Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-18

with apoplexy in the Simpson M. E.
church, Kalamazoo, Mich, died, aged
50 years.
The heterodoxy of Rev. Mr. Haskell
of Rockford, his fashionable clothes,
and fondness for sports excite his con-
gregation.
W. S. Warren (reform) was elected
president of the Chicago board of
trade. This means bitter war against
bucket shops.
Bloomington democrats announced
former Vice President Adlai E. Steven
son as candidate for the nomination
for governor.
The democratic national headquar-
tiers may be moved away from Chicago
because of the alleged Altgeld- Harri-
son feud.
At Raysville, Ont, Thomas Brown,
Jr., aged 10 years, Margaret Brown,
Is, and Jane Brown, II, were drowned
while skating.
In New York, Louis E. Goldsmith,
assistant cashier of the Port Jervis
National bank, pleaded guilty to en-
bezzling $4,000
Captain R. P. Fitzgerald died at his
the best-known men along the chain of
the great lakes.
The funeral of the late DR.. William
Alexander Hammond, surgeon general
of the United States army, retired, took
place in Washington.
John Buckstaff, wealthy lumber
man and president of the Buckstaff-
Edwards company, died at Oshkosh,
Wis, aged 76 years.
William L. Wilson, former postmas-
ter general, will spend the winter in
Arizona in the hope of finding relief
from pulmonary troubles.
S. Dana Greene, an aide on Governor
Roosevelts staff, and his wife were
drowned while skating on the Mohawk
river at Schenectady, N. Y.
L. H. Severance, formerly treasurer
of the Standard Oil company, has given
100000 to Oberlin college to erect and
equip a chemical laboratory.
The New York state charities aid as
ISOLATION reports it's inability to sup
ply the demand for girl babes by per-
sons wishing to adopt them.
Arch bishop Chapelle is said to have
made an agreement with President
Mckinley on the settlement of church
land titles in the Philippines.
Colonel George w. Moses, president
of the First Ward National bank, Bos-
ton, has been named to be receiver for
the Broadway National bank.
At Roseville, N o., Col. A. D. Hope,
who had charge of the first train to
carry troops during the Civil war to
Washington, is dead, aged 81.
The body of Sister Augusta, who dis
appeared from Kenosha a week ago,
was found floating in Lake Michigan.
Blighted love caused the suicide.
F. A. Maus, rich Indianapolis man,
irrititated at having his name pro-
nounced Mouse, has applied ito the
courts to have it changed to Moss.
The house foreign committee ia
vored resolution asking for informa-
building of warships on the lakes.
A cablegram from Rome, Italy, an
nounces the death in that city of J.
B. Stallo of Cincinnati, who was for
merly United States minister to Italy
AT Chicago burglars secured unen-
dorsed notes to the amount of $4,000
They were returned by mail the next
day with polite apologies for the mis-
take.
At Hampton, Ia, DR.. AppIeby, lead
ing physician, in a fit of insanity,
crushed in the skull of a ten-months-
old baby, brought to him for treat
ment.
At Mcpherson, Kas., Mrs Joseph
Christie cut the threats of her two
children, both under years old, then
cut her own throat and set fire to the
house.
President Lorenzo Snow of the Nor
mon church has published a declara-
ticn that the church has abandoned
polygamy and does not sanction plural
marriages.
Joseph Pulitzer's residence was al
most entirely destroyed by fire in New
York Mrs. Morgan Jellett and Miss
Elizabeth Montgomery lost their lives
Loss, 100000.
The resignation of J. P Bradbury,
chief justice of the Ohio supreme
court, who is to be counsel for the
National Salt company, was accepted
by Gov Nash.
Ex-President Harrison has written
to persons in Atlanta indorsing the
plan for military park in that vicin-
ity to commemorate important battles
of the civil war.
The barns Of the South Chicago rail-
way at Hammond, Ind, were destroyed
by fire. Thirty-two cars were burned.
The loss, fully covered by insurance, is
placed at $3.50 00O
Byron Bonnell, recently of Duluth,
native of New York, who founded
the Duluth Evening Herald in 1882,
died at Phoenix, Arizona, of consump-
ton, aged IS years.
William Sulzer of New York, in a
speech before the Granite State club
of Manchester, n. H., said that he was
convinced that congress would pass a
pro-boer resolution.
LIE Roy Payne, one Of the oldest 1iv-
cry stable proprietors in Chicago, has
filed a petition in bankruptcy asking
to be relieved OF an Indebtedness of
S1S9000. He has no assets.
Usey Woodson, democratic national
committeeman from Kentucky, has
said in an interview in Chicago that
William GOebel will he seated as gov