Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-04

employ the covicts in New York State
prisons in making rugs.
James Howell, former mayor OF
Brooklyn, died at his home in Brook
lyn. He leaves widow, son and two
daughters. Mr.. Howell was born in
England in 1929, and came to this coun-
try when six years old.
The Associated Ohio Dailies, COM
posed OF publishers, unanimously in
dorsed j. G. Gibbs, publisher Of the
Norwalk Reflector and treasurer OF the
National Editorial Association, for pub
lie printer Of the United States.
Gen. H. G. Thomas Of Portland, Me-,
died at Oklahoma City. He owned the
Oklahoma City waterworks and had
other large investments in the Terri
tory. He was a brigadier- general IN
, the Union army during the civil war
At Buffalo, n Y. Mayor Jewett has
received telegram from Commander
| Booth-Tucker Of the Salvation Army
offering the use Of the army barracks
and shelters in this city for homeless
men and women during the cold snap.
A reduction of wages OF from ten
to twenty per cent. went into effect in
several of the Centerville Manufacture
ing comrany's mills at Manville, R. |.
The company manufactures plush
goods.
A school house built of sod near
Perry, o. T., collapsed and twenty-five
school children we're entombed for
some time. Several children will die
from injuries and Miss Jennie Jones,
the teacher, is in a critical condition.
The Venezuelan treaty will be signed
this week and sent to Caracas. 1t is
believed that the Venezuelan congress
will insist upon amendments, and
that the settlement of the contention
will be left for the next administration.
It is money thrown away for our
business men seeking foreign markets
to load up the United States consuls
with pamphlets and circulars and price
lists. So says United States Consul
BArtholow at Mayence, Germany, in
report to the state department.
Excitement continues undated in
! Chinatown in San Francisco over the
murder of Little Pete, the Chinese
gambler, shoe merchant and shoe han
uiacturer, by high-binders. Little
Pete was worth probably 100000 and
was leader Of the Sam Yup Tong.
President Cleveland received the
former Queen Liliuokalani at the white
house. Shortly after the entrance Of
the guest Mrs. Cleveland left the man
sion with every evidence Of indigna-
ton. She did not return until after
former Queen Liliuokalani had depart
ed.
Gen. John D. Stevenson ated at his
home in st. Louns after an illness of
several months. He was born IN
Staunton, Va, in 1921 and served with
distinction in the Mexican war and in
the confederate army during the civil
war. A widow and Two sons survive
him.
In an interview former Lieut.-Gov
SaXton said he had President-elect NC
Kinley's promise in writing that ne
should be collector Of the port of New
York. This promise Mr.. Mckinley
made conditional upon Senator elect
Platts Endorsement, which Mr.. Saxton
obtained.
The thermometer in New York reg
istered close to the zero mark, and in
several points in New Jersey it fell
below. The cold snap was general
throughout the country. In Chicago
the sufferings of the destitute were
greatly aggravated by the severity of
the weather.
At Toledo Ohio the explosion of a
gasoline stove in Joseph Pops livery
barns caused a hot fire. Twelve val
liable coach and bIcoded horses were
suffocated by the smoke, while twenty
others were so badly burned that the
majority of them will have to be shot.
Loss $4,000
The twenty-second national conyen-
ton of the Railway Mail Service Ben
evolent Association will be held IN
San Francisco during the week of
March Is. The delegates and their
the Burlington route and will reach
San Francisco, Billings, Mont, Spokane
and Portland, stopping one day in the
last named city.
Captain A. F. Roger, George M. Nor
rison, of Chicago, and Robert F. Burr
Of New York, members of the Deep
water Harbor commission, have ar
rived in San Francisco. During the
past month they have taken testimony
and have many personal Investigations
of the sites available for the proposed
harbor and have completed their
allotted task in that direction.