Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-11

of the Massachusetts house by the re-
publican caucus.
The annual distribution Of seed by
the agricultural department will be
made shortly. The cost to the govern
ment is 100000.
The majority report Of the COM
mittee investigating the case of Rob-
erts will recommend that he be ex-
Guided from the house.
At Lancaster, Pa, County Treasurer
E. H. Herschy is defaulter to the
extent of $4,000. He is believed to
have gone to Canada.
William H. Putnam, the undertaken
who conducted the funerals of Henry
Clay and Daniel Webster, is dead at
New York, aged 81 years.
The big Painter gas well in Richie
county, W. Va, is burning. Millions
of feet of gas are going and the flnan-
cial loss will be enormous.
At Pittsburg 10000 puddlers and
finishers employed in iron mills will
get an increase of wages Jan. 10, rang
ing from 80 cents to 81 day.
| Lawyer Carl Ffsoher-Hansen an
nounced that the United States prob
ably would acquire the Danish West
Indies by April Is for 100000,
Professor Felix Adler and Rev.
Charles A. Briggs will at once COM
mence a crusade against vice on the
lower east side of New York city.
The republicans in the Ohio legisla-
ture excluded from their caucus, at
Columbus, Senator Brown, fusion
candidate from Hamilton county.
Ross Raymond, formerly a we'll
known journalist, has been SEN
fenced to the Milwaukee house Of cor
rection for sixty days for vagrancy.
! The Cleveland Leader says Hanna, at
Mckinley's request, will be both tenn
porary and permanent chairman Of
the Philadelphia national convention.
w. R. Moody, eldest son of the late
evangelist, has been appointed ad-
ministrator of his fathers estate.
Moody left no will. The estate is very
small
Levi R. Doty, Chicago capitalist and
formerly president of several large
coal companies, is relieved of liabili-
ties aggregating S5,OOO,O0O by order of
the court
At Stromsberg, Neb., Eden Baptist
church was destroyed by fire and two
persons seriously injured. The fire
was caused by an explosion of acety-
lene gas.
Wallace Collins has resigned his po-
sftion as general manager of the c., M.
& st. P. Ry. His successor will likely
be Henry R. Williams, general super
intendent
Charles A. Tracy, confidential book
keeper for T. P. Bagley & Co., Chicago,
has been missing since Dec. 10. His
books are straight and his wife thinks
he is dead.
The university of Chicago by vote
of 20 to Is has placed itself on record
as favoring the use of the reformed
spelling adopted by the National Edu-
cational association.
Bishop jackson, coadjutOr of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Ala
bama, has sent his resignation to
Bishop Doane of Albany, chairman of
the house Of bishops.
President Hadley of Yale, who has
been in Chicago, talked to the alumni,
asking them to contribute to the 81,
0O0 600 being raised by graduates for
the university this year.
At Papiudon, Neb., Corporal Fair
and Private Gockens, charged with
murder in shooting a deserter, had
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held in 1000 bonds for trial.
In Chicago the new Northwestern
elevated road was tied up so far as the
public is concerned, by order of Com
missioner of Public Works McGinn,
who holds that it is unsafe.
At Barnstable, Mass, Edwin Ray
Snow, charged with the murder of
October, pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to be executed March IS.
Abram S. Hewitt and Edward Cooper
have added 100000 to the fund Of
100000 given to Cooper Institute by
Andrew Carnegie for the establish
ment of mechanics arts day school.
Rev DR.. Edward McGlynn Of New
growth on his right hip, which is
sapping his strength He is too weak
| to bear an operation and a fatal result
is feared.
The Illinois Shiloh battlefield COM
mission has decided to accept the de-
! sign for monument submitted by
Artist Rock Of Chicago, who designed
the figures of the Lovejoy monument
at Alton.
In New York the last subscription of
the 100000 needed to insure the
building of the woman's hotel was
subscribed, and the plans will be at
once drawn up aud work commenced
| The hotel will cost about 100000
At Norfolk, Va, among the appli
cants who presented themselves for ex-
animation for service in the marine
corps was ]. P. Gridley, son of Captain
Gridley of Olympia fame. Young
Gridley seeks to become a lieutenant
The new year reception at the
white house was a brilliant function.
More than 5000 persons passed in line
before the president The members of
the diplomatic corps were entertain
ed at breakfast by Secretary of State
Hay.
The funeral services of Father Ma
lone, the patriot priest, occurred in
New York. Among tne honorary pail
bearers selected by the relatives were
ex-President Benjamin Harrison, ex-
Vice President Levi P. Morton and
Seth Low.