Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-17

derson was given a clam bake.
There is a large surplus OF money
in the financial cities Of the west.
The butchers Of the country met in
New York and will tight trusts.
The new steel and chain trust is or
ganized with $60,000,OOO capital.
The American cricketers won the
match with the Canadians at Toronto.
An attempt will lie made to have
congress regulate all interstate freight
rates.
Judge Collins of Minnesota says that
it is too early to start gubernatorial
campaign.
President Mckinley will speak at a
banquet during his visit to Chicago in
October.
William c. Clopton, q prominent
New York lawyer, obtained a Dakota
divorce.
Policeman Joseph O'Leary of Chica-
go was shot and mortally wounded by
burglars.
State department officials said that
Andrew Carnegie is still an American
citizen.
Robert Porterfeld, well-known
shipping master, died in Brooklyn,
aged Sc years.
William C. Whitney, who arrived at
New York from Europe, declares that
he is out of politics.
John S. Johnson, once champion BIZ
cyclist and skater, will retire from the
sporting world.
Ex-Congressman Henry G. Burleigh
is dangerously i'll at his home in
Whitehall, n. Y.
Frederick W. NibIock, Pasadena
Cal, died of hemorrhage of the lungs
Aug. 7, aged 20.
By the collapse of a slip at Mt
Desert nearly thirty persons were
drowned and fifty injured.
Mrs. Emma Blunt, Minneapolis, died
| She was the wife of Abbott Blunt, as
sociate editor of the Times.
Anti-Bryan democrats conferred al
Saratoga regarding eX-Justice Van
Wyck's presidential boom.
A race war in which a white man
and five negres were wounded took
place near Greenville, S. G.
The Union Steel and Chain company
with capital of $6O,OOO,OO0, has been
| incorporated in Delaware.
John B. RUSSELL a well-known man
ufacturing pharmacist, is dead, in New
York city, aged 80 years.
Colonel William E. Sim, the theatri-
cal manager, is dead at Pittsield
Mass He was 65 years old.
The collier Brutus has sailed from
Honolulu for the island of Guam witt
a cargo of coal for the station.
William Borden of Colorado Springs
shot and fatally wounded Miss Mabe,
McKenna because she refused to marry
| him.
Mrs. Martha Holt of Dayton, Ohio
wife Of Bishop J. W. Holt of the
United Brethren church, died, aged s.
years.
President Mckinley witnessed 6
yacht race at Champlain and conferred
is again i'll.
Two Norman elders are reported tc
have been beaten to death with clubs
by masked men in the mountains OF
! Tennessee.
A trolley car on a Connecticut line
plunged off a bridge at Peck's Pond
More than score Of persons We're
crushed to death.
Frederick Baggs of Indianapolis
Ind, died after a long illness. He was
manager Of the indianapolis Clearing
House association.
At Atlanta a conference Of Popu-
list party leaders, was held. -ney de-
termined to put out a state, county and
municipal ticket next year.
Jennie Worrell, twenty years ago a
famous beauty and actress, was prob
ably fatally burned by burning grass
on the Coney island meadows.
General Brooke was given instruc-
lions today to prevent at all hazards
any filibustering expedition in Jimi-
nez's interest leaving Cuba
\ special says there is great uneasI-
ness in Mexican military circles over
the attitude of the Mayo Indians, who
are in sympathy with the Yaquis.
Count Pierre Alexandra Won Mohren-
schild was arrested in New York
charged with embezzling 10000 rOubles
while q Russian government official
John c. Sheehan has issued a state
ment calling Croker migrate and
traitor" and Mcmahon a democrat
for the purpose of getting contracts. .
News has been received that J. L.
Green. a college man and rough rider.
was killed in duel at Sancti Spiritus,
Cuba, by an officer OF the Cuban army
Joseph NJ. Britton was taken from
whipped by whitecaps. He was re-
Gently Indicted for illegal selling of
liquor.
Zen Thompson, a negro 20 years old.
wh0 had attacked Lillian Clark,
white girl years Of age, was taken
from tie Jail at Alexandria, Va, and
Ivnched.
Shoe manufacturers effected a per
manent national organization al
Philadelphia ana agreed upon a gen
er2I advance in prices of 10 to 25 cents
pair.
J. N. Holland of the Carnegie
museum, Pitlsburg, reports that a
Monster fossil dinosaur, a double
after" has been discovered. 1t is
SO feet long.
Orris B. Dodge, president of the
Grand De Tour Plow Works, has given
the city OF Dixon a lot, so by 80 feet,
IN the heart of the city, and $4,000 for
public library.