Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF
DOMESTIC.

The American Bankers association
began it's annual meeting at Denver,
Col.
Five hundred Philippine insurgents
are reported killed in a fight with
Spaniards.
The United Typothetae of America
is holding it's annual convention IN
Milwaukee
The German-American Catholics
chose st. Paul as the place of meet
ing next year.
The Supreme Lodge, knights of
Pythfas, met in biennial session at
Indianapolis.
Ohio dem Gratis cling to Bryan and
free silver.
]. A. 2. Fisk, who weighed $50
pounds, died in New York.
Mckinley will visit his brother,
Abner Mckinley, at Somerset, Pa.
Henry H. Holt, former lieutenant
governor of Michigan, died at Muske-
gon.
Philippine insurgents threaten to
renew the rebellion should the
Americans withdraw.
Eight men We're killed by cave
In of the Carnegie tunnel on the Pan
handle railway, Pennsylvania.
Three members of McKinley's cabi-
net favor the retention of the Philip
pine islands by the United States.
Mrs. Kate Mangan Of New York
city killed herself and two children
because her husband was drunkard.
The Anglo-American commissioners
have decided not to make their de-
alterations public until their work
is complete.
There are now 1,040,356 pensioners
on the rolls of the pension bureau
and 63,648 original claims were
granted during the past year.
There have been many prostrations
and deaths from intense heat in Chi
cago, st. Louis, New York and other
large cities the past few days.
Edwin Page Dewey, one of the
earliest settlers of Fulton county,
ILL.,, died ia his SD year. He was
second cousin of Admiral Dewey.
Waldorf Bennett, a six-yearo old
Brooklyn child, narrowly escaped
death, poisoned marshmallows being
thrown into the yard where he was
playing.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee thinks eight OF
the majors generals of volunteers will
be retained in the service, and that
the regular army will be increased to
100000.
The American association for the
hi oh, i
meeting in Boston, discussed the
climate and people OF C&ba and
other subjects.
Superintendent Andrews of the Chi
cago public schools considers it es-
sentiaI to teach the Spanish language
in the schools and favors the annexa-
ton of the Philippines.
Thomas f. Bayard, former am
ba. sador to England, who is i'll at the
home Of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel D.
Warren at Karlstein, Mass. is worse
owing to the hot weather.
Frank Treta, aged Is, of Chicago,
was drowned in Lake Michigan while
trying to recover the hat of a 10
year-old girl c-mpalion, which the
wind had blown into the water.
Sixteen thousand persons ATTENDED
the sixth annual free fish fry given
by the merchants at B2ardstOwn, ILL.,,
and over 5000 pounds of fish and
1000 loaves of bread were consumed.
A letter has been received in Wash
lngton from Admiral Cervera stating
that the kind treatment of the Span
ish pris ners in the United States
will BE- appreciated and recognized
by Spain.
George Wagner, alias George Whit
ney, ex-convict and expert safe
blower, is under arrest at Chicago
charged with robbiHg the Bank Of
Richland, Mich. of So 1000 The rob-
berry occurred August 5.
Lieutenant Henry A, Lamb, quar-
termaster Ct the 22nd Kansas regi-
ment, died at the Providence hospi-
tai If typhoid. His home was at Par
sons, Kan, where he was Identified
with the Daily Eclipse.
1t is understood that the hierarchy
Of Porto Rico will be at once at
tached to the Catholic church In
America, The administration of the
church in Cuba will be supervised
from the United States.
Bishop Messmer told the national
convention of German Catholic so
cieties at Milwaukee that the pope
regretted thai 50. many Catholics in
this country were sending their
children to the public schools.
At meeting If tie Woman's Ma
tional War Relief association it was
announced that Miss Helen NJ. Gould
had given $4,000 to purchase food
and deIicacias for the i'll and
wcunded soldiers in Camp Wikoff
Japan. st newspapers say that Japan
wants 10 Duy the Ladrone islands for
their fish resources. Eight years
ago, it is stated, Spain offered to sell
the islands t. Japan, but their pur-
chase was opposed by Count Inouye
The Rams Horn says that the Sal
walton army during its last self
denial week" raised S165 900 to carry
on its work among the lowIy and
neglected This is an increase of
$4,000 over the amount Of last year.
Albert Swanson of Chicago and
Joseph Bolton OF ST. Louis narrowly
escaped death from starvation in
Alaska. They were lost FIR twenty
days in the Stikine wilds, subsisting
all that time on bugs, frogs and tree