Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

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amount TO $4,000.
An attachment for $4,000 has been
filed by the Babcock Manufacturing
company Of Watertown, N. Y, against
o. F. Wiley & Co., carriage dealers of
San Francisco.
The French liner La BouTgogne
brought to New York twelve men from
the German bark Ernst, rescued from
their waterlogged vessel in the height
of a heavy gale.
Ex-Congressman Bourke Cochran
urges gold democrats to indorse Nc
Kinley electors and adopt a new plat
form, the latter for the purpose Of pre-
serving party organization.
Prof f. M. Davis Of New York, a
well-known Spiritualist worker, and
musical director Of the Indiana Spirit
ualists' state camp, died at Anderson,
Ind, of heart failure.
Miss Elizabeth Stansbury kirkland,
founder of the kirkland school, and
widely known as a philanthropist, edu-
Gator and authoress, died Friday at her
home, in Chicago.
Mason P. Mills, ex-commander de-
partment of the Iowa, Grand Army of
the Republic, and one of the most
prominent lawyers in the state, is dead,
aged fifty-three.
Gavin D. High, editor of the Oakland
Times has been sentenced to pay a fine
of $3.50 and to serve five days in Jail for
Iibelling William B. Dingee, president
of the Oakland Water company.
At the annual meeting of the Ma
tional Apple-Shippers' association in
Chicago it was stated that indications
point to a larger crop of apples this
season than ever before recorded.
Matthew Addy, aged sixty-one years,
president Of the Addyston Pipe and
Steel company, died yesterday at his
home, in Mount Auburn, a suburb of
Cincinnati. He was a millionaire.
Gen. Edward S. Bragg, of Wisconsin,
who is on a visit to New York, thinks
! there will be a third ticket in the field,
and that Secretary of the Treasury Car
| Isle will be it's presidential candidate.
At Denver the International Trust
company has applied to the district
court for permission to foreclose it's
first mortgage for 100000 on the
properties of the United Coal company.
The Tabor Opera house and tie Ia
Dor block at Denver, Col, passed into
the legal possession of Mrs Laura F.
| Smith, hold r of the second trust deed
on the prcper ty, who bid it in fer $3.50
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Frank David killed Robert Pickett at
Cripple Creek, Col, cutting his head
nearly off with a razor. He also cut
May Rivers so badly that she will die.
He then cut his own throat, but not
fatally.
Tom Brown, an insane husband, at
tackled his mother-in-law, wife and
baby with an ak near Clay City, KY.
All will probably die. Brown went 10
a neighbor after the deed and asked to
be shot
Citizens of Greeley, Iowa, shot and
captured three burglars who had blown
open and robbed the safe of Appleby &
Dryfread. A fourth burglar was
wounded and is being pursued by a
posse.
AS a result of the recent school cleo
ton at Elkhorn, Neb., William Clark
was probably fatally injured by being
struck with an ak in the hands of
| George Frost. Both are wealthy
farmers.
Michael Smock, engineman, and
Alexander Smith, conductor, were
killed in a collision on the Reading
railroad, near Shamokin, Pa. The
wreck took fire and a carload of powder
exploded
Walter Crafts, president of the Com
mercial Bank of Columbus, Ohio, was
found dead in bed at the Monongahela
( house in Pittsburg, Pa. The coroner's
jury rendered a verdict of death by
apOpleXy.
Populi6ts have made a proposition to
National Chairman jones to have Wat
son and Sewall withdraw. and then the
executive committees will select a man
/ acceptable to both parties. Sibley is
mentioned.
At Alfred, Me, the democratic con-
vention Of the first congressional dis
trict nominated E. Z. Staples represen-
tative for congress. This is the dis
trict at present represented by Speaker
Thomas B. Reed.
Professor R. S. Tarr of Cornell uni
yersity, who started with Lieutenant
Peary on an Arctic geological exEedi-
ton in the steamer Hope, writes that
his steamer is hung up in the foe ice
off Greenland.
The democrats of the twelfth con-
gressional district of Texas nominated
Judge Marshall Fulton of Marion for
congress. EX-COngressman Paschal
withdrew. The silver men controlled
the convention
Four rain and hail storms, accom-
panied by sixty-mile gales. visited Gin
cinnati, doing much damage in the city
and suburbs. Charles Bauhe was
killed in attempting to throw a live
wire out of his yard.
John Schmidt was found guilty of
murder in the first degree at Clayton,
Mo, for his part in the murder of Ber-
tram Atwater, the Chicago artist at
Webster Grove, last January. Sentence
of death will be passed in case the
court overrules the usual motion for a
new trial
Mail Carrier Hempmeyer, whose
stage was reported robbed by stage
robbers between Okenee and Lacey.
Oklahoma territory, several days ago.
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