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

Sioux City and Western Railway COM
pany, is dead from eating poisoned |
food, and his wife is dangerously Ill.
Ex-Postmaster William H Callahan
Of South Alabama, \. Y, was arraigned
at Rochester for having failed to turn
over his receipts to the government as
postmaster from July 1, 1897, to Dec.
81, 1898. His bail was fixed at 81, 800.
At Montreal Justice Wurtelle allowed
the appointment of a commission to
take evidence in the United States in
case of Mrs. O'Neil, accused of attempt
ing to defraud her creditors. Mr..
Sciotte, clerk of the crown, will take
the evidence.
Superior Judge Trout at San Fran
cisco made an order in accordance with
the petition of Mrs. Nettie R. Craven
that all persons interested in the es-
tate of the late Senator j. NJ. Fair ap-
pear in court March s. 1900, and set
forth their claims.
Gen. John B. Gordon, commander-in-
chief of the United Confederate Veter-
ans, has issued an order appointing
James A. Reeves of Camden, Ark,
brigadier-general of the fourth brigade,
Arkansas division, vice Brigadier-Gen-
eral Scott resigned.
A log jam at the mouth of the
NoOksack river, Washington, sent a
new channel sweeping through Lummi
village, which was almost wiped out
The town contained 200 people, Church,
school-house and stores were swept
away. but no lives were lost.
The trial of Nontyaloo 2 cole of
Canada, student of the University Of
Pennsylvania, for the murder of Will
lam A. Montague, of Camden, Del, his
rival for the affections of Miss Edna
Wilson, began at Wilmington, Del.
Cole killed Montague with a baseball
bat.
Members Of the Chicago Church
club have decided to undertake to raise
a fund of $25O,000 for an endowment of
the Protestant Episcopal diocese OF
Illinois. This endowment is to be for
the maintenance of Coadjutor Bishop
to be elected in January to aid Bishop
McLaren
Petitions were filed in the bank
ruptcy court at Buffalo by John O.
Manning and William H. Manning
members Of the firm of John B. Man
ming & Sons, which became insolvent
. in 1895. The schedule of unsecured
claims is given as s1,496,477 and there
are no assets.
1toiY Do, h. 81
Scott McAfee was wrecked, McAfee was
: killed and Miss Clara Popp fatally in
: jured by an explosion of dynamite
: McAfee had placed a stick of dynamite
: under the stove to dry. His body was
: blown to pieces. The wreckage of the
house was burned.
The second section of a Baltimore &
Ohio passenger train crashed into the
: first section in South Cumberland, Md
stuck to his post on the second section
was seriously injured and may die
His fireman, Lewis Massey, of Balti
more, was scalded to death.
Ambassador Clayton telegraphs from
the City of Mexico that the Mexican
: government refuses eXtradition OF
Leonardo Gonzales, Mexican citizen
/ accused Of the rape and murder of ar
j., American woman at Sanders, on the
t Texas side, some months ago, on the
= ground of insufficient evidence
At Muncie, Ind, Mrs. Mary Munkle
= was declared insane, her mental con.
( dition having resulted from religious
/ excitement. She has been fasting fol
Y five days, and announced that today al
high noon she would sacrifice her 16.
= year-old daughter on the altar, anG
+ then go out and convert the world.
Y The Knights of Labor general as.
e sembly adjourned after adopting reso.
lutions condemning President McKin-
: ley's policy on the trust, imperialism
, and labor questions; denouncing ma
2 tional banks and favoring the aboli,
= ton of indirect taxation, the abolition
of contract system on all public works
, and the unlimited coinage of silver al
the present legal ratio.
f Report comes from Okmulgee, l. T..
, that the full-blood faction in the Greek
nation will oppose the seating of Gen
Porter, recently elected principal chief
f when an attempt is made to install
f him in office on Monday next The
full-bloods are said to have held an
election and named Chito Harjo for
the office, and it is said that he will be
supported at Okmulgee by 800 full
bloods. Indian Agent ShoenfeIt has
gone to Okmulgee with several police
men to be present at the inauguration.
At Fort Wayne, Ind, 200 girls en-
plOyed as operators at the Foster
:, Waist factory went out against a re-
duction in wages. This week the
wage scale was readjusted on the piece
work plan and the girls claim that
under the new conditions they could
not make enough to support them
selves. When the new scale was an
nounced in effect yesterday the girls
donned their wraps and left the fac
tory. 1t developed that they had ex-
pected the change, and at quiet meet
ing had all agreed to strike.
FOREIGN.
Three Turkish ministers were ban