Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-02

!, for legal services has been discon-
tinued.
The national supreme court decided
that the Pennsylvania and New
Hampshire oleomargarine laws are
invalid.
Private Barbee Of Durham, n. c.,
was killed in an accident by train
carrying North Cardinals volunteers
to Florida.
Senator Davis speaks in favor OF
the United States buying out the Mic
arauga Canal company and conplet
ing the canal.
The Indiana Novelty Manufacturing
company of Plym1ueh, Ind, fled
papers Of assignment in the amount
of $4,000.
The republicans CT the ninth con-
gressional district of Indiana re-
nominated Charles B. Lands Of Car
roll county by reclamation.
Bandits held up an express car in
New Mexico, threw the express safe
into ditch, blew it open and then
rified it and rode away on horses.
Joseph Mitchell, a colored brake
man, was lyrched at Rives, Tenn.
for causing the death of a white boy
by pushing him from a moving train
Major George w. Steele of Marion,
Ind, was nominated for a seventh
term in congress at the convention Of
| the republicans of the eleventh dis
trict.
All the speakers at a dinner in New
York to E. B. Baldwin, who is going
to search for Andree, the arctic bal
loonist, expressed the belief that
Andree is safe.
George Francis Train, Jr., who
claims to be son of 1.-The sage Of
Madison Square, attempted suicide
at Coney island by taking laudanum.
He will recover.
Miss Dorothy Mauer was arrested
| for chopping to pieces a number OF
valuable groups OF Cupids which dec
GRATED the fine arts uilding Of the
| Omaha exposition.
| 1t is stated that a deal has been
practically completed for the consoli-
dation CT the Cramp Shipbuilding
company Of Philadelphia with Wick
ers' Sons and Maxim of England.
! Henry Refer, 25 years old, was
killed at the Chicago Packing Box
company's factory by falling down a
sawdust chute. He was to have been
| married this week to Miss Lillian
Schonbard.
1t was proposed to the general as
sembly of the Northern Presbyterian
church at Winona Lake, Ind, that g
conference committee be appointed tt
arrange a plan of union with south
ern Presbyterians.
The New York surface street rail-
way companies have applied for
authority to change the motive power
on $50 miles of road, at a cost of
$30,000,000. 1t is thought the under
ground trolley system will be adopted
and the cable conduits used.
Garfield King, a negro aged about
| IS, was taken from the Jail at Sails
bury, Nd, hanged to a tree and al
most shot to pieces. He was await
ing trial on the charge of having
deliberately shot Herman Kennel, q
white boy about the same age as the
| negro.
General George w. Clark, an en-
ploye of the land office, died at
Washington. He was colonel of the
thirty-third and thirty-fourth Iowa
Infantry in the civil war, was bre-
veted brigadier general and for four
years was United States marshal fol
! the Iowa district
The Berkshire Life Insurance com
pany asked the superior court to en-
| join Henry Schwartz and Henry Veg
enhenkel from realizing on $4,000
| policy on the life Of Charles Sheldon
who died month ag0 of consump-
ton. The company charges conspiracy
| between Schwartz and Wegenhenke
and the deceased.
At Denver Judge Dixon gave a de-
cision in the district court sustain
! ing the Basick company's title to the
celebrated mine in Custer county
The court held that the stockholders
who brought suit and whose petition
it dismissed, we're really acting fol-
| Dennis Ryan of St. Paul, who was
attempting to get possession of the
property.