Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-17
TELEGRAMS In BRIEF.
DOMESTIC.


Two hundred Montana men enlist in
the Cuban army.
The gunboats Newport and Vicks-
burg were launched at Bath, Me.
Twenty naval apprentices escaped
from their vessel at Newport, r. l.
Secretary Carlisle's estimates for the
cost Of government next year are $421,-
1880.
New York-Carl Schurz wept while
delivering a eulogy on SteinWay in New
York
Valuable deposits of gold have been
discovered within the city limits OF
Macon. Ga.
The sight of blind girl in New Jer-
sey is said to have been restored by
EuIson and surgeons.
Juuso Ao0nIeu Oh D.. fEtul ueu4a>.
Inc application Ior u 4cuo4reI 4Or VIC
lbIIOmoLone Pam ASSOCIATION.
new haven, COnn.-James q. Rod
gers was unanimously erected captain
o. the varsity football team.
Inc IeueraI srdnu JURY DIT chicago
has deCIued " aD@nuon us lnVeslsa-
zion u ne aIIcSeu UeeL 4uoL.
Inc onion 4NaLlunoI 0unk Oh NeW
Orleans, winch s,topenueu payment seV-
eraI weeks ago, has rtUpeneu LIS doors.
All aJLempC was nIdue 70 WICck che
Southern express on the Norunern
Central railway near femUrya Station,
Pa.
a bill prohibiting the making of con-
tracts calling specifically tor gold pay
menLs was defeated in the Alabama
senate.
An original copy of the first printed
Rules tor Uhe Society OF the People
Called Methodists" was found in 81
Louis
At Lexington, Mo, Jesse Winner and
James Nelson were lynched for the
murder OF Mrs. Winner and her two
cables
Washington-The vacancy in the
CroOkston land office may be filled by
the appointment of Joseph Smith, now
chief clerk
Winston, N. C.-Sheriff E. A Motfitt
of Randolph county was shot and
killed in AshebOrO while making a raid
on mOonshiners.
st. Louis-COngressma Seth w.
Cobb of st. Louis says that congress
will recognize the belligerent rights of
the Cuban patriots.
James Christensen and his son,
James, were buried in a snOw-slide in
Logan canyon, Utah, and both were
killed.
Under the direction of Commissioner
Briee, a large number of Pacific coast
salmon are to be planted in eastern
waters
Coy ernor-elect Leedy of Kansas says
he will appoint populists, silver dem
ocrats and silver republicans as state
officers without discrimination.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Senator Stephen
Nj. White says: Il think very little
will be done by congress beyond pass
ing the regular appropriation bills"
The top story of the Wolff building,
ll9 Cotton avenue, Macon, Ga, fell,
killing James Brice, coIored laborer,
and injuring w. B. Paulin and Chas.
Marshall.
Three persons were killed and a
number were injured in a collision of
trains on the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern Railway, near Storr's
Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Abraham Eckert,
who was to have been hanged for the
murder of Frederick T. Bittenbender
on July Z, 1895, took poison in the cell
this morning and is dying.
Frederick Loveland, the oldest and
best-knOwn guide in the Adirondacks,
has been accidentally killed. He was
struck and his skull was crushed by
tree which he was telling.
Leayenworth Kan.-The marriage of
Lieutenant c. G. Smith, second cavalry,
and Miss Fannie Graham, daughter OF
Major Graham Of this city, took place
IN the First Episcopal church.
Chicago-Henry Owen O'Connor. one
of the principal witnesses for the pro
secution in the Cronin murder case
has committed suicide by shooting
himself. Illness was the cause.
The total sums distributed for tue
destitute Armenians in the province of
t.rzeroum alone from December. 1895
10 November, 1896, was $45, 191; num-
Der of persons assisted, 661OO.
Ithaca, n. Y.-Maior Winchester =.
Osgcod, reported killed at Guaimaro
Cuba, was well-known at Cornell. Os
good played on Cornells football team
from 1888 to 1892 at right half back
WaShingtOn-Mai adyices from Britt
lsh Guiana state that the high court
has appropriated an additional $4,000
FOR military defense The resolution
was not passed without opposition.
Newark, y. J.-Mrs. Anna Sloane
Allen, wife OF the Rev. J. c. Allen. a
Baptist minister of Jersey City, applied
10 Vice Chancellor Reed for a separa-
ton from her husband. who has left
her.
Santa Fe, n. M.-The official vote of
New Mexico showed as follows: For
congressional delegate, Ferguson
(dem.), 1S947; Catron (rep). 1907:
Dame (goldite), Sc votes: Ferguson's
plurality 1880.
Washington-General Wade Hamp-
ton, commissioner of railroads. has
gone to his old home in Columbia. S.
c., to recuperate from renewed trouble
resulting from the amputation of
leg years ago.
Springfield, ln.-The Official vote of
Illinois for president is as follows;
Mckinley 607,130; Bryan, 464.523;