Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

employed on the government build
ings a the Buffalo exposition.
Oscar Hammerstein viii paint his
new theater, the Republic in New
York, all over again. Green and gold
spelled women's compilations.
The Mutual Life Insurance company
has paid Mrs. Sallie HilImon $4,000,
and only one company now holds out
in the famous insurance case.
The demand in this country for the
new issue OF British war bonds is so
great that the entire G10,000,000 may
be subscribed for in this country.
The union republican convention of
Delaware met at Dover and nominated
a state ticket headed by DR.. George w.
Marshall, of Kent county, for governor.
At Beaver Falls, Pa, fire destroyed
the works Of the Shelby Steel Tube
company and of the Boston Electroduct
company, doing damage to the extent
Of 100000
At Ashland, Wis, a million dollars
worth of property was destroyed by
fire in the lumber district. The flames
were CutCh6u dLCeI q Ln4CC uOu1o
struggle.
The civil service commission issued
it's prediction warning to heads Of de-
partmeLts that political contributions
are not to be solicited from government
employees.
At Pineville, KY, Daniel Howard, a
prominent resident, was killed by his
son, George Howard. He was intoxi
Gated, and drew gun on mis- son, but
the latter fired first.
One of the Chicago singers on his
way to the northwestern sangerbund
at Burlington, Iowa, fell between the
cars Of the train on which he was
! travelling and was killed.
Overseer General Dowie of the
"Christian Catholic" church left on a
trip to the holy land, where it is his
| intention to emulate the doings of
Christ as far as possible.
The backbone Of the long labor war
in Chicago was broken by the action of
carpenters in deserving the unions for
employment under the members of the
contractors council, who promise to
pay the union scale.
United States Commissioner Peacock,
Of San Francisco, ordered that Julian
T. Biddulph Arnold second son of Sir
edward Arnold, be eXtradited to Eng
land for trial on a charge of embezzle
meni
John W. Jolly, of Newport, KY, shot
and killed LOttie KleeEamp, his Wifes
sister, and m0rtally wounded his wife
at the home of their parents, at New
port \ family quarrel caused the
tragedy.
A telegram from Magnolia, Miss,
says that Gen. Jacob D. Cox, of Ohio,
died there. He was governor of Ohio
in 1S66-67 and was secretary of the in
terror under President Grant. Cox
was about 70 years old.
John Dew, an aeronaut of Grand
Rapids, Mich, made a balloon asceG-
: sion. Nearly half mile up the per
former began his descent. His para
chute did not work properly and he
was dashed to death in the lake below
w. ]. Bryan, in his speech of accept
anCe at Indianapolis, stated that il
elected president he would at once cal
congress in extra session to end the
war in the Philippines and provide
stable self-government for the Fill
pinos
: Prince Eni Wha, second son of tht
f emperor of Korea, has arrived on the
steamer City Of Pekin, on his way tt
! Roanoke, Va, to enter college. He
was accompanied by Sin Feb Moo, {
member of the Korean legation a
7 Washington.
/ At Irwinsville, Ga, the family O
Lewis Common, farmer, narrowly es
5 capped being wiped out by poison. two
E children are dead and Mrs. Conner anC
, a third child are critically i'll. Fo
/ dinner Mrs. Connor had cooked pc;
= soup in a new tin vessel.
At Fresno, Cal, Fred Hines, Ii year
cid, has confessed that he poisoned hi
father, who is lying dangerously i'll
The boy said that his father treate'
him cruelty He and his younge
4 brother bought the poison, which Free
put in his fathers coffee.
Reports reaching the interior depart
ment, show that forest fires Of con
t siderable dimensions are prevalen
:. around Mammoth Hot Springs, WyO
:, ming, the Little Kern river California
S SeQuoia national park, and in the Glel
Wood Spring (Colorado) land district
a week of unprecedented no
{ weather in South Dakota has termi
mated with heavy rains and cloud
bursts at some points. The tempera
d ture for seven days had yibrated be
tween 100 degrees and 106 degrees
the shade Within radius of so mile
J the downpour of rain was from two t
five inches.
IS Four men killed and one fatal
/ wounded is the outcome Of a shootln
ARRAY between William Dooley an
If his four sons on one side and fou
e Harris brothers on the other, as re
suit Of a feud, at Deer Run, one OF til
= mining towns Of st. Francois count!
IS Mo. William Dooley, Wesley Harri:
James Harris and John DoOley wer
J killed and Frank Harris was fatal
l. wounded.
At South Raub, Ind, On the Mono
l. road. a passenger train collided with
a freight engine and caboose. Charlie
King, brakeman, who operated tt
a 'switch, is missing, but whether h
D body in under the debris, or whethe
he fled. is not known. The dead are
N Lewis Raud. freight engineer; Thom7
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