Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-06


\ race riot near Cardiff, Ala, re-
suited in the killing Of three negroes
and the fatal wounding Of a fourth.
Rev Dr. y. E. Wood, formerly Of
Chicago, has been chosen president Of
Newton, Mass, Theological institute.
Stephen Clark, the South Dakota
fugitive who shot his wife and laugh
ter, is thought to have committed sui
eide.
Lack of patronage from stockhold-
ers is the reason given for the assign
ment of a cooperative company at
Elgin.
Prominent men all over the country
have accepted invitations to attend an
antitrust conference in Chicago in
September.
Ex-Mayor David Austin, one Of the
oldest and most prominent lumber
men in the northwest, died at La
Crosse, Wis.
At Buffalo the freight handlers
strike has been declared off, the men
returning to work this morning I'M
cOnditionally.
The new industries in Tennessee re-
ported for the second quarter of 1899
exceed by so per cent. that Of the same
period last year.
Proceedings are to be brought
against the United States Flour Mill
ing company under the Minnesota
| antitrust law.
| Friends of the administration object
to the control Of the republican cam
paign in Maryland this year by Sena-
tor Wellington.
Mrs. Ellen c. Johnson, superintend-
ent OF the Massachusetts women's
reformatory prison, died suddenly at
London, aged rs.
New York custom-house experts ap-
praised jewels seized in Mrs. Dodge's
baggage at 100000. One necklace
is valued at $4,000.
| Colonel Charles c.. Dewstoe, former
sheriff of Cuyahoga county, has been
appointed postmaster at Cleveland by
President Mckinley.
John w. Jones, aged 76 years, and
Miss Jessie G. Cressor, aged Is, both OF
Kalamazoo, Mich, eloped and were
married in Constantine.
P. Lorillard has resigned as presi-
dent of the American Tobacco COM
pany, and Thomas MalOney has been
elected as his successor.
The inventory of the estate of Mar
tin Meier, who was murdered June 5,
as filed in the probate court, Chicago,
places its value at $4,000.
Louis F. Menage returned to Mimi
eapolis after six years exile, pleads
not guilty to three indictments and
was released on $1,000 bail.
John Marks, a farmer near Water
loo, Iowa, was found dead in his pas
ture Murder is suspected. He was
81 years old and lived alone.
Mrs George B. Barrow was SEN
fenced to II years and 10 months in
prison for her share in kidnapping
Baby Clarke from New York.
The freight steamship Pawnee was
burned off the North Carolina coast
all the officers and crew being saved
by the steamer George W. Clyde.
After doing business since 1892, the
Paducah Building and Trust company
has assigned. The liabilities are
The jewels taken from Mrs. Phyllis
E. Dodge on the steamer st. Paul are
valued at more than 100000, includ-
ing necklace estimated at $4,000.
During a tempest lightning struck
ex-President Clevelands barn al
Gray Gables and his coachman had q
narrow escape from being killed.
A 10-year-old boy caused a terrific
explosion at Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y, by
throwing a firecracker into a magazine
! containing 500 pounds of dynamite.
Henry G. Payne of Milwaukee is
1 said to have been offered the chair
l manship of the republican nationa
, committee to succeed Mark Hanna
Under the auspices of the New York
=, Herald, Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Davis
started from New York City in mo-
l tor carriage bound for San Francisco.
; After making two successful at
!, tempts to elope Sheppard Cabanne and
Minnie Leonard, of ST Louis, succeed
; ed in being married at Metropolis, III
The report that A. J. Whiteman
: the Duluth eX-state senator, had fed tC
Europe is denied by friends, who say
he is in Dansville, n Y, where he re-
sides
At Syracuse, N. Y, Col M P. Maus
OF Gen. Miles staff, and Miss Lindsay
Poor, were married and left for San
Francisco, where Maus is ordered or
duty.
In New York the litigation over
Daniel p F-ayerWeather'S will has
been reopened and requests of ST.
100000 to colleges may have to be re-
turned,
In Washington DR.. Oscar Loew has
developed a new treatment for diph-
liberia and kindred diseases. 1t is
similar in some respects to the serum
treatment
In an Interview in Minneapolis
Francis Murphy, the temperance ad-
, yOcate, says prohibition is a failure,
but the cause Of temperance is
, triumphing.
Senator lhurston denies that he is
a candidate for vice president, and
states that at the end Of his senatorial
term he will retire to the practice of
his profession.
At Galveston, Texas, James Johnson
and William Boyd engaged in a street
duel in which the former was killed
Boyd was wounded in the leg, and
George LoVick, a passerby, fatally
shot
English buyers have recently pur-
chased 100000 pounds of wool in