Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-29
DOMESTIC.

OuSly i'll at Astoria, III.
The Flint mich. J wagon works were
burned. Loss, 100000
Charles P Mason of Sandwich, n H.,
is dead, aged 105 years.
Judge Edward O. L. Cooper died at
Greenfield, aged 100 years.
Roeber was seriously injured by
Olsen in a wrestling match.
Three deaths of Chinese from plague
occurreL in San Francisco.
The funeral of General Henry Harm
den occurred at Madison, Wis.
Mexico accepted McKinley's invita-
ton to a pan-American congress.
The Texas antitrust law was up
held by the national supreme court.
A Standard Oil clique is supposed to
be long on wheat, losing over $1,000
000
Independent telephone lines in Wis
consin decided to work as one sys-
tenn.
James w. Kee, Rev. Matthias Kenk
and Professor Henry Cohn died in
Chicago.
The Iowa senate defeated the Ches-
HE bill to tax telegraph and telephone
companies.
The first district convention renom-
mated Charles Curtis of Topeka for
congress.
Democratic troops will guard the
Frankfort Jail during the trial of the
republicans.
Congressman are receiving protests
against delay in acting on the Nicarag-
uan canal
General Jealous B. Tower, U. S. A.
(retired), died at Cohasset, Mass, aged
81 years.
The house committe will hear the
protest of the drug interests against
war taxes
John NJ. Whitehead of GAINESVILLE
wants the nomination for governor of
Wisconsin.
Congress will appropriate 100000
for the manufacture of small arms at
Rock Island
The Prick suit was dropped and
Carnegie capital is to be increased to
$3.50, 100000
A receiver was appointed for D. APP
pleton & Co., publishers; liabilities
$1,0OO,O00.
The Iowa house passed unanimously
a resolution favoring free trade with
Porto Rico.
F A Richmond (Va) Alderman sued 6
New York paper for comparing him t.
"Hinky Dink"
Part of San Jacinto Mountain Cali
fornia, has slipped $50 feet down into
a great cavern.
The fall of an elevator injured 2!
, employees of the Blakely Printing com
pany of Chicago
New gold fields have been found
near Leadville and prospetors are rush
ing to the field
The New York grand jury indicted
Olga Nethersoe and associates fol
presenting Sapho.
: Congressman W. A. Reeder was re-
nominated by the republicans of The
sixth Kansas district
Dr. McGiffert of Union Theological
>, Seminary has withdrawn from the
Presbyterian church.
, The presidents compromise is likely
to be rejected, and the house Porto
Rican tariff bill passed
The Jewett White Lead Works al
Port Richmond, S. l., suffered to the
extent of 100000 by fire.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gull
railroad was sold at Joplin, Mo, to a
Philadelphia syndicate
The business portion of Red Ledge
Mont, was destroyed by fire one man
being burned to death.
The Minnesota prohibition conven-
! ton nominated Rev. B. B. Haugan OF
Fergus Falls for governor.
George n. WisweH of Wisconsin is
chosen sergeant-at-arms of the nation
al republican convention.
The chief of police of Kansas City
Kas., offered a reward of $50 for high
waymen killed in the act.
All grades of refined sugar have
i been advanced cents per 100 pounds
and raws lie cents per pound.
The body of Mrs Lucy Sommers
who disappeared Jan. from Peoria,
was found in the Illinois river.
The woman found in the Magothy
river near Annapolis is supposed to be
Miss Erna Gies of Newark, n. J. &,
"Tallow Dick" Combs, a mullato. is
charged with firing the shot that killed
! William Goebel in Frankfort. Ky.
At Sioux City, John McChrystal, the
man charged with numbering John E.
Robson last December, was discharged.
At Kingston, H., nearly three score
/ people, who partook of a kitchen din
ner at a Baptist church, are seriously
| H.
At Oakland, Cal. Volney D. Ashford,
| formerly a prominent Hawaiian poIit-
zeal agitator and revolutfonist,, is
| deaf.
John D. Rockefeller has promised TO
give Wellesley college 100000 when
the institutions debt of 500, 900 is
| paid.
The directors of the American Bell
Telephone company have declared the
regular quarterly dividend of So per
share
! Bankers think the increase in the
note circulation under the new cur
rency law will be smaller at first than
was expected.