Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-09


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William H. Williams, farmer iY- '
ing near Rossville, Ind, was killed by !
the cars.
BY cave-in in the Pittston Pa.0
mine 100 miners are supposed to nave
lost their lives. I!
The United mineral products OF the
limited States for 1898 amounted in
value to SOIL 795, 29O.
The Minnesota funniest at Wlnoha
ended with prize contests. New Olm
delegates took first records.
The labor men are opposing Boles
because he approved of Cleveland .
action during the great strike.
The steamship Umbria struck a sun
ken wreck while leaving for Europe, .
but was not injured, and proceeded.
Sheriff Conn of Van Vert, Ohio, ia
tallv shot Cappie Meyer, whom he was
irving to arrest on a charge OF larceny.
Nv an arrangement with the steam
shin lines, the delivery Of foreign mails
in this country will be greatly ex-
pedited.
Chicagos mayor has appointed to the
board of education DR.. William R, Har-
per and ex-Congressman George 4.
Adams.
James Taylor of Belvidere, H., who
was incarcerated for selling liquor
without license, was found dead III
his cell.
James B. Ger W, IN actor, was con-
~ fire
killing Madge Yorke, an actress, IN
Philadelphia.
Andrew De Freisse, a former Chlca-
go man. is dead at Lowell, Ind, from
injuries inflicted by Herman Hasper,
his brother-in-law.
Edward DickersOn pleaded guilty at
Shelbyville, Ind, to having forged a
check and was sentenced to four years
in the penitentiary.
There are 100000 bicycles in use in
France, each of which pays a tax OF
$1.93. A great many American ma
chimes are imported.
Patrick McKeown, who was nom
inated at the democratic state con-
dairy commissioner, is dead.
Rev. A. M. Ayres of Winchester, Ill.
has resigned his pastOrate and &C
cepted a call to the Eleventh Presbyte'
rian church of Chicago.
Jerome Rowan, a rich banker anC
father of Lansing Rowan, the Califor
MIA actress, who challenged COrbett
it+o1 cI1i0i6o of
Myers & Sons general store was
broken into at Prentice, and $18 il
change all the jewelry and numerous
other articles taken.
Great damage was done to crops ant
vegetation around Palmyra by a re
cent heavy rainfall. Three COWS in c
pasture were struck by lightning anl
killed.
Col. w II. Osborne of Roxbury
Mass, a suburb of Boston, has beef
rendered the position as secretary o
the national republican committee.
The extension of the electric railwa,
between Green Bay and Depere, Wis
has been completed. The event wa
marked by an excursion over the line
LII
spindles in the vicinity of Boston hav
agreed to curtail production durin!
four weeks in the next two months
For the first time John D. RockefelIe
is visiting his Chicago college Mrs
Rockefeller accompanies him. The,
are the guests of Cyrus Mccormick.
Governor Stone has granted a respit
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victed in Vernon county, Missouri O
murder and sentenced to be executed
July TO-
William Holt, Albert Noble AM
DOnicio Romero were hanged in Canon
City, Cal, for the murder OF Policeman
John Solomon, at Trinidad in Novem
Der last
John Chamberlain, proprietor O
Chamberlain's famous hotel in Wash
ington and of the new hotel at Oh
Point Comfort is dangerously i'll a
that place.
Leo Born, aged g. of Rossville, Ill.
died from the effects of an operation
for appendicitis, caused by the lOdgin.
of a raspberry seed in the vermifOrn
appendix
In the suit of Pike county. Illinois
against eX-County Treasurer Caldwell
to recover an alleged deficit of So ,OO
judgment was rendered for the de
fendent.
Miss Carrie Edwards of Sturgis
Mich, was seriously burned by faIlin:
downstairs with a lamp. The fam
ignited her hair, which was burned en-
tirely from her head.
One bettor is said to have cleared
100000 at Sheepshead Bay Tuesday
Under the Raines law over l, 500 0
5000 saloons in New York fail to appl,
for renewal of license
William c. Whitney said in an in
terview in New York that unless tn
situation changes there is no chance
for sound money in the democratic
national convention.
Charles F. Lsepnard, the missing Ell
wood, Ind, man. whose relatives hav,
claimed $4,000 insurance, under the be
lief that he is dead, is reported to hav,
been located in Alabama
Sir Charles Topper. the Canadian
premier, will likely resign before tn,
end of the week Meanwhile Premier
Elect Laurier is preparing to form ;
strong administration.
The American tin plate factory a