Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-08
DOM ESTlC.

At Salt Lake CITY 1Our lncneS Oh
snow has fallen.
Negro roustabouts at New Orleans
want 1920 month.
A Nebraska town was looted and
then burned by burglars.
Public debt 1,104 1920, a decrease
of LISA ,55I in October.
w. c. Whitney and others bought
the Saratoga race track.
Major j. q. Davis, an Illinois veteran
of two wars, died in Manila.
Three men were killed in an at
tempted robbery in Pennsylvania.
The murderer of Jennie Boeschei-
ter was indicted at Paterson, N. J.
Minnesota is entitled to another
congressman under the new census.
Two Cornell students while eXplOr-
ing a cave were lost underground.
It is reported that Kruger is coming
to America to ask for Intervention.
George Dunlap who was at one time
a prominent theatrical man, is dead in
Chicago.
Wisconsin farmers and grain men
protests against incompetent grain in
spection.
William S. Stryker, acknowledgement
of New Jersey since 1867 died, aged
81 years
Plans are afoot for effecting i'm
provement of gunnery practice in the
navy
A total of $2O,186,6S7 in gold was re
ceived this year at the assay Office t
Seattle.
growing market for good butter in the
orient
The confession of Finley Anderson
in the Goebel case may give Powers q
new trial
The Philadelphia and Reading an
nounced an advance of % cents ton
in coal.
Rear Admiral Richard and two
French cruisers were welcomed to
Baltimore.
A gift by Dr. Nicholas Sem of $50
900 to Rush Medical college is an
nounced
Buried treasure has been found in
Valparaiso, Ind.
The Howard house, annex, and TWO
cottages at Fox Lake, H., were
burned; loss, $4,000.
The civil service bill for the Philip
pines pleases the Filipinos but dis
pleases the army.
The Chicago and Grand Trunk rait-
road was BID in by Grand Trunk of
Canada for $5,7OS,701.
Mckinley will receive election cleo
tion returns over three special wires
at his home in Canton. o.
Admiral Dewey telegraphed reIa-
tives in Vermont that he could not at
tenr his brothers funeral
Five new firms are TO compete for
contracts to build warships. bids for
which will be o"ened Dec. s.
The Pennsylvania railroad declared
an extra dividend of per cent. MAX
ing per cent. for the year.
The North German Lloyd steamship
company bought 1000 tons of struc-
tural steel in the United States.
The magnificent Cathedral OF ST.
John the Baptist at Savannah. Ga, was
dedicated by Archbishop Martt1eli.
In Philadelphia DR. Matthew ].
Grfer, & specialist on nervous diseases,
died suddenly. He was 63 years old.
Deacon Kessler and Elder R. N.
Bouck, Dowieites. were forcibly de-
ported by the Mansfield (Ohio) police.
Caledonia (Minn) family was ar
rested charged with murder. a boy
member of the family being the victim
The condition of John Addison Por-
ter, cX-private secretary to President
Mckinley, who is i'll, continues criti-
cal
At Ions Branch, n. J.. the Victoria
Hotel w2s destroyed by fire. The loss
is $25,o00. The building was unoc-
cup
A New York court decided that leav-
ms personal property in a seat in a
railroad car entities the passenger to
possession.
The two military departments of
Cuba will be consolidated November
Is under the command of Major-Gen-
eral Wood.
Mrs. Harry NJ. Gillig, wife of the
wealthy New York yaahtsman, has
been suing him for divorce He put
in no defense
Cornelius L. Alvord. Jr, the note
teller who stole 100000 from the First
National Bank Of New York. WAS cap
tured in Boston.
Floods cut off La Crosse from the
rest of the world Heavy rains
roughout Wisconsin drove hundreds
from their homes.
The American league decided to
drop Minneapolis, Kansas City and an
other town and take in Baltimore
Washington and Philadelphia
By the will of Edward n Gibbs.
late treasurer of the New York Life
Insurance company, Amherst college
is to receive bequest of $4,000.
Valet Jones confessed to completely
in the murder of W. w Rice, New
York millionaire, and tried to commit
suicide. He accuses Attorney Patrick.
A steamer is loading at Duluth with
100000 bushels fiaxseed, valued at
$46S,000. 1t is the most valuable