Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-08-19

on account of his free-silver views.
At the meeting Of the state central
committee of the national democrats at
Columbus, O., it was decided to call a
state convention in Columbus Septem-
Der and to nominate state ticket.
Rev. W. J. Chichester, D. D., of Los
Angeles, Cal, has accepted the call of
the First Presbyterian church, Of Chi
cago to succeed Rev J. H. Barrows
DR.. Chichester is native of Balti-
more.
In his report to Secretary of the
Navy Long, Assistant Secretary Roose-
welt says the naval militia will play an
important part in the defense of the
country if we become involved in a
foreign war.
The special naval board appointed
by Acting Secretary Roosevelt to pre-
pare estimates Of the cost of estab-
fishing and maintaining a government
armor plant organized and will make a
thorough investigation.
Free-silver democrats will hold a
conference in Brooklyn and hope to
force the Tammany society to &C
guiesce in the selection of a mayoralty
candidate who shall be an advocate OF
their financial theory.
A great number of valuable pearls
are being found in a lake near Bald
Knob, Ark. A Memphis syndicate has
leased the lake for a term Of five years
for $4,000. Some of the pearls brought
as much as $500.
While going into Dayton entrance
from Sitka, Alaska, Aug. 5, the steamer
Mexico struck DEVILS rock, and sank
after two hours in 500 feet of water
The crew and passengers were saved
The ship is a total loss
Thomas Butler and James Parson
two white boys, aged IA, became in
volved in a fight during religious SER
vices near Star City, TX. The con-
gregation left the church in great con-
fusion. Both boys will die.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to wreck an excursion train on the
B. e o. road, a few miles from Wash
ington. 1t is supposed the wreckers
were after a pay car attached to a
train following the special.
A letter from Boring sea gives news
of the sea. otter hunters. The best
luck has followed the men, as the
four schooners heard from had killed
sixty-three offers, the skins of which
are worth from $50, 200 to $4,000.
In an address by Dr.. William H
Hale of Brooklyn before the American
Association for the Advancement OF
Science, at Detroit, Governor Black OF
New York was severely criticised for
his antagonism to civil-service reform
Walter Vinson. a 12-year-old boy of
Kansas City, Kan, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed while
flying kite. The fluid ran down the
string, burning the lads har ds to a
crisp. His body was turned black all
over
At Beaver Falls, Pa, a seven-year-
old son of Mrs. George Ruthman at
tempted to initiate his baby brother
aged 1 year, with bicycle pump.
When discovered by him mother the
little fellow was unconscious. He will
recover.
John w. Holiday of Ohio was ap-
pointed at Washington to be chief
clerk of the railway mail service He
has been employed in the service some
years and succeeds Alexander Grant
of Michigan, appointed assistant gen
eral superintendent.
Seth Low is quoted as saying that in
view of the enormous number of sig
natures to the petition asking him to
run for mayor of the greater New York
more than 900 in New York alone
he cannot do anything but accept
the nomination.
Secretary Wilson, who is touring
the west says there is now an agent in
Siberia investigating the grasses OF
the elevated plateau of that region, to
secure seeds if possible and expert
ment with them in the arid and semi
arid regions of the west.
The indianapolis tax board hurled a
bomb into the corpoI alton camps by
announcing that it had increased the
assessment of the Citizens Street
Railway company from 81 100000 to
$4,000, 900, and Of the Indianapolis Gas
company from $1,050OOO to s., 100000
The building of the Siberian rail-
way has been of great benefit to the
lumber trade of California coast. The
Glen Turrett, new freight steamer of
3,O26 tons net, now at Shanghai, has
been chartered to take lumber and
railroad ties from the Columbia river
to Vladivostock.
Edward S. King, of Norfolk, Va. ex-
body supposed to be that of William
Guldensuppe, a Turkish bath atten-
dant, for whose alleged murder Mrs.
Mack and William Thorn are held in
New York, is that of William S. Ed
wards a Petersburg (Va.) protog-
Tapher.
The Universal Peace Union offered
its services to ar5itrate the coal strike.
Miners marched across the Ohio river
into the city of Wheeling and closed
down the Boggs' Run mines. The
strikers are making efforts to stop the
shipment Of coal eastward from Kan
sas. Additional miners went out in
the mines of Evansville, Ind.
John Svengan. veteran of the civil
war, visited the soldiers home at
Santa Monica, California, in search of
on old army comrade, and was as
founded to find that he himself had