Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28


idle for the past 10 days N Cleveland
as a result of the strike at the ship
yards Of the Globe Iron company, re-
turned TO work. The company sub
mitted a. proposition offering a substan-
tial advance in wages
Rev. DR.. Charles c. McCabe, of New
York, and Rev. DR.. Earl Cranston, OF
Cincinnati, Ohio, were elected bishops
of the Methodist Episcopal church by
the general conference at Cleveland,
Ohio DR.. Homer Eaton was reelected
book agent ct New York.
Seventy-fye Detroit pigeons we're
liberated at Sidney. H., at $50 Mon
day, and one bird entered the loft at
I1:44. making the 300 miles il four
hours and ffty-four- minutes. The
average rate of speed Of this pigeon
was over d mile per minute.
Terra Haute by ordinance limits BIZ
cycle speed TO six miles per hour on
business streets and eight miles else
where. Children un5er u years are
not allowed to ride on Main street.
Lights are 10 be carried and warning
tells sounded at crossings.
I powerful combination to wage war
on the ice trust which was formed in
Chicago this spring was perfected last
night at a meeting Of the gr0cers and
butchers association. Nearly 400 bust
ness men, customers OF the different
ice companies, attended.
The comptroller Of the currency has
declared dividends in favor of the
creditors of insoIyent national banks
as follows: The Chattahoochea Ma
tional oank OF Columbus, Ca, and the
~ r Platte National bank Of North
. Platte, Neb., 20 per cent. each.
Governor Richards of Montana has
offered a reward Of $500 for the arrest
Of PIP Allen, who eight years ago
murdered q neighbor, and Saturday re
turned from his hiding place long
enough to kill his former wife, who had
remarrieu, thinking him dead.
The body Of the mysterious Mrs.
Everett, Of Boston" who committed sui
eide at the Hot2l Colonnade, New York,
was identified as that Of Miss Louise
Lansburg, a French woman who has
lived ii America several years. She
resided in Washington for a time
White Buffalo, captain of Indian pc
lice, Cheyenne reservation, has applied
for a pension on account of injuries
sustained while a member Of the third
United States cavalry. His injuries
are such as would give a white man a
pension. White Buffalo is a son OF
Sitting Bull.
. The fire insurance companies doing
: business in HiIlsboro, H., have formed
a local board and are threatening q
raise the insurance rates 5 per cent
unless the ordinance of the city taxing
companies 2 per cent. of their gross
receipts for the benefit of the Nre de
. partment is rescinded.
At the residence Of Mark Hanna, in
. Cleveland, there was a dinner party
Among the 40 present were eX-Gove"-
nor and Mrs Mckinley, Mr.. and Mrs
George BTidgeman, Of Minneapolis
Mr. and Mrs. Ab1er Mckinley, Of New
York; Rev. DR.. Sanford Van Ben
/ sichoten, of Newark, \. J.
The duke and duchess OF COnnaUght
representing Queen Victoria at the
coronation ceremonies, have arrived
Admiral EcIfridge, of the United States
navy and parry, have arrived. There
was no official reception accorded them,
but they we're met by the secretary OF
the United States legation.
. The Huntington lobby expects to ger
through the senate the $4,000, 600 Santa
! Monica harbor job. In the conference
/ gu the river and harbOr bill Senator
. Frye submitted a proposition to take
the naming of the commission to decide
the California harbor question out of
+ the hands Of the president.
/ The Naumkeag cotton mill No. s., Ct
! Salem, Mass, will shut down June TO"
an indefinite period. Four hundred
spinners and weavers will be thrown
( out of employment The other mills
! will run but four days a week after
/ June / until further notice. In these
mills ,4vv operatives are employed.
The supreme court in Washington
affirms Hetty Green's title to $4,000,OCO
. of Chicago property. Thus the Gage
heirs suit is ended. The Gage
! brothers in. 1873 borrowed S100, 900 Of
Mrs. Green at 10 per cent, executing
a trust note conveying much real G.
tate which has since grown in value to
100000.
Analyses of samples of butter made
by the British board of agriculture
showed adultarated products imported
I from Belgium, Denmark, Germany,
Holland, Norway and Sweden and Rus
STA. No authorizations were found IN
the samples from the United States,
Canada, Austria, France and New
Zealand.
Secretary Morton was given an If
formal reception by the chamber Ct
commerce at San Diego. In referring
to the proposed $4,000, 900 appropriation
for Santa Monica he declared emphati-
cally that it was utter folly for the gov
eminent to expend even one dollar II
constructing an artificial harbor Sc
near to San Pedro, a natural haven.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.