Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-24
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Chicago November wheat, 661ac.
The worlds gold output for 1898 is
estimated at $275,OO0.OOO.
At Nashville, Tenn, Jockey Sherland
was trampled to death.
Mrs. Lucy Alexander, died at Keo-
kuk, Iowa, aged 127 years.
Vassar girls were aroused at 2
o'clock a. N. to see the meteors.
The National Live Stock Associa
ton convenes in Denver, Jan, "a,
William e. Hale, formerly president
o. the Hale Elevator company, died.
Twelve persons were killed in the
Grand Trunk wreck near Trenton,
Ont
Bayard Clarkson, a pauper in
Bridgeport, inherited 100000 from an
aunt.
Lieut.. Herman G. Dresel, of the
United States navy, committed suicide
in Baltimore.
Mrs. Julia Dunn of Moline has been
elected president of the Illinois Equal
Suffrage association.
The Knickerbocker Ice company has
organized and cut prices in Chicago
so cents to 81 per ton.
Congressman Babcock Of Wisconsin
United States senator
The six alleged train robbers were
jailed at Fergus Falls, Mimi, with
| considerable difficulty.
Senator Stewart OF Nevada tele-
graphs that he will have two-thirds
majority in the legislature.
At Appleton the slot machines were
taken out of every saloon in com
pliance with Mayor Erb's order.
| The Tioga National bank, OF which
Senator Thomas G. Platt is president
has reopened its doors for business.
| James S. Richardson, the largest
cotton planter in the world, is dead al
Benoit, Miss. He was 40 years Old.
| Editor A. L. Manly, colored, of the
Wilmington On. CO. Record, whose of.
fee was destroyed, is at Asbury Park
! n. j.
William B. Frazier, grand marshal
of the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge OF
Masons, has disappeared from his
home
Receivers are appointed for the Tur-
vey & Jones Coal Co. of Columbus and
the Pennsylvania & Ohio Fuel Co. OF
| ST. Paul.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina
in an interview, says the national gov
eminent should eliminate the negro
| from politics.
| South Dakota is the seventh state
to adopt provision for female vot-
ing. 1t is not likely to spread to the
populous states.
Judge Van Wyck, the defeated demo
cratic nominee for governor Of New
York, certifies that his election ex-
penses were s449.55.
Congressman Lentz, reelected from
| the Columbus, o., district, says the
whole power of the administration was
used to defeat him.
Rev. Maurice Rosenthal, a Jewish
rabbi, shot and seriously wounded a
burglar whom he found in his house
in New York.
1t is proposed in New York to have
CITY bsilploS CTS CuIleCl surplus IOJU
from the houses of the rich and dis
tribute it to the poor.
Two million dollars will be asked of
the coming congress to make the
Tennessee river navigable from
Chattanooga to its mouth.
Mgr. Martinelli, the delegate
apostolic, has just received from
Rome a decree allowing Masons to be
buried in consecrated ground.
White pastors in Wilmington pulpits
preached on that city's recent ex-
perience and expressed gratitude for
the victory of order and conservatism
Senator Mcmillan has told the pres
ident that he cannot be considered q
candidate for ambassador to Great
Britain, as he prefers to remain in the
senate.
VIM. Smith, the Cuban patriot who
served on the staff of Gen. Matiot,
was arrested at Gay Mills, Wis. He is
wanted in Chicago on a charge of
larceny.
Bettina Girard, the New York act
ress, is preparing to sue for dover
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Padelford, who obtained a divorce
from her
The supreme court Of the United
States refused TO interfere in the case
Of John Anderson, under sentence OF
death at Norfolk, Va, for murder on
the high seas.
The budget of expenditures for
greater New York, as approved by the
municipal assembly, amounts to
500 ,520, 0S203, with no provision for
new schools.
Professor E. NJ. Kirby of Boston uni
versity, resident of Hanover, n H,
has accepted call to become pastor
of the Fifth Congregational church of
Washington.
Richard Croker and the Tammany
leaders are actively at work on their
plan to establish a gold democrat as
leader in the house of representatives
at Washington.
The Teller amendment to the Cuban
resolutions is said to have been sug-
gested by Oxnard to avert free COM
petition for Cuban sugar in the
United States.
H. B. Eckam, the Indian trader who