Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
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,ial State Bank closed its doors.
The president has issued pTocla-
nation relieving Danish vessels from
The imposition Of the tonnage tax
Alfred Kittle, aged IS, IS dead at
He was an old resi-
dent and a native of London, Eng
land.
James Johnson, the millionaire ship
owner, died at Oakland, Cal, from |
complications brought on by exces-
sive smoking.
The case of Mrs. Richard S. Fay, |
nee Proudfoot, of Chicago, for separate
maintenance against her husband, was
begun in Boston.
Major John B. Hays Of the editorial
staff Of the New York Tribune died
from Bright's disease at the home OF
his sister in Meadville, Pa
The confederate veterans had their
commander-in-chief, Gen. Gordon,
annual reunion at Atlanta and the
gave a patriotic address.
Returning Klondikers on the stea-
mer St. Paul, which reached San
Francisco, brought 100000 in gold
and drafts.
The republicans Of the twenty ninth
Now York district nominated for the
fourth time by acclimation Charles
W. Gillet of Addison for congress.
The most disastrous fire in the his
tory of Newport, KY, occurred in the
burning of two blocks of houses.
One man is thought to have been
| killed and a number Of persons We're
! injured in Charlestown, Mass, by
the collapse of a four-story building,
Joel Potts, native Of Kentucky,
| died at his home, near Taylorville
ILL.,, aged 81. He was a resident OF
Illinois for more than seventy years
At Chattanooga, the Milburn-Bas
wagon factory was burned, and is
total loss. The plant, stock, etc., wa;
valued at $125, 900, insurance $4,000
The steamer Lakme arrived from st
Michael with 100 passengers and gold
dust estimated at S250,00O, in add
tion to drafts representing a large
amount.
LII. 4. auO1CNS La AlAe1
letter accepting the position Of super
intendent of the Chicago schools, ha
been received by President Harris o
the board Of education.
Magovern and Thompson Bros
wholesale shoe dealers assigned t.
, Thomas D. Barry, of Brockton, Mass.
without preferences. The firm wa
, rated at from S125,000 to 100000.
. The attorney general has rendere'
an opinion IN which he holds tina
Chinese trades" or merchants assfs
tants, are not merchants within tn
J meaning of the Chinese exclusion act
: Six hundred machinists employed b.
| R. Hoe & Co., printing press manu-
! facturers, New York, went on strik
against the piece system Of paymen
and for a minimum scale of wages @
2 $3.50 a day.
r Cyrus K WILDER, general wester
Y passenger agent for the Lake Slror
l and Michigan Southern Railway, die
? at his home IN Elgin after a Ion
= illness with Bright's disease. He wa
5 AZ years of age.
: President Randolph Guggenheimer'
ordinance to forbid the use of un
+ seemly language in public places {
= New York City was passed by tn
6 council without debate and by I'm
animous vote.
Moses Kaufman, the acknowledge
! religious and political head Of tn
O Amish following in Douglas an
| Moultr.e$ counties, was found dead
bed at his home, west Of Arcola, II
. He was sc years of age.
- strike is in progress at the Clevt
y land Ship Building company's YARD
at Lorain, Ohio. Between 200 an
= 300 laborers who were drawing ST.
per day went out yesterday on
= strike for $3.50 per day.
{ At Tampa, Fla, Freeman Schele
cousin of Commodore Schley, died
his rooms on Fifth avenue from a
overdose of morphine, taken wit
IS suicidal intent. Professor Schley W;
" a teacher Of languages.
y President w L. May called tt
o National Fisheries society to--ordt
in Omaha and listened to addresses
q welcome on behalf of the city ar
l. responses for the society. F.
u clark, Prof E. A. Birge and Hersch
} Whitaker were appointed to act
conjunction with the French Sc
d ton of the international fsheri
II society in arranging for representatic
d at the Paris exposition.
i. John w. Pierce, young man
d Waterloo, Iowa is said to have fal
re en- heir to property of an estimate
S. valuation of s3,00O,OOO. He is 81 yea
, of age and is the adopted son of '
l. w. Pierce, a local constable.
Judge Trude sentenced Edwa1
Is Smith to the penitentiary for life Fl
n the murder of John Hoffman in Sout
< Chicago last May. Hoffman, who WI
If a saloon-keeper, was killed by Smi
in with a coupling pin for refusing
re give him a drink
m The magnificent mailing plant
y. the David Stephenson Brewing cor
70 pany, at Oswego, N. Y, one of Il
IN largest concerns of it's kind in Il
country, was totally destroyed
lie fire this morning The loss will
10 over $500, GOO, which is mostly cover,
IS by insurance.
n Perry S. Heath, representing
IS company of capitalists. will be autho
m lied by the comptroller of curren
70 to establish the First National Bar
lie of Honolulu with a capitalization
II $3.50, 900. William E. Curtis, new
r paper correspondent, probably will