Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-28

Jefferson City, Mo-The movement
TO reduce passenger rates to 2 cents a
mile is being opposed by the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen on the
ground that it will mean a reduction
in the force of employees as well as in
wages.
John L. Sullivan, the pugilist, who
went to New Bedford to attend the
Dunning polo benefit, is suffering with
tonsiIitis. He grew worse and another
physician was called. The pugilist is
very sick, but the doctor looks for his
recovery.
The board of health of New York
city has declared formally that con-
sumption is an infectious and COM
municable disease and by an amend
ment to the sanitary code physicians
are compelled to report all cases that
come under their observation.
shington-General Rarrisons at
tention was called to the published
statements that his name had Oeen
mentioned in connection with the
Enthusiastically to the court Of st.
James, and he very promptly said that
he had not been offered the position.
San Francisco-Telegram have been
sent by the citizens committee to the
governors of Oregon, Washington,
Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa asking the
people of those states to unite with
California in sending a shipload Of
grain to the starving people in India.
Washington-Much of the wool which
is exported in large quantities from
Russia to the United States, coming
principally at New York eud Philadel-
phia, is being largely adulterated with
'sour WOOL" gathered from the clip
pings of sheepsBins made into cloth
ing.
San Francisco-An interesting item
on the manifest of the steamship
| Australia just arrived from Honolulu,
| ingredient IN the famous Hawaiian
dish known as poi" So far as known,
this is the first shipment of the fOus
! ever received.
| San F'ranciscO-The Honolulu papers
contain news of another transpacitiC
steamship line, having its origin in
Yokohama The first steamer vii
leave Yokohama for this city on OIL
about Feb. 5. The company is known
as the San Francisco and Yokohama
| Transportation company. The steam
ers will touch at Honolulu
The seIectmen of Waterbury, ct.
were authorized at a special town meet
ing to expend $4,000 on the highway
and to furnish employment to the poor
1t is announced at Norwich, Ct.
that George S. Palmer of the firm O
Palmer Bros, has given $4,000 to thu
Rock Nook childrens home, in memOr.
of his wife. The donation is to b.
known as the Ida Cooke Palmer fund.
The decision Of Bishop Richter, in
dorsed by Archbishop Martineli, il
in the case of the St. Stanislaus Polisl
congregation of Bay City, Mich, wa
read before large crowd of Poles be
longing to st. StanislaUs parish. Tn
requests of the dissenting faction ar
taken up consecutively and disposed O
according to the rules of the diocese
1t is practical Knockout for the dis
senting faction.
The following senators were electe
by votes of legislatures: Pennsylva
mia, Boies Penrose, republican; New
York, Thomas G. Plat, republican
New Hampshire, Jacob H. Gallingel
republican; Indiana, Charles w. Fair
banks, republican; Missouri, George C
Vest, democrat; Arkansas, James 4
Jones, democrat; Colorado, Henry N
Teller, silver republican; North Da
kOta, Henry G. Hansbrough, republican