Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-28
PERSONALITIES.

There is no confirmation of the re-
ported concentration of Russian war
ships in Corean water or the rumored
of the Japanese fleet.
The Chinese are satisfied that Japan
is determined to resist Russian de-
signs on Manchuria.
DR.. John w. Gregory, who will start
in August upon three years ant
arctic expedition, holds that all the &C
cepted ideas about the shape of the
earth are erroneous. He says that it
is shaped like a pear, with the small
end south and the fiattened end north.
Grover Cleveland is now for the
second time the only living ex-presi-
dent. Once before he enjoyed this
distinction, none of his predecessors
being alive after the death of Ruther.
ford B. Hayes Jan. II. 1893. Within
seven weeks, however, Mr.. Harrison's
name was added to the list.
The only American Indian in the
United States navy is Chapman Shen-
andoah, an Oneida, 29 years old, who
is on the cruiser Atlanta. He served
through the war with Spain on the
San Francisco and the New York
The dusky sailor. who is a favorite
among his shipmates, is a graduate OF
Hampton institute.
Victor Hugos eldest daughter, Mile
Adele Hugo, is now nearly II years
old. She was engaged to be married
to an English officer, who died in
India. On learning of her loss her
mind became affected, and she is still
ignorant of her fathers death. The
two other heirs of the poet are his
grandson and granddaughter, M
Georges Hugo and Nine. Jean Char
cot, who married the son of we'll
known neurologist.
Mrs. A. A. Pardee OF Madison is a
Daughter Of the Revolution of unques
toned lineage. She has but just re.
turned from Wooster, Ohio, where a
few days ago she attended to the sad
duty of laying her mother away. The
latter, Mrs. Rebecca B. McMillen, was
a daughter of Gen. Cyrus Sphinx, and
her grandfather was Shibauh Sphinx, a
soldier of the revolutionary war. Her
father was the first recorder of Wayne
county, Ohio, having been appointed
in 1915. He was elected to congress
but died before taking his seat, dying
in Wooster, May 81, 1886, in the 9th
year Of his age. Mrs. McMillen was
born in Wooster 70 years ago and had
spent practically all of her life in the
city of her birth She was married
June /, 1871, to John Wilson McMil,
len, who died in 1865. Four children
came to their union: Mrs. Gussie A
Cantwell, who died at Sacramento
Cal, in 1874; Cyrus S. McMillen, who
died at Tucson, Arizona, in 1875; Mrs
A. A. Pardee of Madison, and Miss
Kate McMillen of Wooster. The
mother Of Mrs. McMillen was q
daughter of Gen. Reasin Beall, a sol
der of the revolution.
A wartime wooing has just been dis
covered through advices from Pekin,
China, that will throw romantic
color over the horrors of the siege and
its aftermath to many Americans. The
heroine is Miss Mary Conger Pierce,
niece of Minister E. H. Conger, and
the lover Lieut.. Harold Hammond, of
the 9Th infantry, the first body of
Uncle Sans soldiers to reach the i'll
fated city with relief. Miss Pierce.
who is an orphan, has for some years
been a member of Minister Conger's
household. Lieut.. Hammond is a West
Point graduate and halls from Rush
vile, Ill. Miss Pierce is now on the
sea with her uncle and his family on
her homeward trip, but she has left
behind her gallant officer happy in
the security Of promised wife and a
regiment ready to acclaim her it's
The whole affair came about
with suddenness that surprised the
young people no less than the rest of
society. They met in the
midst of war and disaster; Miss Pierce
In the glow of thanksgiving over
fearful peril escaped the lieutenant
with all his native chivalry aroused
toward a feminine compatriot in dis
,ress. Formal barriers soon disappear
n times of trial. Miss Pierce added
% the admiration excited by her cour-
age, the witchery of a lovely face, and
ne lieutenant was no match for the
combination. Miss Pierce whispered
he secret to her pretty cousin, Miss
longer, who, filled with enthusiasm at
ne IDEA of a genuine love affair after
ne troubious events of the past
weeks, determined to celebrate in true
fashion. She insisted on a
'etrothal dinner. Miss Pierce hest
ated, biushed, declared in one breath
hat she couldn't, in the next that she
vas delighted and the matter was set
LED. Then came the parting! Minis |
er Conger was given a sixty days |
cave OF absence afte~ he lands at San |
francisco. The brio e.ect will barely |
ave time to buy a trousseau before |
ne returns to the east and her lover, |
no clamors for an early wedding.