Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-23
DOMESTIC.

The president signed the war reye-
nue. bill and it went into effect.
Richard Croker had good week
on the British turf, winning upward
of $4,000
The republican state convention of
Illinois met at Springfield and nomi-
mated a state ticket.
John S. Rhea was renominated for
congress by the third district Ken
lucky democrats at Bowling Green.
An effort has been made in the
state Of Washington to effect the
recognition of negro lodges Of Masons.
Max Craeger gave himself up at
Chambersburg, Pa, and acknowledged
having killed John Sprow or McNeal
Ethelbert F. Allen of Kansas City
was elected imperial potentate Of the
shriners at their convention in Dali
| las, Texas.
A canvass in the house on the gem
eral banking and currency bill shows
that the measure will meet with
hearty support.
| The democratic convention Of the
tenth congressional district Illinois
nominated Francis E. Andrew OF
Whiteside county for congress.
o. B. Galusha, aged IS years, one
of the founders of the University OF
Illinois, and a member of its first
board of trustees, died at Peoria.
Robert Leach, of WATERFOWL went
through Whirlpool rapids, Niagara
falls, to test the barrel in which he
expects to go over the falls July 4.
Miss Carrie Swan, 10 years Of age
daughter of James Swan of Chicago
was instantly killed at Pasadena Cal.
by being thrown from her horse.
Republicans Of the fifth congress
sional district of Iowa, in conven
ton at Cedar Rapids, renominatet
) Robert G. Cousins by reclamation.
Minnie Daily, one of the best-knowI
and cleverest woman crooks in tht
country, died in New York. The bod!
was brought to Chicago for burial.
The sixth district populists ant
; democrats in separate conventions, a
, st. Cloud, Mimi, nominated Charlie
? A. Towne, silver republican, for con
gress.
Alfred Frank Gilmore. at one tim
one of the most popular barytones il
England and for years vocal teache
/ in this country, died at his home il
New York.
| Joseph Updegraff, for many year
: one of the 1eating citizens and promi
nent democratic politicians of north
/ west Missouri, died at his home il
) Maryville, Mo.
Brooklyn members of the New
! York municipal assembly threaten tt
prevent the issue of $17,O0O,0OO o
: bonds, recently voted by the mayo
and finance board.
John Lind was nominated by tn
, three conventions at Minneapolis 70
governor J. NJ. Bowler was nominated
for lieutenant governor by the popu
lists and Endorsed by the Others
Michael J. Ryan, Chicago real es
tate dealer, assigned to John A Nc
Keevor. Liabilities are estimated a
S25, 900 and assets, mostly real estat
heavily encountered, at 100000.
The extensive plant Of the Phila
, delphia Oil Refining company at Poin
Breeze, in the extreme Southwestern
part of the city, was Visited by a fir
which for a time threatened to prov
most disastrous.
A cloudburst in the vicinity 0
, Chelsea Park, a suburban pleasure re
: sort about three miles southwest o
Kansas City, is believed to have caus
ed the death of at least five persons
and possibly more.
Sixteen hundred dollars conscience
money has been returned to the Chi
cago and Eastern Illinois railway b,
J. F. X. Hoeffer, president Of St. -gna
l thus college, who declined to tel
from whom the money came.
Lizzie DeKalb testified in the tria
of James A. Clemmer for connection
with the murder of Mrs. Emma B
/ Kaiser at Norristown. Pa, that b.
told her he had shot the woman il
a conspiracy with her husband
John Becker aged so years, OF Grea
Bend, Kan, who April killed Myrtl
} Huffmeister, a 6-year-old girl WIZ
. refused to marry him, was lynched il
f the public square Of the city by
5 mob Of five hundred persons
/ Salter D. Worden, convicted an
sentenced to be hanged for wreck
2 ing a train, which resulted in severa