Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06
cord with the English doctor who adj

vocates solitary confinement IN bed as
a means of prolonging life.
Comptroller Dawes in his annual re-
BORT strongly condemns the practice
nv national bank directors Of borrow
ing the funds of their banks.
The democratic state committee OF
wisconsin advises the organization of
a democratic state club as an auXlll- |
airy to the central committee.
C. A. Davidson of Cleveland. was
elected president OF the Railway Pas
;ergerand Freight Conductors Mutual
Benefit and Aid association.
Charles Johnson Sr., aged 20, was
found dead in his barn, near Metropo-
lis, Ill. He had been killed by the
accidental discharge of his gun.
i A s2000.O0O building fifteen stories
high is to be erected on the fatiro1
at Broadway, Fifth avenue and
Twenty-third street, New York.
DR.. Hamilton was shot and killed at
Marysville, Iowa Alfred Aim is under
arrest charged with the crime, which
is said to be due to domestic affairs.
1t is believed that many Of the
victims of the wreck Of the steamer
st. Olaf. off Seven Islands, in St
Lawrence river, persisted in the snow.
At Leayenworth, Kas., DR.. J. W.
Brock, a well-known army surgeon,
died. He served through the civil
war in the sixty-sixth Ohio volunteers
Discovery is made that the late
George R. Griffiths. clerk of the board
of education at Cincinnati, was a de-
! faulter for years and embeZZled $780,
900.
1t is stated at the navy department
that Admiral Frederick Rogers, at
, present chief of the inspection board,
is slated for duty on the Asiatic sta
ton.
? A. w. Prothero, former chief of
police at Ashland. Wis, beat Phil
V O'Herne, who tried to rob him in Chi
: cago, infiicting many and severe
injuries.
Capital of $4,000 has been raised
t for a canning factory in Waterloo
Wis. A site has been purchased and
t the factory will be erected in the
, spring.
L lud1CldI d. LII IliS SOhI
solidation of the tin can industry OF
. the country with a capital of 100000,
600 to SIS 900 900 are said to be com
, plete.
l The Sunday School Union of the
Methodist Episcopal church will hold
S it's anniversary in Washington, D. G.
J. beginning December and continuing
four days.
Senator Burrows says there will be
e an extra session of congress unless the
measure providing for a reorganiza
u ton of the army IS passed at the com
ing session.
Secretary Of the Navy Long ISSUED
+ his annual report, giving the opera
L tons Of the navy and marine corps il
China and general information of the
n department.
IL Ollie Odell, keeper of resort IL
Thorpe Wis, was shot and killed. In
J. mates deny knowledge of the assail
<, ant. The woman has two brothers liv
ing in Chicago.
st At a meeting of Methodist minis
4, tiers in Chicago one member spoke il
D. approval of the punishment of thu
5 negro ravisher who was burned tt
y death in Colorado.
Five prisoners held for burglary ant
e assault escaped from the county jai
N at Mexico, Mo, chiseling through ;
E. brick wall. Eleven other prisoner
refused to leave.
IS The German bark Arnold which ar
e rived at Falmouth from Victoria,
d c., whence she sailed June 7, report
that her master, Capt. Preken, die
y during the voyage.
a Mrs. Jerome Leeds, of Vineland, n
u j., hearing that her husband was pos
ing as single man and flirting, don
IL ned his suit, surprised him with a VIC
1t man and caused his arrest.
II The New York supreme court grant
ed an injunction restraining Count d
g Castellane and his wife from collect
S, ing rents on property bequeathed t.
If Anna Gould by her father.
The Southern railways acquisition
e of the Louisville, Evansville and St
e Louis will shorten the distance to tn
e seaboard and enable it to enter tn,
grain carrying trade.
a. Citizens OF Cattlettsburg, KY, are
E. hunting for John Gibson, who tor
ID tured his little stepdaughter to death
with hot poker, with the intention
S of burning him at the stake.
E. F. A. Hudson. a hostiler, shot AM
d killed Belle Walker in the Hote
Vickery, Chicago, and shot himself il
If an Intellectual attempt at suicide
l. Jealousy caused the tragedy.
It Henry w. Bigler, who was a mem
Der of the Mormon battalion working
# at Suffers mill race in California
d when the discovery of gold was made
j. in 1S4S, is dead at Salt Lake, aged Is
The lifeless body of W. H. Fullhart
}, an eccentric ranchman living neal
n Anselmo, Nebr., was found. His skull
e has been crushed. Tullhart's only
companion, who was a hired man. Is
k missing.
| In making up the republican caucus
i list of the senate the name of Sena
tor Wellington of Maryland has been
e omitted at his own request. He has
t chosen a seat on the republican side
l however.
A gasoline tank in the Westing-
< house foundry in Allegheny, Pa, ex-
i, ploded, forcing heavy casting
} through the roof partially demolish-
ing the wall and badly burning four
! workmen.
4 Fire which broke out in the general
, merchandise store of Begole G Vars