Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-08

Robert Fitzsimmons visited Camp
Voorhees, at Sea Girt, few days ago,
and among other things took a ride
through the camp on one Of the army
horses. The animal stood it for
while, but when the pugilist trie1 to
make it jump it object d and the pugi-
list landed on his neck IN soft mud.
The Army Of the Potomac. which met
at Niagara Falls, elected the following
Ulcers f-r the ensuing var: Presi-
dent. Gsn. Orland Smith, Ohio: re-
cordiHg secretary, Horatio C. King,
New York city; treasurer, SamCe.
TrusdalI; corresponding secretary, c.
W. Scott. Pittsburg was decided upo
as tn next placn OF meeting.
NJ Faure, president Of the French
republic, who is an enthusiastic horse
man, has many fine animals IN his
stables. They are cared for by his
famous whipper-in, MODtjarret, whose
unique and gorgeous dress has ceased
to exc te the risibilities Of Par SLAMS
as it did when he first mad his ap-
pearance a. the French capital.
A crowd of boys stoned the Morrill,
| twins in Chicago as the two evange-
lists and a party Of friends were re-
| turning in a gospel wagon" from a
revival meeting in Oak Park. A crowd
| of urchins had gathered at Warren
and Sacramento avenues, and as the
vehicle passed they greeted the occu-
pants with shouts and a volley of
| stones.
Randolph H. Waters, an inmate Of
! the soldiers home at Leavenwor n,
| Kan, recently visited a cemetery at
Elmwood, Kan, and read the epitaph
over a grave supposed to be his. His
sister had placed the headstone over
the grave two years ago. Waters ran
away firm home at the beginning Of
the civil war and after it was over he
went west.
At Madrid the deadlock over tha ap-
| ointment of the members Of the
| Spanish peace commission continues.
C0rrea, minister of war, has received
a dispatch from Rios, acting governor
general of the Span sh territory i the
Phil ppines, announcing that he has
acceded TO Dewey's request to open
the Philippine ports, subject to rati-
fication by the Madrid government.
Prof. Robert Wahl. chief chemist OF
the Brewers institute, in Chicago dis
covered horse-hair waterslake. aboIt
5 inches long and the thickness Of a
| e Il
the city mains. The parasite is sci
entifcally KIN -wn as "strongulus fill
aria" and, while common enough in
| shallow streams in the country, has
never before b5e1 seen in lake water.
Mysteri us fires hich recently have
wiped out several large planning mills
! in Chicago have thoroughly alarmed
the sash, door and blind manufacture
of the city. There are a large num-
| Der CT these establishments in Chi
cage, and their pr0prietors, almost
without exception, have red ublel the
guards ab,ut them, hoping that the
factories may escape being destroyed
by fire. Within a month there have
been five fires in Chicago planning
mills
Assistant Engineer Norton has en-
ordered to proceed to Newcastle. Eng
land, to supervise the machinery of the
cruiser Albany, purchased by the
! United Stats from Brazil before the
war with Spain began. The Albany
is the sister ship to the New Orleans.
The m nthly statement Of the pub
lie debt shows that at the close OF
| business August 81 the public debt,
/ less cash in the treasury, was S1012,-
| S70,717, which is a decrease for the
month of $34 789,711. This decraase
is accounted for by C responding
increase II tie cash on hand due 70
receipt; from the war loan. The total
cash in the treasury was 1927, IA, 64G.
Against this amount there were out
standing demand liabilities amounting
| to 1852 ,657 SCI. which left a net cash
balance in the treasury of 1924, 4S7 ,084