Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21

teplet murderer if Santa Clara county, |
Cal, was identified as Chris F. Neither
| field, of Warren, o. He was released.
| In San Francisco Judge Carroll |
granted Is days further stay of execu-
ton to Mrs Cordelia Botkin, the con-
victed murderess Of Mrs. John P. Dun
ming. The bill of exceptions in the |
case has been filed, but not yet set
tied
1t is thought when congress as
sembles resolutions will be intro |
duced in both branches demanding that !
the government withdraw from partic-
ipation in the Paris exposition on &C
count Of the verdict in the Dreyfus
case
Mrs. Mary Gallagher, of Port Perry,
Pa, poisoned herself and her three
children with laudanum. Mrs. Gala
CHER and her baby died, but two daugh-
tiers, aged and years, will probably
recover. Motive for the crime is not
known.
= Officials regard the Venezuelan situa-
ton as critical The cruiser Detroit
is due at Laguayra, and as that point
it only two hours from Caracas no ap-
prehension is felt that any American
, interest will suffer by the disturb
ance
At Washington the great council of
the Improved Order of Red Men opened
with a reception to the delegates and
: visitors, of whom there are about 1000
7 in the city. There were 155 delegates
representing nearly every state and
/ territory in the union.
The stockholders of the Illinois Tele-
phone and Telegraph company voted
an issue of S5,000,000 Of AZ per cent.
: 30-year gold bonds, and an increase in
e the capital stock of from S25O,O0O to
e $4,000, 900. Four more directors were
elected, making a board of seven.
/ The price of anthracite coal will be
: higher in Chicago the coming winter
I than in a number of years before, ac-
cording to local dealers. The present
S price, 1925, is nearly 81 higher than
[ last winters highest figure, and an ad-
: vance to 81 is almost a certainty.
Elihu Root, secretary of war, is like
for the republican nomination for vice
president. President Mckinley has
favored the denomination of his run
u ming mate but Mr. Hobart's health will
L probably prevent him from again ac-
I cepting office.
q W. L. Morrison, city school superin-
tendent of Merrill Wis, has been Sc
n lected as principal of the county train
. ing school for teachers at Menominee,
Wis State aid was appropriated to
o two Of these schools by the last legis-
v lature and the other is located at
f Wausau.
/ Secretary Root has written the gov
ernors Of the several states notifying
# them Of the appointment Of a Porto
# Rican relief committee, Of which Cor
4 nelius n. Bliss is chairman. He says
: the urgent necessity Of feeding the
great numbers of destitute people in
Porto Rico still continues.
r The steamer Antarctic, which left
:, Helsingborg, Sweden, May 25, was
l. spoken off The SkaW, the northern eX-
tremity Of Jutland, Denmark, on its re-
s turn from it's search along the north
Z east coast of Greenland for Professor
r Andree. 1t reported that no trace had
h been found of the missing aeronaut.
Saturday afternoon there occurred at
l, Naco, Ariz., a shooting ARRAY which
: has already caused the death of one
: American cowboy and Mexican guard
d and the wOunding of several others,
and ultimately in delivering over to the
! Mexican authorities of four American
Il citizens, who will be tried for murder.
e EX-Gov. Altgeld may not go to Ken
I lucky to make speeches against VIM.
Goebel, the regular democratic candi-
: date for governor. He said that
q while he had received invitations to
e visit the blue grass state in the inter
Il est of the anti-GoebeI ticket he had
not made up his mind to accept them
: Cramps ship building yards re-
e sumed operations, after having been
- closed from Sept. 1, when work was
t stopped at the plant. Charles S.
CraCnp announced that the action was
: taken in order to give the veterans at
L tending the Grand Army encamp-
u ment an opportunity of inspecting the
g yards.
Massachusetts prChibitionists have
Il nominated the following state ticket:
I Governor John w. Baer, Medford;
: lieutenant governor, James H. Roberts,
Cambridge; secretary Of state, John B.
Lewis, Reading; treasurer, Herbert B.
2 Griffin, Winthrop; auditor, Franklin A
q Palmer, Stockbridge; attorney gem
L eral, Sidney Porley, Salem.
U Peter Pearson, an Oklahoma man.
has invented a system Of wireless teleg-
e raphy, which he claims is perfectly
successful. Some time last week
: Pearson says he sent message to his
agent in a town 60 miles away. He
later received a copy Of the message
by letter through the postoffice exactly
4 as he sent it, including mistake in
the sending.
When Mayor Harrison returns from
D his vacation he will put himself at the
I head Of a movement which is expected
4 by the democracy Of Chicago to lend the
t next natiOnel convention Of that party
in that city. A non-partisan organiza-
i ton of democratic leaders and bust
E ness men will probably be formed to get
subscriptions. A fund Of $4,000 will
be aimed at.