Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-26

~ formed soft coal trust for S50,000l
damages for alleged reputation Of
contract was commenced by Dudley ]. |
Mahon. The defendants are the ]. |
H. Somers Fuel company and the
Pittsburg Coal company.
Mrs. Elizabeth Whitfield Bellany.
authoress, is dead at her home in Mo-
bile, aged 63 years. She was the wild
oW of DR.. Edward c. BelIamy, a sur
geon in the confederate army. Her
best-known works are Old Man Gilbert
and Trials Of Penny Lancaster.
Rufus Wright, the Chicago million
aire who was shot while struggling
with Mrs. Louise Lottridge for the
possession Of a revolver in her room
died Of his wounds. Mrs. Lottridge|
was held on the charge Of murder.
Her companion, Mrs. KOss, was held
as an accessory.
DR.. E. B. Andrews resigned as SUI
perintende9nof Chicago schools, and
announced the board of education
that he ia accepted the chancellor
ship Of the University OF Nebraska.
The resign on was accepted. and two
months le of absence from May
was grant with full pay.
Alfred Morrison, a teacher Of
languages was arraigned for trial at
White Plains, n. Y. for the alleged
murder of woman with whom he had
been living in Mount Vernon as his
wife. The defense is that the woman
was killed by Morrison while he was
in somnambulistic state.
The MORO Castle, which is expected
TO be the fastest steamship ever con-
s-ructed for coastwise trade, was
launched at Cramps shiDyard for the
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship
comp2n-. She is 400 feet long. her
! displacement is 6 $500 tons and her con-
tract speed is is knots an hour.
Margie NJ. Micheler fled suit for
| 100000 damages in Chicago, against
Walter A. Daniels. manager Of the
| United States Printing company, by
whom she was formerly employed as
stenographer. Daniels, who has a
wife and family, accuses Miss Micheler
Of attempting to blackmail him.
! Colonel L. D. Carter Of Oakland, H.,
| has withdrawn from the race for con
gress because he is going to New York
to join with Senator Foraker and
others to SECURE the release of Cap,
tain Oberlin NJ. Carter, sentenced to
the penitentiary for demanding the
! government
The Louisiana elections insure the
return Of Senator McEnery and the
election Of Governor Murphy J. Foster
to succeed Gallery. The state ticket
elected was: Governor, W. w. Heard );
lieutenant governor, Albert EstornaI;
secretary of state, John T. Michael;
attorney general, Walter Guion;
treasurer, w. S. Frazee.
Salvador Potts, one of the best
known civil and mechanical engineers
in the United States, was found dead
in his apartments at the Technical
club, Chicago, with a bullet wound
through his heart. He was ~ years
old and the son Of a general in one of
the revolutionary armies Of Venezuela,
His home was at Caracas.
Judge Tenant. counsel for the Nc
tration, accompanied by Mr.. PenfeId
one Of The. claimants, has arrived in
Washington from Berne. The Ameri-
can claimants are dissatisfied With
the decision, and they are anxious the
state department should take steps to
reject the award of the Berne tribunal
A meeting Of banana dealers to the
number of 125 from states as far apart
as Michigan and Texas, Oregon AID
Ohio, was held in Chicago and the
National Banana Jobbers and Import
ers' association was organized, with
the announced object of freeing the
jobbers from the hold of the eastern
combination"
Admiral Dewey is not without polit-
zeal hackers, prominent among them
being John r. Mclean. The admiral
is in earnest and will not stop run
ming" until he is beaten. Admiral
Dewey was present at dinner given
to Perry Belmont Of New York by Mr.
! Mclean. Mr.. Belmont is an enthus-
iastic supporter of the sailor candi-
date" Bryan will say nothing about
| Dewey.
Our trouble with Turkey may result
in the Turkish minister at Washington
being given his passports. The Vienna
correspondent of the London Times
expects the United States not to Gin
dulge in empty threats" with Turkey,
and says Europe would not interfere
to protect the sultan. Washington does
not believe an American fleet will be
used to collect the claims.