOuder, eX-county clerk
of Fort Wayne, Ind, is missing and
his friends fear he has been murdered.
Miss Elizabeth Bray Downing, the
sweetheart of Poet Whittier died after
al y
The Stadt theater at Milwaukee,
while being decorated for a charity
ball, caught fire and was destroyed.
Mrs Clarissa C. Wheeler, who
came to Chicago from New Hampshire
in 1886, died at Waukegan, aged 80.
The Nebraska legislature ratified the
republican caucus agreement by elect
ing John NJ. Thurston senator.
The president has approved the act
for the relief of homestead settlers in
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.
Delegates representing 100000 brass
workers voted at New Haven to Sc
cede from the Knights of Labor and
form an Independent order.
The nihilists of Russia are said to
be making preparations for a formal
recognition of the new emperor.
The house ways and means commit
Tee decided to favorably report the
bill to repeal the differential duty on
sugar.
Henry Wulff took charge of the
treasury department Of Illinois. About
$14,00O,O00 was turned over by Mr..
Ramsey.
Governor Evans of South Carolina,
threatens to seize an Italian ship in
the Charleston harbor for selling Ii
quOr.
The Michigan legislature went
Through the formality of voting for
Mcmillan and Burrows for United
States senators.
The verdict against John c. New
and John G. Wright in the Indiana
bank case was reversed in the SUI
preme court
Mrs. Ferdinand Wiegand, wife of a
butcher at Jacksonville, H., firing of
his abuse, fatally shot him in self de-
fence
Dominic Pafiinsk. who wrecked a
grain near HeaffOrd Junction, Wis,
killing the engineer, was sentenced to
twenty -tive years.
G. w Wallace, charged with ailienat-
ing the affections of Mrs. w. H. CIas-
sen, was fatally shot by her husband
on a train at Edmond, O. t.
WejceGh Walecewski was arrested at
Green Bay. Wis, charged with having
murdered his wife and burned the
body IT Futon.
NJ. Morrison, city marshal of Craw-
ford, Neb. killed three men and is
being pursued by a mob which may
lynch him.
Supreme court of the United States
has denied the petition of President
Debs, of the A. r. U. for a writ of
error
Charles Johnson, of st. Paul, has
been matched to fight Cock Robin in
London for $4,000 Mitchell is back
ing the American.
Senator TaSSe, Canadian commits
siOner to the worlds fair and eX-mem-
Der of parliament, died at Montreal
after a long illness
Attorney General Olney has devised
Il labor arbitration bill. which has
been introduced by Chairman Nc
Gam.
The surviving members of MoSby's
confederate command, the forty third
battalion, Virginia cavalry, held a re-
union at Alexandria, Va.
Pro lessor J. Allison Smith, one of
the veteran educators of the country,
died yesterday at his home in Bur
lington, Iowa.
By a vote of I to the house judi
ciary committee decided to report a
resolution for the Impeachment of
Judge BickS.
Sixty of 125 dairy cows examined
at Charles City, Iowa, were found to
be suffering from tuberculosis and
were killed.
Charles Beckwith, of Elkhart, Ind,
tried 10 persuade his wife not to go to
church, and, failing, fatally shot her
ind killed himself
South DallotaS legislature has of
tered a reward of $4,000 for the capt
are of w. w. Taylor, the absconding
ttate treasurer.
Ex-CongreSSman George e. Dorsey
and L. G. OutcaN were indicted by the
federal grand jury at Omaha, charged
with aiding in the wrecking of banks
In a decision in the Ford case the
Illinois supreme court held the Chi
cago Milk Shippers association to be
q combination in restraint of trade.
The Illinois supreme court decided
that a railroad right of way which