Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-29

nance manufacturers establish plants |
within the cars dominions.
The ffth-ffth annual session Of the |
American Institute Of Homeopathy |
was begun at Atlantic City.
Gen. Leonard Wood has been offered |
the presidency Of the consolidated |
traction system in Washington.
In New York the trial of Mrs. Bar
row for the kidnapping of Baby
Marion Clarke was postponed.
The famous Anaconda mines in Mon
tana have been bought by a syndicate
headed by John D. Rockefeller.
Travelling statesmen indorse Presi-
dent Doves statement that trusts are
driving them out Of business.
Mrs. Emmons Blaine will devote
S1GO 900 to establish model school
on the Hull house plan in Chicago.
Colonel Henderson stated he will re-
tain Congressman Payne at the head
of the ways and means committee.
The new York Vegetarian society
had many curious dishes at its annual
picnic at Observation-Disclosures.
Can't. Jack of Mississippi came to
New York to obtain satisfaction from
those who accused him of poisoning.
The cruiser Detroit, with the body
of General McAuley, who died in Mic
aragua, arrived. Interment was at Ar
| lington.
! The heaviest mail robberies in the
history Of the Chicago postoffice-all
committee since June 1-were de-
tected.
One thousand dollars have been Of
fered for the capture of the muir
derers of Martin Meyer, the Chicago
recluse.
The Russian government will prob
ably place an order in the United
States for large number Of rapid-fire
field guns.
Harry Hough, the absconding assist
ant cashier of the Coochece National
bank of Dover, n. H., was arrested in
Boston.
In New York Justice Fursman de-
cided that the case of Roland b.
Mollineux must be resubmitted to the
grand jury.
The total gold production of the
United States in 1898 amounted to
S64, 1853 900, an increase of $7,100,OOO
over 1897.
with the displacement of horses
by automobile" says Washington
doctor, half the flies will disappear
from our streets"
Confederate General Gordon's home
at Kirkwood, Ala, burned. The gen
erals Books, pictures and war relics
were saved.
A corporation claiming ex-senator
George Gray as director has been
formed to induce trusts to incorporate
in Delaware.
Henry Unger, who killed August
Bohle in 1887 and shipped his body tC
Baltimore in a trunk, was released
from Sing Sing.
, Charles E. Littlefeld republican
was elected to congress from the sec
ond Maine district to succeed the late
Nelson Dingley.
AtIanta's council has appointed {
5 committee to investigate Rev. Brough
tons charges of immortality agains
Mayor Woodward.
: On the beach at Lake crest wo
l mans dead body was cast up by thu
t waves. The face was marred to pre-
b. vent recognition.
, Congressman Lorenzo Danford o
, Ohio died Of heart failure. He wa
= 10 years Of age and was serving hi
a sixth term in congress.
The deficit for the current fisca
D year is estimated at S100,000,000. Blu
t for the war there would have been
1 surplus of $2OOOO,OOO.
e DR.. C. w. Super was elected presi
S dent Of Ohio University. He occupied
the position II years previous to 1896
y when he declined the honor.
Richard Powers was instantly killeC
t by bolt Of lightning during a sever
\ thunderstorm at Quincy. The boy wa
+ sitting at an open window.
=, Ex-senator NJ. C. Butler said tina
the 16-to-one issue is settled and tina
German is the strongest democratic
candidate for the presidency.
Trolley magniates deny that Their
has been a consolidation of the Traction
systems of New York, Chicago, Phila
: delphia and other large cities.
kentucky county conventions Sc
5 lected delegates to the democrats
state convention with Gen. Wat P
Hardin as the leading candidate.
Masked robbers bound the employee:
5 and blew open the safe Of the Fair
mount Park Transportation company
t of Philadelphia, securing about $4,000
Paymaster John G. Sullivan, who
was dismissed from the navy, has
been reinstated despite the opposition
of officers of the pay corps Of the
navy.
The New York city council adopted
resolution making July holiday
in that city in commemoration Of the
first anniversary of the battle of San
| tiago.
At JOhnstown, Pa, the Cambria
Steel company posted notices of a gen
eral advance of wages of 10 per cent
About $500 men are affected by the
advance.
!, President Mckinley listened to the
baccalaureate sermon at Mount Hol-
yoke College. where his niece, Miss
Grace Mckinley, was a member of the
graduating class.
Representative Cannon Of Illinois
does not think congress will meet
earlier than December this year He
does not believe there is any occasion
for an earlier meeting