Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-09


cleW TO the criminal.
Members Of the house river and
harbors committee will inspect lake
ports and western rivars, expecting to
reach Chicago On Aug. 20.
Mrs. James l.. Hughes told mothers
congress she would not teach children
doctrines nor catechisms. Mrs. Ida J.
Harvey was elected president.
Twenty girls and thirty men in
iery; narrow escapes for employees and
fremen; property loss, $4,000.
Chicago mission boards get mes
sages and letters from representatives
in China announcing the safety Of
many of the religious ENJOYS.
Johnny Nelson, the Chicago cyclist,
defeated Jimmy Michael in twenty
mile paced race at Charles River
park, Boston, by five yards.
The Hyde Park Protective associa-
ton decided TO rush prosecution OF
Inspector Hunt and other officers con-
nected with the blind pig" case.
Scores OF families in southwestern
| Texas were rendered homeless by
foods. Crops and other property have
been destroyed and public appeal for
aid is made.
A party of Minneapolis and Duluth
elevator and -four men who have
agreed in placing the wheat yield of
Minnesota and the Dakotas at no.
100000 bushels.
John D. Rockefeller's 100000 gift to
Wellesley was accepted after vigorous
objection from some members Of the
faculty, who didn't want trust
money taken.
Three persons are dead in the home
of J. A. Norris, near Harvey, H., and
| four others seriously i'll as a result OF
eating toadstoois which they mistoOk
for mushrooms.
Roger Wolcott, former governor OF
| Massachusetts, accepted the tender OF
the position Of ambassador to Italy, to
succeed Mr.. Draper. He will assume
i his duties in the fall
The rumor Of Cuban postal frauds
may result in arrests in the postofice
in New York, where the band that
robbed the Havana office is said to
have had accomplices.
The N,caraguan government took
possession Of the property of the Mari
time Canal Company because the time
granted to construct the waterway
across Nicaragua expired.
Ridpach, the historian, who died in
the Presbyterian hospital after alinger-
ing illness, will be taken to Newcastle,
Ind, the historion's late home, where
funeral services will be held.
Census experts expect reduced
ratio of increase, probably not over
20 per cent. Chicagos population
may be 1857, 239; the population OF
the United States, 100000
At Poplar Bluff, Mo-, Martha Hend-
ricks, aged II, and Paul Warner, an
clipping couple, lost their lives by
drowning in the Currant river, while
attempting to escape from the girls
angry father.
General Black of Chicago and Father
Sherman made addresses at MackinaC
eulOgizing the work Of Pere Marquette.
The meeting is held to secure funds for
the erection of monument in honor OF
the noted missionary.
Rev. DR.. Hemon Dyer, widely
known clergyman and teacher, and
for many years secretary of the
Evangelical knowledge Society of the
Protestant Episcopal church, is dead
in NpW York aop5 on Vparc
The publishers Plate-Renting Com
pany' filed a suit in the United States
courts asking that James NJ. Barrie and
Charles Frohman be enjoined from
producing the play written from Mr.
Barrie's novel, The Little Minister .
Director of the Census Merriam
refused the request of Supervisor Gil
bert Of Chicago for additional clerk
hire to expedite the returns. Up tC
yesterday 1855 of the 1,196 districts
in Cook county have been received.
Chief Ripley issued an urgent order
commanding that all officers who make
assignments of their pay to the loan
ing sharks" will be suspended for the
first offense and that the second
Offense they will be dismissed from
the service.
The Chicago Civil service commission
issued an order directing that the
| Sisters of Charity at the isolation
| hospital must undergo a competitive
examination, and this mandate is much
antagonized by aea1th officials and re-
garded as derosatory by the Sisters.
The Hyde Fark Protective associa-
ton declared tnat the police have been
aiding the blind pig" owners and
evading the Law, and receive per-
mission to bring evidence against the
| constabularly into court.