Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-09-03
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
DOMESTIC.

tWenty-SeVen SECONDS at 1OIedO,
The worlds postal congress will
meet in Washington next May.
New York republicans named ex-
Congressman Black for governor.
W. N. Winans, a merchant OF De-
trott, was drowned while boating.
California gold democrats elected
delegates to the Indianapolis conv9n-
ton
Illinois gold democrats held con-
venuon at Chicago and named a tuIl
state ticket
Speaker Reed opened the republican
campaign in Maine with a speech at
Old Orchard.
Charles Northrup, "A years old, shot
and killed himself on his moth9r's
grave AT Atlantic, Iowa.
The tin-plate company at Elwood,
Ind, has signed the amalgamateu scale
and the strike is ended.
Judge Arthur Macarthur, retired, Il
the District of Columbia supreme court,
is dead, aged 81 years.
The formation of trust by foreign
capitalists has caused an increase in
prices of sulphur in New York.
The storm of Saturday damaged
property in the Bowling Green oil
region to the extent of 100000.
E. E. Robbins was nominated for
congress at Kittanning, Pa, BY the re
publican conferees of the twenty-tirst
district.
A we'll dressed burglar killed himself
to escape capture in Chicago Monday.
The police have been unable to find out
who he is.
TWenty-eight leading life insurance
companies of this country have selected
Speaker Reed as referee to settle all
their disputes.
After dining with Senator Hill, at
Albany, Hon. William jennings Bryan
made a public address. He is now
homeWard bound.
Preparations are making in New
York for the first convention of the Ma
tional Council of Jewish Women, in
that city, November Is to 20.
The lhmsen Glass company of Pitts
burg, Pa, went into the hands OF a re-
ceiyer. The liabilities are placed at
S1l0,UUU ana assets SlO0, UUU.
The Union Rolling mill, employing
500 hands at Cleveland, Ohio, has been
shut down for an indefinite period on
account of dulIness in the trade
The body of Frank Chamberlain, the
Atlantic and Pacific road conductor
who was killed by falling from a train,
was taken to Warsaw, Ill, for burial.
Mrs. H. M. Stephenson, Boston lady
of wealth and refinement, jumped OFF
the steamship Spaarndam while the
vessel was at sea, and was drowned.
The Haymarket Produce bank of
Chicago made an assignment. The as
sets are 100000 and the liabilities
about the same. Arthur J. Howe is
president
David r. Francis, ex-governor Ct
Missouri, has been appointed by Pres
ident Cleveland secretary of the inter
Tor to succeed Hoke Smith, who retires
Sept. l
William McDoel, of Chicago, general
manager of the Louisville, New Albany
and Chicago railroad, known as the
Monon route, was appointed receiver
of the road
Thomas K. Aiken has been appointed
receiver and placed in charge of the
affairs and property of the Union Steel
company, of Alexandria, Ind, capital
lied at 81, 5000
The Emerson Piano company of BOs-
ton With branches in New York and
Chicago has made an assignment. AS
OF 1;o
bilities at $1500J0
Rev. Thomas ]. Campbell S. j., a
former provincial Of the Maryland
New York province of the Jesuits, has
been appointed president of st. Johns
college, Fordham, n. Y.
For cCngress-F'ifth Missouri, w. S.
Cowherd, democrat; sixth Missouri F.
Y. Hamilton, republican, sixth Kansas,
J G. Burton, democrat; third Ohio, p.
j. Sorg, democrat renominated.
General J. B. Gordon, senator from
Georgia, declined to be interviewed en-
politics. He said he was out of poll
ties and would absolutely retire from
political life at the end of his present
term.
Lewis E. Willis, formerly street COM
missioner of Atlantic City, n. j., COM
mitted suicide by shooting in Fair
mount park, Philadelphia. He left At
lantic City a month ago under a charge
of embezzlement
The receivers of the Northern Pacific
Railroad company will deliver the
properly to the reorganized company
on September l. Edwin A. Winter is
president of the new company, with
central Office at St. Paul
The production of refined lead in
this country during the first six months
of 1896 was 130,695 net tons, against
los, $40 for the first half Of last year.
OF this amount ,592 tons was de-
silyerized lead and 21,103 soft lead.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, daughter
of Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Harry
Payne Whitney, son of Hon. William
c. Whitney, were married at The
Breakers" the famous summer home
of the New York millionaire, in New
port, R. I.
At Denver the Knight-AtmOre Cloth
ing company has made an assignment
to A. c. Bartels. agent for mortgages.
Three mortgages, aggregating $4,000,
were foreclosed Stringency in the
money market was the cause of The
failure.
Thousands of people from New York,
Philadelphia, Albany, Troy and Mo
hawk valley towns made pilgrimage
to AurieSyiI1e n V TO the shrine of