Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-25

must look to America for supplies OF
coal.
E. N. Leon killed himself in Mil
waukee because he had lost a fortune
Of 100000
Charles c. Everett, dean Of the
Harvard Divinity School, lied at Cam
bridge, Mass.
Citizens Of Kenosha, Wis, had a
running revolver fight with burglars,
who escaped.
Since passage OF financial bill 496
national banks with s23,505,000
capital have been organized.
John Sherman is seriously i'll at his
res.d ezce il Washington ard his reIa-
ives have been summoned
H. H. Stewart. formerly OF Cleve-
land, O.. was arrested in New York on
The charge Of killing his daughter.
The Illinois Federation of women's
clubs, in session at Rockford, formed
plan for a crusade in favor of civil
service.
4 Chicago livery horse, bitten by
COW developed hydrophobia, and was
killed by the police after a lively
chase
A syndicate Of North Carolina
lumbermen will build $50 model
dwellings at a cost of 100000 in
LaWndale, H.
Habeas corpus proceedings are be-
gan at Leavenworth, Kas., for the re-
lease Of Oberlin N. Garter from the
federal penitentiary.
Jewelry valued at $4,000 and but
Ter named David Richards are missing
from the home of Charles Pfzer near
BernardsVille, n. J.
The report of the chief engineer Of
the navy will insist that the bureau Of
navigation has failed to carry out
the law relating to personnel.
w. S. Taylor, former Governor Of
Kentucky, expressed a Willingness to
go back and stand impartial trial On
the charge Of the Goebel murder.
Judge Ferris, of Cincinnati, in order
to make the ceremony Of naturaliza-
ton more impressive, decided to make
every candidate kiss the American
flag.
A meeting Of Pennsylvania coal
operators at Philadelphia agreed to
the demands of the strikers. Miners
will return to work when all COM
panies post notices of acceptance.
John A. McCook, United States
consul at Dawson, arrived at Seattle
from the north on his way to New
York and Virginia Hot Springs, where
he will be treated for heart trouble.
He has obtained leave Of absence until
| March.
Gov.-Gen. Wood left Havana for the
| United States by the Ward line steam
er Yucatan. He will go direct 20 Wash
ington. Just before leaving he signed
an order authorizing the establish
meDt Of % additional public schools
in the province of Havana.
Steve Cream, solo cornet player OF
the American band of Chicago, filing
an engagement at Montgomery, Ala,
had his lip badly cut in a quarrel with
! Goodwin Jones, a native. The injured
man will be unable to play his instru-
ment for a long time if not for life
Evelyn B. Baldwin, the explorer OF
the Arctic regions, has secured from
the state department passports and
letters to consuls at the aCrthernmOst
points of civilization in Europe and
Asia for use in his proposed expedi-
ton to the north pole next spring.
c. Oliver Iselin has decided not to
defend again the Americas cup. He
retires from international yachting at
the solicitation of his wife and father,
in-law, Colonel William Goddard Her.
man B. Duryea will probably head a
New York syndicate that will con.
struct the next cup defender.
Secretary Long has received a letter
from Gov. Allen of Porto Rico, in
| which the latter tells Of an extensive
tour of the island, of the prosperous
condition Of the sugar crop, and the
outlook for a very satisfactory coffee
crop Gov. Allen predicts that with
these prosperous crops the people OF
the island will soon be upon their
feet financially.
Thomas F. Lane, son-in-law of ex
Senator Blackburn, committed suicide
at his home in Washington Mr.. Lane
was the American representative Of the
London ordnance firm of Vicker's Sons
& Maxim. He was we'll to do, pro
minently connected and 4 familiar
figure in Washington society. 1t is
said that he was driven to the act by
broodtng over his i'll health.
The battleship Alabama has gone in
to commission. The entire crew of
$50 officers and men were paraded on
! the foreward deck when Capt. Willard
/ II. Brownson, who will command the
ship, read his orders and had the flag
and his pennant raised It is eXpec-
| ted that the battleship Will remain in
the Delaware river about two weeks
and will then join the North Atlantic
| squadron.
The exploration party which went
north on the steamer Corwin has re
turned to Port Townsend and reports
the discovery of an immense field of
coal near Cape Sabine, on the arctic
| coast of Alaska. These coal deposits