Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-05-12
DOMESTIC.


The coroners jury exonerates Crit
70 for the killing of Mccarthy.
Representative William Q. MCGEE
died at his home in Cairo, H., aged Al.
The silver jubilee of Archbishop
Corrigan was celebrated in New York
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
Tornadoes destroyed several lives
and some property in Iowa and Indian
territory.
Six masked men bound the station
agent at Pennington, n. j., blew open
the safe and got away with S124
The University Of Pennsylvania de-
cided to offer undergraduate courses
for women.
H. S. Martin OF Marion county was
nominated for congress by the dem
ocrats of the fourth Kansas district.
DR.. Elizabeth H. Bates of Port
Chester, n. Y, has made a beQuest of
S135, 900 to the University Of Mich
5. a. Northway, congressman from
the nineteenth district, was unani-
mously renominated by republicans at
Warren, Ohio.
From Amigo, Wis, news is received
Of the death of ex-congressman Thorn
as Lynch at his summer home at Peli-
can lake.
Plans are said to be in preparation
for hotel in the neighborhood of
Central Park, New York, to cost
81, 900, 900.
At Montpelier, Vt, the jury in the
Mildred Brewster murder trial re-
| turned a verdict, finding the defendant
not guilty by reason of insanity
At the democratic convention at
Fairfield, Ill, J. R. Williams of Carmi
was nominated to represent the TWEEN
| tieth Illinois district in congress.
At South Bend, Ind, Schuyler Col
fax. only son of the late Vice Presi-
dent Schuyler Colfax, was elected
mayor by a majority of 748.
E. H Myers, president of the First
National bank of Carthage, n. Y,
! absconded after having robbed the in
stitution Of 100000 causing the bank
to close.
Jacob Gramm, Jealous of his wife,
| in New York, killed two of his five
young children, wounded another
probably fatally with a Ratchet and
cut his own throat.
Chaska, the Sioux Indian who, ten
years ago, married Belle Fellows.
committed suicide in the Niohrara,
Neb., Jail. He was confined on a
charge of horse stealing.
Prince Victor Emmanuel. count of
| Turin, nephew of the king of Italy,
arrived in New York yesterday. He
will visit Chicago during his stay in
this country.
The referee appointed by the SUI
preme court to hear testimony in the
sensational Omaha mayorality con-
! test decided against the present may
or, Frank E. Moores.
! The First National bank of Car
thage, n. Y, closed it's doors. The
president of the bank has absconded
An Investigation of his accouts is be-
| ing made.
AT La Porte, Ind, the democrats
elected the entire city ticket and three
council-men out of five making the
/ new council tie. Four years ago
republicans reelected the entire ticket
except marshal.
At Moberly, Mo-, street duel took
place between James Mason, of this
city and Cliff Wade, hotelkeeper of
Madison, Mo-, as result of which both
will probably die. The trouble oc-
Cured over a woman.
Joe Letter, the Chicago plunger,
it is said, will leave the wheat pit af-
ter closing out July deal in which he
is interested with Pillsbury and Pea
vey, the flour kings. Careful esti-
mates place his profits in wheat dur
ing the past year at s2,75O,00G.
Secretary Gage has been officially
notified that the Canadian govern
ment has now established offices on
the passes from Dyea and Skaguay
where licenses may be obtained by
those desiring to engage in mining
| across the Alaska border in British
! territory
/ George White, one of San Fran
cisco's leading business men and CAPT.
talists has been sued in the superior
court for more than half a million
dollars. The plaintiff is Oscar Lun-
ing, a son of the late Nicholas Luning.
and brother-in-law of White.
Nicholas Luning died in 1890, leaving
an estate which was subsequently
appraised at more than 100000.