Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-08

Avenue Baptist church, New York, has
accepted the call to become president
of Brown university.
At st. Thomas, Ont, Robertson,
Lindsay and Company's department
store was burned Loss $4,000, IN
sured for 100000.
The golden jubilee OF the jesuit
church of SITS. Peter and Paul was
celebrated in Detroit with pontif1clai
mass by Bishop Foley.
Confederate veterans aided Union
naval veterans in decorating tue
statue of Admiral Farrigut in Madl-
son square, New York.
The presidents trip to the west TINS
summer to review volunteers return
ing from the Philippines is believed TO
be of a political character.
! Gen. Joseph Wheeler Of Alabama
was cheered for fifteen minutes When
he appeared to address a Boston audi
ince of Grand Army men.
Rv a decision of the courts the En-
ma gold mine at Aspen, Col, becomes
the property of W. J. Wood, Jr., who
| is insane at Topeka, Kan.
A sixteen-inch gun, the largest piece
of ordinance ever constructed in this
country, is being made for the de-
lenses of New York city.
The Baptists will meet at Detroit
Mich, in May, 1900. Stephen Greene
of Massachusetts was elected presidenl
of the Home Mission society.
Acknowledgement Griggs decided
against Russell Sage's contention that
10 cent war-tax stamps suf1ced on
puts" "calls" and spreads"
Governor Roosevelt has signed al
amendment to the divorce law making
plaintiffs legally liable for unfounded
charges against correspondents.
Secretary Long favors the consolida-
ton of three bureaus of the navy de,
nartment-eouipment construction
and repair, and steam engineering.
Secretary Alger will make strong
effort to succeed Mr.. Mcmillan in the
United States senate. 1t is no
thought he will defeat Mr.. Mcmillan.
Christian Scientists from all over
the country gathered in Boston tc
attend the annual communion services
held in the mother church Of tina
city.
James r. Lassiter Of Stafford, Ariz.
was murdered at his home while
standing by his bed, preparing to re-
tire. The murderer shot through the
window.
Hadley, the Augusta (Ga.) barkeepe1
who killed Private O'Connell ant
caused the mutiny in the fifteenth
Minnesota regiment was indicted fol
murder.
In New York Magistrate Pool dis
charged all prisoners brought be-
fore him for drunkenness on Sunday
and ordered police to arrest saloon
keepers.
Representative Henderson of Iowa
one of the two western candidates fol
the speakership of the house Of rep
resentatives, now leads in the race
for that honor.
The United Presbyterian genera
assembly has refused to repeal The
article in the confession of faith which
forbids a widoWer marrying de
ceased wife's sister.
Anthony Kelly of Minneapolis, dice
aged Sc. He was head Of the whole
sale grocery firm Of Anthony Kell!
& Co., and one of the most prominen
men in the northwest.
Sergeant Charles Campbell, assist
ant quartermaster at Fort Sheridan
has been arrested, charged with de
frauding the government by issuing
raised" receipts
F'orty-one passengers on the wreck
ed steamer Paris, landed from the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, praised
the conduct Of the officers and crew
of the Inflated ship.
Alonzo J. Whiteman, formerly O.
Duluth, who was held in $500 casf
bail on a charge of forgery, failed tt
appear in the New York police court
and his bail was forfeited
1t is believed the board Of visitors tt
the naval academy will recommend al
increase in the number of cadets, il
order 10 meet the requirements Of the
navy for additional officers.
New York police have received a let
ter from the kidnappers of Marion
Clark, which convinces them that the
child is alive. She was afterwar(
recovered and some arrests made.
Six of the seven members Of the
Minnesota congressional delegation
met at st. Paul and unanimously re,
solved to support Henderson of Iowa
in his candidacy for the speakership.
The seventy-fourth annual meeting
of the American Unitarian Associa-
ton was held in Boston. Carroll D
Wright of Washington, presided anG
was subsequently reelected president.
Governor Tanner has appointed
Henry c. Bothwel Of Clay City, Clay
county, as chief clerk of the north
ern penitentiary at Joliet, vice R. w
McClaughry, Jr., son of Warden Nc
Claughry.
When the governments for the arbi-
tration conclude arrangements for the
arbitration of the Alaska boundary
Canada made demands which have
put an end to negotiations for the
present.
The body of Edwin J. Barker, who
was killed in the Waterloo Uowa)
railway wreck, is claimed by two wo-
men-his widow and Miss Shadville
Of Montana, whom Barker was about
to marry.
Edwin Gould has been paid $1,000
900 by the Diamond Match company
for controlling interest in the Con-
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