Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-02


Mrs. Anna E. George was arraigned
for trial at Canton On the charge of
killing the presidents brother-in-law.
John Rodd, an alleged counterfeiter
who escaped from jail at Winena,
Mimi, a year ago was captured in
Illinois.
w H. Lamb, a New York builder,
has filed a petition in bankruptcy;
liabilities, S267,728, of which $212,479
is unsecured.
In the New York assembly two res
olutions were introduced calling upon
the United States senate to ratify the
peace treaty.
At Miami, Fla, the body Of young
woman, presumably one of the party
lost on the Paul Jones, was found at
Boca Ratone.
President Mckinley called for the
designations of Ferdinand L. Shurt-
left and Joseph B. Wilkinson, of the
board Of appraisers.
Alice Nielsen, the prima donna, left
a st. Louis hotel last night because
her colOred maid was not allowed to
ride in the elevator.
The New York assembly passed I'M
animously a resolution against the
admission to congress of B. H. Rob-
erts, the Utah polygamist.
Private William J. Mahoney was
shot and killed accidentally by Pri-
vate William Shay in the camp of the
69th regiment at Huntsville.
Negotiations have been completed
! by which the American Mailing COM
pany secures eight of the principal
malt houses in the eastern states.
It is reported that the new president
of Brown university will be Rev.
DR.. Nathan E. Wood, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Boston.
General Sections condition re-
mains practically unchanged. -eX-
Senator Ingalls, of Kansas has been
i'll with the grip, but is improving. .
J. S. Browning of Sioux City, who
was member of the bureau Of awards
at the worlds fair, claims to know that
an American collector has Columbus
ashes.
Mrs Schrepler, of Washington,
committed suicide and probably
drowned her baby girl because her
elder child had gone to boarding
school.
The Cambridge Chess club has
cabled an acceptance of the challenge
from the universities of Harvard,
Yale and Princeton to Oxford and
Cambridge.
At San Francisco, Isidore Choynski
father of Joe Choynski, the pugilist
is dead He was GA years of age. He
was the editor of a Jewish paper, Pub
lie Opinion.
John Maxwell, a Chicago newspaper
man, was in the federal court awarded
verdict of $4,000 against Nat Good
, win, the actor for infringement or
MaxwelPs play of Congress.
In Chicago Hall Adali lost hi!
match with Farmer Burns and Jacl
Rooney. He was to have thrownSeacl
twice in ninety minutes. He threw
; Rooney twice and Burns once.
At New Orleans, Morphy, the ALLEGED
Mexican bank embezzler and Amer
lean turfman, escaped from his guard
and has not been recaptured. He j
wanted for forgery amounting to $40,
600.
A New York alderman proposes tt
make street railway companies pu
two conductors on each car, one t
collect fares and the other to attend t
passengers who wish to board or leav
the car
EX-Gov e. A Culbertson was elected
United States senator in Texas, Joh1
Kean in New Jersey, William M. Stew
) art in Nevada and N. B. Scott in Yves
Virginia and Clarence D. Clark il
l Wyoming.
Professor Dean c. Worcester Of tn
Philippine commission has appointed
Penoyer L. Sherman, PHI. D, of tn
University of Michigan, 81, as tn
third of the three secretaries allowed
the commission.
The convention of coal operators
and minors of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and Pennsylvania ratified the wage
scale adopted by their committees
The settlement affects over one hun
dred thousand men.
lie IOuSot COuulIIS6 Oil y
gave hearings on the resolution intro
duced by Mr.. Bailey directing an in
quiry into the eligibility of meL-bers
of the house, who have accepted COM
missions in the army.
: 1t is reported that the new president
: of Brown University will be Rev. DR.
Nathan E. Wood, pastor Of the First
Baptist church in Boston. DR.. Wood
was formerly pastor of the Centennial
Baptist church in Chicago.
Henry I. Sloan has begun proceed
1ngs at New York to secure control OF
his two children. He has filed affida-
Wits making sensational charges
against his wife, in which the name OF
Perry Belmont is mentioned.
Holders and indorsers of Grant G.
Gillett's 'cattle" paper held a meet
ing at Kansas City at which it was
decided that the best interests Of all
would be subserved by holding the
Gillett assets together until all the
cattle are in condition for the market.
A swindler calling himself w. B.
Deming opened a brokers' office in
New York some time ago and ordered
shipments Of goods from various west
ern agents. They, supposing him to