Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-07

Financial legislation by congress is
regarded as certain. Army legislation
is improbable and the Nicaraguan ca
nal is doubtful.
At meeting of window-glass job
bers held in New York, committee
was formed to draw up plans for a ma
tional organization.
Moritz & Freedman, New York
cloak manufacturers, have filed a petit
ton in bankruptcy. Liabilities, sS43,-
167; assets, s743,3C0
John r. Mclean, brother of Mrs.
Dewey, said any contributor to the
Dewey home fund who wished his
money back could have it.
Joe Ellis, "The Hermit of Marvin
Hollow" died near Walton, N. Y. He
was at one time associated with Horace
Greeley in literary work.
The United States survey steamer
Pathfinder has sailed for Honolulu
She will make a survey of several har-
bors in the Hawaiian islands
Miss Eliza Works, known as the old
est resident of Monroe county, died at
her home in Henrietta, N Y, aged 1O5
years, 10 months and Is days.
Postmaster Van Colt, of New York,
wants fine postoffice building erected
in that city near the Grand Central
station, covering two squares.
Joseph Agostini, shipping and COM
mission merchant, of New York, made
an assignment. The mercantile agen-
gies rated Agostini at 100000
The news of the appointment of Mgr
/ Donatius Sbarretti as bishop Of Hav-
ana was received with much pleasure
and appreciation in Washington.
Representative Pearre of Maryland
says he will vote to unseat Representa-
tive Roberts of Utah, if it is fond that
he is now practicing polygamy.
Robert Freeman, at one time the
owner of Rex Mcdonald, the champion
saddle horse stallion of the world
died at his home near Mexico, Mo.
James 4. Newlin, at one time promi
nently identified with the street rail
way system of Chicago, died at hi!
home in Steelton, Pa, aged 81 years.
A deed was recorded transferring
the Dewey home to the Admira1s son
George Goodwin Dewey, but the ad
miral and his wife retain a life interes
in it.
At Milton, Fla, the hands at Chaffil
& Co.'s lumber mills went out on
strike again because Of the refusal o
the company to discharge non-uniol
boy.
Sylvester Hawkins, young negro
has been arrested, charged with at
tempting to wreck the Georgia South
ern and Florida train at Lake Park, Ca
The bones of 65 Celestials, who, dy
ing in Chicago, were inferred in I'M
consecrated soil, are to be returned t.
the f1owery kingdom by order of tn
emperor.
The Jefferson county (Ky.) canvass
ers decided against Goebel and tn
question of throwing out the vote O
Louisville goes to the state election
board.
The executive committee 0
the Women's and Young Women
Christian association decided to hol
the next biennial conference at Cleve
land in 1901.
Martin V. Bergen, son of Councilma
Peter " Bergen, of Princeton, N. J
died today from receiving a hazing q
Lawrenceville He died of inflamma
ton Of the bowels.
.. Richard J. Hutchinson, superintend
ent of telegraph of the New York Stoc
Exchange and an old-time TELEGRAPH
operator, died at his residence in Ney
York, aged so years.
Alice Glenn, whose successful con
cealment Of her sex ended at Cheste
prison, will be sentenced for forger
to Joliet. She says she donned NAL
attire to shield her brother.
The Indiana G. A. r. committee ha
decided that the gift of Indiana t
Gen. Lawton shall be sword. Their
was talk of monument, and som
wanted to present loving cup.
Police Operator Claude B. Giles, VIII
killed Frank Doyle while the latte
was trying to hold him up in front o
II Astor place, Chicago, Nov. II, wa
eXonerated by a coroner's jury.
The avowed candidates for the re
publican nomination for governor o
Illinois are Judge E1bridge Hanecy 9
Chicago, Congressman Reeves of Strea
tor, and Richard Yates of Jacksonville
Senator Mason was correctly re
ported as saying he would resign froD
the senate if the republican nationa
convention should declare in favor o
the administrations policy in the Phil
ippines.
William Magill, the inventor Of tn,
student lamp, dropped dead at hi
home in Amherst, Conn. He was &;
cousin Of President Hadley of Val,
and was born in Byron county, Geor
gia, Jan. 2, 1886.
adelphia knocked out Joe Goddard O
Australia in the second round of an ad
vertised 20-round bout.
DR.. J. E. Farmer, the presiding elder
of the Appleton district of the Metho
dist church, travels about 10000 miles
a year upon his duties.
Three new cases of smallpox were
discovered today among the enlisted
men of the Forty-eighth (colored) in
fantry, now in quarantine at Angel isl
and Cal.
An American company, with $4,000
600 capital has been incorporated ct
Trenton, N. j., to develop the Marconi
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