Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19

there are puOlc requests tnaC VIII dg-
gregate several hundred thousand dol
lars. Bowdoin college will receive
$4,000. The other requests are to-
churches.
The president sent a message to con-
greSS stating that by his direction the
secretary Of state had turned over tol
the Mexican ambassador S403.030, the
balance Of the amount paid by Mexico
in the award to La Abra Silver Min
ing company.
George w. Hull Of Arizona said to
be multimillionaire and a prominent
figure in the politics OF his state, was
arrested, charged with perjury, alleged
to have been committed in a suit
brought by him for a divorce from
Margaret J. Hull
The Idaho state prohibition conven-
ton nominated a full state ticket and
has chosen delegates to the national
convention. The ticket is headed by
Rev. W. j. Booze of Caldwell for COVER
nor, and Miss Amanda Way Of Boise
for cOngresswoman.
The golden statue of Maude Adams,
IMPLYING The American Girl, barred
from the Paris exposition by Commits
sioner-General Pecks ruling that no
American statue shall be shown except
that of Lafayette, will be exhibited
under private auspices in Paris.
At special conference of city Off
| Gals of Newark n. j., it was decided
to allow the performance of The De-
| generates, by Mrs. Langtry, to go on
without license and to instruct the
police to close the house and make ar
rests in case public morals were Of
| Tended.
At Kansas City plans for erecting
the new convention hall have been
completed and the work of removing
the debris from the site is proceeding
actively. The hall directors have on
! hand S235000 available for the new
building, which is to cost in the neigh
borhood Of 100000.
The annual state tax rate for the
next fiscal year in New York will be
one and ninety-six hundredths mills
The tax rate fixed by the Legislature
last year was two and forty-nine hun
| dredths mills, so that the tax rate has
been reduced fifty-three hundredths OF
a mill on each dollar of valuation.
In order to secure satisfactory en-,
umeration Of the Chinese, the census
bureau has procured a proclamation
/ printed in Chinese characters anC
bearing the official seals Of Chinese
consular officers at San Francisco anG
! New York, in which the Chinese resi-
dents are directed to make proper re,
plies to questions put to them b.
enumeratOrs.
H. A. Lamar & Co., whose factory a
the Ohio penitentiary was burned sew.
eral days ago, have $4,000 insurance
with companies not licensed to d.
} | business in Ohio. The state insurance
commissioners have given notice tina
: they will promptly cause the arres
of any person coming into the state tt
adjust the losses for these companies
: To satisfy a claim of 81, 250,0 900 which
| Signorina Maria Cedroni, an Italian
the government of Guatemala, two O
| the leading lawyers of Italy are OF
) their way to this country to levy at
: tachments on arms being manufac
| tured for Guatemala at several places
including Hartford and New Haven.
J A divorce from Melba, the primo
) donna, has been granted Chas. Arm
strong at Galveston, Tex. They were
| married in Australia in 1882, have
one child, boy 16 years old, and they
lived together as husband and wife I'm
| til 1899. Armstrong is son of Sil
Andrew Armstrong, bart, M. P, anC
Lady Frances Fullerton Armstrong O.
Kings county, Ireland.
A sensational Jail delivery tool
place Saturday at Tombstone, Ariz
5 Jailer Draven was shot by Billy Stiles
) who was placed in the corridor
to look after the prisoners awaiting
trial for train robbery. Stiles testified
: against his companions who com
; prised the gang that held up the Ari.
) IONA & New Mexico train, at Fairbank
two months ago and secured $4,000.
Admiral Dewey is much encouraged
by the assurances of support he is re-
i ceiving His friends believe he will be
a factor in the presidential race. Ad-
miral Dewey reiterated his answering
democratic faith. The Army and
Navy Register declares Dewey has
nothing to gain by entering politics
Betting men in the larger cities offer
odds that Mckinley will defeat either
! Bryan or Dewey. Mrs. Dewey has
changed her faith from Catholicism to
i Episcopal. President Mckinley, on
learning that Admiral Dewey had &C
cepted Chicago's invitation, said: I'm
! glad Of it. He's great sea-fghter.
He often has told me that l made him:
| but that's neither here nor there. .
| Tammany leaders intimated that
Croker might come out for Dewey S
candidacy when he returned from Eng
land. Carl Schurz wants a third
party, with a platform Of moral
IDEAS" and says Dewey won't do.
Dewey declares he would make a pub
| Tic statement in a few days. His
friends say he will be amply repaid If
he is not elected and if Bryan is de-
feated. Dewey declined to make his
| trip to Chicago a political one. He
was offered a special train, the runs
to be made in daylight, and even
promised crowds to hear him if he
| desired to make speeches in the furth-
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