Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-11

The gold output of the Cripple
Greek district for July exceeds by
| $4,000 that for the previous month,
which was the largest in the history
Of the famous camp.
! Richard Croker, ex-senator Hill
and Senator Murphy are at Long
Branch, and New York democratic
politicians expect harmony to result
from the gathering.
The Beuedictine sisters of Chicago
will erect a 5000 convent upon the
beaut full Glen Flora property in
Sheridan road, Waukegan, which they
recently purchased for $4,000.
Government receipts during July
amounted to s43,S47,1 0S. The dis
bursements were s74,263,475. The
expenditures during July on account
of the war amounted to s30,0OO,000.
! A perceptib1e sagging of the Brook
/ Ign bridge, during blockade OIL
trolley cars, caused much alarm,
: but bridge officials say the Strength
; of the structure is in no way i'm
, paired.
Prof. Frank Parsons Of B ston uni
versity said at the League of Ameri-
can municipalities meeting, at De-
troit that San Francisco had the
most ideal charter of any city in this
country.
The monthly statement of the pub
! lie DEBT shows that at the close OF
| business July 80 the debt, less cash
in the treasury, amounted to $685.
OS1,Ot6, a deer ase fr the month OF
$4,000 ,4S6.
James S. Washington, lineal de-
scendant of George Washington, died
at Denison, Texas. The deceased was
in possess on of several heirlooms
that descended fr m the father OF
this country.
A mysterious yelled pr soner in
the Matteawan, n. Y, insane asylum,
}, VINO committed a murder forty-three
years ago. is said to be Charlotte
Wood, a member Of a prominent Can
adam family.
The police of Havre, France, have
;, been nctifed to arrest Rev. P. F.
Jerneghan, promoter of the Electroly-
| tic Marine Salts company, which was
formed to extract gold from sea
water. He suicided.
Judge Keogh announced that he
would appoint a commission to jn-
quire into the mental condition OF
|, Mrs. John C. Wilmerding, Jr., who
is confined in Bloomingda1e insane
asylum, New York.
Martin Thorn, convicted of killing
William Guldensuppe, a Turkish bath
attendant, and with Mrs. Augusta
Mack dismembering the body and
distributing the parts, was electro
cuted in Sng Sing prison.
The treasury department has de-
cided that vessels from Hawaii OF
Spanish ports in possession Of thu
United States must pay the same
rates of tonnage taxes as before an
nexation or capture.
Rev. Dr. Richard Gear HOODS o.
Springfield, ILL.,, has received news
of his election, as president of Ben,
= gall college, the Methodist Episco-
pal college for men at Calcutta, India
: The college has 600 students.
The comptroller of the currency
' decided that national banks canno
use the receipts of the treasurer OF
the United States for deposits CT
account of allotments for the new
2 bonds as the basis of circulating
rotes.
Commodore Carlos Ferryros, of thu
Peruvian navy, arrived in New Yorl
on his way to Europe to buy war.
ships. 1t is rumored that Peru, which
has an old issue with the United
States, is contemplating a descent
upon the caost of California.
The joint high commission ap
pointed by the United States ASK
Great Britain to consider various
matters of controversy between tbs
United States and Canada. with {
view to their settlem ent, will NEE
at Quebec August 2S.
Z Secretary Long and the naval ex
perts have decided to revise the plan:
for the three new battleships so a.
. to increase their size and speed
Il Congress will be urged to make al
appropriation for the additional cost
! which will not be great.
Hosmer, Codding & Co. of Boston
! who are among the largest boot anC
shoe dealers in New England, as
signed to Charles w. LAYERS, presi
dent of the National Shoe anC
Leather Exchange of that city. The
liabilities are estimated at 100000.
. rom advance proofs of the repor
of the geological survey it is learned
the coal production of the United
States in 1897 reached 200, 221, 665
y short tons, worth at the mines S195,
$685. IFS. This is the first time thf
! 100000 ton mark has been passed
In an interview with Senator Nor
gan and ex-senator Warner Miller
o President Mckinley expressed the
:, opinion that the United States should
have exclusive ownership Of the Mic.
:, araguan canal and congress should
y make provision for it's early com
@ pletlon.
All the woodwork on the cruiser
Chicago has been treated by a fire
proofng process, and naval experts
y say that the vessel is protected from
fire by exploding smells, spontaneous
combustion or accident. Construc-
. tors recommend that the process be
applied to all ships hereafter built
for the navy.