Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-24

captured at Gallup, N. NJ.
Ethel Marlowe, who was playing
Polly Love in The Christian, died sud-
denly behind the scenes of a New
York theater Heart disease is sup
posed TO have been the cause.
The United States circuit court has
entered an order directing the sale OF
the Chicago Il" road for 100000.
The bonded and other Indebtedness Of
the road amounts to 1880, 900.
The second assistant postmaster
general has been Informed of COM
bination of speculative mail bidders
who are seeking TO evade to a large
extent the use Of the war tax stamp.
DR.. Samuel G. Bartlett, former
president of Dartmouth College and
from 1857 TO 1876 professor in Chicago
Theological Seminary, died at Han
over, n. H. He was II years old.
At Muncie, Ind, Fred GLAND, 10
years old shot and killed Andy
Modemiller, aged 5. Sam Jackson,
| colored an adult, is suspected of be-
ing an accomplice and may be lynched
At GAINESVILLE the Gazette Printing
company was burned out, and the
whole building destroyed, together
with the plant of the newspaper. The
total loss will be about $4,000 with in
surance.
DR.. ]. Underwood Hall, prominent
| physician, is dead at San Jose, Cal
| He was IS years Of age and a native
of Kentucky. During the war he had
| charge Of the union hospital at Glas-
gov, KY.
! Congressman Joseph w. Bailey
democratic congressional leader has
entered the race to succeed Horace
Chiffon in the United States senate
from Texas. Mr.. Chilton's term ex-
! pires March 4, 1901.
| Robert c. Lambe, former mayor Of
| Carlyle, Ill, and until a year ago one
of the most influential members OF the
Clinton county bar, has been arrested
under an indictment charging forgery
and embeZzlement.
The w. c. T. u. national conven-
ton at st. Paul, unanimously adopted
resolutions strongly protesting against
the canteen and also decided by vote
of 2S5 to II to abandon ownership of
the temple in Chicago.
To the committee which waited On
him, President Mckinley expressed his
purpose, if nothing prevented, to take
part in the Masonic ceremonies which
will mark the centennial of the death
of George Washington.
T. K. Hanajima of Japan, has been
at Fond du Lac spending $4,000 fol-
blooded stock and investigating the
latest dairy devices. In his seven trips
to this country Wisconsin has always
been his field for purchases.
The receivers of the Wisconsin Cen
trail Lines made application for per.
mission to issue a second series OF
receivers certificates to the amount
of 100000 at six per cent, payable
, five years from March /, 1899.
James McNaughton, who was presi
dent of the Tradesmen's Nationa
bank at New York, which recently
failed, has filed a petition in bank
ruptcy. He schedules liabilities o.
, $1,129,350 and assets S347,921.
. At Watertown Mrs. Kate Heube
attempted suicide twice, once by TAX
! ing rat poison and once by shooting
: herself, and in both she failed. She
was partially insane from family
troubles. She will survive.
A severe fire in Dawson, Yukon ter
ritory, caused a loss Of 100000 Il
was started by woman throwing {
lamp at another woman. The same
woman started the big fire at Daw.
son last winter in the same way.
A war of whisky rates between the
trust and the big distillery going W
at Terre Haute is imminent The fight
the Terre Haute concern adheres to its
present purpose TO antagonize the
trust.
1t is said that Miss Sarah Bonnell
an Abilene, kans., young woman
has received legacy of half million
dollars from a friend in New York in
terested in her musical education
She will go 70 Paris soon with he1
youngest sister.
At Mitchell, Ind, Jesse, aged %, son
Of Emslie Burton Of Georgia, has
been shot by John Flora in d case OF
mistaken identity. A feud existed
between Flora and Alb Jones OF this
place, and Flora mistool1 young Bur
ton for Jones.
The new directory of the university
of Wisconsin shows that there are
1,479 pupils attending this year
which is a slight increase over last
year, and gain in every department
but that Of the sophomores, where
there is falling off.
Fred Olin, aged II, has been arrested
at Municie, Ind, charged with the
murder of little Andy Bodemiller, the
5-yearold child whose body was
found crammed into a fruit box in a
gravel pit near his mothers house in
Whitley, a suburb.
Another discovery of gold is an
nounced in the Malvern, Ohio, dis
trict. The latest find is at Augusta, a
few miles north of Malvern, where NJ.
i 0. Leyda has discovered on his farm
an ore which he claims to be richer
than the Malvern product
Another chapter was added to the
famous Bames-McGowan case of
Trenton, n. j., when MCGOWAN and
his wife, formerly Mrs. Barnes, were
arrested at Erie, Pa, for kidnapping
the child of Mrs. McGowan's first mar
| riage from a Cleveland school,
A popular subscription has been
opened at Northfield,. VT, for the