Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-05
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
DOMESTIC.

Rear-Admiraq Dewey is now senior
officer of the navy.
In a fire in the sale stables of
Henry Martens, in Chicago seven
horses and dog yrere suffocated.
Miss Mercedes Garcia, the favorite
daughter of the dead Cuban general
died of lung trouble at Thomasville,
Ga.
The Swift Beef Company, Of Chicago,
objects to General Miles criticism Of
the meat the company supplied to the
army.
Andrew Allen Bonner, the eldest son
:. of Robert Bonner, founder of the New
: York Ledger has just died of pneu-
monia.
In Chicago Warner Skreger, who
wears cork leg, fell on the ice while
skating and broke his genuine leg be-
tow the knee.
The navy needs more sailors, and
Secretary Long says the present force
cannot be reduced.
Walter NJ Clark, the cattle king of
Sullivan county Missouri, has failed
for nearly 100000.
Advocates Of expansion claim that
the peace treaty will be ratified by the
senate without amendment.
A Paris working baker named Gale
has taken the Hebrew prize of the
Ecole du Louvre with an essay on the
book of Daniel.
East-bound freight shipments from
Chicago in 1898 were 5,679, 935 tons, an
increase of 1.684,635 tons over last
year and a new record.
The Great Western Pottery Works
at Kokomo, Ind, are to enter the
pottery trust, which insures the sue
cess of the combine.
The bin for the government of Ha-
wall was amended in several particu-
lars by the subcommittee of the
house committee on territories.
Col William Jennings Bryan, while
in Chicago, was in consultation with
democratic congressman from Illinois
over the policy they are to pursue.
DR.. Won HOllenben, the German am
bassadOr, has returned to Washington
with instructions to negotiate for low
Swedish-American residents of Chi
cago will go on record as opposed to
street railroad franchise extensions
while the Allen law remains on the
statute books.
Potter Palmer thinks his hotel n
Chicago should be assessed a, 1886, 765
instead of $73S,765, and wants the
&c Fn in Of 20
on the latter basis
Commodore j. W. Philip, now COM
manding the north Atlantic squadron
at Hampton Roads will succeed Rear
Admiral f. M. Bunce as commandant
of the Broolyn navy yard Jan. Is.
DR.. Ii. r. Butler, a negro physician
of Atlanta, calls upon the colored
fere with the United States in the
interests or humanity and save the
negro.
Mrs. Pullman has bought the pri
waite car of her late husband from the
company for the use of herself anC
family. 1t is said to be one of the
finest ever built by Pullman's com
pany
Fire in Milwaukee, which started
from spontaneous combustion in the
dry kiln of the north side yards o
the John Schroeder Lumber company
caused a loss of $4,000; partially in
sured
At the semi-annual meeting of of
ficers of the fraternity of operative
mi nf hn1 n
Mo-, it has been decided to hold tn,
next annual convention at Detroit il
June, 1899.
Commissioner General Peck has
announced the appointment of Loui!
Meredith Rowland of New York a:
director of customs for the United
States commission to the Paris ex
position.
General Guy V. Henry, the Aneri
can military commander at Sal
Juan, Porto Rico, has ordered the re
vocation of all the concessions anC
franchises heretofore granted by tn,
Spanish authorities.
While quelling a riot between Span
iards and Cubans at Havana a detail
vi CHIItu OldleS SOlulSIS WAS uISu Vi
by the latter. The regulars returned
the fire, killing a Spaniard aut
wounding several persons.
Senator Simon of Oregon was re
emily asked what he thought of thu
business opportunities of Alaska
"Carpet-beating is the best business,
he replied. you can just beat The
carpets and keep the dust"
Major General Henry Gordon Water
field, c. b., who will command tn
British troops intended to operat
against the mad mullah. has been ~
Indian officer all through his career
which began in the mutiny year c
1857.
A. c, Henderson, a wealthy youns
manufactures of Chicago, and Miss
Maude Maddox daughter of the larg
est wholesale grocer in Georgia
eloped from Atlanta after being mar
ried and are on their way to Chi
cago,
Cornelius McGanney and 10 horses
We're burned to death in a fire which
destroyed the two-story brick anC
frame stables of Mrs James Brooks il
New York. McGanney was asleep il
the loft of the stable when the fir,
started.
Wearied of life by years of illness