Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-10-27

farmer, As years old, and his wife,
were found murdered today at their
home in st. Anne, sixteen miles from
kankakee, III. Burglars had entered
by q window
At Indianapolis the national prison
association decided to hold the winter
session at New Orleans Jan. D. The
wardens' association elected as pres
ident A. T. Hert, warden Of Indiana
reformatory.
Three children Of Michael Anderson,
aged 2, 4 and years respectively,
we're burned to death at Pequaming,
Mich. Their house caught fire while
the father was away and the mother
was out milking.
Countess Louise Won Lindeau, an
actress, known in Germany and many
American cities, as Countess Koenig-
slow, was locked up at the Central
police station, at Cleveland, upon the
charge of intoxication
The industrial commission appoint
ed by the president to investigate IA
Dor problems held two sessions yes
terday and adjourned to November
Is. Senator Kyle was elected chair
man Of the commission.
Dairy and food commissioners Of the
various states meet at Harrisburg, Pa
Bishop Whipple of Minnesota does
not anticipate a general uprising of
Indians as a result Of the recent out
break of Pillager Indians.
Father Kosolowski, now an inue-
pendent Polish priest in Chicago, has
begun a suit for $4,000 against Arch
bishop Feehan and Cardinal Ledoch-
owskfli for his public ex-communica-
ton from the Catholic church.
Eighty-four per cent. of the en-
listed force of the navy are now
Americans by birth or naturalization.
Five years ago little more than half
OF the enlisted force were Americans
either by birth or naturalization.
Everett N. Ransom, a retired farmer
of GAINESVILLE, Wis, claims to have
| been swindled out of S11, 500 on a
patent right territory deal by Dan
Frisby of Detroit He claims dummy
sales were made to induce him to in
| vest.
| At San Francisco R. A. Graham
| claims he has been defrauded by the
]. d. Spreckles & Bros. company and
asks $4,000 damages. He had Dor
| rowed money from them on a mort
gage, the foreclosure of which was
attempted.
The house Of bishops of the Epis-
copal general convention rejected all
substitutes for the proposed canon on
marriage and divorce submitted by the
! Joint commission. AS the house of
/ deputies will not accept this canon,
action On the subject at the present
| convention is not probable.
Major D. G. Stewart, II, was mar
ried to Miss Sarah Jane Evans, Il, at
Morgantown, w. Va, with ring,
orange blossoms, etc. Both are
wealthy. Stewart and Miss Evans
were lovers in childhood and were
engaged 50 years ago, when Miss
Evans parents parted them.
Rev. Stephen Kaminski, bishop of
| the Independent Polish Catholic
church of Buffalo and rector of the
| Church of Our Mother of the Rosary,
has been communicated. The OBJ
ject is to show the seceders from the
regular church that the Independent
! Catholic Polish church does not be-
'long to Rome.
Erastus Wiman appeared before the
commission appointed by Governor
Black to investigate the dwindling
trade Of New York, and said that the
port of New York is not a perfect
terminal owing to the wide separation
of it's facilities for receipt, storage and
shipment, which entails a cost of
500 100000 a year for lighterage and
drayage.