Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-07

Louis Beissel. Bessemer, Mich. AL
two Of his children. a boy 4. years old
and a girl years old, were burned to
death. Mrs. Beissel was SO severely
burned that she is expected TO die.
Senator Hoar. from the committee
on judiciary, reported fayorabIy the
bill granting a charter to the Fedora
ton of Woman's Clubs. Inc incor- |
porators mentioned in -ne bill include
many women prominent in club life.
Charles T. HalloweI. general agent |
! of the Green Line tank cars Of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad system, with
Headquarters at Oil City, died from the
effects or grip and stomach trouble.
He was born in Philadelphia in 1S40.
| DR.. Henry J. Herrick, a widely
known physician and surgeon of Cleve-
land, is dead. He was for many years
professor of the medical department
of the Western Reserve university
He was a member of the Loyal Legion.
Fourteen college presidents will at
tend the second annual meeting OF the
Association of American Universities,
at the University of Chicago, Feb. 20
to %. Among the universities IN the
association are Michigan and Wiscon-
sin.
Rear Admiral Kautz, recently re-
lieved from command of the Paclhe
station, has been placed On the re-
tired list on account .of age. He has
had a long and distinguished career,
) of which nearly eighteen years was
: spent at sea.
! Adam Hartmans body was disin-
tered at Jacksonville, ILL.,, and stry-
t chine was found in the stomach.
Hartman moved from Petersburg, ILL.,,
r to Sheridan, Mo-. in November and
died suddenly. The coroner's verdict
/ was death poisoning"
f : Countess Boni de Castellane is not
i affected by the decision of the New
York court, her lawyers declaring that
y she has already limited her personal
$ expenditure to s250,000 year, de
g voting the remainder of her income tc
the payment of creditors.
l. The Lewiston, Me. city council has
: voted unanimously to accept the
y offer of Andrew Carnegie to give fol
a free public library ten times the
It amount the city will appropriate an
; nually for it's support. Mr.. Carnegie
p will be called upon for $4,000.
The committee appointed by the
e alumni of Stanford University tt
n ascertain reasons for the inforced re
IS signation of Dr. Edward Ross, head o
the department of social science, re
e ported that the action of Mrs. STANFORD
It in asking his dismissal involved NJ
IN infringement of the right of FREE
speech.
1T A bronze memorial tablet in homo
d of Pontiac, the Indian chief, was un
Of yelled at st. Louis. by the Daughter
of the American Revolution. TIL
,e tablet was placed in the Southern
y, Hotel Immediately over the spo
is where Pontiac was buried in 1859 b
W. his friend, Governor ST. Ange Be
90 lerive
n The president has sent a message t
III congress renewing his recommends
"a. ton of last session that congress max
as gracious provision for indemnity t
Ell. Tallulah Ua.) lynching on July q
o. 1899, who were subjects to the Italian
government.
is Five persons dead and one severed
IN wounded is the result of collision b.
le tween Petroleum and Volcano jun
Ill ton, on the Baltimore e Ohio railroa
The dead are: J. B. Walker, engineer
ed w. w. Cunningham, fireman; n
of Courtney, brakeman; J. T. Bailey, fir
in man; J. ]. Bailey, brakeman. The il
Id, jured: Ike davidson, engineer.
Commissioner Yerkes of the interns
IN revenue bureau has held that proxie
of or powers of attorney used to vote a
er- meetings of building and loan associs
in ton for the election of officers onl
require a 10-cent stamp, but if use
tt, for any other purpose such istrulnent
;e, require to the stamped at the rate c
n, Is cents as power of attorney.