Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-24

vice over the BODY OF Frederick GrOS-
venOr Stanley Through a misunder-
standing the clergyman had failed to
arrive
At Columbus the College of Journal
ism was incorporated by Murat Hal
stead, George H. Davidson, A. E.
Brown, G. F. Osler and c. c. Archer.
Cincinnati is designated as its place of
business.
Major Charles Whipple of the pay
department at New York city has been
ordered to Chicago for duty as chief
paymaster of the department of the
lakes. to relieve Major William F
Tucker.
Herman Sachs, acquitted in 1897 at
MiddletOwn. Conn, of the Hotchkiss
murder, has just married MISS Dow,
who sent him delicacies while he was
in jail but whom he did not meet I'M
til after his trial.
Rev. H. E. Niles, for 80 years pastor
OF the First Presbyterian church of
York, Pa, died, aged II. DR.. Niles
was native of South Haley, Mass. He
had formerly been pastor at Angelica,
n. Y, and st. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Rosalia Farley, wife of Edward
Farley, died at her home at Bancroft.
Neb. Her father was Joseph Laflesche,
| otherwise Iron Eye, the last chief Of
| Omaha Indians. She was for years
known as the Cattle Queen
The town of icbn,, ,,o;Io1 - :
Marinette, Wis, had a big fire and 200
people are homeless. Every building
in the town was burned but two dwell
ings, the railroad station and a store.
The loss will aggregate 100000.
Inspector Zachary Wood of the Can
adam mounted police has been pro-
noted to the command of that force in
succession to Colonel Steele, now in
Africa. He is a descendant of Presi-
dent Zachary Taylor of the United
| States.
New gold fields rivaling in richness
the deposits of Cape Nome will be
opened to American miners if the ex-
pectatlons of the members of Russian
expedition, which arrived in New York
on its way to northeastern Siberia. are
fulfilled
Learning that Mrs. Clio Hinton Hun
eker was divorce, Rev. D. Parker
Morgan of New York refused to marry
her to William Bracken, although
bride and groom were at the altar
| lney were afterwards married at Del
monico's.
Missouri republicans named a state
ticket headed by Joseph Flory. The
sentiment of the body was against
naming federal oficeholders for dele
gates at large and the names of Major
Brlttinger and Major Warner were
| withdrawn.
r. L. Morse of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
left Nashville, Tenn, on horseback fo1
san francisco. He is Is years old
He says he prefers his adopted method
OF travel to railroad train and ex-
poets to make his 1000 mile Journey in
thirty days.
The jury in the suit for damages
brought by Mrs. Elizabeth G. READING
OF Wllliamsport, Pa, against Mrs An
ma Gazzam for alternating the affections
or the formers husband rendered a YER
dict in favor of Mrs. Reading, award
ing her $25 10000.
commissioner Wilson of the internal
revenue bureau has decided that if 2
state bank, in accordance with the
provisions OF section 5154 of the re-
Vlsed statutes, becomes a national
bank under certain conditions it is not
subject to another tax.
Al Augusta, Ga, Alexander Whitney
aged 70 years, a society leader, was
shot and killed on a street car by Au-
gustus Wilson, a negro, in a DISPUTE
ABOUT seat. 1t is rumored that thu
negro was lynched at Harlem, Ga, on
his way to Atlanta for safe keeping.
W. A. Clark of Montana announced
MS resignation as senator. He was at
once appointed to the seat by the
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS but will probably
be denied it. Governor Smith de-
nounced his appointment by lieutenant
governor as contemplate trickery. "
The twenty mills manufacturing
all the North Carolina pine lumber
consumed here and abroad which have
been operated at full capacity both
night and day will hereafter run but
tour days a week. Strikes throughout
| the country are assigned as the cause.
| -Four millionaire iron and steel
manufacturers have just arrived in
Philadelphia from England and are
supposed to have come here to make
arrangements with the Pencoyd Iron
| company for the construction of sew
eral bridges to be built in South
Africa after peace has been restored.
In an explosion in the coal mines of
the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke COM
pany at Toms Creek, Wise county,
Va, six men were killed. Only mea-
ger details have been received owing
to the remOteness of the mines from
| Geographic communication. Ten days
ago two men were suffocated in the
same mines
AS a result of the Wanamaker-Eng-
ish episode, a subcommittee Of the
Municipal League of Philadelphia is
arranging for mass meeting TO pro-
test against the attempt on the part of
high city officials to restrict the right OF
free speech and free criticism by threats
to use official power in an assault upon
private character"
At district convention of the lilly
white faction of the republican party
of Louisiana held in Shreveport Navor