Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-11
DOMESTIC DOINGS


Marshall near North Bend, Wis, S
convicted
The faculty of Mount Holyoke Col
lege announces the gift to the college Of
$4,000 for a dormitory.
Edward Chase, for twenty-six years
manager Of the ST. Louis Ce~rng
house association, is dead.
At Jacksonville, Fla, Judge Lock Or
dered the release Of the fillibustng tug
Dauntless on a bond of $4,000.
President Seth Low, Of Columbia
University, is being urged to become a
candidate for mayor Of New York.
Fire in the American Pl4te Glass
companys factory in Anderson, Ind,
did damage to the extent Of $40 600.
The Missouri house, after a vote of
"a to AZ, passed a bill to make rail
road fares in that state two cents per
mile
CALIFORNIA; supreme court approved
the decision of the lower cou-t in the
Durrant case, and the murderer mus
hang.
The Arkansas State senate passed
bill appropriating $65,0 900 for the re-
lief of the drought sufferers of tie
state.
The building trades unions Of New
York city are effectin8 more powerful
organization than has ever ex sted IN
that place before.
Ex-Gov. William Stone Las been
appointed receiver OF the Mullanphy
Savings bank OF st. Louis. H gave q
bond OF $1,0O0,000.
At an annual meeting Of S0TOsis in
New York Mrs. Mary Lyon Dane Hall
was elected president to succeed Mrs
William Todd Helmuth
The shortage Of Otis Smith, the de-
fauiting cashier of the George Security
and Banking Company, viii be settle /
by friends and relatives.
Duluth had a bad f1e.
W. J. Bryan made speech in n. Y.
in which he minated tn he did no
want sound currency advocates to re-
turn to the democratic party.
J. S. BARLEY, ex-treasu. er of Neb-
raska, was arrested at Linco on tie
charge Of embezzling several hundred
thousand dollars Of state funds.
Alex Condot, a French halfbreed, and
Black-haWk, a negro halfbreed have
been arrested for the murder of the
Spicer family at Wipona, N. D.
The grand jury Of Louisville, Ky.
indicted J. NJ Mcknight, Sterling Ed
munds and six aldermen on the charg
of conspiring to defraud that city.
Rev. George S. Mallory, editor of the
Churchman, who, with his brother, Gi-
Eected the Madison Square theatre, in
New York, some years ago, is dead.
EXP. ident J. NJ. Mcknight OF tAe
Serman National bank of 10 i5ville
~, and Aid. Britt have been ind C ed
for conspiracy to misappropriate fin S.
The N-ray has Leer Used success ~ully
at Toledo TO locate q bullet in a man S
brain leading to lis renewal, wit
every prospect that The patient Will
live
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver II. P. Belmont
and Harold Vanderbilt, Mrs. BeImonC's
on, have sailed for England. They WI.
go to Blenheim as guests OF the duke
and duchess of Marlborough. Later
they will visit Paris, and expect to re-
turn for the Newport season.
w ]. koerner, a newspaper arti t,
has been sentenced to be electrocu Ell
during the week of April 10 1or e
murder of Rose A. Re m tie in New
York
President Cleyelands boundary com
+I,,o
true divisional line between Venezuela
and British Guiana, arbitration having
nest interested.
The East Pennsylvania United Evan
geljcal conference, in ses sion at Allie
town, passed resolutions condemn:ng
the United States senate for holding
Sunday sessions
General BoOth-Tuckar, of the saliva
zion army, is trying to have vacan.
land in Chicago cultivated for tie ben
eft Of the poor. as WAS done by Mayor
Pingree in Detroit
Bishop Bonacum Of Lincoln, Neb,
has appealed t? Archbishop Mar-inelli
from the decision against him by tie
Metropolitan court OF Dubuque in S
JOIltI ONSISN WIN priests.
The North Dakota house of reprezen-
tatiyes has passed a bill extending
from three months to one ear tie
period Of residence in that state neces-
saIy for person who sues for divorce
there
The Middle Branch Cement Com
pany's works at Middle Branch. Ohio
were burned, causing a loss o. 50 900 O.
fire in Casey, H., de-troyel num-
Der Of business houses. entai.ing a lis.
of 100000,
Sherman s. Jewett died at Buffalo
n. Y. He was born in Moravia, Cayuga
county, n. Y, in 1917. He had been a
director Of the New York Central road
since 1884. His wealth YVES estimated
at $4,000, 900.
Matthew Buckley, aged 81 years, enc
Of the oldest showmen in the United
States, died Yesterday at Delavan, Wis.
He was born in Eng,an and was il
the circus business continuously from
early manhood until a few years ago.
John Zimmerman, living near Sene-
ca, Kas., was shot and instantly killed
by his son, Robert, 10 years of age.
The youth took the part of his mother
IN family quarrel and fired the fatal
shot when his father attempted 10 strike
him with a chair.
The sheriff took possession of the
Polish Catholic church in Bay City,