Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-04

Union Pacific roads.
William C. Jemison. owner OF the
Tuscaloosa Times, died in Galveston,
Tex. He way mayor of Tuscaloosa,
Ala, from 1880 to 1900.
The Minnesota state senate has de-
feated an anti-cigarette bill, and there
are rumors of a Doodle fund supplied
bv cigarette manufacturers.
Nine. Sembrich, because of a severe
throat trouble. was compelled to end
her concert tour. She may never be
able to sing in public again.
The Chilean goernment has notified
the United States and other powers
that it will keep the disputed
provinces of Tacna and africa.
Former Representative w. A,
Rodenberg of Illinois was appointed
civil service commissioner in place
of Mark. s. Brewer. deceased.
A revised list of the dead in Biz
mingham, Ala, and vicinity as a re-
suit of the tornado fixes the number
at 16 and the property loss at $780,
600.
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at Austin, Tex, that the entire wheat
and cats crop of northern Texas is
threatened with destruction by Hes
sian fly.
Judge Wing in the United States
court at Toledo, issued a decree for
the foreclosure of mortgage and sale
of the Detroit and Lima Northern
railroad.
Under the glare of a powerful
searchlight the Detroit lodge of Elks
laid the corner stone of their history
| temple, which will be erected this
summer.
Mrs. G. Brunschneider of Toledo
with a pair of scissors, cut off five
toes, both ears and part of her nose
and also horribly injured herself
otherwise.
Charles E. Hollibaugh and Eric Bun
tin, Buffalo, Wyo., who were arrested
on the charge of having murdered
Arapahoe Brown, wealthy stockman
have confessed.
The Minnesota senate has passed {
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that no trace of insanity is found il
the family history of applicants fol
marriage licenses.
An appeal has been sent from Bos
ton to the president by the American
Peace Society asking him to use his
influence to put an end to the world
wide mania for war.
Randolph Thompson, private secre
tary to Governor Toole of Montana
died at Helena of pneumonia AM
heart trouble. He was 33 years 0
age and native of Mississippi.
Representative Kelly introduced
bill at Springfield prohibiting the pub
LEGATION or bringing into the state o
any book or paper devoted to ex
plotting the deeds of criminals.
Much excitement prevails at thu
town of Kalama, on the Columbi;
river, over the discovery of gold il
paying quantities in the rock-ribbeC
hills upon which the town is built.
With four servants in the house
particularly instructed to look out TO
thieves, burglar entered the hand
some residence of DR.. N E. Brill, NeN
York, and stole jewelry worth $4,000
George Willard, ex-congressmal
from the third district, died at Battl
Creek, Mich, aged II years, from
stroke of apopleXy. He was elected
to congress in 1872 and served fou
years.
In the United States circuit cour
at Boston J. G. Tyler was sentenced
to five years in Jail for abstractins
funds of the Safety Fund Nationa
bank of Fitchburg, of which he was
the teller
In connection with the statement!
lately published of great suffering il
the construction Of military telegraph
lines in Alaska, General Greedy says
that official advices show them to b.
unfounded.
The president announced that b.
would offer the acknowledgements
to Philander G. Knox of Pittsburg
who prosecuted the treason and Othe
cases growing out Of the Homestead
strike in 1892. -
S. E. Coombs, for Il years first as
sistant engineer Of the Burlington
railway lines in Missouri, with head
quarters at st. Joseph, resigned to &C
cept the position of chief engineer O.
the Missouri and Arkansas railway.
The secretary CT agriculture has
sent dairy experts to Japan and China
for the purpose of introducing Ameri
can dairy products in the markets OF
the China sea, and another to the
Caribbean sea for the same purpose.
Owing to the passage by the legisla
ture Of Nevada Of a valued policy law
over the governors veto, the coas+
representatives of nearly all the stand
ard insurance companies have de-
| cided to write no new risks in Nevada
Elijah S. McCaughey, 80 years old
| brother-in-law of Adlai Stevenson
died at Sioux City, Iowa. His wife
who survives him, is a sister of MI
| Stevenson. Mr.. McCaughey moved tc
Sioux City in 1887 from BLOOMINGTON
| Ill.
| Charles Friedman, the New York
tailor who, in an insane fit On Monday
! killed his two children by strangling
! one and beating out the brains of the
| other, died in Jail from exhaustion He
had not slept since the death of his
| children.
The coroner's jury in the inquest to
determine the cause for the death of