Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-02
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
AT HOME.

The tax rate in New 4CEk CITY lOI
he next year has been placed at $2.lO.
The Seth Low mayoraliUy boom is
progressing in New York and BROOK
lyn.
Work has been resumed III all de-
Dartments of the Britton tin plate MILL
also in the Union Falls laill.
The Philadelphia republican city
convention nominated Col. Clayton
McMichael for city treasurer.
The Thompson stable filly LAlou-
cite, ridden by Clawson, won the Flu
turity at Sheepshead Bay in Ill.
Mother Mckinley says she is I'm pro-
found sympathy with The movement TO
secure the release Of Miss Ctsneros.
The final conference Of mine opera
tors and strikers officials at Pittsburg
proved a failure, and the strike Will
continue.
Mrs. J. w. Ward Of Augusta, Ga,
claims S25, 900 from the Medical Col
lege of Georgia for dissecting her nus
bands body.
Millers advanced the price of ionf
and bakers declared that if the wheat
kept up they would be forced to IN
crease the price of bread.
The trial of Adolph l.. Luetgert, the
Chicago sage-maker, who is accused
of numbering his wife and destroying
her body, began in that city.
A white man was lynched in Ken
lucky, another in Tennessee and u re
gro in Georgia The white me1 we're
guilty Of assault, the negro of murder.
Additional discoveries of pearls IN
Arkansas lakes and rivers have caused
exc cement, and thousands of persons
are searching the waters II that state.
The Western Passenger association
has declined to make reduced rate IN
its territory fo' merchants who wish
to go to New York to buy their goods.
The railroads Of Prussia furnish
more than half of the income OF the
government, according to Consul Mon
aghan's report to the state department.
The steamers Warrimboo and
Aorangi, are due at Vancouver, B. c.,
from Australia with 500 Miners who
are bound for the Klondike gold fields
II. O. Tanner, the American negro
artist, was honored by the French
government, which purchased one of
his paintings for the Luxembourg gal
lery.
AS a result in the advance in the
price of wheat, the bakers OF Fond Gu
Lac. Wis, have combined and agreed
a price Of 6 cents a lOaf-a raise of two
cents.
The American WindowGlass asso-
cation was formed at Chicago to con-
troll the output and sale of that prod
uct.
Owing to the advance in wheat, New
York bakers instead of increanlnE the
price are selling lighter leaves of
bread.
Over 5000 colored people at Mount
Vile S. c.. have become worked UP to
high pitch of religious excitement, and
say they are taking part in the burial
OF satan.
A safe robber, shot and killed at
Canton, Ohio, by a policeman at the
Canton Savings Bank, was George
Gerbig, of Chambersburg, Pa, better
known as "Cooney."
Although reports from Cuba indi-
cate a decrease in the mortality from
yellow fever the United States SAM
tary inspector at Havana says such
reports are misleading.
At Youngstown, Ohio, the Girard mill
of the Union Iron and Steel company
which has not been in operation for
four years, has again started. 1t en-
ploys 200 hands.
Politicians at Saratoga inspired by
the presence of John C. Shaahan, made
a guess at a Tammany slace for the
municipal campaign. 1t includes
Edward Cooper for mayor.
The Faber pencil firm, whose works
are in Germany, have been fined $4,000
by the United States government on
decision that the goods imported by the
firm have been underyalued.
At Trenton, n. J., Peter Grocer, sec
rotary and treasurer Of the MERGERS
and the Merchants Building and Loan
association, is found short S9S,740.5S
in his accounts. He denies it.
Ex-senator Sawyer will be 81 years
old Sept %. He says he will give no
more parties until ne is 80 As he
says himself, being out of politics now,
he has nothing to worry him.
Louisville reports tobacco booming.
At one of the auction sales there, fine
bright cigarette wrapper hogshead was
sold at 500 per hundred pounds. This
is the highest price received for several
years
National republican managers are
comforting in Chicago as to plans for
waging aggressive campaigns in
states where the choice of United
States senators depends upon the COM
ing elections.
At ElwooG, Ind, Homer Classer and
Mertle Geren, youthful lovers and the
children Of wealthy parents, eloped to
Kentucky and were welded. The
bride is Is years old and the groom is
years old.
Edward Flanagan, the alleged para
noiac, with mania for marrying
young girls, was convicted in Georgia
OF the murder of Mrs. Allen and Miss
Ruth Slack in DeKalb county and sen
fenced to be hanged.
The agricultural department is pre-
pairing to make an experiment with a
new forage plant which is indigenous
to the Russian steppes, and is thought
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