Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-07
TELEURAMS IN BRIEF.
DOMESTIC.

MIS-. LedHueI u. MCCOIuulCh ulcu III
Chicago.
Higher coal freight rates took eff
feet in the west.
General Grants widow has written
a story of her life.
Creditors of the PlankintOn bank |
demand a new assignee.
American exports of iron and steel
for 1899 exceed $100,000,000.
Daniel Earl lost or was robbed CT
81, 1868 worth of precious stones in Chi
cago.
A Springfield Gill; street car was
blown up with dynamite.
Col. R. H. Brooks Of Virginia was
paralyzed in Washington.
Burglars broke into the Milton, Wis,
bank and robbed it of $4,000.
Union miners will try to shut off the
coal supply of the Gould roads.
John Taylor, a leading citizen Of
Bethany, H., died, aged IS years.
A dramatic teacher in ST. Louis was
killed by the husband of a pupil.
Republican congressional caucus
will act on Roberts case Saturday.
secretaryship of the Epworth League.
Waste of natural gas will lead 10
early exhaustion of the Indiana fields.
Ex-Alderman ]. J. McGrath dropped
dead at a restaurant table in Chicago.
President Hadley was the first presi-
dent of Yale to attend a football game.
The Chicago & Northwestern road
cd 1n1 RI &c IJrYin
The treaties for the final partition Of
the Samoan Islands have been drawn
up.
Rear-Admiral Hichborn was called
to Boston by the sudden death of his
brother.
The Central State Bank of Lebanon,
Ind, was placed in the hands of re-
ceiyer.
An Indiana congressman expressed
the opinion that Roberts of Utah will
be seated.
Cigar-box makers are organizing a
union to be affiliated with the cigar
makers.
A British syndicate has an option on
100000 worth of sheep and land in
Montana.
Harvard alone is unbeaten Of the big
football teams. It may play Chicago
next year.
An electric fan trust has been
formed. There are II firms, with
$4,000 capital.
Dun finds no indication that the vol
use of currency has not been ample for
business needs.
The United States battleship Texas,
Captain Sigsbee, from Hampton Roads,
arrived at Boston.
A boy stood on a track at Knights
vile, Ind, waved his hat, and pre-
vented a wreck.
New York's export trade, experts
say, depends on the improvements OF
the Erie canal
Colonel Henry Casson of Wis
arms of the house.
Charles O'Neil was killed and seven
men were injured by the bursting of a
gas main at New York.
RearAdmiral Schley has been or
dered to sail from New York for the
south Atlantic station.
Brooms have doubled in price i'll the
last month. Another advance is ex-
pected before Jan. 1.
Sad and exciting scenes were wit
Messed at Vice President Hobart's
bier in Patterson, N. J.
A company has been organized to
control cafes, restaurants, and hotels
all over the United States
Mayor Harrison's order to close all
vaudeville entertainments In Chicago
saloons takes effect Dec. 1.
An injunction was issued restraining
the Typographical union from Interior
ing with the New York Sun
Two Alabama youths left North Man
chester Qnd.) college because it re-
fused to eXpe1 two negroes.
The father Of Marion Taylor, lynched
by an Indiana mob, was awarded IS
damages against the sheriff
Complaint is made that many con-
sressmen act as attorneys to press
claims against the United States.
The official trial of the new battle
ship Kentucky will take place off the
Massachusetts, coast Friday.
Rev. DR.. Hanpa, Of Union City,
Conn, is accused by two young men
of alternating the affections of their
fancees.
The flag given by the German en-
peror to the Cucago Kriegerbund was
presented formally by Ambassador Won
Holleben
One hundred opd cavor Y,,op,r,o,,+c
and markers Of the state of Illinois on
the battlefields near Chattanooga were
dedicated.
The 500 line is credited with an in
tention of securing terminals at West
Superior as an essential to an ambiti-
Gus project
Among the passengers who arrived
by the steamer Vera, from Genoa,
was G. B. Pioda, Swiss minister to
Washington.
A delegation of prominent Cubans
called on President Mckinley. They
desire the esta adjustment OF an agricul-
tural bank.
The Pollak-Virag rapid automatic
telegraph was tested successfully in
Chicago, 10000 words being sent in
an hour.
A number of officers of the marine
hospital service have been named to
serve in the offices of consuls at
foreign ports.
Four Steinmetz brothers and their
sister in Wisconsin get a S6,0O0,OO0 in
heritanco in Alsace-Lorraine to divide
among them.